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BRIDGEPORT, CONN., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917
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PROVES UNDOING
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Entire Plant of Curtis P. Harvey, Limited, in
Rigaud 1 Quebec, Covering Area of Five
, Square Miles, Wrapped in Flames-Over 20
Killed in First Explosion Alone-40 Houses
t Raised in Dragon, Nearby Village Special
; Train of Doctors and Nurses Rushed From
. Montreal to Scene of Disaster Full Extent of
-Damage Unknown. '
Montreal, Aug. 18 A terri fie explosion at the powder
plant of Curtis & Harvey, Ltd-, in Rigaud, Quebec,- today, is
believed to have -caused Jheavy loss of life. Five thousand
men 'and women are employed at the plant, which covers an
area pf five square -miles. Reports received here soon after the
explosion- said the plant was nearly all in flames. .
The explosion disrupted telephone tors -and nurses left Montreal for the
and -telegraph communication with
Rigaud, making; It difficult to obtain"
Information. Traffic on the Canadian
Pacific railroad's, Ottawa-Montreal
line, which, passes close to the plant,
has. been suspended. From points
rear Rigaud it was learned that three
explosions took place. The first was
heard to Vaudreuil "20 miles away. It
waa followed by two other In quick
succession. ', ' v '
Rigaud la a post village in; ".Vaud
reuil county Que., onthe Riviere A la
Gralsse, 45 miles southwest of Mon
.trej. It had a population prior to
the war of about 1,000 persons. -.
Trainmen who, got, 'away from the
scene of the explosion reported that
. 40 houses in Dragon, a little,, "village
near the powder plant, occupied by
workmen, , were razed by the forces
of the explosion. ' "'-;' .
The whole countryside 'was covered
at iO o'clock with a dense copper col
ored smoke. A special train of doe
LONDON FEARS IMMEDIATE STRIKE "
OF 40,000 Ei 1GII1EERS AND FIREMEN
gEnPLOYEIh ON
London, Aug. 18 There Is consid
ldefable - danger . of an immediate
strike involving about . half the ' en
gineers, and firemen ' employed on
British Vailroads. The main point
' at issue Is the recognlticn of the prin
ciple of an eight hour, day, althbugh
-;the demand does not necessarily in
i elude making' the principle effective
(during the war.' The men concerned
number about 40,000 and belong to the
. Associated Society -of Locomotive En
, gineers and Firemen. This union is
distinct from the much larger na
1 tlonal union of railway men, which is
Siot Involved. ; -
The trouble has been brewing some
time. The government, recently said
In the house of commons that the
society's claims are- inadmissible but
president Stanley of the board of
trade held two or three conferences
with leaders in the hope of arranging
the dispute, though without success.
. At a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the society in London yester
day it was decided to strike because
the demands were not. granted. Late
in the evening Secretary Bromley sub
mitted 'to his colleagues further sug
WILL APPEAL TO
PATRIOTISM TO)
iCOHBA'TI.V.W.
, '
Attempt' to Discount Effect
of Threatened Strike of
f'ZJ' 55,000 Men. v
. j Spokane, Wash., Aug. 1 1 8 Patriotic
appeals, win be made to combat ' a
threatened strike of Industrial Work
ers of the World,", .called .for next
'Monday in four northwestern states.
The Spokane county council , of . de
.feiise. decided today to send speaker
Into wheat fields, orchards and lum
ber camps to urge upon workers the
patriotic - necessity of - continuing
work. . - . - ..
. James Rowan, district, secretary of
the I. W. W., said today that 68,000
-men would answer the strike calL
"Labor Beady to (Jet J r
Lumber Tor U. S. Work
Seattle, Washington,' Aug. 18. Close
to S.OOO worker in western Washing
ton lumber camps and mills are ready
to assist in getting out lumber con
tracted for government work, accord
ing to a statement today by the West
Coast (Lumber (Men's association.
