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WASHINGTON, April 16. —Preced.
dug a drive against delinquents on in-
come and excess profits taxes returns,
Interact Revenue Commissioner Bop
er yesterday inaonuad a reorganisa-'
wakes.” re‘venue agent force with
Isl-pity. of Boston. as chief
revenue agent to succeed L. G Nutt.
. his. Nntt will go to Chicago t'o act
as supervising agent for the Chicago
and continent divisions. D. J. Gant.
revenue agent at New York. will be-
come supervising agent for New
lost dud adjoining revenue divisions.
'1'. u. Bysbee. revenue agent at New
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,W Reticent on Mat-
to: c. '
' Wet-en all over the a e are
owns. am. is
m'mw Haven. Waterbury
meeting at
settings-Assam"
,. cause the International union request-
'."' that the demands be held up emu
.‘
(would on no; Twelve)
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Conciiistor Greenawait, of
U. 8. Labor
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Aprn-16.—-Concllator
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Attorney-General Replies to
Representative Currie—
Praises the Secret Service
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Necessity of Secrecy in De-
partment of Justice Is
Again _Emphasized
WASHINGTON. April 16.—~Repom
of pnemy activities in the United
States are grossly exaggerated. says
Attorney General Gregory in a letter
to Representative Currie. of Michigan.
made public tonight by Mr. Gregory.
Replying to a letter from bfr. Currie
saying that a strong feeling casts
through the country that the govern
ment is dealing too loniontiy with
spies and dangerous aliens, the letter
explained at length the extensive
work of the Department of Justice
in policing the country under war con-
ditions. lie emphasised the dlnlcul-
'ties under Which the department is
laboring. including the lsclt of neces-
sary laws under which to punish of-
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fenders.
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Searching Vessels to Go
Over Route—Fast Scouts
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WASHINGTON April 16. —Unremlt-
ting search ofa trade routes willv be
carried on by American and Finch
navsl and merchant vessels until cv-
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394th Infantry Being Filled
Up to War Strength
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Others Boeing Trained in
Hand-to-Band Fighting
CAMP DEVENS. Ayer. Muss. April
16. --—The 304th infantry, the Connetl-
cut regiment, received eighty new for
omits out of 130 transferred in that
first transfer of men today from the
Depot Brigade to the Seventy-Sixth
Division.
The transfer is probably only the
beginning of a general transfer to
conic soon after the men of the last
uuotae are released from quarantine.
The men transferred today have only
recently come out of quarantine and
it is expected that practically all the
new men will be out in the near
future. The other fifty of the lilo men
were sent to the 301st infantry.
them-Paulie“
Greater ' Food Production
Expected to Result as Out-
ofLabor
m
HARTFORD. April 16.-—A war enter
'gency census of all the farms in four
Connecticut counties he been com-
pleted hy~n stat of volunteer census
takere. 1.000 strong. and greater
production and conservation is thei
mediate result expected by the Con
nectmut State Gounod of Defense.
which authorised the survey. The
work done in Fairfield, New Haven.
'i'olland and Hartford counties. Litch-
tr'aee of the missing naval collier Cy
clops has been exhausted. Secretary
Daniels has ordered. additional fest
'scouts detailed for this service.
Although tOday passed without a
report; strengthening the hope still‘-
felt by Mr. Daniels and several of his
chief assistants. these onlclals refused
to believe that _the “great 19 .000 ton
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Inner It. Greenswalt, or the Unitedipflliikl‘lfi and Clay streets was the
' m Department of Labor. has come icons of another lid accident. when
to this
partm§ut to try and adjust the differ-
, 'encu~betweeh the local hatters' Is- ward
had the F. 1-1. Lee Hat
.rGrcen t Sons, inc, and
Cat 1
If. Wan I: Go The three con
cents send cted union factories up to
dept spring at since that time. have
‘g their plants on the
“on. shop" basis.
master Gmawait comes to this
'city from Pittelleld. Mass" where he
succeeded in settling the differences
betwedh ;the General “Electric Co. and
W °' “” "" Arm's. ii'i'i’if‘loil 3%: Aim 0! n m eel-w W EAST NORWALK nor
PHILLIPS masks , sounds 17A 431:3.“ .l’frfl ggfirllrsgnrggmum Arum Elm”; .3: IN MERCHANT MARINE
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A ' new tour. are: is r-Chsrlel 'U'BOAT AT MONROVIA A o "m mm" 'W' m'm “mm
A n3: acetic. the mageaty KILLED} CBILDBW‘ 3W”? '
mwfiwmgt wasutncmn. n. c. Mayra In“ a.“ ' 'I' ’
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til”: It the direction of his de-T
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cars driven by J. rving Dibble. who
was ollng along Clay street, and Ed
cGuirlt, who was driving along
cars were damaged to some eitent.‘
but none. of the occupants of the cars
were injured. There. were no arrests.
