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Evening sentinel, Friday, April 6, 1917 · page 1

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Entered at the South Nor-walk Post

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retinal Fate oi the Turkish Army in Asia and the tittoman “We“ 0' “aim"mimm's W”

Empire itseli Will Soon he

Fighting Their Way Nortbward and Westward

and neon Alli our 1W0 ‘lliil—llillii
tum Mills 0i libiiliiiNHN-CAMBRIA 1010}

British Steamer Canadian, W

RUSSIAN ’
AlR0i8. IN Mi80P0lAM|i 1 w
llNlilY__i_i_i_E8l JUNClliRE'COMMllliiHiRE

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Settled, and Invaders Arei lic’Welfare Organization of 21
I Gather in city tlall '
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in cross 0 l0

SOUTH NORWALK. CONN,

Millillis ARE
MARCHING to
«up 1 Wild

General Movement in Three Border
States is fle’ng' Watched Closely
by Washington dtfleials

 

 

E1. PASO, Tex, April 5.-—-De' new
troops in the sin a of Neuvo. L'oab-
ullu and Chihuahua. have begun a

 

 

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hlch belt Boston on March Enaetment of (Surfers law . Would

 

 

 

 

 

 

' 24, is Reported Sunk, with All the Crew Sale Except iieep Young Girls oil the Street
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Captain Bullock

The long-expected junction be-
tween the British and the Rus~
sians iii Mesopotamiafinally has
been cheered. News of this in»,
portaut development of the day:
came in the form of an official:
announcement in London that the:
patrols of the two ‘armies hadk
effected touch with each other. i

The campaign for the conquest;
of Mesopotamia, with its proba-S
‘ble important bearing upon the1
fate of the Turkish armies in}
Klilsiaand of the Ottoman Empire;
itself,,thus approaches a climax,
i Presumably. the ,Dialit River:
tone. of the British and the,
'Hamadan army of the Russians
are the two groups that have ef-i
tested the junction on the Mesa-i
opotamian side of the Persian bor-
der, some one hundred miles
northeastt‘of Bagdad. 1 -

[The forces should now find it'
possible' to carry on angoi’fensive.
combined campaign against ' the

'1‘!ka whose lineal retreat is‘up,

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The Public Welfare culmniltoo of

‘ ’i‘wcnty-one appointed by Mayor Curl
‘Axcl llnrsll‘onl held it meeting yes.
‘ilvrilay afternoon in the city hall.
iilonernl busilivsn alone was transact:

Iml at tho lilt‘t‘iillg ,ovcr which Gen-
Zurul iiuusuil Frost presided.

. . i Amour: those present wort-z Judge
.. . ‘Joiin Keogh, Mayor Carl Axel llnr-
istronl, Dunulnn Nlish, Rev. E. li‘. Mc-
‘ Gregor, Michael J. Riordan. Mrs.
Bin 1 BAIIi-E MM?

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(Niger 1!. Jackson and Miss
’l-inls, April 5. 11:15 1). ins-~l’lcli-

Kirby Jennings.
General Front. in opening the meet-
cd German troops made a powerful
attack against the French today

the: gave a brief resume of tho work
accomplished along militnry lines. He
northwest “of Rheims slough. mile ' a . th
and a half front, Their objebt was ‘ (contlnu “,0“ six I 8“ )

stated that over 150 men had enlist.
ed in tho Home Unnrdumd that till»
to clear the left bank of the canal
of the Aisnc. and they succeeded in me "0ME funk”
V I
tack failed, the French rte-occupying} ' mMPAN|ES “mm”;
all of their first line trenches. The 1 ' - .___,__-____. '

dilation of temporary. unicorn would,
their enterprise at. certain points.
battle is still in progress. . ‘

captains~ Edward P. Weed and

 

 

be made at once and forwarded to
the military board at Hartford.
Owr the greater part of this front,

however, according to the, ,omcial

statement of the War Office, the lit-e

, LONDON, April 5.—-’i‘ho German of-

llclal communication as received hem

' tilt-Eggs t‘ow‘rd M95“? .5110th today claims that the Germans have ‘ MS "ill” *0 heliocentri-
u' «Russtaa force. '3 strlkgmg. to“ inflicted n‘sanguinary reverpc‘on the 1 . .
wattle v .11 their communications much in an elaborately “prepared ell newsstands:
from,,the border 'al: Bunch, One and vigorously executed undertaking ' ..._..'.'...... -

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- south of the lattitude of Mosul“

‘ " sprees . will lie. in- the 'possibility’

