' Conroy. of Hartford;
"tints. in order to penetrate the our-
IL'I'U'BDAY, MAY 21, 1am
"fit—arm MAO 1'93
i 1010va _
High tide 11 :58 a. m., 11:53. Bin-
Sun rises 4:28, sets 7:10,
t—w
, “been of m Annotated Pro-
ne Associated Pro- ia mlualvu
w tone use for pom o
- new. dispatches credited to it o.
um in this poor and Jo
when] news publlnhod um
All right- of politic-non or apeciai
”that heroin m'aloo unread.
.r—xfi . f
Income norm
on Well Lodge. No. 10. l'. sud A'J
‘ Hoot- ln Masonic building. South
Iain atrect. lat and 8rd Tueoday of
.h month. July and August except.-
.I. st 8 o'clock. All Mater Ifaaona
and internally invited.
EDISON 'l‘. HARRIS. W. I.
ROBERT M. WILOOX. Soc’y.
. IA stated convocation of Butler
“apt", No. as. n. A. 31.. will be hold
‘1 Tuesday evening. May 24th. 1.2!.
u 8 o'clock (daylight suing time).
work—M. )1. .VI. and l'. M. degrees.
- (‘. A. BRO\\'N, K. I'.
F. S. LYON. my.
*—
’ THE OLD EDRTS
The war department has ordered
the abandonment of more than 60
Obsolete forts and military ports in
furious parts or the country. Some
reservations hzue
of these military
Men nriintuined for more than a
century by the war department.
Few of them have been serving any
mncful purpose for the last half cen-
hry. They were kept up. at govern-
ment expense. and sometimes detach-
ments of soldiers kept in them. for
reasons that seem chiefly sentimen-
tal. The country has become used to
he maintenance or the old fort: and
”oats, The cities near which the
posts were situated nlwngs have rais-
led loud obn-ctions to their abandon-
anem, n‘f-N'iy Internise the govern—
.ncnts money was spent in those, cit—
Ies for certain items or food and sup-
plies for the soldiers nt the posts.
Since vie have fought a. real war.
Two have come to learn something
.bout the Ilset‘illnes! of these little
patches of ground. widely Mpnrnted
find not strategically located.
About 60 cities. will be :iftcr‘the
benip of Seerelnry \Vurks for his or-
Mer of :ibnndonment. llut the secre-
lory's order is :i “iSe one, nefl‘rthe-
toss. The war department mu<’
beenomize on something. What het-
Icr sf‘icrilwi- can he found than there
useless (uni expensive old forts and
' posts?
Senator l‘jilillifl of “rest Virginia
[nukes a Statement showing that
IIOOJ'IOOfiOO miners are now out of
unployment. The cont bins of the
mountry are empty.‘ The. public re-
tunes to hnl'. lmpim! that prim“! will
. ed to go before the jury to prove his
‘aocial orgy has gone‘too far.
sound; and the boys have had
‘ tially
neerficinl
iae thattbe shallow and.
adjust herself accordingly. Here,
can, and I believe will, correct an
speedily have a drastic
and that will satisfy no one.
MISTRIAL IS
DECLARE!) IN
CASE OF WOOD
Continued from m p...
innocence. He was defended by At-
torney Leo Davis. of Norwalk. and
presented evidence to show he was
not at or near the place of the amuit
upon the day In question.
Fears Anion-nice.
ln withdrawing the case from the
jury, Judge Maltble said there Tit—I‘d
been occurrences in the trial which
caused him to believe it would be an
injustice to the accused to allow the
case to go to the jury.
"In tnis case." he said. "certain
thing have occurred which have im-
properly cornc before the jury and
which cannot fail to have u detrimen-
tnl eflect.”
Judge Mnltbie then cited that in
one stage of the proceedings the
state'- uttorncy had asked :1
leading quextinn. clearly im—
proper under the circumstances. and
for which he reprimnnded the attor-
nev at the time. Another question
“'3'; no to what u certain witness. n
sister of the victim of the assault!
would testify to if present.
in his closing argument Mr. Cum-
mings lnid some stress upon the testi-
mony of Hurtshornc regarding whnt
his daughter. Ninettc, had said the
night of the assault, and read a port
of the transcript .
