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Office as Second Class Matter.
lilll GLGSING
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IN liw ENGLAND
Fuel Administrators Say an
Exceptii‘m May Be Made
in the Case of New Hamp-
shire
MANY lllli NIIIS
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Fifty-Five Victims of Fire
» ‘ *2. Montreal Are Known,
" .’ and It Is Believed That
Others Are in the Ruins
’lfleSPIlll WARN
Witness , Tells Coroner Phe-
lan Quattone Assaulted Al-
leged Murderer Before the
Shooting
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i} PATIENTS SAVED: MUST SHIN llllWNj APPNEIIENIIEII
filmy Sick Canadian Soldiernguestion of Supplying Coal'Oflicials Visit Scene of Al'-
and Bed-Ridden People‘
Carried Out By Firemen
rand Troops
Carrying Ship Put U to” f T
President Wilson ‘ p sigma“ “kc Measure-
BOSTON, Feb. '15.v—Next Monday;
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Coroner'John J. Phelan toda c -
.will be y on
. um EAL. Feb. 15.—-From the in all Nee?ubl2‘dl;llm‘d: :lttbeat‘dzu :xitinued his post mortt‘m inquiry into
gums of the Grey Nu ry's fireswcpt ble exception-of New Hampshirem'i‘hel' the death of Joseph Quattone. who
«claiming the Ml" fourteen more fuel adminitltrators of the various was shot on Sunday afternoon near
child?” were "NOV“! WI torenoou states made this announcement afterlm' home in Ascension street by
rivals lo "t’ave the dean] toll of a long confprence last night Ex.lGeorgp Fence, the lg'yflrflld you‘ll
the tragedy which visited the lnsfttu- plalnjng [hal'the whole situation vi'sdl who m m“ missing “1 whom the W
in last III”- ! a matter of ships .18me J S! w . lice have not apprehended as yet.
. y . — - 0"” . The inquest was held today in the
: .v. The-heroism of the Sisters who were New England fuel administrator. said‘cny court room city hall and started
I’MM“ fighting. averted a greater tying ships would be put directly up. Enmm" 8mm“ H Huntington "a ,
”'1'" enabled toescapo ‘hiough‘day as a. holiday will be left to ex-i
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, ,. mwered from” a
. burning soldiers invailded home‘from the qeumo" o, supplying “HRH-ml 11:300'cloclithis'mornlng Medical
JOP-ii of life. Nearly 1,000
crippled
m and women. to President Wilson.
. lthe flr t
wounded military. The decision'as to whether Newlphelanflmuhng’qi; asCtlbnll'lzl-nn‘yl’: J“
W. and MN“ only 8 ‘9" “9‘“ Hampshire shall continue next hion- to me “use 0‘ death and Dr Hunting-
. my... ‘ s of the n . ‘ . . ton staled. that the right internal lilac
’- ' "“19 “1 lb! lira minim been f3?” Charla; M. no”. he] “I am” hfld beenficl'i‘red by a bullet
_amm . . .. . natrator or t at state. Mr. Floyd and had caused ‘ hemorrhage which.
at the conference for a ahort’m turn. had caused death. The bul-
.. today. but was obliged, to.retnrn 1 t
bodies of babies already (to his home in Manchester. because of] 0., gmdormw: ahficuru"
ogdef‘lngmlu lllucse, Before the conference assem-l
i slot-tramp. Feb. lay—With lolly—‘33.“,
r1" . . _, . It w 3 -
YETW‘G‘?" “it nag? ggzjbled. it was understood that he wouidi ‘" W _ ' 9" “i ”W
anon today contii‘itledr their seal'cil for germ“ “fine“ :0 Lem"? “on? titan-2 (Continued on 1P". Twelve)
hither possible victims. Officials of. ay. regs esso w att e at .r ”I - . I
o institution were unabl ‘. i t ~I , ' ‘ " I
. fir to give a list of or let 35.21:. :il (Continued on Page Twelve) INAVY BASE BREAD I
' hustling, but they estimated the loss‘ ‘ , l UNDER SUSPICNON
tofailfe fifrom fifty to one hundyd. I M" an “EA“ l ‘
.2 1’5. 1 e' re. the cause of which is attri- N . ' ' ‘ r
v.1 .‘liuted'to defective electric wiring. ‘ lBredxwdloh\mN' Court. Feb. 10'"
. .. till-ted in the dormitory of! the: - I tidelfVe'red :arly‘lhlfege‘dllinggrlege‘ilfi
"a, room. where there were 170 children' , F ' base. '
uneasily babies of. a few days or a‘ _ s marine “ under investigation.
