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PREPAREDNESS
’ little House io'reigit "Relations Committee Accepts tite'ml'f’?‘k ellileljsvnwl‘h “the“ from
‘ Senate War Measure in Phase oi its Own and Favor-s “this "I Falrfleld Counlh Fm"
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NIASHINGTON, April 4.—
éo gress got down to work on
the war resolution today with
'prosp sis of remaining in sesston!
continuously until his disposed.
Of. \ z
in the Senate it was taken up
at It:- o'clock by unanimous con-
sent and with administration
decoders determined to permit no“:
other holiness to interfere with
it. it?” ;
'-Senator Vardaman, Democrat,
‘lolTMissilssippi, was the first sena~»
flair Speaking upon the war resolu-'
litio‘n toll announce he. [woulduvote
Pgainstiilt. ‘ ‘
The ,5 Hons? Foreign, "Affairs
komrnittee today accepted the
Senate‘s .war ‘resolution in place
of its own and favorably reported
“the resolution for passage. If it
'is not talrgn up in the House late
ueodayit will be considered as the
ably Reports the Resolution tor Passage .
EDNGRESS IS
l
noun Mlltitltltilit
his his norm
Henry F. Clark. Well-known Citizen
and Business Man,
After Lingering illness
lit-nry l-‘. tilarit, head oi the Nor-g
wall: llox Company, died at the real-l
deuce of his. son, Jeremiah. 62‘. North
Main street,‘at 11:30 o’clock tlils
“morning, after several months‘illness‘.
Mi. Clark has been a sufferer trom
heart trouble for a longtime.“ untt
complicatlt‘ua resulttng therefrom was.
the immediate Cause of his “tleatb.i
Everything that medical Skill couldl
do was brought to his assistance, bull
is became apparent some days also.
that his condition was very serious
and that complete recovery -was im-.
l
probable. Drs. Perdue, Tracey. Burn-l
.- - -, ' ‘~ telly-Sullivan. of this city. and Bar-
EepniimamF _§hal:k¢lfotd, o‘lpum, of Dnnbury. have been in con
”ASSOUU, Defunct“, and_RcPl-c.'lsultation but their services were of
sedative Cooper, Republican, of "'0 mm], 7 .
.sWiswnsi ,were the only mem-l 'Mr. Slnrknwalsssgorn ln 'lMllbtlfllh,
f't committee to', votc'iseplem L‘l‘ ._ , lull spen . ii-
:23“; thgwar'resolutitm. .« . 'greater part 01‘ his high! that city.
"in!“ . -.- S“ ~° of the Senate For twen';:(-flve years he was can-
it) ‘mrmfinfatpfl C. .m. . nected proniihentty with the Clark
' 1’ e tons °mm1 e, in Box .Company. Seventeen years ago
:‘ a‘brlc speech“, applised' the war he. came to South Norwalk and ’start-
resolution, but pledged himself to ed'ln-busineislv in the old 0. a l\. the.
--Jirst business tomorrow. . '
6 everything in his power toligolgikWth‘ffier 0W stands “10 Hant’ord
' yelp wage war successfully. com 4n the
filming Senator "Hitchcock’s ‘ p y' .
'~ fipeech Senator LaFollette- was Ann street t‘md West avenue. the
"'hbsent most of the time, confer- present ’cotniliodlous quarters cl that
~ ' ‘- “d rosperous c ncern. . - . ~
n filth Senator Gram“ 4" JP Deceased elongdi to few iraternnll
. era, who a“; 0‘99““: to 09 orders, but. he possessed a personal-
. .. - the “50.1mwn' ~ ,' <— Sty which m'tde him a inverlte \Vllh!
