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[Mother of 10 Year Old Lad
‘Brostrated With Grief and
B“; Horror
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‘ Robert Ahmuty of Rowayton, who
{was mortally injured yesterday even.
on at about 6:45 o'clock, when he felt
eath ‘the wheels of a 2,800 pound
aleenger truck owned and driven by
rancie BAvlgeuom who has a passen-
g_-or service between Belle Island and
l he Darlen station, died this morning
HURAET] UNDER EARS"
AT RATTRTTATT REPRT
.Mount Vernon Yunng Man
'1 May Not Survive Effects
of Terrible Injuries
Arthur Olsen, aged 21, who boards a
112 Union avenue. is lying in the Nor-
walk hospital today with one chance
in a hundred of living. His condition
is due to the fact that he has a frac-
‘tured skull and that his right leg is am.
putated below the knee.
(ll-ten. whose relatives are all in miah Donovan, demOCratic candidate:
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Hears Speeches in inll
Section Last Night ’
One of the largest political crowds
that ever turned out in the Hill sec»
Ttlon did so last evening when Jere-
rBigg'est Crowd of Campaign,
H08PITAT
' ASSRCIATTRR’S
STATEMRR
President McMullen Tells of
Deeds Accomplished and
Needs For Future
, ATTENRATENTTERTB
*Refers to the Great Hospital
Preparedness . Movement
Going on in the Country
Editor Sentinel:
A As one of the servants and trustees
TSUT’PTTRT RE TTE ”pl-Tllll’llRTANT PATENTS
BRITISH loo ,
llcll GERMAN '-
(liltilltliiS.
Boches Backed By Terrific
Fire Give Up Trying to
Break Lines
BIG MEN 0T AM
Statesman and friends of the late‘
Congressman E. J. Hill, from all lec-
tions of the country, are doing hone}:
today to the late congressman. Tele-
grams have been pouring in by the
hundreds to Mrs. Hill at her home in
West avenue, among them being mes—
sages from EXBPresident William How-i
aIl-d Taft, Governor Marcus Holcomb,.
Senator Shafroth of Colorado, Senator
Dillingham of Vermont, all Congres-
sional delegates, Senator Hardback of
Canaan, and Mr. Duycklnck, secretary
of the Yale'claas of 1865, of which Mr.
Hill was a member. "
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Hill. read as follows:
"I am really shocked by the news of
the death of Mr. Hill. 1 extend to you
my profound sympathy in your ir-
retriveahle loss. Mr. ‘Hill was a pa-
triotic citizen, and a most able legisla-
tar. and his death makes a void in chn-
, . ‘ ,Agress which cannot be titled. lie was
Efforts to break into the mu ‘my old and warm friend. and I mourn
Tgroulld won by the British in the .llis dealh."-Wm Howard Taft..
:Pt‘llt’ll'tli of the . Flanders ofl’etH Governor Marcus it. Holcomb wrote
Russians Aggressive on Can-
casus Front
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] ESTALISHED 1870 Entered sat the; goth Sign Post 80018 NOBWALK. corn. PRIPA‘Y, SEPT. 28, 1917 Cooler Tonight; snows, Fair TWO CENTS.
Office as econ an -. r— . , .
“A ‘ gt—a
ERICA '
HONOR' CRNRRESSMAN RITE
My.“
tend the funeral services which will
be held from the Kenneth Methodist
church tomorrow afternoon is com-
posed of Senators Brandegee, McLean.
James. Ovarman, Pomerene. Newlands.
Dillingham. and Bernard.
The Congressional committee which
will attend the services includes Com
gressman Hull, Garner. Collier, Dick-
enson. Oldfield. ‘McGllllcudy, Allen.
‘Crist, Casey, H‘et‘bering, who are all
Democrats. and ‘Moore. Green, Sloan. -
Iongworth and Fairchlld, Republicans.
The committee will leave Washing-
ton tonight.
Lies in State.
The body will lie in state in the
Not-walk Methodist Episcopal church,
tomorrow, from noon until two o'clock.
A guard of honor comprising Frank W.
