Greatest
Possession
—'lhc Franchise
5—.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered It the tooth Nomlk Pod
01111:. no second Clan Matter.
100 IIIllED WHEN BIIIINNEIN
RAPID IRANSII lllIiE INAIN
SMASNES ININ INNNEI WAlU
_—_—H—__,_,
tom lonwau. con.
111111111 11
1 1111111111
(.reen Motorman,WhoWas Taking the Place of One of living Boris. of Bulgaria
the Strikers, Is Blamed For the Awful Loss of Life
and Injury of Hundreds of Others
MANY [IF THE VIEIIMS WERE IilINNEII Ill
IlEAlN AS WNEEIIAEE EIAMES IN I}: I
Speeding Train Was Packed
to the (iates and Jumped
the Tracks——Usual Investigations in Progress
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. “With 1111'
death toll placed at 911 by 1111- [31111111
1111 police, rigid investigations Wt‘l‘t'
under way today by the Public Service
Commission. District Attoincy Leafs.
01‘ Kings county. and Mayor ilylan, to
determine the blame for the Wreck.
last night. of 11 Brighton [11 11111 1111111.
of the iirooklyn Rapid 'l'1:1n.~it (‘11111
putty, 111 the Malbone street 11111111'1.
Brooklyn.
Yesterday's strike of 111o11111111-11 and
motor switchinen of the company.
which was coincident with the trap
edy. was settled during the early 11111111
1m.- hours, company officials agreeing
to reinstate 11w enty-ninc discharged
1111-1111 employes. The company pre
111111st had refuse‘ti to obey the order
of the War Trade Board and take back
the men.
Interest In the Investigations cen-
tered on William liewis. 11111to1'111an of
tho ill~tated train. who was arrested
on a charge of homicide. at his home.
early today. after he had fled from the
scene in terror. Mayor llylan. who
visited Lewis in the Flatbuslt police
station soon after his arrest, issued
this statement:
“Lewis admitted to me that this w as
illlllli-‘ll 1A “1' “as 11 11101111 sw'11111111.111. '
he was a “trained man" and (1111111111-
of running a train. Lewis was 1111's:-
ed into service yesterday, it was said.
on amount of the Silllil
Another phase of today" s investiga
tion that attracted inte1est was tin
tact that the rain of five cars was coin
posed of wooden care. declared to be at
least twenty-live ycais old. Most 01
the 1111‘s th't‘ 1eduted to splintets.
The Public. Service Commission order-
1-11 the, company ll? replace its anti-
ousted wooden 10 ‘111: stock with steti
sen ral months ago. but the company
contended war conditions made it 1111
possible
identification of the dead. the majtn-
ity of whom weie local residents. pro-
messed slow'ly at the morgue todav
Many victims were so badly mutilated
that identification was almost impos-
sible. More than one hundred persons
were Injured In the crash. according
to police estimates. and it was believ-
ed some of these will die.
All during the night thousands were
atttacted to the scene of the disaster.
the greatest tramc accident 111 the
city' :1 I1istoi'\.llltnd1'eds of anxious
men and women In search of relatives
his first run over the road He said he went to police stations. where the bud-
was doing thirty miles an hour No ies were taken The bodies later were
or in should be allowed to run 11 Ilraiu' removed to the Kings (‘ounty Morgue
without at least three months train- 1 The strikmc cmploycs of the transit
ins." . . _.__
President Timothy S. Williams. of ((‘ontiuued On Page l-‘ourl
the Transit Company. asserted that al
——_-‘_.—_.-————-
NEVISNIN IS MAIIE ASNS IiIISINESS MEN
IN IUXIINY TAXES Ill ENNSEIIVE PAPER
Senate Committee Modifies War Board Offers Seven
Imposts on Distillers toI I’racticalSuggesticns
Make Them Fairer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Accept-
ance' by the business men of the coun-
.. ~More re try of measures adopted by the (101'-
iis‘ou oi the Kitchiu bill was indula- ernmcnt offices in Washington for con-
.-.1 111 ycstmia)‘, by the Senate Finance serving 'w1iting paper and stationery
”1111111111111. Particular attention was was urged by the War lndustrie:
paid to making fairer some of the ex- Board in 11 public statement yesterday.
use or ”luxury“ taxes and 111 modify Seven suggestions for economy were
111: 1111- taxes on dislillet's. whose made: Write single space. except be-
sttu'ks will be useless to them after tween paragraphs. Write on both sides
July 1 next. when war time prohibl- in case of long letters. Use half or
tion becomes effective. twothirds ssheets for short letters.
