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Office as Second-Class Mall Matter.
Entered at the South Norwalk Poet.-
sou'm nonwux, cons:
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Fair tonight and Sunday.
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Revealing the Fact That It
Was the Old Family “House
Years Ago
Concerning the property known as
“Midbrook” on the Old Kings High-
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Presentations Made by Miss
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for Ballot by Women of
ing Half Century of Work]
WILSON ASSERIS
MINERS M .100
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1 Bill Hflllllll
:JameS‘B. Haugh Retained as.
2 -Manager With Same
Working .Force—‘Will Re-
; tain Well Known Name
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i w w RAIDSEBHHS in December—$265,000
o o — o I for Waterbury -— $90,000
lovernment Continues the
' for Winsted
WASHINGTON, D. 0.. Nov. ‘15.—
W01'k0f Rounding Up Un. Steps towards securing an extension
desirables Along the Pa-
cific Coast
seas-Qua ’l
illVERAL TAKE
o
-of the Waterbury post office and the
‘erection of a post office building. at
lWinsted, will surely be taken by Con-
.Fgrcss early in the next regular ses-
‘isionh which commenceson December 1.
In the Omnibus Public Buildings bill,
which was repOrted to the House by
the Buildings and Grounds committee,
last: February, there was proviison for
an appropriation of $265,000, for build~
1-" HUSPITAIAS , ing an extension to the Waterbury post
Installers of the Radical Or-
der Injured in . Clashes; The
'With the Police
4A.\’ FRANCOS-CO. Cab. Nov. 15.-—-
ibmls on» industrial Workers of the
Warm and other radical organiza-
‘imls, began as the result of the Kill«
um, or four former ‘
Wu, ed (luring,r the night up and down
.ir- Pacific coast, and as a result
Mines of additional prisoners were in
. u. Jody today.
Some of them face charges of (rlxui-
Tx‘H syndicalisnl_ some of inciting lo
wot, and others of vagrancy. Three
5: «son‘s, alleged members of the radi-
6,13 order. received injuries in one
1':le which necessitated their removal
to .4 hospital. ‘_ '
is Les Anavles, a number of lurmcr
:wnim- men, said to be mainly mem‘
an
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HHIHHH HAHISH
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the welcome reception tendered by
"l‘ wily parish to the rector, Rev.
"‘I.~lll£{5 1*. Swan, and family, in the
.sll “all, last evening. was a splen~
success in every way.
he senior warden, David W. Ray-
.ul, presented Mr. Swan and called
»: ml him for a few remarks, which he
.-.- in a very happy strain. saying
"We had a splendid opportunity,
l‘ln- people must not wonder 'what
u-rior was going to do. or the
:u‘ must not wonder what the peo-
His going to do, but all must work
"Her and make our church a. tre-
minus power for good in the com—
HIV."
plain and Mrs. Swan received the
vvry pleasantly, while
n and Master Jack gracefully did
: part, The. evening was enjoyed
delightfully in seeing old friends
making new ones, and—socially, it
A splendid success. The room was
Holly decorated by Miss Nellie
'ldHl and Mrs. George W. Vl'ard-
The whole affair was in charge
.lw wardens, vestry and their
The refreshments were served
numbers of the choir. The music
. provided by Mrs. Edward J. Sims
llt' piano, andJMrs. Stanley Bald-
violinist. . .
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'w
service men at:
ri'wlvll‘ajlll. Wash, last Tuesday, conw
loffiee and $90,000 for a site and erec-
ition of a post office building at Wins
stedr ‘ l. ”l!!!
‘ ' Deferred for Economy. '
Secretary of the Treasury and
'the President urged that Congress not
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,TEN INCHES or
~ SNOW IN PARIS
l PARIS, Nov. 15.-A blizzard struck
-l.he Paris region last night. Six to
ten inches of snow fell. and the storm
.continues with unabated violence.
l’l‘lll‘ central markets are practically
deserted, surface tramcars and taxi‘
cab services have been virtually tied
up and trains from the provinces are
arriving hOurs late. Some trains from
the north have been stalled altogeih
way, for many years owned by the
late Samuel R. W'ecd. and later by
Mrs. Marshall P.‘ Richards. some fas-
cinating incidents in its history nave
come to light.
