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wannnsnav, MAY 22, 1918
Erectors-:3.
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TWO GENTS
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday
.EPORl Mill
on BUILDING or
NEW » BRIDGE
Committee Having Charge
of Erection of Washington
3 .Street Bridge Structure
3 Completes, Work .
noun till-IE8 .
shun MilliliENl
Property For Future Park
Acquired and Unsightly
‘ Buildings Removed
‘ Every taxpayers and resident of
Nernllr will be interested in the re-
port on the completion of the Wash»
legion street bridge. ,rnade by the
chairman, Rev. Dr. Augustus F. Beard.
lot the last meeting of the City of
Norwalk Board of jCouncilmen. and
it is printedin full herewith. It fur‘
niches a complete‘history of the re
moval of the old bridge and buildings.
acquiringbf land for a park and
building of the new bridge:
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Will Put Flowers On All
i United States Mounds on
Memorial Day
? A couple of:fence'pickets, hewn
from poplar trees. nailed and crossed,i
Stick from one of the row of mounds
post back of the churned, peck-mark-
,ed earth of Picardy. And written on
the cross are the words: “Lieut. John
Peters, U. S. A., Died in Action." The
grace of this brave American is ' but
poo in a serried row on the hillock,
and is next to that of Capt. Fenlton.
another American who fell before the
Boone drive.
her weeks Capt. John K. Peters and
his wife have been beseechlng the Na;
ivy Department. and the War Depart-
ment, and the Red Cross. the Y. M.
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A RE Rlll BRASS
In making my report as we transfer '
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“an,” 333 Ellis kafspfmg of
All RAllRllADS
ARE REEIEVED
A Federal Director for Each
Line Will Be Named by
Director General M’Adoo
Very Soon
TWll NEW ordain
autumnal)
In Many Cases Present Ex-
ecutives May Remain in:
Control '
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WASHINGTON, May min—Every
railroad president in the Unit-3d
States was relieved from active duty
as‘ executive manager of his road
yesterday by Director General Mc-
Adoo. who ‘wii appoint a «federal di-
rector for each road, responsible only
10‘ the railroad administration. In
many cases file president of the road
may be named federal director.
To safeguard the interests of stock-
holders and maintain the individual--
ity of each railway, federal directors.
whenever possible, will be appointed"
from among the operating omccls
oi‘ the property. the director general
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TB'IRTHRAYJSREIAL’ " llJllNEll [Willi]
’NETTJi‘Ilfifl- u. 3. nuwua
Successful Adair Given Un-
der Direction of Miss Mae;
Fallon at .First Baptist
Twelve Wood. Launched in
EFourteen, Two " Steel . and _
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United States: Government
Agents Hattie Had Evi-
dence'foi' Mo ths and Gave
It to Britis Representa-
tives
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twill!!!“
Revolutionary , ‘. Spoil
Ireland’sBest 4 once of
Satisfactory Settlement
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WASHINGTON. Moy 22.—-Aithmgh
it has been revealed idiot Government
United States of conspiracies be-
tween Sinn Feln leaders and German
agitators to incite a rebellion in Ire-
land, officialsstlll dFCllned today to
indicate whether a State Department
announcement on the irish develop
ments might be expected.
For many months. it was disclosed.
American agents have been inside the
councils of lrioh in this country, who
hart-plotted with German agents for
armed insurrection against British
rule. These disclosurbs were follow-
eddust' night' by the "announcement
that agents also have uncovered sim-
ilar German intrigues With other Na-
tionalistlc groups in the United
States. German money. it was said.
has been used to finance agitations
among Firms and Lithuanlons.
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WILTON OBSERVANCE
TO BE NEXT SUNDAY
Decoration Day. Sunday. will be ob-
served on theGreen, near the Wilton
Same Period
WASHINGTON, Nay 22.-—-Ten steel
, 1 ships of 58,850 aggregate tonnage!
