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-'fimellous I; "
g Willi lie Knows ‘37
a is Wise” is
i Ive all know you ‘3
:leel Extra Val- 3;
>, no for a dollar on a
3 May 29th. c:
”DAYS DAY 5 DAY $:
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Norwslk Post
omce as Second Class Hatter.
ssoxvsosvsm
5° “nous-mo. ,4;
5;; flavealloliu “
g Whenltltaim” ,1
1:5. minor" my
' gm, min.“ g:
at)“ 3 DAY 3 DAY 3:
'rvvo CENTS
Fair tonight; probably light front.
III III IIIIIII
Ime
bevel Taxpayers Object to Having
the Bouuoilnlon Settle the Mat-
ter and it Will Come lip at
city Election
IuIII IIIIIIMINI
IS DRlllDISED’
figures Presented Showing, Amount
of Money for the Fund
————-——
I b I I
\Mvclher or not It pension Iund Is
established for the benefit of the mem-
bers of the Norwalk l’olice l)t‘piil‘l-‘
ment rests entirely with the voters of
this city. At one of the most interesting
meetings ll ever held the city coun-
c.il last (“911mm passed a resolution
which provides for the people voting
to settle this important question dur-
ing the coming.r October ciiI (lecfition
Incidentally last night during some
of the speech making. the police do-
pattluent managment. came in
some stinging criticism because of tlois
extra expense consumed in running
the.
and because of positions being in force
which were considered unnecessary.
There were hints, also, of suspected
playing of politics in the. agitation for!
the pension fund at this particular
time.
(Centinued on Fifth Page.)
DEADllElll RANlAlA-
SDNR Bl lRlNlll CHOIR
The. cantata.
was sung by the clIoiI'_.of Trinity
church, last evening. and a very large
congregation was in attendance. As
a prelude. Edward J. Sims, organist
and choirmasler, played “Paenn,” by
Matthews, and at the olferlory. “Cau-
vonetla," by M. Elvy. The pestludc
was “Processional March." by Rogers.
Mr. Sims played in his well~known
finished style. The cantata was giv-
en with the enthusiasm and finislf
which has given this choir a high
place in the choirs of the state and
much pleasure and appreciation was
expressed by those who were present
to hear their work.
The rector. Rev ‘Ir. Coleman. spoke
in a few well chosen welds at the
conclusion of the cantata, expressing
his pleasure in the large attendance
at this service on the evening of a
week day and extending a hearty wei-
Come to all services ’61 the church.
Thus another successful musical
evening was added to the history of
Trinity parish.
._._.__——‘—___
SIX EIREMEN. ARE DRUSlIED
NEWARK. N. J., May 1-i.——Six tire
men were crushed under falling brick
walls early today while fighting a
300.000 fire which burned three four-
story buildings of the leather manu-
facturing plant of George Stengel.
lnc., here. Some of the injured fire-
men were so severely injured that
they may not recover. .
DESERTS HER HUSBAND FOUR
DAYS AFTER 'MARRIAGE.
George A. Claik. of. Norwalk, filed
suit. for divorce. yesterday. against
Margaret Duffy Clark,~of Norwalk, to
whom he. was married April 26, 1912.
Clark alleges that his wife lived ‘ivnh
lIiInJiny four days. deserting him
bitty 1. 1912;
waterline in The Sentinel.
department since consolidationI‘
I QSQEI
“tlhrist the \'ictor."vI
l'
in Favor of War.
tro.
another
establishment were
[111
(iiorualc d‘ltalia.
foI'IIIal lllt‘t‘llllf" of the
War Fever Continues
To Spread' In Italy
III the clash thc windows of a German cafe and
\linistcrs Iuct llltl\l\
Gabriele d'Annunzio Cheered Until He
Appeared on Hotel Balcony and Spoke
ROME. via Paris. May 14,
fcvcr continues to spread throughout ltaly and thc mani—
festations in the capital are I'Iarticularly
crowd which favorcd ltaly‘s Intervention wcnt last night
to the hotel at which Gabriele o'AiIIIunzio is stopping
and chccrcd until the port appcarcdon a balcony
spoke fcrvidly in favor of war.
the crowd went to the palace
g‘hcrita and acclaimed lIcr wildly.
l’I‘o-war cuthusiasts engaged in a brief strum'lc with
ncnlralists holding a mcciing in the
5:l5 a. m.——'l'hc war
A
iIIIprcssi v c.
and
lirom d‘.\ununzio's hotel
of Dowager Quccn Mar-
I
l'latc San Sylves-
in
broken. Mounted
polict"
clcarcd thc squarc. but the (lemonslt‘atiou was continued
for some time in the ccntralpart of thc cit)".
