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Entered at the South Norwalk P05!
Office a Second Glut Matter.
scorn nonwau‘c, cons.
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 9, 1917
C Partly cloudy and somewhat colder.
two central.
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SERIES GAMES
, e PASTPANED
{Heavy Rain in New York
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1 Contest, and Other Games
1 Are Set Back
lililH wills
, puns}
‘iikth, If Necessary, To Be
Played on Monday at the
Polo Grounds
POLO GROUNDS, New York,Oct.0.
Itain, a” heavy downpour that come out
ml the northwest, with no promise of
)ccssalion, caused a postponement of
)llw third act “of the. world's series
hirsute between the New York Giants
hull ill!" Chit-ago White 3th today. Pil-
ltccn thousand spectators of the kind
[whose rupture the two defeats of lllti
.lNational League champions did not (it.
‘ ’llllllb‘ll bl‘ii\i'tl the stormy day an-v
“row a disappointed lot when. shortly
Jufol'e 1 o'clock the official :illllOllflCt-l'
anornpllollcd the news that the contest.
Ind been postponed tlntil tomorrow.
‘l he day‘s delay \rill give the \‘l'llile
Son star pitcher. Cicotte. an added day
pf rest. but. this will ulsw be an ndvan:
lane to the New York Glz’lnts, who are
‘ {anxious to have Sallee start the tlllr-J
”game against the Chicago invader.»
a: alive needs a three. day rest to show
'_‘. .ko- best advantage, and today’s post:
fianclnent gives him the needed time to
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.JW'alkout Due to Misunder-
standing, Says O’Connor
f NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—~P. J. O'Con-
tllor, president of the international
'Lougslloremcn's Association, who
‘came to this city last night to settle
‘a strike of iongsllorenlen on the piers
got the Clyde and Mallory steamship
Jules, announced that "all differences
zoffecting 'iongsllorcmen along the urn-
volitlo Atlantic coast, particularly at
',ANcwport NeWS; have been amicably
.:st-ttled. Mr. O'Connor said the walk-
- put in this city was the result of a
‘ ‘ftllisuutizlstanding and that he would
aJiust it today. .
‘ lntimations that the strike on the
, vyiors of the Clyde and Mallory lines
which began today, is the result of
billstcrinflucnces, were contain-ed in
a statement issued tonight by H. H.
Raymond, president of both lines.
he declared the man had presented
JlO demands and had no apparent
wievances. The walkout has resulted
in a blockade of large quantities of
government freight. ‘
livabili— .
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. According to a story which was mak-
ing the rounds of‘tlle town yesterday.
* .:J .eo’Cloachka well known downtown
7“ man, can well be thankful that some-
.4 body around Norwalk is a poor shot
‘milh a revolver. ,
it was reported yesterday, that Mr.
'. Coach was calling at the home of a
, friend in Winnipauk Sunday evening,
”and about 9:30.0'clock, left the house .
'_ in company with a companion. to
catch the 9:35 p. at. car from Winni-
‘pauk.
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at Mr. Gcach.
; waiver disappeared immediately. ‘
a? I‘Nrither Mr. coach or his companion
were able to tell whether it was small
or a woman who tired th shot. so
quickly was the act accompl shed”
- N'ttb‘d; ‘
Causes National Colnmis-.
i sion to Call on Today's!
thn the two men reached the road.
Somebody stepped from behind a largt.
tree which was loéated close to the
walk, and from'a‘ distance of about a
, yard, discharged a revolver point blank.
The intended victim
. and his companion rushed bitch to tho
,. Iii-use, and the person who'flred the re-
tEiEllilAlllllllll
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Big Parade, With Band
From Port Chester, Floats
and Other Features, Fol-
Dllllllil BOARD
ADVISERS TO BE
. MADE UP ANEW ..
' Hall .
Director Gilford Receives
, All endeavor is being made to have
Resignations 0f 22; Nlany all of the factories ill Norwalk close
- , down at noon on Friday, the 12th,
A More WI“ FOTTOW Columbus llay in order that the cur
. ployces may have a chance to see the
A biz: ,lmlado that is to be held begin.
