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AIRGANIZAIIGN
INNNER AND
GGNYENIIGN

Fairfield County Citirons Interested
in Y. M. C. it. Work Gather at
South llonallr Congregational
church

RANGE AIGNI GNAIRMAN
0E GNNNAY GGMMIIYEE

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Several interesting Addresses Made
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A11 Organization Dinner and Con‘
.— ,vention was held at the Congrega‘I
ytionai Church, South Norwnlk, List
night for the purpose of inaugurating
the County Young Men’s Christian
Association work in Fairileld County.
The convention was largely attend- I
HA by representative men from the‘:
various towns ethroughout the county.
At 6: 30. Rev J. H Ihompson oiA
this city and about 150 men pnrtook‘
of an excellent dinner prepared by
the ladies of the Congregational‘
church.

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Entered at the South Nor-walk Foot

Office as Second Class Mutter.

BAKERS IN
GNIGAGG GNI
EGAN) SNPPAY

Conference Between Employers and
iournoymen on ‘Today, but Strik-
ers Insist on Original Demands

SNIIRIER NAINRS, NIGNERA
WAGES, BEIIER SNGPST",

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CHICAGO, May l.~~Acting upon in
str'uctiona from the Department of
Justice United States District At
torney Cline today started an luves I
ligation of reports that the strike:
of bakers, which has ctrt off nearly.
eighty per cent of the ("‘lty a bread:
supply was precipitated by German
aliens for the purpoac of embar-nss

A tag the Government

Charges that the rank and file of
tho-bakers in the United States did
not sanction the action of tire presi-
dent and of the baker's' union in sign-
ing the statennnt issued at Washing-
ton by the conferences of labor lend
ers headed by Samuel Gompers to the
effect that no strikes would be called
timing the war, except under stress

Iol' vital issues, were made by Tony-

lIINEY SKINS WW I
A HIGH BANANA EYNGE

Aim: the 1111111 and file.
William 1

31 lord jitncy owned by
1911111111111, of New Cannon. and driven
by Herbert Lockwood, of Ridgeiield,
skidded ,1'1'rstetdny afternoon about.-

1: 15 o'clock in the car trucks in frontA

111M. Stnlls store, at the corner of
Main and School streEt's.” Tire ma-

. chine got beyond the. control of Mr A
Lockwood hit Mr Stull’s delivery car,
which was standing in front of his.
store 11 good clip, and then snrashedA

through a high board fence carry-
111.1: away about fifteen feet of that;
structure.

The automobile “as proceeding t-Ao
wards Norwalk at the time of the
accident .and only one passengtr ““th
riding with M1. Lockwood. Botho

, pants of the car escaped injury.
:front of Mr. ,Stull‘s machine
. somewhat dented after
‘blowl which the skidding car

Thus:
WllFI

7 «of the jitney were broken.

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MAMARONECK, N. Y.M11y- 1.———
W 55!thv residents of Mamnroneck-and
Orienta Point saved the business sec-
Alton or the village of Mnmaroneck
'esterday when they fought 11 fire.
but Wrecked three buildings and des-
11111-1111 a church and nearly 11 doneu
"three and shops It was the biggest
tire that Mamaroneck has ever had
“the loss being estimated at close to
$20, 000. How the blaze started is a
mystery. Fire Chief l’elzer and his
volunteer department fought the blaze
until dawn.

\ Dr. Hunter, the Village ,Pr'esident.
‘ and Edward Robins, of Orienta
Point, who Were. directing lines of

 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

rung 11'.alls Judge Vincent de Paul
(31 canon rescued several women and
children from the. burning buildings.
A A spark set fire to the police sta-
; 11:11 quarter of a tulle auay. Tire
lding was saved by a policeman

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

“2—511 tinkown
steamer 1111111 11

Sbhtheast

Itween representative of the

a tglanclng;
gave:
:it, but was .not seriously damaged"
The front axie'and steering ltnuckleI

hose,'had narrow escapes front fall- .

early this .

twain. briefcase agent of. the att‘ikinll

lbnkers \hrlott.1
"We admit" said Woth “tlurt the
president 011 our international union

Asigtied the statement, but ho did so

and without consult
His action is

over our heads

lwitltout authority. "

Hope of 11 settlement of titostrlko
today centered in 11 conference he,-
bakers
may or 's
The strikers insisted on their

nnd the employers in the
oilice.

