o
I
E
E
i
It :
. . ,3 I
h Joseph Davis
85 Washington Street
South Norwelk
1
FRED H. PONTY
Victor Records, Complete Stock
Player Rolls, Standard and New
Sheet Music, All Latest and
Popular
Developing Done
Printing of the Best i
Kodeks, Batman's 3
Fred H. Ponty
‘ . 37 North Main Street }
Palace Theatre Building
South Nor-walk, Conn.
- _.__.._ .-__.,_ __1..___..__..__ l
. .
City News
Ross Malkin, of Norwalk. is ill at1
his home with the Spanish inflm-nza. I
Lola Mclnery, of 30 River street.
is able to be out after being confined
to the house with a two weeks' attack,
of Spanish influenza. ‘
H. W. Miller. of Main street, has re-
signed his position with the Norwalk
Lock Company and has taken a place
, with the Remington Arms company.
of Bridgeport. ‘ I
.‘tlrs, Thomas Northrup, of 44 Or-
chard street, who has been ill with
the grip, is slowly gaining. Her many
friends hope she will son be able to
‘ be out.
—VOTE
for l. D. Robertson, representative.
of the Norwalk
post office, who has for two weeks
been on the sick list, is now recover-
ing nicely, and expects to resume his
duties at the post omce in the near
future.
Thomas Allurke,
Robert Tongue, of Henry street, re-
turned vesterdayv afternoon from
Tioea. Pennsylvania, where" he at:-
tended the burial of his sister. Mrs.
Burton Austin, who died at her home
at 7 Summer street, on Fridav, after
an attack of Spanish influenza.
J, William Rowe. of the Norwaik
post office. who has been ill with
qtianish influenza, at his home at 16
Spring Hill avenue, was able to ap-
pear at the post office. for a short
time. yesterday. and, althouch still
quite weak, expects to be able to re-
turn to his duties on Monday morning.
’ The Rev. Georce Drew Egbert. pas-
tor of the Reformed Church, Flush-
inz. 1.. 1., has just returned from
France. where he spent six months
in Y. M. C. A. work. Before enter»
In! the ministry Mr. Egbert was or-
ganist of the First (‘ongrecdtionai
f‘hurch in Danbury. and was for sev-
eral years pastor of the Norwalk Con-
gregational Church.
The fist of the labels which entitle
the receiver to the privilege of send-
ing a Christmas package to a sol-
dier in France, haVe been received
‘vt Norwalk. Each soldier in service
overseas receives one of these labels
\I'hich he sends to his nearest relative
in this country. No package will be
‘ct-eived for mailing unless accom‘
anied by one of these labels. ‘
' ocal persons who are interested lfi
ring fruit pits and nut shells to;
' ., purpOSe of their ultimate conver-
< r on into carbon which is used in the
r cufacture of gas masks, will be
intrrested to learn that horse chest-
nut and acorns are of no use for this
purpose. This question is one which
has arisen in the minds of many' per.
sons since the drive began and
zen srnouncemenf "ls made“ in this
week's issue of the “New Letter."
the official weekly organ of the At-
lantic Division of the Red Cross to
the e‘fect that such shells cannot .be
put into use in this drive. The an-
nouncement further states that pig-
note or pig walnuts although not spe-
cifically mentioned on the government
list. on acceptable for the moon the!
they are a variety of bitter hickory
not with has hen included ll
We!“ list.
tin-haunt.
42?.
:ALL ITALIA
ream-:13”
m.- a...
«ta-cm”
W
ARMIES
THE ENTIRE FRONT is.
ABLAZE—THE ALLIED:
moons ' MAKE BIG,
ADVANCE
(Continued From First Page) I
.—.—
“Our armies are continuing t0‘
ing enemy. who has attempted in
vain to retard them. Heads of our!
columns have reached Serravalle‘
(lrnago. (iajarine and Oderzo. I
“t‘avalry divisions are advanc-j
ing in the plains and some squad-l
rons today entered Sacile.
“In overcoming strong resis
ance between the. Piave and the:
Mountains the Third Army fought ‘
brilliantly. The river crossing at.
I’onti di l’iave was carried in a
fierce action. The enemy was ob-
liged RI evacuate Asigo, which we
promptly occupied.
“During the rush of the ad
vancc. it has been impossible to
kecp count of the thousands of
prisoners and many guns. lit’slllt‘x
the population of towns and vil-
Iagcs, we have libcl'atcd numbers
of Italian prisoners who have been
in Austrian hands.”
