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ls BROKEN BEIORE MIDNIGHT;
HARSIRRM, 13; IAMMANY, ll
.I’resent Mayor Rte-nominated After Another Struggle
and Executive Session of Several Hours’ Duration
at the City Hall, Last Evening
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ll. A. MATREWSRN ERR EITY TREASURER;
2,0. RURR REACH RUNS ERRRAX BREEEETRR
~-.=«.Reported That One of the Second DistriCt Delegation
Switched Over to the Harstrom Forces
l pliayor Carl A. Harstrom waslmade withOut a nomination being
- ire-nominated at the Republicanimade. This condition, however,
deity convention, last evening, afteriwas obviated by one of the Tom
«three night sessions of the dele-fmany supporters casting his vote
;, gates and after the most strenuousfabout midnight for Mayor Har-
‘ ,‘effort had ben made by the supdstrom, thus insuring his nomina-
"rlpozters of Judge William F. Tam-:tion. The delegates, made the
".nnany to unite on a compromisejnomination unanimous and the
‘candidate. Each side had display-lbalance of the ticket was com-
";ed the greatest loyalty to theirfpleted in short order.
' Stuart and it was by many believedi
“:that an adjournment would bet
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HighwayCommissionerBen-
nett Notifies. Towns. and
Cities of, $1,000,000 Avail-
able ,
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“Others Caught in the Day:
-;V ,Strect Raid Heavily Taxed:
: .ily Judge Vosburgh
_ ‘Vifgillius Odom. colored, who was}. . »
:‘larra good before Judge Vosburgll in HARTFORD. n. - ‘ ‘
, fiche-down town court and 'wllosecaset Commissioner (£3198 ,lll'nelzfiirfi
. Voccupiedrmost of the day ln'hea‘ringn preparing a cir’clllarvletl'cr- which he
. mflned $25 for keeping ‘a gambling will issue this week to 157 towns‘ one
“House, and $75 and full costs for keep-l borough (Nougatuck) and then up
, dug a house of ill-fame. He was not . cities in the state reminding them of
oljnvlcted on the counts
drugs in his possession or of living of’fI towns lit the:
, file earnings of women and also for the borough a
' "spelling liquor without a license. §
’ ’Earlie Brown, the tan girl, who was
caught iii the. raid by the vice 'squhd General Assembly appropriated at Its
' ism Saturday night in on? of ”10 1‘00“”: last session. Naugatuck is isingled
«of Odom‘s apartments at 8.1)ay street, out from the other boroughs in the
. and whose attire showed that all was I state froln the fact that its limits are
not well. especially when the calico“i coincident with the town and that it
_' .‘Iound her. was fined $35 and 008W- l-epresents the local government. The
3,: -"l'lleodore Pl‘essutli, a white manlam to be givgi] to town': will be prp.
“caught in the raid, who did not no, dicted on the grand lists. ' Towns
rear. forfeited a $25 bond. Edward‘s-men have a grand list of 51.250000
flsrmon. the 18-year-old lad fromfwill be entitled to aid at the. rate
"Bridgeport. who was in the room With'oi one~eighth of the amount which
‘ilie Brown woman, was fim‘d $25 alldl'they vote and those above. that
costs, 0f Which 310 W35 relilittea-iamount to one-fourth. Under the law
flaking his fine $15.: John Torre.ino town may ask for more than
panther white man caught in the rald,l $20,000 for two-years. It is expected
was filled $25 and 005‘s and Julius that as was the case In former years,
lWhite, Will) l‘d blPCk, was “150 lined the. commissioner will be obliged to
‘ $25 and costs. ' ‘ lscale the appropriations asked for by
Edward Kronk. Of Rowayton. who the town's in order to keep the total
hssaulted aged Starr K8916? .Of, the within the appmpriatlon. No aid has
same village, was fined $15 and 0055' been given to the towns for two years
while William Flaherty‘. who says that? owing to the failure of the General
’ ‘lte came here from New York. and; Assembly to make an npropriation at
”who who ar est‘ed while creating althe session of 1915.
disturbance the Knob Club grounds; __._,,____
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ad cities by their loco!
vltlllhIH‘lllES, to insure a part of the
and who was so violent that he had
to 'be handcuffed before he could be‘
brought. to police headquarters‘ watt;
lined $7 and costs, which he couldi
not pay. He, was taken to Bridge-l
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billions
HAVE NAMED
velour
First Ward N ominates Har-
old T. Murray and John
Malone; Third Ward, Irv-
ing D. Robertson, "and
Fourth Ward, Frank L.
