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Beautiful Grounds at Keyser Island, With Dormitories of
2503mm, Fully Equipped. Lecture and Dining
, , Rodnis, Chapels,~Etc., Admirably Adapted For a Con-
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REV. CHARLES i. MULLALY, S..l.,
l8 ENTHUSIASTIE [IVER PililJEET
Father Rockwell, President of the Board of Trustees of
Manresa Institute, Instrumental in Turning Many
Colleges Over to the Government
it was announced officially yesterday; tersity, Boston College. Holy Cross
that it is more than probable that i College, and oud colleges in Philadel-
Manreea Island, more familiarly known phia and Buffalo. and we can now
by its tormer name of Keyser Island. crown our sacrifice by offering the
will be given over to the United States. buildings and grounds of our Summer
Government for hospital or some kin.| Lecture School and House of Re
dred work. At the meeting of theHreats."
board ‘of directors, held a few days The suggestion was warmly second-
HsO. the Rev. Joseph ii. Rockwell, 5.1 ed by the Rev. John Creeden. S. J..
J.. president of the trustees (if Mann president at Georgetown University,
resa lslandand provincial superior of" which institution has sent nearly two
the Society of Jeans, strongly urged, thousand of its students and alumnlio
in view of the. very urgent need 019.03.! the Amy and Navy.. The proposal
ililflls and convalescent homo, for ouri was agreed upon unanimously. and We
wounded American soldiers, that all have learned today that the offer has
the buildings and beautiful grounds or already been made to Washinston.
Manresa Institute be put at the dis? Very few changes would have to be
pus-.1! oi the United States military tiu- made ‘0 turn the Jesuit Slimmer
ltioriiies. 3 school into a hospital. There are fully
~“v,. have turned over already to‘ two hundred and fifty rooms. frilly
ilt- (lm'ernliient.” said Father Rock-l, equipped “'“h deH- bedding and
sell. "the buildings and equipment oil ‘
thotretown l'nivt-rsit). Fordhani l'ni .
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minorit'ttfintnonns t
iiiit'iiitiloriiiiizsoill» inn-tritium
Lockhart, British Diplotnat, ; 2,399,000 Newly Rgistercd1
and Party Arrive in Stock-j Men Between 18-45 To Be
holm—Bolsheviki Murder; Sumoned By July 1
Mad—Shoot Their Own1 *—
. l \yasiilxtl'i‘ON. Oct. l7.»
Partisans—Wot qonFrete Ior melt who have passed their 37th
18 Thrown Over Victims ‘birthduys are expected to begin about
, March 1. Plans for bringing the
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 17.~The denim-Vow" class of new registrants into
able conditions brought about in Rus- camp hm.“ not be?" colnpleted. bl"
sin by the Red terror of the Bolslteviki the approximate date of the first call
were reviewed yesterday by the party “:88 disclosed ”New” by publica~
0f Entente refugees who accompanied tion of testimony by Provost Marshal
R. H. B. Lockhart. of ”m British Diit- General trowder before the House
lomatlc Service from Moscow. Military mmmmfl“
Mr. Lockhart and his party were re-
eltrait calls
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intro/initiator .MUSTEPEEHUP
minimalist , Willi will.
é'one Billion Dollars To Be'
l)ogs,.Corpses and Invalid Subscribed Each Day of
Chairs Checked Free .. 3 Campaign This Week
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_W.-\SIIING’I‘0‘\', Oct. 17» Director- WASHINGTON. Oct 17. One bil
(“moral of Railroads McAdoo issued lion dollars a day in the approximate
orders yesterday establishing uniform Ilu‘nnutlv ot nubsrrilrlloun required to
ltiixzaxe rules on all railroads tinder insure the sun-exit of the Fourth lJb-
Government control Frt'quOnl sl- t-rty Loan The Nation had subscrilr
Iu-mpts at slntitiarriiratlzin tailed In the Hi only 8...:tilhml .300 by oflcial tabu-
[WI incausr it was not invertible in nu. lotion n-alli “Mint and three dais tu—
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Fully' Fifty Voters Present
and All the Suggestions of
the Board Are Adopted
WILLSTWEW
SlNlilNfl FUNll
Water Rater Raised and
More Storage Space and
Meters Approved
After many adjournmehta and the
making of much local history. the au-
lnutu meeting or the rim ruin; dis-l
trict of the City of Norwalk was dna1-'
ly finished. last night. and pucucally‘
all recommendations made by the:
Board of Commissioners were adopted.!'
it may be remembered that, at the!
last session of this annual meetingl
there were only live actual taxpayers;
present. aside from the members of:
the board and the reporters, whichI
called for some sharp criticism. and‘
led to the final adjournment last night.l
Fully Fifty Profit“.