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L‘siew jail-labor system. and to report
.ld'i yet no report has been decided
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Gill iiilllIlNllW
flips ms was hit by the buoy of
,Whiie the resulti’of the'analysis has
in“ been disclosed, the authorities sav
',therjo was ’a foreign and dangerous
lsubsta‘nce in the bread, which was dis-
‘covered in time to prevent nay seri-
gew weeks old. Nurses and nursing
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I PUZZLES GilllNlil 5::
ousireaults. '
Major S“ I 18-31” While nothing has developed to
_ its" the responsibility. the contract for
Now in Judge AM‘Isupplying bread‘ for the submarines
General De‘mrtmentflbase has been cancelled. Samples of
.lhbo bread h‘ave been sent to the State
. a ratory or analysis.
eorge J. Rau, of Hartford, is‘ The .
. ‘ proprietor of the halter It’ll
gov ”“91; of the 102d Regiment in ,been closeted with federal sneer); silo
Stat ta F b‘d Re i $333!, as: Lnffimstiggilrhgg: :2: ,clossiy questioned. The proprietor is
(it ll 01’ l S “W- . l. 1 a naturalized American c'tizvn. and
lsubstantiated i881 night in Hartford the federal authorities say he has met
al—Obiections to A“ where word was received that Major '
1 them in a spirit at coordination and
. Plans Proposed—Latest; R“ has temporarily ”“99de C0'- has aided them in arriving at a solu-
, . . . Ernest L. lsbell, of New Haven. . . .
Idea '8 ’0 Have PriSOllCl’Sl .At Colonel lsbell's home last night #3:; figéhirgid’tgz illdhefliegflii
00 Agricultural Work ' I
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9.
, Contracts Expire July 1 and
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'his family stated that the last .they 'fo
,. re. it entered his ovens.
heard fr.om him. he Was in command' it is reported that ground glass and
rlof the 102d it was reported that he'
3 When the Legislature of 1917 enact-i . - ' “‘me ""8 diamet‘t‘d in tho
8?:thjillaw forbid ing,tlle letting outlwou‘d be trans-5232 to the Judge bread.
—' mos abor to co tractors. it prepar- - ' ' ’ ' _
gonpliglbtlzem thath the members froml (Cont-hues! on Seventh m.) DISAPPROVES 0F
out 9 onnty ave since come to . ‘ ' '
potieve is full of knots. Nintendo-EWING ENEMY CHAIN PLAN FOR
me new means of keeping Fairfieldi ALIENS” PROPERTY WAR STAMP SALE
-pounty prisoners employed must bel
. erased by J 1- p . . . .
.29 .10 me- for": (1,2,3 Egpfijjgml WASHINGTON. Feb.'15.--Federal HARTFORD. Feb. Iii—«An emphatic
3,“ been reached, and the prospect agents today are searching the coun- stamp 0i disapproval has been placed
thrust the decision will be deplayed "y for enemy aliens' property "me" by “9“?“ Chine)“ “a” “”9“” 0'
(or some time. ‘ . has not been reported. The search the National “or Savings Committee.
C At the last meeting of the Senators w” ordered by A' Mitchell Palmer. on the endless chain" schemes which
ind Representatives of l-‘nirtlold Coun- alien property custodiann in .8 state- “? now entering Connecticut from
.31 with the county commissioners. a meat calling “9°“ 10"“ Americans i0 0th" taint-es for ”I” di"903““ or. "If"!
a 'cdrnmittee v“ raise d, with insiruc— assist in giving information of enemy‘stamps and war savings certificates.
