T HE SOUTH NORWALK
AWTIO "I“ HI“ FROM ALL PAIN 0' 'I’HI WORLD IV A IPSCML “IR. AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
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Germany Asks the Allies to
Name Armistice Terms Soon;
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STAPIEIIIN Nuns
HISPANISNINNEIIS;
Message From Pastor at
Camp McClellan, Annis-I
, ton, Ala., Read Yesterday:
Local Raina Lats Tonight or on To“.
NIIIINININII
NIT IIIIII INNS
I0 DISNPPTNN: IN WISIPNRL
Emperor Williams Abdica- Big Oldsmobile Car Hits
NONENZNIIINN
DYNASTY IIIIIII‘
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ENEMY NNXIIIIIS
TNII EXABT TENMN
Entente Conference at Paris:
May Put Forth Demands:
“Incompatible With Ger-
man Honor”
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 28.—Presidenti
Wilson's note to Germany was printed
xextually in the German newspapers
on Thursday evening and on Friday
morning. The Vossische Zeitung, of
Berlin. printed the. English text along-
side. the note in German.
Aside from the junker organs. which
.maclrine at ll1-- trot of
Telegraph Pole at the Foot
of the State Street Hill
NWII VICTIMS IN
IIIBAI NIISI’ITAI
Genial “Stretch” Kent Sor-
rowfully Tells Pretty Girl
He Is Not a Physician
A joy ride which ended as joy
rides are apt to do in 111 c.11.tplete
wrecking of a big Oldsmobile “eight"
and the [trim '1 !his wear“ from death
of its ten 1111's 11-11 .1'.'s -'.1-1 term! sl.11rtly
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after two 11 ."itli'it this 1111111111. ;:. 11h1n
ei‘l11r l.1.~.1, 1111111'ol of his
.lre ~11: 1p 1.1”
1111 Slate street, \Vestpoil )"
tenrpted to make lllt turn into ititer-
the driver
(Tr!
Rev John Stapleton pastor of their.-L
. South Nor'walk Congregational 1l1u1c,fh
lulo is doing Y. \l. 1‘. A. war workl
1111 Camp Mct‘lellan. Annistorr, Ala.
sent the following letter to the menr
bers of his 1l1urt h as a n1 cssage iro 1111
2111111111 to therrr at the beginning of.
eir 1l'11111-l1 year. ’lhe message was
rleati to the torrgregution yesterday
morning and follows:
Camp \lc‘t lellan. Ala.
Sept. 27. 19H
111 Al Fellow \lemhers of South Nor-
tt 1th (11111111 national ( hurt-l1:
As the new year of work begins for
ycu there are some things on my heart
1 whith l wish to say to you in additiot.
to the report ol your camp parish
which I wislt to make. I pray for
God's blessing on each and every par".
of the work in lllt' old church and
i
commend t-1ery 11ctitily to you as (11)
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59m men, Some in Uniform.!
and Nine W omen, Captur-E
ed by Guardsmen From1
Devens—Face 20 Years in'
Prison—Hold U. S. Mar-
'shal‘s Deputies and Others
at Bay for Hour in Cum-
berlarid, R. 1., Wounding
One
WOONSOCKET, R. 1.. Oct. 28.—
item lianibal Hamlin and a detach
111en1 ot pr'otost guardsmen trout (. amp
‘this city is still on the wane and 111
ANIITHEN Illli .llllll’
Ten Persons Passed Away in
N orwalk During 48 Hours!
The death rate in this city from!
Spanish influenza took a decided jump
over Saturday and Sunday and a total
of ten deaths were recorded. 0t:
.-,10urse this tale was for two days and
is in reality, no higher than the usual,
daily average.
Health Officer Dr. William J. Tracey
this morning stated that the disease i'nl
decreasing eat it day. Yesterday only
between thirty and forty new cases;
11 ere reported. The exact number
liteported That ludendortt and Von liindenberg
[lave Decided to Quit and Leave Kaiser
to Settle Matters.
Austria Sends a Conciliatory
Note to President Wilson.
illundlng line Reported to [lave Been Broken
Near Gnise—Jurkish Power Ended.
(Iiy The Associated l’resst.
been compclled by the French to .
arm 11:: 1:111'111'113'21111'111 11"” "1"": “'1 11.11.111.111311;111:1'11'1111'2'1111 11— 1.1111 11- 1111-1- W 11111 1 1.1....
