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BERLIN. Dec. :6. by WEE;
allies —- Austria-Hungary,
«c. garia and Turkey—today replied
y-to the note of President Wilson
in which he asked that the bellig-l
clout nations state the aims for
. which they were fighing. The pro—;
v-Jposal is made by the Centrall
Powers that a conference of the,
«'lelegates of all the belligerentsi
he held immediatly in a neutral
.. city. The task of preventing
,, future wars. the official state-’
» gucnt says. can be begun only af-
l'cr‘the end of the present strut»;-
vie?-
" ’ll‘t'leanswer which also con-
; thins the reply of Austria-Hum
” lbw. Bulgaria-Md Turkey. salts:
‘ f» “The high-minded suggestion
.~ tirade thy the President of the
.~.. fi‘nited‘States of America in order
to create a basis for the attain
.=~'T-‘iishment of a lasting peace has
”been received and considered by
the Imperial Government in the
47- friendly spirit which was express-
Germany Pr
An mmediate Meeting .
To Discuss Peace
.11: Sayville.~—Germans and her - _ A
Bul- which he has at heart and leaves4
ed in'the President's communica-
='.:.fiermany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and
Turkey Reply to the High-Minded Sug-g
gestion Made by the President of the;
United States—Woold Prevent Future
Wars and Asks United States to Co-‘
lion.
"The President points out that
open the choice of road.
“To the Imperial Government
an immediate exchange of views
seems to be the most appropriate
road in order to reach the desir-
ed results.
“I beg, therefore, in the sense
of declaration made on Dec. 12
which offered a hand for peace
negotiations, to propose an im-
mediate meeting of delegates of
the belligerent states at a nau-
tral place.
"The Imperial Government is
also of the opinion that the 'great
work of preventing future wars
can be begun only after the end
of the present struggle of the na-
tions.
“It will. when this .moment
shall have come. be ready with
pleasure to collabOrate entirely
with the-United States in this ex—
alted task." "
The answer of the (Central
Powers concludes with the usual
diplomatic terms of politenes‘s.
indoor
humour
«. ~~‘|‘lu-~ Unity Leaguc of Norwalk will!
, :. hold its second of tlic scrics of its'
Air-.(auhlrt’s tonight. at, their quarters.
" Winner‘s Hull. 12 Washington slrcel.i
ration“: Noritallr,~at 7-:30 p. in, sharp“
This distinguished Dr. H. S. LewisI
whom—Now York. whose lectures hovel
been published wide. will speak on!
“wintereslin’u subject “Arisimilntfiiilf’l
t. Rabbi H. S. la-wis in thc Jewish chap-1
Hairpin the city prison. Munllallan. m1
fljclmsh island and Scuvicw llospilnl,;
’ -.-‘j8lfll.iul island. 3
_ yMr. Wxn._ K. li‘mklcr. chairman of.
;,~ the {lolly League, has succeeded in'
. smoking arrangements for lezilurcs for.
' theontire winter season and has on.
1' 153313116an made with the. most prom-
»: incul. lecturers to appear hero in tho.
a near. future. Among the many are
Miami“ A. Goldwasser; meld sccrn'.
(m_.‘ for the council of Young Men‘s
.v'lflclvrow and Kindred Association oil
New York. who will speak here on.
.lsamiary 17. 19”. Mr. Julius llra‘ch-l
.slccfroni New York, who will lncturc'
'lrcrc-January :llst, 1917; Mr. Norman
Wsmslnm 0i llropsie College of Pluto-l
bury. Conn. Rabbi Jacob
:1?va 'York and ilr. R. L.
. ‘Nesv 'York and many olhcrs.
»‘~"l‘-ha lectures arc followed by music"
_ and dancing. Admission frcc- imd the1
entire Jewish community of Nor-walki
:«ro mrdially invited, to :iland. ‘
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Kolm of 1
Solomon of;
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FlRS‘l" BAPTIST CHURCH CHRIST;
‘MAS. 1
SChristmas at the First Baptist!
" (lunch was observed on Sunday. Tin-
ydnlform was fiftingly decorated Willl‘
(trims, glfeéls. The hristmas music.
w: 'as most. nsplrin', with Miss ll: .
. Fallon. organist: dHoward Mcchiaii ‘l
Violinist and Mrs. Fennimun, soloistI
anointed by arfu‘ll chorus choir. VainE
would be the attempt. to single out"
‘$c*my‘0fl9 member of the choir for spa.