Gregry. and Charles F. Tristram. of
St. Johnfisdio'dge, No. 6, F. and A. ill.
and two members of Our Brothers’
Lodge, No. 10. l. 0. 0. F.. who have
not yet been appointed, will stand
near the body during these hours. The
funeral services will begin at 2:30
of the community in the matter on - V . ' 'as follows' '10 k Honorary all bearers will.
. ' ' - - . - , . ' . ‘ ' neslm are hem" 0011-; - 0L 0 . . D g
I t 6 sharp in the Norwalk hospital. liltount Vernon. h. \.. and “ho is on for the mayoralty- again fired some glhe Maintenance and manaynenx oflhiw 0“ \,0d ( ' , I: .1. ,B “l sympathize with you and your be men of the late congressman's
The. little boy who H ”H, youngest guard to a young lady of this city, Atnluell by the Germans. ul nth .
bft-Mrs. Anna Ahlnu‘ly. who lives on
lIluin street. ilowayton. waspluying
round the truck inst evening “hitch-
‘ pg on behind" andin some planner he
est his hold and 'l‘éll .benealh the
thesis of the truck which passeddiw
ggtly over his waist crushing the pet-
.ln bones like so much ppwdl :- and in-
ng him interlinlly,mW,_H
Mother Proetrated.
Ur. 'l‘.lll. Bradley of Washington
Meet was called to llowayion' and
7‘9
. hen he saw the clllld instantly rushed .
lot to one Norwalk hospital. The lil-
‘ ‘ ' K ' 't ' ‘ . .‘ . . ”t . ‘ A
m” . M‘ .‘ “B A“? WA AT”
. consco B, . . . - ,H . ' ‘ ~ 3 . ' .‘ 3 v1 are
, us ut moaned a little and lbt cry or alarm and hurlm that nrosc I Mr. Manager? If he has run for two , purpose. present posltion in t 0 g
., though everything possible was done
A preserve life he. passed away early
l. in morning. ,
I'l'fliu mother. Mrs. Anna Ahmuty was
(Continued on iElei-cnth Page).
From Elliilit
whom he was to marry in a short time.
come from his home on the
this morning to the South Norwalk
railroad station trying to get the 7:lo
Bridgeport train. The car was late
and Olsen got to the station just as the
train was starting to pull out. Run-
‘ning for one of the steps his feet.
.slipped on the wet boards of the plat-
_!‘t'.rnl. made so by the rain this morn-
ing. and he fell under the \‘l'T‘ll‘t'Tn of
the train. his right leg being practical-
ly out ok and his skull fractured.
. Dragged by Train.
lie was dragged a- number of feel he-
l‘roni the people on the platimm who
T‘lllT just descended 'fl'om the train,
caused the engineer to come to a quick
Istop. Olsen's head was fractured. at!
i .
A (Continued on Eleventh Page.)
AlllSlllNlluNlllls
.ilEAllllliligliflllh
hot shot into the Republican ranks.
lcharge that the Republican adminis-
itration didmot live up to its platform
A of two years ago.
A Ask attention.
handling of it. you have it right to
Adult why does it cost more today than
Alt did the last time you paid? You
Shave it right to ask it you
lyears and he hasn’t made a report,
‘that you understand. that isn’t clear
to you, and the result of that man-
sagemc'nt has cost you more than ever
Abet‘ol'e in your life. you liuve’ been
spa—-
(Continued on Page Four.)
FIRE DESTROYS
tits hospital. 1 may be permitted at
iBy asking pueetione that were not i this time to direct the attention otim shake the BTTlTST‘ . I
trolley communion. and again reiterating hlofllle Voters of Norwalk to the factnvhcre, they tried it out last nlgllhwill mourn the death of Congressman
Hunt the amendment to the city char-
thr (in relation to the hospital). past-v
led at the last session of the legisla-
ture, does not become a law until it
5, in the. nwnagemont of this llttlew is approved by referendum vote at thegmfiehllle 2“" and 1‘ lfll‘A fire “'35 t00 ‘crnor.
