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lurpliy liaated by President the
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Sane Medical Board flamed, With‘iievlspaper Alon Sec Poor Set on
Addition of It. fl. Morgan
lured,
'l'lw adjourned annual meeting of
the Board of.l)irectnrs of the Norwalk
litlnjiilili Association was held
Hub. and matters of importance were
transacted and dismissed. A new ex-
rt-iltlvt' committee was elected, Judge
John .i. \‘i'alsit was re elected as couiiv
M‘i, the presrnt medical board with
liw addition of Dr G, Morgan .\luren
nu thexonsulting hoard was retained,
the. ladies or Visiting lioard was-cg
appointed. the pl‘i‘nt‘lll auditing com-
mittee was again appointed. and a
building committee was what to be
appointed by the chairman at somo
future date.
'l‘hn meeting was officially o cited
by President .Mcliullen.’ und‘ir’y
member of the board was pr? ;. 110
minutes of the previous meeting were.‘
ii[iii[Nliii coho
then mud and accepted.
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The open season for hunting is al-
[Milly marked by a number of hunters,
gelling into trouble frolu not obeying
the Sunday and other game laws.
The. wardens are on the. alert. as
shown by the number of cases in court.
:lhputy Wardens Peterson land Miles;
each picked up a hunter oti Sunday
and Warden Smith was in Greenwich
on a particularly bad and important‘
case this morning.
liepnty Warden Jones. of Green
wich, met James Birdsell coming along _
the road Monday night and as he had
a gun Jones asked him if he had been
hunting. which Birdsell denied, claim-
ing he was taking the gun to a friend»
As his pockefa looked very full.
Uones wanted to see if he. litfd any,
game. and as he‘did so. lilrdsell threw
two loaded shells into his gun and
pointed it at Jones.
A fight ensued. during which both
men fell over: an enibankmeil. and
finally Jones/overpowered his l um and
took him to Greenwich, where it was
found that he had seventeen gray
squirrels in his coat and had been
last .
vulgunu in ”,9 mm,” of the {\‘orwaik ‘ oyster set along the Connecticut shore
Gilli WARDEN"
Some of the Privately tinned
Beds
What was purported to he an ex-
pedition for the enlightenment of the
public as to the true rendition of the
by the tiysler (irowel‘s' Annotation re—
solved itself into a meotmg of pro»
test against a higher rate of taxation
on the various properties owned by
its members. i'sing the absence of lid
prolific a set as they have been accus
tomed to in former yearS, which was
admitted might be due to the cool
slimmer. most of the members inter-
viewed reverted to protesting againstl
paying a tax rate of 20 mills, which
they feared would be levied on their
propei‘t y
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Lieutenant Frank C. Godfrey. of
.\‘orwalk. first lieutenant of the First
t'ounccticut infantry, which has been
stationed for some months at Nogales.
.\riz.. and which just recently was
mustered out. returned to his lwlili‘
in this city today. Frank is looking
as fit and physically perfect as a man
could look. and stated this morning
that the trip to the border was re.
sponsible for his condition. Asked as
to what the political sentiment was
among the soldiers Mr. Godfrey stated
that it was strong for Hughes among
the. men who had been at the border.
‘The Wilson policy adopted by the ad-
ministration according to the lieuten-
ant is not regarded very highly among
the. National Guard along tm border.
The lieutenant added that one cause
ifor dissatisfaction among the. soldiers
was that Mexican raiding pariies could
evidently cross the Amerlc
at will without interference. or pullih'il-
ment but should an American soldier
cross into Mexico, the penalty was a
term in the. guardhouse.
wise.
enthusiastically received,
when they arrived.