The property was recently purchas-
ed by Charles Scott of New York city,
who considered an old tomb on the
rear of. the place to be an interesting
land mark. The burial plot is enclos-
ed by an iron railing and the inscrip-
tion on the stone tells thht John Reed
lwas buried there in 1687.-
: The name of John Reed at once
own family were Reeds. and were
known to have lived in Connecticut
many years ago. Upon investigating
,the Reed Geneaology she learned that
{the John Reed buried on the prop-
erty which she now owns. was her
direct ancestor eight generations re—
imote.
‘ An
iread:
9 "John Reed was from Cornwall.
gEngland: from 1633 had new an~ofl'l-
‘cer in Cromwell's army and a soldier
{from the age. of 16 years. On the
§restora ion of Charlen- 2d. he fled to
{this co airy and settled first in’rrovi-
'dence there he married Miss Darley.
'He moved to Rye
stayed for three years and then mm
ed to Norwalk. Court. on Five Mile
:River at a place called Reed's Farms.
1 His name is found upon the records
extract from
State , _—..
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vBRlDGEPORT, Nov. Ila—«One of successful'biclder among live well-
the features of the 50m anniversary known grocery interests for the busi-
lunchcon of the Connecticut Woman ness of the New York Grocery. SO sue“
Suflrage association in the Stratneld cessfully conducted for the past. 12'
Debate on the
Limited to ,
Talk by Each SmtOr
‘ tion of a birthday cake with 50 light-l James B. Haugh, administrator of
WASHINGTON, Nov. lie—“A clown-led candles by Miss Elizabeth Seeley, the Thompson estate, and who has
ballroom this Week was the presenta- years by the late William Thompson. l
MUCH ill low
Secretary of Labor Tells Op-
erators Their Unyieldlng
Position Is “Impossible” _
aroused Mrs. Scott’s curiosity, as her ~
treaty was adopted today in the Ben-
ate. ’
Republican and name-am leaders
voted together for the claim, which
means that until the treaty is disposed
of, no senator may speak in all more
than one hour. It was estimated that
to shut down debate ons'the pence;
Mrs. Charles Ambros ,
Riley, Mrs. H. Willa -d
women 50 years ago.
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(Continued on Page Eight).
who was followed by four ._yvomen, continued the
Mrs. Frank Thompson’s death, Sept. 28th, was im-
Fleck, and mediately appointed manager, at a sub;
Mrs. Arthur Livermore, costumedju stantial salary, and will retain the,
business since Mr.
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well-known name and the entire work- ,-
lng force as at present.
‘ The Beckmann Co. started the New
'York Grocery at 34 Main street a
quarter of a. century ago, and Mr.
I
the geneology
in 1584 where he’
{Rough joined their forces ten years’
,after. About a year later, Mr. Thomp- .:
,son was engaged as a clerk and. in;
1907, purchased “the business, Mn?
the step would bring final, not“ _ with
Haugh continuing as manager. Durl
ing the long illness of the proprietor.1
in a week. . .7 ; 5.: ,_ i i ‘
The vote adoptlaggjhe chtige was . , -
‘78 to 16. ’ '
, I .
Mr. Haugh gave his best efforts to the
, .3 , I . business, so successfully that its busi~
__ _ HARTFORD, ‘Nov. 15—h“; ques— ness constantly inb‘eased and no man
,. lion of whether or not Connecticut could be selected better fitted for the
i a 3 * to the organization maintained in best wishes for his continued success.
