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ASSOCIATED PRESS NE_W8 FRO M ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WAR: AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
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liESTALISHED 1870‘
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trill PiNAlii
tot RESISliRS
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lExtreme Punishment For
t Treason Is Expected at
‘l the Trial of the Draft
l Rioters in October ’
Iflll MEN NRW
l l UNITER ARREST
Move Prisoners to Prevent
Their Being Rescued by
l Friends '
Mm state's campaign azaiust organ-
h‘zcd resistance to the selective draft
on central Oklahoma yesterday mov- tense will be temporary emotional in-l a daring attempt ‘0 fake his “3““
filed to punish the 200 men under ar-
j‘est. in connection with armed opposi¥
.ltion to military service. Warrants
himrging treason were served on the
prisoners, who were taken to the peni‘
'llenbtry at McAIester, or the jail at
,Aiuakogee, to await trial at. which
‘tUnited States District Attorney W. l‘.
.iMcGinnis will ask that the death
tpenaity be. imposed. Anilt‘lllllt‘l‘llix‘lll
‘uhtt extreme pttnishtnent would be
kphcd was expected to aid nutteriaily
in bringing to terms the few resist—
‘m's ntill sheltered in the hills. l‘osses
:a'n three counties~Seminole, Hughes
'nnd .Pottawntomie, reported toniuln
innit isolated groups refused to sur-‘
ponder but that they apparently were
lscouragied and seeking to avoid an
encounter.
never-at agitators. regarded as lenti-
tors in~tho disturbance and dangerous
ito remain at large, are among those
immintainiug it"show pf resistance, the
firuthorities would be Inclined to let
the bands break up. cohtident that the
less important members could be ar-
rested later.
Determination of the posse men to
jun down all the leaders was strength-
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Norwalluenjoyed a relaxation of
Klonnecticut's historic blue laws for
the first. time in 300 years last Sun-
day. But there were. few people who
knew it.
‘ Among the new laws passed by the
dust legislature, copies of which are
being received by officials licre,.was
. one relating to Sunday selling. The-
lawn specifies that dispensers of nec-
essary articles. such as food stuffs,
’ can keep their stores open if they
's'o..(lesire. Business in this city was
not stimulated to any noticeable ex-
tent because the people have not yet
become familiar with the law, and
didn’t know the stores wens open.
Many merchants were not aware. of
(the privileges awarded them by the
itAssembly.
Drug store's, cigar stands and ice
forearm parlors have never closed their
floors on Sundays, but the new law
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NllWEEllERAlllEl]
Norwalk’s National Guard unit.
comprising the. Sixth Company. Coast
Artillery, became a part of the resu-
Ciar army of the United States last.
week. when its members underwent
v'the federal physical test, and the un-
fit weeded from the stalwart.
All odicers above the rank of col-
onel will not be drafted into the fed"
weraltzed militia units at once. but will
be commissioned later, as the Presi-
dent must- send their nominations to
the. Senate for confirmation. ‘
oflicc‘s. however. will remain at their
present posts until confirmed.
The Sixth Company will soon lose
its identity as a militia company. and
Lucy: name will be given it. These
now names. or more correctly new
numbers. start where the numbers of
the regular army. preview; to the fed-
wllis‘ulon of the militia, left. 08.
Entered It the South Norwalk Post
Office as Second Cine Matter.
souin nonwux. corn. causally,
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Probably Fair Tonight and Wednesday
AUGUST 7, 1917 TWO CENT",
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Physicians Ask For Removal ‘
Who Killed Her Husband
MINEOIA, N, Y., Aug. i
piication for the removal to a 1105-;
pllal of Mrs. Bianca de SdUllen, 119,th
in the county jail here for the murder
.of lit-r former husband, John Longer.
