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f, READ THE SENT!-
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trio»: INDISPENSA.
331.2: FOR EVERY
juoUSEHOLD.
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ESTABLISHED 1870.
”En—to?! at the South Nomlk Poet
Ofllce u Second Clue Matter.
Snow or R'ain Late Tonight
RM" ' ,
TWELVE new
my DAY or: Lugs
LOCAL AND‘ TELE-
GRAPHIC NEWS?" '
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intuit
“lull IN lAIR
nun CASE
‘lduessiug Contest." Says Attorney .
‘lllein, Malling Final Plea to lury,‘
Which is lion Out
tuition—ulna !
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_9 Nil
«Shannon Asserlsit May he Inmate of
Woman’s Albany Place
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‘\‘Jtoldiny;' the scalpel of cold, mcrti
lean argument. State's Attorney Hom-
rs-r .‘5. Cummings yesterday afternoon
"nought to convince the jury in the
C’I‘A‘lllllfll Superior-court that William
.lt‘ Blair [and Jack Dtrvereaux writ;
”guilty of manslaughter in the death
{ of Mrs. Margaret Fair. whose. body is
"alleged by the state to have been
>" found in the. woods 1:1 iiaricn on Jum-
‘ 26, i914
Accused Seem Unmoved.
While Mr. Cummings unleashed in~~
' nominated. relantlesh‘ logic. to plow his
‘ '._;,t:.ontention, William F. Fair and Jack
» Jitgverenux,‘ the accused; did not look
, Eda-ins direction. They kept their tltlzv
‘ - averted. Behind them was thc bitt'll‘
" ton of the. Woman which the ;.t.1ll-
clnlms war. Mrs. Fair and so near llinl
1
Lu
Ahoy could almost touch the {31.11111-
ann'ic remains mom Mrs. Margaret
\ lt‘n‘rr, the mother of the accltscd, and
plus brother. Occasionally as the “state
Shade: telling points they conversed in
- whispers and the aged and gray moth
'ur. in mourning for the death of her
bombard]. Fair's father, looked with
’ " the couliarity Loader glance of :1
‘ in the direction of her act-11s-
motile
~ . on son.
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WF—o—
,NSMNlll Mlll' Hill
' IN SlAffNNll SPRINGS
fitml Wort by Firemen Saves New
* Brick factory "
. I“
,. STAFFORD SPRINGS. Jan. 4.- The
wwooaen mill building of Smith 1'\-
Gooley. south of the railroad station
was burned last night at 8 o'clock.
With about $50,000 loss. The com-
pany is working a night shift. Tho
ty-fire employcs escaped without
rt .15, although lhe lire spread
. swiftly.
’ The building was used by the com-
pany’s flock and waste departments.
in! the floors were oil soaked and
alike, rooms {all of inflammable mn-
l'orilyl. A new brick..faclory has re-
_t.by been completed and this was
31th only after strenuous efforts of
the fire department. The fire des-
t’r’hyed the connecting passageway
andébad passed through the fire doors
”w‘tbé brick building before it was
" ked. Railroad cars containin:
were pushed out of danger.
intuition ,
mmwu
vBlLAouLghiA. Jan. 4.—The ac!
1
hinterland" murder of Maizie Col~
pummel. have ‘suddenly nar-
to it mellnite search for one
apparently battled a
limo." .
c revelations of two wo-
Gemnntown. a suburb
.. é"‘polii:e believe they
.m'an who entered the
on can): Friday morn-
_ to have ridden to
lighting ywo “women, pro-
e taxicabfrom there to
, imminent, . , -
‘ts‘o-womeh‘it}: said. an
eruption qt, the man has
iAIN ANN
AEVEREANX
lelNl) SUNNY
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End of Sensational Trial Charging
Both Men With Manslaughter
"‘ CLEMENCY intuition
RElAllliS [WING » ,
nutrition IN DEVENEANXS out
(lame Here This Week to work for it Tookllnly 3 SW} Time A” De»
Norwalll Tire and Rubber co. t term the Men 5 GM“
SflfthleiilD
NENNlNEN SHOT S
‘ PROVE fAlAl
~—
Frederick Simmons, Wounded llim-
self Twice in the Ratchford llo-
tel, and Died Today in Norwalk
Hospital
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Frederick Simmons, 11 former resi-f . t , - 3
dent of Wallingl'ord. Conn, and lull-lyl At 2'30 OdOCk this afternoon
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cmploycd in the Norwalk ’l‘n‘c nudithe jlll’y 1n the' Fainand Dittie-|
lttmbrr t ompttny s tnclory in \‘1 mm- ‘ “aux manslaughter case l‘Cttil‘l’lCd
punk, shot himself oncc in tho ln-nll , , .
