, 1e so. In St.
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Liberty Loan Committee holds an
ant meeting at is Wall street.
: afternoon at 4 o'clock. '
break in the water main on Cliff?
was reported to the police. who
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“inclusion
mm in ill
alumnus
issULiucz sot Fnos
General Diaz's Army on
Oh, how he needs one! Snow cm“ ”mm“
has been at Its tlcrcmil. a hundred
American lied Cross Ambulance men.
the first actual representatives of the
l'nited States In the Italian Theatre of
War. are ministering to the needs of
the tintitueti uitti wounded in General
Iliuz‘s unity. 'I‘hese are picked, sett-
sound men. They have driven on the l
nheli exposed roads at Verdun, on the 1
Alone uiitl the terrible t‘In-tniu deli"
Iiutues. Some have been decorate-«Ii
l . lib the Ct‘oix do tiuerre. There Is;
mil a raw youngster among them. 1
These men have "Jtituped from the?
frying pun into the tire." its their con- ‘
freres back In France have expressed 3
It. Straight into the tulddle of a tre- ‘
tueudous offensive they Were pitched. i
there to perform it service which will i
Rave on one of ours and
you can “ride the gale” in
dignity and comfort.
Prices—$10.00 to $25.00.
Rogers 8: Stevens
NORWALK SOUTH NORWALK
Edward J. Tracey, of Yale (‘oileg
spent the week-end at his home on
West avenue.
Tomorrow at eight o'clock a requiem .
opea
village of Vacuum“. fin Bela. tit.
I’lu-d'At-ons. Mona and Pounded-us
they motored. lialhn implicitly striv-
ing to outdo itself at every pint.
«emu-emu. Vilasnt"
There were many adventures. b‘or
Instance. the interpreter assigned to
the motor. at young Italisu of the
Bersanllert. with the Innis-arc of ilrltv
iuh Headquarters Service on his
alceve. pruned to be a real cosmopoli-
till.
“I «one from New York." he Ill“.
: “"9"" FRENCH rnour rum to n in... m... n... m.
' I “1' 'w e owner-'-
0'! RECORDS nation ALPINE sscron. .,..:': :‘l’. ...‘.‘..1..f‘.‘.‘..{.‘..‘ ...f....' 2;;
‘ loud ‘ '18“? - 3.7....2'5 d.’i"”.‘:‘.‘."“’“” “W
"0W Attendmg WOUflded Men Of At I'ouiedm-lmn an Itnllarf Herzeant
dot‘ninatcil the details of hospitality
and proudly evliihlied the hint that be
was not altogether unacqnninled with
. w , 18434 ‘ ' _______ the lvluzliah blitz-mgr. lie ordered 3 I
'l i Mi“ ’1‘! 71m “ WM" “m” “1"” ”m”: 1 (BY A nan canes nsrnzsznn. 'fr'l')’: "' “““e "mi filling his “I“iff'
. s is oter to the Aiiiei'ieaus' ta 0
n” m. I caught without a “ION-’3} . “V5 IN 'TALYJ In the Inn.
; , In I downpour, and this 18 Iligh up on the snow-cupped Mill“? Lifting both glass and bottle high
'DONNELLY 8 down u. no rutupnrt that guard! burl“ “91L ”‘9 above his lit-ml Ilt' rose on tlptoe and
. p0 ““0 ‘ linitle sector where the enemy drive '
in a voice like the Iiull of llitstiani.
roared "I'I‘t'ri-t’c-tle'lil't‘e Vilwnl" and
lie mayo-ii the name again and again.
The Ann-ileum tried to converse villh
film. but found that his vocabulsr!
contained only the one magic name.
After days and days of this sort of
thing the caravan finally arrived at
Milan. within striking distance of tI-O
friitil.
The severe journey had knocked out
four of the cars. ’I'ired out. they re-
slated all the skill of the nu-ebuniciaul.
and it was not until gurnge specialists
“will a night in work over them that
they were whipped into shape.
In the meantime news of the It'-
rival of the tirst American contingent
had spread over‘llllnn like wildfire.
II-ts’c to” Italy. lira-git]. I
' duty, of Glidden. la.
._ ivuaut"
tuft/than.“
The last honors were paid to the three American soldiers who were the f!
