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ESTABLISHED 1870
GDMMISSIDN 0f
6 I0 SlllDI
lAXING SYSIEM
lager llarstroui Authorized to
Appoint Tax Commission to Aid
[tonal of Ohiectional Taxing
and Assessment — Coat-unity?
~Clublrv'ogs Op latter ofl’olice'
latroo
NANIS ARGEEMENI l0
REPAIR __AIARM SlSlEM
first District Commissioners
Should [lot Tear Op Streets—-
[lumber of Other Interesting
Matters at Council leeting last
light
t‘:I.| .lwl ll.ei‘.~tiiiiit.
I-miticti, “Rn last night
vi to appoint nix ('l i.
to 'IIIIIN‘ltiil” to slutty
~~ \Villi'lllb \.illi thi- ‘.lt‘\\ Iii reiiiI-Ilyiti4
- hyI‘em now in vogue lit‘i‘t‘ that
In‘v'ii ct-tich-Ii often an [II-iii; itii
. tli'iI't'ii\‘t‘, itlltl other things '1! e
. ind district electrical t'tii‘llilllna'ltlll
Ii~ reputed cairn
Aw II III nllll an t-\te‘ii
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.Iiariii as re
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p... the lira I distriIt tirI
IItiv'ited at the last met-tine.
domitouii (’tilnllllnnltiliel‘s
Iii- ‘alte this wurlt, they stipulate the
cit, lllllal. sign an agreement with
lttclll to such an extent they did not,
are printed further on in this story.
The first district commissioners were
IIIl -n to task bIcIiuse ot their habit
III Ipenlng up trenches in the [list
lll‘ rict streets to make repairs, w-ltii
on ~eI tiring pioper authority, or innit-t
int; legal notification Corporation
("vitlllst‘l Edward M. lxII-kuood ieport
“I hat the ornamental lighting that
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MNIM ANNIVERSARY DE
BANNER GDDNCII, D. Dfl.
l:.InnIir Council.
or), was.tcn years old last
The iilf’lillit'l‘." of the council,
lli;l»lllt‘l‘ at once decidedly
Incision. About ."5 members of thi-
N. w (‘anaaii council were on hand to
assist in the celebration and the
St: ~ anion! and Biidgeport councils
sent several representatives.
The program presented “as an at-
tractive one.1’. comprised ae\eiai
wry well prepared tableaux. A
piano selettion “a.“ rendered by Mis;
Yiela Cummings; Mrs. Fanny Cit-)Ck
e i. gave an interesting recitation; Al
irI-Il Krsemer pleased will] a \ocut
selec,tlon and an iiitI-ieIting feature
“il‘t a life duet by the Rowland bio
tliers. .
Following the program, refresh-
ments were served in abundance
liaiicitig was enjoyed and a general
good time “as iti ordei until nearly
itiiillilglll A grab bag “as passed
lioni hand to hand The
committee in charge consisted of:
Mrs. H. L. Rowland chairman pro
lt‘ilt. Jennie Finch, Fanny Crockett,
(‘arrie Mills, inez \liils, iBertha Sco
lit-id. Lillie Ackert and Elmer Roberts
MDRWAlli ID DESERVE
“‘GlEAN-lll’” Willij
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At the succestion of Street Com-
ntitteiihian Edgar G Murphy, Mayor
I'IIIi Axel Horstrom will issue a p'roc
lzimzition omclaiiy designating the
first week in May as “Norwaik Clean-
llp Week."
There are no end of suggestions
that (an be made to make the wool: a
pmtitabte one to the city and to the
individual. (‘ean the.. back yard as
unit an the interior of
T’lont flower nor-do and I: up
lav n. Replace btohoo viadovvo;
the
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mow-tho rubbtabbeoolatbohoch couroo.tbottb1oroportofthoobom lieu turnout-eon utter tho mmwuwflclc “mm m
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yard. etc. ,
hn your
talk the city bouutlul thle our”.