A or iginni demands.

The striking baker's demand that
they be permitted to approve or dis
miss foreruen‘ in‘ 111' shops, ask i11-
creasederrges, shorter hours and i111

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NANNY EGAN YINPS
AAN AINE GIANYIGI

DETROIT. Mich, May 1.—~—-Thc pol
icy of Henry Ford 'in employing men
1whohad served prison terms slipped
rr‘cog today, when William E. Mnsl
ers, who had charge of the chip dia-
monds used to trim down emery
wheels in the Ford automobile fac.
tor'y, .was arrested on a charge of
stealing $28,000 worth of the din-
monds.

After serving two prison terms in

New York Master's, who is fiftythree
appealed to Mr. Ford. said he had re-
formed and was employed. Masters
began almost at once to live in an
expensive manner. He. rented 11m
apartment, engaged a housekeeper
and 11 man servant and acquired four
automobiles. The Ford did not ap-
peal to hint. He also had more than
A11 dozen suits of clothes made.
A When arrested Atodny the police
quoted him as saying that he had been
gelling the diamonds to a Chicago
dealer for $20 11 carat. He said he
hadsold 1,372 carats. Masters had
$10,000 in Cash when arrested, just
after receiving $2,000 from a Chicago
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BOSTON, May 1.—.Alfonso Squillac-
zoti,11 north end banker and hotel
proprietor.1‘vns found lying on the
floor of his. home on Hanover street,
fatally wounded, by policemen who
heard shots early today. There were

he died while being taken to a hos-
. pltni. .His wife. the Only other per-

 
 
 
 

 
 

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three bullet wounds in his back and

songln the room, was lyin‘s'i'n n swoon

 

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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. TUESDAY

 

moon WHY m
WALK nouns FIND
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NAIIERS SEEN
WAGE INGREASE

Bills of Prices Expire and Advances
Will be listed in lieu Scales

 

DANBURY, May 127131115 of prices
in all local hat factories, under the
jurisdiction of the United Hatters, ex-
pired vesterday and the employers of
the v rions ‘tlepartnrents of local fac-
tories 1111i prest 111 new price bills to
the manufacturers today. In the new
bills the hatter-s will ask from twelve
to fifteen per cent. increase for still
hot. sizing and finishing and a that
increase of ten cents 11 dozen on all
grades for soil hat sizing and finish
111g. Proportionate increases will be
Ansked in the curling, hanging and oth-

r'departnrerrts. in the binding and

urimming departments increases of

from two and one half to five per cent.
qu.estod

A general wage increase lot all filt-
ltories under the jurisdiction of
llnited llatters' was the subject 1111-

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A PRO-:LAMATION BY THE
MAYOR
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To Owners of Teams and Flows
An Opportunity for Sarvice
The Norwalk (ltr'dtn Associa'
tion has fifty H("Ill~ of“ land offered
for (111111 Jill)“. More titan enough
applicants to raise vegetables 011
this land are awaiting the plow-
ing of tl‘aCls already allotted to
them. it is impossible to hire
teams for this plowing. The rats-
ing of food for Norwalk families

I0 IRGNBAES
SWIIZERAANII

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Soldiers Sent Abroo
long Training llcre '

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WORKING (IN , ,
AARIIPAANE MGIGNS

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‘Worls has been started in the. local
branch of the Springfield Mot'Ors com-
pany. which recently incorporated

with the. Arrrco Motor Company. of‘

this city and the John Davenport
Houndry of Stamford, on“ the construc-
tion, of big twelve cylinder aeroplane
motors which will be one of the pro
ducts of the new concern. ,
The Loth Mill in Grand street, is

;th present location of the Hermit!!!

