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- I“ F at m NOBWQIK 0°“ THURSDAY, SEPT. 27’ 1917 Partly Cloudy tonight Friday Showerl TWO GEN“ 193. .
ESTALISHED 1870 oEfiigras Sic‘tiiigd Scott‘s: 32th:. 30 ..‘ .25. ~ ’;
CCNCRlSSMAilIIlL DEAN or
CCNNECllClll’S- SIAIESMENCEAC
dilstory of America’s Congress Holds No Record That
' 1- .Ex'ceeds Norwalk’s H onored Son’s
Service
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,been about as complete as any the
in You
CiMPiEilSi w
in Flanders
liEltilANlllSS
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French Successfully Meet
Enemy on the Aisne
Yesterday ’s victory of the Brit-
ish in lt‘luuders appears to ‘
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have gained in this year's opera/l
wu Violin,
British Keeps Possession of 3
Ground on Six Mile Front
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have '
lions. Today found tllem not only;
in entire possession of the ground,
they had won on a six nule l'eout
,i‘l‘oln Tower Hamlets to St. Julieu,
'but pressing: the Germans hard at-
lier repulsinu numerous attacks.
i It had taken hard battling, nev-
lertheless, to maintain the. gains (if.
,‘l'rom half a mile to two-thirds of n ‘.
linile, which they accomplished in
iWednosduy’s drive. The GerlniinnI
‘relurned repeatedly to the attack
gyesterdny afternoon and veiling!
E- with large forces. They were suc~
leossl‘ully lnet at all points, how-
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MAYOR EXPRESSES
HILL APPR IATION
“in addition to our political rela
tions we were very friends. He
was a man of great! o of charac.
ter, a profoundstuds of public at.
fairs—vigorous and gical In his
expression and also all an in-
defatigable worksr. every some
of the word he w I national
character."
iXPlCCIVES
Sillill IN
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CONGRESSM‘ N HILL
“In the death of Congressman
Ebenezer J. Hill the stats and coun-
ty has lost an influential and con-
sc'icntious public servant it will be
hard to fill his vacan , as he was
talented. unique and pazououd of a
rare individuality}. Hath“ mn hon.
sit and, uuful liils‘i'and‘bhiflswh is
a that“? loss to tile/community.
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state an nation. Thonidmory. of
his hon d life should,'lmln and
inspire others to higher achieve
msnts. it is with sinners sorrow
and regret that this sad now comes
to me.~JEREMlAH DONOVAN.
100 Sympathizers of Ger-
many Arrested in New
York Last Night
Sillllllll nu
Mililll fllllCE
Other Aliens Are Invading
Barred Zones“ .
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NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—~About ioo‘
usrman sympathizers arrested in New.
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ACCUSED 0i MllllClCllS lllS
Mlltlll PillNTS V
annulus"
says “Taxes Will Be Higher
Before They Are Lower”
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Before a crOWd of over two hundred
and .flfty .enthusiaotic .cltizons .who
gathersd in the Town Assembly Hall,
on Wall street last night, Mayor Carl
A. Harstrom, candidats for mayor on
the Republican ticket, fired his third
broadside of the city campaign battle
into tho ranks of hirDcmocratlé op-
ponents, and .in the .minds .of nearly
everyone in the hall, had the opposi-
tion whipped to a standstill. .Taxcs, as
ENCLISHSECCEANT,
Plillllll CfYANIlS
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AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP i.\'
FRANCE, Sept. 27.—«The Paris cor~
i’espondenl of Renter's has written
the following account of his recent
visit to the training ramp of the Am-
erican expeditionary force.‘
"I asked an English: drill sergeant,
who had just given a bunch of six-
York city, nearby Long island and New usual, were the mil" P03"! of discol-
Jcrsoy points last night by city dctec~ ”‘9'“ and the may" stuck Vi'iefltly to
tives, acting under the direction of “'5 statement that taxes WI” be higher
l him Mr.
agents of the department of justice and :
officers of the Navy Department, spentf
the night in the drill hall and in cells
at police headquarters. Some were an ‘
rested, it was said, at the headquart-
ers of the-Industrial Workers of the
World, but the majority were taken
from their homes. it was spsctcd the
prisoners would be surrendered to the
federal authorities today.
