Nessa
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' at & Knapp Mutual
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Great Success at Concert
7, Al ARTISTS w
ill lull-sums
no 550 Stars, 55 Being
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;. all. Of the diwty of travel
large audlaoe gathered at the Ar-
. . last waning to enjoy the dance
. concert present“ by the Crofut
.IKaapp lotus! Decent Amuon.
_ large was the . audience. indeed.
despite the knowledge. obtained
the advance sets of tickets, the
ity ”mantel/standing in the
slim th hall. Asult or
~ blue Q khaki lent added attracv
- to. the scene. while through-
'"" event-r. ' 5'" °" W"? house of correction. and used 315,000; action also was defeated-
arrayejd la the national col-
ncllsted throbgh Yb
contributions for the smoke
. ,' for "mommy ’and Sail-
Ibe lies-d! lsgllnont C. H. G.
. I wm' item, furnished the
- tartan , . lilo sllOrtiy af
2 M . 00- nth the
. and ‘ _. wasrwcll re-
‘ ed by the “dishes.
'Aflcr the rendition of “Them's a
Trail" by the band. John W.
shin 'sang the popular waroong.
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minimal
:4: _, .iligllliilfiiil
de‘LCrOss headquarters in Wall
~ I opposite l'saacaostreet, willbe
gthlaflenlag for thepuspose of
, 1: .. Willa to the local
’ So many people have found
u. e to visit the banks dur-
hytm or have not been
. . :fsrrlnembership, that it was
.. . delay to open headquarters
thinning. it ishopcd thatmany
wit sauna” es of this oppor-
tuuity‘vto display t ’e true Christmaa
W tom-soldiers.
Judge Mental: Candee 'spoke in
the-Md theIlted Cross at the
’ What night and-Judge
i. W” the speaker this aft-
srisos. " ' nor. Johu'StlpletIon
woman. ‘ Cross theatre cane
pulp at the dew-town playhouse and
the: speaker at his Regent theatre.
,y 4.
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Last night Rev. L'B. Howall was the.
snooker at the uptown playhouse and
edge him 1. Walsh
this afternoon I
spoke.
REGENT ENTERTAINS"
NonWALK CHAPTER
There was a ifirge attendance-of.
guests at the meeting; “a,” _ a“ ,
of Nuwalk Chapter. D. A. 3.. Thursv ' " ‘ '
members and
Eyebrow of c.& K.»
ldward [Jockwood will be.
macaw-mum
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Kaitschmidt Gets 4 Years,
$20,000 Fine; Schmidt and
Wife Gdt 2 Years Each
and $10,000 Fine
MRS. NiliiliiVEN
THREE YEAR TERM
Franz Beeps Ammo, Bot
Held on Three Other In-
dictnlcnts
DETROIT. Mich. -Dec. 22.——Alhert
C. Kaltschlnide. who with four or live
was convicted in Federal
.Court early today on l. conspiracy
“charge was sentenced a few hours lat
;er to four years in Federal prison at
gFort Leavenworth, and to pay a duo
‘of $10,000 it was the moimunl sen-
.tencc possible mder the law. for non-
‘lvliction on the three counts against
in. .
Mrs. lda Neef, his sister. was sen-
nced to three years in the local
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lgal‘cnworth. and fined $10,003 each.
Schmidt will serve his term at fort
Leavenwocth and his wife was sent
the Detroit House of Correction.
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Neutrality Conference in
Rooms Aircs
. MEXICO CITY. Dec. ZL—Accord-
[ing to unofficial information todav.
,the sudden and unheralded departure
ifrom Washingon of Luis Cabrera.
Mexican finance minister. while he
-was engaged in negotiations looking
to freer importation of foodstuffs and
gold to Mexico from the United
States, was due to the fact that he
iwas under definite instructions to go
to Bucnoa Alrea for the conference
of neutral Latin-American nations.
