tot claims"
ms ttvotvtt
In its ”
SEND 2,895
MORi- MEN
. . ecticut Having the Lar-
gest Percentage of Rejec-
. tions at Camp Devens,
Must Make Up 100 Per
-Cent. ,
' ..l. ll. must
militants:
~ am Heating Plant Will
Be Ready Thursday—
,Riile Range Work
-———~
ty Street, Cleaning Weap-
on, Which He Supposed
Was Not Loaded
liliiflfllllllill
, IN llill Hillii
Older Boy Had Bought Gun
From a Companion a Few
Days Before
The accidental discharge of an old
,and supposedly unloaded twomy-two
CAMP DEVENs, Ayer, Magg__ Nov.’ calibre revolver, which was being
.——Connecticu‘.'s percentage of men‘. cleaned by William Ernest Stevenson,
- for sent here and rejected or (Hg-E aged fifteen years, yesterdny after-
- rged is the largest of any of my noon about 4 o'clock sent a bullet
en states represented at the camp,‘ into the head at William's younger
:ing to figures given out today}? brother Charles Frederick Stevenson.
., Nutmeg State has still to send; tit-led thirteen years. who was watch-
895 men to complete its quota in‘ lug his brother clean the gun. The
e first draft, of whom, 1,644 are re-. llt’le nellow fled about two' hours
cement. for those who have failed later, medical treatment proving use-
the (amp physical examinations.! less.
' (who tai’fi;!"l: idiocharged for; The Stevenson boys were visiting
her renson‘s. New Hampshire's. yesterday at the home of their grand-
totul of sixty-two replacements‘ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
lilililllolflflt
William Stevenson, of Coun-f
_nndrblood for naught when workers
Frederick '
5-
Ian. outs mom own sauna. yon.
.'. 1. nos. 1:, 1011'
LiBtlll conduit
1 urns m lillllilll
il’resident Landon Appeals
= to Delegates to Sink
Everything in Tremen-
dous Eflort to Win the
War
; BUFFALO. N. Y. Nov. 12.-—-WIth
,nn appeal to all American working-
men to place their full and undivided
ill-"m behind the fighting men at the
? "rant and stirring picture of what is.
her may expect if Germany wins the
Ewar. President A. A. Landon. of the
Buffalo Chamber of Commerm. today
welcomed the American Federation of
lobar at the opening of Pa convenv
'lnn here.
A former labor leader himself, who
has “’81! first hand in Europe how
'l'i‘opl in the field give their fives
at home engaged in disputes instead
of putting all their enemy into keep-
ing the fighting men supplied, ll~
Landon appealed to all labor to sink
everything in a tremendous effort to
win the war.
“President Wilson." declared Mr.
London. "has said we are fightlm a
war for democracy. We are not only
ilrhting a war for demontaI-y, but a
war for industrial freedom and self-
protectlon, a war to conserve that
which we now have.
(Continued On Pose Twelve)
MRS. COOPER GETS .
' COMPENSATION
In the compensation case of Mrs.
Anna Cooper. iornierlyl .,of Norwalk,
. 2.400 yet to come seems to uphold? Hyatt, in County striSet.
e affirmative of that boyhOod de-g The older boy. Williamt had pur-
ng club chestnut: "Resolved,f chased the rusty revolver from a
' country life Is better than city chum, a few days ago, and was clean-
e.” The same holds true of Maine: ing the weapon while his younger bro-
d Vermont. ,ther was looking over his shoulder.
now of Bayonne. N. 1., vs. The Union
Tank Line. of New York, Mrs. Coop-E
or has been awarded the maximum
amount of 810 per. week for six years.
Compensation Commissioner.
in a few weeks New England and.
ew York will send “.919 men here.
The gun. was Suddenly discharged.
and the bullet. entered (‘harles' forc-
l'tnckingham, of the Fourth District.‘
Mrs. Cooper was represented in the:
' . I
d of thesc 4.679 will take the place‘ head. just above the left eye. action M Attorney Leo ”3"" and
men whose stay hen? lasted but '4.
