izations throughout the United States. 3 third of this year’s war and normal
.._. was released.
Hinduism .
‘ _ ‘tthrown. Princess.
. Gregory United States
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE-AN? OUR OW N OPERATOR.
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limit N. NE.
lilili‘ii IN N. 8.
l0 CRUSH Pius
National Secretary Hay-
. wood Is Taken Into Cus-
i tody in Washington, But
i After Being Questioned,
' Is Released ' .
LBHHEHEAMEEHHM
! ATTHHNET HENEHAE
Federal Agents “Also De-
.scend on Socailist Party’s
Headquarters in Chicago
Pillfli NNx
Hill [on
BY _8_i_iiil0il8
A Compromise Provision
For a Total Levy of
After Many Weeks of Dis-
cussion
AflilPlllllTTlllE
us 72 Till
All Amendments of the High
Tax Advocates Were De-
feated
WhSHING'l‘ON. Seat. 6--The CW WASHINGTON. Septic—wile Sen.
eminent 3’95“”an [00k drastic “Clio“. ate's bitter fight over war profits taxa-
‘10 end the anti-war propaganda and tion virtually ended late yesterday
activities conducted in “T9 name 0‘1 with adoption of the finance commit.
the Industrial Workers of the World; tee‘s compromise provision for a total
the Socialist party and other organ‘: levy of 51.286.000.000 or about one
3
i
T .
.
. 0n .qrdlers from AttorneyJanerltl‘; excess profits.
Marshals 1“. Senate consideration of the income
many towns and cities descended ut‘ lax section in‘ ‘the. war revenue hill
2 p. m.. Conn-a1 iiine. upon local head-1 began today following yesterday's-
quarters of the Industrial Workers of rent of the forces advocating higheri
the World. seized books. checks. cor“ levies on war excess profits. 'All of
respondence and ”in” documents. their proposals were beaten, the Son-
and in some instances arrested dill-I ate voting 72 to 7 ,0 retain the com-
c‘ials found “"0“ ”“3 premiscis. tlbh't' mittee's compromise Provisions for a
1mm D. Haywood. the 0W“ Z“ 1“ total levy of 31.236.000.000, an in-
national secretary, W35 “1k?“ ““0 crease of $1.060.000.000 over the pres-
cuptody and after being questioned; cut taxes.
as tight.
, k‘ i or! The action virtually ends '
arisismrgsdtizfiararia“ a... can. a g“! 1;;
‘iclalist party in Chicago. and a wan-i :infé’sififtfofi,°p::ag w 9“ t‘ e ‘
.rant antherialng the soizurcmoi its Debate on the income tax section
documents was served upon . coun- opened lodnyfllndi‘l‘ an agrpemem for
. "" , a filial votc tomorrow. The section
(Continued on Page Twelve) as rewritten by the committceds dew.
signed to raise $850,000,000 from in
comes. $360,000,000 from corporations
and the balance from individuals.
~.........._.»..—_
$1,286,000.000 Is Adopted ‘
JUNIOR mu
SCH00l won
Children Take Studies in
Buildings Nearer Their
Homes in the Future
HEWSEHHHEHEAI]
HUTEINES HISPLANS
Six Vacancies in Teaching
Force" to be Filled Before
Next Monday
At an important meeting of the
Board of Education, held last even-
ing-in the high school, the board prac-
tically Spiked the guns of the people
who have been objecting for the past
couple of years over the fact that
their hildren have to travel such
long istances to get to the junior
high schools. 13); an' unanimous'voie.
the board decided last night. to make
the junior high school. as far as the
seventh and eighth grades are con-
cerned, entirely optional. The ninth
grade pupils. however. will have ‘to
attend the junior high school in either
the Center or theFr-anklin building.
This new system will go into effect,
with the opening of school next week.
and any parents living outside dis.
tricts who do not wish'their children
to come into the city to the junior
high school. may'send them to the.
poorest school in their district,.and
hey will be taken care of by a teacb‘
er in that place, and will be given
up.—
(Continued on Sixth Page).
