A. THAT'S WHY NOR-
WALKERS FAVOR,
'rHE EVENING SEN-
TINEL.
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ESTABLISHED 1370
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Entered at the South Norwalk Post
Office as Second Class Matter.
MEN AND NOA08.
ANEAWANINN ,
0EVEl0PNENES?
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Both Sides Appear WIlling to itold
Further Conferences In Hopes of
iiverting Stn'ke Which Would jie
tip the Country
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PlitSlDtNl NllSNN
Set Saturday at ti p. In. as the
Time for Strike to Start g
N.I?‘-.‘.' l't Elli, March 11.. 'lit.)ill‘\£itli'<A
iII ill“ threatened railrm strike il'Jl'
"trot'erscy expressed II. willingness to»
day to hold .t'urlher' joint cnnt‘ercuc .
IIiIhoule the situation this morning
'uas IlI-Ioid of an suggestion that II
' I'tilliilil'tlllllFf‘ would be, reached “Which
\muid avert II nation-111d.- IrIIIIspIIr‘II-
tion tie up. s
indications were unofficially. tj'l
limit IhI‘IrailroIId managers and the
l I..'I‘.II:I'lIooIl chiefs wen~ marking time
-p- 112111: any poasible action by Presi-
Il- :II 11.-um and will I'IIIIIh proup pre-
p..III-Il Io respond to overtures from the
oxlIer side,
Pres'd-I'It‘ Considers Situation
WASHINGTON, March 113.———1"1'es1-
tl’lll. Wilson will decide today whether
to Ialie any steps which 111111111 lIrlrrI:
unto... II settlement or‘ the tlIrI'atenII‘I
IIIIIIIIIIaIiIle railroad strike. Although
some of the inforrn.‘1'iI‘In patriotism
‘ would be useless. he is known to be
seriously considering such a move. '
The president did not, plan to hold
1hr IIsIIIIi l-‘rlIlay Caclmiel meeting. but
gave most of his time this morning
11. I'IInsiIltII'II'timr of the railroad situa-
tion
II.
No Strike 0
NiIZWAIRK. Ohio, larch lit—Penn
uylrzrn‘ia Railroad employcs have re-
:l'u~=e1i to join in the s'rikc unless an:
other vote is taken. according to II
message received here by It l’eun-
sylvanla Railroad official. who refus'etl
to allow his name to be used in con:
nect'ton with statement.
WASHINGTON. March lt}.—l’1'esi
tleut Wilson is expected It. make his
It‘IrsI, move to preven: ll": IlIrrIa'cneIi
Irailway strike after today's Cabinet
meeting.
The president had cancelled 11 re
:.Ilar Cabinet meeting when he. got
:"Ieports from the conferences in New
11' ork and thin he so idenly summoned
. the members for this afternoon.
! A general impression prevails in of
finial circles that the president before
realm; further, will appeal to both rail-
roads and men not to pinnge tlfe coun
try into II rail-way strike at this crl
tlcal juntcure of international affairs.
Further than that. the president's
alarmses\ have not. bren openly dis-
Penn. R. R.
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Photon Completes“ Probe into Stay-
ing of Stamford Music Teacher
UoIoner John J Phelan has found
Fernando Laudatt criminallv respon-
flute for the death of his father-in-
aw
years old, of- Stamford.
March 10 shot and mortally wounded
(Pernod: 'Laudati is held at the Jail
sunshine trial. The case‘s many sen-
national. phases have aroused Stain-
rord. as the music teacher was one
2E1 the most popular citizens of the
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To shoot Wife.
N imaged had gone to Sta
our :11 en Marcus 0 ainfe ob
With the Y_ale and 3(rill-rue cthgny
:1" failed. He met Florentine Cora~
, i and invited him to ace’ompany
film to. the Pompo home declaring
‘ the he was going to shoot his wife,
o'er pimp—daughter. .l‘he wife.
, deserted him. Coralul
Ti 9 next day
, 21 ftlsed'.
ital nuns.
. IIt‘
ithc work to b. bIIIIr titan that of! m”
' fr. 1'11 litich
rofessor Ernesto Pompo. 38l . ..
