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BOUT" NORWALK
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WIATEZB FORECAST
For Norwalli and vicinity: Fair to
night and Wednesday; colder tonight.
Warnings for high winds are displayed
alcug the coast. The trough of low
rressure which extended from Texas
northeastward to Upper Michigan yes-
terday morning developed into a well-
detlned storm area during-the day and
is now passing out the St. Lawrence
Valley. It caused high winds in the
Lake region and along the North At-
lantic coast. Several places reported
wind velocities over fifty miles per
hour. The pressure at Quebec thli
teams om
i badly, in fact, has been-ct
SAYS GENERAL PEACE .qmw . noticed I? 3111‘"! ‘33:st 3'
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CAN BE DISCUSSED 0N ”PM - e “W .
PRESIDENT WIISON’S has been found to maintain the
‘oflensive spirit of the French
TERMS- ‘ liroops, who seem to revel in work
'_'— tin which they must display in-
(Cc-tuned It. 1"“ 0'" itiative and at the same time
:worr' the Germans.
brought 400 prisoners and a ,val-E AhlsTEitDAM, Feb. 26.—Ad-
gable 035:0 tafen frontier prim-foresaw the Reichstag yesterday
5990” N11! “UT “"1“": which the Imperial German Chancellor,
1*: 3:33 :liilclhpewl’aszu t5“; lgy !(burn you Herding, declared:
ii British, warship lasta‘h‘elliruaryi; mi, (“firm my 11331;:ngftfgz
, . , , - peace, ii e gove it u s'o
“ h"? "‘9 “01f “'35 80'}? fifteen enemy countries again are inflam-
months, she apparently did "0! doing the passion for war. There
83 great “damage- 83 he? more are, however, other voices to be
“slim. “F's! Ship. ”It? “WW", heard in England} it is to be hop-
w to carrle out two raids m the ed these voices wtll multiply.
Atlantic 111 1915 3'1d‘1915: ‘ "The world now stands before
'AMSTERDAM. _I'€b- 35—le a final decision. Either our ene-
(entral Powers intend ‘0 lg"? mics will decide to conclude peace
Sglfégovfimglem :1" lt'hli Pr?\'101093 ”they know on what conditions
0 '4001'3” an All 113nm. .m- we are ready to begin a discus-I
penal ('h9'109ll0r V0“ “e"llllft sion—or they will continue the iii-i
geclzhred In his iaddress t0 the sanity by their criminal war of
en: 5 ag yes crt ay. conquest.
The operations 0‘ the (‘ciitral “Our people will hold out fur~
POW?” i" ”I? 988?. ”19 ('hancellor tlicr, but the blood of the fallen,
said. were: bring carried out with the ugonies of tlic mutilated and
the sole aim of securing the frilits the distress and sufferings of WW
of the peace with lkrainc. llc plcs will fan 0" the headfi of
“dam: _ those who insistently refuse to the
"We do not intend to establisli‘voicc of reason and humanity.
ourselves in Esthoiiia or Livonia."i "The prospect of peace on the
The ('lianccllor asserted
the whole eastern front is now within
‘t"entral l’owcrs had frced Poland practical reach. The world, ci-
witli the intention of calling an in- pccially the neutral world, is ask-
tlepciidcnt state into existcnccwing it' the gate is not open to a
morning was 28.88 inches. There has
been a decided tall in temperature In
the central districts during iii: last
twenty-four hours.
WEATHER A YEAR AGO
- TODAY.
Temperaturc :
32. Cloudy.
City News!
The American hand held an import-
ant meeting and rehearsal at the band
rooms last, evening.
l. T. Payne of 34 Flax Hill road has
recovered from his recent illness, but
is not able to work yet.
i LONDON, P‘cli. lid—Chancellor: "From the beginning the Eu.
ivon llcrtliiig's reference to a tentc has pursued aims of con-
lsthteinent made by Walter Runci- ‘l'le-‘l-
man, former president of the Board “WV."
- lof' e - ‘ . . France.
High, 40; 10“,” Trad ,tonceriicd remarks made.
