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will show you dozens of
opportunities am 0 n g the
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day.
Read them today!
NAT’L GU
MAY N01 1121
PAY 1011 11111115
Money Not Yet Appro-
priated —-— But Men
Will Probably Decide
To Train
Whether or not Norwalk's Nation-
al Guardsmen will get. paid for their
drills during the last quarter of the
fiscal year. is a. matter of doubt. Al-
ready it has been announced that the
outfits, Battery C and the 2nd Com-
bat Train. must only put in four
drills a month. and now comes the
news that they might not got paid
at all for the drills in April. May and
June.
The announcement was made re-
cently at a. conference with Colonel
Mogens Mogensen. commanding t
192th I‘ ieid Artillery. at which But-
talion comma ndels welc present. Ac-
cording to Colonel Mogcnsen. the
peculiar situation has been brought
about. by the unprecedented growth
of the National Guard. The appro-
priations made Were insuiiicient to
cover the number of men who haw.
rushed to Join the outfits.
This was perceived last year, who!)
all recruiting w-Is $Y.(1ppl‘d. Since
September. no rccruns have been
taken in the local outzlts.
The maltcr may he settled by an
extra. appropriations bill being intro-
duced llllO Congress. 11‘ this 1:1 pose-
of [he rise-.11 your will 11‘: GYMIIHIJI‘J.
if it is not passed in time. the, lilt"ll
and officer: will have to so without
pay.
Various battery commanders have
not been worried by Hie news. Point-
ing out that most. ml the men enlist
from patriotic lllUll‘nqb. and for illu-
trainillg and congenial alssotzlilione.
and not 1111' the one dollar :1. drill
they receive. they are confident that
pay or no pay. the drills will go for-
ward, Many ml the battery command-
rvre :arr;‘ putting the matter frankly
micro the- mun, cullin' it a “fifty-
lill)" chant».- of getting paid. in
t-vcry case the men have decided en-
thusiaelicully to go on \vllh
training for the moral of the outfits,
and it) trust to luck that Washington
will min: (2211‘: oi the :luunclel end.
One of the first batteries to de-
cide 1110. subject. was the 3rd Com-
bat Train of the same regiment. as
the local ones, commanded by Cup-
lnin Cnurice Dana. l’uttcr. Last. night
HOSIERY
A wonderful assortment of colors
ncludlng the new "Rlnndc Szltir.”
in reliable Sill: S‘ockimffi A?
$1.95 Pair
The N. E. RYAN CO.
86 Vlashington Street
80. Norwalk
110 inch
.Mingtoy Crepe
$2.49 YD-
Glmrantccd Washable
'Passalc Silk Shop
129 Washington St.
Opposite Rialto Theater
-, Gas Ranges
Vil'hree Burners 81 Baking Oven
$16.00
I
.—————.
'ALEXANDER’S
Good Will Furniture
"folio Main St. 80. Norwalk
.' Atweter-Kent
Freshman Master Piece
Garod Neutrodyne
Lafayette Neutrodyne
Radiola Sets
Sold on Bus: Terms_
The Norwalk’s
Electric Co.
So. Norwnlk
1-1"
ei‘HERS’HFlELb
otor Transportation Co.
a DISTANCE Tacoma
7 Daily Service Between
' New York and Harwell:
1
' pluined to the
at 11 o’clock. the situation was ex-
mcn. who enthusiasti—
cally 11nd iixiutl'mously related that
{my 01' no pay they would drill.
it is expected that Norwalk's
guardsrnen will take the some atti-
tude. and that the training work will
go right ahead.
Norwalk'e National Guardsmen
will attend camp earlier thun expect-
ed this your. and the date has been
finally fixed for the trip to Camp
i
To byhunne. Pennsylvania.
Inasmuch as the two weeks will.
i-be spent under canvas. it was decid-
‘cd to pick out the warmest season,’
will be from1
lcolumnist. \\ rott-
end the encampment
July 5 to July 19. At that time thl'
local outfiictogcthcr with the other
units of the 192d Field
ed. the funds for the that 12 drills.
ihcil’.
New Advocate
General of U. 5
5.3mm»
Maj. Gen. John A. Hull is
now judge advocate generel of
them.
BOTTLED WATER
DOESN’T APPEAL
TO THIS SOLON
Although He Was Once
a Prohibitionist, Rep.
