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I‘.(l! it wasn't Barnum it was Lincoln.l.'
l,
~ nothing ant-ll
Sim (Mr-vi :7... M j ‘ "ERLMBE m
Miriam idnmi
swimsuit i W“ math
. .' ,CAMP DEVENS. Ayer. in... Feb.‘
. on his honeymoon and remaining
' may. Divot Brigade: captivated Cup-
- I.“ “.0” “ "H m M ill” ”'0‘ to 'nil'lell "“". M U
: ‘lstsinatlonsl Corporal
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. is new ordinance was enacted than
, ,er {than given leave to by superior
, himc.’ Because he negle’cted‘to’roturn
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iiii‘iiiiiiisiiiiiiico sills
{rages Adviceoi' Corpnoirllst‘ilon‘I
, ouncl m I ys
‘: Building o'r’s Oilicei
l wm Be Vncant Feb. 20th!
AUXILIARY Pflllllli
SAlE liflES llVEli
Secretary Garfield Announ-
ces Action Following Re-
ports of “Vast Improve-
ment” in Conditions About
Country
NEW ENfiiiNfl
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initial—dill
g associaran anus usws rsoa ALL film or vus won» or a mat.
NORWAUi iiii iii-30m iili
GOES iiii ii lW‘ . iiiiiii
NEW Mills; instills?
Messrs. Miller & Houghton, Six Million'l'ons at
of New York City, to Run
, the Transportation Route
From Norwalk to New
York
iiiiiiii lulu iii
' waiui uuuu
iiiisiiitinsn,
Mr. Donovan Takes His Us-
ual Bap at Previous Ad-‘
ministrations
’ S. R. O..should have. been put on
Fuel Administrators Here
! Say Situation Is Bad, But!
Freight Embargoes Help i
the front doors at the City Hall. last ""— '
“a,“ bee“, mm u, now,“ WASHINGTON. Feb. ii—ruoisci
M, mum mm m we mum-tutor Garfield issued an outer:
,Council Chunk". and Lord Byron' last right til all State administrators
and P. '1'. Barnum were treely quoted releOKimzstza h! “l"ye'I. ""3513:
O I
.0 “I“. close enough.) hoiiuavs on mi Mondava- "Mil March
The Auxiliory..Police matter came“: A" “1': 8““ m oflcisls "a“
hip and went down amid loud applause. , 3:011:10! :zeizg‘rnd ’3'" the "I“
, '3: :53] Lg’gflgmm?’:gd‘y° 5:9? The State administrators have the
w" a quarter 9‘ a ton of coal vu'power to order a hestless Monday
made, tho charter 'u- rotemd to whenever they deem such action neci
bills we "d th t d essary, and it is the belief of the Fuel
“m J43?“ propzr,:‘;:d fiersdminislration that the New En
»1orl)ol' ordered paid and lite Iatterlhm’d administrators will order a con-
were left m their “in resources,-the-"n"“c° oi the original Federal order.’
usual rotorenca. to the u sitsrdly Glnfl algnoglndcnlg the recall order Dr.1
10m" 0! the tom" d “ration. ill] ellndlhopcd ‘0 be able to give‘
:7T“:£ri§mhy gia'upmpm' the no es showing the amount or‘
“' ' - «t W" ~tustss£d th'
Joan whossidtgtbwsdsmndedhis -9 .
v ' . ins' ' I"
«can
., - m cm“
, . . « ' was-any through the
ram MM”. in“: f“ $3.440! the railroad embargo order of the;
l inspecto . - -‘ lsrod‘ - I ___...
a r -.::'h::: one: a: ‘90an .- am use) .i
war-hiormed indirectly that alter the? ’ m
20am: this tnonth he would be out i .
or a you, and that incidentally until . ,
Would not be another building inspec-_ I A ‘
With Romans, and: Love ’
Always-Figures: in it - i
St. Valentine’s Day has come aroundl
again and every specialty store. in!