--l
The constitutional problem ig- general peace, but France, Great
tvolved still was being discussed Britain and Italy still, it seems, are
.in its narrower sense, he said, by completely unwilling to listen to
I n . , 0 a I
,tlic three countries involved. .tllt- voice of reason and humanity.
lt is lighting for the do-
of Alsace-Lorraine to
I can add nothing to
by MnRunciman in a speech in the what previously has been said—
House of ('ommons on Feb. ]3_ Mr. there is no Alsace-Lorraine «pics-
Rnu’ciman said the greatest con- tioii in the international sense."
‘tribution that could be made to LONDON' P"l’- 26'_P"k"f' ‘75
the peace of the world would be miles southwest of l’ctrogrud, has
that the representatives of opinion bccn recaptured by ”l" Bolshe-
in the belligerent countries draw “H “"‘l “”9" fighting i” going
together and exchange views. on there, according to an Exchange
. ('onccrning Mr. Runeiman's Telegraph dispatch from l’etro-
statement,thct'haiiccllor said: grad datcd MOINlay. The Red
. u] can only agree with Mr. Guards arc resisting the German
[Runciinan if he meant we should “ham" everywhere.
lbc much nearer more it' proper re-' “'ASHlNGTON. Vl‘b- 26-—
'sponsible rcprcsentativcs of the German Chancellor von llcrtliug's
lbclligcrcnt powers would meet in speech to "'9 Reichstag “'8" care-
lconcluvc for discussion.
lwould be a way to remove all in- Wilson and State Department of-
ltciitional misunderstandings and “PM“ “‘ilhm't ""3' official i'““““'
That fully studicd today by President .
.loiii These Americans
(in the Road to Victory
See the crowd! it is a happy crowd l Why 7
Because it is on the road to Victory. It is an
old road. the Thrift road, the broad highway to
personal success. And as usual, the success of
the individual means the success of the Nation.
The Nation to-day wants Victory. The individ-
ual here at home can help heat by winning a mil-
lion smaller victories over waste and extravagance. '
Join the crowd! Take the Thrift pledge!
Raise the W. S. 3. flag and keep it flying. Put
your quarters and your dollars behind your sons and
husbands and brothers on the sea and in France.
JOIN THE CROWD”
”Sterling 'l‘"urniture C6.
127-131 Washington St. '
ELI C. BIRDSEY IS 75. PLAINVILLE AUTO EXPRESS
‘ COMPANY ORGANIZES.
A certificate of organization of thei
Plainville Auto Express Company ofI
Plainvilie was recorded yesterday at
the olllce of the secretary of the state.
WolloKnown Mason of Moridon Hu
Birthday—One of Two Holding
Thirty-third Degree.
sit-Jinnah, Fch.'20.—Eli ’C. mid-e):
Patrolman Lockwood noticed writtei'Jmug about an agreement on tioii of how it was regarded, or
running In the basement of m. Keelgf many individual questions. I am that it would be made the basis
banding last night and notified F. thinking cspecially in this com for 1! WWW “PD in the Pm!-
Jacohy, the proprietor of the Store,.npction of Belgium.” ,dciit's custom of discussing the
’abcut the running water. FRENCH GRAND HEAD- subjcct of peace in the open bc-
lQllARTERS, Monday, Feb. 25 (3‘. fore Congress.
The Merrill Business college resum-t'l‘he Associated Pross).—Trcnch '
Intiiiiiitions that the President
ed its Monday evening sessions last'i’aids along the French front have would make i' "'9 "WM!“ {0" “"'
evening. The other two nights of the increased in intensity during the ”the" address immediately f""""
week, Wednesday and Friday. will also past month to such an extent that m official ““99""-
wt-ll known to Masohs of the state was
75 years old yesterday. He retired
last year after being engaged In has
lneas here over tlfty years._
Mr. Birdsey Is one of the two
thirty-third degree Masons In Merlden
At 2i he joined Meriden lodge of
which he WILI secretary for several
years. lie Is a charter member oi
Center lodge and held several odiceti
, have their session resumed this they have become, in some instan- ”l" "mflflls “'l'" "W1 ”‘1'
week. ’ Ices, battles in which thousands of ('l'm'wnm's address closely
. .: Julep have been Pnllflilt'tl "ml hun- thought it served to cinpliasizc'ai
Allmemuors of First Company, c. drcds of prisoners taken. Tlic tir- l""'" "”"l" l’." "”34“?“ WNW"!
