AYS E}: 3' :‘O ”SEED.
Elms: Reliable Telegraph c.1111
.1 News in The Evening
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A in
1
B‘
'11, 1'.
Scheme
tilize Rivers to Getter-
1' Electricity
ilM BENEEYE TB
ENYIBE VAllEY
‘11 alt-1's Would—— Supply P011-
liousatonic.‘ Rocky and
'l‘en Mile Rivers
.'l.uts for H11- 1i1-velopnwnt, or
1-..11'1-1' [1111\‘1-1' ol‘ the Housalonit'.
:1:1:l Ten Mile rim-1‘s which mean
:t'i'ltl deal to the prosperity of Fair
Held and Iritclrt’i-ald t;1rttlrtie.~4,.11'ere 911..
cotrnuitteo on incorpm-
:1"\ined to lllt'
:urous 1-1 the (it-nerul Assembly 'lhurs- ‘
11w.) l._1' J. Henry [tor-aback. 1101 [111”
H'H‘H 111' tin- t‘onnnt-ticut Light and
t'«1."1l‘ 12111111111111' \\l111l1 is 111:1kin;.r thi-
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EEBSEB BEABlNli
BN NEW MEASURE
ABBUSES STATE
Substitute for Morrison Bill
Heard by Selected Aud-
ience Only
l'ltilsitlltl‘lltlon behind closed
.1 substitute measure for the Morri
111'
51... pm, only those legislators, tettclt'
111's and illluillt'yr‘v in the state who
1-11: specially invited. being present,
1.1.: provoked «1.1151111111111119 criticism
:11111111 tin- suite. initiations were ex-
lr'itllt'tl to Jusrit-n George A. “'lrm'lel'.
l"'ltl ol‘ tho- “Y1: lilll‘t‘ltll and Attorney
.i--111 A. (‘1-1'111‘1. J... counsel {111' the
'-1i:v-;111rt Te;t¢l1vr'~' association, as
"9!‘1-.~-r‘1::1lix'-vs 1‘1‘11111 Bridgeport
(1'1'»:'11.'.".'.;r-«i On Puje Seven)
‘1. filg‘
EBA-iElA YMAB
1 i 1 Alli
W5 ll Alli BAll
';\'otit_1 lou Indi1iduall1'
‘1 on Must Go to City Hall
and See Him
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9. 1'. 11:1..51 i' ' 'ho‘l or his (out
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. it; 5.12.3 lu-l11i'39>.l5 lllv
'71:;1- :11: mil ~11 t 11. :1_\ by 1h. internal
11- '1111 1111112111 0.111i21ls. The duty of
.1 ring the 1.13'11'111'5 and tln' returns
.1 by Mar-:11 171 lio s soic‘ _1 with each
:rtdividuai and corporation liable un-
der the law.
'The “1111-1111 has sent every 1111111 it
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EBAYE’ 3 lBlANll
iliEBEY EBNESBME
PEAEE ~th
.4111 is as lonesome a place
a church yard. The
:.rti.~"s and the throngs of
im‘ penple attracted there
>s;1\ haw departed and
AS
,,
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1( i1 Yllt '
‘ prominence. .
spatter broadsides contain-
1 t Corett'advance notice-slot"
1 ill“‘11’.(‘!i€d operations 'of :draéging
the last fortnight
11
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1'11 1111101?
11 1113110111
Rorahack Reveals _.the
of Connectrcut,
litrl 1t and Power Co. to?
or to Manufactories Along ,
(llt'
llocky
u 000 on bunk obligationsi.
doors,’
of the propert} are plan—g
1- 1, 1
t E dumnges done to.employes of the Railroad Administra-
AISOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A
1
Entered at the South 11111-111111: Po;
Office at Second Clan Matter.
EBBEEEY BBMPANY
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1
to Pay Rentals—New Ha-
ven Road Has to
Notes—Loans From (7.01—
ernment and Banks;
l'l.\ll’l‘l"()lll). Mnt't'h 8.---'l‘lre street
railway commission held another hear-
ing yesterday ul‘ternoon. which 1\ as ad-
lionrnod before all appellants before it
:111'1'1- heard in order that the commit:
11-1- miu'ht. listen to (tenet-:11 Edwards,
who Hltlllit' inthe hull of the house. 011-
lv one person was heard for the t.rol-‘
9} company. Lucius ii. Stor'r's, tiresi-i
111111 for the past Seven years of the
He testified 1111'11-1‘
math to the condition oi the (‘onr-t ti-
Llll ('ontptrrn at the pitsent. time t 1111
it is barely able to ear 11 enough cur-1h
to ptty its operating obligations.