3“,)” to outsider. the devising of a ail-ens who: through ignorance of the' Mf- Cheney in a statement issued
‘ law or malicious intent have failed to
make returns of their holdings. \‘iolat- method {Or the sale of stamps legiti.
era are subject to a fine of $10,000 or limit- and that he would do all in his
ten years' imprisonment .01' both. power to discourage the sale of
The custodian ordered the immediv stamps bi’ liiiii plan. Mr. Cheney will
ate taking over of the Schutte and 08“ “PO“ his entire organization
,Koertig Comonnv. of Philadelphia, :1 throughout the state in an effort to
,blg automaflc valve concern which ElOD ill? numerous "chains" which
than been working on government, con- are coming into Connecticut from
bani; to the joint. meeting at as early
-- l ditto as possible. The meeting was
then adjourned to await the report.
upon.
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ill-acts. it was announced that the Other Mates. "An ‘endless chaln'
"W0 STEAMSHIPS :hear‘ing had shown the ompany to be “heme '8 t bid imposition at all
COLLIDE IN FOG owned entirely by German interests "fines. it is mortally bad as a man:
,0
in Germany, . id scaling: h governmet'it securities."
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' IN ATLANTIC PORT. Feb. 15.— ‘_—"" .—
An American passenger steamship WILL PROSECUTE . ' TWO TENEMENT
.which left here. vesterday. returned; COAL HOARDERS .
HOUSES COLLAPSE
l Louisiana. rity. Feb. ia—of tea
HARTFORD. Fab. 15.-—'i'homas W loci-sons buried under the ruins of two
.- tosny witnn large'lioie above her
flashcard waterline amidships. Shel
was. in: collision shortly after mid-'
‘ IN CONNECTICUT
7 “£0?“ an unknown-latent”. the“
W was not earned. Russell. fedsral .rael Administrator tenement houses which i m
y!“ - e Mafia passenger ship was for Connecticut,.lgu received tom here, “,1, pod." under ihecgr'etsuls
P om for Cuba. The collision occurrv Washington explicit'dlrectlons to aid of a high wind, seren had been re-
.avduring ‘a dense fog. The passed!- the National. Fuel “Maturation In honed four hours later. several wars
the lite prosecution of coal boarders. Arr seriously inlured. The other three.
vessel whose anchor was torn ncuncemant” oi the order. received two women and a child. buried deep
- .- they separated and left in Wednesday. VII W to“! .by underuthe ruins .are believed to be
e made by the impact of the Charles W. Jaynes. first Deputy to dead and‘it pebbabiy will be several
. . n . ribs lists Mniaismor. "' whoarsbsfsrethsy'eaabsmebsd.
DURING fIGll 1
today that he did not regard this,
{initial lililll
ill suits it
u. with"
Edward Schroeder, of Fair-
iield, to Be Intarned—Had
l Praise For Butt Efficiency
The bluff of Edward Ichroeder, of
Mill Plain road. Fairfield. that he had
audicient influence to prevent his or-
treat for anything he said against the
gllnited States government. was call-
‘ed by Charles H. Lane. special agent
lot the Department of-Justicle, last
night and Schroeder was ’arrested by
Deputy Marshal Gallagher and will
be interned. Schroeder is a Geiinan
alien and Mr poms time past has
been extolling the eilclency of the
German armies and d preciat-ing the
werk of the United tos govern-
from. in its prepantir mr war.
The news that ’was doing
considers“ bulking] last the p!-
eminent. camelto the loan of spent
mane recently and he.‘ ioned Deh-
roeder about causal hil actions.
but the fellow paid a "head to the
warning.
Claimed 'ihiluobos."
He was more boastfh‘i than ever
that his “influence" was of such a
character that he need have no fear
of Federal agents or anyone else.
(Continued on Bigth Pass.)
