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Harrie Debate, (in His First
Visit to the United Siates' in
Eight Years, Tells of
Possibilities
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Sugar Plantations,
and BipABuildinp Operations
"All that is needed to make
Philippine islands take rank among
the great nations of the world is a de-
P'llte policy established by the United
ates Government, and the
meat of sufficient capital to develop
the unlimited resources there."
clared Harrie M Coburn, todal
representative of The South Norwalk
4
Sentinel
Mr. Coburn, with his wife and four-
yenr-old son Milton, and accompanied
by a Filipino boy about
is making his first visit to South Nor-
He expects to.
spend about three months with his
walk in eight years.
parents, ell-Mayor and
coburn, at Colonial cottage.
been located for two years on the is-
land of Oahu, in the Philippines, and
for six years previous to. that time
He is lepresentlng
. his spouse sum Flam Antonin-
stop. with which he has been connect-
was in Hawaii.
ed for several nil-s.
pines. and is also interested in various
sun—unq—
(Continued on ninth page.)
IIITIIEII'S II" AT
IIOIIVMLK GIWIIIIII
Motller'bUDny was very fittingiynnd
beautifully observed at the Norwalk
Methodist Episcopal Church, Sunday.
The church itself being made a pen
fect bower of white carnaticns, lilacs
uni dogwood, by the Volunteer Circle
of King’s Daughters.
flowers, brought by members of the
congregation, were sent to the shut—
ter and those unable to attend the ser-
vlces at. the church.
tether. ‘Rev. dildwtn 'Whitttor Caswell,
whose rare visits are looked forward
to with great interest
gotten of the church, preached a most
tender and touching sermon from the
text, “As One Whom 'His Mother Com»
fort/nth. lilo Will [Comfort Tom'misal
III till: ill.
Mother’s "Day. coming between lilac
tar and Children's Day, anemic most
fitting, he said, as mother ill on intia
mstnly connected to both.
‘loie. the easiest approach to which
ill mother‘s love. was the theme of the
in the animal fling-
dom the ”mother love and care course
when the want are capable of taking
care of themsslvas. in the human, the
mother luvs hoes all the way but
increases as the years so or because
Re Very tobehlnsly
road itlpliait's. “0 Mother of Mine.“
tilt the class, cribs sermon the your.
iy subscription for the running sin
phones of the church was taken.
WM
go Awowé‘lrms srrrsnocn.
(owing to the hint that the bowels
and Wheeler circus was unavoidably
,defslnod at Fort charter this morn-
ing, the show did not arrivals south
dramatic early enough palsy to give
so sflernnontletformahee.
parade willfstsrt from no some?
grounds at f egolocit and there will he
a full evening. show, lM iii: this be-
tas Wed st 1 WMn Ares snow
florists:
whole discourse:
it is immortal.
will start promptly J
/
Hemp Mills
the
invest~
(18‘
too.
fourteen years,
Mrs. J. Milton
in the Philip.
Gifts of white
by the congrea
LOVE. finds
The Abiii
l
He has;day_ the railroad company will
» mously elected.
lawnmmt_w
Amnmunn
important lsession. as, reports were
'29, 30 and 31. with a big parade on
_......— -0.“
‘ on Non-ls Postman .: ‘
”PM “#3333 Class uses-r
..
Moving llamas This we... won
Annual Ball on May 23
. The last meeting Old Well Hook and
Ladder Company ever expects to hold
in the quarters occupied for so many
years, in the building in Havlland
street, took place last night. It was
largely attended, and presided over by
Foreman Howard L. Zeluii'. It was aft
made on the matter of. moving into
the new Central Fire Station in Frank-
lin street. This is expected to take
place this week. The furnishings
committee roported that they had ex-
amined many catalogues and tattoo
viewed local dealers, but not. much
could be done-until the building was
formally occupied. The committee on
shades or dance and reception to theA
canvassers at the recent fair had not
yet met with theother committees
from the department. '
The entertainment committee “ re-
ported that tt had made arrangements
to hold the annual ball in the new City
Hall, on Friday evening, May 23rd, and
tickets were distributed to the mem-
here.
Tile fiftieth anniversary of View
Witch Hose Company, No. 2, of New
Milford, will occur on June 24th, and
an invitation for the affair was re-
ceived. ‘
Crescent Hose Company. of Thom-
aston, is planning a carnival for MM”
Memorial Day. It is likely a large
delegation from Old Well will attend.
although it was not deemed advisable."
in view of moving to the new quarters
to engage a. band. As this is a bolt-
not
agree to arrange for a special train.
