com 308'“ we
mar, min. 101a
Fair and cooler tonight.
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PPiliiS Ulfliilliiilliii iisi
Blidselm‘t Prisoner Known Local Bodies May Determine
as the “Crazy Frenchman” ‘ That Other Industries Are
For Years Coroner Pheian Necessary —_ Amended
Is Told Draft Regulations Issued.
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SliENTflNTRAfifflYiI fliilEtiiSiiilNiS
' Railroad Employee
Murderer of Danny Walker.
Said to Have Set Fire tol Been “Ed Anew
Have
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Representative Longworth
Says the Common People
Must Bear the Govern-
ment Burden Later On
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Has Praise For His Four
ved in War
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Own Furniture Recently , wasnmcros, Sap. 10.4,” n"
priorities classification of industry,
War, Sept. 10.—Charged announced yesterday by the War into
with major, Louis Bonjon. of 584 dustrles Board, will not bind district}
~HovIard avenue, is confined in one of draft boards in determining deferred!
the cells ct police headquarters and
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10.—Wsalthis
taxed to about the-straining point by
the new War Revenue hill. Represent-
ative Longworth, of Ohio. declared in
the House today when debate on the
Brothers-in-Law Who Ser- I
To St. Quenti
illili’ifltlilifillli ‘
ii i. We
Victims Of Explosion On
Mount Vernon Probably
(ii Blfliiiifi
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$3,300,000 to Feed Refugees
i
and Families of Soldie' rs
Were Worlds; grinned: at the Front—.1!” For
Fire Room have 15” Provided at Pisa—
11: (a gel-sens??? h gens!“ Children (hie
lieved w t
Damaged—Hart!" milieu isms “ important M
Among Members of Crew ""'~'~. '
Killed &- WASHINGTON. Sept. lit—«At least
classification on occupational grounds'
will probah be bound over to the of men between the ages or 18 and base tax measure was resumed. He
.45 years. who are to register Thur-st warned his hearers that any addition-
day. The boards may determine that a! taxes levied hereafter must be
pther industries are necessary, but. borne by future generations.
in granting deferred ciasslflcation.! Pointing out that Congress is about
they must satisfy themselves that the to exact from the. American 090MB 8
dudustry is necessary and. further. sum which would have more than paid
that the individual registrant is car the entire cost of the'Clvll War. both
Smrlor rt when the City court
convenes this morning. He was re-
lieved from St. Vincent's Hospital.
My afternoon, where he was
taken soon after the shooting of form-
er Alderman Daniel E. Walker. Satur-
dly night. He listened with interest
to the testimony of several witnesses
at the coroner's hearing in the county
court house yesterday afternoon.
Counsel Advises silence.
He has yet to make a statement re-
garding the shooting. At the inquest,
yesterday'afteruoou, be missed. an
advice of oomel.~to utter anything
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t'Gontrnoeu linings swamp
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Fuel Administrator Awaits
Further Reports Before
Taking Action—Rate Is
Not Disclosed—U. S. Sen-
ate Asks Administration
to Furnish Data on Oil
. Situation
wasnmcrou. Sept. 10.—Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield announced yes
.—
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.»Thlrty-
five members of the crqw oi the Am-
erican Army transport Mount Vernon.
formerly the North German Llo,~d
liner Kronprlnaesslh Cecelia, were kill-
(ed by th. explosion of a torpedo
i which struck the vessel last Thursday
when she was 200 miles from
320,000,000 will have been appropriat-
ed for relief work in italy by the Am-
erican Red Cross, by the end of the
present year scoordlns to an au-
nouncement made yesterday by the
War Council. This includes all the
[ppproprlations tor work in that coun-
rary since the beginning of the war.
l. ' report, t‘povering opera-
Freiicii Troops Draw Closer
ii and British
Gain in important Sector‘s”
lai‘ere Reported ' to he Burning and Loss 0t!
This Place Will Menace Strong
German llelenses.
Foe increases Resistance and
Weedier Conditions An;
= Unlavorabie.
iieavy Firing is Reported South oi ne'er-sue '
Where French and Americans Are Advancing.
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Old Well Hook and Ladder Com-i
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,pany held its semi-annual meeting last
evening. Two committees were elect-
ed. those on the finance being Charles‘
A. Walters. John F. Stadler and Rob.
on G. Mitchell, and the investigating
committee being George Gainer. Rich-
ard Voight, John Ryan. George H.‘
Hirst and Thomas Robins. 1
Three members who have been act-i
ive members of the company for ai
long period were placed on the life
membership list. They. are Joules
Harris, with a record of thirty years: ‘
Francis Larraurl and Samuel M. Nor-j
ris. with a record of over twentyl
years each. . I
Secretary D. William Hariord pre«
sented an interesting report of the
State Firemen's convention. held in‘
Bridgeport.
