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mammal) 1m
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lutendattbeleuthmtltm
satin roams-l.
coal. Ionian. liner. a. lots
Fair and continued cool tonight
IN All
I Bill NEH
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Sunday Joy Riders Found .
Little Pleasure Yesterday/31
One Man Reporting Being!
Stopped 38 Times 1
till tinnitus .
Ilil'llSIi inn FINES
Most of Those Found Guilty
'Werc Without Driver’s
Licenses
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In compliance with the orders of,
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan every mo«
tor vehicle which was seen in this
city was held up yesterday and the
reason for its being in use investigat-
ed and requests made for drivers’ ll-
cones and car certificates made. Dur-
ing the entire day approximately 100
cars were stopped. Officers were sla-
lnu in” in nulls
I. Wide Reputation An Experienced and Skill-
.’ ful Auto Operator
The much heralded musicals. at the '-”—"
Illilllll inn
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iii innit
Coroner John J. Phelan
Finds it Was Not Due to
Criminalrlct, Omission or
Cat-cleanses of Any Per-
IIISS iiiiiii Nlll
illiiiiinsnli
Evidence Showed She Was}
IIIJSISIIIE II
BIS SUCCESS
Benefit For Italian War Rec
lief Fund Attracts a Select
and Appreciative Audi-
ence
IINANSIII ANII.
SIISIAIIIIIIJIII’H
Many Motored From Afar to
Hear Artists of World-
Mathews’ mansion. Saturday after- Coroner John J. Phelan this morn-
"0011- '85 I great Burprise in more lng turned in It's report on his lln‘llngil
ways than 0“- l as to the cause of the death of Charles
First and foremost. lt exceeded ex- l lirabrok of this city. and in doing so
rectatlons in New way. which. in It-' completely exonerated lulu Alice L.
self. is an achieVement lh‘l merits, Fieenor who drove the Chandler tour~
Drum. ‘01" be 1‘ admitted that there in; car which first stiutk the unfortu-
was some sort of an idea that it was mum man.
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France and Lafayette, AsIState Council of Defense
Wen. As Trumbull andi
Buckingham. Revered Atl
”WWI-rm Autos In!
Pilgrimage —- Gov. Hol-
comb And Other Promi-
nent Connecticut Men
Speak berty Choruses
From Towns Sing
LEBANON. Sept. 9.~stanon, Cou-
, IIIIINIIII Ill lSIISIlSIIPSIIl
IlliIII“VISIIIIII”I
Suggests Method For
Warning Men To Register
As a means of notifying all men who
must register next Thursday that the
day to register has arrived the State
Council of Defense has recommended
to all local branches that an effort be‘
made to have every factory whistle.
in their city or town blown three times
during the day and that bells be rung
at the same time the whistles are
blown. The state council, in a letter to
all factory heads in the state. asks
that the whistles sound long and short‘
Trench Troops
Very Close
To St. Quentin, But Progress
Is Slower Than ior Wee
clc the St. Goliain
Another Foe Retreat.
Menuessic and Tcrgnlchakm
and infers Ils Threatened '” _
General Manolo’s Forces Now in the U
Trenches They Occupied in 1917. ’
Are Making an Effort to Each"
t:
‘a
Massif, Forcing
m remmmg his report Cor, that little less than disaster wom
follow the fall of the St. Gob“
.forcst, have slificned their ‘
sivc by taking advantage of'
natural positions. Strongest”!
attacks against the French ‘
Lamina hild north of “Cellm
Aime seems to bear out the . ~ ‘
that the Germans will not: '_
St. Cobain withouta struggle.
addition to the protection it do”
fords boom the St. Cobain positila.
if captured, would weaken the
tire German line eastwardstow'lfl.
Rheims. Northwest of St. Gt!»
bain the French have taken Maw
nessis and Tergnier and m
threatening La Fare. 0n than!“
of the forest the 1French hive ,
ctrated the outskirts of Sam
0n the line between the vast .
and the Aisne rivers additionlltu
nectlcut's “Shrine of Liberty," was met
tloned new the Children's Home. on (By The MC PM) i
Westport avenue. Main and Wall
streets, Ward and Main streetn‘. “'(‘rt
avenue at the Armory, Stuart and
(losiliecticul avenues. Wasllinvon
sweet. Meadow street. and Vim Zanl
street. By means of this systematic
order the city was thoroughly comhtd
for anatomist who did run ill” out
0'3be the GOVWDIIIOM'B' "GK“- iWI necessary to the satisfaction of bot
"l" 0"” °‘ “"0" Donovan. 4—-M-iho-ueather sprung a surprise.