‘ ,Pennsylvania and New York states is ' ‘M"
. . . again receiving attention among leg- WANT T" REPAIR
V . war situation. A constabulary mod-,
'iustment of teachers’ solar-tern) maet‘states "0““ be welcomed in “"3 0m” :
{present prices is Widespread, and warm-11 of those who urged it, as a small ;‘
:the request of Norwalk'a We” foribm adequate force for the preserra—, l
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will have a state constabulary similar PIECE. His host 0‘ friends join in
islallon here as a solutionof the post—
; That the demand for lmtnedlate a(inched after those in the above named“ MIL lPflNn "A"
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Leaders on Both Sides Tat .
Hopefully of Reaching an
Agreement in Soft Coal
Strike
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-«Operators .
and miners again faced each other to-
day ln an effort to settle the contro-
versy which led to the recent nation-
wide strike of soft coal miners. When.
the conference reconvened at ten
o'clock today the suggestions outlined
yesterday by Secretary of Labor Wil-
son were the first thing to be discus-
sel by both factions. ‘
The Secretary declared that the min.
ers must get away from their demands
fer a thirty-hour week and a sixty per .
rem. increase in wages. and that an
unyielding pogition by either operators
or miners must be broken if peace is
,cr. All overland telegraphic comma—J0f Norwalk, 1687' He di?d in Nor-
‘nication with Spain has been inter- ;walk in ”“3 98th yearmol his age, and
a flat increase of 3:09 a my reasona- < lieu of law and order. a strictly non- ‘
ble, in comparison with, other cuissyfpartisan organization and one that‘
The public is taking hold enthusias- ,io be brought to the bituminous coal
Miss
rupted. .
’ This is earliest blizzard on, record
.in Paris. adding greatly to the dis-
comfort. and misery from lack of coal
(and the transportation dimculties.
iDanbury Millionaire,
Sued For Divorce,
3 Himself Gets Decree
{ BRIDGEPORT. Nov. 15.-Samllel
'G. Rundle,aged 86, a wealthy resident
30f Danhury. was granted adiforcc
ffrom Gladys Aundle, aged 30. by
lJudge-VVebb in the Superior Court.
yesterday. The decree is given on
lthe. cross complaint of Rundle to his
:wife's libel charging him with intoler‘
1 able cruelty.
imisconduct. The marriage took place
{at Greenwich on October 16, 1018.
The divorce was recommended in
a report of’Judge J. W. Banks as a
leommitlee of the court.
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‘, COLCHESTER SHOP .-
; BURNED TO GROUND
COLCHESTER. Conn. Nov. 15.——The
factory of the Columbia Kid Curler
,Company was burned to the ground
"yesterday, the loss,‘with contents. be.
’ing about $7.000. The fire also come
('munjcated to a barn owned by the Copdiscussed and considerable business ltion here was totally wrecked by an
Chester Farm Produce 00., containing transacted o'thh will prove of benefit fexplosion early this
,several garloads of hay and this was
lalso burned. with a loss estimated at
$1,500. Both buildings were old frame
structures. The Curler factory was dOr
ing a thriving business and a number
of bands will be thrown out of work
temporarilyby the fire. The origin of
the fire is not known.
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. “DRY” 'ENFHRIJEMENT
'(’s'~.;;3llnan Of Prehibition Party Says He Would Accept
deral Job Under Condit ions—Suggested 'by Spoone {thought likely here that Zara had been
'2'~May_be $4,000 in it
I. l,
‘ “Him“
Hohenthal, of Manchester,
of the
4
al and other qualifications; also,
The husband alleged ’
Prohibition State whether or not he has previously held
. 1
Hal (ommiltee, said that he would a Federal office. . l
‘ "HUM accept appointment as direct-j Under a system of enforcement out-
{9 prohibition enforcement in Con‘ lined by the, Commissioner of Internal
”fut. i 1' it were offered to him. He Revenue. the country will be divided
”Hui that H. H. Spanner, of'Ken-‘into nine districts, for each of which
‘ lion. recretary and treasurer of the :a supervising agent will. be appointed,
“ iil'lil‘oached him' on the subject.
