can soon locum ma m
'mmmmsmnnup_
”D 3m". HEAD‘ .
r m. PRICES pancreas
;_ Outing runners, Char:
and Gretonnes
.BANKng
1.... Hotel Block.
’ Norwalk. 5
i Unusual variety this Fall in
the belfreys.
. Soft hats, comfortable caps,
, $1.50 and $2.50 conservative derbies.
Many shades, ‘shspes
vaIGLOTH curves.
603 , . .
, ‘, , The right style for your in-
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@ NN E IJL Y D i dividual face is here. Prices
10 So. Main St.
$2.50 to $6.09.
mm NORWALK. Gloves for business, work, or
News
’ Rogers & Stevens
and
NORWALK SOUTH NORWALK
nauust’usronr "or ’ “use
MAYOR or NORWALK
nts have been made to the
bout various thefts of fruit and
blue.
Sister-3' Rebekah Lodge. No. :5,
.10., will meet t is evening in
, rooms in Wall street. im-
‘busincss will be transacted.
‘ (Cdntinued from Sixth Pugh.
land, underlilis direction. the depart-
ment is making good. A brief sum-
nit-.rv of what has been done curingr the
ivcar is as follows:
i l'llllt'l‘NP pavement on Franklin St.
and liurritt Are. completed. New sew-
ers constructed in'Fairfieid i’lll‘k. lins-
sam pavement on llov.‘tl_\‘tou AW. Pom-
piclcd, walls on East avenue and (“thesi-
the business was transacted last
'1“ a regular mcekiy meeting of
me Stranger Lodge. No. 364,
bet. George.
improvement conipieted.‘
All gutters cleaned twice. all catch
basins cleans twice, a nulnbe~ after
cverv storm, part of sewer on Burritt
Ave. replaced by new construction, a
number of ll‘eees taken down. about
800 trees sprayed, culverts repaired.
NEW ROADS CONSTRUCTED IN
01% on the renovation of the up-
' Police station has been started.
an Schmidt. the local painter, is
fifths Interior of the station house
e of coats of paint, and it is ex-
. that the cell will be shifted
it In the near future.
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Iby Eng, Dept.) ' ithis year show the necessity of on “0'
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New catch basins and culverts where lation hospital. Effective isolation of
ibadlvl needed. infectious diseases in boarding houses,‘
James St, bridge repaired, {hote's tenement houses and even in
Wall repairs on upper Main St. isome private housES, especiallv among
i Other roads in Fifth l.‘-i.~1"'c'. drags some of our foreign population, is
iged uld roaded up, ‘busbes cut away-,‘somelimeo impossible.
trees trimmed of dead limbs, etc. b a hospital should be conSiderf‘
If labor conditions were adverse a' ed one of the necessary permanent in-
;year ago, they are next to imposSible stituticns of our city. It Is the duty
inow; and for one, I am of the. opinion‘ of every citizen who has the welfare
lthat our hiwhwav department is entl-I
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‘ :of our city at heart to see that such a
lied to great credit for the rESultsJiospital is speedily erected, effectively
achieved. Esupported and intelligently conducted.
POLICE DEPARTMcNT. i it has been sta‘ed. and truly so, that
In the death of Detective sorgeant' rltbiic brain! is a purchasable comme-
Leathel'land on Feb. 13th. the depart-:ditv.
inent lost an efficient and cnumveous:
officer, a faithful friend and a fine men.
{To fill the vacancy Seruean; 'l‘
Iiiunt was appointed to be detw‘ive
isergcant, Patrolman Bryan Silk was!
iappointcd to be sergeant, am? Special
cities in thc‘countrv.
of the trout healthy linthe intelli-
1 Kim lxnf'ml‘ture of a moderate amount
‘ of monev. i
Respectfully" submitted, 1
We have one cf the most beautiful 'might be paid to the maintenance or‘
We can have ‘thc roads we have. and less to perma-
r — ‘—
A public park. it not a vital neces-
the Ypres sector, iii which we se-
city. is certainly desirable. Roton'cul'ed a few prisoners, there was
Point has been under consideration. it nothing of special interest to ‘re-
that is not possible, then there is Caitgport.” .
