ASSOCIATED PRESI NEW! FROM ALL PARTS OF THE ‘WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
ass-nuance 1370‘
Entered st the cone: Normlk M
Office as Second Class latter.
SOUTH uonwaax. Conn..- msbav.ssrr.1s,1917
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
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Tarty Bound For the Rock-I
ville Fair Runs Head-on;
Into Trolley )t Hilliards-'
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w BIIERIIIFIIJIIIPACI
tillartford and Plainville Men
May Have Sustained Fatal 2
Injuries
. Two men are dying at St. Francis's
hospital. Hartford, two others ar
seriously injured and a fifth is slight-
Iy scratched as the result of a terrific
bead-on collisi between their auto-
mobile and la ookville trolley car
bound for Hartford at 7:20 o'clock
dust night at Coopers Switch. Hill-
dardsv‘ille.
The probably fatally injured nre:—~
James J. Kennedy, No. 272 'l‘rum-'
{lull surest, Hartford.
Thomas Missett, Plainville.
Their companions and the injuries
they received are:~ ,
Michael Novello. No. 24 Avon street.
llartford, fractured collar bone.
Harold Hyde. Jenks street,
Hartford.
Mood.
East
scalp wound and loss of
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‘ The new chairman of the Second
“'Ward Republican committee, Edward
“J. Flatterty, met for business with a
large delegation of workers in the
City Court Room of the City ilall,
last evening, and plans for an active
scmnpaign were considered. .About
‘Rllll‘ly men were in attendance and
.. the sentiment expressed all favored
at getting together for the Republican
. dicket. Nearly all expressed them-
.:.elve't along the line of party bar-
3 mony. The. following were among
those present: Frank J. Finnegan,
i‘itussell Frost, Philip Castellano, Ru-
.t'us J. Suiltb,vSamuel\W. Velsor. Wil-
liam H, Fisher, William C. Minton.
Salem J. Dell, Herbert A. Mathewson,
le‘rederick Weisheit. Archie F. Nash,
dohn Czako, George Jones, Stephen
Attacngyl, Artlm'r‘Bellus. George B. Tal-
madge, Jr., Francis Benedict, George
W: r'llnd'stone. tEdutund E. iCrowe,
John W. Harold, Leonard Robins.
John D. Tucci. . ‘
Chairman Flaherty announced the
following committees.
Finance—Maurice H. Nutting. Geo.
H. Vosburgh, Frank J. Finnegan.
Campaign Committee—Joseph R.
Taylor, Rufus J. Smith, Samuel TV.
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‘V'elsor. William H. Fisher. John
Caako, Philip Castellano. George
Jaues, Frederick Weisheit, Waytc
Raymond, John D. Tucci,
Vt'ork at Polls—Edmund E. Crown.
Chains A. Walters, Archie F. Nash,
Frederick H. Quintard, John W.
_ Smith, Arthur Bellus, Stephen Lengyl;
George B. Talmadge, William Miller.
Philip Seib. , '
Transportation—fiederick G. Gan-
uug, Edward B. Doulens, William E.
iteisler, Leonard Robins.
, Publicity:‘—George H. -Vosburgh.
'Q‘ée' kneeling adjourned for one
week when the'above committee's are
vvpectcd to render a report on the
political'situation.
, ,RRIDCEPORT MAN .
TAKES AN APPEAL
HARTFORD. Sept: 18.-—The. first
appeal to President Wilson by a draft-
ed man in Connecticut was filed with
Governor Holcomb, a; required-lo-
day. It cam'e'from Bridgeport. The
name ofithedhdividualWaa not dis—
closed the governor saying hedld not
ulltl‘ak he should make it public. He
. explained, however, that the pemon,
who appealed was employed in a‘
mnaphophone factory, and he claimed
exemption on industrial grounds,‘as‘
Stating that the factory turned out
aeroplane parts, ' an superman uro-
WWW} and he decor-4i to
appeal to‘the
A (rightist authori ' j ‘
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III) CANNINII
EXHIBITION
234 Displays Made at the
Norwalk Garden Contest
Show in the Town Assem-
bly Hall
an aim .
