Evening sentinel, Friday, June 21, 1918 · page 1

 

 

 

EVENING * ENTINEL

ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR

 

 

 

 

 

Entered at the South Hal-walk Post
Office as Second Class Matter.

ESTABLISHED 1870

soon: noawau, com rarely, JUNEZI, 1918 ,

 

Fair and Somewhat Warmer Tonight

 

 

 

iiiiloll lill ICANIRACI MEN
- GWEN thin BONNIE-CROSS
KNIGHT SPIAN will this

 

ffiifii‘g‘i‘ mans ' «r g ‘

Popular Young Business Papers Seized in Raids Show
Man and Vocalist Remem- Some Manufacturers Paid

1,‘ bored by Members of South Thousands of Dollars for
‘Norwalk Council Imaginary Services

 

, Knights
of Columbus ,

, ieiilillliilIIIiIIBEIls : v
, lawsuit
Local - ' Organization ' Has

Record in World War Of
Which It May Well Be
Proud

 

.iIiIMPEllilllN IN
iiiiiiliilijiussli

Friends as well as Nation
the hey of Profiteer
Agents

 

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WASHINGTON, "June 21.—~Metllods
by which contingent fee contract
agents in Washington suppressed com-
petition in bidding on Government war
horders. inflated iorlces, manipulated
bids and even “doubleuossed” their

 

 

The popuerity of Edward J. Spica; bf
‘Hanford‘place, was attested" last even-

Iag for tbethird time this week. The
occasion was the meeting of South
.Norwalk Council Knights of Columbus.
ml:- Spica has been acting grand
, knight of the council since March 1st.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting. Lecturer William P. Ward
addressed the meeting. He reviewed
Grand Knight Splan's career since he
became amember: how he first start-
ed as a guide and his advance. step by
step, to warden, chancellor and deputy
grand knight. to take up the vacancy
caused by the departure of Grand

own clients by representing compet-
ing contractors. were uncovered yes-
terday by the Department of Justice
in examining correspondence seized in
raids on the contract brokers' omces.

Some manufacturers paid thou-
sands of dollars for "purely imaginary
services” of the contract agents who
often 'lurned over confidential infor-
mation of bids to other clients or
used them to enter lower bids in

REPUBLICAN
lollies ARE
townie

Up—State Leaders Are Plan-
ning to Put It Over Fair-
iield County

 

’SHEIIIFE PEASE :

is NENlIlllNATEII

Has Made a Fine Record for
Administrative Abilityand
it Will Take Strong Man
to Defeat Him :

State politics appear to be sizzling
just at present,‘ especially on the Re.
pllblican side of the house. if some
of the state papers are to be taken
seriously there is to beitbe greatest“

 

in Hartford next week. it is one thing
to declare that a few upstaters are to
sidetrack Mont-Governor Clifford B.
Wilson when, at the some time, Gov-
ernor Holcomb is being renominated.
and the next thing is to do it. Gov-
ernOr Holcomb owed his last nomina-
tion to Fail-field county and here is
where he got the votes which elected
him. Therefore. it is doubtful wheth-‘
er some of the state politicians. no
matter how jealous they may feel tow

 

 

their own names. said a review of
the finding issued by Assistant At-i
torney General Huston Thompson, lni

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gnightdflcullglg Trance. where he isI
ofsC semis; “N...““tmfi'li 3f 301:5: ; resenting, several competitive
mooted ls. Solar! on‘lll‘e' fact that dur-i

in; his shortterm-of onion he mane
. one: of washing snore-ace members
than any other; mil knight in the
history of the council. , ‘ ‘

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charge of the, prosecutions. By rcp-‘
bidders
at the same 'lime. agepts.sometlmes
boosted flees in the ssms- way a
conspirnc would have been done.

«liTobvede Government regulations
intended to eliminate middlemen in

 

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NEWENfiIANil w
Bimini MEET
4. INNEW WIN

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t and
‘ Breach of Peace. Merson
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Danbury local of the flutters Union.
was found guilty of assault and breach

 

a villujllllilih

.TranspOrt Sant’ Anna. Pro-
ceedlng to.‘Malta. Had 2,-

Charles E. Hoyt. M .N. Mayeboif, F.
L. Lamson, P. W. Brooks. Henry P.t
Price and Seymour Curtis will .be}
among those who attend the conven-

lSflSoldiersand workmen tion of the New England States
on Board . Bankers' associations at New London,
__ __ , tod‘ayand tomorrow. This promises.

