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Towns
Entertainments ”and Pa-
trioti'c Work
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1 Wilton at last has a really truly ll-
Connecticut will make provision
for the participation in the fall elec-
tion of 13,443 soldiers. in camps and
Be Sent OverseaseTo In-
Catholic Union Council. No. ..
46, Knights of Colbtbbus,
Has B Gathering in Its'
Club liaisons
HISTWWT [ll 1
WWWEW WIVEN
John J. Cavanagh and Other:
Speakers Delight With Ad-
dresses
The thirtieth anniversary of the or-
on” building 01 its own, which was naval training stations and at thoh
iduiy dedicated with appropriate celo- .dront in France. To make the arrival
monies on the some of July, with or the ballots as nearly certain as
395601168 I'M pgt'i‘iotio songs. in the‘ possible the state secretary's odioe is
Presence 0? I 8001"! gathering of ion to send duplicate ballots on separate
resentativo citizens of the town. Fol-1 vessels. Ballots will be sent to in-
lowing the Drama: 11 social‘hour was dividusl soldie1s and also to the
enjoyed and dainty refreshments serv-l commanders of units for distribution
ed by the lidies. . among the men.
' A Free Uhrsry Free from Debt. The ballots will be returned to the
The building is situated in the can state sec1etsry's oilice with designa-
ter of the town, and is most charmln.,~ tion of the voter's town on the out-
l'y situated Extending over the on- 'side of the envelope. and the secre-
(ire front of the building and some 18 (:11er cities will see that they are dis-
feet in width is the assembly bulb} tributed among the town clerks of
with the book-oases lining the walls the state in time to be deposited in
and already laden with nearly 2,500 the ballot boxes on June 5.1110 soi-
volumes. covering its wide area in the dier vote for the slate is distributed
field of llteratu1.e Miss Ethel Horn. among the counties as follow:
who. fit the" tanner 31.111111 quaxters.‘
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STATE EANP
Fourth District to‘Have Rec-
ord Representation at Ni-
antic, Saturday
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House Cemm1ttee Also Asks
Treasury For All Evidence
‘ of Profitee'ring
WASHINGTON. D. 0.. July 16.——
Pmflteei‘in'g And evasion of war taxes
will be severely dealt with in the new.
eight billion dollar revenue bill It
developments before the Ways and
Means committee yesterday do not;
tail of their promise. By unanimousl
action of the committee in recent see i
also a request was submitted to the
Treasury Department to present to the'
committee any and all evidence of pro-
fileering in their possession
The committee also heard with evi-
dent, approval a recommendation pre
sented by F. W. Tsussig, chairman of
the Tariif Commission. that taxes im-i
posed by the new law be collectedl
flrom the date the revenue bill is re
ported to the House by the Ways and
Means committee, instead of being col- 1
lected from and after the passage of
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Bridgeport will have the largest reg»
I.ford mobilize next Saturday.
staff oiiicers from Falrfield country“
for transportation. or this number
about 80 will go from
.alone
First or Second military districts.
oflicers will journey to Niantlc by au-
(continued On Page Twelve)
(Continued On Page Five)
AWE WEEIIN, flWEAT
EWNEINAN, PASSES
AWAY AT WETWEAT‘
Dies Suddenly at Greens
Farms While Walking
Through Grounds 1‘
Court ~
ierday. morning. at 9 o 'clock, in a san- Howa, of New York and a jury. Th
111.111.111.11 Greens Farms. Westport,lpr1soner pleaded not guilty and waive
filer a long illness with nervous trcu. the reading of the indictment.
a
nice later.
Although he had been in a Government agent.
poise. his sudden death
.duo to hes-fl failure. was directly were netted:
. . improved at Fm . . about $137M
ms entering the Weleort saul- to cause loathe
. had been in several hoini and mutiny All 'lM MAM
rots city and found 11111. tomes o! the unit“
Int taken to the honor Altai the
. istered attendance of any military dis-1
trial at Camp Locke, it all the oilicersl
of the Fourth military district. who
have signified their intention of obey-.
ling General Order No.6. from Hart-
About 250 commissioned oiiicers.
eligible omcers and non-commissioned
are reported to the adiutnnt's oiiicel
Bridgeporti
This number is greater than
any yet reported at the camp from the.
