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Passage ot the Resolution, Declaring a State 01 War'llx-
ists Between the boiled States and Germany, ‘is Ex-
11 Very Ileavy Majority,
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SHIP CNNN PNINIIS RECEIVE
.WASHINGTON,I April 5.—
Sinking without w g of the
,unarmed American fiteamer “Mis-
sourian, which left RGenoa Aprili
with thirty-th Americans
among her crew oS" fifty-three,
was reported to the _ te Depart-I
ment today by C, j, til-General
Wilbur at Genoa. , fe crew was
saved. . E: "
NEW YORK, Alb-11 5.41111:
'American steampshi FMissourian,,
owned by the Americ -Hawaiian I
. Steamship Line, left drove March‘
8 for Italian ports. The shipw
NEIRNIIINC CAPSl
less Than a Dozen Members 01 Congress Expected toiPWdeI £1"AMercuryFullninateliserl
Role Against Matter Under Discussion
I ”a” 0M
WASHINGTON, April 5.--
{Debate on the war resolution be-
,gan in the House promptly at 10
oclock today, with Chairman
Flood of the Foreign Affairs Com-
11'1ittee making the opening sratc- ,
- (cent.
lj'assagc of the resolution,
which will complete the action of
Congress in declaring that a state
[of var exists between Germany
and the United States, is expected
before night by a heavy majority
comparable with the passage last
night in the Senate. .
Representative Corfier of Wis-
I
he; of the Foreign Affairs com-‘
t’nittee, was expected to lead the Srslom
opposition. Less than a dazen
members, it Was predicted, would
vote against the war resolution.
Were present when the
opened. Under the unanimou
consent rule by which the reSol‘u-
lion was being considered, Rep»
resentative Flood Could move the!
,‘nfievious question at any time af-I
‘er one hour and if sustained, ,gencml decided that Elle statute W85
legal.
bring the m asure to a vote. He!
was dispos
inernbers every opportunity to
speak throughout the day.
" “War is being made upon our
corintry. and its people," Repre- '
sentative Flood said in opening.
‘Qurs ships are being sunk. Our
hon-combatant citizens, including;
inch, on and children are be-
111 murdered our merchantmen
"' fire denied the freedom of the
Be a'l‘here" rs no choice as to our
boutse. We are Eompelled by the
gets of the German government
0 enter into this most colossal
War. .
“The time £01- argument has
'3 passed; the time for action is
ii'ei'e ‘
-e“W should take or stand by,
' the side of the AI ied nations,3
‘. winch have been fighting human-
' ': ity‘s battles for two and one- -half
' years, determined that our power;
. shall be so employed that com»,
' .1 plete victory shall crown their ef—I
forts and that Prussian militarism
$111311 be brushed and the world
. delivered from the threat and dan-
ger . of the .Hohenzollern
dynasty " .
Representative Siege], of New
york, favoring the resolution, said
‘lie could not disregard the fact
. that ‘thOugh we cry peace, Gen
many answers by Warring against
118'?
“During this week ” he said,
‘fintimations have come 10,111;
that political expediencxrequired
incest my “vote against this
, an2d that contrary ac-
93' my part would mean a
' .of American citizen.
to be deterred from
both warnings.”
tative Harrison, Dem.
issrsséplpr, assailed pro-
Ili~‘il'lt‘l
111111-11 spoke as follows:
ltfiive committee on education, in the
'abrcncc of our Reprcscntntives, rec-
ornrnrnddd to the House the rejection
iot 1111.1 bill for 11 referendum regard-
COEE m» rankifig RepubliCan mem- mg the continuance ot the schools 1111
bv 1119 Board
11 191ch of at least 75 per cent of the
1' taxpayers of the city, not In one diam.
Less than half the members‘ trict only but in all.
SCSSIOI’II “30
SI cause of the tool charter under which
this city is struggling, and 13 going
from bad to war-.511 so they presented
the case to the attorney general of
however, to give! for and makes the action of the com-
, efl‘ort from now on to end ‘
' lioual Career. I would "
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COMMISSIONER NAICN’
0N SCNINN NAIIER:
I
,' - 1- 1 x ' .
