Spedslerllsell THAT’S WH'JIOR- ‘ want-ms rayon r1111: EVENING SEN- TINEL. ESTALISHED 1370 Entered at the 31111111 Nov-walls Poi! Office as second Clean Matter. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN; THURSDAY 4 h M It“ m may no; WALK noun m 1'11: 3111mm It. proponents. MAY ‘ Fair Tonight and Friday 1Hm1 mmm cmnm Man Who llan National Mercantile Co. in Serious Trouble in New York State “—— INNI NNISIIII V SNIPS IIS IIIIINISI um mmn East llorivallt v1.1.1 cit-11's Patriot- ic Offer llighly Appreciated by the Government SNNNNNNIIE » IlflNINS NEANS INNM ‘WASNINSINN llear Admiral lloltr Assumes tlte Sentence to he Passed lommorrovv in White Plains Court I I lucius ll Nattwon who is known in this city, Hartford New Britain and; i‘lainvillc where he had lited will aptiear in the. court at White Plains, \l't'stchcster county. N. Y., tomorrow 111 be sentenced under a conviction tor grand laceny. He was found lzuilty on Tuesday of last. week and st‘tiiit'nf't‘ was deferred until last. Fri-I day and on that day it was furtherI d1 ~11r1cd until tomorrow.le p1'oba-1 111111 officer of ll estcheater county wasI I Club's Offer llemains Open for later Acceptance \Commodoro Philip H.11ielding and lllt‘nlelH oi‘ the East Nonvalk Yacht Club are elated over the prospects of a naval sub base being granted to No1- . walk harbor and the acceptance of the ' club's generous offer of their quarters for government purposes. The cont- modore, who has led in the vcment for this recognition, receive thetfol- lowing communication from 1111+ Navy! Department, this morning, which, while not assuring the acceptance of 111 this city during—illsL week male—elite offer places that estimable organl 111:; inquiry as to Norton lie cailedi on States Attorney Hugh M. Alcornp Judge Whiter H. Clark and othcraI who knew of Norton's operationsl Aide. The result Iof his lnvesiiga-l tion will be reported to the. judge of' tho Westchestcr county court m (1‘ ontinued on Sixth Page). NNNN ANN IINAPP IN NNNISASE NEAI Plaintiff Says They 1111151111111 toI Nervey Burr’ 111111 ForeclosedI Without Notice I I l Another litigatious legacy left by: tin defunct firm ofllu1'1 & Knapp willI he aired in the anperiot court today before 1.3111191,on when the case. 111 Liliiam ill Brown of Bridgeport. against Nancy E. Burr also oft Bridgeport is c1tllod.Thc trouble atosc from a 11"ansfet or a mottgagc and note in which Ilurr Si Knapp fig- mod. Borrowed of Burr &. Knapp. I (111 August 6 1.914 John J. McFar-' land of this city borrowod $1. 900 f1 0111 Burr & Knapp and gave .1 mortgage on his property on Howard avenue to sv-cme the mortgage note. On August H, 1914 Barr 1% Knapp, according to the plaintiff, transferred .ihe, mort- , gage_.lo Elizabeth (I. W. Lockwood exho'in turn transferred it to Ithe plaintiff on February 29, 1916. On January 5. 1912’ however, Mc- Farland bormwcd 3500 from Burr. & Knapp and at that time gave a mort gage on the 11111.0 property to scoute the note This obligation was assign- ed by Burt A Knapp to Hervey E Burr who is 1915 obtained a decree foreclosing 1,111 property and became the legal and enuitable ow'nei. and zzi‘delilg to the 111111111111 has since tlutt time been collecting the rents 1111111 the property. ' (11011111111111: on Page Twelve). INNNS NISISIISI SINNSII BY AN ANIN‘ itobett Keyscr the son of Mr. and . \iz's. Howard Kcyser of Brookside. had a narrow escape;- from death or swims injury last evening. The lad was riding along on the Connecticut Turnpike on a bicycle about six ociock last night when an auto came up béhind and struck the wheel pre- . cipitating him twelve feet to the side .vof the. 111111.“. occupants of m. .Dear Sir: --. zation in a most patriotic position in “ashlngton and war circles: Navy Yatd. Brooklyn, N. Y. April :10. 1917. . M 1'. Commodore, Club, East Norwalk, Conn. Philip H. Fielding, East Norwalk Yacht The Connnandant. thin-s plcasurc in I acknowledging receipt of your letter of Apr‘ii ..