«-;—this_cam1sai . ~

~ into the German line northeast of
, 1'Po'ronne.» where‘ they, have” taken

Fhuhdred.‘ miles north, slightly

11A valuable result of the new
. union rofz-th‘e Russian and British

kit the British now being able toe
niacilitate the furnishing oi sup-i
epitome jgtli'ev Russians; engaged in

, . O bathe from iriFrance the Brit-‘1
let: have ‘ driven another wedge!

the villages of Ronssoy and

 

' in a Britishofficia‘l statement'

yesterday afternoon, marking the

‘lloroton Resident thins ' that lie

Wide-President of the Emigrant Indus~

north of Rhelms. Many men were
madc' prisoners during the operation.
the communication says.

 

o'clock.

. 1 1 1 BY MR WWO" ‘Lleutenant Teli’air M. Minion.
' ' ~ . 's i r

L --~--- . 1 .. 3th? physical examination of the sur
germ. Fifteen men more

1 Ireland liabilities—litigation

hjfiaest’i‘e‘lsflulzg‘tnre‘ 5:33:31 cbrlllgs "tiller ‘a Bil [MEL-indent“ ile- maximum membership of 75 men in,
. W'Ithl “'0 re ‘qufu", >1 ’ . - each company. The board unani-'
13,17 mtles.-=o£.the1.St. Quentin-l fusesto Talk Pending legal
IC‘ambmiproade at a point abciuti PfOliBGifillig - IvEnlergerilcy Board‘al Hartford for on
nine miles north of St. Quentin. 1 i . . . .
The announcement was blade d r, two companies,'(‘1aptain Edward‘T.

Mrs, Helen M. Drummond, widow
of (M‘ibhacl J.. Drnnimond,. who was

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Annealing of the Recruiting Board
for the Home Guard was held at the time as did Mr. Bates. The two ma-
' city hall yesterday, afternoon at: 5‘30 ‘ chines came togetherwith a bang and"
, . ~ . .‘ ‘ , . . Those present werenGeng the Chevrolet driven by Mr. Unilever
. ; . gornl Russell Frost. chairman; Captain 1w” congmemmy banged up , Mr.
lSprsoN ACCUSED - 1 Edward P- W99“: Mayor C“? Axeldlates? touringicar was only slightly
‘ y . ‘ . , . Harstrom, Captain William 1 Comfldsmnged by the crasb.‘und no one in

stock. Captain Henry T. Prowltt and

have e“'iwlthout an operator's-license.
”at“!- b‘“ hill"? “0‘ been examinedlomcer therefore placed the Stamford
as; yet. The board voted unanimous~ ‘

Lv to proceed at once with the or-
ganization of'two companies of “Nicer-e of Ja‘meg Wood, who happened

mously recommended to the Military; age done to the Chevrolet car.
pointment as captain commanding the Unilever leave his "day-egg as 115 Col-
Weed for one company and Captain tensed on parole, and. will appear in
Milne forvlhe Oihfil‘ common It ‘5 the uptown court Saturday morning

expected that these appointments of at 19 03,109}... 1
temporary .com‘l'nanders ,will be made

resumption of_tw1ce-a—day'_ comd trial. Savings Bank and Charities

 
 
 
 
 

 

muniq'ue by the British War -Of-'~
fice.‘ . 7 1 ‘ ‘

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.-BO‘STON,'Aprii 5.4m; sink-
, mg of the British steamer Gena--

dlan’ Winch sailed from BOStoni a deficit .appear in his father’s estate,

March 24, was reported 'in a mes-2

sage -received' today from
. Queenstown by the Leyiand Line
from Dr. P. S. Bums, the ,sh'

1p
surgeon. The message Stated

' ,chat all of the crew had'landedl
except captain Bullock.

. PROVIDENCE. R. L, April 5:
“A cabieg‘ram was "received here
today from Dr. Patrick S. Bums,
ships surgeon on the ,Leylana

, 'W‘smmship Canaddin, indicat-

aug» that..the_ship had been tor,
padded._ Dr: Burns -is a ' resident
area-Magnum: his dispatch,
, Quegistown, April 5, saide
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wbunded. all saved,
133ml.” . i ,'
. preil 5.11.353, m.
,_ drgpatch‘fr'orn Sydney
er.

