.
lflAl’S NEEDED
Necessity of Aiding Coin-
”rldies Working on War
e .
instills—Al's CARE
» iiib’i li_i§_li_li_iiliii8iill
‘nimiiiius TURNS
IN iiliiiiii liii
ignition]
Miss Jennings and W. O.
REGULAREBAHEE
Willi RIOEER8
IN PEIROGRAD
Burr Oder Land for Town
‘ in rovenie ts
Leétishd l()luards Fire on run; L n
row tiring Food Disor- {E D: Aunt-t Iii—Dum-
tiers and Kill Hundreds Of our Flints corner and the Library
turn, spots where in the past many
automobile accidents have occurred,
People
will be done away with for through
AIOOCIATED PIE“ NM PRO“ ALL PART. OF THI m IV A ”SGML Will AND OUR OWN
TRAIN “Kills .
two with
limo
Mrs. Mary She and Mrs.
Frances Struck
by Express earChristen-
sen Farm
trailic in this town if the plans of a
number of the prominent citisens of
the town mature. it is intended to
build a road across the meadows from
the Gould homestead. on the Boston
Post road. to the head of Elliott street.
WITHHUT Eflllll
Hill WI] DAYS
making a straight thoroughfare
Transportation Situation im- M t l L Re "W“ ‘°"- .
provi -—Labor. Shorti'ige or in aw ported to (Contin ed 0 Fl
in c . Have Been Proclaimed Af- " n P." m ,
. ter Outbreak '
"it ls'ltOt our intention to cut the
coal supply of any concern engaged
in an anaemia! industry." Fuel Ad-
‘ ministratorv’niemas W. Russell said
Yesterday afternoon. “The Govern-
mt fully appreciates the necessity
at encouraging and aiding all com-
' panieawork'ing on war orders.
"0- the other hand. it must be
“predated that the people of the‘
state must use the utmost care in
conserving the fuel supply. The
slightest wastage camot but serious-
ly injure Government work.
(Continued On Page Five)
MRS. E Ii. mil
.iiliillllllilllf ill. “WWW ‘1
NEW ll'l‘ mun
Plaintifi in Many Previous
Actions Again Trying to
‘ Gain Separation ‘
Elisabeth Downs Colt, “a wealthy
'Ridgedeid summer resident. who has
' lured in several spectacular lawsuits
in the Superior court, has brought pro-
ings in the. Supreme court of New
State asking for a separation
from Harris D. Colt. a New York law-
es'. who is said to have an income of
$0,000 a year. ' 4
The matrimonial troubles 0: inc
' dour have brought them into the
courts of New York. Pennsylvania and
Virginia, as well as’iu this state. in
(mm. I III 'fllfl
‘i‘iisullillisun.
in hit MURDER
Minister Asserts Wife Fell
in Brook, ‘ Fracturing'
Skull on Rocks
——d“
BIDDEFORD. Me.. August 20.~H..nn-
ry H. Hall. pastor of the Union church
at: Wells, was arrested in that town
yesterday on the charge otrnurder.
He is alleged‘to have killed his wife
near their home on the night of June
In. He claimed she lost her balance
and fell into a brook fracturing her
a on the rocks. while they were
w king together. ‘
The t was made after an in-
vestigation by a state detective at-
tached to theoihce of‘Attomey Gen-
" “"0“? H.‘Sturgls. Hall recently
returned from a. hospital in Portland,‘
where he went for an operation a
. _.___. .
Continued on fifth page;
:
naturism ,
SUNIiiii minim
crew Rescued on Hatteras
_ by Other Vessel ‘
WASHINGTON August 20.
merchant
tons was sunk Sunday night in ,a col-
lisiturwltbjauotber nseamship about
thirtydour miles. sotsbwest oi Dia-
mond Shoals. pd Cape Hatteras, N. 0.,
the Nagy“ . Eyes inter-med
i
1.
i
l
—'I'he
FREAK Willifili “N I
LONDON. August 20.——Hundr_eds of
, people were killed and wounded in a
regular battle between Lettish Guards
land rioiers during food disorders in
‘Petrograd. says an Amsterdam dis-
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
:pany. ’
The dispatch. which quotes Petro-
.grad advices by way of Berlin, says
that after the city had been without
;food for two days. a procession of
i workmen marched through the streets.
