W I
ESTABLISHED 1870
r? filV‘fABaOOIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS C
Entered at the South Norwailt Post
Office as Second Class Matter.
drums)
down
{The CoastwiSe, Liner “City
of Athens” Goes to Bottom
x, , ’ in Four Minutes After Be-
' i in; Hit by French Vessel
‘iiu'lils mun
1 IN THEIR BERTHS
.1 4W3 Storiesof the Hero-
»islniof the Crews of Both
‘1. Ships Are Told '
‘ .AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 2.—-Sur-
vivors or the coastwlse steamer. City
N Athens, which was sunk in a colli-
» also with a French cruiser in a fog oi!
the Delaware coast yesterday mom:
1 . log, with a loss of sixty-six persons.
related here today many tales of hero
ism on the part of the crews of the
_ “seals. All praised the efforts oi the
\- wrench tailors, especially those who
launched small boats within a tow mint
1: sites after the accident, and aided bl“
,"lfl crusler‘s searchligiits picked up
A W? of the survivors from pieces of
l
us. whim
Former Mistress of White
House Sends Message to
Women of Nation—Vic.
tory Means Peace; Honor
and Safety—Until Liberty
Is Safe in All Lands, It Will
Not Be Safe Here
steadfast and unswerving and the wo-
men of America can hold her stead-
fast. Against all temptations to com-
promise the women at America should
stand firm and united," says Mrs.
Thomas J. Preston, 3m (formerly Mrs.
SliNllllllll,URiiE81
“We can win if America can beheld ..
soul's noswsns;
tunnel,
muulu
mwuwl
[it‘ll
l
l dcning
War Department Believes It
Grover Cleveland). in a message to
the women of America, made public
today through the National Securty
League. _ ”,
'Mrs. Preston inactive in the Sen
curiiy League work. She was the
first woman to become a member of
the League's National Executive Com-
mittee, and is secretary of the Les-
gue's Committee on Patriotism
Through Education. ‘
Mrs. Froston's message to the wo-
men of the country reads in tulle—
“Proclaim Liberty." 1 “
l
q—a—
Continued on fifth page.
EXPlitllZlili] Buy ‘
. lillNliS sum
wreckage. .
The survivors agreed that the
speedy sinking of the smallish—within
‘ dive minutes after being rammed byi
(munmfiffuumo
\‘ . L I . v ‘
1m lupus ,
“ IN llllliltflillill
.. 1 Elwood Loses License. for 30
1 Bays -— Disregardcdm 1V1-
, 'rclh’s Warning 1 ‘ 1
"i constable Hezekiah Elwood. or Fair‘-
fieid. was arraigned before State bio-
I
i
tor.Vehicle Commission R. B. Stoeckel »
it-‘tlld‘buunty court house yesterday
Imitation on .thecliarge of driving all
alltomobile without regiSlratlon. He
Na": found guilty and his license was
. Suspended for 30. days. ’ \
thyrood was arrested by State Pol-
1’mw Virelli scrotal months ago
on the ground that he had been driv-
ing tt'vo cars While he only had a
‘ license tor one. Tile officer declared
he gave Elwood ample warning but
, the constable paid no heed.
. (Continued On Page'l‘en) “
mu insulin
, transports. May
M #:‘Sinwems tin-W
9'th s also: $1,300,000 in my
e re- - ‘
l
Clerks in ~ Stores Will Be
Busy Neill; Week in $1,300,-~
000 Drive ‘" “
. 2.~«Bcsinning
cottonwood ulna stamps lath
tall'stores of Connecticut will be start-
edvunder» the direction of Joseph '1‘.
