l0 l0_l_000000
:‘bntnrthe scene of a tragedy about ten
‘ ’ o'clock last night. when a ilre of un-
THE
_-' EVENING
mu?” "III NEW. FROM ALL PART. 0' 7,”. WORLD IV A .PlOlAL Will AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
SOU
adorn still-walk coma. Wadi—span. as, leis
Fair and Continued Cool Telugu
0008E BURNED
3030 Al DEVENS
MANEIJVRES 001
SIDE 0E CAMP
{I'eu People Occupying What
i Was Formerly Whechnen’s
; Rest Have a Narrow Es-'
' cape Front Death
til Mimi
. 5270 0000130 UP
Norwalli and Westport Fire
Departments Do Good
Work '
A frosty lookingho—usc at the east
end of the I'eat’Swhmp switch, on
Weapon avenue. came very ocieae to
known origiu' broke out while the ten
occupants. all Itiiiianil, were sound
asleep. ' . .
The blaze 'was discovered by James
C. Pinball. and occupants of nearby
house's. Who hastened to render every
assistance. Pinbbll at very consider-
able risk to himself managed to reach
the secoud story by a shed roof at the
rear of the building and carried down
the three-little children. of Niccola
Pacts, Martha hall dazed father
hetmw‘bllli‘“ " * " "
iu-tha meantime. Vlliie others were
* having a hard time amusing the accu-
is or not "lower door. including
' chlldte "I“. "To? El"
small ,a,. Mono e.ati
petiole in, bidding escaped iii the
‘ scantiest o ,rain‘lent.
lunch of- Money in Jacobean l
Fabriazlo. who was clad only in his.
underdothing. made. frantic attempt’s
to re-enter the' binding. 'crying loud~'
ly that a pocket‘ofzhds‘trousers. haug‘
composed of New York state men.
Members of Regiment Sleep
in Temporary Quarters
and . Are Drenched in
Shower
THREE iiihuus
m lips lllilil
Several Operations Going On
At the Same Time Puzzle
Soldiers
CAMP DEVENS, Aver, Mass., April
25,—The 303rd Regiment of infantry,
which recently won the competitive
tests held among the . regiments
throughout camp. is the first regiment
to engage in extended maneuvers out-
lllllil Mills
lNlESlIGAllNi
Bill Hill loss
Lake Erie and Western Rail-
road Shops Destroyed in
Lima, Ohio, by Three Fires
Startirtg Simultaneously
titanium-slit
liliilsilsllulln
All Employee of the Shops
Has Been Placed Under
Arrest
LIMA. 0.. April 25.——Federal agents
today are investigating three drel
which broke out biuztlftedn 'll'lv/ 'fl ‘lze
Lake. Erie and woe om TullTo-L’I slcps
here last night and i'irlual!y destroy-
ed the plant valued at hot-.000.
All employe of the shops has been
side of camp, Leaving camp Tuesday
afternoon. the regiment marched to:|
Shirley and other points a short dis-l
lance from the cantonment to pitchi
camp and engage in combat maneu~
vers.
They will return tonightwhavlng
been gone two days. Tuesday night
they slept in pup tents in North Shir-
ley. the first regiment in camp to take
up this training practice.
meMl.
lilliln ll till
number of carrier pigeons that are
_ .mpioyees to guard the big oil tank
arrested.
Property. loss included at least ten
will 0. Elm l0
HAVE CHARGE 0f
Alliiill Willi
Task of Speeding Up Pro-
duction
mini bio
propulsion
.‘.viatiou Section Divorced
.Frosl Signal Conn in Ile-
organ’naiion , .
WASHINGTON. April ”relation
of the army's glut alga-st production
program has been pi“ in the halls
of a civilan. John 'D. Inn. copper
magnate, railroad man and financier.
Secretary Baker summed the slap
last night, disclosing at I“. same time
.a reorganisation of the signal corps
under which the avi section virtu-
iocomotlves urgently needed in war
war}; .i new train of troop coaches Just 1
completed, and a score of other coach-i
w '.'en thousand dollars' worth of
Liberty llonds' subscriptions were;
burned in the oflce of the shops.
All o'clock the Solar Refinery siren
whistle called out all Standard Oil
field of the refinery. directly washoffi
the . The ..wlnd was
blowing ' . award flagellum-y.
llindl life i' lowing feel in
the all new bciiig curled toward the
oil tank i'tld. .."
Explosion of two acetylene tanks in
the ruins of the boiler shop threw a
Elliot, 0i sheet iron among the firemen.
