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THE SOUTH NORWALK
EVENING SEM‘EL
ESTABLISHED BY
JAMES GOLDEN
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E. L. AND A. L. GOLDEN,
PROPREITORS.
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SATURDAY. SEPT. 4, 1915
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MINIATURE ALMANAC FOR
‘ TOMORROW.
‘High‘tide8:.23a m.: 8:.25p in.
Sun rises 5 .23; sets” 6 :20.
EVENING SENTINEL TELE-
PHONE CALLS.
Editorial Rooms-92.
Business Office—~93.
'Norwalk Branch Office—x388.
Editors Residence—12253
City Editor’s Residence-7524.
Business Manager's Residence—
1113-12.
Publisher’s Residence—890.
MASONIC NOTICE
Stated Communication of Old Well
Lodge, No. 108, F. and A. M., will be
held at its rooms, Sept. 7th, 1915, at
’8 o'clock p. m.
All Master Masons cordially
fraternally in vlted.
Fraternally yours,
SYLVESTER P. DEflKER, w. M.
fittest——
ROBERT M. WILCOX,
Secretary.
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CURING DRUNKENNESS.
An Oklahoma police judge is report-
ed to have imposed a line of $1,000,000
and 99 years in jail on a woman pris-
oner accused of habitual drunkenness.
and
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lie doesn‘t expect her to pay the mil-i
lion, and hasn't any notion that she:
will live out the term; but His lionor‘
- explains that he did it because he
“didn't want the woman ever‘to he
at large again."
The Oklahoma law gives no express
sanction to incarceration for life for
ouch a misdemeanor as intoxication.
The magistrate is confident. however.
that
Provided the higher courts uphold
he has acted legally.
his action, what shall be said of such ‘
law, and of the penologicsl theory it
ooem'to exemplify? If drunkenness
- if." to be punished with life imprison-
'ment, why not other “minor offenses,"-
‘ such as wife-beatinilr petty thieving,
begging, etc.? Or, since drunkenness,
is. a personal vice, why not life im-
prisonment for “dope fiends." .and
"cigar-ct fiends?"
"And after all what's the object of
such imprisonment? If it's the rotor
also could it be?-—-is the workhouse
the best means of accomplishing it?
" There is a celebrated case in Cleve-
“ land, an» old man with a record of
more than 100 workhouse sentences
'10! drunkenness. He's reformed now,
3 n sober and useful citizen; but is
wasn't the workhouse that reformed
who were apparently hopeless.‘ 80
Intro stirring lectures and quiet self-
communion. Anything that appeals to
”like [self-respect and powerfully stim-
~yrislst‘es the will may do it. More im-
2’57prisonment does neither. It deprives
”.918 victim temporarily of the liquor
supply, but seldom takes. away the
. craving.
There" are ways, too, of removing the
alcohol hunger from the human sys-
tern. just as there are ways of remov-
mg drug hunger. The two types real-
ly have much in common; alcohol is
as drug. Wouldn’t it be more to the
’ gpointfif communities set about scion: _.
j flfically to cure alcohol-poisoned body ,;
and stimulate alcohol-weakened
wills, instead of subjecting the victim
~ ,to purposoless "punishment"? And of
' course, when the victims are cared,
justice both to them and to the rest
the community they ought to be
protected from further temptation as
“ Religion has reformed drunksrds,
southern, the middle western and the
western»but we have no generally
accepted standard of Spoken English,
Literary persons may accept the Belt
ton standard; New York control of
the theatrical business has served to
impress its standard on the country
through stage speech: but there is as
yet no authority of usage and pronun-
ciation accepted by the whole coun-
try.
“There is a tendency,” he says.
‘in the middle west, particularly in
Chicago, where men of all dialeets a‘ro
coming together, to form a composite
dialect throughout this section. And it
is likely that when this unformed
compromise dialect has been more
uniformly established, its standards
of pronunciation and grammar will he-
come the stsndsrd of the common-
place spoken language."
It. will not be a system of speech
imposed by any class of superior cul-
ture. Much of the language of the
farm. the slum and _ the workshop
"will become a part of the dialect of
the higher classes." it is the common
people that build a language, rather
that the cultured. The upper classes
simply tinker and carpenter the living
speech. and try to restrain and regu-
late, it. usually with poor success.
Prof. Knoll even thinks that "kctch"
and “perty” and “rassle” and many
other forms for which cultured child.
ren rebuke their ignorant parents are
likely to be recognized as good words
some day.