dc Studies, is expected to be tnadel
today or \N'tdnesday. This announce-l
ment was made by Henry A. l'tez'V
hart. her attorney, after three physiv
clans had made an examination of
1 his client. it was said the physicians
would make their report to Mr. l‘ter-
hart today. Mr. Uterhart also may
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gr befote the Supreme Court in:
; Brooklyn in an effort to have Mrz. de,
l Saulles admitted to bail on the grant i,
her life was being endangered by
I in; confined. in county prison her
The mother of Litre. de Sat ‘1 -
|cabled from Valparaiso, Chile, that.
she was leaving there on \i‘eduesday
. for New York and was bringing anotlt»,
er daughter. Miss Amalie Errazuriz
\‘crgara, and her son. William Er-
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Aug. 7._ razuria “.1,“ h”. The message also playing a laughable ignorance of "3”“.
.‘Without waiting for a conclusion of said that the mother would give ev- "”3 “Tm“ “C0" Lichstein, a hew
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The belief that Mrs. tie Saulles' de-
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ATTORNEY fiENERAl
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Burial in Connecticut Hos-
pital for Insane
Dr. G. Floyd Haviland of the (‘on
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3socks for sale.
,autl he insolentiy tshowed him a dis-
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jthe i'nited States.
Association of
Mr. Bannigan ex-
fAKE SOlDIERS EITE'EENT ElliAR
RETAILER WARNS
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He Says
New York SOCk Peddler HARTFORD. Aug. 7. ------ The (lily of
Tries to Make Sales With- f $331.13.- lliiiniif‘iffi‘ém‘t’i; tfi‘trtffti‘.
out License , C0.
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to Be a Thing of the Past
Comes to Norwalk andi the me cent cigar is nearly past and
[as J. Bannigan of the Bannig
T ‘ tail tobacco field as follows:
tobacco products and the cost of all
Fined $5 and Escapes Being
Held For Federal Agents
Declaring he had served three years:
in the l'nitsd States Army. but dis-l
tut-inc of tobacco products. have b
steadily increasing.
10 cent cigars will be sold straight
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Detective-Sergeant 1“ 3H t MATES
Thomas Hunt asked to see his license,‘ ""—"""-'l
f‘Solc Survivor of Famous,
Hornet to Get $100 at
Month For Life by Will of:
Hartford Man '
York peddler, amazed attaches in tile‘
downtown city court this morning by»
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to the possession of an, honorable
discharge paper from the army. .
lie was untested on Raymond street;
yesterday afternoon, While offering‘
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charge paper. He was held in $25
bail, and this morning was fined 55,
by Judge George H. \‘osburgh. There.
was some question on the part of the ‘
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Wdcral military agents because of I
his obviously lying answers to .ques-l A legacy in the will of the late‘
lions as to his army service. but upon, Henry Ferguson. of Hartford. recalls-
paymcnt of his this he was allowedt one of the incidents which made thei
his freedom. , famous o ' ‘
id clipper ship days roman-i
To questions asked from Acting
tic. The legacy is left to a shipmatel
Nil llMilO
swung“, !
unmumn
nunmwnut
13 out lROM RUSSIAlll
titanium ’
lAlR PEACE,
'WllSllN SAYS
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Will Tell Country When the
Time Comes, and Thinks
Germanys Peace Feelers
lOffensive Againstthe Russo»
l Romanian Armies in M . _
davia on the Rumaniat:
an Cigar!
. Mr. Bannigan ts. a member of?
Elite National Retailers” Council of the-
l plains the present situation in the re-i
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crisis is confrontint.r the retail cigar,
The producing cost of alll
materials entering into the manufac;
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"All standatd brands: of nickel and
1 the food control bill and revenue billet
lthe President would not allow the trlct. ”191“” “0 “mmsmn as '0 ”WT AMSTERDAM} Audi“ 7'”-
American people to l .0 anv “gm“ numbers on West avenue, and conv‘tlerman submarine 1:30, deem
01‘ sum‘l‘ 'auy wrongs lch Ellis dili- “0‘ b“ ““dl‘l' ”‘9 ”"5”“ ”05‘ “inc,“‘panied by two Dutch torp
Except for‘the-fact that“
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Middletou'n has melted .Attoruey (len said he WWW" the remarkable:
erttl George E. Iiinman as to whether m“ of "euli‘sttngz'in 1900' ,ang
chapter 8‘9 of the Public Acts of 1907 three years and mm; "IUSTMEM out
is applicable to the burial of Paul ”I 1900. ”8 couldnt explain how
pets in the cemetery connected with‘ that happened. 4 .
