ORWALK
«~ EVENING ESENTINEL
‘ 'EO PRESS NEWS F39“ ALL PAITC OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOIL
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IS DERAIEED
fl‘homas Duffy, of Hancock,
N. Y., Killed Instantly,
and W. Robert Thomas, of
Antioch, Va., Dies in St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Willi-
mantic
NEARLY 20 MEN
fill [INNER WHEELS
Others Cut and Bruised—x
Coroner to Have Inquest
Today
VERNON, May 17.—-—Thomas Duffy.
about 58 years old. of Hancock, N. it'..
was killed outright, and W. Robert
Thomas. 20 years old, of Antioch, Va.
xiied later at St. Joseph‘s hospital,
IWillimantic. as the result of an accr-
dent near the mile post east of the
Vernon station at 6:30 o'clock yesterv,
day afternoon. William Manager, 19;
years old, of Bolton, and Lawrence'
(Rickard, 19 years old. of Willmautic.
were so badly injured that they will
have a hard fight to pull through.
They are at St. Joseph’s hospital.
The accident happened when the
Western Union construction gang
was returning from the Willimantlc
section with two Work ours to the
ramp on the siding near the Vernon
station. There were about twenty
when in the lparty and .they Nexis,
standing on the front 'platform. '1‘th
men were: Jerry Ring. foremanpI
fl‘homas Duffy. Robert. Thomas, “'il-t
.liam Manager, W. Frank Itichard,‘
William Garbarini. Jean Sullivan.
Florence Crosby. Harry.Barmcshine,
'William S. Curby..anrence Martin.’
William Ernest Miles. E, C. Sheetsn
Richard Hoskins. Hugh Richards,
James Chassb J. S. Brown, Martin;
. J‘. Murphy and L. W. Sexton. Jerry
Ring was foreman of the gang and
a. S. Brown" was the; conductor }in
charge of the train.
Duffy's skull was fractured and his.
neck broken. and Thomas had bothl
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ilifllilil tint .
10 in INCREASE!
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‘ wheat
Vote Against Amendment
to Suspend Stock Ex-
changes in Speculation
BY" SENATORS
Debate War Budget Behind
Closed Doors — Defense
Council and Shipping
Board Targets for Sweep-
ing Criticism
Twain SHIP
WASHINGTON, U. 0.. May 17.——
Senators lirandegee and McLean took
a hand in the debate in the Senate
yesterday on the Thomas amendment
to the espionage bill to suspend for
the duration of the War all boards
of trade, stock exchanges or chambers
of commerce which permit specula-
tion in futures in food.
Senator McLean interrupted Sena-
tor Gronna's speech to get the lat-
ter's opinion as to whether wheat
would have soared had there been
no wheat pit.
The exchange between McLean and
(lronna ran as follows: .
McLean: is it your idea that spec-
ulation in futures raises .the price of Charge Made That Goethals
Favored Steel But Had
Been Overruled
\VASHINGTON, May 17.—Demo-
cratiix leader Kitchin announced: in
. . the louse today that the Treasury
not permitted.’ ' . Department had notified him it would
. Gronna. If ”W “119‘“de been be necessary to raise $2 245 000000
III the farmer's hands or in the mil- instead of $1 800 000 000 by 1i“. war
Lively Debate.
Gronna: Sometimes it raises it and
sometimes it lowers it. :
McLean. Take the present situa—‘
,tion. Do you think speculation has
raised the price of wheat higher than
it would be if the sale of futures was
PlllllillAN HAYES
Reo and Maxwell Touring
Cars Damaged When
Drivers Failed to Notice
Each Other
Malcolm J. Fox. driving a Reo tour-
ing car, smashed into a Maxwell tour-
ing car driven by W. F. Baldwin. yes-
terday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock.
at. the corner of West avenue and the
turnpike. Both drivers becoming con-
fused was tlfe cause of the accident,
and although both machines were
smashed up pretty badly, no 1108 was
smashed up pretty badly, no one was
by his wife and daughter at the time
of the mixup, anti Mr. Fox was riding
alone.
The Maxwell, driven by Mr. Bald
win. was coming down the armory hill
just before the accident occurred. and
Mr. Fox was proceeding down the
avenue in the direction of South Nor-
walk. in his Reo machine. Neither
driver noticed the other machine until
Mr. Baldwin turned out into the avo-
nuo directly in front of Mr. Fox"
car. The crash followed. and {MW
in both of the automobiles being quite
badly damaged. Mr. Fox took tall
blame for the accident upon himself,
and has offered to settle for all dam-
ages. Odicers Wallace Sammie and
Sergeant Bryan Silk investigated the
case, but made no arrests. Mr. Bald-
win ls a representative of the Na-
, ——-—o , revenue bill, now under debate.
