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Entered at the South nor-walk Poet
Ofllce as Second Class Mall Matter. ‘
Pliny Withdraw From
eague of Nations
C 11 11c Likely to Follow
Lead of Argentina
mentor l‘iIcyII'rezI’lon Says the League Is Dead, and
"an Not Survive Under the Present Undemo-
Irratic System of Urganization~€ommi5-
uion on Disarmament Decides to H0111
qc‘
Open S
.3 ,ions, With the Fullest Pub-
licity of Their work, at Geneva.
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monstrations Made
SPAIN IIIIIIIs
OffEllSllIE Moll
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MADRID. Scpt.
over the probable adjour..
8.-—-Dissatisfaction
ment of thc
Spanish oft'cr'sivc :1); '"st the rebel—
éIousI $600715". tribos‘ on near Melilln
, anI :IrII._t:,-.1:C'1g thc pc oplc here. It
was be“ loved that prcparations for that
oftcriri \(I had igIIIIn co:'.".plctIIIl. News--
).-:1{I1I.‘3~I. lIO\.'1‘»I_Ir. c>zpi:.r. the docimun
0? HI:- govcrn Ii.t by Supt-Ill; iI'III
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action 01' tlI.1~ connnutcc did no: :a‘IrI
Iprise him.
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with .3 my: from the Amcm LIE :, 1.1-“.
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was II. 1.00.! le,II‘ for good. lie'xmru
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El .131 England’s Unemployed
:Ipirit at Bristol Where
l’ody of’ Constables Had
Itiiiarge on the Crowd,
1TH”;
.IIIIl Disorders in Other
Places
I’ l i LIN’ Supt. 8.~1)emonatra«
I .. . II, the unemployed were held in
lllll.yp.l1“1"§ throughout. England ycsI
I‘III'I and in several cities serious
‘IIIII I; wcic narrowly av1rted. An
I.'I .IIII'll wur. in evidence at Bristol.
'.-.II .- 3 crowd attacked the building
II.I.I...-.1 w the Board of Guardians.
.,.I Illfi‘ll'd With the police. In the
I unng struggle, banners were
”L.” and a red flag was captured
., the police. Finally. the gates beI
IIII (h1- bullding were opened and :1.
nm- body of constablen clmrgcd up—
n the crowd. which was dispersed.
Int the windows in a hundred shops
'erc animsbcd by the manifestants.
ldxr‘ltlllg SIIrII‘IcH also wore wilurIsswd
l." ler-rpool A ”or an cncountcr
IwII tly- police, unemploycd work-Ira
II. .I IIlI-I‘l to tho council :1 t1 n-minute
IIIIII-lum, ”Tc-atoning that at the
Illvll'lilv")n .or that time they would
'.ll III- Ir-I'IponnilIlr- for thc conso'e'qucn—
I . 'llII- lIII'd mayor Hub'iI-Iiucntly
ll I1 and Woman! the lI-mlers in
l lllOlIfwllI'llIOIl that U plnn would
.IIIIIII III .1 for Iindmg work.
llIr- most. notable (lemon-
occurred in W1l1('.’1l, where-
lll.’ll('1l'(1 "I'I'OLiH
AIIIIItilIIIry to ’l‘rcdfk
at
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all Hi... lDll EDD
DUND WDMEN
Sept, 8.4411195: Cor-
"" II--lI-<'IlI-IniI-r. of Meridcn. has
""‘II Ippointcd an instructor for wo-
" II In the industries :It the trade (11-—
I'II'III'Inl, for the blind at Vlcthersficld.
Helvadvrnlcr in totally blind 'Lnd
IIlm niccc of Dr. H. W. l)elcsulcrni"'*',
‘tIII'II'I‘IltlI,
I. I'IlI-I'idI-n She won educnlcl at tho
' Ikinu Institution at llostnr I .\.Is
tII'I‘O whllI- Dh‘lt'll Rollo" 1'.. . . [Ih‘l'Ifl‘
has; J'h-II-SdIII'IIit-r Marvel ll 7“ £:“"
timing" of tho “lull": {I'm Kn).
