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ESTIMATE BOARD
0Nll SHNJlD
SPEND, MONEY
down Up By Their Crews at Mayor Donovan States the
? Helsingfors to Prevent Board of Councilmen Must
i’l‘heir Being Captured by Not Spend Money When
isthe Germans No Sum Is Set Aside For
" ' the Work
till it til” * 'llEVENlJES Nlli -
WAS $5110.00"; ,lliiiilluii
A ~Escaped After. Com- . .
ignite Destruction of Veg. Admitted That ThereIsaDe.
leer, " ‘ liciency, But How Large
. Is It? '
3110103015. Thursday, May lit—1 ~ - -
‘ ‘. .uygn British “We. do. A number of matters were discussed
. ‘ 0“)! mi, N at nem_ at the meeting of the new board of
as"
REI] class
ANNAlAliEMENlS
Team Meeting—Sunday Ser-
mons—Parade—Addresses
—-Moving Pictures
The meeting of the captains and the
team members at the town assembly
hall at. 8 o’clock tonight is one o! the
most Important matters in connection
with the second Red Cross War ii‘und
Drive. Every captain and every team
member must be present. Colonel
Isaac M. Ullman of New Haven will
address the meeting. 'Do not fail to
be in your place.
Sunday Sermons.
man of! the executive committee to
the clergy of every chilififln the city.
earnestly soliciting their cooperation
and assistance. Requesting that‘in the
Sabbath sermon, they me upon their
congregation. to include the Red
Cross as a bartender! in Ill 31ft!
either by way of special collection or
in some equally practical procedure.
(Continued 0- Pace Twelve)
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‘ Alumni:
toll
A letter has been sent‘bytbe chalr- HlfiflER STAN"
. estimate and taxation. held in the com-
m“ M” M W m‘ mon council chamber at the City Hall
last" eveningybut‘ the main question
seemed to be whether or not there
was a deficit. and if so, where it was.
thy this Serums reached the
. any-{either through the
'tsbetween Denmark and Nor-
wnd Sweden, or by we!
A discussion which lasted until about
,. . . ~ ten o'clock took place. and Mayor
‘ do? word“! to. an Ad' Donovan, City Treasurer Mathewson
w ‘1 ‘ statement. no 01388 O and Louis S. Beers. all took part in
‘went by way of Archangel it,
‘ethe Class E boats took the
' mate.
~submarines, which had en-
Mr. Mathewson presented a report
given below and Mayor Donovan said
that he agreed that some of it was
,. , 1 right, but that in all of the causes
mg" mificme‘dy‘mm he could not agree With Mr. Math
{Q W 9nd had be“!!! Wt ewson. and that the , deficiency was
since, were“ pigeon a, . "much greater thaMI’. Mattie . ‘
'lee “W ‘ *‘ statpdinthe report. .. w *1.
aha—~— '
(Continued all cast may
.iliiEAiiSHlPS WSfllfllE—llllilm‘
(continued on Page Nine)
Greater Than Ever and
Give Credit to The Even-
ing Sentinel
2A“ of the merchants who participat-
ed in the Dollar Day yesterday, are
, greatly pleased with the success of
the same, and all join in giving praise
to the.lllvening Senttnal for its help
. ”abut-ism: .an ,event. 1
In the past Dollar" ya ‘llfle‘bcen‘
successful, but those times were not
war times, and as this is a war time
when money is not as plentiful as it
might be, what with people investing
all that they possibly can in the Lib
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
Merchants Declare Trade!
fillNlllill AMERICAN -
wpgteamships under the American
"s have been lost at sea. All on
arduboth veSSels were saved, the
r. y Department announced tonight.
prof 7.176 deadwelght tons. was tor-
"~- In by a German submarine on
is night of May 14.
,Thesteamship Zaanlnnd, one of the
tch vessels recently taken over and
$100 deadweighl tons, was sunk in
collision on May l3.-
1‘ (Continued On Page halve)
til llllll Sill] SHE
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dmitted Shooting Mrs. Rob-
WAUKESHA, Will- May 17.—~Dr.
dvRoberts, present only as a wit-
.while Grace Lusk, faces the jury
ed, with the murder of Mrs. Mary
‘ man Roberts, sat with bowed head
totality as he heard himself assail-
y Witnesses and counsel as the al-
limdeceiver of two women—«one his
;‘ ”wife and the other .on. trial as
slayer. .- " -
‘1While' Miss Lusk shielded her tear
:l‘nmed eyes Henry Lockney in his
. suingaddress to thejury tor the de-
ince told the story of her girlhood
.‘imed in the little village of Slough-
n.‘ of her ambition- to. become a
sober and her struggle- to win a de-
see from the University ot.Wiscon-
-ll.'WlllCll resulted in a nervous breaks
(Continued On, Page. Tell) .
