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RNLY 4 IllREElthS
IATHIISI’ITALMEETINR;
The adjourned rt’gulzlr tilt-cling. of
Norwalk lios'pitnt Assoctation once
“— again failed to attract a quorum to
unnnissioncr R. B. Stoeckeltho Norwalk Club on surge? 328;;
'v 7- ' . . ' 'lng. and the meeting was ‘ t. u , .1
\lanes {{CCO‘i‘ulllQnddtIOI‘lSz to take up the matter oi ralsmg funds
in the Legislature im meet an indebtedness of some fif-,
SlANDNRRSINIEM (If
Former Sixth Company Men
Are Expected to Arrive in
Norwalk Soon, But May
Go to Fort Wright First
tantalum
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last week when a quorum failed to ap-
ltt‘iil at. a special meeting, called for
that purpose.
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The directors present Were: Dr.‘
James G. Gregory, Dr. David Spuncc,
it. I} Hartford and Mrs. Louis ll. l.oh-'
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Others present. were: Vice-presidunt.
John Cavanagh. Treasurer C. this;
:P‘itch. Dr. Tracey, Mr. Brooks, Mr.I
- 'l.chmair. and Supt. V‘Vadhams, of thei
which as outlined by President Mc-
RRII’ERS’ SifiNAISg
Mullen, were. given in The Sentinel
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“SIIIITH RANIIIII”
Norwalk Several
snttistics of Accidents
state During Past Year
Besides
Other Places in the County
‘ttl'l’I-‘f'lltll. Jun. 2n «Radical Hospital force.
.‘ m n“. nulruunhilg- ,aw—g 0f the! After waiting vainly until an llourf Had Representative; ,
.:~~ ,~.t.~(~,:;,;,,..n.1,..j by Commis- after the time of the meeting, the at-' -_________ ‘ a
or Mutt): \'t-hi('lpg Robbins B. tempt. to hold a meeting was given up” I
1.; in hi~ my,“ ,tspm-i to the Leg- and it is supposed that another at-t The armored cruiser South Dakota.
near m“ steamed into Pier No. 51 at, lloboken.’
I‘m Saturday noon and shortly after:
.Norwalk‘s men in the 56th Artillery,
Isnt foot on their native land after ant
f:tl)s(:litrti of nine months overseas. dur-’
: ing which they Were in active service'
tor nearly four months and aided Ina-i
lllilll“ since the ustalilislnnent It‘mlll will be made in 1h“
t-uiliiiiis:.ititi on Juno 1 1917. UH“-
. all; as follows: 5
{ general itllli‘lltilllt'lll making cut"-
I‘ t'llllll:">’ in II“ Ii‘Cillllt"il \tnrtliug
9 law .nml prmitlin; for minor
minors and l‘t'lil':li.\. to provide- :1
trunnion
e‘wu‘ wading and walking language, ENHS "01" EHASF tt-rially in driving back the German;
,, inronsisn “MW. and Improw- tomes in the closing days of the wait:
-'n l'Iti’:tL'l'2Illil< 'l‘hv l‘:ltll('.’li iltllllA ‘ ' WWW." ""9 0f the 111"“ 0” board was,
___ fl. __ enjoying the best of health and eager-1
,w,,mgnu,~.u (,3 puzg Eight) ’ly awaiting,r the time When they will
Officers Dorney and Sweeney'tw permitted to return to their homes;
' ‘ - .. .r‘» Norwalk. Lean and hardened from5
and G- M0 Habtlngs Purbuetheir adventures and experiences int
Auto to Darien and Are: France they arrived back in "God's:
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PR RESS MADE IN fRRMAIIRN ’
0f llRRIIf. 0f ‘NIIIIRNS RI
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PRESIDENT WILSON AND OTHERS J ‘
Twenty-Five Working Days Remain for Mr. Wilson in
‘Europe and He Hopes to Have an Agreement Be—
fore Period Ends
RUlliARIAN SIILRIERS CRNTINUE WIN
RF PlllNIlERlNfi RREEIIS IN RIIMEIIA‘
Details for the Proposed New Constitution for Germany
Are Being Made Public '
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habitation
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0 o _ mePatrons, 1n Or-l tor of St. Paul’s Parish,
ders Efl'ecttve Tonight I
" I Month
will find something of personal inter- 4
est in the. new telephone toll rates to.lyRev. Frederick A. Coleman formal-
iscopal Church yesterday mornin
day, January 21. The new rates will '~ 3'
particularly interest all me that he had accepted the call tendered
'thh avail ‘copal Church in Newark N '
themselves of the convent cc of the and would leave South 'Noizaflf‘a?y
fairs between their home est,al)lisli~‘During the eight and one-half years
merits and their branch, house's and that Mr. Coleman has ministered here
in promulgating this order the p‘ostfithe'church and Sunday School gaining
ma‘ster general has established uni-in membership and the work of both
throughout the United States. He has ‘ Coleman has not only been active in
also established certain charges tor'church work, but has lent his aid to
hour ‘day. with particular, rates to most enthusiastic and energetic in thel
govern during each period. so far as nation's war work during \the past
tor feature of the order is well worth‘humerous ways in thevLiberty Loan.
