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lDr. Edwin Everett Smith
1 Loses More Property in
Blaze Which Started From
, l Sunday’s Forest Fire
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Director-General. McAdoo
‘ Favors Recommendation
For One-Quarter Million
Increase
Freight Rates 'andsigssenger
garels to be Rai to Pay
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The ’Norwalk fire department was
.tsummoned by telephone late yester-
yiay afternoon to the Smith Sanitarium
property on Field street, just below1
lino Wilton line. to subdue flames in
at number of buildingst on the .estate.
(I‘be Hope'Hose wagon and eight men
lol‘ the. Norwalk Fire Department re»
upended. and did splendid work, sav~
Sig the dwelling house, but were too
late to prevent the destruction of thel
largest of the two «burns, the famous:
bowling alleyl. a chicken house, and
peveral smaller buildings. .
The damage was caused by a forest
fire which started in the Wilton Woods
Sunday evening. and spread to tilt
Smith estate.
This is the second disastrous fire on
the property, the main dwelling house
[wing destroyed on a Sunday morning
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Commission Report Said to
Recommend Approximate
Raise of 20 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON. May 8.~l)irector
nolwrai McAdoo will announce his de-
WASHINGTON, May 8.-~A schedule
of sweeping freight rate and pliesen-
ger fare increases on the railroads 'of
the country to absorb the heavy addi-
tional expenditures necessary to meet
increases in wages -recommended by
..the railroad wage board is being pre~’
lpared by the Railroad Administration.
1 No official action has been taken by
lDirector—General Melt-doc, but there is
little doubt that tariffs being prepar-
ed will be filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission providing for
|the increases necessary to absorb the
. wage increase.
\l'ltil lhe. Government operating the
lrnill‘ouds and guaranteering earnings
.lllt- public mum take tip the burden
‘ either in rates or taxes. Railroad oili-
ciais hold the view that it is only
.fair that the shippers who get the
‘service should pay and distribute the
[cost if necessary to those .qlireclly
benefited-by the railroad service.
. Without it compensating increase in
itales the Government undoubtedly
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ESllLlllEllSAllE NEED
1 * IN UPTllN MURDER
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.Empty Cartridge Clip and
l Infantry Hat Cord Are
3 Found in Woods '
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Fire Escapes to be Restored
(2 won on recommendations of the rail-1
Toad wage commission which were:
said. in well informed quarters today?
to propose an average, 20 per cent“
advance in pay for all classes of rail~1
road employees. if Mr. McAdoo lol~1
lows the suggestions of the commie?
siou. approximately $260,000,000 \\'ill1
be added. to the payrolls of the tin-
liml‘s railroads. '
CAMP UP'l‘ON, N. \'., May SaleH‘
finding of an empty cartridge clip of
the kind used in the modified Lec
Enlieid rille, two exploded shells and
a blue infantry \llat cord near the
scene of the double murder here last
Sunday afternoon, strengthens the
_suspicion that the Slayers of Mrs.
lilose'liarrity and Private Michael Mn-
Honey. who Were shot to death.- was
Ea soldier.
; Two soldiers, Whose names were
'not announced. but who are said to
[have known Maloney in Brooklyn be-
lfore he was drafted are under arrest
1by the military authorities and are
jbeing held at material \\'.tnt’5§98. It'
Aves admitted yesterday by witnesses
at" the shooting of Mrs. Harrity that
'Itlle man who fired the shots was in
1 un;forul.
