Ito [mutton-elk
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if Rilinlt:
l'lt"I 'iT.
Toe lies Arrested in a Conspirecy
tie hssassisete' President Sheets
and Issuer liediey in lieu York
rim 0li CHARGES
or Slillllllil TRAINS,
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More Disorders Reported inconnJ
ectioii With Big Strike
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NEW YORK, Oct. ti.——Tlte police
[trumped more lil‘l‘t‘sis today in con-
Inectnn with an ullcgcd plot to kill
{President Theodore P. Shonts of the
Interiiorough Rapid Transit Company.
and Frank liedlcy, manager of the
{Now York IRailways Company. 'l‘wo
Illt'll, said to be striking subwuy
guards. arrested' early today, were
full in charges of stoning an cit-val-
ed it hill. The police declared they:
hut: ~vidcncc Ihu‘. these men were
inmixcd In the supposed conspiracy,
liitl 'cl'ruincd from bringing such
lilldT‘tv‘ against tlIcni until othci‘s ‘wcl‘c
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IIIII iliiiiil’s HORSE .
Stilts lltl0 litiltlil cIIi
mil Owned by A. Cat“) Badly]
Cot About the lieod and Fender
is Ripped 0ft Public Conveyance
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IA. Udrso. 3 Norwalk. fruit dealer,
luckily escaped serious injury this
morning about 7:30 o'clock. when the
,ltonte which he was driving clipped
on the pavement of North avenue hill.
and slid down the grade info a north-
bound Winnipauk trolley in charge of
Conductor John llannigan and Motor-
luan Matthew Ryan. '
The accident occurred when Wein,
- who was driving his team down North
'uvenue started to come out on the
brick pavement, which was very wet
and slippery. The horse slipped 0n
the wet bricks and tried In vain to re-
gain his footing. The beast, pushed
tt‘rom behind by the heavy fruit wagon,
M'as t‘orced down the hill directly in
tho path of the approaching car.
{Motorman Ryan applied, the brakes to
the trolley. buI owing to the wet rails
rwas unable to stop the caf. The in-
evitable happencd and the shaft and
:the horse‘s head hooked into the rear
fender of the car. The horse was
:thrown to the pavement and reverely
-cut about the head and mouth. and
the fender was ripped from the car.
After some dimcuity‘thc animal re-
gained its feet, and the wagon was .
turned about. Thc driver jumped
drum his seat at the crash. and was
uninjured.
Enteud a? trio Booth Norwllk "it
, public.
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Offleo as Second Close Motto.
MIATID PM“ aw MI All. PAITC 0' TH! WON-D IV A
$0 TH NORW
Worst. win no oun own a PIRATOR.
ALK, CONN, FRIDAY ocrossa o, 1915
“.4.“st _._.._ - .
Fair tonight and Saturday.
llllliiliililS lliiliililiiS
Al illi liilili lillil
[Witnesses Testify to Mg
Affidavits and Then Caballe-
JUDGE lira tuition
H0ll0llill Bl ruinous
lion'seted As Their lieIII‘Itee for
lodge. of Probate This After-
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.ttlg Them Afterward i,
--—-— At the ‘Republican probate convctr
All the testimony had been prc.f\'9nll0n for ill District of Norwalk
held this silent on In the (‘in Court
Room in the Assembly Hall, Judge
sented by both sides in the case of"
Hyman Needleman \‘s. the Ohio Farin—
ers‘ insurance Company, et at, yester. Henry W. Gregory. the present locum»
day hfternoon. The case has been bent, was unanimously nominated for
going on since Monday in the Superior; the position‘of Judge of Probate. The
Court, New York, before Judge 'l‘t'cr—lconvention was called to order by
ney. The case is familiar to the. local . Judge ”POTS? ll. Vusbul‘xh. the vm
Hyman Needlemun owned tribute comniittec, and Judge llanivl
house on Golden liili street, wliicli.llunlop “us eltlcted chairman. W.
burned in August, 1914, under peculiarlSlanley inckwood of New Canaan.
circumstances. Barney \Volk and was appointed secretary. Delegates
Joseph Mueller were arrested all thy Were prescnt as follows:
timta charged with setting it _gn flrc Norwalk~»l)uniel llunlop. George 0-
and were bound oyer to Bridgeport. Richmond, Edwin W. Godfrey and
but thc case nevcr cubic to trial. 'T‘hclJotm. W. llauks.
insurance companies TFTIIst-d to pay", New Canaan William J. Drum and
the insurance which amounted to 36,- \'i'. Stank: Lockwood.
