muons or
311%“ AND GER-
ninr CONTINUES
(Continued from First Fare).
has slowly. The Russian delegates;
telai-ed the right to send any pub-
élications they caired to Russian
lprisonere in Germany and tot-So-
gcialiuts in the i'entral Emptrae.
{They also demmtded unt‘cotrictodl
Kdirect telegraphic communication
lli’ltll representative» of the Social-
iistie parties in the enemy coun-
Etries. The German delegates rev
iplied they were unauthorized to
aeSnealeri’alnes
Are Not Foul .
Every My
WEI-fl“
mdrop—uwclluthe
or,
i , $3.75 '4 »
~M£fl0fl8
“‘ or AMERICA
. PUT FORTH
(Continued tron) First Page).
of an organization of great flexibility.
The swift changes in strategy and
apid improvement in war machinery,
attended by the equal speed with
which implementu of warfare are
scrapped and replaced at the front,
has been reflected by corresponding
rapid transformation and stimulation
of the industrial organization within
flit nations at war. The history of
the first three months of the war in
the l'nited States has proven no an
(option.
"it has been the effort of the or-
1ganizat.’on )l the Council of National
intense to hold itself in constant
tradiur-rs to meet such new demanda
and to :-hift its ground and expand
3‘ to 4‘ intake an agreement on this point.
Bl l l The Russians demanded the cro-
6“” "u' . iation of a npwial commip’slon to
m; {inquire into the, deportation oil
5 ’olish workmen for enlpluyttlt‘ltl
. |
lot m- e, mum'- l but ,ill privately owned iaCl‘Ilit’a in.
m in" ' ’ _ Germany. To this demand the;
Minn; in 311 gig“, Germans restnindcd they had not;
the?“ authorized to take' up the:
question. The Russimrr thereupon:
iafiketl for further inmrutcronrill
ifrom the Council of ,l’r-oplc'n‘:
’(‘tiltlltllhts’lflllfll‘rh
W i l’l‘AlllAN ARMY llEAllle'AR-v
f'l‘EllS IN NUR'l'llEliN ITALY”
7lt‘riday, Jan. 4 (By The Associated e
JOSEPH D AVIS il’resa.)—~'l'hc officer omnmandmgj
85 Washington Street
[the l,~lt)tl Austrian prisoners cap-i
ltured in the recent French-success
. 'oit Monte Tomlin gave the corres-
SOUTH NORWALK ipondent an opportunity todayof
, . >going among them and talking
ifreely ‘with officers and men on war
conditions and what the enemy
still could do in carrying on thc‘
,strugizle. , ’
A more iriiscralllc lot of human
beings would be difficult, to imagine
The officers were in even worse
coitdititm than the men. 'l'ltt-ir
clothing was rugged and the, tin-’
scllcd ornamentation on the offi-f
curs was gnttgrcned with rust. .
The officers Were unkempt and
had not been shaved for a truck.
Their red hands looked like pieces
.___- ,. -. 1
WEATHER roancnsr.’
”m...
_.———-
Percent for Sorrvalk and vicinity:l
air tonight} Sunday partly cloudy
andwarmer. A disturbance central this
morning over Texas is causing constr-
crnhle cloudy and unsettled weather
is the western and southern districts.
blt not much precipitation. Pleasant
weather continues in eastern dis-
ricts east of the Misnlsnippi river.
There Were no stations reporting tem-
perature» below zero at an. to.
’7'- = of raw herfsitenk. None hurl over-'
mm ‘1)?“ A00 m coats its all were wearing light[
1' ' yll' l a l trench itnifortnsywhen the French‘
empernture. 'gl' "’ ow, nwrpt around them. Yet, despite
this misery, they put on a surpris-
ingly hold front and any one thinkg
ing they are crushed in closing liis‘
eyes to facts. ., ' ,3
The. i'orrcsrmndt-nt met the prize?
Voncru on a road leading to the. town '
where they are lying'roumlerl up?
preparatory to being not to work
urgent to n‘pririon camp. Small dc-g
' tachrnents were stretched alongi
_ lthc road for some distance, ouch.