Hu iflttlI-Eltifll
Bronze Medals Will Be
Awarded Boys and Girls
For Their Good Work
The vegetable and canning exhibi.
tion of the boys and girls in the Nor-
walk Garden contest. which was held
in the Assembly hall. Saturday, Sep-
tember 15th, 1917. was a great suc-
cess.
There were over 234 exhibits, 48
at which were from the boys and
girls in the East Norwalk Garden con-
test.
The people of vNorwalk had the
pleasure of seeing some fine exhibits
of potatoes. there being forty different
entries. The winners in this class
had to have some fine products to
carry off the prizes. The second
prize was won by a girl whorraised
her potatoes in a vacant lot.‘ There
should be special mention of the very
good exhibits of beans, tomatles, cat»
bage. onions and collections of vege-
tables, besides thirty-seven Jars of
, canned products exhibited not. only by
the girls. but the boys also, who
showed some excellent products.
(Continued on Eighth Page).
ONLY 2,000 MEN LEFT
AT YALE FOR TERM
Estimates of decreases of from 10
to 20 per cent. in the number of stu-
dents at Eastern colleges this fall due
to the war have been made from the
registration figures nail the number
of undergraduates from each college,
who are known to have enlisted. new
cording to an announcement made ‘in
New York, Sept. 7.
In some instances the. reduction will
be so great that a curtailment. of
courses has been deemed advisable.
At Princeton registration figures
lthow a decrease in the number oft
Students of about a third, while at
Harvard indications are, that the
freshmen class will be about normal
size. The registration at Harvard
last year was 5,656. which it was said
might. be reduced this year by 1.500.
At Yale the authorities are expecting
the smallest registration in a decade.
Probably not more than 2.000 students
will be in attendance when the fall
term opens. as against a normal year
of about 3.500. Hundreds of upper
classmon at Yale already have vol-
unteered, or been drafted, while a do
crease of 200 in the number of fresh-
men is expected.
Registration at Williams College
indicates that. not more than 350 will
enroll asvagainst 549 last year. Am-
herst College. according to estimates.
will show 30 or to pe. cent. reduc-
tion in attendance, while at Dart-
mouth only 800 are expected instead
0f the usual 1,500. At Cornell Uni-
versity, it is said. preparations are
being made for only about two-thirdsi
of the usual number of students.
AUXILIARY POLICE
MAKES PROMOTIONS
The first meeting since last spring,
of Company A of Norwalk‘s auxiliary
.police force was held last night in
.the Town Assembly Hall, in Wall
l-itreet. and was very largely attended.
Captain Stewart H. Elliott, who has
recently received a commission in the
1 ordinance corps of the United States
Army, tendered his resignation as
captain of the company last even-
.ing. ~
All of the officers of thecmnpany
were then moved forward one step.
John Brougham is now captain of the
company. Frederick Ham, Jr., is First
Lieutenant. and B. D. Harrlman is
Second Lieutenant.
Chief Pennington was present last
night, at the meeting‘nnd drill,
It' was decided last evening. that
Company A will hereafter drill every
Monday night.
‘ wi
so ask body of men.
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:The company Will be for a coastwlse poi-L;
recruited up to it‘s full strength as coin was‘onl,
- duct. The 'dtstiict' board turned him rapidly as possible. and evexy‘elmt‘t' A: stiff n '
it, be made to make the company sixty miles
, ' extreme
cuddled
IlllESHlitlllll
State’s Contribution ,to the
War Shown in Impressive
Figures
The wholeState will be. interested
in facts just compiled at Washington
by (‘ongressman Augustine Lonergan
of the First District, which tell in a
forcible way of the contribution Con-
necticut is making as her share in
the great effort of the war to pre-
isetve the rights of the nation. \
The Congressman has consulted
with the heads of the various depart-
ments'at Washington, with a view to
having figures compiled. insofar as
Connecticut is concerned, and the re‘
sults tell the whole story,
Brig-Gen. H. P. McCain, the Adju-
iant-(lcneral of the Army, states that
Connecticut's total quota for the Reg-
ular Army is 2,228, and that the oil!-
cial figures of the War Department, as
of Aug. 24, show Connecticut had so-
cured her quota. at that time, and
that, in fact, 2,419 of the men who
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
noun nuns '
Alli ENIllINEIl
Temporary Injunction Is-
sued Against the Picket-
ing of Three Independent
Shops—Companies Claim
Damages of $5,000
DANBI'RY. Conn, Sept. 18:-—A teln-
porary injunction Was served upon
officers and membei's of the 1m Mak-
era’ and Hot l-llnlshers' Association
of Danbury lastvntght restraining
them from picketing three but shops
recently opened here on the independ—
ent shop plan following a Strike in
them. The shops are conducted by
the United, States Hat company and
I are the factories of the F. H. Lee “at
Icompany, the H. McLachlan Hat com-
pany and the John W. Green 8: Sons
Corporation.
