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Entered at the count Nor-walk Put
Office as Second Class Matter.
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copra aoawn’x. coax. rainfall, sac-r. 14,
J
1917
Fair tonight and probably Saturday.
nun iNll nun
insulation
Were Caught Robbing Haf-
ner’s Store and Shot 0f-
ficer John Roberts in the
Head
'Wiliiam Kovacs and Michael San-
dor, of Norwalk, charged with assault
witb"intent to kill. who were sentencl
ed to six years in the refomlatory at
the session of the criminal side oil
the Superior Court, in Bridgeport,
yesterday. The youths. who are
eighteen years, broke into the store of
A. L. Hefner, in'Sea'view avenue. loaf
December, and when detected by Of-
ficer John Roberts;- opened lroand
iscriously wounded him, so that he
was obliged to remain in the hospital
for several months. .
James Moore, ‘of Danbury, charged
HORSE DEAR
AHER BARN ,
_ V BURNER NP
Building in Taylor Avenue
Was Owned by Raymond
Brothers, and the Loss on
It Was $150 .
NflRRlSHlRRIS
llWNlili THE nullit-
Other Contents of the Struc-
ture Were Also Destroyed
Tallinn iii “
iitRilliiS 0i
. lill llolllls
Coroner Mix, in a FindingI
Today, lHolds This Would
i Be a Means of Reducing
i Accidents to a Minilnum
EVERY BiiilIH
PililliNllill ii
i BitiiiWil
All Articles on the Fancy
Table, and Which Were
Made by Inmates of Home
For the Aged, Sold
willlllnnmll
illi_8_._l_l_iilliil8,
Successfully» Carries Out
One of the Biggest Affairs
Ever Given in Norwalk ‘ ill MHNE ”(Rim
ARE ARRlSlEll
lililll’ilil’l Rlitll .,
l lillllllnnlllln
liegislatioli Must Be Enacted,
,, That Will Better Protecti
i the Public.
. , - , . terious inasmuch as. no one has beenl 1
3 ,NEW KAVENN, Sept. 14,..1‘iwngmg found who was near the place from. Last night was another big night!
,br the stator of drivers of steam about 6 o‘clock last evening, untlliat “Uncle Sam's Markets,” the big
grams and eleitgtrlc cars as a means of Box 42 summoned the firemen to the'carnivai which is being run on the!
(llontlnued on runabout);
A fire of mysterious origin, mys-
itiliiilltlil
i0 iii llllll
‘The Brandegee Amendment?
of .
Equalizes Liability
States For Men Over-
drawn in the First Draft
fiNVERNNRRENR
. IN A PRRTEST
Saute Adopts Resolution
Authorizing Drafting of
Aliens For War Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. li.~--Connec-
ticut will receive credit in the next
draft of men for war service of the
number that the state furnished for
_7 .Higlinalding incompetent Operatives iscene!) at 11:01.? illlfs‘i night. broke out Green, under the auspices of the Nor-E ‘
pg re ucing accidents and contin- na am on ’ay or avenue, the r0). walk Town Union of the King's
jgoncies arising from the “human any of Raymond Brothers, and gCCRl- Daughters and Sons. iThese Women. F808
leguation," is suggested by Coroner filed by Morris Harris, a junk dcnlw,‘ The crowds were larger than those} Months Imprisonment
pf)“ Mix today in a finding on the and destroyed the barn and burned of the opening night, and every booth. !
ideath of Charles Gothburg, of Nau- ‘0 death it “Oh??- used by Mr. Hal'ri'sion the Grccll did all-uslling business‘. WASHINGTON, Sept. li.-ii‘aoingi
atuck, one of three persons killed in his businesa. '
. y the trolley collision at .0ch on It is not known ,how the fire start-
ithe night of September 3' and for cd and the theory that it might have
*MRIOSB death lilotorinan Edward Earl been spontaneous combustion from
Eaton. of Derby, is held criminally hay Stored there was smashed, when
,Iasponsible. it was discovered that there was
. The accident occurred n’llen‘Euton's M" 8 bill? Of hay there.
Six I
{be as popular as ever. and a largc,trlct of Columbia worlho‘use at Occo-‘
‘iaudiencc was in attendance at both i quan. Virginia, where Mrs. W. J. Bart.
‘tlle first and second performances. ‘10“. of Putnam, Conn., is now serving
. , day afternoon
lcar, carrying between 100 and 120 Mr- iiarris fed and ‘Watered tlicl (Continued on Eighth Page.) lthcir headquarters to the gates otuw'
I fictions. bound from New Haven to horse at 6 last night and than locked _ Whiteol‘lousc. ’i
, illumination into a service car the burn. lenvinglthc horse inside.
