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VIEW OF RAIL
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Results of Federal Control
and Operation Cannot
Give Comfort to Advo-
cates of Government Own-
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mm New Jersey. Make .4. . . ,
Securmes Believes Change,
Should Be Made '
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heir Escape .
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Iw uni-1t. chief 0t tlw Spl‘f'itll puller“, V\'\Sl{l'\'GTON Jan 11 q Davics‘
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m, I. ”"11“." lit'ttt‘um‘fi NW “HHSIV'arl'ie-ld president of the National?
— . 1 in. t H“ dill KEMP“ lH-‘l. mght, IAssot-ialion of Owners. of Railroad 89-.
em or d Hulltttt'tl '0 all?“ tour a“‘Hvuritics, gave the Senate Interstate.
.Utltlrflhi‘mh‘f “NF 1““ “NH-“- 0““ (‘mnmm'cc Committee todav, the se—5
.9 PM.“ ”RE“ "in“ “”5 captured ’t-uritv holders” \iew of the railroad
3317.10“), vii, :1"“‘”"~" “”913 1“" Aproblrm. lie urged that the roads be-
t ,‘tw use; It“ , ‘ . . . .
. , ._ ,l't‘llll'lll‘tt to private operation as car-
dii‘lc: “\“L‘jwf’: (;;.blfitf{/I](:1 Chm)“, ly as- practicable with legislation in<‘
\;,'t . f", A" :‘fll‘d f0} “11‘ rill'lllg’ a fixed return on property ill"
15:. \ .n .l .m .ltl.t’ll!ltt nic- .ll)1)l0uch'lVe‘lS‘n1LHIVQ’ \HdVinQ“ “gr... results 0f [ed—
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W‘ ml“: ~,l,' L ”f: d: “1"" “1”?” feral control and operation thus far‘
“ ’1‘»! ’: luff-PW '3“ tu:ru.-n1n;z obtained cannot give comfort to adw
.. ”I ~1‘;‘.(“.‘.H‘.h (1)0 qtntstlmu the \ocates “f governuwnt owntrship."
fil'nmb‘n,‘ dill. fins“! 1 h m"” 3 Mr. \Vart’ield. who said he represent
A .m. \.v..-17x1(.)5”9\ ' .. ‘f’d thirty million persons owning or?
~ H .“”~ tintcrested in railroad securities, pro-
‘.‘.‘t'ltl-‘..~‘.'l‘lill, Jan 1‘..l.«-\\'illiaml
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_ ..o.~ed a con -. ~ '- a - z -
to tollou \‘sitvll one oi the. lple}::§_l_ft plul lot “1‘
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core-ores of New Haven;
toad in It
Cuts Made in Tariff to Great?
Britain, France, Holland!
and Italy ' i
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Wi-l‘. an :utni-nwy ot Providence? \NASHINGTDN. l). (7.. Jan. 31:—
'i'ill‘iillltt'il tu-nxpm-ztiy receiver of Swoeping reduction in transatlantic
:{tmltt- L‘s-mil ('mnpang: by Presid‘ freight. rates on commodities carried
.ltlr’li't' Ttnnrr in the superiorzt‘rmn South Atlantic and Gulf ports to:
'm: )W‘Slt‘i'tltl)’. , sthc I'nitcd Kingdom. France, Holland‘
sum“ was taken on petitionfund Italy in American bottoms weret
.l. Orr. a mineral contractor:nnnounccd last night by the Shipping
litnr of ill“ company to the‘lloard. t
$605. ‘ At the same time the Board made it,
hit of complaint describes the clear that the rate cuts announced'
v! troubles of the- company and 3last Monday night applied only to,
icommodities loaded at North Atlantic
“torts. !
_'l'he new rates announced for South:
.Atlantic ports are from ten to twelve1
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ill if. , :lantic ports. while the differential for!
