' .m at every dollar. locates
in "rat .
:Geriua post
What probably broutlt the dollars
faster than anything else. was: “Do
Your Bit!”
- “ii—l! no yourall!" ~
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Following the showing or several
Y-‘sselsofmotioa pletumswhich showed
his training received by the British
tandfiaadiaaaad American troops.
fingering-nvwgmur
‘the‘ War Railidl eon-limo! issuer-
wslk Bureau; introduced m Ari
that Gibbousof “chilies-adult
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lsrgsslt Gibbons said that he liked
to speak of most anything except his
,owa caper-lea“ in the m war. but
at the Regent! that was what seemed to lateer peo-
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delivered than bio-sh! about: He said that he had enlisted in To
‘9‘“ tor the 4" "3f roato. Canada. on August 18.10“.
l m' " l'«Hriul the Third Canadian infantry oi
the “First Division, and was one of the
Ir. Brecse was not sin-40,000 selected to go across seas.
fact there it“ '9'" 59‘" where they were sent to a training
' in this city “M “y "b- camp in Mind. The men that went
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lifimdflodflve
aadsiaoethei‘utterd-oruliaatleaoi
mummamuul
tieshysolaeofthenslhaastateam
meaasdarflllcryhavereiafereedthe
Vesta-street. The artilleryabost
threemoathssgo could-amour
iromfitod'shellstotheaermanl.
salmttisahaatesasl.
'i'hewsythedernsasattaekisla
maniac-alien.
auddlu'lagthosedsvsthetiemsu
weremoweddowa byrids aadma»
thlumlre and ”filling losses
wemi -
Asiastthetheoermsssweremow-
all down. however. more hoops would
take their places and they would come
forwards until literally they were pre
vented by a wall. of bodies oi their
dead and wounded eamrades. The
Germans always atteck‘ia thh mass.
iorluation and always will Sergeant'
Gibbons said its believed. They have.
attacked for over three weeks in that
manner and hevaa't been able to break!
t slv reassess-sears
poison” for ”terminating the $5: “V. deg ' ”
shoulder toihoeldei‘. ;
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STAMFORD
A warm—air furnace is not a
winter resort in the South. Such
a resort appeals to us largely be-
cause it enables us to live com- '
iortably in the open air in winter.
The importance of the furnace ts-
beeaoversessouthodringiiusand
who. by the grace of God. have re-
turned alive, who have been more sin-
cere in what they have had to say.
no one who could more vividly Pic-
tare" what it would mean to this coun
try ii each individual did not go out
and buy "rat poison" now. at once. so
that the German rat could be killed
before its depredatlons could become
_;‘ a reality instead of a threat in this
wuss-my roasoasr country.
._ When after telling about the Bel-
Forecast for Norwaik and vicinity: sun Rod Cm" W" “h” h" h"
. hands out oi! by the Germans and
311."; ‘32? .221?“i...‘.".i.".‘.’.. ‘53 W m“ M“ ‘° “m ‘m “"""
occurred during the last twenty-four
hours in all the northern districts east
at the ltlssiasippl river. The pressure
is low'over the Lake region and high
over the Gui! Coast. Pleasant weather
prevails this morning in nearly“ dis-
tricts east of the Rocky Mountains.
The temperature is rising in the Lake
region and New England. ‘
warm A YEAR AGO
TODAY
ed: "ii i could only get my bare hand
on the neck oi the German that did
that or of any German and squecse
and choke him until his d—— tongue
grew black." his voice rising with the
intensity of his declaration. No one
could deny but what at least some
feeling was hack of what Mr. Breeae
had.to say.
But this is not a story about Mr.
.Breese entirely. Credit must be giv-
V'eu to Mrs. Breese who assisted the sol-
iicltors in the audience and who was
lquite capable of getting subscriptions.
5 Then people were asked it they
Tellpemture: High, 693 MW. payment of a $50 bond for whoever
49. Showers. . purchased it. Money came pouring in
' and subscriptions did likewise. When-
ever there was a let-up, Mr. Brcese
reminded the people that they would
Ciiy News
Mr. and limit-Ink it. Bacon of Liv!
lugaten l’iace.'were weekend visitors "m.
