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romanticism
ICIAL win up
EBB“, Jason? m, 191s
m .uw.
can own creative)!
. know This Afternoon and Tonight
tint with w
MEMBERS 0t
limit Dilli
than Out yesterday Af-
l ternoon. to Protect Rail-
1 road Property, Because of '
l Alleged Conspiracy
stroy
notions.
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Prompt Measures Taken to
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toDe-
r
i
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Meet Any Act of Treason
After’ receiving the official order
from Vr'ashington at noon yesterday.
at the Roma Guardfleadquarters tit
Hartford. the commanders of the
First. and Second emnpanies of Home
Guards were notified that they were
to call their companies together and
have them ready to’ report .for duty
aiogg the line of the railroads. until
for ' '
tei' notice.
‘ CaptsihLChnrles .30” rs and Lieu-
. tenants Harry Sterllng and Charles E.
Britta, of the First Company. and
Captain Charles Milne and Lieuten-
auts Godfrey and McCarg, of the Sec-
Time Economies
lithium .
Railroad Situation
Pressed
Congress.
practicable,
and Company. were in conference all.
of yesterday 'afternoon after receiving!
the orier and their sergeants and c0r-
telephane and also.” automobiles.
." The order was knovm Will." roach-
.. (Continued (in me lf'welve).
l. mm...— .
yiEIiMflNililliliili‘i ,
. ; till] EEllNillll
. Rev. Frederick A. Coleman
; Delivers an Interesting
; Sermon in Trinity Episcor
palChurL
Rev. Frederick A. Coleman. rector
co Trinity Episcopal Church. preach-
ed on the topic: "Thrift and Econ.
only, a War issue and a War Time
Need. a ”Patriotic Obligation.” at the
morning «thrice. Sunday. ills text
was from St. John ll, 12. "Gather Up
the Fragments. that Nothing be
bust.” He, said: '
Thrift is not what one would call
a‘uaturai American virtue. At least
the American has no monopoly upon
it; if the itruth was fully told it
would be something'iike this: “that
we Americans are the most wasteful
, and extravagant people in the world."
But even in 'the face of this state-
‘ meat. it is also true that the gospel
of thrift has been extensively preach-
.V- i
.
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
illuminant [IN - s
lillNBllii MilNiltiiJl
l; _ .
Kix'nOne and 'Wound Two
:‘ 'erlcans; Firing Lasts
’ ,- ‘Half Hour: Assailants‘Be-
_ L lieved to to Revolutionist‘s
} eutuno. Jan. s2:—'ri.o American
course.
“Goods and credit." says the report} Blanket Power
lorais '9” no" '1 [mm mem- “must be‘ saved to the uttereat of our
.l‘t'l’! u their cm, means or! ability in order to check the upward.
EXPANSION 0f
'illllllll CAUSE
HIGH PRICES
American People Must Do.
Their Part to Prevent ln-;
fiction by Practicing War
Blli' Pllfllillll‘
Being
Cleared Up, But Other
Corporations Are Hard
. i
a. .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-—Eff..ct of'
credit emsion -on-the-general rise
of prices. and the part the American
peoplecan pinyin countéracting lu-
ilation by war time economics. were
emphasized today by the Federal lle-_
serve Board in its annual report to
Explaining that even though credit
expansion is not entirely responsible
for increase in prices, the Board says
“it regards it as one of itsmost lili-
portant duties to prevent. its.
expansion of banking
credit from running an uncontrolled
MERCHANTS- wean
lDYAL
.- liorwalk, com,
int as, lots.
r
I
.wsrsnot
Respectfully Submitted by the
Committee,
unnam- commas,
. manna man
4 JOHN HILLS
, wmuau cuss
. mums Joann
! aoaaar Josanovsxr
Joanna navrs
urns Dammit.
. HX mun Pitts
Asks Law Giving
far as
Wide
i
WASHINGTON.¢lan. 22. Adraft of
movement ofaprices and in order to! a bill giving the President broad pow-'
,_ “for“ _.m.finvornment era 0 fix riccs of food ' '
555mmw ‘ - ‘ " ' “w “m
3'
winning‘ of the war."
