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lNNSYll/ANIA 0N SlRlKE‘DUlY
WASHINGTON, Nov. '4.—A
pecial presidential commission to
organization of the leading coal;
operators of the country.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 4.—
RED Emits tutti titti Knits
attempt arbitration of the bitumi-l
nous miners' coal strike was pro-
posed in a resolution introduced
today by Chairman Kenyon of the
Labor Committee. Without dis-
cussion the measure was referred
to that committee.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—-Ef-
forts to reach a basis for possible
settlement of the strike of bitumi-
nous coal miners were made today
‘1! :1 conference here between Fed-
eral Fuel Administrator Garfield
llld J. D. A. Morrow, president of
he National Coal Association, an
Breaking his silence here for the!
first time since he was served with l
the restraining order from theI
Court of Federal Judge A. B. An-
derson, last Friday, John E. Lew-l
is, acting president of the United!
Mine Workers of America, gave,,
out the following brief statement‘
in regard to the efforts of the gov-i
ernment to end the strike of ap-'
proximately 425,000 soft coal min-g
ers.
“The machinery of the joint;
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MASS MEETING utiitttis
AllflRESSl-ilililNATIflNALflFFIBERS
‘ M. F. Greene, of New York, It itional president of the United
Butters of North America, speaki 1g before a mass meeting of 350
. atters in Red Men's Hall, last night, advocated a scale of prices
'3 .2 at $1 an hour, owing to the high cost of living. President Greene
1;.4~.'ussed the benefits derived from united organization, and disclos-
.i the fact that the hatters' union; in other hatting centers are
«lueving remarkable success in increasing the union memberships.
National Secretary Martin Eiwlor and James Quinn, local un-
:oll organizer. also spoke, urging co—operation in the ,efi‘orts being
made to organize, which have so far met with such gratifying re-
.monse.
Mr. Quinn was chairnianof the meeting, which was an enthu-
siostic snooess. ‘
m.
itucmbet‘s of
‘thut their release from
‘ State
‘ who
.l.ucten lt‘. -Burpee.‘ commandinz
day that the sudden reversal
, nit
MllllIAMlN Sill
IN llll SERVICE
Letter of Bureau of Naviga-
tion Replaces More Than
100 Connecticut Men Who
Believed Themselves Dis-
charged
REVERSERRTJLINH
RECEIVEDBYEHLE
Had Five Divisions Here at
Outbreak of War
Directly
reversing a ruling of last
.lum-. tltc "hilt-d States Navyileprlrt-;
ment has notified Adjutant General
:eorge M. (‘ole of Connecticut that
the Connecticut Naval
Militia who were given understand
the United
Naval Reserve. automatically
terminated their enlistment in the title
val militia of this state. are still in
the state service and are obligated
to some until expiration of their
cnlisttuents. The ruling affects more
than in" cxvsailot-s in Connecticut
entered the United States Navy
by 'way of the naval militia.
Brigadier General Edward Schulzv
of Hartford. Clll(f of staff to General
A.
Connecticut State Guard. said yestct‘
nl' lhr
(Continued on Page Tit-clvcl.
the,
WATERBURY
JllNEYBUS
tuition
WATERBURY, Nov.- 4.—Ten
persons miraculously escaped "ser-
:ous injury if not death here, to-
l‘lV. when a jitney bus operated
y Morris Nadel, of 115 Dykeman
Meet, was struck broadside by a
.ldster coming from a side street
:.i.l overturned. The jitney driver
'."l5 placed under arrest, charged
vit‘n reckless driving, and will be
-men a hearing before the proper
irficials on Thursday of this week.
Three of the passengers were
<1ightly injured and received surg-
ical attention, then returned to
their homes. Those injured were
Karl L. Winters, of 191 Woodlawn
Terrace, out about the hands; Ed-
ward Holmquist, of 314 WilIOW
street, out about the hands, and
Sadie Mellow, of Hillside avenue,
bruised about the shoulders. The
rout left wheel of the roadster
. was turned completely under and
._ the m‘ndows of the bus were
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‘ANllllilfR NlllE ‘
SENT l0 RUMANIA
rams. .\’ov. n. , Thc Supreme coup,
,cil today (id'l‘ldl’d to send another note
to Romania. reiterating the. request
Ltnndc of her in the notes delivered on
,Ot-t. IT by the American. British and
French Governments, but not deliver-
ed by any representative of the llalian
Government. It has developed that as
lllt‘ result or the failure of Italy to re»
sent the note at Bucharest, the Huma-
niatt Government failed to reply, say-
ing it did not understand that all the
great powers concurred in the note.
