‘- _
1‘ W 1870
"AIME ussu
. up Will)
orwalk Leader of Suffra-
gists in Charge of Ar-
raigned Party
llEli lulu
w till/lunar
3 . Weed Says SheClimbed
Pedestal; But It Would Be
‘ ‘ ndignified to Climb Mon-
h u out
ABHINGTON, D. C., August 15.—
: woman sufiragists,
' six from Connecticut, who were
gtod a week ago when they at-
ted to hold a demonstration in
its Park, in front of the White
: 0, were placed on trial yesterday,
r circumstances as much unlike
procedure in an ordinary ‘court-
. as warfare in. the trenches on
French front is unlike a Sunday
. i picnic.
rs. Helena Hill Weed, of Nor-
, Conn” daughter or the late C
S . an E. J. Hill, in the duui‘rol
her before the bar and lawyer
é. accused women;
billed wits of the ind
--d police, and carried on the
' ‘ much her own way.
among
9 of
for
trial .
during the luncheon recess when'
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_._—..___
ilS'ARESUUN C
‘- MARE VETERANS
l :rican‘ Troops Seemed
. cry Young the Day Be-
ore They Went to Battle
- he
day yesterday we watched the
-chn soldiers who were to go to
front that: night wandering about
.streets of the little' village from
oh the start was to be made. 0th-
soldiers were there,
he French line,
.Algenians, writes
h'o Chicago News.
‘ , at is the difference between
American and the h‘renc‘h sni-
92'” we asked each other. By and
he answer came.
they loolE‘so young.”
pt, they were not unduly young.
4} the Americans one by one
”were seen to be stout, physics
tired. decidedly intelligent yen
. Their faces were full of ch
r and decision.
were younger collectively by a
‘ than the men Ora-company of
l-vccan shock troops who have been
ing them with interest. Some
hese latter were more kids. One
not yet raised a. beard.
ng
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. alumni
‘ lll RAliRilAll
ower to Relieve From
oal’s Rule
ASHING’I‘ON August 15.——Secre-
McAdoo said recently on his re-
_ duty in they'i‘reasury Depart-
h’nnd the cities of the Director
and of Railroads, that his observe-
the vast resources or water
. . during the two months he had
absent from Washington since
-‘ ass of. the last bond ’
.timpressed him with the idea of
rifying the. railroads ot the Unit-
.tates. It the Government were to
“toe the administration or the
ll.
kicity just~so _
Callod‘Policeman’ Liar. , A
-e narrowly escaped being arrest—,
'g‘doo Looks to Water»
campaign,“
ads of“ the country for any pro-
-.. period, he sald,'he would be,
vor of resorting to tho_use of
Entered at the South Nor-walk PM
Moo as Second elm Matter.
'uclltll's “up sun
HRS UPPER
RU volt
Foreign Warship in the Hud-
' son River Nearly Driven
on Rocks at Palisades
pursuit/inn y
APARTMENT HUUSES
K
LNewHaven Hard Hit Also
. and a Boy Killed by Grasp-
' ing Live Wire
NEW YORK, August 15.—Serious
dullluge was caused late last night by
_a freak willdstorln, which swept a
section of the Hudson River around
125th street and a part of the upper
West Side.
A foreign warship anchored sin the
.Hudson dragged her anchor in
gale and was swept, helplessly, toward
the rocks on the New York shore. Six
tugs steamed full speed to the war
vessel’s assistance in response to sig-
nals for help. They threw lines
Ithe helpless ship when site was {in
shallow water only a few feet from
011' the bank and, dragged her out into the!
river. Considerable damage was done
'by the wind to the war vessel's super-
could be. repaired without trouble.