' to be the greatest bankers' convention
ever held in New England. except that
.of the American Bankers' association,
Iseveral years ago. .

The list of speakers is particularly
strong. Hon. Theodore E. Burton. one
of the ablest men who has been a
member ‘of the United States Senate
:in this generation. new. president of
the Merchants' National Bank of New

- . York is one of them. Others are
Available shipping records give the ' .
Sant’ Anna as a' French steamshipfiplem Jay. chairman of the Federal

9.350 tons gross. She was built ill’;
France in 1910. andwasowned by the‘

Fabre Line and was in the New York‘

service before the war.‘ ' 1

Defense Council Warns
‘Agalnst Agents For a

 

PARIS, June 21.4The transport
Sant'e Anna. proceeding from Bizerta
for Malta. was torpedoed and sunk on
the night of May 10-11 (probably June‘
10-11). according to the Haves Agency.‘

There were-unheard 2.150 soldielzsi‘
and native workmen, of whom 1.512,
were saved. ’

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DISCUSS CONTRACTS
FOR WAR WORK

 

 

 

 

BRIDGEPORT. June 21.—-Represent-l
_. aiives of factories in the western part.
Connecticut War Roster I of Massachusetts, of Rhode Island and

. , . s .of Connecticut. comprising the Bridge-
HARTFORD. June 21,—No sanction port division. held a conference here?
' or approval has been given by the at the request of the War Industries

Connecticut State Council 'of Defense Board, f" the purpose 0‘ working out:
to a proposed roster of Connecticut methods of securing information on‘
men in the national service, according which the Government may depend in
to notices being .59“. broadcast by awarding contracts for war work.
the council.» I“; understood that per-I Bradford D. Pierce. Jr., head of the
sons repmsenting..tbe publishers of district. addressed the meeting. No‘
such a foster are soliciting advertise- definite plans‘were agreed upon. it
meats and that they allege that the was announced.
enterprise has the sanction of the The following cities were represent
Councilor Defense and 'AdiutantGen- ed: Springfield. Mass: Providence. R.
era! George M. ,Cole. Both these 1.: Hartford, Conn.. New Haven. Wa~

 

of the peace. and William O. Merson.
a non-union hatter. was found guilty
of breach of the‘lieaceiby a jury in
the Common Pleas court. yesterday
afternoon. The jury was out only half
an hour considering the testimony re-
garding the fight between the two so-
cused, which took place during trouble
between striking batters and non-un-
ion men, last September. in Danbury.
. Both Are Fined.

Judge Walsh fined Scully 850 and‘
costs and Merson $10 and costs. These
are the same fines imposed in the City
court of Danburv. Attorney Howard

 

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4

hulls STRIKE
Militia

The men who have been out since
Tuesday on account of a disagreement
over the wage scale at the American
Hat Company's plant. returned to work
this morning, and business was pro-
ceeding as usual. The men. sizers
and makertho the number of about
twenty. asked for an increase or
twelve cents a dozen and, it is under-
stood that the company. after consid—
ering the matter for two days. granted

 

 

lthe demands of the men.

 

HONEY BEES BY MAIL.
IS NEW P. 0. ORDER

contests at the convention to; be held .

IIEEEIESS MEATS
TII TAIIE EFFECT
IIINIEIIIATEIY

Hotels, Clubs and Restau-
rants Here Receive New
Regulations

Local hotels. restaurants, clubs and
public eating places yesterday receiv-.
ed from the Food Administration at
Hartford l'egulations regarding the
days on which restaurants should
serve beef and its byproducts.

The food authorities say that every
public eating piece is expected to com-
ply with the uniform. regulations at
once on a voluntary basis.

State Food Administrator Robert
Scorine's letter follows:

"To all hotels. restaurants, clubs and
' public eating places;
"It is desired that the following uni-

tCendnnsd on Pale lint)

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lsstliahhis‘mdsdiathe hbbiss
. . containment "tsunami-stone! a

IRISH Poucv
0i ENAIAND
BREAKS DOWN

Home Rule and Irish Con-
scription Believed to be
Dead by Those Watching
Developments

FEIIEIIAISIIIIITIIIN
IIFI’IIIIIILEII FANIIIIEII

Sonic Papers Say Sterner

 

 

 

 

Measures Are Necessary _

to Restore Order

LONDON. June 21.—-The speech of
hr! Canon in the Rom of lords.

