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ESTABLISHED 1370 '
Entered at the South Net-walk Post
one. as Second Class Matter.
say—
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mum YEAR ‘
0f WAR MARKED
« Bl Altair
It Has Been Twelve Monthsl
of Hope and Concern For
i The Powers of the Entente
? Alliance '
human
.. libiiilNli MEN
'lbeir‘ Work
» Months Has Compared
s Favor-ably: With Soldiers
. Trained For Years
(By The Associated Press).
Events big with the fate of nations
have marked the {earth year of the
war which now comes to a close. It
has been a twelve months of alternate
hope and concern for the Powers of
tho‘Entente Alliance.
Whites on July 23. 1914, that Austria
declared war on Serbia. beginning the
great slruggle. During the past twelve
months there have been occurrences
thatin some aspects-have been of even
greater import in their influence upon
the world, than those in the preceding
périod. - Russia's collapse, the Italian
defeat last autumn. the stupendous
.idrives of the Germans against the Al-
lied armies, and the wonderful de—
fensive operati s that have exam and
again checkedw sodomy when suc-
qeao for him seemed nphr at hand have
About the world breathless. But. trans-
«permane- slmldcn‘noe‘any eveng in
ii. i. INTERESTED
.le lNilUllAlllfl
" ‘llliiiilllli aw
i Public World. Commission-
' ,ers-Confer. With Stoeckel
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HARTFORD, July 27.——Chal‘rman
Van Buren. of the State Board of Pub‘
'llc" Workswof .Rhode Island. and two
of_ his associates on. the board. had a
conference with Commissioner Rob-
bins B. Stoeckel, not the Connecticut
Automobile Department, at the Capl-
tol, Thursday afternoon: on matters
‘ pertaining to reciprocal relations with
Connecticut lathe matter .of automo-
bile regulations and their enforcement.
Rhode island has'no light law: but Mr.
Van ,Buren said that his state would
adopt the law of this state with the
execption of‘that part which refers to
the giving of certificatesjor standard
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SIAM'SENDS 500 AIR
PILOTS To FRANCE
‘PARIS, July 27.—More than are air-
wpiune pilots, members of the lust ram:
' iiies of Bangkok, have been trained in
Sin ma‘nd are now ready to come to
France intake up 'active service.
Prince Viadyakara’, secretary of the
Siam and are now ready to come to
statement to the; "Faris Midi? and
"added: w,
contribution may appear
fi'SiamYs ,
modest,'but it. represents the effort of
timents toward France."
YOUNG."AimsTWILIT~ »-
‘ TRAIN IN MAINE
University of Maine. August 1. 1918.
Training school,.is as follows: ,- '
James C. ,Esposito.
7Wt ‘ , .‘ , _. . '1 i, '.
Magisssamrv‘i- ~ Adolph», Friedrich; ~
y m ma,N 'alk. _ ‘ “ ‘ ‘ ‘
JanEe§¥€mEm orw , 7‘ i p Accepts Finland Crown
‘1 , an street, Norwslk“ ‘ ‘ PARIS Jul~ ' ' ‘
‘ : , . H . M, y 27.51119 crown of Fin-
Efih‘ioh Oink-t N . ‘ -ljiand has been odoredr‘to Duke Adolph
m‘m" stree , - orwalk. 7 fl Fr;e%rl€h‘,;oi; Mecklenburg-schwe‘rln,
. _ . . , _ an ehas ace ted-so ”Zurich ‘-
stréat Norwalk. t'patch to‘Le Jifdrhatfqifi “. m‘
. Stanford, Conn
Louis Gitette.
, Ablatin
:- ‘ ‘7‘ .,‘
Namath: _
Ill Recent’presonce of women relatives in the
people animated by‘ithe highest sen- .
RELATIVES ST
SfllllllillS PllflTliST
STAT lillME RULE
Government Asked to Lift
Ban on Women’s Service
Abroad
WASHINGTON, July 27.—The war
and navy secretaries are being asked
to change the rule which bars from
;France and England all women with
irelatives in the service. This rule has
kept thousands of women qualified
A to go into war work from doing so.