Entered at the South Norwalk Pout
Office as Second Class latter.
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[Milli SIEAMERS
Wholesale Charges Will Io lode
Aga'ust lea lloder Arrest ioA
H08P|lli was!
0N MIIIIIIIIII
A .\l~.\\ \(illk, Apiil ll Agents 01
,tiiti liepariiiiciii of Justice and the
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.. FRIDAY,APRIL14. 1916
Ram Tonight; Saturday Fair.
cutlets Mitt
AGAIRSI MUSIC
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'Elhirt W. Fitch Quotes Too Im-
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fedI-ial prosecutors who already havet
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eight men under arrest oft charges ol'oute I I'll rm II Fflt Bw-A
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lltlllltiili’. A
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taxes and «.I.‘ A
work llitlllllt‘rt‘tl.
Iieaily me their way opt 11 to re tilt: the lith‘lillitl tangle
should uniI
Daughters of l.il) '
night. ‘
iii a,
pleasant :
and, most fitting, celebrated the happy-
efficient ‘
humans I
attempting to blow up ilillllliluns shipsi t. i
' Ist Chlch, lurytouu, Where
with liie bombs still sought today'
MutA‘mfi“ By LG" .“E the principals who originated. fliIiIiiI l l m {m - '
Pants 0.t "he“ The! ”.icd itiitl directed io- alleged I-Iiiispit“ . "' y'. can 60¢:
' icy. 'i‘iiey IleIiiarIti that the eigtiil Mt “—— 1“ .
I lived u. t. 5.” far Instill“ prisoner: iiiaiiily I-tiipliiyt s of the A ‘
North German Lloyd and ilaiiiburgl
.liiiericaii Sit‘fllilnlllp t‘onipatites wirel
actiie only in the execution of the
t
| tion Will be Greater
AGRDSS [MSGDNDDGI
! plot. the manufacture Iiiid Iiistiibul
ASAYS SPlII tioii ot the bombs by which it hi .
I 0" SIIE "AS charged fires were nitli‘lt‘d on more; um BEN ALLEGED.
|than Iiiiity steamers The identity"
[of the Iiiict conspirators, '43 known .—
Sloppfn coNJRIButloNS to the authorities. has not been dis _ . _ i
Item-II :ltestgnataia of tho Organist lie--
-N ' tine lllllii for whom the Iv‘tlt‘rfll
.Iigeiits are M'ilrt'llillg is \\:iitI-r ’l‘
- Stlim‘lc, lit-till til llie \t‘ll .lt'rnti) Au'. I
GOIIOI'II Public Represented III. Illllllrlll and I'iiciiiiczii t‘oiiipany III;
llilhtllltil lIi htlltrnv- tailor) the tlIs '
Every "em OI suwut' vet 0", bombs are said to have been chargedI
'n'ose Who coutflbllled $5 \\itll I-xpltisite Iiiheiiiicals
or lore llave More Word to Say
in Management
I'tltil‘ iiieii airIi tId yesterday
titlifiplrflllllb tiwai'ed atraiuiiniI-ht llt'
lure a
today ’lho-y are
otititiiI-I-i of the
l‘ilrl Schmidt. I'lllci
ii‘rI-Ilericii dcr Grouse.
and three ot lit.» ilShlSlillili.
liit'i.‘ “"1"” Ai‘ ”will.‘ A“""“>A“‘l .\ lit'itllil)‘, iii the cases of tour other
lit the Noi'uIilh lltinliilltl ~itualioii 1m.” “ntfihul “pd"..mmy has Imp”.
