L 1‘
- acid it will also be the keynote of the
stethocratic sdndnstrntlon if the can
didatos on that ticket are ousted to
‘ moo candidate Moo'un
1
Effieetive Way Ton
District System. It s School Improvement
ING
ASSOOIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A!“
ssrausrtuo 1370‘
Ml. WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
Entered at the Math Not-walk Post
Office as Second Class Matter.
refit: noswnk, cont.
‘ oil—nu,
Fair Toni
seer. 24. 191??“
ght ‘and Tuesday; Warmer.
DRJD D
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Mayor’s Inability to Put
:‘Stop {a Lavish Money
Spending Drains Citi-
zens Purses .,
nut 1111111 11
that sun Int
"
'1 Dominant Plank df DcmoyL
crate as Outlined .
Smeches WillBeEconomy
First ~ . ‘
Ecohomyi will be the main plank
mt the democratic ‘platfotfm in the
coming oinpeign for city elections
email on Oct let This pee made
plain by a number of speakers. in in
~ eluding the Hon. Jeremiah Douoxan.
gamete for mayor. Dr. Thomas 11.
lose and Harold C. umy.
khan from
tile First Ward. in in a air .«r'ally
held Saturday evening. in treat or
the Norwalk Hotel on Wall street.
Saturday‘ls iiipht’s rally was the
opening gun ot. the city campaign. and
a good sized crowd gathered to listen
10 the venous speakers who urged
:the election of the oemoeratic clty‘
_- — ticket candidates and an economical
city administration .
The meeting was opened by Chair
a-ituan domes 'I‘ .‘Hubbel. who intro
ducal D1. Thomas F Clune as the
lust speaker of the evening
1' lune lost no time in getting down
' to work starting in at once to tiny
the present city administration. which
gelled-Mayor Carl A. Harstrom at its
too . . Sgt.
' (Continued on ‘Eigiluf’ragel.
Muss ohio‘r‘ro "not ' : .
LOCAL snursnosas umom
L The members of NorWalk Local l'n
reroutional Bartenders Union held
their annual meeting yesterday inL
L‘entral Labor Lyceum ‘Washington
cum
iiomocratic Speakers Argue
MRMWWM
«mmt
‘mmm
Well Informed Writer Says
Conditions in Schools
Before rI‘heir Consolidate
"tion Were Intolerable ' '
PLANS * NDW. WELL
'Each Boy and Girl Given
Every Chance For Mental
and Physical Advancement -
in as close touch with school care L
unions as any citizen in Norwalk. :1
all who desires that his identity not
Lbe disclosed has prepared a series pl
“letters on what has been accomumh‘
ed in the schools of the city '11le
consolidation. He sets forth the non-
ditlons prevailing in the achoole prior
to their. consolidation and then re;
[tales changes for the better that have
1 been accomplished. since. . .
Following is the first of soverhl let-
tors that. preheat that side at tho argu
Lmeut as seen from thev'éonsoiltlm
Ltionlsts' mm of view. There is no
4 \
(continued on Sixth Page).
nun 32m ,
L HAS RESIDNED
L Rev Joseph N Szabo who has been
“Lpastor of St. Ladislaue' ElongationL
{Roman Catholic Church Clit! street.
1
l
ihas not been or the best and be-
.deemed it wise to seek a chandget M1
Lclflhate. i-ie extlscts to spend
looming winter in the south, and will
|leave South Norwalk shortly.
I Father stbo cane from Bridgeport
succeeding Rev. Stephen F Cher-
nitzky, who ‘was transferred to a
charge in the Park City - He has
imade many friends and his departure
street. and elected the following of‘l will be generally regretted.
floors.
.\ President—James 'Ghiotto
VicePresident—‘Robert Klldult.
‘ ' TreseUretj—John Hodgen. -
: Financial Seoretnry~Frsnk 'Woli-
yung.
Recording Secretary—William Deck-
.er.
