. Entered at the booth lomtk Pest
Oillce as Oeoend Class latter.
SRIP BOARD “"
AGAIN APPEALS
lo SlRiRiRS
Al’resident‘llutcheson Order-
BRSUS MARQUIS
SRIJRHlA [RAN
«0f $50,000,000
Revelations of “Rousselot”
ed to Send the Shipbuild- Bare an Attempt to Swin-
Ins , Employees Back to tile J. P. Morgan & Com-
Their Jobs in Various pany, the New York Bank-
! Parts of the Country
MEN SAY WAllilllll
“: lilll SPREAD ARRAY
iilNlAlFflNSli’S ,
, NAME WAS Hill
A
«Ni
Fuel Bantu..."
uusr chose uosnav
Boston, l'ebruary 15, Statement: “We have decided
thesituationinlewlnglandistooserioustopermitof
tionofindustriesnextlonday. Ifweeanobtatnooaltt
makeiteuiertodecidewhethertheheatlessloudsysshall
continued after next week.” ’ -
_ Progruel AW Russell by wire: “lo-day
lagoon uesnextw yearnesthopeWashingt-iwillat
last realise our condition so that He y, the ‘
bethelast." Tobeoountedonthe side'ofloyultywe
E
El
5‘:
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this order.
GOAL RECEIVED
During the week, from February 4th to 11th, there was
received by the coal dealers of Norwalk five oars, 2” tons,‘ of
soft coal. Nohardcoalcameinduringthssedates. Inaddi-
tion to the above, ,
tonsrof soft coal, which was shared with one hotel, one labor-
atory and the balance reserved for the 's own use.
This is the second poor record‘week in coal receipts.
snouunasmusnr or woon 5
-'\__
Fair and Continued Cold Tonight
RARRRRD Bill
0f IMPRRIANRE
Senator Robinson Urges Its
Early Passage to End the
Uncertainty Throughout
the Country
lllilllus lliNllS
All NERESSARY
And Ra—i—lroads Wait-i” Their
A WAR MEASURE
illililllii lilo
_ ARE PlilNli UP
annual this
Five Have Been Continued
Several Times—February
A, With another term of the Superior
,court. criminal side, about to begin.'
Next Tuesday: is the day tor the
GAS sum BOMBARDMENI
or AMERICAN PRSIRRNS
llSlfli rill lwo Hollis. j:
Enemy Artillery and Airmen
Active in the Sector E“
\
ualties Are " rted
BRISHEVIKI HAS
RIVER lll’ lllll
Russia Has No Fear of a Ger-
man Invasion and Emper-
or William Confers With '
Navy Heads
Except on the American sector
east of St. Mihiel, there has not?
the nut appearance of another'bt't?" much fighting netiVity on .
new Judges nominated by 60v-
session of
the General Assembly. Judge John P.
preside
The docket is not very long. but
it contains eight murder cases. in-
cluding William Thomas of “Baby
and his associate.
(Wesson-rue)
' WRMAN ATlRRNEl
Wife of Man Who Murder-
edVRuth Cruger Refused
Admittance to Mrs. Hum-
NBW YORK, Feb. 10.——llrs. Grace
;,Huminston was the only one to whom
admittance to her premises was re-
im. Alfredo Coccbi,owlfe
of the man,who murdered Ruth Cru-
ger, a year ago. I‘m. Coechi said
this while testifying at the trial of
Detective John L. Lagarenne. accused
of neglect of duty in the investigation
i' Mrs. Cocchi asserted that she will-
i ingly gave up her keys to the police
(at any 'and every time, but that she
refused to yield them to ‘Mrs. Burnis-
"interfered
A last employe of
the New York Central railroad. and
Athe man who had charge ot the la-
.boreiis who discovered Miss Cruger’s
ibody, was the next witness called.
:l-ie testified to going to the shop on
'June 16 with Detective McGee and
Agetting the key to the place from the
Snow tenant am then'told the details
A After Mr. Solon left the stand Mr.
Talley began to read into the record
before
The pmcutlon will conclude its
‘case today. Three or four days will
Abe taken by the defense to put in its
lease according to Prank Aranow.
MRANIZE
A meeting of the local committee on
War Savings Stamps wq: held last
night at the South Norwalk club. It
was well attended, full of ginger, and
Den~
nlte plans were laid to secure a con-
l'slderable number of large purchases
in amounts ranging from 8100 to
81,000. The cooperation ot local mer-
chants through the contribution of ad-
vertising space in the local papers is
being requested in letters now being
mun!
tick to Dema s For Hi h- Wh I ‘ eek
8 er Wa es slid the Cloged whE'gstSAPkes'Fmflnd :3 . litany Mtg“ in Norwalk Le b wood. Share For Eflorts Madeto Term Next W .
