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BARGAINS IN
DRY G o o D s
A. Dickerntan 81 Son.
SOUTH NORWALK. CT.
’Phone 446
111111 Trading Stamps
Ribbons
Ribbons for Fancy Work.
~ Girdles, Sashes and Hair ilib«
‘I 'bons. .
' Beautiful Ribbons in Roman -
stripes 11113511111 ribbon in light .
. grounds, plain moire ribbons
with Dresden 1111111115 and sat
‘l in and moire ribbons in black,
1 white and colors. Prices range.
I
. 1 WM! BULLETIN.
\\V.\.\illl\'ll'llti.\'. .1\11g.(1,——l1’c—
cause of the seriousness of Mrs.
\Yilson's condition and the limo-
I’l‘ttll crisis. l'rexident \\'ils1111 can-
celled all engagements today. Al-
though physicians said that Mrs.
\\ils1111 was slightly better, the
president remained within call.
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NE\\' Yt iltlx'. Aug. (1.-—Gravc
from ..... 19c to 501: per yard
.. Black 1111111011: wit-at, in Nos. - 1
l 1 9, 12. 11;, 1.111 251: to 401; yard .
‘ Colored Ribbon vehet in No.
‘ :19 ................... 25: yard j
".J I Mallette
88 Washington 8!.
811. Norwalk.
: ‘cricans who.
fears were cxprcsse1lltcre today
for the safety of hundreds of A111—
it is believed. were
unable to leave and were caught
in 1111 \i1i11i1y of the first battle
ve1st111lnv in 1 el1 '.111m
' ; 'lhe loss 11f 111111. the Belgium
_ ’_V .city reported attacked by the Ger—
lntnns. according to Captain G. L.
lCarden of the revenue cutter Sem-
:inol1. who was a special repre-
Make 460
Your Faithful
Messenger
We urge you to use our tele-
phone freely for whatever you need
win our line at YOUR convenience.
sentativc 111' the Department of
(11n1111c'r1e in Litrope will result
in the al1an1l1‘1nmcnt of the great
,(‘ockcrill works. which are- to
lclgium what the Krupp works
are to Germany. The (‘1'111kerill
plants employ ten thousmid 111.cn.
Captain Cardcn reportul to the
Departmuit 11f Commerce on the
nttachincrv installations of the
principal Liege works. lie. said
today that in addition to (ocker-
iillfls there were located at liege
i Tobacco
. [ANIB’ and News
1 Store,
5 MAIN or. NORWALK.
lall the important small arms
r. s. LYON
Good Job Printing
as NORTH MAM cruiser
‘1' o. NORWALK ' men: 001
L Q‘s-Varnish for all m?”
I.
1y "00!W Paper, But Work 930! Pflcu
2.42154" ...
plants of Belgium. In addition
to the artillery and atrial] arms
works. Liege is the. principal
titanufacluring;r point in Belgium
for l1'1com11tive and railway mater-
ials of all sorts.
LONDON, Aug. 5.— —-A sy ndi-
cote of stranded Americans head-
ed by Grant. Ilugh T1'.11\nc of
New York combining business
with philanthrow. have purchas-
ed the British steamer Viking for
L
. the repatriation of their country—
men at the priCe of $500 for each
berth. The syndicate today ob-
tained the permission of the Brit-
ish government for the vessel to
sail on Monday front Liverpool
on its first trip. It is understood
the Viking will flv the Stars and
LONDON. Aug. s—Tltc Times
this morning savs that the for
eign sccrctarv. Sir Edward Grey,
is expected to make in Parlia-
iment today a statement even
more grave titan that made ycs-
tertiay. It adds that it is
probable that diplomatic papers
. ' . '- .11 light
ich, it
1 at the. ac-
first as the price of British neu-
trality, Germany was prepared to
1.31% .a goofing thgt‘cshe .fiw vould
‘not‘ innex‘vahy‘ route
in the 1" ~ ‘ of a French defeat.
3'!“
The American legation here was
practically in a state of siege to- '
day. Nearly one thousand Am‘
Stripes. She is to make alimony:
‘ ‘ trips as possible:a “
____scl to sea, and it was rhported that she would sail
. British Columbian waters
,.
