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increases in Salary for Officials Also
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EUR IUDNAPPIND
IRE PRESIDENI
Confessed Spy Says Mr. Wilson Was
to be lleld in Mexico as a Hostage
During War with Germany
HIS SIDRV APPEARS
SDMEVVNAE DAUZV
Max loudon, Seeking Parole from
a Considerable item
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IIARTIWORD Aprit 27. -C0rrnocll-
, c'uts budget of expenditure even for
tire maintenance and such improved
facilities as are needed in humane
institutions, will call for $1,500,000
more a year for the next two years.
Shows $3,000,000 Increase.
The appropriations committee made.
the big budget report today and it
carried for two years the sum of $15;
657,071.55. as compared wltlr $12.
756,687 two years ago.
There are other expenditures yet to
be provided for in separate bills, in.
cluding special construction for high-
ways, General Assembly expenditures
and a few other things not yet re-
ported.
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PRDMISiS l0 III
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Potatoes Still not, on m... .I‘.
-. sum III smash cost s... . “
New potatoes and fresh vegetables
of all' kinds are (now coming into‘
the markets in considerable quantities
pnd promise to send down most
prices. Potatoes, however, are still
high, being quoted at 85 cents to $1
a peck for both the old and the new
crop. ' _ ,
Will Go Down.
it is expected that in a short time
the supply of new “spuds” will bring
their price down considerably. ‘ Tile
demand for old potatoes for seed pur-
poses is expected to keep them up
pretty well to the present price for a
while.
Other \egetables are being shipped
here in fair quantities. Whale§alels
say the prices, though not as low as
, in the summer time, are reasonable
for the time of year and within reach
of the majority of the people.
Squash, onions, rhubarb, various
kinds of green stuff ,are now available
and lessen the pressure upon the po-
tato market.
New potatoes—-ar‘e plenty enough
food'
purposes. and 'should be exclusively
used for the table. leaving the supply
Iof old potatoes for the demand for
seed in planting. ‘lf this is done it
. , will be an advantage to the commu‘
nity in general and to the individual
purchaser as well.
The new potato is better for the
> table .but is useless for planting pur-
poses.
EDR DID DDilAR DAV
Tire meeting of mm“: tRetail Mer-
'chants' Association in the Mahacke-
mo Hotel, last evening. was the most
ortnnliation.
The business under.
consideration was the Dollar Day
pmosltlon, which has become a regu-
int- ennui affair in South Not-walk. it
will yoted‘“ to here such an occasion
balmy 17. and the following commit-
so was named to make arrangements
for the some: Joseph Davie. choir-
m; H. B. Smith all Roller. Henry
by. and C. 1.11am Them will
it window display contain,
_ Court today for trial.
derived here Wednesday from Eng-I
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largely attended in the history of the.
humorous features including band .
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I lever
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NEW YORK, April 27.—- ~‘lE‘ Innz Ion
Rintelen, alleged German “master-
spy' 'and seven Americans. accused of
having conspired to instigate strikes
in munitions plants engaged in fill-
were
land. where for more. than a year he
Iliad been a prisoner of war
other defendants are. Darid Lamar,
former Congressmen Robrrt H. Fow-
lol and Frank Buchanan of lilinois:
former Assistant Attorney General
Frank S. Monctt. of Ohio:
lor.
Ithrough the medium of Labor' 8 Na-;
Itional Peace Council.
((‘oniinucd on Eighth Page)
NEW HAVEN IAN
County legislators Urgedto Supplant
‘f0isgrace" with‘flew Building
HARTFORD, April 27.--'i‘llat tlre'
New Haven county jail. which has:
been the subject of many local and'
outside investigations and whose rep
motion is ,country-widdflis a "diet-
grace and amenace .to' the health of
2the community." is the substance of
the report of the committe of which
State Senator Harry A. Leonard of
New Haven is chairman, made to the
New Haven county meeting of legis-
lators today.
The committee recommends that
Biro present jail should be removed
and that a farm jail should be establ
llshed somewhere in the county, with
a temporary detention house in New
Haven for the confinement of. prison-
ers held for trial.
