MAY "Mamas
PAT; . ,
ALL PATTERNS. 10:: EACH
SPRING PATTERN BOOK.“
when purchased with Pattern
E. K. BANKS i
Manacxauo Horst. “bacon.
scorn noswank
13x
“summons-tiara. veterans:
CALI-.8
flu—Business Department
9M~Ncwa Department
344v2-Brlnhh Office. Norwaik
.90 «Editor's Residence
res-Hay Editor's Residents.
Miss Mae i‘Ilt. John. of itilm street.
expects to leave Notwallr in the near
future to reside in New York city.
.1. Emory Stevens. of the firm of
fingers it Stevens. of South Main
street. has resumed his duties after a
business trip to Boston. Mass.
'i‘wo candidates were initiated in the
Norwalk Aerie. No. 588. Fraternal 0r-
dcr of Eagles, at their meeting last
evening in their new quarters in Wall
street.
The annual meeting and election of
officers «will be held this evening in
the Masonic Temple in Wall street of
Clinton Commandery. No. 3. Knights
Templar
Norwaik High school basket ball
team is due to go to Ansonla this ev-
ening to play the high school team of
that place. Number of students are
planning to go with the team.-
Mlss Katherine McGIath and father,
Edward McGrath, of Strawberry Hill
avenue. went to Bridgeport yesterday
and attended'a month's mind mass of
a relative in St. Peter’s church.
A. Daniel Keyworth is officiating at
the stamp window at the South Nor-
walk postomce during the obscure of
Clerk Louis 1.. llurkett, who is visiting
in Wailingford. Conn. for his health.
' ~No. 2 nut 35 per ion, at Raymond
Bros.
Miss Marie Averell. who has been
spending two weeks with her cou-
sins. Mit'and Mrs. James R. Craig, of
152 South Main street. South Norwaiir,
has returned to her home in Ware.
Mass.
The W. C. 1‘. ll; will meet with
Mrs. ’l‘."A. (lhidscy. and hold an all
day sewing meeting, Friday. at H
Westpori avenue, Norwaiit. A good at-
tendanca is desired. Dinner will be
served
librsoa are falling down all ovor
t'own today during the ice storm.
Street Commissioner John Malone has
a force of men with ashes and saw-
dust making the sidewalks and streets
. less slippery. .,
The members of Star of Columbia
Circle. No. 253 will hold their regular
meeting this evening in Mystic Chain
Hall. The final report of tho supper
will be read. Will all who possibly
can be present?
George loughborough. the assis-
tant keeper of Green's Reef light-
house. left yesterday for Narragansett
Pier. Rhodes island. to vrsit his brother.
lleitoy boughhorougb, who is critically
ill at that place.
That the custom of sending valen-
tines is as popular as‘ever is made eviI
dent by the receipt by local stores of
shipments containing cards of many
sizes and colors. The prevailing decoI
ration, Dan Cupid. is prominent on
most of them. but the absence of paper
lace is noticeable.
Most Excellent Grand High Priest
Eugene A. Hall. high priest of the
state. paid his onlcial and annual vis-
it last evening to Washington t'hapr
ter No. 24. it. A. M" at their special
convocation held in Masonlt Temple
in Wall street. The most excellent
master degree was conferred and I9-
freshmsnts followed.
«Where to buy seedless Cal. 0r-
angos. Figs and Dates. French Wal-
nuts. Spanish Grape and English Pea
nut .Brittle. Mahackomo lilocir, I15
Wuhhlngtou 8L. cor. Main St.
0n Eriday evening there is to be a
meeting of Buckingham Post'. '0. A. 8..
in the Wall street quarters and the
menus to to be cfarsatlm rum:
to all t a membeiu. All are t creforo
requested to be in attendance. Quea.
tions or to he acted on which concern
I‘every member of the post and not one
can afford to let the meeting pass by
without his prostates.
The twentieth annual meeting of the
Connecticut Pathological society II
’bcing held today in Hartford and was
held there yesterday as well The re-
Qprcuntatlvos were ups'ciclly invited
“My.“ MW
and are sticodlnl was.
. tion of fruit. delights present and
especially the women. may of whom
attain! the tibia Unity“ Hall is utilised
by the. society tenth, Willi. .
Miss Alice ‘Adsnis. tbs charming lit:
tie semis. who“ sweet voice and
- red. the boats receiving the dynamite
man
EXPLOMIIN
. 1' adoptions! halts nfitlps
Pmscctttoir Prom P. Garrett; of Hud-
son County, N. .l.
