. HONOLULU, T..H., April (Associat-
l.’ress).—Seven hundred Javanese
ltroops and civilians were killed in a
two-days battle with Russian Bolshe-
lvuc forces at Nikolaievsk, Siberia, ac-
I‘ording to a Tokio cable dispatch re-
F‘Qu'C‘d by the Japanese newspaper
[anpu Jiji here.
The Japanese residents organized a
$13195 fight a heavy force of Bolshe-
l ..
The Japanese Consulate was burn-
pd and the Consul, M. Ishida. is still
missing. according to the cable.
. The twoday battle began on March
[18. Nikolaevsk is at thv‘ mouth of the
'tAmur River.
' VLADH OSTOK, March 22.-—Russian
mm Japanese troops clashed at Nikol-
rvolunteer force to aid the Japanese!
"tVesian Losses at Nflmlaievsk Are Reported as Being
Forty Killed and Eighty Wounded—Czech Troops
Leave Siberia—Japanese Command Makes a Change
of Policy in Eastern Siberia '
. .51.? :.:..
(aievsk, a city located at the mouth 0:
the Amur River, on March 13. the
Russians reporting their losses as be-
ing 40 killed and 80 wounded. Belief
is expressed here that this encounter
may start guerilla warfare, which will
spread through all Eastern Siberia if
the Japanese do not evacuate the
country. ,
Announcements made by the Japan-
tese command here would seem to indi~
lcate a change in the policy ,‘tollowed
thy that country. In the past the Jap-
anese have been assisting Czech torc-
es here, but in future they will devote
their efforts to safeguarding Japan‘s
special position in Manchuria and
Mongolia. Evacuation of Siberia by
- a—l-ni—I - . .‘llaéjs.
Continued on Page Seven
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\Vl'litulau Knapp, ' Md :1 emu
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lg; ml ,1: NLEJ York lawyer, and hm'
' , smote, Nathaniel Whinrun. :1 sill;
split, was married at 1 o'clock.
{ enemy allclilm’jlil, by Donn I'mvard
. Robbins in the Ambrose (‘hzipcl of
0 Cathedral of St, John the Divine,
f) Olav/m Georgi» Soul”. Mr. Solllo
{WJS said 1-34.: n-szht to ham lh-cu em-
ployed by 1". ms lillapp‘s alum, Mrs. l»? l-
? J an! S In xt‘-l, of :25 'v‘i’vru‘ Ti‘iz'cy» ~ '-
t in Show a». u. chauffeur.
I "Flip l): "Eng? was opposed by ’11.)
'_ £61“; I‘ arivr:_ and node of till-l.» n'
, .ude the I: roman}, hii,:.. "FLOP
“ Ms gi'mn .t'» :_v by Miss Edith "(tor
,DOW, 01‘ 1.3: litre-Hide Drive lilies;
Mary Lln'kiln Bt‘t'kV'ith, .1 (lest-midst”
of Abrahrun Lilltflllll, was the onlvo‘h
131' witnr-su.
\‘m. and 31:9; Sonic 'nre each
. )
.Aimlnlfitluu
;; “intrusion
‘-
.Hl.
a...“
all-d of $16,000 granted Dr. A.
win by the Superior court
. \‘yduy. in his suit against the
,, . ,‘Ké'll‘i‘fiillf. is one of the biggcsx
alcw' l-Vnr granted a. plaintill‘? in an
niobiir- negligence case in the le-
history of Fairfield county. An
. 1 will be taken by the city.
""mi‘he Plaintiff‘s, side of the case was
‘ ishcd shortly before noon yester-
' Whun thr- opposing side rested,
)oratltm Counsel Edward J. Quin-
-.ceprt'snzgvin: the City of Norwalk,
1.11 ”it“ court find a non-suit,
. «on the part of the city not
1: .V- /n proven. Judge John E.
i. «591?; :lined to grant a non-suit.
"When; he city finished its case, Cor-
' lion Counsel Quinlan made a mo-
' ; that Judge Keeler charge the jury
- bring in a verdict for the defendant
The second motion was also
'4
_ ”,— down. ,
5;. has is .1 third legal suit the city‘
.. .. lost Within 1. comparatively short
c. The first was the Norwalk po-
. - department against the City of
. ”walk, involving higher wages
g-p \rolmcn and police officers; the
L. and being the heavy damages
' ‘w u-ded the Norwalk investment Com-
Imus? in the case lost by the bridge
.( Instruction committee.
