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p.» «on -
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acumen» lino
tutored at the lentil lemlk Peat
Olllee ae Second Ola-a latter.
acorn aeawan. corn. remembrance, 1913
THE SOUTH NoRWALK
EVENING SEN INEL
“DOOM?” "I“ um '80. ALI. PART. 0' ‘1'“! WORLD IV A "El“. WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
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DiSlSiltolJS till lull llllls
BENIDICI fARMS
’ AND MES DAMAGE 0f $l7,000‘
{Former Colonial Column Company’s Plant, With Num-
erous Additions, and the
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l.. Flames Under Control
and Adjoining Structures Burned to the Ground
nut SUNDAY MtdllllWlthltfli. ,
' in tumour IN A iliNll Sillil’i
lAutontobiles, Bowling Alleys, Boats, Tools and Much Makes Sunni; Patriotic
Other Equipment Destroyed Before Firemen Had . Appeal For All to Aid Al-
BRIDGE SECIION
East Norwalk Yacht Club
P—f—
' the which broke out. it is believed,
ulaa‘piloolraxatnthejnnkahopof
.Hymaa I'eldman, at 3:40 o'cloock yea.
nettle]. morning. wiped out the large
W‘fornerly oculpied h! the Col
opiallom Company. a planing mill.
the additions to the building. and the
‘ “at Nor-walk Yacht Club. and Fred
J. ‘Hadgw'a place of business alone
. silo the club building. and: provided
waalk Mic. with one of the moat
apoectacular biases which they have
we in acne months. and did damage
amounting to 517.000. ‘
, Hie buildings were. located on Sen
,v'iew avenue, at the corner of East
avenue. and had been standing for
gt . re. ._
. . %. building. which housed
W erpe Garage. Hyman Pelo-
' tumult
3 ill liEl WEAPIINS
man's Junk Shop. and a storage place
wherein were stored bowling alley
and other equipment valued at about
82,000, lbs property of Leo J. Gonch.
three boats belonging to ’i‘bm
Benedict. one large launch valued at
8800.1 steel boat valued at about 850,
and the frame of another boat valued
at about 6100. and tools valued at $100.
was the property of Theresa Gamble,
and was valued at $5.000, being par-
tially insured through Taylor & Gold-
en. and Pohlman & lichen.
The Pierce Garage and the Peldman
Junk Shop were not insured. in the
Pierce Garage the damage amounted
to about $3,600, and in Feldman'a
place. the damage was about $2,000,
Wanton.)
FAIRESTERS "Hill I
ENTHUSIAST") RALLY
7, lllllillliil’liilliN
‘ll'wo Guards Discharged
Big Gathering at Palace
Theatre Hears Speakers of
National Reputation
After Prisoner Reveals A Rallies he a preliminary to the drive
Plans—Ex-Convict Also
Involved
A plot which might have resulted
In the escape of three convicts. one
inc-ting a life-sentence. from the
ptato prison at Wethersncld. was dis-
povored recently by Warden C. (.3, hic-
Clnughry. Two guards have been
ll‘lbmlssed for complicity in the. alluir
Lack of definite evidence, said the
maiden last night. prevented a sub-
aequent indictment for conspiracy.
iAu croconvict wan also involved. he
laid. He refused to divulge the names
of thou: concerned.
Weapons. tiles and other contra-
inlll articles were to be smugulcd
i
l
s
(Continued on Page
ARMY NEEIIS
Twelve)
liflliilllllilll
Registered Men May Be In-
ducted Into Reclamation
Division
ttanbury llll'll l‘t'glalvl‘l'll llllfll‘l' the
petuctivo Hel‘VlCt- not who are batters
ail-l who have it yet ltl't’ll notified
:to report to lllt' local board him-
at opportunity lo cttlt't' lilo .‘lt‘i‘l’ll'f‘
ant continue to work ill their tl'udt-
ill} applying for induction into lilo
unurtermustcr corp- to be sent to
l‘ort Ram Houston. 'l't'kilfl. with or-
dn-rs in report to the input Quar-
termaster. Reclamation division. Scr.