"i'lzi- tollouiiig letter. written by liIlbii'l postponed tun “0,4“ A federal Grand
-\\' li'IIilI tII.iobii .‘l\.\lllllt‘li, president [my u,” begin All mum-”gum,“ III
II! tin No;v.alit [to mini .\h‘t)t‘litlltill the DAM“ neat “mm”
‘Ii ;‘. All“ .:,tl. .Iiid ll'i‘lll ('n no we ,_fi_.___
iiI- ..-.Ii‘y I-It'im ill .\l| l-‘ittlt [ins
\t‘l\1_tl)lt ||1t\t iItIiIl hi: news regard
SDGlAl SURPRISE
GIVEN REV. SlEllM
A ten pleasant surprise social “as
given to Rev. hi. i.. Steiip, ol St.
l’etet's Lutheran Church, and hI-I
family last night by a number of Iliad
paiishionern in the “th‘Illllh room oi
the church oii t‘edar street The 0(-
caslon was the seventh IIIIiIitIiIIaryi
-of the local pastorate of Mr Steup,‘
Iiiid Ii cIiieful
‘sltidy of the farts sci fbitii by liiiti
will be at oIiI e profitable Iiiid intereat- i
inc. Mr. Fitch's letter followit:
March 28, 1916.
..lfiilN bl'hit'LiJih'. President.
Norwaik Hospital Association.
I Noi'wnlk, (‘oiiii..
Dear Sir:
Yout request for an annual contri
butioii to the inaititIiianIie fund for
(the hoapital iocaived Atii pleased to
ilt'lllll that you have obligated your;
sell to see that the administration of
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mums
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Change Proposed for Benefit of
Both Manufacturers and Em—
ployes
.',ll|l) 1902:, and installed as pitslur otl
iiis'present charge in April, ltititi 'lhc
room had been artistically decorated
'and the tables, in immaculate Wlillt,
.groaned under the weight of the manyl
good things provided 101' the satisfy
ing of the inner man. .-\ beautitui'
cut glass vase, containing a bouquet
of ro:.es anti carnations, was given‘
the minister and his family by
Ladle; ‘ Aid and Young Peoples So
cicty, Mia. A Schmidt making thcA
presentation with appropriate re-
maiks.’1‘hc pastor then took occa-
sion to express his appreciation of the
love and kindness of his DIII‘IIIIIOHl
'ers, wito helped so faithfully to utake‘
his labors among them successful,
Mrs. J. Cordes, Mrs. J. Neugebauer,
.iMrs. R. Yoppe Iiiid others added to
That the batting industry llQ’t‘tIrl re- Ah" 9‘9"“‘35 enjoyment by “GIANT?“
oi minimum on a basis that will eti- ldered ”‘Cllflliona The committee in
.abie manufacturers to pay their t‘lili Ichnrge 0‘ ”A“ “MA” “OWN?“ 0‘ M”
piotes niote money scents to be the 1‘ 1h°”“?“i Mfrs K. (Iroeschner
opinion of the melt. This \veekacom- AMFS' A' “mum and MAS- There“
.niittee of the national otganization of “ elm“ '
the journeymen probably will make 8 SA PM?” (hurch Am“ ““503“, a
ieport showing that the mice. of hats steady growth during ”A" “a" “”5
must be raised to the buyers to meet The ”"3““ church ““5 built in 1913
the general increase in the cost of ma land dedicated 1“ iiiccetuber 0f Ah“
teriais which enter into the iiianui‘ac-‘ year A” "‘9 service "r “0d \\hile
tuie. An incieased prlcewllialso Itivo'n01 a large and ““90““ edifice, "
1”", mm a fair living wage. is amply large foi the needs of the
Aunlon officer of tiieOrange distiict congregation which numbers about
said today that the men have not re- 1"“ communicant ”‘9'“me
ceived any increase in wages in ten ——-——--—---
years and, in that time. the price of
hats has not admnced. although the
cost of the raw mateiials has gone
away up. in the Orange district, the
NEW GAMAAM D. A. R.
.. WI MEMBERS EMIERIAIMED
The regular monthly meeting of
Norwaik Citaptei‘,’1i.A.R.,wasiioid
yesterday afternoon, at the home of
.A M18. Robert Van Buren, West avenue.
