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IIIINII ISSIIE
DESIRED III
IHE SIIIJIIIY
Permission to Raise $273,000
ior Court House Addition
to Be Asked
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New and Fascinating Game to be
Played Here tor the First
Time Tomorrow
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County Tax oi MD at Mill Is
Laid at Meeting Held at the
County Court House
Description oi the Game Shows
.It Will Be Popular
I The Norwalk Country Club has re.
cently completed two up-to-date roquo
courts. which will be played upon for
the first time Memorial Day. Roque
1(pronounced Rok) ls Americanized
and scientific croquet. The name was
coined by leaving off the first and last
letters of the word‘ croquet."
The courts are 60 feet long and 30
feet wide. with corner pieces 6 feetia tux 0‘ 110 Of a mill w meet cur-
long There 15 a cement board ggIrent expenses, was the principal bust
inches from the inside of which a line, ,Iness transacted by the Senators and
denoting the boundary of the field. is Representatives of Fairileld county
drawn. at a meeting held 3esterday in the
‘ County Court House.
the County Commissioners on esti-
at its next session to allow the coun-
ty to issue bonds to the amount of
273,000 for improvements to the
court house in Bridgeport and laying
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“I lislidsdms' MIiI‘II‘Trlicl, located
on Gregory Boulevard, is
Opened ior Residence
I
I' That part of the Month estate
which is located on Gregory Boule-
ward, East Norwalk, Conn" near the
country Club has shown rapid im»
grovenlent in the short space of time
that the new owner, Henry J. Miller,
9‘ Trenton, N. J., h" :cquired “i in. perfecting the plans for the Hos
{l‘llree houses are now i course 0 Mini Campaign two important facts
construction, “10‘” than 25. .00? feet °§Ishould be remembered. There will be
concrete sldovmslr have been ad an no canvassinyln factories, “a MI
hundreds oi maple trees for shade‘
have been planted along the streets in I The undertaking is so large, and the
front of lots‘ 19" ,City 0' Norwalk object so important, that the one meth-
has extended water all along Gregory 0d of bringing the matter before all
Boulevard by this property to the of the people is by personal requests.
Country Club, and new street lights‘ Syntsm Buccssds in Other Cities .
“are being provided for to be erected; The same syntem ,WIll be employed
at the entrances of the new streets .in Norwalk that has met with such
“mm! from the Boulevard ‘0 the’Iwonderful success in other cities.
I‘M“ 3M“ ““5 ””98"" practically, Since the collection of large some for
h“ city improvements “Ch I“ “”9" .public institutions, Was reduced to a
_sldewalks‘, electric lights, Itelephone system and placed. on a strictly busia
and a school house within five minutes ,ness basis, 19” than 9 y care 380. over
mall: E° Eh“ “3“ 8° well “I“ the; Illfty million dollars have "been raised.
work Ibsen done that an expert isndl .m Danbury last January, ”7.00 0 were
“"3101“ of New Y°rk stated recent“secured for a Danbury Hospitpl, in al
13' that the Marvin Beach Tract (which: 10 day campaign. In New Rochelle,
is the name that has been given to thie' 393.00“ Were turned h after just 10
‘propel'ty) sliowIs more thorough devil? days' eiforts.
opment on the part of the owner than . aver-y Detail Worked Out‘.
bay tract that has been developed for "
peers in or near Nerwalk. He also
ptated that the situation of the propel-a
’5’ and its many advantages WI“ Kim out. Every worker will know exactly
purchasers a country home with cityllhis or her du.ties. and the name on
pdvantsgos and will appeal to New
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—-NOTICE.
over shoes. M. Josenf and Sons.
Will be No Canvassing oi Fact-
ories, Fairs, Sales. or
Other Such Schemes
subscriptions begins on June 11, that
Voting [(1 request the Legislature
, neoticut Company, through Vice Pres-
The report of
The only place you "can buy Walli-
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fairs, saloo, or other entertainments ,
When the actual work of securinsl
smallest detail will have been worked-
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I
. RO‘lIIIE'S," 40c.
