SIXTEERPAfiEg .. TABLISHED 1870. Istm :uummm omnuu’ Iguana Iii ll]! lilinois Some of the Min- ..r; Are in Rebellion _f~.,a2‘sinst Terms of Presi- dent Wilson’s Proposal §?li’l]RL|l_-WAVE»« 1 mm EAST! in! mi:-:sion Given to the Re- ail Stores to Operafial :w‘aw: Hours on Saturday Entered at the South Nomalk Post- Offlce as Second-Class Mall Matter. um; mumnufmmuufl - _1HEH,REH8TAW’S PRlSflNilillli Sentence or not less than two ‘nor more than five years in state prison was imposed by Judge J. H. Reed. upon Arthur W. Pratt, of Darlen, in the Su~ perior court, yesterday afternoon, fol- lowing a verdict of guilty, by a’jury. on charges of theft of Charles Coppo- la’s automobile, in this city, last Feb- ruary. Pratt had been on trial since Tuesday afternoon. The verdict was reached by the jury shortly before lunch hour. after a déllberation of about 20 minutes. Pratt was convicted of theft of an automobile, owned by Chris Mathison, of Stamford, which he had sold on con. ditional sale to Charles Coppola, in whose possession it was at noon of the day of the theft. Five hours later the same day the automobile was offer- ed for sale by Pratt at a garage at Sec- 1 -m- *- ASSOOIATED PRESSUNEWS ERG" ALL PARTS ‘ 7.3 p Experiential! A seam “J: . AIS ’WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR O.’ . . .1 3001310me cons» ond avenue and 65th street. New York. Coppola, who was driving the machine at noon February 14. the day off/the theft, has disappeared and no trace of him has since been found. , At the afternoon session of court a motion by Attorney (3. M. Comley. for the defense, to set aside the verdict as contrary to the evidence, .was op- posed by State's Attbrney Cummings, and denied by Judge Reed. On the question of sentence, the state's attor- ney asked for a prison sentence, and Attorney Comley pleaded for leniency. Judge Reed said he would not impase the limit allowed by law. and announc- ed sentence as above. Judge Reed also denied the motion of Attorney Comley for stay of execu- tion and bail. pending an appeal to the Supreme court. RSRRRNE PLANS TR a! AGO, Dec. 12.—«General in- .. in pmduction of bituminous} .3 Hi1}' was indicated by reports! “lily all coal fields. In a few! principally lllinois, however.l : , ,y Hm workers were in rebellion! m » i .: - I v terms of President VVilson'sl. '~JL, acceptance of which halted' . - » ‘ Hire, and in Montana, Vl’ashing- . «ml \Nyoming. the miners indi—, -' they desired a more thorough un-l Hiding of the plans. Other in-§ es of deferred resumption of pro-: 0 lion were expected in the Pitts—5 my- district. where union leudcrsi m . ., -rl officially to notify mincls (or "o work, and ill \Vcst Virginia} trouble was cntoulltercda ., rive old question of the: IRI' - : system, but the'situation m . , xx w regarded with optimist' . '~ many predictions'oi’ if rc- .\ r. wmul output by early next iv)‘ 5 l Mucus to permission to retail; ' i mwzute nine hours Saturdast ' m! iuued on Page Two). suit SANETlflN eiiNMARRIAfiE‘flE runscflummu ' ~i liurgrave. 11 1-2 Raymond ' lt-yearvold colored school girl. r .Hicd in the Knight street A. r humh, last night, to Harry Fer- PRRRE STATE PRISRN Directors Express Surprise and Believe Connecticut Can Manage Afi‘airs With- out Outside Interference Officials and directors of the Con- necticut State Prison were somewhat surprised last night on being told of an Associated Press dispatch that said that Thomas Mott Osborne intended to investigate llle prison, and they Were of the opinion that Connecticut could manage the prison in its own way, as in the past, without any outside inter- ference, either from Mr. Osborne or anyone else. The dispatch said that after Mr. Os- borne had “cleaned up" Joliet. he was