0 [The guests of the afternoon were
iimembeis of Hannah Benedict Carter
[Ch Iatper, of New Canaan and there
Awere 38 in all at the meeting, After
The city council, last night, was the business meeting was concluded,
progressing at a lively pace when Miss Theresa Hott sang very beauti-
Mayor Curl Axel Haretrom called for fully two selections.
reports tron: council nicotine! The pt‘ograiu of the afternoon was
"Has the charities committee a re- in charge of the Int-inherit of the via-
port to make?” the mayor asked itlug chdptor. The paper Was read
Councilman lrvlnx D. Robertson. by the secretary of the chapter and
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The following from the Newark
1Evening News, Newark, N. .l., \villbc
iof much interest III members of the
hat trade in this city:
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lAIiIteIl Staten l‘tlllliiilsultillt‘ll
lwho was ordained to the ministry liil
suits in Indie—“lens" Says
lr. llartloy lode Favorable im-
pressioa
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According to an account contained
ii” the "'I‘IIrrytown liatiy Newa.“ oi
llt‘ltilil‘l' 25. Mill». t'llttrgen Vl'erc pre-j
Ill‘rrt‘tl against the music committee
First Baptist Church of
lti\\ll, \ l'. of which
ite\ Ralph Ii. Hartley,
\oruaiit itaptist l'liiirI-h.
tor illlt‘i’ .ltiiie let
The icsictiatlon ot the organist ol
the Iliiircli resulted Iii It protest lit‘llll
'I‘ai'ryvt
(Ninxrt‘gflllllll,
of the Sound
will be pas
Iii lllt‘
tiled .\ men-ting of the congregation
,Ioiiouml At that meeting It rc.oin
tton to the trustees oi the church,
condemned the members of the niuaii
committee as bciiig "incompetent“
and "severally and jointly guilty ot
gross misconduct." The resignation
.f the committee was taken tor.
The Tarrytbwn Daily News priiiteili
lilit‘ following, on Tuesday, April ii:
"The Rev. Ralph G. iiarlley. of
mouth Norwaik, (unit. has accepted a.
call to the lirst iiaptist Iiiitrch ills
Aietter of acceptance was read to the,
Hartley h.
He has
congregation Sunday .\lt.
niatiied iintl has one child
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AWWMMMI
GDMM|_I__IEES MAMEM
A special business meeting of the
South Norwaik iiaptist church was
last night held following the regular
mid week prayer meeting. These
committees comprised the pulpit com-
mittee, the nomination committee and
the flower confttiittee. The annual;
meeting and election of officers of the
church will be held oti the first Thurs
‘day in June.
committee comprises:A
The pitipii I
H. P. Morgan, lir. Charles F‘. Bout-I
well. Dr. 11. C. Shercr, Mrs. Charles
Cole. The nomination committee: F.
S. Lyon, Charles (‘oie and \liss' Sue
Oinistead. Flower committee to tskc‘
charge of decorations for Easter:
\fiss Sue Olmstead, \lrs. Charlesl
Cole, Leland Leppert. Miss Olive
Cole. Miss Effie Bouton Mrs. Hawiey
Partrick, Miss Freda Scheldier. and
George Howard. !
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,lDGllllDDD A. G. SPDlllNGA
IDR ADASEDAII GD;
Jack Ryan. manager of the Dock-l
wood A. t‘. baseball team, is keenMl to
meet the captain or managero
other baseball team in town or viola-AI
ity to talk over arrangements for
dates.‘ .II- A
The Lockwood A. C. are grooming
for It successful season, and have al-.
ready started practicing. They plan
to put a strong team in the field thlsi
year, and expect to hold their own:
against all teams in their class. Fur-
ther particulars can be secured from.
Jack Ryan, Lincoln avenue
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charities committeeman. jumped to was "A Life Sketch of Hannah Bone-
hls feet and dechrod: idiot Carter." after whom the chuptorl
"Read The Sentinel And have the true hunted. She true a resident all
music up to the Home."
ltaoodaotbepolntedoatheremltoroutmmtboloealooooto.
