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REHCHAHH
PRESEMAAMRH
0E PANDRRA
Oomposer O. E. leldassena Con-
ducts Operetta Most Success-
fully at Hoyt’s Theatre
iAlENlEH ARMSAS
MAKE UP lHE CASE
Mrs. Ethel Virgin O'Neil and Miss
Weld and Pupils Assist
A
i‘lroso who braved ‘the storm lrfrst
111.3111 were well r'epaid for their ef
forts and witnessed one of the nrostA
charming and beautiful musical pro-1
ductions ever seen in this city, in
spite of the fart that many of the
prrticipants were amateurs. “Pr-111A
dura" is an Operetta b3 C. E. 101A
Mum-.1111 Tire (ornposer, who also
11311111111'd the performance, does not
111111131 this 11111 of musical work as'
11 profession. He is the editor u'ott'l.‘
Musical Ad3ance, of New York
11 “ell 111103311 writer and critic How-A
prer, he has de3oted much of AAASA
time to composition. Tire fact tirati
composed, orchestrated and conduct 1
e11 this work provides that he has
11 thorough knowledge of the tlrecreq
tical structure of music. His score.
is full of line 1119.10.11); rich hmonni
spirited rhythm The orchestral parts
.1111 skillfully ,constiuctsd and 111
sir 133s extinlleut tsrite in writing for
the voices.
(If the. 11133 enteen numbers, it would
be L'iiliitult to single out any for spe-
11.31 comment. but the duel “There is,
Dr..'ru1‘3 in the Springtime," renderedi
b3 rl’undora 11nd Epimetheuu, wasA
wry well reached and the' singers‘
i
A
heartily applauded. The strain of thoA
"luterrneno," used later in the final
churns was on the lips of everyone
at the close. of the performance.
The plot is an enlargement of How
thorne's Well-known" tale from the
Wonder Book with many additional
features introduced by Mr. IieMas-
sens. Tire idea of having the trou-'
bier represented b3 boys in costume
representing hubs and liberating
them from the box is original with
trim as well as most of the dialogue
land all of the lyrics of the songs.
This ancient theme is .0ne. that up
penis to all, as it breathes of happi-
ness, 1039 and springtime. The scene
represented the home of Epimetheus
1.111 Greece, in the golden age of
.(Corrttnued On Page Six)
'RHMHHC AllEi PROPOSED
ECR CHHRCH RASEMEHE
‘ A bovling alley in the basement of
~ the First Methodist Episcoiml Church
is 11. proposition which was presented
at :1 special meeting of the official
. board last evening Rev. William G.
Gidin pastor of the church, presided,
' and the question of introducing such
a feature in the life of the church
was discussed at some length In
order to ascertain the Sentiment of
' the members as to the advisability of
such a move, Samuel M. Stevens,
_ John F. Munhali and Charles H.
_ Downs Were appointed a committee
to investigate the matter and report
at another Special meeting to be held
11- ter in the month.
‘ CONGRESSMAN HERE’S
A ‘ IIEALTII IMPROVED
The residence of Repr'esentati
>J. 'Hill on. West avenue, whichvehtltjs
been closed for several months was
opened fer the summer last Week,
why: Miss Clara, and Miss Elsie Hill,
who chine up from Washington, bring-
mg 11111111111211: the household help
V.Reprenen£ati,ve Hill expects to be in
Norwatk for a few days, ' ‘
tithe situation in Congress will permit.
5 been absent from Nor-
1111111111 111 11111
1joyed.
Entered at the South biomalk Pm
Office as Second Class Mutter.
ARE ___ElARHRAlE
It plans which are now being form-
ed are successfully carried out, the
Memorial Day celebration will go
down in the history of Norwalk as
the “finest ever. " A monster parade
has been planned ,and there will be
smokers who will make patriotic ad-
dresses.
Buckinuham Post, G. A. 11., Douglas
Fowler Post, G. A. 11., and William
McKinley Camp, W. N”. \'., have unit-
ed as‘one to make Norwalk proud
of its Memorial day celebration.
