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FRIDAY, JUNE 15,
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'I‘WO CENTS.
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ITII; Dill _
IscHIHtHIHI
Bl IHIE Hts
Norwalk Lodge Members
and Many Invited Guests
Carry Out Universal Ex-
‘ ercises of the Order
l’flilllASlEll
EESlIVIllES .
Al IllllSIDE
CONTINUED
Alumnae Luncheon, Class
Day Exercises and the
Senior Supper Held Yes-
terday
SBHlllll SRNRS
Bill’s III HIIHHIH
Bl IHIHHHHIIH
Bicyclist Boyd Went Under|
Rear Wheel of Abraham
Harris’ Auto—Wagons in
Smash
m
As the result of It collision IIitlr an
Abraham Harris, of the. firm of Harris
tal with It double fracturI of the left
he - The IIIcident oIcurred Iesterdayi
afternoon on ltaIIrioud street
Boyd was riding down Raymond.
street on It tricycle and Mr". Harris
was proceeding in the same direction
A FEATURE;
Miss Lucretia Brehm, of the,
Freshman Class, Winst
A Prize Story tn Beacon A
: TRRUP SPEARS
New Haven Elk Delivers art
Intensely Patriotic Ad-
dress
_—‘ . The weather" continued to be a very
Together with It host of other" lodge-s ‘absorbing topic of conversation durv
tiliroughoutdhe United States NUI'vlillfl the exercises at the HillsideA
Iwalk Lodge. No. 700, ll 1’. 0 T‘., last school y""esterdn_I but again the posses-
swelling celebrated l‘lag Day in a most: sion of the spacious and beautiful gym-
tflttiug manner at its home. on South' nasiuui solver! the. problem which
thin street by the presentation of an v ould otherwise haIe been tirade un- !
woullcnt program of exercises. ln trrrsolIable. A
ttirties such as these this annual set"- " The affairs of the day began with
nice of the Ellis “:15 111010 impressive the alumnae luncheon, which iti con-A
than ever b-etort ".sidemtion of the high cost of livirrgl
‘lieard before in this city, but 31- took the for In this" year" of a box ltIuIli- A
"ways received with open arms, Philip . con. Although the threatening Ich-tth
‘l‘t‘Ulltt. New Haw“ postmaster" and It" kept away some who would havAc
Xi‘ot’lncr burnt and editor" of the ,\‘e\\ ,otberIIise attended, the luncheon wasA
‘llavon Union was the speaker for" the \"(p)" mm]. pnjmpd 1.} all pregpnf l
I): casion Dealing with p'atriutisnl in Stliool songs Ivere turn: and the senior",
mic main touching on politics, tlt‘llillfl (it s was made the guest of the
onto the great truths of the uniIcrse. Enlulnuae Association, cordially w-el
Accrued into l-"rttembcrsltip. Mrs. Rust
Asell l‘rost the president of the as-
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
in an automobile. Just as the ma-
chine \Ias abottt to pass the boy the
biIIIlc swerved to the hit and hit
th teat mudguard of the auto. thoII-
inn the boy off irt such "It rrranncr th..t'
his left hr; was passed met by the
automobile. Mr". Harris lost Iontiol
of the car" in ll‘llllL’ to preIeut th
accident and it snia. tied into a ti; »
graph pole, datnaniug it badly. 1‘ port
,eVI trniuatiorr, it was found that lloyIl's
.lI-tt leg was fractured
and he was
taken to the Norwalk hospital Where
the. is now restina comfortably.
Wagons Smash Together.
'f‘wo Ilelinver"y wagons. one belong-
in: to llsposito Brothers, bakers on
Wood street. and the other to the
Norwalk Steam laundry, craslrtIl to-
gether on Rtty.nrond treet, this morn-
ing. No one was injured, biit the lift
front wheel of the laundII" wagon
was broken ()fiiter lt‘r ank S. Strat-
tori itrvIslluIttctl tlrc :ctttident.
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AETNA PRWRER
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A
& (laris Arthur Bout. colored, of RaI-A
rrrond street . is in the Norualk hospi- A
lstilbcd to the liberty
I IIalk banks and their customers".
