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Pages
Entered at the South Nomalk Post
Office as Second class Matter.
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Alli ruinous
New Veranda Added to the
Dancing Pavilion, and
New Soda Water Stand
Constructed There
an autumn
it THE null:
' Formal Opening Will Take
Place on Saturday, May
26th
Better, bigger and more attractive
than ever. Roton Point park will open
in a blaze of glory on Saturday, May
26. Always in the memory of the
younger generation, Roton Point has
been the'pleasure ground of the peo-
ple of Norwalk. it has always been
a place where an enjoyable day could
{be spent. The park will be cleaner
and better in every way this season.
'Because of the infantile paralysis
plague which broké out in Norwalk
and vicinity last summer, Roton Point
had ,a very pour season. it was im-
possible fdr families to take their
children to it for recreation. All with
be changed this summer if things got
pwell, and the Point will be the place
’tt’or children as well; as adults.
Dancing is still a craze and fad
in the Norwalks and the. park is well
fitted to meet the, demands which may
be made upon it. The dance hall hast
been improved wonderfully. In thei
iirst,plare. a veranda has been built:
along thd outside of it facing the
Sound. ,
congestion of the dance floor and Will]
provide an excellent place for the danll
cers to rest. A new floor has been.
laid‘in the dance hall and is simply
The hall. itself, has been re-
decorated. Huge Japanese umbrellas
and lanterns make up the trimmings
which go to beautify it. Grace1
Brothers six-piece orchestra has been
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AfiEli than
sun nun
BRIDGEPORT.
May 15.——Frank
Bassett, a lifer in Wethersfield prison,i ‘tinguished members or ”‘0
has again asked the board of pardons
in‘jail for the murder of Frank Wein«
ibecker in Bridgeport in 1878. With
34 other applicants his petition will
The. crime for which Bassett and
“Mrs. Lor'ena E. Alexander were con-
victed was most atrocious and at the
time attained country-wide notriety.
, Together they llured Wtiinbeckcr.
known as “stuttering Jack" from a
sailor‘s grog shop in\Water street to
the old Barnum carriage factory in
William street. While he. was asleep
upon a lounge they chloroformed him
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
‘ABLE TO RAISE SHIPS
SUNK BY U-BOATS
.4.__.—-
Amsterdam. via. London, May 15.—~
The problem of solving ships sunk by
submarines is solved. according to the
‘ Fremdonblatt,” which
says, that German naval engineers
have perfected a process of raising
. ships from the bottom of thc’sea. De
tails arewithheld, except that special-
ly equippedsalvage Vessels will be em-
ployed "and that they will, beable .to
Operate even in stormy weather.
.- The "Fremdenblatt," which, as an
_’¢§pmpl§.‘tput8 the value“ ‘of‘the ships
sunk, in February . alone at what it
, calls the moderate lflgureof $180,000;-
000, says that the number of ships
sunk andthelr'i'avorable position in
‘ 33:; cases tog-raising: guarantee for
.yearaa out our: , ' ‘ Hot
. trunnion at "9’
for his release after spending 38 years.
be heard June 10 by the pardon board:
at. Wethersileld prison. l
MANY LAWS RE-
ntunt this
it] lilAN MllNlil
Til Tiliillilllli
Will Take Notes Without
Mortgages, Payable After
Crops Have Been Harm
vested
Fifteen banks in the county will
act as financial agents of the Fairfield
County Mobilization committee in
loaning money to farmers to assist in
increasing their crops, taking their
note for the same, which is a prom
isc to pay alter the crop is harvested
or disposed of. There is no mortgage
kiven. It is simply the promise to
My, the charge being at the rate of
6 per cent. ‘ .
There is a cuttatng away of all in-
cumbering red tape formalities. The
Fairiield Mobilization committee is
distributing blank forms among the
farmers. The farmer, who wants to
borrow money fills out the blank. It
is sent to the agriculaursl sections of
the Falrfleld committee, which makes,
a personal investigation. The [re
quest for the loan is then endorsed
and sent. to the nearest bank (or fi-
nancial agent) who loans the money
to the former. The following are the
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
with H. IJHllATE
trunnion
Part in Entertaining For-
eign Delegation
NEW YORK, May 15.»——Joseph
Hodges Choatc. former Ambassador
This will relieve “m usual‘ to Great Britain. and lawyer of in-,
ternationnl fame. died suddenly of
heart disease at his home if this city
last night. Mr. (‘11an complained
yesterday ntorning of feeling depress-
ed'and his physician was called. Mr.
Choate was ordered to remain in bed.
butlater in the (luv he left his room
several times to transact pressing
business affairs. About 10:30 last
night he called his wife and daughter.