. guilt Scarborough. oi the Quarter-
mutter Corps Will-l lli lllv city yester-
liar interviewing members of thr- hnt-
tels' associations and loading own in
the trade with n vlcw or presenting
"in hell! to. registered “ion to the
end that they may rel-pond to the
howl oi the governuwnt. Sergeant
piiiibomugh lelt a quantity of the
)tpptlcnt'on blztlllt. in tile: city. and
than who are interested may secure
them at the album of ill? batters. or
N 1'. f‘ulf. or Councilman William .l
llo'nch Mr. (lull ill fully familiar
will the case and is willing to ex-
Dan the situation loony who may
103" to talk it over with him.
‘ _.._..
5 (Continued on Page Twelve)
‘ :
Jr
as
Which the Foreatere of America will
make for new members throughout
Allie United States on Saturday. May
illih, were held yesterday. and were
intruded by lllrgc audiences.
Each membcr of the order is called
upon to devote all or part of this day
to secure the application of ill least
one candidate. At prcsent nearly
20,000 members of the order between
21 and 31 years of ago are in the
boiled Status service. and tho.» duet-l
of these members have been remitted
and a war emergency fund cslublishcd
for their protection. The different
cities through the country are uciirc.
((kmtlnaed On Page Twelve)
m
lithium WITH
I lHESAVINliSfiAME
l
it seems evident that the people
who have gone into llll' savings gami-
are first'inutcd With it, licsldcs the
lzrczlt Niccolo-l of tho Liberty lltlutl
during the past few “l'l'ltri both post
elm-cs report lurucly increase-d snlcs
of Thrift Stumps. Thesi- stilt-s utll
probably riso hlgbcr tluin usual this
\ll't'k on wine inn-slurs obNi-l-vc IIH'
ndvulltaigo or pltl‘cllnsiniz \l'nr Suvitlun
Stumps bcl'orc the beginning or a new
month. This: month tln- stutnps ctNl
$4.15 cat‘h. Alter 'l‘ucstloy tllc cost
will be “.16 Thu stumps grow in
value err-ry month and on January 1.
1923 will hit ctlslulblt- all $5.1m cut-ll
Continued on filth page.
my mm Al
iliiSi_il._E._l3lllliltll
Rev. John J. Snavely. the new pas.
tor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church. assumed his new duties as
primer yesterday and onlclntod at the
morning and evening services. He
Wits greeted by large congregations in
each instance and his reception was
pleasing not only to those of the par
hill. but to the minister himself.
(Continued on Page light)
B|8|l0P I MILAN "
CANHRMS A
CLASS All 384
Interesting Ceremony at St.
Joseph’s Church, in Which
166 Boys and 218 Girls
Have Principal Part
til tutu mus
ultimatum
lies in Winning War
ll'anunany for th boya. and Iary
Dow‘a lol- the girls. The
handsomely decanted with lowers.
and the church was Illed to the no
moat.
Following the eonlrmatloa core
many, Bishop Nilan gave an addreal
to the children and the congregation.
in which he made a stirring paw
appeal tor all to do aleaMhaw
tokelp the Alliaabahgtbawnrtba
M m, . - 1
,- UthatlaaalealtathPega).
ilooxlNc UP MONEY
ron GOVERNMENT
William .1. O'Connell, deputy collec-
tor the lnternal Revenue who has hia,
once in Room l at the Stamford post!
once. and whole address ta P. 0. Box;
198. Stamford; Conn, was in this city
today and is looking up that- moieties?