FIUSBIE PIE COMPANY
INCREASES ITS STOCK
In order to carry on business in
"' Fairfield county which it holds now
.almost exclusively because small deal
" ers have been forced by high prices to
'glve up. the Frisble Pie Co. of this
f-clty has increased its capital stock
.from $10,000 to 8150,000 and more
.money will be put into the plaint for
t enlargements required by the expand
ing business. There will - be 1,500
.ram of stock having par value of
rilOQ Instead of 400 shares at 825 each.
ire
scene of the disaster." ; ,
Passengers on a Canadian Pacific
train which -passed the scene of the
diseaster placed the number of dead
from. the first explosion at 20.
The officiate here of Curtis & Har
vey, limited, lacked information as to
the cause of the explosion. It was
said that "iprdhahly 300 persons were
working in the section of the plant
wher the first explosion occurred, i It
was believed by . the officials that -the
two other' explosions were caused by
fire that .spread from the first.
The passengers said it was impos
sible to obtain definite figures, as hun
dreds rushed into the open country
when the first explosion occurred and
mew had returned wneh the train left
for Montreal. . j
The extent of the explosion may be
Judged; by the fact that two farm
houses more than a mile from . the
plant were blown down. At noon the
village 'of. Dragon was blazing- and it
looked as if it would be destroyed.
BRTISJf
gestions, the nature i of which were
not disclosed. The executive com J
mittee, despite the decision to strike
agreed to submit, Mr; Stanley's Unalj
communication to a conference of-del-,
egates convoked -for' today. ...
Secretary Bromley - says although
eight hours is normal and enough for
any engineer, . they, often- .work 15
hours on a stretch, recognizing the ne
cessity of working longer hours at the
present time. Vh men inflexibly ,in
sist on the recognition of the princi
ple vof the eight hour day.
The newspapers point to the ex-'
treme gravity of a strike at the pres
ent time, specifying the delay in- the
transportation of the wounded as well
as reinforcements of men. and sup
plies to ports. '. . a
J. H. Thomas, M. P., of the national
union, says the union haa protested
stronglyi against the' society's -. action
which he regards as a breach of the
labor truce. , .
It, seems, hewever, that there is
some antagonism between ".the two
unions. . It is 'predicted - that if the
strike develops the government will
ftake very strong measures.
Use of Church Refused, 1
Junior Naval Vols. Meet ;
Monday in Boys' Club
.' A.
Because of the opposition by Rev.
fi. F. Weise to the activities. of H. K.
Arnold, of 466 Anson street, who pro
poses to organize in-Bridgeport the
Connecticut Junior Naval Volunteers,
Mr. Arnold has obtained, the Bridge
port Boys' . club, instead of Grace &.
E. church, for a -meeting for recruits
on "Monday -evening. : -.
The meeting- will be called at7?30
withv Mr. Arnoljd presiding. Mrw Arrf
nom is connected with the Bullard
Machine Tool Co., in the foundry de
partment. He expects to train youths,
too young now' for naval service, in
the fundamentals of naval knowledge
that when' they reach the propel" age
tney may nave additional opportuni
ties for advancement in the navy or
ganizations.
Pastor Weise opposed the organiza
tion as (being part of a war iDroeram.
and as he is a conscientious objector
to war, he ref used the . use of his
church for the training of the organ
ization. Rescue Missionaries -
From Chinese Bandits
Peking, Thursday, Aue. 16.- Twelve
American missionaries and 'a dozen
other foreigners, mostly women and
children, who were besieged by Chi
nese bandits at Tabul, a town' about
160 miles northwest of . Peking, have
been rescued by officers of the United
States Marine corps.
Capt. Calvin B. Matthews and Lieut.
Thomas M. Luby of the Marine corps,
who are attached to the Peking lega
tion,' left Kalgan early this month,
accompanied by. a detachment of Ohi-
nese soldiers, to bring out the besieged
missionaries, word was received here
today that the American .officers and
the missionaries had arrived In Kal
gan from Tabul. Kalgan is about
half way betweeen Peking and Tabul.
THE WEATHER.
