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"1'11 :duy, Feb. 26
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.-_a‘.’;'t'S have advanced
inzitierin the. 111 Riverj TflMnRRflw LAST DAY
win-1r. Turkestan. ac-
,..:t.-h.as to the War or-
are said to have de-
:» t‘hinest Governor of . T" fiET leME TAX
sin. Kiang give up-the . ‘
; um} all refugees, and ,
- .::.zment of Bolshevil:i
gl‘fll'lth‘e. '
twig made to occupyl
; Hoveruor does not:
L demands, it is said.‘ '
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_ - \ . , (t' the In ‘ z ‘ ' .
> . g: I" I y .5 Bureau. I f urn u Rm (line
, :4! . 1 Mr. O'Connell will be at the (‘ity
.couil. room, in the City Hall, from 1)
. . ‘lo‘clocl‘. until 7 o‘clock. and will have a
, gfiflfiilE 8“}? number of assistants to help him liztn-V
‘ 7.. _-llo the ins-i minute rush. He had re-
lquits-ted permission to remain here for
.11 lnuuvr period, but it was tlcnicd. on
:llu ground of the sun-city 01' billion
assistants. '
All inmuw tux rt-lurns mm! be in
. Tomorrow, Saturday. will positively
be the last day Norwalk residents who
:aro liable to income tax. will be able to
5
_get‘ expert, assistance in making out
thou return blanks of
; O'Connell
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‘ til-u «mm .71 station. in this city. mus.
..‘ . ! \.':.-‘~I: :1: menu o’clock. this morn-
=.;-,. 1m iltht- striilu .-ill‘.atlull became
Horst; in. the notiiie 1) station. llnil~
....._C.{\-.‘ ‘5 . . . “‘3 amid .«r'r‘dce to zaizlfllih'lzl vitints was
-3,1:~'-=l‘ :. - - .
: gala: wimp 3 fin! further minim—“s :l. «v.4; pt on Ill“
9.5 ‘3 34:33 33:13:41? 2.91? clztllc light him: of Hit Brine 3..
, \l‘l‘.\."l it «' littllltmr: Niki-l"? nt. .\i<.-
have stint-L. according to reports.
Gm‘ernmcntnl intervaxtimt in (12.5.
~ciplinur'y measures lll'ri‘fll !_\' ill.‘ ll.“—
i<. Lyons and Mr‘tiitrrrni‘.‘ .lI lluiiuuiv
(‘umpzmy toward its: “lll]-:I'}l‘.", is (21.»
Il()57.‘(l by Premier Millerunil, who or-
..'i»r.<. mus insti~ rivui lit-re. yesterday. and at once
luuz-icr Supi‘onlrr plunged into consideration of the
{Lug-11 unity Cor— strike situation confronting the coun-
'tr’
i», .17..\‘l‘..;l ill
.‘,-i Ell lg: il-“thl‘
" «ml intended for
'l,‘.}.', Company, 01‘
'la.~:‘ (‘l it'll“!
i 3, . . .
«it: 11,“: with the: Delegates of Railway Workm‘e’n's.
‘r-t'a\3.<it:.' for reg<:1’ni0ns conferred with the Premier,.
no longer ear—“yesterday afternoon, relative to some,
tlw .lix :sion of’nction which would bring about it ro-
wzi or its prop-iconsideration of.t.he dismissal of o
of law. unworkman named Campanaud, which
if». t in: .Hnneral caused the walkout of men of the l’zw—
ttl‘C‘lr-Vi‘lN‘B tolls, Lyons and Mediterranean line. but
l'nisgi States‘thc best. Millcrand could do was to ad-
' ' tlw distributiongvise the. men to submit their case to
tm'bitration. In the meantime, the rail-
\ . ~ It has been alleged Campanaud was
r : L E, J ! discharged for having absented him-
§ self. from duty to attend a. union meet-
imight receive the delegates of the ex-
~ genitive committee of the National Fed-
L‘-—Tll1‘0hilf~‘0 0f i oration of Railroad Men, who express-
road company has dismissed 250 strike
' i'!‘ a ling.
i i" E Today's session of the Cabinet was
' l l. 315 linterrupted so that Premier Miller-and
sir-cl steamships :0d a desire to continue the conversa—
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1. r*"'"
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l
i
leaders, in addition to Campanaud.
