1h.
@ Youasrussj.
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Office a; Second Gian flatter.
Worms WAR ~
f sum won
I8 In W
Mrs. Leo Davis, Chairman
of the Child Welfare De-
! pertinent, Explains the
. Child’s Year Campaign in
’ Most Interesting Manner
‘lIiNI IIIIIE IINES
j Members of Important Com-
i .mittees Are Busy Many
f ' Hours Each Day , ,
‘ The Woman’s War Bureau, of blur-
“Walk, held an important meeting in
the auditorium of the Norwalk Ubrary.
Wyestlerdn'y afternoon. _‘I‘he chairman.
»_ Mrs. James 6. Gregory. in her usual.
graceful manner, opened the meeting
i-thl a few appropriate remarks. The
minutes of the last meeting held at
‘ the home of Mrs. T. 1. Raymond, were
,- read by the secretary. Mrs. Gregory
then introduced Mrs. Leo Davis, chair-I
. ‘ . of the Children’s Welfare Depart-
,. meat, who held the attention of her
“(audience‘for an hpur, explaining the
“Children‘s Your Campaign.“ She said
the movement wanendo- ed by Pres-
‘ldeut Wilson undone o u governor.
. who your will end April 6. 1919;
‘; wShcr explained the, need. for this
I work in Norwalitpclclng case after
. ,auipmgn“ offers the opportunity for
» driving home the lessons the war has
3, taught England and France. and is al-
;,ready teaching America, of the-vital
. heed for conserving childhood, when
we are making such heavy sacrifices
: or our manhood au‘d‘womanhood. it
3 is hoped that before the end of the
z year Norwalk will 'go "over the top."
multitude *
uvu BRANflEfiEE
,7 m vacuum
Senator to Bring Matter Up
Today—Statement Reiter-
ates Accusations
. ';_WASHINGTON. May 16.—Gutson
,florglum sent to Senator Brandegec.
' of Connecticut, tonight at part of the
. evidence he desires placed in the Sen-
ate record in answer to the charge
, that he sought to form a private air-
plauecorporation to take government
‘contracts while he was investigating
I I .'
.. MANNEIIS Milli
aircraft production at the invitationI ,
10f President Wilosn. It was in the
dorm of a long letter reiterating and
simplifying his denial’ of the charge
laccompanied by affidavits from Hugo
C. Gibson. an employe of the British
‘War‘mlssion at New York and Ben-
fiamln Harris. .
Gibson Suspended.
in his letter the sculptor said he
(Continued on Pane Twelve) .
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with PM! VIIIEI]
Senate Adopts Amendment
; to Boost salaries
,‘WASHING'TON; May 16.——An amend
fluent. to the post office appropriation
ihll providing-for an increase of $200
til-rear in the salaries of clerks. letter
‘carriers and certain other postal em-
ployees. and increases of 20 per cent.
:4‘; rural tmail carriers and to .em-
: flaoyecs receiving los'sthan $800 a'year
, adopted yesterday by the Senate.
* Wployees receiving between $800
51.500 annually would 'get la—T
es of 15 per cent. and the pay of
titute clerks and carriers would
fixed at 40 cents an hour. ‘Fourth
Continued (in Page Twelve); , p ,
‘ IAIIIS NENIEIIIEIII
of neglect. The ‘Ohildren's Year _
.. I (continued On Page Six)
nu
CONNECTICUI
i BIIS ARRIVE
Al MC mum
Close to 2,000 Recruits From
New York, Rhode Island
and This State There ,
III. I}. A. 'WIIIIIIEIIS
Enter Into "Training « With
Manner Pleasing to Ofli-
cars at the Camp
Correspondents' Headquarters, Camp
McClellan, Annlston, -Ala.~Betwapn
2,500 and 2,000 recruits from New,
‘York, ‘Rhode Island and Connecticut
have arrived during the week at the
Blue and Gray cantonment here, and
the officers "and men have received the
men from the North with all of the
characteritiscs of the genuine South-
ern hospitality with which theyhavc
become saturated during their stay on
the cantonment.
The recruits are a fine body of men.
and on the days following their ar-
rival at the camp here they have eu‘
tered into the spirit of training in a
(Continued on Page Severn)
sundown..- '
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Red Cross War Fund Needs
to be Explained at the Pal-
ac and Regent Theatres ‘
There will be an extraordinary in—
teresting and instructive program pre-
sented at the Palace and Regent then-g
tree on Sunday evening, May 19th. in'
the interest of the Second Red Cross
War Fund drive. The committee have
,devoted unlimited time and great care
in securing the most appropriate films
and‘ talented speakers for this occa-
sion.
