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SHELTON, June 24.-——-0ne of the
boldest cases or “hold up" repoated
here in many a day was that
described by the victim. John Dev-
.' Min of this place. before the town.
court Wednesday afternoon. Devin
claimed that he was accosted by two
colored girls. as he was going from
on an er-
He stated
l rand. and robbed of 87.50.
that as he was passing along the
street. the girls, who claim to hail
from South Norwalk. stopped him
and told him a iiard luck story about
trying to secure employment, but on
account of their color could not get
any. The tale touched Devlin's heart
and taking his money from ms pocket
he gave to one of the girls who gave
the name of Jennie Flipplns, 50 cents
The girls did not seem exactly thank-
ful for the gift and wanted more. and
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WILTON, Conn. June 24.—Meni
bers of the Congregational church of
Wilton celebrated the mom anniver
sary of the organisation of the church t
last night. The attair was a quiet one?
and was conducted in connection with A
the annual roll call meeting. The;
celebration tonsisted for the most part A
in addresses of congratulation by the?
members and the visiting clergy,‘
among whom was the Rev. John Gay»:
lord Davenport, l). 1).. pastor of the}
Congregational church tit Waterbury“
and who delivered the historical ad»!
dress of the occasion. ,
Rev. Holltoter, Pastor. .
Tht‘ illev. F M. Iiolliatt-l‘. the pres .
t-lll pastor at the church, expressci'
himself as being prottu of being iill’
leader of so old it flock which dates,
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items to the Naval use at
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iofice and asked for the return of tho.
24,—In the shadow of the .
The annual receptioit of the grad
. ~ . . . .. . -. . . , - In '. but the girls denied having it
tinting ,class of the .\ot\\.lik lllstl Midnight oil was burned last night one) ”am, the member of m _] . . . who D. C k
., . . - . . . and he called Officer w. 5. Donovan “ , f‘ 00'1"“ , The British steamship Brussels. {9 VY roc 9“.
”him “a“ he“ 1“ ”W ”‘8“ "“001 hi ”it board 01' estimate and taxation. who arrested the two. lion on the long life of the church. Rome, Col. Tn‘m' Ind. ..
hall last evening, with a record break
in-g crowd in attendance. This affair
has long since made its name as be
illg one of the leading social events of
the year ill Norwalk, and those who.
were in attendance last evening feel
sure that this cannot be denied. The.
dancing lasted frotn eight till onci
o'clock. The Sterling \‘l'ellnitz five-l
pietc orchestra furnished nlusic. and
the quality of their work had much to!
do with the success of the affair. ‘
There were twentyAfour dances. the
first being a grand march. which was‘
led by Charles Copley and Elisabeth!
Silt-rec. The grand gnarch was very
pretty. and was a fittin way of open-
ing the evening‘s prog m. The re-l
ceptlon was the final frolic of the}
Shillors in the building in which they?
had toiled for four years. and they‘
surely made merry while there was 11‘,
spark of music.
The hall was attractively decorated
with blue and gold crepe paper, those
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The Rev Dr. Davenport congrslu-fl
as a result of the tackling the budgets
of the fire, educational, charities, and
street departments. it” in one even-
iug.
t‘llief tlogardus was heard on the
fire department budgets. but nothing
of a defitlile nature resulted in tile
hearing. The fire department budget
is practically fixed for the filial ap-
propriation Commissioner George
Raymond, ol' the charities department
appeared. and asked that more money
be appropriated by the board for the
itelu of hoiplf'lls in the charity de»
partment budget. owing to the in
crease of two dollars a week. which
will be charged town patients at the
hospital. commencing July first. Dr.
