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amalgam 1870
his St'p'. ram-A resolution de-
3.; that Flume be made an Ita-
t:} has been passed by the Ita-
«hamber of Deputies, according
».:ltlzltioti received by the Italian
Null here.
Hill. Sunday Sept. 23.—Debale in
'utmber of Deputies was inter-
..t today by a free fight which
i v.-[[ minutes and in which about
hundred deputies participatedwqueetion of dismissing the peace treat- ing in the Union street shop. »
opinion is expressed in some
that the Cabinet. as. a result
,.- riotous incident, may decide to Chamber several duels were nnnounc-,
..n rather than plunge the country ed between deputies and between and
I
.. struggle during the general elec-
it is (l'SSPried the fight in the
.utn-r indicates what would occure
'u country.
Entered
Office‘n Second-Clue Noll, Mutter.
auoola'reo cane me soon on. um orm
n: the South Non-elk Poet.
._ Secularism
EMMNIROVERSY
The correct figues for the vote of
contldence given the Cabinet were 208
to 148, instead of 208 to 140. as at first
reported. Ten members refrained
from voting. All the others, except
I the official Socialists, voted confid-
ence in Premier Nitti.
The Chamber adjourned tonight un-
til Wednesday. when it will decide
whether a vote shall be taken on the
ies.
, In consequence of the fight in the
deputies and journalists.
A prolonged. heated discussion pre-
3 (Continued on Page. Five).
AllillltANsull [Will SEEK lillsml
Alumna
<‘atldidate Dans Addresses
Members of the Italian So-
(18' Club in Second Dis-
trlci
inviting guns in the city L‘li:l|).ll,:ll
mozned yesterday when Attorney Leo
"ilVlS. Republican candidate for may-
,[~_ and other Republican nominees.
spoke at an enthusiastic gathering or
utetnbers of the Italian Social Club. at
their quarters. in Monroe street. It
was a successful meeting (10!. every
standpoint. Mr. oavis was-loudly ap-
plauded and was heartily assured of
the support of the members of the clllb
at the social gathering wllith‘followed
th-~ speechmaking.
‘ ,ulMAllulllAws
lir. (‘larence Iiill Frank. of Stain-I
ford. the minister who on Aptil l per-
l()l'lllt‘-(I the marriage ceclnony for Jos-
eph Lane and Grace IIcrcht. toitl his.
_t~otlgrt-gatlon. in the Ilaptist church.
yesterday morning. that the Connecti
rut laws covering bigamy and mnrr
l-iagt- ltad scliolls weaknesses and that
as preside-it ol‘ the Ministers' imague.‘
of Stamford. he would bring the mat-
ter up at the next meeting with a view-
lo getting some action looking to a re‘
vision of tllelaws.
"Irliope to see the marriage laws ”fl out in the thorough "mflfl-i‘ till?! alf'lfl'M‘
“and m the next ”8310“ of u“. Log”. ways charactpm ginning tun-mm. in: a white girl on the outskirts of the
lltlure," said Dr. Frank. "and such sit-
uallons as exist in the harm-Herein
marriage made impossible. I feel deep»
ly about this because I was the victim.
innocently. of course. bllt the victim,
.loseph llisesa, president of the club. '
presided at the meeting and called on
Edmund E. Cl‘owe, chairman of the
Republican Town committee: “'illiam
H McLean. Conrad P. Frey and Steph-
(t‘ontinued on Page Six). \
BRITISH lAlleAlls
Al A s
l.t>Nl)(>N. Sept. 29. Railroads run-
nll'; out of London will attempt to op-
'l-lit' trains on skeleton schedules to-
day. according to announcement. it is
hot-ed thus to'cope with the strike sit-
unlinn, whiq. brought about an almost.
total suspension of traffic yesterday in
lllls‘ city. and which has virtually par-
:tlym-d all English roads.
Ninety per cent. of the railway
makers in SFotland are idle. bill a
lcw trains Were run there on Sunday
lor the carrying of passenger. and per-
ishable goods. Reports state ' these
((‘ontinucd on Paul blown).
