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Entered at the south Nor-walk Peat
i'is'ranusnsn 1870 , ,
. Office as Second Class Matter.
Probably Showers Tonight and Sun,
iilil’s DAY “
iiBRAiiD
MEXICO AND
CUBA Still
‘RiilillNS
RepreSentatives of the Two
Countries Recalled From
Their Posts by Action of
Mexico
luuunu
lmnnmsmu
Cuba Has Been Holding Up
Shipments of Sugar Which
Mexico Bought
MEXICO CITY. Friday. May 24.—-
Mexico has severed diplomatic rela-
tions with Cuba. This was learned
officially late today after a report that
the Mexican Charge d'Aifaires at Ha-
vana and the Cuban minister here had
been recalled from their responsive
post‘s (had been confirmed Cl? “II M
i eign office.
The Cuban minister to Mexico. D
‘ -
WlWSCWi
r
\
W like ‘
Several Speakers Arouse
. Great Enthusiasm Among
l. the .ltalian Residents by
‘ Telhng of‘War Work
iillliiiiiis .
g.nmnnns
Over $100. Expected to he
Realized as the, Result of
5 Last Night’s Eflort
H t‘ltaly Day" was royally celebrated
in this city last evening, when prac-
ncsuy an or the ltalians hi the city;
sawereddn the hall in Hart's Them‘
tee building._ The 'italtan and Amer:-
oaawflags were displayed everywhere.
IMvthe intermingled colors made
the snails one 01’ great beauty. Every
Sonatina taken and hundred or more
I lie were present and all compll- ‘re ulei Garcia Fnsenat has not
merited the committee in h ' A, q " J
the splendid work that algygehgglamved in Mexico City. having.
donor, , appointed only recently. Duri
Promptly at 8:30 o'clock the or. Litters“. linubouls filament: was to1
(theatre (Joseph Ssnio‘s) ‘start (1 as can c nlg as $118., id 0‘
“The star Spangled Banner" 1 e ,ported recenty that 9 “0“ 19“"
bmusht- the audience to theirwnmlm 9m on a vacation, and won“
The, speakers, of the evening $311 l‘ewm lllnh the new minister-
llitmll'ed'ibi,‘ escorted by‘the com- Illi‘hei “lg?!" mmlaepatfilelflttlefgfl
mitteoto their stations. Chief Ra -lAl also 0' ”9th" ’90:} o 3
er Joesph Oddo preseited the chfifrl Shg‘m‘: reDNE‘gfi‘ie V m ”1 I
- not. . ne‘jrgcgsrpllahoh who, . in ,«.his‘ V
3mm” 1%“? «plumes the sis-3 explains]! oillcially as due to the fact
Pm‘dm w" e proclamation oil that because of the war in which Cuba
'_ 3- sons and read a trans is involved that government has been‘
Hummus
’ with“ in splendid style.
BIG welt” RALLY
A the'
the sending of anew representative is "
summons:
Senior Class of the N orwalk;
High School Does Excel-i
lent Work at the Regent ,
Theatre
It was an ambitious if not an auda-
cious effort that the Senior class of
the Norwalk (high school attempted
when they selected “Fl B‘i of the Toy
Shop" as the vehicle to carry their his-
toric talents over the foot lights at the
Regent theatre last nigh.
‘But they measured well up to the
high mark that they set. and got away
my
~. The play was well staged. and well
managed. and due credit should be
given Mrs: Harrington Adams‘ of the
J. B. Rogers Producing company. who
had entire charge of the production.
it wpuld be a hard {hatter to select
any of the principal characters for
especial mention. but it ,must he said
that Elton Heyt as "The Man in the
Moon.‘ set a pace for abilityuan unis.
teur actor that will be hard to match.
