J
latmdattbafiuthlsmlhlest
Oilicassbeeondclasa flatter.
BAR CWIlllNS'
I’ROM DEVENS Al
Milli]! "MES
nuns llsn
MANY PLACES
Scores of
Families Driven Few Exceptions to Order, 10,000 March Into Szechuan, Great Britain and the United mm an... no" Working Reserve. Bails Into Opposing Treach-
; From Their Homes and Which 18 In Effect From Where They Are Reported States Til“! 0f Waiting 3:1:ng gynmz‘inmthfimm boy; BEATEN WHEN es ARM!!! Stronger
l. Industries StopinCanisteo . Retreat to Reville to Have Captured Several For Holland to Reply “'th dig“ lamination “Juli; th- gigsgnhyhe‘rb‘tdanfiltfl:
Valley. New York Towns ' Negotiat-ons 32...: .. as. ‘i‘. when lit 3M3 WINES n. Chm”... m...
MEN viii—mu
luminous;
Oiiicers Witness Action—g
“Stop Purling,”-
to Knitters
CAMP DEVENS. Ayer, Mass, March
14.—An order was issued yesterday?
barring all civilians from the camp'
.betweeu retreat and revellle. also bar- l
MllllflN lass m.
- wwumcmhl
Waters Begin to Recede in!
Charleston, West Virginia‘
and Vicinity ' ‘
~ ROCHESTER, N. Y; March 14.—
Scores of iamilles have been driven
trom their homes and all industries
in liorneli are paralysed as the re.
suit of a mucus-flood. due to a
cloadbusst which swept down the val-
“ley of the Csnlsteo. early this morn-
ing. “dating one-third of the city.
' The entire factory district ie under
water and many buildings have been
damaged to the extent of many thous-
ands of dollars. Firemen and police-
men have been working to hours in
boats rescuing residents iron their
inundated homes. So tar as is known
fretreat change.
imight enter the cantonment after,
fair.
RiBflllllN 0f
hilllliiiimn
MessaseZChinose Troops Have Been'Similar Arrangm Are
.ring clviliansfromenteringbybarracks “we of Suchusn. the Tibetans havoc
in the untenment without pet-naming .rebelled and are marching into Stoch-
eof the company commander. A few 'uan where they have Copland several
exceptions are made to these rules. towns.
illut generally the order makes for a 10.000 and la armed 'llll modern
Formerly civilians rides. ‘
dark, almost' at will and walk into natives. who are a branch at the lion-
company barracks without restriction. gol race,
The new order. it is felt, is just and ,looklnm alter Meifit relations and
[maintaining small garrisons of Chin-
Exceptions to the rule barring clv- ese troops. There is a regent appoinlv
ilians at night are as iollows: Viv .Hl ll! ll“! Chinese Government "19°F
ltors will be permitted in the direct ed from the Lamas or religious lead-
soofa soawssu corn: rabasosv, won it. me
”iii ”"iiiiim
* Bl llli AlllIES
~~“—.~.__
RIM and warm: tonight,
nihilism nonhum-
Wllfl urn wulutk All 3
AloNi lfli illuminant
lfli “BEANS
IN PROGRE88
Campaign For United States
l Boys’ Working Reserve.
l March 18th to March 25th‘
i suarman. liar. 1i.—lhirollment'
\week will be observed in Conneetl~
cut from latch 18 to larch 36 for the
meat of Volunteers will continue be-‘
lyond enrollment week. Those who
‘eniiat are 'assurod that the work will
not interfere with their regular
studies. , .
Connecticut is expected to supply
a large quota of boys between the
ages of 16 and 21 for this war emer
.gency work, principally on the (arms.
in addition, boys from 14 to it years
l,[lllll,llllll TllNS '
illlllll Illill CllflSS
Alli Alilililili;
Lots of Excitement on the
New York Train Bound
West Yesterday Morning
nulllsnilhuu V
lulluwuhu ‘
.,M[lll|3llN IlliiiS
Busy For Some Time Wm'SfllSlM to old will be enrolled for the Connectl- —-Flag Kissing Incident Advancing in new De- .
