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Fully Three Thousand People
, Enjoyed the Exercises
,1 .‘Wltich Marked Opening of
. Fine Structure
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Other Talented Artists
Heard and Inspection of
-' Building Made
v'ftie second day of the exercises at
the new Hospital. which was enter-
tainment day, was a marked success.
The program, which was under the di-
rection of Robert Blaylock, Wits car-
ried through to completion in a buddy
successful manner, starting with a
mm by the American Band, foliow-
»o¢ by the Sailors' Glee Club. from
Btu-it Rock Naval Station. and tudiiig
by music by the American Band, he‘d
- 0. a platform erected before the main
entrance of the Hospital. ConngJill-
ed under the blue skies of a perfect
fall day. was an assemblage t’dillili‘l'Jil
at about 3,000 people, who were highly
entertained by the musical trout-am
provided. The sailor! from the Black
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Sunday Pleasure Ridingl
Abolished Before Taxing
Machines Is In Effect
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Automobile owners are now feeling
the pinch of war and consen‘atlon.
The order to leave pleasure c-trs lit the
garage on Sunday is a blow, especially
to those owners who only have Suit
days on which to take their families
pleasure riding. These owners have
been figuring on what taxes they will
be called upon to pay. but belare this
is the order to abandon all Sunday
pleasure riding. This order is to con-
nerve gasoline.
With the purpose and with the zen-
eiitl tenor of the War industries
Bond's announcement in regard to
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River Packet Runs on Snag
Few Miles South of St.
Louis
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 3.—The river
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Office as Second Class flatter.
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Steamer Was Attacked Fri-
day Off a British Port and
Many Bodies Have Wash-
ed Ashore
BRITISH STEAMER
intrinsic
Two Schooners Sunk and the
Captains Made Prisoners
On Sub Boat
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VENIN G SEN TINEL
ASSOCIATED anus NEW FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
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BIG succiss
lAutomobile Parade Early in
Afternoon Through the
Principal Streets of the
City
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Prize Winners Announced
Supper in the Evening
A BRITISH PORT, Sept. 3.—'I‘lie'
American steamship Ortega has been
torpedoed. The vessel foundered Fri-
dhy night. Twenty-nine persons were
saved. Twentysix are missing. Many'
bodies have been washed ashore. The
captain of the Onega was drowned.
His body has been landed.
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The Onega was 8,636 tons gross and
was built at Belfast in 1880. She was
owned by Barber ti (‘o._ of New York.
The vessel was 400 feet long, 39 feet
beam and 21 feet deep. The Onera
was formerly the S. V. l.“Cl(f‘llhfl(‘li.'
and before that was known under the
names of Brooklyn, McPherson. Ob-i
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BEHINIillAIi. SAYS
liliililillliii ENVlli
George P. Ingersoli at Home!
in Ridgefield—Will Re-i
sume Practice of Law '
George Plait ingersoli. United
States Minister to Siam, has arrived
at his home in Ridgeneld and his
health has been so much improved
since his return to this countrythat
he contemplates resuming active law
practice in his Stamford offices with
State's Attorney Homer S. Cummings
and Judge Lockwood. Ths Would also
allow hm to continue his practice in
New York.
Reception by Friends.
Minister Platt was envoy extraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiaiy of
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Lieutenant William F. Hanlon, whol
has been stationed in Texas for over
fifteen months, was given a farewell
reception ias: evening at the Elks';
Home. South Main street. Lieutenant!
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The annuai‘Labor. Day festival was
held at Harbor View Beach, yeaimiay.’
and proved a fine success. As is (lief
custom, the summer season is wound.
lip with a final apart and pleasure, and j ington, addressed
yesterday's was
most enjoyable
ing was devoted entirely to the aquat‘
to sports. including the ntOiOi'DOIl
races, swimming races. diving con-
tests and an underwater long distance
swim. Every number had many en-
tries and some very exciting contests
were held.
The afternoon was devoted to land
ports and tennis tournament, which
one of the best an-l'
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Hospital Exercises, Italian
Parade and Festival Withi
Auto Trips the Chief At-l
tractions
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Yesterday was a little different from
the general observance of holidays in
this city, but owing to the Wonderful
weather. was one that was thoroughly
enjoyed by everybody.
The seventeenth annut‘il Labor Day
celebration of the Maria SS. Del As-
sunta Society, opened with 1 street
parade, covering the principal sec-
tions of the city, starting front the
Green. at nine o'clock. and headed by
a rattling good band. A detailed ac-
count of the prOceedings will be found
elsewhere in this paper.
