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_ '; ERY DAY OF LATEST
LOCAL AND TELE-
GRAPHIC NEWS.
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_ aeéocurrér: eases NEWS not: Rani. More or THE. WORLD IV A assent. WIRE AND OUR own oeaaaron. ’ ‘
Home Department =
READ THE sunn-
NEL FOR {mortua-
TION inniSPENSA-
BLE. [FOR EVERY
HOUSEHOLD.
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ESTA hLlSl'LED 1870.
Entered at the South Moment ‘Po’ut
Office as Second Glue Hatter.
'sourrn NORwALx, court. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 19:6.
Prdbably anew
’ rill CASE, ‘
nil BOX
IS run
times tiny andlohn A. l. on (tho-
sen lifter 4 Talesmen Are Exam-
lued
iiiztusr innit .
. not ill liiENiSS
V " Simeon P. Corey Not Allowed to
Serve—l. B. Kline Enters Case
l ' as Counsellor Fair. \'
\i..’
Htelillel;
Ili'l‘by.
Elmer 0 (‘cbie. tit-ennui. i>.uibury.
Alllln'blitt Marsh. doll-yniuti, Huston!
(tempo 1. Abbott, restaurant kccpri
er. ltidm-l‘ield. ‘ _ '
.lesnnp. contracnmz,
i
llctiiiy is Hull, insurance agent:
.lN orwullz. ,
Harry it) liriiiuon, t‘ni'mcl‘, Hunting-
lcr. ' " 'YI " l
Stanton t‘ohy. further. Wilton. I
, } William i-' it iiiyii, eonl’eetioiler,
Norwatk. -"' Wilt;
Chariot. ;~ :r-ll, tririiicr. Huston.»
(te'orgo i1. flied-xiii. retiredyiiritiae»;
port. ' l
Junie-r. l‘ in. retired ltlt‘l‘i'llaiill.l
. Jil‘l‘lfiollm'l. ‘
J John Ii 1 ”1?", Emir-shunt. lirldgu X
;.. port. 1
With the nuuérnnnw of James ltm'.
retired tiiiiiititat ror. and John A. .l.
" gas .On‘. a patrolman, both of Bridgeport.
. the jury which is to decide whether;
or not. William F. Fair and Jacki
“Neroanvt killed Fair's wife. Margery
of. Fair, was completed yesterday in'
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lliiili aunt“:
iiElO-ORCOlllSlOR
liutomotiiie Skids Around Corner;
‘ and Crashes into locomoliile .i
t
i
_ li‘Al‘Rli‘lliiiil); Dec. 1". - With a ter-‘
1 rit’ic. nwcrvu the five passenger Dodge“
automobile, owned by Charles Henry
, Brothers, of 297 Stat» street. Bruise-1
port skidded while rounding‘Benson‘i'i
corner and crusty-iii into the locomo-
~ .bile touring (:‘ir, driven by l“, S. Lolly.
" well known liquor dealer of Bridgcq
port, at (i-Ril .. clock Saturday cy'cnUI
‘ ing. ‘2
. m the Hodge machine |
:it the timer
tor the accident. were Mr. Brothers!
Flying
the our
plans from
severely cut the face} head‘
bruised.
'fl‘aylor
time of the accident. Mr. Lally was on
was with 'Mr. Lailay
in the. town court. at 2 o‘clock Thurs-
iwo violin to
than can
OSSlNthi, N. Y.. Der. Mir—Ill keep-l
trig with their wish that they be ex-'
ecuted today instead of Friday. owing
”to thc approach of Christmas. Charles
Kumrow, twenty years Old, of Buff-
alo, and-Stanley J. 'Millstein, 19, of
litica, met. their death in the electric.
chair at Sing Sing prison today. Both
“‘9“th thochair calmly. Millstein
was the first, ol‘ the two to pay the
penalty. -
Last QundayKnmrow and Milistein
redirected that their ex cntiou bead-
* reacted in order that th . grit-l of their
'rolatiros and the feelings of their fel-
110' intimated in the death house
might be dulled‘ae much as poaSibIe
by Christmas time: " '
.iMliistcin killed John E. Creedon. a
Mloemau of Utica; last February. fol~
rigs hgn‘arreet on a chu'rge of bur-
. . umro ' “
Watchman w shot to death a barge
in Bullet] ' ‘ ‘ '
motimt' o with robbery as
l
A
| Lem; tltlt‘ in the war."