Pr. This will br- 0! Ir. I lI-r now
I :unnm tlIc adullu I III: .a'III will
'r'allI-d upon to tcnI'h l\ .I IIII.I [3' W0-
'III th) if; both blind :1 ’ I' all.
Wilfl‘lh'lt‘sdt‘l‘fllel‘ did rI-t I'IIIrInletc
,, roman at the Perkim l' ~II‘1tut1on
II I -rl in her junior vcnr 11"} IIIIisheIl
l - High School at MerlrlIIn.
IIII- 1mm»: department. for the blind
Ill II-I l" Opened for thc full term
"I” I’d, and men and women from «111
'II- Sl'll“ who are blind will be
II'.‘. IlII-II- II, the State Board of Edu-
.,I llIr- lilind, to learn a trade.
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‘tamf 0 rd WS—hoofing
Case Under Probe
.l'. I’helan will travel
'mnorrow where he will
wring into the death of
l-I'l't'i', who died Tuesday
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"“"’ "I .-.... I'II (Irr‘IrI-r George Darin
"""3 ”l I'II'2IlImI in a, lance. hall
'3 1"” I... lmnn who suffered,
my" “‘J'I‘"" III ’lII- tussle is in the
:“f't‘l 'It IIIlIII IIIcthical arrest
"" “' ‘ 7‘ I'I' ‘hII coroner's in-
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fililSWDlDS START
DAMADE SUITS
Bertie Sperry and William
Jackson Blamed for .Ac-
cident on Post Road '
Lawrence Griswold of Stamford
has brought suit for $500 damages
against Bertie Sperry of Ridge-field
and \Villlam Jackson of Lewisboro. as
the result of an automobile uccidcnt
which occurred July 4, 1921. on the
Post Road in Noroton. ,Gllbert Gris-
wold. :1 brother. and Laura Griswold.
a sister. both paSSI-ngers in the dam-
:Lg“(1 car have brought separate suits
for $34M (Inch, alleging.bodily injur-
icv, The plaintiffs. in each suit are
rcer-sr'ntt-d by lI‘cIssendcn, Kencnly
at» Montgomt‘ry. and the'cuscs are nu
turnnblc in the Stamford City Court.
Gillw-rt Griswold alleges in his com—
plaint that. on the night of July 4. the
automobile of which Sperry was the
ow 'er was being driven along th:I
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IIIIIEIIIIIIIIAIIIIIIN
DNDlSAllMtMENl
l I-.\'lII’I.\'_ KI-III, 8.—Prc!imixmry
\lIC"1{1' :Ilruuint: up the agenda. for the
Ir :1ch (In limitation of armaments
lII- M in \‘Jnahiiigton next Novem-
ber is showing corI:IIiIlIIraiIlc prongIi—I’
it is: IlI-cTuI'IIIl by the London Times.
This work ll: so for advanced. the
llf‘V'SDfllM-r says. that it is possible to
begin informal conxcrsations between
tth pow: s to he, represented at Ihc
cI'Iil'rrcnIe regardirg t'IIe e\t(-nt and
limit: {ions of tin» subjpcts to {,9 My
"”39"” Th“ “Q“Slnper understands
ii: I- conversations will begin as soon as
11- prI- 51min .ives of the interested p0w_
(Ii-s rs-turn to london. and hope is (3(-
{wet Il that they may rapidly load to
. i,0":11)10 results so that the main fea-
lure es oi the agenda may be dcclied
upon by theI tlmc thrI Japanese mission
leaves Tokio for Washington.
In ur gin: quick action. the Times
9.1.; editorially: “Since the agenda
will mean so much. it will be :1 relief
to the world soon'to know that it has
been settled. It is :1 satisfaction to be
able to announce that preliminary
conversations will begin soon and that
in somc quarters they have begun .11-
ready."
co.”
to in
Bankruptcy Cases .—
': Totailod 1,016
NEW HAVEN.'Sept 8.‘——Bank;upc-
cy cases pending in the United Staten
Court for this district at the end of
the fiscal year totalled 1.016. accord-
ing to the annual report. of Clerk C.
