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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23,1916.
Fair tonight and Sunday
'rwo CENT.
iiiiiiiiiis
CHRISTMAS
ciiiiiiliiii
Two Hundred Members and Guests
Assemble at the Manufactory in
Memin Street for a Good Time
Ma-—-_
Slillli CtNUS NIVES
NNNY PNESiNlS
Excellent Program Presented and a
Turkey Supper Served
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'l no hundred members and guest “
(ll "'l‘lw House of Mayolioll" asscur
trim l.|:s‘l evening in the spacious iii.
J|l__i' hail of tho renovated Mayeiroii
«ll Company iatitory, iii liter-win street.
and there enjoyed one of the most de-
lightful Christmas suppers and enter
ltllllltt‘lil.i that has cvel’ been held in
the history of‘tll'l City. The newt
rim-iii. hall was lunar-omen (lt‘t'Ot‘utt'll
wrllr litlli‘lllli‘litlfl (. ristnias colors.
:tl't1 I lime. and beautiful decorated
j‘llil‘llr‘ltllilh tree in back of the guest»
m .liaiioi- arm‘s \et off the gondriii
('lIl'll‘ .~.llt"li.«‘ in magnificent style
N‘iliiieietin iéilv‘ilit from out of town
H’l'li lil’t‘n‘wii at. lire. good time. and
included iii llllli number were llli’t‘l'
Daryl-.11. is» tlzv: it’luyulioft (‘oliipang'
from Him ir‘raw‘haco 1i bountiful lurk-
er hopper n is served during the even.
jl|,;, irotzwurg which came rib inter-
eelilia prearaiu of Entertainment
l'imiaitz- were distributed during the
entirw» n' the i, veiling to Mi‘. Mayehol’f
:iml Iii‘\"*.l'll' lililllilgl‘i‘l“ of the business.
in l‘("lll'.llllilIlll.‘t‘,,‘j from the employees
lulu-int; followed the. supper and en
tmtiiinrni'dit, ililllilt‘. balm: furnished by
the Sir ial treasure Orchestra, of "The
‘ltousa :il iiiaydroii‘” int-1: evening's
affair \'.'ln in charge of the Ri'nl‘l‘l‘il
oiilc-ilaiiiiiieut f.l|ilt'lllll.l.tlt‘. and woitls
( Hi i'tri' mpress the .‘llt‘l‘l':$ of the
event '
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IN lilil’N 0i ORANGE
ilauiid Bergh, Manager of the New
Haven Wall Paper Company, lie;
billowing Collision
liltni' Sir-.‘JiiiN, 2:l.-- Harold
.ii-‘l‘lzll, impact-r of the New Haven
\le‘all i’aper (lotupariy, was fatally hurl
llt’t‘.
'11] ill l.r'..'rrirnhil~ .iccidclit on the
‘iit‘l‘li‘g "Turnpike, til the town of
()Titllel" curinc list Light. Berglr
died ll: 'fi Qi'iiliir Hospital in Derby.
‘io whirl: lle- had been taken after the
accident. iiis movies were a fractur-
pd skull and a broken arm.
Dr. fixmmis, iiiedioat examiner of
diurby, lit-gar. an inquiry early, and
Noon lifter Coroner Mix took charge
of, the case. tiaptnin French of the
Want Haven police, and Dr. Kowal
«waki. medical esamrner of Orange.
\vi-ni in the scene of the, accident dur»
TM the mortuary
The first. report; tens, to the effect
to it two automobiles, one a small car
not the other an sight cylinder one,
v ere lirocccilintz towards Derby down
the hit! near the Racebrook Country
Huh The small car Was driven. to
the Fight to permit. the larger machine
to no by, It. struck an obstruction in
the road, swerved and hit a iclc‘
graph pole and then was struck by
the larger car . -
~~ There. was difficulty in ascertain?
.‘ing (the facts about the accident. al-
though Coroner Mix hoped to be able
to make a statement. about noon. The
Tier-by police said the. accident was
not. ill their jurisdiction. At the of—
fice. of the W. P. Paper (‘ompanv it
nvas hinted that they had heard of
the accident and later the further
statement was tirade that noliiiig was
known abou it. It was said that l“
.l dowry. or the Hotel Clark. Derby"
and ltbc Misses Molly and Martina
(.foogan, of Derby, were also hurt in
tire crash.
