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A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR CWN OPERATOR
80m NORWALK, om WAY, HOV.18, 1919
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Papty Cloudy Tonight: Wed. Fair“
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IN THE SENT INEIII
WEAITIW NDRWAIII SPINSTER,
IIENTAIII INDDMPETENT, WIII
RE UNDER DARE 0E GUARDIAN
wouounced to be mentally incom-INew York’s most. expensive hotels,
1,.1 .11 Miss Louise Streeter Warren. when her income was insufficient to
' 1 ,11~11a1-1y of St1.1v1 berry Hill, this city, warrant it. Her actions and needless
w-tikiiown in social Circles in 'Nor- expenditure of large sums of money
walk New Ymk and Detroit and denoted insanity. according to the
”11m". and daughter of the laterrother‘s testimony. Mr. Warren re-
men P. V\ ai'.ren wealthy business fused the guardianship of his' sister,
mm will be placed under the care of when it was offered by the probate
3 11,111rd1'11n by Probate Judge Hulbert. Icourt judge.
111‘ iietioit through a legal actioni Several months ago in the interests
111 ought, by her brother, Benjamin S. of Mr V’Varren, Judge Taylor took a
w 11'1'1111, who was represented number of depositions from witnesses
1.1. by Judge Joseph R. Taylor of in New York and Norwalk. Many
1111.111111ston street. local people were called upon. to tes-
-.i1.1..- Warren had large real estate tify in the case. by sworn depositions
innings in Norwalk. including land as to the mentality of Miss Vl‘arren
:11 MJt‘lIll 'lleach and in the Strawber- iwhen she was a Norwaik resident.
'31 Hill district. She received $30,000, Miss W'arren's alleged eccentrici~
1111 1111 dc 1111 01‘ her father. a greater .ties will be recalled by a legal action
111 t on of which has been spent. ac-1brought against her while she lived in
11 11111:. to testimon3 piesentcd in the [East NOiwalk.
11 11111 piohate court. According to ed against her at the time,
1.11 W:11ren, his sister has lived at ,was disposaessed. liei"
~tii.1ii 30 addresses since her personal articles being uncere-
-1' 1111-11. some of them being at moniously thrown into the street;
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Number of WTaxpa3 ers
This City Largely
1.1 1'15 ased This Year
11 ore Norwalk people will pay
l11x11s this year than handed
share of their earnings last
A familiau‘ ‘chai' 'icter' around Water
-1 :1 street and the water front who escap-
to Uncle Sam's ti'easuu. ln-‘ 111i tr.oii th' grasp oi piofitcciinzizind-
‘Lwr‘s in wages and other incr1ca41'11 loids b3 liiinr' in the .inc11nt “Etiz'l.
11 '111111 is I)1'Il1"3't‘tl to have brought. Mag." :in oyster boat that. 11:15 hi on
1111;; l)1"t)l)I1' into the income tax pay~ l11~111'i11-11 1111 the flats. off the iowci end
111.; classes who did not 111111111 witliiiitol‘ VVatei' street. downtown. for the
1 i - provisions of the, law a year ago. :last two years, is believed to Time
11~ 1-13' uninnn'ied person who has been responSIble for a. fire that wreck-'
111112111111 01‘ over $1 000 and 11ve13' cd the interior of the craft at 9 oclock
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person oi ':iieid of a taniii3 ‘this 111111111112.
'~-I\‘1-.< 111111111 than $20011 dutine When in service on the Sound the
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1ricntion Volstead Law Is
Invalid Does Not Enter,
.1 uisance’ ’Cases i
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1AVERS AUTDS
ARE MENADE
TD MDRAII-TY
.They Bring Country Road
House to City Limits, Says
Social Worker '
'. \' l'HTtK. Nov. 1"?»The power of.
"1:111-1i States Government to put?
‘ I11i~in11ss permanently. as public
~ saloons. specified by the
1.! Attorney as having violated
PITTSBI'RGH. Pa. Nov. 18.’—Tll€
automobile was declared to be a.
“greater menace to morality today
. 1111:1111 irohibition act is “3.0-” than ‘retllight' districts were thirty
1111 _1~'t.li~1l Inext. Fridav morriinzt years ago,” by Dr B Steadwell, Of
' .I111TIzt' Learned Hand. of the La (1'05" Wis. in a sreport 0f the
‘VV oild Commission on Social Purity at
1the VV orld' 2: Christian Citizenship con-
ference here.