_Red Cross and other drives, and great
;cess which attended the last Liberty?
eLoan floatation, as he was the headi
itireless i‘nbis efforts in its behalf. He!
paras one of Norwalk's four-minute?
:public gatherings as well as in his
.own pulpit, always attracting hun-
ltion's efforts to “win the war." He
i'was one of the organizers of Trinity
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Much of Interest, Egpeciallyi
' and Leaves Norwalk Next
Practically every telephone user-i
become effective at 12: 01 a. m., Tues- Epnotified his congregation in Trinity
manufacturing enterprises fntile and him by the vestry Of St' Paul's Epis-
telephone in transacting business af-‘March hit, to assume his new duties.
customers in other cities. 3the {Tir'is‘h’ has flourished remarkably,
formity in telephone toll charges has broadened out in every way. Mr.
service into thrct- periods of the zi-Imany civic movements, and has been!
number calls are concerned. This lot ieighteen months. He has assisted in
Z’credit is due him for the striking suc-.
'tireless in his efforts in its behalf. He‘
,men, and was heard many times ini
dreds to aid to their utmost. the na-;
Men’s Club, and took a deep interest.
R t in the work of this organization, giv-'
W~ i‘ing much of his time to making it a i
‘. success. .
quth Annual Event _Exce“sf Hundreds in Norwalk and vicinity:
Others In Quantity andswiu most sincerely regret that Mrs
' - ' 9 IColeman is to leave here, and will eat-
Quality Of EXh'b‘ts and mttend best wishes for tits continued
of the leaders of the United
States, Great Britain and France-
President. Wilson is personally
pressing forward this one feature
of the Work of the Peace Congress
to the virtual exclusion of all
others.
With a definite plan formed for
erecting.' a structure upon which
all nations can agree, about twen.
PARIS. Jan. 20 (Associated.
Press).-—As the Supreme Council
of the Peace Congress resumed
sittings today. marked progress
was being made in comparing.r var-
ious plans for the formation of a
league of nations and harmonizing
them into a concrete proposition.
Much headway in this direction
was made last night at the cou—
t’crence attended by President ty-five working days remain of the
“'ilson, Lord Robert Cecil, the time President Wilson has allotted
British representative charged to himself for work in France be-
fore leaving for home. The ques- —
Iwith Working out of a plan for a
'league of nations; Leon Bourgeois, -
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bile thieves from the center of the,
first district to the Darien golf links.‘
x ‘ 't‘ountry" safe. and sound and were ov-t
5‘ ” B01 CCd Into Telephonevrium, to see the several familiar?
POIE It'acos from their city among the re-g
l 1 ' Sception committee which greeted.
_.______- 3? ”j * After pursuing a. number of automo~l t‘hem m New York.
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cause of running into one of the
The transport was schedilledv to ar- p
re in New York on Friday but bey.‘
Number of Those 0
\ Paid to See It . we
The fifth annual exhibitiOn of path
try and pet stock‘held at the,Towu
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im" new "e‘d' _. ,isucb. an organization, and General
- 7 Jan Christian Smllts, who has for-
I mulated a plan for a league.
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Preliminary conversations owr,
tion being asked is whether he Can .
" in this comparatively short time
bring the. nations together ‘in an ~
agreement for a Society ofnations. .
Many of the pmsidentt’scloscst ad» _
visors-think he can do no.
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. it“. Probably ‘Vill Not BE Patrolmen Thomas J. Dorney and Neil
,, ‘ , ‘d ’ ;Swecnoy lost their man when the ma-
-'“"“ “ L - 'chine they were riding in collided with
'5 W‘ia telephone pole. The machine, own-
i : mil. t‘onn” Jan, 20.n—4Hart- ! ed and driven by Gilbert M. Hastings,
lilllltlll and other cities in,or 47 East avenue, Was considerably
. 'v\ilt‘ll‘ liquor licenses expirefdamaged to the extent of a broken ., . . - .