The committee rcmmmends that a
committee of two senators and three
representatives be appointed to se-
cure a suitable site of 500 acres for
a farm jail to be purchased by the
county commissioners before Decem-
ber 1 1918. and that not exceeding
$50 000 be appropriated for the pur-
pose and experts be obtained to pass
on the site. _ .
The committee attacks the present
contract system at the jail as unbusi
nesslike, scores the laxity of the coun-
ty commissioners in failing to provide
work for female prisoners and the
present methods of purchasing food
at. the jail. It says that improvements
‘ should be immediately made in the
jail, to provide a common dining hall
for prisoners. additional cells, a laun-
dry and facilities for properly treat-
ing prisoners demanding surgical or
medical attention.
IUSDANV AND UNRRIA
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LONDON. April 27. 8: 58 ant—~15.
violent eirthquaite in Tuscany mid
Umbrla is reported inX I Roma die.
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company to have occurred on Thurs»
day morning. lorry yperoona are re-
ported killed at Monument.
Penitentiary, llses Recital as a,
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. the season was celebrated last even‘
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Charles Anderson, of Lorena street.
inert? siir er. out
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Star. of Lowell.
inert. N. Y.
IERMEB A ‘ME‘NABELNPW Yzork Rodman Lilly. of hit. V—er
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NAS EARINDUAAE"
/ AI NDIIE 0E BRIDE
Miss Margaret Enron Macfaliand
Becomes the, Bride of diaries
'W. Anderson
One of the prettiest weddings of
ing, when Miss Margaret Emma Mac‘
Farland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph L MacFarland, of 2 lndlana
place became the bride of Charles W. ,
Anderson. son of Mr. and Mrs.
The ceremony was performed at the
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DEDIN ANEW
III outstanding ourgaum worse
Met Before Any Other" Work is
Undertaken, Supporters Believe,
home of the bride's parents by Rev.
S. P. Fairbanks, former pastor of the
East Avenue M. E Church. Both of
the contracting parties are very popu-
lar throughout Norwalk. The bride
was formerly a bookkeeper in the
James Donneiiy stationery store.
South Main street. and law also we 9-“
known because of her musical abili'I.
The borne of the bride was taste-
fully arranged for the occasion White
and green formed the color scheme'
Draped Anltrican flags gave a touch
of patriotism to the oer-.asion Potted
plants and ferns added attractiveness.
The. bride was handsomely attiredI
in white silk, trimmed with satin and“
lace. She carried white roses and
sweet peas. Her sister. Miss Made-
lino Macb‘arland, was the matron of
honor and pretiiiy gowned in cream
flower-ed voile. trimmed with pink
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lug contracts for the Entente Allies satin. Shc carried a beautiful bouquet
brought before the Federal‘ of
You Rlnteleni New
link roses. Albert Lundquist, of
York, a relative of the groom.
as the best man.
The ushers \Iere Joseph A. MacFar-
V
Tlrei land and R J. Lilly. of hit. Vernon.
N. Y.
A reCeption followed immediately
after the wedding and a supper was
served Later the bride and groom
Henry 13 . left for an extended wedding journey.
Martin, a Washington lobbyist, and Upon their return they will wide at
Herman Schulteis and Jacob C Tay- 3 Lorena street
They are said to have operatedi T119 bride ”W85
the recipient of
many handsome gifts, among which
glass. (‘hinannle and
other articles.
The out of town guests Were: Mr.
and Mrs. Hayden Russell and dough
Mass; Mr. and Mrs.
William Carr. oi Stamford; Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Lamb and daughter.
‘.of Stamford; Albert Lundquist of
INEDRMAIIDN VIANIED _
ERDM UUUNIV EARMERS
SEVERAl PLANS ARE
UNDER DDNSIDERAIIDN
Budget to be Given to Partial-fer
ested and TheiSuppoltSeioited
An adjourned meeting of the Nor--
walk“ Chamber of commerce was heldI
last evening in the offices in Wall
street, at ,which time the report of
the. special committee appointed at
the last meeting was received, a plan
for the reorganization of the C-hunu
ber of Commerce was adopted. «mi sol
alternative plan also considered. The
general opinion of the wealth: was,
that the Chamber of Cdlbnrcrce
should be continued. and that all out,
standing obligations should be set-I
died before any new business was
taken up. it was voted to appoint a
committee which will select ten in-
fluential citizens who 'are interested
in the work of the chamber of coin-
meroe. to support this movement
through whioh the organic ation will
begin anew. The financial situation
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Miss llatlieriee Mullen, Recently of
Hartford, Assaulted llear Seymour.