Pasture Beach, concerning which the‘
Legislature has already acted in ouri—Killg George, in the course of 21
interest. visit today to the river Clyde, in
That hideous structure. the rail-,Scotlaud, went on board an Ameri-
road bridze. crossing our streets a few-[call patrol ship. The crew lined
hundred fem away. might be beauti-'titc decks and cheered his majesty
fled, without enormous expense to the lustily. The King inspected the
Railway Co. quarters of the crew and con-
As suggested in the report of the,gratulated the officers on having
health officer, our sewer system canifilll‘h fine ships.
and should be. both improved and ex- LONDON, Sept. 18.—A1bert
tended. ' Metiu, Under Secretary of State,
During the, next year more attentidngin charge of the blockade, has ar-
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rectton after the crime. Boost the:
proceeds with his confession by say-
im; that he went to his home and told
his parents what had happened. If:
did not think it necessary, however,
to tell the police after he had read
of the condition of Mr. Hipson.
' The next day which was a Sunday
all three met at the west bound South
Norwalk railroad station, where Nov.
ak and Williams boarded a train and
subsequently went to Cleveland.
ed the army and after going to Bridge-
port went. to Fort Slocum at Nev:
Rochelle, from where after two weeks
he was transferred to Georgia, where
he was until the time of. his arrest-
Novak’s statement agrees in some
instances with that of Rossi's, and
rived here from Paris with a num-,
ber of expert advisers to consult;
with the British government on‘
closer coordination in the block-
ads.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18.—
nrnt construction, in view a the high
cost of construction.
The regulation of the tratiic is an
ever presen‘ problem, particularly so
says that since he and Williams part:
ed in Cleveland whens they had some
disagreement OVU‘ some subject he
has heard nothing of him_
Mr. Hipson after his assault said
that he was conscious through the
whole thing and that the front part
, nut lliil Ave. constructed, Armory Hill
iOfiiccr Jeremiah F. Doriiey was made:
:1 regular patrolman.
The question has been asked as to.
!why we need a detective sergeant on
Elbe police force.
’t‘r answers. the recent achievement in
bringing to justice, the ass-ample of
, the office“ who was shot in the per-_
formance of dutv last January, and
_ the thugs \\’il") held up and clubbed one
éof our prominent citizens last winter,
,' is answer cnouuh. ,
Six months aco, upon the advice of
the committee of twranty~one, \le Ill".
sauizcd and equipped an auxiliary peg
,lice force of 200 turn, divided intofour
i companies.
crowded the City Hall to capacitv, ui'l‘
ing a splendid inhibition of patriots
ism. Needle—s to say. there were at(
‘leaet two applicants for each place mi
be filled.
gthe statute, authorizing the mayor, in
times of stress, to appoint special (‘0!)-
stables, l have appointed more than a
hundred, some for the protectiOn ofI
private propt'rly. others to give
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in :lCClii‘tlilYiC‘t' with the provision of“
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e. Incorporation of the United Macadamized.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
{the lailaiicr Battery.
i FIRE DEPARTMENT.
If there were no oth-fadnlillislmliml We paid for “new“ in danger life and limb, but are. exceed-
,tii \vo, restore the time or the pay-
'I‘?)l\ can for mhmmtwsslowi'u: charity commission:
”recent and t‘fllcient expenditure of the
tumor standing to such organizations charity,appropl'izltion as the situation,
"as the Home Defense [castle No. l and , will permit.
,cnnuot be «tone in a hurry, and the RECREATION FOR
§comluission is entitled to such exten-
Wil. J. TRACEY, M. 11. Lottie Werner, editor-in—cbicf, and
Dr. Martin Darkow, managingl
editor of the Philadelphia Tags-i
biatt, indicted by the Federal}
Grand Jury here on Saturday on;
the charge, of treason in publishing.
articles and alleged distorted ncwsi
dispatches tending to give. aid until
comfort to the enemy, were in the?
:because of our restricted authority in
“Milli Oflicer. l‘he mallet
FINANCE DEPARTMENT. And, lastly, there are too many d?-
In the first of the two years of this fective sidewalks, which not only eu-
current borrowings the sum 0f 32.— ingly fruitful of suits against the city.E
722 07. For the year just ended we 11_
paid $5,137.. 5 Theinferenco is clear.( A FINAL .wonn,
Like everything else, money costs‘ Two weeks from tonight this Coun-
nlorc. The remedy is not to borrow— cii will cease to be. A political career,
and that remcdv cannot be applied un- even a career of two short .VEars, is
not a bed of roses. But. gentlemen, it
is worth while just- the same. As for
custody of the United States Mar-I
shat yesterday pending: a decision!
