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Enter-oil at ”780% Mozalhfidt
Office a Second Class Matter.
whim
upon
lama
Proposed Five Per Cent. on
Advertising Eliminated,
But Second Class. Mail
. Provision Adopted;
Nlliillliills fliifll
lllllll lN SENATE
{All Opposing Votes Are Cast
by Republicans, Including
Leader Mann .
WASHINGTON, May 24.—~The war
revenue bill framed to bring into the
treasury $1,800,000.000, through new
taxation during the coming year pass-
icd the House by a vote of 329 to 76
late yesterday in almost the saute
wumm
lawn»
sown
Members of Norwalk Bridge
Committee Testify Money
Was Never Appropriated
For His Services
THREATENEI] Til
BfllNfi [AWSUIT
Mr. Seymour Very Anxious
to Have Certain Con--
tractor’s Bid Accepted
Denying that the Washington street
bridge construction committee had
i ever employed Attorney John S. Sey-
*mour in any capacity, John F. Mc-
Mahon, a contractor of Norwalk and
a member of that committee in the:
30"” that it was presented by “mi trial of the suit of John S. Seymour
forays and means committee two weeks} against the City of Norwalk for $5,000
ago. ‘legal services ill the Superior court
30m noawaur. cont, aims“. may 24. 1917
EEWTHNEI.
WALKS
HOME PAPER
New for the Fondly
to Read is Found in Th.
Sentinel.
mm
a
Probfiiy fair tonight and Friday.
Two CENTS.
limit will
+ Bullill turns
Committee of 100 Hears
Suggestions From Manu-
facturers and Others
A good representation of the Lib-
erty Loan committee of one hundred,
met at the city hall yesterday after-
noon, and listened to the reports of
the members of the executive com-
mittee. Judge Gregory presided at
the meeting and F. A. Smith acted
as secretary.- Charles E. Hoyt, of the
bankers' committee, reported that the
banks had formulated plans and
would issue in circular form the meth-
od' of purchasing and paying for the
bonds so that every one would know
just what to do. This circular will
be signed by each of the banks .in
the city. A copy of the plan in de-
tail will appear in tomorrow's paper.
F. H.
port front the manufacturers commits
tee. which is printed in full in today .
papen
it was voted that the. manufacturers
of the entire city be requested tobold
a special meeting at the city hall on
Friday. lay 25,.at 4:30 p. m.
H. F. Coleburn. chaitmim of the
uterchauts' committee reported the
plan which tilcy proposed to put into
(Continued On ‘Page Twelve)
Montgomery submitted a “"i
MWWM
ummt
wmmu
Important County Confer-
ence Held in the Bridge-
port High School Building
Yesterday Afternoon‘
iflfilflilifil
. NllllWllli Nllilli
Will Be Swown in Tonight
by Mayor Harstrom at the
City Hall
i
The machinery for the taking of the
registration of males between the
ages of 21 and 30 fall the purpose
of conscription has already been not
till lmotion. Detailed plans ftr the
registration are being worked out
and will be completed in a few days.
lleglstrarswhave been chosen and will
be sworn in this evening at a meet;
Slll’i. CHAPMANllRANSPORl iRlNSllVANIA M
wuum
layup
Elected Superintendent of
New Brunswick Schools
by Board of Education at
Meeting on Tuesday Eve-
ning
l0RPilliiiil
’llllllliulllillll
SEE lull/E SERVICE
Will lliiMMENEE
DUTIES Mill |
Dr. Chapman Has Been‘
Head of Norwalk Schools
For Fivej’cars and Has'
Been Live Force in Man-
agement
Dr. Ira T. Chapman, superintendent
of the Norwalk public schools, has
been elected to fill a similar position
i
l
{Weed a commander of one of the, local
Although Bridgeport papers pub.
lished information today and yester-
day in regard to the Home Guard
being summoned into active service
before July 15. Captain Edward P.
company. puts no credence in the
story. Mr. Weed has received no or-
ders to that effect nor has any official
information been sent him in regard
to this supposed mobilization.
