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snowman eases newer-non tun. Mitre overni-
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if, fl? Airman“. wins, an QUINN-mm
hasten» 1m
amulet.“ the South‘florwaik Post-
one. as moot-u Inhibitor.
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3'» Great— Reduction Until
i’roduction Cost Drops
i‘onsiderably
lttttntliliiitzu lll
MARK nut/N H. Ill.
'i'icws of Former Food Ad-,
ministrator, Back in Har-
ness
EIMPRthlNli l0
1 ‘ SOME inENl
Embargo on Certain Classes
of Freight Removed by the
New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad
Company .
"Autumn e“
SERVICERESUMED
Railroads Relieved by Com-.
muters Using Other Means'
"i do not wish to give out the false,
impression that any investigation will
result in an immediate reduction of»
priCes." Robert Scoville. Connecticut.r
food administrator during the war.:
now called back into the. service, said;
when seen at the Heublein Hotel last:
planing. "In my opinion." he added.‘.
' :m- prices of food and materfa'ls'ind
.. high cost of living will not be
,:I;‘:t.l’l_i' reduced until some way is
. "lit'll out of lowering the cost of
- iuction.
believe that food prices should
investigated. that they should be
'>ll‘il. where too high. but i feel
till that the general impression
there is wholesale profiteering is
-l|-'t'l. I believe. that the. people
:t'ontt'iued Us Page Twelve) !
'tttilfiElJiNNlll
tEtIEPltEAlilJE
flFNAllllNS;
Blat‘sachusetts Senator De-l
scribes It as a Deformed
ilxperiment of a Noble?
l'u rposc i
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l.\'(:'i‘(l.\'. Aug. 23—Describ-
l.«-a:uv of Nations as a “de-
nt ~\jl"lilll('lll upon a noble pur-
.. - senator Lodge. of Massachu-
- lil’tll'lll-‘lll oi‘ the Foreign Rela-
- ""Itlllllll‘t‘ and Republican lead-.
xstt
~ Swamp. declared in a Senate ‘
ml n that there were features
whdllv t'ownant which. “as an
.m," in: never could accept.
Ma; not a league of peace but
embracing many “provi-,
it." the covenant. in its
‘ltl‘
‘ V V.
(t‘utlziuued On Page Six)
minimum .
illuminant;
Thieves Blow Up Safe With-
:lut Disturbing Policeman‘
Who is Nearby ’
3. :la ,
'l.'-\lli. 12,—One of the most
Miami-e ever staged in this
. . ‘ '2 ml ‘stti-ly,)'esterday in the
~ ““t'vl‘rmzu’ store of the Howard
‘ lttytany. when thieves
"1w safe and tookmoney
‘» :uls amounting to near-
' since the spectacular
'» . years ago when two
:‘mwtl the jewelry store
'vl‘vgllry and walkeu otl',
«.l diamonds. valued at}
,V 'l .- police been so utterly
. : rm- community ’so arous‘;
. whilst;
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PLANNING STRIKE
. ‘ w" .“'e 0.... °‘ “8“"
2 . A} a. infuxrday announced .
.- .: it .\ nothing of the report
i \l'l-Tt-A.!.Hl::.%‘ ,{IUHGUCtrorS and train'i
;_.. "I“ in ’ taxed for DOBSible l
, W . .. . Manning said con- 5
1 mi 3.5; a day for 150 miles l
l
inn-.38.
”A ll:
"‘ \\ it}
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7” (Airtime after 10 hours
.. an but“;
luv u. , .
t,” 1.. p‘mlull‘! {‘24:} it that conductors :
.._‘ HI l... Oranei _ .4
31», "3“” 1““ “OW 'Were mt... a”:
tt-ltllmll $11 8. Ha M p m
lites dL‘L’l‘Ove l y- W -
VVllson today refused to send the Sen-
. ate a copy of General Bliss' letter con-
;cerning the 'Shantung settlement on
the ground that it contained confiden-
in Reaching New York
INllttalllttE suit: 4
' lVllltlltlulu
Former Army Flyer,‘ of
Bristol, to Examine Appli-
cants for Licenses
Announcement was made recently
of the appointment by Secretary of
the Slate Frederick L. Perry. of
Major William J. Malone. of Bristol.
to be official aviation examiner of the
State of Connecticut. It will be' his
duty to make flights with applicants
for aviators' licenses and pass on their
qualifications to fly.
