4 ; soon legwork, coal. mammalian. 4. ms -W, Fair tonight; Thursday rain. A. v- !" m Coroner John J. Phela'n Besrstbc tbc'l‘estimony of Miss Altos F‘leenor. Driver of the Automobile NENEE Ell! Sill! IS UNNNNNN h‘ Occupantsm Disappeared Af-; ter They Admitted Rum! ning Over Two Men Coroner John J. Phelan, of Bridge- port, name to this city. yestelday af- ternoon, and started his inquest into the death of Charles Hrabrslr. who died ai‘tcr being struck by an autumn .- lite. on the Connecticut turnpike, Sat- urday evening. The inquesvt’ was held in the City court room, at lilch time a number of witnesses, including Miss Alice Eleanor, who drove the car . which first struck Hrabrak, were ex- amined. At 5 o'clock the inquest was adjourned until 1:30 this afternoon. . ‘ um Fleenor. together with Miss " Mary L. Pugh. oi Wagon Mound, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Miss Marie Shedd, oi 220 West 107th street, New York city, were returning irom Bos- ton to New York last Saturday, They —..a.. ”t" Continued irdnl Third Page SENl! NIUENSIA REENNIISNI THE EVENINE SENTENEL New England Gets More -.——_...—. Through the Navy Club, New York.l . there come requests from our sailors lbr music [or the troopshipil—ior Vic- lrolas and records. 13" In acknowledging the receipt of a . Victims and records sent recently from this city, one of our sailbrs said: "i assure you it will be greatly ap- preciated by all the crew; also, the troops we take over, for we havent anything in the line at amusements on board. except a small plane, which has thirty—two keys and is about four foot high. #— (cascade-wreaks) M[L'ITARY TRAINING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS HARTFORD Conn., Sept. 4. —th fltroduction of military training into secondary schools throughout the country is being planned according toI information given by Arthur Howe,! ptate director of the United States Boys' Working Reserve. under the Connecticut State Council of Deiense on his return from a meeting on this 3019“ in Washington. The Department oi Labor, which has ‘ charge of the United States Boys' « Working Reserve, which recruited 50.000 boys for farm labor this sum , appointed a committee of three late directors of the Boys’ Reserve, comprised of Arthur Howe, oi Con finecticut; C. B. Frltche, oi indiana, arid Chairman Dr. Henry V. Gun-liners of Pennsylvania, who met With Capt. «Horas, who is appointed by the War artment to draw up definite plans r the introduction. of military drills -; into High schools. ’ SCARCITY or HELP HALTS HIGHWAY WORK Becauise oi the scarcity of help and , inability of the county to supply jail prisoners to assist. work on state highway through Black Rock ' ‘ halted yesterday. and unless some W oi transferring labor from other . oi the state he armnged ill not be teams this tall. The ark has been going on under dim Jacket .snd h' w en the county will has“. in supply more men High- ‘ War Bennett was com- to‘ halt the work. lbr imminent the county-third ill-bees ”pipelines to so only. our ', , ,mlglliamnii: cameo: nest saunas. lNAlil! EllllSNlPl‘EllS for. some weeks owing to the“ More Than 42,000 Sent to America of New York District for Sitting “Elli!!! iNllESlElllN BlilllNNlN AEflNE Suspected Men Seized Front Railroad Terminals, at Subways, Elevated Roads and at Work NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—More than 10,000 suspected drait evaders had been herded last night into the armor- les oi New York and nearby cities alter the most vigorous slacker hunt since the United States entered the war. it was estimated odiciully that from 25 to 30 per cent. of this number were “willful slackers.” The drive, started early yesterdny in this city, Weslchester county and nearby New Jersey corn-.nunitiesi will continue until it is believed illl draft evaders have been caught, ac- cording to Charles F. De Woorly,l chief of the New York Bureau oi ln~ vostigaiion oi the Department oi Ju>tlce. it is expected that the 26.000 Government agents enrolled tor illo‘ (Continued On Page Twelve) l i MEET AillliNENlSl Anthracite Than Amount Set PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4,—The gen- eral committee oi the anthracite opel' ators announced last night that the industry in the first third of the cur rent iuel year has virtually accom- plished its allotted task. From April 1 to July 1. 