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o 000 Men Affected by the
Strike of the
Workers’ Afliliatibn
RE ANT} PilllEE
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Will Be Further Depleted
firm YORK, Jan. s—Except for a
r: :11 f' set. of fen'yboats. tugs and
liters engaged in debarkation of.
inc-coming troops and loading of
'ishable supplies
’tn Expeditionaiy Forces. harbm
upping was at a standstill today, as
- result of the strike of 15, 000 ma-
‘9 workers in an attempt to force
. tlon of their demands for high-
5 and an (eight-bout day.
nly p1ivately Nov: nod craft. but
of the Railroad Administra-
10 in number, were tied up
,. sailing or berthing of ocean
alps, as well as tho ferrying of
crs botWeen Manhattan and
liboring boroughs and suburbs,
mpossible.
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1 0'.“ ferry sorvicc loft
.' on island, Now York Citys great
'L-ihui'bor borough, completely isolat-
l burp! for two small boats operat-
x in and from Porth Amboy, on the
.-. New Juror-v shore, and launches
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TPAJRER ASEEEP
EN CUTS Ell NNNSE, ,
RUREEY ANANENER
Vatson TEEACS Nap 1n Greens
Farms Home With Jug of
Liquor at His Side
'Smith and asks her to find out. who
A 1;Sll'01t",1 Jan. 9—A man named
”I»: 115011 11.1» captured yesterday mom-
in tho summer home of Sidney
.--'1uitl~ at Greens Farms by P. J.
h’iauulim'ssy, the caretaker. When
mH'SIioxir-d the man admitted that he
Ziul h-wn the one who broke into the
‘voillr-nn- of John J. ATVOrd a. few
":LI'H- nun. VValsOn was asleep on
1.- lion: of the Sni’. lh home when
'MAHAT 1 ssy entered At Watson’s
=1z- w « hail of n :1191 and a jug of
~.i .- H.- had evidently been imbib-
o: 111. liquor which had been
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nlin Gets Word of Exten-
sion on Orders
iicut Manufacturers
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I ARTI1 0RD Jan 9 .~~Munition man-
actur'eis in Connecticut are to be
1 en an extrusion of time in which
0 taper off theii contracts and so 1e
1 've immediate industiial conditions;
Nedcral Director Charles E. Julin
9 the United States employment ser
. -. 1. . cived by telegram today word
- th- w‘ftvt-t that Waldo C Bryant.
;. f 1.1 the Bxidgoport section of the
Jim. . depal‘imf'llf, and Majm
a:1..::; his chief associate, have
1w boon given authority by the wax
111.11111'111 to extend the time within
'lltl’ in complete contracts.
Mi 1min gave out this word today
«1:.lr1.‘1..t any employer who be-
.4... ii. .11 hr: can relieve a trouble-
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.' 211w PROi‘EPTY
IN RIG-A IS SEIZED. l
'u'l'v' Hlluldtl. Jan. 9.~All mem-
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7‘2" br'uig. o s have been ar-
and! 11141 by the Lettish Soviet.
Sr '. 11.: .ihulislifd the ownership of
ivaio moperty in that city accord-
s to 11 1.13.1 despatcb ie‘ccived here.
Marine
Milk Supply .
for the Ameri- l
Itaken before adjournment tomorrow.
'Alice Smith and her
giound the body of Mrs Smith on a der stricter government supervision.
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of Connec- "
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APPOINTMENTS '~ .11 1113111111111
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monies at Red Mar 8 Hall
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Re resentntive Campbell As- Plea for Recognition in the “‘8' 0 0" at ‘8 ’Nest
sails Plan to Allow Officers Organization of the Gen- on wall Street . "a...
eral Assembly Is Ignored
by the Republican Lenders
EXPECTRTRTIEHT
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.’rol1ibition Amendment Also
Likely to Cause a Warm
Discussion When It Games:
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HARTFORD. Jan. 9.-—-Gavern'or Mar
nus H. Holcomb of Soothing yeston
diy for the third timotook the oath of .
“office and state officers clect‘ed in.
