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2,000 [Iii
ON UNNAMED BRlllSH SHIP
ARCHANGEL, Friday. Oct. 10.
.n—l‘wo thousand lives have been
lost. in the wreck of an unnamed
British ship on the Norwegian
coast. according to a wireless dis-
patch received here from Helsingh
JOE‘S.
if the loss of life in the wreck
reported in the foregoing dispatch
'15 LS large as indicated, the disasv
ter will mark a new record in the
annals of the sea. It would seem
probable the ship which was
wrecked was a military transport
hanging British soldiers from
Archangel, from which port Great
Britain has been embarking large
numbers of men during the last
month. It is known that troops
ships have sailed quite recently,
from Arhangel, Copenhagen ad-
vices rceived yesterday stating
that Lettish soldiers who have
been on the‘Archang-el front have
Just landed at Riga and have been
rushed to the front south of that
lullsurmlcls
Alluigrlumu
LONDON. Oct. ll.—~-lt was Sm't‘ul ill
authoritative quarters here this aftt‘x'i
noon that a German-Russian attack on:
Riga was carried out on Friday under
cover ot‘ a heavy bombardment. by Ger-
man guns. forcing the Lotte Eb évllc-
;late the city. ' 3
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 11.—.Gerntan
and Russian forces under command re-
spectively of General von der (“volts
and Col. Avaloff-Bcrmondt, have at
,taclrd Lettisl'l forces over a wide front
in the coastal region about twenty
{miles south of the City of Riga. Re-
ports reaching here indicate- tll— Ger-
kllan-Russian onslaught has gained
.
(Continued on Edge Eizlltl
FIVE MEN ROBBED . é
EXPRESS MESSENGER
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Oct. 11 «Filo
:m-n who boarded a south-bound pass-
rmzcr train on the Yazoo and Mississ-_
will Valley Railroad. as it was leaving,
the yards here early today. held up the
l'\l|l'9SS messenger and his assistant.
l~n-rul~ed several packages and escaped
nth-n the train was stopped at, “'est
Junction in response to a telepllonc
Message from a yardmllstel'. who saw .
Ml.- men board thetrain. '
“‘Pl‘r' found lying on the floor hound,
mm. of the stolen packagps was said youthful hostess received many birth I
The guests included: Irma.
M have been shipped by :1 Memphis
_l""‘\"‘ll‘_\' concern.
i‘osses were organized quickly and
'Pwulln a search of the surrounding
section. i
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sun It WRECK
city to meet cnslaughts of German
-.......-... SIREN 010th“
The largest recorded loss of life;
in a. marine disaster occurred: .
when the Titanic was sunk after; Much Interest Being Taken
collidin with an iceber south of , . . . .
Newfouidland, on Aprflg 14’ 1912.} m the Subject ln Vlew of
Plans to Increase Revenue
the list of deaths showing 1.503;.
names. The Lusitania, sunk by a- "’
German submarine May 7, 1915,
carried with her more than 1,200
of her passengers and crew.iw"u [I
When the Empress of Ireland was; Y
sent to the bottom in the Gulf of ;
St. Lawrence on May 30, 1914. the;
loss of life was 1,027. One thou-‘
sand died when the Japanese
steamer Kiker Maru sank in Aus.‘
tralian waters on Sept. 28, 1912. l
i
I
quiry Being Made by Let
islative Members '
. , ' HARTFORD. mt. llrsTie person-
LONDONt OCt‘ 11.—-Neflhet the net of the commlttee appointed by the
Admiralty nor Lloyd’s has re- Connecticut chamber of Commerce to
celved any information relativg to investigate the street railway sanction
the wreck of a British ship on the in Connecticut was announced today
- - at the cxecutluc offices of the chamb-
Norwegn’n COSSt. . At these 3011!“ or. at 54 Church street. Hartford. l'n-
ces the report is discredited. ’
dl-r the terms of the constitution of
'thc chambtr public questions must be
‘“ _considl-red through the four steps of
TRANSFERS mu" {investigation by a committee. refclen-
IN NEW SYSTEM problem will be carried oufix the
' * .' change: through
_ .-._Vv I“, 5: 4 ~ rectal-re witbr the ow investi-
Will Entitle Passenger“ to gallon acted b the Public Utill
til-s Commission ‘u or legislative an
Pass One Fare Post After thority.