H. 9., are requested to report at the tillery is unusually active, in pnc of hi“. t‘ill'llt‘l‘ addresses
'Armory tonight at 7 1).. hi. for parade i The objects of the raid vurv “mm"?! with ”l" 1’93“” Him-ti 0f NIP,
regardless 0i the weather. First Co.,'u'idcly. Some times a raid .is uii- powers, that “1‘”? ”W “""mll‘
C. H. G. C. E. Britto. 2d Lieut. coin- tlcrtakcn in order to idciitifv ene- PM?” appcurcd l" ““0“!" ”W;
manding ,iny units. and at other times to general. broad altruistic principles:
, improve the lines or capture ob- for which the Eiitcntc Allies and.
in that body. He Joined Keystone
1 chapter in 1865 and in l866 he became
: a Knights Templar in New Haven com
mondery
In I869 lie was one of the organ.
lzcri-i and charter members of St. Elmo
commandery of this city. He has
been eminent commander. In lit!“ in.-
was elected grand commander of the
Capital stock is $10,000, divided Into
100 shares Tht subscribers ,arc John
J. Kimmel, a. .i. Chichester m H. .i.
McGuire of Plainvllle.
the Mercantile Bank of America was
recorded. The location has changed
from Hartford to Stamford.
A certificate of incorporation of the
W. and W. Sand and Gravel Company
of Ansoula was recorded. The busi-
ness is real estate. Capital stock is
830,000, divided into 1,200 shares. The
incorporators are Irving Whitney. Ed-
win H. Winemberg of Antonio. Dan-
iel E. Brinsmade and Benjamin N.
Beard of Shelton. '
A certificate of change of location of .
A certificate of incorporation of the
gAmericnn Motor Bus & Truck Sales:
Word has been received in Norwalk
by relatives, announcing the safe ar-
rival of “Joe" Brien. of Sorwalli,
who is with the 58th U. S. Aero
Squadron. "Joe" was one of the first
- Norwalli boys to answer the call to
colors and his many friends here will
the glad to learn-of his arrival some-
where in France.
Numerous complaints about people
in the vicinity ofIDay, Raymond and
'I'olle streets throwing garbage into
the gutters of these streets' caused
P'atrolnian Toothill to be sent down
there yesterday to investigate. He did
, so a‘n’d warned the people of the neigh-
borhood that if the practice was not
gtc-pped that criminal prosecuti‘n
might result.
The Central
i Trust Company
I ‘ zewm st.
3 ' Imam
Savings Department
Oommardolnaparhitont
Baalhtston‘opartnunt
rot-sign Exchange Dc-
pom
WWW.
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_ French returned to their, 0“."vltiimanian Premier was preparing
'there have been
sc'rvution points. Again a raid America wcrc contending, when it'
may he made to dcstroy the ene- ""3"” m "'0 arrangement "f dc-,
my 's works and prevent hiui from tails, the Central l’owcrs appcar-'
attacking. This was the cast.- in cd rcluctant to apply those print-i3.
Saturday's raid at Aspucli, Alsace. pics. , , l
where the Germans were in strong! . BERMTJ F91" 26' w" I‘"""""'_
l." fortified lines which tlicv had (icncral liiiisingcn's forces, opcr-:
.lH’ltl since December, 1914.. The ntiiig in Volliyniii, have captured,
‘encmy positions were bombarded ”w town "f KMH‘k‘Mi” “fr" it
beyond recognition and placed in battle. the German General Stuff
:such conditions as to hindcr (ler- """',’""-‘""l today. i
:inan operations. i \\ ASIHNGTON, Feb. 26.—-Ar—l
The correspondent watched the rangcinents have been made to
showers of metal tearing away the , , .
