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ARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918
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George W. Waring Reports
Loss of Large Number of
Valuable Diamonds From!
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7 B. M. Curry, Instead of Wil-
liam M. Lybrand, Lost
$600 or $700
Several new features in inc Shore-
havcn robbery, of Tuesdayntaht. lta\e
developed and it is now known that
four residences, instead of three, were
robbed. and in two of the placus a
' number of valuable jewels were taken.
As stated exclusively_ in yes'mullt .s
Sentinel, the. bottles of (2. ill Ctll‘l)’,
William M. Lybrand and Frederica
Hurl‘butt, all New Yorkers, summerin:
at Shorehaven, Were entered on 'l‘lit‘s-
day evening and a large sum of n oncy
he
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Collector of Port McGovern
, Warns Owners of Prosecu-
tion Unless Special Permit
Is Secured ‘
BluDGEPQ 3‘, August 8.——Jnmes L.
McGovern, .. color of the port, ill a
statement yesterday, warned owners
or powerboats and sailing vessels not
gelceeding 16 feet in length that they
must not operate in the BridgepOt-t
harbor or adjacent waters utter suti-'
‘oet or bvfcre sunrise.
The customs Ofllce in this city now
*controls the licensing and registering
otsmall boats not forlllerly required
to take out either license or etzistr'l-
tion papers. The warning comes,“
the result of several reports that own-
ers of small boats have been operating
in the Sound after sunset.
The customs office announced that
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Hoarding of 50,000,000 Tons
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_ WASHINGTON. August 8.——Efforts
yesterday to learn what has become,
at 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 tons of coal
’saved" through industrial curtailment
orders of the 'Fuel Administration
were without result. It.,is not. known
where the coal is now or who has it.
Officials of the War Industries Board
made the guess that “isomehody is
hoarding coal." '
"inquiries brought out the fact that
twithstanding the increase in pro-
uctieli, as indicated in reports of the
Geological survey, there is_likelihood
this winter of a shortage in excess of
that of‘ last winter, which reached a
climax in the industrial suspension or-
der of Dr. Garfield, January 17. * l .
:VTEAMFVULCANIBER
‘ WR_ECKS AVSTORE
g. WATERBURY, August 8,—A steam
vulvanizer used to repair automObile
tires at the plant of the Gunn Rubber
Company, on Abbott avenue, exploded
shortly" after one o'clock yesterday.
housing a“‘ report that" made Water-
buryiane think the town had been to. ‘
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_ . inside
-- No :one waninear, the vnlr’.
co the explosion.
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Raid Covers Weekly Barred
From Mails and Business
to Trace
Funds
PHILADEITHIA. August S.«-—Unlt-
led States District Attorney Kalle hid
under t'XillLllllailOfl today a mass of pa
pers, documcn s and letters taken in
the search yesterday for Gcrtltall pup-
taganon in the Oificc of three manufac-
turing concerns in Reading, Pm; and
,at the home of Prof. II. C. Sc'icidr, of
Lancaster, Pa. The Reading concerns
,are the textile machine works, Berk-
‘sllire Knitting Mills and the Narrow
Fabric Company. all of which an) con-
trolled largely by Ferdinand Thun
and Harry K. Janssen, and rcprescn.
Nucleus of American Expe-
dition to Russia Will Be
Two Companies of Regu-
lars From Philippines
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British Troops Landed at:
Vladivostok Received a.
Friendly Reception
Propaganda
No arrests weer made. '
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WASHINGTON, August S.—-Firstl
details of American military aid to be!
sent to Siberia for the protection of
the rear of the Czeclto-Slovak forces
ill their movement westward against
Germans, Austrians and hostile fac-,
lions were made public yesterdayi
with the announcement by General
March. chief of stall. that Major Gen-
the American forces. the nucleus oil
which will be two regiments of round Fireman AISO Believed Dead
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Storm at Saybrook Junc-
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SAYBROOK JUNCTION August 8.
——Durlllg a terrific storm over this sec-
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:the New York, New Haven and Hart-
;i’ord railroad. Engineer Clarence
(Dance, of New London, Conn, was
‘killed and it fireman is also believed
. , to be dead. 'l‘cn freight cars ware
Automobiles Likely‘ delilolisllcii.
t0 Wipe Out Ford as Com_i All lights were out became of the
. iptorm, which uprooted trees and
men Carrier *
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'causcd much damage.