'l‘hc nit-cling of Minisict's
\
)t‘stI-rt lay a it crnoon Iva s
not. strictly spcakiurr, a Cabinet council. accordingr to the
to discuss
the situation crcatcd by populai agitation fol war and to
consider questions" which will be
lithium,
discussed at the next
1n-
RAlSE IN SlAlE EAR
WDIJlD DDSE US $12,000
A
rhould the IepoIt of the lenislaiive
finance committee. made yesterday,
recommending: that II state tax of one
'and onchalf mills be levied, be in-
lIqubly considered by the legislature.
Norwalk would pay to the state the
sum of about $37 000 or about Nil;
It I in excess m the $25000 tI.\ ,I'IIJ
by this city last yeat.
'lhc present rate is one uIIIl. l! is
.t"-limili(‘(l that, should the extra half
liniil be tacked on, the state "will raise
in. additional st.750.ooo. The finance
iccunnitlec. according to dizpto'lmi
i’iIom Hartford has also‘reporlcd large
i IIIIeases in the ll‘ on railroads and
(dim public serice t‘Ol‘DOl‘dliOlle, an
inciense in the tax on insumnce (‘Olll-
ipauies and a large increaseuin the
Itax on general corporations.
it supposed. it is said. that
lthese taxes would beWh lieu of the
Idirect state tax. The report came in.
however. not only favoring a state
tax. but a state tax fifty per cent. lar-
ger than any annual direct Jax laid
by the state on the lists of cities and
towns during a score of years.
EDRMER EDDAE SINGER
V“ S
Miss Angel Agnes Choupournin,
well known in South Norwnlk, where
she formerly was soprano soloist in
the choir of the Congregational
church, was married today in New
York to Dikrnn B. Douchain, a re-
tired merchant in that city. Mr. Don-
cha‘in‘s first wife died three years
ago. and he has two sons and' a
daughter. Miss Choupourain, after
leaving this city. became well known
as a singer of great ability in Hari-
ford, inking leading parts in numer-
ous musical festivals. After a trip to
the Pacific coast. Mr. Donéhain and
his bride will Ieside in New Yolk
citv. '
JUDGE GED. VDSRDRRH DDT
0E PDlllIDAl RDMMITEEE
Judge, George H. Vosburgh has fot-
warded his resignation as a member
of the Republican town and city com-
mittees to the respective chairmen.
the resignation to take effect June
lot. This action, the Judge deemed
proper. because at that time he as-
sumes the position of Judge of the
City Court of Norwalk. Judge Vos-
burgh will also he succeeded by a
new Liquor- Prosecuting Agent, his
term as such expiring the first of
July.
I
RETIRED MERCHANTS BRIDE
the middle of July.
1 tractively decorated
flags and
gthose present
{Stamford Bridgeport and Georgetown.
The committee who had charge con-l
:sisied of Albert F. Rose, John McGar-tof Colonel IBougmon, who has
REllERAl ERDSl APPllES
EDR PASSPDRES l0
VlSll ZDNE 0E WAR
‘Ieneral Russell l-‘rost.
former brinndewcommandcr in
Connecticut National Guard
prominent member ofthe
(‘ierk M. J.
he may visit England and France.
sou, Russell Frost. JI'.,
plicutlon for a passport.
General Frost and his son will suit
from New York on the. St. Louis, Mn)“
no
i...
on a business trip. They will first
visit England and then go across to
time
France lenerul Frost at one
had command of the old Fourth itegi-
ment of which the local companies
“etc a part.
The local people had planned to go
abroad on the Lusitania. the ill fated
Cunard liner, but changed their plans,
fortunately, at the last moment.
REESEl CEDD’S
SPRING DANCE
The Kelsey club held its
Spring dance in the Town Assembly
Hall last evening and a large crowd'
was present. Speidel‘s string orches
Ira, of Bridgeport, furnished the mus-
ic and it proved as popuar as ever.