McWeeney. statedlrector of the retail
merchants division of the National
War Savings Committee. ‘ Every re-
tail store in the state will be assigned
its quota according to the number of
its employees, and whenauy establish-
ment “goes over the top" proper credit
will be given through the «press and
in other ways. ‘ .,
One of the features of ihe~campui~gn
will consist in cleirks asking a cus- .
tomer to accept at ieast'a part of his
or her change in thrift stamps. ,
‘ (Continued On Page Ten)a
e“
muumli "
, FlRSTTfl 0PERATE'
1w [1.3. lliiilliilii
State ,Perf'ects Effective . Re-
lease System—Strong Or-
ganization Now;
_ Possible to “Double the that the sensual? H unfit 31,8 “wreck
bound donate" 1 air, on . all;
affirnt 3?ng 0f 1,600,000 those “:3” an :1 but . "it“? Slims
. ' .. accestsp ueemoro, . . 'the
‘ l, m a car ‘fititchennoor 11=- er . bolero accord-
: ing to reports being a!!!“ into the Nos
41. , ltlonalWarG sine, . use by
.1 William who French; one of its field
men. " . .1 ,t . ,
' This week over, primers
3 ~ "ISAPWINTMENT were rushed P. A. Q all.“ 155
' . 1 ~ 1 Tremont , Boston. forthrinaus
was held in
Secretary Daniels Says It Is
OverFailure of German
. Spies and Ptopagands
WASHINGTON. , May 2.~—Plaus ‘ (or
increasing the army, depended upon
by President Wilson and his aimless
and based upon the will town the
war it it takes all America's man pair
or to do it. were ready todsyi for
presentation to Congress by Secretary
Baker. , ‘ 1
,There were indications that the pro- 1
gram of the War Secretary. who ap- “
peers beiore the House Committee on 8
Military. Affairs. with supplementary
army estimates. calls for the removal
of all restrictions on the number of
troops to be raised, and asked satin
ority to mobilize us many men as the
Goverluueatroanequip, train and send
at in France. ’1 ‘
1'7 lililllllllln'
Andrew Boner Lawr Cannot
Say When It Will Be 111-.
which W.- L-
it. B. iEudi
to the battletro
Senate
NEW ill
Boost Ni
washrooms, M
meeting or the 1
total Society it
folk County clue Garden Club of
speakers are"
,
era were sea :
Haven & not told mm) at New
Haven7 C. 14
mil!!!“
iii
Senators Brindegee‘“ and
McLean ‘ , ~
wasnllxo'l
tion of forty i unnecticul women. rep:
‘resenting won an
urgingUnltcd States senators F. B.‘
Brandegee an G. P. McLean to vote
for Anthony imendment when before
‘ . N
“u "
.01
.1
of; 2.—tht was
“319m. , .
my 1.. This months
1- modes; with the Sub
’1’ these is president. The
be Goirsrner Item“,
attic Wand s3-
twat-aw
Nm It“. New
Primes. We tie the
0N. May 2*
A’ delega-
suitrage are here.
at her. Senator Brandegee
museum, strangle
' illuminant
{of the walldnvsstcd Green thousands
KSALVATIIIN ARMY . ‘
' troduoed‘ -
or Senator human gave them on-
‘ couragenleni. 1 Senator Brandegse told
them that hams fully determined to
LONDON, hilly 2-—Andrew Boner
Law. chalcellor, oi the exclmquer and
government spokesman, declared in
the) House of Commons Wednesday.
that he could not say whenmn irish
Home rule bill would he lntroducad.
This, according to'sonle lobby cor-
respondents of the morning news
papers, covers the fact that the intro-
‘duction of the bill has been defermd
and hope of its presentation next wot-k mp woman
has been abandoned. .1
The Daily News says the govern-
ment has met. with serious dimcultie‘s
in its Irish policy and cannot find a
successor to Baron Wimbo‘rne, who
has re'signed.‘the Lord Lieutenautshlp.
while the committee appointed to draft
a bill up to this time has settled virtu- .
ally nothing except the preamble. Its;
deliberatious, it is added. are held up
on the issue of giving the veto to
cause more
i
WASHINGTON, D. 0.. May 12.»-.To
‘ : luminous
S
" in Norwalk Have Reached
. 1 ;‘Subscriptions to the Third“ Liberty
. amen now t0tal$1,070,200.according to
‘ the figures given out this morning at
’ headquarters, 85
The subscribers now total .6,20'5 and
are increasing every hour. Norwalk is
slibscribing at the rate of 25 per cent
of her population, while the “country
at large is striking‘an average of 12!
per cent:
, But two days there remain for the
‘1 campaign and the committee wants
., $430,0001liilhose' twb daysgoiter today.
"to bring the-total up to $1,560,000.
