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will cut mm this you.
as we suppose you know, is
as dear.
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A simple thing
But —— Important
I'd! Edison RECREATIONS
will play nearly twice as long
as any other phonograph reo-
d made. .
“In—You change no needles.
Our advice "our friends and custbmers is'to build now-5—
Do not waists: lower prices in lumber for in reality lumber
isnothialflmmh otherthings—notashighnowas
7 it ”when... 1. - mam
“mm andbills of materials for any
mo! building you may In thinking about are yours for the
8- A.“ *
"“ The information soar-advice wengiv'e‘yorT-may save you
a good many dollan MW. of h ' bill-
Come in and talk it over with 3:,- m.” repair.“ .
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The Hatch 69° Bailey Co.
sou-m NOBWLI‘. 003:. '
Cor. F. and Comfortable Chairs
A new stock of rockers and easy chairs of reed and wil. .
low that are ideal for the porch or living room as well as for
wedding and anniversary presents.
RAYMOND & SON
Wall & Hizh Ste.
N orwelk
WNEW EDISON
"Th Phonograph with a Soul"
”Edison has pegfected a gen-,
u Diamond point for his re-
oer which is permanent.
one has ever been able to
no” Edison’s secret. No one
I“ will. ' ,‘f i
have Tell You Other
Final Clearance Sale
OF ALL OUR. DRESSES including Silk, Georgette, Satin
Foulards, Novelty Voiles, Organdies and Gingham.
Also Waists and Blouses. '
and the
Skirts and Middies in all the new materials
latest styles. ”mu-ll,
THE PARIS
33 SOUTH MAIN STREET SOUTH NOBWALK
Waderful Things About
Iiiww .
It. u t TIMI.
Alfred F ox PianOC 0.
~. .- 85 NORTH MAIN 8T.
1
' . STUDENTS
WHO
INTER IN AUGUST
ARE
ONE MONTH
AHEAD
MITCHELL—CHALMER
GRANT—MAXWELL
MAXWELL ONE-HALF TON TRUCK
BROCKWAX AND VIM TRUCKS
Tires—Accessoriesé—Tydol Gasoline
LUTHER M. WRIGHT
55 RAILROAD AVENUE
NIERRILL ..
Business C ollege
—nv SESSION NOW——
all: HARDWARE &
AUTO SUPPLY CO.
42 Water St.
h 1215-5. So. Nerwalk, Ct.
“etc Parts, Starter and
Generator-Brushes
Hershfield Motor
TRANSPORTATION CO.
—-——Daiiy Service Between New York and Norwalk——o
LONG DISTANCE TRUCKING
10 large trucks at yourservice for all kinds of hamper-
tation; padded vans for furniture work.
Main Office, 26 Concord Street, South Not-walk, Phone 294
New York Office. 201 West 20th.. Phone Chelsea 8059
A. Supplies, Tires and Tubes
G H. Hedenberu. Prop.
F-r-e—a
i
ll
Smith. Underwood.
Remington. an other
makes,
Per month. Machines
'0!!! lumber-mouth
Ptuuein.
I'D-warren axcHANua..- .
Dorlon House
.Siore Dinners
. mien Ave. Drum,“ f
YOUR‘OPPORTUNITY
On all our Men ’5 and Women’s Oxfords and Pumps.
Included in this sale are some very good models of high white
Reignskin and Nubuck lace shoes.
Shop Before Six.
ELWOOD £9” CLOVER
122 Washington “Street
\
.13.“ .1
Alkinds of SeaFood
' Steaks, Chops and
_ Chicken
A La Carte A
‘ GARDEN HOSE
REELS NOZZELS
Albert D. Morgan
The Winchester Store SO. Norwalk
DEALERS
—IN—
HIGH GRADE
_ USED CARS
(C. f)or every require-
-Iushall St. Phone 390
”advertisement in the ‘
I an. “A:
noon: ’ more nuvnnornm Photom
7“"? ' a-1 Work Matted
(24 hours service)
Dm- '. ours-can muse! mm.
