Pm my! WAR! WAR! In these days of war and trouble orders rush in more than double, but whoever wins the battles we drall win your great M if you fill your bins to bursting with our cool for which they're thirsting, as it’s better than you ever dared to team. Do not perky, on the border—come across with that coal order and your winter will be tran- quil even tho’ the bullets The F ERRIS COAL COMPANY. BUY Hazelton Coal TheIB. Hershiicld8tSonCo TIL. sec. 122 warm or. Os m: sour“ mats We scanner. inst :jnass- I We want to assure our fiends—customers (among whom we hope you are numbered) that w. are ready to furnish them with all their requirements in building materials of all sorts. and 'that we are in a position to give you prompt service and clean sound lumber and timberbomnewstookarriving each day. We will bested to resume the very pleasant relations which have existed in the past and promise you as of old, trustworthy service and sustained qual- ity. In our interpretations of orders we have the advantage of years of experience and an estsbiilhi reputation for conscientious deal- I - s‘s's‘I'I‘I‘e'n's'sfs's's'e'- II“! II '.'.' ' '»‘- ' Mommy. and. g. ‘rprz‘ IIIIIII III IIIIII IIIIsI III PRIIIIIIESS .. IRE. 1} Heavy Firing Heard by Portland '3’ Observatory Keeper Early Today, n is Said ' 14-10 WALL STREET. d we on every dollar expended. 30 Per cent Reduction On All Furniture concur AT The Norwalk Furniture House Prompt Delivery-Repairing a Specialty. This Discount Applies to Our Entire Stock On Furniture. Bedding. Rugs, Carpets. Oil Cloth. Linoleum. ting. Stoves and Refrigerators. and the coupon that will save you an- other 10 per cent. on each purchase of 85. 00, which means a saving of BRING THIS COUPON WITH YOU. .EIIIIII iIIIIIIIiII . BRIJISIIIS THERE Have Attempted to Intercept II Many Merchant Vessels HAMMOCKS TELEPHONE 44. PORTLAND. Me, Aug. 5.—The ilr- - ing of heavy guns of! the Maine coast I was heard early today. Eight or ten f, . shots within two minutes were heard ~- ~ shortly before 7 o'clock by the keeper II I of Portland Observatory. The sound Mat- ln Many Colors. Matting Suit Cases Are Just the Thing for Vacation, or Picnic Trips. We Have all Sizes at Very Reasonable Prices. Matting Club Shape Bags with Leather trimmings. Very Light to Carry, and Very Attrac- 5133 five in Appearance HAMMOCKS HAMMOCKS Big Values from 75c to $5.00 - named to come from a port twenty-five or thirty miles south~southeast of Port- land and probably in the vicinity of Seguin Island. I The shots also were heard at the 'harbor forts and at points between SIX IIIIIIIHS III Jill IIIII HIIIIIII REIIIIIEII This Coupon good for Fifty Cents on each purchase of $5.00 at The INorwalk Furniture House Iher and Bath. They were quite dis- Itlnct at Bath. I Seguin is small island, off . the I mouth of the Kenebec river, a few mil- ‘es..bclow Bath. I The reported firing was not heard ,by the life-savers at either Cape Ell- , zsbeth or Popham Beach stations. At Robert McLaren. 0‘ Jersey City. ‘N' Popham Beach, which is near Seguln Island the life savers were certain cers James Fisher and John Smith. they would have heard the guns if after ' "mam“! chase lodge Keogh Also Fines a but- glar Suspect $100 and Costs INI RED OAK COAL I AM THE I . ONLY ONE. Try a Iblishel and you'll buy a too. there had been a naval engagement Fisher had received a complaint about '0! Seguin. Molaren flashing a loaded revoller. My cash prices are the lowest in towu. ‘ , i do not expect to make a large profit - . on coal this year, as I sell at such a low price just to advertise my Red Oak Coal. I am selling Alpha Port- land Cement at very lowest prices. ,The bag must be‘returued.‘ WILLIAM season. 3 ROWAN 87., EAST NORWALK. Tel. 441. I,, .. a The Well Known I Alpha Portland Cement 'I : '7 At the Lowest Prices is Sold by WM. EFFRON, e ROWAN s'r. jot. 1m. Tel. 441. ECORD .AT 16 ELY AVE. 15 ELY _AVE.