u-ioiiciiiiii
CLAIMS Iii Sill
”iii ill one
Also Tells That He Holds
Master of Another Vessel
ma Prisoner on Board Ger-
man Submarine '
ultimo”
AMIIEIIIIIIII‘EIIIIEII
l Members of the Crew,
”Many Injured Severely,
‘ Brought to Port
m‘
' PORTLAND. Hallie. August 21i.--A
mt that Ill. W cruiser San
. was iss’odaad and not rained
made bribe commander of the
onus captured the steam
. tcr Triumph and used her as a
raider on the Ishing banks this Week,
. and that the captain of the Jou-
lcrtlsnd papers were taken from the
g . Mob. and the commander said he
04 been much amused In reading re~
m 0‘ ho" , ‘ lungs Ml‘ \'F\‘i‘(‘l
,i . been ramm and sunk by steam-
. arriving at American ports.
The commander said he had been
. abnormantbsi‘mmnded to re-
--w-‘-v .
(Continued on Page Eleven)
annulus
iii-EssEuiii
gui ict of Columbia Labor
hoard Rules on Wartime
7,.0ccupations -‘-‘Employees
Summon
" WASHiNG'l‘ON, August 23.——ln, a
_ . sion that is expected to set a na-
tional precedent the Labor Board of
... German emcer also asserted that I its aided in the retirement.
be sank the tank steamer 0. B. Jen-1
IIIIIED IRIIII’S
0IIIIIIIIIBEIIIII
IND WIIIIIIIIIW
Heavy Fighting Occurred on
the Ussuri River Front,
North of Vladivostok
JAPANESEIIII
IN RETIREMENT
British and French Engaged,
But Cossack and Czecho-
Slovak Tr00ps Sufler Most
LONDON, August lit—Allied troops
on the Ussurl River front, north of
Vladivostok. outnumbered by the one-
my. have been forced ,to withdraw af-
ter heavy fighting, says a dispatch to
the Daily'lall from Harbin. dated
-Wednesday. .
‘ British and French troops are cu-
Igaged in the battle, but the brunt of
Wording to won! received neiz today" the fighting fell on the Cossack and
' Captain hlyhre, of the Triumph. Csecho—Slovak troops.
Japanese un-
Bolshevik monitors, operating on
Lake llangka, are harassing the Al-
Commands are being
'given the Bolshevikl in German.
The Ussuri River forms the eastern
, boundary of Mauchuria.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
iEIIIIIIEIITIEIIT III.
'SEEIIND TEIIERAE
II’IIIESTS WRITE [IE
IllIII IN STAIIEIIIIII
TIIII BIIIITEEEIIINE
The Department of Justice
Agents Arrest Two For
Selling Liquor to Soldiers
Stamford was again raided yester-
day by Federal agents, and two more
arrests made for violations of that
section of the draft law prohibiting
the sale or gift of liquor touch in the
military service of the United States.
The‘men arrested were Alexander
Main, proprietor of a saloon in Stam-
fOrd, and Frank Lombardo, of 728 Post
Main street, Bridgeport. Both were
arrested in Stamford, and later com-
mitted iovcells at the Bridgeport po—
(Continued On Page My.)
Allie
IIIIIEIIEST
. I8 TWITTER
State Council of Defense De-
. glides in Favor iel That
an
sEENEs m Elihu:
Bishop Nilan Receives Thee,
Interesting Letters From
Over There
Rt. Rev. John J. Niiau, bishop of
Hartford, has received three interest-
7 "It? "- I art-oner- on we h'ant‘JIrI-Ilied left and have detained additional . ins letters from chaplains on the
bio willie Cdptain Myhre wssym board. ‘ Czech forces.
’A lumber of Boston, New York and’
western battle front, In which are
{given the experiences of the priests inI
carrying on their work at the trout.
