Autumn
Speaks lOl' liaell
THAT'S WHY NOR.
WALKERS FAVOR
THE EVENING SEN-
TINEL‘.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
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REASON WHY NOR:
WALK HOMES 1mm
THE SENTINEL my
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Willi cum (:0.
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lien and larger Factory Will be
Erectetl to Replace One Taken
over by 2nd Taxing District-
‘ CDVERNMENI’ HAS
PLACED RIC . ORDERS
‘- Front Will be Operated to Full Cap-
acity for Some Time
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SHADOW"
lhe “Percy Birdsall,", of New York,
Reported Sunk by Gunfire Some-
where Oif Britislll Coast
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7 Struclt‘ilelow the Water line, as
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.VDHHD MEN'S SHHDAV ‘
' 10 DE OBSERVED
Special Services Throughout Many
Churches in Fairfield County on!
Aorii 29 . |
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The program for the Young Men's
Sunday on April 29th, has been de-
Ilinitely arranged as follower Special
‘sermons by pastors in practically all
iOf the churches throughout Fairlie-id
:(‘ounty in the morning. student depu»
tations from Yale University in 88\'-;
ernl different centers; a boyl meet-l
1 ing in the Stamford Y. M. (t, A. in the
1 afternoon; union services in the even»
sing. in selected churches throughout
. the county. .
A New Canaan will have a. meeting in
51110 Congregational Church. speaker}
' \l'. S. Lucy. General Secrctuty of the}
Bridgeport Y. ill. (,‘. A; Stamford will.
have services in the Baptist Chi" h}
in the morning; a boys' meeting in
t the afternoon, speaker. J, A. Vunlhs,
: (‘in Boys' Secretary of the New llnv-
it‘ll Y. M. (J. .\.: llunbury will have a
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Gilson w. lennings, of the Newt Former M. E. Pastor Beloved by All
England Wire Cloth 00., securgsi Who Ever Came in Contact with
Patents in Washington A iiim
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'M. E: CHURCHES HEREé
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the New Luglanll Wire (,lotli (,om-
puny, a progressive firm located aft
14;. Water street. South Not-walk. is‘
3 Union meeting in the ill. E. Church on
3 Sunday evening. speaker George (‘.
U in: production.
planning to enlarge .its plant. A de-
finite announcement will be made in
a few days as to the size of the new
factory.
The. New England Wire Cloth (‘om-
puny is located on property to be turn-
ed over by the Second District (‘om-
missioners for highway purposes. The
colitmissiotu-rs obtained title to the
property on which the building now
stands by promising to remove the
thuilding from its present
and for other considerations.
immediately the firm made. plans
for enlarging its‘t’actory or for build-
ing a new one. The. latter idea seem-
ed to be the most feasible.”nnd "was
put into operation Plans Were drawn
and are now in the bonds of cott-
(trnctors. The old building will be
11le as a store house. . .
The New England “Wire“ Cloth‘Com-
unity is planning to at" least. double
At the prescnt’tit’ne
the output is about 5.000 squardynrds
of cloth a week. Orders have come
in steadily for tho firm...durln;r "the
past. three years. ' Lately they have
government is ‘ buying largo. quanti-
ties of the cloth. ,
The wire-cloth turned- out by. this
firm is made of ‘uny doe rable tnctul.
Brass and copper is need to
such as draining pipes. .The process
:interesting. but is complex. At any
rate. Norwalkers will be pleased to
' learn tlinLit has another progressive
firm in its midst. a
location .
lincrcuscd due to fthe. fact. that the.»
the ‘
greatest extent. The finished mater-A
nil in used for a great many purposes'
through which the wire, goes is veryl
WASHINGTON. April 26.—
Thevdestruction without warning
by gunfire of the American
schooner Percy Blirdsall. of New
York, was reported today by the
Statc'Department. The time and
place were not announced.
The submarine tired ten shots,
seven strikingvbelmw the water
line. some of them while the cap-
tain and crew of nine were tak-
ing to the boats. The survivors
\gver'c rescued by is British patrol
oat.
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toss and owned by- Edward L.
oimes. ‘
{nutritious
' tun; HECDiAllilN
iSyeruite 'Wanisiijeibd- in libeyance
Pending lotion on General Auto-
mobile‘ilill.
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,tlo business was dlnposcd of by both
lbranches of the General Assembly
1 yesterday.
The Birdsall was of 1,127 tons“
illubert, General Secretary of the
.liurtt‘ortl Y. M. (7. A.; Stratford will
ihtive a union meeting in the Congre.
