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xii-t the fortune of tormcr
' him or condemned in o.
A... printed by the Vor-
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vi and Oklahoma Fol-
‘vi :inagzer From Gen-
i'md Wagon-«Fight
. mocticui~_--Leonard
League Has Been
ml by the Cam-
committee
l‘. l». l." .‘vlunacers of
,‘-i.i_:iirtivu. Leonard
i - piiiilimn nomination
i yanking to the fact
»- Status ting-thought
, mun-rut art- slipping
oi iii. (”we of those
. siii~..v.'n their support
Whoop-m because of
"'ll ’i' King. Since Mr.
tim‘ his service?- no
‘wlml those men con-
nns to \Vood have
l‘wy are again free
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- in Missouri 'and in
vmli as some other
i hand. .the present.
' “no in got: delegates in
. ll tllt’y declare would
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illlii~ \i-zarly Double $660?
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1; of September of
. m“ campaigners. un‘
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‘ t-i socure fromlthe
, ~i.£:i'0&ali0na1 churches
whicmo in cash and
mwvvicut's share of the
.1. Memorial fund. . By
"‘l'l week in December
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General under '
and J. Henry ‘
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De’icl'afifying Financial R0991“? Victims Were Members of a
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Read Last Night-"Change
Made in Personnel of Sev;
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’ Convoy for Supplies Being
Sent to El Mali, Syria
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DANEETRRE
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intLudwig C. A. K. Martens
Com: nicates With the
State Department
,Much Interest Shown
,' Pool Tournament---Ga
Scheduled for Tonight
An onlhueiastlc'and well at: no":
meeting of the Trinity Mcn‘s’ t'luti “1'14
held last night in the club rooms, in
the absviicc ot the prob-id. iii, in i'l‘..‘£l'tl
Nunmbs'rtz, who is ill. Howard Acton,
vice—prusidcm, presided.
The rt port of the treasurer was
read, showing the organization to be
clear of debt and in a flourishing ('(nl-
'iliticn. Nineteen new members wire
fadmittcd.
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\‘\'.~\..\‘lll.\'(i'l‘0.\', Feb. l.-»~'l‘hc inur-
‘ of three Amnican relief workers
the
i-.:-:-
in S5ria vsas reported today to
Stain 1N paitmvm.
The Auwrirans \vcrv pm: of a con-
voy for Amr-rican lt‘llu-f supplies and
,vvcrc itilii-ti h,- iirLcanil» on i-‘u-li. 1 mar
li—Il Mali, north of .\lt‘|lpu, 'l‘hH paint-s
lot the Aliicricuns \vcrw not givon in
the dispatch!
, Leon S. “'ch was elected secreturv
inf the club to sum-("ml llogpr 5.101;”)..riusliitr-s of the Amt’ru-ur. ('ommittm-
lb‘m. Who rmzigut-d. due to Pressure of f0" ”‘9' ““3”" of ”‘7 NM" 19‘5" 3“"
.olhcr‘bu..iness. Arthur Garfield and li_t‘fi(ll{qtllll‘ttfl‘5 oi 'tht-h are. in 3u\\’_
or
it‘luroncr- Snthor \Vt‘l't‘ named auditors
‘to succccd Roger McKibbon and Stevi-
urt. Birroll. ,
The date of the dance. scheduled,
for Friday, February 13th, has been.
ichanged to \Vi-dnesduy. I-‘cbruary 11.
The affair will he lu~id in the Town!
lAssembly liall. Spcidcl‘s orchcstlu
‘wil furnish music. A int-Min: of tlie'
entertainment «mumiiiw Will be held
'l‘hm'sdav night to complete arrange?
lllt‘lliS for the dance.
the Americana was given by General
Gouraud, the French High Commis-
sioner at eBirut. to American Vice-
(‘ousul McCutclicon at Beirut. Gener-
al (louiaud formally expressed his rc-
gret.
\VASHINGTON. Feb. 4.—»—Ludwig P.
A. K. Martens. representative in this
country of the Russian Soviet Govern.
ment, made public today ‘3 cablegram
Announcement “'35 made. last night hill”? 30:31:30 .glélxlmeétg'luog. ‘3:
much to tho )l .1 ,‘u -._. - ti ,, ,‘ as an o .351 or o . rm: -
1 ‘ h ‘ m 1' niemben, fairs. now at. Copenhagen, advising
that a handsome mantle clock had >
bf...“ donated ”H. club by Mrs. George that American lied (ross personnel,
\V. Wardvvcll.