GROWERS~ Mill
on bordpr'lhat lie was opera
Lieutenant i
Godfrey stated that he had enjoyed.
the time of his life while on duty in:
Arizona and was of the opinion that
the rest of the boys had done like-
Orders to proceed home were.
however,
sou'rn nonwnut. corset. wsouasoav ocroasa .9. l916
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WASHINGTON. Oct. id.» The West
lndian hurricane, which has been
fdriving through the Caribbean Sea
Candflulf of Mexico this week. is rapid-
: ly approaching the American coast and
. is expected to more inland somewhere
between New Orleans and Apalachi-
cola, Fla. Hurricane warnings were
ordered by the Weather Bureau at 9
a. m.. to be hoisted between those
points. indications were that the
storm had lncrrased in intensity as
it neared the coast, and all marine
and other interests along the Gulf were
given warning.
AEW ORIII'IAXS. Get, iii.w The wind
Was blowing 72 miles an hour from
1the northeast at Pensacola. l-‘ia., at
8:15 it. ill. this morning. A report to
the weather bureau here said the
barometer at l'eiisacola showed 29.40
and a tide two feet higher (but nor-
mal was running. Fifteen minutes
‘eurlier, the report. stated the wind
XIX[ of aria
an inn iii
Victi-s, MM Wadi-able
to [unafra- Second floor
of lien fork lack
SUHOCAIED iii
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fuo [eateries Destroyed in Queens
was blowing 00 miles an hour from
the east and the barometer was 29.48.
A message received here shortly be;
fore 9 o'clock this morning by the
Borough With $250,000 loss
NEW YORK. Oct. IKHTWH more
[E was at
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aura ital succtss
Instr toners—wigijstoaing to
five Eaceptiaadi) Gifted Singers
Before an audience of music lovers.
and members and friends of the Hill-
fields School. the two unusually gifted
loingers, M. Roger de Bruyn and.
tMsdame Mercer! do Pins, gave last
evening the program of Songs which.
.wus announced in these columns lut'
l8sturduy. Both artists were at some'
:disadvantase becausoof slight colds'
ibut they overcame the handicap won;
derfully well and left the audience de
lighted both with their art and the;
quality of their voices. I
From the opening duel. Sui logo. by
Sga‘mbati, to the closing number ev-j
‘ery selection given was iiilt‘l‘estingi
musically and was delightfully ren-
ftiered. The program was the same as
[that which will be given in Aeolian
tliall. New York. later in the month.i
and offered a most unwual selection‘
of inusical novelties. .Among the
songs which were given for the first
time. or {lung from manukcripl were.
'eze. by Alvarez; (:illi‘il Sonr.‘
‘talm by permission of Ricordi and;
Company. iiurlcigh; Hevt’liie by Jami“;
ii. Rogers and. La lites by Fourdrain; .
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bile. stated that the wind there at‘
‘that time was blowing 90 miles andaeturing (impuny'g put. in Queens by u
telephone: Borough. bringing the Mr of vlc-‘ by M
connections between Mobile and New .’ tints up to nine. The M. of whom “fir ‘nlp. or from manuscript.
‘3” WW“ young women, 1“de “'1'”! Airtim. by Elorduy; Ode,
hour. All telegraph and
(tritium were lost after 9 a. m.
swept ruins of the Dye Manu-
. t‘, t‘oolr. 42 your: old. treasurer of the
lama—tolls it”
lttt iUSiitt nan
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Justice of the Peace iianlel l)uniop.:
oi Solllil Norwaik. was today award-
ed a verdict in his favor in the suitt
,brought by Ellaubeth Farrell. ol’
Bro-waters, New York. Miss Farrell
mallogedutiiat site use iniurcd in East.
‘\\'ashlngton street. on May 2ttth. 19“.:
land seriously injured. She brought1
{suit for $3,000. and the case has bet-‘ll‘
‘on trial the past two days before
Judge Joseph P. ’l‘uttle. in linnbury.
Judge Joseph it. ’l‘nylor appeared
for Mr. l)uniop. and today announce-y
intent was matte tlnil the latter had won
' the case. >
The, case grew out of a collision be}
.tween u motorcyclc upon which the!