Under date of August 5 Rev. Thom-
as F. Lynch. 301st Machine Gun Bat—
talion. formerly of Baltic, writes that
it took two long weeks to get to‘
England. where he spent two nights}
andaday,thon dnawlld dash;
across the on fiat him. The let- I
(Continued On Page Twelve)
wit-“WI "P" iiuiiiuu FRIIII
STATE SERVIEE
Investigation of Service Con-
ditions Precedes Expendi-
ture of Government’s $1,-
000,000 Fund
“ AUIfl;IiAllil HURT
Victim Claims Man Tried to
Assault Her After Visit to
Compo Inn, Westport
BRIDGEPORT, August 23.—Beiore
000,000 which it will receive from the
1Government, the Connecticut
BRIDGEPOR’I‘, August 23.—Su,l'iet~
expending any of the allotment of $1.~‘ ing from bruises about the body and a
,sprained right arm. Miss Jeanette
, Com-‘shore, an employs at the Remington
.pany will make an exhaustive investi- Arms. [was treated at the emergency
he District of Columbia appointed by.,gation of the trolley system in the hospital shortly before 2 o'clock yes-
yo Secretary of Labor to sift essen—Istate in keenlng with suggestions re- terday morning. Aceording to one of
.. from nonessential labor to meet‘ cently made by the Public Utilities the stories told by the injured girl and
no war needs of the country today is-I
dised a list of forty or more occupa-
.ous censldered as nonessential.
Notices hae . been serv'ed on the
gentyor more industries affected di-
IE" . ._ that voluntary releases be
to employee so that they can en-
- i e in war work. (Jobs will be given
to those released as fast as they ap-
.‘III
(Continued On Page Twelve)
: . EN m SERVIEE
_ :WEUEII'ET" IIIII-
“ A uniform automobile sticker invit‘
:_ -g soldiers and sailors on free rides
I1: been adopted. by the'Wer Camp
.1... unity Service stations in New
nlaad, including Boston. vAyer,
‘ orcester. Cambridge, Portland.
'ortsmouth and New London. These
‘utomobils stickers willgb‘e circulated
‘ ng all automobile owners in Mass.“
usetts, New Hampshire, Vermont,
.. Rhode Island and Connecticut.
. Boston the cooperation of the
i , ‘
—~— .
i“ (Continued on Pride ’l‘werve)
.~ IIE EIEE EASIER -
.13
. ._ not makingrelleia little easier
4’: the boys at. the. frontfind supply-
4', them wltb‘mme of the comforts
‘ mg army regulations dovnot in-
-' do, as working. as a harmonious
“r toad M unjust been received
, this scam.“ to how the four
, . t forces for-sum! infuses. Red
. sa, Y. H. 0. Limit of Colum-
a?
I Bullilliill
_ those caused in the common number of sick and wounded soldiers; thrOughv he fence and near into. the my.
00mmission. Rerouting of lines and
a change from the straight fare to a
zone charges by zones are among the
i
=chauges which are expected to result >
I from the investigation.
liContinued on Page Two)
II SIT‘IIATIIIN
IS VERY SEIIIIIIIS
Shortage of a Million Un-
: skilled Men Reported For
Various Industries About
the Country ‘
| HARTFORD. August 23.-—The labor
|crisis in the United States, which Gov-
ernment officials have feared. has
-come, according to information receiv-
'ed here today from Washington.
. Final tabulations made by 0'” l‘ed-
'eral Department of Labor 'show a.
,shortage of one million unskilled men
additional shortage as soon as the new
army draft extension increases the
need for supplies. The skilled labor
situation is equally serious, alt'd nigh
figures are not available. -
(Continued on Page. Two)
_ ARRIVE PAST WEEK
wasnmo'rort, 1 adult 83.-The
landed inL this country from the expe-
ditionary. forces during ‘he'mkrend'
over preceding tweekasand reflects so
some‘ small dame the st fhpntof.
“naive“, There were as: Med, for
this week “against est 1110‘!"-
cedtns week. ,- fl‘bamdn lily. been
sent to base snows , ’ ’
reconfiterd‘uotion facilities _
x
in war lndustaiespnd there will bet on ‘
333 WOUNDED SOLDIERS
iug August 16. shows : largefincreaae,,
as,
:liPl‘ friend, Miss Edith Pels, who lives
at the Remington Girls' dormitory, on
(Conunuod On Page Twelve)
nus Enuuiin
IiEPI outrun
Gov. Holcomb Issues Procla-
‘mation Concerning Em»
~ ployrnent of Young Men
and Women , . .
