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CDNVENVIDN
SinN ANNNAIV
MEN’S DUIIND
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Al SHEEEIEID
One Hundred Members of the
Organization Partalte of a fine
Shore Dinner on One of the
Hornalli Islands
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DALI SAME PIIDVED
A ONE“ EEAlllIIE
Sail on the Sound, Enjoyed on;
Boaro the Steamer Stirling
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JNDSNlNi; IS SIIED
lrs. Hannah I. Need Made De-
fendant in $11,500 Ila-age
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today made defendant in a MLSUU
Various Caucuses Held last Even-l
ing, at Which lime Delegates
Were Named for the (inning
Gatherings
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Sill SDNVENIIDN
Will BE NEID lDNNiNI
Various Other Towns Also Select
Their Delegates
Tm ~thh annual ”Hung (If 1“" “‘elitt‘iitt-in primaries of "re several
" t‘.‘ . oi the t'i'\ was lieiti‘ " ' ‘. . _ . . .
1mm“ :p\ out it \‘t «H! x- N W <outid \\.iltl> pf .\orw.ilk At‘lt' held last evt ti
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'tli‘.ll cotiieiitioti to he livid l the t'tty
i'otitt lit-om. .ti the t‘tty lltl llllllsllltt‘.
on North Mai-i street. this evening at
\ o'clock. when deft-gates will he elect
ed to the >l'dlt', toiigre».~:otiai. send
tiitlrfi‘tl and probate conventions There
“0 re no contest;s over the selection of
til it :.t't~~ hat tiitinto is action lit tug 'l.v
ill t‘\el‘) p tr'.":tl l"
rind was the most stit't-essttt‘. yet it“.
l'tll‘tlt'tl. AltoUt o.ie hundred nit-n welf-
.itntiuti in various industrial and bust-
Jiess enterprises were '. attendance.
and all assisted in making the :tIYa'r
:t pleasant and profitable one, The
Milf‘l \\'ii> made truth the Soii'h Nor
\ialk st..tniboat wharf on the strainer
Stirling. at H.210 (J'Cltit‘h. itlltl at'tt-r :i
nit-ligii‘t'ttl sail about the Suttiai for an
hour or more, landing was made at
the island. Here everything
ing made ready under the wilitieti‘
dirt -tion of it. Louis Price. tit guard-I
Start of the island, who was assiueti iti'
the preparation of the bake liy .\rthur
Lincoln, an expert in this line.
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llAllAN Siltltll i0 ,
_____ i HAVE lAllDll DAV PARADE;
”iii it“ titttittt ‘
SVDPS iDCAl ViSSliSl‘ "
rapidly being completed anti every in ‘
dication points to one of the biggest:
For" the purpose of enforcing the
motor btiat rules atid detecting \io
times in the history of the lodge.
.\ feature of the day‘s program will]
he a hie street parade in which branch-
es oi the society in both ends of the“
haters oi" the maritime laws. two in town will participate. The proces.
Iipectors aboard a power boat of the aim will form in Wall street. at 5
revenue cutter Manhattan visited the
L\'oi‘walk harbor this week.
devu‘al vessels were held up. among
llietii boats of Captain (‘arl .\. Auder»
was llt' .
- around the
o'clock, and will start promptly ft"
3:30 a m. for a march through lllt‘t
city. The line of march will b" “0“".
wall street and West avenue. through‘
sou. Captain ti. lflultl Price and some
halt" dozen others. On every bout it
“as stated that there were found to
be minor inl'actions of the government
laws. which are being rigidly enforc-
ed. Some of the boats lacked a life
preserver or two: others were :uinus
at set of rules. fire extinguisher. whis-
tle or hell. The inspectors warned
each one of their deficiency iti “hat
the government needed 10 make the
boats perfectly safe. and it is thought
nothing a will he heard concern-
ing the. 'rj'ier. Unless these articles
are seating}? itce the governmehi
can impose at y fine.
