are v y common in and around thln
. Wculd it not be well to call
us up on tho 'phone and protect your
home and valuables against this dun-
gar by pluciug a Burglary policy
. with us and let us reimburse ydu for
the loss. Telephone 1230.
1 ,. TAYLOR a dummy.
«was Wuhlngtcn Btu-set . ‘
South Norwnlk. Conn.
All kinds of insurance.
Public Stenogrnphcr.
Mr. and Mrs. bjloyd J. Angevine and
son and mother are spending a few
weeks in Florida.
...9
Buckingham Post. No. 12. G. A. R"
will hold a regular buainsss meeting
. of the week tomorrow evening.
" ,I
The Norwnik Boat Club Will fur-
ther consider a ladies‘ night at the
regulal meeting to behold tomorrou
evening.
........- ... ..
The Woman‘s Christian Temperance
.Union will meet. at‘the home of Mrs.
Ann M. Canfleld, No. 10 Mcru‘in
str,eet Friday at 3 p. m.
...—..-... ....
The Painters' 8: Deorstors' lnion
will hold its semi monthly business
meeting this evening in the labor ly-
ceum, in Washington street.
" Builder Council, No. 5;, Daughters
of Liberty, will hold its semi-monthly
business meeting this evening in its
quarters, in. Washington street.
.......—.....~..
The weekly business meeting of
Olive Branch, Lodge, No. ill, Knights
of Pythias will be held this evening
in its bull, in South Main street.
The weekly business meeting of
Cockcnoe Tribe. No. 32, I. 0. R. M'..
will be held tomorrow evening. All
members are asked to be present.
wTuke advantage of the special mic
of The round trip from Nor-walk to
Dnnbury Friday night on the Ethglea
special tinin.
Sherman,Communderp No. 470, U.
0. G, (3., is to hold its regular instal-
lution of the officers recently elected
at the regular meeting to be held to-
morrow evening.
The Knights Of Columbus bazaar
will start this evening in the Catholic
Clubhouse in West menus and will.
continue for four nights. ,Entcrtuln-
ment and dancing has been provldcd
for ouch night
W~-—-——
l‘zlholmun Company No. 470, [10. A
(3., will moot at 7 p. 111., Friday oven
ing. for routine business. so as to
make ready .for the installation core-
moulcs that follow at 8:15. Members
will please coin.
The irl-c'ompnuy plucchlc tout-nu.
muni which was to burn born plnycd
”off at l’ut lionc this evening has bcon
poaiponcd for a wank on account of
tho dculli of Horace ii. Hatch, n rc-
tirsd member of Old Wcll Hock d
Ioddor company.
D-‘d—v‘
.lAncliluigcumril. No. Ii. 0. ii. A. M,
will uncut iomcricw owning iu Mystic ,
Chain llnli. Thorn will ho nuoihcr l‘u-
hcnruul of tho dogma team. and all
mnmbcm of tho iunm should in» on
hand an curly as possible. At this
limo lhp invitations for the Council's
Mllh nnhivursury will bu dlmrlbulwd.
m’l‘lio l’lctnrc blimp invilos tho pub»
, in: in coma and sun ihnlr now mounts
{from $1.30 demon up. With their now
clociric pronoun cloudy or rainy
wcuihcr docs not inlcrfcrc with altv
tings. Como uny iimc.
‘Mllilii' arc wondering and the loci
man are, hoping that tho thrccmnntcd
schocncr now in Norwalk with a fond
of lumber for the Hubbub, Hall and
balloon Lumber Company, will be,
come lodgcd ‘in solid ice. Min that
the icofucn wish the schocnct" man
any hard look, but they 'Ers docking
for an ice crop and nothing also looms
tin mallsr, if thcy can but not it.
.linc.
Prices hatiTalkL
Granulated Sugar
Pea Beans
5c pound
Heat Flour. .‘ 721: buy
Creamery Butter ”...-.... 37c lb.
