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, ‘m ERROR IN PARIS
~- most ardent admirer of‘the
,Mnt cannot find in the disclos~
{om flat Mr. Wilson agreed. in Paris,
{In deliver to get America to ‘cancel‘
u made to Allied nations, any, at-
” to break down his reputation
, % the dying hours of his administra-
a.
vile President went to Paris on a.
Wan of 14 points. the first of
m was diplomacy in the open.
Aime-student he signed an agreement
t use Congress to accept. for Bel-
vfln‘s indebtedness German notes.
an: was a matter important to the
dim-lean people but he pocketed the
rwnt and never mentioned it to
m His report to _Congress was
u on it. and in his speeches pre-
m his breakdown no breath
a“ this pledge escaped him. Add-
mfl.b his lack of frankness with his
men people was his lack of faith to
and the other countries
1am agreedsimilarly because up to
2:. a days ago he never made such
‘ :41 mmendation.
mhaps in the literature that will
iii-Es: published following the change in
nabsinistration‘ we shall learn many
wettest: secrets that will throw light on
<m was done and not done at Ver-
zmms. Perhaps through rival books.
«at $2 to $50 a‘copy, we shall find out
:1 ' J); it was our right to know
13ml: the gcvernment months ago.
—————.——-——————--1
m decision of three federal judges
m dates cannot fix intrastate rail~
new! rates lower than those establish-
asd h the Interstate Commerce Com-
.m for interstate trailic. if con-
“ m and made into law, will mark
can of the most important recent
m in the taking away of state
M' by the national government.
”trend .of late has been in this di-
ssection, leaving less and less author-
fifos' the states after each decision.
< ‘ ___..__._.___.._._.
What is the trait in a man of the
m of Herbert C. Hoover that en-
mm to make quick decisions and
My accurate ones about every-
”fig except himself? For a long
“2 nothing could be learned to in-
“ whether he was a Republican
«or mmocrat. Then there was much
whim waiting" to see whether he
“'1..- an active icanididate for the Re-
. nom hat on for resid nt.
‘f‘llhhtest indecision was Ever 9the
w post. Well intentioned friends
mundane much to retard Mr. Hoov-
m political development.
THE WORLD’S mm.
. _ 'lhcre is now a total of 31,595 ves-
“of all kinds, according to the new
mi- Book. of which 5.05m are
* vessels and 26.513 steamers.
“from Germany and Austria, the
w Kingdom and Greece are the
1“ nations showing any consider—
cm reduction in tonnage as .owned
* to 1914.’ Denmark and Sweden
:2“- minor losses and Norway a small
:a-i.“ The United States has increas-
a- volume of sailing tonnage dur-
tlh‘nrfand now owns 45 per cent. of
”world’s sailing vessels. The sail-
filps form 6 per cent. of. the
_‘ tonnage today, as against 8
”not. in 1914 and 22 per cent. in
”GEES
FIRST PAPERS
mGEPORT, March 3.—-—Size. or
_, lack of it. makes no diflerence in
“lingualifications of a citizen, accord-
“h Frank P. Munich. in charge of
, ;matnralization court, who yester-
stagnated first papers to Layos Ma-
can... 28 years old, of No. 1913 Strat-‘
“avenue. an actor. Matina stands
“a feet, ten inches in his stocking
and broke all records of the Office
" receives the applications of
, _W persons. ~-
ms is a Hungarian by birth, but
to this country from Manila. in
—; -‘ . 1915. [Since that time he
”clad all over the country with
,,Mm and Bailey and. Ringling
. dress and at the present
‘ last"Wednesday evening,
~ Grover. chairman of the county con-
, fe'rence committee, and George Brun-
' fruit.
' At a, ‘ meeting . or Sunday school
workers and pastors. of Norwalk,’ held
John M.
jes. appointed by” this committee as
the chairman of the committee of lo-
cal arrangements. were present and
outlined the plans for the fourth an-
nual older boys’ conference, of Fair-
fleld county. The committee work
was outlined and chairmen were as.
cured for most of the subcommit—
tees. The committee is planning to
meet at an early date to arrange for
Norwalk’s share-in entertaining the
conference. ,‘ ,
State Secretary Fagg at “’ilton Father
and Son Dinner.