Small picnics 16c. ‘ '
.. Ronsting chickens, 25o; . .f.
‘ ,, Fonts, ' ‘. ,.
‘ {Bootlegs . 2. . ~
, flinch legs M innit), from 16c op;
” Lamb. chops, 186220 .
..I.0
I" Everything’vin one grocerios‘
, . Kori: buyers as well as local peoplel
II—IAdV,3L
wBE8T_I ISUGAR CURED, HIAMS,
1. ov$3lvo milk red 3931 com its up.
I IBes‘t hairy" cant tell- no; I. o
snil‘
each pdrsdn to be visited. A comprei
hensivo card system has been perfectd
ed, which will eliminate all danger oil
confusion or the duplication of names.
and the exact progregs of the work can;
Willing Walton worker... I
Nine local members of the allied
Towns Committee. under the leader-
‘ship of Charles IE. Tristram, visited
“- Weetport members of inst committee.
1
be ascertained’ at a moment's notice;
rsourn nonwsus} CONN. ralpllv. luv 29. 1914
#
re and Our Own ‘Oporsior
Fair and Warmer Tonfqht.
lifts Ewing Sentinel ,
is the home paper 1'
Norwalk because it b
all that a newsprint
should be, clean. news,
and up-to-date.
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Louis it. iienIdrisk, oi East Nor-
walk, Knocked From Pete
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Ten Cents More Perliour. Instesd
‘oi Five, for Overtime One
oi New Conditions
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itilliill YEARS
Concession Also Made In the
‘ Conditions oi Work
Louis B. Hendrick. one of the line-
men employed by the Southern New
England Telephone Company, was so
rlously tutored yesterday afternoon.
when he received a shock and fell a
considerable diptnaoe from one of the
company poles. He was about twenty
the corner of Van hndt and 'FortI
street, when he had a shock of 2,300'
volts. He was knocked from the pole
‘ to theg round. 'whers hel ay stunned
for some time. hter he was given
assistance and removed to his home
at 64 Van Zen street, East Norwalk.
Ilt was later ound that Mr. Hen-
dricks’ back 13 been quite badly in-
lured. He was in considerable pain
all night and today.
feet in the air, working on the pole at.
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Father Point, in the Butt at St. Lawrence—1,437 People
silii
IISII ISIIIN WIIH IHE S [IRSIIII
IVES III
Accident Occurred During the Dense Fog This Morning at 23) O’clock. Twenty Miles (Dita
on Board, and Less Than
500 oi Them lied been Accounted tor So Far This Afternoon
--eA'Mnsn sAKsnv NOTICE. I
Orders for bread, cake, etc., must;
be in early to insure delivery. Orders?
received after i p. m. must be called
for Store will be open all day
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Skill FllESll slILos. 15c AGREE} ”Hm
LED! OF Mil-.181: The Cabinet Ill Washington Die-
4 «an ammonium of
Small shoulders of lamb.13c.
um chops 18c i0 24c .-. tile Meklcen Troubles
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Backed by a decisive vote of the
various trolley unions of the Connec-
ticut companies' lines in favor of ne-
ceptlng the terms offered by the Con-
ident John K. Punderford, the four-
teen delegates from the unions in
conference with Vice-Presidint Pun-
Ideriord yesterday afternoon formally
accepted the terms, including the new
wage scale granted in them and the
entire question of dispute between the
company and the men for the next.
Itwo years at least was completely dis-
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Roast beef, prime cuts. 18c to 22c.
Native vent to roast... 18c to title.
IStew veal, 18c.
Corned spnmribs, 14c,
Plgs' feet, 5c.
Pigs' liver, 8c.
Roasting chickens,
25c; Long Island
qt; redishes. 2 for Se: cucumbers, So
each; Irbubsrb, 6c bunch; Florida...
