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THE SOUTH
EVENING
as'rasusm 13y
JAMES 091.9211.
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E. L. AND A. L. GOLDEN,
PROPRIETORS.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1915
MINIATURE ALMANAC FOR
TOMORROW.
High tide 9 :42 a. m; 10:01 p. in.
Sun rises 4: 54; sets 6 4.6
EVENING SENTINEL TELE-
PHONE CALLS.
Editorial Rooms—ga. «'
Business Office—93.
Norwaik Branch Office—1388.
Editor’s Residence—Ions- 3.
City Editor’s Residence—752.4.
‘ Business Manager’s Residence-
x 13-1 2.
Publisher’s Residence—890.
MASONIC NOTICE.
Old Well Lodge, No. 108, F. andA. M.
'Meets in Masonic Building, South
-Main stteet, 1st and 3rd Tuesday of
each month—July and August ex- 4
Iceptedw—at 8 o’clock. All Master
Masons cordially invited. Sylvester
P. Detker, W. M. Robert M. Wilcox,
Sec.
A stated Convocation of Butler Chap-
W, No_ 38, R. A; Mi, WW 1“ held at
ltoroom, Masonic Building, So- Main
street, South Norwalk. Annual election
of Officers. '-
Fraternally yours,
CHARLES A. TUCK, H. P.
Attest:
nuBEl-T'i M WlLCOX,
Secretory.
THE HBSPlTAL RESIGNATIONS.
The resignations. of the five officers
. 1 . 4
.4»......-
WMESE CAMPAIGNING.
Jam started late in the game of
moderrpo‘iitics, but there’s nothing
M
:eveo give is few pointers to our own
1politicians. Therecent national elec-
ltion was carrrled by the government
lcrowd by a brand new campaign de.
1vice.
Count Akuma,t11e premier, wanted ,
and endorsement from the country, to
strengthen his hands in carrying out
i’his policies for a larger army and the
: exploitation of China. His prestige had
been weakened by the effects of the
European war, which hit Japan as
hard as it did the United States. The
closing'of the European markets for
Japanese silk crippled her greatest in.
dustry, and'lhe depression found vent
in condemnation of the government.
Count Okuma made a whirlwind cam-
paign that broke all precedents, For
the first time, the premier and his
catnnet went to the people, as Brynn
did in 1896. The “government" travel-
ed everywhere on special trains,
speaking from rear platforms andev-
on from car windows. in all the cities
there were house-to-house canvasses.
In many districts women entered the
tight. There was plenty
spent; there is no law in Japan limit-
ing campaign expenditures or contri1
butlens, or compelling publicity. Vast
,quantitles of campaign literature were
distributed everywhere.
5 The crowning stroke of Prelnier40k-
uma was the sending of tens of thous-
ands of personal telegrams to voters
just before the election, asking for
their support. This device made a tre-,
'mendous hit, especially in the rural
sections where telegrams were unfu-
,1mlliar. The farmers were so flattered
:by this bit of personal attention that
and directors of the Norwalk H081)" ,they voted the government a continu-
about her methods. She might.
of money
.
1211 Association, which appears in tovance of power
day s issue, uill no doubt be a surprise : it 4499411414 surprise anyone 11 Count
to our readers, and will be regretted by 4 ()kumu's example is followed here in
every well-wisher of the“ public hospi-
tal. ’
organization of this institution.
They are men who have been promi- 4,
9 “What i get of money in the way of
neat in every public enterprise for the
the next presidential campaign. The
3 West is learning many things from
The men who have resigned their of— ,
flcial and elective connections with the 5
Hospital Association, have been among:
’ I- v .
the most constant workers since the: I “0111i! prefer a death sentence to
lliving on $300 a month,’
the East.
--—-—-—0
“$500 A MONTH, OR DEATH.”
declares a
Chicago woman in an alimony suit
. Woes: Ahdnooln MVWMG witnmfi WM i mm mm
1 141's
best good of our city.
Competent and willing co laborers
they have ever been ready to give of
their time and money for this worthy
object with which they have.
many years, been identified.
The ground 011 which. the resigna-
tions are tendered is that of consis-.
tency and right.
