bridge.
V 815. «and adjourned at 8: 45.
f 5‘ a."
«Whether your busi-
, ness venture or enter-
prise will be attended
by success depends
largely on the amount
of money you can in-
vest in newspaper ad—
vertising.——O. W. L.
ESTABLISHED 1870
2111 11
111 it sat
Vuluunn
In Letter to Democratic Com-
mittee Mr. Donovan Lauds
His Friend Andrew
Leary
p“
PM VT ..
1111313 W11 11 1111
V ___i_i__l_Vli liiiii
VWill Probably be Indignation
Meeting
ll.
1:"
The Democrats are bllsier than the
little bees that buzz so industriously
around the spring flowers in the fields
'I‘hey are excited. too, similarly to a
liock of sheep disturbed by the up
peril-anus of a lion. It is all a result oi
the announcement by Congressman.
Donovan that Andrew Leary is to fill?
the seat made vacant by Postmaster
Edmund E. Crowe.
Yesterday the Democrats were de‘
Vtermincd that ‘Mr. Leary should notVbe
postmaster if they could carry any in-;
(Continued on Eighth Page).
BROAD Sliiil Bilfliii
Milli-iii 608i $4,809,,
V.
Board at Estimate Also Appro-
prialss $50 ipr Flags tor
School Buildings
. A special meeting of the board at
estimate and taxation was held last
night in the council chamber,
iii-ail.
were present and in the absence of the
mayor. President Charles W. Bell-call-
ed the meeting to order. The clerk
read the call and a gelielai dlBtUBSlOn
arose as to the amount available which
CityV‘
All the members of the board‘
T
Intel-ed at the South Not-walk Poet-Om“
raccoon Clan Matter. -
NURWA K'S,
[liilflli
SEA RE
ls Composite, Greater Portion
Being That Submitted by For-
mer Mayor Hubhsil
BRIDGE, lilll Will
iii liiilillli Milliiiliilil
Embossing Seal in City Clerk’s
titties, Also
311111 Sill 3111mm
nuts 11 1111111113
Does Not Appear in Be Enough
Money to Purchase Two Sug-
gested Thus Far
The committee on building sites or
the city council and the school board
that last evening in the City Hall and
perfected its organization. Dr. J. Mll-
’i‘he original and in fact the only ‘ ton Coburn was elected chairman and
authorized and oiilciai soul of the new Dr. Henry 0. ‘Shcrer secpcguFT-V
City of NOI‘Wfllk, adopted on March‘ There was a thorough discussion of
13th by the city council in an ordi- the matter of proposed locations, and
nance. has arrived. The embossing the members of the committee made
seal is in the hands of City Clerk J. report on the sites that had been vis-
J. Linxweiier also, and is ready for lied during the past‘weck. One which
use on necessary legal documents. it V. met with furor was at the corner or
is carefully guarded ill the city vault. . Cedar street and Elmwood arcane, on
The only existing electron-pa of the what is known as tho Cape property.
seal is printed in this column today, The only olijection was the price aslc
below. 1, was made directly from the cd. namely. $10,000. which members or
idesigu approved by the city officials, the committee thought. thCtlsrili‘tr tor
and was secured through Frederick 0 here piece 0f laud “1 “Nil- seam“-
S. Lyon. the North Main 91,“, print— ' Another site which was advocated
er. by a member of the committee was the
ton Hill. A price of $20. 000 isgwanted
for this property. and this “as also
{deemed higher than warranted for
{school purposes. The member iator-
ins this location said that the school
could be located on the Rhino Hill or
Sound View avenue side of the estate.
and building lots could be sold on the
remainder of the land, and part at the
purchase price would come back.
it was the concensus of opinion that
the pressing need for a. new school
house just at this time is in the south-
ern section of the Second taxing dis-
:trict. where in ‘Sprlng'wood is the
‘greater percenltge of children than
any other part of the new city.
The Joint board will hold another
l meeting at the City Hall. next. Satur-
i‘ P “ day evening. when the situation will be
or the purpose “f exhibiting ‘0 the thoroughly canvassed again, and prob-
Vcitizenp the, true and proper seal it is ably some definite action taken.
today published in The Sentinel. The To familiarize the committee with
OFFICIAL SEAL
i VVVCITY or NORWALK
VENIN
Lauder estate, on West street and lip '
you.“
Cautious Tonightiday Result in
Overthrow oi congressman’s
Choice for Posimasiership
by Senatoriaii‘itniiuencs
Dcopite the statements that. it An
drew Leary becomes the next post.
tnaster of South Norwnlk his duties
are to last only during the unexpired
term of resigned Postmaster Edmund
id. Crowe. the best information obtain.
able today is to the effect that imtry's
term is not to be for that short (illit‘,
but for four, long, consecutive yours.