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Prices for the Commodity
WASHlNG'l‘ON. April 2B.v~Pur-cbun-
.ing agents of coal carrying railroads
idenled before the Federal Trade com-
mission to-day that they are respon-
{sible ttor the high price: of bitumin'
:ous coal. Some of them chm-god the
,ndvances to tho law of supply and do:
.‘mund. some to the rush by the put»
lllc to store coal. and others to the
.fullurc of connecting lines to return
. cars promptly.
1 100 Per Cent. increase A
; Figures showing greatly increased
. prices for coal. some of them ranging
;from 50 to 100 per cent. were laid
gbcfore the commission by the rail-
iroad representatives Several said ,tha‘t
|the roads be furnished Join to the
mines to? transporUng their own sup-
;ply would get the coal at from 60 to
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After 3'Years’ Study Regiment and Served Through
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Nor-walk will long be marveled _..._._..—.~
over by future generations when that
history of the present war-it}: cone liiev. William H. Thorium. pastor
posed, not only for patriotic“: in the.
way of furnishing men. but for its
inventiveness. Within a few‘ days
papers all over this country and that
of the ltllles will be singing the
praises of Gibson W. Jennings. eon-
nected with the New. England Wire.
Cloth Company. located on Water
street. Second District. Mr. Jennings
has invented a submarine catcher.
which. is not only original in its‘con-
struction and dethils.~but the l-"oder;I
al gov-xt-nment believes it to be the
best. of its kind.
emeritus of the First Methodist and
Second Methodist Episcopal churches
of this city. and beloved through-
out the Norwnlks, died early last,
evening after -a brief illness. ”L:
Thomas is survived by a wife; three:
children. Mrs. Eleanor Doughty of.
this city: Miss Mabel Thomas. u
teacher in the Windsor School at Bos-
ton. and W. Harry 'l‘homs, of Boston
Tech. and chemist at Apponaugh. it:
l-.. and one grandchild. Misc Felicia;
Doughty. Funeral Services will be'
held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the South Norwuik M. E. church.
Throughout iNo'rwalk. .Rcv. pr.
----r‘v Thomas bed a host or friends who
were shocked to hear of his-demise
0': flute had been taken ill on Tuesday. or
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SAVE CAPVAIH
DARCE AND WIEE,
.\ DH SlHHIHC SHIP
Oralt Founders on who and
Crew of To: Rescues Captive
Pair
:tliin week and passed away last even-
.inx at the. age of seventy-seven years.
i Rev. William Harrison 'l‘homtg was
born in New York city on March 20..
1840. His parents were David and.
Zlesnor (Williams) Thomas. of that
city. During the early part ofthls life
be attended the public schools in
Brooklyn and New York, and later, at
the age of 20. entered the field of
preaching the gospel and assumed
charge of urcburch at Peihum..blnss.l
His life was given to the. service oi'
God and man. lie was a pastor of a.
church- at North Salem, N. H.. a pas-
tor in laconic. ‘N. H.. my! wbi:c in
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A sudden squall early yesterday (continued ‘on Second Page)
lwere passed yesterday were reWfiNew contracts. the. witnesses said.
~ . first measure watt Representative!
, ‘ ' . Blakeslec's jitney bill, which had been
or NDRWAili MEN
Today Senator'Klett had it recon;
sidet'ed. He wants to hold it to ‘see,
sldercd and inblcdxih the Senate. tire providing for increases in wages
to minors. unfavorable Federal‘ or
state. legislation or other contingem
oies. ‘
New Haven Road's Reason‘
The New Haven representative said
morning off Pond rP-ointk Mllfordyre. A
sulted in the sinking of the coal laden . |
barge .E. (intStoddard, nnd narrow es... REE 00010“ “Us
capes from‘ drowning of the captain“ ,
and his wife. who were caught by the . - .
lnrush of water and dragged from. .
their cabin by heroic efforts of the;
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Will nswu
,hlayor liarstrom‘ Iliotifiétl by’flui
«Governor that One. More Chance
Will he Gived'lhe Delinquents '
One more opportunity'w" j ‘ ..=....n
:six Norwalk men to make answer: to
the. questions called for ‘by Connecti-
ut in the war census nd’w.being ink-
en. according to a communication re-
ceived by Mayor Caifjlg Harstrom
from Governor Holén'mb‘ this morning.
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thong this number‘- ‘arii‘i’fotir: men.