“ The rule applies rigidly even where
{the male relative is still in the United
States and the female relative is anx-
ious to go abroad. In such case: the
woman is barred on the theory that
the man might be ordered abroad sui
611131 the two might meet over there,
The theory of this order is that the
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_war zone would tend to confuse the
man. Its real origin. however, dates
back to the experience of the British
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flillilllNAlllUlllAS
. FflllAUtiUSTfiEAll
0N cm anon
Summons Requires 36 From
Norwalk
Allotments for the latest draft cull.
requiring 7:5 Bridgeport men to be en
tr ined from the six boards hr that
cit for Fort Slocum. on August 0, will
be’ received from Adjutant General
George ' lid. ‘Cole todayw Bridgeport is;
"called- upon to send one more than
lfrom Hartford. Other boards in tilts
3 section will supply men for the call as
follows: Milford, seven; Ridgeflcld.
15; Norwalk. 36: Greenwich, 21, and
New billiard. 44.
Must Use 50 Per Cent.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has informed state draft executives
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Willlll [Ill FliillT
EXAMINATISNS
"Are Now Being Taken Up
‘ By the Local Draft Board
Local Exemption Board, No. 14. is
tackling all scrts of examinations
these days, and the "Work or Fight"
problem is now to be taken up with
the first hearing on Monday, July 29th,
at i p. m.
Notices have already been mailed
to each" man on the following list, and
protests have begun to pour in, the
writer stating that be is now engaged
in some useiul occupation.
A member of the board said this
morning: \
“It cannot be too emphatically state
an that it is the duty of every man
notified by this-board, as being engag-
ed in a non-productive occupation, to
notify it of any chahge, either of oc-
cupation or“ residence]?
"Not one in one hundred have done
this, and‘ t is simply following pur ex-
plicit instructions to notify them to,
appear before this board." "
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GOVERNMENT or
. ‘ SIBERIA RESIGNS
A , LONDON, Friday, July lid—The Si-
berian Government. including the Pre-
mier, has resigned, says a. Vladivos-
‘TOk dispatch to the Times.
The list of men leaving fOI‘ Crunch, The Government referred to proba-,
>ny is that recently set up by General
,giorvath; '
notation
s. 'dnke
. «The hirer wasunade by ads
from the "Finnish La
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SIX-Billi—Ei w
Believed to Be the Biggest
'WlLSllNll
., NW
GAVERNMENI “
not mount
IS uphill
On August let the Supplying
of All War Industries
With Common Labor Is
Centralized in U. S. Em-
ployment Service
IN THIS STATE
Move Since the Selective
Draft Started
HARTFORD, July 2.7.~0n and after
August 1, the supplying oi all war in-
dustries with common labor will be
centralized in the United States Em-
ployment Service of the Federal De-
partment of Labor, and all independ-
ent recruiting of common labor by war
industry manufacturers having a pay
roll of more than 100 men will be di-
verted to the United States Employ-
ment Service.
This new Government program will
seriously affect Connecticut, with its
large industrial centers. The ordtr is
in accordance with the decision oi the
War Labor Policies Board, approved
by President Wilson on June 17th. The
War Labor Policies Board is c .mpos-
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WESTERNiTAMTTN" '"
tilll’ANi INllitTEll
Accused of Sendin Letters
by Express in Vio ation of
‘Federal Law
NEW YORK. July 27:~The Western
Union Telegraph Company was in»
dicted by Federal Grand Jury here yes.
terday on charges of having transmit-
ted messages by mail. ,
Two bills were filed. One accuses
the company at having violated the
Federal law which forbids the estab-
lishment of private express for the
carriage 'of letters between points to
which the Government operates mail
service. Eight counts in this indict-
ment cover routes taking in New
York and Boston, New York and
Philadelphia. New York and Wash-
ington. and New York and Baltimore.
The second indictment charges
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haunts
Milli shill A u. s.
Says Every Lynching Helps
Germany More Than Her
Own Gifted Liars—Lynch-
ers Emulate Foe—Calls on
‘ Nation ” to Vindicate, 7 Not
Dis’c'redit, Its Own Demco-
racy ’ ‘ ,
WASHINGTON, July. 27.-——-President
Wilson ybsterday, ina personal state‘
'ment .addresse dto his'fellow country-
ment addressed to his fellow country.
action, called upon the nation to show
the world that while it fights for: dem-
ocracy on foreign fields, it is ‘not de-
stroying, democracy at home. The
President refe‘rred not alone to mob
action against those suspected of be
ing enemy aliens or enemy sympathiz-
ers: he denounced most emphatically
mob action. of all. sorts,‘ especially
ed them in ‘ his, characterisation .o
ordered law and humane Austins.