E. Picket: completed" today. There
were 340 new cases added to the list.
Of the cases pending 791 were volun-
tary petitions and 225 involuntary. and
or the new cases 73 were inv‘oluntary
and 267 voluntary.' The voluntary
cases represented liabilities of 393‘.-
184. and the involuntary ones STEZn
457. The court and referee" fees
came to $245 173 out or the total of
$1 083u646 liabilities. ‘ .
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DEPUDUEANS
1N WlElDN
Take Place
cred at the Town Hall last erening.
ous town offices.
Representative III. C. Roscoe. chair-
man of the town commitl‘me. called
the meeting to order. and Strong Com—
atocl: was elected chairmur. and
Richard H. Fitch. clcrlc. (‘urlcton
Weed. Gcorge Iicndding :Ind lI'. l‘lI-III
Ogden were nppointrd tellcrs b) ill:-
chairman. 0:: motion of (ivory W.
Ogden, no Iioitiinnliori was motto for
Asscsasor. :19 two of the membcrs of
that imurIl are now licpublicuns. 111.3
it v.':1< (ll"'lllt‘*‘1 :1 courteous act to give
minoritx rIIprI‘Iw'IIItrItion to ihc Demo—
(f‘. \V. l‘crcnul Knapp was re-
1 rum.
(Continued on Page Eight)
MRS. DlDER DUE
NDMINATE
100 Gather in the Town 11211
and Only a Few Contests
Fully 100 Wilton Republicans gath-
to nominate candidates for the vdrf-
‘
ND- ‘PDllllDS ill
lEDlSlMlVE
DlDB’S DINNER
Republicans of State Wait-
ing for Lake Compounce
Gathering, Apparently
SElII'IllDil M’EEIlN
WAS NDT THERE
ad Qt hEr Leaders
mmaugiiin Meet-
A l:
ough
"I.
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pi)
i en
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Sign Iilc'inra of
~ III” the Coct'.-'~I1.I-1;‘
. of 13201 to 15".} ha
“micron; II;
llIII surfuccn :I (r. g,
:1. good 111."."1r l ’ "1‘
U ‘I; .- (I‘ III! .Iuirg m ~
'l‘l'II u: I I'z‘I‘IIIt of [)0
the 1:;.1':", l'IIIItuz'II of the 1..
no th-ru to bc sewn or l'II‘:
'l‘lIII I'.II’I (but it LI :1". "(Il't' III-Lir" v.93
g‘ni‘n M 5m '.II 1:1 tluI pro! I‘IiII reason
for tho (':1l;..I'I-HH 1-1:: it Wm Izzorc gm:-
'1Ir:1lly hII'Il that tho real rIu'éI'III was
the ub::1III'II of ['1 Itcd Styx" .KIInntor
Gcorgc l‘. MIlmnn. nrouni whom it
Wits PKpQ‘CEf'dAH boom was in lIII started
for his rc1Il1I1'tIIIn t0 the sI'll'iie pay:
your, Scrutor Mrllcnn scrf word tliul
hc could not act rivmy frost: \Vuslxihg-
ton at this time but that lIII expected
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MAYDR DDNDEIlD
30m NORWALI', 0033. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8,1921
Republlcans SeleCt
Conven «ion Delegates
0.1’. NDMINEE
Will 'PRDDADLY
DE (3.1. DARlDN
VV'ho is to givc Mayor Donovan.
who will probably be up for-reache—
:1t the coming city election. the
lion
'lll'
oi his life?
That's the qucEtiop which is {Icing
the streets tod: y I'oliuv. -
pi'mzirlzu o.
1.1 ”1056\—
51-11 or.
'I- ltvpublzmn part held
I1;il within. last c\'I.Ii..;-.§:.