going: to investigate other state pris~ ons. and onefof these was in \Vethers- field. The dispatch did not mention Sing Sing, where Mr. Osborne was !formerly warden, land regarding this institution the seeretary of the board of directors of the Connecticut State Prison. Frederick L. Salmon, of \Vest— port, had a few words to say. He a1- so said that so far as he knew. no investigation was being contemplat- lf‘nntinued on Page Two). BUTCHER ARRESTED HERE SUSPEIITER‘RE RRIRRERRRT CRIME Leonard Gabriella, 21 Reilly street, lBridgeport, who was arrested, Tues- day night. at the butcher Shop owned Lby Guissepe Gimigliano. 43 Lexington .avenue, is suspected by the Bridgeport police as being the murderer of Harry Rossignol, who was stabbed Lo death, in Bridgeport, Sunday night. pocket knife believed to be the weap- on with which Rossignol was fatally wounded. the authorities are holding Gabriello, on whose pers‘onjhe knife was found, as responsible for the mur— der. , ’ Evidence is alleged to have been presented before Coroner John J. Phc‘ lan to the effect that Charles Rosso, who Y6 still missing, did the killing, 1((‘ontinucd on Page Two). lifllSREVIlilMAliE ANfllllERATTAER LONDON, Thursday, Dec. 11.-—Bol- shevik forces have again heavily at- Awaiting the analysis of stains on at sets forth NATIONAL THRIFT CAMPAIfiNlN sun HARTFORD, Dec. 12.—-—Plans for car- tackcd the left flank of General Deni- kine's army and driven the latter‘s vol. untecrs back to a. depth of 30 or 40 miles along a front from three to four hundred miles long. The Reds are within fifty miles of Kharkov and P01- tava and are swinging around to the ,Imo'i. The ceremony, after hav- ,. mu held up by the authorities be- . of the extreme youth of . “his. permitted after the mayor; i an official permit. ~‘_.- to allow the marriage. 'l . told in The Sentinel. last night, '21:: authorities asked the police to a, Hi the girl's intention to become . 4 ma, after her mother sent a letter . J: W teacher. informing her Mabel in~ ‘ mi -d to “resign" from school, as she , lo be-come a bride. ASSENRERS SRRRR AlR'PlPE-S BREAK the '1 Because of' , on! issue involved. it was deter-l 4., ' to ho for the best interests of? southeast of Kiev, which is ’ened from the norihcusr, according to rying on the NatiOnal‘Thrift campaign in Connecticut and the rest of New England next year are now being for- mulated by the directors of the savings (Continued (m Fivcond Page) division, First Federal Reserve dis- trict. Reports from the various parts of New England show that to date the weir suit National Thrift camapign has Inetll~51=—i‘4U~—~ 1" it) 11‘ living that the continuation of the N's-i " reconstruction. ‘ led the Mansion House, or City Hm, sale January 1. Thrift Stamps andgmade for “1,. purpose of.suppreqsing TWO VESSE ARE 'leD‘liy of iris-h manufactures. . ‘I S 5 :2? WHEN TRAIN’S .— ‘ulers on the train arriving in ”hwalk at 9:20 o‘clock, this ' "‘ ' were severely shaken up - train stopped abruptly near Ania street bridge. when trou- -'up'>d with the air brake pipes. a) were thrown forward in f‘ .: nix; i . . . eels were reported driven ashore In a with marked success. it is also the, ‘ concensus of opinion of those in touch. E with the problems of the- llgih cost of; 4's 1 tional Thrift campaign will go a longf __.._.__... way towan reducing the high pricesg DUBLIN Thursday Dec 11—801- and shortening the present period Of fdiers and policemen who today search- The “a?" V?