TOMORROW. ~
6;:6; acts 4:59.
,, SOCIETY-NOTICES:
QUE-Mittens. No. ice,- F. annual: m
Mails IVs Masonic Building. South
Klein street. lot and to Tuesday at
goal; month—July and August ex-
. 30$)de S :VthcIoch. All Master
‘pjbens cordiilly Invited. p. Burr
I“; w. H. Robert M. Wilcox.
In.»
Mr chlptsr, N0. 38, R. A. M.
“Idol's In MasOnic Building, South
Isaac St. Maud 4th Tuesdays. oi
month—July and August In
“it“! o’clock. All Royal Atoll
cordially invited. Charles
All-Tdck, H. r. Rebel-t w.- Wilcox.
" Shh:
From the platform MM by
the Republicans of the Town of
“Nowell;
”NEXT“ Monday evening" can;
let The preservation of the rights
W
trifle of the Clty of Norwalkr
charter of the City .0! Nomaik shall
Ills made 'wIthOut the consent of all
the wards of the city. "
The Republican candidate for
-Ft'I
ALASKA UNhOCKEDt, .
usiookius so Eu‘rope- we have al-
‘ forgotten Alaska. Secretary
are closed up, to prevent their
4:! pollution by the Cunningham
Minnie. financed by J. P. Mdrgan
eI Guggenheims. They were
dead because of diniculty In
, on a plan whereby they could
do eiophd In the Interests otI .Etiie
his. Now, these great deposits are
V etc arty: man who will under-
their development—wanting them
the government. and world!!!
an royalties. without the possis
, t-monopollzation.
.. 's is the method that Canada and
. ther countries have used.» in
I’Itheirsnninerai resourcesenvsiia
, t“ means‘op'portunity to private
‘Ise, far more than did the old
b-hag syhtem that enriched a few
moans justice to. the American
ubllc which owns Alaska and which
fight to profit from its possess-
Vot only in royalties but in coal
urchasahle at a fair price.
THE‘GOVERNMENT WITHOUT A
' COUNTRY, ,. .
are have. been many hingsgwlth"
_ unlryr-Manuel, 0t Portugal,
scent 'and immerses»-
en has the World seen such a
10 as that of King Albert? ‘
,_ from Brussels to Antwerp,
. , ‘ Wei-p to Ostend, from ostend
. disuse, the “government." of Bel.
"lcnntiuues to exercise its func-
V l rhinos are in possession oi
scrap of .VBelglauVVterrIw
slain! So rar‘i’i'sffie hum,“ m
‘" return to Brussels in triumph.“ the
3619“" him lortll will psy‘hesvlly tor
L. we 1:3; 3, mil 1:4;nger my wins. and IBsisinm remains a
‘ what matter? The world will still call
out or respect and so. .
’ nitration for such manly qualities as
,1 one-oi the speakers; atI-e'the Nerwaik
in convention as-I
woods endearing, dis-.30 notice In another
20: That no amendments to that Mansion House block. this evening, no
,and.
«a. instead 8 p. on. the “selectmerl willf
be In issuing an I e
purpode MOE luv 9” “$30;
V'Edown loilowing the siumpacaused by
peers at the expense 0: the mauyrl
. school. From a distance poaeibly‘gooI
‘4 graphical conditionsmay nothe under-
iditruotien In‘ this Stat
concerned, thiséfisgio more Belgian.
*1.¥etlthe-seydi~eflenilbainthe hearts.
”oi lib genie more completely than
ever in the days or his undisputed sor-
.erotaulty ' ~
Itothe allies will; King Allies: will
nation whose "military necessity"
.the Indigrlity and the havoc lt- Ger-
Germnl province, Albert might set up
, his court In the Belgian Congo of Coal
‘tugel did In min when driven forth
by Napoleon.
It Germany tallies the‘ Congo, too,
. VAlIJert""‘Klng."
few sovereigns have shown.
Pfllllllll Bill]
HP Willi
‘l
’l
streamer
Congressmen Donovan is locked (or
in town tomorrow, when it is expected
there will: be rraolnethiug doing. 1
'—-+— .