These gentlemen object to being a
party in the betrayal of public confl-
dencs by changing the hospital site af-
ter omcial commitment to the present
property.
To the disregard
dent's authority, and advice of the au-
thorized counsel of the Association, in ,
the conduct of ‘ meetings,
To the extreme unfairness in appoint-|
ment of committee on sites, fourteen,
out of sixteen men having been se-I
lected who, before appointment had
committed themselves as favoring a
new site. To the ignoring of that sec-
tion of the city which contains the.
large majority of factories and is an
established railroad center, by recom-
‘ mending of such sites as would be un-
desirable because o'f possible delay to
the ambulance by‘open drawbridge-
To the discourteous discharge of: the
building committee 1 and architect
without giving an opportunity for a
report. i
To the proposal to build a hospital
costing more. than the amount of col-
“ Alectable funds pledged, whiCh would
mean, either raising more money, or
1 a1 new building with a debt, ’as has
already been suggested.
It is-this method of management
that is depriving the hospital of the
‘ public support which is so essential
for its success, not only in getting the
proposed new building, but also for
current maintenance.
This was substantially shown by;tho
late financial statement which apposi-
ed exclusively in the Sentinel, showing
3 a denouncy of nearly $5, 000. 00 for the
pit-151911.11. 11 . 1‘
41 The gentleman whose resignations
are today recorded are following these
momma; and are Wthis 546111--
lllling is all I can expect out of life. 1
have to spend money-that s all there
is for me to do.’ She insisted that her
allowance should be increased from
for solthis more “pittance' to at least 84600
a month.
There are a good many women in
the United States for whom spending”
money ls' ‘all that's left for them to
ldo." And they are the most matched
.01' women.
Money to them has not the means of
;obtaining the necessaries of life; it is
merely something that enables them to
paid to the pregi, buy transient relief from overwhelm
ing boredom. There is no more enjoy-
'up most of life for normal men and
women, no “little happinesses" of
Ewark and play such as have nothing
'to do with wealth. Long habituation
to luxury has dulled their senses and
deadened their desires They have lost
-—or never developed—the resources 0;
their: own s‘O’u‘iszi‘heir minds, instead
of being “klngdoms,’ are desolations. '
lUnnatural living has left them with
'no power even to enjoy the luxuries
their money buys, buy only a fever-
pleasure in the process or spending it.
Working women, poor women, arezac-
customed to envying the great ladies
who seem to live so elegantly, spac-
iously and happily in their environ-
ment of wealth. and luxury. They
should realize that with great num-
bei‘E of suchwomen, fine clothes and
costly manner of life cover emptiness
of mind and'bsart. The 11011111111110.
man. .whofhasn't $500 a year ’to5sps4nd
onghorselt: 1111114111111 a. cheerful home
and- an appreciation of the simple nat-
um and beautiful things of life, is far
more to be envied.
FOOT GUARDB FIELD DAY. ‘ '
NEWTK‘ATEN April lit—There was
sunshine for the Second Company a:
the, Governor’s Root Guards yesterday,
on the occasion of the annual field
day. during which the history cere-
many on demandins the keys to the
‘powdorhosse Missourian. was
carried connotes Genital dress. your 1
sends wane: louse-ilr (storm
such 11411 11111914111114.1111; disturbance:
ment in the simple things that make .
.Accpmpanlst. Mrs.
Karl’ldchkncrht’s fight against
German militarism in the Reich-
stag has brought on him the at-
tention of the world. His defiance
of the government in December
when the kaiser demanded popu-
lar support in financing-the war
brought him into violent conflict,
not only with the German mili-
tarists but with socialists of his
own party.
W'. E Walling. writing in the
Survey about the fight in the
Rcichslag. bad this to say:
‘ “ll'c. declared that Germany f01
many years has been ‘lhc accom—
plice ol' czurism and the model of
political bnt‘lnvardncss': that the
war was in no sense a war of de-
fcnsc. but was ‘mutunlly fostered
by German and Austrian war par-
tics in tho darkness of semi-abso-
lutism and secret diplonmcy in or-
der to steal a march on tho adver—
s—ary.’