Resumption of amateur and pleas-
ure aviation with the end of the war
and anticipation of increased opera~
tion of private aeroplanes createdthe
occasion of Major Malone's appoint-
ment. which was made under Chapter
the administration of the aircraft act
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.——Passenger
service into New York over lines of
the New York. New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad today was still unchang-
ed. and it was said that the public wag;
apparently adjusting itself to coutii i
lions. Commuters co'rinued .to crowd
all local trains. but other travelers are"
using the Sound boats wherever it is
possible. and the congestion on the,
railroad has been relieved.
The service on the Harlem River,
Branch of the line has been partly rc-
suIYlui, the shutting off of these trains
on .Sunday having been due to the
enormous holiday rush. which made
operation impracticable.
((‘ontiuthd on Page Eleven.)
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Issultltum-
jg PUlPll
FAlRFlELD. Aug. 12.——The Rev. Dr.
Frank S. Child. pastor of the Fairfield
Congregational church, was preaching
his sermon at the services. Sunday'
morning. when the congregation nor
ticed that he was apparently repeat-
ing himself. Dr. Child preaches from
manuscript notes. and it seemed to
the congregation that he was develop-'
ing the. same portion of his text over
and over. '
Again and again Dr. Child launched
into a repetition of the same text and I
the congregation became atwue of the’
fact that their pastor was in a. dazed
Thestore is located on Main street,
__._.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
iwnsumttlusu
SENATE REQUEST,
<ors' Equity Association to appear in
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1
WASHINGTON. Aug. 11.——President
tial references to other governments. '
Questioned by Senator Brandegee.;
Republican. Connecticut, Mr. Miller.
said he was a law partner of Gordon l
Auchincloss. son-in-law of Colonel E.‘
M. House, one of the American dele-
gates to the Peace Conference.
"Did you have any experience in in-
ternational aflairs, in drafting treat;
I
l
t
l
ies?" asked Senatoi~ Brandegee.
“Not prior to my appointment as a;
special assistant in the State Depart-E
ment. shortly after the United States'
entered the war.” 5
Mr. Miller said he never had heard
of any plan for a league drafted by
New York lawyers and taken to Paris
by the President.
Senator Brandegee asked,
(Continued 0: Pace Haven)
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VON HOEGEN OUT ' i
ON $2,000 BOND.
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HARTFORD, Aug. 12,—M32imillnn‘
von Hoegen, of New Haven. alleged
German sympathizer. under indict»
merit for treason, was yesterday atl-Y
mitted to bail in bonds of 32M and
allowed freedom of movement for the '
first time since March tidy-w
m returned to this its“ '
comm.
m .
tl
he,
i play reopens this week. Charles Hop-
belle”.
l whither. he lad neg. ,_ . ' .
(Continued On Page Three)
1,
liliVEll-NMENTWILL ;
SELL BLANKETS?
l
\‘l’ASlllNGTON, Aug. 12,—Problems
ot‘ the high cost of living continued
today to absorb chief attention of
Congress and Government authorities.
Vt’hile CongreSs went ahead with con-
sideration o‘t‘yarious bills and suggest-
ions for laglslative reason Attorney-
}enernl Palmer continued negotia»
tions with representatives of his dc“
partme‘nt and state. city and county
. agents througll'b’u! the country for co
operation to bring about lower pricesj
fer the necessities of life. '
(‘oincident with the announcement
by the War Department that prices of.
surplus army food would be readjust-‘
ed. from time to time. to conform to
reductions in the retail market on ‘
similar commodities. .which was taken
here as an indication that retail deai-'
ers already were beginning to feel the ;
«sheets of the Government's action in
placing the vast quantities of stores
on the markEt, it was announced last 3
night that the War Department alsof
would otl'er to the public two million:
surplus blankets. These include prac-
tically all grades. and range in prices.
» from $6 for the best all wool to $1.25:
for reclaimed cotton blankets.
Sale and distribution of the blank"
ets will be conducted through post of-‘
[ice and municipal channels on the
same plan that foodstuils are being‘
handled. '
tam.