Federal .regflhtlo‘ns as regards pow-
erboat. equipment call for. among
other things, life preservers for every
person on board. a fire extinguisher.‘
a whistle. a bell and a fog horn. No
.tip Main street and through
North Main street, and through West!‘
Washington street to Franklin street:
where the procession will he joined by.
a delegation ot‘ marchers from lllt‘i
Second District. From Franklin street.“
the line will enter Monroe street, up.
South Main to Havilaud Sll‘tt‘l, donut
liavilaad street. tip Water Street and
Washington street. and back up the
avenue to St. Mary's church. wherw
solemn high mass will be celebrated
at 10:30 o'clock. After the couclusiout
of the mass the procession will reform
and march through Chapel and Leon-t.
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ard streets, again through \‘V‘all street.
North
avenue and High streets. back to Wall
street. to the Town Assertibly Hull.
where disbandment will take place.
From 5 p. ni.. until 8 p. m. a band,
concert by the. (‘olonirgl Band at Stain ‘
lord will he given in the Hour Square
in Wall street. At eight o'clock. the
.ball will be omcially opened in the
‘Town Assembly Hall. and dancing will
‘continue until a late hour. The
IColouiat Orchestra, of Stamford. will
[furnish music for dancing.
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other violations have come to light.
Two weeks ago an inspection boat
yisited the local harbor.
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' Residents of Calf Pasture Beach are
considerably aroused over the latest’
nrt-er of the Norwalk Board of Health, 1
nvhich orders the camp closed by to-:
morrow evening. A number of them.i
it is stated. will refuse to obey the' Under the auspices of the Toun':
order of Health Officer William J. People's Society of St. Peter's Gert
”The”. and a committee composed 0f man Lutheran church. one of the most
Hush Hunter, Of Danbury and successful functions of the summer
two business men of South was held last evening at the church
Ivorwalk. has been 113de to represent in Cedar street. The affair was in the
lhe other campers in the protest form of a penny social, and a feature
against the closing of the camp. tof the event was the fact that the
This morning the committee ens amount of admission was determined
gaged Judge Frank L. Wilder, 0f for each guest. by the number of let-
Bridzeport. to appear for them in the ter. that were contained in said
legal proceedings which are expected guest's name. ne penny was chaffld
to follow. for each letter. ‘
It was stated today. 8 Cedar street' Vocal and instrumental solos formed
‘girl. who has been at the camp for numbers of the evening's delightfui
some time, was too fond of the water. program. at. the conclusion of which
thud in some manner injured her neck. refreshments were served for the price
Some of the neighbors became alarm of one penny. A Columbia Phonograph
Ed and the report spread that she had was kindly loaned the society for the
paralysis. This was déaied by the at- evening by E. S. Adams, the uptown
lending physician. who stated that she phonograph denier.- and selections
damage suit brought in the Civil
Superior Court by Thomas N. Cooke
of Greenwich. who alleges that be ob
taitutd a judgment of Sll.t't.‘i~1.‘.".‘
against Edwin A. Weed. of whose
lestate the defendant was trustee and
tthat she refused to pay the debt and
also tet‘used to expose any real estate
tin-longing to the estate so that an
it-xecution could be levied upon it.
i iii the (intro of the plaintiff that in
l.latiu.try, 1:011, he brought an action
‘lll the Civil Superior Court here
iagainst Edwin A. Wood for Slimttto
'damages and also treble damages and
.I on May 1. litlft. he was given judgment.
of Sitttiltl with coats of 313052. \\'o-t'i
appealed to the Superior Court of
Error: it'ltl oii June I. last. that body
Illdiltlt'll down .i derision confirming
[the tier .:lt|li of the Superior Court.
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(in June :a. li‘Itt, lteputy Sheriff
Lincoln Taylor of Stamford. made an;
attempt to tollcct the amount with
interest tthit ii atiiouiited to 311.034 ‘3?
from Hannah '1‘ “Wed, who “as titis
lt‘l‘ ol' the estate of Edwin A “'t't'ti
and who held llln estate. but >llt‘ re»
lust-d to pay the itidgtiittit and ai-a:
rtl'ttstd to upon,- any i‘t‘al estate he
longing to Wet-d. upon “lilt'll the t'.\l‘
t‘IlllUll (tttlill be It\lt'd. ii is claimed
by the plaintiff.