Two firemen were slightly injured.
Will Pontlus. claiming Cicero. ind.. as
his home. was arrested. lie is an em-
!is madechiefoftln
ally in divorced from WDI proper.
heretofore supreme ’ all questions.
With actual produe. ‘urnod over to
a civilian division h by lir Ryan.
ilrigadierOencrsi W
itary aeronautics. to“
or cratt.
i0l0lllllllll3llifx‘
, litmus SMASH
Car of Jacob ltodder Over-
occupalils of the Rudder car were Nor.
'STEEMSlllESl.
Copper Magneto Undertakes p
PAULIIVERTURNS
Six Men Were Drowned and
a Number of Others Are
Missing
AR ATLANTIC PORT, April:
25.—'I'he American Line Steam-
ship St. Paul overturned at her
!
l
fromauear drydock. I
Itisnndetr's’toodherstbst the
vesselhadbaentakenoverbythe
gov out.
marauhonsoithemk
E
lie
E
i
55'
E
a
g
illii
E
'BRIllSfl, fliltlliili Allillill
UNES SEANDING EIRM AGAINSE ,
DESPERATE ASSAUHS 0E ENEMY.
animal lurid We: W ill: ’
00 l0llli|liN10000liS
Given Up Villas-Button-
ueux and the French the
Village of Hangard
Issues Proclamation Forbid-l
ding Use in Instruction or
ll i'l I' iuPll’
nulslvulimi
...,...._.:.;.c.;ltlllu_lilj_liaus
m a Wan-mans Have Not Aha-J
MMyAfienTm. doned'l‘heirndortsonthe
gun: to? devotional exercises in pri-
.an-uutioninalanguagootherthan
The use of any language other than
Engibh for elem-tarp intrusiitm
and purposes of administration is pub
lie or private schools in Connecticut
will be prohibited after July 1. seat.
under the terms oi a precaution is.
sued today by Governor Marcos ll.
Holcomb. The proclamatiOn also pro-
hibits any enemy alien from teach-
ing in Connecticut public or private
schools. The use of a foreign lan-
vste schools is permitted. The gov-
ernor's action does not prevent in-
u this! m-
‘ is his "nonunion. Governor Hol-
comb non to the Connecticut stat-
Flandcrs Battlefront
Yielding only slightly at the
first shock of the German Insult
great battle south of the Somme,
the British turd French-American.
lines now are standing firfly
against the desperate continuing,
assaults of the enemy.
On the ten-mile front loudly!
the Somme where the intensive
force of the blow has been colleen»
trated the British have lost Vile
lers-Bretonneus and the french.
terre. Already Field .-
”.mm. D!
chIdrcn. and 'aays: ammo“
to amply with the obvious intention
and spirit of these statutes.‘ the re-
quired instruction of children should
be given in the English language, and
it requires no argument to prove‘ that
this is necessary for the safety of the
slate and nation."
Haig’s forces have be
strongly in the W”.
former place and 2'? ha
gained ground are it and
siderably improved their general 0' - '
position. Hangard has once be-
fore been in German in:
ithe Somme battle and changed .
{hands twice in the present fights” _
in the renewal of the drink the";
the village of Hangard as We '
5” -,
or
W
or?
I." .
m.
i
l" " 5" Nd?“- ' mm $2701 ' "EVENS SH‘IRTLY‘ -. . . (W 0‘ M 'beforc the French drew out of t.
But the Mlldlns wine tar mi that" ' ‘ my” °Lm°___."°°' .. , turns After Being Struck‘ ‘ 'ond established themselves firmly.
35““? filawx'amfifgm°3 : ' . . . ' ‘ ' byOue Owned by Anthony . Ems To OBSERVE :on its western edge. The Garment i ; V.
. ed'by the crowd um had gathered. Expect Shipment of Special-!R0"8'Nfl SEND-fl": Williams FLAG DAY JUNE “have made repeated attempts to
i "walk Deplrtnlniwa Good Work. | ly Bred Animals Into 03“.: . ~ '. - . . - —— .. ARMY WflMHTmN , __...._— :dcboucll {mm “m place, but 3“]. ,
Telephone alarms to the Norwaik ' ' ‘ - 0an of. the most curious accidents Norwalk trudge. No. 709. Benevoleiltmme the French '9” solidly 1.
