aesocravao eases smitten nanometre”- mnammmmm assures
SOIDiil8ll0018
up loll WRIGHI
HSHERS lsllll
'4 NM SHARE
Speed Up Liberty Lean Sergeant Boyle, Believed to
,B'lying If Quota-is to Be- be Crazy, Kills Two and
'R'eeelsed on Time, the Wounds Four of His Com-
Ce-mittee States rades
AHERWARI] HE
'pauy, will become involved in a civil
cwll il‘llllii llll
RESULT IN A Bill
‘ illusions
Trouble Develops Over the
Conduct of Afiairs of the
Farmers’ Dairy Company,
of Bridgeport
t- BRIDGBPORT. April ll.—Police oi-
fficlals are inclined to believe that
Harris C. Coburn. of 3195 Main street.
who was arraigned in city court yes-
terday on a charge of embezsllng
“.800 from the Farmer‘s Dairy com
suit and that the criminal action
attractions 7
l .’ SflUPWEll
Wage Earners and, People.
With Small Means Are.
1 Taking Hold
. —— -8ergeant JamesBoyle oi the Coast
0 Discouraging news 01 the We“ Miller! shot and killed two men.
pt the Third um, m in m, city wounded ionr others seriously includ-
zwas given out today by the local com-‘ ing First Lieutenant
mlttee. The Nollie 0! Norwglk, are and then committed suicide with a
not snug-mu to the m to 5. great' service revolver at Fort Wright yes-
n degree ash necessary to make the terday. He had Just returned from
drive a success. it the present spirit‘lelVe Of thence.
' m Nuwalk will ialldowa and' The dead as:
V "I “to OH. to met its quota and' ' First Sergeant Fred H. Cook, emer-
" ' vol‘the mound work My done gency address, William J. Cook. 29
Vivi! be badly discounted by the re-.Bank fitreet. Abingtou, Mass.
.v [seat at the people to come across in‘ Private Thomas G. Gusdelr, enter-
, the proper urea-er. .gency address. i-‘lorence Woolly. Holy-
'- People are not subscribing to they“. Mass.
loan the way they should. That is (Continued on P". 8".”
o .u. "3.1.133 3.“;or‘.u§.f53u‘; WASHINfimN ,
”Mm“ mm
.lmtufiulllll
gm in the degree which they should
"Washington Chapter. No. 24, it. A.
fiflMMITS Sllllllll
.1
After a Leave of Absence
rrsaana lamp. N. r. April 11.
l
I
r
[3:
Had Just Returned to Fort [to
Jean Bec‘lleud. 0
against him will be dropped.
it. is alleged by the company of-
ficials that Coburn while president oi
the concern appropriated the “.800
for his own use while he alleges that
this is not so and welcomes 'action
determine whether the company
i pay him money or he will be
(continued On Page Twelve)
200 ARRESTED IN .
Mllllllllll llllll
it will llllls
Federal Agents Round Up
Disobedient Germans-«i501
More Names on List
MILWAUKEE. “'18., April 11.—Frd-
eral ofiiclals yesterday, opening a
drive to round up unnaturaiised fore
signers accused of violating the Bt-
Vii
hundred persons. who had failed. . «to
u . Lthe‘“ . .1 ,—
one. ' '
Some ogre 3m” their
permits. some (or'faillag to register.
some ior-procerman activities. some
loosen-ed On Page Twelve) ‘
slay Alien Act. utbered in about two .
i
1, “according to their ability to take
-honds. The men and women with;
11.. at their annual convocation held
last evening. elected rofiicers for
3. large incomes a not doing their!
.l Ihare. They are letting the other tel;
the ensuing 'year and appropriated
funds’in the hands oi the trustees
f saw hold an site...
i
l
l
I
for the purchase of, Liberty Bonds.
mill—“Willi I
lltmslull.
l
l
l
7 .Past Exalted, Ruler William c.
lliElilSl'llATlllNHill ,
Es—‘n'rombley. oi Stamiord Lodge acting
lThe meeting was held in the Masonic
“mm Mot , mm,“ the w" tremolo on Wall street. and reports
vacated oleers o: Norwalk Lodge. Neil ""9 '“bm'w ““1 -ihe following
iv,” whenevoleut'and Protective Ordert'e" ““39“” fill ”'9 “le Wfl‘
341 its, last‘evenlng. The 'ceremony‘“°““ in a" chapter: High "393%
g. twat “ducted in an" excellent man- Jm9“.w' storey; ““55 Robert‘s}:
If; and It. Trombley: made a brief-van" Scribe. Harry 1'- Bennett,
r h” m. the 1g,” interesting W Treasurer, James T. Bubbell: Secre-
’ N the “Miami“!!! them to great- tary. 8. H. Huntington: Captain of
motion in the work for the order "mi." N "- J'°"d°'" “Help"
Inn patriotic service to the govern-
(Continned on Page Twelve)
peat.