The Home Guard will not be called
into active duty. insofar as the writer
was able. to ascertain. until the Nation
al Guard is called out. The army is
“he first line of defense. The national
guard will be moved up from the
second line of defense to the first line.
and the Home Guard will then become|
the third line
mummrmu
of defense. Thus the na-t
MAY 4 WITH
Ship’s Captain, 1 Officer and
9 Men of Crew, With 29
Officers and 373 of Other. ‘
Ranks Meet Death ‘
iilAle Filth .
INTI] THE Will,
Feeling Between
English Government and
~ the Trade Unions in Pros- ‘
pect
. Better
3
LONDON, May 24.—~The "Brief.
.tisll transport Transylvania was
torpedoed on May 4 with the loss '
in New .Burnswick. N. 1.. and his du- tional guard would have to be (33119an 413 persons. .qhe Transylvania. ’
ties in that city commences on [he 15, out before the Home Guard. it is!“ as torpdocd ill the Mediterranv.
0‘ 3‘3le A meeting 0‘ the Board 0‘ known here. unless further changes inlean-
Education was held in New Burnswick
All the opposing votes were cast by
republicans, although there‘are many
plembers on the democratic side
tstrongly opposed to certain sections
lot the nteasure.Virtusl redrhfting of
the bill in the Senate is regarded as
mertain. Material changes already are
Icontemplated by the Senate finance
committee as a result of public hear-
lugs held during the long debate m; hearings in Hartford and had never
Final passage of the bill}
the House.
probably cannot be accomplished in
l
_...._
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
liiiINITYMEN’S'
t IlllJIiElilElllAlNS
The parish hall of Trinity church
{was crowded last evening for the cn-l
ttertainlneut which the men's club of
,the parish gnVc. Following the over-
kure by an Olchestra'of which Larry
Brtxa was leader. John Weltelc nc-
.polnpunied by E. J. Sims sangfl
first selection was “The Otlld Plaid
Shawl." and as an encore iic- render-
ied “Somewhere a Voice is Calling
lite." Miss Harriett Holland recited
ti selection entitled: “The American
Flag,” which was loudly :tpplautied.l
iiess than a month. . T . 1
His!
lyesterday before Judge ,Reed stated
Ithat prior to the special act of the
Legislature authorizing the construc-
‘ tion of the bridge the bridge commit. I '
i tee had not engaged counsel for any"
:thmg, Local Artillerymen Go to
i Never Sent Bill. ‘ ‘
He said that he had attended all FOIL Wl'lg‘l.“ JUIy 15’ and
May Remain There or Go
. inglto be held in the couft room, city
ihal.
Mayor Carl Axel Harstrom, City‘s“ erintendenc of ‘the schools.
Clerk @90th DOl‘USv RUM" C- Mu'l This‘informa’iion will be a surprise
lfli‘d, “l"lfim 0. McLean and Richard to the' people of Norwalk' inasmuch
W. Sweeney were among the; low,“ Dr. Chapman's activity before the
people who attended the menus hfild‘legislntive committee in Hartford for
in the BridxeDOrtJiixh sellout»! - out!” it refers tun vote being
terday afternoon. and at.“ lillicit "a owed théTotel-s 0 Norwalk in the
on Tuesday evening” and Dr. Chap-
man was unanimously elected to the
presented a bill for his services. Be-
matter of our school system. gave the
:fOl‘E‘ the (01“! meeting WillCil l‘llilflt‘d to France (Continued on Sixth Page.) impression that he was to remain
, here. But it has been known for some
(Continued 0“ Eighth PREP-l The 'Sixth Company, Connecticut time that other towns have sought
' (‘odst Artillery. will be drafted into his services, his reputation as an ed-
fcderal service about July 15, ten (lave
before the litnit prescribed by fi’resl-;
dent Wilson for Connecticut fe.ler:tli-‘
zation, according to information pulp:
”RE“ ,lishcd ill state papers today, (‘nptainl
:Albert tit]. blossman slated today that1
'h'c had received no orders to that ef~; along progressive “ml; and no one
‘fcci. but that it might be So. lAlltOS Owned by C. E. Cl‘O-nucstions his ability :13 an (gducator.