Considerablo intul'est is being mani- “flied unconditionally. Pending that
tested in the club , [:iction, Martens, in a statement. said
"001 tollinnmeni. he wished to assuw relatives of the
Tonight Louis Sodcrstrmn. rated 9') .
will play Albert Dunn, rated 50‘ lAlllt‘I‘K‘llllEi that they would be treated
With every consideration.
- Martens suggested to Litvinofl‘ that
EUMMINES MAKES the Soviet Government call attention
to the “incongruity” of the release of
the Americans while “Russian citizens
iTells Democrats That Critics
of League Are Bad Ad-
cd and maltreated." and while Mart~
ens himself is under “threats of do
portatiou."
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visers
i SYRACUSE, N. Y., Feb. 4.--—A re<
;vicw of the legislative achievements of
. the Democratic party, an attack upon
‘tho Republican party for itsaititudt-
. toward the, League of Nations and :i‘,
{plea for harmony, marked an addrcosj , _ '
. by Homer S. Cummings,National ilz-m-j A. (lll't'l‘f§:ilt*(l and well balanced pro-
ocratic Committee chairmf‘u, at a con.l cram was rendered. last night, in the
i fcrcnce here last night of party lead? South Ntll'\\'fllk Baptist church. by the
’ors from central and northern New Brown University Musical Clubs, un—
York. dcr the auspices of the Baptist Choral
Chairman Cummings declared that Union. ,
“every Democrat has a right to re~ FOHOWlng the concert a dance was
joice in the unparalleled record of our
party, enriched as it. has been by a
. leadership which has carried America
Lto greater heights of prosperity and.
honor_ and glory than' she has ever
before known." ,
“It is a literal fact," he stated.
“that during dur control of -the gov—
ernment prior to the war. we placed
upon the statute books more useful
Ind constructive legislation than the
Republican party had placed there in
a generation."
clubs in the Elks" Home. The affair
WJS given by a group of young ladies
of the city and was a social success.
Vocal solos, recitations. violin solos
and selections. by the Mandolin Club,
the Glen (‘1th and the vocal quartet
were given, meeting with the whole-
souicd Lippi-twat of the large audience.
The complete pro, ram follows:
Medley of Browfi ongs.
Combined Clubs.
“hinsical Scenes from Spain". .Langey
9 Mandolin Club.
(a) “Song of the Tinker” ....... Sabin
4 (b) “Shadow March". . . .Protherde
Gléen Club.
Specialty Number.
Vocal Quartet.
H. L. Tinker '29., M. Standish '21,
J. E. Sarles ’22, R.'W. Greene '31.
'Legerderman Artist." '
C. H. Pinkham '28.
“Route Marchin";............
“cat With the nontone Voice"...‘8cott
» Glee Club.
Reading—“De Stove __ Pipe Hole"
(French Canadian dialect). . . . . ’
Drummond
. M. Standish '21.
The Jazze Troupe.
M. N. Fulton ’20, F. A. Thompson
'20, A. E. Gwynne ’21. B. P. Jenko
’21, R. 1?. mm '23.
(Continued on Page Five).
NORWATK TEACHERS
IN NEW YORK CITY
Richardson 0! West
Cedar street, recently . received ”her
appointment as asistant principal at
P. S. No. 3, Broklyn, N. Y. ever nine
hundred New York teachers took the
examination for this position but. only
eighty-three succeeded in passing.
‘Miss Richardson and Miss Agnes Bar-
s'rett both of whom taught in the
Franklin school for a number of
years. were numbered among the fort—V
unate eighty-three.
MERIDEN-lll
Miss Anna
Fob. 4.—-Tntcmal Revc~
, \x iiii the exception of ”ERIDEN ‘ g H‘ 1" Tinker "1‘ V
. ('lllll'C'lles, had been nue agents ”med "‘9 Byxbe" mm” "Peter Gink’! (with 390M“ : t0
« . in} returns were 3““ Cafe on norm avenue conducted by Grieg) ..; . .‘. ........ .-.....t, Cobb
but it was evident,“ John ,Konmake 3mm“? affix-“09m ‘ ' ~- Mandolin Club. ' "i
' Hm $660,000,381: come and he .nfldaflflfl’ud tourney?!” momento— : . r
Homeodouslyovemb- mmled 0‘ w{3533711913. manner 1' .. ‘ "
mutiny all of the chum!»
