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PARIS, August 13 (Correspoudqme
of The Ass iated Press).—The heroic
exploits a hear-breadth escapes of
' Bathing Suit;
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20% REDUCTION
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‘satety and went out again to {We taken; . ’i
log. Wins
a wounded nurse. in the last trip his
arm was shattered by a bullet and la.
Next we find Betrand {passenger
on board at ship bound for France.
The torpedo or tub hit the vessel shah
tered one of e‘trand's legs. Calmly
amputetlng it with his knife. Betrand
bound up the stump. dragged himselt
of the bathing season ahead of
you ,
D‘Artagnan as narrated by Dumas in, t0 the rail, threw himself overboard,
t‘il‘he Three Musketeers," fade into 118.118“! 10115 ellOugh to rescue the cap-
comparatlve insignificance when oom- ' tam and ""1111 10 3 piece of drift W00d.
. o the. fishe en
‘yrovisions and cloth-
.wsre ordered into the
dorythey we told to be quick about
it, and they were? close by when their
vessel was “hailed. Iln several in-
‘ustances requests that» they be permit-
ted to retain trinkeis were refused by
the enemy, who swore‘ at them and
showed a more hostile attitude than
that noted by the crews of other boats
sent down. .
NANTUCKE'I‘. Mass... August 13.—
An American flag, torn from the mash
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Buy Collars, B. V. D. and
30c ' ' Underwear he-
tore Aug. 15 and save the ad.
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JOSEPH DAVIS
‘85 Washington Street
$OUTH NORWALK
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pared with the achievements of Rene
Bertrand, as told by himself. Minus
an arm and a leg, with nine medals.
glittering on his breast, and asserting
that his body bore more than 30 bill-l
, let and bayonet wounds. “Private
,Rene Betrand, of the French Colonel
lintantry," posed in Paris as the great—
: est hero of the war. f
| Now he has been arrested as per?
hope one of the war’s greatest takirs. .
and the police authorities declare that .
he lost his leg and arm in a railway
accident and that five imprisonments
:instead of five citations compose his,
record. it was the publication of Be".
.irand’s photograph in a French news-j
paper that led to his undoing.
. Meantime. while reveling in the‘
fruits of his own romance, Betrand
,enjoyed the confidence of army Dillyl
' RICHARD HUDNUT’S jcers and the credit of the leading,
, PERFUMES AND TOILET
narrows
pron Kiss
race rownnss, random,
‘ com CREAM. are.
Special Low Prices At
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' The planet Jupiter may be found
:near Venus in Gemini in the western
morning sky. rising about 3 m.
.. ,biichael Buchta, off Sound View ave
Title, has had his lwsldcnce extensively
repaired, including new route, etc.
3
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,y The annual meeting of the Connecti-
£tlt Fire Chief's Club will be held at
tho ,Elk's Club 354 Main street Bridge‘
port. tomorrow, beginning at 11 a. m.
Qui'o a number of the former leaders
of the local firefighters are planning
Itolnttend the reunion.
l
,' 'lvelscn H. Mitchell of Harbor View
wits operated upon for appendicitis,
. stony; iit tic Peter Bent Brigham
lidspltal. Boston;'l\inss. His condition
1‘5.“ good as can be expected, as he
. ‘was very ill when taken to the hospi-
"till. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mitchell
"were called to Boston to care for him.
' ' Seargent Campbell. 1!.
stationed at Fort Terry, is in town for
S. A. now-
, Paris cafes. One famous and teariessf
j aviator made Private Betrand his god—
} son and “adopted" him for the balance
.3 ol' the war. ..
"3 The medals he were included the
cross of the legion of honor. the mili-
,tary medal, the war cross with seven,
gpalms and five stars, the British mill-
} tary cross, the Belgian war cross, the
' colonial medal. medal of Morocco, and
ithc medal for saving life, and the med
gal for wounds. In addition, he were
1 the “t'ouragerc” of the legion of honor.
5 Where he got them has not been
disclosed but to account for them Be-
trund constructed a story of wonder-
ful incidents. According to this this
he won the military medal by saving
the lives of two officers and was him-
self wounded in the thigh when sur-
rounded by nutives while fighting with
the French Territorial Forces, in Mo-
rocco, in 1913. » '
't‘ltenhccordtng to his own story, Be-
trand won the war cross in a patrol
exploit in the present war, when, after
ills companions were killed he captur-
ed a whole German cooking outfit at
Loon, having killed most of the cooks.
