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Overcast, probably showers tonight.
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1 Senator Stoeckel Becomes
Head of the Bureau Once A
Directed by the Secretary
of State
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Six Prison Offenses on List
nd Many Effective Today
Senator Robbins Ilatteii Sioeckel.;.
appointed automobile commissioner.
by Governor Marcus H. Holcomb thi
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Judge George H. Vosburgh.
Judge Nehemiah Candee.
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Oaths of office wereadministeredthis Of ”1059 who were sworn into omw’l
|Judge Nehemiah Candee and l’rosecu-l
. mornin ' in the court room of the cit ' _ _
b, g ’ tor Jesse 'I'. Dunbar are new to their;
looming took charge oftlie state auto-l ball by Judge Joseph R. Taylor to the res vectlve offices
lnobile department. the reign of Irma-nu...” 618...... M... Nehemiah can. , ;l- , a ,
' kl P r ecret ‘ of th tate ' b ' already serve om
PTIC “ e ry, S sly e s ' dee Jud e Geor~e H. \‘osburgh, l’ros- r. io'ltions.
its head of the department ending lasti ' g " H" ” l b . . Th .
’ ecuting Attorneys Cramer C. Hege- in order after the u-remony. tre
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Bi: appoltltmxtlantosenalor Stoeckel ms... nd .lcssc T. Dunbar, and t‘lerk is no doubt but-what the omcials will
I ' lot the Court..i.ouis S. Beers. The serve the public satisfactory
, man a
aused to be distributed to ma is: _ . , , . , . .,
frates and judges throughout the "stile:taking 0f ”‘9 oath ““5 mum‘s“ ”3 m“ “a.“ and b“ “ “Pd.” ‘0 ”H Cm
‘ ral police officers and spectators. in their oiIicIaI l'OBlllnns-
WtNNNNNNN an liliiililii than
sun Nuivmni Milan's-nan
lnotor vehicle law of 1917. I
Will Confinc Itself 801er to lJOSePh Wakelin and Wife in
Six prison offenses are contained in3
the violations: Using motor vehicles,
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Duringr the War
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poring with a motor vehicle: 1":
. properly passing a street railway car;
[throwing stone or other objects at a
motor vehicle, etc; failure to main-l
known suspension when aspiring f0!"
loense and refuse to give name, etc..‘r
an officer. For all other. mutational
' nes ranging from $6 to 3200111). the,
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Broken Coupling Causes
, Collision That. Sends Two
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MELROSE. Mass. Juno 1. .loscplil
|\\'akclln, a farnnr. and Min, Sarah;
i\\'nkclin, his wifc, charm-d with tho:
,0 confine “5,,” solely to m“ \vorkE murder of their sl‘Vt'ityt‘lil‘dlltl dauglr
of civic and national relief. This will} “1" ”Few" “m.“ olden-d hc‘ld. “m"
jbc done entirely through the civic de-{op1 lliill for l‘ hcaringfldunc j. in the
.lnltmont, and there will be no duos, Wilma “0“” today , ”‘9’ “”9 {‘Ol,
.cxcopt department duos, which art“). leuuircd .‘0 plead. . The prosi-cntton,
lincrcly nominal. It is hoped that cvw ““5"“, “m" m “1“”) ‘0 lm'l’m'” its
lery prcscm and former member not, ““d ”‘0 court granted a CO”
V case
i already enrolled in ”H. department,3 tinuancc after a conference with attor-
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in vicw of the great. national crisisl
,\\'l.ich is confronting the country, it
‘ has bccn doomed wise to suspcnd lhc
'gcucrnl .activities of the Community
lclub for the period of the war, and
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TAX INCREASES
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WASHINGTON. June 1.——Since the]
general outlines of the rcdraft of the
War Revenue bill have been deter-
mined by the Senate Financ commit»
tee, many senators jtodny began to
plan fights to be made on the measure
when it reaches the floor of the Sen-
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l The police declined to make a state,
.‘ . ment regarding evidence by which‘
Street l tin-y said they would attempt to prove:
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A broken coupling.soht nine loaded|
freight cars running wild in the Stem 1 on her way home from school. The
'body was found in the woods and?
.terday morning, and caused a mixupi physicians said death was caused by
that required several hours of hard' wstrnngulntlon.