November last were sworn in for
their two year terms. The Canard
iAssembly was organized for its blen-
Who Made Pacts to Super-
. vise Payments
isrcniiliiiillii's
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Anxiety Over Informal
Debts and Lack of Wages
for Soldiers Compared
The annual installation of amber- of
Norwalk Aerie No. 588 lutmlgm ut-
trdctcd o delogotioir of bellman from
this and nearby cit!“ um mode a
, record for ottcndnnco for in moon of
and yet entertained in tho sixteen
you: since the lads. woo W
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porous condition a bulb
money cud membership. 0m to (no
big momborship drive loot bummer.
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“WASHINGTON Jan. 9.-—-A bitter at
tack upon Secretary Baker's adminis-|
tration of the War Department by
Representative Campbell (Kansas),
ranking Republican on the. House
Rules Committee, marked debate yes-
lterday 011 the army contract bill The
measure authorized the Secretary of
\Var to settle claims aggregating 81.-
600,000,000 involved in informal (2011- l “5:; GEE-1:110: dfijgfifi£figfngfgfifi Men Folks It Home of One
tracts made by the War Department leads before the; Joint asscxibly in of the Members
wnh busmess concerns for army sun the House chamber, adjourned until —-—-—-v-i
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p (“l and munitions p1101 to the, Sign next week Thursday. at which time
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GOTERNNENT
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T. DeWitt Cuyler Presents a
Program for Private Own-
ership With Strict Federal
‘- Rules
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New Bill of Railroad Execu-
~ fin! Would Give Hiii
Brood Smrvioory‘Power
wnu‘umomn, Jon 9.—-A oomprc
halve program not private anor-
{Imam monument of ralliondn un-
ici- strict government resolution was
"Told before tho Senate Interstate Com-
m Committee today by 'r DoWltt
Cuylcr, Chairman of the Association of
Rnilvmy Executives. tempting vir-
tually all the leading roads in the
United sum. The plan includes pro
vision for merging systems, a large
pooling of facilities and in lain
The U. 8. Club formed for the pur-
pose of sewing for the funlllu of lo-
cal men in the United Stow- service '
under the direct snpcrvflibl of the'
Norwnlk Chapter of tho m Croco.‘
held their annual months. It
‘hoapltnble home of Ir. “glint Id~
.wud Brewer. 5 Wootport n 7
night. and u n npecfnt ' '
miti- m‘én' folks tom alluvial.
dinner includlnlz
Baked Fro-h Hun
mg or the armistice. A "M“ “‘i" be committees will be appointed by
Speaker James F VValnh and Scmtorl
William H. Heald, president pro-tom!
',of the Senate. The week following
the legislators will begin lawmnking,
txpecting to have a. three doyn‘
week session, an early stop on re-
fer lpt of new business and on ad
ijoummqn much in cannon. of tho
iconstitutionol limitation of June 4.
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NRTNER ANT] SRN, 5,
STATN, SAllllR HEll]
Chelsea, Mass, Woman and
Boy Stabbed to Death—
Suspect Tries Suicide
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. gPotntoos Turnip:
-"'“—-- IBoiled Onions _ Cmnborrloc
Olives, Jellies, Pickles
Fruit Pudding. W111. Blue.
Cotto-
STflEKHflLuERS FflR ; Ivory man present solemn! 'd
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FEDERAL llWNEI] PMPENW
NEW HAVEN Rlllll;
He had attempted suicide. Mm Senator McLean Tells GOV-
Aftor dinner there was dnncing nnd
a general good time, which Woo contin-
Clark called at. the home of SSHIPPlNflm MARI]
Roy Fletcher. a neighbor of Mis. ’ ernment Board They Thug!
Hope to Save It {
ed to be under the influence of liquor. : m“ ;
ued until 1 late hour.
Mrs Fletcher went to the Smith apart WASHINGTON Jun 9.—-Congr0u,;
ment and getting no answer to a ring and not the President. should doter-‘
went back and told Clark. mine when the railroads are to be
Drawing a revolver from his pocket turned back to private management“
Clark exclaimed: “See what i have said Interstate Commerce Commie-E
here' and fired a shot which passed sionei' Edgar E. Clark yesterday con-
just. above the woman’s head. He tinuing his testimony before the Son-i
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(‘IIF‘LSEA Mass, ..lan 9. Jim R
son
years old. were found dead froman knifel
Zwounds in their home here yesterday.
