A“
'Ttiews That’s Reliable
REASON WHY note. '
WALK nouns FIND
THE m at.
DISPENSABLE.
J
THE SOUTH NORWALK
EVENING SENT
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OW
N OPERATOR.
INEL h
Speaks for Itselt ;
mars wmr N02."
WALKERS FIND!
THE EVENING seep
TI N EL.
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Ebl‘ABleHED 1870' mf'tfficetats‘gzcosri’d‘ti‘:tats?Wrdaaltifetfa3t SOUTH NORWALK' CONN" TUESDAY’ MARCH 27’ I917. Rain tonight; colder in Connecticut. TWO? 1‘8:
_ -:——:.«._.—-- v 4— .-.H ,, WHF r_ ‘__‘_’_1__ --_-,___ . . '-
DEMGGNAIS W _ ' W I”
GGIII OWNERS
NIEIl NAVAL
PROVE Nttti
0f ttttt Still
1 Chill tttttsr tritium
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titans Attitttii
. 4,.num‘;drlt'lng. Up to a late hour
a.” “4.1%! "I
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lieut. commander Buyer and lieut.
Grier, ,Comntodore fielding and
Others Deliver Addresses
GNIIPIIISGIII SERIIGE
GIN BE NESGIIIEII IGI‘
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literal. Benton Talks on This Matteri
at City Hall Gathering
l
‘I- r Jousitty. ttttd I‘lziittlrilil:«llt' llltt‘lc:
it“: local itt the city ltall, Not'tvullt,.!
Jul l~l4'i. out-c tztt-te >ltl)\\‘t'tl her,
lbtil‘itriiiill by the tatt that I‘ertyi‘out':
"in“ ‘~lillllit‘l'lt'd to enlist itt the'
Jamil ll'ttttsl ill-letteri Reserve. It
\~.. i=-‘ of the thirst \il .ttotts-trtttiottst
oi Io.-~ oi ctttttl‘tr) t-t'cr seen in this
(it. mi t‘uII,\ tl-rce hundred llll‘ll ab.
‘t‘liiltI‘ liit‘ llll.‘l‘ii'!}‘.'.. titt'\\'il!t.~lzttttiilti."
lht uni. :t't notice whiz-It titty rct-e'nt-u
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(it ii
. ‘Idouuttztttt t‘ottttttandrt Leonard ll:
Many Petitioners PresentArgutnents
to Members of the Public lltili-
ties Commission
totMtt tutti
PIJPIIS Iii Hill
Railroad Company to Cite its Side
Next Monday Afternoon in Hart-
ford
Itttltat‘tl ’l‘.
in u. tttctttbers
t‘: t:.ttti.~'.~:ion and It‘lll’t'>l‘llii.“.2 tit-t:
hotly. held It heating in the city Itztll
Higgins and t‘, t‘, I‘ll
Must: 'day :tt'tetnoon for the purpose
ut tucertuinitt: the need «it more adcv
cunt: train service on the Iktttbut'y;
dit'i.~iott of the New York, New llttt'eni
mttl iiil'l'lltlrtl Railroad, c:=pcci;tII_\'
regards the 4:32} tr
iiititi'i
315
but not at Nortt‘ulk.
ttitt which stops itli
tii‘:lllt‘il\‘liit‘. Georgetown, (‘tttt-,
lnotttialc, Wilton and South Nomadic!
The hearing: thsI
EXPIGI “
I0 with Hillle
Assured oi Support of So-Called
Independents
‘.‘t'ASIlthi’I‘ON, March Eli—Organi-
zi..t.on of the new House by the demo-
illf’lll by Representative Randall of
t'ttiitornia. prohibitionist and one. of
the Qt'e' sit-called independents upon
‘Vltlll the political complexion of the
licttst has seemed to hinge.
{\‘tr. Itandall returned to Washing".
Iii“ tonight from Ins Attgeles. 011
i r. .ttitng u staicllll‘tll issued during the
;.ttt,t by Republican leader Mann, of
I luring to retire from the race for the
I N mtkt-rsltip itt favor of Speaker Clark
Iii r. Iii—partisan, or nonpartisan or-
! saturation were agreed upon. he said
I ”\It' Mann was too late. tilll he was.