, cty oi ”‘9 “1"“ Bulk. were completed and delivered to the"
fist Church, was a decided success! Emergency Fleet Corporation iast‘
both socially and financially, and; week and 14 others some wood and
$19.50 was added to the treasury, at; some steel of 43‘000 tons were.
though the weather was quite unfav-j launched. ' ‘ ' . ‘ "
orable. , A On Saturday four wooden ships left
, The 199“”? room “’35 decorated”... ways. the third time during the
With lattice work. columns. fes- present month when four vessels of
‘00“,5 0‘ a?” paper, ““95 and, this type were launched in a single;
flowers artistically arranged under, day. The total number of wooden
the disrection of Miss Florence Beers.‘ shis launched in May to date is 22‘
The following program was arrang-i The completed ships included eight
9d [1‘35 MISS Mae Fallon: .requisitioned and two built on con-l
tract. Four of them Were of 8.80M
ions or larger. They were delivered
at San Francisco. Chester. Seattlei
Church
The birthday social givesn by the
Ladies‘ Aid‘Soci
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REGISTRATION IN
TOWN ASSEMBLY HALL
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IManltowoc. Wis: Ashtabula. Long1
Beach, Cal.; and Cleveland.
The local Board for Division (Continued on Page Seven.)
14, Connecticut, has designated its
ofllce. in the Town Assembly Hall,
Nor-walk. as the place and the only
place for registration
1918.
The hour: of registration will beA
from 7 o’clock in the morning to 9;
o‘clock in the evening.
All male persons. citizens pf
United States, and all male personsi
residing in the United States, «who
have. since the 'Sth day of June, 1917.:
and on or before the Way of Junegi
1918. attained the as; of twenty-one}
years, must register. ' '
Aiilliiiifllillliflllllll ,
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or the $100,000,000 contributed last
Unne for the. American Red Cross, not
one penny of it has, been spent for
anything but War relief.
. Norwalk's apportionment last June
Was $25,000, and we contributed over
$32,000. and ,everyone who had any
part in last June's success has ~en-
joyed a year of satisfaction.
The Red Cross needs another $100.-
000.000 to lighten just. a little of the
awful load of misery "over there."
Again Norwalk‘s apportionment is
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ual ceremonies.
The members of Buckinfimm Post,
No. 12. G. A. R., of Norwalk. have
accepted an invitation to be present
and automobiles have been donated
to meet them at the Winnipauk ter-
lminal 'of the trolley line. and to take
them home after the ceremonies.
These Sunday services were inaug-
urated several years ago by the Wil-
ton troop of Boy Scouts of America.
which has recently been absorbed by
‘the Wilton Y. M. C. A.. and the two
organizations will work together in
this year's Observances «
The Sunday proceeding Decoration
Day was selected so as to avoid any
clash with the Memorial Day plans
(two) EcorsehMich” Camden, N. J.:?“ Buckingham Post. and is a most;
fittiing time for the Observances.
The exercises which will begin at
3 o‘clock Sunday afternoon will be in;
charge of Rev. Frederic M. Hollister,’
chairman of the Wilton Y. M. C. A.,
and will include speeches by clergy-
men. and laymen of Wilton. patriotic;
song. by a volunteer chorus. and oth-
or features
The procession will then go to
J oe's
agents have gatheied evidence in that
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post once. next Sunday with ”the us-l
STATE ll. A. R.
RRllER ISSUED
Commander Quien of De-
partment Announces Of-
ficial Appointments
Department Commander Christian
Quien, of the G. A. R. of Connecticut.
has issued the following general or-
ders to the various posts of the de-
partment. announcing his official ap-
pointments and giving instructions
for the observance of Memorial Day.
The orders follow:
Headquarters Dapartment of Con-
necticut. Grand Army of the. Re-
public. ‘
Danbury. May 7, 1918.
General Orders No. 2.
At the fifty-first encampment, De-
partment of Connecticut, Grand Ar-
my of the Republic, held in New Ho-
ven. April 16th and 17th, 1918, the fol-
lowing named comrades were elected
to fill the offices designated below:
Department Commander—PChrlstian
Quien. Post 18. Donbury.
