EVENING ENTINEL ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE -WORLO BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR. ESTALISHED 1870 5329:: S31E83}; nzmk 9'“ 30m NORWALI. 00m THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1917 F3” “MOM: Frldim Partly cloudyu TWO CHE M , 1111111 M11” M1111 AWAY 10 ‘CAMI’MINI .- i . . ‘ Eighty-five of the Eighty-six . in Norwalk District’s l Quota AnsWered to Roll | Call Yesterday Afternoon ».111111111 11111 4 1113 MEN 11111111 $058M Relatives and Friends 1+. at hte Station to See Them *1 Depart ' _ ‘At the roll call held yesterday at- ‘crnoon eighty- five oil the eighty six limited men who left South waalk station this morning on the 7: 12 train ‘a'esponded. One man Giovanni Vitte gyms absent, be being in the Stamford ‘Jlospital with a broken arm. Ben- tymnimHertz was taken as an alter“ Lilli-IE. \ The roll call over a number en- poyed supper at the‘Hotel Mahackemo this morning at about a quarter to 15111. a fine. breakfast was served to troout forty ‘of the men by Manager Connor. At the station the men new given a farewell by the members of the local exemption board. Mayor liar- slrom, Hanford S. Weed and Dr. Wit Jium J. Tracey, The leave-111111112 was ,orderly, and there was no‘ fuss or any disorder. The men were quiet and 1 inliaed that they were taking a most momentous step in the course of their lifetime. ‘ ' 1 font night was a busy time for (Continued On Page Twelve) 4 IIAllIlI KAUFMAN [IN :“A WIIIlIII IIEIlIlIIN”4 Important Season Being Ob? served by the Jewish Peo- 1‘ ple of Norwalk 4 41 , 1 ' Services were held in the Synagogue 4Coucord and South Main street. Sun day evening, Monday and Tuesday of .I‘llIlS week in celebration of the Jew- "'lhll New Year. called Rosh Ha-Shana. 'Monday. according to the Jewish, cal- endar, marked the first day of the month of Tishri, 5678. Anne Mandi. Rush Ha-Shana and Yom Kipput ’ihe-Day of Atonement), which will be celebrated next Tuesday evening and Wednesday, September 25th and 261b, are called the Solemn Days, and one. vested with the greatest religious significance for the Jewish people. Especially limportant. is the Day of Atonement. when all pious Jews fast in twenty-four hours, andremain in ’J‘uc synagogue the entire day. occu- pied in meditation and prayer. Rabbi Reuben ZKaufman preached at the Monday and Tuesday services. ..-..___. Continued on fifth Page 'S'l‘ATE‘SUFFRAGE ‘ OFFICERS WILL .4 STAY IN OFFICE _ , ~ , 1 HARTFORD, Sept. 20.—‘.\Irs. Thom . as N. Hepburn and Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett. are still president and treas- 111 or, respectively, of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, despite the fact that recently they tendered their resignations to be effective yes- terday. When the executive board of theyorgautzation met to consider the Jcsignations, both were accepted 1111 ‘ nnimoualy and Mrs. Erne‘st Thompson -St-ton of Greenwich was elected to fill the expired portion of Mrs. Hep brlrn'w berm. Mrs. Seton loplained however. that .she. would be unable to do so because she. is engaged in government work at Washington. The board thereupon made an 11n- 11111111101111 request to both Mrs. lisp- bun 111111 Mrs. Manned that they re- store their dwells for the lemainder or 1119:? terms; and both agreed to do L10 ' 111: satisfaction with the policyef 1:111 :zinimion. as not being aggres- 1w‘z enough on . octane the senti- initi‘dvim of the fitn‘rage p? 1111111" in War .. -n wan “pen as the reasons for the tendorlns of the .J‘ ”and“ . Annual Meeting oi Citizens IIIINIIIAIJI IIIIII Agrees to Furnish ‘Power ,wbich authorized the commissioners 1 I I 1 MMM 11111; 1111111 (:08 Mill M0111 Votes to Authorize the Commissioners to Bor- row $10,170.75 and Other Amounts UEIAMQIIM For Consumers of East Side Plant The meeting in the Third Taxing District went oh calmly last evening. At 8.30 o‘clock. Commissioner C. C. Kuhner called the meeting to order and E. E. Cor-ham was nominated as chairman. He was unanimously elect- ed. and Secretary S. C. Marshall read the call, which was accepted. The: leading oi the district commission- ms' and treasurers' report .11as dis-t pensed with. inasmuch as copies of the report, were in the hands of ev- eryone present. The third item in the call that of author. zing the. connnissluncl .11 to bor- 1011 on the budget was then brought! tip. it developed that in all the. sum of 310.170.75 was needed, and William H. Snitlin made a motion that the com missioners be authorized to borrow a sum not to Exceed this amount. Some little talk ensued. and Mr. 311111111 made an amendment to the motion. (Continued on Page Two) N“ ._-v..