OSl $3,500“ Al
suntan
New Estimate Made of the
Money and Jewels Taken
a
in the Robberies of Wed-U
run Tuna
THRlESllSP-Etls
Description Obtained of Man
and Two Youths Who
Made Clean-up ,
As far as..can be ascertained the
total amount of‘money and jewelry
taken when the homes of tour Shore-
liaven residents were entered and rob-
bed, on Wednesday morning, is about
53,500. Oi? this amount G. M. Curry
suflered to the extent of $550 in actual
cash taken; Frederick Illll‘lblllt lost
$2,900 worth of jewelry and about $15
in cash; William M. Lybrand’s loss
amounted to aboutJ$35 cash. while
George D. Waring lost a number of
Valuable. diamonds and a sum of
money. the amount of which could not
be learned.
Wannabee on page No)
.a i
n annuals
" Al CAMPBEVENS
Receiving Officers Tell Amus-
‘ ing Experiences in Exam-
ination of Rookies
0MP DEVENS, Ayer. Mass, Aug:
ust 9.-Among the-15.000 white draft-
ees sent to this camp during July from
"New England, 11 undertakors were
discovered. Among the 5,000 negro re-
cruits in this camp is Thomas Read
Williams. valet for Percy Robkctellor,
"of Greenwich, Conn., a nephew of John
D. Rockefeller, A snake charmer also
turned up among the negro recruits in
William Penn Franklin, a Virginian,
who was working with a carnival in.
New England. He ibiought along
—-r~
(Continued .On Page Twelve)
sun ninth ' .~ .
sanitation
New State Register Con-
tains Article on Causes of
Accidents
The 1918 new and enlarged edition
of the Connecticut Motor Vehicle Reg-
ister, prepared by the commission on .
motor vehicles, is being issued at the
rate of. 250 copies a day, and will be
, put on public sale when the subscrip-
tion list is filled. The register shows
that there are in the state 83,705 mo~
tor vehicles, divided as follows: 61,400,
passenger cars” 13.400 commercial
- cars, 2,800‘ public service} cars, 4,186
motorcycles~1,40ll, motorcycles with
side cars, 478 automobile dealers‘ cars,
‘ (Continued On Page'l'iwelve‘)“
it’lllllstllllln ‘
mountain
' ~"_ flmANCE
The, first lot of ballots to be shipped
to Connecticut soldiers in ‘Francdwas
deliverede from the state secretary’s
‘ . adios tothe, Hartford est office yes-
. . terday. In all. aboutiti.&0 ballots were
sent recommending olficers of all ‘mil-
itary orgnniautlpns in France having
‘ any, Qanneottcut voters; in their‘ros-
tam. The;gre:at majority 0f Organiza-
,. tions have only oneror-tivo ,Cofmiectl-i
‘
l , W
* nutrition ,“Efllfili 8. VIEREBK
l
l
Entered a: the south Non-walk Page”
Office as Second Gian Manor.
JAPAN l0 uvt
ems COMMAND
u vumvouu
Lieutenant General Will
Rank Representatives of
r
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i
notation: )
‘ aunt. an
, .
iWashington Sees Great Op-
portunity to Influence Fu-
ture of Russia and Ten-
tonic Peoples
The allied expedition to Siberia
will comprise representatives of six
armies—American, Japanese, British,
French, llalian and Chinesewwith a
Japanese. lieutenant general in su~
‘preme command. Major. General
Graves, comnmndimz,r the American
contingent, will have some men from
Cainp Fremont, (ML. in his column.
The Japanese will supply the largest
contingent, while the other govern-
ments are sending comparatively small
bodies.
Washington regards the expedition
as one of the most picturesque and, at.
the same time. orient the most dra-g
‘matic developments of history, with‘
[Continued On Page Twelve)
llNllShl. VERNflN
Nlll’lABE Hill REST.
Fatherland Editor Sends Ex-
cited Calls For Police Pro-
tection, Fearing Mob Vio-
lence
, Other Intervening Powers '
N~~-n._.._~...
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday
, B L
a: piano
HliSPIlAtL‘AllS
Call For Meeting Tonight,
When Plans Will Be Made
. :dld Committees Appoint-
~M
After months of hard work by the
directors, executiVe and building com.
mittecs ol‘ the Nor-walk Hospital Asso-
ciation, the time has arrived when
they are to give account of their stew-
Fllll CELEBRATIUN.