The Jersey City police and the fed
erai authorities will assist in all three
in.vestigatlons The federal authori-
ties, however have put tho 0080
squarely up to New Jersey. although
the itanspmtation of explosive. about
the harbor is under the- Jurisdiction of
the Treasury Department and under
the direct supervision of the supervis-
or of anchorage. an officer of the revs
nus cutter service. ills investigation
shows that when the explosion occur-
werctled to It plcr located under the
jurisdiction of the New Jersey auth-
orities. s
Definite estimates of the number of
dead are still impossible. The total
of dead and missing in thirty. The list
of «dead in the hands of the coroner-in-
clude only seven men. but it is ‘the of.
ilclal belief that most of the 23 man
whom he classes as "missing? were
blown to pieces.
The property loss. according to var-
ious official estimates. will be between
$750,000 and "000,000. The heaviest
sufferer is the Central “(thread of New
Jersey. at whose docks the disaster oc-
curred. Vlcel’rcaidont llosler sets the
railroad’s loss at about 8200.000. The
United Sta-tea government sustained
$50,000 damage at Ellis island. and an
additional ”0.000 (n- $16,000 at the
Army Headquarters on Governors is-
land and at. Bedloes island. where the
Statue-of Liberty was shaken have of
many windows and big electric lights.
The Must was probably the largest
explosion of dynamite that has ever
occurred anywhere intentionally or by
accident. Fifty thousand pounds went
up in the single detonation. There was
a marvelous escape, howemr.
much bigger disaster. for there was
another 60.000 pounds standing on a
siding within 100 foot of the pier end,
which never exploded during all the
tumult that ensued. The cars which
contained it Were twisted and torn and
the boxes were strewn on every side.
but the dynamite. thick with the de-
brls of the explosion. was intact in its
paper covering.
The exact cause of the blast may
never be explained. Officials of the
railroad and the powder company
maintain that something more than a
more concussion must have occurred
to set off the dynamite. An explosion
of gasoline on board the tugboat or a
boiler explosion on the lighter is their
theory.
The Bureau of Combustiblcs of New
York city. in a statement by Commie
sloner Johnson, puts a little sldcilghi
on the disaster by declaring that the
Katharine W.. the dynamite lighter
where the expionion occurred. is an old
offender. and that the district attorney
was already preparing to take action
early ihlg week against her in the can
of a shipment of 2,500,, pounds of 0an
mile which was improperly left an-
guarded on an East River pier on
Christmas eve. The explosive use
seized by the Human of t‘ombustihlvs.
condemned and sold at auction.
Robert Peel. professor of mining in
Columbia University and a noted ex
port on the use of dynamite. has the
foiowing to say in o statement to the
public
“The Communipaw explosion should
receive the attention of the legilla
tures of every state in the Union. i
from a I.
l. :I at. v
Big January Clearance :
IIIgh grade House Furnishings Is new
on, With Reductions of 15 to 30%
‘ Globe-Wernicke Bookcase restricted.
NECEdSlTY KNOWS No LAW and that is why awry nrllclr of Furni-
ture, Carpets. ling-s, Matting. Oil (limb and Linoleum is embraced in
this sale, for the need of floor space for our Spring stock is Immediate
and imperative. lleclslvn action is IIIIccssary now on our part. and II
stand opportunity is cn'cred you to save lunacy an all purchases.
The A. J. COLLINS 8r COMPANY
12-18 NORTH MAIN STREET SOUTH NORWALK.
O. B. Jackson 5' ”.1;';.t.:‘.'.’:"*
Optician pnoua 438.
Everything in the Optical Line
Eyes Examined Free
If You Don’t Decide. Today
You Will Find Us Here Tomorrow
Merrill Business College
South Norwaik
Stamford Port Chester
Victor E” EdiSon
Phonograph‘s
and Records
ON VERY EASY TERMS. WEEKLY OR MOMHLY PAYMENTS
r. E. LOCKWOOD a (:0.
80 Wall Street—(Flyom) Garage Water “not. Nibrwnlk. Conn.
Tempting. Tasty. Trim
BABY BOOTS
Mothers wilifind the variety of our
believe from my experience with M
namlto. that erery state should street
a law making it compulsory with those
who ship explosives of this nature. to
have them frozen before being put in
transportation. it should also be do
mundod that competent men. experts
with dynamite and its dangers. should
be in charge of tho shipments from
the moment they start from the fac-
tory."
CANTRELL lN FIRST PLACE.
Result of Final Athletic Contest in
M. c. A. Gymnasium. Mumford.
The filial athletic contest in the Y.
M. C. A. gymnasium. in Stamford. rc-
sulied in some good work in the hop.
step and jump. Percy Cantrell had a
large margin over the nearest cornm-
titor. with clump of at test. 7 inches.
a foot and one inch better than Bert
Bunce. who w .second. George Fan»
cel and Russel Thomas tied for sec-
ond place.