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lEACHERS' A880€illl0ll
Thirty-dim Annuslcouvention wn
church, Bridgeport, May 7th
May 7th. 4
The program follows:
Morning Session.
10:00—Music, Chorls by City Nor-
mal school Class.
Conductor, C, M. Purvlanoe.
1Elmer Beardsley.
“Song of' Cocoon Gatherers.”. Gounod
lO:10—-—Address, -“Work, Play and I
Drudgery, in. Education and Life."
Thomas M. 'Bsillet. Ph. 'D._
Dean of School of Pedagogy. New York
1 University.
11: 10—Address, “Our Task and Its
Challenge."
Benjamin T. Marshall,
Philips Professor of Biblical History
and Literature, Dartmouth College.
4 Afternoon Session.j '
Conductor, 4C; M Punishes.
Accompanist, Mrs. Elmer Beardsley.
"Dance in the Dell" .. .........,.1Marse
Trio: “By the River.“
1 Briday Chorus, from “The Boss
:Msiden
2: zit—Business Meeting:
1. (Reading of Secretser minutes.
2;——'Report of Treasurer.
li.—R‘eport4 of committee on hesolu
tions. .
il‘s—Report of Committee on Neurology
. 1,1 . . .GOWGB
......s-s-uo-
ilr—Now 3111111911111 Special Told, W
seemsdto impendin‘the its: board. -‘
Karl Lie bknecht, 1.1 s}
_“I’t ought2 appear, then, that
_L1cbknccht takes the position of
the Socialists o‘l lrancc and Bcl—A
Now we' to done some dig-
j'ging into this boys cloth-
ing proposition and 111th the
. assistance of our New York
Resident Buyer think we’ve
secured the best.
Certainly you’ll find here
variety in color, fabric,
model and price. You’ll see
some of the best made clOtli—
ing ever produced for the
younger generation. We be-
gin at three years and never
‘ cud.
Prices—$3.00 to $12.00.
Rogers 81 Stevens
NORWALK SO. NORWALK
TRESPASSlNG EVIL PERBISTS.
A Heavy Toll In Human life Shown
by the New H‘aven's Figures.
The New Haven Railroad is not of-
flicted by the genus hobo to the extente
that some railroads are. Yet in the
last three years 442 persons have been
killed and 39! injured while trespass
ing on that rsllroad’s property. Many
of those injured were maimed for life.
in the majority of cases these per-
sons were not tramps at all, They
were persons using the railroad right
of way as a convenient highway, gen
orally to make a short cut, or boys or 1
young men stealing rides on freight
trains to get to places quickly. The
sacrifice of so many lives in this man-
ner. tho crippling permanently of so
'many able’bodled workers, is a distinct
o e o
9.99”.
O.
00
002°03'92”?
Every housekeeper who is thriftily inclined will read
ginn1——tltat this is a war agains
But. ”4444 isgthe penalty paid either for a lack of
German militarism.
t economic loss to the community and is
not the case 1144 rcpltdintcs thni laws on the subject or for the non-en-
view and intribuug the 44.444. ms forcement of existing laws.
the desire of- Capitalists of hill Figures compiled by the New Ha~
great. nations for new llmrkcts 4 van for recent years show that in 1912
and ficltls of i111cst1ucnt. Morc— l152 ”"0“ falling under the 91““ 0'
over. he favors immediate 111,34 (- trespassers were killed and 108 were
\1 hub 11 otlltl 1Undoubtedly mean :1 injured; in 1913.172 were killed and
’3’ every word of this advertisement—and profit by it. It of-°
3: fers actual savings on every day necessities. ’
O
.3. J'-
3. $1.09. VELVET RUGS. 29c SA‘LT AND 0
{4 27 .x 54, floral and Oricn- PEPPER SHAKERS. .
of la] patterns.1 Spccml, each Cut glass with glass 01' ‘
oo ................. pearl tops. Special, each Oi
3 .......... 19¢ .8
0:. $1. .50 CREX RUGS. " . ''''' . V 00
0:9 36_x 72 inches, all colors. $1. 35 WASH BOILERS. 0:0
3.. Spcc1al, each “$11.09 I\l‘0. 8 Tin \\ ash Boilers .3.
