that they can by donations and gifts to
Iboldut want his name mentioned.
congratulated the
gave a donation of $5. Blane or this
money goes from East Nor-walk. as all
supplies even to the boxes is spcnt
with East Norwalk merchant's. Tho
310. MAIN ST :mtsmz‘ti‘ugztm “A
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h.A.Reed. Jr oili‘itch street,“
,. «g Christmas in Washington,
firs. X. E. Campbell of ii Van Zant
.1 has had a talc-phone installed,
number being 3299-4.
The local barber shops were open
“fit“ 10 o'clock'last evening as they
”mill be closed all day today.
, Miss Gertrude Groescbner. who is
”chins school in Woston, is spending
M holidays with relatives here.
IAPrivato- Allie-rt Warrior: of the am:
“my is spending his (‘hristmas
ilflough with relatives on Edlle ave.
The Junior' Epworth League is
flanninz for thcir Social which will be
lflven on Saturday afternoon at the
Climb and which was postpono-d from
last Saturday afternoon. '
Tomorrow evening the Sunday
‘ncbool of the East Avenue Id. 2‘.
‘church will hold its annual Christmas
festival and tree with a distribution of
gifts to the scholars. Parents and
friends are invited to attend.
Tickets for the social and dance to
be given on January 4th by the duly-
). Mar Hook and Ladder Company
are selling already. The affair will be
held at Community Hall and Grace
Brothers orchestra will furnish" the
music. '
_ / This morning the members of tho
‘ Epworth We at the East Avenue
ll. E. church were busy distributing
Christmas hasketa of food and gifts to
the poorer families in East flurwalk.
Quite a number of baskets were dis-
tributed by the evcrchrtiA-hw young
people. who thanks all illoso who con-
tributed towards thorn at the Sunday
morning services.
- Private Harry Sclzer has been
transferred from the l-35th Company to
Battery F, 56th Regiment. P. A., still
stationed at Fort. Terry. About 250
drafted men are filling tho places
made vacant by the transform] of
about 23 men from each company of
Coast artillery to the lipid artillery.
The East Norwalk tobacco fund is
In immediate need of about 3E5 wore
Ill subscriptions II names of neuré
ly that mmbor of, men haw; hon harm-
.“ in. The committee would like to
more thls‘money come as soon as pos-
llble so that these packages can he
dripped OE. Packages have becn sent
"to the following men or are at Michael
‘ Boone's hardware snow ,on East
"Washington aareet, the headquarters
~92 the committee; Gunnar T. Sios~
Mobs. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Armed
coming home: William Morrow.
~ ‘upecla to return homo this
lag and who in in. the navy;
‘ Smith and Tony Lii’ira, both
Men of the 35th Company at.
M Terry, whose names were omit-
“ in the first list; Charles Israel,
Company I, barracks. Camp nevens,
Aye: Mass..'who was omitted from the
«igloo! lint: Charles I. Swinl, who is
Alhiioned at the Naval Training Sta-
John-m. ackmvme. Fla: William is
Mos-Ion of the U. S. A., America who
. Wage. American
In Houston Tea. and Seaman loflett
F??? d the U. 3. Navy who is spending a
c.
We at his home on Winfield street.
Additional named are being handed in
fro-timotoumetoMrJhanowho
,lbma-iiatoflhemandwboto"
“with the committee Illatho
Wald-hips thematic-on
m. n m that on:
mydhbaooowmumtto
[it
“ti-ammo year audit."
momma-monsoon;
”medulla-walk should
thwart-unmann-
‘ mold-”dam
ryr
{find .835 John Quintard. (‘ity iii-1c
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('l‘arles Sniilln, of West Side 8V9-
nuc, is home from Storrs Agricultural
College to spend the holidays with his
parents.
”fl...—
Miss Carrie Petty, a teacher in the
East Norwulit schools. is spending the.
Christmas: holidays at her home in
Rowayton avrnue,
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Tho Rowayton Greenhouses shipped
40,000 roses and 10.000 carnation to
Now York, \ootcrday. This is 3 rec-
ord breaking shipment and will bring
hood chm r to many households.
The war department announcement
of yestcrday con'ulncd the informa-
tlon that Captain Gimme A, Shorron.
ol the Enfli‘lPt‘l‘ Roar-rye Corps. had
rosigm-d lib: commission, Mr. Sherron
is former strict commissioner of tho
city to Norwalh.
Morrison lluuchy had a disagrocn-
bio experience, ycslcrdav afternoon.
wllllo- spoorinn eels off Tokenckc. The
ice on which he was standing gave
wav under his weight and precipitat-
ed him into the water. fortunately
the water came only to his shoulders
or scrlous consequences might hallo
mulled.
