o. ‘ .
AISOCIATI’D PR“! NM FROM ALL PART. OF 1’“. WORLD IV A ”m VII! ANIM OWN OPERATOR
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scorn IOIWAII. --
"Allow All ri - and French Troops
94iw.w.ims , . ‘ ,
on some Push Ahead. Capturing Many
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Fair tonight and Saturday.
tomatoes-inhuman:
Office as Gooendflaoalflhfl‘.
Willi GENERAL iiiiiii
* 0PiN lilili. Pilillt liiii
Interesting Programs Arranged For the Exercises Sun-
day and Monday Afternoons—Addresses by Weil-
. . Known Men, Special Musical Programs and Motion
Pictures
The Opening of the Norwallt Gen- Concert—The American Band.
‘ oral Hospital, which begins today and 3:00 p. In.
continues Sunday and Monday (Labor-Singing of “America" by entire as-
, Balm is an event of interest to all the semblage. '
people at Nor-walk. On Saturday, the John Cavansgh, vice-president, presid-
Kospitai will be open tar inspection all ing.
s
a a-
t
a. was
Uncrowned King of Organi-
zation and Fourteen 0th-
crs Sent to Prison for
Twenty Years
Enemy Reported to have Saliered Terrible.
losses in the heavy lighting Between
MAN Pflliiiiiilli
ii
“day after 10 a. m., and will be in
4‘ _ charge of a reception committee. who
will. escort visitors through and on
Prayer—~11“. Dr. Howell.
Address—President John McMulIen.
Address-Dr. J. S. Brown.
munitions has"
,i
Sill
fiiiii TB'PRESIBENT
Somme and Scsrpe Rivers.
W3 the purposes of the various Address—Col. Joe. Greenwood.
= moms and cuuipment. The receptionI Presentation, by President MoMuilen.
of‘visitOrs and exhibition of the build-‘ of gold key to Honorable Jeremiah
flag will continue Sunday and Manda»! Donovan. Mayor of Norwalk.
‘ On Sunday afternoon. at 3 p. m, the ‘ Acceptance of trey~ by Mayor Donovan.
formal opening exercises will take Presentation. by Judge John J. Walsh.
place. A large platform has been of gold key to President McMuiien.
erected ln‘tront ot the Hospital. where Formal opening of Hospital to the
the (01va program will be carried public. '
out:
(Continued on Third M)
2:15 to 3:00 p. m.
Mimi:
industrial Worters of the World. and
iliSililill units
ii] iii tililillllli
Connecticut Needs Only a
Slight Expansion of Pres-i“
ent Facilities — iBasketry‘
For Blind, Also Typewrit-
NORWALK GENERAL HOSPITAL.
ASSIENMENT
Revised List of Those Who
tourteon of his chief aids in the
conspiracy to overturn the American
war program. were sentenced to
twenty years in the Federal penitenti-
ary. at Leavenwbrth. Kansas, by Fed-
eral Judge K. M. Landis. here. late
yesterday. Ten-year sentences were
imposed upon thirty-three oi the or-
_, ganlsation's leaders. Ive-year sen-
tences on thirty-three. onoyear and
one day on twelve defendants find
ten-day sentences on two others.
Cases against Benjamin Gchracger.
Chicago writer. and Pietra Nigra.
Spring Valley, llls.. were continued.
All a oaths tour counts
to sum?
ill run concur-
rently. I‘lnss rsnsi g tron: "0.000
on Haywood and lis .chiel aids.
down to “.000 were impnsed.
(Continued on Page Eleven)
UNCLESAMWILL |
TAKE IN Billions.
oiiuiiui
Government to Open Houses
to Provrde Homes for BigI
Army of Workers
Will Instruct in Norwalk .
WASHINGTON. August 31.——Board-
lng houses run by the Government are
During the Year 1918-1919.
