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I WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918

Thunder storms this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

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fiayor Donbvap and Council-
man Murphy Have It Out
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‘flhe City Council held a very inter-
eating meeting in the Council Cham-
her of the City Hall last evening. at

or“ time many important matters

mwiscussed The question of
I. an increase of 1611 per day
. - “ell:- ‘dll ’the Millie? force1

.~ Yet at some length. but on
Iowa tebetskeu. A

- contentious and w
- ]‘\I The advisability of

Incline tanks In from

13‘ stores of John A. Mills and
Frederick E. Lockwood in the first
ding lot was considered. but final ac

 
 
 
 
 

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INN lIAilAN
IORPIIIO Bill I 8
MAKE AIIAIIII

Boldly Sail Into Fleet of Two
Austrian Warships and
Ten Destroyers OI! Dal-
matian Coast .

MADEIIIIIEESNIIIS
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One of the. Destroyers Also
Damaged, But the Italian
Vessels Were Unharmed

ROME, Tuesday, June 11.—Two
mam “ms:
a

ten d on near the Diabetics
coast on inlay. Two torpedoes
was sent into one battleship sins!
one Into the other, and cos of, m
cum whichpnrshsd the Ital:-
ian warships after the encounter
ivss damaged seriously. The Ital-
lan vessels returned safely to their
base. -

An official statement issued by
the Italian Admiralty today fol

 

 

 

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was left over for the next meet-
UEB oclock the meeting was call-
oda order and the following mem-

beryl answered the roll: Mayor Jere-

. mu: Donovan, Corporation CounselI
Wward J Quinlan, City Clerk lrvlng

(Codmamufllage Eight)

 

v’rigaitfihrsbungg; ofsfilatlzh

a ars r on
. ,aulist and Eelp Win the
~‘ :2 er ' ‘

“I“ ‘ _ 1
When Intdi‘viewed by s‘ Sentinel
- moor yesterday afternoon Private
. .p‘ Bunion. of the Black Watch, had
{lie following message to give to the
are apple of Norwalk and especIally fol
anadiun or British subiects reaming

here 1.1 the present tinie:

lows:
“At dawn on Monday near the

Inclination Islands two small Ital

ian torpedo boats" under. optimism!l
of commander an» Luigi do Mi-
Wmm‘u .m
n as 1
hattleshps of the Virlbufllnnis
class. escorted by ten destroyers.

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EXP-EST IIIEIIPIIII '

IllIEll 2llll HANDS

Victoria RubIrer Company
Gets Government Con;
tracts ‘

The Victoria Rubber Company has.

through the excellent w‘ork of its
president and sales manager M Del.

 

 

I wish to appeal to. all those men
now residing in Norwalk who 'Iare
subjects of Canada or Great Britain, '
who are not in the army fighting for
she cause for which so many of their
friends and relatives have ‘ given
not only their. time, service and fi-j

Jul-noes. but have given their very
lives to protect you who are stay-I
I

dug in. America. living on the fat of}
{her-I and
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- fondness on. fifth-isle.
. autumn 1111 ,
Illll BUSINESS
“Lincoln the Man of the
People,” Forthcoming Pro-
ductlon of the Lincoln Pic-I
lures Classic Inc.. Promises
_ to. Eclipse or Surpass All
. Other. screen Spectacles 1n

. Its Universal Appeal and
Dividend Earning Powers

 

 

The' motion picture business Is thel
biggest new business and the newest
big, business In the world today It
has burned more money 111 a shorter
time than any other industry on
earth. Consequently the film ,indus-
Irv Ia and has been for some time at-
Carling the best business and finan-
cial brains of the country. Invest-I
meal editors, well posted on the se-
and. market It all times. have re-
newed stocks of Ibssnotlon picture
We»: in a favors inseam- an'd

WWW earned to re-
snrllm in lotitilllte eater-prises
“m calm as deserving of the

”Immune This bop
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.mfif

ohery, Jr. secured government con-
tracts which will carry a production
of 16, 000 rainco-ats a month, for a per-I
iod of several months.