When the meeting was called to or-
der, last night. by Chairman Carl L
Bantu-om. there were fully fifty lire-l
sent and the meeting. which lasted:
fully two hours. was marked by is?
thorough and thoughtful threshing out
of litany mooted questions. !
The net result was the abolishment
of the old custom of granting a 10 per
cent. (llnt‘tlulll to those who discount¥
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(‘Olil‘L
Surrender oi Germany
But No Confirmation Received Here
City oi Lille in Hands oi British:
ilmportant Capture Announced This Noon all
liERllifil’S liEEl
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gulp“! 0 ,
riend of M— -
ate Eflorts Made to
Constantinople as British
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litiili INFLUENZA
Seventy-Five New Cases in
Norwalk and Eight oft
Thu Taken tattle Hospi-l
tel—Capt. Sanford Ar;
sistsl'hysicisn e
The report of the health department
this morning shows that tor ymter-
'ASHING'I‘ON. Oct. l'i.-~Witb the‘
Berlin-Constantinople railroad cut byi
the allied occupation of leh. Ger?
many is relying upon its Black Seat
fleet to hold Turkey in line. informa-
tion has been received at the state de ;
partnient that the Turkish government;
has been told by Berlin that the fleet
will open fire on the Ottoman caliital
; at the first sign of detection.
This German fleet consists largely:
of warships capiux. (run the Rte-i
aians. bal‘is believ here t0 bastion"
enough to control. for the present at.
least. the Turkish government. it war-
pointed out yesterday that with thr-
ilritish iorces rapidly clearing Pales-
tine and Mesopotamia of Turkish con-
trol Turkey must hold to Constantino
pie as its only hope of maintaining any
power its a government
News from Copenhagen that lzset
l’usha has been appointed Premier and
Minister of War in the new Turkish,
i‘ubinet was interpreted as meaning}
that Berlin, is not without a friend at
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 17. ~l‘pon the
resignation of the Turkish Ministry of
w .._ l
WILLIAM lIBHlBlAU. .
"la“ RESIDENT, "IE8 Talaat Pasha. the Prerliieiship was as-
lsumed by tut-t Pasha instead of by
4 Towtlli i’asha, He also took the port-
Engaged in the Bakery Busi.e tolio of Minister of War.
ness in South N orwalk For ,‘ _.__ "
Nearly Half a Century 'BHANEEHBR SAYS
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residents 01 this city. died. yesterday: E A
afternoon. at Dr. Alvin l). Wad»;
worili's sanitarium. About a week ago:
Mr. Lichtblau. who was eighty-eight’
tained a shock. and in falling to the »
floor. was somewhat injured. He was dresses Mempers
removed to the Nor-walk Hospital. and Grand Lodge In Hartford .
was later taken to Dr. Wadsworth's. ————-——- l
HARTFORD. Oct. 17,—”The Pyth-.
William Lichtblilu. one of the oldest;
years old. on September 1st. last. sus-‘Judg‘e Nehemiah Candee Ad'
where he had been for five days. He
day there were ten deaths from Span
lsh influenza; seventy-five new cases
and eight new patients admitted ‘to‘
the hospital.
The dead are Julia Konsch, lit
South Main street. died at the hospi-
tal last evening; James Pinball, Peat's
Swamp. died last evening at the hos-,
pital. being the second member of
his family to succumb to t disease
within a weak; 3 .
and 35 yea .
home on Pe ‘ nIle. Emiline'm’
nay. aged 2 1-: yesrs.died at her
home on School street; John Loni-l
bardi. 4 Laurel street. died at the.
