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l:
IN noise to M Tchltcherin, the Russian
Ne his nssociale, M. Karakhan. called at
"'2‘ not been established nor have they
‘I
importance of
a
" .at the* cantonments and base hpslll-fed- -co'
‘ PHIIIIAHII Alll HE
respondent at Basel.
'vioes. that with Count van Mll'bach
Ablation of Count Von erbacb, the
INNNNNNNIIN
Wires Blown Down But Loss
i ”blown ddwn by a typhoon which struck
the Philippines Saturday. The amount
‘ or damage that was. caused
. not extensive.
. typhoon. and imbedded in the mud. The
Judging by the speed with which [led site attention
was
-vallsnddmdroofs.mgolngupmn~'m
I
assocIa-rso Passe Mews Paola ALL ran-rs 5r TH! elem Iv a SPECIAL was me our! own oreaaroa
Entered at the south Norwalk Pool
Office as Second Club Honor.
scorn SCREEN]. m losoav, was a, 1m
Fair Tonight and Tuesday
All HHIIHAH
CHASE BREAKS;
,WIIH RUSSIA
Entire Population Declared
{'NNNIIWN INTI IN
ENEMY EMBASSY
K30unt Von Mirbach Victim
of Assassins and Troops
Now Protect the Germans
at Moscow
and Guard Has Been
Placed at VladivOstok
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Supply of Provisions for U.
, S. Armies at Murmansk
III’EN HEIIEIIIIIN
Paris Press—u.” Regards. Assas-
sination as First Awaken-
ing of Vengeance Against
Tyranny ‘ ‘ -‘
COPENHAGEN, July 8,—Jl'he entire
population of the Mormon coast (on
the Kola peninsula. bordering the
White Sea and the Artie) has broken
with Russia and Joined the cutouts.
according to a dispatch from VaIdoon
Norway, to the “Chl'lstiania Tldeus
Tag“ n
A supply of provisions from the
United States has arrived at Mur-
lnansk. the dispatch adds.
‘ ”PARIS. July 8.—~All mews the new
of the assassination.“ Count yon M,
boob, German ambassador at Mosel-
foroign minister M Tchitcherin and
the German embassy and amassed the
regret and indignation of the govern
ment at the occurrence says a Bellin
dispatch. forwarded by the Havas cor-
WASHINGTON. July S.—Fighting
took place in Moscow between Bolshe-
vlk forces and Revolutionary Social-
ists following the assassination of
Count von Mirbach. the German am-
bassador. according to an ofllcial dis-
ratch today from Switzerland.
The identity of the assassins has
been arrested. the message states. - I
It appears, according to these ad
when he was attacked were Herr
Elmer, the counselor of the em
and a German officer NeitharM
was injured.
"in than comments on the assas-
MBrritlsh and French troops landed a:
the rtlfknflln N‘PWN ml. cl.“
this year and have been or operating
with the council of workmen' I and so!
diers' delegates in the: defense of the
Kola and Murmnn coast and railway
against attacks which were being
made by Finnish white guards. Rus-
sian red guards were also acting with
the British and French troops uncle
the dlrectlbn of the Murman Soviet
war council, which consisted of on
(Continua CITE;- mm
SIHAI’I’EII IN SEAT,
IIIH EIIEHS HIE
Lieutenant and Mechanician
Killed In Burning Airplane
Near Ardmore. Okla. '
ARDMORE. Okla. July 8. —-Lleuten-
not E. B. Sullivan and his mechanic-
lan. Doyle, of Barronilold Fort Worth
Texas. were burned to death near
here yesterday when their machine
fell into a nose spin from a height of
about 100 feet.
Lieutenant Sullivan and his mechan-
iciag; in a two-seated machine! with
ano er army aviator in a one-heated
llnfiiteldmsagliiz iizgmggngugg {Egyudl machine. came here yesterday on a
the Philippines. was blown on the firaictice flight The other machine
beach of a Philippine port during the' a mat passed out of sight on the
-rcturn trip when the officer attempted
to rise against a brisk wind
As the airplane plunged to earth
flames burst from the machine which
ibmrned fiercely for twenty minutes.
firm We men were strapped into their
Iseats and were unable to extricate
themselves. ‘
Paris newspapers unanimously ox-
preas the opinion that the event will
he likely to cause complications the
which cannot
gauged
“The first awakening of the ven-
. (Continued 0n Pale Six)
[ NIHIHES
SIEAIIEH ASHIIHE
in Manila Is Not Extensive
MANlLA July 8.——-Wires mere
In the
provinces has not yet been learned
diving to the interruption of wire
communication ‘Manlla was hard
hit by the storm. but the loss was'
Filipino company which charters the:
_ateamer, started the work of salvaging
her when the storm began to abate
yesterday. The vessel was loadedwith
general merchandise and it was plan-
la belle her take on hemp at her
Philippine port of call.- A
40 RECREATION .
HOUSES :FOR RED
CROSS NURSES
v The American Red Cross is lilac.