. plaintiff was riding and the automobile '
lot the defendant which occurred at the,
.intersection of Washington. West .
1 Washington.
thiain street. in Norwnlk. on May 29,
‘ liild. ..
it was contended by the plaintid that
the motorcycle was being driven on
the right hand side of the street and
-thal the accident was caused by the
i‘action of the defendant in driving his
‘llutomobile on the left hand side of
- the street. (‘arelessness and negligence
on ill" part of’the defendant in oper-
mini; his car are charged in the colit-
plaint in the case. .
The answer in the egtion was a gen-
eral denial of the facts Set up in the
cr mplainl. The defendant contends
ting his automobile
on the right side of the street and that
the accident was caused by the action
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driving his machine against the defen’l
dent's car.
The plaintiff sustained two broken
bones in her left leg and other in-
ialrles in the accident which kept her
‘confined in the Norwalk Hospital for
. a period of twelve weeks after the ac»
:cident. She was a trained nurse.
Attorney Charles A. Hallock and
Judge John R. Booth appeared for the
‘j‘plaintlff.
smallish?
cat a iiiE DEPiii
Joseph Burke of 667 Howard avenue.
Bridgeport, was arrested .by Officer
Smith last evening. upon the charge
of assault on Cevi Popensiek. of the
same city. Burks bit Popenslek in the
right eye and a diamond ring which he
had on his hand lacemted it so that
it was neceSSary that two stitches be
taken in it. Dr. West treated the in.
lured young man. One tooth was also
knocked out of his jaw.
The fight occurred at the South Nor-
walk station and Popenalelr alleges
that Burke was the sole offender. He
said that he was talking with some
girls at the station ‘und Burks insult-
ed them. He told lit to M still
and then some frie do of Burks
grabbed his arms dud held him while
the latter struck iilm in the face.
Burk. was tiled before Jud“ m
H. Vanna-lb this morning sad was
found guilty and no And “0 and
colts. which amounted to m. lube
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hunting without ti license.
Six squirrels is the limit that may
that he had shot them on some private :
estate where the squirrels are tame. AMERlCAN {Rooks-
if-“iirllsell claims that ho had been drink-l .
sheila in his. gun; 'he simply wanted }
to scare the warden. but tlioNWarden!
didn't Scare and Birdsell faces serious g
. .
He was given sixty days in jail andi EL PASO. Tex., OCt. 18.—-Under the
{Was lined 315 this morning. :beading; "The Forces of the Punitivel
.Expedition Will Leave Mexican Terri-
- WM” WMKERS publishes a telegram from the private?
tsecretary of Governor Espinosa=
. ireies. dated at PledrasNegrns. Goa-
,"l have the honor of informing you;
that the international conference at
,' Atlantic City has been completely
l CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—The raMowisuccessful and the withdrawal of the
yorker-3' non-partisan assoolauon i Pershing punitive expedition from out
which is said to have 16.000 mam-”9mm” agreed “9031-"
tors, announced yesterday its oppoui.‘
1am to the Adamaoti eight ‘hour law. Below it is printed amounts from .
.fl‘iaroulh m national dalirmnn. W. J. i Mexico City dated October 12, which
“dressed 3 ctrctalnr letter to W. Qischeme as under discussion. adds: “If.
m. MM 0‘ the Brotherhood of‘ is laid neverthelclo thlt in the after-
M In which the
i troops of the punitive expedition would
m3”, conference will proceed on this buts
m, m, until all the existing ditlcultlco In‘
a cunn- Wm“
be taken in one day. and it is believed
ing and didn't know why he put the. m [[A'E MEXICO
(charges.
i tory," Ls Reforms or Saltillo, Coahutla.‘
' “wast 8 HOUR [Aw 1 h ila. October 11. The telegram says:
‘ The message is Blzned "L. Sanchez.”