. clubmcntlon as all did excellent work
and furnished a treat to tho
from fortunate ‘en
at the service. Th.
mflymuing in theme and
13m, hence on entire s
00:9 cigars uplift. '
._., ..lirisllnus festiv
. Jul #1102 lecture room,
3113’. “Fe. ‘28”: at 7:3
. SP “‘llol
Ugh to be prescnt‘.
sermon was «min?
presents“
rice was"
.u will be held?
Thursday clen-
0 o'clfii‘k.
‘ rubjcct is useless.
llllllllE P0l|CE
CHIEE lllllEll
lit. PASO, Tex, Dec. Burtlaoril
Loya, actlnu'chief of polic‘c of Juarez.
was shot and killcd last night. by u
('urranza officer whom no ordcrcd to
sun-coder his arms. >
WASHINGTON, llec, 26.~—llnless
General Carranza returns a fn‘vorable
answer today to the last communica-
tion made to his commissioners by
flan American representatives- a Week
ago at Philadelphia. the negotiations
will come to an end. -
The Mexican commissioner's will
tree: at New York today and if Cur-
ranza has sent. to them his ’answcr
it is expected Luis Cabrera. chairman
of the Mexican delegation,‘ il'ill for-
ward it immediately to Secretary
Lune. chairman of the American sec-
lion.
“’ian the joint Mexican-American
commission reconvened at Philadelp-
hia. Alberto J. Pani. the Mexican
\‘mumissioner who had carried the
l‘roiocol signed at Atlantic City to
anrclaro for ratification of General
dolphin: whose home man in \anepi Carranza .submitted a counter propos-.
Hi. It was im effect a rejection of
(no agreement cntcrcd into by the
icommissioners and the substitution
of another protocol that had. been
drafted by the Mexican commissioners
at lllc direction of Carranza. _
The Americans replied in a written
ccmmlmiculion. saying that they
could not consider the. counter pro-
loud and insisting that the agreement
ulrtady mode must either be rail
in u or definitely repudiated.
it was not specifically slated tha‘
failure to ratify the agreement would
rcsuil in a. filial break in negotiations.
hm llle intimation tliatlhe Americans
would not continue the debates the“
nlrcady have extended over lb
llimlllls was made clear.
Wliclbcr Carranza has ratified the
rec
agrri-mcnf is unknown by the Ameri- .
can commissioners or by the Slate De-
partment. ‘
If Carranza's anSWer is communl ‘
(and to Secretary Lane today. an
rnnccments for a continuation ‘of the
conferences of the joint commission
will be made unless the character 0"
ll'c reply is such an to make it'ev‘
donl that continued debates on the
oposed ‘—
. wdb admitted thlsrmornlng.
Exiiiisu ~
MlRlllND *
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Wireless ‘Service Went Out of
Commission This Morning Boc
cause of the flooding of the
Engine Room
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May Be Able to Reach the item
Before She Goes Down
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NEW YORK, Doé. L’s—rile coast:
wise steamship City ob Snvwnh and
the coast guard cutter Acushnet today‘
inmate the asslslmw‘mmm-
slup Maryland. which «horny door
midnight sent out message‘s stating
that she was sinking and asking iniet
nwdiste aid. The Maryland gave her
position as latitude 39. longitude» 67.
or about 38imlles east of Sandy Hook.
The, City of Savannh was 1681:11ch
soull. of the position gli‘on “ by the
Maryland when the call for aid was
received. The Acushnot was at Woods
Hole. Mass; when ordered -to proceed
to-thc assistance of the Maryland'-
The coast guard cutter Mohawk.
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appeal for help was received, was lat-
er ordered to return in view of the
proximity 'to the Maryland or other
,icurcls en route to her old. ,
. Sinco the first. call for hem which
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nudflu
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which left Sandy Hook when the first. .
DEAlll cons '
: Bl nuns
, up rum
Ebenezer ll. Orofoot, of Sollbylsr.
“MSW ll] ~03!" W!!! I]
William E. MIG! ‘
uMfldht
mount
Served as Truant ibflieor, Simply
Distributing Agent and Ens-er-
ator
Ebenezer bl. Crolool ,truut balcer
in thy: Norwalk Public schools. died
at 9:45 o’clock. {allowing injuries re-
crived three hours earlier. ybon be
was struck by on automobile driven
by William E. Bugley or Fall-field ove-
nur. :‘l‘ho accident occurred at the
corner of North Main snd’Ann streets.
Mr, Crofoot had been entertaining a
party of relatives at his residence, No.
10 l‘utnam avenue. and was accom-
panying them to the railroad station.
whcrc they \vcrovto take the train for
their home in Battle]. . In the party
lbcsldcs Mir. Crotoot. wore Mr. and
Mrs. McKenzie, Miss McKenzie and
Miss Burr.