\iII'iiI. IIII-zo were spirited (‘Oil'dr‘IS
III. some of the v.ar’(ls, dulcat “11$
‘ .turcIlly by thosc wh’o
d 1110 G. O.
ambitions. an
. i on r the
' 5'1 shown in thtI 1
113‘ \ 111022.
Om mar. “1:016:11
I; {1'1 ll‘ 9 (‘11:) 4111‘. it": to: or i‘-I
‘: l.. l :tIi on. pro rcsIIlI at III
\‘x'I 131mm. ir‘ the .i (lib: rut
51 CI
‘ .tiozI obtaina-
(it?!
will
the
Hall. 2.0 n’
' 'rIIJH 11 ‘1
hold '12:
,..
b(:_
I". :1? trc1‘1fx
ta'I'cral...lv
I’ILII‘nJifr-I I'II'tti
vuil‘.
of the comer
1 (TJ
. LAI'C
IrIj‘ I}: am} it
3. :.;od be: tlut he
21 us choice
1‘11“. Bau‘lfill
(‘3'.
.3 the
looke-d upon as an
:dcal candidate. His work in connec-
tion with building the “2252117:ng
$2.9'r1‘91 bridge and the \‘I'estport. bridge
«Inubled many of our citizens to come
Into close business rclati ' with lIITm'.
His Willingness to be considered 11in
this nomination is looked on {1521111 op-
portunity that Norwalk citizens. Who
«1051“! :1 business—like administration
of civic affairs. will not hesitate to
tukc- advantage of.
DRIDDEPDRT '
IDHllDREN E111
is
DELIVERB ADDRESS
Nnyor Jeremiah Donovan delivered
the address of welcome last night.«:lt
tho district conference of the Sund'u'
:«1‘1‘001 convention and Allen Christian
l-JnIlcavor league ot‘ the Newport dis~
trirt which I: being held at the Knight
street A. M. E. church of Norwalk
Rev. F. H. Jacobs. of the South Nor-
wnlk Congregational chucch. WelcomI
ed the convention in behalf of the
local churches.
The rest of the program 000813801
of:
Educational Sermon—Rev. E. K.
Nichols. of Hartford.
Selection—Choir.
Duct—Misses Marion Perkins and
DY WINDSHIEED
Susie Middleton.
Piano solo—«Miss Elsie Bryant.
Welcome by ‘Knight street A. M. E.
Haviland street into South Main or
else pulled from behind another car.
it is said. l‘he windshield on 819. EL
bcr car was broken and it was the
flying glass that cut Mrs. llibcr. Shc
was taken to the officc of Dr. Bohan-
nun. Dr. \‘Villiam W. Tracey took five
stitches in theI wound. .
Patrcimun Milton Lockwood inves—
tigated the accident.
Filllll AVIATDRS
BlllllESSENlllDllE
‘CHARLES’TON. W. Ya. Sept. 8—-
'lhe bodies of four aviators who last
Sunday lost their lives in
min district of Nicholas county' when
the Army airplane in which they were
riding fell were sent home today.
Before the departure from' Summer-a
'Iili e. the towu near where the accl-
Ilent occurred. funeral services Wane
held in the courthouse yard.
Corporal Alexander C. H. Hafie-
ton. of Wilmington, Del.. fifth and
surviving member or the airplane
crew. and now a patient at Coal Val-
ley'HospitaL today was ”WM ".60-
lng nicely."
Greek Fords Short
of Ammunition
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. ' 8.—
Greek forces engaged in the offensive
against the Turkish Nationalists along
the Sakaria. R‘i'ver have been obliged
to relax their assaults on the' Tur-
kish positions because of the expend-
lture of‘ammunition entailed. Reporti
from the battlefront have indicated
the moun-'
MES. A1111: I‘IziIcr. of Washington Welcome from the Sunday school—-
street. sustained :1 dccp cut in hcr Edward Chance.
right {111.1 which I'chIlz'I-d l‘.\II stilch- Duet—Mrs. ()dcal Middleton and
(IN to close. and also er-m'hed h1Ir Mrs. Dan Chance. '
right knee. when an leli<)ll‘.01l11(‘ in ifJ‘he conference will continue
which Sht‘ was riding with hcr bus— through Sunday. Rev. W. ‘ Henry
band figurcd in 111‘: accident with 0110 Lamar. pastor-s Rpm vvmiam Bryd and
Ilrilyl':n Ty Thomas Price of East Nor— Rev. w. H. Hoard. are in charge.
wzi . __
The Price ,car turncd cithcr from
' and‘ Pacific Dredging Company. whoi
)
church—S. J. Dell.
