‘ StateYN-é‘wS inBrief Baptist church last night. repealing the law now. Recovering. ' BRIDGEPORT. May 7. —Agn Liston. 14. Rose. aged 12 and their auditions in which they have the Qt lake by looking upon liquor ‘ see as a joke. was sounded -Wiliiam it. Vance. profs-or of in the Yale law school. in an ad- ef “The social Significance of for 14w." delivered in Cal- . Vance declared that "the acid applied to our Americanisln by .the Volstead act” showed a “distress- iugly large percentage of selfishness and stubborn rebelliousness." He said that while he was not a prohibition- ist he stood for a strict enforcement ’ of the law. He thinks it was unwise to'adopt the 18th amendment "in the face of such great opposition." but phonally would not be in favor of stream. threw up hisarmsand sank the flooded condition of the rive- men who ran to thesoens were he]; is. to eilect a rescue. HcQuillm body has not been recovered. Pull expressed the opinion that he cm mittd suicide although his family (i. ciared there was no reason for 1... act. mall children. 'lb Ind Crane this dancing foolishness." Colt. 28 years old of Litchtleld. the banks of the Connecticut river" near here yesterday. Hark Elic- Quiilsn. ii. manager of a boarding house. took oi! his hat and coat and leaped into the river at the foot of Infield dam. He swam to mid- Because of the swift current am He is survived by a widow and tr. .. LI’PCHFIELD. May 7.-—An “and lo attributed as the cause of a nervous breakdown: that brought on a lapse of memory and sent to Chicago Miss Elisabeth last Monday. when she was expected at her 'Litchtleid home. resulting in a three-day nation-wide police search 0 - eo . 34 i i b i :34 9 a0- . Q 0 O 80“”. -e-e-e 3°33? O 00 O O .- we» 0 - brother Richard. )7. had recovered for her. will be insisted upon by . consciousness this morninf from the Charles ”- Colt. president of the Lich- :. - . , - . “acts of illuminating gas. but their "PM bank. the 8111's father. h. declar- 00 -- \ f . c mother. Mrs. Mary Liston was un- ed yestordar- .3; -- T .- -~. ‘3 , 0:0 conscious. Three members of the . W. 3. family were made unconscious by the e ee ‘ a; _ . t gae which killed the two smallest Bandlts Release , ~§‘ r- children in their home yesterday. A o . 3.8. .00 loose connection in the pipe. or a l leaky gas stove. was responsibe for MISS AldtICh ’e’. ' a? the accident. a. . i i Bandits Hold Naugatuck cm (“mama Fm” Pm on") . 'fl . . é tomwcwmcx. May 7.——Accordins he” by Chm” and." um, u. ,ee A-Boesnangeshsvemsnynotable features youwmsppreciete. Thebrlght, 3:: dospatches from \Vashington. D. (3.. '~‘ ‘ guaranteed ‘ m. Edm, s. gamma... 0, m, Shanghai border; I ’. shining, rustproof linings, smooth, white porcelain surfaces, clear .0 ,1“... n. 1...... . ”we... u... n ., A. 1. Zimmerman. v. Haimovitch. ‘ ,, glass oven doors. These are all characteristic features of these celebrated gas believed um .n. l- the Min Schoeno 1* Filament; it 4- gem”- L-dsglO- , .‘ ranges. They arealso made in averiety of styles and rises at prices that piace ‘ . but. who is mentioned in press des- mon. r. an N- nger an WOe thin “I. "lab UIII II" I ll | I II ' patches as having been among the 150 childnn; J. P. Powell. M330? 4119" 30 than "i , a 3 who 1' y ' .' 1' “'07“ 0:. people kidnapped by (‘hinese bandits. with Mrs- Allen and child: Miss L. T. ’3’! '3. on a raid on the 'l‘ientsin-Pukow Aldrich. Miss Mac Fadden. Miss I ,‘ railroad near the Shantung border Schoenberg. Messrs F. Elias and E. e. .0 yesterday. Among those kidnapped Gcnsbucrgcr. .2; was Miss Lucy T. Aldrich of New '8HANGHAI. my 1—“. bandits :. . | .York. sister-in-law. of John D. Rock- Itopped the train by ”mow“, the ... ' "tale"- "- fish pistes from the tracks causing a e§ ’x . derailment according to reports rc- . ‘ .. W3“ 7 , .. m... .. ... .... .... v FURNITURE COMPANY .: TO RI 1‘ ‘ '. "“Y "A mm": there were one thousand bandits in e ee ear containing amoral men and wo- the attacking party. , i '1‘“ “mac“ WM ‘ “"0” Wu” BOSTON. May 7.