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SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1917
Rain Tonight; Sunday Partly Cloudy
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After Many Ballots Had Been Taken There Was an
Executive Session of Over an Hour With Much
‘5 Talk, But the Voting, Which Was Resumed Later,
ri Showed No Change
.—
lINilllY AlliillillNMENT WAS TAKEN Til -‘
_ liiNiiiiiTATiiil’Eiill‘iliAT THESAMEPLAEE
Pressure Being Brought to Bear on the Delegates to
' Change Their Vote—Another Candidate May Re
i Named - , -
”t The talk today is that this evening
the nomination for mayor will be do
"cided and that none of the liarstrom
forces will “flop." The talk is equal-
ly strong that none of tile Tammany
forces will go over to the other side,
and it seems as if there would be
another deadlock and a possible, ad-
journment until Monday evening. or i
the alternative of naming some other
candidate. '
Some people have been Cl‘lllt’lsmg!
Chairman Benedict for his action in
‘declaring .the ballot off last evening,
when there was some dispute about
the legality of the vote. Mr. Benedict
did the only fair thing, and his action
C
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Well-Known, Civil War
. Veteran and Oificc Holder
For Many Years
Charles F. Hallock. died last night
at the residencelof his daughter. Mrs.
J. Emory Stevens, Flax Hill road. af-
ter an illness of several months with
cancer of the stomach. lie was sev-
enty-three years of age, and was one
of the best known citizens of the city.
During his life Charles I“. lialiock
was undoubtedly in the public service
for as long a period-as anyone dur-
0 come.
The Democratic nominee. for the of-
fice of mayor. which will be decided
on Monday evening, will have a whole
lot of hearing on the result of the
election, whatever the result of this
evening's adjourned convention.
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
M v... -- «may
no man -_
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Tom Powers, Celebrated»
Cartoonist, to Appear at
Uncle Sam’sMarket
Uncle Sam's Markets have been
most fortunate in securing ’l‘ow Pow—
in going against his own clique in de-
ciding that the vote could not have
been count'ed. was one of the best
examples of fairness
has seen lirsome years.
Never in the history of politics in
,ihe Norwalks has such a convention.
been seen. and it is doubtful if anothv‘
er will, be seen like it in some time
“a.“
that Norwalk‘
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CilMlNi Iiioii
iillM if our
September Session of Sn-
perior Court Opens with
Long Docket of Cases.
PUBiiillillNflERii.
- initials TIME
N e w Procedure Relieves
Many Lawyers of Oppor-
tunities for Fees. '
Will! the opening of the Superior:
court. criminal side, next Tuesday af—E
teinoon. the-new court year will be‘
in full 'ewing'ifor business.
As there are four murder cases on
the docket, not. to say anything of
other serious affairs, and fifty or sixty
cases All told, the session promises
to be active.
The four murder cases mean the
calling of a grand Jury at some per-
iod of the term. Whether or not, all
will furnish a trial, at this term. only
those who manage affairs know.
Judge Burpee to Preside.
lside. The court will come in Tues-i
day afternoon at 2 o’clock and pris'
otters will be put to plead.
(Continued on Page Three.)
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iii tannin
,Can Be Worked Out in Jail
If \No Money Can Be
' Raised
Members of the Home .Guard in tho
TAMMANliil-Iliiiiliiii
SliiiliiiSi union
Their Proposition Was Tinn-
ed Down by the Wrom
Supporters '
i
The delegates to the Republican
city convention supporting Judge
William F. Tammany. last night,
when the situation made it apparenti
that neither faction w ‘ waver.
from the position taken f them in
support of their candidates; made‘Lthe
suggestion that an admirable com-
promise candidate wouldbe F‘. If.
Lamson of the Norwallt Tire and Rub-_
ber Company. This certainly demon-g
titrated-that sectionalism did not en-
ter into dbq‘matter‘nn' for as the
Tammany supporters were concerned.
‘But the Harstrom tome 111mm
First and Fourth Wards, unwanted
by the two delegates from the Fifth
Ward. would not. consent to the pro
position. even refusing .to dlsensa it.
Mr. Lamson would makejan ideal
candidate and should 13m hillbilly.
port‘ a united Republican pm}.
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CRASHES lNi0
Gilli WililiNfi
Team of Harses Owned by
- Ferris Coal Company In-
jured by the Car of Frank.
J. Bloomer, of Ridgefield
Blflllllli liillEll
APPEARSSUIIIIENLY
Horse Owned by ‘Dworkin
Brothers Killed by a Fall
An accident that. might have had a
more serious ending than it did, hup~
pened on West avenue, opposite God
or street, shortly after 11 o'clock this
morning. when a seven-passenger
Studebaker car driven by Frank J.
