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Mayor Donovan's Committee of
ing in the City Hall, When
Are Named to Carry Out the Plans
ssrABusimD 1870 ‘
sauna at tho south «mu: Foot
Office no Second Class Manor.
nun most or 1919.
loop Posted by Being a Read.
or of Nomlk's Home News-
paper. .
.firenerally fair tonight or Wednesday TWO m
IIIE NEIIIIININI‘I SOLDIERS IIIE
BINGESI WELCOME EVER KNOWN
Sixty Holds First Meet-
Many Sub-Committees
Suggested '~
WILL PlltiiiAfiLY IiE IIELI] IN JUNE, WHEN
MAJNIlIT‘I [IE TILE BUYS WILLBE IINElE
l’irade, Dinner, Theatrical Entertainments. Addresses;
Dances and Receptions in the Armory or at Roton
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Jul-Walk is to gin" its returning sol.
:--I-s the greatest time in their lives
UPI} the majority of the twelve hunn
1nd or more who entered the service l.
We returned to their homes. This
'r' Iln- unanimous expression of the
-lnlh.':>' of Mayor Donovan's commit-
. ot sixty in attendance at the first.
:wmtu; of organization in the City
evening, and the absentees
:«I =t’ill word to General Russell
chairman'ot‘ Norwalk‘s War
‘l‘i'itli. that they Wul‘e with tho oth<
a in every way. and would aid to
ntzziosi in makingr the afi'air a
.uui >ll('(ft‘35. Just what iIIl' nature
- Ilit' tuglvbrtuiou will he, the time and
3 we: will bu nimounrvd later. but it.
considered likely that it will be
-hl In Jullu or July, as it is believed
.I m..- greator number of the men
home by that time. Some are.
.sont with the. Army of Occupa-
iu Germany, and possibly, a few
In Russia and other parts of the
. world still doing their bit for Up.
- 5am. it is hoped to mobilize at
' a thousand of the men who have.
‘n-
> 3-n overseas or in the cantonments1
«at parade, with
States, and have a.
plenty of music,
rmz-lailiments in the theatres, at the
The United
. ‘mut‘y, or Roton Point, and wind up
-'h a big dance and reception in the
. ‘illllfz.
'l‘llt- Inwwzm: was called to order by
< eneral Frost, anal Mayor Donovan?
to wed lilu' Samuel III Keeler, who (lid
efiicient work during the Liberty Loan
drives in Norwalk, be made secretary.
This was voted and Charles E. Hoyt
was made treasurer.
Mayor Donovan. being called on by
the chair, said be fully appreciated
the feelings of the. parents and other
relatives over the return of the boys.
Many families had had one or two in
the service, and in some instances as
many as four had been doing valient.
service. lie wanted to do everything
possiblt‘ to give them a Welcome. but
thought that extended speechtnaking
was unnecessary.
General Frost, remarked that he.
too, wanted a program that would ex-
ceed anything heretofore given in Nor-
walk. and the city should have a cele-
bration that would never be forgot.
ten. To facilitate matters he said he
would name an executive committee
consisting of Charles E. Hoyt Dr. Wil-
liam Jr Tracey. John H. Coates, Henry
J. Hipson and George L. Woodward.
whose duty it would be to present
names of sub-conunitteos to carry on
the work of preparation.
General Frost, ,while the. committee
was out. said that we should give up
at. least one whole day for the cele-
bration. Factories and business plac-
cs shou (1 close, and all join in the
demonstration to express our great
pleasure over the return of the “sol-
(lit-rs, and our admiration and grati<
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\‘V'rites a Letter of Thanks to 3 Will Provide Year’s Service
-. u h t he Headquarters
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'~-3 war, and a liberal contributor to
. 7- work of the. Salvation Army:
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lltllNfiflNlWlllllii
a Resident of This City,3
and Tells of Labors in?
France ° I
v\djutant Edwin J. l’erriti. who is:
of the Salva—I
in Army with the. American Expedi<I
--uary Force, in France, has written;
It" following letter to a South Nor-t
«porter of the government dut‘ing?
t
Toul. Meurthe Moselle, France. 3
December 26th, 1918.;
luth Norwalli, Conn.
