ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WW BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
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Generally Cloudy Tonight and Friday
Entered at the south Nomllt Post
Oillcs as Second Class Matter.
ARMED no
N ilssn fills-
/ 0N SUBMARINE
But the Latter Was a United
States Ship, Which Had
Been Submerged Oil New ‘
England Coast
uticlllllll ,
Ilium iiNiiii’N
Only One Shot Hit, Pene-
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iiRAfiili MEN
, .1qu it) till
Mayor Donovan Takes 0c-
casion to Get Back at His
Critics in Vigorous Lan-
guage ‘ ‘
ENHVENS PiifliiliAM .
* AT ASSEMBLY “All
Former Mayor Harstrom
Announces That He Will
rumour, JULY so, 1918 _
soufi scam court; ,
PLAN iii’iii Retrat oi the ' German Army
smiths lilo
Biilliii Aim w Going ‘0“. With Greater SImed — _
W as Allied Troops Press Forward
Promptly Against Those . . . ‘
i i 1 . . F“
WEBER“ “REM” Withdrawal Proceeding Ill an orderly Mantle
of Draft Age Who Leftl
Work in Munitions Plants
and Being Covered by Numerous
' wmml FAWRED Rearguard Actions.
Senate Probers Reach Con-
iiilliiilil MEN
MAY 0”" Wiiiiii gmggygigng,gg§;: French and Americans Reported:
Government Remains Firm
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FUEL stations
Conservammhting
The amount of piiblic lighting in
any city. village or town shall be
only so much as may be necessary
for safety, and the use of lights
commonly known as cluster lights.
for purpose otdisplay or decora.
tlon, shall be reduced to such por-
tion only or the cluster as is neces
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i
_ trating theOuter Hun 0f In Its RefusaltoWithdraw only for safety. Liberty Mont—$100,000? Al t ”if [I 0 «it
Answer Mr. Donovan Lat— the Submarine Embargo The use 0‘ “5”“ ”mm“ °' - wssumoron July 25.4119 Gov- 0 9 mos 0C y p
’er —-————— i piroductod bl” ”I: gfieogrofggmgig 1 ernment should trike over and operate V r 1
WASHINGTON, uly 25,—Mistaken LONDON. July 25.-—»'l‘ile British ‘0“ ° “’3’ g“ r ' all aircraft plants now holding Gov-
ovidently for the German submersible Wt” Cabinet has decided that if the for illuminating or displaying ud~
' ' tellu rtaniGermanBases
mg? diggtuctgmu ceremonies ‘ of uie1 which has been operating off the North munitions strike continues toe Strikers ”9“““f3m3‘gggajf figy-‘gflfimé This will be the principal reocm- m 1 ‘ W
Hall yesterdacyn agent at Assembly Atlantic coast, on American submarine or military “80 Will b6 drafted prompt- us clna “ ‘ ' ,mendation of the Senate Aircraft In- a
_ afternoon was some-
thing mom than the usual common
place isulng of instructions and direc-
tions. Thanks to the efforts of James
Woods, and the ladies of the lied
Cross a bountiful luncheon of sand-
wiches, cake and ice cream gave a fes~
tive air to the occasion. Dr. Carl Axel‘
Herstrom, chairman of Local Exenlp-l
shall be entirely discontinued on
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday of each week.
The use at light generated or
produced by the use or consump
tion or fuel for illuminating or dis
playing any shop windowa. shall be
discontinued from sunrise to sun-
set. and shall also be discontinued
l on the nights specified above.
This order shall be ell'ective on
and after July 24. 1918.
NORWALK
l‘l'EL COMMITTEE.
July 24, 1918.
ly into the army. according ii an unut-
dcial statement printed in some of the
morning newspapers. George H. Rob-
erts. Minister of Labor. gave a hill: to
this effect in a speech in London, “Rd
nesday. when he declared that ‘no
The Navy I)9parin19nl'3 announco- young men had a right to exemption
mont today did not reveal the identity from military service emu: on me
or neutrality of the armed vessel. butzfimuud‘ule)’ were doing work more val-
it was understood that it was an Al-‘mlblo than fighting.
lied transport. Unoillcial reports were, The Government remains firm in its
”mi the submarine had been running‘ lcitlb‘di to withdraw the embargo which
submerged and came to tile surfacefosmnfiibly 15 the 081189 0i “18 3m“.
