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I PARIS. Feb. 1i.-3larshai Joflre's!
leitel’ to the Secretary of the Frencbi
Academy oilicially announcing his can-lI
didacy to the seat of the late Jules!
Claretie has ‘cansed much favorable!
comment here but the impression ap-'
pears to have gone abroard that the,
victory of the Marne will join the"
Forty Immortals on his military and‘
not his literary record. 1
t The letter itself is brief. lt readszl
‘-"Mr. Secretary: '15" l
l “l have the honor to Inform yout at ‘.
il am candidate to the French Acad-z
‘ emy to the seat of Mr. Jules Claretieu
' “Please do accept. Mr. Secretary.'
Ithe expression of my distinguished!
| sentiments.
| "Jorm."
{ The military reputation of France‘s
bonly marshal overshadows his literary
tone to such an extent that. while the
'Frenc‘t are fully convinced that no
i honor in the world of letters or in any
ioihrr art is too“ great for the popular
lhrro, they wish to be made better ac-
quainted with his works. '
The list of them is not long and the
ivoiumes are not bulky. indeed. the
{most famous writing that c'ante from
| the pen of .loiire is so short that it can
’be reproduced here in full. It was
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$1.75 arid $2.00
written on the 6th of September.
Stiff cuff 1 Shirts |I19it. on the eve of the battle of the
, Reduced to $1.35 '3'an :33: :zfidnt when a battle is
{about to commence upon the result of
TEVENS 1 Which the salvation of our country do»
ROGERS & S l‘pends. no one lntlsl look behind; all
.must unite to attack and repel the
Norwalk ’ SO. Norwalk IIenemy. Any troop finding itself an-
- Wivittsoever Circle of King's Uaugh- again”- ‘ ' — rground at all cost and must fight un-
table to advance iurthor must hold the
tors of the ISo'uth Norwaik (iongrega- I "L .-~-_.._. _. 1 Ali's. JI A. Wills, who has been stop '. til death. So retreat."
uomi church will meet with Mrs. “W ,. , a .ping at ”w Norwailt hotel. h“ so“ ‘0‘, Sometime ago friends oi Marshal
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The stores throughout the city will
be own as usual tomorrow.
-. The Watch Your Hiltch club is
meeting at the home of Mrs. Young.
Housemate road, this dilemma
Rev Irrederick Jacobs of New Bil-1
wen, officiated at the service at the!
it; Bonus Norwalk Congregational church.‘
V yesterdaymorning.
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u H. Stowe. 5 West avenue. tomorrow ~ "i I 1x"... York m, no “menu“? time. gJoffre urged him to enter the Acad-
aftemgon at 2:30 o'clock. ‘ N ‘ . R WALK ‘ _,_, emy. Their persistence was such that
" ” A g . .. i Archie i-‘. Nash of Putnam avenue is upon the advice of his friends. he had
:spending a vacation in Boston. Many decided to place his namenbefore that
where llt' is visiting relativm. body for admission. The rules of the
7 Academy governing applications for
admittance are to the cfi'ect that an
oillciai request. naming the seat to
which the applicant aspiru. must be
made to the secretary. Marshal
!Jollre's itigh personality did not save
limit from the iormaitry and thus the
Masanciiliatttts~Nantucket Shoals-lolllt-lal request was made.
_‘ Nantucket Shoals lalghl. Vt‘dm‘l re; The pntfflmp of MgrgbglI Joflrp'u .n
Iplaced on station. January i8. and than... Academy” will not "a.“ a prece.
”“T'N‘““N' Eneiiet Vessel withdrawn. item as far it! the admittance of attu-
By a quiet ceremony performed “‘I Nantucket Sound—Wreck Shoal Gas; lat-y men to the select ctrcl. is con.
7:30 o'clock Saturday nllht in Si. and Bell Buoy. 16A. temporarily W-zcci‘ned. Sis marshals of France have
,l'aul's reétory, 'lIiev. lfiuIl: Ilium"? placed by uitiightctl spar buoy, Jan-‘alraady been recorded as membcfi
’ united in mart age 9 Olen 0 uary 8. on account of ice. in". were my.“ mum", the Duke-
'Ptinws in a divorce action were tiled Kern. daughter 0f MT- “d Mrs. Henry 1. W00“ “Ole—“WI! INK? Gus of lilchrlieu. Bt-iieisle. Beauvau and
in the superior court '3" “09“ by Kern of Winnlpluk. and Norman C' , Buoy. 2, temporarily discontinued, Janv' lluras.