”"P so. ism St.
swan-en'- lam Oops n u I
Award lower leyeis.
CAPTURE OF .
MLAWA AND PULTSK
——
. . t
walk lunch stands at busy to
where soldiers are given food and
drink. . ‘
More women are at present employ-
ed than at ‘any time since the found.
atlon of the republic.
Air raids over the Soviet lines along
the Warsaw front now are a daily
part of the city's defense. aviators
flying from the Warsaw aeroarcme
evey twenty or thirty minutes for the
front.
WARSAW. Autz. 12.——Warsaw hum-
med tonight with military activity.
but only soldiers and officers were al-
lowed"in the streets.
It was decided late tonight that two
American and two British newspaper
correspondents, as well as several P0
lish, French ltalian and Spanish
journalists will accompany the peace
delegation to the eastward on Satur-
day. Just how long the delegation
will remain at Minsk or wherever the
conference will be held, is unknown.
but diplomats. here said tonight they
expected the conference would last
four or five days or longer. ,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS will be
represented with the delegation, and
an effort will be made to «end daily
dispatches. either by the wireless 1910-
graph or by the daily courier to Moe-
cow from the scene of the ncfzoila-
tlons.
Unusual prices for this n
,i'l J?! 1' Another
yard. Fancy. 36-inch” wide. $3.75
ELECTRIC WASH SATINS
his value. 32-inches wide. $1.35 yard.
its. SKINNER SATINS AND
‘A----‘A-‘ - ‘A‘AAAA
A ‘AAAAAA
vvvvvv'v
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv'vvv'
Don’t Miss the Summer Sales
Gingham and voile dresses. Sport smacks. Summer Waists Marked at Cost.
L
—Norwalk’s W Dry Goods Store—
SPORT SATIN SPECIALS
retty and pwular materiaL Plain. 40-inches wide. $4.25
yard. 40-inches wide. $4.50 yard. . g.
SURF CLOTH FOR
1
l' J
BATHING SUITS.
M
in this city it was announced to—
night that outgoing personal messaims
would .be accepted at. the lf‘letlraph
offices here. This is a military meas
ure to prevent the passibility of new!
of troop movements getting: out. Pt-
sldes this the officials wish .0 devote
all the wires to gavornmpnt business.
for the most part. because of the crie-
is brought about by the Sutiei ad-
e:
“'ALI. STREEI.
tensions] traders leaned toward the
buying side and directed their efforts
against the short interest. Gains
were largely extended, with U. 8.
Steel. Crucible. Baldwin. Atlantic Gulf.
American Linseed. Reading. Canadian
Pacific and lowpriced railroads in
brisk emnnd. Call money ruled at i
vancc. > .
PARIS, Aug. 17:.- The Fz-nfll Cor» per cent. and sterling touched 3.64.
mmwni is sundinz a note it» the l'nit or a half cent above yesif'l'days low-
ed States expressing pleasure that the est.
French and American views on the —-———-——‘———-‘—
Russol'olish situation are “in com LOOK OUT! FRIDAY THE 13TH, ..
lllefe accord," ii waS'lvarnHl hPl‘e ‘0' THAT UNLUCKY DAY. IS HERE
do . .
\yl'AiISAW. .‘iuz. ll «By Thrv .xssov Today's the day when you'll have
elated l’rcssi.~~The l‘u.- . ham to look out in order to reach Dome
launched a munior nflon five with whole instead of in pieces, Beware of
baye launched a cnllntm Michel's-3 hoodooai it is Friday the 13th. ‘lf'
with hayonots in the rogiv Ii of I’ulr day reputed to be bad luck for most
tosk. where the Russians hm: been anybody, and sure to be bad lllck l0!“
striving to break flu- Polish‘ vlnfcnsive anyone who walks past a pin with-
lincs. I’llltosk is thirty-an“ minim not picking it up, who fails to stick
north of “'aran. the hairpin he finds into the next
l’AlllS. Aug, 1?..WA cram Battle is tree or telegraph pole who lets a
in progress on llw nllrfiflrl'h‘. h hunt black cat cross his path, who has to
upon which hangs llll' {tut (if War go back for some forgotten object,
saw, according to informatm; reach and fails to sit down [Or a moment
and count ton to break the spell. who
\\'ARSA\V. Aux. lfif’ By Tim Assn-.who takes his friend riding for the
r-iaicd Press).——Rmzpon::iblli!‘~ for con-first iimn in his Joni. who leis
tinuanco of the fighting in Poland 'something come between him and his
was today lilaced upon thr Russlan'companion while walking down the
Soviet Government by Poli~h la‘nreicn street. who walks under a ladder. wno
in: the France Foreign ()mc. tmlnv.
