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'ny Associated Press.

my Associated PressI
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ITAL.
IAN ARMY, May 20,--The Italian
and allied forces on the mountain
Iront are In the best Of condition.
Ihe winter months have been utl-
haed in strengthening the defenses
ana reinforcing lines Of works until
ule whole region is interlaced with
powerful systems of defense and at
TACK. There are vast stores OF guns
aau ammunition, and the spirit Of the
hea Is one Of confidence and eager
less for an approaching conflict in
'ne mountain regions.
GENERAL Plummer. commander of
'ue British forces. recently an
nouhced their establishment in new
Posltlon In the mountain sector
around Asiago, and General Diazs
0uiietlns now refer to the operations
VI me British forces in that noun
'aia region. The French too, who
@aoe their brilliant stroke at Mount
iomoa, are also in this mountain re
glon.
is here that three Austrian
armies under Field Marshal Conrat
'oo hartzendorf are in position; th'
'enh army, eleventh army. ant
'aat is known as the Kraus army
unaer General Kraus. These armiei
.omprise in the neighborhood OF z
uuisions, besides several division
y reserves; while on the Piave from
Ae Austrian commander. Boroevich
aas about Is divisions and some re
serves The divisions on the nOrtI
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ers, wives and sweethearts who have
some one near and dear to them at
the front There was large contin-
gent of these. Ben Luce and Captain
Case carried the flag of the Nye
county service.
Nothing could have been sweeter
nor hailed with more delight when
the tots OF the schools, garbed in
purest white and wearing little Red
Cross wells, appeared in the process
sion headed Dy the striking white
ambulance Of Mrs. Hugh Henry
Brown. who has charge of this
branch of the Red Cross activities
Then the small boys in khaki march
ed into sight, little band of Amer.
leans All" pleased nightly. dressed
to represent all countries, and yet
had grown into real Americans in
this land of the free. The noisy COW.
boy in black glistening snaps, the
Indian with headdress, the little
Irish peasant the Servian. the petite
Italian. the child from sunny Africa.
the little belle from war-worn
France, we're all In evidence and con-
stituted one OF the prettiest scenes
in the parade. A lively contingent
bore aloft wooden plates on which
was Inscribed In separate words,
We are pledged to the clean plate. =
Two boys we're planted in full view
before the marching began, with q
splendid packing box bearing the
telling story I'VE have made forty
of these" The uses for boxes of this
kind have been many in the Red
Cross shipping division and the work
has been done at the manual train
ing school. Mrs. Hugh Henry Brown
is extended credit for this section Of
the organization of the Junior Red
Cross work. The Girl Scouts, the
Boy Scouts, under the direct leader
ship of Mr. Roy Cross came into
line with full swing and martial
touch. The young people do exceed
ingly well and the training tells.
Assisting in the march were Mrs.
Cross, Miss Jewett, Louise Dllworth,
H. w. Stotesbury and Sergeant Ram.
sey. The Tonopah band and the drum
corps, Jim Robertson, included, added
very unsteady to the pleasure oi
the parade The Woman's Relief
Corps marched with the workers and
was represented by color bearers in
the procession. The organization oi
the parade was directed by Mrs. Roy
Davenport. The automobile division
contained a number Of highly decor
ated machines and then a large quota
Just carried flags. Mr.. r. ]. High
land, president of the Red Cross,
rode in a brilliant car with red and
white predominating. The blue rib
bon was awarded Mrs. w. H. Black
burn for first prize, and the second
was given Mrs. J. w Sherwin. whose
machine was attractive in the ma
tional colors with the little daughter
Nancy. sitting on the hood repre-
senting in lovely juvenile fashior
"The Greatest Mother OF All" The
automobile of Mrs. Hugh Henry
Brown was especially appropriate t.
the occasion. very distinctive ans
looked the part Severely plain white
with heavy lines Of black outlining
the body, the doors. and the variou,
little details OF the ambulance wer'
thus accentuated The chauffeus'
was Mrs. Brown in white with whit
band headdress. Her son Hugh II
khaki completed the picture
One Of the most striking featurel
was the giant flag from the Mizpal
shaft spread on a frame and born
by ~ miners employed by the Tono
pah Mining company,
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SHERIFF
SHOT BY STACKER

