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Litigation Over the J eilerson
, School Ends With Pay-
! ment of $1,200
Jeremiah Donovan. Mayor.
City ofNorwalk, Conn.
:Dear Sir:—
.ns chairman of the finance commit-
tee. i believed it was your purpose
:10 do everything in your power to
ve the City of Norwalk a business
wDuriuthe tour months which have
lgrassed. since the present administra
.gion assumed control. little has been
'nccomplished except the disorganiza-
tion of the city's accounting system
and the general discredit oi the city
éthrongh the refusal of the administra-
- Alon-to ps ,1 . bts.
V” the '9'") port of the
. 'bity council to have the remds. prop-
Wy 80”.:le Ind reported in do~‘
;. at «ohmpular meeting as u-
was mot broaden and we
lwere told byline-mayor that to ac-
I'complish what'waa desired an amend
heat to the city ordinance was neces
bury (although .the records and audits
‘. desired by the elitism had ”ions.
ly been furnished without question.)
. flowever. the council voted to amend
e
ordinance. but the whole matter
:was then held up hy.you. through tali-
mre'to give the aotiee’by publication
on inquired in thecase oi'lanch meld
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a. nights ago
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:‘lliN' [Will]
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il'hOse Under ‘rw‘o ' Pounds;
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Unlikely to Produce Eggs,
May Go To Market
According to an announcement by
{the Connecticut Committee on Food
”only. the ban on the killing of
. fkhickens in_efle_ct for several .weeks.
- . 'past. is iilted-lo.~aa to permit the ”I” it" been out into effect in alll
'nlaughler of pullets weighing not
' pore than two pounila.- The ruling of
lthe Food Administration did not at
'nny timeprohibit the killingof roost.
, are. The .ban on .killing laying hens of
Was in force. The prohibition is
Intended to reuse the egg supply.
3 in order to eliminate possible eon-
film the committee also announces
t the. conservation program (or
meal; ' uiI'til ' further notice is simply
. ‘llo best or pork products on Tuesdays.
[he whoie'basis or the change is to
{l’nbstitnte‘nlore abundant meats for
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snowball DAMAGE ,
DONE BY, TORNADO
COLUMBUS, 0.. March lit—While
:reports xcontinue to dribble in show.
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.. .Ing that Saturday’s tornado wrought
‘ perhaps more than a million dollars'
«Haulage in Van Wert and Paulding
Bounties. Ohio. whys it did its great-
it; is believed. today
that the number oi deaths will not ex-
slx or seven. Pivo are know:
' earl. and there arefuoverul injured.
fury
neighborhood of Con-
. Apparently the atOrIn’s' first
am an in the
‘1 My. 01th. wont d Van Wert. Wreck-
"slows it lumped Van Wort-and
. ‘ ‘ coun-
uifyil'hat greatorlous oi lite and. a more
.. loss ot-properzy was not left
the wake cf the wind is due to the
, _ WI districts poi-elite brunt
. - ». not hit any larger
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His Resignation to
Mayor Donovan and Coun-
cilman Wolfe Is Made
"Head of Finance Depart-
a
MEN ANSWERING
0VER8_E_A§ till
Hundreds of Selectivcs Vol-
unteer For Tank Service,
in Which None But Well-
Trained Men Are ‘to Be
Taken
W0 SIEAMERS
RUN AGRO|JND IN
A HEAVY fill}
The Bay State Line Steam-
ship Georgie, With 170
Passengers, on at Sandy
Beach in the East-River
AYER PRflPflRTlllN .
; AEflMl’llMENiT
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!&Micrs to Parade in Inter-‘3
; est of Third Ia'bcrty Loani
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.13.—A call for volunteers tor the tank‘
service has been issued hero and hun-
*dreds of volunteers have answered
:the call. The men will be put through
‘a thorough course of training. as sorn
as a camp in turmoil. The men in this
service will. it is ilrlnly believed. see
service overseas, long before men at-
lached to the other organizations at
the camp. -
None but well trained men will be
taken for the service. it is understood.
which seems to point to the lact that1
none but the best men and the best
fighters are want-ad for this import-
ant branch oi the service. Such men.
as are chosen will consider it an hon-
or to have been picked for the work.