In dealing with excise taxes 1111- When nonslble eliminate excessive ad-
1o111111ittet added an amendment that vertising and long lists of omcers and
the tax should not apply to any articles directors from letterheads. especially
cutout-rated as taxable at 11' per cent. Where chances are likely to occur.
of their sales prices win-11 the articles [7118 sixteen pound paper and the
Wl‘lt: cxpoitcd. and also that the 1111 smallest sized envelopes required by
should not apply to specific articlos the enclosuu'. l'se backs of the let—
1'ont1'acleti for at a set price prior to ten being answered for making cal"
Septelnbt‘l 'when 1111- 111.1 11111 was r11 bone. 1’59 DOSt cards form-knowledg-
lml'ied to the llouse. Many complaint.- ments. Watch the waste baskets 11nd
l11111- 111-m. 1111111.- 111 1111- rinam-i 1111.: line spoiled sheets and backs of emel-
mince b1 unanutatturt- rs pointiue 11111 opes fox mctnorantiaI and scratch pads
the Incquity oi the 111v on contract 111
111-1s made below the 1:1) w 11.. 1-1'-111 SIMMER "WNERS
suggested.
1111- 111'. on 11.s11111.1 ltquot 11-11 in
hon-I ain't July I next was l't'llltth'd
m the tommittet- yesterday The
11111- ndmont imiuded a provision thr.‘
111 2111.1 11.11 humor-z period could he
Mt.- 11.1111 111 spo c1111 tuck where the it
on 11 I 111111 he Ililulrnin Im'h I IMNI .' '
1..... 1...... 1.1, 1 11.1.1 u... 11 mm Greenwich Nat motion (.0.-
puty Wants 131111.111.“ on
C
And. .I. M's Note-1
m€t~ all aWfidfl'rv‘ 11 11.. a...“ W. .
. it“ I'm-"I'M It" “1 111-Mole tale» mm. 111-1111 W to the a.“
1.."... 1a.. “1.....1 1a.. 111- min-1 or M M ”In A Ifll. our
not to. all?“ 1111-11.... ran-1... 1111.111 W In an M in
out. W chm-t M w 111......“ New 11......
5" "Flint-tile (111 It" .lfln‘rQh-j to
dint-1». oi ll
Wfluwo‘tmn w m] u u w
a. .
VI'ASIIING’l‘UN, No1. “
11 11. 1.11111 .1 01 1111 t'iume «out
”an [‘8' lllhn fl Pa...- in at cork
Who Assumed Control on
October 3rd, Has Abdi-
cated
I
l
EBAVANIA EIAIMS
1111 111311111117
(‘ euni .ul
‘ Also Resigned His Posi-
l tion
,
I'UI’I'ZXIIAUI'JN. Nov, 2. Ilia;
Ii111'1s. of Bulgaria. \vho ascended
1I11- throne 1111 tlcloht'r .‘l.
1I11'.‘.it'1l.
A peasant 1,:111'1'1'111111'111 has been
t‘wlilllllsllt'tl at 'I‘Irnova under the
leadership of 511'111111111Iiw'sliy. who
has been the chief of iIle peasants
and agrarians of Bulgaria for
some tllne. '
.\I. Hinlnlttiliu‘skIv. who I" report-
ed to I11~tl1c Ilt'ntl 11i'il1elicll‘ pov-
1'1‘11111111-1 in Iinltraria. is said to be
In 111.111111111111 of 11 republican army
111' 411.1111” 1111-11. according to a Zur-
INIIEIIINII
VENIN G SEN TINEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW. FROM ALL PART! OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
r
. ”a -.-...~__._.-__-
french, Americans and
Strike
i
I
III!“ Andrassy 1.19.3 Hat'cnvvr
has 1111-
. w hic h be
~«_..__-- ‘_._~ 41-7%.
