ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PART. 0' THE WORLD IV A "KIM. Will AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
Entorcd at the South Norwalk Put
Office as Second Clau Matter.
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lummnmmml
immmmnnm
ans Make Attack in;I -
ambrai Area Under theflcfll “Ill-[D
‘adership of General Von f ,
”sum AND 25 Hillii
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a“T. N. T.” Plant of the Aetna
Chemical Company, . at.
, Are Evasive i Heidelburg, Pa., ls Wreck-’
ionisation 1
Is tannin:
«1 ' , n Emissaries Find Re-
. f. of the1Centrai Pow-
» the llamilrai net-top and mt the
em Italian from.- tllc enemy
resimtod hin (hurts to dislodge
Allied troops. The British re-
scd German ei’i'orts llenr ('uln-
i and east of Asiago the ital.
h are engaged ill it furious hat-
with tho- Austrotiernlans.
. rman attacks in the t'aluhrlli
zit, under the leadership of lien.
.‘ilt'i' Maritz, were against the'
.them and “analogs of lht'l
ient. After the British lllid re-
48,000 Gallon Tank in Which]
Explosive Was Being Both,
ed, Gave Way ‘
PITTSBURG. PL, Dec. 6.-uEight‘
I minor week. i“ ”W "Tim"; men were killed two areal-slung“!
Gonnelieu M Vacquerie, more than twenty-live were injured‘
trlephone operator. _
her switchboard in the rear of the:
wrecked plant and telephoned hoapl-l
this and physicians. '
west of‘U" i, the Ger-fmany of them serioualy. late yeater-'
us hurled stroll?! forces'against day by It}. expioalon that marked thet
Vacqtterid. General ang's‘ ”1" N; T' ”'3'" 0‘ "‘f‘ 591"“ (helm-i
. ~ . . ' leal tompany. at Heldelburg, a nu-.
it checked tilt} Germans I" se- burb. The explosion did damage es-
refigllting. 0n the northern end. iimatsd m 32504.0(, m u". “a," and:
"attack u'as'alzaiust the line hhatlered windows in factories and,
.. t ' ~ :6 " raiaof nenr'twn
tuelg Biathlon” - “”“i:._ld:“1. :33: Kill (ii iii: udead and ihiurello
’"vrp." Tim “M WP" 5“ ’3 are employees of the companY- ‘V
[3"!th atliiery: , . The cause of the explosion has not.
'1'?!" £07993 "f ““9"“ hurried been deto rmined. It occurred in the"i
{the Cambrai arch convinced tile'drylng department in one of the eight;
itiah leaders that the enemy hadfiflfitw gallon tahkn In which tritrit-li
)‘Pt given up hope of the hiotfi Elgiiiizoutioiltd ”"9”“ ””0“”. V",
u out the salient. notwitilatand-l Many 0, "how injured m", their.
j‘tileiten-re'losseshe'hlm sustain- my“ to prompt medical aid which]
' in the p..'~‘r.-\\'t't‘k. The iiourioll was summoned by Grace Lyons. a:
rod fwhition, the dominating: one" who stayed at ,
est of ('amh'rai'. 'is'ailnost ill '11
icket, and a dispatch from iirit-i
i lieildq‘ulli'ters' intimates thati
e. British front would he stronger
'dtlliillj. it. However, . the British
till withstand successfully tier-
.tn attempts to recapture tilt"
.nilrlnn' milibh.‘ ;
'l'he. Austrofierman push to
weak through tn. Vieeuza and the
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wrrze, but the itaiians are standing.
tie. shot-l; well. The lit-tack is.
goimt a line from Monte SismnoLl
lil‘l’h through Hollie Meietta and; n was definitely stated today thittl
in}. to Monte Butleneeehe. “est 'h‘ Boardman Burchard proper” at
i‘o-the Brenta River. a front oi‘,w"mm.fl Point had “m Mm mm.
bout i“! Mi!“- Th“ first F5“"£The Ewning Sentinel some few
if the enemy was from the north-l weeks alto. printed a story. sayinzi
"(int between Sise'nii and Melettllf ”‘3‘ a large New “’39" shipbuilding
. . . sand aero lane motor construction
on this “.8“ lirukelrup in hand mmompany ‘3‘“ “WWW“ for prop".
nml fighting. ill which the attueku I)" m that section. but that nothing
on. silfl'emi heavy casualties and definite courd be learned about the
t‘t . w l hundred‘irisoners ilrlnaner. .
