_...,
Entered It the Booth Nomlk Post
Office In Second Olnu Mutter.
wfl_
Esrausnao 1870
uii noawanx, cons. mafia“, 00-123, 1917
.VE'Nl G1 NTINEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV AZBFEGIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
Fair tonight; Thursday, showers.
.._ -_ ,Mfig
TWO‘CM
,_,__\\
NlNiiY-0Ni
MEN lEliE
minnow
List of the Latest Contingent
From the Norwalk Dis-
trict Who Will Go to Camp
Devens, Ayer, Mass. _..
itiulsulliiilis
ARERRiiFllRTARlE
i iARinll
'iiEEllli 0i
column
'3. {’roposition to Beautify the
i Washington Street Rail-
;i road Bridge Comes Up
l. Again
~r rinun‘i’l’u
Eiiuvuwui
iiPlEWRlllR
coliilii Is
initial
Former Superintendent of
Schools Chapman Had No
Authority to Enter Into
One With Remington Con-
corn
Niiliiiiiiiilllw
Ennisu iEwul
WAR liiX i Rlll .
i
i
l
; ARE iliiili
i
1
Expected to Raise ,Revenm
of 32535000309; levied
Chieily on Incomes and
War Excess Profits \
Eisulhiis
flllliiiililRINS
Mlliilill 0i
initial
Imaiic State Chairman
Carries the Whole Ticket
to Victory, Having Plural-
ity of 2,675
lililtiiilllililili + i
. llliliiwnillliuil
ll MANY PiRN
iUllfiERURREll ,
iiiiEREll iuu
Tendered’ the Post of Cor-
poration Counsel by M33:-
or Donovan
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan has tend-l
i
' jHilllAN
lRillliRi Dillls Rollin ‘ 4‘
l8 0N \fRERRR J
iRRNl, NORlR 0f ViRDUN
French Aviators Drop Bombs
0n the German Town of
Baden, Continuing Re-
prisals For Attacks on
French Cities
I] kill
,i
iwant $500 Reward‘ljor cap.
t turing‘ Assailants of HTT.
i Hipson
‘1 Last night’s council meeting par-
ffiook of the nature of a love feast
man anything else. It was also a
aines‘s meeting in every sense of
Material Are Wanted For
the Boys
Following are the names of the.
eigllty~six men and the five alter-
natrs who report tomorrow morning
jibe word. 'l‘wo policemen were ap-
giointed, the committee on the Wash-i
v ugion street bridge beautifying prop-i
‘aitlon reported, contracts were let‘
‘. or the sewers on Eversley avenue;
.eutral avenue and Strawberry Hilli
Jail-hue, Fitch Sii‘W‘i and Regent:
'Nt‘t-ci. the latter all one server. i
. . As nothing could be brought before‘
jibe meeting last evening that could
, 3‘“ finished at that meeting, the mat-
-;l_ier of the payment of the reward oil
,: . him which the council offened at its,
osaion on January 9th of this year.’
or information leadingr to the arrest
id conviction of the persons who!
not Officer John Roberts while, thel
.- alter was in the performance of his}
uiy. Went over to the new adminis-I
g l'lilOll. with the recommendation of
7 int night's council that the money
:lbc ipaid to those who gave the in-1
jorination.
l
i
(Coatirfllod on Sixth Page).
-—... aW-agug.
itilillii niiul
‘ "llliillEl RAISE;
i
l
. {infield Fare and Pay-as~
. .; you-enter Cars Not :1 Sue-
' cessful Working Combina-
i tion
BRIDGEPQRT, Oct. ‘3.»M'1‘lre Six-
io leave Norwalk for Catnp Iievcns.
Ayer. Mass. as the quota to be sent
by Norwalk tomorrow. The live id»
ternates are the last tire named on
the list: .
(:iovanni \‘ltte. d
Thomas Savas.
Max Essman.
John Marshall.
Clifford ll. Jennings.
Daniel Shea.
