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Wilton Boy Covers 3 Lot of
Country on Convoy Duty
and Describes It Well
An unusually interesting letter has
’beenreceived by his sister from Dan-
iel Kingsley Birdséli, son of Daniel K:
Birdsall. of Wilton, and well known in
this city. where he has been foreman
at the Norwalk Lock Shop for many
years.
"*lEGlSlAllVE _
slucusn 0N.
r ' lawman
Informal Conferences Mark
the Opening of the Session
.in Hartford Tomorrow
Morning
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n. ROOSEVEH
- i on ONE
. rPrayer at the Sagamore Hill
Residence Tomorrow to be
Attended Only. by the Rel-
atives
allyrknown, left a responsible position
withithe General Electric Co., in New
.York City, to enter the service. and
{little has been known of his wherea-
lbouts until this breezy letter was re«
ceived. * » l
St. Nazaire. France.
Dec. 9th '18.
l Protestant Episcopal ServicélGovernor Marcus H. Hol-
For the Dead to be fielding comb Will Be Inducted for ‘ “913253;? written you in quite a l Territory Wrested Fiomf
Christ ChurCh . é HIS Thlrd Term while and as the rules of censorship . Her In 1839 V < l
t " ‘— é W haVe been lifted to a certain extentg: , ‘
H'S'l'ldli HAY, N. Y., Jan. 7.--vi HARTFORD. Conn, Jan. 7.—-To I will give you an idea of what I am: WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.
‘,make ready for the opening of the'doing and where l amidst-now. ai-
:1919 session of the General Assembly. “1011311 I Elle-SS 1'011 have a pretty good
and to attend informal conferences. - idea “0"-
lan’d the party caucuses tonight, mom-l
lbers-elect gathered here this after
fnoon. They came from every town in.
53w «mus-ton tatious funeral serviccs
'the state as the interest‘in organizafl
here tomorrow were being made 32303223331 eeslpsgalg gfsfiapifiiilrl‘wa K -
ily metnlmrs-nf the filmil)’ toda)’. Ytonight: 'fhese serve to blaze the
‘r flugh til the airlgvcr Sagamorc Hill, way for expeditious transaction oil DERRICK “an“ A1"
323.25: llll' flags of Oyster Bay
.érrmpl-d at half mast. and its citi-
wins in deep mourning over the
isnlh yesterday of Colonclrfil‘heo-
«lnt‘t‘ Roosevelt. arrangcmcnis’for
(Continued on Page Five)
. drill)" airplanes from Hazclhurst business tomorrbw prior to the induc-E
Field maintained a ceaseless vigil. “on Of the 30"em01'- AS the republi- ;
.l-weaqinunlli' su’d’ohinw toward the cans are dominant not much of the:
.,. ., . - ,.. . ' planning of the democratic: caucuses;
:‘zl‘lli to drop a wreath of laul‘t‘l ‘ reaches fruit and these gatherings
-- Jili‘lll'lg llll‘ olms ”car lln- mansion.
‘!
'l
iil'i‘iH'il‘dlll'i‘
lake on the nature of “get-togetlters.‘ .
’l‘ho republicans first hold county can-l
.n with tlu- wishcr»
.J‘ lhi‘ former president, as ex cuses for the ”“2331“ selecting “““‘;Weather Change Causes
§I*7_'S.\‘cii to Mrs. Roosevelt, the ol:- (Continued 0n I’age Three) ,3 Casting to Snap
sequoia; \'.ill be of almost Spartan .— W-.- i
.wmllvzziz Jul-.1. om» will br :1 . s’ BERMN ,,n,q__;,;,egg,ii;,;u_ 3;,
lumiyfii' inlllul'l‘nw ill. tili‘ house, af- NflR M E EHUREH [years old, 'of Beckiey, afid -' John Tar
tomb-ll only by rl-lniivcs, At 12:45 ' U U étittle, 56 years 'Old. 0f Xenon!
-f were instantly killed at 1:30 yesterday
(Continue; On Page Six) < ‘ Hnlns WNFERENBE, afternoon while at work. The .men
”ll ‘ -_.,.-__. 1‘ ~—‘ I I ;casting by means of a derrick. when
Ufiil new ~ w. s ' .~
3 1 .Dlstrlct Superintendent Mc-
lme boom, which is a long spar. pro-
; FUR SGN ARCH! Cormick Hears
. , casting. broke, falling with such force
Unanx- that the heads otboth men were
' crushed. The boom was nearly fifty
, feet long and sixteen inches thick, and
-the only reisb'n that could be given
3for the accident was the sudden
,change in weather. The two men
, lwcre standing on a platform nearly
'level with the ground and were rais-
The regular quarterly conference of . . . ‘
.lhe Norwalk Methodist Episcopal l mg ”w casting from below.
