' prices as
lished by the State Fuel
$155.
in—-to chute or in eel.
one ton or more $10.25.
Half ten lots $5.25
Quarter tons $2.70
[The above prices will be
naa recognised business col-
.. is accredited to experience
the government in filling
h-grade positions in the
hottest and accounting de-
p
merits.
and seems.
It's unsightly and inanistic,
manent. The plaster may fall any day and is bound to need
repairs.
Metal ceilings last longer but cost too much. The! are
hard to put up, unattractive and
beaver Board has all of the
handicaps. It is as
appearance. , .
In new buildings or old it's the logical ceiling. We can
absolutely convince you of this if you'll giveus a chance.
The Hatch £2
52-
Beaver Boards for Ceilings
You seldom see a plaster ceiling that doesn’t show cracks
Gail» |".‘"-‘." fled!
long lasting as steel and more pleasing in
1w ,_ 4 l
but worse still. it isn’t per-
they rust. ‘
advantages and none of the
BmkyCd
we use»:
FAMINE Pincus
' . in price.
' revenue law, last September. it was
lToday dealers believe that the sale
itory in lees than a year.
‘wliiskey stocks. but believe that ha-
gardless of war measures...
Ran wmsnsv
é‘Contlnued from First Pate).
"-.—
for more than a week have shown
a daily advance of ten cents a gallon
Further advances are cer-
tain. for day by day the supply shrinks
and no more whiskey can be made to
replenish the exhausted stocks.
. When the distilling and importation
of spirits was prohibited by the war!
the belief of distillers and others that
the quantity of whiskey then on hand
iwould last from three to five years.
Tristram & w Hyatt -
Norwalk’s Leading Dry Goods Store
Friday Hints for Saturday Shoppers
ll
of whiskey at retail Will pass into his-
’i‘hey not
only forsee the cuinpletc exhaustion of
ltionnvide prohibition is inevitable. re-
One factor contributing to the. rapid
‘dLsappearauce of whiskey from the
market is the l‘orehandedness of men
who can afford to stock their cellars
against the dearth that is to come.
.4
$25 «Suits reduced to . . .. . . .
$30 Suits reduced to . . . . . . .
$18 Coats reduced to . . .. . . .
$15 Coats reduced to . -. .. . . .
All Hats reducedffrom‘ . . . .
33 SO. Main St.
CLOAKS . we PAR]:
‘ REDUCTION SALE
On All Women’s and Misses’
Suits. Coats and Hats.
$17.95
$20.00
......$12.98
$9.95
..98canduD
esp-lions.
MiLLiN‘ier
So. Norwalk
lNol only men who buy in considerable
.quantilies are looking ahead in this
liiiailuer, but men who can buy only
in quart at a time are so investing
‘tlieil' $2 bills as well. The result of
lthis activity will be the passing of
,whiskev drinking at the bar. _ I
1 Another factor is the. exportation to
lEngland of vast quantities of the ll
sun's reruns cancers ._ 31:
Gears Pon’cnns — noes ----
SKIRTS TAFFETAS ~ MATTINGS ' . ~ M
WAISTS venues LINOLEUMS
swnsrnns omensus OIL CLOTHS A
PETTICOATS LININGs SHADES "
see the Quaker Craft Lace'and New
Draperies in the Curtain Corner.
qiior. Distilling has been stopped in4
England, but the demand for liquor
still exit-HS, and Britfihers are paying
high prices for American whiskeys
to the take the place of the product
col the Scottish stills. Up to date
115.000 barrels of the American whis-
kev have been shipped to England.
ii local authority on the situation said
today, and there are seVeral Ameri-
can whiskey brokers in [option who
'"expect to make fortunes through the!
sale of warehouse certificates before
”1%
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W
they return.
TIR
17 assessor or.
TEL. 1360.
ES.
OFFICIAL SERVICE STATION
NORWALK. 600%yriial‘lés STERLING. UNITED _
VAAST BROS. GA‘RAGE
Sousa nonwsnx.
run. 2011.
An air of profound anxiety pervades
several saloons in Norwalk whose
owners for yeam have bought their
whiskey direct from the distillers and
have not depended upon the local
wholesalers for their supply. One of
these said today: "i bought and paid
for whiskey last November, and it is
still in the warehouse in Kentucky
,Mr. bicAdoo seemingly doesn't con-
sider it an ‘essentlai commoditv.‘ for
the dislillcrs can't get the railroads
to accept the shipment. .\ir. McAdoo
certainly hasn't my idea of it. 1m
now l‘ve got only enough whiskey on
hand to last my trade about a week.
svtsmsswnti. sneeze. lN
*LCOLD WEATHER
on re you will
will-jive
connection. 3. ~
con-tbs obtained at any time.
Fairbanks Storage
Battery Co.
