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Governor Draper Calls on State Troops
to Defend the Attack
BOSTON, Amid. top-When Gover-
nor Dan S. Draper was theoretically
startled str' 10 a. in. today with the
news that a hostile force had landed
on the southern coast of Massachu-
setts and was threatening the military
safety of Boston. the most extensive
game of mimic war that has ever been
WI teams. we. a. ass A. M.
. iii nie Building. South
.‘Natn strest. 1st and as Tuesday of
’ smith—July and August ex.
at s o'clock. All Master
Ms cordially Invited. Frederick
' won. Robert M. Wilcox.
laser chapter. No. as. a. A. M.
Judo -in Masonic Building. South
Mala street. 8d and 4th Tuesdays of
‘ fish month—July and August ex-
. --at 8 o'clock. All Royal Arch
' he cordially invited. Charles W
. tie. it. P. Robert M. Wilcox. Sen.
s a
Th0 senate has passed a bill [or ii
state m of onehaif mill. to be ieiicu
on the grand lists of 1908 and 1909. it
may be inferred that the tax will stop
automatically at the end of the two
yearlyhut unless heavy reductions in
dpenditures are made. there is little.
19PM that the tax will be continued
indefinitely. Under the present politi-;
cal dominance, there is slight. it any.
chalice of expenditure-reductions.
"' If this state tax is levied, the law
requiring assessments at full valua-
.t10ns are now assessing property much
hélow real values; the board of Equal-
isatlon attempts to rectify the effects
(if this willful violation or the law by
increasing the grand list totals. but it
is an arbitrary process, based upon es-
timates which may or may not be ac-
curate. Each town's assessors should
be compelled to list at full valuations.
and punished if they default in this
duty. it is not wise, and it may not
prove equitable to all towns. to on-
trust this matter wholly to the Board
of Equalization. ‘
~ ‘JEFFRIEHOHNCON MATCH.
CHICAGO. Aug. ll.—-Deve10pcments
iii the proposed Jeflries—Johnso'n
match for the heavyweight champion-
ship of the-world are expected momen-
tarily. Sam Berger, who is looking af-
ter the Californians interests in this
country, In awaiting It cablegram from
Jeffrles stating his views in regard to
the tentative agreement which was
drawn stew days ago. Berger asserts
he will do nothing until hesrecelves a
communication from Jeffrics.
Johnson conzlders the niaatch mad;
Mr. ., ct opbt that erger ha
antho ty to make preliminary steps.
Jehnson (will leave for the coast to-
day. where he is matched to fight
Jack O'Brien before Codroth’s club
on as temher 6 and Stanley Ketchel
in 0c her. After his fight with the
that he will come cast to sign final
articles with .lei'frics who will ave re-
turned from Europe by that time.
THE CAN OPENER.
Speaker Cannon at Valley Forge dc-
fended the milder forms of profanity
wittily.
Those not irreverent cuss words."
said he, “set as a safety valve. A
man but for them might go shocking
things—smashtbe piano, scissor the
portieres."
Speaker Cannon lighted it fresh
cigar. .
“So many things in the home." he
said. "incite a man to—er-let off
steam. There's opening cans, for in-
stance—opening these newfangled
cans with patent openers that are al—
ways getting lost.
“A Danville man was letting off
steam terribly the other day as he
' opened one of these patent cans. His
wife. tired of the noise. called from
the nut room:
“What are you opening that can
with. dear!‘
‘ "The can opener. of course,’ he re-
filled.
“ ‘Oh.' said she. ‘l thought you were
opening it with prayer.”
" - 1i. IRREGULAR GROWTH.
(Popular Mechanics.)
" _‘ Beauty in dressed woods is from two
.causes. The inherent cause is the
mnin, or the silver lines which radi-
Aste from the pith to the tree's circum-
ference and separate each season’s
._ growth The foreign cause In the re-
sult of irregular growth.
. « During the growing life of a tree
there are many chances of accident
that may divert a cylindrical growth
,,_or,cause avvariaticn in fiber that be-
,oomes accentuated as the tree attains
gits growth. These irregular growths
.‘produce the most beautiful dressed
‘ "lumber.