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nourish, sures Fone‘icN
wasnmc'rotv. Dec. 3.—'ri1;:?£ifii
tron foreign trade this year probablv
will reach a. total of 37.800.000.000. it
{mean of foreign and domestic com-
tmezoo statement shows thrill. for m.
eleven. months ending with Novembe-
- xwraorts and imports comb
$7,148,000,000. , infill totallf‘d
E nutrition it)
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But lie is Still “Jim" Farrell to the
Great Working Army in the Mills
Siliflil inn
SliNiiNESIillliil
Eli iAIRS’ Hint
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E The president of the largest
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‘porallon the. world has
ever known
Neighbors Tell of Agonizing Cries
. began life as a common laborer. To
Hear light of the Murder at day be is without doubt one of the;
Darien greatest practical industrial execdi
.lives in America. I know no man
Epossessitig more knowledge of his
business, practical, theoretical, detail'
and general. than James A_ Farrell,
president of the i'iiited States Steel
Corporation. writes ll.C.l“orbcs ili
"Leslie's? lie carries in his head
iiNll lfllliiliiliili
OWNED MAXNM SINENCER Nilgl‘t‘bitlll‘glfams thunnny other hu-‘
E Not only does
Husband Stated That lle'ii Dischar-i
he know how to
make steel. not only has he had priic
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lr‘vidente ot' agonizing slil‘ii-ks being IRACE fOUND
heard by the family of John t'bristopl
lit-r t'lirtziirb, Ylt‘xl door neighbors of?
the Fairs in (.‘leiibrook neighbors oi¢
tr... din-- of the alleged killing: of 'hlrsN
Margaret Pair iii June. 1914 and call-E
many that Jack Devere'aux one of tlleé
accused. owned it gull with a .\iuxnnEwe" Known Resident Who Conduc-
Queried Him
irritant MANE
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silencer. was introduced by the stoic l
vesterday iii the murder trial of Wit-I ted POIICMII Stand Disappears-i
ham 1’, lr‘uir alld lleveretliix in the! - E
t‘iiininal Superior court. E FUCHdS Alarmed i
' Ran To House l ~'-"
Young illirhiub testified that theE “arqupon'p, Dec. 23‘..«~l:r-stl1.rits‘
laiiiily was sitting in the living “mill".‘f tin lilWTl uerA‘ere acquitted with
late one evening during the latter part ’ (3 up,” “-11,, my ”10 past few Vt'ul‘r
1N. rift??? “Nip“ ml liquid] “‘9 1'1””‘1‘ has conducted a liOl'l‘ONl “in“! l“ ”l“
. 1” ii 3‘ 95 . ll “'1‘. “I" father: center ~of the town are much alarmed
Mimi)“ U} ”l" 910”)“ ““3"“ ”“f’” ‘ over his mysterious disappearance. A
not it). go hill they did. The (‘I‘lI‘B‘ far as can hp learned, uric niornllllz,
tilllll‘Iii‘Oil‘l the south of their home. in ; WW, weeks ago he left Kirk's luncb‘
the direction of the blur house. room. and told the counter man there‘,
Llrrlaub and m father went to the ”M I", “.15. going to the. bunk What.
house and Ulirlaub Jr, said that lie-l. ‘
. ‘ ' ‘ hour he deride-3 do (:0 ‘0 ‘lB 'Wi
f0”? they 1.“qu ”I“. house, m‘xylimown b‘ut it is thought that h?!
