.. I,
it
kid Society of the East
filmrch will hold their
sum; this afternoon.
”sour Stitch club will
Moon with Mrs-“Elmer
. . 'fher home, 166 East ave-
W‘ of Winfield street re-
m Wes as assistant hook-
.W m a (30.. Ann street, this
"‘slnorn1n§.m»a slight touch' of the.
L'T'In" ”twhmne.
jNext Myattemmn the ladies
of the ”Kuwait: Improvement As-
sociatiom will hold their regular
113039111an at 'the Community
m iii—offlinembcrs are requested
‘ sum-It.
. The My Study Class of the
East avenue Methodist Clltll‘ch met at
«them last evening when they
meld“! the Chapter Three, on
*Chium’ém the book “Christian Cru-
codes 'Wfld Democracy."
Titre-h a misunderstanding it has _
cheer: shad in recent issues of The
a “Sentind’iihtithe East Norwalk library
in Community Hall was open Tues-
day M~%ureday afternoon for con-
:‘venlemlof tilts patrons. The library
In opmalch Tuesday and Saturday
afternobn and The Sentinel is glad to
Tectify its emor.
Red-Glass work was done by the
dunes of -'the East Norwalk Improve
_ment melation yesterday afternoon
when this assembled at the home ofL
Hrs. w E. Gorham on East ave-
nae. fiM'Crot-ls meeting will he
“dictum: Tuesday afternoon as
. the W'will meet for their regu‘
_ lat bum-melon at the Community
.Hall.
A {abused audience greeted the
revangdflm, Hrs; lda Lake Dow and
'Hiss iaway-Sweetzer at the Advent
Chridtlufchmh, Van Zant street. last
admit. lilies Sweetzers singing was a.
Wured'the service. The sermon by
“Hrs. Demons to the church, principah
. lyurgia‘fliem to wait before God in
-prayer.;gtving Him a chance to enduc
them wflx‘power to influence unsaved
ones to give their lives to Him. Mrs.
Thur distinctly stated that she would
employ male of the many methods of
mien that causes so much
whom as to frequently lead
mic Wain away, but that she
would dd!”- her message, give the
”Nicolle to the commences
other h'emu'the responsibility of ac:
mung ”flooring. These meetings
Villamflthrough the week. ex-
inept: W evening, beginning at
_,“ m is invited to come.
30!!! in 'Wg of many new Gos
ymls. andshare in the blessing
,e'ltou.
WWI}! soldier sons of East
8*, Ito-veterans of the great
chm to the grandest place
- mm in their travels, their
in. lute last evening, the
moors of an honorable dis—
eifnmu thearmy, and an enviable
‘ with the rank of
reputation earned for their work in
Fiance. Although they have not all
returned many of them are now at
their homes and are again included in
the happy family circle from which
they were so long absent. The boys
left this city as the 6th (30., C. A. 0..
Connecticut National Guard, trained
at Fort Terry, went to France with the
5th Artillery, C. A. (3., nohly per-L
formed their share in the great war
and returned to this country on board
the battleship South Dakota and were
sent first to Camp Mills and later to
Fort Schuyler. They were givan their
honorable disoharge at 2 o’clock yes-
terday afternoon, but several minor
details were not complete until 10
o'clock last evening, when the boys
finally left the damp. Some immedi-
ately boarded a train for Norwalk,
some Went to New York, and still
others remained at the camp until this
morning. .Those who returned last
'evening included Ernest and Albert
‘ Brennan of'Rowan street, and Harry
Selzé‘r. while Corporal Alvin Sayre re-
turned about 7 o’clock this morning, A
number of other boys are expected at
different times throughout the day.
ltri
The Board of Relief will hold
first meeting next Saturday.
l
llrs. .loscph P. L’cnnon and Mr
children, all of whom have been ill,
are now recovering.
A son was 'born one day last week
to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brocr of the
Post road and Leroy avenue,
Steward Harry 'I‘. Lllitcmlan of
l-‘itch's Home and his wife are both
seriously ill with influenza.
'—-—-——-—1
Hollis Terry, :1 religious worker of
Norwalk, assisted in the service at the
M. E. Church on Sunday night.
Mrs. Alice Rocl on Ox Ridge, has re-
tlll‘llP‘ll to her home. on Ox Ridge. much
benefited by recent treatment at the
Norwalk Hospital.
. A. P. Magner. formerly proprietor of
the Columbia Hotel, in this town. now
of South Norwalk, is recovering after
having undergone an operation in a
New York Hospital.
