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ESTABLISHED 1870
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Entered at the Booth Not-walk Poet
Ollce as Second Class miter.
SOUTH NORWALK,
NING
ASSOCIATED PIE” NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN 0
PE
CONN” TUESDAY. JANUARY 4. 1916
RATOR.
Fair and warmer tonight.
Only a Few
wno was nor also!
one or THE saunas;
susscaiae FOR fill;
a,
BEST.
rwm*
‘iclliliis. M. DECKER toss Isouiii
.ilfi IN WAIERBIIRY nu
Went to Brass City Two
Days Ago to Manage
Shoals Joselott’s Grocery
Store. and Was a VittimI
of Connecticut llotel Dis-I
_ aster-Jen Others lnlured
I
WATERBURY. Conn, Jan. toll!
seemed probable to both police and
lflre' authorities this afternoon that
{mu loom I8
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0NE 0E BIGGESI
IN CNNRl RECNND
:llearly Fifty Cases on trial List:
for Coming Term—Many courtl
Matters Too
. I
With one of the biggest. if not iheI
only Charles M. Decker, of south Nor- biggest jury dockeis awaiting trial in
walk. 10“ his life in the fire which the history of the Superior court of}
destroyed the Connecticut Hotel earl-I
ter in the morning. The list of in.
lured will probably not exceed ten,IJ
although only six are hospital pa-
this county the regular January Juryl
tcrm opened
today in Bridgeport,‘
udge Edwin til. (lager presiding.
There are no less than forty—seven
tients. The ruins within the four high- cases now on the trial list and others .
walls of the hotel are to be searched are
when finally the fire which is under-
neath is extinguished. Streams
water were played on these ruin
throughout the forenoon and their e
fectiveness was hampered by the ice\ errors in the first.
coating which formed on the timbers
and rubbish, heaps which had cooledr for trial tlils week. while others were
I given special assignments running up
Decker was found unconscious from; into February.
smoke in one of the hotel hallways. lowing cases were down:
by Hoseman Quinn, of Company i.I-i<‘einman, Adm. vs, Caspar
He died! lace. an
death of a boy killed on Main street
by an automobile. and David B. Deck-
off.
and was carried outside.
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
CONGRESS INIll lNIN
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WAflH‘IN‘G’i‘ON. Jan. 4.—~Congreaa
reassembled mday. after the holiday
Moll. with o nation's anoint af-
fairs ii poihiostln the minds of mem-
bers o the two houses. On all sides
the international situation was
mitted to be the gravest the country
yet has faced. .
, Issues gro dug out of the submarine
warfare of ermany and Austria and
Great Britain's interference with new
trai commerce figured chiefly in the
discussions of Senators and Repro-
aentattves.
Although the international
tions hold for the moment chief i
terest in Congress, it was believed;
that the questions of national prepar-‘
edness would be taken up at once.
Belt . tdeclined1‘tissurefh‘iiilso that the
._ g m! e ore spfis erstflnuimliies
: gmffhfi‘iesolution providing for anI
inquiry into British interference with!
neutral commerce. and Senator
Dodge's amendment calling for an in-
quiry into the Lusitania disaster and
other acts by belligerents resulting in
the loss of American lives.
w...
wuss nus ‘
, foil in BONIINIIE
0
NEW YORK. Jan. 4,—The Greek
steamer Thessaloniki. which was be-
ing towed to' New York by the steam-
er Patris. Was again adrift in a gale
309 milescast—southeast of New .York
'rly' today. Wireless messages sent
y the Thessaloniki to othersteamers.
asking aid. told shore stations of her
plight. ‘
‘ The Thessaloniki has been disabled
andviriually adrift for about ten
‘ do 3. Yesterday word canto that her
. d0 T‘passengers had been transferred
* (loathe Patris, which then took the
crippled steamer in tow.
4 » The 'first message telling of the
breaking of the tow line was received
at 2:15 o'clock this morning. It gave
.her position and said that the steam-
_ er had no means of aiding herself.
