l-‘SllAY. FEB. 18. 1920
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50c to 32.0.0
l; E G E N T
Theatre
ltnnner Bill of the Season
l-Winter Carnival of
,Headline Acts
:rmn the Palace Theatre. in
‘ I-l'k, where they played
'lr-dnr and :1 half prices.
N. Brown Present: Ills
Mammoth Production.
"PEDESTRIANS."
= Company of Wonderful Entertain.
Us In 3 Scream from Start to
Finish.
SERGEANT BROTHERS
Clever Musical Duo. Featuring
Tropical Tunes.
SMITH AND BROTHERS
c aSsmal Novelty Number.
- ‘. ’l‘niwl Music-ll Star,
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~-ARRY T. HELLEN.
‘ ew Songs and Stories.
._ PARKER & CO..
.. : ar‘d Singing Novelty.
NILE
i l'.. :‘n: r; in “The
q' Cl'11~t
ll; Pull in "Faith."
lxl- nyou in "The
lwzz \Vlzitc in
and 1’: May
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‘7 I't'vsonm
$.l Bennett
"l' Woman in the
witcase"
‘~. no Moreno in
Mmt Thrilling
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;s:\ i~ihle Hand"
Weekly,
”Ill?
f‘hursdav
'5“ '~ l’alace
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1 l. , on Russell m
Tllt‘ \ mi of Tomorrow"
Fevures:
iv :1’.t'i in “Hu- l
1;. in “(‘lod-
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“e :"deC3d Pictures
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hursdav
4' Au Pitts
Mipportin: (‘llsl
"The 'i “(l Generation”
ilridav
5', "501113
7" illoore in
"0m . the Finest"
.. N :urdav
—. ‘ :v—d Night,
‘l-hxm'” Russell in
net-t lib! West Begins”
I'llnltl
mt- Mighty”
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of Bridgeport-
many acuaint-l
v :u-ciallv among
Vl onlan suflrage
.vlllvnly ill a few
> of a nervous"
:~"._'~‘<i('inn has 01'"
ot‘ six months.-
' tlw leadels of
Hi: county.
' rewsl‘ul
'acid test.
'learned that
.lo preqcnt only hiah class atlrnt-tion.‘
'nsar
. ershin on
'added to the payrolls
to shop and other emp
lurged as neceslary if t
ti llll mums
"TH E S‘NEETHEART SHOP'o
Regent \Nill Present Anne Caldwell's
New Mnusical Comedy Tanight—
Hou5e Sold Out Already
Tl‘c licucn; Thratre will this even-
irsr prwcnt Anne (‘a'dwell‘s new mu
sical comedy success. “The Sweetheart.
Shop." The pl‘w tomes here, from its
initial um lll Baltimore and prlor tn
the Nov.- Yorl: enaztucmcnt which will
nrxt week. The cut. cement
in Xcrvca‘k was completed upon man-
lx'nnmy's belief that the theatre
[zoerx~ ot‘ llll' city de‘ire, when. it
posihle to obtain first clues companies»
to have the best shows brouzht to the:
city :md his belief is justified by ‘lllPl
fact that thn housn “n“. sold out soon
after noon yesterday. Tl‘lerefore. “The-
Sweeihcm‘t Shop“ will be played to a}
capacity house tonight. a fact which
further assures the best pofisible 1..'c-
evolution of the play.
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PALACE TODAY.
Enid Bennett Plays ‘Thc Waman in
the Suitcase"—New Episode of l
“The Invisible Hand" i
If you :ll‘o enmce-d in the task oil
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decorating :t nnw home or remodeling
he old one». it would pay you to Sec!
the cm.- boudoir in Enid Bennett's,“
new Illt‘Hll‘t‘. ‘Thp \\'onmn in the Suit-
\\'hit-‘.1 is lln- attraction at the-
.\ntonio Moreno in.
(“>9,”
l’nlnrc tmlnv with
The Invirihl“ lltmd. This bedroom suite
3°»;
pocl of rcnlilv that is Seldom been in
Exquisite gray enameled
has n homcliku atmosphere and
movie sets,
furniture dwrorntnd with littlc French
A rug of rnl‘c Orion!
al dun-i211 is on the floor and curtain:-
(ind Ilznp'crio-v. which l'\:1t‘ll_\' match
were mod» by Thonmu ll. Incr- deco" ,
:itin: depart ncnt, I l '
"l fccl (1.4 :l' l were at home." said;
lli~s llxvnnm‘ while the picture .
luv-in: umtln. ‘And. <0 cvidently. (‘ocexl
my pet hi 91 h-rricr. ‘l‘at.’ lle alwaysb
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roses. WIN tut-«l.
accompanies mo in the studio. you;
know and he pwsists in comin: in and:
zoin‘: to slut-p. just as ln- dw: :u'
home " '
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REGENT TOMORROW. l
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Vaudeville l’rozram \\'ill be l‘zw -<-nl-\d'
With Enid Bennett in Paramount "
Play, “The Woman in the
Suitcase" .