The Republican Town..- Committee
will meet this evening in the Second
:Wanl.- ' , .,
John T. King, of Bridgeport. will be
Republican Club rally, in Red Mania
Hell, Main street, tomorrow evenings
".T'
It is predicted that Hubert E Bish-
op, Republican candidate for Senator
will carry every town In the Twenty-s
V,sixth Senatorial District. it looks du-
.4
41-
Stephen 8 Jamie. pueideno chill".
South Nor-walk Republican Club, has
unincalilng a
lnleeting or the Club at headquarters,“
3 o'clock. The nominating commit
tee will make Its report at that time.r
~+—
Tomorrow human 'the board of 7
your in... be on the list and it you
have not yet been unionists this nod
tide In your hat and 'get busy. it you
densigou ‘canft vote‘orl'Nor. 3a.. ;.
J +‘ 5‘ .
The ' QulduleirAWindharnccotdon dust
at Willilnantlc. IConn., which closed
the not: Democratic tariitniaw, it Is all-l
trounced. have‘no prospect of reopen:
Ingmar: Five hundrodI'hsnds are out
of employment as the result oi the
‘ idleness or these mini. To make mat-
ter's worse. the warm Silk Corn-i
parry has announced that the working.
time of its mills will be reduced two
hdurs secrecy, owing Jtd mealtimes
Does this move President
declaration that business Is “normal?”
~9—
From this morning's Bridgeport Tel-
0min:
“Supporters of Congressman Donal
van realising the slashing that Doan
1
election day, and dleermod or all eta.
tective arguments: in the advocacy on
his election, are trying to hide behind
President Wiiscn'IsI shirts with the"
Dies, L"Vote for Donovan because Press
Ident- Wilson~ueedss=a Demons-slit mar,
Jorlty In Congress.” This argument is
not proving ,I'verxy- etiootlvewhere thinki
lug voters congregate, :as nothing but:
an almost unheard Icthepuhlicanianor
slide will change the complexion or
the next House of Representatives;
which is almost certain to be Demo
cratic."
SCHOOL AWAKENING IN .
CONNECTICUT TOWNS
, Never before has keeper interest
been taken In the public schools oi
Connecticut thincat the present timer
The I larger communities have kept
abreast other. times Mdaoilitieaitor
cdiicatlonal work are naturally super...
riot to those in many rural communii
ties. It“ is observed that there is an
awakening in quite a few towns as to
educational mitters. Our neighbors;
in Wilton, are to gather in town meeti
lug, Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
to talk over the matter at a central
stood. but certain facts enter into
such cases‘whlch would be well: to
consider. An editorial. train the
New oYrk Evening Post, 0t Oct.
19th, has beéll referred to us. It cons
talus so many lactsIoi value to our
neighbor-lug communities thathe pub
' lish the same in lull. hoping thereby to
guide some one In the right path:
Thdt there Is much Ignorance. esJ
IVI Ipeoially In Ne‘w- York city. as to the f
renditions of rural and small-" '
‘l‘trel‘ Africa. as the royal houses: Pdr .
Doings and am... ,cencarniun . l,
Wilson’s ,
van legolng to get in Bridgeport ontll‘iorl children
. emulation enforced; and theiorg‘ani-
, Marcus Hensey Holcomb,
nominee for Governor, is one 20‘
the judgesoi the Superior Court
of the-Islets.» AsI-such Illeahabx'dhc
respect of' Levery lawyer :inllCo‘ni
llecticut. Hie has the high regard
of all who have served {on juries
under him and of those who hm
been parties to suits over .the
hearing of which he “has presided.
judge Holcomb was born on a
farm‘ in New Hartford, Litchficld
County, Connecticut, on Novem-
ber 28th,184'4. the son of Critics
Holc'bmb and Adah Bushnell
Holcomb. His father was a
farmer who held many public of-
ficcs including those of “ select~
man, assessor and member of the
bound of relief. a man of Strong.
individuality, “A; $8? pgbll: .
institute bidet “gill slid the
esteem ofhuiellow mom a m
Jud gc H‘olcomh attended public.
ending-into sensor. “Wesleyan
Acadtmy and» would have gone:
through college, but for a sun-l
stroke which impaired. his. health
at the time he would (have entered.
college He studied law with?