«art the. The total to be sent
or each state and the number of
lacements follow: Connecticut.
898 and 1.044: Ne“ York. 1.527 and
9: ode Island. 576 and 254:
”one usetts‘. 5,049 and 1.961: New
vwhire. 243 and 62; Vermont,
... Ind 65; Main. 408 and 135.
(Continued on Price Eight.)
llllllilllNll
tinnitus:
l 3 Lose by a Small Mar-.
gin—Official Recount Or:1
dered i
COLUMBUS. 0.. Nor. 12.-— ith a,
atal vote of 1.100.006 cast. Ohio it~
as announced had gone wet byl
but” fool vows. the 'cfosest apa!
each to Prohibition in the history:
the State. '
Cincinnati, with its wet mathy of-
.”81. overcame the-big lead gain-i
r by the dtys in the rest of
;. te. At that, hOIvever. Cincinnati
owed a loss of 7,163 votes slucc‘
915. '
Fourteen counties out of the 88 in
no State had not filed their oflciai
ores with the State- Swervisor of‘
4 t‘ons when his once closed this:
suing. Using the unofficial. buti
robably correct returns from the;
w rteen missing counties, a. wet nan
:rity of 997 in the State is indicated,
In' view of the close ,result. the-
.w isot- of Elections has ordered
. county boards of election to nitritel
. .. . Is and certlmtim of their so,
He denles the report that: in‘
eral precincts in Cincinnati more:
etc: were cast aninst Prohibitionl
vn wtn- registered. i
‘ seiosNT WILSON l
AT LABOR GATHERING ’
BKTF'PAID. N. Y... Nov. 12.—-The
omtng (of President Wilson overo
hadowod the iatomt in all other
mmdinns of th- twinning union of
. 37m annual convention Ct live
maul Federation/of Laborherel
odor. already must, as as of.
in» minimal «viz in the his-
This feeling was modded by
he announcement that the Maui
an till-lull to "speak to labor and
brooch labor to CM M. m
e.’ , ' o
The "Utmdfl'll'd t‘fu‘ was detached
.::| a regular train at a ooh/b
l
. ‘i-II'U-l- . l'l
-‘C‘PW 9" ”WM. (work
, f
sthq .
‘ requirements of ltaly for a year un-g ma my,
the Union Tank Line was represent-l
ed by Attorney Arthur Bristol.
The case arose. over the death of
"to late George Cooper, who Was a,
lmemhcr of the local chapter or thel
(Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. Cooper!
l
Dr. Dexter Hitchcock was immt-tl-
lately summoned. and he made every
possible fcffort to save lzhe .young-
(Continued On Page Twelve)
slipped off of a tank on or about
January 15th. 1915, and received in-
juries at that time. which later de-:
veloped into tuberculosis. and. cone.
ed his death in- March. 1916. ’ I
SWINE lilll BMW
Wlllllll SAVE Sllfllll, "$3.3"..“t‘iib; 2;: am
Army: on both sides. and each pro-i
sented very elaborate briefs. The?
medical testimony was ,very full nndl
quugt: CgfigogfgesUset: gaming. and was ably presented on!
III e III at ca. ‘
Keep Euml’efiw" EAKRON STREET can
WASHINGTON. Nov. '12.—-Accord~ MEN ON STRIKE,
int: to information reaching the Food
Administration today. the sugar used AKRON. Ohio, Nov. 12 ---Mo'e than'
in making candy in the United States 1.000 street our men were on strike
is sufficient to meet all the sugar I'9 ' today on every line opera'inz in the
quirements of Great Britain under city. including the lute-urban lines
the rationing standard adovt'etl "1?". to Cleveland. Ravenna. Kent. ('uya-l
If the people. of the United Siam-n hoga pang,‘ Barberton and WIJP,
would cut out candy and sugar so worth. .
caved would be more than sufficient. The only cars touching Akron in-
to meet all the sugar requirements Ol operation were the Canton-Akron in-
France. . torurbans, employee of which ate not
I! one half the “581' “led l“ "'9 include! in the local dlvl'mn of the
making 01' candy in this 00“""3" in union. Canton ‘cars' crews were run-
1917 could have been saved. it would him: only to the eastern city limits,
have been sufficient to meet the sugar; and taking no chance of coming into
tier that
standard.
