arm-immumanu'
EST HEB 1870 I I Office In Second Clue um.
scorn uonwux. noun,
liAliSAi till
swat YARDS
- NOBIUZE ultimatum .
of columns. ‘ circus AND
_& Wilson » tut. * ’Ciillhillii
Join Federal Reserve and y
t Help Win the War
Also nits ll
WNW myNfll PEEllfiEll *
Reminds Oliicers of 3,000l ..I_0__ANYU
Non-Member Institutionsfcwwges in the VariouséThird Disastrous
of “Solemn Obligation” , . Wards Were Harmonious»
”W l and Very Brief
WASHINGTON, Oct, 16. .-» I’l‘i‘ritlenl ;
Wilson last night sounded a call for'
1th mobilisation of all the nation’s] The democrats 'of the City of Nor-J
go reperves under the supervision unlit hold their caucuses and conven-t ~ .. ,, .. . ~1xn ' ~ .
of the Federal Reserve Board. ition inst evening. The object. of ihe‘t ifzdu‘m‘ dihlgggey'fi‘LEL‘ i‘igifymig
in a statement‘mnde public throuahl'joint gatherings was to select delt- 03": It w.” “trumps; when’the flru
«he board. the l'resldent called upon rates to the congressional convention had been Bin-"QM undpr control after
all eligible non-member State banksfwhich was held today intilrldaeport, ravine {0, ”I", mm” thrt gownp
and trust companies to join th-e'i-‘edfil The city cont‘ention was called to ”Mummy hpad or (tailli- limi‘hl‘t‘n do»:
oral reserve system without further Order at 9 o'clock by Chairman Wit" iron} mm.- ultimate-l running "N hit-Nil
tit-lay. ‘ His statement follows: gliam J. lievinc and Mayor J'Pretnlah i a“ lootm 'l‘li't-rr- w}.- ”.W.’ cattle tit
”It'is manifestly imperative that . Donovan was named as chairman ol‘ ”,9 v“.rd"1 the (1...,- ,( {Warm-.5 vol.
therti should be It (‘Dlllplt’lo niobium-j the untlteringl. with Bernard (‘. l‘ee- 1.111.) it ft-rq “Aim A. ( . 3 h
» Alien of the banking resort-s oi llm ncy acting as secretary. The follow- sugared; oi‘cattle liberated from
United States. ‘All who are inmilinr int: delegates Were chosen to attendluw h'lrnin" qlrumund 'rpaphpd n".
with financial operations must a‘pprc- the convention in itridgtrport: " A j vm‘ ~ aeerie s of. both K ma;
(hate the importance of developing to‘ ”an. 2:)“ an?! Kntimas (‘ity Kr“;
. {first Wurd~Jnmcs T. llubbell und’c
l’li‘ mu‘xtmuru our banking flower and Wallace liann.
Messrs. Hubbell, Dann, Don-
ovan, Reynolds, Keogh,
Merrill and Stevens Chos-
en Delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention ‘ ‘
.Cattle, Roughly Estimated
at 10,000, Known to Have
Died in the Blaze
lllEllANAih
‘ Ill lllllilllNfiS
Contin-
gration in the History 0”
the Yards
i
.fi,‘
ill
‘1
34‘ ‘
l
A b
, . . . . . wa h ird di est ous fire in
of providing lillalfl'lul Illu't'iltill‘l." :ttie- .Second Ward ——Jercmi.1h lionovntitthylns£r§ at?” Kaiittaanity' ”my
«mate. for mt'i'illiil the very great fin- and Bernard J. liqynoids. 1. “ards The fir department! “from
ancial requirements imposed upon our; 5 ’ ' e ' ‘
i both cities combined the fianien.
. The origin of the fire was undeter-
' mined and no estimate of the financial
_ ____fi , _ i V ‘ “ it... was nvallfblc tiday, ‘
tutttmutttt AUX'l'SATNlpflflffiNfiInstitution
AT MEIEQEHETHWN-Rumors of Disbandmcnt DoE ' Nm BEINE 80”]
On: of the Barns at Insane1 N01 Appear to Have Muchlveniél Made That Articles
Asylum Destroyed ; I‘OUNdatlQn
l
..._.._. l
.......m... ., ,
MIDDLmOWN. Oct.’ 16.; One of, Rumors of a general disbnndmentA
(1“, large barns located on ”wimpy". Of the auxiliary torce have not tend-ll
lacs of—thc Connecticut Hospital for rd to daum the members of Company '
the insane, known as the "nmtly A in any wny.,and the'cnmpany drill
mm," wait destroyed by fire late last was held last.“ night in the Town ARV
night, earning: 9 loss of about mono l=vmbiy ha” in Wall street. was the
- «the barn Was used [or 1]“: stroagv} of lltOSi Inthusiastlc meeting of lht‘ 80}!-
tools and wagons and some'stoek was ’50"- ‘
'muntry by reason olthe war. ‘ (Continued on Elclzth Page.)
