ierity Ias Bern Ther- elahly Demonstrated ESTABLISHED 1870 Entered!“ the, South Nor-walk Peat AMIATID PIE“ NEW. noel ALL PART. 0' THE WORLD IV A "ICIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR. one. as Seemed Class letter. Elli NORWllliEllS lN till ilcuil lllllllilllli Sill or llllll Pillil fill ClMMlllEiMEN l0 PROCURE BIDS “V . .. :l Fm layer Cavaaagh Suggests Consolidation of South lienralll aad East lleraal Plants and Cenaittee is Requested ta Center With layer llarstreli as This Point; Meeting largest Ever field in District; Fuenerks Ware Plastifal and Parseaafities liaa lliet; Hearse! Meeting to he llslrl laly 28; Judge Walsh asllir. Ireriii ilare Werdy War; full Galore furnished 400 Attending East Norwallt‘ last night moved, Fourth of July some days ahead, and' despoiled itself in the greate t display of municipal verbal firew rks the district has ever witnessed. it was all heated up to the point of selling the district plant, but the ardor of, those who believed this the best way out of the difficult situation was con. siderably cooled as the hot shots flew back and forth across the well-filled and smoke-pervaded room, and no such action resulted. Once again the‘ Third District ' has approached the brink only to be hauled back to safety just in time. just as a dash over the precipice in retrogresslve action was imminent. What was done was really simple, though as usual the citizens took the. lon'g'e‘sl route home. The district meet- ing. the most largely attended ever. named a committee. comprising U.’ llurr Beach. lrving l). Robertson, Al- bert T. Eldridge, Winfield S. Haitfordl and Harry Rider, to ascertain what __.___......-:._. lllll llllillllillis _ Mflilllltli linring the two weeks ending Jan- iiui'y Iii, there was a total of 2,043 trains, week days and Sundays, run on the New Haven ltailrosd. An ex-‘ amination made by the Accounting Department of the Company of the earnings of these trains per mile shows that 887 week day trains and 238 Sunday trains, or a total of 1,125 trains, carried per mile 81.00 or less. in other words 55 per cent. of all trains run on the New Haven in the period specified earned sum or less! per train mile. There were 538 trains showing average per little earnings of over St tit) and up to $2.00. The percentage of trains included in this division was 26.3. Sixty-four trains earned 10 cents or less a mile, and there were 53? trains earning _50 cents or less per mile. Trains earning no cents or lessl per mile comprised 26.3 per cent. of, the total. i There were only 380 trains report- itig earnings per mile of $2.00 or over. This was 18.6 per cent. of the total. Very little of the passenger service of the New Haven Railroad is” nu; niunerative. For the eight months. ending February 29, the passenger trains running on the New Haven earned $2.22 per mile. This was one. of the highest average earnings per. train mile in the United States. Those; who do not analyze railway figures‘ might say that the record is a good, one and that the Company was mak- ing lots of mon y The fact is. how- ever, that theZivorage cost of run- ning all trains, reight and passenger. for eight months was exactly 82.22 per: passenger train mile. This left noth-i ing earned toward either taxes or in-l terest. The average cost of passenger train ; service, eliminating all expenses ol‘i maintenance and using only what is? called transportation cost, station sch: vice,‘engine s‘ervice, train service, etc, was $1.21. Passenger trains as well, as freight trains wmr out the rail- way and in addition the terminals in cities are very expensive to own and maintain. 0n the basis of the arm, age mg: of the service, there is truth-- ing earned toward paying taxes or in- terrst or for depreciation and better- “‘f‘nlS. GOVERNOR WHITMAN SEES __ _ HUGHES. NEA i’ORiK, June 17.4overnor L‘hai‘les‘s. Whitman arrived here yes- terday rrom Albany, expecting to con- :ei' during thé‘flay with marles E. Hughes, Republican candidate for' pmsldent. Governor Whitman, when called if he thought the Progressives would support the Republican ticket, replied: “You never can tell." ~—-—-—————~. —if you had been a. good Sentinel cluailel advertiser, at the time you secured your present portion, perhaps you would have found one paying / land while others did not understand _—.—.