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livery llay
Discontinued styles-dines wo'vo
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twhich is being much discussed, and
{the principal rcason advanced at the
:prcsent timc. licint'. the shortage of
cars for transportation, the following
{may be of interest: , ‘ .,
The following statement by E. ll.
ilmach. assistant estate fuel adniinistra‘
‘tor of Ohio, may give sonic littht as
its the car shortage. and suggest the
Tremedy and prevention of such condiv
ftions as now prevail ttiroiiulioiit the
Brown, Gray, Navy, Black,
Maroon
Not all sizes in everything, but
something in all sizes.
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i "If the Lousitania were now float-
ing the seas, the coal used annually in
[the manufacture of beer in this coun-
ltrv would furnish fuel for 720 round
itrips for the giant ship and transport
t‘ZRfiflSJNiO tons of supplies-t to the Al
lies. '
“(‘oal used for the manufacture of
‘hcer in Ohio alone would furnish more
ithan 630 round trips and carry nearlv
E 2,000,000 tons of supplies a year to the‘
Allies, ’
"it requires 180,000 cars or 3,000
ltratns a dav to more raw materials
Forecast for rNorwalk and vicinity: . to the thfpkf‘lriel' l
'Partly cloudy and colder tonight:; "We haVe heard a great deal about»
Wednesday fair. The storm whichlthe grain in the beer and about the.
was central over the Lake region yes-1w“,- in the beer. but we have heard
terday morning has moved eastward'tttttp about the coal in the beer. Coal
and is now central off the Maine ls‘one of the principal ingredients. it
coast, lt has caused snow or rain dur-I takes almost a pound of coal to pro-
ing the last‘fii hours from llllnoliyducp‘ a pint of beer."
castward to Maine and along the const‘, And Norwalk is unable to procure
(til far south as Virrlnia. The temper! a supply of coal to keep its public
attire falls from Maine southward “4,0,,” going. .
along the coast until Florida is reach-i
a d, where it tegins rising and is aboV'e',
freezing, it was nine degrees coldcrt‘ Miss Mary llnllacy has accepted a
in Atlanta, 0a., this morning than it position as stenographer in the law
was in N9“ llaVen. ‘ lofllce of Judge Joseph R. Taylor.
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WEATHER A YEAR AGO TODAY
JOSEPH DAVIS
85 Washington Street
SOUTH NORWALK
WEATHER FORECAST g
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Section Agent lloward \i‘ilmott in-
tstalled the newly elected oilicers of
“Progress Forum No. l, Fraternal For-
um League, last evening.
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'l‘cmpcrattirc: lligli, Ol; low.
40. Overcast . .
a”.
I . I N (
. l‘“ ly ews
Everything was unusually quiet in
uptown police circles last night.
police department evidently believes
in conserving ink as Well as fuel, in
avrnuch as there was not a scratch on
the blotter this morning.
The First Company of Norwalk,
2H. 6., drilled last night in the armory.
Captain Charles B. Slilne was in ctitn- _ fit
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mand. The third Componvalll. drill “illiam ll. llrtnnan, .li.. ins (MD.
of State Motor Vehicles for this sec-
this evening. Captain William 1.
”Comatock will be in charge.
Catholic l'nion Council. No. 46, K. of
(‘., will meet tonight in the Catholic
club on West avenue. Business of im—
portance will be transacted.
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A regular weekly meeting of Wel-
‘coiiie Stranger Lodge, No. 364. Sonic
‘lf' lodge rooms in Main strecl.
i’. rmltz. Were itii'cn today for lllt' in-
stallation oi a. motor at St. Paul‘s
church. the motor to run the organ
C. and also for wiring l'lyxhiw's News
:rlOl’P.
tion will he at Police Headquarters
every Thursday afternoon from i will
Extensive improvements. will he i, to examine those who Wish to take
made in the near future ln'Townsend 0‘" licenses.
B, Wickwire's garage and warehouse' .
in Knight street. Mr. Wickwire plans! The followxng members of ll‘v-ill'flill
to renovate the old dwelling houseiAdvisory Board are doing duty today:
which adjoins his garage, and make a Nm'Walk —.I. _T. llithbell, Fred lliickley,
first-class show room and repair shop lfoknatvifi' it? illrcgor'y.‘ South .1} or.
out of the building. :wal —. udge .antec. “Ill am P. am-
decided to drop-u well as the [E S i
75 y -- —;)l
. 1 season son com. suonraos l
1 Editor Seninel: 7
36 to 44 t On account of the coal situation
‘ nation. l
S :\\'ith chocolate- hair and sky blue eyes,
‘." "5‘? Jiéd't‘é‘l 3552? :
Miss Mitrgntet Young of lit-troll has:
adopted thi'. belt which she, b‘lici‘eit
all women who have relatives with ‘
American troops should wear. Three
members of her tamily have gone to
the war. The belt is at whit-c satin
ibbon in Sam Browne style with red
stars. which when worn with a blue
diet-ts forms the national colors.
