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uncommon-m.
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Fair and Warner room; one Fair.
Home
llSfllS 0f colt
Mllllillllil
III on sumv
Water Garfield is-
t big the Distribution For
' lllll PREVENT All
i unnullulmu
{i'hil'ty chits a Ton Cut in
Anthracite For Domestic
i Uses
I
l WASHINGTON. larch 0,—An aver-
nge reduction oi 30 cents a ton in
3“” retail price oi all anthracite coal
sold ior donmstlc use between next
April 1 and September 1. was announc-
v‘ed last night by the fuel administra-
tion. together with regulations gov-
‘er'vlng the retail distribution of all
coal for the year beginning the first
pf next month. The rules are design-
led particularly to prevent boarding
and insure the filling of all domestic
mods for next winter during the sum-
mer months. ’ a
”WWWUMW.
Although Wt ill the retail
price of hi ' .eoalito consum-
hrs was made. the fuel administra--
iio nioday began announcement of re-
lvired prices for such coal .at the
Wyoming and Montana. Prices for
[own are slmost'cbmpieted. and thOse
,ior other stateswill be announced as
soon as determined. The idea is for
a general. revision before the begin-
' sting of the coal year on April 1. , .
. «In explaining the reductio'n In the
price oi anthrnclte .the administra-
..tton said the spur ot this coal is used
ior domestic pm. -The 30
”m may "
' "lllllS" sun
s
r
' ' Connecticut Temperance Un-
com
.- ion Declares Its Attitude
TYoward Candidates This
-' ear
The action which the ”drys" oi.the
blate will take In the elections this iall
is defined in the following statement;
made by the Connecticut Temperance
.Unlouz—
_ “We are being asked every day as
do what action temperance people
Ilh‘luld take in; regard to the mem‘
bers of Congress who put this state
an .t,he.very.uuenvlable position of be
ing thetoply._statc with a solidly wet
representation at Washington. 0f
course~~there‘ is no immediate action
possible, north as voting goes. niid
’t what the months may 'bring
orih. between now and November Is
I
hard to prophesy. but we feel that the
record should be‘carefully remember-
ed. and I‘m on have something to
nay as to’some very definite action.
“4——
(Contluued on Page Twelve)
AUTOMOBILE "‘
OPERATORS’ LICENSES
’ The blot” Vehicle Department has
,isJucd approximately 55,000 operators'
licenses of all classes. to date! in
1917 a total of approximately 100.000
oi all classes were issued so that It
no wappears that about onehalf of
the iotal number to be expected for
.5101? have already gunned, .
The Depot-(meat oi IotorYehleles
has instructed all its oniorcement of-
,dccn‘that every driver is now requir-
ed to have a 1013 tor’s license.
”nuance has that a large
- number efdrlvers either forgot or as:-
‘ loci to provide themselves with this
masseusarydocnmentaodthobe- '
3W is was every possible mmwounmu.mm'mmedelmhoi
.mnity. we‘lnttentlontothlsneces— ' nolJt‘l'lnnagnnnppolnted
Dunn-out will now accept ap-
than for April 1st mgletratinns
,nllow the rebate to that 0000.
hnsnglstratloca eiAplillsl,
,gwgiaelurdihenabsrsse
. - .1,
.UN'M I
sees Regulations Govern- '
illllllllllx All
insult nw
Corporations Obliged to Pay
a' State Tax on Dividends
\ -Attorney-Generai Gives
an Opinion - Dividends
Not to Be Deducted From
the Total income
12.000 lRflllPl
[Alli [[AVE 0f
CAMP DEVENS
Estimates of the Exact Num-
AttornevGeneral Hinnan has'given be, v.” some Putting It
.the following opinion on corporations H. h ’ 2 M
being obliged to pay a state tax on 88 lg 88 0.000 en
dividends:—
State of Connecticut.