l-Mamf H‘tChCOCR said 11¢ ha {many warm ltriend'sT 'Unassumlng in
, )loped armed neutrality ‘w‘ould' character," 3 Hong‘in his friendships,
a disastrous ~ilre his
l Norwa‘lk Box Company“
-‘ - " losely to
» .- overt war. .- always ap'pl ingt hi c _
A ' ~ " ' " " ' business; bi , life‘. ccess. His
‘hfle had‘ been bitterly hogposéd .iinm'ediate " ssocia es will ‘lSS him
i 4781', he said. Even,w en he and.the bu ness ranks o _the city
«~1tnew the people and a majority; loses a
if. Co gress but! for, it, he be-l member. _
wmugfif the; president 1d remain: Mr. Clark is: survived by .one bro-
"Ion er if - 'ible unded‘the p0” ther, Franklin; Danbury. and two
. g ' ' . ' . x, 1 sons-Jeremiah .nd Theodore of this
's‘ICyipf arm neutrality asan ex-3 city. . - ’
' Mite-t for peace. 7 vi _, Funeral services will be held at the:
‘ "‘But," he, continued,. "the beam of his son Jeremiah? 62 Northl
. foes'iéent had information “in his ‘Main street. Friday afternoon. i‘ol-'
‘_ possession which made it: impos-i towing which the remains will be tak-
substantial and successful
\
moved acres the street, corner bf .
i
i
More intensive Cultivation
’ icon tif'iliiNG .
not in Will. SENAIOR manner 5. is noun a crank
Chairman Stone, Lal‘ollette and tithers Continue (to
ppstllrmy at Home Raising Food as sec-g
iion to the Plans ot the President ‘
essary as one in the Field
A representative body of Norwalll
(‘lll/A‘llfi gathered in the city hall yes-
terday afternoon, and discussed the
llt't‘tl ut auricuiturv preparedness. A
resolution endorsing a meeting, which
‘15 to he held in Bridgeport during
{the first melt in May for tli"1iut'posc
or mailing; mum sort. of plan. re—
iiett- ihe situation was passed. Sev-
l
Passes Away oral lllt'il from tho i'ark t‘ity madqlhuilding committee not later than
liltidremm urging the endorsement ot'lf Mondal’, Aill'il' Hill-till. Week“ Illeeb
lllu; mass int-
i-tinu. ,
it. “its an inttrvsting meeting and
lwns unique inasmuch as it. was the. At)?” 17th.
tntv'ot‘ the tirsl ever held it
city. at which auriculture
ness’u'au il|lltt‘d' over.
Mayortiarl Axel Her-strain modes
brief uddrese or Welcome to thé Hillt-
ors from the Park City. He then up
pointed Arthur C. Wheeler, chairman
of the meeting.
George ll. Crawford, chairman of
the l_lrltlgeport Chamber of Commerce,
was the first speaker. Mr. Craw-
lord's talk was brief and interesting.
p...—
(Continued on Sixth Page).
Initial ton
} nonunion in
‘ suit Pliililiil
sat; ml... «it Commerce m..-
Committee to (lo-operate in the
Great Wont
_ this
prepared
~—
The following are the members ‘of
the committee appointed by President
E. .P. Jones at the Connecticut
iChamber of commerce to plan and
execute the’movemeut for co-opern-
, ion between the various towns and
cities- of the state and the State Airi-
cultural college. to increase‘ the food
production of the state of Connecti-
cut this year by developing home and
schoollgardens, Boys and Girls' poul~ .
try and cunning clubs. .
G. M. Lenders. chairman, New Brit-
ain: H. ll. Baker. Storrs; H. R.
Branchie. Norwich: W. Lfi Ballard,
Danielson; ‘G, E. Crawford. Bridge-
port;. C. 1’. Davis, Middletown; J.
It, Mum,3\'l"a101‘blrt‘y'; G. (A. Hen“
enway, Hartford
: C. E. House, South
Manchester:
DISCUSSED.
Elliott Elli
nus BE in
u———.——_.
a not 16
a on
[nus in a
has it
p
ii ii?
i lomatic relations'with the United
New Haven Militianien are ii
the Bridges and Streets Hare iti-
so Been Put Under Guard
lllliil HilME GUARD '
Board of Education to o Ahead 18
Rapidly as Possibie’ulth Two Itlew
Buildings on Sites Sélected last
Week ‘ l l
and manner ~
‘ .to ill CANCiiiiil
i
inn School Buildings wicket-med
Willi American Compatlies
”ya.- ' -
A
and Men fire Improving
‘ NorWalk in them wile.) i: t n': . 5
showing patriotism and Lire of crun-
try. The organiaztlon of the various
companies to be used for defense is
rimming smoothly. The machinery is
wvll oiled and before long. Norwalh
C
l At a regular meeting of the Board
of Education held last evening in tho,
high school in “'estnv‘enue, plans
{domino erection of Norwalk's two
jn chool buildings Wei-p discussed,
fund was voted that said plans and,
lspecitlcal’tuns be in the hands of the
llv diner any in in.- stute‘that can
turn out any finer a body oi men in
case of hostilities.