Fair tonight and Sunday.
RAN RflAllS
III llBtllWIIW
Much-Wanted Man, Accused
As Forger, Caught by
Police in Milf ord.
PURCHASED BIG CAR
WITH PHONEY CHECK
Supply of Bad Paper and
Gasoline Run Out
; Simultaneously.
Gordon Murphy,' a. New Tork "Jim
the Penman," whose operations are
always accompanied by a touch, of
humor, admits today that a member
of his precarious profession should
never possess a pretty wife, If he de
sires Vto evade the . hand of justice
which , ever stalks in the wake of
wrong doers ready to clutch them.
Murphy admits that he has writ
ten more checks tha.ni John D. Rock
efeller,' the Only difference between
him and the oil king being' in the dif
ference of the sums Inscribed on the
paper, the euthntici,ty of the signa
ture and the value of the checks when
they are presented for paayment.
The visit of this suave forger to
Bridgeport with his pretty wife in an
expensive touring . car was crammed
full of adventure, entirely unsought by
Murphy and ending in his arrest on a
forgery charge. ,
In New Tork city this week the de
fendant decided' that Tie and hia wife
should Aiave a tourims; car. Armed
with a checkbook he approached a
New Tork auto agent known to the
poitcS" of Stratford only as "Jones,"
and decided to buy a oar - from the.
latter. , Jones was cubout to dose his
busines for the day and go home iha
one or the machines owned by the
company for wlnicb, he is agent. He
naa paoxed a crate of melons in the
rear of the machine.
JJ6 other car- would 1 suit Murnhv
but the one the, agent was using. He
must ouy it or none at. all- Jones
sold him the car and received a fat
check. Murphy then-observed the
melons and inasmuch as Jones could
not take them home without an auto,
he decided he should buy them from
,he aent. -So he wrote another'
check .for $1 for the melons. . Not
possessing any more checks he -re
frained from ' buying v the i-, agency
Itself. - - ' " - ,
Then Murphy started for "Walnut
TBeacli with"' hi rrf&ris-HevwaaJ
iiowiug v xcnuw mm pnage . enroute
to the resort when two young men
oi Liaan Diooa were so impressed by
the. good looks of the j young woman
mai mey jumpea on tne running
board of the. car. ."
The irate husbpnd ordered them off
the machine but both refused to obey.
They passed; M. number of policemen
and Murphy faHed to- appeal to them
for help, a fa which resulted in the
-uninvited guests becoming suspicious
of him and intimating that the ma
chine was stolen.
Somewhere in Stratford - the gaso
line supply gave out. Murphy was
broke
Let's take four bits .1 get some
gas," he requested of the two Bridge
port-youths. "Give a check for it
when" I get over to the beach." - i
The youths lent, him a half dollar,
the gasoline was obtained and Mur
phy tried to start quickly1, and leave
his two unknown guests behind. .But
the lure of Mrs. Murphy's wiles caus
ed them-to be on their guard and
they were not tq be denied. .
When the ' machine had ' reached
Walnut Beach, Murphy ybecame very
indignant. If the y uths xdid not get
off the car he' would thf ow them off.
rney were convinced the car was
stolen and did hot think " Murphy
would make a fuss hence they paid no
attention to the threats. i
. Murphy stopped the car and pro
ceeded to bang his annoyers around.
The latter yelled for the cops and
Chief WilHam C. Nichols and Police
man Barnum. came to their assist
ance. The youths protested the car
was stolen and Murphy with his wife
was taken into custody. The New
York police were communicated with
and they told the chief to hold both
the man and the machine.
Nichols .thought they said only the
machine .-id he let Murphy, and his
wife go. This was Thursday after
noon. Yesterday, Mrs. Murphy went
to. Nichols and. demanded, her hus
band's can She did , not know that
Agent Jones and Detective Joseph
Toner were Just in from New York to
get the car.
They told her to clear and, and as
she boarded a trolley car the officers
elimbed into a maehine and follow
r ed her. She led them to a cottage
where, her husband was stopping.
