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ttlnltlsunsrlu
Since Tuesday, But Ves-‘
sets Broke Away When;
i“Take Damn Few Prison-E
' crs," He Tells Connecti-
Blizzard Came .
cut Men at Ayer—I’re-
sents Colors to 301th it-
AMIllES [IN
“MR“ SAVE“ ,fantry Rgiment
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, ,l-l.»’|‘wo thousand Connecticut men
cw in the 304th Infantry Regiment were
ed to Bridgeport and N 1° d h
tmpresse wit the sad but glorious
Haven—SCIIOOMY Mary E'. necessity of upholding Connecticut ’
CIIfl' WTCCIKHI 0“ Benetratlitions in this war for democrat-y
Island [MINI Goternor Mart-us )i, Ilolcolnb‘
‘ splolteIIo them, officially and person
a y. ’t l‘is mornin follow r.
Somewhere just .0“ (”“9“ R9”! cntation of (‘Olflfll to this“ :Egitle-lht
lighthouse liP SIX 00‘” barges .that Surrounded by his staff and the mil-z
went down during ”‘9 terrific “0"“ f't'l's of the rtgintchl. he reminded
lfl‘it nllht between 10:30 “I“ ll. Th“ tilcnl pf. Connecticu part in part
harm had been off Nfilfion's POW l“ we. warned t m to “take damn
tho- local harbor since 7 o'clock Tues-‘19“, prisonpmn w u." ”my g0 apm...
day morning, weather‘bound and last and bade ”le "farewell
night in aplte of storm ancliors,,tilthl° speed." just as a pale winter sun‘
‘nch hawrersfwlre cable and the tug broke suddenly from behind shift.
“Willey" of New York, drifted out to in
g gray clouds. casting its sunshine'
”'3de the lighthouse, "h"? the on the beautiful new colors, apt-ar'
zinfrtgeg35‘ghthatcttfifi :12"? :(gfl'ég tipped. gold fringed and braided with,
around lilt so many straws, g rt'Qthhltehand blue.
Only t bravery of Capt. Archie: m ”I t e. ”um”: .
Guthrie I mom on the tomato-.1 9° ”"1""! “mm ”‘d "PW“ "‘7 ;
loy saved the lives of the captains and "'9, "m “m" up "‘1 .do'm "“71 lrnuv
their wivesiropt the “a”, Irons on row of olive drab that.
Captain Outlirlh “M his boat in? filled the snow-covered aquurc in;
close to the wbargea and when the front of the 304th'a headquarteru be;
am.“ came about even with a“, ma“ all but shouted no that every soldier.
,I'hethel' he stood in the center lltfl,‘
the colors. or at the exponrll end of
-thc line, and whether he more her.-
‘from Stamford or Stoning'on. P-‘iilili
hear; "And may the. God of Amlitvs'
.sgivc your ’éourage, nerve your arms,‘
keep you safe for no and lend you.
unto victory." it was not until the
and god-
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Monday ahdflumday Like»
ly- to Be Designated ‘ ””13 [D‘IVTL‘l‘gggNEDe
WASHINGTON, Dec. l-i.—~Fuel At! . , , ,, , ‘ 1
ministratOr Garfield indicated ycster- “ AHHM'105- “- (°- “"- 1"" "
day that he will issue within a “W'Tilree lnen who fatally and a fourth
:1" regulation ordering m." “git_tflt‘l'iflll:ily injured in ”it fuel oil tlrcl
1 on board a navy tug at an Atlantic,
’ on nights in all American cities ant . I
towns. It is understood the regula- port, yesterday, the navy Department
announced tonight.
tion will insist that no lights other ,
than those necessary for the safety ethh'vtdmlg i”; gmcpvw Rial“. am:
of travel shall be burned u n the ‘ ’°“- to ‘0 ° “3 ‘0’" °
po Hampton. water tender. Bamboo, N.
streets and that stores. restaurants . , , ,
and all buildings shut 0“ CVCT)’ lamp L. and William Williams. Chi?! WMPI'
tender, Portsmouth, Va.
ii not‘essential.
indication? are that the order will Ellsworth L. Trumbull, a fireman
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he enective on Monday and Thurs-jgf Mzrtinm'iiie._lnd.. was seriously
«lay nights. As- few lights are used urne °
in business districts on SundangATERBURY FIRE
nights. the new rule. t is believed!
