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mannerisms;
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W. A. Steele, Butler at the
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Entire Family With an? REMINAIAN Allis GUARDS!
Axe, Then Takes Car-i
Mlle Add: Willi! ShoquiFormer Oanhury Police chief Nay‘
Alter
William Arthur Steele. 35 years old.
a colored butler at the Newtown inn,
and a resident of iBethel. went on a
rampage last night and killed his fam-
ily. consisting of his wife. his brother-
jn-law and two- stepdaughters. He
then drank carboiic acid, dying later
at the home of a friend where he had
gone after committing the murders.
Steele, who lived at No. 71 Milwau-
kee avenue, iBethel. entered a drug
store in that town after tiie murders.
and bought a bottle of carbolic acid.
Meeting Constable Ernest J. Bell,
.Steele stopped and said: "l’m going
down below. Remember tiiat when
. you hear anything about me again."
'He went towards his home with a
neighbor. B. W. Perry. who lives a few
. doors away. 'Shortly after they had
parted, Perry heard a noise as or
somebody falling. and then heard
, groans. 'He walked back to where he
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user ”"ilt illitliil
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The, councillof the Boy Scouts and
thematic minute: fill meet at nood-
' net’s - Hue in evening, anuary
.mer‘s’iie * vi ' -: -|
. 'At this ads t'tg Commissmner Perle
; (MacDonald will be present to meet
all applicants for the Scout. Masters‘
_ school Which he will conduct this wru-
ter.
'-' ' The urgent need of the movement is
Scout-Masters and any men between
i is and 50‘who is interested in the
work is cordially invited to be pre-
zent that evening and meet Commis—
loa‘er MacDonald
g instructive and entertaining.
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The scoutdtfasters course is veryl
the as-
. sociatiops pleasant. and no ens-asp
; attached; the only sacrifice bebig one.
" evening ‘a Week devoted to drilling'
_ and. ncoivlnminstruotion l
;_ President Russell Frost and Secre-.
tary life. 0 Gregory have received a},
hum r of applications for a place inI
- the ol. but there is room for any'
. nllfhber more and the bigger the
., clahs the better it will please the
’Councii and Commissioner
in With it
WIRELESS cuts
. New York, fDec. 30.—Wireless calls'.
sent out from from coast stations ear-
. 1y brought no reply from the disabled
Greek steamer. Thessaloniki reporteul
> last night 190 miles east of Sandy:
‘ Hook making her way slowly towardI
, this port with , her boiler room flood-i
; ed‘ The last wireless message froml
the Thessaloniki said all were welli
on board , _ '
The coastguard Seneca was mak-
. lug her‘way slowly because of belt-y
. (weather. toward the crippled craft
, and, early today sent out repeated
wireless calls to the Thessaloniki!
‘ which were unanswered. .
I rThe,,S‘eneca expected to
_- steamer some time today
norasst TO sternum
" BOIINONIIY liNE DISPUTES
.. ..Lwitsuumo'ros". Dec. 30.~Secretary
hhsltlg has suggested to all nations
- "which. with.the ‘United States, com-
‘i iii-m thé;Pan-Amerlcan Union, that
rtheyJoln in a convention for, the ar-
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Entered at the South Nor-walk Poet
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A day.
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Oillce as Second Class fitter.
MAN IN BEIHEl
iiiNii AESIGNS A8 HEAD 0E
Continue Work For Burns Agency
Elsewhere ~ Company Denies Ite-
siguation
Capt. Edward G. Ginty. who has
been in charge of the guards at the
Remington Arms a Ammunition com-
pany's plant in Bridgeport, for nearly
a year. announced today that he had
resigned his position, although upon
inquiry being made at the plant, the
statement was denied. Capt. Hender-
son inches. a United States Army
officer, who is in charge of the Rem-
ington guards, stated that Captain
Ginty had simply been transferred to
another part of the plant and that
his duties would be the same as he
has been performing.
Had Excellent Record.
Captain Ginty was employed by the
Burns Detective Agency, and. when
took charge of the guards at the
Rem ngton plant. there were it!
guards there. each receiving $2.10 ll.