WHEN THE WAR Is OVER.
I am going 'to he a lied (‘ross nurse,
(‘aire for the wounded and improve
my purse:
l‘apturo- a Frenchman as a who, /
And should i
Kct.
i will go for Englishman you l)t'l.
Should i fall again there is no doubt,
‘l will try for a lover of nourcrout.
fail a Frenchman to
.,t
i am in this war to catch a man,
Whither on the sea or on the land. I
And win honors through publicity, 1
'As a Ited‘ Cross nurse across the sen.
And when l l‘NllUl to my native morn:
I will start a wholesale. grocery storeu
For wheat and sugar in spite of 1100?
l yer. ‘ /
Will loosen tip when the war Is over.
‘ CAL SMITH
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The (l St. George. will he lieltl tonight t‘t scrum. RESIDENCE ozsrnoveo .
‘ltlZTlll-Zl" .Ian. fir—Awakened early:
today to find thcir home huminx.‘
Mrs, Annie Fttith-w, the owncr, and
her niece. .\lt -'. Iinfv'niontl. linili cltlurl)‘,
had barely time to escape in their
night f'lttlllllll', :iflll suffers-ii t'ttll"itlt’l"[
:ihly from the cold before 'ocinz taken
to a nrlclibor's house, a quarter of a
luilc :iunv, .‘.lr::. Stitrucss was nwak-l
I-nwl by a dense smoke in her room
tlirouuh whiv li 4llI‘ tzropcd her wav to
that of lira. Raymond and nroutctl
liv'r'. ;
The house was entirely btirnmlmatis?
int: it lost" of between $3,300 and $4.
000.
on. "ILL annssrso AGAIN.‘
ilATt’il-‘.ilili, an. ,S.—;iir. Henry F.
(:ill oi' the city. an inmate oi the (‘on-
Harold Bergall. of Bridgeport, ar-
rested by the local police for the theft
of two Kodaks, one. a folding pocketf
Kodak and 'he other a vest pocket Ko'
dnk, together with a cake of toilet
soap and a shaving stick from l'ontv‘s
shop was fined 37 and costs in the
down town court by Judge Vosburgh
this morning. Bergall is said to be a
kleptomaniac. .
Uptown ilremen responded to a gen
eral alarm of fire turned in from Box.
No. 54. last evening about 5 o'clock.I
and arrived at the home of Frank!
line in Harbor avenue. just in time
to' extinguish a lively blaze which had.
started among some old clothes a'n‘
tau. It is believed that the. tire was,
started by no gasoline stove. 'rti
amount or damage was trifling. .
Numbers of Hope Hose company
are planning tor a big time at their
annual turkey supper. which will be
held tonight. in tho hudhunrtm on
Water street. Tho usual tempting
menu will he enjoyed. and a first class.
musical entertain-ant has boon ar-'
ranged. 'I'lio mun! election of oil-
«zcrn will also be hold this evening. All
members at its company are mus-t-
«i to be on bond and partlcilato in
- the hi] it...
many. J. J. Linits'eiicr. Louis 3. Beers, ncnivu' :‘mte prison. 1898 to 1901.
Cramer llegeman. was today liotintl over from the Hart-
‘ -.-—-—— fziil police court to the. i‘riminal .‘lu.
Putnam Hose held a meeting last iw-rior t'ourt under bond of $3,000 ac.-
night and it was decided that in‘thc cu mt oi tit-rimming an lllPKBl opera-_
future all fines for non-attendance at Wm. Thc woman in the case. whose.
tires and meetings would be omitted ”J'lllt' ; \.iIl,lttltl.'i:‘- in .1 l'ok‘pitnl in :1
except in the case of second alarms scrim. tnntlititili. lir. ml, whom the'
Routine business occupied the 1'th of tivrlrc :iv uu- once kn)\’-n as Henry.
the time of the meeting. ‘51 (in tlort. achievirtl notoi-ioty 19‘
-»- 'ynnr: 'l through the Emma flill case'
William Kopsco reported to the po- in Southington.
lice that a man that he knew, hla‘
name was not given. was goinn the: The lli'l'lliJlfi evidently realize that:
rounds of a number of housei king the "American public likes to in tool-
orders for coal and Incidentally coped," otherwise they would’ not have
lecting In “can“. and the“ not destarted the rumors ofa :ialt famine. in
llveflng the coal. tthis country. [Nothing could name been
more auburd/Cyet the extent to which
it was believed almost resulted in a
real embarrassment to the country.
