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' of Labor to Be City Ollicials and Others
: lie-Organized Interested in the City Gov-
‘ Under Plan—Try to Stop ernrnentForm a Perma-
Strike. nent Organization
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Advisory Council Virtually Better Service 'l'hrouch Co-
Repo'rts Munitions De- Operation in Work ls Der
Partment-Is Emtial ' aired
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New Regulations Cause a
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The first of ,a series oi meetings.
to be held hereafter outliu last Thurs-Z
day oi each month. the next-meeting?
to he held on February 28th. and by]
the insane or which it is hoped to
secure more cooperation between the,
various departments oi the city with!
a view to stopping some of the chronri
ic kicking that is going on. and also‘
that the various heads of 'the depart-
ments will have a chance to realize?
what the other mahhas to face .at'
times with a view to helping lessen.
this burden it it is within his power
either by actual work or by a few
words that willstop someone iromsdd-
t WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-‘I’he most
., ic reorganisation qt any Govern-
ment department since the United
States entered the war has been an-
-.dertaken by the Department at Labor
allowing its acceptance oi the war
labor also placed before Secretary
Nil-es by the special islior advisory
committee-which was appointed by
order oi President Wilson. ~’
i So revolutionary is theprogramme
of the Department of Labor that
"Washington is almost astounded at
.3119 news. Under the new programme
oi Secretary Wilson the following big
Walnuts are way:
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t As I re' ye oi strikes . ing to his or her little bit to the pile
M“ ' V ado up of men oi worry and work that confronts the
. Islsed theistic-is! industrial Coil. averags departments' head every
lam Meant-mmatluimotiuionoo. :
The meeting was ilrst planned to;
be held in the common council room,‘
”3’ sis” men named hy'the up. but was held later on the Water Com-l
eri ' tiou oi-Lnbor~wlli_ iiioet iiiivtiouer's once. which coriilortuhly!
in Washington urmim a iew weoguseaied those who attended. hir.‘
fistch made an odor oi the use of the
Mass on leveath liege.)
fnonta suuof America's iidustrialas-
lens-eons turn to representrthe
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'olllce on behali oi the commissioners.
ior future meetings, which oifer was
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'AMERIIIANSREMIII
"‘ l’llANEE Alillillll lfi .
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Ellie its ”wild”? ‘
, ”Mosh... 0?... °: illlfi fiEIlMlNSHIPS
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The Leviathan and 500,000;
'Tons of _ Seized Vessels
‘ Safely Elude U-Boats
WITH Till-'1 “ERICAN ARKY 1N1
FRANCE, Jan. Tom—Announcement:
The following from the Torrington
I: gister gives an account oi a big
”caudal!” to Joseph Quittner. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Quittner. or
Beaview avenue. who recently Joined
0 the Naval Reserves and is now lathe
service oi the Unltedhtates:
' Lessee- and ii Joseph II.
,Ouittner, oi the A hrs. theater,
who has. joined the naval. reserves
and whoistoreport fordntyonWed-
liesday n'cxt, Jan. 2, will have reason
long to remember the farewell recep
ition tendered him at the playhouse
last night. l’v‘iity of his closest. in-
cluding the attaches oi both the Al-
hambra and the Strand theatres.
vaudeville talent filling an engage-
ment at the former playhouse. and
invited guests helped make the occa-
sion one that would make "ice" ieel
ithst though he has lived here only
two years. "the testimonial could
- Aacnroely have been more genuine had
00 he beans lifelong-resident. horn
. the time the losstmaster. Thomas A.
‘Csrreil. introduced liaior William E.
,Besse, who presented the handsome
»‘ gold waistswntch, gift of the attaches
of theatres. until the company
ships mdy ior theIhigh seas service
most oi which now are bringing men
mately 600.000.
lied ports is the Leviathan, formerly
roan» assertions, .and the publication oi
this information is permitted ior that
renal.
