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STREETS SHOW
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Mar-intent Asks for a Total
3 of $163306 for Coming
I Year, Including Estimates
I for Considerable, New
-Work '
IIIINIIIIRII STREET
I PAVEMENT EIIT
ICitizens From Various Sec-
tions of the City Present
Claims
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The Board of Estimate and Taxa-
,tion held its longest session of the
present hearings on the 1917 budget
Mast evening, when the street depart-
ment budget was presented and gone
over in detail by City Engineer Jos.
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look P. Wndhams, and the members
10f the board. A number of citizens
wipeared for the purpose of petition-
‘hrg the‘ horrid to make some much-'
(needed improvements in River slrcntt
ildaat avenue and Scaview ayennc, and
Ill is probablc that some very im-
usortant inrprmomcnts will be made:
tin these highways during the corn-
liug year. The boar,d last night, also:
.‘umde the biggest cut in any item
’ I :wnich has yet been prcsented in a.'ny
' budget when they voted to strike out
' lanlirely, the item of $6. 000 for the 1111-.
', tnrmomont and grading of Concord
pl1ect.’l‘hc expanses of the 1111ch
dormrntrneni us now llalod are as fol-3
lion's: Gcner ii expenses of the Fifth
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Momcn Aid in Arrest ofT
Wounded Triple Murderer
In Jersey Swamp
”ASTON, P11. June 12. ---—'(‘ario Mm-
Maren. the Lithunian who so brutally
murdered the Queen family at Mount
J’leasant. near Milford. N. J last
Thursday night was captured last
night. His captors included a num
War of women the latter, armcd with
rahotguns.laki11g an acti1c part in thc
(pursuit
. iMayworcn. who had taken rcfugc in
.ltbe dcnsc woods after having chopped
'tlic victims to death was chased from
the timbrr by a heavy rain this after"
noon. Shortly after 6 o'clock last
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MRS. HENDERSON TO
RESUME TESTIMONY
IN ALIENATION SUIT
Mrs. Josie Henderson wife. of Mark
TM. Henderson. resumed her testimony"
11111; morning in 1111: $50, 000 sub
brought against 1101 and lrcr lrus'
band by Mrs. Elizabeth Robcrts Fr-lz
zcll who claims that the. Hendersons
rriicnatcd the aiir-clions'of her hus-
band. Charles R. Frizzcll.
To Continue Testimony.
Mrs. Henderson, Frizzcll’s mother,
will continue to tell on direct exarnin
nation the. start of her relations with
her son and her sons wife. It is
1xpccted that some interesting tcsti
many will be given Hendersclt, the
voung man‘s stepfather. claims that
he did nothing to separate the young
Couple.
Mrs. chde1'.son on her part claims
that she did ev'uerything to make life
(peasant. for 1191 son’s wife and even
begged and pleaded Tvith her to come
in Norwalk to live. offered to“ net The
couple up in a separate home and
- «even gave them money to go lrousc~
keeping.
Will Take Two Days More.
As a study in the age-lung triangle
of the son, wife and mother-ln-law
the case presents some extremely in~
parenting features.
It is expected that the case will oc-
cupy two more days in trial and a1-
lgument. it took the timé of Judge
for three days last'weck. . ‘
' Guard cliglblc for tho sclcctive draft.
'Rced's session of the Superior courtl
IIIIIIE GUARD
MEN GIVEN
BAD SIIIIIIII
State Military Emergency
Board Urges Every One of
the Conscription Age to
Enlist at Once in National
Guard
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Would Be 1a Disgrace to
Have Troops Leave the
State Only Two-Thirds Up
to Quota
HARTFORD, June 12.-—Evcry fit
man culIslcd in the Connecticut Home.
is urged to enlist at once. in the Na
tional Guard organizations of this
:statc, in a circular issued by the state
militan enn-rgency board from its
'zlreadquartcrs in tho Conncclicut Mu
Itual Building today. The circular
rpoints out that all of the organizations
01‘ the Connecticut National Guard
:harn bccn seeking recruits and. been
'unsucccssl‘tul to get the units to our.
