III PIISES
ASSOCIATED ”£8. KIWI '80“ ALL PART. OF THE WORLD IV A MAL Will AND OCR OW—N OPERATOR.
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gest Patriotic Events Ever
Spectators Were Delighted With the Affair.
tutti. iiililillliN Mitiiitttlitu FINE I
.SHflWINIiliNflEllliUiliiiiEliliiiiiliilié
Norwalk went over the top yester—
vy in grand fashion and. when itI
as all over. the people of the cityI
,. ~ across like good sports and?
:‘n and women who Wore at lastI
wakcned to the. realization that the
tnited States is at war and that i'nw
e Sam means business. The bigI
st parade ever held in this city inI
he memory of the oldest inhabitant!
all held yesterday afternoon. Th:-
.ason Wasthc Liberty Loan. the sec;
: d bond issue of 1917. Between 5,-
and 6,000 people Were in line. M
bout 2.5 per cent. of the entire poptr
Minn of the city. tiz'. per cent. Were
turd up on the sidewalks and that
v er 10 per (ent. were either busy
i fling their money into the Liberty
' i at the bunks. Werc confined \WI
eir homes by illness, or were loll
t lging in a RipVan Winkleian siren
- In which. in all probability they
ill never awaken. -
,Norwalk'a population is npproxi-I
n lely 26,000 people. New Yorki
alks of basin: 100.000 in line at _al
grade and refers to it as ti.e big-3
Mammal-UM-
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UBEIIWIOIIN SUBSCRIPTIONS
: tween 5,000 and 6,000 People in Line in One of the Big- 1
usic of Five Bands and Two Drum Corps Was Inspirii locations
and the Speechniaking on the Green Was Wonderful .
wwnmmmlkm
tituc tutti
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till llli tot
NSIRllliil tot
Four Hundred From Fair-
Held in the City, and Many 3 fie“ CW“? (“them “9'
cation Work Throughout
the Country.
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iMiNlPIIIIBIEIIS '
the Important T o p i c s
I Touched Upon.
the long line of yottnaw-rs would?
netet‘ conti- 10 an t‘Ztti. Thi- [lllllilt" 'l'l‘dl'lzttfe gather-d in Nortt'alll to-
and parOchial school pupils. with thc'dfly. 400 strong. to B'Iv'nl‘l tin Nor.
exception of those in the lower . Mlk division mectlnsz ut the 7m ail-
luadcs. wire on hand in full unto-“filial "181‘th 0! th“ t‘nnnt (-ticur Sine
hers. the tots marchin: along tt'itlt,'rt‘iii'ltrrr~' AeniX'Itiillln. y’
their Instructors. Norwaikel'h never Meetings Wt‘rc hold in other citit‘s.
realized that there www- so many of Hartford. Nt-u Haven and New i.on—'
the little pcopltg One man rct‘natki-tl d0". nl'tl flu-st- were all attended by
that he thought liil‘ kitltlll'h were‘mnnl’ it'flt‘llt'rs‘. Th” at-ncrnl
liliilf'hinfl around the block In circles.‘ I'll-5 Wile held this moron: at the
Brought they Cheers, .\le:llodi.-tt church. in Sonth Soraalk.
[3 van the “3,001 (mph-".1 who and Talent: William‘. director of the
brought the lump in the Ihroats of 3111001 01 Jttllmftli at. Columbia ('oi-
the Inca and women standing in the Mir. New York. “It“ the speaker. ht-
streets, and it Was these, ymngsters: mill? ht‘lnlf. "The War and the Tenth
who brought for'h tht- cheers as they ”W"
went along: waving their tiny flagsnII‘ImIi't 0"” b00k~ h” Fret." lwre this
with not a care in the world. andwith "10min instead of at New Haven.
the hopes in the hearts of the watch- and this afternoon, at 5‘4.” J. ‘ M,
i'l.“ that they would never have any. 'TI-Ofllil-“l 0" Middli'bllrl' I"Hinze. Mid-
The Bands Played.