,He is president of the Mexican dele-
' gallon io'Buenos Alres, and before go-
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ring to Washington was ordered to I
icarry‘on negotiations there only in
{the event that they could be com-
‘pietcd in time to enable. him to at-
tend the Latiqulncricsu conference.
l The departure of Senor Cabrera
[shows the importance attached by
the Mexican government to the dc-
iltbcratious at Bucnos Aires. Keen
at the conference is shown in gov-
iérnmcntal circles.- although b0 oiliciai
gardlng the purposes of the meeting.
It is understood semi—oacially that
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LatinvAmerican nations
’ traiitv.
{ed to unite in a declaration of tic-no
" PAYBIGHNES
interest in the possible developments
stateroom has been given out hm re
the recent declarations of‘ several
for the Eu-
iente allies may result in a change
from the original purpose, which was
‘to align all LstiuAmcrlcs fov: Mll-
lu view of.tbe gromngmcn-
timcnt in favor of the Entcntc. it is
belie-red possible theconfclmco marl
c the nations levir'dt'lil-
mm races news nos swamps.»
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Lieutenant Frizzcll, of Nor-
Wllk. Makes Additional
Charge Against Wife Who
Lost Suit For Heart Balm
Lieutenant Charles A. Frlueli, of
Company 6. 47th New York infantry.
and' a resident of N alk, has add~
I‘d-the charge of tall llty to the sic
locations he makes against his wife.
Elizabeth Roberta Priml. of Chicago
and Nashville, Tenn, in his countcn
suit for divorce. Ueutenant maul
‘had prcflously brought suit, on a
icharse of intolerable cruelty after a
suit brought bv Mrs. Vrlaael against
fher husband had been thrown out of
icourt.
The new charge which is to be in-
lcludcd in the proceedings for divorce
gwbich are being brought by Lieu-
;tenant Frisael adds but another chap-
lter to the unbsplii'. tale of the badly
«brought love match. The couple were
:marricd in It. Louis and after a brief
six months of wedded life. they sep-
,aratcd. Later Ira. Friend-instituted
is suit for $60.00. aglnst her hus~
band's paredts. llr. and lira. Hark.
hi. Henderson. of Horwalk. alleging
; that they had alienated his mention;
The suit. was completed in the super-
ior court. pad a verdict given [or
_' the defendants. . Mrs. Prism then
.broufllt suit for divorce against her
:husband. charging dcscrtion, but this
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Judge Curtis, of the superior court
' 5'" 5°“,Schmidt. and his wife, limo, ”york-s avlfiintcd Judge loss E. Rooter.
inf Stamford. who is soon to use the
{bench in the superior court. a cone
mitten in the case. to take the tssti
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ipaper, Collector of Internal Revenue,
flames J. Walsh. announces that a
; federal income tax oflcer will be sent
. into Norwsll: 7| Jan. 2. 1917. and will
be there until March 2, 1919. Ho I'lll
have his allies in Postot‘ilcc building
and will be there every day from 9:00‘
a.nl.iolp.m..andbereadyand
willing to help perm» subject to the
income tax make out their returns
without _any cost to themdor his nerv-
ices.
livery individual who is married. liv-
ing with wife or husband. and hav-
ing a net income during the year
1917 of $2.000 or over. will be obllg'Ed
ito file a” return. Unmarried persons
having a net income of 81,000 or over
will be obliged to tile a return. These
returns trust be made up on nuclei
form before March Ill. 1918. The
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MDDlNA. N. Y., Dec. 22.—-lrvlu
King. who confessed to murdering
Charles Phelps and Margaret Woleott
near Medina three years ago was not
indicted by the Orleans County Grand
Jury when they Te'ported yesterday afv
ternoos. The Jury is said to have
been fourteen to never! against indict-
ment. The jury has been insesaion
ten days investigating this one case.
Charles Sticlow was convicted of the
Phelps murder after he, too. had con-
tence wsl later commuted to life im-
by Governor Whitman.
[prisonment ,
Sliclowisaowln Auburn prison.
New ROCHELLE
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NWWERIININ,
tanned-and milling thfre"
fessedtotlecrlme.andbiadeathsgn,
I the local post once soon.
lanced and is probably ins private
day afternoon at home of the Regent.
