$02,000
jliaabeencontribntedtoned
:OresainNorwalkduringre-
3 cent drive.
Entoudattboiuthllomikm
Office as Second class! 1'.
PARADE Hill
MEMARIAL av
in lawn
Committee Holds a Meeting
and Completes Plans for
the Annual Observance
Harmon 1370 -
turnout ‘
CRASHES INN
iiiEGRAPH Poll
Peter F. Kerwin, Injured
While Testing Out Car
, For Richard Muller, Dies
, . , the inltiatory degree on a class of
A III Norwalkv-Hospltal Early . twenty-eight, the second group of
Today: , y ., . - new 'members secured through the
3 _. . EXEREISES "N membership campaign of the local
. council. Another batch will be in.
Aflill’fllillliii
null iNillliEil
Car Was Said to Have Been
Going at Terrific Speed at
Norwalk-Darien Line
‘~ WILLIAM any
Scout Commissioner Pirie
MacDonald to be the Prin-.
cipal Speaker
The Memorial Day Committee met
at the rooms of the South Norwaik
Club, last evening and made plans for
the observance of Memorial Day.
The parade will form at Railroad
Place and will start at 9 o'clock sharp
on Thursday morning. in the line of
march will be Companies 1. K. and is
of the Connecticut State Guards, Dou-
glas Fowler Post, G A. R.. the United
Spanish war Veterans, the council
and city oflicials, the police, the Boy
Scouts the two parochial schools and»
the public schools.
The 9. A. It. and the city officials
will ride in automobiles. while the
rest will march. Music will be far-
nished by the American Band and
the East Norwalk Drum Corps.
The line of march of the parade
will be given in tomorrow's paper.
Exercises will be held on the
Green. at whichltllne Pirlo MacDon-
Sflddlng while testingotlt his em-
ployer's PierceArrow seven passen-
ger touring car on the Post Road.
yesterday afternoon, at about 4
o'clock with'the result that the car
wrapped itself about a telegraph polo
just overuse stone bridge that marks
the dividing line between Darien and
Norwalk. Peter F. Kerwin, chauffeur
* for Richard Muller, of the Muller-
Glorla Mills,»sustlinell a fractured
skull numerous con'u-liors and bruls~
es anti died at 4 o'clock this morning
at the Norwalk Hospital without hav-
ing regained consciousness.
(Continued on Page Three)
windmill/MAN
u 'INvFUlttilll‘Eli
ARMY irritant
Benedict M. Holden Given,
Government Task, Always
Before in Charge of High
Ollicers
-————-
Connecticut has been paid’ signal
‘5 honor for its War activities, in the
lmlpointment of Benedict M. Holdkn
, of Hartford, 0. member of the Con
necticut Military Emergency Board.
to full charge of the United States
Quarter-master's depot at Philadel-
phia. Mr. Holden is the first civil-
ian to hold such a position, depots of
this nature usually being in charge
of a colonel 'at least. with a staff of
officers and about 100 regular, army
men. Mr. Holden has under his di
recoorder 64 commissioned officers.
ranking from colonel down to second
aid, Ecout Commissioners, will be
the speaker of the day. Rev. F. A,
Coleman, rec oh‘l’rilfiy Clinch. visit
in charge or .he exercises.
A cordial invitation is extended to',
all veterans of the Civil War, wheth-i
er members of any poat or not toI
meet at Railroad Place at 8:30 on‘
Thursday morality and to take part
in the parade.
John D. Milne is to be grand mat"
shnl of the parade and an unique re-i
view will b eheld on the Green at
the conclusion of the parade. Tile
line of march and further particulars
will be announced tomorrow.
IlElIlillliJS lama
Al annually
1
Rev. .John Stapleton Writes}
an Interesting Letter of 1
His New Work at Annistont
A
letter‘
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$20,000,000
‘Depot Brigade Fife and
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at
.000!!! MALI, com. reason, my 28,1918.
lilllllERS’ INSIliNlAS
fillitflftiiliilillil
swarm. M......i MEN IN
McCarthy, Splan and Har-
ford—Pleasant Social Ses-
sron
A very enthusmsticfission’of the
Knights of Columbus was held last
evening in Red Men's Hall in Wash-
ington street, when the degree team
of South Norwalk Council conferred
itiated early in June. The __degree
team members were the recipients
of much praise for the very excel-
lent manner in which the work was
done. At the meeting was a delega-
tion of Knights from Norwalk headed
by Grand Knight Cifatte and District
Deputy Bose.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
HANlllEll iii
0AM? DEVI-INS
Drum Corps Is For Sale
CAMP DEVENS, Ayer, Mass. May
May 28.-»~Liltle trouble was upon
ercod with visitors Sunday when the
colon was officially closed.