Handing her husband $2, she told
him to clear out.
, Murphy jumped aboard a trolley
car.. The car was stopped and the
defendant taken off and brought back
to New York yesterday afternoon.
Murphy Is wanted by numerous south
ern hotels where he spent his honey
moon during the winter having been
married Christmas for forgery, and
the Philadelphia police have been
seeking him for sometime.
STRIKERS CLOSE
500 OIL WELLS
IN 1 DISTRICT
McDonald, Pa., Aug. 18 Five hun
dred oil wells in this district were
shut down today as a result of "a
strike' of 200 employes of the South
Peftn Oil Co. The strike is said to
have resulted from the discharge of
four alleged agitators who were lead
ing the employes fight Tor a wage
I Increase of 20 per cent.
GERiAS THROW WAVE
AFTER WAVE OF TROOPS
AGAINST LOST TRENCHES
British) Front in France and Bel
gium, Aug. 18 German troops de
livered another sharp but utile
counter attack against a section of
the new Canadian positions northwest
and west of Lens early' this morning.
The Germans succeeded in penetrat
ing the British trenches but were
driven out immediately as a result
of strenuous hand to hand fighting
which cost the attackers a considera
ble number of dead and a few prison
ers. ' . ' , , "
British' Front in France and -Belgium,
Augr 18. The fighting Thurs
day at Polgon was unusually desper
ate. Wave after wave pf the enemy
came surging up against the London
troops, who held on determinedly with
rifle and bayonet until two simultan
eously counter attacks from different
directions forced them to retreat.
Gradually they withdrew, fighting
all the way. Some few of them in
deed were surrounded and fought un
til forced to surrender. One young
officer in command of 10 men found
himself encircled by the enemy and
his men being swept by machine gun
fire. The. last heard of him was con
tained in a message he signalled bock
to his division saying that his men
were facing certain death and. that
h& .saw no way but to surrender and
save their Uvea "N -.'
Aohg most of -the French front it
was comparatively quiet although - 'a
hard local battle was continuing
about- a . strong. German - redoubt
known as Lea Lilas, which lies about
a thousand yards southwest of the
St. Jansbeek river. '
In their advance the French surg-
ed- forward on either side eft hipo -
altlon, making a sort of pocket about
it, and it was expected that the" email
German garrison .would soon be com-
pelled "to surrender. ' The Germans
delivered a counter attack on ,the
French extreme right flank, but this
ALLIED TROOPS REPULSE ALL ENEMY p
ATTACKS, FIRMLY
.' : London, Aug. 18 The repulse of
enemy attacks on newly .acquired
British positions near Lens is' an
nounced "by the war office this morn
ing. Several powerful attacks ' were
successfully withstood with heavy
losses to the hostile- forces. The ar
tillery fighting east of Ypres is de
veloping great intensity. ;
The statement reads:
. "The enemy today delivered another
counter, attack against our recently
captured position immediately north
west 6f Lens. His troops again -were
completely repulsed after sharp fight
ing, in which we secured a few pris
COURT REHEARS
PURSE DISPUTE,
FINES CHAMPINE
Rearrest of Man Acquitted
In City Court Results In
Punishment.
Spectators in the city court this
morning were ' dumfounded when
Assistant Prosecutor Richard Swain,
pressing a charge of the theft of a
purse against Frank Hudson Cham
pine, demanded to know from the
defendant if -he had not offered the
stolen purse, and its contents of $16
to Attorney Samuel Reich, who ob
tained ' hfti acquittal , last Tuesday
morning, to pay attorney fees.
Champine, who worked in the
Remington Arms Co. ancWives in Olive
street, was arrested last , Monday
charged with stealing a purse from
John DeMarca ,a fellow employe
Judge Frank Wilder acquitted the
defendant. Information later reach
ed the ears of the court that Cham
pine immediately following the close
of the session -extracted the purse
from his personand offered it to the
lawyer to pay for, the services of the
latter.
