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$1,010.40 : l"‘%“o‘i.?i§i§“ 93033:? £?r§"¢'.fo‘.§
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,rived at the ,
Workers Would Total 0: the towing company's tug. and
the friendly steamer the cargoes were
barges. of which one is soft coal and
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"HT AMMUNITIfiIN {was soft ooaic and belonged to thel
. ‘ ‘ ' Radei Oyster o.
l imperfect Questionaires Be'. The coal situation is far from being!
hauled alongside the Harris & Gansl
dock about 10 o'clod Friday night
he. is hard coal. The third horse
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Miss Ebba Ericson, George-
town, Injured When Oil
Heater Explodefi
Miss Ebba Ericson, fourteen years
Bolshevik Premier Lenin
Back in Petrograd aid
Taking an Important Pat
in the Discussions ‘
filllllAN llAlllillS ‘
illlNllill IN BERLIN
,. over the receipt of his question
, flint and killed himself last
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Parents of Rudolph Matthias Explosion of Gasolene Inten-
: Had Been Born in Father-l siiied the Blaze
l land ) WASHINGTON, ”.1: 14.-—A quan-
' Jilly of farm supplies, including
WESTPORT. Jan. ~14.—Despondeiit 31,000,000 worth of food, was destroy-
_ at”fled. the quarterinaster warehouse ruin-
.md the prospects of his immediate ed and several other buildings dam-
lsductioa'into the military servioe’ 0' ”god b ‘
. ~. y a fire today, at they Wash-
2te'l.i‘fliit:d Silica], Rudolph Matthias. lngton Barracks, occupied by engineer
30'“ cstport younS'nfli? troops.. A large part of the city's fire
' ’ apparatus was called upon to fight
nfiu-fioggxeifl ":6 ssfllmge '0" the flames, Which were given impetus
latthia w - 0 Y ""1 3‘“ by the explosion of a quantity of gaso—
" s as ensued 85 8 line stored in one part of the big
wanifeur for Mr. Tenney during the; warehouse.
pant three years. ‘
After a hard fight of an hour and a
,gp"d;r;“l:;:i;:m?'“hfli‘ Heart. kill! the fire. was extinguished. An
Wm {mug with the . u a lElli'thllll! ordnance buiLding containing a quan-
h 1 night about 940 ’S’lngkm‘ " “mf/tity of small arms ammunition was
‘ "’ 0‘ °° “hm M endangered, but soldiers removed
Tm”, heard a shot “Heb seemingly what was stored there. The origin
, ass. Rushing out‘
- to the building its ascended the stairs
leading the chauffeur‘s rooms on the
floor. and upon PiliPrliliZ the apart-
Iw-nf found Matthias stretched out on?
itin- floor with a rifle bullet throughi
M. hunt. The discharged gun layi
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("m from h" of the fire has not been disclosed’by
mg Returned to Selectives
g Rescinding a previous ruling by
twhich members of local boards were.
{entitled to receive 81 an hour for each
‘ working day that the members of the
board were in session, not to exceed
87.50 for any one day. an order re-
miVed Saturday by Norwalk otlicials
.irom Provost Marshal General Crow.
,der provides that the remuneration. if
any is asked, shall be thirty cents for
coach board for each registrant tinni-
ly classified. With 3,368 registrants
in this section the amount which
would be apportinode. to Norwalk at
the end of the classification work
{would be $1,010.40.
: it is evident from the order that
some draft workers are asking the
Government for remuneration for ser-
“.tf'i's incident to the draft. in the
notice the marshal general calls upon
“persons connected with the adminis-
tration of the selective service law"
satisfactory, and the local fuel cotnwone of the Life Bo.“ [Mb
."Eiiee state that normal conditions. ,
cannot be expected before AWL! in Aitelnpt to Save thel
whiohirtaehegisaiagottaem' (‘ , 1
ml year. . 1 13'9“ 1
The railroad reports towed tn
morning that there were ever seem! AN ATLANTIC roar. Jul. 14,——
tons at one! at tide water. st least! Agents of the American Steamship'
100,000 tons of this unset should bet’l'exan. a vessell of “.000 tons. today.
distributed along Connecticut's shore received a wireless from naval au-‘
cities, and ”gonnalk dea‘lirst salon“ b: thorities that she was sinking at sea.