'iu .t position to say that t‘lltlimi' of
‘ the indetwttdents would rule wt... tlte
Itittt‘otrats to giro the latter a mic
fjttt'tt and ilnelll'.‘ the :ttltttittistttttion
.ul' (ontt'ol Ivy it‘ party oi ltotit houses
t." ( ““53.“ 55
There hunt-
(in y :'
t'or
deutort'alie
tndir..ttotts
the
in'i‘il
.-t 'tt Ifzi that
or tun I'ubiir t'titittnc It;.t.xt.~ had tut-cited sutisltlt'lul') in} Mobilization ot the First t‘ottnr-ctictt
t'tlltt'l‘l‘lllltl: the
Speaker y‘lark and
t~~|‘t):tt‘f«I‘it’ll ot' the party
. d't-tt u
totttplctu I'ottlilicttt‘t.
tt-t..tttl‘.ctt
sit ilih.
indepen-
other
have pre-
,tI.t organization tight with 214 mettl-
I pets (itch. and 21S totes are required
.tn tit‘tl the “tinker. So iotttfiof
.'t.~ tlte independents must join the
t’en'otrats to tut-elect. Speaker t‘lark
- .» u. .. ‘.-. ‘t. .. .:_ .-.:-. t' 5 ~ A
'ltyot. -..t the Lillieti halts .\.t\.tl in darn-I) ”NHL“ and consumed mm,“ unit a liltlt an deretttou front ”It
hhflt' "orce, have till ittterestitt: .._\;.t
planet on of the new profit-ct. Lieu~
ttnrtttt; l‘t'. W. (trier. ‘nlso of the I.
* fill” was present tit the ttteeting.
Commodore Philip H. I-‘ieldittgy oi
«the riutt Nortt‘ttlk Yacht Club. 0DHI~
rod the ztteeing‘ with a lucid explttna
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,tioutinued on second page)”
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at) tttttt PIIGE '
ill REDhIltt Milli
, nouns
mention of osmium Ite-
.. ' m Removal or limit Cemetery
f't~
fulfil-1011“}, March 27.—"ltat. the old
Hull cemetery in Santordtown must
p,» is e. decision recently reached by
rtho Bridgeport. Hydraulic on. ’1 he an.
.ttouttcoment is one which those pos-
hrssint: a living interest in the placer
‘ have been half expecting and dread:
Aing ever since the [dons for the are
Eldon of the Saugatuck river reservoxr
became known. It was hoped, how
ever, that the necessities of the sit-
.‘uation might be met by diking inas-
‘ht‘uch my the cemetery will not be sub-
:fnergod. by the flooding of the adja
cent territory on one side. no matter
which of the five plans establishing as
‘many different water levels is finally
adopted.
= . m, the water would, however, reach
the foot of the slight. elevation forni-
jng the burial ground it is thought
that the enclosure of the place even
‘by a Light wall extendingconsiderably
theme; the surface. would not give sure
-tum‘.umty against. contamination.
"Many members of the old families
‘ of Reading and Weston. among them
, n
the Bertrams, Banks; Treadwells,
\ tittttfoeds. Gorbams. Wakentans.
Lyn», flot'nwalls, litres and Wilsons
Continued on Page 12
“NEIII EGR IIIIII
-lt‘Ail.tt“ll§l.ll, Comm, March 27.—-—At‘-
that 9'. Harris, of New Haven. driver
of an automobile that smashed a hay
I,— wages! in Strattleld last night. and
'1‘th .Esposito, of Bridgeport. his
mate «nonunion. were held in $1,500
”land each by Judge Wakemnn‘in the
',.moourt. yesterday on a charge-oi
\
had secured ‘bnilx Blood
.4- ‘ aloft was resorted to yesterday
to}unwt Nellie Pickett. of Bridgeport
. , «at of whenpass tigers, into whose
..rt , omen‘pu oft e hay we on was
,.,_ arisen: but she area last nighi.’ Emily
_ ultra-other occuptmt‘ot the
inexact; s lously’dntured. '
.t‘ttut two hours.
