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out a Credit to the Clllll:
1!. m» illll‘lltlr'il every one of the
yuan Lincoln Birthday dinners.
b zliv l'alllnlic Club of Nui‘\\'tllk,l
is llll' best 0111' yrt," said the
puma-r at this big. annual event
hi. just tiller the clock in the
. across the way struck twelve.
' of tho old-(ilnr‘l‘s were inclined
’ with him. but oil ers Were of
: 'ou that “licrt- so high 1111 or-
collmtce had been maintained
rd in Ill‘dCt‘ one above anoth-
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itiilur went been lJI‘llt'l' lllflll<
lietlvr balance-d corps of
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tietors of Luxurious
ambling House——Never;
st Over $200—Guestsl
equested to Appear in
veiiing' Dress —— Tools
und Far; Loading Dice ;
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YORK. Feb. 13.4-Two men
said to have maintained "lux-
' ambling quarters on the upper
’ w. ilnll to liavc‘required their
"to \\'{‘ill‘ eroding ’dress. and
cords, actor
l evening's winnings as high
.090 and maximum .lOSSes of
'cre arraigned in court yester-
Ietectives had seized roulette
. loaded dice and gilt edged
listing socially prominent per-
;n various sections of the coun-
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ia school code providing fur the
"out of the schools by the
and of education and the com-
per of schools and leaving only
-rtant details .to the town and
t school boards. “I have never
it. 7101' seen it" he said.
-mb£-rs of the state board of edu-
n. appearing in differept cities of
state to discuss the now famous
lune given the impression, per-
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Erase All PriSeners,
Is W'omen’s Demand
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Feb. 1.“..~An International
5.4 Conference, at which dele-
rs. lim Fntt'nif‘ countries and
mi Powers WFl'e present,
resolution yesterday de«
Z all weir prisoners and
: > Hons he released.
' -lti"'l by the conference to,
. in President \‘r‘ilson
.Ili :Qpliiil'l for his peace
mm; :4. request the elim-
3>;i(~ iviideiicies in
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ding to the police.
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‘ NEW GENERAL
King Ferdinand Reported to
Have leen Slightly \Vound-
ed in Attempting to Flee
\Vith His Family
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DYNASTY llEllANiiEll
State of Siege Declared in
Hamburg Until People
Surender All Arms
BERLIN, VVednesday, Feb. 12. (AS-
sociaicd Dressy—A general insurrcc
tion is in progress throughout Ru‘
mania. according to a special dispatch
tron] Vienna. King: Ferdinand has
been .wounded slightly in attempting
to flee from Bucharest with the royal‘
in mi 13':
l \Vorkingiiwn blocked the roadway
from the roth’l palace when the royal
family atlcmplwl to flee to .iassy. and
iii kin: illld his family were forced
to return. The. king was wounded
winn the workers, according to
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ilEFEATBlALLlES '
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Bolshevik Forces Driven
From Captured Forts
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ARCHANGEL, Feb. 13.-—Bolsht-.Vili
forces have resumed the offensive in
the region of Sredmakrenga. For a
brief time last night the Bolsheviki
occupied several allied blockhouses
after penetrating the town. but they
by a British and
Russian counter attack. The fighting
continued today.
Patrol activity continues on the Ka-
dis-h sector. but the AmeriCan. British
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George R. Selleck, of Stevens st'r’ee‘t,
William McGlone. of Putnam‘avenue.
'and John Matthews, of Ff3nlglin‘ave‘a
nue, arrived at their respective homes
yesterday, after ' doing nearly two .
years‘ service as sailors on board ves-
sels of the United States; :Most of
the time the boys were attached to; yesterday/the once
the transport Amerika, and‘niade'nineilieadquarters of the I. W: W. and ar-
carrying ’rested'twenty—nine idlers “to see who
United States soldiers to France and'ithey were and why they were not
England to the capacity of the ship on fworking," an ofllcer
which ,nient agents professed no interest in
trips acrosg the Atlantic;
every trip. This is the boat
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’EXALTED RULERS
.. 'FILL ELKS
Several of the past exalted rulers
of Norwalk Lodge, No. 709, Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
filled the chairs at the meeting, last
evening. Bernard J. Reynolds presid-
(‘[l as exalted ruler, while John W,
Smith was the esquire, and James S.
