NBRWALK’S illlMii’
NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED P3588 NEWS FROM \ALL PARTS OF
. STABLISHED 1870.
‘ Extent of Damage
ELLEE Adina
. ALLE liliilllli fflRM
' an‘ Earth Shocks Continue
to Be Felt and Greater
Disasters Are Feared
.10 id‘KlCO CITY, VVednc-sday, Jan. 7.’
The estimated number of casualties
wnding the earthquake, Saturday
:uiing, in the western part of the
:01? of Vera Cruz still stands at, 2,-
J’t or more.
'll—l):ll.t‘.il€:~i from the stricken area
i not even estimate the damage. done,
Oi do thcy give accurate lists of dead.
t} the» other hand. they do not deny
4mm... of tho disappearance of one
it? Lg“. the total destruction. of sever-
”. U‘l't"l‘i‘v, and‘the inundation of sever.
l towns by waters pouiiiig down
. mantain streams.
i‘rJgniL-ntai‘y advices received her”
dilitl. moreover. seem to indicate that
,o toll of dciitli would incur: flhf‘n't‘
:‘M. estimates. It. is said the village
t’ BEHIIHO has been virtuallv (toxin-y
.i fillil (hit 85 bodies were :‘ccovmcd
SlMAllE 2,000
EAL KiiilDiN
'0 fttilluur
lcspatches From the West-,General Den'ikine’s Army
em Part of the State of;
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Show
Entered at the South Non all: Pesto
Office as Second—Class Mall Matter. '
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RUSSIA'AS BAD
sou'rn nanwnx, can.
SIlUMlON lN ' 'Plan” Bio hnilrovement
V‘yORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
,'-Y,Ju.8,1920
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(Cloudy tonight and Friday”
North M
‘ Business
Collins Block A Front is Remodeled
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Cut in Two and Flanks
Thrust Back, Leaving a
Large Gap
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Baku, With Important Oil.
Supplies, Likely to Fall'»
Into Their Hands Soon ;
LONDON. Jan. 8,—7‘he situation in
Russia is about as bad as could be:
from an ami-Bolshevlk point of view,‘
according to British War ()fficc re-
ports, and there are to x signs indicat-
ing any likely improvement.
There. are two especially menacing
developments. Flinn-Genera! Denik-
int-”s army has been cut in twa
through 1ch l’iolsheviir push to the Seat
of Azov at Tugzinrog,
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Attractive improvements to Liw bus-
iness section of North Main street will}
nicd by tho A. .I. (‘ollins'
('oiiipnny; A. ‘37
er: James Butler.
inc, grocers.
Filmituref'
. Home. harness nick»
and
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and "3 flanksibi’ "1““? when contemplated n “0“”. the Viv-stern 1 mon Telegraph (lfT‘.t‘€.,
have been thrust back, leaving a large.» ”0",. 0; mp 86 {001 from of the AW. will be dioppcd 10 street 19“,]. and
gap. in addition comes a claim from fumw J
lilt‘ Iioishevik of the capture further - '
cast of the town of “ransnovodsk, on! A new front of brick and glass will.
ihc l‘zispiiin Sea, and while this is not i be elected, and the stores now 0““
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windows.
The Scrum! and third floors of
building. used by the Collins'
. (‘ollins' block are completed, ! ltf‘ntt’d “ill! large plate 812155 display
the
(Tom-
LNorwalli, rxcepting. of course. the
{Second district, together with New
lCanaan, “'cstport, Wilton. George
itown. and other towns in this vicinity,
Ewere without electric lights in homes.
5 factories. stores and streets. from 6:12
{to 7:38 o‘clock, last night, when trou-
Sble develoned in the Cos Cob plant of
ithc New Haven Railroad Company.
3 Officials at the railroad plant de-
scribed the fault as “circuit breaker
trouble." Following a personal trip
Eot‘ inspection. Within the last two
iw‘eeks. Albert E. Vt'inchcstcr. superfn-
ltendent of the South Norwalk plant.
jsaid this morning the trouble was oc-
zcasioned. in his opinion, by the fact
Ema: the Cos Cob plant equipment is
:gctting old and wearing out.