States District court will heai
-'.-11c11 to be put in by the East-
"1-l Company and a number of
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I11111111' dealers. The cases came 1111‘1iy12fo11'11ectf11’1h1-:ai§oa1iiigus:pe;¥:;
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I 1 ”1‘ 1) be me 111,111: and, who tically to the city limits. This was
111:111. the stay of the temporary
' Hons that had been secured by
‘ : 11 Attorney Cat‘fey. Commentingf
1: «~11 castes Judge Hand said:
:‘311 constitutional questions iaisod
111, nothing different from the
< of Di3foos 8:8]11111 against Ed-
"~‘ (tht Coilct1oi' of In: einal Re3-
{1111i Rapport. against Coffey (the
1' Attorney). argued at the same
decided on November 14.
7 . 3' will follow the disposition
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the difficulty with the anti- vice zones
suirounding our military camps. They
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RATIPIDATIDN
VDTE TDIIIlRRDW
VV’ASHINGTON, .1'ov.18.—-'\"l'ith the
leaders determined to clear away be-
fore adjournment the long list of
peace treaty reservations offered by
individual senators, the Senate ex-
pected today to pave the way rev 3
final ratification vote tomorrow or
Thursday It was arranged to met-t
two hours earlier than usual and to
stay in session into the 'evening if
necessary to bring the last of the res
ervations to a vote.
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\QUENT IN STATE
T "f‘fllln. Nov. 18.—About 700
‘1 ‘ in. the state have failed to
' ’ I 1 annual reports with 1he
~' 11‘" State. Their names have
7'. :11 the Attorney-General for
Lon of the forfeiture of $35
3311i1 l1 their delinquency
liable
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Judgment was scour-1
and she‘1
furniture and 3
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REDEWESETDADII
IN DRIDADD CASE
Judge Carpenter Declares
War-Time Dry Act Con-
stitutional — Denies In-
juriction
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Will Hand Down Formal De-
cision. in “Peoria, 111., To-
dayeDemobilization Not
Completed, Says Court
CHICAGO. -.\'m'. 11;» The liquor in-
,terests received another setback yes-
:terday when Judge George A. Carpen-
iter handed down a decision in the
{United ~States district court_whicl1
held that the war-time prohibition act
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and the Volstead enforcement act
iwcie constitutional. Judge Carpenter
announced that Judge Louis Fitz-
henry of Peoria, Ill.
the decision.
I In making his ruling Judge Carpen-
g'ter denied the suit for injunction
brought by Attorney Levy Mayer. rep-
‘resenting Hannah and Hogg, whole
lsaie liquor dealers. to restrain United
States District Attorney ’Charles F.
‘lyne and Julflis F. Smihanka. coi-
ilector of internal rmenue from en-
Iforcing the (by and ihe enforcement
law.
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NEW S4, DDD TRIEII
' WDRIIED DN RANK;
Stranger Secures Sum oi‘I
Money From New Haven
Institution During Satur-
day's Football Excitement
Nl'IV‘.‘ HAVEN. Nov. 18.—~A com-
{plaint made to the police by a local
:hank 31'1sterday revealed that a man
during Saturday’s rush, had secured
H101) by HM. This man. after in
troducinc himself to the bank officials
11‘ riday, made :1 cash deposit of $4.800.
€011 Saturday he drew out by personal
check $1000. Alittlc later a man. pre-l
sumabl3 the same presented a check;
for $11800. Just at that moment the
lteller 333.15 called to the telephone over ,
33 inch he'was informed that a member
of his family had been hurt and was at
the hospital. The. teller returned to
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his window and cashed the check for.
$4.800. The fact that the account was
overdrawn wasrdiscovered later. On a
writing stand was a check for $800
and bank officers hold the. opinion
that had the $4,800 check been reject
‘ed brcause of overdraft the
close his account with an apology for
his mistake. No one was hurt in the
teller‘s iii—hilly.
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I W’ASHINGTON, Nov. 18. —Having
massed the Each Railroad bill at its
tsession. last night: the House today
l3irtually began a ieccss to be contin-;
ued until the opening of the regular
1:0:eion of Congress in December.
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The last formal meeting of the
House in the extiaordinary session!
,that was begun last May, was on thei
program today. and Republican Leader;
Mandel] was in hopes that the Senate'
would first act on the dye measure. so ,
‘was severely burned all over her body,
that the House action would then per-
mit a formal adjournment.
