4!. Taylor entertained the;
l the Ladies’ Aid Society of
Baptist Church yesterday at.
her home on 273 Main
“w...“
w, as usual, will be “Sewing
the ‘Norwalk Country Club, for
much It is requested thati
who possibly can be present,i
in still a large amount 0!!
be completed.
‘t target the public canning dem-g
it the Norwalk High School
it; when Miss Adelle n. Clara!
bury. will bean hand to show
Wand best methods of canning
urination of fruits and yoga.
‘Everyone is welcome.
connotes" Aid Society of St. Pe
Evangelical Lutheran Church will
Thursday afternoon. August int
he basementot the church on Ce~i
retrofit, for the regular monthly bus-
molesting. Upon this occasion,
lb birthday of the ‘pfi'fiident of
Motels. Mrs. Frances Hoffman. will
mowed. Refeshmems will be
ll members and friends or the
.~
My are cordially invited to be p
'Plneapples for canning. $1.10 doz‘
_'-.flliiolto's, 13 Railroad avenue.
be 1592. No delivery.
i
53.153!!!” West, [graterly a resident of
' bill. has received. an appointment
in theimdrtermaster’s department bi
man. s. Army. and at present is logic
‘ after the war manufacturing in
tilitl section and is making his resi-
with his daughter, Mrs. William
of Stamford. Mr. West was the
nicndent of the old Norwn’lk‘
ill to; which hadlls buildings
ileum Norwalk Tire 8; Rubber
litany. are now located in Winni-
yoflnited States government tax
filers , of yachts. motor hosts,
a boats. etc, Tor the year end-
!fu s 30th, 19l9. ls‘vpayable today,
‘ ngtbo last day allowed by law.
' tor-boats under £ch ton not.
x of $5. and others larger
l are computed on length mea-
ts. Captain Davide. Sanford is
~ after the licensing or posts in
“section. Boat-s that are exenlpt ‘
. V they are used in trade aro‘
fill out papers as well cog
in» are obliged‘lo pay the tax,3
eoncmound the city mu‘st be
‘ 1 p their larder for next Will"
1
C
t
cs cf'cowsthat have been rc-«g
{‘mlsslng'. A Mr. Jennings, ot‘
Il‘nrms. telephoned in last eVe-i
, limbs fine, big cow, belonging tot
disappearedh'om his farm and ‘
of the animal could bemfid. ,
afterwards Mrs. Knowles, of:
towers.“ 'Broad tRlver, notified l
beet-that one of her herd of cows
on“. The “police are investigat-
' illend to severely punish the:
onenders fer theft and for!
ng'MrL‘, Hoover's antlihoardiug-
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IRON-POWELL
CORP
the
interested.
WE’RE OVER THE TOP
in values on this TWENTY
DOLLAR SUIT proposition.
You’ll find a good bunch and
good variety—all mighty
good quality these times for
this price. . ‘
And the indications are there
will be no more at this price.
Rogers 8: Stevens
NORWALK SOUTH NORWALK
SOCIETY
4am: Potsdam
NEWS
, John Anderson, of 27 River street,
took his wife and three children (or
' an automobile trip, on Slander, to Far-
mington, Hartford and other cities.
finishing up with a visit to one of his
‘ schoolboy irlends at Forestville.
Mrs. Minnie Taylor,‘ot Harbor aye.
inue, is entertaining her sister, Mrs.
Charles Fie and biotic, Miss Sarah Fie,‘
together with Mrs. Otto Hendricks
and ward. Miss Virginia Siaton, all of
Brooklyn, fora few days.
Joseph Maison, of the American
Meichant Marine forces. has been
spending a brief vacation at his home
in Splingwood, this city.