,BillE ISIAND CINB
‘ HAS MASNED DANCE
.\ most delightful masquerade wastl
esenteii at the lielle island Club last.
ennui. liewitching costumes tlitted'.
hall upon the hundred'
|irr~ll_\' lass-les- who took part in the
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affair. The masquerade “as very eucv
cessful. built from the social .-.. well
as frotii the financial
Dancing was the main ll attire of the
that the young ladies never danced so
gracefully as on llllrs octhsion. Mrs.“
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916
Fair tonight and
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NEW EANNIES~
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Placed Puncture Producting April-E -
atus in the Streets of East.t
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BRINGS ENENCN AND E
liaunah T, Weed of Greenwich was:
Gordon Davidson and Moe
two yomhful residents of the Eastj
Side. became possessed of a misc'niev-t
ous desire to see someone "sweat"l
yesterday afternoon, and a: a rut-anal
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WASHINGTON, Aug. ix—l’resldenti
Wilson summoned representatives ot’
llNES (JENSEN TDSE
Crack German Regiments Holding lnportani POIIM'
in the Battle Zone—Successes Againstthe Bulgarian
Along the Serbian Front in Macedonia lire RW‘ =
‘NNSSIANS ARE SAID l0 BE NESNMING ADVANCE
AIDNS INE ENIINE ASIAIID
Great Britain and France Reachan Important Bechtel? 1
Concerning the Finances ol the Countries
[be assured.
’prograui rendered and ll was certain nit-cling shortly before noon to court the Country Club which netted one
Illl‘ employers t“ employee involved
in the threatened railroad strike, to
tile \\'hite Hound today. for confer'
llltl‘fi to discune proposals which have
developed out of his original plan ol
settlement.
Arrangemeutn were made for the
rt pri-setitatives of employ-es to see the
president at 10:30 o'clock and for the
itpresentatiies of the employers lat
‘la- four hrothe'l’iood heads said on
entering the While House that they
did not know why they had been
called by to proudest. it was under-
stood President Wilson wanted in get
their views on legislation under con
saturation to prevent controversy in'
the future. .
Railway presidents today were ecn~'
fronted with a number of objections tol
their tentative plan for meeting lhet
union hrotherhoods' demands by grant
ing the eight-hour day on conditions
that freight rate increases and public:
They arranged anotherl
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sider thehir special committee's pro
posiil. and it appeared possible that a
i F of accomplishing the desired results!
layers and we sto urtlier
ll . n . .fastcned in the butt end of a railroad!
l Conan“)! the lint: louse: signal, upright in the middle of the.
‘ 4____ ‘ road. Iiut tor the timely discovery oil
the puncture producers, by Harry}
'80” "BflIwus lwalk young men who were passingl
I lover the thoroughtare in an auto. the
idesire liishop and Earle brought that
tboys to the police station yesterday"
iafternoon. and llllrs morning they were
paroled until the L’ud of September. by
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RUIN" PM B. lot “I" Owens. of \\ est aietiuc. chairiady of;
idle Community Club‘s police matron
"0' 8%. I'd Comment-onward». was in attendance at the:
, trial, in View ot the fan that the.
Comssiell Ill Act I ‘
1 Richard "Black Dick" lwlahanty.
was arraigned before Judge \‘osbutgh
yesterday afternoon. in the downtown
court. charged with drunkenness. and
841.36 in all. for his undignihed
descent from the water wagon.
