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THURSDAY, 1111 9.1918 1
Fair Tonight; Friday Showers
WO0IIIN AININ
BRIDGE IIIINNIII
AI 80. WIIION
Sparks From the Pittsficld
. ExpressSet Structure‘on
NIIITIIN’S EINST
CNNNEN IIN NINE
my InterestinN History
Delineated Wit the. A111
clout Structure ‘ ' ‘
1NL.£perbs from the engine oi the Pitts.
field express leaning South Norwatk at
4: 30 o'clock and- due a! Wilton at has.
set are Ltd Nthe ‘woodon wagon bridge
Lovemthe rdllroad tracks oldie Dan-
1"“? divis~ion on the Wallflt was be
fitness South Wilton and Wilton sta-
: tlen._yestenda11 dosttoilfil“
on; bridge, was reported as on tire
early in the afternoon, but Agent Hop-
this at Wilton station. was informed
shortly after that it bod been put out.
5: 50 the second alarm was sent him
over .483e telephone, but the structure
by‘that time was past saving. The
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V Liv of Logo 111-
mils-y No? ‘ Under NWayL—N
A-ppeal Nitric to Loyal4
Americans—Men Asked to
NLNContinu'e at. ork Pending
an Adjust nt ' "
More conditions. in Bridgeport are 1
in course or investigation by the war
idepagtme‘nt and a definite decision is
ekheétcd in the helix" future, according
Lucia hologram from the chief of army
ordnance to Waldo C. Bryant. district-
Ce 'chie’) atL' Bridgeport. made
10mm here by. the Remingtou Arms
Union Metallic Cirlridge Company in
connection with a statement concern-
ing the strike of machinists at its
plant yesterday.
‘We learn with extreme regret,“
the message stated. “that strikes axe
a-—
(Continued on Ivan might.)
N EANET NIIIEN, TWII
IN NEW HAVEN
I8 DISINIIIIII
Old Building Housed Head-
quarters of Several Im-
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ESEAI’E SAEEIIL
Three Firemen Were Hurt,N
and Loss ls Covered by In-
Sllfalllfe N
NEW HAVEN.\ May 9.-—'!‘he old
Union station of the New Haven" road
dbandonod some time ago as .1 passed-
ger station after years oi? sorvice, and
'used only (or this purposes. was
burned help, late yesterday. Nothing
but the walls of the long thrbestory
building were handing after the' tire.
About zoo employee were in the”
building at the time, but all wescaped
Three firemen were NleighllLv burned.
The cause of theirs has not been de-
termined. No estlhiato of the loss was
a
night. but it was stated that
covered by insurance.
(mun-ea 011 mm. Tourer
BRANDS TENTIMII
It was
Ev1dcncc Was Obtain
Against Garage ManN- by
Haphazard Methods, Nor-
walk Attorney Declares
m
Garbed in the uniform of an oilicer
in the Army, Attorney John Keogh.
of Norwalk. vigorously attacked the
credibility of the state police testi-
mony given heroic Judge Walsh and a
jury in the combine] side of the Com-
Imon Pleas court yesterday. in the
trrsl or Michael P. Dunne. of Norwalk,
charged with giving false measure in
the stile of gasoline Dunne was an
rested by state policemen who testi-
fied that he gave th'em‘only four and
one-half gallons of gasoline instead
‘of five gallons as ordered and paid
~ for
He was fined $25 in moment
and appealed. '
(Continued an Page Two)
NIINT IN ENLIINIIIN
Strong Wind Sweeps Planes
Together at Mincola, N. Y. I
MINEOLA. N. Y.. May 9.—Onc Am-
erican army aviator cadet was killed
and two others was injured in a col-I
11111111 between two airplanes aboveN
Contra! Park, Long Island. yesterday:
afternoon.
“Thocjstudent who was killed was
. John B. Erwin. 0t Muldrow, Miss. The
1 injured cadets are Ralph E. Jeremy,
ot’ Wiikcsbarre. Pa. and Julian Vid-
nor. of Washington. D C
Edwin and Je1emy were in one 1111- '
Lplane, which was flying east from
Moadowbrook, as their machine pass
(Continued 0111 Page Six)
GETTING READY FOR
4TH LIBERTY LOAN
WAHINGTON
on the Third Liber
the treasorys loan publicity bureau
has started prepardtions for the fourth
loin which will be held next fall. All
artists and designers were asked to\
day to submit designs for posters. win-
dow cards and buttons by Jone 1.