With the application of proposed.
war taxes jitnoy men predict the [miss-5
ing of the small Ford passenger cart
with its frayed curtains, unl-lcltcrllNEflME TAXES FflR
ntlon. The big $2,000 or cvt-n more,
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doors, and other evidences of deterior-
costly bus carrying a number of pas-i
seiigers is to survive and becomccvcnl
more luxurious in its appointments.
now is promised by the so-callcd jit-
Bill Made by House Com-
mittee—Bonds Hit
WASHINGTON, August
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flAMAfiE IN STflRM beads was written into the 080000.000-
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Lake Charles Devastated by; 0"” " "“1 “m“
_ . . VTiIC‘ committee also docidcd to apply
GaIFAvlatlon Officers In the tentative estate taxes to proceeds
. 10! Insurance. policies in excess of $40;
Charge 0f Ponce l000. Chairman Kitchin t‘xpi‘esnetl liiC
"‘—‘ topinion that the committee would fill-
Ilsll its task of framing the bill in time
S: ~-'l‘;t.\'a-
tion of the incomes of the I’lcsitient.
Federal judges and state officials and
by the
LAFAYETTE, La., August ~8.—The
tropical storm which swept the Louis; ._____.
iana coast yesterday afternoon, (Continued on Page Two)
wrought great havoc in Lake Charlesi , '
and vicinity..according to reports to-
day. Ten persons are reported to have ,>.
been killed and property damage will .
reach more than a. million dollars. 7
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being entirely demolished. '
Electric light, telegraph and tcle- '
phone wires were down and the city] ""
was in darkness last night. ‘ ' |
Hardly a building in Lake Charles os-
caped damage, more than a hundred
A congenial group of South Nor-
Lieut. Fattler, Of G
field, was placed in charge of the. ‘-‘01- in the rear of the Red Men's Hall,
tinteer police, to co—operate with the ’Washmgmn street, last evening, And
city police and soldiers from Gerstuer: enjoyed a fine claulbake. with all the
field. lfixings. The affair was ‘under the di-
;rection of Captain William F. Hoyt,
whoarranged it as a confpliment to
his guest, William Smith. of the staff
'of the New Yolgt Herald. Deacon
. ‘ William Miller a ly assisted in me
DRAF TED MEN warms; the bake, which was-prOnonnc-
. —-———-—-— , ‘ led one of the best the thirty in at-
,HA‘RTP‘ORD: August 8.——To make W tendanco had ever enjoyed. The mak-
harder for draft registrants to procure ers Of the bake WWW“! many coulplio
liquor; while jburneying from their 10. ,ments on the success of the straw.
cal board headquarters tocamp, the.
Federal Government, is soon to pro-‘DRAFT SYSTEM NOT .
vide special uniforms, which must be. TO INCLUDE NAVY
donned previous to entrainment and
not removed until camp is reached. ,
WASHINGTON, August Ills—Exten-
the draft, made this announcement to-? slon of the draft system to the Navy
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UNIFORM FOR
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Major John Buckley. state director of
day, and said he would seen issue the is not regarded as necessary at Ulis‘.
necessary instructions to local boards.
time by the Navy Departments ltrar
ducted men appointedoby their local of Navi ation, fold the Senate Military.
boardsiis captains".a dilieutenants, of commltee'today the navy“ virtually
entraining squadn‘..wo id be given the has all the men it needs and that on-
status of" special pelicetor thedura
tion ‘0! the Journey. ’
[ll PRU-HERMANS
Places of Hypens—-Eil’ort
a capital of several million dollars.
lfht
lided. two miles west 0 this place, on1
'New Agreement on Revenue1
Allies? Commence 06w Attack _
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Near Bedford Reforma-:
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"W iHc Called on Norwalk Sol-
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liltillFOItl), August x—«Tluee rum») dler.and I‘Olllld the C?“-
it? pllgsingrs, led by (iiagys Hortoni nectlcut BOYS In the Plnk
. 're c e up n punts meat cc 5 ' '
{in the State Ileformalory .for Women‘ or Condition
‘in Bedford yesterday after being trap-i ' .
ped and recaptured in the woods of M” Caroline lloulens, 0f 3‘ 1‘2
‘the country place of Mrs. Seth lm',.59,”"g street, has been agreeably sur-
wealthy widow of New York's former' prised to receive the following letter
,mayor and one time head of (‘olum-Tm’m Rev. Oscar E. Muurer, pastor of
.bl“ l'nlvcrsitdy there. tthe Center church, New Haven, now
= In the sweltering beat the three engaged in Y' M- C- A’ work °"““‘““53 ‘
[young women, according to Supt. Hui-i June 29m- 1918-
ien t‘obb, not lost ill the woods and “V De“ Mm ”01’1"“:
i I am a total strangcrto you, but I
l lthink that you will be glad to know
i lthlrt yesterday I visited the camp in
which your son Homer ls located. and
bod: ti‘n‘e visitlwithliiim ling'lht.‘ rest Giving the Gerllmlls no time. to
o t e ,onnectcnt oys, our son, ,, , -. .. '
certainly looks as though ”my m.e.l..lttll then breath alter tllcn
st and Southeast oi Amiclls’
With First French and Fourth
British Armies Engaged.
