‘Any oxenhooruasols what .0.
Intake ft. The cmwalnggioryot Johni
EVENING SEW L. Sullivan is, not that he was a first-.
M rate pugllist, but that he put honor in-'
a. s. a a. known/mimosa». i
’ if boxing. professional or amateur.
{is in higher repute today than it was
ESTABLISHED av"
’Am 00m“ {two or three decades ago, it is largely
W '
._...__ because this big-listed. big-braided and
big-hearted man lifted it from its low
estate by virtue of personal qualities
[that all men instinctively admire. He
[himself was square and generous, as
lwell as strong afid clever. By precept
land example, he infused a surprising
amount of decenCy and humanity into
ramar, rumour s, 1918
unriamn ammo roa
rostonaow
High tide 8:57 a. nu; 9:32 p. at.
Sun rises 6:56; sets 5:19.
Member of tho Associated Press 'th .. . ..
The Associated Press is exclusively; e ring.
ntitled to the use for publication ofi John 1, was no angel. One epoch
oil news dispatches credited to it ort ., . .
not otherwise in this paper and also of his career is remembered particular.‘
the local news published herein. 7” for its devotion to the Demon Hum,
All rights of republication of spe- '. ,h .
oial despatches herein are also ”Him 9 man “a” mg enou‘h ‘0 out"
illvc that weakness. and to make it. a
‘aorved. .
j stepping stone for moral strength in
EVENING BENTINEL TILE. himsvlf and others.
PHONE CALLS .‘he has been one of the most effectlv
Editorial Rooms—92.
Business once—93. i
lorwalk Bronco omits-1388. i
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in recent years
' e
itempcrance advocttctu in America. .
Always be has been a powerful in-
llntnt‘t- for physical health. for whole-
some exercise, for fearlesaness and
Editor’s Residues—2183.
Oily Edibr'g Residence—1492.4. squart-ness and upstanding virility.
3m We“ ”sumo-'2 Many a doctor of divinity. many a col-
_ “1342' liege profesor, we might almost any
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AUSTIN’S GARAGE-
BURNS 'ro GROUND
(Continued from first Page).
The firemen were called to the are
alter it had gOtten oonoidoroble head-
way, and it is mos-kale that they
were able to do so much as they did.
For some time now people have been
expecting that the garages. the Aus-
tin Galage being practically only a
frame building. dry as tinder and oil
soaked in some pious. would go_ up
in blaze and thus they were not much
surprised when aroused from their
beds bv the ringing of Box 34 this
morning.
While some people say that the
total losses will amount to about
8100.000 others are conservative and
estimate the losses to be about 835,000
m “0.000 at the moat. The buildings
which are owned by the list Form-
ing Company are a total loss and are
valued at 88.000, the Willi; '- ,‘g'
tin Auto Supplies Company in a par-
tial low at about $3.00!). Fred l’resty
who lost his t‘hevrolet auto valued it
at 8600. The Sara Larrgina building
next door to the Austin garage which
was badly damaged by the flames.
water and heat suffered to the extent
of $500 and It. W. b‘nwoett. wlto.aluo
lost a Chevrolet auto in the Austin
garage. valued it at $300 Other auto-
mobiles and goods were lor't. the
value- of which are not known at the
present time.
The body of the victim W.li be
taken to Ganung's funeral parlors.
wilt-re arrangements will be made for
llt'. burial.
Fortunately for the firemen the wind
was east instead of a west wind at
lithe
[that [were not saved were in the back
Austin m was of tho ooso‘
were saved but in the Pierce garage
oil but three were saved. The three
part of the garage where they could I
not be reached as the roof had fallen
in. Most of the cars saved were
partially damaged. Among those peo— 3"
pie who had cars in the Pierce garage
were P. E. Lewis. 2nd who had a large
steamer painted grey which watt laid :’
up for repaint and which was slightly
scorched. This was the second ear
to be taken out of the garage. Dr.
Thomas A. Powell of the Stillson-Pow- "
all Corporation had 9. Hudson 40 in
Battery ('ompan)’ had R new Dodge:
delivery truck in the garage and thist’
the Pierce garage which car was‘ HE S
badly damaged. Ho carried no fire’“ I Al E OF
nue bad a Pullman touring car in tho , '
Austin Garage, which was insured 1'
and was badly charred. liomlntck‘
Coppola a local jitney driver had his ‘ - ,
loin: total wreck. lie was insured.‘ water 'Damaged .60“
l 1:31;; callsith'a'hgi two automobilcsL, V ‘ I
n the garage and these were a total," . ‘ -
my Caused by Our Recent Store Flooding
was eiso a total loss. Edward J. Fla-3
erv had three core Stored in the gar- h
age and lost tvlo of them, these help . . .. . u
harms.“.:.;;:”':;..:;“:::2.':.rt::‘:,3 3" 111 Wind. that “es n°t d° ”mem‘h’gmd- The I
i:i".'.".i”iis".if.‘.‘".‘..‘"§l"f.‘i""i "avl' amage is donmmboay has “my the fiddler 8‘
herty was plannin to move I): caret 1 ' ' .