Bloomer. of Ridge-field, who «was com-
ing towards Norwalk and broke the
, New Haven Man' Elected
; President of 1 Connecticut
will. furnish trials, whether any one,
Federation.
DANBURY, Sept. Elisa London
of the Connecticut Federation
Labor convention in 1918.’ Hartford
sent a invitation. through .the
Chamber of Commerce, but the in-
vitalion was simply but on me, First
Vice-President George'mltmmtldddlw
of New Haven was elected president
of the body, President Julius Strom—
ing the first woman to be thus bon-
dlduic, Miss Grace Cannon of Bridge-
puii was elected vicepresident, be-
ing the first woman to be thus hon-
of
i orcd in the state by the labor unions.
; Several changes in the constiluion
,ol‘ the organization, recommended by
il’rcsitlent Stiemiau in his address to
.the convemion, were adopted tpday.
iOne of these separates the offices of
[secretary and Itreasurer, heretofore
:held by the some person, and unites
it‘lle positions of secretary and organ-
acre.
1
In
if.
It was voted to make the number
vicevpresident sh: instead of five
heretofore. and to elect one no
Ving towards Norwalk and broken the:
wards the left and to untrue brakes
cute some of his original cartoon-ildrill,‘ from encampments. roll
in crayons upon hit: huge easel. He NP-
will appear at, both the seven and‘ol’ the Nat‘onal Guard that was, til":
inine o'clock vaudeville. There \vill'i’V-‘hicll ”19 H0111?
ing the past half century. That histbe interpretive dancing by a pupil of, place.
Guard, takes
it i; identical with the rules
031*. the celebrated cartoonist of New country wilhbé interested in general; man member 0‘ the council.
l ork Journal fame to appear on the; orders just issued regarding lines that:
Green, Wednesday evening and exc- may be imposed for absence “from
call,. wear at least five articles of cloth-
lt was voted
that degelateg
itending future
conventions
at-
shall
iing bearing union labels.
. p 5,, tho fed-emu”,
record was pleasing was Mt‘wn‘d h." 2 Madame Pal‘lowa. Other w-Plllinownl within six months the 'shcril‘f may llro-i‘ms “Rd at 35 a day.
the manner in which he received llleinrtlsis will contribute to a splendid103t‘il to enforce the collection and the;
suffrage of the. people of the fol-Inert outermimncnt. ‘
City of South Norwalk and Town of‘ Thursday evening. there
.‘Norwalk. He was a native of N01“i concert on the Green by the Aiucri-i
On Wednesday andflguardsmen may work out-bis
lino in
will be a 53“-
Aftcr stating that the,
‘ walk and was born on Flax Hill. Dill can Band. Boy Scouts will help regu-i fines is governed by the state statutes
September 8. 1344. He attended Uli‘v‘latc frame. Admission to the GrcenEllle order made: -
district school and after the Union
school was completed he went there!
(:ivil War he weut‘to work in the low figure. A genuine New England commanding officers should not be; Kerwin, :‘New Britain;
is free.
chance, and.
Nothing; will be «sold by'i
refreshments, food‘
all
The Order.
“Discretion should be used in the1 New Haven:
Norwaik. crashed into a wagon be-I
longing to the Ferris Coal Company—.1.
drawn by two horses. which was go’ ,1
pole of the wagon, badly bruised the;
horses. broke the windshield of the
automobile and otherwise did quite a;
little damage, fortunately, however.‘
Judge Lucien lv‘. llurpetfis to pro-i “an chosen as the next meeting place no one being injured. i
Bloomer was coming down West‘;
avenue} when a boy on a bicycle,l
whose name could not be learned:
swung sharply in front of the auto.
mobile. causing Bloomer to steer to-
pu at the same. time, thus causing the,
’car to skid on the slippery pavement,
The coal company's team was goingi
along slowly. and the car struck it,
full on, and broke the pole, fortunate-
ly for Bloomer, otherwise he wouldl
have probably been spitted on the:
pole, owing to the force with wliich'.
he struck it.
Mr. Bloomer offered to settle the;
damage and this was agreed to. Thai
wagon drove away after some of thel
coal with which ”it had been loaded!
had been gathered up. Mr.'Bloomer
took his car to a nearby garage, al—l
though it was badly damaged.
Horse Killed By Fall.