- I LOUIS NYARY. Manager. WASHINGTON STREET. _ Tel. 441. . , ‘Aluaatruas, caapsre CHAIRS, ‘ ooycnss also ALL HOUSEHOLD ' menu In Lowse'r emcee .ON ‘ *1) our! E Paper Hanging " Decorating I GOTTLIEE'S SEMI-ANNUAL SALE BEGAN TODAY. MEN’S SUITS. ss‘soesse... ‘8 $5 $10 Suits $7 Suits GOTTLIEB’S $784510 ClothingStore :“ NORTH MAIN ST. ole-Ilasseesssseetlae Daily add Sunday ‘ ‘ Papers ' Delivered to yourhome or . ' ‘ walk secretary and a prominent mem during the early forenoon. . of tive candidates will be initiated. and but no skipperswas able to fix their settle down IR. BATTEIISIIII I8 STATE PIESIIIEIIT John H Battersou, of South Nor-I I" Boothbay harbor 'but In this city the saloon on Railroad avenue. run by Ithe reports continued to come in from Castellano ‘1 Bardlno Officer Fisher. tiring. one of the newspaper offices Smith, who was on the Railroad ale. actor. and they went together to the ber of Washington Camp. No. 11, Pa‘ Blasting for a state highway at ML “'00" When 00mins out of the 53 triotlc Order of the Sons of America. mouth Foreeide. three miles to the Icon, McLaren made ll break ‘0' “b‘ has been choaen president of the eastward, was suggested as an explsn. erty, racing down Railroad avenue. state camp The annual gathering was etion. but it was not generally sccept- He was overtaken by Ofiicer Fisher held in New Haven, yesterday. and ed. owing to the volume of the sound. after t I‘ll“. WEB overpowered. being the guests of Jay Davenport on heavy firing of the Maine coast re- threw away ill! revolver, bill this “'33 " an automobile trip to and from the ported from Portland today could hot found afterward. This morning Judge Keogh sentenc- 1‘ . Elm city: John ll. Batterson, Jay Do have been caused by a sea fight be- venpori. W. H. Avery and Thomas Mc-Itween foreign warships, It was stated ed the man to six months in Jail, and Cullom. by otflcers at the navy yard here. The lined him $100, in McLaren's posses- I After the annual business session.'omeers said they were absolutely cer- sion were found a twisted screw- Mr. Batterson, who was-vice-presldent rain that no foreign naval vessels were driver. several commutation tickets last year. was chosen state president. in the vicinity. on various railroads, several gold Jay Davenport was named as a true-I NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Eight cruls-Iwatches. a jar of vaseline and other tee. .ers, three German. three British and articles. He put up an earnest pics The state camp is ill I flourishingItwo French are hovering somewhere to be released, as he was to be mar- condition. ioff lhil coast. For days incomins rled next month. When asked why I M the meeting 0‘ Washington Camp, _ steamshlps have reported news of he came to South Norwalk. he said he, in the South‘Norwalk Trust Company fragmentary wireless’ indicatine that wanted to sow his wild oats by havv‘ building. lid“ Tuesday “Bill. a class these vessels were in American waters Ing ; good drunk, and then he would This sentence should DEATHS Alli] FUIIEIIALS Miss Elizabeth Brockmuelier. Miss Elisabeth Brockmneller. other compllctions. caused her de-' miss. The deceased was very well other important business will be trans-. poamon “T“- The firing heard off the coast of I Maine today may have marked the first engagement between either thei 6‘“ TOPPLES on IGer-man or English or the German andI "'.Ll‘l L‘BORERE Frerich ships. The British known to ‘be in American waters are the Ber- Iwick. Essex and Lancaster. The Ger- NEW LONDON Aug R—The man cruisers are the Dresden. Stress- breaking of a cap timber yesterdabeurg and Karlsruhc. The French cruis- morning on a trestle in East New Lon- era are the Goods and Descartes. don. where gravel taken from the' These vessels have be. primarily state Pier excavation is being dump- concerned of