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01111:. as Second Clan Hitler.
“TATE POLICE
ARREST 4. MN
11 111131111
.loseph Pace, of El}: Avenue,
and Charles“ Fanke, of
Grand Street, Among the
Gang
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HOUSES 11111331111111
Hang Captured by State Of-
' ficer Virelli a nd Deputy
Perry in Frant of Central
Hotel While Trying to Sell
Stolen Goods
I
1'11'12111 and:
of W'cst-
.‘tntt' policeman Frank
. Deputy Sheriff Edward Perry.
Wt.
. last evening arrested Joseph
‘ ,5", of 23 Ely avenue, Charles]
:33 9 Grand street, Chester 1111;211-
‘t'. VVestpm't and Fred Meyers.
,01’\\'estport. All four men are.
PRIVATE RRAllEEY
HAll EINE XMAS
Interesting Letter From
_Base Hospital in France,
in Which Work of Red
Cross Is Commended
The following is a letter written to
his folks from Base Hospital N0 9
Tunis France, dated December 28,
1918:
Dear mothei and father.
Just a few lines to tell you about
the Wonderful Christmas we had in
the hospital and to let you know that
ii am getting along fine and can walk
in. little with the cxutch. The Red
it‘ross gave a prize for the besthok-
111g want so we got busy and fixed our
a:
EEEDINS
EllllllPE
EINE; HOW
WE? M EEAN
Will Vote for Appropriationf
to Feed Europe—Cheaper
to Buy Peace Than to
Fight
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ward up fine. “’13 won first prizea
and it certainly was very pretty. The;
prize was a picture of the ward .'1nd2
ourselves. W’le ale '3.“ going to getl
one and it will make one fine somew-
i1. Now to tell you about ou1 big
Christmas time. Clnistmas 11.11) we:
all got around 0111' tree and each onel
got his Christmas stocking which was;
filled up with the following: socks,l
in the
Cross. Later
Continued on Sixth Page
RUNDEE WRITES
lrged with being; itnplhated in the
inunerous robberies which 1111112 beet“
1- =1n111itt1i 111.1n11111'11111111 VVcstpm't
11 '111 Greens Falllb‘ timing the past two'
1::11ths ;
T2111 men had been under the sur-
Winner of the authorities for some?
- :12 and had been shadowed night and ,
1 1111' the past 1W1) weeks. Last ev-'
2112 the four men came to this city
.111 auto loaded with stolen goods
1 when in front of the Central Ho-
K'il'elli and Perry swooped down:
22111 111111 nabbed the whole four..'
Continued On Page Eleven)
ASRBER RANI]
ERIEEMURREREN
:11 HXH‘O ( l’l‘l Jan. 3, (Genes
22.1.112111-12 111 121e, Associated Press)——
‘1" '2 1'2-1'121'11 of crimes attributed to the
.2. 1pcs12d «1154511112111 ion popularly
311111111 2111 "ray automobile rob-
1211.: been augmented by the
. .21- 22 1h» 1912-1191111 Penitentiary of
2-' 1:11'f,~111 Oviedo. Oviedo had been
Anson-w for a year and a half and
-used of being one of the sub
21~ ot the r'obbe1 band which has
1 .11-11 here for two years or more.
11' is slain with a daggel by a ne~
:2J prisoner v1ho was Charged with 9
nutrders.
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.1 11'1'
(Continued On Page Twelve)
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"-.‘VlLKES-BARRE, Pa. Jan. 23.——-
'1‘12enty-fi1'e hundred men were thrown
out of employment, the production of
5,300 tons of coal daily will be lostv
21112.1 property loss of $I‘ 1,00 000 are the
1esults of a fire at Larks1ille, yester-
day, that destroyed the No. 5 reaker
ot‘ the Delaware and Hudson Company.f
All coal ploduced in Six collieries
were prepared for market at the No.