“ Slim“: Emmi: “’31:: . were this evening stationed, with fimi are caigiane n ($2,039: t ear .119 1 ~ ibayonets. in an automobile garage in Bass 0 eorge as 11 8 0n “’1 89 0" . the immediate vicinity. The raid was Treasury Sayings Certificates “118180,- the Christmas Fair, which is held" an- be on sale next year. guually by the Gaelic League for' the Late this afternoon the lord mayor . said'lie was so “accustomed to raids REPORTED WRECKED-_upon the Mmeio‘n House that he had ‘-—-——————e" .ceased to feel even resentment.” Ev" CURLlNG, N. F., Dec. 12.——Two res-V ‘ (Continued on Page Two). INTERNATIONAL . FINANCES DISCUSSED lstorm which developed hurricane pro-i iportions last night. The schooner P.’ ‘N. Nicholson, of Bucksport, Maine, was wrecked at \Vooi Island, and the? schooner Ronald Mormon. bound from? Cadiz for St. John’s, N. F'.. was wreck-i ' n .so threat- ; l LONDON, Dec. 13.;Premiers Lloyd, Sets Forth Exceptions Supreme for tothe 3 Claim Coinpensation for Scuttled Vessels MISIEPMAIIIN m Minimum Claims .Objecfionablc Pas- sage in Admiral Von Trotha’s Letter Not Pro erly Read . BERLIN. Thursday, Dec. 11.—Ger- .many's reply to the last notes from the Supreme Council of the Peace Confer- ence has been sent to Versailles. Noth- ing has been given out relative to its contents, aside from a hint that its general tenor reciprocates' the concil- iatory tone of the last communication from the Eentente. *— . a, plane, -1919 + Hun: norm" [[0339quan iFloods in Alabama, Missis- sippi and Georgia do Great ' Damage ‘ ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 12.—-—Unprece- dented floods in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi, that started early in the week, generally were recalling today, but rivers not greatly affected during the first tWo or three days were out of banks and causing heavy property loss. This was particularly true around [Montgomerm where the swollen Ala- bama had almost paralyzed the city, industries and social life without du- ing great damage to the Alabama cap-V ital itself. Floods of the last week have‘been so widespread that no detailed esti- mates of loss have become available. but compilation ofrvarious reports in- (Qontinned on Page Six). umumsrs’ our e NElilill BISHIJP- lllES Bishop Alexander Priestley Cam- phor, bishop of Liberia. and the only some negro bishop in the Methodist Episcopal church. died Wednesday in his temporary home, 23 ‘Vebster place, Reports state that the reply ‘renews German warships at Scapa Flow and exceptions to the Supreme Council‘s tion for the scuttled vessels. It issaid to claim- that the objectionable pass- age from the letter from Admiral von Trotha, head of the German Admiral- (Continued on Second Page.) mumu visas '_ um 0R DISABLED insistence upon ‘compcnsa-gParish. La.. August 9. 1865. South Orange..me a stroke of paral- the Government's disclaimer of respon-1 rais following an attack of pneumonia. sibility for the sinking of‘ internedl He had been ill since early autumn. He was 54 years old. Born of slave parents in Jefferson and from early youth destined by his father to become a minister. Bishop Camphor‘s career marked him as a leader and commanding figure among members of the race he so long served. He was educated at New Orleans University. where he received degrees of A. 13.. A. (Continued on Second Page.) EVERlBflflY—RAS i i HALIFAX, N. 8.. Dec. 12.—Fourteen lvessels, wrecked, missing or making port in a crippled condition; were re- corded by. the marine authorities to_-. day as victims of storms which swept the North Atlantic coast during the last two days. ‘A seventy-five mile sale from the Gulf of St. Lawrence was: still ragfng over New Foundlmd today and train 8 ice there was blocked by drifting s ow. ' The steamer Pro Patrla, used in coastwise passenger and freight serv-. .ice, which left St. Pierre, Miquelon, for Sydney. N. 9.. on Wednesday, was re- iported mission. Four United States Shipring Board tnrs. bound from Que- br" in Mission by way of this