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mayors
Mayor Donovan Presents
His Annual° Report, and
Congratulates Councilmen ,
0n Economical Adminis-
tration
Bridge Committee Dcsires‘
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To Have City
the Structure
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The regular monthly meeting of the
City Council was held last evening.
. all}! Proved Very interesting despite
the absence of the soulled "fire
~ wash.” in anticipation of which
r number of citizens were pro»
rhont than in the ordinary. Mayor
, Foreman Donovan presented his an-
‘nualdrceet-tJe‘d. ieva short introduce
ow-r'lpeech. held high tribute to the
members of the council, who were, he
.tsaid.'the first body of men to govern
, the city. who made it possible for the
. uses 0 meet the appro iiations. lie
,thcnhed them for the carziul and busi-
nesslike way in which they performed
their duties and deeiered that through
their one work' it had been made pee
linens “unwind?!” 'l'osi'
dents several thousands of’dpllars. for‘
which act they'deserved special corn-
Take Over
\
The new cltyior'd'tnsnce in regard to
mute granting of a nincreuse of 50c per
«day to all members' of the police de-
-today
_ partmen
t was dnnlly‘bassed in a revis-
ed form. . '
.utiiihnsi.’
nouns iifll’i
BOSTON. Sept. ‘11.——~Crops in vario
.oes sections of New England suffered
= s snags from frost last night and early
The Weather Bureau reports
obeyed particularly heavy damage in
Northern Vermont and New Hemp
.. shire. At Northfieid, Vt, the tampon-
tut'e dropped to” degrees. A killins '
Jrost was reported in Quebec. At Con.
N. IL. the m‘lnimu‘m temperature
we ”demol- ‘
. we, tower gardens in low sec-
,--.tions in the vicinity of this city and
hue“, Lawrence and Andover also
. was reported. The -lowesr tempera.
tabs here was 45 degrees at 6 a. m.
u BUFFALO, N. Y.. Sept ll.—Virtual-
,' than of Western New York was un-
- dos-La blanket of white frost this morn-
‘ ing- and reports to the Weather Bu-
reau indicate that it reached the stage
» of'"ltiliing frost" in the central and
northern part of the state. The low-
est temperature recorded last ’night
(Continued On Page Keven)
2 Don’t. Fail To Register ,
On Thursday. Sept. 12.
“It is my earnest hope that every
galls: in Connecticut be flying tomor-
, Registration Day.” was the text
at a telegram received today from
siProvost Marshal General I. H. Crow-
her. by the Connecticut State Council
ofDefense.
General Crowder's appeal is that
.x,
a
‘Buistration Day be made a day of.
celebration throughout 'the United
States. that bands play in every town
and that citiscns everywhere cele-
_ hrate with enthusiasm the registering!
of 13.000.000 Americans. 'who are re-
» to register under the new draft
’All men 18 to 45 years of age, inclu-
saiwepho have not previously register
"red and who are not in the service of
the country. must present themselves
_.2£orfir:gista-ation. "'
appeal of Generaf Crowder for
.mausg‘orasp in tat-Ante tog th
or with music add other celebration
. .r .1501”? W with e prellml
proved by
search and
‘ oil of
'- npde for
' nest
(lumber .Esrcus H. Hols
the .
,_ g, ‘ thin-e-
-aary cheer-vandal}!!! evening. is sp-.
2' t8 Conny,
THREE Klilfll,
22 HURT IN
iRMN WRECK
‘An Extra Freight Demolish-
es the Smoking Car of ‘A
Passenger Train at Dum-
mertown, Vermont
‘twuvr‘illi‘tn
lFourteen Men Injured, Four
Probably‘ Seriously, In
Michigan
BRATTLEBORO. Vt., Sept. 11.—
lThl'Ce men were killed and.twenty-
two persons were injured as an extra
freight train ran into the rear of a
passenger train on the Boston '&
Maine railroad at Dummerston. yes-
terday. The dead are: Frederick S.
Piatt, clerk of the Federal court at
Rutiand: W. J. Conant. of Bellows
Falls, and Richard King, of Boston.
All of those killed were in the rear
car of the passenger train. which
was the smoker. The injured were
brought to a hospital here, where it
was stated that it was believed all
would recover. Among them was
Engineer William ll. Webb, of the
freight train. whose home is. in
Springfield, Mass. None of the other
Women was hurt. - .
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Seek Lower Tax 0n
Pistols and Revolvers
WASHINGTON, Sept. ll.—Con-
gressman Tilson and Lonergsn. of
Connecticut, with F. C. Nichols, of
.Hartford. ‘vlcepresident of the Colt
Patent Firearms 00.. yesterday called
on Chairman Kitchin, of the Ways and
Means committee regarding the 25 per
cent. tax on pistols and revolvers em~
bodied in the pending Revenue bill.
