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News on Ninth ‘
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Rev. Walter J. Shanley, of Danbury
Issued a Reply to . Secretary—-
Treasurer Martin laIvIor
NATIERS [[0 ID
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Frequent Natting Troubles Nave.
lmpeded ’Danhury’ s Progress;
Says the Danbury Divine.
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J. Shanley, pastor at HI.
Walter .
l’eter's Ito» i
man Catholic Church. in a sIIIIen-cnt ,
. issued yesterday replied to a recent]
statement issued by MarIin l.n\\'lor,"
secretary—Ircasurcrlof the l'IIiIed liat- 1
ters of North AIIIerica. in which MI ‘
lIawloI' sought to defend the national j
otiicers for IIIIIiI paII in the Loewe
boycott case and lot Etho IuanncI ml
which the). had Inanarzed IIII atlaitsl
of the hatters' union. Father Shan- l
to} stoutly rebukes the national oth-
(-ers for what he says was their in i
Ierl‘vrence in the II'ouble in Dunbar) ‘
His statement is in part It.“ follows:
“Air. lInwlorII was Ienuested to shot
an account of the batting tIouble in
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liDUSE NIIIS BEARD I
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Dig Majority Against Prohibiting:
Charging for Admission to'
Amatetmllecreations
HARTFORD. May 11.——The Rev.
lerald H. Beard‘s bill to amend the
Sunday law, which was passed in the
Senate last week, was killed in the
House yesterday by a vote of 132 to
87. This bill. while allowing amateur
recreations on Sunday, provided that
no admission fees should be charged,
and fixed a penalty of not more than
$200 fine. or imprisonment of not more manufacturers and workmen oIer Third Fire That” "38 Occurred III
than 30 daIs. or both, for Iiolntions.
It is expected that the Senate will con-I
cur with the House. i
‘ lander, of Newark, N. .i.
Principal Battle at
War is Raging in
Northern France
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Belgians Appear to be
With Some Success, and French Troops
Are Also Trying to Pierce the German
Line—Russians Admit a Further Retreat
in Galicia, Although Denying Reports of
a Complete‘Rout -—-ltaly has Not Yet I
Decided What to Do
l’rom the liclo'ian coast to
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III Northern lirancc. one of the
war thus for is now under.
arc pushing: forward,
against ll‘it' Ilritish army with
local stlccsscs lIaI'c bccn won on both Sidcs.
issue.
way.
littlc scctiun oivthcir I'athcrland
apparcntly
Near the bordcr tlIc lircnch are attacking
an attempt to pierce the Iicrman line.
two districts the Germans are on the offensive.
which is await-I‘d with IIIIconccachl concern.
Pushing Forward
Arras across the border
principal battles of the I
The llclgians. in the
which IlIcy still hold.
with some succcss. I
furiously, in I
llclII'chI thcsc
prcssing‘
forcc.
ISEUDND DISIDIDI
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Takes City Clerk Linxvveiler to Task
for Alleged DisoIiminaIion in
Distribution of Advertising
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Franklin Street Freeholders Report.
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A “Milli "panning," I-Istu llt' in it)”:
saru III and billet in it llllllll IIIIl .
(ism, ..aid b1 soul: to be out of the '
most stinging rebukes In or publicly
adIIIiIIiz-zzticd to II Int-III otlitial, was
Iteceited by t.‘it\ ('letl: Jonph .l
great All hough
the main
pro-
bably will not be decided for some time.
The Russians admit a further
although tlt‘lll'lllg .\ustrian and (icrntnn rcports
(ialicia, .
of a
rctrcal in
(t'ontinucd on Fourth
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EIUIII- IIUUR DAl
EUR UATIEUSi
Proposed ina Resolution Offered!
to yConvention" In New VoIk To-:
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A pioposltion to reduce the daily
working hours of members of the.