Senior Vice-Department Commander
~—Georxc T. Hooch, Post 53. Middle-
town.. .
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(command on ottoman)
MEXICAN :lRllllPS
lllli TRENEHESALRNE
Rlll RRARRE RIVER
German Propagandists Seek
to Line Utreoplé' ore-War-
of Drive '- “
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Torn Country..on. Strength _: .
AMERICAN lRRRPS HAVE lAAEN .
NUMEROUS GERMAN PRISRNERS
nsuuwaun '
IN nuns SERVIBE ,‘
—— w,,.iINFANlliYAllAtliS :
the Post Graduate Unit' ARE Nflvlv RENEW”!
Base Hospital, No. 8, A. E.
F., France
Italians, Between Piave and.
Lake Garda, Have Been .
Victorious in Battles With
Austro-Hungarian's ‘
‘-
We regret that our opening para-
’ graph must bgoan analog-Mule tile? Time When Kaiser Starts f
secure a. p tograp ms 0- . ' '
llns from "which to bare a cut made. Alwt’her AttECk .
The only picture that was obtainable , Germany’s ,_ spring ofcnsive
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llaunched in the hope of forcing
the Allies to conclude peace, enters
upon its third month today. The
Allied armies are still intact and '
awaiting further enemyattackx, ‘
while American reinforcements
arc hurrying to France. Great
ulosses sustained in Picardy and
Flanders have forced the Germans
to bait and reorganize their shat.—
tcred divisions. “
in the weeks since the repulgoofi *
the last strong German attack,
that north of Mont Kemmei, the
tions.
cent German advances in France as
great German advances in presaging
the early defeat of the allies and the
United States, are seeking to fan
again into flame the Mexican's latent
hatred for the "gringoesf' and to pre-
cipitate trouble between the United
States and Mexico.
By this they hope to complicate
Uncle Sam's war problems, force the
retention of a considerable part or our
army in this country to guard thug
border, and weaken our participation‘
in this year's lighting in France.
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n in saunas
Some Important Resolutions
Expected to be Passed This
Afteran
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Teachers‘ Association, this afternoon,
WASHINGTON. May 23.»German'
(agents in Mexico. capitalizing the rev
sitions have failed.
The latest German failure was
of the Lys salient. Attacking new
lthou h in siren th were thrown ‘
was an amateur 233 snap-shot, of a' g g ’ '
group of three, taken in France some
months ago. Miss Collins was one al.9hm‘ged' Smaller enemy 3“
the electrotype. ‘
We feel it is a great injustice to
this noble young lady to use such a
picture. However, we, ourselves. can
see, even in this imperfect likeness,
repulsed by the French.
On the sectors southwest
Germans have shown no indicau
tions that infantry attacks are.
(Continued On Page Six) about to be renewed. Neither has
General Otto von BeloW’s army
east of Arras undertaken new op-
erations. However, Berlin can not
TIMBER CRUSHE" delay a renewal of the offensive
, . , . ,much longer, and that is,tbe’time
>the Allies are waiting for as they
improve their positions at various
, points. . -
. John Stewart, of 14 Wood streets - .‘ ‘ - ‘ .
the colored laborer_who died shortly Bmm‘ “mm“ ““9“ March 21
after two oclock at the“ Norwalk 1103'ihlwe accounted for 1,000 German
pitai yesterday afternoon. following‘all‘plnnes, and have dropped more
promises to be not only or especial
interest, when the matter of signing]
the contracts as prepared by
IBoard of Education, comes up, but in
.many other details of rather more
than routine business. It is intimated
that certain resolutions have been
prepared. that it passed will erect a
that will need a battle plane to sur-
flFFICERS NAMFnHiII Cemetery. where the graves of metaphorical ”5191‘ “'3“ between the
‘ {Union soldiers wilhbe decorated by‘ DBGBEOBWS and the honorable board.
