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ESTALISHED 1370
Effective Way. To Eamomlze Is to Vote For ‘ the
District System. It Means School Improvement
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS
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Entered at the Scutb Not-walk Pool
—Offlce as Second Class Matter.
FROM ALL PART3 OF TH WORLD BY 1 SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR. ‘ ‘ ’
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scorn noawam, co . SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1917 Fair tonight and Sunday. . _ 'rwo cum
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in AND PAPER
(3038 PllNl NIARIY RUINID
" Bl Hill - [Alli THIS MORNING
‘lA'mount of Damage Done to
Building, Valuable Machin-.
cry and Hg Stock of Manufactured Paper Placed at
'4' Murphy
Many Thousands of Dollars by Manager Edgar G.
A illiSEXPEBTEll Tl] BE NEARLYififl,flllll
3 75 ANI] IS ALMOST EUVEREI] BY lNSlJliANBE
'5‘.‘
Eight Men Working at the
Plant When the Flames
Broke Out at 1:15 O’Clo ck, and Some Had Narrow
, l Escapes
Fire, the origin of which is not yet-
«I-aftnitcly known, broke out in the ma-
.chine room of the St, George Pulp
and Paper Company's factory, in
Smith sin-ct, early this morning,
about 1:15 o'clock, and practically do.
strayed the main part of the factory.
The amount of damage created by the
blaze could not be Estimated with any
(legroo 0t accuracy this morning, by
higar G.'Murphy, manager of the
concern, but it is certain that it will
nun‘up into many thousands of dol-
lars. The mill was heavily insured,
'ltowcver, and it is thought that a
great deal of the loss will be cov-
ercd by the insurancr.
log out the long room where the pup-
er machine is located,~ and Jracticllly
‘ruining the machinery. the blaze
lipread to the storeroom, where fire.
and ‘water combined. ruined about one
The engine
ittundrcde tons of paper.
Besides burn-
and boiler room of the factory were
untouched by the flames, owing to
fireproof doors which was swung in-
to place, and thc ~1‘tlicicnt work of the
uptown tire companies. Two alarms
were sent in as soon as the blaze was
discovered, and the firemen immedi-
ately after their arrival on the some.
had four heavy streams of water play-
ting on the blaze, which was rapidly
‘consuming the roof of the factory.
The firemen worked with great elli-
ciency at the blam, and it was not
unore than twenty minutes, before the
fire was in hand and under control.
The ruins stuouldercd for along time
howevct. and the fire fighters remain-
ed on the job until about 9 o'clock
this morning. An approximate esti-
mate of the damage places the loss
(Continued on Page Nine)
St. George Pulp and Paper Co.
. {VOTERS BEING MADE ‘
TODAY IN-NORWALK
W
I
Today the admission of electors
takes place, and it is expected that
quite a number will .be made.
The women of Norwalk will soon
have a. chance to- soe how the votln
machines work this your, and as they
Mill be 9. pg showing. in the voting
DREYFUSS RECEIVER
; FOR noruLthrroRn
i:"l‘ilie Clifford l’lotel Company. a cor-
.peration. are now in the hands of a re-
{nciven Adolph W. Dreytuss being ap-
rlward S. Thomas. The liabilities of
jthe company in the shape of mort‘
gases and bills are said to be about
on ”1‘! (:11001 question, the \vonwnismfloo‘ while the assets are said to be
consequently have been urging their
;.‘ icuds who are not voters to be-
(0310 voters this year. Then the vot-
intr llfachlne will be demonstrated to
the ladies, and. it is expected that
dimple machines will be placed in
the Nurwalk and South Norwalk lib-
raries, together with oilicials to ex-
plain how the machines work.
Quite a number of wanton handed
their applications in on September
13. the doy’that applications to be
shade voters were received, and today
they are tell as those other. who
handed in as their applications may
, appear from 9 a. at. until 7 p. m.
”I“... town clerk and seleotmen will
be at the city lcoulhroom in Nor-
w'tlk from 9 o'clock this morning. on-
it! 2 o'clock this afternoon. and from
2 o‘clock until 7 io‘clock this alter-
I'oon and evening at the city hall.
AK
NETTING TEA
FOR RELIEF FUNDS
A ten to raise funds for the Wat
l! ~le.‘ Work, lsyto be given at the
'r-r'ltnr-c of firs. Wdllnm C. Earle.
git: than. avenue, on Monday after-
Jim-(ft. Septombcr filth. from 3:30 until
if: .o’u‘ock. People interested In this
new title cordlnlfy lovited‘to attend
and s“,"‘8': tar titan-"s. {nonnative
prom. others titty coats. ‘ . ,
ipzoperty (out up 870,000.
