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anemia 1870
Ollie. as Second-Class Mall Matter.
Entered at manna Morita-II: Pon-
i'. CURE IN lthll
llECllllNS‘SllilN
fictober Contests to See
"Wet” and “Dry” Advo-
cates Locking Horns in
Test Votes in Number of
Localities
lilllli Hill RAISINfi
{if WAR-TIME BAN
Liquor Victory May Give
Chance For Short Time}
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Tun ohm or the Secretary of the
Sl‘lll' is “taking plans to send out to
om: 1:17. towns in Connecticut which
will hold illvir annual town meetings
"lt' first Monday in October, the offl-'
i-.; plums required in the election.
Ih.~ lawns. do not use voting:
”whim-s. incidentally Deputy Sec-
rr) Richard J. Dwyer said yester-
Hmr ll'c inn-nits to send the li-
i'lltl nil-license ballots, too. even
uh no intoxicating liquor is be-
!' ully sold in the state at pres-
!I is expected. lloweevr, that the
"it." prohibition ball will be lift-
1.. u proclamation from President
in in time to give the liquor deal-
w: opportunity to cater to the
‘\ tmde in November and De-
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lMayor Hylan and District;
Flying Machine Disabled,
IIIIIs RESUME
- «tinnitus
Two Days’ Strike of 14,000
Interborough Rapid Trans-
it Employees in New York
Ended '
Tl] INVESTIEATE
CflNSPIRAIIY CHARIiE.
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Attorneys Swann and Mar-
tin Get Busy
xnw YORK. Aug. 19.-~\\’ith the?
two-days” strike of the 14,000 emplO‘y-i
esof the lnterborough Rapid Transit.
('ompany at an end. and virtually nor
mill traffic resume-d all the '
investigation as to the cause of the,
strike. '
District Attorneys Swann. of New
.York ('Ulllll)’. and Martin,
Bronx, continued their investigations
of charges made by Mayor Hylan that
the strike had been brought about by.
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Trick Played on the Mexican
Bandits Whereby Only
» One-Half of -the $15,”
Ransom Demanded Was
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and One of the Airmen De-
;eloped Fever After Mis~
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MARFA. Texas. Auc. 19.~~l.leuts.'
subway Ii 6 Peterson and Pi ' ‘
. ‘ _, . .. . ‘ ' . . . ul ll. DavlsJ, the loan post of be American “extort
I Elli: i-iii‘éiifignhfllfl l,i:,;‘llll.p3r::(g,mf aviators of the United States Army? held in the counc chambers last ew-u
. - - - - 9 3 0 ‘ held captive for more than a week by: lng_ Norwalk's returnrd sol liars, b.'lll-,
Mexican bandits. who demanded it!
today by Captain Mallat'k. oi the;
lean territory.
(.‘aptain Matlack brought ba(k withf
him one-half the ransom money. lie
TWO‘KIDNAPPED
Mayor’s
and ‘Wor War Veterans
of September
As the malt ' a resolution unanl.
mously passed a the joint meeting of
the Mayor's (‘o ittee o Sixty, nus
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! ransom of $15,000. \velo rescued early1 the streets of this city ul the morn: lg
of Labor Day. it was further rcsolved'
of Th" Eighth (.‘avalry, and are safe in Amer-v on a motion presented ll; Judg.‘ Jump
l \Valsll of East Norwtlk, it member oi|
the Mayor's- Committee of Sixty, and
by Captain John Keogh. a local l’os"
collusion bem'een Officials of the tran- said after ppmmon had been released, ! Commander. mm instead of spendinx'
sit company and leaders of the broth-
erhood for the alleged purpose of fore
ing an increase in fares from five tu'
eight cents.
