possibly year after year.
PAGE SIX
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EVENING 3m
ESTABLISH“) BY
JAMES GOLDEN.
W
E. L. AND A; L-GOLDENa
PROPRIETORS.
SATURDAY,.DEC. as, 19:4
MINIATURE ALMANAC FOR
TOMORROW.
High tide 72:5 a, on; 8:11 p. in.
Sun rises 6:56.- aetl 4:25.
EVENING SENTINEL TELE-
, PHONE CALLS.
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92 3~Business D out.
1388 -—Bra.nc-h Office, Norwalk.
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idence.
MASONIC NOTICE
Old Well Lilli". No. 108. F. and A. M.
Meets in iiuonic Building. South“
Main street, lot and 3d Tuesday oi'i
each month—July and August ex-
cepted~at 8 6.61001!
Masons cordially invited. D. Burr
Beach, W. M. Robert M. Wilcox.
Sec.
Butler Chapter, No. 38. R. A. M.
Meets in Masonic Building, South
Main St., 2nd and ith Tuesdays, of
each month-July and August ex
cepted—at 8 o'.clock All Royal Arch‘
Masons cordially invited Charles
‘ A ’l‘utk it P Robert w. Wilc0x,
Bet;
N0 REST Foe UNCLE. SANTA.
tI‘laus to the nations. did a fine. big some to assume to regulate the BIIIP~I
thing at Christmas time when he di;
iributed gifts to the war orphans of
Jim-ope. it was an extraordianary way‘
or meeting an extraordinary situation.
not now that the immediate occasion
i-. past, -ilncle 8am cannot lay aside
the holiday mask. His task is far
from finished. Macedot'thelCiu-iet,
nus spirit is going to be felt the'
“hole year through. and accordiqu
n. the spirlt wed in the war zone it
must be kept bright in America.
I
‘,,:,.Slnce prosperitli‘lus been given us
luyond other nations, much is requir-
r-l ot‘ us. The generosity that led us
i) relieve the immediate distress of
me Belgians impale us to continue our
tl-aucinctions to that country, and to
i ttend them as means and opportunity
aside, to the sufferers of the other he].
“scram nations.
The response to ‘Belgium's need has
been nobly open-limited. lush and‘
poor have contributed in every section,
or the country. The shiploada of provi-I
MODS sent by the Rockefeller Founded lies in France and Belgium 13' clearly never N the many out of the noun-t
no“ were but the beginning of a pro- 'indicated by the dtdlculttee they ‘h‘NItry
union or cargoes contributed by the met with in their recent forward move-l through. at whatever cost at strategic on in time of peril. it will have so be a
u .tnk and tile of our people-4t proces
I
won WHO“ if 393"“ continues our have been making ”mm “mm use 0‘ mans to fall back elsewhere to avaid (“chm
mod fortune. will last while the war
lasts.
>~iiploatl of food and is making ready
:mother. The State of Kansas haSI This war quickly demonstrated that “A CITIZENRY TRAINED"——AND mm under the British mm to. am Franco. nid:
|
given a great cargo of flour as a thank-
..fferiug for its abundant crops.
p mole of California have done like-
wise out of their own abundance. Bos-
ton has a vessel ready to sail. New
York has already raised 8700.000 tor‘V'erdun holding out against the Ger-
the Belgian fund. From Denver and
(:hicsgo and Spokane and other West-
t-rn cities there are rolling eastward
:yzmost continuous trainloads of provi-
sions for the same good cause.
Des it pay?» Ask any man, woman
or child who has given a million dol-
itrs or a nickel? But the point is that
M3 cannot stop if we would. These
luanefactions must continue‘ and we
must all help according to our ability,
meek after week. month after month,
The human
mce is one. and we are mute moat
‘ iavored branch of it. The most we can
[kiseibly give to keep the innocent wo-
men ’aud children of Europe from
1‘ starving will not be a. tithe of the
. value of the benefits we enjoy in our
imitymIm. '
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THE GROHIBITION FIGHT.
-- I fihc’anti‘uuiom>firuesvdil not “ex?
“ 1 print to win the necessary “193li
. rot: in Generous no dismantltutionai
Wow the tinder, Masts
.1 «Mamet tau-a. It vase teat
" or power. in whlcir'flicwpolicd a
WWW-flute than,
’7 thallium anaemia-m;
mwwmmyfl “I
'All MasterI
Iund the diliiculty of udminlstrution
Ithat result from national laws oppos-
ch by the public opinion of any hue;
'acction of the country. For a bare cat-I
Istitutional majority of states to ‘bar.
liquor from the rest against their will
probably in the am. and the next. Lt-
politics from now on.
matter agitated in this apectxlhr
way. And yet it seems at least t-uuc-
essary that a problem so generafiy ae-
‘garded in‘ America as a local base
should be forced upon a sovu'niug
body that has plenty of distinctly fed-
eral matters to occupy its uttentbn.
