AOOOGIA'I'ID PIE“ NEW. I30“ ALL PANIC-OF run,‘ 0” IV A "COIM- WIII AND OUI OWN OPERATOR
lasrasmnnpim
swarm or
mucus mm
on Al nuns.
l Cultivation of oyster beds in Long
' i . iIsland Sound will begin about March
, , 1. according to Charles E. Wheeler,
M Of nifty-FIVE Men.general managerof the Sealship Oye
lire Shots at “Enemy”
obstructions before that time.
Incidentally extraordinary efforts
effort to stimulate oyster growth with
a view to relieving any food chm-.-
of First Anniversary Held
by Christian Association
inundattbcdcuthflcmlkm
Ofilccnclccondclascliattcr. '
llllSllillllEN PLAN
l Hoped to Increase Food
Supply Here
..
‘21:!- Coggfiv. Boataheare being “put
. . . -. . o c ton for t spring we k.
m m New Mortar it is expected that the waters in the
.t '. ; ----- Sound will be clear of ice and other
”P mllEmENANT will be made to increase the harvest
, of oyster crops in the future. With
’ g m FMS" TAREET food supplies scarce. said Mr. Wheel-
? ’ ,er, oyster dealers will make every
Sui. J C l artial— age in the future. -
' l "M” "m" B“"““““'MllllNlNfi STAR HAS.
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Patriotic Meeting in Honor
batest Quota Saturday i
F CAMP DBVENS, Ayer. Mass, Feb.
Ill-dined” with a light trench mor-i
tar. o. weapon which has come to be-
lbo toast feared of all Weapons by:
the Germans. was held here last night'
for the first time with a class or,
thirty-dye pupils firing shots tully
bharged into “enemy" trenches. The
W. 'mhich 'il described as’a con-
handed howitzer. has become knowni
as the deadliest weapon on the battle] The Morning Star (‘hrlstlan Assm
tronta of Europe. it has terroriudmiation wishes to thank each and
. gun thins. .Thus far not one of these every one thta helped to make their
nous has .been captured- by ;tlie{rally and jubilee on the 12th and 13th
Berthans. . g of February a success at this. their
. . -—-—— ,first anniversary as an incorporated
' (Continued on Icvcatn Page.) body.
' . --—-——~——-——,—-—-—~ -> The association sought to raise one
m STUDENTS Ihuutltcd dollars at this meeting and
, _ - ' -did raise a little more than a hundred
l ’- DEAD IN FIREJollsrs, thanks to the cooperation of
l
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load their lives toddy"
ma trunlng'bollmof the 3"... ‘ Then- was an excellent program ren-
”all" Army, in qut “gm street. dered each evening. A Archer deliv-
fl‘ti'et property loss .was estimated at" .
. 000. 3 . (thousand On Page Twelve)
s ultimo/tans“—
———-.as
'g fire which, charity at home.
l
"mm”.
mores av costumes on pun uc mronnarlou'
Hamil: mechanics with trades adaptable to ship-
building may mil in the finiud States Shipyard Voimttcers
oynflhgatthcduoftheflouthlorwalkWuBmcauwhioh»
-isflieigealaganoyofthc0mccticnt3tatc00uncilofnetcusc.
HARTFORD. "b. 21;“, “thllo Connecticut state Council of De-
‘ organised and fence and made public by. the coun-
ter: of all labor. both ell. The State Comet! of Defense is
h misc-operating with Lee A. loner, fed-
eral dircto'r for Cuaeeticut. of the
Public Service Reserve. in'tbe'esroll-
lllll lllfllllill lllllll’S
Cultivation to Begin March
' friends and-admirers. We are doing W43."
