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. Locum Action Creates
i Much Interest in This
. g City
a L: ' , The dispatch irosn New York pub-
, ,. iliaud in Tuesday ova-ini- paper,
inning oi the indium! of several
Hmaom
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Eveil known hat manufacturers in
how York city and maul. N'. Y.
on charges of conspiring to defraud
:the United States government by us-
‘ing inferior naterials in the manu-
-factnro of hot: for the army, creel.
Led greatfiiaterest in this city, particv
iIiariy as none in the hats that have
linen examined by local batters and
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no ”the. months "ere:- uiifl h
by comm-vs tor hats at othetsradr'a.
i'f‘ro indictment alirgu that intern.-i
varieties of cone] cad bearer lain
:.r.d «mixed cheap turt of all kind:
were actually used.
The evidence [hit]: caused the un
entitling of the altered treads, he'-
ever. was out the conddtion of the
hats. themoelvea. it was stated yes-
terday that a sudden tour oi W-
tlon of the factories had brought to
light a lane quatzty of the power
tnrinthestoek which washelnansed
exclusively for the making of govern
ment hats. This was further eon—
Irmed, it was said. by an inventin-
flon of the transactions of the ac
eused firm, which allowed that the
cheap material M been ordered and
:m as mum...» , ,_.
um the man ' melts arm,
lists had lisen Obtained. .
more vouuaorsaa.
Little Bohhy~lk n’t you want to
take me to the imam alidc with
you some 48!. Hr. Jinks?
lr..Jiuka~i never no to any who:-
pl slide. Bobby; never saw a to»;-
an.
110th is trifle none-pinned)—
‘l'hat's funny. i heard pa nay some-
thing amt your going down hill to a
furious rater—Pittsburgh Chronicle-
Telesraph. '
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-—lentlael Want Ads. are winners.
As scour-outta mm
'0“;* W Willi m
“ w“ M lsereroly criticised on account of theLr
. evident shul'teomllcs. '
1 Some of the men under iadiMeni
u 7” are well known to~Norwslk manufac-
on News
Ridgefield is short of. cool and small
quantities are being hauled to that
place from Danbury by motor truck ’
A dushter was born to Sir. and
lira. lodericlt Weed, of Stuart ave
nue. December 7.
'ihe monthly meeting of Old Well
Book and “rider Company will he
held this evening at 8 o'clock. at Cen-
tral Fire station. ‘
—-Salo of fancy and domestic arti-
Clea by ladies of First M. E Church,
Turn, Dec. 11, Clilford block. d8 21‘.
The Whatsoever Circle of King's
Daughter: will meet Tuesday with
Hrs. Charles 8. St. John, 29 Fairfleld
avenue, at 2:30.
——"'l'hla is a Jewelry Xmas."
George Carroll of the G. '1'. Bruce
store. has enliirted in the United
states navy, no will report tor duty
on receiving orders from the Brook-
lyn Nat'y_yM-umh time he will.
report to the Newport navy station.
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4GIVE JEWELRY FOR XMAS
Of all gins, none are so eloquently
expressive of the Christmas spirit as
with) Brand's, South Norwalk.
d8 3t
Surveys are being made in Reddin‘
and nation tor the proposed state
highway from Danbury to Bridgeport,
by way of llethel. Reading Ridge and
Easton. The time of construction of
4hr! road is still indefinite. This is the
shortcut and mast direct route be-
tween this city and Bridgeport.
The ‘South Norwalk K. of 0. War
l-‘untl committoo will meet this New
in; at 8 o'clock in their rooms. The
captains will make their final returns
and the treasurer will make a com-
plete report. The Westport campaign
also closed today and it ht rxpectel
that a report will be ready from there.
Hardly a day passes but a motorist
takes .a chance at the Glenbroolt cross-
inge in getting over ahead of a train.
During 'the past week, one machine
cleared a train on the Sew Canaan
branch about a car's length. Regard-
less of the warning hell, some of them
seem to like to take the risk.