Milton 8 Rowland of Crockett
strut: returned home yesterday for
the hollchys. Mr. Rowland has been
omploycd by tho government as a ma-
chinist on the Liberty “Aeroplane Hot-
or in the Packard Plant at Detroit.
Mich. 14.000 machinists arc employ-
ed at this iactory. which is run night
and day, also Sundays.
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' Harold ll. Wilmot is homo ’from
Camp Devon: for Christmas day.
Stephen s. Wood of Yaphank, is’en-
laying the holiday with his friend's.
‘
Clara Zella of West Norwalk was
buried in Spring Grove cemetery this
afternoon at 2:80. ‘
Dr. Neihlon, who is connected with
the quartermaster's department of tho
United States, is enjoying the Christ
mas holiday with'his family.
Among the number gathered about
Darien hearthstones .from military
camps are, Harry Schlichting. Harold
Millspough, George Gelst and Brad
Bollard.
Richard Carlton and family who have
been occupying the Blaben house.
the scarcity of fuel. They have gone
to Orange, N. J.
The Button people responded iinoiy
to the appeal to illuminate their resi’
dencen. last evening, and (the can!
dies placed behind the Red Cross em
blems made a very impressive isplay.
The Christmas excl-circa of the Con-
gregational church tomorrow evening
will be bold.
~a— ——.
day ensuing ha been pootpoud until
after tbe holiday.owlng.to the numer-
ons engagements which the people
had,
Owing to tholactihaloomoof tbo
nan-ten people had been signed up for
membership by Stamlord people and
some of the Rowaytol people bad
dint walla bring the rainbow”, up
of the campaign 65 members. It is
as near 450 as possible.
v.
TEU‘I‘ONS TRANSFER
’ EFFORTS TO THE
; BRENTA’S WES’I‘BANK
AFTER LAST WEEK’S
CHECK
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(Continued from First Page).
statement thus far, but in ccrtain
quarters tllcrc is cvideucc. of oppu-
sitiun to his contiuucd leadership
of the Nationalist» the dominant
party. It is not improbable that
Frank G. Tudor, a farluor ('ubiuct
member, will be [)t‘l’lllllll-‘(l by the
Nationalists to form a govomlucm
from tho Labor Party. giving illi~;
party an opportunity to put into
ci'fcct its plans for raising troops,
‘wliboul conscription.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.———
(icl‘leral Pershing today udvisod
the War llcpariulcut of tho deaths
from natural cutlscs of tho follow-
ing niclnbcrs of thc Aillt'l'lall over-
seas fol-cos:
l’rivate (‘harlcu I). l-‘iskc, Infan-
try, Dec. 17, scarlet fever. clucr-
gcucy address, Louis J. Flake, At-
tlcboro, Muss.
I’rivutc Burt t‘. Siders, engi-
nccru, Doc 21. broucho pneumonia,
lather, Audrcw Side-rs, Avclla.
l'u.
the in” '0 tan, it w v.2 and to 405. there having “‘93 at the ntart City ui lame but ixsued rules byll
tibia-lg. ‘ mun-W“ “moi null t
committee (.3 rm» hoped that quite a number more will child cl, cr- olnzjml to \'hl’l$ in t
I"! work m1 they were “in! and have joined so an to stroll tin totaivthe fields from 4 o'cluzlt is: tbc i
fore-d considerable losses."
' PARIS, Dec. 24.~l’romivr
(,‘lemcnccau has sent a circular lot!
()T'I‘AWA. Ont.. Dec, 2.” (By
Vi'uumlian l’rcss).~——l.omlou dis-
.patcbcs to the liontor. Agency ben-
iotluy said scvcu thousand decor-
ations have boon conform-d «luring
lb:- u‘ar on mcmbc‘rs of tho (‘unu-
tlltlll cxpcrliiionary i'orco for vu-
lor in tho Ilt'ltl and for outstanding
war scrvicc. Sewn officcrs and
lwclvo men buvo guinml tbc'cnv—
ctcd Victoria (.‘ross. .
_ HAN FliANl'lSt‘il, Doc. 24.”.1
‘Sworlisb ship said to how boon
"serving: (lcrlilauy in planting
luiucs ni’f tbc South African coast
has boon capturcd and «own mem-
licfri of tho crew in the Norman
pay wcrc oXooutcd, according to
W. Aircy, bond of a trailing cor-
poration of ('upc Town hero, to-
day, who said tho execution took
place five days before the depar-
§turc from ("ape Town.