“55;: £31!“ I . It is said on good authority that
' ”piles are being driven near the prop-
ierly, and that it is quite evident that.
isomething in the way of constructionl
.work was going on down there. The'
government surveyors. who were here
irocenlly surveying the channel. which
has [0 be deepened by about two feet.
Ialso surveyed along this property off
shore, and it is thought that n chan-
nel might be constructed there.
tillllllli—iilii
tlill_li_£_slll!llF11i .. ..
Contained the Town Offices.
and Public ”br'rY-lmte‘oun MEN KILLED ,_
1‘ of 325.000 i IN TRAIN WRECK
-PLAlN\’ll-LE. Dec. 6.-—Plainrille'az ROCHESTER, N..Y.. Dec. ti—lblu'
town hall, erected about thirty-Inf." were killed and two seriouly in-
Others 'in This Vicinity.
Keeping Line of Situation;
,taaatznued on Page Fin)
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__lfilE88ll.S; IN [Xii0SI0N1
anon
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Pathe Freres Will Have Rep-
resentatives Here Taking
Views of Reception
Camp Devens Men
REVIEW AT THE
mainlin-
iFoothall Game Sunday Af-’
ternoon and Entertain-v
merits in Evening
i’illhe l-‘rerra will have a represelit-
alive in Konralk Saturday afternoon
sake of the homecoming
sol lers 0 Company 1, 30m: infantry,
on the occallon of tho inception which
is to betendered td tid- by the mm
of Norwalk. "'A representative of the
company we:- in town yesterday after-
-noon. at which‘ time arrangements
were made for adding to this feature
of the weekend celebration.
The Pathe photographer willbe here
throughout the afternoon and will pic-
ture the soldiera and the crawls. all
iaiong the line of march and will, lnci- Norwalli Men Likely “HRVC.
deutlly. picture some
spot» of ill! city.
(‘halrman Isl. ii. . Gitliaher. Samuel
Kantor ofthe Regent Theatre and An-
of the betuty
idrew .l. Collins of the 'Palace Theatre.’
are in take the hotographer in charge
The local thent hove made arrange-
ments to buy iii picthm which are to
be taken and they will later be shown
at the local playhouses, as well on
throughout the cdulltry.
Plans for the hit fecepiioltare being
jpushedrapidly by the various dimmlt-i
in charge. lTp to the present time.
hon-ever. there has nct'been a suffi‘
clent retponse tovthe call for funds.
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. fit is hoped that this will be done away ”'0 weeks' trip 0” "'9 New "‘7'"
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.WW, Plain» evidently is i",But Government Men andg flVAKflETSFRflM l
iwnlililliiluls
iAssailant of Henry J. Hipson?
Pleads Guilty to Attempt-
ed Highway Robbery This
Morning in Superior Court
BRIDGEPORT. Dec. 6.—Daniei No-
vak, oi Norwaik. pleaded guilty to
day in the Superior Court to the
charge of attempted highway robbery
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liiil llliillii’i'
llllil Aliiii
NEAR illllillll
BRIDGPORT, Dec. 8.—Craahlng
through a state highway fence, roll-
ing over embankment 18 feet high
and landing bottom ride up in a ditch
a .hig seven W‘Bulch tour-
nv
’ ilmns Militiiilil
lawn
to
.tdrs ago. and holding the town lib- jured inst night. when gm uh suing car, bearing the Connecticut rog-
i'v'r)‘ bulk-.60 to" om"- "6 bound for New York,rau intonfntaht Mutton number 14479 caught Ire
frowned this noon. The blaze started at Susquehanna. P3, an“: mania“ was destroyed late yesterday it'-
- the too-I and as quarter: by the of the nm were derailed and tanner-iteration at '- "om
_v:-luntcer fire department. and may mg". m a narrow escape, but pond on of Hillard.