Senator Wm. F. Kenyon, of Iowa.
will speak at each theatre. Senator.
Kenyon has the reputation of-being‘
one of the country’s most noted ora-
tors. Private Uptegrove. a returned
Canadian soldier. who has been on the
battle front for twentyone months and
was seriously wounded, will relate his
thrilling experience.
i
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NATIIINAIWIIIE.
l
Norwalk Tire and Rubber
Company One of the Larg-
I
I est Tube Manufacturers in
I the Country
I
Among the home industries of Con—
Anecticut have made remarkable pro-
gress in the development of a na-
tional Wide market is The Norwalk
Tire & Rubber Company, of Nor-walk.
This company is a comparatively
new organization in the tire industry
but it has} already reached a point
.wherc itis one of the largest manu-
facturersof tubes in this country.
I The rapid growth of the Norwalk
company proves that there was a field
in this territory for a big tire rpro‘
.
I
I
WEIIIIIIE SlIIIIIIiIIiI
' stitulionul
ENEMIAIIENS
Nfll BANNED
FRIJM IIIIIIIN
According to Interpretation
of Ruling in New York
District—Can Go Fishing
If They Behave
Whether or not alien enemies will
be barred from Roton Point park this
year is a question that has arisen in
the minds of some-since in Port Chest.
er the rightsot alien enemies to enter
the rover front zone have been finality
determined.
To quote from the Port Chester
Daily ltem:——— . - _
“ ‘ since the issuance of the Pres»
aver
ident’s proclamation of last November
concerning the rights ob alien enemies
living in this country. there has been
much doubt as to just how this affect-
ed Germans living in this village. Par»
ticularly keen did the subject become
when Chief of Police Balls, of! Rye
(Continued On Page Six)
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misuvuiu
The dedication of the service flag
with twenty-four stars which has been
unfurled at the Beth Israel Synagogue.
Concord and South Main streets, will
take place Saturday morning. May 18.
will be delivered by
Kaufman, and the parents and friends
of the boys who are serving the colors
are cordially invited to be present.
. M'he‘ “Shevuolhl Festival which will
be celebrated wins toured Friday
and Saturday of this wbslt has a two.
tlold significance. It is the Jewish
Thanksgiving Day, ‘The Day of First
Fruits."
a season of gladness, hence the name
Feast of Weeks or Pentecost.
Jews brought, to the
first fruits of the wheat harvest. "but
of thy hand. shalt thou rejoice before
the Lord, thy God. W"
and thy daughter. the Levite that is
within they gates. and the stranger
and tho fatherless and the widow.
Dent. XVI. 9-12.
The traditional festiyal of’Pentecosi
as the birthday of the Torah (Z‘man
matan-Toroseinu. the time our laul
was given) when Israel became a con-
body remained the sole
celebration after the exile. Shevuot
commemorates the day when the Ton
~(‘ommandmcnts were given to Moses
on Mount. Sinai, and the festival play
are of the day have reference partied!
larly to this event. .
aluminum I
IIIIIIIESIINSIINII’IIIINSi
Another appeal is made for sub-I
scriptions‘to the Evening Sentinels]
‘Blue Cross fund to care for anlniaisZ
j
at 10 o’clock. The dedication sermon;
Rabbi Reuben I
I
in Palestine the grain liar-I
vest lasted for seven weeks and was '
The ‘
sanctuary thei
with a tribute, of a free will offering: ,
I WASHINGTON. :May Ill-President
.. Chamberlain's resolution for a war in-
.quiry by the Senate Military Affairs
u AUSIRIIN i
, 'BAIIIESHIP w
‘ Ill into
Italian Naval-Forces Enter
Pola Harbor and Sink Ves-
sel of the Viirbus Type
uuisumu A
. minimum
Italians:;.,l'iring Down Two
‘ Battlepinhes and Disable
Server"... _, ~ Milt lilNElv
aorta. , 16.—-—.An nun-an , , ., . ,
.. um .. w ~ IIIIIEMIIIEIIS
5;“ ’1?va ”firm‘fis. a f Ed In A}; ts
., _ o ,0 ,
I m battnslup m on!“ m "‘ :lNe: same For Colin-
bus type (00,000 ton vessels). The
Italian force worked its way into
the Austrian naval base bydodg-
ing the patrol boats and search—
lights of the defenders. . .. I
While the naval operation; was'
progressing, an Italian seaplane.