on their a see a a! so ‘ The location; of the uni was not
their share. it is necessary under the: given. She war. rammed a‘lllldhhlprl in
present coal conditions that every dol 'colllslon with another- page], i
but should be his own engineer on, it was learned that a steamship
the fuel trains and get the share that; arriving today at another Atlantic
he is entitled to. The fuel commit-, port reported that at 4 a. in. she pick-‘
old, of Georgetown. was seriously
burned about the head and arms Sat-
urday morning when an oil heater in
her room exploded. The burns Were
received when the girl was escaping
from the room. it is believed that
she will recover nicely although this
cannot be told at this time as it is
possible that she may have inhaled
mine of the flames in making he es-
grape. Mrs. Anna Ericson, mother of
'ihe girl. was slightly burned aboutlbreacli is not ultlpOdevai' in Pc-
. the hands in extinguishing the flames '
The burning oil did but little damage
to the house as the flames Were quick-
ly extinguished.
Mrs. Ericson conducts a boarding
Patrol Encounters at Van-
ious Points Along the
British Front
Russo-German negotiations at
Brest-Litm'sk apparently again
have been broken 0! temporarily
.allil the ivrssibility— of a final
trograd. 'l'iic armistice on the
,eastcrn front has been extended
luntil February 18, while it is ex-
ipcclcd that the conference will be
we stand ready to back up the deal-I ed up an as 0' S." from the Tenth? house in Georgetown and her daugh- resumed at Warsaw.
9'? in any effort they put tot-iii. ireporting she had been struck amid-l
stimulant "“ ‘
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ihod been lowered. The last merrago‘
lirorn thr 'i'caari said "Good-bye. int)
i fllore.”
Meanwhile the crew 61' 43 had tak-
en to the boat].
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Nikolai ltciiine, tlie Bolshevik
Premier, is again back in Petro-
grin] and is reported to be, taking
in lllili‘t' important part in the peso.
.tiatioris. There is some dissatis-
lfaction in l’etrograd with the way
The Texan left here recently with a
cargo of nitfl I .W fo them
rt. agentrle‘f the vessel'wted '
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to be "conservative of the public
fil ial at t . . ' -
o c s be post A limited qusn funds."
lily of clothing and shoes were dt‘d-.
truyed. . ‘
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[been lowered, that the aft boat was
Host and that an attempt was being
HARTFOR” Jan. li.--in hotels, made to lower the forward boat. Oil
clubs, restaurants and homes. but es- from the ship's hold w“ poured on’
pecially in the restaurants. Connecti-? me starboard side in an mm to
N" L" “0" “m” immense quantities; make sea conditions better for launch.
of meat, wheat. pork products and,“ the lifehoiats. i
fats each week. Many other lumen' The ship which arrived at another
have made. calculations. based upon‘ “he had em
.Atlantic rt re ried
reports from the eating places, and deavoredyro “9‘9?“ touch with the
the results obtained have amused the, Texan direct. but had not been able
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illi)‘ has conducted negotiations.
I'l‘rotzlty's campaign of proper
gandn mnong the German soldiers
jects Norwalk has had an exception-'1‘ NW} '0 he “"3va m anew.“
ally good year, the mg, of [he build-{"1“ tit-rinnn military. authorities
ings for which pct-mitt. were grantedffll't‘ doing all lil their power to
during the year running well aheadiclicck it. '
0‘ {1W WWW” year. A "9" 5100-9“)! Meanwhile German political and
”Name“ the new ”00,000 h"Hm“‘uiilitary lenders have been having
building and several factor' bu‘iiin s . . .
are 1,1,1“de in the ”8,3,,th a:d‘hurricd conferences in Berlin. The
has returned to the
new dwellings have been provided af—ill'rowll l’riiict' . ‘
fording accommodations for about 40,(icrninii capital and he, Willi Field
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families.
iMarslial von llindenburg, Gener-
oi‘hcials in Washington. Connecticut
to do so. The vessel picked up a
The 1917 ““1"” amps” With‘al von litiile-titlorfl' arid (‘hanecllor
llyiii-licil more than 62 of their om:
Charles Williams, 4 i'inrritt aVenue. nit- declaring possession! from "me“ since April 1. enlistments i-till cori- , . .
including four admirals.
