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Police Arrest Driver of Truck and
and ltider of Motor
litllillitii’Olt't‘. Nov. 29.7 A man
and a child were killed and another
vivid was perhaps fatally injured yea.
buddy in three decidenta in this city.
ank Brown of Frank street, is
the man who was killed. The child.
ltiynmnd Devak. eight years old. of
mo Seaview avenue died in the
lludgeport hospital. Dominick Demos,
on. years old, of 255 1-2 Catherine
meet is in St. Vincent‘s hospital suff-
«Arm: from a lllli‘dl‘ fracture of the
skull
brown mm a lndilla‘li‘l‘ in the cm-
oloy of James lloolan. a truckman.
He was instantly killed when be top-
pled from the “’44)“ be was driving
1 Wells street and Honsntonic are-
do9 at 2:45 o’clock yesterday after-
Vllon. His skull than factored when
:t wheel passed over his head: His
body was taken it) the morgue of
firitinan and Mythic. by Dr. S. -l.
. .Amnlti of the Emergency ambulance
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corps. ’Wtcenien John Kelly and
Harry Green‘reported the fatality to
Puliue headquarters) Medical Ex-
.nme" Samuel M. Cnrlick was un-
“HP to learn where Brown came from
what relatives he has. if any. and
whether or not ilt' had a home besides
the lloolan barn
Struck by a motor truck on Boaton
avenue at Helen street at 4:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon a boy, Raymond
lievak. son. of John Devnk of 2120
Seaview avenue. 8 years old. suffered
a fracture of the skull that resulted
in death in the Bridgeport hospital
at 7:"~0 o'clock last night. He was
not identified until late last night.
by his father. Rudolph Claw. 19
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‘ wears old. of 1453 Pembroke street.
,wvs arrested charged with man-
slaughter. A truck he operates for
the Standard Manufacturing company
killed the boy.’ Lieutenant William
i)’l.eary arrested Clsty. Aubrey E.
Burlison, chaufl’our of the ambulance.
felt-phoned to the Second precinct rel.
carding the accident and the arrest
renul'ed. Cisty says that he was driv-
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003 an nits
_ _ WARNING 00 0008
Why girls should not flirt with
cirmcc acquaintances was recently
. proven by the experiences of several
local young ladies whose. names have
been suppressed by an edict from
polite. headquarters. It seeing that
the young women became fast ffiénds
With a young man whom they had met
by chance. supposing that he was
single. All went well until last Thurs-
day when Mrs. Edward Petrick. of New
‘York City. Joumeyed here and report-
. _. 'cdzthe‘condition of affairs to Chief of
fiance Pennington. She did not ap-
-.. prove of the deluge! her non-lovabh
Husband, and she stated that her hus—
" 2 fund had a bad habit of running off
with other girls.‘ She told Chief Pen-
.nington'that she found a letter in his
pocket Wednesday, gtfing the address
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Junior!!! reigned supreme and Mrs.
Patrick 5 kod her grip and came here
.to‘iglvo' no warning to the young lady.
Sue carried out her plan and she was
"rm bind that her husband was
so
insomniac as to have several girls
“on manta-tag" fanned-.0! one. They
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der to lower Stars and Stripes
3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.4.3199: d1...
patches to the State Department say
the submarine which sank the Amer»
ican steamer (‘hemung on November
26 flew the Austrian flag and that the
steamer was destroyed by sheliflre as
well an torpedo. They repent there
was no loss of life, and that the crew
had opportunity to leave the ship.
The destruction of the American
venue] is generally Iegarded an forc-
shadowing another crisis in the rela-
tions of the United States with the
Austrian Government. from which ex-
planations of other submarine episodes
have long been awaited.