No. dBroom 250i
Large can Tomatoes 106
3 lbs. Lima Beans 250
m.
Crisco
230a can
~ 40 Stumps Free with one boy Ar-
mour's Scented Toilet Sompst 25c
’ savs‘ PREMIUM STAMPS. 1’
East IndiaTe ACO
TEL. 371 ' 125 WASHINGTON 8T.
[land-Colored .
Pictures
A very few Hand Colored Pictures
at .1 special price.
500, $1. 25 8: $150
M James Donnelly
Stationery Store
16 SOUTH MAm smear,
SOUTH NORWALK.
POPULAR iiiliiiiilliii
THE NEW WIZARD.-
The wizard night school is open all
the your around.
classes and ages.
of variety, culture and enlightenment.
where wisdom. high morals and laugh-
ter go hand in hand. Motion picture
courses in geography. history. indus~
try; botany, surgery, thought.'lnuhter,
morals”. Join this merry school to-
night. llison llll headliner, An
Apache Father's Vengeance. it teems
with exciting- scenes. Rex presents
Moth-er. an object lesson of merit. Vic-
tor offers The Foolishness of Oliver“
something unusual in the comedy
imp presents Yvonne. the For-
eign Spy. in which an American diplo-
mat falls under the charms of a vivac-
ious foreign spy. but her mission foils.
Nestor offers On the Border Linc"—
very pretty story enacted nmld spicn'
did western surroundings. Eclnir of-
fers The Guest at the Parsonage. a
real novelty comedy excellently pro-
durcd. Coming tomorrow. the three.
rcol feature that will amine The Nor-
wulks, lioblu llood. Special school
rhlidren'g matinee at i p. m. tomor-
row. They all want to see Robin
Hood.
Ros! James
THURSDAY
Inn NIGHTS .
‘* BEGINNING 1A“, 23
M3,?” Dinner
6:30 p. m. $1.00
.... .. "unwauamuwmm.m«
Some Cigar
Makers '
put a lot of money in fancy
bands. other; in costly got
. ton 'in drones, .1 put all the
value into the TOBACCO“
that's why‘my live cont
”TOM BOY” '
The Paris Cloak 8t] Shit House
33 South Main lit. South Namath
Selling-cu age
of Winter Garments
Because we do not carry anything over from one season to the '
titer, name must be sold regardless spf cost.
”4
Ladiés’ and MISSB§ Suits
Formerpriccsm. Reducedprlce......... 698
Former price $18. Reduced price” ......m.
Former price 322. Rcduced price... .. ‘
Fonher price $36. Rcducsd price.
c, o-o-.-_
Ladies’ and Misses Coats
Former mice sic. Reduced price” 5,98 ,
hormorprice$1tiRieduced price. . :7.
Former price $20. Reduced price ....... 1L
Former price $30, Reduced price» £17. 8
Ladies’ and Misses’ Dresses
Former price $10 Reduced price... ..... 65,8
Former «price-$12 Reduced price. 7'
Formerprice $15. Reduced'prlcc......’..................... 9.33
Many Women are Buying our
FURS at a REDUCTION
- ‘/ of Former Prices
Stock consists of Coney. Marmot and Pony Coats. Neck Pieces,
Scarfs and Mulls. Come and come quick, as ‘0“ cannot afford to
miss such bargains
SALE IN BOTH BTORES.
515 Main sum“. Stamford 33 South Main Street. South Norwa'lk
..:....'.:..1::-;...::::'316,50 '
A modern, up-to- .
dutc “institution of learning for all ',
An endless chain :'
Mating Construction C
. and Builders
Estimates furnished on all kinds of building constructions. alter-
ations and repair work.
123 WASHlN‘l’ON STREET.
TEL. 351-12.
SOUTH NORWALK.
