1 of the Men Who Were-
'llMen May Enlist—To
IEVENWNG%SENTTNEL‘
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
Entered at the South Nor-walk Post
Office as Second Class Matter.
satin. nonwux. calm.
ll fOURlH
El8 PROMISED
jrs Are Not Selling
ieworks This Year, and
are “Should Be Very
v Accidents
titttiit
haunts
6
vs Over Half a Century;
a Relate Experiences 3
iv promises to be about the sat-i
gentlest kind of a Fourth of July
‘ Norwslk has ever witnessed.
a is supposed to be no shooting:
recrackers, no banging of blanltt
res, no parades, and no fire-
is an immediate effect. there
an accidents of the “Didn't
was loaded" variety. and no.
of iockjaw, resulting from!
t inflicted by the careless hand“
liireai‘ms and fireworks.
dealer in town who iii former
gid a thriving business in fire-
gamounting in many cases to
t
- ids of dollars, have obeyed the:
r of Chief of Police. Pennington i
tith One trifling exception. noti
e paper can pistol was expOsed
in In. this imitated case one:
tnewsdealer put a few torpc-i
antlbued on Third rage.)
i3
’5; I-I—P .
intuitions
u FliliAlllliilN
Sent to Mechanics’
iols
Etlie news has been received
“but the country that the Unit-
ed»- Marines have been in bat-
tlolunteer recruits have been
fed to the Marine depot at New
Yr from the station at 19 Con-,
st-nue. New Haven. ..
int: Edward Mayb recruiting
ot the Connecticut districi,lin_s
itt'iii urgent appeal for men in
mion section of the Marine
City» enlist in the Marine corps,
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tinned On Page Twelve)
tttiittasrs
'lSilthllElil‘lEll
itween the office. the advertising and
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SUES Hm BLACK =
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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1918
Fair Thursday, Warmer; Friday Fair
lHEllEAilllitl
sutttts HERE
J. & J. Cash Company One
of the Most Patriotic Con-
cerns in the City
The employees of the J. A: J. Cash
Company, of this city. are justly prid-
lng themselves on the splendid efforts
and result that they have pttt forth
:during the W. S. S. campaign; it is
doubtful if any other concern can
show such a record of sales as made.
by these young people during the past
week. '
A contest was“ started by Manager
I“. (loodchild. who offered a tennis
racket to the employee who sold the
most W. S. S. and Thrift. Stamps: the
contest settled down to a struggle be-
manufacturingr departments, and that
the leaders of tinse divisions did was
surprising, the final result of the mu.
test being:
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Miss M. Hamilton. advertising de- l
partment sold ........ 1.215 Stampsl
Joseph Lyons, Ollice. depariiiioiit. I
sold .................. 1.205 Stamps
Miss M. lleidel, factory department. i
sold ............. .....l.069 Stamps=
(Continued on Page Five)
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attitudinal ,
limitation
|
East Net-walk was the scene of quite;
a bit of excitement. inst yesterday af-
ternoon. when it cow iliat was on its
way to it slaughter house, fell through
the planking of it truck and biokei
loose. The cow was on its way from“
Westport to the slaughter house oi;
Scigui d- Sachs. 6 Day street, and just 5
as the truck in which. ill was being:
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l
conveyed was passing? ulotir,r (East.
Washington street. near‘Keiser place.
the planking in the rear of the truck
bl‘I)lit‘,“ltll(l the animal was precipitat-
ed onto the pavement. l
Then the circus began. The cow
had been somewhat injured by its fall,l
having been bruised about the head5
and had its horns broken. and grew
wild from the 'pain and the new novel?
ty of standing in the center of ill
crowded street with all kinds of queer!
vehicles passing it. it made one grantl|
break for freedom and started back;
along East Washington street, btit was .
headed off by a couple of men who
were in the vicinity. Back again dash-C
ed Mr. Cow and up Keiaer place.‘
where it stood at bay daring (.iyone
to come near its nimble feet and sore
horns.