Next, fighting with the British on the
,Somme he won the military cross by
icapturing 12 Germans single-handed.
Meantime he had been captured five
limits by the Germans but always man-
aged to escape. .
1n the next chapter of his biogra-
phy lletrand appears in the fight
around Monustir on the Macedonian
front. where be simultaneously oper-
ated four machine guns md wreaked
:such an awful hnvoc with the enemy
Hint their attack was beaten off. At
the battle of Monastic he 9‘, ed to;
‘rescue an officer, who lay wounded in
No Man's Land. dud" ‘waa himself
{wounded in the abdomen. «Benoit; hill
where he lived for three days and,head of the little schooner Lena May,
three nights before being rescued byione of the fishermen sunk by a Gen
3 Spanish vessel. For this Betrandfman submarine‘ Off the New England
Isaid‘ho received the medal of the le-‘coast Saturday. was taken aboard the
gion of honor. enemy craft by a. German officer, who
Numerous stars and leaves of palmsl wrapped it arOund his neck and gave
that Betrand wore upon his war cross a grotesque exhibition of dancing,
had been acquired, according to his‘\While his men. each armed with a re-
tale, by 12 distinct acts of heroism'volvel‘ylookt’d 0“ and Cheel‘ed.
worthy of the coveted cross, but the. This was the story told here 106W
details of these incidents have not yet by survtvors of the vessel who were,
been given to the public. forced to witness the performance?
—- l The fishermen had been ordered:
aboard the U-boat. Where ten of them‘
GERMAN UU'BOAT STILL ’Stood against the conning tower to be
ACTIVE OFF NEYuphotographed. As they were being,
lined up for the picture, they were
ENGLAYND COAST’ AND jeered by the U-boat crew. and knock?
SINKIRG SEVERAL ed about when they failed to more asg
SEVERAL MORE BOATS‘rapidly as the commander ordered. 6
Tile mate of the Lena May declared;
[the Gel-lilans'were intoxicated. lie.
said the American flag was flung down;
* and stamped on, amid shrieks from
more depth charges were set off and the captors.
the sublllel‘sible was no ‘ .1 ‘ ‘ " " ‘" ' ' ' '
ter. t seen theleaf lefi) 13532911,:éuge li‘mgllfugilkulir tIVltles Committee of the Knights of
. 5 p . it ‘. ‘ , . .
LONDON. August 11—h Britishtor-‘wag asked why they wanted a photo— Columbus. He has long been working
pedo boat destroyer was sunk by an graph? . ito send men and money to he“) the
:hfimoyn sxgmzlpn: if; the Mediterran.‘ “That goes back ,0 Germany," he soldiers in France, and his success
etro 9" go | . seven of the f‘e‘greplied. “to sh'w what. we do over hushecn remarkable.
. d 3:18 comp ement were last. 'lhe here. We have quite a lot of lbem.‘
.3 mllalty made this announcement to- They look good in Berlin " ‘
ay. ‘ ‘
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NANTITOhluT, Mass” August 13.~—lan’3111g:{KITSE Sgttiieufngllii-l- ’31.;y'mdld. but we were glad to not nway.‘
Th auxiliary schooner Earl and Nettie ermnn sent down by gunfire sail {Fenland the thing that hurt most was the
was added today to the list of fishing”. up“), oml_,‘laeoufi my, l ", '1’ way they shouted while stamping on
vessels sunk by a German submarineilf‘né 1‘”. ti It‘Hermans “133.“, “‘ ‘,’e,ftour flag."
off Georges Bank, Saturday. The six :3, in ,n Tin-[midst in, ‘ m}; ‘f’ liml' WASHINGTON. August
nlelubel's of the crew. plotted up one ‘ l “.‘V ‘ . ‘ ' “p a ' lt‘.‘
hundred miles east of Nantucket and subroutine (olnmnnder. found
brought here with four survivm-s of ””0““ ”1‘" he could smk ”n.
the schooner Anita May, reported that -
'ly. They were told to stand
their vessel had been sunk by gunfireawait destruction. of Fire Island, N. Y.. the Navy De-
aftcr having been looted by a raiding'
in the desire to obtain food and partment was advised t .
squad from the U-boat. ed“ M the
clothing the commander set out in n commandant of the Third Nut ‘
, . . 'ai D. .