‘ W, of Chicago. the association i after mentioning the border patrol
inoon session it was agreed blast the
economic leave the Mexican Republic. The
—Adrertloo n no lulu-oi.
(oinpany. and the chief bookkeeper.
three tantalum bookk‘bepers, the. tele-
phone operator and lhlfl stenogra-
pliers,
lnvestl More todd ex ed b)" . . . . l . . . . '; ,
that tints: who llzhodmed "‘11:; "ll :‘f‘l‘m‘ d}.l,:ll“{”-)U\iuld-‘XDLZII‘H; convention of the Grand Lodge of the
“" pr "”3“” o ““3 ‘” ‘ ' Knights of i’ylhias opened here yes-
effort to save. the company's books.
which were found preserved in a safe.
and were then overcome by acid fumes
ilt'lm‘t' the fixtures reached them.
i The property ion in tint-ted at
upwards of "70.000, hum; that iti-
eurred by the Astoria Veneer Com-
pany, whose pier. loaded. with log-
wood. was partly dmtroyod.
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SiEiiiiR “MARION".
RESCHES' fiSiiiiiii, Piiii
A party of fishermen from Rye. New
York. had a thrilling experience in
North Main and South ‘ Long Island Sound. ywtrrdaY. and but:
for the fortunate passing by and res.
drowned.
Max F‘rlese. a prominent fish dealer
of Rye, with his son. Max Frleae. Jr..
Frederick Meidringhsus. William C.
up in the afternoon the party attempt-
ed to reach shore. but in so doing the
vessel struck a rock, and lost the
propeller and rudder. As the boat be-
,gan drifting helplessly, Messrs. Meid-
ingbaus and Gladstone took to the
ashore. in the rough sea this was an
impossibility. so they rowed in them
selves to get assistance. On their re-
t‘he. disabled one was lost, and the
wind had carried it out to sea.
After some. time the steamer Mur-
ion. of the Norwaik-New York freight
line came along, and the captain saw
launch. He went about 200 feet out
of his course. and rescued the ship-
wrecked men. bringing them to Nor-
given every attention.
experiences. Meanwhile
of their rescue.
collation iiiliPiiiili
Commodore .Charieo H. Tompkins
well known to manyxof the older rest
cook. Oommtfiore pklaao
mutant in the Neptun Yacht Club
paid the loo. /
chm ..
skill and attempted to tow the launchi
turn with another launch all trace of
~that something was wrong with the'
land Etornato by. Mario Cotogni. sung:
. Roger de liruyn. Those sung
nine Merced dc Plus. for the“,
were t
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Goldmnrk; The Mountain (MSJ by
Frank H. Warner: Mondeszauher by
Novacek; Soyonsunis by libeiie iinton
and t‘banson dti \‘ent by Schlieder.
The Aria from L'Amtr'n Fritz sungl
her rendition of Schumann's "l)cm
.lieldvn" she gave an additional proof:
of her versality. 5i. ltoger dc liruyuv
til the Aria from lteginella showed
.unusutal ability and won the eulhusias T
tic applause of the audience.
Among the most charming of the
.seloctlonn were the three duets autho
;close. The first being Die. l-‘lucht by
Dvorak: the. second. Dein Bild im
5 Herasnsgrund. by Sohmitt-Cuanyl, and!
the last zigeunerlied by Novak. Thesot
numbers originally soil were urranged'
in duet form by the talented accom-i
-paniat. Signor Umberto Martucci who:
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:evenlng by his sympathetic rendering;
{of the piano part of the program. 3
: Both artists were enthusiastically;
Iencored at the close of the program
and received later many delighted ex-
ipreaaions of pleasure from individual
‘memberi‘a of the audience.
The school and the community feel
tgrently indebted to the courtesy a-‘v
3operation in‘ bringing the recital to}
pass. Mr. Cochran is a reatdent of-
Norwalk, and a man of wide musical.
experience. He is the American rcprt‘;
Gladstone and the engineer, Nick Rich. - semntlve of ndame Teresa .Corrcno.
started out early in the morning furl”... famous diam who is at present {itggznit'ffinsgngp "mum. of
a day's sport. When the sale came: in mp. country and f5 widely k“°“"“chequer g y
‘in musical circles.