California and Porto Rico oranges;
Ilemons. 12c dos. "Open'llll day Satur-
day.
(Adv.)
WASHINGTON. May ill—Plans for
Mexico's pacification practically agreed
upon at the Niagara conference were
up for discussion today in the Cabinet.
With assurance that the international
phase of the question promised a satis-
Beers .ltieot and Prov, Co.
Many Delegates oi the Salvation
Were Among Those Reported asbsing Missing
RlMOUSKI, Qua. May 20.-—The twin"
’screw Canadian Pacific liner Empress
.Ioi lreland carrying 1,437 persons, pas
Isengers and creW, sank in the dark-
ness before dawn today. in the St.
Lawrence River near here with a loss
‘Iof perhaps one thousand lives. Early
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Army, Goiog to England to Attend the International Coniersnos.
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followed by the Lady Evelyn, a mall
tender. put on forced steam, and made
all 'speed for the spot. it was these
two boats that found afloat what few
lifeboats were launched from the
stricken ship and picked up the sur-
3'i3'ors they contained. Three hundred ,
hospital and the townspeople. bringin"
food and clothing. united in a common ,
effort to aid the suderers. Twain"
bodies with faces covered lay side by
side on the wharf. They had made tho
lifeboats only to be fatally hurt.
Much Wreckage Floater].
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“$8,250: mwlnsuIIl-Wcahd‘m: Little Known-rot the Incident,
Broilers, 30c; asparagus. 25c bunch; . ‘
lettuce, 10c head: string beans, lOc WHICH “Ck! Verification
Iestimates of the dead varied from 678 I
to more than 1.100
The vessel, bound from Quebec for
: l',.l3erpool with 77 first, 206 second
Iand 504 third class passengers. use
our wide open by the colllcr Storstad.
and sank within twenty minutes in
nineteen fathoms of water. Of those
rented the majorlt3 appeared to be
members of the crew or from the
Evelyn and sixty by the Eureka. Ar
Inong those saved was Captain H. G.
Kendall, of the Empress.
First Class Passengers Drowned.
Most of the first class passengers
apparently perished. Among those in
the first cabin were Sir Henry Seton
Karr, a noted English lawyer. and big
\game honing. and Laurence lrving. son
steerags. Many were badly injured of the laté Sir Henry lrving and his
and 22 died after being picked up. Ivvife, Mabel Hackney. Of a party of
The crish occurred about 2 o'clock 140 Salvation Army members on
this million 0! met I'dinf. Que..',hoard, only twenty were resound. They
“when Dr. Crippen. the London murde‘il the a my'Is ‘ international conference
‘er. was caught The collier bound for in London
Quebec. struck the Empress of lrelandI So‘ouicll did the Empress sink that
on the port side about the middle ofI those passengers fortunate enough to
the ship. She’ literally tore her way get Into thalliobosts found themselves
hack almost to the liner' 8 screws. leav- ‘garhed only in their nightclothes. No
ing a rent through which the water baggage was saved. The condition of
Ipoured in such a deluge that she sank the survivors was pitisble. Some had
before many of the passengers were. broken arms and legs. and all had all!-
aware of what had happened. fared terribly. L. E. Gossetin. a prom-
Brief wireless calls for help sent out inent lawyer from Montreal. saved
bthe Marconi operator were heard himself by clinging to a raft When
by the pilot boat Eureka here. ten the rescue ships docked here. the sin-
and thirty-nine were saved by the mayI
Wreckage strews the St. Lawrence .
for many hundred yards near the spot
where the Empress sank. The kiln .
I shone brightly during the rel-moo...
and though the water is still icy. a»,
temperature today was not low onoufi
to increase the suffering of the snrvl!‘
ors, , ' ‘
The vast majority of the saved we»,
members of the ship‘ a crew. Early one
timatel here indicated that not no:
than sixty passengers were saved. input.
side; Captain Kendall, the first all
second engineers and the ship’s on?»