‘cltv in which you $52} part owner. our election. held Monday. October Tymuch for them, however, and the. In honor of the memory of Congress—
lwhcn they call on you to pay for the, 19.17. This amendment authorlzésitbehuack was broken up.
,board of estimate add taxation Yb ln-R
Acludc in the annual levy a sum
‘moncy to assist in the maintenance
have al-Almd upkeep or the hospital, remmfictforts to reach and maintain a.
Alowed the mayor to run for a yearult wholly discretionary with sald'hold ill it had been desperately re-,
All
is respectfully submitted that
when this amendment is properly un-
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A PERTALETETJTTRN
Continued on fltth Page
° 1ffor the British and their previousf
l' T" ,famiiy in your great bereavement. The
the 9 5" ,people of this state, and of the nation
at Zounchckc, where the British'liill. and will recognize the distinct
A‘have pushed far along the road to!loss ‘0 “ill“ and nation. which he'
. . . . . I . [SPNGLT with fidelity and conspicuous-
‘ROUTQPH- The BrmSh armkr)’labiltty.”——lllarcus ll. Holcomb. Gov-
iman Hill the House at Washington ad.
.lourned yesterday after a brief session.
‘Thc Congress of the United States ad-
journed without transacting any busi-
nose.
The Senate committee who will at
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Before‘a large audience, which gath-
red in the assembly all of the Maye-.
Bhoft .factory .in .Me to .street .Ilet
Zolluebekc is an important point
.places them within a half dozen
miles of the important north-und-
south railway line connecting'
Lillewith Ostend, on the coast,
the cutting of. which or its domina-
tion lit even medium range nrtil-l
Tory fire would seriously handicap?
the Germans in their Flanders op-A c
erations.
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close circle of Norwalk friends.
The serlices will be attended by rep«
resentutiros from St. John's Lodge. No.
6, F. anti A. 31.. Our Brothers" Lodge.
No. 10, ‘i. 0. O. R. and/the Norwatk
club, of which organization the de-
ceased was a member.
Efforts are now being made to 594
cure Bishop McDowell of Washington.
D. C... as one of the officiating clergy-
men at the services. ’
Flags at Half staff.
Flags on all the public schools were
lowered at half~staft today in honor of
Mr. nln. ‘B
All this APPEALS
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BOSTON, Sept. 28.——An appeal to
college women to assist .l‘n Red Cross
Work was made by Miss Rate Me.
Ill the Tower, Hamlets and night, the members of The Social Ablation. an official of the organization,
Polygon Woods region, towardsALeague of “The House of Mayeheff," in an address before the local branch
«AA large barn belonging to George!
Contield. of Star Hill, was destroyedl
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An election in Falrtleld county to
the British right flank, the clear-A
presented their first entertainment of of the Association of Collegiate Alu’fit—
the present season. in a moat aux" nae. last night. She urged that alum-
ing up process which followed
“‘ TTTNET ANT] TETETT
A ' ””m A by a tire which is believed to have had
hLast partings on most occasions are‘ WASHINGTON. SODA. .23-—Th0:a“.l“c°“dl3”' ”‘51“ last night, aboutlggng‘ri;fi::c§:::::edr 13).. ngldSlillTTIlg!
Agffairs' but the farewm dinner-incline adjourned, yesterday, after a 100'0100k- A ‘ , ' ' ' _
‘ yen last night in the Royal James‘hl'ivf session. in honor of the memory The bl“? “"15““ discovered “m"Aggnle: lifbgfgeraglxgrfcgsug thigh
. n'to Captain Stewart H. Elliott of of the Tate Representative Ebenezer J'iii, burst through the rootIotthe Struvelfticn n [\izondn it‘ls likely the
he United states Rem” ordinance Hill of Connecticut. Speaker Clark zip-lure: “MC“ “'83 filled‘ “it“ My and 'c 5 ° ‘ y'
. _ plcioue manner Mayor'carl A Har-’ nae outlet in one of four classes to
Wedgesday S bfltfle “'85 carriedIetrom opened the evening's festivities: be conducted by the Réd Crgss, 1;):
out urthcr last night and thc‘with a rousing speech on “City admit-Bring specialized work in' rat .
