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Decided Bargas ~Room lots of Papers, Selling at “$1,00, $1.25, $2.00. 3 There.is paper enough for a large room in each papers are for living rooms, din‘ng rooms, dens, hu braries—excellent qua’ity and goud colors and designs., this Way is a deciied saving. Sunproof Oatmea! Pap From Our 50c, 60c, 65¢ and 75¢ Q To Close at 25¢ a Roll. * VARNISHE v chofes $3.00 Varnikhes at $2 lon during this sale, We have Granate elastic In elastic intes 4 Hague alxtduz Vi co-pperation: has Hee: . w‘ it "and ' make: ?hmgttm,k Two impor- 4 umt faetors, ¥ Pecame! known ¥last gt “are ®oriing to delay for an- %flmr weafi dérmanvs reply to the Americansnote of ‘May 15, gent as a T | comsequence of the Lusitanie disaster. Wirst, the next few days are péeted to Jdecide whether Germany F'\ill be ‘Confronted with u new mili- uiry sitiiation by the entrance of Italy i into the war and the cutting off of all supplies through the Mediterranean. May Protest to Allies. "'Second, interested diplematists here believe;the interim of delay . will re~ Veal whether the United: States, of its own initiative, will send, a’ general 3rotest to (he allies With' respect %o “fheirallegea violations of international law by interfering with commerce be- | tween American ports and mneutral countriées of Europe. Officials here generally think, . the ‘Austro-Italian situation may. absorb -the attention of the Gerr:an govern- fhent during this week and delay the sfinal :composition ‘of the reply. - Such information ‘as the United States gov- érnment recently has rece:ved is of a pesitive nature indicating -that Italy will soon enter the war, . though in ‘Austro-German quarters there still is confidencé that a break will de avert- ed. It is realized that, should Italy become ‘a belligerent Germmany would Tose’all hope of securing fooastuffs or other supplies through the Mediter- ranean, and if Roumania followed Italy’s lead, as predicted, the wheat supply from: southeastern Kurope would be cut off. In . such clrcum- Stances of almost complete isolation, it. was explained in diplomatic quar- ters, Germany would find the subma- 1ine yeven tore valuable as a. weapon Zor reducing enemy supplies and com- merce. i » ' 1 arburg’. f (%xr to Be1~ L b , direet! Pan-Amerfcan Unio# “goid thatthe defect Ln chinery for arbitrating, Sutes was _the lack o ibligation,” ted at The'Hague, he' s ex- . PAINTS This is the season for ex- terior painting and we have a full assoriment of the best colors, Take your We ; carry only the Dbest quality and offer them for .a few days at the special ‘price of $1.25 a.gallon. varnish, vernish, Scar’ Not weod finish varnish; varnizh, Supremis ¥ We have a force of compe- e tent painters anc would sug- gest that if you contemplate having work done it is well fo get the order in at once, o wholesale “injustice arising swar,’" he contlmued, *its stu- - y.and horrors, borne in upon us f SRR by !Hq Present. happenings abroad, are o1y ,;; ‘migking the world ready for'some step nee, It is omnly question 'Iarjw are willing to go.” The thing. s 'a league 'to.cont-- hflhu ‘desirabl ble ons. The leatd. taies, inclnding our own, will accept it. It would, ‘how- ided step in advance it drles -of the Bu'ue conven: !smnay obligate hemsal‘ s / lntemtlon ipstitu- Q’lfiflm ¢ fp.t “& fifih ble step suggested | y *should act as an in. ‘to hale the na- 'Note to_Allies. * The idea that the United States will send’a note to'the allies seeking modi- | ficationis of their order-in-council has its orig‘in in_quarters where the con- B iy viction 'is held that such a move at| . {his time would demonstrate to Ger- ‘there xl recalcitrant. force . ‘the nable New York, May 19.—One of the [titles of fireworks were set off. Added the . United Pun Mmanim kable, faet affect- re which has many the intentien :pf Statés to be'equally vigorous .in ‘an insisténce on the obsegpvance of-neu- tral rights by .Great Britain and her most brilliant of spectacles was wit- nessed when at night, from three barges anchored (in the_ river, between One Hundred and Sixteenth ‘and On to fhe incandescents which, dotted the battleships and the huge outlined tor- pedoes on the destroyers, the pyro- technical display made one of the most nWwar is the iven to prac-| Yi‘gaid . John idress before the Take nce on International J hoqsx- oday. ; “done. more: than ardt allies, making unnecessary an offer by Germany to return to, the maritime rules of international law, if the allies did lkewise. Although 'without. definite informa- tion i theére is'a disposition in well in- . quarters here to believe that ssident; who will returm Wasffington