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Evening sentinel, Friday, October 3, 1919 · page 1

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III REAII It
IN IHESENTINISI

 

 

 

”unusual: 1870"

 
 
 

Entered

Office as SecondiClau Mull Matter.

at tit. South Not-walk Pout

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iliultilltsillllll II "
DISIRIION- of 1,500 MIN
IROM lil_ls_0I SIRIIIERS

~i§l iItii. (it'l fi

I'Iii to keep their lines intact. A
met-tings Were held at which
“t'l‘t‘
unit the picket lines were
.- nml, As a result of this ac.-
vl-gvgltt'llli)’ not more. than 200
. ti-riunml to work today at the
Slv'i'i (‘ompany plant. where
nearly every dqpartnient were
on Officials of the company
.I they now have a force of
rm employed. The plant is
operating at about 7.0 per
capacity.

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:-lant of the. American Silt-Pl.

..I..tt- (Tonlpany. It was said .m-
“as Iunning units in nearly

it» lml‘llllf‘ill on a basis of about
«will. capacity.
ll".\(. P. “(1.31. Officials of steel
Ia thi- (‘ltlf‘nutttlistrict [D'Iilli"ti '0

u ut increasi'"! numbers of

.
. i'lir‘ll resuming: their taut-s ditt""‘.’

i.x-t two days and indications by
i . .\ min r workers of their intention

worn to work as upholding tlieir'

v in lion that production today would
i'II t'itls‘t‘ to fifty per cent. of not“
i.:lilt)r leaders maintained their

r-illi'lllS. however. appreciable in-

’ ~i~ Into the ranks of the sil'lki‘l'fi‘
not being made. ‘

‘II Official Of the United States

. v-l Corporation, (Iai'y. ind. plant

.-—Alarmed at. the assumed “H.
_...n (ll 1.7.00 men' from their mp payroll w
- )t'sli'I'litt)’. steel strike leaders w
l. aerial every influence at their it

delivered by labor

thousand men of 9.000 on

ere at work yesterday. Five thous-
nd men were reported ready to begin
,work at Indiana Harbor, Ind.. and re-
ports of additional production cant!
froltl “'aukegan. V

Three. men with bricks in their
lpockets were arrested last night at
' the American Sheet and Tinplate Com-
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Inn. M. ALIEN II
MlIleIIIPImNs

Llr. Lauren .\i. .\ll<-n of “'uslilnamn
street has bl‘t'il ilpltUiflixtl by Aillutant
1(‘tt'lll'riliGt‘tlt‘L't‘ .\l. ('ule as a post sur—

 

 

 

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. )l'l' cent ‘ . .. .. r
geolt to determine the t‘Xt .nptlon front 1 m ”i" ”X H” In the past

military ditty or Noruatk men ennui-1
‘ in the State Guard by the slatitiattl It!
idisallility prescribed by the su...; on

I general.

All malt- citizens o‘.’ this city it-
Viwnnn the ages of IS alld 43 dedtina
-t-xc;npiion from military duty ii} lt'.l'
son of mental or physical disability

illust It-[Mll'l III ilr .-\ilcn for t'X:lllliIl.'l~
HP“ The post surgeon will make i ’.

emptions on iill‘ first of ol

next year.

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MPIAIN T. E. SWAN ~ :NEfiiitiESiNSTiflliiE f

WRIIESACEEPIANIJE

I .tptaln Thomas I".. Swan. of Sagin-
llitliiaan. for three years a chap-
't‘It in the army of the l'nlted States.
It i- formally accepted the call to be-
rector of the Trinity Episcopal
w H -t'haplain 'Swan will offlc:at.e
the first time in Trinity on Octo-
l'Jth He will assume charge of
parish on “'cdncsday. October 15‘.
4 t vlaill Swan. during his military ser-

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I has made many lasting friends

w: . has been thoroughly in touch with

'I and affairs. The. people of Trin‘
n‘ and the community look forward to
ill~ lei-titl'silip Wiiil liltlflSlll‘P.

.II'DGE GIVES SERIES
SCORE FROM BENCH

li\'.-\.\'S\'II.I.E_ Intl.. Oct. 3.—FOI~ the.
twin-fit of fans who were compelled to
win-mi court yesterday
.Itlnlzzc i'hilip (‘. Gould. who was prOIi-
din: at a trial in (‘ircuit {‘ourt here.
announced the world series scores
ll’tltll lht“ bench.

