‘
‘ ASSOCIATID ruse I". no N ALI. PART. 0' 7"! WORLD IVtA WILL Will MD WI W I OPERATOR.
E asraarsnao 1370'
latendattlubouuimkhst
Wuaalaoondclaasflatter.
. sou}; scant: " coal.
« Tamar, 00317.]; 1911
Warmer Tonight and Friday
titanium
. run it illi
, llllillll will
{Herbert M. Lord Says Or-
ganized Eifort Has Been
Made ' ‘
1 i'iruizri'i'i‘iTri
rummu
" Some bscriptions From the
A ' , ound Written in
Fore ' Language I
l
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i
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[avian agents in the United States, 80-:
cording to reports to the Treasury!
toward defeating the Liberty.
Loan. Their organized propaganda
ltaa borne fruit irom'TMinnesota to
Texas. it is, asserted. in scattered-lo
calities. when? weak efforts have
been nude. not openly but by In.
'direct methods, to discourage aubr
acrtpiions. ‘
The" work of thc proGerman
’agcnttt, officials assert, has been car-
’lltid on for more' than, two weeks.
Some of-.tlre workers have had “tho Nelson W.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18.~Pro{ler-'“
required by law.
350.
Willi ll 000i
curious IN
~ lfli ritciiot
Mayor Jeremiah .Donovan
Put Up $160, While His
Opponent Spent $50 at the
Contest on October 1st '
llEPUJiiliiNtlll
' illMMlTlliE in
Ambunt of $322.20
(‘ ' ‘ -
Department. have directed ”I?" "“9" at- fhldifgc‘gtt {giro-12;; iiii’i’set'égiir‘ii‘
have made returns of‘ their expenses.
toATown Clerk Herbert R. Smith. its.
Mayor Jereiniahv
Donovan paid out $160, while torm-
t'l' Mayor (‘arl Axel Hal‘illl'om spent
The return made by Nelson W.l
; iienedlct .treueurer of the Republican
iCliy Committee, is interesting, as it
vslrows receipts of $143, eltpenses 0' o .
prizes. and unpaid bills of 3322.20. Enthusmstic
The returns follow:
Benedict, treasurer,
I
‘ I
iiittimit 000nm
Inclination
Employes’to Get Raise of at
Least Ten Per Cent... and
Will Take $30,000 in Lib-
erty Bonds
As a further evidence of the great
spirit of ,cooperation twhich emits
between employer and employees of
the M. N. Mayehoi! l; Company fac-
tory of Merwin street, announcement
was made yesterday noon by Mr.
,Mayehotl of an increase in the ital-
t‘arles of.eacb and every person con-
nected with the plant to the extent
of at. least 10 per cent. and in many
cases a greater raise.
And. as a result of the raise. Nor-
wallt'q. share of glory (in hire Jour-
charit- of Liberty bonds will be great-
er. Twelve thousand dollars was
, subscribed by Mayehoif employer! to
Itlre first l..berty loan. Thirty thous-
Received3143, Spent $112.66; .m to”... r. the figure .tr... win
and Has Unpaid Bills to
tension of the floating of the second
loan.
(Continued 'on Sixth Page.)
tirittrirrirs Hill
Inuit r000
Meeting Held
Last Night in the CityHall
I
I
ti-riicrity, reports to the. Treasury ill-y [to ‘b. an 't . . .
mm 'tO‘t-onduct their 'oporationrr "Pew; ("y (’0mm"'“emgmr Liberty loan activnlcs continued
. hero in the national Capitol. . Expended' ‘, """"""""""" 112.66: with udg’ti force last night and lo-
Offictal mowition 0’ m" "mm“ Unpaid bills”....'...’.l.'. """"" 3242mm” mm“ "gmwmm M“
ganda against the loan was voiced to
day by Col. Herbert M. Lord. t‘Plll‘l‘ml
naming the War Department at the;
star risk insurance conference. -
(Continued on Sixth Page}. '
._____.,__._..___._~
irrttitiii [Still-i8
, tritium tut.
Captives Would Starve But.
