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Rev. Harry W. Jones, of the
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[ tion, Makes Great Speech
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Bridgeport Brother Talks
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Commerce Board Expected
to Study Readjustment
and Report to Director
General
WARE INCREASES
EGrove street from diphtheria on
nesday morning early at the age of!
itiilliil IRES iR
Walter Kenneth Hall Second
in U. S. Service
Word was received here yesterday.
of the death at the 'U. S. A. Base Hos-
pital at Laurel Hill. N. J. of Walter
ilall and Mrs. Annie Hall of
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twenty-one.
Mr. Hall was a member of the Uni-
having enlisted last June. He spent
a Christmas furlough here upon his
Will RE ASIIER ;
return contracted a sevue cold that
turned into pneumonia and also con-
lrat'led diphtheria from which he
died. »
He is survived bv his mother Mrs.
Anderson Opposes Stipula~
tion of Reversion to Own-l
! Officers Initiate Members
I A rare treat was afforded the mem-
bers of Norwalk Lodge. No. 709,‘_
Benevolent and Protective Order or:
”as. at the Home in South Main
street, that evening, when Rev. Harry,
M Stone, A. M. I). D.. chaplain of
the New York State Association. deg
Bw-red his famous address “Our Navy
in Action." His decription started
With the heroism displayed by those
ant-n who volunteered to sink the col-
lter Merrimac in Santiago Harbor at
alto outbreak of the Spanish-American:
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Among
the problems which Director General
McAdoo will have to tackle in the near,
future, it was learned yesterday, will]
be a general readjustment of the rail 1
road rate system. involving material‘
increases in many cases, and an rnl-i
pending request for higher wages by;
[nearly all classes of organized railroad'
labor. Many pending wage disputes.
will be transferred to the government?
lav. thus bottling up the Spanish
from railway executive boards All
SM. and he paid high tribute to the
these wage matters probably will be
,deall
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‘rilad situation in it‘s new aspects say
llilat. any rate revision will bet-onw'
illf‘CFSiiury now that government opera-.
{tion 'has removed competition on;
which mics heretofore. have been
3largely based. The. Interstate f‘om-'
'merce commission is expected to un
;derlake within a few weeks a special
study of rate readjustments for pre
«confirm to the director-general.
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Wife of New Rochelle Saloon . .
The commissions attentlon has
[ [Keeper to Be Arraignedlbeen called to a number of abnormal
, . ily low rate schedules caused by com-
; Today In Feedral Court petition between railroads whose rlv-‘
alrics have now ceased. Temporarily
Jictcrmincd action on the part of.
Fem-nil ollicials to break up the prac—i (Continued on Elliventh Page.)
lie- of selling or supplying intoxi-
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pants to soldizrs and sailors became'
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wed. The arrest was. that of Mrs.
-‘Imsta Kochnlein.‘ wife of a man
7171mm saloon and restaurant at 72'
ecaanic street, New Rochelle, liai'i
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so his notable raid. '
Lint-spite the protestations of New'
trelle's city fathers that Mc-i
parihy's story of what he saw in New
fineness was a canard. word came
fat-overnors Island'that even though!
[he saloons all had been oddered'
dated by Gov. Whitman's direction.
Iold'n'rn were still procuring liquor in
that city. Two soldiers. both tpri-
_,'yatcl.. were detailed to go to New
Rochelle and procure evidence.
,,'_ Those soldiers swore that they had
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EASSENGER TRAIN
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j”, NtiW‘I‘OWN. Jan. lil.—A passenger
”rain on 'the Highland Division of
the New Haven road was bsrclv «iv-l
or! 1mm destruction. by a guard who
Joli-u heavy iro.l blri tightlv Wedg-
od between the rails on u hrniue our
file llousatoni-: _~.el- our new.
hung the pass! tact-s Were a gmup!
u Waterbury 5'."1|lZ-WOl-it‘ll return-
‘hg ttom the .\'c r..:.t School or D.rn-,
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Usual Bookings Not Made1
and Star'Performers Go!
to Theatres
Listen, little boys and girls.
You probably have been lborugh a
cason made joyous through a visit5
from Santa Claus and an unusually,
long vacation from school because
there Was on coal.