left with him a blank to be [for-7N9“? York city, Long
, :lnd to CommisSioner Ot'lntemalgnhodg Island. It i ,
p H, “nue Daniel C. Roper, at Washing-151,0“; of III? 811:0er
was learned from
the blank had bee
‘ “"Wf'llt'ut Temperance Federatiomiflonnecticutls a’partof theNewVYork‘afleged “‘ . , , ,, .7 .,
ldlslrlet. Including. besidesthls sqteylandnsreven‘large inlet suns were dos
rljslaadi-and! strayed teaming: ‘
iwas buried in a tomb on his own. file 4
vhonse‘ln Norway; was coed u a salt
lstltu'le' for a ineting house. He was
:lollowlnz, Ml" ' .. , .
:Stamfofd Icon” “in: teachers .iifo'v V‘“
will be evidenced by a perusal of the
would not be costly to the taxpayer. llcally of the project to repair the Millfiems, ,
The miibuhry mimion of pond dam, 38‘1“"? “mum" that Skat'l As a basis for procedure to attain
’ and New Yoi’k ire" 33? 398 may be enioyed the“: by the Duhlthls end, Mr. Will-ion presented three-
self‘sumnfllg. “C during the coming winter. “my imam; for the conference's considera-
been tion. as follows: “ V‘
5 . " lrtually
. ‘ .. , , mi asking ....... $300 ported as v .
alrgwakegngéthmogiat afig’fi, :33,“ Bridgeport (Conn). teachers now“ since they pick_ up revenue which $100 of the $500 needed shall a
i g .' » , .. l asking .......¥ ................. 25%;without their actlvuy would be lost to pledged. Prominent East I 91‘s an i
,to Cromwells ofllcels. :2 residents of Norwalk have interestedl
3 Mr. and Mrs. Scott are much de~i
the his- :
{lighted with their new home,
ltory of which was quite unknown to
Ethcm when they bought it.
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Several matters of importance were
brought to the attention of the board;
,of directors of the South Norwalk;
EBoard of Trade, held at a meeting in;
,lhc Council chamber, last evening. AL;
gmost daily applications are being re-l
'ceived from concerns desirous of locat-
ling their plants in this city. Last;
,night two representatives of the Am-;
‘erican Insulating Company appeared‘
lbet’ore the committee and solicited co;
‘operation on the part of the local or-;
ganization. Several site suggestionsi
.Wcre made. and, as an outcome of thel,
discussion, a. proposition will be sub-§
Imitted to the company at, an early;
date. Other site propositions were:
to the community. l
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PARlS, Nov. 15.-Gabrlele ~d’Annun'
zio, the insurgent Italian commander,
of Flume, is engaged in another adven-
ture along the"Dalmatlcn coast, ac~1
cording to advices reaching the Peace
Conference here. He sailed from Fi-l
ume on the Italian torpedo boat Vallo,t
accompanied by a steamer carrying‘
300 shock troops, the reports state.
D‘Annunzioxwas said to have been
followed by an Italian warship,‘which
lwas merely observing his movements.
.The debarkation point on the. Dalma-
‘tian coast is not. known, but, it is
{selected .It is not believed he would
go to Spalato, which is garrisoned by
‘the Jugoslavs, with“ the surrounding
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Stills Destroyed and, .
LOUISVILLE,
fix, Nay. 15.~:Twelve
rs” Were arrested
'Ansonla (Conn). already granted..$500,handml or police mantained by ”‘9
ithe state and precedent depreda't'
teachers new solo . _
in figures, into
Boston (Mass),
’ nmselves in the plan. A. N. Pad'
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ing ......................... H‘sop‘translatable ‘ . _ .
Cambridge (Mass),- teachers now ‘sumg. mtk, architect. and. Franklynd tn}
asking ....... . ........... ““3600‘ Above and beyond. the regular 0 .1 . "wn. physiolan. have consente .0;
Worcester (Mass), teachers now istituted police forces maintainer; by f ' as a QOHSlrur‘tion POKnmlttec. (71W;
asking ............. ...........3600 ,countieS. cities and towns. and m . ' ‘erk Imng D- RObeT'Sonv A- A- Cana- l
“ii and G. YV. Sturtevant have been;
‘tricts:
First. negotiation through jOint wags
scale committees representing all dis-
second. negotiation through
(Continued on Page Five).