Vesta Clark, a. merchant soaman, was-
arrested, charged with their murder!
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ther‘ ‘Allce" was at home. He appear-l
Senator Calder Also Says
Emergency Fleet Corpora-
tion Has Operated With
then shot himself in the temple. He ate Interstate Commerce Committee,;
Apparent Disregard for
is not expected to recover. \at. the hearing on railroad legislation
W hen Clark had been removed to Yesterday he submitted a. statement ExDense i
the hospital, the police forced an en- from the commission recommendingl 1
NW. to the Smith apartment and private operation of the carriers on WASHINGTON, Jun. t—Sennto:
{Calden of New York, Republican.
bed and that of the boy under the added Mr aPeaking today in the Senate. chm-god
bed A paring knife lay on the floor.
Mrs Sm.th was 35 years old Her withdraw from the President the pow. dency Fleet Corporation hove opernt
husband Petei Smith, is a soldier in er to mm back the roads on an hour'g;ed in an unbusjnessllke manner with,
. lnotice, and Congress itself ought tol apparent disregard for expense " and
lurged that Congress determine tho
“Board 5 general policies and limit the
'scope of its activities. Senator Cal-
idt‘lx' is a member of the Senate Com-
:merce Committee which has been in-
lvestlgating shipbuilding for many
months.
“-To state it bluntly,”
dctmminc when this shall be."
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up of men with a knowledge of chip-
ping o1 shipbuilding problems. There
Was Appointee of Jere- Regiment to Which Sixth
. miah Donovan to Navali Company Is Attached, Will
have been many changes in person-
nel and consequently in its policies.
Academy 5. Arive at New York, Jan.
17th
A very large part of the time and the
energies of the Fleet Corporation has
been given over to the building up 11
According to an official announce-
ment made this moxning the. 56th Reg—
iment Coast Artillery Corps, has sail
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l‘hc capture of 38 Germans of the-
crew of the German submarine I —103,l
on its first trip out of Kiel, is one ofi
the w ar expex'ienms in which Lieuten-
Tbe Shipping Board, declared Sena-l
great and cumbersome system of an
pervision with reports and statisch
,cd f1om Biest on the U. S S-South
iDakota and will arrive on this side
on every conceivable subject connect-
ed with the work, rather than to the
lon Friday, January 17th. The 56th is
made up of National Guardsmen and
building of ships as an emergency
measure. '
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lNational Army men from Connecti-
’cut, Gwho trained at Forts Terry and
Pill- .‘illNERS [If m .....w .. m...
l ment is Norwalk’s own campany, the
; l‘ I: Sixth Company, C. A. C., -.C N. G., and
Er}? “EA; QYRL iEASEB the Second Fourth and Eleventh Com-
NE ngl l panics, composed for the most part of,
l Bridgeport men, as Well as a large JOHNSTON, P3,, Jdn. Sis—Fire. fol-
lnumber of boys from Danbury, Stam- lowed by explosions, destroyed the
WASHINGTON, Jan.«9—~The War- mm and surrounding_ tovms. Battery plant of the G. R. McAbee Oil and
Depaitment announced today that the F‘, of Stamford, with which are a Powder Company at Tunnelton, Pa,
following enlisted men of the Ameri number of Norwalk boys, was attached last night, accolding to word received
can Expeditionary Forces, released to the regiment in France, but the im- here this morning. lore than one
from German prison camps and hos nouneement made th’s morning stated thousand pounds “WWW blew. an.
ant Haiold Challenger, of Bridgepmt,
of the U. S. I)$lel{3.‘f:;‘x Davis has figur- ’ (Continued onTagé'ElTfié’nj’
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pitals, had returned to France: that Battery F would not retirin’with this report said.
caoco of earnings, and enforcement of
adequate service under supervision of
n secretory of transportation. a uni
Cabinet omcer, with the Interstate
Commerce Commission acting as a
lupreme ecu-1 of review of mtg gin
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AMERICA HAS Till“
SlillllEllS IN RUSSIA
In Siberia Are 255 Officers
. and 7,267 Hen
WASHINGTON . J an 9.-—-Amcricun
.forcu eventing in Siberia and north-'
on Dubai. total 11 841 omcero and
men. tho Wu- Department announced
today. In Siberia are 355 officers and
7,807 men and in ngrthern Russia. are
6 419 men.
