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MILITARY STRENGTH 3
The lairu-l estinmie of the ntiiitary
1 "limit of the various llelligercntié,
'bt‘ expt its in our war depart-I
t, shows Htl‘ili‘nfilt' the numeric-uh
Iloritv of the Allies. i
l .1, Illilll‘tl that at least 38,000,000}
altogether are now bearing arms. I
eany is credited with 7,000,000;
. 3,000,000; Turkey and lluienr-I
$90,000 each: Russia 9,000,0sz
'4 : 6,000,000; Great
" ltaly 3,000,000; Japan 1.400,-I
*3 United States more than l,000,—
:Ilfinina 541.000; Routnnnia 320,.
’ I, Belgium 300,000; Serbia 300,000.,
.. e 300,000; Portugal 200,000;
l-tnegro 40,000; Siam 30,000; Cuba
,9”; and Liberia 400.
:l‘hIenc figures are not _
”- 'enting accurately .tlllc present
vg strength of all the belIintr-
"The Russian army, though larg-
. in size, is probably not superior to
A . , just now, In actual fighting:
- The American army is not yet'
to strllle a blow, it!“ Greek or.
in in process of
Japanese and Chinese
flay‘not be ‘tent. to Europe.
0, 3st making all these allowances.I
3h supremacy of the allied forces is,
war-wht-lnlinm Potentially, they out-
;lmber the (‘entral European forces
Britain 5.’
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t
reconstruction.
armies
i
when necessary, they can be moIliI-.
fined in the war zone, effectit'ely arm-I
and trained. almost to a man. l
“One, of the most remarkable fea-
Ifel' of this table is the strength in-
titrated for Roumanla. Serbia ' and
Ned, are shown to have a combin-
Mjolflective war strength of nearly
on men. Serbia and Roumania
muster forces equal to those of
or Turkey.
. fighting odds in favor of the Al-
'Iare tremendously impressive, as
w standsin six months the odds
be 50 per cent. better, owing to
, ea'dy strengthening of the al-
A "ilorces and the steady decline of
Central European armies. Today
ratio of fighting men available, on
one. in the spring it will be no
than three to one.
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"n-ts KAISER'S wan LOAN
I t/tr Wilhelm cclebrates the suc-
of the latest German loan in this
erlstic. telegram to his minis-
finance:
‘. :aed highly at the splen-
I.. 1:2-115: -t‘ the subscriptions to the
i - loan. and l express to
’ Iwnrtv thanks and con-
' -~ 2.- successful work.
' '.~.~'lh a fixed aim M-
o: t! t- world, the 'llOlO
pit :‘n'l/‘tl': In the fourth
. - war in 'i’i‘ sido of lift he
W?” in the’fi-‘I'I and battle the
”hm government and the army
(11'
Id the Fatherland is as"
5" preme snort of the
flflt"l‘(‘d tut '
‘ shall
,Qgttle front is probably about ton
. , ready for sacrifices 0! blood .
transm- until the honor and frer' tlfltl'llf‘ a little less than an acre of ”0""
”w-—
”biblical that it's all m; but the
Miss—4m the oemu’ loan has
been such a tremendous moans than
the mere moral elect of it will make1
the Allies lay down their arms and
one for peace.
We notice. however,
German govern—
it
that this out
ment. an effort so strenuous that
nicant practically the commandeerlnz
of all funds not already squeezed out
of German pockets, brought in But}
scrlptions far less than those offer-
ed freelv in our second Liberty loan.
Also that. coincidentally with the an;
nonttcement of this financial triumphr
the German mark was reported at aI
discount of 60 per cent. in 'Swedish‘
ext-halide. That the German‘
loan, which is nominally $3,107,000,-3
makes
000, worth in reality only a little more
than 31.200.000.000, ‘
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UNPATRIOTIC RETAILERS
More and more the attention
the country is being fixed on the re-,
wilt-rs. it appears that the laws pass-I
‘cd by congress and the regulalivei
measures adopted by the food admin-E
istration have left them practically:
untouched. The price of food in gen-t
of.‘
eral has not gone down, as the gov-I
moment and the public anticittated,I
though the much-criticised middleman!
has had his activities limited and!
his profits curtailed.
Evidence has been accumulating to
the effect that
been, and still are,. charging all the
t
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retailers have
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frame will bear. Eontl Administrator;
lloover has recently complained of;
two flagrant (‘alfl'fi in which they have"
I
failed his efforts to cheapen food
IWeth‘ersfleid bu
‘during the past year.
be made with the end of promoting,
interest in it.
committee will study, the advisability
of recommending the
numerous boats are
ashore at
ever reached before.
