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REDRE KERR“ ‘UNRNIMRUSEY .
ENDORSED. BY DEMOCRATIC :
MEETING ERR REEEREE
iv :in Keogh. Washington ‘Hal‘ry Plait, Trumbull. and Paul Con-
. p _ I z . ‘ . « . - nery, Bedding.
.. llllnlnl'HlSl} endorsed yes ! Already seventeen of the twenty
“1de Judge John W- three towns and cities in the county
1-. i.ln.li_:l"pnl‘t. as referee in bank- have lined up for Judge Keogh. the
.m tail-field county. at a meet-
t‘m- liemocratic State Central
. ,. .-, of Fairfield county. and the
4 n: the Town committees of
m l} llt‘ld in the Stratfleld,
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it-u tuxill< out of the twenty-
i‘ne county were represented.
_ l:‘ .t Elitnnl taken. Judge Keogh
) \nlv. :intl til-ell a resolution
; wmem was unanimously pass-
.unnmittec was appointed to
Alum Edwin S. Thomas. Hartford,
lilt' l'nited States District
atwl Homer S. Cummings. Stain-
lL-liMlN‘illiC national committee-
2.: l'nitt-d States Attorney. with
. nl’ strongly recnmmt‘nding
iiiiiu.illllli‘lll of Judge Keogh. This
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committee signing a petition urging
and endorsing the selection as referee
of the local judge.
Yesterday's meeting in Bridgeport
was the result of a call published some
time ago. Two of the principal mat-
ters of business listed in the call was
“to organize a permanent county or-
ganization" and "recommend a candi-
date for county referee." The matter
of perfecting the county organization
was tabled until a future date The
signers of the call included: State
Central Committeemen John A. Walsh,
Stamford: Hunford S. Weed, Nev: Cn-
naan: William H. Cable. Danbury:
and Hezekiah Elwood. Falrficlil.
Fairfield county Democrats see
brewing of trouble in the interference
the
mint comprises: Senator IIan- ,
~ \\'.»..t. New (‘ana'lm John A. on the part of leaders In New Haven
Hezekiah Elwood. county in matters solely fifi’ec'lng this
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.. ”RISEEE "SEER“
.m of system from East: -
.v 'irtford, to Norwich—}
‘n'ill Adopt Method Used.
hXteIESIvely ll'l Europe—E Announcement was made yesterday
CirCUIt to Be Closed by by the l'nited States Shipping BoardS
' I P'H"fli" Fleet ‘m'pora on. was
Means 0f second Trouey En? (Iifrect )that large quantities of un-
‘Vll‘e Ffebricated iron and steel. gathered
"during the war for shipbuilding
'poses, will be put on the market in the
supply yards of the Shipping Board, at
Wilson's Point. this city. and in ship—
yards of 24 other cities in the country.
The sale is expected to relieve, to a
considerable extent. the present short-
age of steel brought about by the steel
s7 "e and other causes. . .
”11th is estimated that the Shipping
Board has on hand about 200.000 tons
of Steel. fabricated and unfabricated.
due to the cancellation of the ship con-
struction program. on which an ap
proximate valuation of 380000.000 is
put.
. HOMEWOL
' LEAGUE ENDORSES
\ijt‘b CLUB’S MASQUE SALARY INCREASE
IN ASSENIBLY HALL The Home and School League - of
E ‘ .' 'l ' met at the High school build-
UNIQLE SUCCESS Eliml‘ilj‘t evening. with an attendance
“of about 200 members. Vice-President
Harry (‘. Scofield presided.
A very pleasing musical program
was rendered by a girls' glee club
from the t‘enter Junior High school.
and solos were sung by Joseph Too<
imey. with violin and piano accompanr
merits by students of the Franklin Jun-
ior High school. All numbers were de-
lightfully rendered, showing the effl-
-cier~t training of the music teacher.
Greenwich : county.
Mailer,
tho the Hartford-Norwich trolley
«twin is to be an assured fact. was
M by exSenator John H. Barnes. of
a 'iV'lf‘ll. attorney for the trolley cor-
ion, He said that finally the
were matured for the building
we system from East Hartford.
:... sh Glastonbury. Marlborough and,
m ii'~li>‘l' to an'Wi _. . ‘
I"-t- corporation as been in pos~
~ m of the charter for twelve years
it clue to the fact that actual work
! rt lli‘Vt‘l' been started, it was forced
. "‘lli'W the charter at succeeding
\wrlllp of the Legislature.
, . company proposes to run trol-
|El\
it . 7‘3“”) Club. of the Nash Engin-
“H'L: Company. made its initial bow
rv .. dancing public of Norwalk, last
i «was. at its first prize masquerade
“My. held in the Town Assembly
it? .