.Church. which also marks the end all
the conference yeaiz'w‘aS‘ L's-id last evol
'jecling from the derrick, to support the
mous Vote For Retention
9 of Rev. Albert E. Beebe as
Pastor
i‘alher-in-Law Died in 1305-.
{on But a Few Hours 'Be-i
tore Father ‘ '
i
Muslin}. Jun. 7.-~Capt.‘fia.lld Mrs.
k (ronrlnued On Page Sin l
l :lr-hibuid Roosl-n‘lt suffered a double ‘eniug with District Superintendent.é I
.-:‘l‘€‘.£i\’.i‘lll€'ill yesterday. They were in Rev. Dr. C. W. McCormick. presidingfl
_\.--~w tor-k on Saturday when they and a large number of the membei‘isflYAl‘ ARBANUhi
wag-re summoned unexpectedly to Bos- or the church present. l '
in. nm by the serious illness of Thomas In the eyes of most of those presentl "
.s‘i John Lockmoml, Mrs. Roosevelt’s
l‘lv‘llf‘i. i‘pon their arrival here Mr.
lrleSfl'lkjll was dead. Capt. and Mrs.
the most important business before
"the meeting was‘a vote to request the'
district superintendent to present an:
li‘I/DSf'Xt‘ll \w-rc preparing forLIlMt- inviation to the present pastor. Rev.’ he returns to the United, States next
3. ;” fl‘f'fl‘ 5*?" ”W funeral today when a Albert E. Beebe, to remain another. Delegates of the first Royal Arcan.|",‘°mh- watching ”19311me the recap-2
',:n\-.-. I1mm Oyster Tilly reached the year, to the annual convention 0" the'um District, which comprises Fairiield l tion by Congress or the proposal .
' “W Imnm- m (omlnonwealth New York East Conference. which County, had a banquet af the Hotel rate’m' 3°"9mmem 00“"01 m" “VG
a» -n:av 5+-.<Icrdn;.’ morning announcing
m . m. ”h m, (,(I was passed unanimously. lMahackemo, Saturday night. At the
., . . .
tomvvoll. ; The complete board of stewards and . conclusion of the banquet there was a
‘ —~d -« - urnstees was then elected with but business meeting, and C. H. Sher-
(l nnrlnucd on Eighth Page.) ifow changes from the personnel oi i wood, of Bridgeport, deputy grand re-
- -*- w- ‘ glzlst year. and the annual budget wasEgent, and chairman of R. A. District.
INO. 1, presided.
9 . approved as submitted.
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_ . J l Communications from the supreme
hul 7 L l '
loral outline of the work that has been
“King,' ‘as the young man is gener»
Willllflliilil Al .
4
lwere in the act of raising a heavy,
t"traingram" system.
DELEEATES Mm
- lcouncil were read, giving a very gen-
us a album i
5 i I " . ' . :
Vi’ar Department Schedule
Calls for Return of Entire;
Army Within Year 5
be a.
W’ASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 7.——-ln
addition to the 375,000 {10st no»? list-
»d for early convoy: home General'
5' washing expects to place on thw'prior-
3;. list 100,000 combatant troops be-
1‘. arch 1. according to a. cable)
as we received‘from him today by
' - Wax Department.
‘mnlulmdors were authorized to‘ dis-
w li’iU‘ xi: st men who have dependents
5.5.! most) who would be alfected ad-
4'v ':'<.',»' in obtaining civil employment
l 1w y remained in the army.
.n :‘nlz connection it was also dis-
4 «smi that the department program
.- :. .., Burnt-0 men to return home
Vil-r mun-l. and for a similar monthly
audio-r. This 200.000 rate pro.
.H lw excee, “soon, but the
rnnent. islcilréiul‘né‘t to pre-
. 101‘ number lést it be criti-
.. . ".l'il rin- figure not be reach-
‘ . swoon monthly rate was
as “conservative."
