f tion of the thirty-five combat 11111.
.4 alone and six depot divisions of the
~ American Army in France on Novem-
e,
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ier, Brig-General Preston Brown.
Mortimer-cl Walter H. Gordon
1 28 (New Engimdl-‘Bras. Troyon-
our-Mensa, St. Dizier, Brig-General
'1 If. E. Damford. -
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‘ and the war bureaus will still be need
., ithe armistice, was announced with
.‘ the names of their commanding gener
, ale, by the War Department today, as
follows:
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HARTFORD. Nov. 27.-~The Pru'
llentlal Committee, Connecticut State
Council of Defense, has rendered to
the Council o report relative to the
dontinuence of the activities of that
body. After advocating retrenchment
in expenditure and personnel in view
of the signing of the armistice, the
report recommends that the Council
,eontinae to exist in order to carry on
activities made uccrssaiy in
the war and the unctr-taintics of re-
ediustment. in this Connetllon it Is
pointed out that war bureaus should
continue until need of their services
no longer exists.
In explaining the respects in which.
the services of the Defense Council
ed in spite of the end of hostilities,
the report points out that the Councllf
was originally created not merely as:
a state organisation but at the re
request of the Federal Government,
as an agency of the latter
rtq November 1 it was necessary" 111.11 excelled m em," attendance or Chilean COMIIbGOllOI‘I, bad a long Defense.
dor- Connecticut to spend a total of
£106,000 bounce of war activities 11111!g
report says. Figures on expenditures
for a similar purpbse in other states.f
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ARE IIIIJNIEII
,wssmao'rorv'. Nov. 27.-Thc loca-
ber 7, four days before the signing of
_ Combat Divisions
lwitegulars, Nouart and St. Dizier,
Brig-Gen. Frank Parker.
Hegulars, Foase and St.
MajorGeneral John A. Lejeune.
3r—Regulars, Tannols and St. Diz-
Dialer,
i—Regnlars,‘ Lacey and St. Dialer,
MadonGeneral Mark is Hersey.
E—ltog'ulars. Canal and St. Dialer,
Major-General Hanson E. Ely.
Regulars, Stonne and 8t. Dlzler
.' 7—Regniar's. Envealn and St. Dialer,
Meier-General Edmund Wittenmeyer.
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A very pleasing and satisfactory
program was given in celebration of
Thanksgiving at the Franklin school
comm.
All grades both junior high and
mommy entered heartily into theI
- V t of the occasion. Miss Dotlla‘
mire, Plnneo told ‘ln a. most charm-
story,
”to the
pupils, who appreciated it
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of the Day and Church
Services Will Be Well At-
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Men and Women Pursued
All signs point to this being a "regu
lat" Thanksgiving Dev.
trolleys and bus lines were taxed to
capacity last night,
crowd of home folks homeward
' bound.
North and east bound trains were of
double length with every seat taken.
The Pittsileld express due to leevm:
South Norwalh station at i: 38, ran inI
two sections with many extra one and
ran very cloae to schedule, as did most:
of the eastbound trains.
The down Ptttsiield express due
here at 6: 28 was not so fortunate, for,
owing to engine trouble at Danbury it
was lost an hour late and the eastl
bound 111111 due at South Norwailr at
8: 21 waited a few minutes for that LIMA, Peru, Tuesday, Nov. ra—l
Railways, I
with a hspfii
theStreetsin
Through
lruique, AccordlagtoRef-
ugees From That Piece
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Argentina Would Not
pose Chile and Mexico
Opposing Intervention
large number of passengers that werq Peruvian men and women were pur-
trying to make the connetmtion
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toned through the streets of iquique
[last Saturday, and stoned by Chil-
eans. according to refugees from idol-
‘que who arrived at Mollendo today on
the Steamer Palena. Among the ref
I'ugeea was Senor L. Rose, the Peruv-
iian Consul at iauique.
