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No Home in Norwalk 1: Com-
plete Without Having the
Paper as a Daily Visitor.
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in Pills
an NEW Mitt
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rry Froshefio, Dubury,
Over the Veto of Mayor
Donovan, Who Ruled
There Was No Money
nun
, iilNilii’SllEl’iliil
owe a Big Saving to the
City in Street Department
Work
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DYNAMITE HillJSE.
Perry Froshetto, Danbury,
Pleads Guilty in Superior
Court '
Because he placed a stick of dyna.
mite under his brother«iu-iaw's resi—
dence, Jerry Froshetto of Danbury.
was sentenced to tire county jail for
six months by Judge Case in the
Criminal Superior court yesterday af-
ternoon. Public Defender Deli‘orest,
who represented the accused, said his
client would plead guilty to the
{-harge of doing an injury to a build-
ng.
it was claimed by the accused that
a short time before the dynamite epi-
sode. his bmther-invlaw had thrown a
large stone through the windou of
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A number of important measures
to considered at the monthly meet-
oi‘ the City Council in the. City-
ll last evening, notable amonut
ich were the re-passing of the reso'
ion authorizing the increase in the,
opener of the fire department ov-
Mayor Donovan's veto, the presen-
ion of the annual reports of the
eel and fire departments; the ap-
arauce of Attorney Loo Davis for
c police department asking later-
that as to when the police were to
(wire their already granted in-
asc irt pay: and a consideration of
c advisability of giving to the lo-
I (l. A. it. anti Spanish Wat Veter-
s tilt use of liit' rooms now occll
d by the Exemption Board utter
t-y Iti't‘ vacated ify the present full
is.
REAEHBEVENSTU .
’ utilitarian
en From New England
States—Overseas Troops
Expected Today
AY lR. Mass” Dec. 11. ~l-‘iftccn hurt»
United States guards arrived at
mp Devens yesterday, from points
Maine and From Fort Ethan Allen.
.. and Springfield. Mites. to be
submitted. They expect to be. return-
to civil life Thursday.
Discovery of influenza amonu tilc
ards who arrived yesterday has
used several units to be quarantin-
.Among them is one whole t-tmr»
ny from the Watcrtown Arsenal.
Preparations were completed last
ht for the reception of the over»
a troops expected on the steamer
nopic. The steamer will probably
it in Boston this morning and
ins will take the soldiers direct to
e cantonmenl here, |where band»
ll be in readiness for them.
Nineteen Hoflcers were returned it‘.
V“ .m- ltvfiti)’ and 100 more will be
thargctl tomorrow.
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a BtiNNEtlliiil
ant to Get $300,000 in This
State for Relief and Bel-l
ferment of Poland
HARTFORD. Dec. ll.~—Snnction or
campaign by the Polish National
partntent to raise approximately
300.000 in Connecticut has been at-
rlied by the (‘onnccticut State Conn
it of Defense. The campaign in this
tote has already begun at various
ints. notably in New Britain and
eriden. The Polish National Dep’trt-
hopes to raise throuzlront the
tire United States “0.000.000.
actually from Polish ciliycus o‘
ideals. Dr. B. L, Smylto‘vvski, ol'
‘ dgeport, vice-president of the Na:
Pp'ilth Department is campaign
opreobntative for Connecticut. The
easy raised in this :rnd‘?r~.".:c:- state:
ill be used for the relief and better-
ent of Poland and its people. includ-
g the Polish army that fought with
he Allies. ‘
The Polish National Department is
n unincorporated 'oraauization rep.
seeming American citizens of Po‘lsh
i-rth or extractimn. it was organized
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luxury 1,
antimalarial
into an MEN
NEW YORK, l‘icc. il.-~l~‘uur days
overdue, tho l'nited States transport
t‘aiaruarte, carrying l’ourtccn officers
and 1.47: men. 'all Navy personnel,
reached Quarantine here early today.
Heavy Meathol‘ delayed the arrital of
the it'St-iti.
Another transport. the Quantniramo.
also arrived here today, together with
the Tcnadores,
an American vessel,
one day overdue. with 882 troops and
1‘.“ clviltars, including welfare work
ers, and 500 sacks of mail: and the
it"iiie'll transport Ascanintt. with 1,
441 ofliccrs and inert.