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National Labor War Board ‘
Will Try to End Difficulty: ~———-—-—-——-——
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[11113 lll’EN IN JUNE
now be made by the National Wat"
LahorflBoard at Washington to bring
to an end the protracted ditficuity ill
the hat industry in this city. according
The governing board of the Norwalk
1Yacht Club. at a meeting held in the
office of Corporation Counsel Edward
to dispatches from the national capi i
J. Quinlan, last evening. voted to ex-
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This difllcuity, which began when
empt from dues during the comma
year. those members who are now in
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lilfi‘erences over the making of bills
of prices developed in the spring 01‘
19.1.7 and culminated in a strike and
the declaration of the firms now com-
posing 'lho United States Hal Co,
that they .Would conduct their factor.
in: as open shops, has existed nearly
3 year. The factories involved are ..
lime of the r. H. Lee Hat Co, Jonn1F‘mCé-
'. . u H. M .1 it was also voted to express the
ragga; %6So,ns. inc nd c (club's sympathy to the members of the
East Norwalk Yacht Club. which re-
cently lost its quarters by fire. and
to extend to the organization the
courtesies of the station at Hickory
Bind.
‘ , , The club will go into commission in
KILLED BY MINE about a month. and Edward Beers.
—-——-~- . who was the etflcient janitor last year
, lONlXiN. May 8.——Ten sailors were will again be in charge. The run-
kiliod when a mine was driven ashore way, flats.‘ etc. will be repaired and
.and blown up near Vestervik, accord- repainted this month. Considerable
4< ion; to an Exchange Telegraph deg-‘danlage was done to the club‘s prop-
ll received today frOm Copen-lerty by the severe storms of last win-
. ate
{mam ter.
ted States. About_ a dozen members
are away at the present time, some
or them being on the fighting front in
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1the army or naval service of the. Uni- "
[N GED 10R.
1 CNMING YEAR
Superintendent Buchanan
Given Authority to Locate
Them to Best Advantage
Ml Willi till ,,
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Corporal Jo it aspaulding,
jorwster Poly~
technic . .tiute Professor
Faces Courtgartial
millennium
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Accused of Disloyal Utter-
ances, and Attorney 0b-
jects to Jurisdiction
CAMP DEVENS. Ayer. Mass, May
8.—~A second trial similar to the gen-
. to the North Center School
1 The regular monthly meeting of the
Norwalk Board of Education was held
at the High School last evening. Vice
Chairman Harry Rider, presiding. The
other members present were: Dr. H. eral court martial of final, L Flentje,
C. Sherer, Charles Miller. A. J. Itllmm‘ which was held here W was be-
ier, William P. Ward.“ Dr. W. 'Jugun here May, “acting Gobi
Tracey. Harold P. Murray. and Super- pom] ,John husband-aiding. formal”
intendent. of schools.(i.eorge V. Buch- professor at. the WW Pointed:-
anan‘. His honor, the mayor. scored mc tummy“! recently} candidate
once. againwhen Mr. Murray was for- at the mm} Officers Training Camp
mally ‘elec‘ted a member of the board.I here. was summoned for trial to one.
by the. simple process of dropping onei wer charges on fourteen different spec?
ballot in front of the presiding‘olficen. locations. The specifications were
it. will be remembered that aftergm re
the resignation of John Olmsted as an“...
a member of the board. Mayor Doom} As in the trial of the conscientious
van appointed Mr. Murray to tilt theobjecwm Monday, a A. Whitman. 9,
vacancy some] little time ago. Theiloadlng Boston lawyer, acting for
board-resented this action. and did ilOtISpauldmg' objected to the jurisdiction
recognize hltn as a really truly mom-mt the court to ”y the case.
her until last evening.
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looked that the specifications be elim-
'inatcd and everything slrlckenirom
ltho records. As in yesterday’s trial
"the objection was not sustained.
The lawyer. however. created a still
[greater sensation by objecting to Mir.
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TREATHETTTIUS Tll
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ichigan Representatives.
Measure Calls For Elimin-i
ation of All Names With;
Teutonic Flavor—Would:
Make Law Apply to Streets;
as Well
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President Will Call For
' Proof of Accusations of
“Rottenness,” He Declares
Three changes in the names of (‘on-l -------
necticut cities and towns will be re“ TRENTON, N. J; May S.~—Presldent
(mired ii the bill introduced in the Wilson will not hear Nvith indiffer.