They were Miss Katherine Fisher,
of Washington, D. 0.; Miss Ruth
Croekcr. of lllinois; Miss Nina Samar.
adln. of lx'lvv. Russia; Miss Anna
Gwlnter. of Baltimore; Mrs. .‘itarki
Jackson. of Baltimore and Mrs. Fred-l
,icausing the limo demlls and injur None has been found who had been
2 many other passengers. “931‘ the Nam 0F “"19 hfld‘seen an)“ EVNHENEE THAT
, The finding Reviews the accident in NW near it andwhen the firemen am
,flclail, alld states that although E1“. rived tllry llnd to breal: tile door in.i _. .
_______. . as it was still locked. . - l '
. (Continued on page Twelve) i The firemen used one stream of
. ,erlclt w. Kendall, of Hamburg, n. v.)
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(Continued on Pane Twelve)
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‘ ‘water on the blaze besides chemical: ~ '
, .und finally got the blaze under con-i - l
I‘EEENSEQUESTIBN itrol, having been out exactly one i.
x - p « Mr. Harris stated that his less wasg . ~--- . ’ i TARTE" ‘ i
1 about $150. and Raymond Brothers: s’r. animus; vl., sign. 14.w~'t‘eaii-.i . ' ‘
WILL BE "RHPPE" said that their loss. was about theiniony that, Jamie lie-innlingway was! ,
, , samo.nTll~9ro was no insurance on thejslmngled was introduced at the trial, 0” SAYBRWWSH
"r" th i dailielianr New Cinltli" tAvtlnuefi {of Pottsdam. Pit, a member of the, N, ‘ » ‘
g , , - .- ** mwaase" No he one United States cavalr' stiitioned at: .
“at Enoug Names on e “0“ “*9 company y'ésteuiay atterf Fort Ethan Allen. 1’ l
_. . ‘ the public dump was on fire. The fire- who conducted the nutopsv, testified ‘ ° ' .
:01, Be Allowed to Rest For fi'gll'tcrs responded to the call and ex-‘ that the condition of the'organs of? at Hearing Held 1“ Mld
'* i TWO Years - tinsutshod the blaze in a very few 1110- the" throat and the lung‘s pointed con-i dletown
1 “ till
i hour.
, buildi lyesterday for murder of Robert Warm 4
5‘ if Petition, ‘and Matter Will mon- from NewCanann avenuewhere‘ Dr. B. H. Stone, state pullologis:.'Railroad Employees Testify
lllents. clusively to buffocation. Dr. W. J.:
the first draft over and above the
number it really should have sup-
‘Dlied had the war department “0",SOSecondly, to cement the bonds of
Inladc the mistake of registering alll
American and aliens of draft age. and
then conscripting only Americans, and
should furnish by using the figures
of its totalpopulation.
This equalization of the liability
Onc table on which fancy goodsnn sixty-day sentence. six suffraxettea of the states will be effective lhrourh-w,ilh “ library, current periodicals!
only 3 made by the initiates of the Home for unfurled their banners at 4:30 yestep, an amendment Senator Frank ll.-;g“'“°“ and athletic apparatus.
and marched from‘llrandegee of Connecticut offered to}
the joint resolution passed by the
Senate yesterday authorizing the
drafting of aliens for war service.
Owing to the fact that under the
draft law about 60,000 foreigners
.—
(Contlnued on Sixth Page.)
an illiilllNii
Slilliiifiili iiiilllNEii
WASHINGTON, Sept. li.———In the
belief that the‘ country does not un-
derstand the real strength of the Am-
erican military and naval forces,
Chairman Dent of the House Military
Committee today submitted to the
House, for publication in the Congres-
sional Record, a "statement. prepared
at his request. by the committee on‘
ERR DRAFT MEN
lililili’s llllluol i8 . ..
. ll AN END, lllioucn lfll
JNiil intuit“
[callers in, Petrograd. Set
About Reconstructing the
Government and the Army
, PLAN NETIVITIES o Again Displaying n.
Program Decided on Along Fighfingfl W l!
E?.i§“§3¥“é.ili sizzliiiiililiiN-Siiiliiii
. . NllNliRE SUNIR
ifidii‘litniiaii 1‘3? Rfffiiigtmi‘feei‘. __
Dr. Urban Kaufman outlined the pro iGermans Are More Demon?
grant for the winter activities in ac‘, strative in the Aisne Dis.
cordance with the aims and purposes.
of the organization. These are two-l trct on the French Front
fold: ,
Fl t, 0 as , \' e ‘ . _ .
crat‘ivsanb saute-$13321(RNi‘tteirzgts‘gftliitel (I,‘onvinccd that General Korm-
iconsmuem members. ilofi’s rebellion is definitely ‘at an
end, although the general himself
has not officially surrendered, the
leaders at Petrograd are setting
A general meeting of the Unity
League of Norwalk was held Wednes-.
litlariiy and sociability.