Air. Nichols urged that the tax be low-
ered to the 10 per cent. basis of guns
and rifles. Mr. Kitchin gave no en-
couragementthat such an amendment
would be adopted if introduced. Mr.1
Kitchin went a step further and re-
marked that the pistol and revolver ins the list as published by M. 'l‘chlt- mmm‘” "Me- “mum!“ like"
plants might consider themselves for. cherin, the Bolshevik Foreign Minis-, '1" '30 found in "IO'IIIIIII voting ”'0‘
innate that the tax put on them was ter. gives among others the names of, cincts. This amide bu been proper
no higher.
While no definite reason has been
given here for the higher rate on
revolvers and pistols. it seems gen-
erally understood ‘that it is merely a
method of making the purchase and
carrying of concealed firearms prac-
tically prohibitive in some sections
‘of the country.
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LONDON, Tuesday, Sept. 10.—
A troopsh'ip with 2,800 American
soldiers on board, has been torped-'
ocd. All hands were saved; Th3
troopship was beached.
In order to save time instead of'
launching the boats, the men clam.
hereddown ropes to destroyers
which swarmed around the strick~
en vessel and came close alongside.
This operation was greatly fac-
ilitated by the fact thpt the sea was
not rough. The troopship was a
member of a large convoy up.
preaching the English , ~ The
vessel was,“ torpoodegibk stiles
, from shore at 3- o. ” ontFn-
day afternoon. , - 3 ’ ‘
The crusher of. the American
soldier‘fiom‘sh‘e ttein‘ktensyeseel
WW ham ‘ Moan
torpedbost
INNEBRASKA
Minion litiPSHIP- HAS , ?
BEEN _ i0RPil10ill; 2,800
1 towns- 0N top»
.“entir‘eiy'd' .,
‘. Somethinghad «gone
I]: s. , sum
smut liliil
m ultimo
Two Shots From the Tank-
er Frank H. Buck Blow A
Submarine To Pieces, Na-
vy Department Reports
BREW. admits ,
rxcmu BilllE
ECaptain “Went After” Foe
; and Men Cheer as Ameri-i
‘- fiin Naval Gunners Rake
un
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 11.—
The Navy Department has announced
; that on September 3 a German subma-
«rlne was sunk oi! the Atlantic coast by
the American steamship Frank H.
Buck. Two shots from the Buck
squarely hit the enemy submarine.
which went down after a terrific ea-
plosion.
- The master of the steamship yes
terday reported the facts to the Navy
Department. The, submarine opened
fire at a range of 4,000 yards, the cap-
tsln stated. After fully threeecorc
shots had been exchanged in the run-
ning battle the captain of the subma~
tine found he was outranged by the
guns of the steamship and attempted
to draw on and disappear. The gun-
shoia which went home.
sioh follow“
marine dies .g , ‘3 =
The captain's narrative. as summer-
ised in the report to the department.
follows:
An enemy submarine was sighted on
the starboard beam at 4,000 yards on
—.
(Continued on Page Nine)
FORMER RUSSIAN
MINISTERS KILLED
LONDON, Sept. ll.~—A list of thirty-
seven persons recently executed in
1 Moscow includes the names of several
{former- Cahinet ministers who served
The explo-
ners on theDuck than smiths. two ,.
instantly and the sub: ‘
soon Iceman.- coal. wannasnaroariffims
Russian City
es~Citlzens
dispatch from the American lega-
tion at Christiahia today said re-
liabe information had reached
there that Pptrograd was bum-
»ing in twelve diflerent paces, and
that there was indieiirimiuate
massacre of people in the streets.
' thump
Should Be Carefully by
Men to.
ter Tower'-
row
_ HARTFORDSept. ll.—Draft regie
tration on
from 18 to 45, inclusive, are registered
Thursday. September in include twen-
ty questions to be anewend by the
registrant filled in by. the realm"
trsr. The tier should study the
during the reign of the late Emperor
Nicholas.
A Russian wireless message contain-
l
Alexei Khostoff and ii. Propopcpoff.‘
both former Ministers of the interior:
J. G. Stcheglovitoff. a former Mi’uister
Vostergog. the latter the notorious
chief of the Black Hundreds.
A number of other odicials and the‘
gendermes of the Csar's regime also
are contained in the list.
i They all escaped injury when
' the torpedo exploded and they
were soon on theirway‘toa Brit~
ishport. _
There was no sign of panic on
board and the admirable behavior:
of the men was especially gratify-
ing to the oflicers. i
‘Matw of the troops came from'
Chicago and Cleveland and a
large percentage of them were
factory hands of foreign extrac-
tion. Their behavior proved that
they had assimilated the true spir-.
it‘of the American ”Idler. .