It seems natural enough that the
.iinal merging of dialects should take
lplace in and around Chicago, where!
East, West, North and South come to-
gether. and the melting pot of races
is always bubbling. But what a loss of
prestige for the proud old East!
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1915
MMWI‘MONE
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thing more than the confessionstend-
ding to incriminate other
have no standing in the courts of
Rhode island.
Harrington police officers were
searching for two men, who, it was
understood, had overheard a conver-
sation between two motor cyclists on
the night of the shooting. Two of the
negroes who have admitted their com~
plicity in the physician’s death rode
to the scene of the crime on motor
cycles.
Arthur Cashing. attorney for Mrs.
of the doctor, previous searches hav-
ing failed to produce anything except
a document which, Mr. Cashing states,
could not be probated. It is under-
stood that in this document, Dr. Mohr
sought to deprive his wife of all in.
terest in his estate.
Charles M. Mohr. of New York, one
of two children of Dr. Mohr by a for
Iner marriage. made two unsuccessful
attempts to see Miss Emily G. Bur-
gel‘. the doctor's secretary, who is re-
covering from bullet wounds received
at the time her employer was killed.
After his last effort early today. he
remarked to one of the doctors that
he did not think there would be any
disagreement in the MOM family over
[the disposition of his father's estate
in the absence Of a will. He said that
he and his stepmother had virtually
agreed upon a division of the prop
erty, which be estimated to be wot-'11)
3400.000. He expected to receive $80,-
000 and his sister, Mrs. Ernest Mart.
of Baltimore, 3 like. amount. The refi
of the estate. he said. would probably
go to Mrs. Mohr and her two children.
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“MAX COHEN SAVES OWN AUTO-
MOBILE.
OUR VACANT LAND.
There's still room in this country;
for the pioneer. The government land-
oiilcc reports 279,544,000 acres still?
“unapproprlatcd and unreserved," ot
lwhich more than half has been sur- 3
veyed and is ready for entry. More
than 11,000,000 acres were taken upi
last year by homestead and other en-i
tries and sales to individuals. At that
rate the remaining land will last 1
good many years yet. And when it's
all gone there is 300,000,000 acres in;
Alaska.
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cant. area is worthless mountain. deli»i
sort or Swamp which man will in all.
probability never be able to utilizeJ
Nevertheless a good deal of it is thor-
willg
dizl
tract that now seems hopeless
ultimately acquire value through
rlgation or the application of
warming methods or the drainingd of
syamps or the discovery of minerals
or the establishment of health resorts.
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Gen. Orazoo, the famous Mexican.
revolutionist. was killed in Texas the
other day on a raiding expedition. The.
limplicated in an ambitious plan
wrest the state of Texas from the Un-
ion and annex it to Mexico, revers-
ing the process by which General
Sam Houston made Mexico a part of
tinfUnited States three quarters of a
century ago. Later reports. however
show that he was hunted down and
shot simply as a horse thief.- Most. of
the other Mexican ”reyolutionists"
would be found, in ”a careful analysis,
to the of about the same caliber, and
most of them unquestionably._deserve
the same fate.‘ g} .
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It isn't only munitions unit are
swelling the volume 101 American ex-
port trade. Food has ev'éii more to do
with Out now prosperity than powder
and shells. Take cheese, for example.
In May, 1914, we exported $26,000
worth of: cheese. In May of this year
We exported $1,818, 000 worth, and the
‘ figures are still rising.
Didn't Know Car Had Been Taken,
But Seen It in Stamford—Former
Employe Arrested.
BRIDGEPORT, Sept. i.—-Max Cohen.
known as the chunplon handshaker,
has been shaking hands with himself
with great gusto the past few days be
cause he recovered his automobile
without knowing it was missing, and
without having to call in the aid of
the police.
it seems that the first of the week
‘ Max with a party of friends was going
.to New York by automobile. As they
passed through Stamford an automo‘
bike was observed standing beside the
or course a great deal of this vii-{curbing in front of I. place of refresh
ment.
“That looks like your automobile,
“Max," cried one of the party.
"It is my machine so that it looks
,all right to me."
nation of the drunkard—and whatmughly worth taking And many a climbed on board and took posses-
. lie waited
slon of the machine.
around a little while until he saw
Jatues Gerard of Pacific street. Stam~
”.iord a former employs of his, emerge
ttrom the place and start looking for
the automobile. But Ms: had beat.
an it and so made off with the car.
