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HOME PAPER
New: for the Family
to Read is Found in The
Sentinel.
ORWALK.
WWW
HIIIISE RRIIS
IAXES WERE
SIRIRIIEN' RllI
Senate Committee Decides
to Substitute Stamp Taxes
and Make Other Reduc-
tions
iffflNlifllSSltAll
ISSUERERPENEB
New Proposal Would Put
Additional Levy on Ad-
vertising ,
WASHINGTON, May 29.—~Making,
rapid progress in revising the House
war tax bill, the Senate finance conr
tnittee yesterday, decided to exempt
front. taxation many articles levied-
ttpon by the House, to substitnle.
stamp taxes for the manufacturers'
moss sales plan of the House, and
to consider new taxes upon second—
class mail matter. The latter were,
advocated by Senator llardwick and,
post office department heads, and‘,
would be based upon tlle advertising
space in publication.
It was agreed that tllqre shouldl
be no direct taxation on jewelry. lllo-‘
tton picture films. chewing ‘guln.|
pianos and self-played musical instru-‘
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“tarantula ltl
* All] ulna all
“New Haven” Employees to:
Have Bonds on Easy Pay-
1
i
ment Plan I
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NEW YORK, May 29.~'1‘ho Liberty-I;
lloan campaign will be extended into
more than 10,000 motion plctllrc‘
theatres throughout the country be-C
grinning tomorrow, when there will}
be shown a short film designed to
awaken the nation to the necessity"
of buying tlle bonds, it was announc-l
«d tonight. .
The film opens with a “close-up"t
of ‘the national colors ripping lll theI
wind, while along the borders are thel
words. “Buy :1 Liberty Bond—the tie?
that binds us all." The President is
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SEES FAILURE, ' .
RAYIINEI‘S SEIE
Merritt H. Smith, .lr., Dies
at Plattsburg Camp
PLATTSBi‘RG, N. Y.. May 29.»—
llierritt Haviland Smith, Jr., only sonI
of Col. M. H. Smith, chief engineerl
of the New York city Bureau of Wat-.
er Supply, died in the Champlain Val-I
ley hospital llt'l‘t" about 1 o'clock yes-I
‘lel‘day morning from shock following?
on operation performed by Dr. Van-
ttcrveer of Albany and Dr. MacDonald.
of this city. Smith was a member ml
the Second Company, New York Regi-l
ment, at the Otlicers Training Canlpul
Early last Week he visited theI calllp
hospital three times and stated to the
surgeons in charge that he did not be-
lteve he was physically fit to endure
the training. Each time he was 'given
it careful examination by the surgeons
but they could find nothing wrong
with him and so informed him, say"
ing that they believed him too con-
scientious, and laughingly told him to
return to his company anti resume
his duties. _.
Smith's belief that he was physical-
ly disqualified and would fall in the
final examinations evidently ‘preyed
upon his mind, for on Friday morn-
ing about 1 o‘clock while ill his blink
he. took his bayOnet front its sheath
and slashed himself across the left
,wrist and stabbed himself in the chest
and abdomen. -
The body was taken to New York
if. flt tonight by the parents.
M
.- Advertise in The Séntinek '
, about
RRIIIIIN’S IASI
DRIIRR SIAIIED
SAYS RAIIRIIR
England Bankrupt, Indeed,
if Democracy Fails, He
Tells Canadians
SURE EREEIIIIII
Wlll TRIUMPH
Premier Borden Welcomes
Advent of Great Neighbor
Into Fight
III BE PAID
BY IIIE SllIE
Militiamen’s Appropriation
Will Be Diverted to New
Organization
IINEEIIERIIIIZEII FEW
IN NAIIRNAI lilIARII
Five Hundred, More Uni-
forms for State Soldiers to
be Distributed
littME GUARD "
OTTAWA, Ont., May 20.j-AI‘IIIUU Static funds will soon be available
James Balfour, British minister of. for ”1,. Home Guard, according m we”
f9l‘l’lgn afl‘alrs “Ml 1103? Of the ““NI founded information in state military
.slon sent to America, in an address, circles today. It is pointed out that
late. yesterday b9f01‘°_lh9 “"0 “0‘1“” under the liolne Guard act. pavmcnt
.Of ”‘0 Canadian Parliament, “”13”“! shall be made for actual militarv serv-
that the British empire had “staked; ire under the Envoy-“01"“ orders This
it‘s last dollar on. democracy" and thal'I money will be paid by ”u. Military
11 democracy fillliéd England and h", Emergency board and the Board of
possessxons would be “bankrupt Ill-1 Control.