_______._,h
President WilsonHas
Fairly Comfortable Dav
VVASHING'I‘ON. Sept. 29.v—Back
at the \Vhite House, after‘aa ab-
sence of twenty~five days, President
Wilson was today beginning the
period of absolute rest prescribed
by his physician as necessary for
his recovery from the nervous ex-
haustion which cut short his speak-
ing trip for the peace treaty.
in a bulletin issued last night.
Dr. Grayson, the president's phy-
sician. said Mr; ‘Wilson “had a fair-
ly comfortable day.“ The president
went to bed early.
IANIISTILL'
(Continued on Page Etzllt).
Eillsl’lsll APPARATUS
g Allullvulls
The First district commissioners.
- Messrs. Frank l. Jones. John l). Milli--
and Edward J. Finnegan. accompanied
[by Judge John J. “'alsli. James T. Hub.
bell, Street Superintendent Edward J.
Duffy. former Water Commissioner M.
J. Riordan, Thomas J. Riordan.
Charles Milne. I-‘red ‘Buckley and liar-.3
ry J. Keene. visited the Brown reser
voir, yestenluy. 0n the return trip
the party impected the chlorine appa-
rains and Venture meter. now instal-
led at the tlrllpe reservoir. the work-
ings of which was fully explained by
(‘tllttlttissiont r Jones.
It is said that While the others were
inspecting the various filters and
ithings. Commissioner Finnegan'emu-
.lated Simon l'eter. and went a fishing.
i “'hether his catch formed the basis of
ithat delicious steamer bake that Coun-
[3 cilmannlilne superintended. could not
3 be learned. :
3COLUMBUS DAY't—IERE.
‘ “WILL BE QUIET
Columbus Day will not be generally
lobserved in this city with a celebra-
ftion and parade on October 11. as has
:been the custom in past years.
lan lodges. who were prominent
promoting past Observances. have
planned to attend a big celebration
which is scheduled to be held in Vl'est-
port. The loeal fraternities will be
well- represented in that town and
large delegations are preparing to
make as good a showing from Norwalk
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TWO PERSONS KILLED A
HURT IN ACC
as possible.
ND SEVEN ,
[DENT NEAR DANBURY
DASHURY, Sept. 29.—In a collision
helm-en east-bound freight trains on;
‘He (‘entral New England Railroad. at,i
iolmes, N. Y., twenty miles west of’
his city, early this morning, two men,
frere killed and seven others were in i
lured. the injured were“,
l'l‘ought to the hospital lly this city. '
The Dead.
JOIIN PEASLEIQ, of Danbury.
doctor. . . ‘
‘ EDWARD HOLY'OKE. of‘East Hart.
lord. engineer.H ' ‘
J. C. Hloqtns,
Waterbury, Q um
back, hand “'13,.
con—~
Ital-l:
in
AllillPl little Alli ~’ 1*
Sillil Alum
Delegates of New York shoe Ibopunions ' ’
walkthisforenoontointerviewwolhn in tier ’.
shoe factory on Union street in the , .
called in that plant. There is opener-.1 Ihoe.
,on in Brooklyn, and it is “the workers m .- .
‘this city. Several of the Trim-em wet-krona “« :
1.
«r,
«a.
approached by the delegates when they left their is“ lunch
hour. The Trish-am manager stated this anomalo- 4- sh lied
)heardtheegitetors wereintown. Be helm-ed mob '1 'h‘en ex.
‘pectingthelrorrivel,osadvieesfmm IowYor-khnd '- - him
30f their intention to come here. There are thirty ... ' work-
lANc‘
l0llli6'” «
;WARR|0BS 0f
3 Hill SECIION
Alli filiD'
l
Hill St ciion of NM unlit.
through the initiative of the Klonltke
Social (‘lub. one of thu- oldest organi-
zaiions of this character in the town.‘
flttingly honored its lelu-nml soldi- r9
and sailors. on Saturday t-vvntng. w'lt ')
a monster parade and reception was
held in that place. The p.lr.l.l~ “as
witnessed by it glciit crowd. all '.lull':
the line of "touch. and, it is z-stittitllml.
that over 1,000 persons [MI‘HP‘IM ml in
the reception held in the h‘lil'hll‘: and
on the grounds of the club. imob to hang hint to a t _ .
