' race s11:
1HE SOUTH NORWiLK
EVENING m
ESTABLISHED av
JAMES GOLDEN.
A:
’ a. L. AND A. L. GOLDEN,
’ PROPRTETORS.
MONDAY, MAY 10, 1915
MINIATURE ALMANAC FOR
TOMORROW. ’
High tide 9:54 a. 111.; 10:04 p. 111.
Sun rises 4:38; aetsqmo.
EVENING SENTINEL TELE-
PHONE CALLS.
Editorial Rooms—~92.
Business Office—93.
Norwalk Branch Office—1388.
Editor’s Roadshow—12251;
City Editor's Residence—7sa-4.
Business Manager’s Residence——
113-12.
Publisher’s Residence—890.
nAsomc, NOTICE. -
Old Well Lodcefflo. 108, F. and A. M.
blasts in Masbnic Building, South
1 Main streeti’ist and 31d Tuesday of
‘each month—July and August ex-
cepted~at 8 o’clock. All Master
'Masons cordially invited. Sylvester
P. Decker. W. M. Robert M. Wilcox,
Sec.
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A Stated Convocation of Butler Chap»
their adapted mimtry. they were “flr'll
rd d1, Amenities.” The testing time
has come. '
When American citizens, men, wo-
afiairs in a purely innocent and legiti-
mate way. are blown up and drowned
by scores, by the deliberate act of a
,. German [war vessel under orders from
men and children. going about their'
infill! as to the attributes of my sex
held by decent men when they hep-
pen tobe‘mlevevith nag—«in plain
English, the nicest thing in the world
is the way men ideahae women.
The alleged fool, haying heard these
three diflnitions and turned up his
nose at then, explained that the “nic-
est thing" is the belief he once heard
expressed in a play. that non of us are
the German government, it istime toI
draw the line between things Ameri-‘bad, but that it's simply harder '10!
can and things German. some of us to be good than it later
The gravity of the occasion demands others.
no mincing of norda. The killing oil ”New," concludes the gentleman,
those American; was murder it w“? ”what shalll tell this child?" And the
an act of war. Even if no more suchlbest answer he can figure out is, that
“the nicestthing in the world is $1111
outrages occur, it is 30*!!! t0 requirel you hav'eot gut."
the coolest and sweet conduct andl What would you tell the child?
leadership in America to avert warn. -—-——-—~—O—-———-—————
in any event, there is such need asl THE GERMAN PRESS.
there has never been for American. The New Yorker Staatz-Zeitung is
lunity. lthe recognized leader of the German-
lt should not be necessary to pointllimerican press. Herman Bidder, the
out the Near completeness of the Am- l editor, commenting on the sinking of
erican case against Germany. We have 1 the Lusitania, says:
never recognised Germany’s so- -calledl l k w that British sympathizers
v1 3,. zone blockade because it has no in America will raise their voice. in
standing in international law or '11ra<:-;ls°lemn protest and horror They “'1"
lies Even if it were recognized we lave many opportunities during the
. next few months to swell the chorus.”
can not admit Germany's rlght to an-:
ll 11 b 11 h h it 1) d llf this mocking threat represents
nu aw 1111 a o b uman y y 83' l the real attitude of German-American
troylng belligerents' merchant ships
11th 1 th 1) ‘ t journalism toward the wholesale
—c an
"111 out g ving e non 0111 a pas {murder of American citizens by order
sengers and crews a chance to escape. {
of the German government-then we
the some ironwALaeszmo sew-111111.
NEW ”POWER IN THE
NW?
If you are thinking of a
particular new hat come here
and watch your thought
materialize. You'll see just
the material and the kind
of hat you have in mind if
it's in style. 'Straws $2 to
$5. . _. 1
Soft hats $2 to $5.
Dcrbics $2 to $3.50.
Caps 50c to $150.
