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St. John’s Lodge, No. 6. F.
and A. M., of Norwalk, En-
tertains in Honor of 252d
Birthday
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MAY 26, 1917
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Fifty Injured and Much
Property Damaged
\i‘lClllTA, Kan. May 26.- At least
eseventeen persons were killed and
lfit‘ty injured late yesterday when a
{tornado struck Andale, Kan, fifteen
“miles northwest of this city.
0f the injured the condition of six
tonight appeared hopeless. The prop-
erty damage was large. Andale has a
population of 237.
Rescuers t‘car other dead will be
found among the debris.
The storm approached from the
southwest and dropped to the ground
two miles before reaching Andale,
levelling houses, trees and ill-ids in
its path.
Warning bv 2‘. tran who heard the
roar sent the occupants of the flin‘
veral store scurrying into the base—
tncni just as the twister strttck the
Miss Anna Justine Smith»
Gives Delightful Vocali
Numbers
St. John’s Lodge, No. 6, r. c A. M,‘
acted as host last night to about three:
hundred members and guests at a la-
;ties' night entertainment in honor of
the. local lodge's one hundred and;
fifty-second anniversary. The affair'
via/as held in the Masonic Temple in‘
‘Wall street, and the musical program
which aws presented by the Eisn‘
.tFischcr was presented by the Elsal
city, was one of the best of its kind'
Wiser enjoyed in Norwalk. l
The evening's entertainment was‘
opened by organ selections played out
the lodge magnificent pipe organ,’ by
ilirothcr Edward M. Jackson.
Worthy Brother Jay S. Buckley,
Master of St. John's Lodge. No. 6, l’.‘
and A. M., then delivered an appro-i
priate welcome address in which he‘
told of the great Masonic celebrations
being held in all parts of the. world at
the. present time, in honor of the two
hundredth anniversary of speculative
masonry which was founded in Eng-
land in the your 17l7. The speaker
welcomed the guests of the evening
on behalf of St. John's Lodge, and in-
troduced as the next speaker, Worthy
.lrother George 1‘}. Curtis. the his-
torian of the local lodge. I
Mr. Curtis' talk was a most inter-
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eating outline of the history of the that I "0'.“ the daily stream. of. false
local lodge since its founding on Mav WWW” “'"h regard to ”m SIM-mi" "f
‘zllid. 1763. until the present date.
.1917. St. John's Lodgp No 0 “.1... 1| lNIrljculur source for those baseless.
founded on \lay 23rd. 1765. in the old.
flicnfinmin lsuuc's homestead, which
stood for many yours on the site
where 1he present building now
stands. and which was torn down to‘
make way for the present structure.1
Benjamin isaacs was Master of SH
John's Lodge for eleven consecutive:
'yoal‘s, and guided the course of the
lodge through its infancy. in the war
of 1812. at which time the Town of.
.Norwalk was burned by the llrilish,l
the records of St, John's Lodge up to
lhat date are believed to have been
dostroycd. Records of events follow—
'ing that time, however, are still kept!
intact by the lodge in 186?. St. .lohn‘s‘
Lodge celebrated its one. hundredth
anniversary and the rolebration was
one of the biggest events over heldl
In the town of Norwalk. The cere-'
monies were opened with services at
.St. Paul's Church. following which a
big banquet was served to seven hun-
rtred masons in the Norwalk hotel. In
the evening a grand bull Was held in-
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building, cutting it in half and sett-
ling the root upon the floor. A dozen
lives were saved by the dive into the
cellar.
The Missouri Pacific llepot was de-
molished, but the agent escaped after
selling his block signals.
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Autumn
Daniels Denounces Vicious
Reports—NOD. S. Naval
'Vessels Sunk
WASHINGTON, May 26.-A catego-
rical denial thuf any American naval
vessels have been sunk ill the war was
issued last night by Secretary Dan-
icls to counteract a campaign of
vicious rumors that is being carried on
so industriously by persons unknown."
if was the first official noticc to be.
taken of a flood of reports of naval dis-
asters that started almost as soon as
it was known that American destroy-
crs were in the war zone.
“it is with deep regret,"
secretary, in a formal
said the
stat cmcnt,"
American ships. Brokerage wires are
rumors that cannot but be the causc
of needless distress to every true
American as well as to the mothers
and futhcrs of the nation who have
sons at sea.