noticed some lights inside. Tl‘oy'mimnt‘ln Bridgeport He has not
knocked on the door. Th0 “th MAME lll‘tlll seen or heard Virom since that
out and no one lillSWt‘l't’d them. . ~
The nevi morning: the lwon again! i-ioi'iirng. As he had a considerable
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wiiit to the Fair home and inquired oil ‘7““9' E” Tormil .\‘mlh_ht:::.“““f‘l‘l;l mm;
Fair and llei'cl‘eaux it"lliey bud llt‘til‘llE Null “H” m u 3
any cried the ni'ht before. ’tfter ook—l " ., . i
in]: .H “on other 1mm ‘lv‘air {de \\ iieh he left he was in the best oi"
A d . I 1 v ‘
l‘evei‘euux s'iid mm. Md Mm] notii health and as he did not take tiny or
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inu. Fair the witness said told him1 “'S‘JFMWS 'I‘WU‘ him " 1" thought.-
.lllltl the woman who had been ii scr-‘ “”"Wlml! lid-'3' lull-belied to him. At
' the time he had le keys of Kirk‘s:
5 van! had been discharged.
lulicli room with him. as be had been
.\lrs. ltla C‘. Ul‘lilaub, . . ' l l . f . "'l
.col'robrated her son as to the testi. 2“":2“ alount 1“ Nd“ m M" “‘ l
-.‘ee..
niony about the cries. She said that. r, , .
as soon as she heard the cries she: the local authorities have not been:
exclaimed: "Good God! What is.
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3 Her husband and her son jumied
to their feet and started out. .
“i said to them," she declared. “l
wouldifi go out as it may he a lioiilw
up." lint they went and I heard my
husband call out. 'lieyf Is anybody
bur-ii” Then they went out into the
’ilark and upon their return they told
me where they had been."
Sounded Like Woman’s Voice .
When Mrs. i‘rlilaub was under
cressicxaniination. she was questioned
closely‘ as to the cries she heard and
she said the first one sounded like n‘
woman's voice. “How about tire‘
second one?“ she was asked. .
"It sounded as though someone was“
being choked to death." replied .\li's.‘
l'lirlaub. .
.lolui 'C‘. lTlirliiub, Jr, said be was
positive that the cries were heard
about four or five days after June 12.3
He told of seeing Jack Devcreaux Willi
a gun with something on the end of,
ii and his father had said it was at
Maxim silencer. He also told of sec-l
in): Devereairx shooting one day. TlroE'l'wo PERsoNS i
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gun had?! Wi'cport. ;
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The witness said the cries \wer
‘ BNlNil) l0 Mill
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GRANTWOOD, N. J., Dec. 23.—Tw
persons were burned to death and two
Eolhers badly hurt early today, when
Ellie handsome residence here of Dr.
Margaret. Brewster was destroyed by
lfire. The dead are Dr. Brewster's
' ' brother. Harold Powell, and her nine-
year-old daughter Margaret. The. iii-
'i‘bc continued case of David Horn jured were two elnployéés of her es-E
stein. of Bridgeport, who lost cou~ late. ‘
trrl of his automobile truck “’nul _
In)"; Hill sortie time ago and plunged;before the firemen reached
wiili his machine through the stoneE
will at the foot of the grade, was;
heard before Judge Lockwood iii the' SAX'BROOK, Dec. 23.~—-The'results
ummm court this morning. lot the poll of the raiIWiiy telegrapliersi
A number 0f witnesses “’91‘9 placed} of the New Haven Railroad are com-I
on the stand, and all of these testi-E in: in fast. Three fourths have re-I
frcd that as Mr. Hornstein startedi ported to headquarters from this dis-’
to. go down he hill, his machine was trist. Chairman on the system of both1
not. come very slowly. One witness the Western and eastern divisions be-‘
stated that the truck was not going tWeen New York and; Boston have,
faster than four miles per hour. reports which show that 28 non-mem-
: Without waiting to hear the arch. bers of the Order of Railroad Tele:
[merit for t'ge defense. Judge Lock-E giiipiicrs. with four members or the
wood acquitted. the driver of the ma- Order voted not to strike. which to
clone, :from the charge of reckless a better proportion than was expecti
driving. Attorney Leo Davis reprc- ed.g The full returns should be in to.-
i seated Mr. .Hornstetn. day‘Trom all quarters.
the mother. "
informed of the disappearance of the
limit as yet. It is expected that not
soon as they are. thev will shirt on?
lil\'l situation. From the time that he
left the lllllClll‘Onlll nolliinL: has brer‘
heard fioin him and no one has even
him so far as is known.
l-.‘(.iliis is well known in the town
liavinr' mm a popcorn wagon idur»
ins. the summer. and during the win-,
ter he did odd iobs around town.
it was thonrzlit bv th'! majority or
these who knew him that he had
money as be always secured to have.
plenty of it and he always: deposited
in the bank regularly.
