es'rALIsnso 1370-
than or
UNCLE 8AM
. IN DEMAND
In Addition to the Big Car-
. nival Attractions on The
‘ Green There Was 3 Sup-
! per in Baptist Church and
,Vaudeville Program
urtltll’lili
taunt nu
.iCartoonist Tom Powers
Gives Sketches, and There
l. Was Comedy and Other
' Features
entered u on South Not-walk Post
Office as Second Clue Matter.
(
I“
Fair Tonight, Warmer in Connecticut
copra noawau, conic. War, 8m.13,1917
R|0liR8 BURN
GERMAN tracts
INBUENOSAYRES
Business Houses and Restau-
rant Wrecked, and Ger-
man Club and Other Build-
ings Damaged by Fire
ERRWDSRRRE .
UNMANAREABLE
Minister Luxburg Is Given?
His Passports by Argen-
tine Government
. . i
BUENOS AlRES, Sept. l3.—-The riot-2
ing which began here late yesterday in
Ian antiJGerman demonstration contin-
The chilly weather conditions of ued throughout the night. Every Ger-
wul u ulna
Hll'lliRS’ llutulu
Manufacturers’ Association
Counsel in Danbury As-
sault Case Intimates That
Will Be the Procedure-
Scully and Merson Fined
DANBURY, Sept. 13.—That the
Connecticut lManufacturers' tiassociat-
tion, through its attorney, Ralph D.
Well‘. of Hartford. intends to peti’
tion the courts for an injunction to
prevent the hatters’ union from main-
taining pickets about the "open"
shops of the F. H. Lee Hat company,
M. McLachlan &\ Company and John
W. Green & Sons was disclosed yes:
terday by the request made by Attor-
ne ' Wells of Judge Samuel A. Davis
in the city court for a ruling ins to.
whether or not the hatters‘ union, as
an organization was implicated in’ the
trouble at the Lee factory in which
William O. Merson. a non-union hat-
ter was pummelled and had. a: rib
broken and both eyes blackened.
Judge Davis ruled that from the ev.’-’
deuce presented it' was not shown
that the halters' union was a party
to the trouble.
Evidence'presented was to the ef-I
feet that William 0. Merson struck:
.th evening had absolutely no etiect man business house and restaurant in,
on the large crowd of Norwalk 980. the downtown district was wrecked,
ple‘ who attended “Uncle Sam's Mar-
kets," the big carnival which opened
on the Green, yesterday afternoon,
under the auspices of the Norwalk
Town Union of the King's Daughters
land Sons; The Green was prettily
decorated for the occasion with lines
and hunting, and booths representing
the different states and sections of
the country were scattered broadcast
about: the grounds. The ladies in
when!!! of the booths reported a very
large sale of articles. Tile vaudeville
show, of which there were two per
(Continued on Sixth Page.) '
w QUEEN ELEANRR
ill lilJlRARIA DIES
mad Done Much Red Cross
Work Since Outbreak of
War and Once Planned to
Visit United States
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. lit—Queen
Eleallore of Bulgaria died here yester-
day afternoon. She has been ill for
some time and recently King Ferdi-
nand and erwn‘i’rince Boris and
Prince Cyril were summoned to her
bedside. ‘
Queen Eleanore was the. daughter
, of Prince Henry IV of Reuss‘Kostriz.
uiiiie was born in 1860 and married
'l‘rince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. who
' flatexgascended the throne in 1908.
- Since the outbriz-ak of the war the
-.—»queen had done considerable Red
" Gross work and at one time it was
reported that she pul'po'sed to come
10 the United States to Collect funds
for the sufferers in Bulgaria and to
-- “study the hospital system, in this
country. lt was said that she. chang-
. cd her plans on account of the trou-
r’ "Edited conditions in Mexico. She was a
.Red Cross nurse in lManchuria during
-- ‘llle Japanese-Russian war.
~ « LOSES JOB FOR .
