No Greater Issfie leg:
as
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- , ye People in the: Present -
on Campaign. Pledge. Y6qg-.;Candidates to Economy .
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on runs a Hill aura
a; rowan llilSlAIION
fl‘liose From Norwalk and‘Wanted Authority to Spend
Vicinity Assigned to the $20,000 to Influence Con-
304th Infantry Regiment, gress Through a Certain
fl and Undergo Preliminary Organization
. Examination KNEW “MEWS
,, MilNEEflNTINiiliNl
Supposed “Lost” Men Had Also of the Work of Pro-
Not Left Their Home! German Agents Here
4 . Town ._____._. '
M-
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.——Secretary
Lansing today made public as an as-
:tounding addition to the series of dis:
closures covering German intrigues in
America and elsewhere, a messalte sent
.. . .. . . , by Count von Bernstori‘f in January of
non, the. \anguald of Lonncctlcul it this year to the. Berlin Foreign office.
,per cent. of the draft. pulled “‘ll'eqtlesting authority to pay out ‘50..
on a PRIlIOtid S'd‘ng a ""19 from I,hol‘OOtl to influence through an unnamed
new national army cantonlneut. In" organization apparentlv known to the’
_ donated by» the downpour and them-a llerlln authdritles. ' '
03583!!! lightning, the recruits march; you," v0“ Bernstori‘f indicated In his'
ed steadily to the cantonmcnt gates. "NW”, that money had be“, paid
"7.1“” ”WV. bad to stand “’7 a “On‘ this organization on former occasions
axleruble time before their prellmln- ,0 perform- the same work
airy physical exaluiuationvwas oven? The ,9,“ of’the messa 9' made “b,
Many were thoroughly drenched, but . g ' p ~
, lic witllo t comment. follows:
all took their plight good naturcdlygl 'I requgst authoritv to pav out up to
Two other trains arrived ' h
_ , “”9“ $50,000, (fifty thousand). in order. as
bringing the remainder 0‘ the con',0n former occasions to influence Con-
necticut delegation of 4.400}i The as g1...“ through the organization m“
signluent of these recruits was as i’ol- . know of, which can perhaps ”0,,me
Iowa: lwar.
AYER. Mass, Sept. 21.—~A heavy
tllulldersllower broke over Camp Dev-
ons yesterday afternoon as. a troop;
train from Hartford, carrying 1,200
.—
T’ airman
; ’ltlfl
{Continued on Page Twelve)
{JUMPiNlllfllllil
_._El_TE’8lAliiii FARESNfllPUPUlAIl
is; PAUL.II\ilnn.. Slemi gtjcbries': Special Meeting of the City
.40 I38 prova were men 9 na. ‘xn- .
" ‘ of Norwalk Council to be!
- allor Robert; M. Ln I-‘Ollette. oi won't ,
Held Tonight to Consider
Matter
ID
’ musin. when, speaking lit the closingl
session of the Producers' and Conn
ulmers‘ Conference Ilere'lasi night. he:
tl‘eclared the United States uevert
hnould have been at war and sought: That the ro 0 - -
to defend the sinking of the Lusi—I p p sed Increase m trol-
_ , ley fares from 5 to 6 cents beginning
‘ timia. The disturbance subsided ill-ion October 1 .
most immediately and the St' will meet with con-
Sénalo’ sitietuble ‘ ' '
p'mceeded with his address. iC'l‘ 2.], Opposition is evident. as
u . .. l .' - Prk T. H. Leonard Robins was
' Who ’Sf‘bmad crying in the 1mm‘lllotifled today to call a special meet~
not tones? asked the. Senator. “BusI-'
_ . . 'ing of the city council : .
Tress. winch IS making money. Thel evening at which, time {tug $2532;
"0w projects 0f patriotism are ma‘sv, that all those citizens who wish to be
' ouoradmg "11 the “WW 0f ll“"“”3';lleartl on a protest against this in-
whlle you are serving the deVll.
.. _ , lei-ease by the. Connecticut Company
I have‘lust. come “'0’“ Washington coma and air their views on the mat-
where With a Iltfle handful of men ll for.
* “_“' l A committee will be appointed to
(Continued On Page Twelve) lconfer with the Public Utilities Conl-
‘ ..___.—__~—— lnission or even with higher authori-
u NIANTIC ,PHONE l tfes if necessary.