and Olll‘t" in thc body sometime ycslcr-; a verd'ct 0f £131th With ”com“
day, in his room in llalchl‘ol‘d‘s llotcl,‘ dation for clemency in the
. .. . , , _ ‘men
1.1 .uuin slrcvl. llv- died this morning} -
about 0 f Dcvereaux. The prisoners
.. o'clock. in 1hr- No‘rwalk lios-lcasc 0
l'lliJ trom thi— self-inflicted woundsflwere charged with killing Fair's
wnlloul making any statement rcuurdl . . .
in: the reasons for the taking: of hisi‘w‘fe m Danen'
own me. 5 The jury wac excused for lunch
.1.n.ntons, about .l you: ago boartl- at ! o‘clock and returned to court
ml Ar Norwulk for some time. bul lcl‘Lf , .
ll is (ity and is belicvcd to haw bcvlllat 22I5. reaching a verdmt five
in .\'1 w llavcn. Three days ago he rev ~ ’
.‘ . l‘.
l 1111.11 in Norwalk. scrutiny: 11 position 5 minutes late , .
in tin Nor-walk The and Rubber l‘om It 1‘ CXPCCWd tha‘ they WA“ be
party‘s plum. and look up his rush i f
, , se tenccd th s a temoon.
dour-r tn Italchlords Allllt‘l, in Maiul n
é~lr-"l Ht- worked for two days. but
y1:-ll~-ill;1y morning tlid pol arisv at his
usual hour. l’pon being: called by.
:omconc in 1111‘ Altilt‘l. in the morning!
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Mani Gill .
izt- answcrcd that ho was going to get}
up L‘ucr. During' the day he was hoardl
Walking: about his room, but his dool'A
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t'onlinuctl on Eighth l’agc.
' ANN DOWN BY Alllli
‘FNNN N’COAMASN PAYS
' mm of licmbrandl's Sistvr,” by item.
1:11e collector about a year ago.
, obtained
-
lPopulé‘r Employe of the Connecti-
. cut Company Injured on Back
1‘ .
nun r01 PAlNllNl}. "“' 1...
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: morningr.
{ cot-lit r of lloyl
Elus \‘l' (lray.
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.._.._—_—a a .ml-
\‘t'hilc aliuhlini: from his car this.
to turn lhc signal :11 llnl
and Main streets, (‘y ,
thc well-known local‘
hl‘mlul. yuslonluy bccamc llll‘ lll'Oll'PI‘ 1r :iicvmnn was struck by an automo-l
l_\~ of .lolm :Vlt‘t‘ul'llllll‘k. the t’nmouswh, owm-d and drlyln by M m. PNN
”NI ltynor, “h” bccamc known ““ "n‘ lit. of Now l‘anzlan. who was on his-
“l“ war to tho Sclmz-lml trial in tho on
tho fm'ml” picture f”“llitown court room. Mr. (tray was
licnty lleinham 1k Son. No. 661': Fifth tlnuwn lo the pavement by the ma-
H‘THUP' . . _ iclnne, but was not seriously hurt.
“H. “NW Wm] ““5 MW'M'O' 'l‘llt- accident happened a few lilo-l
NI‘IYV YORK. Jun. -l.«'l‘ilc “l’tir-
ll is”
the most expcnsive picture the “‘“mlnu'nls before ninc o'clock this morn
l:.1.~' l‘lll‘l'hllr‘cd so for. 11,1: and front all appcarunccs sccms
’l‘lw last reported snlc of thc pit-110‘ bf up to Mr. l’ctlit. Mr. Gray
lure of llcmbrnndt's sister was in “my sloppt‘ld his car at llll' corner of'
“"5" ”131 when 1‘ l’ormt‘d 0"“ 0“ ”WA Mam and lioyl 51s.. for the purpose
principal works of art of the tttntous."
collection of the Marquis ofvt‘nrcano.
At that time it brought “b.3011, al
li1r= Georges Pctil Gnllcry sale at:
l'illir‘.
A Striking Portrait.