Since the time of
li‘i' two commissioners was limited.
and as they Itad to irate this city
sl‘ortly after tire o'clock. the hearing
was adjourned until Monday after-
noon. April 2,‘at.2 o‘clock at I-lart
l‘oru when the attorneys for the rail:
': :‘cttt‘ company will present their testi-
ltlt'll) against changing the schedule.
7'I‘t-i- testimony for petitioners being
all presented yesterday afternoon.
Corporation Counsel Edward M. Lock
ucot‘. appeared for the City. of Nor-
walk and “It“ petitioners, and At-
torttcy Edward J. Quinlan represent-
eti vt-t petitioners also. I-‘. C. ‘Coley.
\‘t'. L; Barnett and B. W. Burticc rep-
resented the railroad company. All
of the. latter men are ohtclals of the
Ntw York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company. ,
Among those who attended the.
hearing were: Mayor (‘arl Axel Har-
strum. Alberu E. Winchester, Judge]
Edward M. Lockwood. Councilmen
Edgar G. Murphy. Robert: E. Lou'don.
Irt'inr D. Robertson. George. I). Rus-
sell. Stephen S. Hatch. Joseph P.
Watlltams. Edward J. " Quinlan.
Charles H. Dilworth. Charlesx 1.. Leo-
nard, ex-Mnyor Edward J. Finnegan.
Thomas Bradley. Thomas F. Fluherty.
l’ctt r Smith. Catherine Goodwin, Jos-
cpl; W. Grttmblyt.,’l‘ltomas 'lleuley:
(Continued on Sixth Puget.
Mtttttiiiittttt
this It hiilil
Tito Deaths Result from Starting
Fire with Kerosene 0i!
_———_
itiith‘OllIl March 27.——Attnie Cher-
nowskt, seven years old, and her 13
months ‘old sister. Julia are dead anti-”Wt ‘
a younger brother is suffering from
turns, as a. result of an attempt. by ’
Annie to start a fire iii the kitchen
, rt ptiltiit an ranks.
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PAIINGIIG IIEEIIIIGS
SGIIEIIIIIEII IIIIS IIEEII
Norwulk certainly to “chock full"
of pittriotirtt'tt. There are Several
scheduled ttteott‘ngs to be Iteld during
this week. all of which are of great
. tnicrest to the. public.
I (in Thursday afternoon there will
I
ILe a special meeting of tho commit-
tee of twenty-one. appointed by Mayor
‘L‘arl Axel Horstrotu in the city hall.
I'l'lze meeting is an important one and
reports front each of the committees
tSllUllltt be completed at this time.
Tht llltle club will‘ltold a meeting
I Friday night at tlte’clty hall. Special
- nusiness is. to come before the meet-
ing and everyone should be present.
The Ride club held an important
,nteetitttz last night and voted to join
the Home. Guard. At the same time.
it mud to retain its own organiza-
tion.
I The Naval Militia will hold a drill
Itomorrow night at the armory. The
iphysical exatttiuatiou will be. cout-
.pleted. The local recruiting omcer
Iwhl pttt the. company through its
t paces. '
'I‘ougltt the Sixth Company trill holdI
Itil'iii at the armory. Preceding the
hurtling which will start at 7 o'clock
in regard to the special ptlice. ap-
pointments. A/large turnout is ex-
tzt'tltd.
~5.
nit attains,
‘ IN HOME-GUARD
stove with kerbsene at the Chernown
ski home here. late yesterday. The
eittit was about to prepare supper.
Little Housekeeper Dead on Floor.
The charred body of'AJtnic- was
found on the. kitchen floor when lire-
:ttett arrived in response to an alarm
of fire. Beside her lay a kerosene oil
The Home Guard is attracting as
many recruits as any other organiza-
tion in thiscily: With Lieutenant
l'l‘ctt'air M. Mittton in charge the of-
‘fice is a busy place.
It's Itustie'and
bustle from early morning until night.
Through the courtesy of the street
department. a lithograph was made
crats was declared to be assured to— ‘
dritl. however. there. will be a mass,
(on With ”10 boltOi‘J blown Olll. Tile'flufl placed on the sidewalk in front
room was ablaz and baby Julia was of the hall. An American flag on it
found to be so . adly burned. titat “all" just. outside of the windowof
leatlt ensued later. The firemen sav- the am“. also attracts attention.