Main ' Street
Telephone 038
' all atour Willard Service Static:
‘ meet a thoroughly
competent storage batery expert win
authorative advice in thll
eflrecharse, repair and stone but .
B.
illitental battery for any make of ca:
So. Not-wall .
Shoreilinners
calligCllops and
1 Chicken. .
LA CARTE
m ...a.....«-,....nnm. - lam-v-w‘rwmm'l
' resin. or
.5
fim iorinfeotioill
o the urinary tut-L
'Pslnlb.
I‘illnos norms
in! .. d
JACOBY’S ‘
were $3.545 0.!” .
suits AND can rs"
Cash if you have if.
f
> Credit if you want it.
—___._—_—
and what 1'“ do to hold the trade
when that is none is oeyond my wits."
Another snioonkcepcr. in the smile
iiiouriiful tones, told of willskoyl
bought last October which is still in.
the warehouse. nearly a thousand'
Illilt‘rl away, Willi n0 prospect of its
being admitted to siiii‘tiiolit. ills
stock. too, is approaching the end.
The one consolation of these two is
that their whiskey will be trebled in
value when they not it.
l The. price of whiskey sold by the
juiiiss has been iidvanccdon nearly
lovol'y bar iii town; Nearly all saloon
! keepers have reduced the. size of tile1r
Scissors. and those who have maiir
l'tailied the old l'iill‘ for a drink tire
Wald to be “stretching" their whiskey
{by judicious additions of water to its
ibiilk. .
. W
.couar TO APPROVE
CHANGE OF ROAD
.Fasi freight Service
D. m. for dehvery in New
The Nos-walk Line
Between This City
aliITNew York. p,
STEAMER “CLIO”
Freight accepted at South Nor-walk from 7:30 to 5:30
York at 7 am.
the follow-
this at Sea Food
. HAVE surgeons?
ing day. Freight accepted in New York from 7:30
am. to 5 p. in. Leave New York at 3 o’clock daily.
MILLER & BOUGHTUN, Inc.
l
i T043UILD BIG DAM
: J. Henry ltoraback. of Canaan. pres-
Ildt’lll of the Connecticut Light 8: Pow"
for company and chairman of the Re-
piiblicnn State Central Committee an
.pour before. Judge Donald '1‘. Warner
:in the superior court today. in support
lot a petition to change the course of.
y the state highway, between Stevenson
station and the town of Monroe. made‘
,iiecessnry by the construction or the.
{dam the-Power company is buildlne to‘
aback up the waters of the lioiisatmllt
1 river at Zoni"s bridge.
TOR'RINGTON MAN FOUND
i Prisoner Is Declared sane.
. of murder in the first_degree by a jury lender maker of billiard tables.
1 m the superior court here. into yester- W
:d'ay. He shot to death Mrs. Angelo NEW HAVEN BANKRUP
, l’ecoraro in Torrington. during a qunr-c,I
to] last. May. Candido's counsel iiiov-l
1 "ti to set aside the verdict as against;
NEW H A\' ‘33.
9 brought down from the state hospitabdm. when he got money
lpliysicians observing him there do-
rinred himaiine. la bankruptcy petition.
LEAVES $1,000 a‘Eouesr
of his wife‘s jewelry.
probate yesterday gives $12500 to the!
sisters of the; Vialtation of New York: NEw'HAVEN MA‘
city. of which a daughter is a member. FACES
and $1,000 to pay for masses for her
NEW HAVEN.
Spring Suits iiir
‘ * Men and Young-Men
$15.00 to $25.00 '
COPYRIGHT ' .
.detho
as ‘
l
yesterday. as a res
head received in a loop
a tight Wednesday.
-ing the coroner's finding.
PASSENGERS USE TROLLEY
M
ville by trolley cars.
(soul. Another item is $1,000 to the. , . - . ' p re.
GUILTY OF SLAYING WOMAN. Rev. Thomas llugg‘urd. vicar general {PM high and when finished th p
lot the Hartford diocese. for masses
lJUry Finds First Degree Murder—and sotl‘for himself The residuary ic-
lgatees. alter disposing of some smalllposed to build a highway bridge over
L‘TCHF‘IEIID. May 3.—Giordian_o;bequrests are daughters. Mrs. O'Con- the top of the dam. the bridge foun-
lt‘andldo of Tonington, was convictedinor was, the daughter of Hugh W. Col»‘
BOUGHT OWN STOCK
3— ' 3 . . in:
l the, evidence and this motion will be, fth “ Q, In“), ‘ M‘“, SM], were present and as the compam ‘ 5
— __..~__._.. l argued next Tuesdav The trial be-i 1mm 0 ‘e ‘ ' ‘ ‘E‘ mail “Militant. mei-
. ‘ran last Tuesdh "C did‘ ‘ . {chant tailors. which is in bankruptcy:
" ’ “ y, an 0 being; was asked by Referee iioadiey yestor-ld t
, . - . ,. to buy some, one 0 any
v{3;“gagggagsnstmy1‘11“]??ng will??? of his own stock when it was sold by objection.
