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ESTABLISHED 1870' Emerging: 3:82:33; giggaa‘aggz‘ SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., THURSDAY, APRIL 13* 1917. Partly overcast and colder tonight"; W“ ' TWO CE
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dirtiest"
0PiN8;ilSl0liS
iii tumult:

filllalttl Reference to Compulsory
Service and Will Pledge loyalty
to President ‘

titration insult
it illitiilltlll untrue

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Predicts Mighty Spiritual Awaken-
ing as Result of Billy Sunday’s
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fillit‘t'lc‘dli tings, ttnu only Amcrii-zin
flags, decorated tho walls "of St.
Mark's M. H. Church, ()ccun avenue
and-limerlivy iioad, Brooklyn, yestcrv
dayflnorlinig whenil c sixty-ninth ses-
‘rdon t‘nl tho New Yori: l‘liisl (toni'ur-
eucu owned. ’t‘hcrv was :1 large or
ii-ndanto of the ministers and Bishop
Luther (5. Wilson, who presides, was
curly lit his plaice. The. conference
got bum itl once after oruunizution,
in“ the Kitty of attempts to present
resolutions regurdinn war and do
elatruiiult of loyalty to President Wil-
non, lot this was resolved into the
sizttc or lllt‘ country iiy‘lllshop Wit
son. it consists oi, lv’rointssor William
N: "fillet: of Wesleyan Unil'ol'nlly,
chair-mun; the Rev. iii-s. William V.
Roller, David G. Downey, Homes Iii.
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lamb of \thehetl Cross and a Mil-‘
, «flan Company; Similar. to the
theme 8-10. MM

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One hundred residents, of Silver-
,vnine turned .out. lint‘baturduy .cven-
log to :iii‘end pub of the biggest pa-
rfi‘iotic meetings which has been held
fill-that. pection ofthe town since the
.r‘lays of :61. The meeting was held in
.i'lre‘fiNoighborhood hall. and immedi-

ate action wa,s,plann‘ed both fol-Wire,

Till“ anti womenof Silvermlnc .
'g'thlwtl’émllll. 'l‘elfair M. Minion, of

“Net-walls, “'83!"th principal speaker‘

of the yreninmzniid he'delivered u
very iitiei'r-siiiiggiunil patriotic address
on the subject ofthe army and navy
‘andenl ailment. ;‘ ' ~
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“Cross Society; ih‘mkhlg‘,‘ in . co-operu-
l’iion, with the‘anwalkitlhnpter of the
same (trimuiznlionumfsorganized Sat.
urday night“ and“ under. .tltc.lEiidei‘-
ship of Mrs. Hamilton ‘Hamiiion, Mrs.
Jolinlilnthrie. and Mrs. Leo F. Dorn,
{nvho \"(ll'tt appointed as a committee,
are already milking rapid progress on
the work in hand. »-
\' 'in military company organized und—
er" the principle of the ,Hpme Guard
movement was also formed Saturday
evening. and therfirst drill was'heltl
'i‘ucsduy night. in Stunuel Rider‘s old
mill. E‘orly member-shave. already
enrolled in the bound and drilled last
night, and it is expected that many
more will comehin before long. Anoth-
m- drill will he held toitt'ghi‘ln Rider‘e
.Wiill. '- “
,~_'1‘he iiiivermine Company is anxi-
ous to be combined with, the Neutral]:
companies of the Home,,Quprd, end
they will probably be taken in with
- .the'local organizaiipnfius soon hs‘they
.Vbrin'g their calist‘munts up to the re-
. , quired number. The comp'any- will: be
a , ready at. any time, for duty in either
1" ,malk. New Canaan or Wilton.
. The older rbsideiits
Mic immediate vicinity attended
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. to pick out the one with the grwilcr

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of Silvermine ,

numbers and declared-that it brought attend this:. 'and togsalute theftas.
M19 them the stirring scenes of, th? other embldyéii Of the place "MCK-
11, men. Silver-mine, responding tqied', ’ltim"out'»nt'tlioxshbpw They‘rre-
gamer-country's call“ stupidity ol" nevi-fused. to workfwltbfiiut: end said that

 
 

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incur l8 Pilllillillt

lMeeting iield last Evening——

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, The Twin (‘ity Protectivelithiumhi
’ ‘madc a great success of their gel-to-

MOMbBI'S of Old 'we" Hook and timber in the Club's hall on Water

istrcet. lust t-vt-ninit The meeting

ladder Company Ca", 0” "on. was in a measure political, but the
ors on the Stage of Royt’s Thea-