Milton l. Coburn appeared as re-
quested for the’ school board. and
presented it satisfactory report of the
school nurse and the-«work accom
'plished by her during her period of,
hire in this city. During his hearing,
Dr. (‘oburn was successful in gaining
the addition of several different tip.
proprlatiolis which had previously
been cut low, or eliminated all togethr
or by the board of estimate, in its
previous meeting on the school laltl-
get. For the street deptlrltl‘bnl. City
Engineer Sherron and Street Com-
mitteeman Murphy appeared. to ex-
plain their budget. As far as the
board went on this budget last evens
lng 825.600 was chopped off of the
total. This is qtlite a considerable
amount. in the eyes of the depart-
lll Silllll lAAlllil SlSlfM
Judge Joseph R. Taylor. chairman.
and Charles 'H. DAAWOI‘lAl. secretary or
the tax commission recently appoint-
ed by Major Harstrom. were visitorsl
in Stamford. yesterday. gathering ln-I
formation relative to the system in[
vogue ill that city as to the assess~
menl of poperty. They were success-A
fut in securing facts which will bel
of great value in the work of the com-l
mission. Stamford is far ahead ofl
many cities in Connecticut in herA
taxation system. She has a complete'
city map, and each year a booklet is
published showing the property of
each owner. the dimensions of the
some and the amount of assessment
levied. Norwalk has yet' to have com-.
pleted a city map. although a largeI
part of that important work has been
finished. it will take about two years
menl. $4.500 was granted the depart-
ment however. for the purchase of a
new steam roller for the. Fifth Dla«
lricl. The old roller is in such a
condition that it is useless. Od'ing to
the length of the street department
budget. and the lateness of the hour.
the street department budget was not
entirely finished. This work, along
with a report from Chief Bogardus,
relative to the new motor requested
for the East Side tire whistle. will be
taken up at the next meeting of the
board. Monday night.
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to. have this work done‘ but in the
meantime the commission hopes to
decide and some working arrange-
ment which will be an improvement
Allilii Gillfflllii Pilii’fllll
on the present manner of assessing
property in Norwalk.
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The committee appointed to investi-
gate the condition of the South Nar-
walk municipal lighting plant is hotn-
?a; frequent sessions. and the .mem-
bers are. giving their best thought to
this important matter. It has devel-
oped that the present plant Is not in
the most uptodate condition, and it
is apparent that s new plant will
have to be erected in the near future
if South Norwalk's municipal plant is
to maintain it‘s country-wide reputa-
tion. At the meeting held last night
ingudge Light's office different phat
. es’ of the matter were.. considered. and
his short time some definite plan will
be decided upon. The taxpayers un-
doubtedly will soon be called on to
A judgment was rendered in the
Superior Court. yesterday. in the case
of the South Norwalk Savings Bank.
vs. Agnes A. Grlmths. of.Norwalk,
New Rochelle Trust Company, Charles
A. Comstock. of Lai'l‘hmont.'and Wil-
liam A. Bullard, of Larchmont. The
property is located on the corner of
Highland and Sound View avenues;
and has been occupied by Mrs. Grif-
fiths for the past four years, until re-
cent.ly_ when she left town. The
plaintiffs claimed $6,639.92 due on
mortgage debts. Upon the written
motion of the defendant, New Roi
phelle Trust Company. that the 'fore-
closure be by decree of sale, A. Dwight
Keep, of South Norwalk, was appoint-
ed to sell the mortgaged premises at
public auction on Monday. October
,23rd, at} o'clock in the afternoon,
unless said mortgage with all man
shall be paid before that time.
Edward B. Smith. Louis Gold-
schmidt and Thomas H. Canty. all of
said Norw‘alk, were appointed to ap-
praise the property and make return
to the clerk of the Superior Court, on
or before October 1st. 1016. .
meet the proposition of a new large
t a: t wetsuit:
electric plant. mm indications the m m n u a
plaintiff in the use asdJndga Joseph
matter will be looked upon favor—1's. Taylor represented the New lio-l
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cholle Trust Company.
'l‘lle other girl
gave the name of Clara Allen. and
stated that the A'Tippins woman was
lately from Virginia. ltolh girls
denied kilowinl what became of the
87.50, but suggested that Devlin lost
it from his pocket when he handed
the half dollar to the Flipptlla girl.
Judge J. 13. Dillon evidently did
not believe the girls as he found the
t‘lippins girl guilty of theft and
lined her 85 with costs. The case
against the Allen girl was what on
payment of otllcera' lees‘ 32,35.
girls did not have
were kept in the lockup during the
day, but stated they expected to get
the money before night.
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SOUTH MANCHESTER. Julie 23.-~
An open letter to the Progressives of
Connecticut was issued today by E. 1..
q, Hohenthsl. state executive of the
Prohibition party. inviting members
of that party to join with the Pro-
hlbltlonlsts in the coming campaign.
