mantis-ease. Certainlysotliyoa keep posted threng The Sentinel. a live Newspaper G SENTINEL AIOOCIATED PIE“ NEWS FROM ALL PART. OF THE WORLD IV A 'uCIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR. ESTARLlSHED 1870 once II M Ch“ Hitler Entered at the South Nor-walk Post REPUBLICAN ‘ CURVENIION HARMUNIUUS t .———— Momsdlardrowfiasdeedleietard and legeaas Chosen As Dele- gates to The State Republican Coeveetioe— Tees Committee Ore-ll“ ARE SENDING ‘ MURE lRUUPS lNlU MEXIUU Plae eldeseral Fsestoe lien is to Protect the line of Con- Itil'eatios With General Persh- llilA AUAll ESSAPES ‘ ERUM HIS PURSUERS Started Story that lie llad Been Wounded to throw linen tilt the Trail _._—__ llUlIl URUES SUUUEUER EU SUUUlUER HUME E. E. Stowe Ie-Eleoted Chairman lows Committee aed Endorsed for lenhorsliip on State Ceri- SAN ANTONIO, Tex. April 4. .Of ficiai admission of the belief that u‘ Mliltefl Francisco Villa has tied far beyond the American forces and now is oper- ating south of Chihuahua i‘ity was made at General Punston's headquar- ters today. TOIliih‘ON, 'Mex., April l—General (‘ttnnto Reyes, commanding the Villa forces in this locality, has sent at letter to General Trevino, (‘arranzn commander. offering to surrender \iith all his forces if given amnesty. This information was given out today by General Trevino. WASHINGTON, April 4.—Generiil Funston advised the War Department today he was sending more troope into Mexico from Columbus to protect A strong spirit of harmony, with a marked pulliogether feeling. pnwuil ed enthusiastically at the Republican city convention held last night in the City Hall. Herbert A. Mathewson . presided as chairman, Harry E. Sco field filling the secretary‘s chair. The delegates chosen to attend the state republican convention were: Mayor Carl Axel liarstroui, Attorney Nehemiah Candoe, Frederick H. Quitt- ‘tsrd and Attorney Cramer C. Hege~ nian. Following the adjournment of the convention the town committee was organised. Edmund Efllrowe waitre- elected chairman; Percival H. Sher- win was seated secretary, and Nelson W. Benedict was again c‘hmen as treasurer. it was voted last night that the state convention delegates endorse Edmund E. Crowe, present incumbent, as a member of the memo iiig state central committee. enl Pershing. He did not state whether additional troops had been sent torward to the military base. So for General F‘unston has _not suggested reinforcement of General Pershing‘s forces, except merely to protect the extended communication lines. and there was no continuation today of border reports that extensive additions to the fighting column would be required. ~ (Continued on Eighth Page.) , AMUUIER UUUSE RURREU UR Ell AM The second house to be destroyed by fire on Ely avenue within the past (Continued on twelfth page) WARD EUWR SUMMIEEEES SUMPiElE URUAMIZAEIUM three Weeks burned to the ground _ The Republican town committees 1:12:21" afternoon about 4‘30 of all of the wards, with the excep tioti of the fourth, have completed organization, and have elected their officers. ready for a hard-working campaign this year. John 1). Milne is chairman of the first ward committee. The secretary is [newts St. John Keeler, and Nelson W. Benedict ‘is treasurer. in the second ward Edward B. Doulens is chairman.\ Charles D. Miller is secretary. and the treasurer is Charles A. Walters. A. W. tEldrldge heads the third word committee. Henry J. Hipson is the secretary. Charles Ken is the committee's treasurer. The fourth ward committee will meet within the near future for or- ganization. ‘ The- fifth ward committee is head by Harry E. Scotield. chairman. Percl‘ val H. Sherron is secretary, and the treasurer of this committee is Edwin W. Godfrey. “GUS” IUlURR AMU MISS UEUMER MARRIEU Miss Mildred T. Decker. daughter of Captain and Mrs. Sylvester Decker. of Cove avenue, and August C. Knorr, of this