country's present sugar. The strike came with dramatic and
gdon'ness. The public had been fore-
The money spent for candy in this warned by a strike vote of .be ".3.
country the past year is nearly ‘1011' Saturday morning, but events that:
bZe the amount of money needed to' ("plowed g." promise of a gem“
keen Belgium supnlied with food for; ment -The men are striking (Or a:
year. lwnne increase of ten cents an boom
0f the .lOlal consumption 0' ”l“ ' The industries of Akron were great-l
United States about one-third goes 7v hampered by the strike. I
into the manufacture! ofnvarious total— _ _...____. - .l. i
stuffs. including con ec artery. W‘- P;
the remainder is consumed as sugar. 'SHOT THREE GREEKS l
The amount of sugar employetl "1 ”19 DURING QUARREL:
making of confectionery is variouslv‘ , ‘
estimated from 150.000 to 500-000 tons SEYMOUR. Nov. 12.——After shoot-l
a year. in: down .three Greeks with whom
The confectionery business of ”105 he had a quarrel earlier in the day.
country l5 about lWMllll'tlS Ml lfll'fit‘3’l'ony Dorathes, an italian, walked
as the butter business. a little lessi two blocks in the ppm" of Bank
than one-thitd as large as the “it?“ street, one of the principal thorough-
flour, business. slightly larger than, yam, brandishing a ,‘nyolvef' 11,.
the cannlnsfind: lire-Wm"! Of fruits man was captured by Frederick Hall.
and about twofltths as'larse as the a blacksmith. and Jack now". '
bakery built?“ the Seymour Restorant. Hall walk
\ ' ,to the center of the street and em
"REE ”3,9,”. “with: com: 3.: one:
of the man and seized the hand
which had the revolVer. Bowcs man-
NEW YORK, Nov 12.——A construc-
tion foreman and two laborers were
and. to throw Doratlm to the ground
where he was seized by a crowd of
killed and another laborer was in« my. and mg. in norm!
lured la a rear end collisiu last
night between two work trains of Ibo
pockets were found enough cart»
ridges to kill a large share of Sey-
New York, New Haven and Hartford mour‘s population. The time taco
railroad in the Bronx. The men who
"" "'““ 'WW "'°
wreckage of a to as
snaffle which mold Into sooth"
Mantel-s,
pitaLDorby. Twooftbs-ankls,
«no-smut!
alllllili lllllli lllllllilll
shotmruskediotboonluhos-i
it“, v; ,5, .___..
*Emblem Flying to the
GREA]. ‘ Breeze Contains Thirty-
One Starngr Young Men
’ * in War Service
of It
A service has containing thirtyone
on was dedicated and unfurled at
Captain Douglas H
, Trinity Church yesterday morphs.
the Eflglflh T! ”I! The ceremonies were held out if; the
H M Weed, 0“: With, grant of t‘l: church attended by about
I '0 . mp '
3”“ m the ant After the singing of the national
mm anthem led by the choir of the church
and the ehnrch school children sc-
oompanled by llr. W. Baabye on the
corset the rector offered up prayers
fortheboysoftboparlshforwhom
the star stand and also blessed the
flag. The names of the boys 'who
KEEP ttti‘titiit
I, film—Wi- Nfi: m: was: m:
lthey were to sctieally every form
1 service an that three of than
he as certain were in France. the
fibers being scattered in the diner-
eat cantonments and training camps
Continuum M's”
5mm Hit IN .
Ntw BRITAIN
Several Stores Threatened
-—Explosion Heard Before
i:
Nervotisness and InQuity,
the Great Curses Abs-g.
