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' the Identity 0
Entered of the 808th Norwalk Post
Daeoassecond Glass lotus.
British LosefiFilteen Ships
and Germans Eleven
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assume» 1870
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One of the Greatest Battles in Naval His-
tory Was That Fought oft. Coast oi~Den-
mark—7,000 British Sailors Probably
_ Drowned-—Zeppelins Drop Bombs on
Battleships '
LONDON, June 3.-—A strong' Wireless messages from Rotter-
squadron of the British grand i dam report that Dutch vessels are
. king for the Hook of Holland
fleet, composed of battle cruisers, i ma . . .
armored cruisers. destroyers and'and Ymulden With one British
_ g {and twenty-two German surviv-
submarlneo—and later re-eiorced + 0,5.
by, battleships—met defeat at thef The German Admiralty asserts
hands of the German high seas?
fleet oil the west coast of Den- including the superdreadnoughtf
mark on Wednesday. . . ' Warspite. of the Queen Elizabeth:
According to the latest reports. ‘ class—27,500 tons—besides many.
the British lost sixteen warships,,‘dcstroyers and one submarine:
and the Germans eleven. The six- ‘ and that one battleship, the Marl-i
_.-—._—_
ing the body of the second car from! '
its trucks, and sending it rollingio.‘ 0' u. mt “mm”
(down a steep embankment on the “I w at, “'3 Witness“
AOCOCIATIO DRE“ NEW. FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE‘ANO OUR OWN OPERATOR.
SOUTH NORWALK, courtiuua’b‘liiv, JUNE 3, 1916 1“
iThunder showers this-
lem..y4-m..t m‘ '
-.--g..
s.
b.
fRfliill Willi”; i
cotton 0ll lilil’
Railroad Car in Sostboort semi
Over Post am by Obstruction:
SOUTHPORT. June 3.~—Wben a
freight car was cut loose from a,
switching engine at the local yardsi
yesterday afternoon, it crashed into‘
another car on the siding. tear.
PREPAREDRESS
lllllt Will
It ltlron
north side of the Boston Post road.
The car, filled with oyster shells. nine.
barrels of oil and one barrel of at
strong acid. struck an obstruction:
and was stopped. almost miraculously'
in lolly losrs
——r———
lilili Billlllll tlx till “i
tom [and
w.
Soprolno Cort llssds hens Ile-
cision Affecting Corporation
of Stato— four fontleld‘
.. 5min,
County] Actions in Which the.
W mm “M“ .5 Hillii l8 DiSiRilitDr
HARTFORD. June 3. rThe corpora
tion tax i.l this state must be com-
puted on the total earnings of a
company. according to an opinion
handed down yesterday by the sur
preme court of errors. The opinion
lite Savings of Mrs. Mary lllugo-
ltencilts, Ssutllporl Wilton, (in
MO liPi’fliN ‘DlRiiliRii I,
BilliilRNS REPORiEil Diiiiiil
Entire Crew oi One ‘9’“
Vessel Said to lsvefi
isbytl—llritirll Sles
ill-grove Sunk vb.»
Ills Penetrale .
Position at Verdun "
a few feet from the roadway.
Had it gone much further. the en»
tire shipment would have been
tered over the road below. and trolley
traffic would have been held up for
hours.
the hut of the material
The first car, which struck the sec
ond. causing the accident, crashed in
to a bumper at the end of the aid ‘
ing. and the front oi it was telo»;
scoped. Both were now freight curs .
lilv‘
Two barrels of oil and the)
. . . . .acid were Spllied all over the condo
that the Bnt‘sh 1°“ 5” warships; workmen on hand managing to save;
teen include the sperdreadnought l borough. was seriously damaged.‘
Warspite, sister ship of the
Queen Elizabeth. which is men-
tioned in the German report. Re-
garding the late of this vessel the
Admiralty is silent. The British
report, however. mentions the
loss of the armored cruise War-
r'or.
The clash occurred almost ex-
actly on the anniversary of the
battle in which Van Ruyter's
great Dutch armada wrested the
mastery of the seas from Britan-
ia in fire same North Sea
As yet the news officially given
out is meagre and sheds only a
dim light upon what actually ocrghacbor. 4
curred, but these facts have been
positively established by the Ger-
man and British Admiralty?
