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United States Navy Tug
l‘ Books on Which the Next.] Boat Stands by the Wreck- Stamford and New York
l Tax Will Be Laid, and ed Norwalk Line Boat and Fined Despite Protest of]
Assists the Addie V. 2nd
Tl] PREVENT ANY
NTHER AESIRENTS
Later See the Board of Re-
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Special Passes For Followers,
of Jewish Religion Dur-{
ing Passover — Kosheri
YRNSSIAN REYRENNRNISTS ARE
SlRINiNS BACK AT RERNANS;
YANE JANRNRR ERNM ' INYADERS
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Director Wilhanis to Be As-i - ' The Place Is a Railroad
sisted by Advisory Com-Y iedf'iirvofiiékgénéfx BR"FUT& “NAP? Town‘on the Luga River
mittee of Three Expert:
Purchasing Agent}
EINANEEINYISIRN
and Sixty-Eight Miles
From Petrograd
,usuriiiiruu i
sorship ls Ordered
N CAMP DEVENS. Ayer. Mass, Mar.
‘8.—Every practical measure is home:
,used at this camp to allow the men
[the freest possible pursuit and prac-l
tice of their religious beliefs. Yester-f
day the third order issued within the;
past three days in this regard wast
. EMPQYEES MEET
Sick Benefit Association
Shows ‘ $2,000 Disbursed
During Year Y
has
' filiilZlde
More Non-Regiicnts TookY
l Advantage of Opportunity A
Y to File Lists
‘ The assessors haVe now turned their
books over to the city clerk and wish
to call attention to the fact that any
taxpayers interested in this list look
In the records to see if there is any
error or mistake. and if there is, take
it up with the Board of Relief. This
has been one of the hardest years
[or the assessors. because of the war
limes and the depreciation and valua—
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tion of property. The following is a
hurvrmary2~ l
n'otal number of lists ........... 5.799
’l‘otal number received .......... 4,192
.u‘ot-ii number penalised for fall-
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author of blind.._....,.........
'Arsonnt of penalties on lists not
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returned ................... 3239.588
ken-residents ..................
.tAtrrount of valuations of property
1 of non-residents ......... 31.727.856‘
Soldiers ...................... 121.
Exemptions of soldiers and .
'. blind ...................... $125,915
i For all districts. except the Third
.Dlsk‘idt itilerd is ,a ,xlirrtht increase
'over 1916. The decrease in the Third.
YMerritt & Chapman Wreck-‘
ing Company Plans to,
Raise the Vessel
At about 1 o'clock this morning. a‘
navv tug. name of which has been
withheld at the request of the censor.
stood by the place where the Marion
went down and. aided the Addie‘ V
led,'rll'lli('ll aim ’stood by the wreck
all last night. to save some of the
cargo that floated out with the tide.
Later estimates of the value. of the
cargo put the figure at about 812.000.
it is not known how much of this is
10st or how much can be salvaged.
but it is believed tlrat quite a bit of
it can be saved.
The Merritt & Chapman people are,
arranging today to raise the boat.',
which is.still lying on her side. and‘
,
in order to keep up the service the-(01 February
’ um to return “"3" """ "ml-6° Aimitage Brearley has been put on York to his home on Newtleld road.
umber 0‘ assessments raised.. 205 to take the place oi the Marion tem- Stalinist .W»
porarlly.
The navy tug put lights out around
the wreck and helped to warn other a small bottle
'crzrr‘t away from the scene so that nomatins dinner. The young Woman. he
more accidents could be reported.
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surrrrrrsru‘r’urr
:ustrlct amounts to 86,397. A
first District. total amount -
,; of assessment 1.. ........ s 7.636.257,
.Ind District, total amount I
of assessment ..........