A communication regarding the dis
position of the billiard and Dillil tal-
bias was received from the Collection-
Bsike Company, and it was decided
to leave the matter to the house com
mittee
One application for membership was
received. and two new members At-
bert Coutu and Arthur Bushell ununi
having been an active fireman over
twenty years, was placed on the life
membership list. Howard Finch rs-
slgn‘ed as a member of the entertain-
ment committee. and George Gainer
was appointed.
Refreshents were served and a so-
cial hour enjoyed later.
ATTACHMENT IBIIII8T
IIIIBEIIT W. 9081'
(30.. of Trumbull. Conn, against
Robert W. Post. of this place, claim-
ing damages of 31,500, and an attach-
ment for $2,000 has been placed on
the property owned by Mr. ‘Post on
Riverside avenue to secure the claim.
the attachment being filed with the
town clerk. in the complaint the
plaintiffs allege that in June. 1910.
Post, the firm being known as blood.
Ellinpuon d: 00.. to furnish material
and to erect the walls of the hand-v
some new residence which Mr. Post
is having bullion the main road from
Westporl. to Norwslk. The contract
Was allowed to loose later by mutual
agreement. and the plaintiffs under
agreement with Mr. Post continued
the work. furnishing mat/crisis and
erecting the will for the house. They
allege that his his and Work were
furnished to the amount of '16..
713.65, of which the defendant has
paid $4,050, leaving a balance due and
unpaid of 312,633.55. Attorney illo-
wsrd lit. Nicholson, of manner-t. is
attorney for thc‘ pinintlll‘s. The
papers in the suit were served by
Adeputy hubrift‘ A. it. Abrioia. The
of the superior court
”CLINIC “MD WINE”?!
‘ m. '
1
In! mood assistant. business
Howard L lowndes, ’
Suit has been filed with the ”Super- ‘
ir :llrt l Hill Mlnln ”
The lhlator‘al 0 m by he hung g
they entered into contract with Ms.
case is returnable to "the Juno term
at Bridles
W 3. Minor. shit. at “10M
meeting of his small Monorail: m
West. was started to allowed
INIMMWM
IIIIIIPM
President Farrell Declares For-
eign Sales the Object, and Not
Competitors' Suppression
nonwhml
Anmumnm
Contradiolo Corer's Testimony
in Government Suit A
«new max, May iii—The United
States Steel corporation was pictured
yesterday by James A. Farrell, of
Hickory Bluff, its president. as a com-
bination not. to suppress its competi‘
tors but to develop the sale of steeL
in foreign lands. a development which
could not have open accomplished, he
said, if the corporation use not to-
ken the various companies competing
for. foreign business under its wing.
He was testifying as the first witness
for the defense in the bearingof the
government suit to dissolve thfie cor-2
poratiou as a combination in restraint
of trade.
Mr. Farrell amused his hearers
his intimate kndwledge of affairs
the most remote parts at the world
and held them eenly interested as
be imaged the itory of his rise from
a common leftover in s steel mill at.
themofllitobcthehadof ditto
irresisti°lndiiiltrul corpflflmn in the
variant the use of so. ‘ ,.
Traces Trust's Growth.
The witness traced the growth of
the steel corporation's export busi-
« (Continued on Sixth Page.)
IIOIIWALII IIIIII
iILllB ELEGfIiIII
{i‘he tenth annual meeting of the
gNorwallt BirdfiClub was held last eve-
ning with Charles A. Quintana. Of-
ficers Were elected as follows:
Presidentw-Wllbur it“. Smith.
Vice—President—Mrs. James 1". Hull
Secretary—«Miss Ads 5‘. Delta.
Treasurers—Mrs. Charles A. Quin-
lard.
The president. secretary and trees»
Aurer gave annual reports, which were
very gratifying.
FiftyAnve species of birds «were seen
during April.
This tufternoon the members will at-
tend the exercises at the County
Home.
Mus? HAVE eiXTv aMtVICI.
summon, hisy iii.-—-Genorsl Or—
ders issued from the office of the Mt-
jutant goncrsi's office call attention
to the following, which it is stated is,
published for the government of the
government of the C. 'N. t}. ‘
"Previous to the encampment, en-
listed men must Ahavo had so dsys’ ser-
vice in flit organised militia“: includ»
ing at least fourteen periods of prac—
tical progressive military instruction
of at least one and asphalt hours
each. or so equivalent service in the
regular Army. Navy of Marine corps.
Mono academic ynpr’. service at s
school When“ military instruction is
given" '
Thd General Orders add:
“In accordance with the foregoing.
no enlisted men will be taken to on-
components where payment is made
by the boiled flutes, who have not
but the required service."