$350, 000 From Government
It recei1ed, he said
ing of Atty. Barry. 11 $330.000
,t'rorn the government. and by means
New Hun-n l'niltl.
1111’ that wtts nbble to meet the need for".
Mnddititmtrl cars. This loan must later
be paid to the government. The com-
puny has been able to boriow $475.
but. it has
been unable
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Blli METHBBISE
EENTENABY BAllY
IN NBBWALK
'rllt'l‘f- 11' .15 a largely attendglw
ing of the Methodist Centenary work-t"
1'15 ot‘ the Norwalk Group in the Nor--
11.1111 Methodist Episcopal Church last
Knight. it: «11931211111111 es, including pmr'
3111111111111 laymen and lavwomen. fr-om
tl. l{t~\\'£l)'i0n. North “’ilton. Cannon-
11:111. “’1'stpot't,
x,’\.'or\1ailk. 11nd Norwalk churches were
present. Mr. Ira. S. McCormack As-
‘sistttrrt Secretary of the New York
litre-.1 of lllt' Centenary Movement, was
present. and spoke of the inception
‘11n11 plan of the movement. He said a
scientific investigation of the social.
moral and religious needs of the critiv
c111 {19111.1 in the United States had
been made. The centres
pupillatlon. the industrial centres, the.
L'i‘t‘:l.i American cities, especially in
ill" 11min town regions, and the rural
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1111111 11111111113111
11111111 3131111111j
Mur'ph),j1rnil01 at the
reportedJ to Police Ser-
geant Hurt": Gibson this morning that-
1lze school building had been entered
during the night through a window
:11111 that among other property taken
1111:: the (zit-titer portion of the phono-
1' mph lilolds “hich had been pur-
‘. :rstd 1y tnnds raised by the pupilS.
Thu-11 11:1 1"1.1111' reasons to believe
'i’h inns (‘
‘0 NWT School,
111111 the- termini-1' was done by boys
.11111 11" poli .'-111 taking ntompt
.1 11. 111 lulln“ 1111 a number of prom-
i 111 (ll: s
”w...
BAEABBNE BE
SlBlliE BllllliEN
NEW YORK \Idlcll 8.~~\\ith the
backbone oi the harbor strike broken,
through the acnem1 m of the employ-
(‘5 of the railroad boats to return to
‘11"ork immediately. James L. Hughes, 3
'conciliator of the Federal Department
(of Labor. today endeavor to induce the
.pr'itate boat owners to agree to the
'terms granted yesterday by the Rail-
road Administration. These terms in-
cluded the granting of an eight-hour
jday and wage increases amounting to
more than thirty per cent. in some
cases.
About five thousand ofv the strikers,
island has come into; tron, returned to their duties du’ll‘lg,
:tatives of the remaining eleven tnou~
the night and early today. Represen-
sand strikers planned to hold a. con--
ference during the day with officials of
the New York Boat Owners' Associa—
l tion and the United States Shipping Aero W
3308”- ~ ' Hi .
lllllNEt All ll BAN
,Has Economized to Limit,
But Can Hardly Earn Op-
erating Expenses--Unable
Take;
upon question- 1
loan ‘
mt'idamage to American vesaels;
East Norwalk, Southi
- of foreign'
.Mr.
.9 manager of Dalys restaurant
11011-11:
, 11113 1111
1011 103113
c... ......._.._.
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1
Citizens
the
American
$75 0, 000, 000,
l
ton Is Informed
SUBMABINES Blll
xBut It Is Alleged There
Unlawfulness on Part of
Central Empire
WASHINGTON.
filed by American citizens and con
cerns with the State Department
lagainst Germany and Austria- Hungary.
0
itotal about $750. 000. 000, the State Do»
to pay its rentals to'the'
puttment announced today. Addition-
{trl claims are 1-.xpected
The claims. which will run. into the
thousands, are divided into two class
1 5 those arising from submarine atroc
fillet-1.11111! those due to other acts of
the Central Empires. The State Dc-
par.imen1 for several months has had
:1 large iorce engaged in compiling
‘Americzrn losses
included in the items comprising'
“11 his growing out of subbmarlnei
warfare are losses alleged for death
and injury of American. citizens loss-
es suffered in the deatruoduu‘ of or
losses
crap in connection with American'
1
v
(Gonorrhea on Page 1""
NEW PROPRIETOR
OF HOTEL CLIFFORD
A change of proprietorship of the
(‘liftortl Hotel this city. took place
Tuesday, March 4th. and judging from
tho past record of the new incumbent.
