‘6 T HE SOUTH NORWALK _
' EVENING SENTINEL
AOIOCIATID IRE“ NEW. FROM ALL PART. OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPIMTOI
nwnmmumsm
Monuments Inner.
a... .___- x“... __-_ -._ __
ll. 8. Will Hamill tillSliNl IMAGIMORRE
RAllROADs IIEE? Til PRISRN iii
V , 2T05TEARS§ IS MISSING
CRNIIRESS ACES, not... [MARTINI
. . . , District’s Funds
l’resrdent Wilson and Secre‘ I
tary MCAdOO Have No In,l The oft continued case of Chester,
. . S. Selieck. charged with the oinbezzle-i
tentron 0f ROTBRSIIIR Them mom of 835.000 of the sinking funds,
Next Month
. the Superior Court at Bridgeport. yerl
ltcrday, when his counsel entered a!
Iplea of guilty and he was sentenced
l to a prison term of not less than two, T0 [EAVE NflRWAl
lt'ound him honest and true in all lllt'il' ;
. - - ldealings with him. and 'who have lli't'u j was
Washington Officials Inch“,1 hoping against hope that ire would be
‘ able to find some way out of his dim-l
ed to Suspect Reports In- '
a Member of Company
H, 10an Infantry, A. E. F.
or more than five years. I
2 culties. have nothing but sympathy for" .—._._..F..
Was an Expert Marksman!
and Participated in All the I
NERERANT MARINE
llilliRS this lil
200,000 StillllERS
Shipping Board Expects Re-
lease of Transports to
Solve Employment Prob-
lem
NEIII GERMAN
GOVERNMENT
HEAD RESIRNS
Friedrich Ebert Decides to
Give Up as the Result of
Events of Last Tuesday
BITTER ATTATN
Ill EEIIEBREIR
Central Congress Session
Resulted in Many Disord-
i
WASHINGTON. D. (3.. Dec. 19.»
ITurnlng over of transports to the
Shipping Board by‘the navy will fur-
[nlsh employment for 200,000 returning
lAmerican soldiers. and will go far to»
Iward solving the employment problem
latter the‘war. This number will bot
increased as the building program of‘
line navy furnishes the additional ves-
Isela that are expected in 1019 Mid
1020.
A Preparation for the training of these
_ young men, who will adopt the sea as
,~thelr profession. is going on upon a?
scale never attempted before in any'
ICOuntry. The men will not only be
BOUT! lonwanl. con. rinsing; paddle, 1918
16 PAGES .
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Fair tonight and Friday
ERADRNWEECRMES inhibits
or fill BRIllSli ARMIiS AND _
ililll MARSHAL iii; ltllll
Seaport of Dover Makes It a Great Celebration, and Air-
planes Escort the Ships Across the Channel
RERMAN MINE, PEANTEIIINARRIIIRE, .
EXPERIIES NIEEINR l5 ANll lNJlIRlNli MANY ~
Count Romanones, the Spanish Minister, Is Going to Paris
1 to Interview President Wilson
.. ’ . Big Battles of the War
,of the birst Taxtng District of the'
His host of friends in this city. and:
I I
dicate Market Plot I
‘(‘ity of Norwalk was finally settled in1 "NE "F FIRST full“
!
RUMflRs ARE DENIED in adioinins towns Who have a ways,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.~—The Ad-
ministration will retain control of the
railroad at least during the present
session of Congress. DirectorCener-
at McAdoo has no intention of turn-
ing the roads back before Congress
has an opportunity to consider the
question of extension of Government
control it was learned authoritatively
today.
This sets at rest rumors that un-
less ‘quicker sympathy with the live
your extension plan was received trout
(‘onrrrcss it was intended to release
all the railroads curly next month. ‘
Reports in‘New York financial cir-
cit-s that members of House and Sen-
rile committees ltitd been advised that
thc roads would be turned back‘are
MllllOlll foundation it was said. Di-
rt-ctor-ttt-ner-ttl McAdoo has made no
statement on the subject. but it is
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MUSIRIAN virus
lit ENI] ill WAR:
........,_.~- g
.
Arch Merriam, of the Fii'st‘
Army Artillery, Tells of
Life Abroad . l
i
The following letter has been re-
ceived from Musician Archibald Mer-
rinm. having been written to his mo
titer, Mrs. Edward S. Merriam, of'Bny.
view avenue. nearly a month ago:
FRANCEn Nov.‘20. ’18.
