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Entered at the South Nor-walk Post
Office glamour] Clan Matter.

Rlll ISIAND I

IIGGED BlflllCE EOR BODY

rilay Afternoon Spent With (2

rappling Irons But

’ With No Success~llruuging Continues Today

Erin’s. BASE manila UNTIL

IIUNEAY BY

PERMIT [lE COUNSEL

‘olicc Attack Pratt‘s Alibi—Love Affair Enters Mystery
But Clue So Far Bringr .~: No Results

on; lrlillltl Sound in tho Vicinity of
it: Island has llrauzvd )’l‘Sll'l‘-l:l)’
“l'lllilil‘l in (m effort to locate thi-
Ij» UT' l‘ll-‘Ll'ltl‘l (‘(l}lpfld‘hllll’ llilll‘tt‘t-n-

u olu jitnrur. oi this city. who has

i; illl:.~'lll: sincw th. Htli. At the

. .w timl- a thorough search of the
on: was conducted by Sergeant

‘x'nc lli, ol the Hull: police. to~

\xiili liopnly Slit-rill Edgar ll.

"'.'r\ of \Vestport. and Constable.

I .lt‘lltv l-I. Bunion. of Itarit-n.

..-ls2 moon: .'\~si>‘l:lllt llistlict .-\t~
r.» 'il'\ .\ill~l'l lC l‘neo-r. ot Nl-w York
.1...t Ill: I‘ll‘it‘> .\.lll:~4ll'ull:‘, and An-

. ‘.il r in this l‘ll_'\‘ .‘lilll i-vl‘v'ynnv
of .hv illlliY‘Eth' local jitneurs were

noted into police lo-aulquallcrs whvrv-

’ -\ Ht illlfm'lltllt‘ll iiilli .l‘il llh—i.‘

't‘>-liul‘iil}’ and evidence of the rela-

Iwus o: .\rlhur \l'. l’ralt. of llaricn,

..-.l t oppola \Vl'l't‘ taken by tlo- author-
< and u. shiloutaplwz hrouuh: horc
fail, l'tl'n‘l‘.

,H cal hours _\i S'l'l'tiity

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ailer-
.. ...e' police cumin-ll Ill" hml 0t :1
,. inlet that stalls the muggy arm
‘. ' on. known as l‘latl‘s' island.
:- lmpc of recovery thi- body ol‘

owl“ The officials of both New

. :mil (‘onneclicut cooperated yes.

‘ o and with grappling irons detec—

iimggmt the cove but with no
It'.1t:\\rll sand of
'; Il'oin the cottage 01. Arthur \V.
:l-r- Joplin: of a blood stained

It va’cr's edge, combined
that you“: l'l'all was
New York on ill“

the shore

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allele,
t oppola > ll}~;tppI'.-i":ixtt'e.» tiy-‘

in: to disposi- ol‘ Coppola‘s auto .io-
lillt" prompted the police to drug: the
(«We on the theory that Coppola was
murzli l't'd on the island and his body
thrown into the Walt-r.

Detective Scl‘geanl Thomas Hunt.

who has been investigatini,r the case'
to ,
Richard Hend- '

since February ll. also went out
llll' island with Capt.
ricks. They spread grappling

and dragged around the island.
=\\‘ilh no result. The water for

irons
l)ilt
[lily

feet away from shore is shallow and.

bottom can easily be sccu. The dc-

H‘~t'li\t‘s “cut out in small boats and.

I‘chd around the shallow waters. bill
found no trace of the body.

The search will be continued today.
The police feel confident that (Sappo-
ltl's disappearance was due to some-
thing that happened on
'l‘hi-y believe. the soveral stories that
hau- been told by cottagcrs who saw
an automobile
out from Darien to the
mull this lllvnl‘)‘ as more
that t‘oppola was beaten to death at.
some lonely spot along the Boston
Post. Road on the way to New York.

Investigate Pratt's Alibi

'l‘hc.allbi given by Pratt and his
.lirclher. which tends to prove his pres-
ence in New York at the lime Coppo-
.ltl disappeared. is now the obiecl;_ of

island. and
likely than

:illllt'k l‘rrfiu illt' investigators. \Vilnessg

.4 are now secured, the policc say.
who are willing to swear they saw"

l’ratt board a trolley car at 922i
the morning of Feb. lith.