HARTFORD, August- 23.——Governor
Marcus H. Holcomb, in a proclamation
lust issued, calls for the continued
maintenance of Connecticut’s educa-
tional standards as a war measure.
I The proclamation of the’ governor
follows: ‘
the greatest demand upon our resourc-_
es in man power, a demand ‘not only
for men abroad,.on the fighting line.
n-b—n—
(Continued on Page Twéive)
Wreck of Auto Truck ’
Attracts Large Crowd
FAIRFIELD, August 23.~Hundrerls
of automobiles filled with curious peo-
traordinary sight of alarge au mo-
bile truck standing,” end‘lu t e wa-‘
ter of the TWBI'. .‘l‘hlsllruok went
we y after-.10
. w .. pi ”03W“.
nay, the-result oi. inductor , _ ‘
his car over on indemnified distill;
road and hitting a car‘- drivéday are
.ney Winters. of Bridgeport, than skids
ding olthe bridge. '
Deputy sherlnwull .. cosh: 'Isld‘
nightgown-t the Bo “a P0 'Lroad
locked illko‘Broadwu. 83136“. 160:.
May. withtbs'ooaatsjat, triage
him for piece work performed.
i
I " "STIIIIEII IIIoAIIIII
I Canaan,
—"
pie visited this town andl the Mills
river bridge, yesterdhy to view.lhe or"
HARTFORD. AW 2W Com
necucut State Council of M has
declared in favor of a anemia-par-
ed conmimlsy war dost as “a satis-
factory and practical netball strata-
iu lands nor was sanitary amiss“
for those towns which are dissatisfied
with the present multipliicty of day“.
Following an extensive investiga-
tion of the war cheat object. thCh
included inquiry into the method of
raising and disbursing war chests in
more than 500 towns and cities, the
council has decided that the war chest
idea descrl'es endorsement. The right
(Continued on Second Page.)
IIIIIIIINE IIIIIIEIIIINET
Km "MMSJQ. Bohannau was summoned at once,
‘ that us. 'AMNWI bad passedbayond
Employee .of American Hat
Co. Arrested on Charge of
Stealing Sixty Dollars
Sergeant Bryan Silk received a hur-
ry summons to the plant of the Amer-
ican Hot Co. on Grand street, this
morning. where be arrested John Mu-
rone, an employs. on speedy inform-l
tion furnished by Superintendent Pol-
lak, of the company, charged with
tampering with the checks issued to
After sharp questioning. inlarone ad.
mitted that he had unlawfully taken
some forty dollars in the past four,
weeks. but Mr. Pollsk asserted that
the sum was at least sixty dollars. and]
possibly more, but that the exact
amount would not be known until a
careful examination of the books was
made. / t
Marcus, who is quite a local char-
acter, is generally known as “Johnny."
and formerly operated a taxi car about
the city. "‘
He was locked up in the uptown sta-
tion, pending further investigation.
and his hearing will probably be held
tomorrow before Judge Caudee. l'
PIIIE I’EIIESTIIIAN
gan, of New
'd- Not Get Far
Enough Away ,From Ve-
hicle Path
While walking along Connecticut
William
I
store midnight.
I. II. luuws
tinnitus
Attacked With Fatal Ili-
ness on Returning to Sum-
mer Residence at Belle
Island Last Night
ltwasssssarasbockto ms comm
city this morning to loan attbs'sadv
don death of Thomas Has-hall An-
drews. native of Norwalk nil mot
its most pmlnent masons ll busi-
ness, civic on social life, shortly be
Mr. Andrews had been about town
as usual during the day, driving his
ear to the home oi a close friend.
Read ll. Flynn. of 1 Livingston street.
South Norwalk, where he passed the
evening, returning to his cottage. at
Bell Island. shortly after 11 o'clock.
While putting the auto in the garage.
he was suddenly stricken with dissi-
nass and intense pain. and making his
way to the porch of the cottage, sank.
into a chair, at the same time calling
to a member of the ousehold
was feeling very ly. ,Dn'“ urles
before his arrival.
