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The Sentinels Associated
Press Viln- .'ice Illlaittlble
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Entered at the South Norwalk Post
Office as Second Clan Matter.
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iiiiii Bill.
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WilSO
thcf at , Has Precedent
Barring,r
Comes From House
ally Presented to
‘ lnerican People Planned,
«l Raise About $8.000s.
mono ‘ A TEST VOTE
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intuition A
: YEAR tailthitll
. ESenator Brooks Forces De-
g-: r Excess Profits of Cor-f cision by Offering Reso-
lorations and Incomes Aret lution, but Adv cates Still
' eavily Hit t Cling to Hope
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y . ‘ V , ‘ A .. A special despaich to the
“MU-“'K’EV “‘b- "~ “1th ”‘9 Standard Telegram. todav.
ll to (ongress today of the t'ollo‘v52 '
_' . "Ff““mt‘m, "n “I“ long-{let HARTFORD, Feb. 6.--;\lil_\'0l' \Vilson
ed “'1” _”‘.‘f'“'“9 hulk“ A‘F‘f’HEdl} of Bridgeport. by virtue. of the prero—
I)!“ ““9 “W‘t’mt‘d “ll“ ”1“” ["0” natives of his office as lieutenant gov-
lridgl-port
reads as
: .tll't‘ lf‘tl‘u'lllrldx billlJ—Tlt'l" 1”" 1919 ernor of the state will play an impor—'
.\v 'r -.x~.;_..q r 'A‘ ~ -
f. (dirt-dill“)! l)» ‘tt‘l- 0““: “HF (30:)! taut part ill the question of whether or
J’ JW “15 5"“ ("1“ $4" .- not Connecticut will align itself with,
on of future rates expected to be
.l:-l'l3h"l‘l by the next Congress.
The (vollt'wl'ellle report. presented to
‘l" House by llt’lllOtfl‘lll leader Kitchin So
“ll arrai'rzl’ments for ll> considm'm
o-l tll'\t Friday. is regarded assured
. doption by house House and Senate
' l of approval by the I‘l't‘hltll‘lll.
I'Ixcept for slightly int-reused War
profits rates for 1919 and
:l'oolatieil illl-ome tax rates for 1920,
t‘nn‘inul-d on Page Nine.
advocates on the national prohibition
amendment.
This was made certain when
By voting down a motion
by Senator Brooks of Torrington to
CUnSider the measure, the Senate plac-
ed the amendment in the category of
lbusiness brought before it a. second
{time for consideration and therefore
Vt 3055
Continued on Page. Nine.
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tilllt‘mm’s SECRETARY ill illit-
WNW-‘5” liElSPREiENl
May New Citizens Are
Made in Nata ‘al‘ization Surprises in Order at Regu-=
'i Court 3 lar Meeting of Daughters
' ““‘M I of Scotia Last Evening
.'J “'0“ Holl'l'cill, a (it-l llia'lt residingvi ____...__
The regular meeting of Lady Mc-
~1tauifutd and a lull-It‘l‘ by trade,
Laughlin Lodge, Daughters of Scotia.
:adl- all effort to be admitted to citi-
riship yesterday ill the Civil Super- “7‘5 "1"”ka by even more than the
l-ourt it”: his cusp was continued usual good time, for following the
the request of Special lixaminer.b“5m0-“>‘ sessxon a. surprise supper
,Hmll. tor the (1()I1S€nf 0f the. de- was served by Sisters Briceand Bruce.
'tlllll'lll which has charge of natui= Who Mild made their preparation to-
:ttion. :tally without. the knowledge of the
.‘ll'l't'l‘lll llélfi>“tl a good examination ””19" members. ‘
his two witnesses said he would [luring ”19 supper another surprise
:,.. a good pin-w“.- He came to was. in order, when Sister McAllister,
“mm”- 5mm“ 5-H.” ago and on behalf of the members of the-
. ., m Np“. “,1.“ and 13.8,. took up lodge. presented their popular secre-
,,._\i,l,r.n,.,. in Stunn'nl-d' .tary. Miss Amelia S. Young with a.