The ltulian delegation in Paris has
expresscd surprise that the note lizts
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STEAMER“MARIRN”
BEINfiflVERHAUlEI]
thcnsive- improvements have been
made to the freighter “Marion" that
plys between this city and New York.
New boilers were installed and other
repairs made to prepare the steamer
for a strenuous winter of service. The
“.‘Jarion" will be able to resume her.
trips. starting front New York tomor-
rQW. after being in dry (lock for a
short time.
ilflNNEBlllIlll NAllllNAl ' fillARll
IS RRRERER RIB-ESTABLISHED
‘ -:i_\ 100 Men Required—Th is Number Not Enough For
Protection. Burpee Says
Continued
. So State Guard
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-5."i'l‘4>i:il. Nov. 4. —»;\n order has
~~u~l from the office of the Mile
.l.s:;1 tzcncy Board for the re-es-
.;;.. m of the Connecticut Nation-
..iui. by order of Gov. Holcomb.
,,"“l'.' tor organization is signed
.' ul ten. Lucien F. Burpee. of the
nl'llzr'ut State Guard. Under res
Imam-m Connecticut is expected
., ..I :.-‘h only about 400 men.
I»: Int terms of the Militia Bureau's
mun: Connecticut is expected to
..»i. one battalion of infantry (tour
. mist artillery. one batter? 0‘ field
‘lllk‘ljy and one ambulance «amplify.
t. m obvicus." ma mm~m
'th thGKNatlonor .
prescribed for us would not meet the
needs or the state should we require
service t--r a purcly internal disturb-
ance. “’9 could hardly employ field
or coast artillery for a state emergen-
tcy. The small body of infantry might
be stationed at distances remote from
like paint of action. The State Guard
lwill be continued as a vital element of
:the authority of the state."
. in the matter of National Guard re-
organization no sudden revival of forc-
‘es may be anticipated. Brig-Gen.
"George M. Cole, the alumni-general,
itprlle organization of: men
Will. Bet
ZflNERllllNlj
PRflBlEMSBEthi
. tinnitus]
l‘att'ons of the ptty~as-you-lcave
stroll cars are gradually becoming
used to the new otdet' of things, and
combined with the tztct that the car
ct'civs are rapidly becoming familiar
with the zone checks and other details,
the delays have been materially reduc-
ed. and the majority of the cars. even
in the rush hours. are running on a
_normal schedule.
As explained by an official of the
Conm'cticm (‘ompany today. most or
the confusion is due/(o the fact that
‘mamy of the would-be passcnget‘s hm c
,alrcudy been educated to the pay-as-
'you enter cars. and now, when the sys-
tem is reversed. they get all tangled’
up. and vainly try to cuter at the roar
ot the cuts, despite the big placards
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SEVERAL nu: IN
(iiant Zeppelin Is Buffeted
Z Against Ground in At-
tempt to Land—Soars Up
a Derelict—More Than
Score of Passengers Car-
ried Away on Battered
; Craft
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BERLIN. Nov. 4.——.\t least eight perv
sons were killrd or injured Sunday
inigbtm'hen the giant airship Bodensce
'attemptrd a landing near Berlin. The
|Bodensee came from I-‘ricdriclisliafen
and arriv-sd here about 6 o'clock with
ipassengers. She carried about thirty
lpeople altogether. She landed in a
high wind. smaShed her forward gon-
dola, and thou tore loose and was
blown away. .
, (’1) till 2 o'clock yesterday morning
.no further ne-Ws had been received of
the Bodensee. '
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lSIMPLON taxman-S’s
: WRECK KtLts MANY
l PARISSNov, 4.~The Stmplon Ex-
. . prose, while at man we“
u-n‘ni-s of 100 enlisted men each).§will at once canvass the sltntimlpom silt-Yon” azd'sens ms}!!! (W). 15.