port, which became. separated in the Gulf of St Laurence ,Wci'e today believed to, he‘safc in some of the small harbors, .on the east coast of Prince Edward ‘Island. . The United States Shipping Board steamer Davidson County, disabled 300 miles east of Halifax by the loss of, her propeller, was reportedapproachw ,ing port in tow of the American steam-i 'er West Togus. The Canadian steam- Seirznor was hurrying to the assist: ance of the British freighter Homsee,| a former German vessel, which was in5 ’distress eastof Canso. The British steamer Carmania. with, many American passengers on board; which collided with the steamer Mary-a land about five hundred miles off this; l r‘” here tonight under her own steam. Fire, destroyed aboard the Leyland Line freighter Mercian when about thirty-five miles on Cape Race yester- dayycaused her to direct her course toward this port. ‘The Mercian left Boston on Dec. 5. Shehad no passen- el'S. . , . g . g The steamer Chetopa lost two pro- peller blades about 250 miles south- east of Halifax and was reported un- manageable and in need of assitance. SllPPleflll‘S-l ii. _ Not only the wicked stood on slip-1 pery places, this morning, but even newspaper and trolley men. and others 3 who have to get up early, found it wise to watch their step. With the thermometers registering exactly on the freezing mark of 30 de- grees, before six o’clock, a gentle rain began to fall, freezing as it struc the streets and sidcvmlks, forming a surf- aCe as smooth and slippery as glass. The auto truclus were the first to get info :rcnble andVDificer Adams. who was on his post at Main and Wall streets. suiic‘z‘y brcalntg aware that son‘ietl‘in;r was .‘iili-‘lei‘: on Mill il'li. for suddenly ihme trucks that had just passed him, eastbound, came backward, down He grade, increasing speed at every turn of their wheels. One manarcd to turn into Brook street, another negotiated a. back step into (Continued on Page Sew n). MEXICO No'r AFTER UNITED STATES MEXICO CITY. Thursday, Dec. 11.—-— Mcxico has never contemplated or con- sidered the adoption of the “Plan of San Diego," for the purpose of secur- tory of the United States, Manuel Aguirre Berlanga, Minister of Interior, today. This ‘smtement was made when the minister’s attention was called to charges recently made by U. S. Senator Fall, of New Mexico. ed ins memorandum submitted to President Wilson Dec. 8. Among oth- er things the Senator alluded, to a plot said to have originated at a small wet ' Smith street, butthe third was a big’ Senator Fall’s charges were contain. Rain probably tonight and autos-day. .. . vnlmnuh Hill RAWERS’ NATlllNAL- uminmcus Union batters of Norwalk will, this afternoon, vote for officers of the Unit- ed Hatters of North America. Ballot- ing will be held simultaneously in Philadelphia, Danbury, Orange, and} other batting centers. Voting will take place in Red Men’s Hall, ‘West Washington street, and women mem- bers of the union will vote in the Cen- R autumn 1 cummnm' MRRWWE humour Is Said to Believe the Plan Adopted Will Mean In- creased Cost of Coal to tral Labor Union Hall, West Washing- ton street. The polls will open at 4 o'clock, closing at 8 tonight. It is ex-l pected that there will be a, keen con- test for the presidency of the national union, between Christopher Donegan, of Newark, and the incumbent, Mich—i ael F. Greene, of Orange. - mums , Tl] um: PEllllllillAfl ; REV’AL, Esthonla, Dec. 12.