force engaged Austrian battle;
(Continued Ou Paganism)
Pinata can
. ink to write the paychecks in tantra;
I
SIIIIIIIRIIAS ' I
', IN MINI BATTLES
French Canadian, Suffering
From Bullet Wounds, Shell
Shock and Gas Attack, in
Norwalk Hospital
Private George Forshaylund, a
French-Canadian. and one or the twen-
ty-ono survivors are battalion of an
of the Princess Pat's, of Canada, who
went overseas in 1915, who has been
wounded innumerable times, who has
been actively engaged in the battles
at. Flanders, Vimy' Ridge, Ypres, and
Who spent the last winter in Russia,
been gassed, been shot in the head andI
has bad part of the bone of the skull;
replaced with a silver plate, is at lid
Norwalk hospital today, uflerlng from
shell shock. ‘ ~ ' ’
(Continued on has Two),
v
ing Year
This is a bright‘and sunshlny day
for school teachers as wall as post
men, for if the board of apportionment
at thelr‘meeiing tonight or next month
accept the recommendations of the
board of education and the Superin-
tendent of Schools‘George V. Buchang
nan, it will take considerable more?
Here is the goodnowg I“ the porters
._ I
dope it out:
‘ (Continued on Page Two)
INVESIIIIIIINNIIIIII
Objects Strenuously to Drug-
net Proposedby Chamber-.
lain Resolution
W
l
Wilson today renewed his fight against
adoption by the. Senate of Senator
committee. He advised Scooter
autumnal] ‘
EINIESSES lilillNll
Laxton James Describes
Murder of Mrs. ,Harrity
and‘Private Maloney '
tilli’illiNlUtl.
ASSOCIATED paess news FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL with: AVNE'UUR OWN OPERATOR
331m 1870. Inter“ » m M "Walk m scorn anagram count. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918 Fair Jim; Friday on, M...
GERMANS DISAPPIINIED IN um
I0 INIIN IIIII 44, WHERE IRINCII
I DRIVE IHIM IIIIIM IIIGII GROUND ,
Artillery Fire Is Violent .
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‘Worked, as Inspector at Rcm~
ington Arms on Finding
Her Sweetheart Drafted
‘BRIDGEPORT, May 16.-—-Owing to
the fact that Linda Van Dusen, of
Cablesklii. New York. lived at. the Ho-
tel Strum while” she worled‘atthe
Remington Ann! plant as an inspector
wild rumors sound to the effect that
she was German spy with the resign
that the entire machinery of'both ted-
ernil and local Investigating bureaus
hoe been working at high pressure
for the past'two‘weeks in an alert
to get. the goods on her.
Today Captain E. O. Cronan. chief
of the Bridgeport detective bureau,
(Continued on Page Twelve)
HIIW IIIIIIIIIIEN
IEII’EIIIIAIIE PIIIATII
HARTFORD. May 16.-—W~hen the
school childrerp of one Connecticut
town, not the largest town by any
means, observed a "Potato Week" to
the extent that 900 loaves of bread
and all the precious wheel which
that means. are saved. the Federal
Food Administration for Connecticut
quite properly believes its recent po—
tato campaign was a success. It. was
intended primarily to save wheat by
switching appetites from bread to pov
tatoes, and also it was intended to
CAMP UPTON. IL. 1., «May 16.—~A=
signed. confession made last night at}
Thompson 0 Kansas that the resolu-
tion as time ed yesterday by the Son-
ate Expeditures committee still is ob-'
jectlonable. Considering all the cir~
cumstances. President Wilson told:
Senator Thompson, chairman of tho“
Expenditures committee. the Chamber-I
lain resolution, even as modified.
would in effect authorize a "dragnei"
investigation by the military chromit-
tee. ' ,
(Continued on Eighth Panel .