LONDON, June 3. trzrs :l. m.
:—‘The Admiralty received a
it is said that the set-idem occurred,
because of the haste of the freight.
re :crew to switch the car on the siding. 1* '1'?" UK“! for
P0“ t°d3Y '0 the 939“ that caP'. slowly on the sleep grade shims.
cari
ii.
Instead of lowering the second
tain Prowse, commander of they was released suddenly, and the mis
.Queen Mary. and the entire per-i ““9 ”""“"“d- '
(WA
Admiraltv. authorizes The Asso-t
sonnet of that battle cruiser. were
(lost.
i LONDON. June 3. n no a. m.
—Captain William Hail, Chief of
the Intelligence Division of the
ciated Press to say:
. ”The German report of the loss
. of the Marlborough and Warspite
is absolutely‘Nlntrue. Both of,
;these dresdnoughts are safe in
“The German report that the
entire British battle fleet .was en-
gaged is equally untrue. A por-
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Ills M0l0ilISIS ill
lttltlt or fill" 0ll
Deputy llighnsy emissions in
Stow Isle of leafy list
cststl loads
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Automoblllsls who are anxious to‘
. the General Committee's headquarters
ESPiillil illiliiS lRi
Water comp..ny, both of Hartford
t‘ounty.
l'11der the provisions of part 2.
chapter 292 of the public flt'irl of ltllil.
corporationsare required to pay to
the state a tax of 11;. per cent. on
their gross earnings. Tile iwo com
(plaints in question excluded certain
sums and Attorney General lliumau
asked the supreme court for ll dens
ion. maintaining tnat the excluded
CARRYING RIG iiiiilllilS
(Procession Will Take lhroo llosrs
' toPassGisenPolnt
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HARTFORD, June 3. The largest aunts be included. ~ ~ . . - - .. - - .
crowd which this city has entertain. The court in its decision says: tillfirbmmn‘g' ‘md there b no man.- fimm arming d“. ‘f ‘
rd since Bridge week in October. 1908. 1. Earnings received from opera The alarm was Mm it at l"‘itl- report that yesterday they ‘
the preparedness tion, or business incidental to the‘dcl (k M.) I u. .-.( d . m ‘6 .
paladi- this afternoon. 0n only “‘0 principal business must be included (“pinto H-‘blmznquy—P, (2m emf: Zeppelin in nu II a”
. . . “l ‘ he i ’ - ~
“UH" PWVROW “WHOM. 3000"“!!! l" :n the gross earning. street through the tele .hum, office of gunfire. and that the ul.‘
the old timers, has there been any- 2. Operating expenses. taxes and H l \v I 1 .. I h- .|-. '
thing to approach ll, aim" m the bad debts that um bc deducted .t “nit (Mi Win, one of l t H Itl was destroyed It I POlnt
number of men in line or the crowds ' ('ilitili'itill's. was at ”W “In“ Of my
assembled. and those were 03 Flag
tray. September 1?, 1879, when the
t‘irii War battle flags were transferred
from the old arsenal to the Capitol
followed by .thousands of soldiers
only it yearo out of the war. and the
sound money parade of 1896.
According to close estimates front
Thrtyt'r and the entire
l't-‘ti.
ctlurl concur-
Fairfleld County Cases.
(lthcr opinions \wrc.
i‘airlicld etiullty—-l~‘rallk Jaclm \5.
tlle American Tube A‘~ Stamping coo.
puny. .\'o error. Opinion by the
wholl- court
\‘an Zandt Jacobs Li (‘0 \s. lienjlt
min ll. Steiber. No error. (lpinioll by
the whole court.
Luther M. Wright vs. I". i). anto
early today. the parade would include
25,0oo men and women~for there
were hundreds of the. latter enrolled
n
from in town on out. Marshal James or at. No error. Opinion by the whole
L Howard and Secretary Walter court. . ‘
Balterson said they would not be our J. E. Wood. administrator. vs.
prised it the figure was larger than James ll. O'Neill. el al.
'Opinlon by Justice Thayer.
The court refused the application of
th ‘ No error.