The auxiliary police held shooting
practk‘e this afternoon at one o'clock
at the quarries at Riverside avenue.
ling of the Board of E'Iication' will
.thnn be held on Tuesday evening,
at which time the plans
anti specifications will be gone oVer'
and ratified by the board. it was
also voted .lutlnigbt, th t all insur-
ance policies now carr‘ by the
board 'ot a ucation. on the various
school build gs of Norwalk, with for-
eign companies be cancelled immedi-
lately and that said policies be taken
I out at once with American companies.
The regular monthly reports of the
superintendent and the various com-
mittees were presented during last
night's meeting and were accepted in
most instances without much discus-
‘sion. The board , went into execu-
tive session shortly before nine
lc'cloek at which time the report of
Continued on Page 12
that ,, s
- tritium
, liiiiiii
snail; German new Brought to.
\ Boston the itnstdasllungtilian
committal ' ' ”
nun villi
f0li0WiitS sun
More‘lhas zoo Others Hanged, tn-
elulting Tito Generals
.u'i
JUAREZ, Mextco, April 4.—Sixty-
five Villa. followers were executed in
the Chihuahua City cemetery yesterv
day by. order of Federal Francisco
Murgula refugees arriving irom the
State . capital ' today said. These
refugees said the number of.Villa
sympathize“ hanged following the
battld of last Frtdsyllfixceeded 200
and included tom generals. .
Fifty were hanged on one bridge.
seventeen were seen hanging on one
tree and seven were hanged tn the
Cathedral plaza loppdbite the state
palace. one refugee. said. Thebodies
were not permitted to be cut down.
MEXICO CITY. AI)?" ‘filnan‘
Sobel Robles, a former Villista and
e
yesterday. He‘ accepted amnesty from
President Carranza and violate his
pledge.
inns—n lunch ,
l. , . can on illili
‘ LONDON, April's 4 p- m—‘Ai
dispatch from The Hague to the
Exchange Telegraph- Company
received here today says that
Austria-'Hutit’ary will break an»
delightful Entertainment at the Nor- .
walk tligh School hesenibiy tlaii
one of the. most delightful enter-
States as the result of_ strong
will be able to boast that1 there is ”
' Wilson was heartil
7.3potistn. was tnecuted at. unseat
fib’le pen to Dunbury for’in‘terment in Woo.
. "The country is ready and Con-i
.‘gress is ready, 'While the vote‘
has not been recorded, the" .de-'
. cision has been made. It is Want
‘91 cannot lvote against war,”“.
Senator Hitchcok. ' concluded.
. ‘.‘without doing a vain and foolish
thing: It would .only serve" :6 ”
...§v'ealien my country in the face of
_, the Enemy and the world when
Twai- is inevitable. I am ready now
w-r-to'talre my place with those who
Will back up‘ the president for the
~. onor and protection of the'ha-j
Titian." 7
. . ,nSenator
Swanson, of Virginiu
.‘ German government had
impartially and grossly violated
m-{featy obligations tons and
. mly broken Solemn "assur-
sueis hot peace or war.”
invariant! ‘ continued.
already “been declared
tand
will be on exhibition and for special
tunedln niekehwith, parts cut away
lli'ltefltlieif l.
ster cemetery.
is
nominal
an THIS EVENING
. The Sykes: Motor Sales Companys’
room at 56 North Main. street in the
Hartford Block opens ‘this evening,-
untl the publieiis‘ cordially invited to
visit this display.
Every model of the Maxw
ell ear
instructiob purposes there will also be
Shown a stripped showtchassis, trim-
to show the fiction of the mechani;
carport or the car. 'Thismrill be on
eluted-by electric current. ‘ 1‘
' An- oter routine will be sumo“
g porcelain White; it legume ti‘hni
ell-tn gold and is a beautiful epoch
men. o‘fhutonioblle. ,' ', “
, The‘SylteLsfbiotor Sales
iMaywell‘ representatives
v «to
w ,
deter, .the‘eftt‘s’t .. car to. be, finished .
‘are, no .