The present condition of a greatly; writ. laid
expanded currency will he improvad. Agricultur‘tl Committee
the Board believes.
Government loans out
‘(Contluued omPage Two)
'tllllllNAt APPEALS
HARTFORD. Jan. 22. —Au
‘f'rm Cardinal Gibbons for the support
of the war savings campaign has been. '
read in every Catholic church of Con-
necticut. .
The appeal is as follow :
., “The door‘ of immunity to serve
our country is fitting wide open for
woman and‘
savings
is is the most impressive
practically every man,
child by ’ a sale of war
stamps.
required for the products essential to the comfort of
the ‘war or for; Madaltouumption
bdlore’members of the House
today by
"as‘ the public President Wilson, with the request
performs its duty of absorbing ’the3 that it be pressed for passage.
cf savings."[
Before the third Liberty Loan. the lina. chairman of the committee, and
report adds. Federal Reserve banks‘Representaltvos Lee. Georgia; Cand-
must reduce their investments to ier, Missusippi, Democrats, and lint.-
‘strengthen reserves and avoid further';gen, Iowa. and ilclmughlla. ~Michl-'
i
s
:Representative Lever. South Caro-
l
gun. Republicans were called to the
‘ White House and told by the Pleat-
; dint that he.believed n situpation had
legislation to provide these powers.
Members of the committee declined
to disclose details of the bill. 'i
Chairman Lever left the
if satisfied with it to introduce it to-
morrow. ,
lt ir understood that the measure
would give the President. through
any agency that. he may designate.
blanket authority’to fix prices, with-
appeal, out specifying the products.
0
TRAIN WRECKED warm
ENGINEVEXPLODES
MIDDLEBURY. Vt. Jan. 22.——The
inight express of the Rolland Railroad.
bound from Montreal for Boston. was
—. —.._--
Iartsen that necessitated immediate;
White ‘
"- lll Clllllllllls lll iinterim”s..‘;::r.:i:“:;..:ti’..::
BUY THMSTAMPS,
.tiNfit All 1
item it _,
* will
T therWlthU.S.
03:...- Discuss Heine
Guards’ Tour of Duty.
liiitliiN tun 4 ’
, tinnitus
Home Guard in State
New on Active
es. -
Hartman. in. 22.4% guard
the transportation ‘faeiiities of to
state. by rail and by m£-,m asa-
ports aud shipyards. th'e‘ ’
name Guard is on duty today. active-
ly or in‘ reael‘ve.
German agents had‘beea instructed to
use all means to paralyss the exerts
of the government to clear its con-
tirsunttt lililiiil l .. mm o
calling the military forces lot the
state into service.. -‘
So serious was the situation in the
minds of the governor and the com-
mandlng general and his chief of staff.
that .they stayqi up .fl rgght, at
the armory. after attending be con-
ference of the evening. With Gov-
ernor Holcomb. Major-General Lucien
P. Burpee. and ,BrigddlenGeaeraLEd-
(Continued on Eighlb’fiege.)
nit tiliVEiiNillis ‘
MAKEAPPEitlfl -
‘ SAVE illitii tint
Ask Mr. McAdoo to Furnish
- Cars New or Tremendous
W Losses Will Follow
wssumo'r'on. 11's.. ‘Jan. 22.—
Telegrams from the Governors of,
lilinois, lndiaun lowa. Ohio'and Kan-
sas declaring that unless the corn
crop is moved within the next few‘
weeks much of it will be lost were
laid before Mr. McAdoo.‘Dlrector-Gen-
era! of Railroads. yesterday by Rep-
resentative McCormick. of illinois.
who requested that a practical rail-
road man be appointed to take charge
of moving it. / _
, Governor Lowden. of llliuoia. tele-
graphed that virtually eight per cent
of the lllluois crop will have to be
round within the'next few weeks or
there, will be serious loss.