(too, and Mr. Net-dicinan brought suit. The Wilton dt-ltuntes did not "melt.
Chief liogardus, Patrolman Gainer, ori On motion of George G. Richmond.
the local policc force. and George H‘I‘ondM by Mr. Brunt, lien?! W.
Gainer, a local fireman. testified yes-luregory was nominated by ecclsma-
terduy relative to the conditlon of the i lion and the delegates after 1111011711-
house before and after lhc tire. untilmcnt went to the office of Judge Greg.
Building Inspector Finch testifletii cry to notify him of the action taken.
Wednesday as to thc valuc of tin-.und congratulated hint.
building. ‘ I
llaint-y Wont, in the (-stimution of‘
tliosc present at this trial, llllillt‘ a wry
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poor witness for the plaintiff. as hilGYMNASIUM CI.“
ht‘t‘fllllt' mixed up M‘H’T'ill times when. 0
giving testimony. f
A humor of our enterprising young
men arc interested in thc formation of
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u ‘fiymnasiuni Club, the success of
which seems already assured. l’rof.
LawIence. who 'Vvus transferred from
Troy. N. Y. somc months ago to tho.
('luelt ti Peabody factory in this city.‘
is an i-xpcriellced gymnasium instruct‘l
or, and it is proposed to bow him in at
similar capacity in the club hcre. All
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nuts with“, AI may. of the
Now hbey W Associa-
tion 8‘! to love Cotoeeted the
Plot
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Daughter e! head of Coscere
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tmst in this city and.
n, N. J., and the police
i’HilsADE
pPI’FOM u
two In Como
ldrttgnet, closing obout fondle“ who tempted by him was the building of
are now under surveillance In con.
flet'ilon with the mammal holdvupl
"md murder "t Wanton. N J" yes. number of years he managed this line
Icrduy, the Iuthoritics here today tic»;
ciared their belief that Millie dcl
Marco. nineteen years old. of this city-,l
one of the prisoners and an employel
of A. J. Rider, president of the New;
Jersey Cranberry (lrowers' Assoc-lav?
Iion. engineered the entire plot. ‘
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idiot church will officiate.
attending physician and he did all
poulblc to relieve Mr. McKIhbon
Specialists had also ‘l‘t‘alt'tl tlw
unit I. li’lillllill
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Well-hoops lieiired C usiness If I
and Expert on Electrical Sali-
iecis, Bait first Trolley line
is floral '
George N. Mt-Kibbon, the well»
known retired electrician and con-
tractor. died suddenly at his home at
57 Elmwood avenue. yesterday after-
noon. Mr. McKtbbon was fifty-one
years old and leaves a wife and four
children. Funeral scrviccs will be
held at his late homc Monday morning
at 11 o'clock. and‘lttw. William G.
tiiflln. pastor of the downtown Mclho-
Interment
will take placc in thc Woodlawn t‘cnic
tcry. New York (‘ity.
Mr. McKibbon has been ailing for
the past year: and ii is ,understood
was in the grip of an incurable disease.
He would have never wholly recovered
his healih. ilr. L. M. Allen was Ihc
[ed lip Vigorously
MIIKIEIF. ' J ,
discascd man. but to no effect.
Mr. McKIbbon was not a nlliltt‘ of
this town. but came here about
eighteen years ago. During the whole
of his life he was a hustler and vcry
successful in everything he took up.
The flr§l large piece of work ever at-
IttiIIIII tillilill III
on IIIII IIIIIIIIs
George Griswold, Candidate for
Selectman, Says 22 Votes Were
Thrown Away
the trolley line from Norwalkto Rolon
Point by way of East avenue. For it
and finally sold it to thc i‘trmwctit'ul
Company. \\'hil~- building the trolley
linv. Mr. Mckiblinn was (Inc of lllt‘
partners in the firm of lipid and Mc
Kibbon.
Some tinic later he crcc'vd a ma-
chino shop on Day street and decided
to maltc this city his homc. This busi
ncss was as successful of the proceed-
Ing one. Mr. McKililioII has raffzi
over thc surrounding vicinity as an
expert on electrical matters. Duringl
ULI) l.\'.\ii~2. Uct. t-.—-».ludge LuciI-n
F. llurpcc, of the Superior Court in
session in Now London this morning.
{The opinion says it is not the prov-
ince of the legislators or of the reg
Bridgeport City Attorney Gives his.
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Opinion .‘
Ah opinion of general interest to
Norwalk has been announced
by t‘lty Attorney William ll.