Judge Wilder then ordered the de
fendant rearrested and he" refused to
try the case Wednesday insisting that
Judge Frederic Bartlett sit at 10:30
today. In closing the caee today At
torney. Reich told' Judge Frederic
Bartlett that the fact that the Farmer
had published a story in connection
with the stolen purse was responsi
ble for Champlne's rearrest.
"I think we are here today because,
of that clipping in the Farmer," as
serted Attorney Reich. ,
"What clipping?" asked the court
with emphasis. "I saw no clipping.
That's got nothing to do with the case.
I'm here considering the evidence
coming before me."
The first witness in the case a fore
man at the Remington Arms testified
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11 F ElilEliliPlFB 11 1 S 0 111 ft il iris P t IE HI
was repulsed by artillery fire.
" The contact between the French
and British armies was excellent.
The prisoners accounted for to date
totalled more than a,780 and this fig
ure represents considerably more
than the entire French casualties
along their whole front In Thurs
day's . offensive. . The remarkably
small casualty list was due to the fine
work of the French artillery, prelim
inary bombardment of German posi
tions .being the most -effective, and
the advance was made under a perfect
barrage. ' , -
As was the case with the British
front about Langemarck, the German
barrage was totally inadequate and
their counter battery work, on which
so much depends, , gave no trouble.
French counter battery firing resulted
in silencing a large number of enemy
guns, and so as a result the French
have been little , troubled by gunfire
in carrying out consolidations.
- The work of the French? engineers
in this difficult terrain, which as it
.approaches the river - is a -. veritable
morass, had been thrust forward
swiftly, and when it came to bringing
the flooded Steenbeke for crossing at
dawn Thursday there was not the
slightest delay in getting numerous
bridges over.
The French, air service played an
important part in the advance, going
ahead of the Infantry all along the
line and keeping- up 'the contact of the
patrols at the height Of two or three
hundred metres. The. Gorman air
men who ventured in the direction of
the French were driven back and the
air was cleared of enemy machines.
In addition to patrol work the French
airmen did good execution with ma-
- ohiie - runr and Jaomb on eany? se
doubts.
From a section of the French front
comes word that the renowned avt
ator, Capt. George Guynemer, brought
down two more German machines,
making 52 that hie has accounted for.
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ESTABLISHING LINES
oners. There was considerable hos
tile artillery activity during the night
in this i neighborhood and east' of
Ypres.",. ; ,
Paris, Aug 1 8 The French ."', last
night made further progress in Bel
gium, north of the road between Bix
schoote and Langemarck, it is an
nounced officially. . They captured a
strong point of support east of the
Steenbeke river. German , attacks on
the Aisne front were repulsed.
On the Verdun front the French in
a brilliant attack recaptured posi
tions recently taken by the Germans,
completely re-establishing their lines.
MOBILIZATION DAYS
FOR NATIONAL ARMY
MEN ARESELECTED
Three yTednesdays Appoint
ed For Bridgeporters to
Gather.
Mobilization days fbr.sthe Bridge
port members - of the . new national
army were announced today by Gov.
Holcomb and are three Wednesdays,
two weeks apart, starting Sept. 6. On
that day 5 the first contingent of the
national army,, or 30 per .cent, of the
state's quota, will entrain for Camp
Devens, Ayer, Mass.", there to become
members of the 76th. Division,- N. A.
U. S. under Major General Hodges.
The second contingent will ;-leave
Wednesday, Sept,- 19 and the .last on
Wednesday, Oct. 3. '
Russsians On
Offensive In
Petrograd, Aug. 1 8 The Russians
have taken the offensive on the Cau
casian front 'and have occupied a
series of villages, the war office an
nounces . .
TO RECEIVE MEN ,
BETWEEN 18 AND 40
FOR ORDNANCE CORPS
The United States army recruiting
station at 15 Fairfield avenue received
notice this morning to send to Fort
Slocum all men between the ages of
18 and 40. having a letter of accept
ance from any chief ordnance officer
for service in the ordnance corps.