The attitude of the United States
will depend. of course. upon the (m
cumstanccs governing the cane. con-
cerning which a full report will be
made by the American Consul-General
at Valencia. The dispatch states that
the ship was not torpedoed until the
crew was removed This leads to the
conclusion that an examination was
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SAYS Alililllliiill
SCH00l R00ll8 Nlllilli
Superintendent in I. Chapman
Prepares llis Fourth Annual Lla-
pori to the Board of Education
Superintendent lra T. Chapman. of
milled his fourth annual report to the‘
A scorn nonwanx. count. wannnabav. NOVEMBER 29, 1916 -
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letters of the Party in the South.‘
era and of the on, ’6» To-
getter
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An organization of no mean im-
portanco was started last night at
the parlors of Hotel Mahackemo. Out
of 40 men notified to be present,
about 30 responded. The workof
this organization is purely demo
cratic and in for political matters of.
feeling city. state and national elec-
tiona. The work done last night wan
preliminary and the different subjects
discussed were of importance to lo-
cal democracy. Everybody was en-
thusiastic and appreciated this move-
ment as a long felt want.
Among some of the things [import
ed by this organization is to bring
a closer alliance between the demo—
cratic voters of the district, to pro-
mote good local government. to work
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heard and to lllu't‘ permanent head
quarters.
Attorney Joseph J. Linxweiler‘war
unamimously elected president. pro.
tem., Thomas P. Horan was unani-
' niously elected secretary.
The committee on permanent or-
ponizavion are as followu: Jo. J.
. Linxweller. Chairman; James T. ow-
ie-s, Jon. J. cmono. Robert 6, im-
cheli. 'l‘. l'. Hornn, It. A. Leary. Levi
[for the betterment of city at‘r > to
have meetings at which pn-minont .
state and national oratora Will be
Burdcick. (‘orrcluls Ryan, Lewis Po-
gany
tlvrcilcl‘. chairman: li. Wm. Horford.
:James J, Powers, Jeremiah (Egan. A.
l M. l’ohlman.
(‘ominiltcc
f (lhlotio,
j llorzin.
, Committees are all to report at the
‘next meeting to be held within a
fortnight. The next meeting prom-
laes to be full of interest. and a large
i attendance is expected.
intuitions
Pilllllilil’s lift
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I MERIDEN. Nov. 29. ~~Patrolman
‘John J. Custy had a narrow escape
from death this evening labout. 10
lu'clock when an automobile thief
:whom he was pursuing fired five re-
ivoivcr shots at him. Cusiy retaliat-
J.
Keboe,
on
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ed with five shots. one of which
wounded the escaping man in the
left leg. fracturing the thigh. The
prisoner. James Melly of Boston. was
W. i. illiiliii
Well-known lerwaiklaak-
or m lea Ill an a
Few Akita.
Stricken in the Nor-walk
Club
Niiltll mum
imnnsuu
Director and limiter of
Many of We lead-
ing Institudu'l
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With the mentor“ I‘ll'pl'lst’ and nor
row, Norwalk lant night marked the
[tanning of another native son. Wil-
liam Anson Curtis. of ls-Wcat arc--
nue, who died very nuddeniy in the
other of llr. Waller Hitchcock. den-
plte the superhuman efforts made by
both Dr. Walter and Dr. Dexter Hitch.
cock to hflYP his life. i
The news of Mr. Curtis's death
came to the members of the deceased
family and his boat of friends as a
bolt from the blur. Members of the
tanuly and near relatives are prostrat-
ed with grief over the sudden .lcmise
of father, husband-and friend. while
the boots of friends left behind mourn
for the deceased air a true friend in-
deed. l' ‘
Mr. Curtis spent the early part of
last evening at the Norwalk Club. in
Wall aimt. and appeared to be the
perfect picture of good health and
happiness at that time About 8:30
o'clock. however. he stated tiffit he.
did not feel as well an he might. and
said that he was going to go home.
and that he. might punibly stop in
the doctor's once on‘tbo way. He
was accompanied by one of his
friends who was attire. club at the
time. and when the sidewalk wins
reached.’.\lr. Curtis was discovered
to be in a critical condition. The
office of Dr. Walter Hitchock was
the Norwaik public schools. has sulvl
taken to a hospital. He is charged‘reached after some difllculty and there
lWiih theft of an automobile and as-l the .nick man was delivered into the
sault with intent to kill. The police;
- ,llreceived word at 8:5 o'clock that :1.