' ‘ W a“: ,
COPENHAGEN A11g' é;— '
erican citizens have reached this ,
city from Hamburg, whence they"
had intended sailing for America
- 1 pendencel
' 3‘ called upon to fight yo '
GERMAN 1.0531133 ARE
PLACED AT 8.000
MEN A’r LIEGE
Said to Have Suffered
Much Less.
9
'Belgians,in Repulsing the Invadors,
lllll'SSlil-S, Aug. 5. via London, Aug. (L-The Ga~
zette published today what it says are the facts so far as
known regarding the repulse of the (icrman forces by the
The German
while the Belgians suf—
lielgians in the Liege district yesterday.
losses are estimated at 8.1100 men.
{cred far less,
The alleged rout of the German Seventh Army Corps
is not contirnu-d in its entirety. 'howcver. says the Ga-
zette. which adds:
"'l'the are the facts: The llelgian Eleventh llri-
gadc. after successfully resisting: the (lennan attack. pur—
sued the fleeing .l’russiam with such energy that the gen-
eral 11111111111n11ding the Belgians was obliged to order out
troops to turn back as they m-re getting: outside the.
range of the guns of the Belgian forts. The enthusiasm
of our troops was 111ag11ilice1tf.
_ ‘ ,‘ v—‘
".\ number of wounded (111111111115 fled to ltutclt tern—
tory and this gave rise to the belief that the enemy had
been completely routed. They suffered, however. consid—
erable losm-s: which are cstimntcd 1118.000. Ulll’ losses
uvcrc relatively small.
”At four o'clock in the morning the Tenth Army
Corpwattacln1d the Chaudfontaine and louccllcs forts
from the-southeast while their artillery bombarded the fort
at Flemallc on the opposite bank 11f the River Mcuse. five
miles southwest of 1.11.11 The Belgians captured seven
guns and seycral prisoners
"Proposals for the surrender of
again firmly refused."
been
Liege have
«Howie-Send Money, to Americans Abroad.
\\'ASII'L\‘“GT(IN. Aug.- 6.—Scnding money to rela-
tives and friends'ntarooned by the war in Europe is a
simple procedure. Explained by \Vilhur J. Carr, chief of
the consular service. this is the “how"‘t—
Send to the State Dcpatnicnt a certified check, draft
or postal money order payable to “Chief. Bureau of Ac-
counts. State Department." State plainly the name of the
person (full name). city and address, if any. nbioad.
“The money .will be cabled immediately to the near-
est. 1- Aincricau consul. who will issue lmaLcurrcncy or a
draft (United States warrantl Upon the 1' Sufi 1'Depart4
ment, payable'to the payee. who calls at the consulate."
BRUSSELS. Aug. (1.—G:rman troops" have crossed
the Belgian fmnticr at three points, at Dahlhclni. seven
miles north of Liege, and at I’mncorchamps and Stn'velot.
botlt about 25 miles to the southeast of Liege.
A fight; is believed to be in progress between the Ich-
giant and Germans for the tossession of Fleron six miles
front. Liege.
”BREMEBJ‘QN, Waslt., .\1tg.(1.—Hurric1l prepara-
tions were lit-in made aboard the cruiser Milwaukee at
tlic‘p‘ft Mbfi1 y Yard earlv today to take the 1113-
for
()fficets at the navy yard
would give no information concerning the Milwaukee's
orders. but it is undersfiod the cruiser is being sent north
to protect American interests and to enforce \ntcrican
neutrality 1n the wafcréladjacent to the bomtdary
ti;
dicate that Sweden willfioin Great Britain. and l\llSSla if
she finds herself unable :10 remain neutral... "
“'BRUSSELS via Paris,.1\‘uf. 6.——Geiicral yon Em-
‘ mich,ccomtmand1ng the; German army of the Mouse,
which fought a fierce b§ttle yesterday, issued the follow—
ing proclamation to tliei'33elgium people:
“To my great regret the German troops have been
forced to cross the frontier, Belgian neutrality having al-
ready beenhviolated by ,French officers, who, disguised.
1.111111 ”til: momma
WASHINGTON “Thug (1.—-Dli'p0hnatic dispatches in- ‘
entered: the country inlnutbtnlohiles._ Our greatest desire '
is to avoid a conflict bfitwecn peoples who have always
been friends and once allies. "Remember Waterloo. where
the German armies helpjzd tofound your country s inde—
“But wevmnst ha
bridges, tunnels or rail
acts; I hope the Gemfit
“my 1511111: Mouse will not be
.Wc inns?! for an open road to
_ . free passage. The. destruction of..
dermal: be- considered as hostile
,1.