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l —Sent_inel Want Ads Work Won-
ders. "
cullilliilllmlu .
lilliiill‘ FRENCH lN ;
sulphuric;
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Premier, Forced by Need t0i
Work, Married Pupil and
Then Began Great Career z
i
Georges Mimic-ocean, “The Tiger”
premier of France, was a teacher of
French at a woman’s college in Stam‘
ford. for two years, was adored by
his-pupils and finally married one of
them. (Luring the early days of his
career, according to a review of his
career recently published in
“Hearstjs.” He was also a neWszu
per reporter, a playwright, editor. doc-
tor, critic and Several other things
that' aided him to make a living be:
fore beginning the great career as a'
statesman. While in this country the
stopping of his remittances from his
father compelled him to earn his live?
lihood and he turned to the teaching
at the woman's college.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
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accomplished and which is expected to
be accomplished from now until
March 315i. One item of great in
terest. brought out is that the eastern
part of the United States, especially
the New England section and the state
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
l Local Elks Planning—~‘
To Attend Birthday Of
Bridgeport Brothers
‘ The 374th regular: meeting of Nor-
!walk Lodge, No. 709, will be held on
lVedncsday evening. Jan. 7th, and the
375th on Jan. 22nd, who
understood that a large delegation of
Norwalk Elks will attend.
The celebration of the thirty-third
birthday of Bridgeport Lodge of Elks,
\which was postponed on He 1:: lost
because of the death of SVm. B. Pren-
dergast, will take place on Thursday
a
worse ANY
ll A * ,
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Senator McCumber,of North
Dakota, Approves of’Pres-
ident Wilson’s Proposal
for Such an. Organization
_ ,ANIMPBSS: in
Belgium May Get back All
TWll llllllill WHEN
Alllll TURNllll/Ell
NEAR NEW CANAAN
Ridgefield Men Catapulted
Over Windshield, Sustain
Fractured Skulls
RIDGEFIELD, Jan. 7r-Morris An-
derson, superintendent of the Jenner
estate, and William Dawson, foreman
of the A. Barton Hepburn estate. died
yesterday afternoon at the Danbury
hospital as the result of injuries sus-
tained when an automobile they were
riding in, turned over and them
were catapulted 'many feet through
the -air, to land ‘ upon the trosen
ground in crumpled heaps. The acci-
dent happened at Mill River, almost at
the New Canaan town line, and as yet
the cause has not been determined.
" The men were going to Stamford
and were proceeding, according to oth-
ers who had passed them, in a careful
manner. As the machine neared Hill
River it suddenly bounded late the
air, turned unn'pletely over. throwing.
Mat.
establishment or a league .0! ml
with Germany as a member. firm. '
ed in the Senate today by .‘SIaator‘
. McCumber, of North Dakota. the first
.fiepublicanmember of the Senate to
voice approval of President Wilson'-
proposal for such anorganlzation. ‘ i
j The first clause of a compact for
lsuch a league , Senator HcCumber
ilsaid. should declare ”that eachinde-f
3 pendent nation of the world as it shall é
lexist at the time this compact shall be 3
jexecuted, has the right to live and;
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; Continued on Sixth Page i
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lM’Allllll STARTS [ill 5
Will ,Direct ' Operations lot
Roads From Senator Phe-
lan’s California Home
l
l WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-—This was'
William G. McAdoo‘s last day in
Washington as Director General of
the Railroads.
tonight for Santa. Barbara, Cal, for a
vacation of several months. .
. Owing to President Wilson's delay
m naming a new director, Mr. McAdao
will continue to supervise the rail-
roads. Railroad wlres wine-provide
telegraphic communication with rail-
road administration headquarters in
Washington. and with the offices at
‘the seven regional directors. By
documents
lquirihg his signature will be trans-3
mitted daily betWeen Santa Barbara
and W’ashington. '
The impression is growing in Wash-
ington that the President may not
appoint a. new DirectorGeneral until;
years.
woman”
SlfiNAl culls
It Built 1,750 Miles of Tele-
graph and Telephone Lines 3
in France , l
Headquarters American Expedition-
ary Force, France. (Correspondence
of the Associated Press).—ln ad’zfi'fiy
the size“ of this. scattered throughout
the length and breadth of France
from the seacoast to the Swiss hordes
. the problem of communication is \sec;
ond only it not of equal importance
. llsulsunntllll
BEAlHilF ransom,
He planned to leave '
both min over the windshield and
they mesa many feel. any; The
roadway, so far as other passing lu-
tolsts could see was in good condition
no it is figured someépart or the auto-
mohile gave way causing it to turn
over. ' ' '
The victims were picked up by pass-
ing automobilists and hurried'fo the‘
Danbury hospital. Dawson died there
at 1:30 o'clock and Anderson at 6;
o'clock neither having recovered con-
sciousness.
skulls of both men had been fracture
when they hit the
ground.
