PAY YIIIIII BILLS '
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SUNDAY MDVIE
I BILL PASSED IN
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Firemen Had Much Difficul-
ty in Getting at Flames
Which Were Roaring Be-
tween the Walls and Floor
in ansWer to a still alarm, which
INNIINIHIP REDS
IIEY. YHIINII’SIIN
IIESIENEASI’ASIIIII
Will Be State of Maine Di-
rector of the Rural Ser-
vice in the Inter-Church
World Movement
EDD Mil DAY
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Expressinz his regret over Ieavtng
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Fair Tonight and Saturday
EXPEGI PEACE INEAIY ENIIING
INJIIE WEEK BEGINNING MAY 25‘
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IIIE DDEDI WAR Will DE SIDDED ?
tiip his new duties as state director or
leave the scene.
The fire started in back of the
kitchen range and While talking tot
and I
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Y SIILYE MYSTERY
. . - . . .1 was sent in over the wipphomn ”1.. T y - W' the church. and speaking of his apprev .
. police Bending Every Measure Legallllng’ Sunday :igt'men fro‘rjn imp (valiant In? Sfii-Ihfiefig‘sggxfifl ail-Oslebllldicimim M. W comradsmp in service Will Be Presenl 310 the German Delegates Next Mon-
.; . . -. w v ‘ ‘ ‘ I n rcspon H at 0 C cc 1 3 -to' 110 members of the church. Rev. J. ' , v " s '
art to Establish [den], Shows (1095 Throughmm.fling and w“, to ,m. Hmmrd. in 25 Infernal achings’mmmn Thompson pamr 0, ”mi day Afternoon, and They Have 10 Days to Consider
1 of Woman FOUHC. Both the Senate and. Lunch on South Main street. wherei g ‘ §South Norwalk Baptist church. lasl‘ It and About a Week—t0 Exchange ‘19“5 Wlth the
‘, l‘ NLWV Canaan ' HOUSO a, bad fire was biazinglnahat-cn the} Through the M8 S levening handed in his resignatioa asi A“. a 95 u
' ‘ __ , E _ _ 7 . ”’ill' \Vflllfi- ”up in the inaccessibilra . I head of the church, at the regular bus-l les — fim .
i [y of [hp [Iii/“'0 “'here tho firp “'33 . IIDVSS "19“!an Of Ill? llanlbel'E. 1119i ‘ .
‘ : blazing incrrily. it was quite someI - resignation is to take effect May 31. as-
. I .-, . ‘titm- before t‘hit-i‘ Bogardus and hisL 4 7 ton .lune 1. Rev. Thompson Will take BAVARIAN finVERNMENT Tfluflps SAIIIT
; . men were able to extinguish it ’
‘the rural service in the Inter (‘hurch‘
I\\’orld Movement. and will probably be 7
I stationed in Maine. ln announcing hlsi
inesses Tell of , Seeing
" utomobiie Near Spot on
‘wo Occasions Recently
l: the MM t'>iubli5ht‘d beyond
';«.I Iilt' Itnli} oi‘ the unidenti-
.izi which was found in a patch
wt-tl.‘ near New Canaan was plac
tt -te after she had been murdered.
matt- police set to york yesterday
.“l\t' what in their opinion bears
utt'tnes of one of the most baffling
n! -t' cases that has come to their
,.. ton in years.
first desire on the part of the
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.INIJUEI’SAIIIE
SEIZED m MEXIDD
““1me”QTWASTEEIIEIEIIIIIINS i
' -.' Agents Arrest Gen-
..I's Secretary on War»
it From Texas
\tlliK. Ma) 2.—~Through the
yesterday afternoon of Roe
i"~iill. formerly secrc ary to
‘.tii('llt) Blaiiquci. Mexican
Witt) I‘iili"l' recently report-
‘tim been captured and behead-
. ~-1iitiltl'>‘ of President Carranza's
3 iii Mexico. it was learned that
”Is ot the Department of
’1 Texas. have unearthed a con-
i .-_\ anion: Mexican revolutionists
I. - l'niteti States to overthrow the
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All Senators lVere Present,‘
But There Were Many Ab-,
sentees in the House
HAR'I‘I-‘Oiili. Mn) 1. Senate and
[louse yesterday passed the Sunday
moving picture thcatrc bill over Gov»
crnor llolconib’s yen). in the. Sen-
:tie the vote was ’14 to 11. every sell—'
ator recorded. In the house the vote.
was 102 to 71. with many absentees.
it was told in these dispatches that
the Governor would veto the bill and
it was expected that the message
would come in on Tuesday. liut ow
in; to some mixup the message did
not appear until yesterday morning.
despite a premature announcement to
the contrary.