0lERSllBSCRIBE
llBERll [RAN
Bl MllllllNS
automobile owned and driven by Government Officials Esti-
mate That It Will Reach
$3, 000, 000, 000, Which is
50 Per Cent. Over Amount
NllRWAlN TAKES
Still, Still. All]
Expectations of Local Com-
mittee Largely Exceeded
ll
was announced
tions in Norwalk were $811,650.00.
This exceeded therapectatlons of the;
local Iomuilttec which had the con-
tributions in (barge, btit did not quite
reach the extraordinarily high es A
timate of $950,000, II trick the Wash-t i
inaton financiers figured Norwallt
should [.lth The bankcI Is and (rilrt"'l.~‘}
in town who helped to nitrite the sale
ltrc the altar :uctess it has [town
to be, are Well pleased at the efim‘is
Iof all concerned
Liberty Loan in the First District
Of the grand total of $811,760 sub-
l.ottn bI Nor"-
up-
towu banks have sucrteded lu bI"-inc
lug their figures up to the amount
of $330, 600 This amount is much
i
this aflet‘noom
that the total Liberty Loan subscrip-I
lltllfl lAW WAS
IHIIHHHI HHtu
Airplane Takes Fire at?! ,000
Feet, But She Escapes
With Slight Burns
ST. LOUIS, June 15.———Ruth
had a narrow escape front
early last evening when her gasoline
tank exploded and enveloped her air"-
plane in flames. 2,000 feet in the air
above Lexington, ill. while en route
from St. Louis to Chicago. She says
ed her life only by consummate cool-
ness and quickness of wit.
Without a moment's hesitation she
Law
death ‘ ‘
BRIllSH CAMPAIGN IN
BElGlllN DEVELOPING IN
NOSE lNPRilANl Pl NE
EXPEEllNE Ellllll -
PRICES ll] RRllP
Captured One Big Gun and
150 Prisoners in Night At-
tacks South and East of
Messines and at Other
pointed the nose of her" machine
straight down and descended with:
such \t‘lf.)('ll}' tirat the wind blew out!
the Male. “bed It few hundred teet'
Afrcm ll re around Ibo straightened thei
machine out anti made a sale landing,
on tht outskirts oi Lexington. Sire
A was uninjurtd, sate tor burns about
After face
A She derided to spend the night ill"
I Lexington and to continue llt'l' voyase
A to t‘liicaro in the morning. it repairs
to her biplane were cornpieted in,
time.
The accident was \\'lll‘.f‘.~'s‘t"tl
Alarge crowds assembled at .l.exi:t;:—
ton. Scores of autotnobtlts raced to
the spot winr-I sht- lztnIlId with odds
of assistance. _.
Earlier in the afternoon 't'lss l."aII;
had performed an audacious teat by
lliIine at a Iert loII lelilllilt met the
skyscraper-I of downtown St louis.
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SPANISH WAR i
VETERANS HERE
l)t inflates
l' nr re d
,'"\\at Veteran ramps 01 Connecticiut
front Spanlsu si‘
t congressnren for"
Points
NllRWEfilANS
lllSl VESSELS'
Recent Reports ”Show In-
creased Activity by Sub-
marines
Active Campaign for the:
Passage of the Bill Pend-A
ing in Congress by Julyl
WASHINCTON', June It’lf'In the
belief that the establishment of It fed-
eral food Ionriuission will result irl
lowtr food. prices, organized toreIs
iii the lnited States todav started
an Ii(ll\t campaign for" passage by'
Job 1 of the food bill pending in
congress". The American Federation.-
of Labor" sent to thousands of unions"|
letters urging them to press their
early action (Ill.lll',’ The idititislr campaign
lllt‘ilSlll‘t‘S. A i l i
Labor" leaders became IouIiuII i mum “This sinus of ( L
after a sI-srie" of (“"‘nOllfIltJllCt‘ thisA'HW “A the "m“ itnpol‘ttllll Of the
week with PI esidcnt Wilson Herbert “31"- Th“ ('olmtm‘ apparently are
C. Hornet and members of congress Irritable to resist the pressure being
bill: the :l;'l(31liint‘l\dp10\l(ltd by th. constantly applied to them and are
“out orce istontinuante oft
i‘ I. ) Ie bick corn 1" -
inurli food sperulation. and I-lirrrina- main” Eltlitltldriil‘ dt d pa a
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tion of unnecessary steps in the pro-I. .
mg, of (mumumn‘ Many lichen; l‘odag. brings the announce-
prices will drop tbirtI" per" cent “Will of another" colisrtlel'tlbc ad—
Ivartce in the British in this area.