- " Shirplni' Board l lion begun With the Premier last even-‘
".7 i110 1410)! 110.“ ting. After today's conference: it was
s, Th Ships. which 3.3m that. another meeting otthe dele-
< » 5mm as they gates with the Premier would proba—
l arrows in Am- bly be held this evening.
mil HANDS
in 1017 and
1' 172 knots. The
lvvt ~n ill-‘-
iii; » in 'ht’ Bui-
-z:i Portugal.
in. xxiTEs
i? "H>LEAVE
Hi rxru PARTY
VVASIIINGTON, Feb. lie-Farm-
hands, now receiving highest wages in
history, are organizing labor unions in
manysections of the country. a survey
1"” '7" “my ”“95" m’ the situation showed today.
‘\ .11“. “‘0 all “1“- W’ages demanded are discouraging
hm'crnor Ed‘lfood production. the Agriculture De-
‘1? ~l'nless VHF
In I’ll-‘l‘ult'h‘ S0
r
-' [J‘fliill/‘l' Of the SO"; mcnt. Reduced food production is ”kg.
m 3. no
declared ‘ 1y to result, the statement said. This
tU M12.- meung higher.prices of neceseities.
mm, and take
” ”w prohibition [now members ot’w‘l’ocal unions, officials
. . . ' [estimated at the A. F. of L. The move-
‘ S’“ matter NS“unnerit is said to.be gaining headway
-‘ air or both pa"'lddily. ‘ .
1,‘ " I.” added.” American Federation of Labor offl-
I “'1” {“91 quite tats declare they are taking no direct
""7”.” the, major steps to persuade farm hands to or—
“! ‘1‘.” “3"0“ wmggabize. Several such unions have
I‘ 7‘ 0" the full poplbeen in extstence many months, they,
" ““1 self-deter said. According;r to labor leaders. the
””1““ ““1 de‘ organization movement is spontaneous
and initiated by the hands themselves.
'9“ x . , . f. ' ‘*‘_ The production outlook this year is
‘ I" ‘ ' ‘ l 1“}! ,characterlzed as “serious” in the gill-Ii
:11 ‘fé-‘I l. ‘ "t , lcultural Department statement, w ‘ ,
I“ V ‘\ IDS 1‘IISSUN(}’hg'ever, points out'that high wage'swis
lnot the only factor. Other factors list-
l-‘--b. 26.—-Three 1 ed are high costof farm equipment
t n
.3115}, left Chester and supplies, and a. pronounced move-
".niav Where they ment of peoptorfrom farms to citie .
‘ hl'l‘ithin three Reports indicating a probable de«
humming to a 1.9.. crease in‘ production are being receiv-
atinist‘gy, A ma, ed at the Department daily in letters
“A,” to be one of from many sections; *2
. mil into the sea. .E - tPr . . . t] l
man-:5 to rescuel xpec 'esgden '3 ~ ,
» » ' .-~‘ul becauseof .-.- - ‘. ‘ .
' ' Action, on Wood Bill
WASHINGTON, m. rim-The can.
promise 'RallrgadbiH was returned to
the “’hiterfiouse today by the Deport-
‘\
f .«3 WALKED,
2 T.—~Scores of
Th» train beanie rooted-9110 ct.
drift {before . At
. the passengers t1:
' .,: Hrilte‘d fields an id
. I, ’ , land's to the;
' ' street "
Entered at the South No -
. rw lk
Office. at 3°90"! Class Mall €4.23?
lwm REPnglli
h.—
Approximately 25,000 farmlmnds are!