,. mum :ichipiie agIaIiiIiIstIfauiISchiplioInI'. Hurray, son 0;)",- andIM", Charles; 6. on “mum of W. Wm be replaced. It h an error. “New“ to think ”I“
Bridgeportin w c is e egos n o- W. Murray of sin stree . ‘as soon as practicable. '.\t sh . ecolv the r n
embic cruelty and habitual intempei'r Mrs; Anna 1. Martin was matron olI Rhode islandth-wport Harbor—J ”Kneading l;l::3r:lll :lthoutnet‘er
. shoe The piaintiti asks permission to Honor and Robert E. Murtln itctctl “5:679“ island Beacon. ”mum”, dis-‘ hm" written anything. in 1895
mama ht: m;:Iden name Whirl; :TIIII th;.best man. I wry well . c;nlli;ued.f hcretoiorc there was pnbllghpd In par-la a art-ven-
I' 3! fl 0] were marre ' he young (‘Ollllt‘ are ' .l 9 fly 0 NBWDOI‘L Izy.flvp a 3 volume entitled; “The
lhl‘iifit‘ild'have no children. ?ltnown in Norwalk, the: 8:00;“ @318. Narragansett Bay-~Pravidcnw riv-:0pcratl:n: of the Joifre column be-
" ---- Tumployeti by the New 'or . .'cw n» ; er—(ireens island Flats lino . 3, re- fore and after the Occu tion of Tim-
. The second of the Community Shit-is ven. and Hartford Railroad Company. . ported carried a“). by lci‘. “y” be ”I buctott." it was “up; J. I’M,”
.' will he held in the high school hall this Aftvl' a shnrt wedfing tour the Mill)! ' placed as soon as conditions permit. ‘ l ii'lllenant-Colonel.
. memoon at 3:30, when Frederick i.. “mfg 'tour' will reside at the home of. Connecticut—Long island Sound—; Marshal Joflre also wrote . work on
Jamison of the Norwaik Tire and Rub- the liritingroom's parents on Main , Cornfield Gas and Whistling Buoy, PS.‘ Madagascar but the edition has be-
ber’mmilafll' ill" IKiVeII‘aI ““99“ "I“;U'II: stri‘ct. ilcmporatriiy withdrawn lrom station' come exhausted and no copy oi it can
: talk on Some to c o nterest. a a ’on acco .
... on the Thrift Stafinlls will be given and A birthday surprise party WM“ ten‘ , replacedmotn Zrtalttlfincgzdmzsau“$n:: 3:311: :2: 1:“, 5:93: :, ‘h2n:,:;h;:t
“9 NW“ of the junior high ““0“ new“ Ml” Hazel Arnold at her how“ ”0'15 ftt'l'mit. I “be induced to write his reminiscences.
. and senior high school will assist in on Wilson avenue. Saturday evoniInng New l'orit-ts'ew York Harbor, Gov- “0me? Feb. ii.-—How fire 5".
the than!“ work. Game“ were 91”“! “d ““0 “3 fcycrnorsh island Light Station—the aux- gulls were" the means of saving I
' , . “0M rendered and rflrefi:ema;§:; lillsry bell was permanently discon- steamer from destruction was related
Fm? “Titties? 2:95: 112:: :ngg0fieIZLegitu;:: Myrst‘l: Boyetl _ tiIriued. December 3], i917. No other by the pilot of the steamer on arrival
empioye 35 ll . ' ' .t‘ “"81“ at an English port. He noticed five
; , 9. Gates, Clara. ,
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; I‘last evening about 7:30 o'clock, and Burkey . Esther Sueden. Florence “EXT": PW" ’35 Buoy. iA- “'3’ Clog“? “9 "iiutionurefeale: theat
awe-tut lobe quite badly iniured. Tripp. Edna Tripp. and Messrs. wttth shout AOIIIIcIclImnged to flashing red. a sea ullew:.:l|tt?ng on “ch 0‘ m
13:21. William Vollmer was summoned lace Arnold, Burnett Lockwood, Theo-g".0 othel ha, 9 8' 0‘, 2° "“‘HPWWH'.I n" 8m a of . fioatlng mine and
andtooud Mr. DePlerne had fractured do“? “0'3““5' Mg“ Mitzi 1;”:"E- - r c Inge. ithe‘repw: just time to alter the Yeti
. the esternal table of his skull. Today l’ounss. Franklin wa- ‘ t , ”’9; . . . ,
“qume man was reported as rest- and Paul Dynenroth The we”! de-l CEINTRAL F009 co. CLOsEs leIleogoarzeznd Iprflelzt'a :inslxIeIIm
2158i”! comfortably. Iparted 3' an “I?” :xgszmmg Mm“. The Central Food Company. at the feels when M ,dfl'" 3' 'er13"
Wmmow a charm ng ' . corner of Railroatlvttirenue and “'ash-: l1.|Ir0itIghIIa IIIfiIIaeidnl? cfwz?‘:: “1;le
' ' lngton street. ci se 0°.” '5 930 Y "I
' 'I w: gas“: ‘lilaEMd'Pn rot-hush. Maple street. left; “rd... night [or ogmfdftrhgozgpflflgxw to. an Italian airman who demolished
um . ed in the U. 3. Aviation corps. a. Charles A. Waiters. Charles ii. l,.el,_.ttn Austrian baloon in that fashion in