‘Rev. G. E. Richter conducted a re-
ligious service, illustrated by lantern
slides. on the life of Christ, at the
Springdale M. E. Church, Finlay night.
Manager Meghan of the local A. & 1‘.
store was one. of a. numerOUS company
present at a banquet and meeting of
managers of the company’s chain of
stores in this country. whlclr‘ was held
at the Hotel Stratfield, in Bridgeport.
Dr. Howard Stout Neilson, who has
been in war work at Washington and
during most of the past year in Franw
Major, has been
spending a few days at his home, Al-
thea Farm.
0
John Holly, formerly proprietor» of
the Darien meat market. which is now
conducted by his son Howard, and who
now spends most of histime on' his
g farm at High Ridge, has been in town
over‘ the week-end.
WM
ccivcd a letter ll'Lnl Lam u. .1 anu.
U. S, Navy, advising him thanhe bin-
oculars which Mr. Baker loaned to the
Government for war use, when the no
pool was made something over ayes!
ago, had been in use on his ship, the
DeKalh. The latter was form‘ér‘tv the-
German raider Prinz Eitel FrederiCh.
which was first interned at Norfolk.
and afterward taken over by the Uni~
ted States when we went into‘the‘ war.
Mr. Baker thus will have a most inter
esting memento of the war when the
glasses are returned to him. in addi-
tlon to the satisfaction or having rend-
ered valuable patriotic service. '
Tobias J. Kramer died of pneumonia
Monday forenoon after a week's illneSE
of pneumonia, He had lived in Sprint:-
dale for several years, and was Well
known on the Darien side, where for
a time, he was engaged in business.
He is survived by his wife and a child
three years of age; also by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer of Spring-
dale, and two brothers, Jacob and Har-
rv, all of Springdale. He was taken
with grip, which turned to pneumonia
“'~\ ,
BRHV‘vF-PORT
' AGAINST MORE
(Continued trom First Page).
An interesting incident of its intro-
duction was that Lieutenant Governor
Wilson. who received it, is mayor of
the city.
Before being offered. several sena-
tors wcrc in conference over the bill.
Senator Bartlett had it read when of-
fered. Then he said that he would
have moved immediate passage were
it not for the fact that the bill does
not limit cvp‘ense of the lnquirv, "Which
is chargeable against the state. He
askcd Senator Clark to eliminate the
provision that the state should foot
the hill. and to place a limit on the
amount in be expended. Senator
Clark was unable to do this at a mo
nlcnt's notice: so on suggestion of Sen-
ator Klett. the bill was laid over until
tomorrow, Lieutennnifiovemor ‘l‘l’ilson
saying he offercd no objection in it
other than voiced by Senator Bartlett.
There was a protest from Bridgeport
signers against the bond hills which
went in yesterday This went to the
finance committee.
Governor Holcomb sent to the Sen-
ate the Federal Prohibition amend-
ment and it was made the order of
the day for Tuesday next at 12 o'clock.
The amendment. will be printed in the
journal. Advocates of it today claimed
the Senate by a. close margin, where-
as heretofore its rejection in the up-
per branch had been looked for.
The committee on executive nomina-
tions reached favorably on Various
nominations, mostly reappointments.
made by the Governor last week, and
these went to the calendar. ‘
An incident, accompanylng the slug-
ing of “How Dry I Am," led by gCol.
Eaton. of North Haven, which airm-
ed mirth in the House just when mem-
bers were Bipecting to receive the
Prohibition amendment came with the
breaking of a water pipe over the cell-
ing in the rear. A torrent of water
came down, changing the admittedly
“dry" house to a “wet" one for the
time ‘being. The force of the water
fell upon representative Robert Smith.
of Manchester, 'a “dry" advocate. A
recess was taken and the water was
shut off, The pipes led from the
rooms of the Board of Education. and
this led to inquiries as to whether or
not the “Morrisson code," agains‘
which teachers are protesting by the
hundred, fell upon it. The material
damage was not great. 3
A boxing bill would create with three!
men a state athletic commission with
_ BOND ISSUES;
defining the were "intiWu-in
labor troubles. _‘ _ f, _.
House bills included those creating
ferry commissioners in If lactation;
extending time for suffix: work ’by _
the Bristol and .Piainviile‘ Tramway
Company; $90,000 appropriation to
complete. the New Brim Normal
School; charter changes for New Lon-
don; to allow the cattle commissioners
to unpaid 810.000 to encourage sheep
raising;~ requiring all’ horse drawn ve-
hicles to be licensed. t
In occurrence the Senate confirmedt
G. E. Fellows and C. E: 932m as com»
missioners of New London county, and;
the House chose J. Z. Douglas and A.§
E. Steele as commissioners of Hart—i
Governor Holcomb in a communion-t
tion stated that the Bdard of Cantrell
has expended $108,463 for soldiers.t
separation alloWances, and $200,000
more will be needed.