By thistime a crowd of nearly two
.hundrcd persons had coupcmd and Opfa tradition of absolute compliance
ficers Roberts and Cltine soon arrived
at the scene of activities. The police
immediately took ‘charge of the sitiitty
tion and. with the crowd at thclri
back. started for the enraged animal.,
who was vehemently bellowing its dc-l
fiance. 'One of the officers threw a
rope around the animal‘s head by
means of which it was soon calmed
down and was securely trusseti up. l
The truck had been repaired in the,
meantime and the cow was laid on the‘
rear end and the delayed journey wasl
resumed. 1
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'i'eview Of war preparations duringthe . . -
"fifteen months of war, prepared by and permanent friendship. On dates:
'lllllilllg automobile owners and driv-
'France and the United States
PARIS, July 3.—-Marquis de Chain~
bruit, grandson of Lafayette. of Revo-
“Treaties existing between France
Months of War land the United States are in the an-
MllllflN MEN " ,lations. Their origin goes back to a
spontaneous outburst of popular sym-
explain his having gone to America
,to tight for independence, lines after-
. was enlistetl'~, he expressed in ad-
In Use more what was to be a lasting senti~
meat that more than a million Ameri- interests .0" upon reciprocal advan-
can troops have embarked for France. tages which years are liable to alter
mama
nmuu
room
The International Textile:
Inc., a $1,500,000 Corpora-f
tion, in Bridgeport. Owned ‘
by German Interests
llllEil lll initial
lllliil__li_lllilllliil’
uumi
iiiiiwit Willlii
tiiittiutiiu
intuitions
HARTFORD, July 3.——Highway
problems which call for attention at
the hands of any agency of the Federal
Max Henkels, Said to Be Ger-.
man Reservist Officer,§
Travels Under Limitedl
Zone Pass
NEW YORK, July 3.~The interna-
tional Textile, inc. a $1,500,000 lace
{ Bound Together by Strong
i, Ties, Lafayette’s Grandson
Secretary Baker Tells COll' lutionary fame, speaking on the sub-
. gress What Has Been AC- jcct of independence Day, said to The
inals of history the most striking ex-
;ample of an alliance of people. These
pathy a century and a half ago.
“When General Lafayette wrote to
. . ‘wards engraved upon his monument
286 Combat All-planes and in Union Square (‘As soon as i heard
. meat between the two nations.
\VASHlNGTON, July 3. Supple- “America and France have not es-
Cbairman Dent. of the Military cont- 0.1. modify. The two liberty-loving ”3'
mittee, laid before. the House today a tions have placed in their ideal of. lib-l
Says
. . . A .- "t d P :
comphshed in Fifteen we” '2 regs
:ties do not rest of mere treaty stipu-
900 Heavy Browning Guns of American independence my heart
meutlng “whim, Wilson's announce- tnbiished their alliance on common
eriy the basis of their mutual esteem;
Secretary linker. It showed thnttliere which a“? only a few dflyfl opfll't in,
now are 100,400 officers and 1010.000 the, motitli of July,America and France‘;
,men with the colors, compared with it celebrate their national holiday int
total of 9,53, officers and 2025“) men which both commemorate freedom.“
in the Regulars and National Guard Freedmunud independence for one and‘
fourteen months ago. freedom in individual political iibcr~;
The statement shows that 286 collr lies for the other, and today, while‘.
but airplanes had been delivered upto America's armies “"9 on 0“" battle-l
June 8. and that the production rate. fields, fighting with "S and 0“" glor-
of this trite then was 80 nor week. ions allies enlisted for the defense of.
Mere than 2.000 Liberty motors have our “0“ l" ”‘8 noblest cause, we re"
' ' jolce to think that ottr parliament and
government have deemel it proper to}
. w M, . say to American anthers and to the‘
. s - > *- American people: i
. .. f . 'lndependence Day is it nationalhoie
idny in France: ii commemoration of,
freedom ever victorious.’ " l
lflR-lEflESlRIANS DENTISTW— i
DONE THEIR BITE
(Continued On Page Twelve)
Dentists of Connecticut have done
their “hit" in the last seven nionthsl
towards making soldiers of the United.
States in better condition dentnlly by
performing 8,000 free dental opera:
tions for selective service men. In
all. there are 226 dentists in the state
who have taken part in this work,
which has consisted of anything froml
an examination to determine the:
amount of work necessary to crown’
and bridge work. In all, the number-
of operations was about 8.660. and
Norwalk dentists, all of whom are on-1
rolled for this service. have dotie ex-
cellent work along these lines.
_A chart made out by Dr. W. A. Heck-
ard. major of the Dental
Motorists Are Co-Operating.
Commissioner Stoeckel
Says'
Commissioner Robbins B. Stoeckel
of the motor vehicles department.
talked yesterday about the problems
involved in making the state safe for
pedestrians and comfortable for tho-
torists. Commissioner Stoeckel said
that the motor vehicles commission
was making every effort to establish
with the law and traffic regulations
ers. Feeling that knowledge of the
((‘ontlnucd On Page Twelve) '
unitiututu
Alisa/units
The Federal Food Administrator.