omaliaatione, fraternal and ottiervi'imi.l
and in tact all allnira to which ad-A
mission has been charged since No-l
vember hit, 1017. to collect the war. v, t run I
tnx of ten cbnts on the dollar due ‘h'lglnt‘lgizt:2mctplu;ltte=a A '2: g
‘ . Icellcnt orchestra. under the direction
A" lodges. ““9"” church o"""ol llan Joe Wallace of New York city.
izntions. orchestras and Ollil'l' ”0p'°:furnished lrreatihle' dance
who have held dances. whiat parties.l”ve to the M'enlng the b ghtneaa
card portion of any kind. cnterlaln~3and the vlvacity which such a dance
government.
memo. to Villich an admission fcc has
been cllargcd should so communicate;
with Mr. O'Connell, Mr. O'l‘onncll
is getting it list of iheno- oilnlrs and
those who did not ninhc rcturns on or
below- Novcmhcr 1st. itil'i, are llub-t
je'i'l to to no por cont. pcnlilty all well;
us It fl per cent inlt-t't-al ill lllt‘ rnlo
oi 1 pct com A month,
on. M'GREGOR con
i
’ liuritlg the sorvicc til the l-‘irut t'on-
urvgnliouul church yesterday mornink. ‘ dunno rr-apN-lil't'ly. of the two classes: A
In, l-irncm l‘. Maire-cor train-d for a
tllrt-c mtlntlls' lt'llVl‘ of llhet'nt‘" to en-
lztttzr- in V. .‘l l‘, A. work tit Nt-Witorl.
llllotlt lsluild.
At the conclusion of the st-rvlcc. the
council of tho church hold it mcctinli. “m-r which H'Irt'nllnlf'llli! wvl'i- served, . ”H. numbc
and mum llll‘ congregation to re-
SERVICE IN Y. M. C. A ‘
nun tut
Mlllllill Mill
liiS__R_i_ltllfli
aBigReetirdintheDrive
Whichlnh'l‘hisWeek
lit tutu—um
WW1“ llllllltm
e-e
headquarters ahewlag who
have given to the canoe and who have
lot.
. (Mia-ad on Page Twelve)
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SENIOR-JUNIOR DANCE
AT RILIBIDE SCHOOL
The formal dance given annually by
the senior and junior claaaea of the:
Hillside School, was held in the gymn-
asium of the school on Saturday eveI
lung. [is both claaaea were unusually.
large this year, the dancers Were Inf-1
Iciontly numerous to comfortably fill;
the gymnasium. and the aeane wu'
a moat attractive one since the hall
was charmingly decorated. All the
details of the dance were arranged by
lo and
required.
cozy corners assigned to each class.
the colors at the seniors. purple and
lwhitc, being brightened by the Bfllll'
tic use. oi sprays oi forsythla. in the
chiefly banners and revcrzreen bought.
'an
and couChcs afforded delightful rcst-
,lnu placca bt-t'ti'N-n dances.
The guoeis word rccc.
pal oi the school: Miss Julie Alexand-
or and Miss Janet t‘rnwford. presi-
nnd Miss l-lmlly Further and Miss
‘Milllilt' Wood, honorary members at
tho classea, -
t A delightful owning was spent. tllc
dancing continuing until 12 o'clock,
A The clients included: Miss .lnno
iare
i
d in both places comiortable chairs? running cane.
“—1
Rain tonight and Tuesday.
litillilll lilills
lBlE_I_i_llll_Il-1ll in
Russia Can Keep the German
Sick and Disabled and Also
Have the Russians Who
Arellelplcaa
WASHING”! April 29,-
mmmefnuda
anuchaugeofprhonmandhu
threatenedtotakel'etrogradun-
'Amml, April 20—?!”
iii;
an
minaeonvoy
occurred.
to um 10;.“
“Alboaldofinqniry
pointedtonlakeath
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'tigatlonefbte accident."
;STA'I'E POLICE MAKE
TWENTY-FIVE ARRESTS
MILFORD. April 29. r'l‘cnlolatiln
.paning through hen- yesterday. and
.as a result of an aariduous day's work
thy Millard and state police 25 speed.
so cx-iudge oi a New York court.