One of the liveliest and most inter-
esting meetings that has been held in
Wilton for sdme time was the father,
and son banquet of last Friday even-
ing. Preceding the dinner. the boys
and some of the men gathered for
games in the Town Hall. A commit-
tee of the Wilton Y. M. C. A.. ably as-
sisted by a group of women, furnish-
ed one of the finest dinners that has
been supplied. for one of these occa-
sions. About seventy—five fathers and
sons were prOsent. . William Fischer.
committee, presided. Clarence‘Jack-
son made a ”fine impression in his
short talk, in, which he outlined the
work which the Wilton Y. M. C. A.
committee had in years past planned
to do and which 'was now bearing
Stanley Scribner told of the
work of the Y. M. C. A. group. A
toast from the sons to the. fathers was
given by Sam Middlebrook. George
Ogden gave 'a very witty and appro-
priate response from the fathers. Mr.
Fags. the principal speaker of the
evening. who has had thirty-five years
experience in work with boys and
young men, gave a. very stirring and
inspiring address.
Father and Son Dinner.
The Nichols Y. M. C. A. committee.
which met last’ Wednesday evening,
had made arrangements for having
with them as their principal speaker.
at the Nichols father and son banquet:
Albert E. Roberts. senior secretary of
the county work department of the
international committee of the Y. M.
C. A. The dinner will be held on Sat—
urday cvenlng, March 12th.
Count; '1'. M. C. A. Basketball League
‘5‘ Standing.
\i‘cstcrn Suction.
W. L. P. C.
Bethel ............. :3 l .660
Ridgefield .......... 3 2 .600,
Bedding Ridge . . . 2 2 .600
New Canaan ........ 0 2 .000
Eastern Section.
- \V. L. P. C.
Newtown . . . . ..... . . 3 0 1.000
Nichols ..... ., . . . 4 2 .666
Trumbull ..... 1 2 .333
Long Hill . 0 4 .000
County Secretaries of Connecticut
Meet for Monthly Conference.
The regular monthly conference of
the County 'Y. M. C. A. secretaries of
Connecticut will be held at Dwight
Hall. in New Haven. VVednesdayNnd
Thursday of this week. ' '
PLANTS FOR VEGETABLE OILS
WASHINGTON. March 3.——-Propn-
gation of plants for production vege-
table oils used in the fight against
leprosy has been“ undertaken by the
Department of Agriculture. Sec of
the Hydnocarpus anthelmintica trees.
forwarded from Bangkok. Siam. by
Dr. J. F. Rock of the University of
Hawaii will be sent to Florida. Porto
Rico and Hawaii for the purpose.
Recent progress in the anti-leprosy
crusade through use of chaulmoogra
oil. obtained from a tree grown in
Burma. prompted the new effort. Ex-
perts of the department,._.working
since 1904. have succeeded in produc-
ing a similar oil from seeds of three
other trees including the variety re-
ceived from Bangkok and hope to
supply the doctors with an additional
weapon in their fight against the dis-
ease. ‘
BUYING LAND IN PALESTINE.
_ WASHINGTON. March 3.—-—A resi-
dent oi‘ Palestine may buy 300 "doom-
ums" of agricultural land or 30 "doo-
nums" of unban land. provided he
"shall himself cultivate or develope
the land immediately." Consul Heizer
at Jerusalem has reported. He'added
that “doonums” went 44 to the acre
and that the new land transfer ordin-
ance of the Government of Palestine
was designated to curb land profiteers
and also to “help. incoming Jewish
emigrants to secure small holdings at
reasonable prices." Government con-
sent: is requiredtor all ' immovable
property sales, onlyresidents can buy
and the value of any parcel transfer-
red cannot exceed 3.000 English
pounds.‘ ‘3 ' ' '
NEW GAS MASK DEVELOPED.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-—A.' . Gas
mask that will protect its wearer
against prgctically.any, gas smoke or
fume is‘being ‘developed by the Bur-
terday. . »
Several deaths have been reported
to the Bure'au'recently as a result of
using war gas masks to fight fires in
smoke-filled rooms. '«gholds of shipsan‘d
cellars andgunder other conditions
where the gasf density was 'much
greater than: they -were intended to
withstand.
'AHOME‘
ts tor
Formed.
Chairman of the Wilton Y. M. 0. Al
‘
Nichols Y. M. C. A. Committee Plans
can of. Mines, it was announced yes:
p so now. but, or employ!
7 censuses
lic hearings. The billgives theirisht
of appeal from a decision; of drops!)-
lic utilities commission to the Superior.
C
' When the bill came into the House
from the Judiciary comitteer‘ there
v‘was a short colloquy between House
'Lesdsr John Buckley and Mr. Wall of
'i‘orrington. the latter asking that the
bill be sent back to the committee on
. the'ground that he had not seen it and
did not'know of its having been con-
sidered and a favorable report ordered.
