THE SOUTH NORWALK
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“Bondy Entertained at That Well-Known Hostelry—The
L 'Afiair Given For the Purpose of Introducing John
it Adams Brown, the Future Head of the Central Trust
l Company of Norwalk—One of the Biggest Affairs
l Ever lndulged in by Norwalk Men Out of TOWn
‘ John Adams Brown. of New. York Hotel. the Martha Washington lloic.
EXPERIENCES
HAD ABROAD
The Associated Press Cor-
respondents Have Met
With Many Interesting In-
cidents While Gathering
News
liREAl [initial
kitty, who is to become the head of the Hargrave Hotel, and'the Majesti-
“'0 Central Trust Cpmpany. of Nor. Hotel. where last night's dinner wa.
Walk. and: reside here in the future, served. The visitlnl guests went "I,
must have been impressed with the New York in automobiles and arrived.
ftortlial \vttlcoine extended by him last I at the betel about 7:30 o'clock. tho‘t
priming m, the Hotel Majestic, West hour set for dinner. The vlsitorsl
fievtinty.second street. New York'twere met in one of the small ball
when over fifty pmmmpm Norwalk ' rooms and a social hour was enjoyed.
business men assembled as guests of Dinner was served in the large hand.
(loot-gs C. Brown, the head of that some ballroom. The table. extending;
.Wethown hostelry and partook of asi along the entire length of the room]
good a dinner as was ever served a' was elaborately decorated with flow-
Kwteriug of men, George C_ Brown] ers and ferns. presenting a fascinat-
ltas many local ties which make our in: appearance The diners were all
my very close to him and as the new in evening dress. adding to the ui- ‘
head it Ute local banking institution tractivencss of the scene, During the l
matriarch
Wire System of the Organi-
zation Over 53,000 Miles in’
Length
NEW YORK. April 26 -The report
of the Board of Directors of The As-
lsociated Press this year is considered
of such unusual interest as to war-
rant publication it refers among oth-
lRRllllNR Will
Is it close personal friend he ("ably-d course excellent music was discourscti ”r things ‘0 ”‘9 experiences 0' some
hint to meet a bOtlY of men Who are by the hotel orchestra and a vocalist tA""‘l"””"d ”"55 men '" ”l" foreign
to have closer relationships with hint‘ “in“ r't'Vt‘ritl N'lt‘t‘iions. .""""“"‘ “"d 1" "“‘k'l'F "ll" PM" PM"
In Um future. Mr. Brown. the hog-it, The menu was as follows: . {lie the lloard authorized the insertion
has mud» a great reputation in hotel Supreme ties Fruits .in parentheses oi the name of the
"Mitt-flim- The chain of hotcls ovt-r mll't‘s ('eleri Amandt-s enlecs iladis "‘i'" i'""'~'“"""‘l4
Which he tins supervision includi- thr? The report follous'
popular and substantial Park .\\'(‘nllt-:
(Continued on Page Four)
. Press:-
I —" ' "in earlier reports We have endeav-
Eiinuni *1
t ililllli tritium
. i ;
Not-walk Expected to GolBanks Requested tobeSpar-j
‘ fiver Its Quota in Less ing in Distribution of New.
3 Than a Month's Drive Bank Notes“
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{inhuman 7 —_
‘ urnrausrllililllflil
. SURSRRIPIIRNS
NEW YORK, April L'tl,—~-l'ntler llll:
spur of Liberty Day. subscriptions to-
tiailing more than $33,600,000 were re
Norwalk banks were notified by thc' ported to the Second Federal Rot-ens
Ritl'ei‘nlm‘llt )‘t-sterda) to discourage. District bet ween the close of business
ihl‘ giving of new bills to their tle/last night and ten o'clock this morn
i
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liiitttrty Day in Norwalk dawnetll
brush! and clear this morning wiihl
."'I‘o the Members of The AHMKllillt'd'
Auto aunt of 3800.000 reported at head
nuartcrs at 85 Washington street and
‘Mlm but a little over 8100.000 to go
lo -mit Nttrwalk over the top as land.
posltors, The not.ce was prominent,
ly displayed in different banks and
the Officials were also asked to inform
up its am,” or 3904.300. The Third those who asked for new money.