1"" ”‘9 “Olly“- I'I'itetc is no doubt but. that the Home
. . Itinatu will be one of the most In-
" ‘ "" I ituentlal of organizationsln this city.
“I {E PERSEENS {AD IAhiUIlF.‘ those who have promised to
. jjuin are: Abmhnmfl. Miller. Frank
it writ VIRGINIA illtiI
I .‘ . I i , Edwin L. Stevens. Clouds Jackson
t...’ “WWW”: W9“ Vim Match White. George sandman, Joseph s.
Zl-“Tlfl'ee persons were burned to Kery. Edward , W. Bronh‘y. John
. “(Sle'illlelllfil Hoffa] and is believed figtfley‘m‘d't; Ryan, Joggph“ W. Gorlityt'n
, law, been Wteed'1byfl Jenkins ,8“ Harry E. "Sitiith. Frederick; .E. ' "
\IM.. . Th 1035 own? 0 it“ ted pt‘t ton “innam R- zpénmu‘gtam 'Wlli am
I, . .
cph W. Rooney.‘.Edward J. ~Brou-
Stephens Hotel anti Is believed to to, 't‘ryon. aul-Latnik; Joseph Lamlk,
wetl, Stephen Dokus. Stephen Bat'dos,
Hinsett Rosslter. ‘Wllliam F. Ashton.
use at Creston...Wirt‘ County. early Joseph V.“ avrlzlos Harry‘E. Black;
alias. ..’l‘he ilre- originated In th '
P. Itooney‘. .Ch't'trlea T., Dimond, Jos-
teuth in a flroWltIchdestroyed'tlte Keogh. Frederick" E Button, l-Iurry
. .
9.1mm, William H.» Blackman. William -
RECRUITING IS
N0l vat BRISII
I IN NARIEGIIDI
Gill-WIDE CAMPAIGN
EIIR GINIP GIIIIWING
Matty Norwallt Citizens to Encour-
age the Young Boys and (lids in
Cardenng Projects
First Infantry Regiment lacks Sev
eral 'llundred Men of Being llp
to War Strength
NEW EXAMINIIIIIN
3 ENG GIJAIIII 0EEIGEII8;
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Medical Corps of 25,000 is Con-
I sidered a Probability
. y t
i HARTFORD. (‘uott.. North 27
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l:
Ilnl’ddlry today shoved it decided gating
.ot'er Mottlny. liccruitinrz was not “at
I illifih us had been anticipated. Still'
the outcome apparently “'ilitKS-‘lcrl it {cw tnt-u ot the peace illililfl.’ 1‘
Who I‘titilill‘lll lacks ttuttty llltll and of;
Letttoet'ats :tud l‘t‘lltbiit'iillb‘ no into' fleets of Delhi: UP 10 “111‘ ““4“!th Ic:
(Toionel Richard I. Goodman said thisI
I morning that the Hartford units lack
led 450 men of war Iooiittn. and the,
.rcspottse to the call for recruits wast
I n..t attenuate for the. emergency. t
Auyntnttt-(lettcrul Cole. today urged'
. the immediate need of two more turd-I
licttl officers to bring the number ttt-.
‘ tachetl to the First Regiment to t’our.I
‘Acrotding to the general. the state!
5 can now equip all Italsmtonul counts,
‘ turn at. a trance ratind.but cannot pro-i
trido equipment for war strength. Re 5
‘qutuittons have been sent to the war,
ttiepartmcm. however. and additional
'stores and supplies are coming in
and will be here by the time the
regitttcnls are recruited to war
strength.
(Continued on Third Page. I
rhinitis tron
‘ tilt tittsutttt tits
labs? Committee Reports tlntavor‘
ably on lill to Prohibit Ilse of
Stop Watches ‘
_———— .—
HAR'I‘FQRD, Conn. March 27.»-
legislative matters were not brisk
today, for not many committees,had
reports to make. The house cut this
attetnoou. to work on. Its calendar,
which covers many pages. House
Chaplain Bencdict‘in his prayer ask-
ed for Divine aid and protection for
the soldiers who have been called to
the colors.
