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Probably Thunder Shower. Tonight. m
DIAMOND salts titular
~ 00 CAPE 000008, N. c,
AWN“ Bl su
Crew in Charge Took to Small Boats
Still
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tags" r to"
Safely Today,
1 Came Within
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. WASHINGTON, August 7.—Tlic Dili-
moud Shoals Lightship oil Cape iiat~
terns, N. 0., was shelled and sun]: by
. i A .
an enemy submarine. late yesterday, the undersea cratt made their appear, “1101951110, (19391110115 in Anetl‘la‘H
the Navy Department was today in-
formed. The crew, who took to their
boats, have reached shore safety
The submarine came within a half
‘mile of shore, accmding to the brief
report which reached the Navy De-
partment.
The Diamond Shoals Light Station
Making a Report That Submarine
Half a Mile of Shore
JAPANESE STEAMEll lilllPEllllEli till
NilVA SEflllA UliASl ill SUBMARINE
Sixty-Five Members of the Crew
ican Schooner and Landed at
and Reached Shore
Picked Up by an Amer-
a Canadian Port
l
lll'll'illlli shipping lane, where innuiner-i
able patrol boats are. suppOsed to be
plying. is one of the most daring leCei
aiice on this side of the Atlantic. l
The navy has received only meagre
information when the statement was.
issued. The Diamond Shoal ship
guards the out thrust reefs
swept Cape Hatteras, known as
,graveyard of tile Atlantic coast. |
l The attack upon the iightshlp may;
MllllON 00ll
KARl’S ARMIES,
ClltllS CLAIM
80,000 Reported Residing
Openly in Vienna and De-
f ying Arrest
lillEENlillAllll REVllll
llAfilNli IN MURAVIA
Austrian Forces Said to Be
as Badly Demoralized as
Russia’s in 1916
WASIHNGTON, August 7.—lnfor-
mutton has been received by the
t'zecho-Slovak National Council of
un‘
gmy. it was declared at the coun-
cil's headquarters that “the Austrian
army is today in the same state of
disorganization as was the Russian
of storm- army in 1916." The council made pub-2 of G. M.
the; iii: an account published in the Czech: and Pro
newspaper “\' llojm,” at Rome. which
"characterizes the hopeless paralysis
Is one or the‘niost i’aiuous guides m‘ l‘t‘lHWOHI :1 new chase 01' cut-my sub-t 0f Austria" ' It 5‘13““:
navigation in t
sets usually are manned by
boards and are of such a. type as to
be utterly helpless in the face of an
enemy attack.
The attacking submarine probably
he world. Such ves-
tank steamer O. B. Jennings, one hun-
dred miles oil the lilgginia coast sev-
eral days ago.- Her exploit in showing
herselt above water within. half a
mile of tiio'Onrolln'n coast, in an liti-
. l
‘w
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was the one that sunk the American “‘“d “"0 l‘ldill' “‘ith eighty-flVP-mem-Sllmn 30.000 01 ‘11
illir'll‘lile operations on the American,
gi‘uy- coast. designed to hamper shipping by‘ ments of German. MHE)’
‘tlt-sti'uction of important
signals. l
i A L‘ANADJAN ATLANTIC PORT,‘
iigust 7:» All American schooner air;
bers of the crew of a Japanese ireightf
steamer, which had been torpedocd oi!
the Nova Scotia coast.
1
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SilllflfllS Til [ll’EN ,
,Weather Was Only Hot
Thing About Monthly
cation
Seven of the nine members of tho.
Norwalk Board of Education attended
the regular monthly meeting, at the?
Hi h school, last evenin . ' l
g 5' hose ”‘9‘ BRIDGEPORT, August 7.—At
sent were: Harry E. Scout-it), who pre-
sided; Dr. Henry C. Siiei‘er,'si=t:rctiii'_v;
A. J. Rummler,. William P. Ward,
Charles B. Miller, William Ahrcus and
Harold T. Murray. Chairman ‘llyder
and Dr. Trace were not present.
This being he last regular meeting
before the opening of' the school year,
considerable imp’tTrtaut business was
tianwacted, including a hunt decision
(Continued On Page Twelve)
tarantula ~
_ lN usual llSl
_’
"Army and Marines Had 114
Killed in Action, 372 Bad-
lyWounded and 105 Miss-
ing '
r.—
. WAHSINGTON, Aug. 7.-Army and
Marine Corps; casualty lists lacued ear-
ly today carried 871 names, bringing
to more than 2,500 the total casualtiesl th
;.'{.‘j.'roported since the toll of the Alsne-
" Marne victory began to reach Wasa-
lngtou Monday. Yesterday the total
was 963; Monday it was 716.
