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Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
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productive employment 0,. °°°“1?a‘ oon ystem in Fire De» WHEY '3 TOWN CHAIRMAN
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structions which has been mailed to
Connecticut’s local exemption boards
AMERICANS ADE
"The opinion of ex—Mayer Har-
‘ by the governor's office With the strain, Councilman Murphy and
choice of helping to win the war by: John D. Milne, entertained toward
a working or fighting. registrants ‘0 me. as expressed in the resolu—
whom Provost Marshal Gene-1x11
Crowder’s edict applies have only un-
til July 1 to think it over and sent
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Expenditures Triple Those
Little Excitement in the Out-
tions espoused by them and adopt-
ed by the First District caucus. is
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fl-‘wo Deal With Mooney Case, The mum, comma, or ”,9 Con- Made For Sallie Purposes side Wards—N tMuch In- 3111 :mzncggego::i:glc Am: 1:; Have Indicted Heavy es
One Hinting at General necticut State Council of Defense, at Annually by Roads Loss
Pacific Strike
- ST. PAUL, Minn. June 13.-——That
organized labor is coming to look
more and more to the Federal gov:
, ornlnent for support in its controver-
- also was shown in the resolutions
presented by the delegates to the
convention of the American Federa-
tion of Labor. now in session here.
it is significant that seven of these
resolutions asked for executive ac-
tion in order to evade the cause
oneness of recent court decisions. In
dormer days much of the wrath of
Organized labor was annually direct-
the request of the governor's office,
makes public this article explaining
the “work or fight" orders
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Old Fairfield‘ County Bank
,Fire Chief Bogardus Gets
Estimates, the Lowest Be-
ing $111,500
No action was taken on the pro-
posed aaiary increase of the police
department at the meeting of 'the
board of estimate and taxation, held
in the Council Chamber in the City
Hall last evening. Fire Chief Boa
glfl‘dub‘ was on hand and had a num-
ber of improvements that ought to
department. among which was the
establishment of the two platoon syn.
tem
be made in the peraonnel—ot' the fire'
wasalwcron. June 13.~—ln a11-
nounclng yesterday classified items
of the $846,193,000 railway capital
expenditure budgets for. Allis year.
,the Railroad Administration discloses
that it will pursue a liberal Policy in
.the construction of a" switch
.tracks, industrial 111111131. 1101) build1
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but will cut expenditure for new pall-
senger depots, office buildings and
other enterprises not contributing lm
medlately to war demands.
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terest Shown i A the Affair
The Republican cau us of the elec'
tors of the First Dis ct for the purv
pose of electing six 11 iegntes to the
swer to what he termed mic—state.»
ment or facts, he suggested that
the following letter addressed to
him by those who have reason to
know his loyal, party service, be
on the Germans and Cap-
tured Prisoners
Republican Town Corr cation to be
held at the City Hall tonight, was
not largely attended, here were but,
19 present when the meeting was
called to order by Ch irmau George
G. Richmond. E. SsA‘ sins was elect-
ed chairman, and Tho, as C. Balcom,
German forces which succeeded
in crossing the Matz river, to. the“
west oftheCise, on the battle-
published. it. is as follows:
Town of Norwalk, May 27th, 1918.
Edmund E. Crowe. Esq.. ‘
South Norwalk, Conn.
Dear Sir: —
0n the eve of the approaching
positions there for but a brief per.
iod. French troops, counteract-
Aclerk. As the meetl g progressed
the number increased ‘ nd when Ed-
gar G. Murphy presen ed the resold-i
lion printed below in re were just
27 Present. There was little excite-
caucuses and fall campaign, we
members of the Republican Town
Committee of the town of Nor-
walk, take the liberty of writing
this letter to you. We believe
him back to the north bank of the
river and; checked his advance ms
word Compiegne.
. The news from the scene of the
v 11 even Mr motor. in the that the importance of the com-
, ea, “5M9”? the courts. MW that Property Included W I“ The meeting was called to order by “‘3‘" a“ 1 in cm 1 11 e u res th V t , tremendous struggle, as told in of‘
tithe edAmertcgn of Slimmi‘... 1:33 Become Home of Central gayggMggggva‘rmugilg “Still.“‘h‘i‘ACOURT LAUREL CARD {gawggerbrgfiemfl IntViVA‘ilaVthre{an1;1“);in 11:11 In 301; oi Shims-:11? iii. ficia, statements, shows that on 111 e
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.mmerai. Administration .ihe tendency Trust Co. chm J_ mom“, Louis ‘s. Beers. PARTY AND DANCE this: resembling dire til-11a. Former pol-fenced Republicans, men of field west of the Oise the Germans
is simply to request the executive to
do? something about it.