' \ What he did was to smash itt‘o the “‘u‘“ 1" um ’9! it“ eary yestet‘ HY . ‘ ‘ . 1. ' . . . ‘ ' .1 - .‘ . . . .
and the empire, many papers apps. and (11111 1111111 59 1111-11 and nine women 11-...“ daily reports. name the t11n1st111 .111 .1r1utsl111. blott, on Saturday. may have a
rently contemplate without excessive
lament the prospective disappearance
of the Hohetuollern dynasty. Tire eru-
peror's abdication again is strongly
rumored to be impending.
It is noteworthy that the l1‘rankfor1
Gazette. hints at a coming “sacrifice"
with comparative equanimity, and both
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MINE IlNIlNANIi IN
NIINTN SEA MAINII
. by the crash state that
‘ probably skidded on
' rails. and struck the
I 'l‘ony i‘l1i1'liisola’s place on the corner
big telephone pole at the
corner.
1111-111 wrecks eror sten ctcn cu this
much traveltd Post Road. All 01 1111
ten passengtrs with the evteprlor 11
the drivel \tel‘e into '01 more or in 1.
M riously. and the latter lllfltlu 11 rperry
and successful getaway, With no trace
of his identity to date,
Those who were aroused from lii‘1l
llre big‘cat
the street car
pole in front of
at the north side of State street, 1 1' l1-
1-a1' was headed.
opposito'
causing one of the most com
- the left of the direction 111 which “11' men were killed by the explosion
“SINNIISSS’TUEIA
Navy Department Officially
Reports Ships Fate
“'ASIIING'I‘ON. Oct.
111-111 tour of the crew of the Ameri
can steamer larcia. torpedoed and
sunk 1.200 miles front the American
coast October it). are reported to
have been rescued. the Navy Depart
ment announced last night Four
of
257 A" (‘X
the torpedo. They were:
Third Engineer I). Minn Itinvniltztn.
who. utter rctusing to give themselves
tip. had fired upon the soldlet‘s. lklm
ties trout the l'uiteti States marshal's
otiit'e. in i’t'ot idem-1 . and agents of the
New England \1'1111-11 and Ward So-
ciety previously had been held at bay
for more than an hour Charles (‘as
Well of Lynn. Mass an agent 1h1fltli1e
Watch and Ward S111 to w
the left log by 11 bullet tired front 11
window in the upper story 111' the road
house
All tltt prisoners will appear iii the
Federal court. in Protid1nce. today,
charged with resisting arrest anti fir-
ing upon soldiers of the l'uttetl States.
Even though the death rate appears
large declared Dr Tracey, it is no rea
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Til BEIIVEIT ENNPSEI
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McGregor Mixes Up Trafficg
on Trunk Line Norwalk-
A note to this cfl'ct:.t the 1111- verv definite cfl'cct on the German
oflit- 1.1] text of 11 I111 It 1111s obtttint d 1111.1 t‘.1\i\\ttltl through Rethel and
yesterday lt_1"II1c Associated the Argonne Forest to the Mensa
ll’ress is 1111 its way to \\'11sl1i11gton river.
Irortr Iict'liu. It «.111. attention to It rs reported that the llunding
l11r- 1'1- 111 hing.r changes made in tlret line is lrrokt 11 near (lisc. If true
ticrrmrn 1onxtitutionul strut turetthc “hole titrunur line north and
[and declares that 11 people slsoullr oi that city is in danger..
g1..1vcrnment which is in control of Collapse of the enemy‘s front
the militarv powersof (humour is there would weaken the lines
carrying on the negotiations alone the \isnc' at Rethel. If the'
It is understood that tltc Allies litre on the Aisnc gives way. tho~
l1'1\1- 1lct'itle1l upon the terms to be (lcrrunus farther east. around the
1-\111-t1'1l lu-t'or'c hostilities 111'1- sus- Argonne Forest and nearer the
“13‘3":Ht:1‘::"":’:_'m1ft:[12:11:1l‘;’1::: St Helena. .V‘“ t‘adet I'Ittuiltt‘t-r .\' (Continueduo-ndl’ago Fire) Danbury_ Highway pended. but that tllcs’cdcl‘lus uill .‘It'l-lst‘: apparently must. readjust
1~:1r. 1‘11111'1111-11 121111 llll‘t'tl-rvatmg‘“3)..“n. ll. t‘rtvnet'. ivnnsns City": 0111-1- 1.. C. not be announced until the (rer- tlrcrr litres. . . . \
[All] BY AMERIEANS being thrown in 1111 .1113.» turn 11 the 11111111; mmmm‘.” “111111; Tend” 10“" W “9011‘s” niflltt “"alth lmart note is otlrctally ruttdc publrc. In the neighborhood of \aleu.
