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Local Chairman Urged by;
Mr. Roraback to Assist inl
Patriotic Work
Edmund E. Crowe, chairman of the
Republican Town Committee of Nor»
Places‘ Interrupted by
Breaking of Wires
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KANSAS CITY. Mo. June . ~Tor~l
nadoes took an unknown toll in lives
rind property damage in sections of
(Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri to
lday andtonight. Wires to all the:
[stricken places were down and only
meager information was available. |
,' With 400 houses reported dcstroyedj
lat 'Coalgate. Okla, a town of 3,500;
inhabitants and possibly 200 at Cof-
feyvilie. Kan. it was feared that the
,‘death toll at these two places wouidi
68 high. One message said that 13"
odies had been counted at Coaigatel
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munication from J. Henry iloraback.
chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, urging all of the
party workers to assist in the patria
otic work on Registration Day next
Tuesday :
Ilartford, t‘onii..
May 31. 1917.
lion. Edmund F2. Crowe.
South Not-walk. *Conn.
Dear Sir:
As you know, Tuesday, June 5th. is
Registration Day While registration,
b.\‘ all males between the ages of {ill
to 30 inclusive, is compulsory. until
failure to register is SUDJOCI to puns:
isliinent by severe penalties. it is oil
course better to accomplish results.
amicably and by moral suasion.
The State Council of Defense, -ict-.
int: through its Committee on i’tib-‘
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iYOrts of the woman’s
Civic Association Results
in Building,of Community
Hall
Janet Mable, in the Bridgeport Post
has the following interesting‘article
concerning the Work of the. ladies iii
East Norwalk: ‘ '
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IOIWALS. con.
RilllllliillllSiS
Still lotittss
Soldiers and Workmeii Take
Kronstadt, and Break
With the Government,
After Near Riots
MANY STRIKES
turn it
Mine , Workers ,ake De-
or
“ill.
Unless one is unfortunate enoug“
to draw an accommodation train out
of the vast shuttle in the timetable.
one does not usually notice the little
station marked “East Norwulk" par-i
ticularly—wat the must—it gets only
tho/passing notice one gives to all
the little hamlets scattered between
Boston and New York. But, how-
ever, the unimpressive and small
East Norwalk may seem to the or-
diiiary traveller, to its inhabitants it
is neither. Knowing the facts and
then asked what is the most import~
ant factor in the life of East Nor-
walk. one would at once say, “Why.
the East Norwalk liiiprovement As-
sociation. of course."
And just what is this association?
There is nothing so very new 'ubout
the iiaiiie~alii10st all Well-regulated
cities anti towns haVe such an organ-
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LONDON. June .. 6:11 a. m.s~A
Peli‘tmiad dispatch to euter's says
that a few score anar tats. new
panied by some soldier and sailors.
marched through the . vsigy Pros-
pect. and other main thoroughfares at
midday on Friday, carrying black ban-
ners inscribed: “Down With Author—
ity!" Down With Capitalists!" Long.
Live the Social Revolution and the;
Commune!" They we armed with
titles, revolvers. dagge ‘ and gren-
ades.
The paraders steppe" outside the,
Kazan Cathedral and karangued the!
crowd of spectators. ()‘pe sailor pro-
claimed that they were30n1y danger-
ous to capitalists and}. not to the
SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1917
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ttory of the country. I am sure that
‘tiie Democratic organization of Coir
l necticut is squarely behind their Pres-l
idetit. As you know. Tuesday. .liiue‘
[HEWE llENS‘Sth. is Registration Day. anti while;
registration is compulsory, failure to‘
. register beinc subject to heavy penal-t
Elles. it is of course better to account
Order Will Be Asked in Fed. . piisli the results in an amicable man-g
’ liter. With this in view, the State
era] COlll't Next Thursdayl Council of Defense. acting through'
the Committee on Publicity. has slit:-5
to SC“ Property ‘gested the cooperation of the party.
organizations of the state through.
The long expected action of alter]. their regular workers. 1 am, there.
lit-ys for D. E. Loewe i\’- (10,, to f()1(i.ll‘0l“‘. asking each chairman of a Town
close the property of the defendants?Committee to elitieavor to ask for vol~l
in the Loewe suit, included in the1 untecrs and make use of them in get;
final judgment rendered in m“. Unit-, ting- to the registration booths those;
ed States supreme cmirt. took place' who may either be ignorant of their.
yesterday in the federal court in New: duties or inclined to resist couscrip-t
Haven. when the Loewe nttot‘nevsltion. in many localities it doubtless
entered formal notice‘ that on Thurs. “'lll'bt’ DOSFiblt‘ 10 S(‘Clll‘t’ 111*“ dona-
ii.t.y, June 7, at 1tl:.“,o a. m_ ”1..“- would tion of motor cars.
appear before the court and formally" I am COllfidelll that those wlio have:
and that the business section of thel
.‘t own was virtually destroyed, l
Three persons were killed, several.