NliRWAUi VliTERS UR

 

' VliTE Hill BlillifiEjiflNll ISSUE

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To the Electors of the Town of Nor-
Walk:
On Monday next you are to vote

upon the question of whether or not

you will authorize the iSSuance of a

bond issue of $100,000 for the purpose

of enabling the Washington Street
bridge Construction committee to use
such necessary portion of the funds
secured by the sale of such bond is-
ue. to secure. by purchase or con-

Norwalk. of all the land within the

ge bill. accepted by you at a spe
election, held September lltli.
The committee would have
e acquired this property had it not
I prevented from doing so by a

of funds. The Superior court has
in substance that

id bill, by the electors.
ired a right for Park pu
of the property
In -aries. The bill also declared
all of the lands within those
aries were necessary for the
- enience of the public, and the Su-
-r court has decided that it is the
duty of this committee to ac-
: all of the lands within those
daries for the use of the public.
9 law declares that the lack of
.- . is not a eufi'icient excuse for the
H—performancevof a public duty by
. of a municipality. So that
.euler the bond hue b named or

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the town
I‘Doses to
within certain

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afternoon;

lants. have in the property. Ot course.
:there are but two ways that ”1080
jfllllds can be provided. One will be

'-mnation proceedings, the amount of} that fails, the money will have to be
(1 on Seaview avenue necessary toiprovided by

plete. the ownership, by the Townl
i same.
daries described in our Park andi

the acceptance j

illumination

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HELENA. Ark. Oct. Ft'(i(‘l’ili
troops front Camp Pike and local posse
men and state officers on riot duty at
Elaine. a small town near here. “'iit‘it'
race disturbances have occurred intrr-
tnittently since Tuesday. resulting iIi
sixteen known deaths .today prepart-d'
to resume a search for arms and ain-
Imunition secreted by nezroes in that
locality. '
The race trouble. late reports Intli
cote, Was fomented by agitators who
had aroused the negroes to participate.
in an oxganized uprising.
{ The authorities sent parties of men
-tllroul.:h the negro quarter searching'
IiiOUSPS and outbuildings when gun‘
lcaclics \vure suspected. An announce—.
tnent made at military headquarters
,at Elaine. said that about 1:10 rifles,
illad been taken from negroes who lladt
been arrested or at the homes of not
groes searched by troops. ‘
“'holesalc arresis of lli‘zrot-s have
jitt‘t‘ll made. according to officials, who

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not passed. this committee will be
obliged to take the necessary steps to
procure this property. and, as a log‘-
cal consequence. will be obliged to
look to the city for neceshary funds to
pay for such interests as the claim.

before you on Monday next in the
'shape of a propOSed bond issue and. if

a special appropriation.
and a consequent tax levy to raise the
As the matter stands. it is for the
electors to take their choice. The
committee, of course. recommends the
:bond issue. so that the burden may not
ghave to be borne by the taxpayers all
gut once. but may be paid on gradually.
.Most of you have some idea of the
amount of work which this committee
than performed gratuitously. and you
[are aware that we have tried to have
.this matter taken over by the Com-
,mon Council, but have been unable tc
do so. Now, we at?" you will assist
‘us to terminate this work as speedily
gas possible. and thus give us I little
'encouragement in what we believe to
. e one of the greatest benefits the

ICU}; of Norwalk has ever conferred
-upon itself.

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JOHN r. M'MAHON,
WILLIAM MORAN.
JOHN W. outs-rum),
ISAAC CHURCH, . ‘
SAMUEL I.“ .
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hen the strike was called,

.would vote against the treaty."

Louis Barthout and Paul Paint

thrift among the pu
principals. under the su
George V.

of saving.

BUTT-ERWORTH RIFLES :

MAYOR

Abandoning his determination to
keep silent during the present mayors
alty campaign, Mayor Jeremiah Dono-
van granted an interview with The
Sentinel this morning. There has
tbeen widespread wonderment through-
out the city concerning the lack of the
usual canlpalgn activities among the
Democrats. while the Republicans are
hammering away at What they have
termed their "false economles." The
,ncwspapers have carried columns of
copy concerning Republican activities.
little or no mention being made of the
,other party. The mayor was infurmed

 

lthis morning that the news columns or

lThe Sentinel 'were open equally

. him. and he spoke In part as follows
i ‘The issue before the electors In the
1 city
jes. The. war was on. and every nerve
land fibre of the nation was being me
*erted toward its vigorous prosecution.
in conformity with the national senti-
ment. a campaign of retrenchment and
;econotuy was begun and pledges give
for a lower tax-rate. That campaign
and its results are a matter of history.
Discussion as to the methods which
thought about a reduction or mec 25

l\\() years is futile. The fact remains

tartan
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PARIS. Oct. I‘..--0pponI-nts m‘ .the
latitication of the .Treaty- of Peace
with Germany. who have boasted opcn~
Iy in the (‘llalnber of Deputies tor