.EFFECTIVE POLICY
;"'A INU. s. AIRPLANE
PRODUCTION NOW
WASHINGTON, July 8.-A policy
now effective in American airplane
mils forty Nurses' Recreation House‘s production is that of supplementing h
to be built. at the request and with spruce wood supply by using selected
the approval of the Surgeon General timber of other more widely distribut-
erciaL varieties.
tall; in connection with nurses' bole-A that exhaustive tests made by the for
tracks. All of these buildings will be out service. followed by experiments in
in use within the next two months, construction, have proved that requi-
lane of strength and
Gross work has cosh contracted In ftnanallgh
.°. past. Already in mumblioaarssmed in
club houses. with lineu- whitened
the eye: of tho-nurses them-
selves. .
filo
to Have Joined the Entente.
it is said '
may!“ ‘l‘plane building are .,
. degree by iother main
metal iWhite pine. and that ‘
IIIIIII NNN NNNN
WHEN Illllll NNNN
INNN NNNNNNNN
Wills and Loth Slider Frac-
tured Ribs—Two Slightly
Injured ‘-
Three Bridgeport men and one Strat-
ford man were injured in an automo-
bile accident, in Georgetown. just over
the‘Canuondale line, yesterday after-
~. noon .at_4:li5 o'clock. and the quartet
were taken to the Norwaik Hospital.
where two of the party. Charles A.
Wills of 132 Wheeler avenue and
Rudolph Loth. of 769 Jefferson place.
Btraiford, were found to be ticketing
with fractured ribs. The other live.
Harry Smith. of 162 Wheeler avenue.
and George Loth. of 386 Wheeler ave-
we were badly bruised.
Milludgod Distance.
car and. in going along the road. turn
oil out to give another car ro'om to
pass. when the driver evidently nua-
ludged the distance and the front
wheel hit a large rock, turning the ma»
chine over. The man were all thrown!
out and they were taken, to Norwallr
lloapltal.’ All members of the party
were badly bruised and shaken up ex
cept Harry Smith, who suffered only
from shock.
The machine was badly damaged.
especially the radiator. wind shield
and top, but it was towed Into Nor-
walk for repairs. The men with the
fracturcd‘ribs will probably remain In
the hospital for several days~while
the other two men were allowed to go
to their homes last night.
IIAIIAN EIIEH
HIIEEH III EAIE
Was Making Nose Dive for
Benefit of Italian Mission
wo-——-
MINEOLA. N. Y July 8.—-Sergeant!
Glanfelice Gino. of the Royal ltallan
Flying Corps—van killed in an airplane
accident at Hazelhurat held. youth-day.
while making a tailspin for the
benefit of the. ltalian mission to the
United States. and Major General
William L. Kenly.
tary aeronautical
structlng American aviators here for
some time. was the tutor of Captain
Antonio Silvio Reshati. the Italian
airman, who fell to his death here
last May.
Although it was stated last night
that an olilcial inquiry might be
made into the cause of yesterday' s ac-
cident, Giuseppe Bevione, chief of the
.ltalian military mission for aeronau'
tics. issued a‘statemont in which he
(Continued on Page Tell)
rEIIEHSflHENEH
IIIAZE IN AIII
Airmen Descend Safely Near
Hartford, Conn” When Oil
Lead Catches Fire
Service. and his mechan‘lclan.
Hartford late yeslérday when
lured; home Ahavingput out the fire
Nan the way , own before the machine
ad been seriously damaged They
were bound for Mlneola. L I from
Middleton. where they had been for
the Fourth.
» Libutenant Bentley said that as they
heaéh'ed Hartford the oil lead broke.
Scattering oil over the machine andon
hlsfaoe. Flre broke on aim '
I
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IN 9*",‘l’08l8
Rapid-Firsts: Literally
GroundW Infi the Earth
HHHNIIIHE
l
Wills was driving his Ford touring
I
i
sergeant Gino, who had been in-
HARTFORD.» Conn, July 84mg“. conscious in the road.
tenant F. B Bentley. of the Aviation A
Ser- heavy touring car came along and'rnn
scant Harold Alkins. were flying liver over his foot Another machine hll
airplane took fire while' about “2.000 AW“? “1° “’0" was attended t
feet. in the air. The men landed unin“
Prospects for wed Victory
Never Seemed as Bright
“as at Present .