People have been led to believe that
the candidate. if selector] will not
only until laundry 16 mm.
“There is a doubt as to uhctheri
Theory will over 00 D) the latent
meat in the post- A. protest
,will be made touigilt which will be
‘tsken' to Washington immediately,
and there will be placed in the hands
of Senators Braudczee and McLean
for them to foster. Leary is not South
Norwsik's postmaster yet." Thus
spoke a South Norwalk Democrat
this morning. .
1 Continuing, he said: "it is only
courtesy that. makes it possible for a
congressman to express his proton
once for the filling of a federal office.
it is an unbroken rule that no federal
officer is over appointed if the United
States senators from the district at
footed oppose the appointment. There
is every reason to believe that our
senators will take up the remonstrance
the board could r-enpploprinte. it nus design has met with general inv‘ot lthe various sites the school. board will and whom it in the senate."
explained to the board that $3 000
Could be re- appropriated from the
since adoption and was the unanimous take them over the route on Saturday
choroo m “‘9 city council. afternoon. leaving the llilgh school at
There will be fun tonight if the
:promiscs of some downtown Demo
state aid money. as ”19 0W appropri-T The old districts Norwalk. South about 3 oclock. [f aiter the tour is crate can be regarded as a weather-
that amount would be needed
. pied $11. 000, while only about $8, 000 at 1%,.ka and East. Norwaik are rep 'oompleted there is found to be enough vane.
rrssenturt by the bridge. the old well time. a. trip to New Canaan will be
“The Democrats in South
Norwaill will be united by this row.
Councilman .ilipson. 0‘ “‘0 finance and the Ludlow monument respective made, where an inspection at that once and for all. and Donovan's show
Ddepartnient explained that he thought
that there was about $3 000 available
for the [fifth District, and that he
thought that the council would not
take favorable action on the bookkeep~
ring system. .Mr. Montgomery than
uttered a resolution asking the board
to rescind their vote whereby they up-
propriated $2.500 fo'i‘ the establishment
of a bookkeeping system, which reso-
lution was duly seconded and carried.
A motion was made and seconded
that $4, (300 be appropriated from the
unapproprlated revenues of the city
{or the to building of the Broad street
Carried.
motion made and seconded that has
be appropriated from the unoppropri-
atod revenues of the city for [lugs
for the schools Carried.
A motion to adjourn was carried.
The meeting was called to order at‘
‘ ~1‘0 8. AND H ‘BTAVMPB FREE
‘Wed. Apr. '.29‘ih at The s and a.
{Premium Parlor 13 No. 11.11.. 81.
Bring in your coupons. labels and our
fpicular‘ly your Hamilton coupons and
,.,.itobacco continue and receive 8 and
at. stamps in oiohange ,1
an»... Wu
, .
Miss Marguerite Hubbub. of Mor-
- refuse, ashes, etc. placed on the aidel
1y. The design for the seal was flitown'i-l modern school building will
composite. including the structural ‘talm place. This visit will give the
drawing of James 'I‘. Hubbeli. former board and the committee some ideas
mayor of the old City of Norwalk. which they might incorporate in the
and a substitution of the monument new school house.
,‘for an Indian to represent East Non -—----—---
"““‘ ntnoiisrntnot Auditor
cursor or sttpou
m meow—-
GLEAli-iii' WEEK .
Fllli ttuVuonwnx
spirituous liquors to Beta Loves.
The street department and the board tram the building in Mechanic ,0 No.
of hfilth have decided on the m” 1 Lexington avenue. ‘hau been than
was a M” a“ clean- -up Week. and "“3 vlth the county commissioners.
entire Fourth taxing district will bet The new” on The mm, will be
gone over with the idea of having a hold in the court room in the city hall
thorough cleaning up process before building on Wednesdll’. May ii. at 10
warm weather starts in.
o'clock. Attorney George H. Voo-
Street Commissioner George A.l3her burgh represents the remo‘nstrants-
ron announced today that all ”m of VTho romonatranco contains over titty
signatures of residents and. property
{owners living on Lexington and Fly
Invention. .
A remonotranco against the grant
lbs or a transfer of a license to sell
i
i!
walks. of the districts. commencing
:ext Friday. would be removed hythoi
heparin oi. it in the proper rout
scalable-l
pom honest-
ppsarsuco of cannon or
a armory straight. ‘
u.
snoop
elicit
. ~Norica.