Laudati on '
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A
EINE DEGREE WNRN ,
0E WANOMA 000N0|l
Three Great Chiefs of the Reserva- 1 Members Enjoy a Delightful beyond
tion of Connecticut Congratulate
Team Members
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.\I Na 0big Irreeiinslol' Wanoma (‘oun-A
cil, 31.1). of 1’. held last night
in lttd Men's hall in Main street and;
IIIIIIIIieIi 111' over the hundred IrIcm
ers and outnoftonn guests inIlutiinI:
I‘m.» urIIIt chiefs of 1hc (‘onnec'titut'
ltI- .~. Nation. 1111
10c.. l (ouncil cov'IerId itself \\ Ith chin
'and IIaIued the “really eonrrntndation
the anal ol'IIIIIIs. who declared.
aux other tlt’f’f'i‘f‘ learn in the slate.
After the degree \IIIIIlI and hil‘lllt‘sfi’
111e.iing had been concluded. II thou
tiIIr supper was served. and It social
Iimn wa< enjoyed. Dancing was it
UF'ltl' until midnight.
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The three great chiefs who wete.
(lrt‘ui j
of .
Mrs. =
311'. <I 111 last evening
lot-phobias. .\lr:'. Edith
lirictcl: (lI'eIIt l‘rophciess.
Mane l’arkcr', of Bridgeport;
1101.1.11' (:I'IIIII Pocahontas.
l-LiI..IIor llIIlI'hIIr, oi llridueporl.
site. the :'.;Iic IIIiIIIII's. lllt:
1\.’l;llltlltii'll luv :.hoIIl fifty
I'.‘poll
111‘. SpIII'IIIlI .'1
lht- t-III'Irin: lI,\
lII'eIs' [and Hi)” by
rolling IlIIlIIIIIItiuns.
council.
lEl‘IIti the
work.
«21. the IllI‘illl
\\‘t'l f'
Meyers,
0 nd
guest:
were made tllll‘lili'.
4;...
local
IIIllIII' 1's
and the
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conclusion of the d:
including: chonIlIII'.
rilllil\\li‘lii'>. Hill" and Hill”. .\
(‘lfll lime followed. and tliilll‘lllt.’
IIIIIII'cd until midniulII.
'i‘I. “MIN 1‘. :,_\IIII who has been in
chum-II of the Ii "rev and team \Iotk-
ot‘ Ihx‘ ltlt IIl Ii -:'I'I‘II team. is due the
luiclII-st prui<e t‘III' tlt’\'t‘lil|llllL'
III'wI team in the local council which
is a credit to the members them:
selvts to their council and to their
order lieIeaflIII'. the desree team of
Waitoma Council. \II :.1. T) III P
will be Itcouuized thlouuhout the
1~'lt.lt as 111 III lIII-II drilled and most
eL‘uant l’ocahont: H IlIIIuIII team in
t onnIIcticul
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the three state of».
:1 his I'lroutl. 1' supra-r was St‘i'h .
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AN0RWAEN 00APlEN
SOUTH NORWALK, CON N .,
FRIDAY, MARCH
EN TI
$MNAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
16, 1917.
NEL‘
Cloudy Tonight and lSaturday
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News That's Reliable,
REASON WHY NOR ._
WALK HOMES FINES
THE SENTINEL 1N
DtSPENSABLE
VISILS IN 0AR|EN
Program at Mrs. C. ll. lloxon’s
Residence I
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‘.‘I'rterday afternoon the members
of the Nornalh Il1.Ipte1',li.A. It,
wre t (nitrtaineu‘ at the home of Mrs.‘
(.eorge ll Noxou, of Dark-111.5
"'lIIIrII \\a~ :1 large attendance of
11 (I‘llllJth of llll‘ Norualk and Stain
10“. Chapters. After the I‘Aegular
bustmss stssion. Mrs. J. M. Antler-5011A
it: mm of the Stamford Chapter Wt‘l
IouIIl the visitors in a lI'Ippv w I.',
\Ihith the li'lllu'RlllJ, Splulmltl
IIII ram Hil.lllL‘.t‘tl bv the Intertaln-
11111.. (In 1111111.» of this chapter. “PISA
giIIIII. l‘ aI-h numbtr a gem in it~elf:
l'.'.11o solo ......... Miss Mabel Allen'
.1115. l'. llery Peckhal)
I‘II-tompaulst 1115:; fiara Mead \\ ebb
~ The llosv Morn. .Tesc'ln .IIIII -'he1
b 'lhe 1“}1ll'1 l’llil'ls . .\\I. I.11I11\'
c Souu \IthII a \-oiII- Ix I‘:Iliiuu
................. Elli-«II Newton
l-I-III ott' ...... . . . . . . An .\pi'il ‘ill’l
.\. luptr ~"\1e and 0111 \nceslors
11‘ Parsons
“HEN NA , NS, ”
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Unfortunate Figure of Speed! UsedI
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A ltlt ill.“
but IIIIIIII IIII
IIIIIIIIII wiltlllllltl
ommission Appointed by Governor.