'I . . rst of all Americans t I' '
their liven iii defense of their countrv against the Germans at their funeral in a small town in “for? do“
. .
were Corpotal James B. Gresham of E vansville, Ind.. and Privates Thomas I”. Enright. of Pittsburgh, Merrill D’.
The scene site we the guard of honor at present .iims. while the buglct' at the left blows
taps over the open gruvr.
BASEBALL season AT
sevens. ,
LABOR PLANNING BOARD
WASHINGTON. March
CAMP
ll.~.\Ieli-
AYE“, Mask. March ll.—~i’lans ‘o ' bers of the labor planning board, meet
start the baseball season about April lng he“? lOddy'. favored an arrange-
., high mass will be celebrated at St. . . . . . and s Irlumphnl rweptlon “I" p”
.d it. to the “M” department. Mary's Church for the late \Il‘il Mi- ' n quire every °'.'"'” M stamina. 0" I [hired for the entrance of the men. 1' were made "id" by athletic direct- ment for discussions on Monday, Tuni- -
. . t . ery atom of physical endurance tltut 1 Item-hint; Italy. the men believed that on at Camp Devens. 1,, addition to day and Wednesday, of each week na-
-I: if ‘ h: .
r Iii In in the camp team. on which a number of. til a national labor policy Is worked
league and college stars win appcai~,.°“" This 9'3”: members pointed me
there will be about 200 company will allow business men “d ”M
teams. Anter-company and inter- leaders time to fill other engagements
regimental series will be arranged to and attend to private “m"-
start April 15.
youth can summon. The American ‘ they were ‘0 devote their effort! to
lied Cross accepted with gratitude the ”up, of the civilian population.
“I"! W“ 0‘ PW" "'"l """0' ‘0’ "0" but the Itnllun government demurred.
uiett. thus trunking the war-bond b". "We want those men right on our
tw- n America and Italy a thing ofzflrltttf lines to carry the wounded,”
“Will and “0"“- they said. “We could use another
America's first contingent of Am- . hundred."
balance tueu Ill Italy—other coniin- It was arranged that ",3 “(imam
lil‘m” WI” "7“" soon-motored "'1" I of this American unit should tslo
mass of month'n, "I" "null" W" ”me 1“" '0‘" ‘1'" 1 place In the historic old city of Milan
' "ii" ""3 MIN‘HM" l~'°"|l”"" “9mm"! 3 In the spacious interior court of a
“m" 0" A""""'"""l‘""¥- All" "M ' mellowed old Itallnn palace. the facade
providentlal coincidence \uta lrresistl‘ : "t which mu, turned green with "m.
ble In iin appeal to the Italian». They and from whose balconies mum; han-
sent up a about of Joy that rang from I uera~of the entire Allied World. Th0
Ilrundlsi to the northernmost hamlets i a" had in..." parked In the gimp. of
of the Alps. Such swlftness in get- a horseshoe. two “"1"".an men in
ting Into action. the blow following "on”: nut-n car. 'I'Iutl "Mill! “Hill
hard upon the word! It was Just this . reviewed by the commanders of m.
sort of quick work that America stood Italian prom.“ anti ”nut.“ "00M
for to the people of Italy. Here were I“ offering ",9 services of the core
the Americans. they wild. before the I "Mr"! to Italy. Dlniol' __ said: “Ex-
lnlr was dry on the declaration of war i i-‘Iency. on ' ppm." of the American
on their hated enemy that President i lied “m”, which represents the whole I
Wilson had signed! I people 0! m, Unlld sum of Anorlo
1' hrre “"0"?" Red Cross Ambu- int. and with the deepest feelings of
lance units appeared unheralded on ”mm“... I have ”u. honor to Wm‘
the Italian country tilde. Word soon to yott. the repmntlflve of the ho-
1'Iie Norwulk Board of Fire Under-
, writers meets tomorrow afternoon at
9 in the headquarters at 45 Wall
direct.
Peter F. I-‘olev delivered an address
,on War Savings Stamps to nlarge tra-
. ._ titer-lug of thc (‘hildrcn of Mary of St.