. The fury of the wind was felt es-’
(Continued On Page Five)
M. S. MAY BUT RUWN
ELECTRIC LIRHTINR‘
l
i
i
i
l
Shortage of Power Causes
i Federal Officials to‘ Plan
i .Restrictions— Laws Not
1 Adequate—Authority Pro-
i bably Will Be Asked to
i Limit Private Consump-
A tion
WASHINGTON. August 15.—Shnlt-
age in the supply of electric power
throughout the country may result
soon in curtailment orders from the
War Industries Board and the Fuel
“of lights in households, office build-
ings and apartment houses as well as
in street lighting are considered pos-
sible before winter. , , ‘
in some sections of the country the
ioufput of war materials has already
been jeopardized by the power short-
and ago. With the shortage of coal cm-l
HY tinuing throughout the spring and
summer months and the prospect of
a much greater shortage during the
It is doubtful if winter. many industries have been
turned to the u
r
so of electric power lil-
1 (Continued On Page Twelve.)
MAY ENLARRE still
i.
t
' commandant
i _
Directors Meet at Hartfor
~New Haven. May Get
i Meeting Next October,
1 __,
HARTFORD, August 15.—-At
meeting of the directors of the Con-
:necticut Chamber of Commerce had
iyesterday afternoon at the Hartford
fClub, the chief topic of discussion was
the possibility of greatly enlarging the
‘Chamber so as to gain a correspond-
ing increase in its activities. it was
felt that the Chamber should be pre-
pared to ssume new and great bur-
dens coincident 'with the‘transltlon of
-.war industries to a peace basis and be
ready; to direct. the commercial , af-.
rails of the state during the period
'Just following the coming of peace.
it is likely that some deilnit'erocom-
mondations will be madeto the Cham-
ber at the annual meeting in October.
The place of thii; meeting was also
discussed, but no decisi
reached. New London and New Ha-
ven. have both invitedjhc Chpmu t
old in, as! eating no
as it, could be
3Vl§
_ through the German “W
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A
c S
scorn RORWAII, corn. Incision, soc. 15,7613
u.- s. CiNSlil
g BREAKS wnn
BilSllllllil
Interests of America Placed
in Hands of Swedish Rep-
resentatives
ATTAURES ARE
lEAVINii RUSSIA
State Department Is Advis-
ed That Safe Conduct Has
Been Requested—Nation-
als Safe '
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 15.—
De Witt C. Poole, American Consul
General in Moscow, has destroyed his
code book and papers and turned the
affairs oi the consulate general there
the over to the Swedish Consul prepara-1 Yesmrday
‘tory to quitting Russia, according to
‘advices received by the State Depart-
-ment from. Mr. Poole today. This
Smakes the break between the United
tO'States and the Allied Powers and the.
’Bolshevlki government virtually com-
plete. .
Despaiches received here from Am-
;sterdam today said that the Bolshevik
authorities still considered Russia at
battled the structure, but her omcers reported “ipeace with the United 5mg, on Aug.
gs. prosecu-‘
lust s, but at war who (5
.and France. This into
re Britain
fill-comes
381mm.
which quotes the Bolshevik Foreign
Minister, Tchitcherin, as having pm
(Continued On Page Eight)
,FINNISR ARMY IS
URRERER RY RUNS
~ TU UPPUSE ALlIES
Berlin Commands
March on Murmansk
Coast Begin in Fortnight
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 15.——
A report from Stockholm reaching the
State Department from sources con-
mostly men Administration against. its use for nou- sidered reliable, says the German Gov-
. crnment has addressed an ultimatum
and Moroccans war and non-essential purposes. Re- to the Finnish Government requiring
Herbert, Corey, strictions against the unnecessary use ‘
that the Finnish army {prepare to
punch against the Entente forces on
the MurmanSk coast within two
-weeks. ,
= Another Stockholm despatch says
the Russian sailors are declaring they
«bottomed oil Pun nu.)
llAMAliES [ll $3,000
lflBRlSlilllAllliit
Fadden Alleged Representa-
tive of Union Interfered
With His Work
‘ HARTFORD, August Iii—Judge Lu-
cien P. Burpee ,of the Superior court,
yesterday awarded damages of $3,000
l
of Bristol, against John W. Greeno
business agent of the Carpenters’ and
Joiners’ ‘Unlon thhat city, for alleg-
'ed interference with the business at
{the plaintiff. In the complaint, Mr.