Band of this city, the Wheeler it Wil- 0' “Waking here this morning as ‘l-
lion and the Olympic- nfdlrltlchort, initially planned.
and the American and t'arncy llanda‘ Mr. Thomas filial!" in Now
of Stamford. In addition. ‘ltt- Maple IIII’I morning I" MV- William“ l'ITII"‘»
Fife and Drum (‘orlls of Stamford] 3“” Williams' "III‘ “3'“ "le‘1"”!
SESSIIIII HERE
ten to Addresses on Edur
' IIISIJIISSEII'
lGuEdance One of.
lnuct- '
Diving in a llli'ilakl‘ in Mr. ‘VII‘.
,tilebury, Vermont. apolo- here on "Thn'
The live bands we o the American. New Era in Anterican Life." instead:
llavv n,
- .. . v. . . .. land the llowu ton Fife anti llrum IIIIi'IllII‘IZ and “I” 'It'm'titi I" ”Fifi"
sliver. etc. ‘Mw \orl'. would net-d3 ' ‘3 . , . . ' that the teacher should lav 'n b in _
million in In". to compare w;thII(’rl’-°I of this city, participated and . I. . ll . i r, :1
his city’s efforts Yesterday aft”, ' martini music sanc lhl‘uuilh ”39‘ In” home I" III“ WWII" III" “'SIIIZH'I'm
oun. The, parade was a daisy irony “reels throughout the af‘eruoon. Titty 0! III" ”"3"” 0’ m‘mf’i‘lcfl “II We
ivtry viewpoint uni the marvel of it I “Writ 01' the Occasion was wonderful“ I "I‘M Statue: and the "gmcmk‘ part
. l is that it was planned last F‘rid't'.“ ”‘9 WI“ and “I” “I.” dim" ”0"” ”m m” """n‘ry "‘ I'm-“"2 “"w ’I‘“
fternoonwtlte marshal. John MillttI.I music was most inspiring. ,0“ battle "1 ‘I"”'"C‘““)' V-". Mlloi'rflcy
as notified Saturday morninil. got! .Marahal 3"“ HI“ ““9" “is being fought out 9“." hm? demo:
t a" Monday. notified the factories: John Milne—was the efficient mar tra‘cy must .riumph 9’ II “IMF“ hi”
terday. and yesterday turned 0". I shal who organized the parade of yes- .lr. Thom“ ”Mk" “I ”I" "“7 era
." biggest parade in the history cfa torday. Hewas aseistvd by Fred M.
’ 9 city. Wheeler, (‘. lrving Ilyinztnnp'i‘homaj
' - Th: .J Have Been Other-a. ,(‘_..Balcom and John llro'ttgham as
There have been other.parades mitotic-s. and it is most il'tdl'lg that it
t‘orwalk. Other demonstrations have should be said at. this Illllt' that it
we“ held in the past. Norwalk pet). has to these men that the organna-
, 19 have crowded the Norwalk Green Linn was so efficient. Tilt parade ha.-
in American life front the standpoint.
[the official minutes of the state cont
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50m 103nm. noun; rim”, our. 2a, 191'?
MAIIIII“IIIIIIIMIIN”
IN IIIIIISLSII S IRII’I’
Illinois Militia Olficcr ' Him-
self Made Uneasy on Stand
EAST ST. LOL'lS. lll.. Oct. 2‘:—
Col. Stephen Tripp. a member of the
.«tafl of Adjl.—Gen. Dickson of Illinois.