'by Judge Dickinson of the District!
(‘ourt ml the question whether;
they shall be submitted to bail. The}
charge of treason is not baiiablel
’except at the discretion of tilef
tuent of taxes to the month in which it
belongs. ‘ imyself, ifthere were no other satisfac-
CHARITY COMMISSION. ‘tion, the friendships I have formed in
During the year i appointed the fOl- this body. during these two years, are
iworth all the time and all the efforts [Alfillll‘l- _
than: expended; and l have faith to: Bill“ men “hired the service oft
{believe that every one. of you, ever-villj‘llifil warrants pvstcrda)’, and-
tman in the administration reciprocate:,i'mll‘d~ States District Attorneyf
that feeling. ‘Ivaoc asked. but did not urge, that;
i appreciate your unfailing courtesy: {they be held without bail. (‘ouu-i
i believe that each one of us has been 15"] i”" ”W lil’fi‘}liil‘lli5 “illlllsetl the
guided only byhts consideration ornwji-thlttist and said he felt that the:
“NS welfare—and I hope the 1,ubm;.\l~’lti,tititi ball under which the men;
will believe lllflI we. have at least ll‘lctl;“'_“-l‘t‘ ilt‘Iil lilHl “Hill on charges of;
m do our duty. gvloiatmg the Espionage Act was;
Respectfully submitted. iSllml‘ieltl. ('Ulmst’l said “WernerE
(nun. AXEI. usnsraon. Il‘i‘d
{through the ('ivii War and
cousins who were buried at Gettys—
tliill‘lr. Werner, be said, had been a
The Rev. Louis B. iloweii,
Commissioner Geo, W. RnYnlond,
Stiles Helen Swartz,
l)". l“. G. Brown, '
Councilman J. W. Smith.
. The business of the colnlnisssion is
to study the municipal charity ques-
tion, including the. care, of the outside
poor. and to make, in due time. such
recommendation for the more intelli-
Thls is a work which?
i it Was then that
two brothers who fought'
two 1 establishing conscription.
Mat (30.. of Danbury, with a cap-
31,000,000 has been reclded in
,, illce of the town clerk . The
lipid incorporators are Frank ‘11.
Kerry Mchachlan and W. Harry
“' ‘The certificate 0‘ incol‘porn‘ Scarifled, Regraded and Top Dressed
was filed with the secretary of With Screenings or-Gravel.
3‘ two weeks 380‘ : Orchard St.. Mel‘win St.. Harbor
Ave. front Orchard id Chapel. Reed St..
my Ave,-
Top Dressed With Gravel.
Elm Grove St.. Putnam AH“. (part),
llelrlen Ave. Stevens St.
Scarlfied, Regraded and Rolled.
Fairtleid Ave,
illurbank St.. Taylor Ave, Cedar St..
liiliside St.. Bayview Ave, Eimwood
Ave
Minor Repairs, Patching, Etc.
trove SL, High St.. Cnnfiold Ave,
Flax liiii road, Marshall street, East
Ave. Main St.
Streets in Fourth District and hith-
'\v:lvs in Fifth District oiled or treated
with Tarvia.
Refuse removed regularly.
FIFTH DISTRICT—NEW ROADS.
Macadamlzed.
Thomus‘ nut.
Pond SL—Grndell, new catch basin,
stone block cutter, brick crosswalk. »
Two-Coons Gravel.
North Ave. front Iiish St. to France,
Woodward Ave. Quintat‘d Ave, Lina
coin Ave.
Two-Course Gravel,
(‘iay St.. Bouton St.. Cross St.
inlautomobne, owned and driven
' ” Romy Sake. of New Cannon, and a
ridden by Ilurr lleudricks, of
st. collided near the corner of
' it‘ll] Main streets last night. Mr.
ininks was on his way home at 025
and he was thrown to the pave-
byi‘tbe collision. Fortunately he
Itnllurt. The bicycle was no
.. _ ., and Mr. Hendricks was tak-1
his, home by a passing autolst. t
All eyeglass and spectacle repairs,
,_ -- fleas duplicated at Chas. Brand's. l
Michael Barber and John Carpenter,
residents of Harbor avenue, got in-
; , a heated argument last even-
er some chickens and a garden.
[Was necessary for Mrs. Barber
id in an S. 10. 8. call to the up«
police. Officer Dorney investi-
he ease. and settled the dll‘llcul
a very few moments. Mr. (‘ar-
will move from the neighbor.