'i‘lrcse three organizations have in‘
Vlieti local organizations to partici—
pate. in it.
The police department will turn out,
together wi the four companies 1of
police reserves The 111's
l'uards and Na3al Reserves 3311}!I 1Aur' e]
ticipate in the parade, which promises
110 be a monster (me, together with
school children and city officials.
The parade will form on Railroadr
avenue. and will end at the Green
in Norwalk. Here “11301 Carl Aer
Harsh-om and General Russell Frost
will make patriotic spe1clres from a
platform which will be built to ac-
cornrnndate them. School children
will sing patriotic airs
Cao‘ rin John I). Milne 33111 be the
marsh: l of the parade and 1193. Prod-
er'ick A Coleman has charge or the
exercises at the Gr'.ecn it plans now
i
made are carr'ird through 'May" 30,
will be long remembered. In order
to facilitiate matters. the grows of
IthC‘ fallen soldiers and sailors 31ill
‘bo decorated by (l. A it. orders on
Sunday May 27.
MCHHER CRCEMA MAKES A
A HIE IH SPRIMCEIEED
A
The membtrs of the local Grotto. A
iMonker Grotto. No. 56 iourncwd to:
Springfield Mass. to attend a grand
Acer'cnroniul of Ilelu (linotto No 37, of
tirat city yesterday at which time the
,above Grotto 33"0rked on 11 class of
seventy-five candidates at Fisk Audi-
torium after which they formed inA
line headed by the. Second Regiment:
3v
CEMSRRSHIP
PASSES HHHSE
Final Vote on the Espionage Bill Was
ZBO'to 105, the Administration
Plan Being Beaten
CHE REPRESEMEAEIVE
CHARCES ERICHERY
Action Taken Despite President's
Plea that Authoity in “Abso-r
lutely Necessary"
WASHINGTON. May st-Tiri» es-
pionage bill was passed by the House
lrrte'yester'riay with a modified cen-
sorship provision, after administration
leaders had lost 1111 insistent tight for
the r'ctentiorror‘ the original section
aimed at the publication of news of
value to enemy. The, final vote was
260 to 105.
Consideration of a similar measure
continued in the Senate, during the
day, and there too, the administration
suffered a defeat. Arr export embargo
amendment about which the tight in
the Senate has centered, was modi-
fied so as to substitute for the gen-
eral authority proposed a provision
to empower‘tlre President to restrict
exports in specific cases when Amori
can goods are reaching tho enemr.
~.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
EHREHAH [RACE
CIHES EMAERAAAHMERA
band, of Springfield. and Bela Home, A
Guard, with the following 3isiting
Grottos: Monarch l). Burr Bench,
headed Monker' Grotto, then came 'Al‘
bany with their band of thirty pieces,
followed by Boston, Burlington, Rut-
land, Worcester. Lough, of Brooklyn
and New Haven. The parade pr'o-
ceeded down the main street of the
.city. being reviewed by thousands of
people. The city was decorated with
the national colors for this occasion.
Tire parade was in accord with the
times and each member carried the
stars and stripes.
After the public demonstration the
members went to the Hotel Worthy
where full course dinner was serv.ed
Music, singing and speeches avers en-
The feature of the evening
was Monker Grotto’s Orator, Rev.
Benton Wer',net in a. sensational ad-
dress on “Our Country and the Love
of the 131:1." during which he prev
sented in behalf of Bela Grotto, a.
beautiful
Guard. Company F, the first secret
society to form 11 Guard and offer. its
services to the mayor of the City of
Springfield
All the members returned home af~
ter' 11 most enjoyable evening and ex-
tended an invitation to come to Nor-
walk and attend the dart. ceremonial
of Monker' Grotto?
NORWALK GARDEN AssocrA'rron
Second List of Contributors...
