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ALLLLILLLL »
' IIX ON IOBIOOO
IIIII IOOIIL IND IMOSIM 1 NI
I
Place of Business of John H. Uniform Rate on Pullman
Smith, in Lakeville, De-I Seats and Passenger Fares
w III LII“ LLALLELALEL ALE
III “III II? NOT LLLLLLALEL
ONE OITHIOAIIB
LA LA ,
LLLALALLL ;_
Lois own
The Poseidon Was in Coi-
lision With an Americanw
Tanker Oi! the Delaware
Capes - ,
MINOIINOINII
' IOWIIEONIIII
Today From
d From Londo
nIEh Are Pounding the Germans Vigoro . __
oniIEte Western Front, Getting Many Towns.
Are Now Occupying Go
AdVLces Receiv
ALLELLLLALLLLLLLL ilIOlIIMiiii SHOPS I“:
LLLLLLLL IN ELAALE
III IIONE IOII OOOOI
I
I
I
New Tax
on Mail Order TELLS I": WARWBRK OI the'chen Shops in Wilton
Barrel of Oil Exploded and.i Houses flAdopted - - . I” , IIIlelygIIIenII’NJeéI—‘IIEIIIEI I l d H EHCI Cid
9...... 3.... An asIsmsIsirrract’irstsf“sfssstsedststct M.....p.....,....m.. S “00‘“ 3“ 3V9? I
Over the Man
LAKEVlLLE, August 2.——Joltn H.
Smith, garage owner, was burned to
death when his place of business, with
eleven automobiles in it. most of them
belonging to summer residents, was
burned last night. The loss was about
$30..000 -
Smith had been vulcanizing an inner
. alone and had gone out Flames from
the vulcanizer ignited a side wall.
Miss Jane Smith, a sister, called to
(Continued On Page leven)
LLLLLLA LAN is
ALLALLELLE EL, 300.59
x ,..OI..IOOIIIBOOIII
Randall Gets Commission for
for
Gant’s Estates-Frank Rob-
erts Loses Case Against
Finding Purchaser
Mrs. Pagan
For his services in obtaining a, pttr~
chaser for “The Rocks," an estate in
the Tmhenekesection of Dorian, Miner
of Norwalk. has been
awarded $1. 369.59, :by a decision of
Judge John R. Booth, 0! the Common
Pleas court, handed down yesterday
attornoon. Randall sued Samuel D.
Hunt, of Greenwich. for 81,900. He
said he was commissioned by Gant to
‘- find a purchaser fer the property and
round a man who bought the place for
“5.000. Then Gant refused to pay the
it Randall
cornmission.
(Continued-E 4).: Page Twelve)
MIMEN ISIS ION
. anti increased taxation of brokers. the-
uLLcrs ot‘ tobacco, cigars and cigarettes I
tres, and other amusements, biilittrdE
and pool pnt'miots bowling alleys and
capitalization or corporations, were
agreed on by the House ways and
means committee yesterday in l‘ratningI
the $8, 000, 000, 000 revenue bill. A new
tax of 1 percent on retail sales of mail
credit houses doing more titan $100,000
ttnttuai business“ was adopted. Pullinntt'
seats and betths and passenger tales
uiil be subject to a uniform tax of 8
pet cent. Stamp taxes were undisturb
(Continued On Page woven)
AoLwALL MEN
ALLAOP BEL/ENS w.
LLLLLLLLAEAALLLL
Entire Connecticut Contin-
gent in New Regiment—
Colored Soldiers Arrive
CAMP DEVENS, Moss, August 2.—
'Drattees from Norwaik and ll‘airtield
county who recently arrived in this
camp' have been placed in the 7ithE
regiment. with Maine, New Hump-I
shire, Vermdnt, Connecticut and three
Massachusetts towns—Ayer, Uxbridgc
and Southbrldge. This was the that
regiment organized in the new 12th di-
vision and part or the regiment will‘
be made up or the 42d regulars. 'l‘he‘
entire regiment will be taken out for
I.
L
beyond the Nashua river and given in-
tensive training on the life or a soi~
dier.