[seriously injured and much property
mtz‘gagared fibr zl'lto‘l‘n‘rido h‘lllt‘hlitchy. has suggested that the politi~
"l 9 00"“ ‘t “1““ southeast 0l'cal organizations of the state tiiicliil
.DIPTH‘Q‘ Kali. ,' ‘ lcooperate on that day with profit.
nconfitmed 18M?” ~from Buffalo. While many persons active in the
Eli-{.39 ”Kimmy Oggz‘x‘lg‘elizl; 1233::3. party are probably already connected:
‘to have passed between Springfield .th voluntary ortzantmtions Wrmrm‘i
.- ~ , , , t, . Illl: duties in connection Willi the. rev”
llhii'nl‘i‘hbbgl):hill-reamlong“ my?!“ “Tm istration, l ft‘l'l'lllill we should take:
Al'a, .,"";s‘ 9
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children were not killed in the dc- ""—
iiiolition of the Drake school house
'wis due to the presence of mind of
i'l young school teacher. who llliil-
hillllt‘tl her charges into a storm
~I‘l‘llar. l
Mite persons were injured. in") lu-rfi EHAERMAN MAKES
lliaps fatally. by the tornado which;
(passed north of the town of Seminoch .
Okla. Much live.stock ‘thh‘. killed and
crops in the path of the storm were; “ ‘
lbadiy daniaced. , M
', Reports of death and damn c. with? , . ..
m“ details have been rcceivged froiiil David 1”: i-itzcerald has addressed
blotltrie. Okla, and Viola, Ky. i the followmlz letter to the democratic!
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, would be a brief talk by Mayor Carla
poor. Subsequently agitators Went
, from one assemblage to another along
more aggressive, more alert to the the Nevsky, inciting them “0 rob
needs (hr the toni'n find its iDOOM“;banks and declaring that the social
"1“" l ‘5 "”5“" z.” °"' ".13”, up! revolution would be proclaimed on the
wholly of women in a town “men’occaslon of the approaching municipal
a "“ ' ,elections. The autbmitics did not ,ln-
(Lontinucd on Page TWO) .‘tcrefere with the demonstration.
4" Vl’E'l‘llOdRAlipi'ia London, June
iaationwbut i defy you to find one,
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PLAN ANlllllEll ‘ -_
lilfi EElElllllllllN $360,000 illlEllTl
ill/ill SilllSElllllHlt
Two methods of apportionment of
the amount- oi' Liberty Loan bonds.
Ethat each city or section of territory
A arc-at patriotic. celebration sltni-g should subscribe have been consider-
lar to that held on Memorial lmy isied. One method is that each city,
planned for the lt‘OUl‘lll of July. it is: should take sin per cent. of the
hoped that a speaker of repute will amount of its banking resourCcs. The
be secured for the occasion. l“l‘nlll,‘ other method is the per capita aver.
an outline of the plans, it is tliouuht , due at the rate of $20 for every man.
that the Ametican Band will be cii-‘ woman and child in the United. it
ganged and that the exercises will be' would appear that there is much evi-I
lit‘hl 011 ”10 green in front of the Ar- dence and argument in relation ”to
merit equity. in favor of the per capita
lit-v. Frederick A. Coleman consults method. .
ed with Mayor Carl Axel llai‘stroni. lly the bankinu resources method.‘
yesterday afternoon in regard to hold. Norwalk's share in the Liberty Loam
lag of the celebration. in taikinl.y over; is $973,000. By the per capita ineth~l
plans it was thought that Relti‘csenta-fiod it would be $520,009. The wide.
live 13. J. Hill, who is in town at pres-5 difference in results between the two
ent. could be secured for the occau‘ methods demotistrate their incorrect~
sion. ness and lack of harmony. Norwalk
Among the features 0f the day“ has respotidedto the call and already,
would be an immense parade. such- $360,000 of the Liberty Loan has been
as lhat of Memorial Day. It is hop-'snbscribed by her citizens. Norwaik
ed that the military orkanizations of. is coming to the front in line shape.
the town. together with all the other}
organizations. and the ptipiis of the INSPEETlflN "I:
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Some Norwalk Residents; -
Want a Parade on Morn-l
ing of Fourth of July
schools. as well as the city officials.
will itirit otit and take putt in the
patriotic demonstration.
