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(l‘wo Children in the' Family
of James H. Gordon, of
Beacon Street, Stricken
With the Disease
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' Health Officer Tracey Takes
Precautions to ‘Prevent
Epidemic
Two cases of smallpox, the dread;
ljisease which has been sweeping
through the northern section of the
Mate for the past few months. were
discovered in Norwalk yesterday, by
Health Officer Dr. William J. Tracey.
ll‘he'local cases are those of Lucile,
it he seven-year old daughter, and Roy-
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Horace M. Gray Gives Some
Interesting Incidents of
Training Camp
An interesting and instructive Letter
was received yesterday from Horace
M. Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Gray, of 3 Morgan avenue, and con-
nected with the law firm of Gray
and Gray, Washington street. by a.
Sentinel reporter. Mr. Gray describes
life in camp in a clever and amus-
ing form. The letter in full follows:
Plattsburgh, N. Y.,
. May 27, 1917.
My Dear— ------ :
When you are shy on East Side
news, maybe you can fill up on some
camp dope. i have seen a number of
the Norwalk papers and it looks to
me as though you have not had much
information front up here. Perhaps
1 can help you out and use up a spare
moment. It is now about 9 o'clom.
and there is ho chance of getting
hsleep until 9:35 o'clock when the
lights go out.
The first person 1 ran across when
1 got. off the train was Walker Storey,-
who is with the Fourth Division, New
York, The weather was cool, though
clear. I reported to my company, the
pi], the two-yeanold son of Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Gordon. of 2 Beacon
street, First District. The entire Gor-
don family was exposed to the terrible
scourge nearly a month ago when
they visited relatives in' Sottihbury,
Hound in whose family a case of the
:Loaned Money on Worthless
Notes and Then Assigned
Meeker Estate Interest
disease developed while the local poo-I
(pie Mere making their Y‘s” , 809‘} love for horses, his shortage of monv
cases are T“ mild form this ”9"”; “_“ ey, the forging of his father's name;
keeping “In“ the nature M ”1“ "1”} to five notes. and tho concealment
tiemic winch has sprcfld throughout of H“, crime for 23 years. was told
the state for some time. ‘ .to Judge Reed in the Civil Superior
Visited Relative: in Southbury- {court yesterday by Herbert M. Knapp.
Three weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. Gor~ confessed cmbezzler of funds of the
tion and family went to Southbury,‘iirm of‘ Burr & Knapp. who is‘novil
Conn, to visit MrS'Gordon's parents.
The story of Charles l1. Jennings'i
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tiRADUAlltllJNEBfl,
Sixty Members Enrolled,
Making the Largest in;
History of Local Educa-‘r
. tional Institution l
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On June 30, one of the largest urad-‘
tinting classes of tho Norwalk High
School will be presented with diplo:
nuts. The class consists of sixty"
members. Definite plans for the grad
{dating class have not been completed“
as yet, 'but like {xercisns wt" beI
very quiet and inexpensive, owing to"
the serious condition , of affairs
throughout the United States. l
On Monday, June 25, the class day:
exercises will be held. Wednesday‘
the graduation exerciSes will be held
on Friday night. the reception will be:
held in the Norwalk High school titldi-I,
'torium. The place of holding the
class day exercises has not been de-‘
cided. t
it is expected that a local speaker?
will be secured for the annual ad?
dress at the graduation exercises. The}
class of 1916 were fortunate in se-‘
curingaan out-of—town speaker, who
gave a very appropriate address.
It has been suggested that the girls
of [he graduating class ,Iadopt the:
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Question Whether Mrs.‘
Wyckolf Lived in Connec-'
ticut When Suit Was!
Filed ‘
'The question of whcth '
Wyckoff of Stamford resi‘dled
state three years prior to the
mg of a divorce action against
mm F. Wyckofl of New York
up before Judge Curtis in the
Superior court this afternoon.
Wyckoff is. suing her husband on
(ground of cruelty and Wyckoff
a cross complaint in w
cruelty and infidelity.
decides that Mrs,
'era E.‘
in this
bring-
Spof
came
Civil
Mrs.
the
has
hich he alleges
If the cfiurt
Wyckotf had resided
in this state three years before she
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{serving it"sentencc in the county jail}
,cd in Southpott.