.lultts PLAN , .-
' Allflllllill lllN'
,bis speech at the miss meeting
176 at the Lexington Thiatre. New
Haven, to promote the “ )llar Loan"
‘.,n,g.t’t§e, Italian Govern at is now
.,, ns' ing textile United States, Baron
Romano Avezzpno, the Malian Ambas-
sador, after having touched on the
reasons why the support of Italy in
net reconstruction work one not only
- DRUG”! 331d ltaiian quigtion, but a
latter ozvgnpreme necessny, interest-
.3 the world and civilization, stated
he remjyny every confidence
shown in- the re‘cuperative
' nation and of‘ ~ . early
2}! conditions.
i bassador said. .
e the signing. of
wit.
"’ ' at any
£35332? EltilllEVE-‘7
,lIl-v. ..‘
muslin-MAY BE ‘
Nilltllltlllllill
State Prison Directors to
Act on McClaughry‘s Res-
. ._.
lgnatlon
The, board of pri:.; ‘l dil‘u‘iol‘s will
meet today at the (‘t‘llllwt'tit‘llt slut'
prison ‘i “'etllcrsl‘bibi. to art upon
the resiellation 0t" ‘Vill‘tl-‘il Charles (‘.
l‘vlct'lau'zhi'y. olTs‘rod at tho 1354'. Tli:"‘l-
ins; of the board March Hint
time. formal action upon xix." l'r‘
tion was deferred. owing to tho fil)’
acute at two directors, Colonel Norris
(A. Osbm-n.“presidclll of the board.
"ho was: in Jamaica. and \‘z’iilinn U.
{hunt-y. lib-ll ill Japan.
1‘. r
:nzl-
("oicnvl Osborn said ycstcrduv 'thnt,
thi- board will undoubtedly .«ctlzt-t tlzn‘
that
resiznatipn. it in also orpccizjfi
".‘t'azzlc-n l'et‘llscti"itl intimate‘wlzo In...
l..l:_-‘.:t be, 110 denied tlmzledl mat
Will"!
fixing: Sin: prison, would be named, it
is known that. (‘ltptoin Robert T. liur-
l-y of the. state poliw is llt‘l’lit '
shiver-ti, \Vnrtlvn blc(‘i:l’lghr}”:l r
mtlnr {tiered voluntarily tnltcs
tout June 30.
t‘t'.
~_.——--.—.. —._._...
Elfiiti RESfllt’llflN
status PEACE
autumn
t \VASHINGTON. April 1.»- The RP-
-l)lll)ll(‘illl effort to terminate the Sialt'
m‘ am;- with filtrmany, formally
tuunr-hnd in the House ycsterday
with the introduction of a. joint reso-
lution to tit-ct effect. occupied the at
tention of t‘w Fili'tfilli Affairs Com-
imitteo today. although by agrccnlcnt
with ”plot relic ‘r‘wtm‘s it will not be
brought up in 7 House until lit-“:9.
['Montlzly. Chairman Porter of the
tcommlttcc. to which the rvsolution
.FVflS l'el'erré‘tl min." ht.‘ hall I? "own ll
:llllZ‘O the House hopper.
llOld hurt: bearings brilorq, lwllot'ting
it back \vlth the way paved for rush-
tmg it through lho House under :1 9p“
icial rule. - H
. Introduction of the resolution
which was drawn after conference 0’
,Republican 1c? ‘1‘1'3, .
was followed by
‘la decision to 1....
' . it. throur’h Friday
,Wlth four hours' fl .-
(la-bate. -
tcratl‘c loaders requested antliluébgiigltgl
a delay until Monday in order to pcr~
ilmt :1 careful study of the proposal
.whlch provides also for l‘PFt‘llldAiil';
,the war powers of the president. 5
t
I AFTER 50 YEARS.
_ BLOCK GIVES UP
l THE £19UOR GHOST
l
i
l
t. .llarles Taylor. known more . '-
31.111}? as Battling Kunz, yesterdavficrgl:
,pleted the rcmova) of saloon fixtures
from his former cafe, in the \Varwiclr
block, on North Main street, and has
turned over “the keys of the building
tothe lessee, Charles Brand, jeweler
The building, identified for over halt
a century with the liquor trade, will
be devoted to more substantial busi-
nesses, and Where once the wine flow-
ed treely and the notoriously leather-
lunged player piano shrieked agoniz-
ing “music,” diamonds and jewelry
trinkets will be offered for sale.