Wounded American soldiers who ar-
rived here yesterday front (H'i‘l'flt‘ilh
‘en the steamer Krootrlantl landed to
day, when the troopship reached her
dock after spending the flight down
the bay.
The Kroonland, which left Liver
pool more than a vvcok alto. brought
sixty-three officers, 1,180 enlisted men.
and 10»; civilians, Thousands of wel
coming relatives and lrit-utis were at
the dock. -
ltt addition to the
Kroonland brought
and members of a French
The soldiers included
304th Ambulance (‘ompanyz llead-
quartets Detachment, Headquarters
troops. and a postal unit of the filth
Division. New England.
iloston. Doc. 11. - The White Star
Llncr Canotric. escorted by ru-cptiorl
boats containing military and naval
authorities and slate and city oili—
ciala, steamed up the harbor early to-
day and discharged nearly 1.500 sol-
diers front ovt-rscas. The soldiers err-
trained immediately for (‘amp Dcvens.
v'lterc thev will be tlellrobllfzcd. For
thc most part. they arc from western
states and include aviation units
which have been in training in tin!-
land.
the
cit titans
lrrissiou.
caauals, the
wounded,
nurses,
Haunt IN its
innit. l inn
Word has been
received of the
Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Gilbert, of New Mil-
ford. _lie was one of the. 504th Engin-
eers who volunteered for immediate
servit e in France, and twns o'vol'st-as
betor-c Thanksgiving of 1917. 710!
three months in the base hospital as
a result pf scarlet fever and measles.
he Wits transferred to the Chemical
Warfare Service, Advance Gas Depot.
No i. stationed at the front. Thom
of
(t‘onlintrod t... l‘ncc’: revolve)
KORPER enemas
T0. RESIGN PLACE
HARTFORD, Dec: E—At the meet-
ing of'the Connecticut 'State Council
of Defense, Monday afternoongthe it‘-
qneat of 'Leo Korper to be relieved of .
his duties as Connecticut Director of
the Federal Employment Agency.
was considered. It was the unanimous
opinion of members of the council
that Mr. Korper should be asked to
continue in charge of the work, and
that he should be given an assistant.
Mr. Korper has given his entire time
to his work as Director of the Em-
ployment Agency to the neglect of his
private business. .
it was reported at the meeting that
the Cormcll of Defense'had out expats-
es forty per eent...‘ and Mal great
a reduction would be further made by
‘3 two ‘ ‘i
i'i'l‘hen Driver Who Was Said
4
a
sock Iowan can. mama. so. 11.1w
tili’illlll’s .
or salts
outrun
to Be Responsible for the
Accident Went on His Way
to Danbur
Billiiitifll Btiii n
* SPi-Ziiiilfllllllill
Held Under $500 Cash Bond
for Trial on Saturday
Morning r
tleorgc l". lit-wilt, employed by_ 1.9
J. Reynolds, had just finished a con»
vt-rsution with lrvinx Reed. foreman
tor the company. in front of their old.
cert with the Benedict News company"
on Wall street, shortly before four
o'clot-ll yesterday afternoon. and ltad
just stepped front the curb to cross to
his truck. when a Ford five—passenger
tour-ma car raun- flying along at what
several witnesses nitrite was fully
thirty miles an .lrour, and striking.
llewi‘l. lhrt-w hint folly twenty feet!
The car trad not come to a full stop
when it reached the prostrate form oi
Mr. lit-wilt, who al‘aspcd the fender,
and was pulled atom: with the. cal'
quite a distance further. thus saving
hrtrrsclf trout being run over by the
“heels. .
The driver. who proved to be Adol‘
pho Capt-telli oi’ Datllrury, on seeing
that Hewitt was able to stand. started
immediately,»and rounding the turn
into Main street. pmcecdtd on his wayg ~
to Danbury, but not bolero Mr. Rel-tit
had noted the number of thI car-t
nouns and hurrying to the police ata-
tlon on Water street. told tint story
to ()iilcer (‘lrat’lt .t Page who was at the
deck, and who promptly toll-phoned it;
(‘aplaltr Bradley of the litillitlii')’ po-
lit-e fl'ii't‘ to arrest the mart for viola-
tion of the motor vehicle law.
This wut (itllli- and ('alli‘lt‘lll wts‘
ltl’lilllllll back early in the evening by"
:t t-ilt‘('illi billet-r.
