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HlUIT lHlEVES “ *1
AMflNfi FARMERS
Marauders Said to Usé‘Au-
tomobiles to Carry Off
Spoils from Orchards and
Fields—Smaller Scale Pil-
fering Blamed on City
Visitors—Plenty of Work
{OLState Police in Rural
Sections
'That fruit thieves are again at work
in, Connecticut is suggested by reports
mm various parts of. the State that
cmhards have been robbed by persons
who visited them in automobiles.
firmers in, this section have suffered
from depredations of this character in
the past. and that experience has cre-
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Sept. u 1.—;Belem ;
0' MEXICO CITY.
guidebooks as a "microbic spot to be?
avoided by sightseers" no longer dell
serves that name. Formerly vknown’
as one of the plague spots of Mexico:
in which were yearly gathered hun-.
dreds of thousands of offenders of the
law who Were herded together in hor-
rible filth. this prison has recently
been renovated and now provides al-
most comfortable quarters for . the.
1.500 or so prisoners within its walls.
Schools for the teaching of manual
training and the rudiments o: educa—
tion are now mainia‘lned. the 300 wo-
men in the prison being divided into.
five groups for instruction. Such
schools are not yet provided for the
asked the impression that fruit thi9v--
ills has been resumed.
”Thefts occur in the night when the!
members of the farmer's houshoid are:
asleep and ‘they are conducted so
usiselessly that many times. not. even
the vigilant watch dog is aware of thel
pnsence of the thieves in the opt-harm!
The first intimation that some of the
‘mims have of their loss. is when the.\'
stu- their track in the morning strip-
uml of fruit. _ '
The fact that the robbery is done by
persons who come to the farm-house
in automobiles is supported by the ex—l .
'circnmstances permit. Special attend-
porience of some rmers whose slum-
hum-s were disturbed by noise from the
autos and who had only time to rush
cut of their houses and see the autos.
containing bags of fruit. being driven
may.
This Statc is not the only sufferer
From the dcpredatio'ns. A dispatch
from Middletown. N. Y.. in the New
‘Iiork Times. indicates that the farm-
ars of Orange County are also suffer-
ing from them. The dispatch'sets
lairth that the farmers of that county
"are complaining that autoists are.
mbbing their orchards of the choicest
limit." It is their intention to form a
(suit thief detective association to pro-
tect themselves from the thieves The
dispatch adds that the thieves
are city people and that “in some in-
stances even the women of automobile
parties climb trees in orchards to
shake off the fruit. Depredations also
txtend to robbing country places of
flowers." .
It is quite likely that the newly m-
‘anized State police force will be ask-
ad to extend to the farmers of the.
State. who have orchards. the bcneht
uf their protective activities It is be-
L’ived that with its increased force of
men. and with its improved methods
for the detection of crime of every
mature. that the State police organiza—
tinn will‘be {flip to cope with the de-
:er-dntionfi in this State. If the far-
uicrs of Connecticut do not secure
from the authorities adequate protec-
i.zon from fruit thieves, they may imi-
tate the farmers of Orange County. N.
‘V by organizing an association that
mlll. in co-operation with the Sta-‘9
«:mlice. cope with the thieves and bring
she-m to justice.
STEAMSHIP nu
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' NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-
raced to port today from beyond the
1hrec—niile limit in efforts to be the
first to arrive in September with im-
migrants i‘rom countries whose
monthly quotas undcr‘thc restrictive
immigration law were in danger of
«'wing exceeded at once. W. \V. Ilus~
band. Commissioner-Geiicrnl oi‘ Immi-
zgmtion, was here from \Vashington.
to referee the races. L
Having lain outside the harbor for
n. fn-w days past. vessels started to
sport bcl'orc midnight and three" of
lbs-m finished neck and neck at the
r‘r’gimranlinc station; the outermost oili-
z‘inl point for observance of vessels.
L’nollicinl watchers reported that
the steamship King Alexander. from
i’ira'us. with 089 Greek immigrants
nbonnl. had defeated the Acropolis.
from l’atris. with 134 Greeks. by two
niiiiutvs. 'l‘lic Gdansk. from llanzig.