—William 'r. Aid- '3’ 8 North Main Street South Nos-want i: from \Valerbury, night on the road. caped injury. other car had to be towed city. Stine 'em I'p HARTFORD. May dried and fifty of the t 6 0"lock tomorrow evening. Ar- :.n‘cm:.m. for the dinncr and an- tion furnished him by an American nuai inspection at the Hotel Bond citisen. who m on the '9‘“ when were changcd. when it was found the occupy hours whole program would d i ht hc rolon oil until mid- ing. It was indicated that so far as ”gamma: ”temp 3‘ known none of those taken prisoner P ‘ . had'been harmed. and the minister Liquor Raid apparently was hopeful thatv they all MILFORD. May 7.-—-—I.cd by Chief would he released. James M. liluher. late Saturday night men and one woman. 'l‘hose arrested were: paugh. manager Botel st \Vslnut nut Beach: James Glynn. of Comfort Cottage. Myrtle Beach: Mrs. burg. alias Mrs. liatiie loaview avenue. Myrtle Beach. Hattie Auto Hits Boy. BTRATFORI). Mny Broad street was struck last Barnish stopped his machine ed by Dr. E. II. J. Hennessey. lng mostly of scalp wounds. . Jumps Oi! Dam. TKOMSONVILLE. May 1.—Within fight of many persons strolling along operated by J. Whitaker on Castles Ridge late last 'l‘orringion-Thomaston Although the touring car was thrown against the rolling with con- siderable force. all the passengers es- ’l'he truck was able to proceed under its own power. but the to this 7.-Two hun- lialdcst mem- bers of the Bald lived Club of Am- erica have announced their intention of attending the eleventh annual din- her of the club at the Hartford Club a squad of police swooped down upon alleged liquor resorts-at Myrtle and Walnut iicachcs. arthting three John Mills- of the Sound View Beach: Leo Gara- vcnta. of the How Many Inn at VVahL t 6 East Broadway, Straus- Gink. of 29 7.—Fivc-year- bid Edward Thompson of 1623 ‘Vest night by an automobile driven by Charles H. Barnish of 16 Barnum Terrace ar he was walking along West Broad street. after hitting the boy. and the lad was treat- H e Injuries were found to he of a not particularly serious nature. consist- The boy Is under treatment at his home today. was not held by the police. rich, expressed great relief when in- formed by the Associated Press today that his sister, Miss Lucy Aldrich had been released by Chinese bandits who captured her with other Americans yesterday. He said he had received no direct advices from China regarding the incident. The American minister is under- stood to have made informal repre- sentations on his own responsibility and it is expected that he will be in- structed by the government hero to pursue the most vigorus course to obtain the release of the prisoners un- harmed. The report was prepared by Mr. Schurmsn on the basis of informa- the bandits attackcd the tourist train on which many Americans were rid- PEKING. May 7.—Reports trick- ling in here slowly today from Shan- tung border at Lincheng where early yesterday one thousand bandits seis- ed the Hhanghsi-Peking expre- train on the Tien Tsin-Pukow railway and took captive 150 of its pauengers. in- dicate that one foreigner. a British subject near Rothmsn. was killed and that a number of Americans. prob- ably all men. remained at the mercy of the bandits. The troops were believed to be pur- suing the bandit army. Among the Americans reported held were Robert Scripps. the news- paper publisher; Major Pinger and two other officers of the American army. named Roland and Allen. all three in the Phillipine service. four others whose names were given as Heniy, Lee, Solomon and Levy. The passengers included 89 for- were released. The outlaw horde. hsvkig derailed the forward part of the train by means of a broken track. fired a vol- ley toward the coaches. Major Pinger's two sons also were taken prisoner but Mrs. Pinger es- caped. The captives included J. B. Powell. editor of the Weekly Review at Shanghai. Republican Women’s “ am: you Imam IN momma r