NEW HAVEN. April ~27.-Miss
Katherine Mullen. of No. 60 Plait.
The following letter has been sent
'out to the farmers of Fall field count).
by the Falrtléld County Farm Bureau.
asking of the farmers information in
regard to their work. in which the Ibu‘
reau desires to render aid:
To the Farmers of Fairficld County.
and to you in particular?
The Fallfield County Farm Bureau.
as you know .ls the accredited repre
sentative in the county of the U. S.
Department. of Agriculture and of the
State College of Agriculture, is de-
sirous at this critical time, when the
worlds food reserves are so short of
obtaining accurate knowledge on cer-
tain subjects.
It desires this information in order
that it may know what help if any,
the farmersmay need in the present
extraordinary situation. The Farm
Bureau wants to do alliin its power to
aid in solving farm problems and to
facilitat’e‘ increased production.
Many other organizations, including
the Governor' s Food and Supply Com-
mission and the IFairtleld County tile
source Mobilization «Committee, are
anxious to do what they can to meet
the needs of the situation. and to tell
them what and where those needs
are, the Farm Bureau must have ac.-
curate.inforination. We do. not wish
to go on. guess work in making for
outside assistance.
You are therefore requested to Ifili
out answers to the enclosed questions
and to send in your answers by illicit-
day. the 30th
.5. J. WRIGHT .
”Country Agricultural Agent.
END MEN USED
IN AN EXPlDSlUN
DERBY. Apiil. 27.4mm Boylan.
of‘Falls Village. and NeilsIBowman,
of Dairy, railroad-section hands. were
killed by a nexplosion on the Nouga-
tnok division ot-tho New York. New
Haven ud'narttoru railroad may at
brook. between data city and
I
street, New Haven county organizer
of the state suffrage association. and
one of“he most active leaders in
this section of New England. was
attacked and brutally beaten by what
is supposed to be a New York gang-
ster on the Seymour turnpike. a half
mile West of that place Tuesday at
tet'noon bliss Mullen was brutally
beaten about the head and body and
was carried into a nearby farmhouse
in an unconscious condition.
Going by trolley to Ansonin Miss
Mullen set out on a hike over the
turnpike and had been walking about
(twenty. minutes when she became
aware of a man walking in the same
direction. .The fellow is described
as being a clean shavcn. of medium
height. and with pe‘aked leap gand-
cigarette appeared to Miss Mullen as
the typical New York gangster. The
man passed the suffrage leader once
alnd 'dlsappeared behind a number
of trees at a bend in the road.
Roufiding the bend Miss hiullen
came upon her assailant sitting upon
a rock.
“Warm, isn't it?" said the man in‘
a sneer ing tone.
“Very." lied Miss Mullen as she '
we
passed him admit suddenly felt melt
arms plnioned behind her back.
Fighting as hard as she could. Miss
Mullen kept her assailant at bay for
chamber, of minutes but she Wad
beaten info the road and kicked un-
mercifully. Ali'- approaching farm
wagon frightened the man away had
the injured woman bleeding from the‘
mouth and nose was carried to the
(farmhouse of a Mr. Healy.
From there the alarm Was tele-
phoned to all the police of the neigh-
borhood and a hunt started for the
womans assailant. The man has not
it now develops that
her assailant was a fellow from “New
York. who worked on a far-min the
neighborhood under the name .of
Charles Kuhbsr but who had been
discharged for insulting another wo-
Tllo local
police are now assisting in the search
and the New York authorities have
also been noted to min In the heartland bomb. time clot-3e and revol-
by the Connecticut state police who
been found yet.
man earlier in the dart.
