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Evening sentinel, Friday, April 20, 1917 · page 1

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Entered It the 3’.qu Norwalk Poet

ESTABLISHED .1870 om.” Second Clues Mutter.

 

SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, FRIDAX, APRIL

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Will BE IASlJEll HERE

New Policies are Announced by
Companies, with llovel Clauses

on till IIIIII‘IIII‘

. SHED WA
$25,000

Story of Alleged Plot on Westpor
Avenue, leads to Libel Suit
Against llour Publishing Co.

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John llobe' s Emoioyer,‘ In letter .J
the Sentinel, Resented the Arti-
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Large Insurance companies in this
city through their agents hate an-

Inounced the terms of new policies
.Whel‘e military, naval or relief wotk

Him Machine (:0_ Doing 3 “ONE: l takes the insured outside of the coun
Business at the Plant In Chestnut
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rTim new policies which will be
written not in excess of $5 000 per
pt rson lnIlnde these clussesr Men 25
yeaIs of age or under in tIII Imy
0i navy or engagedrin Red (rose.
work persons who have Iolunteered
for such service or me thought to be
|about to: and unmguied men IIith
‘no dependents between the agts of
25 and 35 ' l

An extra premium of IO per cen‘.
of the face value of the policy will
be required for the first two years.
If this premium is not paid only one
fifth of the face value can be eel-l
lecied for death resulting directly on
'lndirectly from war service. This
I prmision upplfiies only to new policies;
; One y the end 0 e or

'I he ngley Machine Company low in“, comlillt‘ltiléa etvm refund (REE; “
cated on Chestnut street. Second Dls- of the extra premiumfl that have
l‘m‘ one Of Notwalks latest ocqusi been required to Day death claimsl party’s real estate was attached b'
tions to her business wor,ld is doing a Iesulting from the war. Deputy Sheriff Nelson W.. Ben dlcE.
Willing business and bids fa” *0 be While x’substantlally alike in an. The scum, is hm m b. M”, Jinn,
mm“ one 0’ the largest concerns in. III ge life insutnnce companies slight tI-lobe ‘of Yonkers LN)Y lh if
,tlusy city If plans now under 00“ differences in mice and conditions Shlplro & Shi “.0 6, Brid ” tron?)
”WL‘M‘O“ are carried out “hm““dmyl ure found in the policies of the in-' p gepor n

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till} IIIIIIIIIs IIIIII
IIII INIERESIING

Ivan Cut Through theillardest Steel
in'Remarkably Short Time

 

 

 

 

 

l‘ The Hour Publishing Company. ves-
1‘” terduy. was made the defendant In a
"0" libel suit fol 325.000 and the com

 

Mill be but here Int. present they i Ibiurch 27th. “1“ H0“? published E
voIk acl’iom ished at the factory Is‘ d “dual “mm“‘es Istory reflecting on the patriotism of
pissembling Johe. Hobo, who occupied u house on

Westport avenue, and purporting to
be the unearthing of a plot. There
appeared to be no Justification for the
article as will be neon by the follow
ling communication which was pub
listtd in the Sentinel on March 30th:
Yonkers. N. Y..

March 29 1917.

l'l‘o the. Editor of the Sentinel,

The Htgley Machine Company man i
structures cold out saws. Not little
hand saws but 9.th which Iwelghs
ttrom 1,-900 pounds upward. we.
.bvelbknown product and is sold all
"over the mid. At the present IIIIO .
Intent Indocompeny has orders for sev
and machines from Riesla. It will
{probably be a long time before trans

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CAMMOI EAllM 01"
WNW PRISilMEllSl

f' pottatlon will be safe ‘2‘" toi shiplConlnct mill Li. M mun“? Desz‘anSInrwaIu, Conn.- “m“ ,

