M
moourrso new new: PM ALL em: or the Wm IV A, resent. Wilts; Alto oun'own oeslwron
mumimmm
classmate-om.
tout vol
- AIIIIN Willi .
~ PlilllltlllIIN
Adjustment of Slight Dider-
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IS IIfllI IN
,j ,IIINI IIAII
: ’geport City Court Sits
.e
'3 UntilZO’Clock This Morn- » euce in Resolutions Be-r
pins to, 13189080 0f T1196? tween House and Senate
Taken In Sunday Morning Prevents Submission of
Battle , Amendment to State Leg-i
islatures
nu PASSEII + . ~
I p ‘ minimum
, ‘ AWBASEA talttltwnllth
‘ ith Coroner’s Hearing Sixfi _
r:
I
l
, w...
4
teen Hours’ Time Was Measures Identical Except}:
Consume-dM” ; That House Gives States 7 g
BRIDGEPORT. Dec. 18.——William - .
human. atlas “My Doll," and .lobn‘I muffin! Amendment
awhins alias “Tens" were held in: , "" ‘
5.000 bail for trial Saturday when: WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.~Nstion-
wide prohibition won in the House
yesterday, and only the adjustment of
a slight difference in resolutions be“-
tween the House and Senate now
stands in the way of submitting to
state legislators an amendment to.
the. federal constitution forbidding:
the manufacture, sale or importation
heir cases came before the citv court
i ll :30 o'clock last night. They were
urged with participation in the bat-
le with” the, police .at the Keystone
lib on Water street Sunday.
When court adiourned at 2 o’clock
tiz‘. morning 90 had been put to plea, .
. paid Ines and the other 45 were
:ontinued. The remaining 43 were
old pending the outcome of the in- purposes in the United States or its‘
r ries of the men in the riot. , territories. . I
‘ Previous to the trial Coroner Phelit The vote in the House. taken after!
held an antemprtetn hearing and a day of debate before crowded gal-E
'tifn and
city court session can ltries, was 822 to 128. with tho par-j
'ed’ pra tally 1‘ hours. ties dividing slmoot evenly. The,
, 5martini fol; prohibition was just eight'
(medium Pant more: more than the necessary m}
.. {thirds of the membership. of the!
;House required for adoption. andl
; (Continued on Puze Twelve)
"INSJNIANIIASHnuilliliull We" a...
_ .hplete Returns Show
128 Unionist Candidates. ”DRE SPARNNNNLYEQ, said this morning when seen by Na
Sentinel reporter that a drive 0 clean
iup the garbage would start today and
that it was hoped that the people
Would help cooperate with the depart.
ment. in this mutter.
no collection for some time in any
Iof the cities ow g to the storm The
n aotttn after in
._.........._ I
0 Christmas Recipes by Wont-
» TTAWA. 0nt., Dec. 18.~»The‘Eng-t ’ ' ' '
ltsltepenking sections of Canada yes, 2? f)e¢::;ltclilfc?rmlttee
Have Been Elected
tenth] voted solidlv for conscription
that the Dominion may continue to be.
represented on the fighting lino- in the
present time. The French and the. . '
”enumerating parts of the, coun—‘Or ‘eweets' ' in the daily diet.