Miss Mabel Choate. to his bedside.
According to Miss Choate. he said:
“I am feeling veryjll: I think this is
the end." He died a few moments
ater. .
Notwithstanding his advanced years.
Mr. Choate took an active part in the
entertainment last week of the
French and British War missions in
New York. He was chairman of the
reception committee that met M. Rene
,V’iviani. Marshal Jot‘fre and other dis.
French
(mission last Tuesday and acted in a
4 similar capacity when the British mis-
sion, headed by Arthur James Bal-
four. arrived in New vork on Friday.
At the reception in City Hall for Mr.
Balfour and the British commission,
Mayor Mitchell referred to Mr. Clioate
as the foremost citizen of New York.
'At the banquet on Friday night for
the British and French commission-
ers. Mr. Choate was one of the speak-
ers on 'Saturday evening he enter-
‘tained with a small dinner at his
home for Mr. Balfour. Mr. Choate
was a personal friend of the British
Foreign Secretary, and they saw much
of each other during the stay of the
British commission in New York. His
_.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
.. CEIVING SIGNATURE
OF GOVERNOR
HARTFORD, May 15.—Governor
Holcomb spent a large part of yester-
day and today signing bills passed
by the Legishture. which is due to
adjourn on Thursday. Most of the
bills signed were in the original. the
printers being far behind inproduc-
ing the engrossed copies. .The. vote
of.the legislative souvenir bill inept
i
um + Enoch
,Mfll ”Yuma“
soo'n! noawsLx. cairn,
_ NORWALK
EVENING SENTINEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A ”EOIA‘L WIRIyAND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
«- « «on a
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OPEN AT NIGHT
Dollar Day In.
willbcopcnuntil.
o'cbcknaMayM‘
“
ovum ,: In! 15, 1917
constrain
Hill his
0N ADVERTISING
Norwalk Man Calls It An
Evil, and Believes Big
Corporations Should Pay
for Use of the Mails
HAS A Rlllil,
ll APPEARS
He Is Still in Feeble
» Health, But Able to Talk
in House
WASHINGTON. May 15.-—The $1.-
soo.ooo,ooo war rchiue but now be—
fore Congress will not raise enough
money to run the United States dur.
ing the first year of its war on Ger-
many and twice that much will have
to be raised by taxes next year, Con-
gressman E. J. Hill of Connecticut
told the House "of Representatives
yesterday.
Our expenditures this y r, includ-
ing the‘il’titomlt Wts‘ more the
allies, will be 310.000.000.000, Mr.
Hill assorted. and it will be $15,000.-
000000 next year.
He said he. would entirely abandon
the increasts in postage rates and
tax advertisements l per cent. as a
substitute for advancing the rates on
newspaper and magazine mail. Mr.
Hill said he dld not favor the bill
but would support it as a pleasurable
duty. ,
Among the. expenses of the gov-
ernment ttot included in the revenue.
bill be said, is the interest on the
war bonds.
“The American people," he said.
“have got to pay that interest the
day it is due’wheiher «anybody also
pays it or not. and any good business
man would do that. it amounts to
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
RRARRSMAN
KEENE. N. H., May 15.~.\Irs.
Laura Harper. of Waterviile, Conn.
was seriously injured when a carriage
in which she was riding was struck
by an automobile here last night. At
the. hospital to which she was taken,
1t,was said that her recovery was
doubtful.
Fred. Watkins, a traveling sales-
man. of Detroit, was shot by a Na-
tional Guardsman at a railroad bridge
while on‘the way with three other
men to carry word of the accident to
friends whom Mrs. Harper had been
visiting in South Keene. The Guards-
man said he hailed the party. whose
automobile sped under the bridge, and
on receiving no reply, tired. The
men said they did not hear the warm
lug. Watkins was wounded in the
head. but a surgeon said the wound
“as not dangerous.
-._ .‘riwp
WILL BURN THREE
' KINDS OF FUEL
Joseph Balla. of 13 Windsor place.
has invented a rotary motor, which
will burn kerosene, gasoline or alco-
hol. He received word yesterday that
the patent had been accepted. The
motor is \especlafgy “durable as as.
source of power for aeroplanes.