14km I! Gloom
Went»...
'l'ho relief expedition was under the
Official notification of” the killing of
recently captured in Siberia, be re»,
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L Company were elected as follOWs at t
held in honor of the members of the!
Tenor Solo-“A Dream". . . . . .Bartlett .
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Al tilliililNfiS run
(if PRRSPERRY RiilifiillRlilRS,
Multy
Tammany Leader, .
and Others to Dine Na-
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Governor Edward l. E-ivfards, of
.“I\\' .lt-rwy. :vt whose inau'z‘ural din
ucr (‘hairman Iitllut'l‘ S. (Tittnmingsfoz
tho lltl‘lllim‘flllt‘ National rolumittce.
showed lllt‘ "pOur iudcmcnl" that Kayo
ll‘.‘ to all the liltali.
In my about both of them mime, is to
l'H‘ (inept tho guests at the mtimon-
ial dinner to hr grain to tilt» chairman
tomorrow night by the Nahum! Dem-
ocratic Club, at the Hotel Commodore,
in New York’. \\'hr‘thcr till.L Wfii menu
:‘J‘IOlht'l‘ outburst from the amticom—
mtmvr. “‘ht) says he's not d presiden-
tial candidate but is careful not to say
he wouldn't lakc the job it Mind. is
U main-r of tonjt-ctuio inn llnlfiiCH cir-
cles. ‘
Confiinted on Page Five.
iRRlRfiE
TRRURR
WAS AilRE; SENRS
iN NEERLERS ALARM
.-\ pmiestiian crossing tht Walling-
ton street, bridua 5119!“! .33.! 4
o‘clock yesterday afternoon sdw «We
tonilng up b-itvreen the planking. He
jumped to a swift conclusion and tclc-
phoned tht» t‘nmral Fire Station that
the bridge was on firo.
l Chief George “I itogardus. upm ar-
‘rivul. found that the hridnr-n-ndcrs
Wcrc mak‘mg some minor repairs to
the draw apparatus, and were under?
plumbers“.
thei
torches was what excited the pedes-g
the bridge at. Work with
blow torches. The smoke from
trian into scampering for the tele-
phone and summoning the firemen.
, Determined to prosecute the man ro-
‘sponsiblo for calling out he fire appa-
ratus on such flimsy grounds, if he
had no adequate explanation,
1Borzardus. after a. thorough lIlVL‘sllga‘
ltion, learned his name and address.
W'hen interviewed, he staunchly main-
tained he had acted in good faith. it.
somewhat hastily, and the matter was I
dropped. ‘
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iANNUAlMEETlNfiflF
so. Milli/Alli CLUB
llérmtors of the Sitmh Norwalk Club
gthc annual meeting held last night:
i Matthew Corbett. David H. Miller,
Joseph R. Taylor, Elbirt “Z Fitch,
,Mack Roth, Elmer Hendricks and Jos-
,ODh Davis.
' Officers, as elected by the directors,
,vrere named as follows:
1 Presidentm-Matthew Corbett.
Vice-President-—David H. Miller.
Treasurer—Charles E. Hoyt.
Secretarqulblrt W. Fitch.
:Nuiwllnuvsmui
SEEINti m liERilANY
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Clifford R. Hayes, son of Mr. and
;Mrs. Clifford R. Hayes, 66 South Main
street, an expert wireless operator, on
duty aboard the Oshawa. of the Swift.
Company fleet, arrived in Germany on
January 8. When last heard from, 0;)-
erator Hayes was planning. with other
members of the Oskawa crew, to take
a sight-seeing trip into the interior of
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Germany, where he intends to visit the ,
show places fomerly owned by Wil-
. .Stock 11mm Hohenzollern, one-time Kaiser or
The Oshawa left the United States
on Dmmberszitbacargoorbeet
Germany
i for Germany
steamer will
many.
megmnow OUT
trod.
in
lialv'fui thing...
llmt \\'.lli:im Jrnninrs Bryan has had.
Chief;
milliliumui
SEEK slurs ,
AID to non
fOREIGRERS
;Norwalk Tire and Rubber
‘ Company’s Americaniza-
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Board of Education
ERER ERRSS WRULR
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Schedule of Pay Adopted for
3 Presentation to the Board
i -» of Estimate
2 The Board of Education hold a I'ruu I
lar monthly
school building,
mevting in' tho llign
last night, Dr. “'il‘
liam J. Tracey. as chairman, called the
XlltTefil‘tg to order. The new commit-
tees elected were as follows: On
schools, Messrs. Ahrcns, Murray and
Dr. Brown: on buildings, Messrs.
