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ESTABLISHED 1870 ,
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Enjoyed Annual Luncheon
at Hotel Clifford, Yester-
day Afternoon, Only five
WARD ME
Members Being Absent
us. use DAVIS,»
PREflRESlflES
lille to Attend the Meeting
For the First Time in Sev-
en Months
thn the Board of Directors of the
-»-"walk Town Union of The King's
. lighters and Sons sat down to their
wiltlit‘ luncheon at the Hotel Clifford
om- o'clock yesterday only five of!"
mesa well-known Norwalk workers
a: ;.~)t. “s v." . .. . »
'2 {‘1 'b 'n .1 h‘ G“ 9min" Bo’ml .' Luxemburg. right near Costignen'
u.‘ lm- llollw lor the Aged is made up , Since then we have been hikinv up
..g ah.- Ulilt‘l‘l‘h ol' the union. the clmlr—‘ " ‘ “
like” of the Home Chapter. chairman
.' Woslpon Chapter. leader of
llu- sun-lllccn circles. and
iti.‘l’l\" for every fifty members of
- Home and \szlpol'l Chapters. in
tMinn, the. 12 “Ladies of the
with" and lln- chairman
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all imam
RELIEF solllllls
|..:k
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:mides Backing the Salva-
tion Army Was Active in
vllany Other Big Move-
ments
William Almon W'Olfi", in Collier’s
\‘l'l‘l kl)" Jan. 11, 1919)
When America declared war on Ger‘
my. in April. 159M. all sorts of or-
;lnizzllions Wore S“l'/.“il with the de-
wrl- ill Ill) llll‘ll‘ pill‘l. YUlll‘ club was
. t‘ of :huni. Wasn't it? And your
~ll’t'll and about every organization
-il helped to keep you in touch with‘
fellow men and women. There
probably never been such a mani-
"li'
union or eagerness to serve and
«ti use as America made in the
weeks of the war. The sum of
v-l‘lorl. that grew out of that im-
. of service was tremendous—in-
...lublm Much of it was finely and
lolly directed: much Of it was not.
- is the brici‘ and unadorned tale
'|llt‘ «ollccliw- effort that. got. rc-
... .
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“FAKE ill’iRTS”
liollector James .1. Walsh
Gets a Statement From
Commissioner Roper
A warning against “fake experts" on
income Tax has been sounded: by the
internal Revenue Bureau. in a state-
-~.l.-nl received by Collector James J.
;-ilsli from (’IOlnnlis'sioner Daniel C.
‘ per.
llllsincss houses and individual lav-
.»crs are being canvassed this _year
i . numerous so-called ‘Income Tax
who offer to use their magic
‘els of Income Tax wisdom to
‘ » was.
about his tax responsibilities.
(l «aniline-i on Page Seven).
of the ‘
re-
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-- ill“ busy taxpayer from all won.
Emu-Id at m m 916me an:
Office as Second Clan Manor.
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Norwalk Engineer, Who
Was in the Battles of
' Montdidier, C anti guy,
Verdun, Dead Man’s lell,
Chateau-Thierry and Ar-
gonne Forest, Writes
Mother ’
Sergeant John L. Irving. Company
2E, lst U. S. Engineers, A. E. Il‘.. in
,Germany, has written to his mother.
r Mrs. John J, Irving of 42 Lincoln Ave,
ltelling of‘his experiences in France
'and Germany. Sergeant Irving is a.
NorWalk boy and was among the first,
iii not the first to arrive overseas. He
(has been in actal fighting almost non-
!tinually since his arrival abroad and
'was in the engagements at Montdider,
Cantigny, Dead Man‘s Hill and Hill
,304, San Mihiel, Verdun, Chatteau-
iTheirrey and the Argonne Forest.