, Sergeant Benjamin Taylor has re-
turned to Fort Terry after a four
I
St. Joseph’s Auxiliary of the Red
Cross were compelled to postpone “11‘1“
lawn party from lastevenlns until '0‘ a vacation, is remembering local nowon the contract. and that ‘10 what
‘night because of inclement weather. l1 {Neal's} with postals from Albany.
tonight is stormy the affair will be
tyheld in thexicsideuce of Hugh Camp-
bell. 16 Spring street. If fair, it will
be held on Mr. Campbell‘s lawn.
The Second District firemen answer-
ed two alarms yesterday afternoon for.E
two minor blazes. Shortly after noon, Vincent, 0f BI'OOKLVH.
a lighted cigarette set fire to the lawn“ Miss Lily Powell, of Leonard street.
lug over Baxter’s drug store. but it was
put out before the firemen
at the conclusion of the meet.- ,1.
arrived.
hey were again called out for a tire
burning on the railroad bridge. Neither,
"r" tire amounted to anything and each'
one was extinguished with the aid of
chemicals. ’
W
A meeting of the St. Joseph's School
Garden and Canning Club was held this . walk last evening, will) frit-nds.
naming and the children listened to
a very instructive talk by Miss Caro- ONE B
line Mchusland, who is rapidly gain-1.
lug an enviable reputation as an oath,
why on" gndden and canning matters;
Members of the club are determined to
do more than their share of the 22,000
quarts of produce which must be put
up to Norlvalk this year.
W'w
The United Four Wheel Drive Truck
corporation this momlng placed«one
or ilieir‘auiour trucks on exhibition in
:front of the City Hall and attracted this state. some time 030.13 reported
quite a’btt of attention. A number of as about to reconsider its decision with
interested merchants looked the truck, special regard ‘0 “‘6 new scheme.
over and werouvcry favorably impress-(l
ed with it, but so tar as known no par-'
chases were made by any Norwalk‘par-
ty.
been made.
Up to press time no test trails had
L. .C. Brnhst, who drove
he truck on its famous trip from Chi:
ago lo'POrt Jeffprsou, is in chargooi
he truck and is on hand all during
day to answer the inquiries 0! those
BOY HA5 ARM subunit 3
Arthur Remson, of 31 Ely'avellub.’
fell and broke his wrist this morning commend a war-chest ”I“ for commu-
at Roton Point. He was taken to the
p ‘ Norwalk Hospital where the broken
3"" dill?” “90"“ "“9”“ by member was set and treated.
Remsou, who is employed by the R0-
iton Point management, was engaged in ted [0" the coming campaign, or cam-
leaning out the bath Houses" wim-
otherfemploye and they 593“” fooling. vlous drives. According to estimates
391115011 SHDDGG and in falling landed submitted to the War Department, the
on his wrist and broke it. He was re; six big organizations will require the
ported lobe resting comforthbly de-
pite the pain. i
. MUST NOT STRIKE DURING THE
was
wasnmorou, July ale-Railway
mployos were told today by Director-'
General McAdoo in announcing details I War
‘ for the wage increase for more than‘, Service . ..... . ...... .
35036000 shopmen that the nation“ ole
‘pected new energy from the workers
in return for" pay increases and . im-‘
movements in employment condltlons,
{and that strikes and other. labor aiaquw 1 WAS“, com “gm new you,
lturliances must be
{the war.
eliminated during
|~' State councils of defense,
gill the coordination of u’dii-actlvnics
foifiibc Government. in lholr'conlmunl-
exhaustive study of the war-chest plan.
iby the council to
- ~ W" But l
‘ ‘ JWriteuyou letters'tull olcheér, _. '
' Wily, my “heart's lost in
. Not a bit or monitor sadness, '1.
'Cause you're lighting Kaiser-madness.
MK
4"“ w " iiiys‘ furlouzh spent at his home in "W“ any stated m‘nimum, the con—
iliu-bor avenue. ‘ ,
Attorney John A. Dwyer, who is on
N.
Mrs. A. .1. Doyle, oi Hendricks are"
i nue. is spending the day with her sis:
iter, Mrs. Wilton Morellouse, in Wil-
ton.