;1intl'ioiit: utterances of the several
ispealters inadt- lllt‘ affair one of un-
.usual interest. \l'iilia'm (f. Minion
tre pin-raided urnt-cl‘ully as toastmuster
‘lllld approximately introduced the.
speakers. William ll. Fisher, presi-

 

l'nboulttli-tl success waxy scored lust

nrtni success. There wvrc uhoui ttl'ly‘
members of the League present A;
.ccllznion courts-tint: of sand riches;
3 coi‘fm‘. pumpkin pie. itrc cremn; charm}
lillltlt‘tl izrcuily to the pleasure of lhui

'dent of the club, spoke-on the war
Edward B. Doulmis. Matthew ("m-bett’
Fife Apparatus and "arse in last 2 lsuih Mci‘oy, litim‘tll‘ oi the Knight
.hu‘iltlinu of character tmd Mr. Simms'i
and Ladder Company, Number 1, bl‘-:l]”. “upmvpslwd “plump rumored
illltl Wits more interesting: bt‘t'msc ol
, .vvvning. -' .
climax of the play. The "fillitlli’l'

conditions and gave a brief resume
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Scene at Stirring Feature
referred to the ‘\"ll“l“l‘llll «‘ll‘lllt‘V'“
ion: a lillllt‘ house. The tll‘tlmllélet‘ll} several piano selections. and Frank.
this fut-i. Nearly the whole company.
tutors" were assisted in lltllkllll: ihu

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[MAI- YOUNG ”DIES ‘ of the incidcnats Maillot.r up to the

‘ lpicsent timc. Edmund H. Crowe.

and William F. Iloyt, mode. sh. .. ndvf‘

dresses. The principal iltllll't‘ygmn‘ ol-

‘Sinnniz, with at the prison! time is

iilliti.Lr the pulpit ot' the Grarc littp“

;:‘\;1..lllng.:uf Hosts llleulrv wliin "Tilt . mm“, m» ”1,, “mm,“ mm, Mm“; ”1‘,

no impart-i. . “as i'ii‘ri‘lllml ““di‘l‘ mum iiucs .ot‘ arm-m.

'Flflil‘c‘d Ulldl'l' 1““ direction “l l-‘ill‘lilill lnrrlmnn sun: solos in a limit "WNW
Hurt." llrl.<'!it:. was ui‘ an unusual
tout-titer with fire tippuruius » null
“WSW. appeared in action on the.
production a magnitltent success of
locul young ladies. ivory metnlieiurf

PROVE HUMBLE “0‘ Edward J. Fltthcrty, Deputy Sim-m.
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—.~.~». 112-.) pvt-ulna: \H‘rc tlrlh‘i‘l't’il b." Rl‘V-i

list church The former dwelt on Ill";

Ihu niihlllt‘i“i of the (lid “‘t‘ll llooki llurinu the I‘\'(’lllll{.2 li‘t'unll Lailutni.‘
type not often seen ln'inotlt-rn tinnm
hliillt‘ in the tremendous and titling
the. cast wvts,good and an attempt

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proficiency llitll'lhti other members i
would lic'un mpolslbility. The play
“'l“ b“ Iona remembered in lllt' an
hills of the lll‘t' department and will‘
Illil’fli'h‘ be locked up as a standard for?
future events. Singing numbers by
Miss Adelenn Vega, Harold Smith. ,
Howard Finch. Helen Douuheriy and: "MW" ,“l ”l“ 59‘" .
.liidrvd lice. Edward Bartram undimvmu"m ““10"“ throughout the
" . . 4 . lstute. This will allow many local {or-
.e’igncrs to serve this country and
prove their loyalty. .

The maximum age and educational
lquaiificutions do apply to cnlistmcnts
.‘ for regular army in time of war. It is
thus onlynocessary for niorelgner
to. be able to speak the English lan-
guage enough to be understood. He
does not have to be able to write or

"A8 HAG RA'S'NG! read it. A great dent of responsibility
lln enlisting foreigners in this country

is It‘ll to the discretion of the recruit.
impressive Ceremonies llehl lesier- I

lug officer. Of course, all applicants
must pass the physical test. This au-
day Afternoon Before 200 Em- i.
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Fol'vililicl‘n from now on will be at-1

thhout the usual educational uualltfi
fictitious Notice to this effect was re-

 

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iborlty docs not. extend to National
Guard enlistment. Applicants under
, sixteen will not be made withoui_spc-
i cial authority from the New Haven re-
,‘érultlng office. All "applicants under
" '1‘. n _ 1 eighteen must have proper consent of
' I‘he employcs of the Crofut and; the parents. ' ‘L
imam) Hat Factory had it flag raising The recruiting officers have also
yesterday afternoon. - All American been ordered to resume recruiting cut?
ting obtained. by subscription amount cred applicants for original enlistment
empioyes was flung to the skies. iii in cavalry or infantry. TheBridgepor-t
.wasu beautiful flag of goodsiz'e, until reqru‘ilng ‘staiion is located in 16
was displayed on a flag stuff on the} lo‘airl’leld avenue.
east building. - .. i —-—-~——~-—~—- '
Impressive ceremonies accompanied
the raising of the flag. ’Bcfora two
hundred and more employee, John \‘v'.