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addressing a

'Commissioner under Mayor, Gaynor

. ,‘rogate’s Court yesterday abelief that
‘ her stepson Walter J. Drummond, fak-

 

 

hédof “ Ans--

in New York, recorded in the Sox‘-

. . , , in n ' .' " ' .
ed liabilities aggregating hundreds of e t to the lesliectite companies

ithousands of dollars in order tomake

will be organized it the

 

(Continued on Page Five.) JINol-waik. ”

illitllollli‘ till it. in Pbidfl in;
,j Milli”

«HARTFORD, April a—Ii was nus:
el'stood iii military circles here tOday
that. Hartford might . be ”Bhlected by
the “state L as a} preliminaiy training
grounds . for, six, .' thollsau'dl, reading
whichfwillgbe the first part '0! Con-
necticut’s quote; to the half million
men President Wilson will ask
tor in. raising. mnrmy.‘ It is thought.
that considerable 1o! the cityfsjfperk
properties can be made adaptable for
training pumos ‘ '1‘ "
..Fnfiher 6rd
,of ins-nus /
'iodllliigfilii

Department of Justice from “Wash
inglon, Chief or "Polleevsvmtth has call

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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tamer-generate _‘

llnveeugf anon "should
certain the-

 

 

by the military board at once. and
that immediately thereafter, the en-
listed men ;\v_lll be ordered. to an
aerobic at the armory for an assign-4 , 1
it

is probable, that another \companyl - ”0 CDASI ”luv

military" , , ,

emergency board. will authorize the . ~
organization of three “(companies in

ed upon- manufachlrerslhere to. co-
operate ~to the fullest extentg with ted States coast guard ethyl

lion. , Anions. out things: ‘the. at-
_ gays, that ‘the
department. believes not very careful

general movement toward the Ameri-
can border, according to highly relia-
ui information received lere to
“light. The movement in these three
{border states has been officially re-i
Him-ted to Washington and is being
‘uatcbed closely. ,

in Chihuahua. “monument is be-
ing; made toward lilo northwest by
lionemi Murgnia‘s tmouu. Carranza.
otiiciais- suylit is on offensive cam-
paign against \‘llia.

 

 

Alli0M0illil8 Gilli '5
_ nonunion

Stamford Man, Operating car Witt-
out License, Was Placed linden
Arrest-

llnrry A. Beies'.;‘of.,1Middieliaddnm.
Mann; and ~ Jobnfilli‘ffllhnui‘or,‘ driving
a ‘tlhmoiet vautomobllo'vi‘or the Blarn-
ford Transit Connolly. figured in an
automobile smash yesterdlw often
noon about 4 o'clock at the corner of
West avenue and the turnpike, which

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for operating his car without an op-
erator‘s license. He will appear Sat.
urday morning in the uptown court to
answer to the charge against him.
Mr Blue-sat the,t.lmo of the acci-
dent was coming up West (Venue, and
wishing to turn ton‘nrds New York
at tho armory, but not'being familiar
.with ‘the road went by first turn on
the south side of1.tlle"..’watering tank,
and turned his machine into ,Qon.
nectleut avenue «lithe uptown side
of the fountain. Mr. Unnever was
proceedingdown the avenue on his
way to Stamford ,and niade the turn
into Connecticut avenue at the some

 

gcither gar was injured.» .
Officer Jarvis S. Murray, wh was

1 Reports of cnllstments showed that‘ near the scene .llt the time,‘ “5“,,
1451 men have "enlisted and passed ! gated the my,“ 3”“ found “mph”.

w driving his machine
The

'iUnnever
inian under arrest, and sent him to
lthe First District. police station in

Mr.
é Bates settled on the'spot for the dam-

to come along, at the time.

t At the uptown police station hir.

loge street. Stamford. He was re-

 

in "scours in '

 

third of Service Deeply rep in
Coast~£iiird Service 1 , '

 

.It is moet likely that the Boy

. , , _ - Scouts will do coast guard duty in]
. NEW HAVEN” ' April 5.——Acting;case of Film is declared with Ger-
' upon a request and warning sent out ’ many. The scouts maybe used as an’
vbyAttorney-GaleralTGregorf orthe auxiliary to the regular coast guard

.- in maintaining a vigorous lookout. or
,1 to relieve ablebodied. men brim might
be used‘tor other serflcea. The ‘Unh
lentil-
-'aermanned, and engines-er
cover a. certain portion '
The need of service
felt. Title is a. form.

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1917.

