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MINCNAIIC
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live-Beaten: Before the tiatieeal
mun, Which Begins ilear-
ings in St. louis Today ’
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foreign and Mexican Belations,‘
Preparedness and the Tariffl
Import-t I
LOCIS. Mo, June l2.>-l’rc~
ST
lintinar)‘ to the opening of the l)t'lllt) I
«ratio national convention, the mt‘lll-.
herd of the national committee are
here to meet alid pass upon the filial
ariztugenienis for the convention,;
whose 1.0102 delegates are to name the
party ticket. The committee also has
before it five contests, tfiTce of which
involve the seats of the national conr‘
liiiiieemcn from the District of Col-
linibi’a. Hawaii old Texas. Another
contest involves ille seat of a deli-N
gate from Hawaii and the Fifth coll--
lest embraces a protetZT‘agaInsi ilie
sealing of the .‘lX i‘i-‘legates from the
liistrict of Columbia.
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SIAIllIIIIIl ENDS
IIS CEIEBNAIION
Except For Children's Parade
Postponed lintil Wednesday
S'l‘aMi-‘URD. June 1'.'.~The celebra-
tion of the 275th anniersvury oi' the.
beginning of Stamford came to a.
conclusion yesterday with a dedication
of an ind‘an monument and a mass,
meeting it the Stamford Theater.»
Ttie celebrators had a nasty. rainy
three days of it. but managed to
carry everything through as pianneu.‘
despite the rain. except the chil-
dren‘s parade which was to have‘
been held the first tiny. This event
was postponed and will he held next
Wednesday afternoon it‘ the weather
is favorable. 3
The dedication of the Indian lnozlil-I
ment. which will be called tlieI
“ind-an Memorial Monument." t—St'
place yesterday afternoon. The menu!
xlient stands in St. John's Park and'
was presented to the city by the OnitixI
Tribe of Red Men of this city. This‘
was followed by a mass meeting in1
the Stamford’ Theater, at which Lieu-I
tenant Governor Clifford B. \‘i’ilsonI
was a speaker. it was largely ‘
patriotic meeting and was much en-I
. joyed, if applause and the hearty]
singing .of the patriotic songs meant
anything.
The four U. S. battleshi s whicl
had been off the city since illi'st Wedl
nesdhy. and from which marines were
sent to participate in the parades
during the celebration. especially
that of Saturday morning. left today.’
will fittiiltlli Piilli '
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Thzongs of Norwalk folks jitneyed.
motored. trolleyed. or were otherwise
conveyed Saturday, to Stamford,
where they witnessed the big parade.
took part in or were spectators of the
outdoor sports. visited the battleships.
and ruined merrily in the camivai~
holiday spirit of the occasion.
Delegations from many local fratern-
al societies were in the minds. The
American Band. of this city. furnished
‘music. and members of the Birth
company were among the features
along the line of march. it was an
affair‘that will be long remembered.
and which the people of Stamford may
be Justly proud. ‘ ‘
”Ilium liliilittii
I’IEASED IlIlN lISIIElI
White Some favored Roosevelt
the lime: Seed-eat Was!
Siren—Party Seems tidied
The Republicans of Norwalii appeurl
to be ill high glee over the outcome;
of the Chicago convention. Through
the Sentinel bulletins they were kept
‘in close touch wi'i'u convention pro-x
ceedings and the interest taken in the
convention was shown by inuumer-Z
able telephone cells. There were-I
many Republicans who would have
been satisfied over the nomination of
Roosevelt but the prevailing senil-
meni was decidedly in favor of
Hughes. From expressions heard on
all sides Norwalk Republicans are
united for the ticket and will couductt
an active campaign for Hughes
and Fairbanks. Ma.iy who sup-
ported Roosevelt four years ago nevi r
intended to leave their party but sim-‘
ply followed the Roosevelt leadership.