.V: y Dear Sir:
for 270 francs to'be. used for the boys
0
kind of you to do this and I
,nu that. the boys will get every cent
(if
ANNUAL BINIIIIIAl’ ‘
[ desire to than]; you for the draft;
veryic
assure ’
ver here. i am sure it was
it in value. ,
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PARTY Al TINNI'IV'
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.- annual birthday party of the
-. inrs of the congregation of the?
wily Church was held last evening
parish house and was a‘suc-
both socially and financially,
tin-w hundred were in attend.
- and thoroughly en-joyed‘a fine
'1‘:I_'. m plvasurv. The program
'»-‘ lad been prepared and pre-
~i «on HIV hearty applause of all
' and every participant carried
‘;' work in creditable form. ;
‘wl‘wsinz.’ progral'n was present-
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Th.
Orchestra
I'M-tinned on Page‘Nine.
at the State
RRITARTTRIIIRIRR
RRI IR RR WAY
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For All Men Between 18
and 25——-War Department
Opposed to Idea—Soldiers
in Service Also Against
the Scheme
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Beueving‘
:lk business man. who was astaunchithat universal military training legis- the fact that the girl was killed by
la-tion must be enacted shortly, if it
is to be enacted at all, members of
line Senate Military Committee Will the knowledge of her parents or
IOpen a drive for universal training friends. ’
within the next few days.
The. general staff of the army is £01.
idly behind the plan, it was announc-
ed today. but other high war depart-
ment officials are understood to OD-
pose It. Senators who talked with
President. Wilson on the subject just.
Ibefore he went abroad have intimated.
Ihat the chief executive is for univer-
sal training.
_A new universal military training
bill Will be introduced in the Senate
Ibel’ore the end of the week. will
embody many lessons learned from'
the draft. and in working out: the
scheme. will make USO of much of the
draft machinery.
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THE PROHIBITIOTG
AMENDMENT IS
RATIFIED TODAY
WASHINGTON Jan. 29.—1‘2.aurica-
tion of the Prohibition amendment to
the Federal Constitution effective Jan-'
nary 16, 1920,was proclaimed today in
a proclamation signed at 11:20 a. in.
Department by Acting
Secretary Polk. . - .
MONTPELIER, VL, Jan. 29.—~—.Tbe
EHouse of Representatives today pass
ntrto the Senate a
’ joint
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CHANCE RR.
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Congressman Merritt Writes ; Over Expenditure of Munici-i
That Provision For $140-,‘
000 For Norwalk Is 'Made
in Bill .
pal Funds of $400,000 in'
One Year Is Charged and:
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WILL PASS IILIIISE; 3
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MAY Ilsa SENATE: IRERRISTR
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.Prominent Norwalk Cid-{Accident Was Timely, .353
I zens Are Urging Action Rifimbelgs W92; W91?
I Which Has Long Beeni Q“: 17 - 2 _ . .1 g
3 Waiting For Prohibition:
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Overdue Toward Norwalk: _
0-- 3 Amendment —
‘ Reports from Washington indicate‘ o ‘ _.j +
,that an appropriation will be made for; HARTFORD. Jan. 2: 9.——For the;
In new post oilice building in Norwalk
eitbor‘during the present. session of
Congress or in the following one. Re‘
ports were current a few weeks @go
that a Public Budeings- bill would
fail in Congress at the present time,
owing to other exorbitant expenditures
which are being made in different di-
rections. There are few cities in the
country with the population of Nor-
walk that have not a public post office
fbuilding. Many places with half the
population have been thus favored.
and it became apparent while Con-
gressmen E. J. Hill and Jeremiah
Donovan were in office that Nor-wall:
would be favored with an approprlap
tion at the earliest possible‘moment.
Congressman Schuyler Merritt. who is
first time in t‘onnecticu -s history. the?
General Assembly has been asked to:
investigate a city's airs. Today?
Senator Clark, Democra
resentatives to investigate the admin-
istration of that city about its financ-
of property values and its issuance of
bonds. asserting violation of the city
charter in many way. The league,
paid there has been {In over-expendi-
.$400.000 in one 'yegr.