For Red Crossand Y. M:
. C. A. , i
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—»—.\iinistcri
.Mofl'ifl at tockiroinr cabled
"State Department today new of, the
arrival there of Wilmot Charles
Smith of Norwalk. Conn, who es-
caped from a German interment
camp at Kiel. He said the Amt-ti.
can prisoners in Germany would
starve except for food sent them by-
tle Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. ;
Smith was a horseman on the Brit-
i.-:h steamship Esmeralda. captured
h the Gtrman raider Sioewe, and
was carried into Germany. just before
the United States broke diplbmatic
relations. No details concerning his
escape were given by the Minister.
"Smith stated." said a Sta, De"
garment statement announcing .tlief
gencape “that without the—food packg
ages sent by,th‘e Y.‘ bl. C. A. and the;
Red Cross prisoners would not be,
Nelson W, Benedict,»treasurer
Republican Committee First
Ward. received ........ 371.60
Extended ( ..................
(Continued on Sixth Page).
turrut’rtliiiits
73.68 ‘
.an enthusiastic meeting in the city
hall last night. and furthered plans
‘ior getting their share of the loan.
Plans for the big mass meeting which
is to be held tomorrow night were
contlniicxi.ioda,v and it is expected
that, the NorWtillt 'Armory twill ,
l packed to the doors tomorrow night
In. lrear {Professor 'iluah Rbeea (of
illocht-stcr l'nivn’rslty talk on "The
(Present War and the Liberty Loan"
Ibe reached in the factory on the ac"
1"cach‘ed” in the. Cleveland district by
be
+ BElNfi Aorist rut
Tells of Speeches He Has
Made and Letters Written
Opposing President Wil-
son :
h.
CHICAGO, Oct. lit—”Former United
States Sillii'oi‘ R. if. Petttgrew, Oi
Stuth Dakota. who has been in a
Chicago hospital for several weeks,
today said at hls hotel, that he had
been lnfonned unofficially that an in-
dictment had been voted against. him
at Sioux Falls, S. [1, under the Ear-
pionage Act, but that he knew nothsi
ing officially oi any charges that may‘
have been preferred against him. ' '
"if i have been indicted," said litrfi
Pettlgrew, “it was for a speech 1
made recently in Sioux Falls. in
that. speech i said we were in a war
in which we had no business, that
.we were involved ’because certain
people were on ships where they
shcuid‘not have =been. 1. declared
that since we were in the war the
u
and to lisren' to the music Of the
Sterling-“Villain orchestra and the:
chorus of female voices from the;
Hillside school and hiayelroii factory.‘
Frederick l..' lariirson, chairman of
the Public Utilities Committee. to;
day completed his plans for the red;
white and blue Card“ which are to bet,
given out to the manufacturing entab-r'
lshments in accortlatnce‘with V‘e‘
number of bonds taken by the em-I
ployes oi the various plants. I.
Banks today urged the pimple of:
blown”: in brine. their 3 1-2 per cenLI citing (11399 '39“!!! 0"" an MW and portunlty for a spur track to be. con-
bonds in the institution. where they'
(Continued on Sixth Page).
NEARLY ALL LIQUOR
DEALERS TURN IN
INVENTORY REPORTS
Between 80 and 90 per cents" of
those wholesale and retail. liquor
dealers and recliners who are re
quired to tile inventories of the
stocks with the internal revenue col-
)lector. have compiled with the re-
quirement, it was announced yester
day. About one in ten of the he-
able to live, as the daily ration con-i best thing 701' ‘18 t0 d0 '85 to back sports. however, were made out as
aihta of a slice of black. sour bread out gracefully. Since I have been in; the government expects they shall be
and a drink of cold coffee, for_breakv ' Chicago I have b9?“ elected a rcpre-. and lt'will be necessary to return
fasi,.and for dinner and supper hbout:
a plot and a half of warm soup ap-l
pars-ntly consisting of water and turn ,
spa." '
t»
SOLDIER THROWN ,
‘ ‘ INTO SEWAGE DITCII
WATi-IRBI'RY. Oct. 18.——in a decl-’
“all made, known today by the state
C(rl'lillt‘iliiflllon commissioner of . the
Fifth Congressional District. Fred-
(‘rlfli’ 3i. Williams. Frank 1. GaynOr;
of this city, who was shot, but not
mlousl', injured, by a state soldier
on April fourth last at the Derby
Trestle of the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. cannot recov-
cr compensation under the stateagct
o-
vhceause of the railroad company
lair an interstate concern. ’
. {Emor- was .a watchmaa‘cmploy-
ed hy the company frir :iq‘a ,sanie
once of the soldier. When command
«I to halt in the night season he
refused to obey. III! m' M. He
has been unable to work rm, and
meat compensation. I,lader_ tho in.