Those are wbedonatedio the govern-
ment. 1
Bond buyers' buttons for the Fourth
My 9 .-—Before work
Man will be smaller than those used
~in- the third campaign. and will pt-
1 mode of tin. in order to save celluloid
L111: more important war purposes.
y [Juan is finished,
ANENIE II
IIINITES
Union Enjoying Life on
the Other Side
Am
Frank B. ,F'iold. of the local post
office, received the following letter
the American Band and the Norwalk
Musicians Union. in which he gives
some interesting sidelights on life
I
which the
her is he!
The Iette
been passed by the censor.
Dear Friend: -—
Just a few lines for you and all the
Iboys of the band and the union We
came over safely and the trip was
ijust 11mg enough to 1be interest‘ ng. We
still enjoy a c1gar occasionally from
the box you sent just before we left
the states.
we opened them up after we had .been
over here seteral days.
“funny” book you sent also. and will
read it when Ihave some spare time.
.band of which he is a mem-
portant Divisions of Rail-,
.IPIY Will Have Adequate Stipv
available at the company' 13 office: last
‘ report trots the local Nine! commission
A8 NIIT NEIIAIIIE 1
00A PRICES
111111 1;:
Thomas W. Russell, Fedoral
Fuel Administrator For
Connecticut, Hopes All
TNT TII EIIII .
IIEAIENN’ PNIIEITS
Temporary Delays in Some
Localities Expected to be
I Overcome Soon
a
HARTFORD, 1111' 1 —How the price
ofcqallsflxsdfor- the summed-
machine“! the pests and some onus
composting features of this war
resolution. were aimed today- by
Thomas W. Russell, federal fuel ad-
mini-train: for Cannecticut. la the
m interview he took the
0e 1‘ exp ildenesihat.
there will? be an “all“. supply of
utbucite coal to supply the 111111111.
needs 9t all those who wish to se-
cure their coal in advance of the cold
method-1
Describing the 111 beds of price a:-
ins. Mr.Russell1‘ ”We secure 11.
t
ta.i'lers tiniest possible
cost} of doing "ha-roost in that local
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ping oi' Merwin Street
Plant
WW {IT-What!
Autopilot lapllail Workers
Pay Up
or “a“,
11mm
FlNat memorial a Month
to All Ssomt Apprentices
Géitlngdifw
‘ II/
the prob
1;: mlztaiw labia“ will of nth-send
a option today full-setup
General lettuce and other govern-
mom oflclale.
llr Items is expected tb“anoounco
his decision on the rccommbndations
in about ten days; “There are indica-
tlone that he will not accept them in
*
(Continued OI Pate Six)
AUSTRIAN III
Slav crews and Men lid Ital-
ian Descent GetsOut oi
Hand -- Commands Alto
Changed—~Boheniisn Bur-
semesters Appeal to Vi-N
enna That Their People
Are Starving
WASHINGTON.
H!
May 9. --Serious‘
Ldilturhances in the Austrmnungarim
dost. have caused changes. in the high
“Meet. Tub-deva‘thc
Realising 111': great importance of itcommand. 4‘ dos'patch yesterday from
sprinkler aystemwsrticululy in tlmesls'mllnd ”KL The crews, “fuel!
mtg these. M. N Mayehoif a: Com-N of Slave and men of ltatian descent.
may, of Merwin street today signed have made a great deal of trouble and
a contract tor the Jnstailation of anI the disturbances were Dill down With
101131 1111
44 IN IIIIANBIINI
IIIIIS DAMAGE
Summer Cottage of Dr.
Charles G. Bohannan Dc-
stroyed and Buildings of
M. S. Beggar andB. F. An-
demon Injured
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Sam Ngodafif FIt‘llorc‘gire
on re ar-
deal in Rural mm
mm the destruction of a man-
diei- of mana- on the ltemtt estate
between. Grumman!” avenue and field
1!th was
calledN out twice. yesterday afternoon.
to protect property in the some sec-
tion or Ora-bury.