The figures-are
. authoritatively do»
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1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—-Press dis—
patches illed from National army and
authorities under a war .departmentf
respondents will be instructed by the
and materials to France is approxi-‘
Among the'considerable number al-i pleaded his case beiore Fuel 'Admin
ready arrived safely in mitosis al- istrator Garfield, Director-General oil
the virterisiid, and. atteeu other at the. Board; Secretary Dani
largest" German ships. These ilguresBaker and Admiral Benson. ,
demonstrate the ialsity oi recent Ger-0 , In jehlect Mr. Storrow said to the
national guard camps in the United0
States by accredited newspaper cor-l
respondents not in the military serv-l
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ice will not be censored by military General George hi. Cole issued 3 “may
order made public: tonight. The cor-l
BOSTON, Jan. BIL—With the mer-
cury hovering between ten and twelve
degrees above zero dad a cold wind
sweeping in iron the northwest. Bos-
lion went to work today in buildings
inadequately heated, because .0! the
iuel shortage which had shot o8 de-
liveries to more than one hundred
places where thousands oi men and
women work. , Meanwhile the local
fuel administration made frantic et-
iorts to learn. from railroad oilcials
how soon coal shipments might be
expected here, ior rough weather outv
side had delayed tugs proceeding to
this port with [a score of coal laden
rges
federal authorities illWllm
night in ring priority to the
"ii" “d song also ii I! I troui
am , gwit e p
the 23.3“ the navy yard. would
bring relief beiore it was found nec-
essary to cai‘ry out a contemplated
plan of shutting down all business tor
a forty-eight hour period. Beiore re-
ceiving assurances from Director-
General licAdoo and Dr. Garfield that
New England would have immediate
help, James J. Storrow,"Fnel Adm
istrator ior this district had lntlmat
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Action Follows Appeal of
James J. Storrow to Fed-
eral Officials
wasumorosi. Jan. 31.—The coy;
was made here today that the total ernment began an uphill light todayi Bogs .their elders
tonnage .oi one-time German steam- to.get coal tofilew England and pro-gm, “1:“ flung". for the :3:
vent the wholesale industrial, tleup
and privatlon, which seem certain to
come next week. James J. Storrow.
New England's Fuel Administrator,
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Railroads McAdoo, the Shipping
Government: "New England has al-
.wnys stood loyally behind the Gov.
means privation for New England she
clared to' prove that Germany has ‘ is ready to hear her burden."
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HARTFORD, Jail.
31.—Ad1utant-
meat today pointing out the impor
,tance to Connecticut oi work being
' done by the
It wits believed that-the actionlet MIMI I “8
w. ,trsfle villains. itsiu
patching oi any ships all M
els, secretary,
‘ SCHOOL TEACHER
ar Bureaus oi the Con-
ump commanders. however. that they! ne'cticnt" state Council of Defense tul
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NEW SlllllHJP
IN (ill POLICE
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Two New Oflcers, Cornelius
Sweeney and Lorenzo
Adams, Put to Work as
Regular Patrolmen
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swan—u—
'l‘he following order will go into ets‘
foot tomorrow, Eh. 1st. and will re,-
iiuain in eiioct until inrther~notiee.
according to orders died at police
headquarters this morning by Police
. Commissioner Home. The order which
it: given below, means that hmalter
~there will be no meants lat the
desk at Noiuvalk. but that they will
be on duty at police headquarters in
.thc City'liall in South Norwalk. 0!-
‘ncer Frhnk Raymond who for his
faithful ,doty and,Ils°.ior being the
oldest deer in paint of service on
0the force was asked whether or not
would‘like a day best in Norwslk.
it was given
at. to t p. 0.,
' street. First
This ' fthat the first
district will have one of the most ei-
5pcient oineers in the" department .in
.chargie of the work and are to be con-
jgratulated.‘
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Colonel suitors B. Wilson. oi
Bridgeport... n'g the Home
Guard 0f mid. county. has sent
the iollowing letter 'to George ll.
Woodward, who Irst suggested enter-
taining the members oi the Boss:
Guard at the South Norwalk 'cilm,
while they were on duty guarding railv
.road property this month:
lit. George L. Woodward,
South N Club. 0’
'01—Please extend to the South Nix-
walk club the thanks oi the 4th lili-
tary District and, ot. Captains Milne -
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New Haven Wholesaler
Promises in Future to
Obey, Orders - Federal
Authorities Decide .Not
to Prosecute Individual
Hoarding
EARTF'ORD. Jan. 31.—0n top of
the recent wheat ilour ruling irom
Washington and the accompanying
warning against hoarding in private
iamtllos, the United States iood ad-
ministration today uncovered in New
Haven systematic hoarding of serious
dimension .