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The much talked of deal for‘ the
sale of the Royal James inn and ad-
. joining property was finally consu-
lllated this morning. the title passing.
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to The Wally and improve
ment Company
The plot or gmund cov'e1s some
two herbs. and besides the 11111, c-on
talus theold Fairlield County Na-
tion Bank building and a large brick
barn at the rear of the property.
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Velle's orchestra provided music frugal“ in such 0mm“ positions. ’fiugfiwtfi?“ “Ede” .318 direct fire
“Roof ' 'rt er during the evening. and dancing was an pledge our earnest and whole- 0 1: rent: artl ery.
“Kolnischefl Volkszeitung” Housessthllllglzd y 0th enjoyed from 10:30 to 12 o'clock. . 2521:1122! $3130“ 10 bring“ about Further east, the Germans, simia.u..g
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A01“: Tented Elements ’ NEW BRITAIN,'_June‘13.-——Consld-,Madclaine Campbell. Miss Anna Fa- Elect Nine legates in A JOHN H. LIGHT. i Ti 0 f th I; t '
. . . . arable property damage was causedAhan, Miss Myra Lea, Mrs. Julia V. Short order and Same JOSEPH R- TAYLOR '9 ”088mm 0 e a 2 “v"
W ‘ ' A - in the residehtlal section’ here by 11 Robinson. Mrs. Albert Wadsworth ’ . CRANE“ 0- HEGEMAN. b" the Germans 011 Tuesday night
, ASHlNGTON, June 13 «A French- .. - storm of cyclonic proportions which ‘and Mrs. M. J. O'Brien. Number of Committeemen Elm ARI) J. FLAHERTY. constituted a very serious threat
Sigitiieigcigvigmdifi1113131133: . . swept through the city late yester- - i 33:: 2- 3:11:31ng ,to Compiegne It also tended to
and pertutbation in Germany mm .2313: WE: gtitfimfiggs 81131121311213: JITNEY UPSETS 0N segl‘bfizdoii: (Signgggngzexglgfimi 3;; SAMUEI: C. IRELAND. weaken the meh positions on the
' 3:1chEfifefgigmsliuigggefihin131:.i Will Be Largest Turnout of lies oflicer at work in his yard, bc- WET PAVEMENT the City Hall buildin 1. last evening. EDWARD 3- DOULENS- “St Side Of the Oise river The
mom says:
“'The declarations of fidelity to the'
cause of the Entente made lately by
Soldiers in Bridgeport
Since Guard Was Organ-
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Small Buildings Blown Away
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Court Laurel, Dauxhters of Castlie.
held a card party and dance in Red
Men's Hall, Washington street, last
evening, The ball Was decorated
Mayor Haratrom and aim Milne en-
thused over the reset lion and ar-
raigned the town
m flies and other patriotic em-
blems. and presented a fine appear-
Mary Drury. Mr. Dotin, Mrs William
H. McMahon, Mrs Louis Schlitt,
Mrs. Mary Flint. Mrs. Nell Lenlhan.
Edward J. Hayes, Mr. Dorwood. Miss
Mary Shields, Miss Mary Rooney and
Miss Alice Splan.
While driving along Wail street
yesterday afternoon at 5: 45, Joseph
once. From 8 to “10:30 oclocit there
was card- playia‘g. the prison beta H Nun
secured by Mrs. B. J. Thomas, Miss'
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REFUSE! ANS’
Dill DADDDS
more. than attended it
all the other wards n
blood and in the spa
e caucuses in
f the city com-
:e of nine min-
proven loyalty to the party and
ediclenoy in the details oi cam-
paign work. such as you have '
prevail yourself to be- We also
, thpt any chance, at this
1.: ' dlfker of the. was: of
member of the State Central Com:
mittee. or the chairmanship bf
Iiepubllcan town committee, would
work serious harm to the Repub-
lican party in the town of Nor-
walk. and prove disadvantageous
to the general welfare of the par-
ly.
We therefore seriously and re— i
spectfuily urge you to consent to
’ have come to a‘ bait, for the pres:
cut at least.
The enemy has not renewed his
attacks on the line from Courccllets
to Antheuil, where 011 Tuesday a
brilliant counter- pttaok of the
French swept the invaded!
and reestablished the F‘rcnch lines
D
'ter of the German position. This
position is most embarrassing to
the Germans, for it places many of
their most important lines of coma
Members of said' committee
the5 Second Ward.
from French successes in driving the
enemy back across the Meta, there.
fore, is cheering news for the AL
. , . . H. J. meson.