" SERVICE CENSORED‘
I In commenting upon the matter to—
day, Mayor Harstrom stated that. as
‘ All telephone service between this
city and the National Guard camp'
the chief executive of the city. he felt
» ,lgronnds‘ at Niantic is censored by it.
called upon to protect the people of
the city from any such action as the
United States Army officer. who sno'
'5 ervises all communication front a
Trolley Company proposed. He stat~
switchboard.
cd that he intended to do all in his
pmver to keep the rate at five cents,
and that he would carry the fight!
Conversation to the camp may pro- to the highest authorities 'to gain
‘ _ cced unhampered until a query is ask- 1143 point. '
ed ‘regardingtroop movements. for;
instance the date of departure of the
mist Machine Gun battalion. Thin
the masculine voice enters “the con-
versation, saying “No more Of that,"
and the connection is broken unless
the subject. is (trapped. '
ROBBERS SECURE
‘ LITTLE BOOTY
JACKSON. Tenn, Sept. 21.—Tbree
masked men late last night held up
a northbound Mobile. and Ohio pas-
senger train at Finger, Tenn, thirty
miles south of this city, detached the
(«glue and the express car from the
. o'her coaches and after running the
. 0.an ‘53 car several miles. dynamited
the safe, but railroad odiclals said.
rumored virtually nothing of value. as
it ill the crstcm not to bundle curs
. rrnov or other Tallulah shipments on.
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
WOULD EXTEND}
PRICE FIXING PLAN
D
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.—.Agltn-
lion in ("ollgress for extension of gov-
ernment price fixing authority to iron
and steel and their products, provi-
food control bill in conference, was
renewed today when hearings were
begun by a Senate interstate Com-
merce sub-committee on the bill of
Senator I’oulertne. of Ohio. It thuld
extend federal power to fix prices to
the iron and steel trade. similar to
the food regulations provided by Con-
gress. .
'l‘hv hearings were regarded as: pro-
IIn-lpary to an effort toward passage,
of the Pommne measure. probably
the art of arranging for an affair of
atom for which was stricken out of the .
Il.i.il.Pll3Nl0
Hull AT THE IiNflll
Norwalk Chapter Members
Have a Fine Time, and
Knitters Did Their Bit For
the Soldiers
The weather conditions were ideal
for the picnic of the Norwalk Chapter
D. A. R., held at the Knob. yesterday.
It was indeed a real old-fashioned
picnic. and over thirty members and
guests sat down to the tables laden
with all the. good things which make
a picnic a success. including Mater-
melon and ice cream.
It. was a joyous occasion. this first
getting—together, after the summer va-
cation. andwtho. that under the regime
of that newvrexent, Mrs. Robert ll.
“’81. l
The number of knitting bags in evi-
dence was” finite surprising. and it it
certain that the Nor-walk Daughters
“reshaping their full quota for the.
{soldier boys.
After the dinner some of the ladies
enjoyed a, .gallle'fiof function, while
others sat on the veranda and visited,
or tried the guessing contests. which
were. very amusing.
Five o'clock cattle all too soon, and
each expressed the hope that another
year this delightful day might be re-
pea'tetl.
‘* The next on the. program will be
an address by Rev. Aaron (’. Coburu l
of Danbury. at the home of Mrs. C.
J. Hill. 1 West avenue, October lltll,
at 3 o'clock, under auspices. of the
Norwullt Chapter.
atrium w
Minna luau
All Dill”
MEN TO BE
SUMMilNED
War Department Decides
Upon That and Upon an
Additional Draft of 13500,-
000
EXAMINATIIINS T0
All Male Residents of the
Country Will Be Made
Liable
The War department. has decided
to continue the work of examination
of draft eligibles until the entire
9.500.000.1nen have been exanlined.
A, call will soon be issued for an
additional draft. of 500.000 men and
plans are being made. for an army
of between 2,300,000 and 5,000,000.
The House next week will pass a
resolution trialling eligible for service
every male citizen in the country,
citizen, alien 3nd alien enemy. The
senate will pass the bill before Oct. 1,
To Examine All. 4 ‘
WASHINGTON, Sept, dlikvvn‘bo' first
onljcial announcement of' plans to
call out the section Icvy of 500.000
dfhfted nlen was more by Secretary
Baker today in submitting a supple-
mentary deficiency estimate of 328%
410.000. .