W‘ml’e‘ 239‘ to “"6 lnclu- group being guarded iy Frcneh'
fl" have bf“ malledtoday. soldiers. One detachment carried
spades and picks instead of guns.1
All ages were seen among: the?
lpl'lhiltll’l". There was a, boy of
lr-ighfcon and :1 than of fifty \i‘itll‘
”main grey heard. A coating of trench
murl made them look l\‘ilf‘.~t' than
t hey really were, for they hurl stout
-....... :hoots.. lcguings and own-outs.
11min Council, No. 4" memM'Nrtitr- hurl shawls and lrlnnkcts.
its installation mm the next rum-ingl'l‘lteir headgear consisted of hath-r-
t which time an initaton. a feed, :md‘ml lrc‘ltncts‘ and caps with 'lrcirvv
in mi time Will be colored. 'hoods. , I
The regular mw'Ti-hiy “mung M ,hfi'; They trumped along: sullcnly to
.‘ Yacht d b was hpld inst mm, l.lzirgzc courtyards. \‘.’llt'rt' food was
. ,The election of officers Wltlt'hlllf‘lllfl distributed. Each man got u
was planned for last night baa lV‘C-“hmall tin ofmcat and a large chunk
’0'!de until a future date. {of bread. The t'orrtwpnlltlt‘ltl tasted
Eureka Rebekah lodge. .\'o. 42. l. 0 {the broad and found it hotter in
7.. met last arguing and traniacnitl’llfllliy than that h:- hud low" out:
routine businegg’l andvalso initiated till}: lit first-class restaurants. The
fine new members. Installation of [)f'lfiflilf'l'hllli' like ravenous animals
racers is planned for ”‘9 “9’“ "“3"“ and said it was the best t'omléthoy
it. had had in o'er-ks.
‘ ‘ A broken wager pipe on Clay street
was reported to the police. »’
Burnt Layden of the U. 3. Navy is
m an eight day furlough at his
home in W'lnnipnnk.
Questionnaire delinquents:
W5, Dnrien; Loren F. Wielscn, anvf
» ctr-eel. South Norwalh,
r
The battalion drill of the hecond ‘
, Third Sorwalk Companies, C.‘H. Miss Eloise Byingtoh/ of if Bowen
9; was held Thursday night and alavenue. returned to her home this'
the number of friends and relativenlmomlng after spending ilre week at;
merged the drill. after which all: the home of Miss nary Bars in Xr-w
Wt received refreshments' and York CRY.
’ . «i; was furnished by Svec's or-‘
[Michael Carew of Wilton uremia;
and for many years employed in; Ari-2
’ved an invitation today to attend ten the position.“ xblpplns clcik In
special meeting of the W'emcrnéthe' «demon and Erwin factory on
’ ‘.. of the New England Electricallegh street. .
i ’ . . which will beheld in nan-é ,
. next Tue-day afternoon at whichl The automobile case of State vs.
the changes which have beenDrlggs Was held thin morning in the
in the code will be discussed. futility Court. Mr. firing: was defended
”nouns B. Day will givejby Attorney Lockwood of Stamford and
"coins!
WW lecture on “Wiring." .Prqsecuting Attorney Edward J. Quin-
‘ an represented the State.
Iodine bushels was transacted a
2 ' meeting of the downtown elect -: Fred H. Monet. of 22 Spring street,
minions” 115‘ evening. 3’ a reported to the police that, some one
[trots 0' luck "d “I” through had broken in his front door. He lives
‘ , branch ,
WI of tilt V820 r31: plant on the top floor of the bulldlnz. bill
:elnd assist the regular departmentn of
fwunlcatlon for war service has been
lrrerienco in battle‘plane construction
.larnc numb-r of :tan shops.
.inanrrt‘acttzriirg families win? int-util-I
Building inspector Clarence I. Finch i hold: foundry on Hoyt street, has talc-l ““51““
:prin .-:, 13.
in obt;;‘n.n;; rm» l;l.".l-‘l”ltl.= at Hill)nlflll"
rial [p on
diaturhzzm ,.
iii littllillit
its facilities in this interest of the na-
rlr'nal ret‘vice. its; organ‘zation has
lrm and of ttr~ce-~,.~ity must motions"
in m'ccern of evolution rapid enough
to imp abreast with the rapidly
rhanr‘mr! mot-em of the, times. and
yrt cor..~cr.':rtive (pouch to present
tmtfusion or lack of proper ctr-ordina-
tlm and control, in a peculiar sense
it hon felt itself called upon to be
constantly ready to 'flll in the flaps"
the Government."