NEWPHWER . ‘ fling r11 "‘U‘t'iock sharp, and 10 at-
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fiend the flee concert to be given
in Mililacltclllo Square from 5:30 until
7:30 o‘clock.
it is likely that some of the fac-
ltorics will close, as t'olumbus» Lluyl
, is a day when all should do honor to.
the discoverer of this continent.
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Members ‘ I" No LOB}, ‘ ' 2 \"alimls floats, some sylnboiical and
l, Speak FOI‘ Governtnc: "1y miller.»Illistoriclalfi villi ib31111 tillc 1par-
- - .al e v. 2ch wll e lt'illl’t v 1 lo llli-
But Only Thelr Own ln— ' -
a forty-two pictt- band from Pol‘t'
AChestcr, N. Y. This is the iltll an,
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l'onAiili‘llthT’lchilT'lthELL‘guuzil. 3‘ Nil-i the l’niled ltllllan Sort-Titles and as the:
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fled ltulilln Socicties of Norwalk and;
dustry
l Anuai celebration of Columbus llay by,
lional Defence, announced yestc. day"
a comply-lo reorganization of the,
council’s advisory committee s)’slelll.i _ ' _ ‘
it will be the Lil‘sl big shake-up in ”we” “‘9
as the receipts from various other
to be turned over to tilel
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the council since its organlzaltion bc|-‘i Rod “'0” ,
fore a state of war was cclaret a ‘
with (lerlllluly. -$t‘wcnty-two lllcm-‘ (Continued on Sixth Page). '
bcrs~ have resigned. A ". '
The readjustment which will be ef-i A
fected gradually, will llleau that the, A
3.50 l‘l’pl‘l‘fiClllilllYl’i-i of industrial firms .
throughout the. l‘nited States who are .
now advisory committee of the coun I: RE T HIS PAST;
oil in a dual role, representing their ‘ A
particular industry and tho Govcl'n- .
lllcnt at the same time, will hand in{
llleir resignations to the council. - , -
In the majority of cam mob-“bk, Lleut. Caulfitld, Vanished at
they will be recllosen to act on a - 1 - 1
ylsoz'y committees that franks); clllly' l‘l‘lSCO QM 1'01"“! 1
represent the ‘traofs or in untrue i
with which they happen to bo afl’ilillt- T .WATERTOWN. N. Y.. Oci.‘ 9'}.
pd. 'l‘ilcv will not as in the may. .lcut. Louis E. Coalfield, formelly o
assume to speak for the lovcrnment‘:he Unltlctl Slim“ Army, Epilll‘nf‘t‘} ‘0
‘ . . x .- ~. . lin mot lcr's lomc yes or ay in l a
“1 1m ”H “mm“ of National Do mind as blank concerning his whole.
past life as the OTlg‘llfll Rip Van?
Winkle possessed regarding the iweu‘j
ty years of his sleep in the moon,
mine. i
Friends and relatives believe he:
was hurt ill the San Francisco carth-
quakc. and that the shock wiped outi
all recollection of llis.previolls life;
The Lieutenant was discovered in‘
Hartford by a brother. Caulflold dell
nied knowing him and it was only:
after it slow process of recalling oldi
scenes that he began tnget a grip:
on his truant mental machinery. i
Duling the Spani'sh-Alllcrlcun war}
he served in Company C, Ninth ln-i
fantry. Out in the Philippines he}
won a commission. Ordered back to‘
this country he reached San Fran-‘
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.-Tho sudu cisco six days before the cartllouake.A
den production on the witness stand} All trace was lost 0f the 0100812:
of Michael J.‘ Sullivan. alleged “goi His family took it for granted he had.
between" in the Fifth Ward primaryioerisllcd in the artllouake Cnuldeld;
election day row, which resulted in 'does not kn0w what has happened to
the killing of a policeman. lcrentedvhinl. it was only by slow dcgrcesl
a mild sensation when the hearing of that his memory returned after hoi
Mayor Thomas B. Smith and eight' lgached the scenes of his youth.