Street cars. from Stamford to “'est-
port. were idle for over an hour, pas-
tbf‘llgt’l‘s being obliged to walk in tho
,dark. or telephone for motor convey-
ances. Trains 0n the railroad. operat-
,od by clcctricity. were stalled, and. as
ta result. there was a long- delay in all
:t'(llt'dul(‘S. During the trouble. trains
pany as furniture display and show- Ezoing out of New York. and leaving
iOOI‘llS. wl’l bc fitted up with largo dis- New ilzivcn.wci'c equipped with steam
power engines.
As outlined in plans now being pre.‘
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Strcct lights in the Second distrlc§
were out. but homes, stores and fuc-
torics wvrc providt-d with lights, with
tho exception (it about a minute.
;’I‘herc were about two tons of coal left
at lhi‘ local plant when the trouble
smiled. but lht‘ oil engines were put
in operation.
The South Norwaik railroad station,
,which had been supplied by power by
the downtown plant for tvt'enty years,
but lighted now by railroad current.
“as pliiiiurd in darkness. being the
only piucc in South Norwalk, aside
from the sire-sis, affected. Ticket selL
l‘l‘S sold tickcts by the aid of kerosene
lamps. t‘andlcs wcrc in gi'vat demand
in the First district. and ihe evening
pe-it‘ormancc at lhc Regent Theatre
was delayed.
Exports in touch with clcctrical con.
dittons in this vicinity. say that the
“spirit" of railroad cmployns in "brok-
en." rince Government control, and re-
pairs are not made and inspectionsne—
glemcd. The long shut down, last
night. was one of ‘threc in thirty-six
hours. Tuesday afternoon at 3 :55
tho pnwci’ \vunt off. and at 1 o‘clock
lillh morning ihvi-u was. a dvltiy of sev-
eral iiiinutiw in the service.
:most sightly. and enhance matcviiilly
the desirable business section it new
pics.
para} by Harry w. Mather, archil-“ct. !
0,500,000 PiflPlE t
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,. .SEC’Y. WELIJAELL
ruining—fir” I PLANS ELEL0 llill’
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SMALL, Ai’PEAlS
i' v» n.’ lilkt'n an appeal in the case
. nor-iv llt-Matto against the Nor-
All. iron Works. in the matter of
lmztt'llmlili'ln granted by Commission
l-Z:iu.."d T. Buckingham for the
>i’i. of llt‘l‘ husband. Mrs. DeMatto,
lu-iii-;!i hvr tlllOl‘n()'S, Quinland &
’tli'lml‘. will :i.~k permission of the
‘:~L..-L:oi couit. at its session tomor-
m liridgcport. to submit her rca-
.iu- mr taking the appeal.
Among the cases to be heard on mo‘
1 i~. Hint of Emma Svec aaginst
w husband John Svec. The plain-
L'i asks judgment for failure to com-
»Ly with the order of the court. The
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not. involves tho transferal of land to.
Alvi‘i-iiiiant‘s brother, Mrs. Svec a1-’
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SELECT PLACE
0E CliNVENi’lllN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8,—W'hen and
mere the 1920 Democratic National
. invention is to be held Will be decid-
-_1 here today by the Democratic Na-
miixd committee in a session which is
waterted also to lay a basis for cam-
ngn isaues by a resolution indors-ing
1hr.- administration of President “'il-
. ui and his stand on the peace treaty.
r4111 Francisco and Kansas City were
Hdlng before the meeting began for
(twice as the convention city, but a
it Alegati‘on from Chicago had revived
”Mir campaigh. June 22 or June 29
V: we the dates most frequently men-
mud for convention time.
Continued 'on Page Twelve.
._Liiei~ican Army Stocks
Realize $800,000900
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:xN’I‘WERP, Jan. 8.~—Alinost $800.-
" O‘lnyas realized from the sale-of
‘.'>"”‘:‘1'l('éln Army stocks remaining in
’ ‘3'”: after the departure of the Ann
'(‘ffh'm Army, said Brig.General W. D.
‘I‘DRHOF, chief of staff of the Amati-
» ”1 Dt‘Dartment of Supply. who sailed
j‘I‘l‘d'Hb‘ for America. ‘Ge‘neral Cum
"E” Said he had estimated that value
u. the stocks at $1,700,000.000, “tide
"tired it would havoimi
to take the st ' g'
. ates. ocks back.
