Set on“
man was one
wanes moon
was more aven-
MOCIATID PR!“ NEWS FROM ALL PART! OF THE W0!” IV I “IGML WIRI AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
31;;ng 1870
WAR INS??? NE
PASlllR NlllS
lWN *‘ANN RENE
llev. Robert E. Betty. Formedy of
Wilton, Shoots Wife and Mother-
in [an After All Night Quarrel
liver Warm
0M6. a Mad cm. “Wt.
IIIIIIIIIIIIII
ANNNERSAW IIIIIIIII
Air. and Airs. Edward Cunningham,
of West Washington Street,
Entertain Many Friends
Two hundred friends last Saturday
afternoon and .evoning, congratulated
Mr .and.l\lrs. Edward Cunningham on
having attained 50 fifty years of wed-
ded life. TheiI residence at the cor-
ner of West Washington and Frank
Iin sheets witnessed the gathering of
many relatives and blends during the
afternoon and evening, and a merry
time Iesulted. The house was beauti‘
fully decotated, the many handsome
'i floral pietes being the gifts of the
“ . ,9 tguests, and MI and one. Cunningham
I .I... , wars. the recipients of many tokens
t‘"
of remembrance from friends.
Among those present were many do.»
Pistol Bought Under Pretext that it
Was Needed in lime Guard Duties N
lightful entertainers and the hours
ossed all too quickly. Miss‘Edna
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NEW YORK. April 23.--—After' n
toward charmed with vocal solos and
recitations: Captain Thomas F. Mc
Mahon delighted with vocal
long" and bitter argument, the cul-
minating one of IA series that had
been going on' even since the war be-
Itions; William Ward, Jr, and Miss
Anna Steegmullcl: gave. a piano duet;
gait Ian! instrument that ~lasted ilorN
twelve Consecutive homo and wore
and William H. McMahon sang “A
his IIeres to the breaking point the
Charming 'Young Widow" in II very
effective manner.
Rev. Richard J. Carroll, pastor of
St. Joseph's Church, renewed the
marriétge vows of fifty years ago, and
gave his blessing, Refreshments were
serI ed and the attah was a delightful
one in (II cry way, all present warm-
llcv. Robert Frederick Berry, pastor
of the Armour Villa Park Chapel in
l‘tronxville, yesterday morning 'shot
and killed his mother-in-law and lIlsI
w-Ifo. wounded bin sister‘ln—law and
then committed suicide.
A conflict of nationalities and am
pathles was the leading, cause of the .
tragedy; at least that is the best in-
formation the. Coroner and police the
able to learn. an intensely;
less.
present were: » _
MIs. Mary A. Ward, Mrs. Nancy'
Mrs.
Blake,
Helen
Miss
Ilollemn, Miss
'eronica Blake,
IContinucd 0n Pail; TWelvjeN »
r"
NORWAEN llllll EEllNWS
Wlll AllENll NNNNENNNN
NEED PRlNlllEM Pill
Al END RN NEEER ‘
IN LEWRSE 80” Hotel Taft,ldayN16tlI
N Norualk Odd Fellows are intelested
in the annual session of the gr‘nud.
selec-' ,
«—-—-.~~-._
NWINWMMIRM
“Mm
One of the Vessels Was Carrying a
Number of Wounded Prussian
‘Prisoners and 15 Perished
NEWER lESSEl NAN)
,‘ENl‘IllSN 0N BNARN
ably lost Their lives
LONDON, ApIil
hospital ships Douagal and Lao
from. with many wounded aboard
have been torpedood without warn.
ing. They were sunk on April 17. Of
those on the Donegal twenty-nine
wounded men and tIvclvc of the crew
am missing. The Lanhranc carried
German wounded as well as British.
1y congratulating the host and hos- :Ot those aboard nineteen British and.
Among the out of town people fifteen CeImnns IIIe belleIed- to have.