‘ 1.1111111111111111; ‘2. 19111
Your. Own
I Candidate
Ankmerican’sPriviiege
Fair and Continued Cool Tonight
British
the Enemy on 3 Sectors
01 a Long Front and Win Out
IINIIEII WAN
WlIIlN EAMI’AIEN
I’NIIIIIAMAININ
Holcomb ‘ Asks
Support for the “Seven
Strands in the Cord That;
Binds Our Fighting Men‘
More Closely to the'Shores
They Love”
mation sitting forth the plans of
seven auxilituy wat «guides which
have unitto to “tire tunds under the
”United War Work Campaign." in
calls them the ' e‘etcn
strands woven into 11 single. cord that
seek to bind our 111111111111 men more
closely to the sl1o1es they love." Gov-
ernor Marcus ll. Holcomb has sci
aside the week from November 1] to
18 foi the purposes or llll‘(‘1ullpHIKll in
Ithis state and has cal't-d upon Cou-
ich dispatch to the (‘cutrul Ncws.‘8
LONDON, Nov. 2.v—'l‘he Bavar-
ian Premier has notified Berlin
that the Bavarian royal family
claims the llllpcl'lttl throne in the
event of Emperor William's 11I11Ii»
cation. according to the Socialist
l.t‘l|l.\l/. Vulks Zelllllltl. which IN
qlloit'tl I11 11 llttjlllt' dispatch to the
Daily Mail, ,
IAIXININ. Nov. '3.
Iins .\udrttssy.
tro-Iluuunrian Foreign Minister
on 111-111111-1' 2T1. has resigned. to
cording to a Zurich dispatch to
1111- I~‘\1'I111ng1' 'I'clcgraph ('11111-
p.11111
t'ouni .III
who bet-111111-
ENIIEEININ [IE WAN
SAVINIIS PIEIIIIES
liAltTl1'Olill. Nov. l—Stcps will be
taken at once tor the collection of all
war savings plt‘dI-ZPH in Connecticut
given on l'lt'tlplt' Redemption llay. last
June. according to announcement matie
today by How'eil Cheney. war savings
din-ctor I111 Connecticut. Mr, Cheney
has been directed by the Treasury Ite-
partmrnt .through the, Federal lie
serve liank, at Boston. to take effect-
ive measures at once to insure the
complete fulfillment of all pledges
which have. been inocured.
Mr. Cheney baa also been directed
to take every possible step to stimu-
late tl1e sale of war savings stampsiu
every city and town in the state. The
appeal received by Mr. Cheney from
the Government reads. in part. 11s 1111
lows:
"Whatever the immediate outcome
of the wai may be. the Government
finances will require that each com
munity allotment of war savings
should be filled as far as possible. It
Is the earnest wish that New England.
which has responded so pntriotlcaiiy
to every war appeal. should not be sur
passed by any other district in its In-
vostmentu in war savings. In order to
accomplish this every community
should. 101 the balance of the year.
devote It! "train to the utmost 111
ryolemuiit an“ and luvs-din In
Government Intuition. of which "11-
War $.11."- rltump- an an inn-11141.11.
divining To this end Huh' dawn..-
arv manta-d 111 common and min-o1:
thou «not-utm- «In their author
'1' "1“" Ins-NH We» .- ht
1‘1”: 71 mm the w .1
.\11» I
ilmwis
necticut to woik without ceasing and
she unsparingly to the end that Con-
necticut”: allotment may be abundant-
ly filled.
The action of these several organi-
zations in joining hands, the Governor
says in his proclamation. has “set an
example to the rest of the country that
(Continued On l'uil’. El 1111
NIIIIWAEN TINESI
I111
IIIEIIIIIEESS Ahllllll Illustrious Are Retreaiing Over the Plains oh
1 1 Venetia or Pinn 111 1' u “n ain
IIEAUTIIPAIIIIi hilt“ ah Mo 1
German Lines West of the Meuse
River Are Torn Io Pieces.