Trxuiwrtpt Incomplete.
Attorney Davis objected to this. de-
fined the transcript did not give the
statement in full. and asked for a. mis-
trinl.
Judge Mnltbie ruled that this situa-
tion would hnvc placed the interest-
of the accused unjustly in Jeopardy.
and “ithdrcw it from the jury.
The case has aroused wide interest
in the. western part of the county and
tort-dc to n Tl‘uflonlllilf‘ lmel before‘
Ibo coming of cold weather. llutI
thigh prices, the senator points out.l
hcdue to high freight rates and,
'high wag-vs. The latter are guaran-
Il‘cd under contracts which have one
Iore year to run. The inevitable rc-
Jult of this situation will be idleness
[or the miners during the summer.
‘with acute distress among their de-
pendents. and bankruptcy for busin-
ess men in the mining dim fol-
lowed by n pnnic in buying next fall
which may send prices up to dizzy
Tit-iglits nnd make it impouible to de-
liu-r coal to meet the needs of the
country. There to little to be said
for n chillzatlon that permits crises
of this kind to face the country with-
out being able to suggest aninglc
item of amelioration.
Discovery has been made in Eng-
]nnd of another old Roman road
:hithcrto unknown. Workmen who
were digging; manholes on the Alton
road where the latter joins the roads
to Bentley and Bordon. near Furn-
‘I'mm. Surrey. unearthed. five feet be-
1ow the surface, part of what appears
to be an old Roman road that nu
from London to Manchester. The
road was in an excellent state of
preservation. the surface layer being
a. foot in thickness and composed of
face the workmen had to use drill-
and steel wedges. Research bu
{lemonntratcd that not only the Ro-
mans used bituminous materiula. In-
pludlng asphalt. but the ancient Sum-
erians. Persians. Babylonian Greeh
and Egyptians as well. The rood dil-
Iaovcred in England. uccordlng to en-
gineers. Was capable of carrying traf-
fic heavier than any to which mod-
ern roads are now put.
___.__.__.—-———
Greek nrcheologlatc have unearth-
ed a temple in Thesaaly with bronze
Inscriptions that establish the date of
'400 B. C. But. be sure to under-
land. the bronze tablets were not
actually inscribed "400 D. C."
—+_
DRY LAW OFFICERS
. HAVEpEASED-WORK
3 Continued from But page.
out nay. W
The eleven men laid of! are: JWI
II. O'Brien. of New Haven: Peter H.
Courtlond F.
hrowu. of New London: J. H.
O‘Rourke. of Waterbury: H. R. Scott.
D! Bristol: '1‘. D. Fay. of New Britain:
1'. L Rafferty. of-Hartford: Henry A.
Watch of Bridgeport: F. A. Goodman.
of Bfldl‘DOrt; '1‘. 0. Helen. 0‘ 507-
nour and D. J. Keen-thy
madman. ’ u. “f
To Btu-me Arte July 1.
0f the Dmhlbttion
that than wil be
lwith brisk gymnastic exercioea to re-
has been closely watched by a. large
delegation from New Canaan. “'ood
was allowed liberty under the name
bond. and the case may be again tried.
at the next term of court.
______.__————
DEMPSEY (DOSES ONE OF
JACK (‘Lll’l-‘ORD'S EYES
ATLANTIC CITY. May 2L—Work-
ing in the Shade. Jock Dcmpaey boxed
three rounds with a trio of sparring
partners. yesterday afternoon, punch-
ed the bag. ahndow boxed and fought
a sixty-pound _-.nd bag for ten min-
utes before codéludtng his workout
duce the thin roll of fat that is evi-
dent around hta midnection.