ARANDDNIND DADflElDR
lIEE IS DEIEDRAIED
Friends of Edward l. Flaheriy Enjoy
a Banquet and Present flint with
,Easy Chair
[A score of prominent. South Nor-
walkers, all personal friends of Ed.-
ward .l. Waller-(y. proprietor of the
Union Porcel Delivery. demonstrated
last evening.r their kindly feeling to
ward him by having him as a guest
at a farewell bachelor dinner given
in the large dining room of the
IMaiIackenIo hotel. Mr. Fiaherty and
I Miss Lucy Harvard ant to be united
in wedlock on Monday evening, and
this was one of the contributing rea-
sons for the affair which was one
lot the most delightful ever held in
“this city. Landlord Connors, of this
iwellykuown hostclry. ouidid himself
I in preparing the excellent dinner. The
,long table spread in the dining room
was handsomely decorated with flow
are and presented a most pleasing
,appcarance. The diner-s arrived at
8: 30 o'clock and it was midnight
,when the happy pally dispersed 'i‘iIe
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UNIV $500, 000, 000
I. A MDNIU EUR AllIES
Modest llernands‘ of commissioners .
in l‘lris Country Somewhat 'of at
Shock to Wall Street financiers
I
IERNIIIBNIIEMNNT
o
Overciot Tonight and Saturday TWO cam.
RAMSGAIE, __ III I III»
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English Reports State that the Destroyers Were Driven;
0ll by‘lhe Land Batteries, and the humane Was sugar...
2 Persons Berna lililed and 3 *hrinrcd
DERUANS EAIl AHER 4 DAVS EARNING
I0 DRIVE DRIIISN ERUM NEISNIS DE ARR)
g of Discontent Spreads Thronnhoul Europe
GIVES ADDRESS UN
PERSIA IN WAR IIMES
The address by Rev. P. S. Benjamin
at the South Norwalk Baptist Church
last night. was especially interest-
ing. The subject was "Persia in War
rants." Mr. Benjamin, though in
this country but a short time. Speaks
inoted English. having studied in the
'Amcrican school in his own country.
The language of the handwriting on damage was contained 181 an
the wall spoken of in Daniel is his Eda! announcement embed,
mother‘ s tongue. He said that though I a report from Field Marshal
Persia, is not at war and does notIcount French commander
wantto be, the war has been brought Jones in the United Kingd _
German destmyers attacked:
Ramsgate last night, according tam
an official announcement issued
by the British War Office. .
large number of shells worn;
fired, but the destroyers word
driven off by the fire from the:
land batteries.
One man and one woman In
killed during the hombardniw
and one man and two wodreflt
were injured.
The statement of losses
a.
WASHlVGTON. April 27 .-—Bctw eon
$40tl,000. 00.0 and SIM. 000. 000 a month.
probably will be required by the 31-}
litd nations in wai‘ loans from the
United States, preliminary estimates \
in Secretry McAdoo' 8 hands today inn
dicated. At this rate the proceedsI
from the authorized bond issue of 53;:
000, 000 000 for allied loan would last
only six or seven months Virtually;A
the entire amount Would be spent in}
the United States, according to pres I
out plans.
Great Britain needs $200. 000. 000 toI
$260. 000. 000 a month: France. 3100. I
000. 000 to $125,000, 000: Russia not;
more than sroo. 000 000, and ital y
about 35.00001? These figures are
tentative. but Secretary MoAdoo is,
anxious to reduce them speedily to of
definite basis so that he may recom- I
mend to President Wilson a program
for issuing the necessary securities.
At the rate of a half billion dollars
in loans a month a billion dollars
would be required before June 30.
when the first proceeds rfom a bond
issue might be available. This sumi
could be raised meanwhile only by 15-,
one of additional treasury certificates;
similar to the $250, 000. 000 issue the
proceeds called for Wednesday. It
was said today a second issue of the
same size as the first might be issued
within ten days. All these certifi-
cates would be convertible into bonds
when the latter are issued.
DUARDEIRRIDDEPDRIIS‘I S
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lloebling, lltl. Authorities 'llause
Arrest of Paul Melilto and llis
tomparrion
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TRENTON 3. J.. April 27.—ICharged
with conspiracy to blow up the plant
'of the John‘ A. Roebllng's sons com’
pany atlhoebling. N. J.. Paul Mellkc.
of ‘,Bridgeport Conn" and Stephen
Michiposuk of Roebling Were ordered
committed to jail by United States
Commissioner Wilson last night in de
fault of $15. 000 hail each.