3.443.668 tons of prepared anthracite were allot- ted to the New England States, but 3,806,506 were actually delivered.each oi the six states receiving more coal‘ than allotted. Canada in the same period received 1,251,942 tons, against an allotment of 1,200,668. .._.~ ! (Continued on Page Five) REVENUE Bill BNSNESSlllll lilillfiilllli 0! SW!!! Bill!!! Superintendent Buchanan Recommends Increased Pay For the Substitute Teachers iiiNi Iridium murmur Some Bills of Long Standing Are tApproved For Pay- men a A calm. cool and quiet session oi‘ the Norwalk Board of Education was held President George EM 2‘: illignl'llgl: school belam evening, with cat Tells What M3,“: e cw g mem rs present: Chain Banks “nan. Harry Rider; secretary, Dr. Hen~ From the ry c anal-er; Dr. William 3. Tracey, on the Battlefiefl Harry E. Scodeld. William P. Ward. -""" A. J. Rummler, William Ahrens, H. T. Murray. Charles Miller was the only‘ absent member oi the board. Chairman Rider called the meeting to order. and the minutes oi the last meeting were read by the secretary and approved. The secretary then read the (allow ing interesting report of the superin- tendent at schools: Superintendent's Report for August. To the Board 04 Education. Gentlemen: ‘ The tall term oi school has opened . ~.« ,. very may today with apparently an . « , the usual numbers. “atom pedun- in lion!!! oi organised an: to the Ns~ ition and its response to the calls tor ‘men tor active service in the fighting ;llne. and the support given to the Gov- ernment by those who. remain at home were keynote utterances oi President George 1“. Mordecai in opening the annual convention oi the Connecticut ll‘ederation oi Labor here today. The ,idelegate body was a large one The proceedings throughout were expected to be oi exceptional interest owing to war conditions, Which have had their enact upon the labor situation in Con- ecticut industries and oi the part glam by the Federal Government in flPPNSE EEllEllll More Consideration Wanted From the Next Connecti- (Continned on Page Eleven) BillililSSlilNEiiS [ll llilililiill lililllluilill Investigator Jas. A. Brown: m a, Not Re-Engaged—Tile Po- yolllulldillmbofimxualnmnyhm “a to Perform Semce ON, (or picked men in organised labor Rendered by Him . (Continued on Page mm) 1 m" arcs: seems; WHITMAN ANI] SMITH WIN INN. l. STATE to re—engage James A. Brown as in~ vestigator. and that he has been oust-l Lewis, Who Opposed Whit- man forG. O. P. Governor ed from the position, which he has tilled with credit. since the city he- came consolidated. He has been pains- taking and undoubtedly has saved the taxpayers much money in his investl~ gallons. No complaints have been heard regarding his omcial duties l NEPflNTEl! Tl! NNIJSE- Final Vote Expected Within Ten Days After Debate Begins WASHINGTON, Sept 4.—-Consider-l ation of the eight billion dollar war revenue measure will begin in the House next Friday under an agree- ment reached yesterday after- it had been reported by Chairman Kltchln, oi the House Ways and Means com- mittee. At the same time the Senate Finance committee will begin hear- ings on the House draft, but Chair- man Simmons announced they would continue only untli the measure is passed by the House. . in presenting the bill and a de- tailed report oi the committee ex- nun—— (Continued On Page Twelve) BOBBING HOUSE; IS SHOT BY OWNER WATERBURY,’ got. 4. —While at- l tempting to rob the house oi Rataele Sigleta, at No. 287 Bank. street. a man giving his name as Golcrelip Nas- sarcw was shot four times yesterday by the m'an'wilese house he is alleged l ! took eiiect. one hitting the min in the forehead. ‘two of them Mina in his leftarm 'lit the Sthe mayor desired this change, in on to have been invading. All bulletprolls, it is said. Most oi the increases which makes (his removal all the more Nomination, snowed Uh“. hue. mystifying. ver a year ago it was predicted that such a removal would der—New Hampshire R0- be made when the board was made a unanimously Democratic department. it iormerly had been