.wt-ek‘s tltat they were able to line up

one hundred votes against the pact.
showed keen disappointment “hen a
total of 53 against the treaty was pro
claimed ytvsterday (lltci‘nlltln. i'zm
eminent In the ranks of the llliIltllIl)
were Marcel (‘nchItL Jian Longui t.
Alter Brizon, M. Mayeras and .\I_ liai-
tin Ilugcns. Extremist Socialists. and
M. SI-mbat. who heretofore uas
gamed as a Moderate. Several tit'illi'
ties who were considered as being (we
lain to be against lill' treaty lililk-ll‘ti
at the last moment and denim-d to as
same the responsibility on the eve of
the coming elections. among them be-
ing .Ii-an Ron and M. ill-nautlel. ttvo ot‘
the most irreconcilable adversaries of
the treaty during the discussions which
have taken place In the ('haniber.
llefections in the Socialist party
alone amounted to 33. including Albert
Thomas. the Labor leader. Seven dep-
uties were reconied as bein2_“absent
on leave" and M. l-‘ranklin-Bouillon'

'failed to make good his twice repeat-

ed assertion that “he and his friends
He
alone of the Radical Socialists oppos-
ed it. while eighteen abstained from
voting and the remainder voted for
the pact. Aristide Renaud. Viviani.
e) e, for-

mer Premiers. also voted in favor of

ratification.

CAVANAIIH PRIZE
maintain;

John Cavanagh has donated to the;
public schools of this city the sum of.
$25 to be given as a prize to promote
pils. Teachers and.
pervislon oft
Buchanan. superintendentt
of schools. are cooperating to train'
the students in the progressive habitsi

Mr. Buchanan has issued
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T0 RESUME DRILLS

 

The following order has been 3880M.
by Capt. Charles B. Milne of the But-
terworth Rifles for resuming drills;
for the coming Bensonz’ Order No. S.’

1. in compliance

with General or-
ders No. 5. R. Q. 4th H. 1).. dated Sept.
30th. 1919 the mem

bers of _the StbSep

arute Co. are hereby ordered, Q-report

g :10 Armory Itinday Ocean: at 8
..toleomne eweo .drilluf

season of int—int). kly « or

2. fine for absence tron

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WMf'T' . . . .1919
AND “IAIIISflRJtBuc .

lovof the city

campaign of 1917 was lower tale.

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too
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- . ”Bonn-om announced may. Small?

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that the pledge: given to, people in
the lust municipal coll have beeni
fulfilled.

. “We have this your a L: lute aver-
aging 20 mills throughm the Fourth
taxing district and a t duo-mill tax
in the Fifth district. . In I. lair}
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.WI‘OENT WILSON IS
PROFOUNDLY WEAK;
CONDITION GRAVE

 

prove ample for the neither the clty.i
as well as provide for Inch glowthl
and improvements as tar. necessaty to‘
meet our future needs.

‘_'The financial conditiu of the city
is now on a very ntl‘hclory basis.
;Vt'e have established I mioyou‘gtw

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3.—Dr. Francis X.

buttbuchoinofaohurfuiframeofmlnd.'

i system, instead of the OH ametredits

and~borrow plan. Every department
shoe? ‘b‘S’atance to It- cred- i
‘11 .a auiplus over the amount appro-
_ printed.

"i-‘Or the first time under our pres-
ent charter the tax bills have been is-
sued before the elecdon. and if its now
I pasaibte for puery'me to but what

has been the rear! of thou-win: have
been and are the candidates (or dice.
. Hereafter who'll! be an established
'custom. and will gone be a guide to

l the taxpayer in bribing his judgment ‘ the M Conformed”
i" "WWW" "’ “W mumi M "“1' ' Upon his arrival Dr. Dercum aid to newspaper reporters:

. nicl'pal affairs. enabling Mm to inll‘itl-

very much in need of rest.
on encouraging indication."

administration By nature,
of a m

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, exhausted later caused every one to be a. little apprehensive."