' A horse belonging to Dworkin
i
.at the corner of Lexington and Ely
avenues, this morning, and
quite heavily loaded, and when the
The compensation of the officers of “01'“ attempted to get over ”‘9 little
while actually on-
Also. if the fines are not ’pnid‘ paged in WOFK for the Organization,
rise in the road at the junction of the
two avenues, it found that it could
not do it quite easily and began to
Julius Siremlnu of Meridon, the kink when it reared up and fell on its
, retiring’president, received a set of side killing itself as has been said.
diamond-studded cuff buttons and
matter of] $70 in gold.
as ....._WAR PliflllTS TAX '
President. George F. Mordecai
R‘enssarlar
vice-president, William
One year before the otltbt‘ealoof the, and other articles. Wm be priced at a; matter of the inflicting of fines, and! J. Fitzgerald, Norwich; Michael F. ,
t
-efact.ory of the Norwalk
was sent out, Mr. Hallock enlisted in; church by circles frmn the Congrega-l
the Fifth Connecticut Volunteer III-,iionai. Methodist and Baptist churchesi
fantry. This was In July. 1861- Hmimd the Cranbury Circles.
peenllsted in 1864.
his life he gave to his country, andi
upon returning home from the front
‘he again accepted employment in the
{Lock factory, where he was employed
for many years. For upward of a
quarter of a century he was foreman
in one of the large departments there.
Later hewas employed in the plant. of
the Norwalk lmn Works Company.
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(Continued on' Sixth Page.)
‘ Judge Rough in Service
New Move In Fair
Case To Be Delayed.
Owing to the fact that Attorney
- ,lclm, Keogh. of Norwalk. has entered
the service of his country, there has
been a request for delay in filing a
motion in the case of William F. Fair.
the. Darien resident who was found
guilty in the criminal superior court
last spring of killing Margaret Fair.
Attorney. Candee of Norwalk stated
. to the superior court that there has
' been no time for the new counsel to
F0“? F9375 0f: for sale at Joseph Davis Store, 85
night in the
Bapti‘itl
(Continued On Page Twelve)
Tickets‘
Loci: Com-1 supper will be served for 50¢ at alxi arbitrary in inflicting them wheremeadle. Waterbury: Charles F. Mur-
pany, but when the call for troops‘dcmpk (.301,
Lpresented to probate.
i The estate libs not been appraised but;
,‘his death it was to be divided by"
itween Nellie Rourke, of Atlantic City
Brothers, the soda water dealers, fell and William R Rourke 0f Phlladel-‘
. struck .
BilNTESlllN
ADMISSlflN iii MRS.
lillliWN’Slllll
Hat Dealer’s Estate ’En-
tangled Because of Two
Documents-Estate Totals
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The'pmenmtion of two wills of the
late Mary A. Brown to probate and
the late discovery that the two were
disposing of the same property, has
caused a situation in the Bridgeport
court that can only be settled by ap-
peal to the superior court which will
be taken by Judge John H. Light,
representing the heirs-at-law of the
deceased and the beneficiaries under
the older of the two wills who were
out off by the latter one.
The first will was presented to pro-
bate three weeks ago by Attorney
Louis Goidschmidt. of Norwalk, who
had been custodian since 1897 when it.
was drawn while Mrs. Brown residedi
in that town. The later will was
drawn four years agp by Attorney
Henry P, Lyons and was subsequently
it was not dis-
Covered that they were from the same
perIon and being treated independent-
ly, the will from Attorney Lyons was
accepted.
Under this will $300 is given to St.
Mary's church, in Norwalk, and the
, Lack of German Naval Co- ‘
: guarding his new acquisitions, ting
rest of the estate is divided between
William A. Billicu. of Nrowalk and,
James ll. O'Rourke. of Bridgeport.i
will amount to about $4,000. this fig-g
ure including the value of a hat busi-i
money depoeited in a local bank.
t'nder the first will a trust fund
for the deceased's husband was cre-
ated with the provisions that uponl
phia. children of Mrs.
ceased brother.
Brown's de-
iby are second will allege that their
aunt was unduly influenced and was
without testamentary capacity. Wit-
inesses‘ to Mrs. Brown’s signature to
‘tho second will were Neil C. Neilson,. .
