h‘!‘
4L7
i littered at the South Net-walk Poet
Office as Second Class Matter.
ASSOCIATED PR!“ NW. FROM ALL PARTS OF THI WORLD IV A .PIOIAL WIRI AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
sou-ti sonwm cont. saroinav, an}, 191:
AAA "AAA All .
"torts. not
. sash: A000
,Boads Will Do‘Share to
it. amt Crisis inEastJIe
l Declares
liiAiil’ imil iii
1 trillion/uni
Grain Movemnet Greater
! Greater Than in Former
1 Years, Officials Assert
I,» WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Director
Deneral McAdoo yesterday gave as-
‘hurance “that, so far as transporta-
floa is concerned. there is no danger
pf suffering from a serious food short-
:3? in the Ea'stern part of the coun-
f This was prompted by the warning
given laat night by Food Admlnliill'I'
.lor Hoover that. unless grain and
[neat movement is greatly increased
,In the next sixty days. the country
Is threatened with an acute shortage
bf food and the programme of food
Shipments to the. Allie. will fail. in
. I letter to Ir. Hoover. the Director
General declared that. if the Food Ad-
,mlnlstrator will site definite informa-
tion on the location of-etoclrs of snp-_
,plies intended for the Allies, the rail-
“ filontlnnedpn~ Sixth Page.)
hotshot IN
emor's' Message to Nut-
meggers
t
t HARTFORD. Feb. 23r—Governor
; areas I]. Holcomb has sent a mes—
' go to Connecticut men idghtlug in
noe.-volcing the appreciation of
'fllepeople of Connecticut for their
flervice and “our gratitude. pride and
“confidence in our Connecticut soldiers
'Intl sailors." . . .
i i'overnor Holcomb took advantage
‘ or the trip of Major Howard A. Gid-
Ilngs, a member of the Connecticut
State Council of Defense. to France
.la a member'of the Federal Reserve
flank Liberty Loan Mission to send
Ills-message to the soils of this state
form are serving overseas. Word has
psi been received from Major Gid-
logs announcing his safe arrival at
”on .i‘witish port." Simultaneous with
lite announcement of his arrival. the
Jetter- which he is carrying from Gov-
Continued on fifth page.
~.- ~
truism SCHEDULE ,
1, FOR SOLDIERS
l .
,,;'HARTNRD. Feb. 23.—~Coples of
film train schedule arranged by the
flew Haven road for the transporta-
flonnecticut's final ilftee'i‘ per cent.
Moral George H. Cole. Draftees
hum the smaller towns will take reg-
'.larly scheduled trains to a central
joint:- from hich special trains will
. to Ayer.
. .lu Hartford approximately eichty-
I t». m.
fill! leave that city at 9:09.
It it o'clock and reaching Aycr at
,lainfleltl.
, .Semty-tluee
it leave there
New Britain men
’tonat?
”A“ 1' an: at 3 o'clock.
as a... last.)
MEN “llVERliIEIlE”
filaior Giddings Carries Gov- 2
lion" to Camp Devens. Wednesday, of
puma of the first draft were today re-f
pelt-ed by local boards from Adjutant-i
A special train leaving Willlmantic traffic generally.
(WNW Milford and Raw“?
. 84 from Danbury leaving at 7:20. with the temperature normal.
lAWllSS Mots
ARE RlolING
‘IN iRilAND
The Irish Times Declares
That Anarchy Is Rampant,
the South and West Sec-
tions Being Afiected
latitudinal
tinnitus
Sinn Feincrs Held Responsi-
ble and Many Soldiers Are
Attacked
A LONDON. Feb. 23.—Tlle Irish Times
‘hlwa-ya in fairly [moderate journal.
fsays in its issue of February 19 that
the increase of lawlessness in lreland
has become so serious that the lead:
.ing organs of the Nationalist press
have felt themselves constrained to
Acail atention to it. he character of
,the present disorders is not less re-
lmarkable than their quantity. "There
’have been times within living mem-
ory when serious crimes have been
frequent than they are today, but
‘there is no precedent for the variety
Iand audacity of offences which are
‘now reported from nearly all parts
‘of the south and west.
“These crimes reveal not so much
;a deliberate disregard of the sancti-
gties of life and property as a deliber-
‘ate defiance 6i law because it is law.
There nppcars to be a large class of
.personswho wish to show that Ire-
‘land cannot be governed by British
,law, and they propose to achieve their
(Continued on Page Tyre); ,
AllliAFlEES instill:
IN BEVENSRABES
;Hudson. N. Y.. Man Wins
2 First Place in Cross-Coun-
i try Run—Good Time Made
= by Participants—Families
i in Five-Mile Radius For-
i . .