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BEAT—“7m lJl’. HIS
IIIIIllEll-lN-EAN

“While I admit that no use has a
Night to get drunk and beat his moth-
er in -law. 1 must say that in this case
that there were extenuating circum
stances.” said the Rev. F. A. Cole
man, rector of Trinity Church, testi
tying in the case of assault and
assault and breach of the peace
against Fred .Stabell in the uptown
court this morning before Judge Can
dee.

As told in detail in yesterday's
.Seutinel, the trouble started at the-
Stabell home, 101 Harbor avenue, and

 

 

 

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BUYS PROPERTY IN
~ EAST NORWALK

Announcement was made today
that the Hi-Po Waterproof Battery
Corporation had purchased of the
South Norwalk Savings Bank the pro
petty on which they are now located
on Keyser Place. East Norwalk. The
land and buildings were purchased
together mm the dock and It is the
Intention of the new owners to than
ougbly renown and Improve the
various buildings which are located
on the property The site was for-
um: occupied bythe Colonial fibul-
dry and lecblne Co. but after their
rams! a few years ago the place
had remained idle until it was takes

 

15" the present owners a little more

Mamas.

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nouncement of Order at
Cantonment

NEIIBAIIINEIIIIIINSE
IflllSllATll lNIANlIll

Mental Tests Begin for Divi-

sion OIlieers— Machine
Guns Arrive

 

 

 

 

CAMP DEVENS, Ayer, Mass. June
12 wDisappointment hangs like a
cloud over the camp today because
of an order issued from division head-1
quarters which blasts the hopes of
many a man of moderate means who
looked forward to the time when
the government woo
chi ruling
set a redone rathusd'fs‘rem venous
theses-viceuftheoountry‘ ’

The order that soldiers shell ride
for 1 cent a mile came through. and
the- men, especlhily thugs living in
Connecticut and other points distant
from the camp. thought that they
were going to be able to get home
over week-ends at a much more
moderate rate. Today this order was

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SNllllIAIiE III HELP
IAIE’S PlllSSN

 

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Number of Inmates Is 100

Less Than Usual, How-
».ever '

 

At presen there are 588 prison-
ers at the Cbnnectlcut State Prison
at Wbthersfield. approximately 100
less than usual, but the.“ help dues-
tIon Is causing the olllcisle no little
Wconcern For some time there has
been a shortage of guards, and this
has bec'omc' more acute as the war
has progressed, many who would
otherwise do the work accepting
employment In other fields.

The labor silo cringe does not ex-
tend to zthe gardening department.
The prisoners are taking excellent
care of the gardens and the crops

 

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give promise of aui excellent yield,
providing sufficient' vegetables to
last through the winter. The yield
'will be approximately 'the some as
last season when the prison crops'
were all that could be asked for.
Henry Chatfield. one of the. pri-
soners who applied for a pardon
Monday. is a 100 per cent. member
of the Wethersfield Red Cross. Dur-
ing the last campaign Chatfield -do-

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mentioned On Page Sin

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IIIIII Will 1331118

President and Executive
Council Report to the

American Federation of
Labor .

ST.~PAUL. June l2.—- —-,"Autocracy
militarism, and its most dangerous
supporting weapon. irresponsible db
plomacy, must perish: democracy
justice, freedom and absolute confi-

 

 

 

ple must be established and triumph. ”
Is the verdict of American labor upon
its country' s participation in the war,
expressed by the report of President
Samuel Compare and the Executive
Council of the American Federation
of Labor to the annual convention In
session here. .

“Workers In war production are
practically a part of the fighting
force." the report declares. . “No pc-
tlon shouldhe taken In the aliens
or on the field not In harmony with
thepnrposssoftbewsr. Nostrlho
should be Insuglzrated which cannot
be instilled IoIIIiu- man risking his
llfsentbefiriulieelurrsnes.

