Take the Helm from Wllfielm --- Buy Liberty Bonds
e-._—_-.-—-!— -_- ,- __
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Net-walk PM
Otlico as Second Class Mutter.
WASNlNRllN
RECEIVES THE
GERMAN N01
RREAI ARREST
Mw—v
Reply to President WilsonI
Reached the Swiss legs-I
tion in Official Form byI
Cable Today
NIIEIIINENT SENT T0
STATENEPARTNENT:
Secretaries Lansing and
Baker Called to Important]
Conference at the White.1
House
W ASlli.\(l’1‘0\' (ht H. 4iei‘til:tli_i"s
II ply to l’rtsideiit \\' ilson reached the
Swiss negation in Itillt'IllI tol'itl It)
cable this morning. lt was iii t:t-tntan
text, a translation of which was identt
ml with that rct-eiied ht Wit-lean
Saturday.
instead of lilklm: tlte
to the White House. as did l'llili't’
At txiiiiilian‘s peace plea. l~‘rI-dt-iIclI
tIdt-I'Iiri. Swiss" t‘harue, ("ointmiiiicztted
Milt the stii‘e Ilepattnien' lie was"
.i~lI't-Il to present it to Sccrt-taiy l.aii»
». It: at ll:l.'t o'clock.
III the Itieaiititiie. President Wilson
thitl called St‘tTt‘ttl‘tt‘s I..tns"iiit: :ttttl
‘ttkcr to the White House tor a con~
iIEATRliiltlli:
tiiiiiutit lN
PUERllIiiilliSi all
f'w tond Shock Mal ‘Ies l’cotgle
Fearful of Repetition of-
Disaster oi 1869 f
SAN Jl AN. 1’. ll. ()t‘llllli‘t' 11 One
hundred and titty lives were ltlr-i in
last week‘s cartliipialte itt Porto Rico.
it was" estimated by (lilit‘i'lltll' i'auer
today. Almost every towtt iii the is-
land resorts Ilittit:t;:cd ptoperty and
scattering fatalitics.
There are unconfirmed RIpot-ts litre
of great dainaee iii Saiito Domingo.
Reports front the interior are coming
in slowly because of htoken communi-
cations.
Slight additioital shock was lelt :tt
[our o‘clock tltis morning and the peo-
ii II- titret tli'
NATNECESSART
lfllllliSESI-Il .iliilS
The enclosed cotttmtiuitaion iz‘t‘r
Superintendent (i. V. Buchanan may
enl‘tchtcn the public in the matter of
inwpinq the schools open tltttiuu llit’l
epidemic of influenza:
State of Connecticut,
Department of lleai’h.
Hartford, tlIItohI-r1l_ 101R.
imcal health authorities are :islt‘tt;
to. :tdilt‘t‘ regardin: closing of sclioans
dot-in: th present epidemic of mild-
enaa. Out" instructions are tliat the
policy of this department is that
Sellools should not be ('Ittrt‘tl as t-xpc-
fence in nearly all epidemics has
.
(Continued—on Page Two)
ENAIRAIAN liNEINlRl
AIANES AN APPEAE
'10 tltt People of \‘IIII;lh
\‘oiuath I: tequhml to take “an,
.0" of the Hull“! Tile-Hi Lot-n
”H.200 Ill NM h'ihdrthrtl In:
SSH.“ at“! be taken in Notvtazk
«I. of blon- Oclnhet 13th
Rome-autum- or the l'nimt am...
Tr- d‘fllt‘ in" I .ltetl tip-In your mm
.5” q a“ I’m that Mung“ Ilmui
M t" ”I" 0‘ NM" Alvin WWI-flint ”I
‘lI MIC... ‘
IW 0:.” ”It
_ Ilretls of bodies
'Ili close
-of America.
‘ Arion lljlll.
A large Section of North-
eastern Minnesota ls a
Mass of Ruins, as Result
of Flames of Saturday and
Sunday
WHIJEE VlllAliES .
