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Superintendent Buchanan’s
Monthly Report Is Read,
and More Pay Is Voted
Substitute Teachers
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But More Tyoewriters Was Fifty-Three to Thir-‘
Are Purchased ty-One
The regular monthly meeting or the
Norwalk Board of Education was held
Showers Tonight and Thursday
soawarx. eon. WEDNESDAY, oar. 2, ins ‘
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Hope to Start Testimony
This Afternoon—Jury Se-
lection Difficult
iiiliDGEi’OR'i‘, Oct. 2.—-Six Jurors
had been chosen when the first day of
the trial of ‘Bahy Doll" Thomas and
Jake Hawkins, charged with murder,
was completed at 5 yesterday after-
noon. Thirty-two taleamen had been
examined and. as there were only 27
left in the panel. Judge Reed ordered
that a new panel of 25 be summoned
for this morning.
The work of selecting the jury pro-
ceeded very slowly because of the
great care examined by counsel for
Antonino
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the death penalty in case a man was
convicted of murder. The usual dues-3
tions regarding the man's previous ex-‘
perlence as a juror were also asked.
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Address of the President
Fails to Change a Single
Vote, Twenty-One Demo-
crats Answering “No”
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.—The Senaie'
at the High school. last eevning. with
the following members present: Chair-l
man, Harry Rider ; secretary, Henry C.
Sharer; Harry a, Scofieid, w. r. Want?
A. I. Rummier. William Ahrens. Har-l
old Murray and Chas. B. Miller. ,
After the reading of the mlnutea,i
which were approved, Superintendent
Buchanan read his report. which was
as follows:
Superinteitdant’a Report for Septem-' jority. FiftyAfour ayes were recorded
3, -‘ bar 1918. ' .
To the Board of éducation. (hut m and paired.
Gentlemen: .
i feel that the schools are well start-i
ed on the new year's work. but the'
second month is. usually. the most dif-
Ailcuit of the year. This is the season
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800 NEW CASES Ill 3
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Total Number‘i—n‘Connecticut'
Over 10,000 * .
More than 800 new cases of Spanish
lot the president that the women suf—I
ifrage resolution be passed as a war
‘ ceived on the final mil call two votcsl
I Icss than the necessary twothirds nia-I
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yesterday refused to grant the request:
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FERRY; 3 non
measure. After five days of bitter do
hate. corridor conferences and cloak
room negotiations. the Susan B. An-
thony federal amendment resolution.‘
enacted by the House last January. rc-
‘amascus Has Been Occupied
Anti British Take Possession
Gen. Allcnliy Makes Report
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nonunion
Adjourned Front Sept. 18th
Session When Selieck Sit-
uation Surprised the So-
lons—Big Attendance at
um ' Vital Interestingnsnevelopments
Eiregtli‘rtance to Sgthern Make Md“ More History
Section of State -
The adhurned usual meeting of
The office of the Third District the commisainera of the rim raringi
Board. at Bridgeport, whicii ill Ju-_ District of the City of Norwaik wi‘l bei
.risdiction over all of Fairfield county. called to order, at I o'clock, tonight. in’
and about one-half of New Havenf the Town Assembly Hall. and there is;
county. is now a busy place and is low sum to be a big attendance of inier~ ;
creasing its and! preparing for the‘oated taxpayers, who may want toast:
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With Judge John .I. Walsh as
Chairman and Miss Flor-
ence Hamilton as Chief
Retirement oi the Turks and Germans Appears
. to he Proceeding More Rapidly at
Many Points.
British, French and American
Troops Overrun the Bin-
denluirg line.
Americans Moving Forward Again on the
Eastern Edge oi the Argonne.
for it and thirty against, with IWBIVCICI‘RSI’I at Elizabethport SIID‘
Jon" Chm. vm. Causes Tragedy in Sound
licforc the vote was announced. Sena:
aior Jones of New Mexico. chairman! NEW YORK. Oct. 2;—-Tlic fcrrybosi
oi the woman suffrage committee, tot Arthur Kills crashed into her alip at:
comply with parliamentary requirc- Elizabctliport. N. J.. Monday. the tin}
incnis, changed his vote from the eiflr ‘ pact topling an automobile truck over?
maiive to the negative and movcd that} the stern into Staten island Sound. A3
the Senate reconsider. This made the man, two women, and four children.‘
final ofiiclal record 58 to St and left3 who made up the party on the truck.)