The re stored Democrats at the
Becond ottng District or the City
of Norwsllt are hereby warned that:
a c nous to be held Tuesday even~
'1ns. April 28th. 19141 in eight. upload
{or the purpose of recommending to
solar; irANitttumcv cribs
Jung's Thorns: yesterday appointed
J W. Olmsted. temporary receiver and
A (f. Outline, 1! W. can, and D. L.
Ladrigsn. sppt‘sioers, or the bankrupt.-
cy estate iii! in: I... nosed, was dis.
" appeared ii: iii home on March 10.
“Bertrand on in boils inside but he
could not . solidi
lipetltlohed in gloomy
The deltttrs'
of a re- nomination is scanty, to say
the least. Ho inflicted the entire
community to pay a personal obliga-
tion and Division Democrats and Con-
Tsolidailon Democrats are joining
,honlds. forgetting past differences
‘and looking toward a brighbsd future
as a result. The matter is not settled
yet." finished the speaker.
The caucsu is to be held in the
City Hall and from present indica-
tions will not be a fizzle will not no
t00 late. and will not be of no avail.
It will probably be one of the most
rousing demonstrations of the Demo-
crnts ever recorded in South Nor
walk and the ball will likely be filled
to its utmost capacity.
orsénvrurnouonou
roe o. r. VITWITEH
' George Frank Atwater. formerly use
sistant superintendent of the United
Electric Light and Water (dompahy'e
branch in Namath. has been appdlnb
ed superintonedtn or the branch at
New"Brtteln. This is a promotion
; which is regarded as a. great achieve-
t those who have followed Mr. V.
montI
Atwate 11 career with the corporation
are certain that it is but the reward or
his faithtul performance of duty at all
times. Of late Mr.
superintendent of
.braneh. where he has
irlsnds who loin Mitth
walk in {gainful 59W '
e
so ”PM
Peace Envo‘
Demands
3 Are Awaiting the
fish Will Be Made By Both
President. Wilson Expresses, '
His Pleasure That Huerta;
Has Accepted the Offer t
Settle---Stars and Stripes
Raised Over Vera Cruz.
While Admiral 'Fietchef
Seizes the British-owned
Terminal Company.
W \SlllNGTON unit 28 .wWith the
receipt of liuertas formal acceptance
of the good allies?" of the South Amer l
ican diplomats, President Wilson and
his advisers today united the setting
of the stage on which representatives
of Argentina. Brazil and slide hope to
pays the way to peace. Until the
early hours today. the envoys remains‘
ed- in conference completing prelimi~
nary plans of proposed mediation.
'lheir next move. it was suggested.
Would be a request to the Washington
and the Huerta governments for state-
ments of probable demands each
would make preliminary to any at»
tempt at formal mediation. The next
step «would depend upon the nature of
those demands.
Huerta‘ 3 reply, conveyed through his
Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mr.
Rhino, Spanish Ambassador in Wash
lngton, was received late last night.
Its text was not made public. but
lluerta‘s minister was said to have
thanked the South American envoys
and the ‘Spanish Ambassador for their
good offices and to have referred to
the “real spirit of solidarity between
peoples of a same race."
To what lengths the “good offices"
of the South Americans might reach
was the object of conjecture in official
Washington and by the entire diplo .V
lnatic corps today. Other features in
the situation largely were lost sight of
except among army and navy officials
charged with execution oi‘preparations
ior eventualties.
When news cit li'nertu's acceptance
was taken to President Wilson, he do-
clared himself“ greatly pleased. but.
made no further comment. White
liouee otilcials let it be known that no
announcement of points to be‘ insisted
upon in proposed mediation would be
made that might embarrass the repre-
sentatives of thaSouth American coun-
tries. ‘
Affairs; on the border had almost-V.
reunited a standstill. The only feature
to disturb the peacelul routine of Verna 'V
Cruz.bver which the Stars and Stripes 1,;
now wave, was“ the probable landings.” .'
today of military forces from tho‘i’
transports and the assumption of will
promo command by Brigcilen. 141m
stop. The seaport rapidly was going V
back to its business. ,.
Rear Admiral Fletcherhin his r
port to the Navy Department of th
hoisting of the colors, said: _ I
“The tinned States flag lwas hoisted
We '1' has been ,
it s as
- mandor-in-chlet. the
commander of the naval forces 0
a all onus. isms, theiristode, Va rudiment or sea; . Vo
‘ to the interior
,
ll'i‘he oftener you look
back the quicker you
won’t get titers. ‘
a
«Most of the public
benefactors youVVt‘cad ‘V' ._
about are matting
money.——~C. D. N.
