SOUTH NORWALK -;:~;:::.~.-
was through 15'
honing Sentinel. :1
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soon man. can. macaw, nor. {19111 r... “a... m "and"; warmer
Republicans cranium w
Branches of Congress
101111111 tribunal; alumna .
towns Stilt 11111111 IN “l Width
lfli REPUBLICAN tilts -
Superintendent Reports Re-
turn of Normal Attend-
'l‘his'Corner of County Shows Confidence in G. 0. l’..
and Democrats Defeated in Close Decisions
Germany’s Armies Retreat Rapidly '
From Belgian Frontier to Aisne I
, ‘ River With Allies Close By"
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111311111111 llEPiNIl isnli sun 11011
[IN sum lull: autumn EASY
If So New York Wt" Not‘Federal Fuel Administration
Know Who Is Elected Un-i Shows What Conservation
"1 December 19th l Has Done, But Hard Coal
xnw vonK. Nov. 6.—~Thc next Ail-i Causes AHXietY
iiibly will be Republican. although;
lAmerlcans have overcome a Stubborn Rests-w
tauce and Move Still Nearer the
Sedan-longuyon Railway.
Queen Elizabeth. of Belgium”..-
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ance After Epidemic Scare
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The regular monthly meeting of the
board of education was held at iii!
high school last evening with the ai-j
eragc attendance. 1
The regular routine of business mail
Even if it was an 'oli‘ year," the elec- ly IllUl'illiif.’ was rather a damper oil t M
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trons yesterday were the most closely gelling out the vote. as the noon houri
contested in many campaigns. and, ate passed and the skies brightened, the
I though the results were as decisive as number of voters increased. and. in
two years ago, Norwalk and all it): the closing half-hour. there was 111
neighbors still stand solidly in the lte- steady stream of voters at all thren of
publican ranks, with the cvception oi‘ the machines. in theold Town House,
Wilton. which returned C. 0. Bakland. on Mill Hill, where the elecrion for the
a Democrat, to the State Legislature. First and Fourth districts was held.
but elected the rest of the Republican
ticket by a good majority.
Cocal Contact Close.
In this city the results were very
close~iu the First, Third and Fourth
districts~but in the Second and Fifth.
returned Republican majorities of sut-
iir-ient size to insure a solid Republb
can majority for all of its State, (‘ou-
grosslonal and City candidates.
Results In First District.
While the dismal weather of the our
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While there was less real excite
“ rnent around the polling place than in
the memory of the oldest voter. there‘
was hard and earnest work done by:
both sides. although the most of it was
of the gumshoe variety.
Clone Contest—Many Tie‘VoteI.
Even the most experienced political
prophets hesitated in giving a predicf
Iiiiill as to the result. and. so close. was'
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iel's‘ Were discussed, and a number 0
bills ordered paid.
Tire monthly report of Superintend-
ent Buchanan contained the usual
careful resume of the progress of the
educational nhchine in the various
schools of the city and a number of
rccontmendaticns that would tend to:
tilt reuse its efficiency were adopted.
A detailed account of the effect of
the recent epidemic of Spanish influ-
enza on the school attendance attri-i
hitting the very tillliill nltendance for
a Week or two due as nruch to a fear
of contracting it as to actual cases of;
sickness.
He paid 11' tutic‘ring tribute to the
memory of Miss Augusta Fallon. who!
was the only member of the teaching
force in the city to succumb to the
disease. and expressed much snide
faction at. the steady improvement of
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by r’t-duced majorities. Only one wom- ‘
an was succumiul in her nee for of-;
lice. in the First Assembly District,
lSut'folk county. Mrs. ldn Ii. Sammie:
i ll, defeated her Derirocratlc opponent.
Walter L. Stilwcll. t
'l‘lre'ti'fixi' Congressional delegation
‘ from New York will be made up of Eli
liernoeruts and 19 Republicans. The
one Socialist in the present delegation,
Meyer London. was defeated by Henry
M. Goldfoglc. l), running with ltepub»
can support.
Returns from 0.794 election districts
out of 7.230 in tile Stale. including
New York city. give for governor;
Whitman r. 938.711; Smith. d, 970,837.‘
This puts Snilth iii the road by 32,-;
lift with 436 districts hill] to be
heard from.» — ;
Complete and corrected figures 'on
York city only.