WERE NESTRRI‘ Ill
2,000 Reported'to Be Home-
less and Numerous Small
Fires Are Still Burning
lll"l.l"'1‘li. .‘llllll.. (Hi. It A tone
sittion oi" \(ll'llltle iein ‘::iiIInI o
Iliiee dais ago gt bit \ and piospt roth
business and fainting It. llllIl‘\ tIIi It
was a r.lilttllltlt‘ltll‘.’. ruins with lillll
oi men. not. it Ind
IlilIdrcn. liliill_\ ot‘ ill at I i: ntd 't .ov.d
lt‘l‘illlilllltlll. strewn about the Itlliiilt-
side. as the l'I'Stll‘. It tlte ill>:t' trott
loIIsl tiI'Is VihiIh swept this It'li.i t_".
Sattttda) and Stand t\
|..ttt- tI-s.;iiititt.\p'i.‘. ‘lcl.t
in one thousand. although no
tillit"i:il ll;lll"l _. were ainitaitIt- only to
day. llllllili‘t'tls‘ ot pezsons .Ite llttlit I..-
ltssI tlltill i\ hittntd tooas .iIIIll are
dv stitute ttntl homt im: not! lie pro;
.izy Itl>.‘ \Iiil ittn into many tnillioitt
oi" dollars. ."\l least a llith n cities and
tt‘ontinued on Page Four)
REPIIREIRANSAEIAIN
N AME IIIEEIAAISIIN
Popular Daricn Nian\ I omi-
nated F01 S'enatm iIrom
'liienty-Sixlit District
Ir‘ .1
'lIte ileptiltlicaii III-lt~:iitt-s troni the
Twenty Sixth Setmtothtl district lll‘ltl
thI-ir t‘tIlIVt'lllltlll .iitd titiattiitiotisly
Tli'tlllill-llt‘ti t‘lmtic.‘ in, \\'illt:tinson. oi
ltaricii, as liit'll appointee to the Sea
IllItl'Sllllt liotti t‘ii-~ Ii‘s'ritt. at the Ho
el t‘lil‘lotd. on Sattittla} afternoon. at
2 o'clock. llaI'Iiiony reigned at the
convention and riei'yihinu \\'t-Iit :iloiiu
smoothly and. at its coiitliision. a do-
liehtlttl luncheon \izis sei'i‘etl the dele-
Lillit‘s in thc .Itltijlllill: dimensional.
Edmund 1C. t‘rotie. member of the
State. ('ential committee for the 20th
district, called the met-tint; to order,
and. upon the motion ot‘ ('raitier t‘.
;Iicgeiiiati. (‘apt. t‘liarles \\". llcll. ol'
Ilowayton. was elected chairman of
(Continued On Page Eight)
IiiIIiitiItitiii
TRENNRIIS NAT RATE
(‘ourt (it Attiicis, No. 173, Foresters
held its annual dance. in
Saturday night, with the
floor crowded throughout the evening.
Svec"s orchestra pi‘ot'ided exception-
ally goon music and encores were nu-
merous. Visitors were in attendance
from Stainlord and Bridgeport. The
committee started refreshments and ll
good sum was realized for the benefit
of the local boys iii the United States
Service.
The committee Was cotitpost‘tl oi .l.‘
Delibeto, chairman: J. Mats-alto. sec~
retnry; J. D'Ora. treasurer: lI‘. Uddo.
R. Drliiartine. J. Dasona. L. ('aponc. l‘.
l). l'ietro and (i. Rant-cl. (‘hiet Rang
er J. Otltlo was also associated with
the Ionttiiittet and did edit lent w-otk
in looking altet ‘lit gtitsis oi the III-
caslon.