Both Senate and House leaders fave
Hl'I-(i the bill and they were determin-
t‘ti to pass it over the veto. if Gover-
nor ilolcoiiib saw fit to stick by the
teports which came from the execu-
tive ofl‘ice.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
EDD militant
Campaign Now Being Con-f
ducted Throughout City—4
Seven Thousand Collection 1
Bags Left About Norwalk;
For Waste ‘
The waste collecting campaign l'ot'l
the benefit of the Norwalk Day Nur ‘
s ry is now in progress. '
sand bags are being distributed. one
to each home in Norwalk. The house';
wives of the city are expected to fill‘
these bans with the Worthless wastci
'which usually clutters the attic and‘
cellar of the merage home. i
l-Jach bag has a list of the nrticlesl
desired. which are such old and 03L"
'.\'()l'll things as are no longen weara-‘
blc. HotlseWiw-s are urged to read
the. list carefully before going"
, through their homes for their house-I
~ It'l'licqt Company Bases
~“ritc tor Relief on Bill Be-,
1‘ (c .‘\s.\t'mbly
.\l;ty 2.—Tlie Connecti-
’itiw bases its hopes for
w: on the bill before the
:iiIilI
“hit-h would permit trol-
ili'v'r to abandon unprofitable
Wits the announcement
- "l'tiiiy fiom the officer of
"12} at New Haven.
.4 n! the company said re-
‘ ,. I~ :islzitive hearing that it
'w get rid of a total of 175
1» '~ productive lines. A bill
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" I) MAN’S CURVE
WRECKS REO CAR
.l Kat'l. of 42 Standish street,
.. was driving down the “'est-
trill“ hill about 10:30 o'clock
'itlliL‘T in a new Roo car. when
"voting to round the. turn into
, nu» on the famous Dead Man's
E. missed his calculations and
2 into that same old telegraph
tactically wrecking the body of
. ii-rithine. and pulling scvt'ral
"1) II P’s in the pole.
I .ti'. we» the only person in the
,. Win unhurt. A trouhlu car
'~“-"""-tl‘-tl front iht' llltie ililtbon '
. wt Bridgeport. and the broken
' “ilr towed to that city.
‘ «‘l.l Gibson investigated
“H: l'ottnt' that there was. no
1‘ I“. tt'rcst. as the driver was
_. tic”. in}: slowly at the. time.
t :4 Sentinel \Vant Ad.
. ren of working mothers.
;i'or thi- Nursery. most of these littleI
A re p- ,
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the _
.ilolti's contribution to the waste col“
let-tion. '
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The. Norwalk Day Nursery provides
a day-time home for the little child.’
“'ei'e it not.
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. Dr. Charles '1‘. Baylis. who had rerus-I
.ed to be the guest of the Kaiser. was;
to speak in the Palace Theatre on!
, this coming Sunday evening. lt hast
been arranged that the Victory Loan'.
will be presented in the armory in-gv
stead. and Dr. Baylis will speak in,
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BOSTON POLICE ‘ .
’CAP’I‘AIN FOUND DEAD.
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Lee of the Dudley street police stauqn Officials were prompted. however. t0.
in whose district serious rioting oc.‘
curred yesterday, as a result of the dis-.
play of red flags in a parade of map; liable to a fine of 81.000 and a year's 15‘ and M and “he" localities! fined
Dealers were urged to 35-
cais, was found dead in bed at his
home today. Death was said to be due
to natural causes. although fellow of.
tlcers were inclined to beleive the
strain under which he wbrked during.
the disturbances was in a measure re-
spon‘blo. ' _ ‘ .-
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. wood.
.- cars and. it men of the
Seven thou" .
i one Bureau of retailers charging more
I than the actual tax on so-called luxu-.