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V lauma above $40,000, as now contained
A T0“ '8 ' in the bill, by one-fourth.
l WASHINGTON, May 17.——ln begin-
“IVEN RECEPTIBN ning consideration yesterday of the
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53.890.000.000 war budget, the Senate
300 Parishioners and Local
devoted the entire session to sweep-
ing criticism-of the executive branch
Clergymen‘ Honor Rev.
of the government. Seldom has the
Senate chamber been the scene oft
such vehement. attacks. continuous
and Mrs. A. E. Beebe Owned.
_ No progress was made on the bill
Three hundred parishoners of the
Norwallt Ill. l3. church turned out last out “f ”‘9 “'“33 Sl‘mlll‘
evening to attend a‘ moat successful
reception held in the church parlors.
in honor of the Rev .and Mrs. A. It].
Beebe. Ministers of many of the local
churches participated in the evening's
program of speaking, and later in the
evening everyone present was intro-
duced to the new pastor and his wife.
Refreshments were served during the
course of the evening.
Harvey iii. Kent introduced the
speakers of the evening, the first of
whom was Rev John Stapletou of the
downtown t‘ongilgaiioual Church.
Others who addressed the gathering
and voiced the good will and wishes
of the members of the parish to the
new minister were Rev. E. l<‘. Motive-
aor of the Norwalk Congregational
propriation measure
long delayed.
,The t‘ouncil of National Defense
composed of cabinet officers, its civil
would not
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aluminum.
Insurgents Gain Point Over
Kitchin, Fordney and
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litlllill till i
and Heat Taxes—Would
Also Strike Out Increase
in, Mail Matter and
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for five hours behind closed doors
and. rent-nod after the doors rwerw‘
Hill—Cut ~ Down Lightt;
Railroad Strike Averted out
“New Haven”——New Va-
cation Schedule
BUSINESS lillllll
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i Local merchants are observing the
BOSTON. May 17.~»Freigl1t clerks’ Third Annual Dollar Day, today.
of the New York. New Haven & Hart-l Stores in town opened early this
find railroad will receive an 3 perl morning and a fine assortment of ar-
cent. increastx in “'flgps' tinting from' ticles were placed on sale at a much
May 4, under the agreement rem.hed‘ilowcr cost than is customary. Indi-
ftoday, according to a
union leaders tonight. They will bei
given two Saturday half holidays each h
month with pay and vacations will be
granted on the following basis:—
Clerks with the company one year.
one week; with the company two
years, ten days: with the company
have years and more, two weeks.
it was also announced by union
leaders that the agreement would in-
clude all freight, clerks employed on
the terminal piers of the company at
New York. R. F. McWadei and J. S.
Myers of the federal department of
labor. who have been here to adjust}
the differences. left here tonight after
the announcement of the settlement.
'lhe agreement will be formallv sign‘
ed at New Haven today. it is said.
RUMORS OF HIGHER
EXPRESS RATES
NEW YORK, May l7.——Rtimors that
the. principal express companies were
about to tile with the interstate com-
merce commission on application for
an increase in rates were met today
" by a statement from the executive
.ioiiice of the Adams Express Com;
statement by.
cations were this noon that Dollar
Day was better and bigger titan ever
efore.
In order to call the attention of the
public toward the fact that today was
to be Dollar Day and also to_furnish
entertainment. the American Band
was engaged for the evening and gave
a delightful concert in Railroad
Square. Thousands of citizens turn.
ed out. to listen to the music. which
was very pleasing to them.
Whilegthc band was giving a con.
cert. Mrs. J. Wallace Marvin. Mrs. Ida
8. Keep and Mrs. S. Lyons. presidents
of three local organizations, visited
the windows of the various stores in
order to award a prize to the one,
which made the best, appearance. A.
Dickcrman 8: Son, Washington street,
Was the lucky prize winner. The
judges found it very hard to decide
which was the best dreSSed window.
but finally selected the window of the
above store. The prize was a five
dollar gold piece. The windows,ot
the various stores will be lighted this
evening. and places of business will '
keep open until 9 o'clock.
In the window of Rogers & Stevens,
South Main street, there Is an espe-
cially interesting exhibit. It is an
Imitation dollar bill, designed by. Al-
Freight Tax
WASHINGTON, May 17.-~A vigor-
ous movement to increase the pro-
posed income sur-taxcs of lllt‘ revenue
bit 25 per cent. on all amounts above
340.000 started in the House yester-
day. under the leadership of Repre~
sentative Lenroot, republican. of Wis-
consin. and Representative Shelley,‘
democrat. of Kentucky.