Satisfactory Progress Reported. ? '
ill the Early Stages of
the Conflict.
Marshal Foch Tries to Break up the Enemy”
Line Between Monididier and Soissolls.
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(By The Associated Frees.) since stood virtually intact, with.
its apex at Montdidier and its base
roughly extending along the line.
01‘1”“!ng defeat on the Aisue- from Albert, near the Somme, on.
Marne front, Marshal Foch ltns'tllc north, to Noyon, on the Olse.
launched a fresh blow against .0" its southern side..
them in a new sector.~ .. i “The front undermttack‘ is not: . _
The attack started at dawn t0-.dcflllitcly defined, but it seems
day on a wide front. in l’iclu‘di',Iprohablc that its length is at least '
east and southeast of Amiens. 'l‘lle twenty miles, fmm the Somme
:FI‘PIICII First Army and the lirit- smith to the Montdidicr region.
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'this new offensive. which is lllldt‘P‘in
NEW YORK, August8,—informatlon'the immediate direction of Field
that the American'stelimshlp Meraanarshui Haig, the Brtisll com-
:lizi: Ssggfrigia'ofi“3,.:,‘én'}§.‘fi.§.f%§tmandt‘F’iH-t‘hlef: ididier and Soissons before the
Tuesday night, was received today in' Both the Paris and London ofii- Germans had time to stabilize the
”m... been rec,.;,.ed by Leo A. Rome, marine insurance circles here. One cial statements announce tlleISnissons-Rheims front.
_the state director of Hartford were :mall imtite mumh‘l‘l‘fi sigma“ ““gngmhonins 0f the attack “I‘d "Writ Allied troops on two widely sep-
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is follow8:. ’ WASHINGTON, Aug s rang—Sinking 5:989:39... , _ . . ,are keeping the Germans busy and
I 1. Employers may continue to hire 0! the small unarmed it clean steamji ‘l'jTh'P field (If the fighting IS III have earned out local advances
workels who apply at the plant witll- 9' Mam-k by “,Germ‘mo submarine 0“ the scene of the most pronounced which may prove of first impart-
iout solicitation, direct or indirect. ‘ggtggfltsgdg (1:03]: Sgigllglerraiainent .German success in this year’s SET-'nnce in future Operations.
Iii'o details bare given‘. ' " ics of enemy otl‘ensives. It was hit Along the Vesle. French and
the fil‘St German blow, dellVCl‘t‘d American troops have crossed the
"R M AC]: ARL AN“ against the British front between river successfully on a front of
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Men For War Work Plants.
Must Be Secured Through
United States Employment
Service
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Marshal Foch's object in striko
g here may well have been bns~ _
ed upon the idea of breaking up
:thc enemy line between Mont-
Ilegulations of the War Industries
‘iloard containing prohibitions against
ithc recruiting of unskilled labor for;
{war work plants except through the
;l‘nilcd States Employment Service
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BATHERS SAVEI]
(‘ltmbrai and La-Fere On March about five miles between Braisne,
21, that the enemy broke "“0 the and Fismes. North of Rheims, on
until he had posited the head 0f "French have moved ftIIIl hundred
, [i
a tax on state, county and municipal‘ FRflM DRUWN|N
committee:
erstner aviation walk business men gathered ill the lot.
Major Buckley. also explaLii‘ed that in-' Admiral Palmer. Chief» of the Bureau
lishnents would not bra-affected by 1
than til
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Tllree cases of near drowmngs.oc- Eris}? A‘uglijst 7 ZAs‘sociatlgd P133523“
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,curred at Roton Point, yes- ’l Albert toia' rece"di audi-t
~terday afternoon, and, but for the -1‘ ng ‘ " ‘0' n ‘
quick work of members of the local-ggfiéglle 5122;813:113; S.‘£gac;oédi:ogil
division of the Life Saving Corps, at ' . é
number of lives would have been lost. Council or the Chulches Of Christ. in
The first rescue was made by Rob- America, who presented a message,
~ 1 il.
ert A. Gainer, oi the local police force, them the co the i
. _ , King, Albert said that he was deep-‘
iuho saved WET?” 9f an “131M312 ly touched by the. sentiments express-l
gliding man. to 50‘”)? , . ’ -bl ed in the message, and that he was
's“‘“’ about. 20 years of “"t' “in.” on? f‘ happy to show his army to the Rev.!