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GAS EXPLOSION ,
SHAKES STAMFORD
STAMFORD. Feb. lbw—Damage to
,a considerable extent was d. e last. pair work. and It compo twoltotbe Long lslpd College hospital. The negotiations ‘at Bresto
midnight when a short circuit. ‘dwior three days i r. ‘ ‘ d llyf‘iherc it was said his condition was Litovak broke mp’éin g mmy ’
tric “KM wires ignitedrmn WhICh had-tie up everything. At the Bethle on not serious. session, after Will 9v _ "
tilled wire chlorination Cllfl's_Hill;Company's- shipbuilding w
with a romltnnt? explosion of much'gltmtlon was described as
force. .meodroo manhole covers
were blown ,to bits. buildings were
shaken and many people left their
beds and ran outside to find out what
the commotion was about.” »
The police claim that Cortland H.
Young. a writer, in driving his auto
mobile over Clark'siliill ran into an
electric light pole. bringing it down.
The arc-lump natures tell u on Miss
hi. E. Kutchiss. of No.'3 t Forty-
fourth street. New York. and painfully
'hurt her.. At first surgeons believed
she had sustained a fractured limb.
Miss Hutchiss was cared for ats hotel
willie Young. who was only bruised.
stayed fiver, night at the :police star
tihn. lie lives in Newfield avenge.
His claim is that a heavy fog ob-
soured vision as the machine went
over the bill.
TEN Los'r WHEN
SHIP FOUNDERS
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NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-Ten men of
the officers and crew of the British
Steamship Miguel de barringa, of
nearly 5,000 tons, perished in mid.
ocean on February 8, when the vessel
foundered. A cargo of grain bound for
France went down with the ship.
A British warship rescued 27 men
who had taken to small boats and
some of these survivors arrived here
by rail today from a Newfoundland
‘ rt.
I po'l‘he Larrinaga’s captain, E. Williams,
his chief ofiicers. R. S. Mara. and his
second officer and gunner and six sail-
ors sacrificed their lives because the
small boats were not large enough to
hold all on board.
For forty. hours Captain Williams
and his companions perched at the rail
of their ship, halfovertumed, and tired
rockets These were observed by the
British warship. which earlier had re-
sponded to an S. 0. 8. call sent out
when the Larrinaga's cargo had shift-
ed and disaster was apparent. The
warship, however, was unable to ap-
proach. owing to the high seas run-
ning‘. and when dawn came on Febru-
ary 6. the cargo ship had vanished.
The ‘Larrinaga left Newport News.
\'a., late in January for a French port.
The Laminaga. formerly a Spanish
steamship, was in the service of the
British government.
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cmfiauou CASTLE
KILLED WHILE FLYING
FORT WORTH. Tessa," Feb. 15,-—
Captaln Vernon Castle of the English
Royal Flying Corps. was. killed this
morning while [flying fifteen miles
west of Fort Worth. . , ,
Castle had .made. over tso flights
over the German lines and was the
hero of, many exploits in the war
zone. 'His work had been upoclally
.on the ii'landers front and bad cover:
ed a period of nine months. He came
to‘l‘ort Worth last October along with
hard Wallasley. .
. (Confined bit-Fags haves); '
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scorn aoawaax coal. nmavTrssauaav 15,1918
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Nlill Illllllllills
Fair and Much Colder Tonight
SHIP SINGERS
ill Milli MONEY
AND 0108i SHGP
GERMANY BEGINNING NEW ;
NGRIIIIRN RUSSIA INVASIGN
AS PEAGE GGNIERENGI. IIIIIG
ills AWAY '
Plants and Threaten to Tie German Terms Refused by
“i" “one...
y ‘ FRflM “UAR“, . gazak UP ill" a Storm, 3“.
llllll sullll “I” '3 3“!"
Cook on Norwegian Ship
Fails to Heed Order to
Stopin Barred Zone
GANAIIIAN nulls ,
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French Soldiers Are Also ;
Continuing Raids in 'the
Champagne Region;
Peace on German terms having
been refused by tho Bolshovilr gov-
ernment, Germany will again take
up military operations against
Northern Russia. This resolution ‘
is reported to have been arrived“
at a conference at Imperial Head.
quarters between Emperor Wig.
liam and military and political
leaders. I’etrograd probably will
be the objective ,of‘qthg gew‘in- ’
vasion. ‘ i " ' "' J ‘ .
