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TRAIN .WREGK
INVESTIGATION
AT SOUTH BYRON
INELSONO. 111111111
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In South Norwalk for Few
Days—Is First Class Ma-
chinist on the Destroyer
Beale
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III GOT MOGH I11
But Local Purveyors of This
Summer Standby Expect
to Begin the Harvest Soon
if Present Spell of Weath-
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GERMAN LOTAL TROOPS GARRT
OOEXENSTEIN PRINTING PLANT
OGGNPIEO BY THE BOLSHEVIKI
Many Persons Had Been Killed by the Firing Front This
Building, But Mine Throwers and Machine Guns
Finally Blew Away Fortications and Confined Sur-
render
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—-—————- ‘ I Skating Yesterday ew ou orwa oys a ser-
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. as Evidently Stualing 21 TW enty-One Persons Killed! _ I Sergeant Homer DoulensIlgifemoef Inf“? 33:33:31.1 “;§.?:&°‘§§fe
-. t1er« ’
The )uer'cuiv in many local
I mometers hit the zero mark yesterday
morning for the first time hereabouts
this season, and registered but six
degrees above the.‘ g‘gooseegg” at six
Io ock this mornin
Io Tlotereh as been a gconsiderable coat-
I ing ice on the more sheltered ponds
in this 1icinity for the past week and
local
Back AfterStrenuous Ser-
vice on Several Fighting
Fronts in France
WAS WOONOEO
than Nelson G. Theriault, son of Al-
Iphonse N. Thericult. The young man
gave his father a very happy surprise
Saturday by notifying him that he was I
I in this country and would arrive in
ISouth Norwalk with his wife to spend
a few days' furlough. Mr. and Mrs.
I Theriault are guests at the Mahacktv
oHotel, where they will remain dut-
ing their stay here. Nelson is justly
proud of the two gold stripes which
he wears on his sleeve denoting fifteen
as an Engine Ploughs Into
I the Rear End of the “Wol-
[SEPH CHRISTIANIT; verine,” bespIte Warnings‘,
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'ide from ‘Wilson’s Point
puIveyots of the slippery and
~eets instant Death in Fall:
From Train—Lands 0117
Picket Fence
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: was instantly killed at about 4:30
til-'li Saturday at‘loi'noon when
from :1 i‘I'r-iuht train near
_uth 1\'or\1'.'11k railroad station.
1': istiano uas I-mploycd III the U.
of nIlII-r laborers
It train of
the railroad
.a number
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Oil-tanks and nI'III'
ch near TIlt‘ nation he it'll t‘IoIII
train .‘Illt‘T >lliltii IIII- stout troodon
ket It 111w sI-pIII'IIIin; the tracks.
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irplanes Caused Greatest
Loss of Life, lVith Zepuc
. Tins a Close Second—Naval
Shells Hit
‘33! Civilians li'erc Killed,
.nt‘ Whom 293 Were ( liiid
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3,311 [lll‘StlllS W't'lt‘ killed
at whom 4,750 11'1-1'4- civib
Io-s caused by German airships. air-
st and bombardment: from the
shoes the-w t':t!~'|l.|I!lt'.\' moon: ('1':
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Five)
EENOTARISM SEEN
IN MONTREAL FIRE
tomobile l’lant Destroyed
Vith Loss of $1,000,000
o.\"III lGAl... lan Six—FIFO 111' the
Tth' SS disttitt lté'le yesterday caus-
a property loss estimated at more‘
$1,t'101),oott. Besides razing the
mobile manufacli'uing plant of
ngs (1‘: (‘11., and destroying 140.
lnes. includinu auibiilances 01-
..." by IIlt' (‘IIIIIIIIIIII (HHPI'IllllC’lll
"flames spread to tho.- premiscs oi
Hudson Bay (‘oIIIpImy and S. J.
tr-I' & (‘11.. svriouh‘l)’ damaging
: 1, Two t‘iI'mIII-n were injured.
1. fire started in the Jennings
Htlicials of the company
II:i'I\ t‘Xpl't‘Sr‘WT tear that.
Hr: ".izbt be so! on l'iI‘I- bet-misc
" work br-in: carried on
and ItskI-d for military
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i.(‘ I ll. MEETING
1i‘ ( ‘OUNCIL TONIGHT
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Ivrwmiah Donovan has is-
,5 . I'IIl tor a special meeting of
I ( mIIII-il [Q be. held this even-
I‘ity “all. The purpose of
. I- l .I ... ssiml is to approve the
':’| ‘I 'II" IIIJI’IIII \ll ESLTIIIHLVB Iautl
‘ Iain-n {I a' special meeting.