Ma it» its Reports to Sena
’v-M ‘ !
That the state prison is no lorrgeri
. simulate and that it is not adaptedj
,"lm IlIeI IIIrIylug'but oi rnodI r11 prls 5:011
Were statements made in Incl
report of the commission IIppointedA
by tiowrnor \lartus ll. Holcomb to
by Dean of Chiroprafic Coflcge IIIIIstigate thII advisabilitv and (':‘.t) Ii"
Breaks lip Harmony
lE0|8lAl008 DECLINE
E0 HEAR NI_N ENNENEN
Proposed Measure to Create Board
.by' the Senate ytsterdzu
III I. less than $l titlflwtltlll
of (lctlillg II III \1 state prison 'lheA
commission do its report reII-ived
aid that it,
had \isiled and carefully gone 01"91
. t.“ of the suggested propane-1.11111:
‘ i..1Il found iII'I-ath (use that the kitesI
IiIaIl lIIilId to meet the must import»I
an: LPN-‘Srflh requirements.
’lhI- (‘tllllllllr‘<ltlll e. Iimatcd lllul the;
cost of 11 new state pI-imn would be
It I'IIOII
t‘IIt the III ed oi .'1 new prison is so
Ill-'Itltl that no time should he hie-'1
of Chiropractor Examiners tinder"
renting a sttitnlrl" siIII. prep min”.
Ii. '11 III plans and hl“‘(l"t‘.’ill.lI“ uIIi
DiSCllSSlCll IIII. "‘"I" new“: SII'I i"""l"'_lt'tlllt-\.\I
' .-.._..'.‘-.. Inuit that \Illl IIII'I'I'I' Ih'-' III
liAIl’l‘l-‘tllitl. March Iowan III-1n ”‘"I “(innit-"Wm ‘" l”""“"'
”N”. 33333333333 I.,: l n, H “”14“,," merrili as a marriage bell. before the
u .1 Arise from Dreams of Thee tornmittce on public health and 1.11.:
_______________________ 1;,“ ho” i1,_\tslt‘ltla\,\1llt‘lt‘ were holditu!
b . April litany. _ . _ ' _ .11 oodman .IIIIlI the Connecticut Association of
r~A ”Owl of llIIsI'a.........1‘.larl:c (‘erirIIpIIII tors. until .loy ill. l.obau..
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.l'laIIo Solo 'i-lom: \\ Ithoul 11'ortis"_ Iglodv. and an able upolu ~411.111 1111'
3333333333333333333333 Mnmnfinm, o namiurrs oi physicianq to IhIIII‘
by Miss Allpn hen hawks. awaiting the nearly tut)
'II I‘...- (-11,... .II' I]... ,.,..,3,-,,,.,‘ 11),. I'IIirIIprIII-Ior' chickens ‘
1....:.:~ It...» In.1..-.I to 11..- II..I..».I I. '“II' I‘isurc “':I-I2 unfortunate. for
ltlt'lIi' where .. sol-j.” pm” “v... m. IlI-IrI- happened to he llll‘t'c‘ member»
”not. 1...; 1h. 1 .. (1”,,- In,.. N”. of the board or public l‘t'JllEl anzl
1 “ ., t‘htpter' will long ,-..,.,,,,.,m,” ”1,. >1lt'l_\ \\llU also are practicing physi
.(li.1l'lIllllj~'. hospital”) of fills \‘mou ( “‘"I" ~
I 11.. In... mom-p... “I“... ”thanks for the compliment" rotor
11:. .- Mp... III,“ ..;. ,. "sum: “as IuptI-d III- “11.-gin. nf Country,a
. .I 'iiulll. m... .1... [mummy mi... m llll’llllit'l‘ oi the hou~c and Ir urI'mbII':
.‘-iI'~. l‘eI-lIlI:11.I I IqulIIleiy (uptivated "HAW- committee
:'.]l. i 'ihe sneaker tried to doom] but
'l'i.t paper “We and Our Arrocstor's' “NA" ‘“I‘i’h‘fit‘lflilili't il'iq; 1H inhl' A
read h) \lts. l“:11xons ulmuudfil I.,:rllpled llllu.