Comlcy, Jr.. of Bridgeport. who do-
clared unconstitutional an act pass»
ed by the lust General Assembly con-
ccrning thc qualifications of voters.
islrurs to determine what are the
qualifications of the electors. Regis-
tration is merely taken as a lllflt‘ of
ascertaining that an applicant does
or does not possess theeconstltutlon-
nl qualifications. The opinion dc.-
clarcs the act unconstitutional bc-
cause it purports to admit a citizen
to the privileges of an elcctor not
only in a ,town where he does not re-
side at all. “but in a town in which
he has not resided for six months.
The opinion reads in part as fol-
ready over fifty promipcnt men in thc‘
cgmuiunlty have signed the members
a to list. and shortly o mutt? will,»
called in Roodner‘s Hall on dishing,
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ton street nor the purpose of organist»
lion. Anyone who may-be interested in‘ --——-—
thls-uiovomont may lcarn ‘lilt' nrl
culars and sign as a Inem‘bo'rI signing!“ of II'S. St I.” W“ l.
Suspicion of Other larder: By
stationary Htllt' of James liozmcuy on.
Alierien
South Main street. Mr. Iionnt-lly tut
much interested in the new club and:
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Oct. 0.—
1 Police today began sending out letters
'o
BROVVNSVILIJI. 'l‘cx.. Oct. 6.—
ports that Mexican bandits had appear-l,
ed again in the Lower Rio Grande1
Valley causcd a general tightening‘
his efforts are meeting with encourage-l
ment.
"an“ muons Iand telegrams to determine whether
any of the hundreds of women with
whom James C. Allerton. 64. corres-
.ponded after becoming acquainted
ARE ABA!“ ABIWEI through matrimonial papers. an mist
l ing‘. Allerton last night confessed that
the had married litre. Hannah 8t.
m_lJohno, 65, of Mayflold. N. Y., last,
‘Thursdoy. and killed her Friday after
robbing her of 880.
Letters found in Allerton's rooms
showed that he had corresponded with
.women in every part of the country
lovvszr— last night and today of the armed for:
"But these considerations do not (~93. protectingfllig section. .
apply to the voté‘for presidential A detachment of Oklahoma intnn-I
electors. By the Constitution 0i ill? trymen was sent out last night from'
United Slates it is Drm'ltlt'tl lhflt.San Benito in pursuit of men believed
'esch Mal? ism!" appoint. in SUCllnto be. Mexican outlaws, but no word
manner as the Legislature thereof; had come early today as to the resulll
may direct. a number of 4’19010T5.'Iofthe chase. Army headquarters ail
etc. The Legislature may thereforeti‘ort Brown also is without confirms-I
determine the qualifications to be re-I tion of a rumor that an American
quired of voters for présidentiai elecfi soldierJiad been killed by bandits titI
tors." l Barreda.‘
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and that to many of them he had pro-
posed marriage. it also was learned
that Allerton had used four names as!
his own.
i-tld Many All-eel.
These names were James Curtis,
which he now says is the right one.
James Allen, William Allerton and
John Allerton. He received his mail
at two'addresses here and at a third
in Cooperville, Mich. Sheriff Berry
says that most of the letters. evidently
in reply to those written by Allerton.
referred to money matters and The
women specifically detailed their il-
nancial condition. it is believed lhfi!
Allerton posed as a wealthy farmer
seeking o. wife with means of her own.
Evidently ‘he had gone about the
game systematically. for a. notebook
was found containing names and afi-
ihe past few years. however. Mr. Mc-
Kibbon was retired from active busi-
ness sud «nailed to his home on ac-
count of illness. '
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.\'Ew YORK. Oct. C.—ln the suit of
Miss Margaret Council, a Fifth avc.
nae modiste, who lives at 57 West
Fiftyoighth street, against Whitney
Lyon. son of the founder of the tooth
powder firm of l. W. Lyon & Sons.
for 8100.000 for an alleged breach of
promise to marry her. Miss Dorothy
Lyon. the defendant's l‘i-ycarold
daughter. a student of Wellesley Col-
lege. has come to thc aid of licr
father.
A transcript of the “testimony be-
fore trial" of Miss Lyon taken In Dans
Hall at Wellesley, was filed yesterday
ordered a recount of the ballot cast in
the election of this.tovvn last Week.
The recount will talc place next Fri-
day moriing at 10 o'clock in New
London.
The order for the recount was is-
sued on the application of George (iris-
wold. who was a candidate for select-
man. The application was presented
to the court by Attorney William J.
Brennan. counsel for Griswold. in his
application Griswold states that ho
was a candidate for selectman to
gether with three other candidates.