.frlrm District total amount
has Fill with
rural rut Milli
PAYS VISIT Htrri
Star of Columbia Circle. Compan-
'ions of the Forest, met last evening in
'open session. at which time Supreme
?Secretary, Mrs. Annie E. I’oth, was
:the guest of honor. Eight applica-
Etions for membership were received
lduring hhe evening. The meeting
‘ 'wus attended by 300 people and a de-
lightful program was carried out. The
Becker-Kocher orchestra furnished
music for dancing. Refreshments of
coffee, ice cream and cake. were serv-
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lfllJNli warn!
Judge Walsh Decided He
Was Operating Car While
Under Influence of Liquor
Going out of his way for a drink
of apricot~brandy on St. Valentine's
night. February 14, in Stamford. cost
.Courtland II. Young. publisher oi
Young's Magazine. Breezy Stories and
The Yellow Book. an extra $202.88 for
in Common Pleas Criminal court last
night at 7:30 o'clock a jury found him
'gullty of operating an automobile
while under the influence of liquor
and Judge John‘J. Walsh promptly
sentenced him to pay a fine of $100.
and costs amounting to ”02.88.
Accompanied by Dashing Girl.
Young admitted that on the night
15 driving from New
by a dashing:
young woman. he stopped at Pickwick
inn in Greenwich all! did? both drank
of champagne while
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NATNYNAE PARTY
ANNPT
CHICAGO. March 8. —I-‘ollowing the
opening of the National Party, Cone
veniion today. telegrams were sent to
President. Wilson and United Statés
Senators urging immediate passage of
the Susan Ii. Anthonv Suffrage aifiend-
ment. it was planned to send a mes-
sage to the British Labor I’artytsug-
gesting a representative be sent to
this country to campaign for the Na-
tional Party. Election of officers was
expected to consume much of the
published to go into effect immediate-l
“En.
lly. The. order is to allow for the meat-l
liters of the Seventh DIV Adventists Knapp Eniployees' Benefit Association
uklns their time on from Friday was held at Roodner’s Hall on the am:
Til RE RENREAN -_
In New England Fticl Is to
Be Bought by a Special.
Committee
.WASlilNGTON. March 8.~l’artial
centralization of the purchasing at
between 81.000.000.000 and 02.000.000.-
000 worth of railroad supplies and?
equipment this year under govern'
nitnl susprvision is involved in a plant
for organizing the railroad adminls-R
nation's d'.vision of finance and pur-E
chases announced today by Drcctor'.
John Skelton Williams. as head of: in] BE TAKEN “VB“
expert railway purchasing agents, and;
regional purchasing committees will’
General McAdoo
this division. will be assisted by r.
be. created for the eastern, western That Of the Kaiserand Other.
periods from Saturday night to Sun-’ 9d r~ to be. in a strong and healthy con-
day night. idition. Every employee is now a
Wednesday a“. order was lulled ll' member of the association. The dues
lowing all followers of the Jewish re~ paid by each are very small. yet during
lig'ion leave over the celebration 0' the year nearly 32,000 was disbursed to
the feast of the Passover. A d” sick. benefits, about 140 cases being
previous plans were made for (hi provided for and none who made appli-
gcation were rejected. A substantial
thalance still remains in the treasury
iwhich is complimentary. to the man»
agement of the officers and the co-
“operation of all the members.
i The association has a double pur-
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tress and cultivating friendly associa-
tion between members. The latter ob-
,iect was accomplished during the yes?
‘by two undertakings both of which
central adiiaory committee of titre.
Sinslc Hall was the first. and it was
(museum- to» Ger immmboumtw
M m Liberty Bonds ; (Continued on Plan light.)
U [EAVE wnsurxo'ron'. March 8. —— The Y JURY GIVES $350
. ro e t' in the United States owned
by Nb: 3'ltaiser himself. former Chan-l IN FIRE CASE
cellor von Berthann-Hollweg. the Gen; ——
man "tankers" generally, and the Ger-_ Claiming damages of 81,200 for the
man government itself, will be"the first ‘ burning of his furniture while may.
i to go under the hammer trader the “1‘ {mm Ansonia to Bfldséport. a Jury
plans ' OT A. Mitchell Pnlmer. alien ln common DIG“ court ye'terday a].