The concluding program of the
three days' opening exercises in: the
new Norwalk H0spital attracted an-
other large crowd. which were once
more- enieriained in a manner most
pleasing to all and which shoud be J
source of much satisfaction to the
committee of arrangements, headed by
Porter Emerson Browne.
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i men to volunteer from this city to par-
; Congressman Ebeneaer J. Hill and she:
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ruisnafinr'r. a, 1918
Showers tonight; Wednesday fair.
Hammer Blows inflicted
0 Enemy by Marshals Foch
and Halo Bring Great Result
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ill "altruism
rStrong Defensive lines of the Germans in
Railway Centers of Boost and Cambrai
Are Broken llown.
Sherman: of Illinois,
L... mm“, W, t... it“, piiiiii'iii'dii': Enemy’s Speedy Retreat leads
ter Says . a“ P oboe! Adjourned
Proof Idea ' Tine , WASHINGTON. Sept. 3,—1.1 .
lengthy prepared address on what he
BillUGEPORT, 3,". 3,.qu Emmi called “Unofficial and personal govern-
Hill, of Norwaih, who mg .1, food. meat,” Senator Shaman, of ililnols,
lone days in Jaii'alter a “nagging” Republican. made a scathing attack in
in the interests of , in Wash the Senate today on President Wilson
. (gum. Wit and his Administration. and particular-
at the ball sroundg. in Seaside P.fk', ly Colonel E. M. House, the Presi-
yesterdgy afternoon, m urged 50 '0. dent's personal friend and adviser.
With tronlcai references to the Pres-
ticipate in a demonstration at the Mann recent statement that politics
White House in two weekg. She is adjourned. the senator asserted
wanted to recruit 13. Women who that, having elected the President, “al-
could afford to give up me“- “me for most single handed,” Col. House and
the demonstration will take two days. a CONNIE 0f THEE politicians “are in
Long in gum... Work. .the saddle and they are doing politics
Miss Hill is the daughter of the late‘ in the same old way."
to Belief Expected Disaster
Has Arrived. '
British Forces, Aided by Americans, Capture. ,
Many New Towns Today.
(By The Associated Press).
011 a front of virtually fifty
miles, just below Yprcs to a point
near Peronne on the Somme the
German armies are in retreat.
This retrograde movement is
not a voluntary one on the part of
the enemy, but has been forced by
been proceeding somewhat leisure-
ly both north and south of the
Somme, has been markedly accent-
uated north of that river. in this
movement tits important French
.coal mining city of Lens. at the
gates of which the. Britiflt‘pounded
vainly all last year, has been,
the series of unremitting hammer evacuated, the British moving in. ’:
blows inflicted by Marshal Foch} To the north,iii blunders, the re- - _
iii the past six or seven weeks. it ' treat is continuing and the British *
now has been accelerated by the have further closed up the Lys saw
notable victory won by Field Mar~ iient by taking possession of the
she! Iiaig yesterday in breakingi village of Wiiiverghem, two miles
through the strong defensive lines} south of Kemmel.
protecting the railway centers ofi South of Lens, the Germans ap-
I)ouai sud Cambrai and threaten:
iiig to ouiflank even the main lIiil-; selves beaten on the Queaut-Dro-
dciiburg line south of St. Quentini court line. where llaig‘s break. -
Already the taking of ten thou-i through was effected, and are re‘1
sand prisoners by the BritiSh inftreating in this vitally important‘
their advance is reported and the sector without attempting a coun-
German casualtes in killed and er drive it
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Many March in Parade, At-
tend Services at St. Mary’s,
Enjoy Social Afternoon
and Dance in Evening
Maria SS. Del Assunta Society held
their annual Labor Day parade and
dance yesterday with a very large at-
tendance and the usual good time for
the local members and their many
0‘ guests from visiting societies.
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WHfl RAN AWAY
'Family and Embez-
zied Union’s Money Is‘
Charge
Rimni-‘iaw. Sept. 3.~Somellme9
in November, 1917, David Robinson,
i parently are acknowledging tlietn- M.
. pot) the victorious Brit—'
Ridgegelfd. a nitric: by tinge.x glut“; The, parade headed by the Faltana wounded are declared to have is], " w
PM"! root 8 own an 0 l 0, band of Bridgeport, started at 9 o‘clock , , ~ - ' , '
trace of his whereabouts. ft develop; in the momlng and was watched by been notably 1198‘)» 88 their UUCk-l Stronghoids Vital to the Germain.l ...