.Ellas Yanowalty
"'gxilry Branch train meat OE‘Jgflti'ce, to'wuichlt W93 refer-'1‘
morning were red W outlay taran'opmtouasm,
2. distance more. its you t ,. m. Mama‘.vm‘ox-
:
B lllSll All)
time" Hilts
Reached the White House in
Washington‘Today and is
HELP [WEXPER ; Being Decoded'
'nuusmuuunus
RESEll-YETIUN UP
Democrats May Attempt to 6
Pass the Hitchcock Substi-
tute, Defeated Last Sum-
mer
.ll'ASIIINCTON. Feb. 27.—Officlal
Circles awaited with interest today re-
ceipt of the reply of the British and
. French premiers to President Wilson's
latest note or. the Adriatic question.
, The
. London yesterday, and, allowins time
response was dispatched
tor transmission and decoding. should
be delivered at the \‘l'hite House not
later than tomorrow and perhaps to
mom.
l’lll‘iit'utitm of lhoprcvlous exchang-
rs discloswl that. President Wilson ad-
bored in his latest communication to
his original position that unless the
Adriatic :~etil.~nu-m was made on the:
basis of the December agreement to
which the United States was a party.
instt :ul of the London pact, which this
((‘mltinumi on Page Six).
strontium
fiElSllEl’tlSllSllN
llllllllflflll tllAl
Numrous complaints have been made
to police headquarters about the activ-
ities of a man representing himself as
a representative of a coal firm, who
solicited orders for fuel at $10 a ton,
received a substantial deposit and van-
ished. Several residents who ordered
coal and paid opposite report they
have not received the coal. The prices
of coal in Norwalk, at this time, is
$12.50 and $13.00.
fllflEST HflRSE IN
t
Probably the oldest horse in town
died, yesterday. For many years he
had made his home on Chimmons ls-
lQnd, being the property of the mvners
of Sheffield on the Sound. I-lc is be-
'liov(~d to have been lliirty~eight years
of age. and yesterday. at high water.
he walked down to Hm ed...- 01' the
shore, and simply laid down and Lin-(l.
The horse was one of a pair owned
years ago by thrulnle Tuvid
r , - int-h. well-known (outractor. a'ml fir
t
F
ther of the Finch Brothers. of East
This team “'3’: considered
the finest pair of work horses ever
brought. to Noiwalk. The animal was
intelligent. senile. and the pet of cv-
r—rvouc who hammer visited the island
since its development several years
ago. ~ ‘
' Norvvnlk.
in an address! partment asserted in an official state-i ' A.-
. . ‘ZlflNlST fliNllS.
. tortuous
: Contributions to this fund may be
' made to Samuel Roodner, chairman of
iNorwalk district of the Zionist Organ-
ization of America. Drive ends March
,the 5th; 1920. - ‘
* Contributions previously
' edged, $5,781.50.
l New contributions received:
acknowl-
M. N. Mayehoff.. ........... . $250.00
A. Harris ................... 150.00
Geo. Keeler .. ~. . . -. . . . ......... 50.00
Mack Roth....:........;...., 25.00
Wm; K. kaler. ., .......... ‘. . 25.00
Chas. J. Mintz. . . .’ ........... 25.00
Mrs. R. Tarlov ............... 25.00
Wm. Eflron . ............... 25.00
H..Mayer.r.............,... 25.00
M. Stun .. 25.90
A. sum l. 20.33
EV e1 15.
0g ' 12.00
M. Gottlieb . 10.00
B. Keeler ..
VTavlin y»... ..... 1......
Jafier&-Ash..‘-.......”n...”
Rachel: .
s. Gutkmuky
E‘Gutko‘vaky
‘ 10.00
- 10.90
.c,on.nuo...-.c-u
. v.- ,- ..' err-“f. a - '.
from l
l nuflwlu mu:
10.00-~tralns,,wore in the moiuflortolk
10.01, summit. all night. unaware ultimate.
10.00 this forenoon. ~ '
‘ 1:300 this section of the 1m and 150 M»
Full:- and continue; cold. might.
w
rm
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Department of Justice Hop-
.03 to Restore Freedom of
Competition and Opportu- ‘
nity for Individual Initi-
tative in Business '
rum; MAY m ’
. autumn
’ Some of the'Things the Pack-
ers are not Supposedto’do,. treat of Armed Federal!