‘SEEll HPINIHN 0N
The vote on adoption of the finance
committeefs draft. was 72 t'n’l. Thai,
seven were Bankbead. Borah. Cronna,l
mar—.— '
(Continued On Page Twelve) i
WASHINHEHATN.
u ~ _ N ”M
Mrsitalsfiszli‘a‘iii.lNSNNE NNN NNNN
ternal Revenue District of: AMUBK AT BEAT)”
The internal revenue district of! “#—
Connecticut
Conneciicut yesterday contributed its Drags BEd Clothes From.
that mite toward the conservation of1 . .';
the nation’s grain supply when two! summer Reeldents at 83V 1
ltiistillerles within the district tailedI
Employers Ask State Labor
Department For Interpre-
tation of Federal Law
The State Commissioner of Labor
and Factory Inspection has been askv
ed by many employers if boys and.
girls under 16 years old, employed in;
IS CHANGED
Parents Can Have Their
Eiil’lliliiENlliT ..
MiNflMfliiilESN
'to_ mash their usual quantities of
stain for the manufacture of distilled
liquors. The amount of grain that
will actually be conserved each day
within the district will be an average
of slightly more than 100 bushels. F‘n'
some years past only (The distillery
in Rock—Shot by Police-
'man
labor which is not actually manual
or directly productive come under thci
regulation of the new federal law.l
i __ . They are particularly desirous of find-
. NEW HAVEN. Sept. (Sr-Abraham lug out if they could have in their
‘Scanlan of Roxbury, Mass. n suur'l oilices. boys and girls who merely do;
mer visitor at Savin Rock in West: errands, carry mail. receive and filei
Haven, became mentally unbalanced! letters; and do office work of like na-i
early yesterday and, armed with a tuna
tuneup-will
lili BUST lllNliilii
Primaries in Five,Wards to
Name Delegates For Next
Monday Night’s Conven-
tion
JUDGE TAHMANT
IS THE HHHICE
0T DEEEHATES
A Majority Have Declared
For Him and His Nomina-
. tion Seems Assured
MATHH’SEHIENHS
0N THE HUSTLE
Arguments. Varied in Char-
acter, Being Advanced to
Induce a Break From the
Tammany Forces
No difiiculiy is expected at the ward
caucuses of the democratic party. this
evening. and while it is rumored
among political circles that a big sur—
prise will be sprung attire conven-
tion of the party next Monday night,
nothing definite can be'said at the
present time. it is said; unofiicially.
that a man who is very well known
in town and who is very strong in
the political field may be put up by
the democratic party for mayor and
when the information does comes out
it will work havoc in political ranks.
In the first ward'this evening the
democrats will meet in the town as-
sembly hall and the fourth ward elec-
tors will meet ln the samehildiu
in the city court room.
The second district caucus will he
held in the city hall. the third at .201
Washington street. and them at
the Rowayton’Hook and Ladder m
pany’s rooms.
The first ward will elect fifteen dole.
gates. the second word sixteen dele-
gates, the third word seven delegates.
in fourth ward seven delegates. and
the fifth ward three delegates.
All of these delegates will be em
(Continued on Eighth Page).
SISTER HSVWTEETH‘.
SAVE iiiii NN lull
Albert. Hie—W mi M
Herbert Arres slim“.
York ForkConspir'acy-Nto
. SWIM “200 your ” ,
summation
2 new YORK. Sept. 6.—-Albcrt Her-
ipert. 23-‘years old. land his sister,
Were Being Transported
With Horses and Equip-
o
A majority of the delegates to the
Republican city convention to be held'
in the city hall. tomorrow evening.1
have declared their intention of cast-
ing their vote for Judge William F.
Tammany as their candidate for may‘,
or. It will be recalled that two years
ago. Judge Tammany's name was me
rented to the convention which nom-
inated Mayor Harstrom. and he came
within a few votes of becoming the,‘
nominee of the party. .l‘i'ith splendid
party spirit. he went on the stumpi
and assisted materially ip rolling up
a big majority for Dr. Harstrom.
Those who are acquainted with Judge
Tammany. and that ' includes nearly
every .‘vbter in Norwaik. .inecognize
in him an ideal citizenlle served the.
City of Sonth.Norwalk as mayor and‘
' (Continued on also Plea-i
l
“May. were arrested yesterdayaften
.noou on a charge of having conspired
to violate the Selective Draft law.
Herbert was drawn for service and
on August 18 he and his sister, who.
inccording to Special Agent Gruen~
iwald.‘ of the Department of Justice. , merit, When Squall Caused
lrcpreeentcd herself as “Mrs. Florence B C -
Herbert." appeared before the-mem- . arge to 898126
.Nbcrs of the local board in their dis-
jirlct and declared that she was Her- ‘
a
i
i
l
LOS ANGELES. Cal, Sept. 6.—Ac-
cording to a telegram Necived here,
200 Mexican soldiers were drowned
last night in the Gulf of California
as a result of the sinking of n Maxi:
can Government vessel. .
