REAll BEST PAPER
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riparian 1870"
Office as Second Clue. Matter.
Entered at the South Norwalk APO“
OVEN .. iNGS
ACIOCIATED’ PRES. NEW. FROM ALL' PART. OP 1'". WORLD IV A .PECIAI; WIRE AND cu. ow" OPERATO-
sou'fa :0an can. finismiv', iii
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‘lEtES PROVE
ts and Gaiety Mark the
.-cond Annual Birthday
” arty Held in the Norwalk
mory ;
illiNANiliiiiiiNf
ARE AEllEMBEllEll
nappy Exhibition Drill Fol:
lowed by Refreshments
and Dancing
'l '- lillllt'l‘\\tll'lll Rifles added title
4.”- tt- its title record as splen-
and hospitable hosts at
in Zorwalk Armory last nizht. when
__ 5am- a big: birthday party to
o whale their second anniversary.
urge number of invitations had
~n issued and the balcony and
;- seats of the drill floor were
i: t‘illed when tlle Company haulers
- led the first call prompty a: :x
a-k. The second call came t'ive
-: .tcs later and the Assembly at
. brought the entire company onto
"loot: Practically the entire
worship “as present and they
made an lliipressive appear—
”C‘d
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:ilillivm SHELLS
{til FlllE lll lAllliE
iiiilllNiliNiliil
it mililiul‘h
(a
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Hundreds of Houses Are;
rturned and 5,000 Persons
A re Left Homeless
coitusllAGENj April 29.» A (les-
iv 't-h received here from Reval. Rus-
sia. says that there has been a big'
lire in the town of Narva. eighty—one
miles southwest, of Pal-ograd. The
Ili"lagrat.ioll was started by :- boni-
inrilinellt of the town by the Bolshe-
'\'i'{l.‘ Hundreds 01"ll()llfit’s were burn-
("ll and five thousand persons are
t. lilh‘lé‘ss.
\::ir\a. which lies near the Hull" oi'
".lIlll oil the Nalova River.- has a
violation of some 20.000. Tilt-rt" are
villus textile works in the town
: there is a considerable trade in
The principal buildings are the
“ll'ill. the old castle and the
.‘Hill.
lasts miliiiiiiiiis
iii MflflERN llESlliN'
3 *- ‘» Haven 'ROad Receives
first of Mountain-Type
\lachines ' 3
:ntd for last passenger ser-
«Iil’it-l‘illi: materially ill general
': tiiiiipillent, and lettering from_
now iii use and so as to attract .
nitration, two modern laconic-‘1
.. the mountain or "high climlr
first of an order of sir sup-
hy the federal railroad admin-
mll. have been received by the
Haven road and are housed at;
'v-iiar Hill yards. it is expected
'zzey will be used exclusively in
‘ilL‘t‘l' service, and both machines '
31- ell tested out on Shore Line
lDiAl lions1
‘cludilig‘ Mr. Six. who will act as‘ di-
rector.
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.sicians will be on hand before 1.00‘non31 Guard of Pennsylvania arriv-9
9'U.S.SlllENlilllENEll
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Government Has Situation?
Well Under Control No;
l Anti-American Demon-g
‘ strations ‘,
(EURO. April 39 American rut-03¢:
njtion ot‘ the liritisli protectorate ()\-£
(-1- Egypt. while a shock to the Ellyn;
lians. has been a hip: factor in end-
in: the crisis. No anti-Aiilerlcan dem—'
onstration occurred when the new“
became public. alld on the whole the1
hand oi the government was inimea-'
surably strengthened by it. .’
The next difficult time sci-n ahead
will (‘Unlt‘ when the Paris'pmice t-n'
i‘erenCe answers lht‘ appeal of lll‘
lizyptian delegation. i
The government departments art"
Working “lillOlll a Cabinet. Mean-
while only scattered acts of violence.
are reported. The government is ill
complete control and all soviet bodies,
have been suppressed except that
which is meeting at Al Azhar‘u‘losqne."