_ handsome silver carving set, with sin-
,r-ere and appropriate wishes for ev‘
_ _.__ ery happineSS and prosperity for her
, , , ‘approaching,n1arria e to a lieutenant
all to Enllst in lVar in the British army?
:30). Food Sent ti) Mayor 5‘ Miss Young although taken una-
lf‘nnttnnnd rm Pawn WvgJ
'ing closed with an informal little re<
r~ the war for food says a letter
,umission. The Commission is,
5n be sent. the commission withsa
By National Commission’wares, made a graceful and grateful
ifASHl.\'(f‘rT()N.—r-Elilist with ' the CPDHOH '0 the bride‘fo—be.
. t today to Mayor Jeremiah Dono—
«ling garden books to city official
to (ll-operation.
little speech of thanks, and the meet-
~diers of the Soil and win the new ———
, by the National \Var ‘Garden -MANEHESTER
is asking that outlines of the cam-
verytizin: possible must be done,
increase home food production,“ EUNFFSS!GN
5:! Charles Lathrop Pack, president ‘
. the commission today. “From a‘ -—-——-—-—-——
(«lllf‘sfis‘ standpoint it is absolutely
F our Men Held in Hoboken
Charged With Being Fug-
itives From Justice
ulztial. “'e hear peopleeéiredicting
Hines. Keep out of th. l by helpw
. feed yourself. The banks of
mry are (ti-operating in a mag-'
' way iii the distribution of our
books, The» agricultural agents HOBOKEN, N. J., Feb. 6.——\Villian1
l'. S. Railroad Adminismation Bessler. Francis Murphy. “'illiam Me-
::.'n; up the Commission's pos~ Donald and John Neuss \vere arraign-
ti-." on the firing line in
the war for food.” hives from justice. it is alleged they
Liunill \‘t'ar Garden Commis— were implicated in the murder of VVil-
\~
ranipaiuning in every state lianl F. Madden, watchman of the
inn! lommittpes having in Cheney Silk Nlills at Manchester,
rt.“ \‘it'uly Garden cam- Conn. Tin;- four were. committed to
I‘ll p'f'ttll‘eis' are being used the city jail for thirty days without
brim: booked through bail pending extradition.
Utxllnizations, the Red Neuss was arrested today, and ‘Cap-
amour bodies. The
ti headquarters in bolten police, said Neuss signed a
ltll’ttlin: is anxious to confession implicating himself and
. mam/.4 clubs and various the other three men. Captain Hurley
, it in; that are interested of the Connecticut State Police, pro-
”:t.» "\Tllil'i m“ :n. leasing the produc- duced warrants charging the four with
W m ltol‘i l‘. o. h. the kitchen donnbeing implicated in the crime.
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flit liltillll REST lllill
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liq-Delayed Measure Fin-'Mayor. as President of Si?“-
or
Measure If It
._l_llll lilll ll:
0"” ”’0‘?“le subJeCt to the ‘9' the liquor interests or the prohibition.
the
hate today, by a parliamentary pro-1
cedure, placed the measure, insofar as _
that body is concerned in status quot
introduced
.' _._-- inisesa of Norwalk. furnished bonds
,1.
assocm'rao PRESS NEWS FROM ALL‘ PARTS OFT!!! QEQRLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE‘AND OUR own OPERATOR
”AXE MOST OF 1919.
‘\
Keep Pasted by Being a Read-
er of Norwalk's Home News-
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25 ill/ES AliE [HST
Vessels Destroyed Off the
Coasts of England, Nor-
way and Scotland
SOI‘Tll SHIELDS, England. Feb. 6. '1
#The British sloop Penarth is report~
,ed to have been sunk by a mine twen-
ity-three miles off the Tyne River. Two?
‘trawlers have picked up forty mem-' .