Judge Jared B Foster, of New
Password and was admitted toi
the :bar at Litchfield, Connecticut ’
in? 1871. In the meantilnc he had:
been.» supposing; himself by
teaching school foria'mumbcraoi
years: In‘ 1872110 wenttoISouth-
ingtori and commenced» to Iprac.
tice law and has has“ remained
there cversincea Forthirty years
’
e
taraily out or the «preponderance .0“
our urban population. Thirty. yearer
ago, in the State as a whole," ther
more Important school winner
were those outside the cities: th‘dy-
enlisted about 600, 000 out of the rail-3
then in elementl‘l'y‘
courses. 'lbday. as in result" of the?
steady decrease Iln the agriculture“
population. there = , are»; rathcr»; more‘
thanI- 1.000. coo. children enrolleds In:
city schools. and rather Ian than2
500,000 In the schools outside. Thai
city schools have gained 615, ,000.‘ arid.“
the rural schoolerhuveriost 85. 000, at
process inevitably attended by a'
shifting: of legislative shrill-I popular:
location to the tor-melt It is true
but ‘a good deal has been accom-:
plished In very recent years. The re-
tirement or rural teachers has been.
provided for: agricultural courses
authdrlzed; the compulsory educa-.
tion law made etfesctive tor the full'
thirty-slxweek’s terr‘an medical, ex-w
z‘ation of school social centers" facil-
itatedu But many rural and village
schools are in‘ sorry plight, as: Is
shown by the report last weoll 00
Du. Dean of the Voontlonal Educa-
tlrvn‘ Department, following a ilsdos-
trian tour. More information, 1,;‘wllh'
specific recommendatlohd. is giveii in-
bulletin in “numerically ‘
made“ public today by T5 , I
Assistant Commissionerfiorr Element-i
Itary Education. . , -
Dr. Dean' s complaint he
ly to the non-use of school property
for community purposes. but hefgave
also a. mo\ing descriptidn of little‘»
roadside schoolhouses: "often in the}
most barren placessi where children“
sat under young girlir who were paid.
from 38 do 312 Weeiilit. and;I'who la_-:
bored under grave deficiencies of ap-
plidn‘cen- As Cdmmis‘siolrer F’inegang
shows, this is
district systetrii
' mascllsz,msi“
meeting. with. the school notices“. ot’
the: towunlp In .its home: w: m, .I.
Iy‘itlie‘ thalamus... booths mic (or ,
It)! the township: wouidii ‘
‘ benefited? '
for the transfer of libraries; to stem:
the township Emulation about the
schools as recreational'and agricul-
tural centres. A simple legislative step
would provide-for this change. It
should, howarcrg'be preceded by a
campaign or publicity, for the min-
ter}; means a curtailing of local pool—
or for the montage of the state, is
ably come, and is ,a part of algeneral
national tendency.
it is not to be understand that
only rural problems of school im-
pmVement‘ are pressing, for in our
. tomocspeeloily the school systems
are very uneven». Could a satisfactory I
WI permanently prescribing: and , ,
regulating school interns In cities he.
’ I low the first class he”: agreed upon, it
V=_ would-II meet I crying need in clearing
up our confused Educational law. in
. slob” midpoiuinirertng and the
he was judge of probate for the
district oi Soothington and judge
of the town court of Southington.
He has been treasurer of Hart‘
ford County and hp 1893 he was I
senator from the Second District.
In 1900 he was number of the
Constitutional Convention and ill-
i905 he was Speaker of the
House. In 1906 h was elected
Attorney General 0 ‘Conneclicut
by shone plurality“
He has many fraternal ties, be-
ing ‘ thirty-second degree Ma-
son, a' member of the Onler oi
the Mystic Shrine, of the Knights
of Pythlas. of the Order of the
Elks, the Order of Red Men. the
O U. A. M and the Foresters.”
He fihds hunting: and fishingein
the» sine woods the most hens-m
ficia’l samples 'laxeliopl
from ”from”? {blpincsgu
cam;
lfi tensor year after hissed-I
mission to'the Barrjudge Hal-5
comb married Sarah Carpenter
Bennett, who died "1:190! Judge:
Hblc‘omb states very concisely
and forcibly tile practical advice
he gives to others when he says
that the three essentials of suc-
cess are n’honcsty, industry and.
sobriety" . ... .