lefilerday testified at'the (impassion-
al inquiry into the East St. Louis
race riots of last July that he Miler
t-d Mayor Mollman of first 5t. Louis
t
"till this '
tttt Hill-MEN
it till BUSY
Probably Rain Late Tonight
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TWO CENTS
0E IIION BI
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Residence of Mrs. R. M. Bou-
ton and Miss Emma B.I
"laid down" in the performance of his
“affine while the rioting was in pro;
. groan. l
"1 concluded that certain’ political;
; influences were inducing him to keepl
'out of it." Col, Tripp said in reply
[to a question by Representative Ra-
.ker. ('ol. Tripp previously hid tcisti-I
lied that Mayor .ltiqilman had desig-I
nated (‘ity Attorney l-‘eltete no hint
representative in ha‘ndllng the situa-g
. tion. ' ; i
"Who 0.di-l’6‘d your men inatteredl
out alone the streets in bunches of‘
two or three." asked Mr. Baker. I
"it was done on the orders of City!"" *' ~.‘ ' . -
Attorney l-‘eltetc," united Col. Tripp; ‘3’ 0‘ Slim“? "1 Washing-
“and was against my linden-rem: but
u.— Wire instructed to take Orders? ton Street
from the Mayor." ' I
"What were you dolnlr atvthe City:
Hall for four hours in the morning.
while. ”to men were being shot Willi-I
in a block of you ?" asked Mr. Rater ,
"l Watt mapping out a plan of court
paizn." replied t'ol. Tripp. ~ I
"A plan of camaiizn for sixty mlllf'i
iann’n " said Rerescntatlve Popper}
"You could have planned half the but .
lie of Verdun in that time." '-
Coi. Tripp assemed that 500 rioterlI
were arrested by guardstnen. but.
more than 400 were later freed by the:
mice.
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Temperance Leader Arouses
Mothers to Protest. ‘
liliOi'KTON. Mulls. Oct. 26.-A
statement by .‘irs. Katherine Lent
Stevenson. president of the llassachu-
:""7ité Women’s Christian Temperance
l'nion, that the khaki uniform consti-
lilies 0‘! new yellowpcril in the land
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two minus
for the fascination it exerts on young
and
nation yesterday.
= The statement had aroused pro-
"eats from mothers who bad boys in
-the army. and in order that there
‘mighthe no misunderstanding the
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-convenlion voted to have Mrs. Steven.
Damaged to Extent of
3500. b
IIIIHI IiIlII’ IN
. Elli STREET IILIZE
Burning Dinner Makes Plen- I
Owing to the fact 'that the Darker'
truck stalled on l-‘airih'ld avenue. laut
night, while rmpondinz to a still:
alarm much crititidm “'tls tilrectel'
against the department this morning;
by those Who did not tllidcrs'and theI
situation. for their failure to reportI
alt. nut-e to the scent of the fire. I
At 1:30 last night a telephone callI
came into (‘t-n'tal station and the}
scene of the tire was given as North
Taylor avenue, Thorntont the final
men went to Fairflcl-i avenue, as thisI
war the shortest route to North Tay-
iOr avenue. '
('hlef Bomrdus In his automobile
reached the scene first. bttt could see.
no blaze. and after scouting nroundI
for a little while. went to look forthe‘
truck. Upon "MOM"? Fulfill-Id ave-
nue he found that the machine was
stalled there. the' clutcli-havi‘g slip-
ped and jammed in such a way that
to lthift the gears was impossible.
He thereupon went (0 the Central?
Station and called up the Mayflower
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Two automobiles, one owned and
:driven. by William James of Wilton
:avenue. and the other operated by
3Frnnk l-‘eora. a local jitney driver.
were badly damaged last night in a
Smith, in Taylor Avenued
illilNEiiiiliilEAliEllSI
liltiittitutl
Failure of Contractors to
Support Structure Which
Has Taken Two Years to
Build Results in One Third
Being Swept Away by the
Heavy Seas.
IlllllXiBl’OilT. Oct. 26,—Dlunagf‘
estimated to in: in excess of $50,000
trite caused during the stotnl at Sea-
side Park Wednesday when more
-than one-'hird of the seawall con-
necting the pork with Flty—Pl'Wcfllllt‘r'
island was practically destroyed. The
TA. Scott (‘0.. Inc. assumes the en-
iirc loss.