Clarke for Councihnen
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lanthanum
IWilfred Bodwell For City;
REVERIIE in
Only Four “Noes” ‘
Against Biggest Fi, ancial
Measure inHistor '
$600,000,000AJIEII
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or Body Is Expected ad
Conferees Are Named
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,WASHINGTON. Sept. ll.-——'l‘he big
Treasurer and Rflbfl't G, war tax bill was back again today in
the hands of the House following Its
Mitthe“ For Tax Collector passage by the Senate last night.
~ SThe measure passed the House May
9 Al llle Democratic convention held= 23, and MW 8093 t0 conference. The
giant. night in the council chambers of Senate add-3d more than 85001300000
Elbe city hall, the lion. Jeremiah H. to the hill. . .
.Donovan was unanimously elected the It. is hoped the dlflerences between
Democratic candidate for mayor of. the two houses may be settled with-
l the City of Norwalk for the next term, in two weeks. after which the hill
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UNCLE SRM’S
MARREIS 0N
, lRIS WEEK
Magnificent Carnival Opens
on The Green, in East
Avenue, Tomorrow, Thurs-
day and Friday
Min ELAIIIIRATE
.AffilREVEllllEill
Proceeds Will Be For the
Benefit of the Home 'of the
Aged
Tomorrow will witness the grand
openihg of "Uncle Sam's Markets,"
the magnificent carnival which will be
held on the Green, in East avenue,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
this week under the auspices of the
Nerwalk Town Union of the King's
Daughters and Sons.
Final preparations have been prac.
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t'l‘lle convention was in marked con-
trast to the Republican convention.
and proceedyd must harmoniously
tlcally completed, and the program
has been announced as follows:——
Uncle Sam’s-Marketer
will be laid before President Wilson
for blssixnllture.
The Senate approved the bill sixty-
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MAINE DEFEAT?
m SUFPRAIIE, 210 I
Partial Returns Show 17,000
in Favor and 31,800
Against — Antis Recall
Proverb, “As Goes Maine,
So Goes Union”-—Suifs
Say Franchise Is Merely
“Deferred”
PORTLAND, Me, Sept. ll.——Equal
suffrage for Maine women was defeat-
ed 2 to 1, at the sepeclal election yes-
terday. according to newspaper re-
turns Iast night, from two-thirds of the
state. The total for 438 out of 035
election precincts including all cities
was 17,035 in favor and 31,807 opposed.
The total vote of the cities oil’s: Yes.‘
7.444; no, 15,597. The towns reported
stood: Yes, 9,391; no, 16,210. ,
Mrs. Clarence Hale, president of the
six HOSIIIE tinnitus
sun 0ft fRENCH COASI Bl
IRE AMERICAN iislioliis
American Tank
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nlerchantmen
of having‘: the necessity of taking action—the.>
$1,000,000 state aid money which the'
throughout the entire evening. Dr.
Robert M. Wolfe, t'hal'les A. Volk and
Dr. William J. Moor». were unani-
mously nominated as councilmen fo.‘
the Second Ward. John Malone and
Harold T. urray were nominated as
councilman from the First Ward.
Frank L. Clarke was nominated as
councilman for the Fourth Ward, Irv-
ing D. Robertson was nominated as
councilman for the Third Ward. and
Alexander K. hiorion was nominated
as councilman for the. Fifth Ward.
IWilfred Bodweil, Robert G. Mitchell“
"nnd Herbert ll. Smith were unani-E
: lnously renominatcd for the offices of‘
icity treasurer. tax and assessment
icollecter. and town clerk respectively.