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ClAIMS GARY
S’ifiifliiiim- «f a...
WERE IAISE

George I), Russell.
rally was held last night in the
WASHINGTON. Oct.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 394mm
Parts will be the om.)w
acttu, American

bad
in which '

detachments of railway and Signal
(‘orps troops will be busy for some
time In outlying districts and a con-'
linucni of about fiftv-five phloem and?
men will rennin in England. attonu. 9
to liquidation matters.
(‘ommlusioned personnel serving
with the American torces in Germany;
Vii" be limited to four hundred meni
hereafter. the “ilofiat? of officer
u-ssitaiing this reduction.

dining~room of the Net-walk

lor, who spoke as follows:

s . ~‘ free ballot. in just

tecl industry. Michael P. 'rlgiiet unis. the “RM of
3:33”: or the Iron Steel and Tin ice to yourself. in justice to your com-
“'orkcn' Union. told the Senate com-. mini")? ii “$00“? _.“0tl‘l 3:11:13“;
Imittee investigating the steel cirike'nm‘ right In ”I“ “I! l a . 0
'today that thc l'nited States Steel twat?!“ anPfl' ‘0 3'01" City. which
‘Corporution instead of "19“}an the means as well you individual Welfare.

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. t ‘ _ . Individually. there is no such thing
iiEiiUESTS "Elihu: glazes:.::::;-;:.i::':.ra .. .. . w.
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ganilation n ler progress or go backward. The same
Ell-liquor dealers in this city don' 'Gury.’

“information given to you by Judge principle that applies to us individual-
' Tighe said. "was not first hand. '3’ applies '0 “5 colllfictlvefly. . A: it
appear to be optinlistlcallv sharing the! evidence gained from practical k"°""'§:':k'::?§y “ g0 e ier Gnu” or
belief felt in some quarters of the‘edge of the industry. but. instead. con- The Democratic or rather the mav-
beliet' fctlt in some quarters of theismwa of the statements made to him or who is the Democratic party has
countrv that old John Barleycorn mayiby his employee, foremen and superln- bp‘pn in power locallv for the past iuo
H; .ev d ‘ (‘trtain Ii ‘tendentn. It was far from being the ' _ ‘ H h d.red an account 0‘

. p.“ e "Om.“ ‘ quor. truth about the industry." - ifdls' e as ren e.
dealels in nearby ('Ilit‘s are SO hopeful: Tlghe repeated the charge that the his stewardship in two documents he

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the\' have gone to the extent of petit- q . . has rccentlv issued—one the tax bills.
- . - ee 0 po u e rlv in its history . '
toning for liquor licenses. The Sen- “ I C r "“0 g ' sent out a week before election. and

ttnel was informed at the office of thei32?";pzrxgr;::?nzflézog'mstymgfg{ . the other. his letter accompanying his
county commission: rs in Bridxeportiam! 'The unions he said had never contribution to the hospital. i believe
today that no Norwalk dealers had ap—I sought the "closed shop .. 'but union you will place these two documents. as
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! “The president is profoundly exhausted and very work. He remained in bed all day. He
5 had no temperature, but the fact that he was up and about on Wednesday and became so completely
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Dr. Del-cum said he would not return to Washington unless summoned.

the 'RFbubllcanJona. pom eat instrum It.

el. - in): question.
Thomas C. Balcom acted as chalrmbntdnte is successfully doing this. and l

and introduced Judge Joseph R. Tay~ibelie\'e that

Dercnnf, of this city, noted neurologist, who exam-
ind Mont Wilson as a consulting physician, said today the: the president's condition is grave,

After spending an hour and a. half at the president's bedside, Dr. Del-cum returned here at
mid-m. “We merely confirmed Dr. Brown's diagnosis. undo previously, und found the preddent
He is very cheerful and takes an interut in win: is going on. This in

Ir. Wilson, according to Dr. Dercum, realizes that he is a sick man and is making an odor!
to can chafing under the restraint which compels him to relinqniah temporarily the helm of the
aid the neurologist. be is a "hard mu to handle/1mm the viewpoint

”nopreddeutisnottbetypo of man to be worried by his symptom," said Dr. Del-cunt.
Imm- bd hint to am: his strength. when he should have been husbanding it after the strain of

{IAIIflRSAYSMAIflItISfilIIIII III
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Pinyin e catelon' UP
1 am not going into figures on the

The Republm mal-
by

the time he get:

lthrouzh talking on these figure. you

On Monday next you one again to will all realm that for what you’ve got.
1—Giving a' enjoy the privilege of exercising the for what you‘ve paid. you're tax bill in
3 no detailed history of union 'acufinofi In greatest civil right given to individ-‘stlll about. ten mil‘s mo high.