(Work by the Harlem River wreckingl ~ . l Tho Wakclins worn arrcslcd early;
crew to straighten out. Some pron,
arty damage also resulted.
i nunnosu. Mass” Jnnc 1.-~Joscph
The T. J. l’ardy (‘onstruction Com-l “'akclin. and his wife. who wore ar-
Elm street to the freight house track: pnny, of Bridgeport. have been award-' rested early today. charged with thcl
’ (when the coupling broke. The run-: ed the compact by ma an'walk Tire murder of their seven year old dough-l
traveling Chili? IRS! when they ll" ; cern's factory in Winnipauk. lden police station, pending a hearing.
it String of 13 loaded cars standing; The tire company has increased its: in the district court. Before the boar-l
on the house track. The impact put'l buglnpgs mmrmously in the past Haul lot! the authorities declined to dis-‘
; lbumper DOSt at ”‘0 end 0f the track: of tradc. The new structure will in-
iTWO 0f the cars slid through [hetclude factory, storage, laboratory, em-
Iwcoden fcnce in Canal Sll‘l‘i‘l- One Of: ployment and hospital departments.
the other stopped ill 11!? middle. or; ly equipped plants in this section of
i the state.
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' twill 'o'n at ouch nut that manv b- .
Through Fence m Canali 3' ‘ ‘ - ""
w_,,_______,.,,_____,»_ the charge that W'nkclin killed the‘
child a year ago today while she Wits
ford freight yards, about 12:30 ycs-ffllfi AflfllTlflN
l'odny. and made emphatic denial of
l the charge.
The freight cars were. in a long; !
istring. backing down the lead from] .
laway cars gathered speed as the)" (c. Rubbcr ConlDant‘ for conslrllctlngl ter, Loretta, a year ago today. spent‘
rolled down the grade. They were a $35,000 addition on the local con.1thc early looming hours in the Mal-E
line latter cars in motion. andlhf‘Yi and the present floor space is woe-l cuss their reasons for causing the ar-;
:moved so fast that they broke tllt‘ifully inadequate to meet the demands
“them landed on the sidewalk in front, thus making the Norwalk Tire & Rubi
0f ”19 Swift refrigerator plant, and. her Company one of the most modern-
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l$10 participation certificates continu- -
WASHINGTON, June 1.——The Ail-led to be popular form of subscrip. 2:259:65? shorizliizor'mlhinfill“; 1:9:
ministration's Espionage bill with its tion in New York today. and retail more than $40 000 if. d the House in;
PlPWSDaper censorship clause was t.o-, stores amt banks made large over- heritance taxes 0&0” are hostile
day again in the hands of thc.joiml night purchases from the Federal Rem ,0 excise t'i‘xes‘put in the bill b' the
conference committee- with instruc~ serve Bank to supply the demand. All committee ‘ particularly taxes 0,: cof-
tions from the House to eliminate‘pui‘chasers‘were required to enter; fee sugar, tea and‘ cocoa '
_ the censorship proposal. their applications for bonds. for‘ The committee h“, v “6'“! , -e d
‘ , The bill came back to the conferees: which the certificates may be used! . ' ' " ‘0‘ at} am e
. . upon a reduction from 10 to 5 per
for the second time as a result of thel in payment when a sutbctent number cent of taxes on railroad steamshi
House‘s refusal, 184 to 144. yesterday. have been obtained. The certificates; and'Pullnian car tra')‘ citation X
to accept even the conference «mm are not directly convertible. provision for taxing £1655 and pan
.‘mittee's modified censorship provi-1 Liberty Bell meetings arranged by: cels post packages onelcont on each
sion. .thc veteran .volunteer Liberty Loan‘ 25 cents paid for transmission also
There were strong indications todayl salesmen were held today in a numberl was incorpdmted ‘ ‘
that the conferees would shortly re-l of industrial plants and tomorrow senol The committee. will consider taxes
port the bill with the censorship fea~l try boxes with, Liberty, Bells, will bel on newspapers and magazines in con-
ture eliminated, and that the bill will posted on street corners. ference why, publishers and postofiice
MAKING ll -_
Senate Without Record Vote
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{Proposal to Have Governa
The others have storage or destruction of food, fuel
or mere terms in or other necessaries of title to limit.