Rogers 81 Stevens
NORWALK SQ. NORWALLK
prison authorities for such number
of prisoners as be can use once-
tively and the prison authorities
turn over to him such prisoners as
are suitable for the road work.
, The prison commission or hoard
”The appointment of Captain of control of state
\~\1lllam S. Benson, commandantiheld responsible for the development
of the Phlladclphia navy yard, as or the convict road work in some
lht first chief of the Bureau Of nine state: Colorado, lndiana, lowa,
Operations 1n the nmy was 1111- Kansas, Michigan Missouri. North
nounccd bv Secretary Daniels. iDakota Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
The selection of ('aptain Bcn— State prisoners are turned over
son for the new post which will Ito the county authorities to be
be (qual' 1n importance to that of .wog-ked on the county roads in ll‘lori-
Captain Wlliam S. Benson.
. is». .mwoooozoooc
institutions is .
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. our 27th
Anniversary
5 A L E
Norwalks’ Greatest Sale
~ Began This .Morning
A Sale where profits are cast aside to show our ap-
predation to thousands of our old customers and
carry our wares into thousands of new homes.
More and Greater Bargains tnan
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ter, No. 38, R. A. M., will be held at1‘ As for the presence of Americans onl
“8 rooms, Tuesday evening, MW 1"“- lhe Lusitania, a British liner, they had 1
1915, at 8 o'doek. Installation of of. precisely as much right there as they
fieers and P. M. degree. All R. A. Ma- 1
time cordially and fraternally invited. {would have had “1 trolley cars "m ‘
are sorry for German- American journ-
alism.
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The Japan- -t‘hlna problem begins to
'niniug on the streets of ‘.\orwalk‘ clear 11p Japan, it seems. is simply
Fraternall-y You". 1
CHARLES A. TUOK, H. P. l
Attest:— 1
F. 8. LYON
Secretary, ' - ,
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THE TESTrNG TIME
10n the evening of the day that the
Lusitania was torpedoed with the
loss of 1500 nonlcom’balant lives,i
over 100 of them Americans, news
paper men circulating through
York city observing lpublic sentimcn
reported these astonishing facts:
A populal German restaurant on
Fourteenth street was packed with
German-Am
delebratlng what they termed‘ a yic
tory.” The orchestra played Only pa
triotic German tunes, and there was
a tremendous outburst of enthusiaM1
for Germany.
At the fashionable German club. ac-
cording to the New York Tribune’51
report there were joyous toasts to the
which happened to be owned by
English capital. The seas ate the
lworlds free highways in peace and mm 111 China Asia is lobe Japanned
war, for those going about their own
.business. German flat at Berlin cannot
abolish iulmemmial law and legalixe'
n1u.rder .\'0 international authority in
the world can justify this crime.
it is an act of the sort concerning
New which President \lilson said, in 1111 (Jill .pulmc 13 a record of which any man
t -cial note to Berlin. 'lt’ such a deplor- might well be proud. and that is the
able situation should arise, the govern-
ment of the United States would be
cOustraihed to hold the German gov-é
ericltns and their families ernmeut to a strict accountability.' man mu, 8. small wagon show, he has
and to take any, slepslthat might be
necessary to spfegdard Americg‘n lives
‘and property and to secure to Ameri-
can “We“ the full enjoyment of he has improved his equipment andl ,
’ their acknowledged rights on the 1158b searched all over the country for ”Mum-1A7 GALLON 0F GAS WILL 00 L
scas.’ There can be no withdrawal
from that self respecting position
Elev; Gern1an~Americnn must recog-
following Germany" 11 example. Japan's
“plate in the sun" happens to be 10-
lwthe oriental symnonym for Prussian-
lzedr—that' s all.
1 ~—o—-—-—
+IA8 AMUSED PUBLIC FOR —THIRTY
FIVE YEARS.
l Thirty-five years of success as an
amusement purveyor to the American
record of Frank A Robbins. who will
bring his‘ All- Feature Show" here on
May 17th.
