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TAXATION THE BIG ISSUE.
The Sentinel desires no greater d115-
' tinction titan to have the reputation
for always safeguarding the interests]
The bt-si
make effective :1 protest against waste-
01 the taxpayers. time to
fatness in municipal affairs is at an‘
(12'11111'011, 11111111 officials are selected to
‘5‘...“
handle public business.
It is more 1111001 111111 1111111111111111'
elected to city offices who have the 1113
clination to keep 1101111 tax bills with
' out, fr 1 ' ‘ 1 1
U 0“!“ KaCiilltiillZ dun ”’1' and 01091111th his p01v'cxs more than C0119 Metiden Killingly. Mitldleileltl, i’lain
necessary 111111101 cinents, than it is
simply to elect men to office who have
theI
an insatiable itching for same.
Therefore it is,higi1ly proper and a
public obligation that the claims of
'Mayor Carl A; liarstrom and lion. Jer-
emiah Donovan for election as .‘llavor
be wrichctt carefully by the micro 01'
the city.
”yttaxfhiils are growing larger and tho
. Mayor tells us that they will continue
.' to—incrcase. That may be inevitable
and desirable If the city fathers give
Each year properly owners'
The average citizen knows very lit
tle about percentages 01 increase, etc,
but he does sit up and take
when his annual tax bill reaches him
and he discov'cis that ii is considera-
bly iai'gei .thun the previous one rc-
ceivcd by him. Whichever candidate.
it may effect, it behooves evtry
notice
never be a greater issue than that of
AKING THE MISSISSIPPI PAY.
The Government is said to be his
ing an enormous development otmid.
continent
around the Mississipplqriver
' Is to be util-
,ports. Much of the traffic now going
‘10 New York, Philadelphia, _ Boston,
ultim‘ore and Halifax, is to bc divert-
ed to the five principal Southern’ports.
d, in furtherance of this scheme.
ississippi river shipping.
a1 £10111 St. Louis to St. Paul on
been pronounced a success The Fed-
nnd her navigable tributaries.
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'and hicieasing value.
, President.
:succc ssfuiiy."
, tory.
s-peopie something in return for,
tax-- 3
mayor to choose carefully at the polisi
, ‘.
dzed particuliii'l) 118 1111111111. the ex- 1
ort trade, by relieving the congestion drew the window blinds on which théy i
f Eastetn railroad systems and sea;
’.there is to be a great expansion 01’
The recent experiment of carrying
"to Shipping Board no“ contemplates
asking Congress for an aprpopriatlon’
iron barges commensurate with
.huge appropriations already made
or seagoing merchantmen. It is possi-
Ietbat a program will soon be under
way for. the construction of hundreds
Kt horses for use. on the Mississippi
.S‘uch a program, the experts. sail.
would contribute more to the solution
or our national transportation prom
111“ any other single. factor. I! would
“to over a large port of the nilroodn'
My. Ionsnimnce mm. It would
1.- domestic or: well on torsion
We. can we )9 mi; ‘l'llr
" by um. cm: m the-
The project will call 10111111011 coin
lateral detelopment in the Mississippi
at r11 er ports and of tracks running‘
‘10 those ports from the big railzoad:
,sysiems.
These
come naturally it the basic shipping is"
improvements with
‘once assured, and if assurance is givi’cn,
that the channels will be kept open?
Though begun as a war measure, such:
an enterprise would be of petmanent
it would be the
and agriculture.
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CONSTITUTION STILL INTACT.
Those citizens, in office and out who
visa credited in this paper and also WOW“ ‘0 "5 alarmed 9‘ the bIoad retaining to the old school system (1“ ‘
poweIs exercised 111' the (10V'Pinmt‘nl‘district govcinment do 1ou not think ‘
today, might do well to ponder the ad
i,tliess delivered on this theme. by
:Charies E. Hughes to the trueric 1n
|Bar Association
i The Go1e1nmont {01' pIesent [1111 ii hate been gleatly surmised that he-
poses, consists 0111011311.. and the.
The Gov eiument is 1’19ng
It is.
endowei with the 11'111 making power
111' ire Constitution. And Mr. li'Jghes
cd in earning on a great war.