' Exalted Ruler C. lrriag Bylngton
Innonnced the following appoint-
.lne'ntsz— .
:3 Esquire—John F. Bogardus.
'j‘ .’ rm...- Guard—George Roberts.
7 . Chaplain-Thomas ‘A. Shelley.
Will illllil 12,001]
......._.,... J. willllllillllEN 3mm
. . Atnnufl reports of the emcers were:
; presented, showing the lodge to be in}
good financial and social condition. Quote From Each State '0
o
llllllllll Pliill'
Registration of all places at amuse-
ment. admission to.whlc is subject
to the wdr tax. irprovid for under
rules and'regulatlons adopted'by the
Bureau or internal Revenue with the.
approval oi the Secretary and Treas-
ury. .
Every person. corporation. partner-
ship. or annotation. including ticket
brokers, required to collect the in
on admissions must on April 1. 1918
(and if not engaged in business on
that date within ten days aiter engag-
ing in business) and annually there-
(Coniinued on Page Twelve)
"i
.5; senoofilasrmcs . Binnie“ 9" “WWW“
I TOMORROW NIGHT wastrrlvo'l'ox. April 11,—1'welve
. . thousand men skilled in special and
The Union School District. togetherItechnlcal lines or work will be call-
thttthe Center School District. are.ed for service in the military draft
”drilled. to Mid adjourned meetinsslwllhlu the next few days. according
’ lion. 'A committee' coon-Zahal Genersl’s oillce here today. The
W oi Judge George H, Vosburgh. men needed will “be allotcd to various
' i Franklin A. Smith. George, Ethics and a, quota based on the total
law-MM. Samuel GROWN"! ”Idiot-aft registrations drawn from each.
W ,Ihviel will make a report 10- Occupational lists from the ques-
e we ‘ ‘ tionnairea filed recently are being com-
er.“ c010! School District holds an' 9191} by the W” Department 3nd
' I8 tomorrow “1112- will be ready for use soon. The lists
was
at is time the committee will give the Department the benefit
to confer Willi Mayor Dono- of an intimate knowledge oi the tech:
, ’ “is expected 20. rem nlcal qualifications of each man sub-
i: «The nest Norwaik SchOol District 5m to can.
Trmulmg will be held a week These lists. it is said. will enable
Jroin Friday, the 19th. Wheats com' the Government io‘use many men in
routes of conference with Mayor special vocationswho are barred from
. porous is also expected to make a startling because of slight defects or
or
1'} WASHINMON- Avril 11,—s ,flsht .. GREENWICH April 11.41.. sixth
ver the Administratioo'uflfl l0. bl” fire oi mysterious origin in this town
eetive draft quotas-ea the aunt yesterday destroyed the , e
use in Class Que ratherdltalt on m ‘9: z, w, Russell, is Um
lathe.» 3;de armor-seat.“ mimNa-ihstreehsu Witt. a loss
. , ,ouse. . was t
he uptdflbe Senate-resolution ' ego
fdl/ the was... -florts .to .
N
3’
m cronies on'the matter off-to statements at the» Provost Mar-l
illlNlNfi CAMPS
Rear-End Ceilidh Buried
the Crew in' Wreckage,
Dike Victims
and Three _
Are in the ay-Kimball
Hospital
"Ni or within
The Debris Th ; Burned
lip, incinerati§the Bod-
les . r
murmur. April 1 . train-
mea. two at whom w aisles-ts of
Hartford. were
others, iacludhg‘two , "Ins-tied
men. were injured l bulkhead
trains over
east'ot this
terdaymoruv
the "New Haven" ro
station at 3:30 o'clock y
lug.