Nfllilllllllllsmm
A
A
t
A
iii Belo
I elopiug into
Agioll south and east of Messines
land on both sides of the thes—
tonrrrres (‘anal gaining all their
PLANT WRECNER
jsIrci ation. made a charming hostess
land the Alumnae cMOI ed tirorouitbly "
argcr than was I-Ien hoped for bllmflrhed in huge numbers in \orwalkA
the uptown hatikinc, men. an die say} 9,.er this morning, and are. now I“. t
llRfiANlZAllllN
the least, they are more than pleat-"ed
obiettives and Iapturing one big"
.gun and seven machine guns, to-
SAYS A FEW PAPERS
HIHHIIIHHHIHIIHII .
Information Bureau Asks
for Suppression of News
I of Assembling or Move-
ment of Troops
WASHINGTON. June tau—Military
."itrforrriatiort of "value to counties is be-
int: divulged by one. per cent of the
American ntvi paper"; which Iue not
gap-"mutton the I'irountirw censorship
beiua respected by the other 09 per"
."Int, the commit". on on public infer"
portion ItllllottrlIIIl in a new appeal to
all to suppress publication of matter"
of that nature.
The committee issued this state-
lllh‘lll
(Continued On Page Six)
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NEW PRESIDENT ERR
ERANERISE lEAllllEA
The Nor II at Equal Franchise Lea
1,:III- invites its friends next Tuesday:
afternoon at 5. ociock. to heal"
(trace L. Murray tell of the winter's
campaign and of tropes for the future
in the country The meeting will be
II] the Historic-rt Room at the Nor"-
wrrllt Library)A Miss Murray has beetr-
-it work in Fairfield County for" It year"
or" so under the auspices of the Coun~
4-) Suffrage Association: She is a
charming young woman and a trained
«Irrt’l delightful speaker and has made}
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
SEVERAL MORE snocks
FELT IN SALVADOR
SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal-
"vador, June Isl—Several earthquake
shocks‘of varying intensity were felt
here yesterday and today, but no
(lltlllflge has been reported.
The various relief committees are
distributing provisions to the desti-
tute and shelters are being built to
house the thousands of homeless.
"who at present are eneamped tn’the
slreets. The wounded are being tit-
tended by the Red Cross. Several
bodies have" been recovered at Ap-
mania" and Quezaltepec. .
The tracks of the Occidental rail
.‘hoad zine myered with ,streams of smoke. but the loss will ‘not exceedicontested list.
”lava Several craters of the volcano
have formed into one.
t the intoruralltv
Ahiiss Mabel Kellogg.
lllrsl
and delightful atmos-
phi re of their reunion. Brief talks
II ere elven bv Miss \ ida Hunt lI‘rrIIIIis
and Miss Margaret R. lirtntllinget,
"princr ipals of the school, and several
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lllt‘SSilflt'S given from absent alumnae.
t the close of tire luncheon the brief
business meeting was held. at whit-bl
the lit‘“ (lass was formally admitted
to membership. and the names of Miss
l"l‘:‘lli(‘ts‘ Payne and Miss Dorothy Al-
len presented as associate members.}
The follI"II"inI: officers were elected: |
A.\ll'.>" Mary Burnell Frost, president: '
,hliss Mary Marvin. \"lft‘plwlsltltlll:
setfltT’ltlrI: Miss
\nna Curtis. treasurer. The time be-
tween the close of the business meet
int: and the beginning of the Class
thiI e\I-r"I.'iscs :tt 4 o'clock IIas pleas
anily occttpini with informal visiting
and inspection of the various new
yoirrts of interest about the school.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
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'RAILROAD IS T0 |,
ASTRENGLHEN BRIDGES?