Fighting Bandits l Swedish Owne . } (mum on r... mm. ., u ”mum on"... to make spite Opposition of the
”—— ~ ' -—.——.- disparaging remarks about huh ,
the Red
Cross and the v. M. c. A. when there - ”—‘—' J
are mum gm... “lo" and ”we" Favorable weather on most of is
around. This and other things were the western front hair-led to in-
.gzmnstrglgo t1; the astisfrtlony 0]: creased fighting but none of the
0 p e on 0 CW 01' ' . '
train bound each. leaving' South Nor- arm” has 3 et made an attack is!
walk at 12:58 yesterday morning. great strength. Alijapparently
The smoking car. as is usual was 8“! keyed "P ‘0 the , pitch ,
well filled and half the passengers and the raids into op gtreneho
"'0 30""9" and ““0"- A ”"9!” cs are becoming stronger each day.
ser in civilian clothes who tor sum-l In the Champagne where till
I.
1.0sz. no... use oc‘msrnnNAL ORDER
the long delays in the, negotiationsu- .
with Holland over Dutch ships'in Al- CRANGES 1“ NAME
lied ports and the slowness oi the:
Dutch Government to act in this res- lmportant changes have been made
pact. Great Britain and the United in Lincoln Council. 0. U. A. It. the
States have reached an agreement to order now being known as the Order
end the negotiations and take over oi United American Men. instead oi
all such ships next week lor the use the United Order of American Ito-
ot the Allies. ' chanics. since the National Council
livery precaution will be taken to has decided that the former name.
The ships will be incurred and armed. which served for many years. was clent reasons was more or less talka- .
safeguard the rights ll the owners. too restrictive. The initials remain tlve, had entered into an argument German ”ml", has been very
and any ships sunk will be rcplsced the same—O. U. A. is. with some or rho “no" and .omlm active, the French have wiEopd
PEKING. londay. larch li.-—-Tsk-'
ng advantage at disorder in the Prcvc
The force is estimated at
l
l
Tibet is controlled virtually by the
the Chinese Government
at the earliest possible “I“ m9" "10 Hmto'loro membership has been while the train was enroute from Nor- a German atacll. g was
war. condned to men born under the Unl- walk to Bridgeport. in the course of repulsed by thgm‘g /
t
/‘
”I“ ‘1'“. ‘I' be“ ‘m T“ 3'" road to and from the hos . The amount of toms-nude "all: ted States ' but the ’W in. t 1. ma .“0
. teas house. on. . .‘ .._ . , , gunmen e some ass y l ,
3:“ 3":qu m - J: 3&3. visitors attending aulh ‘ enter- In ms 'i‘ibet demanded complete 8"" l° wiltf‘llfgoom- ; W “W1 ““33"“ MW ll W lhillal Ibouf lb. 306 0N" I“ Y- ":;?dfi:;o ilhmg-gtl‘lfhi'fl 4mm”
2 ,r that road . “ .tahuneat is the amp. without aro- .autonoslr and ll 0m .01 ‘7'" W 1'. ”Juan..." m m “w". "”9" “ ' - ' ,. - - b tr 3 . . ~ -’ ' .8!
“e" .m "g” d u“ mm, m vision that one invitng such a put the muss were , asst. ‘3 "all. ”a 15 Win! Isle. “met sea-try ms nnswer was abuses in the lace net-s ads are I. m
wank,“ “3mg, w, w or guests must moi-t them behind lag against ’the "Chinese. A collim- '1; per coat. in Wham)“. “”9333: p , In in: (gas-{sat manages what-thrived of In“ -- _
. ~. . t , ‘ July. , cent: ML -. . tetra! . Ml!!!” lullmen eea rose a German ' ‘ _
“5'“ in“ W “m. 2th.....o‘fil;ii£§§°§n‘i'.;”§§‘57373.1. 'o‘s' ‘ tion be- A similar Went already nature will be observed by the local mm who UniMStgiulog-aggoing “““mue' The °
morning entitle water is tum riaing.
