sort marli'r
$119 so. MAIN ST.
EAST .
NORWALK
\J
m Was a. special car 0‘11 the East
“as trolley line this morning be-
We of the stormy weather.
There will be no session of pinOchle
I the Mayflower Hook and Ladderl
when; tonight, as the company will
an: out for the Red (‘1085 parade.
——~..‘...._1 ‘
We a number of wagon loads of
-‘w have been emptied on the public:
hp at the east end of Washington
Street bridge by the
meat.
street depart ?
—-—-._
‘l'he Christian Advent (‘lturch held1
' m prayer meeting last night owing
, ”the fact that a huge. nutnbet‘ of the
mitigation expects to patticipate in
the Red Croats pa1ade this evening I
Rev. S. P. Fairbanks was a speaker
“In the Danbury Baptist. (‘hurch Wed-
1-day evening. Rev. A. H. Boutwell,
, finer-1y of this city, is the pastor of
“church.
1118 ‘Klen Kling Kluh met yesterday i"
utter-noon at the home of M13. Frank
Bradley, Second sttcet. and enjoyed
‘dollxhtful time. A solo rendered by
“hostess was especially appreciated
,t-I charming.
lever” slackets who refuse to fill
out a military blank have b’een found
'1 byConstable Henry Selzer in this dis
7 "trict it is likely that some means of
21-111mm; theta to fill out the blank
will be taken. tMr. Seller has secured
1 HI largo number of the signed blanks
Ala his barber shop is conveniently lo-
:utod for the public.
1
1...;1“; M” {SEMWMWI‘ 1
A _ OWN/Ft
m"1~
Howttrd Cutblll is 11111011111 111g {11111111
‘ navel-e attack 01' plc'uiisy at his home
1|! Mwayton avenue. I
Work on the coniplction ot’ the addi-’
"lion and remodeling of the linker‘
home in west Side Avenu1, is bring 'I'
Wmiiy held 11p because of t1on-'
.Iniul oi‘ matciials.
.11
CM”: Emily Russell, 'l111 celebrnlcd'
lyric soprano singer, who resides ini
“'C'Rowoyton avenue, left ”1111111111111" tor.
Washington, I). 0.. Where 111% will
- flke part in a series of'concerts.
. 5 The army of stone cutters and stone
"masons which 11-1111" to have started
,work on the Farrell mansion yester-
day, has not yet been completely m‘o
blurred: and the contrt1 tors will delay
this work pending orders l'r :1111 JilllleSt
2A. Farrell, as to the alteration of oer-1
ruin specifications. The stone notk
‘.:will probably start work by .1111
' \
' perichish‘olm'of Charleston,' ,5.
«13,,an a 11111111111111 Yale will
week at "Noroton.
try Vairin Snead and her ,
i381 Louise Vairin Snead,
'itiyestorday for‘a short. 1
,1 discontinuedal'o deliver ‘in
‘is 1t.mistake.ltis only in
1-5. Waring P. Carriugton
tighter, ’Mlsa Martha P
"Lillinn’ C.
wet-c- 111at‘1'ied, Saturday,
.1 (interim her 1115111.
,1 spring wedding
:9": m'rxww awn.
NEW-
3 0111:1111
llatching young chickens is now the:
p incipal pastime of many residents
A little son came to M1. and M15
Harold. M. $111111 of South Avenue’
Sumay night '
John Slauson of New Canaan visit-3
ed Mr and Mrs Sands Selleck at
Noroton Heights, Sunday.
lllis Hannah
[1 Avery of South
Mai 11 street celebrated her 80th birth-'-
day anniversary, Monday.
“Jack" Brenna-t
wuh F'dvard Lawrence, jr., in the
lattei’ 1; garage on South avenue
'2
Eugene Well used a snow-plow on
the Richmond Hill road, Monday, malt.
.ing it passable for residents of the
‘S‘léf‘ls
Mrs. James Mitldlebr‘ooks of Wil-
ton has been lhu guest of her daughb
or, Mrs tfharlos M.’ Griebel, in Bur-
its mentte.
Mollerof Brooklyn, and
Moller of New Canaan
by Rev. J.
