is. L m gum W
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t
neying.
The railroad lidminlstration is as
"r ado.
_: t "can ALILIAO roa
rouoaaow
i
W to the use, for mitigation of:
an :Iowa dispatches orodlmd tad it or forms of
” omerwise in this paper an also i b [v - .1 d.
I | a published harein. ,‘sliou d e e lllllnd e
.NevertheIcs
me am “Uri
rn'oan aw
~Booms-$2.
funds and the willingness
takes.
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THE FISHIRMAN'S FIGHT
The announcement
ment that it intends to protect
)coast emphasizes
VIOLINIST WINS ‘ . l'
j The news coming. over the wil.0(flISlllli‘lg craft in Bl tlsh waters.
miCamp Lewis, Wusll., that “Maudled _
Powell licked the priaeflghter" dut‘ishermen from, the sea. That
not;surprise those who have been, ‘ il l 1 I at
i . , . .tfrightfu ness w it “t to ittc 3 ps
watching tht Iliuoltal development olhis just one more (man
this country. It meant that Maud.‘
”well. violmist, drew a record audylglorious war record. _
' V theatre in Ill!) The small. slow gomg
l
smacks have plied their business no
'I‘h
m to the Liberty
intern army camp. filiinz three hun-f
aired more. seats, on two day notlcc,j only
”and the famous boxer who had bee
Yorllsed six months in advance.
Jordan as one may against
anomalies: of popular music, its litur‘
11’“! construction, its bad eff
«l Mikhail the musical ear of the rla-.
' “generation, the fact remains that
“0 American public wants good mu-
ll: out! enjoys it when it is uttered.
, ill: works like this: The youngsters
filo dances and they come home
wanting something to dance to. th~'
”buys a canned music machine. The
first noords purchased arc dance
.1IW ind songs of ephemeral popu-
larltyf‘ As those wear out in than an,
peat. new ones come in. SOIllf‘ day,
day the salesman is running Schug
' ililltaire. or the Sex _
Iztrtfmarlllia when the purchaser The “3"“ officer who Nllgned a“:
Ilroll in. That is added to the list. concluded his 0mm
in?“ are not only entertaining at statement with these words.
‘ but the retain their freshness: - .
1:333” mu: taste is developed. The‘ without “0“” they 1"“ up a “ll“
cheap find gillv new things are bought “0‘" one. 1 doom “1““ 1103‘” ‘0 113W
“homey coins out.But along with them been 1“ command 0' them.
um. u‘cnoweuns \Vlld R086 and? Such are the Bl'lllsll fishermen. )VG
iwnmum-s Trauluerei, and selec-Zhav“ faitll tiiat our own fishermen
the best operas and mu-1 possess the same spirit. They, too,
m from Th e become the “WI-flint the sea and will uphold its tra'
Wotan. e.e . i ditions of honor and freedom.
.80 it is not a miracle that Maudi _—————o——R
‘i violinists int THE AI
xttrh’lnjozrifixld draw a rec-l Looking over the racks of mana-
gILcrowd of army boys, and thatllines at a newsdcaler's an observer
should give her a record ovation. noted five periodicals devoted to avi‘
said of them: "There has neverintlon. Doubtiess still others are pub-
‘» such a wonderful audience Imilshed. The the were there because
.world as the soldier-g, becauseé'the. dealer confidently expected the
are in such an extraordinaryl Public to buy them. One might be an
..of.'re¢eptlvity. They are all In'accidenL or even two. Five denoted
Everything they do, they do 911:8 definite demand. .
They have come together up: The latest word about airplane
te‘d’by the same noble purpoge_:pr0(lut‘tlon comes from “'. J. Work
Qualified them out of the'usual rut man of the Handley~Palge Company.
. we and placed them in an elevatodiVVhO says we can make enough all“
I of mind so tlht when the ar- plancs by April 1. 1919 to defeat the
.fimes among them she finds:Gcrmans within thirty to sixty days.
i eager to drink in the beauty of, if we start now. Every one can be
Voila offers." ' {delivered to France under« its own
’ —-——-.——O-—-————- lpower, carrying the full military load
INCREASE IN TRAVEL lot men. guns and bombs. No ship-
t stab generally believed that one ping space would be needed for any
of the increase in railroad pass film” of them. Capt-out. Italian ex-
fares effective on June wm'ypert, expects to see the wonderful
me‘their scanty nicat ration with
i abundant supply of fish.
marines. putting
.against them. and frequently worst-
cribcs one such "fishernian‘s fight."