(Continued on Base and .
'iflilEEIlILllllllN .. -——-—-
iii. availsugumifllii’flllli IRVINE ,
were; new WANG-[Mm
‘ Wasnm‘o'ron. March 14.—A shell. , - . . l
‘exphsion oaths U. s. 8. Von Steuben, ;, Mflol' 0f Fll’Sl U 3- Ellil'l'i
peers Regiment m France. !
- l
t (Continued on Page Twelve)
. .
l
which killed- three men. was an:
nounced late yesterday by the navy 08-. _
rtment. The shell exploded whim, Mr. and Mrs. John J. irving, or LG-'
lug fired: . . . ' - coln avenue, have recently received.
' .- The dead "95 ‘Emmette 1°39“ several interesting letters from their
Shields. 891mm fiannibal. M0" Vfl' son. Corporal John L. lrvlng, Com-i
\entlne Pnrbylski. fireman, Bunslo- party a. First U. s. Engineers. A. Eu;
JN- Y4 E. William Martin. "1°59 “‘ F., in France; One is dated Januaryi
tandem. Philadelrhll- '29th, and begins:—
The date 0' the..°¥l!‘°5i.°“"i“ “0‘, To continue from the last letter},
sl'l’lly $91579", there my details in we pulled in and were assigned to our i.
,the “WW?” statement runner dugout. The one we drew is probably
than that tho-lbw Were killed by “‘3‘ one or the safest of all, but when we
ments of 3 ill?“ “'th“ burst while arrived it was in a depldrable con-
being tired. . . - . - - - dition. The two rows oi tumble down
It was learned: WW"- ‘1‘“ “'3 bunks along‘the sides had to be en-
explosion occurred while the arms .'tirely torn out, rebuilt. .and the
guard of the shill '85 l“ ““3“ prac place cleaned up to accommodate the
tiee. “16 V03 Stephen. ‘1‘ army men assigned to it. As for height it
transport. formerly '“ the famous is probably six feet. six- inches, and-
,German lraider Kronor-inn Waghelm i can bump my been on almost any
which waslzinterned at H pton part of the ceiling. There are two
Roads whenflahe‘ ”“5” safety there. rows of bunks backed up against the
' ‘ alter preylng upon Illled commerce. 9 wall on each side with an aisle down
3"“le !::‘.:.'.:1"'li.‘::.:°s.::: 5.3.2.1“;
iiiill Iii his
a dugout probably 40x20 feet. We had
Past Exalted Ruler C. lrving By-
Ythe balance of the day to get settled
and iix the place up and the second
i
' s GAR ‘
s e - FIGHT OVER U
33:15: cf. Ileibtrewdallsgl‘3dgz, £3: 70;. PURCHASE BRINGS SUIT i
do y we went to work.
Benevolent nnd Protective Order of __r __
ran. at the mull ”99”" be“ 1:25; STAMFORD, March ll.-—Mlchael
evening. There were eighty mam‘a‘. Skiba has brought suit in the City
present andnloreintereatI :“hasI-llegn Court against the Modern Grocery
rd In thempm‘r‘y'ears‘ The cord Igompany, inc. and Louis Rating: “and
th case I! - smuel Berman, amp oyees e
We "ll 0‘ onicers named was ‘3 tol- ‘eompany. claiming damages lo 9300.
s:-- at ton Mr. Skiba claims he was assaulted
Ignited Ruler—C. irylng 1;! so by the defendants while trying to par-
Esteemed beading .hnight— Q“ chase sugar in the grocery store. 128
J. Lewis.
Bateemed Loyal
Teulhill.
. homo-Patrick r. 3”th-
‘l‘resaureHohn Neufllmlm
(puller—Samuel 1:. Jones.
Trustee
l
i (Continued On Page Six)
Canal street. Jan. 22. He caused the
mime—John 3' arrest oi the two men at the time.
' . Barman was fined.
i This case was the result of the an
M t" rm mm:
were amp eye a
tor tum run-4°“ 7' ford. Bldak was filled it and costs.
was. and Ber-tan was aned use and costs.
