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ASSOCIATED PIE” NEWS FROM A”. PART. OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL Will: A
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Entered at the booth Not-walk Post
Office as “com! Class Matt”.
scorn soswsu, cost, new“, sov. 15, 1917
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ND OUR OWN OPERATOR
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‘Tt‘i’tuisa lltlIA’S Mitt tiisuit
till 00MPANY
f08~$501NNl
Helena Hill W cod Al-
les [4th Recall??- Screen
ctured Her, limit-r Title
“White House l Sufi
tittiiittlistitii
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- .alk Woman Denies She
as Ever Been Connected
itlt a Riot of Any Sort
HINGTON, Nov. if. oiaimim:
c has been grossly humiliated
.. s suffered great pt "r'i'nlil and
I injury through lining her
exhibited in an untiut- light
a ’inovlc" screen all over the
- 'Mrs. Helena lllll Weed.
ter of the late f'i'nfl'ttsflman
eser J. Hill. of (‘onnv-vtlcut. to-
t d suit in the div"!H supreme
:mto preclover 850.000 damages
e' at e Week] , ., -
libel. y inc for al
her suit papers Mrs. Weed says
defendant has been exhitlng it
n picture under the thin “Suns
for the Cause in l-‘mnil of the
0 House" in which she/tinnitus
der arrest. She' dent.N that she’
: .r been conneeted with a zlot'
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Nil iliii unit
utilitarian
ation Here Is Expected
t See Relief at an Early
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tgeport. Stamford and Norwslit
use as it may seem. are about as
oil for coal supply :tu any plate
the state, despite thr' {not that
if the places have ample harbors.
are closer to the cool shippinz
l in New Jersey th in any place
be state. The only to ae-
t for that situation is tha' the lo.
dealers have born lulr-ltivnrd in
fling .roal here :it the prevail-
rate they have to pav.
V! q '.'
allow them to sell
il margin of profit.
rvi'tver, that mimtz'dwtnndingz
at own
been cleared away, humility; to
Bridgeport Post. An unden
ding has been arrived !' between
local committv'e on fuel tit-minis-
ion and the local cont (italics, so
.‘fhr- future situatlon may how-on
rahly lightened and ntratzriened.
I AT OWNERS A RE
ASKED FOR DATA
t iii-rs: of pleasure boats of all
's. which under the new revenue
> recently enacted riut't be listed
. the internal Revenue bureau.
requested to send their names.
-ress. and kind of beef brand. to
-. Internal Revenue office. llridzc-
. on or before Saturday. f't‘mpli-
41th the request will he more.
ted by the office and m'vv save. con.
crablc annoyance in" r to owners
the boats. ,
ll boats used for pleasure coming
bin the limits. of section G07! of the
law are exw-cted to empty. The
applies to all hosts used for
> sure except row boats. and own-
i-i any part d l-‘a'rfit-ld county
‘1 leJort to the reverie.n ntlit-e in
comm. .
pnllentlons for permits to use them
~ be filed under tbs new hie. still
b necessary to have the patriots and
i .m that the I
sent to the owners. ,
me are exceptions. to . tax lin-
by law. bu‘ all it used for
sure are reduced to be lists-i.
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notwrnment agents hvrc would“.
a .
pollution- why,
innit town.
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Flee to the American Side? Brotherhoods to Meet Him
After a Battle of Two' November 22, and Will
Honrs’ Duration Make Patriotic Appeal
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EXECUllflNSAilE , ll‘PliElENlA .
lilfllmfllfl’li STRIKE IlliillNfi in
[General Cordova Weeps As!
' ‘ ‘ ' tens to
lie Gives Up Silver Mount. . Executive Prepares S .
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ed SWord and Pistol , l Draft Men to Run the Rat
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PRESIDIO, Tex. Nov. 15.—Fr.ui-‘ , , ' _ _ _ .
mm Vina" "w“ “9 "ml in pos- WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.——l’re‘si-
session of the Mexican town of 0hr.-
aga. having captured it last night af-
ter a tWo hours' battle With the
Mexican Federal troops who finally
fled to the American side of ’ll‘ Rio
(liende and eurriyidt-red to the. Uni-
ted Stat-?s troops in command of Cap-
tain Theodore Barnes. ’
Gen. Juan limpinosay Cordova who
‘was in command of the Federal
troops. said the fighting was hand to
hand In the streets of Ojlnaga and
that many on both sides were killed.
.' The Mexican troops. who weir: in-
dent Wilson is determined that there
shall be no railroad strike growing
out of the new waste demands now
being formulated by. the railroad
broiherhoodl.