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terds’y that he expected soon to fix a One new member was elected andl
Price for gasolene for domestic con- one proposition '33 received. I
isomers aaxwell as the Government and A ”"9 Clam \ChOWder Slipper was
"'0 ”“08 ‘1' I Mitre lower than the served by the entertainment commit-i
present market price. He is awaiting “‘9 0' Putnam H959 Company and “I9
further reports on the situation be- Old Well’s. the members of both or-
fore taking definite action. No intl- ganlzatlons 135381118 a decidedly pleas:
matiou was made as to what the fixed ant, social hour after the ransactlon
price will be. of the business.
0.. Garfield's announcement disclos I M "RE INSTRUETIUNS
ed that for some time consideration
had been given the problem of bring-
ing the price of gasoiene to a lower i
level. Several reports already have
been made to Mark L. Requa. director
oi_the oli division of the Fuel Admin-
istration, and it was intimated that
upon completion of the investigation
now being conducted immediat‘é‘ ac-
tion would be taken.
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According to 'W. F. Priebe, in
charge of the poultry and egg section
of the United States Food Administra-
tio‘u. there is evidence of rapid devel-
opment of the poultry industry in the
central and southern statesr“ in these
sections ponitry‘raisiug is becoming
a more important farm operation, due
largely to the fact that farm prices for
poultry and eggs are unusually nt-
Unctii‘e. The Food Administration'l
compulsory egg candling regulations.
the elimination of waste and spoilage
or fewer eggs in transit have resulted
in morggl‘beral prices to soatheru and
western mars.
Boultry prosperity the country ‘over
means a better'outiook for Connecti-
cut poultry-Ion. New England is not
»-on on section in the same sense as
indla‘ns‘shd' lllitibin’mbnt New migland
la a blgei‘e'ndlfucenter that sends
Choice ‘etfiektd all 'parts‘ of
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.. There seems to be an idea throught
out part of the public that men al-‘
ready registered for the draft and not
yet called by their local boards must.
register again on Thursday.-Septem-i
her 12. This idea is erroneous. Men
previously registered are not requirv
ted to do so again, nor are men al-
ready in the Federal service. All oth-
er men,- between the ages of 18 and
45 yhars. inclusive. on September 12.‘
must, however. register on that 'day.'
Failure to do so is a misdemeanor.
punishable by imprisonment for one
year. It may also result in bias of
valuable rights and privileges and im-
(Continued On Page Five)
.i to the Union and the Confederacy. Mr.
Longworth said the tax of 80 per cent.
on war profits and the minimums of
70 per cent. on excess profits and 11
per cent. on incomes was "mighty
near the danger mark.“ , ,
_ He added hat this is a bill “toratas
war revenue and.nst re-orgsniae so-
ciety." ' .
“Just as surely as you hope“ a m
which amounts to plunder." said the
Ohio representative. lust so surolv do
you over-shoot one mark and render
difficulty if not impossible the fin-
ancing necessary to effectively prose-
cute the war." .
(Continued on Page 'i'hrea.)
MAINETLEETS
REPUBLICAN TillllEi.
.801“ G. O. P. Delegation Re-
turned to Congress—Gov.
Miliiken Wine by About
4,000 ‘
PORTLAND. Maine, Sept. 10.—The
Republicans won a general victory in
the bl-ennlal state election yesterday.
iUnlted States Senator Bert M. Fer-
naid, Congressmen Louis B. Goodall.
‘Wallace M. White. -Jr.. John A. Potters
and ira‘G. Hersey and Governor Carl
E. Miliiken were reelected over their
Democratic opponents by substantial
majorities and. in addition. the Repub-
licans made notable gains in both
branches of the Legislature and
among the sheriffs and county attor-
'neys.
(Continued orPage Nine)
BOY KNOCKED
DOWN BY AUTO
While Jennings D. Sturdevant was
driving down West avenue. Yesterday
afternoon. shortly after 3:30, a lad
named Leo Fagan. six years old. of
Plattsviiie avenue, who attends St.
Mary's parochial school. darted out
from Leonard street and ran directly
in front of the car which was then at
the corner of Berkeley street. He was
knocked down and .thrown some little
distance and was taken to the Nor-
walk Hospital. under the directions of
Oilicer Page. where he was treated for
minor injuries. No arrests were made
ins the"occurrence was puriy accident:
COURT DISTURBERS pal. --
x PAY THEIR FINES: DIRECTOR M’ADOO
. CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sept. 10.— ‘ IN_C_L_EVELKND
Judge D. C. Westenhaver administer-
ed fines at the opening of the Debs
trial ,today to the seven persons who
applauded in court yesterday.'\Rose
Pastor Stokes, Ire. MargaretPre
and J. J. Fried were fined $25 and the
others 310. Mrs. Stokesand Ilse. Pre-
r ”rosters:
rien 11 Ill '
-. The government: M
troduction of evidence
”:apl‘bve 1 y
udipsl. but
it. . i ~.