‘ The dead are: Geo W. Rock-
wood. of No. 68 Moor avenue. East
Hartford.'collductor oi . B. 4; Noah
A. Beuve of 312 Toll
lN
Candidates Get Intensive
Training—Other Canton-
ment News ‘
CAMP DWB. Ayer. Mass, April
‘11.—lamherl oi the Vificers' Train-
ing school, among whom are several
Bridgeport men .went into the
p. m.
posed to each other each platoon bol
oombatmaneuvera were engaged in.
[Next week intensive training in
iputinoedp'n Page Twelve)
,Homes of Edward N. 'i’uttle1
CREWIWIATER'
street. that-
ENfilllS‘.
My and countless cool Tonight
3mm lllSlRllTi
Ills~ W0 FIRES
~ SEVERMNEW
tad A. W. Featherstone
Sustain Considerable Dam-
age
The Central Station firemen were
called out at about 10 o’clock last
.evenlng to a fire in the home of Ed-
eward N. Tuttle. on Charles B. street.
The fire was discovered by Alina
Youngs. one of the nearby residsn
who turned in an alarm and they
rallied the neighbors to help eatin-
xulah the blaze. Some work was
done by the time the firemen had ar-
rived and alter a somewhat arduous
fight by the latter, the blase w‘ua ex-
tinguished after it had gutted the in~
.side of the honour the extent oi
about 8000. it is not known how the
$fire started as Mr. and lira. Tuttle
went away recent! yand no one hows
where they have gone. Poblman lr
McLean and Taylor I: Golden carried
the insurance on the property. .
No sooner had the firemen gotten
back to the station than an alarm
was sent in and the firemen responded
to the home of A. W. Featherstone. at
‘Karbor Beach. where a fire which had
been kindled in one oi the fireplace:
had ignited some, of the beams. The
firemen exuaanislhed this 'i': a loss
at sheet in by r wins/0M «beam
and using chemical.
WILlllN Mi"
February
ills mum 5
'lilllNSlfillNSl
lilElESSNESS
op._t_laughter of Albert Bishop. oi Hurl-
utt street, and the two klnd~hesrted
young ladies of the Direct importing
Hartford, fireman on engine oi KIBKEII BY "HRSE “Labor "Id Money Wired to‘tgzvzgrfiz—Egrxinfiggfi 1" ’
antennae... was; ‘ *0 '3le Fires Need- in the neighborhood at .,
and P. B. Johnson oi ion. head A ”"16 girl 0'71" “"9”" "0999“ ed t0 Will Wfil‘ ” Say; and Lye Canals, from] f
brnkcmn' of at. oollldl ireight. a Sentinel reporter in from of the II * ’ mm to Armentieyeg, our troops
I “M” thread" "sumac“ .Wall "n”. "wk/Pi ey have been withdrawn from AM; 3‘
i°°°"““°' ”“15: 1... pt "3“ “P ' . tieres, which is tall or gas."
‘ ’ ' . m -u- , . . s. . “panama 11.—~Attestlen_ls On th t' 't' north “(if .
’ W » told-so out at a a trumiwimm w. °"""°" i r 8h: vyrfnflighting “ ‘ "
I" ' ~ . s ‘ . 4 ‘ .. - .
- ! i mph-i at hsr souls in llton and {the "lesser , fis‘hfi’ghte last night, rim
‘ - that she had no way to not there. with'fire. The ' till a: .e”: - tie chnnge in the Bflmm .,
"ms She proud to he lies Elisabeth B.sh- m...”- with fire is causing ‘ .
.great damage to our forest finance
and to property in general. Under.
GERMANS [lilifll fll0M
m iflfll llulc‘t it filled
British Reported to Have Withdrawn From Armentieres,
and There Is Violent Fighting All Along the Line
From La Basses Canal to tile Ypres-Comines Canal
summits Willi. llwlllllls *
ill lanolin Plill’lli m TREATY,
at; British Steamship Minnetonka Sunk by r] cad...
Submarine in the Mediterranean Sometime '
WWNS IAKEN
During
The British~ have withdrawn:
from Armentierell, on tho-Merl!
battlefront, the British War 0!»
lice announces. i '
Violent fighting continue! I“
along the front from Ira Biases
Canal to the Ypres-Comines Canal.
'i‘llc‘staiement follows: _ ‘
“The battle is continuing on the
whole front from La Basses Candi
7'."