'l'iIIII‘:'.Il:’I_v evening, when
Fpr-I'TIII appropriations from
”~11 ‘I'I'Ill'litlt't’l revenues in the
.,. .51 ill} ‘ and to adopt. any reso-
1.;- ions that may be
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aunt-ll on Tuesday éYemKw
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.i'l:"'llll Christiano. of I": Harbor ave.—f
ho
the
.tlng Board at Wilson's l'oinl.‘
Il (‘I‘I'\\' rousisIJ
791——'l‘otal of .
.\II ofllt'ial summary of the cos-
'Iiisclnsod that
had .
tlIt"
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This nice-ting is.
W tho- Iegular monthly meetlnz 0f
jWas in 11 Similar Wreck in
Same Locality Tw entyI
Years Ago . I
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Iman fiist listed as Miss Floxa Doherty,
of Flint, Mich. died at the Batavla:
Hospital at noon today, making the‘
lwonty-set‘tmd death. Her identificadj
tion is not positive and there is rea-I
son to Lit-lith- sin- is Mr's. Flora Dough;
t'l'ly, wift- of Patrick Ilougherty, ot'v
Now York, who was killed. I
llAT.\\'l.~\ N. Y.. Jan. 123.: Officials.
of the New York (.‘ontral Railroad 10-:
day wort- continuing their Invostigw
tion to place the blame for the 11'I'I-I'k .
at South Bymn. yt'stol'duy, in whiI'hI
I11. nIy-ono persons \"Ol‘t' killed.
’l‘biI‘IvoII bodies remains-d unidenti-
Iiod in llIIIIiriII llntlt'l‘lilkillg establish
1111:1115 this morning. .lohu Friedleyh
engineer of the SnllIith'Sik'l‘n Limited.
which crashed into the rear sloopvrs'l
of the \\'ole-rino Limited. maintains.
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RETIRES MARSHA;
PRESIDENT AOREES’
I “Pecuniary Responsibilities'
Force Attorney General.
Gregory Again to Practice.
Law I
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\\'.‘1‘.~‘ilthlT0N. Jan. is." Thomas"
‘\\'att Gregory, attorney-generaI of the'
l nited States since 1914, has resigned
her. mum- of "pt'cuniary responsibili-i
Iies' and will ['1' turn to [ill' practite ofI
lIIw. I’Ios. \\'iison has agreed to his
[I Ill"( mont 111 III March 4.
MI. Gregory 5 litter oi resignation,
dated Jan. 9, and the president's r1:ply,,
(tabled from Paris the next day, were
made public last night at the White,
House. The attornm- -fl’,t’n("l‘ill' ll lettei I
ll(' had long considered
retiring.r from office and had disr ussed
tho nIIIIIeI \tith the president hI'tottI
éMr. Wilson Wont. abroad.
\ir.(-1'e:;or_v‘s succ essm has not yet
bil’C app pointed and therel Ias been no
otiitial intimation as to who he will
Ibo. The. names of Fund: L. Polk
counselor of the state department and
Iactin;r St‘t'l't'lzll\ 11hil1- Mr. Lansing is.
in Europe, and Sen. James 1111111111011-
'1‘1811'15 ”I Illinois were mentioned U»
I t HY.
Continued on Sixth Page
AOMITS SHOOTING
SAHARA’S EMPEROR
. Mme. Lebaudy Says She Kill-I
ed Husband Because He
‘Descrved It" Olficial
Word
11'usrnt'nr. N. 1‘.. .1111. 13.~—Ma—
’dame Marie Augustini- l.el)audy ad-
mitted )‘eSlerday to I)i.~'t1i(‘.l Attornev
t hailes R. “'11: ks of Nassau countyI
that she shot and killed her husband '
Jacques L -baudy, known as “Emperor
=ot‘ the Sahara." as he entered her
home, Phoenix Lodge. here Friday
night, according to a statement issued
by 31.". Weeks tonight.