::at::ther aarafgc t‘his evening.i lie it” W? cannOt give a detatl aCCOunt 0’ items and g
r part 0 the cars tout. Most pnces, we can only give the ’OIIOWing summary, ‘l
of the corn were jltneys that had been:
insurance. Bertv Lucas of Ely Avg-l
Ford in the Austin garage and his car
loatt'ias was a delivery car of the A. I-‘.;
crty owner of the Union l’nrcel lieliv- History repeats itself again—The 01d saying “It’s
l.
Newark, N. .1. with a load of fumi-‘t
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covered with insurance. as were tho 4
THE GERMAN 8THiKE8\"‘“
We have bad strikes in this country
since we entered the war. Perhaps
we have had more strikes, altogether.
than Germany has had during the
same period.
There is no dollbt that labor
troubles have been used in Germany
to convince the people that our work-
ers are opposed to the war. And by
taking isolated strikes or groups
strikes, and presenting them out
their proper perspective, without
gard to the entire war situation
the country and the general attitude
of the laboring classes, it pretty fair
Showing might be made by an enemy.
quite different from the facts.
We must he on our guard.
fore. against attuchinc undue
tnnce to the recent strikes in Ger-
. many. In their actual scope and dur-
ntlon lhi'y are not particularly im-
_ prensivc. it will take a good deal
more than that to indicate a genuine
revolt-of the German people,
However. there is significant differ-
ence hetweene American and German
Strikes that Should not be overlooked.
“labor trott-
our
of
re
in
there‘
impor-
(lur strikes ha\'c. been
bios" and nothing more.
had to do with such usual questions
as wages and hours and working con-
ditions. .‘lost of them haw revealed
no purpose unto malign than a. desire
to get for the workman what he con-
of war pro-
industrial
sldcrs his proper sllnrc
tits. They been
strlko-s, pure and simple.
ll 21 v c
manv a saint. has done less for the the fire because it blew the flames
Itowarda a brick building owned by
Wvorld,
‘ lxrs. Thomas F. iteardon. which ef-‘
left in the garage at a late hour last.
night by their drivers. i
The destluction canard by the fire
of
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THE AMERICAN "our
' Every American experiences a thrill
1.0! satisfaction in the knowledge that
at last American troops are definitely
and permanentlv on the firing line.
There is an "American sector" on the‘
battle front in France. ;
it is not much of a sector yet. ltl
‘extends. apparently. only at few miles
'out of the several hundred miles of
twiatcd grid-iron lines that run lroml
Lthr- North Sea to the Swims bordPr.
But so for as. it extends, it is com-
} pletc. Everything is there that makes:
:modcrn wnt~fltl-c~trenches, rifles, mm,
Ichlnt- guns, grenades. artillery, shells
airplanes, motor cars, ambulances and
all the rest. And that sector will-
crow, steadily and surely. ‘tlntil it.
becomes a bottle from worthy of the
American nation. l
W;- mny (it-rive special satisfaction.
itoo, front the location of the sector.
it it- in conjunction with the French
.l'inc. flanked hv l-‘rcnch troops on both
and-~lt is close to the German
sides.
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frontier. Wc owe a debt of gratitude
I
They NW" ‘0 0‘" French and British associatosimvo other bulldl
for placinc our fighters. at the very:
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start. so far on the road to Berlin. ,
in‘
re-'
Already wc are literally almost
Germany. The exact spot is net
vealed. but it is known to be on the
Lorraine front, in a bend where a
gain of onlv a few miles would ac!
Ltually carry the American army over.
villi) German border.
When they have crossed that bor-i
av that our war has ho ‘
l
lint Germany's strikes have been 90‘
. t
Then- was no hint. to the to:
or any der. wc may a
Iiticai.
cent outbreaks.of a desire f
Int-re industrial benefit or reform. The gun.
workmen Wt-l'e striking to Show that:
they wanted peace, and as a prelude:
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MEASLES ;
Welenrn. with some perplexity,
.that the boys in the cantonments
I “German measles" into
to peace. they wanted their gayem-
mcnl democratized,
This is somethin: new in Germany. have changed
it is, a fact full of menace to the brny
tat Prussian System which now holds for
ts iron grip. It anything German‘nround the place.
the German nation in i
good a word as "it-
' is a demand that can be postponed. But why abuse so
but not queued, by military edicts and. herti'?"
machine guns We shall hear from it' There's supposed to be a ll ‘
I sardonic humor in the term “German
on of
again. . 5: .
