carcinogenesis-Mittens:
Office as loosed Glass Mm.
9
tutti Difilll
.iliiNDliiNis t0
Jiliillllliii Act
_jSenator Fall’s Proposal and
J All Compromises Voted
illlllilflm Alli
CRAWWNWRNTINN
< HANIliiN Vfl’l'Ell
: rBrandegee’s Motion to Make
Minimum Age 18 Years Is
~. -. Defeated
c”—
WASHINGTON. June 29.~lmmedi-
-alo- extension of the present army
age. limits. :1 to 31 years, was
I overwhelmingly defend yesterday in
.' the Senate. The amendment proposed
by saunter Fall. of New Mexico. to
the 312.000.000.000 army appropriation
bill to make the limits m and it)
yours and all compromises suggested.
for different minimums and maximums:
were voted down.
Settlement of the controversy,
which has held Senate attention for
intuit/its till
tuivutttmsmi
tusut EVENINli
Candidates for Congress {and
Sheriff to Be Named at
The Stratiield — Cornell
Mentioned for Congress»
man—Several Men Sug-
gested forSheriff but None
Has a Decided Lead
BRIDGEPORT, June 29.—Ca’lls are
issued today for the Congressional and
County conventions of the Democrats
of Fairfield county. Both conventions
will be field at the Stratfield next Tues-
day evening. at 5 o'clock, at which
time candidates for Congress and sher-
iff will be placed in nomination. ‘
Delegates representing each town
of the county will be present at both
conventions. The calls are issued
by D. E. Walker for the Congression-
al. and John H. McMurray for the
county convention, as chairman of
the committees.
Friends of John A. Cornell. of the.
Eighth district. of this city, are urging
him to stand for the Congressional
nomination. but as yet he has not an-
nounced his consent. He is a lawyer
of excellent standing in his _prdfcssion,
(Continued on Pace Eight)
.tttltztltai WANT lWfl
several days. cleared. the way for
passage of the huge appropriation!
measure. probably today.
Besides proposing of the draft age
question the Senate adopted several.
Dfiwmtlh amgndments to the but;
_ cart orze organization of the
SMWJIN hlrctdtt production' cor-
poration proposed by the aircraft
drill-stinrahoraft production as ship”
.buddihg is "coordinated by the slitp-'
ping board thPOugh the emergency
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
tttittwu PillllilEMS
liliENill‘ENililN
HARTFORD, Jone 29.-l{lgiiway
problems which call for attention at
, the hands of any agency of the Fedcn‘
' armament musthrattbe submittedl
to the United Stntes Highways Couo’
ed. information to that effect having
_ been received by. the State Highway
“Commissioner Charles J. Bennett. This
announcement has been of particular
interest to the Transportation commit
tee of the Connecticut State Council of
Defense.
in a statement covering the 'adminis-
trative and organization functions of‘
the newly organized United States
Highways Council. that body empha-
l
. ...4
illiUliNiNlilNilENli
J MEEMPNHVAI'
t
l
1
, l
The attention of Connecticut women;
is being called by the Woman‘s com-
mittee of the Connecticut State Coun-'
cit of Defense to a sentiment which is
gaining favor throughout the country
for wearing of insignia instead of
mourning by Americans. who have lost
members of their family in the war.
By vote of the committee, the atten-
tion of the women of this state is be!
ing called to the cordial endorsement
of President Wilson for the plan. The1
President has'written. “i do entirely
approve of the action taken by the
Wilman's committee (of the Council of
. I ' |
_ ' (Continued on Page Twelve) l
.7 THREE BROTHERS AND
. SISTERS IN U. s. seamen}
Vii-E. O'Reilly. of this city, received
a letter from his brother, Joseph, this‘
week, mailed ”from Scotland, in which
he states he has been on a five days’
. More leave 1min his duties on the tor-
- pedo destroyer “Downs." He reports
“something doing" all the while and is
studying the best or health.
i‘l‘wo other brothers are also in the
service-«in at Camp Upton: Rob-
. «on ar-Cnmp‘ ade'. Maryland, as well
u a‘ sister. Miss Ruth O’Reilly. at
iii; d'witlii
.‘eiuletmsitiibysot‘e. ell, lone
taco one»... x 1, i l
.. Two's“ may“ Ii‘éftiill’l’."il5 I ‘ k
productioumoard as a vehicle, for co...
l‘
u.‘
w ;.-
' PlililllN SYSTEM
Claims Will Be Presented to
the Board of Estimate and
Taxation Next Monday
Night.
