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DOLLAR DAY, MAY 18th
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.‘lv‘ltlln‘in oi the Board of Education
pa liiir-d yesterday afternoon. at the
trait ‘ciioo’ at live o'clock, and then“
went over the list of data for the pro-
ptht'd budget of this year Everything.
‘r'f‘r‘lle during the open meeting.’
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which lasted for about an hour. and
inn!) tit-tails of the budget were dis-'
(ll‘i‘i‘d. and the Bllltll‘lils of money
it?" each which will be asked for pos
si'dy with mtlllt‘ slight allraring, Were
fl\-'t|.
'l‘lit- llillslllil‘ off of two rooms in
ilh‘ Lincoln School, to provide for the
greater :tllutufll of room needed at
present. was the first topic to come
bv-t‘orc the iurcting. The plan in this
case is to finish off two rooms in
the third floor. of the Lincoln School
thereby providing for two extra class
rooms. Some doubt as to the advbr
ability of this scheme was expressed
by William 1). Ward. who was of the
opinion that the job would out a good
sized au-m of money, it being neces-
sary.“ audit an action were taken,
to cut dormer windows to admit light.
which is not very plentiful at present
on the third floor of the downtown
building. Mr. Ward‘s idea was also
entertained by Alexander Rummler.
n'iio slated that it would be a hard
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The Sottlh Norwallt electrical com-
l‘rll‘idlnnt‘rs are busy preparing plans:
E .gets the nomination. if it were in the; hon
in connection with the engineering
work for ornamental lighting in the
‘St‘l‘lllld District. The commissioners
ate conferring with the Connecticut.
Company, the U. E. L. & W. Company,‘
~and other firms interested in the pole’
and wire changes. and are receiving:
cordial and considerate consideration.
The various companies appreciate.
very much the fact that the commis-
sioners have asked for their co-
operation in regard to satisfactorily
preparing the way for the radical in
provemenl.
One problem is the difficulty which
will be experienced in securing the
material needed. The price of every-
thing in that line has Jumped cousin
orably, and it will be very hard to
get it promptly. _
As soon as definite plans with re.
gard to the engineering part of the.
scheme. are completed. which will
probably
cmnmiasioners will have
. meeting called for the tax-payers' up
, proval.
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1.iTt‘.Hifli-:l.ir. May 13,—The Jury
which was considering the case
l-‘rztnl: Berger, of Terryville. present
'owner of the Rosent-hal “murder car."
an e charge of manslaughter disa-
greed in the Superior court here you
charge gm tilt of an accident to Ber-
.ger's car while he was carrying a
lopetro and. .lohn Mallino. two of the
passengers. ware. killed when the car
”ulttal.
Entered it‘d. nuns Norwalkl’oc:
once as Second Class latter.
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lie Kept Several Hundreds roar-i
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Thomas F. Moldalroa, Irs. llauicl
Toorscy and Edward J. Iraycs
lads lig Hits-Entire that
its: Good
.\lzin_\ high sounding plirascn. exv
tritt‘agzintly strung with pretty prais-
‘t‘s, and :tlitll'lllg of that quality rather
‘|.icttire>uuely called “suite." might be
employed to describe the very capa-
oe lliii'illi‘i' III which "t‘briatopher. Jr.
\llh presented lll Huyt'a‘ Theatre. lat-it
niiilii, liiltlt'r the auspices of South
but the
the‘
Norwalli t‘ouncil. K. of (3..
icapable players responsible for
success of the production need
more rvidence of the itupreaaionthey.
created than was expressed in the
genuinely honest voMlct. unanimously .
rendered. between laughs. by every-'
body who saw the play: "it was;
great!" j
“t‘hristopher. .lr.." written by Made-l
line Lurette Ryley. was originally pro-..
‘duced in the Empire Theatre. New
York. with John Drew and Milli Maud
iAdanis in the leading roles. it, is a'
'fourract comedy. agreeably tempered
lidlt‘ dramatic. «
l The (‘ommttn
wished music. and furnished it well.
