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News That’s Reliable
. REASON WHY NOR-
“.WltLK HOMES FIND
THE, SENTINEL IN-
DISPENSABLE.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PAINTS OF THErWORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.

 

 

Speaks lorllldf'
THAT‘S war“ no.
WALKERS FAVOR

THE EVENING SEN “'7‘
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ESTABLISHED 1870. , Entered at the South Norwalk Post
i Office as Second Class Matter.

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SOUTH NORWALK CONN.

FRIDAY APRIL I 3,

1917.

Rain or snow this afternoon.

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NONI SNINIIS CNIIIII III
ININRS IN NINI SINIIS

7 Companies of Coast Artillery
Troops Also Called Cut

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WAStliN (.‘r’l‘ON, April 13.-Seer“etary
Baker late yesterday ordered into the.
federal service. the following additional
national guard forces for purposes of
police protection;

First Tennessee infantry, Second
\laiue Infantry, First South Carolina
infantry First Separate Battalion Flor-
ida infantry Second and Third chl
. rncnts :IndI “(‘orrrpany A of the Kentucky
" infantry Eighteenth Pennsylvania in
i'a:“rtry, l-‘ourth New Jersey infantry,
Third New York infantry and Fifth
Maryland infantry. ‘

Seven Iompanies of National guard
coast artillery troops were called Into
action the federal. service yestet lay

 

Remit. S. ltavanagh, at the New;
--“-l'or1t' East Conference, Urges
“Minimum Salary «51,200 "

0IIIIR SUPININIINIIINIS
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for police purposes. They are First
gconrpunv, New Hampshire: Fittlr,.
Eighth, Thirteenth Fourteenth lt‘il»I
It‘t“'lIIl .Iud Eighteenth California. .

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WNI IIASN AUXNIARY
POIISI NOW I0 SNINII

Endowment Fund Reaches $275,- ‘
742, An Increase of $14, 021 I

 

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(It the time I'll yestcl'rdry'r‘i-

(If the New \'..rlt lerst Meth-
(Itlie‘l I‘,Iie.copal Conference III SI.‘
liarh'ti Church, Brooklyn, has taken:
up MI”? the reading“ of the reportIII.
01 three district lilllilfl'Illli‘lltltlllfr. thut'

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.ttrrd the Ententc

_ ‘l .“InmIlyuI. and on Lora telndtl'f‘now

“‘ a dollar

» British Calling llessei Sunk—Mem-

(rl the li“II“. III“. l-‘rtt ~“ llourne l'p» ' MIIIrrlIIIrs (If Norprriit‘s atuxil’rzrry {IIII
.Itanr, (I the Brooklyn .\.I\rtlr llisiritt W“ ION“ drilled lust rrILtlrl in tin
1“ “Vin, lI on rIuIi llI the trpt-lllllg MAS-10““ Ar-‘Vlltbh' hall in IIII .uqtrrrmy

pIitm ye tetduy“. 'l‘.lI:I! of the llIII.

DI“ -II;III III S. l\'r:I“IIrr:I:,iI \I'Itts his first
set (liptrtet superlnlc II-m. lie point,
(IIl out l‘“rt itr lbbli the population of
Brooklyn“. was 806,343: today it
Jtt‘tn'ly‘ 2300.000. In thin: the popular
.tit—n (II Brooklyn rind Loni: Ir'IIitlltI was
.a Tlltlo more tlrur .“I million; now
,it is l‘ltpmxllmtlt :,,‘..JIIIIIIIIIIII in
Hill) [near here L'I',>.~l lllHllIl"l'>' in

 

is

45,057.13. IliaIarrztrh .gaid the populate
.--l on hart tre‘hled en“ ti the membership
of the tIIhuIchen hart only doubled.
lie unit! (his, wuss not :I reu‘sorr for“ dis
(ouru‘gbmbnl in View of the interest
in aetigious things l‘Jv'd' evident. , Dr.
Kmnnngh bald tlrIIt IIi't \\ orrren' s For“-
high l‘viis ionnry Soviet} (If both Long,
inland dlbtrlrts had ruistd for“ the
your. 110.413. and the Home Mission-
my. Society“ In the same territory had
collected 36, 679.” llriri'tr the eflioient
armrrngerrieut of the let‘. in