It is the ear formerly owned by
the late David F. Read, and was kept
tin the ~Blue Ribbon garage, from
which place it was afterwards ascer-
tained that Gerard had taken it With-
l t M C hen’s ormission
first re otts su estcd that he was;ou 1‘- 0 D -
p gs l Upon information furnished by the
{Bridgeport police Gerard was
'resied yesterday by the
ar-
Stamford
authorities, and this morning armed
'with a warrant for his arrest on the
charge of g on automobile
without perm ssion, Detective James
N. Bray left for Stamford to bring
him back to Bridgeport. The police
say that his license as an operator
was revoked yesterday. ’ i
WOULD INCREASE LA'flN-AMERI-
CAN BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.——In its ef-
forts to increase the volume of coni-
merce between the United States and
Latin—America, the Department of
Commerce announced today that it
had undertaken to remove“ the bar-
riers of trade in those countries. pal--
Ocular attention being devoted to what
tion of the form of shipping ducu
'ments.
As required by many of the Latin-
American countries, it is stated these
offer a complicated problem to Ameri-
can exporters and the department is
trying to remove this barrier by makv.
log it possible tor American slappers
“to obtain definite information on the
~‘. M's-Io;
persons ,
.Mohr. continued his quest for a will'
said Max as no
is declared to be the wartime ques- .
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SENTINEL
READERS’
V
IEWS
Editor of The Sentinel:
Does old age kill? No! Man dies
from the wrong use of a natural law
that has always existed. What is
that’ law?
tant scientific fact discovered that
proves that the purpose of Christian—
ity is to save man from a physical
dark? Why this uncertainty as to
the future?
a future that brings no proof? No
one has returned from the grave to
even hint what there is beyond. Then
why not choose this life and strive
to make a heaven where we are and
hi it for the abode of man as was in.
tended. if man goes to his reward
immediately after death, than when
conicth the resurrection of the dead
and the judgment. Christ came and
saw that death claimed min as its
natural prey. lie did all that lay in
His power to save man from a phy-
sical death. but He utterly failed. and
man is in the same condition today
that he was before the coming of
Christ—4m is still in a dying condi-
tion When man is readv to believe
that he can live right where he is.
then we will see him rapidly prolong-
ing his days and sickness will lesson
l1" proportion to his belief in life. for
{as a man thinkeih in his heart. so is
file. and now that an lmportadt fact
'has been discovered that the part of
the human brain known to physiolo-
lists and anatomists as the cernbellum
situated at the upper end of the spinal
tion of faith or belief. and is control-
ed by it its the telegraph key controls
the sounder. Man must change that
indomitable belief in the certainty of
death. to a belief in life. This is the
second birth spoken of in Scripture
and is necessary for the universal sal-
vation of man fromla physical death
and to do swap with the existing an-
tagonism between creeds. and to es-
ltablish one. Church,
one Baptism. or a universal salvation.
salvation of man from a physical
death. Man has one thing tp do, and
the sooner he gets about it the better
it will be for all concerned. He must
.make up his mind to prepare to live.
he must quit taking so much pleasure
in telling how bad off he is, and make
all progress possible towards the
finding of a heavenly condition right
here on this earth. and in so doing
a heaven here he cannot have it any-
where for we are the people that are
supposed to populate and make that
heaven.
Id. A. MORLEY.
Psychologist.
No. 11 Haviland Si., South Norwalk.
OYSTER SET HOPELESS.
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Set in Local Waters This Year.
of! Stratford and vicinity, local oyster-
men are practically decided that there
will be no set of any mention from
the beds in this locality this fall. The
set in the fallkof 1914 was excellent
and it is expected that two years from
now there will be enough twoyear
oysters to meet the demands of the
local trade.
Oystermen at all points on nine
Sound have experienéed the same dif-
ficulty with the set this your as has
his trade is anticipated, the product
of 1915 will not go very far toward
meeting it.
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BUE GRAND RAPIDS co. m RE-
COVER 0" PROIISOORV NOTE
BRIDGEPORT, Bopt. i. u-Aueoho of
the Grand Rapids Furniture Co. fail-
ure was heard today when suit was
brought by the American Bank can
Trust Co. sgahst Solomon Badesch.