5 breaker. Some time ago the com-
pany dismantled all breakers at the
; other collie: 1523
The fire was caused by sparks from
a broken motor. The breaker was to-
tally destroyed and Larkville lost its
only industry. About nine months
:nust elapse before the collieries can
'1» operated again.
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
AFTER MORE MONEY
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sew—Requests
{212' Wage increases from four groups
railroad employes are under inves-
311111011 by the Board of W’ages and
a‘x'urliini; Conditions of the Railroad
“211111211311'1'1tion and decisions will be
M’fnmtnced soon. This announcement
'0 11121112 today by the Board in a
~- «lemon! incorporated in the annual
:21" 11:"1‘1irertor—General McAdoo.
2 1: s and working conditions of
111111112121: classes of employee
, mnonnced as the subject of 111-;
l l-21Linee1',:= fir,e'men conductors
' 111111.211 in road and ward ser‘
widows 1ngaged on sleeping,
1111’ b 151111255 cars; employes in.
1.. 111111111 depaitment, and employesl
w \1 12'- 1111111 Railway Express.
. '12:
(1
2 non
:says in his letters given below, and 1t
ERllM HRSPITAE
IN ERANE E
Private Harold B. Run1ll1u11 mem
5ber of Company K 231d Infantry, 2nd
ldivision. A. E. F.,
has written letters
dated December 18, 22 and 25 to his
mother, Mrs. James H. Bundle. of 31
Van Zant street, and tells a most 111-,
it is believed thatl
te1esting sto1v
{there is a 11- tter that he sent to his mo—
ther that never reached its destina-i
owing to certain things that he
is. believ ed that in this letter he told
of the cause 01 his being sent°to the
hospital. Exnacts from the letters fol
low:
“Suppose it was a very happy
for you November 11. and indeedd it
was a very happy day for us, too. It.
was a happy day when we reached the
Rhine, too, for it “as a bald hike,
but it is all (net now and we axe hap-
D."
“Am in a. hospital now, but will go
back to my company in a few 1111st
The German people treat 115 fine. and
0111'
ago they were such bitter enemies.
(Continued on Sixth Page).
STATE REEICERS
VISIT P. [E S. SE A.
A delegation of state officers of the
Patriotic Order of the Sons of Ameri-
ca, paid an official visit
ton Camp,
meeting was held in the Trinity Men’s
Club rooms, which were well filled,
and much interest was taken in the
proceedings. An auto bus load came
down from Bridgeport and assisted the
state officers. A delegation from- the
Ladies‘ Auxiliary also attended.
Speeches were in
principal one was made by A. A.
512111111112. the acting state president
11-0111.;\l121~i1l1211, who is a most interest-
(Contlnueu on Page Twelve)
CARDS AND LUNCH AT
SOUTH NORWALK CLUB
A11 e1 ening of cards was enjoyed by
a large numbu' of members of the
South Norwalk Club last evening.
The quarters" in Washington street
Were con1fo1tably filled with mem-
ber,s about 1.11enty- five tables being
filled for the game of hearts. After
two hours of play, Attorney Leo Dav-
is announced that the 51 mes 11 ould be
cbunted, and it was found that Conrad
P Frey had the low 1'.ccord of fifty-
nine, while Edward F. Smith had the
honor of being the highest, securing
210. Mr. Frey's prize was a box of
.cigars, while Mr. Smith received a
handsome egg beater. Some of the
members indulged in billiards and;
pool during the evening.
Then folloWed one of those delicious
club luncheons, prepared by the chef,
James Fuller, and served under the
direction of the entertainment com-‘
mittee. Every one present did justice
t022'this, and announced it one of the’
iwar aaivniggs obligations has not: been '1 .
best ever served at the club. The
. affair "was a great success throughout.
cigarettes. candy. English walnuts and 5'
ihandkerchiefs, all donated by the Red I
CV 9111“" some !
would hardly think a. few weeks'
to Washing-3
No. 11, last evening. The'
order, and the.