_a~_——-_._.~_ .—
((‘ontlnue.i 0n Ratio Twelve)
Intended For Soldiers in
the Field Are Put to Other
Uses
There ha been a story mnkin: i'-'
way through New York. Ntw Jersey
and New England. which has at last
rent-bed Norwnlk.
Ditlllilill
Several Thousand Head «of
lbeen confined in the hue
—. W_-——-.._.'_. ___
may, our. to, In? ..
tumult t
it] ltiililliilliN
llliSl’lli mucus
Seven Days a Week Also To
Be the Rule But “Near
Beer” Is To Be Potion
Served—Clubs May In-
stall Lockers
l ' ring "December 1 rnext. the
date a 1 licenses in Milford expire fol-
barrooms will be open uven days r.
week.
But instead of l
‘ter fiowinx‘h‘rough the coiled pipes.
ithat cotnparatiwly new concoction.
tmade from t-ereals’and known under
;tlle general title of “near beer.” will ”
be 'served in all of the cnfon.
This "near beer" nOt only has the'Has Concussion of the BTBEHJ
lcolor, appearance and loom of tbtl
' t't-al article. but its taste is no Iimilnr
will at panJUquol event "In not
taste of the real aruclt- can tell the.
idiite‘rence, As there is nothing to pro-f
went the barroonui from miniugi
l
(Continued 'on Page Three.)
liANlllllll MAN
; nun Al tutu
l
l
l
sWalter J. chebry, Well
t Known Athlete of Batting
l
I
1
Town, Succumbs to Paw-l
l
. Also Dies-at Camp Hospi-.
: tal
«\
more DEVI-INS, AYER, Mas... Oct.‘
l‘l.‘"A pail oi sadness was thrown overi
iili' :mitlt regiment and the entire camp‘
yesterday hv the first death to occur:
in the base hospital. that of Walter 1.?
liencbry. Danbury. one of the popular]
men of Company I. an athlete. and or;
rungemcnts were made by ‘rcsimental‘
’bcndqunrters for a military funerall
,The body will be taken to Dnnbnry for
‘tzurial in the New Catholic cemetery. A
iiencbrv contracted pneumonia be!
re arriving at the camp”: was a!
:aick man when he detrain .I He had’
spltnl fort
ry fu-i
;in
a number of days. in the m
(Continued on Page Three)
lowing the recent ntrlioenne vote. allI
....lllNSNEllllllNE
mania -- mm Mani
l
‘. The story told briefly is as follows: 2
"A woman [trade a sweater for her son.
in the army. and took it to the Rcdt
in the place. All of lhl‘ stotk w:.,: A number of new mcn enlistt-dgn
towed. and, some of. the Idols and «1110 company last night. and n ftuw
[AN HAVE EAlAl AT
wagons. Other buildings near the “”1 from other companies, Which (._ . _ . . . . '
turn were saved by the Middletown have broken up their own Art-cord; 49s. ,w‘ifiy' fotb" ”I“ ”to h"“’ A
fire departments The» fire started Hm. also “film”! to the uptown ttv. days later the rounded to thu
_:»bout 11:30 o’clock. The origin. is
not known. Th's is .one of u 'nries
of suspicious fires that have started.
on the premises recently. i
body.
Before the regular drill, a business
‘wcrn by one of the lied (from work- i
lil‘h'. Of course the worker Was in~
; , l A
tolhnant at the mplicnlions. bu. h“;Appeals Should Be Made to;
i
,roornh. and saw the sweater beinct fiflVERNMENT PRIcE‘s
(Continued on Third Pan).