(‘1 forge P.
liounrd lloyt, DJ).
3‘l11 N1i1l1botly Sewing (‘itcle were
(1 timincd by M114. Cat-Si S‘Jtnyniond
in; home on East \luplc street,
1111111111 evening.
J111111111113 Soc-i who ltus‘ been etu-
511111111 for the past seven years on
"1111.! R. Bradley place, tecontly pub
‘1..—cd by Mr. Collins has resigned.
Owing to the illness of Warden
(‘ . ‘thele't, who is sulleting irom
1 Lord, the regular meeting of the
lcoiough Board was postponed for a.
week.
David S. Rockwell will sever his con-
nection with the First Nationulkliank
.1111:.ut Match 15, to” take a position
in the how Morrht $111111 llank 013
Stamford. "’ ‘
George Stevens, 11:. and William
311111111111; left for college at l)t1rham,N
“1.11, Monday evening, after spending
1.111 weekend with ‘Mr. and Mrs.
George R. Stevens on East avenue.
'l‘lu: postdmntcn' dunes1 to be given
by tho Owenoko t‘umpilro Girls will
111 held in Raymond hull, Mionday
(\‘tLlllg, April 9. The committee in
cittuge are Miss lldith llloclunann
~lliss Harriet Seymour, Miss Jessie
Shmes a‘nd Miss Dorothy Scoflold.
Preparations are being made- for
lltq annual concert given by the pupils
of lj‘chter school, in the Town hall.
l-titry owning, March 16., Besides
the cantata. “Little Snow- “11111.1," 1.1
feature will be, the 'nppct trance {01 the
first time in New Canaan of Russell
Thotnpsdn boy elocutionlst‘
w'
CONGRESSMEN READY
FOR EXTRA stssm‘u
WASHINGTON, 11.1.1‘1.,_om1111
advices to Demoeratlc and Republican‘
House leaders today showetl'tliat all
of the newly elected membership is
‘ physically able to respond immediate
‘1? to a call, for an 11111111 521111011.
Ebenezer Jul-[ill of Connecticut. one
or the veteran Republican members.
is sick», but tsumprov-ing rapidly. ' No
other Republican member 13‘ atoms
for acts known 1111111.. ‘
ers. Adolph 11111112
is now employed '
l Mrs. 11111111111111 of New York is mm’ l
the
‘ forming ,
" (leclarh'tgi
Nwdcmdland'lnutcair Fe;
They win Not Have 111111111911
"' Venus.
s-r. 1011111 s, N. 131., 111111-11 tot—X1111!
Tint
William Bedlam. of Bndler'sfreet.
is seriously m1 _ . . over the dtflicalty of obtaining enough
- vessels to market their products this
is Ballerina fmm 1min industry of the colony and in
use, caused by a normal time: a large fleet ot’iwo
ersrand small steamers is engaged
'throughout the autumn and winter in
carrying to‘EIrope and South Apostles
fish caught in the spring-and summer
and cured by being: pickled and dried
in the sun. The vessels trading piano.
pally with Portugal. Spain. ltaly and
Greece, bring back cargbes or salt
from Sicilly and Spain.
Until recently the war has not se-
raiusly interfered with this trade ex-
cept tor a temporary shutting off ol
the Greek market by
. ‘ blockade. Since January lst, howev-
Mr and Mrs George Drew were er, six ilsh carrying vessels have
"1 town. as Sunday 8119595 01 M". and been tot'pedocd off the Portuguese
coast and in the Mediterranean. Fish--
ing agencies here have purchased all
vessels at present available, but as
the British Admiralty has requisitioned
many steamers formerly used in the
trade there 1:.- a groiving shortage of
”tunnage.
t The trade willircquire at least 35-
000 tons of- salt to (are this year's
catch of fish Thus far only enough
ships have been secured to bring in
111110111111 Per
‘11 badly sprained
fall.
C
A
Miss Alice Andrews has returned
from a week‘s visit in Pound Ridge.
N Y.