After the signing of the armistice he
was sent with the army of occupation
. to Sedan, from there to Verdun and
llhen to Coblenz. -
l The letter follows:
5 France. December 7.!1918.
‘ llt'fll' Moihcr:—»
' i should be able to write you a good
liong letter because last Sunday we
.crossed a bridge into 'Gemian'y‘ from
{the Moselle River valley till we are
Snow within 50 k. in. about 30 miles
ll” a couple ‘of days. E. Company is still
,in the advance guard and we will be
Continued on Page. Nine.
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tarantula
l SIBPS fluNTflAflsgseparately the amount derived {mladdress the members andgsn'ey rung;
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lOrdcrs for Steel Vessels Noti
j Begun Before August;I
i Next Are Suspended ‘
l
'7 \VASHINGTON. Jan. 28. ‘AH con-
ilracts for construction of steel ships}
lhave been suspended by the Shipping
.Board in cases where the vessels can-,
not be laid down bcfore August. 1.6
l next. I
i The order has already gone. tu.ship-l
.bullders, particularly on the westl
coast. and is preliminary to a general!
,revision of the shipbuilding programfi
It does no't mean the halting of Gov-5
eminent shipbuilding but clears the]
;way for building along new lines and:
{on designs of ships best fitted for com-i
‘mercial competition in peace time.
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AflMlNlST-RATIUN’S’
leuilmlmu
Another communique from the Unit-
Ied States Railroad Administration con-
morning the new regulation for com-
émuters’ tickets has been issued under
Idate of January 25th, and seems to be
,one more of those ambiguous explana-
‘tions that do not explain.
.' Even the local ticket
conductors vary in their interpreta-
\‘tion of the notice. some holding that‘
.the three month or 160 ride ticket will
not be issued after February lat, on
tickets issued wholly in Connecticut
on which matter the notice makes no
mention, although specifying that in-
terstate tickets of the. 60 and 160 ride
forms will be issued commencing Feb-
ruary 1st.
Vl'hat ruling will be in force after6
May lst is evidently another story.
for the ruling seems to apply only to
tickets expiring in the months of Feb-
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agents and
(Continued on Third Page.) ’
BIG PROBLEMS.“
Bifolli WAR _
DEPARTMENT
“a
National Guard and Nation-
al Army Bodies Ask About
Surplus Funds
.Wlll REGULAR/ARMY
liET THE. llllAVY?
Disposition of Money Likely
to Force Bitter Contro-
versy ‘
regular army become a war
through the acquisition of
funds left. by the demobilization
ganizations ?
'plus funds which were on hand when'smendid type Of American manhood!
‘zUlf’ demobilization orders were receiv-
PaCllf ., v . . ‘. . ,. . l" -
a “pm“. from (obicnl. “huh no (.xpett to hit: According to a circular issued rem
Department, all; ‘ ,,
;i‘unds of whatever nature except thoseW'Od and My Country. This idea! Inc»
laccruing from ration savings, will befther had unhesilalingly given nine}
cently by the War
converted into a. check drawn to the}
which the funds are derived, stating:
each organization involved.
ited with the treasurer of the United?
(Continued On Page Three) ‘
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AREANUMITESGI) ,
limitation.
Publicly Install Qilicers of§
Wangum Counc1l l
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TWO of the most. popular men among, Twenty-Six Trades Alfected, ! 3"" "flu mflflps
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the local Royal Arcanumitos, W'illiam.
l“. Hoyt and William Derringer. last!
night Went to Norfolk, Conn, and;
there. in their capacity as Deputyi
Grand Regent. and Deputy Grand;
Guide, respectively, publicly installed
\Vangum Council's newly elected offi-
cers for the ensuing year.
Wangum Council. which is up near
the Massachusetts boundary line, had
made a personal request of the Grand
Regent, at New Haven, that “Bill"
Hoyt, as he is affectionately known in.
the Order throughout the United
States. should be sent up there to
conduct these ceremonies publicly.
and. although the distance is a bit
:far. "Bill,”. be it to his credit. never virtually total darkness,
balked fOr an instant when asked if
he would kindly go up and do
honors.