C. N. Kirk. r‘ii'oprielor of the lunclr
.‘t‘onlii, has made-several efforts to
locate the man but tliev have been
iinavnilinu. So far as is known he
has no relatives in this country. lle‘
often stated that his father and mo?
their were alive but that. he did not
known where they lived as he had run
away from home ti short time after;
he came to this country .
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the scene. ;
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TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE VOTE.,E
Tbé‘ building was wholly in flames|
Will ’3
nor ills
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Federal Arbitration Board llandsiriw
Donna Decisionin the Contra.
versy With the Railroads
INCREASE 0i fill
CENTS AN NNNN
Elical training iii evu‘y phase or iiiatiu- - .
red Servant When illirlaubsi ‘ - ;Appears That 0. it. is Not Given?
the Adamson law
Nl~3\\' YORK, Dec. fill-J“)? eight
‘1 hour day with straight pro rata time “mun“
i lor m‘ertinle is granted to the switch dLiquflnfiCé
men's i'uion by the Federal Arbitrer
lion Board in u decision today in the
S\\'ii(‘lllltt’il“~‘ contra
roads.
The award gives an increase of five
helpers,
the railroads that the switcliiiien‘s bur mhomwy an, ”gimp,“ ”Mr
award was interpreted by them its not work also. ' Si"l‘lll.‘£l:’l‘tl.\‘. liec. 23.-—”You‘ll:
glviui: an t), K. to the Adamson law. Somewhat interesting is ,3“, littor- that wt .‘r to hate an unusual mm:
The swllibmen had asked llll nil» mum,“ Mm,” H, ‘1“. magnum” and Winter llllh lime, and that before 't
\tlTlt‘i‘ of it) to 12 cents. They had completion ”f ,3“. ”A, senate and is past that we will have experienced
deiirxlndcil also time and a liiilt pay
for over time work instead of the pm
rnta basis lived by llie Board.
While all the six arbitrators signed
the award. James E. Connors and W.
A. Titus. representing the .avitcliuicn.
dissented as to the live _ increase
tollie. denial of time and ii half for
overtime and to the award giving
overtime iii the pro rain rate.
so“
railroad representatives, dissented it)
the award of the eight hour day.
(diaries 1i. liliwry is chairman of the
llnrird and {ereruinh w. .ienlis was the
sixth member.
The award affects thirteen ei'fiern
railroads.
Much emphasis has been laid upon
the fact that the hours of work for
the switclrmeii are oflcrl long. says a
denim, attached to the award. Al-
though the standard workday has been
ten hours. frequently the men have
worked from it to 12 and some titties
‘evcn some hours longer.
“One of the reasons urged for tho
shorter workday, continues the states
went, is that men need more time to
visit with their families, to take
recreation and in secure the other
advantages of leisure." A second ar-
gument is that. the. long hours result
in physical exhaustion. o'r‘icn to a
decree seriously injurious to health.
The evidence shows clearly that, ow.
he to the atrium of the. work. there
are frequent opportunities for inter-
vals of rest and that limiting hours
testified to are due vary largely-aid
most invariably indeed—to delays
caused by the interference of cother}
liniiiillii V
SOON WilN U8
Suffragists and Civil Senice Cam-
m Are Busy People
The legislature will he in
‘ augiiratcd.