A hidden to Serve Liquor
‘ CAMP DEVENS. Aver, Mass. Feb.
.23.—Paul Del-‘asio. 'of Hudson. N. Y.,
a member of C company'of the 303d
Infantry. on first place in the cross-
conntry run of. the 152d Brigade of
Infantry yesterday afternoon, defeat-
,ing a field of more than‘l.000’conl-
petitors. John J. Moore of Boston, at-
tached to the Machine Gun Company
of the 301st infantry, won the morn-
,ing race for the 1515i Brigade. More
{than 900 were entered in this contest.
'Del-‘asio's time was 18 minutes. .55
seconds, while Moore's time was 18
minutes. 39 seconds.
The races were over a two and
three quarters mile course and every
linfantry man not on pass. confined. or
on necessary duty was obliegd to en-
ter the contests. Full uniform was
worn by the men. The race for the
151st Brigade began at 10 in the morn-
ing while the 152d Brigade race start-
(Continued on Page Nine)
SNOW STORM DRIVES
, AWAY COLD SNAP
l. dashed and whipped by a strong
t
warren will take a special train leav- south wind. the cold snap. which has
Ina at 10- and arriving at Aver. at staggered Norwalk and its vicinity for
’ this train there will «190 the past few days was driven away '
be about 17 men from hieriden, who yesterday afternoOn by a snow storm
which set in and threatened to tie up
Trains last night
from New York and also from the di-
8 o'clock!!!" carry 30 men leaving rections of Bridgeport and Danbury
Ilddleileld at 7:45. twelve men leav-
m portland at 8:“ and 23 men from about three inches of snow fell.
were late. and it is estimated that
Fall- and continued cold haploid
I
l
A
r
FUEL BULLETIN
MONDAY CLOSING m8
{Decides} that "an thoItighptgfi‘fueuitw ”instill
for rent sat actory, wo
any more of the closed Mondays as for in W’s order
of January 17.~ There will, therefore, be some
days. Businesshoursudllstandasithasheretofore. Priority
of deliveries has not been cancelled and will not be
time tocome. "
A.
e
)
COAL RECEIVED
The weekly reportsofthe coal dealers to theueretary
the local Fuel Committee show that for the week of
11th to 18th, there was rmived 2,145 tons of coal.
total, 1,195tonswashard coalaudsoownssoftcoel.
tion to the coal received by the dealers, one car of
tons, was received by a private consumer, which was distributed
to several local pople. '
LOOK AT YOUR COAL
It is promised that in the future all coal leaving the
willbemoreuniformlysiaedandclcaned. Inthellalteof
ing and transporting coal under the preming condition that
haveexiatsd, usesuscdinthe mines mayhavebaenlcftinthe
coal Therefore, you should loci: over the coal before putting
it into the fires ' '
WASHINGTON! VERSION'
curingcoalforacommunit asawholc.
feels that if anthracite is available in the community,in
the yard of any dealer, that it should be delivered to those who
have none. regardless of the fact that they may not in the past
have been customers of that particular dealer."
SAVING 0F COAL
It is claimed that a very small ccntage of the best value
in coal is actually obtained from fire in the stove, furnace
or boiler. The larger amount of heat goes up the chimney. Tor
this reason, coupled with the scarcity of coal, should prompt
every one to try and save coal. It. isn't to have every
roomheated. Siftallashestorcooverthe ooaltlrathasnot
burned. Keep stoves, furnaces and clean. cuceigh‘h
ingofashesandsootcasurfsceretardsheattranaieb‘zoper
c .
A , , orrnnsat' ‘ " '
Truth, with time as its ally, always wins in the end. It. is
a good thing to learn, to look not merely at the clouds, but
through them to the sun shining behind them. Any one can plant
ndishes;ittakes toplantscornsandtcwaitfcrthe
0;]: Dthglhgsion I‘lidlruufgtr is wgth a thousand pounds a year
ave e a to 00' on ebrlghtaldeofthings."
“Cowards die many tint.” before their death;
The valiant never taste death but once."—Shalrespearc.
1
1‘0me FUEL 00m—
John is Light
Frederick 1.. Lemon
. Franklin A. Smith
rebruary 23. 1913.
‘—
i000 cannot
Blll MAKES rot
cinnamon
Compulsory Measures Ne-
cessary in the Opinion of
Members of the House
Agricultural Committee
[NflRMfllJS WASTE ‘
IN FflflllSTUfFS
AER MANS
Allin—lino Fill
NAVAL AilhlllliiiN
Six Hundred People Attend
Affair Given by the Second
Company, C. H. G.