N peI ished.
ll'unnican. Miss Winifred NlMIInlcaII,,Andreu' Bonnr Law, anno need
Maryl April 19, in the.
”MN? that there had Iecently been further
t
N
l
N
Big Annual Event to be field' In the NMNNYN NNNNNN IN
I
my Mobilization “on CotEnoughN lodge of Connecticut to be new in dull
to Mint 5 ,OBNN Acres N ; Haven, Wednesday, May 16 at 10]
'.‘o‘clock Notices have been sent to
lthe \arious lodges of the state and
(Ilembcrs "EN “W FaIrfleld County, the Hotel Taft will be. the headquart
“95011109 Mobilization committee at! us for the. yearly ev.ent A general:
.Ile meeting in The Stratfleld, Budge
.‘ oort Saturday. “are ”01“!” '0 their lodges of New Haven is planning to'
feel with cheeis IIlIen Judge Edwardl confeI the third degree in Music Imp,
KI Nicholson, chairman. ‘an‘nodnceleO. 117 In Court street on Tuesdayl
that an annonymous citizen had so N night Map 15‘ at 3: 30 oclock and it
cured ‘1'“ option on enough “Eds NON is expected that a large numbet of
plant 5000 acres or land A“ the 99““ Ntho delegates and other visitoxs will
“Y HP M3 8150 made arrangements be on hand to see, the work
to get all the implements and fem“ The New Haven degree tedm has
izer 1n reputation for good work, and it
KEARNEY. N.IJ., April_23.—-0ne
man was killed and property damage
NPalm IooIII of the Hotel Taft, New ‘N:
l .
N
I
.advanco committee of ten‘ subordinate? ‘
The chancellor of the exchequer'.
on
House Commons,
losses of British hospital ships, which
N would be published soon. Today the
secretary of the admiralty issued the.
following statement»—
"On the evening on April 17 -the
r‘A-clnsh‘ps Donegal (ammo.
IIhlle transporting vaIInded to BriNN—N
‘shpmts, were torpedmd. without
(Continued on Sixth Panel
8N llNRlNll NAN;
All RNNMS NSEN
ltevv Coalition Pleas Consolidation,b
Will bet
Writer No Change' In
lodges
f
With the opening of the. second
branch of the Superior court at the
court. house next Tuesday. Judge Joel
H. Reed presslding,» evidence is for-
nished of the‘constant extension of
litigation in this country. This special,
term‘when first introduced a 'few
.years ago, started the last week in
May. At their me g in June It year
ago the special term was extended
one. month, to begin the last week
. in April and to run foI eight weeks.
The Iegular term of the Superior
court, over. which Judge Howard J.
Curtis is presiding, will continue its
sittingd until the end of the court
your the last of June M the shert
calendat session yesterday assign-
ments were made. to cover both
courts.
it is evident already that the addl
tion to the court house will be wel-
N‘ Continued on Page 12
SOUTH NORWAIZK, CONN" MONDAY,
lW0 IIIIIsII _
H08Pllll Stills
llllilllil
Nln
"3.» The BIitish
(In IIcnIII
III ____s_IIIIII In
Committee Findsitlllfflcvltto Beach
Agreemeet- Constitutional Change
——~
A spedal dispatch from Iiattford
lie The Bridgeport Post, says: -—~
scinbly of 19!? in sight, the Excise
committee" is still wrestling with the
two measures which most disturb its
effects to end up consultations.
The proposed laws, which are Ivor-
rying the thirteen citizens on this
committee, two senators and eleven
Irepresentatives. are file revised club
l I
I license not and the measure to allow
hotels to sell liquor on Sunday.