SOVIET RUSSIA
PEACE PROPOSALS
VLADWOSTOK, March 22:—Pro-
posals for peace between Soviet Bus
313. and Japan China and. the United
States, unannounced her'é by M. VJ-
55’!
twould not call it
n A. l‘tioyer, form»:- \‘L'tll'vtr: 0"
.without the. consunt of its author un-
,nlruzntfwi to’:
. i tel-prise between Chinese and Japan-
- lenski! Boishevik envoy who -
, moan ham souffle;
g 73.8" - ‘ gist.
Refused to Ratify the Federé
al Amendment, and :Wash-
ington Watches Situation
With Interest
TURN Al'lEN'llth ’ ,
A. in ntuwur
M
mine workers {HIM
Lewis, mm
United line Workers.
, .hls‘attentiontothe
.-~ new contract for the f
era. He declared that;
taken ta" bring about a
adjustment in the hard‘ .
without further do)”.
cite operators and miners _
negotiate the new contract
- Lewis replaced Philip
‘ ‘ tional vice-president. The .
Way Has Been Paved‘F or evera 1;?”ch gwm£.m,
Vote, But Do Not Know a“ my pa , 1.2““. ‘ 7
When It Will Be Taken mm“ °" Pm ‘ ‘
5-3351 f“ l - “‘7
DOVER, Del.,' April 1.—Ratifieation
of the Equal Suffrage amendment was
defeated in the lower House of the
liegislature today. The vote was 23
o .
WASHINGTON. April 1.——Actlon ot
the Mississippi House at Representa-
)tives in refusing to ratify the Federal
{Suffrage amendment focussed the at-v
l
t
. llllll P. 03033
Employee .5: the Norwalt post-t
tcntion of 12' ‘ W y , ofilcea are interested in the W}:
on 0 total asllington today the oldest federal mg. .. .
the Delaware Legislature. where tion 0f many 0‘
chc same question is pending.
' Only one more'State is needed to say they find‘it iinpoesible toiive'on
{make the amendment effective and their present salaries, less “13¢th .1
:lnaders of both licpublicans and Dcm- paid unskilled workers in the “Mr
tumsuvtullu
‘ocrats are watching the situation trial world. Five 0‘ the 111°33- 9%’
;closclv because of its admitted effect clent clerks resigned “151 week}? ‘5’
ion the campaign this year. \Vhich- cent better paying jobs willf‘fifi’1‘9
vwr party is in control of the Lt‘gls- corporations. One of the officers at
taint-e that puts the amendment into the clerks’ organizatnm describes the
'the Constitution will claim thn sup- salary situation as serious. and are»?
‘port of the women's vote in Novcm-dirts many other workers will 11::t.3,i
«her. i The majority of the posir'lic'ef'
' “OVER D91. All?“ 1.-——Anothcr Of-rlcrks and carriers blame the ennui“
"fort was made today to bring the reso— lion to the influence of Postmr. tier“
Viution to ratify the \Voman Suffrage General Burleson who. in 1916 violent-7
("onstitutional amendment to a vote. in iv opposed
1th.? lower House of the Delaware Leg- postoffice workers and who has a?"
,iclature. The Way had been cleared then, according, to ther’clerits. blag
yesterday for a vote, but because suc- their eitorts to 0mm; galr swag;
109.35 was uncertain, friends of the order to claim a,“ harming)?-
measure decided on delay and Repre- ‘* ' 4 ~
is an econom' one.
synta'tive 1684'" DCIDOCG\!,_§DQQSCP of Tim Cons'resfsiandrCMmW.v
if. _‘ ' announced he " ‘
mung 'l"r.‘.~clutloll _ . . \ ' .
' . has been imestigatlng the questicn o. .
up. Whether he . .
. . . .. - , , granting increased wages to the post-i
uould do so mad“ “ '15 ploblcmatical. office employee, has not yet manic a‘
report on the question. If it is un—f
favorable the clerks predict thatthere
will be a flood of withdrawals from
and conditions
the organization o! This
lTnder the House rules the ratifica-
tion resolution cannot be called up
less by n [\VO-lllll‘ds' vote, and anti-
.Sufl’ragistg could not muster that num, ill? federal service,
bcr. . ovlll become chaotic.