city. were quietly married yesterday at 1 o‘clock, in New R6- chelle. N. Y.. by e Rev. Hennesy, rector of St. Paul’s'chnrcb. The only attendants were the parents of the bride. Following a honeymoon trip, the happy couple will make their home on Cove avenue. Scores of friends throughout the cit ywlll receive Mr. and Mrs. nKnorr upon their return here with many well-wishes for their happiness. ' The bridegroom is one of the most widely known young risen in the city. He is joint proprietor of the Palace The house. known familiarly as the old Taylox estate, was situated at 255 idly avenue. and was owned by Mik- elos liobaso. Some of the furniture was saved by neighbors. The loss is covered by 83,000 insurance on the. house and 8500 on the furniture. The tenants of the house Were not home when the fire broke out. Their children, after arriving home from school, are said to have started a woodafire in t'hc stove. it is thought carelessness on their part caused the fire. The Central Fire station was noti- fied of the tire. after it had been go tug somq time. at 4:15 o'clock. The building was burned to the ground, "but an outhouse was saved. The hulls? was outside the tire district,i and hydrants were not in reach of the flames. ‘ tfllllhRSMUtlilS to not Hill—ills suits Much attention has been called in the past through magazine articles to _Norwalk because of the model Chil- dren's Markets which have been con- dticted here for several seasons past. This good work is to be continued this year. it will be managed under the direction of the City Department of the Community Club, and will be in active charge of IMisa Hallock. of Washington, Conn., a paid organizer. All of the women of Norwelk will co: operate in the good work. Yesterday afternoon, at a meeting of the Women‘s Municipal league, _ 1 Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo, who more » than anyone else is responsible for the nuances of the undertaking in the past. interestingly talked on the chil- dren's garden contests and children's‘ markets, which the Norwalk Civic linen, North Stain street, with Harry 'Leagtn has carried on for the past Cornea, to active in Board of Trade three years. lies Pinneo outlined the matters. and is well and favorably program of work for the coming ens-«imam in baseball circlea'botli in this titer. R city and throughout,“ state. 4 .ihe line. at commutiiqtiou with (len‘ ht cw , it GUIUURD bout-eat of Concetta-t to IoetlsSkereleeeleittWeek —cemaasder-ls-08ot the Geeetetlleoer—Geldeelidiilee fblstear t. A. i. n Civil War veterans will assemble in Guiltord, Wednesday and Thursday, April 12 and 13, for the forty-ninth annual encampment of the depart- ment of Connecticut. Grand Army of the Republic. The departme will be the guest of Parmelee Poet, G. A. it, and Partnoiee Woman‘s Relief corps. «Department Commander Charles Griswold of Gullford will preside. Headquarters will be established at Hotel Halleck's, where the. coun- cil of administration will meet, Wed» nesday morning. at 10 o'clock. The aides-deecanip will report to it. 0. t‘hittenden, chief of staff, at the town hall, where the encampment will be held at l:45 Wednesday afternoon. The Hartford sides will be H. C. Young of Nathaniel Lyon post and William H. Shaffer, Henry w. burn“ and Cornelius W. Driacoll of Robert 0. Tyler post. The encampment will be opened at 2 o'clock. The first session will be largely occupied with the presen tatioii of the annual reports. Wednesdigy evening, at 7.30 a campfire will be held in the First (‘ougregationai church. There Will be an entertainment. Commander 'iucsier nit-a it. Monitort of cm- cinniiti, will be a guest of honor and make an address. Extra cars will be provided after the campfire so that comrades who so desire. may return to New Haven for the night. All comrades desiring accominuda ment Commander Griswold. Department.