WJWMW“ incidents "“9 "“ The Clouds were sour and gray until
llted by the ofloers in regards to the afternoon. but before four the sun
enforcement. of the new order. Those burst through and an ideal'afternoon
motorists “‘0 did 5“ WI with the in. resulted, as the setting for a most suc-
tention of having a day of pleasure. cessful affair.
were sadly disappointed and got very
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PIIIIIIflTEII ANII
mffingi?glggeumlfimoggtggg'yfit As the allied armies draw near-
The letter to all factories in the or I“ (jambmli _Sl- Quentin and the
stale, explaining Just what is askodn natural felisive positions of the
“5;“ follows: Da f f l h lGerm ”in the St. Gobain for-
exfinlon yormen ”meg“ . ' v .
ests the offensive mm emcilt be
m“ w “my a“ both inclusive. un- gins to loss much of the momen-
less previously flared. will be So . . - -
tember.12., 'W p tum it gained and maintained
This letter Is sent you through your while less important enemy posi-
Iocal agency of this council to request | lions were being taken.
your cooperation in "cm“ full ”5' Slow progress continued to be
“mum“ d b' F' 1d M ‘h i ll i ’s
We want you to help us to reinindlma 3 _ b “5 . F“ a a g .
every man in Connecticut three times . forces m the direction of Cambral
On RGKI‘I'K‘IOB Day lhll all men. elgh- and St. Quentin and, if the opera-
‘w‘ ‘° ”"4"" “d“‘wev mu“ ”5‘ tions of the French armies under
mer' . . i. ‘5‘- Gencrals Humbert and Mangin
More s the request. ‘1. I _ v ,
please have your new“. whlme arcsucccss u lll OH‘l‘f'llIllllllg or
rounded. or hell rung at 645 a. m.: encircling the St. Gobaln massif,
12:15 p. m.. and 5:15 p. m.. on Ream- thc German retreat must begin
traihnay. anew and with greater rapidity
than at any time since the allied
counter ofl'ensive started in the
E: Efiafiift'fltfird ”mtl’dtgrncuw' When. oncr Phelan stated that Hrabrak died scene of a state-wide pligrliuni.e. yes-
breathe dyi‘ or dis _ d "if? (‘31!!! from shock. crushing of ribs. and per. tarday. when more than 8.000 persons
mam . ”m was 6' ightflil time for- “l‘ “W hemorrhage. and ”I” his “in“; paid tribute to the memory of ions.
“.0 rilm w. s as“ t t h an {M V“ ”Steam“ by ""31“” “l- 0'1“” than Trumbull and William A. Buck-
} g ‘1 ° c “u ' 'h' usness of any other pel lngham. Governors of Connecticut.
out notice." as the rallr t - .
mg m. wmh added ”z‘l‘h‘fagift during the Revolution and the Civil
touch to that responsive feeling be- Wars. At Barracks field. where the
tween the artists and the audience sol "at”. ~ “me" ”my encamped °n its "y to
. . . ._ , it _-loes not clear up 3.53". in 17,0, exercises weer held
“0’ Will" 03““ “‘9 death.“ honor of Macs and Lafayette. and
0' "NW 0" who “10 0"" 0‘ 91°. the Stars and Stripes and trl-color
YGIIOW GENI- In IIIDFOMNIIW" MHYIwem raised while Liberty choruses
never be known wheae car it was Oil-from 23 ‘0',“ s“, the national an-
whether it caused the man‘s death. Lthem. g —
it is known by her own adlllltiuncc. The weather was ideal in the rope.
that Miss l-‘lecnor struck the man first noon. but . light ”1. fell during the
but the force of the instinct “'1er int afternoon program, although not
thought to be "m” eucugh ‘0 ““39 enough to mar the celebration. At
the man's death. One 0' “‘9 0”up”m least 1,600 automobiles were parked
of ”‘9 Chandler, 593”“ “ward in the village. an exception to the ban
flushes Of New London. lumped from on the use of gasoline on Sundays hav-
ing been made for the pilgrimage by
the Fuel Administrator for Connecti if you have V“ whistle. please have it
cut.