. Hereafter. , i ,Agents
‘; \VASHINGTON, Feb. 31—31"th IRON Rivm Feb 9% 1g
. . . ., . gt. .‘ i
_agreed decree under which the “Blgv’ . c,
3Flvc“ .packors are forever enjoinedffafi; con
~t‘rom engaging in any line of business‘ e on
lotllor than that of dandlin: meat and
gproduce was tiled today in tlieflhstrict
got" Columbia Supreme- Court.
; It was submitted by Attorney ear-”W “mum demand an “open. pub"
The peace-makers
George F. Cummertord, chief specialist)“
confines agent of the Human of lnvcstizaumii‘way. was dragged through the run
s_;with the heavy timbers. after they are
Zal Palmer, who said it "removes e “flue-“L"
[menace of control of unrelated indusc
gtries by the Bi; Five. and
ftlwir uclivities in future to fie busl- 01' the Denartmcpt of Justice, and
‘ncss of distributing meat and-”Its by-‘Yi'. Converse. assistant Attorney-Gen
9, oral of Michigan.
products." . ._
the packers in a slate-i All lilo armed federal
(‘ounStal for
because of guilt. for they have not vio- pod splzurn
‘pt‘ople may be assured that there Is
,not the remotes: possibility of a food
inmnopoly by the packers." (red the avian“;
it’nr the government and thr packet-5..
'(Thief Justice McCoy signid the in-
;junclion milking effective the agree-
-' nient.
\x’ASI-HNGTON. Feb. ‘27.» knot-hey»
mas" and told them
fiwilhout warrants.
~ Mrllonouzlr
:ment decree, said: . ,
‘ “The decree. which the depurtmen
,‘of Justice has brought about - byi
turgent insistence, ls dcslgned to “3-;
u
t
I
v
t that his county
Triumphs] processions
store freedom of competition and in-i
crease the opportunities for indixidual
initiative in business which tun-t in.
time. bcur good mm for the publici T
Wei is re. it
. "Those great aggregations of capl-
tal whgh have come to be known as
tho ‘Ili: Five' have been able to domi-.
unto so many lines of trade that their!treat
:continued and unrestrained growth $329.“;-
lconstium-d n rial menace not only tot-““r‘m‘s “3““
;;\u1(>1i(-axi husiness, to the Adorn-uni
lconsuming public. as well.
entered,
3 spectacular incident.
subsidiaries and principal stockhold~
l .__—_..
Continued on Page Seven
;' the Forest, atten log.
The hilarity: or.“ the two 03:53:33.
writtrn by the Winners of the St‘COfltll
prizes. in tho patriotic h. A. ll. contesLla ccmmltirc W11"
gt-ontiucunl in the Frankiiu and Centerighe
. or,
tJunicr High schools:
CENTER gumoa HIGH
- 2nd Prize—0.24
HELEN HANFORC‘.
State’s Attorney McDon-
ough, Leader of the Iron
River Revolt, Demands an
Open, Publc Statement
Pun: MAKERS
HEAR shun: .. .. ....
fercnco here today to minor-1
. use of the "liquor rebellion"!
In Iron county assumed fresh interest
‘ ‘ Ill CGMPASSIBN
303330 leader of the “revolt" announced .wayton, suncred a fracture of the right.1 -
,when State's Attorney M. S. McDonw
, ‘ agents who.
‘mcnt to the court said the decree had .K‘illlli‘ here to put down the “insurrec--’
‘bccn agreed to by the defendants "not ‘ tion" reported when McDonouch stop”
‘ of alle ed contrzb .
listed any law; but that the Amn'lclm'wine had none back gto Cliicagr: 2:13
the town of Iron River null lrrm County"
rcioiced over what the people consid-
Aftor hearing statements by counsel ' The state's attorney "rilef‘ffigo‘ififiizgl
' he would
them up in jail" if they made arrpfls'fracturcd.
said Iron County
stiga‘tlon’be ”own to' the
_ “might be
its true light before the country." ’
of friends ,-
‘llf‘POnllranleil McDonoush whcrowr hot
.:\ppcnred yesterday. and his popularity
-had spread throughout the peninsula.
he. investigation of the “rebellion.” l series of the inter-State small bore
was believed. would be without (1‘
Residents
llron River were laughing today ow;
ithe "invasion" and rather hurried rr
of the force of armed index!