AttomeyGencral Ofilce, ,
Hartford. March 7. 1918.‘
Hon. William H. Corbin, I
Tax Commissioner. ' l
whetlt r1
“Dear Sir:—- ’ '
l You ask my advice as to
in]? amount of the United States ( :-,
ce 5 proilts tax turd the amount f
l vidends received out of earnings :f
@1913, 1914 and 1915, which are def
«ducted from the total net income in
.‘computlng the normal tax under thel
United States corporation income tax
.law should likewise de deducted from‘
lsaid total net income (item I of the
tax return) in assessing the Connecti.
llRlVElll Sfilllli.
SIHNAiEflRI’S MEN
Complete Divisions Below
War Strength
CAMP DEVENS. Ayer. Muse, Hnr.
are being sent out releasing lnfonlm'
Soldiers From Ayer Used to.
9.—Now that Washington dispatches, WASHINGTON. lial'cb
no - lsslls
stunt All
l w”hi“"f’“._
:PRICE mm
|
i
ernild-tries
tures on government 'prleo
Holmium
tors Are Targets . Fm-
Criticlsm in the Senate-alt
llllilllllillll:
Says Truth Was Not To“
About “beckon?“ East-
0.—-Btrle- "“
m...—
tOontlaned on Sixth Page).
INTERN TWO SUSPECTS
AS HUN SPIES
BRIDGEPORT. March 9.-Charies
Scraggy, 40. a German alien. and
Thomas Larboslra, 45. a German alien,
both of Stamford. Conn. were arrest»
or! yesterday afternoon and held at.
Police headquarters without bail ior
the Department oi Justice agents in
this city. Both men were arrested by‘
United States Marshal Gallagher. '
The two men were brought to P05;
Ice head-name" at an early‘bour last,
orbiting andordered held for the ied’i
era! authorities while United Statdl
Marshal Gallagher said that. they,
would probably. be interned for the;
balance of the war. - i
Both Sonny and Larbosks are un-
naturalized German aliens and it. ls'
thought that they are’ suspected of“
'being German agents in this country.
but the police Will make no statement;
as to just what they are being held
for. . . |
_ Both of the men arrested last night’
bare employed in Stamford, Conn. as‘
Ilnborera and according' to luiorma-‘;
'tlon that was given the police last!
tnlght. when arresttod bothwere' born’
iln Germany and have lived in this
icolmtry about five years and have no
'nafilrnllsatlon papers.
Held without ball the two men will
be taken before Department of Judy
l
t
;tlce Agent C. H. Lane today. and their ticle dealing with the “Yankee
lists will be determined by Agent . n .:
Charles Lane. According to state Doodle Association which was print.
meats of the United States marshal
both men will probably be interned
for the balance of the was.
'rnlzanL IS TO
1 OBTAIN DIVORCE
. FROM HIS WIFE
- Charles R. Frizzoll. oi Norwalk. with
be granted a' divorce from Elizabeth
Rogers Frizzell oi the same place If
Judge William bi. Maltble accepts the
town at Judge William H. Comley,
who was named arcommlttee by the
court to hear the evidence in the
:tlon concerning the American army .the activities or the tool admlnbtra-
[in France. figures on troop movement ftton. monopollsed yesterday's session
, from this camp are believed to 00 per- oi the Senate. Led by Senator Reed,
mlaslble. Exact ngures are now at lot Missouri. Democrat. a group of sea-
‘hand, but estimates put the contribu- atom of both parties bade the attack.
lions oi men for overseas duty from Charges that a general policy oiilx-
thls cantonment at from 12.000 to‘ the prices for farm wodudts, not an-
u. 8. ill ulnar
NEW llllliNNllTliS
Arrangements Are Com-
plete Whereby Govern-
ment Takes Care of Paper
May 1 *
» Arrangements are practically com.
pleted between the Government and
the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad whereby the road's
$5,000,000 0 per cent. notes. due lay
, 1910, will be financed by the Gov-
ernment. This marks the first case
of the Government assuming the re.