A January salad
LADIES’ s MEN’S
SUITS and COATS
that is Without Parallel
We are determined to clean out all our'l‘ll’lNTER CLOTHES.
and in order to accomplish. this quickly. we hhve made a sweeping
reduction.
LADIES’ $22 SUITS
$14.45,
LADI E8' 316 COATS
$7 .95
$1
usuvs m coars
$9.95
MEN'8 $18 SUITS ~
$12.95
A ‘ WEEK
Pays the Bill
Frank J acoby
Washington Street, opp. Hoyt's Thence
llil i’il‘\il‘l‘i l/‘fiflu
A new car fpr the» now your! 5W try to not clonfi'
l with old. cumbersome "liobllit' on whoois‘l" A
substantial portion of our product. for this new
; your will go to than who have tlrcd of the: «new
and trouble of a busy. unhnndy our. 8.1.». liens.
. dict, duct, 98 South sin at. ‘
\
liliiilil illiliili fill
ass or Hill-‘iiiiiili
,4‘
Suiiielu wanton SeVerely burn:
. all When High Tonsion‘anii Tale-
phone Wire Crossed ‘
sunrich. Jan. Ear—Deputy sharia
George Woodruff today began serving
papers on the Northern Connecticut
Light and Power Company and the
Southern New England Telephone
Company in a suit for 3150.000 dam-
ages, brought by. Miss Gertrude-M.
Carlety of this town, who was-severe-
ly burned by electricity ‘in‘her home on
December?! last.
It is alleged in the suit that a high
tension wire owned by the Light an
‘Power company became crossed. with?
a telephone wire and that whcn Mlss‘
Cariety pulled the chain on all else
a. metallic substance with her othery
hand;
burning her severely.
She is still in a Springfield hospital.
recovering from the effects of the am-
putctlon of both hands below the
elbow. ‘ ‘
The suit is made returnable to the
February term of the Superior court
in Hartford. is .
'uuxu‘nn wntnsur
wunsnn Lilile m
(Continued from first page.)
Senator Bankhend will not Oppoae
the granting of authority for the con-
struction of the dam, lbut he will op-
pose that feature of the bill establish-
ing a Congressional precedent, which
recognizes the right of the federal
government to optima a tax as a re-
turn for its permission to build the
dam. With the two reports in, there
will follow shortly the fight on the
Senator Burton, speaking for the
. majority of the committee on com-
.. merco. upholds both the project for
’j constructing the dam across the Con-
;- pecticut river and the principle that
I the federal government may impose
2'. an annual tax on the output of the
power dam as a check on its charg-
es in the sale of the hydro-electric
pomtr and as a fair return to the fed-
eral government for the grant. The
report, in part, says: ‘
What the am Prévldco. ‘*
“This bill provides a means by
which. without expense to the federal
government, a very important section
of the Connecticut rlvcr between the
towns of Hartford, Conn. and Spring-
lleid and Holyoke, Mm., fun; be
This reach of the stream contains a
heavy full known as the oEnfleld rapids
which constitute a serious obstacle to
its navigubility.
“At present the practical navigntmn
of the stream for commercial pur-
[woes ceases at the city of Hartford.
Above this point, the river is n‘nvi-
gable only for boats of slight draft
and small capacity. Somewhat more
than eighty years ago, the State of
Connecticut chartered the Connecticut
River company. which is the grantee
under this bill, as a navigation com-
pany and for the purposes of afford-
ing navigation around these rapids
the, said company constructed a
canal and lock, which it'still operates.
Toll Wu Charged.
'Orlginnily the revenue of ‘ this
company were reccivcd from tho toils
imposed upon bouts using the canal.
At a later date, the dilute of Connec-
ticut amended the charter of tho unv-
igution company, grunting it: the
right to gcenrutc, use and cell hydro
electric pcwor. As tho.wntsr power
created by their dam was thou avail-
ahlo for tho generation of u hydro-
olocirlc power, the company thorc~
nftcr dcrivud in; rcvcnuo from this
source and voluntarily ubolishod tho
toils. 7
Just “Waits Rounds.
