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' EVENING 55me I ,
ROM ALL PART. OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
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Vice-presidentMarshall,Sen-
ators, Representatives,
Diplomats and Their ,
Families Driven Out :
Early Today
PALM llllflM ANI]
PANTRY BURNEI]
Several Women Fainted and
one Tried to Jump From
Third Story Window
Washington. Sept. 2i.—l’olice and
lira ollicials today were investigating
the origin of a fire early today in the
New Willard Hotel. which caused dam-
agoestiina‘led at $100,000 and sent
hundreds of guests, many of theni
ol’ , national prominence, scurrying
through the smoke-filled corridors to
the lobby and safety,
Several women fainted and one at-
tempted to jump from a third story
window.
Vice-President Marshall. Senators,
Representatives and diplomats with
their families were among the scantily-
tlad guests who quickly reached the
lobby by means of the Velt‘HllUl‘S and
l
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l HENRY BLAKEMAN
ms lNiillAlFflllll
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Well Known in Norwalk, G. '
A. R. and Republican
Ranks—Was Recent Visi-
tor atRoton Point Park
J Henry Blakeman. who had states
vwide prominence in patriotic and po-
liuoal life in Connecticut, died. at his
home. in Stratford. on Saturday, fol-
lowing a paralytichstroke, wbtou he
suffered on the previous Sunday.
Born of good old Stratford stoclrfls
years 380.18 enlisted from his home
town, in Co. D., 17th Connecticut Vol~
unteer infantry. known as the Fair-
held County Regimoht, July 29th.1862.
He was wounded in the hut day's
‘ light. at Gettysburg, but went right on
lighting as soon as he recover-ad, and
was mustered out when the regiment
databanded, at New Haven, Julyfllh,
1 GB. '
(Contianod’ On Page Eiglfi)
* REPUBLICAN .
COMMITTEE CALLS
THE PRIMARIES
A-. meeting of the Republican.Town
committee was held in the City Hall
building. last. evening, for the purpose
of issuing the call for the party pri-
mal-lea. Edmund E. Crows, chairman
ill the committee, called the meeting
to order and, in the absence of Penci-
val H. Sherron. the secretary. Judge
Joseph R. Taylor, acted in his place.
!There was a good sized attendance
out plans for the campaign were dis-
cussefir The chairman was authorized
to issue the call for the primar‘lh'iT’and
the same will be published in the local
papers within a few days. on the
evening of Oct. 4th. delegates will be
chosen from the_ diflerent wards t0
the Town convention, tote held Fri-
day evening. Oct. Inn. At that time
candidates for Representatives willpe
nominated; Justices ‘of the Peace will
be chosen. and delegates will be elect-
ed to the Senatorial and Probate con-
tentions. ‘
MRS. WM. MILLER~
.. MET WITH ACCIDENT
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LPresiden't Wilson’s Signa-
‘ ture to the Agricultural
Appropriation Means a
Liquorless Land
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‘Will Sale of Dope and Pois-
, onous Drugs Increase Un-
‘ der Prohibition?
Tucson, sap}.
24, 1918
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Generally Cloudy Tonight and wed.
*
Bulgarian, Austro-llungarian and
German Armies on Macedonian ,.
Front Threatened With Disaster ‘
sari-n aoawau cons,
SlARllD lHl
BAH R0lllNG
l0WARDSBiRilN
.Senator j‘hompson Says
America Has Put Pep in
the4Var and Will Bring
Kaiser and Followers to
Their Knees
fiERMAN MllllAlE
EXEEElllNfill lflW
Belief That War Will Be:
Two calm,
EflMPlETE llSl [if l8 1045 CLASS
NllRWAlll EXCEWUUTA BYLUBNY 13
No. Name.
192v~Knorr. August Christian
193—Lycelt, Franklyn Garfield
19i——Hoyt. Frank
Teutonic Allies Said to be Going Backward in
Disorder Over 3 Front oi Ninety Miles.
Sultan’s Armies Enveloped by
Advancing British, French
and Arab Troops. _
Allies [have loved rumor-125 Miles tr
Russia. Capturing City oi Nercllinsk.
(By ,The Associated Press).
In Palestine, Macedonia and
France, the Allied ofi‘ensives pro-
gress successfully. Macedonia, their communication
General Allenby's forces in Pal.f lines almost entirely one
cstinc have followed up their rout , through by the cho~Ser ion
of the Turkish forces with addi-‘advanoetothe Vardar,arc retiring
tional gains. In Central‘MaCe-I on a one hundred mile front. The
donia the Allies are pressiugyig-g Allies have reached the Vardar
l
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Address Given on Registration Card.
