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LONDON, Oct. 8, 4 a. m.——“\ grave
view oi! the situation is taken by the
authorities." wired the .Antwerp cor-
respondéut oi the Daily News.
great guns have told the tale.
“The lighting around Antwerp has
been a battle at Krupps against men.
Every day and night the lighting has
continued with deadly eifect'against
the torts, while the shrapnel and shall
have made many of the trenches un-
tenable.
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DANBURY. Oct. 8.—There were six
patients at the Danbury Hospital today
as the result of automobile accidents
yesterday. Mrs. Frank C. Qernert, who
was in the Newtown accident, last
night, and whose husband, a merchant
of Bridgeportflvas killed. remains in
an extremely serious condition. She
has. a fractured skull, internal and oth-
er injuries. Robert C. Seeley, of
Bridgeport, paying teller of the First
Bridgeport National Bank, whose wife
was kliled'ln the same affair, is fairly
comfortable. He has superficial wounds’
mostly. and these are about the head
and upper body. His recovery is con
tain.
Four other patients are from the ac-
cident at Mlllplain, last night, when a
skidding car overturned. All are from
Peekskill, Y., and they hadcbeen to
the Danbury IFair. Miss Pearl Acker,
Miss Virginia McDermott and Miss La.-
due are doing. nicely. Bruises and
shock, arid scalp wounds make up the
list of their hurts. Everett McDermott
lapsed into unconsciousness during the
night and internal trouble is feared. He
apparently had suffered only shock and
bruises.
’ stat-r1811, 11c Le.
antertastutsmtazsc.
\ Cod, ltc.
Salmon, 14c. ‘
Haddock, 80.
Flat Fish, 3 lbs, tor 25c.
Oysters, 25c, qt.
Lemons, Bo. doz.
Cranberries. 6c. qt.
Sweets. 201:. pk.
Beers‘ Meat c Provision Co., 22
Washington street
Charles E. Kellogg Elected Eras-
the members, last night, When ofilcers
tees appointed. The attendance use
his candidacy.
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ideal, and by Laws are
Adopted
Permanent organization of [the Re-
publlcan Club occurred at a meeting or .
were elected and the various commit.
very good and enthusiasm ran high.
»F. c. Gsrnsrt, oi Bridgeport.
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The nomination of Hubert E. Bishop
for state senator received the hearty‘
endorsement of the club members.andl
it was voted to unanimously supportl
in regard to securing
permanent rooms for the club the‘meet-
lng voted to empower the executive
committee to procure a suitable loca-
tion. The set of by-laws drawn up by
a committee, consisting of Nehemiah
Candee. chairman; Ernest Gregory and:
E. J. Thomas. was adopted.
The following omcers were elected:
President—fibula: E.Kel1058-
C. W. Gray, Jr., Moon F. Keeler, Wil-
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Secretary~Willlam H. Raymond, .lr.
Treasurer—George s. Raymond
The executive committee consists of
Nehemiah Candee, Charles H. Dil-
worth Nelson W. Benedict, C. irving
Byington and Samuel Lynes. 0n the
membership committee are Paul O.
Mercer. Clarence E. Fennlnan.Charles’
Verlin. George A. Smith and Ernest
Gregory.
SANITARY MARKETS
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Blue Fish, 10c.
Escallops, 75c, qt.
Salmon. 12 1-2c.
Weak Fish 10c
Butter Fish, 10C.
For one day onLv, Lettuce, 3c head
string beans, to qt., llmas 4c. qt..
large stone trutt so. each, celery 2c,
stalk. ,.
Look for the white trout. 32 Wash-
ington street.
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cows KILLED
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consignment of 25 cows from Vermont.
for George W Cook. at East Farms.
were killed by the American Express
train, as it passed through here today.
The cows were being unloaded and 13
of them started to run down the track
when the express came along. The
cows were valued at 3800.