. ‘ (continued On Page Twelve)
O- BOAT MNIIS BARN
OESIIITION OEOIIIE OIIITIINIIB BOIST
Former New Haven Road Portuguese Vessel Attacked
President Files Petition' tn
Satui‘day 550 Miles From
MIMI MIN IORIIS
drill next week on the camp groundE
rine,'But Crew Escapes
NEW YORK, August 2. ——The Amer.-’
ican steamship Poseidon, 1,911 tons
.gross, lormatly under the Dutch lingo
was such in a collision with an Amer-I
icnn tanker lest Wednesday on the Rev. Charles S. Macrarland,
Delaware Capes, it was learned in max commissioner to France for the Feds13energt|on or two ago one flourished
line circles here today. Five members eral Council of the Churches 0! Chilst in eyery district. .
of her crew of thlnrcisht are report in America. describe the large and
ed as missing. Captain ,1. Durie, mas- anthusiastlc public meetings whichI William Henry Monroe still keeps his
‘ter of the ship. died as the result of have been held
exposure after being landed.
I
i
(continued 0n Pugs Sir)
throughout France.
most recent at these. in Nimes.
For the Federal Council of1E
the Churches of Christ in
America I
ll
6
Cablegraml nemfly received from is the utter absence or the blacksmith
special: is
in various
TO Till IIIITS IN ‘
IIIINGOII SOINOII
Vaughan, of Q. M. C., Pleads
Guilty to Conspiracy—
Disclosures Expected
NEW YORK, August 2—Important
lsciosures in the alleged conspiracy
oi army raincoat manufacturers to
make. Ugo pmiits by delivering in
terior goods to the Government were
indie-tied yesterday when Captain ALL-
brey W. Vaughan, a quartermaster
corneaL billets}, indicted in connection
with the case, pleaded guilty and
agreed to become a Federal witness.
He had. pieahied not guilty when an
Eraigued Wednesday.
1 Vaughan was charged with having
(accepted commissions, E which later
weer alleged to have been divided with
other army oiiiceL-s, tor procuring rain-
coat contracts for Felix Gouied, aWeo-
hawken. N. 3.. manufacturer.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
NO IO ION iN
‘ IIITIIIS’ OISII
War Labor Beard Declines
T
ing of the village blacksmith,
the rural communities
CIIIEBE shop open, near the NorwalE'Danbury
At one of theE state highway, in Cannondale. but he
on I needs no assistants tor the very limit-
ed trade that comes his way.
inviting smitbies in Wilton. The one
farthest north was built by Wiikle
. Batterson, at Batterson's' Four Corn-
ers. near the door Gratin district.
school hm, clad
death by his son Geo 9 until the bi-
cycle
. gather-sage. 3mg I
tome inc a ' eelmen’s Refit “’1
where ice cream and root beer to
a much larger and more paying pa;
tronage than the mom laborious hora? section I f the battle area.
abusing.
-w JITNII OIIIIIEII
There is no surer sign that the
orselettl age is coming than the pass-
from
throughout
dutheru New England A typical case
hope in Wilton and Weston, where a
Yes, there is a single exception. for
Seven Shops in 1877 I
Forty years ago there were seven
tinned at. his
I‘Miah" Reynoldo' Shop.
The next ‘shop in Wilton, at that
AILOIIIO TO IO
The case of the auto mlxup, near the
Armory, Sunday night, which was ad-
journed trout last Monday morning un-
til today, in the uptown court. resultedE
in the discharge of Isadore Klshner, a
Jitney driver, who was accused of reek
less driving, when his car came into
i
of 366 Chestnut street, Arlington, N.
:.,Y injuring several occupants of the
car, including Mrs. Lleth, who was inI
court, having just; been discharged
from the 'Norwaik Hospital,
treatment for a broken nose. There
EREV. CHARLES» s.‘ atAorkRLANo,‘
‘Copyright by Underwood and Under;
"’ wood, N. Y. .
July 23, there was an audience of three
was quite a little conflicting testimony,
and; a shadow of doubt, in favor or the
defendant, who was represented by Aha—g
torney Leo Davis. Prosecutor Dunbar
appearing tor the state. An interest-
ing witness was an old colored woman,
Anna Gorhnm, of Southport, who was
a passenger in the jitncy, and who as-
north 0. the Ottrcq river, the A1- at the tip of the salient, but it
:front to the northeast from their treated from their perilous
for-inert Epositions
enncs LO d Feroctn’l‘ardenois.
line is at given- in t
patches from the battlefield, but it Elias“ it
“a tween
,and dot inate the whole westernwa
front oIE
Ltrated Eo an extreme depth1 ofEianortnnt accomplisltlmint
Continued en Seventh Pago.)- Ithree Iiles from the former me. the German rétrea rom ,
( IIt was sEIreportcd Thursday nightIhiarne began. The view taken<
that tltI Allies are within five these dispatches that the ad
contact with the car at Robert Lieth, I319.
after E
I
V e-en-l-‘cre.