.\lini.~icr Sflplclla in a tel. 'zim Sent docsn't bo-licve 13 is a hoodoo and
to Sir l-Zric llrvfmmoud. Gen-val 80ch has 13 to dinner_ who pick..- up his
lill’)’ 0f lhv Leanne of Nat: us. Tho own umbrella when he drops it, who
Fort-inn Minister's it'lcmnm con- doesn't cross his fingers while wish-
cludos: lng.
"l'ndcr louuous prctcxis. 'hc Sovi- ”ll-"9""? all (MSG injunclions and
et Government has up to the pros- ll i3 altogether possible that )mi
ent refused to enter peat» negotia won't b9 "1m 0"” by an automobile
tlons or fix armistice conditions. killed hynfalllnz aeroplane. struck
Neverthclcs-I. ilm' Polish Government b." “El"mna. lose your best iriond or
has not and will not (case to do “"31ng or that Sort KW? Your
OSPA open and your cars lawn and be
pl'vpart‘d for the worst and Saturday
may dawn bright and early for you
instead of being a day or mourning
for your relatives and friends.
everything: pn~~sllllo to conclude Yln
honorable pence, ‘uit d-wlines all l'c-
sponiblllty for proloncntion of the
war which q-nllx'cl) fall: on the. Soviet
Government."
, . . , Above all don't worry about ll 0‘
l" ilur- f Jnln .l. \Lnrau. mans ‘ ,— .
cordof {hff'xm'xl York Giants to an rest of the l-ridnys which Will come
pear before District Attorney Edward 2: )2: ""1“ 3:3?“39 then: WM” h“
Swann, yesterday. as promised by his -‘ "r“ n '-‘- Get lh\‘“£b_l0‘lay
O. K. and the rest is (easy,
And according to the weatherman.
a crest deal of your luck depends
upon your aliaility to stay in during
the local showers an] do your shop.
ping and other walking during the dry
seasons. As was to be ,expected. of a
day like Friday the 13th, you had to
do quite bit of dodging tofly. But It
is promised that the showers will
bring cooler weather.
PONZI CRASH
INVESTIGATED
BY OFFICIALS
(Continued from first page)
Edwin :l._ Pride, federal auditor,
was nearing (‘t‘YI‘DIt‘IlOH at” his tsbula-
Man of the latter's liabilities. Mr.
Pride has said that the liabilities al-
ready are shown""at 87,000,000. Ponzi
claimed asset; of not more than
34.000.000.
Superintendent of Police Crowley
has ordered an investigation of the
police department to ascertain the
extent to which members of the
force have invested with Ponzi or
otherwise have been («inn-acted with
his affairs.