The intensive training schedule of
the 70th Division was resumed today.
The school for staff and field officers
again took. up- its course as did the
dlrlslonal schools. which wore closed
when the stal'li’school‘opened will be
resumcd here today.
(Continued on Page Seven.)
RUSSELL MAY
moan;
narrate
n/ln'rronp. ‘Mny 28.‘—~Couneotl-
cut’s mal‘ situdtion has come to such
a. pass as to demand action from
both ends of the administrative line.
Anthracite shipments are seriously
behind schedule. Bituminous snip
ments are not expected to satisfy de-
mands for next winter's supply.
Here in Hartford the federal fuel
administrator, Thomas W. Iiussell,~
BABY WEEKS
3 ~ JUNEI Til lb
I“ AI Slogan: No Mother; Baby Is
CAMP M,u'EUAN Safe Until Every Mother’s
Baby Is Safe
. President Wilson has said, “Next
Hartford Selectiyes Aniong
Thou Assigned to Com-
to the duty of doing everything possi-
ble for the soldiers at the front there
panics
AllllNfiN. .l. “Bill’s
can be no more patriotic duty than
that of protecting the children in war
time."
All Out of Quarantine Now
-—'l‘orrmgton Turk Occu-
ples Limelight
M
CANNECHAUI
Why does the United States Gov-
ernment want to have the weight and
measure of your child? Bomuse, in
order to feed our soldiers, much food
to which you have been accustomed
has been taken away from you. This
summer you can obtain little .if any.
(Continued On Page My.) '
$42,000 AND MARE
MflNEi in will IN
The Red Cross War Fund passed
the “2,000, undid“! night and there
is still some funds that have been
collected that hav; not. yet been turn-
ed in to headquarters. Thework has.
beenl-energetloollyi carried on by the
team workers on the poops hm
talion. some in the. engineers, and bolts universally contributed. Some
”19 rest in color-mes of the “3‘“ who could give but have not siveuto
and Him New Jot-set National Guardme most worthy cause, are not
resiwrnls. | among the happy thousands in Non
The change was welcome and the . .
walk today who responded to their
men are all pleased with it. it is country's call.
particularly News!“ a 8 the NW The following telegram was receivaI
(Continued On p“. Mu) 8d yesterday,
NEW flRflElA WILL “°r..:':;rg 3:55;;
PURCHNGREAmN
DRAFT liliAllIl HELP
to exceed your tgains. d’Thih cant-
i oing Broil; .J. W
gallium; and to 1901;,
Officials Must Add Clerks to
Ferret Out Men Who Are
we expect tango we yous they al~
lotment for'this‘ division; Signed I}.
Affected
The new regulations requiring all
M; Dahl. Chairman."
This message of appreciation is
highly satisfactory to the people of
Norwalk who have participated in
the Second Red Cross War Fund can).
palgn.
M
F. A. SMITH FUEL .
COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Judge Light, chairman ofdth‘e‘ local
fuel committee has lenders 3 res-
men within draft age to work or r of
fight. has caused members of the 10- ignation as chairman and membe
cal draft boards to prepare for the
extra clerical work, which must be
.done in order to keep track of “1039‘ h‘gtglgiegufinidg‘dfiififilor Russell
“0‘ engaged at present in useful oc- has appointed Franklin A. Smith as
cupations. The Third District Appela d D id
.. .. H
considering appeals from decisions ofi local board. y
the‘ local boards regarding industrial Mayor Donovan has kindly given
cla ms" permissipn for the use of Room 10 in
CAMP M'CLELLAN. Aunislon, Ala.
May 27.~Connocticut men here are
now a part of tho Warmth Bri-
gade of the Twenty-ninth, the Blue
and'Gray Division of the United
States Army. They were reissued
from quarantine yesterday morning
andassignod to their companies.