Herein. perhaps, as much as in the
other facts that he is a very genial,
big~hearted and courteous gentleman,
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MEXICO c'rrv, Jan. 28.-——Howard§
lJones'and' H. S. Smith who were ar-l
rested Friday on suspicion of being‘;
implicated 'in a revolutionary plot:
with the followers of Felix Diaz, have:
been released on bond. Jones is in a
hospital. No furthers arrests have
been announced.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20, (Corres-
pondence of The Associated Press).——-
The i
amount of these checks will be depos-,
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'AMERIEANS ARE. l
.o-—-. .. ..
~ Erwin Pollak,
, BROTHERS PARETTA ;
.‘lizllly Killed in Railway
3“.,\'.\(;l‘.\, .lzln. 2.~:.»——~Man_v persons
T'rr l.‘lll‘li and liulli’l‘ll in a railroad
limo KilliZlYIi Nicaragua. The
4.. v-us caused by spreading rails
. cannon ol the locomotive
r rw-l;- have occurred 0n
and the population
~. , li‘ .. .<ulllethlllg be done.
J‘m n tum! has appointed a. com-
“:“f‘” "' :"l’rstigate the latest dis-
"’ W" i'? m- the responsibilit
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Wreck in Nicaragua '
ARE REPRIEV ED
HARTFORD, Jan. 28.—Governor
Holcomb has reprieved Erasmo and
’Joseph Paretta. brothers, of New Brit-
ain. who are under sentence to be ex-
ecuted at the State Prison February
5th for murder. The reprieve is efiec-
tive until June 27. - .The men were
tried and convicted in the Superior
Court for Hartford County. Their
counsel appealed to the Supreme
Court. and the case was argued befOre
the ”latter, but no decision has yet
been "rendered, The victimofrthe al- wexjerdeported from Vera“ Cruz On‘,
leged-murde'rrwas FrankVPa'lz'nese, of emu-go of assisting the Dias
IThe War Department has announced
lthat troops commanded by (Yemeni
lCamdido Aguilar, formerly Minister of
~Foreign Relations,.opera.ting in the
{State of Vera‘Cruz. have captured the
theadquarters of Felix Diaz and his
gchief adherent, Pedro ‘Gabay, which
'were located on the Garrizal‘ Moon;
' talus. In addition to stores of dyna-
mite, the archivesof the rebels were
.captured. These are said to contain
documents involuing. in the Diaz move
ment well—known Mexican citizens and-
foreigners. . ,, ~» . I.
, Recently a number of Spaniard
stiller
7 castlechap‘el. here today. in honor of
I; PARTS or. THE min or A spacing:
win”: All!) our: own ”noon
m MOST OF 1919.
Keep Posted by Being a. Read.
a of Norwalk‘s Home News-
Mo '
About three .hundred_gu’ ' '
,egates were present at th -:
Hall on Washington at -. ~
afternoon when the Joint
of the officers of Courts '
Cecile Daughters of Cast ~
District Deputy Miss '
of Greenwich, installed it.
cers and those present enj- ‘ .. one of
the most pleasing fraternal : ternoons
in the history of the court.
The feature of the aftern - was an
{address'given by Rev. M. Inch on
H‘The Ideal Catholic Moth ” This
a
W'ASHINGTON Jan. 28.__“7i]] the theme was chosen by the ‘ ell-known;
profiteer s clergyman because of the lack of time:
company gon Father Lynch's part to prepare his!
unexpected address on ”The Hand oti
National Guard and National Army or-i the Lord in the World. in the Idea”
l i-‘ ‘ '
1 This is the question being asked to-‘Llmch traced the “f9 of “'1 mm” 7'
iday by many-officers and men who from the time of its birth until that3
have left the service and are inter- great time When. he steps forward to:
lested in the disposition of the slur-Hake his place ”3 the work; 33 the.
