i
ig'nIOIIOS that the actress loses are al-
N ‘ . never so serious but the star can ap-
’ . If it does it reflects no credit upon the
. lady of the production abducted. The
' for the street. It ,was about half past
. WHEN OHOWO “BUST."
‘ ' m .
Mow Pm. Agent. Semotlmec Avert
‘ Disaster. , ‘ -
.‘iThe good stories are not always
themes that get printed." said the
inquired press agent. sadly, "The die-
Wways found; the cab accldmts are
pear the next night. .But once in a
while a good story fails to connect. or
hard working press agent Whose fertile
brain conceived the dope.
‘ ,, "The .worst jolt a press agent cvcr
' got, to my knowledge, occurred when
‘ the latestlharlos Goghlan was playing
‘CitllenJ‘ierre' at. the old Fifth Ave
one Theatre. The press agent decided
that something must be done quickly
, in the newspapers if a grateful public
Wanted to see Mr. Goghlan many
weeks longer. Business was not good,
and so he decided upon a master-piece
of fiction.
, “The idea was to have the leading
leading lady was glad enough to stand
for'the yarn. because it meant getting
her picture into the papers. The
trouble was to find Ille abductor. Fi-
nally the press agent hired an ex-acior
out at at Job to pose as the abductor.
for a ten dollar bill.
“The leading lady died in the third
act and was out early, so she soon
had changed her costume and dressed
10 on a Saturduynight. As she left
the stage door a burly individual threw
a cloak around her and rushed her in-
to a cab standing at the curb.
"She let forth two or three, shrill
shrieks, not loud enough to attract the
police, but long enough to be heard
distinctly by three reporters standing
on the corner talking to the press
agent. Then the cab whipped off into
the darkness toward Sixth avenue,
and the great abduction was on.
“The frantic press agent rushed to
the telephone to dispatch the glad tid-
ings down to newspaper row, Then
he called ilp the police to tell them ii.
wealthy Texas cattleman who had be-
' come enamored of the actress had ub-
ducted her. The police were asked to
find the abductor.
"This gave a police end to the story,
in order to make‘ the newspapers
think the . tiling genuine. Then the
press agent handed out photographs
of the lady. and the reporters fairly
ran for the Elevated to get down with
the story.
“Then the press agent went back to
the stage, proud of having done ills
duty, and anxious to make a favorable
impression upon Gogblan by telling
..im 0. we display stories to be printed
on the morrow. But Goglilan was not
In his dressing room.
"The press agent Weill on the stage
and found an excited mob of actors
surrounding Goghlali and his manager.
who were having an argument. The
play was over, the audience was gone,
and Goghlan was dclivcring an ultima-
tuln.
“Unless I and the company are paid
every cent tonight.“ declared Uoghlan.
‘there will be no performance ill ibis
theatre Monday night.’
“'And there wasn't. Tile show closed
that. night. At midnight the press
agent callcd up the newspapers and
asked them to kill the story.
‘ i'lle ahow's bustcd.’ he said ‘o’ave
the eiopment story for a few weeks,
and Hi use it with.| the next show l'm
Willi}
“Bony, old man.’ came one answer
over the phone. but the story is in
type, with a big picture, and will go
to press in our first edition in a few
Inmates!
"‘Which explains why only one
'nOieptIper had a story of all attempted
Igdnction the night (ioglilan closed in
‘ itizen Plerro.‘
“Wth Robert Hilliard was playing
“The Mummy" at the Garden ‘lhcatri‘
about 10 years ago. his press agent
conceived the idea that a real mummy
might advertise the force called "i no
Mummy! Obviously he couldn't gut a
MOI mummy. so he Iuld .Ioo I’hysioc,
the scenic artist, get up a fake mum-
l“zit wits planted nicely ill Ii box, and
O! (I to View In the lobby of the
(Julian Theatre. lint somehow or
other the public Internet was not filli-
tummy increased by the exhibit. o
the press agent decided to burn the
mummy stolen.
"Ito made till arrangements. IlII'i'II
A com m
over‘l'eur statement. it‘iilbii
; shawl. it all proves c
bond . "of out” bank.
93'. , D FIOUNII
. mm with us builds fup
M i MOM! avenues or
«mllyzjfllfit moot be had
. and our depositors are
’ ‘ . when it ironies to pros.
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flow/V
.fiDiLYON 8: CO.
.q‘llhiington it. go. Nat-walk.
Latest
7 an.