”— u._,_..... a- -
TIRE NAS IIIllEDi
0NE THOUSAND
CITIZENS OI“
NORWAIJC
fly your hp at your bones
and shops during this whole
weekmtlio in: M o! the Vic-
tory lam
masts. “mu
windows. Hue phall- in
SNIEAIIE ATTEMPT
I MAY BE SUTTESSENE
Morris Finck _—Fires Four
Shots at Himself and Two
of Them Take Effect
o rt
\lottis- i"iiitk ttt‘ -.. Elizabeth street
is in the hospital today with Il'ltllllt-‘l
w. Ind ill his" Iliest and one iii his
hetd as titsult ot an attempt .it sat
Iid~ ’lhe niati is in a seiiotis Iondi-I
lion and It is thou 'lll that the woundsI
lilti\y proie tatztl.
to a In this" inornitiu the night
~watchtnaii at llll" t'rottit tit Knapp
_ etomptny ‘sa shop on Water sire et heard
. a number oi shots coining limit the til-
‘1‘i"(llttil oi ill/I-Illtth sttcet. llt tellt»
phontd to polict heatltitiaiters- andl
lt't‘l‘s‘ l otku oil and (Iuinti wete
still to Initstiuate ”-lliI) went into
tht IIIst house on tht lelt hand side at
the siteet iilltl on tin upper tlooi found
a door shut and lItkId \ihilt
weie standing outside the door they
(Continued (In Page Three)
liMiIERATSNANE
THRISTIAN SWARTZ
South Norwalk Resident Is
the Candidate Fm Senator
From the Twenty-Sixth
District
The lietiiocrittic Setiatoiial coiiicti-
tion met. at the Norwulk City court
room, on Saturday. to nominate a can
tlidate for State Senator from the L’ttth
district.
John (‘
I-ItitiitiittI-,e
dcr titid ptesidI-d
:itlt I] :is' ("TI Ilt.
iorntet St It: ttIt" llilllittttl S \\ted oi
n t‘ ::ttit.tti. placed the nano oi
s‘ilal. Sii'ttttz'. in iiouiiitiitozt, “fill
a ll'leii \tt-liclioseii \iords
’l'lie ll-Illlilltlilttll was quickly
l‘tl .titIi ttitattiiiitttisly l'.lll.t‘tl h}
lllt‘tilttli. I
lit Iiltli about the street~ today that
.‘.':t ?'\\:Ilt'/'. h.tIi titt'llllt'tl the tiotnttta
lion \\"tlt denied, :tiltl it was ~l;tlt'~l
that his name had lit‘t'll sent
l,(.‘ltlt.llillli'i". ill Ii.tr'to:tl. to he iti'itti
«d on Illt' haliot.
.IIIIINE AREAINT
IS ENRINSER RY
REPUAEIEANS
The lieiIILItliI‘tt! l'ttiiiate l'I‘ll\““.II”El
was held this :Ii'tIItItoIIti at L’
in the own :i;~~etnhly hall. at whit-i
time Judge Henry \V, In -;:o:'_r was
nominated as lllt- jtitlgze oi liro‘m'c
’l‘lte Tilt-“lint! was called to order by
‘(‘!ttirinttt\ George H. \'os'liii:‘;:It and
.S‘inie) ll. lecitwood of New t‘anattn
was l‘llt.\i ii chairman. and lI‘Ieti lillt‘iv
Smith, clitiittnan oi the lot at
llt-rnaty I‘. l’I-t-iicy
\II
“t't)lill>
."ll't'lJ'
Iii lEII-
Al‘l""~‘l\
lty. clerk
. The dt-lcuatcs thou [ll‘t'tltIlst‘Il tlit.
name of .lud'ze Gregory ;t~- the lit'pulr
lican nominee for tho piol).‘te
ship and lie “tit: tinaitini-tisl) chosen
The delegates preset]? ititltttletl:
George H. Vo‘s‘lturgh. Fred i‘nckley.