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secretary of 1ch anti-Cigarette Leaguc‘ '
of America, spoke this morning in all; - '
the grades of the Putnam school. This ’ would ReStraln the Federall
afternoon he will address the pupils? -'
m the cm” school. . Government From Inter ,
After making
several talks in the public schools and‘
a. private school, in this city, tomor-i
row, he will leave Norwalk for an ex-;a
tended trip South. Secretary \Vclcher
is an active worker against the tobac-"
lco evil, . d a majority of the school
'Clllldl‘t‘n of the city have heard him
speak on the serious efl’ects of cigar-.
cue smoking. Last year he spent sev-”
eral months in the South. lecturing inf
Georgia and South Carolina.
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Manfred l‘. Wclchci', Hartford, field! 1:0“ INJUNCTIUNI
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f and Sale of Liquors
junction to restrain Federal officials
of non-intoxicating malt beverages."
lflled in the United States
’court here today.
The actions were brought by Mich-
lael J. Lynch, in behalf of the James!
District. A
5 an ey
isctt Bre
Collector of Internal Revenue George.
'F. ()‘Shaughnessy were named as tie-i
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lcndr .;l:;~.
The isili Amendment, the bill as-
1"“ soils. is "wholly null and void,” andi
. .i , title 11. of the Volstead act, for the
stiuck the curb and. telephone pole at enforcement of constitutional pmhlbi-t
the same time, causmg the machine to (ion, is declared to be “unconstitution-f
turn m'cr and crash against: the Wall. 1:41 and void. and beyond the power of
Q: wing Company. and
- . , deuce Brewing Company.
V U State»- Attorney Harvey A. Baker and
Dead Man‘s Curve has another ma-
chine on its list of wrecks. A truck,
owned by a New Haven concern, slid
lat the bottom of the “’eslport
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The men on the truck were George the Federal Govgrnment to enfo “
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Henderson and Charles Smith, both of The bill attacks the Volsteadrc acc
Norwalk Hospital. The injuries in and oppr'bssivel “
.‘ ‘ y defincs and classifies
both cases were slight. Henderson as intoxicants liquors which are not
ed a few cuts about; the head Smith doing it ie not appropriate legislatio
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‘nas not qune as lucky, as a toe on to enforce the, prohibition amendment,
lCi-am is in attendance: confined and limited to intoxicating
, gliquors."
order and preliminary injunction to be
. ,efl‘ective during the hearing and pend-
i UNDER R R BfllflfiE.then, for a perpetual injunction.
5 o o _ _ ‘—
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i While passing under the Washing-i O
afternoon. a large covered motor
truck, .owned _ by )lulvane & Kelly.
hit the corner of the wooden structure
overhanging the sidewalk at the cor- NEW yam Jam B—The army
streets. A large hole was torn in the transport Buford, now known as 1
top of the truck by the/structure that 21 carrying EmmanGoldman, Alexan-
that point. der Berkman'and other deported radi-l
—- vices received here today to be ap—‘
preaching the Kiel Canal. The last
\her position on Jan. 6 as near the
“Atlantic end of the English Channel.;
'minating gas caused the death of Cr» ”Bitter-(1’5 captain secured special into
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Honda Del Ponti, eight years‘ old, and mation auto the’approacheaiothe '
they slept last night. The .chlldrcn," " the“ Rectangular:
than mettle: m “ ' ' ’ “
New Haven, who Were taken to the particularly, saying that it arbitrarily
was. discharged as he had only receiv— in fact intoxicating and because, in so
this left foot was broken. Dr. G. E. the provisions of which "are expressly
ETill!) TflflE flff TRUCK { The plaintifl's asks for a restraining
' 'ing a final decision of the case, and
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ton street railroad bridge, yesterday;
White Plains avenue, New York City, “EARS “El CANAL!
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her of South Main and “’ashington
vie: Ark No.1.” which left here Dec.
is said to project oved the curb-line at
cats, is believed throughwirelees ad-i
wireless messake from the ship gave.
SOMERVILLE, Mai-18., Jan. 8.——Illu."lt is known that prior to sailing the”;
ihis flycyeapold sister, Emilia. while mans Germauwatemy'iadin;
1,133!
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IN Bfl-flPERATIVE
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unusual;
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8.—0rganlzed
railway employee have started on
the
other end of the line in an effort. to
cooperative buyins. production and subject of much discussion in Hart-
,was asked in three bills of complaintldistrlbutton of the necessities of life.
Plans for the cooperative move-Evian of Jack Rose.
mcnt Were laid at the
at Chicago.
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lNAUlillAl A00iiEss
BOSTON, .Jan., £.—The need of hu-
manizing government and
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ness and the individual.