the Connecticut Hospital for the In- ’ \‘lhcn etlorts WM") mode t“ “M the
sane. Such a burial. in an opinion:
made public yesterday by the tutor-9
tr‘y general, is not within the provi-j
sions of this section, and failure to,
comply with all the requirements of
the section does not constitute a vio-
lation of it.
The act reads that ‘when a pauper
ii an inhabitant of a town where
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Junk dealers have to know a good
deal about bookkeepingr as well as thcl
,priccs of metals, rags. papers and{
l‘whtttnots they collect, for the lawl
Edeals with them severely if they do
not keep accurate records of their
business transactions. Detective Ser-
BHANEE TU SERVE nennt Thomas Hunt visisted about 25
_- ljunkmen iii the second district, yester-f
0- day to determine whether they were?
ft‘ollowing out the law's rulings. l
Official figures from the police depart‘ (‘omplete description of the persons,
ment. These men, natives of cottn-f 3‘ junk man buys. metal from must'
tries now at war on the side of them“ “it down by him ",1 a two“ Openl
l'nited States, are exempt front be”, to ”3° police f“ any ““‘9- He must.‘
in;' conscripted in the First National: Spear-l: the time. and place .Of ”1""
Draft Army, if they wish to claim ex-t transaction, the hetgltt and weight of,
cmption. But Provost Marshal Gen_l the seller and the color of his eye‘sl
cral Crowder, in a late ruling. hag—:and hair. Such information is valua-
opened the ranks of the draft army? b“? to the police in “5'93 of stolen,
to the aliens. l "MM“ . I
All those Norwalk aliens who have Jtmkmen are required, as well. to,
been drafted may waive their right have plates fastened on their coiled,
of exemption and the local Exemption‘ tron ““3““ bearing. in letter fourt
Board will immediately acceptithem.E inches high, the" names and license:
for service. This ruling is sent out: numbers. l
because there is belief in someouar-I 2
m. am “friendly" aliens. cannotgpANBURY LABOR ' "I
32311211532325“Ellyn?pitfall?ATS? . TROUBLES SEEM TO
BE NEAR END
throughout the country” to do their
"‘bit" for the land that has sheltered
'DANBURY, Conn, Aug. 7.——rossi-;
biilty of ending the labor diliicuitiesl
t them in presperous peace for so long.
i and Norwalk's. alien draftees now may
between the hat manufacturers oil
show their true spirit.
this city and their men loomed upL
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“friendly aliens,” according to un-
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in month for the remainder of his
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lttttt Child]
with whom Mr. Ferguson formed an‘
acquaintance half a century ago when
both were adrift for forty-four days
in a lifeboat in the Pacific.
According to the will,
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in San Francisco. will receive $1005
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Plough was at the time of meet-l
inc Ferguson a sailor on the famous;
clipper ship Hornet and lr‘erg'usonil
was a passenger. The ship caught:
fire in the South Pacific and the tow!
escaped in a lifeboat with thirteen,
members of the crew. After forty'l
four days of extreme hardship, dur-‘
ing which they ran out of both food
and water. ‘the party finally nmdej
Hawaii. - Theirs was the onlv boat
saved. auction,
(Slough and Ferguson both came to?
San Francisco. the former remainingE
there and the latter returned to his
home in Hartford. Since that time.
(‘lough has never been beyond Sacra-
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PRESIDENTSIRNS ' .