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nine to four. the negative votes being
cast by Senators B an, Groups. La
Follette and Minds. 9 action came
after the high tax group had again
sought to secure theadoptlon {effica-
ator La Follette's subatitutetittral‘se
83.500.000.000 more taxes. it was yet»
ed down 65 to 16.
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‘Public- Utilities Commission
Also Blames Shore Line
Railway Company For!
Lax Methodist, and Orders1
a Report on Suggestions
- For Improvement
Persons Arriving at Danish
Capital Fiom Petrograd
Says He WasJiilled By a
' Member of lthe'Bolshiviki
LONDON, Sept. 11.——-The Swedish
Aftonbladet, says the correspondent
(at Copenhagen of the Exchange 'l‘ele-
graph Company, publishes a rumor
Temanating from person? who have or-
rived at the Danish capital from Pet-
, 1r’ograd‘mthéltb Premier Kerensky has
In Its report made public yesterday. een e y a member 0! the Bol-
[on the recent North Bradford wreck. shiviki. .The,rumor could 1199.56 con-
firmed. i' ,lliltllm
'ln which eighteen passenggrs and one I
,clnploye‘e were killed outright, or diedl ,
{within twenty-four llOlll-i, and thirty-: '
gilve passengers were injured. the pub-isnlnlERSSTBP
’lic utilities commission places the pri-‘
-mary responsibility for the collision of
jibe two Shore line trolley' cars on.
{Motorman W sley Barnard Negus and!
gConductor W1 lialn J. Tryon. The sec-
‘ondary cause of the accident, the re! » "
'pnrt says further. lies, to a certain ex-t WASHINGTON t. 11,-. .
tent, in the failure. of the Shore Linefponse to a call to} hfififagnmsg: Qi,
lElectrlc Railway Company to main-mu invasion at Dolores Creek, 28
ltain a spirit of alert obedience and a'miles south of here. just before last
sense )of individual responsibility Smidnight, several truckloads of sol-
among 118 employees, without whichl diers and many on motor cycles left
the continued safe operation of its for that place, No report of a. clash
tears Was impossible. had been received here early today.
The Shore Line Electric Railway Is ' ’—
of The King's Daughters and Sons women. made the following statement
pollinator
for the benefit of the Home for the
Aged. -’
The markets will be open Wednes.
day, September 12th, from 2 until 10
p. m.: Thursday, September 13, from
10 a. m. to 10 p. mt; Friday, vSeptem;
ber 14, from 2 until 9 p. m.
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President Jeremiah ‘Scully.
iii and, Milton-O. Manson,
Formerlinion Man, Have
EachOther Arrested
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DANBURY, Sept. ll.-—The first ar-
rests as the result of trouble between
union and nonunion men, growing out
of the operation of several hat facto:
rise in this city on the “open shop"
plan were made today. when Jeremiah
Sculiy, president of the local Hat
Makers‘ Union, and William 0. Mer-
son, a former union member, now em-
ployed at the open shop of the F. H.
Lee Hat. Company, were unsigned in
the city court on charges of assault.
Merson's eyes were blackened and he
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through a‘ crowd of watchers near the
factory. as he was on his way home
from work Saturday afternoon. He
alleges that Scully struck him. Scully,
who was the first to enter complaint to
the prosecuting attorney, claims that
Merson began the :attack.
Three local manufacturing concerns
which recentlylncorporated the Unit-
ed States Hst Company and are op
erating open shops bars, .are members
of the Connecticut Manufacturers As-
sociation. and Ralph 0. Wells, of”
Hartford, attorney for that organiza~
tion. appeared in court today in Mer-
son’s interest. The cases were con-
tinued until this afternoon.
In order to aid in preventing further
trouble among crowds in“ gather near
the shops as the employee are leaving.