Elegislature vote according to their wayi
. day'
Eaflei‘ election and as soon as the per-E
iot‘ thinking began almost
i the
billlllf‘l of the next legislature became
,knowii. The representatives, and espe-
;ciall,l those who liaVe refusrd to cour-
session
soon and many campaigns in the inter
iest or desired legislation are being iii-
lly far the most active workers in
. half of any riiovciiieut or issue are
Ellie members of the suffrage l(.'ague,E
iwhose work to have rilcmbers of the’
ililtilS’ ANSWER l0
Emil themselves on any oi the issues
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3 receiving ‘niurli iriforinailoii on
Ei‘dit‘l‘s from haulitg \‘z'tlill‘d’
wage iiitivemenl. rirv‘n' "n to vol
for the ainendti. -ici to til 5! it? ( .
grail-IV!" iranuliis- v.5 . i
itioa ll‘t‘~'.i‘-“ 1‘ ~ XI“
to the cob.) :‘ttiuf'v \\ rte-r L: t
point of activity Muir iliflsi'
lwtilcli is being backed by iiiunv pl‘i’lll'r '
., , . An agitation
cents per hour for both torenien and iii also being carried on tor the re-
iucni men in the state.
‘i‘ll‘lll of the rim oily-enacted
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3 ((‘outinued on 'l‘welilh Pare).
W
it. it it. than
1 sold.
«a new lendollur gold pit-cc.
. cecding year.
l‘ it has been the custom of t
pally in its service for
ruid the management advises
distinction during lliiT.
p“..-c_.
ENINNNNBNE AND
trains and to similar reasons beyond?
the control of the railway managers
or of the switchmen. During these de«
llays the switchinen most. usually be
idle. so that the long hours do not
imply active physical labor."
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108N800 SNEDS'
BLOWN DNWN BY Gill
\\'l.\'l'lSOH. Dct‘.‘ 23.-—'l‘llc gule oi
in this section anxious about the sta-
bility of their sheds in which their
crop of the leaf is hanging. Four sheds
went down before the blast and the
roof of one dwelling went off, the ma-
terial damage being placed at $15,000
in the aggregate. The sheds belonged
to Charles Emmons, Clark Brothers,
F. H. Thrall and F, G. Strong and the
dwelling to Mrs. 0. B. Moore.
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RAID CASES ASSIGNED.
Trial of Alleged Road House Inmates
Set for January 22.
Piras offinot guilty were entered by
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Aahniorc.
Mrs, Esther Stail‘ordrand the eight
women arrested with them in the re-
cent. raid on the “road houses” in New
York. just over the state line when
they were arraigned in the supreme
court, held iii Carmel, N. Y., this
week. The cases were then assigned
for trial on Monday. January 22.
James Dempsey, or Peekskill, N, Y..
tints. all of whom .are still under
bonds required at the preliminary
hearing by Justice Mutt-y, of Brow-
‘ stcr, the morning following the raids.
,‘and who are regarded as “prohabdiri
ities" in favor of certain things. are1
\ the .
isubjects tending to enlighten them and .
to enable them to draw their conciii
.sions and casi their votes iliielligen.
Ely Some have t it it receiieil llei‘~i"iiil‘
E. New Year's Eve, There Being lilo All Night Celebration _
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p
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, ll‘ in“. or
vet's) Mill 1110111” or civil service reform. a llllli't‘lllt‘lll'
. law tar
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it "as and here today “J ""11“" “1 mi: liisurante companies while the la
2 outrun ruin
id. 1! Potter and T. W. Evans, tbo'
E The R. & G. Purser (.‘o.. inc, today
gave all its employees, here and at its
factory in South Brooklyn, N. Y., a
.pleasant holiday surprise by dividing
Euniong them ten thousand dollars in
Each pay envelope was mark-
Ecd “Merry Christmas" and inside. in
‘addltlon to the regular pay, was found
The (ii-j
,. . . . . - . . . jrectors in voting tilts distribution cx-i
.datimtnt by Arbitrators liowry aud‘pressed the hope that business condi-
tions in the future would warrant a.
repetition of this plan ili each suc-l
lie (‘Olll-‘
'lpany for a number of years to present
‘l‘lu‘ll employee who has been conilib
twenty-five
years with a gift of fifty dollars in
gold at the termination of that period.
that
there are sixteen who will enjoy that
run iN illitiiiil
While driving up West avenue yes
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coin it till) WINiEli
isstlis fillMiii iiiiili
Klondike Gold is Coming Alter t’n-
ustal Warm Spell, He Says
some 'rip nporling' cold days. They‘ll
come the lililt'l‘ part of January and
i‘eblu‘ury will be the coldest month
or the year and you will think
a large part of the Klondike has been
handed to you before tilt: rnolrlli runs
Emit. Yes, you can laugh. but it doesn't
‘lrollier me. i butchered two bugs for
my neighbors. That was enough.