He said that taxes “must and dofwho die prematurely.
fall on the people," "in whatever form:
faring With Manufacture : 3“”? ““3 problem or the high 008‘ 0‘ ger. and. in his day, a well known 11.:
lliving. L-nable to obtain relief through, ure here, is still engaged in
additional wage increases which one i work. which he entered aflcr he got
. 0f the 0111.918 said were invariably fol- ' out of his entanglement in the famous
Plioviitgxcg, R. i._ Jan, 8,.An in. lowed by increases in livms costs. the Rosenthal murder case, in New rut-t;
four big railroad brotherhoods and the city, a few years ago.
in Rhode island from interfering un- 33““th railway shop crafts have Hanford. last Sunday, and the llai't-
der the national prohibition amend- 8‘1“le 9- 801191119 ‘0 93031“? the Pro-Word Post says:
ment with "the manufacture and sale fits of the middlemen by a system 0" -
farmer-labor‘iived in Hartford. where he was a
conference. at Chicago, in November. professional gamblrr. ‘
39d although ”19." are yet in a tents-called that he. figured in. the Rosen-
Brewing Company, Narmgam' “"9 Stag“ a definite 000m 01 3011011 thal murdcr case. in New \‘nk. iiiz-mv
pmviJ is exp; email to he adopted at a second years ag . ‘
United conft‘i‘mr'e called for February 12‘1a3idence, Was granted immunity by 1m.
industryi
and or maintaining obedience to that“
law was stressed by Governor Cool? want to live to be 70 or more. This
idge in his address to the Legisiaturefrecipe for longevity was given today
today, inaugurating his second termiby Dr. George L. Meyian. director of ‘ .
He urged “more effort, not less," in-lhe Columbia University Gymnasiumlthe number 01 men required. A
productionoand economy both by busi- T after an investigation of the modes of! ‘
the new from to the lock will be
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NAMES llFHEERS
tii‘atil‘ying' i‘t‘ptll’lS for the year 1919
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g UELLELAEEAAE.
10 Per Ceilt. Chin in Popula- \Vl'i‘t' Fllblllll'd’d yesterday afternoon at
- - r , tho annual iiiovtmg of tho “'oman’s
“0n Of State In Ten hears . AHSOCLHUOU ot illt‘ South Norwalk
_6‘500 Increase in School (‘oitgrt'gzitional church. A feature or
V . "the session was it New Year sugges-
Lensus _ N01 walk Has . tion box, whorciii suggestion concern— .
.‘riore Children Enumerat-L
Cd, Bridgeport Less g
He Tells Hartford Audience
of His Life and Convcr—
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Tdt' t-nnsus of childicn of the school
‘zige » 4 to 16 years oldwin tho staid,
v.2:iili is. now complete 0X\\’Ili for six:
IQW’Hh. shows a total of 332.546 civil-3
dren of this age in the state. in the-1
case of ihose six towns which were:
not enumerated, but only estiiiiaicd.f
the 1918 figures were used as a sate.
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lie spoke in
,i‘istiniute. Five of the. towns ar-
zsmail ones and may not show any
,inaterial gain. while the sixth in the
list is East Hartford. The gain ovcr
.thc total population of children last
ycar is 6.57:}. A population of 1.300.000
in the Slilll‘ is indicated, a gain of
“Hidden Percentages" has been a
ford today as a result oi the Sunday
Rose. at one Him,
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will be rr‘,
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ELEAirlii-‘LEE,
000 0EAALA 0i
9711‘ turnip! s'ntr‘s c‘l
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‘trict Attorney “'hitniun.
a new
:i'elease he turncd over
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monitor MEN’mELLiIL
' it ALL iiiiit,,,.-. ——.—.—--.
i e a big crop of good thick ice in1
. f 'Lhe ponds in this’vicinity owned byj
‘ NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-——Don‘t worry ,ice dealers. there are few laborers to,
d be moderate in all things if you:b8 hired to harvest it. according to E.
:T. Dates. of the E. T. Bates Ice Com-
jpany, who said, this morning. dealers
,were cutting ice with only a thiifl of
hi:
l« at
The ice men are finding the labor,
{life of those who live long and mosegsituation serious. despite the fact that,
' 'they pay 65 cents an hour for men to‘
"There is abundant evidence,” saygicut and house ice. Local dealers are,
or name they are laid,” and that "high f Dr. Meylan, “to justify the belief that i now furnishing consumers with arti-;
taxes make high prices.“
lthe average duration of [fig could beificial ice, as the natural product is be-,
«The duty that. - govemnent nowginmased fromten to twenty years by ”IR SlOI‘Ed for summer use 38 fast as:
the obligations that came from the
war rather than imposing additional
burden: for the support of new
Jecta.”