Norwalli has. numerous .cuplds sur-
rounded by arrow-pierced hearts on
exhibition . Alter gazing ln'to shops
that ha'ndle the valentines, one must
come to the conclusion that the val-
iantine industry is the only one which
;the war has not sflected one way or,
alto" er. ferhsps itwuuld insult the
nest etic senses of the vslentinearu
tists to see their almost nude hero,-
garbed ill a suit of khaki. with a rifle!
swung across his back in place of the
traditional bow. At any rate the. same‘
old paper lace cards would inform,
no.one thaLAmci-ica. is engaged ‘in‘
the world. war. . '
. . , . That the valentine should represent‘
”'1'“: ldirected, the sgfii'firmi, peace seems to beware or less ironi-
seaports“: we??? “We“ permis: cal. when one has heard the history or
“an to so to Stamford’ior' the wed-51L Old St. Valentine Latter whom in
ding- Thracdays later first See
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(Continued on Rago'Twelve)
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Il.—~li'orgetting he wins a soldier‘whi'le‘
sway from camp {or three days long,
chillers, John P. Cdllalian. oi Stain.
ford. a member of the .Sixth Como
gain 17. ill. lhlloway with .the ex-
““3030" [or hjsjhb'sén‘ce’, “l was with
lily_'lfo."
7 An ordinary man on ,his honeymoon
maybe ekcasedwtoi' lorgetting. but
I soldier must heal-"in mind he is
expected-Win ennui-4t a specified
(Continued on Sixth Page).
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3' New York. I! the service wa
i Lino” worth while.
-"lh.n I. r .
animal (0‘
i" WASHINGTON, Feb. il.——riie conn-
setts- institute ctr ,gy, Dr.
James R, Angeli. ’of th iticulties
of the University Oblongozd. W.
HDiets, of Chicago. irebtor ‘oiEducs-
fin its aid train time to time educators
is.iiiliii_i'................
a Vastly Didercnt Ronald
Washington Says ~
i
Will Be in it Much Better Po- -
sition to Give Local Peo-
ple Good Service '
Norwnlh is to barre a real-stead ’
bohtllue running' between this city. tea States not
and New York. Plans, which have
been in the making for the past lcw
. 5M.
lshlng touches have been put on the
plan whereby a real, valuable ireight
line will be stnhllslle'd in thiscity.
'l‘hs propellor Marlon is'to return to
orlvicc early next week. ind .
ma c daily trips between this aim
of smooth: last year. 'l'bg on
che'Unlted States was 001,188 tons,
making a total combined lounge
2,064,801. while amps by sub-
marines last your morally are rech-
oned at 6.000.000. , . -
While complots figures on‘csnstruc-
tion in Japan. Italy. Franco and other
nations is 1011 up lat yet available.
gas-slog“.
and tea. :thstip
will
anOthcl' largo vessel'witl bc‘drnttod
into service. and, in tact. everything
will be done to make the “Norwslk
Tho oIIerotths null-n areas--
howato‘ '
’Inrlnc ”we than" :-
i" Hosanna an.” ‘i'wclvol‘
’C
', serif-Int}
Milifiiwiliiis
i
. “ ’ " ‘Conncctlcot‘allcalth q , f}, , . - M thousands 9‘3““ rm'an p'i'.’
. , . ; Jum,i by the M . ‘ 3,?“ , aw. “era in Russian ha . ; '1:
. 4 . _ meat oi ,ylphs 'l'- 81103.! 1).; mm , cone Circulation of the message or-
-.. .1, . , a, I - “AIS“ mails-m mug: mice.- , “will: lining the denomination of the
W. 93 A w ' m. "- : . , ' “Wm M. . 7' "m M Mites». tail-ima- tnsmwsrrsl. Rum” army, “”6"“ 9‘1""i .‘
.r m fl , . . , gm. popular-sat «health. the nan-'1‘“ in NW m, p... misled- say, was halted threevhonrs after;
, x New Branch W. . .- - .—_.. *i- ccsl health avenge“ "sill" Wi The speakers for the llrst rally will the order wassent out. Concern- »
gm] '. Tr“ i W Ruling. a} -‘ (Somalia national -hfli I"! #99“! mille*}lon.10hnrles l! Brown. dean of ing the situation in,Pctrogrsd,
. ' ' . ' e l- v ' O ' m a midi ’0‘". .3 h im M“, d Yflle Universu’. and.there have been no ' 1‘ ’
7W9“! FOP __ m In?“ mt, the It Own Irs.GoorgeB; Chandler, otfiartiordJ- , l 1 PM "’3: 5’
:Ml'litllytlhl ' ' to , if “Am ' —- Dorcas}: hettcrthsaln'ule culinary.“ 3m 3” no peer u ‘ pub-since cary asthma}, ‘ __
“ . ‘ . - - a '. . ' v ' ‘ ' general." litorm speaker in Connecticut and the patches M Thursday rarefied
. R UM.“ ordn'nu, slg’ vexd W 0‘ n. ”Wig. ”d pneum‘. ‘1'") m. ‘
nance Involved-Entire
Month of March Will'Be
Devoted to Corporation
Taxes
ml and .Enginer' Corps . .' [
try's schools and colleges are to be
mobilized behind! the~ army, ~With '
that end in view, Secretary of war.