Branch of the lot cornpany, 111W
111, .111 expected 1.: .11" new 111111111111
will be erected by the concern in the
very near future. Whether or not
this new structure will be erected in
rNorwalk, has not yet been decided.
The Springfield Company will also be
actively engaged in the rrtnrrulncture
of automobile motors. although work
on these engines has not yet actually
begun.

Lieutenant Gray, formerly for the
Royal Squadron 11011" of the l‘qgllsh
Reserve (‘orp has tenure to Norwalk
rfor' the purpose of supervising the
construction of the aeroplane motor.
Lieutenant (lrny served n the English
aviation corp at the bog ruling of the
war. but was wounded and had to be

transferred on account of his injuries,
.10 the. reserve corps. The lieutenant
is an expert on the construction of
aeroplane motors her 01 or. and it is

Stripping Problems of the War ite-
main to be Settled Boiorcficsts

leave W

VthlliNGTON. May 1.5111111911111113
questions of detailed war, policies of
the United States progressed too'nrd
decisions today in conference among
American otllctnls and members of the
British and French commissions

Thursday the French party will leave
Washington for a tour of eastern and
middle western states and the con-
ferences are anxious to complete 11-119
finite part of thetnwork bythnt time
Yesterday' 5 conferences of President
Wilson with 'Rene Viv.iani head of
the. French mission. and with Fort
elgn Minister Balfour, who is chief of
the British party, did much it is litr-
lieveg, to clarity ‘the greens astute of
1Innecanuuraate Awhile
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One of the foremost questions is

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NINE MEN NAMED

will be prevented unless volun-
teers to do the necessary plowing
can be found. You can make a
contribution more valuable titan
money. Will you offer the nae of
'your team and plow for a day or
'11 part of 11 day? You may in this
way prevent suffering. and brln."
Comfort :0 sortie Norwaik' family
’Will you give this service to Nor-
walk, 11nd by increasing the food
supply, 11 needed service to our
country, and our allies?

Please communicate your offer
to Arthur C. Wheeler, president of
the. Norwalk Garden Association.
or to L. M. Chapman, director of
Nohvalk cordon work. Town As~
sembly Hall, Norwalk.

CARI. AXEI. ilARSTROM.
Mayor

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The blue proclamation to the own- ‘
crs of tennis and pious, issued today‘

by Mayor linrstrom, is indeed a call "“31 Recruiting OHM SAW

to a Worthy cause. The cuithation ot'

the land “this 's‘enson will mean fatI "GIG 1"“ ”f 1'9 v.3“ WOT“
for tinted States Government

more than it ever has before to this
countrv and our allies in general. andA
to the citizens of this city who willI
be fighting the good fight against the
Minna! 191113th

As is stated “in 1111‘ proclamation. ofkfiflfg'am at. m; it! Hull
titty acres of land are now laytnlt sounds very much like a "dime nov

 

Tho story of the life of Frederick

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Disease is Said to be Widespread in the Great lndusll'h'

Tremendous Struggle in france Continues

NEWS GIANGERNING MAY DAY SIRIIIES IN GERMANY
NAS BEEN GAREEIIAAY SNPPRESSEN RY ANINGR

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Growing Food Scarcity

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May Day has dawned with ,
armed hosts. of England Fm «7
and Germany still locked in
the most tremendous stru . , ..
the whole tremendous worl W
But the eyes of the world ‘
fixed for the moment on -'
behind the battle line wh

 

of the Central Powrs, the

ing of the long brewing

of discontent is awaited

Extraordinary measures ‘
the ml

3. Stuart. Chief Etoctrlcia in the .1:
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trendy for the plow. and then for plant :A' 1" 2“” Alma“: “’3“ hard 1181??le

rs coun ry as 0 an as a u y

“‘3 Th“ m" ”‘9' “"3”" “S“ hemmras 1111 Stuart the draft bill would

the seeds are planted, the less. chance ne\"c1 hate been [teased by Congress

there will be for the crops to grow When interviewed by 11 Sentinel re-
it is certainly

the duty of every porter. Mr.

 

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‘ Aof Norwsik. to contribute his bit

owner of a team and plow in the cm. to give an account of his life. When
to 'it was pointed out, however. that the

. lstory might induce local young men
Ame common cause In this rial lmpon m Join the “my“ be consented to
‘fant way. talk to the reporter.