_ (tult' ports is from fifteen-to twenty-I
~'_‘r3 {five cents. I
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Hoover Board Will
:lrant Loans to Other Na-
ions to Be Aided
ASHINGTON, Jan.
deuce be-tween ('Ol
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iZfillllltllEttEl] it]
t nonunion
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)l. House,I
American representative of the ,
eme “‘ar Council, and the For-'RCW'
Ministers of Great Britain}
9 and Italy. showing the origin‘
evelozunent of the commission
orld food relief. with Herbert CE
ver as Itirewor-Gencral was made,
~ . I‘l'I‘CllBITRC‘ Ma":
lac yesterday by the State I.)epart-' ' . ~ . "T ‘3." ~
H: > tbtntlml lecened today from a tormer
thi,‘j A reporter attached to the. 26th Division
' headquarters the following copy of an
[omciat telegram relating to the home-
_ ._.______..___. ward movement. of the Yankee divi—
Sion:
“Commanding general, 26th
h’lontigny—le-Roy.
.lflN MAN ASKS -.._}
Alllll H55 liEATll;
iii—Cortes
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England Division Wast
t0 39gm Homecoming on
January 20
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Division,
France (tclegraml
headquarters. first
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“Number 459, Sec. GS.
4‘ "The following telegram from gen~t
oral headquarters
”_..___. your information and necessary at:-
r. Middlebrook, an attorney lion: - ‘
> “Number 2048 G—The commanding
general 8. O. S. has been directed
v the date to prepare the 26th division
In“ bfi‘slel'es that hefor a return to the United States and:
do». reports to theorders will issue from the command-
: _ t-‘tmlm‘g. The, follow‘ . ing general S. 0. S. for the movementi
- lit ‘1 published dispatch. of the division by rail to the Le Mans’
Ky . “RX if ~ ‘area. for preparation. All ordersfor
-‘l“.ttlt".)‘l'001‘., attorney of the disposition of material, animals
. .~ dead, as recorded ' and surplus equipment will issue from
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tmbbs Ferry. but who has;
-' scars of his life in the
a wants to know more
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.uzeal on Ninth Page.) " ' 77 b I I
WtNlilltE PLANT .
_ “m_—o~'.——,
. the corporation's building, and firemen
: explosion.
: would exceed $100,000.
‘ltfllllllfilttlliilitt
Jan: 31.—-—The ‘
"“‘i‘v “"m” ‘0 knowtthe commanding general 8.70. 8. Le themrfrom S
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EXPLODES IN ‘
NvAtN, N. v.
Three Employees Are Miss-
ing and Twenty Others
Have Been Removed to a
Hospital For Treatment
AttiStttt’filtiAttS ~
At AAtNAwAt NNNN
nun: MOST OF 1919.
[up Posted by Being a Road-
I' of Norwalk's Home News.
Mar.
FREWBREWAS t
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MotherReceives Notification
to That. ‘Efiect Fran War
Department — Date or
Manner of Death Un-
known "
Mrs. Mary Moore of “lemon has
Been notified by the war department.
that her son, Private Fred Moore, of
the 102d Regiment. has been killed.
date undetermined. This meagre an-
nouncement finally cleans the mystery
surrounding the whereabouts of one of
Norwalk's most popular young men.
and finest soldiers, of whom nothing
has been heard since September 15,
set.
Moore was a sharpshooter in Con-
necticut's Own Regiment, the 113221,
and has been missing in action slncc
the latter part of last, September and
Twelve Flying Machines
Reported to Have Been:
a 1
Removed m Safety .
NYACK. N. Y.. Jan. ill—Three per-'
sons were reported missing and twen—
ty others had been removed to a hos
pitil- within a short time after the ex-
plosions wrecked the plant of the Ani‘
line Products Corporation today.
The victims were all enmloyed at
'he plant. which is owned by a cor—
poration in New York city.
SOVH‘HI children in the Nyack high
>1‘l‘.{H)l. nearby. were cut by splin—
turn-d window glass,
There. were two explosions. The
tll'H was so heavy that many buildings
m the neighborhood were shaken and
dailizignd. tn the Nyack Evening
loci-not ofl‘icc. across the street, thr-
lllllttlllllt‘t‘y was overturned by the con-
PUSHOD. ,
After the second and less severe ex-
plosion, tlame’s spread to all parts of
from otherr towns were summoned to
avert the destruction of other struc.
lures.
The plant was doomed by fire, it be.
came evident immediately after the
It was estimated the loss.