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EAVON lAX NEPEAlE
lWater, Gas and Electric lightCom-
panics Want Method of Taxation
’ Changed
HARTFORD, .1iar. 16.-'"\\'lllt‘l',
and electric light companies
sttouuiv 1"epIesenthl at a hearing (It
the Committee on. Finance vesterdav‘
wh' Ir. consideration was giiert to the
bill introduced bv Senator .‘tephen'
11 llllllC‘1 of New Haven. by request.
Inc-.1. would repeal the la“ puttinz
a in). on the gross earnings of rail‘
road. street railway, water. gas. (Il-
ectric. power and stock“ insurance
Companies The law at which the bill:
ie‘almed is that which did consider-
able toward reduciur.r the state debt.
11 Mel gas electric and power com-I
Iunree are taxed under the present;
1.111 which 11.14 enacted in 1911 011 a
basis of one and one-half per cent.‘
or. their gross earnings.
Offers Amendment.
Judge William F. Henney.
sentiuc the Hartford Electric Light
murmur“. offered an amendment pro-
vidtup' that gas and electric light com-
l-Eil B
~I IlIoIII bits of humor and pathos and
it dawmi upon Urban that he had
rot Colonel N.
, IIII.
A I 111311 hire on
tion-Aral A<Ilt"‘llil‘ t‘ll‘l“l‘ .1..I- nitI-
, 1.1..119 and liaurcs IIII' Ilre f"lrl‘l"""ll(‘ll
:I (Twit lIIA
IlIIII not
of .-
'llt
prison tlI'II will be
Hate. It I'I'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi
mun, 1h“) Slotttititi bu ~11. ml for 1hr".
purrhasc nl‘ l.illtl lor the III i‘
IIIIi for the "new. sat.
\\( Ii. as ltl‘t‘1ltillrll1 recommended by
th rotunda-.1011.
'.‘l I- special
pr ison
|'~.|.1.II|-.Itn1~\
I'IIIIIIIIl::.~'iIIII ('IIIhis‘I‘Il
ii. Osborn, IlIIrbI-I”t l-l.
(Leuory. lIr. l-‘.Il\'.‘;Ird K. llool, Rep-
1' ':st‘ltllllth' Arthur M. \h'aiit and W111“
‘II'W “’.trri .\. ("Ira-'1' of the slate prin-
its l't'potl ‘.‘II< )‘I‘IlAIl‘i‘I'Il to ”11‘
:1.III prison
:Iit sIIIIIIs lib»
sun In 2 IIIIII
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H .. _t)l\‘II1l ;. "Hut pupil...” m”... .m, 111 Min :1 mistake. lie rilll‘lt‘tl to npol-..
ogize.
H”*"“""""'“""" ‘ "1nu‘\'e l.llleIl .'Inv influence vou
fmlght have had on this committee" in
PAN0lE Bill IS
PASSED !N SENATE
Requires That Slate' s Attorneys he
Notified of Prisoners, Release
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After :II'IIIIptlnrz two amendments.