Not only in the acting. but the one
way in which be rendered his songs
was atieht to be proud of. '
Frederick ‘Brack as "Lt. Tin Heart",
nwhmnns
Have , , Killed inCom-
patter. by ExploSil‘in
wit-lion. tiara-4m ssh-i. arm—
ed merchant-1i!" this Iowans. m
l
American “consume. has
torpedoed lids-ah. mains to is
M holistic issued, ' «by the am
was another star‘sptor, and as for the pity. ' t e 1 tag. whim: ear ,7.
*' C t .. ”‘h‘ ‘ ' “he at ‘ mere-w cru serial;
( on “Mt! Co Pa” Eisht) dsvls was torpedoed ’ «sunk yester-
day morninl.
“Ting: we'reulllo casualties among the
crew: t o e American troops on
.. OF THE D. A. R. bus-loom up to the present. have
., ifii‘. - w .. : norm accounted for. It is feared
, ednesdayflflwma; June 2933, they were killed in one compartment
local chaptaI-‘Lgt the. D. A. nuiby the explosion:"
have Dlwnedis .wsr rally to be held 3
(Continued on Page Twelve)
in the South‘ ’Nol'n'alk 'Methodlst
Church. Tin chapter feels that they “W
,3 .pz._.» . Hg
whhhMth
.4 a.
3 a—u—l—I—b
are espeolaliyprtunate in the speak.
The Norwalll police force and mem-
‘Ji
\i-v.
, _.,.
,ers engaged for the evening in that
they are old triands oi the Nilrwalk
people and at the same time well-
publio men.
lir tiling. than well the":
Meta. 39 thevvlmresldants ut‘No’rwslk
and is also sd‘linliliar‘ho readers of
the New York Tribune, as well as
, w___ to fade? of his (own published! be t h R dC d it
. . - l
(Continued on pg. .3331,” (Continued on Page Nine) gogéirthntieveryono wm be anflous‘hexibe loath: prggzgtadzivgfnibloml
7 7 .. ,. .. > _ .-. 4 " - Hugh Reed Griffin. although per- 1)?”an thmush tov'vn are 8W!” Ol‘
' ‘ ’ "”“‘ " " ” "M“ ‘ "’ '“‘ . hop: "iquuml solweli known in Nor- their prosenéte an: clit‘eee‘rilgly givehup
.wa . s ust atey fro w, d rea money or t e : ross w on
STATEMENTOF TEAMS ' the war zone. He will“ [allmticfe lilo accosted. Alreadytzmohasbeen coi-
;. ‘ . 2 ' _ ' ‘ _ American boys in France. and other 19‘3“!“ through this means. The fol~
’ Returns up to last night are givenln detail in the followmg ‘ things of-lnterest. Mr. Grillln has plowing will be on duty today and to
state ' ht: ' . ived many yes in P i d l i — marrow: , '
. lite . .. » . ‘ tlmately acquaigsted wailing; 1:51.311 .Pollce Force-Chic! William ‘Pen-
. o E 3 m .5 ‘ofndltlons of that Wsr~ridden coun-!:;:81°£}ygoggnfiuggi “$3,103
. , Y- .’ “ . . o ,
. ~ - ‘3 g g :3 .3 . 33% ' ‘iThere will be special musichl~ “R“. Frank Stratton. JOhn T001111“. Charles
, ‘ ~ . o E ‘ a 3 tures. and a very interesting evening 91189. 33"” Mill'ni’. JohnSmllh. 101m
r E a 2 2‘3 3 .D is' anticipated. ''llgzynoldoiijziii’aizlcemSanlll’l'filit Th3:
-— as n :1 :1 ———————-——-— may. we. une. . on c
.. . ‘ .. . . .. g 0 . U: m m- 3 wood John Flynn Robert aGiner John
» . i37 MISSING AFTER ' ' ' - -
Mrs. g_ F. M e __ Roberts. John Murphy. Jeremiah Dor-
Fred W. Mcfiilll‘la? ; 9; 62 30 $ 3:38 3 STE AMSHIP’S LOSS hey, Lorenzo Adams. Cornelius ,Swee-
Willi“! Guthrie 3 15s 99 57 16515 ' . . “Ki ~\ .