Since the 1publicatlon on Wednes-
day’ of the names of contributors to
the work of the Norwalk Garden as
sociation, contributions have been re-
ceived from the following persons: ——
Henry C. Woodward, F. W. South-
w,orth Edmond H. Greenhut, John Mc-
Madden Swartz & Corbett, M
Mayhoi’f & C0., Adam Schmidt, Har-
riet W. Chambliss, George F. Belts,
Henry P. Price, Charles H. Pearce.
Grace C. Mathewson, SpenCer S.
Adams. Aerie No. 588 Fr'aterial Order
of Eagles, D. W. Fitch. E C. Stusi't,
Neva E. Ryan, Charles D. Rogers.
George E Thompson, S. J Watkins,
George F Butterworth. The list or
further subscribers will be published
later. -
The pupils of the South Norwalic
time last evening. .Tlroy gathered at
the Sunday school rooms games were
The
the opening of Congress
bot' last. His health has
rotted, and he is now It:
1118’ mguidr duties at the
Mrs Hill with
coaster. recently
loaves of swung, ‘
this. 11111. 0
”admit
._ 11.11
I. Miss Mary Talker—Lawyer
banner- to Bolus Home'
'LITTLE TOTS ENJOY GOOD TIME the- Immune bil
little
The Eureka Rebekah Lodge. No. 421‘
l. 0. O. E, held a r'egular'rrreoting
last night' After
was disposed of. a pleasing entertain-
ment was given under the direction
of Miss Elsie ltaihs. Singing. r'ecl
tattoos and a flag drill were in ord-
er. The mock trial which was pre-
sented twice in this city and which
was very successful, will be, given
again next week in the First Metho-
dist church. Tire name of the trial
is "'Cor'neila [Dickie ll’laintiff‘ and
the cast. is as "followa: —-
Mrs. Lucretia Bossem ..... The Judge'
Miss Alice Wilson
Mrs. Samantha Sharp «1.1133391 for
Plaintiff ..Miss Clara Stoutenbur'g
for De-
fendant ....-..Miss Ruth Raymond
Elizabeth Scribe~Clerk of the Court
Mrs. Fred Benedict. .
Miss Cornelia Pickle ........ Plaintiff
Miss Elsie Rains.
Mrs. Helen Dashing. . . . .Dciendant
Mrs”. Harry Bartram.
Witnessas for Plairrtit’f:——‘
1111113, O'Brien
Mrs. Sellem ........ Mrs. Rose Curr
Witness for Defendant——
Mrs. Houseman ..... Miss Jennie Wey
_Juror's:——
Mrs. Old Style ....... '..Mrs. Wilmot
Miss Ner'vy . ..... Miss Clara Reardon
Mrs. Slow ...... Miss Emma. Buxton
,Miss Ailing ....‘..Miss Lillian Shaef‘f
[hum-Flashy ......Mr's. Richard Dunn
'Mrs. Homebody ..Miss Emma Redfan
Closing song, “Ruben and Rachael”
Ruben ........ .Mrs. Frank Bradbury
Rachael ........... .Miss Elsie Ralrhs , ,
I’
SEE
N'A
AME DRAEE Bill
ACES DISCUSSED
WASHINGTON, May
on the War Army Selective drdtt bill
today again sought to iron cut dif-
fer-enees between the House and Sen
ate. Work on the measure-was post-
ported from yesterday he
troopent 1511111111 ‘111 ,0
The chief point of difficulty is over
Congregattoirai church enjoyed o. titre the age limit. the .
121 to 27 ‘and the H
The“ conf ees hoped
om Win order? that 1111 ,
1111111 before new at Wilson : 1 d
f his approval the first
scorn nORWALK, conn
"”AAMtlDlilill
r
1
routine business ‘
..Mlss Charlotte Green '
2. rte'd 190 to 185.
° misunderstanding ,ab
ASSOCIATED PRESE NEWS FRO M ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WARE AND OUR OW N OPERATOR.