GUARD ORGANIZATIO
MEETING THURS-DAY
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(Population, 17,000; Norwalk, state, Connecticut now supports as an
26,000). = ' ,extraordinary body for the preserva-
Seymour (ConnJ, already granted.8200 ‘ tion of law and order in time of stress.
Bristol (Conn). already granted...8250’State Guard of several thousand men.
Waterbury (Conn). already grant- {a complete military OrganllailOlL"
$250 ;which is as costly as it is complete.
VVlndsor Locks (Conn), already l Now that lbewar is over, and with
granted $200 prospects of a chance in the plates
(Through voluntary action on part military organization so that it may
of Board of Education), fit into whatsoever scheme or nation-
al defence the authorities at “’ashing-
ton may decide upon. assuming more
of definiteness, it appears that the
suggestion of a state constabuzary
may merit some serious consideration.
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PASSAIBRAILRDAB A
STATlpflfi—wWN UP . SUMMER ST. FAMILY :
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
FROM LEAKING GAS
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PASSAIC. N. 3., Nov. 15.——The
Lackawanna Railroad passenger sla—
Mrs. Charles Glee, who occupies one
of the three apartments at 11 Summer
lstreet. had prepared her husband‘s
«breakfast. shortly after six o’clock.
'yesterday morning, and, after he had
{gone to work, had laid down with her
{two small children for a short rest.
when one of them complained of faint-
ness and nausea. Her mother made
an investigation, but could find no
traces of escaping gas. so she sum ,
moned Mrs. Willing: , Bowman, who,
{lives on, the floor below. Before the.
‘latter arrived she was almost over-
come, herself, and was rapidly losing.
Joseph Pesco ' a. patrolman. _who consciousness when Mrs. Bowman and?
was standing at a police signal box :Mrs. Knapp, another neighbor, suc—l
one hundred feet from the building ceeded in“'getting‘the windows open,’
when the explosion occurred, “"75 "m ’but could find no trace of the leak un—
and Wise“ by Pieces 0‘ EMS» 9*“ tll Mr. Glee, who had been telephoned;
stone. ' *for, hurried, in and, by the dangerous?
The station agent reported that he experiment of lighting matches, was
started the furnace lire in the build— lotion startled by a blindine flash from
5‘18 1316 195* night. The firemen be. ‘the gas fixture in the ceiling which,
“8V9 that the awning gas from the ltortunatelV. did no further damage
main filled the cellar and-the lire in than blackening the ceiling. It was
the furnace ignited it. causing the 93- then found that the screw plug in the
plosion. . fixture was missing and had evidently;
The damage is estimated at $20,000 lug“ out before the explosion, cans-2
morning. The
police and firemen believe that the ex—
plosibn was caused by a leaky gas
main tinder-heath the building. There
was no one in the station at the time.
The station which was located lnl
one of the-finest sections of the city
was iconstructed of concrete. The
force of the explosion blew pieces of
concrete fifty to a hundred feet away
and shattered the windows of houseu
in the neighborhood.
by railroad officials. ing the leak. 2
Although the mother and children;
Were ill, the greater part of the day,
they are much better this morning and
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,of the scheduled six-round semi-final
tee.