As embodying the views of the
compensation commision on occupa-
tional injuries, this bill was put in cast
an amendment to the law.
"if an injury arises out and in the
course of the employment, it shall be
no bar to a claim forecompensation
that it cannot be traced to a definite
occurrence which can be located in
point of time and place, nor shall it be
a defense that it is, either in whole or
in part. a disease."
The trolley situation in the state
brought in various bills. One would
place all passenger carrying auto
mobiles and their traffic under the
public utilities commisison, and
another would permit street railways
to operate automobiles for passenger
traffic.
Bills, for state armory appropriation:-
werc offered for Ansonia, Waterbury.
W'allingford and Middletown.
Mayor FitzGemld of New Haven
sent up a bill to have the stale author
129 a bond issue of one million dollars
for New Haven Harbor improvements.
3 special commission to be, created it
and the money. 1
The prosecution of moving Picture
theatre managers in New Haven pro
duced two bills from that city, one. to
remoye the penalty from the genera‘
law which forbids Sunday evening
concerts and exhibitions. and the
other, to amend the Ne:- f'niven char
ter to allow movies after 5 p. m.. Str-
days, the pictures to be first approved
by censors. This amendment appar-
ently would run counter to the gui-
eral law.
Senator Dillon's resolution concern
in: self-determinatinnutgn‘iin nations.
including Ireland. was adopted in both»
branches. it said in part: "Whereas.
The Allied nations of the world have
Victoriously emerged from the area
war. and whereas. thousands of Con-
necticut men have willingly shed tilt ir
blood and laid down their lives for
the principles for which it was too I‘ll
. . and.
"Whereas. One of these principles
was the right of small nations to self-
determlnation. therefore. be it resolve
ed. that the president of these United
States be urged to use his influence
that the principle of self determinlv
tion shall he applied to all small nib
. railway lines.
higher court judges. T
A mounted state constabuluw of 150',
men is proposed. . i
The New Haven City Court éudge i ,3;
ship shatter still remains a matter ofi“
discussion, although “is believed mall
the adoption of the revised statutes
a...”
emor should nominate judges. .
governor will not'do so until the mat-i: .
ter is determined. and it will probably: ,
need legislation by a “healing” act to; '
make effective the charter amendment i W
Among railroad bills offered in the , 2
Senate are these: To change the-law Q‘
as to obligations of street railways : .2,
upon highway bridges; amending waif ‘-
law concerning the obligations on, ‘
street railways concerning resurfac- , 9'
ins, paving and other work in streets; "
over which trolley tracks run, to pong
mit abandonment of non-paying street f:
l
Among the bills were those to place
heavy penalties for pollution of inlan-l
waters; to pension veteran stete em
ployes; to permit state guard members
to retain their uniforms upon dis-
charges amending the Danbury city
charter; releasing succession taxes on
all
A
Women by Morton F. Pint.
Scores of bills were for city center
amendments and amendments to cor»
partition. ineumnce and other organi-
sation charters. '
Among judged)“: resolutions were
those for Judges Griswold and E. w.
Mildrun at Berlin; 1“. A. Bartlett and
F. L . Wilder at Bridgeport; F. H
Hinkley and L. I). Full-brother at Stom-
lngton. and F. P. Lalimer. at Grotnn.
The House confirmed G. Fellows as
Commissioner of New London county.
Among labor bills were those to
create, a minimnm wage commission
for minors and women and,“ prohibit
employment of minors under it‘ after
6 p. in.
61’s
nia,
charter changes to permit it. to do wvl-
asked for right to put up a municipal
in Meriden for a city recreation me
with unvaccinated school children.
the following:
brunt and swans shall not be takenex- that
Providing a form of cor
attachment of mortgages. Judiciary.
Providing that twenty-fir peoples of , 193“
passage shall
clerks of each town in the stat
diciary.
Providing appropriation of $20,000 Side
tor the Nona“: Hospital? Appropria-
tions. .
-_ i
ford county. and Richard Covert, Jr.,
»as aHrt'ford county auditor.
$250,000 left to Connecticut College for ”
As Senator Kopploman is in (mime
mittee will be taken for the present,
thy Senator Dillon.