The case was immediately taken up
by Prosecuting Attorney Dunbar. and
Continued on Page Nine
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till CST, Dec. 11 (By The Associat-
ed Messy—“Tile. U. S. S. George
Washington. with President Wilson
anti party aboard. changed its course
after leaving the Azores and 'Will ar-
rive in Brest in advance of the time
announced, accordion to a ne val wire-
less dispatch received today.
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muss tilillENGl
At the First Congregational
Parish House Where Many
Assemble to Hear Former
Pastor Tell of His Y. M.
C. A. Work
There will probably be many more
lectures given by men identified with
Norwalk. of personal experience on
the French Front, but none will ex»
cel in interest that detailed and con-
nacted succession of events of a six
months‘ experience of a Y.‘ M; C. A.
worker f m the time he left the dock
in New ork city through the various
phases of his long and varied lunacy
than that given by the Rev. George
Drew Egbert at the parish building oi
the First Congregational church last
evening.
There were good and raumcient
.eaaons why the auditorium Iliad
to capacity, when a storm 0 applause
greeted their old pastor it: IMO
upon the platform. -
Firstly. it is almost needless to ex-
plain that Rev. Mr. Egbert. although
he left Norwalk for wider 0 do some
years ago. still holds a sec a place
in the hearts of the members of his
former flock, but of the entire. cont-
munity, and was amply proven botlt
by the Requent applause. and by tilt
large number that remained After the
exercises to greet lrinl. ,
Secondly, the lecture was given
under the auspices of the Doorkeep-
er‘s Circle. of King! Daughters, and
that means that every one of its en
ergetlt- members has been hard at
work selling tickets for some timer}
And finally. because tire proceedsi
were for the benefit of the holding-g
fund of Norwalk’s pioneer chuteh so-'
Clrty. and the financial returns will
surely buy many bricks or other Inn
terial for the new edifice.
Pastor McGugor Pmidea
The pastor. Rev i-Imcal F. Alt-Greg
or, presided. and while a formal in-
troduction of the speaker was not
llttt'df‘ti, spoke a few happy words of
meeting as he. presented Rev. Mr
Egbert.
The speaker emphasized the fact
that it was not a prepared lccturci
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BillllliEPfllll MEN
All USEII ALIASES
Actors in the Big Brewster
Midnight Frolic Worked
Under “Stage” Names
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ilt'ltlgeport residents arrested in the
New York State Constabulary‘s raid
on Esther Lawrence's Putnam Rod
and (ion Club. just over the New
York state line in Brewster. N. Y.,
early Sunday morning. were evident-
ly old hands at the game. according
to the records of the. Town Court of
llrawstcr. and by the same token,
iJudac James lilurty, who presldgs ov-
. er the tribunal, is also no shallow ves-
< sci. Not one of the Bridgeportera ar-
llifili Til SEHllill
MilVEMENl inns,
HARTFORD. Dcc. ll.—-Speclflc di-
rections to all town chairmen of the
Women‘s Department, Connecticut
State Council of Defense. concerning
the “brick to school" drive, to start
January 6 have been issued by the
Woman's Department. Miss Camllne
Put-ultra“: of Greenwich is chairman
of this drive in Connecticut. The
plea of campn‘zn was decided upon at
a recent. meeting of the Executive
Committee and Advisory Committee
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FRENCH To USE TANKS
T0 TOW CANAL BOATS
PARIS. Dec. 11,—Tanks. which
played so great a part in winning the
war for the Allies, may prove impor
tant commercial instruments in time
of peace.
The government is going ahead
with "r , cnn‘iruction of aeveral'310.-
000 tanks, iwhich is causing much dis~
cussion among the Socialists, many
of whom want the work stopped.
But it has been found by its minia-
try of vale aya that tanaa tow can-
al barges ideally and so. in the short-
agvof hornet.” the land ships now
pram,” .
rested had the presence of mind to
satisfy the curiosity of their acquain-
'tances at home. by giving their right
names.
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Selleck’s Case Continued
For One Week:
The, scheduled hearing on the case '
of Chester S. Selle-ck, former cashier
o’ thc Fairfteld t‘ottntv National Bank,
which was to have been held yester-
day afternoon before the Criminal Sit-
rer’or Court. in Bridgeport, was con-
tinued until next Wednesday. Jtldze
“’il'inci lt‘ 'V‘cmmanv is representing
Sellecl-r pnd Pmonnilnp Aiiontnv PM-
1"!“ t‘. "mm-m is appearing for the.
first taxing district.