You have skated merrily on street
and lake and pond, and have over—'
worked your new sled. The sugar
shortage meant nothing in your young:
life, because there was still plenty,
of candy. You are too young to un-
derstand or care what it was a cer-.
lain American General said was was.
But now you must knew the truth.
There will be no circus this year.
At lcast that's what they say to-
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REQUA TO HAVE
,_ ,l, . ' ,1“ . H, CHARGE WHEN U. s.
.. A”. .' . .R‘?i'.t.‘. TAKES 01L mousmr,
i it .-u no cl r: whatclcz' mini I” ”’9? I
entity of ill" peanut. I"II pl.r<t‘-!i WASHINGTON, Jan. lt‘i.»~.\lark I.
o obstruction. and no theory is ad-I Requa, of Oakland, Cat, Assistant to
’ mi as to how they not the hea"y' Food Administrator Hoover. will be[
_. wet. the guards. placed in charge of the oil industry
. “'llf‘l’! control is taken over soon by
. w ' m LEGACY FOR the Government. '
VACATIONLESS MAN zU. S. STEEL’S UN FILLED ,
(fitK'ACO. Jan. 10,—1n 39 vears' ORDERS JUMPI
iucobs. stage manager of the ....._.._..
. psilc theatre, had just one day of NEW YORK. Jan. lt).-The on
t.” .tfltsu, Thu was four years ago. orders on the books of the 1!
l. n George Castle, ysudcvllle maria-,Stat-ss Steel Corporation on Dec. 31;
‘- . .olti hint to go to Muskegon for amounted to 8,381,718 tons. an ln-i
two weeks ‘rest" but Abe wasn't, lease of 484.612 tons. compared withl
to vacation, so in returned after the orders on November 80. according'
last night and went to work. to the monthly rcport issued today.
1: Castle. Almost forty tycst'aI NEW YORK. Jan. 10.-—'1'his is the=
rev since he stoned walk for first time that the monthlv figures
'p the. old Olympic. Abe worledlbuve shown an increase since April
. , _.__ 1811. when they were 12,183.08i tons.
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the corporation's high record. I
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ision between two sections of
Annie Hall. three brothers. Albert T.
Hall. Frederick Ray Hall, and Rich—
ard "all all of this city. a sister Mrs.
William Allison of Jersey City and
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RERUESIS suit
TRADE ill SPECIFY
ITS NEEIIS
A. H. Smith Asks Head of
United States Corporation
to Co-operate With the
Railroads
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An important step in accommodat-
ing the capacity of the railroads” to
_tilc war and business noodsl olithe
nation was taken yesterday when A.
H. Smith. Assistant Director General
of jltailroads, asked James A. Par-
rell, President of the United States
Steel Corporation, to effect an organ-
ization.- which would be able to re-
port from day to day during the war
:on the needs of the steel and mum
lions industry. and to malt
mendations as to the, .prio
the railroads should render.
The steel ‘trnmic situation is a com-
licnted one. involving the movement
of ore by lake boats and by rail. the
WV.
recom-
service
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HflSPITAl FIRE
OTTAWA. Ont., Jan. til—General
gCatholic Hospital is on are. The up- Trustees
{per story of the building is in flames. Sadie Smith, Ml” Julia Callahan.
It is believed all patients have been
removed.
efforts by nuns and nurses saved all
but one of 158 patients in the Water
street General Hospital here today.
when ffre destroyed a part of the
building. A child who was strapped
to a bed with weights fastened to an
injured leg was burned to death. One
of the rescued patients. a little girl.
died later from excitement and ex-
posure.
gTHREE PEOPLE
DEAD IN COLLISION
AI'STIN. Texas.
Jan. 10.-—Tbree
wetsuits Were killed and eleven tnjur- COUNCIL TO NAME
t-(I early today. in a rear-end colli-
the
f‘Ksty" flyer on the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas Railway at Granger, about
forty miles northeast of here. First
I'PDOrls placed the number of dead
'at sixteen. but this later was denied
. by officials after investigation.
So far as has been ascertained, the
number injured was six. Although
the extent of their injuries has not
been determined. officials believe they
will recover. The names of four of
the injured who were brought here
are: W. H. l-‘airland. Chicago; W. G.