5 'l’AlllS. I)l‘('. 24.-——'l‘ltc Sit-ass;-
burg Mouumcni on the Place ('on.
comic, nhicll during the years be?
for.» the war was draped with
orupc and for which ilowcrs and
bunting \vcrc substituted in Ann
list. 1914. today llics tho Stars and
Stripes alongside the French tri-
color. ' Tbc Amoricun and French
flags were raised over the moon-
ment to the Alsatian city ycstcrday
in tho proscnoo of n largo crowd.
which. in spitc of the biting: frost.
uncovered as tho two- emblems
‘wcro unfurled. Amcrican Ambus-
aador Sharpe and u numbcr of
dolcgutcs from socictics of nativos
,oi' Alsacc-Lorrainc were prescnt.
The flags were raised in thc
name of tho ('cntrulAlsatian-Lor-
ruinc Association of Amcrica and
tho '“Illl'ltl lrcaguo of New York
for tho liqittfliluiiou ni' ..-\ls:lr_~o-I.n"'-"
raitlo. liltfitnvo lilunvonibul. 4f
Now York; Julius Sicgfrid. presi-
dent of the Alsatian Societies and
llcputy from anrc .and Maurice
Barres, of tho French Academy.
wore the spoakcrs.
A PACIFIC PORT, Doc. 24:-
Pctlcml ofllciuls liltlrl‘l' i'uuurl pack-
'l,!:c:; of :ummlnitiou, sort-rill bull-
(ll‘t'tl rifle-s and a uulnbcr or” an's
fillcd with rcvolvors burlcd umlvr
tllc cargo of'blrlc-l in the Sllilku, a
Russian freightor which im-ivcd
t M W996 in the U- S. N”! have been obliged to do“. it, owing to bcrc Friday night unclcr whim!
of its Bolshoviki crow. Ofiiciula
said tho cartridge; found in the
Janunuuition packugct containctl
slugs such as nacd by the (lcmlans
on tho custom front.
'l‘hc commitment was probably
intended. officials said they believ-
ed, for industrial Workcrs of the
World or for us:- ol’ a raider ill/rill?
Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 24.—Of—
jflon at Newport, ll. 1.: William C. at which time the tree and the usual ficial dispatches “'0‘“ Rome Willi."
Mnoxowith the quartermaaters program of exercises, including the 3'": a dciallcd ”10"." "I the fight-
” W at cm, Jam E. distribution of gifts to the ”bolus mg on Montc Asolonc. They say:
, “With the recapture of the posi-
jtious on Montc A-4olonc, tho ltal-
1- just returned home; Ralph W. The mass meeting in the interest of lan WHIP?" have written ‘5 glor-
Ambulanco the State Council of me which louslpagc ill the annals; ofthls war.
MI. No. 29. stationed at Camp Lo- was monuced to be held on Thura- The" bravery ha” 9’9""th the
cnyluy from sproutliug‘bis forces
to the south and complete the sur-
rounding of Mouto Gra'ppa. Our
soldiers fought for several days
under icrrific artillery fire and
‘against tho (loudly eflects of as.
phyxiating gases. The enemy rm!-
fmd enormous losses. It is calcu-
ated that in the actions at Beretta
and Monte Asolonc, the enemy has
boon lined “It 10" “59”" ”l lost three divisions, which have al-
Norwalk people. the exact number or
“Rumba-autonomous:tmo,mmmm.tsommpmorgm
tko Red Cross are not known. it in
known. layover. that In to yesterday
morning at about 10 o'clock. m not
members hadlbun “Wisp/by the
nine workers of tho local'rebaptor and
, .
.. ”1..th awn... ,
Mm ab“
ready been substituted, from the
of November to date. Gener-
al Pfoifler, commander of the
Fourth enemy division, and the
commanders of the Seventh and
Eighth Austrian Brigades, have
been seriously wounded.
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“The enemy command in the
AIERRY A m"
traumas
1'0 All.
morning until 8 o'clock in tho evc-
"ning with half an hour of rest in
the morning, one hour and a bull at
fluidday and half an hour in tho
,aftemoon. The transgrcssors o'
cuslsrllls .
to All.
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ltvork and watched by German 50!»
Edit-rs and. at llll’ termination of
tho lilil’Vv‘Hl. Hit-.5 will bc nuptial.-—
‘cd for six months null ovn-ry thrc
days they will n-ccive only bread'
and wutor. Slow or lazy women
will lm ('xllctl and lazy clllltll‘ml
will bc flogged. If lli’i’t’s‘sfll')‘. illc
commander “ill llrflici tbc Work-
men to corporal punisluucnt.