l‘hiilip t‘nstalleno, (,‘Iai'k lily tNer-
walkl: Herbert .A. Iat‘t'elt and John
Knapp I\\'iltont: and Staple:- ll.
l.-tl(‘l(\\'t)tltl and William than.
t‘apazini: l’itillip ll. Fielding oi' Nor.
walk being the only dolomite uhseiit
SHRIEE EREEEETNIN
0E WAR REINJS
A window display oi' war relics tan~
ttit't-tl Irotii the Germans is on I'\lliltl
trio in the WinllIW --i .losepl. liatis‘
store on \‘I'tishtziuton slitrl and is (It
ll‘ll'lilli: .n llllil~|lIll llllltiilll ..t .iIII-rc
Iioit This i~ the .ll“l real ewlbi'ion
It: ii~ lIIilIl "\l‘l seen In the Pit). find
1... plot. It "I be If the tt‘IiiosI inter
t“. 'lln- H 'II.» \H'II' till itif'll'Ti) ”I"!
ii'itll Henry .II" wete IARIIIA "that
1: ‘Il. lit the .AlIt-Iit 't't . tl' Ill-I nI I'lllu
l‘ta‘twii 'lltI-It) land lhliv-ail \V DWI“
’i .v-v new Nl'll to this t-u.i. '- and
“I‘d-III 'tII tilt r ~ Id fhe xiv-rind Feat
0"!“ *u- T|T'iO'IHTINISElTTJ'IT‘}
t .I ,u I, ”III uIII- tttitattiv»; Io' e!
iill"«tl: III. {In mime! .II...I;.i
3.. 0 I“! “. lI' "II wt r“ Itl LATIN?"
Imhd‘
'lm told-le- I- ha‘. .I a .1... it. via
Wm“ M m
NORWALI, 00".,
the) .
tailed the meeting to or"
jtidge-'
(New,
MONDAY,
r
THE SOUTH NORWALK
EVENING SENT INEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
OCT. 14, 1918
INNS. BARNERSIIES
FUNERAL SERVICES
I HER MNTNER- IN- [AN TRMIIRRIIW ERR
'Claims Slanderous Stories.
Were Circulated AfterI
Fire in Riverside—“Mel
00 Damages Asked 01' Richi
. Defendant—Alleged Convl
' versation Reflecting onI
Plaintiff's Character 1
Mrs Helen i. llazker' whose lItIs-'
band. William .I, llilllfl‘i". Jr. was btirIi-‘
ed to death. in a my stcriotis fire. which
totally destroyed his residence. in
Iliieis‘ide. last January, has hrtIUght
snit autttnst Ali's. Mary 1'3. l“ttl't‘ll'il. heI‘
iiiother-iitlaw~ in the Supreme eotit't.
\\'esttlie>tt'i Iotittt}. alleuing slItlltch'
and Ileiiitiitdina ilttlIlilL‘t‘s‘ oi $100,0tttt.
She claims that Mrs Farcira has been
circulating talst- .ttr‘. defamatory stor-
ies surrounding incidents of her mat-L-
tal lift- and oct-titreuccs on the night
of the tire. She sta'es that she illltlt
her husband lived conuenlnlly togeth-I
er front the (late It! their Iiiarriaue.I
Sept. 24. 1903. until lils" death. and
charges hei llltllllt'l'IlD'lu“ with hating
(Continued on Page E‘uht)
.tiiiitittiiiitis I
NEEPfliENHIlUSF
Catholic 1 Iiion i‘ouncil. No. tt‘._ K. oil
i‘,_ entertained a large and happy;
patty oi L'llt’sls' at the t‘IItholn- ('llllt‘
lltlll‘it‘. ttli llit' I'iettiiltl ill t‘olumhus'
Day. \I iilt a Varied pi'ouiant with It [lil‘
Illitilf' touch.
The slogan of the K.