Lincoln Decries Ad
Stunt
HARTFORD, Feb. 5.
coin former lx‘sldont of New lluun
and now a member of 1.0 House oi
11¢er xentnlncs {tom Ashrord is one
of the members of the legislature
[who frowned down upon the sit-'11!
of bottles filled with a mincrnl writer
that drcornitd the dusk of every
mo-mhr-r of the House and ovary
Senator yesterday. The Ilall of the
House looked like a beer gnrden
when the members arrived and rays
of the sun hit some of the bottles
just right to tinge the contents :1
light umber. The filled boltl-‘s were
[here as an advertising Iillnt. 'l‘hey
remained on the desk all through
the session and memln‘m this morn-
ing discovered that some of them
were still on tho. drsks.
Representntlw Lincoln remarked
that he bellow-d ‘1t woe beneath the
dignity of il‘n‘ house to have com-
max-c1111 :lrit'm‘llslllx; loft on the clocks
of the lcifislntnrc. but 'he ask-Ad for
no action. Mr. Lincoln was once
known as :1 prohillilionir'.
i .._.._ w‘_-_..__..
Engrnc l‘lvld
Eugene l-‘lnld. America‘s
most of his poems.
‘whlch first appeared in his
Allan B. Lin-.
111m to
Tim Murders, Three
Attempted Killings
And 20 Hold-ups in
The List
"Big Mike" Riccltelll. the Post
Road bandit. shot and killed in
Stmtford yesterday while attempting
to make his escape utter robbing a.
New Haven Jewelry store of 825.000
worth of diamonds and Jewelry. wu
being sought by police of various
towns and cities betwoen New 113..
van and New York. for more than 20
hold-ups and two murders.
Among the many “Jobs" credited
to lticcltclll were the following:
,. April 5. 1924. Hold-up and murder
of Herbert J. May. manager of the
Atlantic and Pacific Ten company's
store in .Uarien, Conn.
November 15. 192 . Hold-up of
Davey Brothers'—grocery store. Bax-
num avenue and Otis street. Strat-
l'ord. followed by the shooting of
Policeman Edward Manchester of
the Stratford iorco. Manchester has
since recovered.
December 27, 1924. Hold-up and
murder of Barney Muzan. proprietor
of a. grocery store on Washington
uvcnuc. New Haven.
January 10. 1925. Hold-up of four
mon in the Christine store at Mt.
Vernon. N. Y.. followed by the
shooting of 11 Mt. Vernon policemen.
One of the revolvers found in Rio-
(Itclll'e possession answers the de-
scription of one taken from the
wounded Mt. Vernon policemen.
January 10. 19:5. Gasoline st»
Lion hold-up at New Rochelle.
December 7, 192‘. Gasoline ota~
lion hold-up at New Rochelle.
August 22. 1924. Hold-up of Star
oil station. Stratford, where Frank
Uolnn was robbed of “6.
July :7. 1924. Economy Grocery
company. 187 Columbus avenue. New
lichen.
August 14. 192i. Bruno and
Schwartz. Dixie Filling station. Put-
num and Union streets. New Haven.
August is. 1924. Jacob Svireky‘l
t‘illlng station. 1.000 Cougrm ave-
nue. New Haven.
Seplcnlbcd 19. 19“.". Middletown
avenue filling station. New Haven.
October 14. 1924, Saidel Brothero’
gasoline station. 240 Kimberly ave-
nue. New Haven.
October H. 1924. Junction filling
station at Congress and Davenport
avenue, New Haven.
‘ Shot bios-c Munster.
August 30. 132‘. Atlantic and
Pacino Graccry store. Putnun and
Cedar etrcols. New Bevan. In this
hold-11p kiccllolli abot and oerioueiy
wounded the manager of the store.
August 14. 1924. Go-Gu filling
station at 35 Elm street. West lin-
ven.
October 20. 192‘. Gasoline elation
at Campbell 1nd First avenues. West
"Sharpsl at Derby avenue and Forest street.
Artillery, {and Hate” column. in bui. according; West Haven.
will put in their field (raining w-oxk; to a sketch of tho humorISt lly lid-i
Vui'. h the 155 11011 ii'cr'
MISS CARNEGIE
IS TO MARRY
J. ROCKEFELLER
NEW YORK. Feb. 6~Thc on-
gugem‘tnt of James Stillman Rocke-
feller. son of the late William G.
