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ENTINEL
AWIATEO PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PART. 0' TH! WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRI AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
Entired at tho South “email: Post
Olica as Second Class latter.
sou-Ea noawIii, sons,
ramiv, nacastssass, 1m
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4vvw.
”GM Show and Golder Torrid-t
BE HAPPY ‘
to PAY SIX
, Gilli fARE
Cossplete Control For the
Duration of the War As-
sumed at Noon Today by
Director General McAdoo
outsmart
iii mun our
000i chin .
noun 84 [it
till. 0080
Rule to Govern Promotions
in Future—Guard Has
intuit arias
BliNTlllillEli Niilili
ln Rendering Business, Says
Honey, Federal Trade
Commission’s Counsel, in
Boston Today
0000000 USES
PASS 000 W
00VERNMENi
If Public Realized Trolley
Company’s Situation There
big Chicago painters of the rendering
business throughout the country, was
revealed at the federal Trade Cow
Cost State $300,000
—__._—..
5,000 0010008 1
4,050 lNIiliSEliisz
Fairfield County Has 28 of l
Would Be No Kick, Says
General Manager Punder—
ford
RE-WUNTSTHE -
PAVINli 008T
mission's inquiry into the meat sup:
ply which was oodtlaud here today.
Francis .1. Honey. special counsel
for the Commission. stated that ren-
dering companies throughout the
country had been consdidated under
the control of the various packers
and that by gentlemen’s agreements.
I
lhuntsses’ tied customers down for life.
"taking it exceediutlv It“ for in-
'dopendent arias to do humans.
BOSTON. Dec. fl.—Coutrol by the
than had divided inventory and by.
000 00008
W 0i SAMP
' 0000 005000
Men From Connecticut Cit-
ies Awaiting Court-mar-
tial For Departure With-
out Leave
#
in. WilfiilANll
SiiiiifiiSSfli”
GERMANS this for turn
Piiii BRINGS
00" - MANY or
trauma IN .
ZSUNMiSiilflfliS
South Norwalk Congrega-
tional and Norwalk Bap-
' this Have Pleasing Pro-
mm
N0 RESPONSE .
THE Hi 0* it;
Peace Conference Takes
Recess Until January 4
and Future Meeting Place
Has Not Been Determine}
0iffEilENl VIEWS
timid—tins
tion 130 C n' . ~ "r- ! technical “and. of the . .
OPE" . cairn“ By I." XMP:dICS-—All Reg“ i ‘ . mm of Heberu' waste ’oduets. MW 8M II“ M I Quite a number or adults aitend- mm...“ 1]. N“ "
. m“. V j v. . , \ t ‘
or . Ti ”m“ i'” ““9 “W" W ' “rm-i to M‘M‘SS' Charles “darn...” firm ”III-M 1'30 panics Under Quarantine the sat? NMHKCI‘CtnSgrigifilonE’l “um“! .E'fl’ Sumac
. aarooeeonr __.. i" "“m‘" 0”“ "‘ ”‘9 "9"" °"°"i Chapman in Bridgeport ' m t ° W" “_, tChmb 1w evening mi enjoyed the on the “all!!! Front My
‘ _. Dec 28. 1 those of the Military Emergency board.I e ° hold their MM” ”"9”" 0"? DIVE“, A1" Hull. Dt‘CJDI‘OKram of music and of tb Ch ' 1—--'-- W
Mi! vbeiiove that if the IVOI’I‘O'General have been issued un-' deuce. R. l.. and to extend it to the 9 risl- Ti“
28.—llartford was only one of a few: mas stor wbic wa '
cities that had men in this army whol stereopticrin alldgs and igrsfiastledmlg
left without permission over Christ-ithe Bible as well as songs by the:
mas. Accordiul‘ to information giv-tchoir and the various classes. The
en out today at division headquarters,‘ program follows:—
the departure without leave was even; Processional, No. 65~>Song "Como all
person realised the situation that the tier recent date and it is especiedi
t
m; i:"':':'.:.::::..:".;‘::'::;..::'"rs~him“ m new .. .... cow-mi ........ w .... com-m ....