.Well known American newspapers‘ lzed . , . Plpiitone. driving a jitney. numbe1lutes nominated nine delegates to CHARLES W. KEEN E. ,lies. The French are how strong-
ard the resolutions voted by the Na P813“ “"empted t° make a “mi we t‘m’ “mm“ m be he” in ALBERT w unnamed 111' posted on the south bank of the
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tional German- American Union have smocnroa'r, June 13.4111 en- . ' m“ ‘“ mm" °f ““3 9°“ ”“9 w‘ H ”“3 CW" R°°m ““5 ”mm" “d
1 again attracted the attention of the
German press. The German news
1 papers own that this state of affairs
constituths a real disaster for Ger-
many. and one which she cannot re
pair. The “Kolnische Volksaeltung",
makes the follownlg avowal: ' 1
“ ‘Mr. Wilson hopes to succeed in
crushing the Geiman elements. He
will succeed The German press is
already nearly crushed out of exist-
the government directed large forces the campaign. * - V - I , UNTRY CLUB MAY bank 9f the Disc. 1 . fl .
once in America The greater part in the vicinity of billiard and Strat- The total amount of subscriptionsl: :2: Egggnfgifuards the machine IN SEARS Pa“ CO R The attack on the front south. . :
of the German schools are closed. ford. , reported was $44, 244. 29. of this to-’ __ . ' . CLOSE NEXT WINTE west of Soissons‘ 1S making ground
glhetrcitertlll‘an assoclait'lfonlsl arefihavinl; (C ti ed P ) 1111. the cashs payments received Fla Raising Ceremony —-—'——-—-— but the progress is apparently tour
0 s 1) some ves o a ves go o . on 1111 on age Three. amounted to 32 892. 59 The total ‘ -
, Germanisn‘il. It is a complete debaclei g The local fuel committee is in re
‘It is unnecessary to be pessimios-
tie. to realize the consequences
our European viotmies are in a mea-
. sure balanced by the sum total of
tire brigade of infantry troops will
be paraded in Bridgeport on the
Fourth of July it was learned yester-
day at regimental headquarters of
the Fourth Infantry. C. H. G. This is
the first time that any such prepon-
delant body as a brigade ever has
been marchaled in Fairiield county
with the possible exception of the
war manoeuver period of 1912, when
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A nicotine: of the executive commit-
Fund Drive was held last night
their headquarters
at
in Washington
street, to hear the final reports of
number of cells made by the team
workers and their helpers was 13148.
The campaign was a most- flatten
ing success in every particular One
of the remarkable featules in con
tee of the Second Red Cross Wnrl
the result that his car caught in the,
car" tracks and skidded on the wet
pavement and turned completely or-
e13‘The driver'was pinned underc
heath the car and, at lrst it was
thought that he was sari usiy injur-
ed. ' When medical attendance arriv-
ed it was found that he was badly
bruised about the face and he was
suitering from a slight shock.-
Except for a broken wind shield
For Weston Tomorrow
Residents of Weston will hold a
'patllotlc celebration on Friday. when
nine members of the
teé. The caucus was
at 7: 45 by the 'ward
ward B. Doulens. Ju
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11.3.11qu 12111
town commit-
cailed to order
chairman. Eds
dge Joseph R.
RUSSIA JEWELS
Dispatch Box From Copen-
, Members of said committee from 'Matz.
She Third Ward- 1 East of the Cise the French have
. HARRY E. SCOFIELD.
EDWIN W. GODFREY.
PERCIVAL H. SHERRON.
Members of. said committee from i
the Fifth Ward.
but are protecting the Laigue For-
est along a line which is very
strong. This change in the line
was expected since the Germans
occupied Ribecourt, on the west:
’slow for be r
celpt of a communication from the t Ge mails to realize
chairman of the committee on Fuel
Conservation which may result
the closing of the Norwalk Country French positions further north;
.011 the plateau overlooking the com A
WHICH IS NOW FXDFNDED DillE
tacking the enemy, have hurled“.
it,
front south of Noyon, held their 'l '
ba‘ck “‘
withdrawn their. lines south of the 1 A‘ '-
DOul-sealnp and Carlepont Forests, '
,..
their plan to cut in behind Com. ..
in pieghe Forest and cutflank the "
, there will be a flag raising. celebrate
nection with the work, was the small lug Flag Day by the raising of the
expense inculied in accomplishing so it i d Lib rt b d h
large an undertaking. owa' serv as an e y en onor
Club during the coming winter In the fighting so far, the Germans' ‘
hagen Leg-3th? Found in “1°“th A COW 0‘ ”“3 same has have made less than a mile along
mentioned On Page Six) His Room been forwarded to Dixon McNetton,:
‘ IN WAD STAMP SALES
SDMPANYDFU S D. S.