PRISON marinas
REPORT Pnoottm
ttkmtinued Front Page One)
proceeded as usual
The reports'
which are thing sent by the probe
lion officers make it apparent that-
there has bten an increase in the
activity of the probation service of
this state. .
"Perhaps the item of most moment
for this associa‘ion has been the
passage of the. act establishing the
state farm for women. it was to theI
committee on delinquent women. un-l
tier the leadership of Miss Mary A;
’loodmatl of Hartford that the credit,»
for this pieci- of legislation was one
iier‘cortlnlittee'worked early and 111th
on this problem and prepared '
le-
]Wf‘lsi which-were rim ly unanswert
able. There will soon p'pear in thel
American 'Jouluai for Criminal Law
an article of about thirty-five pages'
prepared by members of this commit-l
tee giving in brief the laws of the"
various states which have establish.
,ed refoltnalor'es for women and a
comparison of thee law's with that
of Connecticut. .
"During the coming year it in hop-
d that a very thorough study of the.
probation service in this state may
At the same time a
establishment
of courts of domestic relations lnl
lltin stale.
é’i‘ORM AGAIN
CAUSING SOME
DAMAGE HERE:
(Continued From Page One).
Tile float at the Norwalk Yacht
If‘lub, at Hickory Bluff. which was be‘
ting blocked up yesterday, had all of r
II; . blot-ks knocked from underneath where the letters are mailed only.
l
't by the lll'.’ll tiderttntl the rain. and
being washed
points higher than they
The police this morning received
‘0. word that the life saving station at cents because there are two postal cent stamp afllxed to It.
In many cases they: “0'0“ Point was being washed away.
the. consumer. I
have forced the public, he says, to
Dav
flour than Is warranted by the price
jand 50. (int- nlay gather front that if
i out is familiar with Roton Point. tht- city
$1.50 to 3200 a barrel more for: force of the tide and the heighth.
A number of the men in this city
who constitute the crew there left asking for it special ruling on this mal- card" printed on it on .1 private man!
being paid to the millers. And thch this. mat-nine when the word in re-
auzar than:
have charged more for
rupiing their old profits;
catty to mention many other commodl-I
ties for which abnormal prices are,
charged, . I
In most instances the
pleads "scarcity" as his justification.
to point out that if scarcity, real or
Imaginary, was ever proper cause «for:
boosting prices to consumers, it is not “I‘m
i“
so now, whether the commodity be 311- uncomfortable.
adrift and floated ncroea the harbor.'
, . Whit-h was wry much and. at Dorm
“bl lon'lt Point. the water came up ,into
the road.
(‘ountry t'lub was reported as being}
out of order at noon todayt- ,'
gar or shoes or coal or anything elBB.I
Suppose sguar is scarce!
should the retailer therefore get more
per pound for what he has to sell,
when the government is enabling him
to buy his supply at the same old
su-
dlng against each other tor the
gar. The only fair
thins: to do is to diatriblll'l’h‘the supply M
ins Willi-“bl" 3-“ ilil-‘l’llblev wnhoutgfoundations and several others have
boosting prices .Jlntl profits. Other-
wiee,,while everybody else suffers
V , ‘ ' . ov— . _
”Gilliam The” three countries, Ifront the scarcity. the retailer gains by, laying traffic. l'l-T'pairl-t made
arms by the Germans and generally .
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Mb! "I m America as hopelt‘ts ‘ I It is such exhibitions of unfairness
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as this, which have occurred in so'
manv cities, that are rt-SponsiblejorI
_ . t
the present widespread ('I'Y'YOI' Km crn-'
ment regulation of retail prices. WC;
I .
have such regulation before
long, in all important commodities, if
the retailers do not fall into line vol-
untarily. ‘ .
