TONIGHT AT 7:30
The Great Show Of
.7 -—BIG STAR hers—7
And Feature Pictures
‘ WILFRED LUCAS IN. '
.“JIM BLUDSO"
Prices
All Seats Reserved
' TOMORROW, 3 Shows
The Very Clever, I
MARGUERITE CLARK IN
“THE FORTUNES
15C, 25C, 30C
The Great Japanese Acthr
.xs-EssUE HAY'AKAWA IN
“THE BOTTLE IMP" ‘
:Pa ace Theatre
Home bf Best Vaudeville and
"Feature Pictures
amRuSSell in Mutual’s
‘ ‘ Masterpiece
» :. f‘MYr-FIGHTING‘
“ -> GENTLEMEN”
"11' L ‘Showin - Byh-RequOSt ' ‘
CHAPLIN IN
“EASY STREET”
Commentaries-acute“
NoamepersComsuysodsnsss-
bor of the original (lined Flora M
isostatic. The company has o special
cariosd of scenery and electrical of-
facts.
PALACE THEATRE TODAY
Special Picture Features Including
Chaplin's Biggest Comedy
The Palace Theatre picture pro
gram for today is commendable to
say the least. Charlie Chaplin will
'kappear in his noted comedy hit.
“Easy Street.” This feature played
the Palace before but the requests for
a repeat were such that the picture
was engaged again and is showing to-
day. In addition William Russell
will play a selected Mutual master-
piece, “My Fighting Gentleman."
PALACE VAUDEVILLE
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Nomlk's Premier Vaudeville House
Stupendous Vaudeville
Engagement
Thursday, Fridav é Saturday
THE RATAPLAN COMIC OPERA COMPANY PRE-
- = SENTS ’
, MARY CA “‘0‘I
PRIMA DONNA OF THE MILAN GRAND
COMPANY IN
“THE BANDIT”
; ' ‘ Cast includes Miss Carson, J. F.
, McDonough of “The Chocolate
Soldier;” Richard E. Parks of the
Metropolitan Grand Opera Com-
pany; J. L. Hesse of the B . ton
Grand Opera Co.; Marguerite
Hebert of ,the Boston Grand
Opera Co., and many others.
CARLOAD OF SCENERY AND SPECIAL ELECTRI-
CAL EFFECTS \\
This Act and Four Others With Feature Pictures .
At Positively No Advance lll Prices A
THURSDAYT-Anita: King and Thomas Meehan in “The
Heir to Hoorah.':' . \82.
'FRIDAYa—Robert Warwick in “A Girl's Folly," .
.‘S'AéI‘UIRDAY—Sessue Hayakawa in \“The Soul of Kora
' an.” It
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OPERA
Regular bill of Five Acts Including
Big Opera Company
The alpce Theatre will offer a five
act vaudeville entertainment for the
week. among the "hcts being the pre-
sentation of “The Bandit,” by the Rat—
aplan Comic Opera Company. There
will be no changes of prices and the
shows will he run at the house resu:
lariy advertised, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. The picture 'feature
for Thursday will be Anita Kins and
Thomas Meehan in “The Heir to the
Hoorah." and on Friday. Robth War-
wick in “A Girl's Folly.”
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FRENCH MAKE FURTHER
IMCORTANT GAINS ALONG
THE 'AISNE AND CHAM-
PAGNE.
(Continued From First P889)
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which certainly is a very pretty piece her to “throw herself away" upon
of work to look at and a clever act to him until Fill gets an inspiration of
see as they hrs marvels in their line her own. '
of work. The program ‘closcd withIBessue Hayaklpwn‘ In “The Bottle
the greatest laughing ‘» picture ever’ imp." at the Regent Friday .
seen in this house? and that‘is the Max ' “I came to America, studied dramat“
Lindcr comedy, featuring thewonder- 'lc-gart at the University of Chicago.
ful English comedian, Max " binder. translated several modern plays into
which was an uproar from the start to the Japanese language. went back to
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said that much excitement was
produced by the torpedoin of the
Spanish steamer: San F gencio.
The Spanish government sent an
emphatic protests to Germany and
is reported to have demanded an
indemnity.