The contract for the
awarded more than t\\'o years ago
and alter two years of steady work
it was very near completion. City
Engineer A. H. Terry anti George M.
litunes. president of the Board of
Park Contmisisoneru. viewed the dam-
age from a distant point at 7 o'clock
yesterday morning but bectiuse of the
high tide wept unttble to determine
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HARVESTFESTIYAL
IN CRANBURY CIfAPEL
The annual harvest
King's Messengers'
il-slil’dl of tilt:
Circle, of Cran-
tbury. was held last night in the Cran-
vvork was‘
iliMiN CROWN allot lull
tttltl BACK l0WARD tottttss m
ttttti lRO0PS
IGeneral Petain’s Big Guns
l 'Trained on the Stronghold, ,
Which is Only Eight Miles
Away From the French
Lines.
tllitl’titlllts'
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IBerln Claims the Capture of
;_ 10,000 Prisoners and Much...
; Valuable Material.
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Front the heights of the Aisne the
German crown prince is being driven
'3 back relentlessly towards the fortress
of Laon and perhaps to a general re-
treat along'L‘t'lone from St. Quentin to
the Champagne. His strongholds
wrenched from him, 12,000 troops pri-
soners. many thousands slain and
wounded and 120 big guns .lost, the-
predicament of the crown prince is
most serious. -
General Petain's great smash of
ITuesdav opened the way" for further
‘advances, and Thursday. under
;l~‘rench press-lure, the Germans were
.forced back to the AiseAltine Can“.
evacuating valuable positions in their
retirement. More than 2,000 addi'
tional prisoners anti many big guns
fell into French hands.
bury Union Chapel. anti proved to be a? Loon, the fortress at. the southern
tremendous success. A very larlze end of the lllndcnburtz ““9, is now but.
crowd was in attendance. and It is _ , ex
- the French lines and
b0 t 60 was n‘tted on “gm m'I‘S from
thought that a u ‘ ‘ Petatn's big guns can smash it at
the affair. . .
”“9 0‘ ”‘9 “MW?“ of the evening will. East of ChaVIunou, the center
was an auction sale of pie. cake. fruits of the French advance. stretches tho
and reg”? 219:5, gacicaablgauglgpb‘fiuih‘t IAilette river... on the southern bank
a pr C? 0 or ., -‘ . ' '
sold for two dollars. and two cakes of which the vermans for several
went for one dollar apiece.
times gone by. But it remained
. r the outburst-of patriotis'l of yes-
terday to cap the climax and send the
golden flow of dollars pouring into the
United States Treasury via the local
banks.
. Five Bands Blarcd. ,
live bands of music sent sweet mu~
aft: echoing through the streets and
into the highways and bvways of the
till; and sent out the can to the poo:
Kile to aid in the big push which is to
end the war in short order and send
the American troops flying into Ber-
lin. The fife and drum corps never
play“! better than they did yester-
day, There." Was music from the time.
the parade started, shortly after 2:30'
o'clock. until late in the afternoon. It
was a grand event.
Excellent Speaking.
The speaking of the afternoon was
excellent. Mrs. Charles Furnam.
thrice decorated by Serbians for. ser-
v?t-r-: George H. Mann of New York.
and Dr .Samuel C. Benson. returned
‘from the trenches across the seas.
were‘the speakers on the Green and
they not only entertained but delightg
ed the audience with their address-i
a,” i
llr. Benson was one of the mos
.‘forccful speakers to appear in thisl
city in years and there is no ques-
tion but that he made Liberty Bond‘
.huyers. '
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,John ll. Wehle was never in beltrr‘
voice. than on :yetterday's (recitationv
then he sang for Old Glory. "The
The Singing Good.
‘West avenue. ‘ '
the line of march had their windows RPV. l). W. T. \anlloren roped ’hr‘t
dividcd into six divisions, the last tit?
vision being made up of au'onlobile.».' "AVE Rflll fiAl‘!’
