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:V‘ZRIII DIVISION
Nlll I0 BE HOME
[ORR TIME
SRPPERRANCE
_ Li CRPPOIII.
,— 3 RIIROIVEDIOR
Nothing Has Yet
Heard of Young .iitney;
llriver W'ho Disappeared, From General March, the
Last Friday i Chief of Staff
fSAIIINIi HA8 ,
Haven, Receives Word
Elm EEEEEiEi . 7
RISE MISSINE,
Police {lane—Big; SearchingIPerShing Did Not Give Feb.
For Him Since Saturday;
Afternoon—Trial Sched- . E
For Debarkation
ulcd For This Morning ' ' "
. __“_ NEEVV HAVEN. Feb. 18.n-Tlle 26th
' :Nuv the slightest infomla'tion has ‘lIV‘SIOP' New England National Guard.
1‘ been received as (0 the fate or of which the 102nd United .States
'~.t"ou o! vhung Charles Coppola. of Iiantry ‘5 a. unit. WI“ not sail from
Bunion street who has been miss- Fran-co on Thursday, as has been pro
- {mm this citv since 1 o'clock last viously announced. for as a matter
’ ' * ‘ “‘ or fact. the division, according to a
The. continued ab- . .
‘ telegram received by’Mayor David E.
ay aster-noon.
.,, -' I'.- . : ,,,, " ~ .
m. .IIIDIiIn-difdin: J‘;?:mdi:33pégfi lzilzGerald last night from (leneral
, - “This to (outing-e boil) the police [II-VIII" (' )Ia‘IZCII' .CIIIH (II stall, war
m“, “,5 family that he has been the department, Washington. will not be
. H‘, m! m" foul play. Arthur Pratt. oi‘ rt-licvrid from foreign service for “sor-y
iburipn, Mu.) was arrested on Friday “‘I months."
I’l‘hc toll-gram from General March
caused considerable disappointment.
.»..—; City While trying to se“. the liot‘only to the city's chief executive,
,.,,._. i"—:liazl's'ncw Maxwell car for but to all who learned last night 0!
..,’ has am, disappeared. .mu ’hud tilt} change in. the reported plan of
L released by the New York au~ sending the diVisiop home. Only last
«2‘» under bonds of 31309 f(,,._bnlvii'ti:iy visjwas announced that (ion-
lgpparanco in the court this morn- 'M“
in answer to (5'3 charge of theftu
'willz'ned to his home in inrien onf
"21.12;::ZiZI.,§:..-;Z:l'i:l,”""“’,PRESIDENT’SSill?
NEliiilEizuEEs
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‘ - \VASI-IINGTON. Monday. Feb. 17. (As-
‘ ‘ sociated Press).—-President Wilson's
:' “moon at i o'clock. three hours ai-
r i’i‘mpolu was last set-ll. in New
(Continued on Sixth Page). _
S. SAILRRS WEI]
ship is seven hundred miles on its
7 .. . homeward jOurney, and is running fast,
inziiicen Members of Gun- '
boat Scorpion’s Crew Will
Remain in Turkey
bably will be passed tomorrow.
a Mr. Wilson contiues th‘e enforced
rest which has been prescribed by
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his
physician. and has taken little exer-
of ciso so far on the trip. After the
night of smart winds and choppy
seas, the ship ran into warmer and
quieter waters today, and made good
oxenthe
I\‘.’ YORK. Feb. iii—Eighteen of
7 ’3-«i2x members of the crew
rain-«l $237.95 gunboat Scorpion.
i at (‘onstantinople from April
'~.. until .last November. married
~. mum-u and have been left be- time. with balmy weather.
southern route. Members of the pres-
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Beengl'layor Fitzgerald, of New
EEEiilEui—EE,
20th as the Definite Time
in
down toward the Azores, which pro-‘
IRANRURY MAN IS
REFUSED EIEENSE
Billgllllllllllllll
ICapitelli Improper Person,
Stoeckel Rules—Two Oth-
er Cases Heard
I “Be is an imprbper person to drive-
lan automobile, and I will retain his li—
,cense," declared State Motor Vehicle
Commissioner Stoeckel yesterday at-.
ternoon after listening to testimony mi
ithe case of Adam Capitelli of Dan-
ibury. It was charged that Capitelli's
lcar knocked down George Hewett of
,«Norwalk, while the latter was trying,
to cross the street in this city. Tfiet
accused driver did not. appear when‘
;his caSe was called, which caused the
commissioner to remark, “He doesn‘t
IIN INVII IIIINIII
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lHEwmlEmllEE
Senator From Idaho Says He 5
Can Never Agree ‘With ‘
PresidentWilson Over the’ witsnmc'rox. Feb. 18.—The om.