“hwy.“ ‘3’ ’l 1 j - I Patriotic selections‘wero played by
‘ ' 7 ' ‘ the Palace theatre orchestra and sub-
rLeo Kenny, roams ya.- H. Jacobs scriptlons of 860. 8100. $200. $260.
‘ ' ' 00 8600, 81.000 and
Company in Now.“ .u ill .. m. ”00. “00. ’5 .
' ' ~ ' ‘ in ith uch ood result
homeiln South Main street, $2,000 came " 9 8
walk because Norwalk had subscribed
house was not the best in the world
owing to the weather. He said ii iii"
was done the Sentinel would crow
about South Norwalk beating Nor-
Corporal-Louis openness, Company contributed and alsofthanked them ior
1). lo: U. s. lni. A. E. R. was slightly allowing him to talk to them.
. Rally at Regent Theatre.
wounded in action. March 17th. . “if rats infect your home. you buy
' . rat poison. and kill 'em all. Buy a
.41..“- D" " “"0"", ‘n “'9‘ Liberty Bond now and kill or the Ger-
mm at u...- rim u. at. Church to man no in their holes before they
tight. Admission 26 cents.
‘ li'y."
' Mr and hire James '1‘ Habits“ of TM V“ the "at"! "‘9 firing,
" ° '- ' ' . a'resalvesernlont was ev
I 2 West Main we“ were "1° 'flwn‘":esterday. on one oi the wettest and
guests of lit. and Mrs. Stanton Coley. most dreary Sundays that 4,“ come
(‘auuondale this way in many moons.
Edmund Brecse was the preacher.
' " he was the man behind the vocal
There will be a rehearsal of the and
mm on the Regent theatre. stage at
“11‘9”” Band this evening at ""7". the afternoon Liberty Loan meeting.
rooms on NW“ 1km ”’9“! “'9 "5‘ Despite the storm there was a fair-
rehearsal M0" the h“ '0 be given It sired audience pregnant. anddthc no:
evenin the resu't 'was the rinsing own- a
1he Armory on Friday 3 $14,000 more of Uncle Sam's good dol-
‘ fl‘a‘th. - lars. 'in the drive that has old Nor-
' .. walk on its toes just now.
wlhfilitary Ml ' The Barnum 0' The meeting opened with an intro
them all." This i-‘ri. eve. ArmoU- 1" auction by Judge Nehemiah Candee.
(Io-American Band. Adm. 35 Ct! “18 of Seam! Arthur (”be113, a men).
co y ' ~ - ber of the first Canadian contingent,
p ' and the heart to heart talk that. he
put over was a ilttlng foreword for
what followed.
' Mayor Jeremiah Donovan will ed p
hiress the members oi Putnam Hose Ireeae ‘ a", a Eloquence.
Company at their entertainment and No newspaper “on. can give the
dance tilt the benefit of their mela- exact effect of the physical and dra-
‘ m in the service “a in up mu to matic force that Mr. Breese put into
, his Words. .
. beheld at the silks club house on augment it is to say, that the big
7: flouth Ilalll street. We'd” "an" majority offlhls hearers were already
«he 28rd. A mesons of the numb"! labled with Third Liberty Loon but-
.“ m, company was held yesterday tons. and be talked them out of just
one the ag. $11,400 more. it was a remarkable ei-
‘rfl ' to complete pm, for _ .iort amply rewarded. .
‘ ‘1‘“- Be had the heartstrings of every
" . heater snapping and brought home
«~~—__:::*-—", the necessity of'nota little sacrifice.
. [‘ ot a little money that could be easily
‘ iiiiiiiiiifli Ciiiii
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- out When sillous,‘ lick. uneasily,
constipated, or For use crests
or Isllr stomach '
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across felt that it was a privilege to be
part of this 30.000 and showed it.