Henry H. (‘hmlelinskl' president of
the Hanover Trust Company_ declar~
Ed the indstitll'itlon was solvent. and
announce t at th
higher levels. with 1“more of special would get back dollar 5.3%3‘3332
stocks in considerable volume. Re. interest." State Treasurer Burrell has
ports that the long pending merger 0‘ announced that ebe Commonwealth
various chemical companies Would. be has 8125.000 deposited in the bank.» .
soon consummated influenced an 39‘ Ponzl denied rumors that he intend.
tlve inautry tor the group. National ed to leave the city for a vacation He
Aniline advanced 5. General Chemi- said that if he had wanted to depart
cal 4. and Barrett Company 2% he would have done So before the
points. Investment Oils were also events of yesterday
stronger. Mexican Petroleum rislnz 1i BOSTON, Aug, 1.1.3.11: Commie
and Shell Transport 2%. U. S. Rub- aloner Joseph C. Allen said today that
her and Endicott Johnson gained 8 so far as he known, there i. no tom-
point ‘each. and 'America W en 3. atlon foi- reports that other banking
Railroads were neglected. swell institutions besides the Hanover
Motors First Ptd. sagged 1 3~8 and Trust Company'may be involved with
Central Leather 3-4. Sterling Exchange the Penal collapse. ‘
was steady. ‘ iFm-the; liedgal steps to protect Pon—
a ‘s note c on were taken tod .
(WALL STREET. Noon).——Tlle the Federal court another bankgptgg
range of price. was carried ccnsldeclpeuuon was filed, gm. one being at.
ably higher durlng the foe-enoon. 11:0“th against “Charles Pond, of Lax-
opinion was entertained in some ington: John ‘8. Dondero of Medford
quarters that the recent selling had and Guglielmo Bertollo’t'to, of Parma'
been carried too far and that the ltaiy. copartners, doing business on:
bears were buying back stocks. Th1! der the firm name and style of the Sc-
was cited as the principal cause 0' entities Exchange Company.”
the market’s strength. steels. oils. Two similar actions already are
equipments, tobaccos, motors. paper pending, one a , bankruptcy petition
and some finite season dividend nil- and the other seem: the apopint-
rcad. stocks such as Reading. ‘Ceuad- ment of a receiver. In the earlier pr
tan Pacific and Southern Pacific we“ titione, no mention is made of Ponui’s
advanced 1 to 2 points. Liberty triers. The actions. are directed
Fonda and Victory Notes worked to- against Penal alone. '
:llt lrne_\_ led to the issuance of a sub-
poena for McGraw's appearance today
in lihsWI'l’ quotations a: ‘n how John
Slavln. the actor. rt-(‘clvml 51110118 in.
juries last Sunday.
Shorlly before noon. however, the
subpoena server scnl iJ summons Mc-
thw reported to the district attor-
ney 5 office :hnt he had been unable to
serve McGl'aw or any member of his
family.
ROME. A112. 12 (By The Associated
Press-l.» Acknowlcdlzmcnet by France
of the. government of Gcneml \Vranll-
el. in South Russia is s‘bjecl today
of heated comment in the ltaiisn
Newspapers.
The livesazt‘ro Says:
“France places herself in opposi-
tion. we will not yet say at war. with
Bolshevik Russia." The newspaper
adds that Great Britain and ital!
favor econnomic and political peace
with Russia. and that the attitude of
France breaks the accord of the nl
lies on the Russian problem and
makes the situation worse.
'ron'a'v—nt wan. emu.
WALL STREET. 10:80 a. m.-—.\lany
of the influential shares such as U. 8-
Steel and Baldwin showed little varia
tion from yesterday’s final prices at
the opening of the stock market to-
day. The movements were toward
I
l :30 p. [XL—PTO
STORE OPEN SATURDAY UNTIL 9 P. M.
H. Krieger 69’ Co.
CLOSING OUT OF ALL READY TO WEAR Al’-
PAREL FOR MEN. WOMEN. BOYS & GIRLS
Practically all SHOES. PUMPS and OXFORDS: all
THE SILK AND COTTON DRESSES: WAISTS.
SWEATERS: BOYS’ WASH SUITS.
Prices are reduced to the lowest level. Buy now and save
at least 50 per cent. on all your purchases.
Easy Payments
ALASKAN minus
an mu lulu
New Engand Governors To
Face ,Crisis Unless Fields
Are Developed.