[if 1917 ~ ;
on North avenue.
Jennings for a. number of years liv~'
lie was the son of
(‘linrlcs Jennings, who conducted :1
store in Southport for many years;
and who was Well 00‘.
Knapp Flcshy.
The case came before Judge Reed
on an iiitcrplcnder in which the ques-'
tion of who'is to receive the dis-‘
trihutivc share belonging to ("harlcs'
11. Jennings from the estate of idliznj
M. Meeker of lt‘ail'rlt‘ld.
Knapp was in company with n‘
keeper and he looked as though jail,
life agreed with him, as he was much;
lleshier than when sentenced last No-'
vcinbcr.
Jennings' transactions dated back;
to 1805. Knapp said the young man,
was short of morn-y and Burr loancd‘.
him about $1,000 on three notes. 'l‘iicy
bore the endorsement of Jcnnings' f:i-‘
ther. Knapp said Jennings played
the races and needed money.
Later when the notes matured, Jon-
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10111 New England, and Joe Lockhart
went to his, the litli New Englandl recommended
I found my cot with my name tacked, l’hclan, who held an inquest yester-
over it on a slip of papcl‘ which show-i day afternoon in the uptown police
ed my height. Then i was marchnd; headquarters, on the death of Wil-
with several others to a new shack! liam F. Grant, who took his own life
dropped in a few trilfies such as hard in one of the cells of the uptown
llockup lfi-iday afternoon, by hanging.
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titanium in
(‘lil(‘..'t(10, May 20.—~Three men and cell room in the uptown police sta-i
‘two women are held today for tir'tion be changed about so that the
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and Police Commissioner Russell, and; two new schools, the council finally
to have the voted to adopt a suggestion made by
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Moved Around Want Plans and Specifica-
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That more men‘should be added to
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Several Important Matters
Before the City Fathers. '
DOVER CASllE lthPill0
keral Government in Kansas City was
' assigned today to the task of learning
the Norwalk police department, and
that the arrangement of the cells in
the uptown station house should, be
changed immediately were strongly
by Coroner Jolm J.
The coroner, after hearing the de-
tails of the suicide and exnniining112.
the arrangements at the uptown stirJ
urged the city ofllcta
reconuncndations mad by him in re-
gard to conditioningbae sit-sigma:
trtct police station. acted u
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non by thelplans, specifications, and bids, which
The high cost of living hit the city
government of Norwalk in the solar
plexus at an adjourned meeting of the
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WALKS
HOME PAPER
News for the My
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WASHING’I‘ON,'May 29.—Because
of rumors of trouble planned for reg-
istration day, Attorney-theral Greg-
ory today instructed United States at-
torneys and marshals throughout the
country to make certain that regis‘
trars are protected "to the fullest ex~
item," and that immediate and ef.
fective legal steps are taken agalng
any who fail or refuse to register.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 29.—Ev-
cry investigating agency of the Fed-
ii treasonable motive are responsible
for injunction petitions seeking to re-
strdin operation of the army draft
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British Armed Merchant"!
Cruiser Also Torpedoedfi;
and a British Destroys
Goes Down After a Col-I;-
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registration law which Were filed in
the state circuit, court today. Hear-
ing on the petitions has been set for
Thursday at the request of J. I).
Slicwalter. attorney for the petition-
council held last evening in the city
ball when petitions asking for an iii-
crease in salary necessary because
of the increased living expenses was
received from the policc depitrtiiicni.
v V _ ()‘I‘ “v i . -r ' to.» '
fire department. and hire thief “11;“,22,3‘51‘:;gAiéiogé-(tr‘vnfgnllfil"a“?
George W. Bogardus. The matter ‘HO he ‘lllllE‘iil ”Swan: ‘a'm'tnd “10‘:
was tabled until the next meeting. ‘ I " L ‘ mm“
suit which he declared would be filed
then against Governor F. l). Gardner,
find the State Adjutant—General who,
his_petition asserts “havc been act-
ing in an oppressive manner."
As a result of anti-draft agitation
in this district, as special I'nitcd
States Grand Jury has been called,
for June 6 to consider cases grow-i
which will be held on Tuesday. June
After one of the hottest discussions
.aMyor ‘Carl Axel Harstrom that the
board of education should submit
Bombs
LONDON. May 20, 7:50 p. m.—~§
The British hospital ship Dover
(‘ustlc has been torpedoed and "ms"
sunk, it is announced oflioially.
