Our $2.00 Ladies’ Shoe is
well known for its Siulish-
ness and Loan Service."
F. D. LYON ti CO.
. lent ~
I er Exploded
,‘al Employos Killed
via. III.. and Many
and Missing—
tight fire later
i , ”L, October 3—A shock-
: phe occurred at the plant
ornlng Distilling Company,
lng when one of the immense
It the main building exploded
were] of tho employes maim‘
dome. and completely wreck-
phrtIon of the distillery. Fire
'erqvere Immediately sent In for
e department and patrol wag—
;’ i ambulances were sum-
? Fortunately the wreckage did
>, fire. and the. firemen Immletl-
VI tainted the distillery employee
elcaped. in the rescue of their
taste fellow workmen. -
ooker Is a steel contrlvance
wanty fem In diameter and
eat In length. used In cooking
dies. It is thought a vacuum
mod. and when the steam was
im the explosion followed. The
" as hurled through the north
'the four- story structure a dis-
250 feet. Tire entire nmth
. he distillery was blowtr down
wtcllth and cast nails Were bad-
e .
ltillery company estimates its
loss at fully 375.000. James
is, an employe of the cooker
was first removed rom the
He had been instantly killed.
.D’Keefe was still alive when
’ but was badly scolded and
ifew minutes after his removal
. Cottage Hospital. Neil PoWell.
Mir-Item. engineer of the t'tioknl'
as dead when taken out. George
a, boy, sixteen years old. was
an taken out, but died on the
he hospital. An unidentified
«feud
man was rescued and taken to the
hospital unconscious There seems to
be no hope of his recovery. Several
employes were still missing at man
o’clock.
DERBY WILL DEFEND SUIT.
Deputy Sheriff Sued Mayor for False
Imprisonment.
DERBY, Oct. 3'.—-'l‘he lloarti of Al-
dermen has voted to have the city tie-
the suit brought against Mayor
icorgc P. Sullivan by Deputy Sheriff
l. S. Conn. alleging falst arrest and tru-
lawful (Mention. The action which
will be hcartl In the Superior Court Is
an outcome of the rioting here during
the trolley strike. On May 27, Dep-
ttty Sheriff Conn was driving in a rub»
her tired buggy throttgh the crowd in
the street when he was seen by Mayor
Sullivan. who is said to have ordered
his arrest. Policeman Joseph Duly
took Conn to the lockup charging him
with failure to sltow a light on his ve-
hicle. anti refusing to accept Coan's
offer of a $10 bond, kept ltlln In custody
two hours. in court the next day it
appeared that when Court was arrested,
it lacked four minutes of the time when
the law requires that lights shall be
shown. lie was therefore discharged.
Conn has now brotrgirt stilt against the
Mayor and policeman. He claims his
arrest was Inspired by spite because of
uncompllmontury remarks he is said
to have made regarding the police con
dtrct of the strike situation.
CAPTAIN BLOOMER FOR MAYOR.
The Norwalk Republican city com.
mittee appointed to fill vacancies. this
morning decided to place Howard J.
Bloomer In nomination for mayor. Cap-
tain Bloomer has been a hard worker
for the Republican committee. has a
large number of friends, and the com-
miltee feels that It has made a wise
selection.
DENNING FORFEITED BOND.
James Dcnning, who was arrested on
a trolley car. yesterday morning by the.
Norwalk Police, charged with drunken-
ness. forfeited his build of 810 this
morning in the Norwalk side of the
town court.
'I‘lu istic .\iii2lti11_\ is Itiiit'I-I‘s for
tltc ’IvaI of South Norwalk.
'I‘Itosc clcctcd then will organize
the new government. Don't for—
get to voic the New Town ticket.
WILTON MAN LOOKING FOR SON.
STAMFORD, Oct. 3.—-l)avid Evans.
of Wilton, was i n Stamford today
89 lng for his sixteen year old son
0%er, who left home Sunday af-
ter "elling with his father con-
cerning the. manner in which ire per-
formed some farm work. The boy is
supposed to have started In the direc-
tion of this city on foot but the father
has so far found no trace of him. ch~
terday Mr. Evans offered a reward of
$500 for tidings of the boy.
It is easier for some men to talk all
day than to keep their mouths shut
five minutes.
II Never Knew
luxury really is until you have tried one of our Morris Chairs.
Why. yes you can.
.0 are selling them, no home need be without one.
y you can’t alert! luxury.
orris‘ Chairs for $8.50.
Ikcases, highly finished golden oak. adjustable shelves.
Combination desks and bookcases.
We sell 'em.
.eg cheat).
t ornament for any home.
