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sou'rn' nonwanijcoun, ism“, MAY 31,1013.
BIG M‘iMoiIii
Iii PARADE m
+ llli punts
Hundreds of People in Line
and a Fine Showing Made
by All the Different Or-
ganizations
autumn
Innii llliifllil
How the Day Was Spent in
Many Places About the
City
Many compliments were given to
the school children. the State Guard
nfl‘the Boy Scouts for their fine
showing in the Memorial Day parade
held yesterday morning.
it is estimated that with the two
parochial schools in line that there
were between 350 and 400 children.
representing the schools of‘the city,
whomar lied. _
.‘i‘he'r arvln School of East Nor-
walit had an especially appropriate
line-up, the first rows of children
wore red caps, the second. white
caps and the tlilrd, red cnps. making
the national colors.
The United States Boy Scouts in
‘their uniforms with their wooden
guns also made a fine showing.
The State Guard under command
f Major Edward P. Weed also leaked
in in the parade ,
.ilfhe‘American Band and the East
. Nervous-Mm Corps both furnished
,oxcellenr music forum'rching and the
Spanish War Veterans the Grand Ar
my‘ of the Republic veterans and
nhe.cityiodlclals. the latter two in au-
toblles. all came in for a share
the. praise. '
The parade was enjoyed by many
and it was said that had the weather
been a little more promising there
{would have been many more march-
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MEN noun]
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John A. Cleverly, of Roway-
ton, Only Norwalker in the
Reserve Class ‘
Connecticut was well represented
in the graduating class of the Third
Reserve officers at the United
States Naval Academy, at Annapolis,
Md. On Wednesday. 19 members of
the class of 388 being from -Connec-
ticut. These graduates are now tem-
porarily commissioned as ensigns and
active duty will be given them in
the near future. '
Richard G. Berger of 816 Fairfield
avenue, Bridgeport. was among the
members. Berger graduated from
the} Bridgeport high school in 1912
and from the Massachusetts institute
or Technology in 1916. After gradu-
ation he was connected for a year
in'
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in suits
USED IN BIG
'. MANilWiR
Devens “No Man’s Land” Is
Like Battle Field “Over
There”
PRIVATE TRIES it]
tUlHISllllltlil
Claimed He Was Unfit For;
Service Because of Rheu-'
matism
CAMP 'DEVENS, Ayer. Mass, May
31.——Artillery fire. using live shells,
as put into action at the school for
field and stafi ofllcers here Wednesv
day afternoon. B Battery of thc‘
322nd Field Artillery fired the salv-os.
The maneuver was held at the field
combat range near Still River. The,
artillery was used in conjunction with:
the infantry which was engaged in!
reconnaissance work. A range .
about 2,500 yards was used and 250‘
shells fired. Shrapnel shells were
used in place of the larger shells.
Sonic of the shells were directed
at the enemy trenches. while others
were for the purpose of touring away
the barbed wire entanglements and
other obstacles in the path of the
advancing lniantrymcn. * The fire
Was kept up for a period of about two
hours. At the beginning of the work
the floldand limit We were near
the artillery firing point.
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WANT TO KNOW WHY
SUBMARINES DON’T
GET OUR TRANSPORTS
GENEVA. May 31.—-The socialists
have given notice that they intend to
interpellaie the Reichstag naval com-
mittee why during last month. 400.-
000 enemy troops embarked forl
France without the slightest upper-3
ent attention front submarines, ac-
cording to a Munich dispatch.
Searching Party Shoots
Alleged Highwaymen
NORWICH. May
Russell, 20. of Troy.
the two men who is accused of at-‘
tacking Frank Hertz a. butcher of
this city, in his automobile at Baltic”
beating him and robbing him of a;
small sum of money. is in a hospital:
here tonight with a bullet in his hip.[
He was shot by William A Church of?
Bozrah. while he was trying to es“
cape from searching parties that had.
tracked the two men into the l
of Bozrah. The other man. whose,
name is unknown, escaped and was.
last seen tonight about a mile and a:
half from Colchester.