late in attempt: to late;- t e enem . ed, caused a loaded car to turn over cent merchant vessels 0%“ny the known in Norwalk and her death; on a gang of Italian laborers. pinning and several big liners. several of them down. Five were tak. LiKrou Prinzessin Cecllle. which put in- brings grief to her many friends The‘ on to the Lawrence Hospital and chill to Bar Harbor. Maine. after abandon- bfdnyt will be sent here. arriving to! mill! die. as a result of the InjuriegI tug her trip to Europe. have had oar-Ins and the funeral arrangements » .wlll be completed tomorrow. One received. It was the first serious aIc~'r0W escapes I I . sister who lives in New York city. cldent in connection with the termin— Tsurvivss “ °"°'““°“' Trio lurusoeILts . DAMAGED Ill GOLLISIIIII Charles Oswald Carlson Charles Oswald Carlson died yes- térday after a few days' illness at An automobile collision occurred onIIhlB home. 1 Bayview Place. East N0!“ West avenue, opposite the Armory. walk. 389 25 years He is survived by .belliillel save, pay Funeral Work a Specialty. Save money by having your work done here. office. Prompt service. . Fruits and Vegetables of All Kinds. yesterday afternoon, at about He 4 A Wife and two small children. Phone your order to RIGGERMAN Ros. at North Main St. ImI o'clock. when the automobile driven wash popular employee or the Nor. A. C. Cuneo. Florist. TEL. 37I2-12I. 7 RAILROAD AVE- VERY MODERATE PRICES.“$ Y., ran into the machine operated by friends. He was a member of the Miss Violet M. McLellau. of Main I'Swedisn Congregational church and street. None of the occupants of eith~ also a member of the Mayflower or car was injured. although both ma- Book it Ladder Company. The inner- “chines were damaged. Mrs. Melvilles ill will be held from his late home, 1 Ford had a broken head light and bad- Bayvle‘w lPlace. at 1: 30. and from the Ily bent mudguard, while Miss McLel- Swedish Congregational Church at. la'li' a car had a spoke of the left front 2:00 o'clock. Rev ‘C Vahlstrom will .wbeei broke and both mudguards bent. oiliclate, and interment will follow the rear one quite badly. ' Iii! Riverside Cemetery The NORWALK “W W" 13:11? 3:32.23! PAWNSHDP I Joseph Rosentield mp. 43 WATER .ITRIIIT.‘.I “ colitis NORWALK Holley loaned chili articles of .. ~"".‘ ’....-u. m... “than.“ IMIJSiCIAL maraumsnre. “I Mn. Reed. ‘ s and headed tor oral fees will be held at the late The letter driver resided e, in Dar-ten, Thursday after I on her machine.. noon. Augult lith. at 2. ’30 o'eldck. She y bid from view is Survived by three on tiered—Mary. Miss Meridian. IlWilbar and Edward Reed. J.. was captured last e'venlng by Ofli- III 0m0er ‘ ‘ No information was available at Bath I'm" he shadowed the man as f” 3‘ ‘ all sources that there had been heavy ““0 was °“ duty, told Patrolman ”MI \ recelred at least 200 inquiries about it ““9 best about the suspicious char- I and. ‘ " the following local delegates attendeai * PORTSMOUTH, N 'it. All: 6.—The locked up. McLaren. while reunion! " prove a warning to other gun- Htoters be missed by a fore. son. wife of James F. Clauson. lady in the Hendefson Erwin factory held yesterday afternoon from the workshop where they make toys, such; until as few months 880. died at Can- ”parlors of Undertaker IP. D. 'StannardlIIu dumb-bells, baseball bats and oth- ton Center. Conn. at live o'clock this on Main street morning. Miss Brockmueller had suf— “cm“ and interment “'33 in “NW!" shall ~and stocking, and mitten shop. fared from tuberculosis, and this with i Cemetery, by Mrs. C. "Melville. of City island. N. 'WIlk Lock Company. and had many . ,1 no evidence of a break and the s hustledragsming the menu as ._ CHARGE ACCOUNTS ARE :3 soucrrsn 3 Panama Hats Sell as Low. as $1. 