.ed that he had been charged by mem-
bers with embenling the funds of the
local Painters' Union. of which he was”
secretary, to the amount of 8106. Rob;
many along the entire line of march
which extended from down West ave—
nue to the soldier's monument to Pin
Hill road to Franklin street. to Arion
the
So pronounced and so speedy is
ly massed forces felt the force Ofldc
fenses in Northern Francs,’ '3
~whicli they sought to hold with '_ '
large reserve forces, rushed for-
British blow.
lnson also deserted his family. accord. hall, where the independent society Eliethterman retuieme'l: rlnovemeii't . ward at the last moment, have fall- .1
ing to complaint made after his dieap-, {on in line: Monroe street to South _ '3 ' seems as i ‘0“? t e enemy, on before the. rapidly advancing
pearance. consisting of his wife. threel Main street, liaviland street to Water if he has not met With it disaster
small children and one unborn childn
He had left them ponnfless. Relatives
supported them and finally the town.
authorities took up the matter. l
Robinson suddenly 'blew into"t
Ridgelleld, Sunday. on a motor cycle
and was spotted. He continued toward
South Norwaik. Deputy Sheriff Fred
8. Bates was notified and immediately
went by auto to the home of Robin-
son's mother, 9 'oodward
South Norwaik. Robinson had
just ahead of the omcer, who placed
him under arrest, having a warrant.
previously drawn.
Robinson was placed on trial before'
avenue,
arrived
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EflMPlEX AllilliENl
RESULTS lN lNJUliY
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Trolley Car and Three Auto-
Ger
is perilously on the verge of one.
In what appears like an efiort to
escape iii time, the scope of the.
,1 British. Driving through the Dr0<
icourt-Queant line, English and
Canadian troops are pushing the .
mun retirement, which hadA (Continued on Page Seven.»
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BEfilN ll] fililNlii Rillililili STREET
Public Schools All Over City: The firemen from the Central Fire
station were. tailed out yesterday
(Continued on Seventh Page.) mobiles Damaged at Open F 01‘ Long Term- morning at about 10:30 to answm- an
Southport Good Attendance—Some alarm from Box 4. and found a fire
High School Scholars Do-
biazing merrily in 1lie beck holivay at
, steamer St. Louis. of the St. Louis and
Tennessee River Packet Company
ran on a snag. 34 miles south of St.
Louis, yesterday morning. and sank in
15 minutes in twenty feet of water.
Two passengers are reported missing.
An\hour after the St. Louis sank the
steamer Bald Eagle came along and
took off the passengers.
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Sili’ShiliililiSili
' The task of keeping Uncle Sam's
soidier and sailor boys amused dur-
ing their leisure hours is no small one,
and although game after game last
been mustered into the service since
the war started it is becoming in-
creasingly difficult to provide popular
ones. Just now the good old fashion-
ed "Bean Bag" Is a most sought after
indoor sport and their is a crying
need from the camps for bags measur-
ing 5 by 6 inches. "'
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Hanlon enlisted in the Regular Army)
at the time of the Mexican border
troubles. and rose from private to a!
tritium
commission. He has been spending. ”. ,
several days at his home, in Smith Dora Kaplan Refuses to Git-e
Norwalk, but left today for Little ‘
Rock, Arkansas, where there is a;
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Women living in that section g
Norwaik 'or Rowayton around Burch-
ard's Woods or any other places
where it is necessary for them to tra-
verse lonely stretches are warned to
take precautions and be on the look-
out for a man whose description is
given as follows:
'I-‘lve feet. eight or nine Inches tall:
weighs about 160 pounds: wears' blue
suit, flat-top Panama hat. smooth
face and dark complexion and has the
appearance of ii foreigner.
A young married woman waspre
n
(casement-mm-
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Names of Accompiices or
Motive For Attack
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 3.—'I‘lie con-
dition of Nikolai Lenine. Boishevik
premier. has so improved that physi-
cians consider all danger passed. ac«
cording to a Moscow despaich receiv-
ed through Berlin.