Th.- chcnl wil present a bill of cv-
cellc-nt vnudcvillc feature for the “'1 ck
huinnlng tomorrow afternoon.
show :1 *lcctcd for the first wot“:
of Lent ltn; many ideas to commend
ll. Tllr" live ncls llit‘ bust
howl? lc St‘lv‘FllOl‘lr’ from the mod F'lV-
lirondwnv houses and mnrr.’
numl‘cr that will be offered at lllv Rt"-
gcnl Theatre has: already passed the
The- has nll'cadv
the management inlends'
end,
Th1“
represent
public
and expectations are acordingly :tl'nzV
ed. There will be no disappointment-
for those allendlnt: the Regent show~é
thi< wo-vk cud. Enid Bennett will he:
starred in 1hr feature picture" out
Thursday. playing the lendinc role in
Paramount's. “The \\‘omnn in the‘
Suitcase." 'l'he photodmma is from.
the noted ‘llfli’t‘. success of the same
name.
RAILROADS T0 RETRENCH.
Many to Lose Jabs After March 1-—
No Cut in Wages.
Employee of the New llavcn Lite;
as Well as other railroad companies
operating in New England are more
or less in the air as to their futures.
ceult of a “"ashington dewatcb
s that. if the tentative plans
t..‘.‘. n..-
which any
'of the railroad managers go 'through‘.
the retum of the roads to private own-
March 1 will clear the way
for the dismissal of thousands of mr-u
since. the Gov-
carriers in,
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ber of meni
ornment took over the
December, 1917.
The estimates of the num
it will be possible to dispe
without lowering efficiency varies from
100.000 to 300,000. . ‘
Acording to Railroad Adminls.ratlun
figures. some of this increase was due,
to the extennion of the eight hour day‘
loyees. the men,
actually engaged lu'the operation-of;
the trains having [been on thatbasls‘
under prival 0 man-3g
ement. ;
This cleaning “D 0
t the payrolls ‘5
he roads are
basis.
to be put back on a. business 'n be
- "so, it is declared. it w:
0th?“ I like ‘old .
impossible to get. anything
time efficiency. _ _
So far, there has been no repoft of
the intention or any of the railroad
managements it cut wages. but a say-
ing will be made in reclassification of
position.
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tannins
Ill IS PlllllNli
n VERY mun
Mrs. Jane Harriett, of 284
Cedar Street, New Haven,
W'ho Says She Has Been
III for Years, Tells How
She Regained Her Healt
With C INOT
“l= am today one of the llalePSt “'0‘
men in the state of Connecticut and I
surely should be as two months ago
today i had given up ever being well
again and today I am Well. strong and
healthy said Mrs. Harriett, she fur-
ther added ;--
““‘hen l was about orly years of
age 1 began to run down very fast,
1 had pains in my back. was norvnu<
in finite." il scelllvtl that l had to hull
mywlt‘ check to keep t'rum Screaming
or going all to pieces. at um I would
get hot then I would get cold. I would
s\\eat at nights and wake up exhaust-
ed. I had constipation terribly and
a. severe pain in the back of my head
most of the time. nothing seemed lodo
. me good until I tried (‘llN'OT and the
results were murevlous and today [
am Asa-healthy as I ever was in my
lit‘e.“
ClNOT .is sold at"'l5lasted's Drug
\Vo-slporl llrug Store. Southport: \V.
lmrrbury.‘ and all .Ilil.l’li$l(lll'.\' lH‘uzz
Store, bl Fillrllcld .\\e., Ilrulg pnrlm<
Adv
RAILROAD WAGES_
NOT CHANGED BY
REORGANIZATION
. Continued From First Pas".
tidinn thr- federal board can. "upon
the appeal board's own motion, it
the opinion that the dispute is
to interrupt cum-
‘ i"““*‘~""$\l" conditions nur-
rounding the disputn and make .1 de-
cl-xitm. Such decision. however, nude)
the bill must be concurred
it
be of the public group.
:NH’ rate-makinz section of the hil‘
stipulates that the lntu.‘~‘:ttt- (”um
mrrce Commission in 'vsrabllslline
rallfs‘ which shall yield :3 rt-zurn ennui
M “‘4; per cent. of the zlcng-gntc \';illl~
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Perhaps you did
our other advs.