‘ Motorcycle police chased t
in: machines and residents enjoyed
, liriditcport line to New Haven avenue.
' where the cit-Juror was apprehended.
' To Cut Down Accidents.
The new content pavement is a
great invitation to the speed lover. To-
,dny'it campaign rcrtultt-(l from a dc-
u-rmtnutlon upon the port ot ilw Statc
Motor Vehicle department to reduce
r of accidents hnppening in
I
I
this section. it let Mild.
main. for lllt‘ pui'lmr‘v of talking suit~ Ali-sandt'r. of New York city; Mills. mp". hnvo been mmy, I
:lblt- on lit: lictircgor's rc-
lilll'sl. i
l‘nnluluous consent was given. and
uct ion
Ill-itl'llllh tit-urgv l-l. Thlllllilni’ln. l’. [hmml‘m' Penna: Mina Elizabeth Ann.
Stiltluurti und (icorui- ii. llztrnuhl. and
Mix. E. l-‘, \lctil'l-lzor u't-rc appointed
.t wuunltu-e for llll‘ supplying ot‘ thn
('onstancv Barbi-y, ol' llrooklinc,
Hinton; Miss Mary lioylc. of l’lttll-
gbltrull; Miss Dorothy lloWurd. of Fun.
‘ltunk, of Greenwich, Conn: Milli
llcrothy libel-invader. of lit-riding.
[in-nun; Mills Knthrvn Qlllllnt'l' and
SOLDIER-é INJURED
IN BRIDGEPOR'I‘
i.ivutcnnnt
l
l
A
l
l
A Illlllifil'll'nll'l‘. April 29
lilllitit durlnit thc vitriol"! till-“"N‘Wthi- Misses llt-lcn and Martha i’rowllt. Sylvpnllil’ llullcr. oi l'romwull. till!t
And it was «loaded to follow the usunliog Norwulk; Miss (icrtrmlc liobineon.‘
p' l‘l’li'll ot‘ ”10 last It'll )‘t'iit'it. und
clone- ”10 church tiul‘lni: llll' mom.
i.. ‘lli'lll'l.
While it was known that somothlns
at tho: sort wus contemplated bv it
lit-Gregor, it came till it surprisi- to
the concrcuntion that a summons for
him to go Would come so sum. and
more had bcen no opportunity for th ,
members of the. church to main- m.
piano lor the cxprcsmon of their scnti
Incnts about the matter. bill after tb
formal businesn had been attended to
members 0! the congregation clone.
mended lll'. Mctiregor for his faith
fill services, for his courage and loy-
alty under all the discouragements of
the destruction of the church. and for
his untirlng devotion at all times. and
at the conclusion of the demarks. a
rr-nolullon was unanimously adopted.
commending the pastor for all the
work he had done in behalf of the
church: lor his purpose in giving his
(mud 0 III. ".1
ol llucllt-ltti-r. N Y; Miss Minnie
Wolf, of Omaha, Nob: Miss Enid
Doyle. Pittsburgh. I'I'nnll.', Alias iii-ion
llli'nH. of Philadelphia: Mil“. llcle'n
Hill’it'll. of Waterbury; Mimi Kathleen
Kli'lrl‘, of lirldichort; Alias Frances
Lockiu. liabylon. L. l.; .‘Ilrlt-l Natalia
Sharp. New York l‘ity; )lilot Emily
Woollcy. Loni: iirnnch, N. .i.: the
Misses lit-ion Taylor, Georgiana Tay-
lor and Janet ('rnwlord. ol Weatport:
and tho Miser-:4 .lullcnm- lhlmorticr.
