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REPUBLICANS ‘
Nllliliiilioll
fill CONVENIION
fiathering Will Be Held on
i June 2.5 and 26 at Foot
Guard Hall >
Ilillililiiili lllll
. . hills iIIAlllMlN
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Convention Call Issued After
, Meeting-Primary Dates
1 Also Named '
Harttord is the city selected for
the republican state convention.
which will be held June 25 and 26
in [hoot Guard Hall, This was de-
cried at a meeting of the state cen-
tral committee held yesterday after-
noen at the Allyn Homes, Hartford.
tall the districts but four were rep-
resented in the meeting. The date
for the primaries is June 12 and the
‘ mainline
The War Requirements Are
EARSER Slll’Pll
0E Still E0ll
NEW ENSEAND
Anthracite , to be Barred
From Trans-Mississippi,
Central Western and the
Southern Territories
than this
Greater Than Ever Be-
fore, Administrator Dick-
son Says
PHILADELPHIA. hlay 29.—«A sub-
stantial increase in the supply of tin-
thraclte coal to 'be furnished the New
England and North Atlantic States,
was promised by Joseph B. Dickson.
Chairman of the Anthracite t‘unl-
mittce of the United States Fuel Ad-
ministration, in an address today be-
senatorial caucuses and city conven-
tions on June. 15. The selection of a
«chairmap for the convention was left
with Chairman J. Henry Rortlback.
”‘1‘“? business meeting was preced.
Zed by a lunch in the American din-
linl: room at the hotel. and the ses-
uioll began about. 2:15 o'clock, and
lasted only about half an hour. No
business eacept the convention and tons of hard coal. to ”16 New Eug'
- Danette dates was touched. ‘ "Wm"? ‘
' A communication was presented . (Continued 0!! Pl" TWN")
it'rolil the "clttsien's party," and Chair- ' ‘ l
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, arthritis d:‘i.‘§fiii..£§".. rt.- Sillllllll EHlEllliEN i
HAVE Millilllllill
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Better Health Is Planned and .3
Entertainment Will Be}
fore the convention of the National
Coal Association. To provide this in-
will be barred from states
transdiississlppln Central
and Southern tefltories.
in
Western 1
Administration, Mr. Dickson
(Continued On Page six)
lillil WAEESSHSW
illii INCREASES
t illilli PAST YEAR
'Uump. More Than 24 Per
Cent. Over Rate in 1917
‘ ‘ 'nnd Labor Still Scarce
D
Information concerning the increase
In wages of farm labor last year has 1
cell issued in a bulletin by the Unit- stronger than her citizens" and "at.
ted States Department of Agriculture. the foundation of progress must be}
Waite rates pet month in hiring byE better health.” l
the month or season with beard in it is your taxes that make EllilCfl‘l
1917 ranged from $21)” in the soup, tlon possible. Do you not want the
Central States to $36.23 in the North very best. returns possible for tnei
Central-States west of the ,Mlssissip- money you expend? Evert day :1 mm
pi river and $44.25 in the Western pil is absent from school for illness;
and Pacific, with 'l national average or any other cause. represents a fi-,
bi $28.87. Without bnv-I the month. nancial loss to the state, the city,
19 m“. far the United States wusiand you. and an educatiouailoss to;
40.43. with a range from sgirgo m1the child. Each man should intros
,he South Atlantic States to $49.43 (apart in this great hygienic struggled
lite West North (Central and $63.59 in
‘the Western and Pacific. Harvest _
stages with "board were as high .as
2:71 per day in the West North Cen-
tral States and 1'5 low as $1.55 in the:
’13: 3' viii Atlantic, , while the Uillli-‘l
‘sl’hfa average wis izth The rains
‘ .V'mcut board Ware 3-: ' to 5’4‘ cents
bicker in the valir H seelnns.
Held at the High School,
June 5th .
The school children of today ill-cl
the citizens of tomorrow. Norwallti
school children, realizing this. harei
tor the past two years been making;
a drive for a higher standard oi"
health, that they may be better dual-i
itied to take their places, not only1
as future citizens. but as
stronccrl
citizens because The state is no'
l
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NtlllWAlli Bill “
.' WINS innit,
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"Ilugo Gumba‘rt, son of Dr. Edward-
H. Gumbart. of Hartford, Conn; wasl
rated as No. 1 of the 68 graduates at:
BEEN CONTINUED the Princeton Aviation School yester-
' . . day." . .