. . . ' . ii is known by members of the:~ Hype Junior High Sclools, 3: some
iAlltOlilOblle overturns on Sixth Company that they will be sent; f00t and AdOIQhUS Russellidlscredited, is one of Dr. Chapman's
1 Road to Hazardville-Ac-tlo‘l‘ort Wright on this date. for the: Average 30 Miles on 0n8:innovatious in which he takes pride.
- v i) B , k lusual summer training. it is expect- Gallon Of Gas He was the first superintendent under
; ”dent caused y ‘0 enlt-d by malty that the local boys will be; __ ithe present system.
. Spring kept at the fort and sworn into Fed: “ _ ‘ n i
: 'eral service. it. may he that the local, ”0“ many "“195 0“ ‘1 $3110": “233- accept the position to which .he has
' —-Rcv .compauy «viii be taken to France, fori ”‘0 510L311“ 0f 312““0“ ““"L‘Wbllle been elected and will tender his resig-
"a great deal of information as to mm “mm“ ““d O‘Ynt‘l'h’ l'egipl'dflfi “'thhVnation to the Norwalk Board of Educa-
destination of troops is kept quiet by, ““5 observed!“ 9‘9” section 0? ”‘9 tion at an early date.
orders of the war department. Art or: FUllntry Where the Maxwell automo-l
tmple of this was the date of the tie-g W“ is SON. ‘13 “Maxwell Efficiency, , :
urture of Marshall Joffre for France ! Dav." Thedest for each car was to AL“ 3 '
The Sixth company is up to its full, (it’lt‘rminc .105! (’Xilt‘tli' how many,
“or strength. which consists of 109' miles a Maxwell automobile could -
ucator being favorably known.
Dr. Chapman cattle to the Norwalk
{schools from 'biiissacliusetis five years
logo and assumed the management of
:Olii" schools under the consolidated
lsystem. He has organized the schools
MAXWELL ills .
A
lulu Kit in,
ANiiliiliiNJ
it is assumed that Dr. Chapman will
no
THOMPSONVlLLli,' May ...t.
Edward Murphy, assistant rector of St.1
Augustine's Roman Catholic church in!
Bridgeport. was instantly killed yes-L
terday. when the automobile in which ‘
he was riding, overturned on the road "
iLO Hazardvllle. about three miles from,
5 Kinlcy Camp, No. 9. l'. S. W. V.,—the?
orders are made. that the Sixth Com-i The following official state...
pan); will not be called out until time ment was given otlt today: "
for is regular encampment. H ' ' '. .
Although the Home Guard was spec. ,1 7Tb? Bylglbh trailsplnrt Trfiniv.
iticnlly organized for the purpose of S) "“11“: “ 1.“ ”OOPS a card, W35.
guarding industrial plants, it rather tOI‘leOCd m the Mediterranean“-
looks as though the orga'hizatim on May 4, resulting in the follow-- .
would be mustedred into finer-alhservlce ing losses: 29 officers and 3730: ‘
and thus be an er the ca oft e was: ' , - , ., ,
ident. Taken as a whole the“ tins-lower ranks, also the Ships “.1,- H
tion is puzzling and will be so‘untii Tm [Amt-f"- Brnnll, andolfiyfos
definite orders are sent out by the ad- itcer und .11an men of the Crew. ’
jutant general. ‘ ‘ 2 The 'i‘ransylvauia, an Anchor .
"""‘“" {Linc steamship of 14,315 ton"; ..
gross, has been ill the . service of
the British Government since
\May, 1915, when her sailings were
;t‘ililt‘t‘llt.‘tl. There have been no re.
iceut reports of ill?!“ movementi‘.
.incn she was first taken over i) .
. . . 5"
. . {the lirltlsll government, site Wits
MISS Coylnne Milne Makesieugagcd m trausporiug troops to
. . - ltillllipoli
I ncs n Tab-v, .' .
a H t m Di! c a d l i‘lle 'lrallsylvuliltl was bullt.m_
leaux £1914. specially for passenger traf?
_ -i'lc between New York and Med-
A very snctielfisiui beéli‘fii enttertam- iterrnncatt ports. She was 548 feét ‘
mcnt: WilS le( yestel' fly a el‘l‘lOOlI ‘ . _ ). ‘ .