.Iietween the acts there were "special‘
‘- (t‘ontlnued on Sixth Peso-l :
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First Ballot Says leaders of;
PM! i
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Connecticut‘s i'ourteen delegates to
the national Republican convention.‘
which is to be held in (‘hicago llll
June. though uninairucted and un-'
!pledged. will throw their entire
Theodore 1'}. Burton of Ohio.
At least this is the latest political.
dupe mutating from thoee supposed'
to be on the "inside" in local and
state Republican attain and a "Kt'
shoe canvass" Thursday night bore
out the verity of this program. ‘
Burton Will Get Vote.
liut when any of the delegates or
those close to the machine are Ip-t
pmaclied relative to any "working
agreement" or anything eke resemv
biing a pledge to the Ohio senator'
in the coming fight. there is only one"
anawer~“the Connecticut delegation
will use its strength to nominate the
man. who in the opinion of the dele'
gates. would be the most lit to carry
strength to the candidacy of Senatorl
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the banner oi Republicanism to vic- from the impmuuoni line. 'u re-.
tory." .
it is nevertheless conceded thatl
Burton will get the vote of the dale-0mm.) (lournment is making renewed'
gallon 0" the “r" ballot. l”"‘“‘°"irifl0ti.~ to capture bandits who have‘
Malina
“Nile
figure that Senator liurton,
coining front the pivotal off
the "virus of Proi'aalvelam" to
make hint a logical candidate to unite
the Republican party in the (aiming
tight. He is authciently "sound" on‘
the tariff to place the tuanufacturersiu El l’aao had reached an unwrittent
of the state and is Illd to have that
backing of Pontoon and the remain-
der of the "old guard." l
T..R. Has No Chance. 0
Regarding'ltoouveli.he1rr the last
man. it Is claimed. to flour the state.
delegation will "ring in the event tbej
Colonel should stampede the convent
tion. which idea is scouted by Dal
leaders. i
"He hasn't a chance." was the an-l
swer of one high in the counsels of‘
the party when interviewed last night:
to determine the exact orlwith just a touch of tears and a hit of but who did not wish to be “unfit
There is a porralbility that the state'
delegation would support Hughes.l
provided he would resign his place
on the supra-e court bench before‘
the convention and announce himself]
as a candidate. But he has persist.
ently refused to do this. it is the:
opinion of the delegates. it is aaiou
that unless 'ilughes is willing to male:
this sacrifice and take his chances“
before the «invention. there is little.
his name. in nomination. Neither do.
power of the Connecticut delegation
to name the standard bearer today.{
Theodore E. Burton of Ohio. would
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Apparently lien is aa liader
standing lacuna Scott and
\i'ASlletl'l‘UN, May 13. rliiapatch
of 1,500 Carranza troops northward
toward ll’ir- border in the Big Buddie—
trict of t‘oahuila. reported in advices
carded by officials heretoday as possi-
bly indicating that the. Mexican do
raided American border towna. Ite-
portii that the) expedition might have a
.. Ohio. has been eullclently tinged with {hostile ”mm“. '." "m regarded “L.
riously by Administration authorities.
They intimated that the action tend» .
ed to strengthen the belief that Amer-
ican and Mexican military authorities
agreement on cooperation along the
border to prevent turtber bandlt
raids.
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BERLLN. Conn., May 13.—What is
believed to have been an attempt to
{likelihood of the convention placingtwreck an electric train on the. Berlln~‘
liliddletown branch. “I made last
‘they believe that Root could defeati night by placing three large boulder.J
lWilson. At-any rate. no matter wholon the tracks near here.
A Berlin
nd car. traveling at a good speed
crashed into one of the boulders and
came to a stop. The passengers were
shaken up and considerably fright
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and Woodrow Dindend'
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liarilii tiptcy llrieree John W
-Banka yesterday heard a petition for!
