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V ., . A gang of boys last night stonedW
Biackman. of this Vcity. While passing
VWEW BED DEN‘B writ:
A special meeting of Ganpany A,
”Moose Defenders. will be held tonight.
Local V'BoyV Scouts are planning a
hike to Bilvermine tomorrow after
1100!! .
A cismbske is to be held on Sun.
‘ day. in.VNusalo’sVGz-ovo, Stamford,
the J. J. mhoneyIAaaoclatlon. I
V Work has been started on the low
oring an dimprovlng oi' the Warwick
Ilotel building. on North Main street.
Miss Emma Fallon. of Hawthorne,
Massachusetts, is other home in Ham-
ilton avenue. for a to?) weeks' vaca-
tion.
v
Miss Martha Hamill n,
to her home in Flex Hill road. .
‘- Mr. and :Mars. iArnold Turner, of Far-
Danbury. V and Mrs.
Charles Eomhof, of New york city. are
at tho-Schuidice cottage at Bell‘lsiand.
view avenue, .
Blackberries and hVuckle
slim... to' ~lilo very plentiful in
local“? this season,
‘thlVlMB given the berries unul‘lus
opportunity for dévelopment. V V
{\I
Former congressman Thomas L.
. fliellly. of, Meridon. has been slgnnlly‘
"F; honored by being selected as the chief
speaker of the day at the annual con~
volition of the Irish Societies of Amer-
ica at Cleveland. The convention will
be held August 11.
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publican Club at beautiful
Vltth. Many local men plan to attend.
There will be bathing. athletic events.
i PM E.
VE. G. Bucleand. vice-president and
' general counsel of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Com
tinny, has appointed Harry M. French
claim agent for Connecticut with office
at NeWwHVaven in place of‘Eugene J.
Phillips, claim attorney, who has been
promoted to be attorney for the com
may for Rhode Island. '- '
VjWest street, at the corner of West ave-
the youngsters had disappeared. A
trolley conductoi' reported to the po-
lice last night that an automobile was
blockadlng the track on Nortli Main .
street. The police blotter does not
state whether the unending machine
was a litney. V
"a
' r
. .7 ’ V
._ annual .
For the‘ average person the.
first-aid in finance can best
,be secured by having a
checking account. No mat-1-
, .-
“l
who has
been spending six weekl with her aunt,
iMRflwood. New York. has returned
V Mrs. Charles E. Dow, of South Nor-
, walk, has been visiting Mrs. Bicktord
V ‘ M. Crissey. Mrs Jackson Munshury
and Miss Hetty Smith, in Long' Ridge.
es
owing to the reins:
V'VI‘ickthsV have been, received by Nor-
walk Republicahs for the annual field
day and outing at the Bridgeport no:
Lordship
,Park, ‘on the Sound. Saturday. August
VleVlsic and a splendid dinnVer. . ...
*1
_ nae. He complained to the police OVf- '
V ‘flcer John H. Smith investigated, but
3 ported the PayneAldrich law.
V .mont oliicials in general preferred the
. specific tend, because it does away
With- All disputes
activity of yourself, and the activili oi
the two Mr. Kipps in (snowballs:
-- fund! to Mr. unrn camp-1m V
27 was'laueroa a‘r
rel, MJW;”W:m-"
,-
slalom:
(continuum From illicit Page.)
* mer- .
V Letters w am.
Mr. Hal on the iattar‘s «muslin
penditures were submitted from
mer Attorney General John H. Light 0
General George E. Hinman, to
Bar-General Gentle ”Ill. mouse to
rotary of State Charles ,D. Bureau
eral statutes were liot violated.