——— price might be procured for the plant if it is considered best to sell, a id r." what price the district may get for current to light its streets. Thisl committee will report at a meeting to[ be held on July 28. i Old Man Consolidation was with tirei gathering last night. He was intro-i duced by former Mayor .lohn J. (‘av-i anagh, who put forth the suggestion! that, inasmuch as he understands: neither the East Norwalk nor the South Norwalk electric light plants‘ are being operated at a prom, there: be a consolidation of their energiesi for mutual benefit. While all preseiiti did not take kindly to the suggestion} what it was all about, nevertheless at vote was passed “that it be the sense. of the meeting that the committee be ‘rcttlicsfetl to take up with the mayor the llth'lrctlillil)’ of consolidating the1 public utilities of the two districts." i _ ..._._. i | wuirs illililllllliwi lint Pliill collinli ti (Continued on Page Seven.) # i t i l)t'fipllt’ the fact that the committee appointed over a week ago by the dis-| trict voters to cooperate with the Second District electrical coniniiaalont ers with the view of outlining a course of action to follow immediately that the serious conditions now existing lfll the downtown plant may be rem- edied, is said to have organized and elected its chairman and secretary, the electrical commissioners have re- ceived no word of any kind from the committee, and the critical‘situation at the plant continues to increase ill importance. There is an extraordinary large amount of business now being handled' by the plant. and it is constantly com- ing ill, with the result that additional facilities to provide service are need- ed at once. The commissioners‘ be- lieve the purchase of additional juice. from the U. E. 1.. & \\'. Company would solve the problem, Tiut the committee was appointed to look into the advisability of either building a new plant on the water front, making an addition to the present plant. or signing an agreement with the U. E. l.. & \\'. Company. i TALKING ABOUT OIL. Residents of the First District Think They Have Too Much. For the past few days. in thl‘ First District, the main topic of conversa- tion between citizens. has been oil. The oil referred to, by the uptown peo. pie. is the oil which has been spread lavishly over the landscape of the up- town section by - illb Street Depart- ment. , According to all reports and ac- counts, the conversation has been anything but a complimentary na- ture. First District residents and taxpay- ers are of the opinion, according so one of the prominent uptown business men, that some little attention should have been paid the streets by the de- partment, before the coating of oil was applied. Hollows” in some places, inch« es deep. are. at the present time till- ed with oil ,which is thrown and splashed ‘in all directions whenever a. vehicle passes through it. Particular- ly in the cases of automobiles, is this condition anything but pleasing. As it is the opinion of the uptown rs:- dents, that nothing will be done to the streets, in the way of improvements, after the oil is once applied, there seems to be some belief among the inhabitants of the First District, that they have come in strongly on the short end of the deal. Consequently. a feeling or general satisfaction such as was expected it. be shown by the citizens of the upper end‘of the city, is noticeably lacking gt the present time. Whether the present feeling will wear 0.1in2. m, scum ,NORWALK, court. SATURDAY, JUNE 17 19mg . Probably showers tonight lulu '[XPlllflltfs APPOINl or llilllil w.- l. STEVENS .—.—.—_.._. 2 l i l Veteran Oystetmae at leoaytaa; Started Wart Whoa lie Was? Sam Years aflge ~-—-—— 1 .Siiillll sols til 1 Still as Phillis; ,lle ironing tum slur use: llarltaply to Carranza'a . latesti ‘ BM | cm a "or “a“ . | A“, Blt .1 To work at one business from seveni Information IS "'0‘“. mt'to sixty-live yearsDIof‘eage is but ex-t . ‘perlencc that one r it man as en-. Affairs ill the Country All] HER BAND" Mun Mil Still wn WIlH littli suits “—— ’— l l t I l hard cash for your business. which they wanted to “syndicate," was enough to make any man more than proud, especially ll former Shore Linc To have the Wil'fl street kings offer. lilill 0N BORDERl . a quarter of a million dollars in quick. country lad of the average t‘onnect'i- cut type of grit, pluck and determ‘u‘; ation all rolled into one. merits. | Carranza's threat. reported from 'lhen to have that business begin to ;cruinplc; to gd teas and less popular. _ ill) have the while go Tilly; for the; .demand and profits to keep on going. ldown, until ya