Constitution ofthe League
,stand much chance of getting his lit.
:cense again." ‘
i The commissioner decided. to re-,
Istore the license of Joel \Nah‘lquist of‘
\Vestport. whose machine crashed in
Ito George E. W'allace’s car at
accused drove.
he approached the corner. H ’ said a
tool shed on the corner"bloc ed his
fiew. The commissioner said there
was so much conflicting testimony
that he would let the civil courts de-
cide who was liable for the‘damage
to \‘Vallace's machine.
Charles l-libbian of Stamford was
givon his license again, it had been
held by the commissioner since Janu-
ary 1 last because Ilibbian was arrest-
ed for driving without proper markers
on his car. He said he had obtained a
new machine and did not know he had
to procure different markers.
guns-Elli inn
WillIiAXllllllliERS
:Revenue Bureau to Hun
3 Each One Out and Exac
; Full Punishment
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. How does
Uncle Sam deal with taxdodacrs? This
,inquiry. which was prompted by tho.
severe penalties provided in the new:
revenue bill, has broughr from Com-f
missioner' Daniel C. Roper a frank}
statementas to the Internal Revenue;
Bureau's attitude toward those who;
attempt to evade taxation. i
“Any person who deliberately con-i
ceals tax liability, or who falsifies a
return in order to reduce or. efade any
internal revenue tax. or who deliber~
ately abets such concealment or fraud.
finds arrayed against him the entire
strength of this bureau pressing for
the full .civil and criminalmenalties.
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.mmsl. qubem .5. Babbitt of idential party anduhe troops on board That is the attitude toward the tax-
,mmfl N. .Y.. former commander shed their over-coats and exercised on- dodger, expressed in one ‘ sentence.
M. ,lxfimmh who arrived here to- the decks in the brilliant sunshine to:
WIIII forty other umbf‘l'SrOf the day. ,
mat-car‘s crew on the ltalian steamer - The returning troops are very happy
;_ 3. 1“,. A new crew had been at getting a taste of sunshine' and
g the gmpmed man “on warm Weather after their sojourn on
r Hm. armistice was signed. I “I” mud flats 0f Brent;
3 President “'ilson will pmbably do
some work the latter part of the voy—
age and will probably decide 'on the
successor to AttorneyGeneral Thomas;
Conz‘mued on Sixth Page
bly be announced after his landing at:
TEAMBARININS ,
NAMED Hill BEE/E...
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GENERAL KENLY AIS
Captains and ‘Workers W'ill, WRECKE“ IN STORM
Canvas City For Funds' NEW },I,,LM,L1PHIA_
W. Gregory, whose name will proba-I ‘
Whether he is a moonshiner. a steal-
thy, tralIicEer in habit-forming drugs,
a juggler of income figures. a delin-
‘quentvin making the sworn return the
law requires, or a revenue violator of
any other kind: the Bureau is charged
with the duty of hunting him out and
exacting the full punishment provided
in the law.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
RED CROSS NURS
WILL MAKE ADDRESS
The February meeting of Norwalk
Chapter, D. A. R.. will, be held in the
parlors of the Clifford Hotel Thursday
afternoon at three o'clock, the follow-fl
t
. Ohio, Feb. in ladies actin as hostesses: Miss
FOl' SerVice-Nicn Recep- 18.~~»Tlic airplane carrying Major Gen- Aliza Irene Hoytg. Miss" Lina Couch.
“on cl'al \lilliam ‘L. Kenly. Chief of Mili- Miss Minerva Nash, Mrs. William H.