Right Rev. Bishop John Nilau has
signified his intention of sending (111‘
.LAmericnn priest who can speak the
Hungarian language. to St.L;1d1slaus'
' church There are a number ot’ these
priests in this diocese and they have
been meeting with grea success in
.tho work of the church
DDRLED fRM DDTDDDDRE
EX- DD . lSSlDRER IS XIELED
M
George Wardvasll. of New Canaanlof George Wardwell. Judson Buckley.
lmmer street commissioner of the old Rosteen Selleck, and Steven Roscoe
(‘ity of Norwalk and for a number of all of whom are residents of New Ca-
.vcals a market keeper on Main; naan, had been spending Saturday ev-
street. was instantly killed Snturdm
' night when he was thmwn out of an 11 oclock
ening in Norwalk and shortly after
they started for their
automobile near the Four Corners, on homes in \i1. Buckley‘s Maw'ell ma
the New Canaan road ,nhile he andlcmno
thlee companions were on their wayl
M1 Buckley “as driving the car.
home alter having spent the evening and owing to a new crown on the
111 Norwaik
The machine in which Mr. Ward- the machine lnvxhe middle of the,
«all and his three friends were rid-
mg was a Ive-passenger Maxwell,
«- fined and driven by Judson Buckley.
Lroad had some dililculty in keeping
loudway. When about one hundred
yards south of the Four Corners. in
the New Canaan road. the automobile
at New Canaan The car shot oil of skidded down on the side of the road.
the road in some manner. bit a tree; and below the driva- could pull it
with the right forward wheel. pro- but: the hub ot the right forward
Md My feet. and uracil another wheel had struck a tree. This served
Iron. at m bill It. Wat-dwell to swing the car still further out of
ems thrown out of this car, Medias position and when it had proceeded
tour-Mir an inn head. slams feet tor about Ifty feet more. it crashed
can: tram tho‘aatomobtle. He died head into another large tree
imamuflmm 'l'llo m
bummed about lizup. In. There mound. m Ir. Va
new on. W «flirt mm.
1~ . :. -
unity
nominates
: conference youna
. the pulpit of wills church
, first three Sundays in October. preach
for the past three and one half yourSZLHE is now at Ocean Grove. N. J.. where
tendered his resignation yesterday 'he is recuperatinl from an operation
and it was received- with regret. ForL
some time past Father Suabo‘l health}
“I
i;
ILLNESS MRXES
REV. MR. DRFLR
RESIDR DDDRDE
Underwent Recent Opera.
tion on Throat and Is Now
at Ocean Grove Recuper-
sting From ”Resulting Ill-
Frederick H. _ _
member of the »- ' appointed
at the special at!“ Git!
Council last W . I
council and a
MHutfiot‘dJnthefi :1 than.
mlttes suggextlul til“? [ Mono
tlon be taken by their ~ clpalitles.
‘ The letter follows: - . .
luv. noun DD,
1
Norwslk BY "Mm
Divine
ate. Rev. William Gill (3an has found,
it necessary to resign as Miami the'
because of telling health ’At a special
meeting of the omelet board of the”,
church held yesterday morning. Rev.
Mr. Gillln‘e withdrawal was accepted,
and a committee was appointed to
draft suitable resolutions regarding his
tirement
Superinmdoui Reconnect an»
buttoned Mr Giants
studs aside it inadvtiib'le rotatory.
turn to his pulpit
ot allrosponslbllltios. Roi. .‘P ran.
baukil, former pastor of the East Nor.
walk M. E. church has been appointed
{temporary pastor. and he will occupy
,duflng the
ing morning and evening. Arrange-
ments for the balance of the confer
once year has not been effected; it is
announced.
Many friends were made in Norwalkl
by the Rev. Mr. Gimp. who will grieve
to lento that his work for good luflor
walk has been permanently suspended.
on the throat. Au able preacher.o
"good mixer," and an able church ads!
ministrator, his services here will ha
genuinely missed.
.FINETJSDEDR
:Wood Street Hotel Again
the Scene of Noisy Squab-
1 his That Ends in an Ar-
Sooree of M Diode ill
W
After three years of faithful parlor ‘
First M E. church of South New“: m3"
some“
SRDDTNR SRAPS“ '
I rest
Miles Page and Alexander Tabb,L
both gentlemen of Senegamblan ext
traction were fined 35 and actualL
costs this morning by Judge Vos-
burgh in the downtown court for par-
ticlpstlng in national pastime of the
negroid lace. i. e.. “rollin' theml
bones "
Chief Pennington and Detective Set-L
gesnt Hunt were taking a constitu-
tional on Water street at about 10:30
lo'tclock Saturdhy levenlm‘t both at-
tired in civilian clothes when they
noticed a group of about five menL
engaged in bending ovet the sldeawlk.
