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NORWAiY BOY
0R RRAYERY
Norman-King Haszard on
Vessel‘ Which Dashed
R Through Waves of Death
' cnc’e H.
annihilate
; Hill llll. MM
Lieat: liaislip, Commanding,
Ordered Course Straight
A Tiltough Blazing Debris
i Noiinan King Bastard. formerly of
to Central avenue, East him-walk.
who was born here, but who moved
with his parents to Bridgeport about
is y I- and a half ago, and who is
pit in the following thrilling ac.
built {it American naval daring, Was
a former Boy Scout, having been a
or in roop 5. a pupil at the
kiln hoot: and was also pretty
pull known as an athlete, having tak-
tfn part in sport events how.
I At the time of his enlistment in
gas navy last summeI young Vazzaid.
who is only 19 years old. was eni-
giloycd at the Remington IAinIs'
plant, where he had worked for sev-
erg“; m.onths
5 Norwalk people
w he knew
young Hilliard were quite surpiised _
i‘wheu they heard of his being cited
”mammal-WM
NW Seaman Hlmrd was also a- form-
I'
corset 'Compalty.
la the account given of the rescue
lof the crew of the Florence ll. Haz-
zard is mentioned as being one of
the men to man the boats and assist
in the rescue of the wounded and
browning.
. The front page stories carried in
~ an the New .York papers this morn-
' lug legardlng the splendid rescue
' [work'of men in the United States
Service, at the time of the blowing up
4. dot the ninnition ship Florence M. and
. in am .those coming in for honors
hie dietitian the name of Dr. George
[lit Cram, assistant surgeon came in
“for prominent mention was a delight
lto the many friends of this modest
hero, who made but casual mention
of the part he com: in this Igr out
great. _ -
The Letter To Mra.Cram
Some ten days ago iMrs. Cram re-
ceived a letter from Dr. Cram. which
(told in a most characteristic way of
la ‘Thrilling experience. which nar-
rowly avoided a second Halifax!
’ There was no further ieierenc'e to
the part that Dr. Cram took in the -
[work of rescue, 01 to the possible
tract that he risked his life to succor
the. many survivors of the' mnnition
ship that were sex-lonely burned
. The letter was brought over by [M
thei McGniie, who also received es
glacial mention for brave deeds and
(who was landed at Beideaux, and la-
ter came .4to an Atlantic part, where
the rnltiled the good new to Mrs.
ram.
‘ “Th. rk of DrH’J A. Flutt and
Dr (if; EWCrani’ia deserving of high
commendation. alt also that of Chap-
lain Maguire Thine officers were out
In s it boats assisting in the res-
line a d afterltard attending to the
wounded WA Lot-bar, pharmacist's
plate. Was also ln4 or boat "
I WASHINGTON ‘ay 27. —Stories
hi the heroic dariilg of American nav-.
at officers and men: in rescuing 34 of
he 75 tiers oi the crew of the
itmridmitions ship Florence H.
which cafigh fight fire a fi‘d broke in two
in ma Waters [list April 17, are
, told All... e4. report of ‘Rear Admiral
SWIM-soil.” astounding American naval
torcelil F64 cathode public last
night V department.
IA Swaige
Mateo. Cali iorniii, who, at the risk
of detenating his depth charges and
flestmylng. Ibis. _4 vessel. promptly
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I some It o’aeAav NR‘RESTEID.
.7 NEW YORK. May 27.—John J.
(laundry, whow vac arrested last night
connection to the disappearance
1' his brother. Jeremiah A. O'Iaom‘l’I
on the eve of his trial for publication
'4 bl alleged seditious utterances, today
. was both in no not» ball. when or.
, . ed before It United states com-
" miaslober .- , .
bailing) at the Cliffoid and Mr.
backemo Hotels and for II time work- A
ing in the box room of the R. & EA
4
Entered at the South Nomlk M
Office as Second Class Matter.