11: to grist: File—mm“ and-ck is an last Naval-sum
m mas. eer- ianddlermanlivsslnsta . a
Wesson 3- Marvel“!- !mmd quite a bit or excitement
..mmmwMO-M.mnwu latheeitycourt
.. WWWWRMIIMjfi-hm .aeesus-oitbeein
,weresesalvedt enema-“within;
[lowed l0 tlI’lVe through the camp tor tween enthusiast Britain and Tibet.
llnreI- The situation to the second assuring the autonomy ot Tibet.
larder is made for representatives of January,.1.l'l. Great Britain present-
,ed tea demands
7 ing Tibet. but these have not yet been
i agreed to by China.
{overrun recently by bandits. against
Iwhom the Chinese troops .have been
able to make little headway.
remain in their tren ..._
{the Americans, but flee. to the rear
lines when ”General Prahing’s mess
appeal '
British troops in the Yprea area '
on Wednesday took the initiatiyef' e
and in a' raid southeast of Polygon
Wood captured 37 prisoners silt!
three machine guns and-inflicted
council. 5 .; ga.’ over top. When they were finally in-
Husmlulllwl lam“,
~ BifilNi Niall wui sulllz hurls ,
‘ I Will-BILL
(Continued On Page Six)
m... .. ”WINE SWEEPS
, humanism
upon IChina adcct'
’
woman: on... are to be asked
' , , 5," . I (o casualties on the enemy. The Ger- .
. _ ~ . - ' assist. in mam tor 850,000 which ., man artillery.activity isintensacfl
uvumuu nulls w w was .. .. ... .. .. .. . _. . . . . Y... .. w ,
l ,‘ * —IC “108 ' R8130 - "Wing: Sign” “‘3 ?°:':; 1‘7" Cuts Out PI’OVISlOll 14““!th ras and Armentieres, where at ' "
, f . Heavy when: the *°’ "I 0:. u ”“3: Power. ofStatetoTax Care German raids earlier injhe' w ' ..
. I" '. ‘ VANCOUVER 3, c, larch 1g__lil“', ”‘9'” to the olive M. ' ricrsWhile Under Federal were ”Pulsed byBl'lllllll and Por-
' Several Queenslsnd. Animus. vn- afifi‘ffifin‘flfi ”m“ 39"“ Control - Measure Goes ”We“ "0°95-
sad Edgar
On the coastal sector ~in.Pales4
. ~ . uses were tie-"0’“ l” ' mm" Murphy. The arm (or: the 350.0% Back toHouse - ..
- “f STATE “‘EHWAYS Monday according to v: cszlde‘ resign lollows numerous 910m which-have ’ ‘ *_ 0 :‘mer :31“ 01 J83“, “)9 ‘Bl'lluh .
. from Sydney. N. 3. -. t y r e been mac and" the but 1" ye." W ASKINGTON. Ilsrch 14.——'i'he ave vanced three miles on an
="Vancouver Worl .", The casualties
were reported heavy. The cable said:
“A. cyclone“ swept through North
Queensland. Monday. the greatest
force being felt in the townships oi-
Bablnga. Herberton, Mount Garndt.
iCardwell and Cairns.
eleven-mile front. Six village-
were taken and two streams cross-
ed in the face of Turkish resist-
ance. A sl'ght advance .also has
been made on the Jerusalem-Nabuf
ins road in Central Palestine.
In the east, the Germans now
hold Odessa, the - grebt Russian
seaport on the Black Sea, which
probably will be used either as the
base for an invasion of India by
way of Persia or as the terminal
of grain shipments fronarssiagto
the Central Empires; ‘ankoGer:
man plans in the Caucasus, which
included the surrender. by Rusfis '
of’ three Caucasian provinces;
which would provide a roadway to ,
to help the cause pt humanity. 'i'h.1
Red Cross. the Y. Ii. 0. A» the
Knights of Columbus, and the Salva-
tion Army, are a. law oi the institu-
tions which'have called upon the peo-
pie to help in the work.