workman act.
commissioner Williams dads‘tbat
ti,.—- respondent'wa'i injured while ill
the discharge othla duty. but state!
' es-adcuha nanotsiahanfi
inatradsr the law smiths distant§
strut-ted for the new factory. ’ 1 ,
sentative of the Peace Conference." I
Mr. Pettigrew said another normal
to1
.-r
hypocrisy and dedicated
iior
Woodrow Wilson.‘ "
II (Continued Du Page Twelve)
WILTON ALIVE TO
LIBERTY LOAN ,
The two Wiltoh membersr'of the:
second-Liberty loan bond is’aue meow,
,tive committee, Rev. Charles A.3
[Marks and William K. G. Htibhell.~
will visit the churches of Wilton next
Sunday,i_n the following order and
resent to the congregations the
, Ynlz-ed States claims for their in-
bud but did it: ill? m ivestment .in these Liberty bo'fls:
'gc . no not: 0 . er.
‘Firrrt Zion Hill Methodist church.
Cannondale, between 10:30 and 11:00
.t '3' ‘ .
Second~—Balet Hill Methodist
charchubthoap. llzoo andfillfld a.,
,n l’ndnwiltos , _
church, between 11:30 that 12.00 a. ll.
room—Tin North writooitruiou
l
at 8:00‘rpr‘in. , “m I la
.. . ‘ .VA‘ ‘A !.h‘
account llddlebrook school house, fare to-
,,
slim”
those which are lacking in this res-
pect.
The tax is due Va
nd pinhole up to
z for any possible indictment “mirth!T November 2. and many of the dealers
the for a letter which i sent out in: sent in their chetks with their inven-
iJuly. headed making the world safc‘ torfcs'.
Dealers unable.- to- pay their
taxes may file a bond. equal to the
tax for the face sinviunt. if it): is;
0‘ is not under $1,000.0according to new
ruling; Previously it ”was necessary
to have. it surely bond. double the
amount ofihe tax.
Chamberlain’s Removal
Approved By Hoadley
The. removal of John 8. Chamber-
lain cs trustee of the estate of Burr
& Knapp, was approved in a deci-
sion handed down in Bridgeport yes—
terday by Referee in Bankruptcy
Carleton E. Hoadley. of New 'Haven.
lie was sitting as special master on
the. application of Adolph Sherman
and others.- The decision has been
sent to the United States Court in
this city. . ,.
Mr. Hostility found that finest ‘0!
the allegations made for Ir. Chub
a
i berlaiu's removal m bee! omen.
lt was brought out that so had been
the lawyer for Barr 1! Knapp, be
sauna! he Ital
failed 5 ll
of m. Wat-wild
. m.
r.
coir titlli -
001,000,000
rots ii. iiiiill
UnitcdStates FederalAgeats
Uncover Great Reserve
Supply Hidden in the
Cleveland District
0000 irint 00
illiilirlNlllii-lll it
,Gariield Again Warns Oper-
ators and ,
liliines Milt BO Kept Warh-
“K
I
‘ WASHINGTON, 'Oct.
Administration has
i mately 1000300 ions
lit—The Fuel
found approxi-
of soft coal
Iprlvate. interests now obtaining a
I steady supply to meet present needs.
,and has made pl no to commander-"r
;mirch of this sur us at Government
Itates it "the shortage in other sec-
Itions makes such action advisable.I
:Under this scheme mines would later
be directed to replenish the aupplyI
incised as it was needed at the price
{the Administration had paid for it.