I It is the object of.the league to have
{the meeting room, open every day in
' ' ' 3 the reconstruction of the
The vaudeville show continued to) six months' imprisonment at the Dig-) arriving at the number (.‘Olllleciicmi'he “99k and a cordial welcome Will" about
3 government. .
Meanwhile “the Russmn army at
lthe front, particularly lo the
northern sector, is displaying 5
Th? W‘sram of classes and lectures ifightingsplrlt and 399‘”de , to
which will be under the direction orthe official statements is regaining
gnaw Kaufman ”9 “3 mm“? 2some of the ground recently aban-
* sum”. evolving: Lectures by D" 1ldoned to the Germans in the Riga
:Kaplman on “innit-5n)???“ mtemtldistrict. Several villages have
Prominent sneakers from out or town been rc-occllpicd.
twill ls boinvi ' 'c .. . .
l MgndZy cvcnitncizdz motile: £1193??st Acthty 0“ the 0th" baffle“
:‘History and Hebrew for adults, fronts, except the AuStr0:Im 1a.“:
i, Tuesday: Class in American His- “here General Cadorna is still
imry and (““5" A ‘0“??ij “‘50 be fighting determinedly for Monte
immim'w‘] for ”‘9 dig-"33‘0“ 0’ 9“” Still Gabriele, is not notable. The
ENNNéiioi°§3Ri§$§L pomm‘ and inter- Germans apparently are more de-
‘ “'t‘d sdny evening: Class in En- monstrative m the Alsne district
slish an Naturalization for foreigners. on the French from than else-
where, and Paris today reports an
attack last night on French post-
Thurtdarcvenlns: Social meeting
for youngiolks.
“t ““011 Rabbi Kaufman will deliver a £ti0ns on the Cascmatcs Plateau.
Friday evening: Religious services.
sermonnj, ,
The Sunday school for children forgfighting.
{instruction in Jewish history, and Juda-
ism will open Sunday, September 23,
at 9 a. m. . -
The daily Hebrew Free School is taint-Uruguayan marines . today
session from 3:30 to 6:30 on Mbndayfiboarded all the German ships m
the accorded to all who may wish to
lavali themselves of the opportunities‘
,afforded. The club rooms are equipped
GENERAL NASNRT éSNRRENDERER
lTlliS was repulsed in hand to hand’ ..
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. *
' ; Ill regards to tile petition for a vote
ion the" license question which was
-. ‘l‘esented'to the council at its lnect.
' Big on Tuesday evening if was stated
insulator ' * .
Upton, the first physician to view the;
MIDDLETOWN, Sept. 14.—-Coroner
Public Information from governmentiTues‘my' Wednesday and Thursdayithe harbor here, the government
,bOih’ after it was found in 11 00ml Stephen B. Davis has commenmd the
'liicid. said that it was brutsed. bill inquest into the death of Helen A.
lthere were evidences of a struggle-'msterilio.and seven other New Haven
lifts ,impression was that the. body; peoplp who were killed in the grade
records.
“On September 6, 1917." the state-
ment says. “there were in the regular
army, National Guard and Reserve
New pupils may be enrolled at any
time.
A Boy Scout ‘troop, literary, debat-
ing. dramatic and athletic clubs for the
having heard of plans to sink the
vessels.
LONDON, _ Sept. 14.—The
{May that the matter would not be
[voted upon this coming fall, ,
\ Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith said
phat he spent two hours yesterday
. hocking off the list of' names, and
~ not in those tvvo hours he found five
blames dupficallidand seven names of
men-voters. This was enough to kill
mitt; petition. which had to contain, ill
had been placed in the cornfield after "055mg accident at Saybrook Junc-
death. , tion on the night of August 20.’ They
Chief of Police ‘John Mahoney tcstl- were returning from a ‘15“ with rela-
flvcd that the defendant had admitted, tzvcg at. the Niantic camp and were‘
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Prclim.l.being with the girl on the. night of, run down by a train. . The only sup,
inary steps toward final perfection of? Aug. 12, when she was last seen alive! vlvor of the Daily of nine w“ a 11.
the War ‘Tax bill were taken today. ! hilt said “193' had separated when TOH yum-.010, girl, who is 5“" at the Mem~
when Senate and House conicreca on i lowed by 0th" soldiers The defei‘d'i orial Hospital in New London. Only
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i
Corps of the 'Army 78,828 officers and children will 50°" be organized.