HAVE CAUSED
j$lUU ENIE EUSS IIIII PLANNED III 20
l'nited Hatters of North -tmerica from several Tenants 8|!er out Of
nine to eiglu came before the national
'j conIention of that organization in New i
‘ York city yesterday In the form of It;
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resolution presented by Delegate llol-
The resulti-
lion ,vas referred without comment to
the committee on resolutions
Delegate George H. Kceler, of Boston:
presented a Iesolution providing for,
Ipiainer wording of bills of prices In;
order to prevent disputes between:
OIIiII‘g to the fact that none of the
their interpretations l
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committees was ready to Ieport uponIi
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R..m.ps(,.n1mive liclley of Bridgepor wnatters that had been referred to.
them yesterday's morning session inst- did damage which “in probably am I
. speaking in opposition to the bill. ,
that in large cities, where there Is
IIIIII-h industrial employment. there is
great need of recreation on the Sub-I
bath. This bill, he said, did not pro;
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SAYS SUDSIIIUIE
DUI SUUUID PASS
The committee on railroads of the
state legislature, has reported through .
Senator Winton, of the Eighteenth;
District, chairman of the committee
on the part of the House, the
substitute bill concerning the layingi
of railway tracks on the Washington
street bridge,in the City of Norwalk.
The bill, which/has already passed
the House, is awaiting action by the
Senate. and is as follows:
Section 1. The publicidttilities com-
mission, upon petition of the bridge
construction committee of the city of
Norwaik, asking that. any electric
street railway company operating its
tracks upon Washington street bridge
over the Norwaik river in Norwalk be
required to construct two lines of
tracks across said bridge, after sucht
notice as it may ordeI and hearingl
thereon. it it shall find that public
necessity and convenience require the
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inlet PARISH ' I
~‘ Roy Montgomery.
ed only one hour.
the unions committees met to consid«
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EIEDIS UEEIDEIIS
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The annual parish meeting or Gracel
4W9? adjournmenttoum to $700, to the building on North
Main street owned by dohn J. Mc-‘
Govern, and occupied by several dit-
terent tenants The loss is only part-i
the l. I. McGovern Building ini
North MainStrert Early Today '
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IANUEID NARDI IS .
THE PRINCIPAL [USERl
Wooden Structure
Fire, this morning, at. 1: 05 o'clot‘kl
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covered by them once. i
The flames were first discmeled in:
the rear of the shoe store owned by
lAngelo Nardl,
who lives in the apartment mer the
shoe-shop.
hurriedly communicated to Chief Geo. .
by Miss Alice Taylor,:
A telephone message IIns‘
Bogardus. The chief made quick,
.Iesponse in his Automobile, but on
Episcopal Church was held last nightiarrivnl found the blaze too big for at l 45 p m. This meeting is held un- runaway with serious consequences.
;"li(ll shot"
.pleantul that
.Inul arisen regarding The South rior-
1recciI In}:
noun.
IIIIIXII'eiicr, last night, at the meeting ‘
lot the .in ('Oillit‘ll,
IIltllil] II. Milne.
from hs‘OIIIII‘dlliliifl
From what passed lit-tween the 1m:
‘oliicials during.r their tree exchange of
(European style). llr\\ilrl
some IIIisIIndIII-stIIIIdiIII;
\Iallt Sentinel and the Norwaik lionr
an equal division of city
IIIIII I'Ilsint;
It was ,IIlI
what thorn) (‘IIIIZ
his oil‘ue was II-anIIsIeIl
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Bliluc't: contention lllt‘l
lei“! unsold when ‘
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NAIIUNAI PRDNIDIIIUN
Will Be Conducted Here By Two of
the Foremost leaders of the:
Anti-Saloon Forces of Americaf
A Rally in the interests of National
PIohibition will be held in the Nor-
walk ’trmory on Thursday, May 20th,
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in the Guild room of the hall with 3. him to handle and he turned in an der the auspices of the Temperance
very large attendance The report or:
all departments were highly gratify-
ing and show ed the conditton of them
to be excellent. 1
port was read and imparted the ln-‘
formation that the finances me in the
usual healthy state. The parish haul?