Where a gas meter in the cellar had
N i ' . . . i . message to or from the Steamer Wil- -. ,
t‘ _ ”Al" ”-2! --~- iThtrty Firms Working on 3333333335 Igogrgggtngflggg 11mm. sal'ifllf: g .. ;’°"“" W” 3” ‘°"°";.;,, m, in... innit"... has conferred with
' . ’ 3(qfil’?SSA'tha§.' ,“'"The “395‘“; War Contracts Willed [cities and towns but 1,600 question- ixgggfigf: $3311” hm _ 1917 . ................. :21 3510200501» Emperor. The recall by the
i , / g ' “n" 0‘ “’5 hm 1935M 31', 0 t .m ",9 today mum out from the . ' 1916 . ................. 304 372.350.}.mpt-ror of the assistant to the
,rn,’_id.,/"' Pearson of ”w 3.“, Ha, most quietll'. A good deal of firing, ll Connecticut once of the Food Admin-. Continued in mm P ) Hits ................... 351 573.76‘2jt;,.mm" yum,“ Secretary at the
7'" Rm"! Faid today: "‘3'” hm" ‘“ “mu“ “am” 0' ”‘9: istration and within the next week or ‘ °" “V m ’ 1914 .............. 305 570'025lllrcst-l “(Mk meeting indicates
l‘lre'govcrnmont through Director- 9"" but the” were no. “gummy lNDlAh‘APOLIs, '"d-v 500- 14-" ten days it is bellevedrflccumle 08" ' The Cla‘smc‘ml’m ‘5 given in the] h . l“ . ‘f ’ll h d
t: neral «Railroads w. o. McAdno, Km“ “ ‘°'"‘ °' 20")” ‘"“?"’”a!"" F”? “Nth "Mod last night in the um will be available showing what iaccomvanvlns table: ' "”"f‘m "we“ "‘33 ‘lv". "
hm made an appeal for an interior". "“9“ ’5 ““9"“ 35 the “us-"an “‘11-. industrial Building, Tenth street and “moan”, Tuesdayg""‘wheauegs Wed-l . No. Cosy to do With the peace negotiations,
nonpaigl during the week January lee, had a. ““9"?“ “Deficit“: For, the canal. destroyed more than a city‘ . .._._ i ; (One-family houses 26 3 60,600 the conduct of which has caused
it to 21. in handling and unloading ""’,“”,‘ "‘° “”9 3"" Chm‘m“ ”‘9 black. Pntaillns it loss of 31.000000. (mantras on anti nasal i'rworamiiy house ..... 0 20.100 much political mm in German,
"“‘ighlfiwhlch "a“ as follows: fltoun was at the mercy of blunders-rs, Thirty manufacturing establish- BRINfllNfi T“ U T 'Store and tenements... 2 8.400 during the past two weeks
i wish to appeal to the people of and '"°?“dlarl°5 and a CON-“1419mm? merits. a majority of which were mak- G AS METER EXPLODES lResidence .............. 1. 110.000 . ’ ~ . ' .
ti... United 3“,“ to observe the Part of it was razed. The destruction ing smchtnps and supplies for [the » Hospital ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1 100,000 (hanccllor von Hertllng is ex-
, .4: beginning January it and end. "5 “med 0‘" 0mm” bl'_ the sol- l'niied States Government were put IN BURRITT AVENUE “Garages ............... 7?. 20.070’pectctl to address the Main Coin-
lm- January 21 flit ‘frelghi moving'dk'" quartered ”19"" unrated ”.0!" 0‘ hUSlM‘lF- Fir“ Chief LOUICkS Schools ------------- ‘3 14.000 milieu of the licichstag on Wed-
!" h;’ and l earnestly request [he ihoolllml- said he believed the. blaze was incen- Two calls occupied the time of the ji-‘actories k additions . 11 100.000 "Md“. and robably will answer
gorernors or the variant- states, the That they were prepared for thin. diary origin. . Central Station firemen yesterday af- ‘_.___ iHall .................. 1 12,000 i. if . at u, an of
Julie «titties commissioners, the work ‘5 shown 5" ”“3 ‘3‘“ “'3‘ ‘th Despite the fact that six houses. a ternoon. one at 3 o'clock, callinl them Hidden weiilth. stored away in the Illscellaneous 22 12,840 To Fm“: war-mm a .m ,
ill-'10” 0' cm” and towns. the statot”"""‘““t obtained 3 "3" d3?“ be'9'9'1tthurt-h. grocery and saloon also were to 2 Deacon street to a house occu- proverbial stocking or buried under-‘ Additions 1, alterations 70 57350 lresidctit “ileum and Premier
cthflcilii of national defense. the fed- ”and “MW" °' Wm' and mm“. burned no loss of We was reported. pied by John flushes; where a brick heath the hearthstone for safe keep-l -——— -—~ —- Lloyd George.