The-bill wast
1tabled until tomorrow. '
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WARRAIRR'RWIRRWI
CLIMM
= Body of Chi—droformed Wom- .
an Identified as Daughter
gingv-e—altll‘térg‘iilgga 11:28:; Head of the Democratic;
1 State’s Attorney Says He?
I Secret—Death of Hus- ' Body
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Will Not Resign If Made;
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band 1“ B rance Caused, "l have no intention of retiring;
DeSpondency, Inquiry 111-; from‘the office of staite’s atftorsney."i
. said Homer S. Cumm ngs o tam-I
to Ne“ Jersey Tragedy ford yesterday when asked regarding,
’ Reveals Ithe truth of the recent reports of his
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I MNGLEW’OOD. N. J., Jan. 29.—Tue’
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Huture plans.
He was told there had been rumors
body of a. young woman found Sunday that m the event. he. was made chair-
on the Palisades was identified today
tas that of the daughter of George
man of the Democratic National com.
inittee he would decide not to contin—
H. Packwood of Tampa, Fla. She was ueuas state's attorney. ' ‘
Ithe widow of a major in the Amer- ,1 see no reason why it ““35! n0:
, jean army who died of influenza in be proper to hold both offices, de.
{France last October, according to an Aclarcd the states attorney. He re:
Iannouncement here last night by fused to make any comment upon his
'Thomas ‘J. Huckin. prosecutor of
chances of being named “chairman of;
IBergen county. I
the national committee. _ }
Mr. Huckin, who declared an anion Mr. Cummings came to ““3 city
sy performed yesterday established
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yesterday from his home in Stamforizl,I
to attend to the preliminary details of
the February term of the Criminal Su-
perior court. He said he did not ex—;
pect the term would be of more than
usual length.
chloroform self-administered, asserted
she apparently had married without
News of the death of her
Ibusband, whose name is not known to
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2:“: ASSEMBLY $033“ I
,WllSflN’StllllllES a $5.00!” i
I Situationist '— BUREAU .AlIBtIUNW
Excellent Results Achieved'
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Seitator Poll—Strongly Fa-
vbrs a Proper League of
. Nations ——Money Is Made Avail-
. able Through County‘
' WASHINGTON Jan. 29.—Critics of: Commissioners
President Wilson and his proposal tori -- l
a League of Nations were sharply re-I HARTFORD, Jan.
Polk of South Carolina Democrat who lat a. meeting this afternoon voted 35,.
In hisJirst prepared address. charged 000 for the use of the Foil-field County
1 that partisan politics was the basis.‘ Farm bureau because that body failed
;for much of the criticism voiced re- m put in a' requisition at the last
09’1“" m the Senate. . county meeting held in Bridgeport in
Senators Lodge, of Massachusetts, the spring of 1918.. -
Imox, of Pennsylvania; and Bomb; 01’ There was some question as to
Idaho. ftepublicans, and Reed, of whether the appropriation could be
Missouri Democrat, the South Caro- voted without violating the specific
llna Senator said, were among those requirement ofthe' law. But it. was
who had labored for f'destx-ucuon 1a.! ‘ -
stead of construction“ in the peacei
Senator Pollock, ho tooled“; seat
ntinued on Sixth Page.”
WELCOME ,
DE VlillSlllllES
,Prospectus Issued by Nor-
walk Realty and Improve-
ment Company Outlines
Plans For Big New Hotel
Under Famous Manage-
ment
“RIRRIdFRI
RESTAURANT FAME,
lAltE_8_l_t_l_Nti Inst:
I Ilntcrosting Details of the
Project Given;
First Time
A definite answer
ty has been given
to
_ , ’in b91131: 0f speculation regarding the plans of the:
”16 Bridge-DO” Taxpaye League, 115 Norwalk Realty & Improvement Com-l
feted a bill to raise a c mmtttee cons pany in regard to the disposition oi“
51811“: 0f “"0 St‘nfltors find three rep- the valuable Royal James Inn proper-3 were killed and thirty
H0lEL IIRIRR ANCE + M IIIRRIIRI; 0:; * I ,
ARRIVAL INERE 0E IIN IIMENIC
Reported That Five Persons Were Killed and Thirty Ins -
jured, But General Mai ster, of the Jugo—Slav Army,
Has Restored Order . ’ "
200,000 IRERItARiTiII STAY lN TRANCE
AS THEY llIiE_l_ll_E RR: [IVER THERE =
EMiners in Many of the Galleries in West Scotland Have .