All members had red carna'tiuns in
their buttonholcs today to mark Mc-t
Klinlevy Day and the day’s proceedings,
were attended by many men of state. AMERICANS
prominence who Will attend the Mo-
Kinley Club dinner tonight, when Cone, PARIS, Tuesday, Jan. 28. “hAl icm t
greseman Fees will be the speaker.
Teachers Have Lead Over Those in
. 1 Alaska
The Knights of Columbus asked for with those of the United States have:
a lead in education and experience,
we and Chamufle work Tm'imm” says the Alaska School Bulletin.
. During
building, and a transfer of state land more were 1.45 teachers outplayed in
mm“ ’5 "0W5“ The” ‘3 3 5""? schools of the territory. distributed
neat inspectionbill, and «4.3 deallne among M40“, school districts.
. these 145 Mrs, 140. says the bul—
Representative (hinder introduced letin, In” attended school of high;
er rank than high schools, and
Providing that wild ducks. geese. have
cent one-half hour before sunrise :lnd course. ‘
. Approximately? eight
tilicate“ for the eightyaevé‘n teachers in incor— !men! of the Second District ”'I‘he‘uuiek
paroled towns and districts are (301- 1 response and effective work of new
new public acts becominlz effective at than
be forwarded to town taken post-graduate wo
“ 5w imntely fifty-three per cent. of
ditty-eight Where in districts
. ”2'73. nearyl one-ha!
ital-ion post-graduate work.
January Clearance . Sale
Coats, Suits, Dresses,“
Waists, Millinery
*1-3 lg; 12 OFF
a
The average experience of
Alaska teacher, the bulletin no
out is seven and one-half year»
nearly one-half of this number fun-a
, had no previous experience.
4 The statistics used by the bull's
tin have no reference to government;
schools conducted for the natives. At.
, present there is a considerable show
‘agc of te:l,(hcrs, owing to the
mantis of war and lure of special ll: "
work outside the territory.
bill to encourage the “raising of
came from the food bommisslon-
department. '
his place on the railroads' com-
(:I
DID. NOT
FRENCH AUTO.
STEAL.
gone of the crillws attributed by Paris
newspapers to renrcatle Americans. in
the city has turn- ti out not to be either
of American planning or execution.
The case was that of the theft of ll.
'autoulnhile attributed by the Illlltl-
-sigc:ml to two Americans who were-
said to be making a. specialty of m..
kind of crime. The. men who stole lbw
automobile have been arrested There
were three of them, and one provec
be a deserted from the Frnch Arm}
and the others French civilian accom-
plices.
__ ___4_ A ._—-—..__._.
EDUCATION IN ALASKA.
is
United States.
school teachers, compared
school 1917-18 2n
the year
elementary
public high and ,
Of; ..
MW
FiREMEN RECEIVE CHECK.
Chief George W. Bognrdue 'ibls‘
allfmorning received from Lounsbnry £~
had education equivalent to , Mathewson a letter-thanking them ‘lul‘
of a four year high school ’ their fine work at the recent blaze ill
I the local factory and enclosing a checl.
y; per; cent. of ‘ for $20 for the benefit of the depart-
or normal graduates, and more i tire laddiee extinguiohed the blaze in
two-htlrds of this number have 'lthe shoe shop before it could gain any
rk. Approx- ! headway or inflict any damage and in
the , thank the men for their services the
out- i officials of the company contributed
of incorpbrated towns are eith- » their check which will he dividevit
er normal or college graduates and among the two Second Dietrict com
f of this number have ponies and will go toward the mum
’ ponies' funds.
tlons, including ireland."
A copy of the resolution is to go to!
the State Department. in the House.‘
Representative Rogers doubted a voice
vote, but the resolution was carrier.
with little dissent.
'Many‘bllls for salary inc-ease for ‘
court and other officials appealed. and
lllilc Milli Ill Mill
0068 llllliillEVS
Gonna M86! Mkcofifidi
\
em fill!) ANY
l
l The first rehearsal for “The Old Vii- Back
ilage Choir of Pumpkin‘Rldge," which
Eis to ‘be giveTn Thursday and Friday
salaries to regulate boxinc and spar- Take a 9'3“ °f 5"“ if your
ring exhibitions and wrestling bouts; hurts 0' Budd“ mthfl"
Inspectors would be appointed and the‘ "
i
mm AND tilt
,.-.sm_l_>_s courts OUT
9on- hair! Make'it thick, wavy,
9‘9” alteautlful at once.