The nffa’r throughout was a great cause bended millet,
success. all me details being canto-ti on“ " l'
- ..~o
—-
"in OMAHA. No‘b. Sept. 9.~After a
night of mob rule. durms‘whlch a ne-
gro was lynched. an attempt made to
hang the mayor of Omn‘ht, Edward l‘.
Smith. the county court ’ mine was
burned. one man shot a killed, and
perhaps forty others in! ' .-the city
was quiet today under of Fed-
eral troops from Port C i k and Fort
Omaha. The mayor is: abnormal
and was still uncon'sclo ‘5tu today
no a result of the attempt o ”the
led by Llle residents of this locality. A NU “I”! ’3” '"k-
‘triumphal arch. filiingly ill‘f‘ train-d and
illuminated. had been erecml at the
linterscction of Connectznut avcnur and
(‘enter street. and there was A. great
tdcmonstration as the procession pas.»-
3ed under this on the way to txtv- club
'liouse. The parade started from the
:green, at the head of Fairlieivl avenue.
[and proceeded througlt \t‘es' Cedar
Istrt-et, North Taylor fin/d Connecticut
'avenues. where a concert of half an
hour was given. The marcn was then
[resumed and continued through (‘on-
inecticut avenue to the :iil'i. The traf-
?fic arrangements were in clinic» of
't‘hief of Police Pennington and I’ll-
, (Continued on Page Three).
(Continued on Page Twelve).
PLANillflfiRESSINfl
: Fflll'llilllAllflN’S
Plans are going along nicely for the
official "Welcoming Home" of the R0-
‘waytOn boys who were in the “'orld
. War. which is to be held in Roweyton,
on Saturday. October 18th. Money,
that article so necessary in holding a
celebration of the sort planned, is com-
ing in nicely. the residents here being
more than generous to that most eli-
cicnt solicitor. Henry L. Rowland. and
his assistants. Although much is yet
needed. Charles w. Gazer has a sum
which is most pleasing to those inter-
ested in making the affair a success.
The executive committee. who were
I instructed at the met-tins. held on l-‘ri~
dav evening. to appoint the necessary
committees, has selected Mrs. Earl P.
[COALMEN WANT—SIXTY
; PER CENT INCREASE.
l
3 Ill'b‘FAI.O. N. Y.. Sept. 2“.“ The
'soft coal operators of the Central (‘onl-
,petitive field today submitted to the,
ljoint conference or opemtms and min-
[crs their reply to the demands of the
'11an for a sixty per cent. increase in
[wages and shorter working bouts.
; Before the session opened. there
:was much speculation as to the atti-.
tude the operators would take on what .
has been called the most revolution—,
'ary demands in the history of the in.
dustry. involving an increase in pay
3from the present standard of 85 aday
to $8 a day for approximately 400,000
men. The operators refusedto dis'
cuss reports that their reply would be1
a flat refusal to grant the demands of
the miners. '
STATE RE—GENT GETS
FLORALREMEMBRANCE
(Continued on Page SIX).
tumult lllllNll
-_ .llEAll IN lulu
l ESSEX. Sept. 29.—The body of
Charles Harrington. postmaster of
this town, was found today in the
Y ' ‘ {basement of a store “30:“?8 the goat-
ll rs. C. A. McNamara. of Reed street, office. There was a u e woun n
state regent. of the Daughters of Cast—'1“! held. Dr. F. B.~Bradeen, medical
119. “'aS‘Slznally honored at the statelexamlner,_ expressed the opinion that
,quarterly meeting. held in Greenwich. , Mr, Harrington had committed suicide.
yesterday ’atternoon.‘when she was Coroner Dale. at Middleton. has
presented with a hu 0 bnu net of K‘ wheen noun .
larney roses. by MISS Fragces no“: E Mr. Harrington. 1110. wall - sixty
grand regent of the Greenwich lodge'3yeara old, disappeared last Thursday.
the beautiful remembrance being [hé'He was last seen walking along the
gift of the Greenwich Dwghtefs_ itrolley trucks toward Soybrook. He
Miss Dorin. in her speech of presen-'had served as postmaster fifteen years
tation, emphasized the rapid pmgmés'ago, and was appointed again I year
MFS. McNamara has made in the activ- 880.
ities of the Daughters of Castile. She and a brother in Hartford.