Ti 0 hall was filled to its utmost ca-
lmly. The grand march was formed
-leven o'clock and. after much de-
-hv-..ition. the prizes were awarded.
‘ne dollars, to the best dressed con-An“ McCarthv.
‘lii', iwarded to the Misses Jennie" film"? John-H. Light was elected
“"‘man and May Fagan, representing president of the League. to succeed
Liberty and Peace." and five dollars Mr. (‘aruch. resigned. and Rev. E. F.
o '1]? most comical dressed couple, McCrelzor was elected vice-president.
'iVV tided to Messrs. Philip O‘Crady and succpg'dmg H. C, Scofiem, resigned.
-'”-““Dh O'Neill. . Reports from the committees made
The blending of colors in .the vari-i it most evident that the League as a
one costumes aided by streamers anti real work to accomplish. and the pier-
nonfuui as the dancers swayed to the 95‘ shown by those present promises
.weet strains of music furnished by'wen fox-{he schools of Norwalk.
mm: ‘s orchestra formed a pleasant. The League went on record as on-
vtnrz of an evening's pleasure long'dorsmg the application of the Norwalk
‘ ‘ ‘ remembered by ”1050 who at'iteachers for increases in salary. Rev.
‘ " ‘ "i “F. H. Jacobs. pastor of the South Nor-
i'Ommmi‘P in charge “'39 C01'1'.walk Congregational church. gave an
if “19 following: R- Broadwal‘uinteersting and inspiring talk.
-:l~.\lally. J. Balla. H. Bieltner. ‘Ktfii Th? next regular meeting was an.
M. ii. Buschbaum. M. Rowland. F'. nounced (.3;- December 5. All interest-
W. Ainsley. J. Fortin. Joseph’kd in the Norwalk schools and the fu-
l‘llilllnl. J. Barber and F. Klein. Hure of our children are urged to 10111
’ " {the Leagult; bl: sending their nfgnis t3
332': ATTEND OPENING 3Mrs. W. . aye. secre ary. rc
it)? PROF. POLLEY’S istreet. Annual dues are 25 cents.
DANCE HALLINGV‘CIRCUS MAN FIRES
. SHOT AT SECOND
illibitions of the new fox trot ‘ 1 STORY THIEF
an; dance. given by Miss Morena -
"Milne. Castle House, New York. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Tucker, of
fete the featurfi' enjoyed by 250 at-gthe 101 Ranch. Newtown avenue. were
I; illiignts at the opening of Prof. Sam-jawakened shortly before mldnlshtJlst
., . OHPY s dancing school. Monroe =night. to find a second-story mun
i Iw't. last night. Music gas rendered :crawlinz over the roof of their mm
H. '19 Disesa orchestra. em. Mary Di- ‘porch, in: the attempt to eflect an en-
.“ T.‘ a' "‘9 piano. The hall was Rpm-o .trance through a window. llr. Tucker
v'I’Mlely degcrat “tor the occasion. Agni-ed u mutter shot at the lander;
- «as of 7a ' .. pus enrolled lust m ' '
id ’2. ., . , .,
Might. M -
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chairmen of the Democratic Town‘
. mington‘s business district. yesterday.
coll mills ~.
allel- l0
Militant
Men are Showing a General
Disposition t o A w a i t
Formal Notification by
Their Immediate Union . In: ,
Officers - Extra Seaman .1 ulled
iRI’PRSITE animalsfiminllmllfl
IN 3an lllSTRlBlS' IS BAH-1min
Former Mt (“Tells
His Story 1 Man
And Executive’s lows Are
Not De ' '
“Kitchen C
Man Who
New Wage Scale Must be
Fixed Before the Men arr
; Satisfied ;
CHICAGO . Nov. 13.«-llitumlnous:
coal miners were expected today to‘
return to work in increasing numbers}
fin many of the country's lesser fields.
but what they would do in the great
. Pennsylvania and llliuois areas
jand lndlana and Kansas mines.
iamong others. remained uncertain.