others on charges of cpnspiracy tot Lieut. Caulfield is now 43 years old.§
murder was lresumed’ before J‘udgo‘He has written to some of his old}
Brown yesterday in the municipallofl‘lccrs with a view of finding outi
court. what Wiped out his past so suddenly
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SULLIVAN lllllls
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IAlleged Go-Bethen in Con-
spiracy Case ”Brought
From Lumber Camp to
Testify
Sulliviln. who admitted that he had and of again getting into the service: longevity table‘s. has only eight years‘
brought eighteen gunmen here frouliHc intends to enlist as a soldier if he
New York for election work, was ar-| cannot be restored to his old rank.
rested by detectives from the distl‘lnti '—
attorney's office without the‘knOWI‘EFIEHTERS NEAR
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ledge of the detective bureau. His
testimony corroborated that given last
DEATH WllliN Alllll I
' IS lN lllllllSlllNi
of the local branch of the Val'O'Far-
rel detective agency, by whom he Was
employed as an operative. *
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it. til l3. llllllsul A ~'
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Week by Samuel G. Maloney, manager
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fighter. Jimmie Ahearn, the St. Paul
{welterweight who is making Bridge-
;port hishome, and Samuel Driver,
ithe Adams Express company, were
.’ sl‘iglltly‘injured when an automobile
Not Actlng as Fraternal‘ they were riding home from the Kunz-g
. . ABrown fight in New Haven early thisf
Body In Extenswe War; 'orning, was {wrecked on the; an.
‘Vork ‘ Iford turnpike. . “
Proceeding toward Bridgeport, the.
Imachlne occupied by the three local
:men was sideswiped by a second ma-
canlmg on a greatly nrpIeeiatedichlne which was travelling toward
“(Mk “mus the United States 301- New Haven. It was twirl-ed halfway"
(hers and sailors are doing so as that around, and. thrown upon a pile 0'1
representatlves oftho Catholic church'tl-ock lying alongside the road. The}
and Mt “3 a ”3‘9”?“ fioclmy- it Was A real- Wheels of the machine‘were tom
announced from their headquarters re-’ off, the top rent and ruined and [119‘
cently. Many have thought they sides caved in. ’
’manager of the Bridgeport branch of
The Knights of Columbus, who arel
were acting as a fraternal body, bugi . ,pmgs left: hand wig: severely my
hem, is ‘0’ “‘9 Catholic. “limb .and' wranched and Driver’s Sright handlav
bears the same relation as that done *Cemtod', .. 'Willmlsdse! - _
by the Y. M. C. A. for the Protestant wrecked m chin -
churches. ‘ ‘ .. I. ,
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' s, 1917.
PRESIDENT SAYS
AVlCllllll MUST
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Talk of an Early End of the -
War Evidence of Misguid-
ed Thought, As It Beclouds
Vision
lulllmill A
THE WHITE lltlUSE
.day as 2,174 dead and 770 injured
2,|74 DEAD IN
TREAT TYPHllllN
SWEEPINE JAPAN
'Four Hundred Killed in an-
kio Alone—Three Thou-
sand Houses Are Destroy-
ed
TOKlO. Oct. 9.—The official total
of casualties in last Monday‘s terrific
typhoon and flood was announced to
in Wilfrid ....__.
Four hundred “‘ch killed ill Tokio
alone and 72 injured.
Unofficial estimates put the list oi
dead ill the Tokio [lifi‘ft‘t'llll‘l‘ at Silt)
’i‘hrce thousand houses were destroy
Robert Scalzi, of Rowayton,
Tries to Avoid Hitting a
Wilson Claims, German SUC-‘i Several little villages were com- '
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ccss Might Mean Democu‘
racy’s Suppression _ "
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9~~-Talk of early.
llt‘iiCl‘ ilelv‘u'e ierlllanyls defeated isi
'receipts of the elltcrtainlllenl, which‘ an evidence of misdirected thoughhi
Air: to be held ill Arion Hall, as well: said President Wilson yesterday in MFAMILY NEARLY
ilrlefaddnss to the newly formed
Imagm- li-l' National l'nily. The ex-
cvcryonc should do all; crull’ve asset-led vigorously that pcacel
rumors should not becloud the vision
A of those who understand that the l.'ni-i
the same;
idlals of democracy and freedom that;
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rinlm‘ul willenlcm of the principleSQMl‘S. Sierko and Five Child-i
tor which the nation is fighting. The»
it‘d Slut - is fighting for
always have actuated the nation.