'—’ N YORKt‘m. li.-—Two cm. Our bit. .lfifty. dollars of-thzs money
' firm static." and :1th ‘N '0.“ W!" boys “Over There" r
such " " ye." old.‘. and 'fifty dollarst for home. work fora
sous? aoawani. cosh. T : . urn-a, ma
uwvm toms
mums Will it
250,00_ll_l_E8lill
Attempt to Divert Property
of Henry W- Ranger, a
Noted Painter, Is Reveal-
ed in Surrogate’s Court
tutti
‘-
wwm's
illlll minivans
Physician Pinned Under-
neath and Sustains a Brok-
en.Arm and Other Serious
Injuries ,
, Dr. Arthur H. Baldwin was severely
State Fuel. Administrator
RussellAftcheiurnFrom
Boston Announc'es Sitar.
i
llllllill ill-illlll
lllllill INSTRUMENT
Stamford, Conn.,'Attorney
Says It Was Done Two
Years After Artist’s Death
NEW YORK. Feb. zl.—.Amaaing
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lfacts dealing with an acknowledged,
lfraudulent will purporting to have
lbeen executed by the late Henry W.
Ranger. the famous American painter,
who died two years ago, are contain-
ed in ailidavita filed in the Surro'tes'
Court by Martin W. littleton. as at-
.torney for Charles Henry Phelps. who
{represents the National Academy 0‘
Design. chief legatce of the estate
. worth more than $25,000.
l How a conspiracy was formed to
'keep the academy from obtaining the
lcstatc is disclosed in documents in
the nature of. an afldsvit by Charles
lN. Wexler. a lawyer. of Stamford.
Conn. who admits drawing up the
false instrument almost mo years at-
(Cecil-sedga ‘ ’ has
you
littliiltllflss
.5 MEMBERS
Christmas Drive Proves to'
Be Most Successful, Bring- .
ing in $331050 . ' l
33. .
the American Red Cross sayi, that
three thousand six hundred eighty.
eight members wefe secured-Where
were about one thousand eight hun-
dred members before the drive began. .
James Wood. campaign manager. has
made report of the drive to Henry
P. Price; treasurer .of the local chap-
of the chapter is extending his appre-
ciation for the great success of the
drive.
The. letters of Iir. Woodward, Hr.
Wood and the financial report of~ the
receipts and disbursements of the
" ,' Christmas drive are given herewith
as follows:—
_ . February 9th. 1918.
,Mr. James Wood,
South Norwalk. Conn.
Dear Mr. Wood:—
We have received your letter of
January 31st, submitting. on behalf
of Mr. Maniac D. F. Iockwood. in. as-
sistant treasurer, a statement under
date of January 28th ofgrcceipts and
disbursements of the Christmas Mem-
bership Drive of theAmerican Nation-
,al Red Cross.
We have had an audit made of the
receipts. disbursements, bank account
(Continued on Page Seven.)
'Housa'romc RIVER
BRIDGE DAMAGED
DERBY, Feb. 21.——-Cold weather
last night checked the rise of water
in the Housatonic river here, and the
volume at the dam was four feet less
' 2"?‘t
I ."itwac masses as the omega.
fennoe,"- Ir. Russell informs his io,to his lot. He rode a bicycle since
' racy-m invented. and was one of~
lllilllm
_ Reports on the. Christmas Drivejfoemfic'hl south MM 8""
, moniker: of Norwalk Chapter of the
ter, George L. Woodward. chairman -
NlllllNllllllNllllll
' tion ls, Somewhat Better
Conditions Do Not Warrant
Modificatlcnchovernsc's
Orders ,‘y,
HARTFORD, fob. 21. “hash.
load Monday" ordcs- in cctlcut
was rescinded last night by Thomas
W. Russell, federal fuel Winter
tor this stAtc. upon his return from
a conference of New bgland fuel ad- l
ministrators. held in Boston. In ad.
vislns local administrators through-l
out the state of the decision. Ilr. Bus-
sell informs them that. “For the pres-ital, where I). s. H. Huntington set:
the broken arm and sewed up thel
eat at least. we do not feel that the;
situation is sulciently improved to‘
Justify mating the governor to
make any change in the slight curtail-l
ments of business hours called for in,
his proclamaticuonnd. thereto the;
proclamation will stand “f" . l
heretofore." m or on-
days are to be~ ; in the
or
a
col addniatrntlop. “that. even though
(continua o- Paac Mn)
uu till tints
Autism; tutu
Nearbicnroafledllp For
Some Time
.Trolley Car No. 1501. in charge of.