V item there, but that on ry 3 ex- . i

5...... .. other? I“ “I"! “I" 'I' ”In: W withpretreasnmuzfi J.
an eerlt date as [then _e s It ant _ . _
ouIemer good example of how Rue: Si! Cominisemers Iltly first acquaintances was Bernhard

lIHobe A few years afterwards he.
I was the. happy father of a boy named
with machines tuIncd out by EEEE‘ 'ng- l 1' "‘ “0" likely "10 county "01‘1“”! John Hobo All these years I me
My Machine Company. but other for- “mm“ or Futfflem' county will (1801th known the father until his death and
' reign countries use them as well. IN “5-“ tin-‘50" “13 Prison?“ M thel the son, since he grew up to“ man-
impart, England China. Canada and “witty 3ft". 3‘ it“?! work because "I“ hood. and twelve years alter this
especially the United States have 1m.l contract which Frank 19- Clark has Igoy; after seven years in the“ Otis
human use for thc coldrut saw. With the county 101' I'llfimtm' help has Electtic Elevator 00.. came to work
. it. would be assumed that this tool “V0 "1010 yours 30 "I“ M“ Clflfkl for me. Since that time I hate plec

. site is modeinixing. Not only Is the.
. FIrzest Icouutry in Europe plied

 

 
 
 
 

 
 

his leather factory. at the iuli and tour for mfrlend of mine “(13900“
:nlso at his stone. works and as he has! us a magnum“ expert for the C 1-
Enee of the men there is little Ilkeli‘ Bllvcr Co. of my; my

. hood he would form any of them out.

pression would be a throng one for it}

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not}. ovier‘ b’y lthe Icommitisioncrs .
i utter the Hartford county commie
I sinners had discussed the matter ‘

The commissioners have talked over

mounted on Fourth Pare.)
the ndvisnbillty of using the grogndsy
mound the courthouse building for

the raising of crOps and tho commls- limo “WPANY

sloners sold today. they would be ,
willing to use the land for that put-

 
 

 

 

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"familial Dog Stood Board our lot
' :W “Wm h! manipfiéeommissioner John Bi'ophy' ex.

Irressed the opinion that at. least 100
WIRES bushels of potatoes could be raised
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county and them is alsosonsiderable

It Edwa F u-
0d son of if and Mfg ' ‘ la a land on the south and east sides of

: lion ofeBradley street, Wanton; in the
Coieytotvn district late Wednesday the building If necessary demnnded',
The boy had bgeu-found early in the- all of this land could be used for crop
morning by. some GeIman pepple who' “usmg-

' recenth moved to that section. The‘yl
'rfllttd taken the boy into their home' ”ANBURYL Q if

nd W‘Cle taking care of him as they
DAleURY. April '19.;thjivate Louis

d not know whose childi he was
.They found the boy asleep in a iotl
Binschik, belonging to Company A.
“First Connecticut Infantry, on .duty

twine distance Awn‘y from then place
nit the dog which \lflaSIWEEh him ail .
the. time he disappeared IIIIs stand-I
ting guard by e: the child .
Dragged Nearby Pond.
After the. searching. parties had
been out t‘m a‘ number of home and
after a large pond in front of. the "In this ‘.section‘ot~the state. ls‘in‘ the
house Iliad been dragged it was it Danbury hogtltal wttlI aIbuIlet wound
naliy decided Ithat the 11801116 who‘ in the leg, which may prove serious.
In in the Inigo gray touring car ' He Ives asleep in the temporIaty
Ch passed shortly after the bay 'hm'rccks of a deIaChmeni with which
he was serving. last night when
.enother private who bad Just been re.-
*lleved trout guard duty, undertook to
remove a cartridge from his rifle .
while within the baripcks. The reg-
ulations require that guards when re»
.‘lieved shalt unload in the open This

as seen must hang, k‘ldn’dppi the
felt d The authorities were notified
guard did» not do so, the as the ride
Virus discharged the bullet missed

 

 

 

 
 

. last evening,
General Russell

 

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Hill; lieutenant-connunndei Telfalr M.
Minion. o

It was decided to proceed at one
with the organization of It third co
pauyto be called Company L;

 
 
 

 

the Military Engineering. Board‘n
William J. Coinsto §
mending Company

Sulticient men or now enlisted to
the organization of t§
but there is opport
eniistments beiore t
her Is ”reached Men desiring to culls

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they immediately tried to trace
machine. Before this could be
ue they received word that the

 

 
 

 

titted been found. When the “men drilling 011th
disappeared there. were never
conflicting stones told as to when

tomobile had passed the house.