60 Cove avenue, East Norwalk.
56 Osborne avenue, East Norwalk.
Saugatuck road. East Norwalk.
l
' ' 195~DliVIs. David Littanor ~ llarion M On 0 d.
l Ended in a Few Months or ”Gamma “my noun" 8 Beta. ' if“ 7 :1); h: Norwalk.
\VASlllNGTON, Sept. 2i.vNutional Year at Least 197*Clark, Royal
8 Winfield street. East Norwalk.
Wallace Ave. and R. Drive. E. Norw’h.
0 Howard avenue. East Norwalk.
8" Seaview avenue, East Norwalk.
28 First siren. East N alk.
15 Myrtle stunt, East liorwalk.
76 Winfield street. East Norwalk.
9 New street. East Norwalk.
(5 Van Zandt‘stmt. East Norwalk.
5 Benedict street. East Norwalk.
5! Fifth street. East Norwalk.
12 First street. East Norwalk.
s Ludlow street. East Norwalk.
6 Wood-ids avenue, East Norwalk.
6 Rowan street. East Norwalk.
5? Osborn avenue. East Norwalk.
1 Center avenue, East Norwalk.
\ Third street. nut Norwalk.
8 Rowan street, last Norwalk.
131 Winfield street, hat Norwalk.
6‘ Myrtle street, Builder-walk;
8 North Shore road. M Norwalk.
1. Pleasant attest. last Norwalk.
prohibition edectivc next .lnly l. for‘ -—-—————— .
the period of the war, was approveo‘ WASHINGTON, Sept. lit—Describ-
“is! night by the House, which adopt-. ing his recent visit to the western
ed. 171 to 34, the Senate prohibition? front. Senator Thompson of Kansas.
rider to the 312,000,000 emergency ag- Democrat. told the Senate today that
i-lcultural appropriation bilL .A while in some quarters there is a be
The measure npw will besent lo con-1‘ lief that the war can be ended this
lerence. for adjustment of diaerencesi year. the general opinion abroad is that
between the two houaes on opproprla—' another year will b9 required to bring
lion items. Germany to her knees. America. he
All other olforts to amend the legls-i'declaredL had “put hep into the war."
latiun were defeated. A proposal by, and “started the ball rolling towards
Representative Kahn (Republican). of Berlin." A
California, to extend the effective date‘ Senator Thompson opposed a “make-
lor prohibiting the Hillt’ of wine and shift. compromise or hull-way peace."
beer to December 31, 1919, was defeat-i and‘declared it must be ‘ilnal and con
ed. 112 to 52, its was one by Represon- elusive and destroy forever kaiserlsm
talive Beshlln (Democrat). of Pennsyh, and militarism throughout the world."
vanln. to change the date for stopping?
the manufacturing of beer and wine
from next May to December 1, 1918.
Fr k
IDS—Foley. Peter Elicia
l99~—Whlte, Claude Jacklon
zoo—Dune“. Ralph Ii.
201—Waterbury, Henry B.
, zoz—Coloman. Oliver Parry
zoa—Anderson, Edward Gustaf
204—Gehrnlann, William H.
205~Cunningham. Fred Oliver
zoo—Mowry, Leonard ll.
mil—Erickson, Eric Julius
208—Aiusworlh. llarry Francis
209—Brown, Edward Tucker
fill-Bennett. George Henry
2ll—Erickson. Oliver Jackson
ZIP—Osborn. Myron Wallace
Zia—Bedlam, Stanley Hard
le—Radxlmanowskt, Paul E.
215~Lyle, William F.
216~Kenl. George Robert
IIT—Schule, John W.
alt—Dunn. Willlaln
81.an finial
troo taken captive will largely,
exceed 25,000. _ '
German and Bulgarian troops in
I
~_..
(Continued on Page Twerve)’
SPANISH lNlllthZA '
‘ need m c m. ,m, orously the advantages won and; northeast. of Monastir on a W ”T
(wall 0n Pm Tnm) ant—Pcdnun'ii'l'gtoa. Shi'ite. - :3 3;“ as“ N 37.39“ - “I‘digyulties of the Germans audlof more than ten miles and Serbian .