County Sheriff Pease, at the request of
the.local authorities, has detailed six
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received a broken rib while passing'
it the result:
“The present election on women's,
suffrage, we believe is but another il-l
lustration of the proverb, ‘As goes
Maine so goes the union.’ Maine has:
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United States Vessels Were
Convoying a Fleet of Mer-
chantmen From . This
Country on September 5th
Till] MERCHANT
SHIPS WERE [08R
Steamer
Westwego, One of the Sur—
vivors, Brought Word of
the Attack
WASHINGTON,
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American destroyers are believed
to have sunk six hostile submarines
oif the coast of France September
while conveying a fleet of
from the United
States. Two of the merchant ships
were lost, but it is reported with-
Given by They Norwalk Town l‘nlon MW“? “09‘9” ODDO'ed ‘0 “mafia 1"’l‘wut loss of life. Meagre reports to
itlle Navy Department today give.
a brief account of the fight, trans-
mitted from the American tank
steamer Westwego ,one of the
ships which survived the attack.
given a good majority against woman: - , ~ ,
suffrage.» Massachusetts went 2 to 1: 'liéle Westtwcgohvtfjs . 63 mum
against it In 1915. it would seem that ‘0 “r095 tom 4.9 mte .8;th
nothing further is needed to prove that
the east Is not in favor of woman's
entrance into political life. The resultl
of the election should satisfy the pub-
lic. and if suffragists really practice
the principles of democracy which they
never fail to preach, they will accept
this decision as final for many years to
come.” a.
Mrs. Deborah Knox-Lfilngstone of
Bangor, chairman of the Maine Sub
frage campaign committee, said:
"dean suffrage has been deferred
but. It can never undefeated.” Maine
suffraglsts begin toily to renew the
battle for the poiltltal hnfrhncbise
ment of Maine‘s womanhood. National
anfl worldwide suffrage for women is
assured." “
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animus WERE
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Coal Dealers Have Been
Unusually Busy During
the Past Few Days‘ ,
it was no unusual thing to s e over
coats this morning, and It was be ex-
ception rather than the rule to see a
man without one. The cold snap may
has now h 1d sway since last Friday
evening bi 5 fair to remain for a fewl
days more and then the weather
sharps promise us some warm weather
when attacked.
The vessels were under convoy,
but no details of the fight were
included in the reports receivd.
’l‘ll names of the two ships sunk
were not included in the dispatch.
It is not even known whether they
were American ships. The Navy
Department has cabled fonaddi-
tionsl information.
The Westwego, an oil tank
steamer,.was built ill Germany in
1914 for Roumanian account un-
der the name of the Steaila Ro-
mans. Later her registry was
changed to American and after-
ward her name was made Westwa-
go. The vessel was of 3,059 tons”
net and she carrid a crew of forty-
two meu.\Latest reports show she
was in an American port August
8 and later sailed on a trans— ~
atlantic voyage commanded by
Captain. Mulcoy.
Following is the Navy Depart-
ment’s statement: .
“The Navy Department has re—
ceived a report from Paris which
states that the steamer Westwego
reports on Sept. 8, that while
cruising with several other ships,
it was attacked by a massed force '
of six submarines off the coast 0:
France on September 5, the result
of this attack being that two of tho
steamers attacked were sunk and
again. Winter underwear ‘was re- probably .all'of, the submarines
quested thlsmorning and if one seesiwere 108 .” , '
a man or boy walking along the street} WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.— .
suddenly stop and go through some‘While the NaVy' Department’s
outlandish .contortions as though he
was trying to clasp hands behind his
back one may be sure that the woolens,
are being worn by that person. ‘
The coal dealer did a record business ,
for this time of the year, starting~onz
Saturday, and they are wonderim how ,
long the demand will last. Most per».
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statement does not specifically
state that American destroyers
were conveying the ships, it was
announced recently that a policy
of convoying fleets of merchant
ships acrossvthe Atlantic had been
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hosted at hundreds of thousands o
. :dollars. was caused in this Section 0
" 'rtlonnccticut lam night by the earliest
chilling frost indecades. The temper-
»‘ialnredroppedwto the freezing point
‘carly this morning. and in' some 10.—
' calities ice formed upon 'pools of s’till
we tor. ~,.. ' ‘ ‘
.While the unusually cool .weather
of the previous tortyeight hours had
mad-3 farmers apprehensive .that a
front might develop, they were totally
_ -_ unprepared for. a killing frost such as
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125 motor ambulances and autumn:
hiles to Russia is announced by the
American Red Cross. The shipnlcntl
will 0 forward immediately. consign-l
,ed to he Red Cross mission Sent to
Ronald {mo months ago under Dr.