SNYTANES ANN
The annual meeting of the Crufut I: '
night. jostead lof ltho {regular in” last. and reports of the omcers show-Y
‘pose. caring for those sick or in dis-l
were very successful A dance held inl
HAS tartar
Germany Has Forced Peace
Terms on Three 'Differeat
Countries in Past Three
Y Days
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Russian revolutionary troops
have struck back at the Germans
who declined to halt their advance
1[when peace was agreed ‘to and
have .lalfl‘ll .lamburg, 68 .milcl
lsoutli-miuthwest of Petrograd,
lfrom the invaders. Jamburg is a
railroad town on the Lugs Riv”,
and the Germans had moved there
.irom' Narva to straighten opt
their line southwrd toward Pskov
after peace terms had been read».
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"Merciless .. . between”, law
iKryleuko, commander elf-tile 5 .~
.shevik armies. and the People's
Coiiiinissaries are reported to have
led to the. resignation, of vKrylen-
tko, who recently had urged the
Russian people to use all means at.
their command to resist the Cen-
tral Powers. This is the first split
among the men who have com-
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ANT tutu:
property custodian, to sell German- “moon gwgrdgd Charles Godboui posed the Bolshevik government,
owned property here to the. hithellIonly 8350 in his case against James.although there have been reports
bidders. 6. Curtis. .. It took the Jury about two from time m time that either 1,9.
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nine or Trotzky, or both, would
l‘Ai FIELD, March 8.—Nesrly twen-
coi. user; on Pine Creek must give
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Mr. Palmer's testimony to iht sen :hours to come to that conclusion.
heir lllld and lamps their COPY rite appropriations committee. in which, The jury had the case for an mm
“'5“ MM“!- "c‘" "'9" “mm" he proposed necessary legislation Tresign. ~
before the lunch hour and then Judge '
homes. as the result of dispossess M' which was made public today. make! '
tlces which were; received by themY Jab“ 8' Booth, who was presiding. d9" German claims that the
plain that properties of merely minor
this week from C. D. sturges. declared individuals probably will not be sold.
by the Common Pleas conrbto be the but that the direct purpose of the
rightful owner of the strip of sand: move is to break up the outposts of
which they have spent. thousands of, kultur in America. ,
dollars improving. ‘ "The time has come," Mr. Palmer
They all bought their land from E.,l0ld the "Dam”.- “when “‘9 °‘"‘“"‘hlp
tiared a recess in order that tholUkrainian city of Kiev had been
Tum” “1‘81" obtain “mam“ subvoccupied are denied in Petrograd,
‘ N C I t I
ngsaghg; :3}: ”grab thi°gl°rnggiwhich says that the city is still in
'and it wag 2 0'13le When they finallygtlll‘ hands of the BOTShCVlki, Who
reported their findings. 'captured it more than 'a month
w. s. Pickett. a real estate man of“ some of these great German Drop “"5 we 1'“ We“ Wadi“ "tag". from the Ukra'“'““.m"
Falrfleid, who granted the land with em“ should be permanently sepamt- common pleas court for the last slxlwhieh later made peace With the
w' ill! .. led from German capital and that the 5’83" and it "'88 clahm‘d by the plain-Teutonic. Berlin’s announcement
A my deed“ and’ it '35 testified, a ti! that his furniture which he had.
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Meeting Held in Council
. Chamber Last Night and
j New Drive Explained ;
Nor-walk does not propose to fall be-
Irimi its quofa in the next Liberty
load. but rather it is the intention to
capture one of those tings offered by
Bet'i'v-tal‘)’ William 'G. 'McAdoo for the
city equalling its quota. not to mention
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shaking a brave try for the additional .
star to the flag which means doubling
the quota. An enthusiastic meeting
Twas held in the council chambers ot
the city hall last night at. 8 o'clock at
pvh ch about 30 men were present.
