'a. ”I P \ V w: a .[jrinnrsro COUNTRY GermanBaideerw ed to he ting the ill or iii'ii ; lilflilllimlllill no... Were Sent to tthot- . tour. on Sunday at Pimp. “illusion. August 27.— The emu Eric, :1 600 tons, has - s ,, . y Abel] re. presumably U‘ the lame Wile which sent her lilting echesnm to the bottom ‘Eeeday e! the island. Five of the or the Eric. which hailed from “Ina. N. I. were wounded. e “want all the sunken vessels about ninety men, have Jaded here. hoarding to the Information given \ 5! the draws the Ishing schooners were the J. I. Flaherty. of Gloucester“ Mast: the C. it. Walters. the E. 8.. Walton and the Verna D. Adams, all! oimburg. N B. Canada i 3 a St ii Purgehoroners Sunk by U-boat. .GWU ER. Nona" August 27.— The steward” its schoonersi by a German'pub o'oii Point St. Pierre. Minuelon, apparently indicates that the U-boat is working east. marl- Wit ' mi illNSllllJllllllN aluminum Regulations Governing Pol- icy and Procedure During War. Period Made Known by United States High- - ways Council . WASHINGTON. D. 0.. August 27.— Tbe United States Highways Council today made public its regulations. ei- fective September 10, governing high- way and street work during the peri- od of the war. Federal approval is re - quired for practically all highway con- struction. - ‘ , _ Two _ Hold Commissio , Third, a Clergyman, n- lisied as Private mun mluulv' WllTllN llElIlllll AT smileys Brought Pride to That Par- ish in 1880 Ah item of exceptional interest. par- ticularly to Wilton readers. appeared in this morning's Bridgeport Tele- gram, in relation to the three soldier sous oi Rev. and Mrs. Francis W. Bar- nett, now of Newtown, but iomeiy among the most popular of Wilton's residents. Rev. Mr. Barnett was called as red- tor to St. Matthews'. in that town, in i819, as his first charge. and the fol- lowing year brought his bride', who was Miss Helen Blackman. of New- town. to the rectory, where her natur- al charm and courtesy quickly won her a warm place in the hearts of not only the members oi the perish but of all who met her. (Continued on Page Two) “—m llllllNillllll PUBLIC [IN EflNVEllSlllN [IE EIBERTY BflNllS Federal Reserve Bank Sends Posters to Institution Throughout District NEW YORK. August 27.—The Fed- eral Reserve Bank of New York sent a letter yesterday to each oi the banks in the Second Federal Reserve dis~ trict asking for their cooperation in a campaign to acquaint the public with all the details of converting the bonds of the first and second Liberty Loans into 4 1-4 per cent. bonds of the respective issues. This privilege ends November 9. in this letter attention is drawn to the fact that raw owners of small de- ‘5No manufacturer." the council's an- . States Highways Council." (Continued On Page Twelve) llililliii iii . _. . munitions. Remarkable Work Done-—l Need For Funds to' Con- tinne It“ ’ ndmination bonds are taking advan- _~ nounoement w._ ‘will furnish a, tage'oi the privilege oi conversion. mm “a...“ mteflu until the pro The letter also states that many Lib r.“ deciles Mn .pppoyod by the United 'erty Loan coupon bonds are reported“ as lost or stolen and that registered (ire-tinned On Page We) .UNEARTHS WflElll - . will all Plill Nephew of Former German storil‘ Under Arrest . Mrs. William Alto Cbanler, presi- dent of the French eroes Lafayette . .liemorisl‘ii‘uud. up! W is now in France .has sent to John "W‘l,\ex' ecet'ive chhirman oi the fund, a re- -'mark.able whom “the work accom- plished in Paris, in whht was former‘ ly the long-abandoned Seminary of St. Sum“, by the ,Secours de queue—jBrunner. is said to be a nephew of . .Society for Refugees oi the:War—-— which the French Heroes Infayetie lemdréu Fund hasr to a large extent, sebven ed. The report. which will be .putlcelarly interesting to Americans. ' in out says: «moot. On Page my roan "oceans 31 _ .1191. August iii—The Company has altered its 0:9, Mflbllns and service ; . ry m SAN FRANCISCO, August 21—M- eral oilicials ”believe they will be able to prove the extending through Russia, Sweden and the United States, as the result of the iindictment von den Mussche Muench and Edward . Michael Zacho. Muench. alias Kurt (mood... on Page My - .Siei'mor Rams Bridge And ThenTurns Turtle 1-H DAIARISCOTTA. Me, August 27. —Ninotoen vacationing, most of them from Issaacknsetthnturnlng to their homes from Christmas Cove, narrow- lly escaped drowning-when the little Commission of irivor steamer Tg‘m'tst mused into iii-unity Berries and bridge over the Banknotes river. ‘ Allwore. here and capsiasd. \ rescued but nihilism“ allaht in)» Captain Ms M Ambassador . Von Bern- ‘ Ten Still Missing aI Result of Sinking of Steamer WASHINGTON. August fl.