» LLEYMEN' WAIT. ..
comps ACTION
‘ toolbars of the Norwalk Trollelw
nion‘have not helir’d from the
heat company in regard to de-
“for increases‘in wages which
presented some time ago. ‘ fl‘he
repeat an answer soon. .and will
. le’ynlen have requesteddhat
. plum wagerateebe fixed from
cents an hour ,and thetmaxl-
troniéz cents to 45. ‘
ilAliAIlESUNli:
'WSBHINGTON. D. 0.. May 17.-—.
1The steamship .Neches, a cargo can.
_ slon of the war department that tak-i
gel-t5, D13 Davis Testifies” «Governor Holcomb, which calls for2
.l DUBLIN, Thursday. May 16.~—At a
o action limitless regenedr victlon. the statement-says, that the
MAY BE AllllWEl],
Cengressnian Tilson and
lUMllEIl WARNER
liltiiiié’fiiialf‘miii‘i HAS lEfi BRAIN N
Reasubmits Question to v, ‘
Secretary Baker—Connec- . William Halstard. iin employe‘ol th
. .1 Emergency Fleet Corporatldn at Wil-
tolcut Plan Proves Slmple son’s Point. was taken to the Normzlk
ne . - ~ A. 5‘
hospital early this morning, suffer
I from a fracture of the right leg.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. M“ 1 .___‘ It is thought that the accident might
State Secretarv Frederick L' Petl'ryil'appened and When the United sum":
and Congressman John Q. Tilson of‘ Shipping Board plant at the Point was
New Haven. today took up with 'thel called. no information would be given
adjutant-general the matter of the sol-toll." as to how the “ewe“ happens
l. M... new arts: .21: a: tiii‘ifl‘n it:
express hope that Connecticut troops; had his leg broken. .
It is thopght that theaccident might
ave happened in one or two ways.
either that a heavy piece of timber fell
on his leg and snapped it, or that he
{in France may cam a vpte at the
fall election. despite the former decl-l h
ing soldier votes abroad 'Was dm-l
ossibl ,. Til w ‘ . .
Etated‘lio metlfod ggddggggt?:;gteslizg might have fallen. from some timber
whereby v'otes could be taken without , and received. the injury. It “:85 am.“
serious interference , with military . at. the hospital that the man was res.
duty ’ mg comfortably and that the fracture
‘ . had been set, ~
l Secretary Perry and Colonel Tilaon . . ‘. , ‘ ~
gave .Adjutantfieneral McCain copies The condmon of Pmme I‘olsllay-
"of the Connecticut law, framed byl
fering from shell shock and the ef-
ects of a bullet wound in his head. re-
ceived while fighting in France in
1915. was said lobe about the same
today, and that lie was resting a little
more. comfortably.
Hill lululs '
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Contribution of South Nor-
walk Council, K. of 0.,
Membership Campaign a
Success ‘ *
taking soldier vote by mail and called
his attention to the fact that such a
methodwould not interfere with mili-
tal‘y duty. Adjutant-General McCain,
tdday, resubmitted the Question of'the
soldier vote in France to Secretary of
War Baker. and said that if» it could
be done without interference with mili-
tary duties, the war department will
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lllllNl WANTS,
iglill liilli
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Red Cro s . '
meeting of forty-live members of the 8 woik and membership
Irish Party here today, with the Irish
members of South Norwalk Council.
' Nationalist leader. John Dillon, presid-l Knights of Columbus, at their meeting
ing. a statement was 158091“) the el‘ilasteveninsi . . .
feet that the bl“ 101' conscription lu,‘ A‘oontflbufion-of fifty donarg from
Ireland was adopted .by Parliamentlthe funds of the council was voted to
.largely, under the.lmpression that no the second Red Cross campaign fund.