Mr. Swann, who
had uncovered evidence
asserted that. he
seeming to
_ 1 indicate. such a conspiracy. subpoena-,
""“’ "mm" “7w“ "‘ “'9 state. . ed more than ilfty witnesses to testify can am“ of the ”v" lieutenant l’e-
on the license question this“,
problematical. Some will.1
'wonl. it, all depends on
w: the voters feel about it. it
an that in some towns, the
will make. one of the hot-
Ulis- in years, because if the
m wet the saloons may open
; tiruary 16,1920, anyWay, and,
t (lt‘ilnllll harvest and, even'
2 tin-y do pay their $750 license-
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" I'nnnocticut is opposed to the?
. l'lJll. so-Culled. for governmentf
> phi;- of the railroads of the Unit-‘
lt't's \‘IHS announced at ”if“. {[550-
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president, in the following!
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I" l'l‘llltl'i plan is based primarilyi
In...) and ownership by '
the'
‘. «Em-eminent of all the rail-
--.’ thv country. This fundae
' provision is suificiont. in the'
r. of the organization I retire“
.. merit, its rejection by Con-
\‘fv believe that the experience
u: eighteen months has de-
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II : REE DEAD IN
RAIL TRAGEDYl
“\E.>‘\’ll.l.i€, Vt, Aug. 19.—l)e-
.tner crashing into an automo—
...i killing two of its” occupants,
2mm drawing the New Elig-
i «We Limited, southbound, over
' ~::::ai Vermont Railroad, plung-
nzi. tli" \‘.'inooski river here. car-
.‘\ o coaches. C. A. Smith,‘ of
» 3' the engineer, was scalded
Three persons were injur-
.-‘n
and Mrs, John Miles. of Hunt-
I enter. were killed when the
i 1.1‘lif'tl into their car at a. grade
; Parts of the wreckage of
""“7'rlrbile became entangled in
| aftrenoon. The seriously injuredwere
removed to Springfield hospitals in!
Eleven of the in-'
tjured Were from Suffield. .Only a few
before a grand jury. Members of the
brotherhood who are said to have de-2
elm-ed they were “paid for striking‘“;
were questioned by Mr. Martin. “
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Taken to Hospital—Block
Signal Blamed
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Aug. 19.—-—
Nineteen persons 'WPre injured, six se-
riously, when 11 Hartford west-bound
trolley car and an extra from Sunield
Davis was brought forward by the ban- i
dits and the two mounted (‘aptaln'
Matlnck's horses. The bandits de—
money and Captain Matiack and Da-
vis answered by riding rapidly away.
The aviators landed on the Ameri-
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(tandolarla, a week ago Sunday. their;
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NEW lithium
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With Return of 48 Passenger}
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Forty-eight passenger trains were
Ieturned to their schedule on the New
Haven road at midnight last
The restoration of these trains with!
these which were put back on sched-:
tile. at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. re-
New Haven to a normal basis.
bound for this city, collided near Riv-
erside Park. Agawam. late yesterday
police ambulances.
Hartford people were on the car and
Vestibules of both
escaped injury.
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EHEBlilNliAUTfl
Keeping track of the motor truck
driver when he is out. oY‘sight. This
is the problem truck operators must
solve to stop the invisible leaks that
seep into their business and eat enor‘
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hours, the road will be running the
same number of trains as were being
run prior to the shopmenls strike.
Trains restored at midnight includ-
ed‘a number on the Danbury pad Wa-
terbury runs as well as the New
York-New Haven run.
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REVOLVING SAW KILLS
TORRINGTON MAN
VVINSTED, Aug. 19.———Clil‘.tord G.
Crossman. 35, superintendent of parks.
water works and cemeteries, was in-
stantly killed yesterday at his place
on “fest Hill, just over the Touring-
ton line, when a twenty-inch revolving
saw with its frame left the table and
struck‘him. The saw cut open Mr.
mous chunks from their profits Ex-
perience of some of the largest and
must successful fleet owners in Amer;
ica points out the necessity and econ-
omy of mechanical devices to check
up the work of their drivers.‘sa}’s the
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company. who
have made an exhaustive study of mo-
tor transportation engineering. ‘
The pilot of a motor truck is in a
unique position“ To a large extent be
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Crosslnan’s fact and nearly severed
his right arm. Death immediately fol-
lowed. The saw missed striking Don-
ald Crossman. aged 13. by a few incl»
es. Donald was handing wood to his
father to saw and Howard Crossman,
aged 14. was piling it up as fast as
sawn. Medical Examiner Hurlburt,“
this town.,viewed the body.