“Home Passes Resolution 3
At 3:00 This Morning 
By Vote of 373 to 5-

iliecision Was—A—lii'ived at At

i too,

resulted in the arrest of Mr. Unnevcrl

 

 

 

 

Plus in nun: ,
AN input. but

u. s. to Have 1,000,000 in and
the First Year, 2,000,000 wilt-i

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I

lit Two Years i
WASHINGTON. April :..~~»i':l.us tor:
raising an army More dineusseo' ill;
tho Capitol today by Sumtul‘, Baker.
and Chairman Chamberlain of tile»
Salute Military commuter “it nus;
learned to expedite- the re I? army:
appropriation bill and new ad‘i
lnipiiztrntiml army @igffililildlalPli’i
alter the ”cum! posse. the wn‘r rest?
olution. " /

The new urnly bill has been sub-
mitted to Senator Chmnborlnin and
Chairman Den! of the House commit-
nud will ho introduced in both
houses, probably tomorrow. i
_ The principal provisions for rain-‘1
ing the new army follow: immediate
recruiting of m regular army and
National Guard to their full war
«strength, about 250,000 nienknpvd call.
1mg or at National Guard units‘iiito
federal service.

Compulsory "enlistment to recruit
both the regular army and National
Guard to their full war strength, if
voluntary cnllalments are not sum-
cient.

increase of the present authorized
war strength ot‘the regular army and
National Guard» by about 25 per cent.
to movldo an armed force of 1 abouti
1.000.000 men. by compulsory service
if voluntary recruiting tails.

increase by compulsory recruiting
inincremente, to about 2,000,000 men
within two, years.

All new consonants, it is planned.
shall be for the term‘ of the war with
Germany. “” . ‘

Use of this new otllcers reserve
corps in the additional unusual! for
*tr‘atnlng purposes also is planned.

input in nu -
routines Plill

At a meeting held last evening in
the otlioes of the lirederick .W.
Thompson Lumber Company. in Wat-
er street at which were present near-
ly all of the members of the Nor-l
walk Gun Club, and George W. Chen-i
ley, «representative of the Winchest-
er Arms Company, of New Haven. it
was decided to incorporate with the
Nor-walk Gun Club, an organization
to which Anyone, either a man or
woman can belong, and receive train;

 
 
 

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mg in the shooting and handling all
a rifle, shot gun, or revolver. l

The club range which will be dried
up in the near future will be at. Dor-
lon‘s Polnt,»on the same grounds used

Saturday Probably Fair ‘

(passed the House at 3 o’clock this morning; ,

The House debated the war res-

‘predicted that a vote could nothé vanes a mammals: the

' heard.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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ter Many flours 0t Debate-w
Representative Kitchen in.
Enthusiastic Speech lea
thePacitists

Washington, April tie—The war reso'utiou

Number in "layer, 373; number opposed. 150"

' __ to lend the tight to): revenue. 1h
WASHINGTON’ Apnl 5‘ Walked with him .troely or that

_ , , . . clot phase ot‘the situation. Arc
olution far into the night, and. by mpor'wni' his “mm“, ”mm
alhtough passage was assured be-- 10.49,; hastened to mg 0339,, '
tore. .adioutnment. the .leaders to one MJIQE‘W presumed

lion. Fellow» members of _
and senators pleaded v ' . ,_
to abandon his plan. Poeslbw l
of the House leadership andbie ‘
ed exit. from public life on w
the demands of patriotism were
ed out. to him. ' 11 .
Pacifists;“‘ioumlns oi the activity;
administration __supoorwrn n,
jumped into the tight ”ii-Their, l 1
thinned vby threatened assertions

reached until early morning.

For the most part the discus“
sion proceeded wth an er of un-,
emotonal acquiescence, scores of
members making brief speeches
to put themselves on, record as
reluctantly accepting war as the
only ourse of honor. ‘

During the day table delight-81 o: u: i m ”n hora
vealed an unexpect etre , ln‘aorne ere uses em ,
the minority opposing the rennin-i lg“: $1“?er if“ m
tion. Confident predictionspofnot gap am“ ”3‘3“” ,
more than a dozen votes against W "”7”“, Shawn“ or I!
it gave place tonight to reports, “a Representative Show“; 0,
that the opposition 131g!“ “it'd?” urged Mr. itchin' to.
can wards of a bun ' on t e ., speech. '
finalproll call, and‘ supporters of t w. ”mm” “mm-3 0919.“

' - or almost continuous out
the resolution conceded that the, m hmm.mmmmuve Kltcbi
number to vote on the negative “mm publicly mettle would;
probably would be more than mm the. resolution. mp”
fifty; , ~ , into the chamber shortly"