Started at 2:30 o'Cloclt. I
The parade was scheduled to start";
promptly at 2:30 o'clock. but did not. —-~._ "
get going until a f-Ew minutes after’ The annual roll cad of the Fit-t
that: time. The parade formed at‘tltt- Baptist ('hllt't-‘h W8! brill 1“" evening
downtown railroad station with the and was a very pleasant Occauion,
various divisions meeting in Burbank. “5' the toad attendance and generous.
Chestnut. South Main street and response a goodly. aunt wai added to
Railroad avenue. The size of the pan the treasury. The singino. by choir
rade was‘such that all of he streets and confirmation wall inspiring. A
were filled with people Itluet. b‘i Mr». C. F'nnlman and Miss:
Mardted Up West Avenue. ,f'harlottc Grumman. was a pleasing
The paraders marched along )lon- feature. The reports of treasurers“
toe street, up South Main itin-Pl am. the lJl’imlt-t societies showed a hal-
then into North Main street and outline? in eat-h treasury. and all bills
Merchants all along hr the fiscal year paid. The pastor,
.nd hope
faithful
He spoke of the encourage-
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iiililliliil ll] ”
MiliiliN iiillii
Norwallt’s Allotment Still
About 35,000 Short of the
Mark Wanted
t Sorwalk'n contribution to the second
decorated ‘wtth Liberty Loan [rosteraIfFPlinlt of encouragement
and with the national coldts. and’ that In in the heart-t of t'
homeswere resplendent in many‘
cases. The home of Dr. James A.
Meek. where Lieut. Commander Tel”
fair M. MLnton resides. Was gléf'itfllsi
in a display of Colonial, foreign and
United States flags.
Reviewed at Armor],
At the Norwaik Armory tbé parade
was reviewed by Mayor Jeremiabl
Donovan. Dr. «Carl A. Harstrom.
cintrman of the. exemption board.
members of the executive committee'
of the Liberty Loan. members of the
City (‘ouncil and others. The stand
was decorated with one large Ameri-
can flag.
Booths Were Ereded.
lesrty Loan booths were at. the.
workers.
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collision which took place in West
son put her remarks in writing. AsI avenue, noar the Armory. about 7:15;
ofliclaliy recorded she said. o'clock.
"There are some of our leaders who. Mr. James 5'0pped near the Arm-
fecl that there is a new yellow peril cry to let a friend out of hit]. Ford
in our land. And that is the familiar machine and. when he started to
tion which the khaki uniform seems turn around-he was struck by thel
to oxen over young. unpoised. unde- car operated by Mr; l-‘eora Both
veloped. untrained girls. and we feel, cars were badly damaged «and each
that mothers of the land need special' driver claimed that the other man
enlightenment on this sublect that was responsible for the mishap.
they may avoid this peril." Officer Domey investigated the ac-
Mrs. Stevenson Was elected presi- cident but made no arrest;
rlent .for her twentieth term. Mrs. None of the passengers in either
Helen 5. Rice of Boston. was revelcct- machine Was injured.
91 secretary for her twentieth term. Edward B. Galfaher reported to the
but resigmd. and Mrs. Helen H. For. uptown police la~:t night that his au-
-ter of noston; was chosen to fill the ttomobil‘e had been run into by a car
“my“, Operated by Stephen Kvnncz of Flax
Hill road. ‘ltir. Kvancz. who is a lo
' WN FR cal Jitneur. was ‘alten to he uptown
BOY THRO 0M lpolice station by Officer urray and
Icautloncd to be more careful in his
driving: in“)
NORWALK YACHT
FLOAT WASHED AWAY
The storm of Wednesday afternoon
did considerable damage to the prop-
eny of the Nonvalk Yacht Club. The
big duct was corn from its moorings
i - CHARCOAL WAGON
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, Joseph English. a boy employed by
{Frederick Hain. the ice and charcoal
tdealer of 16 Meadow street. had a
narrow escape from serious injury
i waterday afternoon. He was driving
le'surely down South Main street
when Joseph Discsa and his big au.
tnmoblle came out of 'Haviland street.