"The department has given repeated
assurance that the policy is to be one
of absolute frankness with respect t
disaster. if it should be that ships arc
sunk. ‘full information will be given
out officially and quickly.
“The reason for these false reports
cannot be ascertained. The one hope
is that the press will refuse to aid this
campaign of vicious rumor that is
being carried on so industriously by
persons unknown.’
WESTPORT ISSUES
$325,000 BONDS
WESTPORT, May 2ti.--—-To pay for a
new graded school which will be built
for about 31000000 and to reorganize
the town's financial system. retire out-
,standing notes and take it.) other in-7
debtedness. the electors, in town meet-
ing last night voted :1 bond issue of
3335.000.
What is A Liberty Loan Bond?
A Liberty Loan llond is' a solemn
promise of the linitcd States to pay
f“. at. maturity the amount of the bond
.to the holder thereof, and to pay in-
,terest semi-annually each year from
, the‘date of the issuance of the bond
until it is fully and finally paid.
What is The Security For a Lib-
erty Loan Bond?
The fair and honor of the United
States, backed by all of the resources
.: of. the Nation and the American peo-
ple. A Liberty Loan Bond is a mort-
gage on all the resources and taxing,
powers of the. Government and allsof'
the resources of the American people.
What !s The Nature of a Liberty
., Loan Bond? '
‘ There are two kinds of Libertv
LoanBonds. Bearer bonds are to be
issued in denominations of $60, $100
and 31.000. These Bearer Bonds:
rwhicii are made payable to bearer.
agave interest coupons attached which
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A'MERIEA’S liliE/il liRElllllillNllS
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are detached by the holder when the‘into their machine on a grade cross-,‘ official work.
they rcprescntj
interest installments
are due, and can he cashed at any
bank the same as a United States
Treasury note.
Registered bonds are to be issued.
which are registered as to both prin-
cipal and interest. in denominations
of $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000. $10,000,
$50,000 and $100,000; checks for the
amount of interest due will be mailed
tout semi-annually to the holders of
these registered bonds. ‘
What Are The Terms of a Lib-
erty Loan Bond?
Liberty Loan Bonds of the first is-
sue of 52.000.000.000 are to bear date
of June 15.. 1917. and to run for thirty
years. except that the Government re-
serves the right to pay them fifteen
years after date. _lf this right is not
exercised by the Government fifteen
.years from.date, the bonds will run
the full thirty years.
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'scrlptlon" for the paymenT of the bat—
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hunt
William Francis Grant, Who
Made Unsuccessful At-
tempt to Cut Throat, Made
Away With Himself Yes-
tcrday.
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- SilMli MAAtAs
Was Ill and Came From
Bridgeport to Visit His
Sister
. Frustrated in his attempt at
lThursday night, William
Grant. who was taken in charge by the
local police, yesterday morning and
locked up in the First District police
statiom took his own life yesterday
afternoon sometime between i and 6
o'clock. by hanging himself with his
belt and necktie from the ceiling of
the cell in which he was confined. The
l‘body was first discovered at 5:50 p. m.,
;by Officer (‘harlcs l.. Page, who with
lOfllcer Thomas Dorney. cut the body
down and notified Medical Examiner
rlir. Samuel M. Huntington. Coroner
John J. l’helan will come to Norwaik
Tuesday afternoon to conduct an oili-
cial investigation of the death.
Mr. Grant was a former resident of
Norwallt. having been employed for
suicide
,ket. in Main street.
:liridgcpori for the
however, bttt returned to Norwalk a
few days ago and lived at the home of
his sister, Mrs. ilul‘lls, of Ill
strcct.
lie resided in
MANUFACTURERS
( ASSIST lN SALE
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A lurgr delegation of .\'orwalk man»
ul'uclurcrs assembled at the (‘in llull.
yesterday afternoon, to discuss ways
anti mc.tns to effectually assist in the
sale of Liberty llcnds. The following
Arcsoltztion was adopted:
- .-ltESOl.\’vl€D. That we, the manufac-
turers of the (‘ily of Ntl'Wlilk. do here-
,by offer to act as agents for the bank-
.ing institutions of our city and to dis-
:tributc to our employees such litera-
lturc on the Liberty Loan as the banks
1 may furnish us, and to offer to our em.