The meeting was opened by Alfred
Doidachmidl. chairman of the sub
- ncr'iptlon committee. who fully explain.
ed the purposes of the meeting Fred-
‘erick L. Item'son. chairman of the pub—
dicity and solicitation committee. fol-
lotvrd with detailed workings of the
ed.
The opening number on the pro-
gram was the singing of "The Star
Spangled Banner" by a chorus. Then
followed the piano solo “Two Flow-
ers," by Miss Myrtle Boyd and then
Miss Edna Howard sang "'i‘hora.’
Miss Mildred Harty was the accom-
panist.
There were numerous encores to
the musical numbers and the enter-
tainers responded generously.
Peter F‘. Foley was present at the
meeting and gave an interesting talk
on the value of the War Savings
Stamps. the advantages to be obtain-
ed by purchasing new and of the bone-
fit to the government and towthe p00-
to.
p Miss Annie Shepard gave a comet
solo and was generorislv applauded.
Miss .Elizabeth Shepard was accom-
panist. , _ .
Mrs. Potlr was introduced as the
1day's session of the convention. the
list as tentatively arranged including
fifty or more executive committee-
men. directors. national committee-
men and chairman. .
Augumented by more than a bun-
dred delegates who bolted the Prohibi-
tion Convention the new National
.Party came into real being yester-
day by the adoption of a platform.
The original hundred Or more dele-
gates were composed of Socialists.
Single Taxers. Suffragisis. Social
Democrats and Progressing. The plat-
form on which these elements united
is long and includes most or the car-
dinal principles for which the varied
elements composing the new party
stood as separate units.
ASOL
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DIERS' CASES . ~
MAY NOT BE TRIED
.spmd their summers on the creek.
speaker of the evening and talked at.
under the re resentatio that he .i enemy might as well know that th .
sell had a degd of the pN-opgny, 3,123.; connection which he has been able to engaged Curtis to move from Anaonra
while it developed that all the while maintain with American industry and to Bridgeport had burned up en route
the real deed was in the possession of 00mmerce is broken, not simply dur- through negligence. The furniture
one' Morehouse, little known in p31,. ing the warfbut broken never to be was totally destroyed. Curtis, how-
tield. who has sat idly by for many restored. ever. claimed matches in a bureau
years and had not developed the ”9,4 "The German Empire, through its fi~ drawer, left there by the owner of
erty. ‘ Inaucial operations. has put an indus- the goods, was responsible for the fire
Morehouse conveyed the property go'trial and commercial chain all theiway which also destroyed his automobile.
C. l). Sturges by warranty deed and :scrzlss the Chitin”)! avgd l:liroubg(l:mt:1ili.r3 . -
Sturgeg brought action in the Common' “9 or 909595“ 0‘“- 9 ave
Pleas court through his attorney, Robfi thoroughly convinced it would be wise PRICES 0F COAL
ert G. Deforest. to oust Pickett from. “d highly desirable 9' this time ”r AGAIN LOWERED
title. 'Sturges succeeded and the court? ”‘9 ownership OP "“0“” of these "09': '
by its judgment declared rightful “ne'erties could be permanently taken WASHINGTON. March ’8.—New
to be in Sturger. By this Judgment‘awaY-H ' maximum prices at which coal may
thousands of dollars of property in onel . If the legislation he allowed. Mf- be sold at the mines in Colorado. Mon-
011b,. choicest parts 0; Falrtield Beach Palmer stated. it was his intention to tuna, Wyoming and Utah, represent-
ivas swept out or the hands of cat ' llt?” principally the enemy William“ ing a decrease to some cases as great
lagers who had been accustomed to' in "“9 00““er in "hell the neutron as 25 per cent, were announced to-
{governmont and the 'iunker" capitalis- a” by the Fuel Admjngtraflon_
The dispossa's'r norm»; received this; tic classes are interested and not dis-i _. __
week by the Conazprg warn mm, m turh that of minor individuals. ' rWANTs WEALTHY To PAY WAR
vacate, immediately. They must not‘ The Hamburg-American and North.l BILL.