Under an agieement of leaders that
practically no business would be at-
’tempted until the regular session.
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DDNDURS IN DPINIDN .
had concurred in '
; would soon
man ,
iwould have offered one for $800 to.
1fact01ily
Bolsheviki Claim
ture of Ten Ge
100 Other 0111 ‘
Omsk L ' 1'1“-
ENDRMDIIS
General Diedrieh
Russian Arnie rat fie
Front
LONDON Nov. 18. —The Sohhevlki
claim the capture of ten generals and
more than 100 other officer: at Omsk
'according to an outcial statement is-
sued today by the Soviet Government
at Moscow. Kolchak‘s army is being
pursued eastward. the stat ent adds.
The text of the com unication
says:
"Ten of Kolchak's generals and over
one hundred other officersture among
Itlie prisoners at Omsk, where the de-
feated remnants of Kolchak's army are
being driven eastward. We occupied
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IIARD RIDER
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FIRST VIDIIM
Those who have watched the unpre-
cedent activity of ‘11cal cider mills and
have predicted that the victims of that
pleasant, but inSLduous beverage.
~‘1.-1.-gii, to a‘tear in our
city cour1s h1t3'11 pr'oied t .16 piophets.
\estcrday 1411111111111 Mrs. John Gay.
of 4 H031 stieit . complained to the
police that \Vliiiu‘. 11 trodfiey of Smith
street, was very drunk and committing
nuisances on ih_1 premises. Acting
Serceant Frank Raymond went to the
(lay home and found the charges true.
He arrested Godfrey on a charge of
intoxication and 1elcasezi him on a
hand of $10.00 for appeaiance in court
this morning.
Godfrey admitted to
that he had I)€t.‘ll lurking
Piiiimi
Judge (‘andec
and to illi-
VV'ithin a week or so. a groupn ofe aic
live young men will give a
the To33n Assembl3 hall, 'iie proceeds‘;
to be donated to the Mill Pond fund
IContributions a' 9 being made satisr
and as prominent citizens;
'aie taking an active part in raising,
l1the required 3500 interest in the por~
ject is being shown throughout, the-
ctty. I nless the entire fund can be
raised within three 33',eeiis the dilapi-
{dated millpond dam cannot be repair-1Aa river at many points, according to
cd and youngsters and grown- ups
will he cheated out of the opportunity
to enjoy skating on the Mill Pond dur-
ing the app oaching winter months.
WOMAN BURNED WHEN;
POURING KEROSENT 0N1
1. KITCHEN FIRE, DIE
Mrs Isabell Russell. seventy-flveI
years old of 42 Reynolds street. who
yesterday morning, when her clothing
became enveloped in flames when she
named oil on a kitchen stove five,:
died late yesterday afternoon in the
to Take WM of Alli
.33'as said yesterday at the office 0
department of state agencies and in-
;of getting comfortably
fire-turning to German}:
TDR SNATINII EUNDI
Th
If Needed Again in West
Virginia They Can Be
Rushed Back
Hours’ Notice,
Harrell Says
WDRIIINIi EDRDES
TAR DEIDW NDRIIAI
Union Ofieials Claim Many
at Few
Colonel
tier! to be Worked
WNN, W. Va. Nov. 18.-
Federal troops on coal strike duty in
Southern West Virginia were prepar--
ing early today to leave for Camp Tay,- '
lor. IQ. The soldiers. overseas veter-
ans of the First Division, made their
way from mining communities to
Charleston. this morning. and. acccord-
,ing to Col. W H. Harrell, their com-1
mander the troops will be en route to
the Kentucky camp before nightfall.
the comnel said that if the soldiers
were needed in this state again, they:
could be rushed back on a few hours';
notice. Referring to treatment of the
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Alien Paupers Now in In-
stitutions of State
("timing to this country s1~\'e1':i‘1
years ago. in the hopes of enriching
themselves, so that they would be
enabled to return to Illtil‘ Faitliei'lard
and live, the rest of their lives in
peace and comfort. more than twenty
five Germans. former subjects of the
cx-kaiser, are. now awaiting in (“on-
necticut charitable institutions the
time when they will be deported :0
Germany. Just as soon as conditions
in Germany warrant these paiipers,
being sent to their own country.