Governors of the six New England
States have been notified by the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
Of Commerce that Alaska can supply
enough coal, it the noxemment will
allow the development a the coal.
beds: for all Pacific coast demands.
and thereby assure the East the full
satisfaction of the Eastern. Southern
and Middle West. fields,
ln a 2‘9er made to the New Elli:
land governors it is said that New
England must have 5.000.000 tons of
bituminous coal for the year begin-
ning April 1. l‘nless the New Enizr
land states can obtain relief the six
states will be faced with the worst
steam and coal crisis in their history.
A 9193 to urge the prompt dewrop-
ment of Alaskan coaiflelds was made
to Secretary Payne and Secretary
Daniels when they in Seattle re-
cently. ("
The territory of laskajhaj an al-
most unlimited su ly of co . It is
undeveloped large y on account of
conservative regul tions. The letter
governors says:
and,” a coal jour;
e coal mushy has
been Sway-ed three powerful in.
fluences. th. orders of the lntvrsmfP
Commerce Commission giving prior-
ity to coal shipments to New England
and to the lake ports for the north.
west; the commlsioner's finding that
the railroads may increase their
freight rates an average of about 30
nal. says that
men at the mines in Illinois and in.
dlana. This paper says:
"The priority orders are in force
but are not yet working at full ca-
pacity, so that the trade is still unr
certain just what effect .they may
have. For one thing they have had
less effect on exportation of coal than
had been anticipated, and the pros.
pect is that foreign buyers will find
.that after New England has been
taken care of there will still be a fair
amount of coal for the overseas trade.
“Prices are still high everywhere.
and holding firm. Except in the far
northeast where in the expectation of
:plenty of coal under the priority or-
der figures on ituminous have drop.
lped a little, there is slight change.
The feeling is gradually gaining
lground that while coal is certain to
be short everywhere all winter, actua:
suffering may be averted if the mines
can be kept running and the roads
open."
SOUTHINGTON IOY SHOT.
SOUTHINGTON, Conn. Aug. 13.—
Michael Latsit, 11 years old. was acci—
dentally shot by a companion while
playing in the woods, yesterday after-
noon. Dr. M. G. Nagle extracted the
bullet and pronounced the wound se-
rious. The bullet was shot from a .32
calibre rifle.
DEAD NEAR OPEN OAS JET.
NEW BRITAIN. Aug. 13.—-Mlcheai
Wltira, aged 55 years. was found dead
in his room at the Hotel Deville ves-
terdny noon. An open gas jet in hie
Null told the story of asphyaiaoton.
Dr. R. ‘M. Griswold the medical exam!-
ner, gave his opinion that the death
was accidental. With had been.
little lte ti in fi‘fi’iorm: ’&
. a ra one p ' a class!!! W
lanes. ‘ *1?“an . ., '
a....;s:'".:
'la-a-
us
a
. e; 1:“; i «a ti
fitting .beavily see was. past few
per cent; and the strike of day shift _
Let Us
DEVELOP and PRINT
Your Pictures
Expert Workmanship
'l'wnty-four Hour Serving
Enlargements a Specia‘ty
The Hamilton
Shop
49 WALL STREET l
rm -_
BIG BARGAl‘SS 1
.—IN—-
LillieS’ and Children's
W H I T E C A N V A S
Pumas. Shoes & Oxfords
It will pay you to see our
bargains.
Open Saturday Eveninzs.
MAX LEVY’S
SHOE STORE
31 So. Main St.
SOUTH NORWALK
David W. Raymond l
UNDERTAKER
TMce, 1103; House.
I! WASHINGTON ST.
I" RID MEN’I BUILDINU»
69-”
BALE!) PAPER, 51.50400 lbs.
JUNK
L. EFFRON
Rowan St E. Norwalk
si‘el 441 " Tel. 441
,_—
I. I 3. AUTO EXCHANGE.
NORWALK, CONN.
Listyourcarwithus. Wewi“
sell it for you. Ifyou want 8
carofanymalneseeus.
Tel. 2584, 42 Orchard St.
Tel. 8179-12. Choctaw Hill Ave.
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80 WASHINGTON 81‘.
PHONE 1540.
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