Severely Wounded
Four Days Before
Armistice Was Signed
Mr. and In. Adolph Rediing. of 8“
Pine an act. yesterday received I. tele-
gram from Washington' containing the
. announcement that their son. Private
Charles Redlirr. had been severely
wounded in France. No word \ had
been received from the popular young
man by his parents for some time and
the telegram -yeaterdav continued
their fears that misfortune had over-
taken their son. According to the
telegram the young mu; was severely
wounded in action ona'hfovember 'l.
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Turkey Arrests Massacre
Leaders and Sentences to
Death Are Expected—De-
mands Extradition From
Berlin of Talut Pasha and
Enver Pasha
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. ii.-—-Dr.
Rachid, former Governor of the Prov-
ince of Diarbeltr. and Lieutenanttt of
Gendarmerie Chakri and Human have
been arrested for their part in the
Armenian massacres of ms by the
Turkish Government. Their guilt has
been established and sentences of
death are expected to follow.
A Turkish military commission has
examined the former VlceGovernot.
Ada Pauli. gtnd other officials accua»
ed of crimes against the Armenians
under the Ministry of Enver l‘aslri
and Talaat Pasha.
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militiamen
intros tiltitltll
Butterworth Rifles Are the
Hosts at Most Successful
Soiree—McEnellies Make
Good Again
There is something: so irresistible
about the music fumirthcd by the Mc-
Enclly Singing orchestra, that even
the novice can keep atop, while the
expert dancers fairly revel in the
catchy strains as one-step, wait: and
fox trot follow in quick succession.
90 when the Butterworth Rifles he-
lm: the handle by which Co. K. of the
7th Separate Battalion is generally
knOWn, decided to give. a dance at the
Armory. everyone planned to attend.
and fully one thousand people were
present to met the McEnelliea on
t‘mir first visit to this city this sea.
Nor were they disappointed either
in the music or in the efficient man-
rwr in twhich the affair was conduct-
Taurntur apporuirnna. brilliant light-
ing and
furnished a combination that set a
hiwh mark for the coming season's
httlvl'c dances and attracted a large
attendance from out of town. as well
its the local docinwa of Torpaichore.
Comnanv K and its efficient commit»
ice are to be congratulated.
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Sherman Council. Royal Arcanum.
entertained a large number of mem-
bers and friends last evening. Spel-
del's orchestra, of Bridgeport. gave
an ovenllenf mtrntnal entertainment,
plavinz a iaree number of popular
airs. and singing was grieved. A pie
("Nina contest proved a. laughable fea-
ture. helm! won hv Mil-tet- Reed a
onlornrl vouth who unwed an adopt in
the eating line. Supreme Orator
v-tmvrtin—n "In I t" mun.-
LOUIS-S. BEERS IS
LOCAL FUEL CHAIRMAN
Attorney Louis S. Beers a few days
ago received the official notice from
Fuel Director Russell, of Hartford.
announcing’hls appointment as chair-
man 0' "W lrM‘ 'N'fl nnfim'tfnn tn
succeed Franklin 9. Smith, former
chairman who resumed some time
ago. Mr. Beers will conduct the af-
fairs and business of the that com-
m'ttae at his cities at 91 Washington
street, where all communications and
computation!“ mmmmmmfl; «talcum mammalian: We
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Paints General ludendorti, as the Dictator of
the I’ol'lllfl' Emperor’s Military Paley.
Talk Over Prolonaation of V
‘ Armistice Will Begin at
Trcves Tomorrow.
legal Attica Against the former Ger-an Elli-m»
peror lias Been Commenced by
“Lille Mothers.”
: VIENNA, Monday, Dec. 0 [By
The Associated l’rcss).~—»(‘otttrt
(,‘zcrniu, the former Austro-llun-
gurian Foreign Minister, disettsst‘d
today his efforts and that of tile
Austrian governmcnt to end the
war and outlined what in his esti-
mation'wcrc the problems to be
settled before peace can be. made
secure. He expressed hope. for an
agreement among the nations to
disarm.