Sheriff Thomas received a wire
this morning from Warden Henricks
of the state penitentiary advising
him that Mark Wildes, sheriff or
Churchill county, had been shot and
mortally wounded by a draft evader
named Paul Wilder, who escaped
with a posse in pursuit The senti-
ment at Fallon, where the shooting
occurred, is said to have reached
such a pitch that officers will not be
required In the event of the citizens
overtaking the fugitive.
The sheriff is fine looking man,
SO years of age, and his popularity
is evidenced by the fact that he is
serving his second term.
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GEORGIA NEGROES
HANGED BY MOB

vALDosTA, Ca. May 2O.-Hays
Turner, negro. and his wife, Mary
Turner. accused of connection with
the murder OF Hamilton Smith.
Brooks county farmer and the
woundlng OF his vile at their home
near Barney last Thursday night,
have been hanged by mob Two
other negroes. VIII Head and WIN
Thompson we're lynched Friday night.
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WOOL PRICE SET
ON THE BASIS Of
JULY 80, 1917
DISTRIBUTING STATIONS EsTAa-
LlsHED; U. S. NEEDS
COME FIRST
~, Associated rress. )

WASHINGTON. May 2O-The wal
industries board has fixed the price
Of the 1918 wool clip at the prices
established June 30th. 1917, at At
lantic seaboard markets on secured
basis. The government will have
prior rights on clips for Its needs at
those prices. The remainder Is sub
ject to ALLEGATION for other uses IN
der the direction of the board. As
the needs OF the government require
concentration OF wool close to points
OF consumption. distributing centerl
have been approved at which vol
may be distributed only.
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TWO HOSTILE PLANES SMASHED
BY INTREPID YOUNG AVIATORS

son dlved on the tail of the one
1000 meters high and fired 80 shots
at close range The enemy went
spinning in nose dive and crashed
to earth. The other enemy escaped
ny Associated Pressl
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE( via ottawa, May 49,
Parts of northern France have be-
come thickly populated with Ameri.
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sHloL1a CASE CONES UP

All witnesses In the case against
Al Shidler wherein the latter Is ac-
cused OF using sedltious language
have been served with subpoenas to
appear before the United States
grand jury at Carson City Wednes.
day morning.
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.E|GHTY-F|VE BODIES
PILED IN MORGUE


my AHHOCEnNeu FFe01I
PTTTSBURG, May 2O-Eighty-three
victims of the explosion at the Aetna
chemical plant at Oakdale lie in a
temporary morgue. Nlnety-four in.
iured are housed in Pittsburg hos
pitfalls. Two hundred and twelve Of
the factory force are unaccounted for.
According to officials 1t is believed
many of these will register today.
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PRAGUE IN SIEGE
AND RESISTANCE
70 END URGED
BOHEMIAN CAPITOL STIRRED BY
ANTtGERMAN DEMON
STRATION
~, Associated Pres.I

llIy AHAoesateu tEeeSt
LONDON, May 20-A state OF siege
has been proclaimed at Sprague, the
Bohemian capitol, by the police. The
military garrison has been rein
toreed. These measures followed an
andGerman demonstration in which
e1echs and Jugoslavs paraded shout
lng Long live Wilson. Clemenceau
and Lloyd George"
SPEECHES violently attacking Ger
many we're delivered At a perform
ance in the Bohemian National
tbeater. the German-Austrian ALI
ance was denounced Several depu
lies urged resistance to the end and
10 sacrifice wealth and blood for Bo'
hemia
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FIVE CHILDREN BURNED
TO DEATH AT HOME

(Hv Associated PFeHal
SILVER CITY, N. NJ, May 20
Five children of Thomas Peterson,
a ranchman. we're burned to death
last night in a fire which destroyed
the Pinson home. OF six children
alone in the house. Levi. aged 8,
who had gone to the well for a drink,
was the only one to survive.
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AMERICAN A|RMEN MAKE ENEMY REPENT PRESENCE
Northern France Filling Up With Troops Eager for Go With Germans
Wilson Signs
Overnan Bill

o (By Associated Press) .
% WASHINGTON, May 2O.--The =
= President signed the Overman =
. bill giving the president broad =
. authority to coordinate all =
. movements of departments =
. The presidents first act un- =
. der the new law was TO take =
. the production OF air craft from :
. the army signal corps and estab- =
. lish as a separate organization. =
= The air craft production board =
= is under John Ryan. =
. Q . . Q . . = . = .
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BAN|SHEO
TO SWITZERLAND