-—“I haveJ m. not given up my intention to capture 'Petrograd," said Gen. Yudenitch, com- mands? of the Russian Northwest Army, to The Associated Press corre- spondent today. a . "Despite reports to the contrary, the bulk of my army still is intact on Rus- sian soil Only a fifth part of it has been disarmed by the Esthonians. My troops are well supplied with food and other equipment, except clothes, the ilack of which was one of the most se- :vere handicaps in our recent cam- }paign. If we had had more cloth with iwhich to make uniforms we would 1ihave had more soldiers, and the story .might have been different." , i A member of Gen. Yudenitch’s staff [asserted that the Esthonian Govern- Ement, while professing not to oppose fthe reconstitution of the Russian Northwestern Army, had overtaken for its own use 1,100 box cars and twenty- z .t ight locomotives belonging to the: :x' mv, and also had begun to store food L and equipment consignments of Yude-l pitch in warehouses in Reva]. “They er): to us," said this officer, “‘if you vart anything in the way of supplies just apply to the Esthonian authori-i tics.’ " ‘ i fAUTO DRIVERS: ARE TAKING CHANCES! There seems to be a growing prac- gtice of auto drivers turning from “’3“ i ‘stre-cl into Main street to take chances 'on passing the West avenue trolley 'cars when they are standing at that icorner, while the car crew reverses ithe poles and fenders. The trouble is ,not noiicablc when 1hr traffic cops are on duty at that prinl, hui when they are absent they ~.-;.cct up the narrow passageway, be- Iwrcp Ilie car and the Boston Store curl), in bunches of two and threes: 9. good spccd ard withoul the slightest warning imm‘gong or how. and amt t'ldiiflilll'OW' escapes :rorl hitting pc» ‘destrians. crossimr Main strce: from ,the rear of the standing car. have been noted within a day or two. .—-_.. :TRINITY MINSTRELS g MAKE GOOD UPTO‘WN. ‘ The merry minstrel men of the Trin-L .ity Men’s Club came uptown, last night, ; iand repeated the big success they‘ 3made at Hoyi‘s Theatre, last Monday ’evening, at Red Men‘s Hall, 25 Main 1street, for the benefit of Cockenoe iTribe, No. 32, l. O. R. M. There was all ap- Swas thoroughly appreciated by gpresent and met with frequent iplause. » . Individual songs were sung by L. Weed, J. Mamca, A. Darragh, C. Stev- ens, F. Olsen and T.“ Dawson. They weressupported by a well trained chor- , 'us, comprisong: H. Acton, W. Dieting-g er, R. McKibbin, L. Godfrey, H. Poi-r 5for Panama On December 20. RRN’T WANT 1qu Nfl PART IN humus Expected That His Resigns. tion as Fuel Administrn-r tor “fill Be Accepted To-‘ day “’ASHINGTON, Dec, 12.-The re- signation of Dr. H. A. Garfield, as Fuel Administrator, tendered last 'ght,wal forwarded to President Wilson by Sec. rotary Tumuliy. “Of course, it willbe accepted,” it was said at the White House. " Functions of the Fuel Administra- ior, handled recently through the Rail. road Administration. under Dr. Gab field's authority, will be continued un- der Director-General Hines, it was said. This does not necessarily mean that Mr. Hines will be made Fuel Ad- ministrator in Dr. Garfield‘s place, it was said. - . WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.—F0‘rmll announcemcnt of the resignation at Furl Administrator Garfield was ex. period today from the White Hause. Dr. Garfield is said to have offered his resignation because he did not sanc- (Continucd on Page Two). EHURER RRLRS i FAREWELL PARTY rum JARVIS . About forty members of the Roway- ton Baptist church Tuesday night ten- dered a ‘i’arewell reception to Miss Marion Jarvis, Rowayfon, who will sail ' She will remain in the tropics for over a year as the guest "of her sister, Mrs. John Johnson, a prominent resident of Pan- ama. Miss Jarvis was presented with a costly dark purple silk umbrella by ihe church members. as a. mark of their appreciation for the active part‘ Filo “as long taken in the wrliarc of the church. ARMY IN'MEXIER WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.