3 a village brought into prominence had loftI Quebec yentsrdny; bound forsgoon were-rescued. The 03er .
too overcome to giro at first any at»
tended account of the disnster. .Ho‘r
had sent a wireless to his line after-1
the vesso' was struclIf. saying "Shin;
gone."
The residents of leonski, number»,
ing only 3,.000 came silently to tho“
dock where the dead and ”hens"!
living were being landed. and'iindir.
the traction of the mayor. H.‘R.’F|liar
gave. aid wherever possible. Every}
doctor inwtxbc town was on the Icon
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miles from the scene, and the Enrolled tion platfcrm was converted into a
.
ILAZIIIO DIIIITAIII' IBM 80,0013 TO
BIIIIIIS WOIAI’ 8 IIIAIIOSI DAMP Ill WESTDNI
IIO'DBJEDTOBS TO
$4,000.000 MI“.
in the attitude that Carranza. might
take. It was reported he had senhhls
representatives here with an In-
, nouncement of his position‘towsrd the
No one appeared before Tax Com- work of the Niagara conference. The
missioner William H Corbin yester- Conflitutionnlist agents, however, do-
day in protest against the increase of clined to discuss it. '
84 000,000 of Norwalk's grand list ThoI Further information on the reported
Board of Equalisation have not asIlaadlns of war cargoes at Pueblo.
yet completed 'tbs lists but if thethiexw by the Hamburg-Antenna
local people should wish to enter a ‘steamers Bavaria and Ypiranga was
protest. against the raise they will 'expocted from Rear Admiral Badger.
have the opportunity to send some Doubt over whether the steamers act-
one on next Tuesday to enter com. unity lied delivered ammunition for
plaint. -It is considered that such It Huerta was‘ cast by a statement from
hoarse will not be productive of any 'the Navy Department that reports of
good, as the increase seems to be a
sure thing. ’
There were representatives from
many cities before Commissioner Cor-
bin, yesterday, protesting against in-
creases. The grand list of Hartford,
Mr. Cor-bins borne _wets jumped ’20,-
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srAMFono Aoro smasl-I oAuses
ChARK’S oEArl-I.
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“Man Struck. Sunday Night Succumbs
coo, coo. , I la Marlon—Companion wul
W . wow ., Recover.
rompers sonic anoint. srAllron'n Ilsa'r ..2s.2-cecll 1)..
Tonight the people of Norws‘lk will cm‘f‘ 0’ Littleton N '11., "’1‘“- m
be afforded the abnormally of hearing injured in an automoite collision on ,
7, died yesterday in s locgll
Robert Mitchell. ck- Now
a sting recital at the Normal coasts; M8!
nuptial Church. That is will be it hobo!
Westport last evening to meet tho ma mt than 13‘ mi doubt; n mini-1r. who was also hurt in the acci- .
Idle soloists. urn. Aimed dinvilsnd illh deal: is still in a serious condition but .-
,' The ball in the Fable Building? was 3119313911 iWitlmfépoo‘n “.9 yennnq'wn physicians .3“ hopeful or his recov- I
til‘s‘ meeting pines. and there ii ne‘I .
to illogical circles. Afvery ares crowd any. \
yenshmI John. 1) «Curtis, of new York, who
factory solution. interest grew today,
I The executive committee of the Boy
Scouts held a meeting at the office of
the president. [re 0. Gregory. last
night. and decided to hold a two
weeks’ camp in Weston commencing
as soon after the fourth of July as
possible. Acommittee consisting of
Judge John Keogh. Charles Pidgeon
and lra 0. Gregory was appointed to
take the matter in hand and perfect
plans. They will look up a locality
and recommend it “to the executive
board for acceptance. .Jl‘hey have
it became ignited. in a minut!
-. . power to secure a competent cook and
flames enveloped it but M’s Em“ will do so The idea as presented last
bravely attacked them using her hands,W “gm is to take about thirty boys in-
in. putting out a biasing curtain in
her house at 10 Henry street late yes ,
terday afternoon Mrs. Daniel B. Evtns
severely burned one of her hands. Dr.