The automobile was a. Sludobak
owned by Robert G. Mitchell. "1‘ .
.latlcr. with two of his children) F'lor‘
once. “summarise, wont to Bloom
ncld. New Jersey. yesterday morning.
to mend Ghflfilmmt with relatives.
Previous to going be gnvo Bouley per
mission to‘usc the car, and the Inner
took it from the garage about 6
o'clock lasb‘mnlng. and drove to tho
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mWan
dunno
Engagement Announced ,lo Dangli-
ter of Wealthy O I Operator
TULSA. Okla. Dec. 26.—Albert T.
’nlrlck. wealthy oll man, who was
scnlcnccd lhroc limoslo die in Bing
.-mmunmi
Craphoplione Plant Employe ldeti-
fied by Papers on Body at Fair-
fleld Staion
Sin; prison on a murder charge, an-
nounccd here today his engagement
to Miss Mildred West, daughter of a
Tulsa oil operator. They will be
married in June.“
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-—Albert T.
l’clrlck was pardoned by Governor
Dix on November 28, 1912. utter ten
years in prison. following his corr-
vicllon of the murder of William
li‘AlRFIELD. Doc. 26.——Mystcry sur
rounds the manner ih which .Jobn
Mcnyhert. 39 years old. of 410 Bost~
wick avenue, Bridgeport. came to his
death. Portions of his body were
found yesterday morning by the con-
ductor of the 6:34 a. m. eastbound
passenger train. the remains badly
mangled and cut up in front of the
Fairlield station of the New Haven
roan. ’
The station plalform was sputtered
witli blood. and—portions of the body‘
were picked up some distance away.
From letters and other papers found
on the torcso, the body was identified.
Dr. William H. Donaldson. medical
cxaminer. viewed the remains and
govc permission for a Bridgeport un-
dcr‘aker to remove them to Bridge.
purl.
Blenyliert was employed in the
Grupliopbone works in Bridgeport.
Hc was a steady and quiet worker.
but lately. it is said, companions of
the young man noticed that he was
brooding over something. which
rooms to lead to the suicide theory.
By. others who viewed the position of
the remains here. it is bought, bow-
cver. that the young man was riding
on a westbound freight car at the
limo and fell on, an eastbound train
passing over his body.
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HOSPlTAL NOTES. ‘
Henry Trowbridge. of 23 OFChard
street. was discharged Saturday.
Jolin‘ Llebsbach. of Mount Vernon,
were discharged yesterday.
Mrs. Helen Connor. of Ann street
\
.Marsh Rice. 3 Texas millionaire, in
this city. He was the chief bene-
ficlnry under the will of Rice. Son-
trnced to die three times. the legal
fight he made for freedom was one
of ihe most remarkable in tho crim-
inals annals of the country.
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REBELS USED PORl0
Rl00 AS SUPPLY BASE
, SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. Dec. 20.—~
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.)-—Porto Rico has been used as
a base of supplies for revolutionary
ammunition for Sanlo‘Domingo. in the
belief of United States officials here.
who recently discovered and confis.
calm a. large quantity of revolver and
ritlc shells concealed in barrels of
codlish and destined for the neigh»
boring republic. -
Two arrests were made following
the confiscation of the ammunition
but when a grand jury wrest!”
lion failed it was discovered that-al-
though the smuggling of ammunition
into Sonto Domingo ‘wns prohibited
that there was no punishment provid-
ed by law. .
During the administration c” “
dent Roosevelt Congress passed a
joint resolution authorizing the pro"’»
dent to issue a proclamation forbid-
ding the sending of munitions of ‘war
Frank Lowndes of Bridgeport. and into Santo Domingo. but -'the pro] oral farm loan brinks‘are to be '
demotion was the only probibltloniculcd. “The board announced todc'
on record.
Officials here believe that tbevsya .
'. lcmaticntrnfilcking in munitions has lo the cities. The sole question
been broken up.
In UK: Norwalk Hospital last evening;
M blonds refusal to mimlnt ilic’au-
MAN“SH0l
IN HEART
“malice Calls Ili- Olt of Stars
is llomton and is Alleged to
love Murdered Ilia
iuufim
innyuuuni
Supposed that Some Sort of a
Central Occurred During Cbr'st.
um tesiiilties
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With pm—mr-dilatrr‘. 1,;urd “ is
lit-art. George Polii. l r Etc-owl.
