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detain Put Him at the Head
of the Ticket, After His
Administration Had Been
Unanimously Endorsed
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TAXES APPROVED
Wilfred Bodwell Selected as
City Treasurer and Robert
(2. Mitchell as Tax Coir
tector _ ‘
A compietecily and ward ticket was
“polluted at the City convention of
“to Democratic delegates of the City
1;? N'orwnlk. held last evening. in the
'1'!th Assembly Hall. As expected.
2m- administration of Mayor Jeremiah
Hot-om was endorsed and he was
mnuimously renominated. as were the
other candidates on the ticket.
I ‘I 'T‘he convention was called to order
in Secretary Bernard C. Feeney. and
John F. McMahon was named as chair-
:Aur. Following the roll call it was
found that .every"deIEgnte vans in ut-
tmdance. the, total number being thir-
tg-i'our. The call was accepted. and
t e chairman My?“ for nominations
g ‘ mayor.
. Wm“: stated that it. was
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muttering or this kind with more
pleasure than he did nonight. Every
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liar Overturns When Driver:
Tries to Avoid Collision——
Three Men Injured
PORTLAND. Ore... Sept. 16.-~.\n au—l.
.nnobile containing members of the
[I‘M‘iy accompanying President \Vil-
use on a scenic trip over the (‘oiuni-
ind. highway, near here. shortly after.
mmu yesterday. overturned. killing
two men and injuring three. it was
the first accident of a serious nature
to occur during the President's tour of
the Country.
The dead: Ben F. Allen. membt r
of the presidential party and “'ush-
IrIgtOn correspondent for the "Cleve-
imd (0.) 'Piain Dealer": James R
Peterson. Portland. Ore. driver of the
nutomobile.
The injured are:
“lashington correspondent
“Baltimore Sun": Robert
Staifley Reynolds.
for the
'1‘. Small.
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ENLISliNfi lit ARMY
Former naval men. of this c_ity. who
net-red their bitch on the high‘seas
during the war. have enlisted in the
army through the City Hall‘cmiting
Station, in charge of Corporal G..\’.
Parks, in their desire. to gain military
impatience by land. The ex-gobs are
gladly exchanging the blue for khaki
in their search for adventurevand in-
terest in the odd corners of the earth.
where American fighting men are sent
*0 uphold the best traditions of tho
flag.
Despite the difference in populn'
”I this city, as contpared with
the
Niger town; of the state. Corporal ,-
i‘arks is keeping the recruiting quotn‘
of Norwalkup to the standard .do-
mended. .. Several local young . men
have left word at the City Hall office
that they intended to enlist in the
‘Hmy as soon after the service men‘s
pMIwmorI-ow. ‘
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décinred today that
that? 7-, ’localh en who nredonnins
. the- k voluntarily .Ig‘r Itasca-t
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TASHINGTON, Sept. Iii—“Tim a
number of— persons suprenacd and.
waiting to be heard. further angles of
the Mexican situation were expected
to be laid today before the Senate. For-
eign Relations sub-committee investi-
gating relations between this country
and Mexico.
The sub-committee last night held
its first night session Lnd heanl its
first woman witness.
Miss Agnes Laut. who recently re-
turned l‘rom Mexico, in advising
against intervention in Mexico. laid be-
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she characterized as the “beneficent ’
pacification" of Mexico. in corrobora-
tion of her assertion that widespread
corruption had'beenjaflicted on Next.
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_Rcv. Patrick Duggan Made;
. Testament in Ireland Dis“.
posing of $65,000—Will
Filed in New Haven—Am;
other DoCument, Which:
Makes Differént Bequests,-
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NE\\' HAVEN. Sept. 16.—-By a will
‘ made in Ireland on June 17. 1918. anti
filed in the Probate court. yesterday.‘
the settlement of the estate of' the late
Rev. Patrick Duggan. an aged priest,‘
'who for some years after his retire-
ment lived in this city. is being held
up indefinitely and a contest over it
may now develop. The estate con-
'sists of $65,000 in cash in various
.banks in Connecticut and cons‘zabie
iproperty in Ireland. By a will made
by Father Duggnn here. several public
.bcquests were made which, in the will
'made In fro-land later. some of these
:bcquests are cut and othErs cut down.
in the will here Father [luggan
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Il.ocal Domestic 14 pt ftcr mini
i Prohibition has had no discernible
icii'ect upon decreasing the number of
‘domestic tangles in this city. accord.