31.——'I‘heodore ,
N. Y., one of.
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Save Pots and Pansé
{Warns Housewives to
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NEW YORK, May 81.—Housewives
NflllWALIi an
an HUN lulu,
lNSiJiiitE VIEW
City Placed in Second Zone
for Writing of War Risk
Policies
insurance experts have decided that
there is not much danger of the Ger:
mans bombarding Norwalk, via the U-
bo'at and airplane stunt which has re-
ceived considerable attention, due to
statements of some military men for
Norwalk and the cities and towns
. along the Long island shore. have been
put in Zone Two by the companies that
write. explosion and war risk insur-
ance. This zone includes in addition
to the southern shore of Connecticut
all property more than five miles off.
the ocean front and the Gulf oereico
iand Zone Three includes all. property
in towns and cities more than 20 miles
of the ocean.
The insurance written in these zones
"will cover all war risks and explo-
sions coating from ‘an outside source
and while there has not been a large
amount underwritten in this section in
Boston and some of the Massachusetts
cities considerable has been placed. As
it is a long distance from any possible
landing place for aeroplane 'n‘h! the
German fleet being ottled up there is
not much anticipation on the part of
the inhabitants of Connecicut that
oft there will be any bom'oardnieuts males
ing necessary this kind of insurance.
“liliSHlNlitlHlAN” .
, MAY BE imam
MAW HERE
Price Boosted to 35 Cents to
Discourage Practice—Los-
ing Popularity
As
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summer approaches and the
picture arises of thirsty citizens leav-i
ing the swinging doors or Gus' cafe
with a pitcher of looming beer, the
dreary news is heard that” perhaps
there won't be any more “growler
parties" in Norwalk. The statement
from Philadelphia that saloon keep-
ers will not permit customers to car;
ry May the beverage in pitchers,
pails or wash boilers has caused
many a Nor-walk dealer to take ac-
tion to discourage the trade.
in the good, old days before the
war the honest workingmnn. return-3
ing home from his 'day's toil. could
take a large pull to the corner so;
icon and get a good supply of beer
for a thin ditne. Then the price was
raised to 15 cents. but nobody yelled
much about that.
NOW, however, some of the local
saloon keepers are charging 35
cents for a pail or pitcher filled
with the amber fluid. There are
a few good hearted dealers who let
their old customers buy a “growler”
for 20 or 30 cents but these are
to discourage the “growler” trade and
the boost in price is one method of'
doing this.
it is though by those in the libuor,
traffic that by eliminating the tin poll
and pitcher trade, the supply of been
bei
may be conserved so there will
enough ,ito‘lasl. through the summer.
it. would be a cruel blow if the sup-
ply gave out for in the hot spell next
August. strong men would be compell—
with the force at the experienced lfl-l of the country were warned tonight ed to drown their sorrows in a beak~
borato‘ry of the Edison plant at West by the Metalware Club that. they will. or of‘iomonade.
Orange, N. J.
lSouthport Boy Commissioned
Samuel Burr Ogden of South-
port.‘ anbther‘ graduate ‘of the
Bridgeport high school was also a.
member of this class. He graduated
from the high school in 1913 later
attending Yale college . after that
being for seven months an In
slructor at ‘ the Harvard Radio
school and from the Sheffield Scien-
ford who for two years was con-
nc-otsd with the American Lacquer
company 'of Bridgeport and who grad—
uated from the Milford high school
and from the Sheffield ”Scientific
school in 1915 were among the 15
from Connecticut. _
Ichit A Cleverly of Rowayton,
graduate - of Reasselacr Polytechnic
school. lrving N. Offen and William
B. Wesson of Stamford were other
members of the class.
Practically all of the 888 enslxus as Lexington avenue, who was taking announcement was made today that:
when “I” ”I’ll filmed "9’9 m‘ a driving lesson from Walter Ray- 280.000 men will be called to the cold
no: 0r potty Others 0' “1° 37““ mood. of South Main stroll. and was on during June. They will be on
Next week It ARDEN!“ knocked down. She sustained a soldered to report Juno 2!. but is hasn’t‘
the monsoon exercises of the “3:51;"; bruise on the m
G.
aim of mealtime will he held.
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mag thlil mun Homo a. Obli-
M a mum ‘
ibe wise if they conserve cooking pots!
land pans. A statement issued by the
:club called tittention to the fact that
‘the war has resulted in such a de-
mand for galvanized and enamel ware
ifor hospitals that there is likely to '
gbe a serious shortage in these pro-
iducts. In normal times, housekeep-
iers spend $60,000.000 annually for
‘kitchen ware. but this amount is ex-;
l‘pected to be greatly reduced.
it. was.
said; . . _
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,CHILD KNOCKED DOWN
' BY AUTOMOBILE
, Little Bertha Lee Rose. of 135 So.