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tilllll’llfllllSE IN
liEllWlN EASE l3
APPllllVEl] Bl llflM.
Widow to Receive $10 Week-
ly For Period of 312
Weeks
By an agreement of counsel, a com-.
promise. which has been approved byI
Compensation Commissioner E. 12;
Buckingham. has been effected in the
case of Catherine Kerwin and three‘
children against the Muller Gloriat
Mills of this city. and the Travellers!
Insurance company. whereby Mrs. Ker-i
funeral allowance of 8100. .
i’ei’er Kerwin. the husband and fa-I
ther, was employed by Richard Mullet i
Partly cloudy and oemewhat warmer.
Rumored
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Germans Are Said to be Retreadiin
onaSinpcadeasScale.
Talk oi-Guarailiees ls
cred MoSt Significant.
Washington Diplomats Cautious About Accept; ,
inn Peace Reports But Are iiopeilll ‘
End Is Near. _ ’
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(By The Associated Press.)
Germany’s hold on the Belgian
coast has been loci-toned. Having
reached (‘oolseamp, only twenty-;
one miles from the Dutch bordcr’,
the Allies seem to be rapidly cut-
ting off the coast cities tlllil coul-
pulling the enemy to hurry out of
the trap which is closing: about
him.
Tangible evidence tliilt the (let‘-
ilialis are retreating from the
coast which they have held so long
and which has been the chicl‘ rcir
dczvotls of silliiiial'iiies prcyiiig on
transports and other vessels in the
English Channel. may be found iii
the advance by the Belgians north
and cast of Dixmude yesterday.
lit this region the Germans have
lost bositions to a depth of three
miles and the Belgians have car—
ried their lines over the lowlands
-to the north. This retirement ill» _
reported to be utending‘ as fart »
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'south as Donal. ' -
American forces have oecup ',.
‘tllc village of Grand Pie, situa
on thc north side of the Aire Riv-
‘cr, as it runs westward through
the Argonne Forest. They alum
have captured Mt.)uliit-les.Pas, to!
the eastward, and forging ahead...
have control of lieges Wood, an
isolated bit of forest land which
has afforded the Germans good.
cover in the fighting east of the:
‘Argonlie. Hill 182,. north of Sag”;
.liiviii. now is being censolidated'l f
by the Americans.
i French and Italian forces bani“:
advanced farther eastward near”.
Sissollne, and have moved up tar
within it mile of Rethel, an im—
portant German railroad supply!“ "
point on tile Aisnc, farther cant...
at a rate of speed which would in this sector, however, the Al-
appear to indicate little. if ally, - lies are quite near the Handing. '
opposition from the enemy. iline of defense. which was con~~ ‘
Important successes were gained ‘ Sll‘lli‘li‘d b." ”1“ Germans as 8. ”Ft:
at the apex of the wedge driven ' “if" in case ”19 Hindenburg 1133'
of thel Win *8 i0 "309'"? ’10 iter “Pk for 3‘ into the German line to the north l ("’“WSCd- Thi‘l‘i‘ appears ‘0 b0 “-1
[period of 312 weeks. and is to get “of liillc. ‘
(‘oolscamp has been tnk.lllltlrt' energetic resistance on the.
en and the Lys river, from Merlin iljfll‘l 0f “1? tielnans 310113 this:
to Harlebekc. east of (‘ouriraL has i “Wit- and It '5 probable that they '
was born in (lei-litany. but had been a tans of Connecticut are. in my opinion.; of this city as chauffeur [or seven { been reached. Allied troops are 1 illtmld to milk? a stand 310118 that
resident of South Norwalk for the past more united than ever before in a elm,
fifty-fire years. He was engaged in gle purpose to serve our beloved coun-‘
,try and our order in this. the greatest,
(Continued on Page Eleven) Lcrisis in human history.” declared
IGrand Chancellor Nehemiah Candee.l
for South Norwalk. to the members of:
{the Grand Lodge of the. State. assem-v
ibled in fiftieth annual convention, in
Kit? monolith .
viii itiiliiiné ..
