W10 lest!
That‘s why every Nor-
walk home should read
the Sentinel.
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mac-auteur
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Mtlltll IS new unit. Wll
General Punston Gets instructions to Start in
Pursuit of Villa and llis Bandits-General
Carranza Extends Help, But Agrie Asks
Permission to Pursue Bandits on American
Soil
WASHINGTON, March it.—
lnstructions conveying full auth-
ority to General Funston to des-
patch a defensive expedition into
Mexico in pursuit of Villa and
his bandits are today in Gen.
Funston’s hands. Secretary Bak-
er announced that full discretiOn
as to the number of men to be
used and 1he route to be follow-
ed has been left to General Per-
shing.
Secretary Baker specifically re—
ferred to the expedition as “dc~
fensive" in line with the adminis-
tration‘s policy of regarding its
action as one to repel invasion.
WASHINGTON. March it.—
cheral Carranza. through Con-
sul Silliman. has asked the Ameri
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SilliS Slilliill
SAX l-‘li.\Nt‘lSt'(l. March ll —Tlte
Amerltan steamer Edna. formerly the
Mazatlan. which left here under charv
tet' to carry nitrates from Chile to
the British West indies. has beett
seized by a British cruiser and taken
to Port Stanley. F. l.. according to
the cablegram made public today by
Sudden and Christensen. the vessel's
tl\\‘nl‘l‘8.
The Edna. as the Mazatlan. was
owned formerly by Captain Fred .lt-b-
son, of this city. Wltlle owned by
Jt‘boell, a (lerhtan cltlu'n. the vessel
was used in an alleged \'l0lllll0ll of
American neutrality.
can government for permission ma... ._..,_:——"‘_“‘ “‘ '
send,Mexican troops across the
border and into the United States
in pursuit of bandits.
Consul Silliman transmitted the
following communication dated
at Guadalajara. March to. which
was handed to him by jesus
.. Acuna. Carranza's Minister for
Foreign Afiair‘s. it is a. reply to
thd Amsricdn government‘s rep-
.,resentations for her mission to
pursue the Villa bands with
American forces:
“In due reply to your courteous
note. dated yesterday and~trans-
mitted today through Mr. John
W. Walt (Sillimans secretary). I
have the honor to inform you
that. having brought the above
note to the attention of the First
Chief of the Constitutional army
and repository of the‘ excutive
power of Mexico. he has directed
me to say to you.-to the end that
you may. in turn. transmit it to
the Department of State of the
'Amcrican government. that he
learned with regret of the lamen-
table incident which occurred in
the town of Columbus, N. M.. on
account of the assault it suffered
yesterday from the bandits led
by Francisco Villa.
“That although there has been
a competent number of forces in
the State .of Chihuahua to re-es-
tablish order and afford protec-
tion to nationals and foreigners.
even since Francisco Villa ap-
peared in the mountains of the
above state. at the request of the
governor of the state af'ld of the
Constitutionalist consul in
Paso. Tex.. the First Chief order-
ed the timely departure of 2,500
men commanded by General Luis
Gutierrez with instructions to ac-
tively pursue the bandits who had
just crossed the line into Ameri-‘
can territory. which they un-
doubtedly did. compelled by the
tenacious pursuit of the above
, mentioned forces. _
“The above lamentable incident
is similar to the incursions'which
were made in the states of Sahara
and Chihuahua by Indians from
the. reservations of the govern-
ment of the United States. In-
cursions into the state of Sonora
_occurred more or less about the
; year 1880 when Geronimo. the
‘ Indian chief. who died not many
years ago in Fort Mount. Ala.,
. led a numerous horde and invltd?
ed a part of the north}. of I“:
000 MB llli P000 Mill
0H l0 llll H08Pflll‘
How does the poor man' rescb the
Norualk Horpltal'.I
Yesterday afternoon. ltt the ofl'lce of
the charity commissioners, in the
city hall. a conference on hospital
conditions with respect to the poor.
man. was held between Mayor Carl
A. ilarstrom. Louis J. Cohen and the
charity commissioners.
it was openly agreed that there was
a mutual misunderstanding on the
pttrt of both the hospital and charity
officials. Tlte purpose of yesterday‘s
meeting was to adopt a constructive
and harmonious policy.