'uvilli
him]
173 l’oli-s. was one. minute he-
llie Acropolis. but defeated the
Liiuanizi. also bringing Poles. by one
LiOlll‘ and twenty-eight minutes.
The King Alexander stopped at
Quarantine at seven minutes past
midnight, standard time. and her cap-
tain gleefully waited for daylight and
immigration inspectors while those
on the Acropolis were disconsolate.
for if the King Alexander's claim to
Foe the first to arrive should be upheld.
ahe chances are. that the Greeks on
she Acropolis will be deported. The
lflllf: Alexander alone, had more
Gurecks :llioul‘d than the September
. guota pl‘l'llllls.
‘ The Gdansk took no chances on the
ereek Shins having Poles aboard. and
. 2:0 ram-(l with them. but apparently
her efforts were unnecessary. for the
September quota of admissible Poles
is large enough to cover the conting-
wnts 02’ both Gdansk and the Lituania.
Seven vessels “ere awaiting at.
Quarantine for inspection before
wan was high. The Guiseppe Vex
tron). Naples. with 837 steer-age pas-
sengers: the Chicago. from French
ports, with 151. and the Rosalind.
iii-om Halifax.-with immigrants trans-
:shipped there were among the latest
reported. Some observers claimed
the first of September VII only am.
«minutes old when the (Mango arriv-
M. but she had not been reported
waiting outside the three-mils limit.
At any rate. the King Alexander mu
the out to leave Quarantine to dock
up the harbor. '
Officials at Ellis Island said several
an Would be required to determine
which immigrants would be permitte
to enter.
Mayme—J have so many callers
pestering the life out of me I hardly
Know what to do wit‘ them all.
r Graves-Why, how long have you
aeen a telephone operator? Bolt!-
EW Yllllii PilllT
-Si eamsh i ps
men but. according to Director Vas-
quez. they will be installed within the
next few months. Meals are whole-
some and sufficient.
Shower baths have been installed
and several large fountains have been
placed within the patios where those
who have. the inclination may wash
their clothes. There is a large par—
ade ground for both men and women
and the rules of discipline are few.
Smoking is allowed at all times and
every prisoner may receive such ad-
ditionswto his daily bill of fare as his
Prison which has been described Dy:_powers of the “Cheka,” or Extraordi-
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DEATH SENTENCE
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Esthonla. Sept. 1.——The
BEVAI.
nary Committee to Combat. counter-
Revolution have recently been curtail-
ed. say Moscow advices.from inde-
pendent sources. - These are in some
measure corroborated by Bolshevik
newspapers. It was the “Cheka.” with
its pOWers of arrestingwithout war-
rants. secret condemnations and death
sentences. which ordered and carried
out most of the executions during the
period of “red terror” in Russia.
Some of the Soviet Government of-
ficials. considering that the period of
civil war and counter-revolution was
almost completely ended. favored the
abolition of the “Cheka” altogether. it
is said. The controversy between
those desiring to abolish it and thOSe
considering ‘it still necessary is now
understood to have been settled by a
compromise.
M. Krylenko. a former sailor, the‘
public prosecutor of the “revolutionw
nry tribunal." led thcdight for abolit-
ion. according 49 newspapers in 'the
Baltic States. Dzerzhinski. president
of the “Cheka.” opposed him.
The Government resolved on a re—
form of legal procedure. under which
the “Cheka's” powers are principall.v
confined to cases of espionage and
parlicipaiioih in revolts. but without
ants are provided for the small child-
ren of Women prisoners of whom there
are many. the authorities also provid-
ing them with food and a place to
sleep.
