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Twenty-tour Members oi the Crew are Missing,"0llicers
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errllenezia Stated on Arrival
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brunt POUCi
Members Turned out in Large Hunt-
bers last Night for the Semi-
Weehly Drill at the Amory
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Members of the auxiliary police
squad turned out in large trutlibers
last night for the semi-weekly drill
at the local armory, and upon the
‘wero handed'out lovail those who
iu‘ere present. The next. drill Wilbbe
held Thursday evening. (‘ompany‘A
’wiil‘driii in the Town Assembly hall,
. {in Wall street, Company it will drill
iin the armory, Company C will drill
Iin the armory. and Company D will
'driil in music haii.,,..lt is expected
Trevose’s Crew
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN"
iclusion ol‘ the drill, night sticks '
TUESDAY,
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Order tothe Colors} 1
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‘QPR‘IL 3. 19:7.
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liltiliiiii on NEW '
Will lake the Position in the Nor-
wallr City Court on lune 71st.
Fair tonight and probably Wednesday.
sure * of War Resolution
PROSECIHING illi0iiNiig
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President Wilson . Declares » a S
of War Exists With Prussia.
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M'NWICK CASILE RESCUE” “l0“ AN OPEN 30“ in the var")! nezhlbt‘uture. L m b? 0“" foRCE UP I 60,000 JCS-‘0 T~ Dunbar, one of Norwalk's . .
. , . a vI‘iio drill started last nluht at. L 7r .Iilost. able and pupmm. lawyers, Wm“ . t
”—— . .. iproxnptly ti o'clock. and lll‘vhl‘vdl‘ei ‘ .._.._..._._. 3' i appointed to the position of Prosper“. Supply All .Klnds of war Ma 3
squad was in charge of Charles .lllll".l, ' if!“ Attorney 0f ”10 C“)? C0D“ ill the
The members were then assigned to. l "‘1‘“
their various companies which \z'orei
in charge of the following men. Conn. , .
" ,pany A, ('llti'lt",“~ Wine; Company l3.l ,ne \mihce beginning June Ml “'9‘
. isame time. that the lion. Nehemirig'
*t‘harlts i‘. tlumnhri: Company {fit , ‘ , . r . ‘ ‘ '
illol-rard (unlit-e}: Company I), impair “ AbHING [‘05. Apr-ll 3' Army fmdld‘m‘lc‘b oi ”"3 13““ “3““ “f 3‘~'»"~‘f—"~l R'i
District, yesterday, by 31.111319.
lion. Nehemiah (‘ill‘ll“t‘. lir.‘
Dunbr: will assume the duties of his!
Guardsmen Engaged in intercom
. ~ ials--Money May be Raised
Work to be Musteredétiut . .
British Steamship Caunizaro with a Cargo oi Grain and
{other Freight. is Reported Sunk ‘
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‘NE‘N YORK, April 3.-——The
iias Nash.
navy preparations were
1strumtutu non"
. British freight steamship Tre-
vose. reported by Germany asg
having been sunk, was torpEdoed . '
i Alter ”drillintz t'ur sortie limo t'otn~
pany A divided up into squads which
were lit‘tltlt'tl by Stewart Elliott, John
llrouuhatn. llarrv Kenna, and Charles;
without’" warning on March 18:
and twenty-four members ofrhei'
crew are unaccounted for, accord.
ing to offices of the Fabre Line‘
Steamship Venezia, which arrived
Store today with five of the Tre-.
vosc‘s crew. _ ~ '
The Venezia brOught also nine:
teen men from the British passer»;
ger steamshipAinwick Castle, al-,
,ready reported sunk without
warning'on March '19.”. . . ,,
.. The five from the Trevose were 1
~ ‘ cued by-«th'e Norwich Castle
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DIES IN [All ii0RWAiii
t‘nptuin Joseph \‘room. one of the
oldest and among the best known
residents or Not-walk. died last night
of ailments incidental to old age. at
his residence in Soavicw avenue, East
Nor walk. lie was eightyyears old.
('aptaiu \‘rbom was born in Staten
island. New York, but located in Nor.