Thursday, will wmflmld any contéemplated representations to Bngland until Germany's reply is re- ceived, because of a desire to obtain a frank understanding with the latter country on ‘the . points raised in the Amieriean note . without''complicating Hundred and Twentieth streets, quany | brilliant scenes. MRS, HOUSEWIFE: MAIN When ordering bread from your m don't po, “ANY KIND” of bread;ut pnyu to be nru‘dflr dn to J buy, inasmuch as it dogs no¥ cost yeu any more ¥ get * THERE 18.” " them with the sittiation as betwezn'the [ : HOFFMAN'S AUNT DELIA'S BREAD i& the finest Uni@ed. i il Jop e et possible to make from high gaade ml‘r,‘ln nfld i e B THURSDA AND F R]DAY of New Britain's sanitary bakeshops+HOFFMAN'S, 10 6 oy u.a_t for, se\ernl weeks S 305'213\"“‘7:’::1';:;‘ " be dnd 1‘\, RITAN RAISIN" b : ave bcen unde .px‘eparl.fifln : o8 e‘léifilaln, &z ‘g 'iep o to LARGE FRESH SHORE HADDOCK ....Ib 6 c CHICKEN HALIBUT STEAK ........Ib l Gc CONNECTICUT RIVER SHAD .......Ib 1 6c Ummo interesy of the Wes- ic. said. ‘has "been' herstofore he press and pople’of es'nme'nt- and as ey . are ‘with th%“ United there velopment Gloser’ Say “HOFFMAN'S.” itak ne dealing with the gnd’ Bolitical tes. % . G““ Britain, one i general subject of contrabandfas ‘'z consequence of the cosrespondence be- gun op December 26 ‘with the - first ‘American protest, and the other, em- frost was bracing géneral representations on de- RIS | tontions of vessels plying between neu- tral ports. carrying non-contraband American, goods. Becretary Bryan said yesterday that .from_twenty -to thirty ships had been .detained by the allies, most of them carrying cotton. He -explainea the state department was not et in pos- session. of ‘all ‘the facts and was in- vestigating. British officials here in- dicated that most of thesdetentiona and delays, i1l their opinidn, were due to earelessness by American; shippérs in failing to¥gave selling prices and i other lnhmnuon in thei? invoices. 3 JBeply, 47 1n diptomatic qus qua 5 feienaly ?o ‘Germaty, it 18 gwfiaefiuy teneved ! that the Gérmun eply to.the gnl efl' -] States win be Hliatory. nnd make broagll qoncenu&;x rinc(ple u"n. is Tertdin’ that #ereng bfforts will',be made to’ ifiduce . allies to .abang nn ‘thelu_;:ommercia.l” ibargo. », There js. little feéan now that any Mnnp, ships. will b!“ torpedoed wfil{» diplomatic. digehssions are in"prog for .it_ was¥pointe. that since the sugge:tfinng of * Adstrian and German-embassies here that the submarine program’ be sus- ‘Yended had reached Vi ja. and Ber- Jin, .there had been no Such attacks, zammfigh n#hny obpgrtunities appar- 1enu preaqnted them-elves. . o~ Su Aflc VNS " W Bm'm'& O] SILVER SALMON FRESH CAUGHT STEAK. . FRESH SNAPPER BLUES . .1b lOc LARGE FRI ' LARGE FRESH MACKEREL . ... FRESH WATER < STOEN S oo e 15¢ FLOUNDERS ....Ib FRESH COD A — CHEEKS .. LARGE CAPE BUTTER FISH .. tocf | S s, 20 OHID.20 “stables freeh FRESH SMOKED & FINNAN HADDIES 1b SPANISH MACKEREL ... Fresh York E;?s...ér doz 250 1 "BLUE, FISH ., ..1b 122 Best ‘Cookin| i ' ,Q:npound zfibs 19¢ —— e FRESH CUT PORK.CHOPS ......... .lb LEAN SUGAR CURED BACON ..1b 13 c FANCYFATSALTPOBIS it b 10 25C | M 19€ LARGE SALT HERRING ............2 for e onssmss, | [l BOOTH'S PURE CATSUP 310 oz bottles 25¢ P T e, D PR | 8c 5¢ 8¢ 8c 2R el 13 SUNBEAM A.% g 25c FANCY HEAD o s lsc i at which many ‘I_IDBSTER. 5 ervic DBRIED LIMA SPICES, all kinds 3C and igee -2 pz can were dis- ; BEANS : 5 2+ at my 5 4 heA L *one Fangy Ripe . 7' 5¢ Faney Ripe mfi,‘ Wells, Pines ... .2 for- Tomatoes i 1 e . 4 o We have at ouf “hoice lot of howes, the farms of Ohin Theze Loiccs ure uil Wee tyom sickness—aeclimatea—ready work—which means something to the purchaseft This Jload hordes were .Pought worth the momey. A horse to suilt every muh' pocketbook and must be sold this week, as we need tne room mote horses. 1 Pair Blacks, 3,200 lbs. Chunks, 2,700 Ibs., a handsome farm team. 1 Handsome Dy Grey Mare, 1,450 Ibs, good actiuh and clever, the kind for b "*"‘ Several good, grocery, farm and business chunk from 1,100 to 1,600 \bs, ~All these horses are wejl hroke: -na; Several sécond-hand Yvnur price will-be o W $very accessory to the ho / 1 Pair Browns, 2,900 Ibs. 1 Pair ‘\Cholt‘e Alaskn Red Salmon 2 cans um AIN WEEK, / oIy IS P. H. CONDON & CO, 22 LAUREL STREET! BR lmzaW : o et e e FAR/OR N ‘Whate' and ‘gee CHOICE SMOKED HERRING ....2 for mMP, bARDl\hS. in . pure ‘oltveoil ’my.w;,,i‘_ JFANCY SALMON ¥ s FLAT CAN ....3% 1b BESTBONELESS ¢ Baltimore, M@., May19.—The final HERRING in flass jar !eqinn of the na.tiopa contermce.ot chn.fltieq end correctionWere held “to- 7 gy dayy: Durlns the, fdrenoon there were ne. ‘New Bermuda