will allow electric an gas plants it 3
LOSS WAS $50,000
rut. down materially their conaump-i __.._..._.
tion of coal three nights each week.‘ WATERBURY' Conn. Dec. “-"A
;revised estimate of the damage caus-
. led by the fire which broke out in
‘the building owned by the'Waterbury
ilitpublican early yesterday morning,
tplaces the loss at $50,000, which is
. ' {entiritiy covered by insurance. The
Flfi T If SUI-1:“ AfiE 'flre started from an overheated stove-
" lpipe. which passed through a wooden
, " I[partition Most of the damage by
“ AMENflum FA'I‘S‘ tire was confined to the third. fourth
‘ , l ; Ludington Cigarette
,, _ giYompsny. The Republican's edition
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 14.--‘ this morning was printed on the Eve.
Recommendation. "0!!! the Executive5 ning Democrat's press. it will be nes-
Council mg: direct "action be taken essary to continue this arrangement
in the Congressional elections nextitor a few days as the Republican!
you! should Congress fall to pass the l oressroom is flooded several feet
federal sunrise resolution at the ses-‘deel! with water. A large quantity
nion. “the reading of an open message ' of the newsprint paper was destroy-
to Congress' by Mrs. Carrie Chapltd by water.
man Quit,” the , t resident and III-f
the
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essay! Segmm 3": gm Revrgilmlmr CHICAGO BANK
*xm‘fiumiit: 5°53; 'i‘..é..“:’:.{’.é..t ROBBERY was LATE
tion of the National American Wom«i , .
an Suffrage Association. i CHICAGO" lli., Dec. M.-It was
The recommendation of the Examine-fly noon today before Chicago's
use Coupon wan made the special or- i daily‘bank robbery was reported. The
dorurto-wrwandloadersprodictrpolice were beginning to this; that
ed its mono- without serious op- .mbaps the bandit business was our:
mutton. The coincii'urged that tholfsrilg from a labor ahmagg'when
,. .- accum- Wows utmost of- .a 11ka message from the suburb
torts g assure numb oi the or u Grange relieved the situation
, one i at "9'1, cannibal. fail. with new: “with State Bank of be
tax that. il'ael'oet'a,num or Sena-.G'raau had been robbed of mm
tonal and congressional
staudimt on}
anti fifth floors, which are used byt
Machine‘
WAR WORK Mill
is lPPiiiiliil Bl
autumn
Governor Holcomb’s War
Cabinet Ready to “Op-
pose ‘With All Power
Available? Further
version of Resources to
Non-Essential Purposes
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WARNINfiSIlilNlliZii
AlilUlMilNlHA
Preparing Business Men For
Changes Which May Come
Another move to discourage the
use of capital or sinil‘for industries
or enterprises not essential to the
prosecution of the war was made by
the State i‘ount-il of Defense yester-
day when it unanimously paasul a
resolution saying that it would "view
with disfavor" and. if need be, "op-
pose with all the powers available
the further diversion of Connecticut's
resources of all sorts for non-concu-
on: your
Thio resolution it Wa‘l stated after
the counci meetinil. was passed un-
animouely y Governor Marcun II.
‘llolcomb's war cabinet.
That this resolution which is pri
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MarshalPower, of Brooklyn,
Clad in Khaki, Joins Party,
Then Spoils It All By Ar-
resting Two Hostesses
. NEW roux. Der. H. Indications
that Metlfnrtl, l.. l_., had become the
dandruff centre of the universe induc~
ed James M. Power, L'nited States
Marshal for Brooklyn and Long is-
land. to look over his wardrobe of
diaguises early yraterdn’y morning.
Selecting the uniform of an army
captain and bidding a faithful deputy
to also don khaki. he entrained for
the quaint Long Island township. An
hour later seven army officers owe-re
in hot Water and two- attractive
young women were in the Patchoguc
Jail. I
it appears that on Wednesday of,
ternoon the Marshal was using a
telephone in Brooklyn when a group
of garrulous and unidentified strang—
ers leaped onto the wire. lie heard
a young woman's voice ask if the
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HEARS Hill
Milillll lilllINii
Farr. Conicted Under New
Automobile Intoxication
Law ’
NIBDLE’I’OWN. Conn. Doc. 14.—
Joscph A. Part. was fouud‘gullty yes-
districts of which $15,000 was to gold.
equal to the number dzvotesfluoeesy
-011 to ma.» "diurnal. tiddaiodthohvlmmuaad
. soon. massts- seal-n tows-imp- gnu
,, ' the federal themmyiatos
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the relief situation g.’ '0" in humped the snow and elect in all illrt‘t‘-‘*‘)UlCt3 of the postal rif'rl'it‘l' will be
HITS AN Alli
Street Department Workers?