PLACES [ll Atltllt8§
l
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.~—Actors.now'
managers, who have not appeared be-
fore the footlights in years. are being
forced by the strike called by the Act-
plays they are presenting. W’illiam
A. Brady, following the lead of George
M. Cohan. announced today that he
would play the role of a butler in his
production of ’"At 935," when that
kins. also a mam
ger, will appear {with
Mr. Brady. . \
Continued on Sixth Page
$5,000,000 in Gold Taken
From Wreck of Laurentic
Sunk in 1017 by a Mine
BUNORANA, Ireland, Aug. 12 (By
The Associated Press).-——Goid imports
to the value of £1,000,000 sterling
(about $5,000,000) have been recover-
ed by salvagers from the wreck of the
former White Star Dominion
Laurentic. which was sunk January 28,
1917, otf Fasad Light.
The Laurentic, a vessel of 14.892
tone. which was acting as a British
auxiliary cruiser. struck a mine 0!
the north coast of Ireland and later
sank. Of a personnel of (it) only 120
were saved. - ‘
Boat Designed to Fly
,OneKilled
’MAllllillAlfitlE ‘
Secretary. of State Selects. ,
86 of the Public Acts of 1911. Exam-.
ination of the statutes revealed thatl
' nue. at about 6:30 last evening. Win-v
(
lethally
. must rum
. Goldstein Brothers Award
the Contract to The Austin
Company, of New York
The Austin Company has already
commenced work on the contract to
rt g .
. ‘ I
a“: .‘
v.
350 Men Iron f fie Garrison
erect for Goldstein Brothers, of East
. Norwalk. the new steel and concrete
at Jam . for Ch]- building which is to be completed and
. ~ . ‘31:: ' turned over to the owners within fifty
humi C rWhere Plot. days. The building is to be 50:98 feet
Was Disco and modern in every respect. When
completed. employment will be given
to fifty experienced men, thirty-live
being employed by this firm at the
Present time.
The business done by Goldstein
Brothers is that of fur dyeing for
English account. This bmlness may
be said to be a product of the war, in-
asmuch Is that prior to four years
ago. most American furs were shipped
PMNNEW
' anagrams
rifles
of
(Continued 0. ha- Twain)
M... .. , . Aluminium
view r'maf‘ifa'iililliillRSIIiNBUSlNliss
trains. ‘;
No explanation . a made at mill-5
tary headliner-ta: carding the tie-2
snatch of troops. it was rumored:
they were being a t to replace the9
“"333; ‘35? 9'3323335‘2“ Patronlzed Them Gone for
the headquarters at leaders of the 3 God
conspiracy at Chi by: City Last,
week. indicated tb plot to have that ,, -
Federal garrison . Vllln and guru. The following item. from "Forty
render the town to . last Thursday; Years Ago.“ in the Bridgeport Stand-
waa a part of the t7
pics in Federal -
Good Old Days When Thou-
stat’ where to « . 37 ‘ gw‘ who has kept in close touch with
(rectum: » , . wigs“. refit, tarnish}! years, was one of the
m . Mflgmm r versions: .
here today. .. t The Laura arrived at her dock
this morning, at bait—past .nine,
bringing the excursion party from
Norwalk, which numbered close
on to "twelve hundred persons.
They were taken to Parlor Rock
by a special train of sixteen cars.
drawn by two engines, leaving im-
mediately after the departure of
the 10:10 train.
(Continued on Page Five) i
EASlNllllWALli
MA_N_§_llllBliliNt
(Continued On Page Three)
Winfield S. Hartford Has
Stroke of Apoplexy on
Trolley Car ifiAZETTE lilllllllNli
M” We .. .... ...! LETlEllS SllllVENlllS
\
ley car. near his home. 233 East ave :
field 8. Hanford found that on trying
to alight from the car in front of the' .