The British iirinctl merchant”
cruiscr Ililnrty also has been tor? ’
pctiocti and sunk. and a British (16- W
stroycr has been sunk after a col—-.
lisioii. . ,
NEW YORK, May 29.—An tin?w
successful attempt by a German ,
submarine to destroy an, armed ~
council immediately. ' will be more definite than that which
”2.0“, of violation of m, legislafliussian steamship near Kola Inlet,
Coroner Phelan suggested that the, were submited at last night's meeting.
After being,prolonged over Several
,meetings. the council voted to ac-
vcstigation on it charge of conspiracyi inmates of the cells will be visibloiccpt 'the Concord street extension.
to defeat the conscrieption law
it‘t'.
were not made public, bill federal
anticmiscription
are under arrest.
Mi”. Citlbilligll Silld lilt‘ alleged con-i of adding more "1011 [0 the pqlice dp.|
entire partment will have to be left to the
central district. He said evidence oi“, council and the board of estimate.
spirticy extends through the
the alleged plot has been found in
portions of Wisconsin. ; Northern
lllinois, lndiana. Ohio, Michigan and
town. and that arrests would be made
in many parts of the district between
now and June 5. ‘
Whether his
information showed
ontat all times to the oliicer on dutyJCommissioncrs Stephen S.
Juno 5, and other till‘(*sl:~ are expected and he also strongly emphasized the W. l-Iarford. Horace R.
to follow shortly, according to lilo-tract that a sufficient number of men
ton G». t‘liibauch, t‘hict' investigator; should be pluccd on the force so thati
here of tin~ cht-i-ul Bureau of .lus-' one man could be on duty in the First
The names of tlmsc in custody District station house at all times.
:ngcnts claimed that the leaders of ”101(qu steps to have the cells of the
conspiracy-nptown headquarters arranged as sug-
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nines did not pm- up so Knapp went l itflllttl interference with the 00910-1
to the young man‘s father. After?
looking at the signature, Jennings, Sr.»
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in Autumn,
Coroner Phelan Renders a
Finding in Case of Man.
Crushed by Elevator
Accidental death resulting front
Coroner John J. Phclan, who, yester-i
day afternoon, investigated the deathi
0‘ William Novak, of 30 Broad sire-cut 12: New York, June 12; Philadelphia! New Jersey districts on Thursday and with the general
who was fatally injured some timel
ago when he was crushed under an!
elevator in the Lounsbury & Bisselll
factory, in \i'innipauk. I
As near as could be ascertained by
the coroner, after the testimony of
several men had been heard, the facts
of the case scent to be that Mr.’Novak
was engaged in wheeling-bales of
,waste. from one room to another and
putting them on the elevator. While
working near the brink of the ele-
vator well, he slipped in some man-
ner, just as the car was descending
the shaft, and falling to the bottom
of the pit was unable to extricate him-
self before the elevator had pinned
him down. 1
Mr. Novak sustained four fractured
ribs and a fracture of the spinal col-
umn, which injuries resulted in his
death, which occurred Monday morn-
ing in the Not-walk hospital.
The fatal accident as far as the
coroner could discover was purely ac-
cidental, and no criminal charges will .
be entered regarding the death.
tion of registration on June it.
merely demonstrations, Mr. Clabit‘ugh
declined to say.
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WASHINGTON.
May
west. going first to Atlanta.
Following is the itinerary announc- lory & Sons. inc. The Mallory fac.‘
011 today by the State ltcpurtiiient.
Leeive “'ashington Monday, Jlune in the city.
myelitis caused by a fracture of the: 4: Atlanta, June 5; Birmingham, June led prices today.
vertabrae of the spinal column was 5; New Orleans, June 6; Memphis, the
announced as the official finding of June 7: St. Louis, June 8; Builittg-nvith some of the manufacturers in
iton, 1a.. June 8: Chicago, June 9;
Pittsburgh, June 11; Harrisburg, June
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MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS.
Flag Raising at The Knob,
4 p. m.