-' .- Styles
an expressman to steal the mummy.
and then notified the police. Then
he sent items to the papers, Only one
paper printed anything about. the
story, and that one said:
" ’A mummy was stolen from too
Garden Theatre yesterday. it used It)
be diamonds, Now it Is mummies.’
"A play called ‘lnrd of the Hills'
was done at, the Fourteenth street The-
atre about a dozen years ago, and
l was the general publicity promoter.
One scene in the play showed a real
fox hunt, with the playeran red coats
a few of them on horseback. dashing
across the stage.
"i decided that a real fox lliliit ill
Fourteenth street ill the middle of the
shopping period might be worth a col-
lllllll or two ill some newspapers and
incidentally advertise the play. We
used‘no real foxes in the theatre, so i
went tip to Harlem and for $25 i
bought a title looking fell from an tini-
lllal dealer.
“Then i had to hire a couple of
bounds to chase the fox. Finally my
preparations were completed, and i
asked some of my newapapcr ac-
quaintances to have a couple of drinks
in the cafe across the street about. 4
o'clock ill the afternoon,
"The property loan bad the fox in
a box. at one door of the lobby. At the
other door. a few feet away. was the
stage carpenter holding the two dogs.
waiting for the word, The street was
filled with shoppers. i got the boys up
ill front of the saloon. and then wuvcd
lily handkerchief as a signal.
"'l‘hey let. the fox out first. The
timid beast came as far as the front
of the lobby and hesitated. No one
noticed him, The property innit
throw a picce of wood tit him to scare
him. He dashed out ilito the street.
“in a moment the dogs were. after
him, But right next to the theatre
there was ii large stable. The for
started away i‘l'iln Sixth avclluc and
saw the stable.
“Like a streak of lightning the fox
disappeared through the stable door
The stupid, unintelligent animaiidiiin‘i
run 20 foot before he found rcl'ilgc III
the stable and so far as I know the
dogs never found him.
"i was across the street. and when
i saw the dogs let loose l cricd out
to the l‘t'pOI‘It'l‘g that a fox had got
loose.
"They looked at me with suspicion.
'l‘licre was absolutely no cxcili-lilcilt.
No women fainti-d, the dogs didn‘t
bowl and lilo fox didn‘t run, i saw
they didn't bi-licvc lllt’. so i sloppcd
talking.
“'l'hat story was never printed. I
told the property mail Ilt' could have
the fox if he could catch it. i never
heard what became of it.
“Henry Miller spollcd a beautiful
fake that had been planned in his
honor by an enterprising press ngcnl.
One day Miller received a letter Ironl
this individual, offering for a sum of
$100 to burglilrize the actor‘s house in
Harlem and lot Mr. Millcr pose as a
hero by appearing at ll rear window
a‘ud tiring three or four shots in the
n r.
“Meanwhile the [)l'i‘i-‘is agvut. ai-iflii:
as the burglar. would sprinkle sonic
bccf blood on a fence and escape by
the alloy. The idea was that the no
lice would believe that Miller wounded
the burglar. and this would mean
columns about the actor and his briiv~
cry.
"IIill Millcr HIlIt‘tI\iII the story. lic
asked the young man to consult him.
and the young man cuine. Meanwhile
Miller had a couple of reporters con~
cealcd behind a curtain. Then Mlllvr
persuaded the press agent to give IIIlll
some instances of his success in gel.
ling publicity for stars.
The press agent fell into the trap.
He told how he and till ilssoi'lulc had
pulled off il rcai horse take for a
melodrama M be Ai-lldoilly of Music.
in which three horses responded to an
alarm of fire. The story was that one
of the horses, hearing a rcnl ultirnl of
fire. and bring an t-‘X-Ill't,‘ horse, had
dashed through an open door Into the
illicywiiy and hlld broken its neck. The
press ugcni proudly stated that he had
bought a dead horse, and bud iiiat'titI
ii In ille alley to fool the newspapers.
" 'Now. Mr. MIIIvr.‘ said he. 'Ior
"(In we‘ll liialie you the hero of a
great shooting scrape In liiirlem.‘
"llut Miller wisely declined. The
llrt‘iig iigcnt sorrowfully dcpurlcd. The
next day he was amazed to read ii iii!)-
ry which Miller himself had slvcn to
the papers. iolling of a syndicate for
newspaper takes to boom actors.
"The two reporters behind Illt! cur-
inin told just what they had heard.
and Miller secured without cost a
lunch longer story than he would have
secured by merely shooting at a couple
of burglars. To lhlii day the deceived
press agoni thinks Mr, Miller took an
unfair advantage of him."