"rim condition» in this stream are
typical of in large ‘clnos of river im-
provements Much tho team-a1 novelti-
mnnt is called upon to numb. Tho
largo cxpcudlium alrnad'y rodulrod to
improve rivers mom naturally suited
to purposes of navigation usually/lure-
studs the possibility of attempting to
improve streams of compnrnuysly
small flow or where they are obstruc-
led with difficult rapids; union a
large pardon of tbs expense can be
derivod from this stream ltsclf by util-
ising tbs vnldn of the wrist power
pollibilitlcl. in principle it would
Appear in» bs eminently lust that row
shuns fordmprbying unnatural; this
‘1 i‘ m should bu MM?
" lib-lo Wild and but ”Wham“
West in subsist. ,
‘ slid oasis crawl m
: . nary Clearance Sale
trio light. at the some time touching‘i;
a short circuit was caused, ,
14 F riday will be Ban-
:4’ per Day at our Jan-
AUDUBON LEADERS INVOKE TIMI-n
IFF TO BAN BIR'D PLUMES.
dinated and carried on together" _
Government May Impose Charge. |
‘After pointing out that this bill re-
quires the construction of locks for Far
navigation as well as of a dam for
power purposes Senator Burton con-
tinned: chem Object.
‘lt appears to be a settled question NEW YORK, Jan. 23‘8“]de
that the federal-government may lm- formers, sportsmen and women's clubs
pose a. charge for the use of the sur— in every section of' the country, ofll- , ‘j
plus water not needed for purposes clals of the National Association ot‘ _
of navigation. which may be created Audubon Societies have today demand- ,
incidentally to the constructim. ed of the Ways and Means Committee ‘ ”
dam. by the federal gol’emment 1701' of Congress to urges prohibitive tariff
purposes of navigation. It would on cgret feathers at the hearing on
seem equally evident that the federal Schedule N, which will be held! be.
government also has the right to utll- “fore the end of this month. Opposing
lze a private agency for the construc- the monied interests of the mlllinery
tics of dams in aid of navigation. wholesalers, whose. inroads on the
Granting the 1160 Of the inCidental valuable bird life of New York, Lon~
water power thereby created to the island. Missouri, New Jersey. Oregon
constructing company, and requiring and California have already forced!
sucls other returns as the circumstnn- these states to pass lawsmaking con-
ces may warrant. . trnband the sales of these plumes, the
men and Fishermen ,loin Women
in Moanly Commercial Bird But.
floor of the Senate over this principle. '
Marks Diltlnct Step.
“This bill presented marks the most
distinct step yet taken toward this
method for the improvement of navi-
gation in combination with hydro-
electric development uuder the con-
trol and supervision of the federal
government, but without federal ex-
penditure. In addition to the re.
quirement that the company shall
construct the dam, lock and all works
appurtenant thereto without expense
national Audubon delegation will ask
that they be excluded from the whole
country in the interest of everyone
dependent upon its agricultural pros-
prity. The Federation of Woman’s
Clubs and organizations of grunge“
in almost every state, as well as the
Campfire Club. the New York Zoolog-
ical Society, the [long Island Sports
men's Association, the American
Game Protective Association and
other bodies of sportsmen have pledg- . '
. to the federal government, it is also
improved for purposes of navigation. P
ed their support to this movement.
provided that the secretary of war, as Data} compiled from scientific db- -
a part of the conditions and stimtla-‘Sel'vation of a flock of the few Herons
tions referred to in the general dam that. still survive the wholesale but.»
