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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday
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Decision by Umpire to All‘ect
British and French Strike ior I
St. _ Quentin on Three Sides
Capturing 6,000 More at Enemy
g =' “Naiikesgagher aIt)South Labor of the Entire Nation [Goth finiteés,teas Well as .____
, i; leave it to iscuss ipe 'ne x nsions, on ' '
who, and 0...... Problems' AW Illlll lN "Phil .1... Tab... llindenliurg ileiense Line is Broken Again.
. meroe. Boards of Trade.
0.3.EMPLOYMENT ‘
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Chief Justice Clark, of North
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ii $7,500—Riiltlt8 is iiiis.
Along a Twenty-one Mile Front,
With Many Towns Taken.
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Cots: (5f OtflticeBZnI‘ll a Sugertill‘l- T3331? omit: T153135 Pulschlsse aniags Ratiiied— SUCCEEDED BY JAS. I ""BBE Deiens as H hie]! F" 2 Have u Be“
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enema... y ° fired“? . and “”"B’WS' ' Eighteen Months Preparing
it an alter ma 9 pu c yester ay '
Norwalk will have a Manufacturers
Association and a branch of the Unit—
ed States Employment Bureau it the
plans formulated here yesterday fully
develops within the next few weeks.
Norwalk has had Chambers of (Tom-
Merchants'
pad Business Men‘s Associations. etc.
but it is the first time. that the manu-
facturers have shown a desire to get
together. discuss labor and wage prob-
by the National War Labor Board in! The commissioners of the Second
an action submitted to the board by a ‘ Taxing District held their annual meet
local union of Molders against the: his last evening in the City Hall. The
Wheeling Molders and Foundry Com-‘ meeting was somewhat lengthy, not
puny. or West Virginia .a precedent of. being adjourned until 11.30. and was
vital importance to all workmen in the} well attended by interested tax-payers
country is contained. The decision, and voters of the. second district. The
clearly reflects the attitude ofthe Gov-‘ important question of a new water
ernmenl to the effect that eight liours'i system for the second district was
of work in every period of twenty~four brought before the inflating. but no
hours is all that should be required of: action was taken. The commission-I
a human being and that privately OWII'i ors told those present that they tore-
Deiicit in District Sinking Fund Not Determined—Vot-
ers Adjourn Annual Meeting Two Weeks—Indem-
nity Company Representatives in Town—Hearing
Set For Next Monday
The more important developments in
the l‘llester S. Scllcck can. in which
he was arrested. yesterday. charged.
signation of Mr. Selleck was de-
manded. received and arcepted.
James ’I‘. llubbell was appointed
the Shattered. ‘
French, Serbian and Greek Soldiers Meiji
Keeping Up Their Advance on the
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lens and tr to find the s lution t . as treasurer of llli' First Taxing ilis- to till the vacanc thus created. M d F
win-mug perplexing questionso 0 9“ lnlerests. should “and the same saw considerable trouble in the fur‘itrict Willi misappropriation of $35,000 and ICCl’pth ill: charge bonds ace onlm tonic
' human working agreements uttered bl" nishing of water in the. future and it ' '
Edwin S. Blodgett. superintendent
of the United States Employment Bu-
norm. in Stamford. addressed a meet~
Vine. of manufacturers or their repre-
sentatives at the rooms of the South
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the Government. was their recommendation that an.
The question of the application of, initial step be taken at the meeting lot
the eight-hour day policy to war-time install a new system or improve thel
conditions has been the source of. old ”firem- Three distinct measures.
wide—spread unrest and dissatisfaction were presented which would "my int-l
among working men 0" 1‘" classesi prove the present conditions. i. e.. the?
of the sinking fund of the First Tax-
ing District. are:
The accused was ieleased. late
yesterday afternoon, under 'bonds
or 87,500. furnished. jointly. by
Clarence Fl. Siauson and Fletcher
H. Vsnliooasnr.
being placed at 825.000.