; Mr. Buckley said that Mr. Wall was
not resent ’at the executive meeting
at which the cumminee acted. Mr.
Wall replied that he attended every
ilneeting of which announcement had
{been given. but there: had been soon
had not
iday meetings to which he
l been invited. .
‘ Mr. Buckley said that when- the ses-
sion adjourned early it had been cus-
. tomary to pass the word for a. meeting
in Order to discuss bills. He did not
care to discuss IMr. Wall’s attendance
- at commit ee meetings.
I Mr. Wal askedrfora vote on his
‘mc-iion to recommit so he would not
lose a chance _to examine the bill. The
: viva voce vote was declared to be
«against recommittal and a doubt was
iwith-irswn when member: rose. The
-bill Went to the calendar.
Among other committee reports
Were these: _
FinancemFavorable, authorizing
'Torringion to issue $500,000 in floating
[debt bonds; appropriating $15,000 for
,a pumping station at the Agricultural
{College and Mansfield State ‘Training
“School, this latter going to the appro-
priations committee.
Humane institutions: Providing for
uniform papers and methods of trans-
fer of insane patients from one hospi-
tal to another.
Judiciary~Favorable Providing
that when assessments are laid for
public work or improvements. a cav-
eat shall be filed for record in the
land records by the cleric within ten
days. and such shall be a lien on the
on bill relating to forcible entry and
detainer.
Cities and boroughs—Unfavorable
for appointment of a. park commis-
sioner in Greenu'ich: favorable to al-
low Norwich to extend its water sup-
ply system to Lisbon.
From the Senate calendar
adopted those Senate bills:
Changing the name of the Groom
wich Reading and Library Associa-
tions to_the Greenwich Library and
authorizing the latter to take over the
property of the former.
That Ansonln and Derby, acting by
:their mayors subject to the approval
30f the llourd of Aldermen. may con-
tract with each other for construction
of sewers and disposal of sewage in
sections adjacent to each other.
Removing the limitation on aggre-
gate value of shares issued by buildw
ing and loan associations.
Permitting the payment of not over
$5 a day to savings banks trustees'or
directors provided they are not salar-
icd officers.
Providing that in building and loan
associations a share-holder may not
vote on more than one share.
Authorizing the Collins Company of
I'nionvillle to increase its capital
stock. . ,
Authorizing a memorial tablet
the Pilgrim Landing. in the Capitol.
Authorizing the comptroller to re-
arrange Capitol accommodation while
the legislature sits. no department to
be outside at other times.
Dividing Hamden into voting dis-
tricts.
Allowing Bridgeport to have title of
certain beaches‘for its park system.
Prowlding for preservation of colo-
nial and early town records ,in the
State Library.
Confirming the governor's appoint—
ments of John K. Beach as an asso—
ciate of the Supreme Court. and of
John J. ‘Walsh as judge in Fairileld
county Criminal Court of Common
Pleas.
Giving state referees the right to
hear cases to relieve Superior Courts.
Altering the biennial election sec—
tion of the Merid‘en charter.
Changing the name of the Derby
Gas Company to the Derby Gas and
Electric Company. :
The House received a generous sl-
lotment of committee reports. . .
The Danbury School Teachers' As-
sociation petitioned in favor of edu-
cational legislation. .
Resolutions were reported for Law-
rence A. Howard. Judge. and M. F.
Rourke. deputy. at Farmington.
vUnfavorable reports were on bills
concerning meat inspection and meat
food products. to regulate sale ot ear-
bonatcd. beverages: to provide public
health nursing. mental hygiene and
publicity and education bureaus in the
state ‘Department of Health: to in-
crease traveling compensation of
health officers: and for $100,000 to
build a new laboratory for the Agri-
cultural Experiment statign and State
Department of Health jointly.
The ilsh.and games committee re-
ported against the petitions and bills
to alter the time in .. which ice
fishing is allowed. against the taking
trout six inches in length: and against
bills which would exempt various
were.
Of
open upf ice fishing for: men out of
employment in order that they might
sécure‘flsh to give a measure of relief.
The House adopted among other
measures the following: Incorporate-
ing \YoodstockiAcad‘emy.
" Amending charters of ~tbe Peck.