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I West and

whim anal“

deuce between governments and use. -

 

WAR PlANIS
SININII IIEIIE

Government to Distribute
New Work Over Middle
West and South

PNIIEESS EXPEIJIEII
Ill BE llllAlIIIAl

Inability to Supply Sufficient
Coal Given as Reason-—

Hits Neg]? England

WASHINGTON. June 12.—-4Stesdy
Industrial extrusion in the Middle
through the placing
of war owemyoa dents in those
sections furI

 

 

transfer of as him Indlplants to
the inland districts. It was pointed
out, no hardship will be worked up-
on the eastern section. .

(Conthuecou Page m

 

" INBIPEINENSENII

 

.ANIEPIANS

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Every. Culturally in Con-ulna

necticut Urged- to'l‘ake Ac-
‘tion' to Have All Work to
Win War ‘

HARTFORD June l2. ~Every com.

 

~ munlty in Connecticut Is being urged

to arrange for the proper observance
of independence Day, July Fourth,
planning appropriate celebrations at
this time when American soldiers
are fighting in France for the prim
ciple‘s of‘ freedom laid down by the
signers of then Declaration of little
pendence.

.~ War Bureaus and Town Commlh
toes of the Connecticut State Chou:
oil of Defense have received special
communications this week from the

gent need of; preparing for the sort
of a celébration that will do honor
to the nation, the state and the lads
fighting "over there."

 

FAREWELIIINNIII .
fulfill. SIIIIIN

 

 

Party of Friends Assemble

at the Norwalk Country
Club and Have Fine Even-
lng '

 

First Lieutenant Joesph H. Sloman.
of South Nurwalk, who has received
his commission as an officer of the
United States Army. was tendered a
banquet, last evening. at the Norwnlk
Country Club. Dr. Sloman, who has
been engaged to the practice olden-

. tistry in Southfiorwalk for several

years. had an‘ opportunity to again
learn that he is well thought of by a
large number of his townsmen, and
that he has the best Wishes of all
forhis future success lie leaves for
Geoi'gia shortly

The occasion was one of the plea-
santest of the many similar affairs
held at the club. and Steward Robert
G. Millard again sustained his repu~

satisfying dinners ever served there.
The various courses were prepared
In an excellent manner and the sec
vice was admirable There were a
number .of handsome wartime sou
veuIre, selected with Mr. Nillard's
usual good taste.
The mean follows:

m
Flilstsflolnl'aslaraauee
Normal”

 

 

 

 

Council calling attention to the lll‘a:

tatlon in providing one of the most‘

 

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Three Hindus, Three Ameri-
cans and One Russian Held
by San Francisco Finding
—Aimed to Gain Presi-
dent’s Sanction of Indian
Uprising

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—Iu-
dictments charagiog them with at-
tempting to defraud President Wil-
son through representations that
they were on accredited mission to
this country from the nationalist
party of India were returned today by
a federal grand jury against three
Hindus, three Americans and 11 Rue.
also. Three of those indicted were
women.

The Hindus IndICted were Profes~
sor S. Nath Ghose, Tarak Nath Das
and Kulin B. Bose. The Americans
were William A. Wottherspoon, s

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Flying Debris Breaks Win-

dows and Goes Through
the Roof of Electric Plant

East Norwalk was treated to a
miniature explosion at the Electric
Light plant on Bayvlew Place about
10 o'clock this morning. Despite the

 

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PAY NAN TAXES IIN
lNSIAllIIENI PLAN

New Revenue Bill Will So
Profile—House Hearing

 

 

WASHINGTON. June 12.—lnstnl-
meat plan payment of war taxes will
be provided for In the new revenue
bill which the House Ways and
Means committee is preparing to
draft. Chairmen Kltchin disclosed
this tact hut-ins today‘s hearing be-
.thefore committee when Albert E.
Palmer of New York. representing a
large number of corporations. org:
that such provision be mpde.

whittled out.
111'. motor advocated in: on gross

- pales, allies he said would be less

theta: in nonprofit-.1“
:a tax all stock divided“,

fCentlnued'oo Pace light.)