Welile rendered "The Star SpanglediN0RWAlK [I‘Ksall‘oncE
Banner" in a stiring manner. trying? H 8 INSIAHMIDN

. R. Wilmoi, former ensign of the Naval.

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Militia, .Flt’th Division,. gave a pm:
triotic address. His recollections of5
occasions similar to that yesterdayl
afternoon were related of an inter-'

 

The recently elected officers of Nor-

csting way. H9 wound up by urging' walk Lodge, No. 709. Benevolent-and ~

all the men to be loyal to the United}

States and to support it in the pres-3ed last. evening «by District Denuiy
. ent hostilities. The Aexel'cises clusedl Exalted Ruler William C. Twombley.
with the singing of "America" by Mnl of Stamford Lodge. Therewas a tangle
' Wehl‘e, accompanied by the many em] attendance of members, und‘tiic work,
1:103:93. The flag raising was a “was. number of members of Norwalk
cessful allair in every sense of thc'LCdge assisting “5 grand officers. W38
word.” . . ' . l performed in a highly creditable mali-
A person who does nfit love, honori ““3 M“ Twombley“ made X“ stirring
and support ,the American flag has not address at the cluseof tbe.work, con-
placein’the Crofut and Knapp mesogvaiuiating the members ot.Norwalk
tory.Yesterdny ‘l’hfll' £119 subscription" Lodge ~on its growth "land‘flnancial
for the flag was being taken up there standing. The new officers. ere:
was one man, a Bohemian from Dan. . Exalted RuleFfl‘home-s A. Skelly;
lbury, who would not contribute any- Exalted». Leading. Knight-11: F.
thing towards its-purchase." Nothing MCMHSWR Jr. ,
i was sold, however. unlit the‘time for Exalted. ,Royulfl,

;‘the.fla~ raisin ‘. When he refuse to “’00“- ? '
a g. ‘ ‘ ‘ d Exalted Lecturifig Knight-Leo
Kenney. U .
Socretarys-J. Bogardus

"i‘ll , ‘ Hedgebnuer.“

it he ‘was re-employédthey; would f‘go .9".—W- 1". _ 831th“

on strike”. ‘He was nobree‘ngeged. . - WW 1"" “‘7”

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.a‘eno a pretty: ism 03"8 pdaserby: ”819W.“ G n
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lowed to join the United States army;

lulu up
Haven and other! ”1-" 0“ “"1“.“

xl’roiective Order of Elks. werminsialhh-

e yearns—~11 G. Mit-

iousi is? it
RUSH ill in
ultimo

Seven Billion Dolor gimme Will
Probably he Panelists. Week—

Mr. llillWill Proposedo finish In-
terest Rate to 4 fir cent ;

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intuition ’1 '
jh'.,lMll0N:

Three Cent‘s instead M live for?
letter Foetfirlfiief “faxing:
Newspaper Misting, loving:
Picture Houses, huge motel
Soft llrinlts, Gently

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-\’i'At:5Hthi'l‘()N. IA
nuces that the 57,

int; manner. The \l‘liDlt‘ affair was ill “twang metisure’wiil mu“, House America's first

qult‘kly and that coholdemlion of.
new taxation plans fountain: part“
of llll‘ money will bcgllfi lmnSt-diaielyl
were given President. =Wllson trill
Secretary Mci‘idoo today byatmnm s
sional leaders at the Capitol. "‘9‘
Introduction in the Housé’iof the
revenue bill, unthorinlnegfifioo, " MP
and windooomo in‘ mortgaged!
indebtedness. preceded an unexpected .
visit of the President: to the ‘Cupiiol‘
by a few minutes. i'lcmocraiic Lead.
or Klichin introduced the measure‘
with a f vorable. report from the full
commiti . and announced that debate
pn it w . ld begin Friday morning at
ll o‘cloc it is hoped to pass the
fore\.Saliirdzu' night and possi-

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Contest liver Woman's Estate