“Death Mley" has been abolished.‘
This was a long corridor through
which the condemned were led on
their way to execution—rand in almost
60 years there is no record of one cs-
caping or returning alive.’ No execu-
tio'is arr permitted within the prison-
Belem has been notorious for its
unhygicnic conditions and to be sen-
tenced m Belem was considered the
worst fate imaginable to be meted out
to a criminal.
lNTERBflRUUfiH
MAY RENEW NfliES
NEW’ YORK. Sept.
directing the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company ,operator of most or
the city’s subway and elevated lines.
to show cause why a receiver should
not be named to take over its affairs.
was returnable today before Federal
Judge Mayer. - - a
Although the company
notified J. P. Morgan an Company
yesterday that it could no meet $38.-
000.000 in 7 percent notes falling due
.today it was reported that a post-
'ponement of the hearing would be
Iasked in order to give the company
'furnher time to arrange for a renewal
of {he notes at 8 percent. A large
percentage ofithe note holders al-
.ready have agreed to the extension.
and it was said that it‘ this could be
arranged, the company could produce
money to meet pnssing bills. non-
payment of which was directly re-
sponsible for the receivership pro-
ceedings. 2... -‘
AETIVE SAFETY
FIRST CAMP/HEN
HARTFORD. Svpt. l.——-Cliambers
of; commerce throughout Connecticut
will have active participation in the
“Safety First Campaign." beginning
.‘September 19th. according to an an—
nouncement made today by Stanley
H. llullurd. (of Bridgeport. president
of the Conmcticut Chamber of Com-
formally
—.
1.—eAn order.
power to pass the death sentence. ex-
cept in localities unde; aartiai law.
A "supreme trib'iinai" is to be es-
tablished. This is to act as the high-
est legal body. as court of appeals. and
In exercising this supervision. the tri-
also as an institution of supervision.
burial must include a representative of
the "Cheka."
In theory the rexblutionary military
as
Who said
Summer is gune?
'; Thermometer up to 90 l - . l
‘g Humidity trying to body and temper
: Summer is far indeed from being gone.
Weeks yet for enjoyment of these fine attractive
otton dresses; double enjoymenthecause of the new low
rices they are to be chosen at. '
“Summer dresses” folks call them: Actually, in our
liven-warmed Wmter homes they are all-year dresses.
Dark Voiles for women of full figure, sizes $2 50
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to 56—-
Ginghams organdies and checked voiles, $3 75
$6.50
* Notably fine voile and organdy dresses,»—
sizes from 16 to 50—-
3,. $10
tribunals in the army and on the rail-
ways are abolished. unless military
operations or uprisings render their
retention necessary. The functions at
present exercised by these courts will
be transferred to special departments.
which are to have the right to pass
sentence of death in regions not under
martial law.
BULLET flIlEI] .
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KELSO. Wash. Sept. l.—P. J.
Knapp. a Civi'\ War veteran. after 55
years. has traced the course of a iiulv
let be fired at the siege of Vicksburg.
Sonic 'time ago Mr. Knapp read a
news dispatch saying that \V. V.
Meadows. a Confederate veteran of
Lanott. Alabii‘ma. had coughed up
bullet which was shot into his eye :it
Vicksburg. Mr. Meadows,‘ the ac»
count said.”\vus a niclnhE-r or the :lTlh
Alabama Regiment. and .\i r. Knapp
recalled an incident :it tho sit in}. whrli
he and three other immlurs of tlw
:‘ith Iowa Volunteers \Vi'l'l‘ (‘llllt d upon
to silence :i Court-limp“ sharpshooter
who was tiring through a small hole
ill :1 slim-t (if llr‘i’lei‘ pill“.
After Mr. Knapp ill'wi. irr- sharp—
shooirr‘s shots in re discontinued. and
it was surmised that he had lwr-n shot
in the eye.
\\’hen .\lr. Knapp wrote to .\lr. Mea-
dows. lllt' llllll'l' said that he was the
man behind the boiler plate. and that
the bulb-l (‘lllt‘l‘l‘ll his right eye. Mr.
Knapp received a photograph of ’thc
bull»! and of Mr. Meadows. The two
\c-leruns lime cnjoyo-d u. considerable
corlespondvnce (nor the incident.
$5,000,000 ASKED
FOR SILENCE
Continued from First Page
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merce.
This action of the
bers of commerce
various
.t‘ollows a request
made today by John A. McDonald.