~8ia members of the crew are behaved to have been drowned or killed by tits torpedo explosion. and nine members of the crew and one member of the naval armed guard are still missing as .the result of the sinking oi the Mr loan steamer Lake Eden in foreign waters. August 81. A report to the Navy Department yesterday names the following believ- (Continued on sun has) ‘ BANDITS EflllNll Eli BE liESEli'EllS Arrest of the Soldier and i Semational Automobile Hold-up Near Norwalk In Friday's Sentinel was carried a story about the sensationalholdup, be- tween Westport and Norwaik, oi a man who had taken two men dressed. respectively. in the uniform of a Unit- ed States sailor and a United States soldier, into his automobile. it set forth how he was robbed of all the money he had. how his car was stolen. and be was thrown into,a ditch along side the road. There Charles Thomp- son. of Stamiord. found him, about 4:30 a. m., and took him to the Nor- walk police station. ‘ - in the New Yes-k papers. yestemay; tannin? ill “llil” NEXT JULY Nation-Wide, “Bone-Dry” Prohibition Has Been “Reached WASHINGTON. August 27.-Nation wide, ‘fbone dry" prohibition. eiiect- ive July 1. 1919. and continuing dun ting the wdr at least. loomed yester day as a strong probability through compromise negotiation in Congress. An agreement for passage oi legis- lation to stop sales of all intoxicating beverages on that date. leaders of both wet and dry factions in the I'Senate stated last night. seemed to be in sight. President Wilson was repre- sented as not opposing the legislation senators believed the House would accept the proposal under (Continued on Page Five) nnlfiiill Ii. liftiiilllililllii ‘ (Special cable to the knights oi~ - Columbus). ' PARIS,.August 27.~—The Knights of Columbus inst motor service to the lighting front—trucks manned by K. of C. secretaries and ireighted with ‘cigprjttes. chocolate and writing ma- terial. was inaugurated today on s existence of a spy plotlnew schedule that keeps the trucks, moving forward with great frequency. Every available man has been thrown here yesterday of Allardt into the motor service. Only such sec- VICE SUSPECFS (Continued On Page Five) All States to Sing . Star Spangled Banner HARTFORD, August 27.—All Con- necticut has been invited,through Gov~ lender Holcomb. to sing “The Star ”Spangled Banner.” at 9 o'clock. this even , Amt fl. ' The red «he to the governor today in atoll. ' ' from thejmberty .Wjar Camp Com- _ th- Council or Na- tional Deicuso. v, , - . All states are sum urged to pan. tlclpate in this ‘ _ nation-wide min- Sailor Who Figured in a' Gentlemen’s Agreement for‘ Divides District Into su Sec- tions, With Mum' Board in Chief Reglsh'ar - Realising that the ingot the law calling all able bed in. between .18 and (5 years to the holom is one itically assured. the 1m! Board for Division 14 have already commeneid mystematiaing plans to: the arduous work ahead of them and. to that and. have divided the dist to under their Jurisdiction into six ens. with Judge Nehemiah Candep at headquart- ers as chief registraii The notwe made: I newt-moo Day In adptsmber, tats. Meal Board of Dividion 14, Conn. will divide the districts)“ follows: All those residing in the First and Fourth wards will register in the. Town Assembly Halt; upstairs. Nehe- miah Cutting. chiei r ‘ . All thessaesillng in Mr! and Firth war. will reghter It the 00.- cll Chambers. City Hall. South Nor walk. George Vosburgh, chiei regis- trar. All those residing in East Norwnlk will register in the Fire House, Van Zandt street. East Norwalk. Robert C. Millard, ohlei registrar. i All those residing in Wilton, Conn. will register in the Town Hall. at Wil- ton. Charles 0. Eckisnd, chlei legis- trsr. | All those residing in New Canaan.~ Conn. will register in the Town Hall, New Canaan, Conn. Edward Rutledge. chief registrar. All those residing in .Darisn. Vero- l 'J‘lld. 0-. -_-M__.-. .u - Milli llllili SAYS i Still 13 UNlllUE H bor View Beach Resident Been Doing Army and Navy Camp Work For the Past Year “laid” Jack Base. who is well- “ ll this city; granted an inter- view to a Sentinel representative upon his arrival home early this morning. denied the story which was pub- lished in another local E Pa. which it was claimed was run by him. 