Negotiations with the hrotlierhoods
and the railroad heads, conducted in-
directly by the President through the
medium of Judge William L. Chum-
bers. head of the Federal Board of
Mediation and Conciliation. have re-
sulted in in flat rejection by th'
brotherth of the President's pro-
posal that they enter into an agree
termd l" ”m i’residio army “mil-l merit to appropriate any controversy
nntiibercd 300. The rest of the Ofln.‘
“3“ garrison. I‘Mimated at 20-). m
”“0”th to have been killed or
captured. '
Villa troops under command of Mar-
tin L09". are laid to have number.
ad close to 1.000;
Wholesale executions: were ripen.
,cd to *occur today. when the Villa:
:comma'nders will Wreak ““9““,
upon the enemy prisoners,
it was Just four years ago
it i h mediation has failed to settle.
lithe railroad heads have. My
informed the President through
Judge Chambers of their acceptance
of this proposal a so hsve the
other of Railway Switchmen and the
Order of Railway Telegrapbers. The
refusal of the brotherhoods to set and
therefore remove for the duration of
the war all possibilitv of a railroad
strike that would paralyze the nation s
industries has brought matters now
ito a. head and will require the Presl-
Vdent‘s direct interposition.
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fiflMPEliSAflVlSES ' . __N_,___
iiiiliii ll] Pill filli lililN W. iiiiEENllilllil
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John William Greenwood. one oi
’ ‘ ' tNorwnik's most well-known citizenei
'BLH‘M‘OHNOV' iS.~\\'hnp its com- rassed away at his home. 15 River-
"titties 13b0,“! in ”Tm m" thirty. side 'tvenue, last night about 9:15
germ“ “mm“ COHW‘ntion of the Arm o'clock. alter suffering a bad attnc
ettcnn Federation of Laboi. marked of asthma.
”“9 todav and heard a talk from “5 Mr Greenwood. although not in the
President. Samuel Gompers. Mr. Gom- host Inf health for the past few years
i‘t’l’s made the don'nrigm Statement was at work Tuesday. at the Nor-
' that mm long “landfill Problems af-.walk Tire 3: Rubber Company's plant
“Ming capital and labor are pm""in Winnipauk. He was taken sud-
tically unsoivable, deuly ill vesterday. howeVer. and
“A" that can be done," he said. passed away after a few hours sick-
"is to solve problems confronting “A “en-s,
from dayto day, We can ”my all Mr Greenwood Worked as a loral
disputes during the War it you Ht'ntle- mail 'carrier for fifteen years. mostly
mm Will bear in mind "I“ all the on rural routes. He was appoint-ed
"“1le are nm on your Side and nil in the postal service as a/substltttte
"l“ Vices on thpzm' it is not fair to \t 1902 .and resigned his ”position
take the derelict and hold him up as a burly lalit spring on account of ill-
'l’l’P 0f labor any more than it is fair health Since that time he Was en-
to hold up a gradgrind as a type of gazed in the Norwalk Tire & Rubber
employers. Neither side can claim Company. in Winnipauk.
’ ’The (licensed is survived by a
i wife and one son. LeGrand C. Green-
l‘wood. Tho sympathy of ti large cir-
K cle of friends is extended to the fam-
.r bereavemc. .
l'tlrmcll‘glwooa was forty-nine was
. . Funeral services \vill1 TPlhf‘d
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VlvASlllNGTON. D. 0.. Nov. 15,— from the into home oft .hefigiuwmk‘
Thirty.ont’ militants of the Woman's 15 Riverside avenue :1“... Albert E
i‘nrty today were Sentenced to 39”". Saturday afternoonaalk 'Nttthodint
1“” "rm“ Yang'ng from Six days to mend. ‘0' [the 1Ww'll omciate. and
six months in default of am... for Episcopal Church dl in Riverside
picketinlz the White Housesayurday burial Will be ma 9
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,31, WOMEN 'ro JAIL
'. FOR PICKETING'
' of all"
'nnd yesterday. cemetm- .
Miss Lucy Burns. vice chairman of M fun PAmflN
the wotr't‘ian's part>\ was sentenced to UNION MECHANICS l
serve tee months for each offense. ‘ l
Mrs. John Winters Brannau of New: TO CONTINUE STRIKE. - --
York, gm thirty days {or each 01,. l .iotd lfr'ii'sflln in store for those
tense. Both previously had been re-
leased from jail sen'ences by Pres-
idential pardon.
Mrs. Mary A. Nolan. the seventy-
three-yearold militant of Jacksonville.
' Pin. was sentenced to three days for
each offense. All the others receiv-
ed terms of fifteen days for each of-
tense.