it”? voted against the Borden Govern-
irid [curler as Prime Minister. ISM!“ Council of Defense has issued
The predominance of the English'h" WHOM"; suggestions and recipes,
speaking element in the Dominion I‘mlcularly appropriate to Christmas
makes the return of the Union Gov-11mm:—
emote!!! with Sir Robert Borden at: The most apparent shortage at
‘l:a head. a certainty. loresent is sugar. While the extreme
. Tremendous majorities for “floggfhortage in this is nearly past. we
to! candidates on both sides consti-fiLOflld “39 ti“ital" more sparingly than
mm the gaming feature of [hp elec-‘t usual during the vear since otlr Allies
t-‘on. So great are the majorities oigmu-fl I003 i0 115 101' a Iarzer supply
the Borden candidates and 99 large: than we ordinarily furnish. The aver-
are the majorities, given Liberal can-i 380 person, can well reduce his con-
dhlates in the Liberal constituenm,ssumptlon of susar without special in-
to“: the soldier vote, when u 1, niconvenience and with decided im-
celved and applied to the domestic‘movement to his health. Whv should
vote, will make little dilereuce in that Americans use twice as much as they
total number of mpmbers elected tot need, when others are suil'ering for
910W“ Sir Robert. Borden or his opilack of this article? We can easily
lower, the amount of sugar. used by
ponent, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. ,
_____._..__——.—— ,giving preference, to those dishes
iwhich contain only a little. and by
unseen: morons. an... an m. or mus, mesa...
CODIMISSIONED LONG :d‘rigd fruits such as figs, dates, raisins
AGO,AWAIT PLACEan mm" ‘
-—-——-— ' . 1 (Continued on Page Seven.) A
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.-Hlmdrt’di:
tot physicians commissioned in the'
Medical Oflce-rs' Reserve Corps
COLONEL HERRON
months ago. havevnot yetvbeen milled IS APPRECIATIVE
two active service our received spec, , ‘
blind training for service abroad. I Mavor Jeremiah Donovan yesterday
Many of these physicians upon 're-g received the following letter from."
calving their mmlfllons purchased Colonel Herron, expressive of appre-
'umfoms Ind hammock prepared elation for the good time which the
to dispose of their practices and unit soldiers and band had .ln Not-walk
"civil medicine for that of the armY- this mouthf
Same of then immediately donned Headquarters. 304th Infantry.
the olive drab uniforms in snticipa- Camp Devens, Mass.,
than of a call to active duty. : pee 14, 1917.
These facts were mailed when it From Colonel J. s. Barron, Command-
waa admittrd at the Army Medical ing m4”, Infantry
. Department that} facilities for train-
ing, the medial reserve oalcers were
inadeguate to the W3. A
‘ of Vaulted".
City of Norwalk, Conn.
Subject visit of part of the real.
'1 meat to Norwslk on the MI: and 91h
“The: undies! fraternity of the. instant.
- mum . It» and vangmthet I14 have the m to «knowledge
mitten! of the war by! . “ irecelpt of your kind Message! sent
com to also their services practh
‘ .
In no verbally through ,IJcIt. Ranch. in
;whleb you express for your-sol! and
. it
. SACRAMENTO.
Years Instead Of 6 Forf What is, believed to have been ,nn at—
;tempt to kill_Governor William I).
Ii-ltephens by means at a powerful
bomb at midnight last night result-
.ed in the wrecking of the executive
mansion, the entire tear and of the
building being blown out.
ernor and Mrs. Stephens, as well as
the household servants. were asleep
at the time and all. escaped injury.
from
e ex- William M“ scum
the house immediately after th
of lntofilcatlng liquor for beverage,pl
_ In order to combine the prohlrm of' Work here hag
strength It has “10'.“ "NH”? if]! m the ”if“ shortage of sugar Wllll the M’Cl’fi- great shape and stranger; who have
. ally of including a certain amount (lamp hprp have skid. "Why you didn’t
”I? have a war had storm here did o 1
Hartford branch of the women's fiC-IYmi haven’t much snow." Y ll
remand for the return of Sir waillvlties committee of the ConnecticutIt Thig [speaks well for the work of
the department ,shorthan’ded as they
art, there being only about 35 men
and 8 teams engaged in the work of
removal. This is all of the teams and
To Hon. Jeremiah Donavan. Mayor. .
/
AlIIIIIINIA
ecutive Mansion
attunuswul ,
x ~ All INJURED
plan Had Been Lurking
About the Premises For charge or lhO’tnrlah at Bethel under
the Past Four Months
Cal,
Dec.
Two men were seen fleeing
oslon.
