‘ ell Inch Rainfall Brings Relief To City Wa re Rain Predicted and Water Commissioners Breathe Sigh of Relief—No Danger 0f Fa- mine Now—High Tide Comes in with the Storm—Sea Rises t Tracks~Many Cellars Flooded According to Miss Laura Comatock, Norwalk's weather ob- er. between 7:00 o’clock yesterday morning and 6:00 o’clock morning, 4.14 inches of rain fell. By 1:00 o’clock five inches t0, alien. I‘;~‘l‘ir?t Water commis- :. 'h:lt the rains cf the , 1le has increased the S. , . “-‘r‘filr by 3 inches. They ' .lti danger of a famine ' commissioners also ' l: lhr‘ heavy downpour “no condition of the re- " in; water to that dis~ ’.-'l .1 ; Marni flooded thG g . ‘ .;.:--.i traffic and vorked .» r-vahone wires. Other ~ .«irlous damage was re- . '» . :-~ 'hllt was noticed last .r*»‘.1' many residents was ..._ ‘l-jn that came in. In the tide elme up mr tracks and many 'Yut were n.:chored . \‘.r'rl", washed £11110“ “D The new dock that ll - ‘mn at the \Vashing- - ' was completely ; 1 " \\ Lln'r at hit)! “(19. 7119 -. ~ m to the top of the : Mm- street. but there More reported. .x . 1.... r .1 ~ r. 1' Bridgeport Deck and Drowned Here v early Sunday. Albert ; .i:nport. a. deck-hand ' . ‘ " w oyster boat "Mil- . wd to have fallen i drowned. A report was made/to the arstorday by Kasteut ' ilv nry street, Bridge- of the missing l'tl‘ ~ . ‘ ,1 'he police that he and - . ! ~F’ll'l.‘h£‘d for “lichen 1 i 1-; and in Bridgeport \Vicken was last 1.1mm]. early Sunday ~ it is alleged he was I‘hc oyster boat "Mil- ‘l~'n Wicken worked is li~l fleet and while in “minor docks at the ' ‘Hmpany, 134 \Vater r ,' . is; .~ I‘FFL'ribed as being 42 . weighing about an a. light muotache. emen Do a Job for Miss Wenderoth '. We'nderoth. Executive : 'hc Norwalk Chapter of is today expressing 2»- for assistance rendered "Milling by two at the “dc Central Fire Station. Ford coupe, which was ? "fl l‘ranklln street. near -~. sfreet. refused to start. 5‘5“ Was in a hurrv to get » l The two men came out .- ‘ r mats and pushed the BIA-s Wenderoth in it. into .; -“ 5"Hir1n. where they succeed- ? ""1: it dry enough to start " .‘l 'v minutes. v2 - g. A l .uy s Attachment for Rent of Rooms "lament papers were filed T"Ml Clerk Herbert R. smith m" m; against Arthur T. and " “In“! in favor of Samuel "T1 rv.‘ Ridgefleld for $400. It is '1 Hm. the delendm‘s are in- “! to the pallnuf.‘ for rent of 3 ":rnish'd them ‘12:] that. thll . in: nr-‘. been pa“. Damages 3‘ 19 are claimed by the plain— l. ' oll Street Today ad price changes took place at mg of today"! stock Wk“ most. of the usual industrial rs recording slight initial recei- «.‘ulators continued duriut 0° can in the some rut of Indefi- whzch has prevailed for several Pilots. stocks reflected moor: Cc of the easiness-of values in ulnor shares. Shippmx “‘1 or the railroad equipment In ‘ nrient field and tab-m“! '9'. l. but some of the rum D“. ier Supply 0 Seaview Avenue Car SUES REGENT THEATRE C0. FOR $25,000 DAMAGES t Arnold Schlaet, West- port, Charged he Fell Down an Unlighted Stairway in Theatre Papers were tiled today in a $25.- 000 civil action against the Regent Theatre Company. brought by Ar. hold Schlaet of \Vestport. :‘nrough his attorney. Leo Davis. as the re. suit of injuries that he is alleged to have. Mel-ed as the result of a fall in' the Regent theatre on No- Vember 1c, 1913. ‘ ~ An attachment for the amount of the damages asked in the suit has been filed against the Regent Theatre Company on their Wall street prop- erty. which consists of the Pugent Theatre building. in which is located the Regent theatre. In the writ Mr. Schlet. who is vice-president of the Texas Oil com- pany. alleges that on the night of November 16. 192:. he went to the Regent theater and was esco.led to one of the boxes in the balcony on the second floor of the building on the right hand side. The box was pointed out to him plaintiff. The box and the stairway leading to the first floor of the build- ing were not lighted he charges. ai— place. of the stairs leading to the was seriously injured. His left shoulder. left ribs ments were wrenched and a climate. ness for a long period of time. perior Court’ in Bridgeport. Legion to Get Men to didates for can Legion Post- in each City. never been a representative this City at the camp since camps. oeutly. ____._——-————--—- Joseph fined 315 City Court George H. of reckle- STRATlON PICKSV by the usher who is unknown to the though there were fixtures in the The plaintiff was not tware first floor and fell down the stairway and and back were badly injured. Two liga- ac- count of said lnjuries the plaintifl was threatened with pneumonia and was obliged to