Robert Scoville, of Hartford. has is-
dentlsts. show“ that in the
American Dentists has been organiz-
ed. there have been 84,518 men examv
lned throughout the country. in Con-'f
nectlcut there have been 1,092 men
examinedp The work done for these
men was as follows: Fillings, 2.459;
extractions, 865: plates. 5; crowns. 17;
crowns and bridges. 1; bridges. to;
prophylaxis, 458; teeth treated. 10.
‘ J0“! VL. on the bench.
.Cflnby recognized legal talent.
, comma
. sned'the following sugar regulations:
TOM EXPLOSION; Hal‘tflird, July 1, 1918.
, {To All Local Food Directors and 0th-
TRENTON, N.‘ J., July 3.—'riie' erg: 'l
Bethlehem Steel Company has filed a On and after this date all "59"3 0"
suit in the Supreme court. to recover sugar, 9X09!“ domestic consumers
damages amounting to $2,920,213.43. (W00 "my WWW“ “1 ““0 and “9'
from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Cotn- T potind W5) must. purchase their sugar
Daily as a result of the Black Tom,on certificates issued from this office.
Powder explosion in Jersey City insThese certificates are issued only on
1916. The explosion occurred at ”lejinformation furnished us on prepared
dock of the railroad company. Thwstatements. These statements are di-
steei company lest seventeen carloadsl"med as follows: ‘ »
of ammunition and two earloads of A~lilnnufacturers 0f mm-essetnial
combination fuses in the explosion, products, 50d“ water, candy, etc.. will
which it was claimed was due to the receive 50. per cent. of the amount used
negligence. of the railroad company in m me' August and September, 1917'
not having careful handlers of ammu- B~Manufacturers of essentials.med-
niiion at the National Docks in Jersey icines, commercial ”Mimi‘s etc, 100
City and in not providing adequate per cent. of thezr requirements.
1'3le, July 3.»—The most int
omission of, the Federal court
8llltieclarativm of war on Ger-
mfill begin this city, Tuesday,
W”! Harlan B. Howe, of St.
33; of alleged disloyalty are
'0 at this session of the court
ands particularly interesting as
modicum are to be stubbornly
Somaid to equal in importance
linksedition cases now attract-
mgiwn in New Yo‘k.
' C. Lehane, the Irish-Social-
lfii; tho came from Dublin to
“115 7 about four years ago. will
be Dllto the Grand Jury for In-
. “9‘1 Emmy Three) fire protection there. °—“" ,
___ é . (Continued on Page Twelve)
WIMSSIFY A” FORTY'NINE MEN GREAT GAIN IN
KNOWN TO BE DEAD
SYRACUSE, N. Y., July 3.-—Fot~ty—
nine are known to be dead and about
sixteen more bodies are reported to be
in the ruins of the T N T plant ‘of the
Semi-Solvay Company at Split Rock,
wrecked by the explosion last night.
About fifty men are missing and
about fifty are injured.
The death list continued. to grow
during the day.- and mayreach sev-
enty-five. V ., h , '
District AttorneyQYalrath‘ h ‘
ed an investigation... ‘ ' '
MERCHANT SHIPS
WASHINGTON, July 3.—Merchant
~vessels built in the United States dur-
ing the fiscal year ended July 30 as
ofliciaiiy returned to the Bureau of
Navigation. numbered 1.622, of 1.60.-
793 gross tons, givin America a mer-
chant marine of she t 10,000,000 gross
tons.
The output of the past four months,
706.084 grossfibns, nearly equaliedathat
of the preceding elgltt‘months‘. and is
greater than 'nny previous annual .ont-‘
pnflit‘itb'e-nation‘s history. The years»
attain tilt
H l). July 3.—-All mén in
”I“ to registered under the
“9‘ , ice law on June 5 of this
iyear e unnamed and made,
ready , calls for men that mayt
be “,1 August, according to
“mm“ made by Major John
Budd“. He has informed to-
“! as soon as they .hnre
institution of the new
(in '7 VEM‘Ge
WW-
stiipyntdrln pence
tits triers thanidoubleithcdnrgest t
McAdoo Relinquishes
2,000 Short Lipe Roads
WASHINGTON, July amnion; than
2,000 short line railroads, electric iced-
crs and plant facility lines have been
relinquished by the railroad adminis-
tration. There remains in the hands‘
of the railroad administration control‘
of approximately 200 reads classed as
short line railroads, but the bulk of
such enterprises which were taken;
over with the general trunspormtlun'
control and which the Administration
found unessential, to the national sys-_
tem are now back in the hands of their
former independent management t
The Administration regards the ie-,
linqnishment of some of the short line
reads as tentative, and negotiations;
already are under way which may reg
suit in their reincarporation into the'
general system. .