The soldiers were from the Guay-
mas garrisons and were being trans.
ported by barge with a number of
horses and a quantity of military
equipment from Point lsballa to La
Bolsa, Sonora. The barge was in low
of a government tug. .\ sudden squall
is said to have capsized the barge.
The report said the squall also pre-
vented the tug from sending assist-
ance to the struggling men.
(Continued on Sixth Page).
{Nuurumlmu
isuNnuNu
BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 6.—“Nobody‘s
building." on Cannon street, next to
the poslofilce. has been condemned.
For fifteen years or more the four-
story brick structure in the heart of
' of roast chicken. boiled ham. rye. and
INJUNETIHNHN'
PAVlNli MIXEH
Fire Chief Bogardus Decides
That Warren Brothers’
Apparatus Is a Menace to
Life and Property
Work on the paving of 250nm Main
street is at a standstill today owing
to the fact that Fire Chief George
Bogardus served notice on the War-
ren Brothers. who are doing the pav-
ing that they must) suspend Opera-
tions at their mixer which was erect-
ed on Raymond Brothers dock on Wa-
ter street next to the property of the
Lowndes Dyster Company.
The Lowndes people complained to
Chief Bogardus that the mixer was a
menace to their buildings as well as
all the others on Water street and
along the entire water front.
Chief Bogardus. when he examined
the mixer, agreed with the Lowndes
peoples and ordered the fires drawn.
whéch was done yesterday afternoon
at . '
(Continued on Eighth Page).
lilillilNliliAii ,
- . villains
The annual picnic of Buckingham
Post. No. 12. G. A. R., was held yes-
terday at the” Louis Sieber farm. in
Wilton. and twelve members of the
local post were in attendance Out of
this number, nine were past com-
manders. '
The members left Norwalk Yester-
day morning, about 10:30 o'clock, and
arrived in Wilton shortly after 11
o'clock. Dinner was served almost
immediately. and the menu consisted
wheat bread .salads. pickles. all kinds
of vegetables. fruit, pie and cake.
After dinner, the members enjoyed
a 'social time, during which old war
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
M
liflll BHNTEST
AllflUSiSJiilEilESlN
GERMAN ilili APPEARS IN
THE our or RNA, uNNNN ,
Multivitamin TOR RUSSIANS-
Safety of the Russian Armo
ice, as Well as the Fleet,
Endangered by German
N rival Forces in the Baltic
fiEHllANS PUSH
Italian Campagn Forv'l‘rieet
General Cadorna Reports.
‘With the appearance
difficulties of the problem facing
the Russians in operations on their
northern front. are accentuated.
Not only is the safety of their arm-
ies concerned, but apprehensions
are excited as to what will happen
to the Russian fleet if the German
naval forces are given full swing
in the Baltic.
Only submarines so far have
been operating against the Russian
right flank as it fell back along
the Gulf of Riga coast. Larger
their task of keeping their flank
protected. ‘
seen what success ‘ _
will have in their efl’ort to makes“
where the Russian Warships are
supposed to he chiefly congregate"
The Riga Gulf. however, .
would offer a favorable base for'
ed.
purely naval operations against
Reval if these should be decided 1
upon.
On the forty—mile front of the.
Germans are pushing their advan-
tage and have as yet met with no
efl'cctive resistance. It is declared,
however, that the Russian retreat
is by no means a rout. and that a.
wcll~defined plan is being. carried
out in the retrograde movement.
The great doll contest which hasi
been organized in conjunction with .'
“Uncle Sam‘s Markets" which will be}
The Italian campaign for Triest
is being vigorously pushed in the ‘
face. of .vast .concentrations .of
warships now bid fair to take a,
part in the activities. increasing ..
the tumbles of the Russians in 9
A5“ to: actual operations against. .
the Russian fleet. it does not a _.
pear to be expected that they Will“,
develop until the land campaign j, .
has progressed further. and it is "
the Russians‘ N '
stand on a new line. Moreover, it‘
is a long way over land to Revel, ~
has been in constant operation in the,
revenue district. which includes the}
state of Rhode Island. This plant
used 100 bushels a day. but during
!the recent boom win the liquor busi-
ncss. brought about by the anticipat-
butcher knife, terrorized a consider-
able section of the resort until he
was disabled by two bullets fired by
a police officer.