5' tin Senate yesterday adopted the hill
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panics be required to pay tuo pet'A
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SNBSENNEE Bill
E00 0AlE PASENNE
A continuation
the Oalf Pasture bill was held before
the Committee on Cities and Boroughs
in Hartford. yesterday afternoon
Judge John Keogh in behalf of the
’.'IIorwnlliera, appeared before the c
mittoe and Iiiiled a statement of t elr
side of the case. Representative
Nehemiah Candee filed a substitute
bill to take the place of the original
offered by Attorney Lawn Sperry re«
presenting Wallace Marvin at the first
hearing in that it definitely defineb
the land to be taken over- by the city
and sites ‘tbem four years in which
to atnrtnggtlo: ”an the “whirling“?
con 9 property. to y
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,nreaided over
of the hearing on] House.
v“ woollen here today; Nb state
meat" as on surgeon or the tight-
-lug" hits bee . Ede but Men! hau-
” l lfi‘éfin“
prmdiniz that sttte's attorneys bc
IIIIilfIIIl when piisnuexs are parIAoiId
f1 1111 the state prison. Tire only op-
poailion was offered by Senator iI‘I'ed
31101: L. Neebe of Meridcn. who churc- ‘
ed that it avould open a way for"
state's. attorneys to practice blackw
Inn‘l. The, Senate purposely refused;
to ruonsider the bill in orI'IlIII to pIe- ;
vent any future moves for reconsid
erat.on.
Bills giIing the city of Hartford:
permission to la_\' four miles of irri— A
prmetl paviuc -€.i|(‘ll year instead of
two miles and autl'IoIiziIII: the llartI'
lord board of .Ildcrmeu to permit 1110-.
lot" ions (11"t‘l
,III11':upIIIl ”twins You might as. 110“
I~lltlti11ll "'
I
ll hate unuitlingly offended am"
Iner‘nbers of this committee I apolo‘
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Will 00NO0E88 Nll
NINA E000 PRICESPE
iCornen'ng of Commodities May be
(glossed as a Crime —Everybody.
Feels the Pinch Today—Mean-A
time the Boycott Worries the
Monopolists
lt Int-Ins probable. at this Stage
that (ungress. in its evtru session
bermning April 1.6 will be asked to?
do something definite about the food
question in this countrv. Probably
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lwierc d‘.}zlstrikes, affecting 67.717 per-5 l'
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widened streets “.ng an eliort “ill be made to pass Clans.
also adopted in the Senate. as nas‘ 11 hit ’1 will make (110 cornering 01'!
I1 measure eniponerinu the city toA
conduct parcel checking rooms. AI
measure establishing a board of 110--
lite commisslot'IeIs in West Hartford!
1..” adopted \\ Me a number of blllst
amending the automobile and work
111e11I Compensation laws 11 ere rcpt-ct-
ed. Iither because they lacked merit?
in the opinion of the committees or
their provisions were taken care. of
in other bills to be reported later.
Each of the members of the Senate
r'e..(i\ed a gift of a pair of suspeftd-I
or: from Samuel Russell. jr'., of Mid ‘
d.‘ eiow.n .
in the continued absence of Speak-
or Frank E. Healy, Representative
lrederick W Huxford of Stamford,
the session of the
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EWS fl0llllN0
E000E 3,000 MEN
CHIHUAHUA CITR- Match 16.—
Francisco Villa's tomes ind govern
ment troops fraught. an eugngetuent
yeste ay at- Rosario ‘a town" on the
[arrange border. at the southern end
of the Du outfit-m railroad.
OlschMurgpl who'd? directing the :
inc. Vania“. IVIl
mnemonic «expected
4:1'Illa'gforc‘e‘3. Ila cemented a
000 ”(1:11.900 men.-
was:
I'Il
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The price of potatoes
food commodities a crime. Until it
takes such action, and passes the
laws. in such a manner as to satisfy:
the Supreme Court of the United;
States, the monopolists will have fulli
Attorney—(lento ral Gregory in
a recent statement, said that there’
are 110 lions existing under whichA
monopolists could be punished. Such'
lllht‘. hate been passed he said. bu ll
be claimed that the Supreme Court
read an opinion into them in each
case, which prevented the prii’sccu.
'.ton of any men or set of men for
lreidurg up food prices.