Over the determined opposition of
Democratic Leader Kitchin and Rep-
resentative Forducy of Michigan and
Hill of Connecticut. republicans, the
insurgents succeeded in obtaining in
the committte of the whole their pro-
posed‘increase from 8 to 10~per cent.
on incomes between $40,000 and
$60,000. and tomorrow they will re-
sume their fight. determined to ele~
vatc every division until incomes
above $500,000 would pay almost 60
per cent.
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HllME turn in
BE SWllllN ‘IN
On Friday night, the three com-
panies of Home. Guards in Norwalk
will be sworn in as state troops. This
is only a ceremony since the mem-i
hers are even at this time under the
control of the state. Ittwill bean
interesting and Impressive
H9, tional Folding Box and Paper Com~
urged support of thencw proposals tol WHY. of New Eleven.
raise the income surtax increases onI
‘MllllE SilllllENS
_PITTSBURGH. use fir-Four more
soldiers of the Third Pennsylvania In-
fantry on police duty in the Pitts.
bugh district Were rcmovcvd from
their camp at Port Perry. i’a., to hos‘
pltals here this forenoon, suffetfinn
but with the outburst of indignation} from .1". pm...“ of DOlSOll. while the
. . leaders military authorities and physicians
thought passage ot the huge war at),
investigated the death of Lieut. Wil-
be liam I“. Corcoran, of Philadelphia and
the illness of twelve other guards-
men last night.
The soldiers yesterday were served
' with a meal from the restaurant con-
» ducted by Carl Miller near their camp.
. Later Lieut. Corcoran entered the old
Pullman car which served as head-
w t“ , R iquarters for the command and com-
lpluined of being ill. in live min-
utes he was dead. Within an hour a
«number of non-commissioned officers
land privates had been seized by slitti-
t lar illness anti Major Foos, command-
int: the district. ordered an investiga-
| tion, which is being conducted in con-
»junction with the county authorities.
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marinara
an Hunt
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I The case of Carmalc DcMarto vs. The
lNorwalk Iron Works is being heard
before Compensation Commissioner
Edward J. Buckingham at the. city
hall today. Mrs. ‘DeMarto is suing
for compensation, as she alleges that
her husband, Michael DeMarto. receiv-
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cti’ injuries while in the employ of.
the Norwalk Iron Works which re-
sulted in death It November 15. 1915.
The witness for the plaintiff were
heard this morning and the detenti-
ants side of the case will be presented
this afternoon. Dr. Robert M. Wolfe
was among the witnesses. He testi-I
fled that on the date given abovc,|
Michael Delifarto was left at his office'
in a dying condition by some strange
man. The physician stated that be-
fore. hed been taken to the Norwalk
;liospital. DeMartq had told him that
he had been injured at the Norwalk
Iron Works. He was taken to the
hosmtal, operatedipon, but died be
fore he could malt any other state-
ment.
Mrs. Delilarto, Frank DeMarto and
other members of the family were
called upon to testify as to the. condi-
tion of the unfortunate man during
his life. The case will be continued
.‘this‘ai‘ternoon. Linxweiler and Hege-
tman appeared" for the plaintiff {and
lEdward J. Quinlan for the defendant.
, Two slander suits were heard by
Justice of the Peace, William J.
t Moore at his office, Washington street,
last evening. The first was the case
of Mary Miklovitch vs. Mary Kuber-
vitch. It was a suit based (in charges
of! slander for $60 damages. The
plaintiff was awarded $20 by Judge
Moore. -' ' ‘ ‘
fllllNISlllNiS
William Monahan and
George Mast 'Jailed for
Taking Wheel, Shaft and
Still annulus:
fflRfilll SALARIES
bert Arnold’s Vessel .