For transportation facilities that were
lbadly needed ior other purposes had to
be used to replenish markets emptied
'by gullible boarders. the report that
in; year. and the matter of filling the , .
vacanc caused vb tb . .tbe Food Administration at- tlic letter-
y y c resignation 0'! lxovcrnment was going to noise home-
Bernnrd J. Reynolds will probably:
come up. The question of opening thetZfithfifuzfium "9“" 'u ”so
schools will also come up for discus- . p on I
nion at tonight's meeting.
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An important meeting of the Board
of Education will be held tonight iii
the otllces of the downtown water
commissioners, in the city hall. The
board will be organized for this ensu-
Tbcrc is much said about dual per-
snsur cusunius iron :“3': 0"“ a ‘ “5" “m'r‘o:
'I (IVOIMOIII 300?“. O
r KILLING CIRCUS c"9‘”"'ot m sclvcn' In the WI! Win!
RAMA. CITY, Jan. l.—Wllliatn groan corn, which is. however. snort
Roberts a chauflcur was arrested todnytllvod. lta other not! in tho yellow meal.
mmmmnmniniuotummnummotm
diollonnlsmloo ‘known ultimatum-themed mt part.
clown and m boy.wbo Forltatnynwitbnnnlwnnnndcnnbo
“What-Christmas)“ intuit-Ito! nun-duos in tho
On cold mornings, a bit of fun
.o. -‘
..".¢ \
and ”ch good cliccry warmth of a ,
Perfection Oil llcatcrmakc getting i
up easier.
The Perfection
the chill. 'l'lie generous warmth
encourages a feeling of fitness at
the very beginni
Convenient, cconomical, the, Per-
fection quickly
in the house.
warmth forciglit
gallon of kerosc
Nowuscd iii more than 3000,000 ,
homes.
Re-wicking is now
No. 500 Perfection Heater Wick.
. Comes trimmed and burned off, all
ready fbr use.
So-CO-ny Kerosene gives best results.
t STANDARD Oll.’ CO. OF NEW YORK . l
I Principal Oficu ‘
New York
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soon drives out
ng of the clay.
warms “any room
1 icltls glowing ;
hours on a single
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easy with the new 3
Albany
Boston
IMPROVMENT NOTED
IN FREIGHT SERVICE
i. ate-niuy was the first day since
the recent cold weather that the
freight service of the "New llal’t'l’.‘
l‘xizltl has, ho-Pn on schedule. Every
irright train scheduled to run over llli
road was on the job yesterday and on
tinie.
Passenger traillc over the road late
ly has tic-cu light. It was c-ipecinlly
light yesterday. Regardless of thc ice-
covrretl tracks. trains were not late to
any extent, the train dispatches ri-
porting that trains run according to
:cltr-tltlltfihvftcr ,\'v‘.->lt‘l'dfl}' than on any
previous day .incc the cold spell be-
gan.
DON'T SEND ‘MORE THAN
TEN POUNDS To ARABIA
The pn'iil administration of Great,
tiritain has advised the postmaster
general. it was learned yesterday. that
money orders in excess of ten po.\l::
to or from any one person. will not hi.
accepted for delivery in Aden. a Brit-
lsh protectorate at the entrance to the
Red Sea. he restriction ii impomi
hocaiiae of excessive rates of ‘ex-
change. it Is explained.
It is further ordered that sums an—
grenting more than ”9W0 In Ameri-
can money. will not tic/accepted for
trnnsmlslon to Aden from any one re.-
mitter. Aden is a heavily fortified
British port on the southern coast of
Arabln.
wasp cum .ion
m nos-row CLun
BOSTON. Jan. 8.—U. I. llcrrinaiinl
or Chlcuo was elected mercury-mm.
sum or the Boston Anni-loan mm.
Baseball Club last night to menu Taxation. tor nearly thirty years
Bull 1. Word or New York. .