Seize Explosives. i
Suitcases filled with papers. bundles,
of valuable sizes, boxes, tools, parts}
of machinery and contrlvnnces havinga
the appearance of explosives, all seized l
teen American snbalterns a breathingi
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what
in the raids, were scattered about tin-l
floors of the office at police headquartol
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locrats have taken
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Norwalk hasllost her most illustrious son. Connecticut her ablest
iports today, and the lighting: diedr
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ever. the British War ()fiiee rc-
dou'u in the evening. leaving: i-‘icld
, ‘ptstesman and America one of the most zealousnatriots that ever toilcdl Ill arsluil liniu 's forces in posses»
in the interests of a people on the floor of the Congress of the United “0". ”f ”it‘ll“ mm“- “l“ “WW"!
States, in the death of Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill. who met the end
‘peac‘efully at; 2:15 o "clock this morning. after a cruel illness had tried
.s'him severely through four months.
'_.' The body of the. late congressman fiiz‘le
‘ ”Will lie in state in the Norwnik Metlr
..:hdist church from noon on Saturday
until 2 o'clocii,'tllat all of his count-
um friends, who will be unable to at!
’tielldihe funeral services which wiil
flie (held at 3:30 o'clock, m'iy pay
glitch- inst, respects to on honored
.fil‘rlend and public uervnnt. Prayers
~ “will be said at the Hill residence on
TWest avenue previous to the body‘s
Weed. -
National Figure.
(.‘Ollfrt‘fi‘illlml lllll ‘was a figure of
lzitiouul importance, a fact that many
offlhis townspeople, while not in any
oue's neighbors very ollen full to go
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way d-Ppieciutlng his, true value, (lid‘litld a (Vit‘l'lllllll
nct realize ‘to. the fullest extent. fOI‘lmeui to deal w
losses throughout had been 0
trelnely heavy. ‘
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leow lighting developed todayiwe
south of the eastern extremity of‘
5 NM“. Auden“. u, Anhabo,i8.;l’iily'g0ll .Wood, the Australians
and Mary um 'Woed,’ail three beinnfillll‘rl‘illl'mg ”I? herd Pressed (irr-
lhe children of Mrs. lfelena illll'luans no rest: On the British right ' ter iunoh with the division command-
iheuvy lighting also continued for;
elevations northwest
belle. .
The. French on the About front
offensive
ith last night. They
of Zonno
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geilloval to the church. A guard ill the true respective of a great man. ,i with ht‘llVl' losses‘ ‘lht‘ [Fl-“w;
'lOllOl‘. comprised of :.v.‘\'ernl.well- lie was particularly famous, and; - “ ‘
"’ltnown men, whose names the family
Elias not announced, will stand at duty,
”in-the cliurch‘durln'; the reviewing."
70f~the remains. Following: the tune!"
’al services, the coffin will be reopenx
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widely quoted, as an expert on tin-
nnclal and tariff questions.
fellow constituents in
prec‘nted hi; great worth, is 'Jhown
by the fact that he was i‘Ol'dWCiVe
.years a member of the Ways and
._ _ Survivors.
_ Surviving tl
Mite, an elder sister, Mrs. Charlotte resentatives.
IHill Weed, wife of the Rev.‘ Rib'srtfl
‘Milier, pastor of a Los Anneles Meth- future statesman was born in the lit-
odist chorch. three daughters, Miss tic town of Reddinz. He prepared for
lClm-a Hill, Miss Elsie Hill. and Mrsfl college at'the public schools in Nor-
j‘avlc-lena. Hill Weed, and three grand-3 walk, and entered Yale. in the class
"children, Eleanor Hill Weed, Midship‘ ~ ‘ .
'cnan Walter Hill Weed, of the l'ni'tedl
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, CERMANY AGREES TO EVACUATE BELGIUM,
1r HER ECONOMIC PROGRESS ES LEFT. FREE
. LONDON, Wednesday—Germany;ace as that which threatened Ger-
llas agreed to evacuate Belghoo cudliauylin 1914 would in future be ex-
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“mm conditions, 't l" {Noland "_1 3' Must Separate Districts.
German offloal statement, assm‘dmg « Belgium must undertake to main-
to a dispatch from Berni: ‘o-day, given min administrative separation of the
by the Wireless Press. ,i‘landers and Walloon districts intro
Germany, it i8 Simulated. mull l‘ayr‘ duced by Germany, the verbal note
the right to develop her economic 011- says, because this weparclion corres
ttrm'ises freely in Belgium, especially 1
do Antwerp.