MUST’BiSlii‘Silillii
illiillisillmli
Prof. Bailey Admits That It
Has Met a Real End For:
Men —— New Conditions
That Should Be Faced—
Timely Talk at Service in
St. Luke's Church, Noro-
ton
Plot. Bailey oi‘ the licpartiilclit of‘
SOIIlBJ Science nl \‘ale was the speak-E
or at a ‘union sci-vice iii St, lAike’o'
Church. Normoll, Sunday ninht. His
subject was “Sulmituti-g for the sa—
loon." I
“I feel." he said. “that it is not all
all necessary to] me to offer any apol-I
ogy tor speaking on this subject in‘
‘ the house of God on the Lord‘s llay.
There was a time when it would.
have been very necessary to make._
many apologies. There have becnr
changes in the World. “‘hen the sec—
ond church building was erected ill'
the city of New Haven. one of lth
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iiispiis illicit;
The music at the. Knob Club. this“
season. will prove especially attrac-
tive for the members. C. lrving Jen-
nings. cllairnia'n oi” the entertainment
committee. has been successful in;
. making a contract for the entire sea
son with Harry Six‘s orchestra. of
New Rochelle. New York. There will ‘
be three men in the organization.'in-
it is planned to have dances on
Memorial Day. May 30th. July 4th'
and Labor Day. as Well as every Sat?
~urday evening during July and Au-J
gust: With the exception of the Sat-
urday following July 4th. and the
Saturday before Labor Day. The. Mu-
each evening, and play until 10:20
o'clock. There will likely be a con-
cert from 7:30 to 8 o'clock for those.
members who do not care especially
for the dancing later. Mr. Six coach-
ed the New York I‘niversity Glee
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A Getting .Together Of :
Republican Committees
Am
A joint meeting of the Republican
town and 'city committees was held
EOWNERS l0
mix a scientific determination of costs
.terests involved. would
%NEAllll4,llllll iiiil
,oomprise the 11th
in the Court Room. City Hall build-
;ing. last evening. Edward B. Dou-
. lens, chairman of life city committee,
ipresided. He stated that the object!
~ror calling the committees together!
was (or conference and the formula.
tion of plans for the municipal elec—
. lion in October next. Harmony was
~.-;.l'rTLE, \vitsu., Aprit 29.-—Po the keynote of the meeting and its!
headquarters announced that the a result there is no doubt that. the G.i
. of Mayor Ole Hanson in tlie.O. P. will be in the. field this year;
=u- city county building today i‘e- with more than its old timo'vigorn
«ed a broken bomb. in the mail. Nearly all of the members or diet
Mir Hanson is at present in Cob committee were present: at. list
.1“ on a Victory Loan speaking night‘s meeting and many spoke in
" the interest of-harmonitms party ac-_=
mi now the broken bomb spilled tiom No definite progrpln can be an-
. rlio- table where it was found in 5
”mail today. .- - will be held from drug time and,
'iilt'or Hanson recently. has,:d¢ilt(fl"1flm mm!!! ' ....l-I
‘ ? ‘Nweial addresses denouncing an- the ' 4
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Dumb Mailed to Office
Of Mayor Ole Hanson
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bounced stints _t.ime.. but meetings -
soil Gil All
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Postmaster General Burle-
son to Relinquish Control
of Cables, Telegraphs and
Telephones
PROBLEM EATER-
Fll_l_l_§_llNlillE83
Ocean Links to Be Returned
in May, While Land Com-
panies Await Legislation .
wasnlxo'rox. April 29. The?
Government is preparing to relin-
quish control next month of American ,
cable lines and to restore the
graph and telephone systems to pri-?
vate ownership immediately afteri
enactment by Congress of laws ne—j
coesnry to safeguard the properties.
Postmaster General Burleson. as di-
recting head of the extensive' wire
communication service taken over an,
a war measure. announced yesterday:
he had sent to President “'ilson a
recommendation that the cables be.
turned back forthwith. An hour la-
ter the Postmaster General gave outl
a statement saying he ‘woutd recom-.
mend that the telegraph and tele-,
phone service be leturned to private
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With Railroad Directorl
Hines
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ST. poms. April 29. .- Relusal oil
government. agencies at this time to'
(to-operate in the movement to atabll-7
ize prices at a lower level based up-e
and a proper consideration of all in-
be fraught
with graVe consequences to the coun»
try. George N. Peek. Chairman oi"
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NEW YORK. April 29.-—l\'inety~onei
officers and 2,786 men of the old Nir'
ad here today on the Steamship?