Representatives of the Aetnn
indemnity Company. of Hartford.
who bonded the Treasurer Selieck . '
in the sum of 812,000 for the year
past. and of the Royal Indemnity
Company. of New Yorkulty, who
(By The Associated Press). :twelve miles and the pursuit cone»
Allied successes ill the en'. tinucs.
circling of St. Quentin and break-I How serious was the menace to
ing into the IIiudeuburg line“le security of the Hindenbufg'
The 91°31‘31““ “"0”“ WW9“ ‘00. installation or a meter system; the}
:compliciited to allow of a unanimous; confirmation of a new filter. and "mi
decision in the matter by the memw laying o; . ”Wigwam" main from:
north of that strouit P“int con'Il'ino by the British thrust north of
carried the same audlint. rsvious . ,. . . . . _
p tiuuc. lllc lighting is trump.r on St. Quentin ,3 shown by the
Judge Candcs‘sot ncx ’ do .
”I y to that time. arrived in town. this
September 23rd. for a he r in; on
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- . .t . ., the case. morning. and are now'ln consulta- with great intensity on a front of; strong coullter—attackg the Ger; _ .
ibrrs otthe War [ill—bir—Boardaud inns Merrills pond. However. it was the! At the annual meeting of the tion with the proper authorities. more than thirty miles from mmhimans have thrown WWI the es . .
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Violet Englciield Tells of
Some of Her Stage Exper-
iences Abroad and in This;
Country-g-Now a Broad-‘
way Star
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the old City of Norwalk. the re-
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of~SL Quentin to northwest of British lines from Gouzeaucourt
C‘m‘bm' . . . to the Arras-Carnbrai mad. thus
’Ii‘icld Marshal Hall; is driving extending the battle line nearly
9" north 0’ St' Quentin and 1““ twelve miles to the northwari. 0n.
captured Outposts of the Illndcn- the front. attacked Wednesday, the
burg line. The Germans, appar- British are pushing ahead against
ciitly with the intention of holding bitter resistance towards the St,
up the British advance to the Qucrltin—Cnmbrai high road, rail-
soutll. have been bombarding heav-
ily the British lines from (louzcau-
. enemy defense lines.
court to the Arran-Cambrar road. From Iiempirc to Pontruet,
way and canal——ihrcc important . :. “3
Under Arms—Would Call.
2,700,000 in Nine Months_.t HIT BY WAR TAX
_M”dl Explains Pro‘tIIouse Approves General
Kim-bays Cash ADM Plan and Rates in $3,200,-
prlatlons For All of $7,000,-'i 000’000 Revenue Bill—De-
000,000 Now ASked For. cide on Payment of Two
0‘" Arms Ar e Necessary. Cents a Gallon on Gasoline
-—All Beverages Assessed;
—'l‘obacco Taxes Doubledi
—Amusements Tax Raised i
Influenza and Pneumonia
Kill 41 More in Boston.
With More Deaths in.
Nearby Cities—Brought
Over by U-Boats—Despite
Deaths and Many New
Cases, Authorities Assert
They Have the “Situation
Well in .Hand”
To come to America. unknown and
moulded, and. in a few short
months. to attain to that dignity so
highly prized by American players.
who's name iu' lights on Broadway, is
z-urely something of‘a record even in
these days of hustle. That is 'the
achievement of Violet Engleileld.
whose burlesque of Madam Galll Curcl.
in "the Passing Show of 1918," is per-
haps the most popular of the many at-
tractive scenes of the Revue.