Liberty Loan in Nor-walk is 3 specs” The ilureau of Printing and Engrav-
one a. tint-cost, on Liberty Day, over a . ing is so bllnl‘ at the present time
new before the time get far the “05.! with \l'ul‘k- on bond issues that it has
the of the drive. The Liberty Loan ' been found impossible to keep up with
markers are. fighting in great shape . the demand for new bills. The banks
to Main i'V-‘rV bit of success DOSs‘lblo are asked to use old bills as long as
t ' possible before sending them to Wash
. Continued on fifth page. lington to he rt-demned.
1 Instead of new ones, washed bills
. are being sent to the banks now
:Thcsc present, a good appearanc-
‘ when the grime has been removed by
llltc government process.
Women are the most persistent in-
;ttuircrs for-new bills. They dislike
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.Rllli uuu MEN
t paign.
. ing. the local liberty hottn committee
reported. melting the grunt! total
$500,900,000.
Washington, April 26.-—-Liberty Day
opened with u total of 81.956.778.0h0
subscriptions already raised for the
nation‘s third his war credit. or with-
in 843.0tm,000 of the 32.000,tttto.000
mark. which will he. passed before
night.
BOSTON. April 20.—-»l.ibcrty Loan
committees in every New England dis-
trict St‘l out today to inert-ast- the
daily totnl if subscriptions wih the
hope of obtaining the 82.30.000.000 al-
lotment before the close of the cunt
Figure announces yesterday
showed that about sixty per ctnt of
this amount had been raised.
There was no general holiday ob-
! llEZl Ill RRERRS
House Adopts Senate Reso-
lution—Puts Men at Bot-
tom or Classes
‘ WASHINGTON. April 26. The
Iiouao late yesterday adopted the Son-
nto resolution for the registration for
minim-y servici- of young men who
hsvo touched the age of 21 years since
ll'tmtt ft lost The measure now goes
[a tztlllll‘ii'nt-t‘.
An amendment offered by lit-ptt-scn
[olive lllill .of Iowa. and adopit-tl.
110 to ill, provides that men regls
feted under the bill shall he ptit 4n
the bottom of the class-wt to which
they may be assigned.
t (Continued On Page Twelve)
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ll lidEN‘S BODIES
FOUND IN BROOK
st'tttunr‘tmm. Mus. . April
flirt .tt-l Attorney 1. ll. Ely this “mm'
itt,. (tltlltl’fltl an autopsy upon.
tit/rib s of .‘tirii. ilritlget l’t-it'y, aged 7th,
and ltt-r daughter. 'Mlss Grace Perry.
2... which were found late yesterday in
a mm" brook in the neighboring
town at tinmpden. The women were
last. urn-u alive Tuesday mill". 0
Intuit boy while fishing found the bod
lets a bit-it were side by side in water
_ not tltt'fl) enough to cover their).
lioth wort- fully clothed and the.
Dilation-mm of the stream leads to the
Delta! that limit deaths were suicidal.
No marlin vi violence were found bit
the median extintlnor. Mrs. Prry Ind
IIOI' tlttdnltlot: were lift-long residenm
of Hannah. living atom on a small
lam. lhapmiency our family and
Ina-dot claim it the only known me
live. for the suDDOlt'd suicide.
i
20.
ihc‘
iin handle \rorn notes and many men
also ask for the crisp bills. They
must forego this priVilege for the pres
t'lll.rli0\\'t'\'t‘l‘.