, the old Norwalk Gazette are the big
horwalk Club. where he w“ to at— cast iron letters which formed the
tend a meeting. his entire right Sldetwords “Gazette Building” on the
"35 powerless. He accordingly reg front of the original building which
mained seated. made the round trip
. was erected in 1860. The entire face
back to East Norwalk. and was assrst- . _
ed to his home. where Dr. A. H. Bald- 1“ bemg "um"? "“0"“ ”Y ”‘9 “Tl“
. .men who are rushing the work of
Wlfip‘ggs 5:333:53? thh‘: begggféh‘n l construction of the building for Har-
‘ d Guns are expected to have ev-
found that Mr. Hantord was sutl'ering l "a an ' , ,
from a slight stroke of apoplexy,'fgi8%?°k removed by quitting “me
‘Which had nifected his right leg and. The letters are eight inches high
its“; \rendering those members “88' ; and had been originally heavily guild-
One of the most interesting relics of
_ «ed. which of recent years had been
It “35 teamed thimomlng that al- t painted over. but traces of gold may
still be seen where the paint has flak-
(mm 0‘ Pit. mu.) ed off. The letters “G" which forms
. . the beginning and end of the inscrip‘
MIKE BREDICE ON Itier; have been secured by a member
, of t. John‘s Lodge. F. and A. M., and
U' 8' FLAGSHIPl are highly treasured as souvenirs of
M nd Mr: Ernest Bredice haveliiie 1:) uildinfg 1‘: his: was for so long
r. a . i e one o t e e. -
received a most interesting letter; Russell Rogers. 8who ran repre-
from their somllichfielBredlceJWflt‘lseated Schwarx Company, of Bridge-
ten aboard “18 United States battlenportkwho have the contract for 1:9-
shlp New M61100. “388mb 0f the modeling the building and who made
passed through the Panama Carrot. 2 here. has taken up other work for the
The fleet left Hampton Roads July company. and is succeeded by Joseph
19th, with the New MEXi'CO in 0031-, Leigh, who will have charge of the
mud 0f Admiral Hugh Badman, in ‘ 31180118. who are expected to gmfi‘lgy.
the-lead. The young man who is 111‘ ing the brick for the new front to-
the best of health is taking full Id-' marrow. The ace will be of yellow
vantage of this opportunity as a memfi tapestry brick, and the old brick.
ber- of the crew of this crack ship to Which have just been removed, will be
see the many strange sights and scen-' used for the backing. The new mate-
es incident to the voyage. The fir“ rial has arrived nttheNorwnlk freight
Pacific port will be Sm Diego, Cat. yard,
and from there the that Will visit the
Hawaian Islands and then return to REV. MACFARLAND
‘ AGAIN HQNORED
Seattle Washington. Sec‘y. of the Na-
vy Daniels and party are guests on
the flag ship.
TbcPAuoclated Press prints 1; cable
. tacky $80 from arts that Rev. Charles . Mac-
Ken , P tar-land. or the Federal Council. has
was been made a Knight of the Legion o!
' Honor. the highest military distinct-
ion of the French Government. for
services rendered during the war, co-
\
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for Bandits
CENTRAL crrr, «Ky. Aux. 127-4;
posse of several hundred man today
continued their search for bandits who
yesterday afternoon held up and rob-
bed the Citizens' Bank. at South 0!!-
rotten, just north of here. om
1’18. .
A 13th while om
point Dr. incur-land a on
m with“
mums (By The Asso-
ciated ).
_ .9 Torr
wk maple
. 12
31;: Km Meant
”.mmuberty. 7 Mandy! mot’t’nc'Ordcrot
‘ ’ a or 1“ Wu.
sands of Norwalk People.
. to cnuse muti- , aid-Telegram. brought back a flood of;
..s in all m. .remlniscences to a resident of this
great Pacific Fleet just after it had many friends during his short stay
muywtuzthe Fteuch_Army tn'
'asaxmsmbert Iu-v
' as. ’ ‘ /
firearm-u; W ml Wetland”
Stall t
lMany of Those in Hungary
Be as Bad for
Klaus for a Coalition Cabine
From Solutitpn Since
flitflhltlt’l‘llil‘ltl
limitations“
iF’ood Problems, Calf Pasture
. Beach and Various .Im-
t provcments to be Talked
i Over Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of the
City Council. which takes place in
City. Hall. tonight. is one that will un-
doubtedly draw a l rge attendance of
the public interest in the welfare of
their city. as many matters of vital
t importance and interest are scheduled
9 to come up for discussion. .
Probably the most important mat-
.‘ter this evening will be the report of
lthe recently appointed committee on
the proposed steps to be taken in se-
curing Norwalk’s share of the food.
;canned goods and supplies wlfich are
inow‘ being offered for sale to munici-
5palitics by the United States Govern-
j ment in an eflort to keep the H. C. L.
iwolf away from the door. Those ap-
i pointed on the committee, on the sug-
lgestlon of Councilman William J.
tMoore. were Councilmen Robert M.
“'olfe, Frank L. Clarke. Albert '1‘. El—
l dridge and George D. Russell.
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‘MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich. Aug. 12.
—-Arguments in the $1,000,000 libel
suit of Henry Ford against the Chica-
go Daily Tribune closed today with the
summing up addresses of Elliott G.
Stevenson. senior counsel for the Tri-
bune. and Alfred Lacking. senior coun-
sel for Mr. Ford.