The only excitement in the canton
whh the glove: happened when the
champion cought Jack Clifford over
the right eye with a. moving lefuiook,
and the eye closed within A few min-
utes. '
Dempsey boxed one round eaohwith
Clifford, Leo Houck and Jack Re-
nault. Clifford. who won ull but
knocked out by the champion two
days ago. were u headgear to protect
himself from Dompoey'a nttocl
Before going through the gymnn»
alum workout. Dempsey cud hta
camp follower- phyed 5 second game
of bauball with the newnpapermen.
Dempsey chose to phy with the news-
popermeu. who won the content. 19 to
u.
SURPRISE FOR GIBBONS.
NEW YORK. lay zl.-—Mike Gib-
boua. the St. Paul Ghoat, who is com-
paigning for a title bout with Johnny
Wilson. bumped into a out-price party
1t the Brooklyii Arena, last night. in
bi. fifteen-round bout with Irish Pldo
dy Flynn. Gibbons outweighed Flynn
by twelve pounda and had a. formida-
ble reputation behind him, but Flynn
fought him as hard on though the
Mtnnesotnn were a. prelimlnnry boxer.
Gibbons got the decision at "the end
of the fifteenth round. but he knew he
had been in a. fight. The auporior
boxing of the middleweight was All
that saved him. for his punchu had
no effect on Flynn. who inept. running
and forcing throughout
Joe Gaul. but the latter-pleaded ill-
neaa at the eleventh hour and
Firm
mm.mmm.
NEW 3033. "It! ate-lama
00m in m Side court. diaman-
Od. m. the abort affidavit on
which ‘5' M mil-t. was bold
chm min with being
Not the mothers, or the fathers, or the chaperons, or the girls, .
the boys, the young men them-elven, have started in on the first efleohve
reform of the look manners and custom. of the modern ball room. The
Gibbons was to have boxed Italian A
but
. The reform in starting and will gain headwuy among-tho. bopth—r
.aolves. The cool judgment of decent boya in matter: of tin: but! been»
enough. They are beginning to real-
girlhood of the present. day ha loot
the alum that girlhood should possess and that they mve. . .
And since popularity iii aemm'ngiy all that the modern motherdwrca
for her daughter, the will be qm'ck to cum the altered atmaapbare and
then, is our ground for hope. The boya
intolerable situation. I! not, to shell
reaction with accoznpanying blue law- that will
, deprive us of all of what should be a pleasant and. wholesome patina,
WOMEN’S COanNriON
ENDS SESSION
Continued from first Pogo
in Connecticut.
The motion wan adopted by the at-
tending ciub women after I. brief ar-
gumental period in which many mem-
bers took active part. advancing oute-
mcnta regarding the experience they
had met with while doing personal
investigation work in on emort to lo-
cure clean pictures for Connecticut.
The matter of deciding how the
nlovcnlcnt would be carried on. and
the selection of the proper peroona to
assist tn the successful development
of such a movement. was left to the
discretion of the president of the Fed-
eration. Mn. Horace B. Bruit-rd of
Thompoonvillo.
Mrs. Hotchkina suggested that club.
women all over the State get together
for the purpose of spreading publicity
for this new movement so that public
will be thoroughly conversant with
the attention when it in brought before
the State Legislature.
The motion that the Federation
sanction this movement woo probably
a result of yesterday's talk by lira.
Herbert Glover of New York who
Ippke of the neceooity of regulating
the acreen play-
Reports of the county vice-presi-
dents were read by the varlou rep-
resentative. This report ‘10de Juot
what work had been done by the
vice-preaidenta in interesting unfeder-
uted ciubo in becoming Active mem-
bera of the State Federation. Report-
were read by Nico Amando Weed. vice
president for Fairfield County: Mrs.
L. N. Heebner, vice-president for
Hartford County. and Mrs. Leigh
Lipptncott. vice-preeident for New
Haven County.
Mrs. H. M. Barber. who has repre-
aented the Credential: Committee at
every mid-year and annunl convention
of Women'a Club. in the State. wll
presented with a bouquet of races in
recognition of the devoted service aho
haa always given the Federation. Mrs.