The Germans this mos-hills”t
in possession of about half'o ’ a
prevailing conditions fires run rapldrvillage of Ploegsteert and Plugg-
ly and are difiicult to control. Matchea'steert Wood, on the Nadia.”-
and smoking materials dropped in dry tlefront just to the north of Arm
grass or leaves readily start a com mentions ~' '
fiagratlon. Brush fires not properly
Company cared for her while a taxi
was procured. and she was hurried
home-
Mother Kicked by Norse.
Telephone inquiries to a neighbor at tended or extinguished soon get be-
trenches last night between 6 and 10
The platoons of men were op-
ing placed in a diluent trench where
this cantonment will receiVe another
advance when the bayonet squad will
go over the top with bullets and Fay-
onets._ The men will fire into the a-
stay trenches as well as charge w th
the Bishops. developed the factv'that ,yond, control. The resources destroy-
llrs. Bishop had been kicked by sled by these fires and the labor and
mw: :as'baenlg'ng hit: in titheI . funds required to extinguish them are
a ’ u w was {needed to win the war. This abso-
Newag: city. tAtelymplu r dh‘l‘tghter lump’ed unnecessary waste' must he
ran neares e I) at sum- stop .
moned Dr. 8." 3.1!qu whol. "No necessary files should be ”start-
iouud her ‘sufierlng intensely irom the , and (”fry poaflble precaution
Blow whichdhad itindfdu‘l‘inithto gill 0: should be made to‘ prevent necessary
er s oma . an s er .
soothing remedy from which she was mind by ll". ior lighting fires in the
Listing“? $&”&:h‘fi‘ imam 1‘:an sllFt‘luLd be sceurgiirom {lire war;
‘ c , 1 us. is ermen. p c par as an
some hours. before he could ascertain all people-in the-woods at this sea-
Just how serious her injuries VOI‘O- son oi the year must use great care
""""‘"f"'—"" with matches and smoking materials,
BOWMAN TAKEN- To Whenever a fire not under control is
~ BRIDGEPORT JAIL
lscovend it should be extinguished.
A;
if this is Womble at fire warden
or other town ofilcial should he noti-
_ Fllll Bill nulls
HARTFORD. April ll.—‘—lv'arm work
for boys during the vacation period
has been provided for 380 of the Con-
ucctlcut youths enrolled during the
past few weelrs in the United States
Boys' Working Reserve of the Depart-
ment of Labor. No limitation has been
placed on ‘ the enrollment pefiod . all
high schools. private echoals, the
M. C. A. and the Boy Scouts are still'
taking applications. The total enroll.
.ment of boys for farm service in the
.state this summer now is about 1.000.
| The future activities of the reserve
in this state will be handled by a new-
Ty Organised executive committee.
retort. _, j ideficiencies. lfilli (continued 07-h" Twelve)
lNEQUAlml-ls 1N tannins or FIRES 'u. s. flit—Kt. “
,snmc'rrva DRAFT rN anaemicn} Bass AT macs“.
r wasnmo'ros,“Aprll ii.--l'or the
protection of the Atlantic trade routes
to Southern
.fltktheflnsenteiflortegleues-
l
,.l
| times.
“res from escaping. The permits‘re-E
The fighting urge sebum
this morning north” .llerm, " .
with the British still holding .
nines ridges and Yytsohaeteuwiiifi
yesterday changed hands asvsrah .
. _ , .
. During the day the «rally unea-
eeeded in entering not on] these
positions, but La Crecheggafiirppe».
and Hollebeke. \‘igoro . . ter 3
”iron I,“ w
theSe places. to ' ’
.Undcr the terms, of the fines
treaty between Gcrlilany and; us- ‘
sia, the Commissioner of Com , ,
announces, Russia has lost” 9,0!”
square kilometers of territory, 56,-
attaclrs forced the em
4
. 4 street last evening. that Ernest Boers- .fied at once b t lephones , 020’?" lnll'abltanisi 0&3: pg; ”(’31:
FOUR WAYS OF’BUY- menu. “13"" vinmykfi‘lwlaugl: ' 30mm git t Eels.“ magiatgdatesigou‘ntifn "'9 POP“ a 0 . ”I
' emloes ‘t .‘orw re u all proseeu ago rasreurs to '. .. . . .
ING'THIRD LIBERTY bul-p cdmpnny.hgwhere he was at that] enforce all laws or the state regard- The big British steamship Minn»
LOAN BONDS, time employed. had been taken into ‘ lug rot-est fires and to indict sufiicient cumin, 135% mm. ngigfer'grogg,
' - _ custody by United States bfiiclals, anti penalties in every case." and formerly in the New Yo!!-
umn ’mulurinmgmmmmlnliwh 3:7? mw‘gfilneti‘ninugfuzflfifigpggi "m London passenger trade for the
Im 8W8 an e _ , ' .