‘in the neighborhood of $80,000. Vll'lr.
.llrcyfuss will continue to run the hotel.
Keogh & Candee represent the receiv-
,er. and some of the creditors who filed and the‘ Danbury branch. A glance
nhe petition in bankruptcy. The Clit-
‘i‘erd Hotel property is mortgaged at
about about $70,000. Manager Glad-
.ney. who has had charge of the hote:
since the company was formed, has
left for Atlantic City, where it is ex-
reeled that he will run one. of the big
hotels.
HARTFORD, Sept. 22.—The Hotel
Clifford Company of Norwalk. by its
president, Henry J. Miller, filed a petiig
in the United '
tion in bankruptcy
States District Court in this city, to-
day. The liabilities are 866,630, and
$57,000 of the amount are preferred
cloims. including a. $40,000 'llrst mort—
gage to the South Not-walk Saving
bank. ' .
Emma V. Pepper of Hartford. “blew-Z
‘ ,llsarry Pepper. holds a second‘ mort-
gage for $12,200, and the People's
'l‘rust'Conipany of South'Norwalk has
a secured claim of 54,600. The Clif-
lord llotel Company is defendant but
”5.000 damage suit in the Fairfleld
County Court. the action brought by
Elmer N. Van Noatrand, of Chicago.
Available onsets appear to be .real‘
estate valued at 870,000, personal
arty valued at ”.000 and 3m
accounts.
MOD-
: book
Insurance poncho on the
4K
tainted a receiver yesterday by Judge,
AGIRMINY ’f0ll
[ASTING AND
tCentral‘Powers Accept the
Pope’s Peace Proposals
and Hope That Vatican
Will Succeed in Endeavor
Inhibits
. tin/pl UPflil:
For Disarmament Plan, But
No Definite Terms Arc
Mentioned ‘
Jun PEACE
Pill] $50 It] '
BARR lNfi HUN
Joseph Brown, C ' lored, Was
OPPOSIIION l0
llll lllllllll
Arrested Befo He Had a ' . »
Chance to Use; canon on fARE INCREASE
Companion .
Joseph Brown, a coldred gentleman
of pugilistic tempera at. was fined
$50 and costs this mor lug, by Judge
Cunde’o in the uptown cpurt, for carry
lug concealed weapons. .
Joe is a member of the. gang of col-
ored laborers who have been working
for the railroad for some time. and who
are quartered in shacks on Pine lsland.‘
it seems that Joe had an nrgumenti
with one of his bookies. yesterday at
tel-noon, in a Water street saloon, and
luring the conrsool‘ the festivities, a
pool cue, in the hands of Joe's oppon‘
ent proved to be a convincing argul
ment. For self protection, according]
to his own story,‘.loe went out, and
started to make the rounds of the town
for a gun. The police were notified
that Joe was about to run amuck. and
Committee Appointed to
Take Whatever Steps May
Be Deemed Necessary to
Prevent Raise in N orwalk
CHUNCIIMEN AND
' MAYOR [ll’PllSEll
George E. Curtis Believes
Company Justified in Mak-
AItlS'l‘ElllMM. Sept. 22.——The Ger-
man reply to Pope llenedict‘s peace
prr-poral declares special measures-
taken by the government in closf
contact with the representatives of thei
German people to discuss answering;
the question raised, prove how earnest-3
;ly it desires to find a practical basis fori
go just and lasting peace.
1 The reply says that the imperial
;l!.()i't‘l'nlll(‘lll greets with special sympa-,
{ithy the loading idea in which his holl‘j
iness clearly expresses the convictiont
that the future material power of arms3
Emust be superseded by the moral pow-‘
:er of right.
; Continuing. the reply save that Gory
3many fully recognizes'with his holi-
ness the. high peace producing oiled of
arbitration to decide international dif-
ferences of opinion and in thfit respect
Germany is ready to support every'
proposal compatible with the vital in-
tcrests of the German Empire and peo-‘
ple. ‘
,1 AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22.—»l‘~‘ollowing!
:is the complete text of the German rc-t
.pr to Pope Benedict's peace proposal: '
I "Herr Cardinal: Your Eminence has?
them good enough together with your;
{letter of August 2, to transmit 'to‘tbel‘
~kolscr and king. my nlpst gracious’.
master. the note 0g His Holiness, the'
i
l
(Continued on Eighth Page).
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‘nntvn TRAIN
SERVICE Hill
summon
A number of South Norwalk people
wrote to General Passenger Agent A.
1 D. Smith about a month a go. asking.
jhim to arrange on the winter time
Itable to give the people in this vic-
iinity an express train service leaving
New York about 4:15 p. m. Mr.