32:35.0! education. and in n my Ford runabout had been stolen this
J,evening in Sprinufiiid. f
Last your there wer J Pursue: hi“ -
name my“... in the Ffagfigeggdpifii About an hOur afterward Cusiy saw
Putnam buildings. This represented: the machine pass through the city.
an enrollment of 533 pupils. The sex-1H“ started pursuit in an automobile
sions for 'each morning class were‘ which stalled near the citv limits, An
from 8:30 to 11:50 .and for each after-i automobile coming “it" ”‘3 city was
noon class from 1:00 to 4:15. Seven commandered and ”’9 policeman
Part-time Claaaea.
rooms—three in the Putnam and four
in the Franklin—were thus taking the
place of fourteen rooms. When
Washington School was opened in Jan-
uary. seven part-time classes were
transferred to that building. conse-
time schedule.
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(Coutinued on Eleventh Page.) '1
social 00000 if
lilililll’l’lll, 000 fills
Mrs. Pike, Spirited to Stanford,
Says ller fluid: is lined by
Confinement m Sanitarium ~
xnw roan. Nov. 29.—-Mrs. Ar-
thur E. Pike. of Riverside Drive,
whose beauty and wealth _won her
the attention of .the nociety dancer
called the "Tango Thief." in again
in this city. She fella of experienoen
in a private nanltarlum which reads
like a tale of fiction. . -, .
For more than two yearn. Alta.
Pike said yesterday. aha has been nub-
iocted to treatment which reduced
wrxnokod her reason. .
trough aha doea not chm -
aicai violence. Ibo canons the mitt:-
meat in an initiation with haul-ado
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quently all pupils were again on full-t
‘Pflf
caught up with the stolen machine
at a garage near Barnes Bros. peach
Iorcbard in Wallingford. When Custy
.stepped out of\the automobile Melly
noticed his uniform and started to
run. The oflicer ordered him to stop.
.but the thief turned and started tir-
in: at the officer, who was less than
10 feet away. (‘usty returned the
fire and one of his shots hit the
mark and the. wounded man fell to the
road. He has $87 on his person. He
is 23 years old.
Attorney Cnueo’s _
Auto Was Saved
NEW HAVEN/Nov. 29,—1.0 a colli-
sion of two automobiles on the high-
way- in Montowesn. just outside the
city. today. Mien L, M. Crabtree.—of.
Boston. known _in theatrical circles
' as Lotta M. Crahtree. was slightly ’
hurt. The patient was taken to a
private hospital here. g
Miss Crabtreo's machine was pro;
ceeding through Montowens. when it
was utmck head-on by a small car
which had suddenly darted out from
behind another machine which was
running ahead of'lt. Moe Marita. the
driver ofthe colliding car. was slight-
y hart, re‘celv ug attention.» anti»
hospital} _ i.
Dr. Nichols, of North Haven. who
attended“ Cnbtm-ond bath!
to the hoapital for observation.
mboflond liaa Crnbtno W
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care of Drs. Walter and Dexter Hitch-
cock. both of whom happened to be
present at the time. Both doctors
worked frantically over Mr. Curtis.
but about 8:46 o'clock he suffered a.
convulsion. and never regained con-
sciousness. The cause of death is
pronounced as angina pectorie.
William A. Curtis. born in Norwalk.
Conn. December 7th, 1849. Ho en~
tered the employ of the Fairfleld
County National Bank, as a young
man. remaining with them in various
positions until 1874.'when he was
called to The position of assistant
cashier of the Home National Bank
of Chicago, where he remained it til
1876. when he was rebelled to or-
walk to the position of cashier of
the Central National Bank. a position
he has filled no abiv and well from
that time. until his death.