Congratulations wirelsupply or affect ’pricea would be. a
government's first food bill adopted
as lot in the Senate. yesterday'witbont a re-
and
‘000,000 would be made to Italy for
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Adopts Amendment to
Punish for Destruction of
Food
APPLY n arias
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ment Go Into Fishing
Business
WASHINGTON June L-lloardlng.
felony under an amendment to‘the
cord vote.
Several senators protested that the
provision was too drastic and would
prevent legitimate storing to equal-
ize markets, but. all efforts to modify
it failed. When Senator Fall pro-
pt
sion be empowered to decide whether.
storing is reasonable, Senator Polo-l
dcxter, author of
sisted that any such changei would
weaken the. effectiveness of the mens-
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United States Government
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Three Caught in Print Shop
Many objectors to the. conscription
low in Kansas City and the surround-
ing territory are in Jail today as the
result of the activity during the last
two days of federal agents ‘here and
in l’l'opeka, slawrence and
Kansas.
the amendment, in-f‘ she Il’l‘l‘ffls ‘
‘ nated by the authorities as the leader
lot the local objectors. She first at“
c an a Weapon against speculators.‘ tracted federal notice several months
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80NlinlHtlUl WARNING on
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Will Not Permit of Any
Interference in Carrying
Out Plans for June 5th
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Raid Held in $25,000 Bail
Each
KANSAS CITY,
Mo, June 1. —~
~‘Olnthc,
'l‘wrlve persons have been gather-
ed in by the Government, six in this
city. four at Topeka and one each at
Lawrence and Olathc.
the list are two Women, Mrs. Lenora
mod that u". federal trade commie-i Wnrncson Moore. of Kansas City, and
Dr. Eva Harding, of Topeka.
included in
Mrs. Moore, or Mrs. Warneso as
0 be called, was d sig~
Violation of the section would ball“) when “3 ll teacher in "l9 public
penitentiary for not lees than six
months our more than three years.
Holding by farmers or others of thc
products of land cultivated by them
is exempted.
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conferences between the ltnlian mls-N
sion and American officials today
reached the stage where it seemed:
probable that another loan of 800,-:
June. and that in spending this suml'
in the l'nited Slates ltaly would join
the proposed common purchasing-
agcncy of all allied nations. Within
the next few days. the existing Italian;
purchasing commission here is likely
to spend the remaining balance of thin
first $100,000,000 loan inadoby the;
United States. i
The ltalian mission has only twol
more days here before leaving Mon,
day on a ten day tour of the United;
States. but members plan to return to;
Washington after the trip. ‘
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TINUE CHAMBER
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The committees of citizens which
was appointed to investigate the con-
dition of the Norwalk ‘Chamber of"3
Commerce land take the necessary;
steps to reorganize and continue the
institution, met at the office last night
and discussed the, situation An full,
and concluded that the Chamber of}
Commerce was a necessity.
The following
citizens were pro-1
L. Lamson, Christian Swarm. E. R.
Murphy, Joseph Davis, Samuel Lynes,
Harvey Kent, Henry P. Price and;
George F. Foote.
The. plan adopted at a meeting he]
April 26th was ratified and it was vot-,
ed to call a meeting of the board of;
directors. members. and all interested
citizens in the Court Room, Assemblyl
Hall building, Wall street, Thursday,'
June 10th. at 8 p. in.
The question “shall Norwalk Con-
tinue the Chamber of Commerce or
not" is a question that should inter-
est every loyal citizen and it is up to
the citizens to answer the questidn
next Thursday evening. '
if you are interested in the commun-
ity it is up to you to be present at
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. _tbe‘n finally be accepted. Subscriptions received yesterday ~ -7
‘ There was no definite indication to- were larger by many millions than on officials mg
‘ , day from President Wilson What fur-' any other day. but the real movement
that: steps, if any. may be taken to of subscriptions, bankers say, has not
enact war censorship legislation. ' even begunyet.
“A good adv. pays nest in the best
paper.
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this meeting and have your say and
render such assistance as possible by
suggesting that which you «believe is
to the best interestwof the city.
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sent: John J. Walsh, 1‘. W. Brooks, F.;
‘ the shed. .