Layton, tire Brooklyn and Long Is

turd Church Society had secured front
churcltcf. and inditidunls during the
year, $1.000 ; :

liar. “"Kflluntlgh stirrId considerable

. (enthusinom when he. declared that be

your blmtlgly ("If the conviction, inI
view of. the shrinkage oi the value (It
thnt congregations should
\I‘llIse (no.5 alarles of the underpaid
. :IllnlsterI ('1 to a minimum of $1,200 per
yearfl‘rr load of $1, 00“ .He said that,
$2,?00 had been added to the salaries
Inf-animators on Long“ lslan-l Plans
Wore being perfected for the building
fl; (hinder church or. \l’eethumpton.
Fl‘he ”church at i‘atchog (to had cleared
all its entire debt; $12 t'I'tIt‘I having been
’3ilodgod; through the efforts (If the
» Rey/A?! it: Barton, re retired member
‘w-ns.
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end in Music hull. A III: turnout of
rrrcnrbers lcaruretl lIsIt night's “or' i.
and the men are now coming around
Ill line shape which in INIr‘y' [lit‘liSIlltC
to the (.Iptuin In t'Ildl'gt' ot' the mill
tlli (w-(rrIrIIIIiII-I

S I
mtlleIlrhtbftI“; ‘lH'W‘I It‘ tIISlll'lI)‘ llt_'tI It) t“lll Il III'IlISIl and I‘ “Inch van-0| "955913;” andi
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It or“. net night and «him, “may bases of those nations int

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I0 PNINtN INI
AIINNIIS CNASI

Will Relieve the British and French
Vessels, According to a Confer-
ence with Officials of Those
Countries

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WIN NIIINNI BIII
UNDIN INSINISSINN

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Federal War Risk Bureau to Insure
Property on land

 

\\‘tSlll.\'ti'ltl.\' Xpril iii. -'.\'c\y inr-
pI-tus was :I‘rveu plans [or naval co-
operation between tilt‘ l'zrltrti Stiles}
notions today. by con
lt‘“l(‘il(’.t' herwecrr Berri» rrry Daniels :ItrItI
American rruttrl ollicers and \ice- IXd~t
Irnirttl ll. l‘. llrot (ring in (It The "British
ll"'.t\_\ :IIIIl lliIuI Admiral it. A. Grosser,
(.‘t the lI‘rIrrt-rr rrriry. American mu
ships fit“. I \t 'll undertake the patriot

of the entire Athlutic coast from l’Itmr

-mu northward. possibly even including
(hm. Ida. permitting the withdrawal of

the use (It the Norwlh llurr (“lube ”h. gum; Arlrrnrir it necessary

range ill l_)trrlou’.~“ Point was granted

Natal omens have expected that

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.to the sound by I‘lflt’dt‘lick .l

, Harm” ermany would extend submarine no
out of tho leading rrIIIIrrrbIIrs of tilt ”my” flpuadicau} to this side 0! thoI
(lub.1\lt“ilaur (rated lust (verrluu Atlantic and announce tr formal block
that lDlllt‘Illt‘l“ afternoon berth-en (IIIII My.) 01‘ lam-ton, N(w York, the mouth
hours of. " and 6 o'clock. tun exptIrtsI of the Delaware" the mouth

on r“e\ olvers and rifles from thI \\ In 131,”..pr Cymrypswn and Savannah!
(“lizIettcr Arms Company“, (It New Hair»

(n. will he iii the range and will be‘
cl hill to instruct any or the members
of the force \I ho are desirous of leur-Ir
lug“ sornetlrinr.

about the handling tilt
firearms. N0 {MBARCO

 

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INYII INDIII 0f NNNSI

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NNN‘NNNN NONE turn
, i::i‘§.§“lli.““ilif§.” :5. .. 0m; NIZAIIDN

dresses

 

Upward of 125 attended the installa-
tion of oliicers and the banquet fol-
lowing at the Moose halite in South
Main street last night After installs.
lion, which was held in the lodge
room the members adjourned to the
social rooms where everything had
been prepared for a. banquet. The
lrooms were deconmddn National
Ioolora intermingled with Moose enr-
blerus and colors The collation con-
lsisted of all kinds of cold cuts and
dishes and it. would take up much
space. to tell the different kinds of
I (I: ttahlcn had.

t l}. 1). Benjamin F. Briggs. Who made.
‘thc trip from Rhode. [Island purposely

Ito be here on this olfair presided as
Ionstmoster and the way he. intro '
(lured the diflcrem cruisers and his

preliminary talk upon membership.
dues turd appretintlou for what the
members had done for him was well
.IIiu-tlr hearing.