Knowing that men Will not gather
around that way supply to “mire
the construction of the sidewalk. the:
two guardians of the public peace be-
thought themselves of numer'ous com-l
plaints about crap shooting, and then
made a dash for the group and cap-.
tured the two men who were srralgn-L
ed this morning. One had the dice-
ln hi, possession, and the other grab-L
bed what change he could get. v
Harry Farrell of Monroe street,-
soothe) gentlemen 0! color. was pick-r
ed up at tho mard Hotel on Wood]
street.Satu1day night. after a free.
For Ill had .tnken place, in which
shots were tired and pool balls trac-
tured on kinky heads. Farrell
fund tired drunk in the room,
the from bad "boiled. and in his
possession was taunt! ahaor
caused limit to be
m on: «WM
were
uwmshtbewautwubflnlu pans
‘mttrnaaehemehwmaoe.m “than
attestedi should enigma,
tore , .-
wombat , restate mystic 0
let; that ‘c‘obltl’be
one city alone.
For that reason. I bays boon rs?
lquasted. as a member of as outlaw protest
at. n
sonic! Question Inspires 82
Women to Seek Right For
Vote on. Consoldation
Issue
One hundred and .thlrlmlx male
voters and eighty-No women voters
were “made“- Saturday. both in the
uptown court room from I o'clock in
the pinning 2 o’clock in the
afternoon and the council mom
downtown from l-o‘olock in the titer:
“noon until 7 o'clock in the evening
by Town clerk Herb-rial? mind: and
Selectinen Philip Cutellan‘o, Philip
Fielding and Jacob Wolf .
The; number of vote)! made in the
various districts in the Mono! lat-g.
est members. follows:
District ’
.4
Total , 82
The showing of women voters this
year is due to the vote that is to be
taken on. the school question. This
is the only matter that the women
will be allowed to vote on next Mon-
day: and it 01 prbbablp that Word
will be a number of women out to
vote on it. _
......
and cuts
mmmm
'tee to ascertain from you what your
.9! the same mind, in resisting the
9» proposed action.
- gating commission to look over the
. wisdom.
. . It I I
’, Rituals
. Will“ the
. some pectin
_ send in their protests the same day
‘ alder that to like this step in ash
'Lynch. Raymond Croal, and William
attitude. and that of your city is con-
cerning the matter, and if you would
care to join with us ,or have us Join
with you and any other municipalities
May i hear from you,
Yours truly.
FREDERICK H GANUNG.
For th Committee
The advisability of tak g part with
other cities in the state in protesting
’4‘ thhelntuale. 'ljapetidsaot‘
.; Ewan you be one nun; that more ’
mullet Lockwood's. It's
.1 . any other will cause the Public
M thin elder what
numb. passport or‘
are getting and forget what
u payin‘geand than say “We
a is justld
i‘Ono war to o a joint protest to
the commission and still have them
consider the protest as single pro-
tilts, ow to the viewpoint of
Is to have all the cities
or at the some“ time. and state their
cam for pro in each.
The pit) Nor-walk, that is. all
Litton w u have been seen in regard
to this action at the committee. con-
ing for joint billion will detect the
TED STDRE
FDR SElDRDTDlE
someone with a taste for dresses.
fancy sweaters and waists. broke into
the shop of K. L. eleven. at 66 North
Main street between early Sunday
morning and last evening and stole
equality of the above mentioned
articles, value of all or them not be-
ing known at the present timo- but
running. it is believed into many bun
dreds of dollm.
The entrance was gained bv break
in: t h a pane oi glass in the
rear of a store. and thus allowing
the thieves to get inside of the store.
Detective Sergeant Hunt is investi-
lgating the cases but has made no
statements in connection with it as
yet. The stuff utolen was silvery
valuable. and whoever took it had an
eye for good materials.