We are to bare in our midst a most
thorough 11nd up to date hotel man
who will run the Clifford in a truly
i
1
1
commendable manner—a-la-New York
—-rneeting the requirements of the
most fastideous connoisseur.
The new leasee of the Clifford is
James B. Rutledge, who is 11011
East
42nd street, New York City. and al-
though he has now taken possession,
he will remain at Daly’s for a few da1'.s l
sending his assistant to manage af-i
fairs at the Clifford until that time.§
tContinued On Page Eight)
11 111111111?
Want ;
State
Department in Washing—
MBSY BAMAfiE
Were Many Other Acts of s
l
March 8. ——Claims
NORWALI, 00”.,
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llllEYES SEEK Ell
Forfeited in Bridgeport
l
to Get Them Back
by Senator Dillon from the Committee
on Claims disclosed a serious attempt
lupon the part of an alleged automo-
'bile stealing combiriauon in New York
to recover twu bonds of $2, 500 each
{which were forfeited in the Superior
court of Bridgeport some months ag.
Senator Dillon explained the bill to
the committee He said that these two
men. Sidney Walfish and Joseph Eli-
as, w 9.” arrested in Stamford for the
theft of an automobile. They were
'cmnptlled to put- up bonds of 82 500
each. and these were furnished by a
urety company in New York. When
" e cases were called in the Superior
court the men did not napear and
:lhc bonds were forfeited.
Other Thom;
Some, time late: other automobiles
were stolen and the theft: were placed
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‘ Will 11111131
lFine Work Now Being Done.
in the Campaign f0 3911';
tertainment o ting;
Men .
. ,“J‘ln
Flue. moccasin ire-om, telling of
wonderful results 1; attained. are
beginning tobe made to the campaign
gdlrectors in charge or the collectinnl
:of funds for the reception to the 'sol-
jdlers, sailors and marines of Norwalk.
and \K‘ilton. The real spirit. the spirit I
that. will in time assure our warriors:
of a successful and rousing celebra-l
tion, is now being displayed on every‘
hand. Everyone has no“ caught the
spirit, the old fighting spirit of Nor-
waJk, and are determined to hove this
city reach the quota. of $10,000 at.
'which it‘ is aiming and which it is
bound to reach it the people continue
111th their splendd co-operaton
The team captains and solicitors are
.“ m'king o1 ertimc, both day and night ,
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EIVE BBYS IN
$63,000BBBBEBY
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3
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Messengers for Brokerage
Houses 1n New York Plot
to Rob Another Youth 3
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NEW YORK. March S——Five youths. E
ranging in age front sixteen to twenty. Z
are under arrest today. charged withf
assault and robbery following the dun-.1
ing holdup. yesterday, in the financial a busy place W959 days
are “ell started on the last. semester
of the year and in the main are doing
commendable work Aside from the
district. of Milton Strohm a broker’s
messenger, of Liberty Bonds and oth—
er securities valued at $63, 000
The prisoners, three of whom are “5““ ““001
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BATURDAY, MARCH 8,1919
Court, Auto Thieves Try;
HARTFORD, March 8.—-«ln the Sen-
ate yesterday an unfavorable report noon, George Lynch, caretaker of the,
Pine Island cemetery, and Mrs. Anna‘
jBllllilll PBBSPECT
~ -1<-—1p7~g~
upset“. wm: AND 0011 cum ocean-‘01:
Increasing cloudlncs: followed bynln.
Muslin 'TR’E um.
Don‘t rad to Got-1.111.111» To:
wort! Nomlk‘s Weicome
3cm.
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Tl'lllllllllll SENATE Effective Work mot Patrol-l
men John Flynn and Rob-1
Sop Burglary;
and Results 1n Capture of
l
1 er Gainorl:
Bridgeporter
As a result of a quiet 1n1esttgdtron
and a raid pulled oi! yesterday after-
Olmstead, of Cranbury. were arrested
by Chief of Police William R J’en-
nington and Detective Sergeant Thom-
as Hunt. charged with fornication and
lascivioua carriage. Both were ar-
ralgned‘this
George H Vosburgh who
their cases for one week, in the mean-
while a further investigation of their
actions is to be made.