IMPRRTANT [NEW
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—-Awaitingv
President Wilson‘s signature todayl
were bills to increase the Interstatet
Commerce Commission membership-
from seven to nine. and to authorize
the President through the Commis-
sion or some other agency of trial
choosing to prescribe what. commodi-l
ties are commodities are most 'essen,'
tial to the war's prosecution and to
order common carriers to give pre-,
ference to their transportation. Con-E
ference reports on both bills Wel‘6l
adopted by the Senate yesterday, and?
had been approved earlier by the
House. ' ‘ ,2
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Are Not Genuine
WANTS ERNITRESS
tttltttttttttttst . A .
People “Vi" SHEET N0 in the it‘ity Hall on the question of
“ ' ' ‘ ‘changing the names of North and
gyrongt’Pls Diligence can?S()utli Main streets, Wall and East‘
reven
Wall to West avenue, thus tnakintzt
thst avenue to commence at Eimt
\l'ASlrilNGTON, Aug, 7,-111-95Mam '1 avenue at an acute angle running eastt
Wilson had a long Conferpnce with end west to the present starting of,
Senator Lewis, the llt‘llioct'atic whip, \\ est avenue, which runs nearly northt
urged haste in the final enactment of a"%,.;‘l’“:’“lzpm has held m name as BERLIN, Aug. 7, via London.—...-;
long as any in the town or city. All A1loll'll-Ut‘l'ultttl forces "vei‘terdfi
the banks and the. postol‘fice of the‘bcgtm an ()ilctlsn‘c against “09, .
Fir-*1 “15111“ a!“ On it end the I'I'P‘Ilittsso-Rmnanian armies in Mo
'“Pm name i" Tuggfl'ilf"1'rl"‘ "illsei‘g avia. on the liumanian troop.4 ' '
" "t :" ‘1"11 anges . ‘ .
RENTlTTTUSI‘E‘Zl:fnil1RSIEETl‘t‘ISTTTt'llllc’ll stt‘eet.‘1m”\,"m ”Within“ “‘"t‘h 0f, Eon?
Mott avenue is more of a contintta- 5113”“ “‘f‘l‘l‘ stormed, {ll'mrdmg h.
tion of Wall street than is West ave-,tlte official statement issued to
nue. .lby the (-ierman General Staff, > ‘
NW“ “ml 9‘71““ Mill“ ““9”“ I“‘V‘T'liilltl prisoners were taken. Tings
llmeli)’ built?“ Of‘t‘ill'illk‘i“s “WM." than units and numerous from“
different from West avenue. As there I“
are (“-0 potatomcgg one in each dis..mort'ilrs also were. captured.
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EXTEND WEST AVEt __ ,,
“sassrlfillllll 3”“ “3" ' >
. ” Al mutating:
This Evening
Put in There, Accompany“;
by Two Dutch Torpegw
Boats, to Await Bet“; .
Weather
Front, Proves Successfugv .
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and is understood to haw? indicatedi
that he does not consider the pres
ent time for discussion of peace ne-i
gotiations with Germany. .
Senator Lewis would not discuss}
the latt‘er phase. of the conference,
but it was believed the President in
dicated that he did not consider Ger-
many's recent peace notes to be gen.
mm and that he can be expected to
let the country know when he. bo'
lleves the time has come for discuss-
ing peace. Senator thewis declared
conditions. It is doubtful if there .18 b, “5 ma.” entered the waterwr '
.a person in the South Norwalk 1115' n T “ ' ’m
" trict. that wishes the Norwalk office,0f the .'etl10rlantls fishing town 0‘
abolished. The vote of the First Dis illaassl s, ten miles west of Roll.-
:trlct only made this possible and ai-fterdam, according to u dispatch.»
' lthe ilandelsblad. It is understood
:lll‘dt the l' boat: merely is awaiting
lbcttet' weather.
; l.t).\‘l)t'l.\'. Aug. 7.-Representa§ ‘
:tives of the Entente Allcs partiois
lpatetl today in London in a coup: ,
"tiuuation of the Paris ("onferenem
That-id Lloyd George. the British'
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genre could prevent."