Ward, Miller and Rummler.
'lbe overcrowded clueses Wr‘l'o
cussed and a report will be made by
the supply officer at the next meeting
on the number of children in each
class in town.
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school. in the Nor-walk Tire and Rub-
ber Company. was read and was a re-
quest that the Board of Education
sanction their night classes, the State
will fulnish money fox lllt‘ support of
such institutions with reliable» refor-
lento. Those classes have been a crvat
Continued on Page Twelve.
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SERl
John Home 19 years old, of
street, a. taxicab driver, was discharg-
ed from police custody and absolved
by Judge Nehemiah Candec. in the
downtown court,-this morning. of seri-
ous charges preferred against him by
a nine-year old Raymond street girl.
Marne was arrc-lcd last night by
Detective Sergean' Thomas Hunt on
a. statutory count, alter the girl ac-
cused tht‘ youth of ccrtain indiscrc~
tions in a taxicab. vhou he gave “UP
a ride. Mzinrlav right. lie furnished
“ball of $100 for appearance in court.
oday.
. The girl accepted Mornc‘s invita-
‘tlon to ride with him to the Spring-
.wood section. When the car got. as
far as Oxford street, near Meadow
ustreet, she ran away. Yesterday mom-
ing she told her version of the ride to
' Detective Sergeant lluutu
Court adjourned at.
this morning, and Judge Gaxrlee,. Al-
torney William F. Tammany, counsel
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for Meme, Detective Sergeant Hunt
and Prosecuting Attorney Cramer C.
Hegeman motored to Oxford street, at
the prosecutor's suggestion, that Judge
Candee might get a firsthand impres-
sion of the condition of the road in
that. section.
When the trial was re—opened, Judge
Candee directed that the accused be
discharged. The court expressed the
opinion that the girl, judging from the
testimony had made the charges asan
excuse, toner parents, for being out
late Monday night.
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,EVENlNli sellout '
. ATTENBANEE
The evening ochool luv passed. at
the int session or the legislature pre-
'.
. From an cents a serious situation for the cou-
. so. to South America for adoration or All'employees of minors.
another consignment of meat {or Gen '
The act provides that even em-
ployed minor under the age of sixteen
years, who in: not completed the ele-
[memory motel” grad.) o: the
We who“: must attend «was
nelson! for It. lout'ono mama out!
twenty-eight ham lam-lo: the cam
. ticn Plan Approved by
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nus-cunts
.out by statistics of retai
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11:30 on'ciock, . _
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‘AND HANDS
Many Futile’Protests, A
Back Summons for o
and Whom‘ the Allie H
PARIS, Feb. 4.---Kurt von Lets-
,“ not, head of the German Peace
‘iDelegation here, has returned to
Premier Millerand the list con-
taining the names of Gannon:
whose extradition is demanded by
the allies, which was handed to
him last night, and has informed
the Premier that he has resigned
and is leaving for Balm by the
‘ first train.
Baron von Lersner told The As-
sociated Press his decision was in
line with the attitude he had
maintained throughout regarding
the question of extradition. He
declared he had held that. no Ger-
man officials could be instrumental
in carrying out the extradition
clauses of the treaty, and. con-
sequently, the matter having
come up in definite final form,
ithmmmthingmmmw
. .A letter from the Americanizacion‘
do but to 19in out! go home.
Immediately after receiving the
list last night, Baron von Lersner
addressed the following letter to
Premier Minerand:
“Your execlleny has transmit-
ted to me a. note contining , the,
hints lint—“unit PM]
[if FRRR l
Reports of lower prices are not borne
l food prices
carefully collected and com-:
tried by the Bureau of Labor btatis-t
tics of the if. S. Department 01 Labor.
Rotail prices of food are secured from:
retail dealers through monthly reports~i
of actual selling prices on the lath oi .
each month. and are on identical:
brands, grades and qualities
of goods.
It is necessary that prices of commo-
dizcim be obtained in this way if price .
quotatioug are. to show increases or dc-..
curve: at all accurately. According:
t-i tlw figures thus compiled, the retail
cost of 22 articles of food in December
was the higi . .