50 It; Worth is. 5'0 to $4.00 if: H. Krieger 81 Co. Special Sale of. Dresses and Skirts Every Dress in our Store has been Marked Down to the Very Lowest Notch -\ rents. on Concord street, was held this CONDITIONS AT REFORM SCHOOL. morning from St. Joseph's Church atI 9 o'clock. Rev. R. J. Carroll celebrat- ed the mass, and Miss Madeline Mag- ner sang "Face“ to Face," and "lead. Officer ,Milton 1. Lockwood of the Kindly Light." The palllbearers local police force yesterday tool: were E. Roberts, John Savage, Alec Louis Kis to the reformschool. Upon Webb. John Mooney, Frank Callaghan..the suggestion of Judge John Keogh. The flower-bearer was Richard Hol- omcer Lockwood made a detailed in- terim. Interment was in Springdaie spectlon throughout the school and cemetery. Stamford Miss Cullen WESIstudied the conditions under which a lovable and popular girl. and Will the boys in the institution live This large number Oi morning the officer made a. very in- teresting report to Judge Keogh. Mr. Lockwood was shown through the Funeral of Mrs. Clarissa Slauson. school by the superintendent.'and he The funeral of MN. Clarissa Siw'IBpoke highly of the cleanliness and W“ order of the place. The boys have 0. Officer Milton Lockwood Makes port to Judge John Keogh. RC- frlns.ed Rev L B. Howell of- Ier such articles There is also a shoe ' where these articles are manufactured for the exclusive use of the inmates of the institution. The boys spout! ten of the twelve months in the year LIPTIIII VIITHIIIIAVIB 8HAIRO0K W. at school. where they receive an'ex- cellent educational training. There LONDON. Aug. 5.—-Sir Thomas Llp- are large cottages, which hold about- ton telephoned The Associated Presinlfty bays. where the best behaved in- last night that on account of the de-Imates are allowed to live. There are claration of war by Great Britain, be several workshops. and in one of them had withdrawn his yacht Shamrock rattan chair bottoms are made. The IV from the races to be held off New boys have a printing shopf and they York for the America's Cup Issue an interesting weekly paper, NEW YORK, Aug. 5.——Sir Thomas which they call “The Dawn." Officer Lipton's formal withdrawal from the Lockwood said that the boys all made international cup yacht race this fall.I a. fine appearance, seemed happy and announcement of which came to New Contented and that a great Chansefior York early today, was received withI no‘surprise in yachting circles. Sir Thomashad said before that he would I not race in the event of England's go- ing to war. The British Government's declaration of war against Germanl'. therefore. automatically cancelled the proposed contests. In a short time the American CupI defense candidates, Vanitle and Reso- lute, will goout of commission. BRIDGEPOR‘T FURRIERI ROBBED. ‘BR'IDGEPORT. Aug. 5.-—The store of the Royal Fur Company. on Fair tleld avenue, Was robbed some time during last night of t_urs valued be- tween $4. 000 and $6,000: one large showcase was completely emptied. Among the articles taken Was a fur coat owned by John '1‘ King, Repub- lican leader In this city. There was liceJ I es gained enmI 'rested for having no the good bad coins over several local- boys who had been sent to that in- stitution. There is a band Iaf. the school, the band-master being one or, the highest authorities in the state. himself a graduate of the refer!!! school' AUTOISTBI' GASES ROLLED; The case of Dr. Howard Neilaon. who- was arrested for tubing to halve ‘ rear lights' on his automobile. Wan nolled this morning by Judge Kevin. M, IR, McCausland, who was also ar- lights on his machine while it was standing. . hilt! ‘ his case nolled this morning by Judge .Keogh. The case of HI. W. Comets,“ who had no real- Ilghts.I,II was Iilso Ineli- .ed. _ Howard Pierson. whoI'I’ had been or- rested ior having no lights on- the front of hit automobile while it was ‘ standing, was dimhatneddbis :mtirne “In. ’rw . II
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