Germans were driven him, isolatedlernment," and took the occasion forAllonAo nursing. dietIletis Iand clerical
ositions to which strut! artics delivering a hot campaign talk to his work. She emphamzed the needs of
p " .‘ . . ' g p " 'audlenee. A number ofllvlng picturesimllch investigation and help by the
of them were clingin".
. BInpa by membera of Company A oppointed all members of the ways and
, ‘_auxiliary police force, of which means committee and I‘iepresentative
‘..‘ ain Elliott wag/former'y captain.,l.oimrgan,,Tilson. Freeman and Glynn
“q; a festive occasion, as those majoi Connecticut; Gillctt and Trendway
t can well ‘testlfy. , jof Massachusetts and Rdtlenberg of ll<
There were about [hrity.five mem.‘Ilinois. a committee to attend the fu-
“o. of the company present: at thovneral. {Members of the ways and
nqnet, and lho‘mmed guests includ.jillcuns committee who are in confer-
:l Mayor Carl A. Harstrom. John [hence Will “Gt attend.
. line. agd Chief of .Polic‘e William R}: Senator Brandegea of Connecticut
nnington. iy'csterday paid u'brief tribute to Rep-
_The menu, which Was certainly oneIrcsentativc Hill, after which the Sen~‘
,ate adopted a resolution to name a
Olives ‘ committee of eight to attend the funer-
,al, and adjourned until Saturday noon.
t-(Jrcamed Onions .. Green Peas Congressman Jamel: P. Glynn of the
Jillolls Cheese Appitl pie ‘Fiflh District made the aruouncement
.olltoe Cigars Cigarettes on the floor and offered a resolution au~
Entertainment Provided. .Ithorizing the speaker to appoint 5 com
Iifltiusic for the affair was rendered , ’”——"
y Frank McMahon and John Sterling,
u the banjo and piano respectively,
"great excellence. follows.
room of Tomato Soup
'Roast Chicken
(Continued On Page Twelve)
(Continued On Page TWelve)
“ASTENING To SAVE
. RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
PETROGRAD, Sept. 27 (Delayed)—
.' ,e Democratic Congress held its
trot session this evening in the Muni-
A. ATAT STTET'ENETST
Registered men who have not been
mm implelnents, Agovernor will set November 6 as the
were posed by members of the socialRed Cross in case where dependents
. Neighbors flocked to the scene of
the fire. from far and near. but owing
to the headway gained by the flames,
it was practtcally impossible to save
anythi g from the blaze. A
l
. A in go crop of boy was totally de-
stroyed along with quite an amount of
. farm machinery. Luckily, Mr. Candeld
Thad turned his horses out to pasture
earlier in the evening. One wagon
‘ which was in the barn at the time the
.tlrc was discovered, was pulled out
Aunharmed.
A Last night's fire on Mr. Canfield‘s
{property ls the fifth blaze that has oc-
curred ‘ln that neighborhood in the
{past six months. Neighbors in the vi-
gclnity are inclined to believe that all
jot the .tires haye started from other
than natural causes.
INSURANCE REPORT
ASKED FROM SOLDIERS
Connecticut men in thctthry ser-
vice of their country. who hays. life
insurance policies, are advised by the
Connecticut State Council of Defense
in a statement made public today/to
see to it that the fact that they have
gone abroad is reported within sixty
[date on which day city elections will
be held.
Three Mentioned.
Although in political circles the
death ‘of the veteran congressman:
comes as a shock, it was not a surprise‘
-but today the leaders refralned from
Atalking about a'successor. However,
‘the matter had been discussed freely
Adoring Mr. Hill's illness when it was
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REBUITES lilillllllllll
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Criticism of Mayor Carl Axel Har-A
strom’s alleged lavish expenditures off
money, with the resulting high taxes,
and a rebuke for Corporation Counsel
E. M. Lockwood, whose ablilityt ls
questioned, are contained in an inter-
esting letter from the pen of a reprel
sentatlve citlde'n.