I may hr x irtmtly “dry" from i front axle and bent. radiator and mud-;Egy‘lthggg,3‘9‘13333‘730gr‘35k31‘“:
mw on is believed few ,guards. but the occupants miraculous iiri ”W ‘ g ‘ ' oy..
pzw-wrmt in pay the year-Qty escaped without injury.
.,worst storms in the’Bay of Biscay that
Inaval officers ever remembered the
.vessel was a day late. \Vith her pilot-i
house stove in and her super-structure
fshowing the effects of heavy seas and ‘
.wind the U. s. s. South Dakota dock<'
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56th Regiment Coast Artilleryt
Scarccly an hour after the
as ii
'i' V * Corps.
.. - t.-.- n: 37.7: lot the two.” Around 11:15 Saturday evening the battltshi , . . .
, . ' .7 , , , _ , , x. p had warped into its met the,
‘ . !\ i .l V U l I n l . . . ' . ‘ ' o . ‘ . . ' - .
.nqll .‘i‘ t .im :‘1 t'itillllli\'>it)l]€l' for i \‘H‘V‘ R 90110? ifs-lionhed by Limit {Z‘Edilrfl'ifllilfsn aghiebfligg2§xi12§lnog '{otxi
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' ‘ H ~ .1127. \IAM aged ‘3‘“, mentioned On Page Six) jof quarantine ended last night. It could.l
: II. .. . .v ',_,"‘\ a: toutTl be .il-é -————-v~—-- tnot. be learned at the debarkation of-]
2‘ ,. t. 1.. to) liliPt. _ _xe con-W ft'ice in Hoboken whether the artil-
l‘vzl-gluture “n” be "6-;GENERAL PER H'Nfi e
- iiII.‘ and if the ”drys" have? . 3 'C '
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- mntrol as claimed this= I ‘ d on Page rec) t
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it‘ll/IRIS”-S-MfflilfiéltlnliitlStills
utilitarian”
Was lVell‘Known Inventor—I
Pursued Phantom of Per-;
petual Motion for ManyI
Years—Organized U. S.‘
Metal Screens Co.
“’ASHING'I‘ON. Jan. 20.~—l-‘ractical-I
ity all army. corps and division com-
{nlandors of the American Expedition
‘ary Forces together with thr- heads of,
been'
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:IlWill‘dt-‘d distinguished serviCe medals!
by leneral Pershing for conspicuous}
service. The war department. today-i
made public citations of twciit,\'-::.-vt-n:
more officers. I
Among: lln- officers decorator! were:
Major-Gonna] John I” O'Ryan, 0.01““
with.” Wallacv Sainmis was ai
' .~_\ man Saturday evening and,
mwstizating a number of,
.le> he took into custody two
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:i [moplt‘ who \vcre carrying- mandinzz the 27th (New York National; ‘—""—“'7
w-d weapons. luardl Division. the only Guard divi-l Frederick S. Banks .a well-known;
ma \\ ade. Wife of George Wade, sion (*C-mnnmdel' to retain his com- figure in the building trades, died sud-I
' the. Mahackemo Hotel. had; mand throughout the war. and Major denly at his home on Chestnut Hill,‘
imbibing 'preity freely all eve‘i General John A. Lejueue. of the Ma— Wilton, last evening. The arrange-I
Ind as a fitting climax she startv: rine Corps. commanding the Secondtments for the funeral have not been
a hunt for hr-r husband, against I Division of Marines. MajorzGenet-al E. . completed.
.21 she had long been harboring at M. Lewis, commanding the Thirtiethi Frederick .S. Bahks was born in the.
2.46. She was fully equipped and, (W’ild Cali Division, also was dec‘ old Banks homestead at; Main and;
"'d for any argument her hubby" oratcd. This division and the 27th' Banks streets, Bridgeport. about sixty-I
ltd put up as in one hand she car-li served with the British Army anchfive years ago. His father was, one of
u a large stone and hidden away in; helped to smash the famous Hinden-itlle leading wheelwrights of the Park
‘39 folds other :dress‘ was a razor. g burg lint». City. which at that time had just be-:
atnrolxillattn Stunnins cash; on to the V0". Two om“,- ”men-s on today's listflgun to grow. Young Banks learned
* can. “52: rag; 1:252:25. n trade a WP W...
When; She “3‘ 100mm} m “émn‘mi or tht‘ Artur, and Major—Generaitqmtea young man, married and took
I - I l larenct- (. VI illntms, Chief of ominp his residence in “'tlton.
j Possessed of exceptional ability as
“a mechanic he soon became the lead.