Norwalk Yacht Club in
Commission, 2 p. m. ' . '
Music, Dancing and Other
Attractions at Roton Point.
Grand Army Parade, 9 a. to.
Bail Games, Amusement
Park, 10 a. m. and 3:15 p. m.
Dance at Norwalk Country
Club. Speidel’s Orchestra; ,
Open House at‘ Fine Point
Catholic Club. '
‘ The Nationals Clash With
Brewsters at Brewsters, N. Y.,
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Prince of L'dine and other members: ed today with the official announce-,provi
of the ltalian War Mission will leave ment that the new bills of prices, with
Washington next Monday, June 4. on‘ the selling prices included, had been
a trip through the south and middleimade in
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gested by the coroner. but. the matter
WASHINGTON, May 29.v—~Considcr-
able progress was made by the Scu-
ate today toward passage of the Ad-
ministration food survey and produc-
tion bill. Early in the day the agri-
culture committec substiutcd for the
measure the Senate has been con-
sidering, the similar bill which al-
‘ready has passed the House, thereby
paving the way for prompt final
enactment.
into the House bill the committee
had written an amendment by Sena-
tor i’oindexter to penalize the storage
of food, fuel and other necessaries
with intent to corner a market, with
a provision by Senator Kenyon ex-
nitration
3111le this
Action of Concern Has
Lessencd Tension in Dan-
bury Hatting Situation
DANBURY. May 29.——_—The tension,
existing in batting circles as the re—1
sult of the differences between the‘, ' .
manufacturers and the local hatters’i empting farmers and other original
organizations regarding incorporating; producers.
the selling prices of hats in the new
A motion by Senator McKellnr
striking from the bill the provision
ding for the eradication of in-
sects and plant diseases injurious to
agriculture was adopted by the Sen-
ate without a record vote. Another
proposal by the Tennessee Senator to
reduce the appropriation for seeds to
be sold to the farmers at cOst, from
$2,500,000 to $1,000,000 was rejected.
but the oflicers of; During the debate Senator Sher-
conferred‘man criticised the activities of the
Council of National Defense. He said
Ihe did hot question the Council's mo-
tiVes, but thought it was interfering
welfare of the coun-
O
the finishing and making de-i
partmenis of the factoryof E. A. Mal-
tory is one of the latest and busiest;
No other firm had set-t-
hatters' association
regard to the bills. .
Bills of prices will expire in the,
preparations are being made in those try by its orders in many cases.
districts to make new wage scales
similar to those presented to the man- MONGOLIA’S NAVAL ‘ V
ARMED GUARD FREED
uiacturers in this district. Advices
received at the oifices of the local as-
sociations from Orange and Newark w.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—~The na-
val armed guard and its commander,
of the American Liner Mongolia, are
absolved from all responsibility for
the unique gun practice accident that
resulted in the death of two« Red
Cross nurses aboard the vessel re-
cently in a report made public today
by the Navy Department.
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NORWALK WOMAN
HELD IN GERMANY
WASHINGTON: May 29.—-A list of
all known American prisoners of war
FIGHTING AT PENG PU.
PEKING, May 29.——‘-The civil gov-
ernor of the province of Anhwd has
suddenly commandeered forty cars of.
the Tstng Pu Railway. His purpose
in taking over the cars is not known.
. It. is reported that fighting is pro-
of 74 men, all of whom Were taken
from merchant ships by the German
war vessels.
I Sixty-one of the prisoners are in a
‘detention cainp‘at Dolmen, one is at
I'Rastattat, Bavaria; five at Karlsruhe
, and seven at Havelberg. ,
Amongthose being held at Dolmen Chang Hsun, military governor
is Mrs. M. Shepherd, 86 Spring street,‘ tAnnhWet and item .Ntszu Chung at
. Pens Pu.
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.ceedlng between the troops of Gem
of .
‘ tnry Baker. ‘
tion.
The injunction petition is signed by1
Raymond 1. Moore. and Thomas C.’
Sullivan. it is directed uguinst Gov-'
ornor Gardner. Mayor Edwards, the;
election commissioners and the coon-I
ty sheriff. ,
The application sets forth that the1
registration law is unconstitutional,
causing “involuntary servitude" andt
also is in conflict with the Missouril
Constitution in that it makes state!
otlicals act in federal positions.