:Fadden cited four instances where he
claimed that “by exerting pressure
and} duress" and,“by threats of strikes, .
A (Continued On Page Five) I"
A11 Deaths, 1,50 Cases or
Typhoid 'Among Germans
,
ASEIEVILLE, N. C., ‘August 15,—-
There have been eleven'deaths dram
ityphoid among the German civilians
and sailorsdnterned at Hot Springs
N. C., and 150 cases 0! the disease.
There were reports yesterday that
so'ms'ot the Germans had‘drunlp u'ni .
on hills been filtered river water in the hope‘thatefinmpo
‘mnenwonid prevent the. Government
tron-grunt gm ' 31,
SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
?
Picai'dy,
Wig...” ' V"“=‘
-———~—_
, 3 AIRMEN MILLER-
‘ l
I BARR” I S . "K. ,Britisll Flier Falls Near Cin-
. I clnnati and Perishes
. " CINCINNATI, August 15.4mm
promised to be a gala day for Ameri-
ican aviators from the field at Dayton,
American Vessel Attacked N. it, and British fliers led by Brig.-
by German Submarine Ofi' gen. Chlarles S. Lee, coming from in-
ianapois, en ed in gloom late '93-
Cape May, New JerseY9lterday' afternoon, when Capt. Jaiues
Filzmorris, of the British Royal Flying
Capt. Fitzmorris. with the other av-
iators, had landed at the Western
'Hills Country Club. Upon rising to
(Continued On Page Five)
headed by Major Claude K. Rheln-
hardt, who had flown from Mineola,
Corps, was killed Just west of Cincin-
nail.
HEAVY l’lRlNfi
I. ' FUR AU MINUTES
MayHave BeenAnotlnél' At-
tack Oif North. Carolina-
Coast . j
WASHINGTON, August 15.—'l‘ho
American schooner Dorothy Barrett
ZiSlRFRARlSlS“‘ “is
intuit] lWllJE'
“I
Fair tonight and Friday.
TWOOHI'I
Germains lie-Align Positions
llui Begin to
Retire on Five Mile Front
British and French Troops llave improved
lines North at the Somme—North oi
Albert the Enemy llas Withdrawn.
German Resistance Strong . in
Lassigny, With French duly ‘
One Mile South oi Town.
lArmy 0ilicers in Washington hook tor a New
Drive to Start Soon.
(By'l‘hc Associated Press.)
Allied successes in Picardy ap-
parently have compelled the Ger-
mans to realign their positions
between Albert and Arms. Enemy
troops have begun a retirement on
a five-mile front, but complete dc-
tuils oi’ the movement are lacking.
Between the Allcrc and the Clan
forts were made by the Germans
to reach the heights around Rebu-
terue as thcirpositions ill this sec-
tor were dominated by the British
gulls. *
Should the German lines he mov-
cd back any great depth, the line
south to Albert lllld‘tllt‘ilCC to the
Somme would be affected. Like~
That M
was sunk by shellilre from a German
submarine yesterday near Cape May,
N. J. Seaplanes and submarine chus-
ers sent to the 'scene dropped depth
More Demonstrations 0p-
posite White House—Re-
leased Late Last Night
bombs on the spot where the subma-
‘rine was believed to lava submerged.
I A report to the Navy‘today snysat
when the submersible appeared andl
Opened tire on the schooner the crew
took to the small boats_and have been
landed at an m. The schooner
Was not on in by the shells. When
the planes and submarine chasors':
Were sighted the submarine submerg-l
One at the planes flying low dropped
a depth charge where bubbles, pre-
lumbly {You the wake of the subma-
rine, were observed. The chasors
then closed in and let go sevelal
bombs. There was no evidence of
wreckageubut the submarine did not
reappear.