Mr. Curtis has held many responsl.
bie positions. being president of the
Norwalk Savings Society. trmurer
of the E. H, Hotchkiss Company and
a director in the Mianua Manufactur-
ing Company. He held the position
of town treasurer for about forty
years having succeeded Ely-B. Ben-
nett, who had held the autos for fifty
one years. He wana director in the
Lounnbury & Bissell’ Company. a
member of Our B thers' Lodge. 1. O.
O. F., and a corpo. to member of the
Norwalk Club. -
in the death .of Mr. Curtis the‘com-
munity has lost an honored and val-
ued citizen. and his friends who was
ever loyal. trugtful and helpful.
He is survived by a wife and daugh-
ter. Mai Ovlngton, and‘ two aintus'.
Rebeccoand Hattie Curtis. The nym-
pathy of the community and friends
goes out in unntlnted manner to the
bereft family. He wan the non of Mr.
and lira; Elbert C He spent the
greater parrot bin It in thin city,
“(one of kin truest characteristics
l0liilliiil8 nun
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”adult lleniiieana ’Amtnbie
to Celebrate the Work of tire
Fakfield Dannty Drganilaiiaa
There was a Joyuon and lively cele-
bration at the Casino in Bridgeport
last night in the. form of a reception
tendered to Republican National Oom‘
mam nun um mar ALL PA". 0' m m IV A "IOIAL WlRl AND DUI OWN OPIRATOR.
Probably rain tonight I
mitteeitau John 1‘. King by the Fair-5
field County Republican'Organization.i
More than 1,000 persons were present.i
many being representative republicans,
from several parts of the county and-
Stile.
Norwalk was repersented by the fol-
lowing: Congressman E. J. Hill, Ar-
thur C. Wheeler. Edmund E. Crowe.
Judge Joseph R. Taylor. Edward J.
F‘laherty. John D. Milne, Nelson W.
Benedict. Nehemiah Candec, Judge
William F. Tammany, Frederick H.
Quintard. Edward B. Doulens. William
F. Hoyt. George ll. Richmond. Harry
"W. Mather. lrvlng Byington. Cramer
C. Hegeman. Jacob H. Schaub, Clar-
ence (‘rofoot. (‘htzrlen ll. liiiworlh,
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Northwest of the Capt—lain ltuniauian Lines Are lleld- .
lug Firmly, But Even there the Teutons llave Cap-
notionalj
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LOCAL AND TELE-
GRAPHIC NEWS.
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no Thunday
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James Maniiy. of Reynolds street,§
East Norwalk and in the. employ of'
the James Donneily stationery store.
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the freaswer of the fund Ila: ite-
eeived 3 Check for $438.21
The butineas meeting of the Com-
lHE 000m Point
Slilillliitii Pills llllil iifllilli 30 MILES 0f CAPIlAL
Diplomatic Officials Are
leaving for Jassy. Near the Russian Frontier
‘ Only to the northwest of the
,capital do the Romanian linen
:seem to be holding at all firmly.
‘,and even here the capture of Cut—
itea dc Argon, on the Argentina
*river, although tiita point in
ieighty miles distant from Bucha-
;reat. stems to indicate a makeu-
ting of the Romanian resumes
in this direction On the soutwut
{the peril is imminent, with the
,cnveloping movement of the Con-
.tral Powers placing their forces
on South Main street. was attacked] muniiy (‘lub on Monday afternoongwithjn forty miles of the Clpittl.
and badly bitten or the right leg yea. was made especially interesting by the!
ierday afternoon by a big. brindleifact that the committee in charge of.
bull dog. The attack took rlace in;
the yard of the owner of the dog.)
the ArmenianByrinn Relief Fund made
their report. The report was a most
News dispatches have reported
ithe Romanian ovemment and.