leave for a different It is further alleged that negli- gence on the part of the defendants and their agents in not having the stairway lighted and in not warning zgz‘gsfnm was the cause Ct the ed spectators watched the process of destruction. some with sighs and It ‘3 “5° alleged “I“ ”la d°° more with nearitears. The bung fendant was obliged to spend large sums of money for medical cam and that he has suffered a great deal and will continue to suffer as t"c re- sult of the accident and that he has been unable to attend to his bust- The case is returnable on the sec< and Tuesday in November in the Su- Go to Camp Plans are underway whereby can- .the Annual Citizens Training Camp at‘Camp Devens next year will be recruited by the Ameri- The local Post of the American Legion is planning an extensive cam- paign next year to get local young men to attenl the camp. There has from it was started. In other cities a great num- ber of the young men attend the Further information will be given out from time to time as plans ma- trriallse fo’r the- recruNng. The of- fer of the Legion of New England to do this work made to the War to do this work was made to the War Department and accepted re- am DRIVER rm ‘35 Henry of Hartford was and costs in the downtown this morning by Judge ‘ Vosburg on the charge 1- h arrest ThomasCroweywowas — Patrolmanrrank UPMANSOUGHT FORFlVEYEARS Patrolman Arrests Mi- chael Sullivan Who Escaped from t h e Budgeport Jail While Servmg 30-day Sen- tence Patrolman Frank Stratton this morning arrested Michael Sulliv‘an. who is wanted by Sheriff Pease for escaping from Bridgeport jail about five years ago. Sullivan was arrested in Railroad avenue. He stated that he had just arrived in the city for a visit. About five years ago he was sentenced truth the local court to serve 30 days in Bridgeport jail and while there serv- ing out his sentence he made his es- cape. Nothing had been seen of him un- til this morning when Patrolman Stratton spied him in Railroad ave- hue and arrested him.’ He will be returned to the Bridgeport jail to- morrow. when a representative of Sheriff Pease wil come to this city for him. Seven Civil Cases on Vosburgh’s Calendar Seven civil cases will come up in the Ci y court before Judge George H. Vo urgh. in the near future. six of which are court cases and one a jury case. On October 28 the case of Denni- son and Barry against. Alphonso Mansy will come up at 10 o’clock. At twoo’clock on the same day the case of sterling Furniture company against Philip Costellano villi be dried. ‘ November 5 the case of the Maw- son Tire and Rubber company against Alice Eckert \v_ll be heard at 10 o'clock. At two o'clook Atwell and company against H. A. Seymour will come up. > November 12 at 10 o'clock the case of U. S. Raincoat company against David A. Schwartz will be heard. November 19 at 10 o'clock Bell Farm against Mabel Thatcher‘wlli be tried. The only jury case. that of Mc- Dermott against Cocchoi has attrac- ted a great deal of attention as jury cases in the City Court are seldom heard. Besides the civil actions there have been several criminal cases of late. Nearly all of the pen-ling ori- ginal cases have been cleaned up. so that the slate will be clean when the civil cases are started. 1,000 Gallons Wine Dumped Into Sewer GREENWICH. Oct. 24.—About 1.000 gallons of wine, confiscated in the raid last night by the Greenwich police upon the home of Rose D'Eila and Pasquale Schinto. were destroyed yesterday afternoon by throwing them into the sewer in the rear of the police station. Interest- hole of the barrels were opened. and for several hours the precious fluid flOWed into the sewer. During the day it had been held in the town hall. preparatory to de— struction. and the hall assumed the door. of a barroom or wine cellar. The wines destroyed were chiefly of the red Italian variety. made 'by those arrested. Each barrel! con— tained an average of 50 gallons. It is roughly estimated that'the con- fiscated matter cost about $12,000 in legal tender. much more in boot- leggers' coin of the palm. Schinto and his two sons, arrested in the raid. will be tried today. Norwalk Man Aids - Navy Win Air Prizes Chief Storekeeper Joseph S. Bo- gany. U. S. N., whose home is in Sound View avenue. was present during the airplane race for the Pulitzer Trophy. held recently at St. Louis. Mo. Navy fliers set a new speed record and won first. second. third and fourth places in the“ race. more than 3,000 members of the navy are directly connected with the aviation branch of the service. There is need for mechanics in many branches of the trade. The U. 8. Navy recruiting once is located at the City‘hail. , The South Norwalk Heat Ides-bet in the City Hotel building will open fell off on menu; sales» non-1300mm! Sunday 11! ms for mules to obey the are being installed. n «ea-.0: connects“ tort-«61‘- mm I!