The first alarm was received by
telephone,“ and the Phoenix proper and
Chief Begonias made record: m
the upper end of Grummanl
but not In time to save the .4 '
cottage of Dr. Charles Schmidt. and
Adams.
the forest fire which
over the Which linoLphove
estate tie
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houses and 3111. the v ity word.
in danger s-t’Phoenlx i«Eugen was
edited out again. and with eight or
11111111111. the barn at Martin S. Bugger,
rwas reached inst. as the lying sparks
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w TIINNIEII ENTIIIN
NIESIN NIINIIAIN
Joseph Benjamin ”Elle, Wide-
11 small shack occupied bytfll'n‘oet- .
All of niche losses were caused by .
Ncall thAt the names were rushinii ..
‘ NIIIINII NIIIISE IS ‘
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ILocal Member of the Musical N
automatic system in
Merwin street factory. Work on the
installation will start at once and will
take several weeks to complete.
The Mayohofi' & Company factory
is one of the4more progressive of the
local manufacturing institutions. The
growth of this plant has been little
short of wonderful and the men and
women connected with the plant have.€9mln8 the SINRUOH
I
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
the handsome dlmculty
,Four-Minute Men, chairmen and mem-
‘bers. was held at the County Court
iy Known in This Section,
Austria is concentrating troops in and Filled Matty Offices Of
disaffected parts of the empire to sup- Responsibility
press revolution. according to an of- 4 4 . ___._.__
ficlal (French telegram from Zurich Ell died at his
today, which also says the food sltua- hofirghcfidgdgdzt NErwalk. yester-
iion in the Dual Monarchy is extreme4 I My e'thei'noon at six 0 '.ciock
lyucrltical. it. ”73:" . Mr Elie was 0 e of Norwalk's sterl-
News "we‘ve“ In Switzerland °°“‘N~i_ng citizens, well down and highly re
in Austria 1' spected throughout the community He
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FOUR MINUTE MEN
HOLD A MEETING
A meeting of the Fairlie-id County
advocate of the ideals concerning the
best interest of his home town.
'For several years past poor health
has prevented his engagement in ac”-
tlve business life and for the last three
months he was confined to his room.
.Mr. Ells4was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Ells. lie was born in Norwalk.
November 17, 1835. He was one of a
House, in Bridgeport. last evening.
The meeting was addressed by Justice
NEW HAVEN, May 9.—A fire of
sciious aspect. broke out this noon in
a round- house adjecent to the shops
of the ew York New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Compahy, south
west of the station destroyed yester-
day. De
opportunltlcs‘. in!
excellent.
The heat. of the fine is in a store
fighting the blaze are
abroad and also of the esteem in 1101150 111 which amend Other thlflgfi theIthe scope of the work as much as
Firemen w eengsged for some time
sives Tile
buildings
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91111 ANNIVERSARY
is gELEBRATED
Court 1.1111191. Daughters of Castile.
91‘s may take a number 01
‘v
I brought them over and met last evening and celebrated its
n1nth anniversary. at which the local
Have the lodges of the Knights of Columbus And
the Daughters of Castiie were the
guests. 4.3m. Sherman O‘Connor? to
We have been charming: the poo- citedL “Young Follow My Lad." and
pie with our music on several occa- "Spa
y Jim," both of which 111111
Lsions, and have been repaid by a floral with the greatest applause. Miss Hila-
tribute in one place. which was very ted and- Edward Solon obliged with
4 entertain them
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(00m “Sixth M);
1 ~ entertamspt latit evenin:.
artistic and surely showed: their ap- vooal selections, and refrcihmonts of
mediation of our starts to cheer and ice cream and cake were enjoyed.