Liquor may eventually become an na.
tional issue, as it has in Russia, but
the time is not yet. The states huva
clear preponderance of
prohibition already in dense.
states have banished liquor. Eluc-
Ismail action.
Experience has shown the bitterness
is permissible by the letter of our iaw,‘
but contrary to the spirit of our insti-,
,tut'tons When any we is free to
Iproliibit the rmilic within its own bur
Idol-s, and has power to prevent import-I
tuary affairs of other states. It wouldI
be~ particularly!L irritating if, as might’
happen, in case such an amendmmitI
were submitted to the state legisla-
tures for approval. threefourths of the,
states with less than halt the coun-
try's population might impose prohl-t
bition on the whole nation.
Most persons will agree that we
should all be better off unborn. alcoh toll
—and without tobacco. too. for thatl
Imuttcr. But this Is not yet Rusuia,
and we must not expect to lop oll’
throughout the whole nation at one
blow. a habit that hus persisted Tor
if we are to be
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many thousand years.
out f t t l
“ ‘0“ ° 0° 0‘3 ‘eW- ”‘9- Km“ “n' the w,» In m words, the invaders service ought to 5mm“. u, 4mm,“ that " em, they ”th Germany m, or the three senatorial districts in the
tors of population should first be per-;
suaded, so that they will acquiesceI
when the time comes. For without:
such acquiescence there can be no ef-
fective prohibition.
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BLASTlNa OUT INVMDERG.
The size of the job ahead of the Al-
t
ment. it develops that the invaders
their oomparatite leisure in recent!
I
Philadelphia has dispatched a weeks that nearly every tulle of their‘bases of communication POWTENTS. t
long line is its strong as a fortress.
scientifically constructed trenches are,
The in fact, better than the most modern
Iforts as defenses against improved ar-
tillery. Titus we have the strangeI
spectacle of the powerful fortress of
mans merely because it is protected by!
I ll. French army entrenched in the open. I
On a front of about 250 miles the
German occupation of France and 1301-,
ginm is maintained with countless zig- I
sat; trenches and concrete shelters,
with coils and fences of barbed wt'ire,
uwlth pitfalls and mined areas, with
machine guns set almost as thickly as
fence posts on a roadside. with brist-
ling rows and bunches of rapiddirers
and big-bore cannon and howitzer-s.
To capture these defenses the meth
ads of medieval “flare have been re
rived and modernized. The cranial
have their sappers and miners, worlc‘
ing underground, bursting into hostile
trenches with hand grenades or blow-I
ing them up from beneath with dyna-
mite. or «under tumble conditions
flooding the muse vim-water and
drowning out the occupants. Surface
assaults of the type familiar in outer
wars are no longer possible except at
tremendous sacrifice. ' l .. digit at-
tacking party {eta th liithéudénas
toting storm of “bullets and abolish:
the open, and poses the wire entail.
siege-hut misdiagno- at. byga'
mmme m “”3? ”Wm VII
or tight in the out 00M ‘
uuor is going to be mighty in amount
Perhapsitdoesnoharmtohflethet
thus far shown themselves competent;
to handle the cabinet. Wherever there;
is sudiaient public sentiment it at
state. there is local option. to thu de-‘
gree desired. 'Wherever a state has a5
sentiment
aaglnst saloons. there Is statewide1
In some‘
parts of the country large groups ot‘
where the pépnlatioa is not ready for:
tattoos of liquor, it may properly MI
[icicle Sum. in his new role of Santa conflidered over-zealous and meddloi
I to the British war office.
w.“ “W .y by... .
" ”THE “WAR LflTf
«My...
Y?" 3,.
mm Quint. when“ a Not.
dd PM Eaprcuu '
Opinions.
The attention, "no! long Ii. the
war hat?" propmmded to extent
soldiers. statesmen and beaten in
Macon. Paris, MW and use.»
that. W the following replies:
I H! lord Kitchener:
“a Id] be titans war."
, uric-carcinoma, through the
Ilfllua [pity Tow. currenci-
ah at w;
“M an be no poser negotia’
I! M"
5!“ lat! ‘Nonhcttle, publish-r Di
the m Daily Mail and m
"m opinion considers that the
”I. nurture is siege suture.
lingo- chi trenches ”Dun-0y
‘hst a“, denser than slopes in
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t
I
the W into the trench» they
-, M on their own side or
V 5. White period"
, 4%” Wt Colonel Rousset.