composed of two Republicans and one Democrat. Mr. Brown being a lifelong Republican, some are not surprised at his dismis- pal. Mr. Brown, for the tirst time, yesterday morning, heard that he was to be retired to private life, through Frank H. Merrill. He was told that Democratic Primary NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—-Charles candidate for a third term as Goverm' or oi New York. He will be opposed in the coming campaign by Alfred E. Smith, president of the board at alder. men, of New York, and the choice of the unoiilcial Democratic State con- vention. The party candidates were determined at the primary election der that the work periormed by him should be taken over by the police do- t. Under this change, it,was claimed, units a saving will be made and, at the same time, give the police more work to do. ____.._.._._._ Yesterday. ANOTHERR. KWAGE ’ AttornerGen Msrton E. Lewis, measasn ISGRANTED ta: '3‘! 3:221. 22‘: 3:33:33; nomination in oppositio:d to tilt. $23 WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—NeaI-yi man, was literally snow on er one million men, or half the railroad about hall of the distrigéassrll the 22d: employee in the United States. share or losing. his vote was Whit . s in additional wage increases, approv» pared with 95. 785 tor man. t 9‘1 Tammy by Director General lie-l Hr. Whitman had the alder-semen 'Adoo for track laborer-s, Watchmen. oi the number: Le'ssue and the other maintenance oi way employog, “dry” forces in genera clerks. station agents and other class-l ‘ m. I‘ . es of employee drawing relatively low , NY. The new increases the second grants I!“ N BREAKS ed in supplement to'tbe Governmenst REVOIémgq BULGARIA igensral wage order, will add nearly $100,000. 000 to the annual railroad pay ‘ range from ten to thirty per cent. broken out in Bulgaria. above present wages Way report Details or the new order will be am part culls linen liable to Resist ciellily To Cause Them to ll Germans Fail to Counter Attack. and Where 'l'llell' Next Stand Will Take Place Is a Problem. lirlihll Keeping Up the Advance in he Lys Section. .l-‘m'ious Battle is n slopes to: tile Passes-v sioll oi lens. Illiillllli ~ suits—Keys loads [or dcrly sun: to stay with her in that Senatorsllip ochpublican rather lonely neighborhood. Ticket—Reed Leads in! Mrs. Betta, who holdsaposition with S. retired at the usual hour. sleeping! Whitman will be the Republicans' with her sister in a room on the Intell- WNDON, Sept h—‘TRevolnuon has sector to the United States. said in ,a according toll mess-n road by Oolvuie Buclu. herbage re«_ grilled Char-gs d’Adaires liars at the: esS Huh-Thomas Lawlor, of East Norwallt. Hens: Himself to a Tree Near Mother’s Home in Cranbury AENNSEIENTISNS lililEli'lllliil! NAN Was to Have Gone With a Number of Other Men to Camp Devan: Because stall aversion to enter the service of the United States. Thins: barrier. at Van Zant street, East Nor- walk. committed suicide, this morning, near the home oi his mother. Mrs. Mary Lawlor. oi Tollsome avenue.“ Lawlor was twenty-nine years age and had registered with :he local board at the time oi the 31 to 31- year- oid men had registered. Being a map. fledmanhehsdbscnexemptedami col in Class 4 by the exemption id. but as the man. it is claimed. had no occupation and persistently re- fused to do any kind at mailual labor. (continued on llsbth Pan.) W Billlliiili BUSY IN CRANE"!!! Enters Home of Arthur Betta on Dry Hill Avenue in Wee Sma’ Hours-— Steals $12.50 Since Arthur Betta of Dry Hill ave- obeyed his country‘s call and went to war. his young wife, has with her sister. Miss Amelia Fable, and an el- (By The Associated Press). The British have driven home their push through the Wotan line as far as the Canal du Nord and as yet their progress is not re- ported checked. , Already the wedge they have driven into the German defenses in the sector between the railway e menacing on to the enemy who line herb it he hopes tb save these bases—vital points in tile German def isivge system in the D reorganize Isation in the “man ranks as reported in unoiiiclal ad- vices irom the front, however, and there seems to be more than a pos- sibility that the enemy