Mn.RobeI'tWay.~. . -. l
The members had linen reques ;
to bring an antisocor familr the vi
traiity in favor of the al-
LIQUOR MEN WANT
' LID LIFTE
; ‘ planners’of'fi'or'w’aflr Medi-
_, ?’ cal Association field An-
at Norwak Hotel
m
The annual meeting of the Norwalk
Hedical Association was held on
Thursday evening at the Norw'alk
Hotel. A large number of members
were present. partly owingto the fact
Water Street .v .
39703"! ‘lbs‘t '
Sa 1w..
Night obeeetiag
ml
or
on were to be “analysed partlybev
cause “it"! of great microst in
medical and scientific work were to
be taken up. .
The election of slicers resulted as
followa: Dr. Kellogg. the vice presto
dent. wu clected‘ sident without
opposition soccc Dr. lullivan.
Ix. Baldwin was elected vice presi-
dent without oppositi . The dual
doe of secretary- .urer.I which
has. ‘ Iliad so ably for some years
by . Bradley. who felt that he could
not serve longer. owing to his ‘svsr
lamps practice mst with consider-
able rivalry. Dr. Bradw nominated
Dr. leak. The latter immediately
nominated Dr. illtchcock. This may
the doc to the treasury feature cf the
once in which the holder serves
without bonds. After a spirited can-
test. Dr. lack ‘was declared clectedi
by a narrow mioritv of three votes.
Dr. Hitchcock tool his defeat grace-
fully. and moVed to make the vote
unanimous.
will?
Wallet! ratify Cunt-o
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salesman. Dec. ammo,
detectivesandlncurbsrsdm‘m
“police departments my...
ternoonsldfluingmmm.
mwmmmewmy
"medvsr
Manhattan
“V“ m.” A be .addedtothy
, new mom r was e
I'Qll b! the bleeflon of Dr. Faucett.
‘Tbs Iatlerbas noon in Norwalk one
year. it. came to take the praotln
of them Dr. Donor-tier. . I
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.. ‘ subjects.'and mom", -
told the truth w a} they mm... cal and surgical. might be collected
llsdaeen a nickel plated revolver at and kept. came up for discubalon.’
the Kcvstone‘ob on the morning of At tcu o’clock. the members sat
the raid. This gun is believed to be down to one. of Colonel Russell’s sull-
of smaller caliber than the one used pets. so ”policing and attractive. as
by 'Baby Doll" on the night” of raid answering the question why the Royal'
and the police theory is that "l‘eaas" James or ally other attempted hotel
had this gun on the night of the fight should cluse its doors no go out“ of
anfllhe‘gsed it to shoot Morris Pan- business.
no wt . “
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force the Comervation of
Light ‘by Law if People
Persist in Treating Its Re-
tCeailnned on Sixth raga)
. multimillion .
TOthlNC’l‘ON. Dec. 21.——Poatlnast-
32.3%..“ “mo? "°°" "W"
town a Monday even— .
lngsnd'all tmoulms br sums qucetasaJoke
fly or fellow-towns” has been lost. »
ills wife said tonight "I“ I” M The electrical comnlluloners met
not know where he is. nor does she last evening and reselved to let the
know why he went away. Assistant people of South Norwalk know that
Postmaster A. II. Wellnlaa Gould the Government Injunction that Sun-
thro no light on his chief's disappear- day and Thursday nights be "Light-
ammmdldnnymbef who hafllghu’lnlbesenagthat nonco-
2:. seen Ilr. Cronin since «Ida! measly lights be burned on these
suing. , ts.
llr. Cronin has been in a highly A post my poop an treating
cgclted and nervous state for several this Maui of the element as a
weeks. and this was apparently It: sortofaloheandthlnkthatltlsone
'gravatul by the Christmas ,mh at of the funniest things that have been
the post one The remaining force asked of the American maple since
at the post once is facing a serious the war been. ’ ‘
problem in tberandllng of the snail. They will not think that it is so
fit: llr. Cronin’s absence is smut funny if the Government starts to on-
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So far as Assistant Postmaster Continued on fifth Page
Wellmaa could determine todav. the ........‘ , ‘/
accountsat the M 0'3“ '9" bob OF C. G” ‘lwam
nualMcetingandDinncr
tbsttbeollcsrsforthsensalngyW-
‘ my,“ ‘ with glorious among.