(in very well to ridicule the prediction.
Ebui paste it in your hat and see if it
does not come true.
have a cold winter. and ii late. spring,
that will come in with a rush. The
month of March will also be very co\i
There'il be warm periods of fairly
moderate weather, bill riot much of ti
let-up over what we have been buy-
in: the past few (lays.
“llefore January opens, there will
the lore, part of the month, hilt after
that is coming just what i told you
“Klondike cold."
So spoke" Fred Larribee, when asked
for his annual cold weather bog‘s melt
forecast. He added that he was a lit-
tle late in giving out the
his section 01‘ the town would vouch
for the statement that Mr. Larrlbcc
had predicted the long drawn ,out
warm spell which we have experienc.
.cd up to within the past week.
.\lr_ Larribee is known hereabouls
iris “Wiggins," when it comes to prog-
‘ioslicaling cold weather—and he does
,ii by studying the part of the lion's
iaiz’nloiiiy called the melt. For many
wears lie butchered hogs and in for-
mer years predicated the mild and
cold waves or“ winier wiiii an exact-
Eriess which earned for him a reputa-
'tion for miles around. ”Now that he
has given up the business of butcher-
av 'iftel'noon about 3 o'clock., . . . , .. . ,
ll‘Ql’lNllding‘lnspecurr Clarence I Finch mg. 1115 llrl‘hli‘imllc. “1’8 50““ “m“ talc.
. . i< . . . .V A 57. But many believe in Will-
dime li... new Overland illllOfllObllt. He obtained his one on the melt.
[into the roar of a truck owned by l..'
:.l. (Reynolds 8; Son. the local truckers,
land drive nby Herbert Quick. The. ac-_
'cidcnt occurred at the corner of West
loveliuc and Chapel street. and when
right forward wheel of the aiiLo
‘ the
Eliooked into the left hind wheel of the
Etruck, .\ir. Quick was lhrown from his
' Fortunately
local into the roadway.
the was not injured in the least.
. up. .
i Sergeun
COUI‘l.
l ’Mif Finch says the steering gear on
his car locked before he could apply
a
the brakes.
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iNliNIl‘iPlt ciiiiisriiis .
E lilii aligns With
E The Municipal Christmas tree and
oncrciacs to be given at the Armory
Etomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock bid
lfair to be the most successful ever
given. A delightful prourui‘n bun been
tappeared as council for the defend- prepared and will be presented at, that
About ‘two hundred school
children are expected to attend and
the
American Band will render a concert.
. time.
take part in the exercises and
— .- .1 ‘ , t, The rear axle. and left rear wheel
lust iilgiii made many to» con lalsersJot the truck were. somewhat damaged
as a’re'sult of the smash. and the front
of the automobile was severely dentcd‘
t Thomas Hunt investigated
the. mishap. but niadu no arrests. li.‘
is probable that the matter will be H
.scttlcd between the two owners out orI
as a thermometer. from an lndihn
who llved'in the Marion section of tire
town. .\ir. Larribee talks entertain.
ingly about his successes and failures
iil foretcliing the winters weather had
holds that a prediction publ"""! y'i’st
year cattle very close to hitting. the
innrk. He says that he. docsn'mrio‘w
what part the melt pili‘y'd' in a box: 5
life but that "it’s a corklng good guide
to a man who can read it and Wants
to know what the winterhas in store
for him and his woodpile.‘
7. ,___,___....«
ESCORT FOR BRENNAN.
mel's Decisions—Bridgeport
l in Lead. .