Willit"‘fif‘ly-llil‘t‘o years ago, and had
resided here ever since. no was
engaged for many years loathe oyster
dl- various vessels
and a. large on ntity of well culti-
vated oyster ground up to a tow years
.a
roman openrboat. ] ago. when he. retired tritium-live busi-
. The twenty-four men brought; gigs. lie was avian-tuber and active
, , , . net in tin. l'uet Methodist Epis-
“‘ 1W the Venezia hdd floafcd {01" copnl Church, and for trinity years was
‘four days and four nightsin open, a member of the oil] at“ board. He
‘rhoats before being picked up, and is survived by three aughters. Mrs.
five men died from exposure dur-l James H. Wilcox, of Brooklyn: Mrs.
' " has been sunk, according to word
dug-this time. Many of those res; George F. Godfrey and Miss Edith
hood are suffuiing from frostbite
{and frozen limbs,
‘ (The Alnwiek castle. they said,
carried a crew‘cf one, hundred
“than and twenty-four passenge'rs;
« the British "Admiralty already
”‘fias‘ announced. that .ten of the
' persons she carried died and that
' others were missing.
.. “(In the boat met by the Venezia';
. here'six of the passehgers, Cap-i
_ Satin Chave, the ship’s
the. engineer and fifteen of the
‘crew. .
' Seven boats were launched
’ romthc Alu'wick' Castle, bfit‘ow-
'. g-ro the strong gale biowing‘
ey were. soon separated. and!
, us far one hundred of theses,“
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discard are unaccounted for.
. ,§’l’he survivors of tlie Trevose
dpid "that the vessel was sunkz
catty in the morning of the 18th,!
‘the iii-boat not being sighted by
- anyone on board and .giving n0‘
' Warning. .. , .
.NEW YORK. April 3,—The
British steamship Canniz'aro,‘
which left New York on' Mat-eh
on for Hull, England, with a gen-
.c'rat cargo nf_ grain and "freight,
received here today bthew York
agents of the owners, thc‘Wilson
Steam-ship Line. The crew land-
ed at Faltnouth. ' . ‘
it is understood the'crew con:
tains no‘Americans. The sinking
is supposed tohave been about
«March 28 and presumably in the
.v T’Gci‘man submarine zone.
‘ AMSTERDAM. April q,.‘via
‘ London,- 9:3i a. m.—-.A' Berlin dis?
match. to the Cologne Gazette.
“:says that the Empress Augusta"
.- ~has sent her private » jdwcls to a
j neutral country to be sold. The
.-" '7 aeweis are valued alga large sum.
*_‘ ~~WU_MEN. Siberia. M 'ch
3;“, a_-‘Petrograd and Lou on.
,i . . _ .3, 5:55 a. ins—Fight thew
sand: sledges. . carrying. victims
figmenoldurezime back to freedom
Vroom, of East Norwulk.
Funeral servlccs will be held from
the, into home on 'l‘hnsvdav afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. William G. Git-
tlu will oillciute and interment will
Milne, i‘ompany ii, also divided not
into sepvratt- squads {or drill and1
tho squads were headed by Spencer”;
Adams, Jay Buckley, Joseph Laytleui
and Charles Payne. 0
Companies 0 and i) did not dividoi
into sounds but drilled as regular‘
units under the direction of Howard.
Godfrey. and Douglas Nash.
’l‘ho recruits were. put through their
’baces lo‘r about‘one hour and a hall,
and upon the completion of their
drill presented'.n very considerably
improved appearance m-‘er their ldet
week's showing.
All companies will drill Thursday
evening at. 8 o'clock in the following
halls: company A in the Town "As-
twillbly hall, in Wall street: Company
13 in the armory. Company t: in the
armory. Company l) in Music hall. in
South Main street. Every member of
the various“ companies will report
promptly at 8 o‘clock in the evening.