Smith replird: “That it had been de-
cided to operate the train ieavinrf
New York at 4.13 p. 111., on the winter
time card, leaving New York daily.
excepting Saturday and Sunday."
. For years this train has been a sum.
mer train and has never before been
continued in the full and winter time
card. This arrangement is an excell-
Isnt one for South .Norwalk. Dal-tell.
at the time. card of September 23rd,
1917, shows that, so ,far as South Nor-
walk is concerned, the winter service
is about equal to the summer serv-
ice. This, too, When railroads are said
to be reducing passenger train serv~
ice. * " :
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,ADAMS
EXPRESS
CAR IN FLAMES
NEW HAVEN, Sept. 22.-—As an
lAdams Express train passed through
the Ideal railroad yards 'ut 1:30
o'clock this morping, ‘ flaans were
discovered eating through the doors
bad the train was immediately halted.
The burning car was switched onto a
siding at Union avenue and Engine
company No. 7 was called out on a
still alarm. The flames had eaten
their way through a quantity of gen-
eral merchandlse and alter the tire
was extinculshed it was estimated
:22; the damage would mot exceed
Those in charge of the. train stated
that the tire Started from .spontane
our combustionjn o conslmment‘ot
matches. ' The ear-was lent oh 1
on W yew
Sergeant Bryan Silk kept his eye on, i
the negro, who finally purchased a. gun; “g Advance
in John Mills' store. in Wall street,l Tb h .
and started to walk up the street with‘ at l e Connecticut Company
it. The sergeant hit Joe's trail right: will m“ be able m 1"“ "1"" increase
there and then, and when he called out ‘ or fares from 5 ‘9 6 cents in“) we“
and ordered the 0910’“! map to halt.l on October lat is the intention of
Joe started to fan the breeze down Mayor Harstrom and ”I" "“1”“ city
Isaac street. Sergeant Silk, h0WOV9l‘,l council, as evidenced “L the «spacial
used to be quite an athlete, and be meeting of the conned held last even-
showed yesterday 5“.”an that he to lug. Mayor Harslrom said last night
still some runner. He overlook the and repeated his words today that ho
fleeing negro before he not as far as personally would swear out an in-
Leonard “mm. and filter Clone. who‘junctlou against the "Carmectlcut com.
also happened to be in (lathe chase, pauy restraining them from putting
put the bracelet: on thop‘rlsoner. Joe: “‘9” increase‘into “ML
protested warmly over being taken to‘ The ”mung “‘"l ”Ming was call.
the. station house. but he spent.t ed “3" 7:30! and a “"83 attendance
night in the police station. and unless. 0‘ ““1"” “’3“ "“ hand.
he can scrape up fifty dollars. he will‘ Mayor Harsh-om opened ""3 meet-
spend a number of nights in Bridge-. log by saying? that he felt sure that
DOFL . :ull would agree that the decision of
the Connecticut. Company to raise«
[their fares front 5 to 6 cents was un-
» ‘ i just and that a number of things had ,
, arisen which took the money from the
\ [people and that this lost action was
; figuratively the straw that broke the
8TfllE BATTLE: camel's back. He said that ii’ there
{was anything that could be done in
lprevent this increase that it was the
. l duty of the mayor and the city coun-
Danbury P011138 Find Rem, cil of the City of Norwzi‘k to fill it.
. {He admitted that he didn’t know how
dezvous 0f Band. But Men I it was to be done. but that if action
was not taken that he personally
Make Escape would swear out an injtvrtltion rq-
mummy Sept 22 Wide search WWW”; me °2,'“”““-i {faintest}?
. . - r" ‘. . ' n e ares. ass». a e no
ing 91153:“Hatwlegvlilrhllzsgrflzgg {12:2 dogthnt anyway. i; iagisfacaorybrestiltls
som.. esoe r - 0 tone coer s.
outskirts of this city, Police Captaint“ere n t obta ‘1ng
Bradley discovered what apparently; mononucumuge Nine.) I
was the camp of a band of automobilel
COCKENOE TRIBE FAIR
thieves who had also been stealing cat-V
tle. poultry and probably {sum produce; ‘
0f SIX, SUNK
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JUllliEHtlAllth
FIRST llllli [ll
nnmn
Copy of Letter Written in
_1862 to Son Presented to
All Drafted Men
All the men who were sent from
the local division to Camp Devens
yesterday were. presented with a copy
of the letter written by'Judge E.
Rockwood Hoar of Massachustsetts to
his son Samuel,'a. volunteer in the
‘481h iMass. Vols“ during the Civil
War. A. E. Layery, secretary of the
board, had hundreds of copies printed.