NEW H \I'lox', June 14 -~-— To earn
otlt its program of strengthening 01.1
I rebuildine its bridycs to meet the re-
Aquircruents of the qu heavy tvpe of;
' locotuotiv,e the New Haven road II lll
A"IIork on 88 bridges on its liens tliisA
lsnntmer according to an announce-if
lment todty. It will take “.623 tons
tof structural steel, uruch of which
"(as III-"tiered months ago At present;
Aprices this steel is figured to be
t worth about $2,600. 000. ,
The most important of the bridge,
jobs is that 0\ er" the Thames river" at;
New London Others of first imporv A
taltce are those at l‘oughkeepsic over
the Connecticut l"iI""el at Hartford,
[and the Mystic riIer drawbridgo.
Among other" bridges on which workA
will be done, are these: Nine be-
tween Willimantic and New Haven;
five between Willimantic and Hart-
.ford; seven each between Putnam
and Boston atrd Meriden Junction and
Dublin street, Waterbury: five be
tween Milford and Boston over the
Shore Line: ten in the South Boston
"out:" two between Putnam and Wor-
cester: and one each at Davidsville,
Waterbury and Fishkiil Junction.
”~—
JACQUES THEATRE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
WATERBURY, June 15.—-Jacques
Theater". the. oldest theater iii the cltl,
narrowly escaped destruction by fire at
5 o‘clock. this morning. The fire start-
ed in the basement and was kept con-
fined to that part of the structure by
MISS MARY P. EN 0
the hardest kind of work on the part
of the firemen. Costumes and other
property of Fritzle Scheff, who is play-
ed. Considerable damage was done by.
lssoo
lyet been ascertained.
tug at the theater this week, were slay-t
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, June 15.""J\ll
explosion oII-urred at the plant of the
Aetnu l‘"IrIIdeI" (ompanI on the out?
skirts of the citI about if a In. today
All telephones to the plant an out of
cotrrtuission and details of the It I Edent
are lacking.
TO BE BRIDE OF
SWEDISH IMPORTER
Announcement,
the engagement
.Itlrot .lCno. of No. 56 East Flftv-
seventh street, New York. to ll.
lljornstrorn~Steft‘anson, a member" of It
Iliitinauislrctl Swedish family, who
has been livin: in New \'"ork and rep-
“.PSClllS his" ,‘(tnf‘llllllt‘lll '.in connet-
tion with the ovports from this court
try. He lives .Ii't. :tlre l.\lctt"opoli;tan
cltrh.
Miss lino is" a tl:tlli‘.:lll~l of the late
John Chester" Euo, who “as president
of the old Second National Batik.
New York. She is It sister of Mrs.
William Leon Graves. of Paris anti
this citv. and II niece of Mr" William
Phelps Eno and I\lr".s" Charles Bough-
ton Wood. of \‘ltwhinnton. ll t‘.
Messrs Amos R. Dno Pinchot tend
Gifford l’inchot :"uc her cousins.
Mt". Bjorflnstroni-Steffunsons lrou\ is
at Stockholm and Rula. Sweden. His
father occupies a large family place
at Roda and is prominent in vai\rus
industrial and philatitlrropic move-
ments in Sweden His brother, who
has been
of M iss
tirade
Mary
of
Piu-
Apasscd last summer at NcII",por"t R.
l. ., is a member of the King's Guard
WYCKOFFS SETTLE
THEIR FAMILY AFFAIRS
Vera Bailey “vckoff and Spot‘t‘ord
F Wyckott‘ the Stamford manufac-
Lurer have reached an agreement re-
garding alimony after their" divorce
suit had engaged the attention of the
superior court, for more tharr a week.
Although no announcement II as tirade
it. was said W yckoff aereed to give
his wife on income of $1200 a year
and pay all llct‘ legal expenses
was also agreed ,Irccordinr.r to report,
that Mrs. Wyckot’f was to have the
custody} of a minor child" and Wyckofi'
was to have the privilege ofseeiug
theichild at suitable times. Mrs.