Must Feed Our Army and.
the Allies Abroad First of A
WASHlNGTON, Feb. 23.—-—Compul-
isory iood conservation is necessary inI
ithe opinion of members of the House'
‘Asriculturai Committee, which today
submitted its report on the bill giv-
ing the President power to regulate'
;’ public eating houses and the distribu-.
:tion and manufacture of ioodstuifs.‘
A The bill does not directly affect house
holders.
i The report recalls that the Presl-
‘t dent has no power to enforce economy
‘in consumption‘under the existing
.food law and that the success of con-
,aCrl'itlion plans depends entirely not]:
A the voluntary cooperation of the“ 7
Aple. The appeals ta nevi food c
‘inct with ‘kr‘atifying results, there-
:port says. and adds: "But there is a
“small per cent. of the people who eith-
.er wilfully or for lack of understand-
;ing falls to respond to the call made4
1 for patriotic duty."
3 "The food situation as it ailertsus
‘and our allies." the report continues.
"‘is becoming so critically serious as
',to warrant the committee in the be-
.lief that 'he necessity is upon us
Tiof adoptlnx mpulao‘ ry methods of
conservation in certain welldeilned
'directiona. It would be foolish tor5
us to shut our eyes to the facts: "lti
lwould be cowardly to us to fail to at;.
itaclr the problem of waste in food-v
‘i'stuifs in the most vigorous manner.
(Continued on Pace Eight)
tuition viii
Julius Strassberger Claims! “HEP—NATIMS
.' Yesterday afternoon and early last
evening close observers of the weath-
out making it a most beautiful night
The cold spell following a balmy
, leaving Nau- wave gave those who had anticipated
tneh at I: and twelve leavina an early spring an idea that February
:03. The special will was out going out without a ilnal
hick. Just before the storm yeaten
. .speclal leaving New Haven day; the wind was cold and raw. and
slash and reaching am at along towards the lower end of the
M W 151 drafteea from that city the biting salt breeae was rather
‘ ‘ to those forced to be.
“state“
avenue, this city. was the victim of; ‘
one of the boldest attempts at robbery'
in broad-daylight that has come to
the attention of the public in some
years. '
while delivering bread to some of his
customers at White Bridge. which di-
ivides Rowayton from Dar-ten. he no-
ticed a large touring car draw up
near his delivery automobile. There
were three men in the machine. and
and one of the other occupants of the
car who had gotten out of the ins-1
chine in the meantime. jumped at him.
and struck him on the left eye, whcih-i
er with M
known.
SERGEANT MASON ’
Lounahury avenue. received pleasing
AliiiiiliEEXPliljiS
WHITE litmus ASSURANCE Fiiflii
Three Men in a Big Tour-A
ing Car Set Upon Him ‘People Agitated Because
Wilson and Lloyd 'GeorS
Julius Strassberger. of 41 Lexington.
Say Nothing
Yesterday afternoon at 2 oloclr. that country the political
1 intentions of the
drive against that country.
. zation.
first or a club is not:
(Continued on Page Two) A
(Continued On Page Ieven)
MADE ummmmicorvsacrrcur co.
! sans rnnrrr STAMPS
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Brede. oi’
amateurs“!
the war sovhav . ,
__._——_—___.
. wasnlxoros. Teb. 23.—OMclal
Idispatches received here that Ger-i
ma a - a re ca'tln in
n sentsiuGreecc r3 “pm“ 59”“ William An
practiced sucessfullyin Italy, and that "'0
: members of the government are begin- 0“"
rain: to be questioned respecting the 91"
lies and of the v" ”"9“-
i United States to assist Greece in pre-
. ’ Germ er uite it number of people attend:
one of the men called'to Mr. Starss-i paring against the expected , an ed q -
berger. who went over towards the‘
i and this fact is impending the mobill-i
. ' HARTFORD. Feb. 23.-The Connec-
a special at us er expected a general tie-up. Towards news today from Aneon. Panama. The tzcut Company has lent its endorse- help.
ye Cullford at 9:35 10 o'clock, however, the storm cloads’
, The stamps will be plaed on sale donuhMbutputthehlaac
ed to be doing due. and many frleudelat New navca. Darby, flanford. lid~ a nail of water.
in Norwalh will be pleased to hear of 1diatom. oWatarbvy' , New m
Belicia. with the
his advancement.