EARE RESIRCAS
SCAMHPCRA CARR
Valiant Efforts ‘or Firemen Blanked
by lack of Water at Dunn Estate
'(iitl'EENS FARMS, M117 5.--—After a»,
fwu-nrile race over a hard road, the
Southpor't fire. department fought. 3'11
linanlly to save the $2,000 burn on 1111
estate of James Dunn, a Brooklyn mil-
lionaire. but were forced to: give up
and stand idly by and see’tlre siruc-1
lure. burn flat to the ground yesterdnyi
afternoon. Tire reason was that there
were no hydrants to which the fire
company could couple its been and the
.3111 on the. premises had run dry.
it 33111-111 spectacular fire and many
peoTrle from miles around watched!
the structure an up in smoke. 'l‘vro
painters working on the. house whithA
burned down about a year ago and
has just been rebuilt, irido to cope;
with the fire with a length of garden‘
hose which they uttathed to the
faucet outside the house, but their
efforts were futile. William Daley,
who was working‘ on the roof or
the house prevented that 'from
catching fire. '
The origin of the fire 1p a mystery
One year ago the ho e on the
a gills of paper
A
1
A
premises burned down.
was discovered strewn ab ut the barn
in a more or less suspicious manner.
were no horses or other am
There.
trials i the stable, and the owners
of the house had not yet opened it
up for the season.
Tire barn is located near the estate
of E. '1‘. r.Bedford. the Standard Oil
magnate. The loss is fully covered
by insurance.
RAHAl RECRHIMHC '
1
The Newt recruiting ."'pu1t3 left
South Nor'walk this morning for New
Haven. Before they went today.
however. the party did a rushing busi
ness. Leyland l". Walsh, of 26 Main
street and Charles ‘1 Kenneyt lo(
East Rock r.oad signed up and were
lsrnt to {New Haven. John Calms
rnadcvapplication, but owing to the
fact that—ho was not a citizen, and
had not taken out his first papers,
had to be rejected for the present.
Several others made application, but
had to be rejected for various rea-
9.011:
Tlroa‘recmitlng party only obtained
four or five men who were enabled
to pass all requirements. Chief Elec
trr'iohtn Frederick 8. Stuart and Ap-
prentice Seaman Dunten made up the
iparh
While. in this city Mr.‘ Stuart made
:rrrany friends who are sorry to see
him go. He is a mart of many ex~
pc'rienccs Mitch are you interesting.
It is hoped that he. will be sent. back
herd soon for further workfirwtrpi
this line. It would seem field the
number who made application this
morning, that the time is ripe fora
great crop of naval recruits from this
city. Mr. Stuart placarded the town
well «and there are few" people who
do not know that he was here-
111111111 11111 , .
11111-111111"
congreSsnren llill, Iilson 3111111131111
Opposed to ”APPEAR Censorship
WASHINGTON D. C. May ,5.-—Con-
gi'essman Freeman. Tilson. Hill anda
Glynn of Connecticut,- voted in the
House yesterday for the motion of
congressman Graham, of Pennsyl-
‘vania to strike the newspaper censor.
ship ,he claimed the espoinage bill.
congressman Augustus P. Loner'gan
voted to retain the press "gag ” The
censorship. was stricken out by 220
to 1117 Later on Congressman'fla
Chin, 1offered a substitute '
"There
‘ this which gained not
support for it
,\ ' SATURDAY, Mini;
'1111‘111 “11111111"
_ ialiorr.
' and Barton companies,
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The only fundamental
Rain or Snow Tonight: Sunday Cloudy
.. .4 I '1‘“
5, 1917.
31 1111111111,
A
Officers of Home Guard of County
Decide llpon Commanding Officers 1
\
Captains and lieutenants from all
the regiments of Home Guard in
Fair'ficld county met in general ses-
sion at the 1"rr'111013 in Ilrrdgr port lastA
rricirt and were addressed by Colonel.