:ing to the opinion of Prosecuting At-
’torney Cramer C. Hegeman. . of the
Second district court. Attorney Hege
man. who, by virtue of his office as
prosecutor. is sort of a fatherconfess—
or to outraged wives and misstreated
children of turbulent husbands and
fathers._stated today that complaints
.concern‘mg upheavals have been" as
Inumerous during the semi-nrid_'period
supposed to have commenced July lst.
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SILL DISCUSS STRIKE
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dents of twentyfiourdnternational nu-
‘ions, labOr leaders and organizers from
,all sections of the country arefixpecto
[ed to arrive here today and early to-
morrow. to attend a meeting, on Wed.‘
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OF-STEEL WORKERS
PUIMEHHD}
VNotliSpencer S. Adams for CitygAdvanoe"-
' Treasurer 'and D. 'Burrg
Beach for Tax Collector
. AttorneyLeo Davis. of the Third dh‘
trict. was unanimously nominated as
the Republican mayornlty candidate at
the adjourned Republican (‘ity conven-
tion, held In the City Hall. at 7:30
o'clock last night, 0
Mr. Davis. in a brief and infomil
speech of acceptance. declared that
council meetings should be examples
of good business administration. in-
with thr
former acrobat. who jumps from one
opinion to another without waiting. as
the chief clown."
Judge Joseph It. Taylor. as chair-
man, called the meeting to order tit
7:30 o’clock. in the Council chamber
of the City Hall. Because of a schist--
tiled service men's committee meeting ‘
the delegates voted to adjourn to thei
City court room. '
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How Norwalk Will Observe
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It is doubtful if any other city in the
United States will celebrate (‘onstitu
tion Day as elaborately as Norwuik ‘
for it is "Welcome Home" day. and:
our soldiers are to be Welcomed home’
to an America IWhose "Charter of Libw
erty" means law to every true hearted
citizen. .
Sunday our _.iocal ministers told
their congregation; of the importance
of the doctrines 0; our Constitution
and aroused much enthusiasm and in»
terest. This afternoon the schools
throughout the city will hold appro-
priate exercises. Superintendent Bu-
chanan has made special effort to
bare the Iiigh schools and the upper
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TWfl "AIME
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Rarely. if ever. has Norwalk seeni
two windows decorated as handsomely'
and'appropriately as those of Joseph'
Davis‘ clothing store. at 85 W'nshing-
ton street, South Norwalk. Mr. Davis
has fairly outdone himself in his ef-
forts to make his windows stand out
prominently as a real home-coming
welcome to the boys. It is certainly
worth going a considerable distance
to see this handsome display. The
panels in each window contain cut-
outs of the various posters used in the
different Liberty Loan and Red Cross
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DESTROYER TENDER
' SMASHES LAUNCH
Crashing into the private launch
“POI-poise." a government tender .of
the U! 8. destroyer “Rinxgnld."'3ntur-
day, smashed in the side-tit the local
2:33“. amydamaxfngthe steering.
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BOSTON.- Sept. '16,.—08iccrs of the
Fire Department will not Join in a
sympathetic strike to aid the police-
men. This was announced today after
a meeting of the directors of the Offi-
cers' Glynn-which mo 25 per
cent. of the fire full force of the
city. The note wooing-Mus. At the
same time-Fire Wane! Janna.
Murphy announced mt he "had rea-
son to belleve." that the firemen. as a
whole. would remain lo’Il to the city.
The Policemen’n Union and the
trade unions, which bait already in'
EVERYIlllflli’S'BEI
HIRIHE WElCflME
HflME FESTIVITIES
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Even Weather Man Prom-l
ises Fair and Warmer,
While Committees Hustle
Final Preparations—En-
tire City Is All Dressed Uu
—Biggest Thing in Clam
Bakes“ Since Fat Men’s
Day—Dr. and Mrs. Cram
For King and Queen of
Carnival
Even wl'h the mo City conventions.
last night. the main business all over
‘ the city today is the getting ready tor
Norwaik's big welcome to her home
coming heroes. and people who want-
ed to discuss the nominatbns did it
from the tops of step-ladders. with
their mouths full of tacks. while they
dressed up the stores and residences
in a mflre profuse and general way
than has been the case in many years.
Even the weather man is helping
out With the promise of "Fair and
warmer" weather for tomorrow. and it
its good news to the largest number of;
1people that have ever been free to en-t
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FEWER lAfiRANl
milsums cm
Plenty of employment. bringing at-
tractive wages. has resulted in a
dearth of vagrants in this city. Chief
of Police William R. Pennington said.
this morning. that the tribe of unsa-
vory hangerson that were wont to in-
fest the .vicinity of the local docks. had
all but dishppeared. ’
Fewer housem-bonse clumsers for
the inevitable cup o‘poflee and a slice
of blend are pestering housewives.