. The injunction cites Martin Lawton.
national secretary-treasurer of lhe'
Hatters' union and Cornelius F‘. Me.
Cue, Jeremiah Sculiy, Hugh C. Halboy
and John O‘Hara. local omcers and
the members of local unions.
by Judge Howard. J. Curtis, oI' the
Superior court, and alleges that the
oflloers named and members of the
union have congregated near the fac-
tories and induced workers therein
to quit labor and have otherwise pre-
vented the. factories from producing
goods. In addition to the inthnetion
the complaining company claims dam-
ages of $5,000.
Date for a hearing on the injunction
has not been set.
This turn of the hatters' strike fol-
lows a conference held in New Haven
several weeks ago when manufactur-
ers in several shopsaeclded to re
some work on the open shop plan af-
ter their plants had been closed for
,17 weeks. ‘ ,
MINISTER STAPLETON ‘
AND HIS BRONCO CAR
Residents on Bayview avenue are
either going to take their houses in
over night it the future. or will en-
courage Pastor Stapleton to take a
course in bronco breaking in order
to keep his automobile under con-
trol. Great and marvelous have been
his performances since he became the
owner of. 3. Stanley steamer. When
pedestrians see him coming up the
Street an inclination overtakes the
peaceful residents on, that quiet
thoroughfare to get into a cage .or
hide behind a tree in order to es-
cape the caprices of the quick ac-
tion car. Last night Mr. Staplebon
while at the tiller, scouted about the
yards of several of his goodneigh-
bors, finally landing with a bang in
the house of Mrs. George R. Van Al-
styne. Kindly disposed friends came
to the minister’s rescue and his auto
was towed to its resting place across
the street.
COAST GUARD
CAPTAIN INJURE
D
~ CHATHAM, Mass, Sept. mil—Cap-
tnln Lincoln of the Coast Guard Sta-
while. attempting to attach a hunger
‘to one ofl- four light barges which
broke adrift near‘here“ while in tow
The restraining order was signed’l
tion at Pamet River, and two mem-
bers of his crew were injured today
linear”
luv Mitt
[Elli Still
Norwalk District’s Draft
Soldiers Start hursday
on Their Way t p De-
vens, Ayer, Mas?
.Slllli lulu null
thElIlltllSiiiEltE
Articles They Should Take
With Them, As Studies
AroSlow, ' ,
Norwalk’s quota to the his
will ‘ leave'on ’Tht’lrsday mmfir‘g:
will include about ninety men from
this city. Batten, New Canaan and
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ASStlEllllllNltlll
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Lack of Cash Said to be Be-
hind Absorption of Re-
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sources Committee
The Fairileld County association,I
organized by Bridgeport, Stamford.I
Norwalk, Danbury and GNenwicb
men of note. which during the early
part of the mobilization campaign
took active steps that were. recogniz-
ed as efllclent is to be absorbed and
will soon pass under the control of
the State Council of Defense.
This announcement is made pub-
lic today in a few lines appearing in
the current issue of the Connecticut
Bulletin published under the direction
of the State Council of Defense.
The F‘alrfleld County association,
which is the outgrowth of the Fair-
ileid County Resources Mobilization
committee, was formed before the
State Council of Defense. Its branches
were the agricultural committee of
which E. F. von Wettberg is chair-
man. The transportation committee
which organized in i‘alrfleld county
all of the units for rapid transporta‘
tion of troops and supplies in emer.