(‘harles Balog, the downtown rest-
dent who gave the residents of Sea-
President Heel Solutions Ell~i
iplaccd some large spikes which were‘
iliarle and Franklin Bishop. tvvo Nor-t
. 'vounrtstern might have attz'iLned their)
ID. lAlE INCREAS
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IJudge \‘osburgh. Mrs. Benjamin li.‘
.youzigstcrs were minors.
breach of the peace. Dick was filled
view avenue a shocked surprise on
.Thursday evening. by doing a promo
nade tip that street in very scanty ate
tire, was fined No.41 for his caper. by
Judge \'oshurgli. yesterday afternoon
Joseph Smith. whose continued case
“its to hate coiue'up yesterday after
noon iii the city court. tailed to ptit in
.in appearance, a'td ins Eltt bond via.s
totfeited.
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The Garden Contest Committee of
“Midi“‘m‘v’ in"¢'3iigtillt)n of future wage disputest the Community Club is greatly plt' .seii.
with the result of the bridge party at
hundred dollars. Besides this sum
the chairman of the committee has
\\'. C. Smith. Mrs J. S. Brush and final conclusion would be postponedicollccted thirtytwo dollars towards
Mrs. C. ll. llellmer deserve much
“credit for the time they spent in train-r
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int: the children ittr this monit‘ntuust the chances oi a rate increase: There. with no special solicitation. simply a
Such gifts ,
dances the interstate Commerce Commission are heartening. and our city is surelyioflmio slaw committee at a meeting statement of Aug. 22. The Oil“
affair.
Exhibitions of the various
were given. Old fashioned dances were
very popular turn the tuinuet was re
ceived with mtfch applause.
individual members.
until next week.
These conditions weighed azitinst
is no means of assuring what action
might take, particularly luaeuch an
the prizes, the total cost of which \HII
be thirty-six dollars. The money came
statement of the needs.
interested in this project.
incest to consider wage standards in be held as usual at 63 Wall 5
Pour single dances were given bytdealing with proposed rate lncrensesfltifliti to l0230, Miss Mary Rider 'will teniber 19 and 2t].
tpreviously it has indica‘fed unwilling: Saturday at the market.
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NEW LONDON, Aug 23.~'i‘he tier-
tiiait steamer \‘V'tllelind. which was lil-
It'l'fll‘tl :.t lltlrltill at the outbreak of
the litirepeati Wat. and which sailed
from No ton yesterday by way at the
t‘ape t‘od Canal arrived hire this
morning, having passed into lA-ng ls-
latid Sound shortly before 9 o'clock.
. lleavy tog lit-lo up the steamer during
the night, htit the weather cleared at
ltlllyltl't‘iik and the \\‘illehad pin-needed
here and came directly up the harbor
.to the new State pier. on which are
friew storage sheds of the Eastern
il‘orwarding Company. the American
lagency for the German line of sub
tmersilile iuerchantmen. t is expect-
jeti the \\'illeliad will tie tip there for
Jan indefinite period of time.
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lSlAiE DENDSIIAIS i0
‘ DAINEN Al NEW HAVEN
NEW HAVEN. Aiii'. {Ll-The Dem-
‘here yesterday. voted to hold the
“hi”! “'“i ; stutt‘ convention for the nomination ‘ center was yielding to the 3
ate ticket in New Haven. Sep-
The
ofast
Jenn liellmet strong influence of big shippers prc‘t-i be cashier. and Miss Mary (‘unntngtprimartes Wm be determined later.
presented an aesthetic dance in a very ‘ ably would be thrown against higher} ham and Miss Marvin will help Misst (man-man David [-1, Fitzgerald and
pretty manner. Muriel Curtis appear
ed in the dance of the bitttertlies.
Anita Generick in a rose dance. and
Miss “'tiolridge was seen ill a summer
dance.
l-‘it‘ty-onc dollars and fifty cents was
cleared from this affair. which will he
sent to the New York American Fund
for the building of a Baby Hospital.
iPAPEIIS IN SNIiS
SERVED 0N Dill
Papers were served yesterday, by
1 Deputy Sheriff Nelson W. Benedict, on
Acting City Clerk Saabye, in favor of
Elizabeth Geiger for damages to the
amount of $1.500. The plaintlc claims
injuries sustained as the result of a
fall on the slippery cover of a man-
hole. in North Main street. on March
18th. Papers were also served on the
city clerk, by the deputy sheriff in
the case of J. Burt Getchell and Rob
ert H. Scott vs. City of Norwalk. in
which it is claimed that the damages
and assessments made by the city on
property effected by the East. avenue
layout were unfair. The plaintifl’s are
gepreseriled by Attorney Jesse Dun-
ar.