:CONNECTICUT ACE
BRINGS DOWN HIS
, 18TH FOE ’I’LANE
PARIS. April 20,- Major ltaoul Luf-
bttry. of Wallinglortl. Conn, destroyed
his 18th German airplane on Tuesday
and Lieutenant. Paul litter. of “Ullllt‘,
Aitt. brought down his fifth German
machine on the same day, thus be-
coming the latest American ace. Lieu-
tenant liner is believed to
'v'outht tlt. in two other German u.»-
-'tIn-t.~‘. llis seven victories in the air
.‘it‘tl bet-it scored within the past six
week“. to
The St‘llll‘llllf'lill count of Victories
won by Amcrlc'tn aviators in the
French and American service now
‘slittws a total of to during lllt' pitsi
two months,
'AT WORK RAISING
LINER ST. PAUL
AN ATLANTIC PORT. April 2.
The work of raising the American
Lint-r St Paul, wh‘ch stink at her pier
hert- yt-slt-rlay. was progressing ritp~
ldlv today. Aside froth the domain- to
the machinery and furnishings the
loss will be confined to the cost of
salvaging operations. The vessel lit-ii
with her starboard side above Witter.
Three of the 3.10 men itaiti to have
been aboard the liner are reported as
missing. While the list of injured will
not exceed twoniy.
The Ht. Paul was returning to her
pier from a drydoclt when she was
caught in a strong ebb tide and water
poured into her. it was said today
libel an ash port had been left open.
/ = V if
llil\'i' '
st-rtance of Liberty lliil'. :1 incl which
campaign lcatltrs said was helpful. for
with the. l‘lflslng of banks and business
establishments in Maine and Massa-
chusetts on April lit the cztntass waI
thrown back. it was thought the
attain "
; inhalants
FORT Yl'Kth. Alaska. AprJ L‘ti
llllllL’illL‘. an appeal for it doctor by
\'iiltjttl't.ur Sitittnsscn. lite Arctic ex
liltllt‘l'. who lit-s dangerously ill on
Herschel bland. tt Illi'h‘t’l‘llkii r rt-at'hctl
lit-rt- lltlt‘ yesterday alter a record-
lit-rating tttp trout the north. in n
lllt“:-i'l'_'l‘ carried by the courier. Sici-
tin-art) told of llt .ll'.’ iii titty date. at
‘Il‘i' lttili': '1'
|illt'lllllttll-il, tulitwt-tl by complications.
I‘-\ti ”rhinitis have died of typhoid.
While several otltcis itit- ill. the Illt'h"
shutter said.
A doctor already is on his wuyhio
litt‘st-ltcl island from here. starting
several days ago upon learning of
Stefitnsiten's illnt-t-n.
Sit-fitnssen's tncssage said:
"Ill fifty days. Still running. Tt'lll
pernturt- i02. liad typhoid d pneu-
nton.a lttilttwcd by conil cations.
‘Mttnngcd to get licrsclwi island. Have
been taken care of by initt-t-onarias.
l SEATTLE. Wash. April 26. it is
assume! here that the messenger com-
ing south must have traveled by it
slightly different. route from that. ink.
on by lir. Ilurke. of the "oytil North-
west Mounted Police. who left Fort
Yukon April to to go to Stellnllfll'l
relief.
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tiliBRAii iii
liliillll [RAN
Divisional Review, Band
Concerts and Ball Game
Planned
EARS lllllRESlllR
Chinese Laundryman Taken
into Service as Draft
Evader
(‘AMI' iii-:VFXNS. Ayer. blue. April
26. Liberty Lon Day will be cele-
brated at this camp today With a di-
visional review and several other fea-
tures :i> a demonstration for the suc -
t'css of the Liberty Loan campaign
Among other features President Wil
son‘s address of April 15 will be read.
to all the men in the cantonmt-nt
lland concerts will be held through"
out the day in every part of the camp.
ll work. except that absolutely nee-l
Ecssary. will be called off for the day:
(Continued On Pale Twelve)
t
_., !