“(Ham night in the Regent Theatrepl:illl£i)tllltl"IllltrI‘ ‘nttonloddtlons for
under the auspices of William lilo-2“") l)flbbe"i‘”*' '
proceeds of which will be devoted “I. LONDON, Wednesday, May 23
the stale convention fund of the localul :10 p. m .——li is understood that.
camp. Besides the regular nlotionl ' . . . . ,‘
picture program, additional features tin important (hangs lit the reins
’l‘honlpsonville. i
in the car also were Rev. Fr. Lani:
kowski, rector of the Polish Catholic
furry Baxa gave two violin numbers!
tuhicll were greatly enjoyed. The main‘
number and the hit of the evening
mas an uproarously funny sketch en—
titled: “The Depot Lunch Counter."
H‘he scene portrayed the interior of
:1 railroad waiting room, with its
lunch counter and news stand. The
toast of characters was as follows:~—
Flora Clip, who adorns the newstand
‘ .. . .. . . . .Alnanda Christiansen
lConductor»wiih a voice of his own
, .....................IRobert Divine
Pippinswmanager of the lunch count-
' er .............. Charles Lindeburg
Elistvthe mysterious detective. . . . . .
.................... . . .James Kelly
Rube—salt orphan boy, who tends the‘
.an inquiry into the ccident. -N G who were arrested in \leridenl
: Fr. Murphy wa. " years or age and, yesterday. charged with theft. of an,
counter ...Frallk (Babe) Anderson
lU B. Quick-A—a passenger in a real
hurry .................. Fred Olsen
{Foo male passengers who want lunch
. ......Albcrt Divine, Arthur Casey
‘.A "ripple who stutters with his feet
................... William Kimick.
Noses Slavinsky-A-ia peddler ...... ...l
...................... Bennie Hertz
Blit‘fi‘:““'h0 stutters with his ears
. ..................... Charles Snitfin
iWisiow—~bul not defenceless .........
.................... '. .Mablc Janos
Namma's Boy—rather large for his
size .................. Kenneth Day
I
A tableau entitled: “The Flag" withl,
The full company present on the stage
and singing “The Star Spangled Ban
ner“ closed the entertainment. after
(which ice cream and cake were serv’
Bd. >
i
FOUR 'TOWNS
{FIRE IN HOLLAND
l RUNS THROUGH
i AMSTERDAM May 24 A ii
: A , .— I'e that
, started in a lpeat bog in the province
e as swept over four vil-
lages and is still burning. A number
pf persons itaVe been burn
,church, in Bridgeport. and the owner,
A. G. Gaynor, from Bridgeport.
l IFl‘. llankowski is quite badly hurtt
land was taken to a hospital in Spring-l
i The accident was caused by a. spring
fort the front axxle breaking. The car
;swervod to one side, and then over
:turned’ on the edge of the highway.
Both priests were thrown under the
:‘car, which had to be jacked up so that
il-‘r. Lankowski and the body of Fr.
Murphy could be taken out. The body
lot the latter" was brought to an tinder-
taker's here pending instructions and
:a native of New aven. He was grad-i
'ualed front St. Thomas' Seminary andl
=St. John's, 'Brighton, Mass. He wasi
[ordained to priesthood six years ago;
and was assigned to be assistant to"
Rev. Fr. Nihil] in Bridgeport.
The car was going about ten miles,
fan hour when the snapping of the
ispring suddenly took place. The Ina-l
'chine has been towed to George M'l
'lloore's garage on Pearl street, and is
l
t
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
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ELEVEN UNCON.
l TESTED DIVORCES
UP FRIDAY
Eleven uncontested divorce cases
I are scheduled to be' tried ill the Civil
Superior court Friday. They are as
follow: ,
men. it is a well trained organization
and will, no'doubt. bring honor to hor-
awalk if it is called into active serviceillype of machine, used in all of the
‘and are like trained dogs on the leash‘ tests, and each machine
waiting for the word "go."
lficld. ‘GUARDS, AUTO
THIEVES, TO GET
~ COURT MARTIAL
NEW BRITAIN. May 2i—Foilowv
ing a conference between the prose
outing attorney and the local military
authorities today, it was decided to
turn Corporal Fred Becker and Pri-
Vate Ross Rhode of Company 1'), C.
automobile front Frank H. Johnston,
a captain of the Home Guard of this
city. over to the military authorities
for court martial.