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STATEN RRRRS lN ; ______
SHIlPililEll’SHllMi;PtiiAltlE§l1HEAP,
__ * Billlitlllllllltli . I
iVegetables Reasonable,EggsQuintet-truce were Premier
' ,' ' ' ~i fund Minister of War Painleve, a}
sun {‘T iatll‘g.‘ m use Pl cetl’rance; Baron Soninno, th Italian
LISt—‘Cond'tlons m thejl’oreitrn Minister; A. J. Balfo
Local Markets—Farmers {the British Foreign Secretary, a3 _
. iArtltttr Henderson and the others
IPVIted to Get Loans From l members of the British War Cuba}; ‘ .
liederal Bank incl. All the Entente Allies, int
:i‘nct. were represented by
While the price of potatoes andjatnbass
other
lltltll's. ministers or special
vegetables had dropped almost to 1'0
within the reach of all. flour is still
presentatives.
selling around the $14 per barrel L0.\D01\,Aug. t.——TbeAdmni~
mark. and there is little prospect of any 1“
urns that a German submar-
Bridgeport Police Discover:
Mrs. Baron’s Identity and;
Call Her Clever Thief '
BRlDGEPORT, Aug. 7,—ln the or-
rest of Mrs. Joseph Baron of Villa
Park. l‘airfleld. at the Howland Dry
Goods company's store Saturday"
night last, the police believe theyt'
have apprehended one of ’the clever-1
est shoplifters discovered here in1
years. When detectives went willy?
the woman to her home this morning
recovered more titan $1,000
worth of artiCTES; which, it is claim,
ed. have been stolen from local de-
partment stores during the last two
years.
at
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- August 4, 1917.
To All Whom It May Concern:
I hereby certify that this is a true
statement of the subscription fund
raised for the benefit of the Sixth
‘Company of the Connecticut Coast
Among other things found in her an." decrease in price unless the tint-'I‘itu‘ .‘W‘Sm‘lal' th'kt‘d *1 Spanish.
silverware, bronze ware, aluminutn through the enactment of the Lever ritorial waters. Two of the creth
$1,000 was placed on the haul by the' 3 and $9 a barrel. and that all abovel KTSHTNEV. RllSSlll. Aug. 7.”
(Continued on SiXth Page.) ‘ i“ S-Ql'walk mm“ the ”“51 ”melltccn thrown back on the front to“
l ' ling here. (“hotin is at the junction‘
' PARIS. Aug. 7.——Three infant,
Mayor Ca‘ri A. Harsh-om today is! . lPrinee against French positions in ‘
of th c . ~'te-.t 'l: ..-» . l. .l. ,
e onnecticut Coast Aitil ry, “i sons ll'ltlloilt appeal to tie coun ‘lssucd today by tile. French War
it is now up to consumers to do then-flietween Avocourt Wood and 11'
Ga v o ‘ 3‘ t '
weretary Houston today in “TllCll Tctttons.
Artillery. national service. iaction in the llixschoote sector 0‘: .
These ‘
workmen. The conference was
brought about by Robert M. Mande,I
Policemen are not exempt from,
conscription on the ground that they?
a federal mediator, sent here from}
Washington.
Mr. McWade has been here sincet
are "public officers,” and three Nor-
walk patroltnen who were drafted
may have to respond to thectdl to
the colors if they pass the physical
examination. '
Chief of Police William R. Penning-
ton stated this-morning that the pol-
ice department did not plan to ask
that drafted policemen be exempt. In
several cities police commissioners
will take that action. holding that
'.they can ill afford to lose trained
men. Norwalk's drafted policemen
at): Wallace 11. Sammie, Jeremiah
Barney and Stephen Lengyel.
WRI‘.