At the present time there are
about 200 guards, and each receives
53 a day.
After taking up his duties at the
plant. Captain Ginty installed c
platoon system. which is in line with
work in some of the-big police do»
partments of the country. The head-
quarters when Captain Ginty took
charge, were in a modern structure in
which the guards occupy when not
on duty. ‘
It isuld iii-tithe min pom- mummified-er his surmise..-t tori
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1915.
Flir tonight and problbly Friday. Eli E #:1;_w‘6vCENTS
All ICING“ .E the
Evening Sentinel W
have a llappy New
Year
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! I8 lilE NEW
' PRESIDENT
Elected as lleatl efSouth Norwalk'
Board of Trade Last Evening
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DECIINED iliE lillNilii
Mr. Epstein Reported on the Cata-
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freight raisin at as My
Porto-Nam“ as! Isr-
ehaats Suffer ’1
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eron Proposition WW ""‘ma; some rm oi
b“! Ends ”I Chill“ 0’ COO-3 SN“! Tram-fatten Milli Secretaries :f—the local unions ar-
cern lentil; llere
Iiesalts in units; up om-
(‘onsidering the inclement weather «W
last evening. there was a very good
attendance at the meeting of the
South .\‘orwalk Board of Trade in the
(‘ity Court Room. in the City Hall.
The meeting was called to order at
it o'clock by the president. Judge Jos-
eph R. Taylor. The first business
transacted was the reading of the
minutes of the two previous meet-
ings.
The president announced that the
'principal matter which called the
Board together. was to hear the re-
port of the committee appointed to
suggest a candidate in place of the
present incumbent. Judge Taylor. who
had stated from the outset that he
would not .aocspt the presidency. The
committee on ‘_ ed of Banal Green-
atoln. William. .'_uioyt. it August (I.
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ASSilE APPEAL
iii REIMBURSE
lilE HATIERS
mmuwm
Emlethrtetieatrlatetlre
let'shy alumna f
lift. them
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liltiiis will not
“Iattm’ Ilelief an"
dilated with the American Federation
of labor. in common with the secre-
taries of every affiliated A. 2F. of 1..
labor organization throughout the
country. have received the official ap-
peal from President Samuel Gompers,
ln ”“3 of the h" m“ maritime of the A. F. of L, for contributions to
""99““ for nearly 0" entire lengthl aid the defendants in the iMWe case.
‘ 0' the 5W“ is in ‘ “99“" ““1"" The contributions are to be made on
as the result
storms of the past two weeks. Nor-
of the intermittentiJunuuy 27.
The appeal announces that January
’ “'Mk manufactumt‘l “d merchants. 17 will be known in the ranks of or-
gnlilte tIhotée hot otbgr 162K? cglflu‘; ganlzed labor throughout the country
. onnect cu -F “'5“ “1° “ ehy [lid ‘3; 3 , as “Hatter's Relief Day. it also sets
foruworry. or e a aunc 0 ll", {0th the plan adopted at the last lla‘
' ion is on the 3°“ atom E" no storm,. tional convention of the A. F. of l...
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methane. at the plum is tn~keeo|ns toe. store, be the nominee to at thei
with the company's desire to bare
:only army officers or former army
officers and men who have seen aer-
vlce in the army or navy. guard the
plant.
The captain says he is undecided
what he, will do. and it may be that
he will go to illion or Nyack. N. Y.,
to continue. his work for the Burns
Agenc . if he decides to retire to
privat life again. he can go b to
his old home. town, Danbury. w ere
he conducts‘ a lucrative cigar and
tobacco business.
MISS GAilAiiiiEll BRIDE
0E WM. E. BOWMAN
A pretty wedding was last night at
5:30 o‘clock quietly celebrated in St.
Mary's rectory, on West avenue,
wnen the pastor. Rev. T. J. Han, unit-
ed in marriage Miss Grace Edith Gal-
lagher, of Saugatuck, and William E.
'Bowman, of this city.
The bride‘s attendant was Miss
[Mary E. Bowman, sister of the groom.