. . , Wed. Evening;
Dearest Mother: '
his unfortunattle pogltion, which'camei Sergeant Fred hi. Moore. Company‘trulned for'seamen and for officers but
a 0‘" “w” ‘ "’“3 1“” “"d‘l “Witt. 102nd U. s. infantry, is missing in —"'
obliging nature, than from any dispo;am(m since September 35“,, This‘ (Fossil-M “ Pan ”0
sition tor wrong doing as was pointed received W'
h- S . . ‘ definite announcement was .,
0m “ tales Attorney Cummings E" by his family last Saturday in a trio.» ,
court yesterday. «
, , . a ‘ ‘ grain from Washington and was cor-
To hear the genuine expressions ortroborated in a letter written by p“.
In 1913 He Is Alleged to;
Have Married a Fifteen-
regrct. in the others, on the street, and . vale Sam Pollcv Moore’s (.0de in
wherever the matter was discussed".e lOflnd. Soriz'eant Fred Moore M;
Year-Old Girl
MIYSKEGON, Mich. Doc. 19.-The
today. would surely not as crumbs of been reported killed in actifl some
" Ilmrvt' NOI'Witlk, and WW)! to Camp:
’niatrinronial experiences of Milo
according to Sheriff Carl Slander.
church. the Rev. Frederick
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tuontinncd on Page War.)
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ANll
REAR INIRAMP IN
ish extraction and parentage. 1 bid
would surely assure him that 'howlcnrth by his friends who conducted?
an investigation but their fears that
Etit-mcd upon receipt of the letter thorn“l
‘ \l'ttshington.
[of having murdered Miss Frieda
- l ESTHER STAFfflRn jWeichman, Chicago bookkeeper, after.
t - . an automobile trip. lasting several
Sermon Delivered by Revl Imam, 1,, 1m, m mm...
Frederick A. Coleman In. BERNIE [TRANB JURY Immanuel! by the as».
. illit- was stimulated late yesterday,
Last Sunday Evening 'When it was established by state-
of tho part urn": 1mm“, had in m... ,llnrbor to Miss lva Goodenough. da
‘u‘tn'ltl's war, hold in Trinity Church l ’ . jiit’tccn—ycar-old schoolgirl. .After a i-
' Napoleon B. Bush Also In-
vthc._ name of "Mar-inn Grey." conduct-l
ed a matrimonial agency at Chicago.
which'mnny people who heard it have
requested-to be published: '
der therefore to all their dues." Ikill N y carried his ' “m
. 1 , . ., . . point in the _
M“ “mm“ ““‘d- Incaring in Brewster. yesterday, bc- CAPTAIN FRF ..
:oI M . Esther Lawren o s fi'ord. ~‘ ‘
{Von welcome to this service. which is charge]: with keeping ac dummy!
Mother country took in the colossal. f‘lub on th shore of Heine nd i
w" ”me“ ha” been 5° V'°‘°"i°“51.‘"nnd succeedew in (getting tgepgase'.
erly Scenes
PARIS, Dec. Ill—The German
government headed by Friedrich
Ebert has resignctl as a result of
events on Tuesday, according to a
dispatch received at Zurich from
Stuttgart, says the Journal‘s cor
rcsporidcnt thcrc.
l“l'lt‘tll‘lt‘ll Ebert, who was num-
ctl as Minister of the lntcrior in
the Cnbint-t of Prince Maximilian
oi' linden on Nov. 3 lilltl bccnuu
LONDON, Dec. ill—London
htmg out its flags and the scaimrt i
of Dover flung its gates wide open
today to greet Field Marshal Help
and the commanders of the five
British armies which fought in
Belgium and France-Cenemls
l’lumct', Rawlinson, llirdwood,
ilyng and Home.
It was merely an informal wel-
come by London. but Dover made
of it a great celebration. The news
nd Premier Clemenceau of
l‘t‘rancc and Premier Orlando 01
Italy a little over a week ago, but
there was less display. Premier
Lloyd George, the Duke of Con-
naught, members of the Cabinet,
generals and lesser functionaries
from the War Office, made up the
receiving party at Chafing Crom
Station. After first greetings, the
civilian ofiicinls disappeared from
the sccuc and the small procession
t
imperial 01mm“), m, Nov 5 took 5 that the field marshal was comiuglprocecdcd through the primal-P“!
conitnniid of thc situation iii lit-r-
lirr following thc revolutionary
uprising thcrc. (in Nov. 13, it was
aurrouticcd that he had become
Continued on Sixth Page.
RESRRIRERNANTANR'
VARIEll tinnitus.