Pillllllt
SERVICES IN
ill on
Boy Scouts Assist the Veter-
ans of Other Wars in Dec-
orating the Graves of
Heroes
Militias Htlill
MIMI iiiiusn
Red Cross Chaplain at Trini-
{nyhurch Tells of Camp
1 e
Troop-s 4 6 and 8 Boy Scouts of
America together with then scout
.masters gathered at the (platters of
Douglas Fowler Post G. A. R. in
IWashington street yesteIIlay morn-
'ing at 9 o’clock and marched to the
East Norwalk cemetery where the
graves ‘of the departed comrades'
were decorated after which they
scorn noaw
NEW Mi Mi“
iAWS Nitissiii
sonal Charge of the War
Tax Tangle and Appears
Before Congress
WASHINGTON. May 27 —Preeident
Wilson personally took charge of the
War Tix legislation tangle today and
appearing unexpectedly before a joint
session of Congress. declared it wm
necessary to proceed immediately with
new war tax laws.
Plane. which might have delayed the
work. but which involved a working
agreement between both parties have
fallen through the president told the
legislators. and there was no way to
meet the problem of financing the war.
but to have Congress remain in session
and go ahead at once
The president called upon Congress
to eliminate politics from the consid
L“oration. Politics, he. said. is "adjourn-
ed " The principal increases ili'taxar
tion, the president said. should be on
income, war profits and luxuries. "
it would be inanifeatly unfair, the
president said. to wait until 1019 be
fore determining what the nemea
would be. ”the president’s address
Was comparatively brief, taking teas
than fifteen minutes {or delivery.
in specific terms the president gave
a distinct warning, against lobbying in
connection with the new bill.
There is 4 justifiable evidence or
came back to South Norwalk to dec-
iciate the Soldiers' Monument -
them of the South Norwaik Congreg. A l
Ational Church and then went to Pine
island cemetery where additional
Igraves were decorated with potted
plants and small Ameilcan flags.
1 in the afternoon the Post journey
led to Rowayton to the Rowaytdn
.Methodist Church whom they were
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REA] RRRRSWRRW
SYRUEN RY ANTI]
'Miss Florence Haley of" .7 Main
street First District, who was
of the Red Cross workers on duty
on the turnpike near Center avenue.
was struck by an automobile, thrown
to the ground and one of her an-
kles believed to be broken yesterday
afternoon '
Miss Haley was crossing the road.
looking in another direction and
stepped almost diiectly in front of
an approaching automobile winch
was coming at a slow rate of speed
but which she did not see She at-
‘tempted to dart across in fiont of
it when she noticed it and the side
of the car struck her and as she
turned around she fell down.
The occupants of the car togethei
with the policemen sen duty placed
her in the car and she was Iushed to
the hospital, where’ her foot was ex‘
amined and then placed in a plaster
cast for a few days before examina
tion to see if it was broken.
Miss Haley pluckily returned to
her postafter receiving treatment
and stayed there for some time.
incidentally a rough estimate of
the amount of money collected by
the policemen and the workers yes-
terday was placed at $1, 200
ANNUAL ilAYEIElI] ‘
AT HILLSIDE
The Hillside school was again the
scene of activity on. saturday after-
noon when the annual Field Dav took
place. A number of events were
scheduled and the .contest between
classes and individuals brought out
keen rivalry. Three judges: lilies
Maude Wood of the Hillside school,
Dr. Carl A. Harstrom of the Harstrom
school and Miss Anna McMahon 01 the
high school, kept close watch of the
records made and of the foxm shown
by each contestant.
. The program opened with a con»
; D Haislip of San pctitive drill between the even and the A
odd year classes This was ‘won byi
the odd year group and was carried
out in excellent style. There were
contests in various kinds of jumping.
baseball and basket ball throwing. ing
of war, catch and relay race and fifty
yard dash. The various events Were
completed about five o'clock and much
uncertainty remained in; to the final
result. The judges, however. found
that the prize for the highest number
of points was awarded to Miss flak-n
Imutton every
one ’
pronteering {at present. the president
‘ . mad he declared it In .be
ed by the new legions“.
odleering that cannot be got at
by restraints of conscience" laid the
president "can be got at by taxation!