‘10 “1m and, regfllfim” M- t 3215’ firm: Mr. Macfarland. who, be hoped, wouldi
19d. for the float “uh the 8‘ 9, d avail himself of the opportunity to ob-f
lfmend. When they had almost leach- serve the superb morale and unhend»,
ing endurance of these men, separated;
from their families for four years. ;
TheKing added that the sentiments,
of the. American people, so admirably,
E expressed in the message, would be a;
igreai encouragement to the Belgian'
luation. and would serve to strengthen,
HARTFORD, August 8.——l\lajorJolln¢the noble spirit of the Belgian soldiersi
Buckley, state director of the draft.“ and people. King Albert thanked the'
announced today that, it the draft age federation for its message.
were raised, men affected whose
names are’ registered in his oflice as VISIT NORWALK BOYS 1
Government appeal agents and as; ’ AT NEW LONDON
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members of local and district boards.|
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Benedict»
would be“ placed in Class 3 on that ‘
round that he were necessary em~
g t y Mrs. Frances Fudge and" Miss Mabel:
Gehrmann, of this city, visited New.
ployes in the service of the United
States. -
London, yesterday, to watch the re-i
This r li will affect a large num-
her, in. glen: of the probability that view and send off to the Sixtrel but;
. the‘maximum draft age will be placed Regiment, C. _A. 0., which has een‘,
at 45 years. Major Buckley was nsk- stationed at Fort Terry and which is‘
ed what the attitude of the Govern
ment was likely to he should a local
or district board member, or a Gov-
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DRAFT WORKERS
, 1N CLASS THRE
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soon to go over there. There were a
number of Norwalk boys in lino, in-.
cluding Howard Benedict, Chester"
mment appeal agent, elect to resignl Guthrie. Seeley Benedict and “Brick"i
s it an enter the ranks of the Ball.
.llt'ttflii’iriiokztrmy‘.i -. The regiment. 1,800 strong, were ini
l‘S'uch mencould submit. their reslg- full marching equipment, and mode a
onli‘tigns, of course, but they would not splendid :showing despite the in-ensé
t1nd.it easy to not their resignations-heat.” They passed inreylew in front:
approved," the’major'repiied. "Bonrdi ct Goyernor, Holcomb, and a number]
members . and“ obvernment ‘app'elll:orci‘tyotncials and army officers, ini
agentscant‘rénder‘om’cre Valuable servo front ot‘the‘municipal building, and
' ' ‘ ' ‘ their: drat work. then'm'arched to Plant- Flamenco;
"ks! ii ted. roar iwuvcarried out .
a:
REEEIVED BY “lNfi;Allie(l line and was not stopped the eastern end of this sector, the
his assaulting columns down to yin-(IS between 1110 railroad run.
the region of Mouldidicr. HP nine: to 1180“ and Bethe]. _
swept over a wide stretch of. tcrri-f British troops at the apex of the
it)l‘_\'. including- tllt‘ districts the Lys 1131'ch pushed forward their
Germans had devastated in their lines more than half a mile on a,
retreat of March, 1017, and estab-i ,
lishcd the vast salient that has' (0'0“de On Page 51‘)
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Norwalk People Urged to1
Get Ready to Subscribe
Much More Than They
liave Done Before
New Liberty Bonds Will -
” Bear 4 1-4- Per Cent. Inter-
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Nor-walk people are urged to get CHICAGO. August 'i.——Wlli_l:tm G:
ready for the Fourth Liberty Loanand ‘McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury.
are requested to make plans to sub- last night’declared himself. unreserved~
scribe at least double, if not ‘riplc,; iy in favor of it flat war profits tax of
what they gave on the occasion of the: 80 per cent. “The adoption lt'nn 8t}
Thirty Liberty. 'l‘he‘Government au-,‘ per cent. war profits tax, should ren~
tltorities have decided to make the‘der unnecessary anti I believe unde- ,
loan a $6,000,000.000 loan and, for that sirable, any increase in the existingi
reason. Norwalk will be compelled to’ excess profits tax rate,’ be declared.
shoulder lnore than double who: was Director General McAdm yet-treniay
undertaken on the occas\")n° ot‘ the! inspectedx Chicago railwry terminals? ,
Third Liberty Loan campaign. lwith a view of making further com
A meeting of the Liberty Loan com-l
mitten was held yesterday afternoon,
at 45 Wall street, at which plans werel ,. ‘
made for starting the drive in the veryl TOURING CARS IN COLLISION.
near future. James Wood, William J'. A slight accident occurred at. $3250
Young, John B. Gruelle, Porter Emer- last evening when a Ford touring (Ar. .
son Browne, Judge William F. Tam-belongifigto I. L. Slocum. of‘fmnbury. .
many. Charles T. Dimond,“ RBV. it}; and a Ford belonging to NICK Patchen; .
Lynch, David H. Miller, D. Henry Nil" 0! this ”It”, collided In front 0f "33,,“
ler of Georgetown, Frederick A. Lila“ Armory- Both cars were proceeding w
William 0' Baur, CAM“ Byingtorl towards South Nor-walk‘atthe iimeof;
and others were added to the commit-
tee at the meeting held yesterday.
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.aged.~but as the Danbnry party set-r
'tledrsatiwictcrily. no arrests were new-
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