1 . 1111111111. ' Jag'ff “NP"N' If"l'.2nule' mi“: 17"" KILI:EI] IN REVHlT man for the (‘tlltt-rt & lit'llnett t‘onr- Austria. too. has replied to cicllilcs the. British progress on
l 111- states 1111 trim-u W-‘tr' ..1 1111.11 “ 11pnr111111111. “““““"””"'" Ipany at Georgetown 1111s returning 111 11.. “Mom “'ilsoll It is undcrstooddlte restricted front‘bcttvccn Mon
. three passengers 1111 tin- l’r't'ut
Plan Was Conceived Here‘
and Special Bomb lttveut-,
ed to Make It Effective ‘
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 28.~ One
or the most important accomplish-
ments of the Bureau of Ordnance of
the United States Navy has been the
establishment. in co-Operation with the
.British Navy. of tire North Sea mine
barrage. according to a statement au-
thorized by Josephus Daniels. Secre-
tary ol' the Navy. yesterday. This bar-
rage was designed to bar. as far as
possible, the egress of German subnia
n'nes from their home bases into the
Atlantic.
Front the time this country entered.
the war officers of the Bureau ot 011i- 1
rrance contended that the most effecL-‘
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SEEK BODIES OF *
SOPHIA VICTIMS
SEATTLE. Wash. Oct. 28.——Re'scne
bouts yesterday swarmed Lynn Canal
near Skagway. Alaskn.1teeking trace
11f the Alaskans and Yukon Tet ritory
residents believed downed when the
Canadian Pacific Railway company's one hour anti gave Old Sol 11 chance 51",“. under
l
steamer Princes-1 Sophia was sent to
the bottom of the canal by a storm
Friday night.
M.
start. at
whom one was 11 yount: girl who was
M‘illt'il in the lap of one of rule men.
Two in Norwalk Hospi
'l‘lre ambulance {rent the Norwalk
hospital was summoned 111111'.1i11111 it
arrived four of the more seriously in
jtu'eti were taken to Not'ttalk and two
are still in tire hospital. who are Miss
l.1|n.-r "(‘11111ll of 21111 Vi e11 ttth street.
.\111 York city.wl1o is ~11tl‘1 trim: lr
litany severe cuts and bruises. aiitl
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Yesterday marked the end of 11 pe-
rind of set en months' daylight sat 111g
inaugurated by the Federal Govmeru
mom to accelerate their war- tirrre pro-
gram and give. the people of the court-
try more daylight and at the satire
time. assist in saving light bills and
coal for Government use.
Last Apr-.il at the order of the Gov-
ernment. everyone in the country turn-
ed [01 ward their watches and clocks
to light their wav to work and rccrca
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Will ll. Hays. chairman of the RB-
publlcan National committee yestl'rd'
day issueu the following reply to
t’n-ttittent \\ thou 1-1 appeal tor the IIN'
tion of a Democratic Congress:
To Republican:
President \A limit hat questions-d tin.1
natives and Monty or you rem
“tat. m II ( more» Ii-
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mumemmo-gmzemm umbr1~sMHh~um m. saw“ “.3 it hing...” M “""u" A“ random WI WWMH‘
mnuurmmn'mmuhuhmw 111 """' I“ H‘ “h‘ Twuw" L Ito-am p’
bwflambuuu. mutant.” downturns.
‘Thlt mm. in It:
ed the “war measures" proposed by
his Administration. although they have
done so with greater unanimity than
the members of his own party. Despite
that fact. ht accused them or harm:
tried to W11 his proper tantrums,
Tait ‘l‘flll’t‘s in
measured words. in not true
A! anti-sandman” ban-they
innit-uncommon“ snout 111
his but The Mt an. "a:
said that \'1ce.\1lrulral Sims had re-
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NEII ENNSS WIINN
ATTNVINTNIN CAMP
(‘aptttin W. .l. Loar'ing ('Inrk. 1111
American in tlrarne of American Red
Cross activities in Scotland. in 11
letter just received here. says that his
organization is caring for the trten ttt
seven arintiort camps. each with 1111
infirmat'y. 11nd at two large llase
Hospitals.