Engine and Coaches Strewn
Over Landscape
BUFFALO, August 20.—An east-
bound New York Central express
1
twill nuns 12,
Kill iN ;. ‘
MAiiEMBEN
Each Carried a Mel of
[films Beans on H“ When-
it 1".
WINDSOR. Aura-t ”iv—'10 wont-u
were instantly kilhd. My after
noon. at about 1:50 o'clflb. In front of
the Wilson Station tie by the north-
bound eapresa train. deal we-
men are Mrs. Mary..8holto. of No. 168
Bellevue street, Button. and Mrs.
Frances lagaldo. of Hartford Gar-
dens, Wilson. Both mm were em-
ployed by Niels Clark“ at his
market garden and had been picking
lima beans on the west side of the
Willi “"
shouting "Down with the Germans!
gDown with the Kremlin!” The battle
'between the rioiers and the Lettish
itrain, which left Buffaltx at 3:25
'o'clock yesterday afternoon. Wail
wrecked two miles west of Bergen,
tracks. Each was carrying a bushel
of-beana on her head to the store-
iiuards occurred before the Smolnyi .
linstiiute. Martial law was proclaim-l3? efignélccmulig tl'rloherailemillg
led in Peirograd the same evening. lail except one of m. coaches 0'”
i turned in the ditch. yet not more than
1 doses persons were injured and
moon of menus hurt seriously. .
. The swim .P standstillsm
: feet atvay« i_ ‘ t coach. it
ran 1,500 feet slur tearing the rails
l and stopped in an orchard after crash-
iing through two telegraph poles,
[number of cedar fence posts and
1 trees.
Fireman W. K. Shelley came out.
without a scratch. Engineer Charles
;Wilkie's feet were scalded by steam
from a broken pipe. but he was unhuri
otherwise.
The injured brought to the Datavia
HARTFORD, August 20.-——ln at least i Hospital included Mrs. Mary McMillan
three ways the people of Connecticut of North Bay. Ontario: Corporal
may co-0i)erate with the Food Adinin- Thomas C. Meagher of the Training
Nation's campaign for it better dls- Detachment at the Oswego Normal
”mum of garbage. in the that place. school; W. H. Jones of Buffalo. an ex-
the Food Administration urges every press messenger; V. Ttartagley, New
ihousewii'e to see that no edible fOod'
'Sets into the garbage pail; secondly,‘ (Continued On Page Five)
titration: tittiiiisiisslpmlml'm
‘ ISHlEElllllllllllEil
crockery. tin cans, waste paper and
sweepings: and thirdly. opposing the
burning of garbage and by advocating
He and 8 Others Whose Ship
Was Sunk Reach Boston
WAS WREEKE_ ‘BOSTON. August 20.—-Capt. David
lEvans. of the British steamship Peni-
‘ intone. who was taken aboard a Gen
George Issid. of 15 West avenue. man submarine as a prisoner of war
while riding his bicycle near Garner after the undersea boat sank his ves-
streei, yesterday afternoon, celiided sel oi! Nantucket last week, was land-
with a Ford touring ‘car. P. S. 1367, ed here late yesterday. ’
owned and driven by Charles Coppola: With Capt. Evans were eight mom
of 68 Benton street. Both the Ford bers of the crew of the Norwegian
and the bicycle were proceeding 'up steamship San Jose. also a victim of
West avenue at the time. and [said at- the same submarine that destroyed
tempted to turn around in the middle the. Penlstone.
of the street without giving any kind Capt. Evans appeared little the
of a signal. Coppola, in the jitney. saw worse for his adventures. He was
him and edged‘farther outinto the stalked by the German commander
middle of the, road and ‘was just pass- when he tried to return to his sinking
.ing the man on the bicycle when is vessel for the ship's pipe“-
sid turned sharply toward tlie-centerit
of the road and collided with the:
Ford's front wheels.
«item
I lieves It Is One of the lm-l
portant Problems of the
Season
i
i
t
(Continued On Page Twelve)
ISSID’SBICYBLE
i
house of the market arden on the
east side of the tracks. A freight
train was switching a Or on to the
railroad aiding at Wilma Station ob-
sour-ingtheviswoiiha
mm.m«m>
accident say that they’did act httr the
(Continued ~ on Pase Five)
INVESTliAllflNill , ..
Bill or unit
Great Increases Shown in
the Necessities of Every
Household
WASHINGTON. August 20.-—-Coun~
try-wide investigation of the cost of
living was started today by the Bur-I
eau of Labor Statistics to obtain data
for use in making wage 'adiustments.