.strcngih
| it tclls 01‘ the organization 01’ the
lHome Guard and the call sent out
March 18. Before June 1, according
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MEN IIIIIINII IMIEIIEIIII:
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3Peier Ferdino and John
Jackiomo Also Fined $25,
Each for Carrying Con-T
cealed Weapons
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RAIN STORM
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Railroad Lines Tied Up and
Bridges Curried Away in
Central New York Yester-
day
TIIAEIISIINIIEIIMINEII
IN MANY PLATES
Three Persons Are Known to
be Dead and Several In-
jured
UTICA. N. 1'.. June iL’.——’l‘hree
known dead, much lircstock lost. three 3
railroads iicd up and great property?
loss was the. toll last night of this sec. L
ticn’s greatest rainstorm in twcniydlvc:
years. Manul‘acturing uplnnts are hard 3
hitand houses and buildings have'
been washed from their foundations. T
The. storm started about. 2 o‘clock;
yesterday morning. raged for four”:
hours and most of today heavy rain;
has fallen. Lalo this afternoon the:
downpour ceased and there is evidence.
of clear weathcr.
The most violent phases of the
storm were cxpcricnccd in Orlskany3
.Falls and the vicinity, due to broken
Horsemen raced ahcad of the;
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path to flee to higher ground
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IIIII WEII EIIIEMEN
IIIITIIIIEIITT IIIINII
IBurial Plot' in Union Come-T
tery to be Cured For, andI
Foreman Morton to At-3
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tend Statc Convention
(‘hargcd 11itl1 highway
Pt“ll‘l l‘trdino and
31vcrc bound over to thc Supcr I01 (our't
.wytslerrlav under $7511 bonds each 011
the (barge oi‘ canning: colic alcd
1'obbc1'y.I
'l‘o hour a porli on of thc libcr't1
loan the membcrs 111 Old W111 Hook:
' and Ladder Company, No. 1. at the:
monthly "rooting last evcningin tho.
(‘cntr'al Ii‘irc Station. votcd unani-.
rnously to invest $201) of the Mods!
Wci‘tllolls 11hicl1 “as anothcr count
.lodgcd against. thorn. 11 0110 of $25
Teach was imposed by Judge George
H I'Osburgh in tho city court. Judge
TJoscph R. 1.11101 reprcscnted the dc
fondnnts. I
At'thc hearing. both Ferdino and‘
Jackionro entered-a plea of not guilty
3 to the first count. and also the more
scrious oi‘t‘cnsc. When coniroritcd by
:Adolplr M. Orlins, of Van Zandt
street. East Norwalk, who is one of
the two men who alleged they were
hold up. the other being Rocco
Ilosctti, of Lexington avcnuc, both do-
nicd that they had ever seen him be-
fore and denied absolutely that the)
were the oncs who had committed
the holdup
Both admitted. however. that they
wore intoxicatcd at tho tithe. No ex-
cuse was ol‘i‘ercd'by them in regard
to carrying concealed weapons and
3 Judge V'osburgh soaked a$2 5 fine on
‘(nch of them on this charge and
Ibound them ovcr to the Superior
court on the more serious count.
PITIIEESSIIINAI MEN
interest in the Tibcr'ty Loan is be-
ing kept up in Nor-walk at the present
time, to a very large degree. and vari-
ous citizens of the town dre speaking
daily to large audiences in both local
theatres, regarding the loan. ‘
8 At the Regent Theatre... yesterday.
Attorney Edward J. Quinlan addressed
the afternoon and the first per form
ance of the evening audiences. on the
subject of the (Liberty Loan, and at
the second evening performanco, At~
rorney Jesse T. Dunbar spoke on 1119
some matter.
At the afternoon performance at the
Regent today, Judge George H. Von.