PEANT SERSINRS:
. 1
Should Care for Connecti-;
cut Munitions Workers——
French Shops Bein'g Run
With American Loans'
WASHlNG'I‘ON, ' Jan.
,ous fighting on the French front. He
Returned to His Home in
- Lincoln Avenue After an
Absence Eighteen
Months ‘
Corporal Frederick V. Becker, Jr.,
surprised his parents, Mr. and Mrs ‘
Frederick V Becker, got 30 Lincoln
avenue, by apmring3fl2' the family
home last evening, after an absence of
about a. year and ’a half. much of
which time was spent in" the atrenu~
has 'not recovered from the bullet
wound he received in the left leg, and
will be obliged to undergo treatment
for some time.
Corporal Becker arrived in New
York Sunday on t e Royal Mail Steam.
ship Lapland which brought over sev-
eral hundrechoundeLaatdim-s. lief"
was immediately sent to Camp Mer-
ritt. New York and yesterday Was
given a fuflough to visit his relatives
mire He looks the picture of health.
and except for the troubiemth his
leg is feeling fine. He kindled as a
member of the Sixth Enxtneer Corps”
United States Army. and was arraign-
3.——Sena101 ed to the medical department, where Ieg‘ah‘tiva circles m'da)
,
Rain tonight and probably Friday
HAZE MOST OF 191%,
mp Posted by Being 11 am!
a of Norwalk's Home New»
- purer-
Chairman Hazen, Chairman
of the Committee on Edu-
’catiOn, Expected to Intro-
duce It '
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quence of the War, and
ARMY TRANSFERRER
Says That Neutral States Sutfered Greatly in Conse-
Were Able to Render Great.-
Assistance to the Cause of Humanity
SUPREMEMIMMAM] 111 11111111 121111:
Tl] MlNlSTER RE WAR
Senator Klett Otters
mammal to the Person-
al Tax Law
'I
11111141101111.1111 23 —The flurry m
was over a
EGeorge P. McLean of Connecticut de- he rendered valuable service. having} Yep?” that a new code for flamingsu-a;
'clared in the Senate yesterday that
he will vote for the bill to appropri-
Late $100 000,000 to supply food to the
hungry people of Europe because he
(onsiders it a pure war measure, and
:1 :0 011 business policy to spend mon-
;oy 1o b1ing about peace in Europe ra-1
fuel than more money and lives
obtain it through fighting. providing
no question of honor is at stake.
lie criticised the administration 1'01
shutting down work suddenly in
munitions factories in Connecti
which resulted in throwing many
.fthousand men out of work, as a matter
of federal economy, while the muni—;
tion factories in France rare being"
conducted in operation with money
supplied by the United Stat
(Continued‘ On Page El
NEW RNElNR REU. S.
R R AllMlNlSTRATlllN
lAfter February lst All Tick-
ets Will Be Limited to E1:-3
’2 pire Last day of Month
1
l
, The
j discussion of politics or religion 01' the.
l enjoyment of card 11111112.” by those
'loeal members of the commuters'
11.1 my on the N Y.. \'. H, & H R. R.
and its branches, has been 111111;." 110"-
«lectcd the past 12: eek whilo 1.1211 and
1 women discuss, and indulge in 1'1 habit
described bv the same @fzord with the
prefix dis dropped. the recent ruling
lof the United States R." ii'm 11d Admin»
istration which arbitrarially limits
the expansion of all commutation
tickets to the last day of the calendai
sued.
Provision is madb for those, tickets
expiring before M312 1,
be charged the would be commuter
of any month thereafter.
it is undelstood, unofficially, that
the plesent ticket backs Mil be 10-,
placed by a card with duplicate sets of
dates for those who have to change
trains during their journey but wheth-
e1 the. B. & 0. system of requiring the
7 (Continued On Page Six)
CAN I CONVERT WAR
HARTFORD, Jan.
sury Department plans to issue long
.term securities into which War Sav~
ings Stamps and Certificates may be
converted, and also to continue the
war savings system in 1920 and suc-
ceeding years. This announcement
has been received in Hartford by
1Mrs.’ Richard M. Bissell, state direCo
Itor. Further details are expected
shortly.