WITH THE 8311138 All? In
FRANCE July Ir—lloWI-m attempt
by the Gormanl'to I!
wanted from meat new by the
combined Australiannbllborlcan attack
has been reported today blot satin.
had with the poiitiond acquired from
the enemy in the initial attack. the.
Australians Friday night again drove
forward Just south of Valro wood and
Jammed the Bocha back some 460 .
yards more along a front of 2,000
yards. The operation was entirely
successful and has made the newline
much stronger
Details are now available concern-
lng the work of the large fleet of
links which participated in Thurs-
day's battle. The tank: rendered: in.
valuable assistance to the at
infantry. 1919mm! III“ I
one or the moat mo‘lnlnnl assaults
ever undertaken ‘Im the British front
(Continued On Page Six)
lllllHHISl SPEEHS
AWAY AFIEH HE
HHNS III/EH HAN
director or mIII- Elihu Fenton. of Southport,’
in N oil-walk Hospital—Foot
Injured
Run over by a heavy automobile
while he lay unconscious in the road.
Elihu Fenton. of Southport. is in the
Nomlk Hospital. taken there last
hight. suffering with a badly crushed
right foot. The driver of the machine
which caused the injury did not stop
do learn the extent of the injuries inl-
posed upon the. unconscious man and
disappeared in a cloud of dust. Pass»
ersby. however, sow the brutal act and
yelled at the speedinar'automohlle in
which some women were riding but
they did not halt.
Fenton rides a motorcycle and
yesterday afiemoon. about 5 o’clock,
he was riding his machine loWard
Bridgeport along the Post road at
Greens Farms; Arbig machine with a
New Jersey number crowded .hlm.off
the road and. losing control of the
machine. he went over an embank-
ment.- Fcnton was thrown into the,
seat but was uninjured and attempted , .
to get the machine back into the road
again When he collapsed and fell up-
As he lay where he I... fallen the
TELEGRAPHERS’ HEAD“ ‘
CALLS STRIKE OFF
CHICAGO. July. 8.-—'l‘hb strike of
tele pliers fiemployed by the Western
Union Tole Company, set for
o'clock toda d not take place. A‘th
Enemy Crews With Their
‘ noes. Letters and papers were scab
1ch mo. ago and Private John
INNNNNN IAIIE
$1,000 Al NNN
NNNNNNNN. II.
Postmaster Discovers Rob-
bery\ Upon Opening for
Business Saturday Morn-L
lug—Authorities Find No
Clue to Robbers
orNEW MILFORD. July 8.—Rcbbery
“81000 was discovered at the New
Preston post office. Saturday morning,
when the postmaster opened for busi-
tere'd over the door and all the turn!-
ture turned upside down
The robbers ransacked every
available place where they thought
money or valuables would be stored
away. and they were careful not to
leave anything escape their eye
while in their quest for booty. Up to
the present time no .trace of the thiev-
as has been found
NNNNNN NIININ
INNNNNN N NNNN
Miss Katherine Ann Sturges.
and Worker for Good in
the Community
Miss Katherine Ann Sturges, one o
Wilton' a most popular daughters. died
F ige home of léer sonata. Mina Mal
. mom on
:‘l‘lle (littoral “AMI will lie bold
warfrom St. Matthew, that
day: afternoon. “at 3. do o'clock. the
rector. Rev. Ghdrlb .‘NA. Markham ,
clating. The bulls] l he in the fam-
lly plot in St; Matthew’s church yard.
bliss sturgoa was the daughter of
John Bundle and Mary Fitch Sturges,
and tin born in the old colonial home
stead? on Sturges' Ridge, which was
pullt by her ancestors in the earliest
days of Wilton parish on Sept 9th.
1854 .
‘J
(continued 0!! M.- 81!)
IIEIIHHIAISEHVIEE
a Well-Known Educator up
roll. o'n‘l‘lleii ‘
AND CRUSH
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ASPIISIEIIATIIES.
NINNNNININNNNNNN
leley of Shots Answers Ar.
kansas Sheriff’s Command
to Kramer Band to Surren-
dot
l
Three persons were killed yesterday
in two pitched battles between officers
and a band of tweatrvdve or more al-
leged donation and their supporters
In a woods eight miles west of Heber
Springs. Ark.
Camp Pike has been asked to fur.
nish soldiers to aid in the command-
The dead are: Peter Hazelwood, a
chauffeur; Tom Atkinson. aged fifty-
ilve. and his son. aged eighteen
The first light took place only yes-
terday morning at the Atkinson home
where. It is alleged. draft resistels
have been harbored.
m
(Continued On Page Tell)
”" Willi
NIIIE INNNNN TENN
Knighthood Degree Confer-
red on a Class of Seventy-
Eight Before 500 Men inI
Music Hall
The Knights of Columbus of western
Connecticut .to the number of five
NNNNNNNNNNNN;
I A memorial service for the boys ofI
the service of their country was held!
last evening. A large congregationl
was in attendance. the. families of that“;
departed boys occupying seats espe-
clally reserved for them.
