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MAKE MOST OF 1919.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1919 TWO GENT!
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it Silllll
William
E BY “wasp
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“For",
EA Committee Investigating
Propaganda Authorized to
Extend‘ Scope Followmg
-—-- Charge That Radicals Plot
Overthrow
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faitfiimgrggmmfRUSSIAN iNSPiilEI
I A ll i8 AEEE rid
c i‘irst legislative Body
n Country to Take Such a
' osition
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e House ‘5. 'll Declare tori
L. “r . l ., 2 . d Th . l
lllLll(:fil:nl an em.
."ill Rf. i)is.tzreeinq Ac-’Senators Want to Know Who
'0“ ‘ C Is Financing Movement to
1 — —~ -— ~ l Propagate Principle of
. .,.'- m..- an...“ in mpg Russian Government ,
. , W . !
‘i'lllt'lli in yesterdays Sentinel,
r .li. mitt-nine ot‘ the contest in the \\'.\Slill\'(‘.'l‘(')N. Feb.
.11.». iawu‘ Siil't' senate on the ques- investigation of Bolshevik. l. W. W.
of raiitylné' 1h" national prohibi- and other propaganda was ordered
is amendment. ’unanimously today by the Senate at-
) :iial of ratii’itation was by a vote'ter two hours of tempestous discus-
_2tt to it. a diti‘vrenvtx of one vott 'sion in \\'llit'll several senators declar-
’ tlw advance canvass of anti—Zed that organizations were plotting to
hibhinnk s as foret-asted, this be» overthrow illl‘ American government.
- lllll- to iiu- unexpt'ctcd action 01 by violence.
Arthur \\'. Marsden of Madi-I The Sinate judiciary sub-committee
3 in voiin: :t::xin.<t ratification. The.\\'liit'li for more than a year has been
in; «lunmvmuit representation \‘0l‘1inl‘t'stigzating pro—German and brewcrs'
, will: rt n or the twenty-four Rppub-liu'opagandu was authorized by the
ratii‘it-ation. after Min-meiotic resolution to conduct the new
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hatter (‘harles (‘ Hemenway(inquiry. The committee will begin
1. mun! tr inipu~siblv to set any {work probably next Friday, Chairman
0 to it a ditt‘t-ie'im- ot' one votoitlverinan announced last night after
7 with him by Senator Herman P. an executive meeting of the committee‘
Dit'lliJit, “ho is on a trip to t‘ali-Ito consider procedure.
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ti‘rnatiauird On {7’55"
Adopted Without Dissent
The resolution offered by Senator
l\\'alsh of Montana. Democrat, and
iatioptetl without a roll call or dissent-
‘ginj.r \oice. extended the committee‘s
{power “to inquire concerning any ef-
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Twelve)
twilight?
7 EJART EN Stiidily l ”fl
- .. l“fiAiPAREE, fillAl
39'?“ WE llFYANll-SfllliiERS
.neral Assembly Invaded
fix-y Officials Seeking More "A. W. O. L.” Class Have
Their Troubles With Alert
Money to Combat High
titted of Living - ‘MilitaryPolice—Many 0f-
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it Alt't" Ft ) ltl l, Feb. 3. A «Yesterday
a fit-hi day for salary raises con-i
ers—As Many as 2,000 in
u-iaitm before the judiciary com-i Capital Without L'eave, at
irtw- Lawyers and others camel . '
Am many parts (it' the state to telll Tlmes
- t-unnmittue that court. officials in,
"N‘ SOMEWHERE lN FRANCE, Jun. .10
(by mail.)———A. W. O. L (absent with-
out leave) is becoming as familiar
a term in the oflicial records of the
thus of the high cost of living.
-:ht to haw higher salaries.