Norwalk has always been the home
of men of note. The town will re
ceive much prominence of Mr. Balla’s
invention. the principal of which is
very simple. Mr. Balls. claims that
'the motor is very light and power.
ful. Tie-worked on travel: a yearbo-
fore he could bring. it int‘oa state of
\
to be written soon. William-H; (Sou-
legislative‘ leaders. dopbt ; it.
perfection, .The principal advantage
veil") Tarior. is confident that the in having a motor burn three kinds
‘bill will, be passed over the veto. but or fuel isthat onmany occasions it
. .- is .impossible to obtain gasoline,
‘ Govarnor Holcomptoday issued. Iv'r‘hich’lstlie«ordinaryfuel formotors.
it'equlsition for Emmi-“C. Bohench'll‘r‘. galls has received several ad-
held l_n--White.l>iainl. YopaliiLVfllfievui .oflers‘forchis' invention;
, 'edhinDutlan. M ”W t-‘pr‘ tit-ls. undecided whether
lei maternal-er it. himself.
i
- Stuntman»
llllilAilllRAl ‘
Bunch A
dim”
Requirements of the Schools
During Coming Year,
With 10 Per Cent. In-
, creases for Janitors, Are
$168,000
tartaric
lNlIRlASER sun “
Some Cuts Made From the
Original Budget of $171,-
552.34
,. I .. ‘
At a special meeting of the Board
of Education, held last evening in the
lush school. in West avenue. the 1917-.
18 budget of the department of educa-l
tion, which [will be presented to the
Board of Estlhiate next ‘month, was
presented by Superintendmt Chap-
man, and after a rather lengthy Ken-
eral discussion on the various details
of the‘vneoeuary . .
coming year-rule". W'I‘hlch
will be asked for by the board. was
fixed at about $108,000. The budget!
as first presepted called for ”11,552.34:
which included an emergency fund for
new equipment of $1,500. These fig-
ures were clipped to a certain extent.
however, and the final total! :wlll
amount to a sum in the neighborhood
of $168,000. The board voted last
evening. after a petition signed by the
janitors of all the schools of the city
had been read by the secretary. to
increase, the salaries of the janitors
for the coming year. ten per cent. The
petition asked for an increase of twenv
ty per cent. but this amount was‘
deemed a bit too high by the board.
The building committee was also in-
structed last night. to advertise‘for
bids for the building of the two new
school buildings. These bids will be
called in at the earliest. possible mo-
ment, in order that work on the new
structures may be started at once.
At petition signed by every janitor
of the publlc schools of Norwalk, in
which an increase in salary of twenty
per cent. was asked for. was the first
usiness to come before the meeting
ast night. The janitors stated in
their petition that because of the high
.—
(Continued On Page Six)
antihiithiih;
titanium
Springfield Police Confront-
ed by Onc of Most Myster-
ious Cases in City’s His-
tory
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May,15.-—~
Three persons. a six-year—old boy. a
young girl and a middle-agedhouse-
keeper, are dead here today of poison.
and the police of the- city are con-
fronted with one of the most mysteri-j
ous cases in the history of the de~
partment.
t The dead are:
Clifford Gordon, six, son of Mrs
Hertha Gordon. of 70 Byers street.
Miss Hilda. Francis, 20, a ledger at
the Gordon-home.
Miss Nell Cushman. 55, housekeeper
for the Gordon family.
The three victims were found lying
in rooms in the Gordon apartment in
the basement ofa six family dwelling
house on Byers street by Dorothy Ed-
wards. a little girl living on the floor
above.
The nature of the poison and the
method by whichrit was given are an
revealed. The entire detective squad
is at work on the case.
Medical Examiner E. , J. Mahoney
Who perforated an autopsy upon the
bodies of 'the‘ poison victims. while‘
reluctant- to give out the report ofhls
examination of the-bodies, said that
the case is undoubtedlyrone‘ of "aus-
. plciou poisoninz
”it”
WAR TAX lilll
IllRAlE NEAR lNIl
Provision to Increase Postal
Rates on Newspapers and
Magazines Again Subject
of Fight
WASHINGTON, May 15.--~The war
tax .blll provision to greatly increase
postal rates on newspapers and maga~
zines again today was under fire. in
the. House. General debate on the
bill was nearing its final stages in‘
the House, while before the Senate '
Finance committee neswpapcr pub-
lishers continued their attacks on the
bill's postal rates provision. Samuel,
Gompers, president of the American‘
Federation of Labor. presented thei
protest of the labor protest. i
‘ The publishers of 86 of the largest:
and most influential monthly and 1
weekly maniacs stated under oalll‘
but their average net earnings for
1916 were only 815.000 each. whereas
the inceruod postage bills charged
to these marines under the propos-
ed rate would be in excess of $40,000,
learn. The increase in rates levied
on the few survivors of this strain.‘
they say. would have to be passed on,
to the reader not merely in the form;
of higher subscriptions. but as an iu-i
creased advertising tax on many an;
ticles of food .apparei, or toilet and.
household use. .