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TAIII EMII THE [MAN
in the company tr::1>tsur_v in the pur-
those of Liberty Bonds ,and tho 111cm-
bcrs of the financr' cornrnittcc Charles
IA. Wallers,(‘l1arlos A Ram and Rob- T
cit G. Mitchell 11itlr Treasurer l‘r ankT
N. Ferris. were authorizcd to look
after the matter.
Tho company also voted to set
aside the sum of $60,1he intercst on:
care [or the company 's DUl'IIlI plot 1113
Union cemetery. Norwalk. Treasurer3’
Ferris will deposit. this sum with
Treasurcr Charles E. 'Curtis. of the
cemetery association.
Foreman Robert Morton was chosen
the company (Ichgatc to the State
Fireman's Convention .10 be held in
Hartford in August. with power to
room his alternate. Secretary D. WI] T
liam Harford will also be in nttcnd-
ancc. at the convention.
113 was voted to turn out with the
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UNITED SEANIMI
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Officers and delegates of all
United Spanish-American War Camps
throughout the slate of Connecticut
will gather in this city for their an-
nual two-day convention, on Friday
and Saturday of this Week. The dele-
gates will beihc guestsof McKinley
Camp. No. 9. U. S. W. V., and the fol-
lowing program of business has been
completed for the convention.
Greetings.
We the officers and members of
William McKinley Camp. No. 9. and
William McKinley Auxiliary. No. 9,
extend to tho oiflccrs and members
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which shall be used to per'mancnllv u .. _ . a...
Tomorrow bet 1
served as a general
from 611011 and of the city.
' division.
the line.
end of the city.
pants in the parade below the
line.
town will start promptly at 4 0
cm 1:,me
division.
the cause of the Libcrty Loon.
this occasion show their loyalty
ment. and the flag which mean:
time.
Police Escort
Stamford Band
Company D, Capt. Freeland
Red Cross
Fire Department
Uniformed Organizations
Police Escort
American Baud
SixthCompany, Capt.
Mossman
Red Cross
Fire Department
of starting.
Loan Committee.
Loan bonds.
grand manner. _
ONE HOUR
National Holiday
nthehoursof4and5p m. willbe ob
lidny. The factories throughout the town
have weed to shut} down at 3 :30 p.111. and have their em-
planes” in line randyétor the parade which will start at 4 o’clock,
Each Mary, employers and employees, will form in line
as a unit aftheir own headquarters,
time at 3. 30 p 111. 15nd proceed to the starting point: of their
All factories, merchants, organizations and other
participants above the armory will report to Marshal John D.
Milne at the flour Square and will be assigned their position in
The scale order of assembling will be observed at the lower
All factories. organizations, merchants and other partici-
Na‘sh at Railroad Place and will be assigned their place in the
The first division uptown and the second divivsion down-
’clock and all who take part are
requested to rnport to the marshals at 3 :46. John D. Milne and
' n are the marshals of the first division and
Douglas Nash and Itephen Dokus are the marshals of the second
The W our! all places of business are expected to
close for tho an: hour and devote the time in observance 01‘.
The first division will be made up as follows:
The second difisicn will be formed as follows:
The two divisions will start their line of march promptly
at 4 'oclock and each will proceed through West avenue to the
opposite end of the city, countermarch, and return to the place
A review stand will be erected at the triangle in front of the
armory and will be occupied by the city officials and the Liberty
Each of the banks will have an auto with their officials and
a. good speaker who will address a few words to the crowd as
they pass through the line of march, explaining the Liberty
The Liberty Loan committee have been hard at work for
the past. ten days and to make the afi‘air a grand success there
remains only one thing to be done; that 18 for everyone, old and
young, to drop business and pleasure and spend one hour from 4
to 6 tomorrow afternoon helping wind up the campaign in a
unmediately after closing
armory will report to Douglas
Let thwple of Nor-walk on
and pa otism for the govern-
so much for our nation at this
Factory Units
East Norwalk Drum Corps
Decorated Autos
Merchants, Citizens
School Children and
Teachers
Uniformed Organizations .I
Factory Units “i.