' um 33m 3 week. and is now at Fort iiiocnm. NY. rla'and Charles Bouton. having foundgm' "' conflict ‘ Rustlgne
’11“ mm . I Miss Alice Wilson 0! Hoyt stratum“! that they could not make expenr} The “"001! was guarded by “If"
.. 'm m, ALI. mm '8 l dal in g . “3' daylel The corner there has hooded {Austrian chaser: “film": W
I. pr as e. radius , grocery store for nearly twenty years. were engaged by three italian fight-
‘ Powell Corporation , "Mi “9' “me" i“ 8““ "”1"" land it la expected that. the" will be ing machines while (Ancillotte dived
. ' ‘ 'another store‘sirnilar in .41.“. time straight at the ballooth which be
7/ " if the present business now“ out. Opened rdre with incendiary W"!!! I'-
Noneoi the partners had anything to I mile of about twenty yards. At
‘sav about what they 3mm“ to do the same moment he suddenly realised
in the future. The Ce'ajral road Coin- the danger be was in for it was clear
patty has been in existence for about '1 Impossible for him to avoid collir
three and a half years and was a very start with the now lamina balloon.
popular place of business.‘it am "i thought 10 myseli'. it means
The closing cauud unite some-com- death." he, says in his, report. "I
aunt. ‘ . - ~ closed-my eyes and waited- Barely s
- flu; is selling at 840 per ton in this
'sectioo. which is about the record lnzI
the memory of local people. it is very:
expensive to feed horses and cattle.
these days, with buy at this figure andI
. ‘ all grain higher than a year ago. I
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‘ . '. .‘jj .; “,. 1!, William C. route of Newark. x. J..
and Pe’Jsbflalr has been spending it few days with rt-l~
' "mt w’i» allies in South Norwallt.
NEWS” "
, . .mown on his head by a sudden gust
of wind. the hat of Stanislaus Dobrey.
a Pote, railed over a New Haven gas
tank lent-c and Dohrey chased it. Moi 1
had not to the top of the fence when a [
fly con spotted and arrested him. Do”
brey’tvas locked up all night. unableI
. until morning to convince. the authori-
ties M h'c plight.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
maintained by
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Master oi the'Sliutlona
warrants tear, doubt and forebodlngs at possible less ot your
twtiaable peueulbus-wbea fishy-holder or a sate deposit has
its"! current-ow M- h- u. rw *6 W»
m misses-swam my: ‘nta mat it u a
tberewasasoaadot‘mflaam
Deputy United States ti'aasat A. it
smith notified the IoeaIDOlleo that
the time for the registration of alt.-
Germaas but been entailed: until
Wednesday the 18th.. intend atone-
snd fosad mysellva 10".“
\
er i ailghted at my camp."
gun.
as in 'class ‘
iollows:
ant of the situation and do not itnos
what they are talking about.
American black-list
thing of the eiiect of a commercial
tornado on certain business houses in
Mexico. And, like the Kansas species
of the phenotnonon, it has performed
some queer antics.
French business man. with .tix rela‘
lives in the trenches. figured on tile
first list.
have. ben rectified readily through the
various legations at the capital.
manufacture of airplane wings.
males by experts show that the quail
spend passed betorevl {alts Mimi‘m .3“.- “Numbers at gas-
budgeting-yin... 1w, EV.
laOSDON, Feb. ll.—-—~Speaiiing on'
Germany's war aims and dangers of a
premature peace. lord Denbigb d|
scribed the people who are
out id-
"The 7.. Vs are those who are lgnor-i
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“The Z, 3's are the enemy agents in
the pay of Gerr'nany. trying to lower
the morale of the soldiers and the peo-
ple.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. ll.—-Tlle
has had some-
For instance. a
Slips like this. however.
BELFAST, lrelatid. Feb. ll.—The
British government soon will launch
a $10,000,000 scheme for ir/II-a/l‘
the cultivation of fins i’n ireiand. ow-
ing to the importance 0! tin! for the:
Esti-l
tity of fins usually grown in "dual
would not be sufilcient in the comingi
year for thm and other demands.