After last Mann's drill had been
completed; all of the members of the
force were lined up in the hall, and
night sticks were distributed.- in
construct ion
surgeon, i
charge of the distribution 0; the clubs
M ""Rh'ersme cemt’t’Fry‘ were. John I)’. ‘ltliinc. Chief William
initiations:
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. A vast mass meeting wartiheid in
the Town Hall, Dalian. last. evening.
for the purpose of forming nyllorne
Guard. The hall was puckeduand it
has béen estimated that fully the
hundred attended the meeting}
Great enthusiasm was shown over.
the new prbject. Alter matters had
been explained applications for en‘,
listment came hot and heavy... At!-
the close of theievoning a company ‘ ' ' '
or sixty-two had been taken in. .First' "-"‘——
Selectmen George M. V. Sciiiicting _‘ . , , »
was the recruiting ofllcer. ' Displayed FIVE DollarBrllWlIen Buy-
ing Beer but loses Change
' indntpnnd: Detective Sergeant Thomas
Hunt. . ' . .
Ono target lins‘been placed at the
range in' Riverside avenue. and any
member of the police force who has
a gun may go to themango at any
time and practice. shooting. One hun-
dred and fifty feet is the required dts~
tunes which the shooter must take
trorn the target.
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The mass meeting was presided
over by Simon W. Cooper. For a
few minutes before the meeting >
osened there seemed to be some on ‘ _ ” _ ,
"plisitlon to the organizhtlon‘ of the " BRIDGE‘PORT- April. 0"“! m a
Home Guard. Lieutenant Telfnir M." Sunday “11°01 “33°11" in South Nor-
Minton, the first speaker of the even- ““lk' sowhen i want to go around
flug, soon cleared away all opposition and have a g9“, time, l come t“
by a clear and lucid explanation of Bridgeport. I_ dont want to antlcb
what the Home Guard was and what pate mya‘ank down here. I tried» to
its duties consisted 0f. Interesting realize with these men, I didnt want
addresses were made by Edward Mll‘\10 have “0 0119 arrested," Eugene
ton Hoyle. the famous literary man Robinson. colored. who rooms at 372
of Taker-Sm. and by Mark Norman, Olive street when in this city, told
another at D rien‘spatriotlc' and dis: Petectrve Lieutenant James Ramos
tinguished itizens. Immediately aft. ‘3} compmmngj that Mrs. Annie “.9"
er the ~ speechnmkirig enlisting ‘com- ‘én "f 63 High street, had "’de him;
.menced and did not stop until the ,0 $43 ‘ . i in
total number of men who joined the" Robinson 15 a strong believer n ,8
use of long words, even If he doesnt
rx'anizntion ’Wns sixt v-two.
0 ° ‘ 5 know what they mean; His eloquent
I , ‘ ' ~ ~ . . complaint last night proved the treat:
COMPANY D ‘ SECDND - ‘ of the evening at. Police headquarters!
liliittiil, our "lit
for it was so ‘punctured .vittth' misfit.
Company I)» of the Second illegi-
!words, that he sounded like a mano‘
logist on the .vnrlety stage. ‘
He told the lieutenant that he had
.‘ygono t0.M1-s....|Melvln's home 'and
‘ bought slx‘ tiles‘bt:'beer.,handing
ment,‘ Connecticut National Guard. ur-
rivéd intSouth Norwalk shortly, after!
noon time-today from New Haven.
The militiamen archers for-the IMF.
.poee gt relieving-the Danieleon‘ militia
here $5 bulk. flourished-his change
but a tow" ‘mlrlubes inter-{ho claims,3
in theuguonling‘ or melanin-cad
,brid'ges fromrwestpprt ,to. 9953901).
shaetole it-_ om him while they were”
dancing tog the
Captain‘Geoi-ge ‘G‘ ' Freeland to.
mend ’ ' ‘
On his mum y, Mrs. Melvin was,
'arres onpch ' of selling liquor”
with tozllcem‘ioan limit. A large
quantity. orrix‘Caoos, beer» was found
3 in her horde and ‘l rge number-0t
‘ .bottlesjol it let: '
' baseman ~
"R. Pennington'of the police (101mb.
. were given
c‘iievod 1>."-‘t.‘.andev ot‘ the Second Ilifirfct, r-iu;
,otlleiais to have reached fligfilfifif Gum" succeed Judge l-ldward it. Lockwood"
innteelng against all tin cdiate
{tense needs and insurin that. lim‘.
intore swooping steps Go
pected to authorize can
p l‘tllil pt ly.