Slim of About $87,000 Not
JANITlNl BERNARB . “molassesnepmy
.AlSll A lllSEN WW
Officer Sainmis Relieved of:
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$10 by Youth He Had Be-
5 ii. Frank Marsh as a good indication
freended
to! prosperity in Connecticut. The
William Monahan and George Mastt checks are all ready, said the deputy
were arrested yesterday for theft of} treasurer. He hoped the lawmakers
appurtences from the launch ownedl would drop in and take them off his
by Albert Arnold. The cases came up hands at their earliest convenience.
in the city court this morning before Senators and representatives receive
Judge George/II. Vosburgh and both‘ $300 apiece for the session and the
men pleaded guilty. Monahan was iziV-l money is usually given out in five
en thirty days in jail with full costs.I monthly payments of $60.
which amounted to $15.99, while Mast A few of the members of the Gen-
wea given thirty day in jail flat. eral Assembly who are in the No-
The booty taken by the men froml tlonal Guard and who were called
the Arnold boat consisted of the pro-‘put received roll pay through special
pellor and shaft wheel with other min- action taken for that purpose by the
The fact that few of the state 1e...-
islators have called for their legisla-
tive salaries by the month and that
practically the whole lump sum of
.381900 remains uncollected in the
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‘ ill" '. none-o a. [Legislature early in the session. The
' 1 that there will be a line of egislators
t waiting for salary checks
stancest ta vaudeville entqrtainmentl
Associates. The affair was largely at- “I: “ANBURY SHflPS
"(Continued On Page Twelve) bulk of the money. however, is still
stretching from the office of the state
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[iIVEs A DANCE! (Continued 0
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and dance was given last evening in:
tended and the hall was attractivelyj
. to be collected and indl ations are
treasurer to the other end of the
- Capitol,
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Under the most auspicious circum-‘
Rootlner‘s ball by the Unity Leaguel
arranged for the occasion in patriotic,l
colors. .
The first number on the programiODeratlons Suspended at
was a selection rendered by .
Two Factories Pending
Settlement of Price Bills
DANBURY. May 17.—»-Thc differ-
Schachat‘s orchestra and it was “'t‘llt
received. The Musical Tllo. consist-l
ing of Morris Gottlieb. M. Goodwin,
and Zina Sacks, entertained with in-‘
strumental selections. David Glasser} ,
made a hit in "Southern Gentleman".900054113t have (‘x‘Fu‘d between ”‘0
and popular recitations by Tom Dubef Hat Manufacturers‘s association and
were well received. Edward J. Splan,l the local hatters’ ornflanHllmls f0? lhf‘
known as Norwalk's song bird, render? past ten days in regard to Incox‘por-
ctl scvcrnl songs in his usual cxcellentf ating the sellit g priccs of hat.q in the
manner. Miss Frances Dictz gave at new bills of prices. for the purpose
little sketch called: “Something‘. of making the selling prices a MSIS
New." Miss Dietz has appeared in? upon which to fix wage scales, came
performances in New York city and- 10 ll (limax ill noon yesterday. when
is well-known. Her works of last. the union label vouchers were remov-
cveuing was fine. Dave Sloman. the‘ ed from the factories of Ii. McLach-
old-time minstrel. entertained with left & Co. and George .lchachlan.by
jokes and songs. Dave is well-known tbc ofllccrs of thc hatters' association.
for his hhility as a minstrel. and his immediately upon the removal of the
performance of last night was well vouchers the emplo)‘€5_‘0l “10” m“
,up to the usual high mark set by tories finished their “weigh-outs and
him. The last number Was furnished sioililed W011“ About 140 “1““ are “f‘
by Miss H. Roth and she w‘as well re-l fected at the H. McLachlan plant and
ccived. The. vaudeville. entertain- about forty at the (3901120 McLachlan
meat was directed by Tom Dube. factory.
Dancing followed to excellent music
furnished by Schachat‘s orchestra.
The dances included. the one step.
waltz, fox trot, touch dance and Paul
Jones. During intermission, a colla-
tion was dispensed. '
The entertainment committee in
charge of the affair consisted of Ben
Keeler. Tom Dube, Raymond B. Mintz.,
Dr. J. Sloman, Nat. Nevas and Harry“
Mayer. The officers of the. associa-t
tion are Louis Harris, president: Eva
Effron. vice-president; Hazel Harris,
secretary; and Tom Dube, treasurer.
SIXTH titan .
. till a. unit
If the prophecies of the New York
papers are carried out, the Sixth Com
pany, C. C. ,A., will be called out
withiu'a week. It is understood that
the order mobilization is in the hands
:of Secretary of War Baker and is
ready to be signed.
it the mobilization order ‘becomes
effective, the Sixth Company will be
shipped to Fort Wright, Fisher's Is-
land. Here they will be trained and
put into condition. it ia’possible that
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MYSTERY STORY
or DANISH SKIPPER
NEW YORK, May 17.—-Tlte skip-
rer of a Danish steamship which ar-
rived here today with sugar from
Cuba. had a mystery story to tell,
involving the possible presence of a
submarine and a mine off Cape. Hat-
terns.