“'hitney was esteemed leading Knight.
C. Irving Byington was the chaplain
and P. F. Brophy was Secretary.
1 A lodge of sorrow service was held
for the late Cornelius Buckley, and fit—
ting" tributes of respect were paid
his memory by the oflicers of the
lodge.
A nominating committee, consisting
of these past exalted rulers, and see
eral other members of the lodge. Was
appointed, and will report at the next
meeting.
The lodge rooms are being hund-
soiuely decorated for the fair, which
opens Saturday eyening. All ‘the
booths are in place, and are being fur-
nished by the ladies in charge. A large
quantity of war relics. arrived from
Bridgeport.- yesterday afternoon, and
will form part of one of the most‘in-
teresting exhibits ever seen in Nor-
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, .- lot the organization, -and v nearly 100
’ CH AIRS'others were convicted of conspiracy
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iiiili’iililiiuligiiogfilll is
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rotests Against Institution
Being Built Ne 1' Its Bor-
der—Osborn ,ants $5-
000,000 For [’1'
Concerns Already Chokei
Off Competitors—Big Mo-l
nopolies Expand—Whole-l
sale” Grocers Being Put;
Out of Business Throughi
Refrigerator Cars [P
“'ASHINGTON. Feb. Iii—Francis l}
llency. former counsel for the Federal l
Trade Commission. testifying yester-’
day before the House Interstate Com-l .
merce Committee, declared that with-l
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in ten years and probably Within five
the five leading meat packers would
control the entire food supplypf the.
Country and would be able to charge.
any price they desired. l
Mr. Heney said the packers had ex-,
tended their activities into so many?
fields that they have become it menace,
to the country; They now control the‘
cheese, oleoniargarine and butter mar-
kets, he. said, and rapidly are obtain-
ing a monopoly of a large number of,
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Would Put Prisoners. to
Work on Land ,Pay Ex-
penses —— Colon kinks
Crime Will Incrdfnse With
Prohibition “
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EGNNEETIEUT “EANTS‘. HARTFORD. Feb. livfilashing a
fcall for $5,000,000 for a 11 state pri-
' fson. the special commissl ,, on state
TM CAPTURFB- HUN ' prison site. headed by 001. N. G. 03.
born of the New Haven Journal-Cour—
, ‘ tier sprang one on the ampropriatlons
lcomm‘tttee yesterday afternoon here
'and almost caused that hardened body
ntry to faint. away. And thetfie are men
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Should Come Here, Says .
iniillions. 1
Gov.. Holcommelan to; It was a day set apart by the
{watch dog committee, of Which Sena.-
Place It 0“ BOSton com :tor Mead of Greenchh l8 (madman
man—Gen». Edwards Ask- land Rep, Eaton of North Haven house
, _ j chairman. to hear what there Was to
$3113) Have It sent t0 Hart gbe said about the proposed new prison
isite, and also to hear the vigorous pro-
mote» of Gov. Mot-cits H.‘Hoicomb ,, Wired mi ministry»
to secure for'IAConnecticut a 220mm: '
meter gun captured from the Germans: lAN MAL Ems
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by Connecticut “soldiers, but. which
has been assigned to the Boston Cour.
mon have. brought a. reply from Maj.-
Gen. Clarence R. Edwards that the
min “will stay on the Boston Com-i
won as a souvenir of the action of the‘
Yankee division." '
The gun is now at the \Vatertown
arsenal in Massachusetts. It was cap- '
tured by the first battalion of SIXteent
102ml United States Infantry on the.
Trugiiy-Epicd road on the. morning of.
22, the fourth day of the second1
battle of the Marne. after nearly the!
entire battalion —had been wiped out
by machine gun and artillery fire.