pponsiblllty of railroad obligations
since the roads were taken under fed-
eral control. The new Haven's bank-
ers have held several conferences
_with the authorities at Washington
this week. and it is expected details
'of the plan for meeting the road's
notes will be announced shortly. At
the present time there are 848,000,000
pf the original 846,000,000 issue out-
} This action means that tho,plsu ts
yalse the money to meet the“ roles
intandl $2,000,000 of the notes haw
, taken up by the cmnpany
during the past year. .7 per cent.
cumulative pmicrred stock will
be postponed indefinitely. Stock-
wlll be postponed indefinitely. Stock-
holders of the New Haven road at
a meeting held October 24, 1017. ap-
proved the plan to create the new pre-
ferred stock and the Massachusetts
l
l
20.000 men. These men arsenow, Ol’
mention. as the integral ports oi the
field artillery. '
it is estimated. also that this large
contribution of men from this camp
is one of the highest. ii not the high-
est, in the country, at. least in point
l.,iol
Wuhan-st .I.
l
“L.“
thoriscd by the food control law,
cenaing power of the
Legislature and the Public Utilities
i! 1
will be soon. attached to the corn- being instituted. were made by Sen- 53:" “b” °' m” "“mhum‘”
troops. of which Washington m' ators Reed and liorah, who said the u.
Connecticut . had sanctioned the
plan. ‘
“V '0' ”“55: it had been planned to issue the new
'“0 “59d “'3' i" “3"“ result " an preferred around the llrst oithis year,
unauthorised price fixing program.
, (W.u aura-u
“Yan’i‘be Doodle House": ,
7' Séhelnc.
j Mayje Preserved
Article in file Evening-Sentinel Leads to
Talk of a Movement in Thai Direction.
Prominent Manufaclu
d
accordance with
ed in Thursday's edition oi the Eve-
'iur the communities in which
Many people have expressed their constant lesson ln patriotism and will
the ideas in the an; contribute an lnvaluabie_herltage to
Lour children.
rer Endorses the
but owing to unfavorable money cou-
ln a four hour speech teeming with dltlons lt m h ld n ‘, .lt ‘ n
bltter criticism, Sodom need also dc- ° 9 s d at
even progress to the stage oi, an un-
, net-112:”. though the casings:
are I ' . _ ’
*eue. "as ”fiw
, 1st no
and '10.th to‘b'a ' pr
than per.
i, The Innklflg syndicate which soot-
,éd. the “0,000,000 note issue was com.
lpooed oi J. P. Morgan d; Co. first
[NatMal Bank, Kidder. Peabody in
.Co., and LeeJllggluou Cmnpany. and
sold at 90.00 and interest to yield
6 per cent. which. Including the bank-l
jers’ and underwriters' commissions.
raised the cost to the New Haven to
about 7 per cent. The funds secured
through this ‘iaslle‘were used to petr-
chnse certain preterred and common
'stock and bonds of the New England
Transportation Company. New York
and Hartford Transportation Crun-
psny. the New Bedford, Martha’s
Vineyard and Nantucket Steamboat
Company, and to refund collateral
v
large part of the notes were taken
A
it should be considered a privilege by the holders of the N" Havou's
“ch 343,000,000 notes. which matured troy
nlng Sentinel.. and have signified their hl'toflcal places are located to pre- 1' 1,17"
intention oi doing what they could to
gdays from further decay.