Were Kept Busy Through-i
out the Night
Driven by a high wind which whip-
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Postmaster Andrew Leary, of the1
South Nor-walk post office is making‘
every effort to keep tln- ofllct- clear‘
for the Christmas rush, and
gave out the folloWing \cry
statement 2*
The public is advised that the re-
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that its services no m were rcv lions. the first real snow storm ot'taxed to their utmost this hoididart
attired. the luauhua‘etia unit, nrltrlim season atruck Norwaik last nlghljitearon.
Attention lo called to thci
Fair and Colder Tonight and Saturday
Blitliliiiifliiili wm IN
no costs um Jill. ~
Ciliiillii :illiiliiliilNlSiS :
11:11.53; Trying to Ca
”’ ,‘ Western Front, While Bomb
'General Kaledines Is Besieg-
ing Rostov-on-the-Don, and
Heavy Fighting Has Been.
Going on For Several Days
fillMANSSliil
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in Advantage on ‘
Fighting Is a Feature
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Bolsheviki force-n apparently have
on n". ground hero plter the "9”- and at nine o'clock assumed blizzardf dilly reports of congested traffic ’n been successful h -
fire and explosion. not home today.‘ like proportions. Traffic wan all but W“? “M of “WV“!- T'm‘ mod l“*"with til cot t r”; 'letlm’itt (la-bu
The dgpanure “the hiegatlon. mem-l paralyzed at a late hour last. lligut.‘ traordinary condition that has ever 9 m e .r vou 0“ fl and “L
bent of the Geuem Committee de-i
(glared, meant that ”I. City... of “unqwho facade the blizzard at n latelconfronts us, t-mbargm-n
tax. profiling by its p.» gm m coun-, hour, had a difficult job bucking the dcciurcd oven on the most necessary'erai 'Kaledines is besicging Rostov-o'a-
up], was pffpared m to handle tutwind and driving snow. llugt- drifts' and staple products, such ' '
lin name places made walking all the' coal. and other necessaries,
Mixed with squalis of,
own problem.
The continued cold. however,
has re.
and those homogoinc pedestrians,
more dimcult.
cxisled in the history of the nation;
are being.
as iool.i
While,
.there is not likely to be any cmbargo'
tarded work in the strlp of territory. rain. the snow was very damp. and it i plan d on the mails and While they.
laid bare by the blast of gmmungfstuck to trees and buildings in pic-ldoubtlcss will have the right of way
tion ship and it will be days. perhaps‘.
before the snow has thawed sudicient.
affirms",- Wt
altruism
important Ruling on Math
ter of Entertainments,§
Dances, Etc. For Soldierst
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the council in, the use of men. money
and materials in (‘onnocticut during
the war was made plain by membe-s
of the council with whom a’ reporter
talked. "The rt-lmlution was care.
fully' prepared after much study and
lnsultation.” it was staid by this
member of the state war board. "and
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All activities in the line of enter-
tainments. dances ,subscriptlons, etc.,
to raise funds for the benefit of sol-i
diers st camps and forts. must ilrst‘
have the full approval of the state.i
or the local war boards before they:
will be permitted to conduct their
project. For instance upstate recent-.
Iy there were two dances. both 013
which were being, conducted for a soi-'
titer benefit fund which had to be:
abandoned because they did not have
the proper authority, and as the State;
Council of Defense puts it. they til-1
veri and weaken other projects for.
the benefits of the soldiers.
These dances were to have been.
given for the benefit of the boys Its-i
tinned at Forts Wright. Terry and
Michie. A committee from the cham-
ber of commerce .of the city in ques-
tion having the matter of the dance
under their charge (ound that the
people behind the dances were
prompted by patriotic motives, and
yet they were self-apointed and were
acting on their own initiative. Both
of the entertainments came under-Abe
scope of ibuproclamation of Presi-
dent Wilson of Dec. 6th. in which he
stated that many activities for mili-
tary benefits leads to a waste of ef-
for: and that no activities in that
ed upon by the State Councils of-De~
tense and local war boards.