' This was one of the most important
idevelopments which became known:
ltoday in connection with the eliortril
,of Dr. H. A. Garfield. tho, Wei Ad-i
iminltltrator. to keep the Watt
{and the manufacturers of -war assent-I
ltrain supplied with coal. inn-tugs“
, 0.“)
(Continued On Page Twelve)
t0uriit0r0iu0 5‘
THIEVESARRESTEIII
New Haven Youths Are Ap-r
prehended Before They
Have Opportunity to El“
“I”
MILFORD. Oct. ISA-After an ex—
which led through back roads and
woods, and across fields and swamps.I
and pursued by several members oil
the local police. four New Haven,
youths all under 18 years of age. who
gave. their names as Thomas J. Clam;
and Louis Lemld, were arrested byi
Police Commissioner Charles P. Pita,
len late yesterday afternoon. while;
waiting at the Bayvlew station for'a,
trolley to take them back to their
homes. They were charged with at-
tempted tth of an automobile. the
.property of George S. Clark, of lip
dian River. - ~
(continued 0n Pm mm)
ILABRADOR PENINSULA ,
CROSSED AT LAST;
Explorers Go From South.
.‘ Direct to Ungava '
PITTSBURG. Oct. 18.—.The Penin-
sulg of Labrador. has been crossed
from the south tO'thc north for the
first time by a sthltlc exploring
party, according to an announcement
last night by Dr. W. J. Holland. di-‘
rector of the Carnegie Museum. The
announcement followed the receipt of;
a telegram from St. John's. N. P.|
announcing the arrival at that point
undertook to cross the peninsulai
from the Bay of Seven islands, on.
the Gulf ofJS'a lewrcnce, to dinvi
gava. on Davis's Strait.
The expedition was Jointly ilnnncrd
by the Carnegie Museum. the Nation-
al Geographic Society and mired.
Harshall of China». who was a mum
her of the party. in addition. the,
personnel of the expedition included;
W. B. C. Todd. curator «.mltbuiofl
intbaCaraoglal indomi.‘
Harte. cantor of natural: ll’tho'
and institution. They took with
Dr; Hai-
ClllZiNS MUST illli
Adjutant-General Cole So
George
surgeon throughout. the state. directs
exemption from miiiwy ddiy must
file their claims before February 1,
1918, The order follows:
.i
tween the ages of 18 and 45 years,
desiring
duty by reason of mentbl or physical
disability must report to one of the
post surgeons for exemption and it
found exempt will be furnished with
a certificate of exemption to be filed
town in which they are liable to en-
roilment.
by post rurgepns in any
188$ and ‘the disability classed as
permanent and who are now living
in the same town. will not bere- and about thirty midi?”
united to be examined again unleas‘ nine of them seriously. in a rear end
by 'order oft the ‘tumeon generals collision on the Piedmont and North-
Those who neglect to tile. their con; Prn Electric Line betWeen the city"
,llllillllSlllllIl *
: ilil utttiuut
Rmnor That Large pudding
0
K'orwalk. on the Danbury road.
in this vicinity, and was impressed
with a very suitable manufacturing
If“ ""m" We "ml," °' ,“i’”? N""Iiosin F‘ield Artillery. cmoposed of
of themxpeditio’n ,whit-h lair? April“
lat
uiritriit trims
Orders in His Appoint-
merit of Post-Surgeons
‘ Throughout the State
. An order from AdjutantGeneral
'H. Cole. appointed poet
4
that all male citizens of the state,
between 18 and 45 years who claim
All male citizens of the state be-
exemption from ' military
by them. with the selectmen oi the
Those who, are_ exempted
year since
tificaies oi exemption with the select-I and the camp.
men before. the first,
1918, will be tlebari-ed from exomp‘ Frank Johnson and Henry L. Stdbbe,
iron for the year.
of February. .-
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
May Be Erected in tirei
Line of the Danhury. Rail-
road '_
A persistent rumor has been afloat}
about town for the past few days,.
in regard to erection of a rl'b tac-
ry of c.rnslderable size, in upper
,.