Stow andflWiloox Company. and in-
corpo’rnt , g. the Farmington Water
company. allowing each to‘ increase
their, capital. ‘ _ ' ' ,
‘ Consolidating the
‘boédugh‘ma town‘
of-NewCanaan.»’
sell the schoolhouse atFlandci-s.
bonds"; on; T 31'
, early a
tebi ‘ ~
ponds from provisions of the general '
fishing laws. The aim. had been to'
4- Authorixsnz':the,,mnie selectmenjo 4
saturaogesgmmmmsomm .
P L' .t . issues catalogue; Mendez: to issue‘
‘ ism“
' ” of
liens. women Owners lot " estate.
appointments or deputy she ibis-v
do: in Cause of tactic and torecloaurs
and select propert all theseibein
socialist technical amendments .to.
existing statutes. : . _..
as'deputy judge at Bridgeport. ~
Speaker Huxford named Mr. Keith.
of Putnam: Mr. Connery of Bedding.
and Mr." Chidsey. of East Haven. a
the death of William Harrison (Sony.
enir) Taylor. The oldest members
seem agreed that the services of Mr.
Taylor at so many sessions should be
a matter of official record. ‘
The military affairs committee re-
ported a bill to change the personnel
of the soldiers’ hospital -bosrd at
Fitch's Home. so it will‘be three G. A.
R. men. one Spanish “far veteran.
and one World war veteran.
PRESIDENT ELECT
' HARDING ON HIS
WAY TO ,WASHlNGTON .
...—1......
Continued frorn first out.
The first caller-m the
elect's list after his arrive! was Sena- 3
tor‘Knmx. of Pennsylvania, chairman ;'
of the Congressional committee on
the inauguration. Later Mr. Harding
expects to see a number of his clos-i
est advisors. including Harry" Daug-
herty, who will be attorney-general in}
his cabinet. ‘
In making up his party for the;
"Superb' ’on the trip to the Capitol.
the president-elect for the first time
excluded all of those who are, not,
members of the family. even his seem
rotary. George 28. Christian. Jr.. and.
his physician. Dr. Sawyer. who tra~§
veled in another car with a number?
of personal friends from Marion}
Those in the private‘car besides Mr.‘
and Mrs. Harding were: Dr. George
T. Harding. of Marion, father of the,
land of the person assessed favorable ..pregident-‘elect; Miss Abigail Harding!
of Marion. the president-elect's sister: :
Dr. Georgejl‘. Harding. Jr.. of Col-:
umbus. the president-elect's brother.
and several members of his fondly.g
and Mrs. Frank Longsbore. of-Marion. .
a niece of Mrs. Harding.
W
OPPOSITION T0 .
NAVAL BILL GROW
Continued from First Page
...—..-
tlie total of thirteen yct remaining to
be passed. having broken through the
Senate jam last night. when that body
approved 'a compromise with the
House fixing the Army strength next!
year at 166,000. appeared certain of“
final passage. 2
The Sundry Civil budget. however.§
still was held up by the Senate and;
House deadlock over the 310.000.0001
appropriation for the Wilson dam. at
Muscle Shoals. Alabama. ' i
That the Soldier Bonus bill would?
be included among the measures to‘
die with this Congress was made prac-
tically certain. yesterday. when Sena-
tor Thomas, Democrat. Colorado. aft-
er withholding unanimous consent for
thewill's consideration. frankly stat-
ed that he would use obstructive lac»
tics if the measure were pressed.
The House will interrupt its pro-
gram tonight at 8 o‘clock for an hour
to be given over to eulogy of its late
minority leader and former Speaker.
Champ Clark.
WANTS SALARY 0W? 1).
RIPLEY. Miss. March 3.—-’l‘ippah
county boasts a double native curios»
ity-a public official who doesn‘t
think his salary should be increased
and actually has asked that it be re-
duced.
He is W. M. Mocks. county tax!
assessor. Wheni elected his office
paid $1,800 a year but the legislature
recently increased it to $2.000. Meek-
bas sent the following letter to the
county board of supervisors:
"When I was elected tax asseswr of
‘fippali county I did not expect to re-
ceive compensation greater than 81.-
800, but when the legislature met my
salary was fixed at 82.000. Now in
view of the fact that things I have to
say have come down somewhat and
the fact that taxes are so high and
'times‘so tight I want to ask the board
allowance for my salary
to allow me only
$1,300
in making
during this year.
8150 per month. or a. total- of
for t year instead 01.02.000 as the
law 9' video. the other two hundred
to revert to the common county funds
as a. present from me to the taxpayers
of this county. and as an expression
of gratitude and sympathy.” .