. , e . iment'n step in the Govem'ment'ii 09-.of what the Consolidated Rendering
the justice of the six cent fare” said A
. ccotnpanying the orders, which . . ‘
J. K. Pnnderforsi, of New Haven. 8911- cover promotions in the future. is s” :23?",gdlar'I'?;?:;.,:,'}'~,i‘:m?:f” at: Company. controlled by the packing
Boston field in face of the opposition
German terms for a generaf
'of what 130 formed “The Trust."
peace and the Suggestion that the
Entente join the Russoflennan
peace conferencc’have’ brought no
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.4.“ the
oral manager and
l
‘74..
, muted with a handsome gold watch
I Frances St. John, of Nor-
. 0‘ ice to accumulate on the station
‘ the: ice.”
«tunnel. '
‘ vice president of general review of the Home Guard'hl
"fl ”twill?! (.(‘i'mpanv speaking condition in the state. This recites
”‘9" "unfit! banquet 91 the there are5.000 men fully armed and
womweeui of '3’ B'fltjendt‘rt’d if! the equipped in the various companies
m h o! “m. Ewart division while there are 07 companies and one
(tum who lea :9? ”'99 11- platoon. about 4.050 men without
mum" ot‘ih W ‘1' 901m l0 take rifles or other equipment. which
mining] e gaterbury lines of the main-s up the reserve forces. in this
. - g --* , Jason? arc many men unfit for serv-'
{1:010 than 100 Fmilltllel 0‘ flifiico. rejected when he beat materialr
r aeport division, including 010"” lolccled for She act's“ eons-
itm of Bridgeport. Westport. and mum, v. . '
:Lmlgrmm Mn?" and paid their1 ‘30 turnip, companies. ~ :
firing apnran, TM ref There are 130 infantry companies
. manager “33 l"?- and thrce patoons in the stoic of
.n. a token of appreciation (to 1 —. ‘ ”f.—
Piri'..')y(‘fi of flit-Bridgeport line? the; iumllntled on In“. Tm” ‘V
Lauda Mr. Chapman. L — ‘
(tonernl Manage: i'undrrfnrd aptly '
paid his imports to Mr. l'hapman - S
and spoke of what he had riotous 1
pittlind in spite of heavy iiiincitltica I [BE Ag Tm SINKS'
“___— i
in uridgcport.
‘ “““‘”‘"‘““‘ iJuanita Cut in Two by Her‘
Crash With Bane-30“"
itiNitiViisuns m... I
auditorium —-—
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(Continued On Page Eight) i
the barge she was towing yesterday
‘lhe tut: Juanita was cut in =rwo, her
lbl).l9rS blowing up before she sank
' ‘ [with her crew of six in the. Butter-
~W81k, Sues Rallroad Com.‘ milk channel. betwaen Governor's is-
. ilanii and Brooklyn. Railroad tugs
‘ pan, For 5.59“”, intent to the rescue of the men thrown
. into the icy water of the bay and
'~’4’9” rctum/ed *0 "I" “PM? courts tbev were reported all saved. ‘
hr Deputy Sheriff Taylor reveal the At the time of the acidcnt thoI
‘fr’rfl'lnz CiV-l ““33 {Juanita was towing a barge owned
> n action for 35,000 damages has by George P'nrsythe, of No. 17 Southi
b ”I best"! in iiieSuperior ('ourt bv silt/3i. and ii is believed by steam-‘
mince. St. John, of Norwalk. against '
' ' - ship men shift in the current‘
the New York, New Haverz'anil llart- caught the Lain-g9 and jammed it into
fold Railroad. The plaintiff alleges ”1,. lug, it. was also said that the
that she fell near the Rwandan sta-
tion of the railroad company on
Stands 7, 1917. and fractured the sock-
et. other right. hip. She claims the
defendant company negligenilv allow-
.luanita would probably be a total
loss; The crew of the lug was res-i
cued a a number of railroad tugs!