Louis .I. t‘ohett, whose helpful ac-
tivities honpitnlwine is attracting
nllK'Il attention.
tnit‘To the charityzboard his idea of
what constitutes the proper relations
between the ho<pitttl and the charity
commissioners. The expert's plan will
be discussed at ll future tneetlny, of
the board. ~
nwuiiiinhhn ll
lull-lupin sum
Nearly one hundred people Hill down
together and enjoyed the bountiful
supper provided by the women of tho
Rowayton Methodist Church last
night. for members and friends of the
church.
sickness. no doubt. kept many away
who otherwise would have been pres-
cut.
scene and smiling faces as the people
helped themselves to the good things
that had been provided. was enough.
to convince anyone that the whole
affair was a success.
After supper. chairs were
brought to the attention of those pres-
ent. by various church officials.
.Mllls acted as master of ceremonies
and kept things going. . in a. short
introductory speech. he touched upon
his connection 'wlth the Rowaytnn
.church from the beginning. und men-
tioned others still living who had
wrought faithfully for the church. He
told also of the blessings that had
come to the community through thef
work of the church.
As the second speaker be lntroduc~
ed H. S. Bryan, financial secretary..
who spoke of his coming to this com-l
munity. dentlfying himself with the
church font childhood. and of‘ the
growtly and increased expenses both
fin the conduct. of the benevolencea
and work of the local church.
:F. H. Hart. district steward, was
most introduced as the man who ha
won his way into the hearts of all.
‘. State of Sonora. conunittinfi‘ivfi‘. extended a cordial luvita on to
untanv murders and depreciation:
, of life and property of Mexican
families until after _a long and
3~genacious chase by American and
Mexican forces the band of male-
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those present to come to the rvicos
of the church. and than outlined the
New Financial Plan which the church
is adopting: This plan he said was,
latter all. not a new plan but the
lspustollc plan
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tn ’apo.) it '(Contfnued on, Twelfth Page.) i
was invited to sub-'
The weather conditions and‘
One look around upon the happy}
O. S:
of the early church‘
MMTIP PI!“ NEW. FIOU ALL PAR" OF “WORLD IV A "OI“ WI" AND GUI OWN O DIIATOQ
SOUTH NORWALK, WU. SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 191:
features. They wil
preciate it later.
Fair and “I!“ sold unfit.
lliii slain svsllll
till llllHillill loll
I‘M-Position Infantile Neel
Syste- Witt Be installed
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l wa HAVEN, March ll. ~A change
,in the signal system on the N. Y,
:N. H and if. R. it. between Wood-
llawn. N. l’.. and Stamford, to be fol-
' lowed by a change in the present sys-
tem between Stamford and New lla—
ten, was announced at the company's
‘otllCes here today. The statement is
to the effect that the company is
taking out the control lock and block
system and substituting for it a three
position automatic block system be-
tween Woodlawu and platinum. ‘lo
make the system uniform from Stant-
ford to New Haven. the company wtll
replace the two position system with
a three position system
The semaphores will be changed 1
u pit. e uttder the Cutenary structure
and .m- arms will be dtopped to the
left At present the arms are on top
of the cutenary system and it
been claimed the interposed wires
hate preyented engineers from obtatlt-
ing a clear view of the signals
.t-hnnges. the company slates. are tn
the interest of absolute safety. n‘lg
Ital Engineer (‘. If. Morrison ttill‘hltye
charge of the installation of the new
signals. and there will be accompany-
' in: important electrical changes
170 WOMEN ttluctts
lllllt __t_to_l_l__c0ultllls
l5]. l‘ASO. Match li.-St~.tt-ttty',wo-
men refugees front (Tolunlhtlr, .\' .\I..
arrived here today. The party included
Mrs. llaud Wright.’whn -t"er nine
‘ days as a prisoner with Villa's army,
was released during the Columbus
raid. and Mrs. Ritchie, who huma-
pattied her for interment of the body
of her husband, W. T. Ritchie. the
ltotel proprietor murdered by lhl'
Mexicans.
.\lr. tRitchle was suffering from a
pain ul bruise on the left hand, in
fllcted by a bandit In tyre-ting from
her flngers four rings she was neat
log. two of them diamonds.
"We wbre awakened by a fttsilladc."
said Mrs. Ritchie. “and shortly after
ward the bandits broke into our rooms
and demanded money. Mr. Ritchie
was sick in bed. He told me to hand
over what money i had. He gut-e tttetn
850. while all I had was 87. This was
not gnouglt. so they attacked me and
robbed the of my rings. My husband
was attacked at the same time and
hauled out of, the room. My daugh-
ter. Edna. found hint dead at the
foot of the stairs."
