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WA'LK HOMES FIND
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from List at Hand it Would Appear
that New Structure Will Cost ini,
Neighborhood of $125, 000
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According io'a Resolution of lodgei
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A
Fricred at the South Norwalk ‘PcE
Otiice as Second Class Mutter.
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DII NAN ENXES'.
NE ANNOUNCED
Drastic Scheme to Raise $1,,807-
250, 000 Put Before the Public
and Committees In. Washington
Nil EDDIE PEN DEN
Administration Draft Forwarded to
Walsh to he Acte‘d on Friday Night
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Bids for the construcrion of Nor- ,
'u'alk's new hospitahwere opened Sat i
:urday evening at a postponed meet
1115 of the Board of Directors of th1'
hospital association, held in the. par-
lors of the Norwalk Club and fromi
the figures which were presented. it
appears that in all, the new building“
will 10st. somewhere in the neighbor-I
hood of $125, 000 The F. J. li‘carou
lompitny, of New Jersey, were the
low bidders on the construction work
:2.|.iseif their figure. being $94. 700 N.‘
Naley & Sons of Waterbury 11121-12 , 2mm,“
New 011 the plumbing bids. theli tig-i
urcs being $11, 977. On the “looting
contract. the Heating and .Plumbing.
t‘oinpau‘y oil Norwalk wore the low
bidders at $12. 724. 80 it a special style
'or heating apparatus 3.9 ipstnliell. Only
one bid for the ,bi'eotlrlcal' won: war;
“111121211 .211. this being a figure of $3. 2,68.
,tIt' N011 York city
w1re 1'12u1al'ltttbly..clost1, however. 1111'11
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the (cult actors added certain change .2:
in (trails to tht'ir “lists. 1111111111111: 1121'-
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created a committee of twenty-111112 to'
100k 0‘“ E0" "1“ general pollute 0E1H.Dwyer and an associate. A trlpwos,
”0"“ 3““ h“ ““9“?“ R to do e1121y made in Game Warden Smith's launch“
thing possible to aid tly inch and thci down the harbor ”5191.11“ 11“. party"
families. of. 1111211 who are called on to‘
curve the colors There. is no irn'
pertain way to do this at present.
Men belonging to the Naval Coast
Defence Resorts are required to fur
\mish :1 part at the oedessary equip-
2 1111,2111. when called out. Each man
must supply hintsblf with a pair black'
shoes, two pair'ol‘ socks-and two sets
of uudcrclothlng.
il’urnishes the uniform. Besides this,
. he. must pay his ralliond fare to the
2 Brooklyn Navy. Yard This latter
. amount of course is refunded later.
’ but in the case a. man was in poor
(ircu112tauces it 'causes
barmsment. ‘
The thing t..l1at the (lent-22ml Welfare.
Committee should do is to investigate
the financial condition of the mom'-
' bers of the. Coast Defertse. Fortun-
ately most of them are in fairly coni-
tortahi 2e circumstances, but there are
may the articles required by the gov
'fifnflk"".
that each man could furnish this part
of the equipment. and if he found it
impossible to do so see' that it was
tarnished hi1_11._ ~In» 'this',»way"a great
deal of good would be accomplished.
. There is no doubt but what this mat-
t-"11 will receive attention at the next
~ meeting" of the “committee...
2: 'ilEN DNDIE DININED
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‘EOST‘EIN, April
"at/ere b y burned, one' probabl to
tally todtv. When the doors or ayfur
at the Mead-Al menu M'anufwc
tiring Company’s 11 t in East Rest
tout districts ml which they were wort:
lew' out and burning oil poorer“
1" their tbodies. $9 accident
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some em '
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.Tbe committee should see .
1D~Three men "'
House and Senate Committees
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_WASlllN(_l'l‘0N. April 16- —--‘Adininls '
tratiou suggestions as to possible 1112.11.
isources of taxation throuizli “111111111 the members of the. Salvation Army
tuise approximately one. half of thc' cs
timuted cost of the first year 'of tho'
war. or St 807 250,000 “(Ire submit
ted by Secretary McAdoo last night
to the Senate Finance Committee and
the. House Ways and MollllB Commit-
too.
be provided by $2,000. OOQ. 000 of the
bonds authorized by the war uc1enuc
bill passed Satutday by the House,
is expected to pass the Senate
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Outstanding in the Suggestions are
gtcntly increased income and excess!
profit tax rates. taxing of many in»
ported article: now admitted tree and
Mania-liquor. amusement. sugar. col-
fee. tobacco soft drink, freight and.