Help out. See if you cannot take an.
other bond. 11' you haven't bought buy.
it you have bought, repeat. “Do some-
thing to, pit ‘Norwalk over big. . ,
Tile success or thiscallipaign in Nor-
M...
on Page Twelve)
again“...—
(Continued
_ 'brrENSIvEfiAGA
- canvass REBELS
~ forcemenis oi government‘troops are
moving toward. the
Tang border,
operation against the
11s imminent.
v
INST . ' ‘
ruov, Chimney 2.41am rain
, Fukien ngang"
concentrating chic yet.
Tang Shun and ClillOflIi.U All, oflenslve'
southern rebels
i
first state, to put into opera-
g the
ian of the United States
in
ion the p . ,
mployment service for the use of in-1
{Third Liberty LoanI'Fifigfure }
gdustrial workers as part time ‘Wal‘
lemergenoy farm workers and Connec-
ticut manufacturers and merchants
iare the first to odic'laliyindorse the
1plan and release employee, it was an-
1notlnced. here today. . ‘ .
Release System Perfeé'ted.
Connecticut furthermore has per-
Washington street. tected‘a release system which is'ille
first of itsvkl‘nd and which is consider-
ed better and more effective than
that employed by Canadian manufac-
turersfldst year. With the official ap-
roval “o the Connecticut manufactur-
ers assplciation and Connecticut State
Chamber of “Commerce the United
States Employment service, through
to
i (Continued on Page Twelvel
FORECLOSURE SUITS
. "IN SUPERIOR COURT
Foreclosure upon property in New
Canaan is asked in an action filed in
of New Canaan. The note was for
renzolaununci‘and others to renewal
Connecticut goes the. distinction othe?
the Superior Court by Annie. L. Green,
of Norwalk. against Elm‘erG.; Webb, present for. your honesty.‘
$2,000. dated” May '17, 11916. and iii pulled out‘a gold dollflfhnd'gav‘e ltto
opens hote‘ dated, June 22, i914, for way of di
$1.750. limo which susilds subdue
Ulster and also in considering past
,ministerlal promises to Ulster.
The only way out of" the difficulties
; is, in the opinion ol’ responsible labor
,‘members of the House. of Conimons.'
that, the government temporarily nban~
don both conscription and Home Rule.
1 it is now’ise improbable. adds the
PDaily News, that this courSe will be
tion of
ford, to
of that
day. and
(Continued On P830 Twelve)
_——_._.. ‘
GIVES LINCOLN
DOLLAR‘FOR‘BQND .
——~—~—-——- too .The, twat;
1“ ,the Roun
- l
‘ complaint
WASHINGTON, May Sis—A man
1 poor to buy' a Liberty Bond today
1 tel-ed the Treasury his- most prized
lpowessioh, o. gold dollar given. him by
‘Abraham Lincoln in l360 at Mattoon.
Iii. to beauctioned off and the receipts
lturned into bonds“ Writing to Secre-
tary McAdoo,_he_ said: >
I ”Uncle Abe jo’ltlnglyput his hall
. my shoulder and saidzl i ,
‘f'1Georgc. you will ‘ vote» for men
won'tyou?’ \ p '
“I said, 'I can't. Uncle Abe. because
you are a Republican and film a Dem-
ocrat.’ ‘
, 'Sle burstlnto a blg’laugh dud said:
“.‘George. 1 am going to give you ‘a
i
don
i
\
"Hagpllt, his hand in his pocket and} The dead
asks _V1forecloSure upon property in so at any price'io get at Liberty Bond""case.
Bridgeport in a suit filed against Lo- to “help the boysin Trance"
. ‘ ,,
ryln‘g tomnd a’ ed? 1 from .
opening of the Lincoln do
~
The. treasury nowfis t
0
ion .. ‘
vote against the measure and: that it
was. useless 1
He also said. that their hocking did
Senator Mi
statement he]
fragists of hit
the suffrage
“I have exj
ly and many
Contlt
-—-—w
an i
will ¥
.,\ 1 our TERM
GRE . NWT Hf’May 2.?B‘y ”convic-
Edwi
in
ity,
anposition of a. jail sentence
of six m rubs the“ policebelieve they
have cleaiedj up a highway robbery in
d 11 ill section. .