During the past week the commit-
tee mnde'an'effort to reach an agree-
mom on the club certificatelaw. But
is found that there are so runny
I moss currents at work that no decis-
ion was reached. So thing liken
N60 British officers and Men Proh-: dozen‘ bills Marina 9 dub 0mm
catesp Ivere introduced when the ses-
sion opened. running all the way farm
complete repeal 'of the” law passed
1915. to the rigorous requirement
which would mm the club selling it-
poor on the name footing as the so
loop in the matter of feel
The only thing which‘oonfronts the
committee and makes agreement dim
cult is the thing which stands out
clearly regarding the club certificate
law, and that is fit there is no Ieal
fault with th w The trouble is
all with those ho fall to enforce its
plalnest provisions with New Haven
and \'ew London counties ms the
worst offenders.
One of the peculiarities of the situa-
tion is that the saloon element in
some sections is urging the repeal
of the low. The temperance people
do not want. It repeal. although they'
admit the failure off law to work
as they expected." nxmasou for
3Ithls ls the (muting ‘bt’ club dertlfl
catesflo organisations mooted solely
th sell llouor.
N ant the ultimate fate of the law
lell be in the present temper of both
NbInuches of'the legislature, it would
be rush to predict. Almost anything
Nmny happen to it when it is once
' t thrown open to debate. So far as the
‘IpIoposed law to allow hotels to sell
.on Sunday. no matter what the. com
mlttne does. it has no more chance
‘to pass both branches than; a bin,
toI open all the saloons. This one
Iing seems certain.
lit was expeclled that the House
Nconstltullonal committee would make
n~rep0It on the prohibition amend-
ment to the constitution;- but that. was
not forthcoming. It is understood that
a majority and minority report will
be made.
As to the fate of the amendment,
non tlfé most important matter loom-
ANl’RIL
F III. NAEEAURW
‘With the end of the General as-N
~11 speaker,
N ing up before the assembly, the cei-
Ntnln "thing is that the. vote will be
c.lose and stianger lhlnns have hap
pened than that it should get a mil-N
jority in the House the only branch:
to consider it this session.
ENlAlllNl RiN III!- ,
Inst Difillti RESERVE
Officers of the United States naval
recruiting force arrived here. this
morning and are stationed at the city
hall for the purpose of enrolling men
in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve.
It is urged that. those desiring to
join this force be at the city hall dur-
ing the early part of the day if pos-
s'lble, but otherwise report during the
evening. The Iecruiti’fig party will be
heIe on hf‘onda,r Tuesday and Wed
nosdny of this week and are desirous
of making a good showing. '
There are five men in the recruit-
ing party.
Ensign Francis T. N Hunter "
.33.
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19:1.
0N RNNNN 0E
NEENNAN CANS
With the British Ambassador, Sir
CeciII-Spring-ilioe, lie Makes a
Formal Visit to Sec. lensing
lAlER Al WNllE NA
l0 SEE PRES! Nl
“British Army and floral [start Calls
at Washington headquarters
WASHNNGTON. April 23.1'Brllish
Foreign Minister Balfour and menia'
bers. of the High Commission to dis~
cuss the conduct of . the Ivar, began
their first otiiclal day in Washington
with a round of calls, the first of
which was at the State Departmen
Soon after 10:30 o'clock Mr. Balfour,
accompanied by the British Ambassa-
dor, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. drove from
the mansion which has been given
over to them to the State Department
building and paidl a formal call on
Secretary Musing.
The British Ambasendor and Hugh1
1.. Gibson of the State Department,
who has been detailed as Mr. Bab,
w...-
(Conllnued On Page SixI
NR.“ NNRNNT. BRADY” ..
lN BE AN GRACE CNNRCN
By the rarest good luck the people
of Norwalk will have the opportunity
of hearing the noted Iwrlter, priest
and speaker. Dr. Cyrus Townsend
Brady, who will speak at Grace
Church next gunday evening on "The
Christian and the Crisis, or the Mod-
ern Crusade." Dr. Brady is too well
known to’ need render of an tntroduc
itch to any public; He will be inter-
esting, however. to remind the read-
er that ,though a priest of the Epis-
copal church: be Is a graduate of the
United States, Naval Academy, and no
less It patriot than a churchman. As_
he is eloquence itself,
keeping the hem-er spellbound
throughout the longest discourses. As
a writer he is versatile and prolific.
the author of works, religious, his-
tozlcal, biographical. an} biographi-
cal fictitious, and juvenile. litcmlly.
too numerous“: mention.