”Bridgeport. Norwalh. Stamford and
Domino. lhployeea have been lam throw
assistance resolved
LINCOLN COUNCIL
HAS ANNIVERSARY
' Lincoln Council, No. 4, 0. U. A. M.,
46th anniversary. The committee in
Overton.
gram in which one of the acts
Palace theatre was presented together
Those who took part in the tableaux
being Mrs. Hattie Young.
an address given by State Coun-
George L. Pelham, of New Hav-
and afterwards it Hoover luncheon
and there was dancing un-
til a late-hour. in spite of the weath-
‘ e
, . Greece. it was asserted in Greek '
il‘iithdilleali .‘lil. ihéi: “Attitude 1.... noes... ... not w CHILDREN START
' 5 Ebeen furnished with guns,‘muuiiiona.; Box
car started to ask him some questions; clothing and foodstuds for her army.’ FIRE IN WOOD
where little Jennie and William
McGregor. whose parents occupy the
second floor of the building. had been
playing around the tire. Jennie evi-
dently didn't get warm enough. so she
poured some kerosene oil over a tin
wash boiler full of wood
'touched a match to it.
happen is unknown.
names arose they
Neighbors in the house hoard
letter announced that their sonvlndaw.. neat to the war savings campaign by them and rushed in and threw the
from that city. were blown away and the moon came Sergeant Oliver Joseph Mason. he: placing thrift stamps and war savings boilerout of the window
Jun been sprouted first. "G“mh,certidcatas on sale at its principal Little will 308mm. who :1
and had been assigned to duty withihranchae throughout the state. accord. the house. ran out and sent in the
the adjatant-aencral's departmental log to information received today at 'alarm from For I at Cross street. and
Aileen. near which place he has been . the epic. of the state director in this summoned the dresses.
stationed for several years. Heutcn- city.
ant Mason and his family are report-
that they could
t arr'ved saw
"a W ' outwith
N001" VII
of the house who helped to
window
«minaret-J
met last evening and celebrated its?
i
Mrs. A
Despite the snow storm that of late
,has ,seemed as essential a part. of a
ball at the Armory as the music it-
self. a large crowd of over six hun-
dred people gathered last evening to
aid in the benefit that the Second
Company. C. H. 6.. had planned film
the member: of the former l-‘ifth Di
vision. Naval Militia.
The Amory was decorated in a
manner that drew exclamations of
surprise from the crowd. with nearly
two hundred "flags of every hue" that
had been kindly loaned by Lieutenant
Minion. Corporal C. S. Randall was
chairman of the Decoration Commit
tee and the results of his labors dc-
serves ih highest praise. An im-
mense Star Spangled Banner that
completely covered the western wall
of the building. and the Second Com-
pany banner that was stnmg above
the orchestra stand attracted much
attention. ,
‘A‘BVeo's {till orchestra furnished the
music of an elevated stand in the
collie!" of the floor. The stand was
nearly hidden by a mass of palms and
evergreens.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
“-
liSiliNlllJSl’iilES
mmmm
Wlll Nlll Sillllii
Crampton Returns From
Fish and Game Conference
in Washington
“The fish and oyster industry in
this state will probably not suffer
one bit." said John M. Crampton,
charge modified of Fred Sconeld. lsuperlntendent of the state board of
William G. Merriam Elmer ll. Roberts. fisheries and me. yesterday, in- com-
‘Alfred C. Knelner and Georse s-',menttn¢ on his recent trip to Wash-
The address of weloOmeilngton. D. C., with fish and game com-
wss given by John Tyler and a pro-[
at “19' States ,beld a conference with Fed-
Herbert Boo-A
with a number of musical numbersnver, with regard to the proposed sus‘ seriously dcmoralized, theBolabe-
All"! a tableaux represented “The pension of state laws on ilshlng that
Presentation of the Flex by Betsy there may be more extensive catch-
-Roas to Washington." was Elvenging of fish, to increase the meat sup
mlsaioners from all over the United
eral Food Administrator
ply.
'laws which will affect
BOlSIiiVAIiI cumin WARFARE _
Will it WAAED AAAINSI int _~-_ <
The meeting was in the nature of invaded districts. .