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The eccentriciiics of Miss Anna
King Gilman. who tried for years. to
get the story oi" the" (lllmnn family
troublcs' 1published. nnd’ who‘ioitce
lived in‘Hartford, are the subject (it
testimony furnished by Dr. Allan I).
’Risteen and Mrs lilily'Goodrlch Cry-
gier. of Hartford, who have been sum-
moned as witnesses in the contest be-
gun ‘by' relatives ,to break Miss 'Gll.
man's will. She (lied.‘July' 5,"last, at

CAMPAIGN ii
BREAK Blitililllt

campaign of colossal proportions

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President Wilson and Advisers Do
cide on Move to Supply Eniente
Allies with Food and Munitions

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sure it till

Hrrntredsorltght Wooden superman Likely to Rest with the Severance of mm

are llowfieing Built

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WASHINGTON, April 12.—-—Ai
to ’break down the German sub-l
marine blockade and keep the En-.,
ante pientifully supplied with:
food. clothing and"""munitions hasf
been determined upon By Presi-»
dent Wilson and his advisers as;
physical strokc'
against: her enemy. 1

Unable now to send an army
into the trenches, the president?
believes‘tbe United States can doi
an even greater service in the

i , ' mmon cause- against Germany

by 'rproviding a. great armada of
merchantmen to invalidate, the
undersea campaign about which

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llidtt, liner ueng Shook by liar
of mu Gall. r. ‘

Albert P. Chehak, of 18 Spring Hill
road, died, at the Norwnlk hospital at
8:30 o‘clock last evening from in-
juries reuulting from being hit by an

 

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of Austin place, at the corner

,Turnplke. Sunday evening. He is
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and was fofiyaseycn years old.
oral arrangements will lie-made inter.

As'ihe result, of the accident, Mr.

raumnplc pneumonia which caused
death. Medical Examiner, Dr. Samuel

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Rowa‘yton. N. ,Y.. leaving to seventeen
of .her heirs only a cent each "be-
cuuse‘in‘a life of fifty years she never
hail received from any of them a.
single. kindness of courtesy." in her
will she directed that the rest of the
estate be used to press at. law the
recovery of $1,200,000 alleged to be
due her. from estates of relatives and
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in ; tritium
f j . initiations

Plans and specifications for Non-
walkls two new school buildings
which will "be erected. this summer
are coming in to the building com-
mittee quite rapidly at the, present

 

will be a dozen-ovum» ready to:
inspection at the special meeting oi

 

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time, .aud it inefpuctedfihnt there

,on the body this morning:
"John J'. Phelan will hold
pat the court room. city' hull, tomor-
; row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
,' Gall is. still out [on chur
: less driving,
'ednnnd charged with
under $2,500 bender —« .
At the time of the accident Chrhak
was walking on the Turnpike w"

manslaughter

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X‘CHESTERJ‘Tm-i Aprl112.——After cue from his late home at 2:30‘Sutida'y
tended investigation company officials '
todayreat’flrmed their conviction that: ofllciateand the burial will take
the; disastrous explosion on \Tuesduyi m the Not-walk cemetery. Members
‘al; “the plant of the Eduysione am- ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ' “

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Mime; He' is survived by a wife and

but he will be ,re—arrest-

his Wife. Thelight of an udvancingl the monument August 19' 1866.
lautomobiie blinded him and he stop-‘ Hoyt took much mterest in old Com-
lireciiy in the way Or the Gall. puny D, the lute Morris M. Norton
machine, Wl‘llCh‘ was headed toward, being the first lieutenant andEnoch

 

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Post: who in elite conducting on -
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i0ii StPlRllt PEACE,

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Relations with Germany

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liliiiilililili Hill
in it our Niliiiltll

Well-known Among the_0lder Resi-
dents ot the City, ”and [recited
Many Buildings

Robert M. Hoyt, one of thu chit-st
residents of South Norwalk, died last
night. at his residence. No. 73.“ Elux
Hill road. He was eighty-thrice yearn
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llwo children. E. L. Hoyt and Miss
,Annle E. lioyt. Mrs Hoyt was forin~
erly Julia E. Wheeler, daughter of
“Lorenzo D. Wheeler, a well-known
.South Norwalk man.

‘ lioberiM. Iioyt was born in South
' Not-walk on October 5th. 1833. in the
old Downer. place, in Flax Hill road.
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in New Yorkwlih Thomas Crow and

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(Burr Knapp. both formerly of bouth

= Norwalk, and returned to this city in
" ' . 31856. He went into partnership with
M in the Nomalk hospital last] the late J. Russell Raymond, and their

. place of business was where the city
rst name be-
ing Hoyt &,.,J;amond. Many of-ihe
isubstanilal blocks and residences in
.the city were erected 'by them. nota-
. bly the Knapp and Dickcrman blocks,

{hall now stands, .the it

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ter was the residence of William C. , > ‘
iIi’ooto‘e‘xfuther in Clay street. Theiany “mforccmfifitflf mél
l-Norwalk Lock Company plant was; menaced by the Bunch»

survived by a wife and three .chlldren,‘ largely erected by this firm. am, ”mi

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'later burned down.