lployccs the, privilege of subscribing to
idcr the terms offered by the banks in
the attached\circular, and we will re-
lccive and pay over to the bunks such '
moneys as we receive and“? each sub-
scription while such subscriber re-
mains in our employment. if such a
subscriber leaves our employment, it
is understood that he shall then ur-
range. with the bank holding his sub-
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lFIVE AUTOMOBILISTS
l KILLED BY TRAIN
AK'RON. 0., May Bil—Five Akron
automobilists, three men and two
women were killed late. last night
when an Erie passenger train crashed
ing at Mantau, Ohio, near Rave-nun
The dead are. David F. Munson. W.
E. Van Horn, James Burton, Beulah
Snodgrass, of Wheeling, W. Va.. and
May Harris. of Akron. H. H. Rose,
driver of the machine, was crushed.
'and internally injured.‘
.RUNNING BATTLE
WITH A SUBMARINE
NEW YORJK, May 26.——A running
battle. with a submarine, during which
the “Ll-boat fired one torpedo and
more than a dozen shells, was report-
ed here today by an ltalian steamship
arriving from a Mediterranean port.
The. submarine came up to attack
on May 3 near the island of Sardinia.
and despite a return fire mm the deck
of the steamship. it followed its in-
tened victim more than an hour. No
adamago of consequence was inflicted
on the ship. The'aubmerslble was not
hit, the officer! said.
l0RKIJP , CEEE
quite a period of time in Becrs' mur-‘
past six months..
Main‘
. ill BRNRS,
the bonds, said subscriptions to be on.
SPElllNfi ut-
unusual
Edward Winchester Secures
First Bohannan Prize,
Morris Gottlieb Second
and Julia Wargo Third
The. ninth annual spelling bee for
the pupils of the. Nowalk highischooi
was held last evening in the audito-
rium of the school and was a bigger
success than ever before. The. affair
was largely attended by interested
parents and friends who were‘pleas-
antly surprised at the ability pos-
sessed by the pupils in this line of
study. "is
The credit of the success of'the at
fair really belongs to Dr. Chas. G. Bo-
hannan, who was the originalorof the
idea and who kindly offeredThe‘pi'lzes
ftii‘ it.
Edward Winchester, son of Superin-
.tendent and Mrs. Albert E. Winches-
ter, captured the first prize. which was
'five dollars in gold. The second. mile,
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Harry Harrison Arrested
for Robbing Julius Budov-
sky’s Store
Because he came home from the cat"
nival on West avenue. at a late hour.
Edward Darling, of 95 Lexington ave-
nue. colored. was stabbed in the left
side and two‘ fingers on the left hand
by his stepfather, llenjamin Crosler.
last evenfiigI The wounds were not
serious, but were extremely painful
and bled profusely. llr. Hiram 13.
West attended Darling.
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Immediately after the st'z‘Ebbing.
Crosler made an attempt to escape,
and could not be found by ()tllccrs
Smith and Lockwood. who ware sent‘
to investigate. The officers found the\
knife with which the stabbing had,
been done, however. hidden away in al
rubber boot. it was a large size pock-
ct knife.
Crosler was found and placed under
arrest. this morning by Officer Frank S.
,three dollars in gold, was won by Mor-
ris (lottlcih; Miss Julia Wargo was
Strattcn, and is held at the downtown
station awaiting trial. ' 1
Selling to Uniformed Men
Against Law
Few if any of the saloon and hotel
owners or managers in Hartford seem
to realize that for every single intoxi-
cating drink—which includes b’éer, ale
or wine—they have served to uniform
ed soldiers and sailors since Friday
night, they have rendered themselves
inwardcd the third prize. which was ”i William wals’“ “"9““ W ”2‘“ “8W '0 arrest and imprisonment for
,in gold. The fourth prize was special
ill was a handsomely bound high-
Frant‘ifilschool dictionary. and was offered bylih" ““5" 00“”
fthe American Book company. it was
,won by Ada Swanwick. ‘
. The judges of‘the match were Mrs,
.Susan ll. Welsh and Mrs. Charlotte!
lament. Judge Joseph R. Taylor was!
:the pronounciator. Miss ATlce Lento
'erland was the secretary of the match.