‘ ‘ m—l’hmtoson William D. a St John str'oet East V: i B“ so ans are increas' . Field} forces have era-3d“:- ‘
i ‘ . . A [In k. . l ‘ ‘ilfi _ .- . 7"
‘ BREAKS “UT HERE 233‘R9fl0'd5. Charles 5- ii Cove avenue. East Moi-walks». Marshalliaig has tale: a new the mam plu'b t 0 U! r v ;_
.—.___._.. ¥ .- tl, . flop In his Investment of‘St. ann- hang. on the left ‘df the i
tm and is fighting toward thehne, Italian and Serbian foresaw]
northern outskirtso! that German are closing in-‘ on Prilcp. Alon‘gfiti
strong point from east . of Ver- the entire front the enemy int,“
mand. burning villages and war mater-‘3 =‘t
0n the Mediterranean coast of 'ial. ' ‘lo
1
. Fungi—AN" “A81 Eighteen Cases Reported by
Various Physicians, All out
the Norwalk Fair Grounds
(Continued On Page Right)
:02 rhinitis HUBBElllSNllll
. Transporters and Distribu-
l - Palestine British cavalry has oc- By (ironing the Vsrdar on an :4
hers MuSt Procul‘e Palm“ An epidemic or Spanish influenza copied the ports of Haifa and Wide front south of Gradsko, forty q,
3' Odour 1 him broken out in this city. Dr. William . q TREASURER Acre, marking an advance from'milea southeast of the important ‘1
WASHINGTONfS—e‘pt. 24.——-Regula- .l. Tracey, local health ofllcer,announc- ’ just north of Jafia of more than
town of UilllubI the Set-lnght‘u
threaten the rear of the Bulgarian: it, .t
facing the ‘British and' Gm“ ~ ta‘
around Lake Doiran. Tbs Bulg‘arfé'i "C,
ions there are reported to bore- "j
- ed this morning. since Sunday eigh—
teen cases have ben reported in this
. city. but so far they are all confined to
one. section~~ln and around the old
fair grounds in the first district.
tions are being prepared by the Fuel
Administration, under authority grant-
ed by President Wilson, for the licens-
ing of persons or firms engaged in the
transportation ang'distrlbution of oil
sixty miles since the present op-
trations began. Acre has been
famous in history for the sieges it
has undergone and Napoleon met
. flFFlEIAlSlJMMAM lAXlNli lllSllllfll
and m- The “cu...“ m... new...“ “($23, "if g3}; '13 $333333; 3;.Statement- Disproves Wild Bonds Approved and Accept- Elsi; a sefious repulse the": in “Pint! Fling?“ Al’mig‘ofgflmézz
operative October 1. and it was emu {om ,hé day V“ out still another a“, Rumors 0f Hero Ulllt Be- a Yesterday _ Bunion - _ nttfll, In _ garlan with
h The rout of the Turks th d tl with the ho of cacao»
p ssised yesterday that all concerns was reported. Both were in the same . ” ll R“ I'd. Sink-‘ in e cvr on y g . pe , A;
00mins within the provisions of the house on 3100““, street. Yesterdayl lug “Wiped Out 8“ e Regs mg area west of the Jordan has com- mg before the Serbians can cut 01 "4"
Pmlden” proclamation, mu“ 0M“! eight additional cases were found by ' - . mmstatus polled the Turks east of the river their retreat northward. Around. "
licenses by that date. - Dr. Wolfe, six reported to Dr. Tracey! '
Evidence proving that the many cir-.
mature ‘
Specifically the persons or firms
compelled to obtain licenses are im-
(Continued On Page Eight)
HflW llAllflill HANNA
and two to Dr. Mnbelic S. Perry. All culated’ rumors about the strength of
of the afflicted persons reside in the the 102nd infantry after the battle of
vicinity of Slocum street and nearly Bolasona are false and enomy~inapired
all pro einployes ol the Muller-Gloria is given in the official summary it oas~
Lace Works. .‘ualtiea to the regiment, announced by
The local health department is mate the War Department. The announce-
ing stringent efforts to check the dress ment shows that of the 3,600 men in factory bond in the sum of 825.000 to
epidemic and it Is hoped tha‘ no other . the regiment, 913 have suffered cab} the M and entered at once "1mm.
cases will be reported. The dlseassl ualtles, and 122 of these were killed in details‘ of m, dune-g. l
'3 contagious ”d ‘5 "9'1" 9“" ‘0 action. When asked as to the total amount
catch. it is first noticeable in the, In the entire regiment, 31 have diedl of the sinking fund at the present
form of a slight cold. This is followed. of wounds, 288 have been severely
l | time. Treasurer Hubbeli said:
by a severe pain in the head. high teln‘ ; wounded, and 146 are missing or pits-i "The attitude of the board as 1 un-
lpcraturc and nausea. When the oners. Two hundred and thirty-two of denland ,1 “Aug, mun"
Norwalk BOY Over SC? slightest symptoms are noticed it is the Connecticut men have been wound-i
' ' 'n Du ou . advisable to call in medical attendance ed or gagged, But all men in thug en-r
writes Of Life] a g at once in order that it may be check- tire rogiment have died of disean‘
Harold fianna. who is now doing his ed bem“ " h" gained any headWI)’. since the organisation sailed for over-
bit in the cheerful game of getting the ,_ Thehealth department “33 issued peas.