The Labor committee reported un-
favorably on Mr. Rogers“ bill, which
Would prohibit the use of stop-watch
or any other device intended to make
a study of lime used on piecework.
Mr. Rogers secured the tabling oi the
report.
The bill to continue the Savin Rock
I’m-k Committsion was rejected.
'l‘izs. Senate confirmed the appoint-
ments of Arthur L.-Stebbius and E. M.
.llay as trustees of Baker's Academy
at Coichester. and of Frank L. Wit»
eox,'W. T. May. Milton Feesendon.
Edward E. King. John F. Reardon
and Charles Rockwell as trustees of
the Boys“ School at Merideu.
llotit Senators Ncebe and Dottghtut
objected to the unfavorable report on
a bill to prohibit the employment of
Women .nnd minors under 18 years at
polishing and butting. and each made
a speech. Senator Necbo said he
would not “ask the. devil himself to;
work at thin trade." The rejectionl
of the bill was by a rote of 16 to 12.
The senate made. the Sunday bil_l
the order of the day for Thursday at
noon.
The senate took from its calendar
and passed .under suspension of the
rules a bill to permit Naugutuck to
employ additional constables owing to
present exigencies.
a
w.‘
DR. uncut: WIL‘L‘ ,.
‘ EX‘AMINE- REQRUITS:
Dr. L“M. Allen, the posterity
gantry; Nor-walk. will be , agthc,
. lY,
in. .
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"Hall. tomorrow evening»...
A meeting: was held last evening at
tlte‘htiice of the (‘ouuty Farm Bur-
cau at the instance of Ira 'l‘. t‘hap-
mun. superintendent of schools, and
S. J. Wright, agent of the Farm Bur~
can, for the purpose of inaugurating
a. city-Wide ctttttpuiun for the cultivte
lion of the soil. Those present were
.the two men named. M. J. Riordan,
ltol‘tert London, (‘outtciltttutt Edward'
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iGEIIIIIINS ARE GIIEGNING IIIE AIlIIANGE 0E IIIE
ltycctt. and Messrs. i‘lereland. llcau-
pain, Saunders and Kent. Miss l’in-
nce, chairman of the Garden Contest
.ocunitlce, was invited to be present
to tell of the practical worlt already
achieved and the plans for this sum-
mer.
'l'iit’ presentation of the needs which
3 .l to cttlittt: the met ;I t: \x. re nt-tdc
l‘. .ti t‘Iutrntttn and \t r.,.'ut..
Pl. 5 Inn. ' It cave on .‘u‘t W... t.: whati
il'ld bet u accomplish. ti ..nti is.
.. ilill
Ill-”w for by hi.» :;...vt...:.~ Atilit‘ttht “"""*
Liettt club,
(it: d [the
luv
It .1
rhi‘uil‘ti: itt:'.illt..\ I‘uJ itt'.ti‘l«t
.tt»..ttet- mote ttiutt to
ili..tiil‘.’.‘. l.r......t and turn oi
.~tllt"“.\‘ coming tout-titer tor such “I
pt..~po.~~e. Milli) discussion :l:‘- to Will” I
Ililt the work should take, t.Itethet‘I
mpttrule ot‘;.*.ttti.'.atiou slit-tilt] be
twti count and il' >t) jtt-tt itti\\' tIteI
tztt'lt't should I) lit veinpvtl i'oliowml.
'l'ite tittztl result reached was that as
such lill organisation as the Nnrtvnlk‘
Achiet'etnent club already exists alone I
well developed lines under the I'. S.I
Ilcydtltnettt of Agtlculture it Is int"
better to bt’t'tllltt' unxdiary or advis-
ory to this than to make a separate
errmuization. Upon statement of Miss
I
(Continued on Third. Page).
Mf—_~.—.
[SIGNAGE insist I
nits totiUtith SlhlliS‘
BRISTOL Conn. March 27.~vLco-
,‘yold Cobianchi, of New Haven. ar-
rested last night on suspicion of ca-
pionage. was detained this morning
on the charge of vngrancy until Pros-
ecuting Attorney James '1‘. Mother
could reach United States District
Attorney Spellacy tor a conference.