Men in the Trenches? '
' a
Before a crowd of about onov; thous-
and people who gathered in the Re.-
‘tzent Theatre. yesterday afternoon,
Captain Dong!“ Hertz. of tho-South
Manchester troops, of England. de-
livered a thrilling address on the war
and the work which is ‘now Mos
done by the Y.“ M. C. A, on the
linttlenelds of Europe. Coptainflorts'
talk was delivered in the interests of
thin-eat lMY. M. C. A. campaign.
wh h w it launched in'America to- ‘
morrow for the purpose of raising Fire 18 Dimer“
$35,000,000 for war work abroad. Nor-
walk's share of this amount will but NEW ”RITA!“ M"- ‘2"l'7("-’ "‘
88,500. H. M. Weed, of m'kh';mysterlous origin which did about
was another enthusiastic speaker who ($10,000 “”38“ 3"" discovered M
lddl‘filled a“ '.tm‘ u m 13:45 o’clock ”ill morning in 'he
topic as idid Captain H ml
Weed. on: was a voryduflrswtlnymr
one, and was Mendy deliVered.
(Continued on Sixth Page).
of Main and Myrtle strt‘titr.
‘There are nine stores in the building
which is a one-story occupied by
_.Thomas Murray, a tailor. as smoke
{was seen coming from this store
lwhen the firemen first arrived. J. C.
|Thomas. telegraph operator at the
~Western Union, was passing the
l store when his attention was attract-
ed by a noise similar to that of a
slight explosion. ‘He was on his way
to report. the matter to the police
llllllllliiiiill nits
m min: lllliilli
investigation revealed that the win-
dowa in lfurray'a store were about
to crack with the heat.
The alarm was turned in and the
in State With Territorial:
Gila onor firemen soon had the fire out. The
",l at]! damage is estimated at about $5,000.
HONOLULTJ, N "‘1‘ 12,1. ydia Kain- on thelbuilding and about the same
amount on stock in, the several
tbres. The store of Louis it‘lphnel,
i
lfihlch was remodeled about ('0
,
akacha. wholes (.Ikalani. was the
airmevaueen 01'! Hawaii. died yester-
7 mom”.- “ “9"” 3" been-weeks ago. was soaked with water
expected for several. d‘”' land badly damaged by smoke. The
The former 0“” 1“" MOI ill for, People’ Butter Store, S. w. Merino.
many months. A week ago she be. Tom Murray, Hinberg I: Horn. 1.3,.
can to fail rapidly “d last Thursday; eiers Louis RaphaeL tho Roseben
physicians announced that the end, Hat ' Company. W. C. Raphael. l.
was near.
Preparations have I made furl Rothseder and the 5-1025 Cent Store
the body ,to lie in state, with n Terol "r" i“ m ""61“"
ritorial guard, of honor.
Social events planned'for rttne t‘n‘n- LOCAL AUTO TRUCK
2:2 fit:°:.i:ii§°:’i‘:”t 35.1.3 " IN BAD SMASH-UP
(Toning Belle Announce Oath.
Formal announcement of the
Queen's death was made by (Writs 'P.
Laukea, Secretary of the Territory,
(Gilli-I00 0! I’ll. Twelve)
One of the large automobile trucks
owned by Herman & Steinberg. fruit
and produce dealers of .Wnter street
and driven by Fred Fowler figured in
a bad accident at about 12 o'clock
last night as it was endeavor-lug to
climb the steep grade on entering
Greenwich. it was stated that the
truck could not make the grade and
so the driver backed the truck down
the hill. in doing so he turned his
machine a little to the other side of
the road. and while doing so another
car came down the hill and ran into
the truck causing a great dc-al of
ill“
1
.‘
Ana-lo show-
that
is
‘m--w~—.« —.
‘ ' ' damage to both. The name of the op-
Ange'o Tmm Of. New crator of the other car could ‘Iot be
Haven, Abe Carnal a learned in; to ml'ess t’ilme this moon
. A trial to eterm ne w c was It suit
3 1-2 Pound Blackjack is still going on at the Greenwich
-—— court room, having been continued
A man giving his name as James-(mm this morning.
Sullivan. but who afterward admit-l .
ted his was Angelo Tanifanc, of New; " r
Haven, came to South Norwalk yea. INEW “RITA“ _
terday. and attempted to work a film-l BLOCK BL RNED
some on some of the residents., ,. . __.