 

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”ad?“ "limitations. _. striking It sergeant esteep in e. book
eyed that some one It th _ , ,
‘ve ed he. chi] ow it

 

 

mod for cutting mood. The km “S98 ‘1 lttl‘gt‘ number 0‘ prisoners it“ ed him, in two positions, one as cheni-

‘ He thought howet er, that he might
The question of whether the DI‘ES' l have a chance to Slfllt a garage at
“no” “Wind it? W0rked 0“ (Mills “I" Now aik und better his conditions Ito

II-l1.1913.aucceedlng Charles

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Recruits Will lléetfat the Armory

O I, .
Therecrult’ing board of. the Rhine
'Guard held a meeting at the city hall
' There. were present
chairman;
Captain Edwatd P Weed, clerk; Cop
tntn Hemmy'l‘ Ptowett. commander, E

It was
unanimously voted to recommend to '.Telepltone Co.,

Hartford. the appointment of contain,
as captain com

third compan)‘. 731’
ity for furtherl positions, recom‘n'tendatlons are being
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House Chaplain Makes Statement In
Address Before Redford Camp
Sons of Veterans ‘

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The wish that the Kuidet would
commit truici‘do was ex recited by:
Rev. Howard W. Benedictiof Bloom
field, chaplain of the Hun; of Rep
resentativee, last evening \ Jen he ad-I
dressed Hartford Camp, S ' 'on Vet—~
mans. at the cm (‘JubeirurIford
[icicle the excning was 0 Chap—
illalin Benedict “on for lilgiself thd
ltitle of “the lighting eacher."
through the declaration thfit he was
trendy to take up nuns a! his Iin’t
cestom did, for the cause of liberty
and Justice. l
“The Kaiser is weakening." said
Chaplain Benedict. ‘1 read in some
not I{he propels he has gone to Hoi-

 

jinnd My personal wish Isl that he TCW& Golden Negotiatgd the

 

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Directors of W l
Inittee to Choose
Insert me
to Cit-urinate ' ‘ ‘
Rebuilds

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new Ironic April albumen t
noun! Elliott at the “Maiden ..

. “MOW his resignation to

the dtrectanppd LICQmmllleB tha9"
beenmamod to select his successor.
It .n'as learned definitely here last
night that the resignation of the
ptesldent of the "New Haven" road
was submitted at It meeting of the
directors of the toad this week. He
is leaving the mall’s presidency to
some on the commission created by-
the goIerhInent to coordinate thel
movements of Iatlroads to ‘contorm
to war conditions. Fairfax Harrison.
president of the. Southern railway, is
its chairman. Daniel Willard. presi-
dent. ol the Bathroom Ii: Ohio, and
Julius Krttttechmidi. or the Southern
Pacific are the other members ‘“~’

Howard Elliott was electedl'lu‘esl-
debt 0! the “New Haven" 'on July 25. ‘
1913
changed and Mr. Elliott also became
chairman of the board of directorm
tile assumed his duties as president
'or the “New Hitter!" on Sen ember
. Mel-
IeII Mr. Elliott was born in New
Yolk city. December 6‘ 1860. He.
came to New England from the North
ern Pacific. of which he was president
fro 03 to .1913.

lElEPllllllE CC. Mill

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WETPORT It rl 30 ,A match is It large strip of land just west of ‘ ‘
ling party header)” 1;), John Fauton the building which was recently put “"levuufimmfl RHRENC" 10 fl Pmm
min Lester Fanton the tméuyear. chased front Samuel Wheeler by the OE cam. w“. CONSEOOII _.