Caucasians
Claims of All; Men Released From Service to Be
. ; Probed Large Increase in Number of Ac
ceptances Expected to Follow Decisions on"
Industrial Claims to Be Announced Monday;
That many men exempted from ' national army service
by local boards will have to file, evidence with the district
board to show cause wKff the exemption should not be over
ruled was the opinion expressed today when the six federal,
investigatory in this city received instructions from the war1
department 10 appeal all exemptions granted by local boards.
REICHSTAG WILL
DISCUSS ROPE'S
PEACE PROPOSAL
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Answer Will Be Delayed to
Allow Conferences Be
tween Central Powers.
London, Aug. 18 Pope Benedict's
peace proposals and the general po
litical situation will be discussed by
the main committee of the German
relchstag when it is convened Aug. 21,
according to a Berlin dispatch trans
mitted through Copenhagen to the
Exchange Telegraph Co. "
-foreign office is .not yet ready tc an
nounce tne government s standpoint
on the pope's peace proposals, anq an
answer probably will be dejayed con
siderably while the f our Central pow
ers are trying to reconcile somewhat
divergent views and interests regard
ing peace. ,. An article in the Cologne
Gazette perhaps forecasts the Ge'r
maij point of v view, declaring it is the
"duty' of all governments f to' support
any effort at : honorable mediation,
and pointing out that' the pope's action
is in r line with previous efforts of
Germany." ' '
It is evident that Austria-Hungary
wilt throw its full weight in favor of
an affirmative answer to the ' pope's
welcome proposal, - Just as Bulgaria,
which recently has been manifesting
extreme sensitiveness on Austro-Ger-man
discussion of thefuture of Mace
donia, will flatly and vehemently op
pose any acceptance of the return of
occupied areas. The note, as sent di
rect to the emperor by the pope, was.
published in the morning , papers.
While the Germania, as befits Sts
representative Catholic character, is
decidedly optimistic regarding the
prosipects for tangible results,, most
papers are rather skeptical as to the
chances that it will lead to anything
in the - immediate future., At least
the pan-German papers insist that
peace on the proposed basis is utterly
impossible.
The Berlin Tages Zeitung in its com
ment says the evacuation of Belgiuyn
and all occupied regions of France
is impossible Just because independ
ent Belgium henceforth would be an
Irreconcilable enemy of Germany and
it must be subordinated to the, security
of Germany's frontiers. Even , the
plan of the former ' German chancel
lor Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, f or
a Polish protectorate is'rejected be
cause the Poles have shown them
selves ungrateful for favors granted
to them. , ' '' ' "'""
U. S. Eeply to Pope
To Be Independent
of Allied Nations
Washington, Aug. 18. The reply of
tie United Stataes to the pope's note
will be sent independently and not in
eottnection with any answer from the
other belligerents. At least this is the
plan at this' time aas indicated by
Secretary Lansing.
It is generally taken , to be the fact
that- the president will consider the
opinions of the other allies in making
reply and that diplimatic representa
tives, in Washington are exchanging
the views of their governments with
the state department.
HOLLAND MAINTAINS ; .
RESERVE ON PEACE NOTE
Rome, Aug. 18. Reports received
from Holland maintain the strictest
reserve concerning .the pope's peace
note. ,
NEW YORK FLYER
NEARLY WRECKED
BY OPEN SWITCH
Bethel, Aug. 18 'Railroad officials
are investigating the cause of a nar
row escape from a serious accident
here last evening when a Pittsfleld
New York express, southbound, went
through an open switch leading from
the main track to a skiing. The first
intimation that the trainmen had that
the switch was not set properly-was
when the heavy train lurched from
the main, track and took the siding.
The train was stopped before it reach
ed the end of the siding, but railroad
men said the escape Irom a disaster
wasone of the closest they, had ever
witnessed.