—-or iii—[lot the real thing.
unmet-tort of expression at! "German
he dictionary says that
ness of this remark may be pardoned i::::lllan" Tnea‘tletl lap—or are—"false
' ' h i te‘ ’ ' .
in view or "s “Dion?“ to ‘ e a 'mensles, wherefore our soldiers might
lamEnteds: 0,“ La ‘ 2 home brought find a certain peculiar appropriateness
HT 1e] la cruchgfcd , 3; few men ‘.in ascrlbing it—or thorn—a Teutonic
s ' ,
.1: om: ‘1 d'sti “'th Amp”‘iol-ilgln. (We pass in diznlfed silence
ousan a" o lk I 12%;. h ve mithe fact that the dictionary allo culls
cans. in a wa s 0 l ' a pa lill—or them—“French? measles. That
I
tributeto his memory. Millions have . is what the 0011M“! a“ thorn—0r it
CHARACTER IN THE RING
' It's character that counts. The trile-.
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fem“, respect and afilratlon. further proof 0‘ Germantnnllslmy and
71' is new-made grave seemed almoSt a .
, '1 1,“ duplicity). l
I .l. M. ‘ ' Anyho" '9 can't ‘Mlne all! 90"
i And I" V“ 0:)" 3 "Elliot. in mm. Bible reason for "Liberty measles." un-
licr of a protons“: wgc rigldtnoral- less it k that my tool! frootocltch
his condemn w ch moot can- it —-or th nd ”m“, do”.
nannies have put beyond the pole of - . __.‘ ,
"he "WI! Richard Mansfield. m of the font--
That. grave. howovor, waaald is o1
: ollrilse—a stuiae-otlbotaaly- virtues
-'l'bls is odd'wltll no tboogtn ot-duo m. in (be (my,
' adulatilm for ”the contrast! 'C'hl- ___._..__———
. :34!is tumours-mixes! .otore' soon i... would who” or
on
«sum. Yuma-s Isl-lice".
a.
.vy
loaned about six foot boaooth
to them outlier animus,“- lr
fectuaily checked the flames from
further progretts. Ilv the time that
the Central station firemen had much-
ed the blaze it with seen that nothing
could be done to have any of the
cars in Austin's Garage. although help-
ers and otheri help to get out come
ol the cars from the Stanley Steamer
tiaragc owned by John l'iercc. it is
eatimated that about twelve cars in
all were. saved from l’ierct-‘lt.
Edward Bates who runs a taxi, storm,
ict- nearly all niuht is said to be they
man who first dlucovercd the hilly:
He told a Sentinel reporter that at
about twenty minutes to five lhis
morning he went to the garage with
bill jltney to store it and stopped his
car at the curb going to the door and
opening it. As he did so. h't- said a
wave of flame and smoke. came out'
into his face. and blew him beneath
hill car. He quickly shut the door
and after looking around for an alarm
box drove over to police headquarters
where he 'phoned in the alarm.
The firemen at the Central station
rum: in Box 34; which in Central Firt-
elation, and went out to fight the
blaze. The water pressure "all poor
and the firemen could hardly get a
stream at find to help wet the walls
of the “crunch Building to save that.
if possible.
l'otlrlnt: water on the biasing furn-
ncc. which by now rl'pr-‘til'nlt’d Aus-
tin‘s Garage, would have bcen as often-
tunl as attempting to stop an express
train by holding on to it and bracing
ono'rt feet. The firemen realised this
and did all that they could to help
ngs nearby.
Several times tllc llcardotl building
caught file and finally the firemen
took it line of hose into the building
and N-(‘lllol‘t‘f‘d with chemical extin-
guishers managed to wave the bull-l-
ing. which, is charrcd on the ride to-
wards the heap of ruins which ro-pre-I
rents Austin's Garage.
One of the tragic incidents of the
fire is the work that tho firemen
are doing to get towards thc remains
of a Ford car. where it is said that
a man known as Mciio, a local jitncy
driver. is said to have been asleep.
limos. the man who turned in the
alarm. said that ho left the garage
at about a quarter past four this morn-
iing when George Olmatead. who Was;
acting night man was in the front
part of the btllldinlz. and Melio and a
couple of other men were in their
cars which they had put up for the
night. Bates sold at. the limo he left
cverytbing was all right. and )lelio
was asleep in his car which was Well
‘I- " ' . II
Liberty measles. It 3 easy etno gt towards the front part of the garage. division headquarters
h on' wall . .lc - '
asp the fact that t eyd When he returned to tl blaze al ”on condition at the line b pltalg?
at the same time that the fire-
did he said that he caught sight
in
most
men
of the other two men who were
fthe garage with Melio and they said heavy field "“11",,
‘that Mcllo had been left in the gnu,
age.