Eted That the Germans Will lieep
itiirittg Even Beyond the Vesta River.
The Assocrated Press) quarters. Nothing is said of W
mg in the German lines fate of the Germans at St. Gem...
(By
L:
Crus
195 mi Thursday carried their to be assumed that they haven't»
between Hurt-Ition.1E
Farther toward Rilcinlg‘, lo I " . .
xact- location of the tLoprorttht town of Ville-ohms
be early dis— nois has been encircled by
‘ port
said 11W hiv‘oggsta lisllediI wouids mutt)
temse Is on” th high ridges be- man defenders of the pl 1
Le Ourcq and the Aisue been surrounded by the Allied“
nee.
E Advices reaching London
The itttack was made over a the success of the Allies on
about five miles and pone, western side of the line Ls the
The O
‘Emiies oI Bazoches, an important on Thursday was the in
Ger-mam railroad center on the point of the catnpaign, and .1.
Vesie river, which agrees quite blv of the whole War.
closelyE Evith this morning’ s reportE While the detailed reports,
oEifthe vance to the northeast of far received in this country
BeugneIi x, the approximate cenunot shown the round for
for oft e line of attack on Thurs-Eview it seems car, at suyEE 1E
8y I Ethat the German retreat, g
FarthIEr east and south, the Al- Ehas been proceeding slowly 1
lies haIe captured the village OfEmust he hastened if the one“
CicrgesII after a sanguinary strug- to escape a terrible pa 1
u I from the Allies’ h'eavy guns
In thEE center of the line import-' advance ~of the Allies to
ant prcE rcss is shown in reports easv cannon range of Rang __
frolnth I front. Goussancourt hasIEand likewise of Fismes, the”
been on hired and the northern man base on the Vests, will
edges oI Meninere Wood has been to disarrange all plans th
cleared I
Iof Germans. This marksI
EMINIM OOIIIII
an adyinc'e of a mile and three- “WWII“ 0“ ”3°
ILLELLLL ELLE
to Take Cognizance OfEthousand. [in many towns the term
Dillibill‘y Controversy oflicials presided at the meetings.
Capt. Yelhas and seventeen of the
__. .. Troupes of Boy Scouts:l egrved 3:18 LE
guard of honor and butt re s of so 00
crew of the Portuguese bark For 0. DANBURY August 2.—-Tlie National children lined the roads. singing .and'
sunk by a German submarine. 550 Wat Labor Board, which summoned to
miles off the Atlantic coast, Satuidtty, Washingtonpp few “59-“ 380' 10%!
cheerfi'lg. In several town? 111 tthe
.Cervennes mountains schoo s, no or-
w l i. . hat manufacturers and tiniest-‘5 of the
ore ended yesterday at a“ At m to hatters’ organizations concerned m the
timated that the car traveled not over
two miles an hour tor at least three
minutes.”
TITO AUTOMOBILES
'lINOEII MIN ‘
LONDON, August L2.—«-
Probate. Court
{MSFIELD Mass, August 2. _.
Glories S. Mellon, former president of
the New Haven Load. has died a peti-
tion in the Probate court asking for a“
doom establishing desertlon and liv-
E Shore 1 1
r"'
COMES INTO OOOIIT
TheeI se of Peter Gaudioss, whowas tan
arrested on July 14th charged with IIIIIILLEIIII,’ 3;: 1133:: "he“:
breach til peace and assault, was con- investigating commission 0
I
ids and stores ware closed in honor or
ing a part from Mrs Mellon. 39,153. port by a big British freighter. The . the occasion and the Catholic priests til next Wednésday “‘01“;ng vernment, as 3.113 E
tlonai letters. Addressed to H. Doug- WWII“ POSIIIOII 0f “"3 “WWII on I” controversy originating a year ngoiast gave their parishioners rmission to11111'lN AB lnE at 9 0'01 k by Judge George H V05 gjllhgegph dispatch Join 06
~ ha Brown. assistant manager or the bark, which was bound from SilVliD‘Efizyiatgt; g‘feflfgifi? giggsé‘gnfggég attend the meetings held to Protest- burgh. ti is morning The ”PetropL-ad corresponden
Iant churches. One veLy interesting
Lmeeting was held in the open air in
the historic Huguenot desert, Dr. Mac
nah fat Oporto with a cargo of cotton,
was not made known in the atheist
account of the incident, but it is prob-
able that the bark was somewhat
north or the latitude of Sandy Hook.‘
as the- course of the British tieighter
from a European port; under annual
conditions, would not be lower than
12
Vanderbilt Hotel: New York, figure in
the case.