I Hy AsW0cInted FreWNI
GENEVA Sunday, May lS.--
Nicholas Romanoff, former Russian
emperor, and family were given the
choice of exile in Rumania or Swift
zerland, and chose Switzerland, ac-
cording to Vienna newspapers. The
Soviet government granted this con
cesslon on certain conditions 1t is
said the principal one is that the
czar refrain from endeavors to re-
turn to the Russian throne.
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MORE
ARMENIAN
MASSACRE
TURK INVADE CAUCASUS AND
SLAUGHTER CHRISTIAN
INHABITANTS

LONDON, May 20.--Turks have re
sumed the offensive on the Cauca.
sian front. They have occupied, Van
according to Tifiis dispatch dated
the 18th. Another Armenian mass
acre has been begun. Negotiations
for a separate peace between the
Caucaslon diet and Turkey were
broken off because of exorbitant
demands by the Turks.
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AERIAL RAIDERS
ATTACK LONDON
ARE REPULSED
FOUR GoTHA MACHINES ARE
BROUGHT DOWN BY ANTI.
AIRCRAFT GUNS

LONDON, May 20.--British avia-
tors destroyed 20 German airplanes
and disabled two in fighting on Sat
urday.
tBy Associated PresaI
LONDON, May 20.--The Germans
lost four raiders in a most ambitious
aerial attack yesterday on London
during which the intensity of volley
firing by British anti-aircraft batter.
les was the greatest ever known A
majority of the raiding Gothas main
tanned an altitude of above 10000
feet. A bright moon shone when the
raiders crossed the southeastern
point headed for London They
dropped several bombs. The number
OF raiders seemed larger than usual
Thirty.seyen were killed and 1855
Injured In the London area Six were
injured at Providence and consider
able property was damaged.
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ALLIED Av|ATORS
.DOMBARD COLOGNE

iHy AsssetateS PRess.I
LONDON. May 20.-Fourteen per
sons were killed and more than 10
others injured when entente allied
airplanes bombed Cologne on Satur.
day. according to dispatches from
Amsterdam to the Central News
agency Six allied aviators partici.
pated in the attack. Much damage
was done in the center Of Cologne,
especially in the market place.
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AunlThi oIulS lHIoN OuA huC vi ~
ball to General Biddle. The umpire
was Artie Latham. former New York
Giant star. II was the first baseball
game ever played at the arsenal foot.
ball grounds, Highbury.
The rooters were so excited In the
ninth Inning, with the score tie,
that three airplanes sailed over the
field almost unnotlced. When the
Americans stretched" after the
seventh inning the police. attracted
by the unusual scene. started an In
vestigation
The Londoners were much amused
by the American baseball slang
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tBy Associated Preasl

tBy Associated Pressl
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 19-The German bi-
plane Captain David Peterson of
Honesdale, Pa, brought down Friday
was conquered after fight five kiloa
meters within the German lines,
Peterson and another pilot came up
on two enemy machines, one 2O0O
meters high, the other 5000. The
Americans each attacked one. Peter
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CASUALTY LIST


tHg Assseiatea Pvssa.p
WASHINGTON. May 20.--Seven
we're killed In action, ! died Of
wounds, from accident and 7 by
disease. including Mario Maschio Of
Oakland. Twenty-seven we're seveeriy
and Z slightly wounded
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GERMANS IN FINLAND

PETRoGRAD, Russia, May 20
German troops have occupied Bjor'
kok. a town on the Gulf of Finland,
30 miles northwest Of Petrograd.
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GOVERNMENT DEFEATED


ttty Associated Preasl
WASHINGTON. May 20.-The SUI
preme court dismissed the govern.
ment appeal from an adverse deci.
sion of the lower courts In the anti.
trust suit against the United Shoe
Machinery company
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LONDON, May 2O.-Dublin dis
patches report all quiet. Four OF six
Sim Fein members of parliament
we're placed in custody with the ar
rest Of Count Plnnkett. Vice.Presi.
dent Morris and the remaining head
Of the Sim Fein today issued a reply
to the British proclamation In which
be says he anticipated the action OF
the standing committees In nominal
Ing substitutes to conduct the move
ment during the enforced and what
must be made temporary exile of our
leaders.
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ASSASslNS OF LusITANlA
LYING IN SPANISH HARBoR

MADRID Sunday. May 19.-The
German submarine U-S9, which the
Germans claimed is the one that tor
pedoed the Lusitania, entered port
last night in a damaged condition,
according to an official dispatch from
Caragena.
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TWELVE KILLED BY
TORNADO N ILLINOIS