Earring; u p
K" sterday . of the robbery.
Thelatter ll
of- bites coupled in pairs,
ing one pair lld‘ Gustavson the other.
While passli it!
(conti1
TWO ME ~
.. n‘ STEAMER rum
TIC PORT, May 2.~Two
, AN ATL 1‘ .
ir‘liVe's and another is in lG‘erman 8
men lost th
a. serious cot dition as a hospital as my,
result of a 1 re aboard the Bay Stam-
er, NeweShrehsm. at her dodchere
early yeste day. Nine other men on
board cases so or'were rescued. ‘ -
re deckhands. Theyi
were asleep1iil1 the iorecastle ,when‘the _British freight steamer,~fre‘sli from the
“waste..time on him.
h rm than good.
Lean made no positive
'ond reminding the sub
former attitude against
tressed my views frank-
times to the leaders of
suffrage movement in Con-
ued on firth pass.
VICHAlilfl
ms in »»
rd. Harrington, of Hart—
si ult upon Carl Gustavson.
in the borough court, to-
and Gustaison made
d a bad scalp wound.
on were returning from
City with four automo-
.1
through Fifth
s'
and on "lli‘th easel
N BURNED'
A'venue
.._._—~
amendmeonta by saying 1
Harrington drlv‘
. 'bShthe’ federal authorities hereslate
P THE WORLD BY'A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
* liN not Billllll
Giles Gregory Declines: to
Pay the Town For His
Stay of Many Years at the
Poor Farm
Giles Gregory received free board
and lodging at the Town Poor Form
for over twenty years. ‘
Then he came into a bunch, of
money through the death of his bach-
elor nephew. the late Henry Green.
only sapwood heir of Robert Green.
one of Norwalk’s wealthiest men ot a
generation ago, who died without loav-
ing a will. with his nearest of kin.
an out, Mrs. Sherman Morehouse. oi
Wl on, a1 sister of his father. and:
Giles Gregory his mother’s brother.
Their. rights were proven bribe Nor- mediatolythe practice of giving "PENINE rm
will: Probate Court and they got the m of man soldeirs in ‘
BIS . . .
Mr. Greg r left his familiar and tliOiiliImltylistsssuttrolnl'rauoe. . _———-—-—
gammaiefimeeo 3353132.??? The decision was made by mil. High Handed Methods Ad-'
n . , , , _
chic? magma? ”3‘13“; a Non M WM ”£11m the public opted to Ukraine. Where 1,
a once "om . '5“ “Wm , 1.
Mail‘s-dd irreguuwtheneutg t ' mad. be PM Supplies MSW” , ‘ , {I
; his monocular»! such he; MW, 1. Wmfllflwm The Germans are displaying in. 1 ‘
opium" as he not a" crossing activity on, the Somali: .
suede no caustic"
‘it. but was content to leave his sheen
to draw “their dividends. using only}
modest part oi the income to meet his
simple needs. 1
(Continued On Page news)
.una-n-l—v
l
’ villllllli PRAISEll‘
, -....._ . m hm muted tum do: ggesnehfgh dgmgggtw '
.. an. '- , " .110 110118 c y (We. 1,
re the More swimmers a... m... ..
We“ , I,» , ‘=. ’ 1‘. .113” ”t toa Meghan; and retired :villtli”! ll b?
. . ' 1 mm . 1 iheavv losses t0” ow 0!" 13'
' ‘ 1 ' " . * The Chain" stun ' meat 01-} ‘t’ ' .. . ‘
ll.~blltlh t _ , , emu.
wdrihlel fibril: ‘d’lfshzdlomxifsn add $1: flomll «mated inc uded the Min- Last. night there was a similar
went. abroad with the New Haven tster of War. - 1 . thrust at the French lathe Thane
lBlnes. has written. another’letter to
his mother. parts or which are given
below. He speaks of the work of the
Salvation Army abroad, and the fact
that. one of our own boys speaks so
highly of the work that the Salvation
Army is doing over there, should want
to make us help the cause should an-
other request tor donations arise. -
- The letter tonne:—
‘ Monday, April 8th. 1912-,
On Duty With the Amorlcan'Troops
in France. ‘
Dear Motherr“ -
Justus few ‘lines to let you know
that i am feeling 0. Renal! everything
is, running along pretty good so far.