Officers of the War Department at:
lexpected here from Boston to con-
duct the court martial and it is ex-
pected a prison sentence may be the
penalty imposed.
DR. WAITE TO
DIE LATE TONIGHT
OSSINING, N. Y.. «May 24.—Within
three days of the first anniversary of
his conviction, Dr. Arthur Warren
Waite. a young dentist, will die in the
electric chair in Sing Sing prison, at
11 o'clock for the murder of his
wealthy-fother-in-law, John E. Peck, of
Grand iRapids. Mich. '
A jury in the Supreme Court of
Lena S. Rasmussen vs. Robert P.
Rasmussen, Mary Firit'z vs. Lajos}
Firitz, Maud A. Hicks vs Harry 0.]
Hitch, Martha Schwartz vs.
. Schwartz.
'I J. Daiy, Eugenia L.’ Gorham
, George H. Gorham. Loretta Peters vs.
New York county found Waite guilty
on ‘May 27. 1916. after he had told how
he had anaesthetisized Mr. Peck and
then smothered him with a pillow.
John This was after he had admitted at-
Mary A. Daly vs. Edward tempts to ‘kill his victim with poison.
vs. suffocation and other methods.
Waite also told‘ the jury that he had
ed ‘ -
. find more than 100 houses h;&d:::glGeorge F. Peters. May Francis Gould killed-Mrs. IPeck by inoculating her
strayed. A spark from a tired“ n
.macbiue is believed to have staffed
$11.9 fire.
1
vs.
Buccl vs. Frank Bucci. Jehn P. Flana-
gan vs. Bridget H. Flanagan. Mary
Csengo vs. Alex Csengo.
iv».
William J. Gould. Constanza R.|with disease germs arid-then giving
herpoiSOn. His life was. a self-
confessed record of theft from the
time he was 13 years old, .
2 make on exactly one gallon of gaso!
{ line. The touring car model was the
1
contained;
three passengers or observers. be-
sides the driver, making‘a total ofi
four persons in each machine. Theo
results of the tests varied somewhat,
owing to the fact that privately own-l
cd cars were used exclusively, and}
the conditions of these machines was:
not exactly identical. Tile minimumi
number of miles per gallon was about
30 and the maximum Well above 40,,
which is a considerable lnark. ‘
.l
i
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
ELKS WILL BUY
LIBERTY BOND:
|
Nor-walk EElks. No. 709. Benevolentv
and Protective Order of Elks, voted:
last evening to invest some of its
surplus funds in a Liberty Bond, and.
thus aid the government in the pres-'
ent war. plansNext Sunday evening;
the Elks will attend service at Trin"
,ity Clrurch, and on Memorial Day,
morning it is planned to turn outl
with the Grand Army and other or-
ganizations in the parade through the
city. Plans for Flag Day are pro-
gressing. It was also voted to attend
the Norwalk hospital corner stone lay-
ing ceremonies on Sunday afternoon,
June 10th. ‘
{AMERICAN FLAG
FOR EVERYONE
The. scarcity of the stars and
stripes have been an inconvenience to
the people of Norwalk and has pre-
vented the flag from being display-
ed at many of our residences. The
Sentinel has received from the larg-
est flag house in the Country is limited
number of flags which will be sold
to first comers for the low price of
$1.09. The flags are 3x6 in size. and
‘will prove serviceable,to purchasers
included a striking tableau of Colum,tious between the. government and»
his and l'ncle Sam, and an excellenttllc trade unions Is contemplated,
HIST iii-TEE [EASE
_.-———
thtber the South Norwaik post
oflice will continue to occupy the pres—
ent quarters on East Washington
street or be may
Hotel block or to a building to be
erected on Railroad avenue by John
F. McMahon, has been under COKP
sideration by a post office department.
official and Postmaster Andrew Leary
at the local office. A new lease will flag was then raised and a handsome‘lilf‘llis, such as the Admiralty, the?
soon be executed for a period cover-
ing ten years. Tile merits of the dif-
postal authorities for several weeks.
