much! am
W
JEWISH TAKE” THOU-M
SANDS OF PRISONERS
AND HUNDREDS OF
GUNS SMASHING VA-
LENCIENNES DEFEN-
SIVE
(manned tron ll'lnst Pogo)
1111111 and wounded.
The Raisnn-s Forest. north _ot
inlencienin's, 1111s been occupied
51) tln' lit'itish. North 111' the t'ol'1
«'5’. the lil‘ltlsh 1111\1'1'11111111‘111 tl11'
\1111111'1 «11' Tillers. 111111111 lil\'1‘l‘
.11111'1‘111111.
l'l111statc111ent lollUWh:
"Shani lighting continued yes-
to'iday afternoon and evening: on
the l1attl1-t'rol1t south 01' \dilt’II-I
1'lelllles. Iltll' tl‘oops 111'111’1' 1111‘,
enemy from \'1'11d1';_1'i11s '\\'111111 111111
ruptured the villages of N1'llvilie,.
Snlt‘nfllt’h 111111 liealltlignies, seclli‘»
111;.1 crossings of the Henillou Riv-l
-'1' 111 the latter place. 1
'At the close 111' the Tiny.
--11~1 111v 11111111er11t1aclsed vinol‘olts‘ i
11 opposite \endegzies supporting!
.111 intantry strongh with urtil l
1\ Iii',11 and was repulsed
"This uioining the attack \111s'
sumed on the whole 1'111111 he'-
.ween the Snmbre-et-Oise ('1111111
.1nd the Scheldt. '
"North of “1111111 i111n11s ' We.
have cleared the enemy l1'om tlic'
Raismcs Forest 111111111ptured the
villages of ’l"hi111s', 111111111 llivei'
11nd 'l‘hun. Determined 11111111 tight-L
111g took place also nest 111' '1‘11111
1111i without material 1l11111g1- 111 the
situation." 1
Field Marshal Huig s 'l‘hird 111111
"11urtli Armies, having.r smashed
trough the outer defenses 11f the l
st itegically important 11'-1111111111
lines south of Valenciennes con
tu1ue successfully to hammer 1111111
“'31" toward Mauheugc and Mons
'111d111‘ 11 attack started from
the new front gained \‘i’ednesdm
in an advance of 1111111111111 three
11nd four miles on 11 front of ill
teen miles in which more tlnm six
thousand prisoners 111111 111111;}
guns are reported to 11111.1 11111111!
taken. The. enemy is I'I'slsllllp‘
stilliliol'llly, but 1111' lil'illsll 111‘1'
t'orgine 1111111111. capturing.r villages!
and other important points.
“Vest 111' Millllu‘llg‘e, Ille lil'ltlsll'
have 111.111 the villutzc ot' 1511111111111»;
Illl‘ts, 011'
west 111 L11 Quesnoy.
[itil'tttlll stronghold 111'l'1'lltliiigl
.\1:111l11111;:11 on the West. They also
11111111 1.'os's'1'd tlic unturnl 11111'1'1111'
1111- lit-111111111 lliver. 11nd t'npidly
are placing: Valeni-icnncs in 11
l1w‘kt‘l.
Apparently the llritish are 11111
desirous of Hiking: \'tll1'llt'lt'llllt's
by fighting the (lerninns in the
streets of the town. 11111 plain to
ozittlnllk it. The town now
.'II'II.\' surrounded 111111 the 1111111111111
.~.it has been increased by 1111- 1111
l
1
111111 one—hull. miles south-,l
the most itn-‘ -
is,
Home on the south 111111 the cup-
to the north.
The British thrust 1111111111111111111
lins lmdly shaken 1111- (11111111111 1|1-
lenses south 111' \'11|11n1'i1~11n1-s,
which are so importtint to the sc—
1-11rity of the 111111111111 line north:
ward to the Dutch border. and
south and cost to the Mensc. 1 111
less the liritish 1111111'ks 1111- held
today. apparently the enemy will
have 111 continue retreating: in B1111
:4i11111.11n1l also give up ground
Regent Theatre
.-
Owing to the ,epidenic now
prevalent in Norwalk, the man-
agement has decided to close
the Regent Theatre until tur-
ther notice. 1
'111111 are in 11
Sharp Cut in Prices
' “5.4:...
-~-‘*
11111111 s 1111 and Winter Boots and Children’ s School Shoes
R jht at the Start of the Season
1128-
S
School “on
for Boys
and Girls
Button or lane.
black gun metal.
$3.00 value—-
$1.91
and Girl;
01 gun metal
calf. very neat in
appearance. $4.50
value-—
BOY SCOUT
8H0.