Many oi the Fourth military district
tomobiie. leaving early Saturday morn-
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Buessell Denies Seditious Re-
marks BeforeU. S. District ST SWITHIN GOOD
Marie
Yesterday morning utter eating G. Kerr, of Searsport. Me.. the first
breakfast he was walking around the witness, testified to living in Bfifitflisl While there are some who question
ward when he was suddenly seized since February 2 boarding at the the ‘power of St. SWilhln to regulate
“’1‘“ *1 Tomlin: spell and died the min- same house with the accused. She is forty days of weather art this late date.
The first count aim that on or rain.
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contention of Catholic Union Council,
0.,46 Knights of Columbus. was lit-
tingiy celebrated. last evening. at the
Club rooms. on West avenue. A num-
ber of line speakers were heard. whose
contributions were important factors
in the success of the affair.
Daniel F. Toomey acted as chairman
of the committee of arrangements and
introduced each of the speakers. among
wlibm were Bernard J. Tully, the first
grand knight of the local council: Cor-
poration Council Edward J. Quinlan;
Err-Mayor John J. Cavanagh; Robert
Blaylock. the best story teller in The
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elated Press.
Reports from. one end of
this morni‘nt is regarded
as satisfactoryf’ says a
War Denirtmilm state-
ment issued talismbcsed
on dispatched from Gener-
rnl Pershing and General
Bliss. con
counts of tie"
German 1...... ‘ 1m
WITH m AMERI'
ever. iii »
such a battle is merely gen-
eral sdv’ance suard action.
and that rarest pressure of
reserves still is to he look-
ed for. .
on THE
. (Aeso-
11:10 a. in.—
press ac-
tins yes-
‘xnomwsmaw. outrun 1r.
associavon ram m_mu ALL“ ohm or fill, Wow A specML wot: Rho can own comm
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Annual Meeting Held Yes-
terday -- Alden Solmans’
Remarkable Service Rec-
. ord as Banker
m
The annual meeting of the South
Norwoik Savings Bank was held yes.
“rd M. John E Light. l'rederick
1(an wanna F. Tammany. Low
in R. Hurlbutt, Samuel Grumman,
Charles Fable, Charles T Dimond.
Frank D. Layton and'Geoige L Wood-
ward were elected directors of the
bank.
1 Alden Salmons was elected presb
dent tor the 331d consecutive time.
He has been a director for 51 years, a
(Continued On Page moron)
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chums
The entertainment committee of the
Port Chester Driver Bagged
by N orwalk Traffic Oiiicer
After Compliments Pass
Oscar ltzkowitz. of Port Chester. N.
Y.. was arrested. by Motorcycle (Juicer,
Jarvis S. Murray, yesterday afternoon.
charged with speeding. reckless driv-
ing and abusive lanmse Officer Mur—‘
{when he heard ltzkowits coming along
in back of him hitting between 40 and
I45 miles an hour The New Yorker
'save’ the omcer his klaxon a number
of times .but to no avail. for Onlcer
Murray refused to move. and stuck to
lhiHosltlon in the road.
stranger did not know he Was.
passing an officer of the law, but he
did so and gave him a sound bowling
(Continued on (Eleventh Pane.)
AUTINST BRINGS
SUIT EllW lfiflflm
As an outcome of the collision bo-
stween a Ford touring car owned by
John Masl, of 25 OrchardL street. and
driven by Thomas Duffy, of Main
street.- and a Maxwell taming car. can
ed by Frank Collier. of Mount Kisco;
‘rN. Y. on Sunday evening. a suit for
$500 damages has been brought by
Masl against the New York man.
(Continued 0n Pate Eleven) '
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T0 VACATIONISTS
all traditions. With S.t
‘Swithin’s Day almost perfect. it fol-
lows that the city’ 8 entire vacation
The prodiction of the forecasters came
true, and all who place confidencein
the old superstition breathed freer last
evening.
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Aothers scanned the skied eagerly yes-
tho sanitarlum to recover his mental- Seven counts were charged. but two terday. Bad St. Swithin days have
beenknow'nA Ato brink spells of fog'bnd
The old story relatos how a band of
l ray was driving along West avenue 1
tor ten years has been doing service in
Norwalk waters for Captain William
. Stevens. of Bowaymn. in the oyster
businessr has been sold to the Over-
seas Shipping Company. of New York
city. ,The antenna made thl'WKh Will-
iam G. Crockett. The boat‘was towed
‘to New York on Sunday by the Louis
1?... of the Radsl Oyster 00.. and is now
in dry dock {having needed repairs?