The spelling match began at. 8”" 5‘“ “my b‘“ "’3" Dirk/'3 "9 i" 1‘3““ dent Wil
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o‘clock. The contestants were lined tint
‘on the stage. Pupils misspelling twot
{words were considered out of tha con-l
‘test. it was easy to see that the}
:training and study received duri Ibef
year had greatly aided the pit in in}
Ithc afihir. The first words give. mire;
ithose which had been studied an
lthe past school session. Other ’
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were called into play. About. sixty off
the pupils participated in the contest§
and the affair lasted for more than‘
two hours before the one contestant
.wus left standing alone. the winner. it
is lit pcd that the Norwalk high school
will be the scene of another contest,
lncxt year. A
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:Tremendous Amount of;
} Work and Nine Men Vol-i
unteer to Assist '
" First Selectman Schlichting llllll
1 Town Clerk Stephen ll. lloyt. of
liurien were members of a group of
men that lT.t‘l r" Bridgeport Wednes-
day to rect-ive instructions regarding
the taking of the tegistratlon une 5.
Every man citizen, alien, able bodied
or disabled, the halt, the blind, the
deaf. the dumb, between the ages of
20 and 30 must register. No excuse for.
sickness or any other cause will be ani
ceptcd. The law as it was explained
to the men at Bridgeport, by speakers;
A\\'ll0 had given the matter close study;
is in effect that the men betwren 20,-
and :30 who does not register on June‘
5 will be dragged off to jail to serve
one year.
The nine men selected for the vol-
untcer task are: Selectman Schlich-
ting. Selectman H. B. Taylor, Town
[Clerk Hoyt. Registrar Charles Bett-
’uett, Registrar W. H. Willmott, Dr. if.
if}. Hanson, Charles 1“. Barker, Tok-
iencke; William Dugdale and C. F.
l Bearse. _
The work of registration will be
directed by the first sclectman in the
same careful and conscientious man
her which was followed in his other
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LIFE IN KITCHEN l
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vBthD-GEPORT, May 25.—Miss Gracel
E. Wheeler. 19 years old, niece of
lCiarence E. .i‘ifiion. president of the
Bridgeport lilanufacturers‘ Associa-
ition. was found dead early today. in
Ithe restaurant of her uncle's factory.
next to her home on North Washing-
ton avenne, this city.
Miss Wheeler. has been sick for
a considerable time. She was worse
last night, but retired at the. usual
time. Appearances indicated that dur-
ing the night she arose, dressed. went
to the. factory «Alunchroom, turned on
all the gas jets, sat in a chair and was
asphyxiated. She was missed by her
parents in the morning. and they
found the. body.« She came here with
the family about a year ago from
Sheftebury. Vt. ~
. taken off,
‘cf Miss Edith M.
‘Il)ennis,
riding. was
George E.
discharged by Judge
\'osburgh this morning in
A companion or his,
fiarry Harrison, who was arrested in
connection with the robbing cf the
store owned by Julius lludovsky. Ely
avenue. was bound over by Judge Yos-
burgh to the next term of the Superior,
court. llarrlaonbroke into the liudov‘
sky store on March 25. He managed
Side anti sent to jail with Harrison for
another offense. [Ti-tective Sergeant
Thomas Hunt arrested both of the lat-
ter two men in .llridgeport yesterday.
after they had been released froth jail
for more than a month.
DOG A'I'I‘ACKED i
“'llllO delivering a'Ntse of soda
wafer at ‘the residence of Frederick J
Hum. Jr., in New Canaan avenue, this
morning, about s o'clock. .lohn (‘ollins.
a driver for the Gray l’flt'is. St'ittiing
Works, of New (Yunnan, was attacked
by a large dog belonging to Mr. Ham,
and wus severely bitten. ,
Mr. (‘ollins was talking with a scrv
ant of the place at the time of the ban
pcning. and the dog suddenly came
around the corner of the house and
ran in lilr. (“oilins' direction. inas-
mttch as the animal had always acted
very friendly before now. Mr. Collin.u
started to snap his fingers at the ani-
mal. The dog madc‘ a rush at him and
hit him severely before he could be
Q
The injured man was rushed to the
office of llr. Samuel ll. Huntington. in
Main street, when his wounds were
dressed. lie returned to his home in
New (‘nmfin some tinp- inter and is
now suffm‘ing considerable pain from
the injuries.
ling Warden Thomas F. Walsh was
notified of the attack and is now in-
vestigating the matter. The warden
took charge of the animal this after
noon. Mr. Ham intends to do what—
ever is right in regard to settling the
matter. " .‘ ’
The dog is a genuine Belgian Mice
dog, and Was secured by Mr. Hunt in
Germany seven years ago.