utilitarian
inhabitant;
. unit if MEN:
Declares He Has Madel
“Egregious Mistakes”—;
Attacks Overman Bill
wasiuxnrox, April 26.-—«(.‘ritlcsl
of the (Norman bill rent-wed yester-
(Iii). their vigorous opposition to its:
proposed authority for the President
to reorganaie government agencies
and many speeches for and against
the measure prevented the expected
you on pending restrictive amend.
int-ms, A surprise of the day was the
introduction of a new amendment au-
(Continued On Page Six)
REVENSSIURENIS
IR RAMP VISIIRRS
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Fair Tonight Except Saturday Rain
tightwggpfls Ravi flGRlth
IR NATIRNll ARMY
This Time the “Berlin Spec-
ial” Went in the Direction
of New York
Norwallt Pioneers for (‘amp 'Upton.
(‘AMP McCLi-JLLAN. Anniston, Ala.
is of them left at 2:05 this afternoon
dated registrants from the Danbury.‘
Cunt-m. New Milford. and Ridgeneld‘ MURHERED. 4 HIE
and I! o'clock this morning. i I
A number of people were down to| —_
men who are to leave on May 1. Were ,Soklter on Eve at. Furlough
i meant to speed off their comrades.
board left this nttemoon: l Mtssmg Prisoners...
1 Leroy Sterling. 68 Fatrfleld avenue:
l Wlillun Wellniir. 181 Fla: Hill road, Avril till—With bil Skull crushed and
' South Norwalb. his body covered with terrible bruises
Charlen Sargent. Norwalb. Chan. ll’nivate Orlin H. Carey. of Salisbury.
Joseph Vluo, New Cgm. Conn. lMd.. was found dying in a shed back
' John H. Seeley, 218 Crown street, day afternoon. Soldiers who discover-
.New Haven, Conn. led the multilated figure bent double
lbt’orvalk. ‘ tassailanta had pressed it. hurried the
' Wuclaw J. Szetbaniak, 26 Broad Victim to the divisional base hospital.
street. Norwalk.
Bertrand Schneider. 119 W. 13th
strtet. New York.
Frank w. Gilbert. i7 Falrstreet.
Norwalk.
Samuel Levine. 23
street. New York city.
Antonia Villa. New (tan, . o .
John R. Russell. 155 ‘Wubluton
street. South Norwelk
John Stshl. ii Plait
Norwalk.
Barney Tavlin. Bi \‘m
East Norwnlk.
Thomas J. Callahan, 27 Stuart ave-
nue. Norwalk.
Benjamin lilasch. Norwalk. '
Wm. f}. Benjamin. North Taylor ave-
nue. South Norwalk. ‘
Homer B. Raymond, 93 Ely avenue.
South Norwalk.
Edward Bouteiller. Wilton. Conn.
Montgomery
nan C nn
avenue. East
.thntlnned on Page M.)
f“
D. A. R. MEETS AT l
COLONIAL COTTAGEi
The regular meeting of Norwalkl
by a special train which also accommo-
boards who arrived in this city at 11
see the men off and quite a few of the
Robbed, It Is Suspected, by
l The following men from the loci-
South Norwnlk.
Leon G. Toober. New Canuii. Conn. giving evidence of a brutal beating.
Delblnneo Orieo. New Canaan.Conn.l°|' the 120th Ordnance Depot yester
i (‘harles Ashwonh. 186 East avenue. to fit into the compartment where the
[where he died within an hour.
' (Continued On Page Six)
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‘SAVINfilllESRF
: tum tRllllREN
W “mic,- W'M‘ “fits—A deffn
‘- taak of saving the lives of 100.000 chil-
1dren in the United States during the
second year of the war. has been itc-
‘ccpfed by the Chlldren‘s'Bureau of
.Washington. D. C. Cooperating in
tlhls great humanitarian project are
Ithe Woman's committee of the Coun-
[cil of National Defense.
Councils of Defense and many public
.and private organizations throughout
the country.