Wyckof'f agreed to withdraw her
$100,000 alienation suit against Mrs.
Anna Mitchell, mother of Wyckoff.
Negotiations for settlement started
Wednesday when Attorneys Thomas
M». Culltnan and William L. Tierney
for Mrs. Wyckoff had a long confer-
ence with Attorneys Jacob B. Klein
and .F.» E. 'Morgan. representing Wyc-.
.koff. It was finally announced that
Wyckot'f would withdraw the cross-
cornplalnt to his wife's divorce suit
and allow the action to go on the un-
ln hér suit Mrs. Wyc-
The cause of the fire has not koff changed ‘Wlti’. and her ’hllfi"
band alleged infidelity.
. Norwalk Savings Society.
I." ltlr the result of the total campaign.
The actual amounts subscribed by‘
individual First llistrwitt banks. illiIlA
their" customers is as follows:
Fairfield County Savings"
Bank .................. $ .3o,1:'»o.t‘to
Falrf‘reld County National
Bank . .. 312,000.00
National Bank of NoIIIItllt.150,450.00,
( t utIIII N" rtiorial lianlt . . .. 28,000.00
Total .. $130 tion (to
Second District.
South Norualk 'll‘tist Com-
pany ................... $100, 000. 00
People‘s Trot-t Company13.25000
City National Illlnk........ 94, 45000'
South Norwalk Savings
Bank .................. 5t. 450. 00
Total $281,1500'l
WASHINGTOV. June 15 -——'l‘he Ll b~
crtI Loan has been tremendously over~‘
strbsI rlbed. \\ hen the books closed at
noon treasury officials estimated that
the total would reach at least $2, 500.
000 one and might soar" to $3, 000. outiooo
It.
F. very Federal Reserve district. with
the possible. eucptiori of Atlanta anti
Kansas C RI; appeared to liaIe exceeded
its minimum allotment. Reports from
these two districts were slow in com-
ing in. With thousands of banks to be
heard front in the two distritts how-
ever, it seemed likely that the mini-
iuurn allotment would be reached in
ace lt Inse.
Reports by telephone and telegraph
frotri every section of the country, told
of an avalanche of small subscriptiofis
at the last moment. Scores of small
investors were standing in litre at hun-
dreds of banks throughout the country
during the final hour".
(Continued On Page Twelve)
BOY SCOUTS DID
GOOD SERVICE
Completing: It four" days' house to
house canvass in the interest of the
L'ibet"iy Loan. Norwalk Boy scouts
handed it's their {complete returns
yesterday afternoon, and the figures
show that the scouts have gathen
ed $16,000 worth of subscriptions. Tire
first estimate of the amount which
could be gathered by the boys was
placed at $10,000. but, the scouts over-
shot this mark by more than half.
The largest individual subscription
taken" by the scouts was a sum of
$1, 000. It is estimated that the boys
made two thousand nine hundred and
sixty-three calls ,and gained in all.
one hundred and seventy-eight sub-
scribers to the loan.
The Work of local" scouts in per-
forming this patriotic duty for their
country must be commended in the
highest terms.
ed faithfully and earnestly on the
matter, as the results show, and they
deserve the unlimited thanks of their
vernment for their suc-
.Norwalk can well be
country and
cessful «.eifort .
proud of her boy Scouts.
100,000.00,
I
' which make its desire to discontinue it.
The boys have work-
|tint: reach for lhc commemoment of
Athe state convention, IIblIb will lic‘
melted in this city tonicht, and corn
tinned ov"eI mirror-"to“,
it is estimated that with more tlI"-lt‘
gates yet to M" i\"t thirt
gathering of at least four"
Spanish War c\'terans in
i walk. totlay and tomorrow.
, Tllt' convention propt I" will be open.