Test." lndlun Fights and Fighters,"
“The True Andrew Jackson," “Under
Tops’ls and Tents." “The ,Ring and
the. Man,” "The Corner in Coffee," and
'fThe Bland of Regeneration," are but
a. few of his better known works. Dr.
Brady comes to 'Norwalk in the in-
terest of patriotism, and a cordinl
invitation is extended to the people
of the. community to come and hear.
him. Particularly are the men of the
vnIlous military organizations invited
so to do. The hour of the seniors has
been' put' forward half an hour to‘
eight o'clock, in order to give every-
body a chance to attend.
SilliNAlllll IIIIIIII
I, v 3MlN IIIIIIII
' l
"The Love '
‘IIsIIIIIIIcI In
[not I IIIIIIIII
estimated at $100. 000 was caused last
night when a the of undeteinlined,
iorigln, I3,c:llowed by two rtxtlozions
which shook the suIIoundlng coun-
try for many miles ,OCCllll’ed in a.
new plant in course of construction
in in charge. E. S. V. Limb is the ex-
amining physician. The. rest of the
members or the'p’arty are: Chief Yeo-
man, PCB. Bruce; Third Class Yeo
man. N. H. Edmonds; . and ‘ Boat-
swairils Mate. Richard Gilbert.
The -local police received word yes
terday'morning;.from Chief Ellis. 0..
the Ansoniu police force. that a Ford
automobile. bearing license No 19502
Ivere very had been stolen from that city yes-
Company. on the banks of the Back-
ensack Rivei, near here ‘
The explosions wrote in two huge
tanks, only a short distance apart.
one of which contained 100,000 gal-
lons of oil and. another 150,000.
Two companiea’of the First Regb
Inent, New Jersey National Guard,
under command of Colonel ,Buttle,
were maker] to the scene.
The victim 01 the fire and ex to
stun was Harm-Brown of ‘JersNIy
City employed as a machinist Three
'bulldingn and a number of shacks
we're destroyed; The flames. which
shot many feet into htb’o air, were
,1. , .
”am" W'tl‘held- twill no doubt put on a splendid de
The man. whone name. was “m" Igre‘e. Visitors them several of that
held. will put. out all of them at tliioi . .
cost of handling. This lifts a ng .
problem from the shoulders of the (ContIIIued on Sixth Page.)
committee [I was first feared that
persons wanting to plant gardens this
year would be unable to secure seeds. NEW JERSEY SHAKE"
Judge Nicholson, .1th for the last
few weeks has been temporary chair
N man in appreciation of his work was i '- ,
elect-ed president. Judge Nicholson:
made it plain that the committee was«
not going to be II. one man niganiza- N
lion
. Seth Low“ PierpontI president Elli-ire Causes livo Big Tanksto‘BloIv
the Falrfleld County Faint bu
told how the bureau will no operate.u N [In—Man Killed—loss $100 000
He said that it had lent considerable
'le to boys and gitlls' gardens, and
said that: the moIement would re-
mite a great start from the agitation
this yaem He motto of the need of
instruction and supenislon of the
children who IIOIked without any in
str,uction only It pet cent got le-
suits, but those who had received sup
envision succeeded in iraising vegel
~t.ables valued at 1515.000, he said. It
Ivan his opinion that misdirected
work was almost as bad' as no effort
3?. all.
W H. 131m of Noreen“ s Farm. West-
» port, president of the State Vegetable
. Growers? association. went into the.