German goat, writes a most interest-: The 103ml infantry has lost more
tag letter to his mother, Mrs. A. WJ .men in killed or woundedthanany oth-i
Hanna, of 14 Belden avenue. ‘ i . er regiment in the 26th or. New Eng-l
Sergeant Hanna. oi the U. 8. Signal [laud division. The casualties of the;
James T. Hubboll. who was appoint-
ed as treasurer of the First Taxing Dis-
.trict by its commissioners. to till the
[vacancy caused oy the resignation of
l Chester 8. Bollark. qualified yesterday
i for the position by presenting a satin
l
"We assume that the total (if some
thing over $40,000 as shown by the
books is still intact, and in its desig-
nated rcpoaitory and will work song
a...
(Coutinued On Page Three)
21 OF THE CREW OF
(condom On. 5... Eleven)
WILL ENTERTAIN
rp as To - lentirc New England division, appror- C ERE '
ggarsiinlii origiizlztgii‘: inniii'iniiin; THE BUENAVENTURA E'EIB‘OIY‘G-ooov “1:33”? 32°23‘58“ STATE. OURI H ’
th'lli _ ; It eentroeasua s c‘ an'
“ n8 experiencgzmngggfm, ARE STILL MISSING , would." forces. n. tummy motion A. pm-
Dear Mother:
.-
l era of Castlle was bold in Ansonlaj‘
l
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it': WASHINGTON, D. 0.. Sept. 24.—-— Sunday afternoon. ZIState regent, Mrs.
s a week‘slnc: have had an MI" The Navy Department was advised INUUEST INT" in: then. og‘limflmm'v‘lrxa!
. l t rd in t tor-eat war
. ”Eff: m 'i"°-’ its: dyinui‘immm" my" $232: , , - 'gnhmgcwgfim'fi?‘
‘steamship Brian ventura, to d d rt 0. w II III l'l
LIEUT' GLADSTONE , land sunk, last li‘raiday. off the 2:25;); M finVERN 8 BEAT“ to continue their noble work in “Ill“.
GETS PROMOTION ! Spain. still are unaccounted for.‘ ing their local lied Cross Chane".
—— Annexe were ninety-live men in the . land he mainland the gland ro-
iuformation has been received in crow. ' . Coroner John ,‘ plug, was in this goats upon their spindld reports
South Norwalk that William G. Club St: ofllcors and thirty-nine men from city m afternoon m m u. slug this Ibo of mus..- voted
stone. the enlisted in the United the Buanaventnra were landed at in...“ into m. “a, .g y...“ I... to puma-o another on tho
States Army when America entered Brest by a French deatroyorandtwo Gomwbowufllhl'blloalwork ”alumna. Gui-thou.
tbcwar andwasmaftoI-oommla- onloonaad twenty-seven men have ummumnmm “I. Ital-ICING“. In.”
slusduatioutcuathunowbmbmhficdatcmlm m.m-.th“mmdlow1fl.~albo
Wmamutbosual nekmul'lldm said mumamdmu mmmflmm
CmuCohUMNwYolt. Amt-Ibis was-Mod shod hl- MWHU'WWJI donuts-aviary“:-
O-m Chin-I- no in unmamwmwmm..._“..~.~uuc sauna-uh“
magmas-azim-ammnua-umm- gummhbmh
m -m mumflww‘.“ ”do!“ u
strut. lo har'lovslblu. low salmon-“Ismael. “u"-qgw; “I."
{magi-allow“ ‘hafiuflunhgdmw hwflafiflrm
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sup-am ‘ lethal-“mu f m m.
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to retreat. They are being pur-
sued closely by Allied forces and
the king of the Hedjas. EeSalt has
been reached and the Allies are
pushing north rapidly along the
Hedas rialway. General Alicnby
reports that the number of enemy
Prilep the forces of the Central
'U
,.’.1o
Powers also are in a serious pool-w . .1»
tion and they may’ be cutofl com- w ~ ‘
pletely if‘he Allies can press
northwestward along the Vardar "
(Continued on Page lithe).
"In all wars he is
These are the words of Premier
of victory, must hold out,
' may be won, at Llo
of money.
LIBERTY LOAN NEWS.
WHY WE MUST DEFEAT GERMANY.
tbofoonquaror who can u
not beaten a quarter often hour longer thanhb adversary. ; ,
01mm _
The belligerent that holds out {ti that lastnftoon
‘ amiscopomlcsllyaswblt, ,
h Tho .
ltaflglltin {cream a my
These are simple and obvious
believe that he in
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