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Aho resolution technically pending on screamed and began struggling in the.
the Senate calendar. in position tori watcr. chcral incn leaped over-j
further consideration planned after the board in an cffort to i't‘at‘uc tiicm. but:
Aonc oi the wonicn and two chlldrcn'
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classification on industrial.WPIUOD-lquestlons regarding the aensationai'
a1 and agricultural claim. over which Selleclt situation. which surprised inel
it has original and exclusive Jurisdic- anions into a more or less abrupt ad-l
(lly 'l‘hc Associated Press). spirited resistance in entering St-
ggr‘iédaaud on appeals from Local‘i‘iiurmsnoiit or; thelgtvifninxhof Wediacsq Ucrmauv's defenses between Quentin, but succeeded in throw-
. I y, en em or . w on sun ry . . ' ~ . ' - . .
The board is composed of John J.» mama", no. no.“ in the call of the tauibrai and St. Qllillllll are mg the enemy beyond the canal
which cuts through the eastern
suburbs. North and south of the-
town, the French have advanced.
ilarther eastward.
in Flanders the Germans are re.
ported to havc_set fire. to the rail-
Walsh. Dr. UeOi'ge B. Cowell. Seth LOW‘meeUng' claimed their whole-souied crumbling under thc dctcrmincd
Pierpont. Hugh Shatvoy and 3- W.‘ettention. lblows of Marshal Foch. and thc
garuiiamdidregtagh is cthairmaln at.” whhiie‘ «liliiiy three purposes are “if: time of the expected German
e s .an r. orpon aecreary. at see that come i .' A ' . .
Miss Florence L. Hamilton is chief fore the muuuflém mm ex- illitlldl'a“ al irolin Eralnte 'hild 11d.
clerk a! the board and~in charge at .perieneed in such matters who freely “null apparent " '5 raumg p
the CIN'ICII force. ipredict that a side show may develop prcctlibly "mire“ t
i Minnfsctnrentuand instruction “my!!!“ will‘ outshine llhe lear per- Under the attacks of British.
‘overnmen wor are no es- ormance n , , V ‘ . . -. 3 I . ._ .~ n
afimhmg. before the board, m: sta-‘ The “rapists: :zmg' as set irtucli and Ain'tritun troops. tin“ hicnin an to he lrclgioving then;
me of their respective enterprises. ashfonh in the call are: — “‘“dl‘mmm *5 ”0‘" from t l‘ ; [iii-‘3 guns from ”K 9 2""! 0°35
necessary industries in order to obtain? 1. To hear the reports of the com- St'lll‘i)“ l” ”1“ 0159- a (“WWW Mi around the submarine. base of Os-
indu'trm exemption “r the” era-i ‘fifli' “INN is Milli! overrun. Ill tcnd, which is being outflanked on
9105'” . (Continued on 9‘10 1’0“") the north the valuable iictwork of? thc south. The Belgians now are
it is estimated that there will be
.. 3. .i . - .-|.1._l . ' ‘ roit, while
“hm" 65.000 cards to be classified. “VlNflRwAI‘K WAR tailrouds lil Hinder-h rupidl) is u it t miles from 'lhou i
ulutcd and indexed. l coming “with“. and in the south A t. ic British are across the bye sev—
' the French arc pressing vigorous-ten miles north of Lille, and are
ly their advance west and north of. within seven miles of Couli'tl‘al.
Rliciins. All these are important railway
influenza were reported to the State;
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Board 'of Health yesterday. The ncwiTwo Men Missing—Wreckj
cases are chiefly in Hartford and New
Haven counties and bring the total
number of cases in the state well
above 10,000. According to Deputy
Health Commissioner '1‘. Eben Rocks,
the epidemic is on the wane in Windrl listen at 2 o'clock this morniiig withl
’ham and Telland counties and is
spreading westward. being new par-
ticularly active in the center of the,
state. swim
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PENALTY TAX
IS lilillEElEll
HARTFORD. Oct. 2.——The state
trmsurcr received today from the es
talc of the late Martin J. Sheldon. who
died in siiflleid September 22. 1917, a
check for “04199.07. the amount of
penalty tax imposed under the invest-
ment tax law. The town of Siiiflcid
will receive four-filtiis oi this sum and
thc xiiato the remainder.