ITS EINSI ANNUAL
Th hc mobs in iqulque, it is declared.
lucre led by prominent Chlleans and
them virtually was no interference
from the Chilean authorities. Many
BI BIINEIIIS
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WWTON, Nov. I‘L—With the
passing or German empower, the h-
Mlllng strategic reason for keeping
the main strength of the American
New messed in the Atlantic ocean no
longer exists. Naval clears bore no-
ticipato, therefore, that the loot will
be divided when the war emergency
has passed and sub-teem: entail
of themsin lighting strength of the
Navy go into an organised Pacino
eet.
Secretary Daniels indicated 11111:
that a general roa'rrangeuont of the
dghtisgshipwu toboenp’octod. lie
gave no inkling of what is under eco-
elder-atlas. however. his statement
having been brought out by questions.
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forces in European waters. would be
nominsmd to the rank of Admiral“
when Admiral Knight, MN”
1the the Aeieth Beet. Wm I
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rounding the cowvcylnl forces. will” he
named by President Wilefl hr thon- »
cant vice-admire“ post M crra ted,
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lRecord Crowd and the Best 'i’erlédoppsrtntiy iii still being main
ll
of Good Times Marks the
Coming of Victory '
The old Norwalk armory has held
many successful dances. but none
good times the first annual ball CIT?
p11 by Co. L of the 7th Separate Bats
talion last night. which was continued
well into daylight this morning.
Svec's orchestra furnished the in-
spiration aided and abbcttcd by Jot-{k
Fiedler‘s chimes.
The Armory looked its best with
many strands of American flags with
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Hurt, While Car Causing
Accident Goes Its Way
(.le'orge N. Nichols. who lives with
Clifford Sturges in the old Church
homestead on Westport avenue, board-
ed a Bridgeport bound trolley at 8:10
last evening at. Main and Wall streets
do go to his home.
As he stepped from the car on the
.south side of the street rind prepared
to cross to his home he was run down
by a large touring car going east. and
thrown a considerable distance.
The car that 1111 him did not pan
for an instant. but continued on its
(Continued On Page Three) l
' Holiday Observedey
Cessation of Business
\ Thanksgiving will be regally ob-
served in this city today and will be
marked by a general cessation of
business with practically all mercan-
tine and .manufacturing establish-
ments closed for the day. A few oili-
ces will be open during the morning
and iorenoon but will close at noon
for the remainder of he day
At the postoflice the usual holiday
schedule will be in effect The stamp
windows, will remain Open un-
til 11 o'clock. The lobby will-
,bé open for the holders oi lock box-
es until 5: 30 in the ternobn. But
one delivery and on collection of
mail will be made.
The grocery stores and markets re-
medied molest evoht'ag‘bnt arenot
Peruvian homes in iqulque were 1001-.
ed Tami burned.
. estrict censorship on all press;
and llofficial dispatthcs from Chile to
IIIEIIIIINNIZIIIIIINi
HARTFORD Nov. lib—For the dies
cussion of Americaulution problems'
There have been no demonstrations in Connecticut, these will be a confer-I
in Peru and Chilean consular oillcials once at the State capital, Hartford
appear DUMMY in Peru without the December 11 and 12. under the aus-
slightest sign of hostility being made pices of the Ameflcanlsation depart-
by Pernv'iana. Senor Bolster. the meat, Connecticut Council
About 600 persons have
conference last night with tho Argen- been invited. including the chairmen
tine Charge d’Aifairee. and members of the Amorlo‘rniaation
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 27. —~'l‘l1e Ar- committecs which have been organ-
gcntinc Foreign Office has authorized tired by sixty five of Connecticut’ e 168,
the Argentine Legatlon at Lima to war bureaus, the superintendents of,i
lschool in the forty- Jive communities
lot the state having public evening
schools, the chairmen of those war
ibureaus planning to organise Ameri-
canisstion committees. the presidents
of Connecticut's thirty-eight Chambers
and mac bers of the
Connectmlcutc State Council of Dotson
and its Americanisalion Department
_-_
' (Continued 011 Peso Right) 1
(Continued on Page lint.)