Many musical novelties were introduc-
ed, including singing by the members
of the orchestra The dance was suc-
tessful in every way. so much so that
the club will hold another affair in
The hall was ab
with American
Kelsey banners.
were
rie, Frank J Riley Ernest Layden and
Oscar Waleur.
MAN WHO SEEKS In
'Wl‘lES WEAR-MINDED
After Pasquale Prince otwnton had
pleaded guilty in tlve Criminal Super-
ior Court yesterday to enticing Mary
Chattos. a 14 year old Wilton girl,
Judge Case was informed that Prince
was married at the time and “that he
also wanted to many the IChatfos girl.
When counsel for Prince stated thatl
of this city.
the'
and n
h‘airticld
County bar. applied to Naturalization
Flanagan of Bridgeport.
yesterday for a passport in order that
lits
also made up-
‘ There was a rumor about
annuall
Among 1
visitors from i
I‘ turned to WashingtoupD. 0.,
she is likely. to make her permanent-
Iii tits Iuvus
City Engineer George A. Sherron
has placed his order for 30,000 gab
ions of oil for the streets of this
city during the present summer. The
board of appropriation allowed the.
street department, this year. $6,500
for oiling. This enables the depart-
ment to purchase a heavier grade at
oil of higher quality, than was secured
with last year's appropriation of $4.-
500. which covered the cost of oiling
the first. second and third districts
last year.
Two grades of oil have been pur-
chased this year. One, No. «l, con-
tains 45 per cent. of asphalt, while
the second grade. No. 6. contains 68
per cent. of asphalt. The latter grade
is put on roads when hot. and will be
used on only those roads in the city
which are in excellent condition. A
iconsic‘nment of coarse grit has been
lpurchased which will be thrown over
.the hot oil as soon as laid.
will be
i'l‘his will insure excellent results.
“I'l‘hc matttr has been dropped. so
NM us the police are c‘onctr.ned" stud
It‘hiei of Police “illiain it Penning
5 ton. this morning, during an interIicw ‘
concerning the citv council voting 1118*-
night to let the people Iotc on the
question: "We will not ask that a
referendum vote be taken by the pot)—
pie next October.
the affair.
“You ungrstaud however. that the
police were entirelv within their legs l
rights in asking that the council give
a decision regarding
in which the other 13 cities in Con-
necticut secured their pension funds.
and the statutes entitled us to take
this action."
RAISER’S PERSDNAE AGERE
IN SEDlllSlDN HERE?
South
INorwalk this morning that Dr. Bern-
‘hard Derbnburg, the uu-otliciul agent
of the German government.
pro-German utterances have offended
official Washington, was stopping
i
avoid the wide- spread publicity given
and his statements since the sinking
of the British liner “Lusitania." off
the coast of Ireland by a German sub--
1 marine. recently.
A thorough investigation this morn-
.ing could not substantiate this report.
The rumor probably had its origin in
advices received from New York city
that a group of reporters
questioned a man whom they took to
be Dr. Dernbttrg. The gentleman, how-
ever, denied this, stating he was H.
.Meyerburg, a herring merchant of
Duusoutob, Denmaik. and that he was.
on his way to South INorwalk to visit
his brother Otto. who keeps a deli-E
catessen store in this city. So far as
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
' GIFT To NORWALK LIBRARY.
.Mrsi. Daniel Hall Bougliton, widow
been
spending the winter with her sister,
i Miss Margaret Stevens \‘v'llson;~has re-
home. While Mrs. Boughton was here
she was much interested in the Nor-
walk Library and she has given to
the Children's room It valuable pre-
Nagasaki for which the giver had E.
M. Jackson make a very [handsome
frame, and which now adorns the
Wall, Mrs Boughtou brought the skin
home with h from her last trip-to
Japan and he meant to have the'blrd
"stuffed. but 0‘ Vecond thought. con-
.cluded that tis ”shadow frame"
would assure the preservatitin of this
the man was wealeminded, the judge tine specimen and she took great plea-
remarked that any man who tried to sure in having the
.g—o—
(Continual on tweltth page)
frame specially
. imade. The library. is enriched by thé
present. ‘ ,
This Vt'lll
form a “blanket" for the roadbed. and EASR Injunction Against Loewe 00l-
rollcd down into the road.