There need be no hesitancy In tax-
ing the country. the president told
Cong-ma it it were taxed justly. {his
appealed to Congress to approach '
great task without aeldShness or fear
of‘ political consequences.
"A'II intense and pitilese light beats
"a?! and, every. action All
that!” wax that is now upon
the stag: " laid the president.
The president concluded with an ap
peel to Congress in do its work un-
gru'dglngly and said he could not gnar
antee a proper administintion of the
treasury unless the question new set
tied at once.
When he had concluded his address.
the president unexpectedly made a
brief extemporaneous statement, in
which he said that inst’as lib was leav-
ing the White House for the capitol.
he had heard that the new (human
drive apparently had just begun and
that it added to the solemnity of his
conception of the want y‘ a duly.
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MEMillllAi SUNDAY
Militia IN WlilllN
Buckingham Post Members
“ and Others Assist in Cele-
bration on the Green
it '-
' Wilton's observance of Memorial
Sunday, on the green near the post
office, in honor of its Civil War vet-
erans, and the members of Bucking-
ham Post, No. 12. G. A. R. was the
biggest kind of a success and de-
spite advancing years more of the
old men turned out than at any of
the former gatherings.
These cbservances which were in-
7 stituted four years ago by the Wil-
ton Boy Scouts and its advisory
Board have become a feature that al-
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STRANGE SOLDIER
LOOTS HOST’S HOUSE
J. Edward Bishop, of Redding, not-
ified the police that a soldier he had
been entertaining at his home had
repaid his hospitality by the theft
of several dollars' worth of small
change and b diamond ring that he
had found around the house and had
disappeared
It has been the custom of Mr. Bish-
op to stop off at Fort Slocum on Sat~
urdays and pick up some soldier who
hasno place to go over Sunday and
who has a leave of absence and take
them to his home in Redding. where
he allows them to why themselves.
On Saturday Mr. Bishop following
his usual custom found this cold er.
who gave his name as Ho 4-il
gangs and: hls'address as Trenton.
Nothing mere is known about the
soldier save for the fact that be dis
appeared and the belongings of Mr
Bishop with him.
Taylor of the senior class. Miss 'l‘ay-
[or received a silver cup. aovmrlatel-v
inscribed The Lancet "H" was given
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His description is given as six
fact two inches tall, weight about
170 pounds, blue eye. light hair,
slightly stooped-shouldered with long
arms and legs. , .
President Wilson Takes Per-,
’ cairn. MONDAY, MAY 27,1918
1;:
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Mi 3 Mia [MING BARE
MI
.; Go Up Twen- British Official Press Bureau
ty-Five '1' Cent. and Pas- Reviews Encfiyjsflntiring
mgr; a? to Three Eiforts toSbrtRevolution
Freight '
SiNN EEiNEiiS
1‘
Movement Began Nearly
.444 Years Ago and Has
Kept up Since
wasn‘nvoroiv. fMav fir-To me ".
wage increases Just announced. a
higher cost; of coal and other so
it iii estimated that the program
will bring between 8800 000 .000 and beciuse of America's entry into the
”00. 000.000 more revenues to the‘war and Germany’s inability to send
railroads within the next year. it troops to Ireland. An uprising in I'm-
represents by far the biggest rate in-' .
(ma-cu On Page Twelve)
crease in the history of railroads.
The new freight charges. which
cover both class and commodity
rates. become effective June 26 and
the passenger increase will go into
effect June 10.
issued under authority granted by
.the railroad act to President Wilson
5acting through the DirectorGenerai.
‘ (Continued 0:: Page Five)
wuuiniiiiiiisiii,
iiiis THREE ill
initialisation
Barricades Self in House,
Surrenders as Posse Fires
Building
GRAYSON. Ky. May 27. —-Meivln
Collins, 23 years old, Olive Hill yes-
terday shot and killed Vint Carpen-
ter, who was driving a team near a
fire-brick plant. ' then entpred tile
building and shot and killed Cleve-
land Sparks and John Howard. He
tried to find another man, declaring
he would kill him also.