Besides this. (‘nptain (‘h ' and his
staff looks after all America soldiers
who pass through Scotland. ecentli'.
several regiments from the western
states were welcomed at a Scotch
port by the Red (‘ross workers and
supplied with litzht refreshments
Onc ofiiter said to (‘aptain t‘lark':
"Well this beats all. The Red
Cross was our friend right across the
States and new here when we land
on foreign soil. y'ottis is the first
hand to gree: 11s. Bully for the Amt-r
icon Red Cross."
(‘npinin ('lat'k says moving pictures
the direction of the
American Red Cross. are given at the
aviation camps and base hospitals.
Both hospitals are in charge of Cali-
fornia units and are so well equipped
by the Red Cross In that state that
Captain Clark had little «mevide.
he writes. '
STARNING‘AUSTRIANS
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 28.—Austri:1
IITRS handed over entire control of food
supply and dish-button to the Zeelt
authorities in Bohemia. a \‘ienna dis-
patch to the Vossische Zeitunc of ller.
litt say'1.\1'l'h the result that one trun-
drwi cnrloods 1f potatoes are on their
*?§' 111 the lamb-hing Austrian cant
in .
A dispatch from Prague to the some
on super date-1| October :I say: that
in t‘u-plm with a demand rude by
\mt-tiean loam the Paw-I tea-13ers
TO BE GIVEN FOOD;
IN ZBNNNTINN TlIWNS
LONDON Oct. 28. —lt is persistent-
ly reported that riots arc ol daily oc-
currence in tarious 1111115 of Germany
resulting .rt conflicts Milt the police
and loss of life
lick of raw material. especially .
for 1hrxplosi1es. ts seriously hampering
munition works. 1
It is stated that Krupps have been
compelled to dismiss many workers. 1
A despntch to the Exchange Tele-
graph fronr Zurich. Switzerland. says
the revolutionary movement is spread-
int: throughout Cronte. The despatch‘
adds that more than four hundred per-
sons have been killed at Flume and
three hundred at Zagabria.
The Dutch newspapers yesterday
published a despatch from Budapest
which says that in collisions between
drone of persons being wounded. The
Croatian tricolor was hoisted on the.
Troops from Otocac. ‘
public buildings.
fifty miles southeast of Flume. disarm
ed a Styrian battalion which resisted
them and took possession of the hat»
bor. All state buildings ,inclnding the
post office. were occupied by troops.
Tire railway station was destroyed and
the mobs and troops plundered it. Tire
Hungarian and ltalian populations
fled.
Tire Budapest newspaper As Jsa: re-
ports demonstrations at Karlowitz. in
Croatia-Slavonia. where t-wo infantry
regiments mutinied. The railway store-
house was plundered.
ENS NISBIIVENI
Dog Wardcnr'l'ltomas 1“. Welsh. in
speaking to a Sentinel reporter. this
morning. in regards to the gas drum»
cry Inadv- by I Norfolk buy. Lieuten-
uH‘olonet Frank P. l‘nderhrtt. gate a
tin-her 111' .atetwttna 41-1-1111 on this
utter latent-Vol li'nderhlii to now in
TWIISTENNIENS
(‘rotttiun and Hungarian troops in Fi~'
time there Were many casualties. hun-‘
NIINWAIII BNI’S E
In borne in that place yesterday after
noon in his hitherto trusty Ford ac-
companied by ilenry Smith. a well
known wood chopper. who is a neigh
bor of his. and when just met the lit-.
tle stone bridge met in: ‘1111‘1- lll‘OJkl
.1i1at marks the boundar; litre b11111 ren
Norwalk and Wilton. when the intelli-
gent machine evidently resenting the.
return to a Sabbath schedule. and port '
1stbly carrying an oversttppl: of as.
hogan 111 cut curiots r'apers. l1 (vil
dentlt resolved to non the 111 utgltt'
and wide highway right then and af-. ‘
ter making at least three complete cir~t
ch .1 according to reliaole wi
nesses. turned bottom 11p. tlrrowing
botlt passengers a considerable dis ‘
lance.
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MONMOIITH BEACH, N. 1., Oct. 28.
