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‘ illlilliilli Mil niacin
NAME HIMilll Hill NAMED
l0 HEAD llclil
Democratic Pow-Wow at
; New Haven Leaves Many
Things Undecided
MAHAN’S VISIT
Messrs. Hubbell, Quinlan. De-
vine, Donovan, Reynolds,
Mitchell, Robertson and
Dunbar for State Conven-
tion
DTIIGAIIS .-
NEEIIEII MEADIIW STREET IMPRIIVEMENT;
Wllllili TflMMENSEI] WITHIN HEW IIAYS
Hats Off to the Present Administration forMoving in the
Mattér and Accomplishing What Has Been Neglect-
ed for Many Years—Connecticut Company GO-Oper.
ating ‘ .
The Evening Sentinel has long beenT oil for our streets. Theabsence of
advocating the improvement of Mead-1‘ the same is no fault of his as will be
cw street, which is one of the princi-l seen. Read the communications and
pal avenues leading into our business' then spare the department criticism
center. Many layouts have been made which is not due the local authorities:
in past years and a.lot.of opposition Norwalk, Conn. June 17, 1918.
has resulted. The proposed layout is, To the Editor of The South Norwulk
considered generally satisfactory and,“ Evening Sentinel
Nil minis . ,
mm... IN illnnti
Lieutenant Governor. Per-[0‘th er Men Chosen For
hops I Congressional, Senatorial,
new HAVEN. June ra—All the big, County and Probate Con-
chteis of the Democratic party met: VCI‘itTOflS
witilnthe State Central committee at ,.
the ' otei Gnrdo. in this city. yester- ‘ .
(Ia-K, and spent Bunker Hill Day after- T“ Demmuc CW Convemmnt 3‘
noon in try! to straighten thingsouti the Town Assemblyflail. last night.
I‘M the convention in Hartford next' was a quiet and uneventful affair. The
week. Slato~msking was too '21!“ a. meeting was called to order by Town
game to‘ finish in one day. and aboutfihairman William J. Devine, and Clerk
5,97,10,31: the game we; called on “0} Bernard C. Feeney. after calling the
count of approaching darkness, and : roll. announced that there were thirty‘
3% Chairman David E. Fitzgerald four out of the total atdhlrty-nlne del-
an: States Attorney Homer S. Cum-i egates present.
mi gs. of Fairfleld county, were hD-l Jesse T. Dunbar was then elected
pointed a committee to 9mm“, 3 “SJ permanent chairman, and Harold T..
of llvfilahe timber." to present at: Murray clerk. [
another meeting of the State General The chairman announced that fol-
committee, to be held in Hartfordi . .
next week Wednesday, the day the ; declared a short recess. to allow the,
state convention opens. idelegates from the various wards to}
The skies inside the hotel were not
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a...
imminent :
nil/inns wan
lWar Savings Enlistment Day
Campaign in the State
Gets Under way
MYSTITITS ’EM
conventions representation before the
convention for conformation.
’1
32llETiliAN3 lliSE ‘
lllilll nlllli IN ‘ ,
' SUNllt‘li ll-llllll
tinn'r'rono. Janene—Throughout. LONDONJUM lslwflarrowins de-l
iselect their delegates for the various ~
.troops in Texas,
at a conference between the street de-
partment and officials orv‘tlle Connecti- D Sguth Norwalk, Conn.
ear r: '
cut Co, yesterday, it became known ,
that the railroad company is ready to In your issue 0’ June 15“” 1918'
do their part of the work and, within there appeared the following state
a few days. a large force of‘men will "1‘19?“ I”: “‘32:”: Toggtgateem‘:
beemploedinchanin rade,ia-ler5mes° ' “I. .
y g g g 8 y and the inquiry is heard on all sides.
lng turnouts and making possible a
change in lhé roadbed. City Engineer: l'ow came Norwalk to get a black eye
and be left out on the street oiling,
Henry R. Minor. who is alive to the! ,,
needs of the city, and whb is doing ef-‘ who is responsible? It is unfortunate
iicient service, explains in the follow- 7
ing letters why it is impossible to get locum"! 1’” “I.”
iliVE alum ~
liil liltiillill, ll lanolin _
Silililiill’ljl; lllill-IlllillilliNll
lowing the time-honored custom . be Major General Commanding TMTS- Ballard Tens court She
Says Guard Cannot Be Once Loved Him Above
“Called” Outside State— Everything Else
Believes It Would Vomit-l
- 'L . ' i “I loved Mr. Bollard very dearly. l
teer in Case of National,10v u, M my “an “MM; 0
mantles“, WWmEmergenc’y —- New" York1 on earth." declared altruistic. B...