SIDE
Now.
vou.
sibilitv of future
DUTEE w. FLINT ,
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Also ill "19"maximum.rates.
‘ in by at .
wad five members. our of whom .musl ‘
AWA‘Y for IMMEDIAT
Nature is on the job; Spring
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42.
i “ 'W‘IORVMW
of the carriers' property. "shall give
due consideration. among other things
to the transportation needs of the
country and the necessity (under
lhonest_ efficient and economical man-
agement of existing transmrtatlon Ia~
lcilities), of enlarging such faculties
iin order to provide the people of the
lUnited States with adequate transpor-
itation."
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; The section furt '
'during m awn years beginning March
‘1 1920, e commiSSion-Qhan take as
ls’uch fair return a sum ‘“‘“"l ",‘
ercentum of, such aggregate talue,
ut may. in its dis‘,‘§.‘.§l" :“drfikf‘l'f Q."
to a sum not oxce .
one pertentum of such. aggregate
.value to make provision in who.e. or
lin part for improvements. better-
:ments or equipment \\‘l‘llCll. accounmz
to the accounting syslem PreSCFIbEG
lby the commission.
'capitnl account."
Determination of 11‘"
:yalue of the properll‘ 0? ,
,for ratemiakinz purpoSt-s is led to the
'ccmmission with mu provlsm ulna: it
i!:-hnll give to the I'mun-rty investment
,account of the carrivra only {118' COH-
zsideration which it i< untitled to -:n-
2der the law in estal)l;.~liing yalues for
grate—making [lurpt‘..~e>, \\ hen any
.carrier receives for anywyear a net
railway operating inconw in excess nu
islx per cent of the \tiluc of its prop-
,erty. onehalf of such excess 2095 l0
:ll‘le carrier's TPSPI'I'!’ t'und. while we
rest goes to the l-‘wdwinl Railroad Corr
tingent fund which i: to he used by
the commission in makin‘z loans to
railregds or for the purchase of
transportation equipment for facilities
and leasing the some to carriers.
In Order to enable the cnmminqmn
to administer more efficiently federal
regulation. the bill t< agreed upon.
greatly Widens its movers and In-
creases the membership from nine to
eleven commissioners with an in-
r provides "lhfll
crease from $10,000 to 512,000 in am-l
‘nual salary.
new: enzyme :21“ men :2:
fitted by better service.
This progressive idea is favored and will be carried out by the foremost stores of Nor-
walk. Let. us all hell to help one another. It’s call if you try.
nrc chargeable to
aggregate
the carrier ‘
QUALL'LY- SHOP
Beginning Saturday. February 21, 1920, this Store will clue every day at 6 o’clock.
Those who work in the stores will be more alert, and those whom they serVe will be bane.
Join the Shop Before 6 Club.
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PROVIDENCE. n. 1.. Feb. 18.:1‘hr—e'e
guests 1051 their lives in a fire which;
virtually destroyed the Lorraine Ho—I
tel here, early today.
Samuel “'arwick, of Harrisvillc, Wksl
so badly injured jumping from a win-'
(low that he died later at a hasplta”
Two bodies. believed to be those of;
Louis Kunz. of Centerdale, and E. I".g
Robert, of Boston, were found in me‘
ruins.
The rest of the 78 guests of the 110-!
tel Were driven into the street partlyl
clad and were taken care or in nearby,
.hotels and restaurants.
' J. V. Jordan, manager or the Lor-i
‘raine. is unable to tell the cause of
The ccmmicsion's Increased powers 'the fire. The property loss is esti—,
include the following: mated at $200000. 3
Supervision over the issuance of' “ _.._..__ l
railroad securities. lhr commissmn’SIROUSH REFUe'L-fi "RN“
approval being required
roads can issue stock or bonds.
Establishment of minimum roil-
rates. the commission up to this time
having had only power to esthblish
This power wm en-
able it to prewnt a carrier from conv
“'35 “' Jnn”: Stamf‘ml: H. H Xl‘l‘!““l"5 ductin" "cut throat" competition
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Authority to make such just and
reasonable direction with respect to
car service in times of emergency as
will best promote the service in. the
publiC's interest.
Authority to compel the
Vmun use of terminals: to give di-
rection for Ilrt‘ll’rt'nt“ or prioruy in
.truns‘pmlallrn. embargce: or movc-
lnenl of traffic under permits.
