EsTABLISKED 1870
/ CLUB TOST
mm citizen of Nor-walk ever stopped to realise that “though
Lzu.‘ a bank account. that they are not anvingesmnch money as
- 1.0“1’ m‘pyrlghted system of Charles A. Brand, of North Main
.-. uhm or woman who is a member of the Hometown W sgy-
.-.tnnlys~ovcsmonc).but hositpinoedtoqthelrcreditutheh
u hauls with whom they deal.
.“
,1
IA:
1
2'. ~)~t'm, which is said
I
.. ;:.l; mwn Chris’tmas Club system, with which Nomi]: people
um an account at a bank for the men or woman, and to
I. 1'., e “I a discount on etery article bought at stores which take
ll- - : Shalunts being my
, :.-.":.
n-r
'l-A
:~ 1.1!
.-.I.u :1 would otilervvise
,‘ {-
.1 iv a. bank for sav-
n.- ~re or lcss .
;. ml; Ah'r‘s system. which
»»-.1 “u- Hometown Divi-
‘.
'11.
2- needs. spent In
(’I
1-»,
.I'llll"
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equals ..05 which.
,. working days.
,, LI 11w end of the you‘-
1- "A". I-‘anu
and. within
I‘!‘~ 2-..‘i21-zno.
IILP System Will be in-
. wnllfknown banker in
rn'loralng it. and’sev-
it their utmost ap-
' increasing trade
- ming people spend
n‘ pxomulgatlng :1
‘m- slogans: "Dank
'llid "Hometown
I all JittE-(l.
picture is printed
has struck upon :1
wks not only to the
. who undertake lt.-but
a
..,
"fl
,, :‘i.
:(..
use more trade to the_
.m-a people save money.
mm of thrift and saving.
' ‘ the money in'town.
9 s-oi‘ it, acesnotseemtobev
height of srnlplicit
during a
the purchaslng'
{hr clue-rage 69' ,c or
has been~
by mums.» even better
is
able to the person who has the account,
eryrmu‘h. bnhosexpiunedby
v—nnd. besides. ‘nis sure way of
he spent. ’ . ‘
o
CHARLES A. BRAND
Local Business Main Who Orlginlar-
ed “The Hometown Dividend Savlnlgs
. Street.
Main and Broad Streets
MIIREE EAEIRRY
Work @Here w Under the
Superintend
f
’ ent DnFranfi Peters, Who
lNEVERl 11ml)"
Firsséw Products of the Foaterz .I , PUP“ ENE
0.. summer New A..- A RUSIEAIE
Walkcn‘t Is a Sympathy
MovetoAfil Carpenters
Comes from Wlllimantic
. The Foster—Stewart Awning or (1‘
Tape Companv began business sealer
day in its new manufactorv in Main
mar Broad street. and a num-
ber of residents of Norwalk are among
'the empiotes who are learning the
I
tape of all descriptioz ..s The govern-
ment uses. consider able 0! the output
of this concern which has a much
.lare‘er plain in Pacific street. Brook-I
: lyn. '
A number of the workers came to
Nomalk from “'illimanti c. where
. Foster- Stewart also operated a branch
factory. but which was discontinued
last year. Among these is Frank
Peters. the superintendent. who has
been connected with the concern for
many years. and has a. wide exper-
leuce in this line of work. The bulld-
Membem or the Vomit Builders
Exchange today are finding by their
“guns” waiting for all-thee develop-
business of making awning goods and morning by F. B. Gregory secretary SICigh Ride
\
residence.
’ The pupils of Mrs. Hyacinth Bleeck-
er gave an interesting muslcale at her
Saturday afternoon. ‘
The following program bhowed
marked improvement in thqs playing
of all the pupils. both musically and
technically:
Bolfeggletto Bach
8.-——Brlush.
entered
MAYENCE. March
Belgian and French troop-
Dueoocldort. this morning.
French and Belgian troops occupied
Duisburg st man.