I have been very lucky so far, but
of cOurse we can't all be lucky or al-
‘(Contiuued on Page Eight)
LESS U-BOAT RERIL
1 LOWERS INSURANCE
JTreasury is considering reducing from
marine insurance rate on sleamships
and cargoes passing through the war
zone. and Secretary MoAdoo will act
on this recommendationsoon after he
returns Friday.
_This" would hes proportionally the
greatest decrease made since organiza-
tion of the government marine insur:
ance- system. and represents the
lessening danger from submarines.
The rate last August was 61-2 per
cent. 1 7
RAID 0N L w. w. '
- NETS-1,200 ARRESTS
”3 DETROIT, Mich, May 2._—~'I‘Welve
hundred‘men and \vilnlen, the majority
o'f‘wllo'm are said; to be members of
the l.‘ W. W.,1were. taken in a raid
this afternoon. The raid was con-
ducted during a meeting heldin a hall
and the men-and women are to be ex-
amined tonight. The raid istone of‘a
series conducted here recently by fed-
eral ofllcials in rounding up draft
on We
w“°”’”““lmd' acmdinz‘to ”‘9 “0“” me. ’1 hate been Qflered $2.500 for tire was dis1‘ove‘red and were nuttoeat-‘yards, or her builders,,'celebrated her
plaint. , 1 1 ,_ 1, .. ~ that dollar, and “l prize it very highly. all when thyattemptedto make thelrimaidan trails-Atlantic Voyages by run:
‘Margart 31 08113814 ‘01 Bridzeimrt but i will send it town and; will let it way througi the smoke iot‘lle stair-ining downy; and sinking a German
The flame, b‘élieved tohave‘startwrelwrted upon arrival today-
_ he galley stove, ”avenuirei‘ghter'was equipped wuhthe latest
1- :11]er bah-the lower and topperiantlcublnsrlne devices, whichfiproved
69 ,n.‘ ‘ 1 1.
amusing modernist.
slackers and persons suspected of pro-
viopnthles.’ 1
l M
FR Icarus Sinus sun
on MAIDEN caosslnc
an, ATLANTIC i=0 a May 2.-——-A
—_..... ..-~..7.. ,
Will DEPARTMENT
WilliillllllilllliSSES
War Deth will resume im-
mans have estabhlhod' _ , military, _
'Slliilllilllitll 1
WASHINGTON. D. 0., May 2.—-—Tlie‘
three to two per cent. the government.
(litmuslithiumfollicu-~
nunmuuuutuui«
iuuuuumuuluul;
__._.,._.
: .
Enemy Forces, Since Serious
Setback Last Week. Have
Been Trying to Find Weak
Spots in the Line -
mm ms “
wssamorou, lay 2.4a.
9
Mar
- battlefront and would the Hunt»
dldier Salient to Noyon, probably
in preparation fora renewal .17?‘of" .
their oflensive‘in thisares.«
Checked last week, by the stifl c
British and Franco-Americas..,‘re~
sistance to their attempt to push ,_
further towards Amiens, the ease
my forces now are engaged in try
ing out various portions of the,
southern front in the apparent up.
deavor to find a weak spot. .1. "
llllN 1,
illiiiii
up lulu
LONDOfl, my stern Ger-
rule in luv. the Uhsinisu capital.
lies region, southwest of Hangout!
The artillery promptly broke'npv
this drive. . , -
This morning the .Germanigillt!‘ ’ ‘
opened up" rather heavily, lathe
Villers—Bretomleux, just to the
north and directly east of nations,-
but no infantry attacks had deval- ,
oped up to the time the British?“
official statement was issued at
noon.
Meanwhile the lull that followed,
the severe German defeat of Mom
day has continued on the Flanders ,
front. Only the artillery has;
been displaying activity there.
.' ‘SUNK IN Ellll
AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 2.—-—The
Norweigian steamer Fjell was sunk
of! the Virginia coast at lmldnight
Tuesday night when she collided With
the British steamer Livingstonla. The.
Fiell's crew was saved by the Living-
stonia and landed here today.