DANBURY. Dec. 23r’l‘hc Bridge-
idn the inter—State league Thursday
1 ought by defeating
1 crew here. 17 to 15. The game Was
Echo of the greatest staged in the5
Hatters’ court. this season, being re-
i
, plcte with sfirsatlonal shots and won.
dcrful defense work by the guards of
cacti team. ~
Bet-kman.
all over the floor and kept. his;
cots chasing blln every minute.
him bodily harm.
f00ll lillllS IN DRES
AND TROOPS HELPED POLICE
‘ IN SNPPNESSING lNi TROUBLE
Women Stoned the Shops and lliarclled Through the
Streets, Passing the King’s Palace Shouting for Food ’
~Norlh German Lloyd Liner is floated
"ruminants
”WEE IS ruin iiNiSiiill
,German Cafes and Stubs Will Have to Close at 10:30, I
that ‘
It‘,
We are going to
be a warm spell which will juts into.“
announce .
meal. but that. the neighbors living in?
nttown Fans Resent Beau Bruno‘
not-l Blue. Ribbons went into the lead,
the fast Danbui‘yi as
”‘9 Speedy ““19 f"lmmihas turned a deaf ear to count-
wao the. star of the evening. He was
oppon-
H“.
abut the deciding baskef of the game.
Harvey and Swenscir also played a
stellar game for the Bridgeporters.
Referee Ward Brennan,‘ whdwfliciatcd
here. was escorted froth the bell bv
a number of the Danbury police: force.
The tunb'resented some of the deci-
sions that be made and threatened
.-
in ‘
l
E A Rotterdam dispatch to the
.Exchange Telegraph Company in
ELondon says there were food
riots in Dresden on Dec. 17, 18
Eand i9. especially on the 19th,;
iwhen troops were called to help
the police in suppressing the
trouble, which arose from the
:closing of several food shops on.
Sunday because they were “with:
'out stocks. The dispatch ' says
women stoned the straps on Sun-
day and their marched through.
the streets, but the police did not
interfere. There was another pa-
rade on Monday, when the pa-
radei's passed the king’5,,,pultl:t:o
shouting for food. Several would '
are said to have been arres‘telf
for using insulting language“. »
about the king. The disturb“
were renewed on Tuesday, w .
a sharp fight occurred in which.
one hundred women and three
policemen are reported tobave‘»
been wounded. The soldiers then.“-
charged the crowds and cleared"f
.the streets. ' ‘
A Copenhagen dispatch to
Reuter’s in London savs that the
North German Lloyd liner Prinz>
iFriedrich Wilhelm. which was
stranded near the Danish Islands
of Samsoe, was floated on Fri-
day evening. '
The Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm"; j
was reported by Berlin on Deé
17 to have broken . ,
through the British blockade af-sj -
Etcr putting to sea from 066e,“...
'near Bergen. She was reported '
to have arrived at Stavanzer es?
corted by a Zeppelin and two.
submarines. On Dec. 19 she was? ._
lreported stranded off the Sam-P ‘
soe Island.
. The Allies' answer to Ger-
.many’s peace proposals is almost
:finished, according to the Petit
v“
' camber
"y‘
EParisicn. The paper says it is a
Erather long document. and sets
Eiorth freelv both the “grievances
lot the Allies and the crushing
1;rcst)onsibi1itics of the Central
Powers.” .
i Count Czcrnt'n von Chiidenitz .
has succeeded Baron von Burials.
,as Austin-Hungarian Foreigrr
iMinister, according to a Reuter’s‘ .
Amsterdam dispatch quoting the;
:Vienna Wiener Zeituiz. Count?
tC‘zernin was also named presi-.‘
Edcnt of the joint council of minis-
Eters“ He was ,minister to 'Ru—
lmanz‘a until the time that couri-Q
Etry entered the war. ' ‘
Emperor Charles. the dispatch~
says, has conferred on Baron
Burian the brilliants of the Orderjf
,of St. Stefan for his great service;-
Foreign Minister. and has alp-
lpointed him common Financ
Minister in the place of Prince“
Conrad-van Hohenlolre, who ha,
Erosiqned. ,.
, The Berlin police presiden
Etess appeals and has refused to;
'éxtend the closing hour for resv
taurants, cafes, clubs and hotel
‘bevond 10:20 1). 'm., on new
Year’s Eve. The rulinq'hits- Here...
lin especiallv hard since it had
been the. Custom for, getter-attend.
to celebrate the dawn of the. . *
l Continued on Eleventhillllze.) 5,;
W... 0“ .
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