“i'lit'tIyiiotiy “channel" liverylmtl)’
Tl'i oi" “as ll\'|'tl tip to. to the letter.
and the affair was well up to the high
~i:tlltlill‘ll set by the hospitable Knights‘
on many a similar occasion.
l‘owell's orchestra. hired for the oc-
casion played lirely music for dancing
during the ei'cnintz. Miss Edna How-
ard rendered several \ocal solos with
great sticcts's'. and there was a whole
lot of chorus singing of pattiotic anti
other popiilat songs that the tllilfits‘
st emed to etijoi as- tnttclt as the audi-
cllt‘t‘
(Irand Ktiaht Eduard J
spoke a ten words of introdtictQionn tot1
ltobt-It lilatlock. \iho trai't ltll( oi his"
forceable four- minute Sllf’(‘('.lit‘s I
lIelieshments \\'"i‘ll‘ seiied and the
ot’ t‘. "huts":
tttn kept up until a late hotitw‘ !,
"PHYSICIAN COL LIDES
WITH M ALI. w AGON.
Dr. Robert M. Wolfe and his rt-un.
hour and the Ford mail tlelirs \ c:-t
driven oy.Aieck O'Connor. figure! in‘
a collision. under the Wasnintztrin
street bridge. this afternoon. at 1
o‘clock, No one wa: injured to any
.extItfl. txcept Dr. Wolfe. who sustain—
ed an ituuietl stomach when he was
‘Ilriinv against the steering who .1 ti
Till: t'iti(llln9. !
III “cite “as following, II it dis-
tanI-I- oi about 50 feet in ba it of the
ambulance. which was )il‘l‘than
atomr South Main street in the direc-
titm or the hospital. The mail ("arm s
coming up Washington street. min:
‘ttiI'artls the l'illll‘ntltl station to meet
the 1:09 train. 0'(‘t)ll11()l‘ trictl to cut
across in front of Dr. Wolfe. with the
tesult that the physician crashed into
the side of the oF‘rd. Both machines
were considerably bent and dented but
not seriously. No arrests- were made.
PENAFIEL UPRISING
PROMPT LY QUELLED
LISBON, l’nrttttal. 01‘! N. The
I't‘l'quurm‘ thut-rtittterit has declared
I state of siege for all l‘ttflumwve tern
tt'nn The president. as commander-
iI-chie! ot the military and mud no
its. has tale. dim! mound of tho-
lotus. Tranquility IOIIII- In the mo.
"5'.
M Mel. a ton nineteen Dilu-
mm at 0pm. I and! M u
ham“
.hls daughter. Airs.
.iial will be in the
I not stittessttilli
and the end came in peaceful sleep'
A J NUTTNINSRN
South Norwalk Octogenar-
ian Died In Babylon. L. 1..
on Saturday From Pneu-
monia
O
F‘tiiieiul services for the late Andrew
Jackson Hutchinson. who died in
liabylttn. I. l, on Saturday. will he
held tomorrow from the residence of.
iI‘redeiitlt S. li‘on.’
120 Max llili ltoad. at :.'.‘ 50 p Ill lite
rltll IcinI teri
\li llllItlllll. on was taken ill with
piittintenia on Monday nlIIht lust Ioi
lowing It told of H\t‘litl \ieeks' dtir-la
tioti. llis age was such tlitit he (otiltl
combat
Saturday morning.
(Continued On Page Four)
HEAVY llfiNT PINE
HARN HIT 4 TIMES.
Acts as Butler For All Kinds
of Cars on Dead Man‘s
Cu1ve—None of the Acci-.
dents Are Set tous
That lentr stit'l‘eriitu electric
of tlte\\"estport avenue hillon llast zirc-
litte withstood iotir inort- hztitl knot-Its
by skidding atitomohiles oter Ihe
weekend and is still on ditty.
’l‘ht-ttiit began at just ti o'clock
Saturday evening. when a standard.
car with the New York number of
1547:! came down the hill and sailed
.hcation into the pole.