1t
'3’ $1. 25 AXMINSTER RUGS. 2,2,4: f???i’_'4’°“°m 323;; °§°
‘: 18 x 36, all new designs. - ....... ’°
0: Special, each ........ 89¢ 1 50C SLOP JARS. ego
.. . Heavy tin. painted in oak ee
.3. $3145 £0 AXMIN' imitation. Special, each .3.
3. s R HUGS . ................ 35¢ :
Q 8-31x 10—6, pretty new 01'- :0:
o’eienta designs Special. 25c SUGAR CANISTER‘S. '
9:. each ........... $11.49 W hitc enameled, gold 3:
-‘_"'_‘_"'—_ stcncilcrl, will hold 10 lbs. 1
2:. $5105?) STREETS Special, each ....... 19¢ '3’,
n _13 x 27, “in wear a life-».. $1.25 QUAKER MOTH '8'
90 1mm specm each 51 29 PROOF CHEST. ::
I‘m putting away fins and
:: $I- 5° DOOR PANELS nintcr clothing Special 3.
\\ hitc ulth center dc- ‘cach 89¢ 3.
’° signs Special .cach $1 19 —-—-—————.——. 3.
O.
3. 25c SWISS MUS,LIN-, fiddEflfis. ’i’
.3. lForisasb dcurtalns. \p/cc- White china with gold 3.
..13- P” 331" ------ " /3 ¢ band. Special, cup and ’3’
00 25c MARQUI‘SETTE. saucer .............. 10¢ 0:0
3 With lace border, for sill 75c BERLIN KETTLES .3.
9‘. curtains. Spccml, per yard 12 qt, stccl grey, coamcl— .3.
.3. ------- ~ ----- 11 oil, with cover. Special. .3.
.z. 15c SILKOLINE. each ............ 47¢ ’3’
9 New floral designs, light so PYRAMID '3.
.and medium colors. Special. FLY CATCHERS4 ’3.
per yard ...... 1 Special ....... 2 for 5¢ ”
.. A 00
0:0 ‘ ’g‘,
3. “1' ‘x’
. " ,1‘ ‘ ,1 . l ...
A . ,. . “" 3.
3 s 1' o R E .3.
WMMEM”. “at”. 4°”l”. ”3“.”3t‘t34”: ”39°:«2002e
return in {ha 5:31“... (4440 '4454C141 injured; and in 1911, 118 killed
('xi'tcd licforb the war. Motherland 126 injured. During these years
pomt on 11 Inch the. Socialists mithe New Haven. in comhbn with oth-
in New York.
in Connecticut and Vermont
lraucc and Belgium would nolt” railroads. ““5 been mam” a W" two New England States which at
Main to ‘500 line and a year in 3,4“ tempted to erect other barriers. They
were removed in a similar manner the 4
the 4 last. one being torn down the very next
:day after it was put up. '
agrcc \\ ilh him.
isistent €30" ‘0 curb ”’9 trespassing present haveno such laws, legislation'
Not long ago the New Haven put
til-eitoport of pommitteo on meMs- '
‘iord; Guernsey-J. Borer, Danbury; Ire
bury; 1!: Whrd Ireland. Norw‘slk;
V'W‘fili‘um- E. Mali- Mold. 4
“T l1c importaucc of the stand 9"" ““d “‘9" ““9 1°35 N ““31 but"of this character is now pending Con- “9 10 000 additionalfilsns Warning new
414c1without avail, it seems.
Summer brings the‘heaviest sacrificelefing about a railroad station 04. ongrain-cad for street -p.urposes
taken 1)) l.1cbknc1bt and
German Socialists that sup
poit him lies in their readiness to-
cntcr into an immediate life and
death struggle with the German
ruling1 class, taking full advantage
of the critical moment.” 7
j—f‘ _—
lyn, N. Y.
Meeting. Place.
,All meetings will be held' in the
South Congregational Church, corner
Broad and Gilbert streets.
‘ Railroad Rates.
No sccisl'ratfe tickets will be issued
by the railroad. ‘
Train Service.