741.053 enlisted men. in the Navy
the Naval Militia in the federal serv-
ice. There were 5,000 men in the
Roodncr‘s Hall has now been rend
there were 141,867 enlisted men'ivated. newly painted and well lighted,l
n ' ,and is vcr attractive for em ~ ' '
41.47.; Naval Reserves, and 14.500 of ments and dances. All who wisneidatiii-lment made today by the British
gage the hall for these purposes may
American ship Wilmore was
sunk by a German submarine on
,Sept. 12, according to announce-
Admiralty. All members of the
Coast Guard and 6,500 in the Hospitallsee "‘9 ““59 °°mmiiie° any evenins'crew were saved. Further details
, Qorder to have it voted upon this fall.
$87.6 names.
‘er he found that twelve names had
'10 be scratched from the list of names
Mr. Smith. said that aft,
the measure met to thresh out their}
the _war profits, income, postage alllli
inheritance sections. it is hoped toi
ant also told him. the witness said:
1 o'clock in the morning. *
railroad employees were'heard today.
differences, which are. chiefly over. of searching for the girl later, until: those. testifying being the engineer,
IIt‘lren'lan, 'flag’man. towerman and sta»
tion agent, the first three being on
completethe work inside of a week,
after which the bill will go to the
President for approval.,
Demands of the House conferecsl
probably will include: Revision of.
the pie-war graduated profits‘ systemi
and higher rates on “swolle’n” profits!
and big incomes; elimination of thoi
Senate parcel, post stamp tax provi-i
sion and passibly restoration of thel
second class postage increase. N
The Senate‘s bill, it now is esti~
lnlated, will bring in revenue to the
,amount of $2,416,670.000, as camper-l
-ed with $1,868,920,000 by the House!
bill. This calculation is based on re-
which the petitioners said contained
587. exactly that he did not go on
hvith the work. _.
'r This morning; Rev. John Stapleton
said that the reason that the names
(were shy was because of a blunder on
illicir part and. that he. was willing'
ilo‘ admit it. The only thing to do is
do let the matter drop now and bring
it up at another election in two years.
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it‘he train and the other two~ being
stationed at Saybrook Junction. Fur-
ther witnessed will be heard tomor-
row. Lawyer Lokwndes A. Smith, the
official stenographer of the ”parlor
court, was present and took the testi-
mony at the inquest.
EVENNNNil—Rll
ilN lililllilllllillll,I
Confidence on tile part of the sup-
ASSOCIATION OF .
porters of Mayor Carl A. Hal-Itronl
and Hon. Jeremiah Donovan, Republiy
can and Democratic candidates tori EMPIflYER‘S MEETS
es ectfvel ', is reflected in the‘. _.
Ringgfwbich is )ill evidence in the' 1”ng Wilmoi- of South Norwalk-
,matter of betting. Neither candidate represented the CTORUt 8‘ Knapp C“)?
appears to be the favorite in the bet- at a meeting 0‘ the Employers Aw
v'ised ofllcial figures presented to the
' bein ask' and of~
conferees today. ‘tlng. even money g Gd
fared. Several good sized bets were
I made this morning. Whenever any
[NWT Willi
DRAFTED MEN 4“ .
,sociation of Fairfleld county, at. the
‘I—Iotel Green. Danbury. yesterday. A
number of prominent Danbury men
v: »,
twentyone mail will be asked to re-
»)on next Wednesday to leave Thurs-
l day. twentyonel will be called to in—
Over Twenty Start Each
, Day, Malling Eighty-five,
i In All '
Work is beilg done on the pink
raids today w ich will notify the
Iortyper cent.‘ of the drafted men
folio will be. c led out next week to
so to Camp Belem. Aycr. Has... that
they have bet-d called. Twenty-two
will be upped ti report. next Tuesday
out be ready to leave on Wednesday.
ARE DESTITU TE
nmnoncoa'r. Sept. 13.—-Men call-i,
1 ed and accepted for the new army un-
der the draft are bounding local ex.
cmptlon boards Tor immediate assign-
ment for service, many of them hav-
.i-
afler being passed by the examiners.
and now being destitute. -
Judge John S. Sullivanchlll'nm of
Local Board No. 2, wrote an alumni.
so the would Board today in behalf
of those man. He is being “bound“;
at his naive." be can, by men ”that
have given up their plum and uni
not dramatic. "'
port on Thumb to leave on mm.
rind twenty-one will be united to rc~
. plan on Principals leave on Saturday.