'made and placed in readiness for tow-“’
lug purposes, for which it will un-
doubtedly be used. This is the last
steamer owned by Captain Stevens to.
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EWANEES WANNA
The steamer W. 1. Stevens, which
be disposed of. Whether a new boat
South Norvmlk Club. E. W. Fitch. S S
Jarvis and George L Woodward has
1 issued a notice to the members to the
effect that the Norwalk Yacht Club
has tendered the use or their club
Ahouse, at Hickory Bluff. on Tuesday.
Partly Cloudy Tonight and wed.
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Germans Flcd Poll Moll 5
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kvinciblc Resistance oi the french iiolds
Bailicironi East oi libeims—4Amtrit‘an
Troops Recapiure Fossy and Crezancy
Taken by the Germans When They
Crossed the Marne.
(By The Associated
East and west 09‘1“!
Germans are fighting with dos!
tion and every resource
q_ui *
hive of the pm
the year. Almost ‘ _
Allied troupe are Nibblli .-
acio‘usly and the fightin son
hind the first line is yet '
along the entire 65- mile
Superb resistance by Ant
French and Italian troops
the Germans to minimum
PARIS, ~J 11ly 16. -—Thc battle
continues violently, especially
south of the Marne and in the re-
gion of Chatiilon. Except for one
sector south of the Marne, there is
no change iii the situation. Amati;
can and Etonoli broom are coun-
tenattackmg mommy and
are taking many prisoners, accord-
ing to the statement issued by the
War Oiiice today.
South of the Marne the Ger-
mans have not been able to ad-
vance their line beyond St. Agnon,
'July, 23d. for tile purpose of creating ii
"smoke fund" (or members in the
Service. The committee says the
l‘touch" will be light and almost painAi'
less. and it is urged that all come and
see, how it is done. There will be a
toll moon. club lunch and Speldel’s
orchestra will furnish music. There
So‘uth'Norwalk Club at 8 o'clock.
ROBBERS ENTER
SUFFIELD PLACES
three pines. Some change.
Company cannot be stated at the pro-A railroad station
sent .timo.
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WANT WillNll MEN SlilillllNEll TWW SEWVIEE
1
IN CAMPS; WTWEWW Tll WE EXAMINEW .
. NOTICE OF CALL AND 1'0 APPEAR FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.
The following named persons are hereby notified that, pugsusnt to the 1
Act of Congress, approved May 18,1917. they are called for military service
oi.’ the United States by this local board
The Serial Number and the Order Numbertot each of such persons is
shown below.
They will report at the cities or this Local Board for physical
examination on the nineteenth day of July, 1918. at 9: 00 oelock.a.1n.
Order serial
HARTFORD, July 16. —The mat oil Fair weather yesterday is a harbins- No.
the Rev."l‘l1eod01e Buessell pastor of er of forty more bright. clear days. ac-
the German Lutheran church. {11 Brls- cordingto
tol. accused of seditious utterances.
Joe Welch, 45, one of the best known began in the United States District
Jewish comedians, died suddenly yes-A 'cour't, yesterday, before Judge H. B.
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disloyilt‘y monks tried to More ‘81. Swlth‘ins '
‘11s": bodydmamnrtnmfim pio-
No. Name. -
29—Mulhall, James.
210—Ferrettl. Vincent E.,
17~WeiferfBemard J ..
74w-Tuttle. Drius I...
' 136—~Rackett Merton 3..
145—‘01mstead. Robert M..
2074Dee1lng, Christopher J..
' 57—Clanci. Rocco.
'iG—Yeaton. Kenneth A. ..
7.8~—Kopsco Frank, M.
A122~Lynclh Clarence H.,
87—01mm. Arthur E.
209~Disid01 Michael.1
lfl—blathers William ,E.
g-RFWDNDSB,
~‘i Burbank street. South Norwalk.
“North Taylor avenue Norwalk.
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Jim;
» Address Given on Card.
36 Flax Hill Rd” South Norwalk.
9 Day street, South Norwalk.
48 Stuart avenue. South Norwaik.
' Main street, Darlen. Conn.