Mr. Hohenthal says: "The issue of
Americantsnl and preparedness can-
not be made a party issue. Every
clttxen. native or naturalised. will de-
fend the flag. and to be prepared de-
mands the beat physical conditiott
possible for every man called to serve
his country. This requires that the
liquor traffic must be abolished."
Mr. Hohenthal reviews the princl~
plea for which the Progressive party
stood in 1912. and says that the Pro-
gressive voters have no reason to be
ashamed of the record. He then
points out wherein the Prohibitionista
stand for the principles the Fragran-
sives stood-for and asks them to up-
hold those prlnclples by casting their
ilot with the party which “has been
the pioneer. in the promotion of Pro-
gressive legislation since its birth luv
1869."
Will ‘ fliillfll Allifll
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(PITTSBURGH. 9a., June 24.—Fire
in the boiler room of the Liquid Car-
bt‘mic Company, near' Shadyside sta»
tion. on the Pennsylvania. not far
from the center of the city. was fol-
lowed today by two explosions of gas
tanks. Two firemen entering the
building at the moment were buried
under falling walls and, the flames
spreading rapidly. they could not be
reached. Adjoining the burning plant
was the factory of the British-Ameri-
oan Chemical Company, which seem
ed doomed.
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surrounded. June 24.-—Five per-
.sorta are believed to have lost their
lives in a. tire which practically do.
Aatroyed the business section of the
town early today.
i Among the buildings destroyed was
.the Riverside Hotel. where four per-
sons a're ‘supposed to have been born-
ed to death.
Needles has a population of about
The ‘
the money and .
l0 BE Pil0lilil|li0lll818
and hoped that it would live for many
times too and that future genera
lions would observe the anniversaries
as faithfully as they were observing
it now He said he would be pleased
:to be present at the celebration of
the 2001b anniversary. provided he
one. still among the tiling anti pl'tllll
ised that he would respond as will
.llgly then as now. lit- 8
'gregatiolt some very valuable advice.
Land suggested an united effort with
their pastor to bring about the fur-
lhcr success of the now historic con-
i gregalion.
Organised in 1726.
On May 2.,1726. Wilton was set
aside from Norwalk and called Wil-
ton parish of the town of Norwalk.
The date of the church began in that
year with the Rev. Mr. Sturges as its
pastor. A chtlrch building was erect-
ed on it site on the road between
Kent and Beltien Hill which servant
for the purpose until the pastorate of
the Rev. William Gaylord in the year
l73i~33. In the latter part of 1736
the congregation decided to erect the
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gatructure which was located on the
Sharp Hill corner. it was in this
building where the Rev. George
Whitfield preached one of his notedi
sermons. -
‘Dtlf'lnx the year Hill the matter of,
erecting a larger church building;
was broached. but it was not until.
i7tl9 that the present structure was:
built. The church had had 22 pastors!
during its existence including the
present minister, the Rev. 1“. M. llol-
lister. Many influential and worthy
men have been members of the con-
gregation and some of them. lnclud~
ing the clergymen. have become.
noted outside of \\'llto:l.
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SEEKS GOVE'RJNORSHIP.
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May Be Filed by Boméhla Who Is
Not a Lawyer.
VBRlSTOl"
Bushnell. the Wolcott farmer, is still
very much in earnest about the gov-
ernorship of this state. He believes
that he has the time to devote to the
Job. also the ability.
He has, therefore. written to over
100 chairmen of town committees‘
regarding the nomination.
He thinks the .time has come
when a man, other than a lawyer,
may successfully till the position.
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'SOLDIERAUTOISTS HURT.
NEW HAVEN. Jurt'e 24.——Tvvo mil-
itiamen—Sterling Chattield and Jo-
seph Hall—on their way to report for
duty today in the automobile of for-
mer Senator M. E. Chatdeld, crashed
into a motorcycle ridden by Fred
Bushnell. tn Whitney avenue.
had twelve stitches taken in his face
after being thrown through the wind
shield. Chatiield had bruises and
Bushnell went to the hospital with a
broken leg. The blame for the accl-
dent was not fixed. Both soldiers lost
no time in reporting, and Hall was the
first man on the regimental list of
hurt.