‘.1'1'd through Lieutenant. Lco- lllll‘d ll Dyer, U. S. N., R. 11"., in which by unanimous 1011' the mem- bers of the East Noru'alk Yacht club offer the clubhouse, floats. moorings, Iand all other facilities to the Fed] cral Government to use as they see gilt in the dertnse of the nation. (Continued on l‘age Twci1el 1111 11111 1111111 11111111 111101111 Naturalization Court Males Short Shrift of Candidates Unable to learn m “Dismissed for ignorance“ was the straight-forward ruling handed out yesterday in the superior court before Judge Curtis in the case of a num- ber okaliens who came up for the second time for examination on the Constitution and history of the United States. Where Examiner Church found that the ‘isecondi timers" had learned nothing since they last: ap- ,peared, and appeared to be endowed with a crude and tough mental ap- paratus through which ideas could not percolale. he made short sht'lft 'of them Their cases were recom ‘mended for dismisasai. Some. few of tthe applicants were. asked if they1 could read or write English. In vita" (Continued on Page Twelve) SNAI' NIASNIN SIN, A INN NINE INNAI Once upon a time, asthe some. old story begins, coal could be burned by the poor man. Recently the latter has almost stopped burning it, and 111 cases, where it is possible, are using gas for. heating purposes. Another jump in the price of coal was announced this morning: The price of th eblacit diamonds is now ten dollars a too. This means that it has gone up a. dollar on the ton. as, it formerly was S9 Another jump and the phrase "black diamonds" will not longer be used 11 the spirit or fun but will be grinnreality. a: the I car did not stop. to see the result of .' ‘ .111 . . e accident but speeded up and wereI not be long before gone before the number of 1the l cons tame auto could be ascertaitii! .ed. Fortunately; Master Keyser on capcg with. only a few bruises. He is to his 11.11111 today. ' Th was completely smashed. k“ .prtée .of the 111111211 diamonds 13 now it will be uséd price of 11.111. 118' ’11.... dealer but it this aroan-111113. was because of th' NNNSI INNS '$2,5NN,NNN fNII NNANS Believes Conn. Should Sustain its 11111111111. for Having Cood Thoroughfares 1111 1111111111 1111111111 IN NEXl INN YEARS State Wants lien on Girls Home .in Middleton tian'rroan, May awwnn but one vote of opposition, am of Colonel Jarvis, who represents Berlin, the . House yesterday passed the two high- way appropriation bills, upon favor- able repotts of the committee on an— propriations, (which favor spending 32, 500, 000 on new roads in the state in the next two years The appropriations are divided. Ono million dollars, if allowed'lot' what is known, as public or state aid roads, to be expended in two years. The second measure allows $1,600.00 for ‘two years for trunkllne highways. Both Fatiorably Reported. The roads. bridges and rivms c0111- 111ittee tenor-ted both bills favorably and the. measures then want to the 'uppropriatlona committee, which also . reported back favorably. But him: it was that Colonel Jarvis. who is a membor of the committee, tack a different view. lie insisted that. this was not the. iimc'to rota large approprlaigpns for highways and roads. and there Were. not a few who accepted his argument as sound, he could not muster the votes because (Continued on Page Nine) IEXPNSI SNNNIIINNS. 111111 111111 Orphans FarnlEd Out to Private Families and blade to Act asI lltudges I Startling conditions said to exist hyI ' .t'cason of the I present system county homes lot children were ex posed :1f‘lhe children' 11 section of 1th Connecticut State (onfctcnce of Charities and Correction at ll‘icriden, which was presided over by George 11. Warren of ‘,Brldgoport general scc retary of the. Charity Organization so ciety. '.Mr Warren was elected gen- eral secretary of the confer.ence Discussion in the children's sec tion brought out the fact that oiphan children are crow-dul into county homes wthout physical orlmcntnl ex amination or classification. and that “All ii homes are in the main conducted (Continued On Page Six) INNIIAII NAN IANIS PIASE MAY 17' Dollar Day' will' be observed .by South Norwalk merchants on Thurs- day. May 171b, its canvass is now be- ing made and business men are urged to mail their