deed.” Mr. Balfour added, however, Largo ."”mg of money in [hp trc'ts-
that he knew democracy would not“ my now are, unused bv the National
filll- _ I lG~uard because of the small number
“1, know ”i“ democracles 0f ”lot of companies Upon the entire Fod-
old worldand the new will come outi oralizatlon of the Guard these mon-
“l' this struggle, ”0‘ “WWI." triuulph-‘ eys will become avallable for Home
nut in, the military sense, but‘ Guard equipment and supply.
strengthened ill their own inner life. With the entrance of the Home
more firmly convinced that the path. Guard into the military protection of
”f freedom is 1111’ only UNI ‘0 “‘1“ industrial plants, railroads, and other
tional greatness," asserted Mr. Bal- public structures of military needs in
tour. wartime, a governor's oruer wdl at
once call them illto service:
The Home Guard bill provides that
pay shall be made to privates and of-
ficers “not to exceed that now paid
to National Guard units "
Although National Guardsmen have
heretofore been paid when ordered
to drill, commanding otlirers of the
ttiilitl Hill/NS till t
I
AN EXAfifiERATEI] Home Guards have construed the re-
‘ cent enactment not to carry pay until
“AMAEE ELAIM call into service has been ordered
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by the govtrnor. This call is now
momentarily expected.
Cuts Down Allowance to
About Tenth—Light Law
Violation Constitutes Neg- l
ligcnce 1
While riding towards Norwalk yes.
in a batch of decisions handed down rumor about 1:30 o'clock. Raymond
yesterday by Judge Howard J. ('urllS.' and Eugene Sttltlwoll. of Wilton, mir-
his honor had a few thingsto saytaculously escaped fatal injury when
‘ excessive claims and aboutl the steering gear of an Overland auto
negligence in not complying with the‘
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Illulll leitllJfiH I
I Alliti_WlNllSHlEtll
160 IIIllEII .
SUNDAY RI
‘ IORNADOES
Southern Kentucky Paidthe
Heaviest Toll of the States
Visited by Great Storm
PRIIPERII Dill-ARE
IS VERY IIEAIl
Hundreds of , Families Made
Homeless and Are Given
Aid ' ‘
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 29..»Revis:
ed reports today from' the‘ sections
of Kentucky, Tennessee“ Arkansas
and Alabama swept by a series of
tornadoes Sunday, put the \num‘b'er
known to have. lost their lives in the
storm at 160 and the injured at' ap-
proximately 550.
Southwestern Kentucky reports so
far received indicate, paid the heav-
iest toll in lives lost. in Fulton coun-
ly the southwestern lip of that state.
at least forty-two persons were kill-
ed and more than 100 injured. In
Alabama the mining camps at Sayre,
itradfond and t'arbon Hill reportedi
forty-six fatalities. and in Tennessee,l
Tipton, Dyer and (tar tillcountltla re-
(ported. thirty-four dead.
The property damage l“ “W
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RRNNERIIRIJI RARS
RiRlIN EXPECIS liltlt _ :
Sil0ltlll BY iR0tiPS "
lull AND lulu
General Cadorna Pushing .
Back the Troops of the
Austrians and Reports, .