KIWANIS DEDD
HA8 DPEN EDRUM
.,. __ .._
Members of the Norwalk Kjwanis
club were disappointed yesterday 3,:
the weekly luncheon held at the Nor.
walk Country Club chouse Fred D319
Wcod. a. speaker of national promin-
ence connected with the Chautauqua
failed to appear to address the Org—an-
izatlon. Mr. Wood did not arrive in
Norwalk in time for the luncheon be—
cause of train connections. \
As the result an open forum was
held. ,Arthur C. Wheeler spoke inter—
estlngly on the need of co— —operation
Quinlan urged greater responsibility of
citizens toward- .1)“ government of the
W“ Pm mm
M
John Wen Left
. $2, ,000 Estate
, ________....
"By guarantor the late John Lac;
Multan" hand ' of the Atlantic. Gun
died here August 39th. an'estate of
about $2,000,000 was left, with but one
or two exceptions, to. Cornell Univers-
ity A hearing will be held on Octo-
ber lst. when the will will be made
public. His niece, Hrs. Laura. A.
Hughes, of this city and San Francis:-
co. has been left an income 0:85, «09
a year. and Judah Island M.. M:—
Mullen’s home here. Which' is valuedk
At $125. 000. Niece: and nephews 111
California, and local people; have also
been, remain-hired with bequests. it is
’ever staged.
between the Kiwanis clubs ot.’ New -
En land. .
Cirpomtion Counsel Edward J.
EDDAE SDHDDLS
That a large portion of the overflow
in the Norwalk publfb schools is the
result of the influx of Bridgeport resi-
dents to Norwaik is the opinion of
Superintendent of Schools G. V. Buch-
anan.
“All that you can hear in Bridge-
port " said Superintendent Buchanan.
"is that there is plenty of work in Nor.
walk. I believe that Bridgeport peo—
pieI have flocked here in large numbers
1nd that is one of the reasons for the
ovencrowding of the local schools.’
Superintendent Buchanan estimated
that there are 500 more pupils enroll-
ed this year than ever before. Seventy-
(Contlnued on Page
EDMEDY DRAMA
III. EHAUTAUDUA
The comedy drama. “It Pays to 'Ad-
vertise." which has been presented in
Norwalk on several occasions. both in
the legitimate and in the ciuima. was
presented last (night at the Chautau-
qua before a large and appreciative
audience. The comedy proved popu-
lar .although it had been here before.
"It Pays to Advertise.” is considi‘.-
ed one of the best comedy dramas
It is filled with laugh--
able situations, which are greatly ap-
preciated by those in the audience.
The comedy drama was very finely
staged last night and the cast was ex-
cellent. The members of the cast ap-
peared in fine fashion in the various
characters of the plot of the comedy.
A.splendld program was presented
by the Great Lakes string quartet} .11:
Nine) .
(Continued on Page Nine)
Root May Be Named Head
' (Of; International Court.
/ . .
GENEVA. Sept. 8. (Associated
Press). ——Charges that the “purely..1e—
gative" position of the United States
had been responsible for the delay in
the application of mandates by Ithe
League of Nations were made by Lord
Robert Cecil, representative for South
Africa, at today's session of the As-
88me of the League. which took up
a. general discussion of the accom-
plishmenu, of that body to date.