SHOOTING CASE.
scouts RECORD
"' FOR LENGTH
All endurance records of the uptown
court will probably be shattered by the
cases of Christopher Cleo, Fran‘l.
Callahan. all of whom were arrested
in connection with the Cross street
REGRETS FRDR
HERMAN PAPER
DN INT RIDDE
MNDON. Sept. 24.——ln commenting-
on the latent “Wisblnston disclosure
concerning the activities of Count von
Bern-tout former Ambassador to the
United States the Koelnlscbe Volks
'Zeltung'. according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to Router' s.’ says: _
. "l‘hle shalt if true. has a very dis-
agreeable character, and it lehlghly
regrettable. The American Govern-
ment. God knows how.,was able to
get hold apparently of the whole col
lection of German diplomatic docu-
ments. gm it is new “Matthew
awn-t us and Sweden. What the
State Department remarks about the
relation between me Bernstori'f’s pol-
icya'ndtheU boatwaroanbe recog
nixed as a “blending invention by
sum 0 who knows the history pre-
ceding the U boat campaign.
MAGAZINES
MUST BEAR NOTICE
According to information receiver
from the postmaster general, the lo—
cal post once has received orders
that all Magazines received at the
omce intended for the soldiers and
sailors of the United States Expedb
ticker-y force in Europe. Which do not
bear the notice prescribed by the gov-
erninont' regarding the addressing of
tomatoes shall be discarded.
The notice. which the tangerine: in-
tended for abroad should bear leads:
“when you finish reading this maga-
slno place a one cent. stamp on this
ploye and it will be placed in the
Sounds of our soldiers or sailors at
the front." The notice is signed by
A. S Burllson postmaster general.
Dally of other newspapers are not
magazihee.
Any number of packages of printed
poet provided no parcel exceeds sev-
en pounds “in weight. Two or more
dliterent copies of the samemagazlne
' 1 or newspaper may be included in one
package.
PLAN BILL TO MAKE;
600,000 NEW CITIZENS
WASHINGTON, Supt. 24 .vAsslst'
ant Secretary Post of the Department
shooting amy which took place one
Week from last Saturday night L
The case came up Saturday morning.
of Labor has sent a written letter to
Senator Calder, of New York. inform-
ing him that the department heartily
approves his bill to provide for no.-
DERMANS lDSE FIRNDERS DRDDRD
DRRADIANS DDRTE AGAINST l '-
VLDLENT DID DDN DDELS ARE DR
notice. hand same to any postal em-~
matter may be forwarded by parcel .
tplant. stated thlx morning that, it is u
'83 yet impossible to “certain to all! den.
after on. m. them amount of
mL
mulch of this weapon was 'hldL'u-k
More JMWL
, but were adjourned at 1 o'clock Satur- turallzstion in three months of ap-
day afternoon. The hearing was con- proximately 600 000 aliens who have
, tinned in the uptown court this mm- signified their intention of becoming
21113.net was again adjourned today. at. American citizens, but who under ex-
l:2 30 p. m. and will be resumed at 2 isting regulations must wait two
o'nlock this afternoon. [years before action is taken on their
WRECKEI] PULP Milt" There remain a number of witnesses declarations of intention .
lyetto be examined Attorney John: The bill also would naturallze ton:
filCuneo represents Cleo in the action. sign-born soldiers in the service of
Attorney Daniel Keogh represents 0111- the United States.
Mallager Mmhy Still at a lahan, Lynch and Creel, and Prosecut- About half of the 600 000 declarants
Loss to Determine Exact ingtAtttgrnetitEdward J Quinlan more are of military age and would be lia
sell a e 8 e ‘ble for military service under the
migaused byDisastrous The case is one which furnishes 30- terms or the pending alien draft hill.