it is untlerrtood that an out-of-Iown
business man was in Norwalk a shOrt
time ago. looking over factory sites
i
walk. ‘ r
The property is located on the main;
road to innbury. and id backed by
the Danbury branch of the ”New Ha-
ven" railroad.‘ thus affording an op-
lt is reportedtbat the new, build.
my will be a three story structure!
and twill cover In large section of
ground. it will be the last word in a
modern factory building. and will be
equipped with every modern improve-
‘cy. George O'Ketie. Clll'iOlI Mofli‘iviment necessary for manufacturing ef-r
tie-143nm.
The product manufactured by the
concern in question is a staple BI"-
ticle which is used extensively
throughcut the entire country.
Tho new concern. if located in this
city will undoubtediy'gurnlsti employ-
ment :0, - Norwalk people. besides
bringita to this city ,many of its
own wbrltrren.
Neither' the Norwa’lk Chamber of
Commerce or the South Norwalk
Board of Trade is inure-ted in the
ne wprnjert.
MTEilTflRNEl
Willilililiilllll
, ‘ A3 lllfliNllAN'l
' eporter Involv-I
Former Brid
ed in Electing Suit—Claim
,oi‘ Mistaken Service
Wort; Train Crashes intoi
played at Camp Wadsworth, and an]
3lllE rititiiiiii
trait srrirrruut
Passenger Train on Pied-
inont Electric Line
SPARTANBCRG, S. C., Oct. 17.—
Corporal Arthur C. Wright of Bat-
tery D. Third Field Artillery, it But.
ialo man and Jesse Edwards of Ca-,
vlns, 8. C., a civilian mechanic exit-I
unidentified man were killed tonight
injured.
BRIIISH ritiiirt sut
0i illiNtliii is Ailllliii _
~ BOMBARDS tint llliii
illl'flli
Germans, in the AM ,.
Northeast of Verdun. 30'
ported to Have Been Re-
pulsed by the French;
llllNfl
~,
alarm
Bombing Raids Made ontite
Town of Nancy by the
German Soldiers
Field Marshal Haig is still
’ .
.W
i
keeping his infantry in their“,
trenches 011 the Flanders front
'while the heavy bombardment of
The seriously injured are Private
Fourth New York Ambulance Corps;
Private H. D. Trlantifcllen. Company"
ll, 107th infantry, shoulder crushedii
Private Robert Heft, Company E.
101th infantry: Private Robert Wil-
liam's, «Company C. 107th Infantry;
Private Charleir Miller, Battery Pu,
105th Field Artillery: Private Wil-
liam Fitzpatrick, Battery I", Secondi
Field Artillery; Private Courtney
Stone, Company L. 107th infantry.
' Private Cunningham. First Field
Artiller .right leg fractured; Privaut.
fisher, Buttery D, Second Field A:-
tzlhry. abdominal unjuriest: tl’rivste
Kare. Battery C, Second Field Artil-
lery. out about the head; Perate E.
K. Laukcnau. First, Field Artillery.l
fractured leg; Private O'Grady. Bab.
tery B. Second Field Field Artillery,
(ammonia on sun Rm.)
the German lines continues. 1!?
report today throws little addlo
lltllwi light on the probability of. .~
an early resumption of the British
attack.
There has hceii infantry fight— ‘0
ing on the French front, although
apparently on a large scale.
Germans attacked northeast of
Verdun, but met with a repulse.
The artillery battle is still spirited ,
lin much of the Verdun area and p
on the Aime from along the Chane. , .
indesdlames. '
Air fighting between French.
hines has been f ':
unusually, intense in the past few,
'tlays, bio far this week 26 German
'Inachines have been driven down
and German mac
by the French.
SOLDIER CANNOT The Germans have picked til."
i
GET COMPENSATIONitown of Nancy as the particular . _.
—""‘— objective of their latest bombing .