The release oi this infbriuatlon mak
public what was ,aqulvarr .sltsktl .
known previously. but this country,
wane yet getting men really for tank 3
service. Pew prrlbabhr realised that!
the work or training and furnishing:
of equipment had reached such an ad-;
vanced stage that tank work had;
been touched upon in the American
training at the cosy-unionist in this,
cduntry.
l 'A large proportion of men from this:
camp have lately been receiving comr
missions. Some have beanrom lilo?v
vnfloers' training school, others by or ~
aminations. These rcniotions tocom- .
Jaissioned livers, we been ina'ddiv'
~ tlon to a high pefcen'hge oi pronto:
i0o’ntinued onfiixtb Panel... A. a:
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March 13.--A new:
of profit percen-I
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' WASHINGTON.
and reduced scale
Government construction contracts!
for 1018, the contracts averaging 1
per cent. better from the Gov
ment's standpoint than the coat
last year. . . . .
Approximately $300,000,000 worth!
9311';
fact. ;
of construction will he done for the» ‘
War Deliartment this year under the.
direction of the emergency construc‘
tion division of the .War' industries.
Board..which today made public the
details of its operations and of the
c: es made in contracts.
The programme thisyear calls for
the building of six great terminal and
storage areas at Atlantic coast ports.
approximately thirty-one-interior or
accumulation storage areas and pen
'haps six gas and powder plants in
addition to the two big powder fac-
.lories already authorised at Nashville
iand Charleston, W._\{a. . '
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,ORGANIZE MEANS . !
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. OF EMPLOYMENT.
, WASHINGTON. lurch 13.-—l"red-,
erlc C. Howe, commissioner oi lmml-l
ggratlon at Ills island. New York.i
and nine other experts in employment1
matters. are visiting dilerent states
as representatives at the Departincnt
or stOr for the purpoae of organic
Nineteen states-already have :oi'n-
ed this system.\ They are Arizona.
lArhu’n-aa. Connecticut. Georgia. lows.
:Kentuehy.
‘souri. 'Montana. Nebraska.
,soy. Dido. Poo-”imam.
inns.
eons
New Jer-
Mh Caro-
“Texas. Utah. Viral: and Wis-
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.Stato Line Steamship
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Maine. Massachusetts. Illun ,
STEAMER illsnw
nuns ilisl
Has 100 Passengers on Board
and Sends Out Wireless
For Help -
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Cloudy Tonight and Thursday
FUEL 3%” EX-
ooveanon-s remnarlou.
ed prices .and now hand. rice.
for coal will be to meet
present and fat!!! W.
COAL ”UAW.”
The cost unsuited hum
rm II. fl. “I
days.
published .
' NEW YORK. March l3.-—Thc Bay,
Georgia. cart-r
ing about 170 passengers from New
England points. ran onto a sandy
beach in a cove {n the but river dun
ing a heavy fog. early today. No one
was injured. and the captain reported
to the owners that the vessel was
not damaged. 1
Tugs went alongside and the pas-'
sengers were landed at piers adjacent
to trolley lines. on the Manhattan
side of the river. ‘
The Georgia was expected to be
heated without difilculty at high wa-
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ililliliilfi .i
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Want One Million Dollies.t
‘ For Missionary. ’and."'War
Work in the United States:
pols . law-ow
costs nothing and ‘ half, the bat:-
tle of life. u,
GOAL RECEIVE ‘
The local coal linden reports to
the secretary of tho'J‘nol Commit-
tee tor the week M'Mmm
to March 2nd, show that they re-
ceivod 2,125 lens 0! 1,825 tons
oi hard coal and tons of soft
coal. The dealers,
March 2.
will make bimonthly taper-ts. .
Frederick is.» Lam.
John H. A.
l'ruaklin ’Hh.
. at. Paul Cm.
.1 , ‘(J '
All res Ipnn business
hours culled tor the proclamr
tlon issued by Governor of the
State at Indor date
of January 25th. 18. have been
removed .
Lint-"Ll WTO. I
State Fuel Thom-
as ‘W. Russell. notice. there
will be no except what.
ever voluntary y can be
practiced upon 4 one o! electric
light. either or outside. ex-
cept for the order 0! Do- ‘
cember 14th. w provides that
to the extents in the or-
der. Thursday and y nights
shall be light“.
GOAL '..
Alter the hove disposed
of the coal 0 at th m
’|.lll8 ll. Willilililllil
Milllillfi Mill]
.Kh'a Tied by Justice Tipper,
and Couple Leave inTTim
I Once—Figured 3..
gedy About Two Years
Ago—Bride of Today For-
Kaown as “Mrs.i"‘—~' "'~——-
album” Bfllfllilill BAMSEL
HEAVES A lflllli
mailman. lurch 13.—-Lois D.