Speaking of general conditions, Gov- . ,
c said: ~ ' - disposition and eat, drink, exercise and:
entor Coolids
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“Healthful hanging, wholesome food,
sanitary Working conditions, reasona-
ble hears, a fair me for a fair day‘i ’
woflf,’ opportuitwtnn and free, just-
ice speedy ”mm and a: a coat.
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SUFFIELD MAN KILLS
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'owes to the people," he continued, figs; the general adoption of the principle it i5 cut.
to reduce their burdens by paying 03
"moderation‘in all thi
by infectious disease
excepted. .
The characteristics of people over.-
70 years of age. Dr. Meylan finds. are’
that they do not worry. have a 11519in
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Deaths:
or violence are,
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LEE STATE LiiEiiwu' ,
liliMMlSSlllN’ Illil’llllli
, The annual report of the State night
way Commission shows that theyi
spent 3433751291’01- the construction
of new roads during the past year,
$423,549.45 for the maintenance and‘
.recoustruction of bridges. The com-
mission reports that despite the in-l
-creased cost of materials and labor
they have been able to keep down the ,
lexpenses to such a. point that they are ’
no greater than 1918. 7
m total was expenditures or the
document: the nine months than
net. 1, 1913; b;m_as,.nn. a » 32.9
may themselves moderately.
“Exactly the opposite conditions,"
“a
udmmll
iiivEmsAuEAiE
George Kerr. colored. lemmings;
street, has asked melodic.” heir
ing the work of the association dur-
ing the now your were dropped by the
I‘llt‘lllbt‘l's.
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HiiiiiEUEE EE0ELL3
L0AiiiLE0i0L00LLE3
HARRISBI‘RH. Pa. Jan. 8.—»The
plant of the Harrisburg Pattern and. .
Modol \‘.'orks and that of the Eureka.
Launili) (‘onipaiiy were destroyed by
fire. last ii.;:ht. with a loss of about
$100,0W. and hundreds of Harrisburg
1':llniliv:<itl>‘t part of their clothing
which was in llll‘ laundry at the time.
ntodol works and exploding gasoline
The lilt.‘ stai'tcd in the garage of the
ii-iiisut it to sin-wad quickly. For a
tiii.c tic Statc l’i‘intery. a privately
owned ‘Liiz’ding iii which the slate
priniir. l5 (ltllli'. was in danger and
the t‘iliifU ill't' iii-partiiiwitt was called
out to u.i\'c ii. .\ hitch winrl added to
the dihruliics ot the firemen.
Ophir Chapter-,0. E. s.,
Installs Officers
A special meeting of Ophir Chapter,
0. ii. 5., No. 52, was held at the Ma:
sonic Lodge rooms. Tuesday evening,
and the incoming officers wore install-
ed by Mrs. Harry Griswell, of Bridge-
port, past matron of Opliir Chapter,
who acted as grand marshal. The of-
ficers installed were:
\V. Matron-Miss Helen Finch.
“i. Patron—John Finch.
A. Matron—M rs. Percy Morgan.
Secretary rrrrr Mrs. John H. Sherer.
Treasurer— Mrs. Carrie Randall.
Conductor—Mrs. Justine Griffith.
A. Conductor—Mrs. Anna Dawson.
Ada——Mrs. Anna Smith.
Ruth—«Mrs. Fred Boyd.
*Esthcr— Miss Dorothy
ing.
Elector—whim. Alberta London.
Chaplaianrs. Otis Fitch.
Marshal-slurs. Hauschild. '
“order—Miss Charlottee Crossm
Organist—Mrs. Alice Day. *
Seminar—Andrew J. Crossman.
After the installation a social in .
held and an oyster supper was servd.
Van Coevenj-
D’Annunzio “Betrayed by
Allies,” Plans to Depart
SPALATO. Dalmatia, Jan. 8.—m
grams from Buccani report a moch-
mation by Gabflclcrd’mm to M
citizens 2. Flume, announcing his or
proaching departure and exp '
that "any. M-vtns .been Wm?“ M“
berm! allies and now studios w ,
9:921er isolated and helpless to
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