.WILL TAKE OVER
2 ENEMY PROPERTY
I IN THIS COUNTRY
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Iproperty worth millions of dollars
twill be in the custodian's hands,
lPrcsldent Wilson soon will issue an2
[executive order formally conferring}
ithe requisite powers upon Mr. Palm,
‘ er. who will furnish a fidelity bond
in the sum of $100,000. The order
Calm will authorize expenditure of ap-
propriafiomt, --includint:. engagement
of nemeeary assistants and opening
of branch bureaus for receipt of
l'flPl’t')’ property. _
Mr. Palmer said after the confer‘
ence. with the.President that he was,
preparing to enforce the law as it
Illtamin for taking over property of
tcltt'zens of nations allied with Ger: 1‘
' many as well as that of Germans. He
explained that the President might;
lsuspend the. law's operations as to
I roperty' of Turkish. Bulgarian. Ans-f
Itf’lfll and other allied citizens whose‘
motions are not at war with the Unit-
'etl States. although that question has
,not been discussed. ‘ l
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PRIsONERs flAlIl POTATOEQ.
Boston. Oct. tin—Prim who
(cited to try and save it.
. . . was aleo reported to be up over the
whorl-salt- prlt‘ct-i Justified. 0"?“ quad" troll?! bridges fibre. and the high Norwslk from South Not-walk or view of one cent. This means souve'm
.tlde at it‘ll) l a r a
It "0““ ”9i havoc In“; M ml (round mumIWI’” for 2 09M! countless confusion post cards that have only the addreesI
retailer force of the prewnt storm is not as
;bad as it was a week ago, However.
.plenty of bull" were reported
iiut it should no lontzer be necessary short circuits from the water reaching postal districts in this city,
the expost‘tl wires of the telephones,
in dwelling houses were reported.
and WHO”? last Wednesday.
tide is running and wreckage is being
The water
In the telephone office no comaI
plaintlt had been received up to mom
Etoday about any wires belnz down or solidated a little over four years out) forVInrded without sddi
. . . . . . tlonal postage .
an) poles. for that matter. or the the poslofllces 0' the former PM" of however; t100 ”hgrfl'
Norwallr and South Norwalk remained
006.14"! the mu" m"- we“ "9 ”0" "'0 be no Increase except on those pack 5
in East Norw'nlk the tide was not
high as it was a Week ago. bllt
it was high enough to make ItI
Small boats broke
The telephone at the
Damage Up Milford Way.
MILFORD. Oct. 30.» rHeavy damageI
’ three to one. . And if it be- resulted along the shore front here ascents. under the ruling of the act as it
WY 'price? Support? i'ufliomt‘m are bld‘I a result of a severe storm which now reads to send a letter to somcom .
swept over Milford today. the storm:
being almost at repetition of that of:
One house on a
sand bar between (‘harles island and
. yrtle Beach was blown from Its
hren unsettled. An‘ unusually high
washed upon the trolley trucks; de-
the storm of last week are.
wrecked and Hen walls are being bad:
ly battered.
ARRESTED WITH STOLEN AUTO.
MOBILE
Homer and his wife, Mrs“
Catherine liomer of 68 Bell street,
Bridgeport, were arrested in Stam-
ford, yesterday. by Policeman John
Russell
Brennan for theft of a valuable auto- .
:moltlte in Bridgeport, Police. Sergeant
INevins assigned Brennan to look for
,Ithe stolen automobile, and the latter
ffollnd llomer and his wife in it. in
that Main street, and apprehended
Ithem.
I Homer had been working a dav’ In
3the garage, where he stole the car.
{He had a suit case fllll of tools and a
magneto. He was taken back
Bridgeport.
SHIBE PARK FOB FOOTBALL
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 30.-—Shlbe
Par’k, the home of the Philadelphia
American beam Baseball Club, has
been turned .over‘to Captain Ron "01
gun, of the United States Marine root-
ball team for the remainder of the sca-
tton, ,
The first game will be. panEd there
next Saturday afternoon, when the
Camp Heade otllcers’ team will oppose
the Karina. .
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ELECTION DAY TRAIN CEIVIGI,
Election nay bolus a holiday in New
York. the N. Y. N. H. It'll. R. R. fol— '
lowingjts usual custom. will dtim
tin-0‘ a number of local . trains into
but out. of New York, on Tuesday.
Local board for Division No. it.