(Continued on Sixth Page).
walnuts
Ten years ago Charles .I. MintzH‘
opened a dry goods store at 02 Wash-‘
ington street. A prorfsessive youngl
man, with but one idea in mind, and:
‘tht‘fl bdlng to build his businessi
through pleasing the public, Mal
Mintz proved that be was right. Rm
cent changes made at the local store}
have transformed the place into a;
beauty spot for shoppers and on tr?
morrow there will be a grand opening!
under new conditions with a displayl
of good} which? has seldom, if ever
been equaled in this city, i
The entire two floors have. been re-
modelled. The stock of goods carricdl
is larged. Attention is paid to a few,
lines. Mr. Mintz’s idea is to special-‘
ize on a few things and that he has
succeeded is apparent to everyone.
who has been in the shop since the
changes have been made.
(Continued on Page Two)
PAST MASTERS
TO HAVE OUTING
On Saturday, September 22nd. the
annual outing of the Fairheld Coun-
ty‘s Past Masters' Association will be,
held at the Dorlon House. Gregory‘s
Point, South Norwalk. Out-door games
have been" arranged for. alld one of
John 'O‘Sulih-lan's 3ceiilrbrated shore
dinners will he served at 3:30 o’clock.
M. W. L. J. N'lckerson’t Grand Master
of Mason‘s in Connecticut, will be
present, accompanied by his associate
officers, and the members of the As-
sociation are looking forward to an
unusually enjoyable occasion. The
arrangements this year are in charge
of Attorney Harry C. Sconeld, of
Stamford, who is a. Past Master in
this kind. Delegations from nearly
all towns in Fairfleld County will be
“in at thclfeed." Invitations have
been sent to all the members of the
Association, and probably about one
hundred will be on hand to partici-
pate in the festivities.
DEMOCRATS To
HOLD A RALLY
The Democratic city committee held
a meeting last evening. and discuss
ed matters relative to the campaign.
'It was voted to hold tan open air
rally in front of the Norwuik Hotel.
First District. on Saturday night at
8:30 o'clock. Hon. blot-0min Dona
van, candidate for mayor and Dr.
Thomas F. Clune will be the speakers
and promise to alveoomo interesting
loo nW“-lrum. a: she [member wanton of Genome
.W“
information for the voter“: to mini:
shut. ‘ . ., ‘
lDavid Bennett and Isaac
0lHllllllllESl8 u
, . IUNMEN’SEASE
Philadelphia’s Mayor, Police
Lieutenant and Council-
men Under $10,000 Bonds
Each ' .
PHILADELPHIA, Sept.
Thomas Smith. Polio1
ill-«Mayor
Lieutenant
Common Councllnmn, were expected
to accept service today of the war-
rants sworn out. last night charging
them with conspiracy in connection
with the killing on Wednesday of
Policeman Eppley and assault made
upon two otherlmcn by gunmen al~
leged to have been brought here from
START Will 8000 ’“‘
Dentsch, a3
STEAMER ISLANIIER
HAlFllJllllfWAlEll
Norwalk Vessel First Ran
Ashore at Riker’s Island,
Then Floated Oil and Sank
The steamer Islander, of the Nor-
walk and New York Steamboat com-
pany, scents to run in hard luck all
of the time.
Yesterday morning at 2 o‘clock
during the heavy log. the boat. ran
ashore off of Riker's Island on the
south shore, while under the corn
round of Captain Charles Webber, of
Glen Cove. L. I.
There was no passengers on the
steamer. which was carrying a. gener-
al cargo for this city.
During the fog, the stealner Rich-
PecltJ-In along close to where
, the Islander lay. and although tho In
'landor whistied for the Ricnald
Peck to stop, it did not do so, and
the wash swung the Islander off the
mudbank into the channel and the
water swept her out further. and
when it returned half filled, tht In
and about half of the cargo soaking.
A wrecker from the Merritt (“hap‘
man Wrecking company was at work
on the boat yesterday, and it is 93"
pectcd that it will be able to resume
its tirlps horelwithin a day or so.
A steam lighter was loading in New
\York, today, and left at about If
o'clotk this morning. with a cargo for
this city. The steamer ’I‘llorp also
came into the harbor last night and
'is discharging its cargo here today.
landfill”
‘ 'l000NlEllllEfilllE
St. John's Lodge, No, 6, F. & A. 351.,
‘ls planning for a big time on Tues-
day evening. at which time Harry C.
Scofleld, Deputy of the First Masonic
'District. will make an official visit to
the lodge, and the Mast-er Mason‘s
degree will be. conferred by Past’
Masters of St. John's Lodge. The.
different positions in the lodge will
bé'tilled by the following:
Master—James W. Storey.
Seliior Warden—Samuel E. Hunt-
ington.
Junior Warden—Howard A. Cramp-
ton.
Senior Deacon—George E. Curtis.