As suggested by Mr. Coleman. t’licre
:isk for a settlement of the interlo-.
cutory judgment of $256,000 and costs‘
against the defendtznts by a court or-
der directing that ill“ liens against:
the attached property be sold at SPD';
5unite public auctions. Attorneys fort
the United Hatters have been notified}
of the contciliplatctl action. 3
in the. formal notice the. attorneys
for Loevi‘e & Co, stated that they -w.ill‘
risk the appointment of a special
master to sell the liens on the at-
tached property at public auctions,l
the auctions to be held on the prop
erty. The application states that de-t
fendants or any other party be and
titorized to “bid in" the property andl
the court is asked to cider the prop-‘
erty sold as specified ih the applica-l
tion, the sale to stop when the amount.
of the judgment, costs and interest.
liar. been satisfied.
“The court is asked to direct that.
the first sale of property liens take‘
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”of July 16 and that subsequent sales
at. intervals of one hour from that
‘ .xlzrte, on stateddays. until August 9
‘or before, if the judgment is satis
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\The inquest was held Friday by Cor-
so loyaiiy done their part in brings.
ing to our party the victories which‘
we have recently enjoyed will not be:
behind hand in the greater service of‘
bringing: victory to our country in its;
bztttle'for liberty.’l
SUICIDE BY HANGING
IN CASE or GRANT
A verdict of "suicidal hanging" was
handed own by 'Coroncr John J.
Pliclaii yesterday in the inquest of
William Frederick Grant. who was
found dead in a cell at the Not-walk
police station last Friday by Officer
Paige. he coroner criticrzed the ar-
rangement ol' the cells and recodi-
mended that more ofiicers be added
to the police force in his report.
The deseased came to Norwalk from
Bridgeport and visited a sister here.
He was impaired mentally. 0n Thurs-
day evening, Sergeant Silk was asked
to take him in charge as it was fear-
ed that he would become violent. He
was placed in a cell and the next
morning found dead from hanging.
Axel llarstrom and other prominent
men of Norwalk. A concert of pa-
triotic airs by the American Band
would be another featute of the day.
as would be the singing of patriotic
songs by the school children. Plans
for the. display are still far from be
ing completed, and have, in fact. only
been very briefly outlined. There is
no doubt. but what a. demonstration
of this sort, would be received with
the greatest of enthusiasm on the
part of-the residents of this city.
ORDINATION AT .
FERNDALE
In the course of this month there
will be an ordination to sacred orders
at. the Holy Ghost Fathers Theological
Seminary at Ferndale; near West
Norwalk. The 1918 class will receive
the subdeaconate and the deaconate.
This ceremony is very impressive as
the ritual for ordination is elaborate
and replete with symbolism. Those
of this year's class who were ordain-
ed‘ priests last fall leave this month
oner John J. Phelan.
for their missionary work among the
lnegroes of the soother nstates.
lport. and Major
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Norwalk's three home guard coni-
ipanies were inspected last night in
like local armory by Colonel Clifford
tantamount.
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NORWALK’S
HOME PAPER
News for the Family
to Read is Found in'raq?
Semitic].
Wm
T0 NORWALK GOM-
' morass:
A large number of our citi-
zens are e ed in business in
New York city. They travel to
and from the city daily, conse-
quently their business activity
and attention are largely away
from Norwplk.
The Liberty Loan committee
of our city appeals to the busin
nests men who go out of town.
Don't forget your home city in
making your subscription for
Liberty Loan bonds. To bring
the war to a successful conclu-‘
sion every person must do their
part.
The Liberty Loan is the best
insurance against disaster that
you can invest in. ‘SubsI-fibetas
liberally as you can and do so at
the earliest possible oppor-
tunity.
The call has come, let us not
sleep when danger threatens.
You can help by taking a Liber-
ty bond and at the same time
you will be accumulating capi-
tal for future business: Your
homebanks will give you their
service free and invite your
early subscription.
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Probably Showers tonig
ht and Sunday TWO CEN
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lililSH liliMiN liPiAl
lilltii 0N cant BASES;
Nllli tut BillilN on
tho RAISINii Al .. ...:..:3“
, filiiNiZii SlflNE
Ostcnd and Bruges and St
Tower Erected on the New
Denis Aerodrome Wow
Also Attacked
N orwalk Hospital Grounds
From Which Stars and
wondrous I ‘
Stripes Will Float [03E M ANY PLAN L
Fui'itsr plans for the. ceremonies
which will accompany the laying of
the corner stone of Norwaik’onew
hospital, on Sunday, June mm, were.
discussed at a meeting of the creep.
tire committee recently appointed to
arrange for the event, which was held
last. night in the office of the Norwalk
Chamber of Commerce, in the Town
Assembly hall building, in Wall street.