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E‘IIISBEI outrun EEW'HAVENEHAE ’

‘12: It
I‘iiIIWS iiECIiELlQE
o _ ll .
fiscnniul Report of Prison
Directors to Governor

iiolcomh
’i'lzv- lilrlmiol ri-gmr' ol' tlu- hoard oi;
unions of lllu Connecticut state
.Mm l> ready for pt‘vsclltailon t0
.‘»:'lll~'l leltrlls ll ilolcmnl). It cov-
. ‘ Eh.- two years ending September
.. 15H. 'l‘hv population oi‘the in-

mution tint-in: the past year showed
t: show of 1:; per ('t‘lll. The average
' Siis for lltl- two years was 619.41!
a cent-rot Wuy this decrease in
¢!.’llll')t'l’> l“ll'l he itC't‘Olll‘lDfl for by War
t'ulltlilIOIls which drew large numbers
of potential criminals into the service
or :me them increased opportunities

employment at advanced wages.
, ir no reason to believe thut'this
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PASSES IN HOUSE? .

Dzorides for Inquiry
.‘v. otional Budget System—
f.;impers Defended

 
 
 

and carrying various ' legisla-
including one for investi-
nnking to the establishment of
:22! budget system. was passed
may by the House.
awn; is made for the payment:
or . mien who served in the ar-
._ r. n 3' during the war the amount
A" did have received in Congress
"W and clerk hire allowances.
Paps Employment Service ‘
:.; :uimcnt proposed by Repre-
..._. (Emu forbids the use of any
'- "‘“crlvd by the bill by govern-
--L1ll.lile*> in propaganda design-
it“FEl-‘tua'c themselves.
row. ’lie House that the U

 

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guru”- from the settled lodg-

lNGTON. March l.~—The geny
l ivncy bill appropriating 327:3

DENIES Ell/lllIiES

Acts in Federal Court.
there Minority Stock"
holders Seek to Bring Suit

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. NEW YORK March 1.—Thc New
:York. New Haven and Hartford Rail-
:road Company has filed in the federal
*court a general denial of illegal and
.extiavagant acts alleged by a commit-
tee of 1,700 minority

seeking the appointment of a limitedl

receiver for the corporation.

The denial was entered in response
to an order to show cause sworn ouLI
by Harold Norris. representing the!
minority interests. whose action wusl
brought in an attempt to compel ai
suit by the company against the for-E
Amer management. to recover funds
claimed to have been illegally spent.

 

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, INFERIOR STEEL SOLD

:TO GOVERNMENT; FIVE
ON TR_IAL IN BOSTOl“

OSTON. March l.v—An alleged con~

; spiracy which it is charged. resulted in
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Into iacturc of castings for war vessels.

endangering the lives of crews after
the ships were put into commission,
3 was disclosed yesterday in the federal
t court when five men were arraigned on
la secret indictment rezurned bv the
grand jury Thursday. '

The defendants are Alexander V‘
Blackwood. of Brookline, general.
maniger and vice president
Union Steel Casting cCiiipanv,
Boston: Arthur H. l-lorSh-ril. of
Natick: ' Julian E. W’ickwire
Guy H. Ramsdell, of‘ Boston, em-

‘ployed by the same. company, {and
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EMBARGO ON GRAIN SHIPMENTS

CHICAGO. March 1.-—'I‘he Railroad
Administration today placed an em-

F‘Ir- barge on shipments of bulk domestic delayed.
mted grain to New York harbor points. Ex- tux-e mused from 2 below ms: Om W
made byline height ha and Mann, 16' new :1 cm on " , " ‘

eeptions may be

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the island. ?

with \tliree mcn drinm

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stockholders '

Edgar T. Brackett, counsel for the
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Some Republican Senators
Oppose Defeating It For
the Sake of an Early Ex-
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V‘l'ASllthlTON. Mat'Cll

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Senator From fennsylvania
Claims It Strikes Down
American Constitutional
Principles ‘

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ANll militias WAR

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tcrnational Ol‘ganization
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} 1.~-~Dil‘l‘er- iKnox. of l‘cnnsylvun . lormer Sébre-I
.ences between democratic and rcpub-gim-y of State. speaking today in the?

,lican leaders over the legislative situ- lsonate. assailed the League of Nations

alipn. echoes from which have becnlas striking down American constiw.

lheard daily since Pres. \Vilson madelimnal principles_ and proposed a new

lmown his determination not to call'wm-m organization
an extra sv'ssmn of the new congress “would prosol'Vfl the Monroe Doctrine!
.umll his return from France. may be'and save Amerira from the results of’

which. he said,

’t'orvml to an issue today in the senate ism-"ppm, intrigue and aggression."

with llu» calling up 01‘ the "Victory

Aloan" bill.