—-—_. MIMEII MUNMAN IIIIISPIIIIBEMAN‘ Murder and Riot Resultsl ~From Bitter Political' Fight in Philadelphia “7......— PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20. —~T.his city in amused by murder and riot' 1este1day in the Fifth Ward, knownI as the “Bloody Fifth " The minder that of a policeman. by a man de- clared to be a gunman imported from. Jersey City. was the outcome of a itter polit cat fight between two live] factions for the control of the yield, which skirts the river fr.ont ' \ The primary election was held for the naming of candidates.‘ James A. Carey, holding a city office and Isaac Deutsch, were the opponents for the nomination for select councilmen from the word, on the republican ticket. Eearly in the day, Carey. while - turned out this morning to (tire the 111111111111 111111 111111 Antonio Penetti‘ on Way to Stamford Station to En- train For Camp Devens STAMFORD, Sept. 20.~Antonia Penetti, a band leader, who had been drafted and who was to have left for the National Army camp at Ayer. Mass, today, was killed this morning. by a fall from an automobile. With the members of his band, he had been parading about the city celebrating lthe coming departure. Early this morning the band serenaded the home of Edward Kenealy. The latter got out his automobile to take the party to tine roundhouse, where they could get torches to continue theparade On the way down. Penetti, whowas standing on the Irunnlng board. at- tempted to shift his cornet from one arm to the other and. losing his hold no the car. fell under the wheels. His skull was fractured and he died within a short time. Ills father, who had been employed as a laborér at Camp Devens, was waiting there today to meet his son. Upwards of ten thousand people locatcontlngent of 70, leaving. for Camp Deveus, Godspeed, the men es corted to the station by membels of the Home Guard companies and other organizations. The band of whichl Penetti was leader 11 as to have head-' did not march. l EMliilllill til . 111Ms 1111131 it]. Will Not Have Much Elfectl on the Shipping Situation in ,Norwalk » . . I l l by the officials of the Adams Expressi (0111panu.to agents in (ireatet Newj Yolk Jersey City, liobokcn and all. I 9d the parade but owing to his death ‘l’am J- 'I‘hc following letter has been sentl UNFAVIIIIAIilE IlUIlIlIIII IIIII, IIISIEIIMEN Scattered Set Reported West of Norwalk by Shell Fish Commission IIIIII MIIIIIIIIPAI lIIiIII PIANI I8 25 YEARS 0III‘ Success of the South Nor- walk Undertaking. Under Direction of Supt. Win- chester, Shown 111 Annual Report ‘ INVESTMENT MW , MIIRIII,$2I5;IIMII Yesterday the State Shell Fish Commission eat the day on the state boat Lucile." inspecting the oys- ter grounds, and also the new signals that have recently been installed at various places along the Sound shore. ' The signal work has been carried on more extensively this year than ever before, thereby causing accur- acy in the map work and establish- ing undisputed boundary lines. Nearly all of the oyster grounds' were examined from New Haven har- bor to Norwalk, and the outlook for Estimated Th“ the Wll‘ H88 (Continued on mover-123a“) ithiiilfif 11.. 1"“ IIIISI llllllllll- » A number of representative citizens attended the annual meeting of the Second Taxing District last evening. in the City hall. Postmaster And1ew J. Leary was the chairman and Wll Saabye, Jr., the clerk. The 1eports or the district commissioners, Electrical commissioners. library di- lectors and sudden were accepted. and showed much wo1k accomplished during the past y.ear IJIIIS INDEMIEIINESS. Gain of $30, 31t= 85 Shown' 1n Past Five Y: are, With In-l, crease in Water Surplus and Sinking Fund Charle \8 ,4. A“ was unanimous- ibout a dozen taxpayeis attended 14 91...“. f. .oso tr for the conung the lrepular annual muting of the ear ‘1 Fiist liistlicq, which was held last An appropriation of $4 000 for the evening in the Town Assembly l1a|i.in use of the South Norwalk Public lib Wall street 1ary during the next year was voted. l The meeting was called to order by During the past year the account was ; Frederick H Buckley. and Mayor Carl ove1d1awn 8227. according to the 11111 | A. Ilaistiom was elected chairman. 111121 commissioner's hooks,throu1:h The 111110111111 meeting was then 1111 error. ,. 