Barber felt loathe to mount the plat-
form. but was llnally perauuded by her
more domtnnnt colleaguba to do .0,
looted.
Mn. Flora Hunn. president of the
New Haven Woman'l Club, extehded
the invitation to the Federation tbot
the mid-year meeting. which will pro-
bably be held come time in October.
toke place in New Haven. The invita-
tion was accepted.
Mrs. William H. Phipp- of Voter-
bury suggested that it might prove
fruitful if the secretary of the Fed-
eration wrote to club. throughout
Connecticut, uking if they were will-
ing to contribute toward. cupplying
articles to inmatea at the State Farm
and other institution; which might
give them I. new outlook. .
A nominating committee. composed
of the following were oppointpd. the
first two being named by the preaident
of the mociation: Mn. Jamel E.
Todd of New Haven. Mira. Frank Brad-
ley of Derby. Mra. Lucy Wlloon of
Hartford. at». Walter E. Hougbtou of
Stamford. and Mn. J. 3. Soul” of
Mei-idea.
nra. Ann: 3. Guilt. chalnnan of the
Mutton Committee. rend the fol-
lowing reaoiutiona: That the Stam-
'ahowered upon the visiting. represen-
tattvux that the committee on ar-
rangements be thanked for mooth-
no. which character“ tho conduct
of the m: not. b hoote-
who offered their home to the out-of-
and it waa then the tone. were pro- ‘
7mm 8' 'm
(By JULIUS E. Uerlo
Editor Sentinel: ‘
Nor-walk residents who are being
annoyed by the pmmiocuom anem-
btago of moonlight porttoo_ on their
premloeo. are probably dmlnm
bean-o they he. not been inyited to
ma.
When the midnight revel take-
ploce. they Ihould get out of bed and
p out to iota cu fun—mm end
move the plum» and Victrolo outside
and give the moonlight potty enthu-
Fllantl I riparian-mg good. Mud
invite them to call awn.
Who wuntn to now find We“
there'a a lively part! revolt“ in ‘59
moonlight on the lawn?
It’- bod endugh to have to my lied
when there I. no moonlight. Wit
unite it worse?
The tnnooen~ t frolickern don‘t mean
any harm: they merely “It h VII.
up the town.
Hereafter. any frdlickerl caught
tun-Mn; on anybody eloe'l lawn.
will be ocutenced. if apprehended. ‘0
run a. revel for a acore of consecutive
moonlight nights. up in “It Lone.
If that in not enough inducement to
subdue their boisterous Deuce of jollity
the! will be removed to the (lb-ml
Town of Rowayton.
If naidenu continue to complain
about parties parking on their lawn.
they will ultimately have an addition-
al tax imposed upon them for requir-
ing Ipecialv protection. '
Ment- ahould vie with one an-
other in Ill etfort inducing moonlight
partyiata to hold their revelriea where-
ever they pleaae. and receive extra
added attraction from whoever they
choose to honor with their pro-em.
Moonlight partiea are inclined to be
a rage of the future.
Moonlight parties should be extenu-
ively encouraged with bluecoatn. do-
ing police duty on evenficomer, arm-
ed with a blunderbusc.
Any fun-galloping party planning to
hold a midnight aerenade. on any par-
ticular reeldrnt, should inform the lo-
cal police of the occasion. who. in
turn. may probably inform the W-
tlculiu- resident. no that they may not
miss the prelude of the evening'a mo-
mentoua occasion.
EXPERTS CALLED IN
MAWL‘TICB CASE'
AGAINST DR. HYDE
Head or (in-«mien acidic-I Sued to:-
$1.00. by For-Inn Patient.
Legal and medicnl experts will ap-
pear before Judge John P2. Rector and
a jury in the Superior court next week
in the. trial of the notion brought by
Chrlatlon E. Hoffman. of Greenwich.
against Dr. Pit; Carleton Hyde. prod-
dent of the State Medical Examining
board and head of the Greenwich boa»
pital. Hoffman‘ claims W of
82.000 for alleged malpractice in the
netting of a ’ken arm. The once
wna comma late yesterday uter-
noon and will be resumed Tuesday
morning.
