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MEMORIAL DAY SENTINEL.
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The. Sentinel will be issued as a‘
morning paper on Memorial Day.
Thursday, May 30th. Adventisenrents
and items of news should reach the.
office early Wednesday afternoon to
insure publication.
. WEATHER FORECAST.
For Nor'waik and vicinity:
.Iate tonight and Wednesday;
followed by clearing on
somewhat .coolcr Wednesday:
south and southwest winds. The dis
turbance that was (‘cnlrflI yesleti'tlfi)
morning over North Dakota has mov-
ed slowly eastyvard and is now central
over Minnesota. it has produced
showers during the last 24 hours from
‘thiontana eastward in Michigan air-3
soul .ward to Missouri. Showers were
also reported from the South Atlanta
- must. The temperatures are high in
the southwest. Abilene. Tex" report
ed a maximum of 10:. Moderate tem‘
pcr‘aluros-oonthire' in the northernsec
Alone. The western disturbances will
move eastward and pans out the St.
Lawrence Valley on Wednesday.
Showers
W_EATHER A YEAR AGO TODAY.
Temperature: Low, 60; high, 78.
Clear.
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The Carpenters’ Union will meet to.
night.
Mrs. J. L. Walsh and daughter, Flo.
pence, of New York, were visitors in
town yesterday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Quittner, of
New York, trolleytod to South Nor-
walk. yesterdai'.
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~Geranlums, pansles. English ivy,
palms and ferns. Flower Store, 175
Washington Street Bridge
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' Mr and Mrs. James M. Lane and
daughter of 107 South Main street.
who have been south since Novem-
her, will return from Washington, D
’C., to their home. on Wednesday.
. Bl-bson (Smith, of West street, has
purchased an Old Town Canoe
llnrough'William H. Ferris. of West
street. the local agent. The canoe is
of the Octa type and is to be Yale blue
:in color. it will be an addition to the
- growing fleet at the Knob Club.
——l)ancing at Roton PL, Wed. even.
May 29. Admission 15c.v‘,'
A hand organ that was brought to
I lNorwai-k on the Goles‘ Electric Ex-
tbress this morning. though minus the
turning handle was left standing in
. the Norwaik car barn for some time
before fhe owners arrived. One of the
trolleymen armed with one of the
brass handles. succeeded in ringing
our the organ's tunes for about an
hour.
Captain J Harry Gibson yesterday
succeeded in locating the meat clrop- ‘
per which was stolen from the Fox
'1 Cycle Hardware store last Tuesday
and has returnéd the property to the
The latter did not wish to
’3 prosecute and no arrests were made.
' The captain refused. to disclose the
mine of the thief this morning and
Wit say. nothing except that he loca-
ad 4M stolen property in lower
probably ‘
Thursday: ;
brisk,
BasebalflGood
A Nova. and Complete Lino
sA'ro onto 01.00"
Also a Complete Lino of
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WM. P. BEERS
South Norwalk and, Norwalk
STATIONERY srorzas
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Work for Each.
No one of my fellows can do that
special work for me‘wnlch‘ i have
come into the world to do; he may
do a higher work. but he cannot do
my work. i cannot handover my work
to him, any more than i can' hand
iover my responsibilities or my gifts. .
i must do ' my work. i may
3“” little or I may do much. ”that?
matters not. it must be my ownf
w ork. -Ruskin.
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'Tio Foolish. Come to Think of It.
Three days out from liongkong on
the steamer (‘iryo Marti. bound for
San Francisco, the. little American had I
I lust initiated her new fotrird friend, a
stately English "woman, into the subtle l
mysteries of the gum chewing artl
For a full moment the novice chewad ,
In silence. then: "Fancy." she L‘X';
claimed still chewing, “how foolish
one must feel. forever chewing and!
never swallowing!"