"In llacorlonia licrlnau troup-
llavc rcccntly lauuclml iln'cc vcry
pmvcrl'u’l attacks against the posi-
tions hold by ltnliau soldlcra along!
the ('crna river. All the attacks!
were rcpulscd and the enemy suf-l
;those rules will be accompanied to;
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Plain and € Fur Trimmed
Coats picked from our reg-
- ular stock. Values to $18
Special for tomorrow at
$9.95
Soc Window Display
ter to (loilcral l’cluln and all tho
army cllicls pointin out that tho
cxpcrlcucc of ihroc yours of our.
have shown that oxistinc at": limbs?
are mo hiqlt and that with a four!
rurc f'lit‘epllullii commands arc no.
cfl'cc'riwly cmrnised at over-‘5“
years for a rcalrncnt, .38 for o erX
gatlc, (it) for a division and 62 for
an array corps. l'mlcr tilt-so Hill I
(liiluns. bc adds, gotlcral ulul iii-bl,
officers over llli‘:~.(' agcs must bc:
givcn commands horonftcr in. illo'
four or placed at tho disposal of:
the Ministcr of War.
Tbc only mtceplloll to this rulo'
will be m-noral ofliceru rocornmcml-'
Ptl to rctuin their commands on»
Wednesday, 9 A. M. :
515 to $18 Coais‘9.95
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the pcrmual rcsponsibiliiy of gen-i
eruls cmumaluliug armies. ~-—‘ w , M -——--——-
In tho futurc. tho prcmiir dc-‘tain in LntlnvAmerlcan diplomatic
clurca, no promotiorm will bc ulullo clrclos today all the rcsult of new cvl-
to tho rank of gcncral ofllccrs who donces of Germany trickory disclosed
bavc corvml only a short timo in’slmultancously in Washington and
rllli‘ lino. This policy will. rcsult Buenos Airm last nllzbt by publication
in placing at tho bond of tho iigllt- at another rules of telegrams bc-
ml; traps, bc llopcs, I‘llll‘f‘l wlm'meen the notorious Count Luxhurgot
know thcm troll and in whom tllc “spurlolhi vurskcnst" fame, and the
solrliors can buvc Eull couligloncc Begun Foreign Oflicc, '
from having soon thm at wark.‘ Luxburg, formcr German Charge in
'l‘llc :uunc priuoiplc will be "sod in Buenos Altos, in a- mention? dated Au-
promotiug ficlrl 'unrl subordiuuto gun: 1, 1..., “Manned hp. foreign of.
"ffiwrfi- lice that Prcsident lrigoron of Ar?
PARIS. Dec. Zl.~-V- Antonerco, ”l" gentlna had at last madelup his mind
Rumanlan Minister here, has issucd to negotiatc a secret agreemcnt with
the following statement concerning Chile and Bolivia for protection
‘1‘: “"13"” 0" "l" ““13“!” "m": against North America. Another tel»,
Thcarmlsiico was simply a mea- gram intimated an. attempt would be‘
sure of military order imposed onlus made to include porn and the plan
through the Romanian front being on- was to be perfected according to Lux-
tircly oncloscd within the Ruscizm burg's communication of August 1.
front. it would be a mistake to make "before the conference idea is taken
a political deduction from it. Ruman- up again."
la intends to rcmnln faithful to her The "mum-once idea" is assumed
alliances and to work until tho end to be ma proposed Latin-American
with W Allin." neutrality advocated by President
LONDON. Dec. 2|.—-lt is reported “mum: and widely discussed in
unoillclally that the Germans have to South America. The secret agree-
Jccted the Russian poace terms. the men! referred to may explain recent
Petrosrad corrcsnondent of. the E!- South American reports of President
change Telegraph Company wires on Iflgoypn’g proposals for a league of
d" date 0! Thin“!!- South American nations.
AMSTERDAM. Dec. l.~'—A German The messages, forty in number.
"bureau for studving questions rolat- were made pilbllc 1’! tho 3‘3" D“
V Merry
' Christmas
STERLING FURNITURE
co.
inc to peace" has been opened in Bar-5.,lpartmrnt through an agreement with,
lin. Dr. Karl Hclfferich, former poaco the Argentina Government, and we -—-————-
Chancellor, is at the head of the bb- accompanied hwa ointment by 0"
read, with Privy Councillor Albert. elgn Minister Puerreydon,in which he.
the formcr Commissioner to the Pana- pays the "inaccuracies" of the Gonna/n A f3 ,
mfi'l’adnc, Eliliosition. as his assls- Charge's report are so surprising that . o . '
tant. no epithet will fit them. ' f '
The measures were sent to Argon-It & co. . .