. QUEENSSTOWN. Ma, 25".“) . urses .lisses \era Barty. Anna
gr? g. w. 361:0!!! ,. g ~22? 1;: 33— 222-92 fCork Fstzamshép tinléiso‘i‘lvrra. bgu‘j' (13313-120111ogoreli‘li‘lnxiieealcyanligglewefiggl
. . yingt . mm s guar o . l ' '
L. St. J. Keelsr 6 194 140 54 2373.30 .torpedoed and sunk. 'l‘lllri.y‘-::veneblli mm" Ed“ Weekes- mm “mm-
Mrs J J 0 W h ' ithe crew are mlssin and are so - Marlonflomly. Abbie Hendrie. Ed“
Milton Elwzodm , 7 86 49 37 186.35 [me d to_have been 153:. p Hennesey. Lillian Peterson. Evelyn
3 21.4 133 81 223.25 , Morehouse. Amy Brotherton, Gertrude
A Stephen Jarvis 103 75 Five surlivors of the disaster have. Doulelrs
Myron Osborne 1?) 1;? 133 23 20320 if” illnfdedill TM are tum cripma'l '
. le 0 e O (361‘, one 3 ewnr an .
George Bette 11 241 155 so 1 893.25 two seamen. ‘~ ” “Baby Doll” Case Goes
F. GhBrasel 12 133 101 32 ’158 85 , The lnniscarrp was struck amid. 0 toSe -' . -
rner ' ‘ ships. She listed i di tel d ver ptember Term
ggfotber ,Jr._ l: 7 1g; 1;; ill: Zgllgg fogndered m to” 431x359: 3' an it d i- th Ci i i
. - . p. _33.3 3 . . 3 31,1. wasannounce ll ermna
Mlchael Riordan 15 134 91 43 99.4.5 ~ 412' tins?“ $373335;th Will); and! Superior court yesterday morning that
F. L. Won 16 205 145 60 567.30 ibelonged to the City of Cork Steam'gl‘l?3 81113153; millfléogglflnbg‘hgma:
- - . 11 one
5215111}: ‘Sk'e , . ‘17 272 187 85. 688.35 I 780k“. Company. until the September term. State's At-
As, 11y . 18 __ ._ —— ———--—- ‘ torney Cummings said he thought the
Seymour Curtis 19 7 312 _ 203 106 142250 ‘ {EXPLOSION AT NAVAL !trici would last about two weeks. He
miss... 1. i‘.’ is ill .1 its: STATION mm seaside? em? up: ~
. .. . g - - : ii i - '
:3- Grant 22 ‘ ~ 41 . 37’ 4 _’262.75 a, Nswronrm. 1.. May 25.—An ex-gmillle‘i'lui‘iulhlle‘l: linguffti 2m:
Wm Tammany 23‘ 45 37 . 7 206.00 -piosion of black powder used lll fill-,upon ordered the Thomas case contin-
EWJ’ltch 24 . 203 - 163 ~ 40 1 537 25 lng super-heated fuses in an isolated ued. The case of James Hawkins; ar-
=3 ’ - Stevens 25 260 140 120 ’ 20'? room at the naval station today caus- rested with Thomas at the time or the
k 3:3 - p 3 - 0 .ed slight injuries to the six civilian Keystone club riots in Bridgeport. last
3 " . 26 50 32 18 364.00 employee there. The property dam- December. was also continued until
“ once 27 77 52 , 25 106.50 age was small. Only one and one September. 3
F. on 23 102 87 15 33.50 ilialf pounds of- powger was in the ‘
. . . ‘ . ll pt . h. ‘ f l . »
wag? . 3(9) - fig 1;: %g 13:33 lbglllnosiatlut \Sasinlllbt knifwflf1u§e 0 he; T" ‘39:?!“ Will? Ad-
. 31 219" 142 77 917:85 l~~~ 1. ,1 “- __ “““mj‘mm”“'“w- ~- ;-—— .._ -~——-
32 218 138 80 144.80 EWWWWWWW'WWWWWW
« 33 101 85 16 59.25 g ‘ RED CROSS BULLETIN
34 —— _———_ l .' . .