EDD SDUTH NDDWAlli
Company H, of the United States
. (Boy ‘Scouts' has been formed in N01-
.walltefor about six months. and now
a company is to he formed in South
~Norwallt on Friday evening, June
‘ 1!. All boys between the ages of 12
, and 18, regardless of creed. but who‘
have! good morals and good health,
V are eligible to join the scouts .
A‘ The United States Boy Scout or-
ganisation is 'entirely military, and
the Work that a boy receives while
enrolled fits him for future work.
Whether it be in the aim ‘-'
viiiaii life. besides br ma sea a '
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Bridgeport Heads Large
Citlles~Hartford Still See-
on
HARTFORD, June 13. —-The City of
Ansonia still leads all Connecticut in
total per capita wal savings stamp
sales with $9.47., accordingrio an-
nouncement made today at the office
of the state war savings committee.
Next in line is Manchester with $8.73
followed by New London with $8.57.
or the large cities Bridgeport is
still leading with $3 87. followed by
Hartford with $3 70. New Haven is
third with $3. 58. ;
The average per capita contribu-
tion for the state up to June lst was
83. 57 The towns which have ex-
ceeded or equalled this average are
.as follows:
. iflags. A flag pole 70 feet high will
be put up at 10 o'clock in the morn-
(vonianueu on 1180 Nine.)
DEEF PDDDUSTS
NEEDED FDD ADMIES
Hoover Asks Substitution of
Pork Products
A plea to the public to refrain
from using beef from now .on and un-
til conditions change in the fall
made in a message from Herbert
Hoover. national food administrator.‘
to Robert Scoville, federal food ad-.
ing, while at, 1 o‘clock in the after-
the Schools in the town will be held.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon a
10 by 15 foot American flag will
he unfurled to the breezes
raised together with service an
liberty bond .flags. Rev. Alexander
Alison. Jr.. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in Bridgeport.
will deliver, the address. This will
be followed by the serving of coffee
and sandwiches. I. C.,Fenton, chair-
man of the Weston War Bureau, is
in charge of all arrangements.
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mlnistrator. tonight. This message
follows:
A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT.
'June 13 .—-The American Steamship
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DALLAS, Tern. June 13.——Silliman
Evans, Texas newspaper man and £01-
erican Legatiou
at Copenhagen, was remanded to
jail late yesterday in default of $5,-
000 bail after having been in custody
of Federal officers since Tuesday on
charges ofbmug‘gllng. A small box
bearing the Copenhagim legatlon seal
for _whlch Federal Afiuthorities have
been searching in onnectlon with
the suspected smugg lag of Russian
crown Jewels into t is country. was
found today in Eva s’s apartments.
The boxy it is said, contained several
undelivered letters addressed to vari-
ousu governmental d .partmonts at
Washington.’Evans’s eating was set
for ’June 24. D
‘ Evanswent to Copenhagen last De-
cember in the capac ty of clerk to
the location. Owing 0 ill health, he
resigned and only recently returned
president of the Nelwalk Country
Club:
“The golf and country clubs should
plan to close their club houses next
winter. We believe that there are
none of the members of any of these
clubs but Wishes the warmth in our
homes before we have it in our
clubs. .If in the Fall. there should be
more real than we now look for, it
will then be a very easy matter to
change their plans and keep open
should they so desire. It would be
considered unpatriotic for iheae
clubs to put in any coal against next
winter's Wants."
Austria Admits Loss
of Warship Szellt Istvan
PARIS, June 13. -—The loss of the
a front about three miles long
ifrom south of Ambleny to St.
PierreAigle. .
1 The Germans realize, evidently,
the danger to them In the Chateau
Thiery sector, near the Marne, and.-
lluve made a violent attack aga'
the line held by the Aralerican
troops north-west of that city. The
Americans have held their ground
and have repulsed the enemy With
heavy losses.
111 the Flanders salient the Brit;
lab and French have been active
Tile former have improved the
positions near Merrie, on the west-
iern angle of the battle line the1%,:
1w thile the French have extended:
their lines near Ypres. ‘
Austrian battleship Scent lstVan——ior- German progress along tilé‘
both physically and orally. To b5-
come a United States ray Scent does
not make him liable to a call for 11111-
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land.
. -—sVentlnel Want Ads 1.. Wendel-V2,; j .. .,
"The demands for heel for our ZAlcoi-, 3,500 tons, Captain Becker,
army and the Allied armies and formerly a Dutch steamer. bound
their civil populations for this sum- from a New England port for , a
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to Dallas. Judge Baal-y Miller, coun-
sel for Evans. said today his client is
,deslrous of robin-“menilurV to New York
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