Punion of
l
,Puuline R. Gotsch, and Henry
Lyons and they were examined todayihowever-
lbefore Judge Miller and testified that!
i Mrs. Brown was of sound and dispos-i
ing mind. , .. ‘
Judge Miller today committed How":
;ard, John and Edward Haggcrty, of ‘
lHillside Home to the Fairfield County;
iI-lome at Norwalk and through County;
i Commissioner Brophy they will be.
transferred to St. Francis‘ Orphan‘
,Home at New Haven. The children'
German submarines have been-f
the gulf, and that, indeed,'a R“
.siun naval force still is stationed
there ready to engage any enemy
ness conducted by the deceased andiwamhip contingent that may!!!»
pear.
messing some local infantry more...
meats, but for the most part th
artillery and the airmen areal;
only branches of the service bee
in protesting the i side.
its head against the curb stone literal admission ‘of the second will to pro-i
killing it instantly. The wagon wasi batc,"llio heirs~inilaw Who “'9' (“it off
' .Ilorraine, to the east, of Rheimsi“
Russians Are Continuing
Their Retreat, But the
Lateness of the Season
Will Prevent Von Hinden-'
burg Continuing
SUBMARINESIN
fililfiilllliil
~
Operation on a Large
Scale Is in Evidence
Despite the continued retreat of
the Russians on the Riga front in. ‘
dications are not wanting that than ‘
German drive in this region may
have reached nearly its limits.
This View, indeed, is taken by 3
leading German military writers,
who point to the lateness of' the
season as making it improbable
that von Hiudcnburg intends to:
push his campaign further this,
fall. He will be content with safe- ,
bases of Riga and Duenamuende
they intimate. -
The absence of German navaloo
operation on a large scale ’in ”tho
Gulf of Riga wih the forces open}:
atiug on land in the region seem
to lend additional color to this
view. Petrogrud reports that only
The Franco~Belgiau front is With "
ing actively employed by either
London reports heavy pa
trol fighting on the Ypres fron
during the night, a successful
{British attack near Gavrelle and”
ithe heavy shelling of Langemarcl: _’
iby the Germans. No infantry ac- '
importance developed,
The Paris statement announces ,
ocal attacks by the Germans in.
and on the Aisne 'front, which.
were broken up by the French
fire. _ . .
Vienna claims the driving book'-
of'the Italians in the Hermada-
iray, Hartford; William Buckley, New
Haven; John J. Eagan. Bridgeport:
Miss Grace Cannon, Bridgeport:
secretary, lra vArnburn. New Haven:
WASHINGTON. Sept. fir—With the: have been llvihg at the Hillside Home
hotly contested war profits andmcomel in Bridgeport, with their mother. The
tax fisctlons 0f the War Revenue Bl“ father refuses to 'support the childrenilt is declared that all the groumb
out‘ of the way, the Senate today tooki . , ,
‘sector, Where General, Cadornak
fhas been pushing towards TrieSt
treasurer.
Ferderick L. Neebe, Mer-
Washington street.
SECOND DISTRICT’S.
ANNUAL MEETING,
Hatch, Horace R-r Nash and D. Wil-'
iiam Ilarford have issued the call for‘
the annual meeting of the Second"
Taxing District to be held in the city
hall, Wednesday evening, Sept. 19th.
Reports of the district commissioners:
PATHER Willi] '
i3 Ililill‘iii
ing Two Days
been on a nine—days retreat at
electric light. commissioners, librarylser's Island, is missing, and his com.
idcn.
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District Commissioners Stephen S.‘Br00kly 11 P , .
at Keysers Island, Miss-
. _ “lithium
‘ Father Wood, at Brooklyn, who has
Keys
John O'Hara of Danbury was
elected a delegate to the national con-
,‘veution to be held in Buffalo in No-
FE ‘ vember. .
L
Lastevening, Box 25 called the Gen-
tral station to 5 Hanford place, where
dispute in themeasure. The final vote
on the bill must be taken not later
than Monday. .
When the Senate met this morning,
ithe new administrative provisions re-
garding income tax" collection were
iflrst to be taken up, including an
amendment by Senator McCumber to
levy as coi‘porations. 2 An amendment
by Senator Jones for a
iducod the rate to ten per .cent.
' Among the minor contested features.
that remain to be disposed oftare the cated here today.
“”“iiitiiniiilii i ,
i iiENii-l all Wiiiiii
‘make partnerships subject to the. same ,
MIDDLETOWN, Sept 8.-—A monu-
per cent. as- meat to the memory of Henry Clay
easement on undivided corporate sur- Work, a native of Middleton-n, and 1111-!
plus was pending. The committee re- thOI‘ 0f the Civil War song "March-l
' ' ‘ ing Through Georgia,” as well as com‘
poser of many other songs, was dedi-
The memorial
iwon by himthere in‘the' present ,
toffensive has been recovered and _ .
that more than 6,000' prisoners
have been taken by the Austrians ‘
up to the present. , ”
BLACKPOOL, Eng., Sept. 8.—4'
The Trade UnionSongress yesters
day adopted unanimously 8. resolu-
tion regretting the long delay-en.
the part of the government in take;
,iug action to prevent the continued
rise of food prices. The resolutio ‘
instructs the Parliamentary Labor?
committeeto place before the g ‘
1922.