After the election the moderator der
clot-ed that Thomas L. Haynes and
Henry Black each had Ell votes and
that Alfred 8. Howard and the pen.
tioner each had 88 votes. The moder.
ator ruled that Haynes and Black
were elected. but that the petitione.
(Grlswoldl failed of clection and he
further ruled that Haynes was elected
first sclectman. .Griswold claims that
in addition to the votes which were
counted there were cast 22 ballots
which were rejected and not counted.
Of these 22 ballots, it were rejected
‘ was a frequent visitor at the home 0 {
in the Supreme Court by theidcfcndv
anl's attorneys.
in the course of the cxaminatio
Miss Lyon admits that Miss Connel
properly. 12 being blanks and two he-
“: ing mutilated. The. other eight. now
llever. it is claimed. Were legal and
I‘ should have been counted, but were
illegally rejected. Griswold claims
that if these eight were counted. he
would not only have been clected. bu;
been elected first select
her father at 200 West Fifty-ninth}
street and also in New Canaan. Conn.
but denied that at any of the tithes
alleged In Miss Connell’s complaint I he would “3"“
her father had danced with the plain- man. .
NEW LONDON.
Oct. 6.—After u re-'
tiff: She declared that to the best _.
of her knowledge and belief Miss Con- COW“ 0‘ “‘9 ballots cast 3‘ the “3‘
lcent town election in Waterford in
nell‘s allegation that her father prom—
ised marriage was preposterous.
Miss Council has alleged that
promise to marry her was made in
Westminster Abbey. London, and that
hymn failed to keep the promise after‘ 291- ,
'the moderator of the town meeting.
she had given up her Fifth avenue cs-g
tablishmcnt and had gone to the de-‘ ”‘T‘é’
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lthe Superior Court here this morning,
the' Judge Burpee declared Albert E.
iLanphere elected first selectman over
lGurdon S. Allyn. by a vote of 302 to
Thé‘vote was declared a tie by.
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Poor Treatment
Mm.
Four of Twenty-Seven Charged ,'
white men were shot and killed bfldresses of women and a synopsis of
sieven negroes 1““ night in a ”"3 I the information which they had writ~
r of near Nihlll, Meagher County. 30- ‘ten about themseIVes. Another thing
cording [0 word '9“?le he"? “”Vlvvhloh loads the authorities to believe
Miss Lyon sold that 15 West Forty.
once had her millinery shop.
fendant’s home. 200 West Fifty-ninth,
street, to takewbsrge ofthe housu~ AMBULANCE "IND
hold. l
fourth street. in which Miss Conncll;
was;
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IIIItIIIIII RESISTANCE l0—
BRITISH PRESSURE-0N [Iii I
III 0f ifli IIII ii Willi!-
Town ol Nevolycn Which Was Evacuated by
aarians. is Now Occupied by the British ~—
lilfienslve East of the Struma [lave Not Been! .
illlil lilllliiill lilllllll lliP0llliil illi
illi S0lilli iiiillil, Bill illililiil RAIDERS illi”
German Crown Prince Resumes Active ilo
Verdun. opening a Heavy Fire of Pepper liill:
iby the British out, ‘
have not been .
ously. In the pm!
however. the Britilh
withstood numeroud'
counter attacks. and the:
dation of all the ground
is now reported.
ground along the Po .. . ’
don’s officiel‘statemcnt. A ‘
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District Deputy Edward J. Fleming.
of Stamford. was present last evening
at the meeting of South ,Norwallt
' Council. Knights of Columbus, and in-
atalléd the newly elected officers. It
(was voted to have “open house," on
nolumbus Day, October 12, ‘eacb
member having the privilege of‘ln-
,vitlng a friend. . On Sunday morning,
October 15.‘ the members‘will go to
Communion in a body, at 7:30 o'clock
mos, in St. Joseph's Church.
New omcornre as follows:
. G. KPBdward J. Hayes.
' . .D. G. K.——Joho w. Sculley.
'F‘Inucial secretory-+0. E. Williams.
Reno Secretary—William J.
Sallyy - m
Weaver—John Winn.» -
Mr. and Mrs. John Upham
Laura Tinsdale and Mrs. Mary A.
Hutchins, who had been at the W0-
men's Relief Corps Home in Cro -
well, left the institution yesterday
afternoon, asserting that they had
ave been shut and severely wounded ‘
Five negroes and two whites are
under arrest at Cushman on a charge
of participating in the. riot.
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today. A-third While man 1' Bald to; Allerton had an ulteipir motive in his
correspondence is that many of the
replies said the writers had obeyed
his instructions and torn up hill letters.