HONORING FLAG;
~ TOWN IN UPROAR
DEEP RIVER, Sept. lit—The town
it: in an uproar over the discharge
'from Pratt, Red & Co. of Edward
Clarinet, a, truck driver, because he
tore down a British flag placed over
iwoflAmerican flags at the home of
Stanley Fisher. an Englishman and a
tforenian at the piano plant. and
changed the positions of the flags. to
have the American flags.above the
. .Ilritish flag. ‘ .
a demonstration next Week. ~ The?
will" carry,“Fanny" as they call him.
ctr their . shoulders .in the . parade.
, or tbe'yonth.
‘While passing the Fisherdtome, last. ’
.fiadurday, Gannet noticed the posi-
~llions of the; flags and suggested to
Mrs: Fisher that shejchange them to
conform with custom. She‘ds said to
. ~Ilnve refused and an argument 'de'
vcl'o'ped. Gannet proceeded to carry
out his own suggestion. supposely
'tiguimlt Mrs. Fisher's will.
: Fisher is said to have taken the ticket for the unexpired term of theiment that the next 40 per cent. 0‘1, that one man was fatally. injured. Two
matter to the firm employing Gannct board. The remainder of they tlcketi Connecticut's quota for the national
. and aims" and to me sauna-me is as published in The Sentinel. rhoimiyt all be“ lent to Ca‘mst'flms,
boy's discharge. when he refused the Second Ward committee placed Bam- Ayer. Mass, on September 20.1 A
time orders to apologize. cannot in- no! J. Watkins. Archie 1". ‘lfiuhup‘rcvlouc order directed
{lists he hasmoth‘ '4. against England.
run was patriotic
' manna properly. 3
*° "i llllluuuruu
mobile sentiment is entirely in favor!
i
The German club and other buildings;
were damaged seriously by fire. The:
police wounded seven rioters seriouslyi
when they fired into the crowd. Three‘
of the injured are expected to die.
At first the crowds were so un~i
manageable that the poliCc closed all;
the streets leading to the German Le-l
gallon and Consulate. The archives in}
these buildings were taken to the star-g
age vaults for safekeeping. h‘it'emen,i
armed with rides. prevented the mobs‘
from destroying the ofilccs ol‘ the Ger-i
man Trans-Atlantic Company. which"
supplies the city's light. Heavy forces
of provincial troops are guarding the}
railway over which German Minister"
Luxburg will arrive this morning.
The cabinet late last night approved:
‘ the action of President lrigoyen in?
presenting passports to Count Lux-
burg. ltis said to have considered
on Second Page.)
‘lunulrluli‘
t .lliiERlliii ~
* -FREESPEERRI
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. l3.——-ln in-;
lstructing prospective jurors in the"
trial, which .was antler way here to-f
_day of Daniel O’Connell, an attorney,i
and six other men charged with coll-1
spiracy to hamper encouragement of?
the selective draft law, Judge Wil-i
liam C. Van Fleet. of the United
States District Court, defined free
speech. i
. “No man," he said, "has a right!
to carry the liberty of freesmcch to!
a point which interfereswlth the duel
execution of the law, where his op-l
position is not an honest one and is
actuated wholly by the intention of;
expressing his views. Sometimes in-I
dividuals will give expression to!
IN'lews which may have an eflect uponi
ith’e execution of the laws. But iii
are honestly and conscientiously ex-l
lpressed, it is. under our constitution!
(Continued
the liberty of free speech, ,
“The citizens have. a perfect right}
‘to discuss. any measure: they have:
'a perfect right to criticise the judgsl
ment of the courts or legislative acts,
i-
“No man, has a right to advise his‘
neighbor or the public to obstruct theI
execution of the law: That is beyond
the liberty of free speech."
REPURURANS
‘ ; "RN “BRET
At a meeting of the Republican city
,committec last night. thE‘ place made
vacant by the. declination of Judge
Joseph R. Taylor. as a member of the
Board of Education, was filled by the
’although Scully had
thource for this season comes from the
Jeremiah Sc‘llly, an ollicer of the. hat—l
ter's union, with an umbrella and
Scully replied by wielding his lists.
with the result that Merson received
a severe beating.
