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Hours changes he: -ng marked by a tendency
xto exteudthe scope, shouen the nail-
ting period and increase pr‘o1isi0n for
. Rats. mi $111111, Fall Woolens
'Eew Sweaters, New Neckwenr
'1.
except SaturdayolflnnotDPlM.
Wealth Insurance,
and Minimum Wagesiis -
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tablished medical care insurance for seamen '
‘ t ,t __. Iin AurE'rltan vessels was authorized .' . .
85 Washington 8m NEW YORK, S‘?pl.'.-‘P10tetlivé under the Fedeial Bureau of W31 _ .. \ E. 1.;
m ‘Standmds 1'01 labor have been suc. R‘Sk' . , . 9 l " \ i
- «M - cessfully upheld against a1tempts to “11.11111115111311thfiLgfiijaws.‘ b .. .1. ‘ "1 .9}
suspend them during the war and . yomlug ‘3’: . ' " i 9 9“} .I , y...
MATHER FORECAST. substantial gains hafelbeen made in‘ lished a commissioner to enforcerits: omen s “tumn -. {,5
new legislation to safeguard still tur- labor laws, and I1ah and \ermont. .I.’
most for Norwalk and 1icinity: ther the nation's industrial arm} '10- 30mm ”‘9 5‘3““ in “me“ “"3 admin ' . i -7. '
. ing tonight; Friday fair and cool— (ording to the summary of 1111101 laps" ‘31“:“0‘1 0f k‘ll’lilIEl’lltthO ”11:91::3‘12: ”i‘" 0 E1
' . . . - . ted during 1917 in 44 states and cu 111g ‘ or "3 ' ‘ 0 ‘ 531'.
The disturbance winch was central 9‘1"“ _ 1d ‘ d d _ 1 1 8 ca '1
. m Con .3. us” _ . (entered in one (011501 :1 e c'pan ; .
.1 has developed into a welldefined 3” 3 ssued ”3 ”‘9' 5.111111 l q
- 11 area and is now passing out the
Lawrence valley. It has caused
ral rains in the northern districts
2 the Mississippi river eastward to
' England. The temperature con-.
1 es low along the northern border:
.1111; temperatures were reported.
in the British Northwest.
THEE A YEAR AGO T0-
: labor
tan Association for Labor Leg islationq
Upon the entrance of 111: l'uited:
States into the great world 11.11, legal”
protections for the norkeis wcrel
threatened [by an ill advised rush 1’01.
1csult.’s,' says the secretary, Dr. John
B. Andrews. “but the nationwide
campaign in which leading civic and
organizations joined forces to
maintain existing standards in the in-
terest both of maximum production
and of human conservatién, has re-
sultcd in notable success. Ifforts 10.
DAY.‘
Temperature: High,
Fair.
WM-_v..__._.-—
City—News
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79,; ltl\1,l
ct aside labor's hard-won standards
on the mistaken plea of war necessity
have been al1110'1t compleIely chetked.
The y'eats grist of labor legislation
shows progress, and indicutes that.
T protective laws for labor are regarded‘
by legislators not as a matter of sen-
timenl but of sound economics. Wo-
men's hours have been reduced in
cight states, men‘s hours in mines in
ment. in Utah and Pennsylvania the
industr at minimissions are gin-n
11011'01 to issue 1'11: 'ulutions having the
force of law. (‘i\il senite lules look-
ing to greater efficientw and stability
of the fatten inspectidn force 11>1c
inauguruted in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey. .
Unemployment.
Public employment bureaus. wcp.‘
authorized in South Dakota and New
Hampshire, while Oregon appointed
a commission to investigate and re‘
commend legislation under which “all
human beings within this state shall
be provided opportunity to secure the
necessaries of life in return for labor
requisite to their production." Miune
sota and Arizona arranged for co-op-
eratiou mm the federal government
in managing public employment of—
fices and Nebraska regulated private
agencies.
? Different and attractive.
Such is the word of the new
Suits for women.
They are made with ion
jackets that ban in gracefu
lines. Those” Jae ets are often
finished with smart pleats.
Skirts are Cut on good fit-
ting lines without too-great
fullness and yet not scanty.