.1” onset the difference ii
‘ immediately after the.
y and wages will fall, h
' pointed
and two flirts. May and lda l..eonnrd.l
and bro-ant (it one of the girls; whllc't
,, the face. lJl'. W. T_ Nagel ol‘ Villl‘fltllili
attended the. injured persons. ’l‘homasi
at the 1
!Of
day afternoon for a hearing. 1
i
in n iAiOR ‘
Oi INCREASE EOR '
JOE» ninth
Lays Blame for Increased living at
Door of Democratic Party of
Nation
WASHINGTON, 'I), C'. Dec 19
it letter to Thomas E.’ I
Greenwich. Conn. it‘ongre
czer J. liill states that he
in favor of increased pay f
iiacketi.
('lTl‘lGl‘s Which M H' . 01' the mail Towns IIICOMCCSICIIRLHSR "omllegislature at its next session 'asklng‘ nation during Elie last two months.
and ”w" 11“ Hell), .iLkett urges! ___,_____ ‘ that the law be changed to includefSympathy is being extended to ill.)
(teased cost ‘(it' i I‘m") ‘0" “W “iv ~ ‘ establishments in which less lllitl‘l‘ wife and children. ilonier (I, (‘raw and
the Deiiiocr‘iti- Hing “t ‘1""‘l()01' 0f NEW HAVEN CASI live their are employcd.‘ The presenthlss Clara (Tran. l‘niieral services
rcasorw . ( party and lows his compensation act applies only to catI will be held from his late honn: d' 31l
Mir “finch,” . , ’ liablishnients in which live or inorcz('hestnut street, Thursday utter-nomil
Ql-e..,',“.j(.h l (i " mail "all“? of IHE [ARBESI voltlmen are'etnpltiycd, and the painters',at 2:13 o‘clock, and Rev. William til
“um” 1’, ill» forwarded Mr. Hill a liniiotis claim that of the 87,000 lllOft-iillffln. pastor or the First Methodist
one) stgned petition asking . I liters of the brotherhood more than Episcopal church, will officiate. inter-
conci'ess for an increase in sat
( armors.
Mr. Hill asserts that while it is
unquestioned fact "Hit the
party came into power on t
of it reduced cost of living
ti 1: any other reason four
ii LN etliiallyWrue
I"? i'l’Ollll‘
3 (‘lll‘S
"it is all noiiseniic to talk '
“There are three
reasons
L'ood
If." for revenue only, which iiiy
listilis in the tax both
to tlit cost of the
liortniion, and in part do
("ll‘lll-‘Nilli't‘ conditions at
inns. things the like of ‘
lroducc here.
creasinc the ('llhi of the
iiiieii the tariff is not
home
l'tudl.t litill
. . and -fle\‘t~liip
mmpctiiion.“ ‘
~~l ‘ . '
0'; Governor Holcomb Carried 141$
ssiiian Eben, ‘
is heartily
“1‘." Of
a n,
Ticiiiocrn t ic
ltl()l‘t‘ than
alto,
about this
any Mr. Hill.
H ‘ bliliillllllltli
the tirst is the present lur-
ui'iahly
it added in full
non-competing iin
liendinc on
to
.\liE('EI we do
but in every case in-
liroiiuct. pro
high enough
i the can of
domestic
SIM-MAR” nuns our NEW lithium? my ..