Contributions to Joseph Davis, chairman of the committee. Every merchant is urged to take part in this campaign, and to offer one or more articles pf’real merit at a no tlceable sacrifice, and not (to offer shop-worn goods. Dollar Day is not ‘a day of profit to the merchants of South Norwalk', as 111111111 not its pur pose. It is 11111111 11 day of thanksgiv- ing ‘hy our merchants to their patrons .for their loyal patronage. during the 'year and to further encourage trad ~ing at home. stores. it v'rillnot be long bétore they are convinced that: trading at home is a source or profit ale well as con- “‘vcnieace: Any merchant 11h Once they visit the not been" visits by the2 on too 1111' will umccept this invitation laboost. 8911111 Nor to trails. W llut ' of A has for 111.111.1211 1111 1111111? .11 100111111 111111111 limmy Backdoor, Blow Safe and Get $320 in Stamps and Cash -. and Money Order Blanks EAST HAVEN, May 3.4—Yeggmen visited the local post office about 1 a. 111., yesterday, jimmiod the back door of the office; blew the email safe with nitroglycerine, and got away with about $325 worth of stamps and cash. They also took a number of money order blanks and mail box key. The men’were seen working by Allesandro Nuzzo. a shoemaker, who lived in a small blinding back of the. postoflice, but he. was so frightened that after watching them get away he was afraid to give the alarm until this forenoon uhen the. postmaster 1ppearcd at the office Both doors I were blown oil the safe and the con tents strewn about the ollice. Pieces of the. debris went through the lock- box wmdows and wire omen over- head and also. through a front win- Itlou'._' A hank-mild and no 1111111 cigat 111 re the only truncation by tho burpla1s.Poiloo of New Haven and other places and the. post office in spectora were notified. but thc11'ls no clue to the thieves. . , 1110111111 11111118 11111 111 11111111 Information 11511111 or 1...... Rela- tive 111-111. of Cindi! the State or Nation _ v‘ J . The. aulomobllcbenaits‘cards which have been sent 11111 by the dire ion of Governor Holcomb by the Auto 110 bile department at the state capitol to ownera of motor vehicles in Con arcticut asking for certain informa- tion relative to the use of such cars ,by the state or nation in case of an I emergency are being received at, the : atatc library,wherc they are being 111'- i 1111111111 and their contents made avail- ablo' for service in time of need. A general desire and willingness to do icvcrything necessary are evident in poll parts of the state. in view of the questions which are Iheing asked each day by motor v-e i hiclu owners of the state the Antonio. hilt- Census bureau finds it available (Continued On Page TWelve) SAVE NP NINE, INEN I . ttalten. INNNIININI NI MIN INN WAN SINVISI 111th front ll. S. Government in 1 Accordance with Craft Bill ' RESISINANS NI VNIINS IIIIIII IN AN WNNN five Unmarried Men May Be T -i lien I Organizing for the directing of en- rollment of men of DODSC‘ilDUOLl a 49:14 ‘ cordance with the. draft bill, which will be passed in definite shape! by Congress before the end of 1h1i1:' week, will be slatted immediately in Norwaik. Several thousands of regis- tration cards were received this 111o1't1« ing by Mayor (‘arl Axel Harslrom. Registration certificates were t'eceiv~ ed with the. cards. ‘ Before the actual work of taking the registration can begin, Congress must decide on minimum and ataxi- mum ages of men who 111' to be lia- ble to draft. Single men on y will be it has been estimated that one single man out of live between the use: of 21 and 35 years will be draft- Tht- registration card differs to some degree uith the war census taken by the state. The card calls for the age. name home address or the men. Whether the male is a citl. ecu or otherwise, is one of the ques- tions included on the curd. Occupa- tion and military service, are im- portant matters covered by the regis- I Continued on fifth Page 1110111111 411111111 ' 1011111111 11111111 11111111 legislative committee Believe in i l (‘HRISTl1lNSBURG.\n..l\lay 3.—~1 A 8101‘ of how Charles I11 Vawter, Vitginia Polytechnic professor on trial here for l'.