mncarnno unit
mmminams
I Joana-urn. Ilium
eight or nine to one, along to their
vanee. The British htIve made few
.counter attacks, butt every one at-
ltempted has been successful. Brit—
lish eflorts are centered on with
permitting the enemy to wear him-
self out before the British de-'
fence.
2 Bunday the fighting forces in
Ethe north reached tile old battle-
.lfield of the Somme from which the
Germans retreated al year ago
In neskwear and lhlrta ”3' [Again Bttpuume anti l’eronue are
. W W" 1“" out“ the centers of the most bitter
“u m n M ‘93. m MW in '“m‘ fighting. Bapaume isthe key posh
16 So. Main St.
.and Mrs.
the vII-elI- end
m IOBVIALL
; DON N ELLY’B
ify News
Alfred Goldschntldt
in \IQrcesteI,
ition betw een Arras and Albert and
Berlin reports that II “gigantic
, struggle 'is being made for its pus
jui‘is‘lslull. The atrium of PeroIIIIe
is claimed III the (lermaus, but
heaVI fighting is taking place
'of it and southward. along the
good satisfaction, b'IoIIIIIge river. lllt‘lptl‘f‘ll Bupmuue
”o ~.———. flllf (‘I'ODIIP i It’ llirllllllltl "IVE
-——--—- ._... Prim from $18 to $37 50- reached the TraIIIIlIIyl‘ Oillllltti-
'Manrepus line “here they ore
held up by the Britillh.
Kogers 8t Stetens
gNORWALK ”UTH‘NOIWALK :
Following the mid-week meeting t.
the East Avenue hi. E. Church the Cl-
iiciai Board of the church will hold its
:ttlc line where the Germans
:‘l\'t' reuehey t‘huuuy. an import-
ant point on the flise river south-
west of La Fore.
their udvance has not been
posts and impeded tint German ad-l
ldrawing as occasion ‘requires and.
I
(in the southern end of the great
Here, however“
w
'tothoirwindowshy tho rsttitagot
each nurture: the mutate-ocean;
tbeaewsystemofalsrm.whichisdw
tinguishedfromthealanniatheonsc
ofairraids.
Work was resumd under normal
were running. The streets were full
of people whose sole subjects of con-
versation was the new battle of the
Somme. which generally is compared‘
with Verdun.
WASHINGTON. March 25 —-German!
sta ements that AmeIican troops had
taken part in the fighting on the Britt
ish front in France had not been con
tinned today and. ofilcials. including
{Liaior'General March, )Chlef of Staff.
declined to comment on the. reports.
Although ) detachment of American
engineers was caught in the German
counter attacks in the Cambria salient
several mcnths ago, ofllcera indicated
there was nothing here to show that
any AmerlIan troops other than engi-
neers or special units had been at-
tached to the British forces.
News from the mm c: ntinued to be
the absorbing topic today and ofilclal
Washington. including President WI‘-
scn. anxiously scanned British and
German statements.
Berlin's announcement that Paris
was being bombarded by long range'
guns was taken here as confirmation
of French reports that rifle shells fell
in Paris Saturday and yesterday ‘
John, Lockwood, nephew of Captain
Hanan rains-ammunmw‘ooaumm has’
returned to his home in New Hillard.
after spending a few days here.
lir. and Mrs. Robert Judson and
daughter Ruth, of Woodbary. who
condition- All mflwmmlmveMtEguestsoflrflaflln’
A. Cameron, of Hawkins avenue. hare
returned to their home.
2
Tire Bargains
For 3 Days only
3013 Ajax Plain Tread ......... 810.00
“-Ox 3 1-2 Firestone Plain Tread 14.00
30x3 1-: Firestone, nou-sltld.... 13.25
30x3 1-3 Fisk Plain Tread ...... 13.95
30x3 [-2 U. 8 Plain Tread ...... 14. 35
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31:! U. 8. Chain Tread ........
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33st Fisk non-skid 2100
33x4 Batavia nonekld. 28 50
30s! Goodyear A. W ............
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All Tubes 20 per cent from List
Buy at once and save tire expense
Auto repairing in all its branches;
Expert washer work called for and
delivered—satisfaction assured
Austin sGarage
M
FlOor Coverings;
Uh elfll’iIBSI and Most Com-I
plele AssorlIIIenl in 'l‘lIis :
Rugs, Carpets, Linoleum, Congoleums. Hattings, in many
beautiful patterns and colorlngs, at prices that will agreeably i
surprise and Impress you.
Nil
The range of the new weapon-76 mm' ‘W
miles—exceeds even the dreams of
East Norwslk.
i .mnihltl is moving from 104
Main street to No. 72 in the
regular meeting.