In order to assure the American
forcmz adequate equipment to bring
victory, vast increases in th-3 coun-
try output of war supplies were neces-
sary. The Council has developed new
sources of supply for both row ma-
terials and tint-hm! products and pur-
chases of supplies for the cart-cutible
departments have been coordinated.
Standardized specifications for tools
and implements need in the manufac
ture of munitiona have been introduc-
or! and the cooperative organization
of tranafitrr'tzrtion and olcctric com-
r»rll'sted‘. an aircraft program was in-
augurated, motor transportation la-
clliticn stimulated .lubor leaders or-
canizcd toniointly with lctlt'eiienta‘
rive employcra for the effective cri-
lh—‘tmcnt of the workmen in war sci-v
ire, eclentinc reacarch promoted. the
engineering and medical prOft'éisions
mobilizod for war and thn cool imlrm
try organizcrl for morc effective pro
(friction of fuel.
Assistance also was given. by the
Council to the business of function-
try in meeting changed conditions
and adapting rcsources to war rlo-
mands. The local activities of ihe
states were centralized. .
l-lffortit of American women to are
not in the conduct of the war receiv-
ed special attention from the (‘ouu
oil, which provided mean» for con;
centrutlng their energies effectively.
("The Council'it Aircraft Production
Board," pays the report, "ntato that
the lack of previous American or
let to the adoption to a large. extent
of designs developed in tho allied
countries. or adoptions from thoae de-
signs. The difference in shop prac-
fire in this country and in Europe rc~
united in the development of the com-
posite international" th’slgn. known as
the Liberty Motor,' so constructed
and with its parts so atandnrdtzed
that it lends itself candy to quantity
production with American shop meth-
out.
"Manufacturing rmourccn of the
country wwr- adopted to the manufac-'
ture of air plant-u, its? grncrul policyl
adopted being that of relying innin-
ly on relatively low highly organized
rind munfcstly capable ortahliahmenla
rather than scattering Ol‘df'lt-l for
pianos and l‘l'plll'3lt' parts amour, n‘
‘t‘ompit title bidding between fill
our and nayy departments and be-
flOWLANDlS ’
Underwear to
malce warmth sure
Women's soft fine morinounion suits—$1.75 and 542.
Women’s merino vests. and pants, light and very warm
--$l (llltl tit/25. .
Black wool tights for women, a true comfort—4
and $2. '
Unbleached woolen vests and prints for women, flat
woven—45 1.50.
Excellent vests and pants of goodweight cotton with
warm fleecing-85c and Si. ‘ . ,
Boys’ good fleeced underwear—50c. ‘ _
Children’s vests and pants, fine wool—$1.35 and
31.50. '
Good light warm merino vests and prints for Children,
half wool—exic and 00c. ~
Loft aisle. rcn‘r.
1.75
Boys‘ good
sweater-~34
Something a little bit extra for price—and igenuinc
comfort to boy these keen days! ’
Firmly and closely knit sweater of pure wool, shawl
collar, /2 pockets, blue gray red or brown, all sizes front 6
to 16/— ' ‘ ’ $4.
Front lxtr-mnent.
Little boys. warm
handsome corduroys
Greatest combination“ Of good looks andservice and
comfort for boys. of 3 to iO:-these suits of corduroy.
-%mart little jackets with buckled trench belt and"
white Eton collar, trim-fitting trousers.