‘ iling Stockton Heth, Jr. had struggled against the crav ing for drink, had disoovered and com Idoned improper relations between his wife and Roth and ltad asked the lat.th to ipay a whiskey cht tot him, was revealed in letters iniroduc ed yesterday by the state. Condoneo Relation. The. letters were produced duringI the moss examination of Vawter yes lterday afternoon. in one communi- cation, Vavrver wrote that he had dis- icovered the improper relations be- ttwccn Mrs. Vawter and Beth, that 'she had stood by the defendant when Idrink had made a demon of him, and Ithat now his love for her would not falter. I "N011 you can love her with less (Continued on Sixth Page) INNNEII [II AIINNE NIEIISIIANI S IINANSES N II. ' The. published report of the meeting of “the creditors of Samuel Schwartz. dry goods merchant at 523 Hancock avenue, Bridgeport, which will 'be held on May 8th before Rhferoe John W. Banks, was incorrect as to the reference of Mr Schwartz ing for- merly of- South Nomlk. ' will be recalled that a merchant by that name tomorlAdld business on any avenue, but is stove enjoying prosper» ity in the Park City in the dry goods 11111111111111.1111 was 111 South Nov-Walk SNNI NIN AiflNIII I As predicted in yesterday's Sen-1 tincl. the Committee. 011 Cities and Boroughs of the General Assembly p1 caented a favorable report on the act concerning the control of schoolsl of the City of Norwalk. The resolu- I tion was changed somewhat. as to .i‘orm. but the passage of the hill confe1s on the voters of N'orwalk tite' opportunity to vote on the measure at the city election to be held on the first Monday in October. Before such vote is taken a petition to the mayor and common council signed by 10 per cent. of the registeted voters of the Citizens of llorvvallt (Continued 011 Eighth Page.) IINNINIAN SIAINNIS AIIIANSI IS lNIAl llonvallt Members Notify Gov. llol- comb of Their Stand to War Sit- nation Norwalk members of theBohemian Slavonic Alliance have. notified Gov~ ernor Marcus H. Holcomb of their stand in to war situation .an'd share in the war passed down in a letter to Professor' Kovarik of Yale. The letter ex- presses sympathy 111.1111: ounce of the races. ' Tide on the first floor of the house, Malling Good the Promise to . ‘men are under arrest today on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the which the governor has,’ lmnmnn nmnmmwu ummmu Registration earns Received 1.. Nor- INorway and 1111111 on lite 11111111, and an 3Couatries ' Reported as Being Bitter giiantpaign—Norway’ s Shipping Nearly Wiped oat SNANSIIINII INN NIINNANNIINIINES INl , : IANSEI iNII SNA__I'I_S [ANN All PAN: ' "”3“ "a" II" ‘I‘ ”“9 "' El"! Illcadlock Still Continues on Western Front. with Britta Making Headway in Mesopotamia I . Incarer to war with Germany PIPE SANSIS SAIl iN PINE IISNIIIIS The uptown fire department ros- ponded to an alarm of fire last night about 11:30 o'clock, and after a few minutes' work extinguished a blaze which had started in the home of Joe- Muliigan, before retiring last night’ enjoyed a smoke, and upon going to bed placed his pipe in the pocket of his trousers. and then placed the. trousms an a chair on which n blan- kct nae laying. The pipe set fire to the. trousers. and Jive. blanket soon started to blaze. The family who 19 smelled smoke a. short time after- w.arda, and upon entering Mr. Mulli- gaps room found the apartment full of smoke, and Mr. Mulligan asleep in bed. . The sleeper was ar,‘oused andI an alarm was turned in. The ilrcI fighters tossed the burning blanket out of the 11"indov1 and quenched the blaze with chemicals. Had Mr. Mulli- gan not been aroused, it is likely thatI he would have smothered in the dense: smoke which tilled his mom. i OflicersGaynor and Flynn prevent: 1311 what might have been a serious fire. While walking on Washington street last night.tl1ey noticed a small blaze in the oflice of Dr. J. A. O'Con. more on that street. They at once broke in and extinguished the blaze which was caused by rags becoming overhealed by a radiator and taking fire. It was prompt work of the of- ficers which saved the oliice from be- ing seriously devastated by fire. The machine gun will go into active service for the first time this after- noon Practice pill be held on the gtounds of. Clover Manufacturing Company. The sound to have charge of the gun consists of Detective Scr- a'eant Thomas Hunt, and Officers .l’aige, liorney, Flynn and Tooihill. Chief William R. Pennington will of. ”course be over the gun squad and' they will be under his orders. SNIN NIII SNNSPINASI CHEYI'11‘NE,\Vyo.