——Reports received here over the tel-
ephone, wires of the Coast Guard Ser
vice say that the survivors of crews‘
of two steamships sunk of! the what
have been landed. one boat load at
Barnegat and one at Egg Harbor. Tire
reports were that the strips had been
torpedoed. although the i ormation
in this regard was lndeiinit
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RECONCILING NORTH
AND SOUTH CHINA‘
TOKIO. Oct. (By The. Associated
Press.l-—lt is believed that the Jap-
nnese Government has decided to take
the. initiative toward effecting a rec
onciliattort between North and South
China bv giving friendly adtice to
the pro-ideal and leading politicians
11! each side separately. Tan! Shae
\‘i. former Premier ti‘t't'hfna. now is
in Tohto and met Viscount t‘chlda.
Fora-in attain»: by invitation on
Friday.
it is probable that the advance xiv
cl anti Minn in I‘itlna v'tllltr1
m h mt! friendly I" with
.concilintoly terms llilt 1111 intima-
‘tion of its text has as yct
’wn 11111111111113
1 tion of wages or all skilled and unskill-
! ed labOr
lwork. were published today.
1 was
,tions. however. were expected to be
1111111 Forest and the bend of the
Selteltlt is quite slow. Farther
north the cucmv se ems to have es.
talrlishetl himstlf strongly behind
the Scltcldt.
T here is no evidence of lowered
morale in the savage resistance of
.tlic Austrians before the Italian
iatttrck in the Brenta arid Piave
Continued on fifth pun
her note is cottt I1c1l lll tlte most
been
made public.
General Ludendortf. who led the
German armies in the big otTcn-
sives oi thc past spring and sum
incl'.l111s resigned
(uernran forces holding: the
sharp salient between the S1rre
and (lise rivers in France llll\t‘
STABILIZATINN NT
3 President Wilson
”Answers Republicans
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1 WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.—-President
Wilson replied today to Republican
contentions that the third of his four-
_. teen peace terms is a. free trade plank.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. --Pi1:~'.: re- by explaining that in dtmanding, the
mmendations of the Nation 1i [1.1.101 removal of economic barriers he meant
Adjusting committee which is work (0 suggest no restriction “D011 internar
lng out a. national policy for stabit" za- 90011011110 policies bill only that Whit-
ever tarin. high or low any nation-
employed on Government might deem necessary it should apply
equally to all foreign nations.
The President made the explanation
tin a letter to Senator Simmons. 0!
The recommendations as to 5111,). ‘North Carolina. chairman of the Sen-
workers were. put into immediate ef- ate Finance committee who had Iwrit-
feet by the Shipbuilding Labor Adjust- ten him, asking for a st11tement.“b9
ment 303,11 but no announcement was cause. certain Republican leaders are
made by the Fuel Administration 111'- attempting to make partisan use" of
fectlng n iucrs, and some oflicials of the paragraph
that agent-.1 said the annouuccnient‘ “Weapons of economic discipline
premature. The roconrmenda- and punishment. " the President wrote,
‘should be left to the Joint action at
carried out as soon as President \Yil- all MUODF [01‘ the purpose of punish—
son announces his approval of the gen-.1118 those who WI" mi submit to a gen.
eral plan at stabilization eral program of justice and equality."
The shipbuilding award provides a "0 added that to’inject the bogey 0!
general scale of 80 cents an ironr for ““9 "dd? Which is not involved at. all,
skilled workers. but rates or piece- “ as '0 attempt to divert the minds of
work are apt to be changed um“ an“ the nation from a broad principle of a.
conferences here this week bet-ween dumb't‘ D980? and that it In: lament-
representatives of the ship yards and able that momentous issues of thissol-
1119 pleceworlt crafts I'nskillcd work 911111 l1our should be seized upon in an
era wen gitcn substantial increases 9'10" ‘0 be“ them to M“!!! 001'“
and provision is made for revtemng 109-
the award every ali months and in A protest laxlnst any posts tar-a.
creasing illt‘ wages to meet increase 1 4'0"th b.‘ President Wilson alone.
conta 111111-111; .nnd not meme-taunt or stories-
11.11.11.111 the many was 1111111111 wbltr 011' 111011. throat- senate coir-u-
!nto tum 1:1...111m m 1111 11» en. a. «who of the wee 11-1111.»- 1111.“.
coast and not tor the Atlanta. 111111 ll '5' Mill" tel-1. ”Senator M
all (Inst Labs. In the int incl-cos 10f min-11111. W I“ if“
The recommendations as to ship-
workers and anthracite coal miners.
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