Wilton, and the contingent will go
I
log for the war front.
one of‘tho local men now at the
camp sends the following interesting
letter concerning life at that place:
"Most of the drafted men who canto
here seemed rogue received the im-
pression that they would come under
the protecting wing of Uncle Sam im-«
mediately upon arrival at camp. Flrat‘
uniforms and equipment. except bed
equipment. are not given to the men
until they have passed their physical
summations. As these physical ex-
aminations Moot uni, in the
case of the small dailfii‘bbntlngents
which came early in September-”mill
two or three days after arrival here.
(Continued On Page Six)
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fIIIIIII IHIEIIES HAVE .
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A NEW litilttllll
BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 18.—~Auto
thieves have a new method of trying
to cover their operationaenccording to
Capt. K0. Cronan. The latter has
caused the arrest of two men and the
wife of one is‘ also held as a result
of two alleged stolen cars being found
in their possession.
Frank Bigclow, a Providence resl
dent, Frank Barber and his wife, both
of whom were brought here from
Pawtucket, R. 1., and formerly lived
at 240 State street. will be arraigned
this week in the city court. The wife
of Barker insisted that if her husband
was guilty of stealing an automobile
she was implicat'Ed as much as he and
demanded to be arrested. Detective
John Seery granted her request.
Accordingrto Cronan, Bigelow is a
member of an auto band operating in
New England by a new method. Rob.
ert C. Smith of Milford: “was in the
habit of leaving his machine outside
the Ashcroft. Mfg Co. where he is em-
ployed. Bigelow is alleged, with pals,
to have obtained the factdry numbers
of the machine and sending to Hart
ford, to have received new registrse
tion numbers and a‘driver's license. '
He stole the machine. it is charged,
and went to Providence where beggar:
arrested trying to sell it. Detective
Seery while in Providence was told
by- Cronnn to go to ,Pawtucket and
bring along Barker. The latter had
in his possession a machine the own-
ership of which he could not satis-
factorily explain. He drove a jitney
while in Bridgeport.
He posse‘sSes a receipt for the car
with no date, and claims to have
bought it from a man named Brown,
who lived._at 106 Lafayette street.
Cronan says the handwriting on the
receipt. in his opinion, is that of the
defendant‘s wife. She insisted that if
her husband was guilty oi/steallng the
car she was just as much to blame
and Detebtive S-Eery brought‘fier back
"with her husband.
PRISONER ESCAPES ‘
'FROM SHERIFF
——
"WATERBURY. Sept. .18.—~At the
opening «of the fall dorm, criminal
side. of the Superior Court today, a
prisoner named Edward Wilson,
charged“: with burglary, managed to
to Camp Devens'. Ayer, ‘Maa‘sachusetts,’ directed recruiting in this section and
for a course of training before 19“., other committees which have been
’ tequally active.
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gooey, the military committee which
it was recently appointed the sole.
representative of the National Coun-
cil of Defense in this city through
the Connecticut Defense Council at
Hartford.
tflNiIitlthti uvn
uranium
Demands of the Men in West-
ern Cities Are Being
Studied
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Secre-l
tary Wilson has telegraphed W. T.I
Boyce, Assistant Commissioner of im-
migration at San Francisco, to tend.
or his offices as mediator or concilator
in settlement of the strike of iron:
workers and shipbuilders there.
Mr. Boyce has been instructed. to
keep in Close touch' wilth develop
meals and to advise the Department
of Labor here promptly concerning
them. -‘ ~ '
Samuel Comp-era, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has an
”engagement to confer with President
Wilson late today.
The Government marked time today
in efforts to settle the strikes at San
Francisco and other coast cities pend-
ing arrival Wednesday or Thursday of
officials of a Seattle company which
has granted a high wake scale. Con-
ciliator William Blackmon of the De»
partment of Labor, has studiedlhe de-
mands of the men, but will ipkti rt)
other action for several days. The
Shipping Board is awaiting complete
.reports of the San Francisco situa-
tion from Captain A. R. Pillsbury.
District officer of the board for tbt
Pacific Coast.
Shipping board officials favor a sub-
stantial wage increase with a sliding
scale for Government participation.