2.6 per cent. higher than in .‘xovcmber,
5 ptr not. higher than an l>o<rc>rubcr,1
1918, and 89 per cent. higher than in,
December, 1913. This comparison is
based on the averace retail prices oi.
the following al‘tictes.
cording to the consumption of
crnee family: Sirloan steak,
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the av-
round
Head of the German Peace Delegation.
i beef. 1
lGrl ever attained, beluga
weighted aC- :1
BARON VON [ERSNER HAS 5
RElURNiD llSl 0f RERMANS .
IN RESIGNARRN
Having Made—
Refuses to Take
the VV-ar,
bsoiutely
se Responsible for
ope to Punish
names of Germans whose extradi-
tion is demanded by the allied
powers. In the course of the last
three months, I hove moat seriou—
ly laid before ropraentativos of
the allied and associate govern.
meats, ten times in writing, thir-
teen times orally, the reasons. it
was impossible to comply With
such a request, no matter what the
social rank of the accused per-
sons might be.
“I remind your excellency of
my constantly repeated declara.
tiom that no German functionary
would be disposed to be in any
way whatever instrumental in the
realization of the demand for
their extradition. I should be ill--
strumental in it if I were to for-
ward to the German government
the note of your ex y. I
therefore send 3: back ham
“1 km mode u m to IV... ‘
government that I count rum
in once, and that I shall loan
Paris by the next train.
(Signed)
“FREIHERR VON LERSNER."
(Continued on Page Five).
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plate
lard;
butter,
cheese.
chew-k roast,
baton, ham,
("SJ-TS.
sugar.
rib roast.
‘Ul‘li chops.
hens. flour. cornmeal,
milk. bread. potatocs.
rice, coffee and tva.
During 1919, momliiy retail prices
f food have hem secured for 4-! food
During illv monih from No‘
steak.
0
articles.
vembrr 15. 22 01 these 44. articles in-
crease in mite as follows: (‘abbage,
onions. 17 ptr cent:
ar, 16 per cent; strict-
11 per cent: cream 0!
10 per cent. each;
36 091' CURL:
granulated sug
ly fresh“ eggs,
Wheat and potatoes,
raisins. 5 per cent: flour, 4 per cent.:
butter and storage eggs. 3 per cent.
each; lrcsh milk and canned salmon.
‘ per cent. each; lamb. evaporated
milk. olcomargarinc. cheese, macar-
oni. ri'e. canmd peas and bananas, l
per (t'll. nach: rib roast and chuck
rcust increased loss than fivetenthe of
per cent. inch, The 12 articles
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Chicago Police Look for
Slayers of , Notorious La-
bor Feudist and Gunman
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.——Tho slayer of
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[mun uni NAME
Jennie, thirteen-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Monoghan.
Burbank street, who strangely dipp-
‘Maurlce E. (Mossy) Enright. Chica-
go’s most notorious gunman and labor
feudlst, was sought by the police to-
dn .
Two men trailed Enrlght through
the streets and tired eleven slugs
a sawed-oi! double-barrel“ she 11
into his body as he sat at the whoel of
his autmobiie in front of his home
last night. ’
Endght’s wife and two sons out!
two neighbor boy: witnessed the kill-
ing. A dosed block automobile Blow-
ed, down eight feet from the side of
the gunman’n car, the curtains portal.
«to shots were fired, and the block-
cnr raced-any. .
"Within thirty minutes scores at nu:-
men, labor nudists and mm eno-
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been m by the notice. A non.
hero! than yore held to: hintin-
nucn confident of the gum hour
peared on Friday of last week, was
found by Policeman Milton Lockwood.
at 11 o'clock last night, rooming in I.
local hotel under the assumed name at
"Maria Muir."
Miss Monaghan, in the effort to ap
pear at least 18 years old, had "dons
her hair up" and was wearing long
dresses. She gave no definite explan-
ation of her leaving home without that ,
knowledge of her parents. To the po-
lice she made a vague and unattaina-
tory statement that she had been
heckled by schoolmates. and sought a
lose her identity by quietly dis-W
lns.‘ She had $30 in her ion. “
and the police rwlll lave: we, m:
afternoon ,to determine the source at ,
,her money supply.
Policeman Lockwood‘ . govt)“ M
331d catering the'hotcl,'mt night, lul—
,deapita her ml! sun-I01! mm, my
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