'ry shortly, evidently bellevltg
.g‘ood move is better titan a had
most, Rowavton Ave. (
road, North Fairlield Ave.
Gravelled and Rolled.
Devil’s Garden road (party—new cui-
‘vort, Murray St.. Dry not fond, Bell
Island road. Wolfpit iliii. Grumman
Ave. 'i‘oiisonle Ave.
Silvermine Are. scarified,
and rolled, culvert repaired.
Minor Repairs.
Stfiwllerry Hill Ave... Glover Ave.
ewlil be an important vl‘otlr‘
t, of lNorwalk Aerie, .\'o. 588. F.
Important informalimt TFIHIIW—
Insurance carried by series in
lions of the, country. on their
I 51‘s who have. entered the service
nlted States, has been received
3 Grand Aerie, and will be dis-
regraded
Gregord boulevard,-
1
Wilson Ave. (between R. R. crosse-
partl. Flux HillI
William St.. Division St.. Yew St.. Com-.
3 In September. 1916, with the con ision of time as it may require.
‘sent of the Second District (Iommis-i BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
Isloncrs and at the expense of the citi'.I The building inspector rendered a,
:we constructed a small addition tothefcomplcte report at our last meeting;
iCentrni Fire Station. for housing the It is on tile in the office of the city
iswitch board and batteries of the tire clerk, and is n valuable document. welt
ialarln system. lworth reading.
This summer we contracted for the; PRINTING AND LIGHTS,
'puryhuse of a new oitv service truck: These “VD lil‘lmrtmenls are grouped
It'roin the American La France Co.. and i for (‘l’nl'enll‘nf‘e Each of the first
{for a Barker motor truck chassis from : three dismm“ Dl'Ol'ldl’s Its own Illuml?
in“, Barker (‘o. The new equipmentlmm‘m' but lile council places the
soon to be delivered will add material-immm Iighta. A“ printing bills are re-
Iv to the efficiency of tile denartmenhihkrrm ‘0 um “l""iil‘lf‘fi except those
“and plans are already under wav bviwm"h Mill“?! 30 the Board of Educa-
twhlch We hope, as a result of this1 lion. . 4 .
greater efficiency, to secure more m. VOTING MACHINES.
tvorablo insurance rates. ' 2 In the November election voting mm!
'1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. lchines were used in all the districts,’
1 The report of the health. officer cov~i for the first “m“ i think it W1“ 1)?
crs tllc situation and is given
twith in full: ,
To the Honorable Mayor anu Members “‘9 act "“8“”th a Board 0‘ VO",
, of u", City Council, :lng Machine Commissioners and delin"
iGentienten: ing its duties, like most laws. ls lens.
+1“, following “‘00" of “W doingsihy amt requires close study. i have
as health officer for the. year endin, 'sulnmarized, in brief form. the order of
iAucust 31st is respectfully submitted: {procedure for uture reference, and it
i During llll' llnst year we have budiwm be found in P' P' 480' ‘81 Of The
ino serious epidemics. The health “Liter-0rd.
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was a complete success.
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rot-ably with that of previous years. “‘1 GENERAL" i
The Infectious diseases reported by, ‘In my last report I dwell at some.
were as fol-' lenzth upon the many advantages pos-'
,Iows: sessod by our citv; and, In enumerat-
Typhoid {ovor' IWf‘nly cases; measflln: our public institutions, I said It
lies, twenty-eight cases: diphtheria, hoped we should soon have a new Hos-g
thirty-six cases: lnnntile paraly]§_iplial equal .0 our needs, consecrated,
ithrco cases; small pox, three cases; [in ”‘9 “WIN 01' suffering humanity,
scarlet ever, twenty-eight cases; tu- and generously supported by the whole'
‘berculosis, sixteen cases. 3coulmunily. Due to the untiring ener-
' Typhoid Fever. ilzv of a few. and the generous suppor.’