(Continued on Page Nine)
lililltl PURBHASlNfi'
Rep. Anthony Wants Con-
gress to Approve Buying
of Army Camp Sites
“'ASIIINGTON, Jan. 31.-I’urchase
by the war department of sites of ex-
isting army training: camps would be
prohibited without specific authority‘
from congress under a resolution Of-g
fered in the hOuse today by Rep. An-
thony of Kansas, at. the request of
the members of the military commit-
tee.
The resolution was introduced after
Secretary Baker and Assistant Secre-
tury (frowell. had appeared before the
committee to urge acquisition of the
sites or all national army cantonments
(Continued ADFPage Ten)
JULIUSfifltIISEHlllllT
tsANiNttANtmnN
Claim Has Been Presented
For Return of Alleged
Alien Enemy Estate
A matter of local interest was re«
fez-red to as follows in this morning’s
Bridgeport Telegram:
Claim has ‘been filed with Allen
Enemy Property Custodian A. 'Mitchel‘
Palmer for the return of shares ing
the R. & G. Corset company. taken ov-‘
er by the former recently. to the orig-g
inal owner, Julius Goldschmidt, of,
New York, formerly of this city, who‘
Was detained in Germany during the1
war. It was said yesterday at the‘
l
is republished for omce of_Mr. Palmer that the claim early today,
would probably be recognized.
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EXPRESS LOCAL 62 ’ ,
HOLDS JOLLY DANCE)
The American Express'Employea of
local No. 62, held a jollydance akAs»
sembly Hall last night, fully four-hun-
dred being present. the majority _jof
outh’N ’
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t brick shop on Grand street is evidenc-
ed by the news that a single order for
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t‘Death was due to a. general break,
‘down in health, following an opera-
Ihe tireless efforts of his friends in
this city to learn something definite1
r’.’ his fate were to no avail until yes-
terday. his mother received the lCl("_
gram from Washington and this morn-’g
inn received a letter which contained
nothingr beyond the mere announcw
ment that he had been killed, the date
'Today the Last in Which
NEW BUSINESS
NM NS lAttGlE
As [0leth
» Measures Will Be Receiv-
fill by the General Assem-
Y
MlllllllSflN Slllllltil
EflllE Bill. is ill
Hundreds
of
\AISo Been Presented
HARTFORD. Jan. 31.~Introduction
or new business ended with today's
session of the General Assembly. Next
unknown.
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ANENtcAN HAT m. ,
BtltlitSBltitllillEll ,
lttltNtlliWAllt“llllS”
Smile of . Popular Presi-
dent, Harry H. Pollak
That business is booming with the
American Hot Company at the big
Continued on Page Nine.
over 18,0(10 hats wga received from a
middle western city one day this week
for the snug little total of 324.000. and
when a Sentinel man called there ycs~
ternlay to investigate the truth of the
rumor. he found an ideal shop running
on high speed and turning out hats ioi
shipment to all parts of the country.
He was received with the. character-
istic courtesy for which President liar-
ry II. Pollak is justly popular and
shown through one of the most com-
fortable. clean and convenient hat fac-
tories that could be imagined.
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(Continued on Page Five)
SENATE PASSES
tuNtNAu Blll
Legislation For Settlement
. of Informal War Orders
Up to Conference
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“‘ASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 31.—
Recognition by the United States of
the government of President Tinoco,
of Costa Rica, is recommended in a
report. made to the Senate Foreign.
Relations Committee today by a sub-E
committee which recently concluded.
an investigation of Costa Rica afl’airs.
Tinoco. formerly War Minister,
came into power several years ago
through a bloodless revolution. He has
been elected President since but rec-
ognition has been refused by the
United States under President Wil-
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(Continued on Page Twelve)
AuNN titlflllWlN
§ lllESlNNEWltllltt
‘ NEW YORK Jan. 31.——Nat. C. Good-
win {he actor, died at a hotel here,
after a brief illness. He
came to New York last Monday from
Baltimore, where he had been playing.
tion for the removal of his right eye
several months ago.