Unsettled Tonight and Wednesday.
microns other naval officers and civil-. 9011?; bringing the Film Army‘flrixada.
lans comprising the Fourth Seventh, Nine:
‘The band played the star Spangled team and Twenty-elitists ”Infantry
Banner. and the Minnesotallred it. our Regiments under Brig. General Freddie-
late 9: twentygna guns The scene ick‘ Funston were made last. at the
was most 11,19",ng and cheered by docks shortly betore 10 o‘clock this
the civilians present " morning .
Secretary Daniels said VERA CRUZ, Aprii.28.——Brlg.-flenerk
"it. is gratifying to note that all busi~ “1 Funston, accompanied by Contact
nose is resumed in Vera Cruz and Harry MCL- P- ““59- CM“ “Slam“
good order prevails. Citizens may Rear Admiral Fletcher, “11me
pass freely in the“ streets both night came ashore ‘0 confer with Rear 44'
and day, and resume their usual cus- miral Fletcher before calling 0!! KW
tours." Admiral Badger, commander-incline! of
One of the side lights incidental to the Atlantic “‘3“
the rte-establishment of order in Vera WASHlNG'I‘ON. April 28.—~Two M
Cruz Was contained in Admiral Fletch- 9’31 generals and their 0011111123133“l ‘ '
er'a report of arms seized from the were driven back by Constitu... .'
inhabitants there. The list shows: “8‘8 from the SOUthem part 61' 17.!th “
“Rdiies, 6,000; shotguns. 4.000; re- state of Nuevo Leon are attempting
volvers, 1.350; swords and other wea- to cross the United States" herd
ports. 1.000. besides 138.000 rounds of about thirty miles above Iaredo, T“
ammunition. ti.000 pounds of powder, ”‘8' “00"de to a State DeWm-le
and {iii cases of fuses. Vreport today '
Rear Admiral Fletcher reported that Rear idmlral Mayo. ‘3“ Temples: .
“there appears to be no immediate ported today that the Federal 19m“
used for provisions for the inhabitants the“? are making further overtures'V .
oi Vera Cruz. the Constitutionalists for a combine
"the alumni of provisions in sight tion against the United States. ‘ 11¢
available for purchase 15 variously es said the Constitutionalists are still flr-V
timuied at from one to two weeks ex mg
elusive of a. considerable quantity of 1" is supposed here that these F959“
supplies in the railroad terminal yard als are a W“ or the command "“3“
notVyot unloaded " the report stated. 12:33::3‘: iifqge‘sofbileiidfha “Wig?"
._ . - .. a ea ey won e~
mg“ ‘20 $2122: fighzlfngnfigf‘: may the international bridge betweow
. .. mew _
it ill find a market here in the near tu ‘
join other Federal forces supposed to
ture. The local supply of fresh garden
produce is still limited. but will doubt-i 2:603:33; between Nuevo Laredo
less improve as the back country is
opened up. Fish is cheaper and more 6°“ NW" from Huerta.
plentiful because none can be shipped WASHINGTON. April 2841’33118.
Milk is Vgéame, Been Ambassador Risno, in charge of the on
cattle, in considerable numbers, are fairs of Mexico In the United Stat-eel
reorted to be fairly near Vera Cruz. today informed secretary of State]?
but “the owners fear“ to drive them in an that General Huerta had linens
There is no ice. The ice plum diation as involved in the proposal
waged by gunfire. and the r9.V the Governments oi Brazil. Argentina
Envoy: Meet Again. '
WASHINGTON April 28.1‘hu V
rays of Brazil. Argentine and
whose good omens have :10thth
Our tonne, will repair loo:
Late IWar Bulletins. ‘ VI
'1‘
w w
I. at Verasz and are proper» in
and. accordihg to an atheist dis- .
“a“...
tContlnued on twelfth n
...._......... MM
1
"Meade, Sumner. Kilpatjrick and 97. 1. o (1.1mm requests, _
Stallion had arrived at Vera Ortiz fit one lodge room choes‘dia‘“
or an?! that the War Department. 0-0100}. P m 31mm to all
debtor (lonerai Funstou' to assume are! of our late brother. .
ligniinand of the city would be carried VTayyml V V
ithin a few hours. V p.” Order 0!, m, N, a,
once. horn Bare-Tito trans} I) scan punch ,
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