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WANTS $25,000 FROM PECK
FAMILY.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 24.—
Placfng a valuation of 825,000 on aerr
vices he claims he rendereifiito Peck
family after receipt of the "K Adams"
tetegrim that led to discovery that
John ill. Peck, wealthy Grand Rapids
tlruu'lst1 had he‘en poisoned. Dr. Per-
ry Scburta. of Grand Rapids. yeateo
day refined tender of a~chsck for-08:
600 “in full payment for services reu-
dared." sad through counsel, coined“
claim in the probate court here for
the larger amount.
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ave the con»:
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June 24.—-George N.
‘with passengers on board. has
‘been captured by, German des-
ltroycrs and taken into Zec-
Iibrugge.“ It is stated there were
no Americans on the Brussels. H“, \‘4 m mm m N
Anouncemerlt 0‘ ‘he “inure ale Alfilig made ibyntuhle‘OAx-nl :32: for?
of the Brussels. which belongs to
the Great Eastern Railwav Com-
pany, was made today by of-
ficials of the line in London. The
vessel was on her way from Rot-
terdam to Tilbury with passen-
‘gers and mails. She was captur-I
ed yesterday.
may get into action. t
This same question came up in thci
New Jersey Naval Militia and was dis»:
posed of in the followlng way. asE
taken from an article published in the
New fork Sun of last night: ‘
"That the naval reserves of the
country will see service during the
. trouble that appears to be at hand
i The 3m“ h ,‘138° Aseems to be indicated by a telegram
1’0“ ”“1 w“ bulk A“ X901 lwhlch came from Secretary of the
Tile is on tho Thames on Navy Daniels to Governor Fielder, of
the outakirtb of London. The“? Jersey-
1 "in it the Secretary of the Navy.
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: protests against allowing the members!
:of the .\'aval Militia of New Jersey
flransferrlng from that body to the in-
;fantry, which many of them propose
‘lo do.
"Secretary Daniel's telegram read:
“The department learns of the desire
of certain of the enlisted men of the
Naval M‘lilia to join m'l'tlu land
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As no definite orders have its yet'
been received for the Mobillsation olihad been fought 1
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transfers to the land forces, that theyl
; their illustrous prodoc
ham diod, seventy years
zens of San Antonio t
convinced that they 7
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at Carrlaal by Captain" e A 1‘
L. Boyd's troopers of tilt '
Cavalry and that the A
Capts. Boyd and ‘
Lieut. Adand would go
into history alongside ‘ ,
The fragments reports; A
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ing that Captain Boyd
uegotlatng with Gems!
when the attack was
no indication that thew .
troopers occupied ground '
could be readily defended ‘
it would afford protection.
the raking cross fire to
they were subjected.
No further news from
Pershing arrived at Goa.
ston's headquarters early{
and what befell thotwo
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tforces in consequence of the call of
i the President.
! “ ‘l urge that you reduce such trans-
ferres to the minimum. as the Naval.
Mil lia has been trained at great ex-i
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blot-satin Exoercises bold is they
Coagtsutloaal church last
. Eveaiag ‘
naval purposes, and this force should.
.be kept intact.‘
“Adjutant-Glneral W. F. Sadler told
' ""'“‘—" ftlte Governor that there was no in-
A The graduation OXOI’CAI" Of 1118‘ tentlon to transfer the reserves into
.‘Ccntcr School. of D0183. were he” the infantry. despite the expressed dc-
‘ last evening, in the Congregational " sire of the men for it."
,church. The church was beautifully| The same position will be taken by
decorated with flowers. yellow and' the Commanding Officer of the Fifth
.‘whlte daisies being used for decora- Division, Naval Militia in Norwalk‘
Aliens in amt prom-Ion- When the and also by Commander Hill. who was
.srnduatlzls class marched to theirlthis morning called‘ui of bed to
.898”. they were proceeded by theJtnswer n request that several of the
; seventh grade. Elocal men he transferred.
