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Connecticut Playing a
Big Part m
of United States Navy
London Papers Quote late Congressman
‘ Lilley on Unpreparedness of This Coun-
try 'for War—Two State Concerns
Building Submarin
Aeroplanes and Marine Engines—New
Haven Company to
for Government
\N'ASHINGTON. May 22.—ln these,
days of discussion preparation, or
lack of preparation for the national‘
defense, the efficiency of the navy,
etc, it is interesting to note that Bri-
tish organs are citing the opinion of
one of the earliest critics of the mod-
ern American navy to sustain their
statement that the American navy isi
unprepared for war with Germany, or
any other first class power. The cri-
tic referred to was the late Represcn-V
tative George 1.. Lilley, of Connnecti-
out, who served on the committee on‘
naval affairs while in Congress, and
who sounded 11 warning against some
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1011 1th 11118
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Stats Presideht—ldhdll. flatter-soc,
of Soutlt;llorvrall1~,‘Took 100
Soldiers Into Bristol Camp ‘
‘Tlie Patriotic Order of the Sons of
America ls'ahowing a strong and heai~
thy growth
State President John H.13htterson. V9;
South Norwalk, who has been head of
‘ Ithe' order in this state" for. only a few
months past This week ‘Mr. Batter.
, son was in Bristol, and instituted a
camp of 100 members, and all of them
good substantial citizens. The degree
team of Camp No. 9, New Britain. con-
ferred the institution and degree work _
in fine style.
During March Mr Batterson also in-
'stituted a new camp in Bridgeport.
and this is having a steady growth,
and the members are taking much in-
terest I11 the organization. ,
In about a month another new camp
will be instituted in Winsted. and this
will have'a large membership; accord-
ing to present indications.
The present year will witness the
greatest growth in this state that the
order has had in several years, and
State President Batterson is being
‘ highly complimented on his efforts in
bringing the Patriotic Order or the
Sons of America to a high state of
efficiency.
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NEW YORK, May 22. ——The United
Hatters of North America in conven-
tion here, had before them today for
convention a report by a special
committee appointed to lind a way to
aid the batters of Norwalk and Dan-
bury, Conn, upon whose homes D.
iLoe11e & Company of that city have
threatened to‘ foreclose a mortgage in
order to Satisfy a $300, 000 judgment.
The convention expected to devote
the day to a solution of this problem.
Sol. Sontheimer. second vice- i”presi-
dent of the Connecticut State Federa-
, tion of Labor, promised the delegates
7; that the batters can feel assured of
i V’the foooperation, assistance“ and sup-
port moral and financial, of the “real
1 ngn‘nine organised labor inch of this
country.” i»
this country. Mr. Lilley's attack on the
Vthe period shortly, before his election
'to the submarine situation. The Lon
‘don Globe in a long discussion of the?
,American naval situation, quotes Mr.‘
under‘ the i direction of.
Entered at the South Norwalk Post
Office as Second Class Matter.
Building Up
es-Others Making '
Build First Dirigible
methods of naval administration in
submarine boat lobby, so-called,' at.
tracted considerable attention during
Lilley as follows:
London Paper Quotes Lilley.
“We have had four secretaries of
the navy in four years, and this fre-‘
quent change prevents any man from
becoming familiar with our needs" l
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Then Eleven lions on the lines-
fiw 0' Mu the costs
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[All GAVE IN
{Decide That The Piahltiif is Entitl-
ed to lo Damages
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SRACUSE, N. Y., May 22.—The
jury in the triél of William Barnes’
suit. for libel against Theodore Roose-
velt today returned a verdict in favor
of the defendant after considering for
.more than eleven hours the question
'of pdaclng the costs of the suit upon
the plaintiff. it is the belief of the jury
that everything Co. Roosevelt charged
is true and therefore the plaintiff, not
having been llbelled, is entitled to no
damages
The foreman of the jury, Warren W.
Summers, announced that the verdict
was for the defendant, and then the
jury was polled. Then juror answered
“for the defendant," then the clerk
hesitated, called, the name of Edward
Burns and waited. Burns stood, "and
in a deep voice said “for the defend-
wer.