will be dt'poi‘tcd. The majoritv of
them are men, although there are
some women who will he depoite
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lstitutions. ll‘ll““..~‘llgi‘llt’lls {111111 ll'flk de—
partmeni disonle. ed 1hai these aliens
came to the U nitci St ates in the hope
rich and 1:11:11
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iETTISH TRDDPS
IIDNTINDE ADVANCE
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 18. —~ILetlish
troops are still advancing along the
cntiie front west of Riga against the
forces of Colonel Bermondt and cap«
tured Shiok on Nov. 14, reaching the
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areport received here from the Let-
tisli News Bureau at Riga. The dis-
patch states that fires and explosions
:33“ been observed in 'Mitsu
BERLIN Monday Nov 17 (Associ-I
:1th Press) ———.Conflrmation of the re-1’
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SIREPDRT DNE EASE
DE TYPIIDID EEVEW
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‘PDSSE KEEPING.
m Are Not in Condir
‘troops while in the state, Colonel Hai-1
":NTRIAIS DY JURY
they .
iied it down the hack a quarter of a
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William La Page, a Canadian by
birth and employed for a number of
years by the H. Vi’ules Lz'nes Com-
pany, of Meriden, who have the con-
.tract for the new build rig at the plant.
of the Norwalk Tire and Rubber Com-
pany, was instantly killed while at-
1tempttng to cross the railroad tracks,
at the Beldent avenue crossing. this
Imorning, by the first local train fioniI
Danbury. due at the South Norwalk
Istation at 6: 52.
The train had made its usual do.
crease in speed as it approached the'
1curve above the Winnipaul. station,
Canadian Carpenter
Meets Death W * _
Struck By Tm
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when the passengers seated ii) the real'
car felt a slight jar and then, after so-
ing several hundred feet came to a
stop.
There had not been the slightest
warning of the accident, eithei by hell
or whistle, and it Was some time be-
fore the fact that someone had been
struck was fully realized.
The train crew and many of the pas-
sengers huiried to where the body of
Ithe man lay, and it was a tr rribla
sight, indeed. Both hands weic miss-
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IThree of the Fugitives Be-
Dense Forest Near Cen-Q
tralia, Wash.
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i. W. W. Planned to Extend
Organization Among J ap-1
attese Timber Workers
1 i‘\'1P1ALIA “lash: Nov. 18.nA re-
;‘11‘. 1:1 1d posse composed of scores of
1);]itllt'ilC‘t-‘d woodsmcn and members
lli‘ American Legion resumed to-
day a search through a dense forest
twenty miles northeast of here for al-
‘111;;1'11l 1111iiibers of the I. W. V\’. wanted
in con auction with the shooting of for—
11w, .1. ."VlCt? men dining an Armistice
Dii3 paizide. I
At 11 est three of the fugitives were
believed to be surrounded by the
posse. but Captain Lloyd Dysart. (ll—
1'11cting the search from here, said he
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'l’\1‘F;’\LO. 1 . ‘.'.. Nov.18.-Seven
persons Wel't‘ killed when a New York
Central Railroad passenger train
stiuck an auttmobilc at a grade cross-
ing on the eastern outskirts of the city
early today.
The dead are: VV'illiam Mummery.
his daughter Delis, and Fannie
Dtreeze of Buffalo: Myrtle Hodgins,
(Dailiaiincs Ont; Jennie McMillan,
Tra3istock Ontario; Myrtle Munn,
Fe nwic it, Out" and Jean Scott, Gait,
.1..Ont
The six women were nurses at the
Homeopathic Hospital. Last night
they attended a party at Lancaster, a
western suburb. and were returning to
Buffalo in Mummery's automobile
when the accident occurred. The pilot
of 1119 engine caught the automobile
between front and rear wheel and car-
mile spilling out the occupants and'
Ciushing them to death
iEAIiDE DPPDNENT
EDENED TN EAR
APPLETON, Minn“ Nov 18 .—-After
being locked for several hours in a re
Irrigerator car, where he was placed by
lieves to be Surrounded in;.
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According to the weekly morbidity Ithe sheriff and citizens of Ortonville
It was generally admitted that very many representatives left Washington
few of the pending proposals had 11 'today for their homes to get a brief
chance of adoption. The thirteen res— ."vacation" before general resumption
ervations of the Foreign Relations ‘of legislative work next month.