1),.” 1; “mod ship. The taller open.|ultll(iugh it seems that ill some in-
ed tire llll'd had scored one hit beforelfilllm‘efi the embargo is used as a ille‘
1» n'Alllel‘iL‘fiil crait‘made known its, text to cover other tolerances.
identity. The shell penetrated the out!
er ilull of the submersible. but did not.
explode. |
of the latest type was fired upon and
slightly damaged by an armed vessel
in New England waters last Tuesday.
No one aboard the submarine was in~
lured and the craft has reached port
safely.
investigating committee in its tortil-
;conling report to the Senate. it was
t learnfl authoritatively yesterday. Pre-
;iimlnary work upon the report has
.been begun, but hearings are contin-
iuing and it was doubtful it it will be
Ewmpleted and tiled before August 1.
1 Witnesses before the committee this
{Week are ofllclals of the aircraft cor-
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British Troops llave Made a" Great Advance ’-
in the Direction oi Fismes. ‘
(By The Associated Press.) move some of his troops from. the.
' were 1.... age;studio's:13:32.13;83:11:: :2:
hurled themselves at thopurl-minty,expect such a German attack a
Allied forces on the north bank of 1 . . ‘ _ 1 7
the Marne. Before the momentum ‘lsig‘é‘fmet'e along the British held.
‘ i All' 3 verc oil-1 _ _ ..
0f the“ bio“, he 19 ‘ ‘ The Britishm the meantime, are
ligeid to“ Wiiild‘i’ 'r.‘ t'rom the littlci _ 4 , .
. 1 ' . no not idle. They have been 6011(1th
wood to the north of the mun e. ‘_ "no operations in the How .
Treioup and were forced back out‘mg minus
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. . - The only omen! details were com. . 1 . 1 ... . 1 1 1. “ “ "" stilt-village ofCilassius a littleibllleme sector, and have reptile-e
“ . _ . ,, tallied in this statement by’ihe N‘W’SENT“ TH . , Y3 ‘ 1 1 .p 1 1: . “it ”j" u“ . . ‘ ‘ n. , , : g , 7 O . ‘ I ‘ I attempmd German.raids-iiong
31th Eggs; £133; Scagfistiggg Innfiztngluy: Department .1 Nye}. “we; f; . - .1 3-11.31: .4 1 , f Manantcd [WNCWCRR‘IQR fixflfsfifgctéss ‘of the Germans ,i Amicns 'front,”m‘the ‘sdu‘tllif"
‘ r in [dome , ~ 1 ‘ ' [M [m MARI iMakes, 'l. Lively Scene ill however, was shortlived, for they senemy artillery has been active at
,Arras and Lens, vital points of th
were immediately driven back by, _ _ _
a renewed attack by the Allies. British line. .
Northward, along the line to- .‘ The French have carried out a
this formal statement: i 1 1 L ’~ 1 1
. "The Navy Department is informed: 1 , - I .
'thut a United States submarine waldf
‘ Several important changes in the; tired 011 by mistake by an armed tucr~
regulations governing licensed‘bakers; chant vessel on July 23, oif the Ameri-
Bridgeport Business‘ Sec-
tion - ‘
were announced yesterday by the Food‘ can coast.
Administration.
Until further otice
rye flour or rye meal may bowel “m “I’ll’de'
It
. will be no ~nitted as a substitute up to
a partial wheatdlour substitute.
. “one-fifth o, the substitute ,require
“' merits, as. for example, a batch o
dough for Victory bread may contain
, 76 pounds of wheat flour. 20‘ pounds or
-' any of the present substitutes and ‘5
j‘ pounds of rye flour.
One shell penetrated theiGreat Crowd ,at the South
,i enter hull of the submarine, but did.