The New Czecho- Slovak Government at Pragm "'
1. III ....... III IIIIIIIIIII Recognized by Germans and Diplomatic
1111'“.‘.,‘."‘;.:‘.”:3‘.;‘.11'1”, ".1:'1°.:1‘.f...1.1:111i Intercourse is opened.
going In a northerly direction
According to what information could;
be gatlntetl the old man was pulled!
. trout llnllll 1111- machine 11y 1111- occu- I
pants ot the car and left by 1111 101111 '111
side. while they went on their W's)‘
‘ Henry A. Smith. a lifelong residentI
of Wilton, was struck and fatally in- 1
Ijlllt‘d by 1111 automobile 0n the trunk
lint road from .\‘11rw11lk to 11.111bu1y,
this morning and died an hour later‘
111 111. \‘orwalk hospital. ‘
Mr. Smith. -..'l1o had passed his 1111111 '
birthday ,htui lived all his life in the|
Kent d1strict in Wilton just above
1111 Grumman Hill road. had lately!
lived in temporary quarters in what
I was formally an outing camp for New
l'oik boy's. every s111n111er.1eturni111:i
111 pass the winters with reiaiius 111
Brooklyn. I
(lh lllc Associated l'Ire-w) 1s1'1'1t1s that the whole line of tho
EWIN‘ 111'“ "II“VINL' “ "ll (“'11- '1 Se I1c -I1lt as tar north as Andcnardt-
atic swiitncss 111 the battle zones has 1....." rpmhpd with the ad-
“mmm helm: identified Iot'l"1'1111cc11nd ltaIv. I11 the lot 111- “1,“... spreading along the line
liarty A. Jennings. who lives near 01'. tlll‘ French Americans “Hillnorthward. it now seems probable
by notified the Sci-walk nuptial until British st tick the en ' ' 1
me ambulance “! on me Ispot Inlsoc r emy outline that the Germans northwest. of-
Irecord time. 1 dil.‘t'urlqll(lllul;leflllouft fIr‘I‘AI‘mt‘I'" tilicnt must soon retreat.
F W. Smith the Main street man 9 “ Ian ”Tn“ Advi-c: s to ' ' . -
ket 1mm. who Is his nephew was also “ml‘h "'Nl Alllt‘l‘icilll iot‘cets ‘ \ 11 conditions in Am“
tria are confusing. It seems.
however. that the. Imperial gov-
ernment is powerless in the crisis
which has come at Vienna. Soino
.Ircpotts sav Emperor (‘ harlcs is a
Ifugitivc from his capital, but oth«
er advices say he and Empretut
notified and at once not In c-ommu I'picssedI on In pursuit oi the .\llh-
nication with the hospital only "Elwin!“ fool-pining! over the plain.
1 1:13;: ‘1'" m“ “m” that "9 “1‘“ Wm“ 1of \ cut-tin oi plunged through tII11'I'
., Ills injuries included ”w “Nam“!mountain burr'iet so long: 11111111.
I"! 1,011, legs and terrible “13“,,” about tuiucd by the enemy on the 111111111
tain front.
e head and body
Mr. Van ilainlntzcn glvesa clear and (icenral lliaz has sulunittod the
It mabiased amount of thtI tradgedy In
a telephone interview shortly after:
‘noon today.