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. ‘m Norwalk. onetrrnniisouth No
wok and one. from maximal-walk.
linden the law action could the “in-
'CliiARiCiPiIDN
what happens to the general utttomO-‘that‘ about 60 .per cent. of New Ha-
bile laws which is said to cover all jitn ven’s supply of coal was obtained
ney matters. , . through water transportation and the
.The second measure was the conso- scarcity of vessels caused by so many
iidntion of the Common Pleas courts;being diverted front the coustwiso
of Fairfield county; it was found thutltrade . to transatlantic service had
the law did not cover the question climatic theicgcoal cost go up obi of all
clerk notion in the. criminal side. Attlporportion.
-' Today's hearing was the. first of a
{series to continue three days. devot-
ine‘d to the. side of the consuming pub-
c.
_ Higher Pay for Miners
NEW YORK, April 26.——An agree-
iment between it committee of‘ienthrn.
iclte conl operators and representa-
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tires of 175.000 minors under which
,the workers will receive a substantial
1increase in wages was reached hero
crew of the tug Elmer Keeler. whiciy
put. about to did them. ‘ t
Divers have been ordered totho
scene of the disaster and it is expecte
ed that the. Baxter Wrecking cont-i
any will begin the work of locating
lte sunken barge and salvage tomor-
row morning.
The Keelcr with three tows was ‘
bound from u Pennsylvania port to
one in New England. About ‘4
o'clock yesterday morning the squall
struck the fleet. .
Large volumes of water poured}
over the heavily laden Stoddard of
the Rector Transportation company.
Though leaking badly, effort was
made to prevent: 'the sinking until
hope was gone. in an effort to rescue
his wife trout the cabin where she
lpialntiif in the .case of Nehemiah L.
Rich of Greenwich against Albert W. ‘
' Norwalk Lodge, No. 709. Benevolentt‘éie Ysiiterdfll’ and Will 'be signed to-
ituted at once for retusal io.give, and Protective Outer of Elks. Wmmtght, " “‘as “WWW“-
tt‘te desired informt‘ttiori'; ‘ butbrflora j tender a reception to the canvasscrsfi
was sleeping. the‘captatn of the barge
was also canghtJn the floating wreck”
ittlltl it $360
Common Piece 1... Finds in Favor or
Plaintiff for Spraying Orchard
After deliberating only 40 minuten
a jury in the Common Pleas .court
before Judge Walsh yesterday re-
turned a verdict of $360.06 for fine
Johnston of Greenwich. The plain»
tiff sued for $300 and interest as bul-
ancedue on a bill for. $2.300 for
spraying the trees on the defendant's‘
estate with a secret. preparation
known as "richlac." The defendant
sueti on a counter-claim for $2.000
damages. alleging that "ricbiac"
DISPENSABLE.
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BRITISH ERDHE IN EHAH
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Fourth Day of the Terrific Struggle Shows the Ger-W
Resetting to Costly Tactics oi Massed Attacks. Which?
Appear to llave Checked
.HEVDEDHDHADV MHVIERIHCSHEARD VHRDDCHDHV M
the British Advance .
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- EHHDPE DHDWHED IH EHDHDEDS DE DAlllEflElDt
Practical Working Method nineties Charm" '0’? New "amashireii‘ravelers Tell Stories of Devastations Wrought b
lllseasc and Starvation in the Ottoman Empire ”
nun litiDlES’
CHAHCE CDtS DVER
Detective Wm. J. Burns on Carpet
at Hearing in lieu York
NEW YORK, April 26.——The hear»
ing to revoke the license of William
J. Burns, detective. began yesterday
before William Boardtnnu. deputy
stale comptroller. and was adjourned
until May 4 without the taking of
testimony in order to allow council
lfor the respondent to get copies of
the chm-{res against hint.
The application is made by Edward
Edwards. secretary of the Printing
Trader) council.. .l't‘he. charges Ire}
bnaedlon Burns“ conviction in Janu-
ary for breaking into [Mnommi of
Lawyers, Seymour-0 Scymdbr and
listening to conversations for the pur-
‘pose of making thctn public, unfltness
of character, alleged revocation of
Burns‘ license by the city council of
Atlanta. Ga.. and also upon a report
of Burna‘ inuctlvitlcs in land fraud
cases said to have been made by the
{then Attorney General Wickcrsluun
to President 'l‘aft.
you nuts noun "
yttrium
llltOOKFil-ILD. Aptjl 26.—-The four
tracks of the Highland rind Berkshire
divisions of the. N.. Y., N. H. if: H.