‘PDEIDE RllE DP IlDPE WI
“, EDR PERSlDN EUND HERE
i‘ilutlglll bI lhc lnitcd
Ilttlilbui}.
That‘s the end of‘ .
by input) Sheriff It.
the establishg
ment of the fund. This is the manner
DIVIC lEADDE ED
whose :
in;
.thls city under an assumed name. to1
eagerly I
where 1
sent. This is a Japanese pheasant from Ibis twenty-first birthday.
lwhleh was in the nature of a surprise,
llAllERS SDE
EDR IRlERESl
0N. DEPOSITS
United Hatters llave case Against
Homallt and Danhury Banks and
‘D. E. loetve & company, of Dan-
burr
lNlERESl ADDDDNl
AMDDNlS l0 $25,000?
lecting the Amount
Another Ihaptcr in the immune
Jill) tII'IlterI'
l‘Izn- 5
was ope net! today I
lit ll >uit a ziagienrlilip 33 i. tIIItI
case
\\'t'l‘t: .
liIIIIIIs of
Norwalk and
i5 lIecwc and ‘
North Ainelica against
banks and ‘l I.
(it . to recover ur- ,
('E'EAE‘ll interest on AEIOHtl tun-h b‘:lol1:- .
iIIII- III the batters \Il:iI-li were :iiitlt'll-
ed when it. 1-), Loewe and Company
'Iroulzht action agaium the batters in 1
limit. alleging; boycott. 'l‘he
IetnInI-Ible to the Superior
h‘IIiI‘iielIl county on the
In .lunt‘.
t'oIII-pany lmnbur)
ens-e:- are
t‘otzri (ll ,
illet 'l‘stic Il11;.
i’npurs were until today ’
Louie-I lIadrigau. ‘
of this cilv. The local banks are rep- ‘
Ieselift‘d ll\ Iltldl'ik‘ John H. Light, oil
'\\a:— hiunton street. and the batters b\ i
AtIoIIIey William F Tammany.
(Continued-q“ on Seventh Page.)
HELP DEEARDP WEElii
The members of the Civic League
are called upon as women interested‘
in the welfare of their city, to aid in.
{ the rousing of public interest in carry- ‘
ing out the suggestions made for;
”(‘1-enn -up Week," which begins Mon-l
day. May 1?. anti continues during the;
week. . .
Members are asked not only to see:
that their own out of the way corners>
are cleared of the accumulation of ilIe.
year, but to keep their eyes open t'orI
every opportunity to have others do
the same thing. The personal work'
_Ivil1 sometime be. of value in showing
to a property owner the necessity of,
improving the condition of some spe-;
cial unsightly and unsanitary place on!
his own premises.
Help on ualso be rendered by re—I
ecretary of the Civic League, any spe-
cial instances of unsanitary conditions.’
The public should know that every’un-g
covered garbage can. evegy heap oti
manure. every pile of refuse 13’3
breeding place for files and that tiles
are the carriers of. typhoid, and other
porting to the street department or the l
diseases. thus being the most danger- ‘
bus of our insect pests.
The Civic League members are
urged individually to do all in their
power-3w have all accumulated refuse
removed‘during the coming week.
BIETHDAY DINNER PARTY.
Walter Ewing Observes Twenty-first
Anniversary of His Birthday.
IA dinner was given last night by
Mr. and Mrs. William "Ewing to their
son. Walter Ewing. in celebration or
The affair,»
was held at his home at 4 Maple
street,~ and proved most enjoyable.
During the course of the evening Mr.
Ewing was presented with a hand-
some gold watch from his parents.
Those present were Abson F. Kee-
ler, Alvin eerdi, Elton Snell, Mas-
ter .William Ewing and Chester P.
Meeker. The latter enjoyed thetdls
tinctlon of having been born_on the
1§th or May, audible birthday anni-
versary .was duly noticed.
President Calls on .
Germany to Abandon
Submarine Warfare
MustNoi Attack American Ships or Those».