Ralph Bares.
Edward J. Kucll.
_......
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
inuissuuiliii
lilii: Mill
Gov. Holcomb Fixes Day. of
Bridgeport -' City Election
as Day for Election of Suc-
cessor to Representative
E. J. Hill
HARTFORD. Conn, Oct. ...~—'l‘lle
election of a congressman ill the
Fourth District to succeed the late
Ebenezer J. Bill will be. held Novelti-
ber 6. This is the date on which the
municipal election in Bridgeport Will
be held.
This announcement was made from
1)
Old Sweaters and ReadingI
Several Teachers Are to Re-
Sailors" and Soldiers’ Insur-
ance Bill Now Before the
Complete Eve-ism of Vic-
tory of Two Years Ago
cred the position of corporation coun—'
sci to Judge James T. ilubbcll, and;
the. latter has the matter under con-i
ceive Increase in Salaries ' Senate
The question of where former Sup! WASHINGTON, Oct. :2.~—«Coug‘resa
(‘l‘lillt‘nilf‘lli lra T. (‘haplnan obtained finished its work on the gleat war tax
his authority to sign a $2,800 contract; bill late yesterday when the Senate,
with the Remington Typewriter Com-l following the example se' Monday by
lumy. early last War. for the purchase the House adopted the conference re‘
of new typewriters for tho Norwaik. port without a roll call. More than
schools [was the main topic of dis-‘ two and a half billion dollars of new
cussion at last night’s regular lilOI‘llll'. taxes are levied by the measure.
,ly meeting of the Board of Education.i which hag been in the making since
which was held in the high school,‘Amii,
'iti. i_\\‘e.~:t lilVilllllt". The Remington, A“ goon ml the bill is oppressed and
Company claims that such a cnntracrggned by Vice ill-“idem Marshall
was signed by Mr. Chapman, but the ma Speaker Clark}, it will be sent
members: of both the board of educa-E to President Wilson, who is expected
lion. and the supply connnittec,‘dis~_ in sign it immediately,
claim all knowledge of ,the affair. The Senate discussion was brief. particl-
iyullw"li(‘l' company offered the board: pared in by but few members. all or
another contract last night, however.‘ whom. realized ruiuiiy of opposition.
and this beinl: on much easier terms.l Most of the cflflc‘gm iii-”5mm" the
was accepted. The. board also cit-limo“ cm“ postage lncronti'es. ,
rcridntibd‘sdmc difficulty in figuring: '
out where 3750 could be obtained for;
the purptise of paying for a new sewer}
sl'sicnl Will?“ will haw i0 M i“mam“![lRliANIZA'I‘IIIN F0“
for the addition at the Knudsen
l
i
l MURDER MINUS JURYl2”°’°°° ””5"“ Expected to:
i Sign the Pledge Cards to
. i beSent out Shortly
Men Who Killed Raphaele;
. . HARTFORD. Oct. 3.-Two hundred.
Simone"! on Sept. 15 tottlloglsand persons in Connmticut are
Leave Their Fate in thezt‘irailiki“.i§p°ifiifa§m$§§§3riiii§§
Hands of Judge Burpee
(Continued on Eighth Page).
(Continued On Page Six)
\
lot the food supply. A gathering for or-
ganization of this movement has been
HARTFORD. Oct. 3._li is probableimued by 8m" ”0"“ “mm“mn"
i
sidpraitlon. “ it was not. known ati
press time whether he would accepti
the honor or not. Mr. Donovan's let-‘
ter to Judge Hubbcll follows: I
Hon. J. T. Hubbeil. R
David E. Fitzgerald being -- elected‘ ij‘m‘k: 00“". i
mayor and taking the entire ticketi D93" 51“: “filing unbounded confi-E
with him in his victory. Mayor-elmjdcnce in your integrity. Judgment and“
Fitzgerald defeated Mayor Samuel ability. and knowing you to be capabic‘
Calnpner. who was named miiym- by end (pllscl-vative in all matters in'.