He states that he was going to his
stable not far from the roadway at
11:45 this morning. when he saw Mr 1
'1111- Norwalk Tire and 111151,... , , Smith on his way amp the street 11v:
1...“, 1.3.. "Taped a who {mm 1%.”; Idently walking to the Norwalk tron:
2Ind of Snugatuck a well 101' as he otten did on Saturdays. to,
knewn «11.111.11.11. who left New iork visit his nephew who manages his
'city on October 10 for his cattle ranch. ““1”” affairs
near Los Angeles. California. by a11to-' H" had stepped Inside "‘9 door}
mobile. Mr. Lewis had with him he "he" he. been] ll 0'3““ and "‘9" the
(‘1111111111- 1011.1“ car. 9“;de with grinding of the emergency brakes
35x5 Norw 1111 high pressure cotd tires 3 Ford car of the warm: one
and 11 Stanley steamer. com erted into $203113?“ down on all “Id“
a truck. with 35x5 Norwalk 111 h res
suie fabric tires. Both cars “viva-"y Mr. Van Helnimzen hurried in the
heavfly “‘de even to the running direction of the car, just in time to
11111111111, with tents. camping outfits. F“ ”"9" “1"“ jump back in ”I9 "u
PI‘OVISIODS. guns. ammunition. etc. Mr. “"‘I “a" 0“ ”‘9” “'33- i
Lewis states in his wire that the Stan- It was not until then “I“ he ‘9 “I"
to . steal . w . b' ed from (‘hica 0 the body of Mr. Smith and at onceI
by? rail. m'l‘ltc 31:11:23 however. made. rushed to the house and telephoned to
- - .- lend in Cannondale to look out for
the entire inn and. arriung in Los .1fr
Aucclea with the Norwalk air in the “.0" and “v.0 “ hurried description
same fout tires with which the cars “' "'I . .
'were equipped when leaving “Pm Just as his friend answered. the
Mr. Lewis states he considers this trip ghhth‘fim Plant ‘Io‘oizi1fll1‘lllzegi11n’iztl
a very severe test on tires. because
exceptionally bad mods were encount‘mned'
eied. It was necessaty to use chums
for approximately 500 miles. 11111-1-
tin-less. they looked good enough
make the return t11p.Tl1e fabric tile
.. -3 1111111111 1111 1
1111111111 11111111111
tar as they weni. splendidly there be-
ing on tire change whatever made be-
Tho-re Is one task and only one for
tween \‘orwalk and (‘l1ica,.o.N'ettl1ct
one 111 the two sets of tires was inany
and war relief organisations to perform at
the battlefront. It is Ihe task of mint
way nursed or spared. 0n the ct 1-11
trary they were subjected to more
mixing In every way possible the hard-
ships and sufferings that inevitably
than 11 share of the tough 12011111. which
road conditions made necessary.
111-tall combatants in these hideous
11:11~. To such 11 task it 1:1 the bound-
cc1t111nly stood the gait,
cn and solemn duty of 1111 right think
.1: and loyal perm-11s, able to do the
thinks that ate annuity tor tlu| al
with1
came
(Continued on Page Four) |
STI".\MER DAMAGED
IN COLLISION
1\ \‘1’1..\.\'T11' l'ttll’l‘. N11 .1
13- ~.1 “cam-hip II.- damned In a
nth-ion MI 111111 1111111 t-ath today Mouton ell-1": ton. to dedicate
111m 1. mat-m A hot-- wu- warm: their henna. lllrlf 1111-11- their Iwmb.
11 the but 111 1110 «cumin, and Show and their luv-
Id- 111-111W in pineal fl trim-
»outx Th 1m vi In, new
hail quot! It hen-mat that 111.
can! an to- 1am and to II. CMIII‘IAIHIOLMMII
tom-d ‘- e- w~nm1cil a.
W ”lfllfltflniflifi.‘ ”manna-”“19
“‘0‘!!!“ (h M M)
-_.__ .a ....¢- 4*
M guilt-I“
“w...“a»... h
".1".
”M”""" ‘" gunmen-.1 11.n-
“ L" .
.cd between three and four miles.