During
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the day their National
“9‘ on "the bench of the. uptown court.
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Attorney Dunbar's appointment was!
11‘” “'5 ex- vigorously endorsed by many of ill?"
7cauiod'oui‘ most influential citizens oi" 'Norwaik
‘and (‘Oillt‘tt as a continuation of the
mnoral trend ot‘ public opinion in the
Guardsmen \‘vere collfi‘d into ih“ {91" First District, which has made inn-lit
oral service for Wile“ dim? ““11““ felt in favor of Mr. liunbar from thei
a total of more than 6011M“) of the beginning of the pumimiw'
0f lilt‘
state troops now iissitmtiti to guard other attorneys who were in the held
against internal disonlers.” The warlagniust Mr. Dunbar for the position.
department also announced that inlum present
handicap government
work. all , guardsnten
who hire. government employees or
employees or nrivotwptonto‘ dolor:
government workgwillabc mustered
order not to
out.
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button no. ‘
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am am May be belted out to
Ito M Duty
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his squad 0: men and outcom-
tho C. A. (3.. Division 13, who have
been guarding the mums bridge
over the .Norwslkv river-will be re-
lieved from duty this week. It is
notlmown. who will take the piece
of the Danieleon'men, but tt‘ls our.
mlsed ther‘l-lomo Guardmay Walled
on to perform this duty. The Daniel-
eon militia will leave within it day
or so. " , '
Yesterday morning: the squad re-
ceived orders to be ready ‘to march,
at once. They packed: up and made
everything in readiness, for an order
to move. Such an order is expected
any;mlnnte rind the squad does not
'know. where it may be ordered. ‘It is
thought that Hartford will be the dos
tinutlou because a largo number of
tlhe members rot";the“regin1ent. tare
making their quarters. in that city
a't present. . ' .
The news that they were. to depart
was received with‘ anything but Joy
by the soldiers. They, like. Nor-walk.
The-treatment which has been accord-
edvto them, so they say; has been the
best they ever received, Comfortable
quarters were provided. . The men
food and little luxuries
such as tobacco, fruit, etc. Indeedl
the members of mosquito feel quite
indignant because they have to ya.
moose. . ,
Maw
‘smrsuouir mun
littoral run
NEW- MILFORD, April "Br-Bernard
E. Higgins. of rTorrin'gtion; state's at
.torney for Litchfield county, was bad
iy cut. and bruised about the head
and tacc‘wli‘en he was thrown from a '
moving train here last: night; He is »
under '3‘ physician’s can at a.“ local
hospital. He, came. here on '9 late
rat-in to attend the short. calender
session of the. S peflOirCourt today
c." . g or
. lone teem
‘rne train '
.crosein
tuned on Seventh Pogo.) ._ ‘
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prosecuting attorney,
l.ouis...(loldsclnnidt. put up life most"
determined tight. The prosecutor-i
elect was kept very busy , today. re~
calving congratulations from his boat.
or friends in this city. who hailed
with delight his appointment to the
important position which he is so cu-
rowing.
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WASHINGTON. April 3.——The United States really. is as;
war with the German Empire today. awaiting only the formal»,
ognition of Congress. . .. r
Every agency was moving to gird the nation against the g
crnment which-President Wilson in his address, to Congress chm
acterizcd as a natural foe toliberty. ' .
The Cabinet at a war session was called. to discuss the cat '
sion of credits to the nations already at war against Geno
the raising of money by taxation for use of the United States,
war; the stalemate titans?! te 3.12.9. felines? roof
cope with the submarine menace“, and the liaising at ,
on the principle of universal liability to service—the first"
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” ‘ mentlof witch is to be 500,000 men. ,
The Council odeational Defense and its advisory comnli «-
in a joint session dbhtinucd the work of mobilization of Ms
tonal rescurccs to “bring the government of the Germn'e‘m
to terms and end the war," as the presidentcxpressed it. ’
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., loudly-tour Eelistin and Coast
Defense Reserve
The recruiting party for the Naval
Coast Defiance Reserve made a line
record in Norwalk yeaterday.They en-
listed-twenty-four cttizns of this city
which is certainly a. good record.