‘ ling contracting builder in that town
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EIGHfiEILLED IN A
PHILADELPHIA FIRE
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. zit—Eight!
tare dead as the result of a fire last:
night by the Italian quarter". Father
and mother and two small children?
Were burned to death by a fire which?
started in the kitchen of a house occu-
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BERLIN. Jan. 20.-—(By the Associ
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(l, blurred cards. I'e—fi
.: in American boys who.
2-. twrtnan camps 30-;
' arrival of books, let-i
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. (-wiruwnt and otlter'uted Press).-At a late hour last night Died by We families. all of whom were,
j .u. L‘. A..— has just the whereabouts of the bruised, hat I afileep at the time. Two children of".
I A-in Vih’rnv. Switzec t‘ered and bullet perforated body of the other familywere also burned to}
mum's National Rosa Luxemburg. chief lieutenant of death and two died of their injuriet
tttttt Among them the late Dr. Karl Liebknecht. leader of r Mildred Napolitano. twelve yearsi
old, is'the only one of the nine occu-
pants of the house alive, She almost
succeeded in saving two 'small childxn
after a heroic odor-t, but the topic!
the, flames compelled her to drop them.
,‘A-col‘dred ‘ c. c 11534)! lush
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.s‘:..Albans, Vt.;
Hartford. Conn;
.‘lllin’S..’ 13?. cm-
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the Spartacau forces. continues to be
the most puzzling feature of the tray
edy which brought to a temporary
halt all Spartacan and Bolahevik ac
tivities in Germany. The military, au-
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Assembly Hall last week by tin!I Nor-
walk Poultry Association excelled all
other previous shown by a. wide mar-
gin not only in the quantity and qual-
ity of the exhibits, but in the record' ‘
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the structure of the league of na-‘ The situation in Russia was talk-1
tions are still being discussed in ; en uptby the Supreme Council of
lneetjngs of the Supreme. Council, I the Peace Conference at its 8088i“ .
and are not technically before the ; today. Joseph Noulcns, the
attendance on all of the three days
that the show was open.
The best attendance of the show
was on Saturday evening. and the
crowd made the members of the As-
sociation talk more seriously than ev-i
cr of engaging the Norwalk Armory
for next season's show. ‘
Not a. single member of the feather-r
ed flock or or the pets suffered, any
injury, or sickness during the show.
and all who enjoyed it spoke in the
highest praise of the excellent man-
agemenl.
IIARIIlflWNIlflINIiS
unwnwnu
[IN SATURDAY
Colored Colony on Broad
and Knight “ Streets Fur-
nish Plenty of Excitement
b—fBIoose to Blame for Most
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Because \V‘illiam Thompson;more
generally known as "Ky" of 27 Knight
street, would not press the charges
he made against his wife Saturday of»
ternoon. after certain conduct that he
Iwitnessed at the home of Thomas
Moore at No.14 of the some street.
and because Thompson swore that she,
could not remember a thing about the
alleged happenings after helping to
consume “a pail and a quart" of been
at the Moore house. the case against
her, and for the same! reason. that:
against Moore. for drunkenness and
improper conduct, fell of its own
weight in the uptown court this morn-
ing. '
"KY." himself, however was found
‘. guilty of intoxication and of assault
upon his wife whom he dragged by the
hack to his home, and fined ten dollars
on each charge,‘ together with the.
as of the case.
Ellen Moore, wife of Thomas, in the
meantime had been making trouble en.
gendered by the same agency that
caused the othEr rumpus, had pre-
viously been found guilty"of breach of
the peace. 'whlle in an altercation
with Pease on Brook street. and fined
:10 and costs. Both occurrances hap
pened Saturday afternoon and cause
wild excitement among the colored
colony in that vacinity.
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quell the neat got, . '
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. ‘ ed at the‘root or them.
Sergeant Bryonfrsmt was called to :1, ched 've ' m, dé
the scene £1111».ng ,tzyiogiinzntu to It ' e ry '
the mutant
{Peace Con ' .h l l
.‘ . . , , grcs as a u o e, mt the
HIS Brather Fred In Newifact that the Congress has ad-
YOl'k Today Making Per-ivanced this question to the. forth'
sonal’Search of Hospitalslmost place is taken to indicate
. RES Ithat a definite, and somewhat de-
and . t camp? Itailed program will soon be evolv-
' 'Reports of the wildest description
Sed. ,This program, it. is believed,
:have been flying about town regarding
the.welt‘are of Lieut. Frank C. God-
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{present at the meeting and ad- "
;’ dressed it on the {Russian question.