Blue gray/green or brown—rind .1 rich shade of each-
SS. ‘ ' ‘
l‘rrvn basement.
th‘t'n aubdepztrtnu-ntn and commit-
trer. lids? hccn eliminzltcd by th-' tlrn-l
erul Munitions Board, which acted uni
a (:u-orinz; houne; particularlv for orrl .
on. winch ini’olvo mater-iota in which!
a national ~drorturu- existed. Wltvi'cl
(tr-fit the board liBa’dlrccted t‘fl’rr‘trl
to develop new fact/Illicit. 5
“The report of the committee cni V
.berurm; of options, tho 'ticxging cli'
lpl‘tt't'n of various articlr‘s. the allo‘. ,'
umnt of large requirements through:
out lllt' industr es, the elimination ot
.r.;trlrflr-n:c:r, and the curbing of cont-i
petition bt’lnt-wl (lowrnment depart-7
mints, has enabled thc Government fol
make substantial barium: in its pur-i
t'llflf-it'l'l of textiles, foodstuffs and:
icutltm. . x l
"H." report of ill («nonunion on!
row lililir'llfllfi, min-rails and ntetuln
‘Wiibout authority to fix,
(1)2:.T.I.ll"l has sucrtx‘dodi
rzouct ions
on bout trade 4
of real
count-quenCc. I
i
l
r
Plill.
i
SilliflllSS, SllllllESS
Rub Pain mum 0m win. smart roan
Bottle or our use. Jacob'l on" '
What’s rheumatism? Pain only.
Stop amazing! Not once one in
running. The that as for an he could find nothing
“I“ k "a l“ the had been taken or disturbed.
plant was run- . .
Steve Zitl, of 17 Hoyt street, re-
ported to the South Norwnllr police
that a'Mrtt/Kovachs and her three
i
in; and the matter was turned over
to the Charity Department, who tool:
can of it]
‘
mt-
‘ when the barrels arrived , ' , ,
m“ o on W A mg. was man today by Build-
’ '5 “barium it sat win-Tn: rumor Clarence ‘r. Finch to
ma 1".an tom. "mum
l
ltbcflnit tun century. and 4- int in
fifty requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing. netrntlng "8t. Jacob’s Oil"
directly udpn the "tender spot" and
relief comes instantly. . ."St. Jacob‘s
Oil" in a harmless rheumatism and
sciatica liniment, which never“ dimp-
pointtt and can not burn the shin.
’14lmber up! Quit complaining! Get
9‘ small trial bottle from Your ("118'
gm, and in jun a moment you’lil be
free from rheumatic and while
pit. mom.v’|tllncu and Iwolliu.
hole-t “st. Jacob's
million; or rh
"tin-mod
undermi-
tarantula-.m'
his"
, ”all "an”?!
Without the legal-power to determine 223,680 groan tone.
mitten on Cull Production, the report
In”: '
“cram unity prelim
lama
See this wonderful
flag collection
Wonderful is the one word that best hints at the way
.Ls. gathering of flags will impress you. * .
Old Glory itself! And the earlier flags of the Repub-
! And the flags of the Colonies. Even the earlier flags
‘ the first vessols to cross the Atlantic bringing our fore- '
ihc‘rsl " . ‘
And the flags of our Alfie’s in today’s war—all are
:re. . , ,
' We invite 'boys‘aud girls especially‘to'sec these.flngs
ind we urge every patriotic man and womai'it’o see thcnn
Saturday is the last chance!
Titled floor.
.\ ‘ ‘
I
Entrances on Main Street, Fairfield Avenue, Cannon Street
«W
. . HON}. AN, D, ,,‘§‘i
“-—
Evening Si. i.
ers
!
at economy
A Sparkling and beautiful array of s'iztirt slippers fod
evening wear—yet each pairis to sell (up price loss!
than its usual!
Patent leather opera pumps, French heels
Dull kiJ opera pumps,
Beaded or strap opera
all regular 55 slippers—-
French heels ,
turnips, dull kid, French heel". .
4.25
,Sutiu pumps with low heel, white or biiick,‘lusiroi:3 and
beautiful,
' regular :3
Finest black szttiu 51
French heels '
regular S7 slippers——
Main
3.50 slippers—,7
$3
ippers with bending in silver,
$5.25 '
floor, rt-ur.
Here are good
Warm
blankets
First; there is a warp of stout firm strong unshrinkc
lug cottonf
Then; there is inning of soft warm grateful wool
h
Then further; there is size enough so that blanltet can
be tucked in and thus greater warmthand comfort”insured.
Pure White with border of blue or pink, 70' by St)
inches—$5 and $7.50.