, , _ _ ..
Shechil. anyway, Kate isn‘t one
or these women who carry gossip
around. ,
How-No, she has a telephone in her
haunt I
r
bodies of no Escape Millsto-
III.
‘ ranging the affair:
allow-«awn! did you give first dog
“7 not your the name of "PM ~
tlvs Committee Home by
PresentIAdnlniotl-stion
. , .
\.
The ladies of the fire escape legis-
lation committee, who were largely re-
sponsible for the successful passage
of that law are arranging to give
what they" mjplsued to term a
"Community Reception" at the assent.
bly room of themew City Hall on May
21st. from. 4 until ‘s o'clock in the ef-
ternoon and from 8 until 10 o’clock in
the'eVening. The affair will be in the
nature of 'a i liticstton meeting and
everyone in the townnnd many prom-
inent women f in about the State
have been in bed to attend the lit--
fair, whch pro tees to be successful
in the same to' sure as their salts-
tion for protection to the school chil-
dren was.
In recognition to the excellent and
enduring service which the ladies
have rendered the town and state. the
present administrationfhas seen fit to
permit the ladles to have the honor
of holding the first public affair in the
new City Hall, in short the new seat
of government will :nechrtaoened by
the members of this little gathering
who so successfully carried nun-flair
campaign for safety to their children.
sociability will be the keynote of
the function. The ladies have arrang-
ed to have music during the after-
noon and evening and there will be
six tea tables in evidence. These will
be presided over bytlle following in-
dies: em. ’1‘. l. Raymond, Mrs, Alvin
DeWitt Wadsworth. Mrs. H. 8. Lock-
Mrs. F. 8. Lyon, of South Norwalk;
Mrs Lillian Sherwood Nowkirk Mrs
Walter Pearson. Mrs. Edward as.
Mrs. Waiter ail-ray Wood, of dict-A
walls; Maori: .1. films and Mrs. it).
E. Gorbam, of anemones
Arthur Phillips, of Dorian; Mrs. W. G
Staples. of Westport. The ladies will
be assisted by anumber of young lel'
dies, acting in the capacity of wall-
res-es. - ._
‘A large number ‘of cutout-town
guests, including some of the promi-
nent members of the various woman's
organisations have basin invited to. no
tend the function. They and all the
other guests will be received by the
members of the legislative commit-
tee, assisted by the following repre~
sentatives of the several women’s or-
ganisations in The Nomad“, who are
cooperating with the committee in or.
Mrs. Robert M.
Wolfe, bliss Margaret ABrendllnger,
president of the Woman's Citib, of
Nor-walk; Mrs. Henry P. ‘Pl'ice, presi-
dent of the Anti-Tuberculosis Associa.
tlon; Mrs. J. ‘Milton Coburn. regent of
the D. A, 11., Miss Helen Swans, pres.
ldent of the ll‘riday Afternoon Club;
Miss Frances Kurd, president of the
Portfolid club; Mrs. m Davie. presi-
dent of the Town Union of King’s
Daughters; Mrs,AWilllsm if. Church
president of the Day Nursery Asshole
lion. and Mrs. *Henry C. m, pros-
idtant of the Ladies' iiospltatrnoard.
olsllio stoop pulses
to me onsrmtll
W
Claiming that Joseph-Folio, of Nor-
wailf, deframed his character by slur-
riul‘iwtstemoats‘msde directly to him
and to others regarding his wife and
tumult. eslvstol-o 'i‘ioriliio has
brought a demon suit against italic
for $1,500. The papers are returnable
before the superior court on the first
Tuesday of June.
The first offense was compound.
til. complaint alleges, on April lib
when Apollo said in the presence of
Tony Arena, Mike Banister. and E4"
nest Manure. certain thiagrroflsntlag
in no uncertain wove-upomthexlllsin‘a
tiff’s charsetsrAAsndLTAsl'sluA H- April
nth before Aliment looms with both
so disseminate unionism: shout his
Ml‘l‘iu’llilline's).with ., ,
Deputy other“ unsettle bashful
Wm In Henry Sloan Hicks and m
' speaking. saw that a number of men
attached property 1‘” the m "_ mini. hermit.
Tomorrow Evening ‘ stil‘iItashlnp-
ton Strsefiieodqua‘rtors—Ao- A
tlvlties of Yesterday-
hmmmnml
umnnumr
Mess fleetinp' Friday flight in
South‘Norwalli Conn. Church
"You American suffraglsts are all
right—«hut. what about the English'
suffragettes?"