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
JUNIliRRARRENERS t
"twill nu
Heat Fails to Spoil Sports,
i and Speeches at Ward
1 Street Ball Grounds
WASHINGTON. August 15.—-Twen.
y nine women were arrested by the
police in Lafayette Square, opposite
the White House, late yesterday, when
0third attempt was made to stage a
women’s party demonstration there
naginst the Senate's delay in acting
on the Federal suflrage amendment.
After being taken to police head-
quarters, where they were released on
their own recognizance the women re-
turned to Lafayette Square for anoth-
(Continued On Page Five)
,Moaa SOLDIERS
LEAVE NORWALK
Norwalk's latest contribution of un-
tive sons to the National Army left
this morning, some going to Fort Slo-
cum, others to Newton. Mass, while
one was sent to Camp Devens and still
another to Camp Dix, N. J“
Frederick Stanchi, George C. Dug-
dale, Walter K. Miller, John Patrick
Hannon. Albert Sanford Noble, Moses
C. Gregory, Chester P. Meeker, lsrael
Harris and Aloysius W. Pennell left
on the 9:19 train for the" Manual
which place they will receive special
instruction in special branches of the
Training school, at Newton, Miass.,ut‘
flile lighting still is confined to, lo-
lcal actions at various points. The
Aliritish and French have improved
their positions slightly north of
‘lill‘ Somme, northwest of Roye,
south of Lassiglly, and along the
Oisc.
no disposition to counter-atatck
elsewhere, and have confined their
retaliatory efforts to artillery
bombardments.
i The extent of the German with-
drawal north of Albert is not yet
clearly defined and its eitect upon
,ihe situation as a whole is prob-
lematic-til. Field Marshal ‘Haig
announces the enemy left his for-
ward positions at Beaumont Ham-
‘el, Serre, Puisieux-awMont and
. Bucquoy. ‘
’butcrlle sector, where the Ger-
‘mans were stopped in their often-g
sive of March 21. Many vain ef-V
fflURMllllilRU. -
* I s.l_l_l_N__l_nlwll
WASHINGTON, August 15:—In re-
porting the Administration Mari Pow-
Enellly troops have shown}
These are. in the lie--
wise the line northward to the
Scarpc might have-to be readjust-
ed. It is not unlikely the nlovc~
mcnt, here is similar ill purpose to
the recent withdrawals in the Lys
salient, and is part of a German
plan to get into as strong positions
as possible on the entire front from
Yprcs to Rheims.
North of the Somme Australian
troops have improved their posi-
tions between Bray and Etinchcm",
reaching the western outskirts of
Bray, one of the main bastrans of
.the line south front Albert. Exist
jot Parvillers, northwest of Boys,
ithe British have made progress
itoward the Chaulnes—Roye rail.
,road.
l Lnssigny still holds out. The
‘Fl‘Canl, however, continue their
i
l (Continued On Page maven)
iflEFElIllVESHEllS ’
I tantrum“.
Three whom. Plant of
Following the dinner in the woods,l 89m“-
£33.;l'3n3r2'fh: fftiileé ngkiibgayi‘élgs and Oscar A. Johnson’left. at‘about
Army enjoyed all kinds of athletic the same time, fonFort Slocum, where
stunts, on the ' Ward street ball _they WA" TEDOFL Jothatton E38011.
grounds, and short speeches, congl‘at- of Darren. had been ordered to leave
mating the young people on their good with this contingent, but failed to put,
William M. Deegan, Francis A.‘Riley
er bill extending draft ages, today,t
Chairman Chamberlain disclosed to,
the Senate that General March had'
told the military commitee it was up
to the United States to put enough'
men in France to yin the war on the
west front andhad expressed the be-
pany of Bridgeport Charg-
ed With Sabotage—Held.
' For COurt Hearing
.~.to Nelson Fadden, a contracting lilther~
work, were made by County Club
Leaner L. M. Johnson. State Pig-Spin
clalist Sullins, and Chairman W. G.
