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Sunk at Night on September
26th by a Torpedo From
German Submarine in the
Bristol Channel
alumni, us
MEN, mu uvrs
Navy’s Report Says That an
Explosion Was Felt After
the Tampa Had Gone Well
Ahead of the Convoy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-—The U. S.
iIRSl iAXiiit‘.
DISiitItl Mtil
ADJIIIRNS tum
“General Apathy" Plays a
Prominent Part in the
Proceedings, Only Five
Taxpayers Being Present
NEXT SESSIUN
WEDNESIIAY. lfilfl.
Appropriation of $4,000 the‘
Only Real Business Ac-
complished
Old General Apathy was again the
guest of honor at the adjourned meet-
INfltliiill Is
SPREiDlNi IN
animus
Malady Shows Decrease in
Army Camps But Not
Among Civilians
t
SERIIIU3 SITUAllth
IN SHIPYARIJS
1——.—
Hospital Train Sent to New
England
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.——Whiie re
ports yesterday to the allies of the
Surgeon General of the Army showed
decrease in the number of new cases
of Spanish influenza at Army camps.
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8. Tampa. a former coast guard cut: ing of the commissioners of the First
tor, In naval service, was lost on the? Taxing District, at the adjourned an-
mgiish coast. September 26th, with nual meeting. at the Norwalk City
all on board. while on convoy duty. ;
Ten odioers and 102 enlisted men at
the crew, one British officer and five,
dvilian employee lost their lives.
A Navy Department statement today
announcing the disaster says the ship
was sunk at night in the Bristol Chan-
nel, and that reports indicate she was
struck by a torpedo while escorting a
convoy. .5
Captain C. Sutteriee, of the Coast
Guard, commanded the cutter. Apps~
reutly there were no eyewitnesses to
the. sinking. The' Navy's report says
an explosion was felt after the Tampa
had gone well ahead of the convoy
about 8:45 p. m.. and that later quanti-
ties of wreckage. one oi the Tampa’s
iiicbelts and the bodies of two unié
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indium
MAY [08E VfllE!
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Errors in Returning Ballotsf
Likely to Make Them ille-
gal—Disregard Directions
—Mail Them to Relatives
Instead of Authorities,
Thus Violating. Secrecy
Demanded
Misunderstanding on the part of
soldiers abroad relative to the place
where their. ballots should be sent may
result in a number loosing their votes
in the November election. unless the
second ballot sent to them to correct
their mistakes reaches the various
town moderators of voters from abroad
‘ before the election details are planned.
in cases where mistakes have been
made in returning the ballots, the sol-
.iier or sailor voter has sent the ballot
back to his home address instead of. to
tho scoretary of state as the directions
J" the ballot specify.
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Hilllilil STEAMSHIP .
SANIi SUBMARINE
(GI-“V YORK, ON. 3. Thu German
submarine which torpeduwd and sank
the II‘ronch cruiser liupetit Thounrs in
European waters August 7. was in turn
destroyed by aunties from an Armor
can "fight Humility, one of s con-
my or 20 steamers which the French
torsion was helping to mom thtouab
, the do!” w, u "I lured lye-re
«tr-«sevens. The [Mahler which sank
a- "Marina is owned in Man. and
smutMWt-t burnt Mn
cow-MM to lwwwotanom oi the line
two
William-tit:
(W With Wis-
. d
court room, last evening.
It was announced by Chairman"
Wheeler that there were Just sixteen
people present, including three com-
missioners, the clerk and tnasurer at
the board, two reporters and himself,
and it later developed that there were
just five of the taxpayers of the dis-
trict in the assembly. l
When the meeting was called to (Jr-1
tier, i‘rof. Carl A. Harstrorn was elect-r
ed chairman. and Clerk li‘rederick'
Buckley read the call of the rut-cling.
The annual report of the board. a
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,TWENii-SIX MEN .
umjwrur
t
Alighted From Train in Bed-1
ford. Ohio, Before It;
Stopped and Were Struckj
by Pennsylvania Express .