Judge Tucker said he intended to
excuse the jury and counsel tomorrow
while he devoted himself to preparing
his instructions. which will be leng—
thy. Thrusday morning. he said, he
expected to charge the jury and send
it to its deliberations.
Mr. Stevenson. taking up the alleg-
ed libelous editorial beaded "Ford is
an Anarchist." published June 3. 1916.
in the Tribune, insisted there was not
a word in it anywhere to justify the
.plaintll's contention that by “anar-
chist" the une meant a bomb
thrower or one who by violent means
sought to overturn governman
"Ignorant idealist." was the next al—
leged libelous statement brought by
the lawyer. who said that incident af-
ter incident occurred while the plain-
manned "oil's-u mo
Commas rAvons
A. MITCHELL ramps
WASHINGTON, Aux. 12.—-Conllr-
motion by the Senate of the nomina-
tioo of. A. Mitchell Palmer to be attor.
nay-general was ”commended in a
million: report today by the Son-
ate Judiciary subcommittee. which
bu been W bear-lugs on the ap-
tpotntgrcnt. mm: murmur
he believed the hit committee would
approve the recommendation. Favor»
able action by mimic also is ex-
' Opposition to Ir. Palmer, booed
t
a
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Think Archduke Joseph W
the Common People as Was Bela Kul.
Both Governments Being Based on Terrorism '
SEEM maul-Ln ltl 311mm AN}
. lNVASlllN tr HUNliARYAlliNBE ‘
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t at Budapest Are Further ,
the Declination of Paul Gerami
PRAGUE. Monday, Aug. 11
(Associated Presslf-Large but or-
derly demonstrations
shone today. being led madly by
lthe Social Democratic element, m
l
occurred}; '
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filmw‘ .; .
i z
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“a
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PllllESl- AGAINSI l
protest archivist the coup d‘em by 7 Ema:
twhich Archduke Joseph becnmc‘
’thc head of the Hungarian gov-
ernment. “ -
I At the beginning of the Rumou-
ian invasion of Hungary, the more
conservative elements of Czecho-
‘slovakia were insist t that a
Czech army advance. Immediately
into Hungary to protect Czecho—
slovakian interests there. Profes-
sor T. G. Masarky. president of
Czechoslovakia. and members of
his ministry Opposed such a move
merit, declaririg‘tlmrfiwyr £
to not entirely In coordination
with the great powers and did not
wish to embarrass them further in
the situation which had arisen bc~
cause of the Rumanian invasion,
which was in violation of the arm-v
istice.
E Fears are expressed that the re-
‘actionary clement ill Vienna will
join forces with those back of the
ascendancy oi“: Archduke Joseph
. and will amalgamate the Austrian
‘and Hungarian states into an in-
lensely autocratic government
,which will become the center 0:
autocratic propaganda in lcntrnl
Europe. As Archduke Joseph its 5
Hapsburg. (‘zeclloslavakiau of—'
ficials hope the United States will
use its influence in preventng the ,
new regmic from becoming estab-
lished. They base their hope on
the fact that a government by any
Hapsburg was one of the forms or
government denounced by Presl-
dcnt Wilson before he would agree
to the conclusion of an armistice.
No Czechoslovakian officials be-
lieve Archduke Joseph anymore
represents the true sentiment of
the Hungarian common people
anymore than did Bela Kun. They
say both governments were based
' on “terrorism and in opposition to
the aspirations of the common peo-
ple through Central Europe.”
Up to this time the Czechoslova-
kian ministry has been reticent in
giving rxpression to its views ro-
specting developments in Hu-
gary, but today’s demonstrati”
make itnecessary for the govern».
ment to make some declaratml,‘
land the sentiments of a large ml—
ljorit.r of officials are epitomind'
labove:
Czechoslovaks are cheered by
lthe note from the Peace Confer-
lence to the Romanians on Aug. 7,
l
linquiring whether th‘e Romanians. '
ihad “decided to disassociatc then;-
lselvcs from the allies." This now
twa‘s published here today. A
tatrong feeling exists here that tilt
tclose relationship between HM
jzollerns and the Hamburg: icon-c
‘way‘ connected with the pros“
‘IHohenzollern occupant of the n...
‘manian throne, King Ferd“?
land the latest developments orb
ta political situation in no.»
“”3‘ I m
. As a rcsult.o£ today's den-n-
atufion. the Social Democrat“ .
scan inclined to support on]
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