W. H. Les, Newi'lm'en:
A. ’1‘. Minor, New London; It. W. Per-
kins, Norwich; W.~.A. Schencli. Merl~
Eden; Robert Scovill. Lakoville: C.‘ l.
Stoddard, Woodbridge. The» work oi
the committee will also include co-
operatim;r with thei’armers to assist
them in raising. larger crops this year.
The following. is a resolution passed
by the directors or 4115 Connecticut
Chamber of commerce at their meet-
ing on Friday. the 30thond‘presented
to Governor Marcus H. Hblcomb:l ,_
Whereas: All. activities :ponnected
with the preparation for worzar‘enot
of a specifically military nature -‘
Be it Resolved}, that. we-tho;djree-
tom of. ii"? connection Chamber, of.
commerce fin; meeting assembled here-
with approvenhe. enrollment or an. In-
dustrial arm’ytttibe composed of men
essential to industries .neeessary to
war;and...tbe ‘ti‘ talent of? Mlle!” men
' Wto‘be call~
flee according to
availability unto age and situation.
‘ 7 ltrhesolied,'thst we the dlrec-l
mend to the ,naiderntlon of the poor
" " s to. of ’ flannecticut’. the
German pressure.
intention _ ,
tantalum sinus
Thamilitary census department at
_Hartford is very much pleased, with
the way in which Nonvalk conducted
the taking of military census town:
city.
ceived—a letter (this morning com-
mending him on the seal shown in
the performance <0! ‘ this important
Work. The letter reads as. follows:
' Hartford~ Com.
.7 .. j» April :3, 1917.
Hon. Carl A. .Harstro .
‘ Mayor'of’Norwsik'. 3. .
Dear Sir:- ‘ . ‘1‘": n . ._ .
Nile haveyourtlelter, of Munch .30
with the story .0! the censuséinNor;
1‘“ be“ - .flle:
llaut
N
Mayor Carl Axel Harstrom re- -
,tainments which" has been given in
lNorwalk this season \vns presented
it at evening in the Assembly hall of
lt'l‘ie Norwalk High school by the R0.
‘chcsler University Musical Clubs.
'under the auspices or the Town
Teachers' Association. Tie hall was
wall filled for the ”occasi n. and the
audience was unanimous in declaring
the evening’s program_to be one of
the best or itsirind eve? presented
in t is, city. Nils Iprobable. that
then will be a demand or the return
of the musical clubs. _i such an ar-
ranvement can be'mad . 1,,
The Musical clubs co 'sisted of two
clubs organized within the university
namely the Glen club and the Mando-
lin club. Forty members were includ-
‘ed “in the combined organization
which made its first, appearance in
this city lashevenlng. . f‘ .
- ‘; scoop-med on Twelfth Page"
'iH.“PllAl:./£°TES
, ,,Dlschai-ged .yenterday: S. Combed;
lingual. list-last \2ttli“,street, VNen
an littltl
\
till
i ‘ Sustaining lleavy Losses.
fREliiIii PliROlS REACH i
' _ lPPilCiliiSfi than oursnns of it. outta liiiil Hillil out
auxiliary Police Shoot at Quarryiial'ge German Balloon, with Four German titties,
ar (limbrishananr
f Lands Ne
it. til Siiliiiiiiiiiiil
Munition Dumps, Crossed to the Right Bank All
Petrogratl Announces .‘1
——
“Eliminate
nutritionists . ~
Several Prominent Speakers Heard
by Great Gathering in the Town
Hall
An enthusiastic rally
Ridgei'ield, last
was held in
eveinng. the gold
and uropie were standing ’invthe aisles
tcrest of preparedness and stirring
addresses ware made by Seth Low
Pierpout, or New York city; Rev; Her-
bert Shipman. rector of the Church of
the Heavenly Rest. New York, chap-
lain of the 4Forty~screnth Regime t,
New_\'ork Natioinaf Guard ,and or-
mer chaplain of the West Poln‘tMill-
tary.Academy, Captain C. 'W. Wick-
ershapm. and now a member of the
New York“ Naiounl Guard, and for-
eral Russell most, former commander
of the Connecticut Natl nut Guard.
Chaplain Shipment has j t returned
from duty on the Mexican ‘border.' and
lils remarks were decidely interest-
ng. . ' .