breakdown in the Governments Irish
polfeyglsnd it is believed no further so

 

' '. "temptwmbenmstioullorm
' i ,. ; time, tdjntroduce a penis Bale hilt”.
.. . -. it trowel-stood . the Government
problem, which will be applicable also
. . to Wales and Scotland. Premier Lloyd
for Violating Permits

' tatlon from' all parties in both houses
WATERBURY' June 21,49“ Ger- of Parliament desirous of setting up

their-United States permits. were u- 50119me- ,
rested mg am“ an dearly this morn- Earl Carson a speech is treated in

. W4. now favors a federal solution of the
Five Are ioBe Taken to Jail

George has consented to meet a. depir

man slicn'sfichnrpd With violating a commission to draft such a federal

ing by the local ‘datectlve bureau. this morning's newspapers as s sensa-

IllINlliillllll.

. men will
~ marrow: . .

President Jeremiah 'Scnliy. of. tile.

Justlca‘in Superintendent of. Police
Bach's allied. Five of these were.
held and will be'scnt totthe Hartford
jail this morning. while three were re
leased after their cases had been in-
vestigated. A detailed report will be,
made to Attorney General Thomas W.
Gregory. of Washington. who will de-
cide whether or nottbe guilty men
will be interned or kept in jail for
a suitable period. The other two

have their tosses tried ,to«

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reticulum 7.
1m HAVENEIEPTIIIN.

Personal acceptance of the‘ invite-
tion to speak in this city at the big
War Savings Stamp rally. in the Non.
walk Amory. Monday evening, was;
received today' from George W. Wick~l
,ersham. former Attorney General of
'the United States, by John Cavanaghfl
chairman of the local committee. Mr.
iWickersbam is expected to arrive suf.
flciently early to permit of a public
reception upon his arrival.
. in the securing of George W. Wick-
ersham forthe speaker of the evening,
the War Savings Stamp committee
succeeded in getting one of the most
prominent men in the country and
one whose broad experience in nation-
al affairs makes him particularly fa-
vored as a speaker. ‘ ‘

in addition to Mr. Wickersham. the
committee‘has secured the services of
David Bispham. and there will
be otherifeatures. including music by
a military. band. which will prove de-
lightful to the vast audience which is
expected to be on hand on Monday
evening.

Invitations were sent out to 16.000
peeple this morning by the War Sav-
ings committee. and these invitations
linsure the fact that the meeting will
be of a most democratic nature-and
that it will be largely attended.

TIIANIISFIIIIIIEII

 

 

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”Eight were‘glven a thorough grilling ~-----

by John, P. Barley. special uslstsnt‘ (Continued “Mm"?
lot the United States at ‘ er (if-this ”W . . ..
district; Thomas .1. Spa and left: . . 7, . .
A. Wooden, local age s’ of the he I]

run of ”investigatiomdkpcrtment of . ‘ . p .

given the privilege of. making

 

 

y .1113 under the authori

 

statementsgare branded as .false by

the council. _ . .
Manufacturers and business men

me being warned by the State Coun-

cil against these agentsnand alsoI

against contributing to their eaten

prise. Local agencies of the Statel

Council have also been warned of the
(false statements made by the publish-

, ers’ representatives. who are report-

ed to have acid that they were work-
ty of the Council
«Defense. ..: .3 ._ ..

.That the roster contemplated could

 

. not be complete or accurate if proper:

ed .at-tliis .time isj‘oue obisctipn twain-

tcmd'by Adjutant'Gene‘l'ai‘Oofe‘i ‘

Qipproposltion. . \
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Tb a
tel-bury. Ansonla and New London. e g y and giddy life 0f parcel '

my .

post employees has again been . en-"
riched. Postmaster General BurlesonI
has amended the postnl'laws so tbatl
honey bees, including queens. drones.
warriors and everything may be sent?
through the mails.

Those. parcel pest clerks who have

 

.Loss Heavy in Crash
of Cars Near Waterbury

WATERBURY. June 21. ten-
der of the 7:14 train of the New Ha- handled already ' almost everything
you road from Waterbury to Winsted, also were busy yesterday reading the '
dumped the track at 7:28 last evening- leading authorities on the preper way

just south of Terry bridge at Royal to soothe an irritated bee during a
, nolds Bridge. the first station south ofllong-rnllrosd journey. 'Bees are not to
« mansion andthg bass-5e car. two‘be insured she now amendment reads.

daycoacbes and a Pullman fell to a Parcel pest clerks are making up for

right angle position half imbedded in this by ordering a little calla accident
fimm'ent. No one was hurt.
sand

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IIIIIISS IIIIIIIIEIIS

The following letter, which speaks
for itself, wail~ received yesterday by
the chairman of the Second Red Cross
War Fund committee. ‘

June 19, 1918.