The situation'had passed do.
, .
"Under the decree toasty“ '
the cllier packing companies. 'thclrl
Two SEEUNB PRIZE i The regular meeting of Court Nar.
.ruk, Foresters of America, took place
Elast, evening, at the quarters. on Wa-
' P Plleter street, First district, the officers
‘ .nd thirty-one members or the Pride ._..-—————————————-——---——
'm‘ Court Narruk Circle, Compunlons of: '
—~———- I I‘nder the goodl
‘ol’ the order. both societies voted to! ‘
combine in the running of a fair. and
armimrd to arrange;
affair. The Mitts-es May Steegmu‘»:
Farm:— (‘asey and Mary Cusack. of?
line Commnions and Messrs. Charla.» '
1 Davis. Thomas Ilowd and Frank Roon‘l '
toy were appointed as \1 committecJ ,
‘Fcliowing tit-3- mc’eting’a general good ‘
lsm'lul time was huh, during Which rc-«g
THE ElGl-FI'EE‘N CONSTITUTlDNAL'll't‘shmemfi Wore served and the fol-g
c sebileg’, at 7 a. m.,
wig-rm working on the saw-mill, at the “7in
“lock
icanRedCross
LONDON, Feb. 21—031ch dis-
patches on the situation at Max-ash, In
the vllayet o! Aleppo. Syria, where
French troops have been having a se-
vere struggle with Turkish forces, on-
nounce that the French succeeded in
extricatlng their contingent: after
very hard fighting. The French evl»
dently withdrew hastily, as they were
compelled to leave their wounded.
A message from the same source
confirms the reports of massacres of
Iron River People Laughing ~Armenians in the Marash district, but
Over the Invasion and Re-
:lEfi BRllllEN AT .
WILSflN PfllNT
toinhart Vl’olff, of “'ltch Lane, Rt»
this morning. while
Point Ship Yard: Wold“. in some
jctlt and are shuntcd’down the run to
Hhe Wale r, from where they are taken
‘nboard lumber vessels for shipment.
lie was lmmdlatcly removed to the
Not-walk Hospital. where Dr. Tracey
set the limb, 'Mr. “'oifl now. resting
comfortably.
This Is the third time trip to the
hospital, in a comparatively short
time, for Mr. \‘s‘olff, he recently having
room-cred from an operation for ap-
conflned to his bed with the left leg
l
and 3
”Iron River had been libelled by federal
....__————-—-—
General ‘Palmer, in a statenqln roomy . :_
mentlng on “1'3 43359995 0’ W“ “mtg” reports. and hewould mu“ the} PRACTIEEWT f, 4.0;?”- suflercl‘s, have also been
I e
“ ”nutritious
12 so
shown in ‘
I The third shoot of the ten weeks'
it. . matches, under the auspices of the Na-
0' tionfll Rifle Association of America.
v-ill be held at the Hotel Mahackemo
lllllgP, this afternoon and evening.
The match will start at three o‘clock
amt continue until eleven. Many
:gnnd scores are being made each week,
land all members of the club are re-
‘lquusted to attend these matches.
The Nor-walk Rifle. Club has two
‘tvams entered, of ten men each, and
’sny member of the teams may shoot
loll with any member of the club mk-
xing a higher score.
i All targets and scores go to the War
inepartmcnt, each Monday morning.
where one man‘s score ls passedvon
and his proper rating given.
All persons interested in rifle shook
log are invited to attend these match-
es, which are held on Friday afternoon
and evening of each week.