1_ read by Clerk Frederick H. ,Iiuckley. _ who also read the. report of the Finn (Continued on Sixth Page.) District commissioners. A summat- lzed comparison of the resources of' (Continued on Page Twelve) 111131 11111111711113 “OVER IHI IMP” ON A Willi IIIONI [All If IPIIES IOIIA 5111111117 , 1113113 1111111 Sympathizers of Longshore- men to the Number of 6,000 Join New York Strike ' NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-—ln conse- quence of the refusal of striking long- shoremen [to accept arbitration of their grievance against the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine. an effort will be made today to bring irepre- sentativos of the strikers the steam- ship companies and the government together in a conference to discuss the situation. Ofllcials of the Longshoremen's Uuion claim that sympathy stiikes of ship caipenters. shipworkers.coope1s and cheekels have incerased the num- ber of strikers to 6,000 and that the loading of 67 vessels under allied flag has been stopped. \ DENTAL RESERVE cones QUOTA FULL The Flanders Offensive Is On Again and Positions of Value Are Reported to Have Been Taken AERMANS MAI 11111 11111111 11131 Ar-tllery Activity is Rep ed Along. the Front ' ‘ infantry went “over the top” on a wide. front east of Ypres, and, the Flahders ofiensive was on again. The rush evidently 1111s success~ ful at the outset, for the capture of positions of value “ere Icported by Field Marshal Sir Douglas progress made was described or satisfactory. came after a long pause, in whiohp HARTFORD. Sept 20. The exam- examination. ln this number are it e or six Massachusetts dentists w More permitted to be examined in count of their proximity to the Con- necticut examiner. this state. instead of Boston on 8910 have had a destructive eflect lnation for the Dental Reserve ConisiIUlWISi‘e preparatory work 1‘“ of the Army has been pifloglesslnglliet’ll carried on unecasingly. the last two months and Connecticut, ifigllting 111 this period indeed was it is bellev ed, has furnished its quota} about sixty tmen passing the local 04’. lists 011 both sides, while the crush has been admitted by the Germans 411po11 their positions. French4 1 Early this morning the British ‘ Haig during the foreuoon and the 5 The renewal of the odensivori'i The ' such as to pile up heavy casualty _ 111g drumfire from the British guns “ Earlv reports did not outline points in the New England division‘ in regards to the embargo that thei company has placed for today and to- morrow. The letter is self-explanar tory:- “On account of the present abnor- mal traffic conditions which are due to the war, and which have affected all'common c.111ieis,therc has been an unprecedented volume of mattei offered for movement by express’. The situation has been 1endered more acute by the heavy movement of Government shipments as well as! by the restiictions of Express equip l ‘ment, due to the handling of large .— CIIIIEIIIESIUIIENI IIIIMI’IIIJAIEII Note Left By John Gibson States He Feared Implica- tion in Piper .Killing NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. Sept. 20. ~The suicide yesterday of John Glbv son. seventy years old, gives a new V ‘20 IlAIIIilI ESCAPE ALIEN HUNTERS IIIIIFEII IiIINIIS For some time past it was known that there was an effort on the part of aliens of several nationalities to evade the hunters license law which provides that.an unnaturalized alien must pay $15.00 for a hunting license the “came for a citizen being $1.25, making the rounds of the ward. was attacked by a man alleged to be Jacob Mascia of Jersey City. He was. struck from behind with a sandbag (Continued on Page Two) HONOR MEMORY—OF AMOS J. CUMMINGS4 Room was paid to the memory of Amos J. Cummings, Representative in Congress from New York yestelday afternoon when a delegationof two hundred and fifty Newark letter car. riers went to Clinton Cemetery. )Ir1ington. N. J. fo1 the dedication of a bronze tablet on the monum- out. that marks his g1a1e.The inscrip tion read ‘In 1cmembrance of a loyal friend of the National Association of Lettm Carriers. placed by Branch No. Nenmk Lettei Car1lc1s." mllel‘CSt’ll‘tilllVC Cummings. who died .n 1902. was the sponsor of the bill that 9:119 letter (canfirs an eligbt hour do). Willis llolly, secretary of the Sun Alumni and a lifelong friend of Mr. Cummings. reviewed his career. Oth- ers who spoke were Edward 11.. I-‘ol som. El'tlayor of Newark; John F. Sin- nott, Postmaster: George McKay. rep~ mentaréye of Typographic” Union No. 6. New York, of which Mr. Cum. minim was a number. and Repreaelb iatlve