“ Continuance Griswold has _the ones , t com- mltt . , e afldrfiwn of which are as Ilows: ' OI Assistant intent poll—John H.‘ acher, Robert 0. Tyler post. On Assistant Quartermaster Gen- erals' Report—Charles \\’. Emerson. chairman, Robert 0. Tyler post. On Department Medical Director's Report—John W. Drew, Nathaniel Lyon post On Credentials—William I". liilton, Robert 0. Tyler post. The committee on credentials will meet Wednesday at 11:80 a. m. at Hotel Halleck. The golden jubilee ot the organiza tion will be held this year. and the fiftieth anniversary of the tint na- tional encampment. held at lndisn- apolis. November 20. is, will prob- ably be celebrated in this state at some date recommended by the Guile ford meeting. Patriotic instructor .lohn l.. Saxe of Watcrbury and Henry J. Seeley oi Bridgeport are candidates tor de- partment commander. -_._.-—_—— SUMMER RESIUEMES MUSE REUISlER lUEIR 0068 Within a short time New York residents will take up their homes for the summer on IBelle island, Dor- lon ?oint, Marvin Beach. Harbor View. and other shore summer rcr sorts in this tity. As in the past. it its expected this year there will be a large «umber of pet dogs in those colonies. Notwithstanding the fact that the owners of these dogs are New York ’state residents, and have their dogs 1registered in that state, Dog Warden [Thomas i“. Walsh announces that dur- ing their stay in Norwalk they must have their animals registered with Town ‘Clt-dk ii. R. Smith. here. Mills—IN EDISON tilliil tool A it; JUMP Yesterday the votes simply poured into the Sentinel __oftlce from noon until the close of the tint lap of the phonograph contest at six o'clock. As is shown by the vote the Nerainake Home is in the.load by eager-J thousands, and the amounts" increase in the» votes ~is somewhat of a surprise. gt will be to no advantage to tin posit all votes at this oiloe se Ir. Angevtne finds it often inconventeh to get the votes deposited with him, be counted when those whom“ them mir‘ht exact themvto be. ' The ballots now being pumped are good until May 1st. " tions our night in (lullford should communicate at once with Dapartv Owl's ‘ mto the Sentinel ones in time to‘ souri-i NORWALK. come. runsofiv, span. 4, 1916 MIUMA UUl EUR RIUl IN MAVERUIU o———-——s fbeCiterllmSteiwodaed tie 'lleaeaet Praised Citizen kolttedsdbyaleb ——.— ints cuss coins an out sums commonsense-vac Ian taiuu ee sea-a- ensue- HAVERHHJ“ "I“... April ‘_A trail of broken' glean was the only visible evidence remaining today of the disturbance of last night, when a mob held tho city In its power for several hours and smashed windows at will. The fury of the crowd wa~~ finally spent in the early hours of today, and before daylight tiic streets were deserted. The local militia i l ‘o aid the police, then returned to the armory. No arrests were made Several persons were injured by tly trig missiles. but no one was serious- ly hurt. The cause of the riot was the ob- jection of many residents to the granting by the city government ot a ponnlt to Thomas A. beyden. oi Sou-nine. to deliver an address in the City Hall on nourish questions, partlculaflyt'regardlu state appro platens for sectarian schools. My den started to give this address Sun day night. but demonstrations in the hall forced appointment. Last night an audience gathered in the hallway where iteyden was pre‘ pared to speak. tliefore he could be gin an immense crowd had formed about the building and became so threatening that the meeting was abandoned. heyden started to 1.9 the building. escorted by police, but the crowd ru.hcd at the door and he ran back. The police managed to force the mob back and close the doors. Wiih angry shouts the crowd began throw ing stones and lumps of coal. Neat- ly every window in the City Hall was partly broken. t l l 'were determined to keep the hall closed. portions of the crowd went to other parts of the city annd attacked the residences of persons who had assisted in nrmnging for Leyden's address. They also mpde a target of the National Club. where one of bey- den's friends had taken refuge. The damage done was confined almost en. tirely to the breaking of windows. The disorder did not cease, until the militia was called out by the may- or nnd took charge. ' —— til. i].