Rockefeller, to Miss Nancy Carnegie.
daughter of Andrew Carnegie. 2nd.,
is announced.
Two of the richest families in the
world—one owtng its lot-tune to oil
and the other to stool—will be uni-
ted by the. marriage.
Young Rockeleller was captain of
the champion 1921 Yale croW. His
father was a‘ nephew of John D.
Rockefeller.
SEYMOUR PLANT EXPLOSION
SEYMOUR. Conn., Feb. 5—Ono
man was reported to be painfully tn-
jurcd and several others had narrow
escape-1 seslcrduy noon as a. result of
an explosion at the factory of the
5H. P, and E. Day Company. manu-
facturers of iountain pens here. The
explosion it was smd was caused by
spontaneous combustion in blowing
system outside on of the main
biuldingu of the plant. A fire start-
ed but was extinguished with chem-
icals. Damage to the plant was re-
ported to be slight.
TREASURER OF BANK
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 6.—-Thomas
H. Robb of Hartford has been ap-
pointed treasurer of the Hemden
Bank and Trust Company which is
to start business in Hamden. Feb-
ruary.28. it was announced by,the
organizers of the bank.
ITCHING ECZEMA
DRIED RIGHT UP
WITH SULPHUR
Any breaking out of the skin.
oven fiery. itching eczema. can be
quickly ov ercbmo by applying a. lit.—
tle Mentthulphur. sure a. noted
skin specialist. Because of its germ
destroying properties. this sulphur
preparation instantly brings case
from skin irritation. soothe: and
heals the eczema right up and leaves
the skin clear and emooth.
It seldom falls to relieve the tor-
ment and disfigurement. Sufferers
from skin troub should get a. lit-
tle Zur'of‘litowl Marthe—Sulphur
from any 3004' 11mm and use it
like. o. cold ‘crocm.-—Adv. ,
‘u in L. Shuman 1n the February in-
;tcrnatlonol Book RCVICW. Mr. Shu~
man also nalratls that much of
lr‘lold a copv was ' butchered unmct‘o
cifully" lu- his managing editor.
“h" I“ ““8“ he 10‘3"“ "P0“ “5 aIgoeoltnc station on Barnum avenue.
.samilrgn in his present successors. Bridgeport
I
in il1n mi of columnlng.
""1110 hours of conctntratcrl work
at the office." states Mr. Shurnun.
“usually sufficed to produce one of
Field's daily columns 'Shnrps and
Flats.‘ His poems. however. 1: later-
flowering of his genius. were nearly
all written in bed. often a..- lute as
two o'clock
hastened his death.
"Little Boy Blue. the original
manuscript of which was bought
not long ago for $2.400. was written
in bed one April night in 1858.1»-
cause Ficld hurl promise-d to furnish
:1. poem for the first number of
America 11 new weekly.
"It is traditional that Field need-
ed editing. and to the managing
editor. Charles Dennis tell that de—
licate task. ‘To draw the line he-
holh amusing and harmless.‘ ‘lr.
Dennis once said ‘and a prevarlcation
that might prove painful or injur-
ious to the offending victim some-
times proved decidely difficult.‘
"Occasionally I found myself corn-
pelled by my sense of duty to but~
('hPl‘ Field‘s copy unmercifully. On
ouch occasions Field proved himself
a good soldier despite the rueful
countenance he turned upon me
now and again.’ .
"Some of Field‘s victims took it
good-humorodly but others showed
some irritation. For one of Field's
victims to show resentment. how-
over. was a fairly sure way to bring
down upon himself a. more elaborate
joke. Once. when the humorist
dealt fantastically with a religious
topic. the offending piece of copy
came back from the managing odi-
tor with the pencilcd comment This
is literally a holy terror.
I‘m-bee to Prison
CHICAGO. Feb. 6. Maximum sen-
tences of two years in the Federal
penitentiary and 310.000 tines each
were imposed yesterday on Col.
Charles R. For-beg former head of
the Veterans' Bureau. and John W.
Thompson. St. Louis contractor. for
conspiring to defraud the Govern-
ment in connection with bureau hos-
pitalization contracts. A stay of
sentence of thirty day: was granted
to.nllow Forbes and Thompson to
carry on appeal to the Circuit Court
of Appeals
In passing sentence Judge Cu»
penter denounced the two convicted
men, aiming moot of his shaft.- at
Forbes. who almost collapeed when
the sentenceo were, announced.