I.tl.\'I)().\’, ()ct 31.~—»War tli'i'ice
statement on operations in North-
crn France and Belgium issued to-
day follows:
“As a result of fileccssi‘nl raids
carried out by us during the night
in the neighborhoml of Le Ques.
noy. we captured a few prisoners
and inflicted casualilics upon the
cncmy.
(lur patrols have been. active.
tilting: Illt' Scllt'ltlt (‘nlllll north of
Iiaismcs Forest. and have made
progress at certain poinlS.”
LONDUX, (let. Ill.—--Iiritish
Monte Grappa to the south of the
ARE IN ACTION AND river northeast of Venice.
[statement tonight from Austro-
. . [Hungarian Headquarters. Else-
;rapidly advance after the retrcatwwhere in Serbia the
VIENNA. Wednesday. Oct. 30,
is London, Oct. 31.——Austro:Hun-
gsrian forces on their eastern
wing in Serbia are withdrawing
from occupied territory and have
completed the crossing. of the
Danube, according to an ofiiciai
Austrian
withdrawal continues -
I
noun mun
nusn PRESIDENT
HAR’l‘l-‘URD. Oct. ISL—Secretary of
the interior Franklin K. Lane, who is
also head of the field division, Coun-
('ll of National Defense. has sent to
the t‘onnecticut State (‘ouncil of De-
fense a letter received by him from
Pl’t‘rltlt‘l‘l' Wilson in which the latter
expressed gratification at the recent
amalgatnoticn of the State (‘ouncils
action and the woman's division of the
National (‘ouncil into the field diviv
sit-n. The president also said he was
pleased that in several states the local
divisions «t the woman's committee,
National (‘ounciL had been merged
into the respective State Councils.
(‘ouncclicut was the first state in the
tutor: to take sllt‘ll action. When the
field division of the National t‘onncil
was created. Richard M. liissell,
chairman of the (‘onnecticut council,
was made a member of the. governing
board. (‘onnccticut was the only
s'ate to be so honored, and on the
IJISIIIIII'I IISI
IIEI’IllIlEIl Itlllll
Connecticut casualty list:
WOUNDED SEVERELY.
Private.
Holbrook, Daniel T.. tMrs. Emma Hol-
brookl. 185 Wakloe avenue, Ansonia.
Conn.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY.
Private.
Horowitz. Charles thirs. Yetto Hor-
witzl 10 Waverly street, New Ha
ven, Conn.
Kosiiko, Stephen tRcsie Andrewygkl,
160~\\'ashington street. New Britain.
Conn.
May. William H.. tMrs. Rese May:,
240 Coleman street, liridgeport,|
Conn. .
Porat. Albert tllrs. Rose Porat), 17
Hull street. Bristol, Conn.
Thompson. Warren H. tllrs. Mary 1;.
Thompsont. R. F. D. liroadbrock,
(‘onn.
WOUNDED (Degree Undetermined.
Corporal. I
Larnoureaux. Walter l.. ltieorge Wat-
sonl. 141 Fables avenue. Waterbuty-
Conn.
I
7:
«l
Morning List. 1
The army list issucd last night!
shows: '
governing board Mt". Bissell repre~
seats the state council's of the entire-1
country. '
l'rcsident Wilson's letter to Sucre-I
tarv Lane follows:
“i an: very glad to bear of the even. I
tion of the field division of the (‘onnl
cil of National Defense. which. by?
amalgamatiug the executive t'unctions'
of the State t‘ouucils section and the;
woman‘s committee of the National.
forces fighting cast of the I'iavc
have reached the Livenza rvcr at
occupied (ldcrzo. according to an
official statement on operations
In Italy. issued by the War lli‘l'cc
today.
The statement reads:
“The advance of the Tenth Army
continued without check through»
out the day. Iiritish cavalry dc-
tachntcnts, in close touch will:
‘Itiilltiil cavalry. have reached the
western outskirts of Sucilc.
“Troops of thc I'Vutl'tccntll
llivcnza Iiivcr at h‘l‘ullccnigo."
AMS'I‘ERDAM, llct. :ll.~—'I‘hc
Herman gm‘crnmcnt has suspend-
It‘ll the liquidation of leI French,
owned businesses
in Alsuccdmr.
raine, according to u Iicrlin dis-
patch to the It‘urnkl’ort Zcilung.