; That manufacturers in this city are
(also in favor oi the plan is evident
:irom the letter from John Cavanagh,
general manager oi the Croiut
iKnapp Hat Company. which is given
below:—
lEditor. South Norwalk Sentinel
‘ Dear Sir—Your artrcle in the “Sea-
tinel" of last evening regarding the
("Yankee Doodle" house seems very
'commendable. it is eminently proper
that the historical shrines oi our court-1
try should be preserved. They are a
Case. The report was filed with
Judge Maltbie yesterday. and recour'
mended the granting oi the petition
upon the ground oi intolerable cruel-
ty. t
‘ The Frizzells are véll known in’;
Norwallt, where the husband is a memvg
her of a prominent family. and their;
troubles have been beiore the courtsi
for the last year. Last June. Mrs.‘
Frizzell sought damages from her hlls-'
band's parents, claiming alienation of
Hlfill Pilllill MEN
“‘ IN REll CRIISS
the court. but the case was decided truck drivers. J. Leo Shelley; the
against the claimant.
, They were married
Tenn. about four. years ago
never lived happily.
merit today. Mr. Shelley sent out a
lt‘nd have
.Call for 1.000 truck drivers. mechanr
France and ltaly. He is enthusiastic
DEATH or w. 'r. Hawtauo
Resolutions of refret and sorrow
:were adopted by Falrllold County‘
Bar association yesterday In superior
court on the death oi the late clerk?
William T. Havlland. and theor was a'
large gathering of the county lawyers.
Judge Robert it Dellbrost molded
and by nuvltatlou Judge William K.
peal has been met.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
supremo COURT
CirEll ARE 1v
Joseph Dias. oi 80 Cedar street-lads wants were nanon'need by?“
acolaplalnttothepollceaboutdogs llllaml.laltbielasaperler
lathunelghbmboodmnhgwulle m
midtbathehsdeomplalaedbalssnbnt
tithddoneaelud.’ -
“armaments-s
. erve and care for them. Nodoubt
.help this relic oi the Revolutionary Norwalk will “,1, to “3‘ In a“, in. ibrai
- The notes were secured by colla~
“muting 806,575,539. on
stance and it require- only "M ”I“ which dividends and interest of the
one should take the initiative. Should ”mu” pledged amounted to ,3,
your newspaper or, some association 140.000 mm,- , .-
or individual take up this worthy,
‘ work you may be assured oi our
hearty lion.
' "Yours very truly.
The Crofut Ir Knapp Company.
JOHN CAVANAGH.
i' Such a letter/as the above show
(Continued on Page rwolve) '
RH] Skills Willlll
i
l
I
from a contribution
General Ianager.
will“.
”£000 and 315.000 3 5'9“ me" 379% American Réd CM. activities in clded to leave the ship at Haitian/the‘
aii'ectlons. the case was tried before enlisting in the Red Cross as motor England cover a wide field, ranging am“, told them they did not need
0' ”53.000 passports, and because of their ignor-
FOMSII Transportation Depa out (200.000 Mild”. to the WI? Work once oi the immigration requirements
in Nashville oi the Red Cross made this announce d oi the British Red Crosoykto the they were arrested and held until cit-
SLAVIC WOMEN
, SOLDIERS TAKE
/ ’ HALIFAX nouns
HALIFAX. N. 3.. March 9.——Two
members oi the Russian Women's
“Battalion oi Death" have settled in
Halifax and found empIOymeut in a
candy store alter dlmculties :with the
immigration laws which. caused their
confinement in jail for four weeks.
They are Miss Anna Bathcitche. a pri-
lvote in 'the Battalion. and sins Ella
Danske. a nurse. whocame here as
waitresses on a ship irom Archangel
alter the Battalion had been disband-
ed.
The women said that when they de-
motim of sods! velfm lmk in- lzens learned of their plight and ar-
volviug women and children.
France and Belgium.
Dover the response with which his so The moon Chapter, of which Am“
bassador Page is president and lira.’
Not only in his department recrult- mum, Reid 1. chalrdman. mm
In workshop where about 1.000 woolen trounced today by the Department oi!
more: 33%. “2:32; “"“'"""' '“‘
es. s or
gnoccssltles. About one third oi the 0"“ 1,202,005,000 ”he" °'
gworh ices ls Amerieq the 1‘
ME” Winders chapter also maintains per cent.