. X‘I’ “1"]:‘h WIRIIE‘uIEiE'h $311131 '“Ni‘a? At IW'rhe minutes past 5 ot-loclt
‘_\‘,i0‘_u:" rrEl'rvor'rblv b' 11111 IE'RRI'RI'R yesterday utlvrnoon 11111111111111 girls.
IIIII‘II‘JIIIIEIIIII'P 1‘111 l1‘rlui'alion ‘lnhn‘n were “HEIDI“ ““‘ITIIY OVH' their
' ". ‘ .' ' vmr“ 1 1". . ‘ "1’s 1111'1'1111 -
irrtrrvnvu' with :1 Sentinel reporter, " 1‘ ’ J bud. 1“ 1' Inc
Connoisslonr'r .Slopl‘lon S.
"0:1 Monday, April 2nd, 11111 Louis-
ll 1:1'.csr>nl or a return to 1111 District
'Ilrla bill was presented us Is known
or lkluculion, by 11111
The commit
had doubts as to its legality be-
the state. Mr Candee. our represen-
tally), dcclamn, that the attorney
“This decision is what was Rwlshed
mittee unaccountable The vote can
be taken next October as the statute
I~p1ovidcs.lt this large majority of
the taxpayers are defeated by the run
tual admiration coterie or the school.
board then the. matter can be held
‘up until the next term and 710d over-I
again, or the taxpuers can allowI
the schools to be taken over 'by the
city. To do this requires that: the city
must raise by tax1$295,000.00. Of this,
$150,200.00 will be paid to the South
Norwalk District. This Is according to
the valuation made by the seleclmon
in 1913. As affairs seem to 0, all
that the taxpayers are prlvlle ‘d to
do Is to step up to the counter ahd
payfihenvily for what they do not re-
celvc. " .
‘10an 11111011
R10, 000 RAMACE
SIMSBURY, April 5.—-A forest fire,
which spread rapidly and did; about
$10,000 damage, was started by the
noon express an the Central New Eng
land railroad yesterday. The fire
started in‘ the Stratton Brook section,
and fanned bv a brisk wind, soon "
spread to‘the buildings on the estate
of the late Norman Dodge, and a gai-
ago and tenement and large burn
were burned. The burning embers
(threatened falm buildings within a
radius of nearly a mile and started
a fire in the woods to the south of
Ttbo D. S. Dodge‘place
‘Fire fighters weretgsununoned from
the Ensign Blckford factory, from
the large tobaccovpfintatlon in Wea-
toguo and also from Avon, about 150
men being callql to light the domes.
will be an "incorropttble neutral'Vu
States and Germany. It wad,
ed today by leaders ttlt
here after
sympa 261's: and ‘paci.
either sldo of 11 long table with black
'ertn 11111.1; BEE-neural. '1“ ‘
I F.
EL mso April 5.441111ch vrua ' -'
the event of war bétwoen the United "Q
Were on Russian Orders
ll'Jl'r‘l 61,1 r‘l',Tl J April '1«-’l‘uo
.Ems 111 1111) rtr'cnlv injured when a
'r'.-"11111up ol' smokeless ponder oc-
curred in 1111' 11111116110111! 11111111 of Del-
utllrr 111111 Strut hero, lust 1111.111,
died in a ho. pi1ul today. 'l‘uo other
girls may not 1110 11nd 11111 cundil mi
1‘01 four more is 111.1111:
tor-y on West side avenue, 111 11111.
foot of Fulton nvcnuo, Jersey City.
They were engaged in making caps
{or three Inch shells, and they sot on
powder stacked In front of each like
so much sugar. They were In the
one long 'room of the 111111111; watch-
Inr, them has 1111 Inspector, and nerv-
lug them was one boy.