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Democratic ”“"“'""s have told ”I“ IV‘l’ednesdav with other members of thel

Senator Knox. who attended the

bite House dinner

president that. in their efforts to force Senate P‘ux-pl‘gn Relations Committee,

on ('Xll‘ll session. the

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eralities,” Says Connecti-
cut Senator

\VASIIINGTON. March l.-~ . Assum-
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in: the role of inquisitor for his
.publicun constituents. Senator Frank
,il. Brandogcc of Connecticut. virtually
Hunt the President in the position or
‘hoing under (-mssmxaniination at 'hc
jdinner tendered to members 01‘ the
Senate and House Foreign relations
jcommiltees “'ednesday night.

i Details of what took place at the
ldinncr Were forthcoming in “'ushing-
iton today in a more coherent manner.
,The continued attacks on the League

of Nations constitution in bOth houses:

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stimulate the Connecticut public to
~Iparlicipate actively in the American-
,ization movement the 'State Depart-
fment of Americanization hasrequest-
god the clergy of the‘state to observe
¢Sunday. March 9, as Americanization
[Sunday by devoting all or part of their
“sermons to the significance of the
work of converting the foreign-born
into loyal American citizens. The De-

 

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SUNIIMAREH E-

I‘CDUbW‘anS lsaid the (‘onstilution of the League as

Ipresentcd to the l’eace. Conference
"sanctions. breeds and comminds
war." and after criticizing various

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“Why this feverish anxiety for the
adoption of this plan? Why this rac-
ing up and down the land by proper
gpndlsts urging its tgdoptimiz What;
benefit. is to come” such a sale of
{hr-an". ‘\ .‘Jpxm‘rr .‘ ->.£'.E{In‘1;n:”
are the beneficiaries of this betrayal
of our people."
The Pennsylvania Senator said that

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in the people of the Unitml States de‘l

sired what he termed :1 real league of

ly build a coalition to further trade or
preserve and expand territorial pos-

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EXElflSlflN KILLED
lHllEE-IIQRIIMEN

Mill and 50 Dwelling Houses
of American Woolen Com-
pany in Frgnklin, Mass.,
Damaged

FRANKLIN, Mass. March 1.—The
bodies of three unidentified men were
found. early today. a. short. distance
from the scene of a mysterious explo-
sion that damaged the mill of the Am-
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behind a row of tenement houses oc—
cupied by mill operatives and about.
a quarter of a mile from the Woolen
factory. For sevemleweeka anmhla—
tic literature has been circulated here,
according to the police, Who were in-
clined today to connect this propa-
ganda with the explosion. The M
dies were found. in Lherear of a. house
occupied by Flocardo Roget“. on the
edge of the swamp: N0 reports of
other injuries as a result of the ex-
plosion had reached the police today.
Damage to building was largely con;
fined to broken glass and shattered
doors.

VVATERBURY’S MAIN
WATER PIPE BREAKS
WATERBURY, March 1.——Several

 

DIID-WESTERN STATES ilarge sections of'the city were without

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IN GRIP OF BLIZZARD

.Nebraska and southern Scum Dakota.

the Weather Bureau predicted zero
:weather for Chicago today.

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cf th CHICAGO Ill. March 1.——Blizzards;tem, which supplies
.' f: were reported today in Minnesota, max-ts of the city' located on high
“‘ Iona. Missouri, Oklahoma. Kansas.éground. Thousands of midents were
{unable to get water Wm, which to been taken by the authorities of Great.

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city 'water for nearly the entire fore-
noon yesterday, due to a bad break in
the main pipe of the high service sys-
water to those

and The storm was working eastward and Ecook Man! or in Which to wash. Britain and France.

Several public and parochial schools

Through Formation of In-‘

conference last. I

Elihu Eur '
MinilniEEliiEn

Troops Patrol the Streets
After the Provision and
Butcher Shops Had Been
Attacked

MADRID. Friday. Feb. 28.-—Martial
law has been declared in Madrid and
troops arepatrolling the streets. 01'-
der has been restored. but some thea-
tors have been closed.

This action was the result. of rioting:
against pmflteers today. provision and
butcher shops being attacked by mobs.

The government has taken posses-
sion of all bakeshops.

. Premier Romanones has issued a
statement saying that protests against
provision dealers had asumed such an
aspect that it was necessary to take
serious precautions and that. martial

 

settlement of pending social questions.
The trouble began Friday after—
;nopn, (when attacks on bakeiies and
’food’ shops occurred. principally in the
suburbs; and in the evening the peo-
pl,e_occupled the butcher shops. Skir-
mielies, with :eomc'stone. throwing, oc-
curred between the demonstrators
and the police around the markets.