ORNVRSSES * ”WOW" Oi RANOitCiORlR no
a RECENT v0“ ”aim so P" M. of “W mm- mm "as” m" "“5“ “a!
hers Cannot Me Use of Pres- at llis Residence in South Nor-
ent‘lavl ‘ . walk
Convinced that the state compen- The many friends of William Nelson
.zntion act. does not do justice to their Crow, prominent toy manufacturer.
iparticular employment, the localE were slicked and grieved to hear of
union of pointers, decorators and pa- his death yesterday afternoon. Mr
per hangers will. it is said, unite with. Crow had best in ill health for the
others throughout the state in draft-l several years, and was confineu t
ing a bill to he presented to the state ;. his home on account of nervous pros-
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Towns and Judge Beardsley 27
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INTERESl CENTERS IN " *
. PREMIER'EEOYO CEORCE’S 1 ° f
SPEECH IN HOUSE OE COMMONS ‘ y _
Expected to State the British Government’s Altitude on
the Peace Proposals ol the Central Powers —Mllitary
Developments [lave Been Uni-porlanl in the Past
Few flours
—--..——.
. 50 percent work in Ihops where itiere' ment will be in tRchrsitie Cemetery. 3
Hartford's Total Was in EXCESS of are less than five men, so that they; Mr. (‘raw was a “stilf-llladei” man.‘
. ‘ lure denied the benefit of the net. lilearose. from the rank to become one,
That 0f Bridgeport The painters believe further tliiit‘of the most prominent business “it’ll:
i —u the compensation laws should be com in this city. Born and brought up here.
lirili’l‘li‘illili. lice lit.
't‘iw- on“. pulsory; that state insurance should ‘ ‘ his early life. i, tunic .i ltitlicl‘i
1.0....“ of (nmmwlm “m 'u ”h. (an. obtain to the exclusion of the noun Ila was pulploypd l” gm,“ or 01c?
that the NW of i‘ « . ‘ ._ l t sutures self-ineur- l w -t - . . . n. l heh ill
- ~ -» l\'- ; . . . . . . . dill) liabllly ii . arbor nu tutti“... n. .4. A .
: .. i. . ., . t .i. c i...~.~ i - \iti ti . . , .~ . H
Rf“ Allis but) my) greatly increased it?“ «igniw'ioinnuh; Nl)\h:n]b((lr(pl‘p:t “"9“ 0’ incurance through employ: union card no lo .iin ...i.. oi illb \Rl'ulRi.’
\g, ’5‘." i"“"-‘"""0\'Pi' sixty per ....m_ {rm Th, b‘o, d i‘. “mg... '0. mow” mutual associations; ihail coui- Bonus) (it :u;..-..;.... 1., sinned ill
“1' "H “"ys‘ " ‘ ' “r ‘ (t I ”“ iwiisatiori "timid be paid from Humor...- non. on No::.; um .:.-.-.i that;
i f .
Secretary of State, the 'l‘i‘easltt‘t‘i‘, and
the Comptroller". '
'l‘lit lilitll'e’ts' show that New lluyen;
l...... .uul'
commencement of the disability: that‘arlm- running l. , Um .J‘
it should be more liberal ”1““ 30 TM" the present owner. Fred it, Coleman. ;
provided: that in case of perniancnti - Entering up.“ mu, what was really;
“ ”mi ”N W“ ""51"“ ‘0‘" of anyintisahillty it should continue {or life his life. work. Mr. Crow became a my,
county and heir linrcn the largest and in case M death he paid to the manufacturer. He made a humble
of it‘ll.) city, the .Wh‘ there being widow ,1.“ No or until rclnarrinlle and beginning on the 10“.an now (,9.
. lid... llui'ltold s Lotal VOlt' want“) the children until 13 years of age: O... ,._.