Ifyhgyourlawn? reasonable prices. [poet our Nursery. NORWALK NURSERY ' (hi Boston Post Road . Laetween Westport and Norwalh. naveyonheeicatedaboutbean- .WehavealargestodrofOI-ns- limits! Fruit and Shade Trees, 'W andnedgeriants at You are cordially invited to in- Association to Meet The third regular meeting for the season of 1918 of the Norwalh Repub- in charge of Miss Mary Rider of the third ward. will be held in Community Hall. East Norwalh. Monday. May 81, at 8 p. In. This is the first of a series of three meetings which will be devoted to the discussion of local problems. The topic for this meeting will be “Educa- tion.” ‘ . The speaker of the afternoon will be Mrs. H. Lenoy Lewis. member of the Connecticut legislature from Strat- A man thanks another for savinghislife—Doeshe thenkthexctherwho gsvolttohim? ford. hire. Lewisis a member of the Bear 'dof Education‘in her own town. and is amember of the educational committee she has the honor to serve ticnel problems'wiil be a feature of the afternws. ' . Boat Club‘to M eigners and ten of them escaped or: Frederick H. lican Women's Association. which isibut expired shortly after his admit- committee in the icblature on which . ‘9 O 0.»: of i ' ‘ ‘e’e’e 'e'e'e‘e‘e'e‘e' e e e e e e e' ‘e‘e‘e‘ 'e ' r " ”:“e Mmm~r3~ea~m~av-3~§~re*3‘%%°°.%°°.°°3“.”.°°.”3~.°€”$¢W .3: O O Deaths and Funerals. Henry w. Edwards. Henry W. Edwards. a Civil veteran. died yesterday at the Sol- diers' Home in Noroton. He was 86 years old and was a member of Com- pany D. and 2nd Conn. Vol. Funonl services will be held Wednesday from the Soldiers' Home. Burial will be in Spring Grove cemetery. Mrs. DeWitt C. Hall. Funeral services for Mrs. DeWitt C. Hall were held at 4 o‘clock this afternoon from the late home in 18 North avenue. Rev. Ernest F. hic- Gregor officiating. Other services will be held row afternoon in Poughkeepsie. . Y., where burial will take place. W" Mrs. Mary 1!. Mitchell Mary H. Mitchell. widow of the late Samuel 6. Mitchell. died yester~ day morning at the residence of her daughter. Mrs. Charles V. Searing. in Union. New Jersey. Mrs. Mitchell was a life long resident of this city and for many year. was s. teacher in the Norwalk public schools. She was a member of the South Norwalk Con~ gregations! Church and at one time teacher in the Sunday School. Be- sides her daughter she is survived by two sons. Robert G. Mitchell of South Norwalk. and Hubert 8. Mitchell of Mount Vernon. Ne York: also one sister. Mrs. Chsres N. Smith of South Norwslis. Funeral services will be held from the residence or Mrs. Smith. 14 Golden Hill Street. on Tues- day afternoon at 2:80 o'clock. Rev. Jacobs will omciate and interment will be in Pine Island Cemetery. Captain Brnjetnin mired The funeral of Captain Benjamin Eldred. was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the late home. 37 Riv- erside avenue. Rev. George 3. Temp- kins odioiating. lorry tumor Taken ill. while visiting at the home of H. H. Piatt. Harbor View. Harry Xutner. aged ll. of 67th street and 6th avenue. New York City. was rushed to the Not-walk Hos- pital yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. tance thero._ Death is said to be due to angina pectoris. The remains have been taken to New York city for interment by Fun- eral Director F. H. Ganung. The funeral of cement Michael Hodaa formerly of’the U. 8. Caval- Imwhodiediastwecltattheus. bah hospital. Botfiprim South ‘Da- Rota. was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock myths; .iats Items. 14 Laura street. -esidfrat'eatso o'clock hiiiitaly services for the deceased wereconductedatthegraveinfiiv. erside comets. rs. and Rev. fiakiel Dome. of the Bonsai-ion Reformed grow also conducted services so: The pail bearers weremelnbess of the Combat Train while the firing pottery C. Iembers of the Ameri- can Letitia and the Vt F. W. attend- ed the services in a hotly. There were many handsomefioral oflerlngs. lutermentwasinthe fam- ily plot at Riverside cemetery. 