0! but
At the wonderfully low
Remember, these
glass doors.
Useful as well as be»
That meansnt the very low"
eln save you from $5 to 810 on every Sideboard you buy here.
cyan know how tospend your money so that it will bring you the best
.i' you will let as supply you with furniture.
,iiii Norwalk Furniture Company.
I '5 Block. I 40 Washington Street, South Norwalk
TI WARE AT COST.
A 2 QUART AGATE TEA 0R COFFEE PDT,
License. 131' QUALITY, 25b; 3 QUART. are; 4 confine. 0P-
fi‘oouAar Passznvmo KETTLE, WITH AGATE covert. 49c;
T AT SSO; 1 QUART WITH AOATE COVER.
19C: CHAMBERS
IATS20; IMPORTED BELGIAN SHELL GLASS AT 60C D024 AMER- ,
‘20 ‘TD SEC. PER 901.; THE lMPORTED BELGIAN SHELL
EVER SOLD UNDER SOC T0 81.25 PER DOZEN.
1 SCOTCH
no managements? PRINCE, soc me no. REGULAR
nun no“; chestnuts. sec or; cases curt- cases. A
or no EACH; sour LEATHER 8UIT oases sass, IOTTOM
VIOLIN. GUITAR AND
SELL
.Nm
huhunnfl‘ugodhy
TICKETS All not construe.
Democrats Having a Struggle.
The Republicans and Democrats of
:omploted their tickets and oven the
names already on thout are withireld
from the public. The Democratic com-
mittee of the old town in South Nor-
walk held a meeting last evening, and
named a number of officers for the
.Ickct. They were expected to meet
I committee from the old town Demo-
(‘I‘IIIC committee who would have pow-
er to name the remainder of the ticket.
I‘he South Norwalk delegation waited
until 11 o‘clock last night for the corn-
nlttee and then went searchntg for
them. They found that they did not
care to take the responsibility on their
Iwn shoulders, so It was necessary to
postpone. An executive committee of
he South Norwalk committee was held
this morning, but the work was not
completed. There In said to be con-
alderable difference of opinion be~
‘waen the up town anti down to-vn corr-
ttngents as to which one shot ‘ hive
-crtaln offices. .
Andrew Leary. a member of the
down town committee, was Interviewed
this morning. He stated that thc tic:
licl was filled up but that It would not
be made prtbllc this afternoon. There
will be a meeting of the committee at
3 o'clock and another at 8 o'clock to-
night and tomorrow morning the ticket
will be announced. Asked if It wouln
be a fusion ticket, he did not answer.
it is understood that too many names
have been put on and it will be neces-
stiry to get rid of them at these met-t-
Inga.
REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR THE
CITY OF SOUTH NORWALK.
Mayor.
Charles E. Dow.
City Treasurer.
Matthew Corbett.
Collector.
James i’aul.
City Sheriff,
John J. Goodwin.
Auditor.
Charles A. Walters.
InspectOr of Elections,
William Miller.
Registrar of Voters,
William F. 'l‘ammnny.
Treasurer of the Water Fund,
Edwin Wilcox.
Strict Commissioner,
Gerard H. Wood.
Councilmen,
(‘harlcs liosch, Luther M. Wright. Wil-
liam it. Thompson, \1'. A. Scoficld,
(lcorgc E. Sartaln. Thomas Robins.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET FOR THE
CITY OF SOUTH NORWALK.
Mayor
Edward F Knapp.
Treasurer
Minot S. Srnlth.
Collector
Eduard \V. Kelli-y Jr.
City Sherlff.
Lelioy Adams.
Auditor,
Henry C. Smith. 2d.
inspector of Elections,
David Bernard.
Registrar of voters,
Henry C. Smith. 2d.
Water Commissioner.
Stephen S. Hatch.
Treasurer of Water Fund,
Minot S. Smith.
Street Commissioner,
lsaac G. Hamilton.
Councilmen,
Wilfred liotlwell. Alfred A. llodshon,
Eugene S. Luilin. William Mcliugh.
William W. Comatock. John E. Patti. ‘
REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR THE
CITY OF NORWALK.
Mayor,
Howard J. Bloomer.
City Treasurer,
Henry P. Price.
Tax Collector.
Addison A. Betta.
Auditor,
Charles E. Curtis.
City Sheriff,
Robert A. Morehouse.
Councilmen.
William M. Betts Wm. F. Iaockwood.
David Gould James F. Hall.
Fred S. Ambler. 'Wesley M. Niblock.
Member Board of Registration.
Dr. Charles R. Chasmar.
. Inspector of Election.
John W. Greenwood.
Water Commissioner,
Levi C. Hanford.