Mr. Crossman is survived by Mrs.
Crossman, two sons. his father. who
recently returned from overseas. and
a brother, Frank, of Hastings-omthe
,i’;:" of the locomotive causing
= nun; the rails.
.‘flliSRlCAN TANK—
STEAMER ON FIRE
. l‘ranr-P, Monday. Aug. 18.
“"1 badly damaged the Am—
‘2 walk .in amer George G. Henry
"f’lt'i‘i‘d merchandise on the
“MU”! at 500.000 francs today.
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TRINIDAD, Col}. Aug. lit—One man
has been rescued, but more than twen-
ty men, including the tire boss. Wil-
liam Christopher, are believed to be
dead in the Oakvtew mine of the Oak.
dale, Coal Company. near Laveta,
which was wrecked yesterday by an
explosion. . '
From Explosion in Mine‘
Hudson.
TWO MORE TRAINS
ON'DANBURY DIVISION
Patrons of the Danbury Division
will bemused to hear that two more
trains have been restored to the
schedule that was annua_iled at. the
beginning of the shopm’a strike,
both at which began, running today.
. ' ”1“"! by oil from the tanker
‘ {file When an unloading pipe
. file burning oil W '
"t Which the steamer em" '
The explosion- said
caused by gas occurred
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stores the passenger service on tile-
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several additional trains which will bel
restored «within the next twenty-fourf
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Mable. 408. m
the entire 86,437.07. subscribed by the
.genemua people 0 Norwalk and Wit‘
:im to th '9'.-
7manded the remainder of the ransom, ( e ' elu
Home fund in an
elaborat
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,(Coutlnued 0n Paganism)
initiation
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Aviators DaVis and Peterson!
Are Accompanying ‘
iers and Airships Are Try-
ing to Locate Mexicans
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CANDELARIA. Texas. April
Mexican border at 6:40 o'clock th'll
morning, in pursuit of the bandits who,
held Aviators i
ransom.
Davis and Peterson
e troops. acting as guides.
Aviators are cooperating with the
til
lcavalry as seams to locate the ban-l
iuita on the Mexican side, flying over;
the Ojinaga district south of Candel‘
aria.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.——The Am-
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Platinum
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% ~ llEAllliAN’S will
lStout Fence Keeps Load of
Furniture Out of St. Paul’
Churchyard This Morning
Something a little diflerent from
the regular run of accidents on Dead
Mans Curve was staged on that un-
lucky corner, this morning. when Wil-
liam Sadovsky's‘blg horse, hitched to
his huckster’s wagon, loaded with the
family turniture, came to grief there.
Sadovsky, who has lived at 31 Taft
street. Bridgeport, decided to move to
1 New York city, and packing his
household goods into his cart started
Ion his way with his two sons. 7 and
11 years 'old. All wont well until the
[top of the bin. on W’estport avenue.
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‘gan to crowd against the horse. who
broke into a run. Sadovsky havingno
brakes on the wagon. did his boat to
control him. but with alternate slides,
runs and Jumps. old Dobbin was un-
‘dor pretty good headway when , he
struck Mim'aiCnrve, at tho-bot
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Committee Meet to Talk
Over Matters
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WASHINGTON. ' Aug. 19.—«Under
madam: without precedent in the
history of American treaty making.
President Wilson and the Senate For-_
eign Relatio'na committee arranged to!
imeet today in the blue room of lhel
White House to talk over the treaty
with Germany and its League of Nfl',
tions‘ covenant. I,
Besides presertl’ing one of the most
dramatic attendant upon the conclue'
slon of peace .the meeting establish-
ed a new milestone in the trend tow-
nrd publicity in treaty consideration.