-:l’lll-‘It‘p()l'l sent up quite a delega-
.. heat-ital by ('in Attorney “’illiam
l"'li'lv‘}’. With him were former American Army in France as bacon
aw: ilt-nry [.042 (‘haries S. Can- for breakfast. and “stew" for dinner
in! John “3 Banks and George S. are in the mess line gossip. In- the
mic): (‘lurk Fred \\'. Tracy oi' the
:~£-rior court was also present to ex-
old war "days when it was learned that
some. soldier was A. W. O. L. the as-
sumption naturally followed that he
was some enlisted man from some
regiment in the service of supplies
who had sneaked away from his com-
pany and gone to the. front to see some
of the War: Since the armistice the
assumption is that he has gone to
Paris. ‘
Paris probably is the best advertis-
Centinued on Sixth Page
itilllllNSESlAiElS
:lVENfltZfiJZfi
ist Goes to Family—Few
lrganizations Benefit
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Musicians Offer Their
erwces to Committee
Geogral Russell Frost has been not-
. . N. . ., . , it‘iet y Frank B. Field. . '
In. his Sixiy~street._ 39W York, the Local Musicians’ Unifii’ifrihz‘tyegt:
ie, in hovembex'. 19_14. 16‘“ an _e5‘,ery member of the union in this city
7' appraised at. $45231”, accordmg‘ofl’ers his services to the Mayor's
a l'ellOl'l 59!“ Vtrom the Depufi'flVelcome Committee for the celebra-
tt- Cvl‘Jll'FOHHY Hie 39: estate has.‘tion in honor of Norwalk‘s returning
it appratsetl at Milli-Ht. [soldier-s, sailors and marines. General
,.~.: the large real estate hOISi‘lFrOSt has received the following let-
IIESIW’SHW Value Of Whmll 1“ tier from Mr. Field for the local musi-
'. is the Landon, on Madison lcians: ‘
in own Fifty-eighth and Fifty-l
hlliv
: Kintiafi' day cmfw .
‘..n D. (.‘rimmins, of Noroton. who
, , _ , February 4, 1919.
““5 hmldmg ‘5' an'!(leneral Russell Frost,
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SEE—“ME. ngmsliwaiinitns p .
limit (ll iwwElEélElili 30m: Wilt
REBELUON Plot;
ficers Are Among Offend—v
l Sherman Council, Royal
Arcanum, Ends Success-
fully—Fifteen Candidates
Secured, and Public Invit-
,- ed to Attend Banquet at
l the Mahackemo on Wash-
} ington’s Birthday
1 Fifteen candidates, or an even
(break of seve ncandidates for the
iBlues and seven for: the Reds. with
‘the extra one being added by the cam-
!paign manager, was the net brilliant
iresult of the contest brought to a
lclose at Sherman Council. Royal Ar—
:canum. last night. after these teams
‘had been hustling vigorously during
ithe last three weeks for new mem-
ibers. ‘
i Great enthusiasm and the best
.goodfellowship ’prevailed when
iannouncement Was made, and
‘of
this
I ‘the
.(‘ouncil's officers said that, never be-
!t‘ore has a feat. of this sort been ac—
:complislted by any Royal Arcanum
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Music, Dancing and Speeches
§ Follow Initiation, and Big.
‘ Attendance Braves
1 Rain
the '
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-ium on each night of the week begin
. However unpleasant the evening
'may have been outside, those men
.bers of Catholic Union Council‘who
iwere fortunate enough to be inside
.the Catholic Club rooms on West ave-
;nue last evening received a treat. Af-
ter the business session of the Coun-
cil, at which there. was initiation in the
;first. degree and the reading of sev-
geral applications. a social time was en-
ijoyed. Music was rendered by the
:(fatholic Club Orchestra. Neil Dris-
:coll. Vl'illiam Silk and Paul Magner.
:Mr. Butler. of Bridgeport, , delighted
tthe members with clog and fancy
'(lancing. Edward Shanahan recited
ered a patrotic address on the sub-
ject of “Our Army and Navy” which
{was delivered with a vigor and em-
-phasis which held the listeners
-throughout. Patriotic singing and
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isinging of popular airs kept the as—
isemblage until a late hour. During:
ed.
f The Council is in a healthy condi-
illfln. and the members are anticipat-
[the evening refreshments were provid-
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{Fred H. Merrill,
“Tell-Known Minstrel,
i ' Died Last Night
I Frederick 1-1. Merrill, well—known in
lung. city, died at his home, No. 2 Pine
istreet, First District, last night, after
;a lingering illness. He was sixty-sev-
en years of’age.
Fred Merrill was a painter by trade,
but is best remembered as an amateur
minstrel and as an expert drummer.
He was one of the original members
of the old Americus Drum Corps. and
also of the Burnside Guards at the
heighth of their popularity.
He could read music at sight and
loften passed the summer season ' as
the member of some orchestra at ‘ a
shore resort.
As an amateur actor he wrote and
acted many original sketches, which
despite his father solemn appearance
he was always able to get over the
footlights in the wittlest way. He was
at his best in blackface, and his——
“Gentlemen. The show is about to
:begln." will long be remembered by
{the older residents of this city. ,
The funeral will be held from his
late: home on Saturday afternoon at 2
‘o’clock. Rev. E. Benton Werner ofli-
,ciating.
He is survived by his wife.
[STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS
I GRAB DINNER PAILS
LAVVRENC-E, Mass, Feb. 5.-—~Strike
HAVE _lll_Ell_llY l‘lllEi
‘on school work.
’cial mention.
“Seumus O'Brienz" John Smith deliv—v
- i collision on
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”lunatic
initializing
Nash Engineering Company
Has a Smoker and Busi-
ness Session, With Elec-
PAlRlllllC w
0E SCHOOLS
Superintendent George V.
Buchanan Announces That
It Will Be Held February
16th 3 ~
FilllFElTllllEllE
paradigm STATE.
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:held by the members of
gEngineerin’g Co. Club last, night. in the!
Mechanics' Hall on Washington street, 1
for the purpose of giving birth to the]
unique organization. '
The business meeting was opened at
8 o'clock. The constitution and by-i
laws Were accepted by the'membersl
afterwhich the officers Were elected.
The members elected a. set of men that. l
with the co—operation of the n'iembers,I
will bring: this club to height of auc-l
cess. The officers, elected are as fol-
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Rascal artist‘s . NltltlilSESA TAKEN
in High School
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At the regular meeting of the Non ' '
- “ ’y ‘ -
<- K n‘ r»... .w---
walk Board of Education there were
seven members present including vlce- ;
chairman, Harry E. Scofield. who pre-gFederal Authorities, Actingl
Sided in the absence of Chairman Har-' on Confession 0f Woman”
ry Rider. Secretary, Henry E. Sherer; . ,, ,
William 9. “'ard, A. J. Rummler. wn-‘ Arrest Him Fot' Violation
of Mann Act
liam Ahrens, Charles Miller, and liar-
old T1 Murray. L .
Following the reading ot‘the min-g ' .
dies of mp January meeting, Georgei l‘he arrest of Nicholas Disesa, a
V. Buchanan, superintendent of thetwellknown character of this city, last|
schools, read his report, which con_!e¥'(‘nlllg, by Detective Sergeant Thom;
mined the usual valuable suggestions:as Hunt for ”“3 Federal authorities!
thas led to startling disclosures of vio—f
. His plans for the observance of a,lahons of the Mann white slave act,|
patriotic song week which include atmbbell": the“ and; assault. Disesa hasi
song fest at the High School auditor-lbw“ under surveillance by Sergeant
_;~Hunt for some time and his arrest
ning February 16th, meeting With miwas the direct result or a confession?
formal approval of the board in Suit’bt‘nhed by {he omcer from a young;
acceptance of the report. The ’sca‘r'cl-I woman aSSocmted With him in illicit;
ty of teachers also came in for sue-lsggimel'cea whose name cannot be~
-.___ i The confession brought to light a}
iseries of charges which are believed.
.to be sumcientito send Disesa to thel
iFederal penitentiary for a stretch of,
several years. He has had the young;
'woman working for him since lastl
{June and through her he has obtainedl
large amounts of money on several;
occasions. At one time he picked a;
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tGontlnued on Page‘ll‘our.)
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SEEKINE MllflNSHlNE,
ERASH AT [liNlillilYl
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Many Prominent Persons 2 3
Hurt When a PassengerESHflRT SE3 I N i
Train Hits Engine—Loco- !
motives Derailed—Tracks. [IF lEfilSLATURE-
Torn Up in Acctdent to: a
Tram Coming From Hart-i _ _ .
ford - iAssocxate J ustice Wheeler
.. , - i to Become Chief Justice in
DANBURY. Feb. 5.—~Between 20 and i 1920
25 persons were injured last night infil
the Danbury division ofi _—
the New York, New Haven and Hart‘, HARTFORD. Feb. 5—1119, session.
ford railroad, when a paSSenger train: of both branches of. the General As-'
from Hartford Struck -a locomotive; sembly was short today as committees
and caboose one mile east of this city.; have had little opportunity for hear-
The accident happened on a eurvedngs and no new measures are ad~
when the train was running at about; mitted. The House sat for fifteen min-
30 miles an hour. Both locomotives;utes, during which it re-elected J.
were derailed. tylng up traffic bothf Sedgwich Tracy. of Canaan, and Asav
ways on the Danbury division. Tracks he! W. Mitchell, of VVoodbury, as com-
were torn up for several hundred feetf missioners of Litchfleld County. Three
at the scene of the crash. Wreckingi favorable reports made were on bills
crews from New Haven and W’ater-i amending the Stratford Court charter
bury arrived late last night to clear up‘ increasing salaries of certain officers
the wreckage. ‘ iln it; for an appropriation for mainq
taining the Bank street bridge at Sey-
mour, and drum the committee on
state parks for improvement of Whar-
ton .Park at Wailingtord. .