They, too, are often made with
pleats.
Fur will be used for him
How welcome
are new hat: of
velvet and velour;
. . - . Trade Disputes. .
1110 One additional state enacted . .. . . . . .. . _. min some Of the finer SUllS, ,1:
.. uninimum wage legislation. making 14111...ileigaliztlgtglubot (."gapfl-dhmh hereg for exam 15 is a beauti. . - . . . ...
[twelve in all, and two more have set 11111111111115 ‘ d".."‘s.“““‘fi." -'l‘j“n3 1 P Isn’t 11 a dehght to turn 10 “Ch warm-hued hats ol 1“. -
" m iinwstigating commissions to Work 3‘0“? ‘2 j“ 0‘M.'*"“_95 “"513‘0‘?“ ful plum— colored broadcloth . . . . ! g
The South Nlll‘\\'illk Methodist Sun-ion the problem. Five new states "U”. fmd_d:nl]%°‘;l'l’ . ‘1‘"). 51nd trimmed Wllh VBlVCt and fur VClVCl, charming hats Of VClOUI‘, billllanl Silk beavers %’ .
‘ 5031001 “'5” resume 'regular “5'1 enacted workmen‘s compensation (11111132233131: {villleanctiA “:1? ugldlwllxll l 85 ’ ' ' 3
.11., next Sundav when 1111111.. sct1ol-ilgfionln 31:1" 53330311103111. :01".- 1111111113111 “3131...“. pinup“... 11.1— a 3 ~ How they bung the very air of Autumn! And how‘ "51'
. .. ' ' or s 1 ' .11 rm 1' red ' . ' . l . . .
11.; are expected to be present. - . . ‘ . J . bade. 11111110011111; :1 person not to work: > . ° ' i a i 1. ._ . -
_._.__.—— 'giggiggflfligfil3.1:,£322.99 sup in 111 an establishment titanufacturinr; 01" some SUllS are trimmed glOl’lOUS the” warm bl‘OWflS ll‘lil glowmg purples re ”i, p.
The Democrats of the Second Ward
:‘ t Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
M
”Polley’ s dancing school now open
very evening Private teaching only.
Several Norwalk yachts will take
t in the inter-club subscription re-
» tta for the benefit of the Red Cross,
' be sailed off Great Captain Island.
11' caucus this evening in the clty‘
Health Insurance.
The movement 1‘01' univeisal work-
men's health insurance has 111111111 rup-
lditional study with 11 View to public
education and legislation. New in-
vestigating commissions were created
.iu (‘-onnct11cut,lllinois, 0b).), lhznn I
'1'1'Zlvan :1 and Wisconsin.
Hours.
For women. Nevada 'aud Montana
established an 8-hour day in many
occupations, and Ohio reduced daily
hours from 10 to 9. New York ex»
'ccnt announcement by the company
delivering military supplies.
WILL AFFECT FAIR LITTLE.
Secretary G. M. Rundle of the. Dan-
bury Fair, has received from the. New
York. New Haven and Hartford ruil‘
10nd further confirmation of the re—
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able to provide the usual excursion
trains for the accommodation of traffic.
.With effective push.
Braid is used to give its c011-
And there are many plain rich suits.
One notable model is the oxford that 15 true type of
lailoréd suit. Not a whit of trimmiugubut graceful beau-
; tiful simpicity. $40
A handsome brown broadclo1h at 330 shows quiet dec-
loration; a taupe gabardine at $47.50 will appeal to women
For ’tis :1 56115011 when warm colors are greeted with
eager satisfaction. The blues and the greens and the gold: .
But black velvet is not black; nor dull; 1101 sombre.
it is alive. and alert. it seems amosi military. And when
ifhasthe touch of a burnished feather ornament it becomes
brilliant.
__So there are many black velvet hats.
And most of
‘- to 11111111111111 year» as the WWW" them have simple trimming. But that simple trimming is.
1' lndian Harbor Yacht Club tended its 9-hour day and 54—hour . _. - ~ 1 - - -
rses next Saturday afternoon. 3““... m restaurants. New Hamp- 11111011 of soldiers and materials in c911 Willi desue {01‘ tasteful tummmg. very effective. And hats are truly attractive.