The belt shoe
for'Boyl. Black
, nd tan. ".50
. Scout limes-—
BOYS’ ENGLISH
‘ LAST SHOES
‘3 (Me. While the lot
lull-—
and Winter
New Full
Models
any
qumnwau.‘\1w;tiv:u
Q I: 94. Q 0 1.
Block, Dark Gm
Brown. Also
0T8
store in New England.
The extra value is so apparent that the assertion
that they would be sold for $5.00 to $6.50 elsewhere is
not doubted by anyone who sees them.
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high heels. New English Walking Booth with medium
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$2.00 Spats—
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Women - ' and muliog— an."
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New high cut 11.1111
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OOIFOB‘I' SHOE!
FOR WOMEN
A comfort shoe that is
neat and dressy. Will
give instant relief to feet
that smart. ache. burn and
tire. Made of soft vici
kid, flexible
welted soles.
$7.50 comfort
shoes.
south 111111 cost 111' the tlisc.
While the llritish 1111111111111111111.r
north 111 1111 311111111'11- 1111111 to the
Nelle l ll. tl11~ l' 1"1'111'l1 ll11\'1' l11‘;_'1111
1111 ofi‘cnsivc south of the 111w. 'l'h.-
Nninlu'e l'nonl hns been crossed
mist lirnud \'1'1'Iy. 111111 the
l"1'1-111-h I11111- muintnincd their
unins nuninst stron;1 111-1'1111111
111111111111' 11111111ks. 111111111111 the
Serve 11nd the Ilisc 11nd l'nl'thcr
oust. 11111 French 11111111111111 their
pressure 111111 lmvc guincd ground
111'
- - . th ' .\ 1 '1' .
titre of the entire li111s11111s 1'111'1-st. 1w" "' """""' "
_ lnt'nntry lightinI1 hats died down
{cost 111 the \isne 111 the region 111'
I
\'11117.i111's the fictitious
failed in strong: eli'orts 'l‘111-s1111)
11nd \\'1'11I11's1111_\ to dislodge the
1’1'1-111h l'roin importnnt height po~
sitions.(1‘en11rul tlonrmut non
1on1luunds the iniporlnnt detilcs
North 111111 south of the event for-
11st lloiill.not'tl1 ol' the .\l’
golltlc.
1111 1111- front nest 11I'Ill1' Mouse.
thc Ann'rienns 11111111111111 the im-
portnpt guins 111111111- \‘l'rdncsduy.
position to 111111;:
1111111111111111111111 1'11 ti1'1 1.11- 111 1111 the
11111111'1 111111 lett ot the line. \\ 11d
lowing:
111'
111-s1111y's gnins were mostly on the
extreme right 111111 1111111111111 the
enemy from 11'1-stw111'1l town 1'1l lll11
Argonne.
MADRID. \Vt‘tlllt'stlili. “1'1. 23
illy The Associated l’l'essL—vl’i'o
mier Munro was sharply question—
111 in the ('111111111111 of Deputies to-
11111 reg1'111li111: the situntion oris
1111.r from the inking: 111111' of (1111'
1111111 ships llc 11111111111111 thnt (1111»
11111111'111111 111 first imposed impos'.
'.~1pi'eudiin.I through the federal
states, net-1111111111 to 11 special 1|1s-
putch printed in the Het'lingskc
11111-111111, sent to that publication
li_\ its1'11I'l'1's111111111'llt all liel'lill.
.\t 11 1111-1111113: 111' the
l‘ouneil 111 llresdcn .\1'stt‘l'1l:1‘\'.
question 111' tisliinu Soululists to
join the :o\~11'1111111nt \\'.'1s 1111-1s111
1'1'1111. 'I'lll' 112111111 ;_'u\'1'1'lllllt‘l11 1111-1
111 l1'11rls1'11l111 to consider the 111ml1~
tion of the tlti'cc-clnss 1'1'111111l1is'11
sy .-.t111n 111111 the introdin'tion 111' the
proportionul t'i'unehise, \\'I11'1'11111n~
burg;r 1ilso is sold 111 111- 111111s11111'inu'
\1111111111' 111111 ;_rov1'1'n|1111111's' 1'1'11
l'11s1'ltlatliv11s ill the l"1'1lt'1'1'1l I'llllllr
1'il shull not lo-nert'orth l'1'1‘1‘l\1'lti-
t‘roivn
1111'
.111‘111-tions div-1'1 1111111 11111 I't'lll'l"
M‘lllilllvt's 1'l1‘1'l1'1I l1'\ IlII‘ [111111111
I'ntln'r 1111111 from 11111 \I'no-rtt-m
l1nr;: 1.1111111'111111'111. 'l‘ln- 111-1111111111“.