Mn .' n
floor, roar.
A ridclance of
soiled qlter‘cliiefe
It great good lot of baudkerchiefs got pretty badly
soiled and nuissed up during the holidays. Here goes to
get rid of them.
/
Women’s handkerchiefs, ”pure white or with Colored
decoration in corner, a nun
SC to tSc——
,4 (color
To. m
i"
ii
[Effective and pleasing
when one has the “knack"
Here are helps for no
that of different sorts and worth
- ' 4c and 7c.
of etc. rear.
alts one'a
hair more attractive
hair-dresSing is not difficult—,3
and abundance of hair.
men who need them.
24-inch switches of wavy hair—$2.75.
28-inch switches of fine wavy hair—$5.33.
Transformations, wavy
and natural—S: and 56.50.
Helpful service, too, for women‘tvho realize the full
benefits of expert manicuring and hair care. This service
includes 'shampooingj and f
and is 'deft and prompt.
(llell nmsszig'e, scalp massage—4
A children’s barber SllOp where little folks really on-
joy having their hair trimmed—and where ’tis done with
remarkable skill!
flilrtl floor.
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. Tue HOWLANl) DRY Goons COMPANY
From the latte‘r War Board urion the special invitac
Later it resolution was ndoptcrl by
ority, it but; been largely inntru- date. production at the rate of 1,902; tion of the Council of National Tie: the committee. approved by the (film.
entnl in many critics in diverting 864 tons per day. and anthracite at tense. The ton mileage during April, oil, declaring there should bc no Je-
output in such manner an to secure the rate of 281,900 grotto tons per day.‘ May and June was 15.500.000.000 ton parture from Dfl‘scnt
the grenteat general benefit. Without the greatest, output in the entire his-turtles, which was 18 per cent. more state laws or mite rulings affecting
any power save that of persuasion. it tory of the coal industry. an output
has brought specialized private bual- it maintained. sufficient
incur efficiency into immediate and ef- not only the entire cont requirements
fectlve cry-operation with a wellorden of this country but also would hnvo
ed federal system."
. ,lluta etudied and ndvlned how com-
“During the week ending January 0. "1mm Maine-I mlsht reduce rm
Don't nutter: Ballot nwlttl you. Old ‘ . . menu "ttcflvitlu. The bnud’r worhl'
3,1351%" 30:30:]. (:2: :flwng‘ covercdl returns of nntioid bread to l
ton; during the week ending April Wm»
:1, am, the time of tire mutton arm-mum-
the Committee. on cool Production.l
nodothcrloldu
Woo-«mo.
_. ,. MW”:
than in the previous year.
to wound
ltralnn matting over 24,000,000 miles
'per year in the aggregate. had til-l
ready been discontinued at the rec-i mittees, special mention is ,rnmtr of
ommendatlon of the exevnttcc com-i that; on Wines and hours. Whlflt M-
mitten.
,wlll mutt/lo the curing of 1,500,000 mt contracts the standards tor
on: of coal perjpu. and h
and 3,030 for
number n c more he
waste in deliver-ten. wool more input-taunt urvlco. 9' r and
Jcreated a hinge running to relieve firm
i l l t t . coal shortage of the allied nations. ;
n at mu “ in“ M “W 0‘ the Com The Cornmerctnl Economy, Board
The rumor, or. Committee on tells of the conference of uranium! bot-r clerks, and“ j
on or bl- Winn outline. the union of labor ”maritime: at which” «ml
Mutation for turf-uteri their with!
2». by“ m- Railroad on Republic in
/ . ,~ /:
utnndanl-r in
’labor. without a declaration by the
‘»
To economize in "an“, paafipngprl cdtmcll that it in t‘sm'mlol for noiinn- ‘,
lat defense.
In describing work of filtlvltl err-w
This, the report estimateiruninted in l incorporating. in Govern:
re-"lgt’s and hours already catabllnlcl
men and a court nble by federal legislation. . ‘
The report um. that of m perm
worktop continuously for the time!)
The commune on Labor's report, only us were paid; the mentor port
mum v ”-~ i, or“
room mm pm of not: minim
portrait-rm, ,.
71 situation.
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