Judge Davis in passing judgment;
stated that the evidence showed that'
been attacked
first, he used more force than was
necessary in repellinar the attack. He
accordingly fined Scully $60 and costs
on the charges of mutual assault and
breach of the peace.
illENBllllF '.
50 Drown
Big Atlantic Transport Lin-
er Torpedoed Off the
Coast of Ireland Last Fri-
day ’
TWELVE unlit
nut runs
Minnehaha Waugh-Conw-
ed Group WWII-M
Attacked Despite the Ea-
cort
NEW YORK, Sept. l3.—~Newa was
received here yesterday from Eng-
land that the Atlantic transport liner
Mlnnehaha, which had made twenty.
six voyages between New York anal
London carrying 16,000 tons of mini i
lions and supplies on each trip. was
sunk by a submarine last Friday a
and fifty of her oflicers and crew were
lost.
The ltiinnehaha left here five Weeks
London and was on her way back to
this port with a small quantity of
general cargo in her hold and a not
horsewnluad at 830,000, when the WI
destroyed.
'PASSERRY SENATE
Those Who Do Not Want to1
Serve in the Army Are?
Given 90 Days in Which
to Leave the Country—
House to Pass It
WASHINGTON, Sept, 13.¢--Thc Sen-
ate yesterday moved to conscriptt
aliens, into the United States Army.
While the allied Governments, were
framing agreements by which recip-
rocal draft is to he applied to all
their nationals in countries at war
with Germany. the Senate passed the
Chamberlain reSolution to conscrlpt
aliens here. . y
The rasolution provides that all}
aliens of allied countries living in:
the United States a year shall bei
drafted, unless exempted by treaties!
Ninety days will be allowed any one
now here who wish to leave. Nation-
als of Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and
Turkey are subject to classification
and draft for other than military pur-
poses,,..‘
The resolution must‘now be acted
on by the House and it is expected
thut’lt. will soon he passed by that
body. ’
SPARK FROM STONE
CAUSES THREE FIRES
PIERRE, s. 1)., Sebt. 13.—Tlle rec-‘
ord of fires starting from a peculiar'
Bovey farm, near Kimball.
Mr. Bovey was cutting hay when
the sfckle struck a. small stone [and
threw a’spark into the dryt‘grassc
which caught fire from the, spark,
To handle the fire and save his team
Mr. Bovey unhitchcd the horses and
tied them to a fence and hurried back
to put out the blaze. The flames got
beyond his control, however, and
reached the place where the ‘team
was tied. setting fire to the fly-nets!
on the horses. The terrified team
bfroke loose and ran to the barn,
where the burning nets set fire, to the
structure and it was destroyed. and
with its valuable stallion and a’colt.
Flying embers from the hundred the
stocks on the place and the winter
supply'ot feed was destroyed.
Waofnlo PER. ‘ _
r CENT. or QUOTA ,.
- GOES ON SEPT. 20
HARTFORD. Sept. 13.-Adiutant-
,naming of Charles B. Miller and
iDlxon McNetton was placed on the
mud Qliver ill. Weed in place «Frank
would: to wish the“: N. “your. Samuel "‘2‘. Stevens. and
smash 4,..emlta.‘
General George M. Cole yesterday re-
ceived orders from the war depart-
ERumor Ilas It That He Has
,today that Fktsher H. liiontgomery.
. were present.
'en treasurer and Harry E: Scofield
, not
(Continued on Page Two)
F. ll. MliNliillMERY
uw PRESIDENT ..
nil in it?
Been Oll'ered the Position 5
at a (Large Salary—Will
Neither Confirm Nor Deny
It was rumored throughout Norwalk
of 82 France street. Norwalk, ‘sec-
retary of the Crofut & Knapp -Hat
company, the largest hat manufactur-
ing concern i the city had been of-
fered the pres ency of the Knox Hat
Company at a very flattering salary.
When interviewed this afternoon.
Mr. Montgomery refused to either
deny or confirm the rumor saying that
he would make an announcement lat~
er in the day. .
REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE MEETS
FOR ORGANIZATION
The Republican city committee met
in the City Hall, last evening, for or—
gahlzation. Nearly all the members
William Miller. who
has served as chairman for several
years, declined re-election owing to
business affairs, and Deputy Sheriff
Edward B. Doulens was unanimously
elected to that position. Deputy
Sheriff Nelson W. Benedict was chos-
was named as secretary of the com-
mittee. Plans for a vigorous. cam-
paign were discussed and the commit
tee will shortlydlsplayV signs of ac
tivity. The Second Ward members
met earlier in the evening and elected
Edward J. Flaherty as chairman;
Dominick Eula, secretary; and Philip
‘Castellano, treasurer. Both Mr. Fla-
herty and Sheriff Doulens are active
party workers and will put a lot of
ginger in the.campalgn.
.._—._.....J—~a__-.
ONE MAN HURT
* DURING RIOT
KANSAS (IITY. Sept. 13.«—A riot in
which more than 2.000 striking pack-v
lng_house._employes and their sym.
pathizers participated took place last
night in Armour 82 Company’s plant
in Kansas City. Kenn. with the result
ml! main
late this attention at which time the
.lIJl-ZNSE PElllliiN
manure?
Reported That There Are
Not Enough For Vote This
Fall
it is understood that about 20 names!
are missing on the petition for a vote
on the license question. A rumor has
been going about town to this effect!
and while City Clerk Leonard Robins:
and Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith have R
not finished their work on checking upi
the names it is understood unofficiallyi
that there areaiiumber of names that;
are not to be counted.
Yesterday it was said that a num-
er of women had signed the petition,
and that this would not carry weight
because they would only be allowed to
vote upon the school question. This
was denied and no women's were
found on the petition. City Clerk
Robina and Town Clerk Smith expect
to be up the names
6'
result will be announced. N
No one seems to know where the
Minor started that the names are miss-
ing. The petition with what was said
to be 581 names on it was presented at
the council meeting on Tuesday even-
ing and was being examined yesterday.,
however. ’
Today the story started that these,
names Were. missing and that this;
KORNROfi WOlllll SURRENDER
0N CiRlRiN llRMS, AND HIS *
usuululu
ll] DRAFT ARMY
Local Board Certifies to Six-I
teen Men Neither Exempt-
ed or Discharged
The following is a list of the men
certified to the District Board by the
local board as not having been ex-
empted or discharged for any’ reason.
These men also‘ constitute a part of
Norwalk's draft army. The names
are:—
lSO'i—Jlichlgan, Hiram S., 12 Union '
avenue, Norwalk~638,
1995~Rundle, Harold 13.. 31 Van Zant
street. East Norwalk~—675.
3296~Hurley, Timothy, Noroton, Dar~
ien-683. .
short distance off the coast of [reload '
w putltwsellilllii
would bring the number of names un-‘2485wWiegman. Paul W., Connecticut
der the number required by law. "1 avenue, Norwalk—710.
this is so then Nor-walk will not vote31652~Natham Jacob, 29 First street.
on the license question on October I. , Norwalk—722.
it seems very probable that some‘,1464~—Mass, Abraham. 155 Washing
names will be thrown out. but just h0W3 ton street, South Norwalk—Jisi.
many cannot be accurately stated-i ISM—Phillips, Charles PL, 24 Ccitral
Nothing has been issued either by, avenue, Norwalk~75t '
ago. delivered her cargo safely in flow“ Clerk Smith 0‘ C“? Clerk R0": INN—Hoyt. Edwin, New Canaan,
bins in regard to any names beingt
thrown out. ‘
RERISTRATIRN IN,
Conn.»e781.
715wr‘agan, Edward F. Jr., 6 Center
avenue, Norwalk-796.
”ML—Lawrence, Chester R., 2 Maple
1 street, Norwalk—«Szz.
.iSSO—Polley, Samuel C., 25 Monroe
' ‘ street. South Somalis—«645.
3316—Fahey‘, Joseph It, 3 Springdale
Daricn-654. ' ‘ '
3022~Pauley, Lloyd
i New Canaan—855.
i3264~0attrone. George,
: Heights, Darlen~86oi
' 5 2650—JOntons, Fred A., Wilton. Conn.
rolled for 1917-48. ts 4,298,; L908.
and Some Buildings Are'tl’i'Q-«Spahr. Martin. 46 Glenwood
Overcrowded , l
l
i
Noroton
Total Number of Pubils En:
avenue; South Norwalk—lils.