.The workers generally slmWed a his
;posltion to await formal notification
Elly their immediate. union officers of
ilhe strike recall message sent out by
'Jolln l.. Lewis, acting president of
;”‘,*‘ United Mine “'orkcrs of America. lug events in the w m
.in response to a federal court order.‘
’3 While the recall order had been vention of tho Wanna
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. volition
BRIDGEPORT. Nov. 13.——~“You all
know that Governor Marcus H. Hol-
;comb makes up his own hind, and the
man that makes up his mind 'or him
'doesn't live." said Colonel hue M.
ilfllman. of New Haven, referring to
Governor Holcomb's stall! on the call-
ing of a special session to consider
the passage of the Fedora suffrage
amendment. at a dinner It the Hotel
Stratfield. last night. one d the epon-
. manage mm“ ’ M
"if anybody ads that bis kitchen
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BE CERSER IN . RECEIVER 4,800
* AEEW RAYS; . PRRPERTY USES
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The board of assessors have.‘ to
date. reCeived 4,800 lists of taxable
“property. At the present time the as-
:sessors are busy arranging the lists in
alphabeti.;al order. and sealching for
property owners who have not return-
ed their lists. thus subjecting them-
selves to a 10 per cent. penalty. This
work will require constant attention
tor about two weeks, when the assess-
ors will visit all sections of the city to
determine the number of properties
that have been enhanced in value by
Water Power to Replace
g Steam in Furnishing Elec-
: trlclty in Many Towns
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Its massive quarter-mile dam prac-
tically complete aftel a tremedous ef-
fort of two years. the Connecticut
'Light and Power Company plans. be—
fore the end of the present week. to
(close the gates that will pond 1.500.-
3000.000 cubic feet of water in a 1.500.
acre Housatonic valley basin behind
‘the biggest structure of its kind in matrrial improvements. and all new
ithe state and one of the biggest in the new work and work in the course of
East. providing the last litigation our construction.
SECRETAR? SCULLEY
TO RECEIVE WAR
property in the basin is cleared up by
that time. The towns of Oxford. le
Haven county. and Monroe. Fairfield
Zcounty. were connected yesterday
“when the wide concrete bridge over
the top of the dam was thrown open
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John W. Sculley. Monroe street:
' I iColumbus during the war, will receive
from the Supreme Council
jsuitably inscribed. on a momenta of
his tenure wart in France. lien and
;ME RERS [IE LEfilflN
PLANNINfi A flANCE‘mmusm 32.22.2222:
}‘ i'l‘he die of the W“ ‘ '0"
£41” in the forest being giv-
l The Armory smoker, Armistice on but cboeolu
night. the first social affair given un-'
der the auspices of the Amen-tan Le-
gion. was so pronounced a smeai.‘ mmm
members of the Legion are planning to1 PAM
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hold a public dance in the ueal- m3. IN m YORK iMendel. pm” t;
lArrsnusigdments to: 01:3: oath- will be
disc next night. . -
the committee of fifteen; which n“ Ellen m. 21. of this city. who
’charge of the Armory smoker. rilkm W ‘3' a” custody of her
meet at 8 o'clock in the coun room of mullet-momma w. some
{the City Hall. time my on mo of u disorderly
’ ' house. was arm-toll Monday in New
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$1,000,000 BLAZE York because of her objectionable con-
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.ductfitbore. Illa- Rilllng. immediately
STARTED BY YEGGsiafter ”1110””?! on patrol. by
Judge Vosburgh. disappeared from this
lefty. She is now at the Florence Crit—
chendeu Elesion. New York. and will
be brought buck to this city within a
day or so.
‘ARRANGEMENTS MADE
To HANDLE UNUSUAL
’ WILMlNG'rON. Del.. Nov. 13.~li‘ire,
*which swept through the heart of Wil-
‘caused damage estimated at $1,000,000.
‘The blaze is said by the authorities to
have been starmd by robbers. who
.dynamited 1at slats. Several buildings
were comp e e y estroyed. Scores of
firemen were overcome and three were TRAFFIC ON SATURDAY
'lnjured in a. collision of two fire wa~i
gong. l Chief of Police William R. Penning-
The fire was discovered shortly aft— ton bu completed the assignment °f
‘er 3 o’clock'yestorday morning. Police patrolman for extra duty on Saturday
{on duty near the «cue heard an ex- to bundle the immense automobile
.ploslon and-ow nan running from male which will run through Nor:
tone of mrmsgflhm. The tire who; the m‘tethomm
AM. not!!! galls {intuition
by
Dinner—Opal ”4g firobs
of State Sufingists Con-‘
"A
ERRUP
MEDAL FEOM K. OF C
¢overseas secretary for the Knights of‘
of the‘
,Knighta of Columbus 3 bronze medal.-
” “ welfare workouts“ fellowship among the members. :good fellowship among the members. a mortgage on the
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26 ALLEGED MEMBERS RE I. W. W.