1 , Norwalk Railroad Station‘
No material injury was
done. only a small section of shell - toSee 166 Leave For Camp
Devens
plating being damaged. No one aboard
was injured and the submarine pro-
f, ceeded to her base under her own
.powor. ‘, 1 1.1 3
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Despite the growliuga of Old Man
Weather, several hundred persons
wereon hand at the South Norwalk
railroad station to bid_Qod-speed to
'onehundmdfiand: sixtyleir Nbrwalk
Oilicers Return Home Ready
’y Into Ranks
ANI] NAVAL Illillii
to Instill New Methods
and marine tactics in conjunction with
the most improved forms of infantryl
horsedrawn vehicle joined yesterday,
in Bridgeport, in an exciting chase”
Automobiles, pedestrians and eveua
which resulted in the arrest of Jerry.
Rapella. is. wanted by the New oa-ginfautry fighting is reported-
naan authorities on several charges!
The chase extended from Cannon “dicontinue on the battlefie
10f
Connecticut has adopted the naval men. women and children joined in “33 ,
itiremeut 13 w
ed at the corner at Main and Em Withdrawal is apparently
Broad streetslto Main and Elm streets.
and every vehicle and several hundred
despite the heat. Rapella was can I“
ward Soissons, and \to the north- . .
:east, toward Rllcilns, there llavetdldlelu
;beCll heavy bombardments, but no e
iraiding operation south of Monte?
and have captured prison
rs. . ,‘
Franco-American troops thirty
fighting morning advanced thclr‘ lines,
1d northillorth. of the river Marne ‘more
it becomes increas.1steadily. The Germans continued
érman re.‘th‘eir retreating movement-tome
Thishorthward. . ,, -
being , The French and Americansalsd:
As the days of heavy
the Marne,
ly apparent that the G
oil under way.
youths, wholeft for Camp JDeviants.
Ayer, Mass. The crowd started to
come at about 7 o’clock and. by the
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regulations as prescribed in the drlli'streets. by Traintl‘Ofllcer Robert T-'
manual. As a result the state now is! Knmpi', who was on duty at thatcor-
said to be the foremost in military1ner and was attrhcted by the crowds
' l'v'if not. de- made ains on other parts of th
conducted m an order 5’“ d by fifty-five miles otbattiefront. Thad
liberate manner being‘covere . _ , , ,1 1.
such" rearguard hctions {within 119- Germans Vlcllmsb' YESlSt-Qd “1 a In???
WAR INDUSTRIES ,
. ‘ N , . I ‘ ‘ ‘ time the train pulled out, there was protection for 'ts to art d th t '1 1 edits em. “ . . . . »
SECRETARY DANIELS BflARfl l3 PLANNE“ not an inch of aavllable standing rpoln um government. p p y an 8 0‘ Wh on pure“ ‘ p ported at. Treloupalld Chassms._ lJOI‘li.) of cases. C t ' th g; _.
' ' ‘ around the eastbound Btutlon- One hundred and eighty men return- (Continued on Pm Two) A study of the map of_tlle region The Pall Mall '32“ 9 5335 a _,
At 7 o'clock the Ame'rTc'ail Band
(rumors are current ,tllatBritisiit:
formed in line in front of the Moose
itroops have made a great advance-1
ircction of Fismes, about}
between Rheims and Sons»
ed to this and nearby cities yesterday
from Camp Incite, Niantic.‘where they
have been atendlng a schotol for em-
cers. and learning the new tactics un-
der a broiiing sun that has reduced
the weight or many corpulent business
and professional men.
Praiathourth District Men
All officers, as well as United States
army military instructors. declare that‘
the Falrtield county contingent or the.
Fourth Military district are most capa-'
ble. it there were any who might not
FRElliHT lNBiiEASE ,. _
Say Rates Would BC Increas- and studies at Camp Locke, they now
ed 152 Per Cent. if Trolley are _ _ ‘ ' 7
Request Is Granted ‘ Five)
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1 HARTFORD. July 25.—Accordtng to
a. statement made by. C. ,W. Bronton,
Counselltor the Wholesale Grocers'
Associition ot‘the state. the schedule
of rates submitteil‘by the Connecticut
Company in connection with its peti-
tion to the Public Utilities Commis
sion for an increase in-ireight rates,
where the struggle is going on
shows that along the line from”
Jaulgonne northwest to Oulcliy-illl. the d
le-Chatcau, just north hOfAllthe Imidway
Ourc', or even farther, t e ies;sons._ ‘ .. ..
havefilreissed ahead doing the past; It is also reported that French.
two days, As nearly as the locawforces have advanced on another“,
tibn of the contending forces cangpart of the Alslle-Mal'll91 sellout-*-
be determined atpresent, the Ger- :and that the armies of the German
mans have been forced back- ‘oriCrown l’rlnce have been placed are
have retired over much of this line -. ll. posdlon out of Which osmosis! .