\Muy 3.—-Eight' Government of $300,000 through the sale of stolen high gradc' gold orc. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government, it was explained by the federal omcials, wasxgased on the fact that .1112 men s one ions placed the go eminent in the position of re ceivlng stolen property. Five of the men Were taken into custody here last night, one in San Francisco. one in Denver and one. in Victor, Colo. 1 Frank Cochxman of Victor, Colo., ar- rested in San Fiancisco is an assaycr and it is alleged he obtained the are I ' ' from ruinous in the Cripple Creek dis trict, and then pent it to agents who sold it in other cities where there are mints or assay officers. Several packs of gold ore were taken from his oliice in Victot ’when he was an rested. ’ Joseph Melt: .1111... Tony Cauz. was mrresled at. San Francisco, while at? in behalf of the Bohemians and Blavoniaus of the slate “cummitteeI of the Bohemian- and Slavonic Alli-’ once walled upon Governtn' Holcomb last; week at Hortlord and the gov-‘ ernor showed considerable interest lnI. tempting to disease of a large amount of gold blilllfm' at the mint. _ ‘Ail ihbac under iii-nest hero denied the charge and 'wcre. released on $10,000 bail each s :twodhirds of the world. Norm I and China are the two other 1: ' " NEINS NNEANINENI -. l‘. in Regard to the lil- Brazil has drawn out: today is one of three coon - hovering on the brink ofrg maelstrom which has con tries which may shortly bead to the ever lengthening list, Germany's foes. TWo events have happened Brazil which may easily form impetus. to the last step on the road to w Lauro Muller, Brazilian Minister. has tendered nation on the eve of thee“ for the Brazilian congress cide whether the rapid) draw its sword. Dr. Muller been persistently reportcd not actually, pmchnnah a, a firm opptmcnt’ of h 05le tween Brazil 3316 the .T y, Empire. His resignation. .1 i with an order by Presifnt detaining the dismisse minister. The order wad lean receipt of news from the Brazilian minister 111 Ge had been Infused permiul leave the country. ' ‘ The possibility of Norton trance into the ranks of lies is ‘based on the, . wrought among the Norw mercantile marine by ‘ submarines. Norway, prior war fourth among the .1111: seafaring nations, has sullen-c heavily from the ravages of 11- boats that her 1111’ tually threatened wash ~ The bitterness among th N wegians over German war in" ads is growing rapidly and" voices are urging that she not be worse off as. a belllgy and might fine compensatio peace found leer in the lists the Entente. > All reports from China - that the advocates of war a a. majority at Peking, but all ently the president is still tant to take the fateful step has been reported that japan unwilling that China should the struggle, but the Japan ' Foreign Office has officialy this. In the meantime the coil nation in Europe remains through conflicting reports the reports passed by the co especially in the realms Central Powers. The only do : fact in regard to conditi Germany is that a. polities! exists and that. the ant“ between the parties 1111‘ out with violche unkn' 111m . ' the beginning of the w cellar von Bethmann-Holl the target for all shafts; b’ parently can 11er Only on warm support from the M Socialists. There' is no light over on the strike situatx ~ no reliable new: of any ls‘ Au'tria.‘ " years and l: reputation 1'11 butlneeti circles here an erection . ' rt vita more! he that. he in the notice! in behalf of these people and acid that be well pleased to have who 111.111 infidel
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