State and Federal Oficials Investigate the Killing ‘
Four American Legion Men and Lynching of Alla;
ed 1. W. W. Organizer in Centralia, Washington
l. W. W. ;
man who was lynched here Tuesday Original information against twan-
- CENTRALlA, Wash. Nov. 13.——The
Past Few Days Believed
night after four members of the Am- ty-six alleged members of the l. W.
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iErnest Everettx. by a. woman w'no tty Attorney Herman Allen.
“UTE“ SA'mRS said. ‘four members of the American Le-
i This identification was partly borne gion. _ _
.out when the police went through ei—i Allen said he had inlol‘mauol
L» ‘ ‘foct: found in the room occupied by gwhlch he believed would result I.
. These
'in the L \V. W.. 'uccordlng to the young men who admitted membership
police. The body had previously ban in the l. W'. W.
‘ PARIS. Wednesday, Nov. 12 (Asso~lL-————- 7:557: -- "
gciated Pressl.—»Alarmist reports of", i
high tension and pouible rupture of; B“ “L SANITA‘I'HN REDS E PT”
diplomatic relutions between Belgium;
circles here. have tlwir source in the‘
interior politics of Belgium. and are
to HIVB had Thfill‘ source shot and IW. have been prepared for filing with
'conducted the morning house where! All information. it was understood.
, mun ducts included m- convictions in all cases. This tutor-
Also'l‘rumpled on it and Fill-
l identified as that of “Brick" Smith.
and Hollund. which have been current IS VERY UNHEALTHY FBUR R IME i
fostered by the inlliticnl party favor- M
‘ ° - - erioun Legion had been
In the Interior POEItICS ofgkilled during an Armistice Day c‘ele—Ithe county clerk at Chehalis. county
Belgium - Iscat of Lewis county. today. by con-
Everette lived. He was working here Ewould allege either participation :1: u-
u an 1. VV._ W. organizer. the woman .criminal knowledge of the killing of
the
ceipt's for l. W. W. literature and motion. heIasserted. came. to m
blank receipts for nonhuman sues through alleged confessions of m
i any Burned it—Sinking
’; of Retina Yacht Java
' secrqtary of the haul brunch of the
for the last few days in Brussels and
in diplomatic and Peace Conference:
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in: an energetic policy toward nol- Child Weflare Committee. ”Knox N0... mtgflwom M..-
land. according m ‘ member or the! Makes a Report 0f InveS-Ecmber 8 and 10. according to a Bol-
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Belgian peace delegation in Paris. l . . sshevik wireless message received
"The situation is neither more! “Kano!“ here_ the Reds captured tour entire
strained nor better than it has beent Eivgiments of Admiral Kolchnll
Committee of Ttroops and two divisional stars, The
since the opening of u nation. deul- ‘ .
M‘mmm The Chi” “’"m » ofllcers who mum
mi " Ind Limbourg the Home u” 5 boot been: n 05, message says all
questions." the delegate added. F 9‘! w 3 ‘
iiwa hundred and fifty peiple some as ,» ldiers. _ . ‘ , " .' ' .
'tounding things. They ‘ hdve com. f OMSK. Thursday. boy. {3 ‘iA‘oSOCM:
menced their investigations in theHATED PBE‘SSRMTE‘Q 3m"! at a .
cellars of the schools. and have (113.9“:th mil?“ “9”“ 0‘ Pe‘""'“°"".;
toxered conditions in regard has been occupied by thy Bonita”.
lo the
. niiation which every citizen should :The latter have crossed the Lshlm rib.
i i“ ‘i‘ and protest against. ter and advanced fmnl twenty-five :0
Zlirs. (‘eor e Belts re l'ted fifty miles on an irregu on mo 0
, g p0 the town of "I‘okushl,~ on the Kurbun
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iMASONlc RELICS
WILL BE PRESERV 1:1:
With the completion of the sirtv
.waik in front of the new Rootincr ”“an
building. the ornamental wrought iron, -' , , . . .
grating with its many Masonic 1.15.25.) (Tokushl ‘5 “0 miles
“this which formerly separated I’lli‘ritr BELIE—{f‘E RLTNAWAY ‘OIEgNK'DON.
are-.22 l2:.“.:"2:‘.§. l:.“.i2‘.‘...’.‘3..“. GIRL IS IN HIDING ‘
IN SOUTH NORWALKI
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due east of
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.\‘m-. 13.~- wPremier Lloyd
, lcorce declared in the House of (foul-
POrted, and members of the order we “)0!“ mil?!" ”F1“ “0 "2”“: a; "3:
perfecting plans to have it removed Jim“- 0“ his "Mm” “E “1th ‘s no
‘ - ‘ r “ ' d Bolshevik rep
and used as agate or guard of some Mrs Dclla Thomas w n , , ;Udg€- hf”? f“?“““9“9 . _
kind.in connection with the new lem- ‘ ' t e tyoneyeals ’WFPNM“ 9* m Order to learn wheth
. old. who disappeared from her home . -. ' ' s for care might be
N? on Berkeley “"3“- Th‘f grating itPRoxbury, Mass. recently is believ-Iggegifioggéuhnpon wha‘l terms.