Ii‘he city began to get into its gain
The opinion was written by .lllsttcc‘
i
was rendered on the cases of the up “I SMOKE
state against the United Electric Light
and watt-r company. and the fountaiu‘ Fillil‘lil'ltlt'l'. June ii While me
home of Mrs. Mary liiugokenclka. a
\tidow wzlh six children. was burn-
ing in lilt‘ ground at’ noon yesterday.
the Southport fire department be-
came lost on toe road answering
i the alarm, and the woman's entire
:plopert) was destroyed with a dam
age of about 85,000. Practically noth-
ing but a little of the furniture 0.1 the
first floor of the house on Hulls
l-argns read wa. taken from the lam
truck. at the back of which was {use
ened the heaty and lonrz hook and
ladder and with "Judge" Russell and
Thomas t‘arey on «a- lnttchiuo ht.-
started off.
(Continued on Fltth Page.)
1Ciliiiillliiiiiilil HOUSE ;
i. § Biiiifli BARB i’iRii;
llosriy no rain: Occupied by
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heads: tion of the British fleet. much in-
The British admit the loss of ferior to the total battle fleet of
six warships and eight destroyers. ‘ he Germans, engaged that fleet
keep their cars clean and frco Norman”? )Tfilt'l‘dfly and scores of bust»
the oil on newly oiled roads shouldmefis places blossomed out in the
avoid the Danbury nntl Norwalk. onu.SuIrs and Stripes and many more to-
tlk Bridgeport anti Milford turnpikead dl)’. Main street particularly lg n
l‘. H. Clark of Hartford county for
an order on a trial judge to the a
finding of the facts in the suit galnst
the George E. Sykd's
tile Iodors and Friends of
Mitosis
The Germans admit the loss of‘
one battlehip. one third class:
cruiser and several torpedo boats.i
They admit further that one pro-i
tected cruiser is missing.
Mlsol llsilllcl IN
soul limit lolltl
loner Floor of Building Illorougll-
ly launched and Some (lash
Taken
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! Philip D. Mason, oi South Wilton.
was the unfortunate victim of a mid-
night visitor last night. who broke
into his residence in South Wilton.
some time between the hours of 12:30
and 6 a. m., and. before he departed
relieved Mr. Mason of a valuable
watch and chain. an-i some cash
(which was lying loose within easy
reach.
The first floor of the Mason home
was the only section of the house in-
vestigated by the unwelcome guest,
but he completed his job thoroughly.
Everything within sight, including
etvery pot and span in the kitchen.
was hauled out and examined during
the "snacking? The sideboard was
given a. thorough searching by the
thief. but cash was evidently what he
was after. Mr. Mason stated this
morning that owing to some of his
family‘s connections with the per.
formaaoe given last evening for the
benefit of the Kent School, that pos~
sibly the burglar was of the opinion
that the proceeds of the entertain-
ment were taken to the Mason home.
Entrance to the house was gained
through a ground floor window. an:
owing to the quantities of half burned
latches which were strewn about the
floor, the light it gored gentleman
was not a professio l in every sense
of the 1rd. Matches J'ere used for
light du ng the entire search of the
premises. .
The discovery that the house had
been visited during the night was
first made by Mr. Mason when he
went downstairs this morning and
found- his possessions mlssing.’ ant?
other things strewn around in mg.
order. Not the slightest clue u to
f the thief could be
found. - '
and drove it back into harbor.
The Britigh control the North
Sea."
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
Wlllilll cllnlll '
till llliiltlllllMllll
Wilton residents to the number of
three hundred. turned ouLJast even-
ing and witnessed the entertainment
presented by the children of the
Kent public school district. which
was held at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Alexander Shlikerman in South
Wilton. Guests from Belden Hill. Can-
nondsle. Hurlburt Street, and sur-
rounding townehlpa. made the trip to
South Wilton by automobile and motor
busses which were donated for the
occasion by their generous owners.
The program as presented by, the
children. “did other Wilton artists
was as follows; .
Three sketches presented by the
members of the Kent School.
"Mischievous Matty."
“How Jimmie Saved Pa."
“His Aunty's Darling.”
Vocal so s. by the tiles.