- touts lBl instantaneous Tomorrow will mark the tenth an- niversary of the ordination of Rev. 'F‘. A. ‘Coleman, of Trinity Church. as a rector of the Episcopal church. The event is to be observed by Trinity parishioners tomorrow morning by attendance at the celebration of holy communion. at 9 o'clock. Tomorrow afternoon in Trinity church there will be evening prayer at 4:30 o'clock. The Junior Auxiliary 'to the Board of 'Missions will meet at 3:30 o'clock. The meeting of the confirmation class will be at 1:45 o'clock. tUlilillilN 0i [it unit A “Milli” I Vehicle driven re etarting to kick sit-ouncesly e. the very bad con~ dltion the road onJin avbnne la in. The eqnimnent from the Central Fire Station. yeeterday afternoon. while counts for the allies tire; was seriously handicapped became of road conditions. The Mia truck was obliged to stop three times, to not! crippling the medias altogether. gut (he‘d!) ditlon. . Many other streets lave tn neatly sense company. which had been called out. When it was found that the police.‘ lEXPlU i MUMAR lUUlUl ERUM All AUlUMUBllE Ire. A. I. “at, like Recently loved to South Ismail, Sadly lint Yesterday Afternoon A . tSPlSlAUULAR EIRE Mrs. A. A. Souhaml, accompanied by her uncle, Mr. Howe, of New; I" [OWER NEW YOK“ York, and another lady, who 'as o'perating a touring car, figured in au‘ 4‘ ._...,._._ accident at Rowriyton yesterday.’ I J r which may have. serious results. I” The family recently purchased the‘. former Hoyt place in Sound View ave-t nus, and (mutemplated moving here shortly to spend the summer. They} started out yesterday to look overt the former ex—Mayor William 8. Hub- bell property in tilowayton. now own-3 NEW YORiK. April i.—-—A section of 0:11.02! 3E1” Elisabetta Battier. T28 the business district in the lower part a 0 ie was was ng town t c of me city was threatened yester- Jaoob -B. Raymond hill, til the foot of day by a spectacular fire which much nets :er‘tfia ogrholt-s» W'lles‘burned two hverstory buildings at 9 car I me 9 81 one an Nos. 16 and 18 Beekman street. bounded up in thaair, the chauffeur‘s occupied by paper dealers. The loss toot came down on the t-sliilirator. “as estimated at $100,000. and the auto jumped forward “I”? For a time the flames which swept another does hole in the highway. npiaiy through the inllemmblt In. Sonbami "8 thrown 00‘. wd‘materials in the buildings. imperiled a: 1:: ! wigglbl“ :lfiléwzdae several akyserapers on both sides 9 rionsy . an all or a the narrow thoroughfare, and on :3" ngzogltsofiim 3e; firmisfiwmu street. Several floors of the eted 0 ' ourteenetory Morse buildl were wood. where she remained an hour damaged. “ 0P 3101‘“ . ; The American Tract Society Build lhA teliggllnoue fmllsall‘ebewtufl “Kiln” ing of twenty stories. in which the e res ce 0 r. o r . '0 E. “New York Sun" offices are located who rezponded ‘lulelY- HP dound also was damaged by smoke and Mrs. Souhami in a bad way. and "’0" water. her in his car, and started for South pour alarms w". turned in with NUFWllli Til" WAWTWUW *‘VWWJ A” in twenty m't' , calling‘ out vir touow the physician up the lilll. but “mu-- .1 ‘lre apparatus south of i run off the side of the road, and again Twenty'i‘liird ”may Police rer lbecame stuck. lll‘. Wolfe attempt” serves were summoned i0 keep 1110“ .i0 W“ ”19 car 0|“. and ““9““ "1"“ sands of persons who crowded about ii“ the neighborhood secured plank; a“. scene from being injured. 