which hurried to the assistance of?
the "fin struggling in the icywatcrsd
The explosion of the boilers of the
Juanita was caused as the, water;
poured into the engine room through.
the hole in the side of the tug and
covered the boilers. At the sound of
the trash all of the crew of six men
jumped into the waters of Butter!
preterm i'nd ihat till"! slipped on
Keeler It: Dtiiey are her
liouisa“ A. Pint», ‘of Greenwich. Wltl‘
ow of Samuel Pin-2: and others. have.
instituted an action in the Superior;
(3mm against Nathan 3. Mead, et his; milk Wham“ and dined as mm“.
for the purpose of quicting and aci- of ”H, mm", d f
ye crat were thrown.
thug title' to 106 acres in (llenville. -‘ u. d tell about them.
there being a conflict of claims 10‘ mgh m o the a" an
i (Continued on Page Two)
5 .r
'nA'i-msra. 0.1., nee. 28.—l)r. 'Jamosi.
‘. _Brock. Trenton. Georgia. deputy . -
mutton It the Atlanta Federal Peni- Wife A180 Dylng as Result
off. a prisoner. who struck him downl 0f Fife ‘Fl'Olll Oll Stove
film an iron bar. The onlv reason;
the convict wouii dive for the attack'
.. STAMFORD. Conn. Dec. 28,——
l‘upoif is said to be an alien enemy? Henry (ll. Aiken, 82 years old. was
con was serving a sentence of five burned to death and his aged Wife
i
' * isuiiuin MAN
A DEPUTY WARDEN:
leniiarv. was killed by Dimitre Popo:
Explosion
f" “n '35 it personal waiter." ‘
Mc—lhrm of am: a company, but! told
Adoo drafted the .‘aiiroads' war boaid him when he hm entered the Boston
into the Government service 10 work, iield that the rendering business here
out plans of unified operation and sub- w‘as “*very unhealthy." He said he
mit them to him ior approval, inns not frightened by this statement
Washington, Doc. 28,—-At the conqand that he was next informed that
clnsion of the conference with Ihel’ the rendering combinati had now
railroad heads. Mr. McAdoo immune-i become wealthy and . afford to
ed that he had rifled on the mom—i raise prices. with that
tioa that
bers of the railroad war board to they did not believe he ,yuuld be
work out a general with of ttvt‘wmll-f able to meet compo on for
it 11s indicated that the War Baird waste ucts. He . nvited to.
Will MU ,Dyxbi operatic: Bod!" come into the combinatiou'or get out
in charu~ of the cdntry'a roads. it of business.
will be assisted by its numerous comm Whpn asked by Mr. lleney n he
mittecs throughout the culmtrt'. ln- could compete With the ftrust" on
eluding the operating committee of f."- "oundg' the "m,” answered,
“Shim railroads. headed by 0- W-j'“! certainly could. Their overhead
Thompson, of Abe Baltimor" 4-. Ohio 1an," are too heavy."
ltircctorflcnc.‘al McAdoo will labile . ‘
no orders or directions for the im-'.
mediate present, huf’ will await roc-
omuicndations of the war board he-
forc taking any measure to clear thoI
congestion choking irafiroad terrain-i I '
sis and fracas in the. east. .MANY IN CHIBAE
“Whatevor can be done to mnlw tho:
roads mare efficient." said lit. Ito-l
Adoo, “will be done as soon as we.
a d at what is necessary." 1 ‘ .
nTh: following five railroad oxecn-‘Bh8t Furnace Rt Indiana
lit-cs, each a leader in tho buslnrlsa Harbor, M” Explodes
f t us 0 ration, will wort cu' e. , '
glanlsflfolr,‘ ru'elding 250,000 miles of} With Much Destruction
railroad into one great continental]
system for winning the war: CHICAGO. 'Dec. 28,—A number of
l-‘alriax Harrison. president of :lie‘pmmom are reported to have been
5"“‘h9m Railway. ”killed i "an explosion of a blast fur-
Julius ,‘Kruttschnitt. chairman of m“, ' the plant of the inland Steel
the Board of the Southern Pacific. 2Compahy at lndiana Harbor, 1nd,. t 0-
Samuel Rea. president of thorax The plant caght tire and is
l’”“"”‘"‘““"- ’ threatened with desttuction. Am-
Hale Holden. pr-‘siC-Jnt of the “M‘Qbulances from neighboring cities were
13mm)“. . hushed to the scene.