‘11 minds the critics that “the power to partial tstimsie of the whole project.
page 11' ar is the power to page 1131
Congress is authorized
to “raise and support armies” and to
" Th'tt
the power to consuipt men it
provide and 1111111111111 11 11.1V1'.‘
includi-
‘ COYISCi'iIIllOn is necessary it) lilSU‘.‘ (‘.‘..C'
it includes the power also to
provide supplies for and
Navy by whatever sort of taxation, in-
the Army
'.dusii'iai orcanizaiion, commercial 1115:-
uiation, etc, may prove to be neces-
sary.
The President 1111.: been charged With
And,str11ngely enough, it is
chiefly congressmen who have 111 ought
the charge Accotding 10 Mr. Hughes,
law makers ought to know better The
gross has.
, Constitution 111195111 the P10511113!“ with
the sole command of the Army and
Navy raised and maintained by Con
Congress has: no power to in-
terfere with the Prosldeut
manner -in chief lie cannot be con
trolled bv any Congression‘ai‘ council
entailing a "division of authority or re-
s.ponsibility. " 9
The Army may be used, Mr. Hughes
adds, whcretm the 11111' Is being car-
.1'led on. There is no doubt of the con-
.stiiuiionulitv of using it in Europe.
gross.
as com-
Both President and Conmcss, so 1:11,,0
111 at least, have acted with strict legal-
Ity. The good old Constitution is not
In danger.
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NQ FLAGS FOR WIL5HELM.
One of the mostpoig‘nant comments-i
!
on election day, men who wtll best m on the German “m, that has cw,
nerve them while in office. Tittre can appeared In print is found in a little
news item that came. from Hmhierdam
‘the other day. It tells of a rodent visit
of the Kaiser to Brussels, on his way
11 to the. Flanders battle front. Before
Wilhelms arrival. the German mili-
trunspo1tation centering my authorities asked the people of;
[the city to display tings 11111101101 mlhe'
emperor’ 5 visit. -
inscribed. ‘Closed for national mourn-
ing.‘ The streets were deserted ex-
cept for the soldiers and police.’
An empty city
with crepe in
the Prussian Kaiser!
“closed for mourning."
stead of flags.
has accorded Belgium.
:welcome as the imperial
iarfies towed 1’" W91 steamers hall’might iittingiy receive in any city of
Europe outside his own dominions—
and inside them, too, when the; German
people wake up. It typifies the Ebola
world’sopinion of Wilhelm and 61 his
military satellites, and the sort of war-
fare thewaaKQTnnd the national ideals
they represent.
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1 SENTINEL
s. L. a s L. downs. Props. 51111,.-.“ ““9“ °f new shapes;
2L
ibsginnnic of a new era in our industry1
.Ijnstead, they remained Indoors. andg begin on Saturdtw
What an appropriate welcome for.
It was a perfect re-
sponse to the treatment that Germany
It is such a
autocrat
it is an eloquent testimonial to the
appalling moral isolation of Germany
today. The ruler who boosts himself
as the vice regent or God, the special
representativo of the Almighty on
north, has become to the Marilyn!
mklud no object 0! horror Wits
In. In which his people share is Ions
in the, talents bl: minority and do
READERS’
VIEWS
WANTS LIGHT ON SCHOOL QUES-
TlON.
To the. Editor of The Setninel,
i Dear Sir:
As We ale to vote on the question 01
it would be. well for some who are. in V
favor of that retr0gression to enlight-
:en the public? .\'0 one can 1ote intel-
iliyentiy upon a question unless hehas
Ibcen fuinished wiIh some knowledge
foie this time we have not had the
Iwhole matter put clearly befoic us i
would like to see the press of this citv
iwithout any bias or prejudice, without
1993111 10 W‘flltls 01' districts, or politi
cal pattisanship, give a fall and im-
FREDLRICK A. COLEMAN,
Rector of Trinity Church.
RECRUITS REACH
CAMP DEVENS IN
BIG DOWNPOUR
(Continued From rage One)
Yours sincerely. !
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From Bridgeport, Danbury. Green»
1:11:11. Litchfieid. Milford, New Milford.