“Merely .Porsonai"—Cummlngs.
bias”
Wilson» Gremlin-mined. ,}
During the crossexnminatlon byltr
it“
out to no witnoss':
unis
dime tV. dVdVVVVl.
com say t in lullt VlVliVnt war
you on it?
could. .
he could for the Salts Textile Com‘
pany. And you know Mr. Rhodes, that
one of the reasons that you were serv-
ing on that committee was because or
your friendly feelings toWard Mr. Hill,
drawing out or this V transaction,
amongst‘othera. V '
A. "No sir.
Q. it is not so. ,
A. No sir. - a
Q. Well I don't suppose Vthat what
he did on the mile: made you reluct-
ant to serve on the committee, did it!
A. To my knowledge I don't know
as I thought of it at all. .
Q. Well, I..don‘t know what yVOu
thought. .1 ask you on your oath.it
that was not part oi! the things that
were in your mind? 9
A. i say" to the best of my knows
edge, it did not enter into my mind at
all.
Q. What was the date of 'therad-
iournmenti ‘
A. i could not tell you.
Q. Under the Payne-Aldrich tarii!
you had a specific duty. Under the
present taritf, you don't like it?
Prefer Specific Tariff.
A. We preier a specific term yes,
The question of jmarket values on
goods always loads to disputeahecause
it is impossible for a person to say e14
actiy what the market value of pro-
ducts is.
Q. With the election of Mr. Bill,
did you think that you might get a res~
torthion, oi the specific tariff on your
VgobdsV?. But the point Muller the
Payne-Aldrich law, you had it the Way
...,
n.-
VUNDERTAKER,V
tilt bum
claimed. from one “committee to anVlV-
Opinions in the form at letters a
.El
Norwalk. and Judith Perry 01 South‘-
port. An opinion given by Attorney
Attor-
M“ Flattest?!
V also submitted. All thesciended to
support the claim of Mr. Hill's cannon.“
that the actions of the campaign com-
mitiee in its collection; expenditure
and transfer of campaign tunds were
not contrary to law. and that the teu- j.
ur‘. Cummings objected to this evl»
deuce saying that the opinions were
«merely personal" and did not have
the force of a court opinion; and con-
team turthorltbattbe men one we
the opinion “might have, partisan
Cummings as to the trouble between
the government and the Saltll Textile
Company,the following “nations were
Q Your company had selicited Mr.
id in helping you out of this pro
Q Well. was he with nouns la-Vlnj
9 A. Icsn't as; hounds; ”ll'e would
' do an boot for ind consultant. iii no
Q. ‘Why. you know he did the best
, the politicalacoident, transposed m.
“will!"
u}- VYVW
fin
. ’ attempting to brill:
. “not being 'sble
‘Vto Vmoet those duties." When the tint!)
some country” were more omen
.ous uduammeraticiafldthanun-
iler a Republican min. You are busy
‘ new? *
...fb» lies. . '
Q- But aVVocVoVVrding to the letter or
your attorney you were up against iii
A. Well, than is not tho parched
in; power in the country now that
there 11:: til
iE .
Following
“Exams“ DpilllomV ’
L Mr. minder testimony
‘flr. Hill ordel‘fid as‘ an erVhibit an Oil!»
ion or Atmrney John H. Light, former
oi the state oi Goo
Vcorre‘o‘t imputation
of expenditdres by candidates, politi-
‘ and political committees.
Ville election law oi the state on
Connecticut. governing the election at
November 3, 191‘.
,, Committee Objects.
This was objected to by Mr. Cum-
mings. ;who spoke as renown:
opinion is dated July in. 1915, and in
in the form ei'a personal, letter ad-
dresaed to Congressman. Hill. 03
course. it is undelstood that John ii.
Light who is spoken of by Judge Heir
swan “the forma- attorney general oi
the state is s Republican. redeem at
Mal-131') bulb. city. Acids Item that.