The following is the registration at
the schools by thenbuildlngs accord- BRO TATE EAldlEn
lug to the figures from the superin- . -
lendents of schools office this morn. T0 THE cfllflRS
pg:—
Franklin Junior High school...... 568} .
Center Junior High school. . . 2358? Dr. Robert W. Tate, son of Mr. and
Concord school ................. 380:3”; William 3, Tate of 9 Rowan
Senior High school ........... 347i
Lincoln school .................. 365istreet. East Norwalk, has been hon-
Knudsen school .t.... ........... 20910er by being commissioned as first
Henry street school (one room).. aflllieutenant in the Medical Reserve
Jenerson school ............... . 236,corps, and today reported for duty at
Over River school ...............
Winnlpauk school- ...............
Broad River school ' ..............
Cranbury school .................
West Nerwalk school .. ......
142 ‘Camp Dix. Wrightstown. N. J... where
114 he will be stationed until the troops
64 i are moved for active service. Dr. Tate
25iis a Nurwulk boy. a graduate of the
misorwalk high cshool, class of 1910,
Fitch school ..... ...... . 2lfiiand the Long Island Medical college.
Marvin school ...... 253 For some time he has been practicing
Washinaloli school ........ . 291~ln Brooklyn, where he was very suc~
North Cen or school. . 81 ce‘ssful, having a large number of pa-
i
139itients. and was on the operating stuff
180 !of three hospitals.
8|)- ,
23:31
Putnam school ...................
Rownvton school ............
Franklin Elementary school .....
Confer. Elementary school .. .
“Brookside school ........ . ...... .
[otal registration to date for V. .
year of 1917-18 ................ 4298 -
Most of the schools suffer fromi .R B A
over- crowding and whereas eachf ‘ . ‘
room is supposed to comfortably hold‘ .
gfgggefgigfigd §3§;l8,nt_h,fy,,§§§3 ST. LOUIS. Sept. 13.——After cutting
- . , 4 ' from. Sullivan
many cases. This congestion it call!“ the Wires leading , .
hoped will be straightened out laterI MO" 55 miles southeast 0f here, f5“;
on during the year but it is,a poweriautomobile bandits m1}: today 1"" f.
ful argument to increase the number the two town marshal‘u and a ti;
of schools. Each year there is the graph 0991‘?“ m a box car, ‘7 1“?
same crowding. and it does not seem, through the town firing 3”“ to ma e
to lessen as time goes on, but on the, citizens stay indoors, blew the safe
contrary grows. Soon it will mean i 0? the People’s Bank. robbed the 1’03”
‘S.‘, Smith Ridge)
that a certain percentage of children
will have to do without schooling for
an extra year or that they will be
forced to drop out before their school-
ing is really ,finished.‘ .
GALLAH‘ER. BATTERY suspsuos
. ‘ DRILL. . .
While Edward B. Gallo er. captain
' of the Gallaher Battery. is in Maine“
enjoying a month‘s‘vacatlon, the mem-
bers of the battery have abandoned
their regular semi-weekly drills. and
now meetevery Monday evening ,at
the Nomad: Country club. ‘where a
school of instructionhas been started.
by First Sergeant Millard. Sergeant
Millard is in charge of the squad dur-
lnx'Captain Gallaher's absence.
Drills will begin again on the
from injuries)“. _
been determined.
Thetrollblo w ' W" ‘
extents: which has
boom. ell. ‘twr
out-wiring”, W
t
Moll-m
:Xdato. ‘
will‘be heldon the calm
neat officers will also
roller toil .- t
ed ofileersz‘
lattice andescaped. News of the raid Kormlofl and the factions favore
I-gs
TWO OHM]
HRS CRllAPSlD
The Russian Provibional
Government'Demands His
Unconditional Surrender,
a Dispatch Says
RUSSIAN lltllllPS
rerun MRSBIE
Berlin Reports file Repulse
of Russian Reconnoitring
Parties Along the Black
Sea
LONDON, Sept. 13.—-—General
Korniiofl, former commanderin-
chief of the Russian armies and.