The best man was John Mellhoney.
The bridal couple are well known in
is city. the bride being a sister of
John Gallagher. prominent Red Man.
hir. iBowman is employed in the up-
town branch of the Andrew Davey
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowman have the
best wishes of a large circle of
friends for their happiness. The cou-
ple will make their home in West-
port. '
SIEAMER’ BAilliliAlE ~
"All All EXPI08ION
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-—The steam-
er 'Banddale arrived this morning
from Bordeaux after a most tempest-
uous passage in which the cattle fit-
tings and rails were rrled away and
boats lifted from the? fasteningstn
the outward passage to Bordeaux on
ih
bltr‘atloh ,of all boundary lines dis-
- putes and‘for the prohibition of ship-
? merits of war munitions to revolution
.arie’lt.‘ .
; Secretary Translate proposal. which
baa-tine museum of President. Wil-
. you. is, both: remained by the min.
American moasaadorsaadfilnlsters
our. homeiforeign..ndleea.for com
3.. iglsnmddmaono; of
‘ Alfi'i‘lui ammonium- now
Nov. 19. when Tootsies Tronl'fvhat
port. a bomb exploded in No. 6 hatch.
The explosion was “ distinctly felt
throughout the steamer. The cargo.
consisting of cotton, was set on fire
and raged until reachingport when it
was finally subdued. All the cotton
in. the No .6: compartment. consisting
orizoo balea, was destroyed. '
Cable despatches 2reesived here. on
the Bankdaie had atrium-there mun
_ _ , Maamhomam 4am in hersh‘oid amour.“ mm
Iota-icwatheyiiisetsruuifnts was .oeinz instituted. ..,.ao mention
. a continuation ~of..at.zthe sowing the cable dispatches or-a
bomb explosion on board.
3‘.\'ov."26 from ‘ Bordeaux ,. stated thaw been
< business cam-nu.-
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Judge Taylor.
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new this
I utostcnoox, Mich. Dec.
j'i‘he steamer Nyack. owned by the
:Crosby Transportation Company and
lone of the oldest vessels in the. pea-
senger bulsnesa on the Great Lakes.
iburned at her dock here today and
sank to the bottom. tier ~engineer,
Lafayette Dennison, could not be
found after the fire. and fears were
.entertalned concerning his safety.
The Nyaclt was built in Buffalo-in
1878. and was valued at $150,000. She
was being rebuilt in preparation for
next summer's passenger and freight
business.
The origin of the fire has not been
learned.
The burned vessel was 231 feet
long. 33 feet beam and had a gross
tonnage of 1,188 tons.
o.
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is Mitts! sums . '
some in 2 YEARS
Within the past two years. members
.of the street department have sur-
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One of the worst gates that water; her. under which ",9
portenced for years. yes-g will be made.
men have ex
terdav and last night lashed
Sound furiously. This to the contrary
notwithstanding the "Marion." of the
local branch of the Aanlng J. Smith
Transportation warmed safe and
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-pote...;aadieoday {out ner- .
ohaatmaro' naming thinnerohaa‘
dice Just an if stormcondltims hadn't.
crippledvery seriously" the railroad
and other water routes:
The merchants of this-city have
been quick to realize the fact that
they are receiving unhindered
vice. while other cities an in
hopeless state of shipping slain. For
this reason George F. Foote. manager
secretary of the Aunlng J. Smith
Transportation vCompany. ih'as
complimented freguently “upon ta Em!“ MY want
good service afforded by his company.
Experience is what is giving Nor-
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humus illiiiiiiiiililll
Al Hill it. E. (Ililllilili
Splendid Program Presented Oe-
._ fen hrs! Mil Melodie
Audience last Nitlllt
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CHRlS'l‘MAS—fi pt, .