Taking 23,681 Prisoners, . .
and 36 Guns ‘ ‘ '
tililillllllls
BRtilItilif null * . ~ =
France Says Seven Were
Wiped Out and Twelve »
Others Seriously Damaged "
001000 in
tElElillAllthS
Various Shore—Clubs Plan
for Formal Openings, J.
With Attractive Programs
The usual events have been plan-
had for Memorial Day by the various
shore resorts, and if the weather is
Favorable it is expected that there
will be large attendances by mem-
bers.
The Knob Club will have something
out of the ordinary, a flag raising
occurring at 4 o‘clock in the after-
noon. The gathering will sing pa-
triotic selections, and an address will
be made by former Attorney General
flAli PlltE "
unlulu AT
sunny HtiME
Hartford Camp, Sons of
Veterans, in Interesting
Ceremony
RAI] RISINEERIANTS!
I
New Statute Rules Out}
Preparations That . . Are:
Worthless—Dr. A. E. Ans-l
tin Pushed It Through—I
Act Similar to One Thatl
Was Defeated in New
York
One of the acts passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly is
entitled "An act concerning the tesc‘
lag and labelling of disinfectants".
Essentially it is similar to a bill de—I
’
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HREMEN till‘~
For the present. however, the“
‘.é‘t
law regarding lights.
mobile belonging to Henry Finch, of
John H. Light. The Sterling-Wellnilz
dance will be ileid in the. evening.
condition and will have charge of the
At the Norwalk Country Club there Hartford Camp, NO- 50, Sons of
hers who are in attendance. There.“ Spring Grove, Noroton Heights, Sun-
| soltlters' home. The dedication ex.
.. BERLIN, via London, May 28,
the ceremonies. Commander Edward
land were greeted [)(‘X‘SOnally upon day's official report says.
5““ 1““ "“lt‘mns. In the parade tO‘t-n off during the night southwest
I
t , ‘. . I
let ”1,. h m - - 3, ., ‘ tlls .lllt . '
I o e in line. Stth B. loms,l official statement.
lflag. introduced Commander Vt‘timi.,tlf l’liogsteel't W‘tlotl. 'l‘hc. enemy’s ..
.Into St. Louis
I ”pal—’4 fill . . ‘ . , I“
g “as unfurled Appleciatton Of‘alld on both banks ofw‘tlla‘ 1‘ ‘ ‘
went through the negro quarter dur- large number of patriotic addressesf While the only sphere of inten“
into unconsciousness. drove Several flag at 6 o clock every morning and where “PM”! “mum“ is day by
and then dispersed before daybreak. " " ‘ '
HERMAN SPY BAUEHT Itious that the slagllatlou along the
1
an had been insulted and two willte‘
The sign that points most
I lplacc. 'l‘Ilc Ilritisll report of last:
Many shots were fired, but only one
' destroyed and it‘ll others driven.
. . mgton l -
found there unconsctous, with a but»
be an agent 04- “K, Wilhemstitlsso‘tho bringingr down of seven Ger»
rect communication with those furn-Imhppg
,who came to Bridgeport several ‘
rented twice Ill the New York Legis-' \Ilied infantry is being held close~
Chestnut llili, in which they Were rid-
, ing gave way, and the machine bolted
in the] across the road and crashed illto a
claim of Frank and Satterni lien-I telegraph pole at the corner of New-
nuzfa for $3,000 against Everett 0. town and Grummall avenues.
Shipman of Norwaik. The plaintiffs, Raymond Stuth-ll, who was driv-
had a case. but the damage is cut ing the machine at the time of the
down and judgment is rendered for accident, escaped injury by clinging
them to recover. $431.10. They bought. to the steering wheel, but Eugene, his
a piece of property of the defentiant,-l younger brother, who was also riding
who said it was clear. Later when! in the front seat, was hurled through
the plaintiff tried to sell to Margaret} the windshield, and sustained a brok-
E. Everard tllt’i' find a leasc llold‘ en nose, a bad cut under the chill, and
against it and the sale fell through.I a very badly torn left ear.