Not'waik, Stratiord and Watcibury.
1,922 men assigned to the 3041b infmv
try regiment
From Ansonia
(ir'011111,(‘111iiforil
field Norwich and Portland, 786 men
ussig nod to 1111- second and third but
tailons of the depot brigade.
l'I‘rom Farminaiou, Manchester and
New B1ituin. 071'; assigned to the 301111
machine gun battalion.
From Hartford and vicinity. 501 111:
signed to the 303ml machine gun but
talion
From other potn1s In the 111111ch
'nssigntd to 1110 (Wind light field .1:
tilllcry.
i A search for 100 men from Arno:-
iioolt (.oun‘b'. Maine, who were suppos-
' ed to hate been lost 110111011 note In the
wide reaches of the onntonment dun
Ing the darkness of early 11101111111»-
caused 11 11111191 of excitement and”
cavalrvmcn were sent In vmious di-
irections to round them 111p Later
1'11l1cn it 11111 discovered that the
iAroostook men had Just left their
111011111 and were not due at the camp
‘uniil 10mo1".rou the search was called
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Waitiek 711yszko,1hc 11 resilcr, was
discovered todav among the Maine
contingent assigned to the 303111
'he111'1' nrtlilriy. His identity had
lbecn concealed under his real name.
"‘Cygonit'wiez' which he gave when
he took out his citizenship papers,
and was accepted for the draft army.
lie “11»: born In Austria of Polish par-
i cuts. lie has been spending the sum-
met at Old Orchard.
Warm Summer Night.
A '1'11 n1 sun1mc1 night greeted
them ifrfi 1111 first night in team}?
and their first night‘s sleep in the .
'scrvico of 1 hole Sam carried them ‘
little discomfort from cold.
This 11' 11s 11 (law oi‘ becomlns ac-
quainted with 111911 surroundings .
Because of the fact that the Mair.
sachusetts quota arrives tomorrow
'the Bridgeport men 11111 not be drill-
ed. The (1111' will be spent in getting
their tent'."1nd themselves in 1eadl-
ncss for thefl real training which will
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1 'j'llfl‘lfl
n; ‘11‘11‘ x u
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The, Stamford and Norwallt quotas
reached camp at.) " :55 yesterday after-
noon and the New Haven contingent
1111s the. last to artive, coming in st
0: 25 last night The men of these
quotas were flso reoptted as safe
and sound.
STATES TO FIGHT
TUBERCULOSIS AS
WAR MEASURE .
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. (Continued tron. first page.)
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Secretary Bukeral‘so disclosed that
the War department's plans under
present appropriation bills call for an
army of 2,300,000 Imen.
Secretary Baker further made
‘known today that the War depart- _ \
ment had practically decided to go
ahead with its plan of physically ex-
amining the entire list of drafted men '
regardless of the objection raised by.
some governors whose opinions were
asked.
Telegrams had been sent by Gen .
erul Crowder requesting governors to‘
express their views as to the. advi-
sbility of examining 'I..000000 rosin »
trams remaining alter the first 3..000 ‘ _
000 are examined to m men for the
int coil of 687.000. I'
The governors o! 89va states up
DNV’NI the pm. but other: objector!
Baton: the third draft in node. In
crossing the my to nearly 3.000.000.
an additional mm mm
TOMORROW
ll GREAT SHOWING 0F
Women’s Dresses
Coats, Suits and Skirts
New and AltracfiveModels in the Most
Fashionable Colors and Fabrics at E "
tremely Low Prices.
Serge. and poplin. smartly tailored.
large. pockets, white satin or broadcloth collars.
come in navy, black and brown all sizes. Remarkable value up 10
18.98 $10.95 $12.95 $16.50
Women’s Dresses
hand .
embroidery
These dresses
Women’s Smart Fall Suits
Finest. quality materials and most attractive styles. beautiful trim
1111111111 of plush and fur, with the belt and buckle effect.
$14.50 $18.50 $25.00
trinuning.
copenbngon and green.
$9.95 $12.95 $16.50
Women’s Silk Dresses
Toilets silk and satin dresses. stylish new models in navy,
at extremely low prices.