Six aggnts began the inquiry in Balti-
more, calling on representative fami-
lies in different parts of the city.
information will be gathered from
the families regarding their annual ex-
penditures for food. clothing. housing.
fuel. furniture and miscellaneous ex-
penses. This information is closeted
to be useful ,not only to the Govern-
ment. but to the housewife. as wally
tsunammrmsin
MUST REGISTER
' 'NEXT SATURDAY
WASHINGTON. August 20.——Revls~
ed estimates announced today by the
Provost Marshal General show that
168.000‘young men who have become
twenty-one since last June 5. should
register for military service next Sat-
urday. Of this number, it is estimated
that about half will go 'lnto Class One.
subject to immediate call to the col-
ors.
Cute Eatlmhtes of Saturday's Repla-
tration Include:
‘ Sundays and seven holidays.
steamship Proteus of 3,000‘pmved y tire-Warranties. Board.
Ma“ , ‘rerKQ
lssid went to police beadquartersl
and lodged a complaint against Coppo-
la snd asked that he be mad: settle
for. the damages. A number of wit-
Ineases were on handand all declined
,that Coppola was not to blame and .'
{hat lssid was the one at fault.'
The
Ford was not damaged. but the bicy-
cle was a complete wreck.
ASK GOVERNMENT
TO CONSTRUCT NEW -
ELECTRICAL PLANTS
WASHINGTON. August zo.-—ro
.meet e urgent aged for sieritrlc pow-
er 'in/ pyards’. munition factories
and e was industries. a bill ap-
was in . uneany by Representa-
tihve Stine, gingham ,au‘lhoriaing
a Proud . construct war
plantain-niece ‘ it’d"
s Qt.
Tl" 3“ 103° "33 sunk- some time Connecticut . -2,238
"‘ "—" ‘ Deiaware.... ...... '.... ..... 387
(Continued 0n P8139 TWEIVG) Maine H.” _ 1.100
"*"‘"‘"- Maryland .' 2,309
Army Gets Pork For Massarcahueetts _. . . . 2,32
. ' New racy ., ..... ............. ,
Diet TWO Days In Te“ New qunpahlre .‘..t ...... .. 592
NewYork............. ......14.93:
Pennsylvania . ...... "
Rhode Island . . ............... .
WASHINGTON, D. C.. August 19.—
~Troops in cantonmcnts 'wiihin the
.United States are being issued fresh
.pork two days in ever yten. as a sub-
'ptitute for beef. the War Department
.last night announced. The substitu-
Ition in the meat supply has been made
because of the large amount of pork
Iavailable at this time. when’ beet
. stocks are running low and prices can-
sequently high. -.
.——————
PRIVATE CA‘RR IS _
AMONG WOUNDED
Mrs. James iii. Flynn. of 132' mu
‘Hili rohd, received todhy the following
. talent-hm from Washington. D. 0.:
- . "Deeply‘ré’gretrtoilnform'you that it
New 21 Year Class M is omiammd that your cousin,
Must: Register Aug. 24- mm “9"“ WW L~
108ml Unilbd Staten'lnfsntry. was as-
Willynri.
.~ inaction
~'°"noM'° fannino‘rn'nh
0f. “0ft”
one "
male persons, who have manned
All
Itwsntybdrstbirthday a June
. their
lililliililiiiiiiiil
ii “HEM rum
Fire at Dobbs Ferry Endan-
gers Tanks Near New
York Juvenile Asylum
D0388 WEN. Y..Auguatzo.—A
mysterious explosion, which occurred
at noon yesterday in the buildings oc-
cupied by the Strausser Chemical
Company. at Chauncey. near here.
where a ig Government order for
“acids u in manufacturing explosiv-
es is being filled. has caused the police
and Federal authorities to begin a rig
in investigation to determine if Ger-
man agents are active.
The exploaion occurred on the out-
side of the main building. which is of
brick. blowing in a wall and setting
hrs to the frame part of adjoining
buildings.
MOP-DUN.)
hint iii unit
not llllNllEiii
0P snares
SPIESSllSl’EfllillN '
- ~.__...