Rowayton Drum Corps '
Decorated Autos
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School Children and
Teachers
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Eleven Companies in This
State Will Be Ordered Oul;I
About July 15th
HARTFORD, June 12.—The eleven
remaining Connecticut Coast Artillery
companies which have not been mob-
ilized up to the present time will be
called into the Federal service about
July 15, just, ten days before the re-
maining units of the National Guard
_ar'e summoned. according to informa-
tion rcceived yesterday by Milt-Gen.
(George M. Cole from the War De-
partment at. Washington.-
Two companies of coast artillery
were ordered out in March and have
been doing guard duty. Tire destina-
tion of the. artillery will not be the.
Southeastern Department, to which
the other units will be sent.
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BOARD OF TRADE
PURCHASES BOND
The South Norwalk Board of
Trade. through Matthew Corbett,
treasurer, last evening subscribed for
a. $500 Liberty Bond, adding another
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to ‘be list. of organizations of the city
SENATIIIISITIT IIIIT
IIETIIIIAIITITE TAX
Radical Changes in Income
Tax Section Agreed Upon
—Surtax Increase Also
Stricken Out——Long Dc-
bate on Penrose-Lodgc‘
Proposal to Reduce Sur-T
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taxes
WASHINGTON, June 12.——Radic‘al
changes in the income tax section:
agreed to tentativ cly. were finally ap
proved yesterdar bv the Senate fin-
ance. committee. The retroactive tax
on 1916 incomes, designed
$108, 000. 000, and
on out.
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“Let us make ‘the bondholders“ dry. and emphasized that the,” like poris the death in action in Plan
and ‘the people’ interchangeable
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.to participate in this patriotic service.
terms. ”—Theodor’e Roosevelt.
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' city may be rung and all
Three Hundred Delegates 1n sunk. Four 111cm 11 mo lost, includ '
of the House our tax bill, previouslyT
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to raise an appeal for p
the so called Len- national
3 root amendments increasing sur'taxes Chauncey B. Brewster. bishop of 1th
on incomes of more than $40, 000 to; Episcopal
- bring in about $66 000. 000 were strick- opened the annual diocasan conven-
|tion in St John's church today. HeTSightod by .
The committee spent the entire day also referred to the proposition to L’s-t PRINT ycslerdav “"310 deStl’chd- ‘~ ..
on the income section, and at ad tablish a cathedral church but rccornu .113 the British craft, it was ofiiciah
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MONTH ARIIIIEIIT BAIIIE
IN REITIIN 0f CAIIITIINIE
PIAIEAII,
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A PROCLAMATION
Concerning Wednesday’s
Liberty Loan Demon-
stration by the Mayor
WHEREAS, the Norwalk
Liberty Loan Committee of One
Hundred have set apart Wed-
nesday afternoon, June 13th, as
a time for giving public expres.
sion of the city’s interest in the
Nation’s welfare as represented
by its Liberty Loan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Nor-
walk has never yet failed to
make liberal response to any
call for patriotic duty.
NOW THEREFORE, I,
CARL AXEL HARSTROM, by
virtue of my authority as Chief
Executive Magistrate of the city
and by reason of my confidence
in the willingness of our citi.
zens to join heartily m the plan
proposed by the Committee of
One Hundred, do hereby re—
quest:
1. That as far as possible
business may cease between
the hours of 4 and 5 o’clock in
the afternoon of Wednesday,
June 13th, to the end that all
may participate in a reasonable
riot of patriotism
2. That to mark the begin-
ning of the hour all bells in the
whistles be blown for a period .
of five minutes beginning
promptly at 4 o'clock.
3. That in view of the late no-
tice given, the Police Depart-
ment, the Fire Department, all
Military and Civic organiza-
tions in the city, and interested
individuals join in the parade
without further invitation.
Organizations reporting their
intentions to participate to
Marshal John D. Milne, or to
Marshal Douglas Nash, or to
City Clerk Stephen Dok'us.
4. That all citizens make an
unusual display of flags for this
occasion; and
FURTHERMORE, I request
that all who possibly can sub-
scribe, nnd have not; subscribed
to the Liberty Loan. do so be-
fore 9 o’clock in the evening.