3 BUY BONDS AND ,
HARTFOth'Ot-t l't‘. ‘l’rnnklin' K." MAKE VICTORY SURE
l.:‘..“.i'...-’“.‘J.f.‘"i‘.fi‘.. titlili}. '53.“; $21.33;? SAYS PERSHING
cil of National Defense. has ill a telc ’ , _,
grant to the Connecticut State t'oltncii ME“ ‘03“ 0“" “m“ ml“ of a
of Defense. pointed cut the absoinle‘ (‘Mblcxrain from General Pershing urg~
necessity of pushing all war ac‘itlties
vigorously in el'llt' of the iterntan'
pearl-e overtures Tlli.s has espt-ci'il
application ill the Liberty Loan Set
i‘f‘lln'14lllv asked that all-members til
the Defense i‘cuncil and of Ila tom!
(H‘itnlllllfllla be reminded trt itv tin
plll'llflfl“ obviating any slatlunlmr at
an I(‘ll\ll! Nathan A Smyrh, a‘
sistanv dNHHIY gem-fill u' vb» i no“:
(On-tinned an Page Twat
a Mm.-. can“ . .. w.-
m was circulars ;
no oven rm: roe
tips“. ha'tsflli' ‘ hrs-high a“ M.
team as Liberty Ian-tn Car‘s"! aw [to
sou-w i. ,r'fl a ”:0 can to n «or!»
ms.» in rat. rum. rm
tat-Meals said his m roamed the
ing tile people to buy bonds was placed
in the letter box of every home here
yesterday.
t lilttrs, being distributed also at hole-ls.
\lit'illTr-s and to persons in the streets.
carries a pledge blank on its back. A
t-ahlearam telling of the fruits of this
slmrlal campaign will be sent to the
American Expeditionary t‘crre in his
tow-san- General Pershing said
--w.. Mime lotion cheerfully Ollinei
I the day of battle, and the wait this
> has- and B. on has been the detemi-'
strain to be worthy of tho-:- whom
we Ht mind when we frustrated the
em. The m. .1 America awake. at
the» nation.) spurt m NW ”9‘
trams-d. more Hamil-d thrills an all.
is t- the invited.» d that 5W”
«in nav- we certain tint our M
at bra-e em Matti Mind Is a. I)”
have [In an mum no that in
Mitt Mt“ a” "to yes the virtue
WW" M El. 'm m'”“” “firm has rm; m to you at
thfifimm.mm
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m, bmumau
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mam and "he timers earn“
Mun—mow.-.
Each til ilit-se 3.500.000 cir '
years, and part of the time he was cur?
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TESllMilNl IN inn ;
tantra ENDS'
BRIDGEPORT. Oct. 7.—Testimony
was closed‘ and arguments commenced:
yesterday in the trial of William:
Thomas and Jacob Hawkins. familiar:
ly known as “Baby Doll“ and "Texas.":
respectively. ii is expected the case}
will be given to the jury sortie little to”
day and a verdict. reached before the?
final adjournment of the court. 1
Another effort was made by the de-’
fern-re yesterday to introduce state
ments of Nutris i’annil. in relation to:
who fired the shot. but they wen1 rul-1
ed out by Judge Reed and a similar ei-
fort on the part of the state to intro-‘
duu- dilcrent statements by Pannii.
were aslw ruled out.
(Gonna-ed on he! Two)
III:
in (‘ourtrai and very near Lilleillllc W‘hi‘l‘e they 130W stand:
in this area fires are burning ill Italian “Hits 1" Albania have.
piles of German supplies, showing t tnadc a new advance northeast of .
that the enemy is hastily getting Dm‘flZZO-
out of the district. which has been I
oiittlaltkctl by the Allied progressI
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LIBERTY LOAN NEWS
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Amount needed to meetNorwalk’s quota . . '. $526300 .
THE LOAN TO WIN THE WAR. , ..
Amountof cuota ........
Population of \‘orwaik
subscrl
subscribed a little more than
Total amount received in subscriptions . . $1,301.
Amount reported received up to yesterday $1.1
Number of people in Norwalk who have
Just TWO DAY. More.
A little more than half of the f $6,000,000.00!) has been
subscribed throughout the country. lorwalk has up to date
............... 31.838500
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twoxhirds her share of the
country‘s quota. it isclssr that this large sum cannot-u
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