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--NOTICE TO THE‘PUBLIC.
l have moved from 60 Water St. to
58 Water St.. Harris & Gans’ block. and
have sufficient room to display my
stock oi high- grade Clothing and Fur-
nishlng,1 have a. large assortment of
high- grade Clothing and Furnishing. I
have on hand a large assortment of
second- hand and misfit high price Suits
will pay melamine my stock. Second-
hand Clothing bought at. highest prices.
' S. Levy, Cor. Water and Haviland Sts.‘
TRIEB DAMAGE SUIT.
The 8500 damage suit. of Thomas
‘ as. enemy vs Silas a. Elliot, use: at
Stamford. was tried today baton.
Judge Howard B Scott in the CM!
Common Pleas Court. The plaintllt
» Accident at Junction oilhin Road
VicePresldentsleillam A. Cdrttl. ;
WALLINGFORD. Oct. 8.——Ten ot a
and Overcoats, at. very low prices. it‘
Death in Skidtling Oar
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. NMTQWN. Oct 8.—-—Ttvo persons
were killed. another seriously injured,
and a taut-tit received lesser injuries
when an automobile owned and driv-
en by R. C. Sseley. of Bridgeport.
skidded into a ditch and turned tur-
tle in the highway south of this hot.
ough late last night.
Frank C. Geruert. a prominent
Bridgeport merchant, met instant
death, and Mrs. Seeley, wile otlthe
owner of the car, died 'whue being
rushed to ,the Danhury Hospital. Mrs.
Garner-t. wife oi the dead man. un-
derwent an opergtion at the Danbury
Hospital late last night,~and while her
condition is reported as serious, it is
believed she has a chance for re-
covery, Mr. Seeley is also at the
Danbury Hospital, but his injuries
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"The true situation of the German
Empire in the great European war is
accurately and comprehensively treat— ‘
ed in a batch of German newspapers,
received this morning by Carl Schaub,
2d, of Railroad avenue. The papers
were sent to lllir. Schaub by his moth
er, who lives in Worms- Hochhélm, Ger-
many. The papers cover the entire pe-
riod between the 1st'of August \and
the 15th of September, and show the
condition of. the German army in an
entirely different light from general
newspaper reports. There are overs "
million young men 01 Germany who
have not, as yet entered the war, and
they are not even needed. There is .
plenty of toad, no disease and the spirit
of all Germany, prompted by the scores
of notable victories, is: "We will and
must win." The papers are of vital in-
terest to those who desire the correct
information regarding the situation of
thewerman nation in the war. Letters
printed in these papers tram soldiers
'ltrom the front, received by mothers
back home. give a wonderful insight
into the activities of the army and the
card which accompanies the papers,
Mr. concave. mother tutorms him his
two brothers are at the trout. and she
does not know where they are. having
received no new: trout them in many
claimed that while he was driving
on a street in Stamford the deten-
The members 0! Butler lodge, i
cussed routine business.
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don't automobile hit the paintw-
bone and injured it so badly that the
lnnlmal had to be shot.
weeks. Evorythlu in Germany is run-
dial smoothly, she reports. and the
Harman: are buoyed up by the known.
edge that their victory seem: almootl
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great progress being made. in a post‘.
Showers tonight and Friday.
eial Report
PARIIS. Oct. 8, 3:15 p. In.—‘—'l‘he [following official
announcement was made in Paris this afternoon: ‘
“First,——On our left wing, in the region of the De-
partmcnt of Nord, the enemy has made progress at no
point.‘ At certain points he has moved back. particular-
ly to the north of Anus, where the fighting is develop—
ing under condition favorable to us. T he operations of
the opposing forces of cavalry are developing at the pres»
out time almost as far as the scacoas‘t on the north.
"Between the Somme and the Oise, in vicinity of Roye.
the enemy is still in force, but we have rctaken the major
part of the postions we were obliged to give up.
“To the north of the Aisne. the numerical strength
of the German troops scents to have diminished
"Second-01 the center, between Rlicims and the
Mouse, there is nothing to r'eport. On the heights of the
Me11c,_ between Verdun and St. \IilIicl. the enemy has
drawn back to the north of Illattoncliattel. He still holds
St. MilIiel and some positions to thc north of’St. Mihiel.
on the right bank of the Mouse. ,
“In the Woevrc district the violent attacks deliver-
zed bv the enemy to the west of Aprcmont ltaxc failed.