——" Iin immediate prospect in Washington
Superintendent of Schools George W as a result of the scarcity ot Laciiltles
mountains oi 1“ house. Alabama,
Georgia. Florida. rth Gasolins and
South Carolins~ dry states-but
lN'liliEii‘llSJlillh
by the Government has lost hm com-
pleted in Southern mountain“ districts
by revenue agents under direction of
internal Revenue Commissioner Dali-
iel C. Roper.
The activities of the agents resulted
in the seizure of m stills. arrest or
two hundred moonshiners. killing of
live outlaws and two sherifls and the
wounding of a number of other Gov-
ernment men and liquor makers. ’l‘his
systematic campaign of raids has been
under way eight flocks. mainly in
arrests wars-"whorls and yesterday
W on But! rage.)
llflURT REEBRIIS
IN THIS EflUNTi
BACK ill I707
Clerk Tracy Now Has Them
in New Vault—Makes Way
for New Cases Corning
With court records running back to
.1707 in his charge Clerk Fred W.
Traoylls now shitting those or moral
WASHINGTON, Aug.
.lpesksr Clark and Senator Banis- '
Judge Landis Declares Right ive aw , glossy. president ”humming ‘h’ “econ" and
’i
‘1‘; 9fil§igwfgsfgm ‘KflledinMMSweep-im‘m 1" ”'3.“ *
Ill ll ' mm m M assas-
War mg , Ire tothe “its lease for trash
wasmno'ros. b. 0.. as“; a..- dent “1"" W
(incaco. August 31.—Wiiilam D. The blunt inten‘tlo or nu.
Haywood, "uncrowded king” or the cit whiskey distilhrs over are)!”
such hands oi British. 3 1:.
Some oi the Finest American Divisions ire
Other Plum?
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summits
.RBDDING. August Bl.—-Tho‘ Mark
Twain villa, unoccupied since the
death of its original owner in 1 1.
has been oliersd by Mrs. fis'r‘a a-
brilotnltsch. his daughter and the pre-
pcnt owner. to the United States Gov-
‘ernment for hospital purposes. Archi-
tects representing the Government are
ity or the building for the proposed.
purpose. rests the question oi Its‘ac-'
ance than has been encountered minatiou compelled the British to
for several . .
forces have advanced their lines
Famous Bedding Mansion at various points along the battle-{to indicate that the Germans ha 5
Oli'er to WW3“ by front in France. The capture of decided to W _ amd, gem
“is but“ ‘” irnportaut strategies! posxtions points of British attacks, the Gen- :2
' rather than large territorial gainsinaiis gave ground. .ngoourt g ‘
ninrkotiiamworc r 3
furthcr‘im acing
tion of“ p
value. ’
the crossing of‘the C
by the French is cxpccte
”New“ 1° "m the ““00 lmlfloflthe Germans to retire to a ne
“'1‘ on um "no" “9 ‘° the “‘t'bn' line running from Ham to Berlan- ‘
court, the only tenable position be-
xv
9.4
w «- ‘Now Engaged in Minolta. ~
(By The Associated Press.) Counter-attacks delivered in one
In the face of stronger rcsist- siderable force and with detcrv
the Allied
weeks, withdraw from Bullecourt ant,
chdccourt. Here. there is litt
l
i
sanitation. WM? siding: , ‘ ,
German 00011118“;de prisoners an ground “w
'tions of defenisvc gained south of Bapaumc. , j
[British also made: ”0ng W
‘ out St. Simon, 'and northeast o lery and“ .
The capture at M anal Du Nord Lys sector, where Bailieul wad ”v
d to force turcd. The road between Le Trails-49
w loy and Bapaume is the scene do ,
another battle of more than reap -
,r.
guard proportions. The Germaw
ceptanca new, oommodmut pmfld.:fore the old Hindcnburgv line is
ad with-many conveniences and ‘occu- reached. The Canal Du lVord w
ipying a retired situation with agree- crossed in two places by the
hold the village of Beau!
as on
they will be driven out.