At the conclueléon of General
Frost's ringing sped h a series ofjge-
~solutlons were'passed. The gathering
pledged its devotion and allegiance
to the cotintry, ' {and expressed a
desire to see thewar carrteti through
to a successful conclusion. President
the strong, surfing'u‘ddreseto action
which «he *tlelivered Itowl‘Congress.
Without one ”dissenting voice the
citizens declared in layer .of univer-
sal‘ military training.
- It was voted to inrm‘ a "company of
Home Guard at once, and David W.
Workman, editor of the Ridgetleld
Press, cémt’nlssioned as recruiting of!
floor, secured a large number of mem-
bers. fifteensignlng last night. and
several more.,,today. it is expected
well-todo Italian population will be-
come membersvof the Guard. Several
yet these did service ‘in other wars
and are enthusiastic over the project.
i0ll tn- stun“ '
, surname
The committee on education of the
General Assembly has reported ad-
'mer on the bill advocated by'the
District Comintssioners .. of the- city.
allowing a vote to be taken in De-
tober as to whether or not the pres.
ent school system should be continued
trist system. This referendum was
promised the people "when the schools
were consolidated, but the commie
tee’s action” entirely ignores the
provisions of the general. statutes;
There was no.3ectlonali‘sm in this
movement, prominent citiaens from
all parts of the town advocating the
opportunity to pass Judgment: on the
cat the.»cl‘ty. Snpeflntendentx Chan-
is
,terlri armed mi
.141
your city .
._~__...-_..M_...__.:J
hill in HOME tuna
t1‘owu4lalkbeing; quarantine lllledwem, .ed the ”£13133!“ . n .' _
its capacity. Every sent was occupied. Sta, Qutntm; the-War
and gallery. The rally was in the in-
y' congratulated ‘ on.~
that a large proportion of Ridgeileld’s“
or, a return be’ made to the old dis-
pledgo- made to the people and. the
merits»! one public school. features in
man and .tlinzboard‘of education bit; '
wponnnity [bell]! .‘ -’
nted‘nntlfihoso we“ dill” ;. _ . . _~..
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PE‘l‘RORAD, April 4,
London, 3240 p. m. -
troops have forced a .cros’slf
the Stokhod river, in V0, .
after pressing back the Rush,
the War Office announces. ~
Some of the Russian den,
lments suffered heavy losses.‘_
.had been defending n; .
dumps, and finding their p, .
serious they crossed to-the rl'
bank of the Stokhcd. ’
PARIS, April 4, N
French patrols'laatanigbt-
t
nounces. Fighting co
south of the Ailette. The .
made further gains cast. an . ‘
ofthe Somme. ‘
LONDON, April 4, 10:19 7
—A large German ballot)
landed near Gimbrishana‘
ish totvn on, theBaltic,
Been driven by contrary
out of its course to the , *
front, according to 3 Sn
dispatcg to the Exchang
ph ompany. . ‘
[gallant German officers. ', ..
.gers in the balloon.’_haiIe ’ 7_ '
{tented at Stockholm. Ma
photographic apparatus
lthey carried were confines
NEW YORK, April _ ‘
White Star Line Steamship
lric, which sailed {moment
with several “thousand
largo, hamstring}:- M. ‘
British port; offici‘alfrofsz '-
annonnced today. The W
tied no.passengers. .
l .NEW YORK, April
American fireman, bellev
Frank Bums, of New'poy N
,Va., was among She-.8”
ll ‘of the crew who '10;
lives when-1 the-British Jst y
Stanley" was sunk- by a
.sub tine about 100 -mil_
lot the “Irish coast onMarCK
ough
Fifteen survivors br .
vesterday. by the steamship
,Albany‘. fear. that their .
,and eighteen more men; . .
ilost. The boat they were in
ed away from the boat that
picked up by the Port Alb'an
lhas not bankcard of. .'.. ,
LONDON, April 4. 4:45
r—The‘Aus'trian . Ministers to
:tice, War and Finanrcfha
signed after the revels ‘_
~grave scandal connected
larmy supplies, according,
patch to the Exchange Tel
Company from The Hazel
gquooes German newspape
lauthoritv. According to
patch, the threeminiete
ed Dr. Franz, formerly ,
of the Vienna DeposiLB ,
m, . the. consequences ._
in? illegally acidification“ '-
irmy at exorbitant prices
. ,;At.tlie.ttial'of 131311?
‘ “terminus
sue
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