1 Following llurt's refusal to call the MISS rREENSTElN
,rcsolution up. another ratification
lmeasure identical with the original.
tu-as offered by Representative Lloyd,
l lcpublican, anti-Sui't‘ragist. This was
trri‘crred to the Committee on Revised
Statutes, and Lloyd expressed confl-
JIPncc it would be reported out today.‘
;Should this: be done. Lloyd said, it
‘vvouitl be brought to a vote not later
’ . . - . Miss Dorothy Greensteln, daughter
3mm] Friday' :0i Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Greenstein, 5
t
lNEfiflTgfiTN— :Crescent terrace. was married, yes.
,terday, to Raymond B.‘ Miutz. The
l
t . WANTUNG
York city. Only the immediate ram-i
ily or the bride and groom were pres»;
ent. E
t A dinner followed at - the Hotel;
Pcnnsyivnn‘a. and Mr. and Mrs. Mints;
iStephen Wise, at his home in New;
l
t
! Tle'lO.
March 2.7ml‘noriicial cx- 1,.“ on on extended honeymoon. The-v;
changes between t‘..«- (‘lslucsc and Jap- will take up their residence in Non";
‘ancse in Peking in regard to Shan- ark 3;}, upon their return. i
tum; show a glatlxla! ellfente. arr-ord- ' ’ 5
,iug to advices. They sccm to agree i
gun the following conditions: , l
1~~'l‘ilat Killo-Chau Bay shall be re-,
tut-ma to China and made an open
port. ,
j 2wTo make the railways a joint en-
ARE .NOW TIED UP;
NEW YORK, April 1.——“'orkmen,
employed on lighters and tugsi oi the
both contributin the ame Erie Railroad Company st'uc totzxy
Theg shares ms. the over the question of hours of labor.
Union officials predicted that bcroref
nightfall the walkout would spread t0'
every railway and passenger ferry in
. 3——The mining rights to be disposed N6“: YOI'k city, hilt early today all,
got in a similar manner. Japan will be ferries were operating on their usual
Igiven the preccdence for development schedules and officials of the lines ap-l
{and transportation at coal and iron peared confident that there would be“
tmines, cotton salt and foodstuifs. 110 further spread of the strika
t Indirect negotiations are reported to NEW YORK," April J.———Workmen
ihavc. been cOmpletcd and direct nego- employed on lighters,‘tugs and ferry-
,tiations will be opened before long. ,boats of the Erie Railroad Company
‘ rethink" early today over the question
got hours of labor and union officials
l ' *‘m—‘h‘f'
t HAN PULLS fiUN "N tpredicted that before nightfall that
5 7 ”walkout would spread to every ml.
, _ ‘ ciway and passenger ferry in New
‘ .
. tillll. AND E3120!”
-‘York city. -
l \
Minimum ' '
.esc,
' amount of capital.
?Chinese to be paid by the Japanese
§for the time being and to become
i property of 'Shantung province.
ed confident that there would be no
further spread or the strike. "
After the marine workers’ strike-
committee had failed to reach an
agreement with railroad ofllclals at a.
conference this morning. Captaini
W'llliam A. Maher, chairman oi the
strike committee, announced that: the
Erie terryboats would be tied up at
'8 o‘clock tonight.
Timothy B. Keely, business man-
ager of the marine engineers. de-
“ " elated theonestion or calling a sym-
who pulled a gun. The armed man ,pathetic strike at the. Erlenmlroad
lye-boarded the express without shoot-gmpair shops at Jersey City. N. 1.;
mg, however, and the conductor re-Land‘Newburgh, N. Y. would be taken)
,quested that a, policeman meet ‘thelup My with Samuel 00mm m
M
train at the South Norwalk American “
tlnvestigate. depot to m“ the ‘ -»
3 When the Pittsfleld train 8111496548
’South Nor-walk, . PM .
' .intervie in. ‘ ‘
ed comp' '
_were operating on their usual sched~
ales and omciais of the lines appear-
t
I
5 Police Sergeant J. Harry Gibson was
advised through a telephone message
received at police headquarters at
7:30 o'clock last night, from the signal
tower of the New Haven Railroad Com-
,pany, that a girl. and her escort,
ahghtlng’ from the Pittsfleld Express
at the Reading depot, had been ac-
costed by a. passenger on the. train
llAIll‘itlllll titlili'* ’
possessor capacity
“mailed to the front part or the auto-
;ployes of the Hartford postotfieeg."m‘ ‘ '
l A. twenty-ave, ‘
m e of the earn, a new five
a in on Ford. blazing mer-
. The fire was readily exams!!-
gdéby chemicals, the damage being
3 ANllllAYlltiflT
lithium ill
W, e.
new; a lengthy discussoln dur-
leimec meeting held in the any mu
tam. nightlby Frank o. my Post,
' on"; legion, the former service
" .lu record-as favoring the
W
. ,. in.» bonus to soldiers, sailors
~ _.and an beiagin flavor of
W, N. 1., April 13-15" So-
w Wanna and
Chi-lea Sol-
3333'.
and-6amuei0rr,otthe maison-
m of their party in its:
me,
or the Lemaitre today. ;
The majorities in favor of unseat--
in; the men, suspended on the open-'
in: day or the legislative session. on'
charges of disloyalty, were substan-l
tin!