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automobile taxes. All at the data is
A“ 111‘ ”l" “"2" :2an to Congress 1’01 its informatioa't nrolhers, 81111111121 and Gel
and ulthout rccomtueudatious from
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An effort is bolus: made to hav'c
b11111 .ill. harbor designated as r. naval;
When Mayor Carl 11,1111 I-lat'strom .buso of ,1“. United States Navy'
1’1‘hrougl1 Philip H. Fielding. l-i1-.ut L.'
making the start from the East Nor-,
Walk Yacht Club The harbor was
thoroughlt inspected and it is believ-
ed the advantages of a sub base being
established here were very ,apparent to
the olllclal party The nt'tttet will be
brought to the attention of the city
council and a movement will be start-
ecd to have this result acotnplishcd
DNINEN WOMAN Nil
Leroy avenue,
scalp wound yesterday afternoon.
drive-it». b1'
taken in the “build by Dr G. ll. NO);
on.
It seems that tho won'i'an was toll:
of the 1"oa1l nnar hex home
“'35“... accompanied: by a. child.
several tiutcs, a East which is
tied to by witnesses'
took no attention ol'him and contin-
ued to stand in the road.
testi
distance.
forward and hit the rear of the car.
was. clear that he. was not; to blame
ROOKAWAY P'ARK BURNED.
of the tines-t: co'ttug'e res'ldéntlul' sec,-
116:1? of Long 1111,1111
started 'lnra' hurtling bond
"! tumied in ‘;Ab1aha1n's 13030111."
The other 111111 of the cost is toi
passenger transportation receipt uudi
Di NDEDNDDIEE
T111: daughtcr of John Cornelius. of
Darien ,sustained a'
when she was hit by an automobile: '
ClarenceE. Crofoot. the
local mail carrier. Ten stitches wore
ing with some friends on the side
She
was on the Warrcnitc pavement, and
Mr. ting permits may be issued by some
The woman
It happen-
ed that there were two cars2headed
toward Mr. Crofoot and, he was only
able' to get by 'the woman by a short
As he went“ by, she fell
Mr. lCrofoot wasaiot held, because'lt
th mucus-11 111. an... today'
swept 9- section (NMRBW Pork; mic having secured a permit from the in-
not-walk court. he '
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loans 0. Worden Stricken After 3
Talk on lazarus'and Abraham--
Well Known Norualk Citizen
A stid1l1211'iltvaih under the most
funusual cii'cuurtnuc'us occurred in
the Salvation Army hall. 50 Water
:it'ut last 111211111: at If .10 o'clock.
Ede-nae: l) Wonk-1.1 of 18 Cross streetf
Neural}: a 11191ih11:'11111 citmn of the
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\ution A1'111).u1112e11'iug to be 111 the
ibest of health. Witt-n the. itieeting
1.111111 about half over, Mr. Worden
Inmse and commenced to speak. He
took for his tl111111'.‘[1azar11s Being
He
.concluded his months by cxcluiutlng
-“What a great fune1al procession
that would be. " As he made the above.
.tutement.l1e turui'd around to Cap-
tain Philips whopresidod over the
meeting and placing his hands 2 .121-
1his heart said ‘l guess i must stop."
inth that he sunk to the floor and
lexplred in about il112. minutes.
Dr. Franklin G. Brown. in the 1110.111-
Itimo, was summoned. but ‘arrived
too late to be of medical assistance.
His body was tenderly cared for by
. and word was sent to Dr. S N. Hunt
ingtoh, the medical ixautiner. [[12 ar-
j1'i1ed on the scene of th12 death in :1
Ivory short ‘time and declared that
death was due. to aponlexy. The. body
was taken to the Stunnerd Under.
int: Parlors, Norwalk. and was later
taken to the home 111 sister. Mrs. Nor-
man D.llru11da1:e at 18 Cross street.
Norwalk.
MI. Worden was a member of the
I Norwalk bl. E Church in whose work
the had taken an active; interest for
many years He was also a member
lflf Concord Division, No. 2, Sons of
”brilliance; having 111111.111 the order.
F‘ebruory 281.1891, He was av Past
Worthy Patriarch and a member of
the Grand Division of Connecticut.
Mr Worden Dis survl by two
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den and by one sister, Mrs.llcrn1an
D. Brundoge. '
Funeral services will be. held from
,the home of the deceased ulster. Mrs.