Ir.WarI.wbomnIIobiaflnancinI' .
mmnnmmomm
otothubinlnlns“dntlonfl.fl.rrluo Mm. .. ,
«lanthanum
din-am. . g, 1‘. l —mn-noauuui.
f
lemcsor Hickoav
MAKES GOLF GAME
MUCH MORE cosTLvl
Because the pi'itc of hickory has,
more than tripled in thc last l0 years;
is only another of the various causes
\s'hv golf clubs are costiniz more than
iormcrlv. The time
"pros" could purchase hickorv sliaits‘
in the rough stae for 20, cents, but as
a result of the latest boost they Will'-
("OH as much as tit) and 77. cents and.
possibly more. ‘
One reason for the intrcasc-
do. with supply and demand.
la a scarcity largely because of thc'
difficulty to obtain. ‘lllt‘ ritzht kind:
\l'hi'zo- somethinc like 2i varieties ' of,
this wood can he found in certain:
belts in the South. there it" really on- ,
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has ltl
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Ir {our diligent kinds that may he:
used. > i
GOVERNOR APPROVES BILLS. t
tlovcrnor Marcus H. llolcomb ap-
proved thoI iollowlnu bills yesterdny:
To Dr. John F. bowling of Hartford.
for examining a prisoner at the "art-
ford‘ County Jail. :5: to the American
School for the Deaf, for the quarteti
ending December 31. $0,300; to James
.‘il. Whittlesey. commlsloner of domes-
tic animals. for nnlstnnce to veterina-
rians. 81,210.75; to Hartford Retreat.
for the quarter ending December at,
$317.14; to the f‘onnecticut Children's
Md Society. for the care of children
at the house of lucurnbles. for the
quarter endinu Dcccmbr to). 82..
860.98; Grace and Waterburyt hospi-
tals. 81,20 each: Mystic Oral School
for Deaf, $6,898.50.
DAHIUIV PAOTOI Klimt“.
DANBURY. .Ian. 8.—llcv. liner .Iny
pnntoroftbccbnrcboimflllncl-
plan) of this city. has ruined. Ho
has not announced his plans for the
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PAGE FIVE
HOWLANDS
Entrance on Main St.. Fairficld Ave.. Cannon St. J
5.25:5
Our 40th
Mill End Sale
Begins Thursday
THE 10th. PLEASE NOTE. 1
{No store could have 39 sales. and see each one Letter and
blazer. unless each was worthwhile. could it?
Tomorrow night in this-paper. read some of the detailed
news of the Mill End lots—Then you‘ll know why the
Sale wms people and Erows biatzcr.
lThere are Mill End lots. each said at a Mill End saVan—O
for every home.
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tome and act your share: make your dollars do extra
duty. Now. if ever. is the time to be truly economical.
The Howland Dry Goods Co, Bridgeport
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The Besl Christmas Gill X
The problem of a useful and appropriate Christmas
gift can best be solved by presenting a Savin A
with this strong bank. 8' ccount
- Such a gilt has the unusual merit: of increasing steadily
in value by reason of; the interest that accumulates upon
it year after year.
Deposits from $1.00 upward are invited and 4 per cent.
compound interest paid. '
~ THE PEOPLE.s
TRUST COMPANY
of South Norwalk,Conn.
thicre Explorer, Believed to Be Lost,
was ivlicn that
ovnirrou ann .
u a. ”WW!!- ‘5. MI!” pol ”bd'fllMI/IIWI
‘ t , ‘_ . ,t.
Travelled in the Frozen North
. sci
Iowa
manor
WRANGIL
wttnr THE
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g * uncut scrim-1N
”mo
° 1:.
minus-7
0 :r -m .
Vllhialmar Stefansson, lllI csplorei, who discovered the white lit-mule
moan. and who was believed to be lost in the frozen north. has an» .iud
at. Fort Yukon, in Alaska, after a wondcifiil trip through the Arctic re.
titans. One star In the map shows Wlltfl‘ his ship, the Karliik. in which
he went into the Arctic. was lost. and far to the east there is indicatciulio
land he discovered. It Is evident he went almost due south anions tho
froacn Beaufort. Sea to the Alaskan coast and thin over the from» land
to Fort Yukon.
knee last summer and was unable to
recover, thus being unable to put his
VALE/ UNIVERIITY.
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le HAVEN. Jan. l.—Tho retire- tensor and ”slur ll. like! will It
mont of Captain Winlrod Scott Over.
to! ,II In“ or the military scion“ "' “mm ”"30 0' 00 Reserve
depart-lost at Yale llnmrsity was
animal today by mac-
Olcon' Train!!! Camp at we.
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fullest strength Into his work. Pro- .
Norwalk Chronicler