(Continued on Page Nine)
E Minor Says Storm “83 selling liquor without a government
soufi sermon, eon.
counts,
HOME BlMBEDI
Police Believe Twenty-Five
Sticks of Dynamite Were
/ Used in Blowing Up Ex-
18
The gov-
Tbe detonation of the explosion was
[till/l taunt .
/. lIPfiAIllIAll.
Interfered With Work
Street Commissioner Henry R. Min.
men that could be obtained.
call on the fair sex as yet.
(Continued on Page Ten)
——
$2,726.35 RAISE-D BY
131,556.35.
councils of the state.
ionichalfofthcpoodpoopleoflior-
so its in mil- walk,"South Norwalh and mom.
0' W“ '9” with very complimentary eliminate
M I
l ""““' '
(cs-tunes on itse- m»
l
There has been
When asked whether he would use
women as is being done in New York
city. Mr. Minor said that he didn't
think that Norwnlk would begin to
so. NORWALK COUNCIL‘
I
South Norwalk Council. K. of C.
War Camp Fund committee com-
pleted their labors last evening, and '
as a result of the recent campaign
conducted by the council. the tramp
urer. John F. McMahon. will fors‘vntd
to the supreme council the sum of
. The committeemen are well pleaso
ed with the response to their appeal.
which places the local council in I.
very satisfactory poaltlon among the
In addition to?
the above amount. the council sent
$1,170.00 in October, when the first
appeal was made, making it total to
the credit of louth Nor-walk council
of $2,726.35. This amount will prob
‘3va be increased when some pledges 8-
thnt have been made are received.
CAUCASUS OIL . 11ng mm
TOWN IS FIRED . SLEIG
BY o E .' T0 0. & 1e FARM
LONDON, Dec.'18.—-The town of a:
(ire-pvt. in the Caucasus oil region. large
according to a dispatch to the Times at Broad River, last evening.
from Odessa, has been attached, by a sleigh ride. Upon
,wlrllke Caucasian tribe. the Tchet- lhpy were ’
chop. The town was surrounded and Wright. who have the farm in chum
med after which there was a (ler during the winter. and refreshments.
ultory lighting bclw n the tribesmen singing and den
and the garrison. 9 oil wells cauhtvtll a late hour w I Ch
tire and some are said to be burned horns. All who ‘
out completely. Many persons
tunes and Injured.
”.w—uw.‘
'INIIII Killian ,
I . I'IIII nulls
‘Rev. A. C. Cohbrn, of Dan-
bury, to Hive Charge of
St. Thomas’ at Bethel With
Vicar '
I DANBL'RY. Dec. ISr—Btw. A. C,
Cobtun. rector at It. Jamea’ Episco-
pal church of this city will also he
rector of St, Thoma! Episcopal
church of Bethel, with linear, to be
appointed res soon it: possible. as his
assistant in both parishes.
Action authorizing this new ar-
‘rangement of the two churches was
;taken at a meeting of St. James' par-
;ish yesterday morning (allowing the
church service; the Proposal that
such a combination reetorete should
be established was first made by the
Bethel church.
I A vicar will besoleotod as soon as
poasible. He will he an ordained
priest, fully unsuited to assume
the direction of Mr. Cohorts. The vi~
( ~r will preach mainly at Bethel.
though Ifr..«Coburn may occasionally;
(Continued on Month Page.)
SIX MllN’llli +
; Hill YEW. null"
For meld Ilsa,» Selling
at Hartford Today
HARTFORD. Conn. me. 13.-Wll-
gammy .arm' also be .I
e ' ,. lb pooplooi’
ht; ms in bowl“- in Bridgeport,
and who was arrested thmfist Sun-
day night. after a spirited pistol fight
between the police and frequenters of
a resort conducted by him, when the
odlcers raided It, was brought to thu
city today for arraignment on .3 fed-
ersl indictment charging him with
I
I
license.w
Thomas appeared before Judge Ed-
-wln S. Thomas in the United States‘
District Court this afternoon and
changed his plea to wulltv of selling
liquor without a government license.
lie. was sentenced to six month in
Bridgeport Jail.