”AMP WADSWOW Spartan- raids. They visited it again 7.2
bur" s. C" 0"" 18‘ “m" How'Iforce last evening. The/Frenchj
ard Sullivan. commanding Battery D'lairmen carried out numerous raids“
Ion enemy objectives. “’
New York state troops, and four of ‘
his company odicers face charges to- . .
tidy as the result of an incident in ‘ PETROGRAD, Oct. 18,...A 3.,
“m5 In which it ”knnfi‘edeéh“, {”3 val" battle has occurred in thar
vat’e Otto Goetschal . c arg wt a i‘ if f R' b t Russian and.
. l o . 5. .ru 0 Iga e ween ,
minor lniractloirof regu at! us we German battleships, the War Of—r
at Sullivan‘s direction. thrown into, '
sewage ditch at the rear of the ltlt- fice announces. The Russian bate
chi-n tent. belabored with sticks and tlefihip Slava was sunk.
then scrubbed with sftifi brushes and: The Slava sank as the Tesult of
sand. Gottacha it's '3 mv pr vale-s b . . . 1 times beneath 5
ll d h ld h be in mm; Sit hoversv ..
hiya hlfos‘irr‘iltsati. D‘liiic’erguat (2:9 cusp the waterline. Nearly all the memo).
refuse to discuss the affair other,bcrs of the crew were saved
than to say it has_ been reported to'Ruggian torpedo boats. .
Majorflcneral Phillips. commanding: COPENHAGEN, OCT. 18,—Nl-
‘ Itional and military operations
MANAGER HAWAN Iagainst the Aland Islands possibly?
To LEAVE NORWALKmay he the next step in German
Istrategy. indications of such 9
3. Di Han-ima‘n. 2'50 ha! “90931:: measure are found in the stratcgso
hU.E.L.lt '. o..aacomm .. -
inrfnager for the past two years, has ae- cal tliscusnlon 0.! ”9,09“! him"
cepted a similar position in Golds campaign "f various German news-1:,-
born and New‘hern. .v e... and i - 3 papers. which point out the do»
for his new field of labor on Monday. sirability of sewmg up the Gulf at
Mr. Harriman has made many business Finland byacqniring the bases ..
and'personai friends during his stay the north as well as to the m.
in Norwa who will regret his de-, . . .
”nu", \ ‘ ' éof the entrance. .
___..____....__. , s The Aland Islands, (hf G'ilffi’
TW ' RDSME- ,there are eighty, are int c u ’4.
. 0 0319A], IN gRECK’BMhnia’ nogh of the entrance he,
' Ithe Gulf of Inland. , .
"" i PARIS Oct. 18.--Licutenan&7
ARTANEURG. S. c. Oct, 11—0 7 ,
r35 men, one a New vorit Nation-Ilium! but bevy . of Willlilngdy
al nmrdrman are renown no have.LCoun., member ,of the Franco»F
been killed and semen other! tn'iArnerioan Flying Corps, what
lured "1 fi '9” 9“ “mm“ l“"sicored many victt'rries and receht—
$22”? i2: W... 3.”: mm we aim; in Trench up! .5.
Camp Wadsworth. where. thc'Newtdfl'fi as an Incomparable pilot, 3
.. etnorles of Bridgeport forty years
a gnome recalled do the Superior
roan. Bi'iGRPWTb- caster-time twhcni
t..t-. name of Bart Dr Wilbur was
[PP
brought Infill“! hill to recover .1500
for altered illegal Wilt. s
Itr.‘Wiibur was a widely known
lawyer and politician in Bridgeport.
a member of the Brut of With". Dc-
st ind Norman. and Judge Bob-
Im associ-
h‘ t
‘50"
on I: Deforcat was the
ti of the nails. '
nlr Wilbur left Bridgeport
Well to Brooklyn. when be long
practiced law. lie was a Democrat
ntlonsd as ddeadaut la a salt ..
and ~
York National guard is trnnmcisaid by the, Herald to. but
Elam injured soldiers were remov-, ‘ » ._....
led to the, camp hospital. l
f .
tea-tram on m Niloi’
V:
THE W MATES. "
“WHAT ISA LIBERTY
.“A FIRST WWW
'ON EVERV FWI'DF LAND. EVERY M
mimosa."
Norwalk Chronicler