‘ prcdlricd that eventually the Bil—1
tom-mandcr in chief of the Ait- da, Georgia and North Carolina and
lanllc fleet was a surprise ‘South Carolina. This system is not
The important lact' 1n the rcgth, approved b) me national committee
latlons prescrlbcd for ”u all“ on prisons and prison labor, which
of operations is that he assumes holds that the 3mm under no em
both the responsibility and the cumstnnces is justified in delegating
authority for the most important the responsibility for “s convict
functions in the navx. 'lhe aid ,nrds to comm, “worm“
for operations 1115 predoccssor,l The ”stem in New York “an is
w as hampered by theI fact thatlalso far from whmmm ‘5 it di-
Congrtss "0‘ er Ea“. (‘fall 53%“ vides the responsibilitv for the con-
3‘10? to the on {route “‘ r struction work and maintenance of
cwr and at e “as 0.") myths camps between the state high-
utilise and mytrnmqlll‘d (l 1way department and the control»
l'l1c new olfima w‘ "Tet sinners of the counties in which the
where the aid of operations has roads are to be built, wuh the state
'w'" alilc only to suggest. He superintendent of prisons in final
will (Olllrol practically clcr) authority
tbs was“21.2.242113211‘5;1 ~11 w ..
rc rarll to the material. and '1t ‘S1Wvomlag the highway department
1" ' and the prison department coope~
eln the control of this work.
Starting while yet a very young
gradually deveIOped his business 1111.
til today he is putting on the road a
show. which is fully up to any in the"
features presented. Every year for 35
acts, and those which will be seen
this year are said to eclipse any in the
111111.11 has always been the custom
lot this successful circus man to give
Kaiser, Admiral \on Tirliitz and the "'Zé "“‘t “ day may 90mm" come the public just what he advertises,
submarine crews. and the deed wa
pronounced “a masterstroke."
There were similar expressions at.
the Hothrau Hans, on B'.-roadway 'l‘h
cashier was heard to about that he'd
willingly have given $1,000 to hearl
this “greatest bit of news in many a'
day," and a patron, ordering drinks
for all around him. rejoiced loudly
amid applause that the passengers
who dared to go to sea after the warn-
ing of the German embassy had “gob
it good and plenty.” at the Kaiserhot, ,
another well~known German restaurant -
in the White Light district, there wasi
exuberant satisfaction over the “strat-'
y" displayed and the “triumph" at-
iaiued.
A German watching the bulletin
board ill Times, Square shouted, “Hur-
rah for Germany!" as he read the
loss-ot~life bulletins, and then com-
plained that America was not a free
count y w,hen after the inevitable
tight he precipitated, a policeman took
him away. '
Many Germans seemed saddened and
distressed; but generally, where Ger-
man-Americans gathered.‘ there was
music and feasting and rejoicing, as
,Aif the news had come of a great vic-
~tor . Amid the mourning or an Am-
» erican city over a world-calamity and
' ' themurder of scores of American cit-
{ izeus, there was such a spirit of
“Deutsohland Usher Alias" as would
have been in questionable taste even
in Berlin. And this spirit seems to
, have been shown not only in New
g: - (York- but in several other cities of the
lUnlted States.
' , It- is a melancholy thing to record
these facts. It is hard for on American:
to understand them. The attitude reveal
ed is as serious a thing to the nation
as the deed that amused so shocking
an expression of it.
It is but a few weeks since many
1. immwwt
. the United States were declaring, 111
' spite of their pronounced Tented sym-
mules. that if it ever came to a tebt.
area 1.11111, 11cm cam-arm
be punctual for an engagement.
phone." but only Germans or only Am-
lericans Any citizen who rejoiced ov-
e, ler the sinking of the Lusitania oughtl
to sit down and consider calmly where
his interests and his allegiance lie.
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HOME FOR THE AGED.