Nike Kelley. arrested In the uptown Mary's Church at their regular month-
ascti'on. for ilieuling his wife, had his l.v meeting .vcbtcrdny afternoon.
continued until the stat of this. —-———
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1' NATIONAL BANK STATEMENT.
WASHINGTO. March u.—'I'lio
Comptroller of the Currency today is-
WEST ELD. Ma 3.. ar l.—— sued a call for the condition of all II-
pmwcumtm amp‘mnxu Erwin“ tlonal banks of the United States at
. the close of business Monday. Maren
five miles from the center of this town, .
would be an important training camp. '
‘for troops this summer. aroused un~:
Fresh air is recognized to be sofuw'l interest in the “mm“ '0' “'
' important during the summer that irgcwg‘ '1": “in?” at"; "Kw“?
charity cvcu sends the children of f y. ° ° a V0 9 0' “““el
LICENSE ouss'rtou m weer.
A requiem high
FIELD.
. ~—«-~—— imind was celebrated this morning at
A woman on Lexington avenue t‘c— St. Mary‘s Church at’elzht o'clock, for
ported to the police that her husband the late Bernard McDonnell, son of
was drunk. but the mntter was smootb- Mark McDonnell, formerly of Norwalk.
Cd over. ‘ i
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A remedy for Infection
of the art-an trad.
and will not stricture.
Islan- In I to 9 (any
m
. Two Ford-i met In a headon collision
- iEvcnlng school opens this evening yesterday morning in “-0!“ of the “9-
andbeglnners classes in English and “9," Theatre, The can we“, owned
American “5‘0"! anti American 3°" p and driven bv Elaworth Rose and
. ailment will be eetablbihed. There is Fred. Chamoli. But little damage was
né tuition fee In the elementary clans-”lone and no streets '9". made
M -‘ l
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l for the 9‘" twenty-three yum" “‘9 - hull ”Pram-m. at.» a bottle-02.15.
vote last year being 1,248 to 945. ‘ "
the city's poor to the conning,
but how about fresh air in win-l
tcr? Impurities are more difficult
of perception iit cold air. and of-
ten they are not noticed untili
: » tapered hr
Am I'm W“..WNNATLO
-l James '1'. Madden. who has been
fie-friends 0' "9“." 5" Ferris 0“connected with the [firm of (lately &
Want-avenue. will be pleased to lmon Brennan. on South ”Main street. for
,7 injs'tnproving from hi's recent ill
I g ’ —-——d¢-
mg the boys in the service that
We home on furioughs over Sunday
W Lieutenants J. ,J. Millard and
‘ dais Wynn. Sergeant Thomas. Fin-
fi'viaitns— ‘
q
1,-George Carroll and Vincent Mc-I
’ clerk of the Superior court, to fill the
about It years..having served eight
'vears In their Bridgeport store. and
three years here. severed his connec-
tion with the firm on Saturday we
ning and is taking a few weeks' vaca-
tion before engaging in ibusless else-
where. Mr. Madden was very success-
fuliwhlle enraged here and built up
‘qulte a business,
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I That women make as good soldiers,
I
iforces. Her identity was
’when she fell on the battlefield while
lightiniz with Sherman's marchers to
the sea.
was passed around ttntt the “AmerI-f
cans are here." i
loomed up everywhere.
came vocal with cheers. not well
tinted Intros. like the "nah. mb. mi 2" I
of college groups. but shouts that
seemed to run the whole gamut and
Welcoming groups
The air be-
sound. An answering shout and the
uvaicude rode along. .
Welcomed at fallen.
Milan staged the most enthusiastic
welcome of all. ~ The three units re-’
celved their applause. They drove off
their motors-n long monotonous
trip. hard upon the cars and not less
upon the men.
They motored for eighteen days.
Their path from Paris to Milan. vli't
rolc Italian soldiers. the first three
sections of the American lied Cross
I Ambulance corps in Italy.