MORTON ELECTED PRESIDENT.
NEW YORK, Jilly 2d.»~lti it two
hours' session of the liiquliiiblo dircru
tors iii-day the resignations of former
President .Iiimt'ig w. Alexander and
Nevada N. Sirnuahan as directors
were accepted. I’aul mortoii was niec-
ted president of the society. retaining.
it Is understood. the chairmanship as
well. A special meeting of the di-
rectors will be held tomorrow at
which additional directors will III.‘ cloc.
led and amendments to the charter of
this society adopted.
Wan—u u“...—
ALEXANDER GOES TO MOUN'
TAINO.
NEW YORK. Jilly 26.-Jaliics W. Al-
exander. former president of the Equi-
table Llie Assurance Society. passed
through New York today on his way
to the Catskill Mountains. to complete
,ibe restoration of his health. Mr. AI-
sxander has been ill at Babylon. 1,, h.
Judge Alton B. Parker, David . iilll.
FUNERAL OF H- B. LAMONT.
Simple Services Held at Miiihroek,
N. Vt. Today.
presence of his family and many men
high In public and private life. simple
funeral services were conducted over
the body of former Secretary of War
Daniel 8. Lamont here today. lin-
ulediatcly after the ceremonies. the
body was transferred to a special full-
eral train to New York. Burial will
be in Woodlawn Cemetery. .
The funeral service at Altsmont. the
Lamont homo; Was conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Wilton Merle Smith. pastor of
the Central Presbyterian Church of
New York city. assisted by Dr. A. E.
Freeman, pastor of the St. Andrew’s
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
of Yonkers. Among the prominent
persons present were:
Mr. and Mrs.“(lrover Cleveland, Post-
master General George B. Cortelyou.
St, Clair McKel‘way. .I. .I. Hill and
several business associations of (lot.
Lamont, who arrived on a special
train from New York. These IiK'Iiiu'
ed Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company.
Others present included former Con-
troller of the Currency James H. Eek»
lbs, of Chicago.
RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Peace Envoy Takahira. at Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay. 1.. 1., Jilly 26.-—-Miiiis-
tor Koizoro ’l’akahira. of Japan, one of
the peace conference envoys. was a
guest of the president it part of to-
day. This was his second visit here
within two weeks. ills first call af-
forded him an opportunity to discuss
with the president arrangements for
the formal reception of the, peace plan-
ipilti=~ntiurics: but his visit today rc-
laicd to the broader question of the
peace negotiations.
The president in being kept lilIOl‘lllv
ed by acting Secretary Darling, of the
Navy Department, as to the details of
the disaster to the. ilenniiigioll. but no
developments beyond those made pub~
hr in Washington have been received.
CASE AGAINST PHIPPS BOYS.
LONDON, July 26. #— The shooting
case involving .l. S. and H. t‘. Phipps.
sons of Henry Phipps, of i’iitsburg.
Pu, was again mentioned in the House
of Commons today. .1. (hilloway-Wclr.
representing Russ and Crombarly
county. Scotland. wanting the lord
advocate for Scotland to take steps to
prevent the defendants front fleeing
from justice. The lord ildvol-atc. how~
cvcr. said be had every reason In
believe that the l’hlppscs would bc
ready to meet. any charges brought
against them. One of the young men.
he understood. was now In Paris.
The two sons of Mr. l’llipps were
recently charged iiI illvcrness with the.
reckless discharge of firearms on tho
llcaui‘oi'l csililc in the highlands oi
Scotland. li-uscd by Mr. Phipps from
Lord l.ovill, by which the young men
woiindcd three persons.
CHURCHILL’S BILL DEFEATED.
lilNllth. .illly 2ii.—~'l‘lio House ol’l
(".onimons today refused to permit
Winston Sili'llt‘i‘l‘ (,‘Illll'i‘llIII to Il‘ilro-
din-o a bill limiting IIli‘ life of I’ill'llil-‘
Illi'lll to live illsivail of swvcii yiiii's.
Mr, Churchill explained ”ml the blill
ivoiild give fuller popular control of;
the executive. He said there was a
growing diminution of Parliamentary
authority over the government and by
this mechanical arrangement more;
frcquent appeals to , the country;
would be of national advantage. The:
proposal was defeated by ‘ltlil to 176
votes.