. u the Mather ituildiiig “Gilli
immi'm" in "MT“; ”f Millw'winifi'i surgical and hospital expenses alionn-Huiiw. “'l'lltll‘ street. \s business (in i
'H'“ "”“l‘qc’l ““3 :2‘L-lllfi and Bridge . be paid under the act: and “it“ 00"” tended he. moved to SlPlllllbOIll‘
“"1." 1“":‘97‘ {Ill‘llrlllinn should be given for dis~ place This shop was burned out by"
The lilittt‘t‘fi that iioleoinb ability due to om-upllllolllll diseases. fl". and 50 he moved to where the
(“”19“ 3“ ”f 1"“ :tl towns in 11“","ilitiiiitl'tg out in this particular ”it“ shop in now located. at the (‘orucr on
{old enmity; 21 of the 26 towns ”imam. men in it!“ painting trail-z lic- Elizabeth and “Wm... M. H w“ “m;
New “at?“ t‘t)lltli_\'l,lil of the Lil hum“... partially or totally disabled long ‘flnpr this. when the building
M'“ London ”mm—‘3 3” 0f the 33 I“ithrough lcnd polsonlitll. .waa burned down and Mr. (.‘ruw was:
"“"O'W‘ “““"‘>~ “"0“ "l ”W 1“ “1‘ Compensation Commissioner E- T'iit'ilccd m rebuilt. This he «no tutti that
hill)\\’
The second “.350" Mr ll'li .Windhuni county. 20 of thc‘iti liildtcli-i Buckingham in answer has pointed shop 5,. now standing. ‘
"3"”. is the [rompn'mfiH' i!“ ""‘ tieid county. all of the fifteen Middle-«om that l" Falrfiom county the aver; .Gmwlng by bounds, Mr. .tfrnw saw;
“mp“ ‘4‘ "on going on‘ tilllEEn-nlgm "" “mm-V “”1"“- “nd 12 0f "’9 1“urge painter in Faltl‘teid county work“ great possibilitica in the my business.‘
Federal Reserve net.
is fill effect the. 1‘}
inc. in increasing
:r-ctly increasinn the
. cost '> -
“HM oi other a
. .
i‘lie third reason will
il‘. Hill lil'etlit‘l
alumni
thin noun,
Case of fayior vs. Taylor May Dis-Q iiounces "at lie “i" (live W
close Testimony of - Sensational
Kind
.iudlzc (lager of the Civil Superior
to have a referee up
that will
-. . . with the
diioiceaction of Lida “'esslink 'l‘ay-
llarien
intima-
that
‘ involving
widely known women in Norwalk and
the windshield orii'icinity will be unfolded.
l
court has agreed
to hear testimony
be suniilled in connection
ior against Andrew Taylor.
ilvciyuiaii and underatakcr.
lions have been made
‘ . public
M‘llfitlilt‘illitl disclosures,
Before her iiinrriagc to Taylor
little over a year ago, Mrs. Taylor ran
the other wan out about. the face. and i “.19 Chick 1““ ten house on the Darlen-
Mr. Brothers was cut about] .\or\\alk post road. Shortly after the
wedding. Taylor is credited witlrmak~
mg statements in whics he denied he
ills; Wesslink. Consid-
lerabte attention was directed toward
h'id iuarride
Michael
against
Monalian.
Anastasia Monahan,
Pheonix."
EOROER CEARO WARD-
of Detroit, at her villa in
holy, was received here today in
cable message to Calvin Feutress,
let-a1 banker.
The. Princess
:liipbullder of Detroit.
the millions of her father.
was 18 she. married
Prince de Cliimay.
divorced and became
the'
, the wife
Four years later she was again
oh;
V
e
and the third
uroliean war is lini‘
wages and so indi-
cease
cloud of the war
of Norwalk.
was
lheard before a Ciril‘Superior court
i referee. The divorce
“ed. Mf. Motiahan is well known as an
lauthor, critic, and publisher of “The
Was not grant.
' Oils m Ilill
tL'lllt‘AGO, Dec. 19~Conflrniatiou of
the; death of the Princess Caramnn
uu tjliimay, foritieryl Miss Clara Ward.
Pndua.