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NEW YORK. Aug. 25.——Tbe epi.
demic of infantile paralysis shows an-
other big drop today 'u the number of
new cases and deaths reporzed. Dur-
ing the 24 hours ended at 10 n. in.
there were only 22 deaths and 9e new
cases, the lowest number in a month.
pvould be much better off at the camp from this instrument were also fit-
tban at. her own home in Cedar streetdoyed. ‘
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109 new cases.
rates; President Wilson‘s stand fortliallock.
an increase would amount to little if‘
he should tail of re-election: regard-i tries 01' the lloys' and Girls“ Achieve
less of other hazards. new rates could. merit Clubs is what is called
.not be put into effect before
next; liretid Club." Any of the children who'
March.
iwould like to belong to thc Bread;
. The four brotherhood heads re- : Club should give their names to Miss t resigned and Frank t‘oe was elected. successfully in the center. and
mained with the president an hour until Hallock or Miss l'inneo at once. They
a half. but would make no statement| will then receive instructions. froiu
ton leaving. The president kept the Miss Sprague at swrrs College. as to‘
;Cabiriet waiting for an hour to con; how to make bread: they practice:
itlnue his conference with the railroad. making broad according to these in-
tmen. ‘structions every week from now i‘illi
‘ “The situation. in so far as we are: October 8th. when they send a loaf.
concerned." A. ll. Barretson, spokes-t to Storrs College. If this is goodt
.ntan for the cmployes, later said. “is’enough it will be exhibited at the Nil-l
Homer 5. (‘uiitmings were empowered
()ne of the most interesting indus u, obtain a 5m“. organizer at a gaiaryi'rhe statement follows:
of $2.500 yearly. Announcement of
‘ ii“ the selection will be made in the near?
future.
James Sullivan of the Bath district
to fill the vacancy.
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SNEENNIDN ANIDNDBIIE
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Yesterday there were 31 deaths and]
gabsolutfly unchanged. No complete:
concrete proposition to which the rail
. roads will agree has been tendered us;
;0ur position is exactly the same as lit
5 was when we accepted the president’s}
i plan.’ We have deviated from it in no
‘way. whatsoever."
i:SPNINGEIEID liiDIIEI '
DANS IN 'DDiIISIDN
SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Aug. 25.—A
street car discharging passengers in
.front 0 the Fiberloid factory. near
Indian rchard, was struck by an-
‘other car this morning.
Fourteen persons were injured“
Nine, of whom five are seriously in-
jured. were taken to Ludlow Hospital
and four were removed to their
home‘s.
MEXICAN CONGRISSIONAL ELEc.
TIONS.
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 25.—The De
partment of the interior is formulat-
ing a. decree calling Congressional
elections. it probably will not be is-
sued until returns are in from _. the
municipal elections to be held Sep
tember 3. Those elected under this'
decreerill organize a constitutional
mmbly to consider reforms in the
Constitution. ' ‘
tional Dairy Show in Springfield. and
may take a prize. This surely is worth
trying for. Six girls and one boy
joined this club last week. when 38%
liallock told about it at the Market.
Nobody» can say the Garden visitors
are not vitally concerned with the
success of the children. One of the
little farmers had an order to deliver
some of his produce at a house on
West avenue, when the quarantine
order was issued which kept him on
the hill. Hie visitor found his plight
and that he was greatly concerned
about not keeping his word, and de
livered the order herself.
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IINIESENEDNDED
The Norwalk Board of Health
though Officcr Charles L. Thorpe, to
day began the work of seeing that the
state lawsconceruing sanitary regula-
tions of barber shop: are enforced.