The letter follows:
Editor Evening Sentinel:
.ments except in the Argonne re-
Therc has been little other mili-jlgague, am! a sketch entitled “The
tary activity of a nature to call'BatMuh Myflierlh" concluded the Pro-
for mention in the official state-”Wm °l “imam"‘mt- Danc'w was
lenjoyed later in the evening, music
'being rendered by the Social League’s
gion on the French front. orchestra,
Oil/the Caucasus front the Bus-
Isians are showing renewed ag.
gressiveness.
Mayor Talks.
The mayor's address was the first
lnumber on the program and be seized
:the chance of scoring his Democr
J
speech. The mayor flayed the oppos-
LlVF R H 1' -
WHY c F o o 0 EL FAILED Aug party for its “halt truth" state-
Because the street in front of the "' . .
Clifford Hotel was closed all summer (Continued on Eighth Page).
for paving and trolley-repair work, is,’ ‘
given as the reason by many of theLGLOAT OVER
failure of the hotel company. which' SUBMARINE WARFARE
filed a voluntary petition in bankrupt-
cy in the United States court recently
The schedules have just been received COPENHAGEN. T119318}? SEN. 35.
by Referee John w_ Banks, which —The new German Fatherland Party
inakes no reference to the stre-etihe1d its first open meeting in Berlin
being closed all summer. In order tot 135‘ night and the CI‘OWd in Philhar-
get to the hotel it was necessary tnlmonie Hall Was so-enormous that an
aBpproacILit by a 3th street, the past overflow meeting was held nearby.
summer, ' 'No Govern ent officials attended
There was a meeting of the (greed either meet ng. Duke Johann Al—
ors of the‘hotel company, Sept. 4, when ‘I brecht of‘ ‘ Mecklenburg—SchWerin,
lt‘was voted to tile involuntary pro? opened both meetings. and Admiral
ceedings in the courts on account of its V011 Tim“ was the principal Silenli'
inst theatre, 1.200 delegates from all
called for either examination or draft?
sex-rice can still enlist in the regular
days after their daparttre 'Ja‘t‘segcom
arts of Russia being in attendance. army where til: y can sclerl the branch'
‘ l the members of the provisionallof service they Dl‘t‘it'l‘. Major W. A.
Ivernment, headed by Premier Ker-Altercer. the recruiting officer of this
-I sky, were, present. Several mem-jdistrl‘rt issued a ‘stuiement this storm
era of the Diplomatic Corps occupied; ing asking all men who are subject to
special box. Tdraft to enlist now a" this may pos-
N. C. 'l‘oheid‘se, resident of theAsibly he, the lost opportunity given
ouncil of Soldiers’ and Wot-kmen‘slthem to do so before the next call is
ates. in opening the. conferencesent out. _
Whinede-hat the extremely gravel, Excellent opportunities are open in
Elation of the country necessitate-5,019 cavalry. engineers, coast artillery.
to constitution of astrong revolur (National Guard) quartermaster, or-
onery power responsible to all ele- dinunre and infantry branches of the
ants. M. Avksentleff, resident OTISCX'YTCP‘ Radio and telegraph 0138m-
Gouncll of ’Pena ..s‘,Delegates,Ators are also wanted in the signal
.lhat the mornpnt had arrived fgx'corps. For complete information on
ocraey to gather all its political this subject applicants are requested
.m to Have 1m whquegig cf matte .chmmunlcnte with the recruiting
"on. jwluch lmsnnodifoficers‘et the ' Bl'ldsi'vort
(1
yr, tmiiabw;
, Station, ‘
avneue, either lnperson’ .,
,panies by which their insurance is
issued. This action is necessary, the
council has teamed, to prevent any
posdiblllty of the insurance.lapslng.
whether it be an individual policy or
insurance under the group plan.
The question was raised by a large
Connecticut concer‘n which insures
its employees under the group insur-
ance plan. This company wrote to
the council of defense: "It is very
necessary that through some méa‘ns
wc‘ should,. obtain information within
sixty days of the-departure of men
from the United States of the single
fact. that the individual has departed
where or under what circumstances
qr when ibis ~unnecosssry,gbut we
are unable- to pay? the addltltllnal poem
. . _ . i .