11!“ ,
this road with indicationscabsfiw
able and restful surroundings. the
place would seem an ideal one for thei
object in view. it is the idea of Mrs.
Gabrilowitach that it be particularly
used as a convalescing haven for the.
wounded of both the Army and_ Navy,‘
who belong to the artistic professions
-—cctors. singers. painters and au-
ithors. The application of this idea
would naturally result in a class of
French,pwho now threaten .the! Mt. Kunmel,‘ the height}. dongs.
western angle of the Aisne salient. hating virtually all the north“
French and American forces side of the Lys salient in Flandm
under General Mangin met with'again is in the hands of the Brit.
bitter resistance in their advance ish. Dispatches to London eta”: .
on the plateau north of Soissons this famous hill, for which the.
and the capture of Guides and Germans paid a terrible priceii
Chavigny. Between the Ailette April and which was defended hr
lug—Many Trades Avail-
able For Those Who Are.
patients who are the sons‘and grand
recent date from ths‘receiviug vault
in the é'icrk's oilice to the n’ew vault
down cellar under the court house ad-
dition.»
in the days of the colonies the rec-
ords did not pile up very fast, but in
these times it takes a seed sired sec-
Buclianan has made the following as- for War workers here. Seventeen res-
slxnment of teachers during the 6031'. idonces have already been taken oVer
Wounded ling school year. the schools reopen by the Bureau of lndustriaiHousing tor
ing next Tuesday morning: the purpose.
‘ Senior High School. .' Many of the properties have been
. Connecticut is prepared to take care Barry W. Blake, principal; Susan B. cioaed during the summer and will he
of the reeducation of the disabled sol-. Welch. Anna McMahon. David Pollard. used by the Government now by con-
-dier‘s and sailors who may be returned Charlotte L mont. J. N. Nathanson. gem of the owners, who will mouth
from the fighting front. with only- a H. W. Kirm yer, M. Louise Smith. in other cities.
alight expansion of existing facilities.‘Emma R. Frost, Marion Brown, Jose-i Demand for rooms and houses in
'This is the opinion of Charles W. Hine. phine Brotherton, Grace M. Seymour. nghlngton in the last thirty days has
secretary of the State Board of Edur Veronica McQuillan. Mary B. Killian. become greater than at any time since
.caiion. and State Supervisor Trinder.‘ Marth‘a R. York, Elisabeth Jackson. the war started. Many of the work-
"110 have made an invellllgatiou. Monica D. Ryan. ‘crs in Government departments com-
All over the country. educational. 1 Franklin Jr., High. ' [plain that they have been unable to
boards and councils and state oiliclals. George E. Thompson. principal; Ed' , iind living quarters after searching for
are making extensive investigations ward D. ’Randall. Margaret McClure,‘ two or three weeks. and are living in
lRuth Weed. saith J. Monies?“ 1‘3- hotels.
I Donnelly. A: Florence NWW‘S» Marga-g In each of the Government boarding
. ret Jennings. Katharine Prendermi. houses a matron will be in charge and
i Helen 0; Prindls. Antoinette Kelley. will have the option of accepting or re
ill'rances Kelley. Helen Nicholson. As- fusing applicants. The undertaking
EMS Sullivan. All“ A- Doilbaum. Ethel! will be financed by the Government
and the Coucy-Chauuy road, the the death by the Allies, has been,
sons oi those who were personal . .
French also occupied Champs. captured.
friends or Mark Twain in his um'me'lPraast Villette and the Daast There have been no repo
harlous alterations will of course be. r . . . . , .
required to lit the house tor the puniWood. Significance is attached however, of an attack being mod!
pose in view. but it is estimated that to the capture of a strong foothold :on this hill. and it seems probhhli
the“ can be 001"“er 5° that ""5" on the north bank of the Ailette that the Germans retired from ’
tion of the hall to (hold the cases "1"“ '1" be m Mame" m the ’9' by General Mangin because of its and that the British quickly mot
cleared up every year. “9““ of ”men“ by 0°" 1' ”The im ortance to future movements. ed in There are evidences that M.