The laying of the corner stone of
the Home for the Aged. yesterday,
crowned the efforts of the earnest
public {workers who for many months
have been interested in this commend-
lable enterprise. The home is beautiful!
ly located and in its construction ev-
ery attention has been given to the
details having for their object the com-
fort of the inmates of the institution.
These are days when the spirit of
helpfulness is abroad throughout the
land and inspiring motives have been
behind the good citizens of Norwalk i
in their endeavor to help conditions '.
of less fortunate friends and neighb-
ors.
O—-———--
"‘T‘HE NICEST THING IN THE
WORLD."
A gentleman farmer of Tarrytown.
N. Y., in a letter to one of the metro-1nd impotent policies in our critical'lllll‘li’ miles
politan papers, says that child asked
him. “What is, the nicest thing in the
mom nocreeung competent to
answer the questionhlmself, he begg-
ed'for thueand put it up" to four of
his friends. “a philosopher, a man of
the world a woman and a feel."
The philosopher. announced that the.
nicest thing in the world isa place
where Bernard Shaw has never been
heard of, where the natives ash no
personal questions and where there
are no white spate. -
The man of the world opined that
the‘nlcost thing is a woman—not any
sorter a woman. but ono‘who“ ll‘ not
a
1 autumnal. who client wear ‘ elap-
py clothes around the Muse. who will
take a men‘s love ' and loyalty for
whdudwhorwllooceiaawhile
The 611111111131“; 1'1 is thatch-Ion.
Wanammnu.w
‘ Robbins has increased his menagerlo
, has declared .war upon civilisation. re-
a When there must be no more “by- grind his reputation for keeping his
,word has become so great that he is
able to return to the some towns year
after year, a thing which has been
éfound impossible with other circuses.‘
In addition to strengthening his show
and parade this year at great expense.
Two performsncos will be given. at 2
and 8 o'clock, preceded by band con-
certs for one hour.
SENTINEL
REKDERS’
IEWS
V .
DISGUSTED WITH OUR cOvan.
MENT. _
Editor of The Sentinel:
In the Sentinel of Saturday, there
was a stirring reprohation the weak-
ness of the present administrations
let our government {or its drifting
national relations. In view of the
latest dastardly crime against human-
ity in the cold~blooded murder of men.
women and children, non-combatants.
which had no possible bearing upon
has inflicted. upon all nations, is it not
time new,“ least. for the estrogen-
people of the United States, to ask
how are we to retain our self respect
and; maintain our national honor“;
Says Bx-Attoraey General Wicker-
Sham. “We should cancel all diploi
matic relations with a country whma
all our ambassador from Berlin. and.
hand Count Bernstorff his passports.
The writer in the Sentinel quotes
Dante. that “Hell is paved with good
momma". Dante? never said it. but
Sarnuel Johnson did, and Boswell re-
cords it. It is.true all the amend
the impound crave: pectin of our
gove'rpmpnt with good intentions and
Without statements in wreath“,
pliablm- ‘ ‘ ~
1 It is difficult to realize the amount'
lthrce holsc power engine the amount
[out wringing.
the issues or the ‘war which Germany '
mm man that the control
”this
rcan of Operations will perform
lllll(l'l0IlS now in the hands of thcl
old for material. This is said lol
film the only thingr lacking,v hcsidcm
.thc 11am to stltutc the new,
bureau uav gcilgcal. staff 1'
sponsible for the care and discipline
of the prisoners: while the road de-
work which it is equipped to do, till
111111111111; of roads.
The national committee on pris-
1 lone and prison labor has found this
llatter system essential to the am:-
lOt stored energy in a gallon of ”80' lcessful development of convict road
,lcho, says ll. L: Thomson of the de- lworit. The pm” department is m‘
‘purtment of Agronomy at Oklahoma 11 position to care for the prisoners
'Agricultural and Mechanical College. and to handle such matters as food
8lip 11 gallon pall'i't looks very small. clothing, housing. medical attention.