Deputy Commissioner of Motor Ve-
hicles. to President Bullard for the.
co-operation of the business organiz-
ations in Connecticut. A communica-
tion has bren addressed to Mr. Bul-
mrd to all chambers of commerce,
asking them to get behind the cam-
paign. and assist the state officials
and civic organizations interested.
President llullard said today that.
in his opinion. this was one of the
most important projects yet under-
taken in the state. Education not
only of automobile drivers. but of
pedestrians. as well. should be stim-
ulated in every way possible.
BABY Am) REVOLVER
The record in precocious killing
seems to have been attained by the
three—year-old' child of a New Jersey
farmer. The father had cleaned and
loaded a. 38-caliberyrevolver and then
left it lying on a table. The child
picked it up and discharged it, and
father happened to be in the way of
the bullet.
The tragedy is none the less poign-
ant from the‘fact that the father may
be justly considered responsible for
his own death. The child‘s action
was natural, and without blame.
chum-l
Her uncle feared. Mrs. Nugent as-
serts. lllill he would be disinherited if
his marriage became known to his
mother. Mrs. ltoxy Maria Smith. un-
der the terms of whose will he inher-
its the millions left by her husband.
\Villiam Van llciisselacr Smith. a
member of the. llirm of Arbuckle
Brothers. The widow died in her
eighty-eighth year on August 6.
Mrs. Beatrice Smith Nugent's own
marriage to Julius L. Nugcnt. of St.
Louis. in March. mill. was a surprise
to her garndmother. who knew noth—
newspaper reporters that she had
beon won by young Nugent while he
was attending the Harstrom school
here. The couple eloped to Wilming-
ton, Del., without the knoweldge of
either of their families. Later. they
were divorced.
Mrs. Nugent. in the complaint filed
by her attorney. Henry M. T. Beek-
man. No. 111 Broadway. maintains
that it was the original wish of her
grandfather that she. should share gen-
erously in his estate. On her behalf
it was said that Mrs. Nugent did riot
know what provisions had been made
for her in the will when. on Aug-
- last she agreed riot to tell her
grandmother of her uncle's marriage
to Clair Staley Smith. Mrs. Smith is
her husband’s junior by about twenty
years. {He is sixty-one.
It was further alleged that Smith
a l
ing of the wedding until informed by ,
Any parent who leaves a. deadly had made an assignment or immune;
weapon where an irresponsible boy or and mortgages valued at $2,500,000 to
girl can get hold of it is. as has been his bride. who was seeking to with-
demonstrated countless times, a po— draw them from their repositories. "An
tential murderer. applicatioii for a. temporary injunc-
\Vhy should a. loaded revolver ever tionl restraining both from this plan,
be kept around the house. shildren or and prohibiting Mrs. Smith from
no children? If there is any satis- pressing a suit of replevin in the City
factory answer. it has escaped gens Court against the American Trust
eral notice. Company. was made before Supreme
-—————-—-—-—-———-—- Court Justice; Isidore Wasservogel.
33KB DEGREE MASON DEAD. Whenthe case comes up again to.
RENO. Nev.. Sept. 1.——Adolphus L. morrow, counsel for Mrs. Nugent will
FitzGerald, 0f Eureka. Nev., 81. dean make a motion to continue perma-
of .the Supreme Consistory of the nontly the temporary restraining or—
Thirty—third Degree. Scottish Rite Ma- der. .
.Voiles organdies and ginghams, great
many different patterns-—
Original prices were, nearly all, at least double
those of now.
Second floor. 9
.s
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Guimpes of . charm'
and special value.
Many styles; each" bringing its own charm and va-
‘:riety to dress with which it is worn.
1 Each making sleeveless dress appear different, with
{each time of its wearing. ' ‘ '
'1 }. {And each of special price i
l ' Fine lace and net with trimming of lace,
short sleeves,——-
. Handsome organdy and net and lace, .
short sleeves,—— .
NESTEES of net, some with cums—4
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Center aisle. front.