. 2..., and :13“ food and fuel adminis-‘Th" crowds first sacked the shops and) pulling walls itilnperiiled the firemen ohminey fire. was in progriftess. This: ing. by economists whose belief inf Total ............... 221 8516.260 The basin of the Don my" has
”ions. 1 e chamMrs of commerce ....._. land hindered t eir Work by cutting fire was caused by impe. ect wor . banks and such like institutions is' . , , ,, '.
0nd other business organization“ (Continued on Pile Nine) 'llne after line of hose. Fullv $400,000 as the lines from the furnace passedl rated at zero 0,- magnum”, will be TING xfi'll(‘lf.‘:‘redl'l'.f (“m“f‘cztér:0: l3;
iltmlness men and shippers generally. -—*——~—— worth of new automobiles were stored up to a fire place in the kitchen and. brought to "5m through the efforts STILL ENLIS Hm” “0 l "'l’ i It ii 801
trucking companies and all railroad in t/he basement of the industrial thence to the chimney. The fine pipe of the incometax collectors undertthe? ABOUT 600 MEN iifllflliil" nniioiiiicciiiorit. The -
._ tumbles concerned to organise lo- .I buildins. a four story brick structure ‘was supported on two wooden iloorl‘ new laws beiiring on that “059cm sltoviki arc also said to have taken
(my and to make a supreme effort iand the largest of its kind in indiana. beams and this is what caused the Already instances have occurred at? [N ARMY DAILY Ektt-rinoslav, a stronghold of the
' we " 8;“;m‘. Page) " ' -——-—-——-———— are No d:m;st;|excevt tram smoke the onice of the collectors in the Fed-f ,t'kraiuinns.
: ii an on . and a bit 0 t c use was one. “-31 buildin in which persons, en-; . ,, 0 ' . . '
' l FRINZEN IN BARS l Th“ other 03" W” ‘ little "A" 5S tireiy unsus‘pected of havinl more' a,xfig'tml::fnficLW'J‘fNT‘fggfigt Russian ”“11”” m Scbnstopol 8"
i ' f' i ance ‘ ‘ lreported to have killed and
INVEST SMEKER | ' 1 ocl‘m‘v "d '3“ ‘° "‘9 “0"“? 0 than enough for ordinarv suit en - for the regular army in this country
0 ‘ 100,000 Men and Boys Clear-l
.tlvey realise almost unbelievable in- thine 1,, be heavy, Approximately “MIN-pg,
exploded breaking waldo" and 603:. “W”- l 1', : volunteers are accepted daily tlirougb-f'l‘lic town of Kilia has liocitlooted
and in general can all nu e s . . Among the unusual 0mm! s .i o“, ”u. country. Connecticut men “will." “whim. soldiers, who set fin
turbancc "19“" There *3“ “0 ”I"? which the collectors have come in d" and m," ”N, draft a o are "n. , , ,
fortunately. and after the gas h‘d.contact ”in“. their arrival he“. W‘gl usually interested in me Ronny. for!!!) buildings after robbing houses
ing Chicago of Snow and.
Permitting Resumption of?
Traiiic
Ellis 0 Nilllliilli
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. , STAMPS of U s , ER.Y& G. Company Edits Not aligning: glistficitrgmsgtnzumldfgg d an) p ‘ ,many of ”m" an, m" volunteering. lfiiitlhslitiiiili: :‘n‘ii‘sing the population
A” ’ 1 ”0 “ 'i (Continu on “0- ‘ This Wth‘k the War Department sentf “ '-' ' ’ . . ,
' s s CHIC/AGO: ’"n' 14..-...“ am" "A et Been Raine“ to ' “mm" “m" °‘" °' 'M’" “WW“ lOUt Aiddilional calls for 3,000 men.‘ ilnvitl it. Francis, the American
\ , workers estimated at more than 100,1? SO when they heard ”1“ explosion. and
I woodmcn. etc” for the 20m engineers. Allllillsflililtif to Russia, in s New
A the largest regiment in the world. ”A; Year's lilt'sfifllft' to the Rum.“
”00 men. Other calls "r" made '0' pi‘iiplt' reminds them that a lit-par-
the aviation section bindical depart, , ,
Mat. field nritiiery. cavalry. etc. I‘ll" lli'ili'i' “'"li ”I" l “"lm' POW'"
[DUNLOPtSAYS ,
U. s. OWNERSHIP
WILL EASE TRAFFIC
. ‘000. including 60,000 Ht'lltinlbnyia, today some exciteable people thought that
”Hutton”, Jan. li.~«"Bring out resumed the attack on the great snow: Wimp it was stated'thlt as yet no ‘i bomb Md ”9“" ”I oil. ‘
um slacker pennies; inn-st [hpm ”drifts which. for forty-eight hours tied request had been received that the
limit stamps and war Milling). certi- up railroad trailic in this city and Ho company stop the work of maklnil
MANY HURT AS
1‘"lieit."lslhe slogsn adopted for them".v and caused what the health au- corficts and confine their output to ' Major W. A. Mercer. commanding.u'tiiiltl rob them of the results of