House Of R”“‘""““““l"“~“ 3‘0“”‘11‘3'1en0e or disdain the cry that there is
lgy Representative Smith. of .‘Tit‘lllgilll.i"game‘mng rotten with the govern-
"cm“05 a aw. ‘nlent." but will call ‘10 roof those
tinder the text of them“ it would'who make the “Gasman Senator
b“ required 11““ if” 0‘11"? ‘0‘"‘5 0";James Hamilton LeWis declared in an
MEN“? boarded “infmf‘g‘, 1’01} :Gi‘l‘él nddrosa here today at the war con-
m.ny, ectanrct 0 any, 0 . . ' . .. s- .
"Victory" or otller names. and cities1glleggeifigldgég.he\‘ithlllbveelstigl‘lttiohml":
or 10m“ “"1““ “W‘s “0 Mllll‘dlyeais treachery the senator added,
would be compelled similarly lo‘me conspirators will meet "the fate
change them. of 13010 Pasha.
i "in time of war there are those
éwho feed and fatten upon a nation
land enrich themselves through guilty
1means. .as do vultures wheel and feed
upon the defenseless bodies of fallen
isoldiers.
1 “Let it be known that there are
lsome offenses which if shown to\have
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Of 206 Who Applied Fori
Papers Half Are Subjects;
of Austria-Hungary orl
Germany and Must Wait1
Until After War
Aliens to the number of 2-30; about Me while fighting for
one half of them listed as enemies to against the Hun has been
{this time, will be treated as France
lioday is treating the conspirators with
lBolo Pasha, as robbers and traitors.
land these will meet the doom that
belongs to such.
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WORLD KNOW ”ABOUT
ITS HERO SON
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gain to alleged unpatrtotlc utter- '
SAYS SEN. lEWlS
lbren perpetrated upon the republic at ‘
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Law of 1909 Was Ratified in.
the Fall of 1913, and the‘
Action of Voters in Fall of
1917 Is Negatory '
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Heavy Weather Has Probate
bly Interfered ,With the
Enemy’s Transportation,
and Moving of Equipment
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it it PRESENT
Considered Doubtful it May-
or Donovan Has the Right
to Lay a Tax 1
Whether or not His Honor. the May-
or. has the right. to take action in levy~
In; a tax on the various school districts
at the all: who have failed to take in-
dependent action since the vote of last
(all to go back to the District School
system. is a question of prime import-
once.
it will he remembered that the mate
tar was put squarely up to the Mayor
both by the Bonn! oi Education and the
committees of several of the districts.
Some time ago Mayor Donovan ask-
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E. T. BEllillllll
MAT NEASNEN
suggestion Develops at Fair-
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NEITIATAETIVITT ‘-1
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Austrians Have Made Sever-
al Fruitless Patrol Raids
on the Italian Front ' ‘
Along the battle lines in North.
ern France the Allied troops» still;
await the shock of renewed heavy.»
fighting by the Germans. 7 Away-5
ently the rainy weather has inter-
ifered a great deal with the. one» 1.
my '8 transport, and he has not
been able to perfect hill arrange!—
lnonts because. oithodifiiculties o 1
,bringing his supplies over the bat-
1tlt‘-l0l‘ll ground of Flanders and
l’icardy. _
Having gained some advan;
lagoons positions in local fighting...
gille Allies are waiting for themext“
{effort of the Germans, which al-
lrcady has. been delayed much
llouger than ill previous lulls since
1the beginning of the. ofiensive on
.March 21. Meanwhile ‘ fresh. ' ‘
git-oops and new supplies are With
[ing in to strengthen the Allied p0:-
sitions, and this fact .mnst. also .