. llT SREIIIER’S EITE
Sergeant J. J. Dorney Writes
John T. Hayes an Interest-
ing Letter From Overseas
John J. Dorsey. a popular Norwalk
boy now in life U. 8. Service. oven:
seas, writes a most interesting letter
to John T. Hayes. which will be read
with much interest by Norwaik
friends, particularly his fellow men»
bars of Catholic Union Council, of
:home to spend t‘hrisinuts with his
li'amily at Kingston became public
glllltl his fellow countrymen Would
not be denied a chance to st-t- and3
cheer the tender of their armies.l
The real celebration in London‘
comes into in January or early in
February. The field marshal will
then, according to tiiuediouorcd
prccpdcuts, be raised to a high
.rank in the peerage. and given a
money grant by Parliament for his
This is the
procedttrc which has been follow-
ctl since the,days of Wellington,
and Nelson down to Kitchener and
Roberts.
The welcome given the home-
coming generals today was simi~
lnr to that given Marshal Foch,
t
lst-rvicc to the nation.
umnu l
streets to‘ Buckingham Palace,
\vht-rc King George entertained
Field Marshal llaig at luncheon.
Airpltincs escorted Field Mar—
shal 's ship across-the Channel, and
followed his train to Marian.
All business places at Dover
were closed and a holiday was de-
clared. Admiral Reyes, com:
mauder of the/port; all the naval
illld military officers of the city;
tbc mayor and members of the Do-
vcr (fity Council, and Lord Bean‘-
t'lllllllp, warden of the. Crnqne
Ports, received the returning com-
manders.
After Field Marshal Haigdrad
been presented with an illuminat-
(Contlnued On- Page Five)
Nutritional
continued until the grand jury of
Putnam county convenes
which will be next June.
Received your letter of Odt. 22nd.' Very llttle'notice and publicity has
on Nov. 17th and know I should have been We“ to what Great Britain ms
answered u soon, but we have been in the war. Never probably has the
comfort to "t‘hct" Scilcck today. and time ago. bill this rumor w“ nm to
M was injured or captured were con-
‘.
He Was among the first four boys to
PART IN THE WAR; il’tper. local insurance man. accused
b
|
I O O . ' ~ '
Trinity Episcopal Churchi ”m" I“ "" ”c ' ""
~ ; IN BREWSTER EASE ments from him and his present wife.
(in Tllt‘ occasion 0t ”11' celebrating. Elm“ in 190311“ “'39 married I“ “Mum“
last Sunday evening. the rector of up, vorcc, two years later. the girl, using
A. ColtL '0‘“... ' m.
man. preached the following sermon: dl TWO counts 1‘8
‘Court records there are said to show
The text was Romans 131 7' "Rem: Attorney James Dempsey. of Peeks!
“Fellow citizens of America of Brit-Jon. Judge James Marty, in'the case
being held 'to celebrate the part our house at the puma,“ m and Gun.
consumated. I .
which he was secretary:
. ' Dear Mr Hayes. '
again? - Your very welcome and interesting
i
To do this, Attorney Dempsey ar-.
letter reached me a few days ago. hav-
ANll TEAIIERTT i iilIREAlJ EXMAMRTEII
real busy here, playing. etc, so that
I have had to neglect it for‘a couple
of days. We go to bed pretty early as
inborn reserve of the English' people .8
(Continued 0!! P". am
ued law and introduced a novel} .
point. District Attorney Weeks nr.nTaken Prisoner 8t Seichev
ing been delayed because of several
changes in my address since I penned
trim
I
ARE "HMEAfiAI EMustCurtail Work of All
Departments Unless Pub-
usnal, you knew. as we always get up
at. about 6 or 6:30 a. m. I have had a,
lot to do, boiling my clothing, towelsn
handkerchlcfs. etc. You see we have
been trying to get "dolled up" a bit I -
since t 8 war ended. Just sent Anna '
an “A" that I had on my blouse. We 1" {I “199th Of the official board of . SHIPPAN POINT
Wear them now to show that we are the First Methodist Episcopal Church.‘
of the 1st Army Artillery. worn on last evening. it. was unanimously vot.l
[led to extend a call for the return of"
(Continued On Page 53181“) | Rev. John J. Snavely. as pastor for the
REV. JOHNJ. SNAVELY ,
INVITED TO RETURN.
tion. Attorney Dempsey argued that
(Continued On Page Eight)
C—n.