'Roae emphatically denied the story and proved that he was no where near Bethlehem on the night in question. For the. past year or more he has been engaged in speakn tug at the Army and Navy Camps in the Middle West. The interview is as follows: in the Norwalk Hour's edition of Friday. August at. there appeared an article beaded “Rose Not an Met in Pennsylvania." in the 7, »' the writer of the illld‘d be classed with ,“anssls” for the reason that a. house“ iii-lame in the Vicinity oi Bethlehem. been raided and Jack Rose was lathe This was indeed a good reasondot' dropping my name from the list of “ingels” ii the article had the motor slightest elements of truth. it is a lie in every detail. and part of the evb -—— mused a Page M.) U. S. Pilllllllillil .‘ton. Noroton Heights. will register in the Town Hall. Darian. Dr. u. D. Hanson. chief registrar. Men with clerical experience are. wanted to volunteer to help out in their respective districts. Those alto volunteered last year are requested to alter their services again to the chlei .registrar of their own district. .SAYSSEHWIEEER \_ ‘ HAS BEEN Eilllifll. German U-Boat Commander Who Sank the Lusitania, and Four Men Saved When Sub Was Sent to Bottom PARIS. August 27.-Lieutenant Schwleger, who sank the Lusitania, has been captured by a French patrol boat in the Mediterranean. according to La Journal. A large submarine of which he was second in command bad Just torpedoed a British steamer be tween Malta and Sicily. The German“ was waiting to see the vessel sink. when two French patrol boats emerg- ed from the fog and sank the U~boat. (Continued 0n Pace Six) e HELD IN HARTFORD, HARTFORD, August 27.—Federal ’stlll may be afloat.» agents who swooped down on Bridge- port late Saturday night in a vice raid 'took eight men and live girls, who are‘ in custody of Federal omcers in this. city. The men are held on various. charges while the girls are held as material witnesses. " The raid s conducted under the 'atlthorlty gran .37 Section 13 of the Seleuive Serviceodt and the :rules'. issued by Josephus Dan- s‘crotary of the Navy. on Aug. dell. '8. by which the Federal oillcers have power to work against places or vice withlnten miles of naval plants. About eightrederal ollcers. head- }Depnty’larsbal John Xelleher. “'tedlniher‘ald. ‘. Iii! . y i... .. Is-illn lll’llN Merchant Steamer Mistakes Her For a German Sublna- rim—18 of Crew Lost WASHINGTON. August fir—Ameri- can Submarine Chaser No. 209, oper- ating out of Philadelphia. was mista- ken for a submarine by a merchant steamer 01! Fire island. New York. early today.“nnd sent to the bottom. Seventeen members of her crew. in- cluding the commander and the exec- utive oflcer. are missing. The chaser Was manned by naval re- 'serves.. Eight of the survivors. some oi them wounded, have been landed at New York. and one has been landed at Lewes, Del. The merchant ship was the Amerli can steamer Felix Tauaslg. In the darkness her naval armed guard mis- took the chaser for an enemy subma- rine and opened fire. destroying the little orait before the mistake was discovered. 0f the survivors landed, the follow- ing were wounded: Thomas Harlan, chief bostswain's mate; Claude Wild. machinist's mate; Clarence S. Evans. .machinist's mate, .which has been considered the key- ’advanced their line about Pa.. hadl -—.- .. e. ”m- ..__....._. m-_ rod-am cedar Tonight ~~ m-~—...-..__._ z I -' Von lllndenbnrg line Penelraicd in Semi”. Places as the Slow, but. Steady Advance "oi the Allies Progresses. i g. . ’l \ French Troops Arc Again Adm venting Near Raye. ,. Goran "Armies Are Fighting Savapely use. j Compelling French and British to dollilnost if 1.; (By The Associated Press.) .mile southwest of Boys. Smashing through the German‘Get-man counter gttgckg were I... lines in the battlefield of Northernllpulsed in this region. . ' - “ Picardy, British troops have. Between the Ailette and M. reached the western and northern Aisne, the French have rep outskirts of Bapaume, the town German counter attacks a ,..., stone of the enemy lines in thatiquarters of s‘mile-in-the dim: sector of the front. ‘east of Bagnsua. This ad The oflloial statement issued at should bring General Magnolia ‘ London Mi)" film" 310‘? but'armiea nearly north 0! the town“??? ‘ : .. d - _l '. ' .h _ b.- r . W“ fiWrfitfii‘iflnibfid’ii is dandy... “H. Hear“ ,. ery part of far to the north, to Well-below the view. .