With few exceptions the thirty-one
'women who were sentenced today
will come up for trial snln Friday
for [ticketing the White [louse lon-
day. All the non women taken to
. jail today demanded treatment as
lpoliticul whale“. 1
BOSTON, Nov. 15.—-Striltes of union
mechanics on government work in this
ltv. Obi-lites sud Watertown will be
continued "until open shop conditions
are eliminated.” according to a vote of
the joint councils oltho building trades
nnlr rm here yesterday.
“it President Wilson does not cllml
are determined to stay out." said the
abatement. "They will not work with
alien and non~cltlsen labor, many of
whom have refused to take out their
first papers; thby are willing to waive
this. providing union citizen labor csn-
not be bad." ‘
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0f prints
Mexican Federal Troopslstlmmons Chiefs of the
they-may have With the l‘lill‘flls‘lll
note the open shop conditions. the men,
iiisstitiiwuit
iN,filili8lillillJl.tl
iiiiitiiwituu
Windows Provide E ‘ Ex-
its When Stamford ..
ars See Bruin at the Door
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STAMFORD, Nov. 16,—The ! dangli-
ters of many of Stanford’s foremost
families were acquiring cuihtre in
the Low Heywood School st Shipped
Point today when a young black bear
nosed open the trout door sol vent
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instantly a score or more it (it'll
with several teachers. m [Obs out
of windows and. rear doom. W
screaming. and while they spilled tho
alarm through Shippu Point the
bear enjoyed a luncheon uthered
from all the boxes left by the pupils
and teachers in it out man.
“When the police arrived the,"
was sleeping on s mm II &
- yard. She was the “I that H
caused so much entrant vino
Monday. when she «opal from (3‘
into George A. Jenkina' m It 8”
pin Point. The bear slept. in I in!
that night. terrified the colony all
Tuesday and at night trwd toting
the two children of Thomas Robins. I
member tithe Mural Advisory Board.
. Then Chief of Police Brennan and
ielght armed policemen beg 9
:search that continued molt last
night for the uniiiini. They were re-
iieved today when Captain Rubin.
lseizcd the bent by an ear "umber
bed of flowets'attd marched her back
to her cage.
THE HilliE :
Cliff—”ill REVISE. ‘
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An important meeting of the Home
i‘Chaplerr of The King‘s Daughters and.
:Sons was held ill the home of Mrs:
IRobert F, Way, Monday nfternoon.‘
Mrs. C. B. Coolidge was appointed
.chalrmanqif collectors. The colléc-i
tors for 1917 nre‘iifrs. Jane Austin.
Mrs. R. F. Way. Mrs. A. Greenwood.
Mrs. H. Shufell. Mrs. J. A. Mills. Mrs.
Harry Byinmon. Mrs. J. E. Jones,!
Mrs. .l H. St-eley. Mrs. Chas. Gehr-‘
man. Mix. A. ll. Cleverly, Mrs. H. C.
Drake, Ml“, V.'. C, Jessup. Mrs. G. H.
Noxon. “r! H int-rd. Johnson. Miss J’.
Hitrlbutt. )irs. l‘ranlo Lauder and
Mrs. too Davis. It was voted that]
tall dues should be collected before.
iii-crittber ist. and that the books be,
positively closiil m that time. to gift);
the citaitmun 4-! collec'ors and tmas-g
tit-era time to make up'their bookie;
and have then gone over by the audi-;
for before Janti'irv let. it was vot-l
ed to ask the public to cooperate
with the collectors to make this pos"
.sible by sending in dues at once in-
_ste:td of I'fllll'l‘z for the collector to
a bill. By doing so.
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much valuable time would be saved,
» the .tkllrctord oblo com llevote
that lllflt to find Cross work. IMem-
. bore-hip cards as well as receipts will
;be git-tn this .ymr. These nonmem-
,’ed in purple ink ind designate full orl
associate inmbnmhip. All men andt
some fe‘" women who cannot attend
fmeetins's will be hereafter known asl
associate members.
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THEATRE an
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wl.o itul‘t‘ Lent forced to fork over
two ('Elllli or 'hrce cents more for
their in. 3. due to the war tax. The
Government has decided that the
t-v mar pt-y the war tsx without
lviolaiini: ti -- l.- w in any respect.
Sonic theatres have 'ben pom
‘llle war it! for their patrons. while
other! in .. nun thsrging Ive min
~or nnore~tttldrloml to this old char".
per seat. For instance. A m
,luuulllv paid 25 cents for his seat.
twitch til: wai- tax went into elect
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,Up to Noon Today the Sum
of $9,802.47 Had Been
Subscribed For the Y. M.