They, in most instances. are back in
the ranks and it is said will work
for the (i (i i’. in the future.
iHl iiiiiiii or DIVINE iiw
.p—
iacob S. Shield, c. S. 8., lectures
tinder tile Auspices of Christian
Science Church
"The Religion of the Divine Law"
was the euhyeci of a most interesting
addrms on ('hrislian Science delivered
yesterday afternoon, at the Regent
Theatre. by Jacob 6. Shield. t‘ 5. it.
before a large and interested audience.
Mr. Shields. a resident of Chicago.
land a member of the‘Bourd of 1490-.
*turesiiip‘of the First Church of Christ
Scientist of Boston. bandied his out»?
Iiect in an excellent manner. and tbtl‘
itecture was undoubtedly one of the
most interesting that has been heard
in Norw'nlk, on any subject, for a long
‘ time. I
in a short address of introduction.
Charles T. Root. of Wilton. gave
I brief outlilie oi" Yhe history and princi-r
[pals 0f the new religion, which has
rapidly gained disciples throughout
the entire country iii the past few
years. ,
Yesterday's lecture “I“ “w" “”d" turned the horsetwateriug tank at the‘ Mr. Lee. both Mr. i’oungs
Imp auspices 0‘ ”I" km” ”"I'Th- and corner of West avenue and Flax Iiili iiuclilloiiz tell the police. stopped at
'the sound. He stood. they state. in
the (ordial invitation sent out by the
church. to the general public of Nor-
INIIGNES ARRIVES
IN NENIIINII
Ipt Iy Iaay Pro“ II.
pebiieane and lies Beguallaae
for the campaign of 1916
ANXIOIJS ii an
liiitl iiil Willi;
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day i
NEW YORK. Junc l‘.’. The first or-
ganized political move iii the further-
ance o? the campaign for the election
of Charles E. Hughes was announced
today upon the arlival of the Repulr
iiciili candidate here iroiii \‘v'aulilng-
toil It was the revival of llugllies'f
.\llia:ict-. an organization of Repubv
lican. Democrats and independent vot-
crs which tame Lilli existence during
the second campaign of Mr. Hughes
for governor in New York in 1908. The
announeuient was made by Trent» ii.
Whitney. Public Service Commission-
er. one of the first to meet Mr. Hughes
on his arrival on an early morning
train.
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I > I i reiiruetl bridge. and told him he would;
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mm "MMNS . Livingston street it he so haired. MLI
* iiiil Aliilll tiii‘
it would have done Henry Ford's
heart good to have seen the position
taken by one of tits products. Wlllt‘ll'
Saturday night bumped into and over-'
Road. When the
turned the tank.
jitneyi‘o‘rtl over,
it mounted the!
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SENTINEL '
AMIAYID PR!“ I". I”. ALC Pm THE WORLD IV A OPECIAL Will AND OUR OWN OPERATOR. i '
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oust level. in II
on West Annie. Sat-
urday fight
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. retire in WesIMtonWeflIe-Ismea iietI it Inmate iii-.1 Vocaiaadilstrurnenfal Program
Theo “It“ has Street
John H lace, of 33 l'utnam avenue.
was killed. almost instantly, Saturday
night. near the junction of Pine street
and West liveziue, when he was struck
by the automobile owned alld driven
by Frank W- Buciiholtx, of 23 St. John
avenue. on the East Side.
Mr. linchholtz was placed under ur-
rcst. being held ill 3:,ooo bonds, for
nialied by Maurice Epstein. until Cot-
olier John J. i'iielan opened his I.i
quest. which will start this afternooi
at l 30 o'clock in the city hall.
Mr. Lee‘s funeral will be held 'liiurs-
day morning at 9 o'clock iroin Si
JOLPph'u church. interment will fol
‘low in St. Mary's Cemetery.
The accident occurred at about it
o'clock. Mr. Buchholtx .met Olin 8.
Youngs Lieu. “the Washington street
give him a lift to his home on 7
Youngu took advantage of this oppor-
tunity and the two men in the ma-
chile proceedtd up West avenue.