The property consisted of 20 acres of The injured young man was rush-
land on Chestnut Hill in Norwalk. ,ed to the office of Dr. William J.
Negligence, ls Finding. lTracey, who treated his injuries and
Negligence upon the part of the {then ordered him removed to the hos-
plaintiff‘s servant is the finding of pita] front wilnce he was discharged
Judge Curtis ill rendering judgment: last night.
The machine was considerably dam-
aged as a result of the crash, and
was towed to F. E. Lockwood &. Conl-
pany’s garage, in Water street, for
l repairs.
IEXPLORERS or
CROCKER LAND SAFE
NEW YORK. May 29.~Donald Mac-
Millan, the explorer, and other mem-
NCross exaggeration" of damages
is the finding of the court
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ftitll] SURVEY all
has iitltISE
WASHINGTON, May 29.—-Tlle Ad-.
bers of the Crocker Land expedition,
I
lature, and one now pending in Con- A REEEPTIHN'
gress. It is endorsed by leading men .
in the medical professIIon and scien- --
tists generally. The legislation has‘ At the parlors of the Old Well Hook
been opposed by persons interested I“ and Ladder Company last night. a re-
the manufacture and sale of numerous mimic“ was given to those who look.
alleged disinfectants that are said to, mm in the production of "The Fire
be useless. In passing this act, Con“'Brlgadrt.” fecently presented. lander
necticut leads all the other States the auspices of the company. A spe-
cial feature of the evening's pleasure,
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lflIIRINII ERR
MIIRESIIIIIIERS
With the object of speeding up ell-
listments, Major W. A. Mercer, Unit-
ed States recruiting officer, today is~!
sued orders from his headquarters in‘
New Haven, directing members of the;
local recruiting station to go to Mid-l
lthe songs, dialogue. and descriptive
scenes, connected with the play.
A bountiful supper was prepared.
and the banquet room on the upper
floor was handsomely decorated for
the event, red. white and blue streanr.‘
ers surmounted by American flags
that completely banked the remnon
all sides. The eveningls entertain-i
ment concluded about ll o'clock, and
it was pronounced by all attending
to be a most enjoyable time.
present in addition to the melnbersl
of the company were:—
t
I
to (to-operate in the work with the‘ Lee, Miss Helen Sculley, Miss ‘H )
flag stations there.” Orders have also‘ Dougllerty. Miss May ll'anlon, Mrs.
been sent. to the Bridgeport Cellini Daugherty, Mrs. Lee, Harold Smith.
auxiliary station requesting the 1119an Edward Splan, Frank Anderson, How-
was afforded by the members of thel'
cast again reviving the occasion with!
Those t
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'MISS Alice .S 1‘ oley, MISS Adf‘kn‘ll of his department. the commissioner
dletown and Meriden every Monday, Vega. Miss Alice Splan, Miss Mildred; said, showed that the food jobbers,
eleni and brokers resented government in«l
lterference with speculation.
orchestra has been engaged to turn-
ish music for the season, and the first.
Deputy Sheriff Edward B. Doulens has
placed the dining room in excellent
privileges this season. W. A. Han-
ford will conduct the bus line.
will be a dance in the evening, which! Velterans, dedicated a. flag and flag
will he participated in by the mem-, poe at the soldiers cemetery at
will be excellent music and during! day afternoon. The pole and flag was
the dav and evening many dinner p» -‘ the em of ”‘9 Hartford camp to the
I .
