ABUSHED 1870' Office as seconwlno Mall Matter.-
ungry "andSuffering- i
‘ mm ColdHuntets
Rescucdjlom Island!
7 -»...-~, :.n .11 night exposure Charles Vaast and"D‘e§)uty Game War»
,,,3,. M”, mu. food den 'Wilbur F. Smith.“ Shortly atter'
WW, Vim“ and the party set out, the marooned hunt-|
‘ ; ,ers were located on Goose Island by.
““1““ “”9 “35“ Howard Lowndes. of the "Henry W,"l
91.“ "M G.~-“lt?1"b0ilt who look them aboard and brought‘
i<iand. omsgdp ’ them to South Norw’alk, arriving? here:
Mm, they We“, _ at ll o‘clock this morning. ‘
WHO!) they,
.. itiuh gale of wind
l'ri'fi'lrbiliiilfll huming
hi.
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The hunters sought shelter in an old 3
stone house on ille'islitnd, where they1
kindled a tire, OVer which they hud-'
tiled throughout the icy cold night:
They hadslittle food and. when res;
cued today. had but a sandwich be-‘
tween them.
Vaast and Novzlc bagged twelve’
black ducks. but they found the game}
costly, suffering exhaustion as the re».
sult of inadequate shelter and insuffi-‘
cient food. ' i
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went on a duck
curly ye-stvl‘day
. ‘. ill") failed it) ['0‘
§.lilllv‘5, last night, anx-
. .i!:~>'ll :l searching par-
' t'zlj'lfllll Richard (l.
Light House service.
~-:li'..-r m Hit“ serviceot
GERMAN ‘
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’llohert Van Buren. for many years“;
the 'clty engineer of Brooklyn, N. Y.,;
died at his home. 58 \Vest avenue. thisl
morning. The funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
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ACHES PAR'S lie is survived by two sons. Rollcrtg
. . ; S. Van Huron. of A. R. Malkin & C0”,
laud (‘ourtlandt Van Buren, of M. N;
, Mayt-hofl‘ 6’; C0,, both of whom resided;
- ' _l with him. '
ill DESCUSS th? Cf’mr’ef‘sa ‘ Mr. Van lluren's fame as a. civil PM.
tit. : "DI' the Slnkll’lg Of the' gineer was not confined to Brooklyn:
{ . .. , 7,. ' ‘ ' Ins his work there in connection \vith‘
‘ ' “3”“ arShlpS In Scapa the water supply system of that bur-z
iough brought him into prolninence‘
lam'mlg the lending men of his profes—'
. 5‘ l n l sion. ,
- A‘NER "EQiREb 5 On his resignation from the otfice.
'. . .i I b [ which llt‘ ll'dil held so long and so failll~'
‘ fully he was presentcd with a purse or,
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'1 g : 3" i‘ which was brought to a local bank for;
“511 deposit and the counting and classify-1
ing of the coins attracted considerable:
local attention at the‘fitllc. !
Since his retirement he has lived.
{quietly at his lVesi avenue home. ‘
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“-— J, 00LSHEV00 TAKE
‘il lm: come to Paris 101
'.;l~‘!l>.lllOll for the sinking‘
. t.» viril'sllips in Scapa Flow,l
morning. l
‘2? Jill.
oi“l’remier Clemen-
Sald to be Satisfact-
,. a Today
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w. ‘
3,000 i’iilSflNflEiiS‘i
which is presldcd'
in. :llor Sepiinger, a mem-
‘12..z.lerciul department 0!. 'lJUSuOhi: Dec. lbs—The Bolshevikll
“”1 Ministry. $011315“! captured Novo Mikolacvak , on the!
r‘imm. representing thc‘transsiberlan railroad on December
-" "“1" (O‘mC‘HUl‘ 131019.14, according to a Soviet communique ’
'\
z" oi Public “'orks Dr. l received by wireless here today. The:
if,” of ”‘9 Hamburg-Anter- ,statement said over 5,000 prisoners, l
Pam?" Director 0’3 thenlany guns and several generals of‘
.imls at Bremen; 9' repre- the Kolchak army were taken by the '
{. '; Hamburg Government, Soviet troops. 2
' "“5"" representing three. The Moscow statement records a
,‘fi'l‘n' , _ . ”general advance by the Bolsheziki on
.~. arrived. m a SD90!“ an fronts. The stat of the famous.
.u the ordinary 939T?“ cavalry division of General Mamonoff.