In moving for sentence of the. no
uro. District Attorney-Thomas J Spelv
lacy recommended that the minimum1
sentence of six months be pronounced
on the man so that the state authori-
ties who wanted Thomas on it much
more, serious charge could have him
without undue delsv. Mr. Spellacy
7said if it should appear that the state
wished to try Thomas earlier than
six months hence he would try and
get PrEsident Wilson to portion the
man so he could receive the punish-
l
t
against the peace of the state.
M
SIANIIANIIIIII '
I
I
twill Bill
The Supreme Court of Errors has
lost handed down a decision in the
case of Alexander Campbell. adminis-
trator of the estate of John LiensterI
which it is said that no errortin the-
nppeal of the Standard Oil Company'
web found. The accident. from which
the suit arose happened in the yard
, of the oil company? here in Augusta
1911, at which time Lienster was un-;
demeath a car painting It, when on'
engine backed wn the track and
the car crushe "him. The action was
originally brought against the Stunti-t
ard Oil Company. the Union Tank
Line Company. which owned the car
that Lienster was painting. and the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company who owned the en-
‘ne. The action was brought against
I
mentioned on Eleventh Page).
About thirty-ave of the once force
the o. l K. went. by means of two
sleighs. to the company’s form
for it
their arrival there
by)". and his.
wmmn
”was, use. 1:, 1011
on 1,600
Red Cross Drive Starts Oif
leuulut ,
Full Membership in Each,
ed over a thousandmembers in this‘
,city yesterday.
for gmmmembers of Norwalk Chap-
ter y ristmas Eve opened under '
most auspicious nance 0‘ Gen.
terday morning and throughout the N,
day the, men and women workers
hustled. to land their quota. No otIi-’
clnl'flxnres are at hand at the pres-lb? .
. relieved of other duties that they
fit time. b‘" it ’5 known that “V".may devote their time exclueively to,
1.000 new members were secured by , t
the various teams. . ‘ {their new work. One “A“ "mu"
clean up their quotes as rapidly as‘
possible or they will be lost in the
shuffle created by these who are put-
tln; every ounce of energy into lt'°K the PM Canal.
place for the drones. humane and
woman connected must do his or herf
part and do it quickly .or there will,
be a falldowl which will be along.
ulmul Allill ,
train for Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass"
teen men from Division 14 of Connecn
bertl. George M. V. tSchllchtlng, Jr..‘
Hamid B. Bundle. Tltnoth‘y Hurley.
Paul Wiegman. Jacob Nathan. Samuelf
S. Pulley. Joseph H. “My. Lloyd 55‘ Harriet A Var, ey. a nurse of West
Pauley. M. Mlehlxau,
William T. Krnsch. Ralph Arnold.;murder of Mrs.
Walter Gilmore, Joseph A. AshWelM ten months bride of George H. Keyes,
ment merited by his “3mm _ offense ' :harles Vaughn and Richard S. Dag— a Boston real estatlrman, by a jury in
station by the members of the local ated more than to“, hours.
exemption p
friends and relatives.
that. they will be assigned to the De-tme case wen to the jury at 8:23
I not Brigade as soon as they halffio'clock tonight .
passed the necessary examinations atl
the camp. This will
probably of having it chance to spend ; doubt."
Christmas at home. «but they maybe
able to come home around New i'eivr’s
day. Lieutenant Baggy and George
'vs. The Standard on Company. In:PERIWINKLE CLCB
'1',"
. A.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
MEMBERS III
hill ill
Wu,“
wumutllltl
run it. s. ARMY
Duties of Newly Created 0r-
ganization Are Defined by
Secretary Baker—Goeth-
als May Be-On It—Object’
. Is Supply and Maintenance
of Pershing’s Oversea
With a Rush and Canvas-
sers Receive Much Encour-
agement
. ‘m llullls
Familylsthe Lnn‘ it Sou h . ' . ‘
By Workers ‘ g . Forces, Gunners Busy on the British
m 7 wasnmoron m 18 ‘ Front in France, But Snow
Red Cross workers in Norwalk landf Baker yesterday; exgiatnéa'sjsxlgg Interferes ~ '5?
newly. created War Council will have
charge of all important problems can
necttd with the supply and mainte-
Pershlng‘s overseas
cc and will devote its time to tbluIb
The intensive drive
circumstances yes-l for
in preference to any other’duties.