Cobianchl has told the police various
stories in which there are widely diff-
crug assertions.
Pasquale Cobinnchl, the young
man’s father. came here. from New
ll'ttett this forenoon with his son's
wife. t Leopold then been l'mtutried
about three years. 'The wife. showed
.1 letter in which her husband had ad-
(lret-sed her as Miss Josephine Bell.
He told her that In answering to be.
sure and address him as Ed Coby.
This wait: the name he gave at the
boarding house in which he. was an
rested last night._He has told the
police that two Mothers were in Bris-
tol last, week.
Pasquale \C‘oblanchi has made no,
at-tictncnt regarding his son.
Later Mr. Mather had a telephone
conversation with Mr. Spellacy and
it was decided to have Deputy Uni-
ted States Marshal Hawley come here-
and take Coblunchl to Hartford.‘
where he will be questioned by thel
district attorney. The articles whichf
were taken from the boarding house
will also be scrutinized. ._
'l‘hr. police say__ that they fail to
make much out. of Cobiattclti's stories.
He. has declined to say who his cont-
ptnion was and for whom there is
a search being made. The police re-‘
port that. Saturday and Sunday stran-
gers were noticed walking about sev-
crl {actories and they disappeared
upon noticing that they were uttract~
inc attention. -
Pending the inquiry by “Mr. Spel-
‘lttca, that vagrancy ,Icltarge yogainst
*(Eobiunclti will not be. heard in the
local court. .
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IWII._'MEN shot out
‘ I . IN Rilhlliil Ilillli
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. CLEVELAND; 0.. March 27.~—Two
.tnen ,were killed and a third was
wounde. In a. rev‘olve‘r battle in the
street at Voodlnnd avenue and East
Twentieth street, this morning‘. Eight-
.or’ nine menpttcttclpnted In the,,bn.tt.le‘
and about. twenty. shots were. tflred.
l‘ollcc believe-the fight resulted from
a gambling quarrel." ,One‘of the-dead
bet
tut NOIIWAIII Bills
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this (in two if IIIE
MAIN Ililllliilli iiiDING ‘_
a. QUENIIN AND IIIGINI
—_ ___. f
A Third Railway Line Said to be within Range oi u...
French Guns, and Two oi the City’s Dominating Forts.~
are Also in the [lands oi the French Troops
..,p a;
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, IIIIIIISN IIIGNG IIIE WIIGIE NGRAS ISEGIGI
Five Armies are Converging on the Turk in littort to"
End Ottoman Rule In the Eastern Empire
I
Driving forward northfljttd' .
south of Sr. Quentin, heart of the]
Hindcnburg line, the Allies hm.
I cut two of the four main railrocdu
lwhich feed the city while a third
I is well within reach of the French"
EIGIIRE IN NGGIIIENI
:guns. With La Fcre mandate:
Charles Havens Taken to llornalltéby the retreating Germans an'
. . . ttwo of its dominatin forts in
Hospital, and lohn llavltclt IsIthe hands of the Frencfi the.“
Somewhat Bruised tinterest in the tremendous battle
‘~ which has been raging for a week;
ton an eighty-mile front. shif
As the result. of an accident at theI ‘0 hismfic St- Quentin- The Gfl‘
corner of Van Zandt street and lhtsii mans are making desperateatté;
bloody, attempts to wrest” from“
avenue, Charles Havens. non of Mr.1
and .Its. David Havens. of that are ' . “ ‘
nue. is‘inithc Norwhlk hospital suicitfigtefr 2::mtheh.§168 flzgelh‘i
runs from a slight fracture of the p . ’ ‘ w l . X in.“
skull and John Havllcek, son of Mn] velles guns command m? “uty‘ -‘ I ‘7
and Mrs. A. Havlicck. of Hendrick em approaChes t0 the City and. “4
avtuue Iis confined to his home with tender its position. in the opinion.
severe lacerations on the hands. Iof military critics, on. of M
Elite two youlnlgsters were riding to-I peril
getter on a c'cle on V Z- . ' '
street and were headed (0:31] 13:22 Further to the south’ an
avenue about seven o'clock last. even-I Freud" have forged “1011.10 a“
5M; Annutomobile driven by Roy. west of St. Quentin. hammer-in] .