Director . Ball Picking Out
the Best Men For the Po-
“sitions
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\ NEW YORK. Feb. 15.--Kaslia Ha-
BALTIMORE. r-zh. 15.-—'rhe utrlirc‘ Ban. a cook 0:1 the Norwegian steam-
of 700 carpenters for higher wages ilhip Hyna. moored in the Atlabllc
which began yesterday at the ahlp—lhflln. South Brooklyn. was sill lie!-
building plant of the Bethlehem suctiterdsv by Private Clement Oncoia.
Company at Sparrows Point, the Bal- of United States Waterfront Guard.
timore Drydock and Shipbuilding Cotn-l N0. 2. when he began to run away
Daily. and seVera‘l smaller local yards.l upon the lsuard'e order to halt in'
continued this moerng “correct-Who barred zone. at lnilay and Bowen.
dent J. M. Willis. of the Baltimore’street's.
Drydoclt-‘Ind Shipbuilding Companm Hagan "is walking with his broth-
sald that the matter was in the hands or. Magaus, also a cook on the steam-
of the Government. and that the com- er. It is charged that when the guard
pany was having no dealings with the ordered them to halt and show their
men. While all the other depart- passports admitting them into the bar-
ments of the company were at‘worlt, red gone they tied.
he said. the at he of the cal-pm“ The guard fired three shots after
naturally delayayconstructiongn’l re-‘otheln. felling Kaska. He was taken
i :
no; . «m
ork‘n the’"‘!‘lie mothers were held-by the
identical police on a charge of- violating the
Shipbuild‘ barred zone regulations and refusing
lto halt at the order of the guard.
The shooting took place a tshort dis-
.tance from six large piers. two'of
of which are said to be used for
government work.
tlilllll ills
lllNGESlllllGIIS
.E i.
zky. the Bolshevifii . ,
tcr, enunciated a plan' ’ ‘no War,
but no peace.” This was reject-
ed by Germany, which holds that
Trotzky’s declaration ended the
armistice on the Russian front.
The armistice expired Thursday.
It is indiated .in Vienna dis~
patches that the Central Powers; '.‘ ..
made peace with the Ukraine in- ‘ ‘
order to ofl'set ' their diplomatic
defeat at the hands. of Trutzky. It
is reported that Germany” will
with that at the Baltimore
ing plant. ,
Besides dissatisfaction over wage
schedules. it is slid the strikers War.
(Goad-sod tin—Page Twelve)
PATNIIITIG llllll] ‘ ,
’ :SNIIN I’IIINNlIl
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an
A r.
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‘ 91);)ng I:hc gkraiiae against the
Will Be Held in Social Roomdlundreds of Miles of Rails '3‘" f- “° em" .“F'”.
of Mayehoil' Factory 'Feb. Filled With Rolling smk-iigftfvfiggayggmtigeBgshmh g:-
23 and March 1 Which Railroad Compan-'there is little doubt that tireso-
l
iral Powers will use all me to- ’
protect the food supplies 'eh,
they hope to obtain from the , ~
rainel By aiding. the. Ukraine, "
lies Neglected
The State Food Administration and
the State Council of Defense have‘
asked Norwalk, through its Home _
Economics Committee. of which Mrs.I WASHiNGTON, “b‘ 15' Thous:
James G. Gregory is the chairman. to 3:8; $11332:eghzregzteracficémgf Germany probably would ”(it -
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have one of the State Food armpits ems neglect 0‘ “Hm“ m mmwhim: to bring baclt from the west
”"9 '“ “mm repairs, occupy miles to; men inlern front more than a few of the
Plans for moving pictures and tab . . . .
, eastern rail centers and are largely divuuons moved there recently
loans are under way. The people of m’ ”Me for l' l , 4
* ' hams? and mi" from the east.
Norwalh will find man an gs that 5 - ,
willbe of interest to thgm. [The food 2; 3:35:31: 1:: "5 ”mm may 0n the northern end of the
. 'terstate Commerce“ .