Prom lows Governor Harding tele-
raphed that practically no corn in
thing about the movement it ich h wrecked two miles north of here to; is State had been shipped or even
being» undertaken” by thd
War Savings Committee. Thor
tional‘day' bv an explosion in the locomo-
canltlve. Fireman Mchiey was killed
stored in elevators. "We should have
every car possible in the .State for
be few M3,, whose circumstances! and “event passengers injured but_ntoving our com." he added.
will not permit them to buy at. in.
tervals that“ cent'thrift stamp, and? of cars “'9" derailed.
with each pur’chalie gainstep by stepl
possession of the war savings stamp.’ ,
for each one of which the credit and1 “"7""-
resourees of the United States are
The express left Montreal last night
and was dueiu Boston at 7:10 this
it consisted of Pullman
lair-opera and day coaches. Between
pledged to return 85 for what now' Beldens and Middlebury, “'0 “8“"
costs $4.12. .
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
OurWar Aims—The
Principal of Justice I
- To All Peoples.
punboat Mom was fired upon by
the Chinese lftv miles above Yochow.
170W“?! saunas lw
. ‘ firing lasted [st
'uoaaryforess.
as , ,
,f‘ rescind.
attack-m so:
buss cams states
"Au evideutprlnctpie runs through
‘ the whole program i have outlined.
on the Yang-farm. yesterday. A, It is the principle of justice to all
patios- named O'Brien was killed and pies and nationalities. and their ”rt t
tieaeaustaad.
couldact
l‘ tothe
wisest-her
of the structure of international
m.
I" ’
,boiler exploded. N. S. McCauiey. of
5Rutiand was killed instantly and P.
iw. Fuller, also or Rutland. the call“
laser. was injured probably fatally.
The train included sleeping cars for
New York which ordiurrily are di"
. iverted at Rolland.
ICE owns smtt
, nova STEAMERS
/.
/
Jan. 22,—lee
i
.nMRMPHlS,’ Tenn”
wounded. The to live on equal terms of. liberty and "0“ ”will!!! southward on the W ,
an hour. it is safety with one .fiothcrhwhgthgf they: of s. rapzd rise in the Mississippi riv- the result Miiittary District to
presumed that‘lhs assailants were all» strong or weak. Unless this prim. er. due to the breaking of some appointed-to the training camps.
detachment of: the‘seuthsrn revoluv cipls be made its foundation no part
bat waterway and
. tributary
3... streams today, caused folk
m
oth m W were! a number at
g ml! "m. e was 'as" loss of
ram-tea mason.
m-
at More WW
t Grabs-tinted at semi:
.ri
rf‘
331?
til
i
in“ seriously it was thought. Sever-
' i
~ Governor Goodrich. of indiana, sent
icaatfnusd on Roma Page.)
.._._.n.._
CAPT. MILNE T0
SUCCEED TO HOME
GUARD COMMAND
decor-din to rts in I H '
3 m ”I one Frankliii and Center unior Highs on.
’Guard circles today. Captain Charles
B. Kline. tommander of the second
Norwalk company. Connecticut Home
Guard. will succeed to the command
of battalion C. Mrth Military Dis-
trim. vacated last week by Ii'alol‘
Edward P. Weed. Dialer Weed left on
Thursday to report to the Reserve
Officer's Training, camp at Spartan
, burg. S. C- .
laser Wood is the first officer of
has entdrord for the regular time
. dunes
. , , month's course. and mm owl!!!" student aviators in traiatu with the
,Thegpeople of the Irm- to_ sink. tore Others from limit“ a mum commission ' ‘ '
no
lion
'0'
or
the ea'piratlonof‘lhe training .
asap ' nos
Governor Holcomb and Aides;
information that part.
Miss Francis Diety. as teacheru
Sophie Tool. Henrietta Shuoble, Jen-‘
it: ,
tantrum '.
millilitull
reoallingthefioiasduardordu-
ed out for special duty londay
were issued afternoon.
City on which they had been en-
gaged since 10 p. in. Monday.