Some are in the machine gun bob
sal'y on account of the demands of
instructions
Md Food Board following a conference
the committee. this step being neces-
Although no explicit the City Hall. and the fuel commit-
ready engaged in inspecting their. expected that the committee will
_ i The following interesting , (Continued on Page Twelve) records to discover how many menLdesignate fixed office hours for the
lieutenant, 3““ approxrmately 65W has been received from Rev. John » . (Continuedfim Ill it.) . l
,emnloye J‘ta leton, wh ha be\ it Annie-
The ninth handles about $200,000 [amp Mabamafm 586,83, niomhs, CENTRAL N. E. ROAD s MORE COAL MUST
000 girth“ ‘1’; boggles, gammy cm MACCLELLAN. AND‘NEW HAVEN STUDENTS’ TRIAL ‘ BE PRODUCED
and r. 0 en as u a on y A.n' t ’ Al '
0V" “5 “fairy PM ”"1“”? “mg i" , Aral: (1)14] 1912i MERGE OPERATIONS IS POSTPONED PHILADELPHIA, ‘May 28.——Tl1e
have him PM “‘5 energy ““0 Spefid' To the member and friends ‘of So.i - -.prodliction of coal in the United
110; ill) the'production Of essentials Norwalk Congregational Church, 60,] NEW HAVEN, May 28.—Cbanges NEW HAVEN. May 28.——To the States for the year beginning April
(Continued on Page Twolve)
Bridgeport Man Dying
After Being Held Up
Norwalk. Conn.
Dear fellow~members and friends:
From July heat of Alabama I send
greetings to the May beauty
The days have had special speeding
g , my that a vendetta was '
since I returned to camp and the;
head and hands have not found time;
to write while the heart dictates on
this letter would have reached you
long ago. A
an
BRIDGEPOBT, May' .o.—»Gllisappi
Spattafola, wealthy busmosa man,
lies in a dying condition in St. Vin-
cent's Hospital today anl Frank Rus-
so, formerly a restaurant keeper
here. is held on a technical charge of
breach of the peace as a result (f a
'IIOidrull last night near Spatiafolll’s
home, 27 Union Squire, in which
Spatiafola was shot. lllrough the
breast. The police say there is no
evidence against Russ), but he. is
held pending the result of the coron-
ems investigation, “him is now in
progress.
Spattafola persistently refuses to
make any statement. When taken to
the hospital immedialt‘y after the
shooting, however, he said he had
been stopped, by (“’0‘ men whom he
could not recognize and that the shot
was fired when he attlnllptedto draw
a weapon in self-detonate. He had on
it‘..- person at the time 30,700 in cash
and $5,000 worth of jewelry, and
. , tune of this was touu‘lel by his as.
.," 2 “Nat“. _ > ‘7
The police are working on the the-
the cause
(lithe affair...but so for . they said,
no real facts have developed, ‘ in
Rllilho'ilvilf‘nls two pis‘cm‘aml sever-
al rifles -‘lli shot guns more found,
but none at these weapons had been
.toocutly 'dlllhargod. ~ , .» .
M
(Continued on Page Two)
ANlllilElliJIiilll
000000130
Three- and a half year old Helen.
Chen. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. An-
dreas Cheh, was badly scalded about
the back and legs when a pot of boilg
ing water upset on her while she
was playing about the kitchen other.
home, 39 Lexington avenue. yester-
day morning at about 10:15 o'clock. A
She was «immediately taken to the
hospital and placed under the care"
of or. ‘F. G. Brown, who said, al»
though she was badly burned, that'
he did not think that she was in any
great danger. i
This" is the third case of scalding
to happen within the last week, the
other two cases resulting in the.death
of Stephen Zalani and Andrew Boner,
, ottNapies street. ’
l
:ordered in the operating department‘
lot the New York, New Haven and'
'Hartford Railroad today, in effect
disappointment of a throng of spec-
tators, charges preferred against teni
b’ale students growing out of. a dem-l
1, must reach 736,000,000 net tons, J.-
D. A. Morow General Director of':
of Con.:;bring about a merger of the Centrnl‘onstration in and about
necticut. audio you who live there! New England Railroad with the New, streets and the university
'Haven in general operations. C. Wu
Clark, Superintendent, of the Cehtrall
New England is relieved and will be.
assigned to other duties“ His place;
will be taken by Harry C. Oviattfi
who comes from Hog Island ship:
.yard, where he was master of trans-' of obstructing sidewalks.
portatlon. W. Hri‘oster, General Su-L
perinlendent of the New Haven lines
west of New London and Willimanlic,I
assumes additionally the general su-l
perintendency of the Central New
England.