That the final count on Thurs-
day may show Norwalk in her
proper place near the forefront
of the cities of Connecticut.
Done at the City Hall on the
12111 day of June, 1917.
CARL AXEL HARSTROM,
Mayor.
0N AISNE IIIIINI
All Italian Attacks in the
New Offensive in the
Trentino Are Reported to
Tave Been Repulsed
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Socialist Labor Delegation.
to Russia is Held Up in
England.
‘PARIS. Juno 1'3. Noon—Vio-
lcnt. artillery engagcmcnts in the
region of the California Plateau,
on the Aisne front and in the
j(‘I1ampa«rnc are reported in to-
itiny' s VI at Office announcement
I \ TENNA, June 11, via London,
June 12. 9:41 a. 1n.~'l‘l1e repulse
of all Italian attacks in their new.
ofi'cnsivc in thc. Trr'ntino is report-
' ed in an official statement issued
by tho War (ltiicc today.
PARIS, June 12, '5 :10 a. Dir—The
dccrcc ordering the shutting off
of gas for thirteen hours daily has
caused consternation in Paris,
dcrrt on gas for light and power. It
is non announccd, however, that.
tho 111111151111: 11 ill 1101 be applied to
considrrcd ('loubtiul if it will be
applicil anywhcrc. The news-
fiupcrs point out so many excep—
tions that \1IIII1avc to be made
.11ppc111s impossiblc.
It is lllllIl‘lSIllUlI the order will
tomorrow.
\‘1'A-SIII1\(1'I()I\, Juno
American stcumcr l’ctrolitc
bccn sunk by a (lcr'rnau submarine.
(‘onsular rcports which brought
hows of t.lrc..1lisastcr today said
(one boat with cightccn men, the
third rnatc and thc chief engineer,
_Irarl lacu landed, and two boats
311ilI1 an unstatcd number of men
11 ccr hissing.
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1n.—-—Anotlrcr instalment of the
vanguard of thc Amcrican army
has arrivcd in France in the form
of 150 arubulancc drivers and 75
nurses. Pl‘CCL‘tICtI by a British
military band. thcy marched.
through the streets to their quar~
of the population.
AMSTERDAM, via
June 12, 7:51) a. m.~—The Wolf
Bureau,
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IISIIIIP PIEAIIS EIIII
I’ATIIIIITIE SEIITIIIE
Attendance at Episcopal
Diocesan Convention in
Stamford
STAMFORD Conn, June IE—W
crisis, Right
diocese of Connecticut,
Ilh A
atriotlc setvlce in the'
from Bucharcst saying that the
Romanian oil industry. despite the
ruthless cncnry destruction last
f,aII is rapidly rccovcrirw.
is increasing necklv
niccting the 11ccdsoiTthc army. 3
(illRIS’l‘IANlA via London,
12,—— Th 1c Norwegian bark
DEVEron 1.262 tons, has been
big one Canadian, and twelve met
Irayc bccn landed at Lcrw Ick. T111,
3captain and anotbcr man
111' ounded.
The Dagbladet rcports that the:
rctic cutter Svcrre II. has been .'
Reverendt sunk. The crew 11 as saved.
LONDON, J 11119 12
Ifivc hostile seaplancs that
mended that in view of conditions‘ 1v announced last night,
no active steps toward that end bc3
He urged laymen to see
that ministers receive adequate sal-
taken now.
other people, are affected by the high (161‘s of Baron Ernst von Plenel‘
one of Germany’ s most celebrated}
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AMSTERDAM,
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aviators.
whcrc many industries are depen—v ..
the capital and suburbs, and it is
that thc appliaction of the decree: i
re Fr
tcrs, and the enthusiastic cheerS‘
the official (lcrmnn new; 7 '
bureau, has sent out a telcgt'am‘N-l, .
London,
June 12. ——A Berlin dispatch re--.
be discussed at a cabinet meeting "
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