The toastmnI-Iier“ first called upon
F W llopplc dictator oi the lodge

lwho in II Top well lchoserr words
liranked tho (III-tubers for the. honor
Ibestonetl or) him and pledged to do all
tin his pow-er to matte his (turtlng :rIl-
trrrinistrntion a success. The next “““fihmi ””5"“"N I"’" ‘1’“ ‘I°“""(‘Ii
Itspcaker of the “.9"ng “L“ Attorlltty'l to .I'\o-I“\I.IIII(. ‘il‘\\IlItIl in: line hunti-
Joseph y Lgnxwpnnr’ who unnur‘redisam“”“1“me1‘“I‘I“I“’“I" (ItlIIl'I

m the 10133 of "l‘ttlrlolirtnr .Ihd whyIIU the Home titrntd cum-- by letter;
Ito \I:'“Iyor (Irrl Awt Harv-[run rmtl is

.115 lolloIIs:
. 40 Wall Street.

huge F Butlerwortlt, a Summer
Resident of Norwalk, but Enrolled
hr Duty in New York, Males
Cill of $250

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l8 Inn IIIIIIIII

lien Needed for the limo, Navy
and RatiomlCuard ii: its

 

 

George 1} lluiteruorth of
Norwalk, has presented It chalkp ior
$2.50 to the HI. me Guard omanmatmn
to be used for any purpose which tut
may desire lie strngesls Hut .I stand-
:rx'tl set at (blurs he purchased. Mr.

city and is“ Il‘ilt‘I highly :Imong
trusircsn III I (It I .IIII (itI. Notwith-

 

 

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News Y Ol‘k

 

lion tail Avel turrslrom.
bluyvu oi Norv. :rlk Conn:
«Dear Sir:-.—

'hlie e as a resident of New \'.orlr
lruy energies (III exerted mainly to
I floral city, where i am already“ enrolled

duty, yet i (leriru to express my

"‘“"""" appreciation of the services
I Nl-JW YORK, April 10.4.9130,“ of Norwalk Home Guard and for liltll
the torpedoing and linking of the purpose ““4050 I“) check {0" $300
Danish steamship ltnlny and the Brit With the request that you will kindly
ish schooner (.mpnuood by German transmit the saute to the guards to be.
lfiubmflflnt‘fi in the Mediterranean was used by the latter In such manner

Ibroughf here today by survlvm of on they wish. If it dosires ,n standI
at perfect lib-I

Butter-worth is .“I lrohcr in New Yorlt‘.
the .

April l2. 1917..

POWIRIIII 0IIINSNI 0f
INI BNIIISN DRIVING HNIIS
. IN INN NINDINBNRS I

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Germans are looking tor Another- line on Which to
a Stand Against the lmpetuous Cornell—Many Po
Taken in Assaults Along a Nine Mile Front

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ININSN CIPIIJNI SIIINII llNIS I ININSNIS
I 3 IN ISNINPINNNSI SON NI SI. SUI}

:Ceneral chclle’ s Troops Keep lip Their Ollensive
2180th at the 0ise

{IUNINII SIRVNIS INN

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l .Great holes are being dri.
Ithe famous Hindenbrurg 1 tr .
lthe British in their pow: II ’,

 

IINNIINIIIIID NINII'IISEI‘ZIJW from L... _
--——-«- I Having cleared Vimy

'the northern pivot oi the .
.and taken Monchey 1e KWQ
.key point to the southeast of

rats, compelling the

CHESTER, l’I\.. April .1‘..> Thousn
“undo (It persons assembled in the
tlrestrr lturul certrctery as ruin fcll
today to witness the funeral of thol
I two scorc unidentified (loud ot‘ the I x- I°°k baCkwald for anon“?

Iplosion at the plant (If the Eddyslouc Iwhich to make a stand
,Arrrrnunition (“orporatlon on Tuesday Ithe impetuous onrush, th
which killed 1'22 persons. ServicesI ish am also giving am”
IInhibit;torrent: Inna m... hem seem». ..
front-ethat between St. Qu-

ot’ the i

I the two vessels who were passengers M‘d 51" CI 00‘0” It I“
on a Spanish steamship. Acting und- arty to use the fund to purchase the
or orders. they sold, the survivors de- sumo for 0th“ purposes it may elecl
either} to relate. any details of theik Thanking you ln advance for your
sirrklngs 1lt'indly omcgln thislmrttter, l Iurr
. s 22 0 ss 01‘? ru F.
The. Daisy out 011.? t ns’ gro G 11 BUTTERWORTH

Mayor Carl Axel Harstrom is rc~

 