command will not. be able to reconstruct de- fensive formations even in time to hold up the British temporarily along the Canal positiOns. The main force of the British of Cambrai along both the Ba- paume-Cambrai and Arms-Cam- brai roads, and in the terrain ly- ing between these highways. In this area they are reported today Inchy-En-Artois and Moseuvrcs. This represents an advance of be- tween three and one-half and four miles since yesterday beyond the southern section of the famous “ Switch ” line at Queant. NURSE IN iiilfiil PillSiiNiNli MYSTERY the Westpcrt Electric Lighten re! turned irom her duties as usual. and. an on the first floor, her aunt rooming in an upper stoi'y oi the cottagb. Man's Hand Touches Her. She will awakened by feeling a cold! Skeels, 11! In Hospital (Continued on Page Eight) fiENNANl’S IlliEiN HAS NANISN Little Prospect That It Will Ever Achieve the World Mastery Roped For cmc’aco. Sept 4.——The Prussian dreamfoi world mastery has been ban- Mrs. Bessie May Skeels. wh’owas arrested last Monday on a ililtn-ilei- of Miss Gay was presented Miss. Cay died December 13.19113 lug physician as cerebral hemorrhage. moo—a— (Continued on M Twat!) celobntedas ”WW-m centers oi Donal and 'Cambrai is must stop the rails! oaths enlist push seems to be in the direction to have captured the towns of NE!!! AS SLAYER Charge of Murder Lodged Ag ainst Mrs. Bessie May‘Amel-ican committee iol- Armenian LAWRENCE, Mass, Sept. 4.—When the nurse charge of larceny from the estate of the late Florence W. Gay, of Andov var, was arraigned in the District court, yesterday, an additional charge of the the cause being given by the attend- in Aprii.1918. her body was exhumed :‘at the request of District Attorney Henry 0. Wells and the stomach sent PARIS, Sept. 4 (Haves Ageueyl—A Mdummmwmnomwvmm gag: mw t ’ l Farther south the British like- wise have reached the line of tha Canal well down to Pcronne, on the Somme, making their front along the artificiaLwaterway coy. , er an extent of more than twenty miles. As a matter of fact the have been reported to even its reached the canal song itli south- ern length, just to the north of Pe- tonne. a. “a The menace to both its“? and Doudma‘y be indicated by the“1 fact that the British are within five and a half miles of the «out! : *1 skirts of the former city and no“ more than six miles distant from Douai. At Incby-en-Artois the) are a little more than two soil”?! from the Bourlon Wood position where General Byng temporarily . was anchored in his drive at Cab; ‘ ff 1' brai last fall, marking what m . virtually his nearest approach tiail “f“ the city. In Byng’ a drive, however, thd British approached Cambrai out only a narrow front, whence 1’ German counter attack on that. ' ‘ flank ousted them disastrouaiy, whereas at present the advance in on a far wider front and is oflerv ilig no apparent opportunity for. an eflective counter blow, espce- - iaily in’the present reported state of German disorganization, from: I ‘T l s7 (Cutinnsd on Page Four) llllll! WilliN El!!! AEEIES IN TURKEY PEKING. Sept. 4 (Correspondence ' ‘ oi The Associated Press).—The politi~ cal situation in the Caucasus is full of ‘ ’ danger for the Entente Allies accord- ling to E. A. Yarrow, chairman of this a and Syrian relief, who arrived in Pol- lng irom Tlills recently.‘ ' 5 From Batoum to the British trout it. ~ r southern Persia the only forces on: posed to any German-Turkish advaned. , , he said, is a comparatively small nam- ’ bei- oi Armenians. with limited sap- plies of food and ammunition. cut at from all commutation with the A!- llcs. On the other hand, all the Tao- ital-s are loyal to Turkey and German. The northern portion at Persia, he do; elated, is pro-German and these clot rnlentii are ready to take a hand in the war it equipment and leaders can an furnished them. There is a pessim- ity of this German sympathy extend- 'ing to Turkeetan and Aiganistan. . (Ooaunaad 0- Pass Ilene) lshed by industrial achievements as ' W.“ .? you as by the courage oi armed ONLY 40F 359 MEN .BOAT HEM W W W“ m“ m“ LOST 0N SHIP SUNK U Sing,“ wss'i‘nilvax em I «Tin: watchmen, ‘. 4 _ ”.7. 1 Km.-
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