Mai-Gen. Edwards Was in command of
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Held in Arion Hall, Proves
to Be a Great Success .
The sixteenth annual prize mask
ball given by the Italian Social Club
was held last evening in Aria: Hall,
with a record breaking“ “romance.
the Twenty-sixth Division at the There were a We number of 003- 7
“me" ltumes of various styles an? 1the agntiir Asa S, .Foote Made Many _ , 3
(Continued On Page Six) fignggugfreat success soc a y an - ' Trips‘to Canada For Cattle Five Expensive Cars and
Svec's orchestra provided when: Wannng All the Way TWO Story Building Bum_ 3
ldance music, and the grand
lot $2.50 for the best lady's costume «is
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gent‘s costume prize of $2.50, went to
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busy general
High Wind Carries Brush
Fire Out of Control—Bry-
ant Place Barn Burned
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said. Govern-
the raid, although the police said the,
arrests were made with the knowledge i
of the Government. The I. “T. W.l
headquarters has seen little activity
since William D. Haywood, the head
east of the main road through White
and sent ‘0 Leav Oak Shade, Tuesday afternoon, and
enworth prison last
all. »
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ime they had the fire under control,
but an increasing wind started the
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Silver Dollars Shovelled
Last night the Colored Citizens of
Norwalk gathered‘in goodly numbers
at Knight Street A. M. E. Church. to
honor the life and character of Abra-
ham Lincoln. Patriotism and splritjnto a. fire
of the Civil War ran over the “top!
Brilliant and masterly addresses were
of Grace Baptist Church which the au-l
dience d not fail to punctuate atl
every a] usion to the dark, days of
slavery. Mr. Harris. spoke of God's'
purpose in the history of the nation in test
using the great apostle of freedom as mints last year. ' 2
his instrument and that he foresaw
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Iupon it, too who know something oi"
iiiVES MASK Bill
ltook place at 10 o’clock. The prize
NEW cANAAE— F5: 13.——A serious} ,
brush fire bmkeout-in the woods just
for hours the neighbors fought the
kinds of home made apparatus. For a
flames leaping and it crept beyond the
control of the fighters. A call was-
Into Fire at Mint Like Coal
PHILADELPHIA. Pa... Feb. 13.—
JPerspiring men shoveling silver dollars
with the same kind of a
"shovel ordinarily used to put coal in-
to a furnace and piles of gold and 3511- ,wages.
made by Revs. Edw. Harris and SimslVer coin ’and bullion amounting to
more than $400,009,000 were some or
the'unusuat things seen. at the Phila-
delphia Mint by the 'govemment’s As-
.say Commission, which today began to
the Cains made at the several
The silver dollara‘nre being reduced
the possibilities of the negro race. Mr. to bullion, The commissron is testing oi! the .Norwagian' coast, on Wednes-
specimens of 538,160,840 coins made in,
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ALIENS ARE Nlll I ,
Til BE llEPlllllEll
BYAllllllESAlE
Of the 6,000 Rounded Up the
i Majority Are Insane or
Otherwise Public Charges
-— No Connection With
Strikes in West, Says
Caminetti--Comparatively
Few Are Agitators
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Later the Bolsheviki,
“'ASHINGTON. Feb. I3.-—Anthony
Caminetti commissioner general of im-
migration, said last night that reports
of prospective wholesale deportations
of aliens were “unjustified.” It is es-
timated that about 6.000 aliens are to
to be deported. the great majority be-
cause “they are insane or otherwise
public charges," Mr. Caminetti said.
“Most of the remainder are diseased
or have been found guilty oi‘ oi}-
t‘enses subjecting them to deportation.