Toolev, New York: T. F. Brown. Dal
Ian; and 8'. W. Hull, Philadelphia.
According to information obtainable
at the dispatcher’s ofiloc here. the
first, section of the train stopped at a
valet- tank at Granger. While the
engine was taking on water. the sec-
ond section ran into it headon. The
two rear sleeping cars of the first
section Were telescoped. The des-
pstcher‘s office here said the rear
Pullman was jammed half way
through the second car. Thom kill-
ed are said to have been asleep in
the two sleepers.
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Norwalk Boy to Die While|
Kenneth Hall son of the late Walter
led States Army Motor Truck Com]
pany, No. 11 located at Tenafly, N. J -
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in France and Spcially
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Great Sun to Accompli‘
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WASHINGTON. Jan. lit—Secretary
,lerer today replied to critctama of'
‘nis department's conduct of the war
in a long and exhaustive prepared
statement presented to the Senate
.Military committee.
'w iConceding delays and errors of
judgment in so vast an and king.
Secretary Baker epitomized h I reply
in these words: '
"No army of similar size it the hisv
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How Government Proposes
to Locate Income-Tax
Dodgers—Cross Checking
System in Use—Informa-
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Collector of Internal Revenue James
J. Walsh has made public informa-
tion as to methods which will be.
pursued in detecting those who should
pay income taxes and neglect to do
so. The collector declares that evav
sion will prove very unprofitable for
those who attempt it; despite the
idea that acute people have that it
will be Impossible for the government
to run down delinquents. ‘
SUEE AMENIIMENI
MAY PASS IIRUSE
Champ Clark Says in Case
of Tie He Will Vote in
“Every person. firm or corporation Favor of It
that. in the course of a year. paid .
‘° "W ”m “'m °" “m"m’“ wasnmorox. Jan. 10.-——With
fixed or determinable sums of 8800
or more during the year, will be com-
pelted to file a return giving infor
nation as to these payments," said
the collector. These will hiclude
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President Wilson’s unexpected sup-
port and the elevsuth hour endorse
ment of a Republican caucus the we
man suffrage amendment came up in
the House today under agreement for
a final vote before adjournment.
Among those opposed to the amend-
ment there was a freak admission
that the President’s declaration last
night in favor of the amendment had
VISBRIINI BRYCE
PRAISESWIESIIN’S
hard to break the alignment against
it In the south.
I , , Speaker (‘lnrk announced he would
luot vote from the Chair unless there
Was a tie. in which case he would
I Grand Regent —Mrs. Jennie Mc«
l Monitor—Miss Mary Drury.
OTTAWA. 0m. Jan. 10.—Herolc'
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fury of the world has even been‘ rais-
ed. equipped or trained so qplchly.
No ‘udl provision has even tbeen
made for the comfort, health. and gen-
eral well-being of an army." ’
WASHINGTON. Jan. IO.-Alnericn' ,
:now has in France an army “suki Declaration”
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stantial size ready for active _ _
' i LONDON. Jan. 10.-—V'iscount l'lryce,
thriller British Ambassador at Walth-
,ington. said today in regard to Pres-
iidenl Wilson's, war aims speech:.
1 "The address is admirable in spirit
:and contents. Mr. Wilson rightly
points out that an international com-
bination to arrest the aggressions of.
.nmbitlous sovereigns and military.
icates and to secure the rights of:
upeace-loving people is essential to the!
future wellcbing of mankind. In his
enumeration of objects to be secured'
by peace, the following points seem
specially important:
“His broad. clear assertion of the]
.right of_ a nationality to self-detcr-f
mlnatfon. removal of economic bar-i?
riers to trade, adequate guarantees.
for reduction of armaments, absolute'
independence for Belgium and full
compensation for her wrongs. sym-
pathetic compensation and considera-
tion of the present situation of Rus-
sia, and deliverance of all subject
:nationatities from the brutal and
sassuinary rule of the Turks.
“Those in Great Britain who know
How abominable the rule of the Turks
has been heartily welcome this de-
,c1aration and that recently made by
the British Premier. that the Allies
and the United States regard libera-
tion of the Christian and Arab peo-
ples of Armenia. Syria and Palestine
as an essential condition of any just
and durable peace."