A1 thirteen minutes 1111.111 5 one of
tho girls» lilting o tray"..slr 11'11 its
edge. against 11 piece of met I. A
(Continued on Fifth 11111.1
EIRSI‘ BRMRARDMENI
I INSURANCE IN CIINN.
their Taken by Automobile lbs. 00.»
Ilornbarrlment Clause. Passed by
legislature
A bill providing that insurance
companies Incorporated Munder the
lows of Connecticut may issue Insur
nncc against bombardment was pass
ed; by the General Assembly yester~
day and became 11 law at 5:30 p. or.
when it was signed by Governor Mar»
ed in the committee on insurance at
the requesl of Burton Mhnsfleld, state
insurance commissioner.
The first bombardment polid’ 11.4.11
ed in this state was written yester-
day by the Automobile Insurance
Company or this oily ,a subsidiary of
the Acton Life Insurance Company.
The charter of the Automobile Com
pany is broad enough to permit It to
take a risk of this class. The plalit
(Continued on Page Five.)
ANNIED, 4 RUIN RV
BALTIMORE, Md April 5—.Four‘
men were killed and three men and
1 shipping records herc,‘
cus H. Holcomb. The bill was creat _
CRIENPSE 0E NAIEII
unarmed and carriedgon her out-
ward voyage a general, cargo. She
was commanded by @tain Wil-
liam Lyons and carridtl a crew of
51 men of whom 37 fierce Ameri-l
can citizens, accotdi .g to the
I
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11,10,000 RESIDENCE
01 111111 111111111
1131111111111 1111
Mrs. BacheIIer's Jewels are lost
and Only Part of Author's 1.111-
rary Saved It Riverside, can». I
4 /” :1. i .30“! gm -
STAMFORD; Cosmo. April 1>5.-"Tht3
residence of Irving Bnclreller, author,
on‘ his estate at Riverside, known as
Tlrrushwood, was destroyed by fire
last night, neighbors, servants and.
firemen being able to save or'IIy' 11 part
of Mr. Bitcbeller's llbrm'v.
In addition to losing all her ward-
robe. excepting the house gown she
were, Mrs. Bachellcr lost all her jewe
els. She described them as "pr-toe.
less" and was too excited to give a
mord specific valuation» Friends sold
her collection of Jewels was very
valuable.
Mr. Bachcllcr was playing golf at
Arcola N. J., today and did not reach
home until after nine o'clock tonight.
As he approached tho city on the
train he saw the high flames In Riv-
crslde, but did not know it was his
own home burning. When he reach-
Continued on Page 12
RAIN CINII’INV
' Recruiting Into tlic ranks of the
Sixth Companv has taken 11 still brace
Wduring the past week. and there are
now seventy-six members on the com
puny roste1. The following men have
enlisted gwithln the past fortnight:
Philip 111111. Walter Blaw volt, Edward-
A‘ Rndtur, William V Tooker, Theo-
ling Lewis A. Dwyer. Wallace C. Ack.
Joseph “L. 131131;,0 scar .J. Walleur
I and Chester Buttery. Ernest J. Bran
hair has received his discharge from
the reserves in'order' that he maven-
list In the Sixth Company. William
. H. Gmecchucr has made application
for his discharge from the reserve
list for the same purpose, and Walter
Duffy has made application fo1 dis.
chemo from the Twelfth Infantry, N.
Y: N. 6,, on grounds of being 11 non-
resident, and Intends to join the. local
company.
a girl 11 ere injured yesterday when a
water tank on the- bulldlng of the S.
Hall & Sons buckled and went.
through six floors to the basement;
The dead are Harry 50111111011511
clerk; Meyer Levi, a' bookkeeper;
David 111111, of the ' Georg
Emitting—M- salesman. ’
All nicer ls stationed at the local
Iarmor continually for recruiting pur-
poses, and will enlist any candidate
Int any time. ,
I
‘Illllllilllltll 1111111
1111011111111. 1111111 5
West-bound 11111111 Caroline? portal on
‘11me resolved that only) fair and
ENIISIS MINIE IIEN;
pore F. Greeanald. Raymond Hogs-V
erly, Leslie Banks, Charles F. Marvin; '
Joules Dehlari.,- Lawrence Crawford!