["45 no ineldent at the , was captured to the north of Piristin. E
fl'tlll'ds regarded the east. of Kiev. and numbers of prison-7,
;, interest. ers were taken in other sections, the ;
{message asserts. i
’«iwl or. page Seven). l General Deniklne's commu
all Bill—Elli— .{iil‘fissumissrm
7 FAMILY Housman suns—until
r“ .5, Autumn null
r. .‘:.y ,
...«.,_,‘~ fir»?
won .l‘tl mlv.
th was main with
‘a broken bott
:also in the Don and Kharkoy dis-i
“10min: when
itricts. ‘
1‘- Ughtcd match
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Tiv- spilt cogiffhfimmm" in 3-7 An automobile. driven by Antonio
-h‘. fire. but mo file of ”18 bottle VKlein, skidded on a slippery street car'
‘h‘JCl hams hermule’dflas extin- rail while making‘the tin-n from Mon-i
J9. Firmnnn WWW“ mndmflzc was roe, street into Railroad avenue, at‘7l
use from an. ('vmml 1.593 to the Voolocl: this morning,‘ and toppled over;
use, manna 1),. 3110118535?“ The. on its side. The driver was not hurt.
you families. - ' an‘ ha"
, an
Tm? “may" Will not d the automobile was but slightly
:ac-ed $10. damaged.
‘1.- iTii TA0i0 liiilAiiiiS
“a
TI‘)‘ :1 Son tinel'Want Adv.
Aluminium
400000 Alli All] [.4003 tantrum: 0P
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accidents tom side up,‘burying beneath it three;
in a 300d occu ant “
tly after 12 sgaah. 3' who .33de \wlthout a
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u: the mosl freakish
happened here
‘ I“? occugred shor
-. may w en the autom '
, rib). William C. Smith of Sagzllgl -
‘. jest Aorwalk, in colliding with i“
r Beef Company car, near‘Easi:
nd Van Zant street geared
-air 339114 manner '
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Bystanders, who‘wltnossed. max-30' i
dint. were 3.8th to rid three"
menfn‘MrVSm .' ' ’0
unmanned; ‘
after ”me
in.
Entered at the South Non talk Pou-
lsnumts, 308 DR; llIiR
thin) to speak on "Civic Work," as it charter to enforce his statements.
.000
l as she proved yesterday he will surely,
purchaSed controlling interest in the
J
Clilllliil awn townie to
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There was a large attendance at the action on the matter, and of he peti-
regular monthly meeting of the Nor- tion, signed by over 2,000 tax you.
walk Equal Franchise League. in the!“ In quotingfrom Mayo ' ovan's
historical room of the Norwalk Libra— statement to the Teachers‘ lation,
ry, yesterday afternoon. and, at" the committee that he was pow on in!
conclusion of the regular meeting, Dr. the matter. Dr. Harstrom took sharp
Carl Axel Harstrom responded to an and strong exceptionto this contention
invitation which had been extended to and quoted at length from the city
would be aided by votes by women. , He said that it. was merely a ques-
Dr. Harstrom declared himself as tion of quibbllng. on the part of the
sure to rcspond’to his appeal to every _ under the present charter.
man. '
in defense of the appeal made by the and
flat. increase of $200 in the salary of let body was not able to exercise the:
the entire 139 teachers.-. which has . full power that the charter rive it.
been endorsed by a unanimous vote of3
arequest, made to the mayor, to call aidOUbt that the members 0f the Nor-
spccial meeting of the Board‘of Estb
mate and Taxation, to take favorable!
(Continued on Page Nine).
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03 WANTED T
tluilltlsulllllll?
RETURN lfl lulu: . minim Willi pm o.
Mlflmr‘mg
SALONIKI, Monday Dec. 15.——-.\n of“?
T0‘0LAlM00l0ESE'
Niccolo. Tavello and Michael Puss,l
01‘ this city. b0”! 0‘ Whom married ficial statement issued by Greek Head-
French girls, While they were servingfluaners today says:
with the American Expediitonaryi “One of our de’mchmentg clearing
Forces, tried yesterday to enlist in the, the heights ‘01-“, of Imamkeuy of the
army. that they might return to Franee ’ enemy engaged three hundred Turkish
‘9 claim. their brides. Corporabrebels ‘Wlth machine guns_ The Turks
SWOT“- 1 Parks, 0‘ the 10031 reimm‘iwere pursued to the mountain heights‘
mg stat.lon._rejected their applications : of Kouchak. ‘
for enlistments, both young men hav- “During an engagement on the mas-
ing dependents. 1 l3 lslr northwest of Aidin, one of our de-
ttachtt‘lents captured many tents, rifles,
imcdical supplies. foodstuffs and old
f uniforms. Our losses were four killed
JACK ARNBI‘B EETS Iand one captain and fifteen soldiers
l wounded. The known loss of the ene-
‘imy Were six killed.
l "Attacks of Turkish rebels against
lOdemish and the village of Kalnakdjl
0F 0000!] mini?“ . -....