35 so: 263 4:13 2,196.05 ‘ a?“ "g’et‘laylsf‘fifda‘; W“ “:23???“ n
Miscl.’ 9937 cum all) 8.1118 0 m 0 promp repo I.
Frat. 29 29 __ 1419.71 3 You can make your pledge and have to October 1st to
c .10 - I .Pay“: . . ‘ . _ . w
A3111; 0 "I3 27 5’050‘30 g Victoéy inzflcdepeuds in lfi‘ge measure upon the support
'1' we give. 0 6 recs. " ‘ ~ ,
, . “g .- 1527-39 ! - d The "assay" have collecmdand turned in over $1,000.
. 541 ' an arest at . . C, , » .
_ . « 9 3772 .1647 $25,861.82 ' Take along enthusiasm and optimism when youaresoiiclte.
Extra eil’orts should he put into the drive through the next - ing' for the Red Cross. “‘ . ‘
two plays. A large number of Norwalir’s people have not yet The Germans have again bombed a hospital, in France
contfibutsd. 3 4 . . .«. . wounding and killing Red Crossbar-sash H ' :
~ Red‘flross nurses took up a tmrpanll coueotionlast night at g . is ‘ f distri » . '
, . . 3, 3 . . 3 . 3 .. There no apportionment orally other, for any .7
the theatres H» coils-ti 02.7 = . , . ' » - .
, h '3 ‘ m . ”031131, . Pi and FwWElter Lisl- team. The campaign dent end until Mayz'Ith al12p.m._ ~'
-mtrhmsrmsoreu ..... °' ' ....r.~.~r...:wt°mr:sstair sign-We ..
- 2- - _.9« 3. , - a pen “ .or " care. "
Tp-ilr’ "‘ ‘ " - "‘A . ~ ' -35.; ,. ,A,‘ -_" A A -‘ AA§:-;_ ‘1‘. A
'HVE ARRESTED A8
lmnlnumn
.MithWS
Confession of Theft Suspect
Lends toRound-w—-BooW
Cphfls‘cated
'nnlnospo :17. May 25.——As a‘ re
suit 0: a’cbhlssshm by Joseph Gall.
of New York city. charged with rob-
bing varioua‘ haberdashers in this
city and others ,3 round-up 'of fire
persons for alleged receiving of stol-
en goods was made by the police last'
night; Those caught in the net are
Daniel Desco, 176 Andover street:
Peter Nowak..1'16 Andover street;
Joseph .Ssct’ipwmkl. 16 Andover
street Sigmund Klench;, 301 Osborile
tinnitus " A ,
T" liil illiiill
sv 'Next Week—
hy Boost in Wages
I
CTON. May 25.———A huge
:11; railroad freight rates and
i‘f‘fares is to be announced
V, . 3 neraihofm
.. --‘res.rly3,ngat,vgeg{* 31108! coinci-
dpm' tuning“ 11le .m,
c Ma rail .am loyes
me via muslin-nan
The ”increases to be mated
will aggregate ”00.000.000, and pos-
sibly more. The freight rats and
passenger fare increases are to be
made on a basis of return Which will
not only absorb this wage increase,
but heavy expenditures for locomo
tives and cars that may run to $200p
000,000.
(Continua cum Twelve)
opossum,
hummus
for which'Nol-wnlk Lodge. No. 709.
Elks. has become famous.
Main street.
bers and friends Were in attendance.
and had a pleasant time.
‘The entertainment program,
accorded the various attractions,
appreciated. '
u—l—u—
(Continued on Page Seven.)