\
CLEVELAND, 0., Oct. 3.—Twenty~.
six munition workers are dead and be-
tween 18 and 30 injured, {our probably
fatally, as the result of a north-bound
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger
train crashing into a crowd of McMyl-
er interstate Foundry Company work-
men at Bediord. ten miles south of
here, early today. Twenty-two of the,
men were instantly killed and four,
others died in hospitals.
The workmen alighting from a local.
train, at Bediord. a suburb, ten miles
from here. The local uain from
Cleveland was carrying six hundred of,
them to work. . n t,
Pennsylvania Railroad Company et-
ticials say many of the workmen‘
alighted from the local train before it'
stopped, and in a heavy fog stepped
over onto the north-bound track,
where the passenger train struck
them.
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.BOYS TO WEAR
U. S. UNIFORM‘
HARTFORD, Oct. 3.- Thousands of
Ameritun boys below draft age wtlt
soon be wrarim! an ofllcial l'nited
Smirn- uniform, nt't'Ol‘iliflK to inform:
lion received from the t‘nited States
lioparnurm ot Labor by Arthur iIowe.
l‘min-ral inn-cm: for Connecticut oil
"1- l'ni'col Stan“ iioys Working Re
Who Sm 'v-tnr} of Labor \i'ilscn has
IlliilulJ-‘tl and to» war do-pai’lrm‘nl
inn di'lriit‘tti n!‘ oliir drab liniiul‘il
I turn ‘my be worn by all members at
'lm i'nitnl Rm“!- lit») a' “'m‘iil' He
quit -
\llt‘a-i'fY‘ "wrr or" many uni of the
WA -' “fl" ‘flt. "Wu In... Him u; out lb.
«1mm 'v-flliil haw town animal "to
."nuuastfltsfis elf "II 0‘! iii div!“ 0;
i. «innovation and man; W units
i tan population over the country.
information coming to the public
health service was that the disease
was rapidly spreading among the civil-
The nraisdy has appeared now in
fortyvthree states and the District of
Columbia. and. besides New England.
it is epidemic in tidewater. Virginia,
South Carolina and other places. it
was reported particularly prevalent
along the Atlantic seaboard and the
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uuuruau
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tlflNlllllthS ARE
llllfili lMPllllVEl]
'Another Victim of Spanish
influenza Is in l! tal,
But Patients Are ng
Well
Woods Brought $02 no Spanish ransom situation in
—-—.——+ ‘this city remains about the same. this
morning. it was reported by the local
The Lincoln Pictu Classic. Inc» health department. A few new cases
was quietly ushered ul of existence i My. he“ reported “a an under up
in this city yesterday when constable velilaneo. but may m not serious.
William Voilmer sold It public auction fl. “amon- gm very much improv-
about hair of the corporation's proD- ed in and around the Fair Grounds.
erty. The sale was held on the “movie Anotllsr Victim in Hospital:
iomliun" in (if-“"5 W006i. Wilson “9', Theodore Wilson. of 1 Dasham place.
nue, Rowayton, under the personal di—‘ '“ mm“ to the hospital yester-
rection of Constable Vollmer and Paul W sultering from a serious attack of
B. (‘onnery of the law lirm of Term the “mug“. and, this morning, his
many & Connery. who I." representing condition was said to .be dangerous.
the creditors, Wll have made claims; My, 3nd Mrs. Joseph Greene, of 10
ugt-uliist the cmpany : Slocum street‘are getting along nicely
Practically all of the movable prop ‘ and are on the road to recovery. it is
crly on the location went under lllcexpected that this couple will recover
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Auction Sale of About trout
the Elects "in Crow’s
reckoning was made it was found that _ case.
3592 had been realized.
Among the sr-t
. .
W.) W.
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TWElFl-HJURGR lib
HEAR“‘BABY lltlll”;
Entire Afternoon Ses ion of'
Superior Court Fal s to
.Fill Jury Box
The hope of starting the hcsrinu of
testimony in tin.- murder trial of “iluhy
lloll" Thomas and Jake Hawkins faded
yesterday afternoon when it was found
impossible to fill the jury box before
the criminal superior court adjourned;
for the day at .3 o'clock. Since court.
resumed session at 2 p. m., efforts had'
been made to pick the lit jurors but
without success. Eightyeigtrt tnlcsmcn.
had been examined when court ad-
journed.