C. A. War Work
llllllE BilMlNfi
IN [ATETllllA‘i
as Related at the Noonday
luncheon '
Total Up to Today $9,802.47.
That is the mount that had been
subscribed up to noon today and
which had been reported. This shows
that Noryalk llhh t-ii- it“
ment by $1,302.47 and still there
quite a few sources lili.
from. , .
At the luncheon this noon
above reports were mad-a and th
t.‘ - n.- . .
abiv be cneurb to hit” the 14.1..1
’ciose to if not more than $11,000.
it Wills dlf‘ith‘tl lhlti lltt,’ Hill! 01]).
ins finish their work and report
to the executive commitiei.‘
Addresses were made by General
Russell Frost. Frederick ls. Lawson,
who introduced during the coin.» at
his «cores. the slogan "Do it For
Namath," and Rev. John Satirical,
are
who told a story about .1 woman in ,
.flm on who was not wealthy enough
ft contribute anything in [I monetary
way, but who had some old French
coins that she thought mlaht fetch
nrveral dollars and Wlllf'll tilt" con-
i:.lut.ed. These, 1-31.: bunch-t the
sun: of 325. ~
'lite executive o-iiriittc- reimi'lvil
3;“ for today out he ’ollowm': arc
the reports of tht team t'.tpl.\in8'
Team No. 1—4. L. O'Brieil....$705.55
Team No. 2~S. Roodner ..... 544.00
Team No. 3—HT. L. M. Allen.. 200.00
Team No. 4—4. H. Stevens... 852.00
‘Team No. 5—W. G. Cleveland 345.75
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SPURiiiliS ILLNESS
Niniitiixwii
iSlackers Will Find Disease nattncetzU-nt at
Camouflage Exceedingly
Hard to Utilize—Examin-
ing Officers Put Wise
to Tricks -— Government
Sends Out Treatise on the
Art of Dodging War
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-—Feigned
disease will excuse no men froui the
second draft. Steps are being taken
to check the simulation of disease.
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. .. l.: , t ctiv 1 ”mg Which is known to have been prac- ’ ,
berrhvn ( n rre “ tra 9y 9 'ticed to a considerable extent dur- “h“.l"
ing the first draft. The Federal hy--
giene service has made an exhaust-l
tive study of the matter. as a-rcsultj
of which A. G. Dumez has written a;
treatise of several thousand words;
on the subject. This treatise was to
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day orC-zred distributed to all e».
amining medical oflicers.
Cases are reported by Mr. Dumez
where men have gone so far as to
risk their lives to simulate disease
and thus to escape military service.-
lt has been proved that some men
ate lye..potn:=h or_sulphuric acid in
order to excite symptoms of ulcrri
of the stomach. Some others who ap-
parently feared high explosives on
the battlefront had no fear of taking
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JAPAN CANNOT SEND
TROOPS TO EUROPE
TOKYO. Nov.
1', -‘ ' “we in nutter of war
informs Japanese newitpsucvmen that
the dispatch of troops to Mom
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the tremendous cost and the lack of
teams Baron Tskubashi former
e of the
leaders of the Myuhl putty says
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the Japanese army is drill-mat tn mu-
xssa and sirplsno equipment.
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Piillillltil) l8 INiUlMiS
ACCORDING to illiiiilll‘
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T‘i i IV. QTY-SECON D
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itii. rquY Fl’l'l‘lNGLY ! Cross the River Plove-
OBSERVED TODAY! Have Been Foiled General-
ly by the Italians. ‘
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Reported to Have Carried
out I Success! ul Ambush *
in No Man’s Land ’
LONDON, Nov. l5.—According
{to W‘fepoi'is from Stockholm,
ltravelers who arrived yesterday
levening in llaparanda, Sweden,
'.from Finland, say rumors the cur-
lrent there that i’etrograd is in
flames.
LONDON, Nov. lb.——\\'ord was
.again received from i'urogratl
by wireless today that no report.
from army headquarters had
been received.
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JOHN HENRY KNAPP
friends ‘ of
Jul. 1 Henry Knapp. vice president of
the they National Bank, are paying
lll'li' .~‘-vpects to him at his home. 218
afternoon many
American soldiers have carried
out a successful ambush of a Ger— .
man patrol in No Man’s Land on
the western front, killing and
wounding a number of the enemy,
while German shells have unused
a number of casualties .in the
American lines.
An American patrol one night.
recently lay in the mud to wait for
an enemy party for which they had
arranged an attibuscadc. A Ger-
man detachment tif more than
twice the size of the American
party fell into the trap. The enemy
troops were surprised and did not
stop to fight, scurrying away with
their dead and wounded. The
Americans suffered no casualties.