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His Obligation to Nature. t
Nature was his nurse and rlayfel-l
low. For him who would let slip be
tween the leaves theaoldcn shafts of .
sunlight that fell just within his grasp:' ;
the would send wandering breezes to
visit him with tho balm of bay and
resinous gums; to .him the (all red
woods nodded familiarly and slocplly.
the bumble bees buzzed. and the
rocks cawed a slumbrous accompani-
ment—Bret Harte. l
Where You Can Goo Meridian Livia.I
The meridian of the earth, the colon ;
fist will tell you. is an imaginary line;
ruuni from north to south. It is not i
genera aly known. however that near
Greenwich observatory the meridian
line can be actually seen and walked'
upon. it is deeply groved in stone]
and fl laid in the footpath that leads
round the observatory-Wide World
Magazines
1 "a
'Hor Explanation.
provoked when she found. that her
cousin, Mary queen of Scots, had been
put to death. “1 can't help it if peo-
ple will lose their heads at critical
moments." her majesty petulantly ex-
claimed. “As far as I am concerned.
the occurrence was entirely ax-idou-
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Three Songo'of tho' Hone.” ~'
The he‘n has songs of three distinct
types—the lovesong. a bully repose to
her. mate; the song of indifference.
when idly hunting for food. indicat-
ing no certain pttrpoae"‘la her move
meats; and the lullaby song. a low.
crooning. soothing note..hnahing tho
young chickens to sleep.
Evan CURES ULc'ERs.
Remarkable Results From New Skin
"Remedy That Coot-Almost
- . Nothing. .
Old sores and ulcers are quickly re-
lieved and cured by using i-lokara, the
wonderful skin food that is caring
al kinds of skin diseases and blem-
ishes.
Eczemau pimples. blackheads. Tone.
harbors itch and every form of skin
disease respond to this antiseptic and
greaseless skin food and tihouo build-
er. .
Frank ll. Baxter, tho Ioool’ mill.
Ifor Hokara. has been authorised by , t
the manufacturero to Mood tho our»
. chase price to any dilution“! [custom-
or. Buy a jar today and m for your-
self what a romei'hobio .rotnody Ho-
km molly; lo. libero
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OLOVIO W!“ to “.00
Queen Elizabeth was very .much .
for for filo.
”Writ Shin; Nomlk. corn. 1
a: document optical in J
dire ti and ‘i “illitfifiillli
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They will make your porch a de-
lightful, cool, enjoyable spot
‘ this Summer
A J Collins Co.
START YOUR CHICKS RIGHT
Somown Good for Young Chicks.
The success of your broots. from the moment thev are out of the
shell. depends on the feed you use. iionnle Chick Feeds home pr-e
, pared. are the kind you can depend on to make flue. lrealthv fowl:
and future sturdy layers. We use not only the best and cleanest ma-
teriala, but we proportion our mixtures scientifically. to provide for ’
the youngest chick as well as tho lull grown fowl. (irrly swaet.sound,1
cracked grains are permitted to so Into our feeds lionnio Little
(hick Feed is not an experimcnt. but is something that has been i
carefully tested and there is nothing used that can not be fed nlono ,
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wit it perfect safety. llomiie (‘hick Peed contains the choicest im-
ported Mlllets. line cracked charc.oal thoroughly dried and selected
grains ~such as out meal. cracked wheat. (racked kalflr peas. lino old
cracked corn, which combined. make a food best adopted or produce I
strong and vigorous chickens. , MANUEL TORO HATCH. 't
First in 'dunllty, last in price, always in the minds of its “custom-
crsauonnle Home arctrnd Feed for liorscs. Cattle and Poultry .
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Concrete. Cement. Flag
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QCurh & Gutter Reset
L S Old Walks Recovered ;
qoréamg. excavating. Team Work
RAYMOND BROTHERS
AUTOMOBILE EXPERTS
ARE EARNESTLY REQUESTED TO INSPECT THE 1913 MODELS
THE MOYER AUTOMOBILE
NOW READY FOR DELIVERY AT OUR GARAGE
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
By renting an automobile for an hour. a day or a week.
fours are careful and experienced men.