Poet ofl'ice inspectors arrived here
' H Ml chm in]: attack-
Whilllillflllt;
He leaves a wife and sister hereI
-~—_~
- .
Cloudy tonight; probably rain Tueedoy
/
Prank Ben-y, of this city,
Collins, of Chestnut street, down
810.000 damage suit brought by
rentwuiuued
Bryon Silk on thetelepbone,
Constable
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Atoll llclms BF 1
null llAN’lllllls
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, After several weeks of comparetwe
inactivity. the record of accidents on
[‘ Dead Man‘s Curve. at the foot of the
'Weatport avenue hill. began to grow
again. at 7:05 Saturday evening. when
. a Buick. driven by its owner. who gave
.his name as George M. I-‘erris. bear-
.lng a Pennsylvania number. and' a
3Dodze touring car. with a New \ork
:number. came together with consider-
-able damage to both vehicles. The
Ibodge was able to proceed on its wav
‘undcr its own power. but the Buick
.hod to be towed to Lyons' garage.
3ncerby. The police investigated. but
[found no violations of the law. and
,: CRISIS NOT REACHEDl
l BETHLEHEM. l‘a., Sept. 29.~-~They
Bethlehem plant of the Bethlehem‘
leeel Corporation was very little af—i
Ifected this morning by the strike
be!3
which had it called from Pitts-
burgh..end there was no semblance of
disorder at the entrances to the vari-t
nus'plnntit when the shifts changedl
at. 6 and 7:30 o'clock. Virtually the.
same number of employes appeared in;
the various depaltments gs did last'
week. save that a number of machin-
ists left with their tools. The latter:
:were mostly of the floating order, who
.hnd been employed during the war.
'came out at the 7:30 shift. The test is
expected to come this afternoon andl
lthis evening with the change of shifts.
i clamation calling upon the citizens to
live law-abzding and to assist in the
{maintenance of peace. was upon the;
He will not permit gath- ‘.
"ml“ 0' any kind. The police den?" 3 man ' foreign shores. during the twen-
ment is well—equipped to cope with that 3
any trouble arise. as«
additional officers have beenl his home. and “as eager to ally hinted at Fort
scene curly.
lsltuation should
lmany
sworn in. Representatives of ammo;
ed trodes who met here fatal night an-
nounced that reports received stated
that from 80 to 90 per cent. of the men
‘will walk out. but this fact was not
borne out. The police took into cust-
ody ‘Willlam J. Bohning. secretary of a
local union. for prevailing upon em-
ployes of the steel company ant to go
to work. 3
l FORMER PASTOR GETS §
FRENCH DECORATION‘
i
Dr. Charles S. MacParland. former
pastor of the South Norwalk Congre-
gational church. has been decorated
by the French Government. Dr. Mac-
l-‘arland is general secretary of the
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
in America. He is now actively asso-
ciated with the council's newly creat-
ed Commission on Relations with
. l-‘nnce and Belgium. the purpose of
which is to endeavor to Christi-misc
the unchurched multitudes of these
countries "frankly. openly and com,
lCREW ARR—1&3 BUT 3
SHIP ls WITHHELD}
CRIMINAL W .
ISSUED FOR ARREST .
£3w3,inl'ahfieldeyeerego,ond wboisoneotthedefeud‘snteino
«rundamhuuwummté
”lode no arrests. No one was injured;
. fcleimed that the strike call llld bcenT
ffiE‘I‘HLEHEM STRIKE . .
lt‘,
lcould not be learned how many meat
‘3 twenty years. Samurl Rudder. quarter lands.