The vote on the expulsion of Wald-
whoso“’6ase was the fin; to be]
balloted upon by the Assembly, came
at the end of 22 hours at oratory, par-
liamentary wrangles and filibusterinz.
Owing to the tact that the men were,
expelled after midnight on March 31,:
there can be no special elections to:
fill their seats in the Assembly unless
an extraordinary session of the Legis-
lature is to be convened. '
The New York Assembly expelled
Louis Waldman, of New York, one of
the five suspended Socialists, from
membership in the lower House of the
Legislature todaym'l‘he vote was 116
in tavor of expulsion to 28 opposed.
The outcome of the balloting in
Waldman's cane forecast the aetion‘
that Would be taken with remmi t0
BEHBSERVEB HERE
Good Friday, bringing with it aa-
cred memories. and one of the most
th "service may Th
th meeting, 1.. Sign . nope-ted
favor the proposed $50 for eacn
mouth of service.
Appointment was also made of a
committee to meet with the City.
Council with the view of recommend
ing that ofllcinl action be taken in
Norwalk toward the adoption of till)-
llght savingy ‘
The meeting passed a resolution to
the effectidhnt service men in the
late war render every possible help
to the veterans of ill Civil War in
’carrying but appropriate Decoration"
Day memorials and in decorating the
graves of veterans.
Nomination of new oiilcers was
made, the election to be held on the
night or April 12. The entertain-
ment. committee reported consider-
able progress in the distribution or
tickets. and indications are the mili
tary ball to be held under the aus-
pices of the Legion in the Armory
April 18 will be an eXceptional suc-
cess from every standpoint.
MAN SEEMS TflflLS
- AS PtlliEE WATCH
salvation of the Communist army in the
‘ HIS MUVEMENTSMNM Valley and
* 1pline among the men has.
--—----—
UnaWare that polichcn were close-
ly trailing him. watching his every
mOVement, Onley Sherman, ct Bl'idgo-‘mundmg
port. yesterday iomnoon entered the‘
residence of H. C. Seymoure. 6 Mott
avenue-Sand stole a doubleaction Yan—
kee screw driver, owned by Charles
Platt, a carpenter at work on improve:
ments to the interior of the residence. I
When he left the house, Detective
Sergeant Thomas Hunt interviewed:
the occupants, who did not know Sher-
man had made an entrance. Sergeant
Hunt and Police Sergeant Bryan Silk
continued shadowing Sherman and
his wife, following them from the
First district to South Norwalk. where
they were arrested.
Shermamand his wife will be tried
in the First district court, this atter~i0f the “WWII! in the ,
noon at 2 o'clock. on theft chem-in the power 03,539 extremists who
The! are accused 01 theft from them" forcing the
Busch garage, upper Mam street, onltheir riobs and join hie Red Army, ac-
:‘Jnly 16, 1919, and from DIVJ- G. Greg- warding to the Dutch press.
ory's genie, in “Vest avenue, :1 short]
time after. ‘
Stiltlll MAIN._STREET
.t t MW“ llllltm
lien container-pf
. my the New
cfigitmcnt 7‘ H
‘
, ! ties at Duisberg
t
31de
Wide} mummownv 3.54!
‘ finances-mam
church tomorrow morning at '8 n‘ceock.
'ln the afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. and
‘:t 7:30 o’clock in the evening Sta»
llOYlE of the Cross will be said
31.4 ning prayer will be held at 9
rirtock in Trinity Episcopal church,
valid thr
from 12 to o‘clock. in the evening
at 'i'345 o’clock. Steiner’s cantata.
5"(‘ruciilxlonf will e ven. .
t The Sacrament of the Lords Sup-
per will be administered at Specaal
Holy my services in the. East ave-
nue M. E. church at 7:45 o clock.
Services. will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o‘clock in Christ Epis-
copal church. at which time an appro-
priate sermon will be delivezcd.