‘ Judge “Ebb presiding over the; Not much ofgan item, but one that‘l
(Continued On Page Twelve)
lama casififlls
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Criminal Superior Court granted yes-'
.‘icrday a continuance until next terml
in the Ranger will ease. State's Ai-
iorney Galen A .Carter asked for a
. continuance on‘the ground that the
fourth conspirator, Charles Meyer of
made the residents of Norwaik whoi
went. to school with “Gummy“ read
it over again. 2 {
Hugo Gumbart was born in Nor-l
walk. Sept. 7th, 1894. His father was;
for many years the head of the Nor-i
New York. had been apprehended and i walk High School. and Hugo graduat-
it was the state’s desire to try allied from there in June 1912, with all
tour of the alleged conspirators for- exceptional record for good work.‘
.ihc forging of the will of Henry Ward | With a passing mark of. seventy
anger at 0116 time. The otherthreei young Gumbart averaged eighty-five
are Charles N. Wexler, a lawyer of for his‘entire four years, being “par-
..fitammrd. who has “been ‘ disbarredlficuiariy good in mathematics. He
r three years for the part he playedientered Dartmouth, College the same
the 6980: H- G- Cunningham, 3180 year and graduated with honors, and
NSL'lnllord, and Miss Edith Ranger immediately entered his chosen pro-
pf. New York. fession as an engineer, which he quit
Rooster was an artist. of .consider- to joimhe Princeton aviation school.
“hie-eminence and anAmerican sends from which he has just come ‘Wlih
. an and in his will left his entire so enviable r. record. ‘
gunfight 8250.000 to the Academy Of slight build like his father he
of Design in New York. It is claimed was always a ‘live wire” in all the
a (will was forged revoking this athletic and social pastimes at, Nor~
F meat and giving the lite use of walk High. and numbers a
petals to Miss Ranger. .
'» Norwalk friends. . _ . ..
\
host of,
The statistical comm
of M lttee
The distribution plans of the Fuell"f the Various comntitt
anti. icai force, made
will allow an increase of 1.497.62135muh. Mrs. w. o. McLean.
Slogan—No mother's baby
untll every
The child welfare
Norwalkl has been busy for
weeks systcmaiizing plans for
campaign. which begins June 1
extends over a period of two weeks
Our city is divided I
the same as thoer‘ used
.leerty Loan,
creased supply. he said. tlrlthrat-.itc.:_‘i'Pm published in "“3 153““ or A9"
the;
cull WEEFARE
CAMPAIGN IS
UNDER WAY
.Visitors Calling at the Homes
Where There Are Childrenl
Under Five Years of Age
and Explaining Require-
ments
EUVERNMENIIS
AFTER STATISTICS
Children’s Bureau, in Wash-
IiERWlN HEED
RESPO .SIBEE
Elli A
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lllllilllll PAY S
TWI] [ll SEARS
Could Not D So and
Big Pierce-Ar ow Went‘
Through Fence Into TeIe-‘
ington, Making Census of. graph Pole
All Young Children
mother’s baby is safe.
committee
diagrams or
rs. J. l’. Wadllalns
.. (Continues-mama Piaf. '
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BRIDGEPORT. May
_John J. Phelan has decided, after an
In safe lnquestlntothe‘death
.c—u—u‘
Witnmsl
IDENE
Testimony Takeli by Coroner
Phelan Showfi .He Was
Driving Car at Speed of
Sixty Miles an flour
29.4oroner
Peter I". Ker-
i win, who died at the No elk hospital.
of ‘ after lllt‘ crash Mention-night of the
some ‘ car he was driving agaifist a telegraph
their polo on the Post road l1‘Norwalk'. that
Kerwin himself was
sponslble for
the accident.
instilled that
into disrricls,
in the Third
which' a
' in charge!
is the largest
ees The cler-‘ at the cit
up of Miss Annie E.
”’3'"
the car was going at 1
. to 55 miles an hour and
striking the telegraph polo.
' which it
(Continued on. Pare mile)
to of Iron] 45
he attempt-
d to pass two cars on; the road. he
deliberately swung out llito the gutter,
The above dispatch is a sequel to
the inquest held yesterday afternoon
y ball by Coroner Phelan. at,
me Chief of Police Ponnlns-
ton, Patrolman Jarvis Murray, C. F.