4, .1 ._ . '- g: raw
The question of allowing three ad-
ditional men for the Norwalk Fire De-
partment. in order that the two |lla~
toon system may be installed, will
probably be definitely settled by the
Board of Estimate and Taxation at
its meeting next Monday night. Some
of those interested will appear before
the board and present their cause. it
is claimed that it will tend to greater
efficiency iii the department. and chord
mucl‘better fire protection for the peo-
ple o Norwaik.
Under the present arrangement and.
with a lack of sufficient men in the
(Continued On Page Twelve)
MEN flRAFTEll ‘ i
- fill Tl] llEVENS
WEEK [if JULY 22
HARTFORD, June 29.—Major John
Buckley sent to local draft boards to-
day notices that the men drafted un-
der the call issued June 22, 1918, will
be entrained for Camp Uevens during
the week beginning July 22.. The en-
trainment will begin on Monday of the
week and continue for five days. The
call is for 2,307 men'for general serv-
ice to be taken from Class One. The
call was received from Washington.
June 22. and it was thought best to
withhold the publication of it. until
Major Buckley had communicated with
the different boards and ascertained
the number of men each had in Class
One. He has now received reports
from all the boards and they show
that .there' are 2,306 men available to
make up the call ‘quota for Connecti-
“——
(Continued hi sixth Page.)
FAIRFIEU] BMW M
finalisitwiltt
HARTFORD, June 29.—Fairfleld
county farmers are actively engaged
in helping to win the war By agricul-
tural production covering 48,770 acres
of land or 1,947 more acres under cul-
tivation than last season. These fig--
ures appear in asummary ofztlie farm
survey of the county, which has just
been tabulated . by State Librarian
George S. Godard. .The Connecticut
State Council of Defense authorized
the survey, similar statistical data be-
. :ing gathered in Hartford. New Haven,
- .Cfinp MacArthur. Waco. Texas. M‘fil‘oilnndwand Litchfieid 'counties. V
is; at.
(Continued
team. 5;‘.-‘”" . ‘,
rum")
,5 3
War Savings Ca
, %_ wm
Workers Have Responded
WelL But Banks, Corpora-
tions and Wealthier 'Citi-
zens Have Not Done Their
._ :19"
dent to the
the captains .
reports and L
out special
tain cases I-‘
cinl' attenti- . ‘
sticaily by ‘ Wariiisvim
Duty glues that thesalrlt We; a.
_ President's n this will bacon
’ ried out r of how much‘tins
. oreifertil todoit. Mm
agile off “We:
n as or . . .
S‘llll lllMlNfi IN 3..-... ‘ ~
none unenlls ..
do
an order from
United State}. on local .
feel that therewith doing less
than their d i! lay tsiold tenured
nearly 100 twelfth. adults oi
ll s Conn.
Norwa a , Smith. ”nun born
The respon .
population it those of small-
‘vr means in host! very gratifying.
The interest $91": by those of more
i (Conan ~‘f ram ruse.)
PurchaSes by Foreign Born
Population Have BeenYery
Gratifying
Registration Day in the W
campaign brought in thousands of
pledges and registrations which are
now being tabulated and checked
against the lists on file in the commit-
tee headquarters. That there is still
several days' work to be done is evi-
. ‘7—TW
—7_____W fl”, __..._. _——« -
its ultimo Ill
4 NilillllilN turns
I’ll Do My Derndest,” Wrote
Lieut. Sexton Five Days
Before He Was Killed in
Action
i
at Savindl
l They Will Go Out Week of
July 22nd—No More Cory
tiiicates for Enlistment in
Navy or Naval Reserve
Sexton. five days before hetwas killed. .
in action in France. June Ii. was re-t Local Exemption Board. No. 14, had
solved by his father, P. (l. Sexton of [the surprise oi its life, this morning.
Darlen. twelve days utter he receivedmhon a requisit , n. was received from
official notification of his son's death} headquarters f ' 170 men in Class 1
TLleut catch. ""811 officer in the In this district. to go out in the week
23d 1 entry. was well known in this, beginning Monday. duly 22nd.
city,as well as In llarls.’i,ha_viug tnkcni This is more than double the num-
a four—years course in the Stamford per ordered at any one time in the
high school. Extracts from the letter history of the board, the former high
follow “1 . figure being 83.