Junior DeaconnRobel-t E. Martin.
Chaplain-Arthur C. Wheeler.
Marshal-«Harry 1“. Bennett.
Senior Steward—~C. Otis Fitch.
Junior Steward—Horace M. N. Sig-
man. ’
1 Working Tools-Charles F. l‘ris-
tram. .
South Gate—Joint H. Wade.
West Gate-Harvey M. Kent.
East Gate—James T. Hubbell,
See Faring Man—David Pollard.
First Craftsmaanercy C. Morgan.
l Historical, Lecture and Charge—
1
Jamey City by one of the rival foo; Charles W- Many.
tions in the contest for the llepuhlh} . ”"""‘
can leadership in the Fifth Ward.
Arrangements. it was announced.
have been made to admit the mayor
and other two men named in ”1‘; who
4.34.
(t‘outlnued On Page Twelve)
COUNCILMAN SMITH
HEARS FROM BROTHER
Councilman John W. Smith has re-
ceived a. letter from his brother Jo_‘000,000.
seph, of England, who is somewhere
with the British army doing service “announced! 0““ m ,an increase °f* truck and John Mistaleca an occu-
in France. The writer was a former
resident of South Norwalk, and is
well-known to a large number of peo-
ple here. in the. letter he refers to
the 12-day furlough which was recent-
ly granted him mid which was spent
at the family home in England. He
in in good health. although somewhat
thinner than when he lived here.
He sent his thanks to Councilman
Smith for the copies of...Tlle South
Norwalk Sentinel. which reached him
on the French firing. line, and which
containid accounts of the Nor-walk
troops lt-avinr frr the army canton-
meats. lie writes» that while he was
point: through Paris he had a chat
with some of the. American troops.
and found tiara all to betlne follows.
When they have become seasoned he
believes they will make things bot for
Fritz. lie. says the allies-are going
ahead quicker than appeals on the
surface.
At the time the letter was written
the. men were in rem In the test
room. but he expected to no to the
pawl Mxtlfllii ' .
GETTING AFTER
l WAR EXCESS PROFITSi
1 WASHINGTON. ‘Sen. ’21.'—The
House Ways and Means committee
met today to consider the situation
arising from demands of House mem-
bers for material increases in the ex—
lcess profit taxes of the war revenue
lbill. which as written into the bill by
line Senate, would provide for $1,060.-
Demands of some western
and Southern committeemen, they
i $440,000,000.
l The committee. it was said, would
seek to have the conferees on the
'bill provides, announce that they will
ing in this. the high taxers, who say
fimore money will be needed than the
lbil lprovides, announce that they will
lcarry their tight to the floor of the
lHouse.
I The action of House members com-
lplicated the situation to such an ex-
ltent as to make it strongly possible
ittllat the war tax bill: will not bd
innally enacted early next week as
had been generally expected.
'AMERICAN LEAGUE’
’ names $900,000 SUIT
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21.~—8uit was
filed today by the Baltimore Federal
luaguc Baseball club in the District
lot Columbia'Supreme Court against
,odicicla of the American tame. the
motions! Miami and others for
”00.000 damages under the Claytoni
um ,
lander so that it lay half full of water'
EIGHT-MILE
m
Italians ALIEN
~ It UNlllillAllllESl
Joseph Hirt, of Yantic, Be-
lieved to Have Secured
Immugtant Information
HARTFORD, Sept. 21.—-Federal of-
ficers believe they have captured a
dangerous alien in the arrest of a
young German, known in Hartford as
Joseph Hirt. Special Agent Lane. got
track of Hirt living on a farm in Yan.
tie and the young man was arrested
in Norwich, Tuesday. for being with.
in a barred zone without having a
permit from the United States Mar-
shal. Iiirt was held by the Norwich
police for the federal authorities and
Deputy United States Marshal MllllOIl
went after him and “broughthim toI
Hartford this moruin .
Government Agent ans said it has
been learned that the men's real name
was Ilnns Kuhne. He was born in
Germany in 1893 and came to the
United States in 1913. He is alleged
to have deserted from the United
States, Army at Fort Crockett. Gil-
veston."f'exas, April 30, 1915, at which
time‘ ho‘vms detailed as a War De-
partment clerk.
While, living at the l’antic farm.
Kuhne, or Hirt, as be is better known.
has been taking. it is alleged, motor
(Continued On Page Twelve)
600,000 ALIENS
TO BE CITIZENS
- WASHINGTON. '.Scpt. ill—More
than 600,000 aliens who have signi-
fied their intention of becoming Am-
erican citizens would be naturalized
in three months under the terms of
a bill introduced recently by Senator-
Calder, of New York.