BLOOMFIELD, May 20.-Twelye
were killed, mostly Children, 25 in
jured, some dangerous'v, when a tor
nado swept over this portion of Ne
braska Saturday night Scores of
homes, barns and other buildings
we're demolished.
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ENEMY ALIEN ARRESTED
lRY Aa.ocLated I,resaI

(by Associated Prehab
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2O.--Curt
Ludwig, auditor Of the Rainier Red
wood company, at Elk, In Mendocino
county, a reputed German reserve Of
ficer, was arrested today
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BANK MANAGER. SUICIDE

Inv Associates Pressl
BYRON. Cal. May 20 Alfred
Bovo. bank manager, ended his life
yesterday. He was believed 10 have
been temporarily insane
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ARTILLERY ACTIVE

(By Ansoeiated PresHl
LONDON, May 2O.--German artil
iery fire has increased between Al
bert and Bucquoy
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Yankee Ship
Is Torpedoed
. 10y Associated prsss)

= WASHINGTON, May 20.--The I
= navy department has learned I
= that the American cargo
= steamer J. G. Mccullough was Z
= sunk In foreign waters by :
. mine or torpedo. 1t is reported :
. that all were saved except one Z
= engineer. Z
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= = . . . = . . . . =
TODAY AND A YEAR AGO.
,e1s lsl7 .

1918 1917 .
Official readings Of the Their .
mometer by the United States .
observer at Tonopah: =
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SIM FE|NERS
TAKEN AWAY
POLITICAL PRISONERS TO THE
NUMBER or sEVENTY.THREE
DEPoRTEo TO WALES

~ Associated PFeas.I
LONDON, May 20.--A vessel carry
Ing 70 Sim Feln prisoners left Kings
town. Ireland last evening, II Is un'
derstood the ship Is proceeding to
Holy Head, Wales.
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BASEBALL SEASON
OPENS IN LONDON

LONDON, May 2O.--An thinning
game marked the opening of the
Anglo.American baseball season to-
day. The score was:
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1Wy AasOcIRteaI Pre1s.l
WASHINGTON. May 20.-Persh.
ing's official communication said It
was quiet at all points aside from
aerial activities on both sides.
The communique related the gal.
liant death Of Major Lufbery, the pre-
mier American ace. It also told OF
the heroic fight of two American me-
gro soldiers, both wounded. who
withstood a raiding party of 20 Ger.
mans and thereby saved their com.
rades from surprise and capture.
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(By Associated Presal

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE Sunday, May ia
French aviator today brought down
an enemy plane back of Longeville
sector Americans captured two men
from the plane. The Germans came
from somewhere In the rear. There
is an unconfirmed report that this
machine brought down Major LuG.
berry. There has been extraordinary
aerial activity on this sector today.
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Major Lufbery was accounted
leader of the American aces. Only
recently he brought down his 18th
enemy machine. He was attached
to the American corps less than four
months ago. He made brilliant
record as a member of the Lafayette
escadrille.
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can fighting troops within a short
period Great American training
camps and depots are sprlnglng up
where two months ago only British
Khaki was normally seen. The out
standing impression of the American
organization can be summed up In
one word, thoroughness. One Is con.
seious at every turn of the resolve
of the Americans to fight until vic.
tory Is won.
BY Associated Preas)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE Sunday, May 19.-Ameri.
can aviators brought down two hos
tile airplanes, American Headquarters
has announced. Major Roul Luf
berry, of the American flying corps,
was killed in an aerial battle and
will be buried tomorrow with mill.
tary honors by both American and
French armies. Bullet holes In the
thumb of Lufbery's hand was the
only wound aside from those received
when the machine crashed to earth.
Apparently the same bullet punctured
the gasoline tank. The German at.
tacker was armed with two machine
gune with one operator for each.
Apparently they escaped. The explo.
sion OF one anti-aircraft she'll upset
an enemy occupant but he straight.
ened out again. Lieutenant Doug.
las Campbell shot down an enemy
biplene in flames on the Toul front.
The plane contained two officers.
This makes the lieutenant's second
aerial victory.
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CcOntinusd On PAss FOur)
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THE WEATHER

Tonight and Tuesday Cloudy
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TacOnic