Howard Elliott. of the New Havop.‘
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.-——('otnplefc
control and operation of American; -fiENERAls
railroads for the duration of the. war, .
today passes into the hands of the. _
United States Government.
At noon. the hour fixed by Presi- TfifiTIH TunAY
ing governmental possresflm. Fear;-
Mcdoo. the new rccor
grim“: will be ready wltl: m;Secretary Baker Says Belat-
omcial order designed to pool hi im’ . .
tic. equipment and terminals to "'i ed supplies Have Arrived
lieve the congestion which has 2119' and Shortages WI“ Be
ped the country since the outbreak
dent Wilson's proclamation for effect-
of the. war. Remedled
- The immediate result of the order . . _
will be to wipe out competition and WASthGTON, Dec. ”More infor-
re-route traffic owr the shortest lines. mation on equipment, ordinance.
wil be moved directly 10 clothing and other supplies of General
?l,i‘:'l):‘:llcf:tinaiion icegardiess of th9.Perssing's forces and also at the 'Na-
‘tional Army cantonments was receiv-
led today by the Senate Military Com-
mittee from Major-Generals William
Wright and Edwin 8t. .1. Greble. com—
manders at Camps Doniphan. Oklaho-
ma. and Bowie. Aea‘t. respectively.
The ofllcers recently returned from
the French battlefront and were ex-
(Continued on Page Eight.)
“BABY DOLL” CASE . .
OVER TO NEXT TERM .
BRIDGEI’ORT, Dec. 28.-——1n an ef-
fort po have the cases of ”Tenn"
and “Baby Doll" tried at once lathe
state Prosecuting Attorney Denney
will try and have another grand jury
called at once to take care of the
case.
When the, December sitting of the
criminal superior court resumed its
stained in executive session/
General Pcrshiug's troo . the oili-
cera said. have ample su piles of all
kinds. including ordinance. although
much of the heavy artillery is borrow-
ed from the. Allies. They said thet
the American expedition has plenty of
clothing and that the only deficiency
in accoutrement was motor trunks
Later the committee held, a public
more widespread than had been]
thought. Ian now awaiting court-
martial were brought back to camp
from v'ariohs cities in Connecticut to.
the machine gunners' battalions. ihel'l‘he Christmas Story.
303rd and the 301st to the 8M!!! infiltrating—Annunciation.
M~(CW)—"0 Little Town of
tantry and! 1 the artillery pad seat
tary train. hers ‘wmmn'ded up
in Pittsheldhwv ' tear Fall—liver.
Concord. N. .. an even Itfar away;
as Plattsburg. N. Y.
(Continued on Third PI.)
immediate response. American,
British and French leaders are
silent, probably awaiting a direct
message from the peaceinahers at
Bmt—Litovsk. ~
The attitude of the American
governmentihas not changed, and
’it is felt in’Washington that tho
Ye Faithful."
Song No. till—"Angels Prom
Realms of Glory"
Prayer—Mr. Gleason.
the
Bothiefiom." Arrival of Joaopb and
Harv/It
RWMEpherd’s’ Watch Wm, German . , Illflflx , .,"'
isonr -— (choir)-—"While Shepherds nmtrons and on lot are;
“'att‘bed Their l-‘loclts by Night" iinaincere. An snipe view of the ’
. 50“""(ci'0m—"l' ' ””9 UM ““3 German peace terms in high Brit-'
N. mammal]
this UNlilJll MAN.