.Main street, ran across -- that streetl
shortly after 6 o'clock last evening.
,dlreclly in front of an Overland tour-
;ing car driven by Dominick Flora. of..
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and!“ badly shaken hp, «com
to or. man It. Walnuts allude}
od'tbocltlld.‘ ..
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INQUEST INTO DEATH -
OF JOHN STEWART
Coroner John J. Phelan was here.
at. the City Hall, this morning at
10:45 to continue his inquest into
the dearth of John Stewart. of Wood
'street. who died at the Norwalk Hos-
pital as the result of injuries receiv-
ed while at work aboat a week and 3.
half ago. at the Wilson's Point lum-
ber yards. A few additional witness-
es were heard and decision as to the
cause of death was reserved
230.000 MEN WILL
BE CALLED IN JUNE
WASHINGTON. May lib-061cm
shalom: yet been determined to what color
thayoanbemlxned.mthelhit:ot
mutational-cue be
‘H
in
town. the minority. The dealers are tryingl some flaw in the construction or in the
nuns
itCiPl iiiiR .
, 0 COMPANY
WorkinfiScale of 34 to 40
Cents aiiHour to Go Into
Effect '
dim-Mills
' , Hill YEAR uni
:Diffcrences Now Existing
i Expected to Be Smothed
Out Soon
The controversy between the 1,500
employees of the Connecticut. Conn
pany and the mmy with retemce
to a lipid scale of wages effective as of
June'l, is almost”. an end. The prop-
osition of the company of a working
scale of from 34 to 40 cents an hour.
with a few minor differences II to
working co ditions m to be settled
was acecplc yesterday. it became
known last night that in the vote tak-
en Tuesday on the acceptance of the
company's offer. there was a majority
of 177 in favor of meeting the proposi-
ilon put forth by the company. The
new working agreement will be effect-
lve until June 1. 1919, the company
having modified its second proposition
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W
ELECTRICIAN THROWN
anon A LADDER
. employed by the lighting company;
iwas thrown from a ladder at about
' 1:30 o'clock today at the corner of
Washington street and Railroad Place.
when a strand of wire cable that was
attached to one of the ornamental
,iighting poles gave way. due to the
breaking of some bolts in the guy wire
clamp. '
Johnson was thrown from the ladder
clear over the picket fence which sun
rounds the railroad property onto the
dirt bank. and the fact that he landed
on his back in the soft dirt is given as
one reason why he is alive at the hos-
pital at this time.
in spite of the fact that many People
were about at the time of the. fll‘l‘ltlen
there accurate-be a grea deal of ohm
fusion as tom: how the‘accident hap:
pened. ’
Some say that the man touched a
live wire and ‘ the shock threw him
from the ladder breaking the guy wire
and throwing him on the bank while
others say that the breaking of,the
wire threw him off the ladder. The hit-v
for explanation sems the most plaus-
ible in view of the fact that the guy
wire clamp had been bolted on to the
through them. The bolts Were not per.
feel, one of them' only having about
half of the bolt joined together due to
manner of putting them on.
One of the long ornamental hangers
] on the lamp bracket was also snapped
in half where a band of metal is bolted
around the pole to, hold the bracket
and this hanger shows signs of great
stress having been put on it as lt-is
dented in and generally bent from the
strain placed on it when put into pm
sitinn.‘ ‘ ,
. . 0 hospital the manwas pm.
bounced to be in no great danger by
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Alfred Johnson of Brooklyn. N. 'Y.,l
wire and these bolts showed breaksl
~.
Cloudy tonight, followed by fair.
chihuahua
an llii JUNE [4
BY Fuji/intuit
Day Set Aside by Governor
——Every Day Should Be
Flag Day, He Says
HARTFORD. May 31.—~Governor
Holcomb today issued a proolamation
designating Friday, June 14 as Flag
Day. The proclamation follows:
"I hereby designate Friday,
14th day of June next as
FLAG DAY
in commemoration of the adoption on
June 14th. 1777. of the Stars and
Stripes as our national flag shall be
held in all public school. The child-
ren should be taught the principles
and ideals represented by our flag;
that each of its 48 stars represents
a sovereign state and that combined
they represent the greatest republic
in the world. They should be taught
that this republic was established
.with the sacrifice of lives and suf-
fering. They should be taught the
significance of the service friars
which we see all about us, and that
the owner of eachgold star appear
lag in increasing numbers has paid
the supreme sacrifice in this war
which is to detennine whether liber-
ty shall be procerved to humanity.