Miss Englelleld's accession to the
ranks of Broadway Stats has an espe-
Briiiéh "OOPS i" dosth‘m‘“.wliien the. British now hold, the
fighting arc plunging farther into 3 Germans have. been buried from
the ililldenburg linc north of St: ‘ forward lines of the Ilindenburg
Quentin. while west of ca'l‘l’r“"‘positions. The forces abLempiro
they have withstood vicious Gcr- are four miles from he Catelet, an ;
man counter-attacks. The enemy important town. while on a front i
is making every effort to retain ills. of nearly six’ miles they are with-
positions on the thirty-mile front.: in one mile of the high road and
and to check the new Allied '1““"‘,tl1c canal. On a short from west;
which threatens St. Quentin illldlof St. Quentin, the French are
(‘ambrai. Iworking toward the town and are
{on the outskirts of. Dallon, two
Turns Down. Petition From
Norwalk Remonstrant
For the first time since the Federali '
Government took over the control oil
telegraph and telephone lines, the.
State Public Utilities Commission took
action today on a matter affecting the
regulation of telephone. The action; ‘
was on the petition of Edward B. Gal-i WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.—-An armyi
labor. of Norwalk, who complained»! 4.800.000 by next July after all do i
that the, Southern New England Tele- ductions have been made for casual-'
phone Company had refused to furnish‘, ties and rejections. is what the en-i
BOSTON. Sept. 19.——intluenza and the Bulgarians
In Macedonia
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“3' interest forSentinel l‘eaders‘in— him adequate service at reasonable larned American military program‘ , I iffiflflliii 0:033:29?“ £53?)th td) are in flight northward bctore illt‘1mlles from St' Quentin.
”WHO" 85 Elle is a "‘Sident or East rates. The petition was dismissed. icalls for. Gen. March explained this WASHINGTON. Sept. ”"th ‘ gan ' Serbialls and French. Ilurlcdi
' .Norwalk. where. in her little white mo ’ A
iii-boat, she. is a familiar figure, 3...
.li‘or litany years her name has been
ii. household word in her own country.
"or performance of the title role in.
“The Bad Girl of the Fatally." consti-'
tulcd one of the outstanding successes
of the last ten years. for she was com-
ln its order. the commission ex-
plains its position in taking jurisdic-
tion of the matter when the company
is under Federal control. It says:
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to the House Appropriations commit-
tee yesterday in discussing the. new
seven billion dollar nrmy estimates. ‘
There are now about 3.200.000 men
under armes. and the plan is to‘call.
2,700,000 of the new. draft registrants
to the colors between now and July. 1
Gen. March said that cash appro-
less than an hour's discussion and
without amendment the House yester-
1 day adopted the general plan and rates
in the War Revenue bill for taxation
of war and expenses tax estimated to
yield 33.200.000.000 revenue.
The House approved. without debate,
iille doubled tax on beer, $6 a barrel;
.3 i’our.
Within the 24 hours ending at 10
o'clock last night. 41 deaths were re
corded by the Boston health authori-
ties. At the naval camps and stations
in New England there were 11 deaths.
:and army camps and forts reported
Several cities and towns within
from important heights, the cne-t
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a finite radius of Boston reported
melted to enact the part ov-ir fourteen
hundred times. in London and the Eng-
lish provinces. while her more recent
amienrances in Revue at lhe Empire
and Alhambra Theatres. London. set
a seal on her reputation and placed
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priatlons for the whole 37.000.000.000 the wine tax scheduled raising 820,-;degthsv33?“ ‘88 $1130 ngulgt‘finfi
would be necessary as practically all 000,000. and the tax on insurance poll-f, r. ‘ ll am '- 0° “3" (5-3,“
of the additional money would be cies. The distilled spirits section, in- commit“ 0118‘“ 0f BQBton- 58w 9;?
expended in the next year. icreasing the rate from $3.20 to $80 a “99'“ be “0 0"“99 for alarm. 85 E 9
{gallon on beverages and estimated to health authorities had the sltuat on
[raise $795,200.000 was adopted. Tllofle“ in hand. -
idoub‘icd tax of 30 cents on rectifiers
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lillso was passed. l
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In the Liberty‘Loan News of last evening the statement was
made that this was not the time for optimum. People must :13;
lTet the idea. that because the Allies under the supreme exam m
3! General Foch and our American boys under the parse cto -
mand of our own Pershing have won a telling engagemen Is:
that the tide really seems to be setting back on the waste
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and the feeling of elation. We
1 con nienced. We find on every h _ . . ,
. see tthat the black shadowy creeplng German line which before i ‘
the present offensive was slowly making Its way westward is
now being pushed back practically throughout its full length.