OSCAR H. BANKS
RIVER STRSET Toiophono 88]! NORWALK. CONN.
Our chauf-
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Optician
Everything in the Optical Line"
Eyés Examined Free
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Decoration Day
SPECIALS
This wool: w. have placed on sale many now things in the way
of Ladies' and Missos' Suits. Coats, Dresses, Waiots. Skirts. House
Dresses, Kimonos and Princess Blips that you should see. The
styles are the very newest. The qualities are of course in every
out With high standard always maintained hero. and you'll find
our W‘mm considerably below ordinary. Summer is here in earnest
't put off supplying your summer clothes neodo' my ions- 1
or. .iillmi; gutting tho honoiit of them right away. You'll and hero
the MM everything in road! to wear apparel in styles thst are
always ohosd of tho timu—atyles that will plooso you because
we cstor' to oil cium of particular people. Whether your taste is
conservative or extreme. we can please you. Como and sec tho Doo-
oration Day Spocloio throughout the storo. .
'. Don't’lot anything detain you from coming to this store at
onool '
The Paris Cloak & Suit House
or; Main St. Stamford. as scum Iii. Shunt Norwsilt ‘
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‘lo author the falls relating to
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vernal desire. for the simple truth. it
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Other conclusions presented,
brief. were as follows:
Before the ’i‘ltaiflc departed on her
maiden voyage ihere were no suffi-
cient tests of boilers. bulkheads,
Ill
log evidence of his fitness to live: lculpoblo and amusing u‘ it is flavor.
those of us who knew him well—mot oiblo to believe. And some of these
in anger, but in sorrow—file brie silo- men say they ‘laid by' in their partial-
clfic charge against him, Overconii- i iy filled lifeboots and listened to tho
dence and neglect to heed the More! cries of distress ‘untll the'nolse quiet-
poated warnings of his friends; but,I ed down' and summed from a safe
in his horrible dismay, when his brain I distance the unselfish men and women
was aflre with honest retribution, we- and faithful fellow officers and so».
(In still see. in his manly bearing men. whose heroism lightens up this
and his tender solicltudo for the safoi tragedy and recalls the noblest tradi-
ty of women and little c..hiidren some tlons of the sea.”
traces of his lofty spirit. Tributes to the valor of Phillips and
The mystery of his indifference tot Bride, the wireless operators on the
equipment or signal devices.
Ollicero and crew were strangers to
each other and not familiar with the
no-
ship'a implements or tools, and
drill or station practice took place and
no helpful discipline prevailed.
The speed of the Titanic. was 24%
miles an hour at time of the accident.
although officers of the Titanic had
been advised of the" esenco of ice-
bergs by the steamsh a Baltic Arn-
eriku and Californian.
Padsengers were not advised of dan-
ger, although President lsmay of the'
White Star iiuc. who was taking the
vessel's maiden voy,age was inform-
ed No general alarm was given nor
any organized system of safety under-
taken.
(if the 1.824 managers and lit"
members of the crew on board, there
was room in the iifobouts for only i.-
176 persons, and because of lack of
elderly discipline the boats took off
only 704 persons. 12 being rescued
from the water.
Offit‘ers of the While Stat l. lire "ii-it-
tied with the truth" after receiving ln- ,
formation from their Montreal office‘
the ucclw
Monday_ morning following
dent.
Senator Smith condemned
quated'shipping lawn and overripc uti-,
asked that.
all nations act together in shipping rc-i
mlnlstrative boards" ttrid
forms. "New Ians,‘ he said, "will beat
testify our affection for the dead."
l‘aptain Roslrou, of the rescue ship,1
praised S‘mfllol‘
that
(‘arpathia was
Smith and he urged
rc maniac his valor.