The funeral services witll be held,
from the home of his sister. Mrs. Wil-
iiam F. Lockwood, 11 West Main
street. at 2:30 on Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Jacobs, acting pastor of the
South NorWalk Congregational church.
oi which the deceased was a member.
will atheists. The burial will be in
Riverside cemetery. ~ _
A Native of Newton.
Mr. Andrew: was the son of Juseph
and‘Ann Andrews, and was born in ‘No-
roton ril 6th. 1866.
Tu; alla’rnlly removed to Norwalk
when he was about twelve years of
age, and he finished his education in
the local schools. lie married lliss
Ida Boyer, daughter of James Boyer.
of ’s city.
on quite a young man he entered
Morrison's shirt shop. on Kerwin
street, and served there as shipping
L k for a number 0 years.
clelrnater he was associated with his
brothsnin-law, William F. Lockwood,
in the market. on Main street.
Some fifteen years ago he entered
'the service of the Lounsbury & Bis.
sell Company. at Winnipauk, as book-
keeper. and rapidly rose to the posi-
tion of secretary sndtrsssurer. ’
He was a memléeroofFOur Brothers
No.10.l. . . .1
Logs; survived by his wife, his math
or and an only sister. lira. William I“.
Lockwood. ‘. . ‘
M
nun viEw Eur.
supp Euu,
Judge Candee Hearing the;
Action of- the Corporation:
Barnett?
avenue. near Center street. at about 5
. o'clock. yesterday afternoon, William, This afternoon at 2
“The present world war is making Deegan, an employs of Heyt's Nurser— .Nahemlah Candee will try
truck by an
a broken
ice, in New Canaan. was
automobile and sustain
leg. ,
. Deegan was walking along the pike,
when he saw a heavy truck coming
toward him. He stepped to the side
of the road,..hut not entirely o. the
‘ pavement, being about three feet on or! certain property and beach rights”
this side. Just at this time a Buick
roadster, No. 27-596. owned and driven
by Daniel Woodbury, of Spriugdaie,
Conn. came along in the direction of
Nos-walk and started to passout the
Apparently noun was not seen
‘and modestly be was struck by the
Buick before he could get out of the
‘ bI-Ie; ', was knocligtlt (thaw:- and
Wood urystopped, an on a man
fifths. Nomik W
3‘
but condition was noises-ions. .
. Wbbllbui‘y drew to ”“99 headquaov
or. medicament accident
;’ malt“ ' tom authorities.
mm from a fracture
and
,. 'ln‘lils carwnrst brought last
ed at the Hospital that,
one slid. smallbones in blues. I
Against Harry L-
o'ciock Judge
the case of.
the Harbor View Corporation vs. Har-
ry L. Barnett, of Harbor View and
New York. rindwiu give his decision
(in a controversy ,0! many years
standing. The main question ln-dis-_
pute will whether or not the resi«
dents of t at section areto be allow-i
which were guaranteed them, and.
whether or not the public of Norwalkl
have the right to bathe and trespass
on that'beach. . >
The Harbor View Beach Corporation
have made application for an intone.
tion against Mr. Barnett bo'restrain
resident of
him the use! a
public bridge leadinsi
to his residence.
September £32.“.
5 ‘luulns , teeth! since.
first adenine, 1 ion moon
0
33in
from the rivlloges due him as a .
him thsvt colonyand to forbid.
Legal action .~was,
.. . 0iicnsivc in Picardy
Spreads i0 Greatest Baltic Yci
And British Arc Advancing
German Attacks East of Bcsucoorl, About the
Middle oi the Baiiicirosi, llave Been Repuised
Southern Banks oi the Oise
Have Been occupied by
.l-‘rcnclilroopss
..
cushion. any and Poul-St. Marti Reached ’
' Early Today.
(By The Associated Press.)
Along the front in Northern Pi-
cardy a battle which seems to be:
one of the greatest of the war has
developed.
Disaster is'reported to be threat-
ening the whole, German army on
this front and the Grit-mans nrel
throwing great masses of men intoi
the struggle in the normal cheek:
ing the tide of battle, which dis—
patches fronLBritish Headquarters:
say, is setting against them.