Panels Exhausted at 3:30.
The regular extra panels were ex-
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BUFFALO RAILWAY 5
MEN ON STRIKE;
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 3.—A strike
went into effect on all the lines of the‘
international Railway here and in
nearby cities and towns at 4 o'clock
this morning. The tie-up was ' com-
plete, the company making no eii'ort
to move cars with whatever force was
available.
The decision to strike it demands'
for the War Labor Board's scale of 43
to 48 cents an hour'were not met, was
made a week ago, and when officers of
the union reported at a meeting, last
night. that the comp y refused to
grant the increase. t e walkout be
came effective at the hour set.
Efforts to bring about Federal inter-
vontlun are being continued at Wash-
match.
a..-
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.r‘
hem of the 185 stores. scattered all; gether With Mrs. Weed, were
WOMEN’S LOAN WORK
.trict on October 6. at
2
Ellifil ES
umuumuu» amorous
an. ltiiNliEtlfliiil;
According to an announcement made‘ had decided to reopen his inquest into
this morning the Louis K. Liggett the death of Genuucll Stevens. the
Company. whose drug stores are in! Fight year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
every important city in the country,: Charles W. Stevens or Park avenue.
has subscribed 100 per cent. to the,Dunbury. Young Stevens was killed
Fourth Liberty Loan. The LiggettI Monday afternoon, September 23. in
Company adopted an original pian,1 front of his home in linnbury. lie was
which they put into operation. and coasting on a bicycle from his yard to
which it is thought, when made public,i the street and did not notice an auto-
wlll he adbpted by many other ingu.‘ mobile coming along the street. The
tutions, to the great head“ of m.“ car belonged to Mrs. Samuel L. Weed
Fourth Liberty Loam of 655 Wall street, this city. and was
Mr. Gales, president of the company, driven by Mumford T. Baxter. Miss
has telegraphed to each of the mana-' Edith WBEG and her govertr‘iess. 1:-
19 Dec -
pants of the car.
it is claimed that the machine did
not strike the boy but that the boy in'
an endeavor to avoid being hit by the
machine {ell tram his wheel and land-
ed on the stone curbing which caused
his death. Coroner Phelan held a hear-
'. ing in this city and then went to Dan-
IN CONNECTICUT' bury and was about ready to return his
verdict when he was communicated
The Women's Liberty L081! commit-‘ with and told additional evidence had
196. M Darien. Conn. is making 913113l been procured which \vill have a re-
to sustain and stimulate interest in! cided bearing on the case.
the Fourth campaign. Arrangements; it has developed that the parents or
have been completed for a meeting of ‘
all Liberty Loan workers in the dis-;
the Center
school, when the progress of the cam
paign will be reviewed. .
Mrs. Franklin K. Bennett, chairman;
of the Women's Liberty Loan commit-
tee, has obtained Mrs. Beatrice Forbes
Robertson Hale as one of the speak~
era.
l'nder the leadership or Mrs. Le
lantl' Stillman, Fairheid county has
made a good start, and record sales or
bonds are expected in the district.
over the United States,‘ re'q'tiFEting,
that each employs subscribe to one
(Continued On Page Six)
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[BARRIER AGAINST
GERMAN AGGRESSION
, ____._
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—With the
view of erecting a barrier against Ger
Iman political, military and economic
iagzression in the Near East, repre-
sentatives of eight of the nationalities
extending from the Baltic lo the Adri
iatic and including a population eati~
mated at 65,000,000 persons who have
isuflered from German and Austrian
Reports are ready
the anchors are not i
T10 Till! LIBERTY LOAN SOLICITORS ,
us from all quarters of the eit‘ths‘:
an
mkiadiiylnsks anchor! to canvassym
“Mouser-twins intayonrmwuld!“ l
domination. met her today to create a
federation for the promotion of their
«women interests. The nationalities
represented were Finns. Lithuanians,
tag to receive E III. Poles. t‘u-chorilmshu. l'krainLans.