"Dear Dad Your letter dated March A telegram was 8130 received, notify-
17 Just reached me this noon. it has his the board that no more certificates
been chasing me around the country:for enlistment in the Navy or Naval
until now. i have made 'ef‘Vt‘NI :novesl Reserve. must be made to registrants
in the last two months. .nnd con- of June 0th. 1017.
sequently have received very little it is understood that these orders
mall. During March and April‘i sent do not affect se men who register
a cablegrsm every two weeks. because' ed June 5th, 18.
1 did not write. and i thought thel night members tat-Classes z. 3 and 4
cables we're a enter and quicker waylwere notified to appear before the
of letting you knowlhat everything .lpard yesterday tor intensification.
and they were ailtpnt in Class 1. but
I . (Continued 31—12:” M)
'tttittutttmlnliti ‘
, e tittifiuhsrrn
ANII REBEPTIBNI illlllHIiSESSIIIN
uating Class of 1918 NowgDeparture 0f medly Sena-
. . ~tors Forces Dela
in the Government Sernce' ._ y
'——‘ WASHINGTON, June 29.—Regard-'
The reception and dance at the Nor-i less of the earnest promise of Senator
walk High school assembly hall, lastlJones. chairman of the committee on
night ,was a fitting finale to one of the Women Suffrage. that he wouldwork
most interedtlng and successful com-'and fight for a vote on the Anthony
mencement weeks in the history of amendment 88 80011 as the will)” bills
"Norwalk Senior Hig ." are out of the way, it was admitted by
The class of '18 has surely set a the friends of suffrage in the Senate
mark for literary and social achieve-'Yesterday that the failure to win
ment that will be hard to surpass in Thursday marked the end of the
the years to come, while the giny..chance for favorable action before the
three graduates will long remember reassembling of the Senate after the
’the pleasures of their formal farewell recess. . .. ‘
t0 the old school, as they tackle the‘ It is known that there have been
. big problems of life in these women. departures from Washington by Sena-
,tous war times. ‘tors predisposed to vote for suffrage
’ iWhO will not return for the purpose of
{forcing this issue next week. These
:men have gone to their homes in an-
l A letter written by First Lieut. E. R.
t
__________.__
votes which they can deliver when?
een - , '
timized to the extent of $33.15 by. 3 STATE EUARB PARADE
guest nt‘the local hotel on the 21st and
he was readily accommodated. it has turned out last night in a most im'-
(Continued On‘Page Five)
! . ‘ . ticipation of the recites.
BASHEnfiAfl EHEflK ! \As the Senate will stand next week
: . Anthony amendment if its proponents
.‘ever needed .and the best the suffra-
man claiming to represent The C. 0.
Hasselbirth Mfg. Co.. of Albany. N. Y.
remained there one day. He was of} ‘ : llfillS“lllfl Fl” In
genteel appearance and when he 're-‘ ' ~—- -
quested shat a check, drawn on the The local and Westport Companies
just been returned to‘ the hotel con- pressive parade to further the‘drive of
mining thetendorsement "no account, McKinley Camp. No. 9. U. S. W- ,V..
forgery." nn‘enort will .be made to and made a most impressive ’nrrear-
pguruno'almm carats
m A 33
-m—w.,
Fair Tonight and Sunday
vmpammeno of d
Unlhdbtntes Government
gatewahtsmgmfimi
er onus o
are?“
a.
.oitttlltlihtius
WEJWNNNNNN
Coal,” :- Steel, Lumber and
‘ FoogflCo ations Bene-
fiitted by mouse Orders
WASHINGTON. Julie 29.——investl-
W carefully conducted have led
to the conclusion that product-tn: ex-
ists among American industries. due
"in part to “vantage being taken of
“m pressure for heavy production"
and. in part. iodinordinste greed and
Vbsrwfsced finds? the Federal Trade
Commission announced today in a re—
not! sent to-‘tlie Senate. The report
was submitted in response to a resolu-
tion asking the commission to furnish
the Senate with all figures and infor-
mation relative to profiteerlng in or-
der that steps might be taken to rem-
edy present conditions. Outstanding
features of the report. each supported
by extensive data..are:
“The heavy profit made by the low
cost concern under a Governmcnohx.
ed price for the whale'tiountry.