G B " t lard. of Greenwich, in the Superior
ll I‘d MEG“ is Repor 'conrt. yesterday afternoon. during her
' . cross examination in the divorce act-
The Connecticut State Guard is not ion brought against her by John A.
to leave the state for duty along the Bullard. wealthy Greenwich business
Mexican border at this stage of affairs j man. The witness sobbed as siletmade
. although it is possible that such scour the dramatic statement but the next
tingency may arise in the future. instant became wriltllfui as she denied
The fact that such a plan is not un-g she would be willing to live again with
der consideration by the Military her husband.
Emergency board, even though the "He was all I had in the world." she
New York State Guard may have beenTcontlnued. "and i clung to him."
requestedjo relieve the Government' Bath Loved and China.
was emphatically! "Did you really love him?" asked
”9.9m“ length and breadth of Com, tam of the destruction 0, one of that stated by Major Lucien F‘. Burpee, of, Builard's counsel. "or did you cling to
necticut, enthusiastic responses are? largest and more recently constructed!
in : evidence everywnere regarding; German submarines are given in a dc- Guard, yesterday.
plans now under way for National: spaich from a neutral correspondent.I
War Savings Enlistment Day accord-I This submarine was one of the last tol
int: to announcement made today by leave Zeebrugge before the. entrancei
Howell Cheney, State Director for the to the harbor was blocked by British : ed‘ out ”T Connecticut. .but I“ the
Connecticut National War Savings: forces 0“ APT“ 24- [
Committee. Beginning this week at The Uvboat struck a urine. gnfiiut,
force of approximately 50,000 patriotic} 0f the crew or forty only W0 survived!
War Savings workers will begin tak- the struggle With deathfor more than,
log the most thorough and compre-l an hour, twenty fathoms below the
heusive house to house canvass 0V0!“ surface. Some of the crew committed,
underthken in the State of Connecii-f suicide. having lost all hope 0’ leaving
out in Bfidgeport alone. there are the boat 811319. I
more than 3.000 canvassers. in Hart-{
ford 2.500 men and Women, under the,
direction of the Rev. John G. Murray,;
Chancellor of the Diocese of Hart?
for-ti, will undertake the canvassing. :
Everywhere wage earners are, be
ing urged to inveSt one day's wages;
each month for the next six months,
in War Savings Stamps. Factories.f
stores. business firms, insurance com-i
panics and other commercial orgunH
zations are lending enthusiastic sup‘
port. ‘
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w.—
SIIMMIJN TY DRYING
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cussion of the general situation in
MRS. BUSETT’S VAST fijitiiaiieii ligi’t‘ieiiiéi‘ii TSJL‘.‘ .33};
PilllPElill iilzn, “ * .
th, at noon, with a round table dis-f
ous parts of the state, together with;
{riculturai College. .
Brewer’s Widow Returns! The school will be continued dur-
, , ing the entire week and actual pract-
From Germany and W1" ice in running the drying plant. will.
Make Protest
the had, the Farmington plant being
,taken over and actually operated 0“
. * - ' the same basis as would a community
WASHINGTON, June 18.—~The en- plant. The school is conducted PC”
the estate in this country of Mrs. Lily operatively by the COMOCUC‘“ Agri-
Buhch, widoiv of Adolphus Busch. ‘
lite millionaire breWer of St. Inuisgi
Mo. has been taken over by the Gov-'
ernulenl under the alien property law.
' This fact became known yesterday
in connection with the return to Am-
erita of Mrs. Busch. who has been:
living in Germany for several years.‘
or practically since the death of her
husband. The Government has not
yet appraised the property. which con-
aists largely of breweries in St. Louis
and oil or cities. siflt'ks and bonds and
res Metals in New York. but it is
generally believed to be worth many
millions of dollars.
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NEW RULING ON
The local Draft Board has been ad-[
vised to place in class Hi all men mar-l
ried tiller May 18, 1917. who were glv~
en deferred classification on depend-
dren' born prior to June
who registered under the June 5 draft
will be elected. The call for men to
[be inducted June 14. will not be felt
tin Bridgeport as they have' furnished
' their quota to date.
[from Park Field.