Each state will be asked to save a
certain number of children's lives
the State '
AIRNR RIRRE .
[IRE 0E Elli EERNRERS ERRNI
NEAR PEAK 0E MRIJNl IiEMMEl *
Anglo-French Soldiers Bat-
tle Stubbornly For Hours,
Giving Ground Only When
Compelled to by Superior
Numbers
'fiERMANS RRIVE
ANRTHER WERRE
British Yesterday Recaptur-
ed Village of Villers Bre-
tonneau From Germans
Ilcttvy fighting still is in prog-
,rcss today along the ridge line of
‘thc Flanders front, where the
peak of Mount Kcnimel is the
German objective.
This peak evidently is yet dis-
puted ground. but with the Ger-
man threat against it more mett-
acing as it is conceded by the
iBritish oiiiciitl report that the
jeuemy has secured a footing on
.the hill.
l Although faced by fa superior
Emilie ten-mile» sector be-
twecn‘Bailleul and llollebeke, tho
Anglo-French tt‘oops‘holding‘ thu’
line battled stubbornly all day
yesterday. giving ground only
when compelled to by weight of
numbers.
The line seems to have held fair-
ly well to the southwest of Mount
Kcmmcl. which i virtually im-
prt-gttttltlc to frontal attack. but to
the northwest the Germans appar-
through child welfare work. Connecil-cnfly were able to push forward
for enough in the neighborhood of
'IVierstaat to enable them to ap-
tOonttnned on Pan l'lve.)
The widow of the late Nathan Mat-
. rm Beldcn of Wilton. born Sarah Jane
Stocking. (Ilt'tl at her home in fran-
bury early this morning in her nine-
,tleth year. Mrs. llclden was stricken
with paralysis two weeks ago, but
;with the indomnitable will. that has
always characterized her. lived on at-
of the play, Mrs, Stanley Smith. secre-
tary of the chapter. l
The play had for its title. “As it May:
Be.‘ and was a prophetic vision of
ter the last hope seemed to be gone.
’Mrs. Belden was born near Norwich.‘
Conn. August 23rd. l828. she passed'
'proaclt the heights on the flank.
' 'l‘lte Allied effort naturally will
be to concentrate against this
lcnctny wedge and drive it. back
Ingaiu sufficiently to case the pres-
;surc in the easterly side of Mount
l'Kt‘lllmt'l. That they have not con-
:ccdcd the height to the Germans is
:t‘Vlllf‘llI by the wording of the
3London official statement, which
'Iadmits only an enemy footing
lillt‘l‘t‘ and reports the [tattle still
't-oittiuuing.
‘ 'l‘ltc fl 'llllllg on the Somme front
has tlli'tlfililWll to artillery duels on
the successful completion yester-
day of the British coup which re.-
statc. holiday in New llampsbirt yes»
. w.. . . ,- . -- . .
3:5,"?32fi: .lsct:31;.0’;L“2§,022“ t” claimed the tillage of \ tilt-rs Ilrc-
On July 3rd. 1am. she niltt'l‘ietl Nagtonucur from the Gerumns. The
than Marvin Holden. tt Wt-ll-knownllll'lllsll trottpslttst night completed
educator of that day. who Imd n I‘l'l'rilltt'll' ttpcl’itlloii llf'l‘t' for the time
in" “"th “’9'!“ WW" YEM'W' N{being by cleaning out hostile posts
E{bgnltlpl‘zllvl‘stmliglltlEIEL‘i'r"l‘t‘lgl'll‘od to Which “'(‘l‘t' holding: out to 'the
Wilton. 3t... 'Betden's ”homo u,,.~,,_isotttbensi of the village. ‘l‘lus
where they lived until Mr. llclden's once more establishes lllt! lli‘ltlsll
death Wit" 'Wt‘mi' 3’91"“. "it". ,chI on the high ground itt this sec-
Mrs. lit-ldt-n was it woman of ti moat for.
lt-lzt-it with typhoid and-
A fliil"ll\A't"l mount-xi policeman and .
iton, attending the annual covctio of
l Mrs. Coburn. the, hostess. in her
3 appropriate costumes: Mrs. George R.
trench mortar ilcltl yesterday. High-l land sang war songs anti four little
several I'I'l-letlt‘lllri have been engaged
'Cliapter. “D. A.. R.. was held at the,
fltome of Mrs. .1. Milton Coburn. Colo- ESTEEME" WIlTflN .