Town Clerk Arthur C. Bradley ‘cotr
‘tinues ill at his residence “Norwood
} Farm." 2
i Orlando Andrews is sawing wood by
tengine power for Upper Parish resi-
dents
Joseph Ghiotto of South Norwalk,
spent Sunday with his lath-1r, Giacoori
ini Ghiotto, oi the Upper Parish.
Several here will atend the Sunday
School Institum to be. held in South
Norwalk on Wednesday, . March 7.
ing this week to her new home here“
the formet S. S. Carven residence. W000 tons.1 ‘
.1-....... " Sir Eduard Morris. Premiet oil New-
1 Mrs. Frank 1’. Morehouse mtmfied‘iouudland, Who went t" England ’3’
Saturday evening from a few days' v13, tcently to participate in the forthcom-
it with relatives,,\in 13:11'on11e,»N. J., lug imperial conference, “"in with
and in Southport. ghim strong representations from fish
“mm. merchants and others as to the need
The evening’s 1111211111111 from the‘hot of assistance to be given by the Ad-
ronat-beet supper, given in the town miralty itt solving the problem.
ball by Npri’leld Church, young ladies.
totaled nearly 8:26.
"‘MME GAIN" LEAVES
‘ ronrune To RELlGiON
-———-—— .
“’1' Several here will attend the Sunday
will spend Wednesday in Danbury. ut- Fled to Thla Country When Her Une
tending the 'illlltlllllg at li‘Birlh-ld Coun- derworld Actitlltlcs Wet-a Ex.
ty Pomonutlrantre, No. 9. l 1 1 posed '
DULUTH. Minn. March 8.-'l"lte
central figure in "If Christ Came to
Chicago," on expose of underworld llle
by William ’I‘. Snead, English editor
7 who went down with the Titanic, is
dead here. She left a fortune esti-
mated at $400,000. which is to be dis-
tributed among Catholic institutions.
When Marie l. eFlosic. 24. landed in
America trout France, «to years ago,
. she made stralght (or Chicago and
Preliminary workmou'the 11111163111111 1111111 111111111 11 fortune. She was
nob dam. norms land owned by Fm“ known in Stead‘s book 11.1 Mary ltast
ilawley. at the Host Side and 111111.133.
rcsidenrc of Mrs 1‘1“")! Fanton, After the. exposeshe fled 111 Duluth,
begun MolldflY- when she became known as “Mme.
"n' 1' Gain." '
Charles Brook; of Noriield street.
cut his foot badly 11311111 chopping wood
a law days ago. Several stitches by
Dr. .\lel.nurie dated the wound.
-.......,_._
Thomas Bernett of Valley Forge, has
returned front 11 visit in Newtown.
bliss .Sarult Perry, of South Non
walk, has spent 11 few days in town.
was
Jacob Wort; and family of Norlleld
street. will move to Wilton. April 151.
Noriicld 611111.29 will meet in regular
semi-monthly session; Friday evening.t ____
MI. .1111 Mrs. Clifford to. Patchon “rASHINGTCN March 8-—-Red\lt'-
will entertain the Evening Whlst Club “on in the compensation Paid by the
at their Lyon'xt-Plilin home, Thursday ,trovcrnment m the ”1erde for car-
evening irylng mail us readjusted by Congress
_......._ last July is sought by the postmaster-
FARMERS USE MOTORCYCLES general in 11 statement filed with the
Agricultural inshuctora 11111 using Interstate Commerce Commission
motorcycles with unusual ‘tuccess- in made public today.“ The. postmaster:
carrying information concerning lat gencral declares that the pmsent me.
esf form mctltois. Ltnlic ill. Carl Of'ihod rcsuite in"uxcessive« payment.
the ““5""de district $01100“"VVH'Jl‘lne commission has fixed May first:
lard, Mimi; and Fi'oi.‘ Allen '8. West '
of Jnnesviiie. Witt. are damn: the
progremlw‘ 11111111111111 of > intensive
who are tttllizimz' motorcy:
cles successfully in“ this work. Mr.