The recltatlons were rendered in a! The following orders were issued
ery able manner which was due to,today. but may be changed at any
the able coaching by one Of the mem-lminute contingent on later develop-
bcrs 0f the faculty and lo their Min ments in the Mexican situation. Com-
tlral talent. Much credit in due lolplete mobilisation orders have been
Miss Hoyt. the new shrine lClCheL’received by Commander Hill to be
for Ba able manner in which lbejcarrted out the moment the Naval
songs were rendered. AMllitla is called for.
The youngest member of the class,‘ FIFTH DIVISION,
Josephine N. Williaml. 880 “NHL. NAVAL MiLlTIA. C. N. G.
made an average of 93 in her studies‘ Norwalk. Conn, June 25, 1916
during the year. The members of that Order-a No. 4.
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penses to the Federal Government for!
ling toward the border wt .,
Hall'
school who wer‘ promoted
received .ihoir diplomas.
The speaker of the evening was Dr.
much force and expression on the
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was a song entitled “Spring" by the
class assisted by the choir. and ac-
companied by Miss Theresa Hoyt on
[tho piano and Frederick A. Schawb
by Rev. 8. C. Johnson, followed. The
Will Call and Prophecy was next read
by George K. Bennett. Many were the
“puns'.’ that knocked the members of
the class. Another was then render-
ed to the great and pleasure of the
audience. 1
“The Story of the 'Holy Grail" was
told by Edith Green. Miss Green used
much expression in rendition of this
story.
The poem by Whittier, entitled
“Abraham Davenport" was presented
by lRuth C. Quinn. Following this.
the. prises for the best work done in
Herbert S. Brown. who spoke with.
future life to be led by the students. A
The first number on the program'
Ion the violin. A short prayer, read.
to tho?
Stamford Blah School after the mld- 80. A. G. 0., June.14_ 1916 and Special
year examinations were present and 1 Orders. Nos. 3 and 7, C. 0., C. N M,
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1. Pursuant to Special Ordersr No.
June 17 1916_ you are hereby ordered
to report for duty aboard the U. S. S.
Virginia. from July 15th to 29th in-
elusive.
2 Time of assembly at the Amory
will be announced later. .
3. The uniform of the da
blues and white hues.
4. Complete equipment of clothing
will be carried and will include the
following: Two suits of blues, three
suits white, two white hats. one flat
hat, two undershirts, black shoes of
standard pattern. watch cap, jersey.
hammock complete. mattress, two mat-
tress covers_ blanket. clothes bag,
scrub brush, ditty box containing toll.
et articles_ etc. Such clothing as is
not worn will be neatly stopped and
stowed in dunnage bag. No civilian
clothes will be allowed to be canted.
You are directed to have the ap-
propriate rating marks; Naval Militia
distinguishing marks. and v‘rhlte braid
on calls of blues properly sawed on.
5. All men are warned that the
y will be
certain lines of school work duringl taking of any alcoholic liquors aboard
the yeir. were given away by E. N. . any ship in the Navy is a very aefloua
Mylo. The list in those receivinggofleoac‘and
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((ontlauad on Twelfth Inf
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thatany vial-MW,
rons of the Eleventhca ;
as a relief expedition to -»
the remnant: of Capt. I-
command still is unknown?
fear was felt here, from
the safety of this film;
lames Lockett is in co
the Eleventh Cavalry.
State troops will begin.»
t t
lnext few days. Gen. F » '
‘made his plans for the.
fof the National Guard
finto the service of the
iment.
AMERICAN DEAD IS/
TY-SIX. _
COLUMBUS, N. M.. In!”
—All of the American ‘
which engaged the Meal
Carriaal have returned
field base excepting
Boyd and Mercy. Lieut.
and forty troopers. ace“
a report bronchi hero
arrivals from the interior. ‘
The three officers are -
to be dead.
According to this report
total of Amerian dead in, ‘
'tle probably was 26, no!
of the troops still are
in search of the ox
force. Seventeen orl -
been taken to Chihuahua
Mexicans report that
can dead were found
scene of the engazemodf.
would indicate, if the.
tails are._.correct:..;thgc
troopers. either died f
reahintt their base. -. ' ..
FREIGHT SHIP“. ‘
MFRYCO‘ 'RELI .
WASHINGTON. - ’
Customs officials obit
can border have been
hold up knight
Mexico ondwt‘oii‘“
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