This disease has been more or less of "1883'. UN: Dl‘W HOSDllfll i3 {RSI “9-
-prcvalent in our city for a number of coming: 3 glorious reality. and, within
years. The cause of this disease is 8, few days. the people Will have the
known. also its modes of transmission. ' Opportunity to decide if it shall be DOS-
‘lhc attending physicians
Igenerailv aurccd that the experimenpbnnccount of experience in college;
.NATIONAL ARMchlt-lzen of the l'uited States for
tilllrty years. Dr. Darkmv, It was
‘Ill‘tlllgill out by the district attor-
iney, applied for citizenship in 1894,
tzociution has arranged for a hostessibut never followed up the applica-
house in each cantomnent w.tb Missmmh
(‘atherine Scott, of the National Cour.- ! 'l‘llc , , k .
oil of the Association, directing lhli (outt too' ”W request to
work. Ihold the men \vltbout boil under
The. athletic work Within the cm Iadvrsemeut, and in tile meantime
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.lonmenls has been arranged by Jo‘S-it'llc arraignment of Werner Dar-
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my“?! {Swims} rifle“?! $1531” '31; ikov' and three other members of
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Malcolm McBride .Iormer Yule foot-1%",l (mnp‘any “ hm“ Within?“ the
ball star. Boxing and swimming. its,“ ”rt?“ ”1 "minim“ ”W ESI’IOUHE'P
tenlu'lgadc baseball games. ibz‘slfidl-EACt “EH tentatively fixed for
bull contests and inter-regiment buy-Thursday. The other three men
onet. drills will be features of thistare Peter Sellacfcr president of
work. , , , . . .
Lee F.,Hummer, formerly of ”"in tonipuny '“lllt'll publlsbs the
recreation division of th eRuseelle‘li’eri 11“! \ogel, IFEHSIU'C‘I‘,‘an(l
Sm Foundation. is in general charge ,Ilerman Lemke. business manager
of the organization of camp libraries;
and theatricals. Song leaders chosen ASSAILANTS
0F MR. HIPSON
HAVE CON FESSED
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nlee clubs or as cheer leaders have
been appointed in each camp. , l
Joseph Lee, president of the l‘lny-i
mound and Recreation Association Mi
America. has organized the entertain-
meni avltcittes in communities sill“
rounding the camps. The assistance'Il‘t‘lll‘csentod at seagull.
—_..,_
This club,
"of churches, societies, clubs. frater-tcol'cred with blood at one end and
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‘nttfcs and community organizations,Sevm‘ul buttons from an 0\’ercoat
has been obtained. tWOl‘ll by Williams were found mi
Sixteen big theatres are now near. East avenue, where Mr. Hipson was
jng completion and 32 large circus asauited and represented the ifirst
tents are already up at the National, clue to the assailiants. The club and
Army and National Guard canton“ buttons Were found in front of the
ments. , home of James A. Greene at 281.
Rossi. Novak and Williams met in
TWO GERMAN SUBMA- (2‘31?ch d P333311“ on1 Saturday the
RINES SUNK BY BRIT" little. while, after £123.11 ‘tilllirlhfgg (ii
ISH NAVAL F%§gg ”19"! going without funds; Novnk
AND SIX MEN
PRISONERS
said that he was going over to East
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Norwaik and soc'on uncle of his and
get some money. They went over to
a while and while coming from the
direction of the East Norwalk Yacht
club they met a man who was wear-
ing glasses. walking towards them.
..Nov'ak and Williams spread apart
so as to allow the man who was Mr.
Hipson to pass between them. and
men’s Delegates. demanding that
power he assumed by the Council,
the wiloic Bureau of Council has
East Norwaik and walked around for[
tonight.
A social hour will be
stuck Hill Ave, \‘l'cst Norwalk Ave.”
Richards Ave, Perry Ave. Plattsville‘ 1“ order ‘0 prevent it- particular at',’”’19 or the city, through an annual
,Scflbnpr" tentlon. should be givento public wa-urpropriation. to contribute to its SUD-
rcsigned. Among those who hand-
cd in their resignations were
after the business meeting has
eluded. Refreshments will be
All members are requested to
.‘\vc., Broad St.. BEucon St..
_\ve.. York St.. Newtown Ave,
Ave.