111111111 111' the hint l'hutnlict' Iht'l‘e
is also lu-inp 1'11I|\l1lt'l'1'1l.
l’l'IKINll. 'I'tlcsduy. 111-1,
The Associated l‘l'1'ss1.~ .\'1'I's'
pnpcrs lit-1'11 print long.1 editorials
1111 the report 111111 .lupnn bus 1111
‘.’L.’ 1 lly
1.1111111] conditions to the return 111'
11 - lloxm' indemnity. lt is said
that it is required thnt t'hinu
s|11ill Home 11 schedule of subjects
to l111s11111nittc1l to thc pence 1'1111-
1'111'11111'11 nod-'1' J11p1111's guidance.
11nd thnt 1hr I'hiIo-sc 111111 1111111111-
1's111l1'l1'gutestothe1'11111'111'1'111'1111o.
opet'utc under the lutter's Quid
’11111'11concerning:11111111'1'sol'policy.
‘11 is also suid thnt .lnpnn asks
ttlult (‘hinu will not contract lonlis
? with other powers during the 11111:
‘111111 uls'o will ullow 1'1'1-11 export ot‘
minerals and cotton to -l11p.'111.
sihle' conditions and thnt 11) the' inquiry has l'nilcd to snhstnn
_:1.1:t'e1'inent 1'11111111111 1111111' Iler- 1111111 thesc reports. but there are
illlillty llzol selected 11111 vessels intlicnlions thnt there is good lmsis
“hieh wo-rs- I11 l11' tin-111111 over to for 11111111.
Spain. The Premier refused to' l'.\lil.\'.tiut.2t‘ -I’:|n|1t'l'11r\\'il
publish the document. inter li.'1n1 conferred on Monday with
——————— 11111111114111 during 1111- negotinllotis. 1111 the members ol the 1511\1'1‘11-
W
I'M-theme will In
Milt-thorium
‘“
but said the Deputies IIII'..'III 11111111
in:- them.
1‘Hl'l:.\'ll.\1:t1:.\‘.
lI"ll!IH'l‘1‘1'I/.EIIIt'll 111'
I114. :I
Iiv't'11.: 11.1
The
is
unsure-yuan
trill-or is: have I!
roller-cl. thereby
mun.
mums-o
menu-11
mm
"
inciil. talking: 111 length 111111 1‘111'11
imliiulnal. and then 11111'11112111-11
them in 11 body. 1111,11 11 11111111111
from Zurich IJ‘IIN' Jonrnnl Thus
for the Hermon 11111111111111” IIni’o‘
1'1‘11131‘11 IlwIIilttr.‘ IIh
"lulu-P111 \ \‘h‘w 11;
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.1 1111'" 1.: 11..- 11111111111111”: 1. 11.1:
111941.11. o. ~1r11w1m1 411111111; by
.~ 111119”: 1'1 1.7111111 11“ was The
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i ‘11 3&1 ti ~11. ”when“. Hoa- 21111111;
151111111! M‘s «111111 on 1.. W
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hie-11s 111.1111 «.1 Mil mat-111nm am
1 Promo 13.111111111111111. and M
'11-1,1 W111 1... Now is": 111111111111
“111111111143
7.111'11111 continues,
dispatch are,
p111'ti1'11lurly outspoken. The.
l"1'.'111nkis1hc 'l‘ngmpmt 111' \'11reui-
l1-1;,_1 lit1111111.1 sins the emperor l'iont
' vestet'duy
LONDON 1111. 24 Slnirptiglit
1111: continued 11p to 11 111111 hour
evening on the bottle-
south of \'11l11n1i11111111s
must not think 1111- (11111111111 pro» “here the lititis'h 1111111111111 _\11st'1'11
pl11 :11'1- guild.r to 11111111111111 the 11111.
jjllllltillllt‘t‘lllt'lll.
1111' months to plcnsc him.
"11' the emperor must 3.111."
111l1ls'. "1111 111111 1:11 111 11111-11."
11111 correspondent reports 111111
11111 ('hnncellor 111111 the l‘unvller»
1111111s11l'11 \\'11I'klll‘,.’dctlvel)’ towntd
it
the I'ormntion 111 11 1111111111111 11...
l'cns'c government. 111- says 11
pt“11«'l1'lllilllllill. '111 1111' lit'uplc t‘X-l
l1oi'ti111.1 them 111 curry on work»
the utmost lms been drafted with
11111 help 111' General l.11d11111lot‘tt'.