French Troops Fall Back '
‘ Ill Battle
Near Soissons~
MElllllllllllAY
PARAIIE EXERCISES
Will Start From Railroad
Avenue at 9 O’Clock and
' Go to Green for Speaking,
Etc. '
The Memorial Day parade will
start tomorrowl morning ‘irom Rail—
road Place. South Norwalk. at nine
o'clock sharp at which time there
will be three divisions in the line of
march as follows:
' Division 1
Escort of Police
American Bend
Companies 1. J. and L. Connecticut
State Guards under command of
Major Edward P. Weed.
M
(Continued on Page Twelve)
lltlUNlill illJli ’
Will ENIERIAIN
Members ' of The Knob {and
Norwalk Yacht Clubsjlns
vited for Memorial Day.
A special meeting of the Board of
12371 ' 8049 4.322 $43,632.23
amunou
' All team workers must return their fulilaooounts and {'94.
oeipt books to their team remains at once. ‘t’ream captains
must report to the treadmill: tars all accounts and. ., receipt ‘
‘ books attire earliestpossible date. Ilia absolutelyginocesaaryr .
that this be done in ordertoclose‘upthefctiimpnigni .-.
. J- - .— Governors ofldthe Norwalk Country
Cl 1) h l t l . t M )1
STATEMENT or RED CROSS TEAMS. mi... Yin: deciieilf.”.‘iid“.i’m$i.
“W “P to on night are given in detail in the following Silihiicii’Slil". “S‘iaii‘w‘i‘ii ’lii;
statement: a Country Club tomorrow in Memorial
w Day festivities as the guests of the
9 members of the Country Club.
'5 a El “3 This action on the part of the
*3 3 535° - Country Club is greatly appreciated
g .I g E g 3 gr by :th mlembler of thedtwo clubs in.
. . :3 as .g ,g vite “an ac owledge as a. graci-
a o a n ” ouizoth the Knob Club and the Nor-
m-G~F-Muendel 1 424 323 101 5123395 Lwall: Yacht Club have been shut off
Md W. McKinley 2 395 196 199 '409'185 from any sort of celebration this
William Guthrie 3 378 , 240 138 406.40 3 linear-thy thh activigies hstd Wilson's
' an e e a a n
fi' g W. Brooks 4 192 131 , 61 821-50 'too :0 withou‘E iii? yresar whgn ntlie
L- gt mi. 5 351 255 19? 232.33 Coémtry Club gavle astigmatism.
' ~ - 6 473 322 5 _ omorrow even ng a s can ry
Mrs. J. J. Cavanag ’ Club the e ill b lub dance for
Milton Elwood h 7 341 213 128 gag which Bin-J50 Vigallage’s orchestra”
Stephen Jarvis g :3; fig: fig 310.39 twill furnish in: music and a good
Mm“ 031mm 10 346 199 147 294.55 “me '3 ”We ' '
George Belts ' .
gym" h ii iii 3% iii "3332321 - Alli" flVElllUllNEll
' ' l . 13 333 235 98’ 226.55 E
Mr E. Loper , ' . ' _~
Michael Riordan lg 33; fig ' :3 $323
. F. L. Lamson 16 275 197 73 695.58 \ Yegiei-da is
' $311111; SM 17 390 276 114 372.85 y"
y~ 18 220 160 60 . 95'” A ident that we use ly a er-
‘ gzfllfianimm a?) :fi 222; ' it; . 2,3233%; lousnotilcet,= happened atsthe Eilorners of
George Vosburgh 21 345 249 97 1 656265 SiigkilleaifillCliyoiiiéiifs' wlifn e“;