"J
fillAllflN iiiiiiiiiii
' itiititiiittiwvu
Three Men Reported to Have
Bean Killed at; Alton, Illii-
unis, Plant
7 (Continued on Page Three) ‘
AU: 0N, lil.. August 7.-'I‘lle Grafton
"dynamite factory blew up this morn-
ing. At least threemen'are dead.
4-.
l
l
Meeting of Board of Edur
t
l of Enthusiastic Class 5
i
w... 7..--.. __..._..L.._....———_.._.._.__.-
Pillllfllll] that
small WHlNis
“‘Don’t Like Germans,” Plea
i Registrant
the
.same time that an inquiry was being.
imade in the case of a resident alien'
arrested for not having a draft card.i
Gus Souriatitgis, in Class 5, on the‘
ground that he was an alien. appeared:
,before Board Fire yesterday after»;
Enoom and asked to be transferred to;
:Class 1. so he might get, a chance tot
'flght. i‘l don't like Germans." said.
Sourlautgis, who was born in Greece.’
'He used to be a waiter in the Atlantis;
restaurant. ’
(Continued On Page Five) l
5,000,000.0EN
- NEEllli__l_l_lNAlllll~i
WASHINGTON, August 7.‘——in urg-
ing enactment of the Administration
Man Power bill extending draft ages
to from 18 to 45 years, Generai‘Mai-ch
i told the Senate Military committee to-.
day that the War Department plans
{an army of approximately five million
linen to be raised as soon as poSsibie.
. Whiletrealizing the importance of
e measure, General March said he
Idid not believe it necessary to recall
l congress before the present recess plan
expires on August 24. providing the
bill could be reported at that time.
About July 30. General March said.
the United States reached a decision
to enlarge its military program to
carry out the policies agreed upon at
the recent Inter-Allied "conference at
Paris to speed up prosecution of the
war and bring it'to an early conclu-
‘sion. .
COMPETING SYSTEMS
To BE=CONSOLIDATED
WASHINGTON, Augusb-' 7.—Post-
master-General Burleson announced
today that one of the first effects
Government control of telephones and
'telegraphs would bathe co-ordlnatlon
and consolidation of competing sys‘ ,
terns wherever possible. ‘ l
“in Austria. according to the state-
ar and Polish
navigation: prisoners of war, and not mnsidcringf
Czecho-Slovaksl
the declarations of
who come over. there are more than
1.000.000 deserters. in Vienna more
use deserters are liv-
(Continned on Page Twelve)
sum 000m
‘ l0llNflllWAllillfll
Parents Notified of His Ser-
ious Injury by Washing-
ton Authorities -
The mother of William II. Ailing-
lon, Jr.. of 15 Wall street. was notified
at 4:30 o'clock, yesterday afternoon.
that he had sustained a serious wound
on the battle front in France in the
following dispatch from Washington:
“Mi-s. Minnie Ailington.
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PflWEll SERVICE ,
WASIN’lEllllUPTEli
Great Inconvenience Caused
by the Sudden Failure of
Electrical Energy in This
Section
-Yesierday afternoon the electric
power and lighting service through-
‘out most of the entire city and :everal.
nearby towns, including the entire
trolley service. were suddenly inter-
rupted at abouL3 O'clock. This was
due to an extraordinary failure of the
electric power serfice of the New
—_——L
(Cantinued on Pun Eight.)
iPliLESWllH BfllllllS
‘ 0F iiiiiiii STATES
Urgent Needs of thePoiish
White Cross Are Explain-
ed to Sentinel Readers
No one wild glances at the list of
the killed and wounded among our
own forces in France can help but to-
mark on the stupendous proportion of
Polish names. Daily we read these
seemingly unproncuncable names in
which c, z. and the masculine ending
kl. predominate, and this shows us the
indisputable fat that Poles are not
only with the c tors of the American
Expeditionary forces in France, but
that they are on the firing line, that
of they count it a privilege to put their:
vigorous young bodies in' the midst of
danger in order to do all that men
Attics and Germans Ma
mar 08"
,Ilomes of G. M. Curry,l
‘ William M. Lybraad and'
Frederick Hurlbut-t at!
Shorehaven Entered byl
Men Supposed to be Pro-
fessional Thieves A
l
thieves,‘
ntered the homes
('urry, William M. Lybrriid:
dcrick liurlbut and robbed tie
lawn of a large sum of money. \‘ery
tlittle is known of the robbery btycndl
the fact that all the jtibsw'et-e done by;
A the same person or persons, and noth-A
ling but actual cash was taken from.
any of the places. j
The robberies look like the wotk of'
[some one who has had much expert-i
’cnce aiid who knew where he was go-‘
‘ing and what he was doing before he.
undertook the job. Not a trace was
u.
(Continued on "for!!! has.)
it. 8. ARMY NOW”.