111111 111111 he understnnds it will he
published its soon 11s President
Wilson's reply hns been received.
It is expected in llcrlin. the cor-
1'1-spon11ent odds. thnt the l’rcsi.
1111111 will not allow himself 111 lm
Ilontcd 11nd ridiculed hy the ex.
ist i111: 1111111111111 1.1111011111111111.
PARIS. (let. ‘JI. ~\'outheust ot'
1.1-1‘1111'1111. French troops huvc
crossed thc,Snml1r1- ('nnul east 111'
(11111111 \'cr'ly. snys' the “'111' Offici-
statement toduy. 'l‘he
innintnined their gnins cost of the
111111111 in spite of strong: ticrmnn
11111111111r-111111cks.
lililiXE. Switzerland. Wednrs
1|11y. Oct. ‘33}. -'l‘l11- tiermnus.
once more expressing: their regret
1111-1' the attack by 111111 of their
airmen on 11 Swiss 111111111111 111 1111-
I'rontier/on (1111. ll. ctiusini: the
deulh 111' 11 Su'is's'li1-111111111111 11111111111
liliil'y. huve 1111111111111111 that
guilty pilot. 11 111111-com1uissiont-11
1111111111: has been condemned to
serve three months in prison,
l,tl.\'l)(l_\', \\"'IIIII'\II1I'\, tit-L
...., llr. Knt'l Lichknceht.
1.111111111-1-111' the lu'ernmn It'eiehs'tnu.
\1 ho is in prison following his eon
Hit"
1""
torn-111"
\I1'iitill on in charge of nitrniplmh
Henson. “'1" 111'
. 1
released 111 31 {1'11
.191 .' "wording to 11 1'11111111111121-111
ill‘lltfll'll [to II"-
uruph I'ouli'llll}
advices.
I'I’ Karl Iiit'Iikm'i'itl 1'1 111‘ arr-wt
1111 111 “who in cantor-11mm with
“.11 IN) wlohra'mn on “as 3]
"“0. 'i" “‘5‘ [Mn 1. Il’whr' . .k'i
31.1 511111;?) r-smrt ‘mi unsound
'1 1111111 tannins I" 1“ written!-
11111111111: lira-1.11
and 11mm? (“an “'- 111.1 fin
wags-1.1.1 , mar-wt 3.1111111 “~111th
wuss; lip Menu-t . ”1911‘
Houston" Irwmtwih-tefim
1.11 ”1.11.! I» 1am. at a m
1! .M 11111 W“ 01111:!in h
11» m is: 11111111
WWMWM um,”
”'MMM “ '
.‘1.\I'IHI"L'I‘ TM” i you 11111.1
day, morning. Sit-\S to1l11y' s ofiieiul
'l'hc llt'itish l111v1- crossed the
l'leuillon llivcr 111111 huvc 11111111111111
the \illnyzcs ol' .\'1'lt\'ill11, Snlesclles
111111 llcaiudiunics. A Hermon
1'11Illitt'l‘ idtnck l11111 yesterday 11111
repulsed. 'l‘his llllll'lllllL' the 111-
111111; was resumed 1111 11111111: the
from between 11111 Huinln'c-cttlisc
1‘11111 111111 the Schcldt.
HOME NEWq
APPRECIATED.
Lieutenant Charies W. Jeftr"
gratulatel First M
Epworth er; 1:.
Th1- _\'oung 111111111 ..1 the Epwortb
1.11111.'u1- 11nd their 11 units met again In
1111- First .\I. 1“ church 111st evening to
111111111111 13111 second number of “.\'01'»
1111111 l-lh-nts." a home newspaper
. Con-
'n1'11le up 111' clippings from the South
Norwalk Sentinel. This Issue will be
1111111pl11ted111 1111 iidjourned meeting
next Thursday evenlniz. The paper is
gtttcn .1111 by the W111- department 111
F l . th1 |. 1111111111 Lcugnc
Who i
The ilrii number was mailed to all
1111- 111111 connected win 11111 1hur11’1
111111 bud one overseas. At least one
copy has already reached is destina-
111111 11.11 evidenced by the following let-
li'r received from Lieutenant CharlesI
W Jello-rips. This letter is of special
interest as 11 indicates 111111 the home:
touch 1111111111111 is- appreciated by tilt“
mcn away in the service. '
S. S. Muscntlnc. l
Oct IS, 1918.