11a distance of nearly three miles tlon sems to be Imposmble. .
since Tuesday. Overcoming strong enemy roe.
‘ North 0f the OUPCQ' river, the Sil1-3sista11cc, the Allied troops mama“:
“Better thank“ "9"", was the nation is obscure, owing, to thelackfta‘m their progress on the BMW
lllananimbus verdlCt-Of if" “mm 2’ of details given out through Of-lSoissonsbattlefield. ‘
“ek‘ngham Post, G. i ' R" an "1mm reports or press dispatches, General. Focll’s oifellswe enterst
' “ .
, ‘l‘ i ‘ d , t their second annual outing, _ g ,. ‘ _ , . .. .
llfiHTLESS NIfiHTS 4.211;? fluid: Sieber’s farm, on Nod ’Hili. It may be said, however, that for upon its secoudaveektoday with
.. . 11.. ‘.;‘-« I] ~ ‘ yesterday, and'while n9“ Year's eventfthe moment, the'lineirom Solssonsfthe Germans still being forget};
the shippers of the state Will, if the V L H
may be 3‘1“ 35‘ good, I“ “A?” can be ‘ southward to the Ourcq has reach "back-before the smashingblowsn:
“P'beité' L . led a stateof equilibrium and that French, British and American amt
petition iszgranted, find their rates in Recent Order 0fw - Federal
creased 152 per“ cent. ; * ' Fuel Administrator G008
the deadlock between the oifensedeu. Extreme severity marks-tilts:
The statement was made at a‘hear- _ _ » 1 ~ 1 . .1 .7
' IntouEthect This Evening
.- —._. ,
(Continued on movebth Resell
SHIPPERSilPPflSE
— APPEAiiliiPiiESi
.~ 1, Asks Its {Aid in Preventing
Information Reaching En;
- illiniiuilwi
Government Seeks toSecure
Proper Allocation of Labor
The necessity ‘0, fiévenu‘ng. any, mt. NEW HAVEN, July 25.40 secure
formation about American ships reaclr‘ figipeiagtlfizsmgnff 33:3? garuai'
lng su marn w ‘ '
American emf; igligglplggmfi 2: {2: dustries in the immediate future, the
earnestness? stirrer cirrus;pursuing:
. son. The Sentinel prints the noticeied here yesterday. Charles E. Julio,
. -_ shewing what is expected of the news-2 :‘gcégggegéemfng?Rfiagfig‘figqgg?
papers, but otters the suggestion that; ldent of the local trades councii who '
individuals boequally guarded against were called to Washington last ’week
, , i l
, to a labor conference, have been draft-
.rcvealing any information they mayi
live about AmerlCan ships. . .
To the Préss in America: ed to plan a state advisory committee.
. 1 . ‘ They are to elect two representative
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on in
diet of the Old Soldiers at
Their Annual Outing
emy Submarines ‘.
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JEWISH his
of the Allies and the defense ofjfighting on a greater p'ortiou’of that
the Germans will ‘ probably con: front. Goodly gains are being mad
tinue until‘the former bring up by the Frenchand Americans be»
sufficient fl'eshtl‘imps to blenktlle theen the Oureq and the Mara
u
V' " ding °n “‘9 95W” by the'Pum-ic Utli; .. , _ . - . I ,. ' " “ ‘ ' “ line at some vital point; ' ‘” ‘and by the French southwest o".