Word has come that all projects
under way and planned for any bone
'llt of. soldiers must all slop till pass-
ed wupon by thrproper board. That
means-.collection of funds for any pur-
pose. Projects of a state wide inter-
est will have to be arsed upon by the
State Council of Defense, and matters
of a local character only must be in-
vestigated and passed upon by the
local boards. '
DEPOSED PRESIDENT
MUST LIVE ABROAD
turesqtle formations.
The storm began in earnest about
:7 o'clock last evening. and the wind,‘-ties in so
which increased in fury every hour, as everything else, will be subject tot
dl-‘dciay.
gel the ad'v
sent the snow whirling ill "or:
rectlon later in this evening. Ru
drifts piled up in some places. while
other spots were rwept clean of
snow.
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TO HURRY lST
DRAFT MEN
ibe disappointcd by the min in do?
‘port said Kornilof! mum
over all the
transportation routes,
the shorta
go of transportation thrill-l
acute that mail as woll‘
Those who neglect to heedf
ice to mail early are sure to,
'llvt’ry of Christmas gifts. Owing to;
:thc' unusual crowded condition of the“
:mails great care should be “and int
xpacking more securely and much,-
;m0re caution taken to address plain-
lly and correctly. Beat- in mind that
:the earlier your parcel is nailed the’
[more (‘t‘l'ldlfl it is that it wri arrive
tut its destination in good condition;
is reported they have captured the
towns of Tamanovila and Rained Gen-
theDon, the largest city in-the Dow.
Province and heavy fighting has been
in progress there since Sunday. '
Tamanovka is near 'Blelgorod. 850
miles south of ”mu,“ ”lip“?
where the forces of General m
also a counter-revolutionllt. m I",
ported to havemm-blmp,
battle with the ‘BolabevliC’W-"mv 7
and wounded while another says It.
has been victorious. There is a rail-
road town named Kaluga. loo taller
southwest of Moscow and if this is the
town referred to in the nnoflcial re-
port from Petrograd, it appeared that
counter rcvolutionists had approach-
INTO SERVICE Parcels packed in a careless umnntlfit‘
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AYER. Mass. Dec. Ii.— ”my” m_orvimproptriy udnssed mil not be than pre‘loug "mm had indicated. .
hurry into service the entire fil‘etl‘iuemfdl-d; 1th “fut”, 0m“ and “um: SW"? fighting has been going 0!
draft quota were received gt t‘:llltp1::::t greiegied‘plyn 00mg; ":3‘ 13”,?) tin and around Roster", which is only
Deveus today. Word came that upi- ' theniy-five miles southwest of Nova
(L'
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mm“? {:‘hgafilii‘ttl’lozxngi'mlzn {£in handle them. Observance of lhey'i'cherkask. the Don Cossack capital.
called Were on the way and tlpon=i""'m°”°"3 will 6’93”“ aid "'- Kaledine’s troops besieged the city
receipt of‘the consignment the it'orlllf'rzg‘lhg'fl afioaficiznttsgrglce "(id :‘;}8;Whlle 00853“ 107085 within Rosto'v
, . to a . ill to tut-j ' .
:{aszzemglflgniwc0::;:i':znw$ IEtitribution and handling of the ulaiiw. attacked the Bolshevlkl. The loam
’ " :are reported to have. been heavy on
signed to the depot brigade. —-———— l e l ’ re rted
"l”‘mimi‘a no OAKLEY-A x222.°;°::.-..2°:.:.°:.°.;.2. 2°...
man one 0 per con . o men 7 _ g ,
in camp went forward today, n0tuilii-. GREAT TRAV ELER,ko, the Bolsheviki Commandant!»