CITY’SIIOMETAPER
BEST FOR ADVERTISING
h
T e value of the Evening Sentinel
as an advertising medium iurthe City
of Norwalk was again demonstrated
on Tuesday when seventyiive men
called at the office in answer to a.
used in the war.‘ DO not wait until it want. advertisement. This is but one
is too late to subscribe. The fund will instance which mjgm be. cited show-
close at the end of this month and 3'01! ing that the Sentinel is the paper that
have but 14 week days in WhiCh Uli‘goes into the Norwalk homes and is
send in your subscription. A dollar: read by the people who advertisers
sent in with your name and addres-iI seek to reach. These. also, who fail
will enroll you as a member 0f the ‘ to read the Sentinel daily are missing
Blue Cross Fund and you will be sent great opportunities. ’
a tuition with the Blue Cross on itI
which will show that you are a lover;
___._____,~
of animals and that you are willing to IBIS BUYING WAVE
do what you can to help alleviate their; IN STOCK NIARKET
sufferings. The poem printed some. __.___..
time ago in the Evening Sentinel of, NEW YORK, May iii-On another“
\ ’ . buying wave. in which the public seem‘l
Ied to, share to a large extent, today's“
Stock Market opened‘with many sub-
stantial additions to the steady ad-
vances of the past fortnight.
The movement again centered large-
ly in worriesues, nearly all of which!
registered new high quotations for the
year. Gala in the first fifteen min-
utes ranged from two to Six points in
United States, Bethlehem, Crucible
(Con'lnued on Page Eizht.)
FORMER. LOCAL PASTOR
TO WED IN BROOKLYN
The many friends of Rev. Dr. A. S.’
Kavanagh, former pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church in this
city, will be pleased to learn that he is
Replied to a
Sentinel Advertisements are
read—Sentinel, Advertisement
bring results“ , . 4 (I
I to be wedded to Miss Cornelia Court-
75 Men . I ‘will be squiet alfair. will be held at
‘the home‘of Miss Martin's uncle and “
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SENTINEL ‘ f. I
. several years. .
I .‘WANT ADVERTISEMENT
. . . Tuesday _ .
and Midvale Steals and Republic iron.
Sales in the first. half hour approxi-
mated 350,000 shares. .
ney Martin in Brooklyn. N. Y.. to-
morrow evening. The wedding. which,
r
the Third Branch Detective Bureau‘
by Laxton James. a. negro private ofI
Company C, 367th Infantry. cleared;
up the mystery in the murder here;
on May 5 of Mrs. J, Harrlty, of 39;
Fourth street,»Brooklyn, and Private'
Michael Maloncy, attached to the out‘
going cauasls. ‘
James, who is said by’surgeons
here to have been treated for nervous
disorders. was'not at first suspected
of the crime. but his arrest resulted
from testimony given by two;of the
negro sentries who were on duty at
the time of the shooting.
I
tumult ‘ .
BUSINESS aunt;
American Band Concert En-i
joyed by Hundreds. and
Rogers & Stevens’ Win-
dow Takes Prize
The concert given on Railroad
Square by the American Band of Nor:
walk preparatory to the opening of,
Dollar Day last night Was a great suc-
cess ad it is estimated that about five
or six hundred people gathered to its-
ten to a flue program of popular and;
patriotic airs. The national Hymnsafg
the Allies were played as well as “The
Star ‘Bangled Banner." and each num~
her was heartily applauded. r
The (windows of the stores that are
featuring Dollar Day were-illuminated
and many people‘ after the'concert‘
which lasted from 7:30 until 9 last
(Continued on Page Eight)
aunt; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Perrln
of 352 Clinton street, with whom she
has made her home in Brooklyn for
Miss Martin is a"
Idaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Chap-
man Martin of Aberdeen. Md. Only.
relatives and intimate friends will‘ at-
tend the wedding. among whom will
be Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Howe of.
Denver. sister and brother-m-law ol'
WHAT IS THE RED CROSS WAR FUND?
This is a fund raised fer war relief byvohmtary contribu-
tions of, thepeople.‘ The first war fund Was raised in,June,'1017,
- and amounted to a little more than $100,000,000. The date of
the/(secondWar Fund campaign, also for $100,000,000, hns‘been
,the bride. and her , niece, Miss..Elia
setter May so to 27, 1913.