WASHINGTON, Oct. iiI.-»-~.\‘cc-
rctary Lansing today notified the
Turkish government that the
l'uitcd States will bring its rc-
qucst for an armistice to the at-
tcntion of the govcruutcns at, war
with Turkey. ,
'l‘hc secretary made pttblic a
note to the‘h‘panish ambassador.
through whom the Turkish pica
for an armistitm and peace nego-
tiaions similar to those of (let'-
muny and Austria. was dclivercd
tlctnlu'l' l4.
VIENNA. Wednesday, (let. tit),
via I.ot:tlott.—’—~.\ustrim: troops
lighting on Italian soil Will be
withdrawn. according to an oili-
ciaI sitttcmcut issucd by the War
titlicc tonight. The statement
rcatlsz:
“Taking into account the re-
soIVc so tlI'lcll expressed to bring
about a conclusion of an armistice
and peace. putting an cud to the
struggle of nations, our troops
fighting on Italian soil will evac-
uate occupied regions,
“In the Italian thculcr
has been only minor lighting acv
tivity on the Tyrolean front. lic-
twecn the Brcntn and the I’iavc.
fresh and superiorenemy forces at-
tacked Monte Asolouc and Monte
l’crtica. Our troops: with» unex-
amplcd and soldicrly faithfulness.
brought all the enemy‘s ci’fortUto '
nought." , ,-
lttlxlNlN. Oct. ill.-Thc entire
Italian front is ablaze. a t‘cutrul
News dispatch from Route Raye.
All the Italian armies now are in
action. ,
From the Stclvio Pass to the
Adriatic. the Italian front is more
than 180 miles in length. The
Pine line on which the Allied
a. trtmps. now are advancing is about
sixty miles from the Have «It of
fi-flo“
.“m
”use
F
‘
lhcrc ‘
(“ouncil has become the single 0011-;
net-ting link between the (‘ount‘il and:
| the other federal departments and at“
Il“l'““"“nill“ ““‘I III" Italians lm“'Iminislrations on the one hand and Atkinton
'5 the State ('ouncils of Defense and{
state tll\l.~l(lll.§ of the Woman's com?
lllilice on the other. i have already.
'luul ou . sion more than once to ei
Iprcss my warm atmrcciation of the‘
,_ Woman's committee. It seems to me
‘ llllii (in. action which you have now
taken. recounizing as it does a policy
of joint action and common effort on
I the part of men and women, is sound
I in principle and serves the interest of
Icillt'lt-nt‘). it is gratifying to know
I lowed in a large number of states, and
l i am sure that you will a cc with me
I that it is worthy of adoption generally
tlnoughout the country."
| _.
I NARCOTIC LAW MODIFIED.
,Temporaiy Change in Law During
I Epidemic.
1 The stringent laws governing the
refilling of narcotic prescriptions have
been h‘llllilll)‘ modified for the con-
vcnicnco of patients and physicians
during tin prevailing epidemic of in:
fluenza. according to a connnunication
received at the local office of the in-
ternal rcwnnc collector front head-
quarters ol the commissioner at Wash
ington.
lows:
Owing, to the extent oi the epidemic
of Spanish ntlflcuza now prcmiling
in this country and consequent dini-
culty of persons in getting iuuncdiutc.
attention and medicaments upon pres
criptlons issued by physicians, the pro-,
visions of Article 11 of Regulations
No. 35. prohibiting the refilling of nar-
cotic prescriptions are modified as
follows: .
‘ Prescriptions calling for morphine,
codeine, o: heroin, which are written
by regimen-d practloners for patients
'euffering tron: Spanish influenza and
and llulliltdtill‘y 0r bronchial affections
may. until at the little ot issuance by
physicians instructions are noted in
the body of suchprcscriptions, "Repeat
of necessary." and the druggist filling
and refilling the same shall note there
on each and every date upon such
prescription is refilled.
‘ TWO SUE FOR DIVORCE
Applltttlltih for divorce has been
filed an ill" Superior court by liertha
Adams \Viiéy, or Stratford, from John
Wiley, of New Milford, habitual intent-
perancc being alleged as the cause.
They were. married May ll, limb, and
have one child, of vtvhom the wife asks
the custody.