DuringAthe past summer months than
stiffness-wanderer: Were seldom seen
.on.tbe "as. The police have.hnd-~
practically'no complaints, that used to
be. frequent: about “smug!" idler:
lurking about the residential sections
in a manner to arouse the suspicion of
householders. '
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ORGANIZMION.
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Final Meeting of the Com-
mittee Held Last Night.
2 and Everything In Readi-’
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Be, .Yarious Games and
Athletic Events on the
Baxter Gnounds
An‘oflicial Mound capable of
holding about 100 persons is to be
erected at the City Hall. according to
plans made at a meeting last night of
service men. The stand will be occu»
pied by Mayor Jeremiah Donovan, the.
mayor's committee. city officials and
guests.
Sports will be the feature of the
time eiapsing between the disbanding
of the parade and tho clambake. Ar-
rangements have been made for box
ing. tugsof war. 1(>0«ynrd dashes. 3-
legged races, hop. skip and jump races.
running broad jump. sack races and
the like. Following the bake. a ball
game. between representatives of the
Ant? and Navy. will be played.
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1 A gigantic job faces the street deg
partment on Thursday morning. when
work will start on the task of cleaninu
the. city streets after lll(‘ parade and
carnival. Street Commissioner Henry
B. Minor said this morning that past
experience has prepared his depart-
-ment to expect tons of paper on the
streets of Norwaik following the car—
nival of tomorrow evening. Mr. Minor
has made preparations for the hand-
ling of the work of clearing up the dc-
bris that the throngs of merry-makers
will cause.
That the streets themselves may
look as clean and'attrnctivc as poser
me, every edorIt is. being made .l’y i'h" ing of cars along the route to be taken 1 cricnn fleet o
department 10 001109 things “ll PM» by the service men. Arrangements for ion the first at
T1” 5‘7“" parking of aluomohiles on side streets llriz -(ienf’l‘ai
to the parade tomorrow.
commissioner has a number of work-
men busily engaged in bringing about
this desirable condition.
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{Day Nursery. will be held next Satur-
.day. Plans were discussed. yesterday
iafternoon, at the monthly meeting of
'the Day Nursery Association. held at
the home of Mrs. E. M. Lockwood.
Teams, with their captains. will be an-
nounced during the week.
ACCUl'dlng to tbe‘ matron's report. the
total attendance for the month at the
nursery were reported as follows:
age for one day was 40, the smallest
daily attendance was 24. Twenty-
three families were represented.
There are 37 children on the nursery
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SOUTHERN SPAIN
' HAS EARTHQUAKE -
MADRID. Sept. 16 (mvns).—1'be re-
cent enrth shocks in Southern
unused nortouo m at AW (a
Mediterranean coupon. with
50,000 moi-Hon). The build
entire otreto of the city caved
advice. can.
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' Places in Texas Guarded‘
by Troops, as Citizens Re;
cover From Hurrcane’s:
Visit ;
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HAVE BEEN KILLED!
More Than 3,000 Made:
Homeless and the Prop-i,
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CORPI'S CHRISTI. Texas. Sept
—“'ith troOps patrolling the main
streets and teliel trains headed this
way from many parts of the state,'
(‘mpus t‘hristi today began slowly
emerging from the wreckage caused
by the Gulf hurricane which struck
the city enriy Sunday. bringing death
to an unknown number of persons and
doing property damage of millions.
It was impossible this rooming to
gm anything‘fikc a correct estimate
of the fatalities. in the city proper.
the death list was placed by some of-
ficlais at between fifteen and twenty-
five, but. that no regarded by- name
as far too conservative. In some
quarters it was said the number of in-
jured would 92(0ch two hundred]
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PLANS Hill PARADE
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(‘hief of Policé' “'iiiiam R. Penning; ':
mn has completed arrangements fort.
the satisfactory handling of the ,'re-'
mentions throng of people and thw In '
ceptionnliy heavy vehicular trnfizc ext
pct-zed on the streets tomorrow. Order '
iiness will prevail. no manor how
dense the crowds. and opportunity for
unobstructed view of the parade \sili
be furthered in t-vt ry way possible.
Especial emphasis is laid on the con-
ditinn that no automobiles oth-‘r than
those. in the parade will he penniw‘r‘.
on the strets over which the parade
will march. rnd there will be no park;
will be made.