Home, with the Ideal Mother. Man
He brought in the very interesting
anecdote of the wonderful mother with
thirteen stars on her service flag
above which hung the 'motto. “For
sons and four daughters to the ser-
iordex- of the director of finance. pull-3 vice 0‘ her country and although 59""!
ichase, storage and traffic division. gen-'Pmy-lwo years of age» she olféred her
lcral Staff. and mailed to him, with a‘services to nurse the Sick and wound-
; statement showing the sources frongd
soldiers. ,
At the conclusion of“ Father ‘ cb’s
served with a fine supper by save
members of South NoI‘Walk Council,
Knights of Columbus among whom
were Grand Knight, Thomas. McMa-
hon, C. A. McNamara. John Newman.
lNell Lennihan. Robert Howard, Hugh
Campbell. Sn. Sherman Powers, James
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IN BELFAST STRlllE
Social Life Paralyzed and
Theatres and» Saloons
Closed
LONDON. Jan. 28.——lt is estimated
,that nearly 200.000 men and women’
are idle in the United Kingdom am:
lreland because of strikes in various
trades, creating one of the most seri‘
ous situations industrially that the
country has had to face in many
years. Half of the» strikers are in
Belfast. where the stf'l'k’e movement is
continuing to spread.
The City of Belfast by night is in
the hospitals
being the only places where lights can
b '.h ' 't dan er of attacks: .
the e 8 can WI bout g i NEW’PDRT NEWS, Va, Jan. 28.—!quest that be officially appoint ten
by strikers. Everywhere else the dia-
Dlay of a light has caused either the
stoning or the storming of the prem-
ises. In cases where such drastic ac-
tion was not taken. the people were
forced by threats to screen their
lights.
Fortunately 13.5
and wet by turns; otherwise it
considered, there might have been
more trouble. This morning men in
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FIRE IN SMOKEHOUSE
BURNS THE BACON
A still alarm called out the Hope
and Phoenix machines about three o".
clock this moming to the property of
on the West Rocks
road, where a smudge fire in a smoke-
house on the premises had set fire to
the building, and not only totally des-
troyed it. but burned to a. cusp the
hams and bacon strips from a fine fat
hog that had been placed there for cur-
in .
Several tanks ,»of "chemicals were
used and the blaze was confined to
the small building where it started.
FORMER EMPERO
‘ HAS A BIRTHDAY
AMERONGEN. Monday. Jan. 21-—
Religious services were‘held in . the
‘ birthdaydr‘wmia'm I;
the f ' Gm _
- Transit Company, and John Knox and
up an MANIAB
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“omega, Son of Jesus,” He
calls Himself—~Runs in
Streets Firing Revolvers
PHILADELPHIA Jan. 8.——'Wlth a
loaded. revolver in each hand. a mu:
.who gave him name as "Dungeon of
'JesusChrlst." ran amuc‘k‘thmugh the
streets near the centre of the city yes—
terday. shooting in every direction as
a big crowd tried to capture him. -
Before ’he was finally overtakenand
beaten into lnsensibility by a.motor-
cycle policeman he had shot and kill-
ed threeghen and wounded rive oth-
ers, tuning them serioul'lly.
’ The . 1; are Thomas Holloran, an
employs 'ofrthe Philadelphia. Rapid
George Dln’gail, policemen. ~
, According to the police. the man is
gs. religionszfanatlc and had become ob-
lsessed with the idea that the spirit]
[of his father was being tortured in the
ipowerhousp of the transit company,
Rushing out of the powerhouse before
other employes realized what had hap-
(Continned OnNPage Three)
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: ; liliAlllllSES MflNEY
*Mikhailo Urges Acceptance
v
t, of Allies for the Manage
mentbf the Railroad
. OMSK, Central Siberia, Wednesday,
Man. 15, (By Thq Associated 3MP“
lwhwmilshot his first two victims. '
Captured the City
Claiming She Has Lost
States
LONDON, Jan. 27,—ln refer-
ring to discussions of the future
status of Germany’s colonies by
the Peace Congress. the Paris cor-
respondent of the. Mail writes:
“President \Vilson appears to
have put forth a general scheme
which may be termed the inter-
nationalization of Gennany's late
possessions. , This plan is not ex—
actly defined. but in principle. it
would make it mandatory for the
various powers to administer the
colonies subject to the control of
the League of Nations.