'"(llghlih ycizlcrdny 5110‘ Sid insimt'jl
lulled Giuseppe M'icri, of {‘lltitr 'l my».
one. Bridgeport. in front of Gcron-
moe's grocery store. Noroton. Con-
slnblc Wilbur W. miles. of I)nricn.:
who invcsllgnfcd ‘llic shaming. midi
ycslcrdny (but he could discover no
motive for the crime assidc from on
old feud which might havc sinrtcd in
tho “Old Country." l‘clli cscupcd and.
had not bccn located up to prcss
BRIECEPORI in Alllll) mu loin?
sun AND nu 0lflill Alllil)
. WARSHIPS
Recent Naval Engagement
and Some at These Were
ol the Bayonet
imnnnu
mwuuuuu
‘Etfsrls to Consolidate the Com;
gregalional Churches in Millard.‘
Conn, Fails
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limo.
Macri left llrldccporl Saturday ta :
spcno the Christmas holidays with his
relative. If any quarrel bolwccn the,
two men led up to the shooting, their
thoritles with any such facts.
It is said that Pclll left tho-house
to purchase clunrcttol in the Gero-
nome store.’ Maori followed ”a short
limo later. .
rem radar-eased Maorl and said
"come outside," 1 want to see you a.
minute. They left the store together i
and alter .walking about 100 feet;-
Polll is said to have drawn his revol-
ver. and shot his companion. in the
heart. killing him Instantly. There
were no wilnnnses to the crime.
Constable Bates described Pelll on
being about 19 years old with llzbt
brown hair. He has 3 Item. com-
nloxion and wore a. green Alpine hat
a may nmcklnnw and black. button
shoes. He was about 5 feet 8 inches
in height and wolnbed about 18’}
pounds.
Pozses have been organized and are
accruing the country for the murder-
cr. The state police have been cull-
criplions of him have been sent to all
the surrounding towns. .
It is reported that a mum answer-i
in: lo the: description of Pol“ was;
econ near tlic Washington .stroor
oil a local cafe and bought a drink.
The bartender thought that he acted.
suspiciously and look particular note
of his description. It corresponds in
most of the details with the exception
that the'fellnw wore a gray checked
cap and looked older than Pelll. The’
local. police arc looking out {or any
men answering the description of the
fugitive.
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MAMWL
Thieves made a line. haul Sunday!
club; when thcy broke into the cloth }
;ing store owned by S. Levy. on Water
'sfroef, Sccond District and madc‘
away with goods estimated about.
$1.5M) in value. Entrance was made,
through the back door.
Most of tho nrliclcs consisted “ll
clothing. 1t lwus so bulky that it
must have bccn ncccsnary for flu
thieves to use a horse and wagon or
automobile. to get. away with if. M‘
levy discovered the loss carly yeslcr
day morning nn‘tr'rcporlcd it to [In
police. Who are investigating.
Among the articles taken wcrc
ninety—six suits. Traveling bugs
shoes, leather coats, socks, a numbc
1' cheap watches and a Low sets 0'
* luds.
FARM LoAu BANKS IN SOUTl
ANDvWEST.
WASHINGT-V. Dec. 26.-—The Fei‘
oral Farm board has practical!
um‘eed upon 12 cities in which for
that. It is'nca making Irlectlonri._,
fillet. with any regard for udvnnl'
MILFORD, (forms
to (‘clisolidalc the two (‘ongrcgalionul
years ago. have failed.
First Church, which is the older of
the two, voted unanimously to adopt
the plan for consolidation drawn u
by e Joint committee. but the Ply-l
moulli‘ Church. an oflsboot. remitted 10‘
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gallons began in 1737 over the settle-i
accept it. ,
The difference between lbccongre-
incnt of the Rev. Samuel Whitllesey
as motor of First Church. The dls-
pine was so warm that it Is said the
pious worthlcs who were called as
council shook their fists in each
othcr's faces. At any rate. in 1741,
some members withdrew and nix-med
n "econd church. ,
This was resented so much by the
parent organization that. the mem-
bers- tried to prevent the “dissenters"
from holding services by. arresting
tbcir preachers as disorderly persons!-
Onr of these. the Rev. Samuel Finley.
afterward President of Princeton Col-
lege. was sentenced by Gov. Jonathan
Law “to be transported as a transient
poison, disturbing the peace of the
0" on t0 aid in hit Cflllllln‘ and dls"coiiiniiu1lty. out of the colony. from‘
each town." .
In the recent effort In effect a re-
union of the two churches it was the
-. , . limrcnt orvnilizntion which made the .
bm’m‘ early ““5 morning. “9 entcr-_ proposal and offered the concessions.