act, may by his discretion impose a chery of professional plume hunters
reasonable annual charge or return in an Audubon breeding Tookery ill ‘4
to 1be paid by the said corporation or Florida. is today being prepared to "
its assigns to the united States the demonstrate to Congress that the”
roceeds thereof to be used for the rare birds are a considerable factor
further improvement of navigation in in the destruction of field mice, go»
the Connecticut river and waters com pliers, grasshoppers and other agrlp
nected therewith. it is provided, cultural pests. While in some few in~
however, that no charge shall be im- stances they have been found to do»
posed which shall be such as to de- vour an occasional trout, their regular
prlve the said corporation of a m- diet is proved to consist principally on
sonnble return upon its actual and minnows, suckers and other uncles. ~
necessary investment. iflsh a well a water snakes that are
Public Interacts antennae-dad. known to destmy great quantities of
"The public interests seem to bc trout eggs and valuable young fish.
fully safeguarded in this instance Other proof of the natural need of far.
unslnst exorbitant charges. because mom and fishermen for the beautiful fl
the generation and sale of electricity birds that the milliners have almost
in the terrltory covered by this (is driven to extinction will be presented
velopment are under the jurisdiction by representatives of those interests.
both in Connecticut and Massachusetts Following the recent introduction
of well organlhed utility commissions by Senator Root of a resolution om.-
under state authority. It is believed powering the President of the United,
an the authority of the Secretary of States to call an international con- « ,;
w“ to require a return to the gov- gross on bird production, represents-m;
ernmcnt in case the corporation curbs lives of the world powers activccly
more than a. reasonable return upon bugnged in saving the rare speclgg
its bonuildc investment will be m that is being massacred for their
effect a regulation of the charges of algrcito plumes are now expressing
the bompnny as wall as a source of to the Audubon organisation their sup-
revcnlic in the gcvcrnlncnt, because port of this movement. While the
it will the one of the. most impor- whole globe is at present scoured for
taut factors to «ho taken into con-’theso trophies. taken from butchcrod
sidorutlon by the commissions mon- mother birds for mnl‘kct here, u trib- ‘
gonad in fixing thc rates of ocrvlco lff bun would do much toward snvinfl
which tho company may charge" {tho bountiful boron from worldwldo
in this particular, he anvil. the ill“ destruction it is asserted
complies with tho recommendation} "With tho people of the United
of tho National Wutorwuya Commis‘ Status of almost cvcry class united to
glen, support us in asking Congress to can.
' W from our country tho ulgrottcs of tin
K. OF 0. MATTERS. uniortunntc licron We cxpoct to most,
A meeting of the committee having the big mllilnery interests in solo or»
in charge the arrangeml‘llifi 1'0" 113° position before the congressional cums
grand concert and bull which will be mitten" said T. Gilbert Pearson, m
held under the auspices of the Knlzlltfi rotary of the National Association 0
of Columbus, of Norwalk and Heath Audubon Eocmuefi’amphwdqu‘m
por'walk. met in the mom of 03mm“ um Broadway, today. “rim alarm
Union Council on West svunuo, loci of those awful uua bountiful birds
evening. If V“ “0‘31de t0 {01‘0” l“ a commercial matter only to the molt
4pc min the plans of lilo “flail 0‘ 1“" vibe soil their sculpts in those «tam
your. This date, WedfiMdFY- March where this humeral traffic is not its.
26th, will approved» and “WWW randy forbidden by law. (loam
limp on music, concert, decoration. should certalhiy rsoomizs the can,
tickets, refreshments and M"- ”“3“ merit sud interests of the wholly m
appointed, and these will report at “mph who ask it to end this impartial
next insulin: 0! fibnfil‘fl “WEN”. as a mat of humanity its well
«no will as w Maury M in in“ economic and ammo-u bound”
Club team 80““! Nm‘i‘k Gmllmli- WNW _,
“i
The rd urnlimcnc small! the ' ....pm .1, pain 1 ‘ 1m p,
spasm-abouts hot-mil: council it pom any can-sf} is fit ‘ “
of will “at?” this aviator, in ”TM“ on. '
W . ‘ it
Norwalk Chronicler