Efforts to find other fishermen adrift dory, and to save his own men llolll' s
. _ . _ lirict. (.‘aptain Hanson and thirtvmem-
in dorles were held up by a fog. The! the work ol rolling. Captain Honk Shots of the crew were rescued by a
bout bringing the survivors of the
Lynch, of the Lena May. and two Clh- naval atro on .
Earl and Nettie and the Lena May or tlsllernwn were required to man lhciThere first-slug catsuaaxlljlets‘m to pm.
picked its way cautiously andmlldo "boat. The duty moved swiftly (IN-WM The captain reported that he saw
port safely. .but Captain Lynch was ordered I‘G'lthe wake of a torpedo and immediate-
With the arrival of the men from peutchy to lllllTL iiy reversed engines. The torpedo puss.
the Earl and Nettie, the number of f The continual jeering M ”I? G"I"’e(l under the bow of the vessel which
fishing vessels known to have been "titans got on the 1191“?» Of the “Sher-twee drawing only seven rector. water
sunk was increased to 162". Twoqneu. lull'dy tlleu accustomed to luzIIIYil‘ull speed ahead was then-ordered.
steamers, the Penlstone, of British dancers. but they mmnlned quietflormut the torpedo turned shprplv to on;
regtStry. and the Swedish freighter twhilc orders were shouted in Gcrmanplen and returned, hitting mg, vessel
Sydltlnd, also were sent to the bottom [which they could not understand. the behind the third and fourth holds on
off tire New England Ctlttst by the sight of man) revolvers showed thatinm port side.
submarine. . Alley would have no chance" if they 0f"! The force of the explosion tore a
(‘aptain Frank Lynch and two nlcm-ifercd resistance. The crew was on-Lgreat no]; in the “do of the ship and
bers of the crew of the Lelia May had ,couraged by oll‘lccra of the U-bont. in five mlnuteg the whole deck untid-
not been accounted for by shlpmfllefi ‘Thero W119 H “‘88“ Olllbllrfil 3“ ”19 3511' . ship was awash. The crew succeeded
who reitched here. termen btlfll'dt‘d their dory-und pulled.tll launching two boats and ti '
The Earl and Nettle's men reported ,‘liway. ' in safety. They saw the \vggsclmai
they were subjected to many indigni-l ‘Thcy had when everything we had down stem first, and finally stand :1.
tie: by the U-boat's crew. The per~ except the clothes we wore," the mate most upright in the ,water about (curl
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Colonel P. H. Callahan of Kentucky
is the past chairman of the War Ac-
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13.—Jl‘he
:Norvvcgian steamer Sommerstad was
“30f“ “:torpedoed Without warning and soak
nd by aIGcrman submarine yesterday
mornlng, tewnty-five miles southeast
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a.
More Power to
a short furlough. Davey who is champ?
ion wrestler at 140 lbs, in the Newi
England camps. says that the game is
rather slow during the hot weatherfl
but he has enough practice among thei
The ALLIES "
,- boys at the fort to keep in A. 1. condi-
tion.
, Letter carrier Henry :‘l. Perry re-.
wealed’a singular coincidence yester-
day in speaking of the 52nd annual re-
tznicn of the Seventeenth Conn. Vol.
Association will ge held at Roton
l‘oint August 28. His father, nobo'rt N,
J’erry enlisted in Co. E. of the 17th,
and nearly 30 years later when the son
enlisted during the Spanish American
over, he served in the 17th U. S. regu-
lars.
The annual outing and Clambake of
"lie Business lion's Asoclation of Nor-
'.waik will be held next Wednesday,
August 21. The businessmen of the
city were eagerly looking forward to
this day when they observe their on-
igual Custom in a royal manner. The
affair will be held its usual on one of
Itho Nortvnlk Islands, probably Smith's
. island as that has always been the
rendezvous. Bathing, fishing, bell-
‘ mines and a general good time will be
in order. -
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The who wishtoprOS
'. 'er lanai work and
cott. _ .