Before therury came in the specta-
tors ln the croWded courtroom were
warned that any demonstration would
be met with severe punishment..E1i-
cept for thmvoice of the clerk ‘and
the jurors. the room was absolutely
quiet until the name of iBurns‘was
called. When he announced that he
too, favored a verdict" for_,the ex.
ident,V the courtroom burned like a
dynamo with voices. Several persons
in' the courtroom stood up and waved
their hands. but there was no out-
burst of applause.
After the announcement of the ver»
dict attorneys for Mr. Barnes obiec-
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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.
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11111 Mills
111011111111
Staff of District Deputies Assigned
by Ilolr Ilead oi Odd Fellows
Cummings and Lockwood, of Siam
showroom
1111 GRAND [006i Williams; 12.21;: Still:
{hearing for June 8. stating that theV'
date would be more comenient for
Record of Will order N]! Grand them than an earlier one and as no
'1‘ Nihilist
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Dorian Wool: Sues Wealthy lion
Yorker, Whobitoollotem-
W é
The contested divorce case of Lil-
lian Holmes Crimlnlns, of Barton,
against Joint D. Crimmins, Jr A]
wealthy New Yorker was speciallle
assigned for :1 hearing on June 8, by l
Judge Williams in the Civil Superior'
Court yesterday. Mrs. Crimmius alleg-‘
es habitual intemperance. Crimmius
has entered a general denial.
objection was made, the request wasl
Master Adams—Member Gon- granted l
‘ The couple mm married on No
mm. “id“ l1ember 25 1903, and have had two5
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lchlldren. John D, cuuimlns, 3rd, mag
‘llolmos' Cr'inimins. Mrs. Crimminai
Grand Master R. T. W. Adams 01.
Naugatuck, the new head of.the grandl “kg for the custody of thee bildren,|
lodge of Odd Fellows in Connecticut. and for alimony Kennel) and Ke-
usaly. of Stamford, mun-cut the de-
this country about twenty-five years
ago and for most of the time has been
connected with the Goodyear Metallic ’
Rubber Company of \‘augatuck. its WI”. TAKE T" l
was graduated from Oxford Uulver‘
Grand Master Adams is a member SIRAW HANTERSIi
of Centennial Lodge, No.100 of Nail-l
gatuck. Joining about fifteen years ago. ,
He served through tho chairs of that
Vlad“ ”mm 11.. an“ m mVGlnvolltion m Mull
om Killse Discretion icl
uty for the Waterbury district in 1905,
by (11-11111 Master Challenger and in
1909“!“ named grand herald by
g, d Master Thomas. lie was ad- Three very important matters were’
vanced each year iollowlng until iuV dispose?! 0' mm“ ”Meta?" 59mm“
Last year he was made deputy mm ed Hatters in New York city. One or;
master and this wcek saw' him all. these W“ in "918"“ to taking the
vauced to the highest position in the straw h” workers ““0 membership “1,
grand lodge of Odd Fellows as the’ the organization; another minted to
head of the order" He ‘3 the gym changes-mule death benefit lawmand
furnished since its institution in the mum prices for tiling. coping and
centennial yearr'oi 1876. harden“!!! M hm
Other Dulce“. . ' Authority to orgdnlxe the straw hat
The other officers of the 8,-3an workers and take them into the United
lodge are: Deputy grand master, F.
is a native of England. He came to
fondant i
slty. l
not. He was appointed diptrict Mdeprl“
latter 1.»
1913 he was chosen rand warden 'of the national convention of the Unit-lI
grand finger Centennial lodge has the third was the adoption of mini-
Henry Monroe of Belief Lodge of New'
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lllliGE NEGGN EINED .,
lNllI Elfilllll
William Paldiso, charged with as
small on George Stevenson and Peter
Kersam, and Stevenson and flotsam
charged with assault on Pardiso, we're
eachfined $25 after a hearing held
this morning before Judge John
Keogh.‘ Attorn‘ey John J. Congo rep-
resented Fardiso.
It is claimed that Parolsb assault-
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lll’llSlS NEAR GE" NEll
ElllN 0E GGVENNNENl
City Engineer “George A. Sharron
addressed 'the Baptist Brotherhood at
their monthly social held last night in'
the church, on the subject of "City
Government by Commission." He out-
lined the history of the commission.