C. Reginald Davenport.
field County Growers’
tion of Large Force—Bed-
ford Family Announces
Closinggof Estate to Gen-
eral Public
(throughout the Fairfield and West~
lport sections of the county 3. severe
5shortage of farm help is reported and,
let a recent meeting of the Fairfleld
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rassociation it was suggestedthat a
lpetition be circulated among members
irequesting El '1‘. Bedford to red
his horticultural force to :1 minlmuln
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PATlllllTIE llllTTllNS .
FETISH [1E ALIENS
MADEANERTTANS‘
Thirty-Three New Citizens!
Bespangled With Liberty
Bond Insignia
Decorated with Liberty bond but-
tons and other patriotic insignia, 33I
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court yesterday. Some had their coat:
lupels adorned with two or three but—
lons representing different national
causes. lxamincr Allan R. ., urch,
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Augustus Matthias. who‘lost hisWILLIMANTIC WOMAN
Uncle Sam‘
signallyl
the United States. appeared in the honored by the Town on Westport.
Superior Court before Jlng? John P'll'rom which he was drafted, Today
INDICTED FOR MURDER
'WILLIMANTIG. May 8.—-Ml‘s. Sarah
KFHOEE yesterday seeking l" he malle‘there floats from the. flagstaff in lheoLussier, who killed George M. Mc-
citlzcns of the United States. Whilenub“c square 3. service flag unon1Carthylwhile the latter Was shovel- .
the large majority or themsmr 311993 I, which a silver star has. been embroid
arr. Austro-Hnngarians and supposed cred in memory Of his name.
iv not as dangerous as those of Ten-1
' ling coal in the boiler room of the
[Glen Ealls Woolen bills at Moosup.
This star flown by consent 0f the on Sunday, March 3. was indicted‘for
““110 origin, Judge K9110“ “WT“ 1“ selectmen of the town is believed to murder in the first degree yesterday.
plain in the “I“ 03159 03‘1'3‘1. ”Mt all“-lset a precedent, for Fairi'ieldi county‘
listed as enemies could take the ex-
. not for the entire state.
anination but would have.to wait un-
in
Mrs. Dossier was a snake charmer
and performer with a circus which
Although other towns, and cities l'exhibited here at the time of her mar-
til after the close oi? the war beime have inscribed the names of men‘inlriage to Lussler. ‘She 15 said to be
they can become citizens.
Sitting with Judge Kelloggon thel or rolls, Westport’s act in am '
bench today was Judge John O. Kee- star to the service flag of the to
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emulated widely in the future.
the country's service upon public how; of Cuban ‘
aitlon she had sent a stepson to the cycle side-car in which she was rid-
wn'lnill to state that her husband could ing collided with an automobile at
131‘. 0: Stamford. Who Will be elevated. IS [looked “DOB as a high ‘trlbuie 10' not work.
to-the Superior 00“” belle“ 0“ M3? the memory of those who serve and and the stepson'reporled it back". Mrs. was driven by Nick Vionils, of Chico-
* suffer death and; probably will - be ,Lussier appeared and with scarcely a pee. and the automobile by George F.
birth. 0n the day in ques-
Some- remark was made
inventing. killed McCarthy by stabbing.
Meeting —-—~ Far Famed NEWARK WOMAN 1cnenly, who has nothing remarks»
_ lblc ill military achievement to
“my SP“ News We“ GETS WORD or sos's 1.1.... f..- 1... 1...... 1...... .1 .1..
'in Washington stating that her son,
lzltld to the perturbation of. the
. DEATH IN FRANCElpast seven weeks.
————-— " 'l‘llc edging: ill process was cone
The following clipping from umdinued by the Brltlsh last nlght mv .