IMcllke was arrested here last 8nd
day night when he was interrupted
while delivering an. antl- American
WEECEL' The other man was arrested
at the same time. Police \had been
shadowing Meilke after he was ac-
costed while loitering about 'the plant
of the John b. Mott company here.
United States Deputy Marshal
of the bureau of investigation of the
United lulu Department of Justice
Ithcrc remaining for today summing
lup speeches by Chairman Dent, of the
MAN IVIIII DUMB PEDI-
Woodbury B. Snowden and an urgent,
to her from many directiond ' At The statement reads"
Iihc opening of the war all seemed
hell for Asia: but when Turkey on French states that thc
tered with the central Powers into and casualties occasioned.
war. there was trouble for the l‘er- enemy dunng thc bomb W
starts. The head of the Mohamme of the East Kentish cogs
”" night are: Killed, 1 man art 3
(Continued on Page Five! woman; injuréd 1 mm-
women. Damage w
EINAl DEDAEE UN Si‘hh’m‘h I... “m.
“WAR REVENUE DUE.
number of projectiles tell i
\\ ASHINGTON. April 27.—~Debate
open country." -
The French have captured .
on the War Army bill reached final
stages in Congress today.
eral trenches on the hergh
around Moronvilliers and
the House general debate nos
concluded after a session which last-
hav ed ground in the to
cd until 2:30 o‘clock this morning.
of urte‘bise and Corny, acco'
ing to an official statement lest: .
by the War Office. The to "
number of cannon captured sin
April 16 is placed at 138. A
The desperate efforts of th
I Germans to drive che Bti
from the captured it
Arras front have failed afterf
days of the bitterest fighting th
the world has seen since "
military committee on behalf of the
voluntter system. and by Representa-
tive Kabn for the selective draft plan.
House leaders hoped to reach a vote
tonight.
in the Senate the bill was taken up
under an agreement to report a final
vote by tomorrow night. Sixteen sen- .
ators still were to be heard. bloody days Of Verdun. Ten!
Senator Kenyon saitl he expected to thousands of Gamma We”
support the bill. but wanted exemn hurled forward again and agamt,
tions in favor of men in empioyments-lonlx to recoil from the British
of military value changed so that the fire.
power of enforcing such exemptions
would not be in the hands of military Military "mes e39“! that
men alone. We approved the Lirlr‘olqattaCkS will be renewed agar .,
lette amendment for civil tribunals the German man power .3 "
to pass upon questiogs ff £(illnelrlrlxition. stand the awful drain. They '
The Iowa senator ec ar e aso
favored all amendment which Wouldithis expectation on the em
permit Colonel Roosevelt to go to tbels‘tmtegicaI importance 0f
front in command of American blood-soaked heights which fit
troops. British have wrested from the-En
“it would be an inSpiring thing); h: foes. These hills crown
said. “if Colonel Roosevelt cou ea - . - ' p ‘ . ,.
a dirision side «by side with the tri- greatlplam. 0f D9ua1 and th
color of France Nothing would help um!” and retention by ,. Ge.”
bring the war to a speedy end as Haig‘ spens almost certain doom
much as that. But they say it would to the Wotan line, the last ‘
demoralize our army. It seems to me teeting barrier before Do
it would demoralize the army of the'and Cambrai “
enemy more." ‘ In the lull of the . great
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through Europe can be h
more plainly. The political
Through Representative Nehemiah
Candeo word was received today that
economic storm which has by .
brewing in Germany apparen
has been by no means averted b
the hasty meariures of the go
the Hospital Bill which will give the current. The meagre item! Mu
city the right to appropriate money
for the Nor-walk hospital will was:
the House and Senate by .Tueedu
with a referendum clause attached
elude the censor throw
to it. There was conildbrnble com
light on the situation. Not to
1y are the Berlin papers also
bet or. to whether or not a "retention:
should be added to one hill. The colli-
threatened general strike on.
first. but it appears that
mlttee, however. turned it our to
to it.
the
ensemhenamoebeen’oeV
nicely”!
afiofacmily .
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