"rm _ , rim Whine!"
80.0 ' l 's '. M
‘lo Mm ik ‘. milieu: oi Fi-
nance of the manganhGovernmentl
ihere. who discussed the Governinen’t‘o'
program for financial . rehabilitation
lWlth The Associated Press today. He.
{strongly supported the Government‘s]
,doclsion to accept the Allied proposal
ifor the management of the railway.
EThe lie-organization of the road, he
lsaid would be immediately beneficial
(by increasing custom receipts. He said
lRussia. would furnish money to meet
ithe running expenses of the work, but
{the plans of John F. Stevens, head of
the railroad commission, would entail
llhe purchase abroad of a large amount
gof material. To pay for such pur-
i
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PARIS. Jan. 28.—General Pershing
reports that by April he will be des-
patching American troops homeward
from France at the rate of 300.000
'monthly. This appears to be consid-,
ered as rapidly as his forces can be|
safely demobilized without adding to‘
the difficulties of unemployment.
; The demobilization committee of
the Peace Conference has been divid-
ed. with two subcommittees working:
.on different branches, of the problem. '
7 Many More Soldien Arrive ‘
:The battleship Nebraska ail-rived here
thday, with about 1,000 officers and
men from France, most of whom will
be Bengtd New York, New Jersey, llal
buds and Kansas for demqbilization. ,
{The battleship New Jersey, am’uue
would be several days late in reach-l
i lng port. -,
‘were the Eleventh Field Signal Bat-
talion} the 4213t and 422nd Telephone
Battalion and a. casual company. {
lRETURN OF SOLSIER
l BOYS RUMORED
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are going '
A numbm‘ of rumors
about the city today regarding the re-
tumor the boys of the 56th Artillery, l
C. A. C. The boys are stationed at‘l
Fort Schuyler and are due to receive 5.
their discharges soon and return to
their homes here, but the exact time»
of» thelrretm'n, however, cannot be
teamed. No official notification has
been received‘by Mayor Donovan or.
by any of the local committee and the
truth of. the matter still remains to he
been. 4 l
The Bridgeport boys in the regiment»
tare expected to arrive in that city at;
8 oclock this evening when a. big rue-3
ception will be given them. Stamford
,' and Danbury are ,also preparing to
welcome their boys today and if these
boys return it is likelypthe sturdy sol~
dier séns,o£ Norwalk. fill be'amonz
. them.
1&1!
One’renofi has i: they will ar-
‘fBritish delegates .do not ob,
ject to such procedure respecting
the! colonies in Africa, although
other nations, notably the’Fchh"
and Portuguese, do not acquiesce,
and the Unitin of South Africa
definitely claims German South-
west Africa. As regards the Pa-
cific, Australia claims
Guinea and the Bismarck Archi—
pelago; New Zealand claims
Samoa and Japan desires the Mar-
shalls and the Carolines. Japan
also suggests an equatorial de-
limitation between Brilish and
Japanesejnfluence in the Pacific.”
The correspondent refers to the
Anglo-Japanese ‘ ‘Secrct " ‘ treaty
of 1916, which assigned the Max‘-
sllalls and Carolines to Japan. and
adds: ‘
“Such possession would he. very
distasteful to the United States,
and American political opinion is
that if President \Vilson agrees to
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lllRliS. Willi lARlAR BANDS, I i
MAKE APlER or Allocm ' "
Twenty People Said to Have Been Massacred in Baku
After the Turks, Tartar and Germans Troops Hut! 77»
WILSllN FAVllllSlNlEllNA'llllNAllZiNli .
.e lullllll's ml: PHSSESSRINS
All the Delegates Do Not Appear to Agree, Australia. .