. ' Specifies Conditions. 1
The proposal wus'madc in a supple"; count of racial sympath!
dlienL'tI'y not-3 to the Vatican, replying: A semi—official communication in the
to the peace initiative of Pop: Bent». G-ern‘cn press in explanation of the
. whose-It was; in- the-form of a verbal new German proposal say-3' the govern
communication made 1);: the. Foreign ment intentionally avoided stating
Secranry,'Dr. Kuehlmonn; to the Pa: more clearly the conditionsthus out
pal anoioat Mpuicli, wherein theilimd.‘ These conditions are said to
Foreign, Secretary specified the eon-P be compatible With the dignity‘of
ditioliis lmderwwhic’h"Germe‘l' was 1 Belgium: Germany avoided mention.
willingT'to conclude «peso? on the basis ing the question. of the throne. be-
of the, evacuation of Belgium. - icause this was" a Belgian domestic
‘I‘lie'verbai note to the Papal Null-:mattvzr. German
eio said Germany Would contribute says. 'wlli agree to any government in
Sim.xi4i_ot“the compsraialion to he paid Belgium which accepts
torllciglunr-lor w:. gdnmupas. Bel; s t forth.“ The principal que'
g'um wonld be required. it said, to h w the guarantees enumera
valve a guarantee, thatvony such men-x beforinuinted. ' '
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.Means committee, the must import-lanmks along
10 congressman are his not committee oi the House of Rep- Dames
{French last night, the War Oil‘iec W38 badly hurt ”5“"!
It was on August 4, 1845. that. the‘
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the conditions T yesterday.
stion 157 ers of Canada
ted- can brass band, are taking an ac'tl.‘
in the campaign with daily. ‘
Prince 's troops. who twice attack-
That 1115,0(1 French positions in the (‘hemin-
congress ue- . (ll‘S—Dllmeil.
PARIS, Sept. 27.—Two German
the (‘heulin-tles-
were. repulsed by the
anuomlees. The Germans sust
ed heavy losses. .
PE'I‘ROGRAD, Sept. 27.-Gt‘ll-
ernl 'l‘cheremissot‘f, the Ol’fieinl
News Agency announces, has been
appointed eouunauder in chief on
the northern front. General Vol:
estchcnko succeeds General Teller—
ain-
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GERMAN SUBS SINK
SEVEN ITALIAN SHIPS
ROME, Sept. 26 (delayori).-0nc
steamship or more than 1,500 tons and
six sailing: ships of less than 100 tons
"each were sunk last Week by mines or
. lsubmarincs, according- to the weekly
minds to the wishes of a majority of; report from the ltalian Ad‘mlr‘alty.‘
lthe Belginu- people and because Ger-f‘l‘be steamer was sunk outside Italian PLAN LAID
many desires such separation on ac [territorial
waters. .gOne‘ steamship
and one sallilng vessel were damaged
but were able to reach port.
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BOSTON, Sept. 27.4—Ra‘llles in the
market district and on the‘Cdmm'on
were arranged for today in connection i tractors e
lwiih nhe drive for recruits for‘ihei vonco would~c0mP
y, the communication} Canadian and British armies.
, with their pipersan
luove- '
Nine- (cents to the
‘; teen me“ V519 aCliellitéd for servlcollng it up~to1
The Fiftllltoyal Highland-l conference a so
d“ dnyxhstwecn‘ corn
. ercises, he thought of ills
charges.
"The best thing about ‘em, sir," he
went on with professional pride, 'is
that they're as keen as mustard, We
‘can'l give ’em too lnuch. They eat it.
up. 'At it right move and you could
lust: for yourself. sir. 'ow we made 'em
{’ustle. Justic leltln' ’cm are slr, ‘ow
do it in our little army.’
Water Washes Down Food.
"1 was on a visit to one of several
,camps somewhere influnce where
the American army is in training. Af-
er, it simple but ample meal with a
killer washdown, as i am told it is in
lovely mesa, he invited me to come
with him 'to see how your English
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. James Mulvoy one of the workman
engaged in erecting the new ornamen-
tal light polos on Washington street
ay afternoon,
‘ out 3:30 o'clock when the der-
at ab 'raiscs the poles
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i rick on the truck that .