.One of the front wheels of the auto
istruck a rear wheel of the charcoal and washed up.into Wilson's Cove.
j wagon 'lth such for?“ that Young where it was thrown on the shore.
i Envliah was Jarred off his twat and' Marta will be made this week to gel
landed in a hear on the Warrenite the limit it: the valet- again. and lack
pavement. .He picked himself up '
however. and appeared to be little.
hurt aside from a‘few bruises.
club house.
it up in itr. winter berth near the.
The club house will close for the?
‘Har Spangled Banner" and “Over' Armory. a: Mnhackemo Square. at the
home" were his selections and lhe'downtown railroad ali'iotl. at Hour
notes IraVeIOd forthwith their sweet: Square and on the Not-walk Green and
mange and found receptive I’ll-there members of-the women's con-
impulsive wherever they were heard. *mittee on the loan. assisted by local
Many on the March. thank clerks. disposed of quite. alumi-
Many were on the march. Mann-y her of bonds to maple who had not
fru- v-flrzl Illa 'nli'mlutl. lcbool. purchaged,
it when and. their children. tn“ Midi The Kaiser Wan Thorn.
"I the great manual and being Keller Wilhelm was in the parade.
«l the cause ale-‘1. The film! Old- and he was clad and roped an be
tort. brought. home to the “Ollie "I“. With ropes around his wrists and his.
«teething unusual was bappenlua and, neck and waist. he was in charge of
u». y read the lesson and bull!!! men from the l. I: .1. Coal: company.
finals. . ‘ ' 3 Ltd. the innovation of the Chestnut
Trail-and- of about Children.
. Thousands of trhonl children were;
in the made. it seemed I. though;
."(Couthuedoufiovatlm
new line ofweople. urchins. mrch-It-hould be. Attired an Meplllstophelea.t
ILiberty Loan is rapidly climbing to‘
i the million dollar mark. to to 6
o'clock taut night, with two bunk.- not
Ibeard from at that hour, the reports to
Alternative committee of the ”herb .
Loan amounted to 3851.200. with the;
golden stream allll pouring in, above
ammo now and the mobahtttttn‘
being that it will reach ”300.000 "be
,fore nightfall.
"‘ lam Will 0m.
Local banks will remain open until
GEORGETOWN MAN ’
Is MISSING
BEDDING. Oct. 26.~A wide search
. was instituted today for William blur-
tln. forty years old. a prosperous
farmer of the Georgetown aectiou n!
this 91:09. Who ha been alkali:
since last Saturday. Neighbor! dia-
covered on Sunday that Martin was
5 o'clock this afternoon and from 1 to may and his cattle and attractan-
'9 o'clock this evening for the purpow
,0! receiving subscriptions to the Lib-
.eny Lona; mealk'a allotment la
atnet plant proving to be a lost b.8150”... It is my that m.-
I «mind. up; '
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1th were uncured for. m the
United to appeared MIJMM
'cbarnaoftboaal-ola. Martinis-n
I-arrlclud abstention-on-
loin booms-utt-
season next Wednesday. and Janitor
Edward Beers will leturn tobis home
in liaal Norwalk for the winter.
During the course of the evening, the
following program of entertainment
was very successfully presented.
Piano trim—Miss Madeline Raymond.
Miss Helen Gregory, and Miss Eunice
Brice. “ - -
Piano. comet. and mandolin trio—
Mias Laura Taylor. Edward Taylor.
and Jesse Taylor.
Piano solo—dire. Edwin Downing.
RecitationAMiss Theresa Clark.