, “W‘i'> or cavalry, six conzpanlesiSbould he find recruits and oiled-mt mile- oouthmt of Paris)
term, available in sufliclent. number eta-gt. '
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RUSSltll tint
Is titanium
LONDON, Nov. 4.-‘L claim that the
Northwestern Russian Army or Gener-
al Yudenltch. which .3 been attack-
ing Petrogratl. has been surrounded by
the Bolsheviiti is in“ in a Soviet
Government wireless ‘patch from
Moscow dated today.
The claim to have elected an encir-
clcmcnt of the Northwestem Russian
lArmy is presumably based upon the
Esuccesses of the Bo’hheviki against
'tbe Petrograd Lugs-Pkov Railway, by
.which the southward railroad commu-
lnications of Gen. Yudeulch with his
[Baltic Sea base are t. The capture
.of Luga and Pshov a a comparative-
ly short admtotheoumemmd
of Lake Pelpus, a Mic body
of water teaching from the vicinity or
lPskov to within thirty miles of the
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Mun INTEREST m
tit-initiations
Spectacular Fight in New
York Enlivened by Heart--
. Smith Disputeé—Bay State
Campaign Has; the Police
Strike as Cldeflssue ‘
NEW YORK, Nov. 4~~Electors in
five states went to the polls téday to
ballot for governors. whilc elcction of
lesser officials and decisions on consti-
llllionill questions faced the voters of
several other states. lovernors are
being elected in Kentucky. Maryland.
Massachusetts. Mississippi and New
'Jersey.
The elections in Ohio are being
watched with interest by “wet" and
“dry" adv0cates, as there. for the first
time in any state. a popular vote is be-
ing taken on the 18th amendment to
the Constitution. This is being accom-
plished by a referendum on the Logic-
lalurc's action in ratifving the am d-
ment. Ohio also is taking a referen-
dum vote on the prohibition enforce-
tucnt act adopted by the Legislature.
and is voting on two proposed consti-
tutional amendments touching on pro-
hibition.
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NEW pullout
The 010 Company. of Wilton. (”on-
necticut. has secured an option on the
property between George Taylors
house and the Telephone Exchangt
building. running back to the railroad.
‘at “'llton, for the purpose of building
'a warehouse in connection with the
factory, which will be built on adjoin-
' ro ertv.
mtl’lgnsphave already been drawn for
this building. when will be 150x100.
(Contian on Page Three).
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11.3. Mllllllltfllll’s
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Two recruits were accepted and one
Arm Recruiting station. yesterday.
“'zlter H. Foster, 19, of 8 Tolles
street, enlisted for one year for serv-
ice in France with the Motor Trans-
- rt Co s.
lpoHilded-po. Olson. 31. of Chapel street.
’ or a thmyear period In the
algal-“Transport Corgis for duty in the
i United States.
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17. of Cranbury. who applied for en-
listment, was reiected.
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FIRST RETURNS
FROM MASSAOHUSE’ITS
nos'rox. Nov. 4;——Tbe first town’lnl
the state to report the vote for Govern-
or m Nor'ell. The vote there was:
W). as; Ian:
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. at .ua nunu’oioum: Comm;
fllllll NON~UNl0N
Five Men and Four Women
Youngstown, Ohio, Charg-
ed With Rioting
lllllllMISSARY
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Distributing Food to‘ Steel
Strikers and Their Famil-
ies Who Are in Need
YOI'NGSTOVVN, Ohio. Nov. 4. —
{Bricks and stones flew while deputy
isheriifs fought with enraged womcn
'when a crowd of 150 women this morn
ing attempted to prevent workers from
:wnuring the Youngstown Slit-ct and
'Tubc Company plant here.
' Five men and four women were ur-
ltcsted, charged ulth rioting. No one
:\‘ilS seriously injured.
. Shots were fired from a street into
1the Ohio “'orks of thc (‘arnegic Steel
'plnnt this morning and mill guards rt»
.turned the fire. No casualties were re-
ported.