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yClNlDllN 0lflCi0
INJURED Ill Willtlll
OTTAWA. 0nt.. March li.--An-
nnttncement also was made ltcre yes
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terday that Brigadier~Genersl C. J.
Armstrong, chief engineer of the
Canadian
the front from the (‘anadinn base in
I‘P‘rance. was injured in a railway ac-
cident. The last three coaches of thc
train were telescoped by an express,
and General Armstrong was tltrowu
forty feet from the track uttd suffer-
ed a compound fracture of the let
leg. lied one rib broken and was badly
cttt about the face. While he lay on
pughedylht‘ ground the carriage front which‘
back from the tables and matters of he had been thrown was burned. llisl
intents! concerning the church warnlcondition is reported to be satisfnc-inusawfll'
~ tory.
Hill [088 $500,000
\ Ill BRUNSWICK.“
BRUNSWDCK. 0a.. ntar‘ch ll.—The
plant of the Yaryan Rosin & Turpen-
: tine Co. was virtually destroyed and s
workman was seriously burned by n
:flre that ‘atarted in the refinery bulld-
llng of .the plant here last night. The
l loss was estimated at $500,000.
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i no aeuo our Flat-t LIKE GARDEN
SEED.
It is announced that the state ash
and game tcotnzatsslon is receiving
more than the normal number of up
pllcationa forflngarllng trout and it
will fill the applications at 60 cents a
cap containing 200 asserting. the
number which will be supplied to ap-
plicants who desire to stock private
streams. The commission will also
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has
The ‘
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Ill, CASE NEAR
iii A MlSllilll
leavers Saffldastly takers“
Ifterleluiaqbtte Cert
sun’s Allilli till
, itiillitilll Ill ltltlttll
lBeim lalt Ia Issuers Ia-
seriltioa is Institute! ha-
ba is San
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l WiGt-Jl'tllt'f'. larch ll.—Wltb the
1armour-titan" of the finperlor court.
criminal side. yesterday. the "Hence
; ill the trial of Jason ltalnes of Tatar
boil for the larder of his wife on
‘ September 237 bit “I III II. Judge
‘ lames ll Webb ordered a recess un-
til ‘l‘uesdlty nest at 10 a. la.
When next the court assembles, une
Jess some unfocueen event dOVIélope,
moment» will be in order. Counsel
have agreed to devote Tuesday to at
lumenir. three hours to a side. it
is exported that Assistant States At
torney tiltlen A. Carter will open for
the state and use up about an hour
lie will be followed by Judge Robert
E. 'twl-‘ort-st. tvpo will open the tie
. tense.
'nle ekning amateurs will be made
‘by Jacob ll. eta for the accused
and States All oy floater 6. Cum
till-u he the “to will
ttsc tlp all of Tuesday.
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0000i PARISH ln's
0l00 HAS A Sll0liill
A gettogether smoker held under
-thc auspices of the Mens’ Club. of
(lrnce Parish. \Mts very largely at-
.tended last eu-nlng at the Parish
Hall. anti u very pleasant evening was
enjoyed. A constitution and by-laws
were drawn up by the committee in
charge. which consisted of William
Ahrens. Howard ll. Wilson and Frank
Goodyear. and aJopted by the meat
bers. Officers were elected tot fol-
. Iowa: ‘
Presidenc—lir. (‘an .-\. Harstrom.
\‘ice-l’reaident-—lloward ll. Wilson.
' Secretary— William Ahrens.
Treasurer Lester llyntt.
i The object of the newly formed
.(Ilub is to promote a feeling of bro
‘tlternood and good fellowship among
the members of the church. unl to
‘have more activities carried on by
“the members in a social way. The
troops. whllc‘returnlng to‘ next meeting of the club will be held The
on the second Friday in May.
silliliililliillllll
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WASHINGTON. March ll.——Henry
Davis. former
States Senator from West Virginia.
‘ and ylcepresldential candidate on the.
[Democratic ticket in 1904, died here,
't early today. aged 93 years.
Mr. Davis was stricken with grfppe.
Iabout a fortnight ago. while on i
{visit to his daughter. Mrs. Stephen
lB. Elklns. and on account of his ad-
vanced age. was unable to withstand
the attack.
Funeral arrangements were being
completed: today. Interment will be
at Elkins. W. \'a.. home of the former
Senator.
until limits till
it tllltllptllcltl
BiS‘Bl-ZE. Arizona. Match lt.~—An
American rancher was tiled last
night when a band of approximately
200 Mexican bandits crossed the bor-
der southeast of Osborne Junction,
Arls., according to reports reaching
baadtts, it was said.