The Wyard swim was a hard ev-
out and meant covering four loath:
of the pool. with three turns. Ir difll'
cult feat to accomplish without loss
of time. The tank record was held by
Y.
Russell Thorac- loworsd his by
over a second. doing the distance in
36 1-5 seconds. Guntrcll took second
place. withdtha time of A? «1-0. mm.
These results give Cantrell first
place in the athletic contest. with a
total score of 000 no mil
Thomas pulled up from fill in “a
a see. with a total score“ of 000 37°
0 order in which the next nine con-
testants Installed m. dwelt We
say. Bert Bums. George Fennel. nu-
ard Guest. William Ennis. Ralph
com.-
ukss. Nicholas Buenoveuio.
HOTIL and vs “I.
Malina curb-Ill". It. can. Betta
III; A. M..Meilcn. if. '1‘.“ , ith. rt.
“mom
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flit-d; J. J? McGuird and «it
van; it”. A. 1000M!
lion. 1.. iii. in
tty ”anarchic: her may friends
3:: same during ms- appesmcc at
That last summer. is
romefibsl‘dd for but?
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Doyle. “rat. Irma. Iceman
“kw Ms. J”.
flow."
J. 0. Preston up to last night. when m“-
wumI Ilium “mum on...» omit. vermin-snot. anomalously.
Baby’s line of Footwear equal to any
demand
vc special attention to fitting
Lime Ci‘goiirs feet.
Don t forget the place.
I Flynn’s Boot Shop on trunnion St.
:-
I
”'8 AM; RIGHT To FLY
HI H
c
and to speed up your car to the
limitI—or beyond. lint it’s well
to know that when an accident
happen: you can turn the job
over to us. and have everything
out in perfect condition quickly.
And this is true whether the
trouble is a trifling disorrangeI
meat or a serious smaabup. We
know how to latte care of car
troubles.
W. A. 'Haaford
#2 sons fluent. a Norwalk
Asbestos Building Lumber
for urn-mu tor subroutine. Kitchens. launch”. mutant. Hana.
its. Applied either upon the «adding or Ibo-Min for superior to 5
stair form of more sum. manor- sumun..m .
satisfactory in every way. Requires no Built. ”In! b. are.“
damn no chur-
Ir thrilled. Standard also of shoots 41:00 inches and 4m lashes.
lndutrugtiblo.
m t1, chants: a. A 0THORPI. 0 mm A». u Hamill.
w
. m 50"!" o
MAM! TIL. “I.
‘QTEVendhmgw ‘
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f , one. two and turnout! I'll! Paper
“I Wfilsiou’
Bl!
iicuylanders” said he. "have two iiur-
"composltlcns on the local government
single commissioner or by one com-
mittee, many teachers tear that there
will be great changes ln the education
at situation of The Norwailrs.
in calling the mention to order. Bu—
petintsndeut William idstalnoolt Chan-
pellet. the resident oi the connotation.
gave a lengt my address He has l
saying that when he returned roar
his summer lecture trip. he found the
atmosphere of the town chanted with
a new emotional extilemont. He felt
that change was in the air Month by
month he had realized more and more
that a new era was at hand "Now
qualities. one is moral and displays
itself in II high (future of personal in.
dependence: the. other in intellectual
and we call it common sonar." "
lie went on to any that. he had lived
under it commission aovarntuent: that
in fact be had been the educational
commissioner in that government but
as beIWeen commission government as
he had seen it in Wnlhlngton and
town meeting. city council. board of
health and school committee govern-
ment as he had seen it in The Nor-
walksfiior all its faults. he knew that
the latter is more honest and far more
popular. lint on the other hand. when
his Eighth grads pupils in writing
had discovered in the various boards
and offices here some seven hundred
offices to be filled every year or two;
he came to the notion that for a town
of only five thousand voters. there
Were too many offices.
“i am for simplification." he declar-
ed. “and i am not willing to go any
further today. We have too many gov~
crnments. too many elections. too
many offices; but when my fellow
citizens talk about swinging violently
over to the other extreme. i recall the
facts of government elsewhere. and
prefer to travel slowly. Commission
government is a bulwark of white au-
premacy in the South against the en-
croachments of the negroos. and in
the West it helps establish law and
order rapidly in new communities. llut
commission government in its pure
and simple form in a New England
town two hundred and sixty years old
is a different proposition. We have
the traditions of a thoughtful democ-
rr‘rtlty and wear our liberties comfort-
. ’ y."
lie then explained that them Irrelev-
oraLforms of commission government.