. F“ dmrmm met with ”mp ,g' toument Soon HIRYflUNfi MEN that has hum imSOuth Norwalk i and Protective Order oi sills. pro,the my. .
some. and the [love Hose'truclt was " ' . ' . ' . in some timehappenedonflouth Iain —' poses this year to make the obese. The fighting is contiu to- 1
soon on its way to the scene of the CAMP DEV-3N8. Ayer. Mass. April . street at the corner of Haviland street. 7 NONI“! Youths Among vance of Flag Du. on l’v‘riday. June! In. . 'th th Germannd mrntd .3
l blaze. iollodeLthlY by Chief 130- 25.——‘i‘raining‘dogs to carry messages '_"'"‘T' shortly before s o'clock this morning. 14th. a memorable occasion. and all ). WI. 8 ”P9. 7 ”g
7 Kort the battlefield will begin here with Barney Tavlin 3m sum-when the void car owned and driver. Them—Derby and Shelton committee consisting of P. r. mav.;struggiiog to make theoonsiders. 5“
' (Continued on Page Nine) a short time. when types of dogs sult- , L - H ed b J . it by Jacob A. Rudder was knocked Re muted John 1". Boslrdnl. 1- 1- Unveil" and ,blc headway they must if they are a
._,._._____.. “ed for such work will he brought to 9mm! on”? Y ""5 |around and turned upside down in p E. W. Clark was named by reunited.to gain anything but relatively
. . . this cantonmeni to breed these mite. Literary Club and Work. '2'“de lib: (Xblhfno‘girllyi the F.3d Several Connecticut young men {tum‘g‘gflugflfiyllglgtrgggt night. vallicless local “hm"... m, . :3
- ' . - 9 ' 0 ve s. . o . , , ,
TAfllEAllx AN" MUS"; came“ Tm camp now km a large‘ men 8 C'rde y , am e who attended the Third Ollccrs' Other committees announced were the decision in the rcnwnl of t.“
[0 thin RIVER
training to carry messages behind the:
lines on the battlefront. Dogs. how!
ever. have been successnlly used in‘
listening posts on the western front:
and the United States intends to lluveé
them for carrlers. i
ed by order oi Major General Harry
A rousing sendoff was given to are
two boys, Barney Tavlln and Samuel
Levine. who leave Friday for Camp
Upton, by the memcbrs of the Jewish
Literary Club and Workmen's Circle at
Land. and Dr, samllel M. Deitz.
ris liipshits, and Wallace Wlimott, the
*
(Continued On Page moves)
.NEWEIHURIIII 0000i
(is. were given commissions as sec-
ond lieutenants and among them were
Harold L. Smith. 26 Wheeler street,
Shelton. in deld artillery; Wilford G.
Johnson. 116 Woolworth st.. Bridge-
Training camp at Fort Oglethorpe.‘ss follows:—
House committee for two years-—
John F. Bogardus. Francis Helicon.
Olin 8. Youngs; for the one year term.
Leemon B. Tripp hank W. Buckhols
and George napkins.
Jones, William J. Powell and Ernest
[battle is by no means yet with"
l
'i'h'rside' The meagre gain-oi .‘
the enemy. however, after a palm!!-
long enough forlliinl'tb bring'up':
his heaviest artillery and when he
battle last month, when
won *
in
' Successful Entertainment . l _ "9 Wmol'fiv mm"? "a“. 30ml! jport. infantry; Franklin ll. Loomis. of Auditing Committee—Wilfred Bod must have been at the pinuacl ' .
Held For the Benefit of the wg’flfgfieggegrigénfgmgrngfig‘; urgent." M t mm » be ‘ Derby, neld artillery; fl'beodore M. gall, William noword and Frank 0. his strength, my well be . 7.”.
. ' ileuses. will not be interrupted by! e e e a u v mem I’ll. rIV- . ed with the sweeping _ .
Union Cba l o _ present braille-l lnvlted guests. Dr. (Gaussianrus'l‘wsln) Entertainment Faculties—a c. . . . . . .V
_..pe_____ - the punishment under a system adopt Reuben Kaufman. Attorney Maurice: Hillard Moses P. Hallock. Samuel L. achieved In the W o m«
Dr.
The, Broad River chapel this crowd-
ed to the doors last evening with an
audience that enthusiastically appreci-
ated the shorts of the entertainment
committee in the various numbers
presented for approval. The entertain-
Il'. Hodges. only those facing serious
charges will be confined to the guard
house and other prisoners will spend:
the mornings training with their re-i
(continued oil-em Six) 5
Kaufman was first introduced by the
chairman. Mr. Fodiman, who address
I'd the boys. lie said in part: “in the
tmot crucible of this world war. mcn'a
ideas, thoughts and philosophies are
living recast. refined and remodeled.