L‘lii‘rord Ll Wilson. Following the
general session majors were rronrirr
1181-11 for the six battalions, represent»
A
11113 13113 tonip 1113 of Home Guard 111i
i".1irf11-ld county (“1 113111111 \Rillianrl
llor .1113 ll; 13', pastor of the l' hired Con‘
1:,'~11p.1timrultirtrrmclr also .‘ltAtIlCSSfd 11 111A'
ofticus on patriotism. 1l()AnAll\f' out.‘
their dut3 as tiiizrns of Connecticut
grind members of the. Home (lua
llattalion number one, l91llf‘“9ntnl~
rorrrparrios A 11, C and Ir,nominu1edi
(‘aptrrin William 12. Secle3 major
'ilre nominations are forwarded to|
lir'rrtford where action will be taken'
upon the nominee.
'lhe Second battalion includes com A
panicsy l. P G and K. Captain Fred
erickl .Breckbiil, at present Captain_
of Company E was nominated for
major of this buttr iron.
Louis J. Herrrnann at prtscnt in.
10111111111111 of one of the :Srar,‘ ford,
companies was rronriuntrd major of
the third battalion This battulionA
includes rifle companies It and 1.?
The fourth battalion is composedi
of outside companies, three from
Stamford. one from Greenwich nnd',
one from New Canaan. Captain
William‘A. Pratt, commanding officer
of one of the Stamford companies
was nominated as major for this bar-
Tlre fifth battalion includes three
Norwalk -'conrpanles and the Noroton
Captain Ed-
ward ,P. Weed of Norwalk ivas nom
touted as major for this battalion.
Captain Cyrus Ryder of Dunbar!
received the nomination as major for
the sixth battalion.
in addressing the careers Colonel
Wilson said that all ofllcers, blanks
must be sent in as soon as up )oint-
ments are made. Nominations of of
‘tlcers must be sent through regular
channels Company camrnnnders must
do their own recruiting hereafter. the
minimum for a company is 50 and
the maximum 65 men
Sergeants and corporals are to be
appointed in company orders, copy
of which is to be sent to headquan
let's
1111110111. 1 1113;
1111-1111 11111111111
Arr old-time family social was held
last night under the usupices of Di-
vision No. 1 A. O. H..‘in the lodge
rooms in Wall street The affair was;
very successful, and was attended byA
about one hundred and fifty member-5’
and guests of the lodge.
During the course...“ the evening‘s
delightful program there were sev—
eral excellent reitalions presented by'
Miss. Vera Hanlon and Miss Vera.
McCarthy. Delightfufivocal soloes
were rendered by Mrs. Irving Haymes
Mrs. Albert Rose.'.Ralpb'E.‘ Dibble,
John McKnight, Thomas F‘. McMahon,
Edward Splan, Edward Hayes, and
John Woofer. The gathering was ad-
dressed later in the evening by Coun-
ty President Daniel G. OConner, of
Bridgeport.
Upon the conclusion of the program
of entertainment, dancing was enjoy-
ed, music being rendered by Sclrepp’ s
orchestra. The dances included all
of 'the old fashidned dances such as
the Virginia reel, quadrllles and;
lancers.‘ Refreshments consisting of
ice cream, culte,‘ coffee and soda were
served.
Just before the good time came to
aconclusion, the entire company of
members and guests rendered "The
Star Spangled Banner " in a most. en.
thusiastlc manner, , ,
The committee in charge of last
night's enjoyable affair consisted of
John McNamara, chairman'
A
Clarke, Charles Gailaghe and James
M
.m—
CREAA BAEME IM ERAMCE CCHHHHES DAY AND
Arented‘. The proposal was that the
land that. members should then have
Hugh ,
McCarthy, Martin 11113611011311, Jottir‘ 1- "
rquén; 11111111111 10111111111 or East Lax.
tngton taking advantage of the new
moon war m
3311er none: rm
run sum-mar. nt-
DISPENSABLE.
11111111 11111111 11111111
now 110111 1111111111111 111
111111111111 1111
Wild Currents of intrigue and Dissatisfaction in Pet! :
grad, but No Definite Plan for the Better isfidvauec
1. by the Opponents of the Revolutionary Government
turn 111111 101111 or 11111111 1111»
Brazil and China Continue Parliamentary Battl.