Changing Cars‘ ’ '
gpnign of education in support of the
econclusion reached. The appointment
.of the investigating committee was all
fthoriaed by the board of directors of
the chamber at a meeting held on Sep:.
10. The consideration of the trolley
.
1 Continued on Page Twelve.
In connection with lhe inaugura‘
tion 'of the zone fare system. in_
Bridgeport, (‘nnnecticut Company of-
ficials announced yesterday that
all
important change will be madc in the
transfer system. i
Vthn the zone schedule goes into: SBEIALISTS ABCUSED
effect. son e time. before the end of the:
year. it Will be possible to secure ai ————‘
transfer from the conductor of the can: BERLIN “rednesdflv Oct. 11 (Aggo.
but this transfer will merely entitle ciatcd I'ress).—Indcpendent Socialists
Continucd on Page Twelve twp") accused by $11912: lilti'gnafih‘x:
tor of Defense.
lsembly. of "complicating. Germany's
l'poaition abroad by mallclous and un-
just criticism of the military adminis-
1 tratlou."
MISS DAWSON GIVES
COMtlllliE l0 1am
INVESIIGAIE lulgWy ..
*Will Not Interfere With In-V
rduln to the membership. decision byE
the board of directors and the cam--
its various age-cl-
Bl”. “PWWILSBN WNGSMREMEN
to Block
Measure in H
WASHINGTON. Oct. IL—Enactment'
of the prohibition enforcement bill was
{completed yesterday by Congress with
:11"? House adopting the conference re-
‘port, already agreed to y the Senate,
and sending the measul J to the men lCoastwise Traffic at Every
Atlantic Port Likely to Be
dent for approval. .. ‘
i Preceding the House approval cf the 1
Tied Up Unless Settlement
Comes Soon
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l
leport by a vote of 321 to 78. vain ef-i
'fort was made to send 1 back to con-
ference with instruction to Plinlllliilv‘
‘a section permitting State aullIOXlllt-S:
no issue search warrantl.
l (‘omplele Congressional appmral of
tithe bill means that the.days of 2.7.7
isnnmunnn
i REFUSESINEREASE
inns—Emu: and Railroad
bl or are numbered. The bill becomes
Continued on Page Twelve.
{MUST till “I
NEXT 1m mN’I‘HS‘ N" YORK. Oct. ll.—A committee
‘~ representing the striking longshore-
~ ' * men today flatly refused a virtual ulti-
'matuln from the War Department in
regard to the handling of four freight
ships and six passenger ships now on
their way to New York. ‘
. Tile “Fur Department had announc-
Led through ‘Wllliam Z. Ripley, chair-
man of the National Adjustment Com-
mission. that it "intended" that the
ships shculd be handled. Mr. Ripley
asked the strikers committee if they
would promise to take care of these
ten ships. and received a flu refusal.
.NIW IORK, Oct. llw-Extcnslon to
the ccaatwise tnffle at every Atlantic
port of the toughen-men's strike.
which has completely paralyzed New
York harbor. appeared inevitable to-
day.
: John F. Rilcy. chairman of the com—
mittee directing the strike. announced
that orders for such an extension had
been issued following the action here
yesterday of the National Adjustment
Commission of the United States Ship-
,plng Board. which refused to grant an
increase in the coastwise longshere—
mens scale from sixty-five cents to 81
.an hour.
The only apparent hope of averting
a spread of the strike, or of termina-
ting the strike in New York lay in a
meeting of the strike committee with
the National Adjustment ‘Commlssion.
starting at ten o'clock this morning.
. 3
‘Thls seemed a forlorn hope, however.