’Herman D. 1311111113110, 18 Cross stucct
. Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
[interment will be made in Nbrwnlk
‘cemctery.
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llorwallt Building Ordinance lolted
by Decisionllandetl 0111111 lust
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Norwnlk‘s ordinance compelling
property owners to obtain permits
from the building. ., electrical and
plumbing inspector for new buildings
and alterations was given another
demurrer made b1' Edward B. Gulls
hcr’s attorney to. the. charge lodged
against Gallaher last winter. ,'
Judge Wilder, deputy Judge of» the
city court of Bridgeport. and’actlug
judge of ,the criminal court 01" com-
mon pleas in the case of State vs.
Gallahcr. released the defendant and
held that. the common council oi’ Nor-
walk cannot delegate its authority
and responsibility in the matter of
consti uct1on permits to our ofilcial.
This. in effect, means that the acts
of Inspector l‘inch are invalid and
will continue so until Norwalk se-
cures from the legislature an omend- 1
meat to its charter specifically valid-1
atiug the existing ordinance or mak3
ing some provision whereby the build-
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one other than the council. ,
.Judge Scott of the Common pleas
court has also jabbed some heies in
this ordinance in the past audit
seems as if the N orwalk authorities
will hate to get busy and put the in-
s‘pector'u comes on a sound legal toot.
ing. Judge Wilber’ s ruling will stand
unless upset by ahigher coui't. and it
is may likely that. instead. of taking
2:111 appeal the Norwalk authorities
will amend their charter 'or seek legis-
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Noon, nioay'
NIIPE SEDNEIED
DNDEII DEDIIIIND
tlad Been Depressed fa .S'everei
Months Past
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People in ltowayyon 11er ltilounded
this morning when it ml reported
that Mary B. eti. I"! of Rich
ard Rackctt, but! cumutltted2..uuicido
at her home on Crockett, street. Mrs.
llackett had been mentally deranged
1111113 1.1111 summer, mud by Ill
health. She. hhd been tolling rapidly
and made frequents th'nlts of her
intention to take her o'pvu life
in consequence thereof, she vigil
nutty was watched in order that she
would escape bodily lajur'y. This
morning at 10: 30. her nti-tighter. Doro
thy. accompanied her to 11111111211911,
Just outside the bout» ifrhc 111111111111
end absence of her mother 11111-111911 the
girl who had “1111-1111. to shutter
and she "traced hot- steps 11121111 out»
lying building, 11 main: 'his time
that she. found that her patent had
taken her own life by hanging. ‘
It seemy’thut Mrs. Ruckett 11nd
secreted a. rope under her garment
with which she hung herself. Lite
appeared to be extinct. but Dr.'ll.
(7." Shei'et', the family physician was
hastily summoned. lie arrived. how-
111r, too late. to be of assistance as
him Rackctt had passed away.
Dr S. H. Huntington, medical ex-
amtuct. 1111.21 summoned and investi-
gated the. affair. Suicide by hanging
11115 given as the. cause of death. He
issued the permit for the removal 0!
the body and the remains were taken
into the house by Edwin W. Godfrey
and H. Rowland. Funeral arrange-
ments“ "1 be made later.
The deceased is survived by 11 bus-
Merton.
tosioi‘ntnttt =
1011 till 1111 1:111
captain and dealt 1111.111. ll. Bare
, hour [lie of [1111511111 in Open
Boat '
HALIFAX. N. 8., April 16.-Four
survivors of the crew of six of the
three-muted Boston schooner Hat-
tlc H. Barbour. which toundercd oft
Cape Cod during a northmst snow
storm April 10 1'v_cro. lauded by an
American tank steamer here yester-
day. Captain E B. Dickson and the
111.011.101.11 Smith died.;'ot exposure
and weie buried at sell. before the
tanker picked up the boat From 5
oclock on the morning'a'ot April 10
until the afternoon of Friday,.the
:thlrtcentlt, the men were expelled2 to
food or water.
Harry Hendricksou.\the mate
native of Finland, iwhose home is in
the, horrors of the wreck and of the
fights he had to keep the other three
survivor's from d1 inking sea water.
Captain Dickson, he said, woke no
truth a dose at midnight of the day
the ship was abandoned and began
to. sing. Breaking off he asked. the
APREL
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Ewi'y short time.
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changes have been made
pany' s
easily.
The Hypo flattery Company manufac-
band and two children. Dorothy and .
a cold gale and sleet 111111.111, without .