us: lliiili'i STAMPS
is his aim
Factories. All Over the State
Arc Giving Them to Eln-
Ployecs This Yeah—They,
Encourage
Habit
. The -War Savings Stamps campaign
while lt is going along nicely in Nor-
waikv haleot yet reached the point
that it has in Bridgeport and other
towns at the present time. it was
announced yesterday. in Bridgeport,
that over $12,000 worth of the stamps
had been sold at the post oillce there
, the Saving .
a
'Connt WEE-Forts Tele—
grams Responsibleflor a v-..
Riot in Buenos' Ail-cs, and. ‘
People Demand Rupturoy
wall new I. .,
HEAVY mills .
WR-HERMANS‘ “
Reported as a-Rcsultof the-
* Ami on French at
Hartmannsweilcr ' 2
Opposition by the Ukrainian,
and the followers Of General Kak—f
dines to the Bolahcviki movement,
to ithe public and agencies. The
schools of Bridgeport will take up,
the campaign work in a very thorough;
manner. at the beginning of the new.
year, and it is hoped thatNorwalk
schools will do the same.
Factories. churches and societies
should all Join in and do the best
that'tbey can. to try and help along
this work. and it is needless to say
that if they do the movement will be
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Interesting Sight to be Seen
at Washington Street
Dump Every Day '
One of the most interesting sights
of the city may \be witnessed almost
any! afternoon at the east end of the.
Washington street bridge. when the'
sea gulls come in and slight upon
the city dump and feed from the ma-
terlal brought by the carts.
Perhaps the public had not thought
of Chester Lemar, keeper of,thp dll
as a bird protectionist. but utter sec-
lng tho {gulls come sailing in and
allghtlng on the dump and walking
about lite so many chickens. not M-
teen feet away from where farmer
in working away leveling the mateflal,
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they number more than two hundred
birds. all unconscious of tho man
working so near them.
Let a stranger walk out towards
them and then see them rise like a
white cloud and fly away. One then
“muses that the birds’have come to
know that Lemar is their friend and
will not harm them. and'that it is
hocausc of “this fact thatthey arc‘so
ma . ,
A talk with. War will convince
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LACK ‘Or'COAL FORCES
K. ,
”‘ concatenrlon run 1918
However.“ Ir. Cronin does not ap-
Nsw‘ dam. Dec. 22—1; ‘contrl-
pcsr within'three or four days, Ir.
Wollman. through necessity and by
button at steam for its war work
res-lam .' will ask the post once
department to make an inspection of
1918. was announced today.
h" we The , tethcappeal fora
could not threevmillion dollar fund has been
gehorous also. and campaigns just
. closed indicate that Pittsburgh. has
“00,000. Omaha. Nob. "3.000;
somewhere. This
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rioua aspect. Not only were the pull-
thy Rockefeller Foundation. “File schools .of the town compelled to.
by the so. . .. , mm
promo on”, Katrina 0, Mumim a day earlier and lengthen ,
truss period vacation by a week.
but the Greenwich, academy and the
fashionable Rosemary Hall "MIN
school. as well as other private insti~
.tutions. have closed their Me for
mu: indefinite period. The town school
‘mi
‘Kaledinc forces.
which is dumped by the carts until‘iwithout success.
of Lake Butkova, capturlnl
CLOSlNG or scnOOLs;
ammonium-an, nectar-The;
coal situation here is assuming a se-_.
together with an unconfirmed rev
rt that Germans have rejected}
peace prOposals of the Bolshevihi
delegates continue to overcalladow
Utary operations 'in the Euro-
pean war. The report that‘s deil- x
nite alliance has been formed be—
tween the Ukrainians and th Don
Coasackogivos credeng! id. ,
rumor that the Ukrainian .
hasldcflniply notified thc'Bois . '~
yiki'colnmiulioncrs th' " ” Ii .