"On our tight wing, Lorraine and the Vosgcs, there
has been no change.
“In Russia, along the front of East Prussia, the
Russian Offensive continues. Very spirited hgliting is tak- .
11g place on the frontier to the west of Suwalk.”
P-ARIS. Oct. 8, IE: 55 p. n1—-A German
flying over Paris and the suburbs of Auburvilliercs and
Saint chms at 9 o ‘clock this morning dropped two bombs,
one of which wounded three persons. The other did no
harm
ON THE BATTLE FRONT, Oct. 7. via Paris;
Oct. 8, 12:11 a. m._——Tl1e fiercest fighting which has mark—
ed the conflict in the French theater of war has taken
place since Monday on the Western wing of the allied
allied armies. New forces .of German cavalry and infan-
try which llIavc appeared 111 front of the French and Brit-
ish, who hate brought equally strong bodies otttroops for-
ward to oppose them.
‘ The battle centers in the poplars of endurance of two
. armies, each as determined as the other not to give up the
struggle before victory is achieved. Here and there the
lines have {altered one way 1' the other under the shock,
but again have tightened up and become firm.
At 01“? boint the German cavalry even succeeded in
breaking through the allicdblines at a place which must
remain undisclosed, but not in sufficienttatrcngth to make
their feat of appreciable importance. The retirement of
the allies. was however, fully in accordance with the
plans of the general stofi. The bomb in film line was t!
on acute angle, and the German- wore placed 111 a pmaro
at Certain Points, According to French Offi-e
Germans Still in Force Between
aeroplane
tillery.
«the ccncm‘.
‘ brought to Antwerp by the iiritislt.
ions position from which the y were ousted with great loss _
later in the day.
All through last night and today the fight proceeded,
continuing until this cvenin g, when a period of calm set:
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The terrific nature of the fighting may be‘seen front}?
this fact: ”One company pf'French infantry‘started the
war with 190 men and a full complement of officers.
Since then it has received-omits bringing the total up to '
324. Today the company is composed of ninety men“
commanded by a sergeant. all the higher officers having
disappeared. - i .
ANTWERP, Oct. 7. 7 p. m., via The Hague and Lon- '
don. Oct. 8, 7:40 a. m.——The condition of. panic among
the populace was increased today'by the appearance at u‘ ‘ A '
o'clock this momng and 3 this afternoon. of German
aircraft which dropped bombs, destroying seven houses
and killing a score of people.
On account of the Zeppelin's successful attack, the
large a1enuc leading to the railroad station quicklyl be
came black with a struggling mass of people eager to es,-
cape from the city. Seized with an unreasoniug. terrible '
fear of a bombardment or ofa cliaigcof German cavalry,
the people are transporting invalids, cripples and even .
the occupants of lunatic asylums It was a pathetic sight
to see the poor people some can r) mg 011 their-backs them -.
hopelessly maimed or idiotic relatives who were crowded;
into the raiiriad vans and transported northward to re—
main in some cattle shed or railroad platform I '
rooms can be found for them in Dutch asylurris and in
stitutions. p
The situation, however, quickly ‘cliangcd
While at 2 o'clock even g'r0wn up- men were
with terrdr and were fightiu g for places around the rai
way station. At 6 oclock cvhrybodv was‘ again certain
that. the * * ' * * forces would be able to hold out against: .‘
the Germans and even throw them across the river
Nethe, while everybody was telling his neighbor how far '
superior the "i * ‘ * * guns were to the German heavy ar- W
The people remaining in the city tonight are taking;
to the cellarsprcpared to hear the first German shell 1n the J
thinning. '
The Belgian ministers are trying to
through Flanders and via Holland. y
The Belgian army is marching into thh city. tired out. ‘
leaving the guarding oh the forts for the . night to froth
trdope. ' ‘ ‘
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Evidently they related to forces and guns
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