One of the principal features of the
program will be a flag raising cere-
mony. with which the affair will be
Opened. A large *tower has been
erected on the hospital grounds by
the T. J. Pardy Construction Com-
pany and it is on this structure that
Zeppelin Over Swedish Tera
ritary Driven Away by
Swedish 'l‘orpado Boats,
LONDON, June 2. 1:45 p. mum-w
British airmen have repeated.
their attack on German bases on.
and near the Belgian coast. Suva
cral tons of bombs were dropper!
last night upon Zeebrugge, Ostond ‘
anti Briiges. The aerodrome at St. ' ' ,
Denis Kcstrcin ‘also was attacked.
llElilSlEll JUNE 5
Miiltiamen and Others Not
in Military Service Should
Be On Hand
Notwithstanding recent newspaper.
talk. members of.thc Sixth Company.t
Naval Reserve and all other military;
organizations who. are not in active
service must register for conscription
on Tuesday. June :3. There has been
much confusion about this phase of
the registration. but it has been dc;
citled members of military organizal
tions not in active service must reg-
ister.
Manufacturers tltrotilzliotit Norwalk
havn been requested by Mayor (‘arl
Axel liarstrom to blow whistles and
ring bells on registration day. The
warning should last at least five llllll-t
tiles and should be done at 7 o‘clork
in the morning, 12:50 in the afternoon.‘
and 7 o’clock at night. in this way.
about regis-I
men who do not know
tration will be warned. ;
George B. Chandler, who is the
chairman of the state registration
committee, called on Mayor Harstroin
yesterday afternoon in regard to the
matter of registration. Mayor Hill'~
strom repmtcd that plans for con-
scription had been perfected and that
the organization work was finished.‘
He added that it would not cost the
state a cent for the taking of the reg-
istration of this city. Mr. Chandler
made several suggestions, several of
which were worth while. Some of
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A meeting of the Liberty Loan gen-
eral committee was held yesterday af-
gB. Wilson. Fourth Regiment. Bridge-
Etiward P. Weed,
commander of Battalion C, Fourth
Military District.
the course of the inspection. all of
the local companies doing very good
work. Colonel Wilson was accom-
panied to Norwaik by Adjutant Henry
C. Stevens. .
After the inspection, members of
the lst Company held a business
meeting for the purpose of choosing
commissioned officers. The. following
officers were elected. Captain, Charles
D. Rogers; First Lieutenant. Harry
L. Sterling; Second Lieutenant,
Charles E. Britto. ' ““5
It is understood according to re-
ports which were in circulation this
morning, ~that the election results
were not entirely favorable to some
of the members of the company, and
that the old district feeling is again
makigg itself felt even in this organ-
ization.
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Regular military}
movements were carried out during'
ternoon at the city hall. Judge Henry
W. Gregory, president of the Tonllllll-
tee. presided at the meeting.
Reports from the committees and
discussions of future plans of opera-
tion were the main topics which came
before the meeting. All members
present entered into the debates with
enthusiasm and several points of in-
terest were brought out.
In some places the names of all sub-
iscribers to the Liberty Loan are be-
ing published in the local paper. with-
out giving the amounts subscribed.
In one-city all the business places
closed for one. hour and devoted the
time to taking subscriptions for the
Liberty Loan bonds. This city was
about twice as large as Norwalk. The
amount apportioned for the city to
subscribe was $1,620,000. Subscripc
ed to $2,216,000. The- meeting a
doomed to meet on Friday.
at 4 p. in. at the city halls
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vtlie Fifth. seven units will be added ‘
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tions taken during. the hour were re- .
ceived from 9,335 people and amount.
“Elie
the flag will be raised. As the ban-
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llllME lillAllll EllllEE '
HAS BEEN lllllllllEll
Now Consists of 13b Com-
panics of , arly 10,000I
Men Fully iniformed
LONDON, June 2, 3:58 a. 111.“. '
The morning papers figure that,
713 airplanes were shot down on
the western front iii May, of which .
442 were German and 271 Brit-i811 ‘
and French. British headquarters,
admitted the loss of 85 machines,
but as the French do not announce;-
any war losses, it is impossible to _
verify the. inference that they loshz.