. mm“ roGerman utterances. . Atlantic Line, was sunk by n. Ger-
W‘M WM 'p Repeated knocks on the door of his. fARMERs ARE "MN. man submarine m the Mediterran-
th’ my ’ ‘rooms at to Wall street received no: , . can during February, the Bali _;
sudsgreetopey onpartialpty- response-today. but it is alleged by a ‘ mm, Register "pom today. ,
ment plan II foam. .- ‘ . number of witnesses that four men in ‘ Ofli . l of' the lnlemationnl
. ’ w on ‘ "any " a big touring oar called at the Boess- 9 0.13.3 , a.
r” 3.350 ' ’msun re idencs late esterda alter l ' 'Mercantlle Marlne Company. our
5 Y Y . . .
PM P” .1110“ “1d ‘1 noon. and that sit .r some delay theyl . . . erg of t e vessel, soul the Mumps "
week (wilW-nm- . came out. ‘accoml nled by him. and'Ch'cago commnm Calls tonka- been engaged in,BritiliI
wash, ,. idrove la the direction of Bridgeport. Them Profiteers Also . ‘ Admiralty service, and no we“
=. ,gatgwgmli‘m ROYAL JAMES INN “55333353, 137,333.33 'r'éi‘éififlmieie‘. “3’ '3”“.'l‘.?§ ”:5 ~
W“ ‘9' ‘m'm. mm PROPERTY SOLD ‘ Lo.“ ““33" hi a bulletin being 1113]}- launched 1n11202. 8 Minimum.“
Wbch. , ‘ . ‘ led throu out t e Seventh Reserve was one 0 our assenger
f . mm on I. monthly "That the Royal James Inn and ad- district by the Liberty Loan commit- of the line agglr’egating 5:};
or down 41 “b in Mm“ ”WW1,“ been ”I“ ’H m' ‘ rose tons, all of which harshest!
PM P“! 35 an *tuct." said Samuel J. Keeler oi the :l'he bulletin alleges that farmers on .g 'k . "m war he an The»
' m‘ Norv'valk Agency at noon today. "But dersubscribed their share of the first mm 5m“ ‘ . g .' .
stellmenie of $5 saoh. ‘ further than that we don't know our- and second Mm'degpitc the rm a... others were the Mlnnespolls, sunk?
ror‘umwmmm selves. and it will be a matters! sev- enormous profits have been assured March 22. 1916; Minnehaha, sunk
ammuoh cral days before definite plans. audthem and that the taxes iall_ very light- Sept. 7, 1917, and Minnewasws,
”PM ”I .1 the (Hillier of the property are made. I] on thong pg computed to bummer sunk NOV 28 191.7 ‘ .
nine M03333 ”9‘“! lib and its owners will then be ail-.men and workers in the industrial, American ,gllnners m ”0‘ '
“ailments tuli- ' «nouncedfl- - ‘ ‘ centres; l . .n ,
.' ‘ "i can say this. havever." be 00".. t The bulletin does not hesitate ie-tl'ymfll holding ‘ certain . 0'
Pa on the government plan.
- V . with sub- tinned, "We hold the option. and sne- call the agriculturalist s profiiesr. the front at France drove bat in .
n" W“. W posit has been made to the mat stating that he gets so per cent. me “on“, ,0“ Tuna”, ‘Y I'm
“ ”4"” C.”- “ owners." " ‘ for his“ meat, 71 per cent; more let attack The mesh m
”It,“ pee "on July _ “It'is more than web-Mo that the his garden and dairy products and so '
‘ , “a . . , was the heaviest yet made again:
a “1‘“ ina.wiiiopsniatheaetrietore .perceatmoreior other . .. . .
‘ , .. will him as a hotel and res right." murmur, a.” ta. toilette. a... .4. an American position, but the Gong .
' i “A! in the use-mm “l vaaeea m perm. ‘slace‘lm. while mans did not get til ~
' ' ' ' " W "mud; “dusted 233.3 «335 mm'hhm’ “d
’ ‘- . 9" °" . erbus casua'ities. . " .
leek. .tbsbui . 'M, “"0" . . .
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