Mr Holcomb was nomtnaesn
for Attorney General at the Re'-
oublioon State Convention
New Haven, Septgmber 20th, t
.V:
roofs and‘ Was eldctlld by; 21,001;!
plurhlity.'
ten terms of about 84. 000 value: andi
Dr. Flnegan reports that In hall of!
these the average attendance Is be-I
low sen. Their teachers must neces-
sarily bevpoorelheir couloomenma‘ul-
ti'. and; proper gradingdlhpoaslblal
Inequality. of taxation aluminum that.
district system. for one. dlittlot as-
sessed at $150,000 may adjoin an-
otherI assessed at 815, 000.: both edu.
eating the same number 01 pupils. Inl
District 11' of Cortland County it!
costs $87.44 to instruct each pupil.
and laIDisirIct 8 but £119.14; In. the!
10. 400 school districts or the Statel
the effective auditing .ct. Lschooi tan-
es is impossible while the multiphas-
tion 08 boards or shareware-I;
timepI tvvelve- In a single town-email“!
tor unbusinessilk'e antiillustrations.l
The aggregate or waste in efficiency,
effort and money which the state uu\.I
tors for its delay in adopting. the
township unit In rural education!
could be measured- oulyi by such- a-
school survey as Ohio has recently:
instituted. I. .
The voluntary action or summonin-
mnnitios, since the State authorised:
the consolidation or weak districts
and the apportionment or» them of
titted meme-ramm‘t from Ville"
state funds. has supplied-4 a Dartiah
I remedy: but rurul inertia makesrsuchl
' . action I'slow. In seeking3ths ultimate
solution new York must follow Wis-s
: cousin. Ohio; and Nor-till Dakota, the»
. twostorlner‘: states beingromm- tOWfl-a
ship beats. the third having institutf-I‘
ed a plans of county school BOVfiafll-I
menu lf‘ every New Torus townsh
had onh school board of riveror my:
en members, elected tot‘ .. specials
consultancies
. geperalttyps 'Therlnerlullllmootm .
wltlh
in”
new "
: NW: of treat: legiainitbn at Ala
II balls. Such an act has been proposed.
" But the greatest need is for schools
in the farming sections that will not
bid: plume!!! rcontraat ‘to even the
poo-eras unis-3's. sohdahn There Is no
res-op was} the lam-eta children
should not be as Well prepared as
their city cousins. if the drill to the
cllyI “It to be stoppedfi It there is to
be built up a large, contented and
efficient (arming elesi in what was
once the Itorslnoot- agricultural; «state.
thorough measures must be under-
. taken: New "rot-Ir can justly boast of
melting the; schools or her largest
cities 'a model to char nilshbora; but
tn rural. Instruction she has much to
learn..." the Middle West’
IFHIHJHIII
“renounce.
grammar). Conn. Oct. '
am In shutout the question.‘ Who
In your town's leading cltlseot" and
ritt." Mr. Merritt Is president of the
Ste-lion! National Bank. vleoprssident
otthe Ya'lehTowneIMig. Co. amour
her.- ot the State Board of Education.
“6..ch throughout the state
gerbreily been regarded as independ-
cull: While he has strong Republican
Ionian. he does not hesitate to vote
the littormdiis‘d.
were Midas Island- I
McMahon-dunner
_ “hummus-Item”
position with respect to the Course-
310th campaign In the Fourth district“-
This was his reply“? ' '
“I am ol‘coulee, in favor ottlle elem
tholr'ol, theatre: E's. Hui‘to represent:
lhis‘didlrldt nl'aCongrssm‘; Thomson!
their! anriuflsvormt It‘lr Ilflt‘; Ill?”
opiniouuhe is this very best man In
the district torrepresult'it. and repre-
sent} all‘lt's interests. *
"Thirdietriot is essentially a man
utacturlngwdistflcte containing, as It
does, torment-manufacturing City or.
Bridgeport andIIother important mam
umctuungwentere; euchIas-Dsnbu‘m
Nor-walk and stutter-d. It goes with
out saying that the farmers and term-
ingtinoeieate domaieorlsrgelrmor
their prospesltwoas‘athovprosperlty oi
tillemetlutaeturlererandI—theimenlplwes.