NEEAN’SIESIIMIINI
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NEW YORK. Nov 27 -Th£- confes-
sion. yesterday. by James Regan.
Sing Sing convict that he participat;
-' cd in the murder of Mrs. Helen Ham
George N. Nichols Badly‘.
ei, whose death led to the arrest and
‘triei of Elisabeth Baksa. of Freemans-
burg. i’a., on the charge of having
committed the crime, will be checked
up by the examination of normal oth.
er convicts by the district attorney's
odice here, it was learned today.
An order was telegraphed today to
the Elmira Itel’ormatory for the pro
duction in this city of Louis Rhibard.
who was sentenced on the same day
as Regan. Four other men who are
now serving prison terms also are to
be brought here and questioned, it
was learned. These men. it was in-
go'timated. were acquaintances of’Re-
gan and were operating in crime at
'about the time of the Hamel murder?
(Continued On Page Eight)
,wsN'r REPORT IN . g
; MOONEY CASEI
WASHINGTON. Nov 27. —-.lol1n B. I
Donsmore. Director-General of the
Fe deral Employment Service, was in-
structed today‘ by Secretary of Labo
Wilson to furnish to Governor Stet-I
phens, of California. a copy of his re,
He also‘
was directed to place himself entirelyl
lBut Other Issues in Wall
port in the Mooney case.
at the Governor's disposal.
in a telegram notifying Governor
Stephens of his action. Mr. Wilson re \
\ealcd that the foreman of the Grandi
Jury at San Francisco investigating!
charges of irregularity made in Mini
Dcnsmore’s report had been asked to
furnish the jury‘with a copy.
The Labor Secretary's telegram to
the Governor criticized the method of
' investigation the charges made by
I Mr. Densmore, but said the Govern
merit would place at Mr. Stephens'
Idisposal all material it has bearing elf
ther on the Mooney case or on the
Icharges made in Mr. Densmorc's re
This decision was reached at a
moat Common-which held control of
the my. it is understood thatl
the park will be divided into home
cites and a distribution of the demo
will be made among the members of
the company. i
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Chairman Simmons’ scheme
For 1919 and 1920 Rate
Adopted by Committee
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. -With the
seven Republicans of the committee of world domination have been'rlc
vothig solidly in opposition. the ten
Democrats adopted Chairmrtn Sim-
me‘ plan for 1920 to reduce the nor-
mal income tax rate tor indlriduels
and corporations from twelve to eight
per cent. to abolish the 80 per cent.
war profits rate after 1919, and to
reduce the excess profits rates in
1920 to a minimum of twenty per cent.
and a maximum of forty per cent. or
twqthlrds of the 1919 rate.
(Continued On Page Three)
SHIPPINII SHARES
WENEVEIII SINIINII
Street Continued to De-
cline as Usual "
Shipping shares monopolized the
bulk of. speculative attention in to-
day’s Stock Market, their activity and
strength far outstripping all other is
sues in which‘irregularor reactionary
tendencies most often prevailed.
Announcement that the Washington
government had made a tentative of.
for for the huge tonnage of the Men
contlie Marine Company. thereby
halting the negotiations with British
I”SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27. ~11 spe-
cial committee of ten from the San
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dent Wilson 5 11911101181 request the for Thomas J Mooney, under sentence
British and French Governments will ’0‘ death for murder
l{robin all censorship on news dise “"1 a Preparedness Day bomb “910‘
patches coming to the United States “0“ he“-
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DEAD IN WRECK
it was onlclaily announced today
that dispatches to American newspa-
pers informing them or the progress , wfluammj 37-4110
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diere wereflllfldlld
in connection
interpsts, resulted’in highly spectacu-
lar movements.