' Mrs. William E. Griffin and son.
are guests of
Y.
Mrs. Adelaide E. Smith, of, New
York city, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Ross Malkin, of Eclipse avenue.
Miss Mllderd 0. Homer has, return-
ed llblae after a month’s trip to Get-
; tysburg and Camp Colt, Penn.
Mrs. Charles Wright. of Clinton ave-
lnuc. Stamford. was a visitor in, Nor-,‘V’hai they '1‘"-
IG DRIVE .
FOR‘ SIX [FUNDS
(Continued from '1th)
which!
have regarded this plan—mite some of
the war-chest plans-~as ai’loglcul step
ties. have urged its adoption: The
Connecticut State Cduncll’bf Defense,
which has soils on lecord’as opposed
to the war-chest plain as proposed for
Maddock'o Statements.
“The council has studied this ques-
tion thoroughly." said Aubrey L. Mud-
dock, director of publicity «for the
council, "nudwlll issue a «public state;
ment in regard to it soon. Chairman
E.-P. Jones. of the committee 0n Coni-
iuerclal notations. has been making an
Professor Henry N. Wristou, of Wes-
leyan University; hits been sent out
visit large cities'
where the wurvcllest plan has been in
operation. His report is now nearly
ready. After hearing that report, the
council will doc de whether it, will r?!-
nltles, separately, in Connecticut. it
probably would not recommend the
plain in any simultaneous stntcawldc
operation."
Connecticut will probably be allot-
pa.gns .a substantial proportion of
each of the new budgets, as in pro-1
following amounts from the country as _
a whole: 1
r. M. c. a............,..;100,000,000
r. w. c. a ................ 15,000,000.
Natlbual Catholic War
Council. Knights of Co-
lumbus ...... .
Jewish Welfare Board , 3,500,000
i an Library Associa-
Ame” . “ ‘ 3,500,000
‘ 15 looolwo
....3uuo-o- 00'
Camp Community
GREETINGS TO YOU, SOLDiQR-
sov, OVER THERE. ‘- ,
How 1 long lost for a sight of you,
Over There!
Oyer There! - ' , .
‘11 do my duty here, .
. soldiernoy! .
‘ 1 Soldier Boy} -
ll of silliness—=5
OverTb‘erei , j ‘1
, 1‘- C. '1‘ I.
. . fold county as hard as any of the mas
used on the Jail farm, but Slicrll'f ficw-‘ r
by does not feel that it would be right;
Which has had to hire help to run the.
jail farm of 160 acres.» asllw had only
.‘iive prisoners left. The reduction
the number. of prisoners throughout
the stale runs from 50 to 75 per cent,
and the number seems to be steadily
' decreasing.
lull are typical, and will give u gencr- _ ,
nl idea of the situation.
number of prisoners lust
about 200, most of then able-bottled!
rounders who were able: to work. and*
who Were worked on farms. roads and,
ice ponds.
Falrtlcld county Jail 0 coup e of] uys
ago was ninety-six. although this is
the largest county in the stale.
. illui uumboratwenty-fivo are nan-lo l to
take care of the jail
grounds.
lug, some are prisoners bound over
and being held for the Superior court.
and of whom no work can be‘ required
‘undor the law; some cannot be trust-
ed outside the prison walls;
are physically unable to‘Work. Prncti
c
illc draft age. The number remaining
for outside work this year is so small.
as to be negligible. ‘
changed their . met ll0d8~“l0lll‘!\‘fll:lt
deuling with the “rounder" problem.
which has had its effect. on the gener-
al situation.’ Where. it. was formerly
a custom to sentence the habitual ot- oners,
lender without. much ceremony. «rile-n court, and the sick are deduc
the choose is not a serious one. he is, this number.
often given the chance now to "go to left on the no
war draw to work." Allnlsl inimria-‘juil factories.
bly he satisfies the court of his good
intention to do one or the other.