Mr. Weeks quoted her as saying her
husband “had been threatening my
2111- 1111' fI'IIeen years and I couldn't
stand it any longer:
Mr. \Yeeks said he would place the.
case. before the Nassua county grand
jury tomorrow, calling probably as
the first witness, Madame Lebaudy's
1.5-5' eataold daughter, Jacqueline, who
that notified the authorities-.01 the
shooting. ‘4
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‘C onnecticut
:itat is fine and we're all going there
Lafter the war,"
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EAMOLIS ACTON I“°£$de“fiet‘h‘é'9§§:§iaii$§
OIES IN STAMFORD
.lohn Mason Succumbs toI
Brights Disease in Sani-
tarium ,
.lan, l3). .lIIIItl Mnson.‘
known III-tors on thei
died in a sanilariuml
STAMFORD.
one of the best
Anu'rican stage.
llt'l‘t' )‘I'SII'I'tlny. The ('allh‘l‘ (if dt’athi
was given as Bright‘s disease «with
complimlions. Mr. Maeon came herei
five days au'o from l‘rovidcncc. R. l..;
where llt' had sufi'orod It broakdown‘
11 hilo giving the premiere of a newi
melodrama “The. “01111111 in Room l—l.’
“liods. theatrical manager wasI
here yesterday makim: airauhomentsI
for the tuneral which will bo held in
‘New York.
(Continm d On l‘aao Six)
WAR PRISONERS
TELL OE REVOL‘I
Men Freed atl
Cologne, Say Civilians
Started Uprising
"The war is over, you're free. Amor-
the German guards
'in Cologne told two Connecticut pris-.
:onors of war when releasing them on'
the day following the signing of the
armistice. The prisoners were Pri-
vate S. L. Torok. of Darien. and
ILewis Beccerillo, of New Haven, both'
Company I),102nd infantry. The
Stars and Stripes tells the story: !
About seven days before fighting
‘ceased, the talk 01' unrest that had
been heard came to a head. the former?
prisoner asserted and the soldiers
guarding,' the American prisoners cut?
off their straps of ranks and tied red
bands on their arms. It was the (ti-f
vilians in Germany who first started
the revolution, they said.
"They worked hard all day." saidI
(f‘ontinued On Page Six)
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BOENOS 11111
illll'l \OS AlRES .lan 1n-—At «i
o'clock this morning it was stated at
Police Headquarters that no serious
clashes had been reported anywhere
since )0 o'clock last night. At that
hour it was believed the government
had the situation in hand. Several
hundred student volunteers who had
been assembled at the Naval Club un-
,
(Continued on Sixth Page).
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FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
MAY START ON APRIL (1
\\'ASHINGTON, Jan. 13.4—0pening
of the Fifth Liberty Loan campaign
April 6. the second anniversary of the
declaration of war against Germany.
is under consideration by Treasury of-
ficials. but no decision has been reach-
ed. The Third Liberty Loan drive
started on April 6 1918. the first an
niversary
It is planned to Time the campaign
11111 for three weeks and to ask for
Ithefts was reported to the police yes-
'twe en 8 oclock on Thursday night visit to the same house but they
between five and sit billion dollars.
Whether the interest rate 'will be
higher than the 4 1-4 per cent, borne
by the last issues depends partly on
the increment of the market furice of
hen W
"J. Howell, was discoveries! to be We,
Svrueant Homer ll. Doulens. Bait
P. 52nd Heavy Artillery. attached9 to.
the Fourth Army (‘ orps. French Army, ‘
has arrived at his home in this city to.
onjo_1 a 1. 311113' furlough after being in
the 19111111 of his (country since 1915. I
Sergeant llouh-ns was in lI‘ranceIMade Tw'o Visits to H0“
since September. 1917.111“! took part.
in almost every big: engagement and.
served on 11190. hampagne, T011] and Es
Scared Away by
prepay St'ctions and at the Argonne - ~
l'ortht, was Vwounded in the left. young GATES
shoulder with shrapnel and teceived
‘t’h9‘11111:1111.11t1(1111;11:1111111111111‘111(.enertl Two ”3de men made m0 at-
011.1111 0 11 ‘ tempts to enter a house on Sound
DoulI-ns I-nlislod in Ihe old Silt AI-
(Continued_ on Page Four)
LOFT ROOHERS
OET SAO, OOO
ITake Bonds, Cash and Silk,
and Leave No Clue Be-.
I\'iew terrace last evening but both
‘times were scared awav before they
succeetflti. Around 6 o‘clock
evening: the twelve andfourteen year
old daughters of a Mr. and Mrs. Hill
of 8 Sound View Terrace. were terri-I
fled when they heard someone‘shaking
l rant)?