Holliste .
“The Frontiersmnn.”
“Th'ér‘Song of tho Swallown."
Vocal Solo by Miss Marie Holltster.
“Springtime."
Vocal Duetjlv Rev. Hollister and Miss
Holllster.
Piano Solos _by Mrs. F. F. Benedict.
‘Madrllena.” . ’
"Scotch Poem." ,
“Dance of the Raindrops." (Compoo
ed by herself.) ‘
Recitation by Miss Martha Edge.
i‘Pttty Pat and ’l‘lppy Toe."
Violin selections by Charles Eckland.
accompanied by Carol Holllnter.
“Benedict's March}!
‘tnrebandef
Recitation by Marian McKeen.
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight."
(By a bashful schoolgirl).
(By a college girl.)
(By a dashing urgedionno.
"Robert Rein." -
At the eonlcuelon of this most enter-
taining program; which bad.boen re-
ceived with great enthusiasm, ta.
dis Hollister addreued _a raw re-
run- a to the audience. and then in-
vited them inside‘tbe spacious ll use.
where ice cream. coke. am. or
work and punch was sold. The affair
itself was held on the wldo veranda
Frederick
I’ H
, -Tl'y a Sentinel WANT anv.
p
The oiling of the latter was Just com !
menoed yesterday by the State lllgh-.
way Commission and it will latte sev-f
eral days before the road will be lr.‘
proper condition for travel. The oil-.
ing on the Dazlbury and Norwalk‘
Turnpike was finished from Wilton toi
Branchville yesterday’ and work was
begun from Norwalk to Wilton today;
The. district deputy commissioner pt!
his Bridgeport omcc said today that:
owners of vehicles and others would
not only benefit the commission byi
tithing roundabout routes. but wouldi
save themselves labor by obviating.
the necessity of cleaning the oil from:
their cars and machinery. About
12.000 gallons of oil will be required
for the oiling of the Daubury and
Norwnlk road. and for the turnpike.
between Bridgeport and Milford ml
the neighborhood of 20,000 gallons
will be required.
iii if DEPRSIIED
CARTRIDGES IR Mill
it Under lnlielleni Today
NEW HAVEN. 'June 3.—M. 0brado~
vltch. Chief lnspect'or of Munitions of
War for the Serbian Government.
which are being made here. was taken
to Hartford today. to be. presented be-
fore Judge Thomas oi the Federal
Court. charged with having tried to
send loaded cartridges through the
mail.» these being non-mailable.
Obradovitch was brought here tram
Bridgeport last night and held for a
hearing in court by United States
Commissioner Wright. The explana-
tion of the defendant is that he want-
ed to send some cartrldfl'ss‘mples to
another inspector In a. munitions
plant in Acton. 111.. and he presented
a package at the oostdllloe to be for-
warded by parent post. Obrad Vlthr
said he was unable to describe be
contents, and the postal clerk opened
the package because of its besvtnese
The complaintsgalast the Serbian "of-
floor followed.“
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HARTFORD'B Ila PARADE.
NEW HAVEN. Juno 3.—A force of
about 250, sailors and marines was
lauded from the bottleship Utah this
morning and entrained for Hartford
to take port in the preparedness par-
fContlntletl on Eleventh Page.)
lien Haven fin to Ansner For)»
- tract with the district. which will be‘
(‘0., of Bridge
blue of red. white and blue. It is
noticeable that but little busting 18
used, flags being dominant.
The New Haven road bad a number
or special trains on its several lines
port.
'lltlloltll llll EXERCISES
. Bill Hill IN this
That Tuesday's observance was the
best Memorial Day celebration held in
Norwalk in a good many years was
he unanimous opinion qfrmembers
l0 Bi INSllllEll llflll.
. of the Woman's Relief Corps to
.__...__. Douglas Fowler Poet. who were se-
The kind of lighting which the “V“ ’f‘ “mush! the dar'n prosram.