’ Sb 8 e . allied $500, I! i have come to e ruel committee of wood being deli first Secure Increased Business
. OP to Aid was not full measurement. The convenient E f. wood 8 h -
.’ WASHINGTON b 16 . fl £3130. lengt‘z. In buying wood in the blot, wed in ne- . Wasnmoron. Feb. ld.——Sena:or the docket is round walliladgd I:raith
4 ' . Fe , .——The eitect . . - . ' . -, in di the adminis- murder can. mos e vs
tot the Shipping Board's second ali- MEW 'Yom." ”b“ 16’4"" ”’9 full $011!“??me wmwmfith" tration Baum today urged its been continued from time to time.
peat to striking carpenters inreastern "“0“ 0:139 8’"! mm“ “d "19 the “am of lobd d . . .w early enactment as a war mes-lure oil
shipyards to return to work pendingleld" D“ 5“ “P “"1 "*9 ”WW 9 y w Wind. ' 1°” If the W“ vital importance both to the Cavern court to come in and it will be mark-
”mmt 0, mm. “Mum by the. Let all the other French novelists of r them end to end, against the wall or most and to the public. fed by
“wage wustme‘board, was sunuurnth? early nineteenth century stir at that ill] support it. This debutant-toot length out or. , “It is desirable to end the existing of the
fly awaited 1101‘: today. The board'si"°“‘ mm A“ their ”muds' F" 011 have a pile that measures two feet high and m {m uncertainty as to the status of the ernor Holcomb at the last
. renewed request was made by Chair-1""er d” any of them conceive a me wide, your purchm [u]. ”32, which w. I. w I railroads and the policy of the Gov.
Juan Hurley last nlaht in a telegram more "WWI“! than was brought, or on th of ‘ If f on “I ornment in the Operation otthe same."AKellm. of Waterbury. Will
' I0 William L. Hutcheson. lireiiiiilent‘to “A?“ "‘5' “‘5’" “”0"" ”"3 “An-“l Woodl t!“ ’2 or ’0' m m declared Senator Robinson. "and to over the term.
of the United Brotherhood of Car- °' ”5"“ crud 1“" “““cm‘em’. a the n“ of 316 W cord. NM lllould have a Bonl- take such action as may be necessary
- penterl-Is sag. Joiners. vlrt m demand- airsfiloihdi lggfngflgflzmgrfigi "of WWII“ . . to prevent loss and inconvenience to
n l “ lend the C All! Ihllt- ' ‘ l the bile resultin from the lack of
liti‘ilding employee back to their Jobs. 99" "99" "199““ clerk. ; 0!? m max neeeTslary ar fnenas for malnte-‘Doll" notoriety.
Earlier A! "'9 d‘l’ Hutcheson Md “3'1 The ”"59 we" “9d me yestcr-V - stance and in ispensable lmpl‘dVE-‘Jnke Rankine. otherwise "Texas."
(D’t’réd avpravious appeal with a com-'df‘l' ““~"’“°°“ with "at?“ ““39 Edi; A report ca'me to the Fuel Committee this week that some mfllll- Furthermore. a" “MMWA
Jnnnicatlon it id be impossible to “n 8- Thomu- They new" “WW“; boys went to one ofthe local coal yardsand beugtittoosi byth. plans d policies of the Administra-
.c. until be “we doiinite propo lot. with having masqueraded as a ion. “”310 MOI. “a then m ‘ m tion do mushgmore readin for-
mer“ "w mm m .. .. :15: “mt. 11:" samurai: Monmouth c... .r. mat: a...” t. "m n... and mm... .___._._. ' '
t, or . l ‘ l ' " ‘.‘- '
' ‘ “M"M‘ swindling and with theft of Treasury who was alert seemed the anthem “was!“ ta “iii "’7' l: 4- "
——--— l , , , . , Continued its...
. i Continuodenflfinpape. Within“ ,v Mudmnwtheruswomimo. If not” ‘
B- , _ mmraquWI-vvfimdtbedtymmng or
a”. . --—v. - W“, . , _ . - .wlid schemes as learned later. and in “I. on“ I’m. .