'and took hold of it. finally getting it Water from the fire hose poured ,UD "‘9 ll‘lll- ‘ ltlown Beekman street and thrcatr . er- bouhiiml l” N ”W (lld‘ord ened to flood the excavation of thc tHotel. 5' ”E the "‘9'“ of he" “‘Vnew subway, but the workmen built two Weks a paired. The heaviest losses from the a up which are of much interest council of South Norwalk. No. I253.l Juries cannot be learned ‘3 dam ‘h'ith sacks of earth and co The buildings burned yesterday tire were sustained by the Thorpe At the meeting of South Norwnlk Company and Bishop Paper Company- to l members, and it is hoped that! K. of C. The occasion will no doubtl Sailings Barred oe Seekers Street-“Sen" titties Ila-aged by Snake and Water i t —" merit, diverting the stream into . ‘ Spruce street. "0E8 of K- of c. were badly damaged by line about icttttttts IN l0llillli‘ ‘°“‘"’°"‘“"°"" '° ‘Paper Company. insher a Lathrop -— Paper Company. Lindenmeyer Pepsr Council, K. of C. to be held on Thurs-i day evening. several matters will'KII’ls HIMSE” An“ all will be in attendance on that date“ On April 21. a class of twenty-tivet AI BAY candidates will be. initiated into thei bring out a large delegation oft Knights from nearby cities. . lm’h.’ Lou lSlIlld, “Ill" On May 28. over 200 members with ,1 receive the 4th degree of the Knights; "Dill“ F". "I'm: Ill Twelve ‘of Columbus, in New Haven. it is, expected at least to have 15 from Iltlll’s Battle Norwalk in that class. i, m._ 0n next Sunday the members of now YORK. April' 4.——Wiiiism South Norwalk Council will go to Communion in a body in St. Joseph's Church at 7:30 o'clock mass. At the meeting at Bishop Fenwlck Donley, a hunter and guide, lay dead today, in his home in Babylon, L. l., 'where he had wounded five persons and fought a twelve-hours' battle Assembly 4“! (198700 K- 01 0, held with the sheriff and fourteen-deputiet on Monday evening. a 3111‘ Mimi"t W“ who attempted to arrest him. Armod reed by the Nevis-tor. D. W- Harlow-i with rifles. shotguns and revolvers, of the meeting held in New Haven on name, withstood liege by the counly last Snnday. .authorities from noon yesterday until "" .cnrly today. When the. attackers, s . after a long diligence forced their way lay at th Donley had for hours kep e be- tdriven insane by his recent arrest mm “l”. GEIS : into the house they found Donley had 'shot himself in the head. The body ' l e head of the stal where SlUUUE GREERUMU ESlAl .. . 5 lionley‘s friends believe he was of season end Because he assisted in getting from ‘ for ,hooting ducks out the United States government a,'tiic imposition of a a legacy of $100. iboth. A. third neighbor who inter disposes 0’ real 881M? valued Bl- wounding the latter. For hours there 51.000. located in Darien, sonal property amounting ‘Rlobert Fosdick. also assisted in securing Miss Morse's I the. arm and leg Minus—ti USA All" t not»... VOTE; ON OPTION. CHICAGO, April 4.—One hundred andsixtydlve townships in llllnois, in which there are 214 cities. villages and settlements, voted on local option today. 0! the larger "wot" cities voting lLLINOIS i Molina. Wankegan, Elgtn and- Decatur. i/norinal conditions now in vogue ii: the fish market. Shad prices new: been me 3N8” in half. The Nprwalk basketball team do- feated Paterson. Mrday night. by a malitoihonthe Paterson court. This is the first game Pater sea taut has lost since Document 1. is now much cheaper. 'Probebl) rain unigifindi'widi’ediy 7“" “‘ SIUN of non f rtctott Allis scout fine of 8800. Pension (or Miss Alice Morse, late of] which he could not pay. He accused Greenwich, Congressman E. J. Hili.t two of his neighbors of making the of West avenue, this CRY. has been complaint against him, and opening remembered in that lady's will with fire on them with a shotgup, wounded Miss Morse died January 28 last.