Aidin and Magnesia. have been repuls-
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If Jack Arnold's prospective mother- I l * i
in-law proves as good a friend to him I ‘ ‘ ,'
. ‘ m ‘v
iiilii “Elli lilNiiiHT1
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sior. m’ the barrel of co ner scraps, —"_“", ' ‘
which was taken from tile]: basement For the first time to “‘70 $1.113!
of ill~‘ former store of th-- Heating &. boxing 511°? “'m b“ held tomnnt in
l‘iunziiing t_‘im~,p3ny‘ Friday night, al- Mneic Hall, South Main street. '
though Detective Sergeant Hunt sure- The star bout of the evening will
ly gave him a. chance to prove mmbe a ten round mill between Chic
strange stories about a "number of‘Bz‘OWn of New HEV‘PD. Who 108! his
mysterious men. {state laurels to Battling Kunz of 1:215;
After hearing the. or :lcnce and hay—,Ciizv’. and Young An
ing the man looked over by 1)h}'5l(‘ifill§il“flns throughout Connecticut
who pronounced his mental, conditiongwatch with interest the New Haven
normal, Judge Candee found the man tslugger's reappearance.
guilty of theft and fined him $25 and William McFarland of this city will:
costs, making a total of $50.27. meet Young George Chip of Bridge-l,
The woman in the case was Mrs. port in a six-round semi-final. The:
Anna Prentice, of 292 Huntington 'll be between Anayi
preliminaries WI . ,
Rood. Bridgeport, and her testimony Wargo of Springfield and 101mg Tayi
ln Arnold‘s favor was regarded by
lot of Stamford: Kid Nooney of
those Wh’) heard ““5 bpmg the real Stamford and Joe Regan of Bridge-
cause of saving him from a jail sen-l
. . port; and < Young Angion of South
'ence‘ Mrs' Prem‘ce adm‘l‘ed that Nor-walk and Young Santo of Nor-
walk. '
The bout Officials will be: tR‘l'eferee,
Battling Kunz; Announcer, Match-
maker Harry J.‘ Smut: time-keeper,
George Hopkins.
CHRISTMASMAILINE‘
have nothing bu' praise for this ~par l
ticular female of the species.
Jack is the Lx-dollghboy who collldi
not t‘ngiiilln how he came into pogscs--
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(Continued on Page Nine).
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lNllllNAPflllS CLUB,
William C. Smith or, this city has
American Association BBebail Club.
a. ' C. Mosul, former "president,
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[strongly in favor of votes for women, mayor, to avoid the issue. and felt that!
.and said that when he occupied the if he felt. at’liberty to do at, mid}
mayor‘s chair and issued a. call for any quickly show his honor that 1M2
line of civic. work, ten women 'were and perfectly legal way could be“:
. He was or the opinion that under the?
In relation to’ the work of Norwalk present regime there was too mchl
women, the speaker came out strongly power given to the Board of Estimate!
Taxation. and too little' to tbe'v
Norwalk Teachers' Association for a Board of Councilmen, and that the lot-5
i proachcd normal.
Applause was frequent throughoutlcoumry reports indicated from 90 to
the Nor-walk Board of Education, and the entire address. and there was nolg
,ation.
’locals reported as still idle waiting for
la further adjustment of wages.
l000£l0l3i
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out man
incty‘" ti; Ninety-Five Per
Cent.jof the «Miners Are.
Back 01‘ Ready in Go When resenting large liquor interests in New
N
Mules Are in Shape
810003 fllilllllNfi
Court Likely to be Dis-
nm‘ d .