WlNS TilURNAMENT
Tlm't‘inal games in the pool tourna-
: ' A'lENDMENTs AND THEIR slowing “entertainment. making the;
H V ALU E. ' i evening one which was enjoyed, by 3 mom between the members of Bunker
Program: Grotto and the Craftsmcn's Club were
“Thou. too, sail on, 0 ship of State, ”Va-"0”" ””563“-
i Sail on, 0 Union. strong and great."
In Whose words lmngfellow expressv
es the slogan of the American people:
"Let us progress." .And they do. AL,
though “the meaning.“ the Constitu-;
iion does not altcr,"-,tlmes do. and to:
keep in line with progress. we have‘
added certain clauses. called amend-
ments. to our Constitution. which pro~
itect our personal rights. I shall now
lattempt to prove my statement:
1 In Article 1, of the amendments,
the company.
sister Mary;
by her sister Elva.
Anna Avallone.
continued on Page Twelve. Grath. .
lone.
flRAlNSANNULEll ‘ w...
-W!.\'STED, Feb. 28.——Snow condi-
tions on the Central-Alden“ ,
incur-cad compelled annulment at two - .
early morning trains teddy." that to W — .,
Hartford and .to Milkmen; 'N. Y., ”“5““ Lin!“- 2 7‘
from here. Two east bound meager W A515 6W7; 1.“, BET"!
\gUPSRANUAT‘gp
One mam has ml for: flux-unto.
Gangs.“ chowder-sure at m: on.
m maximum.
,Scngm‘fitar' Spangtcd B;ll’ll‘lel":--By {played i
"‘Bttctily Dance"—~Miqs Lena Ayul
accompanied, on the piano. by her
on the violin, by her
sister Anna; and on the ’sexnph‘bne,
Piano and Violin Selection—Mary and‘
Scug——"Look in the Heart of aRose"—-—
Matthew McGrath, tenor singer of
Grace Brothers' Singing orchestra.
~{Song -— "lonesome" .—-— Matthew Me. and a plenum
Pianos-Violin and Saxophone Selection
~Missca Mary. Anna and Elva Aral»
Recitationfflfiomeo and Jlle t.”-‘Ja.mos
presented.) som'plllow, of hi
manufacture. .to’ the lucky lady
evening'm nary Arme.- .
-England 1' T, . 7. W3”. .
. were um um be made public
lurch. ‘
E
lonp. ‘ drew a.
5901.075; hum .
n the latter’s rooms. last even-
The first game was between An-
Lyon, Grotto, and Meeker.
Craftsmen. the latter winning by” the
score of 100438. The second game wns
won by Earl Bake? Grotto, who/de-
,teate,d Chester Law- ence by the score
09100-59. This ended the tournament,
which was played for 800 points, the
Grotto having
by 106 points. Following the playing.
llast ,night, refreshments were sewed,
1 social time enjoyed.
ting.
DEAN LAW asponrnsoon.
It is understood that " the epoch”)
committee,
ibers of the
the
made against Deon
-Homphrdos, on
the completion or its Work mm
Judge Gardiner,.,amo,. who
committee. ‘1‘“! m the ,y
manila be It 10!: m it
.. l w . , , ‘ 1., ..
field. .911?" _mn:.ni!-M n
l
which will be cared for by the Ameri.'
p(ndlciti.~, and some time ago being:
defeated the Croftsmen x
composedf of three ;njgl- ‘1‘]:
' board o tut-wees o e, a m 1.
x ' , 7 .. .‘Song—-—“Carolinu Sunshine"—-Matthew CBerkaley Divinity school. ,dedlomn. .instollatlon of omc ”5 A”
“EBA Sffif snow Mom-nth. . “which is 111mm!!! . _ charges
Wolf Warner. a. full-blooded Indian. filim p, ’3‘“. bershtp
. a on of the schools“ themun '
' ' of the cue addronfi’dellnred by ,
' Dumber z. ins-neuritis
W12 "twhlch took effect
‘\
to
n! the
m
man»
W nuke ' nul-
zom mums REPORTED
10 um. BEEN swam
Large Turkish Forces Are Menacm' g Mcrsina, and the
«Fret, 1d. ' Were Compelled toWithdraw Hastily From
Marash, Leaving Wounded to the Cape of the Amcr- .
v
"does not substantiate the statement
from Armenian quarters that the num-
ber slaughtered was several thousand.