The proportion of wage raises to be
paid by the Government, should de~
pend, Chalrman Hurley of the board.
believed on' the profits of the ship‘
builders. Some officials have urged
that the government. pay fifty per
cent; of the increase to companies
making to nper cent profits or less.
and require profits of more than that
amount to go into the wage grants.
DRAFTED MEN CAN
PRESENT CLAIMS
AYER. Mans" Sept. Ill—Members
of the New England drafted army at
Camp Deveas whose exemption claims
nuns u RETURN
III RUSSIA SIIIIN
Lieutenant Colonel Swartz-
koyensky Describes Ex-
periences in Far-Off Land
A lecture. that was attended by a‘
church full of people, including a
number of children. who had heard
him earlier in the day at the High
School and also at the Center Junior
High School, was given last evening
by Lieut.-Col. M. Swartzkopensky, a
former olcer and bodyguard of the
former Czar, Alexander the Third.
Colonel Swartzkopensky also spoke
at the church on Sunday evening, at
which time he had a very interested
audience. .qulllj‘!
in his talk last evening he told 0
his life in Russia and of his escape
from Siberia in 1908, after he had
been in prison since 1905, when on
"Bloody Sunday," he refused to obey
the orders of one of his superior of»
ficers with the result that he was con-
fined to priest! for what would have
been life.
He had served the czar and his fath-
er. altogether for twenty years. and
was then sent to Siberia and walked
2,500 mike in heavy chainsl and
when his destination was reached
was confined for a year in a dungeon.
His description of the life of prison-
ers and the treatment of them by the
prison guards. of‘the way in which
_the political prisoners and the crim-
inals were-treated, would make it
story that would take several col-
umns to tell about.
Colonel Swarlzkopensky gave a
talk about Count Leo Tolstoy, and
told his audience the real reason why
the count was not.sent to Siberia,
which was because he had served in
the army and was a veteran of the
Crimean war and had won a medal
for bravery, because he was liked by
all classes of people front the lowest
to the highest and most intellectual
class as well as by the whole world.
The oflicers inthe army also liked
him. and his position was such that
the czar and. his ministers, although
some of them would have liked to
have seen him in prison, nevertheless
were afraid to put him there.
The power of the Greek church in
Russia, and the way that it kept the
people in subjection was spoken of
by Colonel Swartzkopensky. who in.
terested the children amongst his an.
dience by his comparison of the sal-
aries of the former Czar of Russia
and the President of the United
States. The czar drew a salary of
49,000,000 rubles a year, which is
about $25,000,000 inAmerican money
against the {$75,000 drawn by the
President of the United States. Be-
sides this salary the czar owncd one-
eighth of the land in Russia, which
included the b95t timber land. the
mines and other Sources of wealth.
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
.AWYEII IIIINIIIINfl
NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—,—The dead
body of Alfred It. Conkling. laWyer,
geologist and author, was found in
the 'courtyard of his home in East.
70th street, early today. He eitb'er
fell or jumped from the fourth floor
were denied by "appeal boards, will be
given an opportunity to present evi-i
deuce in support of their contention]
that they should be relieved of mili-.
tary duty, under an order issued by
Major-General Harry F. Hodges to:
day. t ' “Hill“.
" The manner in which the men mav
take their cases higher was set forth.
in the order, which included thirteenI
cushions, which must be answered
,to the:satisfactlon of General Hodges
if he is to grant appeals. In the
event that the commander refuses to
exempt, soldiers, they still have the
"right of further appeal to Washing
than, although if he is satisfied that
escape by, fooling one; of {he swims.
Captain Lln- :of «the aboriffsthougbt he~had been
...,.;§ilv ,att, ,"llh '
tion Weekend-sh
'. full» authority“ to act.
so :fanno appeals have .b
t t sen pre-
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discharged
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billtl
" as both guardi
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during the night. The police (report-
ed his death as suicide.
- Mr. Conkling who was 67 years old,
bail been for three years separated
from his wife, according to his rela-
tives here, and estranged from his
three daughters, circumstances over
which, it was said, he had been
brooding.
He was to have appeared before a
referee on
as to-the charges made by two of his
daughters, Muriel and Olga, thatho
has mishandled funds in his charge
as guardian and trustee.