They should be impressed with the
fact that sacrifice is the price of II-
berty and that the responsibility
.rests upon them in their day and
,ccncration to preserve the liberty
they inherit for the generations
which shall succeed them. Every
day should be flag day with all of
us. and we should pray to our' God
to givgus anendurlng peace founded
upon righteoumou. ,
“Given under offhand and seal
the
‘ oi the state at occipital. imitati-
toi-dg'diiiawtwonly-nigtm day of may.
in the matchmamshmaa
nine hundred and eighteen and of
the idependence of the United States
the one hundred and forty-second.
”MARCUS H. HOLGOMB.
"By His Excellency's command,
Fredepcit L Perry,
“Secretary."
llllEN’S YEAR
BAMPAIllN [IN
Formal Opening Tomorrow
With Gathering at Roton
. Point and Address by
1 Mayor Donovan
' Tomorrow is formal opening day of
,the “CHILDREN'S YEAR CAM-
jPAlGN." This work for children is
not confined to babies. For two
iweeks now great stress will be
brought to bear upon the care of in-
fants, but at the same time the older
lchlldren will not be neglected
’Thls work for all children of every
age will continue for one year under
government espionage.
At Roton Point from 2 until 5
o'clock. there will be a gathering of
children and parents from every part
of greater Norwalk,
Mayor Donovan will open the
“CHILDREN’S YEAR CAMPAIGN"
promptly at 3 o’clock, speaking from
the hotel piazza; Throughout the
year, Miss Margaret B. Weed will act
as a member of the executive commit~
tee, to help systematize and Organ.
l
but
ize the C. H. V.’s knowledge con-i
coming this committee will be pub-
‘llshed later.
”——
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it is free.
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. CHILD WELFARE WAR BUREAU
Bulletin No. 4 i
hit compulsory to take your child to be tested at the Wei.
fare Station or have it done at home?
N0!
Why does the government REQUEST you to do so?
To satisfy YOU that your child is up to the average. Hun;
dreds of children have been SAVED who were beginning to run
down or were found defective when examined.
Does'the government charge for the CERTIFICATE given
When is the Welfare Station open for the examinations?
Front 10 to 12 and 1:30 to 6:30 every week day between
smardmdsmioui.
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CAPIURINtMiRi PRISONERS:
lllPPlliS AND MANY lOWf
PUPIiil’llillfiE
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h Hospital
and Medical Workers aild
Advertisers in High School
Patients Are Killed and
Wounded ‘
Publication to be Well Re-
paid
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m SflME ruin
American Forces NorthWilst
Local merchants who have been
asked recently to aid the only publi-
cation High School possesses by giv-
ing an advertisementwill be pleased
to note the spirit of appreciation we of T0“! Carry Out Sum-
|vailing among the student body. f l mu . ‘ ‘
‘ Some of the business men were some ll I ‘
PARIS,‘ May 31.—-The Allied
left flank on the Aisnc front has
. :been forced back by violent Gefl
d , owv, . l ' .
p333; fluff,” pg: fgtfifilégfgsenfnimu attacks in the region of the
especially in the high school ‘publi-’Allette “V6", it is announced Of‘
cation. ficially. Ncar Soissons and £11k
tlicr south German attacks broke
;down, the French maintaining
'ihcir positions. _ . ’
In the center the Germans made
a slight adVaiicc north of the
‘Marne. Further cast, and also;
northwest and north of Rheimsi‘all
thc ticrman‘efl’orts were vain. Th:
French by n counter—attacking: ‘
back thetown of ’l‘hiliois, west 07!.