wire entanglements, flattening the hvc hundred miles. to the cast. No:
gun emplacements and 59mm: firc Inllllt‘ill'rlli' occupation of Moscow"
lto the enemy. ammunition dumps. by Gmmz" "mm“ i“ “WP"tM'
The operation was a complete sur- but it was thought advisable to
'prise to the Germans and most of mm“ m" A""'ri""""'
them retired to rear positions‘ The.consiilvgcncrul at Moscow,
while French infantry completed reporting thcic arrangements to
the work of the gunners. Onlv allll." State Department today, udd-
few prisoners were taken, but'Pd that all Americans thcrc were
most valuable informataion rc- wedl. ‘
garding the enemy’s (littposition ”f; . The department also. received a
troops was obtained bcforc thc ‘l'sl’m‘d' "t IT"- 33 saying ”I?
lines. \ 40 20 to Bucharest to meet Ger-
Otlier slicessful raids in Lor- man Fm'mm Minister V0" Kllt’hl-
grains, the Argonne and northwest ginann and Count (.‘zern'm ,thc Aus-
i
move the Americans in Mcsrow.‘
grand commandery of Connecticut. Company 01‘3“?" Haven. was record-
In l89i he was elected grand record. ed- The business ht operating a me!
or of the state commander)! and has: ‘0! ”“9- Capital 51003 18 310.000. dl i
held that otllce continuously since. I'lded "Ito 200 shares The incorporat-i
lie is also secretary and treasury!
of the Past Grand Commanders' asso-E J.'Endlcott 0! New Haven and Arthur,
citation of Connecticut and of the New 3- O'Keefe 0’ WMt Haven. '
England association. He is a member; . —‘——’—‘"
of all the Scottish rite bodies in whichl "'33 MOM-HA BRIGGS DEAD.
he received the thirty-third and lasli Miss Martha E Drisss of Waterbury
degree 3,, Philadelphia. Ldicd yesicrday. Miss Driggs was the
{daughter of the late Theodore J.
BAMMERLIN TEAM WINS. i Briggs, founder of the American Pinl
CINCINNATI, 0., Feb. 26.—'Tbc! company of Waterbury, and sister oi:
liammerlln team of Cleveland, com-{George A. Briggs, the present presii
posed of McDowell and Thles, rolled: dent and manager of the company.i
into first place in the doubles event of; She is survived by one sister. Miss,
the American Bowling Congress tour-i Helen Driggs. Miss Briggs was a we
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'nament here with a score of 1247. on man deeply interested in philanthro:
the first shift this morning. 171‘!in phy and welfare work, and prominenti
score is one pin higher than that of ;socially in Waterbury. She was re—i
Pflum and Ott, of Chicago, who, .were lated to the Chase and Kingsbury fam-i
leading since Saturday.” ilies. i
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BRAIN IS A
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' FIELD- Fons: An
Tu’OUTFiELowotaE
ALL GOT CllAiELE‘i’
To: MAN widows"
/ ‘Ei'e tux/.5 TEAM-
if Rheims have demonstrated swim" Foreign Minister, presuma-
nature of the German (lefcnsc.l'l-" to resume peace negotiations.
iystcm. Nearly evervwhere thc‘
enemy front lines are held lightly; NEW HAVEN" ROAD
ind the main bodies of troops 'arci PET'T'ON APPROVED
'ccpt‘ so far in the rear that occa-I ‘7'!" '
. . ' ' The public utilities comml sioir h
iioiiall ' th i 5 M4
3’ 9 French have reached ' approved the petition of the “New Ha-
he third. and‘even the fourth withE
dight resistance. This is the rea-l
mn‘ for the generally small num-l
her of prisoners, but in Lorraine,
.he Germans were caught nappingi
last week and the haul of captured!
was large, being more gm” 400' ; presented todhe commission on Feb-
. Inaddition to these big raids! "W 5- “m" "' "°"' '°"
‘ ‘ inhumf‘blel nary 15. mm“ “I I1”
mailer ones which ligve not been that the a to be construct? or
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mentioned in the ollcial state. concrete “‘l ‘ W Wilt! “H
abutments. bridge and approaches.
convenience and safety of public trav-
I may require at South Leonard
street. Waterbury. The petition was
: ”9"“? Those ”who.“ ‘carried .sire of the abutment- and other coo-
b
o'ut‘liy mere squads~who°usuolly "mu“ " ml" ‘7” on "V
brhigbaekanumbarofprisoners. mm f, ’x'
ven" road for determination of the'
HORSE AM'BUHD- HEADEO tZE
th-IINK quTSAMATTee? STAc-GEizs-Thgu HORN: IN
:15 saves. 010W LOSE PIPE OUR. STAFF EVERYwHERE,
’ comm IF . , .