;diplomatic officia n leaving Buch-
a Mr. Benton. of Raynyond intact: interesting one as it showed the reinstate" for Jug" 300 miles north-
The boy was taken to the oflce off
Dr T. It. Bradley for treatment and
the wound was cautertfl-d by the
physician. "
of cooperation and the 'way in which
a body of women working together
can accomplish much anon in a abort
time. - Junt five days befone the day
least of the capital, near the Run- ‘
‘nian (mum. ‘
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i The rapid progress made by,
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hm" was delivering . but)" apoo which the collectiona were made oaneneral vim mamyn". am.
the. home of Mr. Benton when the dog;
Jumped for him. He turned to run,
out of the yard. but the dog followedi
his attack and seized his right le:
The hull dog was very vicious an
the boy was unable to release him-
self. Han'y E. Scotleld and other
employee of the American Hot Aland.
facturlng Company, who saw the
boy's predicament. went ,to his aidi,
and succeeded in pulling the dog:
'away from the boy and in making his,
redone. his grip on the boy's leg.
Dog Warden Thomas F. Warden was
summoned and he took charge of the
dog. which will be held for the re-
quired number of days and then dis-
posed of. The boy was taken to thel
office of Dr, Bradley. where he was’
treated.
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The doc warden, in an interview;
the streets theciub voted to take
charge of the collection for the Ar-
menians and Syrians. This action was;
taken at the suggestion of the Rev.
had a very unusual speaker. the Rever-
end Doctor Unher, who gave them a
moat stirring account of the condi-
tions in Armenia. Mr. Slipietm’n
church volunteered to send its collec-
tion received for the fund through the
Community Club if the club members
[would undertake to raise money from
{the town in general. This work was‘
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lies moving east in Romania 0!
icourse has been largely madepoa—
visible by the operations of "the
Sonhn Siapieton of the South Not-walk Danube force: under Field Mar-
!Congregational church. whose church: shal
von Mackensen. Flanker!
out of the Alt Valley position. by
the crossing of the rivet: at:
Zimnitza. the Romanian line
along the Vedca running diamf
ally northwest from the Danube,
likewise in imperiled by the Teu-
‘tonic occupation of Giurgiu, an.
advance from which would quick—
,ly compel a Romanian retreat.
Rear Admiral Sir John a Jet-h
licoe. commander of the British
fleet, was today, appointed Flint:
in Hill 000'
with the Sentinel reporter. emphas-l
iaed the fact that all vicious and ugly.
tempered dogs which are not to bite;
must be disposed of at once. and he _..._..._
also said that he would be glad to full NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov. 29’ij
vestignte a'll complainra received by'of undetermined origin last night de~..
him in writing. stroyed a four story brick building in
l the wholesale district in Water street.
ioccupied by the F. C. Bushnell Co..
iwholennle grocers; the .i. F. Scholi
00a $80,000 000000
JUNtOR LEAGUE DANCE.
Ladlca' Vlaiting Board of the Hospital
Cigar company and the Standard
to Act an Patroneuea. Rivet and Washer company: Esti-i
The Junior League'dance. which it! mates of the loss range from $80,000‘
to be held tonight in the Town As-.and upward, .
sembly hall given every promise of -' The fire started shortly before mid;
being one of the most successful 90. night and was not controlled until an
ciety functione' of the year. Every- hour later. At one time the blue:
one interested in the hospital is most' threatened to spread to other large
C Sea Lord of the Admiralty. being
succeeded in icomman of 4b:
Grand Fleet by Vice-Admiral Sir
David Beatty. who commanded
the British battle cruiscr squad-
ron in the Jutland naval battlé.
Serbian troops yesterday capo
tured the height northwest of.
Grunishte, on the Mfledonian
front east of they-Coma river; the
French War Office announce; A
height east of Hill 1050 also was .
captured. A violent battle is in
progress northwest of Monastir.