Ill-uwtoomko ”Matthews. Auootaloooolou'i
mi mm m. rm. Immnuuoeumuu-uu- followed and mount-m In". no»: lublfa on)...”
vtoolo 'od.
If you haven't made your contribu-
tions of a dime to The Sentinel-Blev-
eao lingerie atomtt hottloohlp fund.
lureo Woo (u dog).......10o
supitt lRAIN A
Di SDIDIERSA
fIRED DPDNA
forty louated lon, Believed to
to be Villa Bandits, Were Oriveai
Off After a Short fight, With
One lliOeIl
hmwwuu
mound
Alliv
Guarding Wagon Trail in a Desert
is a lediotis lash
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GENERAL I’ERSIIING'S (‘Ahil' A'l‘
‘li‘RON'l‘. April 12, via Aeroplane to
t‘hlhuahtia, April iii, \in El l'as-o
Junction, April 1~l~ About forty
inoiiiilI-d men. believed to be \‘il‘a
soldiers of General Tl’hiiROIi I-oiii
iiiand, attached but night ati atrium)
bile supply il'ulll Iiiid were driven on
after a rifltlll fight 'l‘hi re \\(‘."t' no
Altit'rtc‘nll (‘IIIttaltiIia (lite \'ill‘t [um
dit was killed
WASHINGTON. April it tiIiIiI-rai
Funafuti today iI-ported in tin \\:‘.l
Department that he had rI-I-I-iied itii
word from (it‘llt'l‘ill i'crsliing on the
fight Wednesday at l'.iiriIi. but that
III- is continuing to press tor infornia
tton.
Ai-‘d‘I-ZNt‘iliN. t‘liihtiliiiiin. .\icx..
April 14. -()ii the desert sand less
than a mile to the north of Ascenclon
lies the camp of the American in
fanlrymen who are guarding the lines
of communication. Their tents are
pitched in the center of a little cotton
wood fringed oasis. Around their
camp is Ii long trench ready for in
ntant occupation, while cavalrymen
constantly are making their way up
and down the motor supply route
which leads front Columbus. N. M, to
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SEWAGE PDllllllDN
DAMAGES DlSlERS
«Important Conference of Oyster-
men and Health Board Secretary
thRTFORIl), April ll.—.\n tmpot
tant conference was held in the office
of the State Board of Health. Wed
nesdny, between representatives of
those engaged in sheli~flshcries anti
the secretary of the State Board ot‘
tHealth on the subject of the purificav
For-
New
tlon of the waters of the state
mer Senator l“. 1. Roman. of
-Haven, made a statement in which he.
showed the damage to the industry
,by the pollution of writers by sewage
He pointed out that some effective
steps should be taken to compel
municipalities to dispose of sewage
by means other than allowing it to
'flow into the rivers
Prof. Conn, of Wesleyan, said the
remedy could not be applied in a
hurry. Representative F in Perry,
secretary of the Shellfish Commission
also spoke in advocacy of the cleans-
ing of the waters.
illIRRDIEMENlS l0
MAMRESA DllllDlMGS
William H. McMahon has the con-
tract to make an addition to the scul-
lery of the Manrcsa institute kitchen
building, Keyser Island. and to the
[dining room The improvements with
;coot $2,000.
A two story addition is to be
built to the house. of William 0.3100,
243 East. avenue, by St John I: Kc -
ear. The cost will be 8450.
H. Nathan will Install plumbing for
John H Light and Joseph Winnonaht.
liter & Cbtttttn will wire for Poul
reuuer. of labor Place.