. l ' lto atknowledge the truth when con-
, t ”7““ -ftontcd with a ten dollar bill hidden} ‘ ’ '
STATE POLICE u ILL NNNWAEN HAEENEAS h. .. W. M... at a... watery l. $.91. 333mm,” i"
n | All this is told to cast a slur upon‘ C
INVESTIUATE CASE ‘ ‘ _ gthe workings of the. Red Cross. thatl ‘ x
. iiitwttutuumtt
EIREMAN llllS
HEAD AGAINSI
'A STANDPIPI
GERMAN OPERATIONS
lfli tilt 0i
Albert E. Crossland, of New
York, Badly Injured When A
He Put Head Out pf Cab]
‘ _Window at Rowayton . A
t
l
l
l
t. l
t
.ttutttut till
i
l
and a Bad Scalp Wound.i
But Is Improving 5
1
Albert "r3. Crossland, of 577 natal
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Oct. 16.w »-.\lot'c" open all day Sunday and It nil Other: Hut. “"991: N9“ York City. a fireman
than one-hull oi the Kansas City stock hours, the hotel mcn are‘figuring on‘ on the New Haven Railroad. had at-
narrow escape from death tarly this
morning. when he leaned out<kn
freight engine cub, whilc“p. aim:
through Rownyton, and i-li'llt'li his:
head ‘ against a standplpe, locatedX
close to the track. lie was rushed to.
lthe local hospital Iufi'ering from con—i
cursion of the brain and a bad scalp}
wound. His condition is somewhat
improved today,‘howevcr. and it it:
expected that he will reccveti. l
The accident happened about 2'
o'clock this morning an the train out
which Mr. (‘rooslnnd was working!
was passing through liownyton, near;
the railroad station. The firemen?
leaned out of the engine cab to get.
I breath oLfresh Mr. and an be Kdt
man was dropped back unconscioust
into the engine cab. and the trnin was»
station, where a hurry call was sent;
in for the ambulance. - 9
It the hospital. Mr. Cranium was'
given medical attention by Dr. Henry!
I‘. Sherer, who found the man to bet
sunerlnz from a concussion of thei
brain and a bad ecalp wound. ' .
Mr. Crossland improved qultc rapid-i
1" this mornintz. however, and unless:
something unlocked for develops. he:
will recover.
The police were notified by’nlhei
night nicn in Tripp's lunch wagon.l
and the ambulance was called late ‘
NEENENS’EXNIBll
At a meeting of, the Norwalk Poul-l
try Breeders' Association held at thci
South NOrwalk Trust Co., last even-
ing. and pinnn‘ twere perfected forl
show this season will be held in the
Town Assembly hall on Wall 'strect.
which it in thought‘will‘ attract an‘
AUXlllAllliillliEw
The state police hnye been asked
. by Coroner Phetan to investigate th"
twin-e of William Hand. tlie‘l9-yearold
hrm‘hand of Long‘liill. who was
found lying beside the road in Loni!
"ill, Ociolfir 8. suffering from a fruc-
Iured skull. Hand died yesterday at
cning the burden of millions of suffer.
era in Europe.
;_ VISIT tinnitus
Mrs, Frederick a. sum, and family..
in company with New Haven friendsn can not be true. ‘
.took a weekend trip to ’Camp Devensi The story or verification 0' it h“
t
t
~splcndld organization which is light-1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Communi-
ttien really' in need of coal can get it Hi
.gcvernment prices. Fuel Administrn-‘j
acute'condition arose throuih fail~;
e. be said. of cities to state npeciilcal
even a larger attendance than in for-
mer years being more centrally' lo-
cated. President Johns. Bates and.
‘ Why are DGODIP ‘80 willing '0 bellcfl'itor Garfield announced last night. anal Vice-President Omr P, Schultze of; ”factory
tiny chance story. when if they- Willy'the supply is nmple‘to meet immediateilthe .tocnl Insulation who attended: seems to be the (carnation of the com—
lbut stop to think. they must rcalize'n-eds even in the Middle West. where; the annual meeting of the State body hams. Thi; plan ha:
in New Haven last week. were able
humour ’
lilll “litmus
Musical Program and Ad-
dress by Rush Rheesaat'the
Norwalk Armory, Friday
Night ’
43!! and women amorwalk will
pack the Norwalk Armory to the
doors- i‘riday night. There are two
reasonswhy this is true. The first
Marion is that the government has
sent out a cull for hip and the peo-
ple of the city are bound to response.
The other i'easbtt is that there will
be tmi.—ic and a \wnderful musical
{program carried out and. in addition,-
“I‘it' of the foremost speakers of the
country will be on the platform to
aiw the people of hierwalk his mes
sage.
(Continued on Pane Eight.)
NilMlNAlEilliSllN
lllll tflNfillESS.
BRIDGEPORT, Oct, 16.-“Lynn W.
today. '
Charles D. Lockwood, 0‘! Stamford.
drew in favor of Mr. Wilson.
I AWAlllNli NEWS
The auxiliary police
Norwalk. seem: to be
up in the air as ever.
just. . as much
Nothing deo
though some move on the part of
Mayor Donovan is expected at any
time.