Chchak htld sustained a deep SC“‘plthis partnership was dissolved hnd
wound. “0““an 0‘ ~thc brain and] Mr. Hoyt became associated with his
a compound fracture of the. left log‘l‘son in the neutral contracting mm.
This later developed into n ease. of nes _ . -
Mr. Hoyt enlisted in Old Company
was
H. Huntington, performed an autopsy; first formed for the Civil War. Doug»

Commit; ins Fowler being the captain. He in-
an inquest. tended going to war, but, was taken

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Fourth Regiment, when ‘it

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Qand was obliged to‘ give up. lie can

g” 0‘ ”Chi his first vote for John C. Fremont in
i 1856 mid had voted for every Repub-
He

,lican president since that. time.
:was at Gettysburg at the time Fred!

on the occasion of the dedication o

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Wood the second lieutenant. After

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afternoon." Rev. Wm. H. Thomas W!

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,LAREDO,.‘Texa_s.' Apt-l

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BRIllSil IN lN0illtR DIiii e
* unuu lWll IMPORiilNl ,
ruinous ll

Attack Southwest oi Lens Enabled the British to; fix
Lines on Both Sides of .lhe Soucitez River—M; w;
Guns Break lip German Assaults with Heavy Losses

earned the trade of a carpenter

{Washington street, Dudley Ely block.
. resi-
dence, built for Rev. Mr. ituyision‘t;3 tithe).
Ba tist cler' man, an a u .

automobile driven by Daniel Gall. jr., 25 other hguses berg.) One of the lat- the

pinning mill property formerly occu- i '- wa 18 ~
M. Wright, but which}: "11° 5 “we“ ' m“!
In later years:

rill just before the organisation left.

dent Lincoln made his great speech,

Mr.

ward there was formed the Lockwoodl
}Guards (Company F) ‘for service in

Mr. ,_ Hoyt was a member of Our
.Broth’ers’ Lodge, No. 10, and Eureka _ .
Rebekah Lodge, NO. 431.11. 0.>0. Ft, have been received in R0 ‘
and the‘lt‘lrst Methodist Episcopalth 3mm minister a --

jThoefuueral services will take place

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.munition Corporation; nearhere, Wils‘ht the ggthcrs ‘0 go x “2 é o 3.

},de'liberately perpetrated ‘as part one . y ' -

- the board of..educntiongwhicb,will'be . ‘ i
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Despite most
(weather conditions, the Bri
continue ,, delivery of
strokes against the
along theline from .Lens t
,Quentin. ,
l Apparently devoting moi;
itheir attention to the impo i.
sector of the line near Vimy fl- _.
the key position on the no‘ « ”
end of the from which the!
captured, the British early
idrove against two imported
lsiti’ons north of the ridge'and
tuxedthem. , ~ “ '
This ,blow ‘was driven ,
Just to the smithwestof
and enabled the Britistj‘?
vance their lines outboth s
the Sanchez river. 1‘ ,. ,
All German attempts to r
a footing on the ri ‘ e itself.
been foiled. The . j,
twice last night ,,_rtve= , .
Haig’s troops fro ",thcpoel‘ftla
they had establish ;
em end of the '
machine guns bro ,
saults with heavy sea. , '
, ‘eesrfbt
British below the river", '
where Monchy le Pen: :36
tured yesterday, is repor ‘
Much importance is attadt‘f
lthe munption by the menu}; .
'the general attack. ”Seen in
giving the Germ
. on southwest of
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The main driv‘e‘ligr "

the three and a half, mill
:i’rom Coucy, "la Ville to
'Basse. A considerable,
lground was effected here,
:the Petnch to the south,
edge of the Upper Conny
There would be little 3
this attack developed .in-
smashing, continuous offensive ,

The dent in the French" '
caused by the German attack
the Champagne sometime ag
now been completely strai

ed out. Paris reports the p
re-éstablished intact by . median
a sharp attack deliv red east.
Sapigncul. ?. i

t.

f

cate that Brazil whitest
present on the severance of id;
matte relations. with German

LONDON, April 1'2, 4;;
-—Reports from a Swiss

 

 

'rhas

ii concludes: of a , separate,
““9“?” “‘0 Exchange? 139 ‘

‘Bbondent.

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