NEEII Lilli
ERR IIIE PRIIR'
Investigator Brown said today that,
the poor who are helped by the chart-
tks department were in pressing need
of coal and that there was no way;
to get it. It would be a good idea'
for some people Who have more. than
.cnough coal in their cellars to tide
SCHOOL VISITOR, them over the present shortage ill
lthey would follow the example of;
At "‘9 "‘5‘ meeting ”I "'9 Board Mrs. John Keogh, who gave ten tonsl
of Education " '3‘ “a” ”'31 cm"inf coal to be distributed among those;
Says It Is “Admirable in
Spirit and Contents?—l
“Great Britain Welcomes
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ERURI IIIJREI
INSIRIS_R_EEIEERS
At the meeting held last evening in
Red Men's llall. Court Laurel, No.
106, Daughters of Castile. held the in-
stallation of officers. Miss Frances
Dom of Greenwich. the district deputy
of the local uder. conducted the “Ir
stallaiion in her usual charming man-
ner. The newly installed officch
were:
Samara.
Vice Regent—Miss Myra Lee.
Propbeless—Mrs. Mary Hint.
Historian—Miss Janet Callahan.
Financial Secretary—Miss Jennie
Lee
Treasurer—Miss Lena Buckley.
for three wars—Mills
Sentinel—Miss Mary Hogan.
Organist—Mrs. Anna Lenlhan.
Chaplain—Rev. M. T. Lynch.
Lecturer—Miss Florence McMahon.
Miss Dom briefly addressed the
members of the court along lines
whereby it would be most beneficial
as an organization, inspiring those
who heard her to enthusiastically den
clan“ their devire and willingness to
continue the work of the order at a
time when it is in greatlvneeded.
Mrs. McNamara, as the newly in-
stalled grand regent. thlo addressed
the court members and earnestly re-
quested tbe sincere cooperation of the
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lciosed. although nothing definite
vote for the amendment. He said he
expected the vote to come between
5 and 6 o'clock. The speaker reserv-
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[if turns HERE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-Througn
intercepted communications and evl~
dence from a score or more arrested
aliens. government agents have dis-
covered a concerted movement to re-
organize Germ-an sabotage and anti-
war propaganda in this country.
The movement was broken up and
entfiby activities now are believed to
be confined to sporadic cases carried
on largely by pro-Germar sympath
12ers without guidance from a" central
headquarters.
'rro OPEN. EARLIER '
AT PALACE THEATRE
Owing to a request from the Mo
tion Picture War Bureau. regarding
the closing of motion picture theatres
at an early hour nights, so that coal
may be saved. the Palace theatre.
beginning this evening, and continu-
ing until further notice. will open its
first performance at 6:45 o'clock, and
its second performance at 8:30
o'clock, closingat 10 o'clock. Thom-
as W. Russell, Fuel Administrator of
the State of Connecticut, is at the
head of this movement for coal con-
servation, and has sent blanks to all
theatre managers throughout the
state asking whether or not they are
willing to co—operate with the bur-
eau, and also asking for information
about other motion tpicture theatre
proprietors in the town as to whether
or not they will close. No answer
to the questions is regarded as a re-
fusal to cooperate with the bureau
and may result in the theatres being
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known about that as yet.
EX-GOV. LIND TO HELP
SECRETARY BAKER
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—Joh‘n Lind
forum Governor of Minnesota. has
poratlon Counsel Quinlan bad prepar;
ed a communication which contained?
his opinion in the matter of who shalll
elect a successor to Bernard J. Roy
nolds. but that although the ommuni-
cation had been trialled that it had
not been received. Dr. Henry C.’
Sherer was the man that the com!
munication containing tbc opinion of
Mr. Quinlan was mailed to and when
called this morning he said that he
had received the opinion. It having
come in the mail the next day. but
when asked what the opinion was said
that he could not reveal it until af-
tle the nest ranting of the Board
of Education. as it would not be fair
and that it should be placed before
the members of the board before libs
newspapers published It.