The marital. 'tfiiubl'es of the Meilens
Pilate rebelvoif airings at diderent
sion in which it declines to take cog-
matrices of the controversy, as war
work is not affected by it.
On .1Li y 14th Gaudibsa was a pas— Daiy Express reports that 0011 1
senger a trolley car going to Roton per has been suppressed 1? 1111
sat in front of a Hungarian 1 1
Thomas A. Skelly came to police
headquarters last evening and report-
‘ed that he had struck a. man who one 1
riding a bicycle and had use" him '1) 11
'the HospitsL. Mr. Skelly was driving , .» . «
his car out Spring street into bait-tinid singing E This request was kindly but1
- Im
~ “WWI ed down. meeting or the Ladies' Aid “
. i so named to the singer and client .
started argument. ConductonMi- ffifig’tfififi. hefivgzggtemgy £3
ohael Lynch interposed at' this in.1‘the'bpsement '0; the church. .01}
stash 0 he game and "awed "3° da'r street. it was" :renottc
men M? can sum or get 0“ the car. goodly sum had been realize
‘Gaudio refused to liaeii uuiet and recent lawn social The ladl
Was pill:- tiff the trolley mid pulled1pflated 35 To be pumping
Continued on fifth polo. ‘
MINI ITIIN TIMIIIO ONINOIS
“HE OIIJSIIIIIOTQA
WILTON III MAMMMN 11 1 NOTHWRT
1AT WILSON POINT
Witton's tea” garden. “for the benefit, {edition were called from the streets . Mair Resnik, or 26 w‘livater. street,
of the Wilton Library, had its mom 1x3; New Iork's subways today to 1183‘ First (118mm W55 injured.“ “meg“ Lynch a or him. the congre gt 3'5 punch”
SlidcefiBfL-ll day ”MEWS". With many me confused crowds roasted at Times accountable manner or the 8111-1 The a gumeut was “mum Ite'Livzngston plat: .
all“! Parties tom Norwaik, Daubufitisqum and» Grand Central: transfer ping Board at Wilsone Point Resnl ,E
and other nearby townsi- The rest mom or; theguew "Hi system-
an employs oi the Shipping Board, it. “.799“ I' ' ““1533 an?) 13301111103113; tor’s family “£111.38” occup M
d one Or the most atEtraot- Lump ghout t steaming rush hours [is thought, was struck oaths shoulderE 8’0““ d en 6 up 5' t1 soul birthday Versary .
and many word t mi
‘9. "or oht or his pocket and at iden M 1 F. 30mg“.
-- by I tailing piece 0! finite,” Jdust ”ti igniting Lynch. The conductor auc~ 01,53“de pm,“
. cideut11occurre is P0. EcEeolleEIl.It1111 nemludin‘g- the man's thrus ~ “11.8351 Wmnlnmelt
‘ .- Id, 1 the aid of the LlflOlOl‘Dldl‘l.‘ d
’man and subdue:
(Wutfll'ifiu UH 73420 a 11:~.".':§;
“Continued On Page Twelve)
MILO [IA
IIRM BUREAU BASUALLY LIST
BEINIL COMPILED
HARTFORD, August. arr—Ad chicial
Connecticut casualtyli at being compil-
ed by the Connecticut State Council E1 1
ct palettes, is ready to sireterence at _
the State Capitol at arttord. The
records are in the cities of the 801.1.
enger- so, and told him to stop
The monthly business
(Continued on Page Seven.) ItContinued 10,, in“ Lmeven)
- mph—m
I‘riday, August 9th, is the idatel
which has been set for the «big family
gathering of all Fairlield County Farm 1
Bureau meinbens and their friends on
the Lapham estate. South avenue, New
Canaan.
11 The program for the do 0 one at.»
nib‘cloclt filth a competitifre' Memen-
Li tloii between tractors or the Mo-
" Cleveland. Case and Are types.‘
Sort being made by County _
E to obtain a Fords.
Leo the contest. ‘
_ this
and III
E platformsp
to _.
Saturday the Last D
The enterprise will: close tom
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