TandlSotith America as wellVas
to contend that‘ihepratensi
lynchings, and while he did not rater
specifically to lynching of'hegrdes in ,
the South. it"ls known that‘he includ-
mob spiritf‘a‘s "a.“ blow at'ftbeiheart of
It is known that the \lynobingo e- groan
gross. as , well as attacks upon those
suspected’of being‘eenr‘nlés or sympa- ,
miners, have been used by the" tier- ~ -
man propaganda throughout mantra} _ .,
* THAN Tlill TEARS, .
HflllVEll BETTEVES
Food Question Solved, But
Shipping Is Still Problem,
Says Premier
LONDON, July Iii-«Tho problem of
shipping still is betore the Allies now‘
that the food question has been solved,
said Premier Lloyd George in a speech
last night at a dinner given by the
Government in hondrmf Herbert C.
Hoover, the American-Food Adminis-
trator, and the French and italinn
Food Administrators. America would
have a gigantic army in France next
year and tonnage to bring supplies
woaid be greater than the tonnage
needed to bring the men across.
America and Great Britain are build
ing ships very fast, but the demand
for tonnage was increasing. Economy
in the use of food and other necessities
still was urgent.
Mr. Hoover said the only problem
now was that of hips and that
problem had been hriped greatly by
the solution or the foud“ppnblem. add-
ngt' . .
"l am happy to any that [and sun
plies are assured for the period of the
war, and i do not think it necessary
to estimate for more 'than two years
hence. in less than two years the re-
sult will be victory."
HlliHWAT PETITlllN ‘
. llASllEEN llENlEll
State” Must Bear. Extra Ex-
pense For Windsor Under-
pass
HARTFORD, July 27.—-Thc petition
of Highway Commissioner Charles J.
Bennett to the Public Utilities Com-
mission for the modification of the or-
der in apportioning the‘expenao in.
curred in the elimination of the cross-
ing which is described in the statutes
oi the state as a “death trap." at
'tl’in'isor, has been denied. The origin-
al estimate of the expense was $87,000
and the state assumed, on the raconr
mrndatlon of Commissioner Bennett,
the obligation to pay the balance alter
$37000 had —heen apportioned as fol-
lows- . .
To the- New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company, £45,000:
sown xoawux. Milli. antiwar, mum, 1918
French Strike
at Port-a Binsou,EGaining on .
the South Side oi the Marne
Further East the Troops of Generai Goura’ild’
Have Advanced to Montague Sans Noni, ”
tor llall a Mile on Two Mile Front.
Germans Are Still holding the
' North Bank at lite Marne tor
a Considerable Distance.
initial Mind
AUTll with RllAIl
Joseph Piccione and His
Four Guests Pinned Under
the Car and Bruised
Thomas' Hill, at Wilson's Point, was
the scene of what came near being a
serious accident, late last evening.
when a Chevrolet touring car ran into
and overturned a Maxwell, driven by
Joseph Picclone, ot Benton street.
l’icclone was returning from his du-
ties at Benton Point, about 11:30. and
had as occupants George Benfcnbalt,
Patsy Saran, Joseph Lewis and Tony
Coppola. all employesot the Park, and
was coming down Thomas' Hill when
he saw the Chevrolet. driven by Jos-
eph Dusky, coming toward him, going
from side to side. lie called repeated-
ly to Bushy to get on his right side
and give him room to pass. Bushy te-
fuaed to take head of the warnings,
however, and 111st as he passed the
Maxwell the front wheels of both ears
locked.
The force of the impact threw the
Maxwell to the side or; the road-Vent!
overturned it. The. tip} occuphdts
were all pinned b " (“the canned
freed. it was not , , tom a-
acle that some ommfwerewnldi
fatally injured when pinned under the
car, but they aucceedgd in escaping
with minor bruises and scratches. ‘
Dusky was arrested by I’nttblm‘an‘
Sammie, who was notified of the accl-
dent, and was charged with reckless
driving. When brought before Judge
George H. Vosburgh, this morning, he
was lined $26 and coats. amounting to
was.