BridgeporL-wlth its 150,000 popula-
tion, did not make as good showing
as Norwnlk. .
The Naval Reserve will-be used in
guarding the coast. The men will be
placed on board email cruisers which
will be used in the detecting of sub
marines and othe’i“ hostile boats.
Those who enlisted in the Naval Re-
serve yesterday are: ,Hamllton L.
Comstock. Kenneth H. Ybung.”Wil-’
item 0. McLean, Fred F. Lovejoy.
Fred Larsen. Norman Wigglcsworth.
Ernest W. Youngsgllnrry W. Obcr~
lander, John' P. 'Berberlch. Arthur B.
Lune. Wilbur: W. He“ ' . , Tracey B.
Ambler. John J. Miller. G rge W.
Sturdcv‘ant, Stanley L. ' al madge,
John J. Hudson, Richard Podzelny.
George B. Montgomery, Dr. Hiram Ii.
West. Elmer H. Roberts. Earle P.
Stevens. Walter S. ’Gladney. Ellis E.
.Howurd- and Rev. Ernest F; Mct‘lre-
gar, ,Vlctor. W....Fcrris.
non-rub nutrition
' marina tumor
tampons—ll; be" "there-;
. TemporaryOlfieerstobeAppoint-
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The ‘"r'é‘erulttng otticers of the Home
Guard will-.bont‘thé‘city hull this at:
temoon'at live o'clock tovdeclde on
the-organization of companies and the
appointment" of temporary ‘ otl‘lcers
emits-at the city hallitontght at eight
some. competent alumna will put
" the recruits through an exahdnatlpn. ,
,. ' lietlng‘inmthe Home‘Guardt‘s not
it
might» be. ‘Itfll expected,
Congress takes otidn rev
it”? It
. Senate would .tai're ”no definite action pending a vote by'th’e
There will - be ‘on examination or re: .
The War Department and the Army General Stall was.
to present to Congress its plans forlraising anarmy just" a;
as the legislative body asks for it. ‘
{york in Congress on the resolution to formally declare
of war existing went rapidly forward; The] Senate Forei'
tions Committee approvedntho resolution as introduced j_
change in its eilcct'r‘Tho House Committee is expected to ac
today. ‘ __ / .. “ j
.I‘ ‘WASHINTQN. April 3.—Congress met today to act °l"
'dent Wilson’s request that it declare a state of war cadets
tween the United States and Germany. _ ‘
‘ Prospects. early today" worethat resolutions to that
would meh—thefloorrof both House. and . Senate for“
the afternoon. .. ‘ r ' * _ '
It is taken for granted that this declaration would be 'ad y
by Congress in two orthr'ee days at the most.” . ‘ "
Specifically, the president. in' his address ,last night.
Congress to declare the course of the Gernian govcmntori
have been one of war against the United States-t govemmcn
people of the United States, and that this_natioii acceptjth
we of" belligerent which had been" forced upon it. _
' Congress, acting'for the American" people, today ' took 3
looking to enable the nation; as the presidentwexpressodw
“exert‘ all its power and employ all its resources to bring tho—git
ernment of the German empire to terms to end the war.".;; .
While congress" went ahead with its work, the Cabinet the
{a virtuairwa'r council.” ' '
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'to consider resolutions declarin than state of war: exists
directing the president to use all/resources of the nation to on,
war againét tho'German government and bring the conflict:
successful conclusion. The resolutions. identical in form, or
'troducw and-referred to the committees within'afew minut
tel-write president had. finished his address to Congress.
The Senate was. expected to report the resolution without
ing for action by the House. Chances were, however, the.
The House committee‘s!» Was expectcd‘to rcpongth ’{
tioiispromptly under a special. role limiting debateftan fihti
hour for a vote. “The ’Scnatwndor its cloture rule adopted I;
recent special, session can bring debate, "to a "clooe~'when__fl
thirds 09 the mernberswish. ‘ ‘ . , . ‘ ‘
‘ It is! accepted as'a foregone conclusion that when th
tioii does"coinc "to .a"-v0te , it will passboth houscsrby
' ' ' Splat _ ‘gtodp‘sfiof ’pacificists are expected
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