‘ vened also was wounded. Dooley then and her Will has just been admltlt“ tired several shots at his wife and into the Greenwich Probate Court. it at the wife of a neighbor, slightly and Per-Iafter Donley fired at any person who to 8500- came near his home. A policeman oi' Sttmlol'd. th . attempting to arrest him was shot in SUARINU AUU URUP AGAIN R. J. Cutbili. North Hill! mt tnday, there "'9 nine-Aurora, Dixon? fish man. announced this morning a 1 Lincoln. Alton. radical drop in the price of fish. The -alena:.llock island and Savanna. Sentinel published the serious condl‘ Among the '5'! cities in which the,tion oi' the. fish market. of the short- ~sue has been raised are Blooming-g “e in stock and the lump in price. .W- Freeport». Bolvidere, Kev"mm-trecently.~ and lovers. of seotood will the pleased to learn officially of the Cod-deli ls much lower in price, and in fact every kind of Ion e . a t ri- ..3~ ‘\ t Serious fire Broke till i. .7 lient. England. nun; ;. ledtoSeveralExpioll-“ . —llere Details of E z, The explosion of a powder b- . . tory in Kent, England. has ca.- ._ ‘5 ed the death or injury of zoo pt- aono, it was announced officifl today. ’ The following statement ‘ given out: ' “The Minstry of Munitions .- ports with great regret that d.- ing the week-end a serious broke out in a powder tactic}. which led to entries of exploit... in the works. The fire was I)“ W, ly accidental. It was disco" ,at midday and the last of the fit ‘ lpiosions took place shortly a. ‘ r 'two in the afternoon. : "The approximate number ‘ I " casualties is 200." 7 . ‘ Among the details given ‘ by Italy in an official cousin‘- cation regarding the raid on ‘- cona yesterday aftemoon by b aeroplanes supported by two Dr- pedo hosts. as a result of whfl' three persons were killed fl eleven iniured. are the lollowlv “Th enemy seaplanee worth» tacked by anti-airchalt gum” an armored train. and by . our-aeroplane; ~‘l'ho .seoplalel fled, but three of that.” . brought down. One. the L-at. v.’ captured intact. The second. marked O-ai, burst into flan. I I | '5. vs w. :s‘ ”s. and was destroyed The tit“ 15. sank while it was being towed? . port. The enemy torpedo‘bo‘ , 17' had remained for out at sea d.» ' (3,. ing the attempted raid.” \ 4 With the reply of the Enter.‘ Allies to the protest of thwi‘ 1‘ States against-mail set: 5-" fore them, United States adult: istration officials today were cm-i 5 ‘ ~ sidering what, if any, i .. steps will be taken in the car troversy. _ r The text of the joint reply v.- published today. While assert!“ , the Allies‘ intention to conunfig...’ searching parcel post packan-f for contraband. “mottled, um postal folders," the note decla‘ ; that no legitimate letter mail 11‘ been confiscated nor any M m rights violated. ‘ The right of the allied govefl-o merits to search general mailht _'. based. the note says. on 00th tion Number 11 of The Hag. treaty. of 1907. The commnnlfli" , tion calls attention to the alleg‘ ' presence of rubber, revolvers " other articles of contraband. ill mail shipments to Germany. ‘ Strong French positions. south- . west of Douaumont and the Call- ‘ lctte Wood, northeast of Vcrdvfl. have been taken by Germ-It. troops, the German War-1 Ollie“ e. announced today. " _ *- Wirelcss reports from Zurich ; . to Rome state that Holland has closed her German frontier an!" massed all her available for? ‘ there. ‘ 5 The Norwegian steamer In: of 702 tons.‘ gross,_haa been ain't. -_ There were no casualties. 1‘ ~ The following official stew was given out in London tom “In the German wireless pm ,1 of today, the Cologne Guettcl . quoted as having been info " from a reliable source that _, -. lkiglish ship of the County Clog, 3 apparently the Donegsh .. struck a mine and sunk in 7 February of this year. There; no truth whatever in this a: ‘5 ‘ .rnen " . 115‘ The Donegal is a British or“ or of 9,800 tons' displac--- .g , ;- smell mummyj . «K.- it t l l t l I
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