The little group of six attached traw-
courageously until the
left only fifteen
The signal to
resort.
lcrs fought
lea‘dina one had
rounds of ammunition.
as last
“ram" was read! a
on the submarine won the fight.
engagement
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o
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papécied decrease in "we" 0'" three months. This seems over ,san-
‘6‘!“ for "”09 movements.:fline because of weather conditions
were needed to haul impor-:mmeummha from nOW. x0 one
‘ L By discouraging "“‘idoubts that within another year the
“MN“ “Wt W muertrmsailantic flying will be success
would automatically release‘mty accomplished.
at- and engines for me ne-z‘ A m days ago Major c; A. Rhine
*0“- ‘ hard in the Jolly Roger made 3 rec-
‘not worked out exactly that 0rd cross-country flight of 124 miles
The railroad Whom show lar- in 5: minutes. ”'2“
«Juveniles over" and
l
Eighteen airplanes built in the
natural increase due to the United States. equipped with Liberty
lulu bave sought humbler trips neon
’ l er home, but they have traveled somew
when. The cast and South and am-
est have been the scenes oil,
‘the greatest amount of railroad jour-j
to be setting on foot .inveatisailabsl
llooking toward the relief of consul
. tion on passenger trains -in those set:—
tidoltfl a. m.:2:03 p. in. lawn i
Jib. 8:12; acts 1:38. I l
' __ ' The report furnishes interesting“
' ”Club” of the Associated .Prcaa. ".cBmment on national prosperity. Uni
gnu Alsociated Press is exclulltvaly necessary travelinsfl like all other
waste and extravagance.‘
' All rights 0f republic. ion of spe‘l it is pleasant to note that when tra>
‘1th herein 3 6 also "3‘ veiing must he’done people have the
’ to spend
them in spite of high fares and war.
of the govern-
our
fishing boats of! the New England
the seriousness of
the submarine menace. lt olso brim?“-
to mind the brave work done by snlalll
t did its best to drive English
itI
icould not succeed in its campaign of
‘in England's
fishing
“as usual,” but better than us-
n" ual, so that in the dark days the peo-
lple of the British isles obuld eke-out
I an >
Many tales are. toldvtliouxh few in‘
proportion to the whole "CON-“Mat the Marne. They add to the amp.
these litle boats encuunicring sub-
up n plucky fight}
int: the huge wolves of the sea. Anlof Germany will yet be dai'ltaned with?
i .
Ofllt'ilii report of a naval officer des-
wheu three direct hits at vital spota‘
“This was a fisherman’s fight. and '
.w.-_ . ........
Saluta-
oruued we
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at the top. as follows: English Amerl can, Gr
‘ colt. ltallnn) Portuguese, He
glan, Serbian.oPolish and Czecho Slo vak,
it I
:ing beginnings of order In Russia. “WT AIRPMNES
Our fledglings show up well 1
their first flights. however. Tho sh)"E
4thclr fast~flyinx. cdeqive flocks.
I
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l rnouatss or con own.
i if folks who have children
Would keep them to home.
As most of their neighbors
liavc kids of their own:
it would be far more pleasant.
As this world we pass'through.
And asking no more
Than what people should do.
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tence of The Asaocllled l’ress).—~~Th
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ititan the largest birds
(tip.
|only 15 feet in width.
The mother who wishes
A good. quiet day,
Sends all of her children
Out somewhere to play;
And. while she. having
A good resting spell,
Some of her neighbors
Are living in h—«.
tin-es. of the British aviation service
; lire-war times.
We. have trials of our on.
On our Journey through life——
Especially the man
limitations of storage and
{grounds in our great cities.
:nerodromea. 'llkt‘ railway
Tile salutes represented In this picture are. starting from left to right
lllllllllt Milli
LONDON, Augupt 23 (Correspond- left the highest decoration within the;
gsmalleat Ill‘itlsll airplanes now beingfivarvwhcrt‘ l‘t‘Rfli‘dt‘d am one of the
manufactured are actually of less spanl "V1011“! of ”W 9901““ EVE“
The L'l't‘lLll-
batrosa has been knuun to measure
lneariy 18 feet from umptlp to wing.