Bristol the courl‘ofilclals have worked it
on. a unique plan of their own on this There are only five prisoners left in thel
line.
tion or the penalty is suspended, and a man of draft
they are put on probation for the .1391“, not been for so
rind of their sentence. The superlm problem "is neat
5b 000 000 ’ tondcnt of public works there has been
' ' appointed a special probation billet-r.
and they areasslgned to his custody. ,
He promptly pills them to, work on
necessary public works, and.
itliey are «working for pay, they are vir-
'totally in custody all‘tbé time. and are
‘ only paid enough during‘ths poridd of
the sentence to live. and get the rest
when their time is up.» This has wcrlc
eil out admirably in Bristol,“uni has
lstralghtened out many menwho for-
- l'merly made regular trips from Bristol
lto Seyins street, in Hartford, 3‘3.“ 9901:
a . , _. . ,
, BuSinessia dull atgthe Mlddlcse;
county jail, and is growing worse
‘cwry, day. _A‘ year ago Sherltlj Berti}.
Thomps‘iin. had almost fifty. boarders
'wljille'now he has abouts dozen.- A:
one ti , y ,
nine prisoners "at tbs-Jail. ’ This was
the smallest population
WAR PROCEEDS“
JMMWWI lit
to a man, in Connecticut's e . coun- _ .
tics, when asked their opinion 0! the “.
«uses of this depopulatlon of the 18118.5 ii
8816“ that theme main factors were‘ ‘ "
the "go to work. go to war, or go to H
jail" rule; and "the high cost of it
booze." » _ ’ ‘-
The wave of reform basalt Halt-i 2:
it
§ Alteration
at present there are about one-third
the normal number of prisoners in that.
institution. Sheriff Edward .‘lcwey
said that the daily report shows 156
male prisoners, three of whom are ‘
awaiting adjourned trials, eleven are . ,
awaiting Superior court. and :il‘onty- ‘
two are United States prisoners.
None of these can be worked. Twent)“
seven are employed about the jail
buildings and grounds, and twenty-;
three more are on the jail (arm at;
Newington. This leaves only 120 men
to work in the chair shop.
Hits ContractIWork.
The Metiopolltan Chair Company is
hardest hit. lis contract was rods
with the county commissioners last
year, when there. were 472 pl'lSOllnl‘l-i in‘
the jail, and. at that time, the ' opula-i '
tion was about normal. The firm is
entitled to use all the labor in the fril
except the number necessary to Work.
on the building and grounds, and:
while the contract is not Contingent»; ,
All Fancy and
tractors never figured on the populay ‘ '
lion shrinking to 120.
it is claimed they are. losing money
The contract may be ler—,_ .
minated. however. by either party to! t
it, on six months' notice. ‘ f
Sheriff Dower said he had seen both-
ing like it in his twelve yours” expert-1
once as sherltf. and for years beforei
that, when he was county morph-unim-i
er. Waves of industry and prohibition
have struck solidly. and many of the H
old familiar faces are missing frmlilile, H
Jail rolls. The war has bud a sober- .
is in sight.
PAJAMAS
lug elect on many who have either. ..
gone to fight in the big cause or are II
it
u
doing their bit by working in the
shops at home. Some men are work
lug steadily who have not done so be-
auousr 151:.
Take Advantage of These Prices Now
Shirls _ , '
95c, $1.15, $1.05, $1.85, $2.35
Soil flats
$1.85, $2.45. $3.75
Khalil Trousers
31.95 and $2.
’NECKWEAR, 50c qu
u 65C .
Others at 85c and $1.25
his
#5
I: "U*
salute Be cinema...
i" .
E.