Day after day, hour after hour, these
words m..said tow the suffrage cam
patgners who a.. a lumps their head-
quarters in South Norwalk this week.
Now- if you have said those words.
or if you have thought them, here is
an announcement in which you should
be interested. .
Miss Mary Keene, of London, will
speak on the militant movement to
marrow evening at the suffrage head-
quarters, 117 Washington street.
And Miss Keegan knowe whereof
she speaks. For six weeks, she was in
Holloway Jail. rel-nap you think it‘
was because she threw a stone or
penned acid in a positron or placed a
W ”I. ”HIM lithe. you are
as.
tell hut anyone how it was tbalI
the and. seem fililibi‘ women‘ betel
thrown into- Anti. am will he mousse.
perhaps Willy you will be. it
you have been? of the Abode! that the
women of England were millions be-
fore they had been imprisoned". -,
There are terrible things of the way
in which the English women have
been treated which Miss Keegan will
tell you. But as in all human stories
there an glintn of humor, too. For
instance. it is rather humorous to
know that the government sent 7,000
policemen to arrest'thlrtoen unarmed
women, isn‘t it?
Of the history of mllttaucy from the
beginning, and of the treatment which
the women of England have received,
Miss Keegsn will, tell tomorrow even-
ing. This meeting, like all the other
meetings of the suffraglsts. will heI
free
Street meetings Were held yesterdayI
afternoon and evening. To Miss Helen
Allen. f Salt Lake City, belongs the
distinction of bdng the first speaker
at u ’alreet‘lneotlng of this campaign
in South Norwalk. Miss Alien stand~
lag in headhunters. where Mills Clara
dim and Mrs. Dora 0. Horlne "Were
and women had gathered outside the
window So she found a soap bolt and
placing it on the curb stepped upon
it and began a suffrage speech. The
crowd grow larger and when Miss 'AlA
ten had finished speaking she intro-
duced another one of tho csmpalxm
err. who in turn presented another
spealt‘cr until all the young All/onion
except those who Wsre busy in head-
qunllbrs had spoken.
in the evening, a still larger crowd
lures which were shown by his Em-
tly Pierson. A description of the pic-
ture» was given. and short suffrage
speeches were made by tho-sumpslgn-
srll. nopportunity to not: questions
was given and lilandbills were passed
advertising the big more Meeting at
die south Womb: Congregational
Church Friday evening. when Max
postman, of New York will speak.
mommy“! armory spoke last eve»
nine before no filter Mallet“ tinfoil.
There‘ was a large attendance and
great interest was shown. This eve
the dirts’ il‘risudly ecciety of Grilles
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‘ Leo Tmostwyk, 'celiist; Mrs.
gathered to see the sferooptlcon Apic- .
lilo: bliss Keenan will speak hetero .
wheelies soancssrr.
Showers This Afternoon or Q'l‘cniphb.
IIIIIIII IIIII iI 'i?
“ IIllIII IIIIIIII
Concert at South Norwelll lion-
prepaiionei Church Well At-
tended and Enjoyed '
«4
Fine in all respects Was last night's
musicals given at the South Norwalk
Congregational Church. The entireper-
formanoe was a veritable treat, and it
is safe to say that it will not soon
be forgotten by those who were for-
innate commit to lbe present. The ar-
fists, one and all. were in episodic
singing voice or in excellent form. for
playing, and acquitted thornseives
most camobly according to their sev-
eral opportunities. Chief honors, how-
ever. went to the following trio: Mr.
Mm
-MorsevGrannls soprano, and Miss
Lucy AReed Gray, contralto, their per-
formanoe being of such an artistic na-
ture that it was a. joy forever to lis-
ten to it, and the enthusiastic and-
ience, notwithstanding it was within
the sacred presence of a. church, ap-
plauded again and again for encores,
which ware granted very graciously.
Mr. Trooetwyk; who is a professor in
violiuceilo at Yale University, certain~
ly showed that he was amaster cfbigb
abilty on that instrument last night,
for be made it throb and sing like
some weird thing possessed of life;
while Mrs. Grannies ‘and Miss-Gray
themselves song as perhaps they hold
never done before, which is saying a
great deal. Indeed, one enthusiast was.
heard to exclaim that they song like
a. couple of songbirds their voices
were so rich and melodious, so very
beautiful in all their registers. Un-
(functionality it‘was a real treat to its
too to both these ladies, whether they
flag in dusts or in solo work and it
umbehooedlhsstbsll weather with
lilr. Trooetwyk and also the other
artists who moisture in the diastolic.