. The steamers Finland and Stock-
holm were reported to be “standing
Soon afterward a message sent
6 Thessaloniki to
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iEfNIRS;
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come to his aid, were‘bverheard.
The Stockholm was believed to be
in; .50 miles from the Thessaloniki
at. time.
’ ' .‘EIPEllDll’s ,
{horsemen m. . ire-Officials
illness; Republic Association in
declared that ,the’ coronation
term ends.
of been awaiting trial for years. Others
“have
Ron sultan
subpoenas In the suit of the. "items-
tion Silver Company against former
employee and officers of labor unions.
nd- who have been participants in the
‘ strike against the. company. were scr-
ved today by
spondents being merchants and some;
former employee of the. International.
| Silver Company.
I ordered to be present at a hearing to
be. held in New Haven tomorrow. when
the matter of a temporary injunction
situaq against labor leaders and strikers will
it. come up.
4 , received. cubism-anti
,nllliionary. quartet-sin Shane.
likely to be ready before the
Some of these cases huve'
been tried once and are now!
ack again for new trials because oi
On Friday test. cases were assigned
the fol-
Benjamin
D. Wal-
recover for tile
For today
action to
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ERR [AWN lElIlENS
MERIDEN,
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Conn, Jan. t.-—~iliore
»‘t
court officers, the Ft":
Those served are i
Although the time in which sub-I
poenas could be served expired Sat“
lirday night by the wording of the or-
iginal papers. on
has been granted. This will expire‘
of interna- ors have reason to remember. the se-
the suit'n'e're'ii'dto tutti. mer‘mYn‘dvlp‘ curities of the New York Realty Own-l
extension of time
tlliillii. Several otlicers
ort apparently was made to serve
them with papers. These officers have
probably left the city again.
REAL E8lIIlE NEED 8H ASIDE
Theodore 'Hawley. administrator. of
New Canaan. John Conway of Vallijo,
Cut. and Alice Mulligan of New
Canaan, today petitioned to Civil Su~
perior Court to have the deed given
by Mary Conway. now deceased, of
land in New Canaan valued at $4,000
to John J. McBride, reconveyed to the
Mary Conway estate on the ground
that at the time of making the deed.
she was mentally and physically in-
capable of performing such act. 82,-
000 damages are also asked for by the
plaintiffs.
Mary Conway resided in New Canaan
at the time of her death. March 22.
1907, and that she deeded property in
that town to McBride, that there is an
indebtedness against the estate
amounting to about 81,300 and the
property in question is needed to help
pay off that indebtedness. Hawtey is
administrator of the Mary Conway
estate.
GRIP EPIDEMNJ HERE
KEEPS [WORN .IINSliING
Influenza, says a dispatch from
Washington,..ts spreading oven. the
the most serious epidemic ever
causing economicloss by incapacitat-
i write. wt doctorsaro
‘ theyhave beenixor some time: .
x‘- ‘ 5““ ‘3 Emperor had been
too Indefinitely.
but few cases or p
First District llat Manufacturer
ENDEANONINR 10 DISNIJPI
of Norwaik:
Dear Sir:
(‘ivll War is again with us. In l8ill_ on the Katona property.
South in'an's sister complained to tier father
Norwaik seceded.
Mid rt'krl‘llflbl“ condi-I revolver with a threatening air. The
father, Prank Katona.
599”“0“ ““1 “MSW?“ 599““ went lo the burn laughingly declar-
prevsii among our citizens. much to» ‘
the detriment of the mutual growthj
and civic pride of Norwalk.
Ins a loyal citisen of the whole city"
of Norwallt, i wish to enter my pro.
their actions, either willingly or un.
willingly arc endeavoring to disrupt
.lhe present Chamber of Clumercc.
lithium INIESltillS
I
Pillll0N Child to HAVE I
. It is claimed in the complaint. that'
UnitedIStatos from coast to coast in.
known. taking a large toll inlives and
.iag workers in all.walks of life. I In
Norwelk hundredssre down .with is
busier-thanlhuscim; who he» ltabhed-imthat-ieft' nay hrs 'wa's'ia progress. .