Spendthrifts and ldlere
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l .ve.”—-S
I are similar; ageneratlon‘j
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of them would banln‘ltpt
a nation. .The..prospor._".
one are the nation's *
strength. . ,7
\ Bank Account here
lads to a seat; in pros-
lerlty’s comer. ' .
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Gasoline is one of war’s essentials.
Don’t: waste it. Low grade gasoline is
waste.
SO-CO-NY Motor Gasoline is the surest
economy. It conserves power by de-
livering power from every single drop.
There is no waste.
SOCO-NY reduces the operating cost
of your car by delivering more mileage
and more power per gallon.
Look for the Red, White and Blue
SO-CO-NY Sign.
SO—CO-NY is clean; powerful; quick
starting; reliable. It saves power.
Saving Power Here ‘
Means Saving Power There
STANDARD OIL co. 05 NEW your;
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teen root at the bow being visible. Trial
crew made fer Sandy Hook and sight-l
‘ed the patrol boat ten hours'laton . . ,
. The submarine showed-only its part- heldat Compo Beach tomorro
scope. which was obaeiwed. at some ‘aratlons are underway to
diegncegtandlngsomesixteet out or lair-til" most _‘successful
_———¢.- w~~ a.“
“Howmuo's' ‘ ‘
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Enfi‘b‘dces'on Main St}, Fairfield IVA, Conscifi
Store hours:-8:30 to 5 daily except. Saturdays?
then open till 9 P. M.
Call food '
. .
Can the Kaiser
‘ Uncle Sam’s injunctionwdemonstratofs fro?
everywhere teaching the art—~we .would be indeedi
untrue to our trust if we failed to assist in this world‘
S We protected you by purchasing a goodly quail;
lity of glass jars and now we propose to ofier tficmjgi
you at the following very special prices. {figgi .
Hazel Atlas E Z glass top jars pints or quarts} ‘
. - .., «a - . ._ $0040“, 7,
1Jason metal top jars pints or quarts 700 doi; ‘ ..
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Kitchen needs '
we suggest
Heavy 2%; quart large size sauce pan of alumigt. ’
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llulu usually 95c .33 (age 1,5, :3)-
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zucul g; :.a 7
s»~-r .
i 3’- lugshrlisnhk.
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Brilio for cleaning aluminum ware ' 80 and ,1.
:‘n:
, Economy broad mixers are made of heavy blofofi
fin and are all that the name implies four loaf Eli: .
" 110w. $1.5q . ‘
:lsur lly $2.2.)
Fourth floor.
Short lengths
dress goods ,
. Stock taking usually reveals a larger outfield}
of those remnants as they are commonly called -.t
we can afford to have in stock, .33th ‘h
. The lengths are from one and one half fo'fo'
yards—the two tables arranged to go on sale Tuesda
morning are 1:1ch1 with fine fabric including chec
ind plaids, stripes, sergcs poplins and crepes and
every instancc'thc prices have been reduced. 3' .
This should mean much to you if you are into;
35th in war time economics.
Third floor front. .~...
‘ Dress goods
arrivals ‘
3 There is reason almOst imperative why you
should buy your dress materials and s’uitings netv—Jif
prices and assortmcnts are at their best}. and 7
you intend to let our skilled tailors make“ them, 1W
suggest that you avail yourself of the earlier season
quiet time which means now. ' ‘
Here are some of the fabrics showing this week
All wool scrgcs‘ poplins taffeta crepcs '40 to 44
inches wide ‘ $2.25 to $2.50 y '
The colors shown are taupe, pltun‘, burgundy}
rican brown, green, Wisteria, khaki, Pekin blu
navy and black. ’ ‘ " ‘
Fine self striped poplins fifty four inches Wide;
- ’ ‘ $300?
003s are tan; Russian green, African ”hr
iind black. « . - “ __
‘ 4 ’An exceptional quality of gabardine‘ fifty-Toni
inches wide in plu'ple, green, brown, navy andblaek"
. . Velour coatings fifty four inches wide in‘ in" '
g1.bbll,_\ialll‘le, Pekin blue, navy and black. $4.150"
.. a.
Third floor front.
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; The annual picnic and outing
'employes of H. Jacobs (been
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Those? in; charge are
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