1 in ‘lle training camp they stayed for
“some little time. but they didh't begin
to get the training that the men are
through ”' and “V" will. Their‘ ”that it brings into the house and
10“" must " m m” ”“1"" “"5 tempers the air from out of doors.
in", '9" m a" “m".m‘" °' the In other words, a warm-air lur-
“r' 7 nace heats and ventilates the
The mm Mm‘ km“ "'"W‘ house properly and effectively. so
going now, simply because of the fact
as best she could, Mr. Breese exelainr’
iwould contribute a dollar towards theI
have to get a hustle onrto beat Nor-
about $14,000 that afternoon. and tha=
,that ilnally even Mr. Breeee became]
‘cxhausted. He thanked those who hsdi
" Willi-VI- mummsid’m
that they were needed at once” in
France. wounded and where he was taken a
They were then sent to France and prisoner by "‘9 G’l'lllllll. The Ger-
Iwere there a week when their ofilcers mans '9" Wt “19 '° ”m" through"
called them togetheraudtold them that “‘° W“ "M Wm ”i“ “d “0'!
that evening theysrere to be sent in the now.
reserve trenches. This livened them. .. A‘ "5"“ that foolish question.
up somewhat because oi the fact that} Who d° ’°“ "'1“ V“! win?" Ser-
they were glad to get into the trench, geant Gibbons "id that there was nev-
es and also glad because they were, or ”V 60““ ‘3 ‘0 who would win ll:
-n t t be 1. list t .. lhr. minds oi the Allies and on A ril 6.
. o 0 seat to the ring ea once 19". when the United Stain d Jumd
‘ Till! GVOfllI‘ the NOE went in. in
’ 'Il‘ on Germany the DI" "ID“
| t " I [lit in
“IOIO d." the ear ’ I." [if I T the minds of "19 Allie. 'M “HOW long
all reinforcements had to enter and
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. leave trenches under cover of dal'kll'iis6 a 1:313:12“: :3?
Tbecause the advance had to be made . ‘ 0 ml Sergeant Gib-
our open nd hens was wounded twice. once in the
Th grou . leg by an eaploalvehttllet and he cou-
e men entered‘the trenches, but! ’
. ,llrmed the fact that there was uothl'
.smllre to say dldnt 90ml" ”'° that the Germans would ' “z
iillliei in“ they "10“!“ they '°“m with He was aken a :rtls? '0 it!“
4 . ner ' r,
feel in the reserve "0"“93- They and taken to the prison cam at E e
asked some of the “81"th that near Frankfort D '53"-
,they were relieving what part oi the; '
He saw the gusual signs oi ”Got!
reserve trenches the! we“ in I“ Strafe England" (God punk); m‘
were astonished to find out that they land) together with the inscriptions :l
{were on the iiriug line and that the “Gott Mitt Una" and “Mitt Got U d
Germans were only about 86 yards‘Taderland." The only reason wh h
“m. The white lie told them win to Germans say “Gall Sty-a~ is England" 1'3
‘cheer them up so that they would 110‘ ‘ htcause probably the} are gamma;
dodtthelm‘seives
to this were the nurse. the Alene ggai that we always ‘brcatllc whole-
.Ypm. where sergeant Gibbons “°| some air of the right temperature. I
You will appreciate this more!
fully after you look into the;
merits of Stamford furnaces.
Horace R.Nash
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CONFERENCE WILL
ASSIGN OVER 300
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mentioned irom first Page) %
"The Courant." Exercises attending
the ordination were solemn and im-
pressive. At the conference church.
Trinity Methodist. Sunday morning. a
conference love feast was held at 9
a. m., with Rev. J. E. Adams. D. l).,
leading. followed by ordination at 10
o'clock. and at the 10:45 service. Bish-
op_ Wilson preached. in the evening
at 7:30 the Conference took place.
with- Rev. 0. l". Bartholow. D. D., pre-
siding. and the speakers being lion.
John If. Arter. oi Philadelphia. execu-
tive secretary oi the board oi tem-
perance. Methodist Episcopal Church.
and Hon. wmum H. Anderson. of
‘ feel so nervous upon going into action that tiny cauldn't
l . women”
ifor-rthe ilrst time. Sergt, Gibbons
As regards trench life in those days lightly u ' “’“ ‘
”M“ A list he re-
Npflmfks
anyone who wishes to' and out 'ot a‘ eeived at thd‘ ' ‘ ,
mild degree what it felt like should good that th ’ i " W’
out in their back yard‘and dig a hole, he rmivgflgaméxz
'about six feet deep. two to three in; they were satisiled that '1...‘ wouldn't-
ches across and about liver feet longiwalk attain. They severed the llama
'and stay in there from 6 to 28 days'ln his legend in gum] triedtomaka
during rain. snow. fair weather and_ him helpless for liie,‘_but m. u. re-
ioul, with or without loud at times, turn to Canada. he was tram-g, .