Carl 111111111111 111411111111 work ,sin
11111111111,» over 11 considerable district
and the animals are unanimous ‘in
' that the partnvpnvtdsnn
has been an important factor in ob-
taming results. * '
JUDU ls. SQNTFNGE‘D"
. To strive 4 YEARS
New HWFNI .an's 8.4-Nelson
hold of Rri ‘gepn‘rt alias Gnogtc Want
son. was iound guilty by a jury in the
United States d: strict couit ye ter~
day of selling narcotic drugs in 111111.
tion of the law. lie was sentenced to
WANT OHEAPER RATES. eon CAR.
nvmo MAth .
reply. .
By Congretslonnl action the weight
basis of payment was superseded“ in
some instances by the. space basis;
The arrangement wan to be temporary
{until the com‘mtsuicn‘ determined otto-
per methods nud‘rntee or payment.
The postmastot- general «11111111111115 that
it the pmsent system were continued
.the government 111111111 pay 33. 223‘.i05
smore than if the weight bands were“
liked. ‘ 1 ~
A schcdulo of proposed rates 'is'al-
1 meat.
1
7 if vmt had been a 2mm 86min:
classified advertiser. at the time you
«scared your present. positions;
ofour yenrs'in the federal 111115111. it 111111111 will have 111111 oite‘. p :11 paper
l 11111121,: the 111111;
,Gbaracd With Steamy, Undo Telle'
foundlaad fish exm‘ters are disturbed ‘
the Entente .
.ry which time the. railroads must file 1
fixed to the uortmastnr- getteral’s state»
,,litred in New Hampshire.
GML Y’KIE ‘39me
9111121 MThupbe'dt WI:
Alright“
BRTDGBPOR-T, March S.—-Freedi
temporarily of the themes of the:
husband, who the police state kept
her in poverty, toned her to sleep in
barns with him and by abuse tried to
‘man
i map. 11111115
I/ .
McCall Designs 1’
for April "\5.
y Stuart
compel her to lead a are of shame to Becoming and
support him. Margaret Smith flinch. inexptnsive A
of 62 Clarence street who says she is Dwns
23 years of age but appears to be about 3 ‘1‘
18 years. was arraigned tn the city £01: every .
court this morning charged with hig- occas10n1~made
any ‘ possible by the use h
“The girl’s first husband, Ernest 0f McCall Pttems
1 later,
24 years. of 510 Fair-field ave
nue is serving a sentence at the coun
ty jail for a theft which he corn1ni1-'terns
:41 dsevera‘l months ago. Without ' The McCall Pat» :;
ynljzebRTm;:$:;l31:11:!)2121ned a J 11; opt-ed Cutting and 1
Riding to‘and from the munition‘ Lonstructton ‘3
plant 51‘“ “‘9‘ a WHEY drivcr, Mich. ’Guitic, furnished .
ael Abalen. The only kindness 01' .it'cc with each
courtesy She Claims she ever knew, McCall Pattern,
was bestowed on her by Abalen. They
. ‘13 11'
tell in love and Feb. 1. went to H u u
Bropklyn and were married. “i
thought it Was till right," she. told
Mrs. Margaret Burgess, the probation
other, “I could get a divorce after-
wards." '
The pair have been living at the
Clarence street address, when Detec—L
tire Curry 11111-11111 of the case and ob-
tained a warrant charging her with
blgamy. This morning in the city
court, Judge, Frank Wilder, believing
she failed to realize the serious im~i
port of the charge against her, parol WEALTHV WOMAN SUED 1
ed her in the custody of the proba FOR HER GROCERY BILL
tion otllcer. continued her case until ..L_..
May and assigned counsel to defend
her.
The Mccall Book 131 Fashions
a FREE COUPON worth 15:
‘ McCall Pattern.
So. Non-walk
'l‘clwr, Mcrral 6‘1. Condict, a New York
firm of wholesale grocers. have
brought suit in the common pleas
court against Charlotte C, ardlow, a.
wealthy Darien woman, to recover on
a bill for goods purchased. It is
m
NEW HAVEN EARNINGS
SHOW GOOD INCREASE
The New York New Maren and
Hartford Railroad reported yesterday
its own and subsidiary company earn-
of McCall Pat-
fittingr ganncni.
Apr-ll Patterns how on Sale
(by mail, 35c); Canadian price, 30c (by mail, 40c) Including
Biugetman Bros. and (118.1. Mintz
:1 perfect
(Spring Quarterly), Price, 251;
toward the purchase of any
Conn“.