Officers were elected by the State‘
[Council of the Sons and Daughters of
Liberty at. the annual council held:
here. yesterday. The nomination of‘
officers took place in the morning and
the election was held late in the af-'
tcrnoon. I
The State Council were the guests
$25,000. for, the Second Red Cross
War Fund and We should do better
than last year. The demands increase
no we send greater numbers of our
boys across. the seas to fight for us.
The captains and workers are busy.
but the results depend upon what the
people give! Our part is the easy
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{18 SOLDIERS HURT,
l-rMISSING, IN WRECK
'l‘l4}XARl{ANA. Ark. May 22—0119
soldier is missing. eighteen were in.
‘ jured. A. J. McAllister, engineer. was
killed. and.several trainmen injured
‘ ,thm a north-bound St. Louis-South-
, Western train was derailed by a
_, broken angle ‘bar at Mayton stationfl.
, just south of Garland. Arie, yester-
; day. The soldicrabclonged the the
10th Aerial Squadron. The military
nthorltles refused to 'make known
file names of the injured. "
Council of Defense
To Encourage Drying
Fruits and Vegetables
iof Banner Council. No. 54, of D. of:
I... of this city and delegates were
present from all over the state.
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The Committee of Food Supply,’
Connecticut State Council of Defense,i
has added anew department .to its TORNADO SWEEPS 1
oiguiuaation 1n the form of fruits and, WESTERN COUNTRY;
gvegethbles during the coming sea-l
son. The. committee consists of Wii-R ' .,
iiam C. Holden of Hartford, Dr. E. DES MOINES. In, May 22.——At least
H. Jenkins of the New Haven Ex- six persons are dead and Scores Were
perimcnt Station, S. P. Hollister, of injured as the result of tornadoes
of Connecticut Agricultural College. which sweptthe central portion of the
and Mrs. J. M. Dean of the Hartford state late yesterday, according to re-
County Farm Bureau. ' ports receivedtoday. ’ Lines of com-
This committee will‘assist organiz- munlcation in the storm~swept sec-
aiions in theState which wish to tion have not been fully restored. but
undertake drying of fruits and vege- from reports received it is indicated
tables both in'flie home and as cbm- that the property‘damage will reach
‘nmniiv or municipal projects. in the neighborhood of $1,000,000.
Another recent appointment made MADISON, Wis, May 22.——Destruc—
by me mod committee is that ofOl- tion of the village of Lone Rock by
colt, P. King of South Windsor, who 'a tornado last night.‘ was practically
has'been‘ added to the committee on, complete, according to word received
smail‘grains. of which he will act as today. Three persons were killed!
,cbairman.‘ . when their homes wermwrecked.
charged with resistance.
the boys and the ritual of the G. A. R.,
will be said by the. officers of Back—
Ingham Post, with a similar service
following at St. Matthew’s church
yard.
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STUDENTS’ CASES
ARE CONTINUE
NEW HAVEN. May 22.——The cases
of the ten Yale students who were
arrested early yesterday morning fol-
lowing two small riots, were continued
to Monday, attorneys for the men
explaining that. the university de-
sired that Dean Jones of the college
he on hand at the time of the hear-
ing. Dean Jones is In Maine this
week. The prosecutor was ready to
mount.
The election of officers is another
important phase of the meeting with
a possible change in the lineup.
The principal objection to the con-
tracts is admitted to be the lack of
any definite statement as to just
where the signer will be loomed, and
ered vacant.
Association consider 'the. contracts
made to a Sentinel man today.
One. prominent instructor said:
‘it must be remembered that the
position, and that the recent report
to the Board of Apportionment car-
injuries received While at work at the than 1,000 tons of bombs on enemy
Emergency Fleet Corporations ship mili rv . . - -
lumber storage plant at Wilson’s ta ‘ targets. The "Renal cam
IN PAlR0l ACIIRNS IN ERRRAlNE .
Allies have succeeded here ' and
there in biting or important posts“? t
Enemy " counter-attacks? ,. '.
havei not been vigorous, and all. .,
his attempts to mgain the lost po-_' '
northwest of Mcrviile, the apex; ,
ltbirds of a mile, the Germans, at»- {N
“e -.
of
.Yprcs and west of Amicnsfth‘edfl
Allies Are Awaiting the ‘ ”
m.