In In no nu —~ I (IN IIIIIIII III
INWNNII BRIBGEPORII Carranza Promises lot to MiveIflIIIIIIZeIfi-I Ingenims‘a‘roggirtm art

I [Shelburrn N S., in 1901. The sur-
ltetl Mtn of this city are making ” 3' orcmt Britalfl0f suPPIICSII/lvors 0‘ tho Greenwood “Id they
extensive plans to attend the annual

Were on their way from Newfoundl
contention of the state lnr‘proyed Or ‘

' wrsurxc‘roN April 13 Gcnorr ‘ “Rd W a“ 3.3"“ pm rs ii

. —~ I I seen (In- v n
dei“ of Red Men in Bridgeport on M.r3 Carranza nag git-en poslthe- assortment-II 11.0.30»va DengIaigaJ. lie Kimball, III
-. "Mint-l received IRSSUWUCI‘S fTOlI‘Ito the United States that oil supplies. New London pilot. who was on the
the entertalmncnt committee 0r.f10n1{he Tamplco Illuldn and other' Americpi- built Spanish submarine
KOIICkflDOianRugh Tribe N0 30 Im Mexican sour‘ces will not he denied 'to 18m“, pom, when she left the Com:
DIOWd Order of “Pd 3‘10“ “the Pink the United States or Great Britalndnemmur port on February. ’26 for}
City. that nothing is to be left utr- Mexican oil is the principal fuel for Spain under convoy of the steamshipi
done to make the eIent the. largest IIBrmgh and French wnr wheels.

 

 

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celving numerous telegrams rcgardin-“I-

‘ Irlroppeti into a. shell in the charging

,trihc following the procession.

in Red \lcndon 0f “19 811“? I0! years I Fear that the Mexican gm “mm “rent
A big parade. will b9 held in the contemplates declaring an embargo on
principal streets 0f Bridgeport 011 the petroleum and (but such a. step would

I “M“ 01 May 1. and it IS expected lead to war consort the administration in tow by the steamer and left at tho

Ithat there will be It (’l‘uss initiation to bring strong pressure to bear on

in the rooms of Konckapotannugh Carranza The Mexican .uubasWI-l

~. . . The “was asked to communicate with ‘rls
corrIentron will be attendcti- by dele- IgovI-rnm that such embargo which
gates from 45 tribes of the stale, and; would depr vc. the British fleet of its

t . .
lNBMN SINKS SNNIP “ lit. is hoped to hitve 1000 brmotlrerslmel now obtained from the Tuxpan

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1 feature.

. promiu

in litre for“ the parade on the niglrtland Tampico fields, would be consid
preceding. The various degree learns! cred uhneutral by the government.
will be in full unilm“m,\and eaclrl ‘
nrurcher will carry“ an American flag;
i'l‘hero will be. plenty of red fire I
The election of oflicers will be a
and ‘it is expected that:
ll. Barnes one of the rrroslI
It Red Men in the. state, IIillIw ‘0

HOMt= GUARD NOTES.
The Norvtulk Division of the Con»,
Irrecticut Home Guard rccelted
morning It check for $2 50, the gift.
the guard of George H. Butter“

 

 

Georg

this .

». crew rim arrived here from Havana!
, late yesttrday.

f 'ed 30! (lientuogos, the Germans launch-

be elevated to ‘Ihe position of great
sachem." Mr“. Barnes “is it prominent
member of the. Great Council. He is
a resident of Bridgeport. ‘ -

Sil IIIMIII IN .
SlMPli IIIIIIl

abs—'l—

\\’ASHINGTON, April ill—Mrs.

--““7‘lrers of Crew landed

 

«KEV \‘II’EST. Fla" April l3.—The
"Jlritish muting shipTreveal, Captain
\lITR‘Iamsrr'rr. was sunkby a German

submarine off Cienluegos. “Cuba, four

days ago 3rd all hands landed at tire-

(‘tiban be -(t a fen hours later, accord
- ing "to C Peterson, (1 member of the

 

P Lu rson claims to be
In naturalized Americm of Norueemn
birth.
The Icssel Was sunk by bOmDSI ‘
$13M aboard “by the Germans, Petei- Wilson; wife of the president, Mrs
elated Tire Travail, a full Marshall wife. of the vice- president
I‘rling ship was proceeding tom and the wives or members of the l. able
to Cienluegos for (I cargo of net have agreed to reduce their scale
m!“ 284‘ Queenstowu ‘ ,of living to the simplest possible form
300:1..le the submarine was sight- in. order to set. an example ,to other
women or". the country. They have. de-_