‘33: isbdi’h b9 13:“;th innitloiggt; Commissioner McChord to Director,western front Canadian "00]”
8' " ' General McAdoo. .
_ . again have been successful in a
3:11 {agiviguzlgnpgfi fiflfignggdfigj Conditions are worst at Philadel-‘-raid into the. German lines. The
amend,“ Amy. 'phia. Pittsburgh. Harrisburg; Altoona."llatest incursion was made north
the ”mm of foods madelCleveland and Buffalo, it was shown. of Lens and a few rim” and
Besides *The Penna lvania early this week - p.
from the substitutes which we are. ll d 1992 I lied bad order can at two machine guns werb captured.
“'3“! ‘0 “’9' the" Yul“: ahbluecgig: 5.0053. 13%? at Harrisburg. more French troops continue their raids
:0:nl::nl::lth?§2st aghast; mm than 1.500 at Conway Yard. near Pitts— in the Champagne and . hare
it is hdped that everyone ‘who makes bill's“. 390 at Cleveland- 47.8 3‘ Phi‘a' brought back prisoners from the
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Idelphla. and 510 at Buffalo. it was German trench es northwest and
(Continued on Page Nine)
‘ (Conunned—o—d—Page Eight) _ east of Rhcims.
ASK HOTEL MEN T0
. MIn ilhc retgiofn fit}: the little du
' esnl , cos 0 elms, merican
SAVEMENU cmsLSlllllllIiISIS Ill
GllllNll ‘lENNlIE
and French artillerymen are one .
I gaging the Germans in violent ex. '
Reports Given at Morningl
Session—Big Educationall
lchungcs. South of Ira Dormoise
'French batteries dispersed a
Program Planned i
iStl'Ollg concentration of German
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HARTFORD.1Feb. 15.—-Evcry hotel:
manager and restaurant proprietor in
Connecticut is being urged to preserve_
copies of meatless, wheatless. and.
porkless day menu cards for the hotels
and restaurant division of the Federal
Food administration for Connecticut.
consisting of Almon C. Judd of Water. I
bury. Walter S. Garde. of Hartford:
and John Porter of Hartford. The Con-|
necticut hotels and restaurants di-
vision has been requested to submit‘
these menus to the Washington allies
of the food administration and the ,
hotel and restaurant managers in this
state may mail them direct to Wash-
troops. On the Italian front, and
especially between Lake Gard.
and the Piavc, the artillery ac.
tivity has increased, but the in-
fantry operations have been con-
fined to small raids.
Adoption of the reply to the ad-
tleld County work in the Connection dress from the throne by the House
Woman's Suffrage association in tha.of Commons puts an end to the
sun parlors of the Stratfield, mlnttaclts on the [Joya George
The February meeting of the Fair
Bridgeport. found the various leagues.
Danbury. Greenwich. Riverside, Strat-
ford. Monroe. and interesting reports
of the special work in bland were
made. Mrs. J. A. Rawacn. Jr., chair-
man presidedy with bliss Caroline
menses. leader in the Woman's
section, Council of National Defense.
also present to make the special ad]
dress of the afternoon. lliss Grace
Murray was named to serve as secret
ington. if they wish.
The food administrator wishes to
demonstrate that the hotels and res-
taurants are using brains and spend.
iag money to drive home to American
people the. necessity for seasoning
food. The food administration is also
preparing a census to show the num-
ber of persons fed daily in public eat-
lng places and the amounts of food
consumed. When this census is com- tary.
plated it will show a complete record: livid rt's president. Mrs. flannel
oLiiie performance of all hotels and '. Shaw. was prepared to report for
be Varied activities of the league.
restaurants. giving a correct measure
‘ of the value of assistance being es-
tanded ‘ the food administration.
(Ce-thud on Page last.)
government, which threatened to
become serious. The House pals-
cd the reply without division
Thursday. night 'after all hostile
amendments had been withdrawn
.or defeated.
Efforts to crush German-made
ace and other propaganda ‘in
co have resulted in t a. con-
viction of Bola Pasha an be has
been sentenced to be executed as
a traitor. Bolo'spent much Ger.
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