' Before the entrance at the United
“The eunering caused by “10 'l“ States into the war. the Amencan
was particularly 59'9“ “ 3‘ no people provided millions oi dollars for
where a number of villages wage 9 Belgian relief work. tor enorts among '
ticslly destroyed. ”m ":3 d Ion g the French people and among the Bus-
being toppled over ‘3 , alana and Serbians. The people of
distances. iii [are "pm“ to ‘9 Norwalk did their share towards all..
es .
new glut-n mml “"mw‘" “l” i31°3¥iidhht§°if££§z till: {:11
xllled'or injured '1“ l” available f" lag themselves. The Norwalk hospi-
several days owing to thegisloem tal is an home institution and the
of telephone and telegra: ”I‘m‘; people or the city are to be asked to
A'ccozdlns. tots 1':th flimween donate some Tb thelrufbarity to their
wort y 80“! . ‘ some town. e res cats have been
Calms and Bablnsa “lured "m“d'.generous in the past in coming to the
Senate last night adopted the confer-
ence report on the administrationsatl-
road control bill by a*:vote_ot 47 to
8, sitar it had rejected and the con-
ferees had eliminated a provision lini-
mngpower or the states to tax the
carriers while under federal control.
The bill now goes to the House for
anal action.
Voting against the report were
Senators Borah, of ldaho; Cummlns.
‘ot lows; Gianna, or North Dakota;
Johnsdn, 0! California; Kenyon, of
lewd; Norris, oi Nebraskm'and Town-
send, of Michigan. republicans, and
Core, of Oklahoma. democrat.
Elimination of the tax provisions
,re'sulted from initial use of the Sen-
ate rule prohibiting conferees from
wiritlng (new matter into a bill. A
point oi order by Senator Fueling-
Department Hears Com-
plaints of Gross Violations
of Law Requiring .Load
Permits '
. Repeated violations ol’ the state law
prohibiting the overloading of motor
and horse drawn vehicles, as set forth
in chapter 16. oi the Public Acts of
Connecticut or 1917. have been
brought to the attention oi the State
Highway department. The law pro-
vides that loads exceeding a; gross
tonnage of 12 1-2 tons shall not be
permitted to travel over state high.
ways, unless special permission is
granted by the department. ..
At the oilices ot the Falriield coun-
lY branch 0' “‘9 “lememr l“ "‘9 ousl ." aid of the need and there is in re - , re nblican. ' v -
First Bridgeport National Bank bulld- y -.—---—- 1‘0“ why they sliould not any dlli’eregt gum thong 333:3, was? upheld Perms and the Caspian Sea, are ’
ing' it was said today that some man- PASTOR EGBERT . in the present case. toga” by Vice President Marshall and Opposed by the Caucflm, govern-
ulacmre” her” 3"? ““an trucks GOING To FRANCE‘ The women are working hard in the sugm'nea by the Senate, 61 to 23. ment. Turkey has been informed
“1““ "be“ “my made" "‘3“ “3 __ Iondeuvor to select their teams to on- The bill then was returned to con- that Caucasus government does
much as 2.3 ton-l. it was pointed out ~
that trucks carrying such loads are
crate throughout the city. The drive
is strictly up to the women. so far
as the soliciting is concerned. As for
ference where the original tax sec-
tion, providing that state taxes and
railroad regulations shall not be in-
not recognize the treaty with the
i
Egbert, ”“0” ° Bolsheviki and that it should treat
1‘ — Drew
“e" 6m” tional sebum. or
the First Congres-
(G‘Bllnufil 0” “3" T""°’ Flushing, and format“ 93“" °' ““3 as the men are concerned, it will be {end with as far as they are con. wilhfiwmufl direct. ' -
--~—- ' First Congresfll-lm‘l churchd 22:2; up to them to do their share in con- :31“, 'm, federal control. was to British shipping losses for the
RAILROADS MUST ““‘v “”1“" " ‘°"'”""“‘ ° ' "Wins in the scum! fund. inserted. past week total eighteen . vessels.