 

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W'hen the day his-hm for onion-film

law had been declared so as to enable,
the government to work better for as

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ILitimmTroops Are Closely Purs
Forces and'Havc Reache d Toakti,

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REPRESENTED Al
; WAR EuNEElENEE

Mayor Doonvan Receives In-
vitation to Conference of
Governors and Mayors at
Washingto

Mayor Jeremiah Donovan received a
telegram yesterday utemoon from
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ning the Bolsheviki
Where the Bolshe-
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SPARTAEAN Tlllllll’S 'llEEEll EEEBLE -
RESISTANCE ll] IiflVEllNMENT 'IllllllES’

‘ Many Thousand Workmen Are Out on Strike in Various
Towns in Germany and

 

Disorders Continue

 

S'l‘OCKIIOLM, March l.-—«(§cn-Z—
oral Krasnofi’. the Cossack leader,
has occupied Saratov, on the Vol-c
in: River. and Volsk, seventy *
miles to the. northeast. according

to reliable reports received here.
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STOCKHOLM, March l—Litzlh .
uanian troops, closely pursuing
Bolshevik forces, have passed the
line of Sclmu'lcn, Sjcduv‘a, Vicvei
and Verena, which towns are in p
Lithuanian advance forces have
adviccs'received here from Kovno.
Lithuanian ‘advince forces have,
reached 'l‘oakt.i,. about thirteen'
miles east. of \‘ilna. Owing to:
their defeat. the Bolsheviki have ‘
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l mean mm to attend-fie conference - - ' . ..
ammonium." '23 man ~ room-um m . mm“ .. me be E...;...hl..im... i... .. ..
Imam everv..rhizefséfi~9;g. ‘1'"; an»... Ionics to be .h lu._the White House timed. It is rem - p
“R,“ vuuuuuxu nu nmh rl'hii ql'n‘l‘él‘i‘z‘fxcg‘y' Tuesday and Wednesdfly bf ' <

It at nave done so muc or us . l u inext. week, March $6.113!!de a”, 1.0L IfOl’ENllAGEN, March 1.—- .

Iliave only the best offered them.
best, oratnrs procurable; the streets
should be decorated to the limit and
the parade should be made a. very ini—
.portant feature. Transportation will
’be provided; the dinner will not be a
‘mere lunch but a first class affair.
lsuch as we will be proud to offer our
{guests-i. The music will be of the best.
fund plenty of it.
intents of the highest
Ith _’ being: free to Uncle Sam’s men
'on that day. In short. they will be
Iwelcomed as they should be. as their

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. S. STEEL PRICES
SAID TO BE TOO HIGH

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LONDON. Feb. 28. (Correspondence
of The Associated Prams—Belief
that. because of the. high cost. of pro-
duction of iron and steel in America,
the United States will not be able suc-
cessfully to compete with Great. Brit»
skin in neutral markéls, is expressed.
in nude circles here, says a state-
,ment made by the American Chamber
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'dwellin houses last. night. The bo- .
vie W mm... I.Jhilmmtr..;imtt°rgigantic
" - ' f w y 11 re
The explosion occurred m a amyéindusu'le's if it gets assistance from

Ithe state and has no trouble from is.-
lbor. Great activity is to be seen among
manufacturers who are converting
.their machinery to a peace basis. To
meet the demands of steel makers the
government is seeking to secure 1,000:
000 tons of pig-iron from the United
States for delivery this year. '

Germany. the chief prewar competi-
tor of Greaf Britain. has temporarily.
at, least. been removed from the field.

ported {our times as much steel as
Germany but in the last year before
the war. it is said, Germany exported
a million tons more than Great. Brit—

ain.
U. S. and Allies Stop
All Foreign Exchange
MW 8 With ,Russxa
“'ASHINGTON. D .C., March 1.—
Forclgn exchange transaction be-
tween the United Stetcs and Russta

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It is understood

7 ' at f the step is to stop
.had to be closed for the forean on ”13‘ one D pose a 1

financing of Bolsherist propa-

In Minnesota 8. stock train stalled inlaccount of the lack of water. While ganda.
:city workmen were repairing the