3 Mayor Johnston. who issued a pm- ! master sergeant. first class. brother ot
RRANT
0F AUTO DRIVER
o‘leged to have been the driver of the automobile that killed John 1'.
widow, is being searched for by Sheriff H. R. Elwood.
mny'imchuginghimwah notion driving. The wer-
by Grand Juror-lune: A. C . Berry, who was in Norwalk over the week-
end, denied belied "run way' papers in the
suit were served. He celled up 0mm
’ wh-
. ukaGnu the authorities wanted him, and told where he could be locotoll.
Silk had no means of identifying Bury and paid no attentiolno the telephone call.
(Continued on Page Eleven).
Slifl Pulls IN VARIOUS
culls RESUME!) -0Pillill0NS
Today. proclaimed by both sides as :0" the one hand. there was nothins to
one ot crucial test in the great steel» _ ,1 . H
strike. opened with the situation still'mm ”mc‘fls ”“t “"R d“! "0“” see
_ . . . . [wholcsale desel-tfons in the ranks of
obscute because of conflicting claims. the strikers. and. on the other hand.
The opposing leaders issued flatly con- , ,_ _ . . .
tradictory statements in regard to the [12:1]:th “ dpfim'e ””9”“ ‘“ mill
scheduled strike of the 40,000 workers , . .
in the plants of the Bethlehem Steel‘ N “If“; ;‘n mp [T‘rmflegz
t‘o ration The corporation official-V trict. 0'“ “ l 9 m0." 1‘ '7 0° .’
m ' ‘occtors on the lighting front, the ( ar-
obeyed only by 8. comparatively insig—Qffi'fwmzf'l $0”; ' tl‘e‘ag' z;
ninctnt number, an'h ’tbef operations Youngstown 'hm the etlfi‘wentbove
in all their mills were continuing. The : m I” bmn‘ successful, m' m tely
union chiefs replied with a claim that I mm'vfln'g the N”! industry
the huge plant at Bethlehem was com- of “Brim” entered a Cat-neg}. Com-
Dieteli-hcgilgpled{aridtltlgtdt’lg p0“?l;nan~v plant. but ”‘0 nuperlntbndent
"Daimler: gliding“ in the. 0th”;stated operation would not be mourned
great steel centers indicated that the' “” ”‘9 present.
balance was being held fairly equita-é -—‘-“
bly between the two opposing sides. (Continued on Page E-men).
support the predictitfn of the steel corn- ._
TWENTY YEARS AN ARMY MAN,
' .llllNS HIE/ll lEfilflNPllSl
A. soldier in the American Army t'orl-‘trange and fascinatingly interesting
“'hcn a mere lad of 17 he went
to (‘uba and joined the insurrection
. forces. Battling with that intrepid
Jacob Rudder. of South Main "WM-band. he was taken prisoner. Later,
has become a member of Howard (Tilischarged. he enlisted with the AW
Godtrey Post. American Legion. Ai—ican forces that invaded Cube. in 1897,
though he has folloted the flag inducing the SpanislpAmefiun War,
He later saw service in the Philip-
ty years he has worn the olive drab.pincs, Hawaii. China and Japan. For
Sergeant Rudder considers Norwalk th . last five years We has been station-
Sherman. in the Canal
self with the local service post. Zt m. Sergeant Rudder was the week.
From boyhood the lure oi ndventur-- I‘l ti guest of his brother. on South
has callcd Sergeant Rudder to divers .‘.l.:in street.
FRANKANSWERSAVESIWELVE NllllWALli
iiRAIlllEllflM .IAll3 lfllJTHS JfllN NAVY
“‘illiam Gratch s not a man ot keen ‘
wit or of a face lous nature, but a
rather stolid nature. who does unlaw-
ful things when he has been drinking.
so it was the absolute sincerity of his
answer to o question from Prosecutor
Dunbar, in the uptown court, this
morning, which saved him from in Jail
sentence when the question was ask-
ed:
“How many drinks had you had?"