President McMullen Issues,
nrdship and open the institution to‘
Germans ; E acualing Lys Sector
cause at Pressure at Allied .
“F9-
TWll nu U "C"
~ 3. hrs-sun
The Lake Portage and the
Berwind Victims of U-
Boats .
m I
WSHINGTON, August 9.«~German
submarines operatiuggoi! the French
coast on August 3 sank the small Ain-
erlcan steamship Lake Portage and
the American steamship Berwind. A
belated ofllciai report announced here
today told of the sinkings without de»
tails. The Lake Portage, ot' 1,998
gross tons, was built last year at Da~
lath, Mind.
The Bel-wind. 2.58!) tons gross, own-
ed by the New York and Porto lllco
meet the needs 0‘, the City. The bolldvl Steamship Company and lormerly on.
log is a finely arranged structure and 8‘9“ l? the “318“" ””an ,tradc be-
will care for the city’s needs for many; taeen lorto Rico and hew ‘iorlt, was
years to come. in order to arrangei requisitioned by. we Shipping Board
for fl proper celebration for the. open—i last boptember and consigned to the
ing of the. Hospital. John ltlchiullenduse 0f the American Army in France.
sued the following letter. calling (or a; between British and French ports.
letter is self explanatory and should
interest all who appreciate the im-
(Continued «in em twelve) BANK RM"
CALLSFUR REPflllT ‘ '
" ‘Masked Bandits Attack
; I’restdent and Assistant
Cashier
meeting to be time evening. Theifin $WW } .
0N CLASS 1 MEN:
INDIANAPOLIS. August 9.~«Three
Will Be an}. of September
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.. August 9.
“George Sylvester Viereck. iormerlyi
editor of the Fatherland. who claimsi
to be a relative of the Kaiser and who‘
has characterized Americans as “Hopi
tentots wearing stovepipcs." recently
came here for a vacation. His dream:
of rest promises to be turned into a;
nightmare. ' i
At midnight Police Sergeant Michaeli
Reilly received a telephone messago‘
" from a woman who would not glve her
1
i
l
t
| (Continued on Page Twelve) l
autumn. n; '
% l.flAUlllN.UlEfl?
1
Two Lieutenants Die in C01-
' lision
FORTH WORTH, Texas, August 9.,
-Second Lieuts. Harry S. Herr and“
Leon W. Adelsperger .both of Spring-
field, Ohio, were killed at Tallatcrro
Field last night when the machines
’thcy wore piloting came into collision
at an altitude of about 3,000 feet and
fell to the ground. ‘
Iloth ofiicers \\ ere commissioned last
Saturday. ~
ST. LOUIS, august 9.-——Lieut. Rich-
_ ard WrEvans, of Scott Aviation Field,
(Continued On Page: Twegve)
i w w o t.
W ENLISTMENT. .
mammal
. Voluntary, Joining Until
, Further'Orders‘ 'f " A ~
_. WASHrNG'rO'N," Airgun" 9,—Volun«
’tary enlistmentsfin the army or navy.
~ were suspended completely yesterday on one or he longest of the, Westnortirciucneo .PUBLIc~scHOGL
‘, to prevent disruption of industrialised.
ing disposition of the bill proposing to
extend :draft ages to includeall men
(accessed on rah mm;
l»
masked high-waymen held up the
South Side State Bank, 1119 South Me-
ridian street, during the noon hour
yesterday, and after attacking John
Lauckat. president, and Roy Willetts,
assistant cashier. escaped with an
proximately $10,000.
Call—Plan For Pending
Registration . ‘
O
Major John )Buckley has sent a com-
nnleation to Connecticut local innit
boards directing that a new report of ,
all 1“,.“ in (31358 1.13,, submitted to The bandits drove south in Merl-
tlie. governor's omcc not later than the2 (lion street M high speed in an “‘0‘
morning of August 16. "Class 1 re,3niobllevbearlng an illinois license. The
ports recently ~received are volunteers1 police believe ”‘9?" were four in)?“
in the placing of calls after August he? i“ the robbery. one man remaining in
cause of the incomplete. coustlou or the machine while three others eaten
the classification and physical cxamh Cd "19 bank.