It ones I“ { Romanians, Jnaofllavu and Italian y‘-
wto-lllfld. ‘.
The aim at the (adoption. it was
hammer yesterday and when the final : completely from the attack of the ms“
«113621331.
: German Lines North of
Si. Quentin and Elsewhere
Armentieres anti Lens to be Given up by the
Enemy in a Few iiovrs.
Fields, Again in Possession §
oi the Allies.
Up Command oi the Railway.
! BERLIN, 00L 3» Vill- Itondon-—‘an advance of perhaps ten miles too~
Lens was evacuated by “I! G"- ward Ghent probably would coin—
imam on Tuesday night. the War pel the enemy to retire to tho
;omce announced my. luorthern Mouse line.
mm‘Fm w“ "mated “1° 0n the Carnbrai-St. Quentin-
, same evening.
Pfront the British have maintained
their gains despite strong German
(By The Associated l’rcss}. icounter thrusts. The new British
0“ 3 front 0f twenty “in?“ 11‘“! attack north of Sit/Quentin pro-
“WM-1.1% Wg at be Beaurevoir~
Germans continue to retire fmmemsoTfinfég Fl?” «.1351; Field Mar-
!the salient west of tlic Fortress of‘gsha] llaig holds a sharp salient in
lsint‘. Ntll‘ill Of St. Quentin, illehhc Gennau line.
B'iiibh again are SWi‘iilillil ”10f lencrnls licrtlrclot and Gouraud
German lines, while in t‘hum' continue tlrcir attacks north 03
PM?“ ”19 FTCHL‘h arc ltl'i‘bfimi-i’dilicirns and in t‘hnmpagne and
'nortliward. threatening the Ger-g have taken furthcr ground. North
mun Ctilillllllllit'tiiitills. !nf Rheims the enemy has been
Evacuation of tlic Lille salicnt driven from most of the hi1] posi'.
is illt‘ tlil't‘ci result 0f illt‘ Anit‘ll I “Oils and soon “'i” he in the opeu'
advances in Flanders and around where the French advance may be
t‘ambrai. The Germans alrcadymmm rapid. In t‘harnpagnc, Gen-
liuvc retired an average of two; crul Gonraud has captured Challe-
llli‘f‘s- i range, a railroad junction, and his
Arrncuticres and Lens apparent-l guns now command the junction
1." RN “Old l'." ”W enemy, but of Vouziers, farther north. fit
their fall to the British probably: losing Challcrangc the German!
is only a matter of a few hoursghm command of the railway run-
With Lens in the hands of theniug through the Argonne Forest
British and the German linc moved at Grandpre. The railway was am
back to near Lille or beyond, thcimain supply of the Germans facing
great coal fields in this dismal-hm“. Americans east of the Ar.
which the Germans have defended : gonnc. .
tenaciously for four years, will no; In withdrawing in the Lille sa-
longer [)9 0f “59 to them. ilient, the Germans are endeavora
In Flanders the Belgians. tltcging to get out of the giant trap
British and French continue tircir'which Marshal Foch has con-
pressurc against the stiffened rc- structed. While hammering the
sistancc of the enemy. The salient formidable Cambrai-Laon line, bYs
driven in by the Allies threatens .
the German hold on Belgium and
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WN NEWS
$251,850 ' ONLY.
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The above amount is that recorded by the Subscription
Committee as having been received by them up to last evening.
The small sum shows several very serions_condttrcns. In the
first place it. is very evident that the sum is very far short of
what it should be after four days of the campsrgn. It Is even
smaller than the last- loan when the quota was half of what it is
for this are. Further than this. it is apparent that rulli'y people
of Norwaiir. are not awake to the seriousness of the lonrth
Lean. From the returns that have been tabulated it is most
apparent that may who have are not supporting s govern.
men’ as they should in this crisis. The man and of corn-
fortabte income must come across to make thh loan a
homey pecpieoflomlkmwiiiingtoistmorflfl
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in the Loss of Chalierange the Germans lefli
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