Born, at Boston, July 25, 1857. Good-
win was a'famlliar figure on the Ann-A
cricnn stage for many years. He made?
his firstappearance In 1874. and sub-‘
sequently
succes’sflil pla
States.
measures introduced as compared with
chief explanation for this is that dis-A
tribution of the revised statutes
not been general and the text of many
examined.
cause of the “prohibition amendment.
the few demands of steam am!
of their financial condition, the few do-
-settlement of informal war contracts;
played leading roles in many; sons were , injured
' ‘ ' both ”in the ‘Unitedithe police charged
week the routine. of passing laws will
begin and the. likelihood is that 8.
l‘oundays‘ a week session wlll be con-
llllUl‘tl as a means to bring about an
early adjournment. . The number. 0!
recent sessions is expected to show a
decrease of probably 25 per cent. The
hast
been
\Var conditions also have
not yet worn off and the operation of
many new laws has not. been deter—
mined. Incidental factors in the de-
crease are lacking of excise hills be-
laws in the new form has not
trol~
lcy’ro'a‘ds torrcbnner- changes becausej
wands for changes in labor law, and
the falling off of special appropriation
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
CflNfiREfiATIflNAl
lAIllES’ SUPPER
The ladies of the South Norwalk
Congregational Church gave last'eve-
ning. one or the hot roast beef din-
ners for which they Were famous in
years past. but which, because of the
activities of the war, had not. been
held in recent months. The stmcious
dinning-room of the church was titled,
With about 200 members of the
church and their guests. and the at-
fair was a complete success through-
out. The menu was excellently pre-
pared and served, the tables being dec-
orated with flowers and candlebra.
and presenting a most attractive ap-
pearance. There was an abundance
of roast beef. mashed potatoes and
turnips, jelly. cabbage. salad, rolls.
pumpkin pie. cofl'ee, etc.
(bonunuou on lug. Nine.)
SENATE REPORT ASKS
THAT U. S. RECOGNIZE
COSTA RICA REGIME
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Leglsla-.
tlon designed to validate and permit;
aggregating several billion dollars was”
sent to conference. yesterday by the
senate. which without a_record vole
passed the military committee’s sub-
stitute for the measure recently pass-
ed by the house.
Before the final vote, the senate ro-
jected, 55 to 8, the so—called Hitch-:
cock substitute, which proposed a
commission to settle the contracts. .
The measure passed by the senate
provides for validation of the informal ‘
contracts and for their settlement by?
Petitions ;
PARIS APACHES
Btll-Slttltttl All
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til "it 'ltlllill
CONCENIRA' l x 1 ~
cwsr t0 till vottNNNt NNNw t
Enemy Forceof 1,000 Men
Begin an Attack on the Brit-
ish and Russian Positions West of Taresevo, and
Village of Alexiefi'skaya ls Evacuated
ElVllllEll tENNnNNtnmnNENNmEN ; ”
Tl] 3n UP NNN ltlltttl [lltlttVEliNllENl .
Against Its Passage Have tFour Great Powers Are to Undertake the Administration
of Asiatic Turkey at Once
ARCHANGEL, Thursday, Jan.
30 (Associated I’rcss).—The Bot-
sheviki are concentrating a
siderahle number of troops in the
territory between the Vologdn
'railu’ay and the lime of the Vagn
liver, apparently with the object.
of either surounding the Allied
column in this sector ul‘. by eut—
iug through. to isolate the column
to the eastward. on the. Dyina.
There are numerous winter roads
through the swamps in this sec-
tion. and the Allics'sc‘outs report
enemy reinforcements arriving
from the south oVer several o“
these roads. ,
An enemy force of approximate-
l‘v one thousand men began an
attack at 3:15 o'clock yesterday
morning on thc British and R113-
sian'position west of ’l‘arescvo, at-
tacking with such violence that
the defense was obliged to evacu-
ate the village of Alexiei’i’skaya.
(inc of the Allied airplanes flew
over Shenkurst yesterday. It re-
ported that the town had not. been
burned, a refugees had stated.
The village of Shegovarsk. on
the Vega. which was evacuated
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P Ill 0F Slit-i“
ARE DRAWING CARDS
High School Dramatic Club
Clever Play Most Accept-
able—High School Orches-
tra Makes Its Bow
A fair sized audience enjoyed a very
capable presentation of the familiar
little play “A Pair of Sixes," at the
Assembly Hall of the Norwalk High
School. last evening, by the ’n’iembers
of the High School Dramatic Club.
The play was Well staged in both
the olfice and home scenes. and every
member of the cast was proficient in
his or her lines, and able to bring out
the rapid succession of funny situa-
um most effectively.