1 5.. , "-
orkmen were busy today at the St.
tlon aplenty. and the courtroom was;
jammed with spectators this morning HARVARD HARD HIT
George Paper Company's factory. in BY WAR ENLISTMENTS
Smith street,-clearing away the debris
when the trial opened. Judge Nelle».
mlah Candee is presiding.
which resulted from-Saturday's disas- CAMBRIDGE Mass, Sept. 24. -—Tl)sg
tro roue lire, ’ full sheet or war upon educations”
THREE Flasks LOST -
As yet the insurance adjusters have IN CARD MACHINE ' work was demonstrated when Hat-—
.not started to work on estimating the l
vard University began its 282nd year
damage; but work along this line will
with a greatly dimlnl‘e bed enrollment.
be started tomorrow. and will'be com- While “"1““: at a cud!“ machine Scarcely more than 100 of the senior
pletod by the end or the week if pos- I
in the Munsburgd; Bisseli Company's class of about six :hundred were on
sible mFranm'k germdfigmghhavggflgt hand, the ethos; are serving ghett-
. 1 country The e stmeil’te also an
Edgar G. ”will”. manager of the 1‘" Mt had ““31“ in “‘9 “has in cut heavily into thoejunlorcand sopho~3
m’ ”“3" “d “‘9 hand we: lac- more classes, but the entering class
stated so badly that it vm necessary .3. only alighwaé‘low the um-
togmmgmgm; it»! ‘a 30 number. It is coinage tat the us-
contractors with uni registration 0 a at 00 in all
A ”M a on an ammo. "M “‘L' mm“!- “d "mm“‘l departments of the university will on
Ruth-0W worko- n- after its W“. ”f-ufi‘ihm to less than 3.0“
mmumm‘m . M “W ~ attenuates wtllbeglvenasusual
” ‘ ‘ Who: will suitor through-7 c not
-— ~ v ‘5.
damage
mated brill.
on: ,.
moo
ito
Important Activity Pending 1’
In Other- Sections‘o‘fi the ‘
British Front, Notably;
the Anne Region
XRTDLERX DR
DDTD SLDESDDST «
Inteme Violonce North of?“
the Verdun Fortress, Pam
Reports
Reports
:A heavy cannonading again was
mprogress last night along the
Flanders battlefront, northeast ot‘
Ypres, but the infantry had a roe
lief from the recent hard fighting.
The last German reaction had not
been encouraging enough, appar-
ently, to warrant a
tion, as Field Marsh
last night, reported .~
that when the Germans malted
the British lines northeast oft
Langcmarck yesterday, they not
only were repulsed, but lost:
ground in a British counter (hive.
Signs of possible important so:
tivity impending are appearing in ‘ »
other sections of the British front, ,
notably in the Arres region, near
the Scarpe, and in the vicinity of
Lens, which city still' is being close.
ly pressed by the Canadians Con.
sidorable artillery activity is also.
nouncod from these sectors. “ -' c
The artillery on both sides' ts 1106,
tably busy also on the Frauds,
from: in the Verdun region. Last
night its activity reached the st
of intense violence north of
fortress, in thNosses Chairmen: 3'
Woods regions, Paris reports.
ROME, Sept.
Liberal press continues to attach: .
the reply of Germany and Austria.
to the Pope’ 8 peace proposal as a
unique example of revolting cynia
cism. The Carrier D’Itulia has .
modified the tone of its comment: ‘
from c tioism to that of mild apo-
proval.
heeion to the pope] proposals, can
be considered as evidence of the
success of the initiative.” The
same paper remarks that evolution
is noticed in Grtnan public opinion
towards peace and that the mew.
meat in favor of a more domed “
cratie government is not likely to ‘
be arrested.
LONDON, Sept. 24 +Martiat. 1.
law has been proclaimed by royal.- . ,
decree in the Greek provinces or
Laconia, Arcadia and Larissa, says
an Athens dispatch to Reuter’ s,
Limited. . _
The Greek government, accord.
’ ing to the some correspondent, has .
discontented ..
decided to replace
aides de camp who served ex-King
Constantine and who remained
with King Alaxender. A list of
military and naval oflicers has been
submitted to the king from which
choose new members of his
mm
A PACIFIC PORT, Sept. 24—4
The shattered, burning bulk of l,
vessel thought to bedhe schooner
Beluga, which cleared form the
Pacific coast May 16,5with a /
of oil for Australia, we ‘
June 19 OR Fanning Islan
South Paciiicb y Capt G.
3.03319 not;
4
at
24.——The entire :'
It says that the replies, 1'
althoug ‘ ‘ reticent twepresent adv
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