- I sounded to spell “Victory" in the Con.
During the course of the days liro- tinental code.
elite coroner‘s finding txon
was Fleenor and also Wil-
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'NIIII WHEAT IIIIIINI]
IS EXPIAINEII
(Continued on Page Seven.)
HELD MAN, WHILE
lililliliiiliii?l
Appointee of Congressman
Donovan to West Point
Makes Enviablc Record
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan received
word. this morningg'that First Lieut.
Frederick J. Durrschmldt, of Shelton.
had been recommended for captaincy
and cited far bravery in France. Lieul.
Durrschmidt is a graduate of the West
Point Military Academy with the Class
of 1917. He was appointed to that. irr
atltutlon by Mayor Donovan. who was,
at that time. serving in Congress. The
young man‘s rise and success has been
wonderful. He is but twenty-three
WOMAN HIT HIM
BY fflfln “EA“ The Plaza lunch. on South Main
._.____. street. was the scene of a lively scrap.
HARTFORD. Sept. 9.-—Although thmenfly Sunday morning. when 0““ mu
Food Administration‘s revised wheat ‘- hfld another “d ‘9' a woman 5“" his
conservation program has been in op- I face. John M. Lynch, of this city. was
eration since the first of the month. ”l the luncheroom ““d 3°! into some
the ofiice of Robert Scoville, Federal kind 0‘ a“ 373mm “"1 William
Food Administrator for Connecticut. Smm‘v “‘0 grappled “'m‘ “I“ “d
has been almost overwhelmed with I held hlnl while Miss Ethel Stoots, who
inquiries about the rules which were W“ “‘50 "It“ Smllh' “”“Ck LVN“
chi-'lcitly stated in plain language. several times about the face.
Many of the lnquirers say they have ‘ ”“9" '9" ““5 91“" ““d “'9'“ to.
been warned not to accept what they police headquarters and complains-l
bee in newspapers as official and au- about the treatment he had received.
theutlc information about the ‘Food Patrolman Milton Lockwood “9‘“ 10'
Adm nistration’s regulations. but iii the eating-place and placed Smith ”‘1‘
lite Stools woman under arrest. Later
grain addresses were made by Gov.
(Continued on Page Five)
SERGEANT will
To do this proceed as follows: t
Three short blasts and one long.
pause; two short .sts. pause; long
blast. short blast. blast. short
blast. pause; long blast. pause: three
long blasts, pause; short blast; long
blast. short blast. pause: long blast;
action some time ago.
ed to a hospital in that city.
RETURNS III II. 8..
Mrs. William Croat of Spring street
received word Saturday that her son.
Sergeant William Croat of the Marine
Corps, who was severely wounded in
had arrived
safely in New York and is now contin-
short blast. two long blasts. Stop.
Please have this done at 6:45 a. m.,
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SIX IIIIIIIIEII BASES
IIN SIIIIIINIII SIIIJIII
middle of July.
Cambrai and St. Quentin. the
immediate objectives of the Brit-
ish forces in the present phase of'
the ofiensive movement, are al-
most within striking distance. The
British are within six miles of St.
Quentin at Willevqlle and they
have captured Rosel and St. Emi-
lie. Along the line between Cam-,
brai and St. Quentin the British}
advance has carried them into their
old defense positions from which
they were driven by the Germans‘
last March. Further advances are
being bitterly contested by the
ground has been gained by ‘W
French and Americ n forties. “: ‘
German ofiicial sta emeht’l’d‘
with the fighting here‘says it
decreased. ‘ ‘
WITH THE ,FRlNCH . .-
IN FRANCE, Sunday. Sep
The troops of GeneralMan
tween the Aisne and thump.“
ers now are virtually behind?-
old wire entanglements in
old trenches of 1917. All _ .
the edge of the forest of Co
and through the western born—i
the St. Gobain forest the Gem
(Continued on Page Two)
ext-.y instance they have been an-
lt will be remembered that Sergeant
Croal, while serving his second enlist-
meal in the Marine Corps.~was severe-
ly wounded in li‘rance. At the time his
mother was notified through a letter
Germans.
years of age and has been in France . . .