Figurativoly. the door of the confer-
ence was wide open. Expert steno—
graphers had been provided to turn
out for the public in short relays a
word for word record of all that twins-
9 " minimum of the barn; will
this main. uni-i- ‘ ' .
"3%, d in asking [or today: appointment. the Soldien’
the (We ,vaa been .- Ian M. m“
defrayed. be I“ asfleya’a lill' nucleus; the “In” accepted invm "fl 8 B!
tended latmmally by blrf'Wllson soon
after he submiu‘ed'the treaty to .the
Senate. The committee's request said
certain information was desired and
that members preferred that they be
not required to hold in confidence any-
thing the President might say. To
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FIRE BESTRUYS
$25,000 BARNS'
'Valuable Cattle Saved, But
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Troops of the 8th Cavalry crossed thet ‘
Hay and Grain Are Lost in
Wallingford
WALLINGFOBD, Aug. lit—Fire to-
tally destroyed the barns of the River-
side stock farm here at 7 o'clock last
night. The damage is estimated at-
from $20,000 to 325.000. All valuable
cattle were removod safely. Large
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stroyed. The origin of the fire is un-
determined. but it is believed to have
started in the bay.
The fire was discovered by A. P.
Henry. a farmer. who was passing.
.The Wallingford fire department and
that or the Wallace & Son manufact-
uring plant, located near the barns,
, were summoned.
The farm. one of the largest in this,
region. is owned by the Vl'allace Ho -
stein Company, of Wailingtord.
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DISCUSSIUN 0f-
, committee:
ipriations made by the last General
EASE-mm?
' Board, and if the only question arising,v
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BtliSIiElllil [08L WIIIsIIIPs ,
III IItItIIIiiI wmI Bil Isa;
fliil _ it fill or 1
Battle Cruiser Petropay:
Reported '8 “If gt : .
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Battleship Andrea Pervosvan,
lovsk, a Tranport and a Guardship
ing Been Sunk
limit-mu IIIIIii litilllli has
ANI] Hllillllflltllii ANll 3mm mun. 4
Archduke Joseph Announces His Intention of Resignint
as Temporary Dictator of the Hungarlan Govern-
ment . _i
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! HELSlNGFORS. Finland, MW‘
lday. Aug. lR.——Tbe 13015!!er , -
lbatileship Andrea Pcrvosvan, t.“
,hattle cruiser Petr-opalovsk, t .
ltransport and a guardsbiprare 19W
:pnrted today to haw been sunk
during: an engagement ,with tilt
British fleet ill the (illlf of Finlanl
on Sunday. ‘
l' The British were said to haw
lost three motor boats- and to hay.
Increased coat Bnngs Re- had eight officers and three mu
quest For Larger Allow- kmm
ance From Soldiers’ HomE‘ The Alldrea-Pervosvim was re-
--—-—- ~ ported as probably sunk by a tors
pcdo near Kronstailt on June 13
according to dispatches would
in London shortly afterwards, M“
“dinghy/matter of‘burylng sol- there was no coufirmatibnof‘
diers from the home. the cost limit in ‘At the same time. it was said,“
these burials being 350. This sum has Bolsllev'k battleship Petropavm
been “meipm m form" years to my bad hoisted the white flag
for a burial, but lately the cost has
incrca d. The ttorney eneral has ‘, .
8" a g . smiltliomi. Aug. 19—41..
ii British fleet which has
sent the following opinion to Alfred _ ‘
B. Boers, chairman of the executive relliiorce
Bolshevik' lW‘lf
concentrated again‘
llleell engaged with
“i have examined the several appro- vessels is
Kronstadt. the naval port of P0—
trograd. a Helsingsfors dispatifi,
Kronstadt is burning, it i
. s-aid. ' '
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‘lship Viatka is reported to In“
‘heen sunk in an engagement 0!
the Toboulkin Lighthouse, several
miles northwest of Kronstadt.