1 . . Ins-is W.» , Lewis W. Barnea-of Cm street. a well-known mandamus. died at the Nor-wait instant .on squad was composed of members of - ' Oscar Squires. Oscar M. Squires. of 36 West avenue. Second District. died early this morn- ing at the Boston City lioepitai. from pneumonia. after several days illness. The deceased. who was a traveling salesman for the Arabol Mfg. Co. of New York City. was well known io- cally. and is survived by a widow and two children. He was so years old. The remains are to be brought to this city. and funeral arrangements will be announced later. John Cooeiu John Coochi. two-year—old son of fir. and Mrs. Giovanni Coochi. of :8 River streehdled at. thahotne og‘his parents yesterday from diphtheria. Burial was held this morning at St. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. John T. Shochan humeral services for him. John T. Sheehan were held at 2 o'clock yes- terday afternoon from the into home in 14 Union ayenue. Rev. Thomas J. Finn. pastor of St. Mary's church. oil’iciatcd and burial was in St. Mary's cemetery. Mrs. William Brown Funeral services for Mrs. William Brown were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the into home in 18 Beiden avenue. The services were largely attended by relatives and friends. There were many handsome floral pieces. . The funeral services were in charge of Eureka Rebekah Lodge. No. 42. I. 0. O. 1“. Rev. Ernest F. McGregor. of the Norwnlk Congregational Church. omciated and burial was in the Net-wall: cemetery. Griefstricken Boy, 15, Kills Self by Hanging NEW YORK. Ml! 7.—Charles Christie. 15. whose body. naked to the waist. was found hanging from the limb of a tree yesterday. committed suicide because of grief over the re- cent death of his little sister and was not murdered by bootleggers as his parents suspected. District Attrney Jo. :eph Maioy of Richmond asserted to- ay. ‘ The statement of the omelal after a preliminary examination of the isola- ted omhard where -Boy Scouts found the body was reiterated by the medi- cal examiner and Row Brighton p0- lice. An autopsy was to be performed today. ‘ 1 . '10 pass: son Gossamer FOR sans—Humming touring. 5- pm. excellent condition. mileage 8.400. Inquire 306 after 3 p. m. ’l 'iiomi 'cuusrv TO PLAY HERE Through the snort. of John m- ley. chairman of the Xusic Committee of the South Norwals Congregational Church. the people of Norwalx will have the opportunity of hearing the noted Belgian 'ceiliet and soprano singer. Daisy Jean, when on Wedneso day evening. Kay tth. she appears in alretm-n engagement 1: the above cm ‘ h. lull)“. ~mg’ ‘ve her first con‘certin N ' ‘an’d' erper- formaoce was so successful that ar- rangements were made for her return this year. Miss Jean comes n-om one of the most musical families of the world to- day. One sister, was said by Fritz Krelsler to be the greatest violinist of all time. another is now one of the leading sopranoe of the Paris Opera Company. Miss Jean herself is con- sidered by may leading critics to be the finest woman 'oedist in the world and curiously enough she shows near- ly equal talent at the harp and with her voice. possessing a lovely soprano organ of the most unusual warmth and timbre. She has played through- out Europe, creating the greatest en- thusiasm. and has appeared as solo- ist in orchestral concerts under the direction of such conductors as Baht- Snens, Nikisch. and Mongelberg. rm am fiend] 'A Distuigmshed Appearance. “issplesmre‘ ‘ 'idcnce‘is “will *‘ rim mum-”mm PW. The Royal James NORWALK, CONN. EDWARD P. seam. Mgr. We are prepared to ac- commodstc Ban quets, Wedding Parties, Card. Parties, etc. —— 1A Sprinkler System Has Been Installed. l I 4 U i 5 and all about $60 to $75. We‘lnveiicversliiiodiilssfaboveprice—Asktaieeliieiii.r MONDAY, MAY 7 WANTED_ Unfurnished House Must have bedrooms garage conveniences. MILLIGAN 93—Norwalk -A-------------A---- -- _ .. 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