HEBREW Siliililt
its ENTERTAINMENT
'At an entertainment. which was giv-
' n by the three classes of the local
Mrew school under the direction of
Rabbi Kaufman and Miss Sadie Gott-
jipb at floodner's Hall on Sunday eve-
nt]. the scholars presented a play
sailed: "Teacher Hey i Govliome.”
in which the following pupils took
his Gmnberg and Ethel Greenberg.
las the school committee; Rose Harris.
lMiidred Tuckicr. Belle Plancher and
Mildred Cans, as school aciidren;
Mia; Esther Brenna. as the Janitor.
The play was greatly appreciated by
the large audiencctht 'was present.
Aauug the specii numbers that was
presented was a piano selection by
Mildred“ Frinkler: a .ocitation by
)‘raslois Diets; also in delicious I
lllllllMllllillEN'
suit liltiTlillllE
About two hundred from South Nor-
walk. Stamford. New Canaan, Noroton
Noroton Heights 'and Rowayton. to
getherlwith civilians.‘-were in attend.
anc‘e at’ the supper given by the Da-
rten Fire company in headquarters
last evening. at which time there were
a number of speakers. The supper
for the assistance that these compan-
for the assistance that these compan-
Ies gavg to the town of Darien at the
disastrioun fire of January I.
The following from out of town
companies gave b of speeches on vav
of the South Norwalk Department. and
the chiefs of the Norotou. Noroton
Com
toa‘stmaster of the evening ~aud his re-
marks were witty and at the same
time pointed, were applauded by all.
(Continued On Page root...
itittttsm ‘ ,. -
iiiilllil in
At the school board meeting of last
night that was held in the City Hall.
. it was decided that the teach"
should receive full pay for the time
they were idle on their enforced vaca-
tion. and it is'epect'ed that the teach.
on will agree .to make up inJaae
cold spell.
The board will endeavor to open the
next Monday. provided that they can
obtain enough coal and th‘s‘ooneent of
the fuel administrator. The meeting
was a regularvone and was called for
!"the special We of considering the
teachers' pay. The meeting only last.
:flashortwhfieandadlont‘aedvery
y.
I .
s swamps KILLED;
1 AN AMERICAN
roaou'ro. Out. on.” as.
lass. was
rious topics: Chit. Parker. Chief ti'y-gof Bridgeport and Ridgelleld,
land and Captain Smith of the Siam-,5" 0‘ the MM Ambulance companyJ
ford Fire Department, Chief Bogardus' all having tied in France, Mr. Cum-
whatever time will be lost during the,
2
Sfllllllillilill '
. ill lilil MllNEl
Delay in Transmission of
Mail Principal Cause of
Many Complaints
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 22.—
There are numerous reasons for the
failure gt a large number of the
wives and‘other dependants of sol~
diers. sailors and marines to receive
their \llotments of half that men's
salaries. The principal reasons ap-
pear to be delay in transmission
through thesmails of the applications
from the men, the failure of over half
allotmentstto their relatives. and er
tors in making out the salary allot.
meat appicntiona. ..
Money Not Received.
More or less complaint has been
heard in some quarters that wives
have not received allotments from the
salaries of their husbands in the army
and navy, and that others have not
received pay money from the War
Department as part of—ths pay’of men
in the army unantihom they» are in a
.iusasumfidtpenditt. , e» '
old women and men are suflering lor
, (Continued on Sixth Page.)
tintttitii MAN 13‘
itinittttttutt
{William J. Cummings Was
Member of ,Ambulance
[Company
General Pefshiug yesterday report-
ed the name of William J. Cummings.
a mem
.nwings was a member of the old l-‘irst
Connecticut Ambulance , company.
Hot tits. New Canaan and ilowaytonjrhansed to the Third Ambulance workmen's propaganda for- ..
as. Dr. R. Dr Hanson was
company of the 101st sanitary train
of death.
ployed in the shoe. de
Meigs and company an resided at
break of the war.
According to his latest letters. he
was in‘ good health fad doing well
and his friends were greatly shocked
today to learn of his untimely'end.
