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Em. Wilson Named for
1 Lieutenant Governor, All
Vfllferenoes Disappearing.
Vin Today's Session-
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HARTFORD. June 26 .—-'l‘he Repub-
lican State convention today nominat-
‘ged this state ticket:
“or Governor—Marcus R. Holcomb.
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lllE’S EARN,
IN SENNNEVVWN
0PENS SEASON
Two Hundred Children of
, Soldiers and Sailors. Now
in united States Service
Came From New York,
Last Evening
His Only Son Is Now :1 Cap-
tain in the Ambulance
Corps— More Room Is
Needed
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The surest kind of a sign that sum-
mer is really here Was in evidence last
i For Lieutenahtvllovernor-wcufldrd B..
Wilson. of Bridgeport.
For Secretary of State-Frederick
L. Peuy. of New Haven.
For Treasurer—‘0. Hireid Gilpatric
pl Putnam.
For Comptroller—Alien“ C. Web-
pier of Harwlnton
1 For AttomeyGener-ai—F‘rank E.
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ALIEN ANNESTEI]
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Rudolpimath, Form-
, erly of This City, Charged
1' With Using Disloyai Lan-
Silage'
Chief of Police William R. Penning
ton received word yesterday afternoon
sud announced the name to the press
that Rudolph proarath, formerly of
this city. had beentarmied .by the
Units! Ststesimarshai in Brooklyn.
binned with using disrespectful ign-
gangs against the United States Gov-
element. .
Hoppenrath. up to iast March vra'sa
resident of Norwaik, living at 53; EiyV
avenue He was a German alien. was
registered as same on February 9,‘
1,1918. At the time of his arrest he had
on his person his registration card,
Issued by Chief Pennington. upon
.which was no indorsement. that he
had been given. permission to change
his address or move from this city.
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HARTFORD, June 26.-——Deicgates to
the Democratic state convention
evening when two car-loads oi happy
Vchiidren went up on the local express
‘leaving South Norwalk at 5: 27 bound
_for two joyous weeks' of freedom at
Lites Farm. in Branchville.
Of course they were underi the per.
sonal charge of Superintendent and
Mrs. U. 0. Mobr and an efficient corps
of young Women assistants, as usual.
Supt. and Mrs. Mohr may sound all
right for an official title but to the
child1en thev are always “Father and
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NENNENATIS SENS
IN NNfiANIZEN
Second District Democrats
Get Together
A meeting of the newly organized
Democratic club of the lower end of
the second dislryct was held last even-
ing, and smears were elected and rou-
tine malice were gone OVel'. A com-
mittee was appointed to find suitable
quarters for club room and other
matter of interest to the club. The
ofilcers were elected as follows:
Thomas F. Walsh, president: Ar-
thur Dennis. vice- president; Steve
VHalass, secretary; Eugene Charrot
trea'.surer
There are forty- ~st members al-.
ready. of which thirty four are voters.
and twelve that wili he made voters
shortly. and many more have signified
their intention of Joining. One of the
members stated this morning that they
expected the club to reach the 100
mark in membership by this coming
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WILTVINSSENENE ‘
. NANASEINENT
There was quite a serious auto ac
cident near Comstock’ s store in’ North
Wilton late Monday afternoon in
which several people were quite seri-
ously injured. A five passenger car
owned by Gabriel Magee, in which
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which will open tonight, began arriv-
ing by noon today. and_interest was
- keen in the nominations of the Repub-
licans The state central committee
met to approve the temporary :oll of
the convention and to complete ar--
rangements.
in view of lack of con :31 m er the'
republican nominations £01 lieutenant
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“A Secretary Baker and Gener-
J al March 130 Not Think It
Will Be Necessary
WASHINGTON June 26. -—Secreiary
Baker and General March, chief of
stall. informed the Senate Military
committee today lhft they opposed as
' premature and unnecessary «1111 pro-
' .posed extension of_ the army iratl age
,(pontlnued.__ On Page Five),
were Mr. Magee his 14- year-old son,
V Gabriel, Jr., who was driving, ThomasI
1 1 clan and two little daughters. and a
.liille son of Mr. Magee were riding.