Kroonland, from St. Nazaire. They.‘
ters. Medical Detachment and Com-
panics A to D inclusvio—JS omcers
and 702 men: the 28th Military Po-
lice Company.‘3 omeers and 186 men;
and a Headquarters detachment of
10 oflicers and 10 men or the 28th Di-
vision. ol" which all these units are
a part.
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~~ Am, um. Apnfl..z.-rhe it...
two) Division passed out of existence
AMERICANS
tele- ,
iiiiwmsm, ”
“ Norwalk has been handed down in
the United States district court. by
Judge Thomas. in the East' at
lain Charles E. (‘onkltn vs. the (‘iiy
of Norwalk.
The, suit has been mndlng ill the
courts for some time and amse out
to! a collision between Captain Conk-
'lin‘s vessel. the “Mary it), Cuff" and
the \Nashington street
(‘aptain (.‘onklin claimed that the col-
lision between his vessel and one ox'
[he draws was due to the negligence
of the bridge-tender who failed to re.
spond to his signals. Tlleli “Mary E.
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initiation
iiiiilii SUIT
dx‘awbridge. ‘
m 29, .1919“-
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Decision Reade in Favor Motor Cycle OfficerFigul-edi
.of City in age Suit in Collision With Flatter:
Brought by C taln C. E. ' ty’s Tracie—Badly Cut
Conklin’ About Head and Face
Judgment in favor at the City OH Motorcycle Omopr Cornelius swap".
icy iigured in an accident about
sociock this afternoon when the
t'aM lice department's motorcycle he wasi
the . . .
i ”matlc Battle Being Resumed Later
:driving crashed into one of
itrucks owned by Edward J. Fiaheny.
tSWeeney was knocked to the ground
and at first it was thou ht e was
seriously injured. and he was rushed
to the Norwalk Hospital.
Just how the collision occurred is
,not known. but it took place at the
learner ot‘ (‘aiherine and Main streets.
The force of the impact smashed the
smaller vehicle and threw the officer
,lieavily to the pavement.
‘ badly cut about the head and face a
the profusive blood led those atten -
in: him to believe he was in it seri-
ous condition. .
Vt'hen he arrived at the hospital he
was treated and it. was then learned
ltbat he. w'as not seriously injured,
that was suffering considerable' pain
i from auto and bruises about. his head
: and m
ill-ZINE illiliilililltiliil‘i‘stzuiliiiss
Celumns Moving Toward
Coast to Be Ready When
Harbor Opens —— Russian
Troops Will Replace Them
in the Line
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ARCHANGEL. Aptii 29¢ American
.troops gradually are being withdrawn l
lbeen active here was dispersed YRS“,
.terday by allied artillery. Allied air-j
E‘George W. Peck Takes Issue?
KNllflElUli PLANS
planes also dropped bOmbs with con-
siderable success.
2.0m] illillllliis IN
YllltllHAllABllllNlill
Firemen From Tokio Check
the Flames
YOKOHOMA, April 29.—A lam
fire yesterday. 2.000 buildings, in-
cluding a. part. of the business see,
lion, being burned. '
Firemen from Tokio aided in check.
in: the flames before they reached
the foreign residential section.
The monetary loss in yesterday‘s
great. fire in estimated at 15,000,000
Eyen, or approximately $7,450,000, In-t
der the pro-war rate of on
Thousands of people are m.
The loss of life was two killed and
thirty were injured. Sixty block. in
the Japanese quarterJ'ere burned t.-
lnt'antry's Field eluding public buildings and business!
and Staff. Headquarteis First and houses. n was the most disastrous
Third Battalions. Medical Detaeh- . conliagiation in the history of Yoko-
ments. Machine Gun Company and llama. l ‘
Companies r. G. H. l. K. L. and M~;
63 omcers» and 1.888 men; the 109th "
‘ Machine Gun Battalion's Headquar~ Seek Home FORBOlle
Tubercular Children
HARTFORD, April 29.——The State
Tuberculosis Commission today. in
an eil'ort to secure a seaside sum
torhim for children sulering' from
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Senator Borah Says Power
" Given Postmaster Gener-
? al Burleson Should Be Re-
~ voked
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Willi-will
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s NEW YORK. April 29.»-The model
lot the mister “Sure. “'e'il Finish the
Job," has decided to answer the lip-
lpeals of cities to assist. personally in
(the. sale of Victory notes. He is To-
ny Avolar and lives in Provincetown.
lilacs, with his wife and {our child-
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lsection of Yokohama was ravaged by ran.
immediately following the first dis-
tribution of the picture the Libeny
Loan committee was besieged with
pleas to put Avatar on the platform.