‘ “Steps to the Cross" Will be the scr—
‘Inon subject of the enchant sermon,
in the South Norwalk Baptist church,
at 7:45 o’clock.
CDMMUNIST PARTY
. ‘BISlNlEfiRATlNfi
tau lulu Will t
t
hours‘ service. will be heldtvention in
the other tour Socialists.
the m 'u
M, the Socialist floor lender.
m m by a vote at 116 to II.
Solo-on then was expelled.
The vote
last week was arrested in Philadel-
phia tor alleged disorderly conduct as
a mass meeting called to am
against the cutter inn,
was 113 to 28.
Samuel A. Dewitt, or the Brownian
was unrated. The vote in bison-o
was 104 to 40.
Some Assemblyman who had voted
to unseat Waldman, Clueseens and
Solomon cast their ballots in favor of
resenting Dewitt on the ground that
the evidence introduced at the hen-
lng before the Judiciary commit".
had not incriminated Dewitt and Bam-
uel Orr beyond establishing their ad-
herence to the doctrines and platform:
of the Socialist partyl Maiarity Lend-
er «Simon L. Adler shared this annual.
Orr also was expelled.
The vote on the expulsion oi‘ Orr
Was 104 to 40.
By its action the Assembly estab-
lished a precedent altogether unique"
in legislative history in the United
{Continued on Pace Twelve).
SllUAllth IN
RUHRBISTRIUII
Discu . .. it Length by rte.
mier _
'11.:
that.
. Th. mommy
_ ‘ “9*...0? 0!
yesterday dealing i the question
of permission for German troops to
enter the Ruhr region in which be ex-
pressed the View that military inter.
that region at present
would be useless, as well as danger-
ous. He added that the Frcnm gov-
ernment was taking steps to conflrni
Platinum '
Will VETERAN ANll ‘
P. 0. CARRIER unis;
William O. Merritt, 31 Seaview ave-
nue, died. last night. lie was 81 yearn
old and, for 23 years was in the post
office service as a letter carrier for
the South Norwalk oil‘ice, During th-
31.— Disintc» t
AMSTERDAM. March i
of discl-
added to the t
seriousness of the situation there:
the Duesseldorf correspondent of .
sags Handelsblad in a dispatch filed:
todav. At Duisburg and the sur-
‘ country plundering. carried
on under the guise of “reqisitions” is
the order of the day, he says, while
on the northern front of the Cour,
munist Army great estates have been i
plundered and burned and the entire
population is without the slightest
protection.
Leaders of the three Socialist par-i
ties emphatically declare a Soviet
dictatorship must not be proclaimed
.in the Ruhr district. 'Biey assert it
never we. planned and that they are
fighting only against underiable gov-
ernment troops. .
THE HAGUE, April 1.—~The moat
Ruhr district are
the lack
Viol-km to :eave
nd the leaders of
and Center Par-
ve notified the
government that the condition or the
13/30 bad there is no hope of
ice preventing plundering and
other outrages by the mob, dispatches
Only governmental action can
have the town, it is declared.
M_ HAM N
_ to . NSSHIP
The hurgomaater
the Majority Socia
Ier cemetery, West Norwaik.
Civil “’ar he served with Company A,
17th Regiment of Connecticut Volun-
teers, and was a member of Dougla-
Fowlor l'cst, Grand Army of the Ro-
public.
Mr. Merritt is survived by his WK.
and six children, Albert, Howard.
Charles and Edward Merritt. and Mrs.
F. E. Birch and Mrs. George Stevens-
Funeral services, which will be pri-
vate, will be held from the into home.
on Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock.
Rev. F‘. H. Jacobs, pastor of the South
NorWalk Cogregatioal church. will-
ficiate, itermct following in the M
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The man found dead Tuesday m
on the rationed tracks west of the Bet-a
ton street bridge has been identified
as Alexander Simon, a laborer employ-
ed by the New Haven railroad. I“
living in Barton. He was evidently
walking the tracks home when he wan
killed. Mr. Simon has a Wife and sev-
eral relatives residing in Bridgeport.
An eit’ort is being made today, by in-
vid W. Raymond to locate Mrs. Sim
for instructions concerning the die”
sltion of the body.
THREE HEN SHOT BY IANDITI.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. April 1.——Thmd
men were shot. two probably ram
by two bandits, who early today enter»
ed a downto restaurant here all
m, injured were custom and won.
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m m. , Emma. such, tel-o!
m». and wins. cm a. mum, ‘ ot-
conga—m, «re
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