.LA000’8 DEMA003
‘ The- coastwise longshoremen‘s
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, ' ‘nmke, if de effective. it was stated.
«Montana Senator Calls C081 would a 'at least 16.000 to the total
Shortage Due to ‘lncreased
Demand for Candy and
Other Luxuries
t
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.7Hcavily in-
creased use of sugar in candy. soft
drinks. ice cream and other luxuries
ill the United States dark; the first
nine months of. 1919. it as sumac-
ed here ”stem by the g tedfltates
S r W
“however-4nd“, unearth-u
now be curtailed in name sections of
the East for the next three monthsfi'
George E. Zabriskle. president of
the board. in a statement to the press
declared that although the talk of
"shortage" persists. it was a fact that
from last January to September, in
,clusive, 500.000 tons or 18 per cent.
,morc sugar had been delivered to
mtmerlcan consumers than for the
(Continued on Page Tani.
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tsentials in the making of a
MflllflNPlfllUllES
0FFllfllflNPOINT
lBig Barge and Dock Were
Busy Places Last Night
and Today
A corps of actons. actresses and
photoglapllcrs and the necessary (S
motion
picture. were busily engaged last mcn-
ing in taking one of the scenes for the.
motion picture. the “Sport of Kings."
off of thc Roton l‘oinl dock. The work
«tlc boat, with a
A BIRTHDAY PARTY
In honor of her eighth birthday. “blooms of the British and French com-|
<tle Miss Consuelo Dawson entertained missions in Berlin." i
a number of her friends. yesterday af—‘
ternoon. from 4 o'clock to 6 o‘clock. at
her home. 21 Spring street. The house
was prettily decorated. the coklr
scheme being pink. ‘ Games
ed. refreshments being served. The
day gifts.
were .
he messenger and his assistant played and a "WIT" ”'0 hours 9n10!-§
‘ - ‘ ~ ‘ . . ht h d t
1, He told them "they were licking the" Mmers’ Demands Brutal number or strikers E“ t ousan 0
this number are employed in New
and Monstrous—Hits SM] York, and eight thousand in the vari—
Strike Fund—Says Postal ‘0“: other pom.
. . Activities in New York harbor this
Clerks WI“ Have to lee morning were virtually at a standstill.
Part Of Pav to Defeat In addition to the stoppage of steamer
Government !
Ilr. Herman Mueller. Minister of'
'F‘orelgn Affairs. admitted during tht l
‘session that many soldiers from South}
German ganbons were going to the:
Baltic provinces on fake passports, ad-
ding that they were chiefly "adventur- ._______
crs who expect a free and easy life \K'ASHINGTON, 00L ll_—The ex-
tllere and expect eventually to emeitravaganl and unprecpdpmed demands
. (Continued on Page Nine).
down." Discussing the prevailing “Ck-or certain classes of workers came in ANN”
nnmnu
was donc under the strong and power-
ful rays of smcral large flood light...
such as are uscd at the “‘ilson I‘nint
storage yards. The scene taken last
night was that of the burning of a cat;
valuable horse on
board. who. after some difficulty.
brraks away from his bonds and jumps
off of the boat. swimming t0 the shore.
Owing to the light not being strong
enough to show up this impbrtant feat
tire of the picture. it was left out last
'evening and will be taken some flow
during today. as the weather is ideal.
‘and the light of day very clear. which
anemia 1 ”WWW”
board the boat was
wi‘l make this feature stand out. as it
will be the thrilling part of the whole
story. Last evening. a fire scene on
and women were jumping overboard.
making the picture very realistic and
true to life. The leading characters
of the picture are Miss Margaret Kel-
ly and Matt Moore. After the final
scenes have been taken here today. the
taken. and menI
0W0 MO0EOEAO
IN AIR 0000381;
MAYNARD [[008
tObscrvcr Worth D. McClure
. Meets End in Crash at
Buffalo, and Lieut. Wales
Dies of Injuries in Wyom—
ln
nun] ”MW
3 NEARS THE null;
{Three East Bound Fliers
2 May Reach Mineola Before
i Nightfall
CHICAGO, Oct. 11.7»Lellflng flyerl
in thc twice transcon'incntnl airplane
‘l'acc between Mincola. N. Y.. and San
Francisco today. the fourth of the
competition, expected to complete the'
firm hhlt of thcir journeys. thus mak-
company win ‘0 to “3 New York headqlnfl :ln epoch in aviation in America.