The iednral food administra-
tor in New Haven. Thomas .W. Fern-
am, has received the assurance of the
wholesaler involved that his part in
the boarding of 9 pound sacks oi
dourntotheextentoimtoflsaeks
in some cases. was due to ignorance
oi the provisions of the iood control
act and the wholesaler has indicated
a willingness to cooperate with the
new regulations which provide that
lwith every hundred pounds oi wheat
flour sold. the purchaser must take
at least 16 pounds oi one of the wheat
submit”. smut as corn meal on
barley. ‘
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' CAIIP DEVENS. Ayer, Mass, Jan.
3L—No more knitted helium or other
woolen head covering. which the we
men have been knitting in large quan-
tities ior soldiers, may be worn by
'the anon oi the “Nth Division at the
National army at Camp Dcvcns. Eris
gadicr General William Weigcl. acting
commander, announced yesterday. He
explained that regulation army winter
caps had now been issued to all the
lions. Woolen mutilers may not be
worn. either, except. by soldiers on
guard duty in bitter weather, the ord-
er states. '
For a M Ayes-q
. nnmspedtedgnn wasnredinthe
Ayer liquor license fight yesterday
when Brigadier General William Wei
gel, commanding general of the camp.
practicallyisent an ultimatum to the
chairman oi the town's board of col
ectmen. The letter tnidrmed she
'tssaunssseuansssssi
pitsllties shown and the courtesies ex-
tended by your club to the oihcen
and men oi the let and 2nd companies
wet the Connecticut Home Guard, on
'their recent tour of duty; covering
January 21st and 22nd. , .,
02—You may heel-assured tha
kindness of your club— was and is
much appreciated by myseli and by
all the oilcers and men concerned
' The spirit shown by your club was
plendid. Your open house did much
‘ i1ernme0nt. If the winning oi the war ior the “use; n ma helped to keep
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‘the men in goodcon‘ditioa
Willis. WILSON.
Colonel Cemmanding.
INJURED IN AUTO
Declaring that she was prevented
from earning money during the sum-
mer oi 1917 because oi injuries sus-
tained. in an automobile accident.
Sarah P. Donnelly. a Norwalk school
teacher, today died suit against Barry
licLschlan. oi Daobury, in the Supe-
rior court.
While a passenger in an automobile
driven by Albert Romano
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Fire priginatlng in the cellar .of
Jtorrls 8tull's grocery store on the
corner oi School and Main street.
.caused considerable trouble to the
.firemen this morning tor a while, but
they soon had it under control. _
Morris Schroeder. a clerk in the
store, was attempting to thaw out
some pipes in ”the rear end oi the
cellar, by means oi some lighted rags
on the end oi a stick. and the beams
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. overhead caught lire. The tire spread
rapidly, as the beams were oilmk-
ed, the oil tank being situated direct-
ly above. The fighters managed to
keep the ilames’away from the tank
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One Captured After
lent Artillery '
Failure to Require Licenses
Reacts on Laws of State
0 DuringFog
Until New'vorii ialls in line and
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passes legislation requiring owners
and operators oi motor vehicles to{
Italians Have... E
take out licenses beiore they shall
n
Their Gains West oi 7
.be allowed to run them the law in BM“
Connecticut is oi little avail. Robbins , ~= _
.B. ‘Btoeckel. commissioner oi motor For the second time since “its
vehicles said yesterday, In discussing American troops entered the M
automobile aliairs in the state. In - ' ' ' ' ' "It
Connecticut ‘ mm mm show that he[limes ill France, their martial) ,
is capable of handling an autoniohila'been raided by the 69m ‘ *
'before he can receive a license to run After a violent artillery hand“;
"- and during a heavy fog, the e. ..
for a man to take out a registration attacked “:1 America; posit}?! '
card, and thereafter be is lies to cu. in" unnavme 59010? 0 t!" M
any sort oi “dldoes” that he can ret,front ll ednesdsy morning. -\
away with on the highway. The New ‘Americans 'were killed,
York law, or lack at a law, elects'WOW ”d 0mg].
"m ""°- "i “l" "’- flux. 10 is believed 1].: iii' 0
lpu'Aon‘l‘I: cmeayuraegl‘gir 3.1%; {artsoldier is a German prisons" r.