Baker today announced the lonnstlon
ot a wan'dcpsrtmeilt'mn Education
and Special Training. l: is made up
of Col. Hugh 8. Johnson. 1!th
provost-marshalgohcrgl; Lieut. Col.
Robert. lump! the general stall.
and Maj. Grenvillc‘marlt oi-the Adin-
ant-Genersl's dc / t. ‘Associsted
with them in an advtory committee
are Dr. Charles 1;. an the car-
negie Foundation _ the, hssachu-
wn‘ei‘l is capital not capital? This
”cane Collector James J. .Walsh will
have up all next month with the man-
ufacturers of Connecticut. and the
prospects are that it will be an ex-
cordi ybuay month. In view or
thin; ollcctor Walsh asked “The
Courant" to state that. the fact that
the time {or returns has been eu-
tendcd until April 1. does not Justify
the individual in delaying his return
i
~~ Destroyed. Less than 3,- '
onstructcd
Widths—Tm :
M] will liEilEF
-BEHIRE APRIL iii
Only 636 Cars oi Coal Dur-
. £11!th Twelve Days of
, Month Comes Into
State .
nmroau res. ii.-.nupite the
poductive sunlight of the false spring.
the shadow oi. the loci lamina still
lids across the state. and, according
to Arthur G. Woollvy, State Director
of Bituminous Transportation, it is
‘iikely to continue for weeks to come.
“Even with a continuance oi warm-
er wcsthcr. l do not loolt tor a gen-
rsl relief of industry in Connecticut
galore April 1,” said Mr.'Woolley to-
day. "With more favorable [condi-
tions of railroad trsiiic, it may be
that tsctories engaged in government
work will have incl relief thattime
but I think the moral manufactur-
ing situation will remain hardopresa-
ed for any coal at on.
“As things are now, there is not
enough coal coming into the state
even to keep all the public utilities
running. to say nothing ol' lactorics.
During tho but twelve days oi this
month. only as cars or bituminous
coal have one into Gophecticut
through lsyhrook. Our latest call
“I help it“ ms iron the Norwich
‘llays oi' lndiaua. elected chairman oi
TINEL
Wln‘ANO OUR OWN OPERATOR ‘
-««..-—~.—...._,~
Fair and Warmer Tonight
UNEASINESS IN
his, or lNllliNl,
Elected By National Com-
mittee After Adams, At-
tacked Because of Pro-
German letter, Had With-
drawn .‘.‘In.-ll:lntercsltg of
Harmorry”—— ntirc xec-
ntive Committee Out
St. Louis. Mo. Feb. lit—Will H.
the republican national committee
here yesterday afternoon. will have s
free hand in bringing about harmony
0* Electric Company, which
reports loss than a twenty-tour hours'
Eillllfli
li‘iii i
—&
iooncoithstopicn
M m Harlem River.’
that's only a W of what we
re up against every day."
SillillEliS
'rss Within 09W but
tor the next attack on the democratic
citadel. according to weary commit-
M [or um pinbteemen who rested trom their labors;
ltonight. The committee by accept-
ance of resignations it otherwise.
eliminated the entire Webma-
mittce to make a clean {db or provid-
ing the party with now cadership.
A. 'l‘. llcrt, representing Kentucky.
said that from what he knew oi
Hays's energy “would not be long
hetero the committee was called to-
gathd‘r to act-with tb when in
so? g! s new. umpire mitt".