Be Held In South Congregationah Extra cars will be added to train No 1
=28, for the accommodation of teachers;
This train leaves:
Greenwich, Conn ..... ..:8 50 a. m.
............ 9:21-11. m.
Train No. 8-2«will be held at South
Norwalk if necessary until“ 91:22. to
take passengers from train No. 253,A
leaving Danbury airs: 18 a: 1n.
Membership Certificates.
4 Teachers and others interested in
education may purchase membership
certificates of superintendents and
principals. or at the church on conven-
tion day. 1
The officers are:
President—George E. Thomson, Nor-
walk, .
Vice-President—Robert
Bridgeport.
Secretary——M. Louise Collins, Stam~
ford.
Treasurer—Schuyler P. Williams,
Bridgeport. .
meouuve Committee—41‘. Charles.
Avery. Stamford; Frank A. Berry.
Bethel; Frank W: Gregory, Norwalk.
Ex-Ofliclo —-: Charles W. Deane.
momentum-sumo r; snwson, Stam-
L. Zlnk,
'T.‘ Chapman, Nortvsll‘r.
Committees.
NominationkGrmr 1C. Bowman,
Westport: Strongcomstock. Danbury;
George Mlipsell, Bridgeport. -
solutions-4110mm J. Burst, Dam
arms. r.w1uums1nmbn. .,
Neocoiozy—dlonry w. sub. New
(lesson; name. com, 13111111511;
I
'momh 0‘ Mamh- “teem “1 8““ °’ a“'lston this year similar legislation swimming on an active Campaign to
.:9 1511. m.‘
' humpshlreii Massachusetts. mode Is,‘
of human life in this mah‘riEFI the
mortality rising through the spring
months as regularly as the tempera-
ture. For example, in the month of
January 0‘ ““3 year 0“ the New Ha"not more than thirty days for railroad}
ven’s lines four trespassers were so
killed; in February, eight. and in the
nectlcut has had a 1344. prohibiting 1044, ple of the peril involved in using the
the grounds of a railroad station, but. '1“ many 03998 these signs have eith-
the legislation now pending would er been defaced or destroyed, though
amplify this by fixing a penalty of their ODJGCt. like that of the fence,
from 310 to 3100 or mpflwnmem for was the conservation of human life
The New Haven, like many other
trespassing of any kind In all the oth- roads. has 8 large force of Special a!-
er States whose legislatures are in sea ents who have in recent months been
most 100 per cent. in a month. Footoryl been introduced with the 04,5th 0; stop trespassing. They have been seek-
Operatives and farm hands. persons;sa4mg thousands of lives that are ling. for one thing, to get local magis-
whose lives can ill be spared by the
community. appear to yield to the temp
tation to walk on the railroad tracks
needlessly thrown away year oftentimes to deal with offenders more
year. strictly, as is the custom abroad, in
But according to those who have order that such cases might serve a
and thus put their lives in peril MOSH gunned the matter abroad it is not so sanitary purpose. As there is as yet no
often when the 'world is at its bright-
est and best,
The problem this brings tip is a na-
025; the injured, 53, 427. The fatalities
in 11 single years. 1913-5,558——were
more than those killed in the battle of
Bull 1Run. And these were persons kill-
ed who hadno business to be in dung-
er.
These figures are the more striking
when compared with the fatalities in
other countries. In Great Britain, in
these some years, only 4,434 persons
ware ldlled and 1,315 injured. Those
who have carefully studied the sub-
ject insist that this great discrepancy
is due to the fact that in Great Bri-
tain and generally throughout Europe
it has been for many years the cus-
tom for thesauthoritieo; realising the
MORTALTIL 0N Railroad, galley two
value-of these lives to the Community,
to enforce strictly the laws against
railroad trespassing.‘
.lTyou walk along a railroad in Eng!