The annual Christmas entertain:
ment of the First hi. -E.~iChurch Sun-
day-school was held last night in use
edifice on West avenue. A program
of unusual interest was attractively.
presented by the young fella. and
was thorough}; enjoyed from begin-
ning to end by the large audience that
witnessed the festivities. The com
mitteerin charge consisted of Mr. and
i veyed and laid out about 16 miles of] hire. Harry GyShufelL'w. Ewing, Mrs.
streets in (Norwalk; City Engineer
George A. Sheri-on is now buy pre-
[paring plans, in conjunction with
i Highway Commissioner Edgar G. Muri
phy, for the spring work. The de-
partment at this time is not engaged
in any work other than surveying. it
is reported that to a great extent
property ownersnre living within the=
J. W. Mace. John Smith. ‘Mrs. iHopp-
well. and Miss Ethel Alien. assisted
by Miss 'Ruth Ewing and miles R.
Raymond. The excellent program en.
joyed last night follows:
Organ Prelude—Organist Archibald
Merriam.
Prayer—Ex—Superintendent T. 1. Ray-
mond.
law concerning the cleaning of side. Address of Welcome—Latch Nuttlng.
walks of snow.
uni worm smut roe .
OOlidliEGAfllllill Olllllilill
A new and entirely novel system.
Tor the furthering materially.“ the
work of the dovmtewn Congregational
chants: was last «evening :forminated
at a meetingheldfor the officers and
commlitsamen.‘of‘ the. Men's-When
hood-of the'ichnrch.‘ at mm
on .Bayvtew; aunts; 1' The: parish ' hon.
divided up fnto‘dlstrlcto; and hat
night chairman; for: strand. than dis;
i‘trlcts-were ”Medium“
Stapleton entertained. :and' them
lrefreshmentd.» ‘4 ~ ‘ ‘
m the. .- Presentation . or ‘Gitll-‘S
were - Claret:
': irostiude
Song—School, “Christmas Bells."
{Recitation—~“Christ in the Manger"—
IMiss Stevens' Class.
Song -— School. "Christmas ' Glory
bung." ‘
Primary Class—"We Are Small Be-
ginners. _ ,
Dialogue—“Shepherds Little Ben”,
Song—School. “Holy Night}? .
Racitatione—“Doera of» the Word"—
IF‘dith Linden. Joria Martha", Olive
Casey. lMarion Ceilings, Keeth GI!-
nor. . . .
Bong—Schoob—‘ialory to God". '
SEEMS-O 'thar. of .Betblehem.'!
mediation—Warmers- Boys." 1
~‘Duet——.“Glfts for a King." : .
Remarks by the pastor. Rev. William
~'G.Gldln.' -
ants Claus.
on Brown.
ser-z
"l lngton. D. C.
held in San Francisco. Cal. in .\‘ovem»
contributions
Every laboring man in.
”m 'h'. {ouiztr'J has been ;...l...i to givi-
the amount he earns the second hour
he works on January 27 to the fund:
being raised by the A. F. of L. to aid
the defendants in the Loewe case.
Secretaries of all organisations resl
coining-the sweat-around to-re'd it.
at the next reactor meeting of their.
respective organizations. The contribi
utlons will be made to the secretaries.
of the various unions and will be for-
warded directly to Frank Morrison,
Jecretary of the A. F. of l... at 'asli-‘
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Alil_ill_ii_lii SifliiS?
letters have. recently been receiv-
ed by Dr. James G. Gregory. of West
avenue, from his daughter 'Aiyse. who
recently sailed for Denmark. on the;
Scandinavian-American Liner Heilig0~
land. The letters tell of many later,
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Miss Gregory and the other passed.
gore on the steamer passed. One of.
these, was the holding up of the]
steamer for three days. at Kirkwald..
by a British cruiser. while British of.
doors searched the vessel for Germani
spies. which were believed to have
been on board. On this trip th Hell-5
igoland carried many German nurses:
and doctors, who were being sent to;
the Fatherland. by German hospitals,
in this country. During the thrue
days‘ delay the, passengers had the
opportunity to see the removal and,
replacing of the torpedo nets winch}
were placed around the vessel to
guard against a possible submarine.
attack. After the British searching;
party had gone through the ship thor-
oughly, the boat was allowed to,
proceed. The next stop wits at: Nor-i
way. Miss Gregory remained in that!
country for a short time, and enjoyed:
excellent skiing and sloigbing while}
there. She then made the passage of
the North Sea, to Scotland- Miss
Gregory is at present visiting with
friends in the city of Glasgow. The
letters also told of the large number
of soldiers and sailors which one sees
on the‘ streets of all. English cities
and towns.
mesa: assertions
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eating experiences through which S‘Mufl. nus mu.