PW M go‘haek again to New York! On the sector which'was-
'9 the M 0’ W "“11! d3” Willhave occurred the casualties
that period he is immune treat the out from W' "on (1'
past few dtt' ~.;.- '
workings of the Connecticut autmno-i
't was cortii cred, "
In New Yark all that is required is-
bile laws, and he mav kill all a com}
slder'able number oi and mains a great 30113 1 . .
malty more and the Connecticut auth-‘ble to send earlier reports. Host
oritles can not touch him. because he‘of the deaths and most of, gfic‘
has a hew York registration numberuwounds ,were caused by “hum,
$2,: 31,3?” m" m “9““ 0‘ American cannon and machine
There is low in this state which‘gunsfiifve replied to thechemsll
prevents users of drugs from getting [and it is believed their ciisu‘althm
:‘fi‘ftfigt Tgcgnmfwwhl‘flel g: g: jequsl or exceed those among Whisk
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- xeral Pershing s troops. In the v
to "m "hm“ mu may m"hug“:rsid on November3 the Amenealn' '
‘lost three killed, five wounded and
the lives or the pe'sple. such per‘
sons can slip into New York state. , , .
’twelve made prisoner by tin.
enemy.
get out registrations thereyand com-
Throughout Germany and "
pecially in the industrial sec«'00
00! the north, the strike movement.
is spreading and more than 500 0 0 0
workmen are reported idle. Strike
gers and soldiers are eported'tisv
{have collided in a sub b of
“may m [HVE lin and lives were lost. In to!»
oral instances the troops are ' 0
Men to Get Practice in Pie-Jo have'refused to fire on the at .l
’ paring to“ Break Camp‘
crs.
0 l Hamburg and Berlin appear
When Filth] Overseas 0" be the mostseriously elected.“
ders Amve
’ workers in government amtfiv
CAMP DEVENS, Ayer,’ Mass, Jan.
vate dockyards at Kiel hairs
31,—rseiiliig up their belongings to lie 9“ the mime“ ‘5 1“"
ready ior leaving camp and start for
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workers in the industrial ‘ .
a. port or embarkation within a iew , and towns along the Rhine and"
hours alter the receipt oi olllclal ord-;Westphalia, . In the impo '
era from the War department, will Bavarian manufacturingjm
be practiced next week by draitees,- . - ~
in the 7th division of which the 30tth M'embu’g and Funk. 9’" "‘
iniantry is one regiment. It may be men are out. .
possible that some of the regiments} Three important-Berlin
will notnreturu to camp as some of papers, including the z. '
0t em wl be taken out on hikes En-‘vomwefls have been an
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_der heavy marching order and they The head of the great K H
gwill not doubt must at am i r . I
quite a period or “2.?” c p o iwurks and Field Marshal you :c
is: will be denburg have appealed. to 0' 0
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Equipment andfl supp! ,
assembled and all will be inreadlness workers to stay at their tasks,
— -—. field marshal declaring that. ,
W "' 7““ five.) ' lstrikes must cease. Beioreits
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mfiflgfififi 0:00. 000: 2.02:...er
- . 'which the workers demanded
, AGAINST FLAG general peace without, m -0
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lions, amelioratio of the food '
nation, tirelesseni . ti! mil' ‘
law and the dc" ' ' ' ‘
state insti t'
British 0'
HARTFORD. Jan. 3l.-Bccause oi
alleged disloyal utterances. itisr 0.?
Catherine Haupt, a matron at the0
Mansfield Training school at ,Lake-
villa has been dismissed by the burial
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, 1' usarrono. Jan. 3i—Neveir so "must rigidly adhere to the requests 0 . - 0
Might My years at experience ior secrecy with respect to informa- gm?couud “armrest-ml m 0.1% :augg on ‘ ‘9, 'ernmenmm.t' mewth; $u$?m:';=:‘dwu it 119]!”
-, with rival-and sit-d navigation had ties at value to ,the enemy. ‘as do- n." em 1. the Army. Navy and an 0 m by , “3" ilAIrl'b‘ORD. Jan. 31.-—F'or the con- ”rezoned ”but." at the state m‘tWhflh“ “9 "t _
thorn ngrcntavelsmcoiicennedintbsprinted senthnt.u.mm,a,m; ' . imitated and 0:.“ 'givenieneeeiworkinynenwhosrere-‘wofwmm”themmmrealorman t
is «Long ids-l sou-s an at present, by the committee on pu iniorla- aw” m. m m compiling Ir. “Mm complaint mi“ to he at work early is the mm, ‘ 'thc govern ",
. said Cg (3.tituidrieh.vise-presidentoil lion. A“ honor ”n. 5..“ mg nalnss'and in. mo. 0 at the m morning, Governor laress ll. not: “I. trustees L P. Wal- their a. _
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