Marine Pfd. made an advance of al-,
most 16 points, forfeiting one-third of
its advantage in the heavy realising
of the last hour: the 6 per cent. bonds
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Provisions While Returning to Berlin
MALINES, Belgium, Nov. 27 CUPATION, Nov. fl 6!] The»
(Haves). -- Forty-nine Belgian sociatod Prom) .—AII Gannon no!» .
priests were tortured and put to
death by the Germans during the
diers with the exception of the
classes of1898 and 1899, are how
occupation, Cardinal Mercier, the
Primate of Belgium, declared in
an interview today. He added that
12,000 men Were removed from his
(bosses to Germany, where they
were forced to work Other
crimes committed bv the Germans,
the cardinal said were too long
abridge terrible to relate briefly.
W Heroin said he was
happy to see Germany defeated,
adding:
“The barbarian formula of}
might over right has rcccivcd tl1c'
final death blow. German dreams
shattered. Honor mill is paid to
the right and restored BelgiumI
stands free and independent. The
integrity of the marvelous French
nation, which roused the admira~
tion of the entire world bv its 1111- l
sllakablc tenacity, remains ab'so‘I
luiely complctc. The Christian
ing discharged as rapidly as pos»
sible, “carding to reports mach-
\
ing the American Third Ami.
These two classes will be bold in. .
service 1111111 Field W vols ‘
Hindenb‘urg sees fit to discharge:
them.
The
v arious headquarters.
schedule of demobiliastion: ‘1
ioGernieny is being carried out .3 1 '
rapidly as the troops reach their;,‘
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ucsday, Nov. Milly 'I‘lle Assoe'nt-
ed l’rcss)-——William Hohensole
r11 ’s cutourage has been asked
bv the Associated Press if the for»
mer emperor has any message 0%
send to the American people. The ..
follow 111g reply was received to»
da\:
“His majosty’ a suite regret;
that it is unable to submit this de-.
mood to his majesty."
The former emperor accompan- ”'1”
faith has been reestablished." I lb h h t, C t
I(‘( V lrl 08 our! V011 m
The cardinal related that in the
early stages of unrestricted Ger-
man warfare, the Marquis of Vii 1’) a guard or “"31 Villain
lalobar, the Spanish Minister to 9d ‘0 the Rhine, which 15 R M
Belgium, called on the German hour '4 walk from the castle n“
Governor~cheral in Brussels and spent. some time “OWNS Eh
asked him to intervene with Bcr- counts property ““3”-
Iin to limit the submarine warfare 1
to the bolligcrents.
The Spanish Minister gave the
Governor, this advice:
“ The Americans arc exasperated
and are on the verge of joining the
Allies, which will mean the dcfcat
of the Central Empires.”
“We have no fear whatever of.
the Americans who never will be
able to help the Allies," the gov
crncr- general replied haughtily,
the cardhmlsaid. “A11 army can-
not be raised in a few months.
Three years at least will be neces-
sary for them and Franco and her
slant. communication with tho Ger;
man logation at The Hague.
HARWICH, Eng, .Nov. 271‘»
lics. This brings the total of Gm
man U-boats turned over to 114.
AMERICAN sour or occu’
PATION, Nov. 27 (Associated -'
Press) .—More than a million M
a half prisoners of various new
alitics hvae been released by the
Germans according to cell
iint-,k and preceded and followe£5
licrr llohcnao‘llcrn is in con» .'
Tucuty-scvcn German Submit?!“ '
“ere surrendered today to the AL .
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modest ally, the British, uill be Ibased upon reports received by,
crushed long before that.‘
the American Third Army.
Cardinal Mercier concluded by I Of this number appraising
saying that the Spanish Minister
had made the true prediction. He
paid tribute to the armies of
250,000 will pass through
American lines and will be renter,
the Americana Most of the '
France, Great Britain‘ and the rtcr of a million prisoners
United States. -
“The triumph of justice is com-
pihte,” the cardinal added, ”and
right has been l‘ictoriously vindi-
cated
GENEVA, Nov. 27. --‘Wealil1y
Germans and Austrians, headed
by the former royal families, are
mooning their stock 11
fairing that the
We as
H
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ianssieJn
I French English,
stony}
“‘9'
Italian
American soldiers. The my
slated by the Salvation Array
Young Men' a Christian j
tion and the Knights of
is shonldering‘tlle bulk of the
The population of the
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