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expected that under his supervision”

an excellent motor will be turned out;
by the. Springfield Company.

Charles Wolrlbcrg, of New York city
has recently become financially inter-
cstcd in the new 1-.or1romtlorr

GIANNA AAAINEA III

Misconduct Before and litter

 

BRIDGEI’ORT, Conn. May

Court, Spofl‘or'd i" Wyckoti’. filed :1

Ablli of particulars in his counter uc-l

men for dir orce against Mrs. Ella Vera

1,Wyckoff and it was more sensotlonnl"

Athan. had been expected.
"During the summer of 1910, shortly

"I after marriage " reads the bill "the

GEAEGRAIE ANNIVERSARY

Court Laurel, Daughters of t‘astiic,
will celebrate their Stir anniversary
on evening of May 9th. The commit
mtttee met at the residence of Mrs.
McNamara, last ”evening and arranged
V) have a. supper in lied Men‘s hall
,and also a fine entertainment. Miss.
Jeanette Callahan and Miss Hazel
Blake are in charge of the entertain-
ment which promises to be very clev-
er. Dancing will also be ludrtlged in.

Every member is expected to be. pres- .

cut. at this most enjoyable Affair. Tire
committee having the anniversary ex-
ercises in charge is as follows: Mrs.
Cornelius McNamara, chairman; Miss
Anna Stegrnullcr', Mrs. Mary Newman,
Mrs. Mary Pennell. Miss Julia Cal-
lahan. Miss Sadie Smith. Miss Myra
Lee. Miss Catherine Walsh, Miss may
1Drtrary. Attire. Mary (0‘ "ten. Miss
Catherine Callahan, Mrs. Mary Hogan.

I'
YANJARAE NGRSES

ARE ANSI IN EIRE

BALTIMORE, Md.,M11y 1—0n"th;
spring .‘
finest of the Maryland Jockey club.10a0kins plants, mil
fire started at thp Phillipa race track; containing foodstuff

 

,eve of the opening of the
at 12:30 o’clock lhto- -rnor'ning and

teen valuable h

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burned the twin stables occupied by
Dr. J. 8. Tyree‘s horses and those of
the Sage stable: of New. York. Four-

Aplaintiff (\lrs. Wyckoi!) told the dc-A
fondant, that she had been unduly'
familiar with the following men prior
to her marriage to the defendant."
There are five men living in Brook-
lyn and Manhattan and one in Dur-
ham, N. Y.

“in May. 1910. the plaintiff told the
defendant that within 11 month after:
her mar',1iage and while she was visit-i
ing lter aunt, Miss Minnie Held 01
Greenwich. Conn. she permitted :1

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CHICAGO, "1., May 1.——Fire des
troyed two grain elevators of the
Hales S: Edwards 00., which holds
approximately schnty live thousand

 

 

serday, causing a loss. estimated at
$500, 000. . .
:Police and federal ofllccrs began an

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Experts furnished by the are insu

 

 

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have been controls
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Soon liter Marriage Admitted,
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AObcying 1111 order of the Superior,

 

bushels of oats and wheat here yesI

attempt to determine the origin of the pre'cted tumble in the market do
blaze before the» flames were under veroped from the bomb explosion andl

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Mayor llarstrom lirges to People to
tin-operate with ,llcaltlr and
: Street Departments ‘

YIGIIAG IIItlIY NP MORGANA

Allen: on Play to New York 33151th
llouse with a Bomb When lit-A
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NEW YORK. May 1.—-—Cortfc::s;ionA
was made in court today by. WolfA
Hirsch, arrested last night with1