"“33 MARY JUST'N'AN COLL'NS.Britisii positions on a front. of two-
w-
hack. The British line remains am y.
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the group and from this we secured tempts north of Baillcul have been 4
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the A
‘Poiat between five and
1 yes
iand had a .wife and three childern.
i The remains will be taken to Nor-
ifoik, Va.. for interment. He was 41
lyeafi “old. It .35 said {that almost
‘hlsi \entire Erigpit (tide avas (melted
.when a large piece of timebr was jolt-
ed from a flat car in some mannermore active than usual
.or other.
i Medical Examiner Samuel H. Hunt—
ington viewed the remains at the Hos-
lpital, yesterday afternoon, following-
;the man’s death and notified Coroner
"John J. Phelan, of Bridgeport. who is
,to hold an inquest Into the death of
‘the man here today.
grtnierican troops have captured
German prisoners.
six 0.cmck'paign against the enemy continues,
[er-day mornn‘g‘ as a man-led maniullabalcd, both BI'IEISII and F‘TCDCh
bombing squadrons being busy,
In patrol actions in Lorraine,
Both the 4
American and German artillery is
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{Wocvrc and in Lorraine, but no
infantry fighting is reported.
in the~
On the front between the Piave
and Lake Garda, the Italians have
been victorious in several strong
local engagements with the Aus-
the fact that if not signed by a con,
tain date the position will be consxdwto Wilson's Point and make examina.
That the many members of the!
fair enough is proven by statements.
School Board is in a rather difllcult‘
ire-Hungarians. On the Monte
Spinocia, west of the Piave, the
Italians wiped out. an enemy post,
and captured fifty-three prisoners,
while their new positions at Capo
Silc, on the Piave, have, been ex-
tended further. ‘. «
| North of Banded, in Mcsopo
Coroner Phelan is scheduled to go
tions at about 2 o’clock this afternoon
and to hold his inquest at the City
Hall at 3 this afternoon.
Funeral Director D. W. Raymond
has charge of the shipment of the re-
mains to Norfolk.
ther last evening, it was impossible the advancing Britishstill is weak.
Owing to the condition of the wea- tamia, the Turkish resistance to " 3
proceed. but consented to the dew ried a‘substantjal increase of salary to hold the drill of the second‘mstrict Mounted troops hare...;ocm1pied‘5fll,
The ten students booked
Davisson. Dayton. 0.: Thomas Den-
ny. New York city; J. H. French,
New , York city; Julian B. Rice.
Washington, D._C.; E. Mitchell.
Wellesley, Masez'W. F. Jones, Allen
Hubbard. Jr., Newton Center. Mass;
C. W. Diecks, West Orange, N. J.:
Sherrill Kent, New Haven, Coma;
Dana Cobb. Peoria, Ill.
.All the students‘arrested are well
known. Kent is thesscn of. Profes-
sor‘C. F. Kent. He resisted an oili-
car, and held oi! two of them until
overpowered. He probably will be
are 0. F.‘
to practically every member of Nor-
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levetring at 7:30 o’clock.
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firemen, and Chief
the Turks have not molested the
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IN FRANCE, uncommon
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less on his seaplane! lathe
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7 .Bogardus an- Fatha. north of Tekritigen‘the Tiéf _
walks teaching “"373 that 'is 11°" re‘ nounces that it will be fiéld tomeQOv‘v gris, the Turks flecihg'aft'er slight 51'"
"‘ fighting. In the Kirknk region
I . .1. W‘s“: 7‘3- .
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,iBritish in their removal of "mili-
tary stores from that; captured
WHEN was THE RED CROSS ORGANIZED? town. . .
In 1864 an International Conference of fourteen nations
was held in Geneva, Switzerland, the" outcomeof which was the ;1
Treaty of Geneva known as the Redidross Treaty. '
WITH THE nonsense“ I
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