could not find hail oi. Iliie quarter of a million in sight It: It 76 years of age. but to be still plucl‘lyln ‘ w t it wxsuixoros. June lie—Although} 3;“ a“ 'gfxfigggrme . the United States‘ reply to Garter-ll grs dchlidrcl STOW“! up around the Carranza‘s last note is virtually com~. dooryard and all getting "“0 the same pleted, ll! dSSPIlCh l8 bell“ delayed‘ “n9 0' WOl'k Willi Ill. fine old-type while administration officials seek de-l Connecticut pioneer" of his own—-thia tailcd information on these develop-1h” been the ”mum", of Captain “W. 1. Stevens, senior, the head of a very interesting group of very well. Chihuahua yesterday as having bet'll“ known and very highly respected men, transmitted ‘0 General Pershing; women, and their women and children. through General Trevino. to start so on the Rowayton Shore Road. with ”W warfare if ““97““ "0°” to the third generation starting in to Mexico are moved in any direction ex- .‘ follow the oysterlng and clsmrning Running Flglt Takes Place and Three Ifitieaiis lira Killed 1 cept northward toward the border. Another bandit raid on Texas ter- ritory north of Brownsville last night.- The attack on American troopers by Mexicans at San lgnaclo Wednesday“ and reports of warnings by the (‘ar-I ranu commander opportlte San lg; nacio that American troops would be} attacked if they crossed the Rio Grande. regardless of their purposei i (Continued on Second Page.) llllllllllli illolut till . Iillli tumor liner Joseph J. iAnxweiler. well-known attorney, and former city clerk, was slgnally honored at the state conven- tion of the Moose, in Bridgeport, yes- terday. when he was elected vicedic tator the second highest office in tho' state. The election was entirely a surprise, and greatly pleased not only Norwalk Moose, but members from Greenwich, Stamford. and Bridgeport. because of the recognition thus given this sec- tion the state. e local man was one of the speakers. and. at the close of ms elo quent' discourse, be was nominated and unanimously elected. As a re- sult of his office Mr. Linxweller will become a widely known figure in Moose circles throughout the state, for, among“ other thingli, his duties will comprise frequent visits to lodges; in Connecticut and the making of ad-t dresses on the Welfare of those inter- ested in Mott’sedom. R008ElEll PASSES StilllllllliliE lillilll NEW YORK, June l7.—-Theodory Rogsevelt passed a comfortable night. He hoped to return to his Oyster Bay home this afternoon. The colonel. his physicians announced last night; had suffered a slight attack of pint-lay. They considered his condition satis- factory. ,Colonel tftooaevelt this forcnoon again visited his physician, Dr. Duel. and after returning to"hia hotel, had a talk with Raymond Robina. chair» mail of the Progressive national com- mittee, out, Governor Hiram W. John- ; business that has been carried on un- der the Stevens name for generation after generation. -— Rift—tints lilillllili loltlitili COPENHAGEN, June 17, via London. 3:20 p. m.——Two large German steamships werehtorpe- deed in the Baltic last evening. according to Swedish fishermen,! who say they saw the vessels sink' after a violent cannonading. 'f0llll DRSWNED ill |l0llNEll llllllll .HOIRNELL, N. Y., June 17.-Four persons were drowned here last night, and property was damaged to a con— sideroble extent as a result of floods along the Canisteo River, near here, caused by the recent heavy rains. Mrs. John M. Saxton was drowned while motoring down a steep hill when a small stream at the top suddenly changed its course and swept the car and its occupants down the hill. ’Hcr son and Frank O‘Neil, of the state highway department, escaped. but Mrs. Saxton’s body was found buried in gravel. Peter Head and Levi Mathewson were swopt into ‘Purdy Creek in life house in which they dwelt near Can- isteo. . Mrs. Stephens. of South canisteo. was drowned and her body later was found on the Erie Railroad tracks. SECRETARY HOYT RLELECTID. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. June 17.— Bankers from all of the New England states met here today in their third annual joint convention. Before sit- ting as a body, the several state asso- ciation, except Vermont, held their annual meetings and eluted More. Those for Connecticut are: Presi- dent—F. S. Chamberlain, New Brit~ sin; YichPresldent—C. 