Dancing and cards were also promi-
Uncut—semen; the item‘s hunt-he‘d for
trucilbn 111 the shops, covexr’
ficun Archie dilemma, a member of ing many acres. seems likely. althoughi vide for a. four Minute speakers ex-
II' I hildren, havin tour
Wheeler of the Supreme Court and tam T of as“ c E ,L
Rev. Morris E Ailing. State chairman
of the Four-Minute Men. A general
11d scussion of Four Minute work ‘l’ias
Iindulged in by the members of the
various towns, all of which was bene-
ficial. Movement is on foot to pro;
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IS 1111011111
—--—u—
The opening gun of the campaign
Ichange, whereby speakers may be
Iasked to go from one town to an- .
other. It is also intended to broaden
possible. as it is believed by Four-'
d by the French people railroad 81 ed its «track torpedoes IMinnte leaders that the work of the of the Norwaik Garden Association
r is dated April 241111 and has in setting but lioxes of these exploih‘our Minute men is invaluable Par- will be are]. at the meeting at the
tlouiar discussion was given to the uptown city courtroom, when chair-
manner in which the theatre man~ man ArthurC. Wheeler will introduce
agers received the speakers. and the Bert E‘- Callahan, and plans Will be
Iopportonity wh1ch was given by man-1 perfected for real wo1k.
‘agers to speakers It seemed espe— The H9m° Garden
cially deal rable that the speakers he Are You gains to have a garden
introduced by slides at the most law this year? NOW 15 the limo to decide
arable time of the even ng‘s program, as the weather man gives assurances
and if possible in connection with a some 800d garden Weather Don't
patriotic film or'muslc,1»end most of hesitate because you have no land,
the theatre managers in the State the Garden Association will be only
have shown every disposit on to do too glad to lecate a plot for’yon as
this; near to your home or place of bus!-
1111 few day's. Flour- Minute pins will uses as possible. Simply fill out the
be awarded to Fouphlinute Men who 9.7099? 0039011 “Nd send It in t0 the
nevi; participated in at least three office at once. Don't delay because
campaigns. we will have many calls for garden
The Red Cross campaign begins the plots Get your application in early:
week All May 20.1 Home Gardens:
Judge Joseph R Taylor, Joseph J I would like 11 plot of ground and
Linnweilamand Edwarde41J Quinlan
“-‘iusis present tron woman 4 (Continued on- race 'i‘welve)
I
. 4).
was an attendant at the Congregation 1
111 church and Nwas always a staunch‘
NEAT-I IIIINIINII
NU. 8. IiIINNENN
NIIIEN III A SNEII,
EXPEIINNIN IN TEXANN
Seven Men Injured—Ail
From Texas Except One
FORT WORTH, Ten. Maya! -—lBight
American gunners were killed and
seven injured more or less seriously
near Benbrook a few miles west. of
tort wWorth when a thre'einch shell
W yesterday W One
.9 lane! 0 will “m1 0‘ the
i some 141» Infantry
M of the W infantry aut-
missus-mitt
so or the moors knieo instantly
and two died within a short time.
Vim "ports that two trench mortars
had exploded were erroneous
An attempt on the part of a gunner
to torce the shell. which apparently.
did not lit. down ‘a trench mortar is
pelleted to have been responsible for
the accident. The list of dead fol-
lows: ~—
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7 (Continued 0n PassSix)
he fofldalihpsning of Robin Point
stake place-p11 Saturday. May 25,
E
but Neville Bailey. ”the lessee of the
place. has, arranged for a number of
previous’ attractions. The first dance
4 of the season will be held on Saturday
cinemas. the 18th inst. with music by
Grace Brothers orchestra of five
pieces. which has been engaged for
thine months or longer. if the weath-
er is favorable next Sunday the Con
nectlcut Company will operate a shot-
tle car from the junction, and carry
Cars will run every Sunday thereafter.
and the regular twenty minute sched-
his will be inaugurated on the 25th
Extensive repairs have been made.
obliterlng all eflccts of the atoms of
last winter. which damages some of
the buildings. Seawall. driveways. etc.
Every building has been decorated in
white and green and present an at
tractive appearance. The lunch coun-
ter in the grove will open on the 25th.
but the Casino will not be opened until
June 20. Several new concessions will
be installed and the season promises
to be a very prosperous one.