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an ill limit .
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lArs. li.i.‘ilfpson and Mrs. J.
Wallace lAtrvin Guests of iionor
. at Hotel Clifford
A dinner was tendered today by the.
.Eaet Norwsik Improvement Associa-
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RUSSIiliS Aiiii
tiliiiiiiil POWERS ARE liiiii
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Elana fortituantl’s Troops Are Making Successful f»
in the Predcal Region. Driving l‘uikenbayn’s" ‘
Back
tiltii‘t‘ilitlats
iiiililS intuit SiSSliii
\VA'l‘Eitlii‘ltY. Ut'i. lbs—'l‘iie‘annual
terdny with about 130 delegates in at-
llrndance. The Grand Lodge rank wa.»
conferred upon 83 past Chancellors
tlnd there were about two knights pres
ent at the convention. a number of
them from Waterbury lodges. Reports.
for the past year were made by officers
of the grand lodge.
Grand Chancellor Frederick w.
Chapman. of Rockville. in his report
said: “i have vtbitod 85 lodged during
the term and have found the lodge:
generally initiating new members.
Everywhere a cordial reception has
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been extended me. and my subfi
of good will and brotherly love
always linger with ms. t
i would recommend that the statutes:
provide for a meeting of the executive,
at these meetings."
The grand chancellor also recom»
200 g
of 8150 per year: that the funds of
the. grand lodge be put into the cus—
tody of the grand trustees. and thnti
only such funds as are required for‘
retained iii the!
eat-
The “port of George E. Wright, of.
Hartford, Grand Keeper of Records}
;and Seal. shows on June 30. 1916, “.toda
.inenibership of 8.821. During the year 5 n l'
lift new members were initiated. 31!
were reinstated and ‘10 new members;
were admitted by card. During the:
year 337 members were suspended, 33‘
members wi hdrew, 145 died. 29 left.
lter 29, and one member was expelled.
§There were 70 lodges on October 1.
£1916. The. charter of Gideon Granger.
Hodge, No. 62 of Sumeld. was surrend-
Lered. The financial report shows 84,-
9 876.01 received during the year. The
{cash on hand October 15, 1916, was
11,878.68.
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Fair tonight; Thanh] Mucus.
itiiiililiils Miii hitch -
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iii[ litiNSiiiiiiii i:
French Troops Reported .lo [lave Repulsed
German Assaults in Sailly-
! Nth Yet interrupted Activity in Europiean
effective stand by the Ru »
[belligerent appuréiiliy
true along the unborn f"
continuous fighting in
Mid"! greatly ‘0 the “933“” 0‘ the'ordinutes. and the many expressionsiwith I virtual deadlock
"“110 far.
the Central Power: to 14‘.
board quarterly. i do not believe tn‘wedgc between the R
as one man rule. anti further. the ofv‘Rummi‘ng’ near Dom
ticers in line. gain valuable experience ' in the Southern c. .
lira an uncertain stage. Baillie
we made by ”it "W of ma'tteunerti. w. Cochran, the New En land re . . i ' e~ -
Marion, of the Norwalk-New‘York linoiresentutlve of M. Roger de lglruyn all]; X X1932:olhthc‘di‘dsszh‘dngl til: :XRM‘ reported the capture Of ‘-
some of ”Wm might have men‘Mwnma Mercod dc Pink. for m“ "0' annually with a trlireling allowance the
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Official announcements-
from the Ententc aide rt
against Gen. von Fal
armies along the Tran!) f
border and the sanguinuy
pulse by the French of
German assaults on the
French positions in Salli!
ei, on the Somme treaty ' ‘
The approach of\thc -- .