ESPIAKING WELL OF THE DEAD.
p .. Dennis was doing his best to speak
,' retpsctfuily of the dead. ‘
- ' ”Yes." he said, "Mike was a fetus
moo. Honest. straightforward, hard-
. workln'. glnerous-”
V, "Cicerone?" questioned Barney rath-
er doubtfully. "Did ye ever know of
his tin' any one In all his loltet"
l. be nearly treated ones.‘l
" early treated!" ‘
“Yi i remember once he dhropped
asap Eauldy's when th' boys were all
‘ _ ‘Well. lsds.‘ he sea, 'what’ll we
M~wide a wave of his hand to-
ward the bar. 'What'll we have?—
‘i ‘or snow "'—lllverybody‘s Mags:
s that curious looking charm
. ,, as your watch chain?"
tlsournew coatef arms-
;- 111:!ng pelican-emcee:
w .. e peace expoc t.
Standard. .
played in the northern states, was
fairly under way.
in accordance with the rules laid
down by the War Department at Wash~
lngton. Governor Draper at once called
upon Adjutant General Brigham to de-
fend The Hub against the threatened
attack, and some seven thousand
troops were ordered to the front un-
der command of Brigadier General
William A. Pew.
it was. of course. known to all par-
ties that the attacking tori-e consisted
of several companies of the United
States Coast Artilery from the forts
in and about New York. and a num-
ber of regiments of militia from Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey and
District of Columbia. under command
of Major General 'l‘ssker H. Bliss.
The sham battles which will be
fought in Bristol and Plymouth conu-
tics next week between the Blue Army
of Defense and the Red Army of At-
tack. whose forces were assembled to.
day, will demonstrate whether Massa-
chusetts and especially Boston, is suf-
ficiently protected against a foreign
oe.
it has already been demonstrated to
the satisfaction of the military ltulh‘
orlties of the country that no hostile
fleet can successfully run past the
forts In Boston Harbor, and the object
of the present manoeuvres is to ascer-
tain whether such a too could success
fully make a rear attack upon the city.
The rules for the present game pro-
vide that the attacking force shall be
lande from transports under the sup-
position that no American battleship
fleet was off shore to prevent its so
preach. It was also provided that
while the Massachusetts authorities
were notified of the immediate pres-
ence of the enemy. the strength of the
force and its disposition could not be
use stood. as all telephone and tele‘
grep wires were theoretically cut at
8 a. in. today. It was. therefore. Gen-
eral Pcw's duty today to assemble his
army and locate the enemy by such
means as would obtain in actual war
fare. At the request of the military
authorities. the small army of war
correspondents in the field with both
forces. abstained today from giving
the exact location of the different
regiments. and while carrying out the
wishes of the military experts this
not violating any confidence to state
that troops from all over the state
were rushed to Southeastern Massa
chusetts and that the vanguard of the
attackiu force. under Major General
Bliss o the regular army. actually
landed on the shore of Bristol counv
ty, and that thc regiments from Con
necticui, New York, New Jeri-soy one
the District of Columbia were expect
ed to dissemhark before night.
Major General Leonard Wood, com-
mander of the Department of the East
and the Instigator of the game. is the
chief umpire of the contest. and will
have the assistance of a small army oi
military experts from Washington.
Several months hcnec, after all
these umpires have made their re
pgrts. the honors at war will be award-
0 .
A modern lady died and wont to
hadea. His hialesty met her deferen-
tially at the gate.
“Will It be possible for me to se-
cure an establishment here?" she
said.
"Certainly. madam."
"In a desirable location?"
"i think so."
“I don Wave to be Ilt‘lll' the riff-raft.
And i should like to be sure and get
suitable sen'ents."
“You should experience no difficulty.
There are several good agencies."
“i could give dinner parties when i
like?"
"Dcsr me. yes."
“And make u splurge at It?"
“0h. certainly!"
"I should expect to spend my sum
mcrs abroad." .
“Quite right. Return tickets free."
“You have operas?”
"Several. devoted to the bout too."
The lady lifted her lorgnette. Stu
smiled slightly.