Several soldiers told The 11-.
"anointed Prom that they saw the
l
g
’ German submarineiifted clear out )- ’of The , .
of the water after one of the I?!“ lensth 3‘31. . .
,msmbars of the beard
r m was taken;
depth bombs exploded and
,.~.
the
f'
of Justice; and M. Maklakotf and hi. .
questions before Registration Day and
the prospeeuc registrant=_shouid read
them carefully and ‘prepare the an-
swers in his niiud before going to the
ed by the Connecticut State Council
(Continued on Page Nine)
WASHINGTON, Sept. ill—a ‘
h
Rain Tonight and Thursday.
"0 ours
French and British Holding »
Approaches to Foe Sironplrolds
Al More and St.
Millitii iii MANY
_‘ MS ii 8i. PEIERSBURG'
Is Said to Be
Twelve Plac-
Slaughtéréd
Secretary Lansing in ann'ounc-
iug receipt of the message said it
did not indicate whether the mas-
sacre was organised or merely was
a result of a genelul state of anar-
chy. There was nothing to show
what part the Bolaheviki'authori-
ties were playing in the situation.
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I liliElY‘lllSilll’
Additloual Moral authority for the
stopping of unnecessary building con-
struction will be received by the Con-
necticut State Council of Defense with-
in a short time. according to tale
,graphic advice received by the Coun-
cil of Defense today from Washing
date be used when all men tbu.
. ..,.,
T c State Council has received in-
" tion from Washington concern-
II: the plan for granting adequate au-
Ethorlty in this matter to the State
Councils of Defense. As an instance
of the stand of Moralnofilcials in this
matter. it is reported from Washing-
ton that the Salt Lake City Building
Trades Union recently protested the
action of the Utah Council of Defense
in stopping the construction of a the-
ater building in Salt Lake Ciy. The
claim was that there was no labor
‘sliortage in Salt Lake City. The Coun-
cil of National~Defensc.'United S es
Employment Service and ths'Wer n
dustrica Board, all have approved the
Barron iii? ‘
tumult mu
' NEW YORK. Sept. ll.--The British
w
action of the Utah State Council In
af-ODMBI this work.
It is expected that a new» revised
statement concerning'restriction of
unnecessary building will be issued by
the State Council of Defense in the
near futum
33...... «am-Mn mm... x:.- WANTS~100 PER CENT.
swim: xtllizuni-lifi‘siittttdmirait'y- a??? FOR WAR SERVICE
troop transport. has been sunk by a-
submarinein Europe“ waters, gccord. I Governor Marcus H. Holcomb is de-
iug to information brought here by
passengeraon a ship which recently
sailed from a British port. The Mis-
sanabie, which had been carrying Am-
erican soldiers and army supplies, was
returning to an American port.
The vessel carried a crew of about
200 and was in command of Captain
William Hains on her last outward
voyage. it was owned by the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway line.
CHARITIES BOARD ' _
ours MORE MONEY
“-3-
A special sting of the Board of
Estimate and pportionment was held,
at 7:30 last evening; in the Council
chambers. City Hall. The mbmbers of
the board present were lilam H.
Malone. Michael J. Riordan. Wiutam
H. McMahon and Louis 3. Been, while
Henry J. Hipsoa and John H. Costes‘
were absent. ' ,
The meeting was very short and but
soos'msttssw WM “105»! TURKS KILLING
J. Riordan V ' a. resolution,
' .a up on “41.0%.20‘
transferred from
ussotthecityta‘ economist
“(considered at
and. Mien the,
was
'it cheerfully! ,
unexpended i '
termined that' the latest phase'of’Con-
necticut's leadership among? the-states
in war service shall be a 100 per cent.
draft registration tomorrow. lie point-
ed out today that every agency at his
disposal would be used for the speedy
apprehension of all persons, who in
any way attempted to hinder or ob-
struct the registration. ~
"i personally call upon every Con-
necticut man from 18 to 45 years of
age, inclusive, unless previously iegis-
tered. to go early to the proper voting
precinct and register on September
it"said the lover-nor. ‘This is an im\
persuve duty. 1 am confident that the
citiacns of the state will comply with
The govern'or than. declared that it
'was the duty)! everybody to do his
or her part in securing for Connectl‘
cut a the per cent. registration.
“Not only most every liable man
(Continued ‘on Page maven)
‘N8
1, WABENGTON. Gentile—An awful
from France». says news 5has
received in Paris fro‘mfi‘eberel.
Persia. confirming reports of the mar-
amen
\
z
Trench Advanci
» ilireciionoi
(By Associated Press)
The British again were moving
forward today toward the Hiudcn.
burg line in the one sector where
they still are some distance from
it. near the center of the Allied
battlefront. ‘ .