1
said she gave her note for $58.90 to se-
cure the debt and the grocers ask the
court to allow them to foreclose 11:1
certain property in Darien belonging
to the defendant. The suit is returna-
bgle to the March term.
A good adv. pays best in the best
paper.
I’
lugs {01 the month oi January. The
parent company‘s revenues showed
substantial improvement. Operating Thursday 13 Barga1n Day
revenues were $6,712,061. an increase.
31 $708,000 over the corresponding ““3 WEEKS SPEC'AL
month last year. The net corporate Ladies’ Aprons
income was $250,000, as compared -, _
1111111111 1111111111 or 3260.0011111 111111. on Bungalow Apronslsolcls.
incNaSe or s5!6.000. ‘ .N WEST WINDOW
For the seven nTfihtlts since the
close of the. last liscal period the New f See our Val-[efy of Aprons
Haven‘t: gross earnings. amounting to
111-113-0001 11111 111111-11 111111-01” A. Dickerman 8: Son
over the previOus year while the net,
amounting to 134,795,000 has guinedfi
$4 755, 000. , :— _‘_ '
The Central New England owned 1 .‘
O
by the1 New linen. had a balance of
$25 000 from in January earnings;
against a deficit a year ago of $35. 000. t
The New York. Ontario and Western.{
in which the New Haven has a half in ‘
lerest, carried only_$1l,0ll0 as, against!
$4.000 last January. l
The New England Steamship Com-
pany, entirely downed by the Newi
ltnwn, was run at a loss of “4.000: ;
the 1111111111.: and New York .Trnntipori'
tation Company at. 11 loss of $7.000.i
and th‘e‘ New Bedford. Martha’s'Vine-
3-111 and Nantucket. Steamboat Com:
pany at 11 loss of $3,000. Other com-
panies that earncdlessthan expenses
and interest were the Rhode island
Company. Berkshire Street railway;
New York and Stamford railway“
Weatchestcr Street l‘illthly. and New;
York. \l’estchester and Boston. 1 p
.2
rv-vrrrfirrrrvwflwvw
In "urn-unmrnr’nrrrrrrls
r. P'frwr;~'fl“rf‘r '"l’" pref”
well dressed bed at all times.
' There are no pockets to catch
2 " 11“ ' 1
men M‘sN Stone cEN'sus BLAN'fi
ME‘RIDEN, March 8.4—Dominic'1‘f
Belleville. used 101. today signed 1:
military census blank. He said that
he would ‘not be of ntuclt'valuc in case
of war, but until a low year. ago
could ride or drive 11 horse and sail
a boat.
er. Belleville was born in Canada
Aug.7, 1811 1111 most of his lite
He came
This prevents hollo'wing out;
sleeping surface.
For the sleep that rests, use
tress. \
hers five years ago.
‘1 HE..—
A good 1111. pays 1111111111 the heat. ,
Dixie Compartment Mattress 1
The mattress that satisfies your every requirement on meat
ness, comfort 111111 sanitary construction. 1
No TUE! design prevents spreading; the edges of the mat:
tress alWays stay square, making it possible to have a tidy,
' broom or darnp cloth will take all the dust of the mattress
and a few minutes in the sun three“. or four times a year
will keep it inasgoodcondition awwh‘en new. ,
Eachof thc'ten compartments i-s'a‘mattreSSAm itself; the
dull resiliency of‘the cotton felt filler is obtained. This
. makes the‘Dixie compartment Mattress fully 30% more
' . comfortable than any mattress of tufted construction.
Ait'd the compartment construction makes it passable. to rcy
iniorcc the mattress where the weight of the body comes.
.VCome in and let us Show you the Dixie. 7 . .r 1 1;
i SJ .. A" gevme 81 8011011.}; ,.
the dust and dirt. A whisk
adords an even and smooth; ,.
it
the Dixie Compartment Mat
HouNDt do car A Doom-w
'_ we'LL‘flfiAtN HtM '2' ‘
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111512., v2.11 CAN 211.511.4131-
‘1‘30’14 or WANT"
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