'attempt would be made to use the and a resolution offering services of
power until a :responslble IT‘S}! .G°V‘-the members. to the , committee in-
eminent and an 11W“ Parliament were‘charge of the drive was adopted.
called" into existence. The latest d?“ The membership drive which was to
velopments. hOWeYfir» lead to the 0011‘ close on the 18th.'has been extend
for anothewthlrty days: . - ‘ .
. "Fifty members in thirty days. we
Government has' no intention oil- pro.
ducingany bill whatever. It also says
2 (Continued on Page Twelve)
(continued on Page Twelve)
a" '
llIIld,~ of Montreal. Canada. wlwis suf-v
campaign held the attention of the ‘
can. we must,.Weiwill," the slogan
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304th Infantry will
Monday For Genes.
School
Return
1 Stall
AillliElllli
Baseball Team of :f
‘- Play in Hartford", onior-J
row ' ‘ -
“Chitin? gnaw; our. ' .2
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“Connecticut's (inhibitor
at Still River and lit-w .,
,turn to camp Saturday. re
' n sway
‘ from camp until Monday.‘ lag.
F “01”“ BAY Eacoording to plans made t . it
[was the intention of the officers after
they hall'arrived at Still River to try
to make their stay indefinite.
But on learning of the new gen-
eral staff school. which starts here
,Monday. this plan had to be aban-
doned. The matter was taken up at
1 (Continued 0n Pale Twelve)
Millillmiwlil ,
Allli’iiillllllllliir
“Little Irish Beauty,” Poor
Baby Girl Was Called in
Hartford Home
GREENWICH, Conn.. May 17.-Mrs.
Clifford R. Wilmot is about to adopt a
poor baby girl, three months old, from
the New England Home for Little
Wanderers; in Hartford, Conn, be-
cause of the child's attractive blue
eyes and black hair. The girl has
been called the little Irish beauty in
tho institution.
“Just as soon as the necessary pap-
ers can be procured." said Mrs. Wil-
Ingt today,""l‘he baby will be legally
llu opted. She is now in my hc‘ue and
lhas been named Katherine Sarah
Smith Wilmot. Clifford and I con-
ceived the idea that we would like to
adopt a child and were at first unde-
cided about this one and another light
haired baby in the home. In intend to
make Katherine heir to my estate and
she will inherit a. small fortune when
she becomes of age. This is one of
the things I have done in my life real-
ly worth while.
Mrs. Wilmbt is the daughter of the
late William Smith, who left his mil-
(Continued On Page Eight)
his is SAME
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if all the plans and parties sched:
Iuied for this evening; Friday, the
seventeenth of May. 1918;" will he
isomer night in Norwalk.
' Besides the regular meetings of fra-
! ternal societies. there is a lot of added
attractions that will cause the "'No-
body Home” sign to be displayed in
the, majoritycf Norwalk residences.
police ofllcers to watch out for those
enterprising burglars who may get
help to the situation.
’ Kort city. both from the new:
' anle Samuel .Are eagerly awaiting
AN" SHA E ESTATE the arrival of the ten to erettea, who
iwill sojourn at the pleas at home of
and 'tls well to warn uor lynx-eyed »
Killian—lint 3 l
STILL uriililll
Special Meeting of :he Club
Members to be H 1d Next
Thursday Night to Settle
. Matter .
A special meeting of the (tune Knob
club to be held in Red Me ’s hall, on
West Washington street. has been cali-
ed for Thursday evening. lghe 23rd. at
which time the committe .iippointed
to look into the opening of the club
Will make a report. On“ esday of
this Week a report was gi .en that the
club would not open this year on ac-
count of thet activities at Wilson's
Point, where the ship star as plant is
in operation. This was it ided owing
to advice received by the, committee
from the bead men at th yards.
At the meeting of this pedal com-
mittee. held at the allies ofJudge]
William P. Tammany last evening.
Rosa Burchard. owner of i‘ 0 property
there. read two letters. one from
Washington and the other from New
neat corporation which Wit-
eon'n Point.“ wbiehrit‘w‘na omit!“
the cementing had no . ms
the Knob property and the there were
to he no his operations . a. so that
lillllNAliAlilNii 1
iii illllilmis
Members of Wome‘ ’s Land
Army Will Be 1! used at
the Residence 91‘ 3.- Pearl
that are not in the service of their
Mr. Poor, just above the Congrega-
tional church. during the lsummcr.