The Bridgeport Chamber of Con:-
merce has sent out a warning against
a solicitor of advertising tor a publicavf
ilon ealle'dfithe "Oflcial Journal of the
Benevolent and Protectve Association
.0, Railroad Men," hwo is working in
this state. Investigation has revealed.
no trace of such an organization in
Connecticut.
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unwanted
on or before
mom 12th
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onto.
- the lactation oi the concerns involv-
'3“! thus for produced in local fec-
. of ,
.made through the present
linore would‘ probably have come to
' The indlrlnwnt charges that several?
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' are alleged to cover a period of near-
=ly a year. beginning in June, 1916.
tarera and others connected with the
industry and hattera in this city have
hen‘enployed at various times in ‘
ed in the scandal.
Hundreds of thousands of army
hats are being made in this city and
it ia said that the quality of all the
mice has been satisfactory.
course the local manufacturers uecur- '
in; army contracta’ have boon obliged 5
to bid in companion with outside
manufacturers and the revelations
indict-
ments indicate some the things With
which they have been obliged to es.
tend. '
As is sen-rally known in this city
local factories have at present con-
tracts tor many thourand dozen or-
my hats and it is said on excellent
authority that under normal ,cmdi-
lions here contracts to the amount
of not less than a million dollar:
local factories.
A New York story gilles the follow-
ing additional dtnails of the goverw
mom's action in the cases of alleged
connoiracy.
nodes of tar, interim to that called
for in the specification. were used
in producing the felt for hats in a
number at contracts which these
firms had received from the govern-
ment. » '
. Frank M. Room. thr- asulataxt Unit-
ed States ,(‘vrict attorney, who baa
been in charge of the‘inventisntlon
of the: alleged frauds. which are said
to constitute tho. gravest scandal in
.the handling of army contracts in the
present war, said that it would he
impoulble ..-to. .rstimnta. tho profits
made by the manufacturers by the
fraudulent auhatilutioos The frauds
mo of the contrncla were for hats
rnenufnctured before the United
rates entered the our and other:
were lot since the declaration of war
against Germany.
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' Free Auto llehvcry to all Surrounding
Towns. ,
RAYMOND .8: SON
mmmrumm Dealers.
Wallaadnj‘hltl.
nod.
Whm tho United States distrid
attorney's omco began its investiga-B
tinn. surprise was caused at the out-z
set by the fact that the quarten‘nna-
ter's department had dealt with thel
manufacturing hrough :1 middle man,
Instead of letting the contracts di-I
rrctly. I
For amine~ reason which was said toi
he unexplained during the time that
7 lhorats of the elimination of the mid-}
’ mom would undoubtedly bring a civil
, .
‘ , flour christnias Hat‘lholld Sey—
‘ dletnan in privato business were he»,
int: made 7.] Washington, «the con-i
tracts {or mpplying the army with
hats Wore placed through middlemen.
All of the manufacturers named in
the indictmc t are sub-contractors.
The origin“ contractor was the Sig-
mund Einmr company. rmnnfaiotur-
era of uniforms..at 10?. Fifth avenue,
New York. This concern was not ac-
cussed in the indictment. and Assist-
uni'Unitod States District Attorney
Frank M. Roosa said that no evidence.
had bran found that members of the
firm knewof anything of the alleged
practices or the subcontractors.
This firm. however, received four
per cent. on all the hat contracts
which it placed for the government.
The manuiacturers accuried lecéived
contracts totalling $3,000,000 from the|
{Sigmund Eisner company, which net-l
l led the latter firm $120,000 in middle-i
Linan's fees. Only a'pari of these
contracts are named in tho indict-
ment. Some are said to have been
correctly exot‘uted. While other con-v
tracts have not been illled at all as
yet.
The Sigmund Eisner company
placed a bond with the government
the contract. and it was said yegter-
.day at the United States district at-
{tomey's oilice that the war depart-
suit against the concern.‘ Ll
The hats were made at prices rang-
ilng from 31.29-to 81230 apleco.‘ 'l‘hc
mterial specified was the for from
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lost boots: Work.