Waterbury. of New Haven. was man
Breaks Admirer’s Rib and
Nearly Fractures “His
ried here yesterday at l p. m., to!
Virginian J. Mayo. former head or the'
Skull in Fight Over Money
Mayo Radiator Company of that city.'
Justice of the Peace Francis 8. Tip
per performed the ceremony. The
icoupde departed immediately alter-
‘warda in Mr. Mayo’s limousine auto.
mobile. Tbey declined to talk for
publication. | .
llr. Mayo has had a lot of notoriety ,' Gertrude Lewis, colored,
in the last three years. and. iaeidsn- only about so pounds. but her
tailybusloatahltoirsonoy.Tbree tanner-amen and
years ago he was a wealthy and in- with»; sock .‘ut
ilueuliai resident of New Haven. To- ‘good Port“...
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pa . e Inna an ' c of
,ulaiutaius announce in New Haven peace. her eaus~beingcontlnrsd
new” 1,: geese“ terpnrtof his‘timeggeg: day (gem the,.’obio¢ of hes
in ow y. nos" y were to be married
" air. luyo is 51 years old. but hisfiwlthin a few days in Providence. ll.
“troubles :12" added a gimm- ii)! l'itn‘l. roileasedm the 11:11:.“ :05'
‘ ours to appearance. r s p , w ere con 1! wit a
lywhito, but his figure is erect and his "iraetnrod rib on the left side. and a
manner is sauve and pleasing. -dent in his skull. so that be can also
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sill llllls Alli instill?
retain,
nervous
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HIST IN NEW lflllli
A one nrilllo'n" dollar mislenaey anil‘m Referendum W
war work campaign'fund is to be raise
ell-by the Baptists ‘of the Northern‘l
States before March 31st. and to plan’
their share in ‘the effort. two lay-é
men and. the minister from every Bap--
tlst church in Fairfield, county will
meet at the Hotel Stratlleld, l Bridge-
port. on Friday eyening of t is week.
at seVen o'clock, to bear Dr. Bruce
Kinney, of Utah. outline the plans for
the drive. Dr. Kinney is one of the
district secretaries of the American
Baptist Home Mission society. but is
better known perhaps through his ad-
dresses upon “Mormonism." With
Dr. Kinney will
. be. the Rev. P. C.
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WASHINGTON. March 13.—Direc-;
torGenerai McAdoo last night an- '
nounced the appointment of a number
i
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oi assistants to ‘John Skelton Wil-'
liams. director of the railroad admin-
istration's division of lint-ace and put-
chases. which is to spend between a
billion and two billion dollars this
year. An advisory committee for fin-
ances is composed of Franklin.Q.
Brown. of New York: Festus J. Wade.
oi St. Louis. and Frederick W. Scott.
of Richmond .Va.. all bankers.
The central advisory purchasing
committee with headquarters at Wash- '
flil’liil iiill’illiM
WilliIiEliSlfllii .
workers are to
at 3
the
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Hospital campaign
meet on Saturday‘
dolock at the parish house oi
employment olioes. Green. ltrs. lrueatllfcdrogormho
is selecting the teams
for the drive tor mm
walk Hospital.
and workers
forthe Nor-
has selected an m
tire committee. on corporations
district managers. but the but at dis
trict managers is. as yet. incomplete.
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[Powwow-mama».
Adopted by Assemblyma-
ter Spirited Debate
ALBANY. N. Y. larch lit—A pro
posal to rntify the. (client prohibi-
tion amendment this your received
what is considered a death blow in
the New York Legislature. late you-
terday. when the Assembly. by a vote
of 84 to st. and after one of the most
spirited debates in years. adopted a
substitute which would provide (or a
relerendum this tail on the rattles.
lion question.
The Senate has not yet acted upon
the proposal. but a coatmittee‘fot the:
body earlier in the day favorably re-
ported s referendum bill. The refer-
endum proposition now is apparently
up to Governor Whitman.
When inform of today's action.
the governor made this statement
'I favor the ratification 0f the fed-
(md 0| 1"!" MY.)
FIRE IN WALLS DOES
$300 OR $400 DAMAGE
Fire. which did quite a little dam-
age because it crept in between the
walls, broke out in the apartments oi
no. and Its. Ernest Taylor. .453
Chestnut street. shortly beiore 11
o'clock this morning. and called Ou
the Central station firemen in- re-
sponse to Box 13. which was pulled.