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GREAT VAUDEVILLEnAT THE RE-
' The second day of vaudeville lit this
opuiar playhouse proved to . be as all, and all that wish to see this great
With capacity bill of vaudeville should avail them.
each show selves of the opportunity to' secure
is as the first day
crowds turning out
but was given which only goes to
how the caliber of the talent that
constitutes this great bill of the 2 a
day. A better program of vaudeville
culdn’t be gotten together foran en-
gagement for Norwalk, inasmuch .as
leachpnnd every act is a head line not
'hich has played all the high‘glnss
ouses throughout the country,’
boy. are all high salaried people.
hich from this characteristic will
rare that they must be good notwith-
tanding the (act that" they are from
heWhito Rats Union. which consti-
tutes the very best material of pen
ormers in vaudeville today. The pro-
ram yesterday opened with the fea~
are. Vivian Martin in “The Spirit of
Romance." from the Paramount pro-
Will“. and wasatiery"'pieasing picture
{Witness Then the vaudeville that
‘ ened with Bob, Tip 8; Co., featur-
their dog, Tip, which certainly has
orwnlk by storm, second on the bill
‘as' Kelly‘s: Drake. a dancing and
losing ‘duo' which has pleased in all
‘ 'pects. Third on the bill was Mee-
and: Knapp. a pair of clever sing-
'and a, very neatly ‘dresscd act,
‘ ( came'one of the hits of the pro-
,u, »Walsh, Lynch & Co, presenting
eir sketch. “Along the Erie," which
"two male parts playbd by Messrs.
"has and Lynch was portrayed to
’fection which was enjoyed by all
t witnessed it. The other acts on.
hebill, Tom Overholt and the YoungI
isters was as usual. pleasing in their!
‘uinbers'ot song and dance'and the
bar last act on the bill,'the origi-
Otto Bros. "was a scream .in their
amino and is well werth the price‘
admission to look on. and the clos-
3‘; act is an act that Nor-walk will.
only of its kind, mice in a life’ '
_ “Pi so to speak and that is the act
Delmore & Lee, the aerialists pre-
T'l'the finish. "Tonight the vaudevilleh my country but eventually returned
will be repeated with one of the bestmto America and entered motion pics
iplctures on the Triongie Film Co's lure work. '
program, which is Wilfred Lucas inl
bum Bludso," a stirring picture which
, ill surely please all'that see it. The;
'prices will remain the same and that Big Company of Stars From Notable
is 15, 25c. (tile. with reserved seats i’orI Companies Comic Opera Three
‘ Days This Week. "
The most stupendous entertainment
offering which this city has ever
been given in connection, with a vaudc.
ville show has been booked by Man-
ager A. J. Collins for the Palace Thon-
tre for Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day of this week. The Estonian Comic
,Opera Company. witir Mary Carson
the petite pl‘illlli dunno, will present
a one not opera "The Bandit. There
are many things which can be said
about the company. but tho most strik-
ing notes are .thnt the cost includes
twonly- six persons, of which ‘2} one
time. Mary Carson. the prime donna
who was prinia donna of .the
Milan Grand Opera company at the
time the European war broke out, is
the only woman to hold a commission
in the Italian army. Miss Carson
cancelled her opera engagement in
ltuly and visited the field hospitals.
entertaining the convalescent! with
her faultless voiced“;i King Emanuel,
happening ”one day on a tour of in-'
spection to hear her and finding that
Miss Carson was an American devot-
ing her time and talents to ameliorat-
ing the sufferings. othis wounded
soldiers. commissioned her a brevet
captain on the spot. Since her return
,to America she has done much in be-
pubiicly thanked by the General for, half of the Entente Allies. mow the
her donation to charity. lollies of thei United States. Aside
She tells Cartouchc She loves hlm, from Miss Carson the company boasts
but_the oldosoldiers refuses to permitI J_"“ F. Mchnpugb, late with the
NEW YORK. April i8.—-A
German submarine, disguised as
a» aging ship, carrying three
masts, was sighted by the British
steamship Southern Down on
‘April 4, when about 300_ miles
west of Lisbon and for two hours
the British freighter was chased,
escaping capture or destruction
through her, superior speed,‘ac-
cording to officers of the South-
ern Down on arrival of the vessel
today at an American port: Fer
some reason unknown to officers
of the ship. the submarine did not
fire on hei'.
Yesterday. when near the
American cohst. the officers add-
ed, the U. S. Cruiser Birmingham
came up, and on signal the South-
em Down was stopped. An officer
and armed guard came on board
from the American warship and
established the identity of ' the
Southern Down before she Was
allowed to proceed. ‘
PARIS. April :8. ms p..m.-—
Important" progress vvas made
last night _by'the French in their
attack east of Soissons. The War
Office announces the capture of
Chavonne and Chivy. The
French pushed on north of these
points, reaching the vicinity o
Brayc-e-La‘onnois. . . ‘
LONDON, April 18, 12:35 p.
tin—The British forces have
made further progress northof:
St. Quentin and have captured the‘
village of Villm-Guislain,‘ ac-
cording to an official statement
given out by the War Office to-
OPERA 00. AT PALACE
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‘seats in advance. thus avoiding the
rush as it is looked forward to a co-
phcity house on goal for the cldsing
of the greatest vaudeville show ever
shown in Norwalk.