lkr'vrn‘ions may be {Molded The:
S‘ W '“*~‘= to any member of the above I.“ 4
named committee, or left with Mr. . RGV- Thomas E. Swan, ‘13. S. M.. soi-
rangvpyi' at the bridgp square fruit 3dier rector, will speak Thursday night
more, N, the East Side. Daily ac- ‘at a meeting to be held in the Armory:
knowledcments of the subscriptionsiim' the Purpose of organizing a coat
will lw made in The Sentinel. Checks artillery company of the State Nation-
are to be made out to the East Nor' la] Guard ih Norwalk. Rev. Mr. Swan
\"a'k Mill Pond committee. Within .-. will discuss lhe mental. physical and
week a benefit dance for the fund will .Social advantages to be gained by
he held in the Town Assembly Hall.,.\i0ung men affiliated with a military
The committee has but three Weeks 10,0utfit. All former service men in the
pollpct the nanney, and public co-opera icity have been invited to attend the
lion is urged. ,meeiing. and any young men, over 18
_ ._._...____... ' wears old, who desire to join. Al-
MAJOR HIGGINSON DEAD. lthough the company will comprise but
BOSTON. Nov. 15.~—The death of 100 men, with lhme commissioned of.
Major Henry L. Higginson, banker and ficers. there must be about 125 names
founder of the Boston Symphony Ox» sight-d to the petition to be sent to the
rhestra, was announced today. Major Adjutant-General, asking for the estab-
Higginson died at ’ the Massachusetts,liehmenl of a company here. The ad-
General Hospital. last night, alter an ditional men will fill vacancies ccused»
operation performed during the after: by applicants failing to measure up to
noon. He had been at the hospital but the physical requirements. Anyone
a few hours. Had he lived until next desiring to sign the petition may see.
Tuesdav Major Higginson would have lite-utenant Floyd W. Coffin, 27 West
been 85 years old. . 'VVashington street.
CARTER FflULEll BflUllfl PREMATURE
ENfllNfi l0 AVflllllANE’S DRUBBING; ‘
‘ WEAPER llflWNEll MAN IN 1W0 MINUTES
After he had l’o’uled Battling Al‘thunz’s decision and retired to their
Lane, of this city, five times. according ‘dressing room in silence. Carter‘s can.
to official announcement from the tinned fouling led one to the belief that
ring, Frankie "Kid” Carter. of Stam- he chOse the easiest way to avoidgr»
ford, was retired to his corner, by ROf- ling the entire six rounds and receiving
erec Battling Kunz, in the third mundlan inevitable defeat at the hands ol.’
Joe Dodd’s promising scrapper.
The fight last night was Lane‘s first
scrap since his return from France.
and Dodo, his manager, was anxious
that he make a good impression. which
he did, beyond doubt. at his initial pore
llcrmance. Lane’s progress will be
"nted on the subscription commit {
NIGHT IN ARMORY
bout,-in the Mission street Hall, Stam-
ford, last night. Carter. was heard to
acknowledge to his seconds that he
had fouled, and, later. is said to have
gone. to Lane’s dressing room with an]
apology. ‘
no serious results are feared.
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a JOLLY CARD PARTY "'. l
f. AT CATHOLIC CLUB‘
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HMEANBS‘WL
‘Theladiea’ Aid Society“ of St.‘
Mary's parish, held a. largeand moot
anemia! card party at the Catholic
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renting ,
I estizati . b mnmiggy hm' 13: ”8:335 1:33”;
. 11" on I, , , _ . :in play 1m t , e ‘
anthem 11:0 the» ab- 1.»;thng
The scrap between Carter and the
local overseas veteran of the 26th.
Yankee Division was originally billed
watched with interest by local fans,
whoovill have the opportunity of see»
ing him in action again at the forth»
for eight rounds, but, by mutual agree morning show, in Music Hall, under the
meat, was cut‘to six sessions. Catterimenagement of the Crescent Athletic
made a good showing in the first
round. iillictlnz considerable stomach
punishment. But. in the succeeding
round, Lane got his bearings, was eas-
ily the aggressorand pushed the Stun-
fcnl lad to the l L ... Everything was
oomlngliane‘s J at weakest of the
H In: , K
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Club.
"W’illie MacFarland," alias Benny
Weal’er, of this city. was in the ring
just two minutes when he hoisted a'
left job to Izzy .Lindstrum's jaw. and
that stocky Fighting Dane, of Stanl-
ford. didn’t know what happened until
'm T heralds second revived him and to!!! "him -
all about it save
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