_ , ‘ flflflT ENTENTE 'ittlitis Coillumislsiap tyetshierdayty Thump: .aDlsplaySlgnsMust Gog—L , ‘ flET SEN".UF i Th or progress SouthoflilBO‘1r9qa1RheimS.‘ * , " .. “t
South Norwaik Council.K.otC.,1ieidl ‘ ___...-_. . ,' 7' was:(gigggaecfih-hing-e311,]; fin "Rre'cautionsl’rescribedftlr ‘ ' ‘ , however, has placed in jeepardri Steadily as Allied pressure. himl
a smoker, (as; evening; as a farewell. AMSTEEDAELGJ‘W 25.-—-'I'ho‘ Rug. ' . 4...- , . Cities, TOMS, Villages and '1 _ 1;. ‘ _ ‘ ' , y ._ the pillage of. Fcre-en-Tardenms,iforccd the. (flermacilsbbatcllf ‘bltttll: \
*' to six of ther members Hull. enteredyslan Bots evi overnment...ssvs a Continued on Page Two , .1 -‘ ‘ 1. ‘ ‘ ‘ .‘ V “ ' it " ‘n,'; " f" '1 "f be most im rtant,tlle 00 et' rmc y 1 o All '
the service today. Companion sets dispatch from Moscow to the Lokal (- , ) -_- .-»_Prlyate Enterprises—Test An enthusiastic send-o was give ’Whml 1501 c 0 t ' pQ» p ' R“
‘ f on] “fink“: to'the J°W153_:,b°yli'Whillfi‘iiGerman bases in this region. At lines,‘,the‘Germa_h defensive‘efio .
° 1" ‘ , - “ali‘l’ffifi‘e’li’llfils' iiiiv’iifli'lfist accounts the»: “We and .have Increased“ ferrite .duem
l Theorder recently issued byvttue infilouiu’nfee- Thoutollowing: left ‘l‘ti’l Americans ~were almost directlyith‘e "continuous fill‘owmi‘iiflé 0%" m
Unitedfsuitea t‘uei Administrator‘pupfday‘: nwi’s..'schachnt.Isaac,Rosenreld.‘s‘outhLofthisplace.’ » 1 ._ . ‘1serve diVlBlOllBr The A to .1: o . .
ting. into nodect’the smiled 'rushtléo'lmhimrowskn Milton suchmlgi’ Military-critics .mParls incline give, therefore, in one “Flak“
nights." beenmia‘eflsctive fills even-pawl: Jose j. William Stall. Mr. Smith to the View that. General Ludcn- ,not only brought the filth German
his. The objecttis theconservntion align Mtg; unfit-«1.0 lazily" oylsth: 13::th d 01.3, the German 1c mmauder, will ‘oflensivo to .w hasty ”hm; but. I.“
m The feigning“!!! if; ‘2“ °§i§§1°iwne§lu§ m'fiem altorvictory has probably launch a 11833 attack on Aturneddtlnto a disastrous repulse.
Measuring. L“ ‘l udfivatsihsp d “ ' ‘ ' ‘ her sector otthe front lit an and also forced the enemy tob . 1 _
were presented to Walter McCarthy,‘ Anzelger. of Berlin, considersih‘é‘fic-
. Dr. John A. O‘Connor. James Connolly. tloit taken by the Entente Powers in
“Herb O‘Connor. William Hyuan and landing troops ‘on the Mormon coast
“"9 0M“; as tantamount to a declaration at war.
{Thirty-six members of the local The Butcher“: Government .the‘news-
. oil .“9 enlisted under the Stars paper dispatch adds. lie-announced
““1 “We" ’ v that it will ta‘lmeountonmums go-
“WIIW' "00mm. warden oi the cordial? .1 . 1'.» 1
council. was presented with a contort Pres tight Wilden he; a team 00!!-
m wloa Action __ N"
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- surlnlluhi , ;,
nus with”
‘ Judge Nehemiah Condos received
loan; «on thenhrk of. the” or
gill“ Wile-Jr his \voril. espe-
. 79W 0 Willi filth“
m in u» some: moonlit» on“. ms... in .1
.. ~ solar-din intone! the Allies. some ot ‘ , y 1 _ .
eta-I. Mm Rabbi mum in ”akin; tools gum-Ho. gain a local success to in. reserved immgmm...
A“ W“ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ V 5"“ mi”? ‘9“ text y" “m" in loss oveahis failure at the Marne. fronts. _ , .. ‘
noses _. 1:5lele P. Wu tor, initi- the Billie mg $.11mmumv'8 , ‘ 1 1‘ ., ., 1. ,~ . 1, . .. . in;
13' law . u “i D. '1 W c“: Mollie ” J .. WM. till; ‘ i. V‘ mg ‘ 6m 1.; " 1“.»1 ‘