Officer Thorpe will pay a personal visit
to all the shops in the city within the
next day or two. .
Notices were also sent to the var-
ious libraries in the city. calling atten-
tion of‘the librarians' to the fact that
no children under fifteen years ofag-i
are to be allowed in t‘:e buildings uns
til further hotice from the health
board.
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RUNS INID A IIDNSE
‘ ‘Iast night somewhere around mid;
,night. Morgan Ii. Wilbur, of 47 Church
istrcet. Greenwich. Conn. was driving
‘his Oldsmobile touring car along the
.‘Conaecticui Turnpike. and when he
ineared Scribner's Lane, a horse be
longing to Joseph Erdes, of Spring-
?lot in ich it had been pastured. and
i ran in f of the machine. The horse
twas badly injured. and was attended
yby Veterinary Iii. Ray Powers. Erdes
Eand Wilbur came to the police station
together for a settlement of the case,
but they were told that it was a mat-
ter for civil settlement. and not within
the jurisdiction of the police. It is
probable that no action will be taken
tea are known.
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iDANIiE DEIIIDIl SINNS
IN DEIANANE NWEII
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 25.—-The
barge Detroit. in tavo from San Juan
with a cargo of molasses. was sunk
in the Delaware river off this city last
night in a collision with the steamer
Delaware, .iutbond for .‘Yew York. The
crew of the barge was rescued. The
than ”00.000.
'wood avenue. broke out of a nearby.
until the extent of the animal‘s injur-l
Detroit‘s cargo was valued at more
MADREPAS
The complete occupatiouwd '
. Maurepas brings the French “‘2-
the English advanced linen” -‘
Somme within two miles of . '
bites, the advance on Which '
greatly aided by this tor-weed
movement. Maurepas formed m
of the principal supporting M
between the Somme and
highway from Albert to 3!“
paume. and also was an hum D»
ant strategic base ‘by reason ‘
its situation on a plateau dams;
ing the region towards the .m-
The Germans have placed C!”
the line against the French I)“ at.
tween Hardecourt and cm
fifth division of Bavarian ' ‘
sian Guards. Thin Guard (11 '
is commanded in person by '
Eitel Frederick, the “curl
the German emperor, and
3part in the fighting at Ma
‘ Guillemont. where the :t.. '
thave made progress, is W
‘ fended by the Kaiser Wilhelm
Regiment of Wurttemburg. .
Successes against the BulguS.
iann all along the line of the 3!!!»
him front in Maedonia ane ' roe:
iported in the Serbian oracle!
merit declares that the Bulgir‘lw‘fi;
ipressure, and that the palm '
previously designated for M
bian occupation were being , "
:ed and held by Serbian t .. -
t “On the right wing dictum"
been an artillery duel. ’ ‘
“Our offensive is devcléfidrit
t Bulgarians are being pushed
gradually toward the frontiers?“
[captured 208 men of the ‘
Bulgarian Division. _
“All the enemy‘s counter-I,
ttacks in the vicinity of the f .-. :
‘ier and on the left wing were W‘
pulsed. . .-
“The positions chosen by. ,.
headquarters are being occ .
and held."
It is announced that the' . ,
sians have resumed their ad ’" '
along the entire Asiatic iron
The premiers of Great
ain and France, the Finance - ”
isters of the two nations, and. ' '
resentatives 0 {their financial,
kindred interests met at. C - 1‘
yesterday and reached au'a '
ment on important financial, ',
ltern. it was officially annou "
'in London today. ‘
i “A conference was held ye! »
day at Calais," says the ,n
iment. “between the French .. . g
iBritish governments. A comp
Iagreement was reached on -
subjects with which the cm
ence dealt. An arrangement
concluded regarding pa .
abroad and the maintenance
exchange between the two c-
tries."
There is. therefore. not die
ible the slightest effort to - .
suede Romania to ant
course than one due to her
initiative. The latest dish.
frm Bucharest indicate it
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