The meat impressive consecration
services oi the new church organ at
old St Paul's was'iargely attended
last erenlug. and although a some-
what disconcerting clrcumstanCe oc-
MRS. 00|NN EIVEN
W. Talmudgo.
it was voted unanimously to pur-
chase another Liberty Bond.
The trustees Were empowered to
lease the lodge room to suitable orv
miles of ground a day and aptur- “W“;
,ed tens of thousands of prisoners.
i Meanwhile the Germ haven.
not abandoned even tem mark
$370 A00 00m
gauiaatlons desiring the same for pr. their eflorts on the Flanders hat- ’2‘!)
11:93: goggd‘mlrmati nout; whicfiailed W. i There is no doubt that out of this up- curred at a late hour. by which the full "mic or other Dames during the flefmnt Apparently they are new /
r e m ,0 ° " e y y n iheavei a new and better world will compliment of the new instrument ..- cumin m, ' h ' bl the“ m '
attendance and words of praise and g ’ term t 9" 0W5 0" sec 1
6 ‘ i ii , h , d iemerge. We hear reverberatlng from could not be used, the event Wits one JuddP Samuel Young has decided "1 One proposition hr membership was dominated by Mount Kemmel‘w' .
“ "8'3“” 0“ dim? 5 "“9" “9°” one end of the world to the other the Zen; to be remembered by friends 0: : favor of. the plaintiff an aetiolrecelved. , . ' I f . h d f _ , \
the committee arrangements. The ' ' ' ideals of democracy, freedom. equal- the parish. gbrought “'1 "l9 0"“ ‘59 0‘ "“3 Stu"! Refreshments rwere served at the "'9 object 0 orelug t e e c *
aflslr was-1n llllllllRHfiEd sllccess‘in my. These ideals must become the‘ conclusion of the business session.
{common heritage of all peoples and
Malcolm G. Humphries was the or- i ford City Court by Rebecca Quinn, of
moist. and the united choirs rendered Stamford .ausinst Ruth Wright. 0f
AEAINSE WATERBUHY
invited the French last night in
ers from this bulwark. They at- first
1
._W
.g.
“Winn“ °" 9““ 9“” araces. It is for ibi- establishment of the hymns and anthems minteflective- Patterson. N. Y. BUILDING 0F region "when“ of Baillenl,
these principles that you are called IJ’. a particularly sweet‘IOlIthful voice 0:!"- 02:1"? "8:00de 0' walk?“ BIG BUSINESS after being repulsed returned to ‘
.i f t .nn, an r arna e. or n- ’ ' . . . .
be us it special ea are n many of the , o s s , fill" attack today, With ”an", m ,-/ a
selections. . Juries received last summer in an all-
llishop Brewster’s consecration of tomobile acccidenl in Darien. Judge
the new aid to the parish services was Young allows her 8376 and her costs
done with that dignity that must ni- of "it. ‘
ways he associatcd with him. and hia' Warren F. Cressy. oi l-‘esseuden &
address which followed. was in beau-.Carter appeared forthirs. Quinn and
i .nliulliilsnilis
(Continud;_hp Nine.)
l
l
l
|
‘ $200,000 MO0E
NEEOE0|N 0000M
That the blowout to the leadingi the same region and on the B
business men of Norwallt at the Hotel I "0’" further east. .
Majestic in New York city, tonight. The battle here still was ‘
when they will be the snow of prooross when the. British oille
WAR DEPARTMENT
“It" La“ 'l‘AKESOVER TUNNEY»
Violations of H
by Landlords to be Report]
a
‘ .fifimgmw «-
——--— . i
Boy Scouts to be Busy the
Last Week of the Cam-v
psign for the Liberty Loan
if you haven't already subscribed to
the Third Liberty Loan; come across
now. And if you have subscribed and
am possibly repeal. help the cause
ohms. This is onevof till. times when
4‘ water. are are desired. 'l'h's was
t e menace iss today at head-
quarters. 85 Washington atlzot. From
now on. until the close of the cam-
~ paign. headquarters will be oreu’deyv
. and night for the rurpose of :eceiving
, , subscriptions. issuing supplies. receiv-'
ed — Commission Finds;
Bad Conditions—Very Lit-
tle Spent For Repairs in
Majority of Cases Probed
HARTFORD. April 25 —-Moves to
prevent "rent profiteerlng" by land-
lords in Connecticut. industrial cen-
ters and to insure proper health pre-
cautions ln tenements were made. late
yesterday by Governor Marcus H.