Cleveland, of the Norwalk Garden M
sociation; Supervisor B. E. Callahan
(Continued on Page Four.)
x
250 MORE MEN snoM "
,CONNECTICUTAUTOMDSILES IN .. I
WASHINGTON, August 15.—-—Provost
MarshalGenel‘al Crowder today called
upon thirty-tour states to furnish nto
.tal of 12,000 white draft i'cgistrante.
qualified Ior limited military service<
for entrainment August 30 and 31. Then
man called will he sent {to three;
camps, 3,000. tags to Camp Upton:
.Yaphank', N. Y.,‘4,000 to Camp Dodge;
Des Moines, 1a., and 5,000 to Camp—
Greene, Charlotte,.N. 0. State quotasi
‘
include: 7' . . ..,
Connecticut, 250, Camp Upton, Yap-
~hsn’k. N. Y.: Maine, ,100. Camp Upton:
Maryland,--75. Camp Greene: Massa-
chusetts, 1,000, .Céinpv gut”: ‘
Isigned with the other local colored
l‘boys, who left some time ago. .
I
was sent to report at Camp Dix, N. J.| ‘
glided. The Ford belonged todhe Ad-
New
lief that four million Americansunder
onecommander could go through the
German lines whenever they pleased.
The report also revealed "that the
new American war program calls for
eighty diviisons, or something over
i .
in an appearance at the station this
morning. ~ .
Emerson Savage, colored, of Nor-
folk, Va., was sent to report at Camp
Devens, where he will probably be as-
. .. ‘_.__ .
Edward W. Merrill, or New York, Continued 0“ "’9‘ W“
_ ,—
-;WEATH-ER CLOSE ' _
i ‘ T0 100'_MARK
, - ._
l ‘ Local thermometers registered close
to the 100 mark yesterday, 98 degrees
in-the shade to be exact. which, while
some four degrees lower than the rec-
ord established during'the hot ware.
last week, caused more actual discom-
fort ,owing...to' the .greatly‘incruased
amount of humidity. . p
The employee of all the; markets.
and those (groceries that :leel at.
noonubleasod their bosses ior heir
, VARIOUS MIX-UPS a.
A slight accident occurred last even-
ing, on Keeler’s Hill, when D. Mills-
pnuzh, of Dalian. collided with near
given-by a man named Jones, of Non
Walk No one was injured and except
for slightly bent mudguards on both
cars they we’re not damaged.
South Main and Cross. streets was
the scene of another small collision,
yesterday afternoon. when an Over-
land touring car, No. 10-393, and a
”Ford-car. of the commercial type, col-
tor the nesroat_.beach for a dip
dalt .senwaves.‘ . . , ..
ler Dragoon“ Stamtofirandwa‘s' but
.. .;: all it dam ed. The‘"0vcrland show.
- ~ “"51” «"9? .9‘“"‘*}N°":5‘ guild out: ,‘ortlle' ‘m'ix-upnfll‘h ‘9 ‘ i i.“ . “in t
i at; t ' ‘* We " ' as. it.
generosity. and the majority hastened
. In libel
, it was a matterofconsid'erablesun
~ \
‘ ' Federal agents in the plant of 'the
Liberty Ordnance Company, at Bridge-
rort, made a grand sgmp, according
to information disclosed at'the Feller
31 building, in Hartford, yesterday,
when Albert‘R. Brown and ,Arthur H.
Ball, employes of the éompany, Wore
iarreigned by United States District
Attorney Thomas J. Spellacy. before ‘
,United States Commissioner Richard
F. Carroll, under a complaint which
charged them with sabotage, 'Thful‘
were held for court hearing. Edward
P. Wainer. another employe of the
company, had already been‘heid by
Commissioner Laveryu at Brilgeporc
under bond of $20,000, on Eh? same;
charge. . . *
i ‘ ' ':
1 (Continued on Sixth Page.)
FOUR’SUitVIvoas .
l " ARRIVED lN roar
'vors ottlietnllhm‘g‘ schooner‘Pl-og'resn.
milk it German submarine
. t ‘
BOSTONSV-August’ 15.- Four survi- ‘
mill:-
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-' Liberty Ordnance Com» ’
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