HAS SiAl’lll lElilllN
Established by War Depart-t
meat—Voluntary Enlist-
‘ment Only
Shorehaven was visited by
last eevniug. who e
t (‘oionel W. A. Mercer. commanding
;("oniiectlcut Recruiting district, states
that the War Department has issued
orders for the formation of a Slavic
iLegion, to be composed of Czecho-Slo-
'vak. logo-Slavic and Rulhenian or
Ukrainian troops. The men for this
[unit will be obtained by voluntary en-
;iistnient only. and only men of the;
t aboveinentione‘d nationalities are elig-i
ible who are not citizens of the United:
Continued on can we.
i
llYSlEll [lllllflllli
l
' N0l VERY 0000
t
iResult of Inspection Made by
the State Steamer Lucille
! Is Made Public
i For several weeks the Shellfish Cont-.1
Imissioners’ boat Lucille had been (“X-l-
‘aminlng the water for indications of
oyster spawn and oyster larvae. in
places the oysters beglm to spawn out
ta we‘ek or ten days ago. Oysters‘
‘lat‘vae discovered in the Water thus
far has only been in certain localities.
‘Last week the state boat Lucille took
samples along the shore from point to
point, and in many of the streams
lfrom Millard to Port Chester. The
section from Braniord Beacon to, Mil-
ford will be taken up next. The re-
sults thus far are as follows:
A (Continued on Sixth Pale.)
‘CANDY CUSTOMERS ‘
LIMITED TO A POUND
2 NEW YORK, August 7.—Dealers in.
'candy were..asked~ yesterday by the1
Federal Food Board not to sell more
than a poundto a cuslgmer at one
time, in order to,save sug’ar. At the
same time the public was asked “to
reduce considerably'the consumption
Tot all sweetened luxuries" -.
Dealers were asked “to take. the
lead" and to put in their windows
signs worded after the following
mode: , '
“We’must all join in the request of
the United States Food Administra-
‘ tion toeave sugar. Please do not ask
fat-more than one pound of candy con-
taining sugar aha time"; .
till NORWAlli
AND (ill AWAY Willi B00ll
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NlillWAlli MAN [3
flEPlllVlill [ll HIS
lllllVEll’S ”SENSE
Sullivan in Two Accidents—
Car Not Under Control,
Commissioner Finds
Because he struck a carriage occu-
pied by two passengers and also ran
into an automobile on a short stretch
of road near Westport. William ll.
Sullivan. of East Norwalk, was depriv-
ed of his driver's license (or 30 days.
by order of Deputy Commie-loner
Macdonaid, at the county court house,
yesterda yattemoon. . . . , , .
“I was only ten feet away from tie
carriage when it halted, and i couldn't
stop my car in time,” eitplalned Sulli-
van. ~ -
(Continued On Page Five)
Sillllll ruin IN
SilllllAliE rum
NEAR WHITE HflllSE
Police Halt Protest Meeting
and Silence Speakers—
Prisoners Up Today
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 7.—
The woman suffrage demonstration
which was to have taken place yester-
day at the Lafayette Monument,across
the street from the White House. was
promptly suppressed by the police.
Forty-eight of the hundred women
who took part in the protest were ar-
.'_rested and each deposited $5 collateral'
for appearance in court. The rest,
banner bearers and members of the,
various state delegations. scattered,
but not without a show of defiance.
(Continued on Sixth Page).
'llEllMAN SAllllllS"
SINK SUBMARINES
Men Incited til—Attack Their
Officers and Leave Ships
LONDON, August 7.—Rumors of a
revolt by German sailors at Wilhelms-g
haven. in protest against continuation
lot the submarine war, are in circula-'
tion,’ according to a dispatch to the
Express from Amsterdam.
it is reported that propagandlsts
among the men incited sailors about
'to leave on submarine cruises to at-
tack their omcers and surrender their
ships or seek an opportunity to sink
them and get themselves interned in
neutral harbors.
\
(Continued on . Eighth Page.)
OFFICER KILLED IN
GRENADE PRACTICE
. H‘—
ALEXANDRIA. La., August 7.——Dur-
lBeauregal-d. yesterday, Captain Ar-
thur A. Diettel, oi the 114th Engl-
neers) was killed and three lieuten-
ants, a sergeant and live privates were and" had been occupied for .the‘ ”Hf Under
slightly injured“ Diettel, was from
. New Orleans."
l
ke
Ready for Future Operations
Along the Veslc Front
Medium Calibre Guns oi the German Crown
Prince Busy as He Attempts to llislodge
Americans and French.