He told several conflicting stories at' N BRITAIN. Nov. 12.-Dsnla o
the tlme of his armt and to Judge «timed buwmu $23.00 and 330.056
George it. Vosbmsh in the city court. was caused by fll'" shortly after said-
thiu mills. . , night today in a row of stores is
From what could be learned Alb. Simon's Block. or lu'n mm. a
relo came have in coma-my with two short unused north of the railroad
colored men and a white man. whom; tracks which bisect the city. The
he said he met on the train. Ho ear-e Ire started in Tom Harvey's tailor
rhd a "trick lock” with hint. and abopaadsproad to eight other stores.
.... up a lob with his trio fl "the loss by In was mt Irtensivc.
found friends to not some the greatest damage being caused by
stoke. nearly an the stores having
carried large. Marks 1-? men‘s and
women's clothing and Incas. When
an alarm was sounded at . 11:48
o'clock aging” 'i" uea latbroo
I‘m "oil ya... “tympani
by In debunk apparatus and s do
has «WWW into “1ng
E
r
. .
Increasing Claudineso Tonight
q
PWO cm
_. 0., — ..,______._..._....,.
intuit: tttmtt 200,666"
will moon, MARCHlNG 0N i g
. lllE REBELS IN. Pllli
uh...
Opposing Forces Have M
e .
-——————__._._.~_
“Will-”Ml“— Mm:
WE" “HAVE it:§2i°.23°‘鑧ffm3“'
John Saaejko Walks 0d
Meeker Coal Company’s
Dock After Losing Watch
and Money
STATE “tilt ,
M m llNlANll
1.333.. hangoumhgd‘smzmbe‘r‘hfflmvemor General Nehru“.
v ‘ ll 7 I . a a 0
John Bazeiko, of Winnlpauk, took al DEM by the Md
short stroll down Smith street aboutl Element .
midnight and walked out on the
Meeker Coal Company's dock for the
purpose of petting a bit of fresh air. _ .
and collecting his scattered thoughts. of 200,00 loyal troops, Is marching
lJog" alts; Ihmlrht:i to‘ggpf oughgr‘eion l’etrograd, where the Maxima—
‘"" 9' 9 5““ ' n ‘3‘ . ‘xlists rapidly are losing power. The
Hold Watch, and his house key it:- . .' . . -
disappeared "to so suddenly and corn- Bolshevdtt “”15””: ,m Moscow,
pleteiy. While trying to settle these apparently was abortive and lb.
puzzling problems John entirely for- loyal troops have driven the ram.
'80! that the" ll an 9nd '0 dwklulutionarics into the Kremlin.
1“" a“ the" l' 3“ “d t” all things I General Korniloff, leader of tha'
recent futile revolt, General Kal-
He awoke to the full realization of
this fact, however. when he sudden- _
eddies, former betmnn of the Don.
Michael Rodztan'ko,
Premier Kort-risky, at the heat!
owned by luminous rot lhol
,waters of the Norwalk harbor with a
égloriowt mush: John hundred to
(grab ahold of a spite, however, and
once firmly established at this haven
‘of safety he got his lungs to working ,
lin great shape. ‘
ly stepped out into thin air. and a
few aeconds later )truck the mid Cossacks;
I president of the Ducts, and Prm
lessor Milukofl', Constitutional
Democratic leader, are reported to
be forming a government in Mora
cow. Probably such an organisms
The man's 07": we’re heard I’V'tion would be more conservative
Charles Guamieri. who notified. the
‘when he met Sergeant Hart and an ‘
Body of FormerQueen toLie;
_ sand persons assembled to hear him.
:uptown police that there was some-
I. ,
than the Kerousxy ministry, and
,whether it. is supporting Koren-r
(Continued on Eleventh Pare.) lflkl' l“ "m .l't‘l_ll"!li’fllt‘d-
_,, , 'l'lte Bolshevikt and the Kareno
. 'sky forces have not yet engaged in
PRESIIIENT TALKS lextensive fighting. Loyal troop.