iuncut»: «I m... to It than-
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extension of lines and. the mainten-
once of «eye in tenor of the govern-
mom’s policy of fully equipping nil
army and navy units to the. maximum
has hermetically been accepted by of-
hotels of the Southern New England
cw Haven. .
Though the II 1130 of plus will
temporarily release from work in
Connecticut several hundred men.
and will for a time cause about 200

 

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cJId. county to seek «the

 

t-I qualified men in (intact touch with the

will have the opportunity by. “Dorie government service.
tug at the armory on Monday Wed-
nesdny and Friday evdnings to the
captains in command of the coin-
venings, re-
cruiting headquarters heretofore main-i summer; the necessity :0; iii
talned let the city nan. and it‘lltibe our»; ment having wire, telephon" ~~
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lie-various electrical film he
service connections has '

1,2,3!!- serving the memo t.‘
he or.» dictated the.

on.

“IMPORTANT

James A. Farrell Purchases Largel

IIIcIsI lliAEElllli

The byoiaI‘Ie of the road were ‘

A policy “pt retrenchment in the)3

 
 

persons engaged in telephonic world

Telephone Co. had planned largo ex-
tension of service lines throughout:
Fail-field county during the coming

on [sun
liliNSAt‘lliN

Iraot- Adjoining
Mansion

'- “llooltledge”

DEAE RECllRllEll MERE

 

Sale-him Changes Will be
We to the Already Extensive
Farrell Estate

The biggest and most important
residuum! real estate tmneoctions
eIeI- negbtlnted in Norwalk was con
eumated this afternoon at the ofilce‘
of Taylor and Golden. though which
James A Farrell. ptcsldent of the Uni-
ted ISteel Corporation, acquires the
expensive property holdings of him
Alberta R. Wood. of Hickory Bluff.
Tho purchase adds the Wood reel
dance and many acres of residentlttl
lend to the already large Farrell
lute. Also included in the deal is Rigel
budgetedr screen the sheet tromt
Wood home and several hundred feet
or we: Tm! premix.

j‘rhe‘ minis of ”M Ferrell transact
yet been announad. but the same at»
.tention will be given to that newly ac
quired property which has made
“Rocklodae” one of the beauty spots
of .hiorwnllt.

SIX MlllEll Bi
EliM EXPECSMM

Immunity! as Result of
Ilium

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INDIANAPOLIS 1nd,, .April '.20-
Six persons are dead and a score of
others are Bulletins from minor in-
Ianm on a result- 0! a fire which in
thought to have resulted from an ex-
plosion of motion picture films In the
@1th of It film exchange in the Cub
tax office building and apartment
.hcuse in the downtown district here
'Iast night.

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I‘Forty personal were in tile build- ‘

lug when the explosion occurred, and
in score or women were hurt in the
panic which followed It rush for the
stalrwnys

botfiamcs spread to the Linden ‘

va‘flhotels across ant III'IIII.
but guebts escaped and the mummy
iIintnnge to the hotels was slight

SAAICMED Ellllll
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NlllllllEASE 0E SillSSENSf
AND NEAAER E0 EA

+Germans Strongly Contested Ground

GERMAMS NORl|l 0E llllElMS CllMll SillllBllllNll §
Ell Sillllllllll ElllliEMlllIEll Pililllillli

Signs oi Renewed Activity on the British Front in
Ame Battlefield Extend to District West oi St. Clio

Child “WWW Wmmfifiieim
HOWARD WIlllllX’S llEAill

on the preceding days of QC
great battle along the Aime
in the Champagne, progress _ g5
Clarence CormanettiMIIolledCiven
Bail, Rommel! IN "All to
Await Result of inquest— ~Chi|d
Died

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nevertheless continued in import»
ant sectors.
This was notably true of.
region northeast of Sole '
where the line of envelo
are gradually being drawn
er to the inlportant raiiwa
of Laon. the strategic 0‘3
in this division of the light.
The French here g
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Coroner John J Phelnn arrived in
Stamford. yesterday afternoon to con;

duct no Inquest. of thegeatheo Hollis .. .
nrd Wilcox nightwear-old. son Eel r. 055“! Wait 93 “

and lint Darius (‘- wueox on 85m able." The- Gerunds
Main street :rhe boy died shortly-strongly on the front, but:

hospital.
Clarence Germanctti. chauffeur for

W. F. Mutiny of Strawberry Hill nve- , .
nue, whose can hit Master Wilcox,’ 'ICBACllh‘ed here t0 ‘0“! Ch

was rearrested follovVIng the boy's' ruins speedily out of the
death. and is held without bail penII- l to which they have clung
ing the result of the inqueet. Ho hed- témd the Alene m th

been released in ball a. few hours lie-l tion of Comic .