“Do you know." she said. "I am
agreesbly’surprtsed. I was afraid this
place was not kept up to conform ti
the best atandards. it troubled me to
think i might possibly have to ease
ciate with my inferiors. i am glad to
see that you have such sense of the
fitness of things. I am, very glad to
have renewed oiir brief acquaintance
made on earth. and I will trouble you
to see that my arrival in chronicled
in the society columns of the papers."
His Majesty bowed respectfully.
"Sorry, madam; but that will be lm-
possible.
She gazed at him haughtily.
"How is that?" she asked. sternly.
"There are no papers here. There
are no society columns. No matter
what you are doing the public is in
absolute ignorance of it."
And sinking back, she muttered soft»
ty to herself:
"This is indeed helli”——Life.
"Why do you always say that you
appreciate classical music when you
know you don‘t care a up 'for It?"
we ask of our friend. .
"Because." he answered, “when they
ask ins if i appreciate it and I say i
do. that ends the discussion. Other-
wise they bore me to death with of-
forts to educate me up to an apprecla'
tion of the stuff.”—Life.
The Spiritualist—la that the spirit
of lady Montague? The Medium—
No. nia'am, Pin the spirit of her lady-
ship's maid. an' I’m to say that she's
lillllf iii ii
illiltllllilll iiii
Provisions of the Measure Relating to
Minors and Women
As many peeple are deeply interest-
ed iii the act concerning the employ-
ment of minors and women, which act
has passed both houses and was sign-
ed by ths governor Thursday. it Is
printed In full herewith:
An Act Concerning the. Employment
of Minors and Women.
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives in general as-
sembly convened:
Section I. No minor under 16 years
of age. and no woman. shall be em-
ployed iu laboring in any manufactur-
ing or mechanical establishment more
than ten hours in any day. except
when it is necessary to make repairs
to prevent the interruption of the or-
dinary running of the machinery, or
Where a. different apportionment of
the hours of labor In made for the
sole purpose of making u shorter
day's work for one day of the week.
Every employer in such establish—
ment shall post in it conspicuous place
in every room where such persons are
employed, a notice, the form of which
shall be furnished by the factory in-
spector, specifically stating the hours
of work required of ”will on each
day of the week, and the employ-
ment of any such'pcrson for a lifhger
time in any day tliiiii so stated shall
be a violation of this section, unless
it appears that such employment is to
make up for time lost on some previ-
ous day of the same calendar week In
consequence of the stopping of ma-
chlnery upon which such person was
employed or dependan for employ-
ment; but in no case shall the hours
of labor exceed 58 iii a calendar week;
provided, that in case any employer in
such cstablismeiit shall, on or he-
foro the first day of January of any
year, give notice to his employees, by
notices posted its hcrciubcfore provid-
ed, that the hours of labor of minors
under if. years of age and of women
employed by him. as aforesaid. shall
not exceed 55 In any week during the
months of June. July and August of
the ensuing calendar year, then said
employer may employ such minors and
women not to exceed 60 hours in an)
week during said year. except during
said mouths of June, .liily and August
Sec. 2. No minor under 16 years
of age, and no woman shall be ('lll‘
ployed iii laboring in any mercantile
establishment, other than manufsc
luring or mechanical. more than 58
hours in any calendar week: pro
vided. that in case any employer in
such establishment shall on or befori
the first day of January of any year
give notice to his employees, by no
tlces posted as provided in section oni
hereof. that the hours of labor of min-
ors iindcr iii years of age and of wom-
an employed by him, as aforesaid
shall not exceed or» in any calendar
week during the mouths of June. July
and August of the ensuing year; then
said employer may employ such min-
ors and women not to exceed 60 hours
in any calendar week during said your
e cept during said months of June,
lily and, August; and provided. fur-
ther. that any employer in such estab-
lishment who shall. during each year.
give not less than seven holidays with
pay. shall be exempt from the pro-
visions of this section during the
period from the scvcntcenth to the
twentyhfth day of December of each
year.
Soc. 3.—No such minor and no word
an shall In any event be employed
in laboring iii any such establishment
as is described in section two hereof
after to o'clock in the evening of any
day. unless the. employer in such es-
tablishment shall, on such day. our
ploy two or more shifts or sets of
such employees. in which event no
one such shift of act (if employees
shall be so employed during more than
ten hours of such day.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the
factory inspector to examine and in-
quire Into the employment of minors
and women in the establishments de
scribed in this act, and to investigate
all complaints of violations thereof,
and to report all cases of such viola
tion to the prosecuting officer having
lurisdlctlon thereof. The factory in-
spector shall. on or before the first
day of December in each year. make a
report to the governor of the number
of such violations reported by him.
and of the prosecutions instituted
thereon.