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MICHEL FINED $200.
illtlleEl’OR'l‘. .liily 28.—-—lt‘irmin Ml»
i-hcl, having the restaurant privileges
at Stccplm‘hase Island. was tilts morn-
ing fined $200 liiid costs Ill the city
court for his second conviction for a
violation of the Sunday liquor luw. ’l‘lit|
court warned hlln that if he was soon
brought before it for the same crime
he would be obliged to give him a Jail ‘
sentence. Mr. Michel says that if
he is urrcstcd again for this offence
he will leave the resort.
DROWNED WHILE EXCHANGING
SEATS.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.. .illly so.“
ICrm-sl lloanc and Miss ”little tiny-
den. of this city. have becu drowned
in tho (‘bippcwu River on the Clindd~
biu slilc near the Mollirosc ilridgc.
They Were out boating with another
young couple. All iiiii-mpi was made
to exchange seats and the boat was
overturned. Neither ihulllc nor Miss
illiydcn could swim and sank iii once.
(‘hurlea llloorii succeeded iil getting
MILLBROOK. N. r.. July who. the '
ville, lliii., was vc‘ interesting.
.N* H "4*-
, CANADIAN PAC IC GETS PERE
Miss (:crtrudc Dick ashore.
2.000 lbs.
B. HERSHFI
in: Water Street.
Wood St. Tel 203.5.
scenes or; corms.
Assistant Secretary Hays Makes Re.
port to Secretary Wilson.
WASHINGTO... July 26.——~Asslstant
Secretary rtays to-day made the fol-
lowing report to Secretary Wilson on
the herbage of cotton in the Southern
states In 1906 as compared wltli'ihat
planted ill 1904: x ,
“The crop estimating board of the
department of. yiculture has consid-
ered the report ‘ ‘ d by the bureau of
statistics on WW2; relative to the
acreage planted cotton in the
floutbern states. in I905 as compared
with that planted In 1904 anti has con-
cllldedz, . 1‘ ,.
"First-That it new estimate silould
be made on acreage planted, and
that the figures in Mr. Hyde's hands
when making his estimate should be
used as the basis.
“Serrano—That Mr. Hyde. With Mr.
Holmes at his elbow prompting him.
made the estimate ‘lowor titan the
facts at his hand from the reports
from the seven classes of reporters
ciilployed by illp bureau warranted.
“'l‘liird-——’l‘ile bureau finds upon care-
fill consideration of the reports of all
classes of correspondents and agents,
that the acreage planted In cotton tilts
year. including the entire season.
should have becnveslimated at 85.1
per cent. of that planted last year,
equivalent to‘ a reduction ill planted
acreage as compared with last year of
liii per cent, ililstcnd of 11.4 per
cent), or 4,7fll,ti00 .acl‘cs, the estimate
of the total acreage pluulcd this your
being 26,999,000 acres.
“The estimated per ccnlage ot' the
decrease in each of the cotton grow-
ing states is as follows: Virginia.
ltl. North Carolina. iii. South baro-
lina, H; Georgia, 14; Florida, l2; Ala-
scc, 13; Missouri. in; Oklailonui. 15;
Indian Territory. ii.
“The averages were made for each .
state by each of the four members‘ of -'
the board. and the comparatively small
disagreements were harmonised al.
most wholly by averaging. and the
above results are. fiilly agreed to by
each and every member of the board."
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIA-
TIONS.
NEW YORK, July 26.«Tbore was a
large and representative gathering of
oillcinls of cooperative blinking instl‘
tulious of tlic llliltcil States at
opening session today of the annual
convention of the llnitcd
liulhllni: Loans" Association. in the
nbscllci' of Mayor Mct‘lclllin, (‘.orporu~ '
tioil Council John J. Delaney welcom-
id ”11' lilcmbcrs of the League to New
York. The Illllliiiil address of
delivered by A. l.. (lilibcil. of Shelby-
MARQUETTE.
s'r THOMAS. om, July BIL—M is
hiilil‘il how on the authority of railroad j
Illi‘li that the Canadian Pacific bus at»
cured control of the Pure Marquette .
and may si-i-iirc :m i'llll'alli‘t‘ into (‘bi~
Hamilton .
ingo over the Cincinnati.
and Ill vioii system. It is known that
the Kfiliitlltli‘i 1‘... lflc has been trying
to secure a bciicr entrance to liufiulo
and a line to Chicago.
P‘EINS
ll" YOU WANT iii-INS THAT ARE
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MUSIC STORE.
Donovan Block. 134 Wuhlnoton 3!.
Agent for (‘rcscent Laundry.
Goal. COal.
