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II-AIIr-l vi report at theAssoeiased
y .53. the world‘s not reliable news
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'YEUYo'M‘s‘MIISY
OBEY FRENCH
ARMY CHIEF
\‘ot Summoned to Discuss
But to Take Orders,
Says Gen. Simon.
THEY PREFER JAIL
SGERMAN REPLY
France Says Cuno Govern-
ment Responsible for
Present Troubles.
.\~\U('l8l0d Press.
luxnoh'. Jan. tip—A Renter's dis-
pm II Irum Lsscn dated Tuadai‘snya
IIIu noun-ding to reports from Ger-
man sources. four of the Ruhr indus-
llliil l1 odors. including Herr Thysscn.
“I II told by the French authorities at
IN iln’ccldorx
IIII.II-I- arrest after the magnatcs had
rI Ili‘l'llli‘tl that they would only obey
l'illi‘l'b from Berlin.
II.
'10 WORK MINES
I I \xsociated Press.
INSISN. Jan.
I-IIIcs announced this atternodn
.- would begin operating the mines
I‘rIIc Ruhr district tomorrow. ro-
I. Iniionlng German labor if neces-
l _\‘.
Ine nuhr coal and industrial mag-
: Itcs who refused to Wrote with
II c French will be prosecuted before
n courtmurtial.
it is intimated that Men-cl” ..
III 1; each are finding the situation per-
mg. but feel that even should 1h.
hrs cease operations temporarily.
burden of suffering would fall
II the Germans. while the occupy—
Iorces could continue applying
IItIos until their demands were
:3
.Inwhile. the French authorities
I Iklng steps to control the move-
I or coal and have established
Inlllng stations at Essen Warden.
I‘ IIhIIm. Bottrop and Oberhausen.
- I n will also direct the use of rol-
.: stock.
is considered significant that
IIIIgh announcement posted at
IIzmd stations in the Ruhr district
I IIte that more than 20. 000 rail
Iks had been disvstChed within
:Iiy- four hours none has yet been
Irncd. It. is reported the Berlin
.. rnment has ordered that coal car!
not returned to the Ruhr.
I .
(Continued on Page Two)
Many Praise Ofier
of New DictiOnary
Iributing a new dictionary has
ght this paper many complimen-
I . l': Imarks. One subscriber who
- Inlcd coupons yesterday for a.
I’ dozen dictionaries for different
.. I‘m-yes and members of his family
I hr deemed it necessary that a
‘Imnnry should progYess with the
II Inc just as a newspaper does.
. world moves rapidly these days.
a! only The New Universities is
r with today's growth of the lan-
5:“.
While readers are eager for the
k on acount of its being authorita-
I and complete. its absolute new-
appeals to thousands. It has
. l many a long year since an act-
.I new dictionary was given to the
1r.” The New Universities Diction-
is new in al the Word implies-
\' In contents. new in type. new in
'IInremc-nts of helps to word study.
I‘I'Icularly is it new in making the
‘I- ‘.v of today's English easy for
II it pcople who are so situated that
‘ ‘I \ (annot attend schools and obtain
I: h iIlual Instruction. Unaided. a
Mu; man or woman employed may
IIIrrI the correct use of the English of
IrImlern business and society if they
IIIIt folow the directions of the
'IIIIwrsiiy teachers whose articles on
‘ ntundard English." “W
Main" (which menus: How to make
W1 sentences.) "Punctuation” and
"l'llhymoiogy" appear. plainly written
‘I” Simole English. in tin-book.
I
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.\ stated communication of Old We'll
lodgc.No. 108. F. mdLqumm
Mid at its rooms. Mic-10mph-
T ucsday evening. Feb. C. 1328,, at 8 P- By
In “'ork F. C. dam A“
Masons cordially and mm in-
\ilt‘d. Fraternall! 30min
ems. A. Pram v.1.
Attcst ASA '1'. mm“. 3°“
Butler Chant“. N0. ’3» 3. L h" .
meets in Masonic Tabb. saturate
to consider themselves '
17. —The French au- '
When Miss Winifred
(abovo). Pinchneyville. Ill.
Raymond Dausman. ,the service wah
rtnd by her mother, Mrs. Geo'ria W.