“Long Live ltalyt"
”The Americans who are to operate
these cars have volunteer their serv-
Icrs. It will always be their pleasure
snd’dlsilnctlou to remember that In
furthering the effort which America
,wlll make In helping Italy to combat
the common enemy they were the first
American unit to reach thefront.
own strength ‘alone. they stood as the
visible exponents of all the Invisible
forces of a mighty nation, for the
Illimltnble strength of America. for
sickness comes.
i furnaces.
m an: av
Horace R. Nash _
Cor. Main & West Sis.l
, Health demands pure warm air
'in the house in winter. This iti-
ivolves the two problems of heat-
! ing and ventilating. and they are
i completely solved by Stamford;
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advance
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iWe want to get over to lighting andi
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her Ideals. for her vast resources In I e e k e" to g” M." m“ ““1” ‘0
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shows
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THE WORLD’S BEST INCUB TOR
22 EXCLUSIVE POINTS OF E
eSIantIartI Colonyllrootler
“penguin is the belief of Mrs. MnrY' I“ war. That was what the public "From the bottom of my heart I» cry ‘
S“ r ' "A -"Davls, “RWY'WO years . 0m: 0' saw—the surface drums of that small w.:|. them: ‘
Photo DD 128 inenver. 'Mrs. Dalila Is a veteranees~ valorous band. Behind all this there "lung live Italy! Long Ilvetbe Itsl- _,,__ __
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I” ' of the Phil War. She was a mem- lily a story worth the telling. It It! a but am.“ . , . _
V0 Your Films Here h liter of the Sixtv-eighth Illinois Infnn- 9'0” “""l'lt WWW“! llm‘rilwl "It? ' The Italian general made a brief but A SONG FROM THE CAMPS. { (Patented July 4' 1913) W
M ' ' ' it of the lied Cristi in all et er of - - - -__... . , .
Be DCVCIO 1‘” for more than a year. 908mg “I 32;. ‘ ’ n ii I fffltlifnnl{fitg‘s’ufiof'difn‘dfylcfnfgreufifro . BY Florenci- Scollard Brown of f (Patenud April 24. 1917) f
men Comm .. . m... : (2...... mum ,.
. cngagemen 5 “a “5 ~ _ trekked down from Paris to Milan in volunteers stood there not In thelr ; .
' I ““0"!“ ,(Many of the enlisted boys are eager-f THE MOST REMARKABLE
COAL BURNING BROODER
EVER INVENTED
=1 WHERE
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‘——— lilarsellles and Nice. ledtlicm to the mono and men, What he said about , - :
, Charles vziughnm ti, 3. soldier. whol most beaming. wonderful adventures Amerfcan lied Cross aid made some- i0f gleegsm. Protection and Justicei
'wns spendintz the week-end with his among the hospitable country folk of [hing lodge treuiuloully In many zlAye comrifdes We'll follow on cl e! THREE ONE GREW
parents on Grove avenue. was serious- Northern Italy. Everywhere the mag- throttle. 'to the wall. y 03 ' I
Ic word "American." painted on the The dedication ended. the sections of the trenches that CHICKS i BEFORE
lv shaken up when his automobile
I turned over yesterday afternoon. while,
driving alone the Post Road. Vaughn!
was: making about thirty-five miles an‘
hour and was, at the corner of Rich-i
nrds avenue ant! the turnpike when;
the accident occurred. 'A passing car
took him to the Norwalk Hospital.
where his wounds-were. attended bl’
Dr, Wm. J. Tracey.
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PROPER PROMOTIONS
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In advancing Fred W. Tracy to be
ivncnncy caused by the death of Wil-
gllnm T. Havlland. the judges of the
i higher courts who make the clerk se-
Eleetions. display a strong disposition
;to recognize true merit. Mr. Tracy
:has been assistant for nearlv twenty
tyears and no one can so well fill the
iposition of clerk as he. The promo-
3 tion of Michael J. Flanniitan to be first
ambulances. Was it passport to the
Italian hearts. Flowers. foal. red
wine. live \vltlle eyed ndtulration of the
young women. the laughing confidence
of the children with whom the north-
crn provinces are filled to overflowing
were thrust upon them. None of the
young Americans spoke Italian. it!-
though one had developed a sort of a
putols of his own. His attempts to
make himself understood sent the un-
tlves Into penis of laughter.