’ «turned into the main Wilton fRidgetiehi
turnpike and ran headon into a Ford
runabout. owned by the American
1 Hardware Store; Inc.. of Fairfield and
Middle streets, Bridgeport, and driven
by one of their salesmen W. S. W211—
ner, who was accompanied by his wife
and six-yearold daughte1.~
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GRADUATES TO GET
'DIPLOMAS TONIGHT
The class of 1918 of the Norwalk
high school will hold their graduation
exercises this evening in the assembly
Hall of the school on West avenue. The
members of the class, numbering sixty-
gfam which will be presnted this
evening
' As is the custom, the graduating
Vclass will present to the school their
V annual class gift. What the gift is has
been kept secret until this evening. at
which time it will be presented by the
president of the class and will be ac
copied by Principal Harry’W. Blake.-I
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REPVBIJCAN
NElESAlES lAlN
MATTERS NVEN
Conferences Last Night Over
ABSENT EE STATUTES
Secretaries Ba‘ker and Dan-
lations Soon Will Be Pro-
mulgated V
V the Possibilities of 11 Fight wasmno'rou b c
.. June 20:—
01!: Lieutenant Governor‘ Regulations soon will be issued by the
8 l1) War and Navy Departments. Secrets.
. 1 rise Baker god told callers
‘ ’ ‘ , yesterday prevldl that Americans
in military service abroad and at
_ . home. from states bit-labors enacted
laws for absentee voting of thus in
the service. may cast their ballots in
the Congressional elections next - aa-
iumn.
The decision, reversing a ruling pre-
vloualy made by the War Department
which would have prevented men in
sawice overseaa from rating, was. an-
nounced to Senator Hitchcock. of his
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Congressman Tilson Stirs
Big Crowd by His Patrio-
tic Address
HARTFORD, June 26. —The 1111' last
night at the Allyn House was thick
There has
seldom been a,“night before" when
there was so much till: and so little
positive assertion. The on lien de-
pended of course, on whsth r the sec-
ond pinup on the tic‘kctlshould be fill-
edbyanewmanorJohnT Kings . : ' , E
challenge should clear the way for ‘1 .,
reassures“11.1.1111:'1: 1.1.1... Predict 300M Men
Will Be Idle Before End of
“peace at any price" pally and anoth- I
Week
or that did not believe that Fairheld:
iounty Republicans could be. led away
from their party ticket in behalf of 1
any one man, especially as Holcomb's BRIDGEPORT, June 26.—»All the ma-
‘chinists'and toolnmkers in this city.
about 5.000 in number. quit work at
noon today to attend a conference’in a
local hall to discuss their plans for en-
forcing demands .for arrears of increas-
Ved pay from liar 1. Joey made no
announcement that ey were on
letrlke. and also declinew say when
or whether they would return to work
tsoon. Predictions were made by some
V of their leaders, however. that thirty
thousand munitlcn workers here would
Newark License ISSUEd to. be idle before the end of the Week.
The manufacturers.
Man Of His Name and MlSSV stand on a telegram from Secretary
M3” Newcombe‘Rialto of War Newton D Baker to the ma-
Tongues Wag —-
“SiCk-a-V chinists last night have refused to
Bed” Star. Belieued to Be
Vconfer with committees of the 111111;, as-
Vserting that any strike now won not
Bride, Was in Cast With
Actor ‘
be against the emplpyers, but against
Norwalk residents read ,with keen:
the Government.“
interest. the accounts in ’isth
ing's New Yolk 1011le of the re
ported marriage it)! Miss bury New
comb, to George .Rolmrt Edeson, whet
has a nation wide reputation as anV
actor under the stage name of Rob-
elt Edeson
Miss Newcomb, was the only daught-
er of lax-Senator Jesiah T. Newcomh‘
of New York, by his first marriage.
and lived for a numebr of years withV
her father. and his second wife and
children. at 59 West Avenue. V
it is understood that Miss New- June 28
comb was left the bulk of her mo-
ther's fortune, provided she enteredV The Norwalk War Savings cfinmit
into the Roman Catholic faith, of‘ ‘99 are now making arrangements for
which her mother was a devout mem-
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SEA-l NANANSE!
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VVAN SAVINN STAVN’
NEINSTNATINN NAT
Every Citizen of Norwalk
Should Give Pledge by
to the letter. by Miss Newcomb du- 0f the committee is m "3515““ every.
ring her residence here. and to, the citizen of Norwalk as a War Saver.
r at r f t h
g e e portion 0 the mm s e wasV 1eailzed that pledges will be accepted
NEN IN VVAVV SENVNIE '
TN VNTEVVNNENSTATE
ieis Announce That Regu- '
basing their
V a final clean- -up drive on Registration
her This stipulation was carried outV Day, Friday, June 28 The ambition
This should not be difilcult when it is
SVNNECNSUT
Will EURNISN
2,307 MEN
crowder Calls Upon 46
States to Furnish 220,000
Draft Men Between July
22 and 25
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Men From This State Go to
Devens
wasmno'rou. tune scan 11 um
ther step in carrying out the War De-
Wife plan to have 8.000.000 men
loader arms August 1. Provost Marshal
General Crowder last night called on
the governors of all states except Illi-
Bolljnd Aurelia tor the mobilization
between July 23 and 25 of 220,000
white draft registrants qualified iOr
general militarymervieo.