A certain type of "midget" alr-
lplane recently exhibited in Motion is
'These are the machines which woe
{may expect to see after the war cur-
trying our malls." declared Major 0rde
"‘aud they will be almost as universal
Ans the smart automobile mail vans of
These small machines
will be. largely used by the postal au-
’thoritlea on account of the existing
starting
Postal
stations,
WIN“ 'i
Willi illliiliNiM ..
j PARIS. August 23 (Correspondence‘
1of The. Asstmiated Press).—.Typhus
f has again broken out in Runlania. liar "
‘Vt‘ioularly in the part occupied by the
thermans, and there has been a large
l deaths. The Victims are .‘3
our Romanian peasant» and
_ _ on is made by the Get an’
medical authorities to combat threats-l":
geese. There is a serious she 1,26 Of V
:fllmd, and those wlio‘do not 29.01 13"1
Ev1:11;:Mlzsluially succumb to starvation-t”:
ailau suction of Romania 'b‘l ‘
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gmostly p
:little elf
practically free from ,the epidemic.‘
IThlS information was conveyed t9 Thai .
failiflflaied Press today by Herbert 1?
r, secretary to Charles . l' «, ' ' '
_Il1cka. American minister, at Jamii t» Shll‘tlnf Pants
1".th has JUSl returned front Rumanlalimghl “muffi-
lVla Austria and Switlerland. ‘ ”250 value. Yard ------ 150
l According to Mr. Mayer. snlAlnPl‘i-: -—~—....
; can physician, Dr. Breckinridge ilayno.‘ ; 3 Full Size Bleached Sheets
........... $1.29.
;of Washington, I). l,‘., who has in
; Bucharest for’nearly two‘yaars duringx
3 the German occupation and who is now ! _ $1.50 value
at: htslway to the United States. was '.+ __,.._.
g e. on y one who had the courage to 3 l‘klfl
lgo into the affected areas In Wallach-' .. T“ h Towels
,ls tilllld man the disease... Dr. Barbe? ”i
.usua y was accompanied by two or{ Special ' 1°
tthree German physicians. who pro-l ............ c
tended to represent the German sani- 5 Bleached Table Darn I
,lary department ,and who would foroo‘
l‘l’um‘ to enter the infected houses and .'
. ring out the patients for inspection- " .
”mm; had been ”new (19“:th “no“: ‘50c value .................
White Domet Flannel ,
ltors had an intense dread of it. They I
lrefuaed flatly to minister to the sick v . 9
lor dying. \alua Silt. .............. 1 c
1 The work was left to Dr. Bayne. 'J
whose immunity front the maladyyaa
in constant I‘Olll‘f'e of mystery to the . ‘
,Ihe Hun physicians. Dr. Bayne, who, “the and (“My “"9"”
ibraved all forms of contagion. would, 7
3:0 intothe little mud novels of the '
,peasants and carry the patients outl
jfor observation. by the German medl-E ,
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t
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.ight. medium and dark designs.
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36c. value. 276
Yard
Framed Pictures
guilt) vflue. ............ t .. 38°
Unbleached Muslin
Yard wide. \ 1'96
" Special, yard
l
lease. and. as ,a result. all German doc-
: yard
Cretonnos
jthe case over curaorlly and thenlde-
'clai-e. "Yes. that is typhus; take. the
Epatient back. and put up a notice Alum --------------
trod, 'He who enters hero dies!’ " '
l Dr. Bayne would give the unfortu~I
.natc sufferers what little treatment
Elle could. but he knew it would be onlyl
temporary. The Germans showed tlzel
moat callous disregard for human Ilfe.f
and the stricken inhabitants of the
,vlllaaea would be left either to out"I
;cunib to typhus or to die from starve“
ition. '
For his heroic and unremitting work!
among the people in the Humanism
whines, hr. Rayner received before he .