\\'hat have you had for what it hall
cost you'.‘ The city streets were never
in as deplorable condition as they are
today. Let alone the necessary re-
pairs paSsed up by the administration.
they are not even swept regularly or
kcpt clean. Did I hoar‘nomMy lay
kept clean in spots? I'll agree with
you that these spots have been clean-
ed ahtitpes by nature. I know a piles
in the Second district where there or.
two catch-basins. At a recent atom
these catch~bnsins were so filled with.
dirt and rubbish by reason of the
city‘s neglect to clean them that the
water front the gutters couldn't get.
into the catch-basins. and rushing
across the street. in a stream many
feet in width. cleaned the strum tem~
porari'y, that had been left untouched
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ling liquors. in anticipation of the.
iii‘Obflbil‘ lifting of the prohibition ban}

flilllimtifim
tumultuous

Mrs James Lawrence Stevens. 0 ,
‘ union leaders for
West avenue. was elected'second vic i ,, l
Drésidt nt of the National Daughters o I'ndng’eeco:ff:‘::“‘:°'be 1&eflnfi?fiit which resulted in the lynching of 9
1812 at the annual meeting heic yea I [Geomuu‘g feature of the steel workers" negro. an attack by the mob on the
terday t ".19 HOW] Strutfield “f. strike In the Pittsburgh district.
Bridgeport. 'America for Americans I

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‘FREE SPEEEH’ Fifilii
IEIHIIIPHASI

7 __ - McKelvle. asgistcd by state agehts t0-
PXTTSRLRGH‘ .gféhf'oftp‘fefgwgi day continued his investigation into
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Ac-‘ mayor of Omacllm. ltlllqlbltllillng off 2:0
_;white men. an t e urnng o e

was the keynote spirit of the session; sifdrifiitz11332:”:ifgdgfsnfggilctiypflfiiiiis' county court house.

Miss Gratin L. RiCe_ officer 0' the Ju-‘ If? avoiding responsibility for proth-1 More than seventy-five men and

venlle court in Bridsemrt. gave an .d‘; itin muss meetln and ‘8 a result ;boys are arrested. charged With DIN“-

drees on “The Crisis in Americana». the-sun fl“. work‘esru’ lawful right to; ticiputlng in the riots. and the police

“on" Miss Rice 3"“ that ‘ little y fly. it h h ‘3 bein ‘say many others will be taken into

band of Americans were able to mom-: mom e an ear 599“ es 8. _‘__

lain independence when an ocean in-

nbused. .

' The union workers declare that-
;ngfd' U322?” ‘flzfiegafifigfi snot-m William s. Haddock reoently‘
icu fulfill their responsibilities.

she granted them permission to hold in-:
stated. there may be an uprising like

'MADE THIRTY-THREE
ARRES'IS IN SEPT.
80 many kingdoms here.

Policemen in Norwulk node a total

”“1 EMO'rOtus‘r TO CARRY . o _ .
DOME”, mNfiCWI (”HILL gISREMECTN MAIL TO DANBURY; lion}??? éip’i'..mlfii'2‘m?i

. {decline over the number of urmtp
Poutmter Andrew Leary has been made during September a year ago.
One of the most. important problems The rem. of chief of Police W".
to be be It I It the Dunbury Wt“. advised by the post office department
he in the bands of Deputy Sun-ll Ed-

tlut applications will be received torl “an ‘R- Pennington shows the arrests
ward B. Doulens: of this city. wlo will

the carrying of mail ion at; South were all for minor minds-mums.
NW railroad station to Danbuiy.

be in charge of all of the pun-clothe: .n will be one daily "in. . II! EW—
hun the local station at (:30 do!” SEWER 0N Ya. D! POORURT
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ties it will be to~ protect the nu
crowds from the activities of pickpock-
ets and like ole-den. who find the
"picking? pods: ovum him. aba-

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Edward M. tans of the Harris E
ians Co. owfer of the Calcite build-
ing and repn-sentativn of tho
Schwartz Lumber Co of Bridgeport

who have the contract for the rel-Mots
ing of the building were in consulta-
tion thin morning regarding the chang-
es to be made in the offices on the
second floor. it was stated that tho

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merly led to the Temperance and old
Odd Fellows’ hall would be removed
entirely and a more convenient double
platform stairway built to the thin!
floor directly at the bond of the wow
ent street. entrance on Wall street
which will be made uniform with its
present width at the top giving con-
siderable more space in the Shell:-
tobucco shop. it was also utoted‘that
the prouent offices facing the strain
would be extended seven feet in depth
info the present oust. hall way but
just what changes would.» made in
their interior: was not told.

mRnIEN'rI‘ALRAINS
CAUSE LIFE boss

MADRID. Oct. 3 tHAVAS).-lntn~
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