 

James Wood,

Norwalll. Conn.
i wish to express to you. as chair-
man of the Second War Fund cone
mince for the Nth-walk- Chapter, and
to thosewhb were associated with

insurance themselves. Under‘the won. my appreciation for the-plenum;

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was further voted to advertise the

 

3' MY ~ ;
The commencement exercises of the
Doubling Normal school were held

Wednesday afternoon in the assembly
hall of the school and the class of 1918.

IllilIilANS 0N DEFENSIVE I”

- IN ITALIAN MOUNTAINS \
AND AIING' INF PIAIE

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lithium All
llEillAlllill iiIJlLll

Followers of “Finished Mys-

 

 

Repeated Attacks by the Ital-

ian Troops Have Gained
Them Some Ground ' and
11,000 P t ism”

VIENNA IiIIEAII >774

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‘tery” Author Convicted of ‘ '

Conspiracy to Violate Es- Runs ”INFINITE .

pionage Law -- Maximum ‘ 1:

Penalty Meats The American Troops Have .

.wayokx. M‘flLmJoeeph r. Cleaned Out Trenches and.‘ _
Rutherford “and men Other defend: Nests at Cantlgny

ants, followers of the late “Pastor
Russell." author of “The Finished
Mystery," were found guilty of con-

riag to violate the espionage in

y ajury in Rodent court at 10:30
o‘clock last night.

When the jury filed into the cool-ix
soon and the “forearm announced
that 111 the determinate had been
found guilty on all am- counts in the
indictments against them, Judge

ill BRASS TEA
iNNESll’Illll

C . ,tain Arthur Rudd tone-

ver an Address at Long-
landson Saturday After»
upon? . ‘ -

sited Cross too will be given by

 

Stout» resistance has again stop.
pedthe Austriansin dichotomy
to extend. their front on tho-Kon—
tello' Plateau, the heystoas of the .fi .
Italian defense on the Riave river... .

Oficisl announcement lineages,
Rome that the Austrians were de- ,
feated in a drive yesterday on magnifi—
northeastern section of the plateau ' ’
and that only on the south were
they able to make any progress
whatever. The enemy was able. to
cross the Montebelluna-Susegana
railway at several points near Nerv-
vesa station, but even at this point
‘was promptly stopped. w

Nervesa is a village on the west
bank of the Piano on'tlle extreme “
southeastern point of the Mom '
tello Plateau; The railrosdl‘mcn-
tioned isnot shown .‘Qll..=.ml its , . ..
maps and probablyrbMM‘buii’tiw .1...
qniteticcently. 0:1th not? at?! ' ,2 _

west a, plateau s Opes up s esp y. " " '
Mrs. obn Ads The or. at her home, . ~ _ 7 ,
"Longlands." Wutpoyrt' Connecticut.'to Wooded heightm.wllfle' 0n the
on Saturday afternoon next, June 30‘1“! are lowlands 8mm" W “19”
22nd. [further down, where the Austrians:

An annual feature of this tea will have been checked by the Italians. .
I” m “are“ mu” ”Y Captain “3A8 the-Austrians have :for ‘ ”

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numbering eighty-one membcl s, insolv-
ed their diplomls qualifying them as
teachers. This year's class. while;
somewhat smaller than usual. lmI
made an excellent scholastic record and ‘
the future teachers who are to enter
their profession areflwell qualified to
carry on the work tm may be called
on to accomplish.

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ENTHUSIAST") III/Ell
"llillilllllilNllll

Charles Mints, who has national-2n
the task of soliciting funds for the
erection of a creditable, roll of honor
in Norwalk, is meeting with gratifying
success. Such a memorial will cost a
large sum of money and the one erect-
ed here is to be7a«very- fine one. The
several manufacturing concerns are to
be solicited and employees are to be
sub—
subscriptions. no matter how small.
This work shouldbe completed within
a short space of time, and the work
will be simplified if those who are
friendly disposed toward the project
will send their contributions to Mr.
Minis at once.

iflNtlllllilllVlililN
lEAIESlIlNiE llllllll

At the regular meeting of Concord
Division, No. 2, Sons of Temperance.
the eldest surviving body'of the order
in Connecticut, the few members pre-
sent reluctantly voted to give up their
pleasant quarters. which they have oc-
cupied far so many years. in the Ga-
zette building. and hold their meetings
at the homes of the members for the
present. The action was made neces
stay by a constantly decreasing mem-
bership. and increased expenses. lt

 

 

 

equipmentof the lodge room for ‘salo
in the local papers.