Harold Granger and Frederick Kel-
logg were very well'matched as the
(Continued on Page Seven).
'tN.
YANNNNIPNNNS
0011‘
5Omega sector, the Allied
.ycstcrday raided the village
iPeretcma. killing nine of the cue-
scvcral days ago, has been neon--
pied by enemy infantry and cav-
alry, with five guns.
On the Dvina, near Tulgas. the
§Allied artillery yesterday dis~
iperscd an enemy patrol. In the
troops
of
my and capturing nine, without.
losses to the Allied raiders.
PARIS. Jan. Ill—Tho agree-
ment. reached by the Allied (loun-
cil of Ten on the colonial ques-
tion, according to a Havas 54-11.
(.V statement. today, provides that
territories which are snfiiciently
civilzcd to give an expression of
their-wishcs as to the form of their
government. will be permitted to»
set, up such a government wider
the auspices of the Imago» ol' Na-r
tions, obtaining cithcr national in-
dependence or living under a pro-—
tectorato of one or other of the
great. powvrs. Arabia and Meso—
potama are considered to be ex—'
amples of this class. -
t Continued on Page Nine.
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.tANiNt‘A'Nthw
ltllllll BY ruin
WATERBU'RY. Jan. 31.-Using a.
heavy wire that they tore from one
of the cells as screw driver and mon—
key wrench to unfasten a six-foot
double plank used as a bench in one
of the cells, and then using the heavy
bchh plank to pry off hardened steel
bars of the jail attached to police
headquarters here. Joseph Harris. «of
321 State street. Detroit, and Harold
Lee, of 212 ,State street, Bridgeport,
Conn, held for the New York police
on a grand larceny charge, were
caught in the act of making good their
escape at. 4:15 yesterday morning. The
pair worked from 11 p. m. “’ednesday
Continued on Sixth Page.»
ATTACK THE U. 3.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Jan. {ll—Charges
,thar representatives of “private fee
icharging employment agencies" are
:attempting to lobby in Congress for
;the abolishment of the United States
,Employment Service were made to-
day by officials of the service. It was
jsaid that during the past ten days all
fmembers of Congress haVe received
circulars from the private agencies
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departmental officials. 15 “0t satisfied’Other Nationalities Respon- and that many manufacturers had
with the adjustment, contractors could!
appeal‘to the appellate commission ofi
three members—one each representing;
the war department, the department;
of justice and business interests. From?
findings of the commission contractors
could appeal further to the court of
claims. ,
The house bill, which will be con-
sidered by the conferees in connection
with the senate measures, makes no
provision for a commission. . ‘
POLICE CHARGED
CROWD OF STRIKERS
GLASGOW,, Jan. 31.—Sevef~al per-
here timing: when
own} rs Vet‘s
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sible For Crime Wave
Charged to Americans.
been asked to assist in the campaign.
5 "We are fully aware that such at.-
‘tacks have been made,” said John
h ‘ - t ~ -
Win: AND oun oww ocean-on f-
, . AY. JAN. 31, 1919 Fair; tonight ‘nd Saturday. m “'1';
Q
B. Densmore, Director-General of the
PARIS. Jam 31, (By the Associated Federal Employment Service. "They
Press).—-—That Apaches of all national- are particularly dangerous at. this
ed in American uniforms time because of the rapid dam/ohms:-
ities dress
were main
of violence which have caused broad- moment in many big cities”.
cast publicity to be given to an 31- Dr. Densmore said that in conjunc-
leged American crime wave in Paris tion with the Council of National Der
was shown by an investigation con- tense and othm- nrganflnaflnng the Fed-
ducted by The Associated Press yes- era! Service had established 1,850 hm
terday. ..
It was further ascertained that ass tlon to the 750 omces that the Eur
saults and hold-ups are infinitesimal plannent Service itself organized
in number as compared 'witlr the and operates, and that already more
published figures of the crime wm, than one hundred thousand returning
existlnz'nearly exclusively alumna. sadism—have been Placed in employ-
Watson“ m “not new mental-'1 Wan "sweeter-one
cu.
ty responsible for the nation of troops and the existing poem--
reaps for returning soldiers in addi- _
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