—-The Sen- ate Military committee today declined“ to take action on a resolution by Sen- ator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, au- thorizing the Secretary of War to em- ploy the army fo protect American cit- port WGGDeSQY was expected to r“Inkling portions of the southwestern terrioia big andince present and the entire izens on Unitpd States 3011 irom Mexi- declared 5 show went with a snap and vigor that can bandits. The resolution was or- dered back to the Senate with the re— commendation that it be referred to the Foreign Relations committee. ST. John’s TEMPLE ASSO. ELECT OFFICERS 8t. A special communication of a lit. xi:- sith considerableforce, but "has injured.- The train was \v iy within five minutes. ed at Summerside, both in Humber HALIFAX, N. 8., Dec. 12.——The Cu— nard Liner Carmania. which was in collision. Wednesday night, with "the steamer Maryland, will not arrive here ,George and Clemenceau resumed their lconterences on war problems this fore. noon. Earl Curzon, of Kedleston, Seo- retary of State for Foreign Aflalrsi: Sir ,MauriceHankey, Secretary of the War Late messages mm the Amer-log steamer Lake ewood, driven asho . on Port Hood Island inthe Gulgof St. town..San Diego, Tex“ and made pub- lie at Monterrey, Mex" early in 1915. It was‘declared that on‘Feb. 20, 1915, - the Government of the United States. there shoulder-lee a revolution against? 'RDWe, M. Hoyt,A. Mead,A.G,arileld, F. held last evening and the entered Ip- ROWG, T- M0019, J.Brotherton,F. 300- prentice degree worked on a. number field, C. Cattaneo, L. Rogers, E. Smith of candidates. , .and W. McPherson. The humorous The first annual meeting of St. ‘traditions of the indispensable end- John's Temple Association was the: Vmen were notably upheld by J. Wil- held and a most encouraging treasub 5 jrftij SEEN PtililflN‘ “ HA liliilill CUMPANY a meeting, held in the Armory, , night, of young men interested in ‘ ' forming of a‘National Guard'Com- in Nwalky'a petition, contain. 1'. seventy names, auras prepared to HHU} . rm: to the showcase”: of the“ ,. , iCabinet, and the French Ambassador before nine o clock tonight, at Wireless were present. _ nzegsgge from the Ship early ‘ today ~ "International finance whs under dis~. S 8 e - f y . . gunfign tggmonémg, J. Austen Cham- ., er n, nce r of the. Exchequer, Lumber Company Sues ' [-1 * _. KISS for $3,500 The'Hatéhi&"£afley ‘. ”fig-1"; ,7). , farmer - - , , - , , 27-10113. W. Davis, the. Ameflcaitg'Ani- pany’ to reéoveron bill be brought or; ' 123% » . 7, ‘a ,, vs " . a civil suit‘against Ste , Kiss ' ' " being 'called into the meeting and can- ceiling a speaking engagementhehau ’ repressfifitives or (Continuedim Pagé Five). that the independence of Texas, New California wouidibe proclaimed. “and ‘ that’flmse states after being declared 7 an independent-,mnblie, would later reoufpitgnnm lion . in Mexico. fitneacts of Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Upper archery moment otdosingt liam‘ Rowe, J. Brotherton, Tom Daw- Musical selections were splendidly fender-ed by E. Knorr, violinist, and J. Kiosk, ’cellolst, andmtle Miss Dawson refuted with an ability tar greater ' than one, would expect in so tiny-and 33.33133. Following the hour not. an intercom sketch. one Situation in. son‘and Joseph Mamca. . . Barieigh’s ,. ,, er's report read and approved. The following oificers were elected for the coming year: - J President—«Samuel Lynes. Treasurer—~Horace C. Ridhards. _ Secretary—Jay S. Buckley. Board of Trustees-43. Otis Fitch, ’. ‘W. Whitehead, C. A. Harstrom, R. 3!. N. Sigman, H. A. Cmmpton. .7 W ' .5 ‘i d h . m. 2 u r? lard. G. McKlbbln. M. Ailing. J. W. John's Lodge, No. a, F. and A. M., was ,4
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