German Losses Said to include
35,000 Prisoners and 700 Guns-
Enemy May Strike British Front
ously With an Attack by the German Fleet
(By The ASSOt‘Ittit‘d Press.) iincluded 35,000 prisoners and sew
Artillery duels and patrol tic-toil hundred guns.
lions continue along the Vcslel Interesting reports are received
front while the Allies and Germansii‘rom Paris concerning the future
make ready for future operatioils.‘pluiis of the German High Comi-
’lndieatioiis point to a resumption maiid. Some observers there as-
of lighting on this line within a sort that the Germans will strike
few hours. ‘ ithe British front simultaneously
l Whether the German Crown with an attack by the German
Prince Wilt attempt a definite fleet on the British fleet. Another‘
stmidbctw.eén..m..\'esie and tlle'report is that the Germans will“
Agape in not. 5’0: 013813-1111“! 8001115 shorten their lines on the western
apparent he is preparing for i'ur-Ifmnt for the special purpose of
'ther eiforts to check the Allied gaining more man power, from
advance. Ilis medium calibre lack of which they are reported to
guns are bombarding the Allied be suffering seriously.
positions south of the Vesle in-i Intense bitterness has market!
tensely, and he has been making what little fighting there has been
strong (‘fl'Ol‘lS t0 dislodge the between Soissons and Rheims. The'
American troops holding bridgchmerican forces in Fismes and.
heads on the north bank. All his north of the river have been sub. :
attempts, however, have met with jected to heavy bombardmenta
’fnilurc. ,from cannon and machine guns,
It was to beexpccted that SW01“ but have held on. West of Fismes
Ial days would elapse before thesTuesday a German battalion pre-
‘Allies could be in shape to renewfpared to attack American bridge
ltheir oflensive across the \'esle.§btiiiders along the Vesle. The en-
l'l‘lie bad weather has hampered tire force was wiped out by
the movements of guns and rein-tAmerican machine gunners.
Ii'orceinents as well as aerial scouti In Picardy the Germans have
lwork. Rain is reported to liavefstrucl; back at the British, who-
fallen again 011 the battlefrontdiave been slowly improving their
Tuesday afternoon. | positions nstride the Somme. South
When infantry fighting does rd- 'of Morlancourt the Germans have
topen. it probably will mark a llewireeovered the British advance
iphnse in the year’s campaign. The :trench lines along the Bray-Corbin
iMarne pocket has been cleared ofgroad, Berlin says one hundred‘
the enemv and the Crown Priueexprisoners were captured, but the
fdefeatedfPremier ClemenceaMn-g
lnounccs that the German lossest
'iittitiiitit
(Continued on Page Nine)
I
~
lilllS Hflllill Hill RIGIilllAllllN
:Michael Plasxz, of Darten,: mg the passage by Congress of m
Badly Injured in COIIISIOIIEn'ew selective service law which will
textend the draft ages and require the
l . [registration of large numbers of new
All outbound Norwalk street car’tseiectives ,the draft authorities at.
99°de by Motorman In“: saun"Washington today advised Governor
ders, of Stamford. ran down a horse'Holcomb to repare the registration
and wagon in which Michael Plasiz. of. machinery belfbre hand.
Darien, was riding, abouti 10 illimllday >
hi ht, in Norman, opposte t e ’ee
‘Btlrn Golf links, killed the horse in- (“unwed On Page “79) .a
~stantly and severely injured Plasiz. ___...____.___..
The Darien man was driving along,
the street car tracks. to avoid danger
from automobiles which filled the Post
road, Monday night. it appears that
Silvermine Players,
Jr., Plan Annual Show
The Silvermine Players, Jr., tire h!-
hearsing their annual "show,‘ which:
is to‘ "be given for the benefit of the
A (Continued On Page Five)
‘ Red Cross. Heretofore, when the art~
ICELEBRANTS BURN istsaud literary folk have planned
' EAST RIVER SCHOOL entertainments, me ers of their own
group only have been invited, but in.
the desire to increase their contribui‘
I~tion to the Red Cross this year the
Junior Players are making their net‘-
iormanco a public one and invite all
those interested to attend.
i
l
A Because 9! patriotic enthusiasm
\jnroused by some of the allied vic-
l'tcries. last week. the residents of
«Madison set fire to the East River
ischool house. The structure, which
" ‘ . ‘ u the cryptic title of “S’liveD ned toe-V-
riety of a little white schoolhouse, . the training of some 0!
past few years. It Was burned to ‘ "
new... , . «ENIWP'IMWIJ
PREPARE MACHINERY
The Junior Players have written 'i
. ' e - , .
.ing hand grenade practice at Campiwas located west of the center onlhelr 0"” play. With tiliehasaixstas‘ucenot’;
the town was small: containing but 3 91‘0‘935‘0“! pinywr 8 t- - I°tg
one room, of the o]d.fagmoned va.: scribed up a sylvanatomedy and heart!
ySimullanem-é.
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