’ ucctlou with war preparations will re-
,
tug at 2 o'clock.
The Douglas Fowler Woman's Relief
run-pa will meet Friday afternoon at
1. ‘ home of Mrs. Edith Boerum, 25
‘oodward avenue, to‘lmake pillow
us for the soldiers hospital at Nero-
"o. All of the members are request.
.1 to be present.
..’.l‘he following permits were granted
. uy: Andrew Veno to build a barn
. .a cost of about $300 for Mike Tests
" Davis Place; to Mis G. G. Bohau—
wlring a house at 207 East Wash-
on street; to the American Hal:
lumpuny to wire at their factory or.
. 11 street; to Harry Taylor to wire
his home on Centruluvmue and to
urles. Weber to wire on Willlam
et.
The fact that he had no papers to
. 111* that his story was accurate was
,shh'e cut one hour .ofl’ the previous
{15-hour maximum, while Nevuduwet
a 56-hour maximum in certain employ~
meuts. Both Delaware and 0th re.-
strtcted women's work to 6 days :1
.vi'cek, and the: New York statute to
this effect now applies also to restau-
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geneial lengthening of legal working
time fot wont-3n was Wyoming, which‘
has granted weekly unixiutum from
56 to 60 hours. War conditions. how-
ever, led Nuw Hampshire to except
from its women's hour luw munufuc
turers of munitions for the United
States during war times. and Oregon
and California excluded from their 8
hour laws‘women engaged in the. pro
parutlon of fruit vegetables. and fish.
For men Kansas and Washington set.
111) an 8- hour day in mines.
Labor Standards in War Time:
Mistaken zeal at the entrance ofa
the United States Into the war led to
the introduction of bill's in some leg~
islutures designed to break down la-
bor standards. in addition to laws of
this 'type described under “Hours."
Connecticut and New Hampshire gave
quire all the company's facilities.
‘rullroud gates.
”The fair is making preparations for
While the withdrawal of excursion
trains a few yeard ago, would have
been regarded by the fair management
as a disaster, the railroud’s present 1111-
nouhccment is not looked upon as 11‘
serious hundlcpp to the success of the
‘exhiblilon, as with the lucrpuse of uu-l
tomobile trulllc during the lust'dew;
years there. has been 11 gradual tullingi
off in the number of oxcurslonisls 11111-
ellng to the fair by Hill, and last year;
scarcely ten per cent of the 1 000 ad- 1'
mission tlcketa were collected at the
"1 enter number of automobiles than 1
ever befoxc. during the first week in the observance was the raising at 111- star has the name or one of the cold! Mrs.
Octcber and will devote its energies dependencc Hall 011119, new \Vashiug nies embroidered on it.
to the development of automobile ex» 1011 Lafayette flag, made in the little verse side of the flags is the inscrlp- paign Committee.
curslon 1111th rather than railroad ex Betsy Ross
Cill‘SlOXlS.
Amm 11.111 flag was cream-d
Here is ‘a miltary-effeci suit of wool jersey in unique
N
.brownish- -green mixture. {Tis finished in double- breasted
style. $32.50.
Several models at $25 offer range from plain to pat-l
terns with much braid.
A belted suit of wool poplin has bmad collar—but that
“collar like all the others of the season, is to be turned up
tnd buttoned close. $18.
Mil floor
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THE HOWLANID' on oooDs COMPANY.
Small.hats. large hats. Rolling-dim hats. Close-tilt
ting hats. There are many many Shapes They will makd
piquant and attractive frames for faces of the varyinl
types. m.