Ndwark. N. J. Evening News givesthc important sector cast. ‘of "
:10“: ggdgli‘mi‘l if”? “0“: “til“:Alnicns. between the Ancrc and
Ell ill' 93 . RVBIIDOI‘ ' 10 - ‘ w ‘ - . .
was killed in action on April 20th:+:{l"..bmnme‘ ”[18 I‘X‘llotl‘tllialls £01
Within an hour after she had read. 0“"13'“) 1“" {went successes
his name in the. casualty list printemlit‘l‘t‘. I‘llc operatlon wsa a, purely
last night in the New's, Mrs. Frankgluclll one, hilt it resulted to anchor-
Devine, of 63 Summit street, receivediim‘, the British lino more firmly .
a telegram from the Vi or Department . on the ridge between Sailly 10 Sec
land Morlancourt and thus putting
Charles R. Davenport, had been killed ._ . _ , _
in action in France on April 20. [ll lll ll better posmon to rcs1st the
At first, friends of the boy did not.[cxpcctcd German assault. ‘ "
T9891” ”la-t i‘ was he ‘who had been; The artillery fire continues via:
i123°.1.‘i§.‘m..1 import“? ........ 1 - .1..
enlisted from that to..." last June. Hechrmans are sllclllng llcaVlly the .
had been employed more for moi-eMagic-French front southwest of
‘ "Yprcs and the sector south of the ‘
Somme between Villers-Bretom ‘ '
lncux and IIaillcs. 'l‘llcse sectors
CLAIMS COMBINATION [saw the heavy fighting previous to
AMONG FISHERMEN {the German repulse north of Mont
EKcnnncl nine days ago. Enemy
HARTFOR , May 8.——The attention fire against. the southern side of the
of Governor ’l-Iolcomb Was called to~_Arras sector, which lies north of
day ‘0 ”Millions “119g“ ‘0 Rovel'niAlbert. also has been intense.
shad fishing in the Connecticut river; There has been great serial 8.6-»
in a letter received fronr“. J. Mul- . . . .
cahy. .0; Saybrook. 1The 19m... was tmty on the American sector
turned over to John M. Crampton, it‘ll‘lllll't‘St 0f T011]. and Captam
Superintendent of Fish and Game. .Jamcs Norman Hal]. well—known;
.‘Mulwh'v “”6395 the” is “ C01“"asaii;\'er’il1’tlle French and Amer}?
[Ellinattllten51:12:?gofmghgdhmllllfnsdldkifigLcnll armies. is reported -missing .
price charged. the people of Connectimuf'tm‘ a battle lll \vlllcll he and two ,
out now was from 25 to 30 cams alotllcr Amrclcans engaged four.
pound. while a large. quantity of fisthcrlnans. Two of the enemy air.-
“’as shipped to the New York lllfll‘yl-lplaucs are believed to have been.
lisszsdtitl‘ is: ..‘.:;;brouet ...... Other 1......
left lucrative employment to engrlgellflls0 have been meetlllg the enemy .
in shad fishing and he does not think In tllt‘ 2111' tilting the line east of St
the state authorities should allow it. Millicl. and it is believed tile'Ger.
501“? Of the men were emplol’é‘d 0“ manslmve concentrated large long
[Selma “I“: ‘fn‘l 039110" ‘1‘“? 0“ :‘l‘lfifsi ccs in an attempt to wipe out til
$11606 1:0? :1" 1:23;“. 11,013.; 3“ m 1‘ m American flycrs. There has been
stiperintendent Cramplon will have. no infantry lighting on any oi'the
”a conference with the governor. American sectors. ‘ 1 1
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by the Austrians and limited are
CHICOPEE WOMAN
DIES IN COLLISION tillery fire, there has been no. ac ‘
_....__..._.._ .. tivity on theoltalian front. The
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May s,_Mr5_ Austrians still witlihold their at»
Lena Boron, of Chicopee. was aimom took ,an neither Vienna nor Be,
instantly killed today, When a motor- 1111 has 831d anything of“ for the
last several days. ,;.‘. .
A political crisis involving the
security of the Lloyd George gow
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a. street junction. The motorcycle
,Bo‘sworth, at this city. (Continued °n Page rim.) $3111.11
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