Citimay was the hear with regret that he has res ed
daughter of Eber B. Ward. millionaire for they lose Ja capab tan
At fourteen and hOnest odice holder.
she. was sent. to a European convent!
and while still a young girl inherited!
When she
Belgian Norwegian freight steamer Juno, from
Later she was Barry for New York, in ballast; which '
Janet Rigo, a Hungarian violinist. tln B"nch, N. J., 'On Saturday, was
. . d}; still fast in the sand today; It. was'ex-,
turned and married Giuseppe Ricc- pected she would be treated at high
nrdi, front whom she. also separated. I Y ‘ . ' . '- ' ' "
'l'ollaud county towns, To eunirnnrizei for “n t‘lllllll‘l’ei‘i’ became the law ab! lie increased his machinery and mi
"Olmmb curried 1“ “mm ““d w it c counting of 919m“ hoOk'isuiiled all of the latest patents. it was;
. lo I ‘ u . ,
iii-arusley. 27' S“““““"“"‘ by "”‘m’ keepers and (1011\‘91‘3' “1‘80“ “rm” thus by his Own efforts tlitit,.\lr. Crnw
tics of the vote for state olficet‘s are . cni ”Ovpg‘ rm“. to pmmlnpncp in the. toy busi-
. ‘39 l . t . i
“‘ ”“0“.“ iness and the product of his shop is;
known from coast to coast. 1
l
DHENSE . i Mr. l‘raw 55 years old. ills soni
. lliomcr is the owner of the
Maui
'lunch on South Main street.
; PROOlEMS outrun .
‘ntion, Butler lodge. Ho. 97. l, O. 0. F'l
r.
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((‘outinued on Tivelfth Page).
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:COMMISSIONiR
Moms today. the igousie Mil‘lttiary an:
- . . Naval committees real as w nece -.
. WOI'k .f0l' the Third DISCUSS sary approprlalign‘sl to 011;)?" nfgrxa‘rél
' i . ‘ldtn o in nor . -‘
l Elecmc "Bill . :lgpnlmbtubf die National Guard while;
‘ Major-(ion. Hugh L. Scott. Chieg 0!"
\\ illiaui ii. Stiiilen tendered his res. Stuff. renewed hi5 plea hpfore a” help, ..
iination as commissioner of lilt‘ 'l‘hird ate sub-committee [or abandonment
’i‘nxiiig District at the last meeting of of the. xflllmml (inatd and all other
the commissioners held in the lillcc- volunteer systems in favor of “mt-erg:
lll' l‘lnti Oll’llitint‘W avenue. 'l‘husly',“l training and service. . ' . 3
was the prophesy made by the Sentiii—, Gegel‘fll Scott made it plain thatl
el more than two months ago carried, the general staff held no quarrel with
tin. inability to agree with the other the officers and men of the Guard. but,
commissioners is the direct cause of only with the system and argued that manufacturer “m“ M” 160“,”
Mr. Siiilhns resignation. tits defects \Vere.illl“‘r°m in ““9. plan. workers at the making of clothing in
As most know. the resignation of.tliat was based on lb? lllcliililllfl‘} Of; New York City went On a strike “M
the superintendent of electric piuntJindividuals toward military training. ““1“”le higher wages. it seems
lnlpli C. Macy, goes into effect on“ 'Before the Naval committee. which improbable that ”.9 empioycs of the
January 1. The question now before resumed consideration Of' the 1918/03- iitover Garment Company walked out
the commissioners is whether theyitimates alter a week‘s delay, Captain for the same. reason as it is alleged
really need a superintendent or not. wiliiam 5. Sims: commanding 32935:: that wages have been increased three
Commissioners Kuhner and Kennethdrcadnonglit. Kevuda. W114 i .
. times within the past two months. It.
are of the Opinion that the plant does “m Ff “‘0 “ml“ “9“ ‘0 New“ ms is probable the euiploycs walked out
Garment Mannt‘iictiiriiil: Company.