special act of the Legislature unnuwhil‘hun expression of your views and.
the death of Mayor Frank J. llice,‘OlilillODS are sought I hereby. as mar-v
the Legislative action being ncccs- or or this city lender you the appoint-
sary as (‘aulpner was under the age_lllt-lli of corporation counsel of this
required by the New“ Haven cili' lily and trust that you will accept
chartelwlio years. lie was president same. An extended and intimate no»
of the board of aldernlen at the lime qnainiance of tnany years ilnpels the
of Mayor Rico's death. !beliei‘ that your appointment is the
---~ per,- his! selection for this office that
l
. could be made.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. tin-lily an over-
whelming majority. the democratic
ticket was elected in the biennial
city election here yesterday."l.awyer
l
~—_—-—-——--- i Sincerely’ yours.
. . ' i JEREMIAH DONOVAN.
2 ' MOW}? '
i
i
i
Jeremiah Donovan is now and ham
been the mayor of the city of Norn'ulkl
since 12, noon. today. ha‘villi‘iqueep}
' to ofllce b Cll Cer . m;
aghgl-tilnkobins in )ille cyltS" clerk‘s oi”; 'Owing ‘0 “’9 fact that Judge Lucien
[ice at that tinle. Others who took the; "- Burl-‘98. Who is to preside over
oath of office as adnlinlstratcred by!the OClObel' Ecssloo of the superior)
City Clerk Robins ro liiugenedaulgh-l“0“rt in ilimbury. ls busy with his.
lip. district treasu or for the'seconti work as chairman of the state mitt,t
district and Robert C. Mitchell, col-'mry emergency board, the short cub;
lctcor of taxes and usessm’cnldx‘Th-‘i
councllnlen will be sworn in this evca‘I “‘35 ‘0 have been held next “Main;
lng before the council meeting. 1‘“ been DOStDODC’d until Friday. 08-}
The name of William J. Moore has‘ i013" 12-
been suggested as new police eotnmis‘ Jlidge Burpee will be unable to 801
sioner. and although it is not known,t0 Danbury until Tuesday, October 16,:
whether Dr. Moore will be the new no.1 When the court session will open for
lice commissioner or not it is‘ llkely=ih8 trial of cases. Judge Samuel A.
that he will, " Davis. clerk of the court, will preside
_ latitudinal
inhalant w
annihilation
endar session of the court, which
that Gzovannl D'Onvauso and Stephen
(Robert Scoville. of Salisbury, for the
Constable Bryan Silk' and William!
at the formal opening of the court
trillion
King Gustav Wants a New
Coalition Cabinet For
Sweden
Along the French front the ar-
tillery duels were vigorous at
many points. The activity was es-
pecially marked north of Verdun,
where the French are apparently
preparing an attack to recover
trench elements which the Crown
Prince’s. troops retained when
their main uttaukinl.r force was
thrown back north of ill” 344 yes-
tertlay. A German attempt to at—
tack east of Rheims was broken
up by the French artillery.
LONDON, Oct._3.—-—A crowd ‘of .
poor “people ill the ”southwest dis- -‘
trial of London yesterday appeal-
ed to Premier Lloyd George. says
the Daily” Mail: fer rcprisals
against Germany for the air raids
on London. The premier shouted
to the crowd: .
“We will give it all back .to
them and we we'll give it to them
soon. We shall bomb Germany
with compound interest.”
The crowd cheered the promise
i
of the premier wildly. 'l‘he premn 3f"
icr had just completed a tour of
the area damaged in the raids with
Viscount French, eomnlander‘of .
,the Home Forces.