lfotcrmcn Albert ll. Coutu. and Con-l
doctor Robert liontgomery, became
tired of following the beaten track
(encore the pan) and hopped the
runs at the comer of Monroe and
South Main streets this morning;
traveled across the intervening pave-
ment. and came to rest up ngahtst a
trolley pole in front of the home of
the Loyal Order of Moon. directly
across from the inka' clubhouse. The
car was the 8:13 from the railroad sumptitm he and not apply fora ll- wufl. street.
station. bound for Winnipauk and had
. . my of people on board”
“Ringo: :‘alsphurt, and apparently the eludes all shellfish (clam and oysters) work of an Italian 10“", called out
only“ damage was received when one
of the windows at the rear of the car apply to the United States Food Com-g
was broken. The rear trucks were
the ones that left the rails. the front
trucks remaining on the rails. What]
could have caused the accident is still
a mystery, although it is suggested:
that sonscthing might have dropped:
oil the front trucks of the car and!
derailed it. The wrecking crew were
hard at work soon after the accident“
and by I o’clock normalvtrailic was
restored.
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Is mutton
l
i“::. ”'1": M 3"" ”Hm-J" Senator lcwis Says Govern-
“ 0°" . ow'ever. the cold w".
did not take hold so quickly and this merit Must Take Over All
morning ice iammed at the dam being
built by Blakeslce and Company. and
,lt was necessary to use dynamite to
‘dc‘rrieks and other equipment.
irosen. stopping work. _A small tem-
lporary bridge was carried away. Ill
c
l A small bridge .‘l. tight
.Brook was carried away yesterday.
Mullins tlofthcbdld'
”Lg? council's. thereisahsgc i:
relieve the pressure water which WASHINGTON,
had flowed around the steam shovels, nlacwis. of llliaois. speaking in the Ion-
beam
r
’ in this state of men for disc
mum-aawwu-fig‘d mm nm “mm. I The must-ca river ioc went out
lack-tan. dtrctlnor of labor 1:" m. M...“ “mi in m, ”watchmen sittais who!
’ macro-t mun-q.- thc mm“ ‘ M "clinics
sasuaurnpaaasm , '7‘”"'“_""_'?"""""’m sets-murmur”,
.1“ alcctathcb‘ash-sdfio . , .......g .. mouth-humerus“
Lam “may. mun-nose». man as . = .
n.“ m
tion
Public Utilities
fob. 21.4.“...
l
today.dcclnrcdtbcMmlnlstrationl
Railroadbiilisaforcrnnnerofgov-I
crnmcntecutrolcvcrvarlonsnblic‘
ctiiltivcand thatthcaue
wouldbcthcgrcctdomcstieir,
sceinthc asst presidential cam-
“lrst as not deceive curse!" vcs as to
l
lthe first accident that has evor fallen
injured last evening when his ma-
chine turned turtle after the steering
gear had broken. His right arm was
broken.anditisfearcdthathislett
hip was also broken. The ambulancc
was called and the doctor was re-
moved to the hospital, where he pass-
cd'a restless night. He was resting
more comfortably this morning. An
x-Ray enaminstion will be made this
afternoon to ascertain the extent of
his injuries. .
The doctor was going up Main
street at a fair rate of speed to at-
tend a patient on Center avenue.
when his machine hit a huge should-
er of ice near School street. The
steering gear snapped. and it is
thought‘thst the brakes were jammed
on so quickly that tho machine stop-
ped short and toppled over, Honing!
Dr, Baldwin under-heath in such a
matter that he wgs “able to move.
lie managed to can for help. and
the machine was soon lifted from him.
He told the people that he was cer-
tain that an arm was brOken and'
tried to stand up. but the effort was
too much and It fainted. it was at
this time that the Wane: was call-
ed and be was removed to the hospi-
scalp wound. His head was badly l's-
ccratcd. and several stitches were re‘
uuircd to close. the wound. Z .