——_.I__.._.__
A- Missouri Doctor’s Bag
(Jefferson City Nerve)
He recently captured eleven coba-
in one night's adventure. which was
the largest catch of the year. The
animus were practically skin "and
bones, however, due to duration
caused by the ’sleety weather.
1.
n n rl1t~——. 11 hi .
t h“ 1 a L that ; robbery at the Socony gasoline sta-
‘ lion.
tween 8. flagrant untruth that was‘
i
l
I
I
Allan's uloro at
notnhiu 2
Haven.
August 80. 1924. John B. Moon~
760 \Vnshington eve.
1111c. “'cst Haven.
October 15. 1024. Gasoline station
September 3. 1324. Gasoline eta-
tion at South Orange street and Col-
umbun .1v.enuc- \\ eat limen
September 18,1324. Diamond Oil
mpony. Stamford.
October 17.19”.
co
Hold- -up of
“here manager was
trumo-i up with picture wire and the
money taken from the cash register.
October 17. 132 4. Hold up of New
England gasoline station. Etmtford
a\ cane. Strutford. an hour titer the
hold~up on Barnum sienna. Bridge-
Iport.
October. 21, 1924. Hold-up and
Stretfcrd avenue. Stratford.
where Fer Howard and Sid Dun-
ning were robbed of 830.
Two Darien Civil
Suits in Court
DRIDGEPORT. Feb. §.——Beeed on
personal [rum-ice cold to hove been
suffered when hit by 3 car owned
and driven by defendcnt. Rose Quil-
nn of Stamford has instituted suit
for 510.000 in Superior Court at
Bridgeport. against George A. Fisher
of Greenwich. The accident occur-
red December 24. in ‘Weet Broad
Street. Stamford. ‘
To foreclose a $2936 mortgage on
Burton property. Marie 153. Briggs of
Darlen. bring- suit against Beatrice
linllett Oliver of New, York.
William Cohn of Stamford. cues
Adolphus R. Erwine. of barien. al-
leging the defendant has refused to
meet a $1,975.“ note.
NATL GUARD ORDERS
HARTFORD. Fob. l5.-—Datee for
inspection of ordnance material by
the corps area ordnance omcer or
his assistants have been set for
March among the companies of— the.
169th Infantry. 102d Infantry and
First Squadron Cavalry in this city.
New Britain. Bristol. Wuerbury.
New Haven. Torrington. Aneonio
and Wellingford. according to adju-
tant generul'l orders.
REJEOI‘ CHILD LABOR Lint
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Feb. -B-—'!'he
State Senate yesterday by a. Vote of
24 to 7 adopted a resolution rejecting
the Child Labor Amendment to the
Federal Constitution.
31W Educotlm
(Bridgeport Telegram)
One bill affects the method of“
electing the 3081114)! Education in
Bridgeport. It would provide that
cool: M should nominnto twice
as men; ‘cuididnteo u there nre
positions tunable. This would force
every Mar to pick two candidate-
from the four noted by the party
of his choice. or from the eight
available from both portion. Even
in I. preddonuu year it would force
the consideration of candidate. on
their merits, part from the feet of
)
{'l'lionuAmoryLeeof To-
M81383. hubeensppointed
cheimnof ftbecommittee on
worldpeeceormized bytho
Legion. Tthegion
”promoting var veterans of
other nations in furtherance of
mi! Up Her preventive-y I
51111101111 MAN
31w ilNCOLN
[N WASHINGTON
G r e a t Emancipator
' Smiled Upon Harold
Whitton, Who Vivid-
ly Remembers It
STAMFORD. Feb. 5.—
"The face of A'hrahnm Lincoln, as
I recall it after eing him in "i'nsh-
lngton while u ing there whm a
five year old boy. who a composite
one and when he smiled his count-
enance lighted up all over.‘ said
Herold Whitton. a resident of Siam-
ford for the past fifteen vent-s. now
living at 620 Hope St. Glonbrook.
The great American «iatvsmun,
whose birthday will be cola-
braled one week from today, “as
coming out of the White House as
Mr. Whitton..nnd his mother were
walking by. The son. Harold. and
hid parents were visiting in thr cnpi-
ul of the time. A week or ten days
after the local man. as a five-your-
old lad. saw the Civil \Var mari-
dent. Lincoln was shot b1 Edwin
Booth in Ford's Theatre. on April
14. 1866.