This morning after the ruins of Ans-
tin's Garage. had Cooled somewhat. the
measles." it means measles that Ere!flrpm9fl went. through several cars. sending-of the final 6,500 men of the'
it'll the and in one found a heap of charrcd first draft. -
bones. They immediately thought
that they werc all that was left of
Mello. and carried them reverently to-
wards the fire truck. when 'n local
butcher who had hill car atorcd in' the
garage void that the bones were all
that was left of aortic meat that he.
had left in his car. when he put it up
for the. night. The firemen, however.
are keeping the bones, although the
butcher animal the car that they
took them from belonged to him.
They are now working towards the
front of the building. where under
fallen film. brick! and other nth-
"w'sm °' W“ 'm' a me "mm” ”I l—a fact which, might be adduced as birth of the fire. in all that is left of_
he Ford car that Hello wall last seen
t
in.
Gasoline oil and other combustible-
made. the work of fighting the dunes
early this morning o hard one. and
the lack of water prooourefronl which
this city has been suffering for Some
time. also hampered the. firemen.
A large gasoline tank which was its
the
ground In tho front of tho.garage to
safe and the trainers are glad that it
“Elohhlljdfld WOMUIIIIVII- Ill! ”1001M, OI "1"‘m .1, When
500 gallon capacity.
It wao‘
removes buildings which figuredI
largely in the carlv industrial life all
South Norwalk. When batting was’
:DOIII'IBIIIII‘ here. the factory bulldinl'.
which as occupied by the two gar-i
ages, was orccted by the Hat Fortnim"
Company. which is in existence to-i
day, although going through a period»
of liquidation. in the company were.
A. Salmons. George W. and Williamt.
licnry Benedlct. the t‘rofut d Knappl
Palmer. Alden Salmons is tho would
dent of the comps" and for many"
yearn has guided the n‘mnrkably we“
Ct'iii'lllll institution on the very capable
bead. About 1912 several changes
were made» with the partlcn who Occu-
gioed the ramo at the time of thcl’
All apparatus that could be gotten?
to the biaz» respondcd. and the fire:
men had our- of the. hardest fightal
that they have had in porno yearn lfl
the wind had been from the washinm
stead of from the east It is doubtfult'
if South Nor walk would have .
tailor. what with the poor “affirm
o- a force of the ' -
gethcrnsit ‘be sparkn. OrIJnglIelz-I
in: incido was when a house in the.
rear of tho‘_garngea on Franklin
street health in sienm WII‘H‘ the molt-I
ling snow Will hit by the heat on
,of thc businoal men around there neit-
ed whether or not he should go in
and wake up the people.
Thc blaze d err is large number of
people, also t ore being about 300 ill’
all by the time that the firemen haul
lhv.l‘lrf‘ undcr control, which was nt‘
6 XHQCR this morning. ‘
. mong lhc cars lost war -
lowin: Fords: James Kellyflllll‘p‘os'fth
brothers, ll. Friendmnn. J. Iludnvkkv .
12:01:,"ch liornlg. Joseph Pace, A”
and :‘l‘l’ndmb ll. Schaub. Pcrcy Collai
a"\“'loc2;"’belonglng to a man known;
. .'. i. Bush and Robert Sm til . 3
lost: it Ciwwrolet cor. Joules. .QI‘IIII
queen lost a Maxwell. llnrold Auxtln‘
(lost a slx-cylindcr Iluick and Infill-1
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1’ llolusz lost a Maxwell.
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Company. Adam Brou...and Smith &‘ -
' 29c and 39c Dress Gingham.
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118 PAIRS OF BLANKETS
' Wet and soiled.
~ 211 PIECES or LONG CLOTH
Wet and soiled.
118 BED" SHEETS
Wet and soiled.
«to communes
Slightly Wet
.375 TOWELS
Wet and soiled.
r.
-< 110 BED SPREADS
Solled.
58 MATTRESS PROTECTORS
Soiled. ' 2;
' 10 PIECES WHITE GOODS ,9
Wet and soiled. ll
42 CRIB SHEETS ;
Wetalld soiled.
56 CRIBBLANKETS
Wet.
500 YARDS 'I .BLE DAMASK
Wet. and soiled.