The Misses Conkling recently in.
heritcd' about $500,000 from’ relatives
the claims are just and that itwouldi and their lather had been appointed.
He had beenaentenced by Judg‘e‘ Ga~,work a hardship on certain men to is" guardian. and trustee by the sun-oi
her to insomnia in jail, but one_,quire thea’i to remain here, he has gate“; court. The daughters bedsp-
’ plied for the removal of their father
an and , catch-They
air at 4' had, arcs
. llegod the
NORWEGIAN shit—mp ASKilAIl
sun, AND ELEVEN MEN tut,
CAPTAIN AND till M
,- Militant
Thursday for examinationllB.—ln the course of disorders at‘
The Norwegian Steamship
Rein Also Sunk by a Ger-
man Submarine, and Ten
Men Lost Their Lives
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nun noun [3 i-
sun IN lilillillltt
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Rumardan Forces Oecupy a ' I
‘ Section of the Austro-Gere , "
, man Positions in Varnitza ,
(.‘HRISTIANIA, Norway, Sept;
l8.<~Thc Norwegian Foreign Of-r
ficc announced today that the Nor.
wegian steamship Askelad, of. 2,-~ ‘
823 tons’ gross, had been sunk by’ ‘
a German submarine. One boat;
with eleven men was lost and the
captain and ten men were saved.
It also w‘as announced that the
Norwegian steamship Rein, of I,-
175 tons’ gross, had been sunk by
a German submarine OR Cape St.
Vincent. Ten men lost their lives.
NEW YORK, Sept. Iii—The
‘Askelad was under charter to the,
French government, and left hem
Aug. 23 with cargo fibr afrenelfi ,
port. . .
PARIS. Mend ,.Sopt..1'i (De.
laycd).—~The tan ‘ steamship Bolt-
vet 1k in tho Méditcranean Sept.
‘12 er being in collision with, tits» ,5
French passenger liner Orenoque,z ,‘
of 3,833 tons’ greed. There were ,
no victims. , _
PETROGRAD, Sept, 18.—o-~
Ronmanian forces yesterday occuof
pied a section of the Austro-Gerv» ‘
man fortified positions in the re.
gion of Varnitza, says the atheist . ,
statement issued today by the Rus—
sian War Oflice. In the area of
Riga, the statement adds, then} v'
was‘no change in the situation. _
PETROGRAD, Monday, Sept.
17.——Russian forces on the Riga -‘
front continue to make progress in.
their drive against the..Germans.
'On Sunday the Russians occupietl'
a German position southwest of ,
Hapsal and also forced the Teu-~
tons out of Sadzen Farm, to the
south of Sisseral. The statement
issued today by the Russian War
‘Ot’fice reads: ‘
“ Western (Russian) front -;
“In the. direction ‘of Riga fight--
lag between advanced posts cons
tinned, our advance elements offer.
ing resistance everywhere and at
Icertain points making progress.
' “We have occupied the farm of
Sadzcn, smith of the town of Sis~
scral, and also have taken the
cemetery southwest of Hapsal, on
thenorthern bank of the river An.
East of Salski, in the direction of:
‘Lina. one of our parties successv, '
i‘ully raided enemy trenches. On,
the rest of this front there were '
rifle firing and scouting opera-
tions. , . :,
“Rumanian and Caucasian. ‘
fronts: There was nothing special
to report.”
AMSTERDAM, ’ Sept. 18,—In,
the recent raid by Entente Allied
airmen on the Belgian town of.
Roulers, says the "Courier De Lara
Mouse, a newspaper of Maastricht, ,
Holland, a bomb fell on a building ,
near the market and killed or
Wounded 900 Germans. ‘ ‘ .
. IIELSINGFORS, Finland, Sept, “'
"g.
"o
r?
,the Finnish fortified seaport oi
Viborg, 74 miles northwest of Pa»
trograd, in which soldiers we ,
,involvcd, twenty officers were kill
‘ed and sixty others are missing 7 ‘
PARIS, Sept. _18.—-Germai:
troops, after ‘ a violent bombard
‘ment south of 'the Miette - giver
Ilast night launched an at
cached the Front: fines to
‘c’ ' ».
Norwalk Chronicler