Harman In his complaint allegoa
that December 19. 1917 he becune a
patient of Dr. Hyde in the Get-envich
boapitail. autfertug from a. broken
wrist. but that due to ineffcient tren-
ment the arm did not heal. never-l
operutiono wem neceanry. and that
his arm has never recovered. and he
is permanently injured.
Theoe‘alegationa are denied by Dr.
Hyde. and the use will 18"!!! involve
expert testimony both for and min-t
the contention. of the plaintifl.
_ _
Nkmyu. encore or CANADA.
01'1'AWA. Out. Hay :1.-—'l‘htrtoen
thou-lid enumerutorn will be employ-
ed to take the national cenaun which
will begin Juno 1. With the old of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
in remote districts. they will be ex-
pected to get the name of every man.
woman and child in Coudn’l 8.729.-
605 aqunre mtteo. This in an are:
larger thou the I'nlted Stolen includ-
ing Alaska and in one-sixth of the
land aurfnce of the globe.
Gtthering of the dot: will require
from four to at: week. while file ex-
act population will be known in five
or otx months It in eotlmutod at
0.000.000. The out of the work will
be 81,750,000.
Much information aside from popu-
lation figure- will be gathered. Quec-
tiono will concern not only such indi-
vidual matter- aa age. sex. nee. occu-
pntiou and earning capacity but de-
tail- of I-I'flculture. dunno. and indul-
ry.
The population of the Dominion n
the census of 1871 was 8.680.357 and
at the 1911 con-Ill. 7.200.001.
mm
PERMITS PREPARED
Confined from m P“.
Senate. but haa not been acted upon.
New "(button- providing for
nthorimtion of the use other for
medicinal purpoau ~alao ore we“
on the maringlnofomoommla—
donor for there pronulgodon.
Men-ammunuw
maehwwhankmom
do-oflothom
0-0“an
line-intuit“
o
Mich. ‘ .
Austin-memorandum
one. aim-e to call out.-. h.“
“amateur!" ' .
rwni u the nami- with you!"
“Our. ‘caw, cow. tho-e are due
thought of yum Chaotic.“
“Glad to)“. yuan-omits.”
plea-at." -
“Wily now." (Indie continued. “it
would bewdt if we helped the turner
in our usual spring way."
“Ab." mid Clarence. “it is the only
time we do help the poor dear.“
"Idou’tfoelnorryibrtbo hunch
Nottntbe'loam. Bea-«taunt:
mmifhowlototoanduoouo
will botherbim. Houndohntuln
yuan-mm
“He can eatupevery acnp ofgrain
hehattbowammamdnoooowfll
“Ouch Good Baud“
any. ‘Run any. former. or I'll make a
scarecrow which will make yen run
way.’
“he the former never tell- M
to run away and be m in“ a
macaw for himself. So I don't
"Well." said Ciarebce. “the reason
Iaaidbewuapoordear.ortberea-
aaaIladforcnulnghi-apoerdear
wubecauaeltiaonlyintbooprtug
thatweevchelp
“n.
ultetruo tiutbospriug
:bewormoand bugnintbo
which he plow- for the early
if!
3::
' l
n
i
_~‘ It} down the titties and
of the mafltu. '
[were unaware was that that already
5'ng
._ . Omen
,g JERSEY SUITS
Monday we place on
Women’s Wool Jersey Suits, at
’8 W001
N
sale a special lot; of
much below regular prices. 19
GOOD ASSORTMENT OF COLORS
Continued from Hut page.
and the clergyman'a parishioner-
hud been done. On Wednesday last
Mr. Irvine. in the presence of Dr. A.
s. Kannagh. district superintendent
of the New York Eastern conference
of the church. voluntarily turned in
hk ecclesiastical parchment.- and
withdrew from the Methodist min-
i-try.
Mutation Considered.
In court yesterday Wallace E. .1.