Count (‘zcruin declared the
lircst-lrittivsk peace treaty was the
work ol' the (ict'iuan military lcad<
.crs and painted General Ludcu-
rdorfl’, the tpturtertnaster-uerrcral
lot the German army and virtual
illicintor of the emperor's military
ipolicy ill the last days of the con-
flict as the man who stood bctwccn
the t‘cntral Empires and peace on
numerous occasions. Efforts to in-
duce the German government to
mnkc concessions of an important
nature secured at times to be near
success, but litttlctrdorii‘ was adu-
maut. .
Recountintz the desperate efforts
on the part of Austria to reach
some sort of peace before the final
and absolute collapse of both the
Austrian and (lcrntau Empires,
t‘ount (lzcrttitt said:
“The German people wanted
pcacc long ago, anti even Emper-
or William wautctl to see the end
of the war, but the attitude of
England prevented steps being:
taken. ,Emperor William said to
me on one occasion: ‘Iiow can we
lget peace with England. declaring:
'wc must be. dcstroycd‘l’
“Nothing is more dangerous in
ipolitics than to see. filings as you
‘Wish to sec them; not as they are.
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SERGEANT—so PT. ‘
Sergeant J. Delano Decker, of Sup:
ply Company, Nineteenth Field Ar-
tillery. [fifth Division, American Ex-
peditionary Forces. has written the
following letter to his parents, Cap-
tain and Mrs. David B. Decker, of
Isa-nth Norwalk: '
SOMEWHERE “1 FRANf‘it‘.
. Nov. 17, 1918.
Dear Ma and Pa:
1 received three of your letters and
sure was glad to hear from you all
again. i was very busy on the busi-
ness end of the guns and 1 did not
get time hardly to write before last
r- “l" ""cr. I often frond mywclr
asleep adding up a column of figures
in the early morning hours. We! '
is all over now and! am glad. i otter
have to pinch myself to see if I .
awake or asleep. as we miss the
noise‘and everything that goes witr
it. The Peace Talker: or [logic Sec
made it a warm spot for the Hun. He
had to quiet down and go behind the
,i).vt Her-t» ‘
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i We understand that the only way
'to arrange matters was to get Eng-
dand and Germany to agree.
“With the knowledge of Em-
rpcror Charles, I proposed to Eut—
peror William that Austria would
i give Germany the province of Ga-
.ileia and permit her to have her
iwuy in Russian Poland, provided
Alsace and lrorraine were coded
back to Future. I went to Krien»
tenet-hand presented the plan to
3])r. Bethmaun-llollwctt, then
German imperial chancellor. Lat-
cl' he informed me that he was
forced to decline to enter into the
st‘ilt‘lilt‘. i do not know whether
or not littdcndorfl' had a hand in
Ttire. matter, but 1 was informed
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,that it was itiiptrssiblc to give up .
xAlsacc, and Lorraine hectare the
(lemma people never would under-
‘ stand the. giving up of land which
,had cost so much blood.
“The situation of Germany was
‘tlautrcrous, but nothing could be
done. (iur conversations were
pleasant anti friendly and our
sacrifices were appreciated by of-
ficinls. I saw. however, that. I
could not arrange the matter be-
cause Germany was obliged to‘
obey tltc military party. I then
tried another way. Unknown to
‘thc Germans, I sent Herr Vassilko,
a Socialist member of Parliament,
to Berlin to talk with Mathias En-
hergcr, the Clerical leader, and
Dr. Albert 0. W. Snederkun, a
Social member of the Reichstag.
lie was to tell them why the war
must. end, and give them both to
understand that attotherpcace res-
iolution should be introduced in‘
‘thc R-eiehstag, directed against
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Many Improvements. Plan-
ned—Club Secures Rooms
on Monroe Street ‘
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The ftalian Social Club bu been
reorganised and according to the
plans now under way will soon be the
leading Italian organisation in the
city. This society haa‘hean in exist-
ence for the past sixteen years, but:
hell been conducted in a devotion
ray and its social activities but! been
ow. .
The maioritv of the members were
not satisfied with the existl-ttt otuleof
affairs god a meettntt was recent]. 1
calling a\ n... paste-ti ‘Wninluwmn‘ ox-
tenniva mnemonic were completed
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to make it the leading Italian mill ‘
rich in the Norwal‘ra. The mm
of the rm 'lfl‘cl’ad club will'h. tn
instruct the‘ feline chi-e“ of Nov-
walk in all social. pgtitloaf and Ira-
d: it}! 0.! Maoist
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