. CLEVELAND. Ohio. Sept. 10.-—Dl-
rector General of Railroads, War. ‘0.
'~bchdoo and party. this morning made
my a surrey of Cleveland terminals .and
decks. and later
'et;the chiefs of'the
three Railroad
which they left, terrouagsmtm
:From there .. "
in until lilii .-
. . horhoods; located ,
veys at first insisted that they would here, in an informal confereuce. after
. to presume! W .
“l. tions in ltaly, is the ‘second of the se-
i riss informing the American mic of
,the disposition of themed 01‘s War
',French coast. homeward bound.
tpassengers included Senator James
Hamilton Lewis. of lillnola, who was
. . it show! fia- atom a-
mmm’tg'm. “.03; on for italy ups” y !. misfits
*WWW than " ‘ 87.088.058.59 and that» an approprl.
Vice Admire] a” reported to the. tion of 312.067.837.50 “has been made
for the last six maths of the year.
rOf this amount 81,100,000 will be
by the medical unit which calls more.
iy lto help stamp out tuberculoais in
M Y.
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- bliss Alice uglisenor. of New York
all; and California. who was held in
_ city 'on the technical charge of
ms‘nsiaughter for the death ofCharles
l Hrsbrak. on the evening of Saturday.
August 31st, was discha from the
I court. this morning. and t 0 charge of
_ manslaughter nolled. 'Jndge George
.H. Voaburgh‘trled the case .and. John
.1. Cause represented Miss Fleeuor.
it took but a few minutes to and the
(Continued on Page Three)
Iiillll
tNavy Depart-ear yesterday that-the
torpedo struck the transport on the
starboard side. fioodlng No. «l fiml
, room. but he did not state tho extent
: of the damage. Navy omcials assum-
ed. however. that since the vessel was
labia to reach port under hot on
power us was not badly darn: red.
The rum killed were firemen, en-
8100)!th and water tandem and prob-
ably were on duty ln‘the'llocded the
room. ‘
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Great Parade to Mark Anni-
sary 0f Departure of New
Haven’s Own For Fight-
ing Front
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Militia MEET
r A slight accident occurred roster.
day afternoonaat 6 o'clock. when an
automobile and a horse and wages rol-
llded on Water street. near Havilsnd
street. Mary A. Clements. of ‘55 Ray-
mond streetrwas driving north along
Water street. in her Ford touring car,
when she coulded with a, horse and
wagon. driven by A. Paris. of 22:
.Woodward avenue, The headlight, m1
the Ford struck the iron mounting
step on the w'agon. which “as bu
. The anniversary of the departure of
Connecticut's own regiment. the 108d
.-U. S. infantry. among which are many
{Norwsik boys. for the battlefields
-of France, will be celebrated in New
Haven, next Sunday. with a parade
«that will include more than 10.009 per-
sons from all parts of the state. to be
followed by commemorative examines
on the New Haven green. As the
102d was made up of inch from al-
istreet every town in Connecticut. the
First‘and Second regiments and four
troops of cavalry making up the for.
;mer National Guard being combined
jto form it. the committee is now
seekingthe raising of the gasolenelesa
Sunday order for the day so that
parents of men in the ranks and
others may attend the ceremony.
(emanates on Page m .
.iitiilitiifili :1
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The Norwslk Liquor DOIIOI‘B' Aaso- committees showed unusual activities
elation at a recent meeting adopted dutig the past summer. The ladies
the following resolutions. which places p: the bofid have not.“ the Nor-walk
the members in the position of co- Gountry-Clnb. every Thursday. at
optimum; with the prenatally .er whichjimethey sewed tor- the new
measures: institution, and succeeded in accom-
(continued on Page - Eleven)
WOMAN’S HOSPITAL
BOARD MEETING
The first pleating of the season of
r the Women's Board of the Nor-walk
capital was held yesterday at which
used.
(By The Associated Press)
Fast progress was made by the:
French yesterday in closing in
upon both 8t. Quentin a d LaFere
important Guinea. 8 roughoids
along the southern section of the
Hindenburg line. 'l'luey are u’itt
in two miles of Lall'era and wit
of St.
in three and a half miles
Quentin.