The allied. Rhine flotilla took poa-
sesslon of Bohrort.
by the bridge over the Rhine, while
the Anglo- French forces advanced by
way or the Cologne bridgehead.
marchlnlg to the right bank of the
Rhine and entering Dueaseldorf from
the south and cost. .
Occupation of the addltlonal Ger-
Adagio . ..... . . ......... . Clementl
Rondo . . . . . ....... - ....... Clementl
Miss Mary Bennett.
Walt! ......... .......... Ludofic
Miss Margaret blastersou.
_ Elihu-ch . . . . ............ Schwalm
I Oxalls . ................... Thotne
Master C Earle Guthrie.
I
a
Miss Virginia Hurst-019.
ments in the wulkou; of the carpen- Waltz ................... Streabbog
ters and painter. whnh mu“ from IThe Swan; J ...... t . .G .h.. Gurlltt
a refusal mt i cut in wam . rennet c ut rle. ‘
This arm m 3"“ made this Christmas E\e ............ WE‘VE:
of the exchange Miss Clare Harm me.
John Schwarz. a Bridgeport com A Sunny Spot .............. Thorne
tractor. las' night a teased a meet-
ing of the Norwallc ’Builders‘ Ex~_
hange in reference {Bic situation
here. He described t “its? walk-
out In Bridgeport “M “is settled
during the early part of” Week
when the carpentvro married to
work.
Secretary Gregorv concussed
that a committee had been appol'
o prepare a nehspaner‘ article which
would fully set forth WW ,0:
the‘Norwalk Builders'cxchanse. The .
Club” Pronounced By Financial Ex-
perts To Be The Biggest Trade Boss-
ter Originated.
lilo scheme from the be?
on page Four)
XIRR SESSION
RE
iiimued
PABNERSANNRUNEE
Allin
\Y'ASHINGTON, March 8.——Congres—
.lal leaders began today to shape
pl ms {or the extra seaslon to accord
'wu'h. the views expressed at last
w;:llt’s conference with President
ll «ling. ., E
. 1-9?ng with the presidentvat din—
ny. a score oflRepuinoan members
m “.0 Senate and House discussed
n- A. .. hours legislation to be taken
up :r the extra session which it was
ml should be called not. earlier
nun April 4 and probably a week la-
r- __ l:omestic legislation. especially
'mxf ad taxation revision, entered
" ‘ Ream: onA‘fi‘e’étfi About
BEING mow People, = '
, ' " ' CH'ICAGO. ‘M‘arch s.——vvage de.
creases of approximately 12 1-2 per
cent, affecting more than 100,000 em-
ployes of the packlng industry in all
parts of the country were oificlally
announced today. The reductions are
eflectlve on March 14. At the some
time there will be a revision of work-
ing hours. time and one- half for
overtime .being paid only after ten
hours’ labor in any oneday or after
flfty— four hours in any race week.
Double tlme will be paid for Sundays
and holidays.
, The new wage scale reduces the
wage rate of all hourly paid e'm‘ployea
eight cents per hour. The piece work
rates are ,redueed 12 1- 2 “per cent. At
( ,
I": WA ,. discussions. but lnternatlon- present_ the lowest rate paid labor is
.1 3;; ' ~were nOt touched upon. 53- cents an hour. Under the new
rig” ‘ 2 'Aference unique in itself and scale thls will he cut to 45 cents. The
.1. i by President Harding as
h . nning of the program of co
':_ between the president and
dld not break up until
higher paid employee will‘be reduced
proportionately. The mlnh‘num’ wage
guarantee for forty hours pay per
week will be continued.
It was also anhounced
' Ah.
1‘":
I. I";
_.'
that the
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Dntinued on page Bevel!
, (Continued on page-Eleven)
WANNA ,
AAA 20, 21,22 ”“333333333333
rim music department of
lunch um hold a festival ATHENS. March 8. (By the A330-
:':2, :t the High school elated Pressl.—-Prlncess Anastasia
underwent .an operation yesterday af-
ternoon. Dr; Geroulanos. assisted by
Dr Alden Hoover. being in charge
The princess' condition was consider-
ed grave. the surgeons declared. after
the operation was l,oi'er, and she-would
vim. waning April 20,
.mp1}! will be given by
nude schools.