'Avolar is now in Bostm ready to
lute but liret appearance . to boost
'ioaa sales. .
Avatar will make his tint appear-
ance on the Boston Common. where
he win‘opeak from the Liberty Court
platfogn. The itinerary arranged for
MlAlSE BAZAAR.
'-« BilllESlll
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eight nflvfits, l ‘t. \! :ose Pt'ur en'lc
last evening ’n '.he Hoyt};
awarded the winners.
lN__l3_l_llll8lllN
He was 1
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A ' Continued on um: mu.
if
After I highly successful run or
Theatre
buildlnl when (.18 various prizes were
The affair was
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$1“. Cooler Tonight with Front
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i limit l0 ilils AND lllli ;
i illtlll WORK snoiill
pol- Italian Parliament Meets Today and ' Premier Orlando
Will Lay the Situation Before the Members.
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Morris Harris, Aged Seven- -
ty-Five Years, Given Nom-
? inal Fine on Two Minor
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A nominal fine of $5 and costs Witt-i
ginlposed upon Morris Harris. an aged
Junk-dealer 01‘ Taylor avenue. when
:large. Witty of the stolen brass in
Hill Mimi. ‘
tiiiiilliii REAllY Hlllg
Elllllll’EAli Etlfillli
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lBlustery Currents Show a
; Pronounced Tendency to,
5 Diminish andrSky Is Clear-g
. in; .
A. s'r.“JouN's N. r., April 29.——A;
itransa'tlultic airplane race is expect- ;
‘ ed to start from St. John‘s some time!
this afternoon. Reports received :
her. tits morning were that weather-
conmtions over the ocean were favor- l
able. and Captain Fred. P. Raynham.
Brit“ aviator. and fluffy Hawker,
‘hie Elfin-alien rival. each had his be.
to packed and the wings off
(
have been virtually weather-bound,
here. Today, simultaneously with the
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tdet‘iiiit ely
g Bela Kun Admits That the T roops Under His Comment!
Are Being Defeated, But Is Making
Hundreds of Ar-
‘ (By The Associated Proust.
The stage is rapidly being not
for the final phase of the peace “(‘-
got iiit ions. Yesterday ’3 plenary
session 'of the Peace Conference.
stamped its approval on the cove-
nant of the League of Nations,
while today Germany's plenlpo—
tentiarics are expected to arrive
at Versailles to join the members
of the delegates already there.
Some points iii the [mace treaty
to be presented the Germans are
as yet unsettled. but it is consider-
ed probable that the clams lu-
volvctl will shOr‘JyJ‘ ready for
statemem relative to Flume and
the Dalmatian coast.
Action by the Parliament, which
will be, in efl'cct, a mandate to the
Orlando ministry will be request-
cd. there being an efl'ort to secure
a unanimous vote on the rmluo
tion demanding.y that ltaly’lz claims
on the eastern coast of the Ad-
riatic be recognized. it this is
done. it is probbale that. Premier“
Orlando and his colleagues will
immediately reappear at Paris.
.Adviccs from Rome. state that
tlie'scmi-oflieial view of the alt-
uation there is that ltaly has not
withdrawn from the
Peace t‘oiifercnce. but has merely
suspended participation. If the
vote of the Italian Parliament is
favorable to the position taken by
Premier Orlando. it is probable
that the diplomatic battle will b;
resumed in Paris.
There is. apparently. no thought
. for the present at least to annex
um reened f r- fli t to— . '.
1:3“ 32%} 0 sh Ali‘mme to ltaly by Parliamentary
i For! fortnight the two birdmenaction. it being planned to de-
mand action on the part
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THEY CAN’T WALK HOME—INVEST.
uni
of “It ,7
Lyme
lay-e.
use.
use
bone mbemnldlls 39‘“ an ““3915“ very successful and swened to 'i cen-
ter to the lecithin“! committee on mule extent the sultan; alto fund
public health and safety telling it- of south Norwuk Lodge. No. 529. Loy
that its nembeu were dm'“ “‘7- at Order of Moose, under whose all:-
week when!” rel? W M ’m pica-them washeld. ,
WWMW- rheumatism enjoyed the“.
unwnmmwmm anthem-y night and theirs.