only quit their occupancy but musttaw'mm Lloyd wharves and docks 3"
abandon their cottages as well. unless
Hoboken, 3'. .l., Mr. Palmer told sen-‘
of the capture of Kiev was made
just as Russia and Germany agreed
gto peace terms and since their '
rthere have been no reports of mili-
tary activilty in that region. In
five , days Germany has forced
peace terms on three diflerent
govemmcnts—Russia, RImnnin
and Finland. The Finnish gov—
ernment apparently submitted -to
the German terms in order to Vain ,
military aid against the revolu-
tionists who hold much of South-
ern Finland along the Finnish.
Gulf. With Finland and Est-bonia
under German suzerainty, the
Gulf of Finland is then from Reu-
sian control and Great Britain has
less than 150 miles of coast line
along the gulf.
Although the Germans appar-
irAitTroao. March 8.—~~"'I'lie 't-ourr
.t " i, ." ST! .
.lrrrt..h on Our Fraternal 0rd” 1 Will not try any case of a soldier in
N iwas decidedly interesting.
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. 5 ,___ ______ . . . H ‘ service unless he wants it tried," sat-l
N0 DATE FIXED I The “’0‘" meeting ““5 a.bir. 'm “3 Judge Lucien l7. Burnt-p today in the
, 2|“ 9"”: ‘ a). {Superior Court in‘sefusing to assign
FOR LETTING JAIL 1' NET rfor jury trial the suit of Antonina.”
' LABOR CONTRACT SPANISH CARI . Para against Dr. Abraham B. Gross,
AGAIN RESIGNS
MAllllli), March 8.‘Tlre iSpanish
who is at ('ainp_Devens. Judge A. t‘.
rBill. for the plaintin. had asked for
the assignment, of the case, as she
said the defendant had notice weeks
ago that the case would be claimed
and there had been ample time for
disposition.
g'vator Frederick .\l. finlmon of
WW Poort. secretary of the committee .
ot - presentatlveir and ammo” of the Cabinet. recently reconstructed by
legislature from Fall-field county, do» the Marquis de Alliucenias, .who in M1}
clrtrel last night that no date had y... dttlon to being Premier hold the port-
Iir-l it set for the meeting of. the cam. {oily of Foreign Affairs, resigned to-
mllloe. at which time the awardlnc 98V-
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)0“ ENLIST IN
I?! the labor contract for the county FAVOI—t—A—EITE T0
all will come up. Representative
(I‘ll-I'Ariclt ll. Huxford of Stamford. is DRAM TREATIES RESERVE CORPS
‘Is‘v = pan of the committee. The ‘
AMINO-fill!!! Wm list held “”7"? All!" 1" —— .WASHINGTON. March 8 —GdVernors
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ant-star an)” “id, WASHINGTON. March s.--ay tin-.sere notified today by Provost Mar-
T'w ere-2m legislative, ccmmltlm-Jtnlrnous vote a favorable report on shat General Crowdcr that all stu-
tjs‘tu adopt some plan which will bring the Administration bill to give effect dents in land grant agricultural col-
»:‘ snore. revenue to‘ihs county from the to ,aiien‘ draft treaties Which may Jegos whose plans standing places
patio-got the jail pvt-errors mm the liereaflEr be negotiator]. includina,theni in the upper third of the seller
atrium contract. i cm which the those with Great Britain and Canadafiass iaay enlist in the Quartermast-
t
idiom receives abmr- mum cents per already signed, by; authorlslns the 01’s norm-alum". Corps. and will,
it per day. Thr- commitment“ President to order registration of
ted to take up the ”tor by, such aliens. was ordered iodayby the
gildturo at the last” 't Senate unitary Committee. r
be placed by local boards in Class-«b
in the mad that they are ll the
solitary ' 5 ‘ g
service.
atom, .are a part ‘of the German Em-
r piro's commercial grasp upon this con-
; tinont.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma said he
appeal is taken to the Supreme court.