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fore the boy died a c urge o It Thea me towards “on

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tlon o! the motor vehicle laws hay-l
Ing been prelorred against him. was continued on they _

Master Wilcox's skull was fractur- Ipldtfilu, almost directly _
ed end his “Elm woe backeumlt up; this city, where m. m
poured from amino ‘5 s when
that the led and his sister were cross- pmfimzfgd 6m
-in’g_ Main street, near Quintard “,1...me-

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for his execution, Petrius C v'on IleI
Corput was snatched from ‘the elec~
trio chair by a. telephone order from
Governor Whitman 'at Albany. Von
der Corput was to have paid the
death penalty at 5: 45 o'clock this

Ideath in New York city in October.
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iv three hours before the time set-

morning [or the murder of Mrs Bar-
bara Wright, whbm he stabbed to

Eatly last night the governor de-
clined to intereterc with the electro-
cotton, but at 2: 30 3.111. today he gave
to have it postponed un~
Two hours
earlier h had directed the warden of
.‘ Sing Singiprtson to proceed with the’,
electrocution, and the warden had an-
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Rules for the admission of en
aliens during the war. announc’
today, require that their apbli
time be passed noon by both
immigrationlsewico and the ”F.“
pertinent of ustice Enemy 2
will he admitted tau radi
any aliens; it' as explaiited, if their
purpose can be established
accent. Aliens seeking to do
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race, from the south side to the north
side. that they hesitated and then mans Ire clinging- s ..
went ahead Meantime the automo- Chm mgly Britten lied
bile, moving in an eastetly dlmction.§ tions, several (El their
:i‘tohhihgoygltég‘:£ocked him forcibly near Courcy- were carried
Ger'man‘etti took the boy to the hos- Sleuth attRCkB- Headw
pital in the automobile and then gave was-made east of m5“
hhuseii‘: up no the police. ' sectorg' ' \.
« In the Champagne, nd to
near: Moronvilliers, the "
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golfing but” titty“ badly CIR»
~ oiled of diet:- object. .
“ENNIS “luff Signs of renewed acti"ty‘
that pared yesterday
' Bri' {remiss theAms
Eugene Hort an inmate of Fitch's field. extended last night 0
Home 1“ N0?“ gfimyemfig'dietfict west III/St. QIIentin.
morning in tat the u n as .
l result of his purposely o‘inklng a mix-- don “dag "Rorg‘smsffizh P
ture of bed bug poisoning and keto- “35 m E 3 “mg I‘ 0°
sene oil. Mr. Hart took the polsonl lers-Gnislain, midway .
drought Ilast.‘ Tuesday but its fatn‘ St. Quentifi "and Cum
euects did not tatt‘e place. until yes-
tetday morning.
The deceased. was a men who had.
spells of hard drinking. and when in
this condition had‘mdny tiring thy.
clarédi his intentionh bf taking hid
own life. He tried suicide once be-
fore but the attempt ended In fail-
ure. This time however, he. was suc-
cessful E
‘ Dr. A. L. House, medicitl inspector,
was summoned immediately after the
death had océurred and pronounced
death as being due to the poison,
which Mr Hart hnd taken.
The deceased tires a sergeant in
company 1, 14th Regiment. Connecti-
cut Volunteer Infantry. He was 721;; .
years of age: He is survived by one:
ideuglit'en who Is' no «living in Philly-3
delphia. ,Pa." The remains were taken
to that. city today. where ititerment

 

 

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