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committee already adopted represen- The House plan of permanent rail-
, ted the maximum to which the mild 1road legislation, as incorporated in the
MV- 13 ‘1’“ I" areservation tRepublfcans had pledged Each 11111. was formally sent to the
support, but it was expected they Senate today-.7
cut and praised. 39$ -
13' afternoon when a Northamp'
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Nor-walk Hospital Mrs. Russell, who"
was a. widow is survived by a few its- report or the State Department of
iant relatives. , 1’,Health Norwalk is a healthy city. But
Funeral services will be held Wed-
nesday afternoon, at 1: 39 3’12ther
the funeral parlors of David W. Ray-
1111115111, on West Washington
Rev. George? Teeple. pastor
out the State diphtheria and measles
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treat 1cm
:11 the There are 13 cases of influenza in the
'oue cane of a communicable diseasefi day
typhoid fever is reported. Thmugh:Itrai
Ernest Lundeen. former Congressman
from the Fifth Minnesota district, to~
was on his way on I. passenger
n to the Twin Cities. more deter-
mined than ever to continue his fight
clared
, [madeen arrived in Ononvflle, last
NEW AND TIDERAE
RUIINIiS ISSUED FDR
WAR RISII INSURANCE
, Even Men Out of .the Service
More Than 18 Months
May Be Reinstated on
Only Two Months’ Prem-
iums
The local home service section of
the NorWalk Chapter of the Red-Cross
has received the following very impor-
tant. rulings in the matter of renewal!
,of’VVar Risk insurance. Every service
. 5131' who has
let his risk lapse-should.
read it:
Addi"on Ru'ings on Reinstatement.
A series of decisions issued by the
Dii1ctm of the Buieau of War Risk
Irn iiiancc “ith the approval of ma
Socr'ctz'ii3 (l the Treasury provides
11111111 liheial 1on11iiions for reinstate-
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'I‘Ii1 prmisions of Treasury Decision
No. 47 allowing eighteen months from
'thr 1l:te of discharge for reinstate-
11111111 upon payment of only two
months‘ 11 cmiums on the amount of
hour-ante to he icinstated aic retain-
1'1I. That 1l1'-ci.':io1.i is liberalized. how-
ever. by a new provision that mt-n out:
of the service are permitted to rein-
state by merely paying the two
months premiums “Ill‘lOlll making a‘
statement as to hrnlth at any time
“ithin thiee calendai months follovn
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TIREMEN’S PAIR
DPENS TDR WEEID
IlCJ‘t' were very few people uptown
last arc-nine about sewn o'clock. who
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men of the. First ilistiict were open-
ing iIlfi‘Il‘ annual fair :11 lILc town
Ass-“limit: liiili. Tim Show began
with :1 parade of fully one hundred
members of the Pioneer. Phoenix. and
Hope Hose companie:= in full 1111;:c1in.
with the Noi'waik Drum Corps look-
ing and playing its bum in El.“ lea i.
The line. of march was
street to \‘i’all to \A‘est avenue as far
as Elm Street, and then counter-
marching to the hall \3'I11'1‘C the Drum
Corps played a number of spirited.
selections which served to draw a
very satisfactory crowd which found
its way to the hall and invested its
money liberally on the many attrac-
tions and enjoyed tht- dancing to the
music 01’ Svec‘s complete orclicstn.
The chances to spend money includ-
ed the always popular mid-way 'it-
tzcwn M all!
Itractions and e3'1.~i3' one of the outfits
was wmked at. top speed until late in
the etching. The Tiill \"1ll continue
Ie3c1'3' night this 33ml: 3311i. (111111.111;
'cach evening.
NEW TDRIIWEEDDIIES
PRINEE DE WALES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—— Prince
Edward, of Wales, arrived at Jersey.
City at 10: 58 o'clock this morning, on
a the day visit to New York.
Nearly on hour before the prince
arrived the section of the Penney!»
vania Terminal. Jersey City. reserved
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gained fortymea over last week. against the League of Nations he de-1 4°" his train had be?“ cleared Of all
spectators. Three hundred soldiers at
the 18th infantry from Camp Merritt
11311115111111 trolley car crashed in!“ 2-
11 ed motor truck. which had becrime
”1,1311 across the tracks ' '
111 Hengerfi was _. 11 :Hon who
regarding the labor '1'!
would vote for further qualifications
Advent Christian church;
nasal“ 11111. W in
State; us diphtheria cum: 9'! cases
will be in“ .I 1
”steer“ cases of rev
1111:1111 intend «pm . and a band were lined up as a guard
Wm xmumm 1: fig fl, “Brim of honor from the track to the watefl,
Norwalk Chronicler