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Marguerite Clark in “The Torture of
Life," at the Regent To.
morrow
instead of putting her money in the
bank Fifi hides it and shutter; the
Bourcet family by her extravagance.
They decide she has even more mon~
ey than they thought and Louis be-
gins to see in the wealthy Fill. a very
acceptable wife. He makes lOVe to
the girl, and she accepts his proffer.
Then she sets about to make him
break the engagement by squandering
her money. realizing she is in love
with Cartouche. Accordingly-she buys
the most impossible things. scandal-
‘izing the Bouroet family into a com-
plete renunciation by giving the re-
mainder of her wealth to a charitable
benefit for old soldiers. Elected from
the house by the angry Mme. Bonn
cct. Fifi returns to the imperial,
where" she demands more money ' for
her services because she has been
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‘ IXARIS, April 17, Midnight.—
The great battle front was ex-.
tended for another twelve miles
today. when the French drove the
Germans from all of their first
line po‘Sitions and part of their
second line from Rheims to the
Champagne front. The victOry
was ”staged on the ground which
saw the great offensive of 1915,
and the German loss is estimated
at 0.000 killed, wounded andI
pris net's, ' ,
The invaders were exceptional:
ly_ well-placed along a serie of
wooded heights: ‘Varying in height
from doc to 800 feet, and running
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north along the main road from
Rheims to St. Hillair to Le
Grand. The Germans were well
aware that an attack was coming
and had made full preparation for
.. it. The French attack. however.
,' was delivered with such skill and
vigor that the defenders. disheart-
ened by'a long and ferocious pre-
"liminary battle. broke ground af-
ter 4a reasonably stiff resistance
‘ and the whole line fell into the
handsxof the French. South of
Moronvilllers,‘ theimoetus of the
attackers carried, them Clean
through the first line into “the Sec:
0nd line System. which‘centered
. at Mont Han. This summit. '850‘
feet high, ‘
,. In the: '
, was stormed.
,. crewlaunched a boat, which cap-
.ty—fives followed up the, enemy
wood east of the hill which was a:
veritable nest of German
Masg.’ close ‘ upon 3 four miles in {W
fierce counter attacks. Over
hudsostormofsrtilieryfireis.
. . the way for shooter
drivesgsinst the Germans in the ‘
positions to which they retired
yesterday. . . , .
AMSTERDAM. April 18.— '
Prince Zio-ed-Din. heir apparent .
to the Turkish throne, arrived on
Sunday at German Main Head-i
quarters, and handed Emperor ‘
William a sword of honor from A
the sultan. “as a sign of the royal ,
comradeship in arms of theliallied ,
armies and in recognition of the "
deeds of the German army," says .
at Berlin telegram.
“Emperor Williamin accepting
the sword.” adds the message. ‘
“expressed confidence that the
common fight would be crewned '
by final victory. The prince later '
left for ”the western front.”
HALIFAX, N. 8., April 18,—A ,
description of the scenes attend-
mg the attack by a German sub-
marine on the Nova Scotia bark-
e‘ntme Ellen James was given out
yesterday by Herman Hansen.
the only surviving member of her
crew, who was brought here ‘Mon-
day by the steamer which res-
cued him. He said that the bark-
entine, bound , .from Huelva, '
Spain. [for Penryn, Cornwall. was
overhauled by the submarine oil
the coast of France.
. The firstshell from the submer- -.
sible hit the after end of the bark- ’
entme. A splinter decapitated the
mate. Several other shells were
fired into the vessel. but she was
not sunk. ‘The captain and the
four remaining members of the
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Bar-relics A
sized. All exce
drowned.
Hansen managed to right the
’boat‘lsnd climb intoiiit. Without
foodor water. he kept the, boat -
afloat for twenty hours. watching
the wrecked Ellen- Jamesv drift
away. When a steamer came in
sight he had barely strength to «
Signal her. ‘ , .
In approaching Hansen, the
steamer was fired on by the subi"
marine sixteen times. but was not
hit. The steamer rescued the
sailor and made off at full speed
PARIS. April 18, 5:45 a. in.—
The latest‘iFrench victory. while
on a smaller scale than that of
Monday, is unequally important
success. Both of the sections at-
tacked had been left alone hither-
to on account of the exceptional
natural.strength of the German
posrtions.