More Men Than the United
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this move his power will he ser-
iously impaired. It. suggests that *
from this comes his earnest dc»;
mand for the internationalization
of all Pacific colonies. It is quite
clear, however, that the. whole
voice of the British Empire at the a
Peace Congress supports the.
claims of Australia, New Zealand
and the Union of South Africa and ,
also agrees to the retention by‘
Japan of the Marshalls and Cam»
lines, with equatorial dclimination
of influence.
“It was the current opinion tom
night that President Wilson would.
lsee' the justice of Great Britain’s.
lclaims. He requested evidence of".
Australian . interest in New’
Guinea, and
ing resolutions by a large number
of public bodies in Australia. Op.
waposing any other olution of the
icolonial problem.
Australia de—
' clares she. has lost more men in the»
war than the. United States and
has no recompense in the shape
of war contracts, and that the non-
possession Of the whole of News
Guinea would arouse great bitter—
ness.”
ARCHANGEL, Monday. Jan-
27 (Associated Prcss).——Bolshevik'
forces failed in an attempt last.
midnight to drive American and
British troops from their positions
at Tulgas, on the Dvna River,
southeast of Archangel. Earlien‘
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gg'li‘igggrlfgwq‘glvcmNo "ills ill CHRISTMAS
CONGRESS AT BOSTON
The National Headquarters of the
League to Enforce Peace has forward-
ed to Mayor Jeremiah Donovan a re
representative citizens of this city as
delegates to the New England Con--
grass for a. League of Nations to be
held in Boston on February 7 and 8.
Because of the world—wide interest in
the project governors of states and
( night was snowymere today, reported that she had put many organized bodies are appointing
is in at the Azores for minor repairs and delegates.
Mayor Donovan has appointed 'a
lcommittee of the following persons!
1 . Among units aboard the Nebraska'who will probably attend the New;
England Congress—James Wood,
Frederick H. Quintard. Dixon McNet—
ton, Arthur C. Wheeler, Hubert E.
Bishop, Porter Emerson Brown, Miss
Dotha. Stone Pinneo. Mrs. James .
'lGregory, Miss Mariposa Taylor andl
Mrs. Jessie B. Gerard.
LATE WAR WORK .
DRIVE BIG SUCCESS
The late campaign 'drive for funds
for the, United War Work was with-
out doubt one of the most successful
efforts put forth by the citizens of
Normal]: for patriotic work.
walk’s quota was $35,000.
Campaign Director Frank Good-
cbild reports that the following
amount has been received, namely:
Cash to date .. ...... 838,566.34
Pledges due .. . . .0..
Nor-
Total ..... . ...... . ...... songwriters the fighting was
We are going to welcome our boys
home soon, every man. woman and
dnldcan look these 13%“.qu
ly in the eye, for Not-mt did "it:
hit”. p_ is» no it.
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Albert Kunze, of this city yesterday.
received an interesting poetical letter
from his son, Corporal Albert Kunze,
who has been with the fighting forces
in France for over a year past. He
expects shortly to start for home, and
is much pleased at the prospect. The
letter follows:
5 CHRISTMAS EVE IN FRANCE
lt’s Wistmas Eve and we’re all ill"
Malling to go home but don't get
, a chance;
.There’s all nationalities from Irish to.
i Jew,
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LIEUTTEREEMAN LIGHT.- .
I ARRIVES W. NEW YORK
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1 Judge and Mrs. John H. Light or 43
gElmwood avenue last evening rec’d"
ed a. welcome telegram from’ms son.
Lieutenant. Freeman Light, announc-
ing his arrival in New York and say:
ing he was in the best of health.
Lieutenant Light has been in tho
service for some time and while in
France be was attached to the Genet.
31 Stat! and his duties manned the
condncung’of a number of congruen-
men. and. the cmnmission to occur.
the soldier's vote through the dilat-
lent" sectors and parts of France.»
in prom
He was under fire on several occu-
'slons, as well as taking‘put'ln m.
fighting at Bellow Wood and Chm.
He 13;.an will? In
't pm, on
! Thien'ey.
11:51!!me
this was 'l'qhic‘lily“ =1
forthcoming ill a telegram record». ,.
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