Day street. went on a strike yester-
day. The employer: were. called out by
the representatives of the Garment
Union who arrived in town during the
Trouble was anticipated .iy local
it
\ ~ . . not noel a an erintendenit to run it.7\'l9\\'5- . . in order to encourage the general
his way to ‘itridgeport. while the Mai i‘lifihgrhllo‘rilém \l:.. Tfll'lm' “'33 found Mr. Sni‘l’fcuf oil the other lufnd. deuHe told of the condition oilinodgliéiI strike in New York.
«lti‘ctliersi car was headed for Fair-51;“. liOmi‘:Vith“lhlbiilfeutnwt \‘glollndllll clarcs that it (1005. He opposed thegbattkt practice at) Fi‘héagliettxfow‘lird’ Pickts were posted along Day
{udlilEs‘lintv H‘herif“ Could wa‘ preaeiitlI’Ody‘ ' 0“" m ”I. icccptancle Of :th li'esignatgon (”)f “1“;lfilal‘flselé‘ii’i‘cfieii‘cide .\ H r istrcct yezterdni’ fitlblgrdtili‘;?ilE)lE§v::it
' w' ' i ' “ ' .. ,, wre iiiito e'lV’li ~' . , - innio eoe ‘ '«
with Constable John McGarry - andj About ‘7“ “101“!“ all“ ”19 1415i (1“ (.:?]:,.a::1f01. {3,9 comillig “on. L U it Brigadier-General \\ ether. CiteIf 1:22.116“? ipt “Pas feared that injurleg
.‘Mr. ‘Brotirorr‘ was ordered to appear: "01'00 action to be tired is secret. that ' ’ ' ‘ ' p ‘ ' ‘
might result because of the. strike,
but as yet. every-tiring is quite.
A pusscrby noticing smoke issuing
from the collar of Andrew Davy‘s
grocery store in Main street this
morning, about, five o'clock notified
the police of the fact. and Officer
Morph! milled box No. 15, at the
corner of Main and Wall streets. The
First District fire department respond-
ed on the jump, and 'found that. a
small chimney lire was in progress in
the store, and that. the sparks. com-
ing down the line. had _se.t. tire to
some turnip bags in the cellar. The
fire in the bags was stamped out and
the chimney blaze" was extinguished
in lit: limb by the use of chemicals.
The emclency of both the tire and
polite} departments prevented possibly
a fire which might. hard-done con-
sidernblchdamnge. if it- had gained any
headway. As it was lioweycr. the
damage was nothing to streak of.
or not. He was not present at last Dianatiou of items for the coast do~‘
Worked hard for the interest of the. ‘ l I SIORE
that money if) rim ll Wits flDDl‘Olll‘ial-l “oust Blows lP _ , ‘
lzieai-iy ten years. The onion is good a small fulmtnate mixing house of the
chairman of the commissioners, he lured. .
lavents. the East Side axpayerg wm'machtnery making it possible for
19‘, energetic
' house is in a yiii-d 200' feet from the
evening meeting, but sent, the reglgnn. lenses in the 1918 bill.
ulilaiit. He pushed it' forward in evd
I.
”a. it. is now. in line, shape and in. , ,
f0? Elix years, and of his present tel-m Remington .Armsv—U. M. Mompa‘uy
cannot go before the public and sup Recent innovations in handling the
workers to be 100 feet away while the
street and ilke‘otlier mixtuguiouses,
~ i tinned before
It is not known whether the resignn-i of C03“ Arlmt‘EY'. CO“ . . ._
tinn of Mr. Sniffen will ‘be accepted the House Military committee his ex
' ”- I a \
tion to the other commissmners. ‘ ' . - 4 3
There is no doubt that Mr. SniffenifUl-MINA‘I’E MlXING ~
‘Ei‘y possible manner. At the aiinuali
’nieeting, it. was through 'his elforts'
excellent running order.‘ ' . . \ h it
Mr. Snill'en wds commissioner for [RIDGEPOR'IX Dec. 19““ It 0““
One half has hardly expired, Mr was blown to pieces by an daploslbn
Sniffcn-said' that he felt that. as.“ 9545 this morning. none “as n-
. he. mixing
3 Part the acts of the. other OfllCIals explosives have taken t
a which he does not approve. At aulwork fronil human hands. automatic
mixing is in process. There was no
disorder lathe plant, The mixing
segregated tram-the main buildings of
the munition night" " p ‘ ‘
, STEAMER JUNO—ASHORE
.' BRIGANTINE. N. 'J., Dec. 18.-—The
WelcotiierStr-an’xer Lodge, No. 364.