Concord 74 Years Old. .,
Concord Division. No. 2. 8. 0. Turns
formally. instituted by P. W. P. George
Y. Johnson. of the Grand Division of
the State of New'York. Marcbf'jltb‘.
1844. when the, charter was unless ed

 

 
 
 

thus-Rudd. who has served a. year as; days l1 e1 d positions near “3'1;ng

special assistant to the American am- .
basssdor in Petrograd._ He is sent while not 1‘93““ 9f 3M}? last attack..-
is - apparently - inclgnideant: "

the Atlantic Division of the American! > _~ ..
Red Cross. Which has headquarters in, ’ American aviators are; now .0,

New York. While in Russia. Captain
Rudd assisted in caring for prisoners

of war and in aiding in other relief . . . « .
work. He spent, an months in 1103- that they were on their way to the.

cow and four in Ufa, near the Siberian fhattle area and it is reported have
line. The rest 0" hi! time WIS Spentlfeaturcd their arrival by partici.
in variants parts of Russia and Siberia. pating in a bombing expedition *
Having many friends among Russian against the bridges the A mid $15.
have flung across the river. They ‘ _
were successful in damaging . ‘a;,.
bridge and their work satisfied the ’ .
commander of the Italian aerial.
forces under whom they are light—5
mg. . _ 3..
Raiding operations are reported},
on the British front, while the
French have improved their posi-
tions on the front. to the southwest.
of Soissons. '
American troops'now hold thirty. . ~ '
eight miles of the fighting line.
along the western front. .
Austria’s offensive against Italy ‘
apparently has resolved itself into _
a defensive movement both in the
mountains and along the ,Piave. ,-‘
While facing Allied counter-at: '
tacks on the fighting fronts the, '
' Austrian government is eing ,
illeti‘iiiefiefliiiciiiiiiim omhewa werelharassed in Vienna and elsewhere ;
Six of the members including only popular outbreaks caused by: ‘
from Nor-walk. one from. Bridgeport.‘ food conditions.
two from, Stamford. - and two from Spurred on by their successful

Greenwich, hold commissions in the . . , .
government service,~and,o£re expecting 3‘95th“: Italian “OOPS are mak‘

imm‘ediate calls to duty. They were ring repeated attacks againstnthe
given a great send off. enemy pos1tlons west of the Plave”

‘Ehfhbw! gfimfifiggtl’zfs: 33:13:23: {and have gained some ground. In
an - e s use .i . . . .. . .
and was won. by the bachelors to the the mountains around A5183”: '

,_._._. Franco-Italian troops have re-oc».,_
cupied important positions. Wedge

nesdaythe bag of Austrian .pris-a
Ioners aggregated nearly 2,000,“ '
bringing the total captures. to‘f

 
 
 

 

 

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Bachelors Win Ball Game
[and Stamford Men Take
. Honors in 100 Yard~Dash—'
, Dentists’ Work in the War

Twenty-eight members of the West-
orn Fairfield County Dental Associa1
tion held a jolly field day at Dorlon’s
Point yesterday afternoon. where a
ball game. one of Landlord O'Sulli-
van's famous shore dinners, addresses
by several of the members and music,

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leontinued on abound: rage.)

HEARING ON JONES

RIDER POSTPONED ‘ 11; 000 . . . _
' " : Vienna, in its oflicial statement,

21-“Am’ ‘ admits that its troops are on the de-. .
feneivo, and. is content to report

post "'9 action on the Jones Prohibi- that all It‘ll“! “milks. “Peon“! 0"
tion or to the Agricultural Appro- along the Playe, have been 1".” “
pristion bill and ot reopen hearings pulsed. The lighting is now in ill
for the purpose of further investiga- seventh day and the“ AM”

mlfimgfifimm‘i; west of the Piave probabl. are hr
up has ‘ ‘ lam

 

 

.WASHLNGTON, June
three-hour session. the Senate Agri-
culturevgc‘ommittee today decided to

 

 

 

 

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refill shipyard car a more pres