White. of South Main street, and‘con-l a great dent in the Germahliufi
taming Charles W. Staples, of Pine: between that town and L: W
Hill, was coating up East avenue. at Th (1 f th' al' "th “
the same time, headed toward Bridge—I . e a vance o is a “in . m
port. where the occupants expected mks further would 81" ”IE
to mend tho boxing exhibition. The'French possession of the last ’di
bicycle crashed into the front of the, not railroad line between the m
auto.l Eugene was thrown from the towns. ’ ' I;
w tee an landed on his head, while ' ’ M“
Havlicek‘s both hands were shoved South 0‘ Lg, Fem .the Fun
through a headlight and badly cut. "0098 have swung m >3 ' M
Both 0‘ the boys were taken' to Curve around the forest ofcotl
the mice of Dr. lfi'anklin G. Brown. and St. Gobain, the fund , "
The physician ordered Charles to be natural bani“- which lies .
The tween them and Laon andjhthf
taker. to the Norwalk hospital.
other lad be ave treatm at. d be . »
g e an southernmost fortress in the
was taken home. Raven's condition
is rathetgserious; although there are
good prospects of him recovering.
Mr. White and Mrs. Staples dove
to the police station. and explained
matters. They were not held.
PiITi truth It
liSPltti won
Senator Weeks Says Those Respon-
sible Will Have to Answer
sq
denburg line. Ira-them _
General Nivelle has forced git
wedge into the forest, but ,about‘
ten square miles of heavily, ’
bered country must yet be
quered before he reaches his "
On the northern nation of , .
great battle line the situations;
somewhat obscure. Neither B '
ish nor German official communal}; .
cations throw much light on the ’
operations there. Some progress- ‘
has been made in the direction 6i
Cambrai by Gcheral Haig, but
parently the determined rem
ancc of the Germans has choc -'
the British advanca along” the-
whole Arras sector.
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nosrors, Mass. March err—“A7 While the issue of the at;
pernicious piece of petty politics" was
I n . .p
Senator John W. Week's characteriza-IStrugg1e m Francc‘ remains 1"
tion of the transfer of General Leo‘dpu t the 59,5? 15.5% for $9“. .
its-gm Wood,I at his home in West tlonal Roswbillttes in far-oi? Mes
Newton last night. He said: opotamta. In the: plain of the Ti
"The transfer of General Leonard gt‘is five armies 31? Convex-m,
“one. to the. comparatively unim- on the Turks in the hope of ddaf
will
portant division of the Southeast ls - -
most. disheartening, coming as it mg adeath-blow to Ottoman” ‘
does at a. time. when patriotic citi-
zens everywhere are endeavoring'to
make the military establishment ef-
fective. The promotion of Dr. Gray-
scn was without excuse. but it was
not of sufficient importance to affect
greatly the naval service. General
Wcod's detachment. however, at this
time Is a matter of greatest military
Importance;. No man has done as
much. during the past two years to
stimulate patriotic endeavor.
"Itloreover, he knows this depart-
ment better than any officer on the
active list and his rank entitles his
retaining it. In due time. those re-
sponsible for weakening our military
ornantzatiountfiuch a.- Ume as this
have to explain" thatch-eased for
er in its eastern empire. The Run:-k
sians are advancing from Pc sin
in three divisions, driving tfifi ‘.
Turks before them, and, have; '
ready crossed the Turkish f ‘
tierat two places. To the sou
General Maude, conguero '
Bagdad, is pressing forward‘
the Tigris and the Dials Ki“. ‘
Outside of the poéSibility of '
decisive victory over their,“ _
;.cti-cling foes. apparently tit, only
.road of retreat. open to the
{is to the west: Here» they f
vfr'onte‘d was the. desolate '
lot the. greatfdesert' of» El Jen,
according ”3o militarvtcdti‘
' " blcbarric r.‘The‘
Norwalk Chronicler