’ center with Fair’s family. who lives
in‘ Michigan. Fair’s counsel wished
in file a motion to correct the finding
of Judge Burpee, who presided over
the trial. On account of Attorney
Keogh's absence. Judge .Burpee has
j granted an extensioa'oi tinieguntil
Sena Rotor the filing of the motion
, ' ’tep l.awa,r,dgiaklas- anac-
outlet:
be made and a proposition will be con-
sidered making provision for the pay-
ment of the $100,000 bonds due in
OUR PUBLIC-SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN MONDAY
The Norwalk' public schools will ,
open Monday morning and our edu‘l old. an
cators are desirous.that fin effort be‘ Brooklyn. Those at the island today
'made on the part of parents to have!
a large enrollment of children at thet
and auditor will be submitted, an awanions at the island fear that he has,
propriaiion for the public library will" been drowned. Night before last all
110'clock, he went to the dock at the
island to take a plunge, as was his'
usual custom before retiring, and the
next morning he was, reported miss»
Ills bath towel was found on the
dock, but nothing has been seen of‘which caught fireand whicli-fell'upon’
his body or of anything that would
give, the least hint of his whereabouts.
Hisretreat would have ended this
ing.
morning.
do to his family,
opening session. It is at the utmost parish that he came from. ‘
importance that all the children of the
city commence..tbeilr-. school. consigbneily engaged
- enthusiastically?”
Banana
i,
d as‘S
, amoebic, d1
upefint'end‘mnce I? IN! 1 ~ .
F‘atli r Wood was about 35 years
came from some parish in
were, unable to, give any information
his full name or the
Oystermen and “clammers haye be‘éh , ,
of a man named Frank Barge. The
near a window. this being a Jewish
walk. The candles’ flame in‘ somei
way reached ‘the. window“ curtain"
is. couch there, setting that article of /
alarm. ,- Little work? with! chemical.
more that $50. . , . ,
While responding; . to-the fire. John
Collinsrone ignore Volunteerllremen.
Q,
a fire had started in the a 'artments consumption'taxes on sugar, coffee,| erected by public subscri tion con-
‘ p teataad cocoa, levying $8,000,000; thefsiats of a massiveten ton'pboulder of
'IBargos had left a candle burning sugar drawback repeal provision, and; granite, with a bronze bust of work.
‘ the section increasing second mainline latter being the work of Louis
custom'und then had gone' out for Ema“ rates.
LE‘E senaks motor-Eb. »
HOUSTON. Texas, :Sépt. iled i 1864
‘. _ i h , g'Sparhs.‘ the Houston "police . ofllcerllsn n H . ‘
$‘élrihfin fifi‘ibeanE b22251}: 3:3 whose alleged assault on‘Sergeant'songs written by him are: .“Father,
_.Balttmore, a negro trooper of the:Dear Father, Come Home With Me
coon extinguished the blaze and the Tweat’rfourth Infantry; is sold to;Now.". used in the dramarml‘en Nights
property damage" did not. amount id; have precededthe, riot of the, negro in. a Barroom," and 'My Grandfath-
‘ ' ' ~ ' ‘ ‘ troops August 23, in which serenteen. er’s Cioc .". ‘Worhdled rat Hartford. ed Til
persons were killed and 23‘ wounded.! June-8
was indicted» yesterday. by . the Harriet . .
hemical. while County Grand Jury,,
, F?" . mill
ernment the necessity of purch
by t e gavernment of all cssenti‘
foo stufls, the commandeerin
ships, the controlling of fre 11?
on home products and, the fix , ‘
of minimum prices for foodandj
7 iAlbert Gudebrod, another native son.’
' Work was born here October 1, 1832.
The song; "Marching Through Goon
gird" was written during-Sherman's other essentials to mesa . at,"
8..—-Lee‘,-ma\-ch to the sea, dfifihdfihfig serve the best interest of the;
. In, case the rcplyfot-the go
meat is not satisfactory, a spe
natiOnal“conferencetwill be; . ‘
that event 6 mo!
tion mun, drastl . ;
be rec ended “heel "
advances are otlno sorta
can ollirins rues“ ,
884, and is .buried there.
more: was formally present-
The‘ mdlotmentfed‘ to t deity by fonner Governor
on ’Sergcaut"8alti-{.~Franli ‘13. Weeks and accepted by
we“? ”will! ‘wlth,n mm
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