NENllllll lllllfill
l0 IANP-Il-EAIIE

General George M Cole today made

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fact that none of the ethnic or were
Injured. considerable denéwm
done via tiresome oven

fence. Aug

oudlll're‘d the

The concussion broke out several
panes of gloss and a part of the fly.

. Ing fragments went through the roof.

Thewlndowlsashee were damaged but
none of the damage done is serious
enough to Interfere with the IIghtIng
decillties. Lights will be burning as us-
ual this evening and the servtpes of
outsiders will not be necessary to
repair the damage!

It is very fortunate that the em-
ployees were not in the immediate
vicinity when the explosion occurred
or serious consequences might. have
mm“ ‘ ankle;

U-BOAT EVIDENCE
AI-PLENTY, BUT NO
worm or SINKINGS

WASHINGTON. D. C, June 1".—
Although the Navy Department yes«
terday received no further reports of
the activities of German submarine
raiders, naval officers are n‘ot yet
convinced they have abandoned their

 

 

. efforts on thisside of the Atlantic.

The statement also was made all!-
cially that no trace of the raiders had
been found and that they had not
been seen except by persons on ves
sels which were attached or destroy.
ed. Assurance was glvven that if
one of the U-boats is sunk the fact
will be promptly given to. the public

Exaggerated rumors, attributed to
German propagandists. that the rav-
Ishesmf the-reldershave been much

~ greater than the ofbciai reports have
' indicated also brOught forth

the
statement from the Navy Department
yesterday that no Information con-
cerning the .destruction of vessels
had been withheld. All reports re
ceived by the department have been
given out.

REPUBLICANS WILL -
5 NAME DELEGATES

The Republicans of Norwalk :-wlll
old their primaries this evening in
the several wards to elect delegates
lit) the trim convention to convene at-
the City Court Room in the City Hall
building tomorrow evening. At that
‘time feur delegates will be elected
each to the state, congressional and
county conventions. The First Word
will meet In the Town Assembly.
Hall, the Second In the Council.
Chamber. the Third In the L'flomme-
dien store. East Washington street.
the Mrth In the Court Room. Town
Assembly Hall, and the Fifth In the
Weston floss Co. quarters. The!“
Muriel-Issues Isdc’ciockinall
fit '0.de metres the hound

 

 

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to the meeting of the
ssdtasstlee

ate. voters will assembleI

public the train schedule for transport.
in; Connecticut relentless to Camp
Meade, Md. Two specials. one from

“No

Wu” Whom» Hartford, at 911%. and the “1:111:31- from
L1 a In...
re rt was clearly heart! 1 ,etllged. Ollie“: smiles” not! send;

10': some dist-lice from the plant‘ ‘slt ‘snd New Haven :20 New Britalns neighbor ‘

40 will join at Berlin. Norwalk's and
Stembbrd‘s 70 Each will go by the New
Haven special -
The following men will go from Nor
walk on June 24111:
2864 lai‘k,Artl1ur W. Rowsyton.
295—Brown. Stanley E. Ansonia.
lea—Mercia, Stefano. Darlen.
sea-sum, Edward J.;- .10 Honford
; Place. south Norwalk.
. lbO-LN—Caniield. Samuel D.. Main street.
orwa
GZE—rSI‘be, George. 138 Washington
Street, South Norvr'ralk.
ball—Runes, Albert E, Jr ‘..Dsrien.
fill—Moreno. Pasquale, New Canaan.
741——Slllr, John F., cedar street: South
Nerwcik.
.831—Hoenig.Ss1nuel. l9 Hawthorne
street. Stanford
lino—Brown, James 8., Wilton.
MOSS—Anderson. Einarp 24 Rowan
A street, East Norwalk.
1077-—Trlstram. Lester 5. Flex Hill
Road. South Norwelk.
ll91—DeGl1etto. Rocco 340 East 33rd
street, New York city.
Ink—Johnson, Leonard A" Salt Lake
City, Utah.
1666~—McHugh. William J., JaCkson.
Michigan;
167 9—Martln, Francis R., 365 Hugenot
street. New Rochelle, New York.
1891-1713916”. John, 1 Mili.Rond,IINor.
1699~—Lent, Charles R., care John
Green 3: Son, Danbury.
1700~Henry. Martin, Broad street. Nor.
l701—~Cerpentsr. Jesse U., R. F D., No.
50, New Canaan.