Lillie Sanford Proctor Hoeinghaus.
of Greenwich, asks for divorce from
Frederick William Hoenlnghaus, of
the same place, alleging infidelity
with persons unknown, and intent-
perunce. They were married Septem-
ber l. 1901. and have one child. The
wife claims divort‘e and tlte'cuslody
of the child.
ALI. MINT? IN GRACE PARISH.
H I
The servlm in Grace church on All
Sainte' boy will be three in number:
A ceiebntion ol the-Holy Communion
It. I o‘ebeh; celebration of the Holy
til.
till
:3
I?
,.‘
liritish t‘orps have reached tilt-1'1““ ‘1'” WM" “3’" already ““l’n ‘0'“
The notice received is as Iol-,
Killed in action .................. :
Died of wounds .................. lo
Ilied from accident and other I
causes ......................... 1
Died from aeroplane accident ..... l,
Died of disease .................. ltl
Wounded severely ............... 54
Missing in action 1':
Wounded, degree undetermined ,. 23,
\‘I'fiunded slightly ................ 237
Prisoners ...... i .................. 3
Total ......................... 4n]
Afternoon List.
Killed in action ................ s’
Ilied of wounds .... ............. t;
flied of accident and other
causes ......................... ‘.'
llicd of disease .............. .. .. L'T‘
Wounded severely ............... tITI
Wounded ltll‘lil‘c'r undetermined: L‘L'UI
Total ............... ‘...,..,.....'l.lo
WOUNDED (Degree Undeterminedb
Sergeants.
Lyles, tlil'a W. W. Atkin ‘
t
Eon: II. l-‘. l)., box Hi, Fair Haven.“
onn. ‘
Corporale. I i “
llrown. Joseph ll. tliiss la-ua lirowul
. . . : Killin lv, '
‘ ac.'omplishmcnls oi the btatc (‘ouncilsg K - ( glen“ i t
i and the national organizations of ”lei c an ca.
l
tll'ojciccbowski, Joseph ll-‘rank Lassl,
Ilox ill. ’I‘erryville. t‘on-n. '
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.
I Sunnnat'y of casualties to date:
Officers, ~
lDPhllla‘ a .33
,. .x....ou-,..
IWounded .................. 78 I
l ..-. — lfil
. Enlisted Men. 1
[Deaths .......... .. . . was I
I in hands of enemy ....... 49 1
Missing ............... W3
—- 3.8L ,
, __\___,_l
I Total ..................... , 3.9KI
, s The following casualties are report-i
=cd by the commanding lll‘nt‘l'fll of the1
I American expeditionary forces: -.
I Killed in action .................. 1 ,
llllcd of wounds received in action 1"
[Wounded in action ulcsrcc unde- :
I erminedl "-
Total ...............
ALL OVER THE LAND.
iictiin has been wiped off the map.
llerlin. Wash. understand, forty-eight
miles front Seattle. Now it is known
as Miller River. lierlin rcminded its
inhabitants too much of the spot
where the Kaiser holds forth. '
‘lnc influenza epidemic is held “a":
sponsible for oranges selling at $1 ai
dozen in Marietta, (l, The juice of;
.tltis fruit is so generally ticst'rlbed by:
that an abnormal demand has sent
the price up according to dealers.
ilruggists must not sell medicine.
containing a terse Percentage of all
cohol to men in the army or navy, ac-
cording to a decision of Judge .lcreW
mirth Nelcrcr in the Federal court ini
Seattle. .I. S. Mullet! was fined.
$100 for obtaining :1 bottle of "beef,‘
iron and wine“ for a naval man. ‘
Questioned as to his ability to take
a bill which threatened troops to the.
right. up lllinois captain in the t‘hut-‘
eau-Thierry region replied: .\ly men
will follow me to hell: If so ordered.‘ I
The order was given«not to hell but1
to victory~nnd the boys went. Sena-V»
for James Hamilton Lewis of lilinoisg‘
vouched for the story.
After a trial lasting two day's lohn
iii. Butler, aged seventy-five. ‘of Matt-
nette, Wis, who claims to be the ”HIV:
(‘lvil War veteran having :1 son .as!
young as five years. has been divorcf
ed by Mrs. Ellen mutt-r. aged mutt-3
nine. She was his four:h wife. and:
she has been granted the custody of:
the five-yenrold son as well 8’7"”:
mony. I
.m; s.“ alt-L on; an.
“Maul“! "(I
m m I”
My. Conn W30! in Nauru. I
~ HOWLAND‘S
(
Entrances on MainSt” F airfield Ave,, Cannon St. I
5W“ ,
- . ; unto Glenn and - 1.916..