“Phenomenal Courage Never
Faxed,” Senators Tributeling his troops for the final fight,
- ~Became Great Because,
Political Vision Was Clear-j
er Than Rivals’—'l‘ilson. 1 ed fleeing from the city.
Warm Admirer, Is Deeply}
‘Affected—“Could Not Be
Spared,” Says Glynn
, WASHINGTON, Jan.
of the death of Colonel
7.~——The new;
Roosevelt
a came to theConnecticut senators and __ _
re lcongressmenas a great and staggering l
shock. After recovering from their
first surprise and grief came the real-
Continued on Page Nine.
lull TERMINALS
ARE lNAllEllUATl-Z!
'Director of Railroad Admin-
istration’s Division of Op-
eration Makes» Public 1115
Report for 1918
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7
terminals constitute the principal limi-'
tation on railroads’ traffic capacities.
said Carl R. Gray, Director of the
Railroad Administration’s Division of
made public today by Director-Gener-
al MeAdoo. This is one of the great. l
lessons of the year’s operations of
railroads asaa unit, he declared.
“Given average weather conditions.’
he said, “‘and with the exception oi
the Pittsburgh gateway, there ’
i
is no
question Of the ability of railroads to
PREVAIUNG, lIlE
, All the Banks Barricaded and Public Buildings
Hands of the Spartacan,
Is the Information Given. in Telephone Messages
ARMED WBRKMEN Alllcnuwnlllu Sill-Em
AND filllNfi null MAEHINE iiiJNS nan
Hundreds of People Are Reported to Be Fleeing From
CIVIL WAR BEGINS IN BERLIN, I
A STATE OF COMPLETE ANARBIW
PlllllIKEN SAYS
in the
or Extreme Radical Group,
the City. as It is Believed the Revolt Will Spread
.. ,-.-—~sa
.acan or Extreme Radical rou .
Both have families. The. ’ g p
d l
solidly frozen 1
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liltfillilllflllililim
:fro
l The message reports the
ltion of the Government to try to
l against the
.w—Inadcquatel
there will.
be especial features introduced. it is'
to that of supplies.
When the American forces came to
France it was one of the first efforts
to which American ingenuity and in-
vention was directed and the Signal
Corps, under which communication
falls, met it as have the other organ-
transport to destination all of the
freight ofiering, either domestic or for
overseas, provided there are facilities
for prompt disposition and unloading
at destination.
“The controlling factor throughout
our experience has not been in the
(Continued on Page Three.) l (Continued on Page. Eleven.)
evening of this week at the Elks‘ ‘
home on State street, with all the .. R
‘ pomp and splendor as previously ar- , “i =2 fistiP D IV E.
ranged. Committees and decorators RED "RU q MEMBL n ‘ , )
“I? ”“53" making arrangements ‘0‘ Total number of subscribers obtained at the Christmas
”115 big event and the hundreds of H C 11 ' ‘ 8G36
Elks in this and other cities, Who will , Red cross 3:0 a» ...... I ....................... ,
,l’fpix’rrg‘ffig fifiegmmlsed the time °f ,- Total amount rebeived in subscriptions ............... $8,201
.' Previous to the cclc- ration the The total membership is more than double the number rem.
' ,beautifnl initiatory ceremony of {he .ceivedayear ago. \..\ ‘ ’ «
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COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7.——Ber.
Lin is. in a state of complete an-
archy and civil war has begun
there, according to the Munich
correspondent of the'Politiken, His
information, he says, is based on
telephone message fromr the Ger-
man capital. , ,‘
All the banks are barricaded and
a great number of the public build-
ings are in the hands of the Sport—
Thousands of armed workmen
of the Spartacus faction, the cor-
respondent. reports, are crowdng
the streets, and at several points
firing has begun. The sound of
machine‘gun fire could be heard
In all parts of Berlin.
inten—
storm the building of the police
guards later in the city and take
possession of all the machine guns
and cannon there.
l Dr. Karl Liebknccht, the Spart-
lacan leader, has been seen organiz-
which the correspondent says
expected to begin very soon.