‘ Silk Sllil'ls
53.75.3159. 35.85 ,
Straws & Panamas
Reduced 25%
Palm Beach Suits
$11.00 and $12.00
Blue Serge Suits reduced 10%
35
8 for $1.00
ality
“ 2 for $1.00
$1.85, $1.65, $1.85, $2.75
BATHING SUITS AND SWEATERS 20% off
fore in years. More men could be,
it
to take more labor from the mull-am: H
tors. while they can get alum: with. H
in Tollantl county. sharia run 0.4 it
.
in
Falrtlold County Typical.
The. statistlcs of the l-‘alrilcld county
The average,
year was ‘
w
able to bring, 1 ha -a; '.
acre lar‘l'n thaiwulfiobprlgl'e "amt“
county and has always ‘1)an operated .
at a profit. Sheriff Gates said that.
many of the rounders have reformed,
and the mills are so short of help they.
are now paying the fines of employes’
in many cases. to keep them in tliel
mills, rather than let them go to jail.{
The jail has Just about. half the nunl-l
'ber of inmates it had one year ago at‘:
this time, and the numberls decreas-l
inn. it will probably be necessary to
hire help, if any can be found to finish
the season's work. ’
Now Have". 100 Short.
Sheriff Philip Hugo, of New Haven
Icounty, said that in July, 1917, the.
are New‘Haven county jail housed 360
in prisoners. There are now 255 prisont
ers, and only about tewutydlve of
these could be spared to help the
,tarme‘rs. When the bound-over pl‘ls-l
or those held for the
The populii of the
t
ion
‘ l
01'
buildings and
or the seigntyo'ne reptilia-
othrrs
ally none of the prisoners is within
Courts Helping, Out.
In most counties the“ ciurts h
l-
ted from:
thereare hardly cnoughl
live list torwork in the;
Tolland Jail Hiring Help. }.
In Tolland county they. are hiring
clp to run the jail farm 071350 acreai
In
dull now,'-while the average has been5
Vagranls and idlers tire 9°ntenced‘tlfteen and sixteen. at timesgoing to;
in substantial terms in Jail. and cxecu- the maximum of thirty. . There is not?
use in the jail. and has:
e months. The. labor?
, and 'Sherld Viniou '-
is almost ‘asyscarce as prisoners, too. i
,_ Prisoners. All Cripples.
Sheriff - Tarkington, in Iiltcbficld‘
county, has probably reached the irre-f
ducible minimum. Hercports lllhl be!
has fourteen male prisoners, and all of
them are cripples and unable to work!
willie
here. The average for want
has ranged from thirty to sixty.
able-bodied men. The'rjall has no form.-
and just now the 'sherlil' feels that
' the draft age among the prisoners. and
i‘nearly’all are therefor minor rdenscs.
excepting a few; who are, belug~hel
. _‘ kin MlddleaexCounty.“
for the Superior court. ; g
,_ New London's-Situation.
“'i
,do‘n cblmty statistics somewhat,
. fills month there were onWithers are many transients ‘repo
rted.
, there, but still the jail census taillight-l
ply below, the average. .Sheriit'Sidn‘ey. ,
A.- Brown said. motion but kept
riiieirlrccords' up was 1* content;
9. Manama snowman come
is t k, and the loan freque
so facile-tho
eri‘had.‘ " 2‘
I
l
e _»do-
ninth!
fvices were held yesterday afternoon.
with burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
Superior. New York Cavalry.
is hiring help on the jallfarm. Help Re“ T- I Flnn- sub deacon
‘~ iter'y.
wife-of Stephen Sherry. who died at
There are also four Women misonera1 home 110, Taylor avenue. on Monday. {on a plantation in Cuba. and drove‘an
eld Jail . morning, ‘ '
”W“? l 2.30 o’clock from the“ ”Hungarian Ro- “:5 license is required them. “I“!
hei formed Church. Rev. Gabriel Doltus
is. lucky. in this. There are normed iii’ 0“. ,
fwns made inriyerside cemetery. ~
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.Bos'tle‘tisers figure. lathe: New Lona, ‘et’Orals. Putnam, blends:
and,‘(lorha‘nt ‘
Glam" assuring Hill avenue. .