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yMr. Russell-Says Early Im-

provement ,Is Now Looked
For '

 

 

HARTFORD. June 12. ——Counectl-
cut may reasonably hope for materv‘
lal Improvement in its coal situation
within a few weeks, and for satis-
factbry- attention to Its needs the
naming winter. according to Thomas
W. Russell. Federal Fuel Adminis-
trator for the state. who gave out to-
day his first statement as to the re
Isults of the latest conference at

Washington.

We found the authorities to Wash
ingtou sympathetic to our argu-

ts." and he. "and we have good
reason to hope for their compliance

 

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Contact! to the priorities
of the War Industries Board. we urg-

“Iaedmemterseeestshosuhtasceof

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GERMAN EIIIIIIIS Sl0lllNI}
0N IIIIIID DAY 0f Slllllllllll
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tails of theachmelrepettobg

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French Have Regainedlm-
portant Ground in TIES
Section. and on Center soil
filgi‘llit Enemy Is Bell‘s.

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AISNE ANN MANNE
AGAIN lINIIEIl III

Trying to Outflank MI
French South of Cal-
piegne Forest

 

 

German shorts to Wer '
NAMES SASS“ Sm ‘
or use egos. f
day, seem to have been 11%:
on the thirdday of the

On the western f I
line. the Bleach 'eo I .
tacked and have réga' ' mm
ant ground, while on the cruise
and 1' ght repeated efiorte by‘dko.
enemy to exploit his earlier ,
cesses have been met with stern . ,
sistance from the French, trip;
claim that the Germans are bull];
held.

At the moment when the l '
of the foe west of the Diet up W
to have; are
front to 6.
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Alene an
flamedngs My“! I
to the soot ' ‘ ‘ -

~snd south.
mans have begun what '1 try
a very serious threat- to thIZSbll
ty of the Allies north to the 0
The new attack would seemlfioa‘
the moment, to be almost eI
importance to that east Io
Ididier. It appears to he an
inpart of Economy tlr untin,_
of Compiege Forest, 0 I , .
the Frenchto the north undoubt—
pelling their retirementand‘i»
location of the whole Alliedt'llllé
from Mohtdldrer to C -
Thierry. ”
Except for the fact that Ito”?
lighting 15 in progress, .nothingii‘il
known of events on this. new bar-
tie area. but” the struggle threw

til the magnitude of the Gym
thrust there is developed.

The French still hold‘ th m
bank of the Olse, althoughf ‘
may have readjusted their linesnh
the northern section of the 0
camp and Carlspont Forests. , fl
positions there, however, Willi, .
come very awkward should t
(lemons drive west oft ‘ '
and make considerable grout)?

Smashing the German line on. ,
left, the French have advance .1.

half miles and threaten the Ger:
man gains on the center and along
the right bank of the Oiseo iA’t
apex of their advance, the Ge
mans are within seven mlles- of
Compiegne, on the northwest. 0n.
the French right-center the Ger-
mans have gained four miles alon
the Oise to Bethancourt‘fi but In
parentlv have not budgedi th‘ ,
lied lines on the left he
The furious lighting. 'which
marked the present German
tempt since its inceptioo§
continues unabated fromI edit
Montdidier to the Qise: Re
less of heavy loose '
are throwing in div

troops. _ . I

In driving b file Germans;
the left, the och monsoon,
the enemy gains the cute
right-center oi!
the French ”all?
enemy is in a .
in a pocket lathe ill!
the list! and l

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