GENEVA. Sept. 3 —It was aaid' in
League of Nations circles here today
that.Elfhu Root would be elected a
judge of the new international court
at justice in spite of reports received
here of his declination to accept the
1081:. _It was added that Mr. Roofs
decision was not regarded as final and
that friends of the league. in. the
United States had declared that-there
still were hopes that he-;wouidf accept.
In C358 Mr.
declared that he would be chosen an-
' other "b'usmess proper to come before
Beot was elected it was-
F‘ah- tonight. and Friday.
Women Given
Jackson \Vhite from
itt. from Fourth,
tlIct there Would be “arm sermons :Iti
night's caucuaas as 11-:
ill“
According to the new rules of ”or
so I ix' driII
.n5t.I_.rIc 121.1 t‘uc (‘8‘.15‘112? can
much beyond an hour. excnpl
whore 11 check \was‘ called for ll".
the vctlnc. as was done in the Third
word. this necessariiy extended
time somewhat.
Everything is
11:1
in rcmlincss for to—
the deemed}
‘0
Place With
Men From Different Wards
Candidates for the Council Are Samuel J. Keeler
and George E. Curtis from the First W ard;
Charles F. Mills, Clarence‘A. Brown and C. ,
Second; George E.
Ingham from Third; Henry T. Prow- ' . .1
and Joseph R.
Taylor from the Fifth “Hard.
Althcug‘h sumo people had predicted l morrow night‘s Republican City cmxo
\eniiou.
which will be," held at the
the var ious war-.1 caIic uses of the Lie. council (numbers in the City Hull and
p: 1 Mica-:1 party last evening. 0: ‘h: ,ihcre is: sure to be :1 large, attendance
ontiury peace and 11:11 mony reigm'al here. 5 Melt
throughout. . }.II:~iI:II:I.1ta of NO' 'walk while they
(Inc of 1110 things-I that marked 195tlz‘?h)u'hflt§ vscll acquainted with he
occasion of nzo- ll '1‘. 1‘. h: 1‘ 9 LIE-Pr: r‘ominated on the
mm 11I kc: to be councilmen for
:
mun: t. <. the presence of wr'mien l'
at tho party caucuscs. This is prac- ‘7 1 ‘I'I .110 “8'3. V-iIL GOUUUBSS bev-
llf‘llih,‘ thII firg'trtime that tho wro 'm'1I1 “’I"““'I""Ii In knowing a ““19 more
have all/31111011 such affairs and thryiL‘I'JO'J'i them.
tool: :1“. notive part. Pint “£11111.
“1 don't lIcI' r that you are full of
l‘ cm;bl2ron part} tltc mfmbpf‘shlh cI’ ntltuni 11<zn a‘. .I‘ 1.1.9 affairs of Nor~
tl': II I’ lei-rah s in tomorrow night's RII- naik 1;:1111 the present administra—
pI, 1.1 m 3'1 cation is abou. 9111.. . 'I: 1211'}. Yu". IiI‘Iz'I': likc the condition of
It? in. :1. n 111. I: men and women. and_ tho - :nd don't rclish the con—
:Ixil 11.2.3 Cui’zlnilliet-Is cc» " III-in.- between city officials.
11 chance of administration.
I y 1:12 accomplished by
for the coming Cam-
. l:c ‘;‘JQrwalk Must Be Be-
11 can be redeemed only by?
(Continued on Page Seven)
For P
DDMPERS ATEADKS
PERSHIND'S SPEECH
Declares General Showed
Lack of Tact at Lafayette-
Marne Dinner
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8.—Declarin§z
that Gen. Pershing showed “lack of
tact"'and “impropriety" ’in his re-
marks to the Lafayet\-Marne Com—
mittee of Washington Tuesday night.
Samuel Gompers. who preceded him
as a. speaker at the committee dinner.
denied today that be made any clain
that labor won the war. The state-
ment attributed to Gen. Pcrshlilg with
which Mr. Gompers fouhd fault W182 I-
"It wasn’t labor that won the war.
It seems to me its time for some one
to say it wasn't this association
that which won the war—it was the
loyalty of all the straight-torward
American citizens which brought suc-
cess to the Allied cause."