Louis Divis and drew Wyniclr, pro-
failure. The action is height to re-
compsny took
There has been an impor—-
death. Then why this groping in the
Why build our hopes on
cord. is made and adapted for the no.
one Christ andl
also remember that if he cannot have
Local Fisherman Give Up Hope For
Although spawn has been noticed
been noticed here and although a
motors of the Fairneld avenue 0031- .~
corn, which ind such 9. museums).
cover on 31,200 alleged to be due on
has!!! 00‘” July 1.“ 1914. 10»; Willie
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l0 MllSQUllll BREEDW
The following lines slightly call at
tention to one of the only two remain
ing wholesale mosquito breeders left
in the township. Negotiations are
under way to take care of the one on
trail Pasture Beach, but the one on
East Washington street calls for very
serious consideration. A prominent
enthtmisst in the mosquito extermin-
ating movement, a contributor of the
following verses. said to a Sentinel
reporter this morning: “If the Exter-
minating Committee becomes disgust-
ed or worn out in their efforts to hold
this place under control, the people
of Norwalk will realize what it means
for the owners to‘ disregard the rights
of a whole township."
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A Town which is not spotless, as it
has a filthy spot,
A pestilentiai breeding hole, a sunk-
en empty lot.
Such a Town-is Norwalkl with its
splendid paved highways,
Its hustling business people, its hope
of better days.
Just east of our wonderful concrete
bridge. just east about a block
Is this monument of carelessness,
which gives the Town a knock.
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98c ENGLISH LONG-
CLOTH.
For tonight only. 100 pieces of
fine quality for underwear, etc,
per piece
59¢
50c GUEST TOWELS.
Fine quality, all linen, scal-
loped, space for initial. Special
tonight, each
19¢
$2.00 COMFORTS'.
Methods comforts, reversi-
ble, filled with pine cotton. Spe-
cial tonight. each
$1.49
. 75c TOWELS.
I. 20 x 40 Turkish towels spongy
. weave. terey borders. Special
tonight for
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6 for 49
59c DRESS LINEN.
Yard wide Belgium linen, fine
firm, round thread. Special
x. tonight. per yard
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Store Closed All Day Monday,
LABOR DAY.
SATURDAY NIGHT
IALS
7 to 10—
WOMEN’S AND MISS-
ES’ SPORT COATS.
Made Of corduroy and fancy
mixtures, latest fail models, belt-
ed back. trimmed with buttons.
Value 86.50 each. Special tonight
$4.95
WOMEN'S SILK BOOT
HOSE.
Very heavy black and colors. i
double heels and toes. Valueo:
35c. pair. Special tonight
25¢ o
SAMPLE RINGS. 0
Solid gold, sterling silver and 9
gold shell; plain and with stone . '
settings. Value 50c. to 81.00
each. Special tonight
19¢
30c PROPH‘YLACTIC
“. TOOTH BRUSHES.
Special tonight each
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50c O’CEDAR OIL.
And ever since the railroad ran and ’3 39¢ for polished floors and furniture.
the main highway was built .. WOMEN'S GOWNS. Special tonight per bottle 3.
‘This unsightly muly place has layed 9:. Good muslin. full size. we" 39¢
1 a marker of our guilt. .. made. Value 39c. each. Special 25c WRIGHT’S SILVER é
. tonight POLISHr ~ 0
And in Justice to our people, an out . Best made. Special tonight 0:.
rage we must face, :3: On sale from 8 to 9; one to a per bottle U.‘
For ages past this shameful thing. has
marked but our disgrace.
Indifferent to the rights of others, its
owners let it rest
now it breeds mosquitoes.
malarial poisonous pest.
And
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Protected as we are with laws, and by
, a Board of Health.
This menace to very life exists,
poverty or for wealth.
Its a mock at our intelligence,
shame to every soul,
Our laws are "scraps of paper" if we
do not fill this hole.
for
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Have we no sense of justice, of honor
' or of pride
That we should keep this nuisance
‘ and with this curse abide?
Have we no civic virtue, no energy,
strength or might,
To fight this abomination. to stand up
for what is right?~
Shall we leave this to our children,
the Norwulk yet to be
That they may also face the ‘shame,
that they may plainly see
Through ignornnce and heedlessness.
we failed at duty's call?
0r right this wrong of ancient time
and start to work this Fall.
This place is crying for ashes and re-
fuse and other flll ‘
We have the goods, we have the
sense. but what we lack Is will.
Just one short winter’s dumping of
part of the City's waste.