T113830: will, after an application
Mohamxou can not find a single
~flunfla2£f or falling hair and
cab willnotvitch: but what will
" , ‘most will be after a few
use. when you see new hair,
A flowny at first—~yes—but real.
_§ir——growing all over the
, of'your hair. "No dif-
ull, faded. brittlew‘and
lmoist‘en a cloth with Dan-
" taking one small strand at
and have an appearance of
: an incomparable lustre.
' luxuriance, the beauty
rot Mohair health.
«mull bottle of Knowiton’s
rem, any drug store or_toila
prove 1th.“, your hair.
’ 'thatrit
' care-
. . l
iifltihnderlne imemdiately dou~~
' weirdly draw ”it through
{Elle otfect is immediate and,
. tribair-wili rbeligbt, fluffy;
;of next' week at Center School, under
the direction of the Eplvorth League
:of the M. E_ Church. was held last
lnight. Tickets for the affair‘are sell-
ing rapidly.
i Supt. Lawson, who assumed his du-
ties at Henry L. Stoddard's Ox Ridge.
farm last week, succeeding Henry 13.
Cooke, who had held the position
which he recently resigned for many
years past. has received 10 additional
high-bred Holstein cows, which have
been added to the herd at the farm,
;which_now numbers 45.
:- At. a birthday party at her home on
Leroy avenue, Miss PearlMosher re-
ceived many gifts and good wishes.
Guests/Were present from New York.
Stamford, Noroton, Dllrien, South Nor
walk and -Da.nbury, including Miss
Bertha Buckley, Miss Serptha Repter,
Miss Maude Sission, Miss Sussie Math-
;uoe, Miss Alice Lee. W'illiam Ganno,
"Private Paul Bchumick, and brother.
Fred Lord, Fred Schaub, Cliff Lee,
iThomas Donnelly and Arthur (lass.
:Private Behumick, who has just re-
Itumed from France. has wonderful
ys'tories to relate. ‘ He was in the .last
..anve~,.ana bosom-his company did a
r.- l4
commission would make its report in
the General Assembly. Clubs or cor-
porations holding events would have
to secure licenses from the commis'
skin. The state would receive five
perrnut. of the gross receipts at such
events.
Senator Bailey offered another Sun-
day bill, this one to permit placcmof
-10,000 population to have athl‘etic
sports, entertainments, concerts anu
mnvinc‘ pictures between 2 and 10 p.
m.. provided the program was approv~
ed in: local authorities who wofi‘o'd is-
sue the necessary permit. There is no
local option feature“ in this bill. but
otherwise it. is similar to the Ela'rtin
hill of last session on which a contest
was aged,
Senator Lennard offered a joint resu-
lution favoring: a League of Nations
to enforce peace and aiming at promot»
inc lirthy..progress and orderly gov-
ernment of the world.
Among the. manv bills» to prOVide in-
creased salaries for. judges, clerks. as-
sistant. clerks; and other court officers-
and cmploves of the stale was ’one to
cive Highway Commissioner; CTl—arles
'J, Bennett $10,000 a year, instead .or'
$300 his‘pr‘esent salary. V
.,
Labor bills inthe Hose, were- Mair '
If you must have your meat every,
day, eat it, but flush your-kidneys “if“
salts occahionally, says a noted author-E;
ity who tells us that meat form.e uric-'
acid which almost paralyzcs the kid:
neys in their efforts to expel it fronr
the blood. They become sillcgil‘h and:
weaken, then you suffer with a dull:
misery in the kidney remap, sharp pain!
in the back or siCl-i headache. limitless; -
your stemach sours. tongue is coated'
and when the weather is bad 5’0“ 1‘5"“
rheumatic ttvingcs. The urine .945
cloudy, full of sediment, the chann‘i'ls
often get sore and irritated, obligmg
you to seek relief two or :bree times
during the night, ‘
To neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body’s urinous waste
ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy
here; take :1 ta'blespoonful- in a glass
of water before breakfast for-“a If?”
days and your kidneys'wlll then act
fine. This famous salts [5 made from
the acid-o grapes and lemon iuice.
combined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to flush and slim-I
ulate sluggish kidneys, also to néutral-
ize the acids in urine. so It no longer
irritatesthus ending bladder ‘weak-
.1
get {our .
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Laugh of Cold
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muzzle biting Jack lT :zt this fall-«end'
laughat cold snaps this winter.
A Perfection Oil Healer gives just the
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and evenings.
Later. if the furnace runs low. it will give the
additional heat you needwsmokeless, odor-
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