[extreme wings of the German 111'111-
Zita still are inWicnna. Austria
.' he silitting 111 into is
triau lliL'h ('onnuand. There are ~11 ms to -I ' I
rumors that it has been signed Ill.l|"l_llmI_nf. 111dIcpcudent states.
but these have not been confirm-I 11r1 “(-mh to ‘0 no doubt ”I“
the Austrian fleet. at l’ola has been
cd. These terms were tortnnlatc ~
(I surrendered to the Croatian Na-
by the Allied War I ‘111111cil at Ver- - . - -
saillcs to which was sent the 1\11s-‘ t1111111l ( omnnttee. The Croatian!!-
terms for 1111 armistice to the Aus.
trian “Pl“‘ill fora cessation of Ilos- II1I111I1I1I1-1-I11r1-d their union With.
ttlities. 1 ‘I -"
' I - ' I I ' l V A .1
General l’t‘l‘slilllt! 5. “I‘m." “In...“ (domain has recognized .tlto.
new (‘zecho-Slovak government at
Prague and has opened diplo~
matic intercourse with it.
lit-ports front tlermany are. con—-
tradictory. Emperor William
has gone to the front and has been
followed there by Vice-Chancellor
l)eIln'11e1-k. who is said to‘ bear
with a document of abdication to
be presented to the emperor. Ba—
varia has claimed the throne if it;
is renounced by its present occuo
pant.
Terms of the armistice arrang-
ed with Turkey 'by the luteute
.\llics show there has been a vir-
111111 unconditional surrender by:
the Ottoman government. Turkish
mines now arc being removed from
the llardauclles preparatory to
west of Verdun tore the (1er1n1111
‘Iiues to pieces west of the Mouse
r11 er by a terrific attack \‘estcrday
111or11iug.'l‘l1e Americans advanc-I
ot er 11 crescent shaped front. ch9
teral villages and fortified woods
were taken and 11 long step was
taken toward Sienay Gap
through which passes I1c stile rc-
'111ainit1g railroad connecting: the
ies in France.
Northwest of Argonne l"orcsi.1
Ft cut-I1 troops under command of
(icncral (iouraud attacked along
the Aisne ri\1'r north of Youziers
111ml 11111dc rapid progress toward
‘.'Ic t‘ I1cs111- a wry i111po1'tant rail
road point. If this town is reach-
1'1I.1I1cticr1nan forces still hold. sending: an Allied fleet into the
1111: the lioult Forest will be Illack .\‘1-11 to complete the work of
honoring the Herman menace in
the Near East.
l'ttpt'llliilllt‘ll reports that King
lioris 111' Bulgaria, has abdicated.
lI1- ascended the throne on Octo-
111-r Ii. .\ peasant troy't-rnmt-ut u
said to have been formed.
t‘ount Julius Andrasny, who hill
.\ustro-llunpariau l-‘oreixn'
.\11111s11-r only eight dayw has re.
outflankcd and a hasty retreat
Ilrom llie fitsiIIt-sses ill. ”11' lioull
is probable. '
Success In the French or the
.\111eric1111s in clearing tI11-Itlet‘-
mans out of the forests and ra-
vines in this I'I'I,,'lull will remove
from the enemy the last great
natural barrier l-etm-uu 1111- .\1
lies and the Herman railways 111
lit't'll
the rear. smut-d.
“fitt‘h Illusions moth ol V11 IJANIIIN. Ni“ 2 «Wkl-
It'tu'letmes struck a with blow _11--- Vic-title" ha» been captured by tho -
It‘ftll} .nud that city two 11 vir- Itntuh
tuliy nurhoumlni It h NII'N l.H\lIll\ \1111' 2131 Thu-ACID-
ml that the Norman. have no . 4111-11 I’m l! we publish M
charm- re-ummu to hold II
Farther north. Min-h and
French umh moron-«l their col
tau-- tuwant the W new
Lotte raw-tam no. rmtvwd gnaw
15.- 11.111.11 111-1:1.- my...“ 111 '1 ”All“ \‘m " I'
two-he: 1M the “man it Anemia-wt (1110-:- In
mum ¥b In natal the M tart yet-hm“, «AM
Imam-dame it“ wuwmmuh
\Jfl‘lu'IVIItn“ lul- fallen. fl Nfib‘
1..-nut heir 1'14“” W.) m
11? attach Ive-Quin}. which "
wired the “mid of put a! M
on”.
M‘-
MM
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Momma-yum “w.mm
“nu-Ham;
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