185. ‘ '
it is worthy of note that‘the Jes—
tiinate of 271 is eompilbd from
German official reports. The total
air losses for April were estimated
at 709. g ,,
HARTFORD, Jun0 ._l.~mmm. for." LONDON. June ‘2. 4:36 a. m.:--
iiter reserve t‘irganizations of the Con-lTlie Daily Mail says that two But.
nectirtit Home Guard have been ac-iisli airmen have been lanclEd byfi .
”We“ and placed in ”‘9 "9m" "0”“? destroyer on the east coast after
N am. ”"0 “Tm”? m a ”PM“ bein" rescued from their wrecked--
order issued by the state Military "- n . ' ‘ "
Emergency Board today. The “mm,“llliit‘lllllt‘. lliey had been clinging
of the board was in accordance with» l“ ”W “To“k “‘1' five, days and film
a recent act of the legislature, nuth-llilgllls with a piece of chocolate 83
orizing an increase from the originallhpir only food.
quota of 5.000 to twice, to be fully! COPENHAGEN,
equipped. There are now
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via London, '
about 9.000‘ , i) . . _,. 7 1‘ ‘
men in the Home Guard, organized"Ium “’ 7'40 d’. m' »A JepPem
mm 130 companies. tappcai‘cd over Swedish territory
Tum. is supply company and tmmt.ll<‘i'iti;1y morning: near Malmo and .
quarter detachments will be added to,\\'as driven away by the fire of ‘ ‘
the regiments of the six military dis-lswmlish liil‘lll‘il” 1mm“ The air; »
lllstltlsthm1T.“P filthfulfill“gzihli’i’x‘tr‘i‘i'l' ship also approached the Danish
“.t. .‘c‘s. t ‘. S ~‘- . '. . ‘ ‘ ‘
there will be added to the active force‘fffmm‘r ‘ TQM}; oi ‘ SOPFDIBagen‘
a transport company and eight infan‘t hm’l‘h gll‘ll‘lmg H” "03“ fired :8.
try organizations. our infantry (“Oilrllllllllllt‘l' of warning: volleys, after
panics will be added in the Secondiwllit-Ii the, Zeppelin disappeared.
District,dand two will be added mii" at southerly direction. . ,
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”lfl‘ifileml’ourtli District. headquarters! ”Hm Danish "m”pdpelssay that
Bridgeport, has secured the largest ti Atlllmlm lll'l’““_l'9d over Sil'fidlsh
allotment. in this district there ii'iililt‘l'l‘lt‘ll'y “““1‘ ‘5““1 011 Friday.
be added one supply company. a head-“The airship is reported to have
quarters tlvmclimt‘m. imd ”Ill‘m’nfiiecii fired upon and hit by the
units. three of which are» platoons Inlchtlish torpedo boats Pollux M
and in the Sim] five. "Yoga. Ystatl is a pfil'l on the 6S:
Some of the accepted oraanimtionS.“‘9'“c south ”1 ”‘0 Swedish Demu-
have already been uniformed and arm-:Silla. ,
ed. in whole or in part. by the uener-l LUCANO.
osity of fellow townsmen. I'niformsdparisy Jillit‘.
aunts and eqmpment will be‘iSsueleichm Gazette announces- that;
to the other organizations as soon
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spected by their respective iiiilitaryiSDL‘llfllllg a few days at 1111091119
Switzerland, - ma
2. 122-15 a. m.—~Th3
tislrict commanders and found rcady‘thas arrived at l.tigano.
l’riiiec von linelow, former uni
bassador to Rome tip to the time
that lttily entered the waryha's
been in Switzerland recently anti
persistent reports have asserted
that he was engaged in variants:~
peace moves. According to 'th
last of such reports. he was. loud
ing his activities to tile furthe,
anee of the German Socialist plan
of peace without aimcxations‘or
indemnities. .No authoritative"
reason, however, has been given
for the former ambassador’s pro
longed stay in Switzerland.
JASSY, Romania, June 2, v1
London, 6:18 a. ni.-—l*"»"""‘“'f ‘
'i ’ li‘r'tst‘iie’s Pies
The most eco noml
dessert. Sold at all
stores. Try them
utilitarian, till,
plinth MlSSiNti
! SPRINGFIELD. Mo. June 2.—
5Another night of anxious waiting for
the expected iiiysicrious . telephone
call or message that would tell where
to meet the kidnappers of his four-
teen months’ old son, Lloyd, passed
without any word to J. H. Keet, re-l
tired banker of Springfield. He main-
tained a vigil at his home ready to go
to any point. that might, be named to
exchanrr“ " " ‘
r.J.H. Mallery
:6 So. Main St. So. Norwalk. Ct,
Hours 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., 7 to a!
p. m.
Sundays By Appointment Only.
Norwalk Chronicler