quarters andvflnlsh the remainder
the play. The picture is being taken
by the Buffalo Moving Picture Corp.
it is being directed by Fred Thompson.
aided by Harry Lee, assistant director.
and Sigmund M. l'nander. formerly
connected with the Lincoln Classic
Picture Company.
BLASHUINAEE .
‘ HAS RESUMED
YUL’NGSTOWN. Ohio. Oct. ll.-The
first iron manufactured in Mahoning
Vallcy since the steel strike began was
poured from a blast furnace at the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com~
{any early this lnorning.'according to
an observer outside the plant. who saw
the metal poured from the furnace.
Activity at practically all other plants
here indicates an attempt to manu-
facture iron noon.
PITTSBURGH. Oct.
hearings at the Federal building here
today occupied the time of the Sen-
ators investigating the steel strike in
the Pittsburgh distn’ct. A number of
witnesses met by the Kenyon commit-
11.-sl"ormal '
of Deferred by a minor accident in his
'planncd completion in thrcc days of
.the first New York-San Francisco air»
plane flight. Licut. Belvln W. Mar
inard, the “flying parson.’ lender in the
great reliability and endurance test.
‘was prepared this morning to take off
for the Pacific from Salduro. l'tah.
‘hls overnight stop.
. In the van of the east-bound dyer-
.for two days a _ the l rival of
mm. Maynardénc‘a‘pi'ilgéfz. Smith.
at 6:11 this morning left the Bryan.
(1. control point. where he was over-
taken late yesterday by LIOIL no!
and Major J. c. Spots. Kid culpa-
followed hlm atszn. Allth‘ibeflevr for.
1(‘leveland. They expected to mate
Mineola before the sunset t y.
A continuation of the unfavorable
,wcather that for two days has handlo
capped the airmen was iuprospectto
day. Partly cloudy and cooler weath-
er was forecast for today over much
of the eastern part of the course, with
very cold weather in the West.
Five deaths and a number of minor
accidents now have occurred among
the original forty-seven from Mineoln.
and fifteen at San'li‘rahcisco. Two ma-
chines were eliminated yesterday and
two contestants suffered accidents.
The deaths yesterday were Worth
D. McClurc. observer in Plano No. 24,
piloted by Major A. L. Snead. which
tee during a tour of the mill towns in-; Nashm at Bung". and Lion. S. V.
the district yesterday were heard. in‘
cluding worklngmen both from the
striking and non-striking groups.
The committee will leave for Vt'ash-
ington Sunday night without visiting
the Ohio steel communities. it was an-
nounced last night, following the re-
ceipt of a telegram from Senator (‘ur—
tis, Kansas. stating the presence of
the members of the committee was
needed at the capital Monday. ‘
Figures compiled by officials of the
‘Walcs. whose ship fell in Wyoming
during a severe snowstorm Thursday.
‘1 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 11.-— Lteut.
,E. (7. Kiel. Machine No. 62, whole".
Bryan at 6:48 a. m.. was the second of
the east—bound flyers to arrive, landing
at 8:31:12 3. m.‘ Kiel said he did not
pass Captain Smith on thc way here.
and believes (‘h’ptain Smith is down.