Allorton’e confession says that he
and Mrs. St. Johns were married soon
merely one of her father's city real’
estate holdings. She said that when
Miss Connell accompanied her and her=
father to Bosto and stopped at. the!
Copley-Plaza sh. and Miss Connelt
able to announce today that owing to
the recent generosity of Fred Quinlan]
received poor treatment. The qusr‘
tet has hired a small cottage in
'Soutb street. Cromwell.
Mrs. J. C. Sanders, matron, said
.that the four refused to obey the
'rules of the institution. and denied
that attempts had been made to‘hold
their property. She said humor that
the four inmates who left had declared
that they were going before it 'o'clock
yesterday morning. but that she and
them to wolf. until Mrs. Harriet“ J.
Badge of Hartford. president of the'
after her arrival, then they went to
the country "to buy a farm.'\'. Wbllo
ootlpg a plutic’lunch in he woods.
she admitted that she d eighty
dollars with her. . She refused to give
it up and After-ton "shot her.
ELECTRIC uoar COMPANY pt.
onennso.
WINSTED Oct. 6.——'l'he 'l‘orringbn
Electric Light Company, in a finding
made public today by Coroneg's. A.
liter-man. is exonerated from blame for
"the death of Frank A. Johnson. of
Bridgeport, who was killed in TorJ
rington by fallen electric light wires
during I storm on August 8. Johnson
was riding in. 0. side car attached to
a motorcycle driven by Hartford, V.
Nichole. of Bridgeport. when the may
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occupied the some room. .
Miss Council, as she alleges?"
asked.
“Certainly not." replied Miss Lyon
“Pope. didn't dance with anybody."
communal.
‘iDld. your father ever dance with
was
WHITENING PAST.
and Mr. Lebmaier, the Ambulance
Fund stands complete at twenty-eight
hundred and fifty dollars. . .
Yesterday Mr. Quintavd sent his
tcheck for twanty-live’tlollars, and to-
,lday Mr. Lehmaler has sent one hun-
dred dollars to "clean the/whole thing
up." oh its oxpseues it.
Mrs. Betta wishes to thank the pub-
lic in general for their Aplsndid ro.
spouse during theslx months this
. Ambulance Campaign nu lubed. and
The hot Not-walk Improvement As-‘thuiki 'Ilr. lollullen In particular for
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chine come into contact with the
analog Johnson's deoth. In
the ‘Ig the coroner soy: NW
should hovo stopped his machine ho-
fore nhhg lototbo wires. ,
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rd of directorfimived. The utter
. not object to tho depends-e of the
tour. ”The home is conducted by It.
and In. finders. under trio m
of a board compo-ed dime poet de-
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mean. N. J.. Oct. drive: If.
her two eon. hoot; so
0. reside-u
Relief Corps.
all that he has done. and especially
for his kindly eynpothy old hosting.
The choir-II tho-ho tho very of»
mm Mrs. Henry P. Price
Mrs. George L. Bolts, the chairmanil Hill. north 0; we pom!“
of the Hospital Ambulance Fund, is'chzwhere in the Verdun .
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ing the center of the II - »
front remain inert, both
continue vigorously. oh
greasilvc.
weakening of the Bill
sistmcc to the British 9 ~~
the eastern end of the .
yond the Struma. Here . .
gariaus have evacuatfid’? I
of chvolyen. which has
cupicd by the Britilh.
ported on the retreat;
of Russian and Ru
tempts to push back Fit“.
shat volt Mocha-ens~ y R
Dobnidjo. The complete .
of the southern bank oftho
ube of the Romanians *
cently‘ crossed the river and»
hovo also is announced.
News;
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Today's reports in
Prelvious ofl’ensive
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Sofia again reports the (”7"
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Attacks by tho British on
Somme ‘front have gained
paumc road. according to”
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inroadi was made into tho,
man lines northeast of I . .
British raiders have -
tive in both the Lille a
Lens region. Whetherthelo
on the German line have
than local significance if
parent. In operations inth .
and Armentiet-s districts. 5'
ed within this area 'of‘ a
gas was discharged from
British trenches. .
The German crown.
resumed active hostilities.
dun, Paris anmunces. H‘
have opened up a heavy ,.
the Cote du Poivce, or P
the artillerv is notably -
In a: notable address to.
stituents of Waterford I
this afternoon. Tolm Red
Irish Nationalist leader in
ment'. declared that, 6
recent: rebellion ”withpjl
evitnl‘le aftermath of .
etupiditios and infio -
lions." Home Rule for
safe if Ireland remain!
Mr. Redmond also
‘hat conscription could
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