The Germans eVidently realizing
since early last April. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Max A. Durrschmidt.
of Shelton.
swered that whatever Connecticut ”1“ “V0 men weer “”0th “d a ‘l‘
newspapers publish as coming {Nucleus-looking black-jack was fouuzl in
Hartford or from Washington may a1,-Lynch'a pocket. He was held for car-
ways he accepted as reliable and that rying concealed ““90““ while Smith
IIIISIIEI IIIIS WEEII
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SECRETARY BAKER
3%“de the fine work Of {119 C it t d 19 are o'nl li ble to has charged wilt. breach of peace and .
young man the “Ansonia Sentinel” has efrn'weltcenc‘iheyeztt‘esmm to folilo: regu- assault on Lynch, and the woman held from her 3011 written by a Catholic; Trials Of Baby D0“ Thomas . . . _
the following to aav: latlons published in Boston or New for assault on Lynch. This morning Dl‘lefit. who wrote It at. the request 0 _ . ARRIVES IN F i . .‘;
First Lieut. Frederick 3'. Dim“ In some instances their cases were continued until Frl-. the local bOY- For. some time “It" and Jake Hawkins WI“ 30 ~
.York jurisdictions.
‘ rd ‘in bi un-
Conuecticut newapapers have confus- that nothing was hea fro m
day morning. at 9:30. by Judge George“
This Term
achnlidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max A.
til his mother received another letter WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.4993!
III AUTII IIIlIIIIIJl
Darraohmldt.‘ of‘sheltoii. who was re- ed dealers in this state by reprinting‘H- Voaburgh. .
- _ ubllshed at the time in - Baker is in France for his secon
can“! ”pmntedd to ? capxttaltncy, he: come 0f the New “fl“ regulations, 9 ii‘echgtaeinit. Since then she heard The docket for the Criminal Supc- to the American Army there. bird
”9°“ 'mmmen ed or ° 31°“ 3“ which may or may not be in operation J. F. M MAHON, JR. rlor court. which will come in next accom ied .
from him from time to time. but he . pan by John D. Ryan, a
’i uesoai. was made up today and can
talus 71 cases. of which six are. mur-
der charges, and five of them from.
in the Connecticut jurisdiction. but
such cases have become'infrequent of
late.
ant secretary in charge of at
Surgeon General Gorgas and
General Hines. chief of the a
had said nothing about returning to
this country. The telegram Saturday
was a welcome surprise. He was visit-
GETS COMMISSION Majority Paid Heed to Anti-.
Gasoline Edict — Others
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
MILLER LEAVES ' ' “h“ 1“. McMahon. Jr., 5°“ 0‘ M" ed b Bridgeport. The murders "include thel - - i l
y the members of his famiiyat the P31 Fl“ t on son co.
0N RETURN TRIP (Continued On Page Eight) gillgmiiamhgsmhzeii afigiiiiiio: gilli‘ivnflilltl hospital Sllndsy and his condition was figuafagst inllafiwéfiibyof [122' d es M!'- Ryan Will devote his att
vwhile abroad to the air service
Between the rain and the resizic- '
tlons on the Sunday use of zasolene $33133§921R§£2 6:13.?
local streets lay idle all day yestee for the American Expedi I’
day to an extent not seen in years. Forms General Gorgas will via
Bridgeport heads the list in the On the other hand, the number of pitals ‘ and inquire generally
number of cases. 2! new and 12 can horses exceeded the gas buggies health conditions among an t .
ried over cases being on the docket: such an extent that it set the “def-while General mm. will am the
ITheft and Burglary make up most of people talking about the good old' erican ports of debukatfon
the charges on the docket. Those of days, when local livery stables made! L.
w : . ev o n ‘
Norwalk and vicinity folio s imoney and cry y nos ma made it MULLER. GLORIA M
slon of ensign in the U. 8. Navy and is ”Ported much improved. “‘1 It ‘5 ex-
. haviu been nted a thir- pected that be will be able to come to
32:39:“ of :bsencegmlie will i-c-I “'5 home on a furlough within a 311°"
port at Annapolis for a four months" time. _ ,
Wisconsin... RESUME [if LAST
WEEK'S IIIIIIS
atone Club riot fame. which have been
pending since last January. but are
said to be surely coming to trial at
the incoming term.
CHICAGO. slept. 9.—Max Miller,
aviator, who inaugurated the aerial
mail service between New York and
Chicago. last Friday, left on his re-
turn trip to New York at 6 a. in. tm
day. Flying conditions were said to I
be perfect and Miller expected to hang
up a new record.