HARTFORD. Nov. 6,—Accordtng to
an announcement made. today by the1
conservation division of the Federal
Net Administration for Connecticut.
the soft coal situation in this state
may confidently be. rated as easy, but
anxiety is felt as to hard coal. It was
said that the excellent soft coal situa.
tion was due partly to an increase of;
about 14 per cent. in production and
partly to economics effected throuchi A"? Capilll'fll
the work of the administrative engin‘i
ecrs of the conservation division. of;
which W. R. C. Corson is the head. : 3331,)“, Nov. 6’ via London.—
The conservation divir-oii has. uplAn official statementissued here
to November 2. analyzed questlon-i today It”:
nah-es front 945 of the state's power ”A m -
an delegation to con-
and Ir e heutin Iii B. Thuei ' .
a; ‘ pm oludeanarmistioeand take up.
questionnaires which...vrerc sent to!
practically all steam producers of the;
state. have also been rated. Three
peace «Motions has left for the
Watches the Assault Against
Ghent.
Batteries oi Field Guns, With Horses Attached...
by the Allies.
lguus. with horses attached, havu
.becn captured, and a vast quantity
of munitions which would be mov-
ed quickly under ordinary cirouni-
stances has fallen into the hands
ioi' the Allies.
To the north. Client is closely
Allss Veronica McQulllan of the high
ireturus from New
hundred and fifteen of these plants.
1 western front."
school, and Mist-i Ruth Rider of the
1111133 return i
initialisation
Formal Changing Before '
Government by British .
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cams. Nov. 6.—The British stints'
ter to China. with concurrence of tho}
other Allied ‘legatlous, has handed
informally to the (‘hinese Foreign (ii-1
lion a memorandum concerning mat-i
iers in which China In regarded as
having been renrise as an ally. Among
the instances mentioned are. the fol—3
lowing:
The wasting in party quarrels of the
Boxer indemnity remitted for the par-5
pose of fostering industries to enable
participation in the war.
Lack of results by the Chinese War
Participation Bureau and the diversion '
of Chinese troops to civil warfare in‘
the south. _ . 1.
The appointment of a Papal Minlsv:
ter without consultation, creating an;
impression of friendship with the,
enemy. ‘
Failure to confiscate enemy propg
vi”)‘. to impose restrictions on enemy.
enterprises and-to impose penalties
tow trading with enemy subjects. 1
Refusal to retire the GovernorGen-l
mat of Heino for supporting the
enemy and the Bclslreviki in spite of.
tie- protests of the Allies.
i-‘ailure to ilirprison
enemy subjects.
Failure to permit Allied Consuls to
witness the trials of arrested spies. ‘
Billihlilllillill
lHRflUfiH tint
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intriguing I
Benjamin Bucks, 11, Wound-l
ed by a Rifle Being Dene.
onstrated by Lawrence
Friend, 13 ‘ !
ilenjamin Bucks, aged ll. residing
it1 the 0x Ridge section of Dorian. was
shot through the chest Monday after"
rioon.by Lawrence Friend, aged 13.‘
The. shooting was accidental.
. Master Bucks was attended by Dr"
Pierson. who happened to be in the.
neighborhood at the time or the shoot-’
int. He sent the boy to the hospital.
The bullet. catered liil‘ chest in from
and mud out through the back. The
turn condition is M‘rimlll.
Friend In demonstrating a rifle
to. the benefit of the younger boy
when the accident happened. Bucks
nit-.d in front of the firearm when it
n- midnmly dimmed.
Mend was tulle: In custody by the
"uric! ”up, We he no "Ivar-ed:
“Ml.“
. must stop.
trunnion”
FUEL llll ANI] “hi8” E.
Will BE Elli [lll‘i
One Effect of Elimination of 3
Austria From World War;
\‘i‘ASlliNtthlN, Nov. 6.——-0ne «tract;
of tire elimination of Austria from the
war. the fuel atlminlstrailmi announc ,
nil last night. will be the cutting off of:
Germany's supply of fuel. oil and tape:
oliiie.