'10 All. It! V28! um um raisin:
IYEHYME - and their items and ,
Pop-o end lteletlveez-
.‘ ‘ .
, I I 1 have fine non for you, children!
I. . f ' \
- . ‘ - Your 0361.! m hoe Juet uritten n from your capitol at leehiug- l
I c. ton. D. c. He tell! no that. thouunde and thousande or his fine Boys are for .1
at: including to on important little buoinoee utter Ilth e cert-in lit. kaiser
. I.
" no uye that every single person in his greet. glorious U. s.
A. is doing his, or her but to back up the Boys over there, uni that
he Ioull be at ht obliged if 1 could arrange ny trip e little earlier
than usual t e our. '0 that your store will not need to put on extra
helpf‘gr hoop open evenings. , This. he lays, Iill help cave Light, Coll
on or.
I“ you htoI. I on e greet friend and Ally of your Uncle
an, no I on going to do exactly as be has naked. I an coping
to your City Inch earlier this you so that everyone can prepare
lilo Christ-u gifts of good cheer for ahead. Your store has
agreed to help so, and I on sure you pill too, Ion't you? In
t is way no on all help our Boys over there on have our usual
Christan celebration at the one tile.
r?‘
lln't this n fine ides, end aren't you glad
to be eble to help?
Worthy shoes,
big saving. a
and
”Rich dresses,
fine economy. .
llrcssu'ich in effect but full of scr-
:icc ability.
Mcn \vonu-n alike
chance.
' have
' Dress that is distinctive and bean—
:int, and yet that is worth far more
.han its price.
I‘Ixccllcnl shoes. for those they will
fit, at big,r cut in price just Ilt't'illlSU\
sizes are broken.
Stu-Ii is cach dress included in a
.ittlc special collection now ready.
Tasteful correct siylcs. Ilcpclltltle
blc serviceable leathers. t‘urt ful capo:
13in“ "(|]\'(|1(\(\l] in spl‘vndid season- lllC Nllllt‘lllilklllg. _.«llll lIIt‘SL‘ NiIVlllgfi!
\blc colors and line serge in either MEN‘S Siltuvzsv—vnai'he m :u-irs.
K" . Inirk tan with Nonlin snlc. l-qulish last
“1"." “I. lllilt‘k. Gunmetal calf with l('tllllt‘l' or .\'colin sole,
(lunlnctul biuchcr with fiber sole and
rubber lu't-l. bl'mul too i
l‘attnt butllcr, English lust. lace or button:
.\l| Illt‘fl‘ are regular
Si and $5 slums-—
Beautifully trinuncd will: braiding
:r made up in combination with satin.
New impressive long '
graceful lines. and only one or two
dresses of any model.
. Maker tried them as samples,
fih‘urcd time had come to clear them up,
offered them to us at much less than
styles. $
3.25
.\\‘(l.\|l-ZN S. SIIUIIS -t:l‘otlt 3th pairs.
llussia calf with champagne buck top
tzrny kid lucc “illl leather l-‘rcnclt liccls
'i‘un Russia calf lace with military ltccls
(anutinl calfskin, laced. military heels
These are all regular
87 to $I2 slows——
his usual price. ' I $5.35
: . i liluck l.i-l~ or calf laced .
w- ll‘ltttt 18 how it comes that Black nut with Illill‘k cltilh cm
g l - , , . '- Hluck calfskin \\ith gray cloth top
lllSlf‘lld 0f l'CgIllal llllCC Black calfskin with Neolin sole
l
‘ 'I‘lu‘sc nnr all reunion
of 5"“750 to "3'5 '011
w ' ll“ ’ 3 $5 to $6.30 shoes——
may choose any at—
$3.85.
$21.
St: cond floor.
5 Santa Claus offers, a rug chance! . He is going to
move into Carpet Hull pretty soon. To give him room,
but go a lot of rugs at lowered prices. Every sort from
fine parlor rugs to little rag rugs for bedroom. Great
savings in plenty! ‘
m HOWND DRY GOODSflOMPANY
Main floor. l‘Ull‘.
mtJuuufl
Howmudfs‘" ,
,0
.4—
my
1
I
‘.
‘.
i’ffiffisfi?
~‘w
r‘A
-‘ -
.5. -.
. '3 7' f
Norwalk Chronicler