Ceiling assistant l'nited States At-
torney. told Justice ancett that
there could be no criminal prosecu-
tion because of the statute of limita-
tions. but that the Department of
Justice waa looking up the lawn and'
precedent: to see whether Mr. Irvine
could be deported.
Mr. Sturgia mid that the conclusive
evidence in his hand: was the result
of on lnveotigation in four States.
One of the young women swore that
Nr. Irvine eatabliahed intimate relu-
tiona with her when she was in her.
early team when he was pastor or
the Methodist Church in Bay Shore.
L. I.. of which her parents were
tnombe Justice Farrel: did not
‘ dress«<'
"I enjoined Mr. Sturgis.” he $.51
after giving his decision. "from mm»
ing public the affidavits or the nnmw.
of the young women. for I wanted to,
protect them and their famllii < ‘
However. thin man ll a hypocritr in‘:
the pulpit end he had great influenm ‘
by reason of his cloak of office hex
hind which he had been hiding and
ahieldlng his crimes. I had state-
meat. which proved the charges be-
yond a. doubt. There is no denial in
the record or as part of the investiga-
tion. It is unfortunate that such a
circumstance, ahouid have happened
bounce it shutters the idcnla of those
who look up to and venerate mem-
horl of the clergy.
Justice Fawcett enjoined Mr. Irv-
ine from applying again for citizen-
chip. Neither the minister nor his
naturaliantion witnesses. Wealye Hut
0! 116m Eight-ninth street. Rich-
:mond Hill. and Irving W. Tuthlil of
.308 Church street were in court.
Mr. Irvine said later he had under-
stood his application wan not to come
up winter-day. Otherwise his only
word was: “I have nothing to any."
He lives at 1017 Church ctr-net. Rich-
mond Hill. with hie wife end their
only child. a daughter about 12 you"
old. He spent most of yesterday h
on once in New York. Mrs. Irvine.
an attractive woman in her thirties.
roodiLv gave his telephone number
when reporter- called early in the at-
ternoon. Apparentlrohe bod no ink-
ling of what had bemllen her bus-
bnnd. Later ahe said he had gone to
New Jersey and would not return un-
til next week.
m Agata! Vice.
Some of the oaencea charged
Iain-t the pastor are alleged to have
been committed in his own study.
One of the women speak- alao of two
via“: to hotels in Manhattan and of
n. visit to Jersey City. None of the
women liven in Richmond Hill. Thev
charges all suited-1e in. Irvine'- od-
vent in that village.
\
‘TOGLY'I spring 6;.» on»...
eludes the TOWEL; . It; " h‘
note and alumni ..~'-'~ 7‘7“
the, CornelLYnlr- t. v. ‘ N
Weather predictions W. . 2“
\
‘
BIG
SUBURB
DAY
VALUES
Genuine B. V. ll. A
Union Suits
$1.15
$35.00 All “'00! Suit:
$18.50
OUTLET
Clothing Co.
955 MAIN STREET
Bridgeport, Conn.
Mr. Irvine is to year- old and has
been in the public eye a good deal]
He has been n stern crusader natal-t”
Mudwheuhewupnworatmyi:
Shore he put on false whlakera and
M clothe. and by watching pee.
nudiythogohgpontucnbordm—Y
tour-onto of that lively summer town
got evidence which compelled the
owner: to eliminobo girl- hom their
ahowl. He the hold ”out. in
Borough~ Park and . Mount Vernon
and in Waterbury. Conn.~ In the
mofhiafouryeanlnnicbmoad
run he ha- nooumulabd not 3 lord.
following thotcven now can. of his.
"a um not n tho breath of n»
word mind him.
“In behalf of the church." 13-.
tomb mid lat mt. “we accept-
ed bio parchment- oud withdrawal
'At 'ANGEVIN E’S
A VULCAN
GAS
weight Lhan “1
and heavier in tmcfim
manila-moons
i
m will vs you Yen“
‘ astig- We 8’9 “—3
Norwalk Chronicler