. Apprmal of new
abandonment of railroads
Complete control our rullr'w‘ on-
crnliun throughout the United States
in "case of war or th'walencvi war“
the hill provides. would be centered
in the commission whiv’u ‘1, id "3'0
rowers si rilnr to those now o‘Xi‘lt‘lSP'l
K. the Railroad Administrmion.
The oullm-k for a peach crop in ("on
nt‘t‘llt‘lll this ytnr is not. at all hood-
rul a< lndimted by a study or the sit..
avian b\- S, l’. Hollistcr. pl‘nfcss'or DI
l‘mohmy. at Connecticut szr-itulturm
tnllvzv, Stmrs. (‘old weather parti-
,..-.,..:.- in December i< blamrl.
before rail _'
joint or ,
construction on ‘
MAY ASK FOR $15,000
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 18. Eddie
Roush. centre fielder for the Cincin-f
nali Reds. announced yesterday he
had returned unsigned his 192:0 coir
=tracl, falling for a salary of $10,000.
lRouxb said he might ask for $15,000
for but. work next year. Roush also is ,
'sald to be opposed to the Southern]
draining season at Miami. ’13.. prv‘h-ul
trim: to remain on his [arm at Oakl-‘nd 2
(‘.t}'. Ind. Last sczutou he did not ;
imakt- the training trip 9
| Charles Dickens has betn ruled out'
of the younger literary
Ecrillt 1 (lvlt‘illvd buck numbm. but ;
lths- Matcmrnl by his llrilish pu:.- sh~<
us that during lhc past three years.
‘lhc sale of his books has been almost ‘
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by a class
ha P.
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'loubled seems to refute that ideal
(Scmc of l‘dckcns' novel‘s sell txorcl
.tban 10,0n0 every ytar. and he has
meet: dead forty‘eight, years. Ills sales
during the last ten years have been
it is awertcd. than those of
g .
‘iarger.
zany threw novelist put fjgvlllt‘l‘.
Try a Classified Advertisement in
«em and you will receive the best
on)!" obtainable-
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
WeWill Finance You ,3
Perhaps vou overlooked it in
But we certain‘v meant to make it plain. Hun-
dreds did not let the fact of our willingness to finance them to
get awav from them.
THEY ORDERED FORD CARS EARLY
WE FINANCED THEM TO THEIR SATISFACTION
ALL FINANCIAL INCONVENIENCE PUSHED TO ONE
not know that.
AND IMMEDIATE DELIVERY MADE CERTAIN
THEY HAVE GOT THEIR CARS!
then. whv should vou not saV—“ME TOO?” We’ll finance
We’ll do it gladlv—so that if vou place your order RIGHT
E DELIVERY you will pass up the pos-
disappointmen t.
Yes, the Weather has been a bit crusty of late. But——
is only just around the
YOURS TRULY
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Come In and Get Your Victor Record Catalozue
Thlé is 3 book You should have in your home. It contains pflrllltllb
and bIUKTaDhlcal tau-tenets 01 the worlds greatest artists and alsr
cf the great composers. -
It cantnins a list of more than 5,000 \‘ic'or
greattst catalogue of music in the. world.
Come in today and get a may. “'0 v ill llv pfad
any of the Victor Records while you are here.
F. L. HAMILTON
9 our: smart Phone 125
- W”’ \7‘""?“‘° "a.” “U" My
lccords, li join;
to play (or you
T 0 Our Patrons!
In recognition of the faithful services rendered by our
employees, we desire to go onl'eoord alone of the pioneers in
the early closing Will this city.
This store will close daily, holding Saturday, until
further notice, at six o'clockp. n. V
That Satisfied Feeling '
which comes to you as you look-bout this well furnished room
in which your 13mm or non ABE REALIZED tell:
you without words how much that home would lack without
good Furniture.
Everyone has his own Minhome furnishing and every-
one is entitled to m BIB! m HONEY CAN BUY.
We are prepared to {in you conscientious service and to
sail: WW ifiiififnmwaytofurnishyonrhome
uyouwouldlikcik
Extra Heavy‘Blankets
$4.50 VIM $.45.
66:78 inches in tin. wry good nine at $4.50. Extraordi-
‘nu-y at $3.45. Supply is hind. Act quickly.
ran FINEST CARRIAGE
DISPLAY
we have ever shown—of the
three leading mama,
Block’s and Heywood Wake-
field, in all the m colon
uni finishes, natural. my.
white, old ivory, etc. Bunting
in price from 517:50 to
$85.00.
Headquarters for Simmons Famous Beds
hummus-1mm. Collier mot
mm"mmmamr's m.”
STERmenJRNITURECO.
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