DEDICATION or , .
mm" MEN S ROOMS. 2131.23?‘i‘;“..2“i’...2‘.. raises: .1:
The dedication of the Trinity Men'sI ”P" llallln. ‘
new rooms in the Triirt Company. "There is no earthly question‘about
building. Sunday ant-imam, at '4- the intimate relationship of some sort
o'clock, will have Edward J. SimsI
at the. piano and Lara J. Betta willl
play the violin. The following pro!
gram will be carried out:* ‘
(Milena-d nit Hui
IRON AND STEEL WAGES
Singing~3tsr Spangled Banner. iNCREASED.
invocation and scripture reading by‘ ‘
the recto - WASHINGTON. Mitch li.v-— Al.
Salty—Williim 0. Taylor. ithougli they have not kept pace with
Singing Of the Brotherhood of St.!the increase in the cost of living.
Andrew, hymn "Janus Calls Us wages paid iron and steel workers
. O'er the Tumult oi the Wild [use have rapidly increased. Department of
less Sea." :Labor statistics show. The greatest
Addiess-—Clarence C. Hutton, of New increase has Green in sheet mills
Haven, council member for Connec— where wages have gone up 95 per
tlcut oi the Brotherhood of St. An. cont. Workers in Bessemer conver-
drew. on “The Work of the Brother ten have received a 68 per cent.
hood III War The.” raise: blast turnaro- 52 per cent:
superman“ Christian W piste aims to fiber mt: own hearth
formal dedication nulls roe-s sad tarasos as per cent: bloomlns nulls.
batted! ctioa by the rector. aw. l'. A. 16 per cent. Virtually all these men
Celsius. ' a working the sailennnilnr ot
mamas-rhetorical; fears as law. / -
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TRENTON. N- J-v Marc]! Air-Gems“ ently wil lpcrmit King Ferdinand
1" Record. of Jersey Cl'y' mm" pm to continue to rule Rumania, the
greasive Part leader in New Jerrey. - - ed
today annonn’lred his candidacy ‘for Victorious enemy h” “MET“!
agree to humiliating
the Republican nomination for Unl't- hi3 "Milli ‘0 '
ted States Senator from this state. terms. Important wheat, Oil and
Mr- Fe 0” 38m “1’" the Chief planks salt concessions are to be given
°Y 1“” “mom would be government Germanv, which is to control the
ownership of railroads and the pay‘ R .3 'l l' f fift .
merit of the war bill by the wealthy. lllIllllllrlll _ ral roar s or sea
years, and is to have a most favor.
able trade agreement with, Bu- .
, mania. which loses the Dolii'udja
l WASHINGTON. March ll.———Nearly and control "f the Danube.
’every Sunday newspaper in the Unit- - - -
ed States M'lll carry a special supplc- ' 1“”de operations have not. y“
merit insert showing the honor flag developed ml“ ”'89 operationson
of the Third Liberty- Loan on April the western and Italian fronts. The
7. the day after the opening 01 the artillery duels, however, continue
$2183;- 33'11 '"iriitp'riigflrifdd'; intense at important sectors. All
treasury, and more than four million the lantente "in"? from the North
hflve m“ Ordered. Sea to the Adriatic have wrthstood
' enemy raids; while at the some
FRENCH amp owuaa nun. time successfully penetrating the
PARIS. Thursday. March l—Jlllfi Tendon “no”,
Charletllmtl. president of the 00" LONDON, March 8.—SOV¢D OP .
panic mum. Transatlantlm (The eight German airplanes inadc , a "
yrcnch‘ Line). is dead at his home ‘ _____
(oi-anus .. has nae
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