This call is, expected virtually to ex-
haust the number of men now in class
one, available for active military serv-
ice, and when added to school requisi-
tions of 23.436 men. brings the total
calls 'so far announced for July to
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32 SEVEN 1N
NANVEST [VF TAXES
Nearly Half Billion Paid on
‘ Final Day—FHunt Begun
for ~_Dodsers
WASHINGTON. D. C.‘, June 26.-
The biggest harvest of taxes ever gath-
ered by the Federal Government was
finished last night with the expiration
of the time for paying excess profits
and income assessments without add-
ed penalties for delinquency.
Estimates placed the sum colle'cted
from these sources at, $2. 715, 000 and
exact figures probably will be known
next Monday or Tuesday. Almost a
half billion came in yesterday-tram
corporations "and other big taxpayers
who postponed payment as long as
possible.
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EAST NAT TN ,
NEfilSTEN
Today Last Day for Regis-
tration of German Female
Aliens
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The period for the registration of
German alien females ends today at 8I
'o‘clock, and by that time all of the
Vwomen who have taken papers to fill
iout ale expected to have returned
_ them to police headquarters and regis-
Vtered Up to noon today fifty-onel
women had applied for papers and
twentysix had been 1egistered
The registration has been viewed by
those who come under its regulations
in the proper spirit, the police say, and
every woman has been willing to do
all she can to help the local authori-
ties in the work.
registration cards at police headquart-
ers.
in any amount from 31,000 down to $5
and that pledges may be paid any time
1 within the next six months. Booths
Rates as Agreed Upon Last
Night Show Reduction of
V will be erected in Norwaik. South Nor- -
walk, East Norwaik. Rowayion and AboutFmP' Mills Through'
possibly Winnlpauk for the registry out the C1ty
1 tion 6T all of those who have not given
pledges to the canvassers. These
booths will be in charge of experienced lpflmon met last evening at the City
ladies and gentlemen who W1" be iii-.1111“ for the last meeting 1111111 July 1.
structed to see that everyone is reg-V All members of the board were pre
VSVGTEd -, {sent and a special meeting was held
V To “1°59 “1‘0 have already made before the regular session to appropri-
pledges Registration cards have been ate money to make up for deficits in
given. These cards are much like the certain departments of the city The
matter was discussed for some time
1 until a resolution was made and pass
‘ ed authorizing the appropriationvof the
Japan to Keep out Of necessary amounts.
Siberia Until MenacedV
TOKiO June 26. —-The newspapers
report that as a weak of the delibera-
Vtions of the advisory boaid on diplo-
matic affairs, Japan has decided not .
to comply with the request of the En- LONDON, June 26. -—‘-Baron von
ténte and to refrain from Intervention Seydler, the Austrian Premier. an
in Sibe1ia at present.
in diplomatic circles it is believed cllned the invitation of
.that Japan, unless diiectly menaced. VCharles to constitute a new Cabinet.
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’ Declines to Form New
In lestefdw's issue of The sentinel will not act without the support of the accmding to a Zurich dispatch to the
it was stated that all German women United States:
‘ who have registered to obtain their
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Exchange Telegraph company.
The Premier‘ s decision was announc
LONDON June 26. —-The embargo ed at a meeting of the Crown Council,
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This was a misprint and should on Chinese action in Siberia has been in Vienna, at which the food situation,
have read that all women who appear- raised, according to a Harbin desphtch which was unanimously recognized as,
ed for registration during the first few' to the Daily Mail
The reason given critical, was discussed.
days and Who had nOt “had their flilser-V for this action is that Russia is ink-«Charles announced that he was persua-
ihs n0 steps to prevent the Germans ally addressing Enipe‘ror William in
iron: advancing in the East. connection with this situation.
The Board of Estimate and Appro-
Austrian Cabinet
nounced on Monday that he had de-
Emperor
Emperor
SlNPES 0E
NENIVJAEEVVNSES
[IE STATE NUANN
Tl] NE lNSNEASEN
to Be Almost Tripled for
New Duties
taken by Governor Holcomb and the
Military Innergeney Board at Hart-
ford to place the State Guard upon a
basis second to none. but United
States Army organisatin, it was
learned through Major Marge S.
Ford. in charge of the Itedlcal Depart-
ment of the Fourth Military district of
Weld county.
Not only will ms lighting or first line
forces be equipped to the utmost e'f-
ficiency. drilled upon United States
standards. but under new medical de-
partment rules advancement is to be
made in the sanitary and medical divi
slonap-
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TNNSN NEVVNllSNES
AVVTN IN VVNTNN,
ElEES UNNETEETEN
Thomas Nolan, of Cannon-
dale. Sull'ers Broken Rib in
Crash—Others Unhurt
WILTON June 26 .-—A thrilling ac-
cident occurred in North Wilton. last
Monday, when an automobile contain-
ing H. S. Meigs and son, and Thomas
Nolan, of Cannondale, was struck by
a large auto truck as they were enter-
ing Ridgeheld road from the Nod road.