When they were approaching the
Soldiers' Monument Square. they saw
Mr. Lee crossing the street. going
from the Nash tinshop corner and
heading toward Pine street. Mr.
liuctlhollz sounded his warning horn.
and fir.
the middle of the east trolley tracks.
Walk. “'05 flrfltt‘iully WNIVNI- mil-‘3’ pedestal and assumed a position t‘hiit‘ apparently determined to wait until
outsiders listening with the greatest
interest to the subject ill hand. .
The ushers were: .\i. N. Mayetioff. J.
R. illiollllnedieu. Samuel Keeler, C. A.
Rollins, C. A. l)c\'oe and William I‘.
liccrs.
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AIIIIAIllllIE SERVICES AI
lllISl N. E. CHURCH
Yesterday was an interesting day in
the First M. E. Church of South .\'or-
walk. in the morning a group of in-
fants and young children were bap-l
tized by water from the River Jor-i
dan‘. Following this was a flag cele-.
bration. The morning program wasl
in charge of Mrs. Slauson. The Boy
Scouts saluted the flag. and there was
a special address on “Preparedness,"
by the pastor, Rev. william o. Gillin.I
who outlined what policy this country
should adopt with relation to condi;
tions in Europe. A special offering
was taken up for the fund which goes
toward the educating of Methodist
young people.
in the evening the graduation of
the primary scholars into the inter-
mediate department was observed.
This was in charge of Miss Ethel
Dykman. The sifperlntendent. Charles
F. Tristram spoke. commending the
pupils on their work.
The day was an interesting out)
throughout. The decorations were:
very pretty. consisting of flowers and’
blossoming locust trees.
lilAIN iiilili Milli
200 worm
CLEVELAND. 0., June 12.—New
York Central passenger train No. 11.
west-bound. running more than two
hours late in a fog. ran into a crowd
of nearly 200 workmen waiting on the
tracks here for a worktfaln early to.
day. killed two outright. seriously in-_
lured three and bruised a score. The
dead have not been identified. I
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. was marked by on observance of both
looked for all the world like a mute
declaration of: “l conquer" I
The car was in charge of Edward}
Caldwell. who. in making the turn to:
get into l-‘liix lllll Road from W‘cstl
avenue, unexpectedly nict with nil-i
other machine. the lights of which so
blinded him for the moment. that be!
accidently bumped the tank. 'l‘lleI
water, which promised to produce aI
fountain effect. was promptly shut offI
by a water department man. Thel
radiator of the machine was badly
battered. but no one was injured”
Henry C. Proeb. the North Main]
street barber, was a passeng‘éi‘ tn the
car.
Illlll KNEW All INE
BNIlNS IN INE BIBLE
Because she recited from memory.
without an error. all of the books or!
the Bible, Miss Matilda Geezy. of this
city. was awarded a 'special prize
yesterday during the exercises at the
Springwood Union Chapel. The day
Children‘s my and the school‘s forty-
seventh eanniverssry.
Among the speakers on this enjoy-
able occasion were: (Miss Margaret
McClure; Frank Goodcblld. C. M.
Lawrence. the first superintendent.
and William Armstrong, onetime
superintendent. .
Piliiii litill iiccioi
lliiliiiiii it Hit
NEW LONDON, June- 12.—Pow1er
acht Raccoon. owned by Chester W.
lies, caught fire in the stream Stun
day afternoon. when her carburetor
ckiired. Engineer Bryant woo eo-
verely burned and Joe takeli' to
Lawrence Hospital. The engine room
of the yacht wae completely gutted
and her furnishings damaged. The
Raccoon was built in Neponset last
year. .
(Continued on Twelfth Page.)
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NAIlANANE IIIINE SEIS
I THE IAENINS' NACNINE
On Saturday afternoon the. King’s
Daughters through a representative
group going out to Nnromakeiiome
made formal presentation to the Board
of Charities of the Edison Disc Tolk-
ing Machine which they had earned
through winning the coupon contest.
of the South Norwalk Evening Sen-
tinel. the machine to be. for the use
of the inmates of Naramake Home.