’have occupied Tsarkoe-Selo, fife
teen miles south of Petrogrnd, and
T" WBRKMEN'ani" Kcrcnsky and his troops .
'arc reported at Catchina,‘ abon‘
-——-—-- lthirty miles south-southwest ofi
Says the' Present 18 a TimeEthe capital. Food supplies in Pee
. . .trograd are reported. to be vcryt
More Critical Than the,low, and the Cossacks there are
Work] Hag Yet Known ”melting the Minimalists in resist»
. .ing the Maximaltsts. ‘v
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 12.—-Presi-! Apparently there have been 11G
fag. ‘V‘fogmtm; 3:33:31: $535; further defections to the Bonita.
o ew r . . . .
an address beforl the annual conVun- “l“ fi‘m‘ the army and gamsonu.
tho of the American Federation of 14037311“. "OOPS “9W control “l’ -
[Laban His entrance to the convention chief Wireless station, one report
.58" was the signal for a tremendous from which says the overthrow of
'°‘"b"m °‘ “bee“ “m“ ""3 '1‘ "'0" the'revolt is “only a matter 0!
days or hours.”
8 mul ompers. esid t of the, . . .
Fedzratleonf‘ln introduzi’ng 3:: Wilson,‘ ‘ The Radical clement ll} Finland
referred to him as "this man of des- has seized the opportunity to ate
“‘le 'Wl‘e'm 10" medom- inter- tempt to set up a separate govern-s
prefer 0' a" aims “d spirit °' mr ment. Govemor-Gcneral Nekm
:ggggggggtmmgfigure" sofl'has been dismissed, his place
Mr, Wilson m by flying he 9,. taken by a swim and a state 0‘
teamed it a privilege and an honor to war has been proclaimed. 'l'hd,
be present as it seemed to him a time Finnish Diet has voted to [‘in
{33:12:};‘afizg'mcggméoz isle" supreme power in the province to ‘
nation together" . 7 state directorate. . .v . .
The president referrtd to the presentt Italian .reststance is strflemng
as "'a time more eriticsl than the world along the Piave line and in thfi
1"", {redskrm’nfi'hnt “imthi t f Snga'nagValley, and the Austria-v
l e I ' '
counsel to 23mind din-'sti-lvelsmhmown til; German progressvls slowmg “a";
war came about" he continued. “This The invaders have not been
2—— . Ito cross the have from around.
W 0- flu Milo.) eltrc to the Adriatic. The Vldot'
I ' bridgehead, on the esotem bank
STRIKE BREAKERS of "the river, was defended stub-I
:bornly by the Italians, who finally
BADLY BEATEN lretircd across the river after blowc
uovsrou 'r 1 Nov 1» rivaling.” the Md.“ - . .
first trouble 'of the'oil field {SI-(ml ,‘holent lighting m m progres‘ ‘
um, n, reported .043" v“hominid Astago and the Seth com.-
strikebteakm in the (loose geek mum to the west. Berlin report!
field having been attacked and beat {progress on the Setti Continual
en. Producers in the field have ask- and in the 8mm", Valley, M
'd "m mm h' be declared. {against strong ltalian resistance.
East of Asiago the “aligns, to g
a desperate charge, were a e to I'd-
l ‘ “um”. 3221'" Ann". {capture positions from the invader .
f sasuvtbul, run. Nov. 12,.- m. and in the Sugana Valley man
One man was, killed and two were the Austro-itaiian bo ~
wounded in alishooting alray at Buo-
ea and an enemy advance
.Itnston (M3,. VII!“ . f. m
lwent to the home of m.‘ e permanence of the Plan
“3., g. arrest of u. mline depends mostly on the suede!
,mm m... .9... m. it"... a. or failure or the Ammonia-a.
rcrters from the 14ch rm mum. blow in In Isi 0 re ' mliuam‘
'Two of the Whittaker boys, lulW’observers thing you,
ed, "calm Shawl: "' mm in France there has been littld
.33.", 0,1,2, m ma" g... gaming activity of moment.
(It . “townhouse” “'""
.ONE KILLED TWO HURT, “MING
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Norwalk Chronicler