(Continued On Page Eleven)
SNERIEEPEASE
VERY MUCH AllNE
(‘ounti Sheriff Simeon Pease walked
into The Stilt. ncl otiice Saturday at"-
tetnooii and edectiieli refuted the
statement teceited over the wite. on
lIridav. anti bulletined in ftont of the
Iomte that he had died. lt was mighty
pleasing news when a denial of the
rumor reached The Seating. and it
could correct the misstatement which
ltad been sent broadcast over
state.
ing the high sheiil’f an obituaty. in—
‘stead they will have the pleasure of
thinning some bouquets to the living. .-
As belote stated Slieiit’l’ i’easeisvmety
much alive anti is attending sttictl) to.
the duties of his office. lncidentally
his tiiends are maki In: it cleai to the'
\oteis that he is up for I‘e—electibn andl
ate figuring out just what majmit)
they will be satisfied with on Nov.
5th. it is no secret. that Sheriff
l’cast- -’s administration has
great success. The business or the
sher‘il‘fs office In etery detail has re
cettetl his personal attention. Eton.
omies have been introduced and. de‘
spite high prices. the taxpayers have
been benedtted by his presence in the"
(‘ourt odiciiiltt speak‘
oilicc ot sheriff
in the highest terms oi the slit-rid and
his method of harmonic nubile tun.
Items. He has I claim on his part) an
reelection, according to the urea
menu at his supporters. ti latthttil pm
tor-unto 01 that) «sums lot anything:
in wt? ~ MI The" Bill hr mmw uh I
wry My I‘ll! tin lent to t‘an
did-lo Walther on utt- twin-mint t
Itch-t. not "on“: sill rel-IN In
thhflthflth mt muslin;
wummywmuuwcummu
laniiiy ptlo at ltl\'t'l‘~l
the diseasc‘
. liuhtt
‘l‘ttlI‘ on l‘l'tll] Man's More at the foot
the
lie was not allowed to temain'
dead tety long and the papers w‘cte?
relieied oi the unpleasant duty of gii-_
been a.
. Fair and Cooler Ionight With Frost.
crmaii Forces Abandon Latin
And Whole St. Gobian Region
I ‘ Leaving Territory lo the French
IAsloiiislting Change in the Baltic line When.
I the Germans Began to Fall Back out .
i
. 01 the Bag Holding Themc
'llalian Troops Engaged on the
illills North ol the Allelic River...
3British and Americans Appearlo Have Been
‘ Slowing Down During the Fast Two Days.
1
iii) the Associated l'l‘t‘\~l
1 German i'orccs Iiaie altatitioiit‘tl.tiiiic.
-l.aoii and the whole Si. tlolt.titi I'I"- In“. “mun“: “I“. rm“ fan
i-'“‘“ “I“ I """I' ”H“ “W Nil" Aiiltierp to (I‘ltc'tt. and thence III
“I" I'll‘l“ “M“ i”"“-“”1 ”“ “”“l l"otii"ititt. lIlt"li IItt\\ll the base of the!
their line now Ititis Iroin the (list-ISL “it.“ Him” to the Moscile,
and perhap:~ hold them for stunt:
I'IWI' "Il‘IVA‘ II“ 13”" I" ”1“ "NW” . where it joins the old Trout l'tlli<
Il‘ilil “I A “mm“ d" ”“1"”. iiiiit: throttuli Lorraine and Tilt,“
I Win It the (it rinans' he ":dtl to tail
III: o k oiit oi the bag: into \\lllt ll they
cre item-,1 soiili caught in the
:rattid atliaitc e III the .\ilie \ on I at it
"\ltlt‘, the) \\t itt \\llIl stitli spot-II
hat iii- t-liaiim- lit the hattle line
to that scttioit oi the front tIlll‘lilL“
\‘osegcs to the Swiss frontier.