The fire started. it is believed, from
on rerheated y. and lcrept
in between the walls and also the roof
the Taylor's apartments being on the
top floor of the house. a three fam-
ily shalt, and gaining quite a headway
before it was noticed.
The kitchen in the Taylor apart-
meats is badly damaged. and while
the house is insured, the Taylors car-
ried no insurance. ,
in the apartments of Dog Warden
and Mrs. Thomas Walsh on the sec-
ond iloor, quite a bit of damage was
done by water. the loss being cov-
ered with insurance. however. and on
the tint poor. occupied by Patrolman
and lira. Wallace Sunnis. some dam-
age' was also done by water.
The total damage to the whole
building is expected to amount, to
The building is owned by Mrs. J.
Bolas. and while the Taylor loss was
not covered by issuance. the Walsh
and Sun-ts losses were bound
I“ mmhfiwuroslass-auo diamonds valued at arm was the
Lean.oftbto¢iti'.
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.Kicklss shown the hcmm cost of new YORK.March 13.—JThe first
of the tibits of Knights of Columbus
chaplains and field secretaries that'
will be sent at frequent intervals from
now on to join the American Ekpedf-
tionary force. is mobiliuing here and
will leave soon for France. it is com.
William ~i. UNillillililllNfi-
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in a favorable indoor sport. The
at decreasing value oi the dollar .
is a lavoritie‘.tlllienlef magnet now.
lthe prioe of to reopen
Fonts- ashtnhgexnmpieothowfood
'llal mwmmmuodthedolo
lar has no MI. abou tw .
8: m ed to '2’; Load of _t enty persons three
met that in "film “W fice. wOrk. not; oi the men have had
.30!“th ”“51”" 3' Mm“? practical experience in social army
"’0 ”I“! P“ pound, while ”a” work in the training camps in this
ill 1W" ‘9' “"99 and ”m country. All of the mare men of mid-
tiines four times that amount. die "a
la “Sixteen Hundred dnd Some- . Each field secretary will take over
.— as his personal baggage enough
(W‘m DIM Six) equipment to stock a small town
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sporting goods "Woostgo;
box gloves. full '
SAVES CHILDREN may!“ for mg?! m m
in two large rooms at the bchlpin
FROM BURNING HOUSE _ ‘ m
‘ iiif’éfi’ffi’fli‘lifiiw ml
‘ NEW PM”. March lib—At
'the risk of her own life lira. August
packing huge trunks.
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, or this lace. rescued her, Hundreds soon to Follow.
1:5? when and if: sister from their ' The head of the expedition is Wal-
burning home last night. The family ‘ter N. Ke‘rnan. Overseas Commission-
)” ”1”,.when the-Ire started and er of the Knights of Columbus. who
Mrs. Sebappol was awakened by the recently returned from France, where
.muued rooms. she first took hi? be laid the foundaiian for the organiz-
' . in her way through t e . ——
iwfen its"; the house and then re- (Oontinued on Page Two)
:turned to arouse her sister. who bore- . ‘——.—————
1 son suffocation.
1;“ gm m m an”... .,., THREE DEAD FROM
the two women attempted 10 fight the GASOLENE EXPLOSION
tire with such aid as the children were
able to she then The “0"“ V“ ‘9‘ Balmurorrr, March 13.—Three
strayed. The "m“ and children members of the Unger family. bumed
went to "3’ home °f Mt nearest ‘in the explosion of gasoline used to
. halt | mile “‘Yv CM only quicken a stove fire. died during last
in the 18' Men“ "'9’ had been night. .They were: Mrs. Minnie Un-
able ‘to save. ger, 75; Harry Una-{1.21; and blasts-
5 ter, Martha, 16. Ano er s ster. er.
SUSPECT PROFESSOR esa. is cogfortnble. and all"? recover}
' Ha' nger. return rorn war
1 OF MAKING TROIJBLE- to trial-”home in Spring street, early
last evening, and finding that the coal
ATCHlSON. Kan-a limb 13.4“" fire was not burning well, he added
ii. P. Loesbers. Mid ‘0 1“" been ' green kindling wood to it on which
‘member of the ”I'd 0' Education ,he had sprinkled gasoline. The end-
in New York city at 0” “va ‘3 b" den burst of flame caused a can near
ing held here pendinfl “0 “““ula’ by, to explode. Unger ran out of the
'tion by federal authorities of his Hothouse, his ciothingafire, to secure as-
‘tlvlties in Kansas and Oklahoma. Hun- ristance. in the house the explosion
'dreds of scaled enYOIOM “dressed had set fixtures ‘ailre. as well as the
to person! “I ""0” '0'” of “‘9 clothing 0! three members of the fam-
two states are anions bl! We'9‘°“‘fily. All were taken to the "capital,
that are being examined. “a"! oi- but only Theresa's life could he sav-
lald. “ed.