There have use numerous accidents
at this corner and some traffic rule
jahonl'd be established there.
summer when summer residents come
from. the railroad station in their so-
tomobiles the corner will be quite dan-
along Clay street chnirk was driv-
ehilmvs were killed
submarine
Yesterday afternoon the corner of
Franklin street. came together The
Thin
gerous for anyone attempting to drive
id county already had completed its
survey.
Efficiency and speed characterised
the work in each county. The farm- .
era showed splendid cooperation by
readily filling out the census blanks.
thus giving the state government need
ed information regarding their re«
sources in labor, livestock and ma-
chicory, together with their‘ plans for
1918 crops.‘
Assembled at Library.
"The thousands of census reports
collected since the first rday of the
campaign. March 25. have been assem
bled at the State Library in Hartford
This week the extension liiestock
(Continued On Page Eleven)
CONTRACTING FIRM '
. SUED FOR $1,200
The l". A. Doolittle Tile Company.
of Bridgepdrt. has had goods valued
at 81. 200 attached in fsv of William
B. White. of Newingt . Hartford
county .and the case is returnable to
[the Court of Common Pim of Hart-
{ford count'y on Tuesday. May 7th."
.Judge Joseph P. Tattle. of Hartford.
is attorney for the plaintiff and the
W. T. Purdy Construction Company.
of Bridgeport. was garnished by Dec
rputy Sheriff Edward B.‘ boulens this
morning. The company was doing
geonstruction work in this city at the
Dexpartment 7:th
{acacia to M to the
Third liberty Lean:
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Interesting
Effort to flflonds
Norwalk's drive {pl the Third Uberfi
ty Loan ’tnck on W “lunatic
aspecttocaywbeuaiatacframhask-
lin G. Brown. mono-arm No.
a, wafroeeived audit use“ that
local chahaa “rinse-hug
nation machined his“ ten
ter wea- emotion of any measure
working under your so
that proper records may bekept under
the heading:
(Oantineedoa M)
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HMS. April 10.4mm a
contends between Adjutant-Galen!
Gomldole and the New. Haven
lstranta inducted for army service‘s
mechanics. wiI-l be moved to Boston.
Ifay I, was mouneed tday. All
(cosunsedoprssem)
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the,
.ter tells
attack earl
gassed in on larch 17th.
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men vil‘tllllly
morning's fire; which did 750.000
age at the plant 0' the
night.
ter of a:
to the plant and auxiliary buildings.
plant's laundry
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A 13mm
rcadsha train schedule by which Oct
committal increment of draft reg-
Hartford men for this service entrain A mohifi story inihis morning's
filth. Variance with Ir. Smith's version of
Private Leonard Poster of Co. X.
102M. Infantry.m A. B. F. has written
ugletter M
in the letter I“Private l'os-
how! he was gassed in an
in larch. probably the
same attack that another of men wereI
i suppose you have been anxiously
waiting to hear from me and wonder-
Pnucanun man a
TORONTO. Out. April 16.—17'im- Of the Newt Bugle
had eaflnguished this and the fishing organisations of that
dam- weight
srrie Abba-to itch
toir Company at the Unto Stock
Yards after burning throughout the side the territorial: waters of Canada
Half a million Milan? worth has. the closed seasons. The bill
or packing. troupe foodstuffs so. do is aimed» protect the catch of! Nova
stroysdorbadly damaged'andaeuan Scotti,
lion dollars’ damage done approved at meetings held by the
The police today "are investigating sure at Boston. Gloucester. Bass. and
a report of a mysterious caplesio’n get St. John. New impala. '
preceding the tire which started in the
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Spent scural Weeks in
Europe Comforting With .
British, French and ital-
ian Military and Political
Leaders
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1 AN ATLANTIC PORT. ADI-ii 10.—
Newton D. Baker. Secretary of War.
returned
sad italiaa military
era rem his our country's co-
operation in the war against Germany
and by his wish also to become inti-
.matsly acquainted with the American
troops under arms in France. On' and
'unprecedented mission the Secretary
(Ooniinuedfi on PS8! 1".)