‘tlie discharge of honor I. Wright.‘
Iof tireenwich. with ll'lellliit‘h oi $5,.
(tint! and on assets; conducted a final'
hearing in the cast- of Isaac \i't‘iitlrmr'
.“l lhrnbrtry. willl liabilities oi ft.»
!47507 on which 24 cents on the dol»;
NEXl liliSllll Al Pillilif?
Inetlrcr Means of Swelling tire
Sentinel-Stevens Fried Will Be
Attacks Were llepulsed 7
With lleavy lessee -
Swedish Captain folk cl
Sinking oi Sltlp by a
Germ Submarine
By Tire
lladcr lolly Five Ascpices
It is cape let] that The Stitllllel-
"Batilcslrip Dance”
} The French trench southwest
‘gof Fort Donuaumont and posi-
tions to the n9rth of the Thinn-
;liir has been paid. and lit-id an ex ;h‘lc\t‘n.~ moth-ship mm! M“ rem-hum Imont farm were violently bom-
.auiination of Gustave liaumnann. oftpurttons that mark it as one of the bardcd yestcruy. according to
‘Norwalk. “in. napalm“ or 33:, iii; {sin-(Wild breaker Marjorie Rterrett fundr.
--and no uh'h't’lri, in reierence to a Iran». or i‘unnH-tlr-ut
tier of hi.» $26,100" lltllllt', ll‘ Noi'wnlk,
in; George H, Tiemcyer. Kauffniann'bi
‘.chief creditor and friend.
of New York city. in the only creditor
loaned by Emma i. Wright in her.
bankruptcy petition. and HH-
not appear in minim-ruin with tlicirl
claim. Their bring no other oppuei i
tion to a discharge bein‘. granted. Rel l
eiee Banks will li““'|lilii"lltl ll. ‘.
In cau- ul [mm Wmtti'rm. oi" lhttt
bury .II 20 per tt‘lil iiivii'. 'i! “([5 pziid
the t-n-iiitnis >tIllu‘ time ago. and yes
terday. at lllt‘ i‘inal blaring. thel
trustees declared atiotliv i‘ tinidcnii of‘
four per cent. \Vllltll disposer: vi the]
.\it‘. “'cndi'ows
two months;
l‘lilllnt't' til the a-‘nctr.
_l\;t:s tliat'httt't'iti about
0.
. At llll' ehflltilllllltm oi
Kaultinann, of Not-mils. yesterday. Mr t
,Kauffinanu explained that he had;
y'mrrowed some ol,money from Tie-l
-rueyer. to whom he transferred his
lNorwallt residence. front time to time,
'and Ir. Tiemeyer had a further
.clatrn against him for $6,675. His
.oniy assets were some open accounts
.aggrcgating $2,088.06, the collection
l0! which was doubtful. The bank-
rupt explained that he had lost 886.-'
:000 in the hotel business in New
Work. and in operations of the Pros,
pect Leasing Company. I
The United States court. on Thurs-1
’day. discharged Richard E. Brown. of
Stamford. whose petition in bank-
'ruptcy was heard a few days ago byI
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in. tuna Hills
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| A rally of the Norwalk Town l'n-i
ion of Christian Endeavor was livid in
the South Not-walk Baptist church.-
Iaat evening. Societies from the Con-5
Ictivitics '
-
The sum of $800 was stolen. early.
this morning. from the room of
Luigi.
in the Grand Union Hotel,
hire.
on
3 ‘ inns 000i 000
number of passengooe. Lorenzo Kat.'.
one time the jury stood 7 to 6 for ac-.tral firemen yesterday to
<Wood street. A report of the thele
'has been made to the police, who arel
investigating. Within the past sever;
al months police headquarters have
received reports from four hotels re.~
fgarding robberies.