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MATTOON, 111.. May 29.7Arrl‘ossi-
bility that bodies may be buried in
the wrecked homes at
city revealed that a number of per—
sons were unaccounted for.
Sixteen persons were reported miss
ing by the Red Cross Relief organiga-
tion and immediately a force of men
began a thorough search of the ruins.
The same thorough search will be
taken in Charleston, although it is be-
lieved that every residenh of that
town has been accounted for. '
Reconstruction cannot begin in
most parts of die city for at least
two weeks because of the heaps of
wreckage to be removed.
'Carloads of food from throughout
lllinois. Indiana and Missouri con~
timed to arrive in Charleston and
Mattoon today and tonight. J. J.
O'Connor, director of the Red Cross
said that the supply now established
is not enough to feed the people of
Mattoon for three months.
Based on a compilation of farmers‘
reports W. M. Moran, supervisor of
Mattoon township, estimates the prop
erty loss to farmers in the storm
swept county between Mattoon and
Charleston at about $300,000. The
hiattoon do. _
velopcd tonight when it census of thel LONDON, May 29' 8:30 p. m—
Mattoon loss has been estimated at
about $1,125,00
ton. at more than $1,000,000.
IMMENSE SU'it—is'
FOR THE ARMY
WASHINGTON, May 295.——in (fres—
ronse to Secretary Baker‘s appeal to
have appropriations of the entire reg-
ular army bill, aggregating $273,000,-
000 made immediately available, reso‘
lu-ttons Were introduced today in Con-
gress for thatJiui'pose.
Secretary Baker said the Treasury
valance for army pay is “barely sufil
cient to carry the army until the end
of May." and that contractors furn-
ishing clothing an equipage for the
new army forces» are pressing for pay-
ment of bills totalling, $18,009,000
with further bills immediately in
sight. .
_“D,efault cf the government at this
juncture spells disaster," said Secre-
0 and that of Charlesjpapcr as saying on May 25 that”
‘Party in the state had bolted be-’
{in the Arctic. on May 10, in which
ninc shots were 'red by the sub-
nmrinc without i hit and lab floea
stivcti the vcsscl from torpedo at. ‘
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rival of the steamship at? ‘ an
American port. The Russianmw
tired two shots at the U boat, her“
captain said, but these also missed
their mark. The captain asserted»
that the approach 'to Kola Inletis . j
strewn with mines.
(‘oiittxxrt Spain, May 29. VA”
u.—
‘aris. 12:45 1). m.——Thc Nor.
wcginn ship linia. 3,000 tons, was
slink yesterday by a German sub-
marine.
held up the l'nia. boarded her and
destroyed her with bombs. The
chptiiin and cicw of 24 have,
reached ({‘tll‘lllllltl. ~
It was officially announced today
that Premier Ribot, of France
Jules (‘ambon, General Secretary.
to the French Ministry of Foreign
ati'airs: ’aul (‘umbon, the French .
Ambassador to Great Britan;,
l’rof. Patti l’aiiilvc, the French",
Minister of War; General Foch ‘-
and their military and diplomatic
advisers yctscrtiiiy hold a series of
conferences with the British War
Cabinet on important matters af-"S
footing the two countries. It is
announced that a complete agrees
mcnt was reached on all points,‘. .
and that the French representae
tivcs returned to France' yesterday
afternoon. . '
WASHlNGTON. May 20—Sep—
timciit for revolution in the Ger
man state of Wurttcmberg is re},
flcctctl in news stories published:
in the Frankfort Zeitung. An of."
ficial dispatch today quoted th'
minority of the Social Democratic
cause the majority refused to rid—7
vocntc n'rcvolnticn. The minor,
ity joined the Independent Demo-
crats. ‘
BERLIN, via London, May 29',
10:08 p. m.-'l‘hc War Office com
munication issued this evening
says: ‘
“No reports have come to ban
regarding any fighting on a large:
scale. _
BOSTON, May 20.—chairs on,
the seized German lincrOckenfcls
were completed today and the en
glues started for the first timc‘Jn?
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be made tomorrow] It is cstimatJf
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tick, was related today on the or.» .
nearly three years A trial run will? I
. "e
Men from the submarine ‘ 1
Norwalk Chronicler