11,“ cases of pneumonia tor every
thousand troops. in the national
board, 64.! in the national army
camps. 31.06. The amniot- Con-
necticut sro‘ 8.3, while those lor Camp
Devens are even lower. being only
is,‘a' Conundrum which internal Rev- 525
Continuum”
Nfllliiiilll "
to that date, as all. of next month
will be taken upwith the corporationl
-bnsi s. This involves man can
tion of the Westdm .lillcotrlc Coin- nco y '
pany and preside '40! the; National
Association of» C ratioh'Schools:
James P. Munroe, of Boston, mem-
bers of the Federal ard tor Voca-
tlonal'Trainfng. ,. 'Dr. muel P.
Capan, of Washlll a specialist in
the higher Mutations, 'i‘hc'enth-e
committee also is authorised to call
excess profits have arrived yet, but
state. Forms Nos. 1096 and 1099. for
reporting payments oi 8800 or more
may be had on application.
irom every section. or the country. .—
(Continued on Page Seven.)
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' . ' “MIRA” _ . i ' ——*—'- 'WATER FRONT MEN
' “'L, ' , o . .-— res e . ________
,‘Wil. tods directed Minnie! Gem ' .
“21‘3“”; ,0 1”mum", me much, Trial oi the :ppeal at William F.’
dis cussed Hog island ship yard ccn- Born and Helen A. Borhe. of Nor-l
.aracts. which have been adversely' walk, from the probate of the wll
'ciiticisetl before tho Senate Camntbeir aunt, Mrs. Mary A. Brown, was
Ilcroo mum'i-“d detmjn‘ u: gun in the Superior Court yester-
“n'e hi! m m'mu'ul mung. day before Judge William M. "aubb
oi Government m , :and a Jury. Undue influence is alleg-.
.. directed a. “had as one of the reasons for the ap- WASKINGTON.-l’ab. lb—Dlpluav,
‘ "‘ "mm" '1” ’ tic wll-singles was shocked today
the news oi the sudden death is
. in con lino-:99“. ‘
illiteirii‘iinguza'gi‘onv oiJ lint 3m Brown was tor nianv years a
villainous Board in his investigation; "Mm 0‘ Willem I“ sound in
.mscmss's‘u'iiovmust also- the ‘lm helm. .
my assuminvolndlaihsllosls-
a long residence in South Norwallr,‘
““33:- si~ died Ass-ion. 1m._
t Mucus to her death an: untested
Troll A. "under”. ,
». ww‘m'g%'fi-'a a. s will-Anglia! it. 1m; in which anci-
iii
l at ,morning, at 1 o'clock. oi heart failure
, _ , had actors in who
'ldiddls street for about" years, and ssrvi
Every waterfront employe in Con-
OTTAWA, on, Feb. li.——6ir Cecil necticut
prlngltico' former British ‘Ambssss- it- his
or to the United States. died this
not carry a pass having on
unpli, according to in‘
structions received by United States
liar-ails! c. C. llddlebrooks today. He
at Government House. Lady Boring- has pines bean prepnnng the passes.
Rice and his son and daughter. Batty Those will be in triplicate/ one for,
and Anthony. aged umnd l, respec- nis employer and the other tor the
tivsly. wars with him. government records. Each will.ho
dated and numbered. All longshoro-
E
d
Oti- mea. crews of vessels and all other
by “toasters. chaplain-s, lighter.
lillllllliiilili,
\
As yet, there is no trace of George
place that he would be sought tor,
he is known to have relations in
0 get there as the neighboring towns
were on the watch for him.
‘ His lather is the only person who
could help him‘ and it maid only be
natural ior him to remain where he
could obtain aid whenever necessary.
The long stretch of country in back
on the scene of the murder otter-is;
i'nany tempting places where he could
i
only hide himself, and alter tho iirst '
hue and cry was over. slip away
quietly.
INVISTIOATI FOOD QUE” lON.
WASHINGTON, Fob. ld.—lnvestiga-
tics: of the Nation's loud situation
with particular rsiercncc to wheat
andmcsuwasbcgsntodsyhytbc
Ben-tn Agricultural Committee.
speak on woman's work in wgr, is
.an able and fluent speaker. and is
the wins! Hos. Omen. Chandler.
or Hsniord. who is s, celebrity as a
public orator. At the second rally,
non. Herbert Knox Smith, of Maine,
who was: member of both the finale-
velt and Taft cabinth will speak.