P. H. fielding has received
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street: unlawful-Mum
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0. D. Mm
Allen Wood. Valhoo ave-Io
Om loultvall.
core;
the house. phonograph eon-u. We want some Smalls. and brought up and died ln' you would do well tooot la the. londttrocta for electrical work for the fol-
Nm‘“ IN "I“ lit!" woo very In- to ”your contributions to The South loving: Cameron Auto Company. Day
UNITED suits
PM. _ __.___.-.__. _.____..___'_'=
llME NDI RIPE IDR
PDIIGE__ MAlRDM MERE
'lhe (‘oniniunity tiub tailed to the
attention of the mayor and council
last night the med ot poiiIe matronl
in Norw.aik A
In dlfit‘uhslilfl the matter this morn-
ing (‘hief of Police William R. l’env.
uington and Detective-Sergeant.
'lhomas Leatlieiland agieed that the
plan was a good one, biit considered
AllIItt llit tom “HS not now ripe. tin of the British Foreign OfficeJU
the addition to lllt
pIiid Iiiatroit
The two Iiiiitiiil» poiiitI-Il out that
police .iII not hou>ed iii a ceii-
tiIil poliII station and tin offices at:
pretti IIIIi st-iaIIIIId in some l'lliHi
the motion IiiIt~ as I-ieik. while not
encased in Ittillt'I' ‘.l(‘t, Iiiid In 0th
er places ellt‘ i.- employed as janitress,
“llt‘lo' the police Ileparltiieut have It
building of lllt‘i' own
The club coiiiitiitiee, in its Ietlerto
the council. called attention it) the
tart that when II \‘.tlliiltil was arrested
for larI-Iny .~III‘ With searched, and
this duty should iaii only to a matron.
II was stated this iiiotiiiiig that the
local departmei‘.i has been called tip
(in (mi) nth-Ii In. the past three
yInI- i 9w .oniaii
eiittioIIiI-Il Iii the club's
I-oiiiinI-iii: Very often
III-tested tot Ilr uiillt‘nlit‘In'
ilil'l Ii.. Iody for In.
iii-IIIi-I peiiiterit at
the nitht or several
liilllls in jail. ,\ syiiipalhetic lili‘r
Iron‘a~ IidtiII- lli silt'li instances has
been ottcn found to set a girl or wo-
tnan richt. Iiiid changes the. entire
course of their lives
A matron would also be very valua-
bic. it was stated. in caring for boys
.under fourteen )'t1ll'> old placed under
‘lll‘i‘t‘iiil. Motherly talks anti advice
[in cases of this nature place the
youngsters under a deep and never
forgotten debt of gratitude.
When It Iziri is arrested on a serious
charge. the courtroom is invariably
_croded by men :l('lliitlt‘tl by improper
curiosity. The need of a sympathetic
I I p.Iiiment of a
N'I'
I. 1.: I \\i-i'ti
(linen.
and ciii
\‘»:tiillil‘.‘:.
lt‘l‘ spending
lttliIl‘
o liiii
imatron In such cases is also obvious."
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The completion of the paving of
the new Washington street bridge
awaits repairs to the tracks of the
.t‘onnecticut Company. Joseph McEi-
troy, of this city. who has the con-
tract for the paving. has been re-
quested by the bridge construction
committee to proceed as soon as pos-
sible. The work cannot be started,
however. utitii the. trolley company
re-iines its tracks to level. The com--
pany
the necessity to make such repairs.
ARMY RE-ORGANIlATION BILL.
WASHINGTON. April 14.——The Senv
ate continued work the
Army Reorganization bill,
rule limiting speeches to ten min-
utes each. This rule will be enforced
Iuntll‘next Tuesday afternoon, when,
.by agreement. final action on all
amendments and the bill itself is to
Ibe taken.
(‘enerai debate on the bill featured
by pleas by Senator Stone. chairmanA
today on
of the chign Relations committee,;
[and Senator Bomb, Republican. for a
Anteater navy at the expense of the
army increase, was concluded late
yesterday
Amendments offered by Senators
Smith, of South Carolina. and Under-
wood of Alabama to provide forGov~
ernment nitrate plants to fumuh ma-.