It was understood. howaver. and
the rumor is generally accepted today
that the opinion was that the council
had to elect the successor. not the
.Board of ”donation. t
who needed it any more from the been appointed to the new advisory
coal to be siren to the Day Nurserr-' commission to assist Secretary Wt:
nu PiiNl runs ,
Will trust
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PATERSON. N. J.. Jan. 10.~—¢Cios-
are of the du Pont Powder plants
at Pompton Lakes and Haskell, en-
gaged exclusively on war work. was'
declared to be onlv a matter of hours
by the manageméut todav. unless fact
were received promptly.
Notification of this situation wast
sent to the county fuel administratiori
who gave no hope for relief. The"
plants employ between 8.000 an.l 9.000!
persons. They are situated or
branches of the Eric Railroad.
son in mobilizing labor for war sci
vice.
It is understood Mr. Lind will rep
resent the public on the commission,
while-h Q'B’l lincfttde.- a‘lh 'tw‘s rep-
resentatives of labor, two 0: com
memo and industry. and one scene
mist.
STA
MFORD MAN
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FRACTURED SKULL
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STAMFORD. Jdn. 10.~Anderson M.
Peck, 84 years old. dLsd at the hos.
pital here today of a fractured skull.
rocelvsd last night while playing hock-
ey'on a pond here. He was run into
by a small boy on a sled and was
thrown backwards. his head coining
into violent contact with the ice.
Storms in the Alps Have
Blocked the Enemy Coni-
municating System in the
Trentino and Carnia
[IPPRSINE RUNS
RETIRE NEAR SRARPE
A Separate Peace Agree-
ment Signed by Russia and
Bulgaria
Snow has come to the aid of the
Italians and the Austro-German
offensive apparently has reached a
' probably changed enough votes to in-ilialt, if not till t'Ild. The whole
sure adoption. although some of the'
opposition still contrnded it would belllud
mountain front, where the enemy
been making slight, but
steady gains, is buried under
from three to five feet of snow,
making infantry operations im-
possible and hampering the Aus-
tro-(lermnll supply lines seriously.
Ileuvy htlowfalls in the Alps are
reported to have blocked the cue-
nly communication system in the
Trentino and Carina, leaving them
only two long: lilies across the Va-
rrclirl I’luius to the Piave, which
would be of no help to the snow-
bonnd troops between MISC,
and the Have. The enemy troops
on the eastern bank of the Piave
are not troubled so greatly by the
snow, but previous efforts to
cross the river in force have full-
ed. ,
The bombardment on the north-
ern front has sluckcrled with the
coming of the long-expected snow
and only. patrol engagements have
occurred. It is indicated that the
enemy will be unable to begin op-
erations in an ort to complete
his conquest Venetia while his
supply lines are snowbound.
(In the western front the oppos-
ing guns have been active near the
Searpe, ill the Arms area, north-
case of Yprcs and northeast of
Verdun. The Germans have fail-
ed thus far to take counter-meas-
ures against the successful
French sortie in the Wocvre.
British merchantmen lost dur-
ing the last week equal the losses
of the previous week ,when eigh-
teen of more titan 1,600 tons and
three of less than that tonnage
were sunk by submarines or
mines. The French report the loss
of one mcrcltatttman, as compared
with nine the previous week.
Peace cmissarics of Russia and
the (‘cntral Powers are meeting at
Brest-Litovsk. It is reported that
the first. discussion revolved
around the selection of a meeting
place. which has not yet been de-
cided upon. It is added, however,
that it settlement probably will be
reached. The Russian goveniment
has refused Turkey’s offer of a
separate pent-c. and has informed
that country that she must partici-
pate ill the general conference.-
l’l'csitlcrll Wilson's message has
been t‘lttltll'st'tl without reservation
by the British Labor Party and
British public men from the La-
bor, Socialist and Liberal Pat'-
tics. Attention is now directed
to Germany and Russia, to see
what effect the message will have
on the peoples of'lhose countries.
It is felt in London that the Ger-
man government may be compel.
Ictl to answer the President’s ad-
dress because ot' the continued
differences between the militarists
and non-militarism in Germany.
BERNE, ‘Switzerland, Jan. 10.
—A separate peace agreement has
been signed by Russia and Bul-
garia, the Band reports.
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