Fair Tonight and Wednfldliy
iiiiii rotors Milli Pianist
AND nmv MAY Hill it soon .V
RiiliiliSl innit DEfiNSE nit:
PLAN MANEUVERS
Fflililil lilifilliENT who .2“... ""‘° °"
ilUlilNiiSEi’lEliilEii iiiiisii on
m rhinitis
, French Successes Are Be~
coming a Serious Menace
e
. av
Colonel Wilson and Stsfi
Considering Field Day
Late in Month—Close Dr- Gem 1 Maug‘ ,
d” T“; N" ”MAKE“. tured Mandamus?“
m“.l_~_ .m . 2 20“ P e ‘
Grounds Odered as Tom- m he"
porary Training Camp (by The Associated Press.)
amoonronr n as “he“ Pressure against the'Gep. '
’ mt 3-H“. m ' f a ' V
now am being Mun“ by the ”mm in!“ mm Sm“ north “1"
Miliihry diltrict ltd! embers for It bis
SillllllNli Silllllliii
Had Been Driving Ambu-
lance Since Last March for
American Red Cross
is
who hermit ntn' rpiid'rrom Fran
where he served for months as an all:
balance driver. Arthur Edwin Canter-
bury returned to his home here one
day last week. “ "
. Brings Back Souvenirs.
'V'He‘hrought a number of memebtoes
.of his visits to the lighting front and
he tells some remarkable stories of
(Continued On’ Page Six)
NEWARK llfll '
' NEWARK. N. 1.. August :o.—Sst-
tlement of the machinists’ strike in
Northern New Jersey. involving more
than 60,000 men. was affected today
by Major B. H. Gitcbell. mediator for
the War and Navy Departments. who
has decided the wage dispute shall be
addnstsd on the basis of the hourly
rate now in force in the Frankfort!
Arsenal and the New York and Phila-
delphia Navy Yards. The arbitrators'
finding is satisfamory to both the
manutseturers. and their employee, it
was stated. -
Time and a half will be paid for
[inch
shop will have an individual commit-
'tee of three, composed of an odlcer
iof’the employing concern, a workman
to be chosen by secret ballot by the
employee. and a representative of the
That the av e ' ‘ of the TOU- *—
ton is not mfllg gs Wee
mun by the of a Wiltonims
85ml STRIKE.
to the Somme-sud in the Mansion ;
sector continues. ”I”
I. Just northwest of Soissons, the
French have occupied the village,
of Vassens, which is on the east. ‘
ward bank of a small stream pi
field day during the latter part ostp-
tember. it is not likely that the regi-
ment‘ will be called upon to march La-
bor Day. because it now is considered
essential that the enlisted men quick-
ly be taught the principles of bayonet
drill and mm formation applicable to which flows into the Osir River at rot.
up:
is
mongoeted areas.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
.Morsain, a town to the southeast e
[which was captured by the FM . .11
yesterday. ' ' " ~ “ i
I Farther north. in the mountain." ‘
our region between Lassi
'Dreslinconrt, reel rocsi .
Ireisnportedavfim ..
‘ ' ' ’l . . .
STEAM It“ gion that the French . g .
’ from Thiescourt Forest ”new “
. and also captured-the'viliagef : . .
A number of minute“... boysbad- Pimpres, on the Oise above Rtbeat
iy damaged the city's steam roller court. .
last evening. The roller‘was hell on' In the old Picardy battiefleidg'i n;
3219'? “griffi‘ihn‘rbozm “minnhe Germans have been launchintrgg
upon c “m" “."repeated counter attacks against-51"
and the tires banked preparator to . . . . t . fl:
the night's rest. Some time iater’the .ihe Bnufih line In the "3.1011 80““ oi
boys came around and began to tinker'east of Chilly, which in north 0‘. 15.5
with the mechanism and managed to Raye. These assaults were re- .
get 163 ploundls ff gltealm up in the .‘boil- pulsed by the British.
°' "1 ‘ °“ ° ‘ ° " °' °“- The old Lys salient is being rape
As the tires were still burning under . . v’
the boiler without the necessary. wa-ildl¥ flattened 0‘“ by the Gem i
ter the lire-box and boiler were seri- retirement from the extreme waste .
ouslv unused. The police were notl- erly positions held by them after; ~,
“9" ““1 $31";le 12‘§§::';.°' 3:: ‘their April ofiensive. The British. .
names 0 0 VI I r ' ’
ofllcial statement shows the line
they will be dealt with accordingly. now runs from Merviile, on a“ .t ,1
north, to the vicinity of Locon, orn' ;'
“EIVE METHE “IRL” the south, leaving a large triangle
eh
i
4U
s
a
War or Navy Departments. who will
adjust the wage and working condi-
tions. .