Ku or (below), Illinois’ only woman
just cc of the peace. . ,
CONTESTANIS
IIoLDYIIRYIIIYs
, YIIRMSRMS
Rule Assures Absolute Fair
Play for All in Big
Auto Campaign.
A queston that reaches the cam-
paign office of The Evening Sentinel.
daily is that of what happens to. the
votes that are issued on subscriptions.
Every candidate who has turned in
subscriptions has in his or- her pos-
session vote coupons for those sub-
scriptions. white vote forms that bear
the caption "Subscription 'Vote Cou-
pon. ” One of these coupons is issued
and returned to the candidate each
time subscriptions are brought or sent
to the campaign oflice. I.
Some of the candidates. but more
particularly their friends, seem to
have formed the impression 'these re-
serve vots are to be published on. the
list that uppers in the paper. In
some “cases. later on. no doubt they
willl. but only when it is necessary to
uphold the published standing of a
candidate. I '
The chief thought in mind when
the campaign was inaugurated. was
the absolute fairness to everyone who
chance of any candidate buying one of
the prizes .at the end. The sole ob-
ject of makihg each candidate the
custodian of their own votes was that
'H'rv it impossible for any work.
or to know the true standing of any
competitor. By this method every
candidate will finish the camps. do-
ing everything possible to win one of
the cars. but. doing it with the winning
issueindoubt out! after the campaign
k oacally closed and the names of the
winners are made known by the
Judges who have the count in charge.
nsufmmtheWasinthe
past. all votes duegn snbscriptoinswm
q“—
' (Continued on a“; Two)
LOST- DIAMOND Beacon
Fourth IN PAwNSHOP
msy moth over two-thirds the area
of the Statcp-ths board or control of
the ”Connecticut Agricultural Exper-
iment Station “ voted ye‘erday ata
meeting in Governor Templeton?
, . once to request an appropriation of
. $100,000 to. the purpose from the
General Assembly. -
an appropriation muted for the work
two years ago, bub it was pointed out
that the forests of the State are at
stake as the gym moth. if permitted
to go unchecked. would be certain to
destroy all trees in the state.
curred within the past year. Prior to
’ along the upper edge
“a” mmammwmu
I t.. McMahon. high school
would take part; to eliminate any a
Two-Thirds of State.- Is Found Infected With 1’me
—’$40. 000 Increase in Allowance for
Be Requested by General Assembly
To combat a sudden spread of the
serum at Stake.
This is arr-increase of $40,000 over
The rapid spread of the- moth cc-
1823 the post was confined to Wind-
ham county. the eastern part of New
London county and the single Town of
Union in Tatiana county. State En-
tomologist W. E. Britten has now re-
ported the discovery of the moth all
over Tolland and Hartford counties.
of muses
county. in waterbnry and Welcott in
Nevr Haven county. and in Middle-
town and Durham of medic-u coon.“
t'y. "in maiden to the. was previously
infected. ’ 1 ‘
that the moth can»: were carded by
wind ever into J‘ennnfiiirit trots lins-
“61ml tts. whiff; has locome‘ badly
$100, oooAskedto? .
Conn. Forests From -‘
part of NewI England is‘lnl’ected. and
8
it is
“I per-
it would
‘ tho!
ire-opera-
koepsie. N. Y. This is because a large
strenuous cider-ts are Missed to be
necessary to prevent the further
spread of the moth To other sections.
Kills All Vegetstion.
About three years ago a quarantine
was placed on all forest and quarry
products. prohibiting" t shipment
to states notice New and. to
prevent the spread of m and
brown tail moth .
These moths were; imputed from
Europe aboufififly “amigo to East'-
ern New stunner: ham
doses
England”
WNVW
We .
spread sit
the m
The weenie as he. amide
great damage to all n. Cold
weather does not kill them.
4
infected due to neglect of the menace
up to a flaw yearsr ago.
Miss McMahon’s
Is Accepted
Popular High
sion. to Hold Dances
‘ The Board‘ of Education. at its spe-
cial meeting held last night, voted to
accept the resignatioh of Miss Anna
teacher.
simultaneously adopting a resolution
instructing the secretary to forward a
letter to Miss McMahon expressing
the regrets of the board as well as its
best wishes in her future work.