South Main St.. Seavlew avenue and
-.-. ..___._',Enst avenue paving under
1 LSON' Mia‘s—imputed. icon. .
"flan-a ' i Granite block pavement on concrete
Pri 5,0311%, :evjr' Etc' ibase, new catch basins in trolley track
so . er ott e
garea for improved drainage, at Wash-
Ridge
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construc-
Presidcut Tcllczzc, Vice-Presidents
'Anuissmotf and Gotz and Min. Sko-
bcloif. Tserctelli and Tcheruoff.
t A dispatch telegraphed from
the British headquarters in France
and Belgium ou.Sept. 15 said that
the German general commanding
the Eleventh Reserve Division had
promised to the. man who brought
into headquarters the first “Ameri-
‘ter and milk supplies. D011-
In my opinion the former should be Without audio going into any leng-
flltered and the latter Pasteurize... [lily discussion of our civic? virtues, let
It has been proycn that vaccination'me 511)” lhlS, that Norwalk has 00119 W
:is almost a positive preventative. iself proud this year—and there can be
~ Tile public should take advantage of no doubt of our increasing interest in
lthis simple and effective measure. §public affairs. As evidence of this I
. Sinall Pox. 'wisb to mention~ the military census.
i , During the year we had turee cases| ordered by the Governor, and carried
when he had passed them Williams
drew th. club thattNovnk had made
front his pocket and dealt the man a
crushing blow on the head. Then
Novak, according to Rossi’s confes-
sion. Jumped on his back and put
ills hand rover his mouth. Rossi says
at this stage of the assault: that he
ran away down Osborn avenue, Mr.
Hipson says that the third man. who
Rossi admits was himself, started to
ride his pockets. ’
To go on with Rossl’s confession.
After a while Novak came down to
l cept as a;
Refunded if Not Satisfac-‘ melon Square-
ito a successful completion here by the
i Stone block gutter on Crescent St.
tory
, _ ‘started.
.. l-POWC‘I Corporation 'Seveyal new sidewalks (grades eiVen
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Wu you'll soon be when “just alittlecapi ” so greatly
ageded to turn opportunity into fortune will, no doubt.
. -. the difference between ultimate success and failure.
.of this disease in one family.
They contracted it w visitine in service of 150 volunteers; the registra-
a town-wheer the disease prevailed.,tion on June 6th,
gBy establishing and maintaining a‘tmore. than 50 self—sacrificing citizens;
strict quarantine a spread of this'the handsome subscription of nearly
’ loathsome disease was, prevented.
1, Malaria.
i For the past few years we have ban
in greaf‘man‘y cases of this disease.
‘The prevalence is due to the mosquito.
By the extermination of this pest the
{disease would cease to exist.
Sewers:
In ”my opinion one or the necessary
things for the promotion of public
health in this community. is the~exten-
sion of our sewer system. Wherever
city water is supplied rowers should
exist for carrying oflwaste products.
'A public water supplymlthoutvsewers
is, an" anomaly in “hidden 'th‘at can:
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can, dead or alive, the Iron Cross
of the First Class, 400 marks and
two weeks’ "leave. That this offer
had. been made was disclosed .by
« 'r of a on ture russlan
$850,000 towards the Liberty Loan; the :L‘Sggfigtyof the 2§rd Reserve In-
generous contribution of $32,758 to the fantrv Regiment.
Red Cross Campaign Fund; .ue‘s‘plen- , BERLIN, Monday, Sept, 17, via
did send'ofls t” ‘hé Sixth 00W“ and London, sept. 18.;The German
to our contingent .9: the“ National Foreign Ofilce inra statement giv-
Amy’ ”eh involving the raising °t so to The Associated Press today
large sums of money; our nuruerouslde'nies stories appearing in Danish
accomplished by
paradesr‘muniefpel Christmas. trees: and other foreign newspapers to .
0‘" chime“ gardens; °“"°°“°med the eflect that the German govern-
efforts in the direction of food conser- ment had indirectly communicat-
vatlon—and. even themthe list is only ed its peace terms to Washington,
just begun. There is nothing the mat- or that Wilheimstrasse even had
*9? With Norwalk, “‘1 the man “I” sent out trial balloons for the pur-
5.095!“ like all“ community. willprobe poses of sounding sentiment in the
ably find the cause of his dissatisfac- United States. ‘:
tton if he looks within: instead of with- . LONDON, Sept. 18.—Field Mar-
. “till-1 7'71. ., - , . ”'shal Heig today, reporting mili-
.. elm _ , ,9; ibhfli ,operations 1 pight on the
" m “ .‘L and Bel;
where Ros-st was standing on Osborn
avenue and the two of them then
,walked along East avenue towards
Norwalk. Williams going In another
direction.