' - a :ing the pupils of
hoola 'W'l'll particl-
.y
Huh
3
ll
. A .. m3 eevnlng.. Apr“ not be out of danger for several days.
'7 . of the music-31 ol‘gan- The patient was on the operating
:4 or High school will table for seventy—five minutes and the
_..
.\_
operation was described as difficult.
A serious obstructlon was found in
the intestines. and the surgans de-
clared another operation. not partb
cularly serious. might be rbqulred
after a-few 'montlm. The princess
stood the shock welhnnd Dr. Hoover
described hex-"asp a “com-3317812: ‘and
e‘xcm‘plarvmatlsl‘" He added that
it the operation had been dclmed on-
other week. the princess' illness fluid
have terminated fatally. , ‘
Held Without. ”Bail
After Fatal Shooting
' . i «Inxr-vu' that all citizens of
lll?("(‘5t themselves in
-‘ first time that anything
1 ins been attempted in
thosr in charge look for
- 2; port of the public.
c}: ' E atoll Is Likely to
pInto Walsh’s Show
nhert O Eaton of North
‘ '“cer‘d the man who ancv
;.< collector of internal
Walsh 0 Jen,
(image will be anect'eil
‘5 .. n w ek, certainly with-
' i; the understanding of
n I( arders: The transi—
. Ejtnn to Walsh. the
Administration had 001363 ,
2 Ah {red a, brief Space {if “Jimmie Loe a, m “30% um!»
'ualo f; (Muriel-emu”:
r
T
’1‘;-
Dominick’s“! Joseph Loe'rmo.
in connection m.malyu fight
at the Loot-mo mfim on New
.EUI IN SAEARIES
Twelve and Chem Cent
mg is equipped with the most modern
machinery. and in a model in factory
construction and inside installation
everything being complete to the min-
utest detail. .
The plant was erected bs Contrac-r
tor Daniel 8. Leonard, of Brooklyn.
New York. It I.- plxlctlcaIl-v fireproof.
of steel and concrete construction.
with wooden truss root. the one story
article. he said. would be ready for
publication..tomorrow.
In dlscuaslng tl ze situation. Hr.
Gregory termed thc all-called “willk~
(Continued "on page Nine)
RESIDENTS SUI
ENGINE REAIR- ’
BY STABVATAN STEEL mum
' Much Investigation Shovvs
American Engineer De- Value Pf Safety First
scribes “Silent Panic” Work /,
Which Spreads A m on g CHICAGO. Much 8.--The accident
Chinese W11 en T h e y rate per thoumnd employees in the
United States Steel corporation has
Realize Famine Has Come ‘been cut more than mu through the
’ application of organised accident pre-
NEW YORK. March 3 _A graphic vention work. according to a report
description of famine scenes in China. "011i “19 WM“! received here by
an explanation 0: their cause andout- the National 81er Much.
line orqnethoda-ot relief is given by This- result ha- been obtained
Charles Davis Jameson. who has been through 1‘ year; cadaver and at I
civil engineer in China. since 1395 and large cost“ the report shows. In the
for the last ten years has been con~ 218!“ years mm Jen. I 1913 to Sept.
neeted with the Department of Fam- 3“ 1920. the corporation spent ‘7-
inc Relief and Flood Control of the 535 341 ill accident brevention work.