‘ ILI‘IrI Aeronautics from Washington to Swords, Mrs. Stanley ‘Smith. Mrs.
’1'} (m, “4" h”... l ‘d m in d.“ _"‘l1'11.‘-bll‘9. was forced down by a. (arner, Mrs. Kate Hunter and Miss
. ‘P "“' _. “ a. _° ‘r film‘s-‘01“! t\\o miles northwest of Sarah LeWis
‘III-I‘I'HI‘ ‘ I. (IIIIIIIfIII‘I have. “ETD IIII' I]??? , yesterday aflemoon. The The program will be of unusual in-I
. ‘IIrZI' HIIIIIIILI direct the campaign machine struck on its nose, overturn- forest as Miss Madeleine Jaffray a
4" itll’fcwm! 0t funds for the re- ed and was a total wreck. Neither Red CIross nurée, who is to speak, was:I
Jillltlfi EU rhe soldiers, sailors and ma- was injured.
5- '2 t'l 3'1”“;th zkllfl “'ilion in one The arlny chI_ ['3‘ were en route to
' and within a few days the Columbus to attend a banquet when
flit“ tear: Will be last night in honm. of h ’
'Wleil“ Edward Rickenbacker. America's ace.
than; :‘uplflil’h‘ and the solicitors They left here in an automobile for
; sent,- :Lh the rm! connecting link Dennison. where they took a train for
. ml» the public of Norwalk and Columbus.
w-rtzic st-rvice mom who have al-
~ ..'ll-"ti or will return shortly.
v’:"-’)~.'l in this community. is
Continued on Sixth Pace
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'mu of workers
«l.
:h,
STRIKE PICK—Ed‘s
LESS NUMEROUS
LAWRENCE, Mass, Feb. 18.“
Sillke pickets were not so numerous
about the big textile plants here to-
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vat-13m; MiNIS’i‘ER
Captain-r
wounded on the battle front by a Ger-I
man shrapnel. [She is sent cit-by the
Speakers’ Bureau 01‘ the American Red
Cross. .
Sir William Orpen Painting '
. Portrait of Mr. _,"ilscn
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PARIS, Feb. .18.—The peace confer-
ence portrait of President “’ilsonf is
to be painted by‘ Sir William Orpen.
the British painter. The President is
understood to have'promised to give
Sir William a sittingIas soon as he re-
turns from the United. Colonel E. M.
l 2ij if} 33:23:55}, ‘1" 8,031!) day a: on previous days of the strike House also is to be painted by Sir
. :'~ U, ,, «a- .I 7 to en orce demands for. 54 hours' pay William. ' '
I" “A" E thlierD for 48 hours’ work. and 'there was Theotficial picture of the ones con-
__._....._._ little interference with those .who ference which Sir William 3 painting
‘- lb. —t“ount von Brock- went into tho-mills“ Only two arrests is progressing well. He is stillworko
1. m.- German Foreign were made, two women being chargeding on the background. an" not: :0
:93; 3...], according to a with intimidation... Mill’oflicials .saidwthe figures Hawaii) and
' wand: to the Vossische theta largejparto lisEngifi alt era! '
~. =-: Berlin. There isno , £11768 were» 013k} -
y 7 can? ‘ 0.
v... 'rmu other sources: ~‘
‘Ntli-iiliilNE
4 William
Fain -
field and Howard avenues Decemberf
3118 last. and Wallace testified that the-
recklessly. Mlablquistl
admitted he didn’t sound ”whom 115‘
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him agree with thetm pf the
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Did Not Wish mica: Con
fidential Info-mu the
PresidentéMightefiave ,
WASHINGTON. Feb” .18..——Benator.
Borah. of Idaho. has island to be ear-.1,S
cused from attending the dinner av
the White House tat-Which Presidcnti
Wilson will discuss with;~ members of E
the Foreign Relations Klonimi‘ttee. of.
Congress the Constitution of the pro-i
posed League of Nations. i
4 In a letter to Secretary Tumulty.
Senator Borah said it was the custom;
to hold in confidence any information'
received at such a gathering, and that
he was not willing to be bound to si-
lence on such an important subject on
which he and the President disagreed
fundamentally.