_, For- side Saturday noon. Buscko waswrey'rot' chemicals was sufficient to quench
NORWNIN
SECEDEN ?
Don't like idea of Revived
Board of trade
Ii
turn or contract;
What citizens in Southern'
Part of City are Wittingly or:
llnviitiingiy Doing
1
The Sentinel is 1“ "MI" "I “‘9 fol-I volt-er. this morning. in the Criminal.
lowing communication from Charles Supp...” court. pleaded guilty to man?
Winipfheimer. of the R-\\' list Shop slaugmprl and received . state's pris-
‘on sentence of 8 years minimum. anll'
lNorn‘aIk. (“’"n' "‘1“ 33' ”‘6‘. 1.“: years maximum. The young man?
Editor of The Evening Sentinel. Son; “.35 nuprosonlcd by Attorn
ICuileo, of Washington strcc
walk, Conn.
I
he South acceded: in 191:».
I t
A peculiar
ion confronts Norwnik. a spirit of
to
l llavc.‘
ii mind the action of the citizens in:
he Sohthcrn part of our city in or-}
Waki‘rsde, and
eat against any body of men. who by.
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(Continued on Sixth Page.)
NEAR ENNM RECEIVERS»
A large number of Norwalk invest-j
ands’ oxesuiimw City. Many thous-
and in all probablllf, tn. the winds.‘
.come back. Notices have“'jli-!‘fi.lu'9t.'.
‘received from .lob E. Hedges and
Francis A. Wilson. receivers, reading
as follows:
”We beg to advise you that
camber 28th last, we were appo
receivers of New York Realty
on De.
inted
Own-
ers in" an action brought in the Unit-l
ed States District Court, to conserve
the assets of the corporation. Our
accountants are. now engaged in pre-
paring a statement of the assets and
liabilities of the corporation. When
this is completed. a copy will be
sent you and a meeting of the cred-
itOrs will be'called to constdu the
advisable course to pursue."
“THE POLICE BLOWER"
IS Ill ClROIlUiTllIfl
"The Police Blotter," an attractive-
ly gotten up souvenir for the coming
of the state police association's con-
vention in this city next summer. was
put into circulation today. The book-
let's outside cover carried a photo-
graph of Mayo; Carl Axel ii-iarstrom.
Aside front the many advertisements
the book contains the photographs
and a brief biographical description of
all the regular policemen, the officers
and commissioner of the department.
i'l‘here also appears a descriptive ar-
' ticle on the City of Norwalk.
touts rusross RELEASED _ .
IlllDEll BDllDS or's‘soo
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Yesterday afternoon MuisPuskosb.
of Water street, was - released from
custody of the police upon the mmisln
ing- of s- 3500 bond for his appearance
before the February term of the ethos
inst Superior court in Bridgeport.
The young man is~cbarged with: . tas-
sault» with- deadly ‘vvoapone. onudoiln
dual-taint however, ‘thera’ha‘ve been-ported as resting comfortably tibia
_ . neumonin‘hcre. grim-morning. The wound was notg- a
seeming to be the favorite ailment. . lousone.
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NAINNN 6H8
Vootli Who Fatally Shot Father in
Mr. Wiinpiheilncr States that a” 3“" cm” '" ”mm"
I some months ago shot his father. who’ . cginet my Be Held
Idied several days after in the Nor-i “
-- - with a re- .
“I" “own“ mm um” \‘l'ASiliiNtl'l‘OX. Jan. «i—Ofliuai
announcement that the Government
ing he would take the weapon away
“till! hi) aUli. '
b
eotod. talked the
view of the Willingness of the so
curled to plead “guilty to manslaughter.
and save the stole the expense of the
long drawn out trial.
it. (lager accepted the plea and impo
. medialely.
IsclilllllllI—Ollillilllil
I ing we value 0’ ”w lloy Scout moron largely on tho inquiries which Aim
; ment In "‘9 public schools h“ given. bassador Penficld has been instructed
permission for the use of a room in{ to make at Vienna and that
t .
and troops arc 500“ "0 be organizedt establish the nationality of tile sub.
in both localities.