. into position fell upon him plnnin
. him to an upright also on the truck. l
l Mulvoy had been on the top of the
iderrick steadying the pole, and had
'gone. down when a block‘gnve way
and the derrick which weighs about
' 300 pounds fell upon him and pinned
: him by his waist to the upright.
i it was thought at tiirst :1th lie ‘13::
.an w e .
‘been cut in half . he was
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had not' been
i found that. he hence be
.laltcn to Dr. Allen's from w
'was taken to the hospital. f
‘ thought that he had broken some 0
'his ribs, but Dr. Tracey this morning
'made the X-ray of his waist and saw
‘that there was nothing broken there.
i Mulvoy has cause to be congrat-
‘ Gillie.
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GERMAN FLEET
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"‘ed mill; multilcmlt
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renter d demand
dvence in pr
BOSTON, Sept. 27.—Henry"
Food Administrator,
dicott. State s and producers
;to the propose
'ducers’tor an a _ rt
t. a cent n (ma -
lions have said: that s
1 them to ad
retail in
‘15 0.91!
was orrang
tractors.
the BUS!
t‘ ann._.mom.berfli ' °
{snout-(Co. 1“.“
BY MIRACLE
It was i
inted uponlxls almost miraculous es- ‘
. En-
B ask-Sent to governors of'all states. Ac-
cocci-ding to General Johnston, in the
' re ards absence of any legal authority to wear
oday whttlxvtheg pro-uniforms: resembling that of the
co or atUnlted‘ States army, the Home Guard
beading eon-.pniform should be of such nvnature,
uoh an all-that it could not be mistaken forthat
d twooi‘ the army, even at a distance.
due or mllk.bririg-' General Johnstoue suggelted that
ts in this‘clty.‘ ‘Ai‘he‘ uniforms be of forestry green, 'or
ed for tool blue grey.’ The ruling means that
' producers‘sooner , or
on Public
l lilax Pelt, of Brooklyn. resisted ar-
rest and was subdued by force. After
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Wilbur F. Young Meetsi
Death in Auto Struck by
Pacific Electric Car on
Colima Road, Whittier,
Cal.
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The New; published in Whittier,
California, contains the following ac-
.count of a fatal accident to Wilbur}
ll“. Youngs, a former resident of Southi
'Norwalk, and who had many relatives
and friends in this city.
The grade crossing has claimed an-
.other life. W. F. Young ,slxty years
‘of age, foreman of n picking gang elu-
iployed by the local branch of the
'American Fruit Distributors, was my
.stnntly killed. early this morning,
when the machine in which he was
lrldlng was struck by a. Pacific Eiec
‘tric car. Charles Hunsnker, the only
lother occupant of the machine, an
:employee of the same company, suf-
Ifered a crushed leg and bruised hip.
The accident occurred at 6345
lc'clock this morning at the Lambert
crossingron the Coiima road. three
land a half miles ea'st of this city, as
i Youngs and Hullsakerfiwere riding to
'iwork at the Stern ranch, in the lat-
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HOME GUARDS MUST
ADOPT NEW UNIFORM
Under a ruling by General John A.
Johnston, U. S. A. commanding the
department of east. all of the H me
Guard org izatlons will have to a ter
their unlfo ms.
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land. The text of the ruling has been
later the Bonus ticut. or-
nlaations‘ of the} Human and will
Eve {to change their uniform in coax
pfmlt ,tt th‘ “b ‘ l ‘ '
‘ The‘ ruling was made at the request ‘
,f’l‘rr scouting: Ad. .
before they are lower. .
Patched Up Speech. ‘
He read the now famous speech of
‘ departed
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Mayor Backed by Lockwodll" if
in Action Against OHIO-r ,,
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Fowl. Con Jafem‘ ’
grossmay,
Donovan, democratic «and
the mayoralty, spoke before one“
‘ tho largest audiences that ever 0a”
and i an a (political swung :in-iifit
East Side last evening and Spike ’
length on a‘numbcr of pcrtlnént M
ters it: connection with the ' i
camps go which will be en‘d‘c‘d ii
Monday at fif'when the polls clung“t
rcerence to the Ian u H
or Harstrom used “glam
Donovan never for a moment
from his control of his tm' ..
idatc f has
in his
that May
per.