In
nation of registrants in the lalS class," _____._.__..__
snvs Major Buckley‘s letter With illei AIR COMPRESSOR
communication is enclosed a blank to
be filled out by the local boards pro- EXPLODIII%%§T‘$IS§KS
Artisan
‘ FAILS AfiAlNJTflllAY
Trolley C rs, Mill Machinery
andiElectric Fans Fail For
Over Three Hours
Whilelesting a new air compressor
at the Norwalk Iron Works this morn-
ing an explosion occurred which caus-
ed considerable damage. While mak-
ing the test something went wrong
with one of the connecting parts and,
as a result, the compressor exploded.
One part of the tank was blown clear
through a large glass window and
landed in the street outside. None of
ithe workmen were injured and the
,damage was confined to the broken
{compressor and the broken Window
‘and sash.
The perverse little. devil, who burrs DRAFT LEGISLATION NEEDED.
ed out the two main feed wires at the, W \H‘HIVGTOV Au .
, . 4‘ . . . .gust 9.—~Piompt
CO“ C“ electric plant, Tuesday alto-reg enactment of the draft. extension hill
.noon, tried a_yariation of his tricks , so that September 5 may be fixed as
shortly before 35"“ o'clock this morn-1, registration day as suggested by Pro
ing, and all electric powerwas abrupt-E vest Marshal deneral Crowder, was
ly cut oiif just as themullltude of mill: urged today by Secretary of War Ba.
and store workers Were on the” way her. Without the extension, he told
7:30:11!“ ml 385““ ““1 3“" 10 the Senate Military committee, it
. (Coriander! On Page Six) “mid 9135585'
ammo x 7, ,
7" MAIL than
Tunas MORE mvonces ARE
FILED m suesmon cooar
Superior court, yesterday; for: the com-
ing term. (Mary E. Murphy seeks a
Haven; Devi -'-Flshman.~ofj Bridge—
‘pbrt, asks Tr edtnn from Rose Fish-
m‘an, ot New York, and Joseph; E.
Norwalk is to have its first woman» Wheeler. of Fairfield. sues Laurette"
81119111er
carrier on an R.- F. D. route on and r3. Wheeler, of Hartford, Des
after August 16th,. in the person of ‘ is the ground in an three cases.
Miss Elsie Mills, who has made’g'oof . - i ‘
'routes; since last April.» Miss Mills,
has shown a degree of pluck and pen?
severance that would havediscour
president of the association, has is: Since that time lilh‘ has been plying.
es 011 the Picardy Fron
Many Towns [lave Already Been Captured by";
the British in the Lys Region and" Great ,
Gains Are Being ~Made Farmer
80th Around Amiens.
~|N PARIS HHSPITAL
Popular Rowayton Young
Lady Writes of Her Work
atmong the WoundedSol-
iers
Among the malts“? Nbrwaik people
who, are serving their . country in
France no one is more favorably
Miss MARION F. caocxs‘rr'
Tknown than Miss Marion l“. Crockett,
.would be necessary to invade the de- BOLSH
3
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin P.
"Crockett, of Rowayton avenue. She is
‘a member of the Army Nursos‘sCorps
.._._..—u
(Continued On Page Twelve).
‘ ‘EViKI AT
WAR wrrn 'ENTENTE
’ WASHINGTON, Auguste. Amara,
\
mores-divorce suits were died in that»!!! Consul Poole, at Moscow: :has inr
ftormed thaStete Department that
‘Nlckolai 'Lenine‘. thewBolehevlk Pro-J . . . a. , . . . . .