There has been no let-up in food
prices in Norwalk. The only change
during the past week as been for
the worse, rather than if thebetter.
l s risen. Sug-
ar is selling at the same price as it
brought two Weeks ago. when its
scarcity was that noted here. Flour
continues at about the same price.
and vegetables are “going up "
.. There is no discounting the effect
of these conditions upon local peoI
pie. New York investigators say that
meals cost from two to three times
as much as they did a year ago. The
InaJorlty of people must “stint” in
order to~.“get by: upon their usual
Incomes. Many people are doing with-
out potatoes. and are doing their best
to conserve the sugar supply. They
do not do so wnflusly. One heard
'cvery housewife, prhcttcitlly complain--
lug ebéut‘ limitation those duyel’u'nd
I'to'. reeliieéwhy mun out
Minuteman-T
A Rushed Brrhud’dt
. 9min
munch-Ironwood; R titres» ,_
.pla‘rik steak banquets. The menu was
Report of new 01 [char Static-A
tics Shows Period of Unrest
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According to the report of the.‘
stat. bureau of labor statistics, the
111 rind of unrest during the two years!
ending Septemberflo,1916,was great I
the history of the department. There}
sons anti causing I1 loss of approxi
matrly $1,500 000. Most of these;
ImIII'IlIeI-z originated in BridgeporAt.
which was the most affected bv theI
Siv hundred and scv'ent) two build- I
=11g..a large number of which weer
constructed for munitions factories.l'
were built during the two v.ears The
ltotal amount expended for these new;
buduings was $18,277,825. an in-’
crease of 312. 000.000 oier the pie-l
ced. 11;: two y'ears. Free emplovmentl
burruus filled 87.404 situations in the:
two years as cmnpared with 16,009
in the preceding two vears.
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lNONWAlN ME0l0Al
S00lEll ENlENlAINEA
'l‘\elllyIllll‘ee members and guests
of llltf Norwalk Medical Society at-j
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“ended the regular monthly rheetin ng;
of that organization which was held
last evening in the oflice of Health
Orticer Dr. William III. Tracey. An
interesting‘ paper dealing with “0b-
scure Fevers in Children" was read
by Prof. Pisek. of the Post Graduate
hospital, of New York City. and a1
talk was given by Dr. W. ll. Donald-3
son, of ,h‘pirfleld, on the medical bills,
now pending in the legislatur .
Among the out-of~tor.vn' gue ts who
attended the meeting were Dr. W. H.
Donaldson, of.Fairfleld; Dr. Frank ll.
McLaury, of Westportp
Holl‘ecker, of 'New Canaan; Dr. (RH
Noxon .ofDarien; and Prof. Plank, of
New York City. '
DINNER GIVEN AT HOTEL
.MA‘HACKEMO.
The‘ltem in The Sentinel, yester-
day,~ lconceruing the recent] billiard
tournament at the south Normal}:
club entertaining the winners, was
slightly mixed. The affair was given
at: the Hotel Mnhukemo, and Land
lord Connors served one of his finest
as Inflows:
Greenport Oyster on'fileif Shell
Hearts ol‘ Cele
' Cream Tomato; Soup 33333
Porter House Club WW. ~'-
Green other "
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MllllARY AND: CNN E000E8 BACNING NEW
00VENNMENE IN A “PUSH ENE WAR” nuns
“I... Ai‘ood Problem Is Being Attacked and the People Are Be
pressing Any Elements of the Population indulging it!
Excesses
WANl NI, 100, 000
E00 SlAlE PANNS
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M8"! Before Appropriation Commit
teem Favor of Hull 5 Bill’ i
the (tillilll‘ltlt'I' on IIIIIIIIIIII'iIliIIII<A
'.'.IIb
a.“ *fll at its hearing )IUIIdaI.
rr'noor a favor a measure IippI‘Inl
111111111: $1.1.IIIIIIIII for the slate parltl
I-IIIImisIIiou for the purpose of IIcI‘
.prirmu more lands 101 state parks.
A"ll1e bill also provides for 1111 IIppr-.o
IIi:.lInI of $l.'.tIIII for expenses.
1.:-1.111: i<‘. Robinson of llar'tford, III
llll‘iulltl of the park commisaion saidl
Connecticut had la: red behind in the
11.31th of preserving park areas This;
'.'.III. abme all others should luluI
the initiative in park development.
lliphway Commissioner Charles J.
llemreti urged some action which.
“Illlltt rosult in the development of
park lands.