As the boy end his mother parsed
President Lincoln looked
the youngster and his face lighted up
with n. friendly smile. Mr. “”hit-
ton’s recollections of Lincoln are on-
ly of the great man'o (nee. Vow
pictures of Lincoln show his lac-e
a.- sad as it mlly was. Mr. Whit-
ton declares.
"Ho hnd 1 most wonderful fore,
sunk in deeply. but when he smiled
everything seemed to taken on a
new appeal-once. the general offs-c1
WM brightening." the Glcnm‘ook
reoident assured his interviewer. At
most times though taking on :1 pain-
euc look."
Mr. Lincoln was alone at the time.
Mr. W'hitton nw him.
Mr. “‘hltton ‘ia the owner and
manager of the Stamford Dis; ibut-
in: Company. He formerly lived
in Philadelpha with his pan-ms on-
til they moved here in 1866. He
spent his boyhood in Glenbrook. Af-
ter moving back the family returned
here about 1910.
1n the North Woods
Tales of the wild animals in veri-
oue parts of New England and Nova
Scotil. this winter indicate that
bears and Wildcats continue to hold
their social rank as leading
residents of the forests. The great-
est success thus far reported in the
way of persuading them by means
of fine bullets to exchange their
free existence for the unconscious
glory of omects of art or comfort in
the way of mounted specimens. rugs
or overcome is the shooting of a his
mother beer and three cubs by
Morris Bleirs'deli of Fltchburg.
Mm. at the mouth of a. cave in a
rocky ravine near Conway. N. H.
hur E. Hanson and his son
won into the woods at West En-
fleld. Me.. and came back with a
300-p'ound bear. One of about "the
near his home in Greenfield. Me. 0n
n mountain near Middlebury, Vt.. a
email beer was captured several
weeks ago and recently William
Lethrop of Bristol. Vt.. shot the
biggest bear seen in that section in
many years. weighing 850 pounds.
. Nova. Scotia has beene scene of
great wildcat activity. The county
treasurer at. “Rollins counted the
noses of 99 wildcats killed in the
county during December and paid
over the ballot)" to the successful
hunters of Moequodoboit. Sheet l-iar-
bor. Nine Mile River. Mooseland
and other places with picturesque
names. The skin of one of these cats
measured five feet. three inches in
length. ‘
A nioo-yeer-old boy in st. Albans,
Me" disputchcd I. bobcat with his
ski duck. In another locality 3. bob-
cot one caught in d rabbit snare
and m retrieved later from a tree
into-whi it. had climbed In its ef-
foru‘to line". At .Freeport.
Monvo'urmcr act a. trap for what
he suppoud m a. wildcat which
bod been raiding his hen roost: and
taught o huge owl.
Some of the lever animals hove
provided a little excitement. A
mutt-1t sprang from n ditch .tt
Linoolnviile.’ Me. and .fectened its
teeth in an amo‘rnobile tire. The
driver of the car got~out and the
down at.
it was sad in repose, his eyes “Hart"
some size we. shot by John Ugden'
Big Reguctions
D R ES S E S
Norwalk’ (3‘.
’ ONE LOT
$10.00
ONE LOT
$12.50
0\ EWE
$15 .00.
REGULAR PRICES $16.50 10142.50
'I‘IMELY VIEWS
WORLD TOPICS
"Japan More [nicrcsicd in Indus-
trialization Than Emigration."
Japan in not so interested in em:
igrnuon 13.1 in industrialization. Hirosl
Snito, Japanese consul General. in-
sistcd in a rocunt address in SUV
York. Discussing relations between
Japan and the United States. Saiio
expressed belief that majority opinion
in both countries had a mutual de-
sire for peace in the Pacific despite
efforts of .llngoen on both sides.
Japan. he sold. felt peace jointly
maintained was t‘ssvnllal to her na-
tional existence and prosperity, He
said he hoped for some "gesture of
good-will” from the United States
to amend the ills tollowlng upon the
"deplorable immlcration law incl.
dent of last year." '
Japanese rintnsnlanehlp. he con
tinned, in alluviatlng the pressing
density of the home population...-
whlch grvw 600.000 annually. would
find the country's ultimate salvation
in "her industriahmiion. not by
any means. in cm-gtation." Because
Japan lucked coal. won and oil
and other male- raw materials 111""
stereo. the only compensation for
which appeared in development of
hyliro-(‘lv‘cirlc power. he said she
depended heavily upon torelgn trade.