:he‘l‘s of the cre\\‘. . gutMsmce twenty minutes to twelve
fflllNll Militant
ill llllllli viii
Hall Jury.—A.fter.‘Being Out
All Day, D Defend-
ant Innocent 1
illie “'ells Depot _lay preacher, was
’Tz%fsig'£§§:?§b¥xlneg;}fsw:e;':: There was an outburst of handclap-
., ‘ 2 . . 7f ' .; ‘. ' . Iping from the crowd? as the foreman
istlS, a Nomeglan fishing steamship; » « , ‘ di Th C ,
land a Swedish steamship, have been ,announeed the f n . “3' i e 'ourt
. - . . tvoiced a stern protest. lint in spite of
,sunk by mines with the loss of twenty- ,. it t R w 6 continued ,
five lives. according to reports re-i.It '9 app ante a ‘
eeived here. l
7 . . - alapse as he heard the words of the
‘ “omega" vessel was blown up out foreman. He tattered a! he was told
lside the. Norwegian port of Stavanger
land eight fishermen were killed. . ‘7
The Swedish steamship sunk was: (Continued on Page Seven).
the Spliynx, of 1,572 tons. It was oh’ '-
its way from England to Sweden with — :
coal. and went down near Coquet 18'? ‘VANTS IWB'TflmnS '
Hand. off the east coast of Scotland.
{with the loss of seventeen members
Senator Fox W p .
State Express Itself on}
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of its crew.
fNflIlWlllfWN Hlilll
* ‘lN$l_ll,_fl_ll_illillNllS
Constitutional _ Amendm
. .. D' ‘ . ments
Nicholas lsesa Pacmg flhflmm “b. 6. Fox.
Charges Indicating Vio-
lation of Mann Act
of New ,
sion'of‘ the general assent
413(1qu 3 resolution to be submitted
bathe ngtymal congress o? the Unit-
ted' ”States. expressing C necticut’s
: ’ that all amendm, ta to the
3;: of the United
by two-thirds _
t‘ ur’fbt‘lhe . ‘ ' ‘
Senator Fox cum to this (1
after he had
made. a telling argument. against the;
senato's ratification of the federal!
BRlIXiEl’ORT, Feb. 6.—J§ ‘
with violation of the Mann ~
las Disesa of Norwalk was 1181- “.
$10,000 bonds by United State!
missioner Hugh J. Lavery. if '
port; yesterday. His father.
l
‘1 senate.
. i ' ‘o v
land the case was continued until Feb-item“luau n ' esterday
gruary 12.
; if. is alleged that the accused took:
ilvlthel Stoots to Charleston, S. C.. to . , .. '
.wnite Plains. N. Y., and to Port; ‘C‘m‘mued '3“ use 3mm"
itihester, N. Y., on different occasions!
The arrest of Disesa on Tuesday wast l
announced in Norwal kas the start of‘ ,
l
l
in campaign to eliminate certain unde-t
gsirable resorts in that city. The (“J
rest was made by Detective Sergeant I‘
iTllOlllHS I-lunt, Deputy United Statcsl
;l\larsllal.iaeger and Agent “'illianl;
§I.yn('h oi’ the Department. of Just
. tice.
ll
' married.
ibrt-ught
‘occasions previous to the first
is alleged that the accused ist
The girl alleges llisesal 1
her to Bridgeport. on several
tinle;AAnnual Event Will Be Big-
.‘slle was taken out of the state which!
was in ltllti.
of Norwalk represented the accused
before (lollllllissionenLavery yester»
This Year i
day. i
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l
, ,be held in the Catholic Club House oni
' . ' ,XVest avenue next “'ednesday at eight;
I
‘.
t to'elock sharp. l
l i The speakers for this year. as usual,'
.are of the high order of previous“
1 I-years. As previously announced. Jus-.
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i tice John “1 God of New York City,§
_ who is known as an eminent jurist.;
CI‘UlSBI'S Enter Elbe Eniand is a mall who has presided over'
__ ' ._ several famous trials, will 0 one of
Route to Hamburg Brit “he Speakers.
i ish Join in Work—Sever;
al Steamers Leave Koen-t
5*” ESlJNllil BENEFIT lull
SfllfllERS‘Al REGENT
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monllnued On Page Six, l
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l BERLIN, Feb. 5.——F0ur British and
American cruisers have entered. the
Elbe enroute to Hamburg to protect
steamers loaded with foodstufis, it was
reported here today. _
Several large steamers have left
lKoenigsberg, bound for London. 1
mugsfiivfmn. 6, leis-
MAINE Plinth Milli
found not guilty last night of the mur—a
der of his wife. ,The Jury had been;
’ l
Hall was in a state approaching col- .