PARIS, Oct. 3.—Thc Minister of
Marine has commended in navy .
orders the French sailing vessel
Kleber, of 277 ions, which on Sep-
tember 7 stood up to a big German
1 House chamber in the Capitol tomor-
nui fare and '-. . - - -~
r pay as youtniel cals do ' row afternoon at 3.30. when R. G. Hol-
Vollmer were sworn in today also byi for the disposition of short calendar
. yogi make a successful working tuna-3
submarine off the coast. south of
Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith. imatters on Friday, October 12. As
the oflice of Gov. Holcomb this after- Dilution? of New York who shot and
Junation.‘ in the opinion of many trol~. ‘Little Time to Act.
gzguy conductors here. after a trill ofi The friends or the ””0“" candi‘
_ no days, dates will not. have a great deal of
The six-cent irolloy fare was put: time in which to work. . According to
amigo mm by the Connecticut Com_.'tlle__rules. the convention must bn
"Til““y Monday, in spite of a distinct held three weeks before the election.
gareiuiiicn on the part of the publichhat means that the convention must
$3M.” schemes have. been proposed to: be held before October 16. iWo ivccks
about lit. Itineys are carrying? bmfrom yesterday. _
'filorttis and many are walking to slim}; in the meantime the primaries for
v."lll9.ll‘ opposition to the increase. tthe oleciion of delegates to the con-
4 The pay-as.you.enter cars seem to‘ ventlon must be held and these will
file the vulnerable point for those that undoubtedly be held next “Wk-
U'IW-i-llt to “beat the company. The‘ The candidates thus for mentioned
,1 hiiuducwm are. busier than ever. cspe-‘ are Mayor Wilson, John T. King and
fully at transfer ‘poini, making Judge Frederick A. Bartlett on the.
. x-change for the extra penny mweddlepuhlican side and Jeremiah J. Don-
»‘n-‘fl‘icy are unable to determine whether oven and Charles D- LOCRWOOd- 0f
, .551- five or four pennies rattle down, Stamford on the Democratic side.
. through the channels of‘thc fare bosi
It is said that Mayor, Wilson may
killed llnphaele Simonelll in New Bri-
tain on Sept. 25, will be tried in the
superior court without a jury. the de-
gree of guilt being left to the deter-
mination of the judge of the court.
at the 90 jurors summoned to Court
today 86 reported and were sworn
but were excused until 3 p. m. by
Judge Case. it was learned that. the
accused men, in consultation with
their attorneys. had practically deter-
ll‘lll“d to plead guilty to homicide
and leave to Judge Case to determine
the degree after hearing the evidence
in the case. The slayors, however.
did not want to make a‘nnal decision
as no this move until consultation
with relatives, who were expected
from New York shortly after noon.
Neither of \thc accused‘is married.
A mul‘der’trial conducted under
illngton. of Providence.
I Federal
R. 1.. of the
Food Administration corps
of experts will make the chief address.
the is in charge of the organization.
Mr. Scoville and former senator G. M.
Landers, of New Britain. chairman of
the State'Food Supply Committee of
the Council of Defense. will also
speak. Connecticut is asked to pledge
about twice the number of its popula-
tion as shown by the last'eensus in or-
der that every one now in the state
may be embraced.
In a notice. which the council has.
Herbert C. Hoover, the National Food
Administrator, has pointed out that
Connecticut has‘been from two weeks
to a month ahead of all other states
in taking steps toward defense and
conservation. and the state is expect-
'signment of cases to be tried before
Judge Burpee will be made at that!
time and Judge Davis will consider
inil‘ other matters that might properly
_ ‘ come before the short calendar ses-
llRERll lRAN‘“°“‘
. iDISASTROUS FIRE .
,WASHlNGTON. Oct. 3.—-The big] IN RIDGEFIELD
drive for the three billion dollar Sec-i
and Liberty Loan is in its 'third day' 'The whole upper story of the s, D.
with reports continuing to reach the Rector block, in Ridgefleld, was com-
treasury department in large volumcinitilely gutted Monday evening by a
telling the public’s enthusiastic re- fir? 0! unknown origin. Lester R.
spouse to the national appeal for sub- CX‘ISSGY. who has an apartment on the
scriptions. , {upper floor of the building was just
Although no it res were at hand to-, about to retire when be detected the
day, treasury o lals predicted the,0dor ofamoke.‘ Opening the door of
.be persuaded to let the Congress
ithing alone and stick to the mayor-
ialty and the lieutenant governorship.