i duties magnum-y to leavius Vllh _._._._.___. ' l l rovlsions of the h 3 b 1 Kill
TAKE INVENTORY till: met-lo“ (on... rm- France He . Other urine as“! o i m adjust ‘i e same, num er as was oat
l 0 ' NURSES TO I! COMMISSIONED. bill retained as e con e a . '1 ' . . _
______. will be “an In Y. M. c. A. work . ins them. are those m compenaaillll-iithe 2 prcvrous weeks There is an . .
, BOSTON, March 14.—Namea 0! 87
purses. who will be commissioned as
second lieutenants in the State Guard.
were announced today by Governor
t. He has been granted a
"my leave of absence with
by the trustees of his
wssulsorox, March 14.—Rails‘:at that
roads were ordered today by Director six month
General McAdoo to make an lnven- lull salary
3.3.3:??? 1;: 3:31;?(hb22plngl’vzrehg:rg “$31; luv. Hr. Egbert was pastor McCall. 1" 3 '“lm‘m‘ "'9 80'9"“)?
trol ceased, for use in connection. with o! the I“: mah:n:a:‘c:mc:; giigfiliimhxuigrmxgbfi
fiefihbihobflfl’be’iiofiohbifi toms? and was ""‘“'.i°.:.‘“.'.'n‘.".‘.° mflofiimggg'gg :33? ““
"wntzzws m... .. s... n h“. shawls” the... W-...fl"..i‘iil:..77”.:: stamina:
Ms! 1. according to the order. and rule oi his experiences which “m' .me by a committee at which alias
3.2.... “ “museum's: a.“ W“ m“ - . m-mwwmm
been taken since that-'data or within "g" "on: pLINTIIUI. '
Mum‘s—Ab increase
“I. of their net increase, however, in tho'ilumber
$22.53???” thus ‘ifirio years ending,of large ships sunk. Fifteen'of
June 30, 1917. involving an estimabadflfiflll tons or over are reported this
federal guarantee of about 8945v‘lwcck, while in the previous two
000.000 annually. limitins “49"“ weeks the ships of large tonnag
iter
that? hmdmmhd. m'numbmd fourteen and twelve.
it t m. subject to sporovsl br‘fefineefiveln , ~.
Kellogg-hate commerce commission; German airshlps again *raidedsig‘r
appropriatins “00.000900 l°r|'°'°"'lthe east coast of England Wed-
ing ma My“ “"f°‘°",,'°";m “Tuesday night, and a number of « 3
$33? 5310;“)?! 1n“ ,r" bomba were dropped. Tuesday
'- night’s Zeppelin raid was in-
lgflectivei all the bombs dropgnnr «T
‘ _ . , .
ninety a." Mm then. they mm be‘ learners of the committee included
Illa Eliaabetll Ross. of the New IAN-ROAD II”: 00!. TO
used as the basls for the report. ‘ neuron. "unwind Division, American Red paasloaur. ‘ rmlessly. . . .
The inventorie- Will M "1m" “"tn the WW 0' ""h ”3"“... Cross Nor-Ins Service: nm um ll.» —--- . ' LONDON. March Idnmhflm
is. Government and the railroads. with | mm mm, superintendent at noun or Wasuuto'rort. ’Ilarch “Peon-r pm. I“, Guilford Castle “Ht.
whon'tbepetlodotco-moncontrolmmm, manywmumummuao fllsalai'agt-asa‘lnallydisposetiotthenallroadt ““1””.wa
all-r u the Govern-mt i- mum'wn nah . u I run-It 0' “.0 s Iowan. Innria t at the control bill today. when the am We r -
to return the railways’ property in as amen weeatba United states manna nuptial. as Lacie agreed to the in. the Bridal-Channel on.
MMMMWHOIWY vmyssonmMymutsmsmmunmmnmmym. _, , t-- .
“ultim- ,, ._..t'..... Oil-fl- Iisllespitahflsresater. . measure aowgosstetlle . W‘Mlfln. .
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