In the Senate the Judiciary com~
. I mittee favorably reported bills to
l I ‘permit state's attorneys to employ
. . '| private detectives to procure evi-
dence, compensation fixed by a judge
_ _ and to be paid by the state treasury
as are other costs in a case: and to
. Jncrease salaries of probation officers
in cities of over 50,000 population
. from $4 to $6 a day w h expenses, and
Revenue Inspecwrs Make in 'i‘ilm“ glfces from s tau 3 day.
, Raid on Barn and Arrest tee iefiJifii’d “3.03233“: $3.133;
l Three as Whiskey Makers amendment for Waterbury abolishing
, ' . the board of assessors and apportion—
...m mm. x. 1.. F... s.—. $f:.i::‘.l.°’::§‘“.i“.2325? °‘ s“ m
Three large distilling machines, lead'l The Senate eleclted b men '
' , y ballot Asso-
mg to tanks, having a capacity 0f more - clate Justice George W Wh
. . . eeler as
than one thohsand gallons, were dis- Chief Justice of the Sn rem C t
covered yesterday in a. burn on the to assume th p - 9 .our ’t
e rank of Chief Justice
farm of David Schulman, a. cooper, Prentice when the latter retires A
near Valley stream- A raid “S ust 8, 1920. Judges William S cm:
infade by Inspector John Grossman and and Howard J. Curtis, of the Su'per‘izr
lfive men from the First District In— Court, were elected associate Jus'
tion of Officers .
A smoker and business session was.
the Nash}
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W AEEECTED
Military Intervention in
Not to be Thought Of
.AlllIlNCE 0E VARIOUS NAEIONS
BY EXlSlENCE
Russia on a Large Scale Is
BHLSHEVISTS Til TllA NSPflRT‘liERMANS
[lVEll THE BRIANSK-liflVNfl RAllllllAll
Investigation Being Made of the Case of Captain Cham-
berlain, Who Had Egreiting
Germans
Experiences With the
PARIS, Feb. 5.——'I‘he alliance
between: the various nations will
not be affected bythe existence of
the Society of Nations now in
process of formation. Arthur J.‘
Balfour told newspaper inter—
viewers here last night. The Brit—
ish Foreign Secretary was asked
the direct question as to whether
the formation oi" the, world socie—
ty would involve the abrogation
of alliances. i
“The, constitution of the
League of Nations.",he respond-
ed, “will involve no modification,
of the treaties of alliance pre-
viously concluded.
"As to the question whether:
special coalition of two or several .
peoples could be formed aside‘
from the League," Mr. Balfour?
added. “the conference alone can:
decide." j
Military intervention in Russia;
on a large. scale is not to be;
thought of, Mr. Balfour declared.‘
done, however, he said, in dealing:
with what he characterized as “ai
5 peace-making
most disquieting situation. "
As to the general work of the
Peaée Conference, he declared, the
body was making
all possible haste to settle upon
the peace terms. He said:
“The fact that the problem of
the Society of Nations has been
‘taken up before that of peace,
properly so-called, in no way 819'-
nifics that the settlement of our
accounts with the enemy will only
come afterwards. The mechanism
of the commissions We have insti~
tilted permits the
study of several questions."
PARIS, Feb. 5,—Polish repre-
sentatives here have received re-
ports that a delegation sent by the
German army occupying parts of
Lithuania and Esthonia to the
Russian Soviet government has
signed an agreement l)_\'wli‘icli the :
Bolshevists undertake to transport
German troops from Ukraine over-
!The great powers were. doing ev-‘Briansk-Kovno. which is under
erythtng they eonsuieretl could be
Bolshevist control.
(Continued on Page Three)
3
Milli—Militia
Nllll’ Assuuu
Grand Master English Re-
ports That Drive to Raise
$150,000 Is Making Good
Progress
HARTFORD, Feb. 5.‘-A year of un-
usual activity was reviewed by Grand,
Master, the Rev. Dr. William F. Eng=
iish, of Hartford, in his address to
the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, F. &
A. M., assembled for't’he’lslst annual.
communication at Masonic Temple to-i
d3 . t
Many of the members of the 111
constituent. lodges of. the state, said
the Grand master, had served over-
seas and in this country, and many
had made the great Sacrifice.
O! prohibition, the Grand Master
said: “The long considered verdict
against John Barleycorn is being ren-
dered with marvelous unanimity by
the sovereign states of our land. A sa-
loonless nation in 1920; surely God
reigns."