‘nlal Cottage. south Main street. ycsg ‘
terdsy afternoon. Mrs. Robert Way.‘
3 u". n. A. R. presided. lquAN PASSES AWAY
The meeting opened with the sitiit-f - ._-._
ing of "America" and after the. rcgu-‘
:lar business was concluded. the pro-
'usual charming way. gave abricf out-
line of the little play which was in be
. AT TAREET PRAETISE' given. introducing the lJIt'll'Llil writer
l
-99!.‘ i!-'-. t'l' 1, r4
Trench Mortar. “Dummies , rrgggng‘;.f,;.fi‘.:“ f? ‘.’.. .4‘ 21,5. ‘27 1‘ “if“;
V‘ . . . l - t i. a l
(rive MC“ GOOd Idea Of' cleverly presented by/thc following‘
iliarnum. Mrs, l'I. ti. llttntlngton. Mrs.
' ('AMP lil-IVlCNS. April 3'? Sludt‘llls‘ Morton ll. Mct'ausland. Mrs. Joseph
from the :ltlttlt infantry Who are tak-' Hartman. Mrs, Wilfred iiodwell. and
in.' the cot‘irsc at the divisional .\ll‘ll. Stanley Smith.
ttt-tt trench mortar "dummies" were; people who were trained by Mrs,
used by the men in elullllng and other} t‘harles Spragut. danced nn lrish jig.
. practice work. .
Manta-over:- of various llt-t-‘crlptlonl
although nont- of them i’t'flllllllt'tl away}
front t-tuttp over night. it is! rcportcdl
(t‘onttntml On Page Twelve)
the regent. who has been if‘ Washing-
. gram of the afttrnoon was given.
I
' ' wont-n. all dr ed 'n beco i ii
Dugout Fighting ‘ ""i ' m “K 3“
schooh. L‘nflnl‘lt'tl in target work at the .'.,t .t part of tut» tilt-r. .\lt.-‘ it: "au‘
are going on all owr this camp and|
CAMP DIX MORTAR ,
EX I’LODES; 0N E IIUR’I“
, l‘AMP DIX. \l'rit'htstoun. N. .l..5
. April 26.» Sergeant l. cens of the l-liig-,I
,l'sh llovtil Fusiliers. detailed here by'
.the allied ttrni.cs, was seriously in-
Juu-d ititif‘r'.ltly When it trench mortar
iexplodt-tl “'llllf' an exhibition was in
progress in honor of Brigadier (ion-
crui McCrttc. nt-w commander of the.
lSttvt-niyelghtlt Ditlttlou. i‘icrgcant Lic-
l-tns Was so bully injured that lit! will.
inrobnbly lose it s hand or arm. More
lllilll one thousand spectators were
badly frightened when the shell. a lit-Q
pound dummy. was buried in their
tllrt ction.
Many of the spectators. not knowing
. IOIIIDI'I'OW
‘lovable disposition. anti in her term
. . illfe in Wilton was prominent in the
r , r ‘t - . ‘ v ' . .
Ella?" r'l‘“‘m§1r,:’r‘_.”.\‘. fut-LT Eli-L " :“M’ l :‘Cf‘lill and religious the of that town.
' a": 'len'h‘él“‘i ‘f‘ (’.'h:“?‘m:r"?::;m‘ {With her husband she war prominent
' ’ b’ ' ‘ "'l' -‘- W'llHi..\Itll(FW'.‘ 7'-
Tht‘ entire program was delightful and l I) “mum“ I E ‘ h ‘ p”
most thoroughly ’JtlJilyt'tl by all prct‘
t.iti. Tea wa.: st rvt-tl by the hostess.