8!-
GOVERNMENI ‘
ENIlM 8 l0 WIii INN IN I
P0l|CINt 0f nonunion
IMAII u Sliiiill v
NEW CRISIS
I
lConference at the White Iloosc
i This Morning, lifter Wliicli it
- Was Announced Facts of Persia
I Sinking Are Being Obtained
Irolilu RllliiiiNS
I run Mills l0ll0llil0il
Iiitlli
Ely Avenue Bani Last Summer
Pleads Guiltyto Iaeslaugliter
IINRE NAGER ACREPIS
PIER 0f GINIIN
I
Will Be Prepared to Act on New
Information and torsion of
for Several Months
the twcnly~yearoid \v
Louis Kulons.
who!
Cly avenue Hungarian youth.
I will act in the newest phase of the
’submariue crisis brought on by the
sinking of the Persia was made today
at the White House.
Secretary Tumully issued
statement for the President:
"The President and the StCi‘t‘lfll‘j
of State are taking every means possi-
‘lllt‘ to obtain the cold facts in this
grave matter. and will not just as soon
as the information is obtained.“
in the absence of‘detaik-d and
. specific information on which to base
ey John 1.:
l. this clly.§
The shooting occurred in the barn
The young
this
but Louis had been flourishing the a
It
a carpenter.
‘ " ‘ . I A‘
“uni Il\ tiiuu‘u tilt
acelled the Cabinet meeting which was
Ito have been held today. but coli-
. forred with Chairman Stone and some
:moilmers of the Senate Foreign Rela-
i lions Committee. ‘
‘ Chairman Stone‘told tt‘ht- l’resitécnt
. there were lnlimst ons t at some en;
Judge Ed“?! more were preparing to make specchv
lei-i on the sinking of ships with loss
of American life. The President is
'understood to have simply replied
. that the Administration was doing all
Ill could to protect American rights.
Tile President instructed Secretary'
Lansing to bring to the White liouae‘
any information which conic to hand;
and then busted himself reading the
official dispatches so far received.
and getting in touch generally with
the situation. . '
The Administration
am he was shot by his boy.
This morning the attorneys inter-
matter over. and in
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ed sentence. which will commence lm.
BIIN SINNII MOVEMENI
The Board of Education recognize
is depending
which'
1‘9 Lincoln and Winnipauk s"“x’lsiiConsulu are gathering clsewhere. to
' s id to have sunk the
Commissioner MacDonald. at the $33; :‘l‘i‘i‘chtés divisiop the facts in
meeting in lRoodner‘s Hall next Tues- the case generally. I
;signments of“). probably make as-i Senator Stone told the President
' sistants for Mill "0098- I miirrl‘on the Foreign Relations Com-
‘ All of the Scout ‘ilsstcrs and assist-j be prepared .6 tiren"a..y'.~.wanled to
'nnts graduated in this year‘s school} might arise. The Senator said out.
I “3"“ been found places. and “5 the; his talk with the President. that un-
number 0t "0095 ““1 scouts ‘9 ““7 til the facts regarding the Persia were
linunlly increasing. there is need for. .
. more Scout, Masters. The Scout Mas’.
ters' school to be opened this eveningI
Itvlll probably enroll enough to care
Ifor immediate work, but there is no
ilikelibood of there being too many.
Iand all interested are invited to be
‘prescnt and meet Commissioner Mac-
Donald.
FlllE DOES $100
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llRSl I9I6 RNBN
REIS NANNSRME CRIB
Louis Roscoe. son of Mr. and Mrs.‘
DAMAGE 0" fly RUE Charles 'Ruscoe, of Water. street, lip-l
. . town. was the first baby to lie bstlféli
I , in Norwaik in the new year 0 1 .;
IQaTgfv‘zfgflgr-‘wxsfie’;.‘g‘gi'dii‘c‘lbféI Aside from enjoying this high dis-I
l t 'i l d ' d it he t the tinclion. the Roscoe son and heir has:
asrngift. “NIKE“ y ”"00 ° The‘ been handsomely rewarded for his'
$133; 0ataarted 331;" an unknown opportune arrival. The Sterling :1“;
.W m the cell“ of the Wm i‘é‘l‘i‘: with militia moth;
which is owned by a Bridgeport man. Louists prize. Long life and joy to}
{and is in charge of. Zoltan Stark. who "1916.3 m... m Nam”. .