Statistics compiled by the Bureau
of Naturalization made public today
show that'between July 1, 1915, and
June 30. 1917, 626.816 aliens declared
their intention .of becoming citizens.
but under the law a declarant can-
not act upon his intention until the
declaration is at least two years old.
Under the alien draft bill, now
pending in Congress, these ‘aliens
would be liable for military service,
thus relieving great numbers of Am-
ericans, particularly in cities having
large foreign population. The bureau
estimates that about 300,000 of the
aliens are of military age. The bill
also would naturalize foreigners who
have enlisted in the military service
of the United States. ‘
ITWO LOSE LIFE IN
i \c SPRINGFIELD FIRE
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Sept. 21.—
Two lives were lost and one person
lwas badly burned as the result of a
b5.000 fire in a combined store and
, tenement house at Ludlow, an adjoini
ling town. early today. Alexander
tRogcrs, a fireman, was run over and
{instantly killed by an automobile fire
lJoseph‘Cohen, who owned the build-
:ing. returned to secure valuables af-.
:ter getting his family out, was over-,
come and found in the building two'
hours later, badly burned. .
LITTLE FREIGHT
\ CONGESTION HERE
Another embargo has been declared
by the New Haven Railroad on all
goods, except provisions. government
shipments and goods used for filling
government contracts. The embargo
has been in effect for several days.
Aside from the number of article!
left by small merchants. there is lit
tlo congestion .at the local freight
sheds. It was stated at the freight
sheds yesterday that the big manu-
facturers of the city were removing
their goods promptly, but are having
considerable trouble with the man
who receives enroll shipments, and
allow; his goods to remain It the
pant of the building, was suffocated.’
l
shod for tarot-ill days. 3 .
amsn noun: llllllBlE
can null IN urn ON ,
from m liANDlRS. ‘_
Captured Many Important
Farms and Wooded Tracts
Which Had Been Heavily,
Fortified by the Germans .
leu war no ,
unnatural
Counter Attack of the Ger-
mans Repulsed With Heavy
Losses
Today found the British in.
Flanders holding all the valuable
ground tlley gained in their attack.
on yesterday, when they surged.
forward on an eight-mile front on.
both sides of the Ypres-Menin.
road, penetrating the German
lines more than a mile in places
and capturing prisoners in excess
of 2,000,
All the reports emphasize the
completeness of the success the
British troops achieved. They,
hold Vcldlloek. Zevcrkote and.
numerous strategicaly important.
farms and wooded tracts which.
had been heavily fortified by the .
Germans. bllt which were capture»
ed in the resistless British sweeps. .
Late yesterday‘the. Germans be- ,
gall to counter attack, bllt every“
thrust was effectively dealt'with
by the British guns, which wiped. ’
out the advancing lincs‘of German
infantry. The heavy casualties
sustained in these fruitless attacks
evidently impelled the German
command to order their cessation,
for there were no repetitions of
them during the night and the
British were able thus to consolim
date their newly won ground with-
out disturbance. .-
111 some sectors the British con.-
tillucd their offensive. tactics dun»
ing the evening. The local attacks,
notably northeast of Langemarck,
resulted ill-tile clearing out of a
number of strong points to which
some German forces were clinging.
Correspondents’ dispatches today
report the continuance of similar
tactics at night, when the new
line was- considerably improved in
strength. it
Today ’s advices further an-
nounce the resumption of British.
attacks during the morning south;
west of Gheluvelt, where a posi-
tion desired by the British was
still held by the Germans. This
was assaulted by British forces,
which advanced to the' attack at
9:30 o’clock. . '
From none of the other fighting
fronts were there indications in.
the morning dispatches of opera-
tions of more than ordinary im-
portance. ' ~
LONDON. Sept. 21.'—Field.
Marshal Haig in later reports re-
garding the British offensive on
the Belgian front, to the east of
Ypres, yesterday, when the British.
troops pushed through the German.
lines for a distance of more than a
mile, says that the completeness
of the British success is confirmed
by detailed accounts of the battle.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—The Brit-
ish War Office. after the receipt OE
Field Marshal llaig's report, today,"
issued this bulletin: ‘
‘.‘ More detailed accounts of yes.
terday's battle confirm the com-—
ploteness of our success. During
the evening local attacks delivered. ,
by us in the vicinity of timer Illa-r I
(chasm on eardrum 5‘ ,1,
Norwalk Chronicler