Velvet—$2.75 to $17.50
Velour—$4 to $12.50
Silk beaver—$4 10115
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Second no". “‘5. c
where the first tion:
A similar ‘ “W ashington- l.uf:1ye1'.le~l11ly 4
house,
On the re- ‘chulrman of the Maine Suffrage Cam-
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011111111111 Knox. LivingstontxlCONGRESSMAN'SCONDITIQN
REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME
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Under date of 4, the! .
president wrote: Congressman E. J. Hill's condition
ml September ‘
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13'1
Ha;
ll, for the purpose of electing sixteen ld strides. The official commissions --~— ll'IlSl' lll beaut l06 1 number . 91,.
legates to the Democratic city 0011— of ' hiassachuuetts and California, Withdrawal 0i EXCUWO" Trains Not Of modgcls y ‘ share With the brown and the purples—and black SBCmS id ,1}
non to be 1.111 at the some Place 3“““1 111111.. ”"0”“? WW“ “mi" Swim HandicaP- ' ’ " ' "" have as much life and delight as any of its ovals. 1‘
’ 1111 1917. have been continued for :1d- 3. 11;... .g. ’1."va .
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“May [not express through you 111y‘remains about the same deem-ding to
at pal-is 111 the same time. The flag w..— 1ve1y great interest in the equal sut—Tthe bulletin given out by his physician
__. -"\111s sent to Paris some time 1130 11nd PRESIDENT URGES EQUAL SUF ift'gu e campaign in Maine The plcdgl last evening No great alarm is felt:
mont, also, authorized 1111111141 action PH‘LADELPH‘A Sept. 6’44”“) ‘wus this week turned over in Presi-l FRAGE ‘95 Of my pally ale very distinct in 111- over his health, hOWeve‘r 11s it 11111!
by the commissioner of industries ette Day drew thousands of patriotic dent Poiucutc to Vice- Illesident Porv: BANGOR, Maine “Sept 13,-vP1'eeitlezlt vor of granting the suffrage to we Dl‘eViOUSly been admitted that hie illv
with the congent of the governor, andlcitizens to lnde ehdence Hall 101111 to 111 ' 51111.1 1 on and I would like ness \VOUId be a 1011 and tdious one
llassuchusetts established 11 board of p y, of tltdl’arls Council. 1\\ilson showed his interest in the 1 U1 1“ C a“ g 0
11:11:11 was to be raised 01' or the city hall indn'pcndeucc Hull. "
their governors power to suspend la-
bor regulations on request of the
'Council of National Defense. Vcr-
no cause, of 'Raphel Cerrctte, of 125
in street,_stamford, being arrested
the Springfield police on suspicion
having stolen 'a Fort automobile
1' 'sterday. The car is the property of
LAFAYETTE DAY EXERCISES.
.ony Pattaflune, 0f 23 W00d street, this five members to grant suspensions inlho.“r the memory M (be great French. Thirteen slurs, repiesonting the orig count «outage campaign in 1111111112 and ‘0 have the ”HUGE“ "f “’gmg “v.11. ‘S'Px"ec£(:(l ”m Mr. W“ “vi“ 110 ‘l‘
'3' . who rented it to Cen‘ette to make individual cases after a hearing. “‘3” who came. ‘0 the aid 0f “‘9' Unit- inal states were sewed on each fiug by cause :11 the special state election next 1 931003“; m “199“" 'l ““5" l“ which “Rm” ‘0 “‘5 bed m" at ”a“ “"0““ ’.
“‘9 trip ‘0 Springfield. He did not give A no 1 MET)?“ lat/age. ed SW98 1n the early days Of “‘9 coun- American and F1 ouch girls, and each Monduv, in 1 letter rccelt‘ed today by “9 fl“ believe.” .“" “‘Omh' ' .
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M“ mun any papers, however, Md he ,11‘11go olqulll :wseel: foll xx-xglgillml: gsa;c:tr:figizbsfntlwixmillstlln1;21111319 ._ . _. .. . .. --. . ~ we... -..., .... _.._..._. “—5 ‘~' "
as arrested and held 1n bonds of6.100 Slopes 1nd mam-19,. 1 Illinois and 1 ‘t’ '9' ’ ' ' “ . . «1,,
‘ ' ‘ .. -. .. . ~. . . . x 1 , ' ' 1 - ..