, ' 'hch military critic:
. >33 this.” impossible to predict
7 mm the w. Both alder
8m; battle of trenches simiHrI
' ‘ m a Malawi, which it touk
ID ”I “mime-u :
$ By 1'. P. (Snapper, member of par
Iiiatnent and editor ,
. \f‘lly impression is that the our
Iwiii into podawhiie yet. Thong
Itertne which the .allias can accept will
i
i
'en, and that will take some time:
t tiy Mina Daniela secretary of
the United States Navy:
“it Neminthtacountrymn know
enough about the forces. their pour
than no their capacity in Europe to
minke a prediction. "
I
t
t
I
gm ma both in mammal
ithe army who have made a study at
the war is that it will last through
no year. Some high authorities
tum the tweet-Mire to whom the'
”in“ the Inflation Ilium“ any that it may .9
_. on for two we One of the ma-
”WWW“ * ""7””“3’: at entertains in the rim Depurcr
mum” “u“ "“ by “mm“ W“ W0" '1 fluids... at mutants out said:
,bardmont '1”! “sh 01mm shells and the tender 00mm of the state The answer to me queauonw.
“n“! “Chas. min-I and machine and nation ,3: MW” 3,, with made by Great Britain herself.
Kim rated out! to is calling for another 1,000,000 men
a .
i ‘1 scrap beuplt 0'10 in; to tit-Vote their leisure to a den for , Tl t as that G at
mine tinder than and blow them into porous and unrcmunrrattve public Britain “a an onion- allies how
This is a photograph of Ambassador Pugcytrat ' leaving the.
American embassy, No. 4 Gnoswnor I’iocc, won. on his way
The umlmssador has been very activct
in London and his work in behalf «If stranded Americans and
those in trouble has brought him very promin 1y
public in London ,. '3“
is
hive "due themselves in” so thereun- uni: stampede of men: anon to enlist her own territory Germany will than
1! that they have to be buried out. tin the nine: out an is are initial: ‘0'" W? W“ “‘6 ‘0“ "“3“
me to conduct
it need cause no an so if the Ai- neg. n against those who on
rpri . 6 practical sense of the “" her. Just now there is scarcely any
lien, even with greatly superior num- ago American youth that he is_ likely use 0! talk about the end or the war,
hers. make little progress for months ,1» prefer a paying Job, with “puny, w. when my“ in lighting beyond her
find” such conditions If "M" cam la mixture of precurious Job and mill own territories. with a navy l"?l ll“-
paign depended solely on frontal at- m», drill with ‘ mm in j.“ wheu‘mud‘d and a people 0! Wm may
tacks along the whole line. they might the w. conflict ,1,- By ll H Ger 8
Ito a the sinews or war.‘
if thi.I country ‘trains at citizenry A? 12:,” tonal mm“
lies in breaking MifldwilrmIIWhatoanbedapendod ma aid. .
“The war will be over within at!
Me- ‘months.“
. Long, Bitter Contact.
hank A. Vanderlip. head of the
Frank a Vanderiip. head of the
National City Bank, of New York.
loaned $10,000,000
in New
Their hope
points and thus compelling the Ger. little more considerate
of its
flank or rear attacks or to saw their ....-.__._......__._..
_“”““‘. everything is lovely, and hopeful in ,which has just
JA'LED When the new sultan took ot‘llco. "i if The scubborn resistance and the
l lativel small guinsthat have.”
The statesmen who are. properiv‘ was regarded by the peaflegsa happyizfade 0: either 8m since mg no
enough, advocating an increase in tho cusifi‘y that against mo 4090 “a of‘ treat from hetero Paris. indicate 3
numbers and efficiency of our National the sunset 810‘ a new crescent floon.Ilong, ha rd {ought contest ladeedn'lt
Guard might profitably consider the with a bright star near it, cleaned seems to come down to a question”!!!
case of John I). McCracken, of ilredk Iwith silvery radiance in the heavens" resources in men and supplies.”
but N. v. I n a. n. nary, head of the United
' The Egyptians. however, did not
laSt tee steel Corporation:
McCracken, impelled by a spirit (ll (milder the fact that the same ores "My guess at the boglxinins of the
patriotism added to a natural bent for “,m moon and silvery star mmlmsl war was . continuance tor mm
things military. joined m “meant“ shone with the same radiance over the months. I have seen no reason 10
Regiment of the National Guard. That mosques of Constantinople and m;¢““ my spitting.ll land
was more than ten years ago. For When in Frunoeamd the battlefields By “gamma“
nine years he was a bright and chin I“ Poland and the nritisb and GermanIsmms 35” or Utah
(1 t at ii iii ‘l he not think the war will be
ing truer sman. at on nit r resin warships at sea Terhups they bmghtIended in less than a year If the .1.