Artillery firing on the American .
sector is becoming more active. A
CAMP tisvms, Ayer, ”[393" My number of Americans have been
1?. Over 20,000 men including five- killed or wounded, one shell
«NW at least of the 304th regiment which .'M)l)p~1ll‘lpu)' a trench,
m m: mitt largely of Faitflf'ld County causing, casualties. 'Amcrican at.
."i‘Jfl. “33' 31° "flit.“ illilflzv'ifiza'l‘i; limpet", also “a"? bee" bl'al’or
her: a‘ home. ,according to an ,an- "if! the Germand strongly andjt 1" ,
division headquarters believed their shells have claimed
thl'I' today. All these men will be qtliteafcw victims.
[)(‘l'l'illiit-fl to leave camp in time to Austro-Gcrmaii
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his
illll Road. the occasion being
ntueiy‘eecond birthday. bi:
la in the, best of health and
wit interest in public affairs.
..t*ii:'mi toJooitlng after his ex-
ocrine” interests.
in Mill ill iii
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Fill‘l.)ugli5 For Practically
1?; cf the Fairfieid County-
Men at Camp Devens on
Thanksgiving
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{‘79 i-vrltt-y with the home 'folka. . H .
Only 'hc barest sort of guard Wm 1”. cross the Plait. have. been failed
left in camp on Thanksgiving dnv, generally by the ltaltans and the
and Hm they Will be provided with party that crossed at Ztison has
a 9""‘l"“."“5 turkey dinnei-‘in the not been able to debouc . Sever-
b‘mm'ka. ' Cam Gordon ai uttemptshave been made to
A, .44": 530 a, she mpn'who a cross the river between Z’onson
wepl‘; ,th were training here will not and the Adriatic. but only in, the
color: ’: lanlmgivintz in New Ensland marshiand on the coast have the
for thv simple reason that mailing! Germans been able to make, pmg.
.. 5:: trams: 2.: fies “creepy mt new
a, Chambltc ",9 superb re, and it is improbable that any
the cantonmcnt is located. large number of Anstro-Gcrmans
his hit here early Monday mom will be able to take advantage of
ll tludyd in the transfer were the break, because of terrain con-
:.t i: from the 3041b regiment. ditions
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inc.
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1,17,. fl? Efingoifianffiflflé'l“ "1,2 On the line from thc_Piave to
it} :‘-.::—t' infantry and- 2:000 soldiers the Lake Garda the ltaltans have
fit": 'i‘ ‘ new! Brigade. The” 3.00" retired between the river and the
7""" """l'i “‘9‘ sawma’ m" cam” region northeast of Asiago, re-
t;a.. where they joined more
for
fir-Mon.
thrr‘ ? Mo others who left Ayer
n... :mulh utter-Ii Weeks ago.
ducing the bulge in the italian
tiine. Atrium-German pressure
. here and around Asiago continues
heavy. The invaders have gained
CTEDMENTOV . M.
NGED TOMORROW;li$iJS“il’ii Ti"§1ftl‘o2m3i.1f§
, . ' l west of Asiago. Another threat to
1'thl'ivtr-lmllgryl:naflallzobinzaflghfl.the new Italian defense is noted
. Ci." 1'. ' i! l.
ill" .i prison in Wethersfield curlyfl" a strong German 930“ ”tween
tt'i'. crux morning, did not vary theirLLalte Garcia and Luke L"tlro. It
norm "llr‘lOlllfl at the prison yester-iwss the first in this region, but.
day. according to Warden Word AM.“ "palm
Gmfl" "m" a” "m": “hm“ "ml All the moveable art treasurcw
rev." was the warden's -commcnt.‘hr bee tak f V .
li'mi “we and lluulioiie were con- ‘we , . n “P mm "“90 “'1.
Wm; of the murder of Rsilaclojlle cities of Woman and Trev?
Siikmteil of New l'.lriltilll.Brt!llt!I crslreialgo have been ghom of then-v,
M"; "‘"""”"‘d l“ R" t“ “ V works of art in view of thetpo-u.’ ,
lrmlil'l' 25. A plea in the commuting ble AustroIGe “we“ in
of it"- sentences from hanging to life!" uh. ill twp, ‘ l: ‘ '
i.' prominent was denied recently st, re . "18 9 ' “V9 me_ ”It
iv. 'rccilil meeting or the bolrd of forcing» the Italians to retire to
the Brcnts or Alps. .
pardons.
Germany ’s submarine campaign
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