State of Connecticut, hereby certifies
to District Board No. 3, Court House.
the military service of the
States. and who have been. by said
local board. exempted or discharged
Bridgeport. Conn, the following list within the meaning of the rules and
of status of persons and their ad- regulations prescribed b‘; the 'i’resiv
dresses. who have been only and lc-‘dent under the Ac. of Congress. ap—
gally called by‘saLd local board for proved May 18. 1917: '
Uniielil a 1 « ,
t i OS 1
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Store *
illit’l'l
being'
Serial Order '
No, Name. Address o'- c n. w . l ‘ 0 ' ' ' °
1748» Giacomo Panialea, 23 Ely Ale” ls‘étnngwnlgll, 2.50 i pponunlt‘es for Blg saVIngs
IlSl'i—Jmigi Pietrougeli. 35 Chestnut St. So. waallt. 304 It Bl
ANS—Salvatore Russo. 43 Main 5.. N -.= ' ill. 2:" ‘ k
3U96——Salvatore Bat-tomiilo. Noroton. l;8ilt;x.“a 429 i on an ets and comfortables
3252 —r(‘harlca G. Charity. . Ncrolon, Darien. 43 j - o .
176’m’i'aco pguOI . 8 Bou'on St.. S . N "lk. 447‘. UV
13's;- Giaconi Pepitone, 2 Smith St., Notifier.ll?"m 539 i are POSltlvely onderfUI Here.
596v~itobert Deiiutt, 90 iexington Ave. Norwalk. 3% I .
3319rr»i'r8ncisco Emmi. (llenbrook. Darivn. 276 l ' '
. 421w Luigi Catlin no, ll? Ely Ave... s . No walk. 92:; ‘ k
32tm~NataIe lt’ioriigno, Nol‘oton‘. Conn. 0 r, 20 I I our Blan ct nepmmen‘ i5 Filled lo
555.... Iljasquhrl‘e utronc. 5:8 {golfing BL. 50. Norwalk. 8i? i llWCI'flOWin Win] Bl k ‘
a”~ uigi .utrone. )ar en.‘ tonn. M
-503 John Zembroi’nkl. 34 Broad St. Not-want. 526 1 . ii a an e S 0‘ every nis'
329f— J . pt ii ed , I) r’en, ('on . 2041 . ~
one Il eg us Discharged. n I I firlp an.
2:301 George A. Wilson. 39 Smith St . Nolwalk, 37 l
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LOCAL BOARD FOR Ii‘lViSiON .\'f). It.
littll.
A notable Feature of this Depart-
ment is the large and Comfortable Show-
ing. of BEACON lilANlili'lS Famous for
their Warmth, Wearing Qualifies and
low. Prices.
. CARL AXEL ll.‘.i‘.r'.'l‘
:li' [E its -It .Jml
“ml i. 21' ’ ' v m
El'vltlijt' It, tut. r. Mir
NORWALKERS
‘ AFFECTED BL
POSTAL RATES
tConltnued Front Page One).
thtit'tzltln.
HANFORD S. WEED.
SHOW-fat y.
der line.
Postmaster Andrew Leary therefore
wrote. to the Postmaster General a:'
Washington and carefully explaint at
the sttuatién to him and while no on
never has been received. yet it is hope!
The rate on drop lettets on aid af- that a special ruling will he made. so‘
ter November 2 will be 2 cents an that the confusion may be avoided. in
ounce or fraction thereof. This by New York city the ‘same problem.
plies to all letters mailed for delivery only this time with the districts pre
within the postal district of the office seated Itself and Potttmaster Patten ot
where they are deposited, and includes New York wrote to the postmaster
delivery by the regular or rural carv general at Washington asking for a
iers routes operating from llu- ofllces special ruling but the specified ruling
was refused on account of the size at
In connection with this n peculiar the city"
problem presents itself here. if one All posts! cards, Whether in print or
wishes to mail a letter to Nulwalk it Writing will (last two cents. and u...
will cost three cents. instead «ff two cent with will liayo to have a one
Pull siu. good heavy blankets, soft and decay. white with pink
and blue borders ............................ $2.99 pair
Grey or white, Woalnap Blankets. warm. strong and extra good
wearing, special ...................... . ....... $4.98 pair
blankets for dressy gowns and bath robes, new designs and
color combinations, durable, sanitary and maintain
able. ........ .. .......... $398
Wool alaukm in white. with dainty ptu— and bins borders. with
silk binding and beautiful combinat. .n plaids, $6.98, $7.98
$3.98. "
districts although there is’ only one A post card or private mailing card
bore. _ having a written message on I; Is also
Postmaster man has written to the Inbicct to the two cent rate. ‘
postmaster general In Washington Post cards having the word "post
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COMPANIES FILE
II ORGANIZATION. PAPERS
AI certificate of organization-of.