tally, participating in the summer en cheer to every belligerent as they did lies succeed in throwing the German!
comments and Wires and re- ‘0 the new “Mm“ mp: And bhatib‘ck within their own mm 6;:
joicing in the “fact that he belonged to is the ‘31 wt! cw entity m of Germans will be “Sim” theme
a ‘tralned citizenry" ready to defend all no rte m5 and ——to inspireio nine onetime.
his country against foreign invamm'hope and confidence when they are ia-3
and domestic broils. rumble, and to be utterly disregarded
Tim Enema“ ‘0“ a 3"“ a” “and scorned as me superstitions witttitt‘m
dime-selenium “m “1“ mm "mm“ they- are “favorable.
even‘iiiss. He was determined to ' , I > ’ ‘ .
mix“ on his new 5°)” and “I" It has developed that .l. P. Morgan,
Unload
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WEALTH" NEW HAVEVEH To HIE
DICPORTED.
NEW HAVEN, Dec 22. —~Antonio
lane, a wealthy Italian resident
‘ input returning from Italy. where he
«oust-w visited for the benefitvo'f nhis
Iheddth, was held up at Elia Island by
the health authorities on December 9
u}
*9“!th dreamy incomm‘
[audit ”nations: I
var sill be over by next August, but-
1 think it will drag on much m...
m fixture drivinx but i
”€th lnovltubly last an
Mutt Accept Term; ‘ ‘
Ibc term. which Germany is likely to?
Ireland unless she is thoroughly boats .
a u uddnotdareevantosumu.
I Tbooonuouau of opinion of milk,
I chaotic.
. undoubtedly have been named to slo-
-pectailon that he'vvill be allowed (to
retire.
~ed~to454,udtbon incontinent-l an
inspires hint withaIncw and fervent
Woman-amour»
Wham mona- mm » '53
but it interfered with his military du-
ties. He couldn't attend drill while
he held that job, and he couldn‘t at-
ford to pay the tines assessed for non-
attendance. Finully the fines amount-
tnprgmo put 151m in mi.-
rs Mcilracken's incarceration
‘ however. was
the elder, emu «years one paid backs}
312, 000, 000 he badge}. for a lot of bad
railroad“. Somehow even a tim-
cior is lihciy be Mafia gnu When he
gets old. The “ditto! Widnde be
tween Iliprpan a!!! ”facet financiers,
tion he showed a W W
in“ pasture- how
to give themoucy‘iuflibihom‘
and has been ordered deported: Mr.
Jhliano than a wife and nine children
win this city. the eldest helm 30‘ year-
ot sac. lie left bore about six months
“odor a health trip, and is new de-
rained Matteo of hislhcalt'g. So we,
never naturalised. and as he is over
50 years or use. he cannot come in
‘ . .. Me “in.
0'
are .
D
Coats,
A wonderful wnunity in
the price of the cloth alone.
LTPIlOfl
”MDAY, DEC. 26, 3914'
.gYear‘" End» Sale
f
Suits,
Dresses
fl
occur: the fint'ol'firfltnifi at
Never such rcntarkahie reductions.
Never so many pretty style.
Never such exquisite tab rice.
hwy garment represents the newest and clex crest tou-
i
I 200 Pairs Manufacturers
Sample Blankets
Lotion and Wool and ’\ll
starlet and plaids to bc ciosui
Wool Blankets in white. “I“,
out at ‘
25 9/0 Below Regular
Price.
n
POLMOI 0? ”00913213110111 .
Him Note. of Vat-icon Happening-oi
' Foilticll interest.
I Mud: interest is being manifested by
close followers t?! the political game
throukhout Litclifield county in the
scramble for the three county com-
miaatcnershlpe that are to be distriu
it led by the coming General Assembh.
‘YCandidates are springing up in each
Icounty and an abundance of material
Ito select from is assured, says a'Win-
lied oomapondcnt of the Hartford
‘Courant. in the Thirtleth district.
there are no less than six candidates
for the place made vacant by the mur-I
tier of Hubert 8. Case, who was chair-
man of the board, and as one close
observer put it, conditions are almost
It has been the custom to
select one commissioner from each
senatorial district so that notwith-
standing the large number of candi-
dates lt is unlikely that more than
one place will fall to the district, and
in view of conditions it would not be
surprising if the place goes to a dark
horse. The leading candidates appearI
to be former Conunissioner George W.
Hall. of Canaan; Lawyer James W.