—-S V alter a
' “ma '. be! the ses . .
M9 ’ % ends in- spirit of antagonism against Great Bri-
He said his understanding was,
‘ rwas not aim- '
that the British samba;
'ed at American in
Rliii
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Has Gone to London
BEMBBRATS ARE
'SliAlll’ESl ERlllfiS
iSenator ngis Warns Eng-é
land to “Beware the Spirit
of 1812”
“'ASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 6._riie
British embargo recently proclaimed
land soon to go into effect against cer-' w
'taln American products was vigorous-7 socia’ted I’rCSs‘l.—-—I\llieteeli small
ly assailed on both the republican and
democratic sides of the Senate yes-
terday. - '
The ‘debale began when Senator
Have ll'ecks, of Massachusetts, called ur‘his
resolution requesting the State De—
partment to inform the Senate what” the Soc
,5“, . has taken toliave the British. '
:govfiéenfi t remove the restrictions
iagwwfimerican trade. .
Seam? Weeks explained to the Sen-
te he did not offer the resolution in. a
that its ap-
llAUfiHlEll SETTLE]
_ [lllllllllflillllt
Son-in-Law Composer Says
He Had No Interest in
Disposal of $10,000
The $401000 suit brought by‘Frances
.. ...tlilll3 llllllllliitill "’illluslllilllltlls
daughter, Mabelle Shapleigh, and her
tson-in-law. Bertram Shapleigh, which
' l -
Attorney John J. Cullen! get and Better Than Everlwas tried asshort time ago in the Sufi BY SENATBR M
perior court. will be settled out oft ;
court, it was announced yesterday. Al-
. ,. ' {though the final papers of settlementi
Th" “VPNFSECOYM annual Lincoln ‘have not been signed it is understood; , .
[Day Dinner of the Catholic Club willnhm details haVe been agreed “bodied the followmg
Terms of settlement. were not
public.
Mrs. Carpenter claimed the defend-
ants induced her to deposit $40,000 in
Continued on fifth pace.
THREE'BRII’I‘HERS
dilutions
W'agoner Raymond Paddock of Bat-
tery D, 56th Regiment. C. ‘A. C.. who
received his discharge January 29 at
Fort Schuyler, is spending the week
with relatives in Ridgefield. \Vagoner
Paddock arrived in the United States
on the U. s. s. Sbuth Dakota after
H
illiACKSJFOUR ADDITION
BEES Pill?" Will "it SMAlllR POl’ERS
-llillll ‘ BY THE PllCE-CileERENCE V
t SACO. Mia, Feb. 6.43.“, H. itaiifR‘v‘Si’lntiGn ASkS State DE' 1' Poland, Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia and Greece Will Hold
partment What Protest‘
Swmva“ ”E g became known‘ tonight 'follmving a”,
made i
rwo cam-
Fair tonight and Friday.
a
Al “siiii ARE _ ..
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Them, Making Nine Seats for the Small Countries,
and Ten for the Five Great Powers
Eilll‘lIANl IS BANKRUPTANDTHEPEBPIE . »
ARE STAllVthi, SAYS llElll. till. lllllllls
; Tuberculosis Is Increasing, With Skin Diseases Due to
Lack of Nourishment and Soap ' '
‘ .—..