I ries. such as expensive articles or ex-I
t pensive clothing and other personal; thirty years 3.324 ”no” ”“15 been
a Sentinel reporter this morning, the‘
cook at the restaurant stated that:
he had noticed smoke coming from‘
behind .the stove for some time. but'
had paid no attention to it until
heard the crackling of the. flames.
wood. Then e notified the fire do-1
The nhe notified the fire de-.
partnient. which responded in fast or-
tier.
(i‘ontiniicd on‘i’age Eleven.) ‘
STANIFWNIIIE DIES ;
ASSDinDDNDEDS;
Gunner Charles Drake Mills?
Drowns When Mine Sweep-'
er Goes Down
WASHINGTON. .\iay 2.77 Two oili-
crew of the!
navy tug Gypsum Queen were drowned:
when that vessel struck a rock and1
sank near Amen light of! the coast of
France on April 28. while returnmg to?
Brest after assisting a fleet of mine‘
sweepers. the Courtney. Douglas and‘
sweepers. the oCiirtney. Douglass and?
the James foundered during a severe.
storm. All members of their crews
and 17 officers and men of the (iypsllnl'
Queen \vere rescued by tugs and dc
stroyers.
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
SDEEDADEDEATEN
Di ASINDEEVDTE
Senate Passes Death Sen-
tence on PreSIdential Bill
by This Margin—Dies Ber
tween Two Houses—Mast
ure Lost For Time and is'
Hard to Locate—Mayor.
FitzGerald Fails toChange
Votes ' .
HARTFORD. May 2.—By one vote
the. legislature of Connecticut defeat-
ed partial woman suffrage when the
presidential suflrage bill, which had
been passed by the House. by a good
majority came back yesterday to the
senate. for concurrence. On rejection
it had secured one more adherent.
Senator Deming of East. Hartford.
ford. who said he had investigated
the matter and believed that the pres-
idential bill was legal and he should
support it. He had previously voted
against it. 3
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CLAIM DEALERS ‘
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“’ASHINGTON, May 3.—Complaints
have begun to reach the internal hev-t-
equipment. although the new taxes
went into efl‘ect only yesterday.
Reports so far indicate that most
issue a reminder that overcharging a
tax may render the dealer and clerk
imprisonment.
study the .law. and the preliminary
regulations. which can be supplied by
revenue collectors.
in the any: the
luxury taxes. it
he? Two Others Fatally Hurt..
‘ fields here between November 15, 1917.
truncation from the local
IN CLEVELANII EAIA
Unidentified Man Killed and ' ter:
lien? friends:
Thompson read the following let-l
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While 60 Were Less Ser-I
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NEW YORK. May 2:7me and ‘: ”mu” BACK 'N
police ofliciuls were expected to make‘ _
a. round-up of "Reds" here today in? i
IJIYILIAN LIFE.
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Connection with the. initialization in-
to the. nationwide May on ouncpiru-'
cy to kill prominent men with bombs
addressed to them through the mails.
Twenty-five of these machines are
known to have been despntched. one.
exploding and the others “in; turned
over to the authoflties. It is assum~
ed that the warnings sent broadcast
renders it. improbable that any bombs
which may still be in transit will nc-‘
complish the expectation designed for
them.
Given Discharge From the.
Army After 19 Months{
with 102d Infantry—Was:
Cited and Made German
Prisoner
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, ing nineteen month's OVPl'filHS serviced
I l s with the everlasting design of:
TEXAS MlNfi WAR;wnrds for distinguished action at,
1,475 Trained on Three Big? TwentySixth Division. has returned to,
“'ith three gold service bars, denot i
__,________ > Zone gold star on his left sleeve. show-
‘ . . in: that‘he was among the first 50.000;
. '- {inlet-lean who” to arrive in.
- ' {M with. on, ova-sens bar on his}
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the YD division on his left shoulder.|
and with a citation from General Fain
,: Chemin'des-Dames. Private Hugh Mar-i
; ron. D Company. 102d Regiment:
° ' 's- ' N lk. after having
Fields Went Into Service f‘“ "°"“’ ‘“ “w“
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ronT wonTli. Texas. May 2.—Onc “1° ‘
hundred and six men were killed at '
the three big government ai'iauon'MYSTERY AMUT I
and the recent close of aerial iictivi~i I
tics according to official figures Just'
made public.