' Air. Smith’s .Miarly ,‘I'vith tinted
Continued—Elfin pale.
MEDICAL CORPS
FORHOME GUARDS i
HARTFORD, Feb. li.——-A ‘medlcai
[reserve corps tor the Connecticut has,been no activity of. L ..
Home Guard will be organised and
tremely complicated questions. 001- Felice, who is wanted for the mar- malntalncd according to orderslssued
lector Walsh also said that, neither er of Joseph Quattone, although the from the headquarters of the Military
"‘9 10m 101' wmntlons nor for police are unsparing in tth'ikr-letigtilfimergsncy Board today.
'to locate him. . it seems an e y a
3'" 90°11 80 they set here, they will the boy."has gone to New York. as he the ordin- Wad. find any hivillilan,
be mailed to every corporation in the would r'éallse that would be the first provided in each case that he a
“Any member oi the Home Guard,"
regular practicing physician, and a
member in good standing of any medl-
to any individual. are on hand“ and hat city. It would be dilllcult also cal society, may be placed in the Med-
ical Reserve Corps upon application
made or approved by the command-
lng oilicer of any unit oi the Home
Guard by his district commander.
and by the chic! surgeon.” .
Colonel Phineas H. lngalls. Chief
Surgeon. gave the reasons for the
iormatlon oi the Medical Reserve
Corps. today, as iollowsz—
"When Home Guard companies
were organised in many country
towns, physicians in those towns were
active in the,work of examining rc-
crults, and themselves became mem-
bers oi the Home Guard as enlisted
men. There was no y to
give them commissions on the reg!-
mental ptals. Those same physr
clans are taking can of the men, so
tar as the military establishment is
tows Oi Sir Cool 8 ilso. who have regular on ontfi ws- .1. Likes, oi Ida Grove. Iowa. p.6si-.ccacerncd. and they would oi course
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.coursc to pursneffl'
WM “HIE Vienna appear to be anxioiw over .
the probable fate ,of the many
M18
Was Order For I — '
tion of BussinnArI'y ,
“Sham Msnoewvrc,” a.
One Berlin Newspaper!»-
clares?
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MM lilliiil j,
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Troops to 05¢”qu
Uneasiness over the Russian sit-
uation in German and Amtriln
official circles, is indicated fp ro-
ports in the German prob. 'i'ho
iCentral Powers are said to be on—
certain concerning thc future at-
ftitnde of Foreign Hittite Trot;
like and the Bolshovlk 19'
'ment, and one Berlin 7'
says that the '
the Russian army' had
ad demobiliud wu‘l‘-
oeuvre.” '
i
' l. .,' 4‘
/r'!"(
- ' ~ 1
hcid‘confcrences-i '
)‘ ’ r" ‘6.
to the cflect that 5"” ..
tions against the = ~ . It“
be reilumed, but both Built-i and
s
rioting in Petrogrsd in which 1,.
persons were killed. ' 'V ..
In, France there has been‘a alightw
increase in the fighting ntiti'vityo-j
On the British front -0Illld-_ '
troops have carried dist two as:
'ccssinl raidsand in the rpm scoe
,tor the Germans failed in an at-
itempt tobold two Britifllj'posll
.they had taken. In Champagne,
French troops penetrated to the
third German linescnth or,
Mesnil on a front of about 4 .
yards. Shelters and '
were destroyed and one
prisoners captured"? 0".
American front in M ‘-
J i
G
quencc.
The Germans are report“! to.
working assiduously building new
defenses and bringing fro‘
troops to the western front. The
Assimiated Press correspond“
,at French Headquarters says tho
'Gerinans now have 195 division,
probably 2,340,000 men, on tho
front between the North Sea .1
the Swiss border. 1 , .7
Nineteen British, four luliaa
and two French merchantlncn are
reported sunk by snbmarinq , ,
mines in the current statement!
on «shipping losses. \.
Disclosure of British produc-
tion in 1917 shows that the Mai
nage sunk last year by comm
was three times as gratin! tint, ..
built in the United Stat. liq
Great Britain. The combined to-
tal of production is slightly .03!
than 2,0“),0“) tons, while sinking
a
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