RUSSIANS ARE IiNDiRiAKING
iii: OFFENSIVE m BiliillWiill
lflls ennui i
or “litiiiil out"i
Stanford leftist Denounces Police ’
Sergeant—Other Hearings
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tHerbert F. Seip of Stamford. at all
hearing at, the Capitol yesterday, told!
State |Secretary Charles D. Burnett that
a Stamford police sergeant had given
him “a rotten deal." The police ser-
geant was riding with him the night
of September to. when Seip was ar-
, rested for reckless driving, and teati-
,fied against him in police court the
next day. help said he had driven a
car in every state in the Union. and-
1 never before had been in trouble. Sec
retary Burnes suspended his license
for ten days. Arnold Vosgerum, a.
Stamford youth. with whom Seip was
: alleged to have been racing on a pub‘
lic highway, was also before the state
secretary. His license was suspended
for thirty days. _
His license to operate an automo-
bile was returned to Ralph Robinson.
8 Bridgeport youth. who was concern-
ed in an accident in Bridflport on
November 18. «Nicola anipela was
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ililiiilllli iiitii with
liiliilli__8_liil0ii run
The. annual senior dance of the
Norwulk High School. was given last
evening, at the. high school auditorf
turn. by the class of 1918. and proud
to be a great success; A‘fgood sized
crowd was in attendance. and a fine
time was enjoyed. The program con-
slated of sixteen dances. and four ea-
tras were added. The hall and stage|
were very beautifully decorated with'
banners, and with streamers of the
,ciass colors. which are Copenhagen:
‘blue and gold.
:were set in a very artistic manner
These decorations
f
duced. During the intermission. re-
ifreshments. consisting of ice cream kopf, the French claim 10
and cake were served. The patrons
and’patronesses were as follows. Mr.-
and Mrs. Copley. Mr. and Mrs. Blake..
.mr. and Mrs. llipson. air. and ma. cess, but does not denvit
Starr. Mr. and Mrs. Rummter. The!
‘dance committee in charge of the “Johann the. Macedonian ROSE
fair was, Charles Copley. chairman.
Eugene litummler, Florence Siam.
Fred Seder. Howard Comatock. Har-|
ry Hipson and Elisabeth Sherrer. I
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Samuel Mills, well~known oyster;
man of Rowayton.'and recently cap-
tain of the
“J. Howard Lowndes,"
was this morning. by Justice of the.
Peace lHyatt, of Westport, bound over?
to the Superior Court, for trial, dur-i
ing the coming term. on the charge!
of embezzlement of oysters. Attorney
John ‘Keogh, of this city. representing
Mr. Mills. filed a demurrer. which
was over-ruled. 'Mr. Mill‘s ball is at
$1.500. but the possibilities are it will
be decreased.
The weather forecast,_received late
this morning. would indicate that
there will be no more sleet, rain. snow
or ball for tomorrow at least. New
Year's 'Day weatheris not yet deter-
mined. The weather, tonight and to.
marrow, will be partly cloudy. It will
not be quite so cold. and there will
be light to moderate variable winds.
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NIOTORNAN IINOONSCIOEIS
AFTER RUNNING INTO MON
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SAN FRANCISCO, iDec. 30.—0pen BTRATFORD, Conn, Doc. SO:-
rebellion by 1119111199131 Guards, -fol- Motorman William Gray was rendered
lowed by “ wholesale desertiona ls unconscious when the trolley car hel
'satdito have resulted from Yuan Shl was running crashed into _the rear.
ad's order directing- a movement - of and of an automobile truollaar Pasa-=
troopsagalnst the revolutionists iodine Greenlast night. After-being row!
the «Province. of Yunnan.- scoording to fired and given‘ Imedioat tremolo...
cable: advices» meshed» :here- by: thawhb waanromovodfito~hlrbomw whore
Whole Republic-Association. . - it oversold: hovwouldisrsowuw-
. whoops from all ”ohms. according. . The;trolley'car.'it~wae 'ooltil '
the moon, of“, the. Yunnan, tern ”uranium-stooped: wallfllliimiz‘
.., "1&1“,th
«:thmWiuimt-moomm. 1y.