Wilkinson min. and before long; with
another of their worthy performances.
S. Alcoa Smith, tenor; Forest E.
Umberto; sod Frederick .13. Grain
niss, organist and accompanist, who
rounded out the program, all acquitted
themselves finely. according to their
opportunities, and contributed. in no
small way, in making the concert this
commissioners Bulsd‘fhat
Oyster Company was
tilted to $6,278.00,
noes Damage
Ammunn ‘
-mmmnml
OtherClalms Higher ThanBr
Committee Offered I
Reports have been current for M
past few weeks that the work on‘ I
new Washington street bridge
start at almost any moment, but,
ly, until the finding of the'
commissioners relative to th
of the properties yet unsold by
vlduats tthe town. which as
also this article. the, bridge mat
were held in abeyance. Now,‘
ever, the Abridge'colnmtttee has 1
money, the value of the property" .
been determined, the commutes
the power to pay the money for?
property, and nothing stands in;
way of'work for the new bridge.J
Judge Lucien F. Burpcep ’ .
perior court, recently so
‘F‘nll'chlld Wheeler. John W
Bridgeport, and 800110 ‘E
ties had arisen but
committees and the owners. libs.
mission held numerous hearth“ ,
vast amount of testimony was but”.
(Continued on Ninth Page}
tine success it was. Beautiful bouquets
of flowers were presented. during the
course of the performance. to both
Mrs. Grnnniss and Miss Gray, who re
ceived them with smiling acknowledg~
meats.
The program follows:
Organ Solo» .
a. Scheraando do (‘oncert . Piern no
b Allegretto ....... Wolsienholme
Mr. Grannies.
l)net~——Lcs Zlngarelles ............
Luigi Bord
litre. Grannies. Miss Gray.
Bass Solo—m
Ab. Within 111ch Sacred Dwellings.‘
from Magic Flute ........ . Mozart
Mr. Case.
Cannons Del Toreador (Carmen) ..
Georges lllset
, Mr. Smith.
'Cello Solo-~ .
a. Andante from Orpheus and Euri-
rico Ch. W. yon (illlck
Ab.l\dtnuet .............
(l. i". Handel (fulfil-1759)
Mr. ’l‘rbootwh.
Alto Solo-—
a. Caro Mioilon
Guiaoppc (liordani
h. i Wonder if Ever the Rose ..
D. males-
sears.
bliss (tray.
soprano Solon-«Two Lyrics from Told
in the (late . “flee. w. Chadians
a. Door Love When in Thine Arms.
Ab. Sweetheart. Thy LipsAre Touch-
ed With Flame.
_ Mrs. Grannies.
“Cello solo--
arAlbanl Leaf Grannies
Mr. i‘roosrwyk. .
’i'rlowvmul sl Mar ...... Gordigisnl
IIBIIIST BBIISIILIMI
l
l
.epecinl meeting assembled the follow-
ling resolution was passed unsalted
llv:
8!”)Councll of the City of South no
a llanio Song ...... Sidney Homcrl
‘mittee onflltics and Boroughkoi
b. Trunmerei . ‘. .. lichen Schumann
c. Saharan .....‘I)sniel von Goons
All“. Adi-shuttle, titre Gray. fir. 8mlth.
station with; new. trill introduoe‘
spills people to each other today who
' ought to have known each other years
lilT’f 0FPIGIAL8 VOTE
The administration of the City "
South Norwalk put itself on record,
taking a decided interest in the ob
solidatlon fight last night when. ill I.
Whereas. in the judgment of?
a special city meeting is necessary “a
consider the Consolidation Bills
called pending in the General A
lhly of this State or before the Oil
General Assembly. which legible:
Alf adopted, consolidates the tow
Norwslk into one city and th
abolishes the municipal existed,
this city and its government:
fore: *‘
dissolved that his Honor, tit ,
or, be and he is hereby directed
requested to call a special city to .
lag of this city to be held in i.
nombiy flail of the new City its]
the 16th day of May. 1918, it
unlock p. m.. for the phrpose
siderlng the legislation store
to take such action in relation
to as to said special city meeting.
seem advisable or expedient,
FOUND LIAFELEIC“ iii {MA
APiJ'l'NAM any 13 w-‘Gcorfl
Dale sited twenty nix years,.wo
«lead in the ethos of a focal
stsble this morning. lie was ‘
way home with three compost
evening. when he was taken
fainting spell. on companions
ed and into the unbound pl .
in. a chair. The bustier fault
the night thinking VsnDsis’s’
Norwalk Chronicler