Smith. of Winsted. and Howard Smith, .
of.Colebrock. all of whom are report-
ed as seeking the place. Others who
are aaidII to be "receptive" are E. B.
“Bronson, of Winchester; Judge of Pro-
bate C. A. Ronald, of Barkhamated,
and Representative Roberts, of New
rmrtlord. Had Mr. Case lived he would
i
coed himself and probably without op.
position, as it has been the custom to
select commissioners tom the smaller
towns and he answered every qualit-
I w for fill. Int. lust and all the
time," he Buys.
M
HAN/tunx‘fllms A room IN
new on" Mammzamn.
Ascot-din: to I. .1. Mom. nut-
emulation clerk o! the superior
court, u permit may become a citi—
non of the United m and still ro-
tain his cithonship in Germ y.
Mr. Flanagan's attention was null-
ed to this pirating situation and af-
ter some trouble in looking about the'
authority at the aubiect in thu‘hw
library he fouid that a Gannon
could usually retain his German citi-
ucnahip although he had renounced
allegiance to the Kaiser to become a
citizen of the “United States.
W!!! Still Be Germn.
All that the German has to do be
fore becoming an American amnen
isIto apply Tor a retention or his
status in the rtatherland and accord-
ing to imperial decree he will still
be a German even if he awoars al-
legiance to another country.
provision applies to all foreign coun—
tries where Germans are concerned.
W Action Awaited
Following the disclosure of this
state of affairs. action by the United
States government is awaited. It is
alleged that n German-mto.~,1uilts for
the protection of the {jolted mates
and at the some time applies tor the
retention of his German rlghta is
dulcnt represen tation.
mrmn. WT is
NAM BY .W
HARM)R.D. .000. II Commer-
cloct Norris C Webster announced
yesnorday the appointme'ri’t of John
ent of the state capitol and B, H
Johnson of Winchester as assistant.
The touching were nominated as
temporary assistants
Amos Lister TerryVillc; Aaron
cation. v
The Thirtieth district has two can-I
dldutes, Mr. Porter. of Goshen, whoI
was nominated by the Republican can}P
an- two years ago, and lawyer Han-
aster. of Idtchdeld. Commissioner
Beach, at Litchtield, is a Democrat,
and it is apparently the general 6:4
Commissioner H. M. Guernsey, oi
Thomaston, the third member of the
board, will not accept a reelection.
Althoush he still retains a residence
in Thomastoa, his business interests
urete‘liu‘idordand hehue lot. it be
known that he has no desire to con-I
Itinua. His place will probablybc
tilted by former MI Comptroller A.
W. Michell. d: Wuodlmri.‘
www.mlittcuibaploddntsmt in
thermionic thpu'lshudmnwaco-
meat or Congressman Kandy that
semi, some. 0. marten-om.
- in" United Slam mum
on the Blatant Milton-flew. if Mr.
WW desire! ‘0 M Mr.
Middlehrmka will turn mid- the one:
of about! to MT.’1‘dI'klnnton.m
Danielson. New Britain; Williurn Bar-
num and Samuel T. A'lbird of e-
port: Homer L Bradley. man He.-
von: 0 H. Clark, Cha‘lham; mic!
Howe. ”Montville William Liiflen
land:
Locks:
torn" Joseph *D. ' Mo, New
Matthew Cooney,
NGAGMT ANNOUNW.
Right Rev. Frederick F. Johnston
bishop coadjutor of the diocesd' of
Missouri, has announced Mailings-
ment to Miss Elizabeth L. Beers, of!
Newtown, this state. The. St finite
Giobc- Democrat says of the snub-gno-
mm: “The condititor-hishon‘e fitn-
coming marriage is of special inter-
est because by right or numb. he
is destined, eventually/Ir to 3.
shop at. Missouri. The mar-bk
mop has chosen his bride M; the
town in which he was hem, and in
fly for six generations hhl "Iliad pro.
respect and honor in «the cumuflw.
The mediator-hilltop is .a
Bid first wile. when he
Badlands. Cat. at the
Mud-in them in in“. m in.
an"); 1... Burma criminal“ lire-
sent fiancee EM. died in mi;
ind one uh. m lg 4‘. wheel
Elizahth $1.1 Bard
dud mm IioiI
at W?" Ham“ ,
This _,
obtaining his citizenship under frau-
L. Wilsbn of Sufl‘i'eld its sopsnntand- .
jr.. Windham; Charon .A. Proulé'xol-u
"Windsor
David B. mm, mm- -
the neighborhood of whim hbiiamr
putty holdim and hell ‘a M of "
8f. ,
'In ’
’yutenta were Mr.“ I
t
we; bi- ...,
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