Whether to Enter War on Side of ll. 8. and Allies
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While the greatest battle
story continues to rage,
.118th France, the riddle
RECHVES RESPflNS Russia has presented a new . 1 ,
‘ with a. menaccd counter rovo,
tion of staggering possibil
, - For the moment the Prov
Editor of the Evening Sentinel. government has the upper _
Sir' -ln reference to the hospital but the voice of the RN31
report the printing whereof has been grows louder and more mi.”
deiu3',ed and for which delay the writ-ring every day, demanding
er may be sOmowhat to blame, as cessions which would make
theretofore the reports had been pre existence of an organized
pared by others than the secretary. ment' Mime p
Copies of the report which can be The Wild currents of
found at the town clerk’s office con-Amd disaatisfaction which
,tain the usual information found in evidence in Petrogmd» .
former reports, Such as receipts 1113- more 1: , a, fig
bursements, report of the executive of the revolutionary
committee, work of the Ladies Visit- offer no coherent p'
ing Board, donations. etc" etc; null seem to have no 1201001311
this issue contains, it is believed. aTlre capital is boisterous!
correct list of those who made piedg-Abut Back of it the van ~
on to the hospital building fund. Your lRussia lie silent with , .
001 respondents “Interested” and‘ to tell _of what the mm “
"Member" may rest assured that there people are thinking of doing,“
is no desire or design on the part of indication of the German View
those at present charged with the the situation is given by
administration of the hospital affairs that the best German
to withold information or to do -any- been withdrawn from the
thing whatsoever to antagonize t-hosl ,front, their places being t ..
who may be now or have been friends landst and landwehr diva}; .
of ”,9 hospital 'As far as news dispatch '
lhio
[ANo
mien
Res ctfull Your-1.. care, the radical insurgents ,
versus: '1. unscrew, trograd are basing their attack
Secretary or the Norwalk Hospital the May Day note sent to'th
Association. HOS by Foreign Secretary
‘ koif, reaffirming Russia’s d
intimation to fulfill her oleiga ‘
'to the Entente and vi: 1
Aprosecute the war agains‘
‘many. The militate-ram
will resign rather than.
the stand taken by M: M , ,
'. On the battlefront
HEW PlAR DISCUSSED
ERR CCMMHHHA CEHRA.
Althou b no regular ”business cool .
be transgcted at the Community 01111:“!ere IS no. Sign as yet of .
yesterday because of the lack of alcrsrve 158118 to the tremend
quorum, there was an informal dis Ade which is raging d
ctrssion among those present of a plan night along a hundred mi
which was to have bee“ ”‘0“311‘ “,PiThe French have battered
be meeting. Many of the members
EtAcA that it might be wiser to change way a little closer to t]:
the Club activities somewhat because have stormed one of e-
of the changed conditions of the times natural fortresses guarding
a‘nd have suggested that for the 0031' southern end of the Hip .
1 “‘V‘i1iii1htnt‘iéi 11.... By .1. capture .1 era
a ' 1 ,
1w: rkreAAArce (3:133:10 Club rooms be they have forced 31.13r the
door to Laon,
dues would be $1. 60 or $2 00 per year mighty obstaclos still .
pa1th Craonne tenured 0nd 0
gun-Crowned heights at the,
courses or discussions of the new
tions of Housekeeping, talks on
gluoe‘rESehoid Economy and on the rain Of a broad Valley leadin
tion of the individual househblder .311 French goal. The oh
the new conditions Definite action remains 11115111311qu 1
Will be taken on this plan at an early ter Brimont Plateau, from
A” ‘iReSShfiniififi’nififr‘SSeCR‘ 3:33 the German guns 111111111
n w
begs who, 'ttre interested in such 11. against the devoted ruin
change are asked to communicate with Rheims CathEdraI.‘ WThott ‘
the officers or the Club. :iives have been spent in
an effort to 'storm this pin
the capture of which is,
the French advance. 1 ,
Outside of the lists wh
warring nations are array
tcrest centers on Bran
China. In both countne
‘VALORK FOR THE
1.11er on, Mass, May 51—The
law permitting- farm and garden work
n? this state has decided
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