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committee made its report which was :
most favorable. ._ ' "
The following officers were elected:
Senior Warden—Robert Van Buren.
Junior Warden—4Prof. Carl A. Bar-
strum.
Clerk—W. F,_Blshop, Jr.
Treasurer—George E. Curtis...‘
~..Vestrynmn—W. F.“ Bishop, W. F.
Bishop, Jr., E. L. ,‘Bradley, George
Elliott Brown, George E. Curtis, Lest-
er IHyatt. J. E. Prowitt and William
Wardwell, Jr. , ,
Delegates to Dioceasan Convention _
-—Georg‘e E. Curtis and Lester Hyatt. _ I
Auditors—ISamueI L. Weed and Le? j»
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tIfQi‘ZLK 2:;
alarm from box 14. Owing to changes
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The treasurer's re-I r ...__...~
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The greatest economy me
here.
ed for One Dollar bill.
Every merchant In cverv
be open until 9 p
ing the day will have a chance to avail themselves of the
Great Bargain Offerings.
£94.- s© I @112
DOLLAR DAY
On May 20th the merchants of this town will offer to 6
ii the public the greatest bargains that have ever been obtain; t,
spmethipg wonderful to offer on that date. All stores will
I‘.Ma_v 20 so that people employed dur—
Union of Connecticut. which is atflliat-
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III; of the year will soon be A
have 1.
line. of business will
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MUlDRDlCIE RIDER ;
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Main street,
‘ patient at her heme stated this morn-
~ANII-(IERNAN » RIDES RESUNED
IN EAST END 0E IDNDUNIDDAY
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Five Ton Conveyance oi the Gulf:
Refining Company Damagedf
and Cargo of Oil Spread Overi
Cross Street
IIIIIIII ESTIMATES
Int II our
theory Dhlmann and Son Charles
Have Narrow Escapesrf
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One at the GultsReflning Company 3,
five Ion automobile trucks laden with'
gasoline was struck by the down train}
on the Duhbury division at the (‘ross
street grade last night at 11: 50 o clock}
and extensively wretltcd the (or, the.
damage being estimated at $5,000. ln-l
eluding the loss of 1,530 gallons of gas-l
oliue. by iiendy Ohlmann, the localI
manager of the company. He was drIv-I
ing the machine at the time and along
II ith him \\ as his son. Charles. Neither
one II as injured to any extent although;
both II ere considerably shaken bv thol
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DADII INJURED
An automobile owned and driien byI
Leo \‘lilliams, ol‘ Saugatuck. and al'
. horse and wagon driven by Miss Dish-S
op, of New (Tatiana, collided, lute yes-
terdaI afternoon under the \\aslIiII.1,-'
ton street railroad bridge. I
Miss Bishop was driving up Soutni
Main street, and in turning to go Iicwn}
Railroad avenue, she drove on the:
wrong side of the traffic dummy. TheY
Williams Iiutomobile came up Rail-I
road avenue, and in making the circle:
to go up North Main street mashed}
into Miss Bishop's carriage. ‘
Little damage was done either to the
wagon or machine. Had it not been
for 'the prompt action of Ex-(‘ouncil-
man George Oliver, who grasped the
bridle of \llss Bishop's spirited horse,
there would undoubtedly have been a!
I ‘ INlD AUIDNDDIIE
. The little three-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry IL. homes, of 231
uptown, lastaevening.
shortly pastrseven o'clock. while rtm-
ning across Main street, ran into the
rear end of an automobile operated by
Andrew J. Collins, of North Main
street. "
The little girl was taken to the
home of Dr. Samuel -H. Huntington,
where Dr. Huntington and Dr. William
.I. Tracey rendered medical treatment.
She is sutt'erlng from a slight concus-
sion of the brain. \
tDr. Huntington, who is atendlng the
log that, the child will soon be about.
WIIN INCREASED VIUIENUE
.a.