FIREMAN HAS
while Fred Scofield, one of the city‘s
firemen. was coming up South Main
street on his motorcycle one of the
motor trucks belonging to Bishop &
Lynes attempted'to turn from South
Main street into Woodward avenue.
with the reault that the two ma-
chines came together
‘1"th hall on Thursday evening. W35
iiroads itc-
Another of the enjoyable smokers
Benevolent and Protective Order of
was held
last night ill the club house in South
Over two hundred mem-
al-
though ‘iate in getting started, prov—
ed a novelty. and from the applause
it
appeared that they were thoroughly}
‘ V nut meat, to the mills
Bill ABEIDENT
Yesterday afternoon at about 3:45
and Scofieid -
illlltniiisor N0 ‘ ; l T *
snow N0 outlet got? its
0PP08ING illilis ‘ ‘2 ll; ;
AMMEMMN',
innsnmnl
Apparently No Deficit From
the Previous Board of
Councilmen
it wood seem from what came out
at the council meeting last evening
that the statements of Mayor Dono- ' ' '
van that there was a deficit in the BO m 3 the
previous administration was not so; Hm ”in N
that instead there was a. surplus of It.”
about $30,000 in the fourth district. . . W .
besides something in the fifth .dis- . -' ‘ n
trict . There has been no change
This was. based on the fact that
Board of Estimate and Taxa-
at its special meeting at the
situational: the battletle, ’
Northern France. Botheidé§
ll
~
tinue raiding operations, wi
Germans paying more sited
the line between the Son
Albert. Elsewhere on th
between Ypres slid Rheims, ,
and French patrols have cable
prisoners. . ’ H
The weather has changed 3
worse and rain is reported
generally til, 9 . ._ .
cano‘n-gnlul.It will» impose
tiondl hardships on the t . .,
whooceupy tbeglbeiitornl ‘l _
while the Allies hold the- 5?“.
ground, mostof which is hum
by war. if the Germans were . 3
prepared to attack“ whenjgtl'tp
weather was most favorable, ll.
not likely they will essay u
offensive operation while ,
and mud retard their movefill lib.
American airmen now J.
the sector northwest of Toul iii
squadron is acting as the 031% .w
and protector of the Amé eh
troops on this front. '- The ,. .
activity of American airmen lit W .
region east of St». Mihiel, w
riod oil by this squadron '
also is aided by other Am .. s
.avaitors. Two American well n1
have fallen WT ‘“ “at that sis, .
malls hallo: cell relight (10% b:
the Ametridah ' ’ . -
The Selim »
able to appropriate the money it did
and that it was able to do this be-
cause there were unappropriated rev-
enues from the Harstroln administra-
tiou.
Councilman Edgar G. Mul’phy said
that he was delighted to new found
that the present administration had
found that there was a surplus in-
stead cl a deficit in the Herstrom ad-
ministration. He. also stated that
the talk of a special tax being ne-
w ‘ . y to raise’moncy to' pay bills
h ' it since ‘it- was: found
that there were unapproprialed rev-
elifl'es”ehell‘gh"to pity bills. {is made
the statement that about $33,000 was
a surpllis in the North district and
some additional thousands in the
fifth. ~
“This is good news." Mr. Mufphy
H
(Continued on Pace Nine)
nhmnwnm
iuuhuul
At Honolulu For Three
Weeks. and Sailed For
Japan May 11th.
Word has been received from Gen-
eral Russell Frost at Honolulu, the . .m , . » w
largest city of the Hawaiian islands. now is ail-American. The gllhilésh
in the mid-Pacific. twenty-one hun- are American,a§rare the the
tired ““195 “it 0‘ S” “Megs”- the trenches”!- ile over their
With the presi ent of the Amer can- , fie - '- » f “ ‘
Philippine Company, he has beenlfl.) 03h“: émPcangh‘l‘th alilll
buying machinery in Honolulu foritlnfllve_‘ns‘g. 34“? err “‘39.. .3
the cocoanut oil and fibre industry American p8 also. mi
in the Philippine islands. They were soon fighting it e..Aust1-o.fl
negotiatingth ‘0” tr]? steamslrs Pl {1° islls ill the mountains of No
transport a mac nery o e l -' , “' ., - x t. tli
ippines and to engage in interiisiandifi‘fsibnfiflith il‘lmaran‘be {ff
transportation in those islands. spec- . 3 . . ‘
dried cocon- war in Ne ' Secretanjr.