First of Feminine Subway
Force Proves Stronger
Than Male in Open Colu-g
bat >
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.—Any one who]
ever had a doubt. of the ability 101‘
women. guards on subway trains to:
take care, either of themselves or. of i
unruly male passengers, would have"
him such a doubt quickly dispelled.
had they seen Miss Florence Ulschae-I
fer. a guard on at Brooklyn train.!
grab Emil Reskn, of 212 East 126th}
street. and hurl him into the arms:
Reading—The First Christmas Night!
Midnight Clear." The angels ap-r . -
nearing to shepherds. The Star of “h and“ “y“ "m Germany de‘
Bethlehem appearing to shrph-erdsJ-“i'e” a general peace, and 9095 “0t
The Nativity. want a separate peace with Bill’- ..
sia. British newspaper opinion in.
in Royal Dav- divided.
“mm“ M Shevi A recess in the peace negotiaw
{tions has been taken and the con:
Manger" Wise men arriving ainerence will be resumed January)
Jerusalem. . '4 at a place not yet determined)
Readinlwwle M9“ 00““‘1‘38 HWilmon Trotzlty, the Bolsheviki For-
icign Minister, is said to be prepare. .
{ing a new appeal to the Entento:
certifies to join the conference. It
[is indicated in Russian dispatches
.received in London that the‘Bolo '
sheviki place most of their hopdn
in retaining power in the couo
Bong—~(choiri ~"0nce
id's City."
herds.
Song—~(primary class)—“Awav in a
Reading~Adoration of Wise Men.
Reading—~Flight into Egypt.
Song-(chom—"We Three Kings
Orient Are."
Readingwfieposc in‘ Egypt.
Reading—The Holy Family. Jesus in
home of parents.‘ Song by school
(on slide) "Hark. the Herald An-i
gels Sing.
Superintendent
, (Continued on Eighth Page.)
Sunday'mect the wishes of the Russian
population, thus weakening Phi
Cossack and Ukraine opposition: , “
of the
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria,"an‘ ,
:sumption of peace which will.
of ‘ ”Hum“. {EARTH [JAKE " [Amsterdam dispatch says, holda. ,
Reska boarded a Bay Ridge train idiflerent views on» annexatiOna
at. the Chambers street terminal. and:
after it had started learned that hat
was on the wrong ,train and askedi
to be let out. Miss Ulsehaefer rt»!
fused to open the door, so he brokei
a window. it was then the young,
i
i (Continued In Seventh Pager
STATE iii in w,
< Nflilliilli nut
i
in the statement sent out by Tax
Commissioner William 1L Corbin of
Hartford today. of the values for the
purpose of taxation. as of October 1.
1917. of the shares. of the capital
stock of hanks, national banking asst»
ciatlons. trust, insurance and invest-'
ment companies ilxed hy the board of{
equalizalzation, in accordance with
Sections 2331 and 2332 of the General
Statutes as amended. the City Nation-
al Bank of South Norwalk is quoted as
follows under the head of National}
Banking association. Par value. 3100..
share valuation 8183. while in Norwalk'
the Central National Bank is quoted
at 8100. 895; the Palrtleld County Na<
iiosst Bank at two. 3125 and the Na-
tional Bank of Norwalk at 8100. 113.
Under the head of Trust and invest»
ment Companies the South Not-walk
Trust Company is quoted at $50.
and the Peoplgs Trust Company-in;
‘Guatemala City Partly De-
six o'clock last night the
from those expressed by Count
‘C'zemin, who apparently is the
German mouthpiece. A Vienna '
newspaper quotes the king as soy— “
ing that Bulgaria would hold what I;
iiENlililiS MANY .
liflliiiliiSSi
at variance with the geaeraMcg
tion of no forcible annexationsutf
. - ed . C ' . ' ""
strayed Last Night—Amen?" by mm mm denim
and Austrian newspapers
icans Safe :ly receive Czernni’s ‘stafient
WASHINGTON, Dee.
iwannly. . .