, . . Hospital ior o0:
Frederick W. Tracy has been new floors. with Mr" Ml- ior nv'lmoedlc
I
I
'St. catherlne's‘ lodge
mperlorcom-tasdlielrcases.’ Otherchapteractivltleslnv
assistant clude the distribution oi books ior BUM.
Americansoldierslnnl‘rnncoanddm-
ropeaawaters. ._...,__..._..
Americansoldlsrs’ OCbreh
mummthe I InWliliamoreacbofi u
They ran
.clans and helper! last mouth to aid include also the gathering and dis-
BAR gxpgggggs GORROW AT In the outfit distribution oi supplies in tributing of supplies ior shipment to
'L
god for their release.
__........ ....———
'FAIMERI STILL HOLDING GRAIN:
l
l
_——.——-
WASHINGTON. larch 9.—Graln in
farmers' hands on March 1. as an
40.9
cent. of the 1911 crop.
Wheat. 111,213,000 bushels. or 17.1
Oats 595,195,000 bulileil, or 37.5 per
cent. ’
47,400,000 “held. or 30.3
per cent.
streetvspmisdtotheselleethotans
monogamous-tron
.Iast . ,
g... ; (anus-'5 on was...
liliflilllil filllill MllllSlll ‘
g menu RESIGNS lllfll llll‘
' EASTERN fRONl ARMISIICEA
m—v
MlilllillllN I’lllll} .
fiflElIlllNli SIRIKES
Federal Department Adjusts
539 Disputes Out of 807
Arising During War—Un-
rest Diminishing With
Great Rapidity — Wages
in
Evacuation of Peter by
the Government and Pope
ulaec Continues, and Some
Oiiicials Have Disappear-
llAllIl Hill It
lll-ll'llill_ll_l_llllllllli’ w
Trend Upward, But Out- British Claim to HaveCoun-
stunned by Imus Cost ter Attacked and Thrown:
the Germans Back -.
. WASHINGTON. March 0.-—During
eleven months in which the United
States has been at war, the Depart-
ment of Labor has dealt with 007 in.
dustrlal disputes between capital and
labor. involving directly 1.200.600
workers. The department conclliators,
:nder‘dlrectlon oi Hugh L. Klrwln,l
ave uterruptlou of these dls .'
without interruption of work imbue? T0 1‘thka probably more thll 4
plants. and the Labor Department who any of the other Bolshevikicad- t ,
Eggggfir’hg‘zrrfle ‘1 h" be?! era is due the present situation in '
mum”. each month. th::se":fl:‘: Great Russia. ' lie wassaldto have 9
,er strike. now um, m mml "ml cast the deciding vote on the goes-
,“8 "abortion of disputes was much'tlon whether to fiendideimm ‘0
greater “fill the tint live maths oi Brest-Litovnll a fortnight ago.
Germany by her ruthlc- ,
shagcred his progreln 0! self— . _ .
no war. the um. um
9“ b- dinhl-m, fluidly datum?
terminatid'n and Wee , . ‘- * .
, Two days have 09:5 0 Wiiilv- '
drawn! from the Do vii gov.-
emment of two of the three men V
who have attempted to rule Rue» .
sia sincethe downfall of Koren. ,—
sky, four months ago Friday. The
lflllllllllllllllll
.' Tillilllllillll ”MN MM":
mm for the third “gm, m'was announced Friday._ Nikolai'if
which is to be held beginning April Leninc is the only one left of that;
agrarian: 3t. Bulletlns were three leading Maximalist figures. .
' m e cc 0' the Puma" The evacuation of Pctrograd by 2g"
and Subscription continue at as .
Washington street, this Imorning asithe governmentaud the popninee 3r
Leon 'l‘rotzity, who brought
about the armistice on the caster}.
front which resulted in the present
enforced peace on Russia, has re. '~
signed as Bolsltevik Foreign Min.
istcr. '
3"]?
notes oi the New England Naviga- ‘9
Mon Company and to refund New Ha- ‘
Jven notes which matured May 1. 1017.