0 so, ‘3 “m' e the trusteesklast week. when he. had‘me necessary papers prepared and
lplmded mu 1m" to Daysfi‘lfi‘iniieqfié stated ihat he would approve
ihe borrowed money and pawned some. ,
URDER CHARGE.
I
lay 3.—-Owen Gunmi
23 years old, died in a local hospital
of a blow on his
Danie Boone. it)
years old. alleged to have be n his as-
suilant, was arrested on the charge of
manslaughter. and is being held pend,
‘ . As TENMDER is DERAILD .
WINSTED. Milly 8.———A1‘ter derail-
mentgof the tender on the passenger
train from Bridgeport to Winsted due
here at 1:22 yesterday attemoon,_.pas-
sensors were brought in from Burr:
1100,0119an hurt. _
The dam will be more than 100
sent bridge at Zoar‘s crossing will be
about 40 feet under water. it is pro-
jdation to be. the dam itself. To make
like highway meet this. it is necessary
{to turn it about three-fourths of a
jjmllc from' its present location.
Selectmen of the towns involved
HEAVY LOSS FROM
‘2 KILLED, 18 HURT i
mt... & c... -
iiall Price Sale 0i it
‘ llllMMlEll MlllthRY
Tomorrow. for one day only. we will sell Two
FIRES IN FORESTS
(Continued from Page One)
$1,358,600 were destroyed. This loss,
while. larger than those of the past ‘-
TBW Years. is considered remarkably
light in \itiw‘of the unusually dan- a.
gerous conditions which, owing to pro- ‘
tracted drought and periods of high
winds, were practically the same as in ..
1910. when many persons were burn- 7‘3:-
ed to death and $25,000,000 worth of
timber destroyed. it is estimated
that. in addition to the actual loss in -
timber, sic. $1,121,451 was spent by .
the Government for the purpose of
fire fighting and prevention.
Nine hundred and ,tifiytwo tires, oo- "
curring for the most part in Oregon.
California and Arkansas. were inccn-l _
diary. Careless campers were respon
sible for 1.288 and railroads,"purtiyi
through failure to use proper spni‘k‘
arrestcrs. for 1,001}. The remainder. .1.
were caused by vai'zoiis forms or carol ‘
lessncss on the part of settlers andi
others users of the national forests. .
in the interest of conservation of
both timber and man power the caiii- Z
pulim of mllu-atl’dlt against careless,
liess lull indifference. which has bt'l‘nlw;WI...»v
waged for many years by the forest; e: "
service, will be pressed with renowa-di -. M-
Hundred Hats at Half Price. We have held such sales
before. and you know what such savings means to
you. Be on hand early and don’t miss the chance.
energy the coming season.
SLAIN OMANTs"
' no v FOUND 1N
SCHMIDT HOME
(Continued from Fjlrst Page).
‘t
it FURNITU E
" of quality and distinction
g -I "
MODERATlsLY PRICED
Schmidt here from Lakewood. N. J”; ‘ ‘
and relatives any the couple were lllill‘ I . . . . «I.
riot! in New 'l'oxk, this bring disputed {Q '
l’nllatiilus
however. by Schmidt‘s daughter and
widoW. Mrs. 'I‘ietz-Scliniidt. 'l‘llc wo-
luau (liriipiwurod suddenly two years 4."
Walls
4
tigo. :n l ,
The discovery was .inde soon ilfil‘l'i
the officials had given up the removal...
lion work. A workman. throwing llpl§
:l
‘t
\
a last siiovt-lful of earth. uncovered
i
ed beneath the celiicnt iloor. which
ililtl been carefully rel-covered so there
“as no indication il_liad been llllllllt'l“
the canvas. The body had been plac-
t
l
cd with. 1: ".
Mrs. Schmidt. who was brought ili‘ni ‘. ;.
{ore Prosecutor Gillespie today for fur ‘ I . '1‘
ther questioning in connection with!” 1
\
the death of Augusta Stolnbach. whoi
according to Schmidt. killed liaiseifi
when he would not marry her. fainted ‘W
when told of the finding of the body: '
-—~— ~—— it
3i
BEDROOM FURNITURE ..
in odd pieces or complete sets;
' all“ finishes.
IN BALLOON BLASTt...
(Continued now First vase)
i “Col. \kititirsey's statement follows: ‘
{A "serious exploaion Occurred at;
Fldrence Field tonight. when one oft;
the observation balloons exploded as; a
it was being stored away for the night;
Static electricity generated by frictioli‘
K
ingreed to pay the expenses incurred.
and no particular damage will be.
property, they made no;
orderedi
Judge Warner
the .