The treasury now is working on
plans for issuing ”War Savings Certifi-
écates 411‘ $100 and $1, 000 denomina-
:tions to make it unnecessary for pur~
chasers of such amounts to buy a11-
hesive stamps.
l Details of the securities into which
War Savings Certificates may be
converted now arebeing worked out.
Theywill run for more than the five-
year term of war savings obligations.
est than the 4 per cent. provided for
the‘
keep the French workmen employ 11.,
perusal of seed catalogues, the'
month for the period forwhich time 15-;
SAVING STAMPS:
’ l
23.~—The Trea-
had previous experience in the Nor-i
\\ alk Hospitfil and elsewhere 1
(Continued On Page Four),
l
" MltLARfl i ucation Mr Morrison had made ref '1‘ 1th PTC‘Sldi‘m Poinca 1‘"
_1
OASTEWAR ‘ item tb'sliuure uniformity in school (3011- L]0\'(1 Georvc 2
TIMES T0 RRIRREPBRT
1
i
Leaves Norwalk Country:
Club to Become 8113111111111,
0? of Black Rock Shore and;
Country Chill
1
After four 191113" service as steward'
§or the Norwalk Countv Club .
Millard has resigned to take a sim-
211111 position with the illakr' Rock
Show and Country Club of Bridgeport.’
Officials of that club have been inl
Communication with Dr. Millard for
; some time with the result tha‘ he has
STIRS ERMMUTERS‘
21"le1k
tendered his resignation the. same to;
take effect on March l.1111'.\1illa1'id
11111111 to the Noruaik Country Club
i‘lrom the Hotel Majestic in New Yotk
lcity where he was employed as chief
He has made a huge numbet
' of friends who will be pleased to lend
of the recognition of his ability .152 a:
; manager
A It has been decided to incorporate
i
(Continued 0n Pate Six)
.N EW YORK NATIONAL
' GUARD COMING BACKl
l
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.—-Practic11l—
ly the complete strength of the 27th
'Division (New York National Guard)
about 25, 000 men. has been ordered as-.
sembled for early convoy home from
' France. A cablegram to the W’ar De-
partment today lists all of the big or-.
ganizations of the division, showing
that it will be the first combatant di‘;
l vision to come home as a unit. ;
It was announced today that the
‘tion and it is understood \he assem-
the same course will be followed in
returning the other two. 3
The battleship Connecticut is due.
:at New port News Feb.1 with about 1:;
000 men and the transport Mallory is’
expected to reach New York Jan. 31
with 1. 800 men of the 327th Field Ar-
Alillery and a number of Casuals and
,wounded. 2
A COURT LAUREL TO
‘ HOLD DANCE
Court Laurel, Daughters of Castile,
held their regular meeting last even-
ing at which time it was decided that
the court would hold a Valentine
Dance in the Red Men’s Hall on:
Washington street on the evening \of
February 12. A committee was an
pointed consisting of "the following
members, who will make the final and
detailed arrangements for the aifair:
Ethel Callaghan; Elia Caddo, Florence
Remlin, Myra Lee, "Anna Powers. Fran-
ces ‘Splan, Helen Sculley, Madeline
Campbell and Helen Savage.
1 At last evening's .meeting plans
were also made for the joint installa-
tion of the officers of Court Laurel and
Court Cecile to be held on next Sum,
day afternoon “in the Red Men’s. Halli
at 2:30. District Deputy Miss Fran-l
ces Borin, of GreenWich, will install
the officers and guests and visitors
heart in the
led Ruler Bruce A.
tion of the schools‘of th' s late. 111111i
This WDD'Hc'l billyPresident. Ador, who arrived here
Code' apparently because the assistant . 1
l .