The tax payers of. Norwalk ap-
proach the election ofne'xt‘Monday
in :a’,serious )‘tlrame of mind, more
serious probably than ever before.
We are engaged in a foreign war
more monumental than any in» the
history,“ the World. The cost of
living is far greater than ever before,
now before it is fess. . The. increase
(in the tax rate is an additional, bur-
‘den. It is "the last straw that breaks
maybe for; hundredsqf citizens to
pay. the increased tax may soon: be
shown“, the ‘sale of the home and that
.at an . immense sacrifice, , for where,
are . the buyers . who. will ,- in
2m
and will be still greater than it is'
Atheucan‘iel’s back.”~ How difficult‘Ilt‘.»
financial condition. The liabilities of emit each- .
the company amount to $66,639.70, but DGWMS U-Boat. .
against that are the assets on paper .Admlral ,von Tlrpitz Pointed Ollt
amounting to $152,272.83. but tlielthat- the submarine vl'afrl‘are 's Ger-
schedules show that $70,000 is in reall many's legal right. and that Belgium
estate, and $79,500 in insurance poll-[now has her just deserts. Belgium.
cles. which would reduce the accessible the weaker. declared. was - always
assets to an actual small amount. The l England’s bridgehead, and that Ger-
flrst hearing of creditors will be held‘ manymust do‘her utmost‘tn prevent:
before lReferee Banks, Friday. Oct. 5.’ lug England from becoming, Belgium's
‘ ' protecting master. Admiral vonuTir-
cHAaoss'FAMous trachea.- . ,
. ~ . l Without a heavy war indemnity meant-
" B’ ‘MONAHAS BEEN’TMPUDENT"Germany’s defeat and :he moist-y! 0:,
A ‘ " l. ‘ ~ Anglo-American capital sin. and
ouiit’Z‘vsic“Tanitdii‘tnl‘c‘ii‘liii’ti’il"m Tg'egévgidgyfgr mama:
.A ' g . ;‘
{decided to s hdJEernand Monten'pr’es- cally y u g
‘ident, highs _
a .
Courtr of Appeals, .K W. I . A
Form; New...Party.
'Tltalltheniseh' WestAphltlische Zel-
pitz further declared that .Deacel
Aether speakers Was Dr.:von.Wolfgan.;
Tot soldiers and sailors appeal for as-
'eistnncc.
{HURRICANE BLOWING
' IITSELF our
nuw‘ ORLEANS, La, Sept. 28,——
lTha traplcal hurricane. passing in.
l
. . . . atTcfland from the Gulf of Mexico was cen-
opponents. in n rattling good political;
Itrztl early today about 75 miles south
Aof New Orleans and moving in a
inortherly direction. Reports from
'Pilof Town. near the mouth of the
AMississippi river, said the vyind veol~
' icily there was more than 75 miles an
hour at 5:30 a. Ins, and the barometer
ha‘d fall-9n to 29.18. ‘ t:
Weather bureau officials were in.
clined to the opinion that the _full
florce probably would puts a little
east or voted: New Orleans.
LAY PLAnsron
. PROBELOF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON,_ Sept. 28.-lndica-
'tiorls multiplied today \that a Congres-
‘islonal investigation would. be made
late charges by Representative Heflin,
of Alabama, concerning the alleged
use. of German money to influence
Congress. Both Democratic and Re;
Republican members of the House are
' insistent upon an inquiry and are sup-
ported by the leaders. “ .
The. House Rules committee today
gave further consideration of resolu-
i tions calling for an investigation, with
i
would be favorably reported to” the
l HOUSE.
AoJus-r DIFFICUL’TIES or _
FRENCH MUNITION MEN.-
PARJSE lSe’pt. 28.—-Diffelrences. be—
tween workers in certain classes or
munitions it their employers have
,been‘sett ed. both sides omen to
the for atlo‘n of a. permanen commit:
“ .5
sent one
can
tstrong prospects that one; of them .'
Norwalk Chronicler