3UIIIIIIEN EIITTAfiES
IIIINNEI] IN IIAINE
WISCASSET. Maine, May iii—After
an all night light by citizens, a tire
which swept over the southern end of
Westport, an island town in SheepscotL
Rive1. was brought under control to-
day The loss was estimated at $200 ,
000.
1Most of the twenty- dour buildings
destroyed were summe1 cottages own-
Led by residents of other states. The
tire. which was checked before it
spread to the thickly populated; sec-‘
tion of the island. containing more
than 100 homes. swept over an area;
of twelve square miles.
Serious damage to pine nnmspriuce
timber was reported.
RESCUED AFTER A
SUBWAY CAVE- IN
- NEW YORK, May 9..—Eight labor-1
ere who were imprisoned for six‘hours
in a tunnel one hundred feet below the
surface. followingNthe cave-in of a
subway excavatiomin Flatbush avenue.
Brooklyn. late last night. were rescued
early tod iy. but no hope is held for
four fellow workmen, also trapped in
an adjoining section 01’ 1h 1 subway
'The rescued workmen were kept
alive by means of comprehed air tore
ed through pipes. which had been sunk
(tom the street is the tunnel
The .accident occurred,‘ t is 11:11.
poured NN'NNNNNNNN them. ‘
11011 CIINIINIIES IN 11110
0111113 III!" 11111: W: i
all those who wish to visit the polar p
when a loosened timber which so: of
themes hid started to repair, mapped a mask for a t
' and hundreds 111; ions or earth and lock .
011111101
British and‘French dive
Olmtcdthe Enemy
the ammsmumoim-
ritory They Won Recently 4
NEAIIT MAENINE
IiIINEINE NEEI’N
BritishForced Beckett)!!!
Pointintheliino
comparatively narrow front,” N
continuing inFlanders, 4 _
Germansbegan yesterday '
attempt to drive a wedge ‘ LL
Ententc lines and outdank
hill positions southwest of Y
This attempt failed and
temporary success was seen N .
the enemy is gaining am
the Allied front line at into
tween Voormezeele and am
Last night the 13de
French drove back sharply 1}th
Gemini ted «1111st them 11111.
the small bits of territory Mm
won. Heavy casualties were hi
iiicted on the two German div'motla
which won: engaged. '
ation. 1 _
I: «determinism our
losses, the 111mm solidi rolnsti
ant. to abandon the odort Slit! this
morning found them renewing the
attack to the north of fictional;-
the Vierstraet region. A heavy
machine gunfire forced the Britibll
back at one point, but them
sion was a slight one, and hid
ground remained dispNuted “NIH“
tory. The fighting Was
here when the day" s repo "
British Headquarters Was 30d?
atchcd. .
The British are contin
improve their pesitions
Somme region on. the high grim-Nil?
between the Somme and Anon.
Further progress was made tli N
during the night. There washout
fighting 1n the BucquLoy regionvlieo’
tween Albert and Arms, and south.
of the Somme, the heavy artillery L.
fire that has been reported for
some days past continued on the 4
French front on both sides of: the
Avre. .
In Flanders the Germanti ha ’4
returned to the attack, but Nipper
cntly only in a strong local “5'
tempt to outflank the positions of
Locre, Scherpenbcrg and MW
lRouge, which they were unable
Itake by a frontal operation. Wh
tNhis may be the beginning of mo
Iother furious battle on the sector
1where the enemy met disastrous
defeat ten days ago indications
Iarc that the attack is not in very”
great force, although the light
‘is intense.
Pushing against the Anglo-4
French forces on a five- mile fronts.
between Voormezcclc and In»
Clytte the Germans gained the Al
lied front in the center, but we
Irepulsed ”elsewhere the Fro .
even making a slight adVanc “
their own south of La Clytto.
the center the Allied troops
Itinued the attack and tried
throw the Germans out of the so.
Ivanced positions they captured
Seemingly the Germans at
tacking 1n the hope of driving
~Ailies back toward the Ken
beck river and its branches 9
your! Poperinghe and thus.
flank the heights running .
from Mont Kemmel V ‘ .11
losses were inflictedbn
in his previous strong oflorl
penetrate this line andjtho
about Laure and its
hills. It may be the still it
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