Sec. 5. Every person who wilfully
employs. or has in his employment or
under his charge. any person in viola-
tion of Sections 1. z or 3 of this act,
and every person or guardian who pcr~
mlts any such minor to be so em-
ployed. shall be fined not more than
twenty dollars for each offense. A cer-
tificate of the iigc of a minor, made
as provided in Section 4105 of the gen-
eral statutes and amendments thereof.
shall be conclusive evidence of his
age upon the trial of any person other
than the parent or guardian for viola-
tion of any provision of this act.
Sec. 8. Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter
261 of the public acts of 1907 are here-
by repealed. Nothing In this act shall
be construed as repealing any pro-
vision of Section 2nd of the general
statutes or any amendments thereto.
There must be an unwritten law
To justify one who
IAN! go and kills the man who asks
“Is it hot enough for you?"
, ~Detroit.ii‘ree Press.
Visitors—“Marie. aren’t you asham-
ed to listen at the keyhole?"
Maid—"I only do it so as to be
able to help mistress in any awk-
not at home—Cleveland leader.
ward moment that might arrive."—
Lueggendorfer Blatter.
500 Rompers.
39c
Rompers. We regularly.
THREE HOURS. 39c.
Children's Flue (il’iidi‘ Gingham
25c Klinert’s Hose
Supporters. 16c
Klinei't's “Hook 0n" Hose Sup-
porters. black, white. pink and
light blue. Regular 25c.
THREE HOURS. 16¢.
* 12 l-2c Curtain Mus-
W
4
Boston Store’s .
Hot... fter Supper Sale
lin, 8 l-2c
Full 36 Inch, fancy figured and
striped Curtain Muslin.
price 121,“.
AFTER SUPPER. Bi/zc.
Regular kerchiefs,
Regular 121M.
7 UNTIL
10 P. M.
12 1-2c Handker-
chiefs. 3 for 25c
Women's Linen Crossbar Hand‘
embroidered initial.
9c, 3 FOR 256.
49c Cups and San-
cers, 29c set
Saucers.
cups and saucers.
THREE HOURS, 29c. FOR SIX.
Pink Stamps
Plain White Porcelain Cups and
Regular price tile for ti
10c Plates.
5c
Breakfast Dlnucr
Regular 10c.
THREE HOURS. 5: EACH.
Plain Willie
and 80in Plates.
Pink Stamps
Borneo Wafers, 1b.,
a
Fancy Sweet Corn, dozen cars,
A. F. Beckmann Sr C0.
'
25c
.....40c
Drake’s Celebrated Pound Cake, Ib., 19c
Fancy Sweet Oranges, dozen, . . 40c
A. F. B. & Co.
_.._.
FLEISHMAN FOUND.
Navy Department ”Tfliiriatcr's Mind
Unsettled from Overwcrk.
NEW YORK, Ant: li.~-ili‘riici't E.
Flclklliiizin, ii trunduiiu‘ Iii the NIH‘}
llcpai‘liiiciit. iit \\.i.~lillii:tv~ii, \vhii dia-
uppcnrcd Il'lllll that cit) about it \wck
ago, were found in this city today and
taken to ncllcvuc llimpiiul for oliscr-
viitlon. \ b‘lelsmiuu is said to he the
son of the State Librarian of Mitssuv
cliusctts. a graduate of Harvard and
an expert in languages. lie is about.
25 years old.
At the request of friends in Wash-
ington and Major Sylvester, of the
Washington police, the New York au-
thorities have been searching for
i‘li-lschniaii since he disappeared fmui
his home a week ago. last night the
young man went to the main office of
the Western Union Telegraph Corri-
piiny and SP"! :1 message to it young
woman in Washington. bidding her
good bye. The young woman informed
the Washington police that Fleishmau
was waiting in the New York office for
an answer and the New York police
were notified. i‘li‘ischnian was found
waiting in the tclegraph office. In his
pockets was a passport indicating that.
he intended to sail today on the Hit‘mll‘
cr Minnchsha for Europe. as one. of
her crew. He also carried a photo-
graph of a beautiful young woman and
objected when the police attempted to
take It from him.