 

 

 

(l. saunas boat and two ofllcers and clded“ to omit the usual formal outer
wall mired men came aboard the Tie. taiument '.nnd calling and to reduce to
3/ new the crew ten minutes to the minimum their social activities.

also to their boats'. . They have agreed to Madge them-

when “the small boats had cleared selves to buy inexpensive clothing and
worship the. Germans «placed bombs simple (but! and to prevent all kinds
l‘or'w rd and all. and destroyed the res to! waste. Today they informally our,
will It. “”2“. the Treveal was In peeled to the. worn or the country to

. was Shot

'orth of (Nor-walk, and New Yin-k.-

The. money \Iill_ be, used for the- --pur '

chasing of any supplies which the
Notwalk companies might need in the
,future.

Members of Company D will assent:
hie for drill at eight o'clock tonight,

in the local armory, under“ the com- .

urand‘ot Captain Edward 1",. Weed.
Every member of the company is ex-

pected to be pyesent. inasmuch as.

this “ill be the first. regular drill
which the squad has had. .
Those who enlisted in the Home.
Guard last night through the. uptown
recruiting oilice are: Lauren A. Thier-
ault, George H. Williams, Anton MIR-'-
lovioh, and Gustave Goydosilr
NEW YORK GUAR08MAN ,
.. KILLS T-RESPASSER
NEW YORK, April 13 .~Muis Feu-
ersbeln was shot and. killed here to
day by a national gqu'dsnran pro-

 

 

footing the New York Central tracks.

in. the upper part 0'! the city. The

dead titanI-l‘sI paid to hare“ been .n-

‘peditler ‘a (l, according to witnesses.
" II“. his failure to (I

I0. Lopes“ y Lopez. The engines of
the submarine, Captain Kimball said, Many Norn alk cases came up before
broke down when about 1.200 miles Judge Milton Shumway in the Supreme.
out anti the submersible Wan taken Court of Errors in Bridgeport this
morning. The case of Horace M.
Azores for repairs. ,Itimy. Jr. vs. (Albert ’N. Mossmnn was
BOSTON, April 13 -—The Argen- beard, and the court sustained the
tinian transport Parrrpa. reported from. judgment 01- the (supreme and SUDPI‘IOI
Buenosr Alres to have “been sunk by a, Courts, and dismissed the case. This
German submarine. was at this portl wasp suit for $10 000 damages brought
for sevcrul days in March. Shery Gmy for libel against Mossmarr.
brought seteml Argentine nnval of— Judge Gazer In the Court of Common
Ificers who came to this country to Fleas rendered a. decision" adverse 10
study naval architecture Some of me plaintiff. it was sustained in the
these officers while here enlisted to Supreme Court and again today in the
the United States Navy ,ond were en-EUOromo Court of Errors
thusiasticully greeted at a. banquet‘ The case Of the. GOOdby’c
when introduced by Mayor- Curley Company v.5 Ray H Sherwood was
with an announcement of their nction.’ “SUIken from the docket. This II as an

appeal by the defendants from the (‘Ir
.cision of the Court of Common Pleas.

Illenrlmrs on the case of the. l‘ideefleld
Savings Bank vs. Thomas B. Sherwood
will be heard Tuesday. \\ ed'rcsday
'was set an the. date of hearing in the
_According lo'wprrl received by The
Sentinel that twenty-two of the Incur-
there of the Naval Militia, Fifth Divi—I
(lion, have separated from the main ' "'

case of the Plum Tree Lime. company

(It against. “Samuel Keelnr of this city“.
company and stripped to Portsmouth,
'N. H. on the 'Ntrrth Dakota." from

NEW SINNIN NIN
PAY BIS IINIS

Headed by Sergeant Bridgeman, a
squad of seven mute police-men swoop-
All of the boys are in first-chiseled down upon New Canaan. yesterday
condition in regard to health. Jim morning. and landed shall a dozen
Kelly says that they are having a resldents of that. village in court yes-
grea't time and that there is dancing' terday morning on chaog of having
galore. He reports that. no one. iaIpunch boards in their (possession, and
suffering from homosickrress, and running “blind t."igers.
(but. there“ is plenty to oat.= I Edward L. Jones, A. 8-. Knplan. and
~“-—--—--“-- -—- Samuel Silverberg were tied $20 and
DANCING CLASS RECEPTION. costs, which. amounted nail to $32. 38
mussonerrs- Friday afternoon danc- for having punch boards in their
lug class hold a mosqueradhand rIer“ pincé‘s o hotness. ,- mlnlcltv'd ne‘er-tn
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Httnkin'

onken cases. Clerr'ry of all oeuunrrna—‘I

Itlons took part in the ceremony.