The letter is so good, pointing out so
clearly the conduct of a Christian sol-
dier, that it is being widely copied
all over the country and presented to
drafted men.
Judge Hoar’o Letter.
Concord, Mass,
’ Dec. 15. 1862.
My Dear, Boy—l did not have the
opportunity I had hoped to talk with
you last evening—and, therefore, take
this opportunity,‘ when we are send-
ing you your mittens and the onus-
lopes Which you forgot, to give you
a few last words of affectionate coun-
Sel from home.
One of your first duties as a sol-
dier will be to take all the care you
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
AIRPLANES RACE
T0 WASHINGTON
NEWPORT news, Va., Sept. 21—,
Silyio Resnati, with nine passengers,
left Langley Aviation Field at 9:15 a.
m. for Washington. and it is expected
will arrive by 11:15 a. m. .
Secretary Franklin Lane did not
make the trip.
v The Flat car, with two ltalian aviat-
make the trip in one hour and ten min-
utes. ‘
The third car to leave, the Comolio,
in large quantities, using stolen auto-u
mobiles to carry away the booty. The'
methods they used in cattle stealing
' . e. for i a r id
dgrfltitgfdgt 1:31;; dd? AlbertnMoszu "1d completed plans for the opening'
near here, Thursday night, they loaded I 0f, the “alt?“ 8 1‘ fading Post, which
two calves into a touring car and car-‘ W1” all!” onday even ng.
, .' The affair will be. held in the hall
rled them away. The cab es were re-l, in Main street, and will be preceded
covered at the camp at Hawleyville,
. by a big street parade Monday night.
. an
where the thieves occupied an ab ;-Representatiom from out-of—town
' s H > ' u . u .
“$3.1, mfll‘fi}o"wm in the house as tribes Will participate In the parade,
the police approached fled into the. and will also attend the fair, Monday‘
woods and escaped. One was recog-lmgm- _
nized as Max Kram,~a chauffeur, ”.1 Many booths hme been erected on
leased recently from Elmira Retorma- the “001'; and ”1“- hfi" has been hand-
tory, where he was serving a term for somely decorated for the 00‘3”le
automobile stealing in New York state; Music for dancmg will .be rendered
in automobile found near the camp every evening by Svecs complete or-
has been, identified by Frank Kans of “1‘95"“-
Long Hill, near Bridgeport, as a earl
stolen from his garage last month. An-E TALKED 0N TEACHERS PENSIONS
other car, bearing the Connecticut' '
marker 53,063 was taken poSsesslon ot‘, Charles Burr, superintendent of the
by the police. Parts of automobiles State Normal school at Willimantic,
found about the place indicated that addressed the teachers of Norwalk.
(‘ncltenoe Tribe, No. 32, l. 0. R. M,
held a regular weekly meeting in Red
lilan’s'llall, in Main street, last night,
left at 9:45 a. m.. with an Italian pilot,
and Franklin K. Lane, Jr.
The first machine from Langley
Field circled over Washington at 11:11
a. m. and landed.
The second machine circled the.
White House, landing at 11 :15 a. m.
CONTINUE UNION _
CHURCH SERVICES
The union evening services of the
three downtown churches for the past
two weeks have bean exceptionally
successful. both from attendance and
from the inspiration derived from
them. The music which has been
furnished by the combined choirs has
been a decided pleasure, and the ser-
mons preached by the pastors have
been strong messages. this to be
hoped that these meetings will con-
tinue and they will in any case be
continued. until the end of the moat .
the thieves had dismantled other cars. yesterday afternoon, in the Norwalk
MAN KILLED IN
A FARM BLOW-UP
NORWICH, Sept. 22.~George J.
Fair died in the Backus hospital here: . -———~
last flight from hemorrhage and shocki Chief Engineer George W. Bogardus
as the result of the accidental burst received a hceck for $50 from Council-1
ing of the balance wheel on lensllage'man Edgur‘l}. Murphy this morning as
cutter on the farm of Charles Hoplga recognition for the efll‘clbnt work
kins Field this afternoon. Fair was ,donent the St. odorge Pulp and Paper
cutting corn withthe machine whenpqmpany's timin Norwalk. The check
the balance wheel burst, most of thewah‘ highly appreciated by the chlel.
fragments lent-2mm; this legs. The and flremen’. ~ . ‘ ‘
bones in both legs were brokexi int
several places between hips and‘
knees, and the flesh badly mangledl
The left leg was nearly avered from;
the body. Dr. Arthur Chose of Plain-
tleld was called and Fair was taken.
information.
ole-r Tom; FlREMEN.