Others who favored the idea were
Iofessor J. H. ’I‘oomey of Yale l‘ni-
versltx Secret laIv E. H. Wilkins of
tho st/‘I park commission. If. R.
llucl. of Hartford speaking for civil
cngmeers of the slate Robert 1'. T3-
ller oi Hadtlam. (.‘. II‘. Northrup of
'.II'rtcrbury. appearing for Boy Scouts:
. in Dance of Middletown’, 1.0...1.
Dana]: Ier of Meriden. State Park (‘-0111
passioner George A. Parker of Hart
ford and 11. ll.llur'.1
Putnam Camp Bill.
‘.rpresentative S. C. Shaw of Red
ding, appeared to support a measure
for .IIn appropriation ;of STOW Ifor
the lame] Putnam memorial camp
grounds. The appearance would pro-
vide for a new fireproof building and
for the maintenance of the. grounds.
A. S. Sanford of Reddinn, Reprc-.
sc'IIIatives C 0. Efihlandq and Martin;
G otruun of Danburv. H
llethel and Robert Alexander of Dan-
:burv. as a member of the state park
mrrnuisslon were among others fav-
01.11.: the bill. '
11. O. Fillev state forester up.
peered before the committee to favor
a measure for an additional appro
pr.ation of $1,500 to replace the pres-
mi ion or of Mount Tom state park
GRAND 00NE NIEHOEAS
SEANEEDE EREl0l0ll0N
I
nos'rorv, march 16 ——I.ieut Nib nmnesty is reported 111 course off~
Dr W “.0 Mai Michaieloff. who was discharged preparation by the Russian Min.”
' ' | from the Russian army last; year af— ..
ter being wounded and who came to
this country“ a few weeks ago said
last night that the present Russian
revolution began the. day Grand Duke
Nicholas wgs relieved from the com-
mauu of the armies n the easternl
front and sent. to the ucause.
‘-lt. was owing to the influence of
the proGennan party." he said. “that
Grand Duke Nicholas was sent away.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandmvitch
Who has bee'rl declared regent, is antl-
German. The Russian people will
stand behind. at least until the war
is cver."-~ '3
itlre Russian army and ranked a“,
'Russia’s master strategist, 100mm
i vices received
‘pire. The Duma, which is the:
Hilbert of I‘chref factor In shaping the course
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1110111111 IN II
IGrand Duke liiiclloiIIs’IT booms Up as a Master Siratc,
and Grand Duke Michael, Brother 01 the Late (3211'
Named as Regent, thé flair to the Throne Being
I
Grand Duke Nicholas, idol 0“
up as the big military figure 65%
the hour in the empire which has ‘
just witnessed a successful andti
almost bloodless revolution audit
the abdication 0. its emperor. , .
The relinquishment of than
throne by Nicholas II. automatl .
cally deprived him-of his rank
commander in chief of the Ru.
sian armies. The heir to ’
throne is an infant, and Grands
Duke Michael named as regent
while a soldier of repute, 15 not:
of commanding militat’y exper-
ience
Thus the nation, Pctrograd dis-I
patqhes indicate, is turning to itsI
most tried and. trusted militaryrf
leader.
Grand Duke Nicholas 15 report-6
ed to have arrived at the capitolh
and the probability is that:- het":
will take command of the troopst
Of the complete success of th .
revolutionary movement, for
which the lead was taken by the?“
Duma, there see 3 no doubt.
While there. have ecn few ad—I
as to the attitude”
of the army at the front, ouster
news as has been received indi-
cates that the military, with that?
exception of reactionaries amongr
the officers, together with all thl.
popular forces of the empire is.
backing the new government
The civil forces of the natio
are cooperating with the gown»;
ment most heartily in restoring;
normality in the life of the em ”
of the new regime, and the?
Zcmstvo Council are reported co-
operating successfully straighten _
mg out the various tangles:
which have resulted from the.
momentous change in gore:
ment control. '
The food problem is being at?
tacked and the people‘ them-g
selves seem to be exercising their.
own authority to repress any-
elements .of the population that
might be Inclined to indulge in;
excesses. ;
'A measure of general political;
ister Of- Justice.
this mtwe as one necessary W
save the empire and bring th
war to a successful conclus'ro
The Turks
the Tigris, where they werela
reported- by Constantinople
somewhere to the south.
Norwalk Chronicler