He added that nothing could make
League as it unwound. -
White House metals 'Ifld no other
uember of the committeesdud declin-
ed the President‘s invitation. and that.
it was understood. all the others
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
nEEuimuN T0
lNlllIlRYlllllllZ
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aluminum
Lum property in East
Chatham. New Jersey. by Anthony Ru-f
zicka of Madison. extensive. improve—
ments to the property and the Rose
houses located upon
are contem lat-
.. . The fit
of the propertyldxanmwec ‘ in
the office of the Mon-is County'clerk.
Tlié‘propefty cps Wind
zicka from
which was one of,
Mr. Lulu at the tink- lie fil
tion in bankruptcy, more than (a year.
Bago, and was bid in by the banking}
'concem. which made an efiomo op-;
gerate ‘ibo Rose houses. but with
'ANAEE—msiiiu
MEIER- SWEEP
Secretary Wilson Says Na-
tion’s Housecleaning Is
Not Confined to I. W. W.—
; Labor Union Is Rebuked—
Deportation Mild Punish-
ment for Activities of For-
eigners So Treated
I
eminent policy of deportations of un-
desirable aliens was disclosed in de-
tail last night when a letter written
by the. Secretary of Labor to the
president. and secretary of a microme-
ter lodge of Brooklyn 3 member of the
international Machinists Union. Brief-
ly the policy being followed and to
be followed is not to deport aliens
merely for becoming members of the
l. W. W. but to deport all aliens who
preach or practice anarchy. destruc.
tins: of the American Government or
'any part of it, .massiuation ‘ of our;
cialx and the iikefiwhether they
‘I. \V. W. members or not.
are
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Entered t th South on. Foot W (JOHN . TUE ' . a:
Office as 8.060“; Clan alum-{k BOUT, a non m n. SDAY, FEB. 18, 1919 Fair tonight and Wednesday. Two 0:!” ...»
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GERMANY PRIIIESIS AGAINST
HARD TERMS AND Hills ‘10 l .
* [ISIIH HIER IIIIII
Protests Against Being Forced to Evacuate Poland, De-
livering German Fortresses to he Poles and Abande-
oning the German People There
EERMANS SIGN THE NEW ARMISIIEE, Bill
DESIRE A‘NEW FINANCIAL TREATY ANNIE?
a
Now Has
M That Defeated Nation ,
Statement, ade _ Are Not of-
”
' Morale
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BUYSRWRBRSESI INIIIEIIEIIIIII‘II
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Sherman Bursts Into Rhyme
With the acquisition of the Samuel; to Express Opposition
Main
ed by (he new ow
. than us
lliadisoli‘ st Co;
the c
the‘
grip of i-
Continued on Sixth Page
lNATIONAL SONG NVEEK
STARTED IN NORWALK;
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“The National \Ve‘ek of Song" wasl
poor I
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“’ASHINGTON. Feb. 18.—Senator
Sherman, (Ill.) lapsed into "poetry"—
the Walt Mason brandeyesterday in
up pttack on the pork in the pending
rivers and harbors " bill. Senator
Sherman apologized to Walt Mason
and then fanned: ’“ '
T ”Every one can see by the dawu‘s
early light the millions that gleam in
dem 0f~thc log rcller's sight, while‘the creeksf
”and the bayousand frogponds galore
Continued on Sixth Page.
THR ”
- WITH MURDER
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STATE lEfilSl‘ATURE opened last evening at the NOTWMKIHODOKQI‘I Trio Arraigned at
High School‘auditorium when a fine
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Senator Williamson Opposes
a Special
Investigate Trolley Road;
Matters
HARTFORD, Feb. l8.—‘Opposition toI
legislative inquiry into the trolley
road problems in the T‘state was indi-
cated in the General Assembly today,
when‘ Senator Williamson, of Darien.,
had the bill to create a special com-
mission? to conduct the inquiry tabled
for a few days. The point he made’
in asking Senate courtesy in thirte-
spect was that the Public Utilities
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Commission to were featured last evening.
lowing is the program presented:
ta," "Old Black Joe,”
Sweet Song," “My Bonnie Lies Over
rogram of song was given. Commun-I
icy singing and songs by children from 1
he various schools about the city}
The fol- I
Valentine Song—Grace Stewart and
. Patsy Tardella.