$18.50
M ariied
New Goaiis
Handsome tailored coats. with rich velvet trimmed, large collars,
patch pockets and belts.
$14.50 $16.50 $18.50 $22.50
black,
WOMEN’S SKIRTS
Tho season's latest for the tall and winter season, now .1 to the
minute models In poplins, scrges and gabardinos.
are ‘
$4 95. 315.50.56.50 III) to $12. 98
WOMEN’S SHIRT WAISTS
Lawn and voile, plain tailored, are dointily trimmed with lace or ‘
embroidery, extraordinary value.
. 98 Cents
Special price
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$4195 and $6.50
TAFFETA AND SATIN SKIRTS
New models. perfect fitting and first class workmanship,
and navy.
TUB SILK AND VOILE BLOUSES
A big collection of smart models to select from.
Special. $1.98
in black
DRESSES FOR CHILDREN
SILK BLOUSES
Crepe do chene, In white and flesh, and stripe tulteta silk, all new
nnd attractive styles.
Special. $2.98
' Just received a beautiful assortment of children's trash dresses.
in plain color chumbruys and glughams. also stripes, plaids anti
combination effects, all new and pretty models, sizes from ti
10 14 years. ” ,1 t '
$1.59. $1.98. $2.49.
DRESS GOODS ..
AMONG THE mugs-n VDRITES ARE
TUSSAHS. POPLINS. SERGES. RHODESIA CLOTH BROAD CLOTHS
PLAIDS. ETC
White Waistinz
numerous pnetty designs, ’11;
Wide Width, 11'0th 39c yard ‘
clearing price . .
19c yard
. Percales .,
High grade qualiu. new pat- i
terns in light. medium and .‘
dark shades, yard wide
A Special Offer 901' WOOL SERGE
in all colors: yard wide . . . 59c yard
STORM SERGE
Of hiuhouality: yard wide . . $1.00 yard
In beautifuhcolors ..
FRENCH SERGE ;.
. .. $1.49 yard
Int/'1' any-1'1- '/-
A very smart material of silk and wool
for stylish dresses: 44 inches wide.
TUSSAH
$1.98 yard
cued d 8111' it -
3556 dailies widlgk. . ighlugtgrgus fin
BROADCLOTH .
0 yard
ROYAL WORCESTER CORSET
One of the best Corset values ever
A new. stunnin model. in dainty nink
\ broche. with] our ust. long skirt. ample
boning and craceful
The Corset for style. comfort and
~ service——
tapered sidé.
At the Antonina: Low Price
' $2200 pair
. / Wise women should take advantage
WOOL POPLINS
A a 11 hi .1 .1 ble it 11 51110 mien Tea Napkins
cue“ a e an um nua I :in a 52.0 qua 113', special
colors; 42 inches wide. ... $1. 5 yard $1.49 dozen
. SILK AND wooL puma 111111110111.
Of lustrous finish: 40 inches wide. ““1 “When“ 81’9““ 5
$1. 69 yard 100 each ,.
Rnonssm CLOTH Fun iBe‘iS””3“dsi .111. .7
seilies patterns, worth $1.50,
A new fall fabric for smart dresses and 5mm
suits: 40 inches wide: comes in all the , ,
wanted colors. .5 yard -
Sheets »
Full size, made of a good grade _ »
of sheeting, special. '
PLAIDS '
A beautiful assortment ofd choice
Piaids for women’s and missos’ desress
40 inches wide. Special at ,. . $1. 49 yard
BLANKETS
. Curtain“ Scum -
Fine quality white and crab-
40 inches wide, worth 351;.
yard.
One hundred pairs of Fancy Plaid 24c wolf
,Blankets. Full bed size. Bought twelve“ zCabin Runs '
(months ago. Tomorrow your choice of so. 21x54, worth $1.00 special
adozenstyles............. Snair' -
Women’s Hondkordt' ’
All noon. with datnuty 91.5351:-
ery corner, Worth 351:. gpeciol
of this 51113111131 otter-He The price will seem
extrem low a little in r on: and the
ouality will seem exmm y hiéh.
Norwalk Chronicler