"was“ “"‘l'f‘ interesting and inspir-
(Continued on Sixth Page.) 'ing and a large audience attended
. It woodhw e d b —l a. m.-—An attack by Russian and.
t . ) ‘. z t in , . . ’ ,
NEERHS ATTABKEI] Icflnlp made athemtripmlil} :lll:l0(l)1l0llll: Rmmmm” troops ls expected, to-
I theirarrival there by Colonel George LONDON~ May 297 1145 P- m-f"
BY IlllNfllS Mflfll Robbin-r. the superintendent, as well,llostile I'ttltllilll! parties were driv-
the cemetery there were 180 members “f If “.05, of Messines,"
' ‘ _ chairman ofthe committee ofthe Hart-lsu-vs today s , ,
Objection Made to Importa fold camp for the presentation of tllel”wo lllildl‘ sut't't‘ssllll “lids north
two of Any More Laborers _ . '
l119u‘s0t Who llrgslded. “Tile Starlartiilery was active last night in
‘Spangled Banner was sung When Lhefthe neighborhood of Bullecourbv
EAST ST. LOUIS, "L, May eora‘the gift was arm-emu b,» (301mm, ‘ . ..
mob of perhaps twu thousand pt-rsons‘ Robbins. This was followed by a ht"Him-
ing'the night, shot one colored mandglt was announced that the Noroton‘sivo minim-)- activity 'm, present
seriously wounded him. bent at 500m “Wits Boy Scouts would raise the is on the .ttttstt-o-ltalian frontt
h ndred negrocs across the Missis-' lower it as sunset. . . ‘ ,
slltpi River Bridge into St. Louis, Mo..l ,tiay pushing.r 'baclt tht Austrlann ,
"“ ‘lincs upon ’l‘rlrst. there are. llldwu- - . '
The assault began after a report? .,
had been circulated that a white woln- il‘h'ellt-Il and “Mia“ fronts m
men held up by negroes just “[9,. ., IFI'lillt't‘ may tint)” be interrupted.
.. . , .t .
committee from the Central Trades} WAS IN BRlflfiEPflRT. _ ‘ .
and Labor Union had attended a niece, . {strongly to this impending changers.
Int: 0! the City ‘COUlK'll 10 make 0 [“04 !is the intense aerial actlvny taking.
test against the importation of any; ‘ _ ”_ .
more colored laborers into St. lnulSJ‘ Captam Pntchard V011 night elllpilasIZt.‘tI this in its a”.
- ‘ I ' ' l ' u ‘ \ - - ‘
negro L, known ,0 mm, bop“ “hump, Davrd, Arrested m wash-tt‘tlillli ot i\\(Ilt( tltllnan machines
ed. He fled to St. Louis and was . '
lont oi control. while today from
t . t‘ . . front l’aris announces
nnlnonronr, May 2fl.~~-l\’nown to H" I “”‘h ‘
intelligence force of the Imperial mil“ airship; I“ engagements 311d—
German government and to be in di-‘tlle serious damaging of twelve
ishillg information to the central pow-l
crs, "Captain" Pritchard von David,
weeks ago, claiming to be
in the regular army on
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Storehouses Filled With
Food, Prices Jump
food stuffs in New York city have
made more money in the. last few
months than ever before, according to
a statement issued tonight by Joseph
Hartigan, city commissioner
l weights and measures.
“While foods have been kept in,
labundance in storehouses and while‘
I prices have been advancing by leaps;
‘ tile statement asserted”
“no thought has been given to the.
n
and bounds,
consumer, The dealers have said:
'Here is our golden opportunity,‘ and
they have seized it."
Reports made to him by inspectors
a captaintl” its Illlt‘s‘.
recruiting .‘
duty. and who went about the city at
will with the sanction of high mill-z
of .
iWQl‘f‘ launched last night in the
llllrtebise district, but each was”
easily repulsed by the French fire. '
Raiding operations
and occasional local attacks by
one side or the other are the only
developments reported in the of- "
tficial statement. aside from the dlSo‘
tplays of energy on the. part of the": »
airmen anti the artillery arm. .