Frederick R Lehlbach. of New 1 Jersey. The tablet was accepted for the family by Eugene J. Van, Nest. of“ 8011th Ncrwnlk. at- by repmsenting to the town clerk that I the ‘ap'p‘lflcant Was a diluent The llast legislature amended the hunters l license law so that it reads: Any per- son who shall make any material false statement in procuring a license as provided in section two shall be lined not less than seven dollars nor more i. than fifty dollars‘ Special Protector A J Williamson lassisted by County Warden Smith, ,worked quietly for some time, with 1the result that Ernest Cozza, Frank (Continued on Eleventh Page). WHEATLESS DAY NOT OBSERVED The at e food administration has issued a equest that yesterday and today be obser ed as wheatless days in clubs, hotel. in the homes and restaurants. but despite t‘fts request wheat bread was eaten right along Retail bakers in the city/said that the sale during yesterday as well as this morning was as large if not larger .than on the preceding days in the week. continue to supply the wheat bread Other broads are being made. and are' 411111011 by a few patriotic people. too-m cum ‘ and startling turn to the killing of John V. Piper. His body was dis- covered hanging from a' beam to his DEATH IN, FLAMES Fur Plant in Greenpoint De- stroyed; $120,000 Loss Fire of unknown origin swept through the fur dressing and leather establishment of Frederick Hecht & Co, 240\to 244 Huron street, Green- point. late yesterday, completely des- tdoying the four story structure and causing an estimated loss of $120,000. 80 quickly did the flames envelop the building that the twenty or more men D1. Edward Eberle. of Hartford. l i, Connecticut CXBIIIIDE‘I‘, has been “Oll'. (lt‘lllliiol) tlle.exlellt of the front) field that the examinations ha1e been attached, but a clue seems to have temporarily Sitsnended as enough; been furnished by Berlin. which “lend haw Emu?“ ‘0 3“???“ theeibl 41 estordav reported the drumfire to. SP9 num er 0 one 9 a surg 1 foraeach 1.000 men in an arm of be. pounding the line from Houh. three million soldiers. 3.000 in all. hoist \‘i 00d. some five miles wilt ~ Each dental surgeon appointed to of Dixmude, to the river Lys, edits the Dental Reserve Corps will be com- tance of about fifteen miles, ”$0“: aiflrstngetitensnté Aim}: This would indicate that the‘ e s rvca nay ppy 1 - - _ linother examination for the rank on force 0f title. drivedwgs (litrected Fill! major and if he passes and receives‘4“ ard R0“ ers an our N" W‘ the higher commission will then get a the probable object of driving ‘a salary of 84.000 a year. 11 edrre further into the German Flanders front. and eventually'~ compelling a German abandon- Any drafted man, in the ranks. who .is a dental surgeon, may apply, in .JITNIEIIII IIISES attic, and beside it was a letter stat- ing he feared he would be implicated employees barely escaped in the case It was in his vard that in the building were many bundles the revolver that killed Piper 11as‘of ”“V m" which had been taken fbund. and worry over this is sup 1there during the morning. and all of Posed to have driven the man to take which were destroyed The the was his life. In the lette1 Gibson strongly discovered about 5 P m lmmedmte- declares his innocence. . . iy a general alarm was sounded, but Tm... unexpected development had soon after the firemen arrived they the effect of postponing Dr; W. J_ realized the house was doomed. Condons trial, which had been set Though the plant 0f 0- M- Lane & for today. Whether Gibson 3 act can Co, a subsidiary of the. Willard Mar- )camp}, Air Iexaimiyiatlon bad if the! passes will be appointed a first lieu tenant in the corps? 4 Drs. F. Ragan, James E. Taft, Jo- Eseph Kuppersteln. Joseph A. Bray. Emerson J. Le'Houllier and Abraham Goldberg. of Hartford. and Dr. James ceived notice of their appointments as first lieutenants. WOOD STREET . . - SHOOTING CASES The Wood street shooting cases be used to clear- Dr Condon is the4 ine Company, makers 0f “Whoa”: which is engaged in filling Govern 1.1ent contracts, was menaced by the. flames, it 1eceived (sly slight damage from the .water. A tenement house at - (Continued on Eleventh Pager 236 Huron the tebants, except Mrs. Barbara Lowe, 71 years old. its: to the street. As soon as her absence was noted neighbors rushed into the rouse and found her unconscious in her room on the third lloor. She was removed to the Greenpoint hospital and quickly revived. Lows STREET MAN IIIINIIIIII Ill EAII While ptoceedlng eastward on