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Phone ll”
l3? Washington St. ,
Just Arrived
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Thanksgiving In Past and
Christmas Is.” Coming
LOOK FOR '
A. HASSAN’S '
”rumma- POI m HOLIDAYS.“
AMBuofhuWhrthelmlefolks. '
PM fruits and Vegetablesandaiulllineotarooeries.
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I011!“ cleans
no: aanw
nun m can
amour.
new a
F. H. BAXTER
Damn:
Motor Truck, Tires
ato‘cnk. regular atlas canlod' in
Quality and prices right.
In: mun uproar
Pins Island ‘troet; Nematit
The Banner Bakery
fat“? Ilooroeatreea
Wearsnowsblatosuppiyou
customers with m inadue‘
order-ooh . Wealsohee
{anon egg} and com:
”alumina-tom”
to guarantee the honest fulfillment. of '
Lthe back of the coney, an Australian:
Mohavelhainnsnypsm
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sale.
thesamemayhe ioroneotthewmstamps.
”Woshsllbep toiurnishthesenempsvtothou
nrmgtliern. * >
The City
We have a supply of United [totes War Sarina omn-
ootes Stamps and United States Government Thrift Stamps for
- ThoUniudStates WarSavingscertifiootea
aparnlueofflidllandaresoldiorfllzforthehrsttwox
nonthsandoneoont (ic)additionalasch month Wm,
'i'hellnitedfltatesoova'mnent’l'hrift ,
eachandwhenthefhriftcardisfllledwithaixuenflcusmm.
So. Nor-wolf: Bonus
One *Million Women 3
“fro another. .118?! ‘
rleaviig «one millionpoaitions to
‘hefilled. Womenmnstfillthein.
sun ransom in ,'
‘WfiWflMymmm
for wasnsnovarpuw inLAsnsrion
:HCTORIM REVIEW
for "November on Salemfo .Doo' ‘ .
Stampsareoi.
Itatspaaresoldtorfic
Natibnal Bank
do: .
4b a»
V Men’s Genuine. Cordvoan
Shoes
in the Latest Models
,A SatisfactoryIShoe for Appearance,
Comfort and Wearing Qualities.
hosiery oi All Grades
CONNEALLY 8t .BRACKEN
Us Washington Brest.
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TOOLS
South Norwalk.
At Low Prices
an mow: roan, luau: Instruments, Jewelry, an, "
at greatly Momma in window
Buy here and rave mayo" ‘
dual-r.
NORWALK PA WNSHOP V
40 WATER 81'.
O. B. JACKSON
OPTOMETBIS'I
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KRYPTOK‘LENBfl-Foldin‘ Oxfords in Gold or
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BUSINESS count:
otterslrosi ”Graduate?
Courses lor those;
who wish to quality
lor special or higher:
positions. '
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Norwalk.‘
Thoroughelandnation on» eyes. Omit-d Ml".
donapronrpdyfilled. Export Rom
back.
Very spectall’ y priced. Just
the chair for genuine home
er, genuine leather and tap-
estry with luxuno' us pad-
dine and spring seat and-
more
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$13,501!) $37.50
ideb by
. K.- ' comforts whether or not on
" "‘5” A have . a fireplace “tier
“mum“ around. ‘
nun!
These ohairsnre covered in .
good quality imitation loath-
,g urmlcuco. ,
Merrill Business:
T
loath Non-ant
Word. Port Chester 4
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I mention. anon
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2 Phone 805—50 So. Main It.
80- Nomlk. lune m an.
expanse SERVICE AT F ‘
RATES TO NEW Yogmm
rue: MINING L'sm‘m noun.
PORTATIOU LINE. Inc.
Freight boat leavw ”er 4!. in.
River, r--~ York (foot 3' ml...
It.) ovary nay snowman-hi... 1'
m. Freight name at Non-m no... '
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«for seats and gets made ,4. “uni-”Jib;
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