1‘ e was released by the police dull the North Dakota established commls- day unnnenmy 0f Lafayette, patriotic ' ‘VeSt POHIt cadets GlRililal “g Into the “farm "'3 '
“mm for surety Mr. Passfiune will sions to investigate wages and fillet
exercises were being held here in the
,conditions of wdmen in industry
. Safety and Health.
i Eleven states strengthened their
1child labor laws mainly by raising
.. The Norwalk Yacht Club will go one limits, extending existing 1'estrlc~
fibrmally out of commission on October tions to new omplovtnents, or short-
) eniun' bolus Texas passed a new gen~
115111.1111110ug11 it is untitrstood that. @1111 statute settutg a 15- -yeu1 mini-
Cmmodore James A Fairell “111 11111111 age for factories, and Vermont
«he use of the quarters until Novem- 111'101' bed for issuance of regulations
1. lst on account of still keeping his in confmmity with those of the fed
cht in Norwalk waters. The gover- oral child labor act, which went into
effect Sept. 1 with an uppr'opliation
rs present were pleased to heal" that 111' .1150 1100 for its 11111111119111.2111 Kan ,
ctor W Eerris. one of the officers $.11 11111 New Hampshire 191115111211 011 '
it the club is new second in may 'gfnctmy safegusxsd Texas on the es
and of a United States mine sweep- ,5???“ New 1'19”? 10“ ~803§0ld§ng
‘ o :1 on 11 car cu appara us 391- ..
0a the Atlantic coast. _ 111111113 on sanitary equipment. and
West \ irginlu on mines; all following
. *I‘ho boys of the Hill Section wlsh the modern tendency to lay- down in
take this means of publicly thank-1he 13W merely general requirements. ‘
.'.‘.g those business men and others. leaving: to the labor commissioner,
gflre marshal. board of health, or oth-
310 donated 5° generously to the re- gar administrative official. the duty of
1111011 given in honor of those boys issuing specific regulations. New Jet'-
the bill who were 0111111311 or .had: my forbade the manufacture of food
isted 111 other branches of military 01” Childlen'fl Wear in tenements
1.11.11.11.11... merchants include: B. Workmens Campensation,
Workmen's compenSation laws wele
DeKlyn, W110 donated cream and enacted in Delaware, Idaho New
_ 1111111- John w. Rooney; refresh-31111111110, South Dakota and Utah 11111
” onto; Louis S. Nyary, rot'reulimelutc:i lug forty states and territories which
‘hoda 011111.101 use of tables and me” [have 19““ laws in addition to
e era government's coin ensu-
. “milk M7 Cullen. for 1°.“ of. wire. tlon law for its own halt mlllioxll clv
$811“. COMMI'l‘TI. ._ 111111 employee Compensation 11. the
‘ ‘ " nemacts is 50 ,to 165 per 111111.11
is 1111191111 .11 by half in New
. bet 1 jtf' .
shrine of Liberty. where
spent. much 'of his time
struggle for democracy.
Jules 'J1ts;.erand, the French Ambas-
sador. was on the program for the ‘
principal address here. A feature of
Lafayette
deavor to straighten out matters 10-.
> in the first
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MSW
.EASY TO GET, EASY TO KEEP-
USE. “DIGESTONEINE” AND WIN
quick rc‘ief from heartburn, loner.
gmy stomach. dizziness and ._
‘indigestian ills. Tone your entire. '
system. stir up our appetite by {’01- "
lowing the lead, of thousandr—e
.. .uUSE...
lB- “1"hoKey tokellef"
I have never taken noytliln that.
10th me stub nultk relief and intro
wont hundreds of (1 Hum with otbot
r1 medics. have been otherctl over are
yours with what was pronounced
guvlrltlu. l 1111: food 11.111 I knew
would rdlsc 1:113 up my moumpb, 1111
,to my :ourpl'lse ultcr having taken
01111110 01‘. your "Dlgmtonelno"l
1 11111] no Glfiit‘flnd whatever. «
JAMIL‘S W. BTOKE'S. 011111111011... . '
r all! - Dludmmu
Mail; "11115331133141" Mn ’
West Point cadets graduated'ien
month‘s befbre the regular time in
“order that they might command A111:
erlcau troops in 111-2 war The photo—
graph shows the neug officers match-
ing before the exerclue. Hundreds 11
mothers find fathers were thereto see .'
the young memget their diplomas and
the secretary of ‘war had gone to .
.Woshlngton to the chief officer in ':.
the ceremonies. ' . 1
' These young men are to- have ttvo r ..
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