Chester Fleischnisn. of Boston, a
brother of the man in custody, said
today that his brother's condition uii-
doubtcdly was due to overwork.
TAFT ENDORSEI RED CROSS
MOVEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. ii.——President
’l'aft heartily endorses the Idea of in‘
creasing the membership of the Na-
tional Red Cross from 20.000 to 100.000
and a letter from him commending the
plan ls printed in a pamphlet just for
distribution throughout the United
States. The pamphlet. tells of the work
of the organisation from the time it
was launched and deals particularly
with its history during the past five
ears in which time it upended more
has $5,000,000 for relief work in this
and other nations.
The president‘s letter follows:
"I heartily commend the plan of our
Red Cross to secure ,a large member-
ship in this country. i hope the Ameri-
can people will prove as patriotic in
this respect-as are this people of other
nations. so that We may as well be lII‘G‘
pared as they to renler relief in the
misfortune of war, or to mitigate the
sufferings caused byirpestllence. fam-
ine. fire. floods. minal explosions and
other great cslamitl ‘.
”Yours sincerely, William H. Taft.”
Officer (to recruit who has missed
every shot) “Good heavens, man,
where are our shots golds?"
Recult tsarfully)—-“I don't know.
lair, they left here all i‘igh "ritunch.
Phone 440
83-85 Washington St'
in swim
i ' ""'"""'"
i
LADIES’
$2.00
OXFORDS
A good Tie to finish out the season.
ALL LEATHERS
MEN’S
Outing Shoes
Dress Shoes
Working Slices
Wear ”Shoes That Fit
'2! WASHINGTON STREET.
PHONE 642-1.
DIAMONDVREMATNS A MYSTERY.
(Franklin Clarkiu in Everybody‘s.i
As It substance, the diamond is one
of the mysteries of nature, one. of the.
despairs of science. Nobody knows
whence it crime, nor how—whether it
is a spark from a comet's tall, or a
crystallzed drop squeescd in some hor-
rible intensity of fiery convulsion from,
the white-hot insurgent heart of the
earth. Nobody knows much about. it at
all, except that it doesn't “belong" to
this world. ,
Some known black diamonds liter-
ally werc from the skies. They came
lmbedded In meteorites cast upon Arl-
aona and Chili by an unidentified star.
One does not prospect for chip: of
stars. As well search for (fie end of
the rainbow. Neither Is it practical to
hamer all sorts of eruptive rock and
conglomerate wherever come upon.
Earthquake or volcanic upheaval dis-
tricts are not, necessarily, the most
promising, for often diamonds that
seem to have had volcanic origin oc-
cur thousands of miles from the prob-
able place of extrusion—carried
thence, it is assumed by glacial drift
in some far back geological time.
Homer—That chap l the big l‘t‘d
touring car is a man 0 untold wealth.
Comer—Ah, a tax dodger. slit—Chica-
go News.
Six per cent. of the divorces of this
country are granted to persons who
have lived together more than 26
you“. w -- . -~ 1M
7c Glasses, 6 for
19c
’l'liln liiown Glass Water 'l‘iim-
lilers, with fancy needle etched
band. Regular 7e value.
THREE HOURS. 6 FOR 19:.
match to buy.
5c Matches,
3c
Matches.
Usually 5c.
Notes-less the best
THREE HOURS. 3c BOX.
THE NEW
lSliA
JEROME ROSENBERG ....... Lessee
TEL 390.
RETURN OF THE FAVORITE
Mr. Eugene Weber
SUPPORTED BY
The Eugene Weber Stock Co
including Miss Bertha Belle Walker.
Chas. Robinson, Chas, lll, John Casrcy
AI Phillips. flurry lieu l’rec.
Aycr. Kathleen Taylor, Erie King.
Eleanor Upper and others.
lHi IHREE HMS
A ROARING FARCE COMEDY.
MATINEES—Wodneaday and Satur.
day—lo and 20 Cents.