Charles. Ward. MID, Beulah Forfeit.) DI’OICII gninst the action. It IS not commander on the northern front
Charles Warner. George 8- Overtmime intention of the administration. reports the Germans advancingin
demon. There “‘8 Mr. Crampton learned. to propose t“?
ex st rig s a e
Now IN RUSSIA
Austrian and Ukrainian
Troops Meeting with Lit-_
tie Resistance, Although
Advance Is Not as Rapid
as Previously
unis IiAIliEiiS' ’1
nun? iii
Three Americans Killed and
FouLWounded byg’l'rench
Mortar Shell ”14’,
Peace negotiations with the
Russians will not be resumed im-
mediately by the German! and
gucriila warfare probably will be
instituted by the Bolshevikl to in.
pcdc the German advance, which
apparently is not moving as
swiftly as in the first days of the
week. The Germans, however,
are meeting with little refinance
on the long line and Annular! Add
ghrainian troops are approdhing
iev. "
.It is announced semi—oldie“!
from Berlin that Dr. “Kunm-
manli, the Foreign 860 7,75”
with a‘ Ruinanian emissary, and, ~
therefore, resumption of, otia-
tions with the lioisehviki wil ll ve
to be postponed. Leon« y,
“W Bolslicvik P‘orei n Minister, in
reported to have Heft Petrograd
for Dviiisk to seek an early con-
fcrcncc with the Germans. ‘
Bolshevik resistances scoutingly
depends on whether the Germans
:will accept readily the ' itnll-
tion of the government. ap-
parent, however, that , ,e -
mans: with the Romanian negotiau
tions as an excuse, are going to
push their campaign in the Baltic
provinces before any 3‘, the
ARiissians. Ill the region but and
north of Dvinsk and along the
Gulf of Finland, the German!
have advanced further than in the
are nearing the line of ,thech
sin , in crossing which in 1812
N poleon sufi'cred a scriéns defeat
while retreating from Moscow.
With the regular army and navy
vik leaders are placing their faith
in the Red Guards and guerilln
warfare by the inhabitants of the
The Russian'
detachments of from 100 to 200
J." governing the production of shell men and not as regimental unlit.
Allah. oysters, and sea food.
1 (Continued on Page Eight.)
BIG WAR RALLY
The com- Except for artillery duels there
has been no fighting activity on
Ithe western front. 0n the Ameri-
‘can sector the bombardment by
the big guns continues. German
A IN FIRST DISTRICT raiders were dispersed by Ameri-
A'a big success.
A
streets of the first. diatrch
. a rehearsal of the Liberty chorus
Into the rim 'win he held in Town Assembly hall.
'0 “'0' A“ 'I'lrst District. onlonday evening. thr
'25th inst. at eight o'clock. All mern
,bera of the osmium urged to be
who. ""0”"- present. as some new features will be
,added to their work.
, The war rallies committee will meet
till-red tonight in the City Court room. Town
that some 0! lb! (humbly nail. Namath. promptly at
"eight o'ddcl.
i' macroeuoennaisodm
collections. , q‘ ‘
PIC admleeleahe. no
Every citizen of Norwalk should at-
i_tend the his war rally in Norwallr.
some Greek rm! {omrIY' Central station firemen were call- on next Tuesday eyenln8_ Fain-nary
.attached l° the 5310”“ army under ed out this morning at about 10:15am” at ejgm o'clock. All plans are
”'9 venmm governmentc'in Salonlea, o’clock. b! BO! 9 A0 25 Woodward ave'Inow going forward to make the affair
before the reunion of races, have nue.
' been lighting with the international Hon. Herbert Know Smith. of Hart-
- ford, will speak on the great war is-
sue. and bliss Grace N. Murray. of
Gullford. will speak on woman's work
in the war. Previous to the rally. the
3': VA’IAHW" Ithree local constitutionb ofut’gespliolnli;
9‘ 9" or 'Guard. accompan y u
not the children “9" '1’!“ WWW iwar veteran. and the American hand
Mll- ‘hefl “'9 and pantie from the armory to Nor-
bem’ ‘0 CIT for '.wal|r. and through the principal
'can fire, while rain has put atom-
porary halt to the intense aerial“
activity. A trench mortar shell
has caused the death 01 three
Americans and the wounding of
four others. British airmen have
accounted for nine more on
airplanes, bringing their total for
the past six days to nearly 1m.
There has been no let-up in the in-
tensive bornbing- of German air.
dromes and other targctl. ‘
Capture of Jericho by the Brit:
ish gives the Palestine 0
euntinuous front from the Nudit-
erranean to the river Jordan. Gels.
to cut the railroad musing south”
from Damascus as well as to join
forces with the Arabs march
northward on the eastern side
the dead Sea. - .
Another Spanish steamer, the
Abirdlnlesstbanamonthg’heabeen
sunk by an enemy suburbs. The
. fol
l 1‘ ,
gone to Bucharest to (IWM '
eral Alleriby is now in a position /
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