‘bm when burned in a small two or 1the affording of educalional ilacili-
ties and recreation The highway
department cannot be expected to
handle these details with the same
knowledge as to what conducos to
the welfare of the prisoners: yet no
pdson commission can successfully
undertake the building of roads—3
the work of the engineering ew-
perts. -
Under. a system where the' high
way department simply hires the
prisoners from the prison depart
ment. paying for their labor the
same amount that it would pay for
free labor of the same ediciency the
economic and satisfactory develop-
ment of convict road work can be
expected and will result.
of work accomplished is surprising.
Even though so much work is accom
pushed, fournflhs of the energy in
tho gasolene is wasted in the best
engines—in friction cooling and the
exhaust gases. Yet in 11 good engine
ll should give ten horse power house
or 11 run a one horse power engine
lot 11 ten-hour day.
i Tests have shown, says Mr. Thank
'son, that one gallon of gasolene used
in an engine can do the following
work:
Shell 264 bushels of corn.
Grind 486 bushels of corn.
Separate the milk from 300 cows.
Do twenty weekly washings with-
Fireworke.
$You hate me and I hate you,
And we are so polite. we two!
Grind twenty sickles.
Pump 2,454 gallons of water from
a 43-foot well.
Pump 1,720 gallons of water from
a 159-foot well. ‘
Cut four acres of grain if harvester
is drawn by horses. "
Bale four tons of bar.
Mix thirty-live cubic yards of ce~
. 9‘
But whenever I see you I burst apart
And scatter the sky with my blazing
heart. '
It spits and sparkles in stars and balls.
Buds into roses, and flares and falls.
m1~nt .
Carrv one ton fourteen miles on ‘ Scarlet buttons. and pale green disks,
small truck. Silver spirals and asterisks,
Carry two passengers in *1 “sill c“ Shoot and tremble in a mist ,
Peppered with mauve and amethyst.
Plow twoflfths of an acre of aver- ‘ 1
agé land I shine in the windows and light up
Make electricity for eight lights (15 . the trees,
candle power tungsten), for thirty And 1111 because 1 hate you. 11 you
hours. ' please.
Cut and lift thirty [feet four tons of
silage with a blower cutter. , you rend
And when you meet me.
asunder ’
find go up in a flaming wonder
(if sam‘on cubes. and crhneon moons.
And wheels all amaranths and ma-
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CONVICT LABOR MORE IN FAVOR.
Thirty States at Beginning of Year
Had Entutea Providing for
Employment.
Thirty states at the beginning it
the present year had on their
statute been laws providing for' the
employment of prisoners in road
building. Arizona. Arkansas. ldaho.
Louisiana. 11111111111. Montana. New
trade. New Jersey; New Mexico,
Ohio. Omen. Virginia and Welsh»
(allow practically the same
Golden'lo'lenges' and spades.
Arrows of malachitee and seem.
Patents of copper, azure sheaves,
As you mount you dash- in the glossy
leam41
8111111 Newark: as we note, 1111 two!
seem you have me and i hate you
~11»: Dawes. 1- April Adams
measura-
matinee”
, The
Thee prison department is fully ro-_
'ap artment is called upon to do thel
‘ scription of seventy-live per cent. of
' never amount to more than twenty:
,. per cent. 1111111 assured businese,on
f ummrhtmr" 11an are
for this Anniversary. :1;
3: New Olicrings which will be brought forward every- :il
3. day will serve to increase the enthusiasm of our cus— 9:;
8, tomers as the sale goes on. 39'
t i;
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here for everybody. .,.
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ARSENATE OF LEAD, BORDEAUX MIXTURE FOR
S'.PRAYING
Sticky Banding for trees. Tobacco Dust, Fish Oil
Soap, Helleboro, Bug Death, “Slug Shot " Paris Greem.
“Caascu,” Insecticide. '
Tomato, Cabbage, Pepper, Pansy and Salvia Plants.