His ship was 33 miles north by east
,from Diamond Shoals Lightship on
May 15, the captain said, when wreck-
age was sighted. For thirty miles
this extended, casks and white paint
ed boards and other debris. indicating
that a vessel had met a violent end.
A cylindrical tank six feet long’ and
a foot in- diameter, galvanized, with
peculiar end attachments and with a
small chain on the top surface, at-
tracted the captain’s attention and he
steered toward it. An officer sighed
about that time what appeared to be
a. spar sticking about 18 inches out
of the water; As the Danish vessel
neared it. this object slowly submerg
ed. Some distance to starboard a
British steamship was
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- led out yesterday by Deputy Treasurer'
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Sapping of the Von HindenB- I
burg Line Reported to be
Going On, Despite Furious
and Sustained Counter
Attacks by Kaiser’s Men "
0033th nanny i ‘
Plating nice.
Reports of Anarchy in
Vladivostok Declared Ult-
true by Commander of the
Fortress.
The Germans have piled high.
their dead before the British
lines, but. have failed to stop the
British advance. The most fur:
ions and sustained counter at- - 7,...
tacks have withered before the ‘
blast of the British artillery and.
the supping of the Hindenburg
tlinc goes on, slowly but Without _
lhalt. ’
l The tremendous efforts made. by
‘Fieid Marshal von llindenburg to
' he tide of victory which
'stcm t .
was steadily setting against him
have given the, battle of Arms the.
appearance, of ebb and flow, but
the net result is that the most
violent efforts of the Germans to
regain the initiative have failed. ,
\‘on llindcnburg apparently use}! .‘
every ounce of strength at hus‘
command to wrest from the Brit;
ish the villages of Rouex and
Bullet-curt and the outcome
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summed up in the almost monotoi‘
inous repetition by the British.
War ()fiicc statement: “Our .
troops made progress in the Hut-
dcuburg liuc." ,
Possibly more ominous ‘ for_. . ,_
Berlin, in view of the. serious con-
dition of her Austrian ally, is the
news of the great blow struck by
Italy in the direction. of Tricat.
The Italians have opened their ‘ ‘
spring offensive in brilliant fash» !
ion, attacking on a wider front » ’ .,
and with :apparcntly greater
forces than at any other previous
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proceeding expected from
northward. The Danish skipper sus- way for a long time to come.
pected he might be-ln the presence
operation. The lsonzo, apturbu:
lcnt mountain stream bordered
by mountains and cllfis, IS In
their hands for a distance of 15.40
20 miles north of Gorrzra. General:
.Cadorna appears to plan a great
early a stage to permit judgment
of its exact import.
The allied offensive
donia continues with considerable
suceéss for the British forces, but.
the fighting is on such an extended.
front and so sporadic in character.
that its meaning is obscure. Re”—
ports from Bulgaria of nation-,_
wide discontent anti weariness of
the var may be significant in con- ..
nection with General Sarrail’s _
campaign. '
The Russian factions
patched up a truce, but the out~_
come is still dubious. The news?
Gurko and Brussiloff is now Sup—
plemented by a disquieting rumor
that General Alexiefi, Russia’s
‘ly credited as her most brilliant
strategist, is also about to aban-
don his office. In any event it,
seems certain that little can be
\Russia in a military
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flanking movement against the ' H
in Mace~ - t
have '
of the resignations of Generals '
commander-in-chicf, and general» .
Carso Plateau. nature’s great: 7 *
rampart defending Triest. The
operation is, however, mt too
pony that the rates of the companies moment.
were now being analyzed “in 'c
tioh with the increased I onnec-
ducting business." cost of con-
of a mine laying-submarine; which,
having destroyed one vessel. was he
tag in wait for the‘Brtton' to starboard
and he at. once ordered full steam
and fled," from the. vicinity. . a .
the Sixth might be taken to France.
but it is hardly probable. "It is more
likely that the company \‘lllbe .eent
to the Mexican border. there todol
‘duty- ' ‘u'. “ 'i
PETROGRAD, via London;
May 17, 7:58 a. tn.—eIt is officially
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bert L. Pearson, or the~J .J.‘CaehrCo. when ,the three companies 0‘ 0|“?
The bill is more than twice the regu- Guards take the 03th .01 allegiance.
lar_ size bill, and everyzdetall in It is l l V
brought out in a distinct manner. ‘
The Second case was'that of An-
.itonio Miklovitchfivs. Stephen Kuber-
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Sentinelt‘Adva. pay. Try one. 1 denounced on» Sixth Pogo;
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