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pnnuwwi ,
‘band was selling her securities and
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915
MANY DEAD
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Forty English Soldiers Bodies Ile-
covorcd and 300 Injured' in Ac-
cident at Gretna, England, Today 1
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Soldiers Were on Special Trainl
Bound for the Front 1
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CARLISIU‘, "ngland, May 22 10: 25 3
a. ’n1.——A special train carrying troops
and bound south collided with a local
train at 6 o'clock this morniua or: I!“
(‘aiedonlan Railway at Gretna, near
Carlisie. Mam soldiers are said to}
have, both killed, and ..(I0 were in ,
jured l
Both trains taught. tire. and tire en
glues were hastily summoned to put
out the flames.
More than forts persons ha1e been
killed and it is believed that at least 5
300 were injured. Up to 10 o'clock
this morning 40 dead bodies had been
recovered from the wreckage of both ‘.
trains . \ 3‘1 ll
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Nlll. E. l. GNlllllN
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Ilhcdaces'tvidooce to Show That,
fidelity . ‘
When ‘Mrs. Emily Trowbrldge Gal-r
intin of Darien found that her hue-1
stocks and running up bills for ‘jew 1
elry and flowers which she did nott
receive she immediately began an in-
vestigation. That was a year and a
half-go; Yesterday, she was granted a
divorce‘frum. Frederick Gallatin in.
wealthy clubman of Darlen and New;
York, by Judge Williams in the cunt
Superior court for infidelity.
They wormmarried 'in Durham 'April
24, 1902, she testified. She first sits-
a letter by mistake, addressed to him,
from a woman named Hammond in
New York, in which the writer re
ferred to Gallatin as “dear Fredle,"
and told him that the checks he had
Ilusbsnd lladloon‘liuiity or. 11.: ~"—'—-—.-
ant." Juror No. 12 gave'the'same ans-1
form of government from its incep-
tion at Galveston in 1901, and explain-
ed in detail the working of the—e) 33
mm .He compared the commission
form of governmentfwith the city.
manager form, and stated that the
city manhger form was more success-
ful with a small city He declared
that it was utterly impossible for
civic corruption to enter this form
,of government. and it. made fer. the
greatest efficiency and economy in
rivlc life. 4
Mr. Sharron said that commission
form on governme'nt in Nomalk would
reduce the tax rate at least 80 per
cent. in the first four years. He- dé-
clared that any action toward a
change of civic government must come
from 11, 111111911 desire on the part of all
the people, in all districts'of the city.
At the close of his address he an-
swered questions asked by the men
present: Refreshméite of hot roast.
beef sandwiches and codes were sen.
ved. One of the pleasant features. of
the evening was the music provided
by Mr. Adams of the Sahara Coro-
pony who loaned an monument for:
the Sedation. which was managed by
Robert dict-nor. the. 1111111: being very
ed the other two men with a knife
when they'tried to visit the apart-
ment of Mrs. Grace Lane. on _Wash-
ington street ,after midnight, Thurs-
day. Acut on the back of one of. the
men's neck bore out this statement.
MWWme'
V wwmmmmi
Amara clever gypsy women evidently
dimmed Fra‘nk Augusti 9,
Charles B. street, yesterday aftit‘rnoon
outof $20, but Augustine, apparently
Year-lug the."ba1i of bad luck’f bogged
with the police that the two. women
not be arrested.
Yesterday afternoon the two gyp-
ales. whose camp is situated near
Stratford, visited the Augustine homo.
Upon their departure $50 in’ cash was
missed, and the police were notified.
ll‘llo women were roupded 11p and $40
of the mono! found on their clothes.
The other 320 wasmisslag but Angus-
untamed wlflfilg ‘19 M11 so. rim- he
pleadedmithdll! actuality- liberate the
much enjoyed by the men present
women an '- , .
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sufficient. The writer in closing said:
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just been completed.
Narrative
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sent were not cashed by the banks as
'his funds in the institutions were in:
“Now be a dear and send me a check
for the amount." The amount was
~ lEEl $659.9”
William ‘H.‘Eerle, of this city, who;
died at his home on East avenue 'on
”August 22, 11.11.11.111 ah estate of- $3111,
'335 in New York. and owned property
outside of New York worth $549 277,
according to an‘ appraisal which has ~
Thq. late Mr E11 to put $109.00 0th in
trust-nor ills daughter. Alice. of 11111
loft-y. 1.11.11.11.11.“ tor. his grandson
Harry. W. aunt. . His. siéterainetaw,
WthTmbilu, d resident. or.