R. R. at Berkshire Junction. at the
pointbvhcrc the tracks-of these divi-
sions separate were. completely block~
ed early this morning by the wreck
of it frcdatrd brain fifteen dire oil
which Were derailed there. One track
on the Berkshire division was clear-
ed sufficiently to permit the passing
of trains and Highland division pass
senger traffic is being sent by way
of Brookfleld Junction and Hawlcy-
ville. ‘ .
A wrecking train from Waterbury
is engaged in clearing the other
tracks, but the heavy freight traffic
on the I‘s'mghl‘yiepsie/brlige Elie.
will be delayed the greater .part of
the day. The wreck is believed to
The fourth day of the terrifi
struggle on the British from; its?
France has opened with both
sides still striving vainly for ‘.~
decision. The Germans have real
entiy. succeeded in checldng the
British advance. This pant-1.1 '
success has been won, British rei-
ports say, at a staggering tell 0
human life.. ’ ‘ _ "
It would seem as if thomoltnsf
tionary mutterin which W
ominously ewe “tag that:
i Europa prior to the inc ,, . Q
the. great hardener: , 1
. the thunders of the batfiefieid.
lindications'arq not; lacking-M
lmorncntous events are about to
occur behind the. lighting lin‘
The summary adjournment if
the Reichs‘tag when its si ‘. .
had barely opened. is given ad
significance by hints in the ,.
man press that the strike agiuc.
tion in Germany may bait-st forth
with renewed violence on my
Day. A nation-wide labor demo 5—9
stration in Sweden also is plant:
for that day, and may have its.
counterpart in Spain. .
No news of any importance
has come from Austria in several
days. a fact which has given fresh.
on
life to the report of intentions of
the Dual Monarchy to seek a.
separate peace. - .
No confirmation of this is avail:
able from any reliable source"
but there is morcdefinitc thing's
of the status of afiairS'ins'i'tn‘lie'yi'
Returning travelers tell appalling,
stories of the devaluation;
wrought by disease and' starva-
tion in the Ottoman. Empigé.
They also repeat the oft-told“
story that the Turkish pcoglc‘at'oi
weary of war and its entailed
miseries, but are kept“ in subjec-v'"
Ation by the iron hand of Entter.
Boy and. his German colleague;
The rigidity of the Gemini.
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-censorship is shown by thc'facfi'.
ithat no German newspaper £5131
jlowed to leave the empire wt
true law is invoked'thes‘e mew‘witt belwho so greatly assisted in making the;
age and had to be assisted from his killed his trees. The case was on
given" another chance-to chnngeathelr
lads The mayor is ,withholdingthc
times of the. delinquents. but, if after
a :re‘asonabie time. they. persist Minl
heir. futurist. the proper authorities
will be notified and legal action taken
‘t
it the matter. .
RED NEH Wilt lHAll .
, itincas Tribe, No. 26,”!m r0
Order of Red Men. expects it? 8:53
a game doleation‘toBt-idgeport next
.r‘esdayqnigrht. the occasion of the
.15. parade preparatory to. the. con-
e ng._-ot.‘~;the great council session.-
radio {will wear.fuli 'ivar re-
cuilia and 3““. be accompanied by the
aytpn- Fire and ‘Drum . Band. Most
9.. those-garments take the min
from South florwalk‘ '3} 7:05. although
.ri ‘ E
.. " Several cpropoal int; i
1k» shin vehemeiv ,
‘ . iobave la ‘clu
2 ~ * Militant.
recent fair a success. The affair will
be held" at the Elks Home, South Main
streetb tomorrow evening. Everyone
of.:the .ladie‘s whoa worked for the
affairis cordially invited to be pres-
ent, and all members of the lodge will
be present to aid in making the event
a social function' long «to be remem-
bered. Mrs. James E. Flynn; who
was the chairman of the ladies' fair
committee, has been unable to notify
the ladies personally pwing to her
Serious illness. ‘
The lodge. last night also voted to
accept the invitation of the Grand
Army Posts of Norwalk to partici-
pate in‘the. big parade planned for
Memorial Day, Wednesday, May 30.
it is expected that all the military
un avai organizations in Norwalk
on this date; the‘ t‘lk's. jllloosn. and
other fraternal and patriotic societies
will.,be in the line of march. .