George Merringet'. both Germans? The following proclamation in re
‘that u“ pair were. 0“ ”‘9“ way mA gard to “cleanup” week has been is
“blow tip the offices of .l. P. Morgan sued to the people. of Norwalk by
& Companv with a bomb when inter- .\.ta,v'or Carl A Harstrom, urging lo
cepted A)? the 1‘0““? 1. A cut citizens to observe the purposes of
A intention to‘destroy a big Wull the campaign, and to try and co-
‘SAWM Instttution." A“ telegraph 1 operate with the health and street do
[Amnk ““98 PQ‘WEP" Chicago. “ 331‘ lpartmcnts in making our home town
ingtorr nnd \ew York. send out fals se .a“spick and span" city
report of President Wilson's assassl Whereas the custom of our city
nation and U ”WAS rards 0“ the A" Icnlls for the devoting, annually in the
Auntie coast. and then disrupt the {spring of the. year, of a special week
.wtrcs ‘0 prevent denial all to affect in which extra efforts are made to
the stock market for Slicnnlatitc benc- Aclean up all homes and the premises
111 was the ambitious plot confessed surrounding them, and, .,
t..oday the polite declare "’Y W°AAA Whereas. such custom is in behalf
IHrrsch and George Meyrlugel “SSA of interests that can be easily under
ch last night charged with having stood by very good citizens, and if of-
n picrlc cclrl bomb in the” posses fectively followed will result in much
sion. The men were 6111111th “kg-cod to this community now
ARoosevelt Hospital. Therefore i. Carl Axel Harstrotn,
Hirsch the my“ ““559” bcsrdn 3' Mayor of the City of Norwalk, desir-
being :1 chemist, is a former German ing to make this city healthful and
secret service oflicor and a reserve beautiful do hereby designate the
{petty officer in the submarine dlvl- t-v-eek of Mail"? as “Clean—Up Week”
Aston of the German nary. while Mev; A and especially urge the citizens to
ringer, who was a kitchen .man in I consider it a civic as well as personal
th‘eflexpert tele‘grapher and a student) obligation to do their share in the
of trance
' 1 0111 of cleanin u all of the winter's
The Germans expected, ”A: pgrifi'iIv‘vaste material.g rpefuse and filth. to
:32“ 1:11 YES“? 1A§NSSnAy $3,“; the end that the city may continue to
it lthfl n ma row more beau-
111g their brokers so sell Just an the 39M?“ 11 a d y g
While the work particularly" mm
11511111 to the residents of Norwalk
during the Week of May L7 is always
in order, it is singularly fitting at this
time, to remind citizens, that 'more
than ever the duty should be perform-
ed.011r fortunate experiences in a
serious epidemic during the 1916 sum~
finer might have boon different if the.
lomo and surrounding
were less favo
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~‘t th' false news. Persons familiar with
‘ ‘ have informed the police
ither were misled
outcome of such
1:11 in Wall :street or that
' story forward

human'ooa‘thus m

Stuart was v'ery reluctant-

t.nouncement that a general-

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to pass into a neutral c
land for the past ten daysgll "
’ sons have been forbidden to
Germany.

Reports from Switzerland
vague and indefinite an ,
assert that the troubled; ‘c
tlons in Germany have been
tensifred by a widespread
break of typhus, especially
great industrial regions. Th
demic is attributed to the
ing food scarcity. ,

Secrecy also obscures th
nation in Sweden where a--
nation~widc demonstration by . "
gathers was also planned for

an

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Swdcn has been their”:

Ahad been ordered by the labs
Headers for May Day, co
with a warning to the go to
merit against undue interfe
0n the fighting front; in F
little change has taken place
some (111115. The French are
-ing hard' in Champagne and ha .
made some gains, but Without, A
far as the official communicatio
show, materially altering the .
nation. The fighting in M ‘
Adonia, which was resumed
{wide front last week, is s I}
iprogress. In Mesopotamia
British are pushing steadil
ward. .
PETROGRAD, via Loud
May 1 .—General Gurko, » coal.
mandcr of the armies on the wegt
cm front, attended the cl
session of the Congress of ’
gates from the forces 11nd
command and in a long- 3p
congratulated the convention
the res labors, H
ed the delegates to exp
to the sodiers the rfsolu
had adopted, and to 11
floors and men to do their
lilo prevent Russia form.
under- the yoke ,of its hated
1‘” $5?" .11 '
. out!
till 5m and 03 M.
in; the right to will:
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