. change in layout. i
l
nail is l llii;
Tonight! Let Cascareu CleanvLiVEr
and Bowels and Stop Headaches,
indigestion. Constipation
of the balloon fabrics is believed to???
have caused the explosion. ‘
“Two men are killed. burned so as! . .._....°......, N... "
to be unrecognizable. and a roll call I""‘* ’ ““T “'““
in the morning will be necessary lie-t . ,. ., ,,
fore it is possible to establish their‘ _..» » , - ‘
. ‘ ' (Y r '1) 3w I n 7 1‘ I‘ ,v.
identity beyond question. Eighteen: SHORTAGE OF ICE- gem. «it-1112:1191.alumt‘l'liitmldi‘ihlt lid-
ilien were more or 1055 injured and. ‘ “ lvlsmli‘lnlt Cllllne‘dnl‘l‘tfl milling 0 . w
. ' « ‘ . v' ‘ . 25‘ " 3. ii . ‘ .
u‘ fen quite hél‘lflufiix‘lll‘li not fatally). Summer May Be Period of Tnbula-i l eialt mull
'lhe men burned ll(t.i\(d liiiiiiodiato tion to Housekeeper.
VQIIAh/flf.
'b—o-‘fi
_._.___....._..
“w. _..._. :39. :70..- .210“. ”ego/2m .14». ""1 .
' FOR MASSES FOR SOUL “Bring in the man who lent the: _"'"‘”"'_“ “""‘ “W "I” - . l i
,, . . . i ‘ ‘ - ' . ~ ~ ~ . . , , . . AINS'I: \
ixISTAMFORD, May ill—«The will crimoney and «the 'pawn tickets next .w “E ' P fEHJNG‘ i?;$fl§::)lg;it‘t§t}‘("l b" Eugen“: at u"), bit-xi. Sllmlger In?) iefag‘oflfib"::fil!WARN|NG AGBEGGWG Assymdué
. .,. ' ‘ ' l ” ' | ‘ ' . , ‘ . . (‘fll'ci y 0 ‘ ‘ ‘ i V I . .- ‘ - ‘
N Annie. (" 0 Connor offered for. Thursday. ordered MF' Hostile}. ' A u i Last night‘s fatalities were the first iaifteeifi'reiffi‘hg with the cutting of riVel‘! lilshop Chauncey B. Brewster of tho
. , l ' ‘ . Connecticut Episcopal Diocese has it"
since the balloon school opened sev-land lake ice this season, and ham-
erai months ago. lpered by shortage of the. chief pro-
KAISER NEARLY HIT iggifl‘sagdcaeiiisihgliQF ice:nianufacture—-I "The public is advised. in the. oasis
BY AVIATOR’S BOMB.
sued. it warning against certain solicit-
‘OI‘S for cash and aims, as follows. .
v ,- ment call-' of solicitation on behalf of Assyrian
edsgmgoh’flgfehlsg gge‘ggiic: ni'anufao ‘_ and drmenian Christians. _to Hide?
i turers and asked them to economic in ”some inquiry, as there are fr‘l’bffl‘fi
itheir use. of coal. . One of the suggeg lil‘onr those districts who have maloc-
illons was that some of the plants shut i begins a professiont'mll to“ 3:10 i{ a:
hard to clear away the sunken ship’E down and buy their ice for SiOl'llgEQ‘filt“: “it all “at: ligvx’a‘ul S-‘iimmon
in the channel. but they are. compelled; purposes from those iii working order ! 0-“ 0Y2}; 8‘8! ”0,01%“, Building New:
to work under great. disadvantagcsi at cost price. it mats but a little bit,1f30fll it I»; e i . - ,r _ _. A «
and in a very awkward position. Oniyl more to turn out 100 (logic. of is ‘tm‘mi\0lk c l. - . g
s u l char es of '0 minute can ube it costs to turn out 5 (ins. la is. ' “ "
uxsehlat onegtime owidg to the danger. once a plant is set going. it. can. with {SHAH OF PERSIA BUYS <
of damaging the banks. 1 very iltfle more labor and power turn . - ' $100,000 LIBERTY BONDS!
The harbor is closed now and it is! out a largely incieased product. 59,} WASHINGTON. May 3.——The Shah
expedted that it. will require three‘ of course, a ton of ice made in a 1110- ‘ m. Persia has applied for $100,000 of
Liberty bonds. The. request reached
Eweeks more i lear it. as the British tory that turns out 100 tons .0. day is
' n dredger and. the do]: much cheaper than a ton made in one ‘the‘ state department today from Min:
later 0 ‘
-(Continued From Page One)
- .AJ
a large bed at.the where 50 tons is the daily output. it
til tithes
their
aldwell 'at 'l‘eheran.. ' ~ , .
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