3:. causes ofII-the shortage. He said that
2 two years ago fulrmers of the South
-{ were told. not to mise any more cot
don;- «but to devote their lands to
. cabbage: and polaltoea. This they did.
is a result, when the farmers or
New England calne to market their
~cnbbs they bonldL get nothing {In
th‘enI Potatoes are selling cherip
,,. and cabbage brolNSht 18 cents‘ a bar-'
‘ Huftlatdihnat last yonr up. .
. '1
(nonunion as, trui- *
for the Seaboard Bi-ptoducts Coke ~
The local staff of tho Metropolitim
Life Insurance Company held a com
Ibined business and pleasure meeting
at the Mahackemo. hotel-Saturday
night. . The businessmeetinx. Ivas'fol-
lowed by a delicious banquet.
interesting talks were given by men
connected with the insurance com-
Deny Frederick Brock the superin-
tendent ,spoko on the “W6 it Done
'n the Past and the Work St ll to be
Accomplished in the Future." , The
hall: was very interesting a? well as
netrnctlve‘.
Anselm Adler nave Na clever deserlpI
tion of the Welfare Work being car-
rled on by the Metropolitan Life In-
entrance Company-I Joseph Drurydon-
crlbedItho adventure. of ‘holdlnzr
.This morning things
slow. No one was taken in to the
reserve force. This was because of
the fact that few knew that the re
cu’ifting party was in '.t0wn David
C. Sanford has notified the sixty men
who expressed IhelI intentions of join
l ing the Naval Coast Defense Renerye.
and it is expected that there will ‘be
a big Iunh this evening. Thirty men
enlisted in one day viben. the final
.exnnilning party was here ‘
AMERNGANN EXA’ORTS INCREASE
WASHINGTON. April .23 .wDeaplte
the German submarine camps Am
III-lean exports to notch
II! 5 .I.
sorrows.
terdny morning at 3 o’clock.
,About 11 o'clock. a. Ford machine
bearing the number of the stolen ma—
chine came down Wall street, and the
driver and his two companions were
placed under arrest by Sergeant Bry-
an Silk. In the uptown station house
the men admitted the theft of the
vurchins; and gave their names as
William Hylwa and Michael Plvarn-
toll. of 20. Adelaide street, New Hav-
n, and Peter Plvamlck, of Strntford.
Chief Ellie arrived in NorWalk about
t oYclock yesterday afternoon and cowednesday for West Haven. when
. Look the map hack to Anaemia, wbéré
[they will be tried for theft of Mt:
Threatening this afternoon; cooler.
Lines in France
lHANSANll nus ill
; IIIIIIIIIII II IIIIII
N . ab—w—F—w-
26 tribes are Herd from by Con-
A nation of Ronstanotanauh
Ll
Twenty-six or the tribes in the
state have been heard from by the
Entertainment committee of Koncka-
her of Red Alon, Bridgepoxt, Hwhich
Nhas charge of the. big conyention mil
May 2. and indications are. that the'
painde to be held in the evening of
May 1 will be one of the lamest ofN
the kind seen in Bridgeport in
months. is is calculated that there
will be more than 1,000, and perhaps
1,500 Red Men in line, with web de-
gree teams in full Iregalln, various
bands, life and drum corps, all walk-
ing and carrying American flags andi
redAflre.
Joseph Duhnmel of Konckapota-I'
nauh tribe, a past sachcm will serve
as Imnrshnl of the parade and the
plans he,_has made . in conjunction
with the entertainment committee
were sanctioned at the meeting last
Tuesday of the tribe in its Wigwam
at No. 1087 Broad street. The. pn-
rade. will be. formed on Brand street,
at l‘airdeld hymns and Cannon
street, shortly before 8 o’clock. 0n
the dot of 8. Marshal Duhamel will
give the word and the procession will
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IIINIIIIIII III _, _
: IIIIIIIII M. E. IIIIIII
Services at." the Norwalk M. E
Church yesterday, bot-h morning and
evening were featured by very large
congregations who turned out to hear
the. new pastor, Rev A. E. Bebee, who
comes to Nor-walk this year from Trin-
ity Al. E Church, of City island, N.
lY.. as the successm to Rev C. E.