the Westport mad, about 1': 30 o 'clock this moming, Robert Grimley, a Bridge- porthélgtneurhloit control of his Ford mac e. an t e car crashed into a telegraph pole at the foot: of Church's BEATS HIS MOTHER Hill. with terrific force completely ‘ Wrecking ltsalf. M1. Griulle} had as Oncof .the mest despicable cases passengers in his machine. Miss Eliz- ‘4tlaat Norwalk has heard of in a long abeth Rochoen. of New Jersey. auditime came before ‘Judge Vosbut‘gll in Leon Chanard. of Bridgeport. the downtown court this morning. Miss Roehohen escaped from“ the when Andred Taylor. aged twenty. ' People are not asking for corn and be near the spot at the time 01‘ the graham bread as substitutes for'accident. rushed the entire Vrty to wheat bread and until they do ask the for theie substitutes the bakers will _blle. .What is needed is some to tamtlbntmade smash uninjured. 'but Mr. Grlmley re- four. of 43 Lowe street was 111 reigned ceivcd bad cuts on his knees and 11 for beating his mother. badly cut left hand. Leon Chnnards His mother twho. made the com law was fractured, and he received . plant said that Taylor would not work a number of minoi cuts and bruises. land persisted In laying around the Frank Richardson. of 254 Cannon house all day When she reproached street. Bridgeport. who happened to him for his laziness he became violent and abused her and then demanded money. which she gave him In four orwalit 1111111111111 in his anionic-10f physical violence. He went too The men a injuries were attend ? Inr. however, last night. and beat her ed to in the local institution ‘ wit 11 his fists. administering two black BMW Dot-my and Wit. eyes. which she exhibited in court 'liatu Pam inmttsuud the accident, Judge Vosburch when no . . tor to Wit MI in tall. 31nd plot“! the roll «is 1111111111 came up in the Superim court, this morning, and Lorenzo Farino who did some shooting. and was also shot, had his case nolled on payment of $100: Lorenzo Auturo was fined $505 1 street was so filled with smoke that for carrying concealed weapons. ThelProgrcss 011 a notable see c con- tinued to be made during a con- .1 others concerned were Joe Ricardo and Lorenzo Donnauma both of lwhom were shot and whose leases will be settled later. CAMP DEVENS SWAMPED WITH MAIL. BOSTON, Sept. 20.——ln ord-Er to as- sist in straightening out the enor- mous mass of mail which has swamp ed the post office at Camp De1ens since the National Army cantonment was opened. Postmaster Murray has assigned ten of his most expert clerks to that station. Postal officials said caused by inaccurate addresses onI letters for men in the camp. many the soldier and the state from which he comes. cHAUFrsu as 11110 COOKS NEEDED. it was in immediate need of 37 chauf- feurs and 11 cooks for overseas sexy chauffeurs. F. Dodson. of New Britain, have re, today that much confusion had been 0;! the. senders having omitted to desig-i ““9 "‘9 00mm“ and “Elma“ 01‘ ish forces on the Belgian front at- tacked the German positions 1 at BOSTON 399‘ 20- “Thf 0113"” captured some valuable position master's Corps announced today that too. Men between the axes of 18 and! 15 are eligible. Licenses will be to this morning on a wide attired of that. looking positions on ‘ ment of the Belgian coast with its valuable submarine and aerial bases. The civilian population is recently reported to have been 1.1cn1o1 ed from to“ 11s in the Ger~ this front, including cities named. The Flanders operations were opened this 1ear with the blow- ing up of the Messines ridge on June 7 and the. capture of the Wy tschaete salient by tht British, by a combined attack of British ‘and French troops on July 31. sidcruble part of August, butin fighting has largely been confined to local drives and extensive trench raids. From the French front today ‘The statement covered only last ‘night’ s operations, and the early reports today did not indicate whether the French in Flanders had joined in the renewed drive there. M 5 :40 this morning east of Ypros. ',Field Marshal Haig reports that , Esatisfactory progress was mm: and that the British already hb‘t‘o‘ The statement, morning ,sayl: 4 issued thin i - (Continued on man: Iman rear along a wide stretch of I the two and was continued with the open- 4 111g of the. present great oflensive ' the latter part of that month and. 17' dining September, until now, the . only artillery activity is reported . IONDON, Sept 20—Tbe Brit. .. “Wag attacked at 5:40 o'clock
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