23-—M. Repulsed in their attempt ‘ to
Will-fibrosis the French line northeast of
quake which destroyed pl“ Offl'erdun, the Germans have ceased
Guatemala City was continuing: their efl'orts while the artillery on
deatructhm of property VII Ill-'both sides keeps up a lively fire.
abated and thouaondl were With-[In the Argonne yesterday the
out shelter. Alum “d m i French checked 3 German surprise
brain“! were safe. 'attack and French artillery broke
MORE INQUIRY FOR inori beast of Verdun. On the Brit.
GOOD STOCKS TODAYr
ish front the artillery engagement .
continues at various points.
0n the ltalian northern front,
she had won, which aeeminglyjn'
NEW YORK. Dec- m—While trad
ing on the Stock Ecbange today lacked
ycsterday’s exciting features. railroad
shares continued to advance on a fur-
ther general inquiry resulting from
the decision of the government to tan.
over railroad properties.
The gains in the active issues rang-
ass ted from 1 to 2 points. A number of
loss prominent shares advanced still
the Austroliermans have not fol- "
lowed up their success of early in
the week west of flip Bronta all;
which they had a hard fightftdt
maintain”. Enemy artillery fire any-
the Asiago Plateau is hitenae, peer
haps in preparation for othEr at:
tern In aerial ba over 'l‘le’w.‘
/
[up enemy troop concentrations,
three
. fl," (0.. qmtemmu' , . "rpmbwy 'fatally injured todatholida “m“ m "I" militant-in; on conditions at camps Dani I" _ ' I. 1x" purer, chieago d; Alton. for example. viao British and ltaltan airmen paid“
WW Sit)“ "N? "illusion of an oil stove at Prosedctor Desloyaeyewas on hand to pills and Bottle. N “1‘ “st" an as: of Notiofllgfllinl 5% 90‘1"” t,“ 13 on ‘ '9' “l“ counted ‘0' 0‘9"“ 0‘ the all“,
I n ‘ I Canaan u .-
DETROYS ttheir home here. Aiken was bed-rld-i have the case taken up by the grand Secretary in 100M” to ‘ ‘ n the first Nation-inner islands also were strong in ol- m mm
ltll Association
resolution passed unanimously last x“ «Ban: 1. W06 at goo, not while.
9,; Bras
. den and was fatally burned before as-‘ rv and state but win 1 the b- .ticipating of tonhchsilng'dlvldend ac .
35 TROLLEY CARS HHRRCE could reach him. Mrs. Miriam of State's Attorne‘y gamer-'8. Wdfim‘yv W" "1‘ W" 999"? under the head of Trust and lnvesf-Qtlon. ' g ”'31:," dust]. m
. \ien'ncondition is due chiefly to in-iCiunmiaga the matter was allowed to'm' '0 “m” routine in “WM“ the Home Banh' it With the progreri of the session
iv stomaw. Mich. Dec. 28.—Firc hullnr the (names. The explosionislidc.
pf unitaowa origipvyosterday destroy-{caused or. damage to the house of
'cd- is can of the Saginaw-Bay City'abouz tihoo. '
yvaad a-large section. The Minus
,elr ill. for several. hours
"M" clothing at various “‘3" Wm 81:”- tn lard 1d a quoted at there came a renewed inquiry for in-
w"! 5! mm to“! M m sea. as. and ’11! Weatpaort i-nder ole-'smmn and equipments oi the var
Md “”0"“. ”m °' sauna heading the Westth Bani: t‘divislou st aver-l0 gains of a point.
unlit-v fl 0.“ “I 'l m “I!“ Trustee-punyioqaotodatdloo.fl“. Coppers also reflected favoraflotrads
soldier-in France. 01%
pednaaaa-prssultsdiutbe “
ingoftwoaoldi‘ers. A .
in the meantime Attorney DsLan-
, icy is holding several witnesses whom
lived on the upper he believes can give important tastir
coverin-
.. . floor. the owner of the .dvrpllina’. my in recall to up shooting at “‘1' W W In am under the‘bcad‘pf rte curios-cs:- iii woman-v . .
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