[Tenn., to Camp Shelby.
c mmunit cannin and dryinv ‘0” were ‘0 ha“? made a . , , .
sclfoolofor theypurposegof instructing Jackson, and “CCOFdlhg to word from? York on May 7. 0L9”? has been lw'. June 20-28, has been great. .
- ' . ' bjects and;
, t i the most u 40. that city. after the acoldcnt. Chap dicted With ”‘0 German 3“ ,
'gtffemfngtfhttgg sci: efoxtid conservafion 5 man‘s “’0‘th? “'35 at the fair grounds? 10“? other Americans for CDmhllCllY: a registration of 100 per cent of Nor-
ened at Farmington, Monday. June there awaiting the arrival of her son.‘* in alleged DTOIS to commit 85D10“399,vvaik’s population over the age of ii
gnnroncnvc WORK
representatives. of the Department of; ~BRIDGEPOR'I‘ June 18.~—This city
Agriculture and the ConnecticutlAg- started in to enforce the
thigh" law yesterday,
iceuts an hour at a local factory. Judg-i
ment was suspended and he was pro-i '
lbated on condition that he goes to; NEW HAVEN. June lit—To the-
CLASS 1 A MEN "*- ,
"_—" MERCANTILE CRUISER 5, Arthur T. Hadley spoke of the life uni?
ency claims. unless they have cbilnnrtued mercantile cruiser Patio
1. 1918. Mauritius) was torpedoed
[German submarine on June 13. new 0'55“?"- A Y“? W" "
voord'nx to an announcement made by. an expected d'flm- 7°“!-
Hartlord. commander of the State him because he was all you had in
the world?"
PCrden" lmpnslible. "I loved and clung to him," was the
Major General Burpee said: .v it, reply.
"The State Guard cannot be 'order3, 'ln spite of the fact‘thal he knocked
you down and otherwise ill treated
you?”
event of great national emergency
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wfl’tEAIiY lilililVES
2 FLYERS KILLED BY
FALL OF 100 FEET
CLARKSDALE, Miss. June 18.—— IN NEW YOK“
Lieutenant Keller and Sergeant Ell-l
gene Chapman were killed when the}
airplane in which they were flying v
near Memphis,l NEW YORK, June 18.—Jeremiah A.
Miss, fell O’Leary. Sinn Fein leader. who was or-
from a height of 100 feet here yes- rested near Portland. Ore. last week.
tei'day. Lieutenant Keller‘s home was, after fleeing from trial here on charg-
ANI] BANNNINE i in California and Chapman Was from es of espionage act violation, arrived
' Jackson. Miss.
' here today from the West in custody
After leaving Clarksdale the avia- of Federal officers. .
stop at! Since his disappearance from belt
‘in behalf of Germany and treason
against the United States.
From de Woody's office, O’Leary
.was taken to the oflice 0 Assistant
0R FIGHT ORDERI District Attorney Matthews, in the
IFederal building, then, alto: a fifteen-
minute conference. was taken to the
court-room where his brother ' is v' on
trial. and arraigned on a charge of be-
: ing a fugitive from justice.
“work or
following the
round-up in the slum district yester~
day of sixty alleged loungers, who
were set to work unloading barges
loaded with pig iron'consigned to a
local manufacturing cotnpany.'on pain
of arrest if they refused. ; '
Today in the city court Joseph H.[ IN WAR TIMES
Spottsky was fined $100 and costs:
charged with refusing a job at 45
gaitlmni of Yale University at its Com-
mencement gathering today. Preslden‘
work of the institution in war times.
A U-BOAT VICTIMT
. was full of students in uniform, ready
LONDON. June 18.~—The British: in go into actual service» Today it is
and trunk by s. “filer m dolu things in France and
wake oi
than to
tho mitt-h Adlllralty um night. 0an the alumni fund that deficit is not and
ulcer and fifteen men are presumeti‘
to have been, hind. . i
‘v.‘.
(mm on has has),
Department «Justice agents conduct-
“A year ago." he said. "the Cmnpnu-1 REFUSESTO
(3,103: empty for in! students have gone;
RAIDS IN 67
CITIES T0 STOP
PROIIIEER|N6
Nation-wide Federal Inquiry1
Begun to End Commls-l
sions on War Contracts
MllllflNSflllillliAllS
initiation
New York and Washington
Said to Be Infested by
These Speculators, Claim-
ing “Influence”
wssmuo'ron. D. e, June 18.—
BEIITVED T0 H
AUSTRIANS A
MAIBRAIIHIRII NflW
[1N INATTIVE HST
Had Been Associated With
Connecticut Commands
Since Last Fall—Inspec-
tion Work Goes on at
Camp —- 304th Infantry
Arouses Enthusiasm-—
What Washington Is
After
CAUP DEVENS, AYER. Mass, June
18.——Major Fred P. Bradford, of the
304th infantry, has left camp and
active service in the army. having
been put on the inactive list. accord-
ing to orders published here yester‘
day. This action was taken on the
4 recommendation of a board of high of-
fleets.