l
The matter was turned over to the
chairman of the Bureau of Labo'r in
Washington. but no ruling on it he's
been received. Tile state labor de-
He first ran into the house in which. partment, it was said. yesterday, can! thorities ha“? stepped in and placed
ed suspension of the traiilc, a run)
distillery in Rhode Island has been
revived and operated, using less than
fifty bushels a day. ‘
it requires three days to ferment n
mash into the beer from which the
liquor is distilled. As no mash can
He started according to the pirovi-
r-ions of the prehibltory sections of
inc new food law, which will not be.
ready to convert into liquor at 11 p
m. on next Saturday night. the last
day for massing in most distiller-ice
1n the country was Tuesday. making
the actual conservation of the food
supply began from yestcrday
._...__,_____._.__———
he was stopping. declaring that some]
one was trying to kill him. He them
ran from one house to another. either
breaking in through a window or
through a door and in several in—
stanceshe ran into bedrooms, it is
said. and dragged the bed clothing
oil’ of persons who had been suddenly
awakened by his cries. Many per-
isons left their houses in‘night attire
while men started to capture Seaman.
The police were called and finally one.
of them “winged" Seaman so he could
be overtaken.
O’BRIEN FAILS .
TO SAVE MILITANTS
(Continued on Sixth Page). _
SHUNH llNEHS Wlll '
Score of Coastwise Vessels
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.——The Navy
Department is planning to take over
BEU-BflATHUNTEllSN
to GO to British Waters . H'Joscph M. Mueller, of South Nor:
{the business center has been tenant-
lless and ownerless. used only by a
Nisuccession of squatters who paid no
irent. made no repairs‘and had no res-
iponsibiliiy of any kind. Now the au-
uranium
u Milan lulu
Republicans Fight in.Vain
N to Have McAdoo’s Power
Curtailed
a big placard on the front door, warn-
ing everybody that the place is in a
dangerous condition.
Years ago the Government wanted
the property as an addition to the
postofiice. Negotiations were begun.
(Continued 'on 'Sixth Page.)
under “‘9 “Spices 9f {he Norwa‘klnnd General Catlorna continues to
Town Union of the kings Daughters‘report procress
,, .
and Sons. on ’ September 12th. hasl
been started off in great shape. and;
Miss Marion. Saunders, of 21 West-l
,—
'PE ROGRAD, Sept. 6.——It is
port avenue is leading the contestl
[with 39 votes, and Miss Olive Down.
lug, of".\‘ewtown avenue is third. withl
25 votes i
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
ROTON POINT
RECEPTION GIVEN
,THEIR COMPANION
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.——Prolonged'
though futile republican attacks in.
the House yesterday on provisions of.
'the 311.538.945.460 war bond and cer~'
tificate bill. giving wide discretionary
powers to the secretary of the treas-‘
cry in making allied loans, upseti
walk. left today for Brooklyn, where
he will romain until Friday night as
the guest of relatives. He will then
E IN JEWETT plans for passage of the measure to- h t d ther it ms about
N I . > a score or more of pa‘ssen er shi s reform to his home and leave Sat- day. Debate under the five-minute purc ase ermsnn o ‘ e
F R CITY COTTON MILL _ FROM WORKHOUSE for.use as converted war craft again; urday morning with the contingent ispeech rule proceeded during the at- the park to the committee who. after
._ . ———-—-— > '4- the German submarines in the war for Camp Devins, ‘Ayer. Massachu- ternoon with indications that the bin. Mr Bailey had withdrawn. wentinto
' . WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.——Elevasn of zone. Such vessels as the Yale, the setts. Last night the fellow em- . executive session. The result of this
JEWETT CITY, Sept. 6.—Fire ml the militant’s of the National Wo- Harvard. now on the‘ Pacific coast. ployes of Mr. Moe-per, 1n the electri- (Continued on Sixth Page.) meeting will be»_made in a. report at,
_ the A's-bland Cotton Mills here last man‘s party arrested \vhile picketing the Old Colony. the Massachusetts. cal department of the Ballard Ma- __ ._.._..__.._.. the council meeting on Tuesday even-
Illitht did about $11000 damage and the President’s reviewing stand at the Bunker Hill. the Austin. the Ding- chine Company. Bridgeport. tendered -. » -1 ..“18- N, '
wrll probably close the mills for a. few the parade of the national army were lay and the Cobb. some of which arei him a farewell reception at the Iro- TWO IN AUTO KILLED . i
days. The .fire started in tits picker sentenced yesterday to six days in remembered as the bést of the Soundiquis club. in Bridgeport. and a fine “T R A ECROSSING10001 KILLTD IN.
room, burning sixty holes 01 cotton the workhouse. They did not appeal liners in peace times, will be cénvertvptime was had'. in addition to the ’G . D ‘ 1" A R0 A ‘ ACCIDENTS
and was or mysterious ”figm' but began serving then sentences at ed into anti-submarine craft after banquet there _ were music and ‘ ' ——“ ‘ /IL
' . ., N once. ‘
a A.