'l‘. Treadway, Bristol; Secretary—Charles E. Hoyt.i South Norwalk; Treasursr—W. oil, is yet to he leaned. son, of California. ‘ Baker, New “London. E. section. caved in. l meal will start repairs at once. SliNSIDEllllllE Ullllll MADE lN ESlIMIilES Requests of Fourth Taxis: District Willle leuered From $114,194 to $9i,983.50 Nil Slillil INCREASES lllllllilll lilIJSIl Nllii’ Beard of Estimate Comes Out Strong Fer liaviag Loser lax late The pruning shears of the Board of Estimate were used freely during last nights meeting. which was the first real "opener" of the pruning season. t‘harily Department items were first consplered during the meeting, and this budget was clipped ti the tune of $4,300. The olllcc of the town cloth. the next number on the evening's pro- gram, calling for 82,300, got by more leasily, however, nothing being deduct- ed hour this account. ed ii'uui the budget of the “with lic- parinicnt this being taken out in a. reduction of 82.30 from the $500 hailed for in the iiitsccllaneous account. and 8500 from the mosquito extermination fund, bringing this item to $1.250 iii- stead of 81,750. The City Hall budget, which called for 0 total of 83,725, all fixed accounts. ”I passed without a question. , . Some discussion arose during the consideration of the building depart- ment budget in regard to the printing items included in all budgets. $1,000 will be allowed for this department. and the amounts asked for in all butl- gets for this item wil be stricken out so that a separate item of printing can be made. A reduction of $14 from. the office suwlies account in the building department, which were list- ed for $45. and the clipping of the printing account of 386, brought' the last named budget down from 82,003 to 81,900. No reductions of any serious nature were made in the budget of the police department, most of the. items of this department being fixed. 8286 was shorn from the miscellaneous list of the police department, however, bring- ing the total from $26,286 to $26,000. (Continued on rum Inga). PllllSlESS Mill, llllll PliilliEll SlilEEl, lllESlEll Because he taunted carelessly about several downtown streets minus. his trousers, George Anderson, a New , Jersey man. employed on a boat moored temporarily in the local flan bar, was taken into custody, about 2. o'clock this morning, by Policeman Robert A. Gainor, who charged him with drunkenhess. In police court this morning Anderson was fined 87 and costs,'but execution of sentence was suspended. Anderson is said to have traveled about the streets for some time before his unusual attire was noticed. Inas- much as his undergarments resembled closely a pair of white outing trons. ers. and he had come from the vicin- ity of Havlland strcc‘i. someoné said he had stolen the flannel trousers- cherished by Officer Frank S. Stratton as his costume on the occasion of the police convention in this city, but this was found to be untrue. ‘ David Bernard, city hall janitor, touched by Anderson’s plight, present- ed hillr with a cast-off pair of over- alls this morning, that he might leave the city hall for his boat without. cre- ating a further disturbance. . also was prune ! l l l The building department this morn- ing issued building permits as fol- lows: Miller & Chittlm to wire for Mrs. Motility Parker, 12 Union place, ion BarkLud. to Phillp'H. ll‘telding to wirc’for Mrs. Greengjai East avenue.. Because of tile unusual heavy rain, last night and early this morning. the sewer on Burnitt avenue. in one SRIIISH DESIROYER [DEN ’ - SINKS, Willi allots 0f ii i. s. GRADUAIE ON WEDNESDAY Seventy lee Young Preple Wakei tip Class Will Receive t‘erairdi unipleritas Alter Presentation oil loterestirg Pilgrim I l Norwulk High l commencement ‘ The senior class of School will held llc ' exercises on Wednesday evening next week. llr. .l. THREE hill Alislrc-llunuarlaii I , . lizieal Russian 1‘!an Forte Newliaiilcs ‘ ed on Whole of Velh -Gerliian floors Awe Willi Grenades ' _‘ The British destroyer w has been sunk. Thirty-one W bers of the crew were new Three officers are missing. The Eden was sunk in the oil lish Channel last night after I Milton Coburn. l iision. This anouncement chairman of the Hoard of Educfi'n made this afternoon by the : will preside. list of graduates gram; l. Selection High Alumni Orchestra. 2. invocation—cam: William G. tin. South Norwalk M. E. Churcp. 3. Remarks by the chairman 0 Board. 4. Presentation of Gift from Class of felt: Paul L‘. O'Brien. Class Presi~ dent. 5. Reception (lumbnrl. Master and the class pro School Gif- f the of (lift—~ Edward H. renior lllgh School. 