Sons of St. 'georgo‘wlll meet this even-
ing 'in dislodge rooms in Main
latrwm . - fit
0f grounded (in the outer shoals oft Lit-
““wm—t—o .
~rr§ a' sentinugiym any.
.- .-:.~.
this late to Ry.
OEOlSCHlRNO” WAS; ithfrft'fiféfl‘iytoi’iliii stilt;
iof Nov.* 17. \l'lllcll' 'csultedwin
lror.
at‘aptuiu Gurney
‘ ,._...._—.— l His departure from this life will be re,
SNIffEN RES‘cN. - ' igretted by his numerous friends. .
6? WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.~(70ngress-; .
' ._ 3liotial committee. were. again en-. . 7
igl-osscd with national defense pro-l “ARMEN'I' WOR“ERS l
l making
‘uti hour; and that Captain Gurne/ did.
[not realize how quickly the Deutscli-
All of the employee ot‘ the Rover land was closing up the distance bet—
latter part of last week. i
.ERERCO REPORI lO ORRERORCOAMRREIEES
EORM EROM CERlllliSlR COOllER RillCli
Russians Are Preparing to ll’lake a Definite Stand in
Southern Moldavia, Having a Strong liclensive Line
a
~ ithat it was felt that they should
CAREfUllY NAWGAEE 'know before entering on negotia~
itions that Germany was prepared
__ to accede to the only terms where-
Steamboat inspectors Make Public! upon it was possible for peace to
Finding in Collision at New ton-s2} Obtamd and maintained in
. Europe. -
do" . The premier said that without
“M” . lreparation peace would be im-
.\T.'\\' LONDON. lice. lit. l'nit'n lposslblc
Stutcs Steamboat inspectors “llllt‘j! ' .
and ltuiiltin. of this cizy. twin, made; 1‘4th as they 1‘?“ng for ‘t' the
public their finding relative to tlio|pfe‘mlcr added, till. Central Pow—
resionsihlllty for the collision 11:2 icrs Note and. the S CCCh. ”(7:55
‘ .
tween the "Sl'illtln merchant simmer-ling it afi'orded small encourage,
the Deutnchland and the tug T, A» '
Scott. Jr.. in the to on the. morningl
ltiu‘
sinking of the latter and the drowning.
and lasting peace. ,. .
Our answer will. beagiyen. in
iTinst'li, a passenger. was saved by
f h llies has so aratel and
the mercst chance. The inspectors‘.3 t e a . p y the'
place the blame for the catasropho' independently. arrived at
upon a mistake made in a hell signal same conclusron. .1 am glad of
given by Captain .lohnfilluriicy. Edythe first answcy given by France
the tug to the enginner of that yes-land Russia.
sel at a time when the two yeasels in-l
volvcd were so close together that' , , . ‘
this mistake proved to be. a fatal or 1195 WOUId lnSlSt that the only end
1of the war must be a complete
guarantee against Prussian mili-
itarism disturbing the pace of
which the Deutschlnnd waleurOP9~ J, . ’_
after passing New London. The formal rcpl of the Allies,
Light. at which point her speed had the premier announced, Wm he
been merchant to eight or nine knots given in the course of a few days.