. Exalted Ruler Thomas A. Shelley.-
announced the appomtmenhor o'large-
number of committees to look after
the affairs .of the lodge during the
year. ' ‘ l
is int
_ -1nw,r>rond“:Wi'illam .13.; .yBonrdmnn, air
1 'predicament by membmers of the
‘ Keeler's crew. They were landed at
New Haven where report of the dis-
;iVAHlS ND DIVDHCE, m .0 m
“SW-V “"0ij $50,000 in loss ,
Whether a wife, has a common - =
right to sue her husband for separate ‘ 3
support and alimony without also 8'}. | , ‘
mg for divorce, and whether éltildrefi . ..
have. a common law right to sue their " ‘ '. - I *
father for support were the questions HARTFORD. April lid—Fire this
raised yesterday in the Superior court morning in the Meadow district of
before Judge Reed, in‘tlie .me of East Hartforddestroyed the plant of
Harriet S. Hotchluss. wife of‘Sanford the Cains Woodworking Company. the,
L. Hotchkiss of. Stratford. midis“; .‘ Duffy dwelling and damaged tit} busi-
ford L'ewis Sanfocdpdm and Sara dens-and apartment block of G. El~
Sanford Hotchkiss, children against 'lery Darlin. entailing a loss estimated
Sanford L. Hotchklss,.tho father. The at. between $40,000 and‘fsfiofiOO. ' .
wire. it is understood. does. not. de- lts origin lsunknowu‘.“ The fire
eiceto obtain a divorce from her hus- apparently started in one of the sheds.
band, although they. are-at present. it of the wandworking concern“ and, iii
is stated, living apart. but wants sep- fivepc through. the lumber and “WA
mate support [or alimony without. a‘ dust with alarming rapidiiY- Despite
divorce. , _. efforts. of: the local dreadepurttucnt
The case raised an unique point or and help t‘ ‘ ' . are. 00‘
‘ead t ‘ .
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. ponvey.
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‘trialliive days and six tree experts
andi‘entymologists testified for the de-
fendant . .
Daily Calendar or Courts
Following is the daily calendar of
the Superior court I. and Common
Pleas courts with cases tried or set-
tled yesterday undcases which will
be reached for trial today: .
Superior court, first session, Cur-
tis. J.—-Bridgeport Realty company
vs. Henry R Parrott. suit for real
estate commission of $1,060. on all
day. arguments finished. decision re-
served. Shapiro and Shapiro; Beerr,
and Beers. Adjourned 3 p. in.
Today's assignmentdfticbard fPo-
ladinn et ul. vs. Dayld Cluck, Sui
for" decree .'of conveyance and .3500?
damages. plaintiff claiming that or
November 20,1915. defendant through
Melittdosephhcrgcr and Emil”.
Hirechbagreed‘ to sell him property
on. State street owned. by plaintiti'r
tot-743222000. that. mimic made, ‘ as.
posit of 3250mm» tendered “payment
0! balance. . but descendant refused tr
Defense. general- dental. Ed-
Nobbti. ‘ Easter ‘and human
(is Gunner
have been united by the breaking of. out being passed by'the‘govfimge
a. car axle. The derailed cars piled ment officials. Witt f
up around the telegraph tower at the - ~ -
junction point. damaging the build.Charged With Elect-“cm,
ing and giving the operator on duty. 315° beep ercctcr‘. along 91? Ge“
there a bad fright. No one was in-‘ man-Smss frontier and 33"“pr
.~l. a militlanutoythe man drew a knife
jurcd.
summon
_ Mlilllillill Dillit ‘-
NEW_ YORK, April 26.—Sentrles
guarding the waterfront under the
Brooklyn terminal of the Manhattan
Yridge. which crosses the East River.
Jtoday shot fa man found loitering in
“the rear of a factory turning out ma-
chinery. According to Arthurd. Ril-
and'iittempted tostab him after res
1'using to obey a command tomove
' on. ' The. mortified.» althoughiwouu'ded.
mumps captured and. taken. to mill-
tnry headquarters, where a knife was
found uponhim. .
'The prisoner was
hospitalf‘uud is“, expected to die. till:
'3 , _ . r
‘ removed ~ to a
isible' precaution has been tulim
.' to prevent the details of what
transpiring within the realms:
the Central Powers from results
ing. the rest of the world.“ _
. Apart from France there . .
few developments of impel-tan
’in the .war theaters. The Ed
continue. to drive; toward ‘
Mesopotamia, but there‘is a .
ious silence in regard to the {Ru
siar‘t armies in that region»... All
attack on a fairly large scale-
becn (made by.the Allies on_
Salori ' front, but there is .notb
ing' as yet to indicate whether '
general ,ofiensivc is planned
this regicln. .
fighting
greathattle in the‘hmi reg
. Last night’s '
scenes; 2 _' havesbcen.
connection with _ 3
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