“It is to be.‘ presumed." said Mr.
Gompers. “that thoccI w‘ro read the
extract frcm Geri. Pershing‘s speech.
at the Lafayette—Marne Day banquet
concluded that in my address which
preceded I had finade the claim that
labor won the war.
or
IIIIIIIII'I'II'“
'iMIlllE NDMINATIDNS
William J. Device. chairman of the
Democratic ity committee, has issued
the call to the Democratic caucuses
and convention.
The electors have been notified that
caucuses to elect delegates to a tow“
and city convention will be held at ;.he
fiollowing places. on Monday evening
September 12 at 7 p.111. standard.
time: "
Firgt Ward—Town Assembly Hail. l
16 delegates
Second Ward—City Hall, 16 dele-
gates.
Fourth Ward—Norwalk Town Court
Room, 7 delegates. '
Fifth- 'Ward—Town Court. City Hall.
3 delegates.
A; Bémocratic town and city conven-
tion of the elected delegates or alter—
nd'tes ‘témominate candidates for to m
a; ' city officers, elect a town and
city committee. and to transact such
the convention. will be held at the
Town A33embly Hall, Nor-walk the
same evening at 8:30 o'clock standard
time. ..
Fccler
SenttoParis on ..
U. S.-German Treaty
PARIS Sept. 8.——The American
State Department has made unofficial
inquiry of the French Government, it
women: m Wins
animounly and. W W. Que
that the struggle has Meow ”Iii. ,7 '11
l‘ .
mm
61 Persons Executed
Constantine Toumanofl.
Prince Sergius Oukhtomsky, aged 35.‘
the later beir g a widely known scalp
tor.
of sending information out of Hm ,
Six on the list
11626, as to how it would re;
0.
lot Activities
Sixteen of the Number Wm
Women, Alleged to Home
Aided Male Pirticxpunts’mt:
Petrograd Afl'air ' '
RIGA. Sept. 8. (Associated Pm)‘
—-Sixty-one persons have been execut—' ‘
ed by
with participating in the recent Petro—'
grad plot. according to the official 1%..
printed in the Pravda of Petra“ _
Among those put to death were aim.
women. most of whom were 3.ch
of renting rooms to. or otherwise she!—
tering. male participants in the plot.
being charged:
the Bolsheviki.
included Pm
aged 29.13.1311.
Others executed
Both were accused of spying. or
were described as
American spies or couriers," one at
them being Professor Vladimir Tm
tsiex,
aged 31 the 31’ aged head of tho;
enIire Petrograd organization. Conn:
Sergius Schulenburg aged 24, In:
executed on a charge of having 312161
an .
"American courier."
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8 .-A detailed
r; *‘II-m
HA RTFORP. Sept.
and scientific study of the relalive'ef- '
ficiency of railway and motor truck
transportation in Connecticut was de-.. '
cided on at a meeting or the directors
of the Connecticut Chamber of Coin-
merce Wednesday in New Haven, and
it was voted to have President Bullarti
of the Chamber appoint a. commimee
to investigate and report on the prob-
lem vwlth
‘for presentation at the next session of
recommendations suitablo
uhe General Assembly. The aim of
the state chairman is to propose coma
method whereby legislation that will.
further the interests of the most etho—
'lent transportation method may be en;
acted. At present. many of the 111-.
rectors feel there, is a needless amount
of duplication between the railwan
and motor t1 ucks.
The plan for a. study of the trans-
portation situation is being foW‘
treasurer of the C. J. Root Companyct
Bristol and the matter received much
favorable comment at the meeting
(Continued on Page Four)
Average American Purse
Shrank 59 Cents in Angmfi
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8,—The path
ketbook of the average American man:
held 59 cents less in August. than in
July, according to the monthly ctr-
culation today by the Treasury. On
August 1 the per capita circulation on
an eptimated population or 108,233;-
000 person: was $53 which on Sep—
trainer 1 had. dropped to $52.11 on
lie-243 cf in .
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