The speech of presentation was made.
by Mrs. S. 1. Hopkins. who briefly and
gracefully stated that the citizens of
Norwalk. through the King's Dough-
tsrs were glad to make the Home a
present of the machine. George Ray-
mond, chairman of the Board of Char»
flies and Rev. John Stapleton. member
of that board responded on behalf of
the Board and Home. Reference was
made in these remarks and thanks
were given to the Sentinel for the op-
portunity offered through its columns
of obtaining the machine. to Mr. Ange-
vizie for his public spirit in offering
the machine and to'the host of mem-
bers and friends of the King's Dough-
ters who had helped obtain the cou-
pons. Special mention was wide of
Mrs. B. H. Taylor who first suggested
the plan, and of Miss lrene Gorham;
who had been so active in getting
coupons through the school children.
Mrs. Robert Silcock was also thanked
for her particular services in manag-
ing the collection of the coupons. The
inmates of the diomo were well rep-
resented in the company and were do
lighted with the concert given them
on the machine. Some twenty-four
records have been giv'eu by friends
and a splendid selection of those were
reproduced. in addition to this, 11in
Irene Gorbam recited. and'Mr. Jou-
niugs. gave a deciomatiou. v'By the
kindness of the King's Daughters
there has been secured to the home a
perpetual fund of happiness and song
for days to come. and the whole town
to under 'otlhatlon to them for tboir
courteous gift to the unfortunatee of
the community.
minimal?
ffiiiiillis
I I“ "Millpond“ -
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iPriaiary Play, Musical and Church ___,
= Service, “'th " the Safer lStockholders (heeled by News
I do "‘ mu" "'"m that uetei street: 00., it tutti,
ISNAilSPiii Pill "mucus
. till liliSDii italic
{Pupils Heard in Exceptionally fine
'llic i'niied Slates Metal Screen
Co. in which several Norw'aili and
.\'t w Canaan people are stockfolders.
ti .d which is now iii the hands of a
lcceiver. Howard A Crampton of
'NtiriA'llIk.
in the Lolli‘building this city.
This resumption of operations
the Norwalk
result oi the
Jest-c Dunbar,
efforts of Attorney
Norwalk,
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I The Hillside School began its series to Webb of the
not (‘ommeici-uient festivities on Sat ICourt.
urduy afternoon at three o'clock when.
I the Primary Department held its exer-
cises in the new gymnasium. The
tgroup of children seated on the plat-
form niaiie ii charming picture with
1 their white dresser and dill itv liliiioni:
'lilltl in their various numbers of the ———--~—
program thawed gieat Milli") 'itn-
Illilrvnls and friends were much iii-
.Itlt'clt'd, also. in the display of llll'
|(‘lllltll't‘li's lianilwork which was ex
imitative—hos
L A30|il llli RUSSIAN
Judge
in which
mitted to do business.
granted Attorney illinbar‘s appeal
and the icreen i'uctol'y is again un-
lion.
“c-tilnnc'l on Fourth Panel
imagination *
DiSlllllilD ii A
ville Norwegian Ste . .
has‘ been destroyed by a. = ‘
off Falsterbo, according be Do.
Router dispatch from “it I
. Sweden. received in lanthanum
has again started business dispatch says that one 0“ h
0“crew was killed by the up“
and four others were drom
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concern. comes as the.
I __ . . ""“"m:tons. built in 1872.
for the receive-r. making an appeal.
Superior. _
it was asked thatiof the Norwegian steamer
the lucid company again be “1.49: tons. hae. been landflefiflt
Th“ judg" Yrruiden. Netherlands. W
port that their ship was N‘W
tier successful and prfigl'f‘H-‘IW (‘PHW e'thcr a mine or a torpedo’
French positions west on”
Value. on the Verdun troublfllt
night. The assault failed a“.
ly. the French official repfir‘dz
'today savs. . . .