, , ’ , ‘lhen for the first time did it become‘ W P" ~ appre-
" ‘ known that this ngw famous drawingi W fl the same. . '
. . ‘room impostor ha carried fraudu to - '
. " ‘ ' A’the.extent ofl aétemptipgptowwork/a; . 33103133001100: 3 ”AUEHTm IN
. ‘ 550,000,000swn le on . . . organ's. ‘ ' _ x '
1 FEflERALMAKKETAa Co.. and that he succeeded in ,de- Oillcial "P011! "60le allow that there was an increase I '
. _>- _ , lfrauding w. n. D. Stokes of 3500. g irty pes'.ce:t.’i:i coal felivered daily at tide-water during A
-=—————-—. _ . . ‘ ' epressntwee v eweatheroonditionswereprobab A
~ - Dflers Chum-Store SchemeA (“n“"m °“ 1"” 1"” .» ruponslblefor this real coal duleb’s ! Mon
2.. as Solutionof Serious! . - mflmmesltuationmbrightqthauithadboenatauy , , .
. 3; Wk: Problem—Corp” IPATAAAAAAAA; MEETANAA °' mam. . early, is: ,_ - Find Bodies side byosule in
1 servatioh PlansSoentobe. , soawaumuoonmrrn; Bed Covered With an!f d b
, .i Altered—Restrictmg Con-A 'I‘ THE PAUSE Johan. ' American Flax ”e ’
4.; sum iou‘llas Failed to: I4"": -
:1 Get , ' p . . . with“... m roan. rob. lOr—Neither the
._ . . , ~ . ‘ .. husbandaortbesouoflln.“
. . g . . . . '. - . Min ,hfih, .Werner, 162 Union avenue, ut -
' WASHINGTON" F.b. is.— ide One or the Biggest Affairs of 1 Feb 16 1918. Worth N- 1., '38 We ‘06" 1° °" of the 'irl's disappearance.
. e W i m.” y \ l 8
. outrages in the present methods or; the Year—Arrangements . gdbnmmgm£:riiz:tad§dh:‘1h;ygi"
some: 3:113:33?“ ‘§.:i3iiru 35:29:21. All Perfected N — °ld daushtel'. ltrs. Ruth Woodyard.
ingricultural Comma conduciingi . A . \' A l f 0 wbp killed themselves yesterday in
hearings on the food problem has A“ patriotic c" zens 0‘ ‘ omlk,’ i "'9 Werner home. ’ «ton, because the latter
called a large number of n'ltnes‘sesrwam ‘0 remember "“5 date—Tudsday - ' A . l Although the bodies were fondlwith her business.”
'A ’Irullt m.ny walks of ["8 in ” é‘m.-eveningr 1’0me? 19th; ‘he “met 8 . linger clmm't.nm 'h'ch Minted Patrick F. 80““,
est endeavor to secure suggestion; for o'clock in the evening. the place. the ' ' ': A . ' ‘ to deliberately PM!!!“ ‘08!th ”10
legislation which will "med, what. is Palace theatre on North Main street... fly I .- , women had been lseen three hours be-
rapidly approaching a world famine,‘ The "33”“ for the insistence “W“: , ' ' L 7 fore chatting nil! and “10va ll!
according to testimony already otter- ”‘9 remembrance °t this date A“ _be- ‘ , . "'9 1"“an part of the ”'3' “Ed the
ed. ‘ ‘cause on this geniugnat tthc‘ ignvtrhel- ~ . . - ——__ motive that caused “SEA: to fortin "hid!
l. s h’ ' ,place mention ,t e "3 0. 0 3" s w “flu" ' .wns leuidenty a cue e pac con
.- _Nililegn‘oimeiiiill t‘dwlacigis‘l’iilrthbefi' figs‘irr‘ig-iname' 0' ""7““ "A" 99 held. ,! i lwagergaré Has New Head not be determined.
0' ...a, mom .. worms".inertia” l gm,” ‘ kDepartment— Wm“ .“l‘”..:°::.'::"i::u::'v;
s rat 3 . . - are “93 '3 c P ' V ' v . , ' "'19- r.. ~ the tin in of the bady.