. "mulle-
becnnsubacribedv‘toward the revolution r'belou’g'bdim at;
manoeuvres-nonreac-
by Chinese residents inv'rexas;
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was not seriouslywdamm .
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to'rthia'» informatioh.’-=were-'ttocktng'to ed with‘thoadtdmobliet‘amer , tau
“WM" . “1' ' Chinese ’: "83"- "‘m*m=“m'¢‘mii_5ébiéb,acc‘ording‘ it?) ”I‘ll
Important Battle Believed
to be Under Wayu-Gu»,
atan Make an Attack bf“ :
lake liable-Mining a“:
Aerial Engagenefl
Along the British lines
Although Pctrograd remafi“,
silent on the subject, the pum
is inclined to believe the R.-
sians are undertaking a great in
fenaive in Bukowina. near
Bessarbian border. Official AD»
ttian reports. telling of attach-j.
by dense masses of Rusai‘.
troops. indicate that an import‘ ‘
battle is under way.
The fighting centers at a P0“ ’ '
near Toporoutz, a mall town,
just within the border of Not-On-
em Bukowina, but a aimultfle
cons attack is being made all)“.
an extended front. reaching fr‘:
the Prutb to a position north 4
the Daicstcr, a’ distance of a“
forty miles. The latest ad ..
state that the Russian assault; .
being continued. accompanied
an unusually heavy bo ‘ ’
merit.
Unofficial reports from the a»
treme northern portion of thy
caster; front state that I'll; Gui-M
mans ave dc sect-ions utg
tile attack girth: region of W ‘
gibjt. while the Rt'h‘m w .
. kc Kartger are rationing” ,. 7
salt. These 0 Mtg,
are a delicate situanon. as a 7, ., “222‘
ceaaful advance by either name’s
endanger considerable force's *
the defeated opponent. .. -'
Along the western (mm. W "
for mining and aerial '
ments on the British linespfi'
chief fighting scans to be out»
lined to the Vosgea. Whetégih‘i
the region of Hartman-W
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made a successful «Nance: .3"-
lin officially minimizes this" 81¢-
r?
but it is generally be loved #1”
try advance into Greg write”
must be made by the Bulgaria‘jfl.
the opinion being that the At“-
tro-Germans cannot spare e ‘
troops for a serious attemlt
againstSalonilti. , ‘
Domestic tension in as 7‘
over the compulsion question lib
been greatly relieved.
FRENCH WAR OFFICE ‘ ‘
OFFICIAL STATEMEIU
PA’RIS, Dec. 30, 2:30 p. mi" " J
The text of the official statem’cfi
given out today by the French
War Department follows:
“To the west of Peronne the.
enemy attempted to capture outI
of our saps in front .ai Dom
pierrc. The attack was complete.
ly repulsed. _
“In Champagne, in the region
ofANavr'm form, our artillery fire
prevented the enemy from rc‘
pairing the trenches which Wen.
demolished by us on the night
of Descmbcr 28—29. '
"On the rest of the from:
there was nothing to report.”
KING FERDINAND’S
PALACE HIT
LOVDO‘Y. Dec. 30, 12:17 p.
tin—King Ferdinand’s' palace a
the Black Sea port of Varna w _‘
bit during the recent Rims?“
bombardment of that Bulgarian
town. but the damage 'was unam-
portant,.says a dispatch arm
Athens to Renter's Telegrén‘l
Company. The same Ru. "
squadron, the correspon
adds.~ bombarded the Bulge:
pmt‘of Traka:'- '
forces
'- Important German:
Nothing has ‘: happened
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. irermanrsrcnoreseard. am
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tratingjat 'Varria‘.‘ .
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