A few, comparatively. are agitators
Armistice
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Criminals
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Splendid Entertainment and
Address Also Given in
Honor of Lincoln’s Birth-
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cheater appeared before the legiisln-l Lincoln's birthday was celebratedt
tive judiciary committee yesterday in lvery fittingly in the Rowayton Bap-l
support of a bill that provides a pen- tint Church, last night, with a fine,
alty of $50 for‘ letting children. 'tejnbolnrly. addme
moving picture theatres not " "tiller and l- 9” mm.
pooled by an older python. Therel The address was delivered by the
was no opposition. ‘ > ‘ ' ‘ Rev. Henry F."Kastendieck, hot the
Senator Alexander Li. Deming orificwaytm WWW“ sshufehr W
Bridgeport appeared for a bill that ‘pmved unusually interesting, vary
mvldea.five years imprisonment ior;largely because of the novel way in‘
buying an automobile on a condition- {which the Great Emancipator was pre-
al bill or sale and then selling itisented to the audience. Mr. Kasten-
outside of the state. Under the pres‘ dleck had practically but a ,day to
eat statutes, it was said there is no prepare his subject, owing to the in-
remedy for this practice which has :abllity of the speaker originally en-
- tgaged, to appear, but the pastor had
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ed in Hartford Today
HARTFORD, ‘Febfi 13.—Fif_t.y high
priced wtohxoblles were destroyed
in his ninety-sixth year, . find the twoctory brickbufidiug at
He was born August 26th, 1823, in'No. 83mm leavenue melted by
(mafia, Mass, and came m connecu.;flr_e shortly after two_ o’clock this
cut. when quite a lad. He rived (for moi-mug. izf-‘tlte.autom.9b.fle. painting
‘many years in VViltqn'on the form now Shop "01' John'J.‘ 300.1187 :5 (30139311?-
ovme‘d by Daniel Aumack' on the The—damage is. estimated at 8259.000-
Rldgefield' toad, which he sold to John Exploding w.gaaolihe,.and heme.
Lockwood, now a resident of this city, the fierce‘heat from the burning build-
about halts century ago, . , ing and. the fact,tbat there was but
\Vhen quite a young man he entered one hydrint within til’most a quarter
into the business of a cattle drover, of a mile of the fire hampered the
making frequent trips to Canada and firemen may. Salvage 0‘ any
driving large herds down through New the cars was! impossible. The '3
York state. and the western. part 0! W3, sdiscovered by .PhIlip Roche,
.Aaa L. route. one of the oldest and
until very. intently one or the most ac-
tive re cuts oI-Norwalk. died at his
home. 7 Center avenue..th.la morning
lane
son
Connecticut, selling, lots of various .
sizes as he went. " ‘ (Continued 0n Pate mm)
1 The drove usually numbered at least -__._.__—
'. one hundred when it reached Nor-walk COURT LAUREL '
(continuedi On Page Eight) 1 HELD APRETTY
VALENTINE DANCE
ENGINEERS, UNION A 1 as t successful and well at-
TO TAKE STRIKE VOTE tendeliieVa‘lgntine dance was held last
evening in the Red Men‘s Hall on
Washington St., under the auspices of
Court Laurel, Daughters of Castile. A
prettlly decorated. hall, where the na—
tional. colors and large. red “hm
formed the decorative basis, a jolly
crowd and fine music all tended to
make the affair one of the most pleas-
ant ever held. . ,
Ensign Hugh Campbell and Joseph
McMahon favored with a-number
excellent vocal solos. One 0: the most
enjoyable features of the evening was
I. W. W. body, to strike in sympathy the “Valentine Dance.” Every Judy
wjth thelr members who quit work last and gentleman was supplied with one-
P‘fiday infprotest Of a I‘édUCfiOIl initial! of a Valentine heart on. which
(was printed a number. When the cor-
’responding numbers were matched.
loouples were formed and the dance
E lproceeded.
‘3 Miss Ethel Callahan was in charge
‘of the entertainment and is congratu—
lated on the succwsfnl results-attem-
éd. Miss Myra/Lac ably presided over
the ice cream and cake bomb and was
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 13.—-The En-
tineei‘s' Union, one ofthe most pow-.
'erful in this field, early today voted to
take a. referendum next Saturday, to
decide whether it would go on strike
in sympathy with the striking miners
here. The engineers are aifilTEfed with
the American Federation of Labor.