French and British fort-es \‘it‘t-
itally llilit' reached this line cast of
t‘ainltria and St. Qtieittiiie. British
titiits are l't'lt‘ti‘lttl at Soiesmes,
while the II‘I'ettch. farther south,
_;it'e within i'otir miles" of (iiiise. On.
I' W“ I""“~‘ “I“ Ii‘l“I"‘I"“'-'- ~\"t the (‘ltaitiptigae front. (it‘lll‘l'ill
Illtlllll IIIe lI'"-iemh l""tilllil II the Laoti- “Hum... is I...“ ”H“, tire mum
La I"""' II'IIIA’IIII ‘II‘I II“? ""“"'““ l'oriti lietiml. \i'liiie farther east.
ltl .ttii rIal r-.es'istaiiet
ltaIiait troops partitipatttl ill
tht t'itl\illltt‘ and now are t‘ll":i”"HI
ion the hills llttlili oi the Nile tie ri»
t\t l. .\t this pattittilat‘ point. the
ticrtnait lines have heeit pressed.
imeII‘. oi" haw heeo withdrawn.
‘tliat a sharp angle ltas‘ hecn creat—
I‘ll.
With the exception of the area
North of lloiiai. there appears to
have heeii a slowint,r Ilowo oi" the
Allied advance ilill'llif." the past
two (lit-V8. .\t no point hate the
Iltritisli and Americans swept at-
I’ll‘t‘iltl as they tlltl on Thursday and “mud [mm \ilierc tnilitarv ex-
il‘lltlili last week. ,I-ptits' li.t\e said the tlIrm: tits" had
. This max iiitlitate the herniatis (intuipd ti...‘ .,r r. -tite mtnt too iono-
litaie it‘tlt'llt‘tl “hat is known as the In; their my“ will t_\
Handing. or l)llllllllltl line. "iltis' in ”NI Huh... “I limm ,I-itiqh.
Ipositioti. \iliile apparently llllit'Il 1“,...“ u... lighting ”wh- “IV for-
less Toiniidaltle than the llilltltll-IMJHI dtrdin\f .1“me rpgiqdneo
Iltlll‘g sisteui. still is Irr'oniiiflt
sitttllL" c ‘llttllL’ll to retard the AlliesI
th-neral (ioormitl has taken N'tilllv
lt'l's, htit has" not penetrated much.
north oi' that place. Atticricaha
lighting III the Argonne region artsy--
tltroituli the KrieiiihiIIl llllt‘. but
their prouress there is very slow.
Study of the tactics followed by
the Germans during the past week
has shown that they are following
the methods of retreat iistItl iii the.
Marne and Somme salicnts iti July!
illtil August. They have held their
iiatiks fairly secure and have with-
drawn their center. They have thus
apparently cscapctl disaster II-
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(Continued on Eleventh Puget
LIBERTY LOAN NEWS
Population of Norwalk ................ -. . . . 25.000 I
Subscribers to Liberty Bonds ............... 4.180
Amount of Subscriptions .' ............... $911 150
Amount of Quota ...................... $1,828,600 ‘
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A little figuring will show that we have just reached half
of the amount asked front Norwalk fer the support. of the gov-
ernment. in the prosecution of the war. If this is to be a. Victory
Loan as far as Norivalk is concerned. the inhabitants must wake
: up. Just five days more. Will we send the word to the boys
of Norwalk over there and in the cuttonmenta here at home
that we are not basking them up as we should? Shall we tell
them th It we are not appreciative of their sacrifice [or us?
Shall the word go to them that we think so «dimly of our ovm I
dollars that it: can not load them to the gave. .xnen: .o proton
and save their lives" Will we let theta think that we are slack-
ers? Whe't't our local pride m but so mach alien"? Where's
the larva!!! spirit that is busted o! In null? Let ’s m m of
it this week. The money it but. Gin as they gm. W In
they lull and lemon villus-It listlll was” to the by!
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Norwalk Chronicler