The three boys of the parish who
have sacrificed their lives for the sake
of their country were Private Ken
neth' Hall and Private Lstor Guernsey
James.- both of whom died of wounds
received In action in France. about
Cheshire Burwell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Burwell. of Quintard place. who
lost his life while driving an ambm
lance in Francel. ’ .
Dr. Carl A. Harstrom was the speak-
‘er of the evening and he gave an ex-
cellent address. The address ol‘Dr.
'Harstrom. who dwelt on the thought
(Continued on and Page). [ C
Co 'coNEUMERs
u in
to prevent or petition next win
of the fuel l ines which caused
suffering over the country during the
last cold seasons. Householders will
be allowed only the ‘ambtlnt of coal
necessary to beat their 11 mos t a
temperature of 68 degree ,
”one the. wrangle _
We“: labs-
I
; . The Opposition apparently will con-
trol the Assembly: by a fair majority
. When the Assembly meets, It will elect '
also will come‘lbelore.lt, out: as con--
notational amendment perml
hundred assembled yesterday after-
noon in Music Hall. The occasion was
the conferring cf the Knighthood de-
gree on a class of seventy-eight Incin-
bers.- Th‘e hilair Was under the ads-
pices of Scuth Norwalk Council, who
had 40 to receive the honors; 26 came
Trinity church who have died while in} from 30mm” 10 from Norwalk and Thierry on a sector adjo
two candidates from Bridgeport. State;
Deputy Su reme Knight William J.
Cronin, of ow Haven, was in charge I
or the work. assisted by State Score-I
tary J. M. Philips of Hartford: Dis
(Continued on Page Ten)
I
PRIEST KILLED I
DURING ELECTION
"PANAMA July 8.-—Th‘o Gavornment
forces were defeated yesterday in the
elections to the National Assembly;
which 'choooes a president. American
soldiers acted as Watchers at the.
polls, and the election was quiet. The
only untoward incident reported was
that of Father Polo. a priest. being.
killed at Santa lsabelia. hear Colon
a president to fill the unexpired two
years of the term of the late President
Valdez. other 1 pp cations
This measure is believed to be
in favor of E A. Mdmles who was
Minister to the United States.
OFFICER HAS
THROAT SLASHED , ‘
Benjamin Horton our
poll death early today. when
slashed 1:!me
“m “hit?“ ”at;
am
all that.“
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MISSIS ~ INNNNI NINNN NN ‘
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. July 8....
‘Abecn very active for mo
' and there, but not In great siren, .
Iof Saturday, when thef. Frail
‘southeast of Cape Sil
’of that troubled country
born in Columbia and who was louder ‘
H II PIISSI V,
From Thirty to Forty Divicr I
sions of Troops Ready tom
the Fray, and Allies Await.
With Confidence tm Big“
Attack
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(By The Associated"Preaa)
Momentous happenings
the making on the w
The lull of the poll: imam
not continue long, and it In not
probable the Germans w'
it by hurling their masses aglt . :
the Allied line to crush it, if Ilene
sible.
Correspondents at the frills,
whle reporting that a new (item
blowis impending, obvioilgl ,_ all!
unable to give grounds f hell
lief. But the Germans he
much time In which to 1) care to
further great strokes and
known my bivalent thinly
forty divxsions in aha In ‘
into the fray. Added to l. 2‘-
faot that the Germans Italic
week and their counter
have not been carried out with .
usual strength and determine
Meanwhile, the Allies are us)!”
strengthening the positibns lam
from the enemy in the past week,
‘Raids are being carried out ”illei'fi
except in the case of third
i‘ans who have moved forward
hundred yards on a front of ' on
than a mile 111 the Hamel 0
south of the Somme. Othersec
have been quite since lilo :pcti
made a slight gain near” Chute
held by the Americans: Bérlin row
ports this very local ihoide ‘
itacks‘ In strong forces “II
I».
repulsed.
0n the Italian front t
ions are consolidating a A, ‘6
thening the positiomt he
the north of the Pa “ l‘
mils the loss of ground
the nearest the enemy a :go ’
Venice. There has been ‘ul ‘ ugh "
activity in the mounts
There are many indi ti
the ne'ws from Russf
few days will be imp on
significant as concerns ' ‘
In the northrthe rest ,
Mormon region he
the authority of th _ Bo
great amount? of w .
this region and Amer
"oration: in Russia. ; ' ‘
Germany has not at e.
the murder of Child n2. _
pmltho Ambas‘mlor In
Bolshovik government
apologies and has
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