MOOSEHEART
LEGION GIVES
PLEASING DANCE
Under the abspices of the Ladies'
Auxiliary, Women of lilooseheart Lce
gion, a most successful dance was
given'last evening in 'Roodner‘s hall.
The dance was marked by a large ai~
tendance and a handsome sum was
netted by the organiation.
The hall was prettily arranged for
the occasion with American flags.
-.\ierriam's orchestra furnished excel-
lent, music for thmdancing.
The committee in charge consisted
Casey. Mrs. Eva
Stone, Miss APanline Beck, Mrs. Emma.
and Mrs. Iii. Stcegmuller.
Other members of the legion assisted
in makingarrangemcnts.
SOLDIER HIT
BY FREIGHT TRAIN
SEYMOUR, May 26.—Privatc-Wil-
liam D. Nolan. First Connecticut in-
fantry. whose home is in Bristol. and
on duty near a bridge in this neigh'
horhocd, was found unconscious be.
ride the railroad tracks soifn after
daybreak and by the direction of the.
corrorai in chargc of the post was sent.
to the Griffin hospital in Derby. There
it, was said internal injuries made his
condition grave. The. supposition is
that the step of an engine on a freight
-train which went through here just
before 4 a. m..° struck Nolan as he
stood beside 4he rails. A. fragment of
on engine step was found near the sol-
dier The top of the embankment on
which Nolan had stood is narrow and
probably mlscalculated on clearance. .
a
one year and a fine of $1,000.
While some of the saloon men in an.
svrer to questions, denied knowledge
it was against the law to serve uni<
formed men with intoxicating liquors,
othcrs admitted that they had rcm of
the passage of the law. ‘
The Army bill, which contains the
formed fl
saloon and hotel men-section 12—-in
part states: ' ’ ‘
“It shall‘be unlawful to sell any in-
toxicating liquor, including beer, ale
the military forces while in uniform."
The section makes a violation of this
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or wine. to any officer. or member of!
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‘. 1 NEW CANAAN MRN a misdemeanor. the penalty for which:
. {is a fine of 81,000. twelve months in.
prison. or both. ' I
Federal officials yesterday explained
that, while they had up to the present I
fromj
\‘t'ashln ton concerning the new law.‘ ‘ , .
woulll he the part of wisdom for:h‘lll hm'“ "Hill“ “'0!!! ”10 air fol—
tlme rcccivcdu no instrctions
it ‘
liquor tlt‘llli'l'S to refuse to scll'to men
in uniform. '
The law is now an official document
and all scrviit liquor to l'ncll Sants
fighters while in uniform are with
each sale rendering themselves liable
to arrest.
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The second day of the second annual -
registered tournament of the Norwalk'
Gun club dawned clear and bright this
morning on the liorlon traps. lr'crt‘ccti
shooting conditions prevailed. The
heavy northwest breeze which prevail-f
ed yesterday died'during the night,
leaving the air almost calm. At noon-
timc today. the New England Hamli-
cap and the State championship shoots
were almost finished. W. O. Flinn;
was loading for the latter prirc. I
Forty-six prizes were distributed
last night at the. close of the day‘s.
shooting. These prizes Were distribute}
‘ed for the high scores out of 150 tar-i
gets. The shooters were divided into‘;
three classes based on their 1916 of—l
ficial interstate Association averages,
and their known ability. 'l‘rophicsl
went to the high guns in each class. i
J. l". Curtis led off in (‘lass A with
the score of 136. W. M. Iioylston was,
second high gun. Other prize winners
were Bradley. McVoy, Newsome.