Some progress was made during
the hightin the Vemnd region,
where ~ Field Marshal Haig's
troops are closing in upon St.
Quentin from the north while the
Frenchare pushing up from the
south. ' .
Farther north the British were
reported today to have gained a
foothold in the twin towns of Pies-
iere and Epehy two and a half
mile‘s from the Hindenburg line
opposite Le Catalot. The Ger.
mans are resisting strongly here,
as this section of the line forms
part of the defenses of Cambrai
on the south. ' “ .
Their resistance in this sector
also is taking the form of strong
counter-attacks at Gouzecourt,
just to the north. They gained a
lone British post. in hard fighting
here last night, but otherwise
Were'comp'letely repulse . '
The defense of Cambrai is like-
wise being carried to the sg res-
sive side by the Germans a ong
the Canal du Nord, where the
British are far inside the Hindeu;
burg line after having broken the
Queant-Drocou‘rt switch.
In ‘ this aggressive mavement
the enemy last night sharply coune
tor-attacked near Moeuvres just
to the east of Queant. and at
EcourtSt. Quentin north of , the
Arras-Cambrai road. In both ca.s-
es the British held their ground.
lrcpulsing the Germans in stiff en-
gagements. ,_
1 Tiie French drive in upon La
Fore, a northerly defense of the
ISt. Gobain bastion, is reported to-
: day to have made notable progress
with the capture of the town of
Traveey, on the Hndenhurg line
two niiles directly north of,
iFere. The holding of this ground
would result in the outflanking
of- La Fere on‘ the northerly side.
The Germans also have been at-
tacking desperately on the French
front where the line runs’ north
from the Aisne towards the , St.
Cobain massif. They are attempt-
ing to drive the Franco-Amerb
' can forces, there 03 the Mont
Bougeplateau, the Allied ocu-
' pationof which it threatening the
flank of the line far to the east.
All their'edorts, however, have
been fruitless:
s
. n,“ .m 1“,.2300 eoneuwcret
A ”pl-out: w cod!“
Quentin
up on the Former From Two
Sides'antl Are Not Expected to Make
a Frontal Attack.
British Driving a Wedge in the
‘ libs-limos
Americans (Io-operating
Artillery Fighting in the Alene-Vests Sector.
With the French in
the convoy of torpedo boat deee‘
ltroycrs.
All approaches to the 00m
strongholds at Le Fore and St’.
Quentin are held by the Francis
and British and the encircling
e
tion at been . . '
Foamyposr m .
‘1
i
tgrcsllng favorably. The .
are advancing on La Fore from
two sides, the movement from Set»,
t
ing them around the northern
edge of the famous St. Gobain mas-
sif, where the Germans are so fav-
orably entrenched that a fronts!
attack by the French is hardly t
be expected. .
In their advance on St. Quentin,
the French havegtaken Hinseourt.
and are nearing smgn' y- , ‘.
On the French 'left «the BW‘
have reached Fresnoy-le-Pulit,
about three miles northwest of Ste
A
b
weather conditions,
and French amiss might be said:
the old Bindenburg line from
north of St. Quentin to Lama",
but an attack in force over thin;
front is not to be expected at this
time. In this section, as in the.
mans are now taking advantage of
[front ofthe old Hindenburg line,
which enable them to resist the '-
movement that now menecss this .
«39,31
at
Quentin. Undcr‘ more favorable
the Bf'itilll.;"”,,
3
is
"’C
vain-northwest of the town, carryt -
«."i
.
-‘-‘r
{it
to be within striking distance or.
.p
.SLGobain Forest and the Chemiu‘b ":7
do; Dance positions, the Ger; ‘ "
the intricate system of defenses in- -. L'
iAllied advance with greater pow- ' '
' er and main force. _ .
In the Lys sector, Armentierea
is almost within the grasp of the
British, who are advancing upon.
the town from both the north and
west. Armentieres is used by the
Gerruans as a supply center, and
next to Douai, to the south, it is
the most important point in the
enemy ’s northern system of mili-
tary roads of communication. The
British are slowly driving a wedge
in the direction of Donal, which
be is reported to be burning. .4 , ,
In the Aisne-Vesle secto’nfiibi'c
the Americans are co-Operat
fighting continues ' active, The
Clones and generally ”improved
their positions. Tht French also
faux. ' . .,-'
BERLIN, Sept. 11,- via ,hondoii.‘
--An attempt made {by -~.Britilh
iof Ypres and north Q r
,Canal, waere ulud,’ so
‘GermanWar. incesé
“n‘ .
with the French, the artillci')Y '
forces to advance yesterday south :
7‘ ~.
French have advancedsiightly'. at ' '
advariced slightly no'rtii of Laf- “
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