The units in the Archangel region
are the 880111 Infantry, first battalion
of the 810th Engineers, the 337th
Field Hoopla] and the 337th Ambu-
lanco Company
In Siberia are the Twentyvscvenih
and Thirty- first Infantry, Company D
of the minim Telegraph Battalion,
Field Hospital Company No. 4,1-3vucu—
ation 30min! Company No.17,Medi-
cnlSnpply Depot N . 7,146tb Ordnance
Depot Company, Ambulance Company
No. 4, four cmil' officers, Quartermas-
ter Com detachment, comprising two
Clark, “I think Congress ought to that the Shipping Board and the 19111th and 37 men, Medical Detach
moat of Reflects and 67 men and
small detachment of ordnance, signal
corps. engineers, cavalry, intellience.
Philippine Scouts and photographic
acetone
SEREEANT WETSNER—
WRTTESERRM ERANEE
First News From Local Boy
in Four Months—Was at
Verdun and in the Ar-
gonne Forest Drives
Philip Weisner of 35 Spring street.
has received the following letter from:
his brother, Sergeant Thomas G. \Veis-l
ner.Co. D,17th Machine Gun Bat-
talion, th DiVision. A. E F. \Veisner
left this city'WTast slimmer foi":
Camp Devens and soon after :11 mired
in France, where, for his work in the
engagements around Verdun and the
lArgonne Forest he was made a ser-
reant. The following letter received
by his brother was the first heard
from him in over four months. and 111-.»
family and friends had been consld-I
crab!" worried over his silence bu, t the
letter, when it finally arrived, cleared
up all doubt of his safety.
The letter follows: '
LAMARCWLIF “France
December 12,1918.
Dear Bmthor'
Received your letter and was very
TRANSPRRTATTRN ’
measure of unification of opera ion,ihas been proclmmcd, compost‘d 0f
\ dicate, and parts of the Rhcnish
‘gilhid to bear‘fromfyou, I haven't had;
[AiAi-scflimiMANA 1111111“
IN 0111111 l8 OVERIURNED, _
EXTREMISTS til 11111 111111“
New Revolutionary Government Has Been Proclaimed.
Composed of Independent Socialists, Part of the
Government Troops G01 ng Over to the Rebels
ERENRH ANT] .llllill- STAT llElEflATES TR
PEACE BflNTERE NEE ARE IANNTTUNEER
Civil War Spreading to Other Parts of Germany and the
klimnioh Provinces and Bavaria
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PARIS, Jan. 9 (Havoc) .-~Thc
Eb'nrb-Schiedmnn Government, in
Germany, has been overturned, the
Extremists having gained the up.
per band in Berlin after sanguin-
ary fighting, according to the lat—
est German advices received here.
A new revolutionary government
delegates to the PM Co , it
is nnfirubood, will be 1113mm
George Clemenceau, .3110 Pre-
mier; Stephen Picho Foreign .
Minister; Louis Lucien lots, Fin—-
uncial Minister: Henry . Simon,
Minister of Colonies; Andre Tard-
ien, French High Commissioner to
the United States.
The ixrcliiiical representatives
will include Mart-11111 Foch, for
military mattrrs, and Leon Bourg- ;
cold, for the sulijcrt of the Society
of Nations.
Official announcement of the
composition of the delegation is ...
expectcd shortly.
_ PARIS,J:111.9.—-Thc Premier of
éSerbia has officially notified For-
{high Minister Picbon that tho
in chief of the. German Government iJug-(LSh‘v representatives at v er-
"OOPS, W111 send “9W forces! saillcs- will 111' Nikola P. Pachilcli, ‘
against the capital in an effmi 10: former Premier of Serbia. Dr. M.
regain control 0f ll, is reported A :3. Vcsmti l1 former Serbian Mm-
desperate reaction in the more: istcr offimncp. andM Trumbitch
CODSGWRTWC‘ elements 1‘ (’XPOCted- iprcsident oi the Dalmatian Diet.