“ ~ ' it; for business Dturday of this mek. ' Hollywood’s finishing” Crew. Fails ToKecpiLila Lee From My) . he. ~Mwm an ABOVE. um LEE sub it tinsel-ml) l. wooo. on ream snow 7 genome nay. CHICAGDn—Tho stbllsut aoxvitieqlg of those gentry who have1 law beak» come rather pore widely known "suppress agents." than in their or- iginal capacity of dispensers of tug: formation about Hollywood add Hollywoodians. have'failed to keep the family affairs of ableast one screen star. Lila Lee, from airing'in the public prints. Miss Lee. who' is one of- the youngest lights in the dim til-ma; ment, failed to hide behind her screen identity when her father, Charles Apfel. was accused of mis- appropriation of funds in a Chicago court. ‘ Leaving her husband. James Klrkwood. in Hollywood. where he is recovering from concussion of the brain received in a fall from a horse. Miss Lee took the first? train to Chicago to her father's side. where 'fClgddies" Edwards for a time adopted her when she was‘a child. ‘ of' 'shushing‘ going on about thing that pertains to movie why I should fail to tense to the limit." clared heatedly. Apfel was having failed to turn over placed in his keeping. was made against him in Los les some time ago. ‘ "' Dad’siSiJeAWQf Theft runs in... her .own financial roe imam was also known as ifigthe years she appeared in vaude- ville with Gus Edwards. who legally *‘Yeo.’ I know there is a great deal but my father is innocent of this ri- diculous charge. and I see no reason back his de- Miss Lee de- recentiy accused of to amount of $25,000. A similar charge GETBIDSFOR WIDENINGOF WAsmllillmSl If Work is Started Now Time Limit of Jan. 1 Will be Set for Com- pletion ‘ ’ It was stated this morning that four or five bids had been received yesterday for the contract of the widening of Washington street. Among the bids there'were those of local contractors and one from Bridgeport. A meeting of the Com— mittee on Streets was held last evening and the bids of the various contractors were gone over. Mayor Robins stated this morning that it had not been decided as yet to all a special meeting of the Council for tomorrow evening to act on the bids. but that he thought that this would be the procedure. It is the present plan to talk with the contractors putting in the bids and see when they can start the work. It is understood that a time limit will be put on the contract and that if the work is started this year that it must be completed by January 1. It will be decided at the meeting of the Council when the work will be started. notice of special meeting in ad- must be sent out 24 hours vance of the meeting. n'mti. . dur- Announcement of the Winners W ill b e Made at Armory Fri- day—Souvenir Night at Show Tomorrow small every- stars. The Popularity contest. the big feature of the Home Beautiful and Fashion exposition. now being staged in the Norwalk Armory. undo:- the auspices of "Battery C" and the per- sonal direction of G. J. Diefenback. comes to a close tomorrow night. All votes must be in the hands of the cont manager by 9 o'clock to- mor night. His omce on North funds the Ange- BOY ACTORS * GlVlNGFREE LOSE T0 GIRLS AT TRlNllY Two Clever Plays En- acted by Dramatic Guild —- Winners to be Guests of Losers at Dinner Two welloselected and cleverly- hted plays were presented last eve- ning by the members of the Trinlnr Dramatic and Musical Guild. A large audience was present ln'spite of the rain. and thoroughly enjoyed the productions. The girls of the Guild presented one play. and the boys the other. in a contest to see which were the better.‘ The plays were coached by a professional director from New Haven. The judges were Dr. C. F. Boutweli. Min Mildred Al- ler. Mr. J. Herbert Mottram and Mrs. Edward Knapp. They ad. judged the girls the winners of the contest. which means that the boys will have to entertain the girls at a dinner. _ The play presented by the girls was ”The Uninvited Member." Those in 'the play' were the Kisses Maud Sherlock, Ila Watch. bury, Helen Saunders. Myrtle Jails, Sarah Wells. Ruth Crofoot. Helen Kay, Lucille Ball. Dorothy Hex-rill.” Verna Decker and Louise Cable. " Thenameoftheboys'phy was' “The Convention of Papas.” The‘ cast was composed “of Sherwood Pennington. George Han-ls." Ralph Hartwell. Charles )(itchen. Edvsjsrt Hill. William Howard. HagokLP Norwalk Doctors for Autoists and will meet hereafter every Norwaik Red Cross with the co~operation of