The auto was not. badly.damagcd
as might. be suppoc'cd. 'altbcugh-tbi
radium is badly .- - ,~‘ ‘
Although I». has long used
motor vehicles. being one of the
pioneers, in that movement. this was
the first doctors of the towns to drive
his own automobile. a va-
hicle. that would seem rather taco;
moss now. but as regarded wi
wonder in on he nr‘st-acuuirdd it. He
also a motorcycle and seemed
to prefer that mode of transportation.
it one dude! by the look of con-
tent iehwaa forever expressed on
his 'codutnanee when he was _aatrlde
his ateed.‘ He turned to his horse for
a while until he finally purchased the
Ford run that he was driving at
thc'iime of t accident. - . ,
__._4n_ _
CAN GO WITHOUT“
‘ FISHING LICENSE
in reply to the numerous inquiries
about tb new Federal license to take
fish and clams, Warden Wilbur Smith
has received wcrd‘trom Washington
as (allows:—
_ ’You are hereby advised that the
catching and distribution of saltwater
lib. crustaceans and lobsters. is sub-
iectto . .‘thoush It a person
Mel! at salt water fish. crusta-
ceans and lobsters, for his own son-
cause.”
in allettes of instruction fish in-
Applicants for a license should
Mon. License Division. Washing-
ton. D. c.
FAMOUS HOLLAND
BULBS HIT BY WAR
barons, Netherlands. ms. 21..-
No longer {will the famous road to
Harlem present an uninterrupted
'vista of flowering bulbs, when spring
comes. The bulb business, which has
been seriously hit by the war, otters
ouch poor prospects that many grow-
ers have partly abandoned b‘uib plant-
ing and have taken to vegetable rais.
ing instead. Extensive vegetable dry-
ing sheds have arisen alongside the
canals whore in previous years banks
of milticolorcd tulips and hycinths
delighted the eye. So far, the facill
ties for drying vegetables, cdpecially
cabbages and carrots. are limited to
about soc tons a week.
cam vans arms
to as IN swamw
nccb " 0:: in tbcdt:
inglm'c m 7 root
trials ville! by cartbuuak last
Wednesday .
and heavy damage resulting. Two
V-‘- _
Fair and Continued Cold Tonight
cum" tumor in Buss ‘
PRlllRlSiiNG lOWARD ill. '
All out lllltl curt
4“
"6'4 a
union llllllliiiils ”first...
llil llli taxman m... °' .~
McAdoo Asks General De-
ferred Draft Classification
For Them
wssumc'rou.. res. 2L—Sccretary
Baker authorised the statement yes«
I * ARWANBINE
.uhrdayhihat no date ha; been selecte: GO Through “IO “2%
. . beginnln th on '
ldraft. Various cati‘mates ha." tic/ml First Line and Tm
the time between larch 1 and June Prisoners
1. . . .
The Government's disposition not to
disturb the labor situation. particular-
ly on farms at the planting season.
is a factor in the situation.
The Provost Marshal Genernl’s of-
fice, it is understood. is disinclined to
go ahead with the second draft until
Congress has perfected the law by
pending amendments to change the
basis of apportionment and to auth-
lorlse the President to call into the
.military service men skilled in indus-
try and. agriculture regardless of
previous classlfic‘ation. .
—Thc r increments of the
list draft will begin to move forward
the cons- beginning this reek.
Plant farthc seconfdnft as now
fier- cousideration. include calling
t100.000 a month until the second ’
inuotn‘is-‘oomplete. In that way ofil-
cials expect to avoid much of the con
which accompanied the first
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From the Gulf of Finland to the
southern border of Volhynia, the '_-
German advance into Russia in
progressing. The main objectives "
are said to be Reval, on the coast '
of Esthonia, Pslrofl, between ‘ ‘
Dvinsk and I’etrograd, and the im- _
portant centers of Minsk and
Vitebsk. ' - ' - "
Hapsal and Wsrdcr, in Motrin,
southeast of Reval, have been 08- _
copied. The invaders also are , '3'
nearing Pskoil', Mohilev and
Minsk. Th; important railing“? ‘
junction Molodcchnot "‘
miles northwest of ”ill“ ls;
ported. to have'been olptui'bd .W’"
the Teutons. The occupation of v.