Alucrica, said the President, will
no: make a llrt‘o.‘ that is not based on
only way it. end the war, he asserted
i i.» by (plantain-victory of the nations:
ircplcscnti-tg democratic ideals. over,
the nation's adhering to Germany's
doctrine of force. He added that Gel--I
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onttnued on Sixth Polo
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MAlll’SlAll/Tlill ' ‘ "
WANTS VERDICT BUT
Contends $100,000 Award to
Mrs. Mayo is Excessive
NEW YORK, Oct. 9,———Reductlon of
tho verdict
awarded lira. Wilhelmlnw‘Meycr of
Brooklyn against Virginian St. Julian
Mayo. a wealthy manufacturer of New
Haven, Conn, for breach of promise
to .lcjm-y. asked in a. motion
made in supreme court here today by
James W. Osborne, counsel for Mr.
Mayo.
Edwin L. Mooney, couns'el for Mrs.
lMeyer, opposed the Motion. and de-
cision was reserved.’ Mrs. Meyer
sued for $250,000, alleging that Mr.
Mayo, with whom she. had lived for
several years, supposing herself to
be his wife, declined to marry her on
the ground of obligations to another
women. Mr. Osborne. in his argu-
ment today, contended, that the jury's.
award of $100,000 was excessive be
cause “Mr. Mayo, according to the
to live." He stated that oven at. the
rate of $10,000 a year, at which Mrs.
lMeycr claimed T? have )llved, ‘11!
would be entitled to only $80,000. e
asserted, also, that she had received
$15,000 in diamonds from Mayo.
Mr. Mayo contended that the
“young supposed wife of Mayo should
be compensated on the basis of the
station in life which should have been
ller's as the wife of one of the most
prominent citizens of New Haven.
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The regular monthly meeting of the
directors of the Day Nursery was held
at the 'lomo of the» president, Mrs.
Christian
Routine business was trans-
:lctcli. Tile following gifts were re-
ported: Clothing, Mrs. John Cavali-
ag. toys, Mrs. Slim-felt; apples. sever-
al timer. Mrs. E. F, ‘Weed; clothing
and wash‘bcller. Mrs. Fletcher Mont-
:rnmcry: clothing. a friend; flashlight,
il‘. F3. Lockwood A’: 00.: peaches. Mor-
clll & Carbopi: sandwiches. south
Norwaik Congregational Church; ' axe.
lure. M.-J. Peters; towels. clothing
and toys. Mrs. E..-P.-, Weed; half ton
{‘1 is said that the ‘Wm'k 4‘8 done by by flying‘slnss: rAheal-n's back was of coal,‘Blshop-8é miles: Jelly, e333,,
nillk mid" me
Mrs “B
of $100,000 damages 1
Swartz, on Monday, October ‘
ed by tile typhoon in its devastatilw ‘ ' ' '
path and 150,000 more were sublllelg .lltncy In SOUth Mam
ed. Two bundled thousand peoplcl Street
in all are houlelcss.
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Robert Scaizi, of ltowayton, made
lll5“$iulolll0bllti perform many wild
vvcst stunts llas't slight at about 7
o’clock on South Mai llslrcct, when
in older to avoid hitting a jitney that
-was standing ill the. roadway and
lwllich he did not see, as there was
ino tail light on the car, he drove his
EmacilZne oi the sidewalk in front of
i148 South Main street, and up an
plctcly wiped off the earth. One
small island off Uruyasu disappeared
under the tidal wave that act-om
panted tho typhoon, three hundred
petlplt: polishing.
iwalk he accidentally struck l’ercy D.
Tf‘ulcs. a glancing blow. lfoles was
, not injured beyond a few bruises, how-
; ever. and no arrests were made in the
lease. The car qu towed to Ricclo’s
.lgarago for repairs.