. Intense-m: 'war operations was
llargely swept aside toda‘y, atten}
ween her and the T. A. Scott. .ir.. unition on all sides centering on
til he was advised by Captain “ll'lSClli the speech of Premier David
to give the Deutschland more rooiii5|Lloyd George in the British
land to increase the .‘VT-d It the [LA'i HOuse of Commons which Was
Scott. .lr.. - , i , _ _ .
“if Cap. Gurney then looked outi expected to state the British attb
‘Of the pilok‘liOueo window of the '1‘. .~\. tude toward the peace proposals
.Scott. Jin, it must been u's'ltli‘lll to of the Central Powers as'wcll as
.him that absolutely no time must be . h v n ent’ eneral
llost in increasing the speed of the 'i.;OUt]me t 'e g0 er m S g
'A. Scott .lr.. in order to clear the policy. . .
:Deutschland and possibly in his chr- The Premier said:
;anxiety to avoid it collision he gave We will await until we hear
lthe wrong signal to the. eti'pineer uiingwhat terms and guarantees there.
had not time to correct the same lie-j - ll. 7th hi h def.
fore the. collision took place." :are surer ...an ose w c
The lnslicctors further say: ~"We are: many broke. Meanwhile 'Wc Put
1satisfied that the Deutschlnnti was be-l our trust in our unbroken 3}er
ling navigated” in a careful and cont-l After declaring that peace
potent manner by Cantain Paul. 'thl t re aration waS‘impossin
'Koeuig, prior to the collision. that heth 011 l) .
did all in his power to avert the 001-} ble. the Premier asked whether:
listen, and that he made. all due ef- “all the outrages on land and
Eforts to effect the rescue o the crew sea" had been liquidated .by “a
of the tug T. A. Scott. .lr., all of whom . few ious hrases about human-
i'ivet‘c evidently trapped at their posts’ity ”P P
inf duty so oincklydid the tug Sill-‘i- , . . .. .
iCaptain HinSch, in our opinion, owes; During the war, the Prenucfi
this escape to the fact that. he was out. said, shipping W0 (1 be nation al‘
{on deck when the collitsion occurred, lizcd in a true sense. ‘ _ ‘
Premier Lloyd George. am
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iMllfORO ”NOV , ‘ ‘.:;:’::::3.;.:.i.:i assassin. a
"’ 4 .ormer
2‘. DRIVEN OOl Bl HR 5......
Premier Venizalos of
The military developments of
In their finding the inspectors con
tinue: “it seems to us probable that
underestimated lhc‘
Speed
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Dec. 19.-~Slx clriidreii.t
MILIORD' ‘been few in number and unim—
‘ in in age from four to fourteen . ‘
[31:32: gwith their father, John Anti- portant for the most part.
strong. were forced out into the bit-V . In France, on the Verdun
ter cold of early morning today, wheni
fire broke out in their home. while.
all were asleep. The occupant? await-l
cued sudden] . had no time o save .
any of their belongings and the chil- ported as winning. baCk ,thc
dren, clad only in theigtaiglfit garb. Chambrettes 53m“, “which thG
had to run bout. an eig o a in e. - ~
before theya'could reach’thc. shelter Germans had
of the nearest neighbor's house. The
itemperature was between eight and
ten degrees above zero.
The house with its contents was
burned to the ground. the loss bolugl
ibetween $3,000 and $4,000. Arm-ta
latrong with his children maved into
9- the place about six months ago. His
‘iulfe {snot living. ’ ‘ _ - .
in
bardments since the French at:
attack. -. _. I,
In the Romanian war theater, ‘
the latest reports indicate prep-
arations by the. Russians, to make
definite stand. in Southern
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merit and hope for an honorable “'
the pasta hours have. in fact,
tack’of yesterday, which Paris re- . ,
"Moldavia, where they are. report: 1,
t
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front.'there have Been only bom- * i
'ltakc'n in a‘cour‘iterfi- '
,or her entire crew. Captain Fredericklfull accord with our allies, Each. . . k
Mr. Lloyd George said the All . '
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