THOUSANDS SEEK TO
JOIN ARIKES ABROAD.
Men Besiege Consulates in New
York for Transportation.
NE\\' YORK. Aug. 6.——.\bout
12,000 able-bodied- men are in
New York seeking transportation
to Europe for service in the ar-
mies of the warring powers. Reg—
istered on the books of the gen—
eral consulates of the nations i11—
volvcd in the war are (1.000 more.
and still other thousands have
signified by telegram and letter
their intention to volunteer when—
ever called upon, or a such time
as transportation is furnished
them to liurope. 'l‘lie Austro-
Hungarian consulate has sent
many men back to their homes.
when it was learned that they
rushed here to enlist. leaving
large families penniless. Forthe
majority. l11'1wcvcr. 1111 provision.
so far as could be learned. has
been 111:11le for lodging. the 1111111
beingr expected to pay their own
expenses. I
The llritish consulate general
was prepared yesterday to send
71111 mual reserves abroad. It was
planned 111 send the men from
hen to Canada and tlure put
1111111 on board a ll ritish transport
to be 111m (1} ed by battle 1ru1~1r~
should the risk of shipping them
1111 a British tra11.»;-.-\tlantic vessel
b1- considcrcd too dangerous.
W .-.'....--._..
NEW YORK. Aug. 11.~—Fcy-
mour ll. Conger. correspondent Of
The .\ss1'1ci:1tc1l Press in llerlin.
reported in special dispatches as
being under arrest at the German—
Russian frontier. is in llerlin. Mr.
("ongcr had been ordered to St.
l’etcrsburg prior to the beginning:
of hostilities, but was detained at
the frontier with several other
Americans returned to the capi-
tal.
NF.“ \URK .fiurr (1.—-—Tl111
White Star Liner Cedric. bound
hitlu-r from Quecustowu and Liv-
erpool. has put into Halifax. pre-
sumably fearing capture.
The brief amiounrcnteut that
the vessel had stopped at Hali—
fax was received by the \\'hite
Star Linc here.
WASHINGTON. Aug. (1,-—
Secretary Daniels announced af—
ter a call at. the“ White House
that a very careful watch would
be kept on all ships of the war-
rinrr nations which come to 1,111-
erican 'ports to make certain that
they do not violate the neutrality
proclamations. ‘
chant ships are found fitting out
for war they will be held.
121217881315, Aug. 5,—yPrctnicr
Charles dc Broquevilel announced
in Parliament today that. Emile
\1'anderveldc. the great Socialist
leader who was one of the chiefs
, inthc general political strike and
is regarded as one of the most
able of the opponents of the
Clerical ministry. has joined the
Cabinet. being appointed minister
of state.
T he premier also stated that all
men trained in the past fifteen
years had been called to the col-
ors. He read the Belgian reply
to the last German note which
informed this government that if
Belgiuntt raised ..difficult'tcs
against the'passage of German
troops through B‘el‘giuut, the ne-
__ ' Cessary- force would be used by ,
Germany to accomplish’her cud.
took graver measures to protect
the public against dealers Charg-
ing exorbitant prices for food.
A decree was issued calling on
producers. warehouse men and
dealers to inform the local author-
ities as to the stocks in their pos-
session. Any attempt to keep se-
cret the extent of the stocks or to
raise'prices is to be punished by
imprisonment ranging front one
month to one year.
The church authorities have de-
cided to permit marriages to be
' perfumed 11 ithmtt the usual pub-
bastion of bans. the. only require-
‘ ~ ment being an oath that there ts
no legal hindrance. Hundreds of
couples are. taking advantage of
‘ these regulations. ‘1 ' .
1
In case any mer-'
. .. _
VIENNA, Aug. 5.—'I‘hc Anne '
tro-Hu‘ngarian government today
Mixtures. all grades.
front the season's selling,
llullsc tll‘t‘nrt‘h,
51). 75 and $1.111),
.MTM fir 1.11.4.1.
trimmed with lace.
grade garments.
all alt/.1151
\vhitc. lavc111le1'.palcl1lu1-
7.1.1:;- 1- '1? r. 1‘ .".L we
Solid (rold Signet Rings
Sterling Silver "l’inky
Strings 11f Beads,’1
Ln Vallicres, were $1.95,
were $2.50,
MEN'S DRIVING GLOVES.