.‘DOPB in the court room for examine-I
HOTEL DESTROYEDI
STAMFORD, Dec. l9.—‘-Altl|0tl h till-
occupied since Labor Day and gppar- 9“ ”“80“” at 8°1°h°9T°7 1"“ AN“
W {a Second rm.)
.——.— ._... -
AMERICAN WRMEN
HELPER SREIIIERS
‘gued that Mrs. Stafford should have pie). in April--Wife Learns
' of Death .
i
NEW HAVEN. Dec. 19.~The death
tot Captain George C. Freeland, of the
102ml infantry, 26th division. in a
German prison camp at Saarbrucken.‘
was announced in a telegram from!
Washington received by his wife here
last night. Captain Freeland was lair-l
l
*1 Fred Has b‘iinshed His nu-l
~ lic Support .18 Given
\
ties, But Tom Goes Back—
Both Former Newspaper
Men Who Tell thdrous
Tales of ‘ Over There
*
-- Lieutenants Fred N. Smith. and
Thomas F. Plahertyuwbo arrived from
over there on Dec. 11th, and were re-
I The Falrfield County Farm Bureau \
is facing a most critical financial
handicap. 80 serious has the situa.
tion become. that at the December
meeting of the Executive Committee
it was~voted to discontinue the de-
partment of Boys’ and Girls‘ Work af-
ter, February 1st unless the means to
carry on this Work were forthcoming
TRACK HINEMAN W 1...... be in... new.
fter he had been wounded. He was
ently closed tightly against intruders. a
the Shippan Point Hotel was burned resorted 8’? missing in ““0; but his,
today. The frame building, three storage 9 ”"3in letters from b m fgoml
tea in height, originally built fifty .rman camps, the out one slug ”1'
IiIlEEll RT TRAIN
NEARERIISSINR
*hls willingness to remain as pastor of
‘thtr Sotrth Norwalk church. He is do-
Saugatuck Man Dies In-
stantly—Details of Acci-
tlcnt Missing
SOUTHI'ORT. Dec. 19.——Joseph Oli-
va of Saugatuck was killed yesterday
afternoon by an express train west’
’bound, at the West ay Road, South-
port. The accident occurred at 2:30
o'clock. Oliva was foreman of a gang
of men who were \vorklmz,r on the rail
road, putting in conduits through
which telegraph cables are pulled. He
was standing beside the track and the
express train which is said to have
been into either sucked him under or
against the side. thcrcby killing him.
pastime projective part of the train
caught him, breaking his neck,
tin—Willibm ll. Donaldson. medical
examiner. gave permission for the be
dy to be moved to Fable’s undertaking
parlors in Westport. -
Tllt‘ train was stopped and the en-
gineer came back to get the name of
the man who was killed, but Dr. Don-
aldmn turuld not say what the engin-
eer's name w or ‘ trai
‘ihg effective and helpful work as the
:head of this historic " church. having
gtlie hearty cooperation of his parisbg
toners. jOT New York city. .was the owner.
RED CROSS ROLL CALL.
Time is flying. The Roll Call is rolling along pretty well.
But it must be hastened. The whole world is watching to see
what the residents of America are going to do-how they are
answering the call. The boys who have gone into the land of
our enemy are watching closely. We must present to them and
the whole world a real big Christmas present.‘ We must not
forget that many Yanks arestill over there and the ministering
hand of the Red Cross must abide with them. A few words will
tell the story of this week's eil'ort. A few words will say that
America has universally joined hands in the great work of cheer
and mercy that mean so much to soldiers and people alike. The
Red Cross is cuinrade-in-arms with the army, and is the mea-
senger of mercy to all stricken and unhappy people. That is the
reason 'for the Christmas Red Cross Roll Call. Itis to be with
the soldiers wherever they may be. It is to be with stricken
. people wherever they may, be. It is to bind up the broken
. hearts; to help the afllicted and suffering; to mmister to them
that mourn; to comfort the son-owing: to feed the hungry; to
care for the father-less children; in short, to be the Angel of
Mercy, the Mess nger of Love, here, there and everywhere. Can
any one withiiol a dollar. one hundred seats, from such an or-
ga-uiration. If you have a heart with even a little love in it you
warm the dollar. . y . g ,.