“mm“ W at. 5‘“ dutch} was I. feature that attracted
8‘ M M ‘1“ u .miily. Anumberotm,tutefuflr
t-l
to mt Without-lied.“ 'uhoutthje
"' mhfludxbnwhougren
locked the Iqblo {Mam of m V“! of. follow:
M‘ WMLWTflh
rand JEWIJM; m, (it booth.
munch andIImmeo-z
with the «13:1!an at» he: 0. ‘
in units at Camp' Dayan: today.
millennium-flan '
we." I I, if
“8.4mm 0‘1
*m-n new. . ~
ERMAN lillVERNllENlllllllll’SAllESlilllll .
iiiliiulli illimci, illiiiiiiwlm
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'owners; contingent. however. upon . {rent the front liners preparatory to - . N 2 _. he appeared before Judge George H. . _ ‘ . .. ‘
financial protection to be obtained .their departure when the harbor 09- for figghfifige ‘.e$£?.lcn3cisl£““§}' Vosburxh in the City Court. this ”‘0‘" Wllm'm‘ “‘ ll" dorumcn‘t. :0
from Congress. lens. As far as ponibte they are be- Postnatal-General and“ w“ 1 morning. to answer for violating the .1 hat the completed treaty W! l if
It was explained by Mr. Burlmon l in; replaced by new It aroma. M. 1190!! Congress ”flu M Sen-ism” have, In. Harris was er- ready for the enemy delegates by
that. no legislation was necessary in; who are being school at the front “0,. Berth. or ldaho. Republican. who ; mud. time ago by «Bertram. u“. “may... "MA - .. . ,, and, w".
the case of the cable company ro- g by American and British Miner: and ‘ in a “affine," sum the pawn“ l m VT iii, of the state police. and ltulv w“ not re lrcseiltcd a! Mi 1‘.._'
hex-ties. Launching of the Human-commissioned oincers. jGeneral 1, only exercising the iawgine’uty Sheriff ngar G. mm, of -' ‘, l‘ d ' ' t “u . ‘2‘“
borne by the cables and other cir-; There are at present no Americans which Congress passed conferriugl“ledport; for having a quantity 0 plenary session yes on uy, in q -
ti-uinstanees arising from transition to ,on the Pines; or Kadish-Sredmak- drastic and unlimited powers underismlen goods in his possession. patches from Rome indicate the. ..
”mm t‘rontn. and the ”00933 or “9‘ 1the guise of war powern. The best; Sometime during “’9 Winter ”mi probability that lHN‘ delegates Will
(Continued on Page Eleven.) glier is under way on the railroad. Aremedy. the Spnamr said. would be. New Haven and Hartford Railroad l‘t‘llll‘ll to Paris after a brief per-
_-.. .— 9. 3 Th“ living and V'aga coiumin, how. for Congress to repeal these lawn. men h‘d‘ been missing quantities of 'ol The Italian Parliament will
Sever still have some Americana. On: "COW has my“ Mr. Burle- brau' h was stolen from their l ‘ - . . ‘ .
DEFEND PRICE gtim Dvina the allied maidens havegmng- Senator Borah ”up "unlimited. prami ~ round Soutbport and West- mcct today. and it ill _cxpect.ed 25. _
lhoen slightly withdrawn from Tuigas . undefined. dmuc um ”than. pow port state police were called in that Prcllilt‘l" ()rlmido Will at once 5,
2 :1 order to give better positions for :2”; mm“: them in violation of the and IMAM to the case and an “1- appear and In}. llt‘ffll‘f‘ ii iaht‘ flit-
lb? "999“" onslaught by "Ohm?“ t most fundamental and cherished prin- i "9“th “‘3 conducted by omcers nation which arose at Paris. when 1"
.gunboats. ‘ :dples or We government. We 211mb vireili qd Perry, and which resulted l‘ -'d _ W‘l i h" - blio ‘ ..
‘ l The Bolshevik infantry which has. in the , t of Harris for having a. rcpt (at 150" mat e IN IN .
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