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Smith's Visit causes
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the Boat_______ Saimmen .
1m. thesi-
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“Warden Smith said to a Sentinel re-
Dogg‘rthia morning: —-
e trouble is not with the Bridge-
port fishqrmen. but with [the Long:
bunch who come over on this
side and operate drag nets of a much
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16. 4m
canvasiin'g tho of the governofi
seacoast states
ouregarding an administration
lbi linportsiols lo
token in filters adjacent’g’buhtlm
and New Brunswick. and was
Americ'aniCansdiaIu Fisheries confer.
(Continuedfi Oil Page Bight)
hell
political lead- '
ouae merchant marine committee is-
- ~-_~_ ..
'I'r Twist-I. Wednesday Mac-a
tageous Place
AttachingFleet
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Stamford .Bo‘ ,
BasyBeen
Birnh'iJannary
.coiiier Cycle”.
this-
hd-eni
April 1!. 191 , the young man was
senior inSt. Lawrence University,a
da. lie was one
the time. He was titer;
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property in Norwalk. are revived
exchange.
(Confined-_.- cn Pace Two)
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Overdue—Theological Stu,-
dent When He Enlisted-=—
Relatives LastBeardFro’tn
armrest). April 16.—John Benry
Gautier .a second-class seaman aboard
The whey {was 19 years old on
ed in the Navy on
Catho ilc university in Montreal. Cana-
a number of St
Lawrence students who enlisted {at
or
a career in the priesthood of the Com.
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‘lfany memories of the famous
wood Farm. on which as many
been expended as on any private
the following item from a New _York
John Crawford. has sold for Mr.
hfary Meyer her country place at Nor-
wallt. Conn. known at .lLodgewood
Farm. to Charles-_.- Harris in New York,
COMMITTEE
Presldeirt John flolfuilsa announced
t the muting of the directors of tires
on Suarday 0‘Ihatjd-
Town of Baillenl Evacuated by the British Troops, Who I 2
Have Established a New Line Running From Wal-
vergheni to Wytschaete, Giving Enemy Advan-
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Ten German Trawlers Reported to Have Been Sunk by
Gunfire From British Ships, Without Injury to the
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pressure-
by picked freshp troops in
British from nominee .
I compelled a slight retire-M ‘ ‘
'Ithe British line on the
" side of the Lys battlefield.— _
town of Baillenl has been m
ed and the British front with- J
drown to a line running
north of that town to the north I!
Wulverghem and
Wytscbaete oceu ' d the it .
point of the %' .
.- and the Brit”! but .
, established here since the .
ently a mo . '
tion to attack it and their A; _.
drive upon it wan rhpo ~ - ,
oping this tom
the pivot of the .
bends here to the north, an .
tremely dete dd defense of
looked for Field
Haig' s troops.
and some of the comparativ
high ground around it ’
Mount
the defense, the British lind' gs
has been withdrawn stilliis,
ground much Ahigher than the;
mans ocnpy. The British "tilled!"
points from which it can edit“
to pour in a devastating fire It
the attacking columns. 'W
among these high spots is Mr
Kenunei, which towers up not?“
than four hundred feet from the
low ground abint Wulvcr'g‘hc‘m,
two miles to the southeast W.
ently Field aMrshal Baig’ s in
astill have a firm- hold on all
valuable hill regoin.»
attacks of the Germans upon
ridge
Wytschaete and Bollebeke W
the spectacular feature of the
erations as reflected in ,
news. _. .
Field Marshal hung a report,
ever, has an importance
to it that should not be ov _
It records the propulsion of
man attacks southwest
Berquin.
the easterly border
Wood, and it is by a push
northwest in this region that; 3
enemy hopes to reach 11 ‘ ~
some five miles distant,
this highly important
town.- Well-nigh vital rail
. “mu“? we...
Tremendous
Germanefiortto
Meshes,
1
thence to
lint!
Although A. In; or
de Lille and Be
represents a decided Setback
has possesses numerous "magi-I
i
What may be called the
back of Item;
One brief
The German line here runs
A A
mnnnication to the Messiaen
Yprcs region would thus he
The British line is strongly .
in this region, however, , .
fianhin movement W
report oftlte A’ilns - B '
”German edort at .
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