While in the city of Liverpool.
'heaith in any of his letters.
'wsaissvmcs
_
Stamps
{investments and America expect
to
saalnsttbeoui
AUSIRIAN WitiM
lMPlllllR CHAR , ,4
. PEACE is 800K»:
niliNflENlS it '
of them to make application for pay.
7.
called 'vi'hero wives and children and
' iburg, Minister of the Interior
and subsequently renamed the 102d
ambulance. Meningltln was the cause
Hr. Cummings was 24 years of age ,
.aud leaves his mother and father. of’lnz . .
Ridgefisid/ hr two years he was sin-,jminisry to leave the "country
"I! 09 . considered . significant.
the home of lfr. and lfrs. Willard
Wadhams. No. 107 Linwood avenue! ,
Bridg'Cport. He enlisted u meant-5810 and a German newsman
Eng, Mr. Cummings was assigned to ed until January ‘29 as. ' .
“d "19 0'an3” WW‘ 4"“ Minister Trotsky, head of the
wrote home of his temporary change.
'lfr. Ctimmlngs did not'hiut. of ill
Thrift memos and Jar ,Savings
are the most democratic of have attacked the French
"1'! American to show love of re!- tions west of theVardar m”.-
ilmbiioan. institutions by investing in
this democratic security. The sure
at“ mmiflduthv'lnve‘flasm ‘IvIIdmarians, were able to enter
enum ,vesorsu ese ar . ..
8m". ”mu“ m “I ‘ n, the French trenches at only one
.ai'iswsr of timtbswll 0:13:11? great
Democracy 0 es s cause , ,
cf democracy throughout the world ferrous break in, the intent.
and the vindication of civilisation and west. of
the opportunity to contribute his part. ,
do his bit. in this great struggle Wpolitieai
masters of Gerw . the, ‘
fifths ‘
susst
_
.l ,‘.‘ . ' -
No ifiew Imago!” . . ,
M. I ’
Aregd‘old' Continuation ,
chi-Rests With Est.
”Imam
' “l
. ‘tki
AWleungary will cont"
to stciVsfifor a general peace,
on the..tertns previously ofle ,
This as the answer given the le
ers of discontented Austrian work
:men, who; have quit work to
mend-pence, by Dr. von Sey
lthe Austrian Premier. Empe
Charles, he said, desired to end '
war at'the earliest po‘ssible"W
meat. -
l No new peace terms were op
listed and the labor leaders
ltoltl that; responsibility for ,
tinus ion the warsests upon
Ente'W‘ lies, who had ref ..-
territorial,‘ agrand' ‘
disclaimcd by the n all
ministers promised it. .
forms and a relaxation of the
military law. The labor lea .
then called upon their. com
to resume work, but the] latest
formation is that the general ~ ‘
Bis, still in progress, with disc . “
{at some places. , .
Resignation ‘ of the Aust ‘
Ministry, most probably that . ,
vou Seydler, is reported by at Ben»
.lin newspaper, but there is no w
,flrmation. Count vou To :
,said to have been asked to to
Inew cabinet. ' ,
1 Importance is attached to
Austrian political situation ' .
[London newspapers. seine be '-
jing the government is aiding { ‘
lin'the hope of influencing vi“:
Brest-Litovsk negotiations. ,
fact that the Austian governm
permitted full reports of.the ..
between the labor leaders
i Dr. vou Seydler indicated
lessening of the demands on
ports that unless the Russians
leept the ofl'er of the Central P
era, the peace negotiations Will.
broken ed. The conferen
Breat-Litovsk have been .
sian delegation, has gone to.
Itrograd for consultation with
government. .. ,
Almost complete military
tivity‘persists an the f :
France and Italy. 0n the
doniau front, Bulgarian -
The efforts came after .. , v.
tillery preparation and e
from which they were thrown.
' tely by Greek troops.
the Yard» might ha“
results. Berlin «
gariaa successes in _
«guit- 9"
h. ..
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