Distribution'of the United States
the .cltyfFuel Administration today told the
sectionlNationai Coal Association, in conven-A
last Monday. were postponed in the'tion here. This means an increase ot‘
City Court yesterday until June 3. 85,000,000 tons over the production
The general charge was that of for the coal year, 1917, if the war den
breach of the peace, but the city at- rounds of the country are to be met;
torney has added, charges of failurellt is doubtful Mr. Mormw ”said, it
to disperse at order of the police and the production of anthracite coal cang
AttorneysLbe increased over last year's total;
for the defendants upon noting thelof 89,000,000 gross tons. Theretore‘
amended complaint asked and scour-{the entire 85,000,000 tons must come'
ed delay. 'Other attorneys are ex-ifrom the bituminous mines. L
pected to appear in the proceedings! A survey of the war demand for
as it is understood that each student’coal by the United States Fuel Ad-'
will ask for “a separate trial. ministration has shown that the'coun—
gtry will require during the present
[coal year 635,000,000 net tonsoi bi-
air and water motors.
' WHY NOT
children under five years of age.
this maniacs. Uncle Sam wants
,up to standard. To
the average children
June let to June 16th.
Fathers and Mothers of America
The United States Government wants: to register. your
satisfy yourself your babies “are canal to
bringwtllem to the welfare stations from
' ‘ ' ' 70 WALL orationnonwam.’ '3 »
, . . 120 wasnmoronsrannr, scorn nonworm
:tuminous coal, Mr. Morrow said. Dan;
PARENTS! Ling the last *coal year, the bituminous;
UNCLE SAM said: "When I take an inventory of my
wealth I register voters and soldiers; lands and incomes; earth, 1
fcoal production was 551,000,000 neti
itons. ‘ '
To meet this requirement it will be
,necessary to 'maintain an average“
Lweekly production of 12,600,000 tons:
iof bituminous.- This, quantity has;
that been produced in any single weeki
Am the history of the bituminous coal,
Lindustry.
BABIES?”
- ‘The output of the bituminous mines
hilllfih “Odgvm be detghfldigu Afor April, the first month of the new
to 9 P you “P your , n .coal year was 47,000,000 tons. Should
‘this rate of production be maintained
throughout the year. the total output
{would by; only 504,000,000 tons. Under
the present estimates of’necessary
Loonsumptlom; 'the country at this
rate of production would face a. bi-
ftumin‘ous coal shortage of 71,000,000
tons. , ‘ ,.
ASSOCIATEDPRESS NEWS FROM ACL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
Partly otouey'TI'orhiht and Wed.
$25,000
Was asked for and when all
i .
{returns an in, nearly twice
l
’tllis sum is expected.
A
‘A-A‘A‘AAA“-“AAA“‘A
“
no a“. I.
court Ana IN 00000 *
WAS lAUNtflED
AND leNCH EARLY ,llillAV'
MAKE MllllE SPEEI]
IN EXAMINATIIINS
AT CAMP BEVENS
Draftees Know Their Status
Soon After They Arrive—
Connecticut Men May Be
Promoted—76th Division
Now Approaching War
Strength
CAMP DEVENS, Ayer,Mass., May
28.--The new system of examination
of draft men arriving at this camp
was put into effect today in receiv-
ing the lisssuchsotts and Vermont
men. Under thin system ‘two build-
ings are used, one for? paper work
and the ,other for physical and other
enminations./ Each examining
board occupies a separate room and
the drafted men pass from one to the
other as each examination is com-
pleted. Mental as well as physical
tests are given the men.
(Continued on Page Three.)
BAKElSiilill u use
"filliNillAllNBlil-illl
Order Requires 10 Per Cent
Content After June 1
Bakery goods—bread, cakes and
the rest~henceforth must contain‘
not less than 10 per cent. of corn
meal and 15 per cent. of other substi-
tutes. and not more than '15 per cent.
wheat.
“No licensee shall manufacture
any products without using in the
manufacture thereof at least ten
pounds of corn meal with each ninety
pounds of wheat flour and other sub-
stitute cereals." is the way the or-
der issued yesterday reads. It was
adopted yesterday by the Federal
with representatives of the Food Ad-
ministration. ' .
At the conference which was call-,
quantity of corn meal now on the;
market the board was represented by.
John Mitchell. chairman; Arthur Wit-L
llama, Federal Food Administrator
for New York City, and Floyd WA
Fiske, assistant director of transpor-i
tation and distribution. George .‘
Zabriskie appeared for the. flour dl-i
vision of the Food Administration,i
and Mrs. Crowel for the United;
States Grain Corporation.
BY iflE BRIIISA
The Battle Began Well and if.
Successful Will Make Ger- .
many’s Assault of Yester- 3
day a Complete Failure
ENEMY hump:
lilVlSiflNS‘ MllNIlAl
Enemy Troops Punished so
Severely That the Frehch.