11111 John .I. Sllnvcly. ' 1
51111111 Norwiilh, (‘onn
111-111- .\lr. Sniively: I 1111111 received-
1-11ok nt dippings of 11 cal aflnirs In
South Noiwalk and I am \cr\ much
obliged to 11111 for Him thoughtfulness. i
It is \1r1 211111 to hour From home untl‘
you may l1.1 sure ‘itat the 11111111 was re-
11'111-11 zrntrtulli '
. I 1111111 wad the clippings and par ed
1111 book on to otlu r men of the crew
whom- 11mm 12111.- 1s I'ullnm 111111. 11
11mm tho n- nz'o- 1111111- .1 tom Tue 11..)
p.111. l..n1 remind wry 111111.111»
Iii-n1 tho-m and two. this»
‘11- nm- 111:1 111'» 1'1:th an 11-
.1w (um. I .141 tetra and it mm
1 111111111111 would 11111-11 om! the W111
“111 mm Ila-Ir It'll Into” 1:1 firth
111-11 put-1111 on '1'». own» at 11.111111
1= one may 1‘11. arr Mum-um 1111111
‘I'mt an nth!
'11... um nay-«11111111
I NAIlM I’ Mam
LW~1 I
mionwm'
It has 11 central post office at Tours, month 1111111 been delayed in the W:
permanent post otllces at various
points, mobile post offices right up to
the firing lines, and mull ordol'lies' air
tached to each company of troops.
In the past, when the mail service
101 111-1 111m) was under civil control,
1111-211 dtinys were caused in the deliv~
cry 01‘ 1111111 by the necessary secrecy
concerning troop lumemiuts. lNow.
under military control. all movements
of the mobile post' otliees are telegraph-
11d in code to the distributing post of
tires 11nd the letters follow the sol-
diers us they 1111111111. All the hospitals
notify the central post olfice of the
identity of wounded soldiers received
or tram-{cried The central post of-
tire wm s with the central Recent Di-
1Isiou ol‘ the Adjutant-Generals oilicc,
where every soldier in 1111‘ army is
card-indexed. 111111 150 men are there
constantly employed searching out ad-
diesses. A system has been devised
by which delivery may be quickcncd
10 "replacement units," who have been
scattered among widely separated
troops. And various means hnye been
found for overcoming delays 111111.111
lack of shipping facilities or conges-
tion of mail at crowded posts.
It still remains true that mull for
some 50,000 soldiers in France is de-
Inycd. because the letters are inade-
quntcly addressed. In the future all
such letters will be stopped :11 New
York and returned to their senders.
It is estimated 111111 300,01111 letters 11
the transaction ‘uiit YOU.
Buy Beads
Who Asked You To 111111.
Make Sure of the Fact
That when you buy LIBERTY BONDS you are uotghring your 1
Uncle Sam (or anyone else) anything. Nobcdy is benefited by
111112111111 1111 men were in
merit units."
11111111 is 11131111: reduced.
"lh. 111'my a111horities' are aware W
nothing sustains the morale of 11 lol-
The no.1
bile post othees now keep up with M
thr in 111 is received with t”
unions- 111 the kitchen; and the witch:
1'101'111111121111 postal service is devout“
to providing that 11111 dougliboy‘s let-1
te Is should 11111111111111 as promptly M12
1111 ”1.11 lettirs t'1om home
I mops
.i“1 .111111'ly us his meals.
.-_-w. _. .
CONNECTICUT MERCHANTS TO
MEET.
HARTFORD. Oct. 24.—Announeo-
ment was. made here today of is m
int: 111‘ the merchants 01 Connect!” '.
111 the rooms of the Chamber of Col:-
1111111111, tomorrow morning. at 10:30, 101
discuss and act upon the matter of
our service by merchants in conserve.
tion of electric and other artificial.
lighting in their stores, by decreasing
the number of hours of business daily.
and in ascertaining to what extent; “1“"
can limit the numbir ot theirgemploy-
es In order to release a surplus for
work in munition plants.
1 An appeal to merchants to be out
sent and discuss this matter. is pm
sented on patriotic grounds.
Try a Sentinel Want Ad.
1
You Are 1101 Giving You Are Getting
This terrific war is being fought for YOU. Pei-thing's boyl
arc sacrificing thcmreh'ei that you my hire a :13 place to
the in «the: YOU Aim YOU! WILD!!! any combos to
enjoy Lite Liberty and mm...
Time!“ It is your privilege to
Buy Blocks offbe-
Aad Don't Wait
"repheow
This "dealer’s mull” ll; ~
now bunt; handled expeditiously. TM
delay due to censorship is not gull;
Norwalk Chronicler