. bituminous ' coal
Throughout the
5 pet- cent, of the miners ’either at
'work or ready to enter the minus as
soon as they are put in shape for oper»
In only a few instances were
or the large producing fields,
can appeared to be clos
Indi-
t to normal
in the matter of coal mined. although
reports from lliinois Ohio, Pennsylva-
nia. and West Virginisi-~ showed that
in-
crease. *
‘Ylgtnale all restrictions on use
fuel made necessary by tho {city-d
strike had been relaxed May. While
of
‘Contlnued on Page Twelve.
lEfilflNxUNABLE i0 ‘
., 08E mull Hfllif
Many Idle Beds But No Pro-
' visions Made by Last Ses-
sion of LegislatureuWom-
en’s Auxiliaries Will
Established — Executive
Commitee Discuses Use of‘
State Armories
The peculiar situation existing at:
Fitch Home for Soldiers was discussed
by the stale executivo committeeof,
tho-American Legion. in Hartford, re-
cently. It appears that, although there
are about four hundredvacant beds at
the home. and ample hospital facilities
to provide for a large number or vei-
erans, there. are not enough applica.
tions of Yelenms entitled to its bene—
fits to fill the home. ‘ Section 1897 of
the General Statutes of Connecticut
plovidcs thaw-admission to the home
may be obtained by veterans of_iho
Civil War, the Spanish “’ar, the Phil-
'lppine Insurrection hd the Chinese
Relief Expedition. The last sees-ion of
the Legislature failed to amend the'law
admission. There are a large number
of veterans in the state nownbeing car-
edfor by private organizations who
(Continued on Pagé Ten).
TWOTAKEN‘F000 '
tumult llNllliEll
Honrlfio'sox, w. v “Dec. 16,——
Two negroes, accused. of having mur-
dered 'J. Meek,-a resident of Island
a train at. Chapmauville, yesterday, and
lynched, according to: reports reaching
have last night. -
The negroes, Ill. D. rWhitlleld and
m.wmmey, were‘ _' with kill-
ing Hook. 3 construction foreman for
- {Continued on Page Ten).
shortly enter the automobile busl~ .
ness in Los Angeles, Mr.‘Smlth said!
today. ~ ‘- 7 ..
William C. _ Smithr In, son of the
new owner, will'be made vice-mesh
dent and will go to Indianapolisjn
Junuhryftoqssume chargé‘of the alum
seemed generally
rush of b
the South maltreated!» _,
mummies dayfinda 3 substan-
tial. increase in the number of. parcels
sent out and received it tho, halo!-
ucé, and the peak ortho Chi-una-
rush is meant! inflow two
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cmnn PRICES KEEP
PACE Wimwmsxnv
. WINSTED, Cologne. 18.-—-'rhe cl-
dé'r supply 137me communities in the
state is at. lowiebb and moses-lug in
"apple-jack" is reported. blanched-
umemim mauve far that. city 33”” ' ' » ‘
aniline“
with: uncejgf'éficr his: risen in $1 a
mutants
Charges ‘ of. Contempt of
sf
Creek, Logan county, ‘Wel‘e taken from_
'00le lNlllliSll MAY 30-:
‘GOVERNMENI fill 001.0380.
. The I-Iouse Agricultural Committee, 16 to 3,
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Orders an
Unfavorable Report on the Bill to Repeal the War
"' Time Prohibition Law
be handed down. that preparation.
lwere complete for delivery of thon-
. . . . . ‘sands of dollars‘ wort if lltlllmr \It
llork intimated today that a civnl ac'lshort notice. The ealers said it
~tion against the United States Goyern- 1 would now be physically impossible to
.ment might be the next step in the’ ship the liquor in stock to forelxn
Ifight against prOhlbitiOn. and that corn! The man who had been cultivating a
'pensation for losses estimated at $300,- ‘ highly educated thirst in anticipating
i000,000 woukl be sought. The lawyers? of resumption of the sale of liquor
asserted that the decision of the Sufi over the bar, bemoaned today the
promo .court virtually confiscated they prohb-hhhh h-ppe ll hhh .
liquor held here. 1 probability of exorbitant prices for a
Local banking circles will be but lit- i drink obtained “on the quiet.” Some
tie affected by the court's decision, it ; unofficial quotations on the "unolfclal”
was said. Large loans were outstand-lmarket today were: Champagne, {225
ing on warehouse receipts earlier 111th easy; imported brandy, $150 a cue;
;the year. but nearly all have been li-gScotch whiskey. $250 a case: rye whis—
‘quidated inrecent months. key. $15 a. bottle. and. Benedictine. 830
The dismay with which the liquor;a quart. Individual prices in saloons
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Lawyers rep-
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CHICAGO, Dec. 16.--dProduction of trade rec ved the neWs yesterday in-|depended entirely upon the bartender.
today rapidly ap- creasedt
Continued on Page Twelve.
MEXICANS to 0m"
ANSWER 803000
illumin- “till i
'Reply Will Be With the Cour-
' tésy Which 'Always Has
ay. 80 confident were the
wets that a. favorable decision would
WARNS .