At the outset .Serrator
by
Smith
holding British subjects to sup-
lhclrteatlmony without delay, and
‘ briefly answered t ritltlsrn of iris lack
of nautitai knowledge
'Our course was simple and plain»-
this
they were still vivid
citizenship gave way in the. unl~
was of porpmount importance that we
luriadlc-
fionnl confusion and organised oppo
anion at home or abroad. We, of
course, remgnized that the ship was
urider a foreign flag; but the lives of
countrymen had
been sacrificed and
to be taken for future guidance.
lencc or special knowledge of nautical
affairs, nevertheless i am of the opin-
ion that very few important. facts
which were stmceptible up being
krfiwn escaped our scrutiny.
is «ten more desirable than learning
and tho inquieltlon serves a
. purpose to the. State.
“in the construction of the Titanic,”
continued the Senator, no limit of
- cost circumscribed their endeavor and
Glen this vessel took its place at the'
head of the line every modern irn-'
prevemont in shipbuilding was sup-
posed to have been realized so confl-
triai trip.
“When the crisis came a state of ab-
solute unpreparedness stupeflcd both
passengers and crew and, in their des-
pair, the ship went down. carrying as
needless manoriflco of noble women
meat of passing time.
"We shall leave to the honest judg-
merit of England its painstaking chas-
tlsement of the British Board of
Trade, to whose” laxity of regulation
and hasty inspection «the world is
largely indebted forthio awful totality.
or contributing causes thero' were
very many. 'm the tops of warning
signals. speed waslncreased and men
cases of danger seemed to stimulate
her to action rathor‘thon to persuade
" her to fear. .. «
' "The Titanic rushed onward On her
true course-one recognised as appro-
priate and agreed upon by morincrn as
the international highway for west-
bound vols-lo, yet dangerous at this
spawn of the year. when the Labrador
current-maybe bearing vast masses
of ice across the ‘ track of ships-
scores of those towering glaciogs
planted themselves in the very path-
way of this ship. and were so large
and so numerous that. in the absence
of fog. they should havo'hoon coolly
discernible by the lookout. if, so he
says in his tostiinony, be had both sup-
pliod with glosses.
“Cort 8mm: know the no and his
closroyo’oud may mummm
Illidod his ship through «choroid
suhoforwwymstommfl:
danger when other and less preten- iTitanic, were paid by Senator Smith.
tious vessels doubled their lookout or He said that the final exit of the Phil-
stopped their engines. finds no real- lips boy was "not so swift as to pm-
orrablo hypothesis in conjecture or i vent him from pausing long enough to
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"aiiti- v‘
l'orixrcss?
(le- '
l loaded the course of his conrmitlcc ini
"Questions of di‘,
the safety of
many had been put in grave peril. and
fit was vital that the entire matter,
;should be reviewed before an Ameri-
lcan tribunal if legislative action was:
“Without any professions to cxpcr-i
Energy ‘
useful I
dent thre‘thfy first both owner andi
builder were eager to go upon the‘!
and brave men as ever clustered about .
the Judgment Seat in any single nro-'
speculation;
was supposed to have attained perfec- l
idea and to have spoken her last word;
I rnastccv of the ocean had at last been'
i achieved; but overconfidcuce seems
to have dulled the faculties usually so
alert. With ,the atmosphere literally
charged with warning signals and
wireless messages registering their
last appeal, the stokera lathe engine
room fed their tires with fresh fuel.
registering in that dangerous place
her fastest speed. ‘
' 'Nature gave a warning of up-
i preaching peril so significant that pas-
'seligers in stateroom and steerage
shutout the chill and spoke to one as-
other of the sudden cold. Sailors off
the Grand Banks know the importance
of the thermometer, which is almost
'as necessary to their safety as is the
compass. liven the. quarterrnaster.