Treasurer of the Water Fund
Henry F. Price.
DERBY MAN BOUND OVER.
DERBY. Oct. 3.—John Connors was
bound over to the next term of the
Superior Cortrt today after a hearing
before Judge Clark in the city court
on a charge of burglary. Connors, to-
gether with Harry Grady are. alleged
to have attempted to break Into Hal-
loolt's hardware store last May. The
men were seen on the roof of the build-
lng by the police. Grady was captur-
ed. and is now serving an indetermi~
note sentence of two to three years.
but connors escaped and a short time
later was sentenced to jail for an of-
fence committed in Waterbury. At the
expiration of his sentence yesterday,
he was arrested and brought to this
city for trial.
RUBBER PLANT To CLOSE.
SHELTON, Oct. 3. —Tho plant of the
United States Rubber Reclaiming Cor-
poration in this place is to be closed
two weeks hence for an indefinite per-
lod. It Is announced that the company
will take forty hands from here to its
large plant in Buffalo. As many more
will be thrown out of work. While the
plant here will not be dismantled at
present. there to thmwht to he vats"
likelihood that it will be counted. A
smaller plant which bu Mn ~ .
connection with it will be dismantled.
WORLD'S L'AROEIT CARPET MILL.
THOIP80NVILLE. Oct. 8.—ln cola;
button of the completion of the Hart
fordCIrpet 's new hill. the
lot-goat of Wine “who the world. a
the corporation for this ”ammumfh’:
main Icorpffio hair '11.
brilliantly m
Old Town of Norwalk Republicans and
the old town of Norwalk have not yet ~
authorise warming Gm
HOT WEATHER
LUNCHEON
B 0 S S
Lunth Milk
BISCUITS
AND A BOWL
0F COLD MILK
Try it
But Grocm— Package
5c.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Miss (lrnce Seymour Is \lsiting
friends In Cannons over Sunday.
A regular meeting of Lincoln Coun-
cil 0. U. A. M. was held last evening.
ltoutlne business was transacted.
The. It and it‘s and the St. Peter‘s.
of Bridgeport, are battling on the
beaker Flt-Id this afternoon. The
litidgcporters won last Saturday by
the close score of II to 2.
A very pleasant social session was
held last. cvcnlng at the meeting of the
Order of iiit' Eastern Star. The regu-
lar meeting was held. It was follow-ed
by a social t-vcnlug III the forth of It
”Birthday Party."
'The. officers of Concord Division
Sons of 'l‘cIIIpt-rancc, of Norwalk, will
be initiated Monday evening. A big
time is expected by the Norwalk Sons
of Tctnbcraucc, (Iran/l Worthy l‘atrl-
arch May. of New llrttalu. will he pres-
cut and assist in the ccrcrnouics and
will probably [lliiiit‘ a spot ch.
TEACHERS FOR THE PHILIPPINES. .
The (‘Ivll Service Commission has
just rccclvctl u call Ir‘t-In the Philippine
(lovcrtimcnt for li'ttl male it'uclItI's,
with salaries as followe: 2.3 at $1,-
icuo; 70 m 31.0w. anti 5:. at same per
annum. ii is III-strut to secure liitn-w
teachers without unnecessary delay.
and an examination will be held on
October 1920 III \'il"i0ll.~' t-Itics.
Pence has been established in the
Philippines and tho ('Illlliilio'h of living
III-c improving t‘\'i It IIIII'IIII 'l‘hik' I":
tIIuIIIatioII. therefor-t; odor-us an cacels
lent opportunity for young turn to en-
tcr an attractive service which offers
excellent opportunities for promotion.
Teachers appointed are eligible for pro.
motion to lili' higher grades iIr the ser-
vlcc. the SilileIi‘S ranging front $900 to
slow for teachers and front $1,500 to
$2,500 for division sttpcriniclitlcnts. The
.(‘ommlsslon suggests that those who
apply for this examination should be
devoted to their profession and con
scientions. energetic anti successful
workers.
For application blanks and further
Information conterning the scope. of
the examination.,truusportation, condi-
tions of employment. I‘lt'., applicants
should apply to the United States Civil
Service (‘oInIIIlsslom Washington. D.
C... or to the secretary of the civil ser-
vice board at any post-office where
letter~carricr service has been estab-
lishctl.
Persons who are unable to file. their
formal applications In order to receive
admission cards to the, examination
will he nuthorizct‘l to take the ethitm»
tion. if they will notify the Commis-
sion by letter or telegram In sufficient'
time to ship examination papers and
arrange for their examination.
BUCKET BRIGADE OF NO USE.