The present location scents to be the
one most in favor, accommodating the augh imporsonated Uncle Sam. and exercises control over labor.
people of East Norwalk as" well as
the South Norwalk territory. The in-
spector having the matter in charge
will make his recommendation to the
postmaster general and in a short
time Postmaster Leary will be null-
fied of the department‘s decision.
HILLSIDE SCHOOL
IN NOVEL CONTESTl
A nbvel song contest took place
yesterday afternoon at Rosemary hall
school, Greenwich. Pupils from a
number of private schools sang their
class songs. patriotic and other songs.
Among the schools participating were
Rosemary Hall, Wykehnm Rise, of
Washington. Conn, and the Hillside
School of this city. The contest was
judged by David Bispham.
GERMAN STEAME
' FOUND ON FIRE
BOSTON, May 2~i.——Flre of unex-
plained origin caused slight damage
in the afterhold of the seized German
steamer Oekenfels, at' a dock in the
East Boston district, early today. Ver-
non Harrls, a timekeeper. sleeping on
board. was burned about the head in
. See the coupon on sixth, page.
‘ trying-to ,rextinguish , the, names.
exhibition of fancy dancing by little
; Miss (‘oyinne Milne, niece of John Dun outgrowth of the many labor:
Millie, Large audiences featured both
the afternoon and evening perform-
ances.
As the curtain lifted a very pretty
9d ‘0 the Clifford scene was depicted on the stage. A‘to making better use of the assist ‘
large American flag was suspended in
the center Of the stage, and the Re-
gent orchestra rendered the “Sitar
Spangled Banner," while the entire
audience remained standing. The
tableaux consisting of Miss Columbia
and Uncle Sam, color bearers. and a
lfcrent sites.have been urged on the guard of honor was presented. Miss
Coyinne Milne was in the center of
the attractive group. Willis Cavan
bliss Tillie Spicer was dressed as
Miss Columbia. Harry Neena and
Carl Brisman were color bearers and
(Continued On Page Twelve)
EROB PHYSICIAN ON
= OPERATING TABLE
ST. LOUIS. May 24.~-Two men arm-
ed _wiih pistols entered the private
office of Dr. Edward T. Klippel, No.
617 Choutcau avenue, at half-past
three yesterday afternoon and, after
commanding him to hold up his hands
tied his wrists together and march-
ed hint into his operating room, where
they forced hint to lie dobvn on the
operating table. One of the robbers
lr,took the physician's diamond stud,
lvalued at $325, and a diamond ring,
ivalued at $615. and $110 in cash from
his pockets, and was about. to remove
,ihis gold watch and knife attached
lto a chain. The physician begged
the 'robhers to leave the last named
article and they complied. \
The robbers then entered an auto-
bile which was standing at the curb,
a third man at» the wheel. They
drove off and disappeared. A patient
'Ireleaeed: the/physician a 'few mili-
“W5 WWW , . I " -..‘¢ ii .ial‘
the development probably being“
difficulties that have arisen during;
the war. Proposals are being ad _,
vanccd, it 1s stated, with a View“
;aucc of the trade unionleaders in;
strengthening the Ministry of La-
tbor and coordinating its work-
1’with various government departr
IWar Office, the Ministry of Muni-
lthllS and Shipping (lontrol Des»
partlncnts which have direct re-'_
lotions with the trade unions and?
A LONDON, May 24, 12:05 a. m.“
i—«Four or five German airships,
lrnided the eastern counties of.
l‘England last night, according to”
;illl official statement issued this
“morning. The ‘airslrips dropped
‘bombs and scoped, although puts,
sued. ~_
The Official statement says: , L
“Four or five hostile airships‘
approached East Anglia shortly
before midnight last night. The
veathcr was overcast andathick
bank of rain clouds made obser-
vation difficult.
“Four airsllips appar to have,
penetrated-inland into the caste
crn counties. They followed
erratic courses and dropped at:
number of bombs in country, dis-1
tricts, apparently being unable to;
lloeate their position. The raiders;
iwerc pursued by our airplanes,
but thick clouds enabled their!
to make good their escape. . One
man was killed in a Norfolk xi?»
loge. The material damage is has
liiaved to bit-negligible "' ‘ ‘
Norwalk Chronicler