.1. black handkeichief 0V't'l iii-1
while the' other had a soft hat pulled;
down or 91 his eyes.
screamed and threatened to call
theI
- police and the men vanished.
hlnd I The police were notified by tele-
phone and Patrolmen Gainor and Rey-
0111 of tin mast daring loll robber-I nolds went to the house but the mask-
ics in the 11 cent history of many such ed men had disappeared.
terIdtv by Mortimer Lee, a member of their parents were visiting in Bridge
the flint of liougton & Lee, 18 “’est Port.
Thir't_1 -ninth street, New York. who Later in the evening. around 9
told of losing bv theft from his estab- o'clock the police received another
lishment $40 000 north of goods be-Icall that the men had made anot;11..-r
and the same h0ur on Friday morning again disappeared before Patrolman
Detectives of the West Thirtieth Flynn and Reynolds arrived The po—
Street Police Station sald that it w.as lice are working on the case in an ef-.
one 01 the cleverest loft robberies on fort to appiehend the men and it is ex.
Iecord the Homes apparently havinngected that arrests will follow.
IIIII1I31IIR5EXI’IIIII
'lhe warerooms of the firm. which
de-tls in laws. embroideries. and silk,
MARINE STRIKERS 3 mm POSITION
I
The following letter has been issued
' Iby Messrs. John McMullen. M. N.
I Mayehotf and Percy W. Brooks.
January mm. 1919.
I To the Stockholders of The Fair-
field Countv National Bank:
INational war Board Trying; The letttr of January 2nd, signed~bv
to Adjust Ditferences Withi the Directors of The Fairfield Countv
INational Bank to the stockholders of
16’000 Men Ithat bank, has come to our attention.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.
We do not think it is quite frank 01
11 ere opened here today by the Nation— -
a1 “’ar Labor Board in an‘agempt th
{Id-III“ the differences Wh 1: cause I'tiation quite irrespective of whether
“new thousand members of the Ma Ithe continuation of such administra-
Smir‘iitgfll‘aifr: fifgy‘fiig; towglfegmtg: tion be deemed desirable from the
‘1 S ' -
Boat Owners Association declined toIstandpoint of the stockholders or 15:
submit to arbitration the question of;
an eight hour working day for theI
n11n.Jo.seph Moran president of the
New York Tow Boat Exchange, an-
nounced last night that the boat own-
ers would attend the hearing today
and would “receive with utmOSt re-I
spect any sugg estion" the Board ma1
(Continued On Page Eight)
11;- chief concern seems to be to
maintain the present bank adminis-
(Continued on Page Three.)
HENRY SASS HAS
OISAPPEAREO
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Henry Sasse, of “'est Cedar street,
has disappeared from his home and
any information of his whereabouts
Will be gladly received by his anxious
family and relatives. He left home at
. . . ~— - 10: :30 yesterday morning and since
111;]: fiiseasnggggird ATESStmghgggngfilthat time nothing has been seen or
, .I heard of him and as the young man is
Shaple) street, was gutted soon aftet subjected to epileptic fits his relatives
(Continued wn Pale Eight)
TWO SERIOUS FIRES
IN-NEW LONDON
NEXV LONDON, Jan. l3.—Two seri-
1 o’clock, necessitating a general ., ,
alarm. Building and contents were ’9‘“ for his safety.
Sasse is about 21 years of age stands
about 5 foot 6, weighs,around 150
pounds. red face, and stocky build. He
ruined. The fire is believed to have
been of incendiary origin. The loss is
estimated at 825,000. I“
. About—5 o’clock, the Mead residence
on nite s occupied by Frank time and was constantly subjected to
Spells which deprived him of all phr-
Ied that the 1oung girls were alone as.
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last building.
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the front door and trring to gain. and
The men left the door andfbuilding consisting
went to the window where the young; printing paper behind “bit-h two
girls saw them and claimed one 11'Iore mac
facet y 1
I
had I
has been in ill health for quite some 0
e.—;=€=‘:—s
Dr.Liebknecht’s Son and R0
sa Luxemburg, Associated
With Dr. Liebknecht Reported to Have Been Ar-
rested
BEh-LlN Saturday Ja11.l1
SQ (Associated Press)-Tm\'al troops
on Sound View Terrace— have carried bv storm the Huex-
TWO rustein printing plant. where the
'fKreuz Zeitung
i s
11 con
by
\vindo“ s
printed. Many
killed and
I’ olshcvists
(II this
citizens bad
firing: from the-
building.