South Norwnlk electrical commission- “3“ “'0 met 1“! mum to submit re-
ers will probably use in the Second poggefigiffléfi “women's co 1
' r a s
Biii'ife‘ ihg'iii’ieii‘id‘iiiii‘u..ii‘& build!“ up. u inmauon. magi no
this section of the country. There {Elba-t 532““ i'l‘he “nuclei stand
.. .. “r." 1cm 5 .. .. can; artist... .
a soil. even luminatlon. be com» 3 re
missioners are now at work on this 3203;118:112; 31:11:25; I:vith the condition
phaoe oi the lighting situation. -
One of the main difiicultles that the “An “invitation to attend the Elk's
commissidners are facing is the de- J “3 I” “few“! in the Home on
lay in shipment 0f material. Because “3:;enfmn“filt 58099!“ last night.
of the freight embargo one firm will t“ 5 he 9 OPP! members will
not guarantee shipment even after 3539!“;t‘7éagofillroorm5. Washington
three months of loading. It is doubt- mar ii i bod“ oc . tine 14th. and
fut whether the poles to be used could 8 c u a Y 10 the Elk a Home on
secured within eight months. ’ 0“": M3111 street.
The U. E. L. & W. Company con-.
(Continuod on Page Nine.)
lug, to thank, homily. everybody who
acted upon at the district meeting had a 9‘" tn the success 01 Memorial
June 9. vFl‘ldIy of next week,“ exclt-i D” he".
lug much attention. The plant needs —-——-
to secure additional electric energy'
because of the tremendous increase in n f 100"“ 10
o o .
—-——--
business. With the signing of the
The small city dock to be built
contract the station wUl not only be.
cure more energy. but additional busi-
ness. as well.
./ alongside the west approach'of the
Exhibitors planning to show at the new bridge Will be "90‘“ by n 1"-
comlng Stamford Horse Show should Toomey "- ‘ cost 0’ ”9°“ The 0”
take notice of the date for closing thoi wooden spilee east of the channel,
entries. Any entry mailed up to mid-i ““1 bordering the bridge, '1" be re-
nlgbt of Monday, June 5th to the nee-f moved by W. W. Hubbell a: Company.
rotary. Edward King, room 114' 624 of- Bridgeport, at a cost of 8760.
Madison Avenue. N: Y. 0., will be so These two contracts were awarded at
“pt-(L a meeting of the bridge construction
The decision of the Executive Com- committee, lllt night. durlnx the
mitt“ to donate fifty per cent. pf mg. m of Which I0“? bids for mi) “I
PM. to the sumo“; Children's. these jobs were submitted and acted
Dome. adds onotllbr point of interest “DM- . , ,
to {he “low in mt g y." Mel-13] other bidl for the removal" OI 9.33
mm! be ampflghed by mm splles were; Mellon Barton Company
m, exhibition . “M one. (84.500: Charles H. Wells 88,400 and
int year a bandsolll‘o amount Wis-‘D- F- Toomey "33°- -
turnod over to tho Stamford Hospital ‘ Aside from the successful bid. other
“a it 1. hoped u.“ will an. !eol‘ bids as follows were submitted for the
entitles CLOSE JUNE s'rl-t FOR
Hones allow.
A rising vote was taken. last even-1
iOiiRiliiiREl ClilR.
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Between seventy-five and one hun-
dred tables were filled last evening. aT
the card party hm; under the auspices
of Court Cecile. Daughters of Castilc.
for the benefit of the Catholic Club‘
house. The affair was held in the
clubhouse in West avenue. and the,
tables 'were placed on the floor in the
dance hall. and in the various rooms
'of the ground floor. Some of the
decorations from the Kirmess were
1 left up for this affair, and made a very
lattracltve setting for the hall.
. Card games of nearly all kinds werel
.played during the evening'. each table]
,playing whatever the players wished.I
The progression program such as is.
lfollowed ouut most aliairs of this;
'kind, was omitted. .
. Gifts for high score at each tabief
iwere distributed. among these who
articles.1
i
(many useful and beautiful .
"1" “I"; William Howard. of Elm Elreet. waste SIIVflle.-—The AuItI’O-H .
(presented with a Sonora talking mil-i
‘chlne during the course of the even.
tng's program.
Dancing followed the conclusion of
e card playing. and this was enjoy—
ied until midnight. when the auxi-
broke up. The Sterling-Wellnlts Orr
.cbestra furnished music. Refresh—
iments were served.