OPERATOR.
1917.
.... , .,....
REAIN RIINV
G°'°’“m°“im ”"5““ WW" *0 Fll2117 Lives Have Been Lost and 73 Persons In.
According to Reports trorn London- -'Iwo 1111111
Reliel Steamships Sunk and Members 01 Crew Ini '
AMBASSADOR PENEIEID REPCRIER III BE ON INS
’WAV‘ I0 AMERICA IRON VIENNA, ANCIINI
World’s Foori Crop is Ileticient and the Situation is Be.
coming Most Alarming ‘
Large Order at fixed Price I
11111-111111 10‘
11111 11111
Drastic lap Invoked When Firm tie-z
vi
Ti, VIIIII LI .
"“111.
News That’s Rell
REASON WHY no
WALK HOMES FIN
THE SENTINEL 1'
. DISPENSA’BLE: "
Rain Tonight and Friday
V I
\N'ASI"!1\‘('T()‘\’ April :1."."EE;t'tlr)\
t‘l‘llmull today inv-okrd tor 11111. 111: til;
limo its drastic 110mm 10. ~111k1- a.
to 11.11 blow at exorbitant 11' 11' protrts '1
Index authority of the last 11111111
i appropriation :1 1111110 order of war
Inuppllcs 111.11 prim lixcd by 11111 14m- I
ri'nmr-nl 1111' 11111.1 than the [inure
voluntarily submitted. If the order IlUlIl‘l‘
is not obeyed, tho plant will be
over and ,opr-ralod bv
'.monl
Off-trials would not disclose 1118111111111
of tho manuluclurc,110r the agency
through which the order was given.
It was admitted, however, that the
notion had been taken 11nd tlratPoreel
dent Wllson and his adilscrs were
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the govern \
lICt‘.
reasonable charges should be piiirl by well
the nation to its clllzons lor the
things that are necessary to make.
ready for w 111. ‘
European govrrnmcnts are paying
an average of 111 per cent, profit on
war materials bought in the United
States. It was asserted authoritie-
tlvely that the government of the Unl-
ted Slates intended to buy Its own
supplies at less than that rate of pro-
fit to the seller.
The law lnvolked is section 3 ol'
the last naval appropriation bill, as
follows:— .
“The President 111 authorized to
require the owner or occupier of an)
factory in which the ships or war
material are built or produced to place
shots.
geant.
other
line.
Continued on Page 12
Honorable Carl Alex Harstrom,
_ Mayor of Norwalk, conn.
My dear Mayor:-- 7 j
insure the safety of our families.
. , grow up to be loyal Americans
" 1 The loyalty of these citiz s'
tions or loyalty to
iron to our local
mere I I
T..-
ON
the city
1111 100131013
PINICE ECRCE
All of 11111 members-of 1111.1 regular
force of
111, 11111 pistol range which has recent-
1y bet-11 liter-11 up in Riverside avenue.
gycsterdny utter-noon, 11an there held
their first pistol target shooting prac-
assembled
'l‘hc regulars worked out under
the instructions of Instruetor Baker
of New York City, 11nd considering:
that yesterday was the. first time that
many of the. men. over shot at 11 target
with a pistol they did remarkably
Jnck’l‘ootblll, the wclbknOWn
however,
of the uptown force,
by Ollie
Thomas .
Flynn, oi the downtown force.
downtown patrolman. proved lb be
the ‘llend Eye Dick" boy yesterday
afternoon, winging the target. eighty-
four times out of 11 possible hundred
Jack was closely followed,
er Charles L. Page,
Detective. Ser-
Huht.\ and Officer
The
members of the: squad made
fairly good scores, considering their
unfamiliarity with the game.
Mr. Baker will probably be in Nor
walk some day next week, and the
regulars will get another chance to
show thelr wares in the
shooting
Members of the uuxlllary p01
ice force will hold a regular practice
(Continued on Page Five) ._ .