Another accident happened a short
time after that when an automobile
' lithium
cent O‘Brien a glancing blow. This
accident was also unavoidable. and
tin arrests ware made.
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ren Unconscious Wheni
Found—Will Recover
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BRII)GEPORT,- Oct. 9.—-'l‘ile lives?
-of a mother and her four children.l
all of whom were on the point of.:
‘death, were “naphtha timely uni
rival of Jam-Ell H. Earman, Cityl
Truant Officer. at the home of Mrs.
Starks, on Hancock avenue, yesterday ‘ DAY "BSERVED
morning. to investigate the absence
of one of the children from school.
As lilo officer opened the front m‘
idoor he was nearly stifled by gasi The necessity of prevention of obs
fumes. The four children were found. sible tires as a means of conserving
unconscious in one room while theitllc resources of the state in the pres-
mother was in bed in a similar con-l ent national emergency “’“S emphas-
dltion in an adjoining room. Alterflzed by observance of “may ‘hmgh'
thlrly minutes' work the Emergencyi out the state as Fire Prevention D8?-
.Hosoitnl doctor was able to revive the! in his DrOClflmB‘lO“ designating 00"
,ftlmlly so that they wcle removed to‘ 9 as Fire Prevention Day, Governor
‘St. Vincent's hospital for further: Holcomb point'Ed 0m ”1*“ the 0mm“
treatment. "family for destruction by like in the
m plescllt national crisis was greater
AUSTIN fiARAfiE than ever before. that “fire at a time
— Alli TANli EXPllllllS
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like this is a public misfortune, des-
troying foodstuffs and limiting pro
ductiou through destruction of fac-
tories," and that "it therefore becomes
Owing to the fact that. the gauge
on the tank was so choked with rustl
that it dldnot shut off the air. ani
Aair tank in~Austen's garage on Rail-A
a public duty to utilize every means
to conserve the resources of the state
by fire prevention.
road avenue, exploded with a loud'
report \yesterdny, afternoon, causing
quite a few people to believe that
NO MORE JAIL
SENTENCES FOR
SUFF PICKETS
some gasoline had exploded. The
woodwork near the tank was ratherl “m” a
badly damaged, but fortunately nopolicy Y
n'nsnlno'ron. t. 9.-—The police
one was hurt, nor was there any tlre'r'sm’"t sentinels"
connected with the explosion. '
bandaned t e jail sentence
damage is being repaired today.
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est’erday in dealing with the
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SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Oct. 9.——Willl
four employes of the Fiberloyd Com!
pany already dead as the result of an’ the" SM?“
exptlosgon, (Ettore, in the mixing room
yes or ay, ank Kilbrlde, of H01 'ok . .
a foreman, is in a critical conditioelli mg the force at the workhouse.
in his home today because of his ef-‘
forts to save the victims of the ex:,
glfionb Twill men, John Koziel and}n
o n ruzi , were almost instantly" .
killed, while John Kappa and Mike “‘3‘“ C°“g’e““e”s°mmes'
Bobovich died in hospital last night.: ‘
Jamest Zairacnh, is in the hospital but is NORWALK EXPECTED
expec e 0 recover. .» Kllbl‘lde with TO RAISE $1,500,000
his clothes aflaine, worked to get out
the injured men until forced by hisA
own burns to desist.
150 AUTO DRIVERS
and moreover the women have an-
subscriptions
amount.
.NO EIGHT PER CENT.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 9.——Two city
courts were in session today to handle,
the unusually large, number of auto->
mobile cases" which have resulted
{from Chief Smith’s order to‘enfor’ce.
the’ vehicle lighting, law. Some 150
arrests of driyers were made in two
days. The complaints were .‘ mostly
based‘on failure, to have ‘tail- lights
:. ligated mavens, or failure to light ,
marl «hire-woo m u an
ill EliliAilltMENi
1clllbunkllaent, breaking the front axle
P Jof the tar and blowing the two front!