The German infantry faculg the
__ British armies apparently is being “
NEW YORK. May 29-—Dealers in held in check by its commanders.
as closely as that of its opponents";
but shalp attacks coin. . don
the French lines, notably in the. “
(‘Ilalnpagne region. Two of these
The French made a minor thrust;
on their own account ill the Ver-
dun rcgion, where he activity is
becoming more marked on both
sides. A small German post north
of Vasllarallville was captured m
this operation. 5 -
Brazil is rapidly passing from
like status of a neutral to that of
all active partisan on the Entcnte
ministration's food survey bill, passedllwm'Ch went in“) the Arctic I“ 1913’
by tile House yesterday, went to the are safe 3‘ Etah, on the northwest
Senate today where a similar meas- 003“ 0f Greenland, acording to a
ore is under consideration. .cablegraln received today by the Am-
Tlle House bill is the first of the' erican Museum Of Natural History.
food control measures and carries an' The cablegram announcing
appropriation of $14,770,000 for a sun, whereabouts of the party, last heard
vey of the national resources and for from in July, 1916' Was signed by Dr.
stimulation of the food supply. t, H- 5- Hunt, surgeon 0" the expedition,
The survey will be made by the. De' who has reached the Faroe Islands.
partment of Agriculture, and Secre~ on his way to Denmark. 1‘ follows:
tary Houston is only awaiting enact- “MacMillan, Comer, Small and H0“
ment of the legislation to put a force 0W are at Etah. SteamerDenmark
of men into the field to gather the
information. The secretary hopes to
give Herbert C. Hoover, selected for
food administrator, an estimate of
fobdl resources within three weeks
after l-.e.sident Wilson signs the bill.I
Machillan ,expedition) is at No‘rth
sm‘r Bay (150 miles from Etah). Ek-
blow, geologist, at Godhaven."
Sentinel Advs. pay. Try one.
the .
(the second relief ship sent after the -
there [to {proceed terrify Monday to
East Norwaik and every Tuesday to'
Danbllry to cooperate with the flag
stations there. The station at Water-
bury will delegate a member to .go
to Torrington on Mondays.
New Haven station to the eastern’end
of the state visiting towns and cities
in New London and Windham, coun-
ties for the purpose of stimulating re-
cruiting and assisting the stations at
New London.
pointed out, are needed for the regu-
lar army and to fill up the quotal
of the National Guard. Enlistment, it
is stated, is only for the period of the
war. .
Early next month, it is announced,l
a touring party will be sent from the
. I Day there will be a special train from
Approximately 200,000 men, it isl New York to New Haven, observmg
ard Finch, Edward Bartram. side of the world war. The meas-
IClaim Farmers Don’t
WW" -_ __. ' lure revoking llt‘l‘ neutrality is'
SPECIAL TRAINS 0“ I I Pay wages Advertised ihow well on its way through Par-
29,_Unsub,tlialnellt.
' MEMORIAL DAY, BRIDGEPORT,‘ May
Istantiated claims have been made, by‘
Special trains will be run on thelmen applying at police headquarters
New York, New Haven and Hartford for accommodations, that farmers in
Railroad Tuesday and Wednesday” New Canaan, who advertise for farm
The one from Boston to New Yorkt hands in out-of—town newspapers. fail
makes a stop in. South Norwnlk at to pay the wages they agree when
10:05 1). m., and is due at Grand Cen- application is made to them. .
tral station at 11:10. On Decoration, Last. night two men told Lieutenant
chnedetti that they had. come from
lPlliladelphia to work on a farm, but
lll Austria-Hungary the political
situation is still ill a transforma-
tion period. The Hungarian pre-
miership, according.r to a Zurich;.§
dispatch, is to be filled by Count
Julius Andrassy, a pronounced
Liberal. The entire significance
of his reported accession, follow~
t tti th {none the laim WM ing the retirement of Count Than,
9 V ‘ v u < ' . _ -
. m.: leave. Egoniziiledngthem. the); willii‘ed from lcplcsentatlto .Of til?1[)llti“b(;er
Stamford, 10.20 p. m.; l)eav. South New Canaan to Bridgeport, and could ma“ influence m 11‘s ua 011‘
Norwalk, 10:33 p. m.; leave Bridgport, not find shelter at. lodging houses
I 10:56 p. m.; due New Haven, 11:,25. here.
. the following schedule:—
Leave New York, 9:25
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