Duet—Norma Gilbert and Hazel
YMalkin.
_‘Solo—-Frances McGuirk.
Manatee—Earl Brotherton, Jesse
Allen, Emma Davis, Theresa Troy.
Solo—Lillian Erickson.
-Quartette-Helen Brennan, Irene
Knapp. Beatrice Kein, Flora Hopkins.
, CommunIty Song:
"America," "Sweet Afton," "Juani-
"Love's Old
complicity in the killing of Capt.
Manchester in the Madden
Case
MANCHESTER. Feb. 18.-Murder.
was charged against John Neuss. “’il-
liam Bessler and Michael McDonald.
who were brought here from New
Jersey, when they were presented in
the local court yesterday for alleged
liam F. M‘adden, a watchman at . the
Cheney ‘ Brothers ‘ plant,
ago.
Neuss was brought before the court
first and, after entering a plea of not
guilty, he was bound over to the su-
perior court. Later, Bessie:- aud Mc-
Donald were called and they pleaded
not guilty and Were each held to
hearing in the local court on March
It is expected that at this hear-
ing the ‘state will‘ endeavor to find out
200,000 Men Under Arms and They
EE MEN EHARfiEIl
Bill! the preliminary peacetreaty.9.211:fol-.-T
a fortnight I
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. I’ARIS, Feb. is.——Wb'en the. ‘ f"
IGcriInaus came to sign the terms of;
the new armistice, says a-‘Havu~ .1135
dispatch from Treves. Mammal);
Erzbcrgcr handed to Marshal .
Foch a‘ twenty—three page memor-
ial, in which it was attempted to
justify Germany's attitude, it be- ‘
ing maintained that she had done.
her best to‘meet hcr obligationS.
He also gave the. marshal a mem',
oraudum from Pbilipp Schema?
mam], the new‘ lerman chancela
lor, complaining of the increasing '_
hard terms forced upon Germany
and protesting against tllEIGel'i‘
mans being: forced to evacuate
il’oland. delivering, _, ,rman--t£ortm,,g,,,,.
Ircsscs to the. Pole? I donations} ,
ing the German people Were.- A .I,
demand was made that the. Allies 1
require the Poles to cease their at-
tacks against the Germans.
This last request has already
I
gl)
eon complied with, a telegram f“:
having béen' Sent to \Va‘rSow
from Paris last night. “i
I The special commission of the 9.
Supreme Council, charged with
drafting the terms of a definite-
armisticc which will hold good un-
til the peace preliminaries are:'
signed, has almostcompleted its
task, and it is possible, says a Ho— .7
vas report, that Marshal Foch
will be able to notify the Ger»
:mans on Thursday or Friday of
the military and haval terms»
which will be essentially those of
I
(lsmunde‘rstood that the terms with I.
include clauses by which Germany .
will be allowed to'mailntain only
25,000 men under arms? to keep '_
order. All war material beyond
what is necessary to equip these .
troops would, according to a re-x,
port, be placed under control of- ; " ‘
the Allies, who would also hold‘ 't
gGermany's munition factories. 1
spite of the governor’s
He did not argue the point, but
ion.
(Continued on Page Eleven) ‘
Work and not a Special commission in
recommends:
merely asked for time in. which
obtain facts incidentally referred to in
the report of the Public Utilities Com-
mission on trolley company conditions.
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ANTI-WIRE .
'Allill comings}...
Commission. a 1115th paid body, had. " “C I
all the essential facts upon which 10 3:: (6:22?" 0mmme the Gem OI
base "such an investigat{93’_fnd “9'. -—————-——-‘—----- Ifi
patently it was the body to do The COLORED CHAUFFEUR I
James Henry Street, a well-known
ter seven o'clock this morning, and;
fell against the iron railing, cutting
is head badly over the right eye.- .