R. Grant 92 422 233 189 i571 25 Mitchell car belonging to ‘a Dr. Thom-
Wm. Tamman 23 3381 239 99 1 53465 as, of Highwood, was run into alid
E_ W. Fitch 24 412 320 103 2,613.30 overturned by ill; Oakblnnld carKlge-l
J- Emory Stevens 25 515 ‘ 257 258 ’650137 iiiigmg m m. m m y m F
J' Rooney 26 164 93 .71 489.75 The Thomas car was coming up
John Cuneo 27 253 161 97 "252.50 Franklin street from the direction of
F. MOMahon 23 333 225 113 20500 the station and the Kaolin car was
J_ Baddeley 29 358 281 77 166.55 going up Clay street from Railroad
Lee Tripp 30 7- 273 114 159 292240 aviigeiiiiinwitieeliwo‘i manila car
Rev‘ M: J‘ LYnch 31 418 263 155 1,116.50 were broken off and the Thomas car
J. H. Gibson‘ 32 337 _ 225 112 36130 was overturned and“ Dr Thomas sus-
John Czako 33 227 162 65 115 65 talned numerous cuts and bruises,
B. Barman 3 .. ‘ 4 5186. 0 especially about the legs. . .
Wilton - .- 4 178 94 . 8 -. '0 There were no arrests made in the
C . . S. is 35 554 446 108 2.37335 case, but the names of‘thoee ‘con-
ngfggxpm 131 486 45 3,315.30 cerned in the accident were taken.
193 43 43 — 1,263.06 ..._ ‘
Auto- Ta, 5 ._ - ‘ .
School ‘Ogollection “1333;23 _No‘rwalk Man Complains ,
Miscel. .- a». 1 ~. q . . 22272 Against Telephone Co.
Palace Theatre 001. '5‘t = , . 131.13 .._'_.‘.._. '_
Regent Theatre Col. I, life; , .n 326.67 HARTFORD. May ‘29.—-—ln his peti-
Theatre TiCkets if. 2'. ~ .‘ 384.55 got: which: wasi hfardutly illegality?
at? it ities omm as on ,t a up 0
ggnfir-Mfliegfigchef - - $3322 yesterday, Edward Bx’Gallaher. - of
Norwalk, alleged that‘ the Southern
New England Telephone Company
‘charged excessive rates and that it
discriminated against him in ‘the
‘rates which he had to pay for the
use of his. telephone. He claimed
that his residencerwas outside the
zone district, but that notwithstand-
ing thpt tact helwas charagedlfsone
rates. The defence was a
the allegations.
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(IlEllENS Til HAVE
conducted the Red Cross campaign.
denial “of ,
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Franco-British Soldiers Are
MlllNliiHT IlAlll [IN
ifllllilli iliilllil
~ AMERICANS HAVE ,
.iflillflillf, lllillllliil»
Broke in on Quiet Party on Germans Who Made a Couna
Shores of Compo—Mrs. . ' .
Brockmeyer Admits Fond- tfitfitffgvfifiggm Met
ness for Sterner Sex— .
PARIS, May ‘29.—Tlle French
Signed Confession Intro-l
ducted—Husband Gets De-itroops have fallen back to the
free and Custody of Child- eastern outskirts of . Sorssons,
ren where the battle continues With.
bitterness, the French Wat: Ofiice
announced this afternoon .
Franco-British troops, the state-
ment adds, hays fallen back to the
heights south and southeast of St. ‘ ,.
'i‘llicrry, where they are holding
positions between the Vesle and
the Aisne Canal.
LONDON, May 29.»German
troops who counter attacked last.
night against the Americans who
captured Cantigny, west of Mont-
didier, were repulsed with heavy ' ~
lessee, reports Renter’s corresponv
dent at the British Army Head-
quarters in France today.
A tale of a midnight raid on a
cottage at Compo Beach Was un-
folded in the Superior court yester-
day afternoon when Austin A. Brock-l
moyer, a wealthy Greenwich con-
tractor, secured a divorce from Es-
telle M. ts. Brockmeyer. A written ad-
mission by Mrs. Brockmeyer that she
had been too friendly with a man
named Bowman was introduced in ev-
idence. I
Brockmeyer told the story of the‘
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" i The German attack across the
""lIDAY PARADE ‘Aisne apparently is slowing down
. . as the Franco-British troops begin
counter-attacks on the wings and
French reserves are rushing in to
stem the enemy onslaught in the
center, where it has reached the J
CAMP DEVENS, Ayer. Mass, Mays" 951° meta
29.—-—A parade and special exercises‘ Around Flsmcs, about half way: ‘
will be held here on Memorial Dabictwccn Soissons and Rhcims, andjra ,3
T5? 9mg!“ “Vim“ WA“ 33:5; ‘13 {1’94“ the center of the important Allied "1““
a ‘01] emaln BT38 8 n DIP. -' - _ ,7.
or of the occasioil). The parade willlcommgnlcat‘EWS’ha dgpfiia‘tgl [lat * ‘.