The cost of burials have ao‘increas»
ed that the ekeeutive committee 'of
Board recently
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.ggjrg’lfimral Healy
to the Soldiers' Hospital
was a deficiency in the appropriation says.
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Alllillll’lithlNli
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 19.——industrial
labor condiltons were nearer normal
LONDON. Aug. liL—The Britifi
Admiralty officially confirmed to-
day the sinking. on Monday mori-
ing. of the Bolsllevik battle cruis-
er Petmpavlosk. the but”! "
Andrea I’crcosvml and a Biddle-
vik destroyer by British navll
forces during an engagement '3
today than in many Weeks. The Bry- the Gulf of Finland. A Russian
ant Electric Companysemployes were ('lujscl‘ probably was seriously
back at work, as it was voted to do on
Saturday. The only strikes now in
force are those at the Remington-Yost .
plant and at the Columbia Graphs-
phone Company. In this latter in-
stance as tlte company has announced
that it would remove its plant else—
where, the labor difficulty in the opin-
ion of many is not now a strike.
There was nothing new in the dis-
pute among the machinists’. .E. C.
Daviscn, grand secretary of the i. A.
damaged also, it was announced.
BUDAPEST, Saturday, August
16.——Archduke Joseph agreed to.
day to resign his position as team ,
porary dictator of the Hungarian . r
‘ government because of the Social—
ists’ objections to him, but m
seated to remain at the head of til.
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Lavlt, deposed business agent of No.
.30 Lodge. had nothing to say. it is
lbelieved among the machinists that
[the ending of strikes will lessen the
Itntense feeling which has prevailed
lfor many weeks among the union
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Probably one of the most modern
filly,
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MES m l lltllili
.and best managed work-rooms or the
numerous industries that make the?
city of Norwalk their home, is that oil
Terr-is Brothers, located on the first“:
. iioor of the Roodner Hall Building. 127:
.East Washington street. Arthur Tor-l.
t rt: 0: 3 Cedar street. opened the iocai[
,branch of this enterprising firm 0!}
nWeil - known ladies silk undergar-l
ments, some two weeks ago. and int
. this short time, the industry has made ‘
marked progress, duo probably to the. quite a ha
seal and enthusiasm with which Mr.’ her of business men w
Terrls conducting business. and at—l fidencedn his stories. His
tends to the betterment of workingl ttais
conditions for his employees. this the “California Exposition Car."
‘ - lwbich.‘he said, was due to visit this
city yesterday. All he wanted was :1.
which would ensue mpg-shag:- J19
." a neatly print receipt a
Pm OVER MW'S VETO l were in the car. He did a good bur
wasnipofifis. m um.“
nest in 31 bills from a num-
icoomoea 0n eu- mum
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be placed can, . . . 7_
“cm-ling of MaJorlty
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state for the time being when pea» ,
sant leaders and members of , _
reactionary party protest. The“; I
leaders were said to have declare} .
they would cause the foodbloal" A,
ode against Budapest to be; 10- jj
established unless the archduit "
lcontinued to act as regent.
BERLIN, ,Monday, Aug. 18.4
America has won the deep grad- . . .
bode of Germay for her treatment
of prisoners .of war and her lab“!
for their behalf in Siberia, declar-
ed Daniel Ste-ucklen. member
Another slick stranger visited‘Soutbl v - .
' Norwalkkiaat Saturday. “d raped ‘ the hatlollal Assembly and Impera-
ial Commissioner, for War and Gill».
ilian Prisoners, today, at a moot- L.
Socialists prod-ts
ing against the further retains.
of German prisoners in France-.-
The meeting was the first no”
Iby the Socialist: in the pill! ‘0’
‘bring women ‘
tense for the return of mm
forward as an '
lain: felt that they can
” y than men.
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