. ~~ l
W
3.»
years ago and used as a summer ho- 9" August 30'
tel. was valued “at over $20,000. Let»
poid L. Barzaghi. a restaurant keeper
Captain Freeland saw service on the
Mexican border and was in the com-
lmand of Company D when the 102nd
left for France. He was (8 years old
and leaves a wife, one son and two
tdnugbtcrs. »
Captain Freeland wllLbe remember-
ed as the oilicer in command of the
company of New Haven Blues. which
did guard duty in Norwalk in the ear-
ly stages of the war. A number of
local boys_enlisted in the company at
that time. and were sent to the fight:
ing front shortly afterward. -
THREE BRIDGEPORT
.; PAPERS ARE SOLD:
BRIDGEPORT. Dec. lit—Purchase
of the Bridgeport Morning Telegram,
the Bridgeport Evening Post and the
Bridgeport. Sunday Post. all issued
from the one building. by Edward
Flicker. formerly publisher of the Cln-
clnnati Inquirer. and Russell R. Whit-
man, publisher nf the New York Com~
morals]. from Archibald McNeil. Jr.,
and Kenneth W. McNeil. Was an-
nounced today. The price paid for
false property and good will is not stat-
Messrs. McNeil bought the Tele-
gram in 1912 from the late George W.
Hills who had oatsblldied the Post.
'31s 1 they secured on interest in
' ' Postwar-w 'm
.m-
Mrs. Vinoent Astor Tells of
Their Great Help With
Those Wounded and Well
“Over There”
“a
AMERICAN—30 PT. lthtl
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.——How Ameri-J
can women in France helped to highly
en the cares of American soldiers.;
feeding them with sweets. cooking fort
them, dancing with them. and also'
washing dishes and scrubbing floors.
was told today by Mrs. Vincent Astor.
After eighteen months' service in can-
teen and welfare .work, while her hus-
band was serving with the overSeas
naval forces, Mrs. Astor has just re-
turned from Bordeaux. where she was
in charge of a division of Y. M. C. A.
Continued on Sixth Page
NEW HAVEN UNION ‘
IS BURNED OUT
NEWv HAVEN. Decf 19.——Wnter,_rn~
ther than flame, did most of the dam-
age to the plant of the New Haven
Union, in Center street. early today.
but it 'was necessary for the newspa-
per to secure accommodations with its
neighbor. the Morning Journal Cour-
fer, for the time being. Ryder's Print-
ing Company and two other firms in
the Union building had considerable
damage by fire. »
The blaze started
room, slim
Itcfidrownsd
in the boiler
d thresteningly and had to
out. TM yam, moons
5'“
Foreign Relations Committee.
leased from quarantine at Camp Dev-
ens yesterday. are about town. greet-
ing old friends. and needless to say
are receiving a warm welcome.
Both men served their apprentice
ship on local newspapers. and have a
host of interesting tales to tell, of
happenings grave and say that would
probably escape the notice of any
,but a trained observer.
Lieut. Smith has an honorable dls- ary
charge in his pocket, but declares
that any plans for the future must
wait until after Christmas.
Lieut. Flaherty is not so fortunate.
as he is attached to the Quartermas-
ter‘s Department. where the duties
will still be strenuous for some time
to come.
INQUIRY INTO ENEMY .
SHIP DESTRUCTION
WASHINGTON. Dec. Jill—A resolu-
tion asking the State Department to
I‘nform the Senate whether the Amer-
ican Peace Commissioners are ndvo«
eating destruction of German warships
01- other enemy property, and if so,
by what authority. was introduced to-
day by Minority Leader Lodge. and.
without discussion referred to the
/
before that time. '
Why has this financial condition
arisen? I
Because last year the Farm Bureau
received from county first only 81.-
000, instead of “.000.“ in 1‘17. The
County Commissioners cannot ln-~
crease the appropriation except by
vote 0: the County Committee which
mee'ts at the legislature in Janu-
Notwithstandlng titre foreseen short-
age of funds, the Bur-ear has gone
ahead with the greatest possible econ-
omy—at full speed.
in every way possible have the oll- ,
core of the Bureau tried torment. the
war emergencies which have celled
for an endless amount of educational
work and leadership in both food pro-
duction and conservation. That these
emergencies have been supported with
considerable success is evidenced by
the fact that the acreage under culti-
vation in the State has heel increased
thirty-five per cent. in the last , two
years, in part at least thru the“ in—
fluence of the Farm Bureaus. and by
the attainment of the allotted goal of
conserved products not by the U. 8.
Dept. of Agriculture. ‘
There are employed by the Bureau
(Continued on Pals Fiver
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SPECIAL RED CROSS NOTICE.
'tromyonnotlatmthan
Solicitors please report immediately to your captains, and"
captains; Mr. James Wood. campaign
chairmanwantsamport
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