If the cost of living is increased ten
per cent. or more, or decreased that
ramount. the scale may be reconsider-
ed.
intuit—ii liiliiillii
wiiiismiiiiuut,
1. bliss Julia Karimai, of Cilantro};
has received the. following letter twin
her brother. Corporal Gabriel Kurimal.
'Co. B, 304th lnf.. A. E. F..-Fran'ce. The
13,533 letter. which is ‘very interesting; new“... Chm” “he“, we“, ,8
27;'speaiis of the hardships which the
Vermont """ ' """" 505 “th 99W“ “‘0 undergoing “d as sins missing in action. is a hephJ
tells of the entry of the - American
troops. into a little French town for
the first time:
:Dear Folks: ‘
. 1 wish to let you know in. . as few
words as possible that I am feeling
odds and dandy and enjoying the air
‘of sunny~ France very much. it is
y.” .m harp and the peasants tiny
August 1. 1918.
til“ they haven't. had a, drop .‘l‘rd‘ln'
Retrieverwomontbs.
.. Than: crops-ere
poo; because‘of-theahck of rain.
'ero‘sars‘the‘ircni
“D. ails
'm y var
hum; "t are
of abandoned territory in the ‘die
.rcction of St. Venant which he;
ERY [HEAL FARMERS been occupied by the British. - ..
. . f lGerman airmen again have borne
- ' ' 9 cording to the oficial reporting ‘ ..
Recruits. t° thi‘woBmwu‘sfParis. Six of the civilian popursr
Land Army re yition were killed and a scort
Needed, as More Men Go wounded. . g.
Terrible food riots have occuro "
The need of more recruits to the ports reaching Amsterdam by“
Xi’mm'slmd Army. 3' Ameflcg'tgsof Berlin. It is .said .hundred.
ng r“ m" an mm “' eiwere killed and wounded dot-int
l t r0 a mature, just at the time . fl ,
:hzh t‘lregounger farmers of draft age .3 battle between meters and Let?
and summoned for immediate service. support of the Boishevilr “8m
l 3“ mm“ “the!“ 13'5””:‘1 gzz'accordiug to recent reports. It»
un ergone a mos ec e a . «.7
since the first attempt to 1:03? gill: :fzfgidfi’gggag‘ggalbwn P13?“
be t f f roug v. . 3 ‘ . _
mem m on or arm wor German forces holding the wit
barded the City of Nancy,‘ sky
to War . ‘
red at Petrograd, according to re-.
are taken from the reserve classes..tish Guards, which are~the assign
out the taming districts of Comiecti-i
cut. under the direcctlon of the . W°jssctor of the battlefront be”
‘ C the Aisne and Oise rivers, were}o
(confined 0n Pug Maven) Lhurledback over a ten-mile iron
‘ihis morning by the French." ..
'cording to reports reaching Loo- . .
don. It is stated the French but '
,pcnetrated the enemy positions '
a depth of two miles. ‘
This attack, which is a} coating:
iii .1! kHenderson. of 7 East ““011 0’ “3° ”5““ ma 9 no . .
gym ntrgt. this city. it was reported west of 801880118 on Sunday Ills“,
inbouttown'that Lieutenant Charter R. is said to endanger the whole 9...;
Nae“, son of Mrs. Henderson. who is m position at Soisons ‘and M
“ WW 0' “”303“ Ammuihfiw Aisne. Itisadded that thean _
train. 37th division, was the manpniies- . . ~ ob bl 'l'i h f 11 w
-ing, the names being the same. caus- 9‘10““ Pr 3 if V" 8 0 0. .
'ing the misunderstanding. . y by a German retirement from Sifts-i
“eutenxtmwfilell' {reticular wtho sons .to the Cherrgn-geiigamis;
,is report sang, a son‘o a etails e tn .
“Mfilmm fifth.1 lasso 1!!! V CB “Noetdm $082M shut in m
commie. sinNsw-Yorkcity .m has 3 .- ~ .1 ill thin
aiwdyi‘iivsdin on city. it - a ram euro nu on to
Worms; ”and. , _. ‘wonidjacem to place the Ge
W 1 ‘ , aliengths Aline .
Ne hew Missing; Son of
sore Name Safe at Front
reported on last night’s casualty list
a
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