Mayor Donovan stated to a com.
pany captain last night, that he would
write .‘letters to the company cum—'
to the matttr. but in the meantime
'everyone is sittirg light. and adopt-
ing a policy of ratchfui waiting.
Two of the companies have dis-l
banded as far as they can. Company
A is goinc, ahead with its work. and
{holding theif fourth annual show 0" 'has launched. a campuign'for recruits:
llannnry 17th. 18“! and 19th; 1918. The for the purpose of filling up the com.
pany to its fullgstrength. Company
D is planning to hold a reunion this
Thursday evening at which time some
definite action will betaken by. the
downtown squad.
At the present time, the only no
solution to the problem
i-
fonnd favor
with almost everyone interested in
the. Wol‘k. and by having only two!
1 ”Kill [0 it
i
situation inl
St. Vincent's hospital. Bridgeport.
Actlni: Medical Examiner Edward
lt‘itzgerald reported 'to the coroner
that although no crime m‘av have been
cmmittee, the. circumstances: surg
rrmnding the affair are mysterious.
The man was found by Herbert Gar-
‘-lick. non of Medical Examiner S. if.
(tariick._who was coming toward this
city wlren‘he saw the body lying be-
side the road. Before his death Rand
was not able to relate how he came
to be injured. ‘
WILL COLLuCT IN -
‘ CATHOLIC CHURCHES ;
i
i
I
It was announced yesterday in the
Catholic churches throughout
Main. that I roll =ctior...wmtld be taken
up next Sundav at r." of the‘niaeses.
‘ Ayer. Mass. to visit him. Sitt's sort.I “
one from city to city. until it
their needs. ' commuies it is thought that much
mu tit Nil
iiiillllfli
ALateness of theSeason Will
Prevent Further Advance
Russian Authorities Bee
lieve
.SEillllUS ENlllJfiH
Ellll ENE RUSSIANS
'Germans Are Continuing
, the Bombardment in Re-
\
i
l gion of Flanders
l . . - - '
‘arouutl the Unit oi Riga, which
have centered attention upon the
'Northern Russian front for several
‘days. are not likely to be extended
liht' route to licval, (.‘ronstadt Mid
'I’etrograd, in the opinion of Rul-
siau nuvul authorities. The latcnesl' -
lot' the season will have the elect
:of localizing the German effort,
étltc Minister of Marine believes.
enough for the Russians in its pres-g
lent aspect. With the great naval.
,so his‘ head was .struck violentlyAWilson. of this city. was nopinated'pnpouderwce of the Germans in.
”lost a atandplpe which was iocat-f for Congress by monuments of the the Baltic there seems little to ' .
ed close to the track. The injured, “myth. memorial tmsuict .LI‘U' ' ’
tprevent them from making the
'56qu of Riga virtually a German
:rutthed through to the South Nuwalklwue placed in nomination. but with-lake and solidifying it - into n. _.
strong naval base. from which mill-
.tary operations as well, could
‘éasily be pushed advantageously
under propitious weather'condiq
tions. ..
.The military situations on the
various fronts in the western war“
men was virtually unchanged over
night, so far as the official state.
ments reveal.
The German reports have begun
l
l
IIF‘l finite has been give now as yet. al-ltn lay stress upon the violence of
:thc‘nrtillery fire in Flanders, but
Abomhardment has not yet .bccn
[\vcrked up to the point where the
lBritish find themselves ready for
manders in the near future in regard!“ rcilcwal of their drive.
l LONDON, Oct. 16.—Two tum-
tired and fifty lives were lost
t’whcn the steamer Medic was tor-»
:pedoed, September 23, in the
western Mediterranean, says a
éReuter’s dispatch from Paris. The
'cxplosion of the torpedo detonated
Lthe munitions in the ship’s cargo.
.There were more than 500 passeno
'em on board the steamer, including
‘soidiers and prisoners of war.
The Medic was n/ French vessel
.lof 4,470 tons. She was built in
!_1912 and her home port was'Mnro-v
seilles. °
hour
The German operations in and'
this fall to the (iulf of Finland, on. .
"l‘he situation created by the ,. ’«
"l‘cutonic move, however, In serioul
there are no indications that the -'
3 \
to, the Gulf of Finland, . ' '
('tit'poral Robert, B. Oliver. of Com-
pany l. 304th infantry. Corporal
Oliver is in charge of the barracks.
where one hundred men, mostly our
Norwalk boys. are quartered. Among
the number being Clinton Hubbell,
".inktt" Fitelson. Kenneth Coburn.
Walter Rose. “Eddie"_ Cook, Henry
irelnnd, "Tom." Flali‘erty and Swre
Young.
(Continued on Third P339.)