Struck in Sympathy With the Men Who Laid Down '
Tools in Clyde .
rm,»
not obeyed, the dispatch adds, has. i
LIBACII. Jan. 29.—~Reports_
commanded his tsmops to fire
from Marburg state that quite a;
serious disturbance broke out with the result that eight persons .
there on the arrival of an Ameri- i were killedaJu-l many injured. .
lean “dcbarkation commissiOIi"} PARIS, Tuesday, . an. 28.—_—Atg.
under command of Colonel Miles. ' least 200,000 Americans HOW in
It is reported that five pcrsonslthe my will remain in France,
injured. I according to a statement made. by
For the
the endless
m “ prospectus! General Ml-‘lt‘l‘. “5 fl)“ Jilt‘IO-glav I a prominent. member of the Ameri-l.
just issued by the company, which will
who are interested in
ment. of the city.
_ The pros ectus is neat]
claims that through violation Of the and include: a copy of a. Juggtmtgfi
charter to which no attention has been of the proposed 11 w mm] ”my; in to
x
. , _ . replac the Royal cities which showsI would
lure 01' municipal fundsnmountlng to ; an‘ ela‘oraté thrcé ‘story bulldin I ' A
with "
levldently a roof garden feature'on the;
generous dimensions
central portion.
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. ,TII KEEP RIIIIRR ;
. “Elli!” 5"“; IN BRITISH ARMY
, UFNEIIUPAllflN
I Cabinet Rejects
Select
Plan—Will
Out of Every
for Police Duty
LONDON, Jan. 29,
elated Press).—A special meeting of.
the cabinet yesterday was attended by]
Winston Spencer Churchill, Sir Erici
Geddes, Sir Robert Stevenson Home!
,the new labor minister, and Generals ;
Sir Henry Wilson and Sir William Ro-i
bertson. Urgent questions regarding}
demobilization were discussed.
it is understood that the conferees.
reached the conclusion that there was ‘ to
Continued on Sixth. Page
SZILlNSKIS Tull] return had been rumored throughout
{the day, but nothing definite could be
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"I: EXPERIENEES Iwhile others will come in during the
Pleasant and Well Attended . discharges from the service yesterday
Social Evening Held by,
South Norwalk Moose
South Norwalk Lodge, No. 529, L. 0.1
O. M., were the hosts last evening to;
about 150 members and
enjoyed one of the famous social eve-i
The evening was .
y , in‘charge of the entertainment com-l . '
/. Lead to Favorable Action mitfee, who had prepared a very pleas—f WAGON COLLIDE I
log program which was enjoyed and
IWell received by all present.
nings of the lodge.
ber of piano and vocal selections were 0f Raymond and Water streets, 3’93”" I
given before the main
evening, the address of Corporal Chas.
Szilinigkis, of Company
_ 29.'—Fairfield iment, who gave a most interesting ac-
,buked m the Senate today by Senatortcoumy’s senators and representatives count of his war‘experiences.
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.MUCH RIOTING IN ‘3
BELFAST
BEIJI‘AST, Jan.
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much rioting in: the dark atre
.last night. Many plateyglus windows ”horse. became alarmedrntthe
in atom ‘ ‘, along prom!!! ‘i reams ' '
were
ill-There. Was slight cuts and bruises which were
95, its laying 0f taxes and assessment prove interesting to Sentinel readersi army. is said to have restored or- I can colony in Paris and quoted bY'
. the lntransigeant today. Thee
in Styriafl,majorit-yr will remain, it. is said,
River. Sbecausc they wish to marry French.