'ln that event the candidates remain-
!ing are Kins and Bartlett. If King
ROPERTYi wants it, he‘ll get it.
. ‘ i There may be other candidates for
i 'l‘wu of America‘s best known Mime nomination on the Democratic
'aidfil, Herbert Witherspoan and Flori side. and it is within the possibilities
3mm, Hinliic Witllclspoon, haveilh‘” the district outside of Bridge-
bought through the Fol-tieth street of- ' port may want something to say
‘31“. of Mrs. Gt‘l’l'lt Smith, the estate about the Republican candidate.
at Tolmneke, Conn, known as “Shore-
wc-od." Standing on high ground
{willcll slopes directly to the shores
tContluued on Fourth Page.)
inTHnnsroonis BUY
, TOKENEKE P
ed to lead off on the detailed organi-
. l ‘ " s n i kc ,
11M” conditions ha 0 in n nation of food conservation.
place in this county before in 40
years. though Judge Burpee heard a
case of two murderers in Fairiield
county last year and determined the
guilt as first degree murder. The
previoua case in Hartford county was
connected with the murder of Night
Watchman Wells Shipman at the
slate pris’on in Wethersfleld, Sept. 1,
1877, when Henry Hamlin. William
,Alien and John H. Davis escaped from
.thc prison but were recaptuled near
, tic-w London.
l
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
liliiliiiliiiiiill
Willil ullEli
Prominent South Norwalk citizens
success of the new bond issue.
iBrittany and plied a single gun so
well that her opponent retreated
discomfited after three hours of ‘_
stirring battle. '
Pierre Monnier, A the boatswain,
who fought the ship after the cap-
tai not the chber was killed, has
been decorated with the Legion of
Honor, while the twelve men of the
crew, several of whom were
wounded, have, been given war.
crosses.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 3.——Th8=
German military authorities have
issued orders that. all lights in the
governmental district of Dussel~‘
dorf and a great portion of West.
his room Mr. Crissey found the hall-l
way filled with flames.
‘phalia must be darkened at night,
Making hisiaccording to the General Anzeiger
way from the building he sent in an
alarm and the. tire companies Were
SCHOOL BOY IS
STRUCK BY JITNEY'iquickly battling with the flames.
_... Iwhich became more threatening ev~
Edward FitzgeraldI a Prospect avg: cry minute. After a half hour‘s work
one youngster, was struck by a jitney ihe tire Was under control. '
about 1 o’clock today, as he was cross-
ing West avenue, near the Norwalk M.
E. church, on his way to, school.
The boy was buried to the nave
ment by the machine, and sustained a
number of bruises to his limbs and
head. No bones were broken however.
CHANGES iN unewton/EN"
OPERATING STAFF.
W. H. Foster Succieeds Oviatt as
General Superintendent.
of Essen. Similar precautions
against air raids are. being taken
at other places in Western Ger-
many. “ ' ~
PARIS, Oct. 8.——Continuing
their reprisals for attacksof Ger- _
man airmen on French cities,
French aviators last night dropped .
bombs on the, German town of
Baden. the War Office announces.
PETROGRAD, Monday, Oct. 1.
ioi‘ Scotch Cove, this large English
lioiue, covered with
rounded by great. oaks and cedars?
with Views over the Cove to the club?
.3sz taxi-ending across the Sound to, ~
tin. shores of Long Island, makes of
pi ‘i are to he remembered. i
ivy and _ sur-- .
