; ported snow this morning.
' , l‘reesing . temperatures extended as
1”” ”“h '5 “FM“W- ‘ss tollowa;— officers ‘and men against talking of
; First rent ................. $15.15 ’the movements of troops or of other
“hm ‘YEIR Lust rent ............ 27.96 military matters. in public, 0r where
TOADAY AGO l increase .................. 12.80 those not in the service of the United
' Percentage of increase ..... 34 States or her allies are (able to heat-
—-’ l them. it is stated that some informs-
' 38.1I‘air.
: tits at Camp Devens, after spending a They mean that in a little over two
“ L Davenport against the Citizen's Na:
4‘ yesterday on the ground.that the com.
5 case.
‘ .J. Pritehard of New York and Georgi!
, trend. which was decided in favor of
in Bridgeport last fall, and appealed
‘rhnnts' Profit-sharing Corporation was
.lteld in New York
'oi Stamford. A. Victor Barnes of New
. hank-coupon‘checkl.
I! m few “have estarueaate rests ly to their mitt. have reduced to
‘ ”2'1“”. mammanyturmmonu-duumwot mmmiw
, m mew "nabs. haventnae-sllgrospeilsadlo'rdshave.
.Aaefi-aewletetthetufll- unhealthy is cold blood. extracted the full ad-
. mmhnllraisheasbeus- vantage iorthmeivea'out oi the
“mm W ”Taumeveaaanalmtal." emomiedtuatiouasdthe impersw
55c 31. . coal-lanes meditativeaead-oitaenrknsa‘. The!
have charged extents-eta rents isr’
above any lair level. hare tailed tol
make elementary repairs. have main .
taiaed disgracefuliy unhealthy condi-
tions, and have furnished a
not worth eves a normal rental. be
tenant, being at their mercy. Mowing
that it is practically impossible to
iind another shelter. has been obliged-
to put up with increasing rents and
bad condltzons. The net result is ser-
iously to impair the industrial sin-i
meesares. The coaa'derstlon of
these remedies for the Waterbury sit-
uation will be discussed further at an
early meeting of the governor and
council and warm action. it was said
today at the council's once. may be
expected. The special commission
which was named by the governor in
this matter consists of Herbert Knox
Smith. at Hartford. Julius C. Btreln-
tail. of Meriden. and Marshall 0.;
, . Wells. oi Hartiord. ‘BEVENS SOLDIERS
~——-~—-—- A summary of the commission's for-
JOSEPH DAVIS
65 Washisalen Street
g . IOU?" IONA“ cieuey oi the workinglnen of Water-
bury to serve the nation is its need.
mm! ”mm ;mal report to the governor follows: WARNED AGAINST
; The commission held four hearings.) TALK m STRANGERSl
Forecast for Norwgik M vicinity: heard over 15 witnesses. and person.
. . ally inspected over 60 rents
“M’ “W WW"- WI'" to rain The lay of the land in Waterburyi
stad continuing Thursday; colder to- is such that rents for workingmenl
night on the coast; moderate nonh- aro mainly congested near the centre Massachusetts 5.604. Maine 919, Ver-
e”; to east ”I“, “numb.“ by of, the city. 1:. the last three year; moot 421 colored men 'Florida 2.236,
,1.“ rsdsy The southern “on" he “aterbury bu int-mum by about Rhode island 36. New lorlt 105, Net
6,000 famlies. The housing facilities Hampshire 2. Connecticut 209. and
"'9‘ "NV" northward during ”‘9 have-increased for only about 2,,‘000 Massachusetts 206.
last twenty-four hours and is now cen— This is the basic econornic fact the in- l It is reported thlt hundreds of tents
traiover Virginia in. causing cloudy crease of demand over supply. it have been ordered from the depot
and rainy weather with hlxh winds places the landlord in absolute com- Quartermaster'il department at Bullion,
. mud. The tenants are helpless. which indicates that many of the. men,
along the Atlantic coast from North Rentals. M re ihis hummer m" be. qua ltere d
Carolina to Maine. sever“ 91““ re The commission verified 102 cases l“ tents, besides “1°" who ‘1"
PM“!!! The average period bet..." the occupy bahecks. How many men in
weather prevails in the western dis “First Rent" ascertained by the Co .l- til will he tented ll uncertain. bl"
iricts The tempentum are low in mission. and the ”Last Rent" (pug. it seems likely that the tented city
the eastern and central districts ent rental). Was two and onevaixtb N "‘9 camp "1" number lb°““““ 0‘
The averages per rent. to men. ‘
gsrdless of number of rooms. werel An 0'4" V” “5““ here earn “14
(Continued irom Page Una)
——
e
in 78 of he cases the number of
rooms in afich rent 1; known. The
average wits 5.2 rooms. There were through conversation. although the
:1 threeroom rents. 17 four-room, 34 men did not mean to have the inior-
iiveroom, and 20 six -.room The gen mation get beyond themselves.