Chinese government. More than 35. 000 employees have
A “silent p"anlc spreads rapidly served on safety committees. ‘
over the famine-stricken area. when. The exact decrease in 1920 as com-
the people realize their danger of star- pared with 1906 when the corporation
vatlon. says Mr Jameson. "All the began to do- organised vae-ntlve
people. when hunger sets in and ther work. won 54. 04 per cent. In terms
food is all gone are wandering not to of men it. in estimated that 29 550 cm—
any definite point. but to any .place ployees were saved from serious ilLlury
which changes the scene of their in this tune.
misery," he adds. “Business l_s. at
once paralyzed. 'When I last passed
through a famine district. there was
or streets. Not -a mule nor
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REER RESRRNSRIEE
BRIDGEPORT. March 8.—-T hree
persons are held to be criminally re-
sponslble- tor the trolley collision at
South Shelton on the afternoon of
Washingtons Birthday. in which ten
persons lost their lives. by Coroner
John J. Phe an in a findmg today
They are:- Mllton Cheritree, de-
ceased motorman of the car bound
south from Shelton; George Robinson.
his conductor. and Stephen T. Palmer,
town clerk of Shelton and judr e or
probate of the district. who ya: taking
REIEEEANIIRN ARA
PEASIEY MENTIIINEB
Governor to Mak’e Three
Appointments to Supreme
and Superior Courts
The death of Judge \Villlam fiCase
has increased by three the number of
judgoships of the Supreme Court of
Errors and of the Superior court to be. home on the a! a tire—gallon can of
filled by Governor Lake. In a general gasoline. .
discussion of the probable- uppomt- _ A copy or the findlus “ being sent-
mantrby lawyers and members of the to Prosecuting Attorney Arthur R.
General Assembly... the matter has goal-mend; cl gum Pmsecuun.
been looked at from the political as Attorney William J. Cutouts. of Shel-
well as the judlciol point of view. but
not from the single of partisanship ‘
It has been ,polnted out that among
the thirteen judges of the Superlat-
court there are but two W ‘
unholy, dodgeAvez-y, “mg“ . .. .
Judgewebb of New Bevel» M’ _
I.
lOL‘l‘ y
.. ""?!”d. the” .
7" ("1L an
, I...
,5
Why am
79f .mnbhfzxd committee. which vol chosen by
iii-mom. Noam
1 continued on Page Seven.
uwlus' RUSH m
m, mews
sum-mum
. All‘records fox-“filling of new cases
in the superior court were broken re-
March .................. Krogmann .pd
seldort. the largest of the clues taken
I
‘Excmmilulull
cently when entered. many of them
divorce actions. This followed the
filing of 15 cases the previous day.
«see returned for the March term of
court higher than for many years.
Among the dlvorce octlono med wa-
tordoy was the petition .0: Anna Hart
w: oi Greenwich against Hugh
luau Jackson of Pom-mallet %ln .-
Vhlcli desertlon we: alleged. gym
were married June i. 1904,1nd de-
oertlon June 1. 1917B chorged. There
are three children a whom the
mother asks the custody.
May P. Jackson 0: Stamford peti-
tions for divorce from Harry B. Jaclp
son of the June place alleging decor-
tlon. They were married September
11. 1915. and deeertlon olnce January
20. 1918 in charged.
Othel- dlvorce actions filed were:
mm Thompson Natale of stam-
tord from. Nicholas Natale of the
some place; donation: Stella J. Jarvis
of Nomlk from Francis 8. A. Jarvis
of Norwnik. cruelty; Lena A. 8inger~
void of Norwalk rtrom Richard
angel-wold of Nonnlk. donation:
Mel-ion G Horton of Stamford from
Fred B‘Jiorton of Not-walk. deser-
tlon Winona. ‘Treferey De Witt of
Stamford (rom Clarence C. Uertt of
part- unknown. cruelty and desertlon:
Walter E .Barnard ot Stamford from
Laura Dugon Bernard of ports un-
known, desertion; Emily 0 Murphy.
of Bridgeport from Carl F. Murphy of
Bridgeport. deeertlon. -
Polish-Valentine
Case Up Wednesday
Judge John F .Keelefond a. jury
in” the Superior couret tomorrov’r will
resume hearing evidence in the. ac-
tion for 86.500 damages bro .lght by
the Sterling Tire corporation of New»
Tersev min-2‘ K- J. Gallagher and
"them of"'P-M:r.~mrt The case was
on trial during the court days last
week and will probably he completed
‘AM‘H’rnw
The first ms:- assigned for Wed-
nestlav is the: suit for alienation of af-J
fec'rlnns hrmlvb“ '- f*loremm Valentine
arm: nst Freda T’Mlak of Norwalk.