America playr-d the greater: part
in this foreign trade in comparison
with other countrivs. according to
fiht’ colsul general. he imports of so
,per cent of Japan' 3 silk output con-
alliuicd H per cent of Japune total
exports.
l‘tcciprocaily. he said. Japan
bought here 865.000.0011 of raw
cotton every your. which supplied
22 per cent of the material required
by Japan's most active branch. its
textile industry. and In additional
“33.000000 in machinery and cm.
‘ or products.
Japan is third in the foreign trade
'of the United Stairs. Ila commerce
with this country amounting to
"more than one-third of yellr total
Pacific and being little less than
your entire South American trade."
he said. '
Though Japan was consequently
less interested in emigration and was
not desirous of “sending emigrants
to countries where they were not
acceptable." Suite said. noverllielcse
Japancse exclusion had come as "n
tromondous psychological shock"
and was considered on "uncalled for
blow to Japanese honor."
1 "We are a proud race." said Suite. .
"In the old days our Samurai. when
be borrowed money. wrote in his
promiesory note: ‘lf 1 {ml to return
this money. please laugh at me be-
fore all people! And this sentence
was accepted by his creditors as the
Ebest of securities."
1 “Drastic legislation" here. he said
.‘lmd caused Japanese to "itel that
lthvy had been Iauzhrd 11f before all
the peoples of the world" and by
their hitherto best friends. whose
ideal: had long been generally ad-
mired.
NEW PRESIDENT
OF STAMFORD
WOMAN’S CLUB
STAMFORD. Feb. 5.—
Miss Louise Plumley was elected
president of the Stamford Woman's
club in the meeting held yesterday
afternoon. The slate which was pre-
sented some time ago by the nomi-
nating committee was elected with-
out opposition. The nominating
committee elected was Miss Susan
Howes. Mrs. George Clemente, Mrs.
\Valter C. Aiken, Miss Gertrude E.
Hatch and Mrs. George Shem".
Officers other than .1113: Plumley
who were elected were Fint Vice-
President. Mrs. William bee White:
Second Vice-President. Mrs. Charles
D. Lockwood: Third Vice-President,
Miss Julia. MacDougal: Recording
Secretary. Miss Jane Montgomery:
Directors. Mrs. R. B. Gnndy. Mn. F.
N. bionic and Mrs; Willem H.
“'ebb. .
S. T. Ratcliffc. British Journalist,
was the lecturer yesterday afternoon
and be interpreted in a. manner
which interested the women cori-
temporary affairs a.- they had to do
with world problems.
nlll before he succeeded In killing
it. He paid for repairing the punc‘
tux-ed tire by selling the rat skin for
two dollars. At «aloehury. N. 11.. a
secured permission from the Non-
golian government. to make the ox-
each.
purpose of the
would be to secure material on the
earliest history of man. eocepiolly no
bearing on the theories of the mi-
grations of the human race.
_Buys Peach Lake
sive property ct Pooch Lake. own-
ed by the late Rev. E.
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HARTFORD. Feb. 5.——-The dvuth
rate in Connecticut for 119:4 winch
was 11.3 for each 100,000 of popu-
lation. was the lowest for nny
in Ibf‘ history of the state. according
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fant mortality. 69 for every 1.0"“
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cut has evor had since records have
been kept by the department. The
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fever. diphtheria and tuberculoeie in
1924 was lower than in any other
year Deaths trom cancer. ho“ over.
increased. 1924 being the worst year
for this disease.
There were 16.875 deaths in Cou-
nccticut from all causes last year.
which is a smaller number than for
any of the past five years except
1921. The increase in population over
that year. however. makes the death
rate lower. 11.8 as compared with
11.0. There were 2.175 deaths among
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NEW YORK. Feb. 5.—-Roy (.iiap-
man Andrews. leader of the Asia-
tic Expedition of the American Mu-
seum of Natural History. Which re-
turned in 1923 with specimens of
dinosaur eggs. plane to enter the
Gobi Desert and nearby regions
about April 16’ to continue his work.
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yesterday from Mr. Andrews, who is
now in Peking.
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