All Kinds of Seeda.A1vr1‘our's Fertilizers.
MOWER & MALONE 20-22 Main St. Nemelk
after the season opens with “at once"
1 orders for 100 per cent. of the entire
Modern Jobber Does Not Place Ordera' ““0193 Wine”, how can any sane
A1 of Old, 111-1111.“ W expect to operate on
1 such a basis and continue in business:
The following is from the current is; Are but '10an prearlng to llam-
sue of the American Hatter: 1“,;
This title forms the natural Queryl
for the 11111111 of the hat 1111111 familiarl
with conditions in the trade, and whel CAUL-s COMING IN “5“"-
listened to the reasons given by wholol A CW“ effect 01' Germany 8 sub-
salere- for not placing orders. imarine warfare upon Brltmn shinning
Do hat jobbers in general custom-{ale found in these advertisements, cut
plate going out of business in the new ham 3!! Basil!!! nWBDIPGr by the
future, and for that reason want to get l HIM Guardian:
their stock cleaned out, and only burl
from the manufacturer just enough CHILD’S Cool for Sale (female); ac-
to cover themselves on actual orders CON £5 Box x 430,811". 67
which they hails received from retail-' ' Fleet sh, E. C.
era? CAUL—J'erfect one for. sale; £5. Box
How can the hat jobber expect to?!) V 549 ‘,’"Slar 67 Fleet st.. no
business without stock—ls the race or CHILD’S Cool for sale, good cOndi.
rhat jobbers of the present day of such t'ion; accept £4. Box V §15, Star,
inferior mentality that they cannot, 67 Fleet st., E. C
trust their judgment to take the ordi.
nary business man's chance that their The coal is a thin membrane which
fathers did? ' ,sometimes envelopes the head of the
What is this bogie the thought oflnewly born child. A child born with
which creates such- ear—this terror
of a possibility that a little stock will
be carried over? No business man
has ever sold out clean until he has
the final auction sale which rings
down the curtain on his business on-
reer. Is this the contingency that'the
hat jobbers are now preparing to de-
velop?
There isn't a hat jobber worthy of
the name who could not right now sit
down and write in detail an exact de~
HATS AND HA1- Jos'eeas.
be lucky, and the can! itself, among
superstitious persons, has been con-
sidered a' sure charm against death-
by drowning. As Tom Hood puts it:
' But-still that jolly mariner
Took in 110 reef at 1111,, '
He wore a baby’s caul.
Evidently the owners of coils be-
thoée who go to sea are new subject-
. ed on account of the war will make
his total sales for the next season.
Well. then, why doesn’t the jobber
place his orders for that seventyafive
per cent of the season' a business!
The special late season novelties
ibth' century cauls were sold in con-
1: many years since they were pub-
licly advertised. Five pounds, or $26,
is a large sum to ask for something
of no value. yet apparently the own-
mists believe they have 9. fair, chance
(of getting it. Meanwhile the coal is
onset England’s answers to the Ger-1
man submlne waflare.—_— New Bed-
ford‘ Standard. "
five per cent. of a season's business.
Why does the lObber jeopardize the
delay in placing orders. seventy-five
account of the twenty-five per cent.
1about which there is and slwsyii has
been and always will beguncertslnty‘l
It’s About time manufacturers had
some action from the wholesalers. if
jobhers will place at once that eeventy- _
five per cent; arm and enable the
manufacturers to produce that volume
and inversions dealt for M
when the late seam WW
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spouse r‘tArvsav 7 1
“My emit" alto ordained. ‘
Ho 11111111111 uneasily. Few men like
1111111 open w. *
But she told only the truth
. .
a caul has always been supposed to .
lieve that the extra danger to which '
Borne 1mm her mu'llod‘
For in his pouch, confldlngiy]; '
the talismans valuable. Early in the _ .
sleet-able numbers to bailout and per- ,
sons about to make a voyage, bat it ‘
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