I .The Eddy“ stone Works shut down (III

I .I “40 a. In uutll Monday in respect.

for the memory of the dead. The]

(unrouve plant of the Baldwin Works

Itlw Remington Arms Company, and
numerous business places closed part
of the day.

l or the. fifty injured still in the hoe-
pitnls tIIclve are in a serlous couut
tlon

Tire rarious investigations

Iexplosions continued today

Experts today are analyzing the
lpowder in the shrapnel in the shells

‘Int the works at tho Eddystone hluni~
tlons Corporation. Eddy stone, Pa..

iwltlr tlrthopc of establishing.» the

'cuuso “ot' the series of explosions
which called 122 posscngcrs at the

t'pltrnt on Tuesday.

; There is n theory tlr at if a. plot e.\-

listed, as officials of the plant main-

I rain, on acid capsule might have been

of the

'Iroom The investigation by the e\'-
gperts includes a probe. into the possi I
Ibility of (I defect in the explosives
Iwith uhléh the shells were loaded.

. So for there is no definite evidence
«that the disaster was the work of
'been told. howrevc of anonymous;
alien plotters. The nu'horities lravet
.warnlngs said to have been sent Ivor-l;—'
ers in this plant, and of other notes
and letters reported to have iorecast
the tragedy. All of these they are
Iinvcstigating.

State Fire Marshal l’ost said today
yhe had not reached any conclusion
(regarding the muse of the explosion.
He added that he has not. expresserI
an opinion as ‘to whether it was acci
dental or the result of a plot.

" W M. Wilhelm, vlce—president and
general nrana rer of the Eddysione
concern, said today that the investiI

nation is not far enough advanced for
:any one to reach a dellnlte conclu-
' sion as to what caused the. disaster

 

land Cambrai. ., . "
Today’s official (eport
London tells of a notabl . .
by an assault on this s I.
the line, along a nin'eunile‘ '
Position after position war
by General Haig’ s forces 0
fr nt, between Hargicour
miles northwest of St. Q
to Metz-en-Coutre, ten
southwest oi Cambrai; q. '
‘It was in this region I- , I '
great German retirenient' .
month took place. At: '
.the Creations, the retire
to have dela ed any corr- IW I;
British ofionsive here for
if not for months.
Nevertheless, the Britishy "
evidently been able to or
their communications an . ’ «I
up their guns acrobat the I

tated territory. and tad Ti
smashing and efieotinrcr ’5:
within a cohrparatively‘. . '“
While the British were I“
momentarily on the putt: II w
,of the line to eonstglidato “I:
c “ .
gains and move up‘ it , 443%

and meanwhile attacking.
center, the French chose ..
Iportunity to. make a _ 7
thrust south of St. Q
Their attack. was dcliv’ere'litt _. ‘
morning and its success
corded in the Paris official
ment which recounts the
of several hues of trenche
tween the Somme and th
Quentin railwav against (1
ate German resiStance.
General Nivelle‘s troops

 

 

.. have kept up their off
movement south of the Oisth‘r
ing further progress .“eas

:IIIIIIII rut. IIIIIII. W,
iNI'IIIIeIINI II... INNINNN" WASHINGTON Arno “Io,

Officials today, viewed th ,4
, closures that Austria
At the Crofut. & Knapp Hat Factory gafia erugh their re
at noontime today there was shot her 'tives in Switzerland are
big flag raising. Another handsome
American flag was raised on the Ive'stla‘ppmac.h Entenre diplo
building This was accomplished in the subject “f peace as 311' ,
regulation fashion. Bugler Kelly,l Inasmuch. as they indicate
formerly of the U. .8. Army, blew Weafiness in thOse countri

as not necésSarily involvin

assembly and attention. The “Star
Spnugled Thinner was played on the sort “E W“ proboéal ,
might b _ '

comet, while two Spanish War vet-
emits hoisted the llag slowly to the
top of the flag pole. Retreat was future , -
“ Informa'
J Cnvonngh gaItc “qt mil

blown on the hi to.
Ex’ Mayor Join
an clbquent talk on the flag. Ho
spoke earnestly and his talk was full
of patriotism The flag Itself, gave a
h dre‘d , d

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

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