The collision occurred in a heavy
tog. The Livingstonia, outward bound
[rein this port, crashed bowoh amidL
$11193 01;] the Flfuv$§l§h was “1in The German guns were reported
own to case. a‘great on, _- ' , ' " ‘
in her hull. the Norweigian vesseliopeumg up a; ”mug?“ Snlnte‘?»
dank soon after the crew had ,taken‘fire this-monllng “1 t e ”31?“. 9.
to the boats. ’ Morris, indicating the posmbllty'
Captain Johannesen of the mall and that the renewal (if-the German efv :
11:5 01:9” 103‘ all 0}: the" effects, mgnfilfort on the northern front wheni.
° t 9‘ me“ reac “‘5 the 1’0“.“ ”1' it comesfmayabe developed along
cmthed‘ The captain said ms malthe Bailleuleflazebrouck road, on
.was sounding her fog signal regularly . , .
and taking all proper precautions and Which Merms.marks the furthest
that the Livingstonia would be mailed ‘ westward advance of the ‘eneiiiy
‘flfamggfifih t. m. t d_ The British have been holding to».
is r“. s can our won no in ~ - , I. r m» the. 1
cuss the collision further than to anytime 5":“335 his 5:131? ii “tam;
that he would makes full report street rou e 4° F: y . P a
the propel-lime. , Hazebrouck railway station; ‘.
The Fjell was a little vessel of 581 . Today’s news frmnRussmshovvs:
net tons. The Livingstonia‘s tonnage Germany adopting high-halide ..
is 2'799' ' measures in the? Ukrain‘e,’wlleuco
the much vaunted food supplies
BROTHER SUES FOR have been coming slowly toil.
MONEY ADVANCE Central Powers, if at‘all, large!
- because of the general disorgani
Family troubles have broken out be- zation of the country. ,
tween thereon, and daughter of the - v '1 the Germans it. is‘, "an
late Ephrialn M. Merritt, the veteran how ’ . 1.” “
Water street boat builder. ”0““.99‘ln have set .“P m“: ..,
. The ‘case hinges on the advance-111.1118"! Kiev,thc Ukrammn‘caintfiL
meat of certain sums of money by and arrestcdseveral memberso
Willis J. Merritt, to his father; .to beithe Cabinet. The government
used it the‘ old gentleman needed it . kt intainl
, . . .uproved -toovea oma
them, with the undelstandlng it is nl gand or der,’.’ it is claimed.
1egedihat any unused part of the moo"! Apparently the Germans M81 n
ey should be returned to the donor. ‘ .., 7
”Cart. Elm" as he was generally prepared to break the second-Jul
“Hem was °f stilrdy sum“ 93"“ “i in the Flanders bottle until
well over three score years an ten, 1 v 1
~ 1 - more. troops and greater cone
walked away bu ding boats and trillions of “cannon are mil
banked the various remittances in the . ‘ , .
Norwalk Savings Bank, until they along-the few important'ihiles
front southwest 0125!
reached the sum of ntaarliy $5001 ‘ ' the
When Mr. Merritt. is .last year he. - , ' ‘ , "e
left a (Will. léa‘vlngall his preperty to Sl‘gllSAilrl‘gnotgvlfigilmgl’C-hazeiln
his daughter. Edith M. Osborn, who're- V0" 1 ‘m 1 ‘ ,3 15 p 1‘
sided with lilmLann when demand forcemenis and supplies», in: ‘
, ‘ Anglo-French troops, stared:
advanced it was refused and rm the flip brilliant repulse of the line
.
I
,U-boat‘oitthe Irish-1 coast her crew
The
was made for the return of the caulk
brother has sued to reoovbr the sum . r 1 ' 3 11m
and an attachment was..mode‘ on 1the1?hmh {Chili}? bdro?dcet.?:ie" ‘
funds lathe savings benign few days 39k“ 91' c c ; ;. ’
ago.,.Dlmhar~and Quinlan, appearing confidently. " 1
anus.
I"
everyfitjective. .. .1 .
tor‘wtherplaitiif. girlie case: is. returi’rlj 1 , 1 I 1
able‘intli'e 00 men Pleus‘COurt '1 .1 icimunued 0”
Norwalk Chronicler