son is accompanied by no ‘
tion in activity in mood
European battle areal. "1 .
of them, indeed, the ' '
redoubled. This seems
Volhynh to R
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Further scum, u . ‘
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heights. lint Petrog‘rad
repulse of all the T
attach. -
Tanporarily, at least, titti-
of battle apparently has. c
along the Transylvania.
has conceded the stiffening,
the Romanian resistance
this from, and Bucharest ‘
v declare that King-
s tmops are making
cesst’td stand at one point at
'n flee Predcal region, ‘
Kronsuadgure pushing .‘
Falkenlaayn’s armies back:
the Ramadan viewpoint 3
news is reassuring, it is ‘5!
ed.
“Rain fell heavily (1
night." says today's Bri " “
ficial report from the i ‘-
Fnance. “Notwithstatiditf
we made progress at ’
c .
”don in the. Clifford Hotel to Mrs. H. J.|
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walk early this morning.’ The strang-
era were well treated on board and
This morning
they returned to Rye and related their
Messrs.
Gladstone and Meidringbaus had kept
up 3 search for their companions. and
were much relieved when they learned
[ills Iii illiiiiii
dents of Norwalk, died at the home of
his daughter. Mrs. A. Manning. in East
Orange. N. 1.. Friday. October 6th. He
had been in good health up to within
u for! days of his demise. when he had
a' stroke of upoplexy and never re-
gained consciousness after the at-
was
a well born Wilma in South
Norwatk my years on. A largo
number of our Mont of“ were
included
li‘lipson and it‘d-s. J. Wallace Marvin.
iThe association is very grateful for
the services rendered to it by Mrs.
Hipson during the past years, and took
this way of expressing gratitude. They
also gave the‘hnquet to. honor Mrs.
J. Wallace Marvin, as she“ is its newly
elected president. .
The banquet was a huge success and
most certainly did credit to the. asso-
elation.
tended it and all contributed to make
it an occasion that will-lous- be remem-~
bored. The manager of the hotel. Mr.
Gladney, providéd u bounteous. feast
and the service during the dinner
was excellent. The following menu
was served: ‘ . ‘
Celery 7""
Chicken on Riz
Filet of lole an Gratin
Roast Young Chicken Gihlet Sauce
Mashed Po Wax Beans
Bro est Potatoes
‘ Tomato Surprise
Tutti F‘natfi‘ice Crpum Cakes
Cream Cheese Touched Crackers
‘ Dem! Tune .
At the close of the banquet. a num
ber of speakers were heard him and
the subject of the talks was the work
of the improve-ant in
Olives
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hue-ummthoputnnd lt'lph-ol-olotutun.
death-f their fol-or Mommutbomnuh
umboaeeelvedmm “ammonium
About thirty~five members at- i
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BOSTON. Oct. 17.—The. United Sta-
:tes Circuit Court of Appeal ruled today
that members of the state militia were 3
still in service for federal military pur-f
poses notwithstanding their failure to"
take the oath under the National Da‘
fens Act of last June. This decision
reve es a recent order of the federal
district court .The case was consider.
ed a test of the application of the new
law. upon which disposition of similar
cases in other states will depend.
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, coma. Maine, Oct. 18.-——Neuriy
every building in the little village of
White Rock was destroyed by fire.
which started in a grocery store in:
night. The lose to unmatod It Odd,-
lpoints between the A -—J '
Data (1 and Les Bond‘s}.
av some prisoncrgfii
Romanian troops in ah“. “i.
deal regao' n, south of V
have resumed the offeimi
are driying back thc'T
forces’on the Transylvanana'
of the border. says an as ‘
nouncemellt issued late thil‘
' z in Bucharest- ‘
Three times last at 1.
Germans delivered attach
French pom'tions in Salli .
ti. on the Somme fronts
French War Office '5
that. the French mainh
their positions and ..
heavy looses on the
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French first line trend; - ‘-
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driven out. ,
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