The most striking.' thing about thc
portrait is the remarkable resem-
blance of Renibrnndt's sister to~ the,
artist. She has the same facial con-y'
tour. the identical forehead and n1-
of setting tho signal which is locutcd
at that place. lctlin'; off of the plat.
[mm on the left hand sidt‘ of the car.‘
lhc motorman started to cross the:
strect, but was suddenly run down by:
the I’ettit machine. as tho driver at-'
tempted to pass to the ltjft of the
standing trolley. This action alone
constitutes a violation of the lrnlllcl
rults oi the city.
blr. Gray was knocked to tho pave-
mCsI the sump hair, combed back in; mom with considerablc force, and his"
the characteristic Rcmbrandiant man-i hm; and hips were injured as a re-E
1191'. However, the face is feminine." suit of sustaining the main force of}
in the ”extreme. while the lime of. the impact. with the machine. The irrl
licmlu‘andt is extremely masculine.
The picture of the beautiful youm:
girl was painted about 1633. whcn
the artist was comparatively young.
Yet it has the typical Rembrandt
(l‘vittroscuro. or use of light and shade.
It is strongly illuminated from the
left The strong light throws that
side of the face into high relief. whilc.|
the other side is in shadow. ‘
lgs-of‘mébofice striving to solve' " The subject of the portrait is ylt\1'~1lcss some internal injury which has
troyeo turned slightly to the right. her,
head turned to the spectator. Shin
bad light red' frizzled hair. and Welll‘f.
'peatl earrings. The blacktbodice, rich~I
ly embroidered with gold. displays :1!
white collar at the throat. t
On An Oval Oak Panel. I
The: portrait. is painted on an oval.
oak panel, 20 1—2 tithes high and}
'15 3—3 inches wide. it has more iui
crmnnon with the example in the
Lichtenstein gallery than with any
other olivine series of portraits of
Relubrandt's sister. "
The first considerable art purEhasedA
by John McCormuck was recorded
last March, when he paid about $10..
001) for the Blakelock landscape,
"Spring Rook Cove." ‘
‘lewo Weeks later Mr.
McCormnck|
“bolted. deodrtm’ents
5 «reported ‘* *'
or tn
ion ‘1;
paid $20,000 for a Care
the. auction of the.» n
to .Audreujf’Reodman‘.
Nymphs Bathing.“ ‘
landscape at
tings for the!
.> The title is
jurtd man was assisted into an auto}
mobile owned by l“. E. Lockwofl &l
to. and drivrn by Thomasll’lcllltoney.
and was taken to his home in Pros-g
pill“. avenue. Dr. Kellogg was summon}
ed immediately and medical assist-
ance was lcnucred by the physician,
who stated that Mr. Gray was not
seriously hurt, beyond a few hard
bumps. and a severe shakiruz up. Un-
1
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Put yet made itself known, appears. it
is lot expected that. any serious rc-
f'dltS will follow. ‘
I111. Pettit has not been arrested as
yet. but is fully aware and admits
that the Accident was his, own fault.
The matter may possibly be settled'
out of court. Mr. Petlit was driving
the Dodge car which was stolen from
that Sunday evening. ’ ‘ ‘
Owing to the fact. that he was due
in court at nine o'clock the New
Canaan man was unable to assist Mr.
Gray to his home. himself.
John Dorney was the conductor in.
charge of the trolley. at the time of‘
the accident. '
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if ”youvhad been a good Sentinel
classified advertiser, at. .the time you <
secured your preseutfposltion. per.
haps ‘you" have ‘loutld one paying!
twice" the salary—and {with . twice the
chanoe'lor useful service; ;- ' A
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.more, than $50,000. from various other
Sing and escaped while working with
New Haven and lines Regu-
lating less Than d lots
llllli tom
[Allin ltltllllll
Officials Make Concession Howev-
er, on Freight The”: Necessary;
Traffic heads at thodargeat rail—
roads in the country coughed no relief
from embargo condltlo until after
the summer months of . llmtd pos—
MOVING noun nus ‘
ADVANCED n in new
Proprietor Samuel J. llanlor El;-
plains Why This Important Step
Has Been Taken
llllSSl
Proprietor Samuel J. Rumor, of the
ligno’nt Theatre. today. announced
that, beginning on Monday, January
8. the admission pricc for motion pic-
turt‘ cnlcrlainmcnls would be ndvanc~
cd, lllc fulurc charge being raised
to ltfltcn cents from ten cents, atI
which the. pictures were first offeredl
——
1mm» 11s on the scale chm-gill in the
past and the prices of the Broadway
attrtltlions. which arc not regulated}
by ‘illl local theatre managcmcnl. but}
by lhc producing companies. will be:
kept a.» low as possible. Mr. l(antor,l
in :1 statement explaining tlu- mlranctnl
outlined various increases which he'
has had to mcr‘! and Mncluzled by
rttyior that it was tilhci' :' "‘50 '1t'
sibly not then. This ’iact became
known. today through high otflciall
sources of the New Heron road. ‘
To meet lllefitt unforeseen condi-
tions, due to greatly increased indwn
trial output, the shortage of card andI
the congestion on the re rlcled tru_c_k-
age of the big lines ofif‘mng New
York, Boston. Chicago. hlladelphia
and other cities where properly vat
ties are a big factor in land acquisi-
tion. drasllc rules and re lotions for
handling freight are bciu framed.