Mn been caused by cigar or clg- w'nn neriounly injured. The wreckage The at l .
matte left. .to-amnnlder when
gowns wen cloned last night. The ber of an W m Iminding to the ranch-anon nu l-
tb‘tm-attnlnnd‘hodwnp when anon were completely burned. ‘ .. ~ w rata- only“
» bvm'III-the street. and In it in said the M'mm The wreck we ”covered biasing .. It.” 1.....- it" u,-
n... l —‘*--1/’ ' am W, '1' “I“ “1“." 4—mo- ln more! new aura
reflections-mt ,ibflWJotnhtho -‘tblf Wat-MM 31-h " -
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ownedby'l'holnasl. 'srda.
the cttllc freight unat$andam Ethan. of Padlcatraot. Bridgeport, maintenance-mun.”
scorn nonwau, con, unison, one. o, 1917
Generally Fair Tonight and Friday
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{Labor Survey Shows Work-
! ers Are Convinced Profits
Are Unduiy Large
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-- The in-
partment of Labor, reporting m till
two months survey of labor enndb
'iiens in thirty-seven clues b New
York state, untied there in more In-
.nrt in 'i‘nctorles working a direct
‘war. order: than in plants otherwise
organized labor that the direct war
order Irma are taking excm profits.
The reports indicate that lndnntrlea
hard hit by the war are pleasure at:-
tomobile pitta, carpetn. nae ltld
gloves. fancy sweaters. brootn’Qd
brushh, typewriter! and high grade
woodwork.
who are being laid 0! by then inc-
torieli are readily lndtng employment
in similar wwh.
From schdnied return! It in not
.clear how many women have replac-
ed men. There in mach to believe
however. that the number runs well
found that women' are given a piece
over 1,000. in u! .pn & Vil‘
nah-n—
(Continued warrior 16o)
,SilliiiEIiS MAY
5 BEiiEhiiEii'
{I Inspection at Camp Dev-
! ens on-Satur’day-Morning
. That the Norwalh soldiers may not
reach here until Sunday morning in
hinted in a letter which a reporter at
The Sentinel received from one of the
otllcerll this morning. The letter con
tains some interesting local informa-
ttlon; and In all followu—
Camp Devenll. Ayer, Mann.
; December 5. 1911.,
l The ton of atulf from the R. t 0.
Co. rolled into camp today, after a
TRaiil’oud. and has been delivered to
E Company 1.
; It looks as if all the Norwalh men
lwould have to stand inspecth Saturv
engaged owing to the conviction of.
It is noted that workmen!
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tunmm
illicit Bl l. to.
iEither Unit Operation by the
Railroads or Control by
2 the Government Are the
Alternates
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‘l stimuli ' '
ls SlitifiliSii-lei
Just and Reasonable Rates
Sufficient to Yield Fare Re-
turns Are Needed
'WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.4m rall-
ward as one of the biggest domestic
problems before the Mall“! and
Congrens an a result of a spacial re
port made yesterday to Caligula by
the interstate Commerce Commission
covering the railroad war sltuatlm.
This report. which came more or
lens in the nature of a surprise.
though believed now to have been
foreshadowed by the President's ref-
erence to the railroads, yesterday ap-
peared at first glance to be a blow
pt tthn railroads in that it ,placed
as one alternative their taking over
by the Government and their opera~
tlon under Government oflcinls for
the duration of the‘war.
Bin careful reading of the report
by otlctala bu brought the view
the commiulon had actually come to
the railroads' annintnnce and that on-
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
tililiEilihiii
Willi iliiNiEiii’i
idny morning. if no, this means getting
tin late Saturday evening. and a par-
‘nde Sunday morning.