Bradford is a Winthrop. Mass.
oliicer. who has been associated with
‘Connecticut commands ever since he
was sent here from Piattsburg as a
major. He was given command
the 303d Machine Gun Battalion last
fall. being later relieved and sent to
the 304th Infantry. He is the first
officer of the Plattsburg corn: here
above the rank of captain to be put
on the inactive list.
“Connecticut's Own." the 301th
Infantry showed itself to the Will-
ed nationwidernids yesterday in an
clot-"t to call a halt tto promg‘fin
~ t Inc con not: 0
Mt by manufacturer. ll
scoot- on I contingent fee oasis
Moral indictments already have
been returned against four men on
charges of conspiracy to commit a
”crime against the United States. The
better: yesterday is the start‘of a cam
paign to round up all agents who are
attempting to obtain contracts in
such a way from the Goveynment.
[i
Continued a- supine. "l
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liliiiitlnn
Passengers on an American
Steamship Arriving Today
I‘ell of Battle Of! Virginia
Coast .
AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 18.——A
report that a German Chest and its
entire crew were destroyed by an
American submarine off the Virginia,
Coast several days ago was brought
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: eminen- Page rm
All’lllNAl’PlllES V
lull militias
~ Howard Hoyt Knapp, a former
South Norwalk boy, died yesterday,
at the age of sixty-seven years, lol-
llowing a serious illness of ten years'
n meri-
gfgesltgi‘gszfpfmgg‘ée: :fn 516 fiessel duration. Deceased was the oldest son
claimed to have bee mold the story of g ”‘9 ”FWM" and MrskJsmesb 1'“
the submarine cor|bat bwembers of napp, o est avenue. e was, our
the American undersea boat's crew. in this town and spent his early years
'AN ATLANTIC [PORT June 18.- here. where he had many friends.
Members of the crew of. an Atlantic He was of the class of 1884 at Yale
steamship arriving here 10d,“ report university. When he went to Bridge-
ed an engagement with aGerman sub- 9°“ to practice law, be associated
marine off the Virginia Capes “st". with Morris Seymour, under the firm
day, in which the ship’s naval gnn- 0‘ Seymour & Knapp. M“ Knapp was
ners made a clean hit and either sank a charter member 0! the University
the undersea craft 0,. disabled her. Club and was very instrumental in its
The American vessel was not (3.3, organization. He was the first presi-
‘He.is also survived by a sister. Mrs.
A short while before Mr. Knapp left
; president‘s and the governor‘s procla-
agfli dent of the club. -
George E. Kunhardt. of Massachu-
Bridgeport. he was with Attorney
l mations the 'interest shown in the,
,__,__, ______ Mr. Knapp is survived by his wife,
:setts, and two brothers, Philip. N.
John W. Banks until his health failed
iWar Savings campaign, to he held'
and a son. Farwell, a sergeant in the
T0 SEEURE $50" ""0 Knapp, of this city, and James Hoyt
. 9 ,
...——..—.t_ ,
802d artillery, camp Devens.
Knapp, of Stamford. ,
Since the publication, of both the
The, funeral will take place at 1.30
Trial chapel, Cedar Hill cemetery, Hart-
[ ford. ' _ c
lltwn sulnlills
invitation
The object of the drive is to secure
years in the War Savings Army. ,.
This is a national drive the purpose
[of which is to enlist every, citizen in
~ an active participant in financing the,
government. The limit fixed for an;
iindividual subscription in War Sav-[
lugs Stamps is $1,000 and thhet taint: g
.mum is 35. It is expected a t ere_ - ~ .
brill be a number of the. $1.000 sub-i WASHINGTON, June 18.-—ln grant,-
scriptlons in this city. which will help, ins unconditional pardon to the young
to make up Norwalk‘s quota of $500,; soldiers sentenced to death for having
000, about $100,000 of which has been‘slept on post at the front. President
secured to date. Wilson expected his action to act as
The quota is not only On the amount! “a challenge to devoted service for
of subscriptions hut also on the num- the future." The text of his order.