EVENING PRICES....10, 20 and 300
Vaudeville and Moving Pictures
BETWEEN THE ACTS.
PICTURES CHANGE EVERY DAY
MATINEE TOMORROW
NEXT ATTRACTION ’
"Ii iiiii iii iiiSilRY.’
A MELO-DRAMA
Mar) '
Tea
Superiority
We rest our reputation on its
excellence. We take all man-
ner of care that It is the best
test imported to start with. than
we devote extra time and care
to its packaging. sealing It so
that it retains all its original
delicacy of flavors. it is free
from the sell of handling and
comes to you in fine sanitary
condition.
Sixty Cents a Pound
EiGHT CHECKS GIVEN
The Union Pacific
Tea (10.,
Headquarters for SUGAR
126 Washington Street.
Tel. 542-3. .
FREE DELIVERY
NOTICE
Special City Meeting
Mayor's Office. South Norwalk. Conn.
A special meeting of the legal voters
of the City of South Norwalk is hereby
called to be held at the court room on
llsvliand street, in said city. on Mon-
day, August 30, 1909. from four to nine
o‘clock p. m.. for the purpose of up
provlng or disapproving that certain
set entitled "An Act Revising and
[Amending the Charter of the City of
South Norwalk," passed by the.Gcn-
oral Assembly of the State of Connec-
ticut, January Session. A. D.. 1909.
Those approving said act shall deposit
a ballot with the word "yes" written
or printed thereon: those disapproving
said act shall deposit a ballot with
the word “no" written or printed there-
on. No one whose name does not up
pcar on the last official registry list
of said city shall be allowed to vote
at said meeting.
South Norwalk. Conn.. August 14th.
1909.
ali 2t
FRANCIS l. BURNEIL.
Mayor of said City.
s’n'evvantgaEiIanT‘c—i ENTER RA~
CING AGAIN. . .
MEMPHIS, Tania, Aug—Brewer
John W. Bchorr is again to enter the
rsciiig'gauie upon u. large. scale, giv-
ing up his interests In his Meniphls
brewery: according to a report publish-
cd in a. Memphis paper. Recently Mr.
Schoor has been purchasing a number
of young horses and his colors, the
famous "orange and black" have been
seen occasionally this year on north-
ern tracks. One“ of his youngsters.
Penn. broke a. record last welk and
demonstrated that l7: is entitled to
race in the first div slon of the two
year side on the Canadian circuit.
Mrs. Stubs—it's queer. Jobs. that
you don't hear of many women going
trout fishing. Mr. Stubmeot at all,
Maria. You know. in trout fishing
you can't speak a word for hours at a
time.-—Chlcagc News.
“For goodness' sake, Harriet, why so
sad?" “The cook's left. but. that isn‘t
the worst of it; she took with her the
reoipebook for all the things John's
mother used to stake."-—Brooinya Life.
all
NEW LINE
KeenKutter
Shears
and Scissors
Table Knives and Forks and,
Pocket Knives
F. A. MITCHELL
con. WALL AND HIGH era.
NORWALK. come.
Money to Loan
to property or'ners on second and
third mortgages. We advance you
money if you wish to buy shame.
Independent Loan and
Security Co.
Haviland Building. 94 Waa'tlngton at.
JUDGING FROM APPEARANCES.
(Baltimore American.)
"i am glad. my dear." mildly obs
served the much enduring man as ho
glanced on the under don steak and
the half boiled potatoes. “that I now
know our cook's viewa on the tariff."
"Why. dear, she doesn't know or
care anything about the tariff." said
the astonished wife.
“Doesn't she?” returned the bus-
band. "She shows a decided ten-
dency for putting raw materials on the
schedules, then."
CHANCE AFTER Two PLAYERS.
ATLANTA. 0a., Aug. 14.—It is said
that Manager Chance, of the Chicago
Nationals. is after Viebahn and Tonne-
mann, a battery of the Nashville south-
ern league team and it is considered
probable that these two men will don
the Chicago uniform next season.
Drill lnstructor Casey—Now, min.
yes will take one slip to the rare.,
thin one to the front, thin one to the
rare again, an' yes‘ll be as yes were
before res am Is its mutt“ .
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