[teriIiis for the manufacture of explo-A,
siv,es still were pending when the
bill was taken tip today.
ALVAH s. BRAINARD DIES.
THOMPSONVILLE, April I'm—A1-
tab 8. Brainard. former seiectman of
ltho town. died at his home here today
.0! Injunoe suffered yonterduy when
he was struck by a failing tree. which
he val cutting down. His skull was
wfractured He was 65 years old and I:
survived by his wife and five children
CARDINAL FARLIY H00“ AT
"A AND
STANFORD, April 14. m;
Farley. or New Yeah. It. woo learned
today boo. leuood a holooat
Bob! to the m. and
mad about four months than *-
Iulno Juno 1.
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has been officially advised 0'1
under the '
Will SEND
EVIDENCE l0 GERMANY
Will Seek to Show ifaloa'
'l'hat lie is Wrong in U
Submarine Crisis ~ Vb
lent Bombardment be
livcrcd by the Germ-e
Against the French line
Guarded by Sir Charles Allen,
. evidence in the Sussex case whlda
{has been gathered for the Ameri-
can State Dept tmctit arrived h
New York on the American LI“
steamship St. Paul. 1t includld
affidavits of the survivors and
' was part of an exceptionally large
amount of embassy mail,
twenty big sacks. The affidafih
are those gathered by attaches 0!
the American Embassies in Park
and London.
Among the St. Paul's 586 p.-
sengers was Edward Huxley. d!
Englewood. N. j., president ‘
the United States Rubber Export
Company. of New York, who W“
a passenger on the Sussex, coca.-
ing uninjured.
confirming previously cab“
news dispatches regarding theab-
tack on the Sussex. stated poll-
tivcly that from the hour that th'
vessel left the British shore ul-
til the moment that she was I!-
tacked and fur nine hours there.
after not another vessel was
sighted except the destroyu
which came. to the rescue.
Mr. Huxley made this asset-tin
in connection with the text ‘
Germany's note of April to to 6.
State Department, citing an ab-
tack by a German submarine d
an unnamed vessel in the vicinity
of the Sussex at the hour whit
the latter met with mishap.
Mr. Huxley said also that l0
was positive that the Sussex car-
,ried no ammunition.
When he and other passenger!
were in the junior officers’ room
on board the rescuing destroy”.
Mr. Huxley said. :1 warrant 0ft-
. ficcr who had talked with the cap-
tain of the Sussex. told Mr. Hull-
Icy that the captain said be It"
seen the wake of a torpedo.
The Sussex had on board ow
three military officers—Cw.
French and one Russian—Mt.
Huxley declared.
It was understood that m
Huxley planned to visit Walk
.inzton to confer with state 0'5 .
ficials regarding the Sussex.
It was indicated today that till
the submarine crisis. probably the
sending toGermanv of the cumu-
.iative evidence which the Unite‘
tales contends shows violation! ,
Berlin's assurances. will b.
taken within the next 48 hours. ~
5,-1.-
TWO cum
Mr. Huxley, IN. ,
next step of the United States h'
I
Developments are expected to fol- ‘
low rapidlv
ere undo-retort to have agreed that
the presentation of the facts shall
Abe accompanied by a definite a“
final demand for evidence of Ger- .
Imanv' 5 good faith and observance
of tier guarantees. but probably'
will be accompanied by no tint.
limit which pronerlv could he (lets
cribed a: an ultimatum.
retarv Lansing was placed befofl‘
the Cabinet today. Affidavits Q
the Sussex care. which arrived 0“
the. strainer St. Paul. were
[before the Cabinet. but it was
'othcr evidence was no compl-
A Iii-it they: were not entirely n - ‘
nry to the preparation of
can of the United States.
The President end Co i
obovrod no diacritics! to lot .
Inn-m um m»
l
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The evidence collectcd bv Sco- A
The President and the Cabinet. ;
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