Daniaees n! u: mm are claimed in this
suit WYEch was t‘v-w-d belnre. the Sn-
Mfior emu" "pd indcmewt in favor
o? the plointi" "Even on Mav 19 lost.
“:1":ch nF‘Q‘ ""9 were awarded and
the defend-2'“ svwlod’ to the Ru-
ure court whom ordained a. res-trial .
of (I can» "4'“ Y‘ R n. Rainm-
“‘AO‘I‘OI‘ n‘ 0' r ’0’ AI 6)"; phl‘h
._.__ ., W...
’r “mummififlo.
V». 9‘ _
. WV’AQDM "v:~o%'
m... an)! ci- a: ~~ 1-. connection with
and is likely to bring the number 01'
3.
announced they would take possession
of as one of the penalties for Ger
many:a failure to meet the allled rep
uratl
eastward move of the allied troops. so
far as reports removed at a late hour Isa
I
showed.
The occupation of the City of. l‘ur‘s—
RE RRM‘S
FfinkEBorry ometh
Norwaik Aids vaerideu
Police m Getting Men
MERIDEN, March 8. —Two police-
men and newspaper men figured in an
exciting automobile pursuit of two a!
leged rum runners through Mel-idea at.
6 o ’clock this morning. end at the Ber-
lin town line the fugitives wane
stopped at the point of a gun. In their
‘closed touring car nineteen fivefiollon
can: were pockod and when a hole was
shot lumenoot them. puregninnl
hot flowed out. The l-
thelr treb-
mh.v:ir tried to
com more than:
3225 in mm. At thepOIIoe swoon. th‘é‘r
men described themselves so
Fioretto. 33. of 50 Jackson avenue.
Long Island City. and Ruhele San-
tonielliul: Mann Levon street, Brook-
lyn They said they were driving to
Springfield. Hess. and when neor New
RochelleNZY” mot-Immanuel:-
'ahled truck. The! agreed to cart bls
load to Hartford, where he sold he
would hove another truck wilting.
The pair was fined $100 and coats
each for fielding the state llquor lava
and bound over in 81,000 ouch on a.
(Continued on page Nine)
mam
, wane-mu
An interesting sequel to the Sun-
day morning row between Lam Holt.
and Umprio‘Campplteiio. whlch was
reported in yenerday'l edition or ‘The
Evening Sentinel. come to light this
morning when I report was bade to
the police that'the garage on the prop-
erty, over which the dispute arose.
had been broken into and tools vetoed
at a considerable amount had been
stolen. ‘ “ I
y
It was over theoe tools that the
trouble started on Sunda’ _ morning.
Mela. claiming that. they his.
hmppltelh. it seems. had loaned Mo-
:a. some money to enter the garage
business which. however, was not a
success.
Detective Sergeant Thomas Hunt is
206:2.) investigating the break at thv
gazage. and it is freely rumored that
Mala ls thewman‘ who made the entry.
A First district man. who is. seem
M the know on the also. is re-
...“ma lo hr the fixing of the blame.
‘ "t the police are going :1!
"‘9 mo‘wr WIQhout any prejudice on
~ «a... “no‘he‘r, but have obtained
“WW-9! ohm-z which seem to lead di-
rectly to the darn- of the young man
”flow" *1. have been respon'lblc for
’ ‘uo 4mm"
Brandes'ee Given
important Berth
WASHINGTON March 8.———fienat9r'
'nn‘v
u'n‘,,
I
”HR? " pwng—g tun-"1M4 emetic-*0"
’1’ use meal-evaluator: CarpetCom
to yo
mum
"Jill-mustaadmon.