C The police and dog warden have
,beer. advised of the biting of Meyer
‘Libenskey. of Raymond street, by a
idog owned by Lee Williams, of the
isame street.
1 William Miller, of Connecticut ave-
. be 'the man.
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Miss Arcscr late: Exceptions to
llepated interviews—No Further
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fnue, run afoul of one of the police
."dummies." damaging it to some ex-
be/ in about a week. theitent. He has advised headquarters of:
a district his willingness to stand for the err-l
ipense.
' Peter Zerea. a downtown oyster-
|man. arrested last night by Officer
lRobert A. Gainor.
was fined $6.85 this morning by Judce
George H. Vosburgh.
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A fire. which started about 6:15
o'clock. last night. in the
'ltnown cause, resulted in minor dam-
age.
When the firemen arrived the
for drunkennesa,iin the ability of Mrs. Gilligan’s law-
dmsts i
HARTFORD, May 18.-—Mias Maryl
Archer. daughter of Mrs. Amy 1:]; Ar-
cher-Gilligan, who is in the Kartford
lcounty jail accused of murder. ex-
:prcsaed the utmost confidence today.
t
"yet to establish completely and eat-l
lefactorily the innocence of the "'l
cuaed woman at the trial in Septem-l
her! i
Miss Archertook exception to some.
lof the statements imputed to her in;
various newspapers and asserted that!
in many cases false interviews had'
been printed. Despite the strain that
she had been .under during the putt
few days. Miss Archer appeared this,
morning to be fairly cheerful and up
timistlc. Misti Archer said there was
Norwalkino prospect that the Archer homo
:gr-day. and was discharged. Theilron Works coal bin. from. an un-‘would be closed in the near future
She said everything would so alonglr
usual. at least. for the next few
months. -'
'ftamea were eating into the roof and
rafters of the bit. and breaking out
dump.
the city that enough and more than onotrglt
On being asked"- whether . any
further arrests were to be expecteddrr
1
had already been said.
‘ said.
ened. but no one was Muted. it ulnngatlonal churches of Norwalk andI
.llarien. and from the Baptist church-i.
es of Rownyton and South Norwalk.‘
and the society front the West for]
Trafllc was delayed half an hour.
until the boulders could be removed!
Not only are indiyid
tinl contributors each day willingly
giving their mile in ths great work
movie
be
but two iiioii-ut-r benefits ~a
performance and a dance will
the official report of the French.
|War Office issued today. The
“report says that all of the Ger-
lof providing funds for the building of. man amck' we" repuhed. ill.
The arm or lloltiil‘iitl‘ a: iiimiinNa new battleship to: the l‘nited States.»
.cncrny sustaining serious losses.
iOn the left bank of the Mouse ar-
Ill'llt dithgivi-n to add materially to the lm-ulltmery cm.“ continue Hume!"
i‘itnd I ruptcd.
tin neat Tuesday tin-re will he The captain of a" Swedish
0:00;? :0. m... Harald ems i. we
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and iiilercsting niovinr picture, “it-i btockholm Data‘s Nyw ‘5
iense or '0an " you will like this account of the sinking of his ship
{within u--‘. im- it by a German submarine in tho
\i'i“ .t” t‘l.‘. H‘Pkr‘. llllthr llir‘ ‘tUr : North sea on May 5 ’l‘he Ship
>1. ll'- oi the Jolly Five. rt "battle-hip r
dance" will be held in Arion liztll. The
profits of this gain affair will be con
trilinted. voluntarily. and at the sup.
v'w‘tion of lllt‘ Jolly Ftu- themselvm.
lurid. .
The Si'llllllt'l«\'lt‘\l‘ll§ account for to
day:
Total sum contributed, “38.90.
Previously acknowledged. $134.90,
Today's com-ibuttons. 84.0."
Total number of contributors. 990.
Acknowledged previously. s50.
’l‘oday'ic contributors. 40.