Clerk Tracy has all these records 1‘0““ '53 "WWW“, repaired about ‘1) - - G ' , ' ' .. .,
arranged in order .0 fl,“ one cm be ‘two weeks ago and is now in general At only one P0P“ dld . crman enemy S retreat from the Lye hm».
resistance result in stopping the ' ,.
, d aiterashort bunt. Yesterday nd’lli ,_ i
secure orward march of the British.
33 Humiditt‘iizdtdfifdd “IE“; RAN
“ ”Elli. iiiiiiABE liiii
i lflllliismflfs' Hiliii WEBER???ihfifnlfltti'é’T“
for the many others now being re-
; iWRIlliS
'Fargo dc Co. Have not~yot hail
turned to court’every day, and others
still to come during the next court
Much Lawlessncss in Evr- . , ,
' ' . a t t it. it i
deuce as the Police Strike‘Norwalk Soldier, Who Went c once a presen as s a
and they are beauties. it's pretty ms.
here now. so I won't be able to W
them until next winter; but they W
great things to tail back on. " .
Yesterday I received a letter of, .,
year, now soon to open.
The long court vacation will end
with this month. subcugh the Super-
ior court will not begin until October.
The Common Pleas. civil and criminal.
are due to open next week. but neither
(Continued on Second Page.)
EfllillREN’S DAY
Gorham. land her profits will be limited. tine is likely to get under wayroln nieiopei'il i delicate operation m “a“, arms
will ye an accounting each mon . in day. Tuesday next. e c vi w I E I - - ' .- :. , . ’ ..
AT THE “NB“ “mm“ °" 1"" Tm") El Dribzbly open shill" mend" “we" Praiest' Pl Without; ACross With Expedition- :3“? $393? if; ‘s‘dgom:unisg° t"!
_ . ____._______... about the middle or last oi! the month. 0 CC ion ary Force, ply—ens interest. p . . e e e
a
a BOJBP and Will (10 50 men.
The criminal may get going next week
or the week tollowing. Prosecutor ' i Tonight there is going to he a-
' fruition
i s
LONDON. August ale—Considerable: mg Experiences
The annual. Children’s Day cxer-.HEARlNfi “N , , , _
cises were held at the Knob Club,yes-‘ nuxiord is already preparing the hymn”? marked the am nighti ~.—..-——. In? aft t[godly i(:iriiiiiviixilels.t she is. .
terday afternoon, and were largely at- ’ . . ' . docket. ‘ passed by Minion without police pros Lieutenant Horace Gray, son of Md? 9 0 b 9t 3' 3 93;) 3 0: "flaw
tended by the' young people and their , W ‘tection. During the soldier hours of ,iorneyspnd Mrs. Joseph A. Gray, at to £0510“ t 0r - i" an “No
friends.“ The program which was 4 » , ~ ithe morning there were some harm- pro'sentnttached lathe Ainerican Ein- uc y Kigali“! Will 01:00:11.3“
presented brought forth many compli- ———-——- BflLSHEVIK R n less demonstrations. but later on the busy, in Athens, Greece, has written :hsqu 3n 1 on tom‘oigiow'hg . .
'ments for the young entertainers, who —.———— ' . " ‘- thievcs became active daylight the following interesting and instruct- 9 one i ° '0“. 0 ' , 81". If. ,
presented the following iii-gram:
Song—“Joan of Arc”-Dorothy Can-
' doe. ,
Recitation—“The Gardeners"4—James
Allen. ,
Recitation—“My Shadow"—Eloise Mc-
Elroy.
Song—“Missionppi"-—Harriet Quinn.
Song—“Over There"-Robert GtMlP
well-.11: . .'
BmT-35oldier Boy"—Edward Quin-
9., g—“Koep the Home Fires B
. ing"-—B§ymond Plnkham. urn-
galooiéationv—"My Flor—Annie Shu-
The lucky numbflcr dance was won
my” Condos and Robert G.