No longer will the met 0d of [KW-A
ling a car for through hllipmenl of 4
icon titan maximum car capacity be.
possible to shippers under the joint
arrangt-nlnnt of railroad transporta-
(Continued on Page blunt.)
mm...
salon cunt" ” e
in man HIM cu
Stranger Asked Him to Take M. 'E.
A ll) ccnts for all balcony
looming the i-lll“di""l which the;
hOIlM' has l‘l‘?’llt'll 'ml 4'“ ircs ‘9‘ “”"‘““”““‘“‘"’“"m
maintain, or in ‘ln- wt " y‘ it
'ht» latter 1:21» -‘.vv".l l ": ""AJUDGE SHUMWAY
count Whillt v ol‘lll bcl‘ .. 311"") l“?j
public.
(continucd on sixth page)
WM 3 .IS mum to
MANAGER nuns RAISES . SUPREME 00"“
was it ill Filth-I'M“ c... 1.1111
ed for Another Term of 8 Years
lftcauso of llll‘ lli‘oltibilivt- tldvilncl;f ”UATFORD' Jan, IUOY‘ .‘llzlrcue
1n litt‘ rcnlul piiccs ol motion picture] “' l (’1‘:"A“b._“°(’li “l’ 1““ ‘(AUW’S Uf
t‘mlurr yell-uses, thc numuucmcnl 11-."""“>““‘,"“t"“‘ “A ("'tmm‘l'l“ “’1‘ fl
llh‘ l’alut'c theatre has announccdi”H‘Ul‘” “1"“ ““10”!“-
nu incrcanc of admission ply-ice, to NS'WMYV‘ff’ ‘9 SLOW“? Court.
do in court on Monday. January 8}, ‘1‘“ “WWW “if“ “0 “ml“ m 80nd.-
3l‘ho how ‘rale makes the admission} ”3‘" i" “Wm?“ r" "‘9 “Will? “'91“
21?“..“‘l’?,‘"$‘1"il? .‘t‘. itfi.“"..;‘.iti“i’; it
~ ... ..1 lli_' ‘t""
1:; nuts for all nn-hoslld seats. an “swam“ justice of the supreme
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'l‘ln- rental price for feature filnw.
n REMAINING no ” ,
IN lllJMANlAN noun tn
sun ill in or MAlCllIN
tun mun nun culul owns 1
Is 110111 110110 {1101111111 nu noun»
No operations oi Importance Reported on Any
Other Fronts, Despalches State
has becn steadily increasing for thug
p.151 two years, or since the advent,
oi the greater motion picture. Now"
tln- increuscs have reached a point
whrrr. tho exhibitors must lilkc one
court in succession to Justice John M.
'l‘lmycr. who will relirc on March 15
by trason of age limitation; of Judge
(finalles ll. Waller lo the court of com-
mon plcns of New London county for
,uytothcr term of four years frdm Feb.
" ' “es: thev must raise lhc’ , _ . . ,
0' two 00“” ' ‘ l3 nut: and ol Justice licorgt‘ \V.
Pettit’s Dodge Auto to Crew’s
Garage
A hearing in the cam1 of Nathan
Schurlmt, the lT-ycztr-old son of Her-
man Schachut. the Main slrctl store-
"' MOW“ who has 1’0““ held ““99 SWAN bio on the ralsc in price, and tho
day night for the theft of a Dodge]
car brimming to M. E. l‘cltil, of New’
Canaan, was hold this mornim: before
Junnl- Lockwood in the uptown court.