reconsider its action . ‘
German attacks in Alsace have
been repulsed, according to the
French War Office. The chief of
theae attacks at Hartmannswcilcr-
kopf took the Germans into the
first line trenches, but in the cn~‘
gagement that followed they were
driven out with heavy losses. At -.
ther points along the French front
artillery activity has been inter»
mittcnt, except at Gallrierell Wood,"
in the Champagne region. Bheia‘ls
has again been shelled by the Ger. .
mans. In Flanders the Belgian,
War Ofiicc reports artillery ac;
tivity, though less intense becnm _,
of fog. ' "
An Offensive movement initiated
by the Italian. in which they'
launched seven attacks against the
enemy front west 'of Monte Ase»
lone is claimed by the Gejrman off-I ‘
llcial communication to have been
In the-region .of Doiran in the
eastern War theater, artillery any ‘
tivity continues. In the same we?
theater British troops have carried. .
oura successful raid in the regio'fi . »
oflicer and fifty-four Bulge“
soldiers.~ ' ..Y 41 a...
The publication of the” In ‘
sent by colon Von Lnxburg, tori»
or German Minister, to tinned:
’Foreign ,Ofllce, has resulted.
riots in Bucnos Aired, w‘
crowds of people assembled
dcmandcda rupture o I I'
with Germany. AI.va _ ,
Calle Florida wasiflispcrscd , ,
a light with mounted police "
Guards again have ll . . toned
and mm. m by
mans in the city and . Ice
guarding the allies of .U
the newspaper for w .
von Lnxburg obtained a all ., _
Congressisespectcdto upon
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NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y.. Dec. 21—- ulatiag m III! m
volen‘. nen
With the leaving of 15,660 recruits, lo- ‘ loss“ to a.
cal liquor dealers have started a’ move- ”:an 1:“! ‘ . -
lies. _ I
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---’ ment to have the "lid" lifted. They,
a "' . l
m (Whalomficfl ‘mflm Today. tomorrow or Monday #5ch mar agal the order of Governor
was later-semi between “indent“? peddle-r will roll on you. Watch out “I...“ M ”M m the
'59“ Of ”M3—' ' 'forllinl. Hewilltrytounloadolyonmogmmmhnm“
“M'Mflmeatocl ins-om onethossaadaa-es upstate-sacch-
. .. . , The corporation is called the Ameri- bl ”mug. ., ’
Duet bv liars-o Ruth Brash andi .
loom and tell its history. This prov-l
ed a great delight to all. as some veryi
ms and interesting articles were:
an on anstlon by. the ‘ig'ovcrn—
nient :1! the conditions . ‘ tale}!
in tile voh Luabnrg'icIle I ,
BAD. .
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I old. this state. 350.000. and Cail- ,. considering a. “viability
“”9"- . lotI taking" the public "schools for m
a of Its preliminary war; remainder of the “m year and hav-
the .Supreme Secretary of the passions lat
manual in various military {ham at a. ’h’ -
ps seventy-ave baild- 1“qu pelican to
of anorexia:- I quote of tilt! h'v’m “101'
tel
fi/mksn apart
tutti the alt-
é
PETBOG so Leon
Trotsky, . ille' Bolshevihi ,l'oreign
it
. smousossrouun
oxroao. one. {1:me ’Ihlb'
masoctloabeasoatbelwwflafll
Mmfmddeadamfleweu of
row-snowman». nonsense“ “
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clamdtllatiftheGeriaanlpcror -
odercd,“olsuaiVs’;’ x300 tub.
rm. 1
the Busslahswould
m “We did not overthrow esaris-I 3
, to kneel before the kaiser!” be
it.
cried. .
. .Contbl ,llp said;
through our
JOB '
to - see-pt balssv’
would do so to rise with.
—-’-“Olll .Lan
can Red Cross. and he'll tasflsios . “www.mgur
oain mam tors-loosens. “crawl-mil an. no
‘-‘-wulyoncdollarorsucbsmatter.rmmggu
.,,Chr1'na-osoullluurosnsloouct-m
‘wsI ,
.tota'osuaiia' the . We've
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