17 WIND armamw‘mm' oneouleoendciaaalattor. sofa loawau. cola. missus, can. 1a 1918 ‘, -v...r— t Cloudy Tonight and Thursday ’ MA uncut 0i _ uiiicnnn fidilli’iil Large Consumers Will Be [in BNNND (WEN UNDER A SENNNIS CHANGE Taylor Avenue Man, Who Attempted to Kill His gzifipégn oglétoalDfitvsno Wife, Created Excitement Fuel Administrator Rus- m 00“" Room sell Says WNMAN lEllSflF MANY BENTINNS Tells of Latest Assault, Which Preceded Attempt to Asphyxiate Her TEN lllN USERS . ill lilillllllflllllll Increase in War Industries Said fo'Be Responsible for ..__._ Ed“; bowls of 29 Taylor avenue‘ was bound over to the December terms the Shortage --— at the Criminal Superior Court by‘ HARTFORD. Sent.18-—-A prediction t Judge George H. Vosbul‘gh. this morn that domestic consumers of less thanll ",8 on the charge of assault and as- ‘°“_ tons of hard coal “0“” reF““""|sault with intent. to murder. The trial their full requirements for this wmter, was one of the most “mum,“ ever but that large consumers must cut . held in the local poliCe court. Lewis down their consumption of coal, was; a 29 year old man, sat an [he prison: I‘M“ by Thomas W. RUSW'L’L- 5- or'< bench during the entire proceed-t 1"”! Administrator for Connecticut,in lugs crying, wringing his hands and1 fill oflcial statement issued at lllti calling for his fli’t’fl‘flflFOld boy. H9 CAN?!“ today. : was twice offered chances to make n. M'- M599". discussing the Kepeml statement for himself by the court but “‘9“ situation “1 CP““¢°“°“‘:_““‘ he both times refused. making some kind *“WS‘ll’Med ”0 ““3"an during. ”‘9 of an incoherent stuttering. about coming winter, provided properdlstri- “being alone and everything 83“an tuition was effected. He said that ' more homelhad received coal to date than ever belorefbut. It the same time, gave the impression that the me." (Continued on Page Four.) HflWMiRlNESANfl uni-inninns iniuniuni Francis B. Sayre Says They Went Over Chateau Thi- erry Wearing Silk Hats anld Carrying Silk Paro- so s i I (Continued ,on Pose Eight) until llEFlEl) Panamanian , nun in Big Time Over New Canaan Motorcyclist Who Operat- ed Sunday NE WCANAAN. Sept. 18.—~(‘lllef of, Police Otto Schmidt. wflh nearly liis‘ ‘Presm‘im i. Wilson's sonrln-law, entire police force and with the as- ”ant” B~ Sayre, Judi returned from aistance of constables. battled for "verse“; brings an interesting tale of more than an hour, Monday after- America” w” “Will” in “My and noon. with “Zak" Scofield. before they ran,“- He (“tied Will) the King Vic- could arrest liinik “Zek” put up a fight for Emmanuel, "1 Rome, inspected “Y" that was unequalled by any mountaln- huts 0“ mile high mountain peaks and cor or Mexican. saw Yank soldiers go over the top at He Metered on Sunday. Chateau-Thierry, wearing silk hats On Sunday last Constable C. M. and carrying pink Silk liarasols. Griebol ordered sgosetu to stop as he U‘bmts? Therm in the mosquito] Wm through ton on his motOrcy- fleet class now.“ declared Mr. Sayre.» ole. The constable wanted to get Sco- They are more of an annoyance than‘ field's motor number and to ask hirrl E menace Why they ziszag worse why he was using his cycle on gas- "‘3“ a frightened freighter nowadays, 1935 Sunday. “Zak" refused to stop they‘re so afraid one of our destroyers and kept on going, putting on more will depth-bomb them, since America‘ speed as he went‘ He yelled back at 80‘ busy conveying transports." the constable that he would ride for It is Mr- Snyre'a second return to all of him and if he wanted anything ”“3 United States this year after tour- ing the front for the Y. M. C. A. He Ihas been lecturing at “Y" huts, ob- iserving conditions of war welfare .work and doing liason work, so as to speak, with the rulers and army chiefs| of our allies. (Continued On Page Twelve) EXHIililSNllAIRSBY annihilation .....__ :BflNElliilPlAN ins SETBAEN Nationwide Prohibition Notl Likely Until November of Next Year -— Breweries (Continued On Page Twelve) Articles Relating to Home and Farm Economics Either directly or through some of, its several agencies, the Food Depart-' nicnt of the State Council of Defense is making exhibits this week at four, fairs in as many different counties in‘l the state. After showing at Norwich! and Norfolk..lhe first week‘ln Septem— ber, these exhibits have been refined Close December 1 and remodeled to meet the local re- ' . quirements of the communities in WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.