Attorney J. J. Lin
xweiler who act»
the inte Congressman E. J. Hill, do.
bvered two years use in South Nor.
walk, and by doing so proved to thei
satisfaction of everyone. thet the D
em-i
a line here and. at
sentence there from the speech, and5
patched them together to form a dif-
ferent meaning from what was intend-l
ed. The mayor urged the voters not to!
be hoodwinked by the promises of thei
Democratic partly-whom he claimed
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tifllMANS PlilllEll in
Miami m unnu- Still
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Plans- to
wreck machinery in munition making
shops in America at the bidding of
Germamagents in Europe are believ-
ed by the police to have been de:
featcd through the arrests of about
100 Germans and German sympath-
lzcrs in raids ‘whichybegun here last
night, were continued today.
This forenoon the aliens,
guarded by a detective, were placed
in lautomobllt- ‘vans at police head~
quarters and doll for Ellis island,
where, it was announced, they will be.
interned for the duration of the war.
_ _ Find Carborundum.
Nearly. all the men arrested are me.
each
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Iarrested some months ag
ed as the chairma
had a few pertinén
fore he' introduced the rest of: the
speakers. Mr. Linxweiier inform.
his hearers that they knew no wait"
as he that the issues of~the campaign: .
were beinn befoggcd by a mass. o: rt
figures, percentages, mills, etc. “Tho? ‘
only way to settle the argument," Mt?
Llnxweller said." is to look at you!“
present tax bills and compare that'
with tax bills for the past five or a;
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t words to say be»
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employed. is;
n navy
chanlc‘s. A number are
munitions plants and o
tracts. in the possession of so)!“
were found quantities of carbomndmu
ed form, a s‘ubstanée It;
to destroy delicate machinery; 'Tls'o
men had been under surveillance rug-
msny months, according to the Ditties;
The suspicion is held that the on
borundum reached here from Germain
agents in Scandinavian countries.
German courier in Norway who ww-
borunduln in his possession admitted,
according to police information. the
he had been sending the substantial
to Germans in countries at war with.“
Germany. 1 . .
ANCTHEll ATTACK
_ null RAISE
HARTFORD, Sept. 27.
live Willard B. Rogers, of Manchester,
called at the office of the Public Utili-
ties Commission in the Capitol, Wed-
nesday, to inquire if it was within the
power of the commission to take ac-
tion which would prevent the Con-
necticut Company from putting into
effect its decision to increase trolley
fares from five to six cents. He was
—~Representa~
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”fit PANliI
An East avenue trolley car, with
taining 21 number of
caught the about, 5:30 o'clock. ye
terday afternoon. as it was ascending:
.Mill Hill. Quite a bit of excitemen
was caused by the slight US$6.11“
one or two persons Were slightly ~
jut-ed when they attempted tofj
their way out of the car. A couple all
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informed that the Commission had no
Jurisdiction over the initial action of
the company to increase its fares. Mr.
Rogers was further told that the con:-
mission could take action only when
a. complainatwas brought to than?)
that the rates were excessive and ex-i
orbitant. Mr. Rogers intimated that:
he would ,appeal to a judge or the Su-l
perior court for an injunction}
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AMSTERDAM, Sept. 27.—The .Ger-
man .Relcirstagi. according to a dis-
patch from Berlin, at its plenary sit-
ting on Wednesday discussed the ord-
er of the day, after which it adjourn-
ed until October 3, when the second
loading of the, hill tore-establish the
German mercantile ileet, and thosup-
plemcntury. budget will be discussed.
in the‘meanwhlia the various commit-
tees will continue their work, It is
hoped to terminato'the present ses-
sion by October 10. .
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Ithe car barn in Wall street. ext‘ilr'?“
tanks of extinguishers secured‘from
guished the’ blaze. The uptown ll
companies were called out on a gem»
eral alarm, but the tire was out
tore the firemen arrived on the so a
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ADDRESS LETTERS TO‘
AYER IN THIS FORM."
Private John Smith,
Regiment. . ...... . .
Camp De'vgns‘,
- Fitchburg, Ml! .
The above address is the cor ‘
term for use on letters and pares
post for men at Camp Devens. Avon,
Mass, according to a statement, militia,
ed yesterday. Many letters haw
passed through the local post, utility
bearing incorrect, addresses, b
there .were so many incorrectly
dressed theywere
,read e ed
laws”: fitter incorrectl'
may be returned, to the.
from which lt‘wa‘s. so
the camp is to he addr
Demolish; _ ‘
Norwalk Chronicler