PETROGRAD, Thursday, Dec. 20.. . ‘ ‘
The British. Danish. French and Bcl- tina soon after the State Department,’
gian consuls havc Visited Deon Trot- gave out the first,serics in which bux- ..
ZlW. the Bolsheviki Foreign llinlstor. burg advised his/ government to sink
nndlnrranze'l to crohnngc with Russ Argontina ships without trace. but
sin courtosics to official couriers. horctolore demands for their publica-
LONDON. Doc. 2l.—-A llalshevihl tion have been in vain. The, firstbor-
forco commanded bv released Gormnn ipg were tmnsmiicd through the Swed-
and Austrian oilicer prisoners has flP' ish Legation at But-nos Aires, but they
leatcd tho anti-Bolshevikl at Tash- moans oLcommunicntion used for the
ltcnt. capital of Russian ankcstan..ac- latest batch sent during July, August
cording to a Pctmgrad dispatch to and September was not disclosed, cx-_
the Morning Post, The dispatch also rcpt that some of the first series tol-
says that it is believed that a force of 93,-“, were included in ones made:
roloased cncmy prisoners equivalcnt- public 1351 night.
and Friends 21
to two army corps commsnrled by ..—.. 'l '
ihclr own officers, is now within strik- METAL wonxzng gram: l , ‘ 7‘
°' i A F Beckmann & 0
NEW YORK, Dec. zl.-—A cablegrnm _ A- . I . ~ . ‘ ‘ .
saying that the Peasant Congress in SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. / 24,—A; -
Russia adoptod a resolution promi- threatened strike 0! 10.000 metal trade!
lug against the policv of the BolshPV- unionists engaged in industries other
ikl in arresting members of the (3011- than ship-building was averted hotel
Per ms. F. DOWN. Manager.
All.
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~ ~ We Wish Our Patrons
Merry Christmas
stituont Assombly was recelvcd here day, according to officials of the iron.
today bv tho Jewish Dally Forwarlerarles Council, when 14 of the 35 WW
‘ ould ' ' been affect-l
i's Petrograd correspondent. foundries that I! have I ,
Thorpe-usage roads: 'ed by the walkwt granted demands; .A Merry Xmas To All
“A vcl'v important sitting of the for a ton percent. additional wage ln-,
today. ' crease over the thirty-one per cent ad-
t had been allowed isomer
by the Fodertl Shipbuilding _
”nasant Congress was held
Premier [Arline in pcrson addressed rvanco tha
tho ‘Concr'ns and in a lengthy speech time ago
Table,l.auina' . Currants, rigs, All Kinds of
A. HASSAN’S
36 Van Zandt St.
for
mansion nboxandbumopmdsnm,’
dofcnded the attitude of the noisier-Waiver sdisstmnt board. fl ' l
d the Constituent Assembly.‘ S , in
“Inflation the arrest of membersl Hnuomcxs MAV rav Noam. f mm” moan, pkin by . f n
of the Assembly. and said the labori S'l‘ mills, Dec. 24.+Presl!ent' M!“ “d I m ’pom“ n d dealt "I“
mm am am one! a m 'rmh norm.
m 15.22
cil ought to be considered that
Slog‘llnnt authority. lllckby ol' the Bt. unis
ridtloaall. to- ,
Notwithstanding Lonlnofn presence,,day received a telegram Aron! Pres?
l
' lndianbpolil cm
the Congress pamd a resolution pro- dent IaGlll of tho
testing against the policy of Ml stating that ho has granted Jack not?
ahcvlki with a vote of 860 to 321." _ M
LONDON. Doc. xl.-—'l'oday's oiliciaiforts to be hand as mamer of the
communication says than is nothing St. ironic Nationals. m it had
t report. Rickey said. however, t o ,
“val/lglbo’ron, Doe. :1.—Do¢larae last all interest h" mm. but b. or John naokloy received a telegram No. 15
’ '- ltlon Ban. this morning tron Worthington notify-3m“, .
"film...“ :: nm‘mfled Tamamb’; $332.;z,’ m ging bin that President Wilson bad ap- Greenwich/lo urinate]
. 001108 w ., .
drtch pamidou to make further of {limo II! who! "mu” wlch to take the place of M ,n
I p . r . thorn“. {armor Secretary at sou. n
ilABTNRD. Conn. Dee. 24.—Mai- the legal advisory board of Division
for the reason. it in ads!-
a chaos. of raid-loo from
6, Hall.
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