(dilutinusd 0n Pagefi'ivo)
iiiiiiiitltiii .
HA8 fillilllllllllN
This Year’s Class, and All
Enjoyed Fine Program in
Stamford ‘:'
Thirty-seven Norwnlk young men
and women received their diplomas
from Merrill's Business College at the
commencement examines held in Stayi-
lord last evening. The graduation was
held at the Stamford Baptist church
and was followed by a reception and
dance at the college‘hnll on Atlantic
street. .
This year's class is composed of
ninety-three members, thirty-seven of
which were from the south Norma
school. The church. where the gradua-
tlon was held was‘tastefully decorated
by Cann. ' the Stamford florist, and
presented a very pretty appearance.
yet of Stamford, was the presiding offi-
cer of the evening and his introdub-
tory address was one of the most in-
teresting numbers of the night's pro-
gram.
Elmer S. Redman, Ph.D., superin-
tendent of schools in Port Chester,
was the speaker of the evening and de-
lighted his audience with a few well
chosen remarks. His address was
both interesting and educational and.
being a man of worldwide experience;
his advice to the young people, who
are about to begin their great struggle
for success, were very helpful and
were appreciated to the utmost.
N. A. Fulton, president of Merrill
. (Continued On Page maven)
tfiilEAl EXPENSES; .
I fl-FENVENNMENT-
WASHINGTON, June 29.-—The gov-
ernment today closed its books for the
fiscal year just ending—the first full
fiscal year in the.war—and Monday
will open- new annual records. Cabi-
net members and other heads of de-
partments will make reports to Presi-
dent Wilson covering their steward-
ships of funds and responsibilities for
the your closing today, or technically
tomorrow.
In government financial history. the
year will go down as a. period of ex.-
pense hardly dreamed of a decade ago.
More than 312.600.000.000 is the actual
outlay since Juiyl. 1917, to 'meet the
multitude ofblg bills. run up for the
itwould spell the certain defeat of the
i . ‘ .forced a vote. The antis have ready.
, AT THE M AHABKEMH at all times an aggregate of thirty:
, ' ' ,gists can count isib'i or at best 58.
The Mahackemo Hotel has b vic ' ‘—
The man,,who gave his name as
James E. Hillmah. registered as n'
First National Bank, of Albany, for 9f the 7th Separate Battalion. C. S. Gm.
the above name! amount be cashed, Major Edward. P.3Weed commanding.
locate the scoundrel and he will be --~.—-
highlight)... . ._ _ _ . , stContinued'Oihnllem)
N. I.
N inety-Three Members in.
Benjamin H. Mead, a prominent law-I
PIIJRE 1,400
N80Nfll8 AND [BENCH AND N‘ *'
BRITISH IMPRNV POSNI
tthtl ‘ *
h
dil-iflllllllillli
New Rubber Saving Order
Will Force Hardship on
Millions of Users—All But
Nine Sizes to Go—Plan
Expected to Release Deal-
ers’ Stocks—Gasolene Still
Plentiful
WASHINGTON, June 29.—Del1nite
restrictions in the number of automo-
bile tire types and sixes to be manu-
factured in the United States, which
will have a far reaching effect upon
millions of automobile owners, are pro-
posed by ”the War industries Board as
a measure of war economy.
One of the outstanding features is
the proposed elimination of the 30 by
3 tire that is used on all Ford cars. of
which millions are in use. Nine stand-
ard sizes are to be provided. and it is
probable that changes will have to be
made in wheels and rims of thousands
olf cars new in use to meet the new
a sea.
(Continued on Page Three)
NillilNil PART
MEETSNNIULY tilt
HARTFORD. June 29.~—in a scath-
ing denunciation of the partisan with
ties and machine control of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties L. H.
Trieschmann. state chairman of the
National party issued yesterday the of-
ficial call for the state convention of
'that organization. for Independence
Day. The pdrty will convene at Nath-
aniel Lyon Post hall. in this city, at
10:30 in the morning of July 4, to nom-
inate a full state ticket:
(mu. i.- I‘ll m.)