, The French commandvheld that
an assault couldqonly his" success-
fully undertaken when over-
whelming resources had been ac.
cumulated and the general situa-
tion was favorable.
The general who commands
the armies of the right center had
been planning the attack for sew.
cral weeks and had left nothing tr
change. Everything was provided
for and the chiefs under him had
nothing to Ed but follow his in-"
structions to the letters.
As soon as the result of the bat
tle between Soissons and Rheims
was known, the order wav- fiven
to attack. Punctually 9* ;..45 thr
French infantry “v-mt over,”
well-supported ‘by. a powerful
mass'of artillery. They Swept
forward in magnificent style, and
in tow hours the first line system
had been captured. Later news
came back that the French sold.
iers were carrying all before them
and taking prisoners by the score.
They seized \Mont Camillet, Mont
l-Iaut and all the crests command-l
mg the region.
From their new. ‘ positions the
French now look down upon
Moronvilliers and Nauroy. This
Moronvilliers chain of hills was
regarded by all French soldiers
who had ever been in the sectibn
as virtually impregnable and its
capture caused the .liveliest satis-
faction to everybody. The seven-
pt Hansen were
Also 'l‘eatured’ is‘ the“ new
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forms its ‘own' girdle. ‘ .
There are no otherii'at'ferns
quite so chic as
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24 Cottage Street.
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..ap the monitor having been bitten by V
a strange “do; me two months ago. .
Although the. warden finds that dog '
from neighboring- towns have do!»
damage, he does not denounce any of
his'brotheo officials as believes that ’ C“
the dog wardens should cooperate. no _
does his any in a kind-henrted and he. , .
and the French reconstructing
the trope}: systems under cover
of ‘the'r artillery. -
According to information Rom
a reliable source,';he double of—-
fensive of the British north of
Arras and the French fire disar-v
ranged the German plans- Field-
Marshal von Hindenburg, it is de- .
.clared, was preparing an offensive mane mm. , ‘ , ‘
hg‘ainst Riga and another against? DOB WM Walsh 1133 “99"“ _.
Italy, while on the western‘front many “83 which ha“ ”’99“ it‘lmfifl‘ v9
he Was considering an attempt on over in hill by people who do notcam ‘ f
Calais on the one hand and on to Myths motion fee and hehos ’
. Paris on the other. The allied '- aken a number because the owners
enemy,_massmg Will. the objCCt western offensive spoiled all of ad bmken thousalingiaw.‘ Thedog:
0f making a dwersron. and deCl-, this by obliginghim to bring back that was hit by an auto on the Post
“laid them» According‘to on-a’large part of the efiectives in— Road‘reccntly‘ has been disposed of.
lockers such carnage had not been tended for the Russian and Ital- Another left in a. bag at the head of .
seen Since the action of "Chance ian fronts. ‘ hazel street unmade way with. ”f ‘
Gan at ‘the'beginning of the wan; A few can ago a dog made ah" at-
On the right wmg the struggle. tack mm the chickens ofian East Nor-
was equally to the'advantage of] . _ , :walk rectum but before the could do
the French. Auberive. on Which.Ward Palmer Being Treated for a any mssehmhmngmaown by 1’. .
the 16,“ Wing of the Champagne ,. ~‘ Palnfui wound . . shot. gun; ‘ ‘ .- .
2331591? 3:21;ng $1131.21: 52?} l Ward Palmer, the little sun of Mr.! The “warden has also been‘of aa.‘ fl “ Z
r oun din é 'works'" The - French “and Mrs. Ward Palmer, oi" Rowan Sieionoo‘in locating dogs which have “if .
' ‘ ' street. was bitten in the leg by a small strayed m from home and has re.” ‘ ‘*
made especially good prOgress . ~ . »
north of: Auberive. In the section do” owned by William union" .0! mm“ sum“ to their omen"
Rowan street, Saturday. ‘liedicai treat-'
east 0 ,Vaudesincourt ' 'll . . i A ~ »
j . ’ H1 “2 ment.wasnecessnry as the wound'was A M. woosm
was stormedyaswell' as a small
apninl‘ulone. -
“The dog is not believed io'liave‘vharl, ATTORNEY‘AT LAW ,.
the rabies; but was disposed 'of by'L V ' ‘
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been placed undérodscrvatlon to
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rapidly, and were soon in action.
They caught large bodies of the
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