He would not commit himself delinI
iiely, but he thought that for a widely
scattered community such as this it
would prove desirable to have an elect-
cd mayor and at least six or seven
elected commissioners. with an inde-
pendent elected school board of- eight
or ten members. in two districts. one
south and one north. He had talked
with a good many persons and thought
that the town should have. at least for
its schools, a northern and a southern
elementary school district. besides a
combined high school: he was sure
that the city conditions of the thickly
settled portions of the town in South
Norwnllt required very different edu-
cational treatment from that of the
rural districts lie regarded five dis-
trict: too many. . '
A lively discussion followed the re'
marks of the president.
Principal it}. if. Glimbart of the town
High school said that one proposition
was to make the town High school
committee. for a time. the one govern-
lag board for all schools. This prom
sition created much surprise. I
l'rincipal l-‘. W. Gregory of the Over
River district, asked whether any one
really expected to ace conoolidarion
within two or three Years. Superin-
tendent Chancellor replied that no one
could read the future. but that for
himself he thought that consolidation
under one absolutely final school cqu~
mluionsr would be ruinous to the
schools. He said that M his part he
thought that the school consolidation
should be under the board of school
visitors. He tilted hoards rather than
single riders. . -
Principal George E. Thompson of
the East Nora-silt schools said that he
thought that about the most important
question was whether salaries would
be raised or lowered. or equalised un-
der the new government or govern-
ments. There were now too many.
new teachers cvpry year.
On motion. the teachers salary rom-
mlttec. of which he is chairman, was
instructed to report in writing a uni-
form uiary schedule for use in case
the bills before the legislature become
1
in Emma A. liouion of the (ion-I
school? said that the most accos-
ury thing hr to get the facts about
teacher's' salaries known to the new
pic The salaries are not nearly so
large as most citizens imagine them
to o
On motion. the president of the an
notation was directed to artificial a
committee of attach on the proposed
nonmlldailon of the. oohcolo of the
town to represent the interests of edit
.cation beforctho use. The
‘ootnmitm wu ins to pupal-c
a written report open question of
silhool consolidationtfor submission to
the next Insulin: of the association.
Mill clarion. moat. choirntsn of
the pension cornmi too. had a report
ninth. bills new more the mkdlhtdrc.
committee was dirt tedto go to
the capitol and to adverts a state non-
sicri‘ strollerd to the stain pensions of
«rub
it: roosting then summed until
rii'ctirunry is.
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stall...“ tray and at t the In
em wwfla'im Iv ”grow
too ”Maturation. John
WWI. flavor. Ohm.“
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LVATIGN allay. ...
Coptpitl Taylor denials lists- and
Medicinal Maritime cf tStorefront.
the 0le
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at I o’ciec
ndiimiiil’ k“
urbcttoru and
$0M assist.i The lieu.-
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A arrest Day
Friday _
We will offer tomorrow Friday some of the best specials ever offered... it
at this store. 'i‘omortow will be ”sweet liay for fair
—
Fruit oi the Loom. 7V2c ;. ‘4"
1000 maxim quality, regular 1234c yard. Tomorrow ........ Wee.
Men’ 8 Silk Hoes, 19c
All Silk liose for Men. on sale llarvsst Day .
...............
51.59.5111; Hose. $1.19
Our very be» "~59I31iI‘IJIiI-1‘0'0“ sale Harvest ,Dsy j
$4 Leather Bags, 01. 98
Very ]special for Harvest Day. a limited amount of 84 Leather-
on so e ..................... ..
II. sol-one'Io-uosss‘sI-o-Iv .
_ o. N. T. Cotton “
50c Boys’ Sweaters, BBC A.
Good 50c Boys' Sweaters. all sizes, for Harvest Day. .
50c.Shects, 320
Good size Streets. unbleached. for Harvest Day
50c Table‘Damask, 29c
instead of 50c you pay 29c for good quality Table Damask lemon-o L
In the Harvost set 0. '
Rain Coats, $4.25
Very special for Harvest Day. Ladies Rain Coats
12‘4c Hose,10c pair
iadles' Regular who Hose, on 431,0 Harvest Day ......... ””10:
esscovhl
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0W, for the FINAL
CLEAN -UP, After
Inventory
The goods in this sale includé a great vari-
ety of articles. including some things that are
slightly massed or soiled. short lengths of
Laces and Embroiderics, Ribbon moments
from which many pretty novelties can be
made. etc.
There were never better values than these cf-
{fired at a sale. You’ll say so when you see
cm.
. TheN. BR yanCo.
as Washington Street
and Trimming at
Luther M.
”I “that; '
»I'
_ burned or .
Michal min»; ‘ '
may prevent anionic“
troop your mum ”at it,
flora diminish .
Norwalk Chronicler