The Germans continued ”'7
heavy bombardment in that we
gion north of Souviile and
annce forts. -
c.
"3'
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Afro Stink and I l.' , "
Believed to love I“
cd- Ger-aniuiall " f
fall in Attack Wei-t
i‘ori Vanx
The Swedish steamer
a»
The Emmy was a voosel dim,
Fifteen members of then“
a
German infantry
M?
I OCCUPAIION Ill ARMENIA w {h M m ._ .
I A large audience listened last night 7. a heavy artillery action in M
to addresses given in the South Nor',cinity of Chattnncoun.
twutk Congregational Church by Rev-.l The Dutch steamship Rm
lRobert Stupieton and his wife llr. ids
M. Stepleton late of Erzhouni. 'l‘urkey,I from Amsterdam for the N
in which the situation of the Armen-I East Indies. is said by the ‘
inns in that city and surrounding count seas News Agency to have M i
try previous to and during the Russian I compelled to leave her“ milks-“A
turt's tun iii
no Allis lilll
on llilS noting
it
iiica in the country opens its 19l6.illld has been in Erzhoum
stallment of 200 kiddies from the only American or European ill the city
poorest sectiondl’tf New York city who . at the time of its capture by the Rue-.
will be entertained free of all churgel stuns and had cllarge of the English!
for two glorious weeks of "eatin‘. and American and other consulate‘
swimmin'. and sleepin'," as one or the archives.
siege and capture and described the;
one day lsat summer.
of tile|
Needless to say the Rev. U. 0. Molir. deportation sand Massacres
Superintendent, and Mrs. Mobr, his Armenians by the Turks.
"right hand man' with a corps of ago there were twenty thousand Ar-
young men and women assistants are nlenlans in Erzroum alone. When the,
busy as been getting ready for ten] Russians took the city there were onlyE
strenuous weeks in which the care of thirty left and tlley were the ones kept.
sibillty that lllllst.be need for every StflDlC‘ion-
minute. The first batch of two huh- A terrible massacre took place
dred are due to arrive Tuesday. June} about three miles out of the city early
27 for a two weeks’ stay, and amphin 1915 when upwards of fifteen thous-
cations for 2.400 more have been'nnd Armenians were killed having
booked for a fortnigbt‘s trip before‘been deported from the. surround“;
the season ends the day after Labor. FINES?! and given over into the Mild:
Day. iof the Kourdish troops while en route.
Among the kiddies there are no up ‘ With the coming of the Russians
ter persons tfiunfitev. Mr. Mohr anuiorder and safety'were established but
Mfg. .Mohr, They are just “Father-Iby that time the Armenian population
Mohr” and "Mother Mom" to everyihad been destroyed. in Treblzond
single boy and girl, and these twojtwo days to the north of Erzroumt
good mph in the midst of all me“ three hundred children were taken on_
hard work always have time for eachhonrd DORIS 01! the WM“ Sea undor‘
little confidence that is so freely gig-j promise 0‘ R‘DICRIC. 83d when Out;
en. Visitors are always welcome at from shore were drowned by the boats
Life's Farm, and the special sundaylbelng scuttled. Mr. Stapleton thinks
service with singing and speaking by. that the Russians intend to hold all
the children. is an out of doors lune-ithe territory taken, and says they are
tion that attracts many people froml taking steps to establish the civil au-
all the not boring towns. Ithority in all the cities. A great pro-
Father and Mother Mohr wear evenlportion of the Russian troops are
more expansive smiles than usual just: Armenian In nationality. Comingt
now for news has Just been received home by way of Mofiow.
Harold Mohr, who is a surgeon on the - that there “'35 apparently an 8mm“
regular staff of the Franklin squamldance of food in Russia and that the
Hospital in that city. and who reamprices for the some were‘ not much
than 9. year ago enlisted in the Fourth l “’0“ 0‘" market price.