This will be a windfall for the town
of Suti‘ield and will enable it to pay
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WAR CONSTRUCTION
.iohn Milne. of the Board of Com-
unasioncrs of the First Taxing Dia-
trict, was notified today by Samuel
Ferguson. state dim-tor of non-wan
i-iliiinit‘lifln. that he had be?“ ap-
pmnted the local director of non war
r-mflflfl'llon in the city of Nomik.
Mr. Milne is ri-crivlu the congrat-
ulations and sell wishes of a host of
mm its-lay upon his new pavilion.
which. it is assured. he will It! with
the lam taithluilv-Ia and themati—
m thick has mmtvm lug; i.
we" alts-t pal-lam he has held
His was. am run-i i «i new ring.
he. the transition on»: use. bc has
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Occurred‘in Rain
' NIC\\' YORK, Oct. 2.~ Naval subnin l
A rinc chaser No. 60 was sunk in a col-
the oil rtcaiirship S. W. Waller six
“miles southeast of Sea Bright. N. .1.
Two men from the chaser are missing.
but the other members of the crew
were rescued.
Patrol boats and otlicr craft are
scirciiing for the missing man. who
3 arc Machinist's Matc Walter M. Klutii
l and Seaman Martin A. inson.
A The collision occurred in rain so
A heavy as to make it impossible for any
Ill. VERY EAREPlllf
Careless Wheat Flour Sales!
Without Substitutes Willi
‘ Break Convicted Dealers
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HARTFORD, ()ct. 2.-——“'i‘he that rc-
tailor in Connecticut who is fairly
. caught violating the new liberal wlicai
{conservation regulation-s is going to'
. be broke." said Robert Scovillc. Cons:
lnccilcut's chorai Food Administra-
ttor today upon rcccipt of onothcr‘
I batch of complaints from New Haven.
‘. Rlcrldcn, Ncw London and scvcrai;
places in Hartford and Litchiicld coun~l
IWll fifllllSlflNS ,
Two slight accidents occurred on
South Main‘ street yesterday after-
. noon; one at the corner oi Raymond
street and the other near Concord
street and Woodward avenue. in
both instances the cars being damaged
slightly. but none of the occupants
were injured beyond a few slight cuts
and a shaking-up.
One of the L. J. Reynolds large
trucks. driven by Harold Phillips. was
going up South Main street when it
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centers and Iiilc is the strongest
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A meeting of the Norwaik War Bu-
iieau was held. last evening. in the
City Hall. and General Russell Frost,
president of the bureau, presided, for
the first time since his return to this
city. A number of reports were read
for the benefit of the president and
very fine progress was shown in all
the work attempted. and excellent re-
sults are being obtained through the
efforts of the organization. Vice-Prep
ident Arthur C. Wheeler, who presided
during the absence of General Frost,l
‘addressed the members for a few min-
utes and spoke of the work that had
lbeen accomplished by them since their.
Northcast of St. Quentin, the
British advanced more than five
miles eastward from the front
line of the Iiindcnburg positions.
A salient, most dangerous to the
cnciny. has been driven in be-
twccii St. Quentin and Le Catclet.
and the British are advancing
through a big gap in the enemy
iinc across important roads and
German position north of Cam-A
brai.
General licrtheiot speedily in
driving the (icrmans back to their
3 old lines in thc Ilheims region.
Further gains were made between
the Vcsle and the Aisne and north
of Rhcims. Several miles more
and the French will be in the open
railways toward La Catcau, one ofigdvanee here and east of the
the most important irafiic centers
west of the German border.
Field Marshal Haiiz has taken
important heights south of (‘am-
brai and cast of the Sclicldt Canal,
country north of Rhcims and
threatening the immediate com-
mnnications of Laon. The French
iodvance here and east of the
‘Eiuippc is placing the Germans. be-
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‘i’felli‘g‘lfil‘oflllo “$.13 P08” length ties. that izl‘occrs were selling largol
fall“: . I‘d “ in“. _' hfiairfmmgf ! amounts of wheat flour with loss thanl
: ~ ‘1“ $1“ f‘m- i ““9“, “'P‘Sh" d 20 per cent of substitute and in some'
i “viii? .bffitliiiznilhrijsiflgiiiifd‘sacli):itfmd Tl" ‘cascs without any substitutes at all.
Am ~c - s " c.
liizhiirgdnmilfiiitAxiss‘loiinl zfilslile was! dialoyal merchants" is '{iirougli
Award at Pm} (egr-dgsilationilg‘l’ “13;; wholesalers. coniniued Mr. Scovillc.