' conducts a barber shop in one of the ‘
two stores on the that floor. The up
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per apartments are occupied by sev~ ;
eral families, and for their use the no DEVHOPMHTS 0"
basement is sub-divided, by wooden ““105 ‘mgmmy am:
I
partitions. into several rooms. These
rooms are locked, and as the fire was
in one of them, in a heap of rubbish,
thediremen from the Central Station
experienced some difficulty in fighting
the tire. The smoke was very thicim have deliberately fired
The damage was co
partitions, charred floorbeflms Indf and Hamilton avenue. some days ago.
broken flooflns Where the firemen-Chief Engineer Bogardus, and Detec-
found it necessary to rip up boards to five Sergeant .Leathcrland have been
«better tight ~the flames. ‘ . investigating.
The Hope Hose auto truck respond- The building was out
'éd promptly - yesterday afternoon
about one thirty. to a still alarm.
. which was telephoned in from the
.homenof E.- Pz-IMiddlebrooks; of” '21]
‘atdams avenue. where a livelyzchimv 4
One can I sons loitering ubout. The
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Local authorities have secured no:
clue which would lead to the identity:
of the incendiary who is believed tot
the HafiogI
t
i
pty of fumi-
tl'vo months pravioue to the fire. The
flames broke out early in the. mom-
inmjand neighbors "report hearingino
auspicious noises? or seeing . any: 'psr-
-honse':was
once companion who will con.
investigation, before settlement
reached} ' -
and no damage was done,
the blaze, ‘ .
considerably
Talthough the house was
. smoked‘up.
Vie
NNNN MILIION, sun
? till to N. Ii. ROAD,
ou-r :1,oou,ouu. became known today.
s hen it was stated officially that Pres.
idcnl Howard Elliott has sent word to
this effect to the directors. in conw
nection with the question of maki
a change in the system of wt
by the company for the transm
of its electric power. it affords a mat-
tcr for
complete lie-up of traffic and the con-
. liiiual expense in repairing the over-
head wires. there is some talk in oill‘
clai railroad circles of
wires nearer in ground or installing
crulion to the change in the near to
lure.
Hm nnvt L'np. P'"‘~‘lll“lll \"lltTIllt 1...". 1...;
loss in demurrage, the work of repair
ing the wires and the loss in passen
gcr and freight business because of
the great storms of the middle and
’iotter part of December.
with the cost of putting on extra men,
hll lhe road hard just .it this time
forences have already been held in re-
gard to the matter of changing the
wire system and it is estimated that‘
the cost either to put the wires under
ground or to install what is called the
short pole system would mean an ex~
penditure of $2,000,000 or more.
DEALERS PAYING
nflned to burned' house at the corner of Lowe street;
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tore. and had net’been occupied for.
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Pitililill illI0ii ills;
* Recent Gales Severe Blow to lroa-I
sury. Directors Are Told—Do-
ing Away With lligll Polesllloiv
Seems Only Solution and It
Would Cost Two Millions, ls Es—
timate.
W
That the two recent snow, ice and.
ind storms cost the New Haven road
118
res “3
close study. Because of the
bringing the
n underground system, and it is like
' llliil the directors will give consul
President Ellloll has pointed out in
tutor to tilt‘. directory. that the
P
P
combined
he
nd the loss of $1,000,000,
the
sserts. came at a time when
road was just getting on its feet, so to‘
speak. Fifteen hundred extra engine
men have been put on recently and in
other ways the road is doing every-
thing in its power to make for greater
ctllciency. not only in the matter of
transportation of passengers.
the handling of freight and in other
work in connection with the railroad
business.
but in
it is understood that several con-
sent» {Milli in
One of the local cool denials
morning stated that despite a dc:
spaich received by The Sentinel. last
week. anthracite coal had been in
creased at the mines fifty cents a ton“
and soft cost $2 a too. The freight
rate had been raised vtifty cents a ton;
also. so that the dealer would have to;
actually pay 81 more a ton. Difficulty".
is being experienced in getting ship:
merits of coal here. and the locatdeal-
ers are being importuned to send coal‘
by rail to inland points in the state;
the price being no object as long as}
the factories do not have to close;
down. 2
This dealer stated that
the local:
coal men were in a position to take;
;care of all customers providing the
latter use some judgment. Coal}
should be purchaSed only as needed;
and no effort made to stock up fort
several months ahead.
wait stun culls
.