These members of the Women's
Land Army. are being eagerly sought
after by Wilton land owners, and work
for the majority has already been
promised. ,
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SEES WORSE iAiilNE
ammui
Official Urges Factories to
Save Every Pound POSSI-
ble ,
BOSTON, May, 17.——A Atoal shortage
for New England‘ next winter that will
make last winter's sangus situation
."loolr like an easy time" as predicted
by Everett Morse of the priorities com.
mittee of the War Industries Board in
addressing a. group of l adlng textile
manufacturers here toda‘ .
“The Government." he said. “real-
izes that it is falling down on coal
shipments into New England at a rate
of about 20.000 tons a. day, I am afraid
the programme as laid own is by no
'/ (Continued on Page Twelve)
will GET AFTPAR
DRAFT DELI QUENTS
HARTFORD. May 17.—"I.eniency in
the handling of draft deanquents must
cease." ‘ .
This was the mandate 1' Major John
Buckley, Connecticut representative
‘0! Provost Marshal General Crowder.
issued today in connection with the
evading military duty as required I):
the selective service but.
From every section of the state this
morning came letters t Major Buck»
ley's oifice asking tor, the ‘proper
forms on which to repent to Adjutant-
(Continued on Page Four)
(Continued 011 Paris Twelve)
WHAT H as noRWALKés‘REn CROSS CHAPTER
. . ‘ . DONE? j
From my 1. 1917, to my 1, 1918‘, they have completbd
, ‘ Surgical Dressings, innlnnbers . . . . . ..
Hospital Garments and Supplies ._ . . . .......
KnittedAitiolsslslnéeaugsn).....................‘..
. Collected and shipped partlyiworn clothing for re at
..........‘..148,238.
........l..11,627
4.244
NM AND AllillllRYACllVlll
GROWS AND AllIES iXPECl' AN
AllACA‘ BY leANlRY SHORlll
How it] Still] AiAli “'—
iii Will PiliiilNliilS
cardy Have Caused More
Fires in Montdidies—Ital-
War Department Issues Let-
ter of Instruction for For-
ians Giving Austrians Lit-
warding
,tle Rest
liliiii lllllii’
itiiiililllillt
Also Claim to Have BroughL
“so
»'I‘hé wardepartment has issued a
circular telling how letters and pan
cels may be sent to prisoners of war.
wherever they are confined'whether
in neutral ,allied, or enemy countries.
Theymenfltledtoreceiveandsnd .
letters. money orders. valuables :nd . BOWMAN Enemy Air"
parents by post. providing the parcels planes .
donetweish marathon elmnpounds.
pm icnlalt'and money" garners oral
subject to the meal] feeamnd duties.
., Germany still hesitates to renew
heavy fighting on the main battle-
fields of the western front, but the '
increase'in serial and artillery ac-
bnt when intended“ for international
mail, it is ireeoi' duty.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Those of Age, Wilton Ayouil-CL min
«up
Till ll] lliillsi
' iilllll [initial
Connecticutglaputacturers’
, . . , p . rate
WiniFstbiers of the State
HARTFORD. May 17,—Tha Manufaé;
turers’ Association's! Connecticut has
rallied to the call of the State for as.
slstance in increasing Connecticut's
food production, and has taken steps
to insure the cooperation in the greai
er crops movement of the 525 mem-
tivity indicates that infantry
fighting on a larger scale than in
the past two weeks soon again may
he in'progress.
Alliedfaad German gunners are
harrusaing the opposing lines
with shellfire, and this lighting
dots, and, south of the Somme in
policy tor~precodo a strong
try operation with a few hours of A L»
Lthe most intense artillery fire, but;
lthc enemy bombardments have
'not yet reached the highest pitch,
though it is believed the German
preparation for another ofiensive
move are about completed.
continues most marked 'on the:
front north'of the Lye, in Flori-,g‘fi
bars of the Association, - representing - -.
more than 250.000 employ a“. Recently British and French
Senator Elijah Rogers, of sOUthlng. , airmen have been meeting with lit-
ton, has'been secured by the associa-itle opposition in droppng bombs
tion to act in a capacity which might'ou railway stations, troop en-
campments and other military tar-
gets behind the German lines. Now
the enemy has become most active,
and has attempted bombing raids
behind the Allied lines, as well as
trying to prevent the Allied bomb-
ers from carrying on their work.