The capture of the \‘oarwaerts
near that of the Krenz
Zeitung'.1vas carried out by ap—
proximately five hundred, loyal
troops Thev first destroyed an
intrenchmcnt.....i11from of the
of rolls of
hine guns had both installed.
11o shots from a mine thrower
The girIb-Iswept awav’the whole fortifica-
tion with the gun crew The. Spar-
tacans sent a white flag party for-
ward. but. Wore told nothing but
unconditional surrender would be
considered. Two mine throwers
and too field guns then began a
systematic bombardment and sol-
diers worked their way forward
11ith machine guns and finally
stormul the building. Thcv met;
with little resistance inside the
defenders being mostly civilians,
including some Russians.
The courtyard was filled with
dead 111111411th and three bun-
dred prisoners, including a num- '
ber of Russians. were taken.
Among: the prisoners was a man.
I
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ITITIS HEATS ELYINO HOLSHEVIK PLOTS
It was learn,
FOR LOCAL EAOLES
Big Delegation Attends the
Installation of Officers of
Danbury Aerie Yesterday,
and Norwalk Experts
Take Part in Ceremonies
Two big jitney basses carried :1 del—
egation of over thirty members of
Norwalk Aerie, No. 588, F O. E, to
Danbury yesterday, to witness the in-:
stallaction of otficers at the Danbury
Aerie, and enjoy a general good time.
State Past W. 1’., Daniel J. O’Con-
nor, of Bridgeport headed the installa-
tion team assisted by Vi'illiam J. Pow
ell. State Worthy Conductor Harry J.
Keene Past Vl'. P.. and John E. Levis,
Worthy Sec’ 1'. of Norwalk Aerie. Be-I
sides the Norwalk delegation there
were fully one hundred other guests
from Bridgeport, Stamford and other.
cities.
Following the serving of refresh-
ments, there was a most finished pro-
giant staged by members of the Dan~I
bu1'1 Aerie which as one. Norwalk
guest expressed it. “covered every
thing from clog dancing to Grand 0p-
era.
”~4—
SINN EETN HAO
‘ PRINTER APPEAL
TO U. S. SOLOIERS
Seized Circulars :Asked if
America Fought to Knit
Erin’s Chains
DUBLIN, Jan. 13.~Pamphlets ad-
dressed to American soldiers in Ire.
land were found in a raid of the Sim)
Feiu organization headquarters by the
police this morning. On the pam-
")3!th W2“, thn fnllnwfng-
“Did you win the war in orde;
knit lreland’s chains?
“Vl'e helped to win your
deuce. Will you help us
Jan.13.'~——Sir
army the United
to
indepen-
to w in
Horace
IN SOUTH AMERICA
fIPlanned in Uruguay as Well
as in Argentina
‘ MONTEVIIIEO,U1'uguav,Jan 13.“
(By the Associated Press) .w'l‘he po—
1 live have uncovered aplot on the part
Iof the Russians to start a Bolshevik
movement here and in Buenos Altos.
Four of the leaders in the movement.
1am said to have confessed their par-
;ticipation in a plan to overthrow the
Uruguayan and Argentine govern—
ments and institute souviets in both.‘
«countries. The police, by quick work,
prevented an outbreak here. which had.
been arranged to occur simultaneously
Iwith that in Buenos Aires. The di-
rector of the “cultural center” is Isaac
Molinont‘f, a Russian, who is said by
the Buenos Aires police authorities to
have been an accessory in 11 bomb
, throwing plot in the Onion opera house
several years ago.
BUENOS AJRES, Jan. 13 «(By the
Associated Press) .——Althongh the iron
workers strike was settled yesterday
and the general strike which had been
declared by the regional federation
(Cominued On Page Eight)
COMM-UTER’S CLUB
STARTS BOWLING
I
The annual bowling tournament at
the Commuter’s Club has been start-
ed and is now Well under way. This
club was formed some five years ago
by a. number of men commuting be-
tween this city and New York for the
purposi- of holding a number of bowl-
ing matches between the members on
one night a week. The men roll on
the Palace Alleys and the second of
this yeax' 5 games was rolled off on
last Friday evening, when James Des-
mond rolled the high score of the‘
night, and thereby nosed Dr. William.
J Moore, with a score of 202, out 01
first place hor 01's so far this season.
The high individual record of the
club is held by Joseph Sparks, who
Ihas 1115 (intonation of rolling 273 111'
one game. As 1et this mark has new-
er been beaten by any oi the club
members, but several are out this
year with the firm intention‘bf mak-
ing it take second place.
The members of the club are:
k Bradley,
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