Levi J. Cooper, another colored man, ‘
f ‘3'" Knight street, saw him fall and
Patrolman
dams, who had been notified of the
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ODESSA, Thursday, Feb. 13.",
The anti—Bolshevik army oftlen-g
oral Denikine has reached the
Caspian Sea, having advanced 300
versts and captured 31,000 prison-
ers, 95 guns and eight armore
trains. ’ ,
‘ In the. victorious advance, Gen-g
eral Denjkine’s army scattered a‘
Bolshevik froce of more than
100,000. Bolshevik war material
in railway _
for a distance of thlrty
was captured.
By his Victory in the Caspian
t
ableito turn‘his
Do . gm th .Ipositnion‘of
E ime and the two carried the uncon-
cious man to Cooper’s home, where
e quickly regained consciousness, and
efused medical assistance. ‘
He said he was subject to these at-
.leS. but had not had one recently.‘
d , DISTILLERS HOPE—
TO WIN ELECTIONS
CINCINNATI. 0., Feb. 18,—Referen-
Kregzion General Denjkine will be gan,.Missourt."Nebx-asko. Nevada, New
.attention to the norm.
30511011,:
Ohio, Oregon, Bean and Wash:
which of the 'men actually took part,
GETS A BAD FALL If“
'in the court room a flash light photo-
. graph was made of them addBessler
00‘0“" “951““ Who '3 employed as almost fell out of his chair. He later mall armistice commissioners to
a chauffeur by Mrs. Annie L. Raymond exhibited signs" ’
at 22 North avenue, was seized with a ness.
hinting spell while walking up Knight
, treet from his residence on Riverside
avenue on his way to work shortly af-
Effort Made To
LONDON, :Monday, Feb. l7.-.
. One of the notes presented by Mag
thias Erzberger‘, one of the Ger.-
the shooting. '
While Bossier and McDonald were
0" extreme “ermus' Marshal Foch at Treves on Fri-
day complained of the failure of ;‘
the Entente Allies to commences;
_ . 7 . negotiations at Spa» for a financial; .
Locate MISSllIg SOldler treaty With Germany, according I:
In an efiort to learn something con
cerning the fate or’ whereabouts of
her son, Private Frank E. Scofield,
Company E, 103d Infantry, 26th Divi-
sion, A. E. F.. Mrs. Rachael Soofleld.
his mother. of 56 Fort street. East
Norwalk, has communicated with the
"The Right-About," a live newspaper
published for the soldier—patients at
the Debarkation Hospitals, Nos. 1, 3
and 5, New York City..This weekly,
Which has a wide circulation, fea-
tures a column, "The Port of Missing
Men." for the benefit of the relatives
and friend's-of soldiers whose wherea-
bouts is unknown. The relatives of
the missing men communicate with
this paper, sending the names, regi-
dum elections Will be sought in four- mental address and' last information
_ teen states of the Upton on the Feder- as to the location -
cars which stretched al Prohibitionamendlnent, the Nation- sought, and it is published in this 001- these matters were not. settled, it,
miles also al Association of Distillers and Whole- unit: with a request ‘
7 sale Liquor Dealers announced here
wday. The states are: 5,1221an.031' any information of the man or ev-
iiornia, Colorado, idaho, Maine. Michi- en the faintest, clue as to
of the' person
to all soldiers
reading the article that if they'havc
present
aha. man that
. mm a...
location or the fate-of
they notify the main
muu .7 talked
to German ,wircless dispatck'.‘=
pick (1 up here. Erzberger point?
ed out, according to the messagcgt-t
that the arrangements made by-
thc Entcntc called for a beginning
of the negotiations on February
12, and that the German daisies
were at Spa to commence work. ,,
He said it would be necessary,*=‘%
in connection with placing the
German commercial fleet at the
disposal of the Allies, to reach an
agreement regarding the amount
and price of foodstufis to be, sup~
plied Germany and concerning tho
manner of payment, accordingto
the message. He declared that, an
was impossible to give instruc
tions to the commercial fleet, for,
“however anxious the Ger
government is to fulfill it.
cm. is. ’. ‘_ its aim
Norwalk Chronicler