PARIS. \Vedllesday. Feb. 5 (As—
the executive body of the Society
of Nations. Wishing to meet. the
‘belligerent nations won definiteopposition of small countries,~
the Sll- which have resented their havmg
.recognition today front
filircme Council of the Peace Con-
. i'erence, which granted four addi-
ftiollal seats on the commission of
iety of Nations to lesser
countries. This gives the small
.pmvers nine seats on the connois-
,sion, which will frame the plan 3114 .;
'bccn exclude from the executive
body, England proposed to give
five representatives; altogether, to
. the five great powers, and two rep-
1 rcsentativcs for smaller countries,
Emaking the. membership seven in
“‘45!!!
ti‘or the Society. and ten seats fol Premier Orlando of Italy ap—
Etlle five great powers. l proved the British suggestion,
According to the decision. theisaying that he considered it would
smaller powers of Poland. Rip: give fair representatmn to all
mania. Czecho-Slovakia and icountrics, but, Leon Bourgems,
Greece will hold additional seals.lSpeaking for F rance. opposed the
This concession to lesser nations plan, pointing out that the nine— «_
" teen small belligeren ‘ V "
long session ‘of the commission on titled to larger representation.’He
film Society of Nations. which found Slippm'l for his ansertion.
President Vl'ilsoll attended. It England 3190 suggested a formula '
was. apparently. received with “1110}! Willfld lll‘l‘mIt her domin-
isnfisfflplinn by ”1,. “Han”. p(,“~.‘ions_to be. represented on the ex—~
let's. which felt their representa-‘Pelltlve bOdY-
lion to be inadequate.
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PARIS, \Vednesday, Feb. 5.-
Germany is pictured as “a. land of
Tonight‘s session of tlle' coili-
lnission lasted front 8:30 until af-
ter 11 o'clock. the chief point dis-
cussed being: the constitution of: (Continued On Page E131“)
C..... ..__. .._.. _.__,_
BllllllllSE WllSllN
' l
t .
Senator George. P. McLean introduc- 5 Accuse Him of Trying to
resolutions ill the; Force Naval Program on
i Senate yesterday: 1
Congress
The petition of the citizens of Mer-E
‘iden, Conn“ favoring the return of;
like 6th divisionv’of the American Ar-l WASHINGTON Feb. 6. Considera-
my in France, of which the 102ndifion by the House today of the an—
regiment is a part: the International inual naval appropriation bill brought
Moulders‘ Union of \Vaterbury. Conn...forth more criticism of President.
in favor of the retirement ot‘ Civil? .
.- . . . . WVllson, some members asserting that.
o “ .mm .0 were
hood of Locomotive Engineers of “Va-lgggnpfitlongfwgtgsxg lzkisgegbnggbgs
. . . N v ,3 3 ,g gla
telbul). Lorin, the 1 mild llumbers iinto his confidence as to events at...
. Paris, which made such legislation
(Continued on Page Five) ,necessary at this time,
' Discussion along this line followed
U. s. TO GET snaggggg mil" fimfiifééfazi “actuate:
AS PAYMENT F ‘
from the President expressing satis-
PARIS, Feb. 6.—-In establishing cre-
,dits under Herbert Hoover‘s plan for
{feeding needy European countries,
Continued from Third Page
Judge john H. Light
the ed here today, charged with being fug—.
tral distributing point for food sup.
plied to Germany by the Allies. Spar-
tacan uprisings have been reported re-
cently. Recent despatches said that
dock workers in Koenigsberg had re-
fused to permit departure of ships un~
til they had received certain conces-
sions.
NtlllWAllflfllIlefl.’S
ANNUAL MEEllNfi
. The annual meeting of the
holders of the Norwalk Lock Com-
pany was held at the ofiice of the
company at 2 o‘clock p. m._. yesterday.
The best of feeling prevailed at the.
meeting inasmuch as the affairs of the
company Were reported to be in a
most flourishing condition. The .fol-
com- lain Thomas Garrick, head of the Ho- lowing officers were elected for thei
ensuing year: President, M. .R. Mc-
Causland: secretary and treasurer,
George R. Barnum ; directors, E. Hill,
Wm. F. Bishop, H. B. Plumb, R. J.
Plumb, Edward Beard, T. L Rampant!