Lola Hoyt and Lorain:- Trlpler. ol Nor-
wnlk; Alfred i'rcnning. oi Ilflnlflll:
i-lergt-nnt i'nstlemnu smith. of Camp
("'aptnin of Reserve Oiliccra‘ Training
Corps. fitate College. Penna; Martin
Roselll‘ld. New York city; Raymond
Hayes. Cyruav Benedict. Raymond
BradY. John
ixmald Taylor, Warren Williams. Da-
vid Gauss, Joe Byrne. Roger Newland.
Ir. Sherman.
Ilcl-rltt. New Jersey: Mathew Wilson,
state. and Corporal Arthur Jonson. oi
Jamaica Plains. lilacs. were serimluly
injurcd yct-tcrdrly afternoon when they
were. thrown from u motor-cycle upon
which they ucro riding. iloth were
taken to the iirtdgcport iitwpllnl where‘
it was found that litiilcr but! it frat-tur-1
ml skull and internal injuries and is not
[expected to live, Janet-u is Injured In-
ternally, but in cxpcctcd to live.
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TORNADO IN KANSAS A
I .
' KILLS TWO PERSONS
PITTSBURGH. Kansas, April 29, «-
Two persons were rcportcd lulled. rev-
ernl families made homeless and new
Haitian. "Ml" McMahon. oral thousand dollars damagi- done by accepted for the training service or the
“ tornado 'h" "'9‘ “”0“” cm" Merchant Marine are by special retnl
ford county. Kansas. yesterday. Wire
Harold Newland. James Church. 3" service to the section house by the
ward limlth. Amos Treat. Harry Beers. tornado p. badly demolished and com-
Aplate reports were impossible tonight.
trims BEGIN cum ASSA
BRITISH SIEAMIR
, Had 250 Persons, Including
which were Americana had conducted thun-
Tby wore the better able to do'attaclrs in this area
needing at about ”albumin
illnd three minutes laterthe boilers been successfully held oi! . ‘
blew up,
vetenna and were of the greatest success won last week in the .,
assistance in launching the life-{tum of Mount Kenunel, which ff
boats and bundling them," said was unable to develop im . '
tone of the ofllcera of the ship.
, who lggt their- livea were caught. , .
M "n" ml 0' me room we" the, M" "’0 "'0“ “'r many .motonm below but! went down with theacclc sector may licompany the ',
ship. The third man was in the'livory of today's blow, but .
ship’s bakery, and, In" reachingigrcntest force of this thrust ? .. ‘ ‘
era were arrested. Among them '39 Ill! lifeboat station, went back for.“
junior corner. the decorations were (ihnrles Mayer. who claimed “9 w“ lib money bolt.
he ”mm, was excellent. Although the time
was brief, all the boats were
out inturmallrmisny tllrilla ill ihc vni'ioua liill'lllllfl- launched successfully. Most of
' by Miss Margaret ilrcndlinger. Dl'ilWl'l Mayer's car was followed from near a" mm“ had little clothing
and no baggag
Alert their passports and all their
In on» pnitl a moment in the midst of the life-
0N Bilillli Hill P08|i|0N8 t
liiliMil filliNl Nut t ’t
'Prelinlinary Bout.»
by Artillery Began» f. -
Today Along a TC;
Front, Followed by ..
try Attacks
lulu tum, ~
to mull: ;
~ A
~a
HUNlilillFllllll SUNII
The Germans todoy g '
aeemstobeagencral " ~
Britishhill positions on.
Incl front south“ "
”mm‘hi‘fil'ml'“ "
drive in era. . - . -
crucial teat ol the AMI. ,_
power in this area is at . . ‘7 4
The preliminray bomb
told- started in the early u - . 'r‘ -'
rhe‘in a ten-mile front bow, .