It thorough fare.
, 0. E. 8.
Endeavor Circle
. 56 Putnam avenue.
"3 o'clock.
There will be a rehearsal,
~ who are taking part in the ruin-
, show to be given by Ophlr Chap-
flt‘. and Mrs. J. if. Knickerbocker of
aisle visited with friends on
1-t Terrace Saturday evening.
aoob "fl. Schaub be taken a position
. the plumbing shift at the Spring-
»plant of the Stamford Rolling.
of King's
let-s will meet with Mrs. Sher-
Wednesday.
iBuclIlnghtIm Woman's Relief Corps
Clarence Caldwell of Summer street,
great as directly west: of St. Queu-
tiII. where they have progressed
more than ten miles. The British
and French battle liuIes meet new
('huuny and the French lines along
the t’hemin dea Dnnles and east-
wIIrd toward Rheimtl would be
IIIeIInt-ed if the GernuIns utlvuueed
us for as i 'otupeigue on the road
to Paris. But ('ompeigne is It
good tuentI miles Iiouthuest of
l'hnuuy.
The intensity of the struggles is
NllfIWll by the ofiiciul IIIIouIIcemeIIt
that British aviators on Saturday
brought down fifty-four t‘llt‘lll)
llltlt'lllllt'a. The British lost only
nine. In addition to carrying out
Stamford, and a party of friends too-
tored to South Norwalk yesterday to
visit with friends here.
I Miss Marguerite Smith and hit-It
Francis Halacy. of Edlie avenue. were
in Bridgeport on Saturday afternoon.
on a business trip.
The case of John Eason, who wat
arrested yesterday afternoon in the
paper mill on Smith street, was nollcd
. thiu morning in the (3in Court.
All members of the Rowavton Hose
Company are requested to be prettent
this eI'eIIInz at It special meeting to
be held at the companv quarters. The
.l.IIIlle:I' Auxiliary is also requested to
come 0 this meelng as plans are to
Mus Society will meet with Mrs.
moon 3 lio'w, 7 l .imlt‘ aIeuue, Went.
motley for an all day sesslon to sew for
nailed Cross.
There will be a regular meeting If
'4‘ Laurel, D. of C., on Wedneat);
be held soon.
be discussed 'for the oyster supper to
their work in the fighting zone,
the British nirmeu have dropped
lIoIanI successfully on Mauuheimd
(iermpuy.
l Berlin claims Franco-American
Grass tires that did llttle or no dam detoeluneuts aided the British in
age ltept the local firemen buny over the fighting Suturtay, but
V Sunday. The blazes were on Main identity of the American
lllt'
units
'army the enemy cronsed
attend.
‘—-CAMERAS.I—
Photo Supplies
Be Develonetl
FROM
“08
Salcfleposll
’ avenues
. ng in the rooms In .lled Men's
' ,on.WashiIIgton street at Sdclock
it is important that all members
At 1 o'clock sharp there will
,a rehearsal of the degree team.
I .. ere will be an important meetan
the. Trinity Men's Club in the
room in the Trust Company's
ng tomorrow evening and as
' » of great importance are to be
all up it is asked that all mem-
' eYour' Films Here to
”Powell Comorntinr
street and Ward street, and yesterday have not been learned. It is pos-
afternoon the hayslack in baclt of .I. sibie American and Wrench-troops
Treadwell'a house on North avenue from the ('heInin-des-lhtmea m-
wa't started. Only a little time was for have moved up to the Oise or
‘quulml to quell the blue. Inorth of it. but more probable that
“m ",1. game in the pocket on American engineers uith the Brit-
llnrd tournament be,“ he‘d at the lab urmI Iverc concerned Berlin
palace Billiard and 80'1"", «Academy claims that the number of pris-
for two fancv cues will be played this ""9” I'M increased in 30 000
“mm between F. Dugan, 75' to C There has been lit'l Ie except nr-
L'.Imdenbugs60 it is expected that “"0” fire "MW", ‘0“ ”'9 re-
there will “um, an attendance A game Inuinder of the Brit Iish front uud
is to be held every evening until the
end of the tournament.
i Airs. Henry l. Rowland received a
'letter today from her son Milton. at
the base hospital, Camp Hancock. Aus-
usta. Florida, stating that he in feeling
flue and expects to be out again in II
few days. He has received manv‘let-
ters from him Not-walk friends. and
states that It will be impossible to an
swor,.them al this time,
be able to do so later on.
rune" lllllaide School has It brief and was to in. carried on Dutch "mm" "m“ "‘9 "°"‘°" w°°d "V
coring recess beginning Friday noon.