In the region of LaFere the
French are pushing toward the
north of the formidable St. Gobain
bastiau, defending Laon. xThey
ha've made a considerable impres-
sion on this powerful position by
direct pressure, in the Servais sec-
tor to the south of LaFere.
The Pervais station was captur-
ed yes erday and by taking Bri-
quettay further south, General
Petain’s troops have advanced to
within little more than a mile of .
the town of St. Gobain, on one of
the highest points of the bastion.
Near Laifaux the bend in the
ibut three and a half miles‘
‘of iiavrincourt, where the leffi .
footed farther north. '
Having forced on Sunday a pas-
sage of the Great canal on “10'
line opposite the LaFere-St. Queue-s
tin front. Monday witnessed a no ‘
pid development of the forward
wail towards five miles beyond
the canal had been scored at somq
points.
region including Bulgaria-mi“
directly south of St. Quentin and.
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Five towns were taken in til“?
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“I
ush until by evening advances of ‘
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*‘e
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in?
To the north, beyond the Home; iii
Etrieilers and Roupy were taken,-
while in closing in on LaFere tho
Lien fort. northetist of Lida, lint-W
important whoded iahd \‘v—lthi l"- -:
two miles of LaFere were chargedatti'h
On the British front Field Hub ’3’;
shal Haig’a troops mails head
in their turning movement spittin-
. o5
flank of the German positions be; »
hind the canal du Nor-a, defending
Cambrai on the west is being ilk.
a
*t
line to the south of the bastion,
the French made some further sailed. A 6“?“ 1.30“?!" attack.
progress to the north of the town. on the new British positions along
The headway thus made in en-u the Hindenburg line hear . Gouzoo
circling. the St. Gobain positions court, southeast 0’. Hmlncoum . .
constituted the ”most important “'35 completely "P‘dfid' ’ ‘7-
feature of yesterday’s operations, . In. Flanders the 3’1”"? are con.-
because of the fact that the objec— tinuingvtheir WWW "1 the d“. ‘
tive in this sector is the German: ”9‘9“” of Armentiers, "“1 133‘
base at Laon the keystone of the! “‘3'“ the)‘ achieved advanced!
whole German defensive system} north and west °f th“ town
A morespectacular advance by the
tilts
5
French armies, however, was at-
For the accommodation of those
men between 18 and 45 years whOi=
are required to register on Thurs-g
slightly damaged. Officer John Tooth- day, the ’ following places have
[been - designated by the Local ments
between cil of
Board for that purpose,
'7 a. m. and 9 p. m.:
First and Fourth Wards, Town
Assembly Hall.
Second and Fifth Wards, Coun-
cil Chamber.
& Ladder 00., rooms. p
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Third Ward, Mayflower Book is doing toward the winnin
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Sill REfiiSiEll 75,0
; .
The
Defense. at the Co ectieuf‘
Park, were witnessed during the weel‘
by more than 16.000 people. The fair
t
State Fair. last week, at Charter Oat" ‘
I
no.
_ c. - ' A! ‘ 4 l v?
exhibits of lbs editor: fdeparto. 1 .
of the Connecticfi s t Gonna '
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tiucluded nothing that drew more at.
tentlbn and! made deeper impression.
than these exhibits. which showed can. t
cretely what Connecticut has done soil
8 of tho;
Var. _, '5. .
There was
{State Council that had no exhibit in
one department of “lift
3%
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MILLER assumes , ”in... mm m. mm we grow
’ - new YORK FLIGHT, Sitifififid‘éhflimiit $3: 1:2
in r. Hereby Resolvedi t 'deal of important
" 4. ‘ MD“!
Fink—That no member ci‘tliie vmijla. my. _A number of gifts,
aociation. or person.. corporation 1‘ ufi-reportsd, one of which was a
pa to: who or member’s ‘ tas‘asio.xwttn.winch to furnish
sells liquor or an! otic taverns. ‘ -. the new Hospital. After .
- ‘ were» m o;
m . “megawatt; .
also
i
abriaewqibuliding there;
‘ " 9035: day. Gardner will ,endeavor to
. ‘ ‘ Diets. th gt. . m:
Miller, aerial mail carrier. resumed his
flight from Chicago. to New York city.
at it o’clock. this morning, atter spend-
ing thenight here. Edward V. Gard-
ner, wbo__l ‘ driving the second-mail
plane on Innate is expected here to»
com-
' ' ': assist in the policing of Charter Oak;
LOCK HAVEN. Pt. 591“. 10.—hlax'
Park. several women from the stat.
police force were placed on duty hi I
this bureau. but.,becauae these we»
men werewithout badges oi placem-
m‘aiority of the crowd was hopes
bio of their work. Under the s' .
vision of or >
m '
. up.
the health and recreation bureau. . Tit his
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