Butte. who has been in Norwalk for
line years.
Rei. Bebee déliveted two very in-
teresting and powerful sermons yes-
terday, nnd.both congregations were
nmmense’ly pleased with his work.
Rev. Bebee will come to Norwnlk tori
good cithci Wednesday or Thursday
of this week, and will be in charge
of the Thursday night prayer meet-
ing of the local parish. '/
Rev. Bebee is a. young man ,thirty
years of age. and comes to the local
church well recommended. He is a
graduate of Pennington College, New
Jersey and Wesleyan UnIVeI-aity at
Mlddlatown. Conn. and of the Yale
Divinity School of New Haven Rev,
Bebee has been in charge of parishes
in Pleasant Valley. _ Conn. Nichols,
Can and City Island. N. Y. He is n
nit-of sterling character and like-
able personality and will surely sne-
ceed in his work in this city;
Rev. Charles Elmore Dario, win;
has been In charms of the. Norwalr:
hi 11 Church will“ leave Nowa’k
Admin take charm of It church to
that 0113-»
GERMAN MNNINNN WORNERS,:
REENSING l0 RESUME WARN
MAY BE CANNED l0 Elli
Reported that the Great Berlin Strike, Involviuh 300
laborers, is 0ver. but There are Indications of 0
Grave internal Disorders in “Prussia
lSNAIANNSNS AND RADNIEES NRAWNNG lNlNElHER
AND RENNENNNNNARN SPIRll IS RAMP?
IArIaies of British and French are Masshig Guns ‘
Shells for Another Tremendous Thrust Against tier _N __
_ German press that the great 1
pothnlfim tribe, No 30.1mprovo‘d 0H
tried-Ito force their way inborn
Rev. Reno's work. lathe .
lean M 1
moon m
NAIL! HOD“!
m BENTXNEL
DISPENSABLE.
l
-I:'I: I."
Silence regarding what
transpiring in the Central
pires served to accentuate the
ports of grave internal tro
In spite of the assertions'of
II .
a
tin strike, which involved» at?
300,000 workers. is over, the
evidence that the a 'tation is d
tinuing‘. The Ber ll! Tag:
admits that the members of
of the munition workers' Im
have refused to rotum to
and says that those who
in their refusal will be c
the colors.
The meagre light which
thr'ough the veil of the t ~ ‘ .
censOrShip disappears entirely, _
the case of Austria. Fm -
persistent reports that
Tisza, premier of Hungary
foremost exponenbin the
Monarchy of the German i
.has resigned, all information at
conditions In Vienna. or B n
has ceased. The one thin
appears certain is that th
cialists and Radicals in both .
pins have recently drawn
closer together, and that in
matory language in being 1.1
with an impunity inconceivit
in the earlier days of the water
In the. meantime the revolutt
my spirit ‘which is ramp
throughout Europe' is given
'sensational demonstration In S
den. The food situation is as '
sibly 'the-‘canseuoflthwl- ,
able events in Stockholm, web
a great multitude of was
Parliament building. The .~
thattheset-were unrebuked o '
for a republic and that then
nous word “revolution” Ivas
1y used, gives another aspect. I
the affair. The royal castle In
der guard and more serious o‘u
breaks are predicted for May jI
While the rcvolutionists got .
headway and. audacity in
monarchical kingdoms of Euro
the armies of the British
French democracies are ma
their guns and shells for arts
tremendous thrust against
German lines in France. Th
is nothing definite to indies
where the blow will {all both
general opinion in the allie
paign is that Gen. Haig i ,a
to make another great efi
smash his way through to.
brat and Donal
Pending these develop
public interest has been
aroused by the cryptic we ’
Lord szon. member
north of Bagdad. have ’ ‘
to the hope that Lord _
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