.. I oblefit all haying appear on the
.recorlla. letters of conusel,i1 thafilfll‘
that that amounts to. expressing their
legal opinions as to the merits of cer-
tain possible aspects of this whimsi-
. sy. ll expert opinion’ on the low is to
be used. 1 think it ought who produced
in some other form. I thereiore oo-
ioct Vto binning; this opinion no upon
tlie‘recordf it isdmlstlydflm alerlal
and improper in form.sn and to
the prowr ethod of p ,ntingVVm
dehcolafid, oi allowable xSally view
,9: the sltunthm. " » . 5
Judge ilenney. replying: spoke as
tollevf‘li ‘lt should bemdde‘d to what
Mr. cumming: has said. that the writ
er of the opinion in question. John E.
Light, was the candidate at the last
election on the Progressive ticket for
stlorney general. The opinion is of-
fared and is believed to furnish the inc
terpretatioh of the, election law under
which the electi in contnoversy was
held, prevalent in the community, and
as showing the contemporaneous ex-
position or the law ino‘uoatlonfi
Mr. Cummings resilmed ”with the fol-
lowing: "How a letter by prVivato coun‘
sol six months alter the election shows
the contemporaneous exposition of the
statute, is quite incomprehensible,md
Light's name _ upon the trogresslvo
ticket, does not add iorce to his legal
opinion. I..ronew my obleotlon."
Judge Hennessey: “What is a mouth
or two among wands?" .‘
er. Cummings: "What is a law in
political contrast?" ,, ,4
Judge Perry's Lotion:
Judge HenneVy next oilered as an ex-
hibit a letter to Congressman E. J.
Hill from Judge John H.1’erry whom
Mr Fessenden remarked was vice
president of the last constitutional con-
ventionj cit-speaker of the connecti-
cut house oi representatives ell-state
, 0. seasons} to the letter, of .....li
, q‘attorney writtllnhl 1909, it ”MICK!
Judge Wilhem'lF Runner. counsel tor
“Tho—
committees in the various towns. The
total expenditure shown EMWD. q .
Thomson Reilly. Democratic candl-
daié for Congress in‘ the tilird diVntrlct.
‘sccdrdlng to the certified mod cub
milled spent $995. with a supplement
account 0! :68 making a total of 31 063.
F. .l. Good. according to a certified re
port amounted to $736 and the amount
received was $740.
spent “91.62 in his campaigning for
election to Congress on the Democratic
ticket in igll accordingV to his coVrtlilod
report. Dennis W. Coleman. of which
bury, Mr. Kennedy' a political agent re-
V Mmuumrtaonthoisw,nor,
have they given us an opportunity to V
;
cross-examine them."
Judge Henney: “The letter is ener-
led ‘0 show the interpretation placed
Familiar with its enactment."
Kr. 9mm
obieetion to Judge Perry' a letter. "
any. Goa. .Hinman‘s W
candidates and. ties! commitment-
to the ‘amoiiiti
it wall stated by counsel for Mr. Hill.
was given to! illuminant of Secretary
of state Borneo. :
Objecting Mr. Cunnilings said “Do i
controversy." »
Judge Henney replied: "it is an opin-
ion received by Mr Burned. rdg‘arding
the antimony in contlfiyersy at this
hearing.” ~
Mr Cummings: “i also chisel to this
for the reason stated in previous oblec
lions. And also because it lawfully
maniiosts the biased opinion, that the
all such. to furnish tor use in this con-
troversy: and attention is also called
to the fact that. for many years Mr.
Hinmsn was monetary of the depuhlr
can State Central Committee.
Judge Hennoy', "The doculilent ob-
looted to is littered as an interpreta-
VVtVlVrtV dances: “a
Hill's Acceptance.“
,During the afternoon heading on
Vhibits were odorVeVd oi a letter of ac-
sentence or Comessmall Hill to Sec
4
to the position *of congressman to
which he was elected.