The couple were caught in Lynch‘s
abode, a tool-house on Pine Island
cemetery. yesterday afternoon, by the
-.
two officers. who have been watchingi
the place for some time as a result of
numerous complaints made of auspic-
1111111 actions that have been going on
'there. When they arrived at the
shack they tried to gain entrance. but
were unable to do so, as a had
been placed against the door on the
ginslde. \K hen they were finally ad-
mitted Mrs Olmstead was found in
morning before Judgeg
continued
there with Lynch rind both were plat»;
. ed under arrest
The woman claimed she went to the
‘place to secure Lynch's washing and
to deliver some of his mail. She ad-
mitted that she had made trips to the
iplaca before. but always on the 11111119
errand of delivering his laundry
Food Administration Have
Plans for Decreasing e.
Price of Flour to Bakers _
WASHINGTON, March 8.-——Tlre
“nickel loaf": may soon return to the
market Maket of the housewife, Food
Adminbtmuon oflclals said yesterday.
They are working on a plan, said to
be nearly ready for submission to
Herbert G. Hoover and President Wil-
son to utilize the billion dollar wheat
guarantee fund for decreasing the
1 price of flour to bread makers and still
keep wheat prices at $2. 26 for the. far-
mer.
The tentative plan, these officials
sa1.
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FRANKLIN JUNlBB
llllill SCHBBE NEW
Junior High School Orches-"
E E
tra Being Formed, andlm
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ernment Soldiers—Gas
the Striking Element
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Mission
\
embraces the taking over of the
1'
ARTM U R CHANTOS
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Amino Chantos.
of 13 Dawn-once street, former special
dellvw-y boy in the South Norwalk
post office. whose experiences on
U. S S Chester have been relited in
the admirably written article in the
Evening Sentinel, the last chapter ap
pouring in today' 5 issue.
PBllBE MAllE llAlll
till PINE 1811an
Take T110 in Unexpected
sit to Tool- House at
Pine Island Cemetery
Caretaker Kept iDsorder-
1y House
Quick and cffet'tho work on thr
10f Patrolman John Flynn on
Assemblies Are Takino“ 1 Thursday evening resulted in the pur-
on New Life
The Franklin Junior High School is
The classes
work a good deal of at-
brothers and all messengers for 11.1-01.1” lion of a junior high school orchestra.
emge houses the police say were 11.3- tion of a junior hi h school orchestra
soeiuted Strohm was struck on theiWhl-Bh is showin
fly and promises to be a great credit
head and badly injured and his bag
up very satisfactor-
containing the Liberty Bonds and oth- i“) the 301100!
or securities seized
The manual training department is
information given to the police by'domg 800d work and is planning to
Strohm led to the arres
(Continued on Page Two)
'EBBKENBE YlllBE
,Lectured on Red Cross
that night of place on exhibition a variety of the
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Social Welfare Work
Sold John ‘Kovmsta. a.
.672 Worden anemic, Bridgeport, who
i
1
' STATE MILITIA
isllit and capture of twenty two 11>ar
Hungarian of
is the poresessor of a rather unsavory
reputation 1-11" :1 housebreaketa. Al—
though Km 9111i was caught, Joseph
Gall wanted in this city and all over
the state and reputed to be the slickest
crook in Connecticut. .managed to
escape.
Thursday evening the police were
notified that Ko1esti. Gall and another
man were in Balass’ saloon on Me.
chanic street. and through a con-sena-
tion which was overheard. it was
learned that the three :were planning
to burglarize a house in this city.
Patrolman Flynn and Galnor went to
Ely avenue, and Gainer was left some
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Many Prisoners Taken, With Slight Losses by the Gov- 9‘
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Trouble Appears to be that the Ukrainians Thmk They
Have Been Unfairly Treated by the Inter-Allied
j ltroops turned their heavy
, llery against the houses I:
' ~ and three shell; hit a bowl: g. .
when he will commence full operations
personally and will put the house
i
t
A lecture which proved to be veryl
interesting was delivered yesterday at-
’ternoon in the Town Assembly Hall by 1
tMiaa Katherine Townsend supervisor
or the chapter courses of'the Atlantic
GUARDIN G MILL
FRANKLIN, Mesa, March 8.——Hem-
hem of the Franklin company of the
EBB 500 MEMBERS
The meeting of Cookenoo
CONNECTICUT CASUAI
COMPANY 930 ARRIVES‘
NEW YORK, March 8.—-With forty-
stx oflicers and one thou‘sand men of
the 348th Infantry of the 873.!) Division,
the steamship,Chicggo ti'rrlved here
today from Bordeaux. Also aboard
were thirteen casual 0 1‘8-
’l‘he steamship Plat shin-g arrived
from Brest with 2,175 troops, 25 wives
Tribe. Ho 32 1.0.11 Memheldln
the council room, last evening, with-
a. large and enthusiastic attendance.