”attenuate: as "cinnamon
chm nice “Affiltfi trill will who 98
, ii the quota of fill is have M 83'
in: given up their employment soon: - TM
Hamtrom money appears up bobs a. were present by invitation of the or-
Donovan supporter to; cover it. canlzation. to listen to a discussion
..._5__.______'_.
of the "open shop” movement re-
cently inaugurated here. About sixty,
ATTORNEY GENERAL persons, including representatives of
GIVES OPINION 0N ! enlploycrs' associailoln in several
.olhes mill; and a clenation rem
RETIRING TEACHERSithe lthode Island "alsociation. attend,
, . led the meeting, which was preceded
state tenchers‘ rctlrcmcntduv aidtnnrr.
board has rectified from Attorney; During the series of informal Mi.
General George E. linman an opinsidreawx which occupied nearly three
Volunteers,
702; retired men on active duty, 14.
There were approximately 12,000 om.
corn in the Navy and 1.166 in the Ma-
rine Corps." ,
“in other words, on that date, the
army had, including officers and en
listed men, 819,881,, and the navy
524,265 making a total armed strength
on that date of 1,074.14 men, all of
whom are volunteers. Prior to that
time. there was not a drafted soldier
.‘in a single training camp. The draft
ilaw was approved May 18, 1917."
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BRlDGEPORT. Sept. 14.-With cold
weather approaching and' one were
of freezing temperature already para.
ed. householders in this city are won-
dering what they can do to keep from
Tm this winter.
There seems to be practically on
coal or wood for home use here and
prospect of getting an adequate
loo concerning teachers on may to; hours. following the dinner. Medan”. Coal denim m m I
mire under the provision; of the m- w was ruined by the speakers from
cam at the last General Assembly. out of coca upon the (not that the
which is in cited as follows: inn mfllfifltfllfllx concern: in this
'l‘bu. ultboulh elicited by m or ctr; that have atom the ”It!“
Imam (3' service for mime anchor" “mt on to but. the II.
[was for fuel. ”flailing till
they are usable to m it»
One “in tw- IN ton-
DESERTERS ARE
5,399 tons’ gross register, built in
lformcrly known as the Atlantic.
BRIDGEPORT. Sept. 14;—Five mam—l _She sailed under command of
bers of the 102ml Infantry, stationedlcaptain 'James Brewer from“
in New Haven. in charge of Lieut.‘
Bishop and a provost gum-til, were, '
taken from police headquarters to the'cari'i'o 0f coal, locomotives and
depot in the police patrol this morn-lemme 0“ for a French 130W H.“
ing' and placed aboard a train for themwncr was the Berwmd-‘Whlte
ciéy where their command is station-foal Company of New York. The'
e. we 0 the men are. charged ,v- .
with being deserters and the othersé“ giggly? angina]. v' London
are alleged to have overs-toyed their, ’ cp ' ’ m '
leave. i—Gcrman “shock" troops yester.
The two deserters Charles Ludford.,da_v penetrated as far as the sec-
gins; $323“: 10“: gimitm-t 11,7; 0nd French line west of Guigni~
og. aveee epa -, - -_
lico headquarters since Monday. locum-ti 0" the AW“? front, and m
is stated um O'Connor, hoping miflictod hcayy losses ontho defend-
lescape detection had grown a lull‘ers. according to the official state-
beard. The disguise. however. failedfmem, issued today by the German
to Work successfully. iWar Ofiice.
i In Flanders the artillery battle
WOMAN DEAD FROM blot-eased to dmmfire. the an-
GAS POISONING :llmuwement adds. but no English
‘attuok developed.
Mrs. Wfl Dunning. \‘ldow of Rob»; In“. m pod-
crt nannies. an artist, was foundi‘xg'SR the 6.2..“ cam“.
dcfilnbedinammoathow_ “I
ifimr in the m of in mm. no,“ M W 3'9““
am c. not. ml; today. and tingle-d to hand Mm. the French
lint was mm W true ”swan me. My W
petunia; in a m an the m .i
i
SENT TO CAMPl1914 at Quincy, Mass, and was .
iPlliladclphia August 26, with a ->
Fan. nlvun. loan, cent. ll.--f PARIS. Sept, urn Germ '
Corps. making a total of 209.340. En'm ”l" ‘79“- have not bgani-ccgived. 14 Th
listed strength of the Marine Corps ~ ~ NEW Y R ept. ,_ e
was 29,971; reserves in the services. FIVE INFANTRY Willnore *was ,a steamship of ,
1.070; National Naval ,
A !
mmmmiwmmmum till! was W to am: ‘ M A
has choc-l mu out aan= . is was new , . I). “send”. film.
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