“Smith lrft Bryan seven minutes be-
:fom Major Spatz and Lieut. Kiel.
l CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct, 12-»Ilajor
chkinghmn. Eleanor: Bail-d. new" at discipline. the Minister declared it for a raking in thr- Senate yesterday:
Snavely. Florence Hemmons. Margaret made lt easy for German troops to go at the hands of Senator Myers ‘
Jarvis. Beatrice Lowndes. Mildred Over into the Russian service. and he‘ (Mont). Mr. Myers. though a Demo:
Amundsen. Dorothy Price. Ruth sny_,assertcd that people were "daily all-1n“, is out of sympathy with the pol-3
der and Dorothy Stevens. ’ tproaching the Foreign Office in '1 39“icy extended to organized labor by the‘
cret manner with information to the Wilson Administration during the pasti~
Hflfii’li‘ll [100
The annual meeting of the Hospital
Carnegie Steel Company KW?" ‘0 “‘9 iSpatz took the lead in the oust-bound
Senators yesterdufi during their lourtraoo when he left hcrc for Buffalo at
of the mill towns indicate that 65 9-10 9;00;07 a. in.
per cent. of the normal complement of. CLEVELAND, Ohio. 011‘ “7.31“,"
men at the Homestead plant remained J. c, spam, Machine No. 61. who left.
at.work Sept. 24. when 62 1-10 per Bryan. Ohio, 147 miles west, at 6:48
$l00N0 PROlESl * lenmsr nit”
unflmmmv or - RAILROAD .
ELECIRIC sum: MADE HER-l3
“Your patrons and ours
treatment than they have been
come if they don’t get it,” write 1:
trlcal Commissioners to Alex J. C
"unreliability of the electric
_. - plant by
under the actual
-arned shut-downs,
e, “and add the commercial
4 ry. The 10
" ' upon the plant
. contrasts gavel-ugh,
a"
.D
thecommilwdonorsvay,mm.m‘
'fiainly deserve better electrical
g for some time and trouble will
South N orwalk Board of Elec-
_ ‘ ampbell, eneral manag' er of the
nnectlcut Light at Power Company, in agvigorous protatagainst
. . 11 service supplied the South let--
me New Haven Railroad through that company.
damage that local industry sustains by We
regufless of time,” the commissioner: con-
hamperment. domestic dismfon
' : resulting and the 'eopardy 0f nblic safe -
streets and stalled] trolley carz” t}: by suddenly darken
The commissioners in their letter, which was drafted at a meet-
thhgd last mght, declare they do not believe the excuse: given
interruption in the service which resulted in
Thursday night, and they state they will consider the trouble
zed untll they are presented with proper evidence to- the
ng recordsofinterrnptions to theJocal service,
by the railroad 'a '
.1
the light-coin: t
i.
. all patrons when attractions are offer-
effect that the Entente would be plea». three years and bold enough to express
£1113:ng Seaman troops fighting inlhimselr in unmistakable phrases.
Ill! 8. t o ' - rs.
“If the Entente is desirous of hay—f{3:33.2dglgigfnfifiggzr Egehoucs of Jarvis. on Seaview avenue. Officers
lug us withdraw the last Germaniwofl and the 90"“: of the American for the coming year were elected, re-
trooper from Russian formations." hglFP d oration of Labor's“ received atten- ports read and three tables of auction;
said. “We might be permitted to ex-iuon "0m Senator Mvers. He “m: .were played. following which an enjoyg
Press the desire that the Entente 1-9.; “All demands made bv the bitumin table social session was held. The
Quest Russia to discontinue attempts: ‘ ‘ ' [treasurer-'8 “990"! showed the MINI“:
to attract Germans into thelf service." i to! 883.16. and MismSadie Bodwell, rte-l
{tiring IECN’W. after holding that of-
».‘flce for two years. read an interesting;
gresume of the past year’s work. The’
following officers were elected:
President—Mrs. S. S. Jarvis.
. V'icc-Pl‘esident-Mrs. Wilfred BodU
well.
' Secretary—Miss Ella J. Byxbee.
‘ Treasurer—Mrs. John Sherman.
l
flVhist Club was held yesterday after.
the noon at. the home of Mrs. Stephen S.
(Continued on Page 8m.
ilflll’s THEATRE ‘ 's‘cunillulnll
.lllll Iii-MEN 3mm PRIZES AWARDED
. .