The dant'ttr- were Miss Ruth Adams
Continued on fifth page.
nurrviu CHARGE - trivn LOSE LIVES
OFSTREETWORKi ‘ lN BAKERY FIRE
llol‘ttct- .l. Lewis. who handed in his liROthlJNl'I. Muss. April 20, Five
resignation as fortntnn of the strtt-ltmcn wcrc burnt-ti to dt-tttlt in it fire
department work in South Norwalk to‘ which destroyed the ltttkt'i'y 0' "-
tnko effect on the 'ltiih of this tuttttin Illl'MI'lI A: Son and the home of Mrs.
because of the fact that ho- ltad so lthigcntt V. lllt-wctt ltcrt- early today.
curt-d a [Mlfilltm as )(‘flt‘l'i'tl foreman att'l'be fire started in llltrlllfli‘klnll room
tho Wilson l.'oint rihip Lumber Stor-lof the bakery llll.l sort-ml itttt-r titt-
age plant. will fti'tm' connections \vlthtexplosion of a gasoline tank.
the street department thts't-vrnlng. About twenty bakers tvttre tit work
This announcement was made today ill the time and some Wl‘l'tl unable to
by (lily ltlglnt-er Henry lt. Minor. escape before the flames cut all their
Mr. Minor announced that btltlnnlnli means of exit. while others were bad
arrangements had been lv burned itt making their way to the
mode to have Edward F. Duffy take street.
charge of the work in both the First The police announced later that all
and Second Districts. Mr. fluffy has of tltt employcs had been accounted
both with the street deparincnt for for except. Charles Trantman, Joseph
the past twelve vents and durtnr the Iltlt'lfttl'f'l'llll. itichard tliiincr. Joseph
titttttmy shells were helnit used. tledl time that Norwalk was it separate city
nttttit: «irittlten when the minute soured was at one time street superintendent.
toward them. The dummy failed to The reason for Mr. Lewis quit-
do any damage. Prompt action of cab ting his position before the time
titers patrolling the lines prevented a mentioned in his resignation in not
panic. given. ‘
Btiveria and a man named Button.
These men escorted safely, but return-
ml for their porsonll sheets and were
trapped.
floor. .
Lion-d itudtiiod tontbor on the upper,
' It'liindcrs is again the Sl‘t'llf‘ of
.tltt- l'ttll lltli' of battle. Against
tMiilllIl Kctuntt-l and the other bills
l'orutiug lllt' protecting bastion to
lllli' plitiit cast and ttortb of Yprcs,
llllt‘ tittritttms are hurting.' thou-
lstttttls of troops. Standing on their
ttlt-l't-ust- lltll' and with Mount Kem-
‘liIt-l still in their possession. the
I lritislt are fighting lt-ttaciotisly.
. 'l'lw tactics of switching attacks
is not ncw to ”W tlt-rtnuus. and
\t‘lin itt'l'slslt'tl lit by llltrltt in their
:vuiu attempt to capture Verdun
two wars ago. After the first
‘Hlll'l'i'ts‘n'l‘lll lungs on both sides of
tthtt Illcttsc. the enemy tried to gain
his tilijt'i'llYi' by attacking first on
the right bank and lllt“l tut fit"
ilcl'l. Apparently the ilcrutuns
are non trying the same method
of attack by alternating between
l’ittnrtly ittid lt‘latttlt-rs in reach
p out the Yprcs sti-
‘Amicns illltl “’lt‘
licut.
l LONDON. April 20.———Tbe German.
in their attack on the northern bat-
tlcfront have occupied Rommel Hill.
The charred bodies were General lit-ima nadcime, (thief [tit-no
tor of Military Operations at the War
. stated this afternoon.
Dion
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