Frank Billings.“~ Already nearly half
a milliony,_dollarsi worth of medical.
gtliltsupplies have. been sentel
"Ambula ‘95 are needed with thei
Russian armies almost more than any
form of, relief,” said the announce-
ment. "On this. eastern front there
are only 6,000 vehiclvES-for transporta-
tion of the wounded, while ton the.
French front, only a third as long;,
there are 75,000.
adopt. any or all of the following
lgestions:
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corps with live complete ambulances‘llcan tic
sections."
’theva‘mbulsnee section's .wlll be sent hug )t
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ill be unit: two
to Russia; the machinesiwlll be opera
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Rosalsn e‘ to
rected to report to the public utili-
WAS ‘. ‘_ \ties commission on or before the 18th
HI\GTON' Sept. 11 A gift or of this month,whether it will accept or
sug-
1e—lnstall a modern system of auto-
) REREINES TR RUN
. Many of Judge Tammany"s friends
_ The automobiles ‘.wers inclined to assist in a movement
being shipped will equip one anuy,to run him on an independent Repub-
> __ Ieifect, The judge, thIs morning, how-‘.eel
For the present no personnel for otter, declined the one!“ and by so do urday S
deputy sheriffs from other parts of
the county for special duty here.
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A record breaking number of Signs-
tures; just an even 1,000,‘has been so
cured to the petition to have a vote
‘taken at the coming election‘on the
matter of going back‘ to the district
school system. Among the 1,000 names
on the petitionwhlch will be submitted
to the board of councilmen’ this even-
ing, are a majority of the lawyers in.
the city, :a large number or former
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_ rqsseszawcz lN FRANCE;
WASHINGTON" Sept- 11.—Not-
withstanding the refusal of the war
department omcials to confirm the ru-'
mor, Senator Brandegee said today
that the “day and place of embarks-
tion have been selected am; the
troops of Connecticut and Massachu
sett's will leave this country, and that
too, in the very near‘future. These
New England troops will fall right
In the rear of General Pershing’s
troops now on the ground and after
a time spent in trainlng will be sent
to the trenches. “
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'ruout:ny‘l'ti'tli‘t'a'lfit’t~ ditty in which lip-1
ket and informed him to that .pllcations to be made voters canbe re-.,schoel committeemen, some of the
ads enlist» largestmpeyers in the city. and many
red; .Eleolm
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ple are holding off buying coal for. as :adopted,,and since the Westwego»
long a period or time as they can be“ and the other merchant craft:
cause they believe that ““1 pricesiwhich were the objects of the
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middlemen continue to charge the re-§ ' . ,
{jailer-s what they have been charging; than probable that American wart
in the past there is every likelih’lodzships guarded the merchant ships -
that the pricehwill not malts much {Milan the way across. fl . ‘ _
fer nee. Per a‘ps ten con 8 on a on. ‘ ‘. .
Th; miners strike in Springfield, lll..l Americfm warships have all: .
testes that city practically withouhbeen eqlllpped Wlth (1pr bomllfl .-
ccal and it is expected that the gov-'for fighting submarines. This: ‘.
eminent will intervene. Thesevinter-lweapon has been highly perfected; .
nal disputes during such untime‘of' - . , .
stress as our country is in is little het— by American ordnance ”PM"
ter than the munitlon maker who at- and proved very @9411?- f
temps 'to hold the government up for; If detailed reports bear out the ,
supplies. The way that the price otfirst dispatch, they Will signalizo
steel dropped from caste :30. was one , the most-notable action , against.
of the instances in which“ is shown ‘submarines- since the war 11589”.
that the goVermnent should e a . . . .
arm stand in these days or. patriotic”) ‘83 we“ 39; a “'3ka “@0101
, the American naval forces. ‘ .
extortion.
Europe, it is regarded as more ' ’
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