Germany has been obtaining fuel oil
and gasoline from (lalatia and lluma~
sulzr and was planning to truport ex-i
tcnsively from the Caucasus. the 11115
nouncement said. but under the terms.
of the Austrian armistice all trailic;
between Germany and her former ally
Within the German borders there.
are no supplies of fuel oil and inior~
million possessed by the fuel adminis-
tration is that Germany has been
using benzol—a derivative of the coal
tar fcr lubricatinc oil. The latter
source. it was said. will ltot supply
German needs. I
.Tlie Italian l‘tlel situation. which!
has been serious frorri the beginning
of the war. it was said. will not be im»
proved materially byr the Austrian
armistice. The Austrian mines work-
ed to full capacity furnish only enough
coal for the nation's needs. Demo-
bllizaiion of the Austrian army will
allow the return of miners in their
work and thereby probably prevent
suffering bet-arise of Incl; of fuel within
that nation this winter. but will not
pimide supplies sufficient to aid|
ltaly. ,
l $50,000 DAMAGE '
T0 JESSUP HALL AT l
WILLIAMS COLLEGE l
WILLIAMSTOWN. Mass. Nov. (1.":
Damage estinutted at close to $5tl.t1i10'
was done to .lessup Hall, one of the
Williams College buildings. by a fire
yesterday that is supposed to be due
to (infective wiring. The building has
been in use as omcer-a' quarters for the
college S. A. T. C. unit. The third
floor'was burned out and the lower
floors were heavily damaged by
smoke and water. The North Adams
fire department iii-n1 help. Tire
student body did good service in tire
lighters. The health board's qttaran-
tim- on the town was hastily remoied
to allrw the entrance of the North
Adams fire department. The bulldlnn
was siren to the college in “90 by
Morris K. Jcssup of Kent York. in
peace ilrm-s it has housed the college
publications and Y. M. C. A. t
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“that I'll: It V“. M
Jefferson . both of" whom were sticken
with the disease.
The report was accepted as were
the reports of the various committees.
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111111113 tilMthi
IN urinal
Government Declares It
of the
Reichstag
the Associated I’rcssL- in appealing
to the German people for support. the
“Phil" government declares it most
have the confidence of the ‘pnople :‘l‘ti
the llelchstag. in carrying out reforms}
The government manifesto. which was
issiled today. says Gcrlitauy is heingi
changed to a democratic stale. buI ii
the transformation is to on a success;
there must be self discipline ii'lltll'l?‘
the people. The text of th: ntttniiesio
i'olIoWS:
“The burden cf the present 'iruo is.
weighing heavily on the world and the:
German nation. We irrpstiwercmne
these hard days and their con‘se-
quenccs.
tSi-ctiou missing)
“The military aillirinisll'ation has
been placed under the responsibility
ct‘.llrc imperial Chancellor. a farm
reaching amnesty has been granted
and freedom of the press illlti Hall{ of
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UNITED Will
Wflllli CAMPAlliN
For the
Team Captains
l totalitarian
Must Have the Confidencef
People and theiNational Committee Claims
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AMSTERDAM, Tut'nlitiy, Nov. fr tiiyi
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l liemocratc in the House.
I with no districts missing, giie: Whit-
man. r, 2K2.950: Smith. d. instill. g
ALBANY. r'. Y., Nov. ti.--lf the
result of the election of New York
state otliciuls depends upon the soldier
vote, as now seems probable. it will’
not be known until after December
fit. It was stated todtiy lit the office of-
Secretary of State lingo.
arr Ritfllllllli
l Both Houses Are to Be
Controlled by G. 0. P.
\\'ASH1NGTO.\‘. Lx‘ov. 6.-—$afe male.
rltres for the Republicans in both]
Houses of Congress were claimed byl
the Republican National Committee
on the basis of returns to headquart-
ers at 0 o'clock this morning. These
returns. Secretary James B. Reynolds
said showed fifty Republican Senators
and 230 Republican Representative
elected. with good prospects for lui‘nerl
majorities in both Houses. l
Democratic National Committee.-
Headquarters early today claimed the
Senate would be Democratic by at
least one. and that final returns also“
t
twould show a small margin for thc‘
Returns received by the committee!
were said to show definitely the cl“:
lection ol‘ forty-nine Democratic Son-'
.aiors. while in the House 215 seats.
were assigned to the Democrats. 204$
:10 the Republicans and tho l't‘lilllilltl-l
5 er in doubt. i
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tails RESERVE
lillllilltllillllllli
, HARTFORD. Nov. 2.—w. 1). Hood,‘;
:Federal director for Connecticut of the.