-Presi-i which the fairs are held. A notewor- dent Wilson has signed a proclama-E thy addition to the exhibits has been tlon, which will be issued today order-l accomplished through the efforts of in; all breweries to be closed down on, Harry C. C. Miles. of Milford. secre- December 1. The President. under thel far): of the Connecticut Ponlological orlglnl Lever food law, was authorirl 8‘5""- Tm" “ii“ “‘0" ”I? b?!" "r ed by Congress to forbid by pmclama-i miles of applies fer various home'tion the use of foodstufiia .and fiel in ”9" “d '9' forth “‘9 "hi“ 0' "If." the brewing of malt hydrates. The " all the dilerent methods employ- proclamation '1" 5. based on M 0|. A- at van “In. the Food of conserving both food and fuel it!“ 1' “mint!" I”! N‘ we: under the mum the counties °‘ ‘5‘ .““¢"""“ Cotton. ' manufacture of beer will be suspended the un. Macs. and the fair use on Decemhd ; been an ”when “Iw may yet be My.“ new " ‘ ‘ ' ' m .7 , _l 1?, n . ‘ ‘ c Ii i In a , , ‘ n " ‘h r in ElEfllilliJAllilliiiil’S ziliinnnniiiiu Second District Municipal ‘Light Plant Shown in Good Condition, Despite High Costs For Material The twentyvsixth annual report of the Board of Electrical Commissioners will be submitted to the voters of the Second Taxing District this evening. It covers the fiscal year,‘fronl August I. 1917, to July 31, 1918, and is, in part, as follows: THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT of the BOARD OF lLECTRlCAL 6004MB. SIONERS of the SECOND TAXING DISTRICT.‘ CITY OF NONWALK, CONN.. For the Fiscal Year, AUGUST 1, 1911, TO JULY 31, 1918. To the Honorable Board of Commit-- sioners. of the Second Taxing Dls' trlct, of the (‘ity of Norwaik, Conn. Gentlemen: In the midst of war'a privations and disrupting influences to not the time to grieve over its suspension of peace- time prosperity. but to meet its con- sequent conditions of. hardship, with (Continued On Page Three) nun sinful inwmn vWell-KnownaBrasiness Man Passes Away After Illness of a Few Hours Anton Stommell. well-known in local business circles for nearly half a cen- tury, died at his home, 25 Camp street, last evening, after an illness of but a ' few hours. Mr. Stommell had been about town, as usual, up to last Saturday M'enlnu, and looked after his marble yard, on Main street. On Monday he complain- ed of not feeling as well as usual. hilt no serious results were expected. un- til a sudden change was noted .unmiiy after noon, yesterday. when his broth- (Continued On Page Blown) nuns innnnn lN'RElENNEPRflBE Many Fairfield County Citi- zens Warned to Make Good Arrears in War Revenue Warrants for the arrest of war rev- enue income tax dodgers now are in the hands of officers of the Bureau of internal Revenue. Many persons in this vicinity recently have been visit- ed alld informed that they will be placed under arrest if payment is not forthcoming immediately. Some of the portions so approached within the past two days are promi- nent in Norwalk business and social affairs and hastened immediately to correct their delinquency. which they said was entirely an oversight. as full obligations to the Government had been filed voluntarily by them. Deputy Collector Hartnett, of Stanl- ford, was in South Norwalk again, last ,evening ,in conference with Tax [is sessor William F. Hoyt, looking up the. assessment lists of a number of promi- nent residents of the city. lflliESHEiiS MllSl nnniiniiin The State Council of Defense, through the newspapers. has made every efiort to familiarize farmers with the Government's rules and regu- lations concerning threshcra, but re- ports today to the Food Department show that not all farmc'ra are in- formed or else they have not consid- ed press reports authentic and omcial. (‘o‘unty Agent Gifford. of the 'l‘olland (‘ounty Farm Bureau, says that thresh- ing reports are not coming in satis- factorily. Btate ladder I. G. Davis re ported to the Food Department that a Benora’ farmer, who had thmhed 41 bane!