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1the. German physicians from the dis-
Table Oil Cloth
' 8”“‘“' 369
ical officers. The Germans would look g
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. Feathfiillows
”81.50 value. .............. m
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theg
hardened Mackensen, the Gel-maul
Field larshal. showed him special 18-!
coanlatlon and sent him cigars Imdl
others favors while in Bucharest. {Meapot campaign and victorv for a
1th was anybody's. it was going
very badly for the British, their loss-
How Britllh Army lac-pad om» mi“ ”N“ "“3”" than they could
Moaomtamia “and for 10““ And though the Turks
e‘sift of the King of Rum .a, and was
SAVED DY MIRAGE '
' We went on toward nowhere. in- were“ in OVCrwhelmingiy superior
tending to make a wide detour and "um '3 n "s 8015!: Very badly
-for them as well. This the British
come into old Basra city by the Zo-t
bclr gate in the old south wall, Elan-tome" Commanding (“d 110! will”.
our F. Egan writes in the Saturday "a h" w” “m on the mini 0f riv~
menial; Post. There who no dust anti?)2 a" “"1" for rel"Gillelll-Whlch
there; only hardvpnclted sand, out of:would have be“ tItal to the British
Bargain Specials
T --—-—-- TONIGHT -—___._.
From 710 10 o’clock
a
. Beach Cloth
.iard wide, blue only.
Special,
yard
lacs
W'riaht’s—éilver Cream
Polish
25c value .......... 19¢
Cut Glass Vinegar Cruets
500 value ............ m
l Quart'tTh—tss Water
Pitcher
26c value .............. 19¢
KolmosEth Paste »
t9o
Womengril—{hite Silk
Special ...... ‘. ........
OVCS
D'ouhle Tipped Fingers.
80c valeu. -
Pair ..................... 59¢ "
Summer Wash Dresses .
Special ............... 52-98
Extra Size Women’s Pop-
lin Skirts
: ,vecial ........ '. ...... $4.98
Wash 135:; Skirts
‘84.th value ........... 52a"
Women’s Union Suits
60c value ........ 4.9.6 :
with local phenomena-raw Hr
proachlng from the southeast wht
looked to him like heavy reinforce
‘ments. it was nothing but a supply
and ambulance train magnified and
multiplied by the deceptive desert
tailor-sphere! When he ordered an
immediate retreat his already has
jnervcd troops stampeded and his tie
.morallaed rear guard wad hounded
'and harassed by great bands or
‘nomad Arabs all the way to Kha-
With a talkative wife.
He goes to bed early
And listens to woes.
While half of the.buttons
inluat be near the port onlcca. at least
:in the initial stages of the develop
lmoot. .
l :ldllt‘l‘ the problem may be solved
which the fierce hammering sun"n Mesopotamia—when to his asmnnmlsseyeh, ”my ninety miles ‘W-
struck a myriad sllntlntz. eve-mafinsi ishmcnt he discovered "I“ the Turkslfle learned the truth a ‘0' days up
sparks. But it was beautiful beyondlwere in full "”9““ What a "miter and committed suicide.
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from the greater revenues, was ‘ transatlantic {115mg _ begin within .‘
Are off of his clothes.
CALVIN SMITH.
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RAILROAD EMPLOYE KILLED
BROOKFIEID. Aug.
Koschel, fifty-four years old, an" em-gsmall machines are likely to be much
Dloyc of the New York. New Haveufmor" ”Numb!“-
and Hartford Railroad, was .instantly‘
killed near this place i
when a hand car on which he was;slrtancc. Bags may also be picked
riding with three other’ men wao‘lm Whili’ flyinlz after the manner in
struck by the locomotive of a traingwm“h mall balm are now caught by
which came up on them suddenly miexpreas trains.
a heavy fog. Koschei was crushed aa' GUN FACTORY PLANTS FINISHED
the handcar was picked up by the, WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-—Comple
pilot of the locomotive. Thomas Gav-{lion of nineteen out of twenty-six plo-
lsan. a railroad foreman. was slightly posed plants for the production of
chute will be given a good trial. and
caped unhurt. Koschel leaves a fancy“ announced yesterday by the Ord-
Ily, ;nance Bureau of the War Depart-
;ment. or the seven other plants, four
ENLARGING AVIATION FIELD. 1,9 98 per cent. complete and “he
\V'i-‘iSHlNGTON. Aug.
A ' ti Ft Id n the “‘Mfi‘gfxgfiiolhert ”9 “10"" 1ball eighty-five per
via on e o e
of the Potomac River, is to be em“? cent. complete. All of the plants are
ed as a base for aero patrol and pro- in operation.
tection of Washington and to serve alt To provide
plant facilities build.
post. Approval of an expenditure ot‘
tion on rrl es and
$103,000 at the field was announced; a large scale 0f“ ‘8
tody.