Which Will Callse Loss of Life to
American Citizens—Great Demanslra;
lions in Favor of War Are Reported" in
ltalyI—French and British -Forces Are
Gaining in the Lana Fighting in Turkey
——-English Captain Says He Sunk a
German Submarine---Greai Progress in
Northern France
’3
The L'nitcd Slates. note which was cabled bv Scc-
rctary liryan to the American I'\llll)£lSHii(ltli' in licrlin for
dclivcry to thc ticrInan liot‘cigu ()fticc todav calls on
(it-rump); in vigorous but courteous languagc to aban—
don lIti‘ submarine worfavc against merchant \csscls. and
to disavow.
the acts of her submarine ‘ in
llic
commanders
been attached
.\II_IcI'ican citi/cns lost or cIIdaIIgI-rcd.
(in-I'll
cases where American ships have or
ll\t\ of
tlt‘llltlll>ll'illltili.\ III floor of war
are reported in
dispatchcs from Itomc. it is said that grave events are.
looked for in the mar futurc. So far as is known. lying
Victor limmanucl has not accepted or dccliIII-d to accept
thc resignation of the (‘aleII-I. tcudcrI-d last night,
.\d\icc,~ from llit‘ llal'tluncllcs, as conveyed from
sources faun'uhlc to the \llics. say the lircncl; and llrit-
ish force» arc continuing to gain in the [and lighting. al-
though it i»
reached.
conccdcd the tlccisivc phrase has not bccu
(inc liritish correspondent that the
whole coast linc of tiallipoli l’cninsula is in the hands of
the Allies.
The captain IIl‘Ia steamer which put in at lilyth. ling-
land. reported his ship had struck a submerged obstacle.
which. apparently. was a submarine, and that he hclicvcd
that the submarine had been sunk. A Dutch trawler rc-
portcd it had been attacked in the North Sea by a Ger-
man acroplanc while flying' the Dutch flag. 'l‘lIrcc bombs
were dropped. bill the trawler was uninjured.
The great battle now in progress in Northern France
is characIcrIZI-d in a London dispatch as one of IIII— I‘
l.Iclicvablc fury. it is said both sides have been exhausted
by thc~strugglc. but that the Allies are holding firmly to
the positions in which thcy arc now established.
The Russian \Var Office announces that the battle
in \\'cstcru (ialicia is becomingI less intense. but official I
reports flout llcrlin and Vienna continue to claim that
the .\IIstro-(IIIIIIIIII force-I arc sweeping eastward. put-
ting thc Russians to rout and capturing vast numbers of
prisoners.
EiSSk‘l'lS
\\'.\SlLlf\'ti'l'().\'. May i4.~'l‘hc government and
pcoplc of the boiled States today turned cxpectantly to-
ward licrlin. whcrc Ambassador (icrard had been ill-
strucicd to present to the licrman liorciqn Office a note
calling tllc attcntion of. the imperial (iovcrnmcni t0 the
“unlawfulaud inhuman" dcstruction of the Lusitania,
and other violations of American rights on the high seas.
Germany is asked in the note to disavow the acts of H I
hcr submarine commanders in thc. torpedoing‘ without
warning of tllc Lusitania. a l‘uritish ship. with a loss of
more than one hundred American lives. and thc .‘\mcri~
can stcamcr Gulflight as’a result of which two or more
American citizens met their death. Reparation “so far
as reparation is possiblc." is asked and thc. Unitcd States
declares it "confidently expects that the IIIIpcrial German
Gmcrnmcut will take immediafc steps to prcIcnt the re-
currcmc of such acts and placticcs." ~
No time is specified foI II rcply, but the communica-
tion says the, government and people of the United States
look to the imperial German Government for just. prompt
and enlightened action in this vital matter. .
Thc couisc to be pursued by the United States ins ~
the cv cut of a non— compliance with its requests and ex-
pectations is not stated, but high officials pointed out j ..
that the conclusion of ‘tlic‘notc intended to impress upon I
Gcrm‘anythat there should be no misiapprchcnsion in .
. Berlin of the. firm purpose of the' United Statcs'to safc-
guard its rights by any means necessary This is ex— ~_ _
pressed in the final sentence, which says: ”the Imperial
(xcrman Go vcrnmcut will not expect the government of. .
"the. United States to omit any word or any act ncccs~
sary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintain-I». .
. ing the rights of the Lnitcd States and its citizens and
of safeguarding their free exercises and cnjoymcntf' -
ltrwv as just a week ago today that the Lusitania was.
_-...... .
. not ,
(Continued on Third Page.) ‘ M.
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