Sixth Child Born to .uffigloifpglgfilg “$13.51ng b21111):-
Germau Crown Princess , '
. ’ .._.... those sentenced was Mrs. W. J. Bar-t.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. ii.--—The Ger-N lett of Putnam, Conn. All.oi’ the
. man Crown Princess today..gave birth women ware defended by Matthew E.
to o daughter. according to Berlin ad-' O'Brien formerly of Bridge-pm, The
vines. ' , Charge or: inst the women was that
This is .the sixth ,child born to. they were “trying banners of trai-
Croivn Prince Frederiék'Wiilia auditorium nature; while the new national
V .- 7 lg. lax-my was parading. ,
fused to pay in each instance. Among
guns-are mounted and navy crews
provided. Several of these vessels
make at least twenty knots an hour.
are regarded as the type urgently
needed by Vice-Admiral Sims in Euro. ,
pean waters. . ' ' tendance were: William A. Schldmp.
Among the vessels which the navy P. Bolanx. Harold Mansfield. George
contemplates taking is the coast sur—-Dennctt. Albert McGinnis, 'Charles
,vey .steamehlp Surveyor. which .has, Downing; AndrewBolan. Harold John—
been operating, as .a_ so—calied (week sou. Otth Mallet. Percy:Hnuson. John
.and pleasure ship for cabinet gonads-w " ‘ wk. More 3311mm 1
.‘and ofilc‘ials ‘of the Government. ' A '
speeches. The guest of honor was pre-
sented with a handsome gold foun-
tain pen with his initials thereon.and
the date of his going aviay. and also
a line trench mirror. Those in at-
:ts’l‘iv‘ ~th
'. canes HARBOR. Mass. Sept. e.-§
“Two deaths had resulted today from
an accident here last night in which
,an automobile crashed into the side
of a. freight locomotive
protected crossing. Miss Edna Green-
wood of Kingston. who was thrown
against the locomotive died at a hos.
‘pital‘ this morning. Her fatherflisr
flan W Greenwood; was
at an un-
instantly kill-5
asfprobablyfav
. Niag'areenvo‘ooo
tired.
COMMITTEE MEETS
The Roton Point purchase commit-
tee met last evening. All members
with the exception of Councilman
Murphy being present. Manager Ne-
vill‘e Bx‘ley. of Roton Point Was pres-
ent at the meeting and explained the
M
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.——-Ten thous-
and and one persons were killed in
railroad accidents during 1916, and
196,722 were injured, according to fig-
ures/ made public today by the Inter-
state Commerca Commission. on in-
crease over«1915 of 1,371 killed-and
34,835 injured. 1 The greater number
of killed and injured were trespassera
semi; fficially announced that a
German fleet has appeared in the
Gulf of Riga. _ '
During the last two days the
Riga front has been broken on a.
width of sixty versts. Throughout
to cut the. Riga-Venden railway.
ROME, Sept. 6.-—The desperate
battle for possession of positions
on thdAltstro-Italian front is con-
tinuing, according to today ’s War
Office statement. The Italians yes—
tional prisoners. ,
MOSCOW, Wednesday, Sept. 5..
‘—The ecumenical church congress.
today elected Archbishop .Tikhon
Metropolitan of Moscow, its prep.
dent. Members of the congress, a
forming parties, the bishops fo '
the most. part advocating a consort»
votive policyjas against the‘ ,
demic group. including many pro
fessors and laymen, whose policy
is friendship with the new do: "
erotic regime and abolition of the
present autocratic methodsof til
in: New
'1 ‘ are 291. injured 8,0 8
nod) mould-i remap .
higher clergy toward the lovie
Tuesday the Germans energetical- ,
1y pursued their offensive, par- 2
ticularly north of Uxhull, in order p ..
THEIR AiliiNliliE ‘ 1
Continues to Progress...‘
'of a Ger.
man fleet in the Gnlflof Riga the"
break in the Russian land lines, the 5 ~
Optima 0n the Green, in East avenue‘JAustriau infantry and artillery” I.
in the district northeast of Goriziit"
terday took more than 500 addis .
Norwalk Chronicler