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Guilt Ialds looksasd Papers of
Defendant Causal Be Ideal]
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NEW, YORK. Marco il ’JUDD
iGrant Lyman. under indictment for
"using the mails to defraud, won a
point in court yesterday when federal
Judge lfougl directed John 1. l.yttle.
receiver in bankruptcy for John ll
Putttam & Co, the nune under which
Lyman conducted a brokerage bust
fleas here. not to permit examination
of the books and letters in his port»
1 session by Assistant District Attorney
Stanton or his accountant. Judge
Houg‘h held that the alleged bank»
rupt'u books can be used only by
Receiver l.yttle for ascertaining a “it
of Lyman's creditors and making it
tabulation of his assets and liabilities
The order will have the effect of
-shielding Lyman in the prosecution of
indictments against him charging
mull swtndltng.
Henry A Wise, counsel for Lyman.
declared his client's books and pa»
pen were nelson by the federal au-
thorities as evldr are in the federal‘
case to violation of Lyman’s (‘Onaltlu
tional rights and without due "(K‘O‘és
of law.
TRAINING CAMP (ELECTED.
t‘lfK‘Atif). Mart-n il.~—~l~‘ort lien
jatutn Harrison at Indianapolis
.._‘r
gN0lilil0lIlN Bill 8008 ‘ 7
has; war exists between
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foreign Office dressed of lack of
fact
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l.ti.\‘i)(l.\'. March it ~ Telegraphing
‘ fronrAmstt-rdam the correspondent of
the Exchange Telegraph (‘0. says;
"The (lerman press devotee many
leading articles to the German dttlclnr-l
atton of war on Portugal. (‘onslder-'
ttble dissatisfaction is expressed with
the foreign office which. the news»
paper: claim, could have detached the
tactful handling of the l’ortugueael
situation.
“The German minister at lusbon‘
probably will retire from the diplo:
tuatlc service The Portuguese 'lninU
lion left Berlin last night." .
W Announces Date of War.
PARIS. March it —The Portuguese'
:Iegatton announces ihttt a state at
the l’oriuguese
been selected by the War Department i republic and the German empire as
its .the place for the training ,camps
for the t‘t-ntntl States next bllnlmt'l
and fall. instead of Fort Sheridan
This wat made known ttxtay Ill an an
nouncemt-nt
Ifrom 6 o'clock
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' ‘.ttrsday night. Herr
'tosen, .n minister. late
T“ " alert. u-u presented person
all, to the torelgn minister and ulti-
matum of the German government.
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Local High School Girls
Having Successful Season
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Here is the picture of the banket‘
ball team of our local High school
girls. Taitui good look at it. Per»
haps you ofyot know we had such
pretty girls in the school. did you?
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basketball fun
ought to go and cheer them this af-
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tcrttoon attd help them win this game.
Tilt lineup today will be:
l-ltery High school
Seven Al
One frost WV
‘ Were Rescued. Ill M
Heathers of Crew Draws-
edwtlerstaa Scull-u
Drop lie-Its on Raul. ,
Warships ,
United States Consul Osborn
at Hat/re. reported today th‘
when the Norwegian bark Shim.
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from New York to liavre, tar-f
.Lisbon cabinet from Great Britain by torpedo“! Withou' Warning h
Havre Roads on the night d
March 9. seven Americans aboard
were rosqued
The loss of the Silius wq firu
lit-‘ltl' with the personnel of the lega-irepo'nd 1‘“ night ("In W.
Three members of the crew weld .
lost.
The Americans were: David
Sherman. of Bedford, Hun;
John Warbman, of Philadelphia?
Daniel Norah, of Connecticut.
and Henry Monahan. of Boston.
An official German commitm- .
cation, according to a Centrd
News dispatch from Amsterdam '.
to London. says that on Thurs-
day morning 6mm seaplall. ‘
dropped bombs on a Rani--
squadron of one‘battleship and
five destroyers and on anti:
Russian merchant chips in 6.
Black Sea near Kali Aha. capi»
N on the coast of Bulgaria.
northeast of Varna. It was ob-
served that some of the .
era were hit. Despite heavy
shelling from the Russian W-
ships. the communicatiaon adds.
the seaplanes returned safely.
After 1- lengthy interview with .
the Portuguese Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, Herr Rosco. the
. German Minister to Portugal. lei .