. VISIT NEW “All“ Fifty-six German‘macllines are re-
ported acconted for by London
NEW max, «May 17,_preiiminary,autl l’aris. Of these, forty-three
to the opening or the campaign inimacllines were destroyed by Allied
New York to rules one-fourth of the aviators.
Red Cross War Fund of $100,000,009’ - '
interest today was centered in the {if-‘3’. {3111311118 Atllle ddestnllctlon 0f
visit of President Wilson. The Pres- 1‘ ._\- 190 18 . alrp anes. .
ident will remain in New York tori After a battle With German air-
three days. He will reView a parade planes, British airmen on Thurs-
;fmievemy'flvg :hoélsw‘if Perm“ “3 day dropped bombs on Saarbrllck—
avenue n ur ay 8 ternoon, an . -
address a Red Cross meeting at the fn’ Goringn 1193;111:316, clauslmg at
Metropolitan Opera House in the eve- “St one re. . e Tm‘s men at”
ning. The remainder of the President’sdacked the German airplanes anew
visit will be devoted mainly to pleas-5am] destroyed five of them while
“8- ' . ilosing one of their own number.
Henry P. Davidson. chairman of the, - -
Red Cross Council. who arrived in‘ There has been no infantry ac
New York yesterday. after a tour of “VA”, except for patrol Midst on
inspection abroad, conferred with lo- all the long fronts from the North
cal Red Cross officials today over Sea to Switzerland, including the.
Plans “’1‘ tasking “a" drive for sung“ American sectors. American. era
8. success. I‘GDEI‘R OBS are VlI‘ up y . v ' . .‘ . . ,
complete for a spectacular campaignitluem men "5} Picardy. 3,3".- have
to raise at least one-fourth of the to lcaused fires in Montdldler.
tal sum desired in New York.. . Between Lake Garda and the
More thanfihalt of the stores in Man- Piave' the Italian troops are giv-
'hman 93‘1": agrgfdmtgnggzg 3:“ 31:} ing the Austrians little rest. The
cent. 0 81.1.“ p y success in gaining the summit of
lag the week a campaign. ‘ .
Monte ( orno, south of Asmgo, has
NEW HAVEN been followed hAy Ian operation
" ‘ 'stM t ,- toast
PRISONfigngOgTBgR.sir;all: so: l...
Austrian trenches were entered,
the part of the garrison not killed
or captured, fleeing. Vienna says
the Italian activities spread to
dicted here yesterday .charged with Monte Portion, east of Asolone.
stealing $400 from the Liberty loan Both these heights are outposts of
booth at Rector‘s restaurant April alum formidable Monte Grappa. I
The prisoner, who went to New Haven .
and thence to Maine after the alleged Along the front from the Stelvw
theft here was” arrested in Maine on .PHSS t0 Lake Gerda, enemy patrols
a Connecticut 'warrant for burglary. .have been repulsed by the Italians.
Local authorities have given noLLcl iBetween Lake Garda and the
(Continued on Page Seven.)
iNEW SRHhK. May 17.—-Herbert L.
McClair,‘ alias Lester Martha“. who is
in jail in New Haven. Conn. was in-
iiat they wish to extradite him in:
the theft of the on funds. The di' l . .
ma mmmey'sijhflm Md. McClagrithe artillery fire has increased.
using a stolen draft registration card “
7.8 credentials .enrolled as a ‘volilni- " WITH THE AMERICA
[Liberty loan 'csnvasser to have pre- ARMY IN FRANCE, May 17.—
vailed upon the girl who was cashier. American aviators in the salmon
oiithe loan buoth at the restaurant. . , - ' ,
to give him the receipts up to mid— northwest "f To“! brought dam!-
.1 in Belgium, 5 uses, romeo, shipping weight , 1:, 6,179 lbs. ‘
.,i ‘
' them in a billnltfl'tll‘ her. .. ‘ .morniilg.
Lnight of April 9,- saying he could placel‘mOther German. airplane
' .,......,(
Berlin,‘ on the other '
Brenta and on the Asiago Plateau,“ _
Picardy. lt' hnsbeenmhewmku, 11.. . .
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