SAILB AT FOUND
ADRIFT IN SOUND
—————_
\
A sailboat about twenty feet long
Watt found bottom side up in Long is
the. land Sound, at a point between Stain.
ford and Greenwich. yesterday by the
Tug Greenwich. The mast had been
Held at n stomJn the. first distri
happening in litlt‘trwalk'at on .
home chapter.
. The: name of the‘ tale be
'turally Can not be obtained,
(Continued on Page Twelve)
‘llilil suits Iuw
, unlit lN tut
WASHINGTON, Oct..* 16'—Eia/hty
per cent. more frozen beef was in
stock on October 1 than a year ago.
Reports from 293 storage: to the
Bureau of Markets. made public to—-
tiny, showed holdings of 137,306,561
‘ . administrators in each state, Dr. Gar-
— administrator. communication should
(Continued on Third Pun)
SENTINEL EXTRAS / l
HIGHLY Aprnncmrsu
The Evening Sentinel was the only
paper in Norwnik to publish a base»
bail extra during the recent Wor d's
Series, - The Associated Press re
direct from the ball ground: to this of-
fice recorded each plny the instant it
was made. Many expressions of up-
precinuon hove reached us and lus-
’lnins the contextual: that the Sentinel
sporting newn in annulled.
A ...l .h ldbemndototh’fn) '
mm s e on e 9 (continued on me N130)
more satisfactory‘ rcsult‘s will be ob:
talned. '
field said. but where there in no state
owners «runny Bonds
p «TAKE NOTICE ,
n
~anlcnnboof¢rentmiootoyourpvermnntinmw
olneédnnopportnnityhuprucnudituliwhmbyyonm
helptheoanuniongbynlitflecilnrtonyourpnrt.‘
You and my mum to no room, no
be direct to
here.
Dr. Garfield. who has just returned
from Ohio, where he discussed the sit-
uation in that state with Homer H.
the fuel ndmlnistrntion
(Continued on Page Three)
ELEVEN AMEN. HELD
AS “BOOTLEGGERS”
Twelve persons were arraigned be»
. . r l
to... m... 3...... “mom-SEVEN amass ASHORE;
trunk t. McGuire in Sew London Sat. AT SILVER, SANDSl
tmlny. charged with selling liquor to . '
NEW Ham" , Oct. 11—3qu thej
soldiers’ nod nation. one of then. Nova
Potter. was elsewcharsed With keepin"
the proceeds to go towards the buy- ”"1011 Sway, and there were no pounds. Stocks of cured beef amount—
ing or . Liberty Bond to: St Anna's; marks of identification on the boat. cd to 32,644,559 pound: on the name
Home. it In expected that between An anchor, ropes, etc., remainedtln- date; an Increase of 46:6 per cent.
$10,000 and ”0.000 will be raised. At : Hide the craft, but the mast had‘been‘ while a decrease of 4.0' per cent. in
the ’prorent time. the home is over-‘ carried “at ‘ ' l the amount of“ lamb and mutton in
wooded with children and there "of The crew oft Greenwich took the ptornge was shown. the nice! total
~many on th-- wait'lg‘lfst. .yThe home than in charge and towed her to hug 3.221.234 pounds. Small de-
woh built to accommodate 150 chib'South Norwnlk, where aha line oil the crane“ nlIo Were reported for ‘flfy
lull and pickled pork and lard. but
urea but there are over 200 thermdock of the Perm Coal comm".
wow. The chow-m come from .n psonib of the drawbridgo. The amt trou- prh inter-nun liner out!
over the state an :t I: the only Cathotwich brought a cargo of coal in tor Prion, which can ruched would
3 .
Ito Wuhan: in Currently. line-Farr;- Cool company.
.,.A~ -
a.»
a bawdy house within live when of u.
government fort, the; fort in question
being Fert‘Trnmbuil All With then:-
cepuon of Herbert Babbitt W
whom the commit-loner failed to Ind
probable cause. wm held do! the Inn!
term or the United state- court. Tho-c
idnre: Herbert Tmll. Join It
(by. trod linear. Janna Farley. Nan
my. John Capt-ll. liable! lever--
string of level bums which went;
above at Silver Sands beach. cut all
this city. were hauled oil today. and
towed‘into' this port. The seventh in
still on the lands. a wreck. The
Athlngintemlingtouytoyon.
W v ‘ .
Don't delay. mum:
(pip Uncle Sun in his cum to panh- munch. out,
, monmv,roronmm nun mono
domnomwmvbnwmvwmmvm. .
When you nrrivnfatthehnnhyonrhnkcwllhnvc unmo-
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