Code" up really been (1 the. asi'stanté from Berne toda},v1iu befolc he
been introduced.
set retary of the 'State Board of Ed-
erences in recent addresses to an ef-
the state board The bill has
not. tyet {W11 offered. 'Senator Hazen.}
chairman of the committee on educa—l
lwrong impression existing over a bill
which the state board would 2112. bmit.
and which while on its way to the
Gpneral Assembly, had been delayed
2 some amoebic, Ht 1 then:
. ' "a: *Wt
" » chiefly aim at re-
meblgmtiesm school adminis-
tration in towns which are under
rection of the state boald it would
di“
Roby”; lining all such schools under one 111113131411 importance.
:11 1* run
an
whereas now some sumo!
under one law and some un-1.2
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
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Norwalk Lodge, Nd.
709, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. had a;
representative number of members out '
llast evening, at. the regular meeting
land initiation of one candidate into
“he order.
[were made on the coming fair, which
Further gratifying reports
will be held in February. A delegation
from Norwalk is also planning to at~
tend the banquet of Bridgeport Lodge,
which will be held in the Hotel Strat-
field, on February 18m. Grand Exalt<
Campbell, of East
St. Louis, Illinois, will be the guest
of honor, and. Governor Holcomb and
other state ofllcials are planning to at-
tend.
Trustee Thos. Robbins reported that
repairs to the roof of the Home were
under way, new leaders having been
installed, a new sky light put in, and
bl" n0ln|né127m 30111 and 37th Divisions had; the ventilators Were to be modernized
whatever is said about wuat mte vill ,been oldered to prepare for embarka- as well as considerable painting done.
The plumbing on the first floor had
who wishes to satrt in say on the 15111: bling ot‘ the 27th as a unit means that also been overhauled and was now in
better condition than it ever had been
INFORMATION WANTED
0F RELATIVES OF
FORMER RESIDENT
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan is in re-
ceipt of the following letter from S.
M. Freebie, of 430 East 59th street,
New York City asking for informa-
tion of relatives of Mrs. Anna Doyle
, Shearer:
"Dear Sir:
Mrs. Anna Doyle Shearer, maiden
name Anna Doyle. who recided at
1475 First avenue. New Yofic City.
was an employe of mine who met with
an accidental death on January 20th.
It is believed that she had a broth—
ther (his first name unknown) in
Danbury, Conn" and has a foster-sis
ter (namé unknown) living in South
Norwalk, Conn.
There is insurance on her life, and
it is believed money belonging to her
is in a savings bank
Conn.
it is requested that an effort be
made by you" to find her relatives in
furthermore. to receive the moneys
that will naturally be due them."
' Inquiries have been made by May-
or Donovan as to the location of the
woman’s relatives. but have proved
Whether they are to hem- more inter- will be present front aimest every fruitless and it is requested that any
to and a 1112113th 1'} , .,
Well ‘ it: (sat
international; the
' WW
"an '
in Bridgeport, _
Citation for 208 Americans
PARIS. “'cdncsday, Jan. 2‘3.-«
The presidents of the United
States and Switzerland will meet.
‘tomorrow evening at 7 :30 o ’clock.
confer
Premier
(lcmcnccau and possiblv Premier
meets President Wilson
He. comes to Iat'is 11121111111: an
official statement of the vicvvs of
ilion, stated today that there was a the. Swiss government 1111 pending
.intcrnationai questions ( which
'nvill be laid before the Peace Con—
gress. The statement follows
“Ls—Switzerland expects.t11 :be
,adnutted with Miter states to the
peace negotiations as far as they
_lwill deal with her 111111 special in—
terests or with 1'1rol1le1‘ns 'of gen:
Exclusion from
deliberations on problems of the
lLeague. of Nations would be con—
lsidercd bv the Swiss people as in-
consistcnt with the principles of
democracy. Neutral states. not.
having been called upon to make.
1118 heavy sacrifices as belligerents.
have, nevertheless, suffered sok
vcrely in consequence of the war.