.recoll mechonisins for artillery of all
.c‘alibrcs. a total of $24,837.36 has
MARINE CORPS RECORbs.‘ tbeen expended.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—-Bollinlz:
and friends 0‘ marines fighting in MILle MEMLS FOR
France were called upon by Ilarioe‘ CHARLES QUINTARD
Corps headquarters today to forward! Charles A. Quintard, of 148 Main
letters describing interesting incidenta‘ street .has received a most interesting
:3 rgfiemfergnimsghgflégfi $93013" collection of souvenir. from his neph-
of the Corps. Where desired. the let-ffi'ggmf'eggmgxgefim M
tors will be copied and returned. -_ Included in the package was a me
, tal match .boleoIder. hammered into
Quaint designs by a wounded soldier.
fac~similies of the military medal. the
Crolx do Guerra. and the Lem Of
Honor. with their ribbons. antlaoom-
pleteoet ofbronaecolorod bottonafroni
lute diluent bronchus! the French
Amy, each with its appropriate em-
blem: a bomb for the bombing lobed.
XCKR .
YOU’LLWAM
AND CAN AFFORD
It's anaed can—not an abused on.
if it-worenbnaod it, mfldn‘t be on.
our floors. Wit-hare reconditioned.
by the use of pneumatic tube commu-
nication between the central post of-
dcllvcriug letters to distances of 250
miles or more, the big types of air-
23:”.l0hflI plane will be used. but for local work
“Dropping the mail bags by para-
this morning.‘ this. if successful. will be of great as-
lnjured. The others Jumped and est gun canine: and recoil mechanisms]
the same time as an omcers' training logo “ad machinery for the prod'fi'G'
words to ‘1’"?le We spun alonl meat!
at fifty miles an hour with a cool The desert was full 0! minutes and
clean breeze to our faces. Then Juatlmp Turkish commander—who really
over a slight rise in the sparkling'ought to have been more familiar
plain i saw my first mirage. it was
impossible to belleva it was a mirage
and not really the beautiful lake that
it seemed—n lake dotted with wooded
islands and fringed ls places with
deep green forests.
l have seen minutes in other den
ertfi In other lands, but i haw: hover
seen anything like the Mesopotam-
ian mirage. We drove straight on
land It came so close that I was sureI
ll could see a—ripple on its surface.
iThen suddenly it went awav off. and
'where it had been our skldproof tires
‘were humming on the haldpacloed
‘sand and 1 saw that the woodedlis»
llands had been created out of nothing,
:but patches of camel mom and that
ithe trees of the forests were tufts of
‘dry grass not more than six inches
high.
01'! on the far horizon a camel car-
avan was swinging slowly along and
the. camels looked like some mam-
moth prehlstorlc beasts. while in an
other direction what we took— to be
«fuels turned out to be a string of
diminutive donkeys under pack and
dies laden with bales of the desert
grass roots that the Arabs. use for
Neil. ’
The mirage has played an interest
in; part in the If'eoopotamian cam-
paigns. In some places it is ‘proc-
tically continuous the year round.
and 1: adds greatly to the diflefllties
of an army in action. it is seldom
mistaken for anything trot what it is.
of course. but It does tuition- things
to distance and to objects both out
mate and inanimate. incidentally it! _.
under: the accurate adinatment ofT
the airman'owiau. etc.
This moana‘actnal tmf- Motors. are reported by Pershing to
‘ i have made their first mania-aloe
learo tin-(behind the om lines and rotun-
. -
‘.
em . .
mm talus: ”similar-chr- '
~it. it an like new. it runa like
new. _ , the price is far-fromtho-
‘M upprtoa. mad we .. ~
1!. Manama-ed It. "If“
r
hauatmonvomm for all!
t
'flm’ladia ll. clam la arm-l
a“.
m ranges almost simmer W-
bible.
. ope cube most curious-WWI
of the whole var unbound In 99‘
WM“ . m “4.111“! 5.
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Greatest Tenor Has a Romantic
. A resident of Ponus avenue cont-
;plalnod to the police that young girls
lwere stealing: cherries from the ‘-
lars in that vicinity.
Norwalk Chronicler