Refreshments were served later in
the evening. and a delightful time was
enjoyed by all who attended the suc-
cessful event. ' '
LADY~WASHINGTONV
Lady Washington Lodge gave. a very
interesting Hallowe’en social last even-
ing. after their meeting in Red Men's
Hall The program was as follows:
Vocal solo. “Long. Long Ago." Miss
Bland Preagh; encore. “Mother's Lulla-
by;" A tableaux entitled “Reveries,” a
shown by Miss lna Flatt. entitled
light."
The sketch “Badly Mixed“ was hten
presented. those taking part being Miss
lna‘ Plait. Miss
Louis Wood, and Harold Plait. Smith
were heard and enjoyed by all.
a recitation by 'Mrs. Harry Wood and
"Give the U. S. a Chance." .
After the entertainment. coffee and
crullers were served to the guests. The
Red Cross doll was won by Mrs.
Worden. of Orchard street.
credit in due to the committee, Mrs.
(Manned ,nu Pan Fm.)
HM-
The runway leading to the float was
also smashed in several places. and
will require considerable repairing.
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nxewslons DESTROY
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reports indicate there
has of lib.
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halt been 'no,
tCENTRAL TRUST C0.
READY FOR BUSINESS
HARTFORD. Oct. 20.—Tbe State
Bank Commission today gave a cer-
., tlflcate d authority to the Central;
MONTREAL. Oct. fl.-—Tremeudoua Trust Company 0' NMWIIK to do I
explosions dtsalroyed part of the plant: bank and trust business.
of the Canada Explosives company at morly the Central National Baplt and
Vaudreuil. this morning. A special baa channel from federal
train carrying are uniting" apparatus control. This in the third national‘
baa been sent from Montreal larly bank which has within a contour»
lively short time come under the luz‘
riadletlou of the state.
HALLOW’EN SOCIALI
solo being sung while the tableau was.
“Those Endearing Young Charms." fol-
owed by an-encore "Just a Song at Twi-
Minnie Northrup,
Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson then recited] has checked the Ten
Much
It was for-
to state '
‘months have been fighting desperate-
Ily to hold back the French. From tho
newly captured positions the French
can sweep the German defenses with
:'torrents of artillery fire,
Every foot trained by General PK-
taln in the Chavignon salient weakens
the line northward through La Fever
(to 8'. Quentin. The French already
Iare on three sides of La Pete and fl.
tQuentin has all but fallen Into Ala:
{lied hands several times since the.
German retreat of last spring.
I A retirement from St. Quentin and.
I La Wm to‘a line running north from ..
Laon would endanger the entire Ger»
' man positions on the western front as_
far north as Yprea.
Probably the two most important
salients' on the western front from the
sea to Verdun are those east of
Ypres and south-southwest of Leon.
's‘tela Marshal Halg ls hammering at
Ithe one and General Petain is smash-
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I
(ing through the other. A German ro— '
'tirement all alone the line might re-
sult in surprising eventualties and
there aer reports from Germany!“ .
such action is not without the realm
of possibilities. ‘
Italy’s armies are fighting agai
I
and Moore, the black face comedi'fisime massed attacks of the. A
.. 9| ,
Star Spangled Banner" was sung after i Germans
along the lsonzo north
General Cadorna apparent
ton efforts on the
lBalnsizza Plateau at the. northern end
lot the line. Near Fliisch, at the
inorthem end and south of Tolmluo;
in the center. the Auntroflermm
made gains South of Toimino the .
ltallans were clinging to the eastern
bank of the boom and the. Teutan‘
thrust for d them to cross to the
western b It. Berlin claims the cap-
ture of 10.000 prisoners and much ma-
terial. ‘
The fighting on this front is all on
Austrian territory and the terrain is '
Ivory dimcuu. which should be help-
ful' to Geenral Cadorna, who baa
proved himself ‘n master of mountain
Warfare. Behind the ltaltana an
many high mountains and the coul-
try here is more mnely actual-
tha ntbat further south around 07-
riaia.
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