AMS'I‘ERDAM. Sept. 3.—Dora Kap-
lan, the Russian revolutionary, who
attacked Premier Lenine, has refused
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to disclose the names of her accord“
plices or to give any information re-
garding the attack, says a despatch
from Moscow to the Berlin Lokal An-
zeiger. She‘said she recently arrived
in Moscow from the Crimea. Wit-
nesses stated that a student, about
15 years old, stopped the Premier and
handed him a paper and, at the same
time, tvm women approached him. '~
Dora Kaplan, after tier shooting, fled’
into the street, where she was arrest-'
ed and taken to the Ministry of War.
Poisoned cigarettes were found on her.‘
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SUIT MIN
11% Raymond srtect. The tire was.
i A series of accidents in which a trol-
automobiles. one of them owned-in
WillllN PARTY
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Deputy Sheriff Edward B. Doulens
little girl was severely injured and
carried away to receive medical at-
tention, occurred shortly after 5
this mornin attached the property of 0'00“» yesterday afternoon. on the
John and Jagne Erdman, in Wilton, toi- 305*“ Post road. at Southport, near
the sum of $700 in an action brought the Butler 337389-
by Frank Pece, of Norwalk. guardian A row 0' automobiles, about 20 in
of Mildred Pace. The suit is being number, Were headed eastward when
brought through the office of Judge ""0"" (‘3’ NO- 1170 with motorman
Edward M Lockwood, and the de- No. 4243 and conductor No. MW in
'fendenta are summoned to appear be-
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ley car was involved twice, and three.
Bridgeport, suffered damage, while a,
ing War Work
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Norwalk‘s education mills began
their regular grind for the long term,
this morning, with a very full attend-
ance, both of teachers and scholars.
The classes in the senior High
school show a few vacancies, particu-
larly of the boys, who have been en-
gaged in farm work during the sum-
mer, and will continue their patriotic
tasks for a few weeks longer, but
every indication is for a normal num-
ber of pupils when the school sessions
are fairly under way.
put out without much difficulty and the -
house damaged to the ax ent of about,
$50 which was covered by insurance'
carried by J. M. Dayton 5 Co.
it was found they the home is oc-
cupied by two faiu'lieB—E«.ltvard Lock-
wood and fami‘tv are on the first floor.
while Mrs. William Payne conducts a
boarding house on the second. One.
of the latter's I‘C'zft’l‘l“, a (-v,‘ iretl man
by ilie name of Herbert had become ln~
toxicated yesterday firming ard re.
turned to his room. He decided that
his clothing needed cleaning and took
.a large lamp and vrcnt out for some
fore the City court. of Norwalk, on
‘the fourth Monday of September, 1918.
it is alleged that on September 4th,
1917, the defendants owned a large
'coilis dog. 011 said day the dog,
while accompanying the defendant,
Jane Erdman. attacked the plaintiff in
'the highway in front of her residence,
at No. 03 Main street. First district,
and severely hit her right eye, in her
'right cheek and through her upper lip.
causing many iacerated. severe and
dangerous wounds. from which the
plaintiff greatly suffered for a long
'period of time. and leaving her face
mutilated and perm-nutty disfigured
fiy reason thereof. The plaintiff statute that site one tier unpleasant
, (under the ptatute ssoo damage-g i once: on the western imt.
explanation from
papers of what is happening
land.
Can Too Many Spies
Spoil an Offensive?
WASHINGTON, Sept.
in
Franc eand Flanders came today in
an official despatch from Switzer-
It says the German press now
asserts, thnt _deany has
known how to organize her system ,
, every school in the city.
of espionage. “d that it m .5212: At the Center school the provision
mistakes made by liar secret
experi-
' Ev
High
ent Buchanan. to “Doc" Fisher.
Harry D. Blake, the popular master
1.-—A new of the senior Higlli, welcglnfida thie dmi
. tire corps of teae ers, w e no u er
the German news many new faces, but all entered into:
the spirit of the Work, and everything
ran its smoothest.
At
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Lgasoline. .Ile procured aim“? half a
E gallon and oa he was entering the
, house by means of the back hallway.
At the High School.
erybody was busy at Norwalk
. this morning. front Superintend
(CONVIM 7nd”.- .. Raw-0,)
Steel Freighter Burned:
Wharves" Badly Damaged
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The steel, .
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the Fraitltlin and Center schools
' never the MOP 31811 grades were well 1111- steamer Newport News, 1000 tons. ne'-
ed. anwere the various grades
in longing to the Wishington and ring:
folk Wheat Company. was datum.
ed by‘i'lre, early yesterday, and the.
,wnarves and beds of the co‘mpnnv’n
.torlninal wet-g badly damaged. "
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