'women and the rest because they'
charmed with French life and"
for"
~the improve-I der there. .
llarburg is a town
Austria, on the Draw
Nothing in recent dispatches;
' scent to explain the pres—3am . -
0f; cnce of an Americancornmission9888 great opportunities here
is":thcrc. ‘ . ~ :American energy. ‘
LONDON, Jan. Him—German} LONDON, Jan. Elf—Miners m
iresidoms of Mai-burg. Styria, j many of the collcties m ”,West'w’
made a demonstration in the I Scotland llflVt‘. struck 1n sympathy; ~
Istrcts of that town on Monday in'Wltll the men “'IW threw do)?“ ,
{honor of the arrival there by air— - their toolsat Clyde. This antlers
,ship of an American mission ltead- 3 was taken "1 5P119 “f the" leaders I .. . ..
ed by Colonel Miles. Accordingzpl‘OteStti- - ' " ' '
to an Exchange Telegraph dis"; A strike conference was held at
patch from Vienna, the action of} Glasgow 0"» Tuesday and W518 at.“
thc Germans aroused General I tended by delegates from all parts
Majstcr. the Judo-Slay com-f0f SCOtlalni7 it“ we” 38 Grlmsby,
mander,'who ordered the pcoplell _ "“
to disperse. \Vhen his order was: (“mu““ed On Page Three.)
who;
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Volunteer.
One .
SEVERAIRRTiRT IluR tRRlRISRRW
THE RRTR RETURN; RRITIIRTTRIIRIRR ~ I
Railroad Station Thronged I Training of Not More Than .. '.
(By the Asso-{
With Anxious Crowd— One Year For Youths
Boys Did Not Return Un-i From 19 to 26 Years
til Late Last Evening 5 s
‘ ‘ WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-»~Universul.
Disappointed throngs lined the plat- : compulsory military training for An.
I rms at the South Norwalk railroad :erican youths as a permanent natiomk
gstation last evening anxiously await-gpoliey, is proposed in a, bill inn-gang. ‘ ,
{ ing the’e‘xpected arrival of the Nor' ed in the Senate today by Senato._ a,»
‘walk boys of the 56th Artillery. who New, of Indiana, Republican. Such ifi”“v"'*'
recently returned from France. Their policy, the Senator said in oflefing mr- ' :1."
-bill, "provides the only goal-amen " u:
against any occasion for theanalnten- ‘
ance" of a large regular army. , _ {
Training of not more tha none your '
for all youths between 19 and 2c
years—limited to one continuous pm
iod and not divided from your to;
yeah—is provided by the bill, which
was referred to the Senate ‘ Hillary
. committee with suggestion by Sen:-
ler, but it was not until 10 o’clock last tor New that it be laid before an
«evening that they were free to leave Army General Staff for a, report gt
Ithe camp. Several immediately start . the next session of Congregg Undo: ‘ ~ .
Ithe bill, all youths upon completion of
{Captioned on Page Sui the training period, as filed by tho
who} __.___.________. lPresident. would go into a nation:
‘ reserve for call in case of necessity. _,
MOTORCYCLE AND IPl-iorlty of service would be placed “
upon the youngest annual class.
The plan was urged by Senator
New as a. national policy to be adopted.
leaned. soveral of the boys, however,
did return, but not until the late train
and some arrived here this morning,
Iday.
They were given their' honorable
afternoon at 2 o’clock at Fort Schuy-
friends
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An accident occurred at the cornertI
A num- .. 7‘
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WOULD TERMINATE
day afternoon, when a. motorcycle and I
wagon collided. Franklin J. U. Dake,l
of the Hptel lBristca; was driving his;
motorcyce a ong ater street and: . ' I,
,tnrned into Raymond and, in doing so,i TELEPHONE CONTROL
{struck a horse and wagon driven by
Iduigi Apisella, of Wood street. Apisel- WASHINGTON. Jan. 20:-—-A”mve£
:19. was coming out of {Raymond into by the House mat other: committee. a,
Water and was far over on the left resolution providing for termination
hand side of the road and consequent. of seventeen: 6031251 0f telephm'u.
1y was struck by the motorcycle. and telegraph lines next December 31. “
Neither Dake nor Apiaella was in- will be pressed for WM in a?
jured to any extent beyond a few_ House under plans made today by -
Chairman Moon of the committee. At-
here heated by ..ga. phym an Apiaella’s’ter hat-ins Putnam-W Burle-
collision son on proposed extension»! control.
, the IM‘
event of the
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