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ors are William J. Globensky. James"
' not clean.-
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Entrance on Main 81., Mrdeld Ava, m But
’ lrltlgepofi. Ms.
M], February :5. iris. The Weather—Bali! W ‘.
of voilcs!
This Spring isgoiug to bring forward some of
ill(‘ prettiest voile dresses—a lot of them.
We know it; for the voiles are already here to
make those dresses. This is the news of their arrival,
of their readiness; and an invitation to you to come
and enjoy a visit with them.
A blossom shop? Actually, they outglory and
outbcauty theblossoms!
Such delightful pinks, such charming blues, such
soft and delightful gray tones, such delicious greens,
—a wealth of hues! .
And patterns combine with those hues with just
as great delight and just as true taste.
Flowers and sprigs and tiny dots and large
dots and rambling designs and—Oh, ’tis an impossi-
ble task to tell of them in their beauty andiwondrous
diversity! . ~
A hint of some of the kinds and their prices:—
S‘tripcs and flowers and plaids and dots; even
some with checks combined with flowers; every huo
one could wish; 38 inches wide— 290
Unique designs like cross-stitch embroidery,
iicw plaid patterns combined with flowers in trellis—
like cficcts, limids‘omc plaids—and in each a number
of fine color cffccts— ' 39c
Allover patterns and little checks, large dots and
Oriental fantasies, yard \vidc,— 506
Beautiful - satin-stiipcd voilcs of dark rich
tones, satiny stripe is broad and flashes with light; is ..
of self color usually but one notable exception 'is ;
navy with green satin stripe. Striking and rich—750
New allover Oriental patterns and charming del-
icate plaids, 40 inches wide-e _ 750
Novel and exclusive patterns, rare combinations
of color, and patterns of charming effect—distinctive
95.
l"- .‘Ialn floor, rear. ' ,
Effective veiling Boys’ new ,
now but 170. . Trench suits!
Smartest veiliiigs in Latest, and clcvcrcst,
many a season are the. new
ones for Spring.
Herc. are some of them,
very very attractive, at
but 17c.
It'uncy‘oi' plain mesh,
‘ -hcuillo or woven border,
‘ilnck purple or taupe.
Well worth 250 yd—
17c.
Center nixlc, front.
Laces to match
your smart shoes.
Whatever the color, al-
most, of the handsome
new shoes-laces to match
them arc. ready!
Mahogany or bronze or
i'uwn or dark gray or kha-
ki or light gray or white; One good big lot of cm—
black, of course. bi'oidcry in blind and cyc-
In special lengths of :3th patterns and of col—
33 or 72 inc-hos, a llllf’o ircd organdy edges, rcgih
.uiootlr- round cord lacclar ](lc to 15c yd—
with good tip—4 10c. 5 &i 100.
Left aisle, rear. I
More Savers
' for housework.
Special toilet paperz—Rolls of 2000 sheets of
food tissue, sort sold now at 250 each—limited quan-
tity at
‘_ An economy of work is as important to woman
who docs her own housework, as an economy of
money.
suit for boys!
Trousers fully lined.
And made. of a fast—col:
as well as true blue.
All sizes 8 to 18 at-e
$8.75
Front basement. ,
Pretty collars—390.
'J7lioroughly pretty and
thoroughly new in pat-
tern.
not, rolling and sailor
shapes.
Fine value at 50 cents-—
but ready at
Cctitcr aisle.
indirectly. in limited quantity at saving of money!
Unho‘mi Iii-(ml makers. No 4 size 82.50
l'ntvo :1! food choppers, No. 3 siae,—- "In,
l'nlvonal calm miss". N»! m, 12.50
Dam morgue. work mill: Into utter and reduce
a“! of but" without Willa; Its “IVOI',"? “.5.
Wash boilers with copper bottom— it“
Pantry lots of 4 places— , 0”
Copper too kettles with good nickel cooling, costly
or serge that is pure wool .
()rgandy and satin and
39c ‘
15c. .
llcrc are some savers of work, either directlycr,
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