I Sense'btdgbzfogibzfomgitiég211:; “18 “19 W91" 3'1“” Committfehwill ri‘ 313133332303“ to, Feb. lli.—' e Ll es Plan man, when he returned from work M d s
' .fl'“ underrestrietion "All “"9"? meet at 8 0d?“ in the councimc 8:" tlon accidents to detemiificenih mph" “9 Smut Problem of growinci .—
sion the coibumption - of toodstuire be" “t "‘9 c“: HAAmqutdecuii t 5 ”hey my be 3',ch u, “a “ a: let bustling cities the handling or tram; (Continued on Page M) the "mum” o, ”gimme
t" Amman and m“ mom“ has?i::tlbiim:iildmtiie $31...“an oleibe :oAn.'““°"¢°fiv '8 under contempliziilgi: bl: ”Emma”? immobile "Mlle. has. ‘ the 5"“ 1”"
plso increased. ’_‘ - ,~ ' ' lmittee are‘urged to set a good exam-,th;I SthllalidCOr’pshThe frequency with fg‘eru'°?° 0: 1:: tltgerolcmes 0‘ WESTON HOUSE BURNS .
' ' ttend. ;W C see en 8 ave Occurred in th 5 e 0 39 3 '1 5 ution b
, i\‘ (Continued on Page .Twelve) ”‘9 to "he" “a“: :‘last lflortnigbt has led to menu”: ”Drifting! serggants, lieutenants and DOWN! FAMILY AWAY
. __ _ l on t at enem a eats m .1 cap as, romt e regu or police force - ‘
- f A (Continued On Page Eleien) 'tampered withy mfchines {33153;}: whose sole duty it is to have charge The house of Mrs. James GomeALagareunes attorney.
mm ASHA " .age recruiting in the Eviat'on sec- of the regular traflic policemen. formerly him-Jamal Lawrence. atA .
. , . Him. So far there are no facts to Bridgeport has a tradic captain, Olmstead's Hill, Weston, was destroy-
. I' , llustlfy this belief. New Haven 8 tramc sergeant, and ed by fire Wednesday morning. durr
‘ i , The acting chief signal onlcer hns now Waterbury hm come into line ing the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
‘ l issued this statement:-— I man, who were called to Redford. h.
- A . l EIRE AT NE lflNflflN "Distre’ilnll though recent fatalities (continued on Strut Page.) . Y" a ten" days ago by the Illness of
' ‘3 .in the aviation section of the Signal! a relative. The fire originated in the
I "EAT" VERHIBT| — A kitchen chimney. tgoutgh tbif'ee tfile‘s,
u, ' ——-—- boarders who left t e ouse or e r
" Two Patrol Boats Endanger-I (cm—mum“ on Pm Tum" AVAAAEIANAA AWAKES “'°"‘ “m" '” "‘° '“°"""‘ N “A
A ATW tfnguished the fire in the kitchen
; PARIS. Feb. ld.—llolo Pasha. who ed by Flames 0 YOUTHFUL A 'rangc before leaving. The loss is
yesterday was convicted by a coult AUTOISTS .FINED $500I . mu“ A SlUMBER partially covered by insurance. Mr.
“ .manial for treason and sentenced to' NEW LONDON, Conn. Feb. 16.—A: w“ ,_ ‘ Kimble. ‘uperintendent of the Quartz the members are confident of a sue
sit-nth, yesterday appealed from the barrel of oil belonging to one of the? NEW HAVEN. Feb. Iii—Bennett H A mine who was a boarder l" "19 18"” ceaafnl campaign in Norwalk.
A yerdlct to the Court of Cassation. ~ ghalf dozen chilean submarines lhfllflibbnrd, 19. a High School student! ,in lost several "1113“" Paper! "l
3010. much to his surprise. plan are tied up at the 81,000.000 Statetog New Britain, who“ automobiléi the are.