. t'. s. s. STRING-HAM
OFF ROTON POINT
The I'. S. S. Stringham has arriwd
in South Nov-walk and is now anchor-
ed Off Roton 'roint for the purpose of
securing men for that vessel. Its com-
plement has nearly been filled. but a
ie ~ * cancies still exist in the engi-
nmdepartmem. Men who are ma-
chinists. firemen. or who have some
knowledge of .machinery. will find
aboard this vessel splendid'opportuni-
ties. A twoyear or four-year enlist-
ment will qualify any miginiat for 2.
marine engineer‘s license. should they
desire to remain in civil life. The
lStringham also deoipes t enlist men
for the sesman brunch.“ elec-
tricians and all other rating . on be-
tween the ages of 17 and ”would do
well to give the Navy their considera- :
tion. .
A recruiting party from the ship will
be on the streets daily during the next
two weeks and will cheerfully give
*any information about the Navy.
> The Striuglnm is in command of
Captain Francis Cogswell. formerly of
ithe U. S. destroyer Fanning. v'hich
icaptured a German submarine and its
gentln crew.
1 Visitors are invited to inspect tht
‘ship daily between one and fiveotbirty
‘p. m.
1 IMPROVEMENTS F0
STREETS PLANNED
Between twenty and thirty thou and
gallons of oil and tar will be spread
er streea‘lu'ufl sections of the city.
Iintbe “1:me plan
the!” perfected by Stunt Commission-
orrm:.lluor. Sent-II an
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nited States Wants the
Japanese Government to
Fix a Definite Day Whe-
It Will Take Place
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Captain D’Atuiunnio Pro-
claims a Union of Fiumo
With Italy
HONOLI'LI’. Srpt. id. rTho
l'nitcd State-s has mks-(i the Jap-
anese govermm-m to fix a definite.
tintc for the return of Km (limit
in ('hinu. according to cable atl-
\‘lt‘(‘\ i't‘l‘l’lVf'll here finial} by the-
Nippu .liji. u .inpnncw daily
Ilf‘\\‘nlltil‘u‘l‘. 'i'lic‘cativiv added that.
llic Japanese govcrnnwnt llfl'l not.
unswcrcti thc' ctutnuutiicntiun.
\VASIlthi'l‘th. Sept. ills—«Of-
ficiais here in the-absence of l’resi.
ticui \K'ilson and Secrctm'y liauv
sing. will not chmmcnt upon the.
report that the {tilted 5tfl4}3~.§3_fi_
Motto.
asked Japan to . set a.
date for the return ofvli'yno Chou
to l‘llinu. The general impression
in ofiiciai circles is that tile report
is writ-founded.
PARIS, Supt.- lGT-ui’rcmier
Nitfi. of ital). fut-«w a‘ govern-
menial crisis as it result of his dc.-
nuucintiun oi' (‘np‘tnin Gabrich
(l..\iiiiilll7.l(i. who last neck enter-
ctl Fiu'nc iii Lthicanl of a strong
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TANKS UVE [lNlY
Willi-SEVEN HAYS
\K’,\SHINCTON. Sept 16 -— The avar-
cc iiic of it tank in battle was forty~
s, and nearly half of the An:-
f 7Q were put out of gm-
it) of iht' Argonne battle.
Samuel I3 Rockenbach.
Tank (‘orps commander. has disclosed
lll‘sv figures to the Senate Military
ccnnnifif‘e in urging continued (levels
I); I"! m of tanks. pointing out that de‘
exile damage to the tanks. casualties
illnfvnl: flit crews wcre light.
in August. 1917. he said, the United
Stan‘s. huvi no tanks. but obtained 150
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seven day
from the French in September. In the
Si. Millie] fichtina. 417 French, British
and American tanks took part. In the
Argonne, while the American fleet of
78 tanks was reduced to 48. the second
day, and 24 ultimately; only 6 were hit
by shells.
At are time plans were. considered
for equipping taxicabs with "till 007-
ms." lacking tanks. General Roekou—
been said, as it was ktown the enemy
would surrender when they have in
sight, so great was the fearvof tanks.
UNAEEE TO OBTAIN
PLANES FOR PARADE
Efforts on the part of officials to en-
hance the spectacular features of tho
service parade, were thwarted. this
morning. when Mayor Jeremiah Dona-
van received the following telesa-
from Congressman Augustine Loner-
"Major-General Henoser. chief of air
service, regrets to advise that in view
of-fnct that all available nomphneo
stationed at llueolu have been order»-
ed to grand review of Genet-oi Per»
shiny. and .l‘lnt Division, in Washing-
ton, W'ednooday, it will be impossibl-
to detail any machines to Nev-unit.
Orders gone out before Not-wail r.-
quest tune in latter will go toward
to you." '
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