Strike at Buenos Ayres
Cuts Electric Service
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BUENOS trans. Argentina. July 3.‘
—Eiectric service to both private ‘and
business consumers for other than
lighting purposes was suspended to
day in this city, because of a shortage
in. fuel for power plants. y
The principal street railway line is
opemtlng only from '6 to 9 a. mend
1mm 5 to 10 p. -m.. white the at. ?
3}:me lighting‘lias béenredueed and ,_
gassupplyforiha suburbs 1cut 03ft. champ,“ ”ammonia: to the ail-ions
manufacturing comyany, (if Bridgeport,
Conn, a branch of the largest corpor-
ation of its kind in the world, has
been seized by the United States Gov-
(iovernment must first be submitted
to the United States Highways Coun-
cil, information to that effect having
been received by the State Highway
Commissioner, Charles J. Bennett.
This announcement has been of par»
ticular interest to the Transportation
committee of the Connecticut State
Council of Defense.
In a statement covering the admin;
lstrative and organization functionsot
the newly organized United States
Highways Council that body empha-
crnment. it was announced here today
by A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property
Custodian.
Seizure was determined upon when.I
t was discovered that all the C(itll-l
party's books, the correspondent-0,3
files and other documents which;
would tend to show German owner;
ship had been‘destroyed, according toi
Francis 1'. Garvan. Director of the
Bureau of investigation for the Alien
”Ii-
motioned On Pale Sin
sun uni ,
dilatation
Many Examinations Made.
and Much Improvement?
Noted in Pupils During the 5
Past Year
Below is given the report of the
school nurse for the year which end-l
ed June 28. 1918, which report was
submitted to the, July meeting of the
Board of Education on Tuesday even.
ing, July 2, and which was accepted
and recommended being given to thel
press for publication:
Object of Work.
in submitting a report of the work}
done in the schools in the way of bet-t
pupils by physicians assigned to this,‘
work and routine inspection by'the
nurse is to ascertain the existence Oi
any physical defect that interferes
with the pupils‘ progress in school.
to report any such defect to the pa-
rents and advise that the family phy’
sician be consulted. to ‘follow up" in-
digent cases: also, to enlist the coop-
eration of relief agencies for cases
(Continued On Page Six)
REMOVING GERMAN - l
SCHOOL INFLUENCES
HARTFORD, July 3.—The first niovel
on the part of the State Board of Edu‘]
cation toward the. removal of possible
German influences hid among the it-xt.
books of the state was made today.
when letters were sent to all schools
asking for a list of the text bOOks ut-ed. i
it is planned to go over all of the texts ‘
used in the state to make sure that:
there is not lurking therein any pro-g
German propaganda. This includes;
public and private elementary and
high schools and so far as necessary.
all books in these schools rather than.
merely those written in German.
Baruch Hears of Leak
On War Price Fixing
WASHINGTON, July 3.—-Charges
that confidential information concern-
ing Government price fixing action is
leaking to Wall street interests, and
being used for manipulating the mar.
ket ,have been made to officials of, the
War Industries Board. '
Chairman Baruch is investigating
and plutake action itidlia charges
proveyuuo. ithns. been-line board's
policy iii-fixing on stealinroppor and
Other war materials to... withheiditmm
Mpoi‘tl aref-sbsolittely'runhine and are
in ~ '
sizes the great need oi conserving
money, transportation, labor and ma-
teriiils for street work to the most es-
scntial needs.
Last February the Connecticut State
Council of Defense recommended ii.
Connecticut communities that they're-
frain from making public improve.
ments not absolutely essential to the
general Welfare for the period of ill:
(Continued On Page Eight).
tiitttt llllililll ,
tttitiimt
Wilton at last has a library build-
ing of its own of sufficient size to meet
the requirements of that quiet town
for years to come, and of an artistic
design. that makes it a -source of
pride to every citizen.
The. new building is to be formally
dedicated at 4 o‘clock, tomorrow af-
ternoon. and all interested are cordi-
ally invited to be present.
E. Boyd Smith, president. Of the
Wilton Library Association. will we
side. and will make the initial speech.
outlining the purposes of the associa-
‘tion, and the many long anti patient»
efforts that have finally led to the
successful crowning of the enterprise.