Attacks'Made on Germans Whenever They ‘
Appear, and Police Are Unable to Cope
With the Situation— ——Many Establish-
ments Raided and Sacked, and Con-
tents Scattered About The Streets-Lite-
boat With Three Dead Women and
‘1 Two Boys Goes Ashore on the South
Irish Coast, and Bodies of Other Vic-
tims Have Been Recovered
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LI. IXDHN. May 3:28 p, Ill.---.\iill‘lit‘i‘illélll riots
In IlIc liast l‘ind of lonrlou were rcIII-III-Il
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with c\cII grcatcr \‘iochu‘c than ycstI-I‘Ila}:
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this morning
\\'hcrcvcr a
Iicrmzzn showed himself he was atlackcd. The police
force has bccn so \I'cakcucd by drafts scnt to tlIc army
that it had difficulty in dealing; with tlIc riotcrs and
spccial constnldcs had to be called out
,\ number of IicrnIan cstablislIIIII-nts wcrc I‘IIiIchl
and sackcd. and their contents scattered ovcr the streets. I
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icrtnans tlIcInsclI'cs were forced to go into hiding.
”he policc iII sonic
To the angry'
and some officers were. injured during their
cndI-avors to protcct the 'l‘eutons. The furniture and
fittings of ticrman houscs and stores were hurlcd through
windows to thc strccts. \Vllt‘ll the were
were scvcrcly mulcd. In some cases their
clothcs were torn from tIIcir backs.
(Inc ticrInan was thrown into a horse trough
the reminder that his coIIItatriOts had bccn
tlII-ir tiinc drowning Women and childrcn.
sand from a similar fatc by the intervention of the police
There instances of (icrman butchers
trying to escape in. their carts. They went racing: down
the strccts at a mad gallop. but in most cases they ul-
timately wcrc run down, and their I'chiclcs smashed.
i A number of Russian Jews were flocking); this morn-
ing to the policc stations in the East 13nd pleading for
])i()lLCllt)ll. explainingr that they were bcine mistaken for
(iI-IIuanS.
licpoits were reachingIr
cases 'w; Ilcficd by
crowds,
proprietors
caught they
with
spending
He was only
were several
private
fashion-
thc police that
belonging to wealthy (iermans in the
West lintl arc liable to be burned.
Troops arc in readiness to assist the police if neces—
sary.
Large placards in the windows of almost all busi—
and markcts bar the words. "
transacted with (icrmansf‘
'l‘lic protcst of the German l'iradford
against the course of the German in the
torpcdoinc' ot' the Lusitania is the first united public Ile— ._
IIIIIII‘iatioII by naturalized Tctttous ”horror
and indignation of the German outrages."
Letters. from individual Germans are appearing
the newspapers. but the more prominent
German.rcsidcnts have not as yet made
The Cabinet was in spec'al confcrcncc today to re-
view the alien situation as altered by recent happenings
and the country is eagerly expecting drastic action.
houses
IIblc
IIcss houscs No business
citizens of
IZIII'cI‘IIIIIcIIt
cx prcssing
in
among the
an \ Il‘lOYC.
May 12, Io:I7 a. tit—Jihe bodies
when the
QFEEIN'STO'WN.
of nine men and eight women who perished
Lusitania sank. comprising thoSc brought ashore at Ital—
tiInorc and other Irish coast points, arrived here this
morningr aboard a tug. The only body of a first class‘
passenger which was promp;ly identified was that of
Percy Secombc, of Peter-borough, Ont. son of the late
Capt. C. W. Secombc of the Cunard Line. His sister,
Miss Elizabeth Secombc, still 15 missing "
Slow progress is being made In the work of Identiti-
cation. as few relatives of passengers are now here
and the authorites are relying only upon papers and trin-
kets found on the bodies. The names of Jamcs Harri-
son~ and A. P.|N01'l'l5 were found on papers in the poo-
kets of two of the men, w? ile that of K. Hick-son was
found on the body of one \‘I oman. Three of the dead
were members of the Lusitmia‘s crew.
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TOKIIO, May 12, 4 :45 p. m.—-—Thc Japanese govern-
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