This doesn't mean that no men will
exempt, but that the exemptions
will .be allowed to stand only in cases
in which they have been allowed on
staible grounds. . - The appeal step will
tend to remove any ruffles that might'
have been passed over by the district .
boards. The , cases will be automata- .:.
cally appealed, tout the Investigators '
win concern themselves only with
those in which they, have, reason to .
believe an evidence was not consid- "
ered. Differing from local and the
district board in method of procedure,
the investigators will make inquiry j
into special cases and will not; have
to 'depend on affidavits.
Married men of Bridgeport breath- '
ed a sigh of relief today when they
read President Wilson's letter to Senr j t
ator Weeks of Massachusetts inwhlch j
the president declared for a moderate !
application of the dependents clause (
of the selective service act. The pub-j 'v.
llcation of the letter is believed to be i
a tip- , to Provost Marshal General S
Crowder, that.wjjlle aavaiiable men - .
are desired fdr service, there iano ,
desire on the part of the adminlstra- - .
tion to violate the spirit of the provis
ion providing exemption for men wltte
dependents. General Crowder -has not
issued a statement on the question of
dependents yet this week and his sil
ence following many announcements
each more stringent than the preced
ing one is considered as 'approval of
the course- toilet' 'local: boards - Judge ' '
the , circumstances presented, by in
dividual cases. . ".'. '. "-.:'.'
J 'The fifth:Hifvision has-completed cij-j' -,
animation ' and today ' is: checking .-up
those Who have already appeared,
This procedure "goes on in the other
districts. ' t Announcement was made ,
today of the call ' for more men in .
the third drisioil''and they will ap
pear next week. :-,.'
v New business : before the . district t-
board today included; v : ;
Eight appeals from decisions of Di ,
vision Board No. 2. Bridgeport. '
: Certified list from Division Nou 2 of
this city of 79 men ' who have been ;
exempted or discharged. 7 ' '
Certified list of the acceptance of ,
"Benny'' Hertz, of -Norwalk,- pugilist i
and aspirant - for the . Connecticut
featherweight cSiampionship. - , ! " . ' -
Certified lis, of 42 exempted or dis
dharged 'by Norwalk board. ' ;
Certified list of 46 exempted or dis,
charged by Danbury board. -
An idea of the work-the district
board has on (hand may be gained -from
these facts: Yesterday more '
than gOO letters were received; . about -a.
quarter of these. were registered and.1'
contained either claims for exemption j .
or affidavits. Everyone requiring an -earewer
was replied to before the "6f . .
Ace closed. . ' In addition the board -;
gets at the rate of 50 telegrams a day
to say nothing of the calls and tele
phone calls from Greenwich to;An
sonia. , ;". -' ' ! -1" v - ' '." " - :
Monday will be decision day and"
those ' claiming , exemption whosa
names were on the first division list
of this city and on a Norwalk .list will
know what .disposition is to be made
of their oases. - . :- ' ..
CONFERENCE WILL
BE HELD MONDAY
ON LAKE DISPUTE
Vice-President Keppler of.
. International Union Ex
pected Here. .
, J. J. Keppler, vice president of the ':
International , Association of : Machin- ,-"
ists, was expected to come to this city ; '
this afternoon arid1 cbnf eritfi"the of
ficers of the local union" on the Lake
strike. ' ,
R. M. McWade, conciliator of the
Department of Labor; interviewed the '
machinists' committee yesterday after
noon at the Stratfleld, and obtained- ;
their view of the Lake situation. An
attempt today to arrange a conference
with the Lake officials was unsuccess
ful, as some of them were out of the ,
city. A meeting - was arranged v for
Monday.'56-.' -. ; - if JP'V -v
The machinists are holding a field
day today, at which Vice President
Keppler was expected. . Visitors came
from New Haven, New Britain and -other
cities in the state. -
AMERICAN FORCES TO
MOBILIZE IN CUBA
Washington, Aug. 18 iCuba's offer
to provide a mobilization and training' -
ground for' some American forces has
been accepted. The number or . de
scription of the forces to be sent can
net be disclosed for military reasons, i
f