vdl‘t'llled in prison garb and taken to pier, where the last visiting German killed ",0 then lit Bangor... last fall.' '——
the death cell upon his mum to Inbmrlm was kept durins her "VI was used $500 on a charge of man. «—~ Fire Destroys Food
‘usnie ri- (on: e passed a restless spans a leak yesterday and started slaughter, in Superior Court roster-l SAN JOSE. Costa Rica. rob. is.— W ell - “emu
' ’nisl-t but was sop-rently hopeful that I blue on the 9mm Ilde of the at" day. The mon‘ wet: ridin‘ bloycios.’ (Correspondence of The Associated ar oases m
jslu- decision may be reversed on ap that threatened a couple of American mph.” claimed that a New in,“ ma- Prensa—The lrasu volcano, the lar- '—“—’
. peat. He said to the guards: .. patrol Mall- , [chine inst ahead knocked the men onkest and higbast in Costa Rica. await- ZURICH, Feb. 16.-—nre pleieiy mailed. A part of their usual space
f . ‘1 am perfectly tranquil. l have No one knows how the waste oil. um. wheels you" be [truck ‘mmlened and began a new period or no. destroyed two immense w rebouses to be used to advertise War Savings
‘- ol'thousand molds for appeal." which altered limit tle plot. be- Paul Goebel. aged 17. who killedllent activity after nearly two cert. near the railway station in Vienna Stamps or all of the space for a cer-
OIIP 0! “IO-0 ll lull-Id ‘0 '9 tit M. Ignited, h" for immune" Arthur Bishop. in Hamden. while drlv- turies of quietness. g londay. according to reports nach~ taiu period is wind the
MIMI that a witness tor the W 0‘ "I W a" ””4““ ll“ 3 "'0', In a machine last tail, was also In The previous remarkable eruption lag here today. would “30 l9 ”M"-
, the-lion was seen during a recess in fish! with "I. "‘0- ed sue. upshot wss taking a girl of this volcano took place in was A quantity of paper clothlnr. dried tor the org-nimb-
ll girls!” in nontuzsotion with the The two patrol vessels were badly mm when cps‘ia Rica was the m; or "my. and potatoes were destroy- men” who will hold themselves is
. spr‘aident ot the court martial and
was government counsel.
} tunnels-s.- stun Page.)
out to ride in another man's
scorched ”"9 "MY ”flu." '9'"? machine. Judge Bennett said tbeA
IIIPM and "I" '9" drifted into "10 state was about as much to blame
. —— ternsviaglswsuadorwniebachfla
Coatiaseaon fifth sac-u - maydrive an auto-oblia- ’ A
the colonies under the town
Spain. During that year the lrasu came at a critical time. and Is Inch quired were also made.
m:lstb res-is ,,
' J
momma-unwary”
valueottnefeolstnlar- , i mull“;
.1
r\,_r ,i l - .s A \. ' ‘
aw; ‘
0k“. The newspapers declare this loss readiness to give their services as re-
the western front. American‘po-
nitions have been subjected to a
Abombardment of gas shells which
[lasted two hours and the Ameri-
lcun and curry artillery and air-.
men have been more active.
The poisonous fumes from the
German shells remained, over the
Large numbers of air-era
sought to cross the American
lines, but couldnnake no prom
against the aerial . {m
good elect. ., .
With the British; and French
armies, Friday, the day he Ger-
mans advertised they at-
'tack in force, passed more quietly
than previous days;‘ On the north ,
light, but the German artillery
was more active than usual in
[Array-Cambrai sector.
artillery checked two enemy raids
against the Chaume Wood, north-'
American trench h " " ' '7':
but there wereflngm
ern end the patroling activity was_ ,
of St. Mihie But No Can- i
deficit; .3. .~ ‘
“twirl.“
. at}:
9%th A.
defenses. A ‘ y A
have bombarded the roar, -~.
lines and communicat with
7a
i',.'...
least of Verdun, and in the Woevre' f. A
'and in the Voses Mountains the]
opposing batteries were busy.
Fighting activity on the Italian". 4 ‘
front remainadight. , 7
That part of Russia dominated
lby the Bolsheviki has withdrawn
’from the war and all war alliances.
[and has little fear of a German"
invasion. The All-Raisin Central
y 7"
Executive Committee of Work.‘ ‘
men’s and Soldiers’ Councils has
approved the action of the Russia-
representatives at Blunt-Monti
Members of the committee said the
masses of Germany and Austria
would not permit. a further oflen-
sivc against Russia by their 307-,
ernmcnts. No newspaper dis-‘
[patches from Petrograd have been
received in London for a week, and
it is believed there that the Bol-
shevik censorship has decided to
suppress the activities of corres—
pondents. '
I Emperor William has summoned
the beads of the German Navy to
Imperial Headquarters for a con;
forenee. and it is announced that
Herr von Payer, the Vice-Chancel-
lor, will make an announcement
shortly in the Reichstag on the
government's future submarine
policy. The probable nature of
the announcement is not disclosed
by German newspapers. Evidence
of a probable naval engagement
in the finding of a large number
of bodies of German sailors, ap-
parently from warships, is report.
ed 'from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Gothenbnrg is near the Bkagerrsk,
the vicinity of which has been
the scene of important naval bat-
tles. In the North Sea, near the
Skagerrak. was fought the battle .
of Jutland.
LONDON, Feb. 16.——An enemy -
submarine bombarded Dover
early this morning, it is ofleially,
A'l‘t.
1‘.
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