INNNANMNNMNNINM“
Acting upon instruction- of the
Charity Department. Constable Henry
C. Setter. yesterday afternoon. remov-
ed airs. Lucy uoCoyT'coioi-ed. from
her home on 112' Water street. down-
town, to the Westport B for
observation-as to her-
tion.’ The welfare of Mrs.
tcr'a certain period-willie
led by the loal probatrcoufl.
woman was romaine-before
The,
Peaceful Nations Do 4 ,
' activity
by
valuable British steamer G
sion in all the Ententc capitals.
difficult one for the Anglo-Fm
naval stalls.
presses the opinion
ell sort of policing
“WW tions of the intricate Mcdit ; w _
can coasts and archipelagoag.
necessary. ~
here that the Central Powers
likely to plead as justification:
the reported failure to ye ,
ing
these boats frequently have .
tied a heavy gun for
that the loss of American ‘
the result of the similar ll _.
British steamship Persia
inevitably reeul
clash between the"
and the United States.
published of the new. .f
campaign north of the ' ,
border reached London last-
:.from the Petrograd
Tdent p
This indicates the evacuating
7Czcrnowitz by ‘ ~
among the probabilities...
re
been complicated through
rest by the Entente officers,
:consuis, not only of the .
lPowers. but also of on ‘
country—Norway. S
gals by, Bulg
Iothcrs of th
‘ready is in '
lbarded the Austrian earn
_ filevgeli. Serbia, as a ram
removed?
[NY 80
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like Submarine A _
Now Being Carried .
Russian Campaign in
North Still Active—Fro "
Aeroplanes Dombard A
trian Camps
The continuance of submflm
in the Mediums .
hich was emphasized y—r‘ . ..
the news of the st
liking of”
The problem is recognized as _
The Anglo-French press film"
that
of several .
s
The opinion is also exp
to Mediterranean ers
def .
urposoo'. ~' , .
There “seems to be a general, .
rcssion in the Enoente '
tins
Control
The most complete “emf”:
‘ ,
of The Amidst“!
the A
suit of the R
The situation
aria and 7
Central Alibi
dicatcd.
French aeroplanes hav
centrai‘tsisit 9f aviators
l
theater offers both 8i
opportunities for acacia;
OFFICIAL STATE 9 ‘
1 OF . v
'- PARIS. Jan. 3. 10:3 ..
The Belgian official co ’
tion of tonight foilows‘,_
"Last night and today.’
artillery actions took plat .
the Yser front. The enemy
barded several groups of this
the rear of our lines and sit
ed without success to count
tack our batteries Which
brought German barracks
their fire."
ENTENTE ALLIES"
SUSPECTS ARRES- , -
PARIS, Janu. 4.——Ai
News Agency dispatch W
Athens says that word is,r'
.d from Saloniki to the effec
a
suspected subjects of ‘
var with the Entente
are being arrested and ink
board a warship after he
terrogatcd. . ‘ '
unanswcavsnavnog
, or GREEK as w
1 togthc Nomilr Kuwait-{on um;
intent She is. thought tcsbe
’lnsuredand it is probablyr the instant-{mm storm of nonmammjmn
‘ ' duct-Inn senator-lulu doctors said yesterday, r ‘i
,the most dangerous typo they have to
I deal with. ‘
PARIS,,’Jan. 4.4-5 ten
:Qei‘mancavalry has been
north of the Greek frantic"
rded in a disoatch to '
filed at Athé:
. wa
las Agency,