.Lexlngton avenue“.-
l‘eibzvmy avenue ‘
get. .
Q
Joseph Darwis
So. INorwalk
list.
0 a
c
filhfii‘ioflbourt, is noted here. rMany
of the: bdoilegge‘rs, like the transients.
are camp followers. so this cou 2' - t lso
has ltsdecrease in the number 0: ha-
bitual offenders and their planes are
taken by the transient. '
copay m. wan.
NEW YORK,-July,31, Wall. . Street»
10:30 a. m—U. 8. Steel was the cen-
tral feature of today's Stocmarket.
' its initial transaction of 10.000 shares
at 108 to 108 1-4, representing all over- -
night gain of virtually one point.
Steel's remarkable quarterly state.
ment had a beneficial ell'ect upon the
general list, although the more sub-
stantial gains were made by gas is-
sqps. which added 2 lo 3 1-2 points to
.,yestcrday's advances. Profit-taking‘
caused material recessions among lead-
ers soon after the opening." Liberty
DEATHS AND . moans.
”Louie J. Walton.
Louis J. .Welton died at the Norolon
Soldier's Home on Saturday. aged
eighty~ono years.‘ The funeral ser.
Mr. Walton was a Civil War veteran.
havingservediin 0°" “"15”“ 3951‘ Bonds were steady.
me!“ConnewcutVOIimteer'Infantry. ‘ WALL STREET. 1:30 p. m.—c. 's.
and C°' 3' 18‘ Squadron Conn. Volun- Steel extended its advance dufing the
tear Cavalry, later Known as Co. B. noon hour and other equipmenis‘fik
Inppreciably higher. American Tele-
.phone hardened on removal of press
Funeral °f Mro‘ Mary Murphy. ,5 sure and Sumatra Tobacco regained
The remains of-Mrs. M3” Murphy half its loss, but Lorlllard Tobacco
were brought here on the 9:19 train dropped another 9 points. Changes
from Brooklyn this morning, and tak- otherwise were trivial.
en in charge by Funeral Director, A-
J. Collins. L .
A solemn requiem high mass was
celebrated at 9:30 at St. Mary‘s‘ Says He Did Not Know Law. .. >
Church, the Rev. J. J.‘ McGinnis, celow Hem Lam; or Budg‘ewaier, whose *
brunt. lRev. Thomas Degnan, 'deacon,~'lruuk struck a Bridgeport—Normilk mo-
'lor bus at the tool of Mill Hill, Saints.
Iday, inflicting slight damage. and was
.iirrested for. not having. a driver’s “lljl
icease. appeared in the'uptown court, .-
; this morning, before ”Judge Candeo:
i Lalan, an intelligent man of French-
birth. told a straightforward story.,
He had wandered. in many climes and
was employed for a numbeF‘oi years
m
PROMISED TO GET AUTO LICENSE
Honcnyalan, of Bridgewater, Conn.
Interment was in St. Mary’s ceme-
7
Funeral of Mrs. guerry ~
The funeral or Mrs. Bertha Sherry.
'was held this afternoon at auto truckvfor his employer. No driv- .,
when be procured his registry nuns
bars in this country he supposed that
was alltblikwas required. He has
:taken out his first naturalization pa.
, pars, and‘has every promise oi mulling
' 0' Haigmdvcitlzen. After hearinguis story
7 Judge Candee‘ continued the case ».in- ,
"definitely. acquiesced. Lingo on a _> ,
promise to‘get aldrives's license at - .
.once..__ N» v ~. .‘ g» ~
elated to the church andjnterm'ent
Hanan NOTES
Discharged yesterday-Mrs: Marga!»
‘ data
714 killglit ‘firéeti ”QWongMc»
"1
100119,
Admitted yost‘erd legumes Ea
. W17, I . t V ‘5 " w
é—Sintlnel Want Ads Sui-elm lay.
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