80000 MEN
Will Prosecutc Proprietors
Who Violate “Dry” Laws,
He Says_
HARTFORD, Dec. 16.~—’”lf War—time
prohibition is constitutional, I shall
“continue to enforce it without fear or
favor as I have been doing." Thism
the statement of James J. Walsh, Unit-
ed States Internal Revenue Collector
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Characterized fiiexican for the Connecticut district, when in-
, - '- ~ Lt‘ormcd of the. decision as indicating
. . Diplomatlc Communica-m... Congress has it... power to define
tions 3.5. ‘ ‘the meaning of “intoxicating bever-
ages" as cotaining more than one-half
of one per cent. of alcohol.
Liquor in bond cannot be with-
drawn, save for medicinal or sacra-
ment purposes. he said. Then permits
must be granted by the collector. He
thought it unlikely that the “was"
would havc u bricf respite before the
lilluilvnllmti
THE Barns".
- (COIillnllPd on Page Three).
Senor Cabrera Takes Excep»
l - tion to Statements in the
, mm... ..... KNEW utilitiul
MARKET 0N SUPREME
will litmus
1 6 5—.th pa rt-
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MEXICO CITY, Monday, Dec. 15 (As-
sociated Press).———A statement was
given Hill by the Foreign Office to-
night if) Ill" effect that, contrary to in-
lllzll‘llons‘ci' some newspapers in the
l'nitod States, the second note of thev
American Govm'nmcnt with regard to;
thc’case ol' “'illiam O. Jenkins. Ameri-- WASHINGTON
can (‘onsular Agent at l'ueb‘a, would mvnt H;- Just“... Dfi-ipmls continued to-
‘bc unsv'ered “with the courtesywbicb day in“ stirzltion oi reports of 9,119de
:always has charactv’rizvd.Mexican dip- -15“... on simpcme court decisions
.00 atlc communications". . which “.0”. {Wing mad as “pa for
, ‘ he bnited State-shiemczm interna‘ stock $990113th A minor official of
”0m“ s;tuatlon has a‘llarallel 1“ the the department and an attache of the
.fabie f the wolf and the sheep, .in Supreme court yore implicated in tho’
,a-cicusc the sheep below him of mud- charges but Captain Burke, Chief of
1dung the water, according to a stale- the Bureau of Investigation of the
Dec.
391° of Stamforidl. ‘to include veterans of the V'Vorld Viar. Intent issued tonight by Luis Cabrera, Justice Department, declared that so
W] {and they are. therefore, ineligible fox-g
far no basis for the. charges had been
? discovered.
I In a verbal statement, last night,
Captain Burke said that a “Mr. B. It}.
rlMoses," with offices in the Mun");
,- Building, Vt’ashington. had been reporta-
led by .Martin Pew, manager of the In-
lternational Neu’s Service. for an al-
‘legcd attempt to secure financial back-
ling from a. friend of Pcw to play til.
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[Will tiltiuu
Willi TRAIN
The resumption of regular train
service on all divisions of the New”
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road system means much to mer-
chants ln this city, particularly from
patrons of the Danbury division who
have been without the midday train
service for the past week.
The large majority of the train
students of the Norwaik high “Ch?!
will also be glad to get home on t e
instead of waiting for the evening ex-
press, "which for those living at Can~
(Continued on Page Nine).
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FIRST SNOW STORM
' SWEETLY SHORT
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(Continued on Page 'l'nrce).
$1,000,000 FIRE“
LOSS IN TOLE
TOLEDO, Ohio. Doc. 16.~D:lmago
estimated at $1.000,000 was caused by
the burning. early today, of the min
plant of the Milburn Wagon Company
here.
The blaze originated in the paint
shopami soon the entire building was
a mass of flame. , The loss included a
large stock. Firemen fought the In
in 3. below zero temperature. Trains
on the New York Central to Deth
were delayed by piling of wreckage on
the tracks. '
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Out of the soutmtlrtly before six CAFES VISITED
o’clock last night came a sharp snow- " IN BRIDGEPORT
storm of short. duration, but the real
thing while it lasted. BRIDGEPORT. Dec. Eur—Fedora!
It came with W. isles-Ins sudden— revenue agents from Hartford tonight
new ml ,ln a, moment streets and-,Vlsitod about half €96 saloon.- m
13c; rum m, m i(in: his rum- open in this city in search of avian.”
' Wmmaewgnomarm manna»
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