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clone that started t Easte n P i ‘t. from, that the war 13 near to .the en .. ,;
mME IN BRIDEEPHRT about 4 “mm" ”83‘9”“ Zf‘er’S’Em " ACE IS KILLED not be the great need for buying Liberty Bonds as when tha'wori t
_ ‘cut a swath eiglit'To ten rods wide and!
several miles long through Groion.§
Long Point, Midway Station. Mystic“k
Old Mystic and out into Long Island
Sound. Several small buildings werei
Analine Chemical Products
Company, of New York,
Locates in Former Boyl-
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.01? THE LORRAINE FRONT.{
70 Employees Can Find No
Work——Want Government
b' d ' ' L ”I f' l u .‘ i Sept. 19 (By A The Associated feel that Paris and the Channel ports are ”50'. that the "-
Orders hgtrindsortnflgg Zp£$2d,’23‘mé°uiii" ston Factory {Many tlgvgl' “at; 133913;? 1 Press).— irst Lieutenant David gfiqvered territory of France will not again be. °"imm' and
BRlDGFPOR’r q ' 19 ly eight inches in digmeter. and tale, a . “~— y Buto Will Take Ac-l 3. Put of Newton, mead that now our boys being on German soil W11: 3011113 be
_ . . .ep. .--'l‘he stat- hone wires were own at many. owayton is to have e ind t '; a ' - . ' " ' ' not no V6
us one has been reached in the Bridge- iiolnts. . Morton F. Plant's estate sut-‘ which bids fair to bechrlliewthe liiiogi I) "y, lmefim we 0‘ ms, was kill 3cm” the maa' It is a tune to 1263010” but
non strike situation with fifty empioy. tion at Filtul‘é Meeting late Wednesday afternoon. while the head turned and begin to Ihont u if victory was already
fared some damage. many choice trees important that has ever been estab-!
‘es or tile Eaton Metallic cartridge being uprooted. Several personswei-e lished in that little suburb of Nor-i 1°.“ ”ml “1°“ the American obtained. nuatunetobehafl’m‘ thsAlhsshsmontbi: /
Company on recess” and seventy em- struck by llyinll debris. but no one walk. ' i The Third District voters tel. inst 1m“- odensivs and that through was here and then an _ , ‘ '
Flares 0f the Liberty Ordnance Com- was "noun,- injured. l It will be located in the well-known evening, in tho Marvin school for that _____.____,_ being pushed back with frightful loss «will!!! 5 We!“ a
puny not reinstated pendlnu interpre. ——.-—- .l-‘rancis Boylston factory. on Rowsy- annual session. About fifty voters INLAPPROVE $10 A mount of my “gnu-his. But those node's“, cent as .
«tion or the national war Labor LIGHTNING STRIKES iton avenue, close to the railroad Itl~ taxpayers were present and voted YEAR WAR TAX “hm“ not 1). WI u victory. Till to victory ‘ 1*
Board's ruling and the ordnance de-_ ‘ "tion: which property has been owned their opinion on the Various matters they m. III “I“ the {III resources of
put-oats ”“0! III supplying munl- NOWN GARAGE, for several yours by Raymond Broth. under consideration. At the opening. "—"—"" - to which w P1 m h. hard M M
one vote. . m. of South Norwalk. no mood of on “in John Gotham in. noes. WASHINGTON. Sept. uninten- m .n she has is ahead and w
loo-sass have been not to Messrs. ”Altman. Sept. 1.....u‘htnlng the late Ir. Dunstan is the manner as chair-an and stout Marshall choa- slot: of the proposed spacial war .tax “in: ma lulu lt . (Ill
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