“Too‘ many," 'was the prompt and
The l'. S. destroyer Stringham,
which has been laying at anchor in tho
Norwalk harbor for the post two
weeks. left at 2:30 this afternoon to
take up her former position before
coming into the harbor. off of Tavern
Island. She will remain ot anchor
there until Wednesday morning, It
‘v‘hich time she will leave for New
iYork for a week‘- stay, end then go
to Pensacola. Florida, for three
3months. During her stay in Southern
(Continued on Page Fivel- iwaters the destroyer will partlcipeto
#— _in the maneuvers of the Atlantic
CALL OUT STATE lflrct. There are twelve local youth.
GUARD 0F OHIvavho have enlisted during the ship'-
[stay here. and when they arrive ill
TNew York they will be fully equipped
p pointed out with interest the fact that"
L. M. CEASE, 53 Field street. Wa-
terbury, bruised, taken home. .
DANIEL SINGLEY, Maybrook. N.‘
., fireman, sprained shoulder and.
hand injured, in Denbury Hospital.
[stituted the first court in South Nor-i
walk. and that Mrs. McNamara was'
conducting her first meeting as state
regent. in Greenwich.
There was a particularly hr o it-
THOMAS DOYLE, Waterbury. punc::tendence a: the quarterly mgeung.3
tare wound in left thigh. scalp llcera- [Three hundred delegates were present
tions and sprained back, in Danbury from Cromwell. New Britain, Amount,
Hospital. . Derby, New Haven. Inford. Bridge
J. L. KATZ, Winsted. both hands port, Nor-walk, South Norwnlk, Green-
burned and lacerations, in .Dgnbugiwich and Stamford. .Rev. Cooney
Hospital. spoke during the session on the o in.
J. J. CLUNE, Waterbury, lacerations, ration of women. 1-;
robes and botanist. smelt,“ . Hem'wm-m am of the
ten years ago she, as state regent. in- toda
. 3 NEW YORK. Sept. 29.—Sent here
3' Sfrom England by the White Star Line
'to take over and operate the former
ONE OF PERSHING’S lGermn Liner Frill?5 lgredezlczmwn-
helm. a crew of ritis cers
FINEST BACK HOME [and men arrived here today. on the
steam-hip Battle. The Prinz Freder-
Williom Benjunin. who '3' I mem- let W'anelm was one of the eight Ger-
ber- of the Pershing Guard. compo-ed non Ilips originally allotted to Great
«maestro-I mummies manhunt-muted Novel 0o.-
troooo.ondwbiehmlflfi°lm int-ion and rented to the United
”Gaunt John J. Penmanshtuuotroop
thmuthine rende- I-d other we. nu Emmy. however, m u-
lnonlee h European! Inflow Yflt‘nounee‘ fro-,Wubhgtoo that the
nae-W arrived e: hirumn‘berehhedllytbe United
. . I loan mm Mat-w
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 29.-—Obio
National Guard troops mobilised at
fiir respective Armories, [not nlzht.
by order of Governor Cox, were today
being held in medium for further in-
etructlone. While the reeeon for no-
oembllng the twelve Infantry and
three auxiliory companies was not
made politic, it is under-toad that the
order was given to keep faith with
Governor Corona, of West Virginia.
who feared on “love-ion" of his state»
by striking noel More from Steu-
benville end Him. who bell neon“
umcmuw-lmw. Ve...to
induce steel when there to Quit
v‘ 3 ’ .. A J, ‘
and form a part of the crew. The out,
is now in commend of Lieutenant Hu~
tel". Captain Cogswell having been
given command of the new destroyer
Chandler.
GREEK. PETITION WILBOW
SALONIKJI, Sunday, Sept. as?-
wlll be circulated for two days men
“Thou-end of Grok refugee In Tina!
have an address tom“.
Wilco- of the United m “the
.bl- to omen tour claim-aorta“
[on «M: “We“. ..
.. .
.5 i- .ra-l'. a; '.
' l0—DAY; N0 MS 0f VlOlENCE‘ ’
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