Dvinsk on Monday was a complete
surprise to the civilian arid_haili-"
tary population. The Germans met
with hardly any resistance and‘ ."
took artillery and much ammuni- _ .
tion. I .t. -., J .,
" .The German advance probably;
‘ m .wrll continue unttl'an authenticah't-
m angimf‘;& $25,117,211... b: ed copy ot the message of surren-
.onsidercd individually as to whether der is received from the Bolabcvik
lhe‘is indispensable. government in Petrograd. This '- - ‘
“"1318 golfgmfismm 5:33 cgathnow on its way. Foreign Ministo't
I m ‘ v ' I' '
.3 von Huehlmann told the Gerlnan
figxflfit 11:5," ggggm‘cfiflw. Reichstag thathe believed the new
may refuse deferred classification to war would bring peace in tinge”
thousands ofd MessageY employmr'l'he treaty with theUkrasp'éIYnu.
11;: Jay; [ignoliomra‘fiimd men. ".9 nit.“ £10:l tit; purpose of t1fore-t9.
within the draft one". -31." the actual! e Bo new 1 to accept: e Gale;
number which would be ailectcd by mmlemfi- Gem“)?! he “Fundy
such a ruling Is estimated at less than wanted a peace wrth Russia that
grzoo,ooo., _ corresponded to German inter. ‘-
| ’ ' . ' . 'ests. \In-annonncingxthat the Ger.
ZGUARNIERI BLOCK man invasion of Eathonia was ill .
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STARTS TOBURN a'nsWer to appeals for help, Br. vol ,_
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i Deferred classification for railroad
employees is under onsideration be
[tween the War Department and the
flailroad Administration, it became
known today.
The War Department objects to
giving special consideration to rail»
- . - . Seydler; the Austrian. Program-{,-
A fire in the Guarnieri building on dean-(rd. that Anette-Hungry, ,
. -' “W WW: W will ‘not aid’ Germany in her ran.
comma “my: wzfllfi hmdmmmm newal of the war on Russut.’ ,r‘
p In a brilliant attack in Lorraine!
the drama about 9 o'clock last night. French troops have gone thro. ugh
"'1 mm" "m mum” Pm 0’ the German first line on a lengthy
{the house, went out on a small errand front und'coptnred more than four
land left an oil lamp boning on the hundred-prisoners, This
rk- , .
table in the kitchen. The ilame wo the first otlarge pro Wh- ’
ed-down into the oil. and the table: '
started to burn. An Italian in the:the western front “1.1 '
house, who had come out “windowed out north of 3'51
'hall to see if everything was all right,. cm of Mon cal virtually- _ m. ‘1
.saw the smoke and quickly deapatchfl t » . _ I, , 3 ~
ed a messenger to the Hope Hoscvlcho'Geflllm b01113? I611] 9’...
house only a few doors above. The Chateau . ' 1 . ~
alarm was then turned in, but the Complete details'of the-
fire was really out when the lighters - , - _ - _, .. - A, 1
reached the scene. No damage. savc . (cm a I”;
to the table occurred. ‘ i ' - '
Good-Bye 3er Monday! ’ ~
”hhihfir’tl‘rhti‘tltth’smg 4
Thelondayclcslngordsrhasbccnrcscinded.
Hooray! .
Lcavcistosthsaspccdsudrcsout-cstulucsstoovcrcome
AIYprobluordiloaltywhatsocvsr.
. Wemayhavcbsmshostbfcoatbutwc
cucgyiutacflingtldsprossiagpscblsm. .
culyawcckahy
andths brightened.
w
wanna-hunt:
Withthcwnninwintcr latis
whoa-mm . outlook
4 ' lhcinhasdhtcfatvrahpscmhlag—
' “crash" .
,ltwmuskllhg: manufacture-hast
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