$1 ".50
$2250
$11
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Needlework of
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new delight.
Dozens of new pretty and worthy articles to be em-
broidered.
So convenient! Each article or sci: of things in an
pnvelope with all the material required to complete it.
Lot of dainty clothes for children and babies. Great
any different tasteful scarfs and centers and pillows.
nderwear of fine degree and dainty beautygfor women.
:tructions for finishing are art of each pack 6.
In. P 75c to 2.25
Luncheon sets of cream crasli, 9 pieces, to be done in
blue. orange yellow or black— $1
Buffet sets of three pieces—$1.15
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Tea and bridge
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covers with 4: matching napkins—— $2 .
‘ l < _ W. W floor.
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: Storeopen till 5;
woven l
brie. ‘ ~ .
.With these, has’th'e beauteous surface and fine offer?!
of close-woven sflk’ i ' I t . i
gests boliva. . Yet it is neither—and has a personalitz, ‘
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burn! And roughened skin L”
store’s personal service section for women.
preparations; these restore beauty to complexion.
and tasteful hair—dressing is available :—
hair:——excellent switches and puffs and curls and trans-9 _'
formations.
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”FEE‘HOWLAND DRY GOODS co
'0 Vacation joys are great. Summer sports are worth
while. _
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alive] new silk'. n
'K lovely .fine new silk‘; knitted yet seeming ijQ
Has thefilasticity and clinging quality of knitted} .
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7A real creation; something actually different. .8 l
. Suggests silky ratine. Suggests canton crepe. Sn ‘
its om Q l
Black and navy— $315 0
Extra Turkish
,toWels at 21 c. ; "
Thick soft Turkish towels that are extra thirstyfi -1 a,
Good size, Pure. white. Special value——
L.
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Twifled cotton crash for dish towels.
Smooth and_£irm and goodi'weighb— "'
Center aisle, rear.
,. ‘-‘ Did vacation ‘, »
f injure complexion? .
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But they do, sometime ping freckles! ind sun-3,
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To lessen and remove tfiefifis one service at thq
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Expert and intelligent treatment and use of propej
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Each of the many needs for attractive complexion
shampooing marccl waving
scalp treatment facial massage Q
massaging manicuring /, '.
a
permanent waving . ‘ 7
For securing new personally-adapted dressings of ‘
Third floor.
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FIELD amnsmu. vox BUEmw
BRIGHT HUED UlIBRELL'AS.
DEAD. ‘
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NEW YORK. Sept. 4.—Bright hued
umbrellas are.twice as much in de~
mand as a year ago. manufacturers
declare. They look expectantly for the
day when street crowds in rainy wea-
ther will be just as vivid as those who
sally forth with cheerful garb on fair
days. '
' Rainy days in New York this sum-
mer have not presented such a. dull
picture on the streets as in the past.
when the black umbrella was the only
ki‘nd't‘o be seen. The working girls.
who must go into the business thor-
oughfares in any weather. have devel-
oped a penchant for umbrellas tit pur.
pie, brown. orange and particularly
blue, and others have taken up this
cheerful challenge to the darker side
of nature. as... ulna-{Ins
BERLIN, Sept. 1.—-—Field Marshal
Karl W. P. van Buelow. commander
of the Second German Army frbm the
beginning of the. great war until June.
1916. died here yesterday. He was in
command of German troops which
crossed the Belgian frontier in Aug-
ust. 1914. and was later in charge of
the Second Army when it had been
shifted southward to the neighbor—
hood of Rheims. It was alleged by
the allies that Field Marshal von Buc-
low ordered the execution of civilians
at Liege. Belgium. and was responsi-
ble for the bombardment of Rheims
Cathedral. which virtually destroyed
that ancient edifice. He was made a
field marshal on January 27. 1915.
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Hear the Evangelisnfv-T
sonry fo rthe souther‘ jurisdiciion 'of
the United States. died, yesterday. at
the home “his son. in Boston, Mass"
“Is Miss Keyes a. rapid typist?” . .
“I‘ll say she in. Why, thgt girl can
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