The adoption degree was conferred on
a large duo of candidates. The de
gree team showed exceptional excel-
lence in the wax}: of the evening. “0V.
or 500," 15 the slogan of Cockenoe
Tribe for their his membership cam-
Division of the American Red Cross.
The lecture. yesterday was under 11112
auspicesaf the Home Service Won
of the local chapter and was the first
ofasencsofloctumwhi'cbvfllbe
held at the Town Assembly Hall and
which will hut for ten weeks, one lec-
tare being delivered each week. The
opening address of Kiss Townsend
State Guard were on duty in the vicin-
ity of the mill of the American Woolen
Company ,today. a: the result of the
discovery of an unidentified man
prowling about the factory Est night.
The man escaped into nearby woods
after a watchman bad fired three
shots at him. The police and mill om—
clals after a' conference decided to re-
1.1qu the help of the gnardsmcmfln-
01‘ soldiers, 20 wives of sailors and 150
naval officers and men. The sick and.
ounded numbered 543, a majority of
them being convalescents. The unit:
ncluded three officers an}; 1415 man of
he Fifth Machine Gun Batman: of the
1111-31 Division; (Regular my?) 4913
Gas-int In"
was very. intersecting and was enjoyed,
by a large audience. She gave a very increased force of watchmen had been
on duty since an explosion 61' dynamite
can!“ sign“ tem‘nrtxfleugoirgstruudctlhv; to!” 8:3: 11' week ago killed four men who are
believed to have been carrying
woremuchbenefatedbytheadviccshc 11113111111111:
palmwhlchhasbeemyningonfor a
shorttime. Emma-Harry EBaii-
wit: wasbeloctcd by. the Tribe to con-
duct themaml without
mmwmwtuem
" mer- memané-h‘l‘d
Used With Great Effect on ,
r.—
COPENHAGEN, Friday, March
:7.~—Gcrma.n government troop.
ihavc captured the police h'ead-
quarters at Berlin and have oom— . "
plctcly cleared Alexandcrplats of
fstrikcrs, according to 11 Berlin ‘
'diu’patch received here.
tghting has ceased in the cen-
ter of the city, but; continues in
the Moabit section. The govern—
ment troops sufiered slight loosen
A
land captured many prisoners. To
relieve the garrison of the police
ihcadquartcrs,t1he government -
was titted ail tum“ 3, head
.’ - Q
all directiontir Wit
strikem, according to the Ger-mun
illarwtte of Berlin.
A
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BASLE, 'Marclr
government troops have. suppress.
ed the armed revolt at Berlin, ac- ~
cording 1111 a dispatch from the
i1'ity,and are now assigned to the
task of protecting workmen whom
want to return to their labors. '
The popular marine division and;
two detachments of the Repuhh'e "
can Guard have been disbanded,
it is reported.
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LEMBERG, Thursday, March,
6 (Ansociatcd Press)- .~Altbt'ugh
fighting is still going on here be- ,
tween the Poles and Ukrainians,
«11 tilt the latter bombarding the
cit},.tl11're is still hope that an .
sttrtnits'ttce may be arranger] be-
tween the contending forces. IA.
is- believed however that before a
truce is established there will be
1111.1'1' severe fighting.
The renewed bombardment of ’
the city has been attended by con- _
sitlertthle loss of life among 1i1il-
inns and damage to public build-
intro and 11 orku of art. The peo-
ple mote about the city freely
during the day, but the artillery
is very heavy att. night. An aver-
age of 200 shells fall in the city ‘
daily, most. of them being aimed '
at the. railway station. Some, pm-
jectiles however have fallen in
residential sections and two have 9-
struck the residence of Archbishu ,
op Shiptusky, a noted Ukrainim "
patriot. Small 1311sz have also
struck the Rutthenian Church, and ’
others have damaged the home of
Count Pininsky, which is famous
for its art gallery.
Colonel Smyth, of the RPM"?
army, who is still here, has been...
empowered by the Inter-Allied
Mission to make a rcportt. on ‘fl'te “
situation. The Ukrainians Ire ’
said to feel that they have been
treated unfairly by the Kantian.
and that. their claims are min
derstood, patriculorly by {.11 '
French They say the um
spent only an. hour with Uta-In»
ian lead rs 111111 npOkc briefly,
throng an imcrpretcr, with I
delegation of ten 'Ukrni’n‘hw
which came from Kiev to on 1
the clamps of the -
_‘ ‘fccfivcly in tale ‘1:th 0n
8 —-Gel‘m&n 39‘ ‘
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Norwalk Chronicler