In the same period the three fields
now being cloaed turned out 1.475 fln-.
ished aviators. ~most of whom were?
sent to the western front. A thousand
commissioned aviators also wm-e sent:
here from ohter schools to finish their
:unnery coume at Tallaferro Field. I
During the training period the-
IIISAI’I’EAIIANIJE
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HARTFORD. May 2.———The sensa—I
tion created yesterday by reason ‘ot‘
the Senate’s difficulty in regaining,
possession of the woman's pneuldcn-\
i tlal suffrage bill was a topic of gener- .
Iai discussion among members of both.
I branches of the General Assembly to-.
Iday. It was expected that state-f
Iments as to the temporary wheres»,
Ebouts of that bill would be made in
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DiDED DiilES .
, WANT HIEEMANSIDSDDY ARRESTED
EDD EDADIND ax
Charles Sigsway. the Day
Continued on Page Nine. I
The man giving the name of .1. WI
Freeman. and who signed a statement;
admitting that he tried to pass a;
forged check for 815.50 at the Nation-3
at Bank of Norwalk after he was ar-i
rested. was taken to Bridgeport yester-;
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. day afternoon after he had been mug-i saloon-keeper. was arrested yester-l
’day on a federal warrant by govern-
tinger pgints taken. Iment agents who charge be neglected;
Prosecutor Jesse T.‘ Dunbar re-ito pay the internal revenue depart-
ceived a telegraph message from theiment the tax due on'six barrels of
chief-of police of Morgantown. W. Vin, ; whiskey.
yesetrday. which read as fallowsz l iened some time ago by internal Rev
”Old J' “' Freeman. art-an, n enue Collectors McAllieter and Bar
thel. hidden underneath the floor in
Sigsway's ham. Slgsway was not
placed under arrest at the time. but
ged by a local photographer and his
(Continued on Palre Eleven.)
3,224 LYNCHINIES “ t
(Continued on Ninth Page.)
1,175 DOGS REGISTERED
L IN THIRTY YEAR ilBY TOWN CLERK SMITH
i The period allowed by the in." for
NEW 103K. my 2.—ln the last; the registering dogs closed yes-
;mday. May, lid 1* to closing
{time last evening 5 do:- and
'three kennels but been registered by
jTown Clerk Herbert Smith. and
For the “my ya", perm! {wiggling 3:": $333: One mega?
1889 through 1918. the mirth bu but} a“. m'w have m. “i_
219 gleam: the loath. 2.834. the west 1 nut registered and m accordingly
for registering later than may
1. There are yet three kennels to be
heard from. according to In In-
nmnt mode this mm; by
put to death by mobs. according to a
I report made public today by the—Na.
um] Association for the Advance-
“Pifty colored Women and 11 white
women were lyncbettin 14 sum.”
the report an. ”Thirteen of ,. the
‘l'outteen states in which m tall
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Quinn-“thereon
pastorate. I
IPolice and Home Guards
, rent doesn‘t clean them up. i will. 1’“
The liquor in question was discov/
Dogmebou-l'.m'boi
_ HAVE YAIIEN MUNICH EIIIIM IJIIMIIIIINISTB
Belgium Given :1 Prior Claim on $500,000,000 of the Rep-
aration Moneys Coming From Germany
It the work of (-arrvini'u out the last ,
ANwNM “HELIIS tphm of the Mcc negotiations proz- ..
RA"'[;A[,S PMNS resses according to the schedule out-
lined in Paris dispatches the treaty
pending the areal war will probably be
Isig‘ned early in the week beginning
on May 25.
Duty to Prevent May Day The treat? will be presented to the
( (By Tho- Asso'ciated i’l'essi
Demonstration Germans on Monday afternoon. . Pr-
—— _ [ports from the Peace Conference indi-
ANSONlA Mav 2 1A (.arvfunyjcute that it is to be a "Vit‘iot‘n' peace," .
and there will be oral conversations ex—
cept the mei'rvst formalities when the
treaty is handed over. Fifteen days
will be taken the enemy to consider
the treaty. with an additional five days
or '- week for the exchange of views
between the Allied and German delerII-v
tions. ' ' " ' .