TAX‘STTISIALS
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“EW *0” “ms ”'1‘h‘iv'em‘lohzwitisofficially rcporte'd‘iwm
Generally fair tonight and Sunday.
New Line
British Raiding Parties
Points. but the Gains Appear lo bei‘Small-
(By The Associated Press.)
Shifting their blows to the
southern arc of the sector be-
tween Soissons and Rheims, the
French have struck the German
line at Port-a-Binson, on the south
side of “the Marne and about, a
milersouth of thb village of Chatil-
fr. . let the French lines were
advanced at that point.
Farther east, on the Champagne
sector, the troops of General
Gouraud have by a local opera-
tion south of Montague Sans Nom,
(mountain without a name) press-
ed forward oi'or half a mile along
a front of nearly two miles.
The advance east ‘of Rheinis
seemingly was for the purpose of
restoring the Allied line in that
section of the battle front. The
attack at Port-a-Binson, however,
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WASHINGTON. July 27.——Wlde va~
cess profits taxes in different states
this year as compared with income tax
payments last year was shown today
by tabulations of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. Eight times as much row-hue
was received from these sources this
year as last in the entire country, the
comparative ngures being $2,921,000,-
000 and.8359,000,000, yet the stresses
by states ranged from 2.6 times. too
ldaho, Utah and Montana, to 15 times,
for Mississippi. Alabama and West
Virginia. ' , "
New York State ranks first in the
the town of Windsor. $12000. and the
Hartford and ‘Springheld Street Rall-
way Company, $10,000. The apparent
balance when the state agreed to pay
it at the‘ time of the apportionment,
Was $50,000. But the actual cost of the
work was 3109.000. so that under the
order of the commission making" the
apportionment the state has to pay
$22,000 more. The decision means
that the state must pay 872.600.
. ll. SSAllETS ., ‘
.wiimlmm
Captain vied Mf'l‘efiey, U. s. B. s...
is in receipt at a communication from
of Port Chester, announcing the com
ing of J. Rush Bronson. National
an addressee Ways,” at ,the
party. to be given by the localt
on Mondaygdulyzflth. 1 1
Mr. , Bronson :wi
i25 Amari { .
ter,:,who .will give \a Data
do to‘partlclpate in the townie
a
will; is urged t
V ' ~59
ntag“ Th
will returniwith th
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a premium
e- .
Capt. Edmund’lt. Nediey, U. S. B. “8.,
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”001’ “out.
3 his left arm, and he‘started, as he sup-.1.
, to swim‘ashore.x In the natal
, he lost’his bearings and began to
call {or help; His cries Were hoard
iihe‘sqcomamesby
can Cadets tide“ . m Ches- ms
.in . the l‘
Secofid'. district; betgre 801 S to; tit:
Every mother‘in the; city otfbiorr
obs. present saints,
r. Edam” ,‘s ad-f
volume of~lncome and excess profits
ttaxes returhed this year. yet the in-
lerease-over last year's yield was only
5 1-3 times.
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itabulations. ‘ ‘
l lnEreases by other.
‘follows:
A Pennsylvania, 11 times; M
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states, Were a
sine, Ver-
9.7; Massachusetts, 81:3; Connecticut
and Rhode island (jointly). 8; New
Jerseygfi 2.3; DelaWara, Maryland and
District of Columbia (jointly), 0 1-2.
fovERcoME WHILE '
our SWIMMING
known man of all work for
obscene
polled
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stay. where unusual has ““1
WI?- vl‘he,;latter’tallauljto '
alons concerning tax‘ evasions from in?
meat and New Hampshire (jointlifld
by George‘Palmer. also gramme.
Ail
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had another. object; -~ German
“troops were reported early in the
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riation in the yield of income and ex—lot' the western spurs of Rheims
{Mountain A considerable success
week at Marfaux and Ponrcy,
northeast of Chatillon and south
near Chatillon would put them into
a pocket within the larger pocket
the middle of the German salient.
Rlieims.