. . r l l aAy
,tiiid 101, between Sandy Hook and!
j Monmouth Beach. The crew at station}
5 101 had to haul their surf boat on aw. ,
‘ boat carriage in Monmouth Beach. a‘bOUTH NOR‘VALK BO‘
} milc and a half. on account of the.
, heavy surf oft’ thcir own station.
HflNHR Fl-Afis f0“ training for a lieutenant in the engi-
neering corps at Camp Humphrey's.
; TBWNS "VER H A \‘a., received the following letter from
‘ l the Law School of Harvard University.
I Dear
I Mr. Gottlieb:
. i am glad to tell you that you have
i‘nnnccliciii towns and ciiics cvcry-’ been recommended by the Law Facul-
wimrc are manifvsiing a lively inn-mt ty for a Scars' prizc of $375. This will
in tho awarding of the honor flair: be paid you later by the Bursar.
which signify that the limits of the! Very truly yours.
"Figh'ing Fourth" utterly imp has: RICHARD AMI-ZS. ‘
been eta-«lid One of the 'prtocipal .W ' ' Secretary.
objects or this general distribution oil ' —-————— “——
hunor flags in to aiilllate individual Y“,
“Airstrip-firms to the in“. and also to KILLED BY AL 7 . .,
caricive the addi'toaal stimulas whit o OVEmARhING
mow from public announcement oi
that fart.
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hitcid division of the Council of Nation.
GETS $375 PRIZE;
i hecins its duties_toda)’.
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Leo Gottlicb. son of Mr. and Mrs. I.~
Gotilieb, South Norwaik. who is now-
memo”. iv. v. Oct 1: lim‘
organization. . lilius drawing closer the not about
may“ Jemmmh Down“ was “18° the town. The French met Willi
present and addressed a few remarks
to the bureau on their tine work in the F
LIBERTY LOAN NEWS
The following is a list of the chair-
men oi the various committees and the
”UK FOURTH LIBERTY LOANQUOTA.
The quota. for Norwaik is $11,868,600. This is the amount
the people of Norwalk are to buy of the total which must. be sold
if the government is to successfully finance, during the next few
months, our part in the terrible conflict the kaiser and his
hordes have brought upon the world. it ' _ .
It goes without. saying that Norwalk 1: gomg to claim one
of those honor flags but it cannot be done unless Norwslk gets
busy. We need the small bond purchases, every bond counts,
but most of all Norwalk needs her people of means to buy more.
Fifty Dollar Ponds count, but it takenmany of them to make
$1,050. and many more to make two or even three thousand.
It the honor of Norwalk is to be upheld those who have must
lend and that liberally. ' .
But why talk of honor. Honor is cheap compared With the
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MISS PAUL CLAIMS
SUFFRAGE WILL PASS
into the field“ *" '
division have been incorporated the: Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the
Still? councils section and the National Women's party, has notified
woman's committee of thc Nationalitiie Norwalk members that, the sat-
Councli. The work of the field dM-g frage measure will pass the Senate be-
sion. according to a statement issued fore the end of this Congress. having
by Secretary Lane. will fall under six; lacked only two votes of the necessary
iicads. These are the Federal agency number needed to pass it. it will be
. section. the organisation and informs-brought up for reconsideration tomor-
ll(tii st‘t'liol’l. the field staff. the Ameri; row and will remain on the calendar
---- . until the end of this Congress. 3
(thinned 0! Pan Tfll") l Thiee members of the Senate who
voted against the bill will~be succeed-
‘ed for the short term from November'
(until arch by men who are support-
' era of the bill. it is considered a cer-.
“'ASHINGTOX, Oct. 2.—The newl
at Defense. of which Secretary of the.
interior Franklin K. Lane is chairman:
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. “in" "m "‘9 sun” M" ”i“ ”9 rice of blood. Oorboyl are biotidilgand dying over there. Ia
: I'm fifl‘lflfl FIRES 2:19:13 m: $3."..wiiilmi'ir‘: t’he price on a boy ‘a life and hiaJhaoiona blood onl worth $200,
3 1h, .. r. a. mm, or .5. sin. n or $500. when you can afford loco or $5,000? your conn-
‘ 'a mu m will don-ch to insure tiy‘s liberty and the world’s liberty only worth a snail pa
1‘, “a...“ ”pm. ,. m. .5“: its turntable pas-an. '. If yon have
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