Collins afterward fled to a nearby
farmhouse. barricaded himself, and
defied the sheriff and posse, who
blican State Central
. ”Y
Inorrow
The republican state central com
Hartford. to select a date for the
caucuses which will elect delegates
to the state republican convention,
the county and the congressional con-
date for the state convention. The
conventions must all be held earlier
sion of the General Assembly
March.
in
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Hits Auto at 50 Mile
Speed, Escapes Injury
Cross War Fund Drive has, arrived.
will accomplish. »
meat. of the teams in the local pa-
FAIRFIEIID. May 27. --Drlving a
motorcycle 50 miles an hour. Walter‘
D Burk. of King's Highway, this
town, collided head-on with a five-
passenger automobile owned by Lou-
is Mendelson of 110 Center street.
Bridgeport, yesterday afternoon and
escaped injuries He was placed un-
der arrest, however. for reckless
driving and will appear in Fairfield
court this merning.
134er was driving a Sidecar m‘ta-
chiii'e and was on his way
been added to the Red Cross
and considerable more is on the way.
4 (Continued on Page Tito)
TWO KILLED IN AUTO .
AT'RAILWAY CROSSING
pen'ed. Taming cut to pass two rim-y Palmer, of Rochester, N. H.
collision with the Mendelson ma- wt
the air and far away filom the ink car and his yo er brother. Ed-
collision. The occupants of the Men- can, are on the dingerous list at the
nelson car enacted Burk was killed hospital.
but he wasn‘t even stunned. .
berad’t
Allin:
in
REAMANY’S PLAN
Willi IREMNEALLIES' MAFSED FORCES I
iNiiilYEWENY
a revolt in 1917, but this miscarried
RRNYENYIRN IAAYE
ommitth Will Meet To-
mi’ttee‘will meet tomorrow afternoon
at 1 o'clock at the Allyn House. in
ventions, and also select a place and
this year. to comply with the soldiers’
vote bill passed by the special ses-
iii Miss Mi lUNIl
“tiilthi IlVEIl TAP” ..
The last day of the Second Red‘ new directory presents seven] in-
and results already tell the hedonic 4nounceinent of a change in the meth-
story of what good faithful workA 0d of receiving subscribers‘ com.AVIith Charles H. Wexler and R. 11.0. .
Since publishing the detailed state-
WELLS BEACH. Ma, May 27.—-A
freight train struck an automobile at
aBoston _& «Maine railroad crossing
Bridgeport when the accident haptkhérc yesterday causing the déath of
loaded trucks at the Gould home- and his wife and seriously injuring
kstead he was unable to avoid a two of their four children who were'
til 44them in the car. Scott Palmer.
china and Burk was tossed high in 15 years of age who was )driving
The others, Doris, aged
13 and Carl, an infant. were bruised
. . will probably ~44re~
. a
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Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
. . “Om
G aMANY RESUMES DRIVE
Between Rheims and Soissons
Salient.
READY TO MEE Till TTA-C;
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siye. ~
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triking in the south between General Foch, th Allied commando \
plies this 4 r. Director General Mes ~ in statement f a Q ‘
Adoo ordered railroad freighm'4 4 mini Preas‘Bu an. levied-ill; Rheims and Soissons, and m Fla!" Br‘mjcwlhl‘ilfll‘aiy hm “W 4
rates 4‘s United slim tallied Is .~ of tho 4mgfinmliticai43tt (Am 011 the northerly side of the napping and hail-lam forces mello- .
per 4 . d presenter fares lot-$- ,-4 fluff?” in the Lye salient. dtherc.
mm... ”soars.“ it; at"; to... toss; W... m “a 44?, I. ..... earn .0. .I. II wmindeeron Insure:
' on 7
can". lel‘ week 1916. Dill“ "are made for thi'g'e n mtéatiM’WG Sh dis‘ t“Cell the fip 0f the Montdldifif
close the cfl’ort apparently is si-
multaneous! to push through to,
Chenille! po ts, in the north, thus
breaking up the British front, and
to strike for Paris, in the south, iii
an efiort aimed mainly at the
French.