Norwalk will have another theatre The following prizes Were awarded
noon. at least for part time attract- to boys and girls for exhibit”! their
ions, the preparations for the Opening‘veset‘bles, grown in the Home School
Of Hoyt's. in Washington street, being Gardens. 5
at present under way. The total amount of land planted by
t The theatre is being renovated and the hon and six-lamb year. m over
_ .,..__..__—_.
l I I .Yi
expectations are that it may be ready 400.000 square feet. l
for use during the coming week, all Much of the 9m 'mb‘“ '9”: . ' I
though definite announcement to tux-tinsel! during the aummr months, bum ’ . 1
elect has not yet been made. That- lemme us; below shows. my kind- The run: Red Cross Roll Call wlul
movements which are being made up”! reset-ble- Vefl! “'9‘ ‘0' ml all be conducted in Norwalk and vicinity;
such as to give complete comfort to ‘wlnter use: from November 2 to November 11.
.Potatoes—lst prize. Fred WONG". ‘89 when every possible human endeavor
ed. 1:; is probable, although PM” 13. will be loaded in the attempt to
have not yet been perfected. thlt maintainer-2nd prize, Arlene Hodgdon. “1.31
theatre will be used for motion plot-l .80 9- ' m We? tl their MW
ares on Thursday, Friday “a am.;‘1'o-utm—lst who Jul“ 120m!!- to the national quota of summon.
”autumnal-Anatomical,-
autonomous-amuse
day, and the house may be open for: m 11.
week, for local talent entertainment-5.! . M0 11- -
a WWW. up
oration by the theatre m’wfll' ,- ‘ . .» '
muse-outed at uncen- ‘ Witchinmhm‘“
lease on the other evenings of “theme—and "I” C' W. Horton,~
This lattermsfbllity 1. under ”gm-m vii”.
‘11.
cm. of the men reported for work.
ntest tabulations in the statement—
those for Oct. 9—lndlcated that 75 840
per cent. of the men were at their us-
ual tasks.
H008E T000 FIRE
WISE SAME BAY
‘ Mill 0000i]!
Peculiar- Blaze Called Out
Fire Department Who Left
Building After Extinguish-
ing Blaze—Second Alarm
Came After Fire Had Best
Hold
A two-story house located in the
Roeeville district of Weetport, caught
fire, Wedneoda rafter-hm, from all
overheated stove pipe. All alarmwaa
sent in and the. firemen W with
.000, the aim and 59.1 of the What chemical and succeeded in
putting the blue out.
- Chief Van vukenburgh says there
city 1. being "My W was not the slightest particle of are
m pl.“ '1.- ' Thar-day when befall from and»
”5?: ”mum den-while “washout-chemo
.m ' treenearfloho'ebnmmll
' 1‘). “he.
a. m. today. was the first of the east-
bound aviators to reach Glenn Mar-
tin F‘leld here. landing at 8116: ‘h a
heavy rain. . l- ‘
RENO, Nev, Oct. 10.-Llout. B. W.
‘Maynard. leading thc’ west-hm ly-
,r-rs. landed at Battle Mountain-bf".
tat 8:13 this morning. -
i SALT LAKE CITY, Unis, Oct. 1,——
iLleut. Belvln “fluent-rd. piloting
.nlrplane No. 31, in the transcontinent—
‘lll air derby, and his observm Waltor
in. Richards. left the ground at 8m.-
1l~o ,one hundred miles west of here.
‘at 6:47:55 o'clock. this morning, Pav
ciflc time. bound for San Premium.
1‘ CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct. 11—0.,-
taln Smith loo this Way in the heavy
.rain, seven miles south of Cleveland.
;broke his propeller in making a four
{ed landing. and will continue out u
,soon as he secures a new propeller.
‘ 9 announced, when he arrived at tho
landing field for the new propeller at
39:20) a. m.
Llcut. Kiel left for Buffalo at 9:09:03
. a. m.
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MAYOR FALLS
FROM TREE
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan celeb
ed a gash on his forehead and woe
aomewhat shaken. up gal W
Norwalk Chronicler