Illicims
what reluctant ln‘glving an admin
tlsement on the ground that very lit.
tle support is given by the students
or the institute as a whole. The stu-
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An automobile mystery that dean , , , ., . . ‘
ans 15:5 time goes on has developed WITH THE BRITISH ARMY
in rlen.‘ ‘, i ‘ - ‘
Yesterday morning at about 9 IN FRANCE, May {Hr—Another
O'clock work men at the Sterling sar- big British hospital was bombed
“59 on “‘9 BMW“ P0" Road, on” by Gcrman airmen early yesterday
a short distance from where the fa- -
tal Kerwin accident occurred on “ml""gv and once more N
Monday afternoon. noticed a Ford medical workers and some 1’3.th
coupe overturned In the ditch just worn killed or wounded. _.
opposite to the Side of the road The hospital caught fire after-a
where the Kerwin accident occurred. largo section of the builtlng had
The car was not damaged to any ex- b l d 01' h d b , l b .r ..
tent, except where it had turned up— eci em ‘8 c . 3 5 mm 3
side down in the ditch which is so few women “mtg“ were among ,9;
deep that it had hidden the car from slant, and their bodies together
eight of anyone on the road. , ‘with those of a considejzble mini-i
Examination disclosed a drivers her more of the person 1 andi'pjl
license made out to in Thomas ‘. - . . .
Donnelly, Jr. of 938 Howard avenue. tients are buried m the ruins, M9»
cording to the latest reports.
Bridgeport, and the licegigse on the
r was C nnectlcut 44.3 .
c“Mr. Donthelly was communicated LONDON, May 31.—Casdalties
with by employes 0f the garage Who in the British ranks reported dur—
informeldhiéim 3‘ ”:3 iinihngfh): “‘9 ing the month of May reached I
car an a 0 E 5 1' car . '
to be tnkengtoethe Station Garage,'t9nil Of 166’802’ The losses were .
nearer the center of the town! of divided asfollows: :
rpm-pm, Killed or died of Wounds-OM
The car still swans an owner cers, 1,536; men, 20,518. , ‘
there and 110 one has “lied (OJ it" \Vonnded 01- missing—Officé .
nfirfllgs $13,113? made any further in- 6,182; men, 138,566. r. f
:q Nothing was said as to how the' British casualties reported week;
i car came to be in the position it Was by week have recently been ‘l'tm .
found. .ning near the 40,000 mark, evidei‘it»
fly representing the losses sustain?
led during the heavy fighting't'lifl
gsturtcd with the beginning of‘t‘li‘e.
iGcrman offensive in March. The
‘total reported during April wit!
only 52,475, as the lists apparently.
ant William S] Stearns. of Boston, did “0‘3 begin to NH?“ fullyf'hei
fiance of Miss EstherKnapp. young. effects of the casualties sustain (I
eat daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip in resisting the German thrusts .
N. Knapp. of 9 West avenue, South Picardy and Flanders until the be»
Norwalk. The engagement of the ginning'of May. ' .
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Lieutenant Steamsppwas well known“;v {gfiggg Afigfihgtmnfigfi
in this city. 1 —‘ » ~ «-3 ,4 '
No particulars of the cause of,(B_v Assccaited Press).~—Germaill
death have bee nreceived, but it is artillery in the courserof the night
vcrely bombarded the new ‘
believed that Lieutenant Steams. so
who was in the Aviation Section of tions'of the Americans at C
« west of Montdidier. \Th
the Signal Corps, and who was an in- .
structor in the same, met his death “if-"W,
while instructing some pupil. {fired as many as four the
- high explosive shcl.ls..in a bin
space of time. Secvral attcnill‘lifl
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MISSKNAPP s FIANCE
KILLED IN FRANCE
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I Word has. been received here' of
:the death in France of First Lieuten-
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EARL F' BAKER .made by the Germans to come
NOW IN FLORIDA iwcrc repulsed with heavy leases,
' ‘.__._____. , v‘tlie Americans.
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1 Letters i‘ecelved from Earl F‘. 133- ' “1°, enemy 8":an were ”‘5 ‘
,ker. of Fort street, any that he has last night and this morning, born,
.been transferred from Dallas, Tex. lug villages behind our lincs‘ .
Carlstrom Field. Arcadia. Fla., where out regard for military obiect: ‘
:he had just arrived and from where _. _ .
PARIS, May 31, 5:45 a. m.—~ _ .
{the letters were mailed. Private lid-i
iter who was transferred from lthlca. .
N. Y.. when. he "3 mm; ‘ mm Germans continued to push!
in aeronautics at Cornell University. ward south of Ferocn-Tardd
:0 lashes.“ After staying menflgr I according to the latest ad
‘ or eye a was later trons e to J ' ' ‘ ith f
mum archivistsnr
t a. write: that he is well and wish. a '7 .
A“... m a. mmmd'tooli of in: yet fallen into their hands.
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