Norwaik men detailed to organics-v
tlons scattered all over camp are gen}
ting ready to go down with Companyi
l for the parade. ‘
(continued on Page Two)
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} Declared to have violated the ”Uni-
ited Staten postal laws by using the.
malis to promote the, sale of an ordi-l
nary little, piece of wire with a few
mystifying pieces of metal attached
to it to disguise it, to owners of
Ford automobiles. Paul Parry. of the:
Golden Hill Hotel. Bridgeport, in un-‘
der arrest why. He charged ‘5
each for the wires. and it in said. that
when attached, they will hob the:
theadllghta burning steadily whether
the engine is running or not.
i This scheme is similar to that of i
Ethel salmon can, and the wet news-l
.. paper and wire scheme which was
«manned on Page Two)
LIVESTOCK RATES
TO BE REDUCED
wnsmvm-ox. Dee. drumstic-
“m thm mil“ 'n vlvmocli rates from limo-rt pal-u railroads war hoard. Him!!! and
"a WM 9'. [min III NM Inch
illinois, was old-rad
"Vanuatu-willie
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Oificials Summoned to Show
' Cause Why They Should
Not Be Punished '
Charged with contempt of court In
disobeying an injunction, John W.
Sculley. of South Norwalk. president
of the National Hatterll' association;
Hugh C. Shalvoy, secretary of the
Danbury local. and Samuel Maraneo
have been summoned to appear be-
fore the SuperiOr court on Tuesday.
December ll, to show cause why
they shall not be punished.
Al is generally known. there. has
been a strike in Danbury for months.
Several of the big hat makers tin-
ally started their factories with "open
shop" as the rllle.
The. usual intimidation and pres-
sure was exerted and an application
was mule for an iniundion. This
was granted by the Superior court
(Continued on Page Twelve)
cocoon-cumsmns
PACKAGES GO ABROAD
0
NEW YORK, Dec. d.—Approxi-
mately 600009 Christmas packager
have been 'dlnpntched to American
loldlorl abroad as a result at the pub»
lldl m to tho country—wide .
campaign urging early mailing of
guts. it wan reported tonistht by the
ponthl authorities have been deluged
with parents of varying I'm for sev
'cral wants put. each having to be
road question has thrua: itself for-rm
Explosion ill Rockingllam arbor
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ill Collision. and Both Were Destroyed.
Killing the (Inns and Scores of Other
Persons
ilmmfl) MllWAYIiAmcrican Ammunition Ship and Another Vessel
a
Railway Depot Collapsed and
Many Warehouses Damaged
Telegraph and telephone (Io-panics Crippled
80 That it Will Be- iially liays Ichre.
Business (Inc lie Rescued-«Time Stern.
Sweeping harbor at The oi Accident
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am, It. 8, Dec. 6,—8com of
and 0f '
m or building! destroy a 5;” win. film
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Stunt-00m. . -
Formanyyursfialifaxhasbccnthacflélntuh" milltu'yand
navalstationonthchmcricancontincnt.luharbor,onoo¢ithcmdfi
spaciousinthcworld,islargcmnghto float the outflow
asthemultofthccnplosionsonamnnitionldpinficharbortoday.
Itiaesthnatedthatthcpropertylo-wfllmiltothenumona.
Thenorthendofthc llama.
lavyandisrtrongiyfortiflcd. Inadditiontothcf ’ than
hagovcrmcntdockyardcontaininganinmancdrydochnfi
Thccity’spopulation.accordingtothc 1911 mi: about
17,660.11alifaxiathe terminuaofthcdaudianl" Infl—
way and the Canadian Government Railways. Sim-hp opu-
atebctweentheponandpomtainlcwfoudlnldcrutnritmm
United States and the West Indies.
Sincethcontbreakofthcwar,fialifuhuammncdamorcimo-
we.
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