Did Not Get Close to Them
WITH THE BRITISH music.»
IN FRANCE, May flip—British
and French troops this mbrning
launched a counter-attack ’in.
Flanders, east of Dickebusch l'Jakjpf.~
The attack began well. Success 3
would make the enemy’s assault of
yesterday a complete and costly
failure.
In yesterday’s attack in Finn»
ders, between Deere and Voorme‘
zccle, the Germans are believed to
have employd four divisions on
on part of this front, measnrnig
8,000 yards. The enemy troops ‘
were punished so severely that the
French, on‘the right flank, did nut.
even get to close quarters withij 7
them. _ 2-:
*
carrying that“ important ridge in
the opening of their new ofiensive .1'
yesterday, have pushed on rapid—
ly and afiectcd a crossing of the
Aisne river between Vailiy and
Berrynu-Bac. .
This represents a front of north
1y twenty miles, along which the .-
armies of the Crown Prince engag-
ed in this great drive have crossed
the Aisnc. In addition, they have
apparently pushed at points some ‘
distance south of the river, and are
striking for the river Vesle, which
parallels the Aisne along the
greater part of this front at an av-
erage distance of about five miles. " ~
_ The Vesle, at its most southerly ‘
, A3,};
1w
The Germans, “I striking south?” 3:“
from the Chemin-des-Dames, after .
til
1.1
point in this sector, is approximate- , ‘ ’
have been received from Washing- - _ . ,
tee will be located in its new head ed to solve the problem of the my e, .
ton, clerks of local boards are at; quarters within a short time. I, is' 8’ 15 ten miles from the German
point of departure, but the Ger-
man penetration is apparently con- ' ‘
sidcrably short of this depth.
The battle is confirming fiercely
along the whole Aisnc front to-'
day, the brunt of it being borne by
the French, before whose lines A
there was seemingly the greatest
iconccntration for the enemy effort.
It W08 the unanimOUS 091010“ mal-‘g'l‘he French communications are .
xmakmg mandamry the use of corn. excellent in this sector, however,”
Land the probability is that reserves
meal in the manufacture of bread-
stutfs is the most practicable means _ .
of relieving a- glutted market. Deal-lure speedily being sent up to the
era in flour and substitute cereals Ill-{threatened points t0 place before ,
. is likely to put on our more New Ha-
so will be directed to sell 10 per cent;
of corn meal as a part of the requir-i
ed amount of substitutes. ,
Notices of this change will be for-
warded at once to all bakers. The r?"
vised rules will apply during the
month of June or until further or-‘;
ders from the Food Board.
FOOD VIOLATIONS 3 3
IN RIDGEFIELD?
A
Federal Food Administration in'
Hartford claim they have secured ev-‘
idence, as the result of a raid in
Ridgefield, early this morning, that
ven wholesalers cut of business for:
violation of the Federal wheat con-L
servation rules. The names of the;
firms are not given. It is assertedt
that application for indictmentswilh
be made to the United States District.
{Court on a charge of hoarding. l
Detective. Sergeant Thomas Hant,‘
{of Norwalk. arrested a motor truck'
driver named Torsi and a storekeeper
in Ridgefield namedTony Mei. JI‘or-
si ‘Was drawing a two-ton truck load
of flour, which lacked the percentage
of substitutes. The flour 1enscon-
signed to Mei. Torsi confessed; that
he had been bringing flour from‘Newv
Haven every-Saturday‘- night. selling“!
it tor from $13 to 315' per barrel.
the Germans a force that can ef- ,
fectivcly stop them. '
The British when the battleghtj-
startcd apparently were holding a
line approximately twelve miles ‘
long, between Bcrmicourt, seven
miles northwest of Rllcims and
Craonelle, across the Aisne to the. ,
northwest, the line straddling the '-
Aisue at about midway this,dis;—,
lance, near Berry-au-Bac. -
There is no indication that the
British right flank was materially "
affected by the shock. The left
flank, however, felt theeflcctmf
the impact upon the French front . ,1
g ,
further west. .
Gains by the armies of. the Ger; ; .
Crown Prince on thcf’Aisne _{
man
front have been balnnctid in port“?
by the sanguinary repul‘sesoffur- . “ :
ther attempts to push forward
southwest of Ypres. In pl.“ pared.
second-line positions alo ’ '; .
Aisnc, the Franco~British33 crew 37
are offering strong resistance
the Germans, who are pref ‘ Ten
to cross the river, written: Fl '
W ' pm‘fir i:
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