,tircs out. On his trip onto tlle side-
driven by \Frcd Cullen struck Vino;
plcketlng the White
The House and suspended sentence on the
11 arrested Saturday, including Allen a
Paul, national chairman of the wom- Forest,
FOUR DEADFROM tall'ssmlggrt‘yge rumpus at the workhouse
MIXING ROOM FLARE.‘laSt week in which a dozen of {the
iwomen Were badly crushed and
scratched, the militants in town here at
have been denied admittance to see an
There was a suspicionwar Ofl'ice announces. .
that 11 more had gotten themselvesl
:arrestcd with the purpose of increas-
:thwarted by suspending sentences.j
minced the abandoning of picketlng
. A meeting of the executive commit-
;tee of the second Liberty Loan for
l.1917 was held at the city hall last
. . night, and adjourned to tilts after-
UNDER ARREST ON . moon at 4 o'clock. The minimum
.- , ’ LIGHTmG LAW .amount to .be raised in Norwalk is
$1,500,000, and it is desired that the
shall exceed this
ON a. a. TICKETS m
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 9.~Altlmugnv .
the new tax bill provides for a” taxi
on roll-m tickets, the eight .per'
BillilSH AND llillll ‘ltiitlsi
lAIJNtH lN0lHiii HEAVY Aiiiiil
0N GERMAN 0le ill BELGIUM
Satisfactory Progress Re-
ported Against Crown
Prince Rupprccht’s Trooils
in the Region East and
Northeast of Ypres
FRENSH SilllllEllS
TAKE ACTIVE PART.
:Attack Extended as Far
North as Houtholst, Five
Miles Toward the Coast of
Bixschoote
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3 Without regard to the h‘lgllly'
illilfllVOl‘ablO weather conditions
surprlsmgly
prevailing and ill ll
A successful.
isllort time after the
British
British and French forces in Bel-
gium have launched another heavy
attack on the German lines.
The blow fell early today, in the
region east and northeast of
Yprcs, whore Crown Prince Rup-
iprcellt’s lines already had been
I' iallgcrously bent back by the pre»
vious British thrusts.
The British commander early
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all parts of the front nttaokéd,‘
conjunction “with our allies on
our left.”
ficilll statement indicated clearly
From-ll forces in Flanders
were those alluded to by the Brit—
gisll commonder-ilrcllicf. The
ilauuching of an attack ill concert
Awith the British was announced
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land the favorable development 0;
he attack reported. , ~
A considerable force of French
troops took part in the beginning.
of tile Flanders drive on July 31
it
consolidated the ground won by
“them from a point northeast of
lLangemarck as far north as Dix-
mude. . . .
This section oftllc front remain-
ed' comparatively quiet while the
British to the South were renewmg
their drive late last month. Appar-
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opportune for bringing the line to
lthc north more nearly on the‘level
:with the advanced British front.
The French attack today extended
3 far to thrnorth as Houtholst;
about five miles toward the
coast of Bixschootc.
LONDON, Oct. 9.-—-Tlle British
tacked on a wide front northeast
(1 east of Ypres this morning, the-
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made everywhere. The attack, the
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The authorities think the plan was.state1nent 53) 5, “’35 made ‘ in 001}
unctsion with our allies.” '
‘The new British drive is being
made in the same rcgion as the atv
tack of last Thursday, one ,of the
most successful British cfldrts of
the war. On that day the wedge
in the Germans’ line was driven so
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lost, their position was made most.
unfavorable, and another ”strata.
Recent dispatches from the Brit-
ish front, however, told of heavy
rains and deep mild, conditions on
the oflensiVe would not be expect-
ish Staff to return to the attdck so
thrust of last week, the ,
reported satisfactory progressed. ‘
which he announced was made in '
Shortly afterward the Paris of-
and the subsequent fighting that;.
cntly the time is now considered ‘
deep that, with the high ground;
gic threat.” has been predicted. '
der which ordinarily a renewal-of _
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Satisfactory progress is being
ed. The determinations of theBrit .
quickly may indicate a purposefw
force a decision before the cold.
weather sets ill. ‘ . ~ '
.WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—-+Addi
tional lyohns of $40,000000 to
Norwalk Chronicler