and keep on staying there, sleepingylllrgeon them who m, him all right
eating and living tere. Then theymnce again. _ ' ‘
will have a faint idea as to what: By pretending that he V.” Buoy“.
get over here and latest our coun-;tronoh life is, or course they won't ted. In factpractlcailylllsane and um L. noun”,
‘have the discomfort. of cooiles. rats,’ he could not walk and would be or no
bullets. shells hitting in front of them, ‘ use to his country spas if; v... on,
behind them or coming in the trench}?' 300 prisoners We ”changed
‘They won't have bombs hurled zit,in Haliand. " . i
them irom airplanes Ind they willi in ““3 camp all ribose who were
have a regular "cushy" time oi it. com 'sblg including some 0' “10 deported
pared to the boy. at the "not". French were made to work in mines
: ‘Blil now trench warfare is .l sciellCe. and ‘0 manufacture ' ammunition to
and has dugouts, hombproolh, reln- “‘9 "3W" "‘9" 0‘"! “Hit and blood.
forcelnents. dre steps, dralnllge. com "9 would not 5° ““0 ' description 0'
'municaling trenches and in fact is a‘ 'hemflhw' “M ‘0 '0’“ iii?“ PW
veritable paradise compared to tilt ”8' ””30"" °’ war and “M593 10
make this ammunition buihimply paid
. first trenches which/were dug with iin~ .. .
gers, bayonets and knives while under They forced them '° make ammuni-
tion to use against their friends and
fire and which were really ditches in
which the water and mud was two and their 0'” flesh and blood." ’
,three feet deep at times and nearly all
:of the time at that.
into the particulars 9! what the men
the first six months (F the war, which
: fact is not generally known because oi
ithe fact its: food and ammuni'ion was
scarce; there were no reserve trench-
es, only one line. the Germans were
ablu to throw over 30 shells to the Al-
lies 1 and because 90 per can; of 'the
men had never before two or three
month: ago worn a uniform and didn't .
were dressed in rags the Germans sup-
plying no clothes to them nor of the
.way that they were treated. It was
horrible to hear. the calm way in which
the speaker nsirstcd.
such was the convltlcing way in which
he spoke which proved that hr was
:know much about lighting. .but they:
stuck there. ii the Gennans had only
known how weak the line in front of
them ”was they would have swept
across it, with their iorty years oi mil-
itary preparation and their innumer-
‘W "”0". \“d '9’“ "’9 ”“9“" °‘, in ending he made a stirring appeal
Calais which was their objective. for all citisens of this may}, to buy
The British retreat from Mons was
. . , Liberty Bonds andJle emphasised the
was then that these trenches. were most “man my, life. {mother or
dug. under are and with lagers, ”Voltather mm',uflfi¢. um.- sou, . wife
llwill flit! knives, while I“! {$131,ch husband I0 my we. alight live in
of the British troops was some “9 met and lately and surely the little,
"d’w “u” m”. digglngla wsmlddowolidkiowi“ ”l"
holding or the enemy. st times the m It is not sacrificed. however.
men were from it to u hours withatlt m a” raging m doverb
iood or ammunition. simply because of is “ugly noel-owing it and will
theiactthsttheesypiiescouldnotbs payssbeekwlthiatersstatthat. "i
amateurs-l. ' '/' i
p The price that the bullshpsldto wares osessgogmrsaaeo i
m.- April for the
Wm MW 0a.. 0'.
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changed he was in four Zeppelin raids
in one week and he remarked that he
would rather be under the heaviest
bombardment on the front than exper-
ience another one oi them.‘ i
sluesla thesaasrs athem‘qwhsatfl's,
New York. executive secretary of the
New York State Anti-Balm League.
i' Sunday afternoon , the delegates
united with the Connecticut Stats!‘
Conierence of Charities and Correc-
tions at the 'Lyeeum theatre. where
a patriotic. program was carried out.
and ministers from the conference
spoke in the following‘ churches at
services: First Congregational church
at 1; o'clock, Rev. John H. Bell. Pb.
1).. Brooklyn. N, Y.: 10:30. at South
Congregational church. Rev. F. B.
Stochdaie, D. D., Brooklyn. N. Y.:
First Baptist church at 10:46, Rev. if.