”Miss McMahon is one of our teach-
ers it will be hard to, replace." "New
York's gain isour loss." These are
some of the comments made by
board members while acting on Miss
McMahon's resignation. Miss McMa-
hon is one of the popular school
teachers in the Nor-walk Public schoo
system. She goes to the Washingtog
Irving High school in New York cit
on February 1. Her resignation takes
effect on Friday, January 26. Miss
mcMahon took particular interest in
school dramatics. '
- On request of thc‘Echo ate! for per-
mission to hold a dance in the High
schoor on February i22¢ to obtain
funds to continue the publication of
the school paper was adopted. but
only after considerable discussion.
Dr. William J. Tracey came out
emphatically against holding dances
for the purpose of raising money.
her members of the boar-«Holmes:-
ed similar opinions. but did not think
that dances should be entirely dis-
continued.
School Teacher Goes to New York—Permis-
Is Granted—Basketball Discussed.
(Continued on: Page Two)’
Resignation
By School Board
I
As the result of the discussion it
was voted that the chairman appoint
a special committee who would have
charge of school functions. Mrs.
Percy Brooks. Hrs. George F. Bette
and m.,ITs-acey were appointed to
that committee. The committee will
arrange a yearly program calling for
a specified number of dances. .
After the meeting several members
of the board unofficially spoke of
teaching dance etiquette in reference
to the school dances.
This PM will probably be furth-
er taken up by the board at its next.
meeting. ,,
A ‘request of the senloor class of the
Franklin Junior High school to hold
Ia. social “auction at the High school
on January 19 was granted. This
anal:- will take the form of a gradu-
ation dance for .the class Which finish-
es the school program iir'Fsbruary.
The Board of Education again went
down on record as disapproving hold-
ing of baikethali” contests and ‘socdal
functions .duringthe unilddie of the
week except on occasion of a holiday.
The primers- of the Risk and Junior
High schools are. to be instructed to
this effect. The matter was brought
up by the Superintendent of Schools
G. v. Buchanan. who spoke of the
fact that the Senior High School best
ket hall team had ‘two times achedf
uled for nights in the middle. ed the
next two weeks.
GIRL STUDENT AT)
COLUMBIA MISSING
By,Asaocisted Press
NEW YORK. Ian. 17.—Polics have
been asked to Josh for Miss Claire
Rogers. “afar-old students; Colum-
bia University. who has been M
mmuynight. alumnae
cousin of Eugene O'Neill. the play.
her home city... New Dondon. Conn.
wright. cane tojdl'sw York last fall.»
after mduating from her school in‘
By righting the moth. ails done by
the Connecticut whose...
possible to hold it in cheer; accord-
lug to Dr. Britten. but :it‘“l’t
mitted to go on
make short work of the; Sore-ti So
serious has the st ‘ l
the Federal Government:
tion \vlth .lxe Stabs. involved. has
projected a. barrier sti‘ip’" front: Long
Island Sound to the median border.
croming Connecticut from Bridge-
water in a straight lino to Fough-
, ident Mrs. Mary John of South Han;
. li_.vT:',_ '_;..._ .
, The engagement-'0! the- Duke of
York. second son of King Georgemnd
Queen Mary. to Lady; Elisabeth
BowessLyon, youngest daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Struthrnore. has
been officially announced. Above are
shownthe duke? and his fiance.
‘ mlttec. of which Douglas E. Nash.
Board or; random Ask
City Council to Act at
Once on
oral Assembly.
session of the Common Council so
issue may go before the General
month.
The recommenation of_the Board of
Education was based upon a. report
submitted by the special building com-
president of the board. is chairman.
This report was the result of several
weeks' of careful invedigatlon and
consultation with architects and
builders.
The amount of money ashedI for
school buildings: includes the con-
struction of two schools. of seven'or
eight rooms each:
Ward made a unalienanswerr It was
shown that in Bridgeport it~cost.~89.-
000 a room- for-theoonstnsction of a.
school building; in. other places the
price named above 88.0805
The Board of Education at a special meeting held last night veto .
ed to recommend to the Mum Council that that body make avails;
able $350 000 for new school buildings, grounds and equipment;
$100,000 of this to be obtained from bonds authorised by the Gen. .
oral Assembly in. mm $250,000 to be obtained by II new bond 'I
authorization to be introduced into the present session of the Gen.- .