Howe of Wellesley. ’ ‘_ ‘ W “ T ‘ I .‘
prevent the spoilage of thousands of
bushels of Connecticut potatoes and
to permit Connecticut farmers who
(Continued on Page Ten)
IIIIII III IIEEP
IIIIIJII IINII MEAL
> IN NNIIII WEAIIIEII
HARTFORD, May 14,—With the ap-
proach of warm weather which fre-
quently ruins certain flours and meals,
the Federal Food Administration for
Connecticut, realizing that many
3331
North of Kemmel and
North and South of the
Somme From Albert to the
Avre '
IIIIIIIAIIINE PLAN '
IS EXPANIliiII
General Pershing Is to Com-
mand Divisrons mWhich
‘ "Americans Predominate
Local fighting has died" down
again 'in Flanders and Ticardy
artillery fire continues strong all
along these fronts, as well as on
the Arras front, and is most vio~
lent north of Kemmcl and north
and south of the Somme from Al—
bert to the Avrc.
These sectors babe been the
scenes of all the recent lighting,
and they probably will see the
strongest enemy efforts whenever
the Germans believe the time is up-
portune to strike anew. In mam,
Iiil 44, as the French not only
drove them from the high ground,
but also penetrated the enemy po-
sitions.
:not renewed their counter attacks
Ito drive the French from the
iwoodcd terrain captured near
'Hailles. German and French or;
tillcry fire continues heavy north
of the Avre. The enemy bombard-
has been most intense for the past
two weeks, but the Germans have
attempted no attacks except to
react against successful French
local gains.
General Pershing has issued his
first official. statement on Ameri-
can operations since his troops
took over sectors permanently
Isimuitancously with an announce-
ment from Washington that where
American, British and French
troops are fighting together and
In»: Americans hrs in the majority,'
the control will be in American
hands. The Germans put down a
heavy barrage on the American
lines northwest of Tutti Wednes-
jday, but no infantry attack result-
housewives have on hand large stocks ed. In aerial fighting in this sec-
and only the guns are busy. The.
In Picardy the Germans have .
ment of the French north of here: _ 3}
CONGRESS MAY MEET
audio in session this summer to enact
* lingfreyentie j legislation at this see;
i
of the wheat substitutes. is issuing di- tor, two American , aviators have
rectious how best to keep these sup-l for three German
lies I accounted _
p H31. weather produces spoilage in machines. Increased artillery ac-
hours and meals especially thoseitivity is noted on the Lorraine see-
which contain a high percentage ofItop.
fats’ “‘OismreTm ”‘9 DIN” Inclatmgsi As on the western front, the lull
of the grain. o preven. suc ossesq- , . . ) .n but '
particularly at ,this time when breadlm.ltal3 , If???“ ‘mltlhmtke ’ in
stuffs are so essential to the AlliesIWlth rxmctatans ,. at. as
and ourselves, the following manna-“France, heavy fighting w1il break
tions for the storage of these hours out '30,,“ Observers m London he-
and “815.8“ my“: tit‘ q licvc the heralded Austrian blow
3.133; 3.5%”: {$31 43;” are in will be against the Italian lines
good condition when purchased. ‘from the Stelvw Pose to Monte
3-KGED in a cool dry place. Grappa, Just east. of the Brenta, in
like hope of breaking through the
iItalian defence and reaching sires-
Icia and Milan. Rome reports lively
gartillery and patrol ‘ engagements
lalong the mountain trout, and the
DURING SUMMER
‘ Idispersa'l of enemy troops at two
WASHINGTON, May 16.——Discus-Ep01ms there by Italian batteries.
sion of whether Congress shall re!
(Continued on Page-Seven.)
- a '. .' ‘ ‘ i:
new revenue legislation or postpone it,to raid 1 an” “ cdncsday nigh
until December was renewed today byglljas frustrated by the canal and .
the Treasury's announcement that in-g artillery defences of the city. The
ternal revenue to be collected this, Germans, however, dropped a
year w‘mm amount to ‘3’“3’000‘000'Inumber of bombs on the more (“5- ,
including $2,775.000,000 from incomes .
and excess profits, and that total ordl-lt‘mt suburbs 0f the FEM“ capital
nary receipts would be about $4.095.-IA3ri91 activity 0}] the Flat“? “"03
000.000. This is in addition to the re-,coutmues at high pitch
ceipts mm “”9“” ma“ “bOutlFrcnch and British airmen drop-
twice as much for the your. . ‘ .. . y _
Despite the Treasury's estimates to ping many bombs 03}. WWW sec
ported to, thoSenate, members of Con: , _ ,
grass expressed opposition to‘ attainin- loud the German hues.
_s é a“, touchdown” Pix! rwoi
An attempt. by enemy aircraft. _
Itious andponcentratlou centers hem, .
alone the Germans havaylrcen-dinm»: t...
appointed in their attempt to gain "
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