The union has been requested by the
Butte Metal Miners’ Union, an inde-
pendent organization, and Metal Mine
Workers’ Industrial Union No. 800. an
DUTCH STEAMER
STRIKES A MIN
CHRISTIANIA. Feb. 13.—The Dutch
Steamer Riek, Rotterdam to Bergen,
struck n'mine and sank thcee miles
and has en’s egtrggwanpmtim
7' jet! :43!th " ‘ ‘
day. ,_ The crew was saved
landed CW
.me.
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AMERICAN tinnitus.
Strong Attacks in the Region of Sredmakrenga,
tired to theSouthward, Abandoning Offensive Move
lNSiIiiAliill iii iilniuinniiivmi ‘
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Erzberger Will Demand That the Allie
New German Government in the
%a.n $109116“,- 8519' .
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{lie meeting be . at;
‘bration of the cusionflzjhav- '
work. of the Peace; f wed
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popular throughout the evening. row-
an?” .
HARD-PRESSED
BRli.l§_li__ AND RUSSIANS
Which Had Been Launching
Re-
s Recognize the
Renewal of the
Attt‘liANoEli, Wed, Feb. 12
(Associated Press).—-:Americcn
reinforcements, marching rover
thirty miles of a. fox-ed. trail,
machfid the hard”;
and ussians in“ e
Sredmakrcnga, yesterday. The:
result Was that the Bolshcwku
who had been launching strong:
attacks in this region, retired to
the southward, apparently alum-t
doning their ofl’ensive move.
The Bolslieviki, evidently learn.
ing that they would be cut off. in
the rear. withdrew before the.
region 0
Americans reachedSrcdmakrenga. . __
Conditions on other sectors of"
the Northern Russian trout were <
'llnnhanged today.
BASLE, Switzerland; Heb __ 3.———-
"Kfirl meek. miraculous; slip:
vik emissary who h3§.m 913cm»
ed by the German authorities of...
being an instigator of numerous:
radical outbreaks in German ter-
ritory, has been discovered and.
arrested by (the Berlin police, ac»
cording to' at Berlin dispatch to-
mystery for some time.
BERNE, Feb. 13.—-—As a result.
of a long conference between Ma—
lthias Erzberger, member of the»
German armitice commission, and
various ministers at Berlin on
Monday, it was decided, accord- ‘
ing to the Frankfort Zaitung,.
‘that Erzberger will demand that '
the Allies recognize the no
_ w Ber-'
lint government when he ‘
meets:
ithc Entcnte‘ito negotiate a renew?—
al of the armistice. .-; . » _,'
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reply to a‘ delega‘hon.’ ‘ « :
tten:
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French Associatiofivof'. -. ‘7 r
of Nations. which Manda; "
upon-him, Preside!“ Wilson 1
.known forma
this intention rm .
laftcrrgoing to W _
,closing session of gt fjglncncani
iCongress.
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“Rance
t Inthis reply thug. resident says
he accepts the suflJ‘t~ ion “13,91:
ter his return to Parlors .
' .- rabble-
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‘3 been
In ‘ilflon’s
proSpective dcpartune from Paris
on Friday night and his (smut-kl.-
tion from Brest on Saturday. It is
known at he is planning to re.-
turn t nee on March 15.
Official circles now believe that
the Peace Conference will be able
to complete its worhgby June 1.
PARIS, Feb. l3.——-The cummin-
sion on the Society of Nations re-
sumed its sessions at 10:30.0’cloek
«this morning, with a full attend-
ancc of the members, to receive
the report of the dratt'mg com-
mittee. It was hoped to reach 3
final adjustment at today’s sitting-
If this hope is realized, it may-
psssible to submit the plan to a.
plenary session of the Peace Com
fox-once on Friday.
‘ WA RSAW, Wednesday,
The arrangement
be
i Feb.
2 12 (Associated ‘ Pms).——-Baln'he—
i‘vik forces , have occupied ‘zelivn,
between Bialystok
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day. His whereabouts had been a- .
lly for. the ingest-glue.
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