At. least two chiefs of bureaus will
(i
dug from the relief of Quartermaster C
W rk Must ““9 Working. . 9General Sharpe, probably means thatA
o m are urged to get busy and; Major—Gen George W Goethals will
,become' Quartermaster-General. The
‘popt has been oh’ered to the builder
MajorGon. ‘
mm“ m9 4“" m “in” been relieved and MWJm
*D. Barrens ,of lthe 'Coas‘t iArtllleryA
Corps and recently stationed at Camp
Upton is scheduled for his place. .
(continued on Sixth Page.) '
I
I
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
. MENlIiIVE WIN“; Ill Milli MURDER
The following men left on the 102225 .
his morning. they being the serenrfJury Frees MISS Yancy Af'
I . ter Four Hours Dehhera-
icut who were called: Generate Gll‘I “on
t
Dentin/ll. hi it. Dec. 18.~Miss
Martin Spnhr,’ Upton. was found not guilty of the
Pauline; Keyes. the
y. Ethe Norfolk lcounty Superior court
These men were accompanied 10 the here early today. The jury deliber-
and numerous? Following the closing arguments
board I
They expect ., Judge O'Connell made his charge and
In his
cut them conjure" at-
eharuc Judge O'Connell
length on “reasonable
I
been found guiltv beyond a, certainty'
Schllchting "anmyed" the party t° she has been then your duty is to find
Ayer. ' her guilty.”
Referring to circumstantial
deuce. Judge O'Connell
"circumstances must be proved be’
yond a reasonable doubt." and be
warned thq Jury to Judge the lease.
on their recollection of the evidence
presented and not on this recollectionI
of counsel.
NIIBNEIELIEN NAME I
HAS BIG BANQUET
’ The Periwinkle club. ’an organize
tion that meets once a year for a big
feed and a good time. met in the nth-
skellar of the Old Homestead on North
Main street. last evening, and had the
time of their lives at their annual
meeting, with rs fine spread prepared
by Mrs. William MeCrombe. Songs.
stories, recitations, toastu and a gen-
eral well wishing for a prosperous and
happy . time of it for all were ex-
chonled and handed about. I-‘lvenew
members were received and at the an-
nual election Edward 8. Men was
elected president. and William Mc-
Crompe was elected secretary and
treasurer. The festivities lasted until
l
Forest Hill..Estate at East‘
Cleveland, Ohio, Burns -
0;, Dec. 18,—F‘lre
a late hour. - CLEVELAND}
‘ , late last night destroyed the Forest.
'TRAINMEN DEAD lull estates: John D. Rockefeller in
East Cleveland, the magnificent sum-
mer“ borne ed the oil master. So
quickly did the flames spread that it
yes believed incendiaries‘ were res-
ponsible. ' . . ‘ ,
One of the employee discovered
the the just fore midnight. The are
started in a room Mr. Rockefeller
always occupied while here.
IN COLLISION
Ramiro. . eat. Dec. ill—Wil-
lla‘m Walsh, an engineer, was killed.
‘ond P Romany, I trainmsn fa-
tally when nails; Tog-gale-
“0mm“ °¢ * I" "I“.