the elation. instructors. Dre. George E. chairman of the Chapter and Fredrick J. Morrison. die be action for'sutomobllists. knowledge of First Aid may COURSES IN FIRST AID listed‘for Red Cross Program—C o u r s e Dr. Fredrick J. Morrison was the instructor for'the‘First _Aid class which met at four o’clock yesterday. day. for the adult‘Glrl Scouts. at Headquarters. This is tho‘beglnnlng of the Nor- walk Red Cross First Aid program. which has been carefuny worked out clans._of the Norwalk Medical Asso- To the four proviously authorized George G. Fawcett. William H. Mc- Mahon. William W. Tracey. who is Committee. hav been added Drs. Thomas F. Secular. Lauren M. Allen. Henry C. Sherer, William J. Tracey. Als’flsoo'n as“ details are amp; 8=d fire and Police Departments. will be“ instructed."Later.hthel-ef will life in‘an accident in the highways -sndbyways.tartromhospitnlaand medical aid. Those wishing to enter Main street will be open until that hour to receive all returns. Returns may also be made at the Armory. The winners will be announced at the exposition. Friday night. The presentation of the prizes will be made on Saturday evening by a well known motion picture star. The judges in the contest, as have been announced are Charles Host of the South Nor-walk Trust Company and C. Otis Fitch of the City National Bank of Norwalk. ‘ Despite the rain, last night. the exposition drew a large crowd. Sev- eral star vaudeville acts from New York were on the program. Dancing was also enjoyed. while the booths attracted many. En- an orchestra which has just com- pleted a. tour ofythe United States. will play. Craigstead and Chappeile. vaudeville's best known novelty dancers are also scheduled to appear this evening. as well as Leonard St. Leo, singing comedian. who was a big hit on Monday night. .Thursday night the manager of tile exposition. has desig tated as Souvenir night. The Sentinél will give souvenirs to all the youngsters who visit its booth. .where a new model Mergenthaler linotype is on exhibit. Austin's Garage will give a souvenir as, an inducement to pur- chasing a Chevrolet car. While Cos- tello a. O'Meara‘will take 6 per cent 0!! of any article purchased for them during the emen. Many of the other merchants ‘are planning to give son in also. Full details con- cerning as will be published in tomorrow's Sentinel. ‘ As has been announced, Signal-i. na Trina Verena; Spain's greatest prime. dom‘wlll be the stat-attrac- tion on Thursday evening'- program. Mile. Maria Hontira. also a Spanish dancer. who has gain ed much fame in both‘ her native country and France. will also appear. Schoo" nerAbla'ze, ‘ Crew is‘Rescued‘ HIGHLANDS. N. J.. Oct. 24.-—(By The;A-oclated Proud—Jr!» British tank steamer San Manuel from Car- ' diff. Wales. for New York. repel-ted , by Wireless today that the schooner mutant E'MeDonfld was on fire 10 , miles east of Ambrose iightehtp and that she had rescued theorew.’ Tues. Phyll- ‘ram. Health .3 the '3” a j Aix-La-Chapelle Re—captured Proletarian Militia Trying to Force Gen-f eral Strike in Bremen—On Policeman K Killed in Demonstration of Communists at Erfurtstreet—Main Force of Comm " Entrenched Near Hamburg—Fighting Ex-Z ' trio buildinss in an held by tli Sep- aratist; except the provincial ernment building, and failing the ar— rival of reinforcements summoned from Crefeld. this building probably will be evacuted. feated at a. number of places where they established themselves two days ago, Giadbeck. Neuss and Mayence. the local when it looked as if the Separatists would be annihilated by the towns- folk. , by the Royallsts' was full of dramatic and tragic incidents. The counter- a crowd of townmen led by a group of students paraded in the theater Tonight the Original Georgia Five. . pected (By the Associated Press) DOORN, Holland, Oct. 24.~——The visit which former 0m Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia is now making at Doors castle is regarded as having considerable significance. According to information from several reliable sources from persons close to the former kaiser, the presence of the prinoi in Beam is connected with the return of Princess Hemline m" the Reich, whence she brought very important news M the activities of the nationalist military party and the chances at ' the eventual return of William Hohensollern to the throne. by loyalists"; ‘ v.- n at By the Asociated Press. AIX LA CHAPELLE, Oct. .