Jail in Mclrose. Mass" a punishable by imprisonment in thelsclmols she wrote amt-enlistment ar-
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HARTFORD. June 1.-~-Governor
Holcomb today issued the following
proclamation addressed to the clergy-
mcn of the state in relation to l‘t‘gis~
tration day:—
To the Clergynien of Connecticut:
In days passed, the people of Con-
necticut foccd.their wars With confi-
(10an born of dependence and divine
assurance. Their faith in'divine help.
together with their innate qualities.
made them irresistible upon the field
of battle even when defenders were
few and arms inadequate. They look-
ed up to and relied upon their pastors
and that’ force is just as strong and
potent today.
in the war upon which we have
now entered. our government has tak-
en steps to distribute the obligations
imposed upon our citizens through
providing by law for universal service.
This law requires that all the young
men of our country. between 21 and
31 years of age shall register. As the
clergymen of Connecticut have al
ready rendered valuable service to
the state and the nation by present-
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Through J. M. Layton & Co.
Messrs. Gleason and Beers, have sold
their property on Strawberry Hill ave-
nue to New York parties, who con-
template the erection of a lace fac-
iory.
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,r'CADET LOSE-S LIFE
WHILE FLYING WITH
VERNON CASTLE
1,—While
TORONTO, Ont., June
flying with Vernon ‘Castle at .Camp ,
Mohawk yesterda '. Cadet W. E. Fra-
ser of Winnipeg, on, was burned to
death. Castle escaped with slight in-
juries.
The two Were ascending for instruc—
tional purposes when Fraser was seiz-
ed with nervousness and lost control
The machine swept backward into the
hangar, and the gasoline tank explod-
ed, setting fire to the hanger. Castle
was thrown out when the machine hit
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ages of 21 and 30 need have any [earl
of forgetting to register on June 5. At
a meeting of the mayor, city clerk
and registrars held last evening, it
was decided
o‘clock, 12:15 and 7 o’clock.
about registration circulars will be
read today and Monday in all public
schools in NorWalk.
children will be given
v ' ' ' ' l n
which they would notorhcxwrse m'Ismall boats were bring launched.
nounce the date and details concern-
ing the registrations Sunday.
George E. Curtis, chief registrar in
1 which is in the Town Assembly ball.
ALIENENENNN
The Dirigo Was Torpedoed
and the Barbara and
Frances M. Went Down
From Gunfire
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IBritish Are Reporting Gains
on the Northern Front
June 5, and Churches and
Schools Will Aid Officials
No man between the conscription
to have whistles and
belts rung at intervals on that day.
The warnings will be given at ’1
LONDON, Thursday, May 3i,
6:30 p. in. (dclayed).——'I‘he
American sailing: ship Dirigo has
{been sunk by a German submarine.
It is hoped in The crew has been landed with
"“3 11““an that the Parents of thBZthe exception of John Ray, third
i“formation-lmatc, who was drowned when the
In order to spread the information
ccivc. .
All the. pastors in the churches inl1110 boat was ““301le
this city have been requested to an-lll'lll‘lllllll-
'l‘hc Dirigo was attacked at 7
M_ ~t‘ 'iA iii ‘t 1 ,o'clock in the morning. The
Immh;‘£°;ly‘;;u Semi}: rgg‘pgi‘nielgiweathcr was hue, although hazy.
iTllt‘ men were rescued before 9
I ‘clock. Joseph G. Stephens,
illt’l'lt'illl consul at Plymouth, is ,
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without
the first and fourth wards, Edward‘“
II. Gumbart. in the second ward andA
George E. Thompson in the lhil‘dfcaring for the survivors.
ward. \ i,
it was suggested at last night's
meeting that factories in Norwalk re-.
lease employees in order” that they, , ,
“fight register early in [hp d3)" ilnnll Snlilllal‘lfic, “‘lllCll gave no
Members of the. Norwalk Auxiliary warning. The vessel was subse-
Pollce and Home .Guard will be on qucntly sunk by bombs after it
duty 0“ June 5 “t m" “0m“ places had been ransacked by the crew of '
thc snlnnarinc. The sinking oc-
curred on May 31 and the crew"
was landed at Plymouth. '
’l‘hc Ilirigo was it four-master]
sailing: ship. of 3.0th tons, owned
by A. Scwall and Company, of
aniuc. Shc sailed front New
York on May 3 for llavre in com-
mand of (‘aptuin J. A. Urgultart
and carried a crow of 31 men, 9 of
whom were American citizens.