'i'This surprising

accession to mused a quiekenetng of least
the minority ranks\was attribut-,1'°'§°1t m u“ deb?“
, . Representative Emmott
ed, to the; efiorts of. Democratic» who.“ ,nwmwm .
Lead“ KttChln, who .tool: this! for the mmoqdhggg
our audio a dramatic s’peec that he, doc e .
announced that he could not with min'l 0m W11” ‘13“ .
a clear conscience vote for war; .
Supporters .oi the .presrdents‘ vote in the négauve.‘ 1. . -
curse were not concerned over: Wm}, ”Med 3,)..th
the" detection; however, Sure of egg. mtchlnspoko with t
agreat-majority,theypermltted ‘7. , ,_ ‘ _ 1.
the roll call to be delayed only at ?w31?3etfi313‘n§at5 . “3‘
so that every one .mlght .be "on- me m or some or those
, favor the resolution, and inalnna ,
by then: of cowardiea palladium _,

In those who oppose mind
doubtless of armaments-19

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Shortly beldre midnight, after
the debate had continued for
more than I3 haurs, those_,in t can file mé..m.“a
charge of the resolution ’predlct- {Elm film‘f‘gow mien”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

' ' hitch could ; become tit member ofti'ie

an maintainer) the} club. ' Should! in Zibelinlil of , the; president , came

by the Norwalk Gun Club for their
regular shoots. Fifty and one hun-
dred yardyrangcs can easily be an
ranged onlhese grounds, and this will

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ed tilt a vote would be taken soon. come ‘1‘, deem“ a war mp
after r o’clock. ‘ , fight. it ls_evident or neithe
-1 There was nocertainty’ that it» 1107198“in for one to on;

. a . - i ' i: into war when‘he.
enable all members of the club to might not beihours later, how-; are to . 11 . . . ,.
choose for iheil weapon, either :1 ever. Late tonighta suggestion $11; himsFlf going to it

email 0r. high potvcred ride, a sllot~
gun, ‘or a. revolver. ’

it Was planned last evening to pun. , . ,
chase three small muskets probablyi bate :be closed before middlgh
a: the twenl-ptwo gallbre ripe for; met withloud. shouts of dreami-3
6 use of the memers of t e club.’ ‘ ‘ ‘ ion 0 . . , , - _ 1
and also, a number (if targets :andi..pr°"1i §n_d “Silt!“ opposxt . ,_- to stand ammonia;- his consul
a conSlderable number of men! My commme my, indwenL

other paraplisnelia which. will be us. i » 1 d - ‘Good- , - - ‘ ,
ed by the members of the organize-i hers oppose _ ”flitting 01“ , .' mature than!“ andtewen 1
non, The cost of these goods .wlni Friday was msu elem fogetani “alight“! guidance.’ 11“ 001
amount to, about $100 which sum isiagre'ement to vote 1). 12 o’clock} it. 1'11 5“? M509"? and 311:”.
taxpecien to be rained through the pay-' Mr. IKilchin’s opposi-iou drew an] 113! 3 o'clock 1h Stmomhzd, ,
'mc‘nt oft‘annuardues by the membersl immediate vote‘following from among "ill! 6W moresen 8§Y°”m{. ”'
Three dollars per member will, belthe .groupj who have opposed um meec. haunt tbownr relief ion

charged for dues for oneyear.‘ Should pursuance and armed neutrality and mm, .1 were wrangle

thirty-live additional ' members he .tonigb many of them whpbad eat all- Dominik-"‘0. in?“ trio“:
,takehdntn the Guncmb, the’drghhizw; ent nil glam, in the rear of the medic, b.5931???" (thee Fat-dd

' fehamber throughout the day maxed ‘ before-n 7”“ could be rears,

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by Chairman Flood of the For-f «no depth otnfirhomr. p, ,n, ‘
eign Atlairs committee that de- sity of my dish-est; tn cont/cm
the measureless steps proposed
» onlv knows. T00, grave is the 7
slblh'ty for anyone , unit on

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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it. Rifle ‘Assoeifilop’andjbur downpln front and: epokefiagainst netbe ’, {a , :éflli‘t‘l’leh

 

brunet-ea; rounds btammuni- resolution." , , . - , 1 . . . .
rniehedflll‘ree every year; to . Oils-of the most earnest speeches gm mm‘yymd

 
 
 
 

in Droveio neiejahceéeritau ‘ nombpeder Mann '1th We“:
_ »- an indoor rangefiermauy‘hud' deliberately will“
. , 1 ‘ fl

 

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