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south and southwest of Fete-en
‘Tardenois. This was said to bevel
been nearly accomplished.
i In spite of the generalcxpecta
i
e
and tend to force their withdfaw-
al to new lines farther back toward
West of Port~a-Binson, the Ger-
mans hold the north bank of the
Marne fox’ a considerable distance
and the French apparently have
struck at the angle between the
German line along the river and
“that from the Marne toward
Along the western side of the.
Tax officials. This said, have found itiGerman salient, there is no ofiiciai
mention of events 01‘; especial im-
portance during-last night. It is
spreporte‘d that French and Ameri-
Icans were attacking the enemy this
.morning, centering their eiforts out
the work of clearing the Germans,
out of the wooded area to the‘
tion that the Germans are fighting
._._7__ on the southern side of the salient
James Edward Jackson, the well- to covepthe retreat of theirarmies
7 Council-'snd‘the salvaging ofthe vast sup-
man Kobert M. Wolfe. had a narrowL
H (mm drowning last evening.
Field Commissioner. W110 will deliver. a: redidfihxefzggihfiifiufnfefi:
lawn suddenly taken sick-while quite a ways pears to be a diSPOSltIOH in part Of
,tirdlackson has-the use oronly some of the military experts to
onsider the'possibility of a new
German attack somewhere on the
battle line between Soissons and
~ Rheims. The stubborn manner ill"
. and thallium-called out for James to which the enemy has been fighting.
and .his' . failure to, attack on some
other sector points-it is contend;
ed, is due toting rectilinethaoer-
nines d e
plies piled up along the Marne int
preparation for the great oifensive
wh1cl1~began~on July‘15, there ap-
ed ‘.
Are Active at Various '0
Along the British front, near Ar- ‘.
res and Lens, and along the Somme .
lscctor, the German artillery has
lbeen active. British raiding par.
{ties have been active at, vari‘diti
Ipoints along their lines. ,
A lull, probably only for a few
hours, has intervened injhflvdfl'.
paratebattle in the Marne. sullen
The Allied ofiensivsrsltbaushtm :
checked by the Germans, has slow-
ed down. Enemy counter-aft“
have ceased for the moment. _ ..
Meanwhile, the Allied artillery” ‘
is pouring a heavy fire on the Ger».
man bases, depots and lines of com-E,
munication within the pocket bah-f
tween Rheims and Soissons. This.
entire region is within the range.
of the bg guns and, as“ on the pre-.
vions days, they continue to heme,"
mer the enemy unceasingly. Al.~
lied airmen have increased the in- ‘
tensity of their bombing opera- .
tions. As a result, the Germans.
within the pocket probably are no,
better ofl than during the period
of bitter fighting around the ever-
narrowing edges. ‘
From the Ourcq to the Marne?
and along the Marne, the Germans
have been cleared almost entirely ‘
from the Fere and Ris Forests, and
the Tournclle Wood, and not!
stand with their backs against the
virtually clear plateau between;
Fete-en-Tardenois and Ville-en-
Tardcnois. The Allied lines are:
within a few miles of these places
and Fore, originally the most im»
portant southern base, is of no use : ‘
to the enemy, Allied guns dominate
ing the town and the diverging.
roads. This situation was improv .
ed further for the Allies by'thai
capture of Viliemontoire angle.
Oulchy-le-Chateau, which‘the oer.
mans have made no attempt tore-“r
take. . _ ' '
Almost all the progress Friday,
was made in the, wooded areas
north of the Marne, and between,
the Marne and the Ourcq. Using
as small a number of men as pos—
sible, the enemy depended uppn'
w-artillery and machine guns to halt;
che French and Americans, but-
lthey pushed on and chased the»
‘Gcrmans to the northern edge. Lo-
Acal showers fell over much of the»
sbattle areaFriday. . ' ;
i It” is believed the = German ‘
‘Crown Prince, continues -to with.“
ldraw his men and supplies from
lips salienttu More fires have been
{seen and explosions heartlgswithin
lthe enemy lines. To Withdraw
' “Finnish“ . an , admissio the
Crown Prince that be its in '
a serious setba‘ek;’ There p
Iwould he admits the man
morale and "the Germs man
<~rcommand my posts , " '
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