Suspension of publication by magaz-
zines, in addition. would throw out of
employment thousands who have de'.
voted their lives to the printing. en-i
graving. electrotyping and allied.
trades. '
Senate and House conferees on the
Army bill today. agreed to report the.
measure with provision authorizing
the president to raise the volunteer
division Colonel Roosevelt desires to
lead to FranceNo other changes in
the bill were made by the conferees,
SERflEANT in _ w
it] an mans
Makes 'Complaint to Chief:
Pennington That Mr.l
Cuneo Slandered Him
According to a statement made this,
noon by Chief William R. Pennington.l
Sergeant Byron S. Silk has lodged a
complaint against Attorney John J.l
Cuneo ‘for alleged injurious state-'
ments against him during the trial
or Michael Flore, charged with
drunkenness and carrying concealed
weapons, which was heard by Judge
George H. Vosburgh in the city court
this morning. Chief Pennington as-
serted that an investigation would be
made and _that further action might
be taken.
it seems that during the trial of
Flore. Sergeant Silk, while on the
also and in, nswer to a. question
put t him by Prosecutor Cramer C.
Hegeman as to whether the prisoner,
had been intoxicated or not. stated
that he was intoxicated and in no flt‘
condition to carry a revolver. Dur-i
ing the defense. it is alleged that At-'
torney Cuneo panned the officer and
stated that an officer of his ability
should know how to testify.
Other statements are said to have
followed. After the case was over.
Sergeant Silk, in, an argument with
Mr. Cuneo claimed that he would
press charges against him and would
back a suit to the amount of $1,000.;
The officer took the matter up with
Chief Pennington in whose hn‘cds it
now rests. .
TO ENTERTAIN THE
FIRE BRIGADE ARTISTS
The monthly meeting of. Old Well
Hook and Ladder Company was held
last evening at the Central Fire Sta~
tion. Foreman Robert Morton name
ed the following entertainment com
mittee for the ensuing :year: F'red-
erick Banger, Albert 'Coutu, Archie
Merriam, 'Isadore Levy and Edward
Bartram. ,
An extended report was made con-
cerning the production of “The Fire
Brigade" .11 month ago, and it was
shown that nearly $400 was netted
the company as the result of the un-
dertaking, It was voted to glVe. a.
testimonial to those who participated
in the affair and suitable souvenirs
will be purchased, for. the occasion.
An invitation to participate in the
Grand Army Memorial Day exercises
(was received. and it was decided _to
enter-swim Chi t hogardus co ra-
l
l
i
iifornla:
isent Saturday voted against prohibiv
it
limos and Ssulsbury. Senators Fern- fidencc the
l automobile driven by C. P. Farrand. oi
not.hear‘it. and thus he. stepped (ii
i rand.
7rw17cam.
PROV|8|0NAl GOVERNMENI
0i RUSSIA Wlll Sillli
¥ DESPIlE All Dliilllllllilf
uni SHAPlNli 0F
[sauna lilll i:::___ W
HERMANS RESIST 9
' minimums
Senate. 77 to 6. rested today with a
English and French Troops
conference committee of the two
houses. The principal differences to
Unable to Push Ahead.
Much Today
Fair Tonight and Wednesday
" '3‘.
Will Try to Unite the Diva.
ed Interests Which Have
be adjusted were over newspaper cen-
sorship, which the House included
and the Senate rejected, and the Sea.
ate‘s provisions for postal censorship
and export embargo, not included in
the House bill. ,
The Senate rejected. 47 to 37. the
amendment to forbid use of grains-or
sugar for liquor during the war, which
had been adopted Saturday in com-
mittee of the whole, 38 to 32. An
analysis of the vote diode;v "showed
~ vernal was cause as o ows: .1 , ‘ ‘
t“Sexliatitors King and Johnson, of Cal- 9“ t“ Stl‘gk i0 its task._
voted. for the amendment :th government Will make an
Saturday. but‘ voted to strike it out-cflort to amalgamate the diverse,
yesterday. Thirteen who were “VA-interests which by their conflict.
jhav . . .
Warren 0 madcan ordered and of:
———- o
Although beset with innumeraw
ble difficulties, the. Provisional
Government. of Russia is determin-
2:1: mvefiirgzn—Sgggfs Cutberson. ficient government in Russia iii-
Newlandnv- S mith: mum”) Smith. possrhlc, tt announces in a- proc- .