New York, gave a graphic story of '
mute where they were-going to put #11
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Colonial foundrya
Concern
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Wort. (111 the old ("tiioni'ul Foundry
i1uil11111:, .11. the : mid of the draw
l11"'.,:11 :0 is 1.211111'1..1:11; nicely at the
rent ii: ne and 51 i 11"».2'1111eil that
llypo Battery 1‘ ‘11nt11au_\‘_ 11t' Drooli-
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the l111iltlim..u'1ll ,i-a' able to wow in.
and (commute 11111=1'al'21'11.2' within :1:
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(‘111111111111l111 repairs 111. be 1""i
11111612. to the docs and this s‘tiu1ture
is being 111ad1 1.111111 1.l1.t in: 22:11 it is
lintitlsiood that. the 1i111111l leading
up to the pici'o will he dredged out]
and made considerably deeper. so that;
‘1'1'12111'112' of quite large size. 111:1) tie up
itbero without diiliculty.
The inside. of the building: Is also
lie-i111; given a complete 1.11121111uli1'1g.l
and 1' athinery is bet :1" i"1:1li1d 111'»
tions by the new conch-1'11... Many
lib-ids “1.“:
building in order that tho 111211 com-1
apparatus may be mitotic-.11
The llypo-Batteiy Company has b16211
established for a number of years in
Brooklyn, N \'.. but recently has Ull'i
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short time 11.1.1) the compnuyr received
a large government contract and is
now rushing th 11 norlt through as
rapidly as possible.
It is not known at. the present that
how many men will be. employed by
the new concern. but it is understood,
that the number will be considerable.
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automobiles. and during the. past year-i
the increase to business has demand-
ed a larger floor" space. for appaiatusl' ‘
lit the old Colonial Foundry build-'1
ing, the management bent-1 cs that it!
has found an ideal place. for the loca-
tion otits business Willi rail facill 1
tics close at hand. and a private dock}
at which can be loaded and unload-
ed both raw and finished matertali
porous industry within our citv.
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Because of the great. need of large
food crops, the Norwallt Garden C01112‘
mlttec has requested that those‘wvho
have. plots of land suitable for the
raising of crops and who are willing
to ,‘glow them to be used. treport
the fact at the South Noroalk Trust
Company or at. the ethos of the Coun
ty Farm Bureau at the old Town As-
ccmbly hall, Norwalk. The land will
be listed and it will be turned over to
those people wishing to cultivate
crops. The latter may list their
names in the same places and if it
is possible, :1 plot 'ol' land will be
given them for cultivation
‘ This is the first step in tho‘ 1v01k
.01 agriculture 111-.cparedness More
crops must be raised throughout and
around Norwalk. it is a. necessity
and must be accomplished in some
manner One of the first. ways of aid-
ing this work is to allow other peo-
pie to cultivate your land it you do
not. intend to do so yourself You will
be serving your country and city and
at the some time aiding other people.
E. .N EEEDIIND DIANE
IS ED DE DDNIIDED
According to a statement given out
by Third District CommlSsione'
Charles C Kubner. the East. Norwall'
folecttlcal plant is to be placed nude
guard soon. Plans have,been.n'1odr
for the guarding of the piece tit-rains
any sort' of' a'n emergency which ma'
se ‘
At. the present 1111112. revolvers ar
latlve aid in some up
Mr. Gwalior .w'a "honed 'on four
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pieces of constru ion without first
specter In in
was found guutyiuand: fined “0 sad
costs: He appealed o the common
pleas court and
leaned 11'); 11'. sale from «Imelda W," gemloy 0'! Bildgepofl...to represent '.
ly when told the neurip an helm;
delirious died a... to lug
tug. Until Friday. He
constantly on the 11111
placed in, 11121111: positions throughou
the building for the protection of ‘
‘In case of trouble they
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c has an, idea that 1111:1111“ mil’
guards 'wll'l be placed .2011 out
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Wu or be extra per
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P'uir Tenight and Probably Tuesday.