Oidlnsrilm observation i, will- sheen
whether or not the manufacturersaad
their employeelaieepsospeioumat. this.
listen I ' '
‘ ‘TheO-m'm..is endsa’ vor-
In'gsto szacsI themessot «present-inso-
ulootnrlngzudm' business-conditions
upon the wane but-theyxwlll hardly,“-
mg‘hjnmpl m b. by. Ithis3dclalm.
Every .Imuummcsr. aniline. employ-
oe ooumauuhotnrers, know pertectly
well that; their-cable had reached se-
rioue proportions before the hostilities
or the European war. They will, I
thialchg‘ree universally that the trou-
ble was duevprlmsrllysnot only to the
Congress. but, perhaps, even more, to
Its spirit.
not favorable to manufacturers and to
industrial Interests, buuwas distinctly
unlavorablo and suspicious. The busl.
ness interests of the country not only.
suitered Idirect harm ironl legislation,
but they. sorrel-ed also from the 'psy:
chological state' referred to by Presi-
dent _Wllson,a a the psychological
state Was Induce y the attitude on
the President and, his party '
"Without in any way detracting from
the Industry and good faith or our.
present representatives: I thinkwit lsI
lair to say that no. Dcmoorah tied
mt! macaw» can lairly‘ represent
audios tire-uses: texts and to unite ' t
apprehension that the township eye» , .
general. It is a step that will inevlt-. ‘
Pioninenl Mutcitirssem l
23.-~Alk ‘
many would answer. "Schuyler Marv
In business, philanthropic and ednm ‘
tiophl Increments. in politics he has ’
lotiln- Mental wh'crrho believes hits I ' '
tilb beehcsndidato‘ don-lag once
no man . ~
legislation passedshy, the Democratic . .V
Minimum owms MUST- FILE ‘
That spirit was not only , ‘
down as he must. be by party rule and ,
only stew otthe’man‘y,
” Apron Gingham, neat blue
tit and white checks; value 80
‘9 per yard. Harvest Sale
54%
H Price
........ ea.-
INDLAN BLANKEI‘S.
Navajo Indian Blankets;
regular size, handsome col--
orings; value $3.00 each. .
Harvest Sale Price $1: 98 ?
PERCALES.
100 pieces best quality
Percales yard wide, light
”had dark; value rs I~2c per
yard. Harvest Sale Price
New
ll cotton; value $2.00 eacll..
ll Harvest Sale Price $1 49
EURTAIN MUSLIM.
‘ “Variety of patterns, full
36 inches wide; vaIUe 12 1—20 V
Harvest Sale
rice ...;.I............l-7%¢'
3yandarlong,; all new des-
signs; value $l.25 each. Har—
,cschloPticev......M¢
andfilouehdswer‘fiiuhiaiarger e. w“ ‘
native town In both branch
dermal. Asselnbly. and huell’ilgd the
Commissionei. lie is president’s! the
”Stanford Bar Association. Mr. Soo-
ticslly all the time he could spare
advancement ot the interests at the
Stamford liofillthh‘whichlnow has an
MWLWO demolition... lie
MIvam.m alluvial” in
district. recording. the oieoflemct ill.
I «Hill—tolls cube highssulnpoitance.
.Whea elhterviesied. .uponAhe situation
today, Mr. 800mm»
“I will most heartily support the
William-era. mil tor. Consists-
monstrous. the Fourth Congressional
Dietrich because i believe him to be
oflcsItoLheloun'd in the district. He
less man steamers character' at
sterling Integrity. and is. in a marked
degree, rrrlsataliy and morally equip-
ped to pertaining duties oi the once
with honor to himself and the consti-
tuency he may represent. While in
convene, he was. an lude'latlgahle
worker .ior. those measures tending to
Is a national asset oti great value in
the couhtrys statesmanship."'
DEFEN88.