Saturday endeavor-lug to get the em-} 1
players and men together and late to-t CHICAGO. Aug. 7.—Details of what
day succeeded in this effort. Same} is described by officials as 3- plot to
of the batters union and representa- evade the selective draft by men liv-
lives of the sixsltops who had de-iing in the First District (downtown)
clared their intention of dealing only Were before federal authorities today.
through a strictly local organizationt aft-2r it had been discovered that of,
of their men met and formed a‘ tents-i the first 345 men called for examinn’i
the basis for further conferences.‘tion 135 either gave £8138 addressed
Reaching-that point adjournment was-or failed to appear before examina-
taken until tomorrow morning. ' Ln:tlon boards. ‘ .
bringing about the meeting Mr. Mc-l More than 100 alleged slackers were
Wade appealed to the patriotism altar-rested in various parts of the city
each deplorlng the situation of dead-l yesterday, thirteen being formally an
lock or strike at this time when’ “19,- reigned before Federal commission-
country needed the labors of all to ers. Eleven of them were held in
further the national e:o;t to win insignia of $3,000 to the next Grand
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possession were fox furs, glowy ted States government takes a hand fishiucboat in the ueighborhoodofi:
ware, wrist watches and napkins. A bill. Despite the many assertions.
manager of a local store. t$9 was excess profit to the producers.iAustro-German troops between, .
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SIXTH CUMPANY miles front Chotin. according W
' . tof the Zbrocz and Dniestcr river‘s, st.-
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try attacks launched last“ night by; ..
“Ed his T990“ 0f the fund subscribed? tthe (‘hampagne region were re» , _
The statement, of the mayor is given: \I‘y’s farmers and gardeners having ,
A German attao,
shore by conserving perishable foods,_3-{).tP in the. Verdun sector, m
be. suggested particular ways i , _ . '
'ihere was a violent artillery
“1 urge not only that NET." home the Belgian front and another bat-p
sheets. pillow cases, clocks, cut glass, in ”"3 lll'oceedmgs- and ""995 ll d(“V"tBilbao. Spain. within Spanish tel'
total valuation of approximatelyf that it “'R’s being sold in England atlu‘cl‘e severely wounded.
I” has 1“” gone WOW ”"3 $14 mal‘li‘the Dniester and the Prttth haunt
‘ news‘from the mattlo area reachs‘
BENEFIT FUN" loll the Galician frontier.
A troops of the 'Gcrman Crown, ‘
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for the b.netit ot the Sixth company; “ASthGTOlN, Aug. t. President pulsed, says the official statement
as follows:—— been answered. with bumper crops:Dollill'lmmi-
according ‘0 a Statement issued blitlriven off with heavy losses to that
which housewives can render dcfinitel
assist in the conservation of the sur-
Subscriptions Received.
M. H. Nutting as shown by his
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list . ....... . ............... 330.00 plus perishable fruits and \‘i'geiabTPS “‘0‘!“ flit;tfelttse X33 Craom
W. C. Baur as shown by his {by canning. pzeservinz. pickling. dry-."m:I l o t” rncr ”le' _.
list ............ ....... 189.00: in: and storing but also that everyli 1‘ “"1““ "mi“ “N "18m bmw:
H. P. Price as shown by his 'experienced woman place her knowi limo the lines of the. Gem
list . ............ ..... 15.00 edge at the disposal of her neizh-‘Crown l’rincemn the (“hampnm
C. A. Harstt‘om as shown by his bore." To that end it it specifically
from at three places. inflict
166.00t recommended that women call their . 1 .. ..
iorganizations together for discussionTim“.A on the (lf‘l‘llllllia and “Elm
Total .. . .. 4700.06“, of conservation work. that demon-:15": “Mk Prismlilm- ll “'33 "me“
Payments Made to Captain floumandstrations in running and preserving announced today by the F‘s-e
July 28th, at the time of the The given and that they ctr-operate War Department, A Teutonic
company's departure ....853i.25 with local food officials. tack between Avocourt Wood
August e, draft and cheek mll- ‘ The Secretary potnts cut that the Hill 304 in the Verdun sector
ed ......... . . ....... 165.73 tlmcfor conservina': foods Tl Ibort and ' ' ’ _'
Maud on mum can»
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says that it is of prime Importancet
Tom .370009 that they shall not be wasted. g
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