Mosse. (‘larksom Cutter, \Valkins,
Southey, Finch and Martin. ;
W. O. l-‘linn was the fortunate win-i
ner of the first gun prize in Class B..-
lie made 138 possible breaks out of|
1:30. C. S. Fox was second with 136.‘
and Smith was third. 1’. J. Ham. .lr..f
and i. it. Wilmot. both local gunners,:
were classed in this division. Ham:
led with 130 and Wilmot broke 127.
Other prize winners were Thompson.
Robertson. Cate, Dr. Smith, Beers an‘d!
Hurbutt. l
The high gun in Class-C. was C. O.
Hestrom, who broke 119 birds. K. 0.A
Noble was second with 117. Walter‘
S. Gladney, the local hotel man, cap—1
tured a prize in this division. Otherl
trophy winners are: Dr. Van Saun.l
Currie, Hawley, Adam's, Hubbell, Tal-
cott, Sivers, Trumbull and Brevoost.
The high professional prize and high
amateur will be. shot this afternoon
as more than one man made the. some
score.
Last evening. a dance was given to
the shooters at Hotel Clifford, which
was largely attended. Music was'
furnished by the Sterling-Wellnitz.or-
orchestra.
enjoyed.
QUICK ACTION
"Don't you find that rising in the
army is rather slow?"
“Not in my case, I belong to the
aviation. corps." ,
A .
l coast
A pleasant evening was!
tnouncement adds.
I PARIS, May 26, Noon.~—Furth-
T hrec More Vessels Also Re-
ported Sunk by Subma-
rines and More Lives Lost:
Off English Coast
BERLIN inn
‘Great Damage Reported tat
Have Been Done by Ex-w
plosions i
o
LONDON, May 26,—(icrma1
airsliips, to the number of about;
szxtccn. raided Southeast Eng-
land on Friday night, according~
prohibitive order against serving urn—l?” an official statement issued to-
gbters, was signed by Presi-l .'
son last Friday night at Sjlibli'il-
o'clock. The section which affects the‘
day. Seventy-six persons were
Three of the (icrman
‘ airships
were shot down.
smut BURNER *
One hundred and seventy-four ‘
persons were injured.
This is the second German air
.On Wednesday at
Eastern English counties
,droppcd a number of bombs, kill-
in;r one num. For six previous
months no alien-ks on England
lowing.r the tll'sllnll‘tlilS raids in
which three Zcppcllns were de-
stl‘oyctl.
I. Nearly all the damage occurred
lll one town. where some bombs
llit‘ll in the streets, causing many'
tcasuuittcs among tltc civilian
‘ popu—
lotion.
'l‘hc - raidingr aircraft which
\verc brought down wcrc airv
planes.
'l‘ltrcc hostile airplanes. return-
ing from last night's raid on Bogu-
‘lillltl, wcrc brought down by Brit-
ish air forces in the English Chan-
ncl and oil' the Belgium coast, the
Admiralty announced today; The
statement says:
raid on England within three days. ‘
, slit. four or five.» .
(iormafi‘firhéi-ufc‘w WWW?“
and. .,
“Naval airplanes attacked the. ‘
ucrodromc at. St. Denis Westmm,
near Bruges, yesterday morning,
dropping many bombs.
“in the eveningr scvcral enemy
aircraft returning front the raid
on England were engaged by royal
naval air service machines. Au
encounter took‘placc bctwcen one
liritish lllltl- thrcc hostile'airplanes
in mid-channel. one of the latter
was destroyed. Several encount-
crs also took place off the Bclgian
in which two large twin-
cngincd hostile machines were
shot down. All our machines rem
turned safely."
LONDON. May 2ti.———'l‘hc follow-
ing. report on the raid is~1n
Field lilacshul Viscount French:
“A large squadron of enemy
airship, about sixteen, attacked.
Southeast England between 5:15
and 6:30 o‘clock last evening.
Bombs were dropped at a num er
of places, but. nearly all the. dam-
age occurred in one town. where
some bombs fell into the. streets,
causing considerable casualties-
among the. ctvilittn population.
Shops and houses also were seri-
ously damaged.”
ROME, May ‘25, via London,
6:47 p. m.—-ltalian troops cngag-
cd in the offensive movement;
south of Gorizia have captured
the fortified heights north of Jam-
uno, the War Office announced to-
day. The ltalian positions have
been extended still further, the an~
ter progress was made by- the
French on the Champagne. front:
during the night../Two German.
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