The Brier Hill Steel Company rc-
=ported the opening of another open
heart}; furnace today. while all
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Placed Under Arrest atl
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' Vl'orkers in the Victoria Raincoat
factory, l'nlon street. didn't get paid
Yesterday afternoon. according to tht
usual schedule, bccausc the iirm‘s
bookkeeper, Charles Kivcdwitz. apt»:
;2«l .is alleged to have lifted from the
lsafe 45 pay-envelopes. appropriating
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$1.544 therefrom. llc was on route to
New York city in a taxi cab bt'lm'c
lthe loss was discovered.
I .Michael Swanz. the manager of the
concern, filled the envelopes with thc
lproper wages and put them into the
|safe preparatory to paying off his help
within a few hours. Then he left the : York city.
office for a brief period, leaving Ki-
'velwitz alone. l'pon his return. h.-
:the building on business.
*missinz.
‘bookkeepcr and the money.
In the meantime. Kivelwitz Went to Hegennm this morning ISN
Ellie taxi cab stand. on \K'est “Eu-hing
ENRAGED woiii'iooiitttti tilts 45 PAY
RAINCOAl C0.
,1 8le iiiitttts Willi $1,500
- ' it‘ll-
[ton sttcet, and hired the services of
lSamuel Kline. He told the driver he
wanted to get to Stamford in a hurry,
because “his bother had been shot In
a gambling raid." in that city. “'heu
the car arrived in Stamford. about 4
o'clock. Kivclvwit) said he had changed
his mind, and would continue on to
New York. lie got out of the taxi at
186th street. and presented Kline with
$20 as paymcnt tor the use of the al-
lOmobllc.
Kivelwilz has a “it“ lixing at BOI-
7rahville, about seven miles from No:-
‘wich. and his parents reside in New
Detectives in both places
have been notified by Detective Ber-
‘geant Thomas Hunt. and are keeping
_t'ound the young man had gone, but bc- i :I lookout for him.
lievcd him to be in another part oft
Mr. Swat-l2 5
‘wcnt to the safe for some papers. and:
was startled to find_ the pay envelopes .
I He immediately notified the'
épolice of the joint disappearance of the 1 “Charlie t
The youthful bookkeeper is about.
five feet. four inches in heighth. and
wore an overcoal and stilt of brown
material. His hair and complex”.
are dark. and he has a miniature
‘hapHn" black mustache.
Attorney (‘t‘nmer C.
ueti st war-
lillll tor Ill" :ll‘ll’bl oi t‘ic bookkeeper.
Prosccut in g
ililitzntt's DEATH BELIEVEI] Bl
. I CflRlINER ll] HAVE BEEN ACEIllENlAl
Emms gave out Moments of men re-.
'turning to work in greatly increased
Following an“inque'st into the death of John J. Buckley, of Ced-
numbPrS- - : a'r street, who was found dead at 6:18 o‘clock Sunday mug 0‘ . ,
PITTSB'WML 5““ ""‘7”"“ “3" the railroad tracks near the Washington street bridge, _3 33nd-
Dorts 0f the establishment (H a com- an,'coroner for Fairfield County, w_ ho examined eight mtw m the
.missary near Pittsburgh to distribute
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City Hall this morning, declared in formally that the. death was ap-
parently purely accidental, the young man trespassing on
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iPASSFNfiEIfiRllNS
m NEW ENlilANll
Nitittggltnttt
3 Priority System on Soft Coal
Deliveries Decided Upon
The conclusion of the managers of
,the New England railroads. at their
;mceting, today. was that no passenger
,tralns in New England would be taken
off in the immediate present unless dc-
vcloptnents made it necessary to do
so. at which time public notice would
be given. 1
Commercial consumers of bitumin—
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cos coal desiring to meet immediate
necessities from coal now consigned.
‘to such consumers but held by the rail-
roads. must make application direct to
the railroad effecting delivery such ap-
plications must show complete and ac-
curate information with respect to the
preference of the requirement, the
amount of coal applicant has on handf
amount applicant requires for the pre-
ferred use and the rate of consumpt-
iion. Deliveries. if authorized, will be
made in accordance with priority list.