NO COMBINE OR TRUBIT PRICES
FOR US. WE ARE THE INDEPEN-
DENT COAL DEALERS. GIVE U8
A CALL. WE GUARANTEE COAL
AND PRICES TO BE SATISFAC-
TORY.
the Daniel Dosh Goal to.
Beavlew Ave. East Norwalk. Ct.
Tel. 145—3.
COAL cult COAL
At the} Lowest Prices.
Best Hazelton at $6.00pei ion.
Guaranteed.
ELD .&-SON,
Telephone 236-3.
Public Market. 2 80. Main St.
John T. Hayes. 5 Main Street, Norwiil .
FIELD AB CANDIDATE. FOR YOUR
HAND.
PANY'! LENIOH COAL.
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GIVE U0 A CHANGE TO PROVE WHAT A FINE STOCK WE HAVE ON
WE HAVE JUST UNLOAOIO ‘I'I-IIII OANOOEO OF OLOOONn '
WI All IN IUIINIOI TO l'I'AYl ANO WILL
FOR YOU I! MONEY. LIT U. HAVE A TRIAL
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cuteness Nlnht Shirts
found ill
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bric; cool and comfortable
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Sold in most store at one.
WATCH
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‘ News.
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Saturday Evenings.
fliiPIflllli.
Tailor, tlilllllu. II‘illIi‘l‘. ‘lilrnlslicr.
85 Washington St, 80. Norwaik.
Never Too Warm
For Good Advice.
It certainly requires nerve to
talk about Coal when the ther-
mometer is doing stunts
climbing. but some day next
winter when the zero mark is
touched you will forgive us.
Today we will only say you'd
better put in your Coal and
"have it over with"—-—and when
you are buying why not buy of
of us?
Our Coal was bought to hold»
trade.
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tooth Net-walk.
in
"GIOVEIIS' IIII PLACE."
Vacation and Outing
hoes.
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WHITE WASH GOODS.
In order to cleanup our White Goods Stock we have taken all broken lots and odd pieces of our line Mer-
cerlsed Madras. plain and fancy Oxfo rds, Silk Mulls. plain and dotted line embroidered
from 25c in bile purifies—and made in em all one price, to close, 19c per yd.
Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Bathing Suits.
Our entire new line of Ladles’, Misses' and Children's Bathing Suits are now on sale.
wore ever offered at the prices we quote.
are made of good material and in the very latest styles.
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Lineuswgoods worth
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No better values
These suits are all fresh from one of the boat manufacturers. They
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Wash Skirts for Summer Wear.
Navy Elite and Black Duck Walking Skirts. plain and dots. good material and well made.
Medium size, 31.00; extra size, 31.25. g,
All sizes.
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insuuu a nun, Norwaikponn.
bania. ll; Mississippi, Iii; Louisiana. 1
17; Texas. iii; Arkansas. 19: Tonnes. ..
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utfitters
Men, Women.
and Children.
THERE IS NOTHING AS CONVENIENT AS
A CHARGE ACCOUNT IN A REPUTABLE AND
FIRST CLASS ESTABLISHMENT. WE WILL
SELL YOU REPUTABLE MERCHANDISE FOR
LESS MONEY ON CREDIT THAN OTHER
HOUSES CAN SELL FOR CASH. YOU CAN USE
YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY FOR YOUR REC-
REATION AND VACATION DAYS. BUY NOW:
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUMMER BAR-
GAINS WE ARE OFFERING YOU AND SETTLE
YOUR BILL IN CONVENIENT WEEKLY PAY-
MENTS. .
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West Washington Street.
ARIS CLOAK & SUIT HOUSE.
THI’. BIGGEST IALI OF OHINT WAIIT GUI?! ANO WAIOTI IN THE
HIITONY OF NORWALK. . ' _
ALL IUMMIN OOOOO MUOT GO. ' l ”
WI CARRY THI LAHOIO'I' LINE OF WAIITI IN THE NONWALKI:
WAIO‘I‘I, FORMER PRICE. 01.50. NOW 4. 760
WAIOTO. FONMIN PRICE. $2.00, NOW . no
WAIOTO. FONMIN PRICE, $2.60. NOW 0M9
WAIITI. FORMER PNIOI. ”-60. NOW .. 01.40
WAIlTOy FONMINPNICI. “.00. NOW Oi.”
OIVINAL IMALL LOT. TO CLOSE OUT AT LIII THAN OOO'I'.
COME AND II OONVINOIO. = ~
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In order in make room In our yard (sailboat; which
we have bought and unflauerrlvlnfig.“be offer In
prompt delivery. spasm theories. ‘
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