Farmers who own land will secure in
addition large areas of land in the] ‘
midlands and south of lreland. There‘.
is likely to be a scarcity of seed. anl
experiments are to be made with tho
use-of Canadian seed.
AMSTERDAM. Feb. il.-—~The great
bell of Cologne Cathedral ("Marin
loriosa') was rung for the last time on
New Years eve. and the metal which
weights several tons‘will be used for
war purposes. .
The bell was first rung on the birth
day of William l, on March 22. 1877.:
saw was cast from French guns cap I
tun-d in illicit. '
suosn' conviwi. saves.
Consumer Proflted by
81W
American
Sugar control has saved the Ameri-
cnn public $180,000,000, Herbert Hoov-
a, United States food administrator.
declared the other day.
He pointed out that sugar was sell.
ing for 11 cents a pound last August
and that it would have advanced to 20
cents a pound with the world short-
age as a stimulus. had not the food‘
administration secured‘ the coopera-
tion of the refiners and wholesalers
and-axed a suar price that 'today
eaableetbe’boasewivetobuysagarat
tromairlteaeautssma.. ,
“leery '1 cent raise It M from
abuts-bard to January 1 3“ us.-
is...» tb' ts. ma eon-mu."
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Mule-Ii
prevailed-
“Nomad-Savings : .w "mew-r -
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This beautiful scene high in the snow clad Alps shows ltallan soldiers climbing the high mountains to
reach a position where they can att'sck the Austrian troops. The mountains are so steep. though this does
not seem to be so in the photograph, t hat the troops must switch back and forth to reach the summit.
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gradually gaining speed. glided toward’erage annual household consumptionrud followed up vigorously and “or
the liailan lines. A few minutes latrfhere was 56 pounds 3 person. in Eng-2M “a l. evidence itself of a.
zland the annual consumption durlnii'prlces at which consumers would hare
Examination of the machine showed “16 WI? 93 24 pounds. in“ 1“ Fl"'lceiboen mulct had we not intervened.
that it had passed clean hrough the “0" person ‘3 3'10"“! 3 little °V°"3We have forfeited wholesalers“ licen-
burning trauma. in the shock oi coi- 0” 90““ ' "WW“
llalon the wings had actually been«
broken in the middle, but were held to |l°l||ld itself unable to m
gether by the luppon of the mumnefthls ration." Mr.
i"An appeal was made ,to America.|
ll-‘rance needed 100,000 tons.
sea in aggravated cases, and we ha'vb
in August the French governmcntlissued warnings to first olenders h
lntaln evenla great many instances through or
Hoover declared. local administrators."
American sugar stocks could be lil-
We ed to normal very soon if ships coal!
Wed '0 n" “l" “Md ""1 up who sent to Java. where 260,000 tons d
December Md 'NPM 35"“ W“- finisugar is waiting for shipment.
tne meantime an appeal was made mlthe “rpm" situation is .0 acute‘tlab
““the nation cannot spare the tiles.
Wace at any price and certain otherslmnr consumption and ”we.“ were ships needed to t port this sugar.
.2," “emu”; them sum“, to djuflbutofl to supply u“th would take the hosts one year as
iconfectlonery and sweet drinks tradetlm“ 250,000 tons.
1the American public to
in the same that
with 50 per cent. of normal supply.!mey could be used for transporting
This has been generally ioilowed. “1200.000 soldiers to prune.
though such regulatolns were volun-.
The Z. 2's are utter rotters. men whoitary. a! the food administration had! that the American public will dirt.
want the war to end because they can-'llo “150?“! to ““9008 them.
not get margarine or because their}
beer is thin.
The food administration believes;
jish its sugar consumption by 10 c
Retail grocers throughout the coon-915 per cent. when it u made clear
“'7 ‘" "WM "° take ‘ prom °tfthatasuch sugar saving is a patriotic
1° more than 50 cents ‘ hundred-act and when it is understood that
8"there are plenty of sweeteners avail-
reason °' food administration ”5‘” able to take the place oi sugar snob
lations, binding refiners and whoie~:.I honey. or corn ”um
uteri. the retailer is able today to
buy sugar at from 8 to 8 1-2 cents a
halt a cent a pound on sugar.
The three great sugar productn‘
centers of the world are Germany. that
Mndi. “humble; '1“: “to :21“: West and East indies. German our
the onsew e ‘ ' - III. of course, used at home. The East
'lndian sugar is unavailable becausc
There have been some violations of 0‘ the ship shortage.
Mr. Hoover said re-.
"Sales of sugar from 16 to!
20 cents peripoand have been reported;
.aIrri=iiiiltIiiiiiiriiiy 1
sugar rulings.
-—8eatinel Want Ads Sure to Pay.
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