NEW iiiiiilT
CHICAGO, Oct. 3.~—Tlic organization
' Plilililii uni:
LIBERTY LOAN
CAMPAIGN ON
A meeting was held yesterday after—
rules at. 4 o'clock in the council room
I' the city ballot the executive com-
l.
are signing the following petitions for
reasons set forth: ,
To the District Commissioners of the
Second Taxing District of the city
, of Not-walk!
| Gentlemen: The undersigned. legal
voters and tax—payers of said district,
recognizing that Stephen S. Hatch de-
The youngster was rushed to the office
of Dr, William J. Tracey immediately
after'the accident happened. and the
physician attended to his injuries.-
At'ter hitting the boy, the driver of
the'ear did not stop his machine. A
bystander secured the number of the.
car. however, and the police were
BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 3.-~A number
of changes in the operating stall? of
the New York, New Haven 8: Hart-
ford Railroad. due to the resignation
of H. C. Oviait. general superintend-
ent of lines west, were announced to-
day. W. H. Foster, superintendent of
the New Haven division, will succeed
--A revolutionary movement is in i
progress in Turkentan. General,
Clierkess, commander of the dis—
trict, has been attacked and beat—
en. ~ .
~STOCKHOLM, Oct. {ls—After.
MF- ‘i'-’§ihPYSDOOn's plans include not a new national political party is the
new u-l‘aze. walls and hedges about announced purpose of a conference
. tin. gplare. and extensive laudscupc,here today of a number of Prohibition-
work. , . fists, Progressives. Social—Democrats.
‘ ’i'ne Tolteneke Club has been for- and Single Tax adherents.
iimazr. in having among its members The party is yet unnamed. but it pro-
Si‘l'll men as David Bispham. Arthur roses to elect “half adozen lfnited
Philips. Hilton Roylc, each of whom States Senators and between twenty
miles of the Norwalk Liberty Loan votes practically all of his time to the
committee. at which time plans worelhusmegg of the water department and
discussed for the furiherment of the the afiairs of the district. appreciating
present loan. A special committee. thutliis service and fidelity have been
consisting of Charles E. Hoyt. F. L. gfinestlmable value, and realizing that
Tsunami and M. N. Mayehoff, was an- the financial return to him has been
pointed to bring-in» plans for conduct- very limited,‘ respectfully petition your
int: the. campaign. 'A meeting of the honorable-board to call on the earliest
Mr. Ovlatt. and F. 'S. Hobbs, superin-
tendent of the Boston division, has
been transferred to the New Haven
division. W. T. Spencer. superintend-
ent of the Old Colony division, .with
headquarters at Tauuton, will become
superintendent of the Boston divisioni
and will he succeeded at Taunton by
keeping a. sharp lookout for the auto
mobile and its driver this afternoon.‘
TYPHOON SWEEPS
oven TOKIO
the resignation of the Cabinet?“
yesterday Kingziinstavc summon: ’ ‘
ed the leaders of the chief parties
in the Riksdag to urge thomuito ,.
use their best efforts to "form a ,1”
coalition cabinet. 'l'hosesumlnoned
have Riven the benefit of their talent
autlznow Mr. anti Mrs. Wither-spoon
3!" e lzlndl,‘ said “you" when the com-
i too inked thazn t" i or, concert
. 1 ‘
and forty members of the House of
Representatives in 1918" according to
an announcement of the leaders» In
1 10.11“ PMWSl tummy says
Nomalk Liberty Loan committee will
be hold on Fridayattornoon at this
week at diamante-place.“ ‘
thwarting .
convenient
”date. a, special meeting' of
ill ‘
to‘ consider increasing, th
' ' and. it
- LONDONLOct. 3.——A Shanghai dis-
tell to ltouter'sissys that)“ the
‘ it of a typhoon which _awept over
‘ minds ‘
no
. *‘charge of.
i
(1‘ under the“
F. M. Clark, Whohas hadfiupen‘lslou
of freight transportation. ,A new. de-
partment‘is being“ ganlze
by the king were. Admiral if 11
man and M. .
Ritfliti'M
s o .
Norwalk Chronicler