\lareh 29th. and continuing the follow
ins: week The closing examinations for Genuun occupation of l’etrogrud' urday morning, after obtaining a cro~I~
:the term are being held this week. 0v- II IthIn 24 hours “as predicted III "“3 0' the canal drove southward In
Room American ( ‘onsul Treduell in II '9 "'9 British 90mm“-
"' the. weekend beside Mr.
ttndt's lecture the girls enjoyed a
mo to the i.owe}{a)wcod School at Department todIII dated March “heme"! Arm and “Dannie-tint
Shippan Point, Stamford where the
-oppcsing teams of the schools played
It came of basketball.
Enlistment Day services were ob-
served at the East
the services Miss Alberta Twlss sang
and the superintendent of the Sunday:
School. J. Wesley Slawson made a'
Jew remarks which w.” (0110",, by- norm admiration of the splendid vmnceun 30“.},th "a 3.3m", M
an address by the pastor, Rev. 13’ E.
ill'llsou, who urged the young people to
'enlist in the service of Christ: The
.tenchera of the clam took the nut“
ter up with their pupils ”and twehty-
one young folk acknowledged publiclyi
_thtIt they desired to become. Christ-l
tans. The services were the same as
the old Decision Day uerco.
' *The campaign committee of the For—
;cstertv met at their ball in Water
,stl-eet, first District, yesterday after-
noon at which time plans wore an“
'tortwolargemsas-eetlugstobaheld'
on Sunday the 21st. One will be use
at Stamford and the other at «III-walk.
Alltbeconrtsla ens-Um
roprnaomodat Mall!”
Incl-tenet“ hummus!
healargenambsrofeaadidatss foil
‘theorvlertmoehetorslatm
'lltb. shut-pasts!!!-
on the French and American see-
tors. The German urtillerI fire
has been violent along the( homin-
des~Dnmcs, in the Champagne.
northeast of \‘erdun, and in AL.
SHOP..
The Dutch (f‘ubiue‘t is reported
to have decided to refuse the
profi'er of InnuI thousands of tons
of foodstuffs made in the Allied
l’nfit‘l‘i in return for the use ofv
"“1 he may Dutch shipping. The food was to:l to the British 'ide'
be placed of Holland :4 disposal
shim.
WASH l VUTON,
March ‘2 ..I —l
dispatch that reached the State:
:10. \' irtuttllv all Americans hate
left the city, the dispatch said.
WASHINGTON, March 25—
President Wilson lodm cabled
Avenue M. E Field lilaréhal liaig" congra‘tnlat men! wns'terrlllc and their infantry
Church yesterday the Mens Class as lug him on the British stand outnumbered the British eight It. one
as, well the Sunday School Joining in against the German offensive and. in some cases. - }
predicting ll final all' ed victory. , l
The President' II II esaage read:
”Mm I not exprelsa to _Iou mI
steadfastnesa and valor with
II hIch tour troops give Ivtihstood puted mint "a fiery, which the' a“.
d "'9 9'31""!t mans occupied only yesterday. '. E
the German onset!
confidence all Amerilhans feel that'
I on will II III a sword and final vic-:
tory.’
PARIS, March
alarm/ was sounded shortly after 1
o'clock this. mornlnglI After three '
quarters of an hotir fl~ en's bugle'a:
and Amt: bells aunt ed that on
was clear and the Part
to return to their bodilf
, bombard-ant.
agalawsssssaeadodsl fi:1l_o'claet.
:agalnst the high ground 'between the
25 L Ano'her sir 90m company of machine gunners on
ordnance experts here, but consider-
able aatisfaollon was taken in the M. M 1”
Paris accounts of the bombardment lII-' ]
ferring that little damage resulted.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
1N FRANCE. Sunday, March 24 .—Tha
main thrust on the British right flank: _
by the Germans Thursday morning‘
was south of St. Quentin and theI
enemy used a division for every 2,000-
yards of the front. there being approx-
imately one German tlivIIIlon against, '
every British battalion. The purpose
of the a: tack here was to capture Ur-
vlllers and Ensign: lefrand and there
by acquire high ground for a further ‘
advance. It now is possible to give
more details of the early “ages of this
and other fights.
0n the extreme right of the British
the river ‘
Olse. at two places. One body of
troops came out of La Fore and swans
north. while another army crossed at
May and turned aouth to form a June-
tlon with theLa Fete group. ThrougZI- ‘
out the day the battle» raged in the low-
lands about the Olse'.‘ '
. At Vendueil, a group of British held
out until four o'clock Nday afternoon.
A little further north The Germans
stormed Urvlllers and Easigrty. in»!
west of St. Quentin the British were
forced to fall back, but ihroughout the
day they clung to the Holnon Wood. a
llttle northwest of the city.