Roton Ave. R. F. . 37.,Rowayton.
ilton.
l Lenox place. Norwaik '
R. F. D. Norwalk, N. Taylor Ave, S N.
Post road, Darieu.
43 1-2 Lowe street. South Norwaik.
88 Hoyt. street. New Canaan:
.31. N. Taylor Ave. Norwalk.
10. Box 114. Foirileld.
35 "Ram and street. South Nonralk.
:26 monotonous. South Norwalk.
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Hillside Ava. South Nor-walk. . 1
158 Math street. Norwnik ,
. DuPont A00. Williamsburg. Va.
will be onto transportation from the
SUFFIELD. J uiy 16,—Robbors b1 oke
into the First National Bank. the Sui-
iield post allies and the Sudleld rail-
road statlon, early Sunday morning,
..itnd got- away with about $200 worth
of articles, including- money from ihel
some
stamps and a “calibre revolvc1 were
taken from the bank. Nothing was
taken from the post omce but some
will be secured for the prosecution “lat-11111111. and some revenue and war
“’9- 05’5‘" business 0' the Stevens' lsavings stamps were taken from the
' " the night.
were engaged yesterday, were un-
Betwoen 700, 000 and 900,000
were thrown into the battle lin
the German command. Deal)
these numbers and the use
cry facility of oflense and dos .
mtion known to the enemy, = 1'
was able to report officially
day night only that “to the
west and east of Rheims we -
trated into parts of the F
positions.”
Large forces were concentra’
to be thrown across the Mann
bridges were laid between
and Demons. American tr
fighting with great dash. in
menace, checked it and hurl
La Chapelle, Monthodon, Lisieres
'and south of the Forest of Bon-
quigny. The French in this re-
'gion have taken a thousand pris-
oners.
On the front east of. Rbeims,in
spite of tcrrifidifighting during the
past day and. night, the enemy has
not been able to penetrate the
French zone of defense.
The German loss in prisoners
during the first day of the battle
was extremely heavy.“
The text of the statement reads:
“The battle continued during
the afternoon, evening and night
with redoubled violence. Be-l
'tiveen Cbateau-Thierry and Rheims against the river. Near F111;...
the enemy, accentuating his ef— the enemy was thrown back "
forts to enlarge his advantages,.north bank by the inipe
launched furious attacks. Tbe'Americans, who captursdb
combats were particularly fero- 1,000 and 1,500 prisoners, in
sinus south of the Marne and in Aing an entire brigade stat!
the region of Chatiilon. bend in the river where the
“French and American troops mans crossed now is (10111
resisted the enemy magnificently by American cannon and mac ..
and counter- stacked many times guns. ,
With “10 utmost 1'1gor.1' French and Italian divisio
“South Of the Marne the Ger- gamed the Germans betw AeA
mans have not been able to 1111- Marne and 11111211113. On a , ‘
Vance theirlines beyond St. Agnon, tw enty~two miles fiéfe the”
La Cliapelle, Mor1thod0n,Lisieres advanced an average 6 1R5
and south of the. Farest; Bouquig- and one«l1alil mileg hlfif; gig-3 ._
1112111 this region the French gain of the day
Ihave taken 1, 000 prisone'os. Mar- jug continues 31 ng
e11il-,Ie-Port on the Marne south 0f,tl1e Germans R‘R
Chatillou, is held by the French..' gain much addi ' A
“North oi the Marne the Eastmof Rheim "A
French have held up the enemy in ARM... been smas ‘
the outskirts of Chatillon and
southeast of the Rodemat Wood.
In this region there is no apprecim
Able change in the rest of the line.
l'i’bé enemy did not attack during
' com
The French there cod cell}
and stopped the
tracks. Attack afte a
ing inunched 1.111111111111111 F
on this end of the alt line
General Petbin’ s _
ering in their deftin '
Colossal as was
preparations along til
ing front, it was no
fire that was full as set: 1. '
The German inf try
against machine 3 fire/til
“0n the front east of Rheims,
the Germans, exhausted by the
fruitless struggle in which they
able to penetrate the French zone
of defense which runs t othe east-
ward through Prunsy, south of the
, woods 110111.01 Cbaussee Romaine
as for as the In Snippe region A '
berth of Souain. The battle posi- ceasingly
lions of the French are intact. was“
. “The enemy loss *in prisoners .
the first day oi the be 111
an d "
ioAaded th
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