v=|'N"ll<‘l'fltlm" “nth. 46 '0“ tion has leaked out in this was
u..-— ..
erll "erases per room were: l A board oi tour outset-ll. consisting
First rent. per room ........ sin.) of lsior lsador U gar. Captain John
' ews [All rent, per room....‘., ..... 5.42 8. IMulihen, Lieu ant Patrzch 3
increase ................... 2.42 Manning and Contracting Surgeon
Percentage'oi lncrease.‘..‘... 81 .Horace Boatweil has been appointed
These figures become impressive to examine the physical fitness of
students at ‘tbe Oliicers' Training
schoOl. This is in line with the com
ing graduation oi the students and
year's. he has had his rang nearlylthe recommending of several for com-
_' tfioul‘llled.d They mean for him and his missions. he i h Ofli 'i' in
sin y eprivatlon. increase i The mom no t e cers‘ rs
D'- Sheltons house on E.” avenue,l ease. and a serious lowering :i ‘lltsa'ing School went into the trenches last
has been leased to Joseph Volk. American standard of m.“ n "Ini‘ht between 6 and 10 o'clock. Two
Jr for a term of one year. {generally conceded that thmveray platoons of men were opposed to each
workman should not have to pay more other. esc‘t platoon bemg placed "l I
. ~Don't he a slacker. Bay was broad than 9‘” ”9"" ’5 wage for NI monthly dilcrent WWI“ where combat p”
and help win the war . ’9'" The tomilitias laurel show. euvers were engaged in.
' [that he is paying a great deal morel Nest Iweelt intensive training me
, "" , in Waterbury. To make ends meet ce'ives another advance. when the bay-
Gcm-ge iv. (lainor. one of the fire he must my," crowd his home “mime; Mill“ will go "over the top" with
int-p at the central fire station. is ill roomcrs or cut down on the necessi bullets and bayonets. The men will
at his lnmc in Summltatreet. -
'—‘——‘ [when their effect upon the individual
Frank Spinelia has resumed his rill-' workman and his family is real‘ sod
iurlong'l at his home here,
tics of life. in many cases. [.0 fire into the eremy trenches as well
The hard facts that lie is up against as charge their bayonet!-
. linear in the following spec!“ I The negro troops received their
Settlement has been made fat the 33595:-” first work in the field t mm, when
WWW" “mulled by “I" at MN“ One 3 room tenement was raised they began building trenches
Henderson's residence _on Mill Hill, re«
cently.
from $6 50 to 516 00.
One 4 room tenement
’front 3611.00 to 525.00.
One 5 room telement
Commanding officers of each bri-
rilised glide. ‘under orders, will appoint nnI
otlicer in each unit to tulle charge
raised of and handle all work on War Say-I
”rout $11.00 to 830.00. ing Certificates. Thrift Stamps nntlI
One 5 room tenement was raised Liberty Bonds. '
from 613.00 to 530.00. . i l-‘orty- four men were transferl-cd‘
One .5 room tenement was raised from the Depot Brigade to the Quar-
erm 39.00 to 325 00 termnntcrs' Corps.
TWO 5 room tenement was raised Joseph Grew. former member of the
from 615.00 to 635.00. , Is American iegation at Berlin lectured
One 35 room tenement with raised before the officers oi this camp at the
from $16.00 to $35.00. Liberty theatre this afternoon lilo
Three 6 room tenement was raised subject was: Kind of Men Are We
{ND 815-00 to 535.00. Fighting and What Will Happen if.