",ed at 4 o‘clock this afternoon by all
lt‘eetin! of tilt councillors iii the Ito
tel Clifford. ’I‘lren"re'I\ill be a recep,
tion to the grand Mirrors of the amt!-
'inrv ,aitd tlrc fir. t s.ssion of the war
old Nor-
”Avery town ih FairiiI-ld cottnty is now
will bra .I gr-Ulfiiiulrlkr‘tiorr A
hundred all" or ottlttv ssocilltion for Mo-
tlI‘lIltmIinn oi Stamford, clrairni. in. and
(ll‘FlllllZillltht “as Ml ll) lllOllOn
——_._._._
"i‘ -tlrcr" with 150 prisoners.
Organization of motor" transports in
'llre it out line in the British of-
ierrsiI’e niovetrrertt extends for a.
distanci- of about seven miles from
the village of Klein Zillebeko
‘sotrtli of the river" Warnave. Last.
night 's attack, the culrrririation of
constant pressure, yielded Genera.
under an} under" the direction of the
hepartrnInt of the
rilization of Resources. Hernvrti (.
'7.tapt Lou‘s O‘Neill and lieut. l’hllip
Illrouson yesterdaI complettd It tour 01
lllt courtly during wbiIlr preliminary ,
.treuI-lres between the \\ arrr\ave and.
the l._I"s. besides additional ground
more to the north. in the sector" be-
Stamford
.\‘I "'\\lll\\n,
He II,
Gt" eenw icli.
Shelton, New
Brook." ll ld,
llalibury.
Canaan. DII-
libertine “ill he or» bed at 7:30 h, t 111mm“ “”1"“ a”) tween Ypi"es and t'ornincs, the of—-
"l k this eveuin in the E'sll 'A‘lmmg‘ ‘ 0“"5 ”“1 "0“ Am“ ‘0' ‘1 ". f . " " . ,
A‘H 0C 1 .\ A“ ‘T‘ tommittees (ll work mobilizing: the Elm“ statement ““1“.“le
Inmm", All“) 321‘1'1‘1mlma :‘ltllblll m will transport service. The service enrolls Signs of a probable further re-
annua ‘ pal" ‘ ‘ " A ‘ botlr pleasure and commercial \tlllCICS‘tl'Oflt app lint wanting, Correspon-
open this eIeninI: ill the Town A»-
sembly Hall in “all Sll"l.tt’ with ling
Iarttuent Commander (lifford ll.
Allausclritdt. of Not-IIIIllI, presiding
ITlre Incaurpmtnt \IllI rrIt-et again to
."""tnorroII morning at fr; ;.I oIloI-k irrI
the same ball. at \IbE Ilr time officers
It Ill be nonrinIfihd and eluted
A session \\ ill also be litltl on Sat-
urday morning" at it o‘clock in lll“‘
iElks Home. ‘.
thbcis of the convention will litre
in Red Men's" ball, in Main street.,
Saturday afternoon. and will thtnl
proceed to ltoion l‘oirrt iv-lrert they-
will Inon the attractions at the pat .i.l
IHHH, lltlll RAll
SUIT llllllPPEll
PHILADELPIUA. .lunc 1:3.«Con-
vinced actording to counsel for the
plaintiffs. that organized baseball had
entered irrto no conspiracy to wreck
its business the Baltimore Feedral
League Club today dropped its $900:
000 anti-trust damage suit against that
American and National Leagues. the
National Committee. and other" defen—
dants. ' It=was announced there II" as no
settlement out of court. .
When the United States District
Court opened for the fifth (lay of the
trial, Stuart S Jantrey, chief counsel‘
for the Baltimore club addressing
Judge Dickinson said:
"After a full consideration of thisn
case. last night by counsel for e
plaintiff, circumstances havenrisen
l
I, desire to ask leave of the court.
therefore. formally to file, a motion of
discontinuance. I would say that there
has been no settlyeemut of the case out
of court."
and...”
lTALlANS TO VISIT GARIBALDI
MEMORlAL.
NEW YORK June 15 —Tll9 datum
War Commission will visit the Gari-
baldi Memorial on Staten is. 'ld
while guests of New lot-k clty,n 6".
week. Announcement Was made to-
day that this function would be one
of the most impressive details of the
entertainment of the commission.