Miller planned to stop at Bryan,
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Bfllllliilillill
HARTFORD, Sept. 9.—-Announco-
ment was made today of the personnel
attended the Harvard Radio ‘schooi.l
finishing his course there in AugustJ.
1917. He has since done a year's duty
on American submarines as radio elec-
Ohio. Cleveland. and Lock Haven. Pa. of community labor. boards appointej trlclau. Norwalk—Frank Andersini. forgery: a point to engage his favorite steed. . '
He expected to reach Cleveland short- in 14 Mums in Connecticut by Leo _.Robert Roy, intent to. kill; Juliusg far in advance. to avoid disappoint- ENTERTAIN EMPLO“ .
:leme noon and to complete his A. Korperustate director of the Unlt~ CROWDED COURT th ‘ k in F d De- White. murder: Haviland Archan- merit. _’ . ,
p to New York in about ten ho m, ed States Employment Service. , EBS' During e pas ..wee e 00 bault. burglary. People who waited on the corners Full 0 hundred and fifty
of actual flying time. - These are the. boards which will do. ROOM GREETS D partment of the State Council of De— Westport—Rofoio Janenillo. carry- for their usual Jltney bus finally rcalia- y ”9 ‘
es of the Muller Gloria mill!
given a royal good time as the
of the management, Saturday _
which was enjoyed as much are
appreciated.
fense'has contributed to the upccess of
CLEVELAND, 0., Se t, 9.-~'l'he five fairs in the state. nanny those
court .room was crowdedpto capacity held in Hartford. Norwich, Norfolk.
today when Eugene v. Debs. former'GOBhell and Washington. In every
Socialist candidate for president of the 0‘89 “l0 F000 Department. the Con-
ing weapons; Joseph Burke. theft;
John J. McCarthy. theft: William H:
Miller. burglary.
nation—John A. Biettmann. fraud. '
ed that none were doing business, and
the only busy people on the main ava-
nues were the tradlc cops.
(Continued on Page Bevan.)
Edward V. Gardner. Miller's com.
panlon aviator. will not depart until
tomorrow.
TOLEDO. 0.. Sept. 9.—Max Miller.
flying eastward with air mail, passed
clde what industries must give up
workers for the benefit of essential
waxwork plants. The Government ls
calling upon all citizens to stand back
of these community labor boards in
~ C. over Brit-n without morning at 7250 their decisions. and to give these United States. warhead on trial he" “W“ WWW“ °°"°8° “d m NO LIQU‘ 0R NEAR 0” “08mm,“ “rm“
this morning. “9 “WM “‘9 181 boards the benefit of active support. fore Federal Judge D. C. Westhavcr. hm bureaus M" worked~hand in MUNITIONS PLANTSIDORA KAPLAN ~ ebufinemefk‘datmiy.
miles from Chicago to Bryan in one The State of Connecticut has been charged with violation. acute esplou- hand. The ch10! thou!“ of the” ““1“. . . IS EXECUTED m, um mm to .‘nugié‘
W '3" 5° ”mm“ divided for this purpose into fourteen age act. Among-event prominent So-‘”'fi°'l ““0““ I“! been, “I“ ”f “1' ‘° ‘ ‘ . " ” — . . 5 . wall-howls"? ' ~ .
CLIVE-AND. Sevt- 9-~New York industrlal communities, identical withl must leader: in the audience was WW4“ “Wm '°” “W “WWWN’it‘”? 9"w“"°“" " . ' D... ' nits: latch on dim
as“ an“... m" m... «latte .. ‘ no» w m «we r =i~.ii°i.°l.r..s..'i.rsi our." "a mammal; new enlists: can n... e... .. .
.av . . er.‘ Y!!! 0-8 ea 1. ‘iesRsservt/J‘M.whoreoouu* "‘aenteuc .toftanvllfl..-.. ' " ‘7‘- i 3‘ i i ‘ ’
tween gum and New You. meet tat Pub” r y' ‘ " “ram luau-Its toad-conservation mite my ‘M ‘ pron! seated lair-was csly
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oval-intimate. Ohio. sixteen miles
Ker-per intro state director at the . years" imprisonment. ‘1:
“term Ohio? at 8:01 a- in. and .
9‘ “I , .
Public Service Reserve, which is the Grand Jury .
u
out .
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