Charles Fish, who came lone from
the hospital at Fort Andrews, was
again taken ill with bronchial trouble
and has been unable to return to camp.
Miss Ada Smith. has been visiting
her cousin, Mrs. w. L. Pentecost. Miss
Smith who is a trained nurse expects
to go to France almost any time
Richard Gray is stationed at Camp
jackson. Alabama.
The Misses Scoville of New York are
now occupying Miss Edith Sooville's
cottage at Barrack Matt I.
Fred Hunt has entered Fairview
Hospital at Great Darlington.
Mrs.. Georte Washington and daugh.
ter Martha of New Britain have been
visiting Mrs. Louis Devahtery.
Aleck Angus is in New Brunswick,
N. J. where he is employed in the
work of erecting large wireless sta
ton for the government.
Mrs. Alice G. CLARK attended the
Belcher-Eggleston wedding in Sails
bury last + friday attern ION. ...
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Norfolk

Richard Curtiss was among the
draftees who left Torrington for Camp
Upton on Wednesday.
Miss Katherine Kane was home
from Hartford over Sunday. .... .
Miss Elizabeth Dickson spent the
weekend at her home in Thomaston.
Misses Marjorie DeMars and Mar on
Curtiss were home from New Britain
normsi for the weekend.
At the joint meeting of the Litch-
field Northwest Sunday-school union
and the Fifth District County associa.
sion, held at the Congregational church
last Thursday, a matter long before
these organizations was discussed and
resulted in the disbanding of the Sun
day union and the uniting of it's
efforts with tha district association,
since both covered the same towns in
the county. Resolutions were passed
on the death of Elias f. Sanford of
Ore Hill. who was on the executive
committee of the union for nearly sc
years.
Mrs. J. Fl. Flagg and Q. J. Post Jr.
| and family are at their summer home.
Mrs. E. W. Mclaughlin and daugh.
ter are at their summer home, The
Porches.
Gardeners have set out on the bank
at the lower end Of the Stocked estate
several hundred Dorothy Perkins roses.
Joseph O'ConnelI was home from
Hartford over Sunday.
Edward O'Brien Of Hartford Sent
Sunday with friends in town.
Milford butcher and Harold Peck
of Waterbury spent Sunday in town.
Roy Humphrey of Hartford spent
Sunday with his father in West Nor.
folk.
Mrs. Matte Peck is spending the
summer with her father, William
Humphrey.
e. Wesley Trescott of Boston is
visiting his mother. Mrs. G. E. Tres.
cots.
Miss Mary O'Connell has returned
from Washington, D. O., where sh 4
spent her two weeks vacation with
her brother.
Howard o. Pulver of Washington,
D. O. is visiting his parents, during q
months vacation from his duties as a
clerk in the interstate CONNIE roe depart
ment. 49, + q L
Herbert Gleason of Boston, will
give an illustrated lecture in the Con.
gregational church Saturday evening
for the benefit Of the Red Gross.
Company A, Connecticut State
guard, voted 10 attend services Me.
mortal Sunday in O body at the Con.
~ egational church.
Miss Karolina Kendall, who has
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Ashley Falls

Mrs. E. L. Woodford is spending
few days with her daughter, Mrs. Jesse
L. Goodwin in VanDeusenville.
Miss Alice Bowen is working at DR..
Camps in Canaan.
Miss Ellen Kane of Ct. Barrintgon,
visited at M. E. Kane's on Sunday.
f. G. Capron of Newport News,
Virginia, is spen ling few days with
his mother Mrs. Julia F. Roraback.
Several from this place attended the
Red Cross parade in Ct. harrington
S 1nday night.
Mrs. J. Patt.son and son are visit
ing at Mrs. Sarah Manville's.
Mrs. Ira Manville has been on the
sick list the past few days.
William Hurry and Joseph Phillips
of Pittsfield visited friends in this viii
lage on Sunday.
Frank Healy of Blanford spent the
weekend at e. L. Woodford's.
Mrs. d. Fl. Ferry died at her home
in this village on Sunday night. The
funeral was held Wednesday morning
AZ 1920 at the M. E. church, Burial
was in the cemetery In the village.
Mrs. Anna Bownes spene Saturday
and Sunday at her home.
Mrs. O. l.. Rood and Mrs A. A.
Heaton recently visited at A. FL. Hea-
toms in Lakeville.
1 Mrs. Nellie Scovill is visiting at
W. A. Dunham's.
Miss Alice Sweet passed the highest
civil service examination given by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad and is the youngest lady ever
appointed as station agent on the road.
She has been assigned to the station at
Stevenson, Conn.
Marcello Picchioni has purchased 6
new Maxwell automobile.
The ladies who are interested in Red
Cross work met with Mrs. Ralph Hurl-
burt Friday afternoon. ....
Walter Chaplin and party of friends
from Orange, N. j., have returned tt
their homes after spending some time
at his camp on the cobb:e.