no it room tenement was raised “e [)0 Not Wm"
from $14.50 to 535.00. . i Mi lrew told of several incidents
One 6 room tenement was raised .oi the. German people to prove that
from 618. 00 to 345 00. the wat- was of their making and to
it is hardly necessary to add any- show their methods lie argued that
thing in comment on such figures. the character of it people can best
Condition of Tenements. be jud "ed by their every day traits
Over-crOWdlng appeared ..n many and that while one incident might
cases. a logical result oi high rents. apparently mean nothingthe joining of
One rent at 5 very small rooms Was several incidents will allow the real
occupied Vb? kl flqmlly to! dive and character hehi lid the poope. ‘
ten roomers in addition; two beds in Private Vat git T. Turkekian. of
each room (except the kitchen). two New Redford. :t. member of the Sec
occupying each bed. only two of the end iletutilment of ill! Quartermus"
bedrooms with exterior light, the ter's (Ol'l’ia, has ~rc.I.I:on to hate the.
whole place filthy and insanitary. The Bochc. Ttlrkckian, who in an Al-
rent had been raised from 513 to :30 menitlu “nuts to throw himself at the
' Extremely bad sanitary conditiom very tltt ;n- R of the lions. because. in
were found. especially in plumbing a recent let. tl‘ rece.ved from a friend
and toilets. litany of the latter were in Switzerland. he heard the first
unuaeabie. The backyards were ire news of his family for mbnths. it told
queniiy heaped with refuse thrown of the slaughter of hi it father. uncle.
,out by the tenants there apparently 'snd one brother. who was a natural-
with
The appeal of the case of Miss Sarah "w”
tional Bank. of Opponta. "N. r. for ;
"the defendant. in the Superior Court. i
by Miss Davenport to the Supreme
{Jourt was thrown out by that body
plainant had not paid the printing bills
for a proper record, thus ending the
The annual meeting of .the Men
yesterday after-
noon. The directors elected are Wil-
liam Lauder of Norwalk. N. R. Jessnp,
York. 1‘. E.‘Wilcox of Norwalk. Hugh
Ii. Olney of «New York. The directors
elected the following oflcers: Presi-
dent. N. R. Jessnp; treasurer. Hugh
J. Prltcbard; secretary. George H. Ol-
ney A successful years was reported
with the merchants' prom-sharing
3nd garbage The» lnsenitary cond‘i p‘rlsonment oi his mother and another
lions not only effect the individual brother by the Germans. '
J
" OUR DUTY” tenants, but present a serious ubli :
Tol’ronlote Thrift— l dangei oi contagious dist-use p clBLIzyARD STORM ‘ l
, A number of landlords responsible ‘ '
YOUR DUTY for high rent and bad cond ~lfition 1N PENNSYLVANIA
Mt “Were giveil an opportunity to explain.
T.Be y They set forth several alleged Jllstl- (continued From Page Oriel l
lications as iollows:—-— ,_____, '
l—That rents in 17915, which was
the basis line taken in figuring inI
twreases were exceptionally io'w', thus
:naiéingda fistula, unfavorable to inch ”5"
an or s c m is not borne Hat
by the facts. in 1912. the Bureau of tgr'ggnt'fg, W333?" on record
33:1 RIO-B'MWIIMOI ”evidence, 3.1 Ll Trolley and steam tradlc was item-
1' ll :u in ”a taste in Wetérhilrr pend and the operation of the, many
. a vent tamford and alaloianthrscite coal rain in the district
Rents in Wtuerbury were the highest was great lilte'ri with.
adults four .sverssinsast sermon. in‘
the order naued I'll-sit“, 61.,” 61.56
and 61.91. The" mm" figures
secured by tine commission for We-
it'll“ W'&“fi ili'i'k ‘T'NW
per . s
bases of the drum
cites The temperature dropped to 37. '
naznm‘on. r... rii, 10,—A foot
of Monitored the ground in the to
ports to the a
.M“
imonetoi
t
‘r'kgti-
.... bang no effective collection of refuse 128d American citizen. and ”‘9 m" "
region today as the result of one .
‘ flu”.-. ...-...
BARR! 13m 13‘." April 1 53.1 The snow and elect canted many
' late dsugtuent writes and W"- o! «led-ash out
of ssrlcultore todsi told ot snowfall mm to “ht dor'n
Wm'fll 9”“
lm
{were calamity «moi is: all!
M
Homuo's
l— 1,)ng
. .- Your Li
Germany.
you and your children.
at war and the war cannot end till Victory 18 won
by our forces, Who cannot fight, muSt pay. But
,Your Band Now!
a . AP i‘il'
Umbrellas! .
An economy!
If ever there wall a happy combination, it is this
one of umbrella with April and with economy. ._' 3
‘ . April; when a shower is a matter of course at al-
post any hour, ' . yr, ,.