The accident happened in front of
Cemstock's store. and the car driven
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142111 Anniversary of Inde
pendence to Eclipse All
Freedom Keynote of Holi-
day—Proclamation Made
by President for All Na-
tive-Born Americans
With groups representing 22 nation-
tions are that the celebration of the
one hundred and forty-second anni-
versary of Independence Day, July 4.
1918, probably will be the biggest ever
undertaken in the United States. On
May 21 represetnatives of 22 nationali-
ties appealed to President Wilson tois-
sue a; proclamation to the native-hem
Americans of the nation to unite with
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Westport Property Lines
Are Disputed at Law
A dispute regarding the boundar-
ies of 1mm Westport was heard be
fore Judge Booth. in the Common
Pleas court.‘ yesterday afternoon, when
the suit brought by Angelo Mattie
against Pasquale Capassn was brought
to trtal Mattlo testified that he
bought two pieces of property from
the defendant and supposed the front-
age was 129 for. He learned later
however,’that the totar'was 'only 111
feet. The position of a fence was re
dary of Mattio’s purchase and several
witnesses testified they had seen such
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V receive.
llAllANS BENIN VENNSIVE AND
IMPROVE PNSIVNVNS ON THE
Third Ambulance Company '
The utmost preparation is being’
Past Fetes — .Universai‘
alitles planning to- take part, indica-z
garded as important in fixing the boun-‘
a fence "there seversl‘years ago. Mal- ‘
tie wants $500 damages for the land
he claims to have paid for, but didn’t
MNNVE GRAPE
Beporied to Have Gained
Considerable Ground am!
Taken More Than 1,000
Prisonersinlleoent ”EVEN
to the Sea Are Favorabiel
to the Allies
Now that the Plan line, is ageing.
intact, the Italians have begun ow
erations on the mountain front»
looking to the further improve»,
ment of the positions there. On;
the northwestern slopes of Mental:
Grappa, between the Bronte and...
the Piave, they have gained con. »
siderable ground and taken more
than 1,600 prisoners.
Italian attacks on the mountain ..
front probably are for the purpose
of forestalling any intended ene-
my efiort there, as well as to im—,
prove the Italian positions. Stron
winds are being carried out also
on the Asiago Plateau. ‘ .
The ltalian gain on Monte .,
Grappa, however is Wyatt-
ant, as the nidlliitllli 50‘ 1111?.- key
position to the terrain between the
Bronte and the Piave and domi-, ._
notes the hills southward to the;W _- ,
Venetian Plain. It was on thing ‘
height that the Austriapsmet with-4
failure in their attempts ten days,
ago to reach the plain from the *
north.
In completing the recapture of
the western bank of the Piave, the ..
liaiians added 1,600 prisoners to -
the already large numbers taken»
from the enemy. While the and:
den rise of the river distressed_the
Austrians who had crossed to the
western bank, the river fell dur-
ing the enemy retreat, but again
has risen, hampering the Italian
pursuit on the eastern bank. Ape-,3,
parcntly the Italians have been '
content to hold to strong bridge-
heads on the eastern bank, rather ‘
Lthan to attempt to pursue the cue-111.
mv any distance eastward. ,
Vienna officially places the
Italian losses at 150, 000, including
50, 000 prisoners. It admits the re— ‘
tirement across the Piave from .'
Montello to the Adriatic, but in». _
timates the Italians did not press
the retiring Austrians very closely. , .,
in their efforts on the mountain
front, it is added, the Italians were
repulsed completely.
Raiding operations continue on
the front from Switzerland to the ‘
’sea, especially betWeen Ypres and
Rheims, where further heavy fight-
ing undoubtedly will take place. .
German soldiers are reported as
being depressed over the Austrian
defeat, and it is held in some Elle,
tents quarters that Germany may
make a strong cifort almost imme«_
diatcly in order to maintain Ger:
man and Austrian morale behind.
the lines. The Germans l1ad>ex~
pected a successful Austrian offen-
sive against Italy, thereby hastens,»
ing peace.
Apparently Germain has given.
up hope of reaching a decision on
the field of battle, if the speech of
Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann
is an'indication. He declared peace
must come through negotiation:
land said that the appearance
European fronts of soldiers 1111111
overseas had made this necessary. _
He could give no idea of when the
War would end. His effort was re
ceived coldly by the Reichstag. ;
_ The ofliciai view in Washington
was that the speech was a peace
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