Drive in NOI'Waik Are 86- United-States Boys' Working Reserve.
a
lected
The following communication receiv-
ed by the local campaign manager
shows the urgent need for Norwalk to
go over its allotted quota. it has been
though. in some quarters. that the
amount of $1?0.500.000. is a large sum
to .ask for. but the following letter
clearly shows what a small amount it
really is, per man, per day. Our boys
are. surely worth 12 1-2 cents a day to
us. and that is all we are asked to give
them. it in hoped that No
give their tart at least of
and make the amount 850.000. Instead
of $36,000. as halted. The war is near-
ly over but it. will be a long tine tool
fore the boys conic homo. '-
(Oahu-Imam“
>
has received from Secretary of Labor
W. B. Wilson a statement congratulat-‘
ting the labor department's fleld organ-
izations upon the achievements of the;
reserve. The statement thanks the;
‘Governors of the States. the State}
Councils of Defense, the educational'
forces and the field agents for "their'
:unsollish devotion of time and eti'ort‘
to this important work.." i
' Connecticut led New England in do,
voloplng the Boys' Working Reserve.‘
and shares with Michigan the honor oil
being foremost in this connection.
k will among all the states. In Connecticut? Durham's only lndmflry. w... burnod onrethird of the district
per day the Federal Government Ila notation du
ed one month in the Idea of organizing; m..- “0.000. A government ”my to tire: Champ t‘lnrk. Democrat in both
the amount of 880,000 In beta. flllvd. ll: B. H. liver by smut-nut! out”
"boy: for work on tat-ma. The Connect-
icut Agricultural Volunteer: m or»;
sauteed by the departure“ of food our
.v-ih
(mammary
[alumna-nudist”
which used last year a total of l.629.-‘
45] net tons of coal. have. by mtlow-g
ting the, recommendations of the Fuell
(By The Associated i'rcsst '.
Forced to tl realization of 1111-
Administration, increased their efficleipcmling peril li_\' the progress of»
eucv '0 an extent that M" “"9” an the British southeast of Valeri—
iiiugiahiiiifoniflwiiifii‘aiiiaiiiioiinm‘; eiciiilcs and the French and Anteri-
have been rated represent less than cans south of fiction. Germany s
two-thirds of the total fOr the state. shattered armies arc in rnpul rc-
sim‘e C0““""‘"“"" ““0" 0f ”0‘“ ‘0 treat from the Belgian frontier to
be saved ‘8 350'000 tons. the indicat- the Aistrc river. So rapid is the
(Continued on pa“. p.81...) retirement tirat it is very difficult
.- to determine the exact location oi
the. contending forces along: this
eighty-five miles of front.
British forces have cleared the
barrier of Morlnal Forest and
threatcn to drive a wedge. between
Mons and Maubctigc. To the
south the It‘rcnch'lirivc launched
an attack that has forced the cue.
my back from three to four miles.
whilc along the Mouse the Ameri-
INFLUENZA llANliEIl
is with twin
Only nine new cases of Spanish in-
fluenza were reported to Dr. William
J. Tracey. city health ofllecr. yesteri
' umber of . . _
‘33:“ nggofiehhegfxiggnieiienepidemic eons. 111 close eo~opcratrou \vith
started here and may safely be mkenithc. French just to thc. westward.
as an indication that the epidemic ls'hnvc OVt‘I‘t'Olllt.‘ a stubborn resist-
fast spending its force and that 300“ once by the enemy and unwed still
”‘9 “‘5' will “V" a ”19““ M“ of ”Tun“ nearer the Scdnndiouguvou rail-
so for as this particular disease is road. -
concerned. . .
The on“. real mm.” now i“ that a'I‘hcre is evidence that the (ter-
‘ > .
‘ ‘muus are not carrytni.r out tile or-
somc of the people fall to continue to. '
ta‘kc thepropcr prcca lions. which iii . dcl'ly retreat that marked their re»
from the Marne and
most necessary until he city is irec'tipompm
from $9“ a "mg” "“5“ 0f ”“3 d“"“"‘“e' Somme salictrts. Batteries of field
Particularly should those“ who have _ .
invested by the French, Belgian
and Brit ish troops. The fighting
itlrerc is apparently between Ger—
man rearguards and the Allied
forces, for civilians are said to lot
close'bchiird the. lines. and Queen.