Nathan \vns represented by Judge
Juscph R. Taylor, and once more, es.
rates .lf they wish to continue with
[the same high standard, or they must
‘3.) cut of business. ~2xhlbilors do
Arnl wish to institute a lower quality
of motion pictures, and so they must
choose the former way. Munaucr (‘ol-
itns, of the Palace theatre. said today
that he had held off as long as possi-
Whtclcr of Bridgeport lo the supreme
cont! for anothcr tcrm of eight years
yfrom Scpt. 7. 1918. The. appointments
lull! go to the judiciary committee
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(Continued on Twelfth Page.)
room; from what looked in tho bc-
cloning like a sure conviction. The.
‘311M‘ \1 as continued until Monday, Jan—1
nary link. for the purpose of sccut“
in; further evidence. and Schachat.t
was let go on the same bonds of $35ll.i
want. havc nlrcndy bceu furnished. 5
Thu case was an interesting 0110..
and the court room \rns wcll fillcd‘
wltcn the first witness went on that
claim at nine o‘clock.
According to the story told by youan
hchathal and which was supported.
bv the Various witnesses, i1 seémy
that Nathan was a guest at a wad
ding in Saunatuck. on Sunday cvcn
i115... While he was out in the v'nrd
having :1 little cclcbration of his own.
Nathan declared that :1 man drove
up in the Dodge. car, and asked him
it“ he would take the machinc to
l‘.‘aw's garage. in Norwalk for him,
inasmuch as he could not go to Nor-
w.1ll1 that. night. and the car would
(Continued on Twelfth Page).
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MASllR HOTEL lNlEf
PLACED “UNDER ANNESl
NEW YORK. Jan. «tr—Ernest Lo.-
Ford, tinder arrest at St. hauls. where
he was registered at a hotel as James
B. Harland. Ala known to the New
York police. they said today. as the
“master hotel thief." He waif once a
chauffeur for W. K. Vanderbilt.
LeFord escaped from Sing Sinai
Prison last July.« -‘He was serving a
three year term for the theft of $8,000
of jewels from a guest room in a hotel
here. He idolso under indictment for
the theft of jewels to the value or
New York hotels. He was a. member
of the Mutual Welfare heme of Sing
a road gang near the prison.
The St.» Lapin police sent 'word that:
told. .
all‘ "or the Unit
Hon Imago ‘ '
lrcsulting, as returns from tickets are
yre'port without further delay to Mrs.
LeFou-d bad admitted: his identity and,
{that unafhlli‘t‘odcopetbg traveled
all mulcrials that so into the making:
1111c: at the old priccs. and tl11-y~ueues«_ lion: than was ever expected. Twenty
further continuance was absolutvlygAMERICAN "AT 00
out of tho question. The producersl .
of the boat lcaturc motion pictures
claim that owing to the high cost of SIRIKE is SPREADING
of motion picturcs. and be nose of the
high salaries that tin-y must pay lheitw '-——-—-'
star performers. makes it absolutely? ’l‘hc strike at the American lint
i1.1potsiblc for them to release pic l-‘uttory is assuming larger propor-
mrily must fall back on the 1~xl1ibilot's"111c.r1» finishers and otlu-r- workers in
and compel the latter to pay more l‘or,1hc factory have joined the strikers.
their pictures. hi this way the cxhibi- { it is alleged, A meeting of all the. cm-i
lcr has only mm of two things to do: A ployces was held last evcning and
he must either nth-c his price. or low-l there is hope in the hearts of the
cr tin quality of scrvicc which he has: strikers that the shop will close short-
hot 1. extending. This Manager Col- ly for lack of help.
line. did not wish to do, so he took: 0n the other hand. Edwin Pollack.
the only course open for him to (aka; :uperintendent of the factory, was ex-
nnmcly to tnukc thc small advance ofi trexucly confident that the strike
live cents in lilo price of admission, would be broken in less than a week.
and as soon as the opportunity offered lie so expressed himself to the Senti-
to return to the old role. not man. He denies that efforts were
1 made to secure help from out of town;
iThis statement was contradicted by
‘ the strikers who allege that they know;
finishers in Donbury were offered
A positions here. i
The. demands of the finishers are
isimple to understand. They want a,
uniform price on bats. They have been}
receiving a price ranging from 75‘,
cents a dozen to $1.00 a dozen. They
"in be ”mud on the communi lap-e asking that $120 a dozlfn be made!
' ' :tl uniform price or all his.