1"” mum‘h“ 1“ .n. ish Official Press Bureau. The British destroyer and displaced 555 tons and carriefl‘iii complement of setknty. She built in 1903 and had a speed ‘26 knots. Tire Eden carried 5 ' 3-inch guns and was eq-w , with two x8-inch torpedo tn -- 4 ‘ Ammo-Hungarian troops - of the Dniester river, his. licia, defeated 'a Russian cl. 6. Stilt-limb High School and force on Thursday, “com. and to wire for Grace Pollard. 9 Un- ‘ Alumni Orchestra. 7. Address—-—James Sullivan, l’h. D. Principal Boys“ High School, Brook- lyn. N. Y. and Historian for State of New York. 8. Selection~ High School and Alum- iii orchestra. 9. Presentation of the Class of 1916 —Edward Hillumbari, Master. 10. Presentation of Diplomas-Sup erintandent lra T. Chapman. aficiecttoanfligh School and Alumni Orchestra. 12. Benediction-«Rev. Earnest F. McGregur. Pastor Norwalk Congrega- tional Church. Class of 1916. N. H. 3. Alfred levia Aiken Elsie Myrtle Atwater Mildred Severa Bailwltn Marie Margaret Basia Olivia Agnes Bills Harry Eugene Bradbury Catherine Agnes Brown Alice Catherine nurne John Alexander Campbell Madeline Mil-y Campbell Louis Csnevarl Byron Hill Cantrell William Hoyt Church Howard lrving Comstock (‘harles H. la. Copley Helen Marie. Craw .lulia Madeline Dsgon Marie Antoinette DiScsI Rockwell Francis Dugan Theresa. Beatrice Gamble Charles Franklin Gehrman Carolyn May Glashofl Marion Glendenlng Charlotte Frances Gorham Donald Alfred Gray Katherine Helene Gray Archie Greenberg Kathryn (‘hata Huger , .Mildred Elizabeth Hallorsn Richard D. Halloran‘ Louis F. Harris Ethel Francis Hayes Rosa Marsden Heinrich Harry H. Hipson Ethel Marjorie Hiret A. J. Edna Hunkemeicr Mildred Jennings Minnie Joselovsky Ethel Keeler Winton French Kelley Mary Elizabeth tKinaella. Edward Joseph Kovacs Margaret Elizabeth Kuch Joseph Lfbner IDolena Vivian MacKay James Cletus Mngner Mildred Cynthia Main Josephine Westerlleld McQueen Margaret Clare McNerney lPsul Cavanagh O'Brien William Harford O'Connor 'Donald Thomas Powell Lucy May Redfleld Frances Adeline Roberts Bertha May Roodner Alice Edythe Rosella Eugenie Rummler Lillian May Ruscoc Elizabeth May Sharer Ruby lsabella Slauson Estelle Smith Reginald Sinclair Smith Theodore Downdes Smith Florence Richardson‘Stsrr Elizabeth Mary Stevens Harry Sylvester Street Edwin Ward Sturdevant Richard William Sweeney Kenneth Hutchinson Taylor Helen Margaret Wsrhig Leonard Maxwell Wiegman George Felix Winter ——v \ The street depart- —it you have something to you. Sentinel “ant Ad. ' an official statement given out the Arturo-Hungarian '« Headquarters under date June 16.. t The statement also anno ‘that new battles have been led on the whole front in V. I“. tnia. . ' i In the course of last .ocm- _ troops attached French positions at A . iwith grenades. says the lstatement issued today by ‘3 lFrench War Department. In region of Le Mort Home - .was an intense bombardment. i In the Vosges after a vi lbombardment of Hill No. as the east of Thann, French try, the statement adds. pe ed the first and second . .lines and brought back a n tbcr of German prisoners. , Captain Boelke. the c German aviator, who received ,. ,autograph letter from the amp“. ‘or recently complimentig him ‘his success in bringing d lFrench aeroplanes. is believed thrive been killed in an aerial c y .bat'with the French aviator, ' ‘ er Ribiere. A Fokker painted , .low and of the type known. ihnve been piloted by Boelke, “ ‘ 'also wore a large yellow m M fler, was shot down by. Ribi Efi, two days ago between the “3% man and french trenches ' Verdun. The Harvard Alumni resid . in Paris gave a dinner Thu . night which was the occasion a notable Franco-American. - » “ castration. The dinner was ‘- sided over by James H. .snd the principal address ‘made by Professor Paul " leve, Minister of Public Ins- tion. President Painleve allu i .l t i t ' . tional systems in the _ and American universities the growing importance of ' .. can institutions of foaming. ‘ ‘The dinner was attended . many Harvard graduates have served in various in . of the French army and who posted in their uniforms." those who spoke was A. Andrew, former assistant tar-y of the United States ury, and now attached to» American Ambulance Corp; France. , The International Fl Commission today repeated protests to the Greek." merit against permitting i tional Bank to issue” a al ao.ooo,ooo drachmai (.6 ' coo) in paper currency. (continued on Sixth Page.) slit I
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