HALlF‘DC. N: S. Obi. '.!2 ~-—Servlce
was expected today of a writ which
has been issued in- the . Admiralty
Court against the American steamer
Bi‘lndlila; owned by the Standard Oil
Clo‘m'panyI 0t Now Je‘rlleyg; which was
nailed by:- the IBrtitlsh auxiliary cruise
er Caroniarand brought VflhspeIa few
days ago. The writ. charges that the
transfer or the steamer front German
to American registryuwas not bona-
tide anddtluit Himaownmhip or the
Inmanmumnu WGermnnz The "owners
,are given seven dais In which to due
a defense. ,. p .
WANTS‘N’AM! om . * ‘
= .. VOTlNd TMGHINE
NEW HAVEN, Oct 22 .—Judge Wil-
lidrn I_S Cdse, in the Superiwxcourt.
fyssterdaypsgreed to bedtime applica-
xssnatormdhnzh‘: enemies, or
\
f _‘the Eletenlfhznlstolct. 10m outfit“ of
" diagonals secretary or
held has. for eevera'l years. given prae
from hisnxtassire lair practice to the ~ ‘
Ideal plant. He has always been 0 Bi- 3
Dublin-Jut- ro'sI some Isa-re hasIIInot .
theapreuut campaign-4n the Founh .
Imam respect the heat mlortheI
. stilring‘ecouomiee'that make ‘
possible M servings for umayasaoppm ‘
FRENGH I-KIIDI. GLOVES. .— ' ‘
chlasps, real French kid, . ,
overseen: sewn. Paris point , _ .
embroidery, in black; white
,and colors; value $1. 35 per,
pair. Harvest Sale Price
......... $1.00
women'ssmo'mssss' ‘
HANDB’AGS.
Leatherette, medal frame,
some fitted with purse; va-
lue see each. Harvest Sale
Price .‘... ..... I. . .I. . . .l 25¢
. D NSC. CROCHET
COTTO
.5,‘
White and all colors, large
skcin; value 50c. “Hal-mt
Sale Price ..... 29¢ , g
- meals caesium " " '
and. pearl; values up to I500” ’
each. Harvest VSéle Price '
. O’C‘EDAR MOPSJS ,I I
" Triangular shape, gets .,
._ into the c0rners beshrmade
for polishing fl’oors. H'ar- ,.
- vest Sale Price.
-I. Three irons. imset; one‘
.I handle and one st-alrd-r- vs.»
I lue $025 per set: Harvest»
I:SelcnPrlce ........I . 85$-
Ahe , ..
ounce 018”!“ Duluth; find Loon: "
commissioner. and Stilts insurance :
CHORAL SOCIETY ENDORSED. .
.m. 21. 1914.
Editor of The Sentinel.
Sir: , ’Il ,
The movement now on root' to or-
genius a- choral society: In Nor-walk
isIa most excellent “one; and deserves
the support of every singer in the
greater city. Norwallr is a particular-
lymuslcdoving community, and there
would seem to he no “possibility or
failure through lack ot"enthusiastlc
'support- Personally I have listened
to a, deal at lav’brable‘ comment, every
one being agreed thit Norwalk will
have reason to be proud of its choral
society. Let us hope that every local
singer will malls it a point to be
‘prosent at, til0 organization meeting
which is to‘be‘ held in the High School
assembly him next Tuesday evening.
MELODIQUS
licenses “on hummus-
HARTFORD.” Oct. 22. —At yestcr
day’s session of the 31th annual con-
vocs‘tlo'lrj othhe‘Suprnme Gl‘and [Conn
mandory“, Knights: of‘M’alta, chimer-
ion. In thiwcity, the membership per
comm lg: wits reduced to 8 Igcents the
salary of the supreme Recorder was
increased“ to 81‘,806,and $1,000 was
set aside lor‘" organizdtlou work.
A memorial service for deceased .
members‘cccupied a portibrr or" the .
time, during which Past- Supreme
Ctlmm'ander' Robert Keenan, of Wil~
Vrnington, Del, (delivered an eulogy on
the lite and work of the isle Past lul-
portal Gl‘lrlld Commander WilifimI J.
Ingram, or Glasgow, Scotland.
Tonight the College of Ancients will
hold a meeting at the Richard ‘I‘,Ciuo
closing with a banquet The convoca-
tion will”? close Tliiir‘dday with the
IIVeloctlon or odicers and selection or .
next pled’elot: meeting,
Norwalk Chronicler