M mild who've
wan-net
“:9”
1t-
“my neon senate heifer.
mmmmm and but left
Frank B. Mme of Connecticut.
, was lode! ”pointed cheimunrof the
.vhon m Republic“: m committee on
lathe committees by M. 356117 Cabot
”1.43am
. of Min-nth. the Repub-
This committee
at an m Except the steering
Imam
= In, the house. Emittivc John
beenmostp, Q. Tit-on. of Connecticut; has been
mots)" placed upon the bonus committeo of
Mme“, in“, committees. momentum 'l‘lloon Is?
BubduBelgnnandFrenchTroopuMM
dart—French and Belg-lab 311mm ‘ -
Duisburg, andtheAlficdRhinemm
Possession of Ruin-out.
{Rural-t. may mother on.
man territory which the silica hadiatlon. but one minded t0 MN m
gmcrnment of Gem-my to curl-y‘all.
on demands was carried out to- ‘
elated and the. allied pnthofitla “I"
I E‘N-o untoward incident marked the readv in old "we Workers in laps-0'4.
over by the dike. Vi! 65mph“!!! ”I.
morning Ind tint of M1: and
chictportotthonubrbollmmduo-
tmlreglon tbs-ottoman.
The more WM was elected
inawnytoobfihte, hurt-m
>file Belgians entered Duemldorfio show of force, but the m A;
British Rhine flotilla.- were p »
for eventualitle
Alter the non of baubl-
dart. General Decouette tuned b pm- A"
demotion to its Deep! in which M
declared the commit
measure of hostility sweet the pipe--
its obligations. No Mule would be
raised against the eu-rylog- on of “I! W
economic lilo of the region. be. Mie-
ing their eondlf‘rm may I; oo-
rded provisioning.
BERLIN. T’ ':.»:(“.'l it. (By the Apo- ,
(Continued on pole M1!"
The Norwalk Realty uiu Improve-
ment company may offered Yol-
its~buildinga located on W M
known as the Weed
Th6 property consists
oldest structure. in N w {gum
nod 0! much 5. M it have this“
8108, 900.
The "to blooch ore locum on 1).
south side of Wall M M
from Water and Wall M'
m District null-m m n.
ToWn Hull ,
stores. togeflneh mg In a:
other tenants. m
are: E. Emma-sisal: can.
Shoe Store; Mulch I". M-
wood & Co.. autonomic; m
Apr-co a: Sons. harbors and
Antonio Finbelil. hm” " 2""
News Company.
(Cont‘nmd on page” N né) ‘ '
RARES IN SIAIE
ARE NW‘IRAN
IN MANY FUSES
Wages in Connecticut one not on"
higher than in mony other m but "
they are more stable and have m“
toothed so during the recon} period U!
luau-trio! “echoed. Title h the ini—
lng detergent of a. report on the.“-
dltion of wage earners in fie flute,
submitted to Gov. Luke by the no...
partment of Labor and compiledjry‘
Cbarlott Molynuux Holloway. In“
trial investigator for the labor Bu—
reau.
The report declares that there has
not been one tenth of the unemploy-
ment Aalleged during the pm We
years. '
“ldleness has been felt. in many la:-
dustrlal centers," my! the report.
“New Haven. Norwich. Bristol. New
London. New Brltnin and Bridgeport.
but not a. degree. large enough to
be con cred menacing. The textile
mill-z in the eastern port of the State
were about down for some time. but
max-Iv reopened: silk and woolen mine 3'
.unavoldab‘y experienced need of lens-
encd -gsroduction and had to em
their work to meet it. (use: sort: of‘
plants have shortened the’r time and
some hove gone to four do” I. m
with the full number of employees
while other: have come down to a
third of the employee-on aver-only
Continued on Face 8PM“
For some little it
have been wondering
gineeflng com
neon. due to the
menial Record recently
item to the eflect (but the m
n V" “I!“ ‘ ri’wfiy
Norwalk Chronicler