~ Somme river. There is little’ indication, how t The British are advancing to- ever, that the German armies arm ward'Beugnatre, two and a half,demoralixed in the battle the!" miles northeast of Bapaume. Near-lgoing on from Arras to So' no. er'the Somme river, they IlhavelAt every point they seem to been moved eastward along the dimcult fighting savagely and to be. mg ground that borders that streamdpclling the British and Freud ' A. They are reported east of Susanne, 'extend themselves to the limit. which is situated on the northernl’i‘his resistance seems to be ecu V bank of the river, and are closingipecially ViEOYO‘“ “1' the "8m Pt. inon Dompierre, which may be the Croisilles and further north hoe pivot of the German lines south tween the Cojeul and Scarpe rise of the Somme in the direction of era, where the British attackedyp. Chaulnes. terday morning. . Frbnch troops are once more ad- British pressure is being mails-vi vancing near RON. the Omcial tuned all along the front, from statement issuednt Paris telling of successes near St. Mord, about a BELflIAN illilliliEES ' llliill A_N_lflillllllill Red cross Bath House Shell- ed Near the Belgian Front! M WASHINGTON. ABS. 27.—DONll oi the recent shelling of an American Red Close bathhouse ior Belgian soldiers] for the fire mm! "1“,“.thw ,. ‘1‘ . near the Belgian front in. Vhichled .as the are had it i any . ~ twenty-three Belgian employ“ "“9 way. The Central Fig 4, ion lining. killed and sixty others injured. ‘m‘nnswer this alarm. as‘ here was ‘ received today at American Red Cross one on duty at the. Mayflower honed: headquarters. ' ‘during the noou hour. ' _ . . . The three large buildings including: The uptown lire all ratti’s was‘ on," a laundry and mmfi‘m“ 9m“ 3"" ed out for the first ti coin nearly employment to about two hundred per- months about six o'c . 8 A, = J: (Continued on Page maven) Cheese's AUTOMO _ ., BROUGHT our FIREM , . The tire lads from the Central '_ Station answered a telephone ' , from Sascha Hills. this noon, at“: _ and arriving there. found the auto his“ 33 livery oi Church A. Miller had caught ‘ on ilre. Frank T. Byrne. who My the our. stated he did not know sew-ii . the machine came stirs until he; the names. The hood of the cat: ablaze and slightly dimmed“? Icovering. There was but little“. and R. A. Corcorsl. duarterma‘ster. Unwounded survivors are: ' Elmer Gleason, machinist's male:[ Elmer 8. Kirby. electrician: Claude Kainey, quartermsater: Charles N.‘ IThomas. seamen. and George B. Wel- d. gunners mate. 833888818 are searching the vicinity with the hope that other survivors ' The patrol boat was a converted yacht at small tonnage. The injured (Continued On Page Eight) MAN POWER BILL '. AMENDMENT ADOPTED WASHINGTON. August 27.——By a vote of 73 to 0. the Senate today tru- 'tatlvely accepted Senator Cummins' ’amendment to the Man Power bill, work or fight amendment, providing, that the provision shall not apply in cases at :labor strikes. where the. era submit their first?“ :9 " or W M , to urn ‘9 at babysit-silt .lioad’ z ”relic“ bit the root of, the lalu'nt‘lgy fififif‘g’ aggugmgo figxotg'gfi. can. ones... .i .. ammmmmmg. three structures and destroyed them. 3:: ‘0! located in 5': same. bull . Men. women and children were buried A portion oi the ”hum being dim in every direction and for long dis gated. and as the “M had 1%“ ounces. Parts of bodies were found in be scorched by the has} lie yew“ . . the street many many feet from the wise to turn in an al . but no 1" structure. sistance from the do mient w An hour after the shell hit the bulld- modem - g)" . . log. a soldier brought a bundle to the yh‘nsgttalm‘gidl 332’“: tfisyfihylstlcsg‘; BICYCLE: Emu“ the arm or a little boy he haddound in John Bonn, of 114 uEly, avenue .. a vacant lot. . ‘ Madam Rolin. for the Belgians. took. while riding a bicycle 0 _:West area-no. near the Armory.. at 6. last eve ,~ charge oi the women and assisted the Red Cross in immediate reliei work. A large sum oi money was made avail- "I ”m“ by one or the James_ ». ‘ ‘ler truck: and to the - severely mining the owe .pa - dhslcftthi'gbi‘ ‘w‘ fro BlinntovvnabytlieGel'inaiiad-“93‘ll , wig... 8: little hunchback girl, who .to the Mulligan???” _ , . was supporting her widowed mother. Bates. 9311‘ : noon today“ . . , lost both less. At the hospital snow" '0 . -u m said to her mother. . tdoua‘tnattor m multiplies the data! at . ‘ an itch. deans 3t. ' 1.014% mmuw able by the Red Crone-at once for the relief of the injured and-their iamllies. The employees were refugees driven
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