be different from the last parade held tle ‘5 elng oug t' er 1] 0 turns
here a short time ago, When the the Germans have crossed the
last review was held the Seventy- Veslc on either side of Fismcs, but
“m“ 9mm“ was practically only 3the French still are in the town .
skeleton of a division. Today the di- - . - t bbornl
vision is nearly up to war strength. and are holding to It s u y
The parade will begin at 9 a. m.,While the reserevs come up.
and [will probably be witnessed by On the right, northwest of
one of the largest crowds that everiR-hcims, the British are maintain-
:“neasfif b“ “Ilium” {was}; {fining a commanding position on. the
“y w e 3' ° 8" n e c 93 ' .‘Thicrrv north and
land towns as well as here. and the \vgsstmfi'f Otfthtttiwn ofvSt. Thierry.
French troops on tile loft have
stopped the German onrushes by
strong counter attacks. and are
holding firmly to the high points
f Neuville-sur-liiargival and Vreg-
.ny, north of the Alene, and the
Cross Drive amounted to $1,500. andihf‘ghts bet-ween City-Sallsogne aid
swelled the total to $43,500. whlcimasseny. which dominate _ t e
Imakes Norwalk quota, at this date.iVesls. Heavy fighting continues
l“ Per cent. Overs‘mscr‘bed‘ Again,laii along the front from south of ‘
lNorwalk has ”as?“ t° be ”mud °§iPinon to almost north of Rheims.
iSiiilf§‘§l°i‘iii§Sio‘iie‘tirii‘. iii Overwhelming nrmpers enabled
mg line. and also in mm efficient her. the Germans in their first attack to
.vlces-iendered by the volunteers who penetrate the Allied lines to be:
yond the Aisne and capture more
~ than a half score of villages and
“BILL” SMITH RETURNS i15,000 prisoners. The greatest ad-
FROM CAMP ME ADE gvance was made in the center, four
-——-—— miles to the Aisnc and then cut
William A. Smith. of Edit} magic the \‘csle, a total of ten. As in'
one. East Norwalk. returned yestertthc ofiensivc in Pieardy and Flan-
gilt after"??? “1"” ng‘ié1 Mimimers, the enemy advance has as-
‘more ., W lere ' t3 _ . ’ '
stationed for the postweclt to takeibumed “.16 form Of a blunt-ngsed
examinations preparatory to enteringiw?dge“"lul Its apex less tllani Tee
lmiles ill Width lylng between Ba- .,
zoches and Fismes.
Notwithstanding their success
». , G “I ,. in pushing the Allies rom. t e_
gligiimdfTfllgogzqfiildilienl?egllimifi Chemin-dcs—Dames and the heights .1 "
cause of» his Dear'pel'fect ability 'he of Cramlne to beyond the Arena
was conditioned and Will be flllmveilqnd into territory untouched by
‘0 take. a, m'exalmnam“ 1“ ’i‘x3figliting sinceearly in the war, the 2 .
'gmollms'jgmst ’1‘: 5:533:13 31)] fl‘l‘ziencmy has not succeeded in widen- ,. , .
(1331:0151. iiiia Exams by inariim‘el 'inethe “erOW” about Montdidler 37‘-
Concerning army life he was very
76th Division to, be Seen in
Big Military, Spectacle l
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RED CROSS FUND
NOW $43,500
receipts from the Red
the Engineering Corps of the regu-l
‘lar army. Bill left last week to take
the exams at Cawip Men'io but ‘was
unsuccessful in'lhis because of
nor in changing the Allied line in
much taken up with it even thoughfiChampagne cast of Rheims. Di-_ .. V.
his my “’35 brie". Whi‘e “l .camP‘i-ect highway and railroad com—
'he was "muted accord!“ to thelmunication between Soissons and
)usual procedure and at the present) . ll
.time is sporting a very sore 33.};Rhelms has been broken by t c
{Swollen arm. But 'if at first youiGermnns, but. neither of these
donft succeed.” tm try “Kain" iffshellidcvastated cities, appear to
Bill: motto and try again he intends be in immediatedanger. ‘ _ . _
t 0. ' . ' . . , . t. .
oL’dst evening be entertained anumm Observers assert that E?ll'tv5;.?gl;: ‘
tier oiv'h’ic trieaai at MCCarthy’u‘ Inn. hours more probably W! ”1th
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