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i NE‘N HAVEN. Nov. 4.——'l‘his city is
aroused With what appears to be the
best well-planned kidnapping case the
{has occurred in some time. As little
eight-year-old Augustino d‘Agostino
applicant rejected at the City Haulwas on his way to school. yesterday:
the police to bear Connecticut number
.C-15018, drovejlongside the curb and
Ithe boy was snatched into the ma-
chine, which speeded away.
I The boy has been living with his
,aunt, Mrs. Andrew Capasso, at No. 455
‘W’haley avenue. since his mother and
father were divorced, some time ago.
‘morning. a large touring car. said by
ld'Agostino. who was med and
charged with the abuse of a domestic
servant, several years ago.
lJapanese Privy Council
"operty.
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THWING TO SPEAK!
«.ldl'll“ ll. Thwing. state socrctary ofI
tlu Y. Ll C. A.. will speak to group
at .\'ct'.|:ilk men at the home of (len-
cml Russt-ll Fro-st. 5o \Vesi avenue.
Thursday evening, 6th instant.at cight
o't-Ecck. (l‘\ the work at homo and
abroad of the Y. M. (‘. A.
ll is the desire of the speaker to
meet certain widespread criticism of
the activities of the association lil
France. to bung to the closer atten-
tion of practical lllt'fl the great service
in the prim tit and for the future of
tlw association. especially for the boys
and men of this country. as well as im-
Elbe world. and to quicken and incl-cast-
sympathetic lntchst in the ideals and
purposes of the work.
Mr. Timing i“ .1 business m'm v ho
'gave up a prosperous business to en-
gage in the war work of the associa
tion He knOWs-Jiow to present his
subject in a buntncss wav to practical
men. and is an engaging sprakcr. His
tall: will be interesting and informing.
There will be no solicitation of
money. and no appeal for personal
work.
In the name
.“gone west."
iiitlittitlt TElEl’llll
: mitt
‘System To Be Started in
of those
JOIN.
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jamong the various companies or
who hmc .
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BUlllillllfllll‘llS;
First Sergeant Bedeil Chos-
en to Fill the Vacancy
Caused by His Promotion
The spf'cial meeting and u-lcr-tion of
n captain and st-t‘nnd li: ntvnhnt of the
Fifth Separate ('ompany. butter and
more popularly known as the Butter.
wonh Rifles, to nominate a captain to
fill the \acancy caused by the limit!“-
tion of Captain (‘hzirlrs Milne. and a
second lieulcnant_ ":lllvtl out a big at-
tcndunce. at the Not-walk Armory, last.
rvci-ing. and the result was highly ont-
italactory to the nun. and is sure to
menu a continuance of the good work
of thc Bulll‘l‘WOl'lll Rifles. who have
Won an enviable place for themselves
tho
Fourth Military district, C. S. G
NE SERVIIIE
STARLISHER IN STATE
Hartford at Cost of $500,-
'. 000—Will Be Ready The re W'ithin Year
l HARTFORD, Nov. 4.—Aunounoe-
ment was nude from the local ofllce
of the Southern New England Tele-
lphone Company yesterday that the
,compony would shortly begin the in-
:stallation of automatic telephones in
§various Connecticut towns and cities.
Because of his ago. 690”” II. Mills. The father of the lad is Dr. Francesco Plans for Hurtfbrd have already been
drawn for the Hartford exchange, in-
Svolving an addition to the building
The 90- ‘aud expenditure of $500,000.
‘3 Despite the size of the undertaking
,whicb. besides the manufacture of the
.equlpmeut includes a large addltlolgm
:call that number, by proper manlpulo‘
.tion of the dial on his telephone. [-
'like manner he will have a dial for tho K
;purpose of reaching the information
:operutor. toll operator, repair clout
land so on.
There will be no confusion as to
calls made between a machine switch-
ing station and a regularly operated
station, as the. former will in all one.
obtain local connections through th-
use of the dial ”the latter will In
all cases continue to follow the pro.-
feut practice of asking the operator toe
‘the desired number.
lmnewtypcofoervlcebuboen
athe company's building. It is expected
F3V0M lament?“ by a steady muons! all the'referrod to u the “sir-Ilen- m
.twork involved the ”in mm}
mice.” Such to fathom the”.
ihrltwmnmbemrymm
ohmu_ elm.
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