The patriotic honor roll today:
Katheryn Fielding \‘an Alatyne, lot: '
Victor Golden. 10c.
.lohn Lawrence l-‘roat. the.
H. P. Smith. me.
E. chuff. 10c.
A. Hathaway. 10(-
Annie Miller. 10c.
Ruth Clary. 10c.
Dewitt Ferris. 10c.
W. Phlllipaon. 10c.
Harriet Toole. 10c.
l-‘ollowing are from Marvin school:
Beatrice Lowndea. 10c.
Grace Lowndes. 10c.
Helen Lowndea. 10c.
The following are front the t‘. & K.
t'uctory:
if. D. Baker, 10c.
l. T. (‘ampbelL 10c.
C. L. Clarke. 10c.
(l Hayes, 10c.
E. McGlnn. ltlt'.
Mary S. llriody. 10c.
Aicc S. Foley. 10c.
l. B. tirindrod. 10c.
.l. I“. McMahon. 10c.
George Nicklr-sa. 10c.
David (llasser, 10c.
- was halted by. the submarine, the
commander of which gave tho
crew 15 minutes in which co
.abandon the schooner. The cap—
“.Nmp ll“ The Sr :itincl Steve-ox hattlesltii' . min of the Hlflld “(med to ohcy
s_ the order and hoisted the Swodc
iiah flag. The (lemma than
. boarded the schooner and poured
ipetroleum over the ship and
:iighted it. They then smelter!
fthe captain with cutlalacs, for-
icing him into 1 mil boat. The
ibluing petroleum not destroying
the Harald quick enough. the
Iship was sunk by gunfire from
lthe submarine.
l The official Austrian statement
'of May I: follows:
“Russian front: “The increased
activity on the Volhynian section
lot the front is being maintained.
There were no events of particu-
;lar importance.
l “Italian front: Artillerv com-
g bats of varying intensity co' tinue.
' The attacks by the enemy against: »
erzlivhr were repulsed.
"Balkan front: The situation is
unchanged."
l A usualty list of the Canadian
iforces in Flanders issued by the
imilitia department in Ottawa.
«Ont. last night captained the
names of the following as killed
jin action: Robert Johnstone, Stel-
ilarton, N. 8.: Telcsphcrc Roy,
or
and the damage to the car temporarily .
. repaired. The boulders
were placed
in a row at intervals of a few feet.
The authorities have started an in-
vestigation.
Nll’llllli lilifll Nllllll
' llNlNl lili0 MS Hill
Seascfdeorgc E. Gretchen toi
Ballard-Father Did list can
for The.
Practically abandoned by their
father. while still babies and ever
since cared for by their mother‘s
Mother, Ernest Mortimer Cook and
George Kenneth Cook yesterday
morning appeared before Judge James
H Webb in the Superior court and!
asked to bd allowed to drop the name
of ( colt. for that of Ballard.
Judge Webb after hearing the
statements of the young men. and
.tht of their unclo‘ County Commia-i lllio _
sinner Frank' E. Ballard; or Bridged" n“ Mullah. 3““ H- E- And"
port. granted the request. The pett-
tWra was! represented by amt-neg,“ g. the ‘w-ms.‘m of the
Jacob B. mull.
lore fit” a quarter of a eenturyl
back the-iota. of commissioner lhl:
lard married. W I. Cook. The
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iwalk Union chapel were represented;
and responded to the roll call. t
The West Norwnlk society secured?
jibe Union banner for the largest nt-
tendancc and the Norwallt Congrega-f
Etional church secured the secondf
iplace in largest attendance. Encour-i
.aging reports were. presented by the.
‘Isocietiea present. i
l Rev. 8. G. Hartley, president of thel
ll’nion explained the millions campaign
indented at the last international com!
rcntion of the Christian Endeavor,l
land spoke of Connecticut's share in!
[this campaign.
Treasurer Austin reported a bat-i
.ance in the treasury of $48. The re-.