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One Man Burned to Death and Sev-
eral Other Person‘s Seriously lu-
lured
{\EW BRITAIN, Dec. 26-"One mall
.wns burned to death and two men
and a woman were overcome by
smoke at a fire in the Holcl‘Bronson.
'nculed nt’thc corner of Main and
East. Main slreel5.,carly this morning.
The dead man is John McCarthy, of
Whirled. a blacksmith employed in
ibis city. Many thrilling rescues
= 'wrcmade by policemen. who routed
Ilm roomcrs out of bed and either
padded or cnrrlcd them through
cwoke-filled ball-ways.
or- the third floor.
Ncllic Brausficld, nn cmploye of the
hole], was carried out of the building
'nconscious .by Fire Chief Robert M.
Home. 'A pulmolor was used unsuc-
(sslully for half an hour and she
-ns ihcn' taken to the hospital with-
"‘t having regained her senses. John
lllricn and Eli George. both lodgers.
crc brought out of the building by
‘v'cmen and taken to the hospital.
quoting from smoke inhalation and
“lb on their feet.
unity attire and received the injuries
o their feet while Walking on brok-
n class on thorsldewnlk.
liernrl'hy nnd O’Brim.’ who vym-r
“v (is. occupied adjoining rooms. Mr,
""' “""MW'M in meaning unnlfl
“l. but rushed back into the building-
llring out O’Brlen. He was foum‘
. __ ‘s
one o fadvantnge to the banks.
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lElllllNIC Alllis TAKE-5:000 PRISONERS .
IN lilillES ALONG lllE lllllllfillll Ell0lll
Town of l‘lllpeclul Captured by the Teulous at the Point
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The fire was .
They were in l
BADEY DAMAGED
Fought Oil the Strait ol
Olranlo, Wllb Austrian Destroyers as file Aggresson.
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Two allied patrol boats were
,sunk and four other allied war;
ships were damaged in the recent
naval engagement in the Strait
of Utranto, the Austrian Admiral-
ty announces. The Austrian des-
troyers were hit.
An official statement issued at
Rome yesterday said:
"Several enemy ships attacked
our patrol vessels in Otranto
Channel on the night of Decem-
ber 23. French and Italian war-
brolberindaw in Noroton. I’clli m. churches bore and so cud n quarrel Ships came to the rescue and the
sides in the some llousc with Mnxri's which began nearly two hundred enemy fled under cover of dark.
n‘ess after a sharp engagement.
What damage he suffered is un-
known.
The Austrian iannOuncement
follows: it "‘. “ i‘ " .; "u and";
“On the night of 'Dec. 22:23
four Anette-Hungarian destroys-e?!" .
ers made a raid in the Otranto .5."
Strait and after an engagement. 1
sank two armed patrol boats. On. .
their way back at least six hostile '
destwyers of greater size and,
speed, evidently‘of the Indomito‘
lclass, blocked their ways A vio-
lent combat with guns ensued.
One hostile desiroyer was set on
fire and three others were hit
several times at short range. The. ‘
enemy’s sea forces, among which
was one vessel of a more power-
ful and unknown type. were rout.
e .
“One of our destroyers was hit
[town to town, by tho constable of twice in the funnel and another
‘was hit in the superstructure.
One man was killed. There were
no. wounded.” . ‘
“The artillery fire was more _
active temporarily on the Carso"
Plateau.” says the official Aus-
trial report of Dec. 24. from th
Italian front. . . '
The town of Filipechti, on the
railroad between Buzeu and
Brailia, was captured at the point
of bayOnets, says the official
Romanian statement. Strongly... ‘ .
entrenched Russian positions on .
both sides of the village were
stormed. . .
Today’s German army head-7‘
quarters statement regarding cp— '
erations on the. FrancoiBelgian
front is as follows: -
“Western front: In some soot
tors of the Ypres front. on. both
sides of "La “Bassee Canal and.
west of Lens. the activity of the
artillery increased. Advances by- "
strong British patrols were rel
peatedly‘ repulsed."
German army headouarters to—
dav reported as follows on the
Macedonian operations: .
“Macedonian front: Successful
patrol advances were made bvBul-i
aarian infantry northvvest of.
Monastir. In the bend of the
Cema' there has been artillery
firinqr of varying violence." .
"There was nothing to repOr _
last night. with the exception of
:rathcr lively artillery fighting in 1.
1th: regions/south of Lihov13."ff;..<
savs todaV’s official reporti‘rom,
the French front.
“Ten of our aviators vesterday :
bombarded the railroad station’.
and.barracks cf: Neslé and enemy‘ _ ‘
encampments in the nhapitre
Wood and at Ourscamp.” '
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Norwalk Chronicler