Thus. at thn latest. if present plans
planned May day demonstration by 1.
VI". “2 was thwarted by the police as
sisted by Home Guard troops here yes
tel-day. Chief of Police David O'Don
nell received information several
days ago to the eflect that radicals. oi"
when theatre- a In the fac-
torlen‘ in the valley towns. intended
stampedlns thousands of workers at 10;
o‘clock in the morning and over-rung
ning the city. much as they did duflngv
the strike of 1916.
Acting on the information. (‘hief
O’Donnell conferred with Mayor Mead
and officers of the Home Guard and a
plan was worked out whereby the city. , , I f "m
particularly in the vicinity of the {an A secret preliminary sells on 0
tories. would be. carefully guarded. Conference will be held on Saturday.
Every member of the police force was ‘ while a meeting will be held for the or-
on patrol and the Home Guard troops . . . i _
stood guard at railroad bridges andfamzation M the League (tidbit: 0:;
other important points. 1 Italy is stili.not. represen e a
No trouble resulted but the policeK‘onfercnce. but her ambassador in II:-
reigninz once more between German?
and the Allied and Associated Govern-
ments.
[:8 , are searching for men who. it- is a; vited to attend such conference as the _
' tleged. attempted to intimidate wor - fl 1 ation from the 1 -
I surmfiE BI ers by threats of bodily violence if regular pcac de as cool
they remained at work. .try would attend. He has been asked,
I formally, to be present on Monday. to
I I I . “on at the formal
Cemete les For 1. lo W. S WI) esenl. blfi na
A re I It ed b H G ‘ launching of the Mame of Nations.
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The Council of Three held n meetins'
'l‘Ol’EKA. May 2,——Mayo,~ 01,3 Han- yesterday and. besides considering the.
son of Seattle in an address here yes- disposition of the German cables. cave
terday, denounced the governments Belgium 3 ptslor claim on $500,000,000
policy toward ana‘il'lc‘hi‘svmaandatgelgfir; ‘ of the reparation moneys to be receiv.
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fidaz‘nggable” one and pronounced 'pdé::iiia(d:l‘:l§;:.gation exchanged cre-
a warning of a “widespread nationali ,
95°" 1° (“’9"th “19 government dentials with .Allied representatlvu
and society by violence. ,. ypsmrday. the meeting being verv brief .
He declaned the government was on and formal. Count v0“ Brockdofl-
the wrong track in starting confer- . rel Secre'
ences instead of cemeteries in dealing Rnntzau. ”“7 German FY) . :3“! with'
with the I. W. W.“. and "in singfng o ry. appeared almost oyerc
brotherly low and turning loose the the sense of his country addefeatfizllel
enemies 0f society.’ confronted by the Allied 919128 -
As to the lately revealed bomb plot: The city of Munich. held by Soflet
the mayor said: ' . . c-
“I trust W'ashlngton will either hang forces, has not yet been “he“ “3 Ge
or incarcerate for life all the anar-
chists in the country. if the govern- more indicating that it had (anon. It
give up my mayorship and start . . ‘ l" ‘-
through the country. We will hold‘dlel‘s. hour-yer. and it “99m“ "‘3
meetings and have hanging places.
These men must be ruled by a rod oil
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iron. Kindness means weakness to ;
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MONEY ISCHEAP. BUY IT NOW.
*Ycu are econ' omical. You buy your clothes not at the
season when they are highest in price, but, when prices are cut.
Simple. wise and prudent thrift. Why not buy your money ..
when it is cheap? You ’re a. mechanic. Today you need work
only one hour for a dollar. A few years ago you womed
that longfcradollcr? Youmafamer. Youhondout
than ahalf bushelofwhcat foradolhr. A fey you-sup you
gave more than twice that much wheat. for a. dollar. Honey in
ch . You have» 'vc elotof it for cverytblngyou buy.
313!“ are new ‘1 y coming down. Nancy u m
more . itnctupodumudwmthrifttobuy
I moneynowwhenttksfillqul
i thevmchecp? Auwllflctory
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are followed, May 27 should see peace
an Government troops. in spite of rd. -
is hemmed in bv the Government stil- a.”
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