Hundreds of persons are report.-
is
The Spartacus Group is engaged
Itoday in a big demonstration
‘ "overnment. Tons of
thousands othollowers of Dr. Karl
.Liebknecht have been parading
l Untcr den Linden. Up‘ to this time
danbergeratrasse and as this dis.
patch is filed are returning along
Unter den Linden. Up to the time
no shots have been fired.
The Wilhelmstraase from Unter
den Linden to below the Inipsig-
strassc is packed full “of govern-
ment sympathizers, who have been
standing thene for two hours. .it
appears to be the government’s
strategy to prevent the Spartacans
demonstration before the govern-
ment ofiices. ,
Hundreds of youths and other
civilians in the Spartacan ranks
are carrying rifles. Fist fighting
has occurred at. the corner of. the
Wilhelmstassc and Untar den Lin-
den, where the Bolshevik demon-
strators took away their oppon—
ents standards. Spartaenn sol-
diers took a stand in open Order in
front... of the Hotel Adieu with
their rifles ready, but thrre was.
no firing.- \ ‘ " ‘
'The Spartacan marchers, ex-
cept the workmen from certain
factories, comprise the scum 'of
the city, and founfii’ths of the
whole number are bulraggled
women and young girls.
The American flag has been
hoisted. over tho. Ilotel Adlon,.
where the American ofllcdrs be»-
longing to the prisoner-andJood
commission are living. .
Continued on Page (Nine.
arrest rEiEllAl .
RAIL llWNEIlSHlP
Interstate Commerce Com-
mission Favors a Reason-'
able Period of Readjust-l
ment or Preparation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—-Opposition‘
to Government. ownership or operation
of railroads at this time was express-
~ed today by the interstate Commerce
Commission, in a statement presented
to the Senate Interstate Committee at
,is hearing on railroad legislation, by
lCommissioner Edgar E. Clark.
' “Considering and weighing as best
= we can all of the arguments for and
against the different plans," said. the
.OperationS, in his report for 1913: statement, ”we are led to the convic-
‘ tiou tha
t with the adoption of appro~g
I
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lANOTHERMBAD CHECK ;
.- PASSED IN NQRWALK;
g‘ “Still another name has been added
lto‘the i'apidlyfigi-ovl'ing list of worthl
.less check victims in Norwalk. James
,R.,Connors, proprietor of the Mehack~
iemo Hotel, learned yesterday that a
check he had cashed for a "Colonel
Miller” was absolutely worthless and
lwas thereby out $7.50.
Mr. Connors cashed the checkdast
week for the man, little suspecting
that he was being victimized. The
'check was made payable to “Colonel
Miller" and was indorsed by him and
drawn on the City National Bank, of
Bizabetll, N. J. The swindle was not
discovered until the check was return-
ied to Mrugonnors from one of the 10-
cal banks with the note that there
was no account for any "Colonel Mill-
er” at their bank and doubtless the
check was worthless. investigation
,pnoved this to be true and consequent.-
Fly the hate-lie out $730, the? amount
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given out by the. police about riding
,lsnumn Alli) Elli ‘
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Morris Alanza Atfacked by
Unknown Men on Havi-
land Street — Received
Three Slight Wounds,
While walking along Haviland street
last evening about midnight, Morris
Alanna, cook at the Bridgeport House.
on Water street, was attacked byan un-
known person or persons and received
three slight cuts on his head. The at~
tack was so'sudden and unexpected
that he was unable to give any account
of the assault or a description or his
assailants. He was found by Patrol-
man Milton Lockwood, who notified,
Dr. T. R. Bradley and then brought
\——_._._.—
Continued on Page Nine.
STRUCK BYBICYCLE
WHILE 0N SIDEWALK
Harold Fryer, of 40 Second street.
East Norwaik, lodged a complaint at
police headquarters last evening that
his sister had been run into by a bi~
cycle ridden by a young colored lad by
the name of Henry,»iifi§ldleton. Miss
Fryer was walking along the sidewalk
on Seaview avenue when ,utdflleton
came along and struck her with his
wheel. She was thrown to the
ground and at first it was thought she
was seriously injured and Dr. Frank.
lyn G. Brown was called. The physi-
cian examined the young woman and
found she was not injured beyond a
few minor bruises. ,
The police are investigating the case
and it is probable a warrant will be
sworn out for young Middleton’s an
rest as reputed warnings have been
bicycles on thesitiewalts in violation
of the city's ordnancea and they are ‘
determined to punish all encoders.
Norwalk Chronicler