”‘D‘cmoerstjg. Expo
The certified my of
«my. V
credo candidate for Genius: is the
first distrid was submisxd all an en-
hlbit and showed that
contributions to the csmps‘ign amount-
l. Miller, oi theV Co‘ngredpionai Delac-
chitin Wellness the total re
ceipts paid to him as treasured to be
52, 298.86. Which included Mr: Loner-
;an‘s contribution. This also showed
disbursements of various amounts to
the chairman of the Demon-Valle town
Expenditures of Mr. Kelly s secretary;
st-
William Kennedy or Namtuck
solved a total of 3466.82 and expanded
the same amount Joseph E. Watson.
treasurer for the live congressional, dis-V
trials or the Democratic pm'ty mom:
Ved i735. .Iulles' F. Gonneily: treasurer
oi! the William Kennedy club expended
upon the low in (kronecticut by those
“I express species. '
Judie Henney next altered as an ex-
hibit an opinion of Attdrney Genera: ‘
amusidsmaifsmt. 1914, was we ‘
smoototheumltationlllwcdapen
Voy may lawfully or V
pend under the ConnecticutEeiectlon 9
" law andthe corrupt practice set. This
understand Mr. Burner has secured ‘an .
opinion as secretary of state. for this
attorney- general would have no right, .
tion of a state law, placed upon it, by
rotary or State Phillips. with reterence -
palm eon- .
tributlon o! Anzutdonqfirnn: Demo ,
Wand
ed to $668. as. The return of Win :
ity for him, in the 191icambaign.
the Democratic stale central commit-
tee showed total ,‘reecipts at $10,555.
Vasc WINDOW ,.
, ' snwns19¢.
35 dos. first
mm quality
’ . abandons. on
sale tomorrow 19c. '
”also Waters 59?
lo dos. VWaists, lace
'VVaan ‘e‘mbroidery trini-
med,
_ regular $1.00
value. On sale comers
row 59c. V
tVasc Children's Paranoia 19¢
soc Children' s Paranoia 39¢
31.?» Ladies’ Parasols .. 49¢
a...» Ladies Paranoia .. 99¢
$.00 Lsdics' Parasol: $1.39
sander WAISTS.
New were 99¢
silo Silk Waist: $1149
slum Waist. 91,99
soc Waists............15¢
Special Leather Bags at 19¢.
meanness. ,
secShcetsVu W3“
V59c Corset Covers 39¢
$1.00Corseta'. .....V79¢
$3.00 Odd Ncmo Corsets
VVVIBC Lisle Vests 8¢
is x-zc Fruit of the Loom
Muslin ........;. .. 84,5 yard
loo Bleached Muslin 7¢ yard
Pilgrim's Calico 3V2¢
76 Wash Braids 3¢ Yard
V inc and 15‘s Wash Braids V V
V 64: yard
135; Children's Benefit 10¢
' $195.
GREAT SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY
sun‘s, ces'rs AND
Fine Sport VCosts at
Values to tune.
Sails Tiib Dresses, .
MILLINERY. i
.Pricc. , .
~1$r.oo.Bonnfitn..;..l. 49¢' ,
DRESSES. 25c Mi..fi........
. Special Cornet flavors- W
Stilts at ..... ., ....... $1.00 see Corset Covers 3M
‘15 to 8255mm” .. $7.95 Corset Coyfirdf‘. . .V . . .= . .9 VVV
56 Costs. ........ $3.75 256 Drawers
$5.95 to $6.95
» - 79¢
3:45 , Children’s , Dresses 85¢
All Lao: Curtains One-Half
MUSLm unpsawass.
Special'Drawers
$1.00 Muslin Gowns”
$1.25 Muslin Gowns . .
o .
.. .3... WW ....
343593150 32E°°cEEElliiEE£k‘TTif 1m
‘36 Dresses .. ...ss 95. g-fiaf‘gmfigf‘ifi", “ ‘ 79‘
‘6 Odd WM Dresses 33 95 $3.20 Coughinitlaon: s. VVV$‘V]VV,V 9
$8 Odd Wash breases $2.98 HOSE V
12 1- 2c Hose .9¢pairV.
25c Lisle ..... VV19¢ pain
Special Lisle Hose 2 for 29¢;
Silk Hose .. .m
lone.-
$1.00 Shapes ...”... .. 25¢ $x.oo Fowness Kid VVGVloves .