.Elizrfltcth of Belgium watched the
‘licgiuuing of the assault against.
the city.
The line of the Schcldt no long!-
cr is airy protection to the enemy!
in Belgium. it has been crossed
everywhere from Ghent to Valera-
etcimes. and it is probable that Al-
lied troops have been flung across
the canal north of Ghent. Between
lGhent and Brussels there is no
great natural obstacle except the
lh-rnlrc River, which will aid the
.iit‘l‘lllillls in conducting defensive
;operatior\1s. and it seems probablu
~tiial the enemy will not tum a:
bay until he reaches the Naniur-
iBrussels-Aiitwerp line, which it}.
said to have. been prepared. for it.
grim struggle.
American forces north of Ver-
dun lruve crossed the Mouse at:
three places and have gained
ground on the cast sdc of the
river. This advance is most. im-
a.-..-.._.._.
been ill with the influenza and who “W
have recovered, so that the visits of;
the physician are no longer necessary;
be careful that they do 1101 resume.
their active work too soon 3
One death was reported today. that:
01' Marie Renzullo of 117 Lexington
avenue. ‘
.\li.~‘s Evelyn Hammond. .\I1‘s. lirrgcrre'
Ltiflin amt Mrs. (lager were the vol-
unfcers at the new hospital yesterday]
sun that
Nllilhlillill in
Town Clerlt Herbert It. Smith has
.cnmpiled the death statistics for the
rmorrth of October in Norwalk. and it
lwill go on record as being the large“;
lin number that ill‘ has ever recorded
in one month. The statistics follow:
. Influenza ........................ 58. whip) mp names of an those rev
Tuberculosis of lungs ............ 3 turned was not obtainable it is known“
. . Cancer ......................... «i that Chafing 1r, Tavior. otherwlel
‘ il’netiuionia tall forms: ............ 51" known as Battling Kant. and 831mm!
. ' - :Accidcni .. ................. . ~~~~~ 1 'l‘arlov of 123 Washington street.wera
New worm Nov. 6. —Rctur11slA“ "”““' ““5““ """"""""" 2' ““0"" ”‘9 "“ml’“ «
f‘ . tl . . 'u i t' J” ‘i'W )_1 . - One of them Plated this morning
ll 11 .(illllt s it 1‘. “l i -..1 Ill ! Total .......................... 143 that although they had been in camp
state districts mlssuig. gave at ‘3. hearts: under 1 year ............ 51 for sometime thev were not exnmlnoa
p. 111.: Whitman. It. iloi.5il5:lnvatlis it?» and over ............... 33 until Monday afternoon and immo-
Smith D. 976 271. liliertths in fustltutlon.............19 dlatelv “um. examination “1,, '9"
t i , liealh I to a years .............. . It given discharges and mm [hack bl
DURHAM’S ONLY illenths of non_r:el:ior:s-._-; ....... t
CLARK RAID TO BE LEAD.
INDUSTRY BURNED‘chp
Bill‘iliiilillr
iENlliAtli italic
i Three Norwalk young men and on!
from New Canaan who left this cit!
two weeks ago for Fortress Monroe.
\'a.. returned to this city this morning
with their honorable discharges from
the army because of physical disability
their local bormls. While in camp nah
forms had not been rippled as vet
and they had been assigned to M
The military m
y _. ING fruit (‘nmmny I".
DURHAM. Nov: c..-— The plant mi Willem luihet‘t‘" It "'0 PM? '0"
the Merriam Manufacturing Coutpnny.'. 81'. tons. Mo. NO\'.6.-’\\'ITH "'1' much ("rel-amt into the unin-
rlng Monday night. The pm i.- Butcher of the House of Representa-
The company m in. mi. banana-and mum tone-chi
Tbcoflcholtbclnhm.mmuphlo'mmsm
mMImdtI-flntb,
vote tabulated!
W tum mums“
III they had mini hu- lib CW
'ptiuicuty to the In
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, 0
TV? I m W‘ m
“admin-ennui-
and vo'ced their dismal mm
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