Iiuto companies of 27 cars each.
dispatch
,tlrrtc tons
BISHOP’S DRIVER
‘ ward of the left. rear mudguard, and;
lstable Bates, dragged the big Buic
dents have reported the withdraw-
Rpm“, all 0mm. ”Mun“, cars for al of the German his: guns iii the
service. Light (Ionlrnprcial‘III'PEI east and southeast of Mes-
I"ehic.le" "*0 into the express" snrv:ico ‘xlllcfs‘ to tile cxleltle limit. of their
trucks under" three tons caparity into “"510, .
Ah“ "““‘1"‘r“"“r“"“" ""“l ““0“: 32;": The. Bitislr artillery command
(“pawl into the “I n of the situation seems to be almost
wholly responsible for this and
the other" yielding: tendencies of
the (lernrans. The British big guns
MotorI-yIles are enrolled for Courier
service.
As soon as the orgarrizttiou is corn-
plett it is planned to have practice
—-——e
(Continued on Eleventh“ Page). Aspfbul'pd tlreil‘ advantage when
"“ {Messines Ridge. the only com-
branding.r eminence in the region,
FINED $10 AND COS TS v as" stormed at the opening oi the
oftetlsivc. '
, A General iluig’ s dispatches have
of New Canaan..ltt,1” t ( i ll '10
,"n tutomobfl‘e ,; hand It In imprt" all (me p~
ciderit itr DI! tion Wednesday night thrills might be (\PN‘ tfll t“ grow
\Illile driving an Overland runabout out of the ofl'cnsite in Belgium;
belonging tor-Slaw}? Bil-drop. 0f 31%? and his prediction appears to be in.
Itnaan was IeI ant costs. Irricr ,.. . " . ,
amounted in all to $24 last night by .1110 "A" Of being mad" good.
Judge Snead, in the flaricu court. ‘ ,
\‘lars shal Bishop, of NIII Canaan IIboA I‘()Nl)()Nl
owned the runabout Itill be held rc- in}:
sponsible for the payment of the fine.
A curious incident" connected I'itlr
tire.cas".e is the fact that Prosecuting
Attorney Jesse T. Dunbar, who pros"-
ccutcd Mr. Bishop Thursday nrornitrt."
tin the uptown court, for" opt-tartar.r
all automobile while under" the infill-
once of liquor", defended MI". Rutledge.
last night. and by doing so indirectlIi
defended Mr Bishop.
dross. crew rescued
l
The accident which occu. red Wed- l‘
nesdny night took place IIhen Mint (avmet, sailing Vessel loaded"
Rutledge who was driving the OI er II itli pit props; driven ashore and
“in“ “mam“ f0? \lr BASIN)“ at- Aseriously damaged bI gunfire; all.
‘9'!"de m Na“ “ mg“ Bl'mk "m Atlre crew missing with the excep-I "
chine, owned by E. H. Lawrence. of f h l) l
Stamford, and driven by Mr. Law P21“ (1‘ one man “ 059 My "was
oInI
renco's daughter. The smaller ma-
V inacs, steamer, 1107 tons; only
Edward Rutledge
Awlro fiztr" ed in
June 1:3.—-’l‘lrc sink-
of several more Norwegian
vessels with considerable loss of ‘7"
life is reported by the Norwegian
Foreign Ofi‘icc, as quoted in a Core“
ll‘tll News dispatch from Copen-
hagen. According to this informal:
tion, the following craft have. been ,
sunk bI" German submarines:
Sigtuu, steamer", 2,538 ton's I _
chine hit the Laurence cat a solid.
blow on the running board, just for-' four" Inert saved
Svlvia, sailing vessel, 139 tons; "
according to the testimony of COIL- crew rescued.
backwards f0I a distance of eighteen: (audacef "ailing vessel 395
feet. MI. Lawrence, who was in the tons; crew rescued.
car at the time of the crash, wast LONDON, June Iii—The Brit-
51‘3“” injured. ish armed merchant cruiser
Mr. Rutledge was arrested by Corr-
stahle Bates on charges of operating.
an auto without a driver‘s license, in
and without. a or“ cert/cote, and alsol
for reckless driving. A
Avenger" was torpedoed and stink.
the North_Sea on Wednesday" ,.
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Norwalk Chronicler