- of srala. had written to the cotton“ lion-a. that heheaflssla ho- mummdseaathddaa “ (wool-pm . Mi . yd": illiiifli s. nun, alien in insulin siniii run . or iii flisutilili nun Well-Known and Highly-Respected Member of the Com- munity, and Until Recently Cashier of the Fairfield County National Bank—District Board Discovers De- ficit, Which Was Totally Unexpected A thunderbolt from a clear sky is a treasurer. fair smile. of the effect produced on No Treasurer. Noafleport. the members of the First District Com. It is well to state that the district missioners when they gathered, lust . treasurer is an elective offline, and Mr. evening, to arrangcthe details of theirl Selleck was the successful candidate report for the annual meetlng, Ichedulvlt the last election. He has not been ed for this evening. When. it is llleg- | in the habit of attending the meetings ed, a considerable shortage in the ac-iof the board. and, when no data was counts of Treasurer Chester 8. Sci-fat hand on which to base a report cn‘ lock was discovered. ‘the condition of the sink fund and Th full membership of Chairmanl other financial matte”, . ' musica- [”15”,qu Mi‘ne and Edward! tion was had with'd'rsaaurer Seliaok, Finnegan. wu massif, togqlhu- m'over the telephone. which moved so Frederick Buckley. cit-rk of the board.‘ unsatisfactory, that it was deemed Various routine mailers had been advisable to call upon him. at his real- discussed, and matters were proceed. deuce, at 4 Lyrics place, where,‘ it is ing in tlie regular way until a call was made for the report of the district iininuuiiiiin BlilllliEPllliiFliiMS lfltilVEMEN uni Letter to Employers Insists Striking Madtinists Be Reinstated WASHINGTON. l). C.. Sept. 18.— President Wilson has called upon the Remington Arms Company, the Union; Metallic Cartridge Company, the Lib-l erty Ordnance Company and other manufacturers at Bridgeport. Conn.. to reinstate all striking employes who seek to return to work in response to (Continued on Page Eleven) cannons I an niniinlni lideliliQii nun : A ' ‘ ~ 5 Dr. Garfield Refuses to Treal With Men Duh—Maj Follow Bridgeport Ext ample WASHINGTON, D. 0.. Sept. 18.— There will be no conferences with striking miners. and drastic action is impending in the coal fields where striking miners are impeding produc- tion. Just what course will be taken if the miners continue to stay out has l Eggtpéegigent's demands. The Fresh not been decided, but it is clear that. .. ' . the Government is determined that White House, Washfggltpnh' coal production must. proceed. The drastic action taken at Bridgeport ln- _ dieates the line of action likely to be (my Ordnance Company and others, taken in the Shamokin (Pa.) region. Bridgeport. Conn. , . , _ “My attention has been called to.the lWhatever is do” will be done quick I "Remington Arms. U. M. C. Plant, Lib- y. Officials of the United Mine Work~ (Continued 0n Pate Six) ers of America are wholly out of sym- nniilninin V flEAlililNAllAl New England Epidem'ic Be- lieved to Be Checked, Though Many Cases Are Reported BOSTON, Sept. 18,—Intluenua and pneumonia caused more than seventy deaths in New England within twen- ty-four hours. ending last night. In Boston there were thirty-five deaths from influenza. including three naval men”, and and twenty-seven from pneumonia. in Brockton and nearby ‘ soldiers killed last night, when a troop towns, where the shoe factories have train and freight train met in a head- been badly crippled by the spread of’ on collision near Marshiield. Mo., the disease, twelve deaths from in- twenty miles northeast of here. dnenaa were 'reported. ‘ The exact number of dead was un- Every effort to check the spread oft known but eleven bodies were in un- inluonaa was being made, and the dertak establishments at Marsh. health authorities in this city said they field. and. it was believed, at least five (cit confident they had the situation and perhaps a doses still were in the in hand. The American lied Cross to- wnsksse. Fifty of the most seriously night issued a mobilisation call for all W men were in Sprimeld Hos. anus. enrolled aad'awaittu orders. . pitai. having been brought here on a lasaartertheml. military (Continued on Sixth Page.) nun nun nu . iiiuiiiuinn. Bodies of Eleven Soldiers Recovered and as Many More May Be in Wreck at Marshfield, Mo. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept. 18.— Wrecklng crews of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad were working today to recover additional bodies of l operations of Maior Proportions Launched on Sunday Gains Much Ground in the East of Monastic Allies liave Been Successful and the Bulgar- . fans at Some Points [lave Withdrawn - Further North. a American, British and French. forces CW on Nibbllilil Operations. Allies [lave Defeated the Bolsheviki Forces lit; Northern Russia and are Advancing on Archangel (By The Associated Press). . As the Allied ofiellsive in Mace- donia continues to develop, the im- pression is growing that an opera- tion of major proportions has be- gun there. .The front is« almost shut off from the world and"ex- cept for official reports, there are few details known. it appears. however, that the attack which was launched on Sunday is gain- illg important ground cast of Mon- ustir. Sofia admits the Allies have been successful at some points and says the Bulgarian troops have been withdrawn to positions fur- ther north. Reports from Allied sources tell of the succesa of the drive over the high ridges which! (k; Central Powers have held for is last eighteen months or moc. Two months ago this morning, the Allies struck the western flank of the German forces in the Marne salient. When General Mangill hurled the French and American armies in that sector against the enemy, the movement . i was believed to be but a counter- offensive, and it was thought Marshal Foch merely had seized upon the opportunity presented by the German offensive begun on Jilly 15 to strike a blow that [might defeat that effort to capturd lelt‘lmfi and perhaps to drive “it German wedge nearer to Paris. l Viewed in the light of events gthat have since transpired,.the atff ,tack agahlst the Germans on duly,- ;Iiinially was the first step‘in. a T masterly campaign which not only, ‘ 'llas wrestcd the initiative froth: 'thc Germans ,but has fumed “MKS“; lback along the line from Ypres to; ‘ illicims to' _virtu'a‘il : Qtllc linen; . I ~ wlic ,_ '1! v}: re they stood‘be oré they be3 . .guii their mightiest drive of the , 1 war on March 21. “With the excep- Qtiou of narrow strips of ground 3 'n the Flanders sector, from east: of Bapaumc to the St. Gobailr [Forest and along the Alsne be! ”’ twccn Vauxailltin and Rbcilna, tlfd > German successes of the Rpm,i,}'s ' anti cary summer have been lig_ui- dated. In addition, the Germansetef. -. ibavc lost vital positions befiol‘d'f “Eli i Arras, and have been forced to re-. treat from the St. Mihiel salient...” a which for four years stood like an. -- 1 arrow pointed at the heart of East. '-~ ern France. . ' American,‘ British and French. fort-cs carried out successful. a. “nibbling” operations all along" "w the line yesterday, and won local. in manned on” Peso MB) THE FOU all of which went over the top. routine. casualty lists were beginning all discussions about the war. flamendnaehbeoty., LIBERTY LOAN NEWS RTH LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE TO BE ADVERTISED WITH senor IT’S sualousnuss REALIZED. The American Government has sold three Liberty Loans, In the first campaign much space and time was given about the organization and methods of sell- ing bonds. because everything was novel. After three cams paigns, however, the novelty has settled down to the grim busmess . . . aching of bonds has become regarded as emitter of patriotic In the first loan the attitude of the people towards the war ‘ might be characterized as having been purely . . but little discernment of the full import underlying it: . second loan semewhat of the same spirit characterised it, but with the added apprehension as to what would happen when our boys actually shouldered the mend the third loan our men ware actually came the awful realisation of what. the war we would be affected, thus tending to launching comes at a most psychologiesl tine overtharennderonrownl’anhinghsve liltieruthave pushedontar AL FEATURES. worn away and we have of winmng’ the war and the academic with . In the gotinto-tbe trenches. In in the fighting and the to come home and with them to and'how giveave The fourth actually it.
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