— (UV— Martial The Separatists also have been de- including Julich. Munchen- authorities deputed police to restore order The Be were The retaking of Aix-La-Chapelle move started about ten o'clock when Germany fighting Flats in front of the government building. singing “Duetschland Ueber Alies." The feeling ran high: Derisive shouts were exchanged between the assembly in the street and the Spea- ratists in their stronghold. the city hall. Suddenly somebody set of! a firecrac"~r which was the signal for the .. garatists to sally forth. The two crowds clashed and bediam was let loose. There were numerous shots fired and a number of persons were wounded. Things finally got so bad that the Belgian authorities gave the Blue police. who the day before had an- nounced their support of the repub- lic. authority to restore order with their am This they rapidly did: the streets were cleard but not win- out further casualties. During the night the streets were quiet enough. but before daybreak the Loyalist: were out in force and attacked the Separatists." ejecting them from all their strongholds except the government building. Here the occupying forces were strongly entrenched and they refus- ed to abandon their position without a. struggle. Even the most Wee- sive Loyalists felt‘ that for the time being the Separatist: were too strong for the storming of their stronghold with the forces available and action was postponed until later. By capturing Duisburg and Cob- lenz yesterday thus gaining their first foothoids along the river Rhine, the Rhinelanders. scored what was re- garded as a telling blow until news was received that they had been ex- pelled from Munchen-Gladbach and other previously occupied points and that their adherents were besieged in the City hall at Aix-La-Chapelle, to other force of trenched fighting occupied working. The surprise element has disap- peared from the movement. and the opposition of the Nationalist: has crystallied and h gaining strength. The presence of French troops has been of service to :the Republicans. becauee‘thse troops. whii observing strict neutrality. haveproved a tow- er of strengtbtothe Separatist as they only interveneawhen blood is shed, and tholettlng of» blood occurs only when the opponents of the ‘Rhilelanders attempts to prevent them from. occupying public build- ings. as atvflesbadea and Mayonee where the police have been disarm- ed. ‘ , _ mm The Separatist: leader-Jule stu- “h mommies-y leaders. Genaal [all .7, '/H ¢ Bremen said the and Rioting. barricades. Rhineland 60mm here. no: The Rhinelaud Republic t 1; ply of M. same. prddent at virtually dead, as au- 3,. “3.1.; m- Rhineiand commlmion to the. polls is concerned. after two at series from Dr. Donna Q" a. precarious existence. ' Matthei.‘h.[ tho" ' ‘ ’y The Loyalists have recaptu all Separatists that 8;me responsible to; keeping orda‘. 7 mdeddam m virtumly‘amoun‘ungfb ‘ ‘ law has been VViesbaden. the French troopo control. as well as at Bonn. at, request of the burgomaster. ‘ principal functionaries in Cot-liars IQ! fusing to adhere to the moves-1 have been expelled. ‘ BERLIN, Oct. 24.—Reports m poletsrian In!“ trying to force a. M; strike in that port. They M , ed in closing the dockyards and tho- Vulcan company 'works the report states otherwise the response as“, half hearted. -: From numerous other parts (It: came reports of At followed casualties. At the 32 miles from occur-ed by the Socialist.- after they had taken M ‘ Duisburg. newspagrs here. phone and telegraph communm has been occupied between the!!!» cipal centers of the Rhincland q only the allied military lim 5!. according to General Degoutte has ordered“ local police to remain neutral in ~. event the Separatists attempt to mend to continue their work if their offices-axe tskn our." s orders were . transmitted *- Y but the officials asked that' W withsurtender imminent. ~ Put in “tips- This. was M” panama H Republican : DnculAW-as chairman of the W - Committee ata W‘m night in the Town A” :,_ l'lll Erfm‘ demonstra one policeman being killed and m‘ policeman being injured in M' Grim Saxony. fighting occured this m lug. At Annaburg Saxony. Com munists occupied the town ball. A telephone message from Hans ' burg this afternoon said the and} Communism was up... betweemWandsbeck and I” that soldiers were marching on A rumor in circuit” that the marines had been M from the warships at Hamburg vii contradicted by the suthorlues. ' LONDON, Oct. 24.—-Them Telegraph's Amsterdam W dent. quoting a message from» ' says Prusian Relchzwehr an; ported to have entered without? cident hut that upon con-tin tilt. the Saxon industrial region sushi» between ' troops and the unemployed . ‘ DUSSELDORF, Oct. 24.——‘(By the Associated Press.) Muelhelm .15.. Rhine. nearly opposite Cologne. up. .- Gm All public tale: :- . ad a the s
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