{west of Bailleul. to V-
We m.‘two miles south of Yp .. . ‘
shortly aftegardbeaund h“. .
la app-m to '0 . , .
t. when Field Marshal Hal's l”
maniwa‘s issued in London at men. 3..
duties as: t'l'he enemy has been 7 j
with great fury at Voomcafilo
struck amldahlpa the past two or three days... '- ‘ 7
in g In. con. ly hoping to drive in behind} ~ ‘7
of a and break up the orderly :. ‘
drawal of the British from ,.
further portions of the Ypr'ee.
moonlight, when struck. licnt which they have been - 'eh'
wuanhnmedlateheavy lkt, uating. General ,pvon Arnim _
I
m
rk of the .,
. tlicnt .but meanwihle he beat - k ‘
behaved like preparing to take advantageof f
u this southern bulwa
ext
mew
“TheAmerloana
therausc of the stifl Allied.
Two of the members of the crew ancc.
Further attacks in the V00
:5.
kcly to mullil'cst itself in the, . .
Acitlity of ('ocrc, where Sell
The discipline on board the ship burg. Mont Rougc. Mont Notre
otllcr clllincnccs ill'P/lllf! enemy “ '
cjt-tiwu. 'l‘llc French, who
holding: the llill‘ at llocrc. fort'
themselves little last week by el
ing to this villugc. although u t_
than ollcc drivcrl bill. by apt
lthrusts. Anotllcr attack
lllllllt'llt'tl tllcrc ycslerduy a ,..
noon, and was promptly repul ] ‘
l'robtlbly to musk thci real . "
pilm'. thc (lcrlnuns lust night It
ily bomburdcd thc southern ‘
_lioil of ”W I._\'.~4 buttlcfrotlt f
(lll’t‘lil‘ll)' lti Xll‘ppi‘ Wood W
“(on 1w llll'lli'll llicil' lil'tlllfl'yl 7“
on tho l'i'olll lll'lWl‘l‘ll lions and , ,
rns. t'urtlu-r soillll. No in! .
lint-ks llzm- lll't'll reported in tll
scviors. cxccpt on ”W part of .‘,
liritiuh. who by n successful. 1;
lust night l‘ttl'iiplill‘t'tl ponta '
from lhcm lust Wl't'k licar
bcrl. north of (iivvuchy. W
AN lll llli' t'lll-ll' til' the last .
;viotls llcuvy listltlllll lll Fl
llit' ticrlnnus ulso have been
tillHll’lllllli! on tho Somme from...
though not ill such force-u. '
llll' ctlsc lust \rcck. They.
acvcrul limcti lust. night of ,.
lt‘rcnch prmitiouk in A
Wood. however. and bowl
llill‘lll“l this scolor north to A
Ilrt-tonucux. 'l‘hc infantry It
Wcrc brokcn up by the. ['1'th J
and the Allictl artillery vigo v “
answcred the German gun! In ‘
region and between Denim.
Noyon, on the lower side 0‘ _‘
Moutdidicr salient. “
(Continued on rm 1'
e. Several of them
money.
The submarine was not Men at
the time the vessel was torpedoed,
but several of the survivors told a.
story of a periacope appearing for
boats. '
“It was said the periscope was
seen from nearby torpedo boat de-
stroyers which, however. did not
dare tire for fear of hitting .the
lifeboats." said the Rev. Charles
Vickery, of Salina. Karla. “It the
periacepe did appear it was only
for a brief moment. While the life-
boata were being picked up one
American and one British destroy-
er circled the spot, dropping sev-
eral depth charges. "
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.loscpli l‘aul tilllnk. 27 Knapp street,
and Hrncst \Vushlnglon Johnson. oi
Pillow srteci. lr-ft lll'l’t' today for linu-
ton. wherc they will go aboard a U. E.
Shipping iionrd trillnim: ship an ape
prcnilct-n to be trained for ditty till anil-
ors in the new Mcrchnnt Mnrlnt'. They
wore enrolled for this service by Na-
poleon Parent, drugkist, Liggctt Rikcr
diegcman C0,, who is a special enroll
ing agent of the Shipping Board. Men
. .
lotion exempted from the draft.
-m'hi What ac} are William. A
Norwalk Chronicler