The situation in the Max-ash area.
was‘dlscussed during yesterday‘s de-
ibate on the Turkish question in the
House of Commons when Premier
Lloyd George Was asked ubout a re-
lport that had reached the Armenian
delegation, in London, that 20,000 Arm-
‘cnluns had already been slaughtered
‘and that large Turkish forces were
menacing Mersinu. The Premier re-
plied that, he had heard nothing to in-
dicate the rumor was true.
guts. BENEUSHA
lsruuuuuusut
_—_._—-»v
Mrs. Victor J. Benelisha. of Reed
Street. “as one of the principal speak-
ers :.t the IOI‘LV~FeV(-*nlh :tnmml meet-
in; of the “'onmn‘s American Baptist
,Forcizn Mission conli‘rcncv. held in.
'tho ("lrantl :ivcnuv Baptist church, New
Haven, yesterday. The meeting was
freely atlcndvd by women from south-
wvcstt-rn ("unnrcticuL Mm. Brnol’isba's
subject was “A (“rusado of Compas-
‘sion." and covered tin; entire field of
’mr‘dlml missionary work done in the
10riont and heathen lands.
\Vondert‘ul, indeed. and coul‘agcous
and soltsacrificing, as well. has been
”his work; for tho. lepers, the most
(loathsome and pitiful of all lod‘s
)crcatures, have been visited and given
tu‘catmcnt by the thousands; while bu-
Ibonic plague, cholera and numerous
looked.
r. to their‘lntense relief. The re-
sult. has been that. out of sheer gratl- ‘
tudc. great. numbers of these victims,
and their relatives and friends. have
been converted to the cause of Christ,
they holding that if any religion can
do this for them. and produce a. body
of men and women who will sot. desert
them in their great hours of need and
{ice in. time of pestilence, it must be a
mghty good religion to have, and they
want. it. Undoubtedly, countless oth-
ers, in these benighted lands, are also
ripe for conversion—but as the mis~
:sionarles, both medical and evangeli-
cal, are low in numbers, comparttlvely
speaking, with their funds for medl-
(tines. books and other necessaries,
correspondingly low, neither they not
their home boards can tackle the gl-
gantic job adequately. unless far
greater support. is given them. in the
way of more money and more helpers.
This, at least, was the impression
one received on hearing Mrs. Bene-
lls’ha‘s interesting remarks, and one
felt instinctively it "Was up to the
Christian "world promptly to dig down
deep and do something big toward
backing up the foreign missionaries, at
all denominations: in their splendid
efforts to succor the Oriental and
heathen woodwind bring about their
ultimate, conversion.
‘ Q
mum: NAMES
' MBBSEHFHBERS
The regular meeting of South Nor-
walk Lodge. No. 529. ‘0. '0. M., was
«held him owning and was largely at-
‘tended.
‘ Much business of importance was
transacted, among which was the ac-
ceptance. by 1h.n lodge, ol‘ the names
of candidates for the new incoming ot-
floors. by the nominating committee!
‘ The names presented cross follows:
Put Dictator-~Howard Knapp.
chmtor~Fredk H. Gnnung.
Vice Dictator—Harry Becket.
l Prclatewfieorgc ll. Sheldon.
SecretaryuB. C. Mead.
Treasurer—~11. J. Reynolds.
Trustee (for three yearslealdl
tPelllcoate.
l The elecuOn of'oi'ficern wrt be. held
ursduy evening. March 4th,wlth tho.
l The frames of twentyalx new candl-
dues i‘ere read and elected to men-
undcr the new open charter,
March 151.. and mm
am taking advantage. at this time, at
thelreduced rates to join the order.
' On next Sunday afternoon the first
mmluulonyfllbemnthm»
Mock. when it is. expected that n.
' twenty-ave new candi-
ed in the myster-
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