The record of tlic llnited States
(‘ommission of Shipping in_ New
York give the following names of
the Americans in the crew: Donald
E. McDonald, mate, Nova Scoiia,
naturalized; A. Anderson, second
mate. Danish. naturalized; J. M.
Ray. third mate, Maryland; Y. Yn-
casta. cnginccr, New York; J. P.
Shields, boatswnin, New York;
A. Winter, scaman, Brooklyn;
llarry Barim, seatnan, French,
nathralized; (‘hcstcr Wright, sen-
malr. McAllistcr, (lltla.; J. 'l‘ratc,
A statement issued by the Brit» '
ish Admiralty says that the Dirigo
was attacked by gunfire by a Ger-
Norwalk. City Hall, second district.
and the Mayflower Hook and Ladder.
quarters in the third district. i
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'(‘ity (‘lcrk Stephen lloku's this morn-‘
ing received a list of names of those
who registered under the state cen-
sus between the ages of 21 and 30
years, The list was sent to Norwalk
in ordcr to aid in the taking of the
registration for conscription purposes.
as it will be almost impossible for
a person to get out of registering as
the names and addresses of the ma-
jority of men in Norwalk are on this
list. According to it, there are 110
alien enemies in Norwalk between
the ages of 21 years and 30 years.
Citizens with dependents number 981:
friendly aliens '32s; citizens without
dc endcnts, 657: physically unfit citi— , , . . ‘
zeh‘s, 3: aliens with first papers, 123, “Wm"! TOWXMk-
and unclassified. 106. The total num-i lllf‘ Admiralty reports that
her according to the state census who the American sailing vessel Bar—
have to register in Norwalk is 2.308. barn was attacked by gunfire of a.
German submarine at 7 o’clock on
:thc morning of May 24. All the
ST‘ JOHN’SHIAgDSIgITORS :lvlglli’ll‘l‘ifltgltl',‘he crew were landed
: The American schooner Barbara,
owned by the Foreign and Domes—
tic 'l‘rausportation Company, of
Boston, was last reported on saiL
ing March 20 from Port. Arthur,
Texas, for Spczia. Italy, with a.
cargo of cast oil. The Barbara was
built at Chelsea,’ Mass, in 1909,
and was of 838 tons’ gross. l’rior
excellent middle chamber work with l" ill“ war 511" “'33 “USES-It‘d ill
the aid of stereoptican slides. coastwise traffic between North
The Fellowcraft Degree was work-lAtlantic and Gulf ports.
ed, and refreshments were served| The Barbara carried a crew“ of
later in the evening. The visitorsl ) ' . . ‘ ‘
departed for their homes a, a late.tlcv on men in command of Capt.
hour, having enjoyed the best kind‘lF- E. Lanry. Other Americans on
of a good time. board were: J. Johnson, second.
mate, Harrisburg, l’a.; R. Walton,
FIFTY-NINE PERISHED- seaman, Chicago; Harry Stone,
WHEN SHIP HIT MINE steward, Colorado; Mrs. 'l‘.» E.
Laury, assistant navigator;
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BOSTON. June L—Flftyvnine of the ”0m“ 5mm." "mm . . .
sixty men aboard the steamship Saga- The American 531111195 Shlp
more, from Boston were lost when thelFFallCOS M. “’83 attacked by gun»
vessel was sunk by a mine off the fire on the morning of May 18, ac-
lggl‘t canttalxomlggn‘tlgs “gmiilncggd'lcording to a report from Cadiz giv-
a o r .a er enon, r- , . - .
merly commander of the vessel, Wholfill (gilt todayb 1“ tfltel Admiralty ‘
arrived at an American port today. .. 0. mm era 0 he crc“ “"3'
There were two Americans in th lilpadlzy.
crew, both of whom shipped here as ’
firemenl. ‘
One hundred members and out-of—
town guests attended the special com-
munication of St. John's Lodge, No. 6.
and A. M., which was held last
night in the temple in Wall street.
Worshipful Brother Theodore M.
Benedict, Master of Harmony Lodge.
No. 67, of New Canalin, attended the
meeting with a number of the New
‘Canaan Lodge‘s officers. and did some
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