.Nflllil Billilliflli
JULY lllliil tilt
2,306- Connecticut Men in
Class 1, One Less Than
Number to Be Inducted
i An official notice to local boards in
‘Connecticut, calling attention to the
call from Provost Marshal Gencrnl
E. H. Crowder for the induction of
2,307 men from this state next month
was sent yesterday by Governor Mar-
cus H. Holcomb. The order says that.
during the five-day period beginning
July 22, Connecticut is required to
complete for entrainment for Camp
Devens 2,307 ‘men. Only white men
and men physically qualified for gen-
eral militaryservice are to be in-
ducted. Adjutant- General George M.
(Continued on Page Nine)
liiitni anus
inhuman
PANAMA, June 293—Upon orders
from Washington. American troops
began policing. Panama and Colon
at' 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The action was taken under the treaty
of 1904 authorizing the United States
to assume this police duty whenever
it was necessary to maintain order.
The Panama government has protested
to Washington again-it the measure. '
Because the former administration
had refused to correct conditions in
the two cities. soldiers in the canal
zone Were forbidden to enter them and
and Panama until the mandate of the
military authorities was carried out by
began to clean
{3 ,v.’ 3.5 . 30-; ‘
.4: gentlemen Page that),
liillliliillllllliiti
the civilian employee boycotted Colon peated'{their raid on Paris En
the Panama government. The newesd-
ministration, under Prelident‘Urrhlinflped.‘ ‘:
up the cities minis 'hlivemecmtfld’
Surprise Attack by
Allies Results in Gil
Two Important Points
ENEMINIINIIN
illumi-
Aerial Activity con '
the Germans Agoini'l-
sniping AttackonZPafis
o...
(By The Associated;
Attacking the Gem" , an
ly on two widely separated
French and British tro
proved their Positions ..
captured 13400 prisoners. 3 ,
By their enterprise in taking ,
initiative unexpectedly, {is W
lies a parenty caug o ,
mans xhopping and‘fi'alized thrill:
objectives in a short time. Th
British rectified their line aeolian"
Ilazebrouck, in Flanders. ..
of. the Alarm the French drov
enemy back on the important _.
bleny-Montgobert sector, -w_
that's the op'ehespace' betmen ,
forests of Compiegne and V111.
tinnes. _ ‘ ‘
Not only did the Allies stgaighte _
en out their lines, but they topic
from the Germans salients which
livould have suited admfirablytilt
“ 'uin ing oif" points in diuretic-
edatiolds. . Although thee‘Bt‘ltiIl}
attacked on a front of three ‘and. 3
half miles and the French on foul:
and one-half miles, each effort was.
intended as a purely local opens-
tion to harass the enemy. . . ,
In the north the British wipdd'
out the German salient towards the}
Nieppe forest northwest of M013?
ville” and that town now to incite
need seriously. Three hamlets;- ‘
.were retaken in an advance of one»
lmilc and the 'Germans lost:~ three»
hundred prisoners. Austral:
troops around Merris, north at
Met-ville, made a small gain and
took 43 Germans.
After his check on the Noyono
Montdidier ”front, the German»
'Crown Prince made a strong ail-w
.tack south of the Aisne for the »
apparent purpose of getting 111.133“
hind the forests of Compeigne. .A.
large part of the gains madeLthetx
have now been rec'apturedby tit »
1 French. Important positions were-
itakcn from the Germans, whose
lines were penetrated at several,
points to a depth of more thongs.
mile. The French bag of prison:
ers totals 1,060. . ' ‘
Berlin reports the German.
:troops as striving to check the;
Franco-British attacks. Mervin"
is the farthest point west the Ge
if mans reached in the Lys battle
land the British gain there lessens
ithe peril to .Hazebrouck. Not less
satisfactory from the Allied .view.”
lpoint is the successful French;
’tltrust south of the Aisne,..whioh.
‘aiso relieves the enemy pressure
lat a more or less vital point. .
l The Germans show no intention
{of resuming the offensive, but it
‘may be that the French and Brit?
iish strokes will spur them to action
.before the Allies regain other im»
‘portant positions between Ypm
’and Rhcims. Except in Flanders
land south of the Alene, the W”
cm battlefront has been quiet.
Intense aerial'activity continu
without a letup. The Germans
C't
l
1
i
l
for the third nighmjsucct
but only a few bombs were. .
In air fighting. satedpnlotll
fo‘r flfiytthr e a
‘45 .v it I) .
hi; ”legit-std an :9!“
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