illcheas. who regularly took the tem-
peraturc of the water from the son,
said. ‘It mildenly became bitter cold;
3 and added that the first order receiv-
ed by him from Second Officer Lightol-E,
‘. ler at 8 o‘clock Sunday evening was;
“to take his compliments down to the‘
ship‘s. carpenter and inform him to;
lock to his fresh water. that it warn
. aloni lu freeze! "
6 Senator Smith declared that met
mainland or the officer of the w :riehl
to‘aurl the disaster actually cxposcd'
; the most vulnerable part of the Titan-i
it to the ice when the shock came
“iristrm id by the sudden upmar '
: ance of dangt r. said the spe -,akcr “he
sharply turned aside the prow, the:
part best prepared to resist collision, i
. exposing the temple to the blow;
the turn of ihe bilge the sire] encase
lneut yielded to a glancing blow so!
slight that the impact was not felt in
malty parts of the ship,‘altlrouith re
presenting an energy of more than a
million tutu tons. said to be the cutti-
>' valent of the. combined hroudaides of
,20 of the largest guns in our bottle-
ship fleet fired at the same moment.
,with a blow so deadly marry or the
passenger and crew did not even know
of the collision until tardily adviited of
ithe danger by anxious frxeudi, and
even then official staterooms were
clothed in such confident assurances
of safety as to arouse no fear.
f Senator Smith said that the awful
force of the impact. must have indi-
lcated to master and builder that the
ship was doomed. He commented can.
t silt-ally upon the failure of‘the ships’
.officers i‘ninrcdiately to give general
alarm or to establish some orderly
groutine. Concerning the conduct of
the ship' 3 officers, he said:
"Haphazard. they rushed by one an
other. on staircase and in hallway.
v7hlle men of self control gathered
I here and there about the decks. help-
lessly staring at one another or giv-
ling encouragement to those less cour-
,ageous than themselves Lifebelts
swore dually adjusted to all and the
t lifebosts were cleared away. and air
lthougii strangely insumclent in num-
ber. were only partially loaded and in
all instances unprovfded with compos-
ses and only three of them had lamps.
They .were manned so badly that, in
absence of prompt relief, they ,would
have fallen eosypvlotlms to the advanc-
ing ice hoe. nearly 30 miles in width
and rising 16 feet,above the Surface of
the water. Their danger would have
been as great as if theyhad remained
on the deck of the broken hull, and if
the son had risen these toy targets
with over 700 exhausted peeple‘ would
hove_'been helplessly tossed about up-
on -the waves without food or.water.
‘ "Ono witnesisdoro that two of the
three stewards in her boot admitted
that they had never had an our in
their hands before and did not even
know what the car look was for. The
lifeboats wereliilled so indifferently
and lowered so quickly that, sword-
fng to the uncontradicted evidence.
nearly 500 people Were needlessly sac-
riflcod to want of orderly discipline in
loading the few that. Were provided.
‘And yet it is sold by some well-mean-
lng persons that the host of discipline
prevailed? If this is disclplinotwhat
would have been disorder?
"Among the paueagerot were many
strong men whobnd boon accustomed
to oommond._,whooo lives not! marked
every avenuo or endeavor. and whose
business experience and military‘
trhioing olpooilily fitted them for
such on emergency. Tito-o wore rado-
iy silenced and forbidden to spook, on
.m the president of this warm by
junior adios". a few of whom. I ro-
élfi‘iifimmlm of tho
W6pporh is to intro the ship.
muwom.townomiiod
man.’ The senator showed that hill!
not the underpaid wireless operator '
on the Cai‘lratlria prepared for bed
with his receLver stllf on his head the
Titanit' s distress signals never would ,
have been received by the rescue ship.
“When the world weeps together
over a common loss,” said Senator.