lend, believing you can thereby see the
country better or get home more
quickly. min are arrested and taken
before a1 leesi1magiat1ate, Who lines
you :10. hr census-you'can be lined
up to $50. and? imprisoned-for twu
months, and1‘ there; too; the law: is
strictly enforcedrlm Francsunlesw‘you
hbvs1a per-silt y0u1 connotations the--
tracks withoiit great danger or being
fined and even jailedl In Germany ‘tiie
penaltiee' MIG up to $25: '
only thirteem Statesiln this.country
' hsvmthusm followed. the exempted:
thesefluropem counties 1s ha‘vlnga
law‘s forbidding such use1 of railmodi
my. Missal states are 111111111191va
1 land; New: '1'me tiers”. Widths _
much the character 04 the laws themtgeneral law in Connecticut prohibit-
dealing with this subject as their rigni "13 mum“ “available but ”“16 cal!
enforcement by the local authorities be accomplished in that State,
“01131 and “0‘ a ‘0“! one and ha'siwhich has resulted in reducing thei
been so emphasized for some years. l death toll over what it is in this coun pecially serious one for New England--
From 1901 to 1910 those killed in this
The thirty-ninth annual convention; Stamford Cm,“ _________ 9- 02 a.m. imanner in the country numbered 50-
of the Fairfleld County Teachers‘ As- South Norw'allt Conn _,
socialion will be held at the South’; Westort Conn
Congregational Church, corner Broad; 30411140414 Conn 444444444 , , 4 .9:27a, m.
and Gilbert streets, Bridgeport, Friday, .
What makes the problem an es-
44.4, it should be said for the railroads is the very large contribution which
here that for some years now they industrial workers make annually to
have been “gum. the authorities in this death toll. Probably no other roll-
the states possessing such laws to o0-1 road in proportion t0 “5 length has 50
operate with them in their efforts to1
reduce the number of deaths by en- railroad tracks as the New Haven'. in
forcing the penalties upon all viola... 4 many cases the employees of these as
on. Only in this ,way, the railroads tablishments elect to use the right oi:
believe, can this serious evil be re-
duced and these 11m saved to cesium“ “1 disregard °f1 3“ warning
community. The non enforcement of; signs. To abate this evil the railroad
these laws and the remission of 1116131333 taken the- matter “9 directly With
penalty attached not only, they main :the heads of these concerns and has
tain. largely nulllflos such legislation;
but encourages .1113 practice of. making
railroad tracks public highways.
.Whiie some progress has been made!
in New England in securing coopera-
tion between the railroads and the lo
cal authorities in this method of life
saving, the increase in the number kill-
ed in March on the New Haven seems
to indicate that much remains to be
done in this direction it this manner-
is not again to witness adreadful hd
vest.
It is a rather striking commentary
on modern civilization in view of. what
this annual loss of life means to the!
community as well as to the families
of the victims, that often times of
forts made by the railroads to pre—
vent people from needlessly jeopar-
dlslng their lives, instead of.- being
forwarded by those affected, are ac-
tnally circumvented,
1111‘ one town in. Connecticut, where
the New Haven‘s tracks were persist-
'e‘ntly crossed sis. number. of potatoes
gloat; out. the railroad erected a
11th wire fence in addition to put
tion their pupils of the danger of walk-
tracks.
1men who drive the locomotives. It is
not generally known, but the effect oi:
human being loom up ahead of you an:
jury by a quick' jump the shock to the
m'an at the throttle is one not easily
got rid of,
In trying to cope with this problem
will always record railroad tracks and
is consequently impossible by any out.
or mew to «slam potential datum
5 11114141111 «will! that which!
'1' sustainabilit- townsiosultoeo-
many industries located close to the
way as a highway to and from theirll ,
asked. for their cooperation. It has 9.1-1
so asked school superintendents to new ’ '
ing or playing near the railroad,
Probably there is no class in the .1
community more anxious to see this
serious. situation remedied than the 1
suddenly seeing a trespasser, apparc,4
outiy nosvraro of the approach of a
train, is often. to mature the easily
ear. [it is not pleasant. it" you we run. 4;
111113 a train at high speed. to see a /
1
l
l
even though he escapes death or in---
in the last few years the New Haven ‘ ‘
discovered that withoutga strictly en- 14 ;
‘t-orced'lsw 1111 each state m‘sny'peoplo .
railroad proper-y as 4 111111116 highway in I
spite stroll buttress to the: sooner! It: .
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