{port of the anti-saloon poster cam-r
paign committee indicated progress.‘
At the close of the business aession.i
XMr. Hartley presented his resignation'
'as president of the Union. which was}
saccepted. The nominating committee:
.presented the name of Dr. E. l". Mc-l
Gregor for president. and Dr.
{or was enthusiastically
ipresident of the Union.
, 1n accepting the appointment Dr.
.tMcGregor emphasized the necessity of
‘ioyalty in the local society and in the
{Union He urged the Norwalk Union
.co takeaprominant place in the state
appointed
.son, of Rowayton. spoke briefly on the
great opportunity for the young peo-
United Society of Christian Endeavor.
{The June rally will be held in the
[West Nor-walk ohupd.
The molar-mm or the Bandit
itdice L. Finch and w... Rattler but
lchzrgo of the social hour. ‘
William Smith. We.
i Bathurst Village, N.
8: Guy
li‘rnnk Marulto. 10c.
. l1. 10c.
Weiss, 10c.
Fisher. 10c.
Stanish. 10c.
. Turczynski. 10c.
. Bedard. 10c.
Paulik. 10c.
. H. Conn. 10c.
Stephen Powell. 105.
Frank Kozu'rky, 10c.
E. K. N.. 10c.
T\ 13.. 10c.
Beto K., 10c.
H. L. (lakes. 10c.
3,000 PilliND All
CNNPNESSON l0 Chill.
One of the most unusual shipments
in the history of the Adams Express
Company of this city was forwarded.
this week, from the Nash Engineer-
ing Company, Wilson Point Road, to
California. The article chipped was
a giant air compressor, that weighed
3.000 pounds. The. express charges
were over $100.
us>>amsz
McGreg— ’
on company to be used in a Cali-
fornia urine. They could not afford to
wait for it. and were willing to bear
wok a Marthe high!” south M on the aides near the roof. The drefithe Gilligarcase in the near future. marriage was $01.3; Milli! M fiflmm:w W the additional expense of cape-ulna.
bonaatoa and the occupants . were was put outstdthina very M periodIStawaIAttaraayrfl. It. Macaw-l- fig'fim ‘ arul an _ ‘- {the {Burial at worm-zmi‘tr; so long at Rear-rival “9m
rows oat .crume by one macho-a . could out possibly. racket nihoau- Ltiiek F." Wu“ ‘a' Jim.m~e 7’ i ‘ mammalian-“tr being shown in
.- I! was :adurwarda that at Two still slams called out tbeCen- meat one way or the other. assert .-° hatch“ cum ‘ umbrfllmstoad. Kiss 1!. at. John. various parts of the country over
the Nash pump. a "Xade~in-Norwalk'
article.
I
irodd, Bridgetown, N. s.. Herman
Ryan. St. John‘s. N. B. /
“The Chronacle of the Christ-
ian World. a religious weekly.
says that during the second Rus-
‘sian invasion of East Prussia, rs,-
ooo women. children and old men
were carried off to Russia. and
that the fate of most; oii them is
unknown.‘ says the Overseas
lNcws Agency. “It is stated 80,-
000 houses were looted and des-
troyed. 13 churches demolished,
26 rectories and 13 churches dam-K
aged. and six clengymen with
their families carried 06.
Today’s review of operations in .
the European war zone shows
that in the Douaumont region on
gthc Verdun front. where the Ger-
mans for more than two‘ months
thave been held fairlv close to the
line of their original advance in
the February drive. is again the
scene of desperate fighting.
Violent bombardment
Punch positions in this We,
yesterday was followed by strong .,
each in which. according to th.
The air compressor was for a was. afternoon bulletin from Pam. “IE
heavy. losses, .
Germans endured
and taller! to Gain anv Mull.
Amhelucagtotficnortli— :
. 'flthM‘IO'M. Jan...
Mar: report‘s-brother”
tillery is
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