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iantry Units Being Mostly
lery llas Been Fighting in the Region at ltii‘cims
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industrial Plantsiaudhlln'es
and Guns and Stores Removed in Many Places
TI
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Simpson Clinch Pastor seems
likely to Succeed Dr. F. B. lip-
ham 2 Hints at Conference
Changes -YOIlllg Ministers Ad-
milled to conference—tilled: W3
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Routine business followed the love
;.l'eust at the sesihn. of the New Yo'r'it
East (lpnfcrcnco today in St. Mark's
Methodist Episcopal Church. Brodie
lyn and then conference went into
executive session. The chapel was
the situation is certainly [Moraine for filled with “11111519”; who were gossip.
the building up of a farce and 1110.2 i ing about 11112 change or pastorates
next year. The statement is insisted
upon that Bishop Wilson has decided
ioi. appoint the Rev. E. t}. Richardson
as district superintendent of the
Brooklyn North District to succeed
the. Rev. Dr. Francis Bowne Upbeat.
who has served a full six years terms
Dr. Richardson, it is announced, will
Only consent to serve it' the bishop
so desires, otherwise he does”not
want the place.'
In connection with the district 11n-
perlntendeacy it is rumored in the
conference that there is being consid-
ered the proposition of transferring
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April 19.111111 Saturday. April 21, wih
oe Red-Letter days for New York
“Wake Up America Day, " on April 19,‘
day. The principal
halt lasting from 3 11 111., Thursdoymg
until“ 0 a. £11.. Friday.
atriotic addresses
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1nd fillets.
riots.
howerythe. Crowds with contettiond
inted appeals for recruits .mno
= campaign to obtain
en ‘to' men submarine chisor'o.‘
,1ousand under-grammes w
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StrugglelorSt.Queni1ais Still Being Waged, the 19""
, French fromthe"
' turn the left. flank of the
NEW YORK April ”Nix—Thursday,
date in the campaign for national de-
fense. The movement to celebrate.
he anniversary of the Battle of Lexr,
ington, originated" with the recruiting'
sub-division of tho niayoi‘s “committee
on national defense and‘ plans. an-
nounced today for a great patriotic
lentonstration on that date will set.
the pace for the whole country. April
21 has been designated by Governor
Whitman as agricultural mobilization
event of the
"Wake up America Day" program will
be a great mass meeting in Carneglc_
There will be
by prominent
nen; Wei? nown actors and actresses
will contribute to s, vaudeville pro-
,: and more than 1 300 young so»
11er women will distribute programs
Two street parades; ln which more ,
min 30, 000 boys and girls will march. mm In the distnct to the. ‘
1113 been tirranged by the Junior Pa-
Army and navy airship: "will
tie 11m: of several points of so
her meetings will be 111211: as portal in? the region. of the upper CD
ten thousand W
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speaks for ltseli
THAT'S WHY NOR}
watxsres FAVOR
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involved, While the A 'f
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Reported. Being Desire
The fighting on the mute
portions of a general case;
along the whole line, from
North Sea to the Swiss border.
As yet the infantry has not been
heavily engaged much to .
lnorth of Loos,‘ 1n the Lens "pom
or east of the Soissons regs
within which confines the be
of Arms and the situate for
Quentin are being we 2
The artillery due!
in intensi
of We. in the (is
down the this to Lama: '
me. Raiding operltl '
French in these secto also
asSunied great, importance
similar sgnifica'nt act lvltlbu
being displayed by the 3
north of the present great
field.
Were attention not centered -_
t on the dramatic situation:
about Lens and St. Quentin.
fall of both of which towmi 1| ,.
sldered imminent. the wt '
fillery battle in the casino
tween Soissons and
which has been going , bx.
era] days, would doubtless bi
attracted more notice. As i
the potential importance ot-
duel of the big guns moot
minimized, presaging, as it
ofi'ensivu movements of the in
try on a large scale. .
In this connection the pro
bility of a iterative!!!
burg 'line, as the mah' bl .
turned the right at Vimy,
come to the front while the
lery battle has been raging.
Desperate German resistant
and a probable desire by $12.3 .
ish to squeeze the 61111111113
of Lens rather than drive th
from the coal mine and flow
‘town by a direct bombardmen
and frontal attack have delity',
the {all of the city. '
Today 8 official statement 1'
London, however, shows the B
ish lines creeping steadily clc
notably on the northwest.
Within the towns the Germaine- ,
are reported working havoc in
destruction of industrial plan“
and mines, and feverishly remo‘
Higgins and stores to follow
population so the exodus whisk
ready has been effected. 1.
The situation 3101111111121:
fin is lightening, but
Brifish and the French
situation there winch‘is
the town untenable for th
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the French are steadily p -
mforward, reporting today
.' 2ilcgc' men' a patriotic meeting-913mb
red by a committee of. month“ $1
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