Lisbon today on a special trail
for Madrid accompanied by tht
other members of the German )9-
Minn.
The Parliament of Portugal bu
session tomorrow.
The newspapers have been for-
militarv character.
Parliament adopted a resolu-
\
rbeen sumoned to meet in specil ,.,..
\
.bidden to print any news of a-
tion giving the government We.
ier to take all measures necessitab... ,,'
ed by the state of war existinc‘. ,.
with Germany. Leaders of II
the Opposition groups offered to
lag left to right: Lillian Twomblywtllht forward; Florence Oswald. thl’u‘e Chamber, Cheers "re giVen
» ny Sachs. Florence Starr. Marion
Hatfield. Marion Coates and Dorothy‘Zit-ny Sachs. running center; Blanche. 'A Milan dismtch m the my
Nutt‘lnz. Bottom row: Mary Mclla- \erlin. jumping center. Marlon Hat-lug
hon." manager: Florence Oswald.
Blnnche Verlin. the pretty and success-
l‘ttuard: Estelle Smith. left guard”
!
‘field and Lillian Twotnbly are snbstl.
tutes today. The lineup of the visit-
for the Entente Allies.
is b'gievebxto be imminent in
Italy, owing to the insistence of
.1!
says that a Cabinet crida,‘ \
t'tiT captain: Marlon Bodwell and its lin'.‘ team will be: Ella Natteford.tthe advocates of a coalition govt-r“
telle Smith. They will play the "Nor- Jumping center; Vera’Hsnlon. ntn-lernment on representation in the
United walk Girls‘ Basketball team." at the ning center; Anna Mcnfnhon.
Berkeley Street Chapel. at .‘l o'clock.
righti
forward Lena Sather. left forwardfl
Cabinet.
The British main force in
today. Having won the game with Alice McCue, right guard: Grace Cos-‘i Mesopotamia attacked the Tut-
Aneonla, last week, they are entertain-
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NEW BRITAIN. March ll.-—"Mlller.
the druggist," who was among the
nlalniat Columbus. N. '51.. Thursday
tby the maraudlug Mexicans under
;General Villa'i leadership. may be C.
'E. Miller. formerly in partnership
with Sven P. Hanson in the drug bust-
lness bu Church street. Relatives and
acquaintances here are making every
effort to determine the facts. He left
here about three «years Iago and
worked for s time in a drug store in
San “Diego; Cal. and later went to
Chino. Cal. where he opened a drug
store. About ond week ago. Mrs.
Anna 8. Anderson of.No. 214‘ Main
street received i a letter from her
WW" I limited number 0! pheasants‘ here last night. Ilaay'bead of the daughter. who is Miller's wife, which
eggs from the state preserve at Madt- stock were killed or driven off by the said that all was well. The letter was
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DOG TAG SHIPMENT
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1 The Noble & Westbrook Mann.
ifscturlng company. manufacturers
iof the dog tags for the state of Con-
rnectlcut. shipped Thursaay a. qusn-
tity-of the 70,000 tags, which ‘the
firm is under contract to make for
1916. The firm has had this con-
tract for several years. and has
given excellent service to the state
in maki g and shipping them. The
concern in a position to skip di-
root from here to any town in the
state which desires tags and to send
any quantity wanted, together with
iddttlonsl or duplicate orders on re-
quest.
Town Clerk Joseph. 0., Goodwin
today received an allottment of 600
tags for use bone, and it was learned
that the firm ships the tags to towns
In alphabetical onion: starting with
Mover. allrtdaeport. r’ecetus the
Irish troops on the right bank of
the Tigris on March 8. and after
occupying part of the Turkish
trenches were ejected by a court-
ter-attack made by Turkish ro-
serves, says an official corrununF
nation issued yesterday from
war department. ~
The statement adds that the
in the Turkish (beaches.
The t
quarters report follows:—
spproached slowly to the id‘-
vanced Turkish trenches
jhey were'aoo yards distant.
the morning of March 8
British main force attacked", - y
the rightbank of the Tigris. ‘
engagementlneptupurrtil . .:
largest number... ”m
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p.
,7 too-tinned on non M). ." i t
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British~ retired to their former"
positions leaving 2.000 of their-,7
' “Irak front: TheBritlsh M
Constantinople by the Turkish
f
MarlOII-BOd-'stspport the government. At tho
young ladies are, top row. read well. left forward: Mary McMahou.'.uggestion 0f the President d ' ..
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of the Turkish head-
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