W, traveling two hours late,
platinum-d
Minnie theat-
torwanl in notions.
rm into a flight”; train which Early today li‘ as estimatsdtthe
lwu crossing the main title our loss Would reach r ”00.000. no
GERMANY AND AAIISIIIII—IIIINGAII
I08E N0 IINE IN BRINGING IIP'”
PEACE ISSUES” WIIN BIIISIIEVINI
Central Powers to Folio
lulluil'lllu
apparently will lose no time in ,
ringing about a separate peace
“0 0‘ the War Department's Work with the Bolsheviki government
,of Russia now that the armistice
1 between the countries has become
etYective. Dr; von Kuehlman, the
eign Minister, will arrive at Brest- . 7
Litovsk today, to begin negotlao" .
[lions lookingtowtird Place. -
,Weaver, Chief of Coast Artillery. also in ‘
Towers will follow. .ttpgtlle and!» ,
.tice “as speedily as ,. .
Iptioce pnrleys, and it is :ddotlll that ,
. Secrets Halter and Assist .lltulgaria and Turkey at o wi join ‘
u“ 1m" of pride going before ,3 fall. I rotary ' otryWsr Crowell willuili: stltg‘iin the negotiations. Brest-Litovsk,
Eonly member! 01 the count?“ who w"lithe scene of the meeting between
Austro'Gcrmnn and Russian leni-
potentiaries, item) the Bug
in Russian Poland. It was capttlr- ‘
, """'""“'——"" I
NURSE NflT HUILTY Aflrllvleein the summer of 1915.
change in the internal situation
in Russia.
ernment, in n untied to foreign em-
bassies in I’etrograd, says it con.
elders the question of recognition
purely formal and about which it,
.cares little. The. notice declares
the passports of Bolsheviki cour-
iers or similar collrtesies will be
refused.
front near the Bre Ito river, miliy
tary operations are at a minimum.
The Italians, in a desperate strug-
gle, have been ableto retake an ad- ’
vantageous position on col Cap- . ‘
rille, while checking Austin-Germ
man attempts in the region of San
Merino. The activity of the acre
in] and artillery arms on this front ,.
If‘ the defendant has notleontinues to be‘intonse. ‘ ‘
of a reasonable doubt.” he 'said, "YWtBritish front in
ought 1"“ to dem” her guilty. I”small isolated raids have occupied
'the infantry. The gunnes on boflr
evi‘ sides are active. Except for artil—
aald the lery work, there has been no ae-‘
.tivity on the French front. from
IIESINIIIEII Bl FIN
fut
5-“
Up the Armistice as Speedv 4
ily as Possible With Peace .
Parleys, and Bulgaria and
Turkey May ”pin
‘7»
t
. Iiflllll Polluti-
Germany and Austria-Hungaryf
erlnan Foreign Secretary, and.
ount Czernin, the. Austrian For-
A serotoi'licielz statement issued
Vienna declares the Central
‘ble" with ‘
iver.
d by the Germans in their great
c has been virtually no.
The Bolsheviki gov-
he foreign embassies must vise »
Except on the It- liau northern
Snow has fallen'heavily on the'.‘
France and only
St. Quentin to Alsace. Inerpper
Alsace the French have repulsed
a German attack near Aspnch ’19
Bus. , . ,
The Germancruisers which at-
tacked the British convoy in the
North See last Wednesday, re- ' ‘
turned without losses and captured ‘
a large number of prisoners, ae-
cording to Berlin. Fourteen yes-"f x ,t.
sels, including seven neutral
steamers, were sunk by the Ger-
mans in the North Sea and ofl‘ the 7
mouth of the Type. . '
LONDON, Dec. lS.—Testimonr
given at the inquest over the vid-
tims of theGermnn attack on the _
British convoy shows that the ot- . .1
took oeoured between four '
five o’clock Wednesday morning, ' ,
nd that the enemy destroyers fired "
as hard as possible for a few min; " .
lites. A Sviedish steamer was top
pedoed" twice, the second torpedo
cutting the vessel completely in
two,/ 0! the crew (of twenty hantk
I . .
Stony Crook/early today. Ramsay “equate Mm brill: obtainable 0!!
will dle' physician! said. ~ ‘ ‘ {the neural-shuns”: the house.
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Norwalk Chronicler