Reg. of the Maryland ’No G. as Sur-i
been promoted to the captaincy OlI ture of Erzroum and told of the un;
his company. '1): Mohr has manygepeakable indignities some of the flu-
friends here here he passed his boyr 95‘ wome\n 0‘ her Armenian acquain-
hood. and is remembered through-I‘M“ endured. she also spoke for the
out the county as one of the best ama- l Turks of Enron: saying that neither
teur bull players in this vicinity.
,city were to blame for the atrocities
CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR I which were all perpetrated by soldiers
MAN’é DEATH. [brought in from the west.
STRATFORD- June 11—00mm“! Enoum in the fall of the year. to pro-
John J. Pbelau. it was announced to- tect
day, finds William R. Muirhesd.
lcontractor of Nichols, criminally res.
ponsible for the death of Fredericki Herbert [:0er and Mrs.
Salvo, or Saobo, who died June Mb.’vSmlth. soloist of the church.
after having been struck by Mutrbead'e
machine in this town. Salvo was a GAVIRA coats TO MEXICO CITY.
laborer employed on a trench digging EL paso. 'rex.. Juno
job. Unusual safety precautions had G‘Vm- Carranu ..commander
. Juerex. left for Maxim City yesterday
been takenutiie coroner found after . -
.an invest tion. in response to amnion from
. Minister Obregon.
ish population.
toccuptitiou was described. Mr. Sta-”5n land
liftANt‘iiViLlJfi. June 12.——Life'spleton’ is the brother of the pastor. g ' . . .
Farm. one of the moat practical char-‘of the church, Rev. John Siapleton.‘ Yesterdays Officml col .
Turkey ior‘list. covering the casualtleli-
season June 27 with tile first in-tthe last nineteen years. lie was the feted on all fronts during: ”1.
past week, gives the numbwfl
officers at 173. of whom, 13:
killed. and that of men It
He gave the narrative of:of whom {.985 were killed.
small guests expressed it to the writer the experience of the city during me‘makes a to“! of the week‘ot ~ .
uaities amounting to 6,96wm
hom 2,li6 were killed.
The London Daily Mail ”it
Two years ' w
‘census of all the food
f the United Kingdom and
5 suing requests to farmers to
a return showing their
‘crops and their live stock."
200 little boys and girls is a respon- in the Mission House by Mr. and Mrs.;o
reau gave out the following m
merit last night:
in the war are:
lnot a British estimate."
fcasuaities was made pubic
iMay 10. It gave the total
$22,079; which would mean
Petrograd , the
from Baltimore that their son, Dr. gland Christiana. the missionary statedwas 102.507.
.kiiled amounted to 10 ‘
. Mrs. Stapletop followed with a fewlprisoners. 137.798: mze '. M
gem, with the rank of Rt Lieut, husl intimate experiences during the cap-I 094; wounded, 5781.310.
:mans in a month have W .
Zkilled. 28,535; prisoners. - ‘
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the soldiers nor the citizens of thelmlssmg. 5,237, wounded, -
Iproached the outskirts of. t .
Mr. and t Witt, the capital of B .. ‘ .
tMrs. Stapleton expect to go back to’Russian War Office
today.
the mission properties. and if;
3 possible establish work for the Turk-3 _ .
During the evening" Russran
beautiful sacred solos were sung ”bridgehead at: 231““ka.
Frankllni
In
front. was in .
109—6613!“ Russians for some timi v t
at the war,
ussian drive on this part
War.
“The government is
25%}
The official British press both
The German official casu
Killed—734.412.
Prisoners—146,665.
Missing—191,851.
Wounded—1,851,652.
Total—2,824,586.
The statement adds: ‘ .
A British report on G
German loss for last ..
On May n it was anti.
London that the. '
Based on these figures the
Russian troops yesterdo
The statement also any:
traces attacked”
Czemowitz. the objective.
but they were -- .5
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