The main field of the German at-
tack began last March and halted
after the disastrous enemy reverse
in Flanders late in April—T—the
Somme region in the direction of
Amiens—has been neglected by
the German command in the new
thrust. The possibility exists, how
ever, that the fighting will be ex-
tended to this area as the battle de-
velops.
The southerly blow, which cov:
era a front of some forty miles, and
apparentlyris by far the more im-
portant of the two, has come at a
point which has not beenconsidered
the most probable field for a renew-
al of the German attempt. The
My ’l’llllNE MM ,
ills MM Minis
Complaints. Must Be Made
Now to Repair Clerk
The first wartime conservation is- .
one of the Connecticut telephone di-
rectory has made its appearance. The
flank was most dangerously expos-
ed and where he must have felt
himself most vulnerable to a
counter-blow. If his attack here is
neither a demonstration in. force,
0 cover the main efiorts elseWhero,
nor a veritable drive at Paris, the
possibility remains that it won
launched with the intent'on of driv-
staliiug a flanking eo'lmtcr-attack
by Foch’ a great reserve or y.
The stroke‘ In Flanders,w lie of
far less magnitude, covering a
front of less than two miles,‘ In new.
erthelcss aimed at ‘ the. points
which the Germans must take be~
fore they can hope to carry their’
April advance further toward the
coast.
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Will ERRRERY
EASE [RIMES [AR
ter
Miss Edith F. Ranger. sister of the
novatlons, chief of which is the an-
landscape painter, will be arraignedr
Aplalnts of line and instrument trou.40unninghe;n 0’ ' Stamford before
ibles and operating defects.
fore it. has been the custom, 31' superior
when court tomorrow as
pets on Saturday. over $10, 000 has line 0;- instrument trouble developed {the charge of conspiracy to get poa- :t
Fund'
for the subscriber to call the com-. 3953A” 0’ her brother’s 3250. 000 as-
plaint operator and give notice of the into by means 0‘ 3 {0'8“ WA“-
trouble From now on subscribers SL919“ Attorney Cummings 5'08““
are asked to earth the repair clerk. day 35k“ ‘0’
when desiring to report troubles of
this nature.
A (Continued on Page Two)
; SMYRNA, SPREADING
WASHINGTON, May 27.—-A revo-
lutionary movement against Turkey
at Alden, in Smyrna. Asia Minor, is
spreading to other towns. sat a mes-
sage received yesterday by, in Greek
taxation Two thousand Turkish
troops in that region have deserted
LONDON. May 27. -—The Britle
steamer clan Maturation has
agency announced yesterday. 4.
The Clan ‘ . . .
steamer. of 4.500 tons groan. built in
1917 at Sunderland She was 63”
by Geyser. Irvine and Column, lim-
lied. of Glasgow. The, that, map.
dim: men are asserting .trom the 4“ “1;, g (as
donor gal-risotto. - ~ . . 4°‘< - All! Witness?
ted" to
Striking Blows Today In the South
May Give Ground in Some Places,
But Expect to Prevent Germans,
From Gaining Anything Decal.
Germany has resumed her chive fact that both British and French "
for a decision on the western front troops are found holding this front, 4
after a lapse of nearly four weeks, however, gives indication M
ing the Allies from their advanv 4
tageous positions along the Gina
and the Aiiettc and thus fore- ‘
Miss Edith F. Ranger to Ap-4 ~
pear in Court in Connec-n
‘ tion With Stamford Mat.- 4
W
sunk in a comma. Lloyd's shipping 3
a'I'Yd in Flanders North of Lys
salient and Rheims, that the enemy -
f
late Henry Ward Ranger. the famous ‘ '7
Hereto- Judge Webb and a jury in the crim-
the assignment for 4;
Tuesday.4 He said that Carl W. My-
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4 . - BRITISH STEAMER ' ‘
REVOLT AT AIDEN. --~ CLAN MATHESON SUNK‘ r
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