,c‘, Swarm, M 'R McCauslaud ,
Hamburg is expected to be the com“
stock- ‘
the United States will become a large
holder of foreign securities. The
food will be paid for in Italy out of
the $100,000,000 appropriation voted
by the American Congress, but none
of the nations to receive aid will be
hampered, and the value of the food
they get will be. fully covered by se—
lcurlties turned over to the United
States. Thus, America will have an
interest in such projects as the Prague
"liter works, the \Varsaw women
.niills and the Roumanian oil fields, un-
disappointed at the command to re'itil such times as these securities are
turn. l liquidated.
All three men-were originally VVil-t
ALLEGED SLAYER OF
nine months of active service at the
front.
Private Thomas Paddock of Com-
pany C, Field Signal Corps. received
his discharge from Camp Devens.
Mass, January,29. Private Paddock
entered the service July 25, 1918.
Corporal Arthur Paddock of Com-
pany B, 37th Artillery, C. A. C., re-
ceived his discharge from Fort Han-
cock January 28, 1919.‘ Corporal Pad.
dock was on the ocean when the arv
mistice was signed and was greatly
Norwalk residents are to be given
a chance to see an exceptionally fine
picture at the Regent Theatre on Sun-
day afternoon and evening, February
9, when the new patriotic production,
"Lafayette, W'e Come!” which has
caused much favorable comment ev-
eryWhere, will be presented under the
:auspices of the Benevolent and Protec-
itive Order of Elks of Norwalk. This
'sfory was read with great interest re»
,cently in «the. Evening Vt’orld. and is
‘considered one of the greatest stories
of the day.
(Continued On Pale Slxl
ton boys but have made their home at}
No..801 Main street, this city for a.
number of years.
THREE BURNED TO
.sues Windsor Lock
Man For $7,000 Damages
Douis Dorris, of West Norwalk. has
MANCHESTER. Conn,
William S. Miller,
POLICE CHIEF HELD
0n Suffrage Committee
At a regular meeting of the execu—
tive board of the Connecticut Woman
Suffrage Association held in Hartford
yesterday the complete list of the
‘Men’s Council of One Hundred was
announced. These men, who repre-
sent practically all professions and
vocations, have been advocates of the
principle of woman suffrage for some
ttime in their own communities.
1 Following are members of the Fair-
field County Committee.
1 —Cha.irma»n Hon. Clifford B. Wilson,
“lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
3 Senator John B. Dillon, Richard
_Howell, editor of the two "Heralds,"
fJohn '1‘. King, representative national
‘committee. Judge John H. Light, Arch-
Feb- 6.—— ibald McNeil of Bridgeport: Samuel
of West Haven, C. Shaw, state representative of Red—
ibrought suit for damages amounting
Rel/$7.000, as guardian for his daugh-
ter, Miss Willett Dorris. ,against John
D. Gordon, of Windsor Locks. . '
.The suitarose out of an automobile
accident which occured last Novem-
in. which the car driven by the local '
man who run tutoby “Gordon? can;
. i
DEATH AT HOBOKEN ‘
HOBOKEN, N. J .,
stove being dumped on
floor.
Feb. 6.-—-—Three
,men were burned to death in a fire
which SWept the upper floors of a
lodging house here last night. The fire
her between Hartford and Middletown was caused by burning ashes from a
a wooden
Fora time the flames flu-eat-
ened to spread to the citybull {across
was arraigned in local town court here ding, Homer 3, Cummings, democratic
yesterday, charged with the murder of national committee, and Judge Charles
William F. Madden, watchman of then), Lockwood, of Stamford, Dr. W, H.
Cheney Brothers silk mills who wast Afice of magefiela, Stephen Hoyt,
shot and killed here last Thursday state representative of Dan-fen, Charles
night. Miller waived examination, 4G. non-lg, , state representative of
and was bound over to the next March Newton, Ernest Thompson Seton of
term of. the Hartford county superio'r Greenwich, Harry B. Sherwood, state
court Ivy-lodge Alexander Amou. Ht normative, of Westmrt, John“
was committed to the 1111:9911} ml 0'5!“ a! molar: Irving Buchanan
than! .» g , * or W ' , ,
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