BARTLETT. N. H.. Oct. 3.—-The ei-
Iorts of a bucket brigade failed to
check the progress of a fire which
broke out in the general store of Eben
0. Garland early today. and the build
ing and contents were entirely destroy-
ed. The has is estimated at 820,000.
with insurance of $11,500 on the stock
and bttilding. The town has no fire
apparatus.
CRAN BURY
Everett Shipmnn is ill of appendi-
citis. a
Mrs. 8. Allen is visiting relatives in
Brooklyn.
The Misses Cronk are the owners of
a new carriage.
Arthur Cronk, of White Plains, spent
Sunday at his home here.
Miss Jennie Cronk spent Friday with
Mrs. Reuben Keopple, In Wilton.
Miss Adah Taylor, of Bridgeport, is
visiting her brother. E. J. Taylor.
Mrs. Pearl Tinkier entertained
friends from Brooklyn, last week.
Mrs. Reynolds spent Wednesday with
her mother. Mrs. Sarah Weed, in Wil-
on
James Campbell, of Brooklyn. has
been visiting his parents for the past
few days.
Mrs. Battery and son spent Thurs-- .
day with Mrs. Bennett Ann street,
South Norwalk.
Mn Carolina Wymn moved Friday
from Mrs. Jane Smiths place to the
Hawxhurst place. ,
Mrs. lrene Downs. and" Miss Eva
Clark, of Nor-w
him it. 1?» to.
Mrs. Horace
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Hawxhurst.
Newton! even 9.:
Frank erria, and Miss Eva and
Eula Ferris, of Weston, visited Mrs.
0. iii. Gregory, Thursday.
Mrs. Charles E. Gregory and Miss
Eula Pet-rte visited relatives several
this week in Bridgeport.
. Mudflats Butchford of Brooklyn.
has been visiting her aunt. Mrs. Min.
hon nio Gianna-y. the put few days. ; 7
I: oil, who recently .purcli'naed
in Reads to Wear Suits and Skirts.
tlIIs lime to our new stock for fall and winter wear,
impress on uour minds that great care has been used making
our selections. The larcelu increased trade that has a e to this
department 15 a just tribute to the excellent qualilu a stale of
our offerings. You will observe we have anticipated ur wants
a little earlier than asual but for good and sufficient to as. The
goods are here. and we believe son will appreciate the Dortunitu
thus presented to look over what we have to oil and make
sour selections at near leisure.
Suits i Walking Suits ‘ us
i Long coat effects. blouse or tight. fit-i I" “mm-m] ulcloth, plain serge
Long coat effects, blouse or tight fit my; in plain (hpvloth libelinps “mug, and ”my,“ m 3' fancy chi-viola in
i" nullslr or Stotch tweeds and grey mix 1m". 10 and kn effects, froth fiat)
ting In ungora, zibclincs fancy tweed m”... from “6.50 to $3: 0,, it” $12.00.
RAIN cons. WAL c. SKIRTS.
Grey and Tan Crachietlc. from $12.30, Venetian cit serge. CileViili'S ““1
to “7.50. Itwceds, from 0 to 310.00.
mixtures. brondcloths, In the latest
i
shades from static to $30.00. i
TRISTRAM & HYATT, Narwall Conn.
NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE BUILDINI.
Cloaks and Furs.
The volume of ottr business last sea-
son was such as to attract a great deal
of attention In the trade. Our line
was really great. btrt spurred on by
past ntiIlI-vcntcnts we have this full
produced a line of Indiea’ Suits. Cloaks,
Skirts, Waists and furs first. Is far in
advance of what we have ever had.
Tailor made a specialty, come and
M. K'tasoviiz.
8 NORTH MAIN STREET.
South Norwalk, Conn
Dividend
{:er Mining. Oil. Timber. Smelter and
atrial Stocks making possible Laure
interest and Prolitn. listed-ltd unlisted our
”(specialty Booklets giving full infornu~
tlonon applicant on.
DOUGLAS, LACEY & CO.
Bankers, Brokers.) Fiscal Agents,
Members New York Consolidated
Stock Exchange, 66 Broadway, and
17 New Street, New York.
E BALDWIN HAMMITT, Manager,
Western New England Branch. Head unr-
ien: Suiteooép Hills Block, Hartford. gun.
Denney 8. Hull, Special Representative.
Room 1. Lauder Building,
SOuth Norwalk. Conn.
without roger
' \ st.
Glover s the Place “‘9‘“ °°
'sumon titans ..
3tyiieh . i'
'-‘ oensible ,.
HEY. "In REI
Where are you going?
i'm hungry and am going to the
IMPERIAL CAFE.
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