Belliellnger l: Lsdlntz of Bridgeport,“
west recorded in the office of llu.‘ sec-
retliry of the state yesterday. The
,cnpiitnl stock is $10,000. divided into
The subscribers are
'Iflalttin J, Lading. Martin A. Ladillg
‘0! lulrfield. Joeeph .i. Sch"etinger
and Jacob Schietinnar of Bridgeport.
.803 of "5 cents or bore when a taxlfldcellroateIOI ogganizalion twist,“-
. ~ , '10 em eaty fompany o ‘ew
0'10 “‘49?” building '0 b“ 10’3”“ of one cent mu be “1190301 .011 5“], 25 London was recorded. The amount
centrally “5 3 WWW“ h" been “5‘“ cents or fmtlon thereof so that If .10! traPlfal Hock is $100,000. divided "Count of their hca‘vy holdings. Whirl-
ed for so that there will not'be two tlnifli 1,000 shares. The >uhacribera ”H'i' hall been unable to dis se of '
package costs 28 cents postage an ad. are Samuel A. Goldsmith. [.1 Victor, the unfavorable markets 0pc rec-«I;
film?” but nothing has ”‘39“ h“""lmIdlfional two Dents must be affixed to Goldsmith and Stanley A Goldsmith “ii-‘9‘
’9 ‘lt. not with postage stamps hOWet'er. of New London.
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floated today and will be taken u-
Now York for rt-pairs.
ter. it the special ruling is not given in card that do not bear any Writin'.’
whereby a drop letter may he sent to ire cubiect to the old third (‘03: ratr- TWO
MONTREAL landfills
IN DANGER 0F Rum
MONTREAL. Oct. 30.—--Tlto
lf't-ll Stock Exchange failcd to open
this morning. The unofficial explai-
Iatlon was made that the Exclama-
-nas closed because, a number of
'brokers an in danfzcr of ruin on ar—
expense and delay will be Caused. . written on them. These cards while;
When the city of Norwnik was co'I- subtect to the one cent rate cannot be
Man-
On parcel post packages there will
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TAKE FIVE PRISONER! TO
loilztlhcaetnl‘s dig» lit?" :2: 21:2: can he purchased M postofllcev. TM“ l't'ltlf‘rdal'. Tho purpose of the or- ATLANTA
I p0. ‘ "x no” not go 1"" “(not until Decem-1 tramzntion is to further the civi.’ lvel- NEW; HAVEN. Oct. 30.~—‘Unl‘0fl
States» Marshal William Haves am
Deputy Hubert Rigney of Waterbmv
left today for Atlanta, Ge... with five-
prisoners recently sentenced to trw
Federal prison in the l'nited Stn't-J
District Court,
'hEl’e it is mailed. [but as the SOUL) her 1' l0 8 further Explanation “m llt' {art} of Nt‘W Haven,
Norwnlk postal district only extends made of this
to about the armory it will cost three I
I some» names REFLOATED
i NEW HAVEN. 0m. 30.——Two of the
five barges of the New Haven Trap
Rm Company. wrecked at Wood.
motif in the recent storm, were re- .
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ill Parade.
-.\ good adv. In the best
living Just across the imaginary bar paper. '
pave
Ni" “r" mum Anew lacing. (inhalants g " ‘
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When Ember Clamp Clark saint In an um in the West the other day many of them determined to show their feeling by appearing m-
in support of it. They. therefore. our! dad In New York alum day the slots wont appears; in newspapers.
mebsnkm acumen to right. as they appeared in the Liberty Day parade. represent some of the largest banking institutions 1th. the Juli; .
Seward: Pruner ,prutdsnt of. the Banhars' Trust. Company; Albert 1!. Wiggln, president of the Chase National Bank; 1. P. Horns. head 01 I.
land at v: . on far molt Long island: Notices have been posted inform P. )lcgufircm‘y: Walter- W m. president of the Corn Exchange It: James N. Wallace. resident of the Central Trust Company;
it far. " . °'” mug, ”W“mmm‘m” ”$1.1“th “is”: °"’..2‘2l'm‘“ 2m ll" a? 'W Katha-u» 5.33%. awn...”
4ft IfiI’f . . - ”mm ”H”. I .‘ . «. , . -. .I .tho ow. I4. ucf' . . , .2 ..,
l ”V! View" a, if a“ ., the; m « " sniper... WW '3‘ ‘ l V I i A H m I‘ it “m V ”r: ' ”Twin AI V
l i . r. . v r. ‘- «wt . ”r“ ‘* J "r' ” . t‘ I " 'Vt" V w l .
figurines . ..
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