With the exception of the Ru-
Planet.
enthusiastic over the prospects for
an enjoyable evening and the most
satisfactory results.
The Ladies? Visiting Board of the
hospital have consented to assist. thel
younger body. ‘They will act as pat-
ronensestand will enlist in serving a
buffet luncheon during the evening.
The Board in as follows: .
MrnAleo. D, Betta. chairman; Mrs.
L. M. Andrew's. Mrs R S Barclay.
Mrs Percy W Brooks. Mrs. F, l. Bur-
nell. Miss Elia Byxhe. Mrs. J. .l.
Cnvanagh. Mrs, S. W Cooper. Mrs.
John Crawford. of Wentport: Mrs.
Leo Davis, Hrs. Jean Dumorticr, Mrs.
Howard E. Every. Mrs, JamenA. Fan
reli. Mrs. John F. Ferris. Mrs. L. C.
Green. Mrs. H. Wr Gregory. Mrs.
Games F. Hall. Mrs. R. G. Hartford:
Mrs. Walter Hitchcock. Miss ‘ Jone-
phine Hurlbutt. of Cannondaie: Mrs.
Lester Hyatt. 'Mrs. Oliver, Jackson.
Mrs. Isaac Jennings,
,Jovce. Mrs. F. A. Lane. Mrs. L. A.
Lehmaler. Mrs. H S. Lockwood. Mina
Emily Lynen. Mrs. JonephJMcElroy.
Ali-s: n, McNetton, hire. '1). Monroe,
urn. urn. Morehnule, Ans.— Loni:
Nash. Ira. H, P. Price. LII-null. H.
Quinta-d. lira. 0. lunacw Raymond.
1. Raymond. Ira. L; J. Roy-
“aoida Ira. LLMnImJIhd-flle
Senor. In. Frauen Seymour. Ira.
II. c. Sharer. Ira. mug Smith: In.
“ Kate human. III. w. J. Tracey. R1
l Home.
Mrs. Fannle‘
T mercantile establishments.
ifiracg Glrls’ Friendly
fields A Sale
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Under the auspices of the Glris‘
iFrlendiy Society. of Grace church. a
ldeligbtful sale and entertainment was
'held in the parish hall linCroas street.
yesterday afternoon and last even.
inn. / _ .
in charge of the booths yesterday
gaftornoon'were. Miss Lulu Pressuer at
3 the ice cream booth. Minn Antoinette
. DePierne and Miss Pansy Duniop at
‘the fancy booth. Minn Lucy Howard,
'and Miss Anna ‘Presnuer at the candy
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booth. Mien Edith Foster had charge
of the tickets. and Minn Stella Oslo:
presided over the grab bag. \5
The afternoon and evening's sale is
believed to have been a great success
both financially and socially. Two en-
tertainmentain 'tbe' tom “of abort
snatches f‘Ticketa Pious.” and. “Happy
Dan." were presented durlntthe ev-
ening. by a number" of the younger
newborn of the society. _ 5
A victrola‘ furnhbod music for ’danc‘
lug. after-the concluaiu‘u the two
{pan Refreshments annotating of
non cream and cake were and dan-
i inn the
booth. Mrs. Mary Kenny at the cnket
manian front, none is more ac-
tive ,at present than the Mace-
donian. Whatever may have beds
the result e retent heavy
fighting , regarding which
German an Entcnte accounts
disagree, the a ied armies do not
3 appear to have slackencd the force ~
‘ of their offensiw in the Monon—
tir region. . . 7 ,
Paris today announces an: im- '
portant advance by theSex-bians
in which two heights were cap-
tmrod, notably (in: to the north-
west of Gnmiabte. east of the
Coma river where on effort eVir
dently is being made to bring the
line up to a level with that with-
in the bend of. the stream; too
wards Monufir. Meanwhilea‘i'iy‘
advance is reported by the Ital-
‘gu in the region to thawegof
m, where a violent bank
in mature count of which
progrena has bem‘made'
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