.me‘ snow was struck by a passenger
:tram, two persons being killed and
several injured. Near Wanna, Nab"
a. passenger tram with twentyfive
persons aboard was stalled in the
snow. All of the States affected re—
ported hnge drifts, with train service
In Nebraska the tempera-

break connection was made with the

low service system and water was fur

ally supplied to those sections located

on the heights. The situation Was

ornsldered a sedan: one. due to‘the

absencepf water “With which to tight
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The regerve board. it became known
yesterday: acted at the request of the
State DepartmenL Under the board's
system of an rvis , foreign ex-
change Iran one, evidence was
obtained; it: “said, that: large sums
ofmoney bad beet made avaflab‘le'in

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speeches in the Armory m” M, by thpidiscuss the program of reconstruction

with all entertain-l

Twonty years ago Great Britain ex-'

and the return of the nation to peace
iconditions.

t The conference will open with an‘
Iaddress by President Wilson at 10:43
la. in. Monday morning following which
Secretary Wilson of the Departmen

for Labor will be in cha e. '

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inasmuch as the num er of invita-.
Lions sent out. was limited to the Gov-‘
301110”; of each state and the mayors;
got one. hundred cities‘ of the. first.
iclase, Norwalk has been signally hona
ored by the invitation of Mayor Donn
;ovan to this conference. It is expect?
led that it will be one of the. most lm—g
'sportant national gatherings of the?
épost war period and was proposed by I
lPresid nt Wilson immediately uponl
‘his ret rn to “’ashlngton from the.‘
’Peace Conference at Paris and is for‘
llhe purpose of considering plans to
'stimulate the country's industrial ac-
tivities. the. refmployment of the rec
ytuming soldiers" and those workers
.whose employment ceased with the.
’end of the war.
I Mayor Donovan will leave for W'ash-
Iingwn late this afternoon.

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EINANBIER DIES

PUTNAM, Feb. 28.—-<Ernest M. Ar-
; nold, who. once a village school teach-
cf'_ became a. financier- and then went
through bankruptcy with country—wide
claims of about a million dollars
against him. died of heart failure to-
day. sixty years old. ,

Arnold’s days of prosperity covered
a period of nine years, and began
when he made some successful invest—
ments in stocks. He invested also
‘successfully for friends and then open-
ed a brokerage omce‘here. At the be—
ginning, he paid his clients large re;
turn; and his business grev. to large
proportions. He contracted for a villa
with sunken gardens and pretentious
landscape features, but when called
upon to make payment of several
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he could have paid his creditors in full
if he had been unmolested. but his as-
sets proved of small value.

HEARING ON
OYSTER BILLS

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that. the hearing on various bills 39-;

tubing to the natural oyster grounds
and other matters concerning the in-
dustry would take place in

next Wednesday. A large number
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His bankruptcy followed" He claimedl

01' cell are pillaging Greek property,

Mueni‘su-r gunmen“ 15:99?“ 6“; ‘
lcred Ducssel’tiorf on Friday, and ’
occupied the railway stations and
public buildings. Spartacan leads
crs escaped and the toWn is quiet, ”
according): to Berlin advices rc-_'
ceived here.

BASLE. March l.——-'5partaca.n
forces offered very feeble result-ix "i
unee to government troops when» ‘ I
the latter look Humborn “on;
Thursday, and gave up two can-
non, tlirec thousand rifles and a
quantity of mluiitions. At Essen.
the number of strikers now is es-
timated at 5.000. If the strike.
continues at Erfurt. there will be:

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PARIS. March l.-Thc Sold-
iers’ and \Vorkmcu's Congress at“
Munich has declarednnnrtial law‘
I' or all of Bavaria, according to a.
Zurich dispatch to the Melvin.

BERLIN. 'l‘hursday,_ Feb. 27'
(Associated Press) .——Magdclmrgf
is shut. ofi from» all communion?-
tion with the outside world as m
result of a railway strike. A pro»
l-cssion of unemployed men, one» ‘
dor- Sparlncan direction, took pow ' " 5
session of the ronndhonae there,
raked the. fires from the locomo~
fives and induced the engineers
and other employees to‘join a po»
litical strike for the introduction.
of Soviet rule.

Both Socialist parties and trade
union officials are endeavoring to»
prevent the spread of the strike
at Leipzig. Postal, telephone and
telegraph employees have voted to
remain at. werk until driven 0!! by
force.

 

 

 

 

 

LONDON, March l.——-Thev -
blockade of Germany could not be - .-
raised until Germany had signed
Ia peace treaty which would make

war impossible, Premier Lloyd,
iGeorge declared in speaking I&
Ithe Industrial Parliament this
‘wee‘k.

' SALONIKI, Thursday, Feb. 27...
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