D. D., of New York city:
People’s church. 1530 p. m.. Rev. H».
K. Miller. of New YOrk vity.
‘ Today will be taken up mostly with
conference sessions of a business na-
ture. the program being: 8:45. devo-
tions, Rev .Harry 8. Scarborough
leading: I o'clock, conference session,
followed by luncheon. and conference
sessions at 2:80am 7:45.
Some Changes Made.
The New York East Conference this
morning voted for‘ a change in the
procedure of future conferences. The
memorial service will beshortened
and made smelt oi the cellulifiion
service and will be limited to thirty
minutes, if the program committee, to
whom it was referred. approves.
The secretary was authorised to
it would,» mo long a “or, to m cast the vote oi the conference for
the chclce oi trustees for Syracuse
UniverILty and Wilbrahaul College.
. I, The Allies were near defeat during received to eat, black bread and soup Rev. C. 1' North gave the ”no" on;
and black bread, for breakfast dinner Ahe state of the church. , it was adopt-l
and supper. nor of the fact that they ed and Will be read tonight and a}
copy will be sent to President Wilson:
lie said in part: ' -
"We are awarethat our enemy pro
fesses to goiorward with God. but
such claim is either cent or cummi-
Master. who said. 'Why.
Lord. Lord. and do not
which i say?’ "The Chr‘st oi the GM-
call ya me
the things
.right and truthful in Ill that he said. J)“, '30 his glorified all the 01".;th
in England after he had been ex— centuries, is not their God. The con-'
vinclng evidenced are too numerous
and obvious to need recital. By their
fruits ye shall know them. Germany
has corrupted the God of the Gospels
with false philosophies, 'hypocricles
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Help Smash
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these thingy, flags, deserving the rebuke oi the.
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are-«B
gills worsh or might for right and
hits for love. , . , I,
Irstby‘persouflor nation“ . fwiiata pusprocesdiasa brought” '1
ever commands their lit. I?" "
0t. earning. enough to buy the! "
ccessarics of life. _ 7
< Hundreds of thousands of men
fire offering their lives. .
‘i‘ What poor worms we shall be, i! ' ~'
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We don’t offer our money.
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Brilliant silks " 7::
~ take a price-drop. ,
. {I’Hun'dre'ds of yards of rich' and beautiful and
31“? silks! 13.“ " L, g ' "'1' a-“F‘ruw: ' _.
fiery sorts that are most in'fashion for-waists.
for the effective skirts of the season. '
' Have you admired the Emery and beautiful .
.‘shmplaidsnksi new «so « r of"
" Have you been delighted by the richness cf the
pedsatins and tafietasi :wwio » .
" ‘ zl'hosc are the very aorta in this special-lot.
fies; literally hundreds of yards. at? ”to“ . ;
many many tasteful contrasts of color. 7‘ 1" . _
ctically every, 100.10.: from 'dark' to, lighd ‘ 7.. "
' . ’ 'ii. .. ' ' Wham-55h ii . g L
sir price has'heen'flfl and $2 a yards...) 4 ~ ._'
"" mason. ~ 3' e1. ,
j ’e » * ' 0 ii i
q for soldiers x f?”
_ i’ Ollie matches can be seen clearly on (tailors
5 are launch lillougll' to stand hard usageykeep' ~. .
-. "tied i-q'th strong comfortablollepih
ood cl ar figures,i‘-'$7.25 it;
1'; ~ vtiassssafirfi"
cps-m” ' Fore—rm." %
'fill'éd case aiié'ki’ééliénés ,
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' for the new tuneful song‘s for the Columbia folks-a
they, are included in the May records ready :1
1,,neoilicfellliouliappxthexare. g in- "
. _»'imia’£ wonderful Chicago symphony orchestra
, . . 198mg that appealillc
. W , ' -“fiflmthm '9 12.1: .
' ‘ le'd feror'd of one '3 1301'!“ny
frearthleer. ’ I.
Wm our coons COMPAPIY
' osoisiosausrams'o“
‘wasumo'rougasrll :s’ |
Court decrees 'dislnlssius ha
a
“3011” mm will“!!!
for whatever is put
‘ls ' one 25"” ‘ l
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7 may ’ .rsi _.
Norwalk Chronicler