- ’_ ‘ij1-." Games were enjoyed and
'iiagma‘srwa's’servsd through the gen-
m In. was minnows.
omen Discuss Washington ”it“,
-Hearings on the proposed change in‘ tracks.
the sidewalks on Washington street
and on the sewer out of certain
streets in M Norwilk were held at
a special meeting of the city council
which was held last evening in the
council chamber.
The meetings“ called to order at
8 o'hlock bylaw! Donovan and City
Clerk Twill. D: Robertson read the
units wsyirornNewY
on both ends omits car. and
.on a. mad dint for about
M 4.4
A very peculiar accident occurred
7 ' ' early this. morning on the New York.
NOW 31k Board Of Gonna}. N" Haven a Hartford railroad
on Railroad avenue, when a,
Street and East’ Norwalk freight car broke away from the rest
ts of the train and. after splitting is
unproven“ i switch. jumped across two intervening
The train was proceeding through
this city at about. 6:45 this morning-
_ , or! COW
when one of the cars in the middle or fifteen mu... .
the train struck rial split: a switch.» antiviral? "a capturedpy the allied
posits the Dryer Rat Co's plant. The (ones. ‘ .
force of'tho mild With the split .Tmm waded mm
switch broke the slnbrakc couplings cggohoaiovak soldiers arrived L.hcrc J - ,
ihismornilg non-ills Uglurir;Mting SPAN‘SH SHIP
.started it
’ summed sy the
250‘ min
.mmlllllllifiil}
call or thelmoating. councilman” 10" a, ,gmuwmm 1 ‘- ’~.
:11. StQYOlilr m. dilute and :flck 3.2m 'h‘c%‘n"znfh?.'gu’uimm m
core aware. . . . ‘ _ . .4351 in)“ g ,ileilll'. . ~ , . :7 We
seem m . . .Ws... mm“... - eds, in. “i
N.
to?
memosrox. Monday. August
nor—mom Allied torces and Croche-
gipng ms have attacked the Bol-
shevik‘ Railroad on the Ussurl river»
rroheand h‘svc driven’ths enemy back
Prisoners wen taken
i
and
found a number of windows or jewel- 1V8 letter to his relatives in Norwalk: _
lor'a shops and other places or busi- Athens, Greece,'iiay 13.1918.
Incas broken and considerable property Dear: A lot at letters Just left in
“Itolsn. ‘ . _ / charge of; John’liosr, who is going to
- This was particularly true in such mu them in France. I told him to
centers as the Strand. Aldsate and stop in Normal]: on his. way to Boston
other Busy streets. which. usually are and stay over night at the house. so
so “well guarded that shopkeepers you can, he prepared to hear how I am
lea, their 800d! 03“" “fills the getting along over here. He is the
3‘8“- 393° ot’thess 91““ '9“ ‘3‘ Biate‘DBpartm" ent represented, here
only inhout civilian Doll.“ ml” tor the War Trade sonic. en-
.tlon lull nllhi- , .ciosing a piece of paper stilt}: “hm
"‘""‘ ' ,Braille on it that di in a by an
(Continued OF M “M In with “W inane?!
' ’ enclosing a print I got
trim sari-sues. .- it is a pic-
ture of ‘ ..witir.-colin Poirot
.ani'i:i Isolatmfihsflord in the hack-
monitor: sum
.3
m5:
ihndcbui it costs Just as manna»
ever it is for. . . “' _ -
Last Tuesday I went on an“. ‘
bile trip with Mme. Mace. Commé '
lotto, the Italian naval attache
his wife, M. Csaotle from the
legation, M. Malval from the ,
mission. and Capt. and urea = M
the aide—decamp or the Greek M .
of Marine. We had three au-
am,mdhadanaccidshtwhs “-
cars;
passed through Elsasis. who
used to beatemplaplcarcs“
scum ran there from
We. tra ed over the old
an old temple to"
A.
Norwalk Chronicler