Prof. Strong Comstock will be the
Reserve v tering the health and social' condi- next speaker, and will tell of the many
corps. recently received by the local 1 tions, we think it well to call to the; advantages of a public library to the
seven attention of those interested that theitown of Wilton. Judge Henry W. Har-
months the rrcparedness League of I objec of medical inspection of tbe'den, of New York city who has a bean-
tiful summer home in Wilton. will then
make a patriotic address, which, in
view of the fact that he has a son and
a daughter in the service, is sure to
be from the heart. During the exen
cises. a number of the national songs
will be sung, under the leadership Of
George E. Boyd.
ililillllllillil
fill an suit
lN that unit
The quotas set for each county of
the state in the canning drive which
began July 1 have been announc-
ed as a result of a meeting of the sub-‘
committee on canning, at the Hart-
ford headquarters of the committee
of Food Supply, Connecticut State
Council of Defense. New Haven
county heads the list with 1,340,000
quarts of fruits and vegetables as its
quota. Fairfield and Hartford coun-
ties come next with 1.172.500 quarts
each. . - .
It. is planned by the committee that
1,000,000 quarts of fruits and vege-
tables will be put uptby the boys and
girls of the Junior Food Army and the
remaining 4,000,000 which goes fol VIENNA,
make tip the 6,000,000 quarts for the
state will be made by the housewives.
Sixty-five per cent. of the factory
canned goods in the United States has
been requisitioned by the Government
for war use.
The committee issued a warning
against repbits which are being ,clr-
culate’d tothe. effect that the Govern-
ment’- titans it‘o requisition the nonie
canned fruits and resembles. These
simulate ‘ are
GERMAN ClillNllR lllllll
PRllVES A filllllll lfll
EVERY HthllT
Martial Law Has Been Pro-
claimed in the Austrian
Duchy of Styria, in Order
to Deal With Mutiny and
Desertions {
itlll tiiiti ,
suinttitt
Italian Forces Along the
Lower Piave Deliver a
Number of Hhrd Strokes
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMW
IN FRANCE, July 3 (Associated
I’ress).-—A heavy German counter:
attack against the American po«
sitions at Van}; launched at I.
o’clock this morning, was repulsed,
the enemy losing very heavily.
Not a foot of ground won by thdr
Americans in their attack on‘Mon.
day night was lost.
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t
AMSTERDAM, July 3.—Martial
law has been proclaimed in the
[Austrian duchy of Styria, thfi
:newspaper Poster Lloyd, of Buckle“
‘pcst. announces. The measure wont
taken, it 'isststed, in order to dent
with mutiny and (insertion ahd‘flt
.rcftisal of some pcrsun's to serve
lthc state in any capacity, as Wen
as other Offenses.
i PARIS, J iily 3 (Havas Agency);
;—-l'resideiit Poincare today wen;
to Joinville-le-Pont, just outfit
,l’aris, where Sir Robert Borde I
the Canadian Premier, in the pres-v
race of General (,‘urrie, Commands .
lcr-iii-Cliiet‘ of the Canadian armies," , “
;presented to the chief executives a»
fully equipped Canadian hospital;- ,. _ ,
iSevcral noted Canadians were at, ,
the presentation ceremony. The: ‘
hospital contains 520 beds, which '3 '
number will soon be increased it) ,,
1,040.
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I WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY;
le FRANCE, Jtily 3 (Associated-
l’ress).~—4Nine German airplaneg.._
are unofficially reported to hav¢.:..?
been destroyed by American puts-t-
suit squadrons in the air fighting;
which has beengoing on since day‘
light over the smoking batlet 2.0116,.
of \‘aux. Among the fliers eng':
cd during the day was Quentnf. p
Roosevelt, youngest son of Colonel ,
,Theodore Roosecvlt. He is flying,
’a Nienport machine. ' ' ‘ ' '
in ..
.«Lmand‘mmm
i LONDON, Jtily 3.—~It is fearedfi
one hundred persons were killer}
land more titan one hundred other;
linjured in the explosion which
occurred in the National Shell.
lFillittg factory in the Midlands'
5Monday night. . ~
Announcement to thi fleet wafi
made in the HOIISGJ“‘Of:NCOmm0nEt
’today by Frederick G. Holloway“;
. s
,i
Secretary to the Minister of MI?" '
nitions. '
l ROME, July 3.——Italian force!
along the Lower Piave delivéredfj.
number of hard strokes at the Ans-as
ftriaii defenses yesterday, fighting;
their way forward against despe '
Late enemy resistance, the war ofii
announced today. The. advance
was over the difficult terrain, neafi‘
the river’s month, which is parts:
tially flooded. '
July Sir—Italim»
ltroops, supported by naval forces;
attempted to cross the Piave Ilium.r
its mouth yesterday, says todayfli
War Office statement. The 1 fan
tempt was a failure. as was aunties-
er elfort by the Italians to 93th its;
crossing of the river further 210' '
nea’r Zenson, it is due '
Norwalk Chronicler