Putin filllill—
‘ Al llllllAlTllN
“Rosemary" was the title 'of a. de-
lightful playlet presented at the Ro- .
wayton Hose House last evening by
the members of the Deft Finger Cir-
cle or the Rowayton Baptist Gnurch.
nun Til Hum”
wu smu STAMPS
The Government Still Needs
Money—Will Be
ed if Demand is Ms e
Postmaster Andrew J. Leary has re»
ceived a communication from Wash-
ington in‘ regards to the selling and
buying of War Saving Stamps and a
request. is asked of all owners to keep
what stamps they have on hand In-
stead of trying to redeem them for
cash. The communication follows:
Regulations of the Postmaster Gen-
eral and instructions of mi! aflce
heretofore issued have clearly'deflnetl
your duties” in respect to the sale of
War Saving certificate stamps and
the procedure necessary for their mu
ment. They are not transferable; but
the original owners of these snaps,
when properly affixed to a warbaving
certificate, are entitled to payment uf— .
ter 10 days notice in writing unre
tered war—saving certifichtes at any ‘
money-order post omce an regiment!
war-savings certificates 0 y at the
once of registration.
Many owners of stamps are present.
ing them for payment, seemingly on
(Continued On Page Six)
Annihilation ‘
“will?“
HARTFORD, Feb. 5.—Americaniza-
tion work is either well under way
concurrent .
a
*1 _.
OF THE SOlilEll ‘ 0E NATIONS p‘
Arthur J. Balfour, British Foneign Secretary, Also Says
tsympathizers who gathered about theitemal, Revenue omce in Brooklyn. aces of the Supreme Court by ballot
The afiair was well attended and prov- {or started in seventY-Seven of Connec-
nut-(ling Train in Flames; .- —'k' c it All
('arload of Mail Burns , 8015515121,, lFrgm 29 to 45
't’i"i >l)l'l‘l{-(i—. Feb. 5.-——Fire, stari/ TO War If Pact Fails
LN mu“ train speeding to- ~ .eighthou’rs’ work, attempted to snatch
: l‘ thingi‘: from Philadelphia, des- HELSINGFORS. Feb. 5.—A decree dinner-pails from operatives reporting
. ‘ - lll" loaded with mail for Chi- issued by the Central Soviet of Mos- for work today and caused 00118168111-
: :i badly, damaged another cow has called to the colors all men ble excitement. The police interfered
.-l i lu iiiilimpolis. at Pitcairn, between the ages of twenty-nine and before serious trouble developed.
Hr» mh- was” of here. yesterday- forty-five years. The men will be or— The Pemb‘rton MiIIS. employing 1--
he rays are said to have dered to prosecute the war in case_200 hands, closed today for an indef—
mail valued at the proposed conference on the island ‘
f» rlsnizmml dollars: . of Prinklpo fails. - l
lgates of the Arlington Mill, one or
ithe twelve textilevplants here against
which a Strike was instituted on Mon-‘
day to obtain 54 hours' pay for forty:
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cient,.help to operate;
inite period because of lack of sum;
They arrested Schulren, his son, Isa-
dor, and his. son-in—law. Homer H.
Reed. They will be taken to Brooklyn
States Commissioner tomorrow.
(Continued On Page Eight)
are sure to bring the-best results ob—
for _arral'gnment before a United.
——Sentinel _ Want Advertisements
to take seats to be vacated b J s-
tices Wheeelr and Roraback. George
E. Hlnmau was elected a. judge of the
Superior Court to m la vacancy on that
.bengh when promotions become effecw
tive Ballots were unanimous in each
instance. Judge Joel H. Reed was
elected 8 ate referee. The gover-
nor hsa yet to make other appoint-
ments to the Superior Court.
‘—Try a Sentinel Want Ad;
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g; Gunmen ' oane Kine.
ed a success in every Way and was;
enjoyed by everyone present. The;
work of the young people in the cast
was especially fine, everyone acquitt-
ing themselves most creditably. It wag
one of the most successful attain-s ever,
given to the people of Rowayton. '
ticut's 168 towns, according to a
statement issued today try the State
Downbeat of Americanizatlon. This
number represents a. gain of nineteen
tom since Dectmber 1.
Every persuasion is being brought;
to beauty the State Department of
The playlet was a comedy stagedlA‘nel'i'fluuumm ‘0 induce other town:
in four acts and was the work of “Aro-
in Cnvérly Cutting. The time or the m Field
toibomméice this work. and, 1!. R.
Assistant of the De-
iConfiuedm pm .W),
Norwalk Chronicler