Holcomb on recommendation of the
Connecticut State Council of Defense.
The action oi Governor Holcomb
was the outgrowth of the investiga-
tion of exceuiva rent charges in Wa-l
NEW YORK. April 25.——-Policc In-
spector Thomas .l. Tumey. who is com-
mander of the “Bomb and Neutrality"
Squad. solved many sensational Ger-
man plots and brought numerous of-
fenders‘to justice. has been “taken
over” by the. War Department. He
was today granted six months’ leave
of absence. beginning May 1, when he I baptism I” “’9 bishop of h" lnfsut' port. todsv returned a iindlnlf of IC-
will report to Washington. It is un-
derstood he may be placed in charge of
a special division oi Secret Service op-
. covering eastern slates.
Tunney was instrumental in clean-
ing up the mystery of the bomb es
ploulon in the capital in Washington
t... . o years ago for which Frank Hell.
it sailant of J. P. Morgan, was respon-
k .
ierbnry. made by a special CMIHsible. lie is credited with electing
i .’ ingot reports and for general pur- sign named by the governor in re-
. Wm. spouse to requests made to him and
‘rf'l'vimtfllm Oltl’lgd m, , ‘. L (W OI PI]. M”).
m. «woof oi Frans illutelen. Paul
menus“ other German-winters.
gatherpdtheudeseeagalnstm
musics-declination.
liul accord. as be outlined the voca.
Ttion of the organ as an instrument in
‘the services of the church.
I At the communion service at 7:30
'fhis morning the commemoration of
ilhe sixteenth anniversary of the ordi«
|naticn as a priest of the rector. Rev.
gLouis B. Howell. was followed by toe
soil, Louis Earningwu Howell. Jr..
born March 15. .
.___——-
THREE MEN KILLED
BY AN EXPLOSION
MMILTON. Out... April 25.—i-Thl'“
men were killed and a number isiured
today by an explosion at them: of
the Hamilton Tar and Ammonia com
mthsanparintenfielta 'i'ba‘
mm
O
I (Continued on Page Nine)
CARROLL norm
BLAME FOR ACCIDENT
Coroner John J. Phelan. of Bridge-
George C. Brown, will be some supper "at” ' ' “a
is the expectation of some flung; n00" ant w” med this ‘ ‘ . ‘ . ‘
ilve gentlemen who have accept ' . . . ‘ .
bids. Mnyagoodiellow Was lugging American, BMW" and French . p, ':
n 'sultcaae to his favorite tailor on troops on a twenty-mile front rm .
the way to work this morning. and it Picardy are withstanding "news
was the best kind of a guess that the German 93m.“ to resell Anti“ .
dress suit 'was being rcfurnished to Battling furiously, "ill with b1“
the limit. . W .
it is no longer a secret that the hell) 0' hell" “YMMV" .F- " ”m 'i‘
.cidcntal dealt! in the case of Mrs.
Annie 5'. Boyd. who was killed by be
ing struck by an automobile driven by
Frank Carroll. of Pine Creek Road.
«Pairileld. early last Saturday morning.
Carroll was held in bonds of $2,000
on a charge of manslaughter. pending
the luding of coroner Phelan. follow-
ing the inquest into the death of Mrs.
Boyd“ held at the city hall on Monday
may. The dead include smalls-l The finding was to the effect that'btulnans starts-ll will lulu the
class Iva/Boydrasin frootottbecarsad west'bndof'sli street
. llhatdbrollwaslsaowsytohlsms.‘
launching of a big: bus‘ness uptowr enemy infantry: II“ '0“
1'0““ :0 1:01 mfilfldgflzeoselhfl "OW little and on most of too “on ;
ng.a.n wieuo I‘ll taswlli ' " "' ' ‘
be announced until tomorrow. it is :fiurzfi“ "9 hem! ”ma
conceded that the introduction of o 9 J"-
new member of the local banking busi- 'Ilsvmg fmed
am will be introduced. and am he is When Bretonneux, south
in m "'0 mural“ lafiflm Somme and eleven miles
politun money on t. rt r - m
tbs: it is poi-isle that plans will byfimfi” l‘ :gfl'lnmw '0‘
revaaladfo‘rthebuiltflngdnnnw 'l ‘bftllom A l—
t
o ."
lye
l
f .
Norwalk Chronicler