(your conlusion in advane and
ptly placing your order encour-
foliowsz— continues. Most ot the population
To THE THIRD CALL are 'rcportcd to be indiflerent to'
, ""3 PEOPLE g"; NORWALKJheir fate. Lenine has denounced 5.‘
The
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
is to be Odered April 0th.
RAVI you determined the amount
oi oyur subscription? You are going
to buy your share. oi course.
many bonds will you buy? Will you
pay cash. or buy on the installment
plan? .
WHERE will you place your order?
Would It not be well for you to reach
Iago others to do likewise.
UBERTY BONDS are the best se- After a heavy artillery bombard-
curlty in the world, oflered
interest of the highest
undertaken by a nation.
MAKE up your mind now.
you in the
lnnd
vance. and be prepared when the third
berty's are oiiered to be the first YD?“-
in
in your neighborhood to go to the
Howe
I” forced to retire beltind’thc posio
purpose "91’ British lines on a front of more.
1"
those who oppose ratification of
the German peace, claiming. that
a revolutionary victory will come
from the peace. M. Bicbnko, the
Bolsheviki Commissary 'of Mae
rine, has disappeared. , .,
. Western Flanders for the first .
itime this year has been the scene 7
of serious fighting between the‘ '
British and the enemy, who were
i
l
tions from which they attached.
merit, the Germans stormed the
than a mile south of the Hoot—g
hoist Forest, north-northeast of,
At one point the enemy broke '
WenhsriirJ.
front with .lrour subscription.
Subscription c "we, through, but on most of the front
'crty Loan. Tm"! Ln" he was thrown back with loss. The
' Bulletin no, 1, , British counter attacked and.
We are enclosing you herewith a drove the Germans back to their
list of all the streets. with the num- own line, and then occupied three
1'32.“ home“ on “ch' m "'1" 4" hundrcd yards of it. The Cam-
. “'0“. m brai and Ypres areas contmue to
item men to8 a1?t£c;g:;l 3.33.5393, be the scenes of spirited artlliery
solicit and sell Third leeriy'Loan actions. 'Clear weather also-has,
mm" , brought lncrcased Lel'illi activity
- Send "me” °' W‘" “mm” ‘0 “'9 on the British front and twenty
,Pllb‘klty and Subscription conunit. , - ,, ,1 .
tee, in the earliest possible date in enemy alrp .llcs are :epor'tc v.0
order that sub memberma be r 'vld- have been put. "1-9 J “"93 "V
ed with an oncialypllcit’or's mag. eluding ten destroyed. (in tile
and also receive frequent bulletins. American and French frontsxtile
37233.32" "'9‘" '"u in Your “1* German raiding parties and bat—
. r men or women. - .
; A map of your ”Mm will he terms are busy, but there have
matter! you, “at "a, gm“ y“ . been no determined attacks. The
definite Idea as to your exact terri— 8‘11"?” tiring ”l 9399913“, IN"!
tory. along the front from Rileilll to the
The odlce of the subscription trom- .
snitiee is located In the rooms of the keyingeztfizéggmdfi :
.Globe Adve ‘ . , »
lam stuctbhfitt‘gnoiywal: 3;: 1"“ "e “'3‘ "'9 my. m0- 1,
all iniormatlon may be secured m8 101' more retro: k - ; ,,
. Bulletins will be issued from time . I"? ’ ’
to time leunalnllug {on with the pro- LONDON, Thursda
[gross oi the Third leerty Loan. , —Por the that was b.
British casualties
" IUDDIILV. ”uh"..- new!
lShortlybeiorenoontoday.l .II V“ endingt 'y .
«sent liabbanl. of 41 mu: 5: Killed or died oi
are are sour-o. use lost-rt mandamus. ,r. w»
till-summarise, .. . ( s. ;
arch 1.
N
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