This announcement was made in
Ethc ofiicial statement given out re-
Igarding the proceedings of the
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, FIXINli or PRICES
Return to Competitive Basis
twill present the common thought
trey, who has been reported on the
,casualty lists for several months in
:such a contradictory way as to still
ileave strong grounds to hope that he
Its still alive.
Abbot one week ago it was‘ reported
tthat he had attired in the port‘ of New
.‘k’ork on a hospital ship in a badly
wounded condition. the degree of
which varying with _ the different
sources of information.
His sister, Mrs. William 1. Com-
stock, who was mentioned in the orig-
inal déspatehes from Washington as
the next of kin. has been unfailing in
her efforts to obtain authentic news,
and when the rumors were first spread
about the town. lost no “main com-
municating with hospital officials in
New ,i'ork but as yet has received no
reply.
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tural Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-—-The ad-
ministration’s proposal for the first
step in the abandoning of‘ ‘war time
price fixing and a return to a compe-
tive basis will be contained in a bill
n w being drafted by the Department
Today Fredericfiodfrey started for of Agriculture and which will be sent
a systematic search 9‘ the hmpimlslto the House agricultural committee
and rest camps in the vicinity of the lthis week. 7
city and will invoke the aid of the This measure will propose the ap-
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Red Cross to find some trace of the propriation Of s1,250,000’000 to be used
fmissmg man. by the food administration in purchas-
fing 1918 stocks ‘of wheat at the gov-
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. . . .. bushel, such stocks to be disposed of
-Message From Boys 9f 06th at’world‘ market prices, the govern—
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Captain C. H. Phillips, of the Sal-
ment to bear the loss involved as part
vation Army of this city, was among
:of its war time obligations.
those who welcomed the NorWalk boys
of'the 56th Artillery when they dock-
ed on the battleship South Dakota at
Hoboken‘on Saturday noon, and Cap-
tain Phillips returned to Norwalk with
a. message to the people from the
boys in the 56th who wanted it made
’known they Were in the best of health
and spirits, had a gcod‘tlme in France,
experienced a very rough voyage over
and. Were very anxious to get back tot
,Norwalk. ' “
Captain Phillips was one of the
privileged members of the Salvation
Army who was allowad to board the
transport and he was immediately sur-
rounded by a happy, jolly bunch of
Norwalk boys who gave him a great
welcome. Captain Phillips distributed
cakes of chocolate among the boys.
while" other organizations supplied
them with stumped post-cards, tele-
blanks, 811m. cigarettes and,
fruit. The Norwalk man, was Motion-
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VtIN hfiflltit
"utilitarian
PARIS, Jan. 20.—The Poilu’s power
.of rapid recuperation was what won
the first Baffle of'tbe Marne, accord-
ing to General von Kluck. whose
views are of some especial interest be-
cause at the dictum generally accepted
by the Allies that the war was really
decided at the first Marne'conflict.
Von Kluck. . once a synonym for
to as a. “somolent old general" by a
correspondent of the biotin, who (re-
ports that a Swede named," Christian-
and sen recently asked the Gemangener—
, It. and at comm“
M ‘the bamboo-alto" B733“ W. . .
a you! <1 .. .
Assured in New Agricul-i
swift Hun aggressiveness, is referred .
in a mum-m
I'SBRRIII MEASURE I 7 I
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IProposed Bill Would, Put
Connecticut’s Whole 8!!-
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SUF‘FIELD, Conn. Jan. 20.~Publie
school teachers here and thrbngbout
the State are heatedty discussing 3
new measure which Henry C. Morri—
son, Assistant Secretary of the; State:
Board of Education, proposes to pre-
sent to the new session of the Logis-
‘lature. The object is to vest new con-
trol of all public schools in the state.
ignoring local school boards. .
'Mr. Morrison came to Connecticut 3
short time ago from New Hampshiré,
and since he began his duties as u-
sistant to Charles D. Blue, for
than a score‘of yearn Secretary of the
tState Board of Education, the bustling
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annihilation
Compensation Commissioner E. '1‘.
Buckingham today received a commun—
ication from John H. Harries, special
deputy commissioner of the police do-
pattment of New York, containing a
statement of hisr defense in the action
taken against him by Joseph Val-go for
compensation for~lllneas contracted
on ‘Commisaioner Harriss' summer
place at Dar-ten. .
At the original hearing of the one
it was presented that Verso who was
employed on the estate August 1.
31918. u a automating! to dig u.._
ditch’m members #101 m . A.
amigo! his work , m“
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