South of St. Qentln a number of
strong ~ ltlsh redouble made a gar
lani defense. and it was nightfall be
fore the lust of them. with their ma.
chine gunners, had been reduced. The
end of the first day found the British
behind the St. Quentin Canal. , ~
Friday morning the enemy renewed
his assault with increasing vigor and
after desperate fighting in the region
of La Fere, succeeded in getting across
Further north the British also
Germans then die at Ham, _:whlItI
had been cleared of civilians. and Sat
in other main theatres of operations
the Germans made their first drive
Cole] and Senses rivers. ,
The German preliminary bombaId-I
Early the Germans attaching south.
ward into Bullecourt and the British
still withdrew to a line covering Vanis-
Cambrai. The hottest and most die
During Friday the “Set-mans overrun
St. Leger, Vania Vrancourt and Benin.
Benin Hill held up the German ad-
vance fer a long time.
. . Mrs. Antonio Krauae.
Mrii. Antonio Kranse.
I"I'llalllllter. lira. Otto DePlerne.
“MG fem mm I.
must 1‘: to o’clock, In,
two daughters, to!
ten and eight great grastl-,
hunt services :ill be;
M1
at am traces. .1. ml
mandating. sad Interment will
_ and
children.
Just Over the Bridge
“it"; 1‘3 3‘3." nous: .MM- 3“ m it
Home Phone 1622:,“
will get it if it's to be found i
A I. COLLINS cal
“firmwxm’rwww 3‘: ”5.1
If it's for an sutomobi le. he got it on. .
LAST ;WE‘.E‘.K
SATURDAY NEXT 011R "LAST DAY
We want money-Do
Dickermah’s Department Store
84 Washington Street, South 'Norwallt
Still on hand alarge stock All must be sold this week.
you want
Phone All
goods?
bought
Year.
aguarantee that
WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PRICES—Others MUST RAISE theirs.
COMPARE TODAY’S PRICES WITH THE PRICEQA YEAR AGO.
They will be higher the coming year.
It WILL PAY YOU TO MAKE OUTA LIST of things you Will want in
h wIthus
THE FUTURE sfifld'fidflm“ to the Dickerman Stock during the last
toclI t chandise'
IleAlf‘oll‘tin‘fl‘ :fiegwgcfl.%smt f3: 1111111362» cent. old" ormer prices.
Note—The ffi thvlltllele' Dickerman In still' In tlo”charge of our alairs" Is in itself
re
and variety not
no misrepresents
widow of the) .
were able Into Willis-I Kram. died at!» hon l\
in am
flatnrday‘aftemoon
resumed at her eighty-Inn year. She is survived
butwasmwamma
shot: .3 Loh
"'0 I0" ,soa Im the memo.
on hand at 1-2 price.
WOMEN’S SPRING COATS—Latest style uh cut. Some of the best still
Wufi$uxdbfgtfihs UNDERWEAR. 10 p ' '
er
Centlfggg 1:;8 eligoif. Will be Worth doubleth
coma corron. zoo 'vds. ; ....... 4c
0. N. '1‘i COTTON. all colors ....... 4c
gul or nrice 6c. ,
ROYAL SOCIETY—All kinds and
LA es. EMBROIDERIES -
mamas BRAIDS AND RIBBfllgg.“
0
Note—Nothing to equal of embroid-
ery in finish and urine to be had any-
colors .............. 2cIIer skein where.
“tenures-Ewan can . reactor...
“goo “WW“ baseman...
“unconcerned... “we“ must.
HAIR SWITCHES ........ 1-2 price gfimfivfifigsdgoggfi§lk§9° ALL
AUTO vnus AND SCARFS . . 1-2175 RED EDILUCE
ALL NOVELTIES AND 09081 AND WOMEN’S SPRING COATS. latest .
ENDS. .................. 1-2 05 style and cut. 14 om ‘ \ I
WEfiflgfiflmfi‘.“ Sg‘gf‘fi’gfi mums slut AND mum
SoldSl.25to$2.50 DRESSES. ailthelatestlsggyx,12 fl
' - o
Wéfil’l’SQFine La Lace and Em» 1
M39: COLLARANDCUFFSETS'. l_-2!srioe
Sold 3.th to $3. 00. REIS INITIA LS
PRIN SLIPS—Laoe land Ent- INFANTS’ WEAR of every desmnuon
I" Soldl mm%b 2marked Robes. Slips. l-jinc Cans. Underwear,
KAYSER AND 1%. LONG SILK l e merit of CHILD ’3
WWhit’elmtowc FINESOCKawillbeworlhdonble‘
into before end of summer.
“meme-mt". IN. AN-
Goons—now monthvnmu AND
LONG Kill Gwvn's. black and %
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