Samuel H, Huntington was called in
and be dressed the wounds. Mrs.
IEvans was working in the kitchen
preparing the evening meal and had
left one of the windows open. It hair
pened to be one near the lighted gas
stove. Suddenly a gust of wind blew
the curtain in and over the flame and
to extinguish them. She was auc- to camp for four or five “is. sand
“53’“; :1ng gm Em"? a ba‘:_“:_'thenl home. and then bring up “other
Iburae and ° 0 er mags crowd. There are about one hundred
:50!le ,' and twenty‘ilve‘ Boy» Scout members.
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and by this‘ method the camp will last ,
‘ ‘ awfully encompassing-ill
doubt scour; the willingness of one 332' poctsd'lio bbpresent.
Ingram 333m sisal at the csm- 191';th realm ore to so
madame. 333m at detox ‘-:sl-swn.' silt In their bonds is are run or
s heroin use sI summer home in Greenwioh, is,
4n CAno or Trunks.- '
Mrs. James AnFlsgg nod faintly
neighbors and P. 0. S of A their so
preciation for the beautiful floral tri-
butes and expressions of sympnth‘y
during their recent sorrow. - ’
‘ WH-
srokrll ro DIE.
NEW YORK. .. May
Denim-awas- today sentenced to die in
the chemo chairmt sing Sin: Prison
Am the wool: beginning July e, for
”,1, I calm. at In” ideal“ on was enrol; on new We? 013W 3099“?“
when
.A’l‘ lens. IrAvLonI's
1r-..‘\
-
‘I I Mn! mock, Refill “his so, somei
‘in militilsry Ift'Er DecorationI
lime in extending to all lilo friends. I
I ‘aid given to the masters.
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xii—{marten ,
two weeks. giving for oru five days
to each class.
The Scout Masters are to be at the
camp throughout, and they will be in-
still clad in cooking' and camp sanita-
tion. as will the boys. ‘ '
It was also deemed last nightI to
have It course of instruction in first
All invi.
tatlon will be extended to the members
of the police dbpartment to partici-
pain: in it.
—.—_ l-‘~u—.
MEMORIAL DAY SENTINEL.
The Evening Sentinel will be issued
m
lllllolull sxrsclsts .
,III TliE'HlCIi school.
The joint Momorial Day exercises
the morning and afternoon sessions’otI
the Norwalk ‘High school were held
noon today in the Assembly Hall.’
They proved to be very intardntln‘.
and were greatly enjoyed by .
school. The ‘High school. outlaw
rendered several very good claim
which were appropriate for tho
sion. and were appreciated you In
. Kev. William H. Thomas deliv
a fine lecture on "Memories of that”;
vils' War," which delighted his best;
Rev. Mr. Thomas made an
ceptionally tine address. wbldt.
with enthusiastic applause fro , ,
scholars. George Cbupréll. 6:. I, ’ ‘
rocited mncpln's immortal Get 1
speech. which impressed as it all
docs and will. Lucille Brenda
ed “The Great Commener.“ ‘
WILL PARADE IN BRIDQEPQ 11--
A regular meeting of South ..
mage,529.LLO. 11.. won:
evening. when routine basin
transacted had a number of
dates initiated. The lodge voted
cept an invitation from '8
Lodge to participate in a page“
the evening of June iota is;
being the closing of their
Company A. Military Brant:
ed’to attend. This wlilbo In
Ha'verbill on the afternoon
no a. morning paper on Saturday. Ms-
morlnl I‘ny Advertisers 33nd contribu-
tors of new items are ”kind y request:
ed to have some at the office osriy
W
--Cut flowers for solo at Recon
Point Memorial lolly and throl‘gl'lbut
16th.? where they will attend
sports. Company A is entered
competitive drill.
~F8DR success or.
{the season, Mrs Tiles. Crawford. I
Norwalk Chronicler