It is said by both Novak and Rossi
that they heard some men come to
a. door and cry out. This man was
Daniel Murphy. who went out for the
three men in his automobile. and slim
later on during the evening died of
heartefailure.‘ being so excited at what
he saw and from his search for the
men. '
The state has a” witness in a man,
whosej name has- not been. revealed
who said that he saw three men. two
short stocky men .and one slightly
taller, all three wearing clips and the
taller man an overcoat. Theiweerlng
of the caps and overcopt, is admitted
by both Novak and Rossi, walking
along East avenue in, the'dlrectlon of
Nor-walk. All three of the men were
excited and the witness .statetl that he
1
' time amounted
of his head was so badly beaten that
it was a pulp, and no stitches could
be taken in it. He was laid up for
three months and it was thought that;
he would die. He "suffered from a
severe nervous shock and has not re-
covered from it yet.
Novak says that he had nothing to
do with the ,asault. and both he and
Rossi put the blame on Williams. He
and Williams met for the first. time
while serving sentences in the re
form school. All three men have
long criminal records and are regard-
ed as being “bad customers,”
DRAFTING AN ARMY. '
Conscription Had Its Origin in France
In 1798.
Conscription originated in France
in 1798. At that time the country
had just passed through the long and
bloody wars of the French Revolution
which the monarchs of Europe had
banded together to crush France,
under Napoleon, had come forth vic-
torious, but her army was exhausted
and it was evident that some new
system of recrulting would be. neces-
sary, as volunteer enlistment no
longer sufficed.
General Jourdan
brought forth and passed the law
Since then
it has been the basis of all French
Smililary legislation, and to a certain
,extcnt of that of all other countries.
,It was through the terrible power of
iconscriptiou that Napolen was enabl-
ed to carry on the gigantic wars
which characterized his reign and by
means of it, after losing in the snows
,of Russia, the largest army that up
to that time had ever been put into
the field, to reappear a few months
,‘later with another arm-y almost as
’ large.
Out of necessity the other nations
were forced to follow France's ex-
ample, and conscription became gen-
eral.
Under the French regime every cit-
Izen between the ages of twenty and
twenty-five was liable for service for
five years. Prussia, however, still
further developed the powerwf con-
scriptlon by reducing the period of
service in the ranks and passing her
isoidiers as soon as they were suf-
gficiently trained into a reserve force.
lthus by degrees training her whole
I population.
I This latter system, which was con-
sidered one of ‘the most far-reaching
and important events of the last cen»
:ury. owed its origin to the condi-
tions imposed on Prussia by Napo-
leon at the treaty of Tlisit, whereby
Prussia was restricted to a standing
army of 43,000 men. . She kept to
the letter of the law by maintaining
her army at the prescribed number,
but her trained citizen reserve force
was limited only by the population
of the country.
, _The military history of the United
States is as remarkable as the rise
and rapid growth of the nation it:-
selt‘. In 1790, as fixed by an act of
Congress, the rank and file of our
army amounted to 1,210 men, and in
'1814 an English expedition with only
«3,500 men was able to seize and burn
Washington. .
Conscription first made its appear-
ance here at the time'of the war be-
:tween the states. At the beginning
of the war in 1861. our whole regular
force was but 14,000 men. At first
the northern army was increased by:
volunteer enlistment but the unex-
pected prolongation of the war prov-
ed tllis'method too slow to replenish
the waste of the armies and in 1853
the government, resorted to a draft.
The first attempt to carry it‘out
met with forcible resistance and led
to a serious riot in the city of New
’York which lasted for several days,
All opposition, however. was put
down and the draft executed with all
possible forbearance and justice. Ex.
eruptions and substitute purchases
were so freely given in the north
tthat the draft had little effect ex;
stimulus to the states in
of volunteers
.bringlng their quotas
‘by voting bountles.
In the south, however, conscription
was sweeping from the first. and
toward the end of the war it became
omnivorous. EVcry men between the
ages of 17 and 3.3 was legally liable
for service, the Only excuee being'
physically incnput ity.
The total number of men called un-
der arms by the government of the
United States between April,
and April, 1865, amounted to more
than 3,750,000, nearly half of this
number being raised by conscription.
If to'thls we aid the 1.100.000 man
(from the southern states the total
armed‘foree'of’the country, at“ that
7 to almost 4.000.000.
drawn from a popualtion of 32,000,000.
-—Philadelpria Ledger.
MATCHNIG THEM UP. .
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heard the tall man. cartoons?" moxdimeolty tn remembering, the-
Wi‘."hl°h hit-11M Iii-M ~ ‘ , todlemhusbandg. When in (louver-r -
. to» was. ,, be be ‘
those
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