, ber of people who sign War savings identical in both cues and made pub-
: pledge cards and agree to buy at least he t0d8)’. says: '
lone War Savings Stamp. Everyone “In view of the youth of Private
can do this and there need be no one [Forest '3. Bastian and Jeff 000k). and
left out. » the fact that his offense seems to
l The work will be conducted by cap. have been wholly_free from disloyalty
ror conscious disregard of his duty. l
(Continued on and. pan.) [hereby grant him a full and uncondi-
[tional pardon and direct that be re-
port in his company for further mili-
Ttnry service.
“The need of discipline in the army
. with propriety impair-es r1?“ perni-
vvnsrnn roar June 18.—~Altoriie net. anon than it o rape 'he in cti‘
General nigger,- bu wimp to .[t'oi their letters. and endanger their
prove the form of contract between mum”? cause by incl: of vigilance.
in; Railroad Amman-gum “a “9." by infractions of flies in which
mmw‘mtfl “New Cmmay “My bu been hand to must. i on:
at t m provision for Immun- 9' m
l (cm as has not
i
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APPROVE CONTRACT
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‘ ”n—wn—v- ~— [
Mennonite-emulator.
and left that city about 10 years ago. i
IIAHAN AND: Allltll ARMIES
AVE GIVEN THE
SEVERE SETBACK
Frightful Losses Said to
Have Been Inflicted on the
Invaders, and, Ninety Mile
Battlefront Is Nearly In-
tact
MllllNlAlN intuit
- l3 Nlil lillllliEN
Heavier Firing by the Ger-
man Artillery Againbt'the
British in the Ancre Valley
Holding their lines intact along:
virtually the ninety miles of bat-
tlefront from the Adriatic to the
Asiago Plateau, the Italian and AI-
lied armies appear to have given
the Austrian'armies a serious set—
Austrians have been buried again”.
lthe Italian front, btit have gained.
[little except along the Piave river,
,‘where their progress is seeming-
lly too slow to be threatening to the
'Allied positions. '
Losses described as frightful
have been indicted upon'the Aus-
;trians. In the niountaindits coun.
try. where the British have been.
holding their positions solidly,
thousands of the enemy have
perished. while they,__have paid
heavily for overflioiitttfllty, have;
[advanced along tthIaVc rivet”!
Ifront. ' r -
i lit the Montcnello area, on the
[Upper Have, the [Austrians seem
to have gained a foothold on the
west bank of the river. North of
Zeuson loop and at Cape Sile, low-oi} '~
er down, they have also moved
westward, but their greatestgain
does not exceed two or three miles.
lIt scents that, thus far in the hate
silo, the Austrians have gained the,
surrounded by low, marshy land, ,
which in itself does not lend itself
:to rapid advance. ‘
l The vital mountain sector, along
,the upper reaclics of the Brento,‘
ihus not been broken. On the con-(H
‘trary, the British claim‘to havej'
defeated the foe. As long as‘ this 3
‘frout. holds firmly, according to"
'militnry experts, the stability of
the Italian line is assured unless is?
[serious breach should be made,
*along the Piave river east of Trev
viso and Montobclluna. - ‘
, There are hints of a counter- of.
fensive in reports from Italy. The. ,
success of the Italians two weenie
ago in the mountainous country .
o'clock. tomorrow afternoon, at Memo. west of Lake Garda, and-the eviw'
dent concern of the Austrian cont—U .
lmand over an advance there may
indicate that, if the Italians strike
back, it may be along this part of
,the front. A success there would;
'isolilte. the Austrian forces fighting ‘
cast of Lake Garda and turn the"
right flank of the enemy armies.
While the gigantic Austrian at-
xtempt to break through the plains
of Italy has occupied the center
of the stage, events of importance
may be taking shape in the Somme
battleefild. Heavy firing by the
German artillery ill the Ancre
Valley and northward to (‘erre is
reported by the British. It is in
this part of the front that a Ger».
man attack has been expected by
the Allies, and the German born.
bnrdmcllt may he the prelude of a
resumption of the enemy‘s onen-
sive in France. -
Austria's oil‘ensivc against the
Italian front has been checked II!
the moment
plete failure. Fighting he:
in the mountsina from halite (ism
to the Wave. where the Allin.
broke up the first slimy bio“
t
i,mm"7;n.m “
back. Approximately one million.
most ground at Capo Sile, a vii-Q,
Inge west of the Piuvc river and»:
if not brought to can; v
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