HOSPITAL Noyes.
Admitted and discharged yesterdaY:
Stanley Wright ol‘Ply‘mouth avenues!
Admitted yesterday: Mrs; Isabelle
other man loathe room was injuredi; Admitted; today::,~:Mrs.
F‘tdr lives led ' " ue R :1
twin wife ‘ = ' .
37. rim
The service tomorrow evening will be
,ngh school. His subject was thenn the Congregational church; and themucceeded in penetrating ashort'
istate tension bill for teachers. and haz‘music will be based on the oratortq,!d1stauce rate our new posrtxons,
' gave much interesting and valuable; "The Holy City, the three choirs com-hut they were immediately an
bining to lead in the singing. ’ The
pastor, Rev. Mr. Stupieton, will speak
on the subject, “From the Unknown
to the Known/j and everyone is wel-
come.
NOVAK BOLNDfoVER:
'ROSSIGOES FREE
Daniel ‘Novak was bound over until
the next criminal term of the superior
‘ court in bonds of $2,500 by Judge Vos.
' burgh yesterday, afternoon. while Mi-
chael Roast was discharged. The two
men participated in the assault on
Henry J. Hipson on the evening of Feb
. , .. 24, last. Novak was brought here from noon, the enemy again attack ‘
to. the hospital in' this.pity. ‘ One Sturgea 013.88 North Main street. ., ‘ Bridgeport jail, where he Wag serving with strong forces on both; sided
Helen Bedi- aseutence for 9. minor offense and ‘
05m. Rossl' Was brouliht here by Detective
_ Sergeant Hunt‘trom Ch‘icamauga Park,
4G h the
was'statlonod wt 11,
IIVI BRIllSll SIIAMSHIPS, ,
AND lW0 ’ DISTROYIR8 0lll
The big Capronl airplane. driven by,
ors. left at,9:30 a. m.. and expected to,]N FRANCE AND BELGIUM‘
fig
Bl SUBMARINI
m
British Warships Bombard,
the German Naval Works‘,
at Ostend, and Three Ger .
man Airplanes Shot Dom
by the British Airmen
liflHllNfiAl ‘
ltwnunun
Explosion of Bombs 5 its"
Sacks of Nitrate Being”
Loaded on a Japanese.
Steamer ‘ ‘
LONDON, Sept. 22.—-British.
,warships this morning bombarded;
ithe German naval works at Ostend
with satisfactory results, it was
announced today by the British.
Admiralty. Three German sea-r
planes were shot down by British.
airplanes. ' .
AN ATLANTIC PORT,_Sept. 22.
~—The British steamship La Noeu
gra, on her way from Buenos'w
IAires to Havre with a cargo of f,
Argentine beef, was sunk byl.
German submarine September 3,.
forty-five miles ofit‘ Plymouth, ac»
cording to survivors of the crew.
who arrived here today on all.
American steamship. ‘
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. 22,"
V—Passengel-s who arrived from‘
England on an American steam-
ship brought circnmstantial re
ports that five British steamships.
and two destroyers out of a convoy
fleet of six, which left Long
:Swilly, Ireland, Séptember 3, were
sunk by German submarines,
within a few hours of the port 0.
. departure. .
HEADQUARTERS.
BRITISH
Sept. 22 (By The Associated.
Press).—Fighting still is raging ,
!today in the neighborhood of Towr 1 .
ier hamlets which has been the
scene of almost continuous strife. ,
:since the offensive of the British. '
Ito the east of Ypres, on the Bel‘
jgium front, began. 1
0n the left the British line was
reported to be intact, but no .
inews of the situation oh the right» ‘
could be had this morning.
The official statement says:
“Hostile counter attacks con—
tinued yesterday evening on the I.
Ypres front. Considerable Ger— ’
man forces were engaged without r.
any result being obtained, except;
at a heavy increase in the enemy’s. '
osses_ ' ‘
“At dusk the enemy launched"! ,
powerful counter attack in massed
gformation on a wide front east. of '
tSt. Julien. At one point his troops ‘
t
i
.completely driven out by our local
counter attack. . 1 .
I “At. other points West Yanéaj;
ishire and London troops repulsed.
'the- enemy ’s infantry with grea
lloss. At the. end of two hourso‘ .
‘fierce fighting our whole line was,
Iintact. The attack was delivered
with gerat determination and, ‘th
'enomy’s losses * were exceedinglyr
severe. .
l “Early in the night, after [th
failure of his attack on the rows
hamlets ridge during the .. afte
of the Ypres~Meuinvroad
also-heavy figh ‘ g ended at 1
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