And this problem then is ended, no
longer need be faced.
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SENATOR E. F. HOOKER OF HART;
FORD is DEAD.
Former Mayor of Capital City Palm
“Aw-y at Eastern PL. After Loop
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.mmnn, Sept. i.—-Edward F
Booker, former mayor of Hartford
and a former state senator, died at
his summer home at Eastern Point
yesterday after; a long illness. He was
born here 0ctober_,l9. 1865. Mr. Hook-
er was prominent in Republican aflnirs
and was mayor of the city in 1908-‘09.
flb was a representative in 1907 and
later was elected senator for two ses-
sions.
Mr. Hooker was a member of the
insurance firm of Hooker s Penroe.
He was a former captain o: the First
Company. Governor’s Foot Guards
and a member of the Hartford City
Guards. Fraternally, he was promi-
nent as a Mason and Shrincr, and had
attained the thirty-“second degree. His
widow, 0. daughter and. a son survive.
WIFE DISAPPEARDO FIVE WEEKS
A00. .
Abraham Room. of No. 7 Monroe
street. South Norwnlk. reported to the
Bronx. N.- Y. detectives today that his
wife Bessie. iii-apparel live weeks
sm- is and his wife had been leop-
plug with his unthmin-llw, cm. W
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the old Jackson mine, near Lonacon—
in‘g. Md, where he served for sixteen
years. Leaving the George's Creek'
coal fields, he went to Idaho, and la-
ter went to Kansas. in his sixty-
nlnth year he moved to Montana,
. where he lived until his death.
For a time in hisfillfe he was sym.
pathetic with the capitalist. From the
age of sixteen to twenty-four he co-
operated with the superintendent and
bosses. and afterward averted trouble
at the mines by showing the men the
unreasonableness' of their demands.
‘But as he was returning from the
mine one day he found his "huddle."
a boy of seventeen, lying on the
ground and bleeding from the mouth
and nose. his clothing torn. He picked
him up. carried him two miles to his
home and sent for a doctor. but the
boy died. As he was dying he told
Robert new the boss had beaten him
for cutting the room too wide and
asked. "Robert, are you one of us
n'owf'h- This was too much for him
Ever
after he was a strong supporter of the
laboring man.
“Price twenty‘two years ago was a
miner in Maryland. At that time the
’ Knights of Labor was strong. Grand
Master Powderly had built up an or-
der which was feared by many. The
strongest worker for the order at. that
time was Price. Early and late he
labored for the cause and local as-
sembly No. 848. of Lonnconing, had no
worthier champion than he. Nearly
all the miners were members of the
order when the annual convention was
called and they named Price as dele-
gate. A few days later he started for
New York and the convention. The
typographical members of the order
gave a street parade and the conven-
tion adjourned to witness it.
Later in the convention when there
was a momentary bush in the babel
of voices about him, Price arose. Tall,
well formed and in the full flush of
manhood. he stood erect, leaned far
over the balcony and caught the eye
of Powder-1y. He began to speak. All
who. remember his address of that
day can recall the enthusiasm which
it ovded. it the close of his ad‘
dress. which in: fllhd- with bursts of’
bearer-3' ,
oratory and mind the
Nights at Organisation to what no
0- than supposed to he of automatic
heights, he “medium a moment, sud
theorists: ..
‘23."1“ move you. Mr. Chairman, that it
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glorious in the right of its prowess."
lie sat ‘down and the cheering
which followed his remarks and mo
tion made the building fairly rock as
one thousand men sprang to tlfbir
feet. When he managed to restore
order, Powderiy, turning toward
Price, asked, "And what do you in-
tend to call that day?"
Without a moment's hesitation
Price sprang to his feet and exclaim-
ed:-—“Labor Day.” Again was all
semblance of order destroyed and the
meeting came to a. sudden end. Price's
motion had been carried with over-
whelming numbers—New York Sun-
day Herald, Sept. 11, 1904.
HEADQUARTERS FOR GAS
, RANGES, $11.00 to $48.00.
Self Lighting Burners. See
our stock before buying.
Gas Hot Water Heaters . . $11.00
Eddy Refrigerators.
JoneslkHotchkiss
:7 Wall St. Norwalk. Conn.
--FOR THE-
Fall days will soon be with us.
and then you will need good
light. and plentyof it. Why not
have the horns piped for. gas
light? Easy terms for the piping
and fixtur, es.-
Norwalk Chronicler