British and-German armies are
locked in a mighty battle today
over a twenty-five-mile front from)
Libons, six miles south of the"
Somme river, to the Cojeul river,
southwest of Arras. I
This combat, which began with,
the British attack against the ene-I
my positions east of the Anch
river on Wednesday, now has
spread into one of the greatest bah:
ties of the Allied offensive in Pi-I
cardy. It is oficially reportedI
from London that the British are
making progress at some points
and that German attacks east oft
Beaucourt, at about the middle ofI
t
‘i.
. ,1
.
the battlefront, were repulsed.
The British apparently still are
on the aggressive along the whole
line. ’
French troops have occupied the
southern banks of the Oise and the
Ailette between Sempigny, south.
of Noyon, to the railroad bridge
twost of Coucy-le-Chateau.
,South of Concy-le-(‘hateaufthey
ave "reached. the outskirts of
Guny and Pout-St. Mord. This
progress brings them still further
toward the rear of the German
.forees holding the hills north of
‘Soissons and within three miles 0!
the German positions north of
Chemiu des Damesaas they stood ..
before the oflcnsiye of May 27. ’
Shaken by the Allied assaults on
the northern and southern ends of
the Picardy battlefront, the Ger.
man line is wavering. Along the .
Oise the enemy apparently is re.
treating precipitately.
Allied pressure continues strd’ng
long the whole front. Unless the
can stop the onrush, par-
8
enemy
(Continued on Page meyeu)
STEIIIT STREiIII TIE
~ up in SHEILEuEEEE IN hunt
Private S. C. Policy, in Letter
to Thomas F. Dowd, Tells
of War and Social Life in‘
France '
I
Thomas F Dowdumanager of A. F}?
Beckmann & Company’s store, to
vote Samuel C. Polley. 102nd U. S. In.
fautry, Regimental Headquarters, Sig-1
rial Section, France. The letter wast
dated July 16th:
My Dear Friend Mr. Dowd:
i received your welcome letter of
June-3rd. today. and I must say it is.
the first bit of polite I have receivedl
thus far. .1. noticed everything your
wrote and was very glad you had such;
along and interesting letter. 1 hovel
written you previous to this letter. so
you will undoubtedly have lots to read
about. I only hope that your answeri
will find me as well as l angst crew ~
sent. 1 am writing in pencil be‘cause
(Continued On Page Twelve)
COMMANDER WILLIAMSON
KILLED.
WASHINGTON. August 33.—-Co
mander William ‘Pric‘e Williamson. or.
the Navy, has been killed in'an acct-
dent aboard a worship. He was born
in Virginia, in 1884. and was appoint-
ed to the Naval scrawny bonfire
cousin. .
Hooves IAOK snort Eilre" -
Ian _
Qt“
9
‘m
‘L. amvoEQEnTMflinfifigfim
“minimums
The Federal EmpiOymeut Service la. '
or in out lane to. make available ‘
:0 Elle stormed; of Connecticut, labor
necessary for the harvest this fall.
The main source of supply of such is.
bor will be boys from the high gchoclai
in the state. ‘ m B '
Arthur Howe. director of e oys
Working Reserve, on August 6th sent»
iSouth Norwalk, has Just received the a letter to‘lzo public and WM“ soo-
[following interesting ietter from Pri-~.
ondary schools»! the stats, copy 0!
’ lContinuind on Sixth Page.)
‘lliEIlllJA uius ; ' ..
until u liilESe-
Premier of Canada in New
York After Test Weeks’
Stay in ‘England and
France i‘ .
l
NEW YORK. Aug. 23.——Slr Robert Ls- ..!
Borden, Premier of Canada. arrived- .’
here ‘odty alter a lt-izw.--ks‘_rga\' in.
England and, France, firm "in the con-.
viction,"-ss he expressed it,
never was the spirit of the Allied nu-
'tions more steadfast or more resolute
than at present.”
Americas ‘mighty effort in sending
more than a million men to France
was are deciding factor not only ha‘
for
strengthening the muscle of the ‘
I but inibrlngini victory on -_oi= 3%
I on the 1Western front; the l'
donation ma
"1t“ . .» .1 ‘
“It" l‘l’;""~t."’“""““
Mr!
‘fthat’~ "
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Norwalk Chronicler