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After reading the letter, Mrs. Gal-l
atln asked her husband about it and
he admitted that he had been unfaithr
lKing Victor Emmanuel
Says ltaly
Driven to Enter War
No Reports of Actual
But Austria- Hungary and ltaly Are
Practically at War-—-.- Battle of Far:
Reaching importance is Under Way in
Central Galicia, and Russians Are S '. i '
to be Making Progress—British Sailing
Vessel Glenholm Sunk
King \‘ictor Emmanuel will issue today a proclama-
tion to the Italian people. stating that Italy
driven to war and appealing for popular support for the
g()\t“l’l1llllklll‘5 policy Allothc
addressed to the Army .3111th Navy.
Although Italy and Allstria- Hungary an \lritlallv at
war. no r1 ports have been received
A train which crossed
was seized by
(ircat patriotic
held last night in Rome and Vienna, and the opening 'of
war is expected quickly. perhaps Without the exchange of
hostilities.
ltaly. however.
the train 1‘rc11'.
formal declarations.
VAsulc from the Italian situation. the point of great-
est intucst at present is Central Galtcia, “here a bitt-
tle of far—reaching import‘al cc is underway.“
clans are credited with having made progress on both
agi'léltikb of iii?" fijttgtro German forces, but :lpp'ai‘ently have
allot ccn able to ulcuacc thei
struggle is being canied on
l‘rzemysl northward for a- -t'li
Although the Austrians and
making slow 1r progress than heretofore, Petrograd dis-
patchc. admit the) still retain the advantage.
Has Been
Fighting Received .
has been
r royal proclamation will be
thus far of actual
the frontier from
Austrians. who arrested.
demonstrations were
’l‘h‘e' Rus-
r communications The main
along the San. from
stance of about sixty miles.
Germans apparently; are
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Eighth Page.)
Gasman
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Delegates at Convention in lieu
Yolk Pass lots of confidence
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Following is the resolution of the
United Hatters of North America,
adopted by the delegates at the con-
lvention in New "York city the past
week. and which was referred to the
, committee on resolutions:
poetsd her husband when she opened“ ‘
‘Whereas. The United Hatters of
North America, its officers, and the
local omcers of the District of Dan-
bury. have been’ unjustly attacked and
assailed without warrant or provoca-
tion on their part by the Rev. Walter
and, V
Whereas, Inasmuch as his erratic
(Continued calm r1111 Page.) ‘
innmntw
lmurlhml‘
J. Shanley, of Danbury, Connecticut; liaw of the church gives me the
Tells of the Ilearing Accord“? ..
Vlliss Parker and Confidence; "h
Rev. Mr. Shields
Deacon John D. Taylor makes ‘ ‘
following ofllcinl statement to f ‘ 1
Knight Street Church, concern
Lulu Parker, and says Rev Ship
:1 Christian gentleman:
Lulu Parker was a member
Grace Baptist Church until all ,
months ago, when she was lecei
by the pastor and assigned t
number one, of which I have”,
leader for the past thirty years.
sight of members thus assign
the preacher in charge.
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Lulu Parker, was reported; 8
making slanderous remarks abou
pastor and thllng him from
to. house. This ’1 did not on
doing anybody. any goodrso a
ing ‘to my duty I first took
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It takes more than stormy wéather
to down} good thing, and in spite of
the disagreeabieness of the Weather
Man yesterday, the card party held at
the home of Mrs. W. B. Ryan, on Fair:
field avenue,- under the auspices of
the Court Laurel Club, in the after
non, will: a success from every point
of view. and a victory, financially and
spcialiy. was scored against the wreath
or.
A large number were pgcsent and
entprtained l1_1 enjoyable lesbian; Mr's,
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ityrin. the hostess, was a Islet] 1.11.,»
iceiviug by Mrs. B. .1. fire on, of New
Miss KathrynVVCsmplioll, VMia‘VV as '
York,
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SAID To HVAVE USED MAILSV
_, DEFRAUD. ~
1 NEW YORK. May 22. en».
McCune, non of A. W Mosuno
Lake City, woe arrested here
-at the request of Wilmington,er
*thoritieb 11.1.1 char ed With and
mails to defraud i connotation
the moat Gold Mine on
lines are in Wilmington. t
that ”00,090 in stock. auh r
ha. v;e we paid.
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y(1116 worth of Jewelry. 1.. " ‘
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