Smith. “all nations should take steps
wisely to regulate wireless telegraph!
and see that operators are f alri'y' paid."
lie condemned the “reign of silence"
concerning the details of the disaster.
in condemning the failure of the Cal-
ifornian to learn all about the disaster
before the Titanic sank, and go to her
rescue, Senator Smith said:
“The steamship Californian was
within easy reach' of this ship for'
nearly four hours after all the facts
were known to Operator Cottam. The
captain of the Carpathla says he gave
explicit directions that all official
messages should be sent through oth-
er ships, and messages of passengers
should be elven preference.
ing to lllriu. the inapector. the appara-
tus on the Californian was practically
new and easily tuned to carry every
dcru‘l of that calamity to the coast
stations a Care Sable and t‘npeRhce, ”
and should have done so,
"The course taken was singularly-
ln accord wilit the rcticence of the of.
flcluls of the White Star 00, who
jiitnew at ‘2: tilt Monday morning." said
the Serra: or 'whut was supposed to
have ocurrred, and yet at 7: 51 Mon-Lt ‘
dav evening a message from their own
omte, officially signed containing the
:positite assuraute of the safety (it
Ellie pasr cutters. “as sent to a half-
cruzed father at Huntington, W.
ncariy two hours alter their admitted
familiarity with the details of the dis-
order. it is little wonder that we have
not been able to fix with dellnitcness
ihe author of this falsehood."
Senator Smith reviewed the tesli-A
mony of (‘aptain Lord. showing that
the Californian cable within four
miles of the doomed vessel and that
he went to ills room to lie down while ,
signal rockets were being fire d.
“Failure of Captain Lord to arouse
the wireless operator on his ship, who ,
easily could have ascertained the
name of the vessel in distress and
reached her in time to avert loss 0'1.
life“ said Senator Sfith, “places a tro-
mcndous responsibility on this 0 _ ,
from which it will be difficult for him
to escape.” ‘ i .
“Contrast. if you will, the conduct-
of the captain of tho Carpathia in thin
cmerrency and imagine what must
be the consolation of that thoughtful"
and a) mpathetic mariner, who rescued,
the shipwrecked and left the people or
thenvorid his debtor as his ship sail-1
ed for distant seas a few days ago,
By his utter self-enacoment and his
own indifference to peril,
promptiiess and his knightly gym»
pathy, he rendereda great service to
hvmanity. He should be made to real-
ize the debt of gratitude this Notion
owes to him, while the book of 300d“
deeds, which had so often been famil-
iar with'his unaffected valor, would
hence forth carry the name of Capt."
Rostron to the remotest period of,
time. -
"The lessons of this hour." said Sen-l
in-‘JV'
ator Smith in conclusion. “are,
deed fruitless and its precepts lllco'n-
ceived it rules of action do not follow
hard upon the day of rec.koning Ob-
solete and antiquated shipping laws
should no longer encumber tlre’parlia~
memory records of any Governmenfh
and over-ripe administrative hoards,
should be pruned of dead branched
and less sterile precepts taught and.
applied. "
Senator Smith recommended that»
lanes of travel should be more caneftrht
-iy defined. strength of ships' bows l
creased, life ,saving equipment hotm‘
ed. and discipline and practice mo
an emotion. He said buoys should
be carried to mark temporarily
placeof the ship“ 3 burial in case 0 '
cldent; and men of strengthond‘o ,‘
it there must be, won book to I. "
lug already demomliaod and d .. ,
“But 10 per cent of the men, . -
the must in our merchant mot-loo .
natives or naturalized Amofloons..t
d. ‘imvon England, that 20 . t
had barely 'f .000 Orientals on lioi‘
chant ships, now carries ovor f 1
ofthot alien rooo. Ainorioons
cannot in this amiss. they
become the soldiers to! the no, and.»
whether-tn the lookout. on tho dock
or at the wheel. whether obio or soap
moo “onion they should be who
paid for um labor not mm W
room in hair cinnamon ~ . *
Accord- .
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by ' his .
science in shipbuildingi pass a cup of water to a fainting tIIQv ~.
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