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The committee in charge of
alfal-
the
was composed of Mrs. I. Q)"-
. Mrs. M. Howard. Mrs. J. Han-
and Mrs. Albert Rose.
i nest
' ion
RifiiiRS illiiliiii PLACES
At the last meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Court Laurel Club.,
Dr. Jobil O'Connor offered his reslg-‘
nation to the board. to go into effect.
June lst. or after the clubhouse had
been launched fof the season. On
account of his increased otilce werlr.
be felt he could. not do justice to
both. Hts resignation was accepted
to go into effect June 1st.
The directors then elected the vice-
presldent. Attorney Daniel Dowllng.
to succeed lDr. O'Connor; Dr. Daniel
E. Sullivan to suce'eed Mr. Dow ae,’
vice-president. and 'Dr. 0 or to.
succeed Dr. Sullly’bn as director. i
Also. at that meeting. a card mrty,
was planned. to be. held at the club“
house to buy necessary extra furni-
ture at o date to be arranged later.
June 80th is now considered ans
plclous. and one that wil not con-
flict with other societieb. Dr. O'Con-
exhibitors and a mm .313. will building of the city dock: Charles ll.
mug in mm”: im “out Wells 81.640; W. W. Habbell Company]
carry with R1 substantial benefit to $1,360 and McHsrg t Barton. 31.200. ‘l
t
ade there later in the In
_ o
. a very worthy charity. ‘
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nor is chairman of this affair. assisted
by the other officers of the club. Mrs.
,.Willlarn Ryan will have charge (if
the tables. '
lturod several more positions:
ESBJERG. Denmark. .
'june 2. via _London, June. 3.
12 :15 p. m.—Two Zeppelin Iii“
ble balloons are reported by W
errnon returning to port today-n
have been destroyed. On -.
airship all the members of
crew are said to have PM
The Avis Lamvig states-
pies oil the Thyboroli M
and that the entire crevv pert“.
The Ekstrabladt says fish
arriving at Ringkjobing say '
saw another Zeppelin .
yesterday some miles from
waters.
A fishing cutter today b »
into Esbjerb :4 empty
tubes. ' . .
LONDON. Junta. rasop.
—Llyod'a reports the
the unarmed British 8
Elmgrove. ,
The Elmgrove was ownedw
Glasgow. She was 3ro toot j .
3,018 tons’ gross. and was .
in 189s. ‘
PARIS, June 3, 12:30 p. .
In the course of repeated
violent attacks last night on; .
Vaux, on the Verdun front-
oi the Meusé, the Germans
trated a deep ditch north of
main French position. The ~.
ior of the works. the War >
lice announcement of today ’
is still hold by the French. .-
Except for this gain, the own
mom says the Germans were”
pulsed with heavy losses. . ”
Spirited fighting continuedf~
the Argonne. rust of the V ’ _ ‘
sector. Two German attacks ‘
of Fille Morte were beaten ’
BERLIN, June 3. by Wi »
Q
in advance into Italy, in
southern Tyrol. is continuipg
checked. according to ' '
statement from the War | ..-
Vi ‘ . In the district 0!)
the Austro-Hungarians bani
strategic impotance.
Acording to an official
ment: by the British Chane ..
the Exchequer, Reginald,
Kenna. the deficit for 191647 ‘
be made good by borrowing“
amount estimated at 1.33 ..
pounds. This will involve -
ing by loans. on the average
than 3,600,000 daily. ~
Emperor William is on I
of the eastern front. ithao
nr
officially announced. The N
ment says: _ . ~
“The emperor has left tb
group of Field Marshal vou-
army groups on the eastern
He arrived on May 3:;
army group of Prince ,
of Ban " ,
HAITFOD DRUGOIST BAR J.
Horry J. Ramsey. a ~.
No. “Llama avenue, nleti'
tion in bankruptcy in the “.55
yMerdu. and be mode
not have the WM! _
fee. Bis liabilities are listed
76. strum.“ of tho amount
scoops. nu ' coilslit of ‘
on hand, and k intrndo. V
liquor license. and be valued tb
at “.0“. . '
Norwalk Chronicler