One small lot. a very. satisfac-
tory make. regular price $1..5o
never sold less
$1.15 Special.
SILK GLOVES.’
P01131111 colors, for women spec-
ial reductions
1(1-button length, were
1.50,
2—clasp, were 751',
From Every Angle
That a. tuning man Views his future
prospects, there is just one {not that
he soon realizes. viz; The necessity
for the systematic saving, of even a
small sum; from his weekly wage for
.111 our cavities department, it is safe
from loss, not only from fire or
spend it for some 11111.1 thing. It; is
drawing a. high rate of, interest. It
is the first step that villi
on a. wetness? 1n ‘sny- walk or
kind or a reconihtandstlon for ad-
moment With 1111151 employer, for
these days. .A'ny sum from 11. 11011111-
Peoplo‘s Trust Co.
Want “‘7th I
The Remnants of all \\11ol
WLLHCb‘ and
An opportunity to pick up prclly
waists and school
Black Dress Goods
TWO hundred yards of Black Voile. Batiste and Hen-
rietta Cloth, widths from 53 to .11 inchem
utmost-f1 ' .1.
Colored Lawn Housegowns and Kimonas
Light and dainty 1‘11 '111'1s 1111 \\ltllt 'l‘ulllitis. black and
pink '
less 50 percent.
a
runasnAv AUGUST 5, 1914
a -r
w...
Bridgeport Mvertlunenu.
The Store 010585 at 5 p. 111. Daily.
Except Saturdays when the closing hour is 9 p. m.
Sill.
c1111. 11 111;;5.
(intulx,
to close out at one~thirdito three-quarters
less than oriinal prices.
and
dresses for
at 40 cts. to close out.
and
511'11111l
tic.
f1 11'1111'1'
the D. 1111111111 Co.
Established 1857
Remnants of Colored Dress Goods
and “Wool
lll- .w left
‘ .1“!
2.11:2
inexpcnslvc
children.
prim \
iii
Main Floor.
Women’s Princess Slips
A certain grotip of White Lawn Slips,
included.
1:85 20 per cent.
cllccli'a cl),r
line. high
l‘l111'1t',
Sccond Floor.
Jewelry Specials
Indestructible scientific Pearl Necklaces, 1.1 b siting
in fancv \el\ 111 lined box. \111111 $1.00
(xermaii Silv cr Coin and \nnit1 ( this,
1:1lue $1.511
Rings
Slipper Buckles. steel and rhinestones , all reduced.
-51 tallies.
50c valtus.
Sterling Silver Photo Frames,
Genuine Shell l-larrettes. were 2.115 to $4.50.
value 5111'.
22c,
$1.98
37c
90c
25c
10c
39C
331: and 45c
"\C
at $1.50
at; $2.00
Parisian Ivory Toilet Articles
Hair Brushes, Combs, Micron, Putt BOxes, '
Receivers, Photo Frames, Clocks, Manicure Pieces, 111
fact all articles required for the dressing table,
Less 20 per cent. this sale.
Hale.
OIL MOP SET.
01113 Oil Mop and one Polish
\Iop One Handle and one can of
cdar Oil,
$1.35. _
Special Sale I’r1cc.
ELECTRIC IRONS.
Best grade nick1l finished. with
cord and plug ready for attmh—
75c ment, guaranteed for 5 years.
$2.59 Special.
future needs. If this sum is deposited.
thieves. .but' from the temptation to ,1
09 hini .
life. And best; of all it is the hisheijlt .
i .
BRUSSELS Aux 6-14.11. 1115- }le ”“3 m“ t" .1 .1 11111111111111
', 311ised German officers arrested
.. laxity at Ostend had in their pos- .
' «Salon «extensive military notes -.
1111 11111 start i111 acmiint with the l
STOCK 0'
RANGES .
II the most. complete in Q0 1 v"
rsTAnnlinn. 1111111111
. YORK, coarser
,, ' . 1 111.0111
Also Honolulu!- All In.“
ones 81
Hotchkiss
Company
gnarl-11 8!.
Non-"I.
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