0f the 90“" War Ba ' “announced
may for the manufacture of cocoanut machine gulls-”and artillery 3 -_
°“- con Would bestanding side lg} '
t
(Continued On Page might) with General.” Diaz’s men. . _ .
patrol and artillery actlwtyf
W
’ ltilllles in the Italian moan
innunsnmuu -..,:
) Mexico has’élévered dip infill
’ Zrelations witthuba. This not
MEMflRIAL SERV‘EEihy the Mexicali government k 3
~ullexpectegllph'ain an announceni
lfrom Mcxictggity. All oflioia
Sherman Commandery. No. 470, andjfirmation fr0_‘ the Cuban go
‘ially‘"to carry copra. the
was taken to the Norwalk Hospital
in the ambulance with a bad scalp
wound and a broken left ~ieg. Dr. '1‘.
R. Bradley was summoned to the
scene of the accident and at the has
pltai. together with Dr. William J.
Tracey, attended the man. Mr. Sco-
fieid was reported as getting along
nicely at the hoapital today.
NAVY. YACHT SUNK; ‘
22 with a loss oi two men.
fireman; Chicago. were the men lost.
lisionTwlth. a3 nsv cargo.
‘ asst
TWO MEN PERISH'
WASHXNGTON. .D. 0.. May 25.—
The United States 3m" Wakiva, a M. Thom son; calling roll of
converted yacht. was sunk in Euro- Rev. r p
been waters in a collision on May
“7- B. Hoyt. carpenter’s mate, At-Burr; closing, Blessed Be the 'l‘ie;'
ileboro, Mass..§and Joseph K Farley. beendiction. Rev. Mr. Thompson.
An announcement by the Navy De-. Groin“
partment says the Wakiva, formerly. one .
owned by H. 8- Harkness. was in 001‘ remarkable. fulltommpat and help.
carrier. She tilingsepfps '
d_ probably show!!!
Old Well Commandery, No. 956, United ment, is lacking, but it is ”110,
tome“ °f til“; 601191109311}- 3322:2525 there have beenfirumors in Hit
'ggmfigbolaztsglbigeg. Sherman Com- 9* Stmllled {elatlt’ms betwe
'mandery was organized twenty-seven tWo I‘CDllllliCS.
’years ago by the late W. N. Simona. Charge in Cuba. left there
week for home. . "
and only seven members hadhgon: to
can . .
bggacillfgtl Egngtmninglgxglan? their ' American troops 011th W?
records shoWed live deaths. The pro- the battlefields of France
gram was as follows: number of 56 have been lost
Opening; salute oi the flag and sing. torpedoillg of the Bfltifilh S
in Star S angled-Banner; selection. . . ,. ,
.qugrtet, Noeller My God to Thee; Lord‘s Sh‘R Moldavm 13y 1! Gent“?!
prayer in unison; scripture reading, marine m the English Chan! .
St. John 14; solo, The Ninety and Nine. Few details of the truss -
;been disclosed. The Alli
isoidiers- missing are bele
lhave been sleeping when the:
W ,
deceased members by both command-
‘aries: address. Rev. Mr. Thompson;
laddress. L. S. Keeler; solo, Miss Hazel
» The the 3.9“,
.13. b.‘ ‘.
m..,uuosoiauuduhsau iii-pi
u of 5 was lvon
doth-v». 3.34.3 tii' § 3..
I
u
:lalso. . t of; rillieeler.
g what-love and" brotherhood
nation ~ "-4 - “
will " o for a‘
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