1’ I
Germans Loyal to
Land of Adoptton
South Norwalk, Conn” April and, 1917.
I desire-to congratulate you on the vigorous way you
are concentrating our citizens in preparedness for any
emergency that may arise to guard and protect our city and.
When we read of the many futile attempts of the bomb
makers to wreck our public buildings, our factories and
bridges, and blow up our ships, we are campelled to be on
, guard and to knew who our neighbor is.
many in this‘ vile business are from a country that is at war
with nearly “all the other nations in Europe.
‘ Reared from childhood in this glorious land of ours,
have naturally known no other country, although born in
Germany. My German birth has interested me in the people
~ that came from that country, and I was eager to learn
from them the habits of their people, their folklore and tra-
ditions. This brought me in Close contact with our citizens
of German birth, and I learned to admire their tingalitv.
their honesty, their love of fatnily,and those sterling qual- .
‘ities which make for good citizenship.
They feel keenly the s igma which this ruthless warfare
places upon them through its paid emissaries and spies, and
resent then- acts ,with horror and madness
land of their adoption m which they have prospered and ,
accuired hordes, and-.take g'eat ride to seeing their children ‘7 ‘
110111111 not be questioned}
I More than a year ago, their largest society passed resolu—-
the flag and government, which were :
papers by the then presidenr,.~-M "
. we 1111 1111011? Germanfi‘neighbors
Unfortunately,
' I
They love the
SN NRSRNAESNIPS
10111111111 MINER
SINCE IRE WAR REC
I' mgen, Holland.
' here today by the Betclanvl' ‘
TWO CENTS.
LONDON, April 5, 12 :37 p in.
-—-Six hospital ships have been
torpedoed or mined by the C ,
tral Powers since the beginning ,1
Ithe war, Thomas J. MacNamarl.
Financial Secretary of the 'A ‘
miralty, stated in the House ,
Commons today. In consequent: ,
he added, 247 lives had been lost
and 75 persons injured. , «..~
LON-,DON April 5, 12:40 p.111
-—The Belgian steamer TreViel‘
from New York, with Belgian to:
lief supplies, was torpedoes!
out warning on Wednesda ‘
«Whilethchomol 8119.,
were being- lowéred the sub
fired on them, severely W9 ,, ,
the captain, the mate, the e
né'er, a donkeyman and a coo
News of the torpedoing of
Trevier came in a Renter a!
from Ymuiden. The to
by a German submarine, 1111 diet»
sage adds, occurred oft subsist.
Twenty-four members of the.
crew, of whom eight were wound~
ed, have been brought to 1111111111“
en.
The Trevier sailed from N;
York on March 5 for Rotterdam
and was reported arrivin at Hal-m
ifax, tin route, on Marc 8. 3MP '-
was a vessel of 3,000 tons’ from;
NEW YORK, April 5.--Tli
Belgian Relief steamship Feis _
lhas been sunk inlthe North
Iwhile approaching Rotterdam
cording to a cablegum
Commission.. It is believed
struck a mine.
The commission had re
no word from the London
auarters,wh1ch sent the. roofing
about the Feistein, regarding the
toroedoing of the Trevier. , L 7
Both vessels' carried cre
made up mustly of Belgians and
‘Hollanders. It is believed bv
comission that no Arneri
were on board either vessel. ,
The cablegrani reteived .111 _
Feistein did not state haw ‘ '
where the ship was sun
whether any lives were 101':
Both the Feistein and th
vier carried solid cargoes of b
101 stamina; people in Be
and Northern France. _'
. The Feistein.,a Nomeei
ae1, left Philadelphia on F
28 and put ' at 11111111111;
that port 0 h to; Her
was valued at $354,194.13:
was of 2.991 tons’ gross: Th
'vier’ a cargo was worth $315
Members of the comp;
here were loath to believe
that. given: safe conduc'
take the northerw r011
that baron corn,
‘ been instructed. acute mill
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