“seam. who i- gtrmgnram
m a no u
mgfifium himseli .. . CLOTHING READY
swam in the "W“ "a "* FOR NEW DRAFT
WI [Abof lei Pond hit New . ..
York. “To 3|” W “m““f'm'fl . wasnmcron. March 13,—1'he war
5 weekly m. “d ' department is prepared to supply
'poratton in New York. which "5 “mph; and other equipment imme-
take commercials . .
bolas 01‘ "1° Am rm “d N" diately for» all the men to be called
picture! it out. Acting Quarternuster General
“gland. doetbuls now' is pressing vigorously
the deliveries of winter clothing to
build up the reservds necessary tor
next winter.
The original issue to men mobilised
is April would be: winter clothing, but
pasty at two miners who soon thonatter therwouia be trans
rnav or almonds noun.
new roux. larch tsp-a my of
«sprawl-1h ,storeatorthellunnterontltsfortho
‘AMERICAN moors GIVING
iii GERMANS llllli kill
it llill still our kills
whom are women. who will do ot- .
Artillery in the T011] Sector,
the Second Line Germ
Trenches '
Mliilii‘illii .
oners in Hands
tugncse
American troops are giving the
rGermans little rest and raids into
the enemy positions are being car—
ried out successfully. The artil-
_ iery, especially in the Ton] sector,
also has been active.
South of Richecourt, on the Toni ‘
a»
l' ' ri. ,
inelna “(W by
were inflicted on "
tell and ride fire.
this sector-"began- :‘ 1‘ I”
probablysrein ~' -,
a‘ct‘iv'ltics which had ”in
enemy was prepar'ms.
The artillery activity On this sec-
tor has been most intense, the
American gunners causing fires
and explosions behind the enemy
mes. '
Lllneville, in Lorraine, which
places them very nearthe _
German border, went. into tther-
man positions Monday and found
that the enemy had not yet re-
turned to the trenched be evaclnt-
man, artillery fire against them, the
raithh‘s back to their own.
lines wi out a casualty.
On the line between Armen-
tieres and La Bassee, which has
not changed in eighteen month;
ful raids. Their latesl'efort was
made against Portuguese positions
near La Venite. The German
which caused heavy casualties and '
left prisoners inthe bands of the
Portuguese. British tnoops re-
pulsed small raids in the .Yprca
area. where the enemy. artillery
fire is intense. 0n.the.French front.
the bombardment has- been most
violentin Champagne, especially
cast of Rheims. '
British machines have accounted
for twenty-one enemy , airplanes,
while French gunners have de-
strchd three others. In addition
to bttacking military targets close
behind the German lines, British
airmen have bombed the City of
Coblenz, on the Rhine, in daylight.
A ton of bombs was dropped cans-
ing two fires and a violent explo-
sion.
The Bolshevilt government has
Russian Congress of Soviets will
the German peace treaty. In. Pe-
trograd two committees are pre-
paring to take over the govern.
ment. One is headed by Trotsky, '
dismissed by Premier Lsnine .1!
Foreign Minister, and the other by.
Zinoviefl', chairman oi the delega-‘
tion which assented to tin German
peace terms. » .
In Eastern Siberia, General
“i“"iidin‘w'm'ifi
or, us 'vcn uro- '
.der into lianeburiu by My , »
troops aided by relemd Gorgon. g
prisoners. China has wuvnetHhe
sndnamramnhald.
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gas.- entefltev m “marred into sumorhbahl. (Ample
(«O
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Is Active and General Per- ,
shing’s Men Penetratctl ,
cube Por-
In the Woevre and Lorraine, the ,
sector, General Pershing’n‘imen ..
penetrated to the stigma" _
”P
The raids h "
a " ve-
ment against the Aluminum -
The" American troops east of 27.
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ed tile day ebfore. .Despiteflsrs .71;
the Germans continue their power- '
were checked by machine gunfire, ' . 5
In aerial fighting French ‘ana ,
removed to Moscow, where the All- ' .
meet Thursdayto take action ots . ..
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