I“, Brovo’i '
. Petitions ‘were received in became:
F. L. Wilder. judge, and T. D. Steibert., .
committee to .‘preparc’ resolutions on .
president-
i
No Woman WhoPractIcesTfue "Economy‘snoiud Miss It——For Ne...er
. . i . Before Have We Offered Such Values.
...—....—
Vedours, Tricotine, Poplin, Wool
' Serge, Silk Pedard
' Formerly' $14.00-$18.00 9:.
Sale Price - - $8.50
Smart Models in Many Colors and a Variety of
Styles. This is one oféthe biggest Dress Bar-
gains we have ever bifcred from thema-
point of Style, Quality ind Low Price.
DRESSES *'
Tafieta, Silk, Tricolette, Wool
Serge, Satin, Poplin ' .'
Formerly priced $25.00
Sale Pfic ' - - $15.00
Thisisswonderi‘ullotofSiikandclothDress-
cs; Brand New, Fresh from the Kaiser,
BoughtatshowrrioeandSOId
at a, Low Price.
EXTRAORDINARY GOOD VALUE AT
Yard ‘- "
2 YARDS WIDE—20 ohoxcsumm
Splendid Wearing Quality—The Colorings
,Are New, Bright *and Beautiful.
1 DRESSES l WOOL‘JERSEY
Trim Suits of All W001 Jersey
Cloth; Youthful Models, \‘x‘en
Tailored, in Brown, (been,
- They are worth $25.00 '
Sale Price - - $13.75
Sale Price - - $3.98
GENUINE LINOLEUM'
$2.24
SUITS
Copen, Navy, Gray and
Henna Mixtures
V Dress Skirts
Plaids and Serge; Pleated and
Plain Tailored M Odels
Union Lin‘en Toweling
Strong. heavy, hard «taxing (fiat
ity, highly absorptiw. Thu :uw-
cling is mostly linvn, Eli‘ivh
makes it good lor hwm; .nwrmv
and durability. Value 159.. yum,
Sale price
yard ................ 29¢
Exceptionally Good Bath
Towels
Large size, heavy (“1.1173, :nnvio- rt
double twisted Him and inst
bleach; regular $100.
\Sale price. each . . . 590
40-INCH ALL SILIE CREPE DE CHINE
All colors—one of théibest makes—was up to $2.98 yard ”
At'l‘his Sale ..................$1.29
Cotton Huck Towels
Good, scrvicablc quality.
Sale price 126
Each . .
Apron Gingham
..
yard
VERY SPECIAL VALUES
' run Sine Sheets
. Me 811th
Size 81x90. " Sturdy wearing quality.
Sale price, each .. , $1 .39 Sale price. each . . . ...
* Yard Wide Percale
42 m WWI 83139 Standard quality;
in every leading and popular
color; was $1.60. 79°
This great sale, yard"
splendid variety of
patterns
yard
a large and
.mmmmdsen
Good, firmly woven cushy, 1.
color checks. 1 53
Sale price, yard ......
4-4 Unbleached Sheeting
‘ Heavy quality, strong and gnoi ,
wearing; was 39C. 16c
Sale price, yard ......
72 Inch Table Damask
Unusually Fine Quality. l'bnim‘
patterns. Smooth, lu.~::-ou.~ 3h;-
ish; worth $2.29 yard
Sale price $1 .49
yard ...... .....
94c
DECISION AGAINST RAILROAD
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TORRINGTON. March ass-Ina de- ‘
cislon made publictoday on the peti- ,‘ _. ' I R d
tion for the .reopening of the station "5‘ * . ‘}
at Burrvilie. the Public Utilities Com- g MarCh lctor ecor S
mimics orders the New Eleven road . ‘
to restore waiting-room privileges at «.1» , _ escorza ’
the statioa. to assign a caretaker to gem—Jan P”! ‘7’ D gGigIl
look after bamse and the signal. to With E 11' Our i
change the location of the signal and ' ' » .. Ga 1' C
to accept less than cal-load shipments mm mm 3100?! . d Heii'et;
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CHICAGO. March ‘ .--John ’ F. 1. mm .
“cold. 42 years old. a broker with of- 84935—1310 “a: Wt .93? MCCOTmaCli
flees in Waterbury and Bridgeport. ' a . . . .-
Conn.. was arrested on his arrival . dwlihmw in 3 Fiat Major 1.3802113. grcfiesi’:
, here. yesterday. on a charge of forg- ‘. 9 m ”U" __'_ Smith rc as
i ‘ ing a check for 37.000 in Bridgeport. i 1371 g Wm Smith Omhcstm
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