{.Umbrellas; a protection against that shou‘er.
‘57 v -Q-
3'1”“:
Economy; always welcome.
Women’s silk umbrellas, rich colors or black,
many with short handle and wrist-cold of silk; reg-
ular $4 to $5— $3 50
Silk- and-cotton of rich deep black, men’s and -
lvomen’ 3 sizes, strong light frame, graceful handles;
legular $3— \ $2. 59
' Stencil ralnprooi styles of black cotton fabric,
llfractive handles, men ’s and women’s sizes, regular
51 25-4 - ' $1.10
I? .2' --
1
Halo floor, rear. ’
/ Gleaming glass,-
richly cut, ‘
at special price.
. \.
Piece after piece of heavy handsome cut glass,—- ,
crystal clear and in handsome patterns. , 315‘ng 3}
Such glass as is "daily ‘growing scarcer—because
materials required to make it are being used for pro-
ducing other and far-more-needcd articles: mu-
nitionsl -
.Yet here it 18 at special price: of special value!
‘ Group 2
Trays, comports, celery
dishes, nappies, and dres-
. . Group 1
Singer holders, bonbon
dishes, rose bowls, spoon
’ dishes— $110 “$155 ser dccoratives~$L85
Group 3 ‘ 4
1s, = cruets, compel-ts, Group
Footed nappies ‘ bowls,
, ele it's 5 ’
c ry» y : celery trays, footed bowls,
trays, Sugar and creams,
water bottles—~tlt3fi65
_, Group 5' 3 ,
Dishes for table and for dresser,
many 'shapes and sizes-u $4.50 , .
Three dozen, diflerent Sixteen handsome wa-
tyles of beautiful cylin- tér sets, pitcher with _6
lot»... yucca-$3. 90 to $8 tumblers—$8.50 '& $10._
" . 1..» .17 Fourth door. 533.
N
s
.M-.. .5.
East (in t and south A
A norm the
mic stated.
thward movtns'
up the Atis coast was clocked to
arid .de pure?” mug: ‘5 1' and lot. northeastwsrd movement on
operations
and aiding . , \ we
Enhance on Main Street. rumba matte, Cannon Street
- “We.
‘ltr- .
It will insure the blessings of peace
drop in price. _
'A clearing-up of women’s evening slippers--
. a big p in price.
‘ cash price; no interest—no ducs~uot one
flownaun
.h.- o...—.
. -.__£ 1‘.
ll
REMEMBER. --We are
l
as. :I.
Foulards;
fine luster,
at saving.
Group of beautiful foulal'd silks, finely titled
service through all the season of in until and - .
nose, instead of $2 yard—$1.69 ‘ .
_ Foulard silks with splendid strength, of 3
texture, and of rich color. ,3
What beautiful and effective patter
from big dots to small and including
Striking, but tasteful, figures. . 3
Such glowing colors as rcscda copcull. ,-. . N
green plum champagne llavv nth black.
One vnrd uidc, regular $2 yd—
Tllird floor.
Beautiful slippers-I
for evening wear
’7".
5.2 ..
'And styles change almost none ilt these fine pl
of footwear for tires; events!
Evening boots of brocadcd satin, silver or ggé '
were $15—$34. 75 ,
Pumps u 1th French heel, SilVCl‘ or gold, were
to mil—$4.75
White satin pumps with French llCt‘l, were $3
—$2. 75 .
beads, were SET—$4.75
Black kid evening pumps \\ itll French heel, wer
$5 and Sid-$4.5 I "
_. .. f Main floor, rear. , .. ""2.
‘x...
One dollar
secures membership in the How,“
land selling-machine club-‘- I
gives illuucdiatc possession of
'A member of the Howlandmlulr
buys a Houlaud. machine at 5
price in small sums at convenient. ?
intervals. , .,
A member pays only the regula
’1
extra.
’- ‘And Rowland machines are great value!
are easy running,quiet, do every sort of home so
‘ i
“‘ -a;1£’w cost but $19. 50 $25 to $45.
THE HOWLAND DRY GOODS /COMPANY
’eilaasurs also». 70 devilish mfg," 1,, MQ
Third doorf .. .‘.
‘ M13.“ ' t... ..
1k?“ 40"“
l: .
O
checry' sy pres ,
n" "A" relic td- nichsrtl H. Fitch
a who remember the good old
days of the l'alriield County nutrient
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