$2.00; Shapes 50$l ' 79¢? Irj
- $1. so Fowues’ Kid Gloves
$5.00 Shapes . .. $1.49 see VFownes Silk Gloves :3:
9 , _ 50cBe1ts....... ....I.
aschlowerxs 10¢ :5: Odd Collars 9“
sec Flowers ..........,,25¢ 50c Odd Collars m
Shoo Flew“ 49¢ 25c0dd BowTice .’ .. V
$3ooto$8.oo Trimmed Hats 35¢Bsrrettea,.........
~ ' v . 95¢ 25c Back'Combs
soc ., Rompers . . . . . .
25c Rompers,- . . ..
374783 'nnd received 3735 showing aV
deficit or $2.83 "
m expenditures oi his. Connolly.
showed payments til the. Democratic
town committees in Middlebury, Woh
cott, Thomeatoh, etc.
Donovan's Election Refill-ho. . .
The certified copy oi the return or
.Vlorémiah DthnovanV, of Norwalk, con-
malonai candidate on the Democratic
ticket in.the fourth Congressional dis-
trict Vahowed a total expenditure for
the campaign by himself at 32.227. 04.
Mr. Donovan acted as his own political
agent as did Hr. Lonegan, in question-
log by Judge Henney it was brought :
out that Mr: Deanna did not appoint
himseli political agent nor had he reg-
istered anyone olse's name with the
state secretary as acting in that capac-
The return of Louis E. Stoddard. or
teemfiaégryekm Page.)
called out.
A most satisfactory stocking for men, women and
children. Black white and all colors, in silk, lialc 'WVV
South
TIME ELEMENT lMPORTANVT. '
"Gome‘ right on in. Sam, " the farmer
“He won't hurt you. You
know a barking dog never bites."
, ‘Qure, boss. ah knows dot,” replied tinei To Let Ad. They are read hi”
it”. onuilouscoloredman, "but ahldon't {majority of the people in Noni ‘
V Norwalk
{know les’ how soon hes
barkin'."—‘~Msrine Journal. .
-—lf yourVV tenants move, one ‘
senatormnd encircled of the commie ‘
sion on the corrupt practices act; '
Continuing Mr. Cummings said: "it
is impossible toVeeiablish a legal pro-
position by letters presented hy ,friehes .
you Wanted it add under the Under-
wood law, you haveit the way you
don’t want it. Didn't you? n- . -
A. Yes. that. is true as for as it
Q. You limit that Mr. Hillsup
A. Yes, I knew that. The ‘VgpvernV
Q. be you mean to say that the
. We handle nothing but
the best. _ , V ‘
or the candidates. They have not ap- , ;
M
For illebesiSea Food;-
. ROSIERY. ».
LADIVES’ BLAGWOSE."
* Atrdcta per pang,
LADlEd' BLACK HOSE
91’on PValra fol-15c“. V
LADIES’ BROWNV HOS-E.
loan, were lasts. .
Wl-ilTE LACE HOSE .
amateurs.
‘5
35nd, Aw...- pi'lce sonic.
Ladies: Hello.” 19 son‘s
SATURDAY SPECIALS
V Palm-En VolLEs
1.; sin, tantrum.
V eralrlln GRINKLETTE. ‘
_.«
PIECE GOODS
RAIN: DRE-33V LINENS 3‘.
' abet... repulsr price 399p. ,
COLORED VCREPES . ‘
Esta, Were lOctaV. 9
. -1ocls,vve‘rslsoa.
.VDRESS- GIVNGHAVMBV
“WAch. 15mm
- ' cadence .
,vml'ra canons _
156th. regular price lseu.
‘ COLORED SILK BELKV'
, 25V .36., ocular iris. am
COLORED SILK GlfinLEs
50th., Regular Price lull ,
. loco. Value lists.
Norwalk Chronicler