Wlth “3 various emblems including ed to be in this city. according to hex" HFLSINGFORS Nov. l3 (Associat-
tlllebosQuai‘e a3“: CEmDarS‘; Sfi‘eL and father. who has appealed to the policeeed Pressl.—»Peace negotiations her
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. , . ' ast seen in r eport. a day or two;s eylki will he in Saturday. it was an-
man} twat]: a“! “Drilled xfilm by hand by ago, and was presumably on her way Minn“... he”. Eoday. The Lithuan‘
,9 fie D ram . er ll 1“ his SDQP here. Mrs. Thomas has black hair and‘-a-2 will not participate i ntlie nego-
on “liter street. and presented to St. a dark complexion. A distinguishing 1.
John's Lodge. No. 6, when the present ‘ nations.
mark for idea if! ' .. ' . ‘
Masonic building was built in 1886. ~ scar under hertflgélgi‘iels a “Ruhr!
__,_. m ....... . EASKS FOR SALE or
[if AMEITMUS YflUNfi MEN WATER COMPANY TO
REALIZE ON NOTES
"AVE N ? Jc‘m- 9 Rates. 5»; n: this: city we“
. fi . gm... vm in'r‘ of the Mohegan Sprint:
:‘Vat-r Company, owned by Mr. and ‘
3Mrs. William A. Disbrow. of Grumman
taveniie, to realize on two notes given
iby Mrs. pisbmw. totalling $500. in
a“
ttwo actions brought through Dunbtg‘s
’ ~ :Quinlan. papers in which were
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan has been 5311sz on September 21. 1919, and‘with Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith.
elected honorary. chairman of the Nor-‘ . r . . - ‘ of $1.250 are
walk PtouureClub, a bustling organioih“ grow} in members “d ’“fluencel‘h‘s morning. damages - ,
nation conprloed of young men. be_;slllee. The ebjects of the organiutioniasgff' Bates alleges that Mrs. my,“
tween the ages at 17 and 23 yum‘am outlined as follows: To provide Disbrow signed over to him two notes.
formed to prom m plenum-em pleasure for the members. to promote which have remained unpaid. and gum
water company
Samuel Roodner has been named as to promote sports. both indoor and out. property to secure them. He asks that:
honorary vice-chairman. and John lo. and to give practice in speaking be. the mortgage be foreclosed and tho
Mullen an honorary trusmr, The fore audiences. ’bugmesg sold to cover the notes.
active climax-ll of the club are: Sam. Comprising ambitious youths, the“ In a second suit. he claims he me-
Not Goodwin. vice- club is destined to make itself a. popu— chased property in Stratford from Mr.
President; Jock “truer. secretary, .lar force in the social and Sports life and 31:; mailman .rhn WDTGSMMd
land Abraham Tarlov, treasurer. The'of the city. Without posing as a “re- the. land as clear of incumbrancea.
next meeting of the members will be form” institution, the members are Subsequently. he saYS. he d‘GCOVW'Ud
held next Sunday. at 11 Elizabeth loOnndent its activities will go 3 long Ethereal estate was suhiect to a m
‘tm- Ways in providing the right sort of mortgage. Damages of $500 are asked.
3 The Norwalk Pleasure Club was or- pleasure for those afl‘iliated with it. 1 Both suits “‘0 returnable '0 “i.
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icouRT LAUREL TEAM
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The degree team’of Court Laud.
, zeport. nday. where they
"'—'-—""-" Bridgeport court. The team will
Papers were-signed lutalgbt where- former W. Vi'. Comatock building, on ‘.c1v1e:;h§$elt;lu 8‘0“ corner at 12:“
by the L’Hommedteu block. KeyneriWubluzton street. -. . mom.
Iplace and that Washington gm? Plans hove been prepared for mlmfi‘g‘figfififikmx their
{owned ”Enamel accuser. mm extension of the m m of realm, m w Man's mil. lust night.
M 2 W mien-«tootuym ton-sum «acts; mm. Rasmu-
INTRESENEINER ’
Clllltlll (Illuminati
,Court of Common Pleas during the "
zhters of Cattle. Will 101111!!! b“
3 file a lame class of candidate- It} ' ~
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