: decreefmm John J. Murphy, or New'mler.recently1declared,hellfire a gamyllittle artillery preparation, the north, retirement to north of ,th
‘en‘ng or soviets in Mormons; ' 'a
state or war existed between the Rus-
esian Government and thefEntenteeAh
lies. ‘ " ' *
In response to attentions * from the
lliedcqnsnl‘s, Tchttcherin‘, Commis-
sary‘ot Foreign Affairs, said the ow
» . F TSUPERINTENDE‘NT oEAo. cred a»decliratlpn‘ofnwar,but‘that it
ROCKVILLE,.lad:,August 9.——.dohn tratherwes aideclaratlon o: a state of
p a ' t cent or. the, Chi- dots in
iin the first twenty-four hours of
,day bf the terrific oftensives of the Mont'didier, and from that towns
mler's statement need not be consid- t1-
Gains Made Yesterday and Today Are thwa-
Greatest, of Any Bays Since 1916;
Allies Again Control Railroad t
Running North From Paris. *
a ausstaue Bostonian Same German? f
Tiitioiis; llaiie‘llétired South. ~- "
(By The Associated Press.) and throwing the whole defensivd
‘organization at, the enemy inttt,
chaos. . ‘
-Gcrmon lines on the Picardy
front south of the Somme have Hardly had the G erman reverse},
been badly broken by the savage along the Somme been reportetil ”
thrust of the British and Frenchitlian dispatches began to tell of a 7,
armies. , German retiregent inL tlieCFlan; ._
. . - - tiers sector. ocon, c 01118 ,
A “mg“: ha” been (mm ‘mf’gnno, Quentin, Le Petit, little vii.
enemy‘territory to a depth of ?le“:lages on the extreme 'westem’
on miles along the Amicns- tip of tlie‘ Lys salient, have been.
Chanlnes-La .Fere ‘.railway .and abandoned by the Ger-mans an}! ‘
early today the British were only are now held by the British. This
- . the carrying out“ “
a mile away from the (fhaulncs-z,“100ked upon {is
. . to a German Withdrawal from the
Roye railway, “inch runs south~mys salient, which has been fore-
word from Chaulnes and forms the
chief artery of supplies for the
cast in recent dispatches. Thor)
_ , ground held by the Germans 13*
‘German troops fighting in the
[Montdidier sector of the front.
very low and is dominated by the}
iAllied artillery and retirement ,
| London announces“that 14,000 has been expected. .
{prisoners “3“ guns “too unmet-i In its larger aspects, the. succeed"
,ous to mention” have been taken of the Allies south of the Scrotum,
, constitutes a very serious, threat
‘the drive. :to the German line, especially tak.‘ ,
The results of this attack,iloos- the southward. The advance but
8d against the Germans ofiWthe not so far weakened‘the German
Amiens front Thursday morning, positions northward toward CA1“
appears to have eclipsed those ob- me, but the enemy finds hmiselfi
taincd by the Germans on the first in an'embarrassing position around”
past spring and summer. So far gguflmagtward at least as far as th ,
as reports show the progress of the Oise river.’ A further advance of -
fighting 501131 .013 the 301111119: the the Allies in Picardy would out-r
Allies are going ' forward almost flank the whole German line as f‘ag, _
withoutserious opposition. On as the, Disc and probably cause mi-
the north bank of the stream, the immediate retreat to positions
.Gcrmans have held their lines which can be linked up with the?
istrongly, but have lost Morlan- Aisnc line. ‘ -
:GOlll‘t, their stronghold there, af-
3ter hard fighting. The French, 1i
further to. the south; have had
ltheir advance retarded at numer-
ous points, but; the towns officially
reported to have beenreached are
evidence that the momentum 0t
ithe Allied drive has not nearly
‘spent itself. ' ~
Along the Veslc' there has beeti
ttlc change in the situation. Tild'
Franco-American ‘ ‘presstire, con-r
tinues and substantial forces are;
reported to be across theYesl
ready to continue the advent!
northward. The German positio
here depends somewhat, although
snot. entirely, on the situation in 3“ '
’7. From dispatches from: the bat‘fcardy.“ It is’not yet in dongero .
.tlefield, it" now appears that thfibeingputflgnked, but unless, that
lAllies attacked the Germans With Allies are checked promptly in th‘ '
:method pursued‘rcsemb’ling on a Aisne would appear to; be 'inevwl
‘grand scalethyahadopted by Gen- table ' ' ' ‘
the Allie
.er‘al Byng before Gambrai last' IniNorthem‘Russia
"November.' Armored tanks in troops landed, at Ar ge , ..
great numbers tore through the moving southward ”it _ y ,
German: first line positions, infane lagdo‘ railroad. “19* Bolsheviki
y "masses“ folowed ‘ and then aided by‘soineGermall unitazh
throughth‘e gaps intthe; enqmyretiredto ‘sevc‘nty‘m out at
line‘ths cavalry ands bred and “ ~ ‘ .
to? pi' til it ill! -
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