(Maryland). Thomas. Colt, Dillington, lamation today. It expresses con-
i unity will be revea-
aid, Cronna, McCumber and cmmber‘tablishci .n . , -
lain were absent Saturday and voted ll ' . _(. ‘ ltltltcfoulltry ””8de
,0 retain the amendment yesterday. it various upttsentatlves o t e
Senators Brady. Smith (Georgia). and democracy till“: the” Pmi’er pith
Morris voted for prohibition Saturday ill the responsible task of gov- ,
and were absent yesterdaY- crntncnt. "
’—"“"‘"’ The Council of Soldiers’ and.
Workmen’s Delegates, compris-
WE . ing mainly the. Socialists andExf
. . trcme Radical elements, apparent—r
MAN AUTfl VICTIM willing to consider participation in» . ,
. \ the formation of a coalition gov-V .
"'""_, _. crnmcnt. It has appointed a com- ‘
Charles Sutton. 0f “"351 “Orwalk‘f njssion to negotiate with the pro-
ly is becomingly increasingly
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a ho that} (313121192223 i‘: :flimiihhhadi“ stonal government land is_ for-, ‘
i‘S‘Kmm‘v escape We“) death new. i ulatmg a program of conditions ’
‘ ‘ which would permit Socialist en-
Lamar Butler‘s Garage, on the Post . .
road. Darien, about 7130 SMUI‘daY try upon representation 1n the -, .
ministry.
evening. when he was struck by an ‘ .
This follows the council's urg—
ing upon the army at the front"
the necessity of ceasing to fraterf
uizc with the Germans and an up~~ . ,
peat to it to take the oflcnsive '
against them and thus best serve
the cause of general peace. . .»
Meanwhile the front in North-
crn France is witnessing an in»
creasingly determined resistance. L
to see wheme, the man had been, by the-Germans to 811g further ad;
badlv hurt. accompanying him to the vances by the _r1t1s1 ,A an .
office of Dr. George H. Noxon, who French. who in their offensive
dressed ascaia wound~ 5‘19” was have pushed to pomts of extreme, . ,
picked 0“ his “‘9‘ and cam“ “102% danger for the German lines.
on the mudguard of the machine. 8 Evidently with heavy rein--
. . v e'accident was .
1‘ “as “we!“ that th i’orcemcnts at their con‘unand, the
' shin ton, Conn., who was driving
agonizing town. Sutton attempted to
cross the road, evidently looking up
the road. while til: Farrand car ap-
proached in the opposite direction
Because of his infirmity, he ended
tl in its path, so unexpectedly
{hilt {he driver could not stop his car
in time to prevent striking the man.
Witnesses declared that he. was not
going very fast. and Farrand stopped
\
carelessless of Mr. Far- . . ‘ '
net duecdhsziiiiile Wilbur Bates who German armies Inboth the Arms.
that Sutlml‘be 00““5'9‘1 if? his “2:19 launching‘hcavy assaults at the
in 1‘ “‘xicabl at meiownb “pen ' .points especially menaced. .Thlls'i
‘ u u - l
’ the British are being attacked
LACE WEAVERS around Bullccourt and ' th
Dames plateau. '
311““ At both places the German. at
tacks, as reported today 111 the“
London and Paris offlotal state-
11 their hands, the Dresden teutc forces. The . British held;
13:3; Works Company. of Winnipauk their grip on the Hindenburg line;
was seriously crippled yesterday 3f“ in the Bullccourt region, the Ger p
ternoon when forty lace weavers, Wh° man thrust completely failing. In.-
walked out , _ _ ‘ '
igrffieoiaEIinlfclftl{$033312otter their troops retained their hold on the.
3"lnands for a ten per cent. raise in Village, only some advanced posts
wages had been refused by the 05' in the northwestern portion being.
cials of the firm. froced back a little way. . . 1 ,
t GS
- ikin lace weavers who . . y 1;
Ral‘gclia‘iireiiroutgot the shops in all Dames ~ POSITION. “,hel‘e‘ “19;
parts of the country. Unlessthe de— French are well established, for
mands of an increase in their Wages further push toward the fortrc
08‘ ““9"“ “'m “a" ““t' . . . Paris annotmces. A footing on
. 'Omcials of the local plant are work . ~ ‘ .. ,
his ‘hard to straighten the difficulty one ,afljfinced if“): s‘alcthwe“
out. however, and it“.was statements of Fillamiwas” at .t e mans.
.' -. . .. ~ ‘:%,.» if” ‘ z _
was on his trio 011 NOW“ ”dew“ and Aisnc. fields of operation are
French along the Chemin désf‘
With a half million war order. com ments, were repulsed by the Ens.
constitute the entire lace vveavmg Bullecourt itself General Haig’s
“191°C“ men are. now members of The drive at the Chemin
are granted by the 00111!“va the 10' of Leon, was equally. unsuccessful "
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