:lcader of the rebellion against the
iProvisional Government, has __ex-
[pressed a willingness to surrender
ion certain terms, says a dispatch
,from Petrograd to the Exchange'
iTelcgraph Company. The Pro-
ivisional Government, however,
idcmands his unconditional “surrenq.
’der.
'. rsraoouao, Sept. 13min
Ecording to an official statement
ijust issued General Kornilofl’sat-
tempt seems to have collapsed, and
there is no longer any reason“ to
;forccs. Atier General Alexis!
had been in communication by
telephone with General Komilofl
the opinion was that the revolu-
tionary general later would aban-
don his enterprise. .
General Korniloff’s attempt to
to bloodshed nor has it weakened
ltllc strength. of . the Provisional
i authorities. .
Premier Kerensky hi elf has
taken thevchief congnan 1offltha
Rides a ies and boats. ex-~
:iei‘f, filing“ commander in chief”;
has been appointedhis chief ofi
‘stafl. .
i Some of the forces of the rebel-
ilious leader have. advanced to»
iwithin thirty miles of Petrograd.
One army has occupied Gatoblna,
’on a railroad 30 miles southwe‘so'
'of the capital, while another force
has reached a point fourteen miles
south of TsarskoerSelo, fifteen.
miles south of Petrograd.
has been no fighting.
I. Ofiicials of the Kerensky govh»
iernmcnt assert“~that General Kora
iilotf deceived his troops as to the
ipurposes of his revolt, many of
'his soldiers. as a result, are declar—
led to he deserting, while others: '\ '
are fratern'zing with the govern-p
"ment forces. The
Government will enter into no no-
gotiptions with General Kornilofi,
whose only hope appears to be in
the capture, of Petrograd. Martial.-
law has been declared in Moscow,
which, which, compared with Pe-
trograd, is more in sympathy with "
x
a
.fear a collision between the two“. .
overthrow the Keroulllty - govern; ,
mentment in Russia has not yet led *
There _
Provisions! *
1
Tuesday iii-October. and cxamlnatingcz
others wereysont to hospital'- audaring,tor commissioned and nocommlnlon.
M ticailyj the whole of the ridge ly‘ngiGfiMl‘fll 01‘1“”.
. .1 west of the Old Farm road, at Tole
{was telephoned to the St. Louis police able to him.
from towns near Sullivan. How much i The troops on
learned. ‘- n iKercnsky and Berlin reports the
' T S t. Int—Later it was; . L. . . - ,.
allsr’lrb‘iirihcgttl‘.‘flintelironi3 the 'people-sfiepulse 0L reconnertring Pam“:
[Bank the bandits secured $2.400, antlgtlt several points along the Black
:irom the St. Louis and San Francisco £333, The Qermaus' have “13491”.
inflilmadfim‘w-L ' " ldctermined, attacks, seemfingfi'
“ ' " .- ' 'waiting for their chance s on
EADDS T0 TOKENEKE . . gthe Korniioif and Korensky farees.
} ' REALTY HOLDINGS i engage in actual conflict for supra-
- ’ ’ ‘ imaev. ‘ ‘ .~
i .Geornell‘; Pentecost, Jr., Of 40”“ 11me Italy Wednesday
street, New. York city, has bought. . ’ ’ . . . -. ’
«through the om“ of Mrs. mnnfiept. 12 (Dclayed).~—Itallans and
'Smith, 15 East 40th street. all the . . . . ‘
porosity lying between his presentm bitter fighting for possessron
Win"? and “1% midcngisot link mmiflonto Sun Gabriele, on the Iab
§:$&t,.£i bgigi'fioe ‘3“ °ggg1lfronn , A bulletin issued today by
‘ mentio
Monte San Gabriele [urethanfilg
time, reveals that intense light ‘
‘ the fighting:
,bo/oty was obtained has not beeugfronts remain loyal to Premier ,
Munro-Hungarians are engaged,
.;