standing an announcement from: . —'.-"— {Chleh were aided by the "WW
Washington that only those living. Dr. John Greenleaf Oakley. D. 1).. Kolchida. Wire communication '1“
within trolley distance of the can-jPh., who has been appointed to the
tonmcnts would be allow-'1 to pot First M. E; Church as preacher fortn‘mov has been broken and one rail-
lt is believed here that the. ordtr‘thc balance of the conference year road ““8 reaching the city '7” 9“"
only applies to camps in the southéfronl January lst. 1918. has been at Artillery and local infantry fighting
Whe‘l‘s atgeneral leave bofiabrence’Xery lextelgnulve traveler throughout has been in prom-egg on the western
won pu an enormous lift on upon nlcr ca. turope. Asia and Africa an -
the railroads. Unless instructions tolsince 1876. has lectured more'thag "om' t° Wh'm we 69mm" 3;: "m
the contrary are received the plan to‘ 700 times in the principal cities of rushing "0093 and “WWI- e 9"
allow four days furlough at llilrlst- the l'nited States and Canada, col- cmy has attempted no further massed x
mas to men of the 76th division here lecting thousands of dollars into the'attacks since Wednesday and there to
will be carried out. treasuries of lyseums. colleges,
Governor Holcomb of Connecticut
and his staff visited Camp today
jumped trenches with the younger
men afterjdecllning the services of
a plank bridge, and praised the up
pearance of the Connecticut soldiers.
’ATMORE’ HELD
line shall be undertaken until pass-'.
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
SEYMOUR, Dec. 13.—‘-Decision was
reserved by Justice H. F.‘ Mann-
wellir utntil Ftoday in the case of
Howard Atmore of Port Chester.
heard today on the charge of man-
slaughter. Atmore wan engineer of
the train which hit and killed Daniel
Atldsjuk. here on the night of No
umber 10. The state contended that
Atmore should be held for trial in
the superior court because he’ failed
to use due caution in dinning into
the station here when another pas-
senger train was taking on and dis
charging passengers. ‘ Coroner .Mia
had. held him responsible on, the
same grounds. .
'Atmoro's counsel moved that he
be discharged obscure it was not
shown that. Wink had not deliber-
atelywslkediniotbepstb oftbe
train and had that the state had not
shown that the engine! had sol
outward", tilt another train was
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held sy Justice 11. r;
churches and Y. M, C. Ala.
Dr. Oakley is a Yonkers,.N. Y. man
and come to this church with .the
highest recommendations as to his
ability to talk and bring home the
point or points in his talk to his hear-
srs, it will be a safe prediction that
the. First Methodist Episcopal church
will be the spot where numbers of
people with gather this coming year
to hear what Dr. Oakley has to say.
Rev. S. Parkes Cadman. D. D. Li...
D., has said that he. had seldom, if‘
ever heard the equal of Dr. Oakley.i
as a descriptive lecturer. and that,
he was a master of the art of giv-,
lng valuable instruction in a new in;
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formation and amusement was chur-
hcterized as being one of the best:
adopted by any lecturer of- modern‘
times.
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POWDER/WORKER .
BURNED TO DEATH
wnmmorou, Del, Dec. lr—one
man is dead and are hunt-ed air a
result of a fire which tollowodvnn es-
plosion today, iii an acid plant of the
do your Powder Company ,elghteen
miles from here. William Crews. of
Newark, was burned to death.
After the lump had been sum
loaned fro-t Wilt-install fire broke
‘ Wits-m Power Moss.
1' . of: of all
teresting and entertaining manhunt,“ repulsed.
His way of commanding the alien-2
tion of an audience and giving in.I
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still no outward sign of where his or
peeled blow is to come. '
In the Cambral ares yesterday the
British stormed a German post on tho
southern end of the sector while on-
the northern end there was bomb’
fighting in which German prisoners
were captured. German artillery hal
been especially active south of tip
'Scarpe. in the Arron area. and north’
east of Ypres, in ~F'landers. Interline
tent artillery activity continua clout
the French front. The only tarantrr
action has been near Jnvlcourt‘, north
of Rhelms, where a . German attack
but of the Bmia river, on till
Northern ltallan front there has been ‘
further bitter fighting. AustroGerm
troops, reinforced by fresh renewal.
attacked the tallan positions in val- °
lays desce
the col Della Bar
rcsihtance held the attackers and
forced them to give up the effort #- ,
or violent attack! film “I," 7‘“
broo MMWMWW'.
admmmmoflfled'm,
ofAmofloaIrallws'veam lo‘tn
tmbohhtlthm'.m“'9”'
Muno‘odr-uas—slot tee
g towed the river non. ‘h.
mg region. Italial'.‘
ter having suffered heavy m. 0!" I, .
d nearer to the old Russian capital's . .
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