It was a Iiard ride—this shift from
the French to the Italian front. Yet
It was a ride that not one of them
would have missed. The liiviera coun-
try. with its uplands, headlauds. sky
{ml water. fnscluuted them. Their
clitnb up the mountain cliffs so steep
that the roads were fairly chiseled out
of their rough breasts; their chugging
passage throngb‘vlllages. ancient and
memory for all time. And the chief
memory of It all for thctn Will be that
compellifig. unforgettable ltnllnn smile.
dim-rent from anything else In the
world.
picturesque. will stand-out In their
paraded the principal llllnu streets
nni’ received the ovntlou of the
crowds. American tings streamed from
every, Window; flowers were hung;
shouts of “Viva America!" filled the
air. Shops were closed. and all Milan
reiebrated as for some great victoryk
After the parade the three sections
drew up in the big open square in
{rent of the cathedral. There. stand-
lnt: above them on the steps. the syn-
nn earnest godspeed and farewell.
The crowd listened. thinking that the
American youths were hurrying were.
after all. very near u) Dillon.
America hitherto had been so very
These men were the promise of Ameri-
cu made flesh.
The syndlce finished his speech. The
crowds melted away. The American
Red Cross Ambulance men drove out
of the city gates, taking the road
which led toward Austria.
lice. In tie name of Ital . bade them i .
' I y ”With the ardors of Concord that them-3
far and her position little understood. '
Now all that ‘waa done away with. '
I barlnns back;
held the inn-I
Then down with the Boches. and hardi
i on their track! .
iBrave hearts. you are weary of benr-
lag the brunt;
fWe're coming. we're comli
to the front-
iWe‘re coming-ave
i plenty to ieam;
iWe may blunder at first.
spirits will burn
ory Wakes;
the Great Lakes
once get In poise;
. FIRE DRIVES
"muse .
mro RAGING 810an
btit
"sacrificial front to which these strange :,We'll attend with 0‘" ”0th” acroséi'
And ;When We once step in place. when we
We're coming. we're‘ coming!
out for the boys!
in right up;
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our;
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souruxorbu, Conn, March 11.—
: Half a doien families were driven from
5 their homes Into a blinding snow.
Showing it standard Colony nrooder in Operation With 1050
chicks
0‘". FOR FREE ROOKIE
ALBERT D. MORGAN
liar-
O.‘ B'. JACKSON
OPTOMETRIS'I
'WIIIIM
,. . sumo: Larissa—retain; Oxfords
MM-Onudmuoundnn
- ‘mdunlnstiondtbequwm
{storm by the homing of a three story:
' tenement here late Saturday. The firel
started in an unoccupied apartment on
”OSPITM’ WBECKEO BY Bones {the third floor from an unltnow causal
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. ed from - «
A [tome rublegrttm rccciv 'and 89.000. No one was injured. The'
dinhert f'erklns. chairman of the Amer- , .
m" lied Cross Commiulo's. to n.1,, homeless families were cared ‘forby
an," in part: inelgbbdr . 'Ibe building was owned.
, "During recent air raids by Austrian -.' by Thomas Rich. It was at one time.
a??? ”0sz :9: ’93:" :5 if: 'lused as a hotel but had been remodeir;
p a near a . I , . f -
from the Italian llne.‘ magma the ”a m :‘n’mm $363" .1: 3"“:
hum. done to the bundle! mfp- ”my ”"7“ as ‘ on o '
m. and It) "I'M. m. may” M The "V0" labia of J. H. TOMB. ‘0' :
{assistant is also one to be commend-
, ed. Efficiency Is rewartled.~Brldge-
port Telegram.
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VASSAR COLLEGE . -'
GIRLS FOR NURSES
um
BED chess AIDS intuit ,
In Gold as
M Nice. on the Italian frontier. the
section met Its first benefactrcse. A
few hours after day but! flamed across
the night the Americana arrived at
this resort. llcgrlmed,-newl of their
arrival brought no English woman.
In. Cnilerby name. to their garage.
bringing flowers. apples 'and clgnrett
Thus was “Section I, Italy." given
its farewell to France on the frontier.
There were no formalities or cus-
toni‘ difficulties about crossing Into
ltaly. Whenever any guard. sentry or
elite-lat was dnblonu about letting the
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college women was held here Saturday
to discuss the need for nurses for nor
vice at bomeand abroad. The prim
clpsl speaker was Miss Julia. Lattices.
.chief of the children's bureau. «garb
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