The causualties in the Berlin . AMSTERDAM. Jan. 9——S¢'verc
fighting are reported to have bet“ llighting, in “blob artillcrv was.
heavy. __ _- employed, took place in Berlin
The Independent Socialists said y'estcrda) Hoar the Central Tele-~
to be at the head of the new gov- graph Office. The Spartacans re-
ernment are George lmdcbour, newed their attempts to seine the
Herr Licbman and Hen Tick. ,Chancclor’s palace, it is declared
Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the leader 5 in Berlin dispatches to the Hand--
of the Spartacans, is continuing clsblad, but were driven back with
‘his activities (presumably in an cf— the loss of thirty kin“: dand fortxn .-
fort to install a. government of his five wounded.
own choosing).
PARIS, Jan.
1111 AMENRTIENT Is '11. 1111111111 1111
PASSED 111223111133 PllflPERll’lfl in:
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Two Daughters and Two
Sons of the Evangelist Are.
the Principal Beneficiaries "
The Rev Di. J. “'llbur Chapman.
world fumed evangelist, who died on
Christmas day, left the bulk of his os—
tato to his two sons and two daugh-
ter, of Warsaw Ind., 32, 000: Mrs. Jes-
terday in the. office of Surrogate Dan-
iel Noble at Jamaica, L 1., his widow,
Mrs. Mabel C. M. Chapman, receives
the home at Jamaica Estates.
The will contains the following be-
quests:~M1's. Ida L. Thompson, a sis~ «
tion. ter, of Warsaw, lnw., $2 ,;000 Mrs. Jel-
Wisconsin Minnesota, Iowa, Missou- SEQ 1111513313, s‘iister, )of Springfield,
1'1 and other \R'estern State Leg isla- ass ‘ .111 ”we” 0‘ jewelry to
his brothers.
:33: are to act soon on the amend Equal shares in the residue are giv-
en to the daughters Mrs. Bertha Irene
Havingydetermined at a. meeting Goodson and Miss Agnes P. pman
yesterday to make a final supicme e- d ‘ J W Ch”- 1
fort through the courts to keep the- ”Pd filo 50’35’ I llbur Chapman Jr.»
,United States from going bone dry an ”‘3'" er Iamilton Chapman In
next summer Hie distillers at yester- (Continued on Page Two}
Independent. Socialists.
A part of the Government troops
are reported to have gone over to
the rebels and the Spartacans now
hold the principle points in Bcrl in.
Civil war is spreading to other'
parts of Germany,th advices in-
Provinces and Bavaria an; nowztre-
ported to be involved? ‘ ‘ -
.Gu5tav Noske, the commander
9.———The French (Continued On Page Six?
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Maine, Tennessc; and Idaho
, Give Approval
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CHICAGO Jan. 9.—~VVbile representar,‘
lives of the distillers of the country"!
were organizing here today fur a finish
fight against anti-liquor legislation be-
fore the bighest court in the land the 1
States of Maine, Tennessee and Idaho
‘ joined the movement for national pro-
hibition by ratifying the proposed con-
stitutional amendment. Twenty —two
‘states now have ratified the amend-
ment. Thirty~six states are requhed.
The Illinois and West Virginia Sen
ates also voted yesterday for ratifica-
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' Coorncr to Investigate
Likely to Send Warships Ridg'eiicldg Fatalities
1 For Americans" in Turkey W” .
Coroner John J. Phclan went to
Ridgcfleld today to hear other witness-
es to the accident last. Monday ut‘Mfll
River, Dunbury, from which Morris
Anderson and William Dawson, both
of Ridgefield died. The coroner was
in Danbury yesterday taking looti-
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VivArnlnuvd-TODT, D C, dd.“ 9.“
Steps are being taken by the State
Department. to bring home from Tur-
key some 3, 500 native and natur alizui
Americans who have been there dur-
:ing the wan. It was said today a war
iship probably would be sent for them many in the 0339- ' ,
i Recent advices indicated that them no ”Gide“ from “M“ “‘9 m
dicta: mnbury hospital occurred
were 100 native Amadeus and 3.400 1' In In in which the!
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