All have been able, especially in
Contained in French 111-111,;
Orders Just Made Public
the case of Switzerland, to ten. » é
der considerable service to hue"
mamt' y.
tions for preserving peace and
expects from it a complete
form of internationa relations:
Consequently. the rtlaillicnanee of
peace should not really depend,
upon the observation of a procen
(lure of inquiry previous to 11 dec- 2
laration of war. but must be
founded upon a general interdicr
tion to parties in conflict not toe
resort to arms. international con»
flicts must as far as their char—~
actor allow s, be solved either by
the free consent of the parties, or
by a permanent international
court offering every guarantee of
political independence. All other
international disputes must be
submitted to 11 procedure of med-
iation through which last settle»
ments on the basis 111' equity and.
justice can be arrived at.
“3—Switzeriand recognizes the
necessity for actions which may;
(Continued on Page Five)
'Yl REUI, ERNR RUEER
His Wife Said to Have Been
the Daughter of an Amer-
ican Missionary
TOKIO, Jan. 23.——Yi Heui, King and-
Emperor of Corea from 1864 until his
abdication in ,1907,
following a stroke of apoplexy. He
was 68 years old and had been in com-
plete retirement since 1910. when Co-
rea. was formally annexed to Japan.
Yi Heui, sometimes called Yi Hevis
and Yi—Hyeung, succeeded King Tob-
yeltjong and ascended the throne
January 1,1864. His reign perpetuat-
ed the ancient customs of his people.
and pomp and ceremony, along with a
multitude of sorceresses and sacrific—
es, made him known throughout the
world. He was known as King until
1905 and as Emperor from then until
2his abdication.
The abdication was actually the re-
sult of Japan‘s effort to break the
power which Yi Heui had wielded and
to substitute therefor 11 form of gov—
ernment under which the ruler could
exercise his powers only with the con-
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31111113 3111111
HARTFORD, 11311.23 «The Connec-
ticut War Savings Committee through.
a'rd M Bisseli, has issued the follow-
ing appeal to all holders of war sav—
ings stamps, asking that Vl’. S. S. be
held until the date of their maturity in
1923
“Traflic in War Savings Stamps, it
appears is becoming rather promis-
cunts. C
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died yesterday. (
sentof the Japanese resident 111511512111,
It has hastened by the appearance 0“
’the medium of its chairman, Mrs. Rich- ,
IRELAND RETAININR
RNMREER VIRTUES
Vital Statistics Contrastcd
With Those of England,
Sc'otland and Wales—In-
ustrial Question 'Mosli
rious One—Rising Gen-
eration Urged to Live in
l
l
l
l
A Ireland for Ireland’s Sake
which belong to the dim and distant:
past was known as the "Island of
Saints and Scholars." it is true that
learning is now a memory, recalled m2-
ly‘ by the ruins of the ancient build.
logo which once housed the fathers
who carried the lamp of civilization
over Europe, but the country still.
holds its reputation for the humble:
”virtues.
According to the Irish Regiatm
General, Sir William Thompson. in m;
refilew of "Fifty Years' Vital Statin-
tics in Ireland,” the illegitimate birth
rate in Ireland is mch below that of“
(Continued on Page Twelve)
EBMMMEREIAE lJSES
LONDON, Jan. "23, (Cotrespondencc
20f the Associated Press)—An example
‘of the commercial use: to which the
airplane might be devoted has been,
given by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Andrew Bonar Law, by twice
flying from his home in London t
Scotland to make speeches in t
inarliamentary campaign now ended.
The Chancellor was the first stator
l‘mm in England to avail 11111111311 or
air transport for everyday plum
1 By {revolting bym airplane, be emitted
“~Switzerland highly approvet"
of the creation of a League of N3- 2
re-f .2 1
arbitration tribunals formed by"
Dublin, Jan. 23,—lreland in the days 2
England, Scotland or Wales. and it '
AERR TRE AERRPEANE
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