Crzln’ cticut War Savings Committee ‘horiiiel termed an alarm"! “horl- powder bags for the Government. it TROLLEY PLUNGES Believing that the vearl918 will be the Connecticut recruiting dorm-Lithi- revolution. President Wil-
for a movement which. it iii hoped. “i" 0' "Fl and milk. L'wns stated at the R. l: (i. Corset Com- DOWN HILL even more prosperous than the pro» I90! on let-up in recruiting. "9 ll
‘I‘iil result in adding many thousands A“ an emergency measure. ”19 pub-
ot dollars to Connectltiit‘rt allotment "0 ""00" 0' ”'9 0”" did 110! open
of ’20 000,00 fin the national War, “’dW- the Board of Education having
swings campaign. WWW“d that the boy» could render
incai bankers estimated that there 31'3”? “Nice "I cit-tins any
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drn at least 2,000,000 pennies tied up,
puny that should Mich a request be
remived that work on these bags
would be started immediately. .,
I The Council of National Defense in-
lbavs senimut a request to a number
A vious one for the oil industry. pro
,w'riioursoriviim, Jim. it-t—A'ductioh muchigrcaior. and more need-
dozen passengers were cut or bruised ed, Robert W. iluniop. well-known in
here yesterday. when a trolley car the financial and economic ends of
the cated at Washington is understood to ran wild down a steep hill and crash. the petroleum industry. gave out the
highly pleased with the big response
to call for volunteers. Already the
state is nesting the 0,000 mark for
army onlistments and Major Mercer
says that this is a splendid showing
ed into, the rear of another standing following interview today: ”or Connecticut as the number does
imn's message is greeted with di-
vided opinion by the leading Bol-
shovik newspniwrs. Ambassador
Francis hays llit' message is the
bout greeting llf' can give Russin
from Amt'l'lfili.
in children’s banks throughout the
Mote. These be idle from one year's
end to another. and bear nojlntereiti.
Every one of the twenty-seven‘of corset militias firms throughout on a switch. The uiibraks on s “The Federal operation of the rail- not tako into ac’muni the many men
steam railroads entering Chicago re- Connecticut that they turn 001 "I?" through car. from Hartford on tho roads is heartily Welcomed by the oil going into other branches. eapcciailv
«timed Itinited service today. but of- powder bags which are used by both Hartford "0 flpfln 9‘4 line 1.0.4 produce" and refiners, at. any tho reserves. .
Shalom admit that muoh‘r‘money is ““3" "M “ "W“ A” ll '9"! "0.!!!6 arm! and DIVY- to work and the it- buy sped down straightening but pf the traffic tangle Bridgeport, Waterbury. New Loo
{flit-drown from circulation in the “'3" ”“0"! “Mull“! "*9 normal W; H in probable till! the “Mb" 0' grads aluminum. ithe motorman 'eortsinly ought to/faelliiate the move- don and Hartford rot-tilting stations
stay. or W "cry year, which, WI" "“06“” 0W"! be established 00'4" All! required Will DOB large Jumping at 200 feet from the com-lineal of oil tan cars. in the iastinro accepting men daily for every
I “trotted into other channels. would "'4 perhaps ' "9" would “'9" N“ M mfiflullcmffll 0‘ “WOW. I“ sion. None of the pas-snare was' four months the diillcuities encounter threads of the army. Those desiring
21.2.1th mmm cent on Me movement of fnlsht mm could carries: com- " well n cor-ct seriously hurt although some had sev- on in is. shipping of petrOleuni our information shut the army should
Jensen of oust-client. 1“ W1 “9" l" "’9 “a" ”'1' ” manufacturers, 13"! been "MW“ in ere cuts from broken window glass, ducts by tank cars have been any. communicate with the above stations
---- ,1 .. ““- s it onto w bruised b being — visit til coin unleate direct
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l’atrol oiicoiiiitrrii at several _
points and artillery activity in‘ilie
ancs-Arras area is reported from .1
the British front. North of the
Aime, on the French front, the ar-
tillery fire has been violent. Ear
gageinentii between patrols in the
(method on sleveaia M). }
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