The recommendation will be presented to Co next '
one in the Second I.
district and in the First; s'four-roam
'cobwdingofthcsebulldinpwasths_
' ed build“!!! to south Nomi;
. mince used its figures of 301‘:
' in the Junior High
Building m:-
that the bill requesting the Md
Assembly before the last of next
accepted the report and voted is re-
eommend the making available to the
Common Council, the $100,000 bond
lane. and to request a further bond
i-ue ‘of 8250.000, with the under-
standing. that the special committee
would check its figures by enn-
sultation with local contractors and
architects.
The complete report of the speck!
building committee follows:
Hcport of Special Gomnsntee on New
Builtflngs.
In‘ estimating the requirements at
the Nona“ schools for additional
rooms, thecommittee dismal-deaths
poor condition of ins- of the M
buildim It was felt that the ’-
t consideration at this time-
Thu number of scholars in the crowd-
._1 .4
giyonlnthe foliowfigtnbie.
rdom to determine the reouilfi
! ”I. .,
leavubutaslafllmarglnforn‘m
tional growth in population. but it is
hopedflntlnafewyw-sitwillbs
rtional buildings.
The board. after general disco-ion.
(Continued on Page Two)
H0110 JOINT
lNS'l'AiiATlilN
McKinley Camp and Auxil-
iary Members Have Sup-
pertand Present Chair
to Mr. and Mrs. Milne.
Staged in splendid form. the joint
installation of William McKinley
Camp. No. 9. U. S. W. V.. and Mc-
“Ripley Auxiliary, 'Vvas held iast‘iiight,
in" -Forester‘s' Hall, \10 Commerce
street. The ceremonies for the camp
were conducted by Past; Commander
Martin. unbmher of Hockviilo. and
for the auxiliary Monument Pres-1
chuter.’ and Chief of Staff His. Ellen
Berry of Hartfo Conn. I’
Preceding the lation therwwas
a delightful_ supper by the two organ-
nation at which two hundred and
fifty members and guests were
out. Thgnpper was well served and
«proved delicious.
A good. table. nicely decorated for
the occasion. was arranged for: visit.“
ore from Bridseport. New tLon‘don.
Stamford and Rockville. as well as for
many local personages. Following the
Laoloswersrendered byHugii Cam’s
street. the 2nd and 5th m?“
"ach mouth u. s «meow-
Ausu-t moot-a. Ali-n.
cordially m . . ‘
‘ topper. a ”gram of entertainment_
,‘ V93.in:ord‘sr. ’
mm»: Judge- :91... .1. wens. V
Commander m nut-cherir
MW_M«
ing Into One New $10,000
WESTON. Jan. '17.—The breaking
up of old friendships the: hurl!“
about of. names and epithets and a
squabble. .the severity of this
town hasnot seen'inaonart'srofa
century. has stirred Weston., The bone
of com-z‘ntion ir. what'shall be. done
about the public schools.
The situation has so completely
taken held of the townie“. to the
exclusion 0: mod. other business that
town. meeting at which the wheel
attended by more than 106 men and
women.
townmeetlngheldlast-éaaturllsv.wlth
outanydeiiniteactlonbeingtaken.
, \ mmu '
-_Th
“NewSChoOIS For Old” Issue
Dirides Citizens of Weston
Consolidation of Present Four Ancient, Inadequate Bulki-
despite the difficulty in traveling. a.
question was to be tlrrcshcd out was
Anewtewnmeetingistobecalied.
within the neat two weeks m
to the present plans of the— faction
whichisur‘glngthoerecdonofanew.
”.000 or 310.000 school house, Thb
lathe reanltofthe breakingup of the»,
state seem a: Eduction has
informedtbeWestonSebooiBoasd.“
Institution Topic of Boar.
our fathers are good enough’for
our children." In confirm Iof
fortheperlodofoneyear Thiam-
pom] was received with no sumo-i.
asm. for. while seine Wetou folks do
not want to build a schoolhouse. they
don't want to lose the money which
the State has been sending here tor
help pay teacher! salaries
'Thereare‘ls school children in“
Weston and four schoolhousu 0!. f
is located at Lyons Plain. W
at Good Ell. another at Km
“ammo”
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