25 FEATHER PILLOWS
Wet and soiled.
2.000 YARDS DRESS GINGHAMS
list .wet
that’s all: best colors. absol lei fast;
. mac-duplicated «darts‘lulsutan
f 35c. A mat-bargain.
'Water Damaged Sale Price . . . 21c yard
1.500 YARDS PERCALE
Wald ’best t l d l
yard wide. The wilsoIeseglgn nmll'il
. 25c yard. The water spoiIed them for
regular sclllnlr.
Tomorrow they are yours for 17¢ yard
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' . 50 SAMPLE PIECES OF ALL WOOL
lNGRAIN CARPETS
u l l-gards'long. slightly wet and
soil ......... . ............
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36 INCH SILK AND OT'I‘O‘
LINGERIE C N
Flesh color. Worth 75c yard.
Tomorrow -. . . .
IMPORTED MOHAIR
The real English mak . 44 ' ' h
regular 31150. Just a grille 3:293 Wide.
Tomorrow .................. 96c yard 3
TWO REMN ANTS DRESS LENGTHS
Brown and Old Rose Broadcloth .
Slightly soiled. regular $3.50 yard.
$1.75 yard
500 YARDS 0F FRENCH VOILES
Plain colors.” inch ' . ' 1..
sailed. regular 39c nulls 49?!!8' Slightly .
Tomorrow ................. 26c
” - 84¢ each
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’ AVER Pnlvare TAKES POISON. : V
i SILK AND COTTON STRIPED ,
swallows Ounce of Carbollc Acid but? 100 NEW SPRING HATS. ,
CAlltywl'JII-zcgguiy:“uu r . l“ Trimmed and Untrimmed IWAISTINGS AND SHIRTINGS “
8.——De ed 1: ' a ' ' 83:}; Tilt: Wet and dam ed 32 inches Wide. Th '
vatc gain M3123: Scalable: soul at Bartrai‘l‘l‘l’riclg.wnen a“ to be a,” look as good 8:“? all dried out
rell street, Stroator, lils., swallowed; OI'III 69C and 51'0" yard ---- 47‘: yard
an. ounce of carbolic acid. according toss. 167 CARDS 0F BUTTONS 300 SILK .AND .LINGERIE SHIRT ..
an official report issued yesterday at: '
He he in a to? ’AS
WAISTS
"They are allthi ’ ' « " '
Iv soiled only: “lomtloltms' Slight-
Tomorrow ..................... $1.00
‘AHundred OtherBaltgainS _,
:2:.:Jr;..c.:.i.:::::°;:r;c5"NM "3190““! ;[’3' “Willa", ‘Blll Spoiled iln Trice
appointed to fix responsibility tor disk, . ‘
£0,331: figurimfmfla Just todreep company and add varidby'éto this
m m- m a... "we! wonderful bargain calamity. Come quickly—doc
lays are dangerous—emportunities like these do
.notihappenolten. .
canton-loot involving premature 541-,
tllll point was myopia-so boll mam nod-by slightly
court that tried him Milne to rel-Li
................... ~ »mmli~m1m0ll.3dlllkhi¥,bmlm
thobotot .0- will II‘ M“ price-him dub-n
as gold. The water merely spoil- ,
ecards. We h v '.
Tomorrow 25c antII geEctI‘tltgfitdS tt'lt‘i‘l-m
7c dozen '
but will recover. He do a member of.
the medical detachment of the 803th; ,
. Owing to railroad congestion orders:
received here yesterday to defer from I
February 15 until February 23 the ‘
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‘ Following a conference betwee
Major J. M. Wainwright, chief of staff,
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port to the Judge Advocate and before?
the findings bod boon reviewed and
IIOTEIJMEATRATION Lmizu'm
Immmrlnlni , .. , ' ‘ "E
a ruling were ht in forgo it wast
Well.
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my... 9., mumps-usable loony 36ml. houaell
This is the second “look" in connec- l,
tion with court proceedings st this
i wood-Isl
I . _..... .-’ [wofldboglntoaorvo whot,‘ the?
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BRITAIN GIVES COAL
. CARGO TO STORROW'
(Continua from mm Page.)
by the severe weather conditions of
the last fsw.daya mated might
a freer raw-nouns! fool. Vboyard
maven. whore vessels unlit-lay
ibundrodo of m bout locked
.by ice for nearly a wool/rooned
' bowovor.
ioiuwoitwao .ooo - to patrons. tbos oo. _, ,
«tum in also; not ‘ j , ’tllo ice to behoohilg’wtodoy.
. bo_grootoi “Infiltonow “W loeai' Fool ‘ lq
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