Club “AL-ADDI'GCIItIOII 0f WM, 1All the" meeting of the hangers,
of the late Mrs. Staples
\
lsizers. and trimmers held last even-
ting. little was accomplished. Nothing
‘ .- - v i‘VRS decided. The striker allege t at
3‘11”},{31311‘1‘2‘393213 fifigg‘ul‘ %;'¢they are in sympathy with them and"
Tblles at her residence 195 East =1vefare confident that, they will jom the
nuc, Tuesday afternoon. January 3.
There was a goodly attendance of
Astrikc. Pickets are place around the
members despite the holiday season.
‘faclory.
The strike in the Rovncr Clothing
In the absence of Airs. J. Wallace
~Marvin. president. who was detained
front the meeting by illness. Mrs.
concern on Water street is still on.
This is the third week of the strike.
Only four strikerbrenkers arcdntit at
1» . in
George E. 1Thompson.‘first vicepresi- Xgrétrilllg trouble has resulte ro
dent presided. ‘ ‘ ‘ '
Entertainment committee reported
the supper. December 15th. a social as
well as financial success, but could'
not report the exact {amount of money
nun tun
Quinn an
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GASOLENE [1111031011
- * nus till a
DILLON..Monl.. Jon. A's—o: thirteen.
more." in: It. is requested that any
members still having unsold tickets,
or money {Bromine sale of tickets
"1
Morrison, phainnan of the‘ entertain-
ment com t cc, so the matter can b .
filmed. T ‘ '
'affords a great on'portunity ‘for
which
Not Considered likely That Braila, Important Romanian ”
Grain and Oil Storage Depot, Will Hold out Much tou-
ger, in Face ol German-Bulgarian Assaullsl
and which has remained the price r a ,—
sincc their introdln-tion. Prices for i ‘ \j.
\audcvillc entertainments will con»
,1
:1
oi tilt:
Russia's last remaining hold ,in'
the Romanian, province”"of Dob-
rudja has been so badly shaken
by the loss of Matchin to Field
Marshal von Mackensen’s force» ..
that it seems doubtful if she can “
much longer retain her grip on
any of this trans-Danube term...
tory. Dispatches from Entente
sources indicate an expectation
that she probably will be forced
shortly to abandon it. .' _ .
West of the Danube at this .
point, Braila, the important: Ru- .
manian grain and oil storage de-
pot, is still held by the Russiann. .
but it 3“ considered doubtful if it
can hold out long under as serious” ;
a threat as is supplied by.theth~
Germaine-Bulgarian operations ~
across the river. The line 0‘33!”
South, to which the Russians. ‘
have retired. further northwest- \,.
ward, runs just north 9i Bratla. \ . ,
The expectation is indicated my ‘
the dispatches, however. that the. ‘
prolonged defense of the City has} “t
given time for the removal of the
valuable stores of provisions and.
material which it contained. ‘
0n the Moldac‘vian west from.»
tier, where heavy pressureby, the :‘
armies of the Ce:tra§;f?owex£
has been exerted, t e: e ease
the Russians and RpmanipnBJ ..‘
seems somewhat timer. The late ‘
est Petrogrod officxal statement;
does not Conccde any futbllgl“,
withdrawals along this front In,
the face of the Austro-Germanat-fl
tacks. although further progress-w
at one point or two points was : »
claimed by Berlin. _ _ .. g
No operations of important?
have been reported from axing,»
the other fronts. .- ‘ " . ;
Further criticism of President .
Wilson’s no‘e are printed in some ,5.» .
of the London morning papers in ‘
connection with Spain‘s refusal oh
the overtures ‘rrrn Washington
and the impending reply obtho ,
Entente. The‘Times says editor-
ially: - ' ‘
“The w:
9e and dignified action,
of the. Spanish government. and
the sighificant attitude of, Hol-
land and the principal republic
of South America show'thpt the
independent neutrals arenot :5an
prepared to follow President W11».-
son’s ill-considered lead. His note“
laying our ends before “Americans
in‘ words which cannot biennium},-
derstood. We trust it “(111‘le
greatlv used so that the “con ..
between our own and the ends of
our enemies will sand out sharp
and clear in American eyes 3 Erie,
contrast between the Fall“? of
freedom and the cause '9 Mode
ae‘e stood‘in ours when inn
invoked upon his abolition» gains
the considered judgmentiof'miln
d.,, . > .
saysffth " '
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