Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 25, 1909, Page 9

LAST LAP OF feavil Loj&éd'Slédges"Start Westward Over the Ice. THE JOURNEY Every Ounce of Surplus Weight Removed—Dr. Cook De- scribes - the Last Cache—Details of Equipment Car- ried Qut to the Circumpolar Sea—Party Reduced to Two Eskimos and Twenty-Six' Dogs for Final Dash. FIFTH INSTALLMENT. — THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE. By Dr. Frederick A. Cook. (Copyright, 1909, by the New York Herald Company. Registered in Can- ada fn_accordance with: the Copyright Act. Copyright in Mexico under the laws of the Republie of Mexico. All Rights Reserved.) Early in January of 130 the cam- paign opened. A few sleds were sent to the Ametican shores to explore a route and to advance supplies. + Clouds and storms made the moon- light. days dark and therefore these advance expeditions were ‘only partly suceeasful. . . S On February 19, 1908, the main ex- pedtidn started for the ‘pole.. Bleven men, driving one hundred and three dogs. and moving eleven heavily load- ed sieds, left the Greel"nd shore and pushed ‘westward, over the trouble- e ice of Smith sound, to Cape Sa- The gloom of the long winger night was but little reliéved by a few hours of daylight and the temperature was very low. Eighty-three Degrees Below. Passing through a valley between Ellesmere lLiand ‘and . Grinneli Land from the head af Flagler. bay, in cross. ing to the Pacific slopes, the temper- ature fell to. 83 degrees below zero Fahrenheit In Bay flord many musk oxen were secured and though the winter frost was at its lowest there was little wind, and with an abumdance of fresh meat and also fat for fuel the life in the snow house proyed fairly comfortable. The ice in Bureka and Jones sounds proved fajrly smooth; and long march- #5 “wére made, with an apundance of pAme, musk. ox bear ‘and hares. We it quite unnecessary to use the s taken from Greenland. Caches of provisions and ammunition: were I&n slong Heiberg island for the re- irn. Willing Savage Hands. This' we managed to keep in game tralls, and in excellent fighting trim to the end of known lands. Camning in the chill of the frowning cliffs of the northernmost coast (Svarteyog) we lonked out over he heavy ice of the pol seas thr eyes which had been hardened to M worst polar environments. > “was &t hand an abundance of supplies, . with ‘willing savage hands, and’a’ superabundance of brute’ force _in overfed pelts, but for a greater cer- tainty of action over the unknown re. gions beyond 1 redolved to reduce the foroe to the smallest mumbers con- lmwt ‘with the execution of the prob- in’ hand. ‘e Mad traveled nearly four hun- dred miles in twenty-eight days. There.remained.a line.of five hundred and twenty miles of unknowable trou- ble to be overcoms .before our goal oould.be reached. For this final task we were provided with every concelv- ble ‘dévice to ease ‘this hard lot, but in, addition to & reduced party, I wow definitely resolved te simplify %% en- tire équipment.’ " At Svartevog a big cache was. mag Ip .this cache fresh meat, todnu, migan and much oth- er food, together with all discarded articles of equipment, were left. 1n. the nonhwfi- lvgnce every fac- tor of the dog train ha watched and studiéd to ,Eruvm( a per- fect working force for the final reach over the Polar sea. lukishuk and Abwelah, two young Eskimos, each twenty years old, had been chosen as Best fitted to be my: sole ‘companion: in the long run of dmin) Twenty- six dogs were picked and upon two sleds were loaded all our needs for a stay of efght days. All for Progress. To have Incrgased wr. party would not have enabled us to carry supplies for a greater number of dayi ‘The sleds might haye been loaded more heavlly, but this would reduce the important progress of the first days. With the character of the ice which we had before us, Advance stations were impossiblg. A large expedition and a heavy equipment. seemed i prudent. We must win or lose in a Prolonged effort at high pressure, and, therefore, absoluté control’ and ease of adaptability to a cb‘n"n‘ envir- onment must be It is impossible to meqnntely con- trol the complex human temperament of unknown men_in the polar wilder- ‘but the two Eakimo boys could be trusted to ‘follow to the limit of my own endeavgrs, and our sleds were burdened only with absolute ne- ceanlties. Because of ‘-the Importance of a Nght and efcient equipment, much care was. taken. to eliminate every ounce of weight. The sleds were made of hickory, the. lightest wood consi ent with’ great endurance, but every needless fiver was gouged out, The iron shoes® were ground thin, and in every way the weight of nearly every- thing was reduced even after leav- ing headquarters. What the Littls Train Carried. The little train, therefore, which followed me into the further mystery ‘was_composed of two i, each ear- rying six hundred pounds, drawn by thirteen dogs, under the lash of an ex- pert driver. The combined freight foll Pemmican, 805 musk ox ~ “tenderloim, 50 todnu, 26 . pounds; tea, 2 coffee,’ 1° pound; sugar. 25 pou d “milk, ‘40 “pounds milk biscuits, - §0 vpouud surprises, § potnds: ‘wood alcohiol, 2 pounds; can- dles, 3 pounds:. matciies, 1 pound. been carefully| danice conveniently placed. zon (glass), 1 pedometer, 3 pocket chronometers, 1 aneroid barometer, 1 camera and filius, note books and pén: 5. The personal contained four extra pairs of kamiks, with fur stock- inge, a woclen shirt, three pairs of sealskin mittens, two pairs of fur mit- tens, a piece of blanket, a sealskin coat’ (netsha), a repair kit for mend- ing clothing and dog harness, extra fox tails. On the march we Wwore snow gog- gles, blue fox coats (kapitahs), bird- sikin shirts, woolen drawers, bear- skin pants, kamiks and - hare skin stockings. We fastened a band of fox tails under the knee and about the waist. Helping the Advance. On the morning of March 18 prep- arations were made to divide the par- ty. ‘The advance must be helped over the rough jce of the pack edge, and for purpose Koolootingwah and Inugito were selected. The other six mos prepared to return. One sled left with the cache to insure a good vehicle for our return in case the | two sleds were badly broken en route. A half le was blowing into Nan- sen Sound from the morthwest, but this did net interfere with the starting of thuse home-going Eskimos. With abundant game for the return they required little but ammunition to sup- ply their wants, When the word was given tostart the dogs were gathered and the sleds were spanned with a jump. Soon they disappeared in the rush of driving snow. Th2 crack of the whips and the rebound of cheering voices was the last which we heard of the faithful savage supporters. They had followed not for pay, but for a real desire to be helpful, from the dark days of the ending of night to the bright nights of the com- ing double days, and their parting en- forced a pang of loneliness. With a snow charged blast in our faves it was quite impossible for us to start, so we withdrew to the snow gl entered our bags and -leg; a few hours longer. At noon the hori- zon cleared, the wind veered to the southwest and came with an endura- ble force. The dogs had been doubly fed the night before; they were not to be fed again for two days. The twelve hundred pounds of freight were packed on our sleds, and quickly we slipped around - deéep groves. in the from the preceding en swej ice by, the force ‘of thy sloml and the spéed att/ ed by the ogs through even fou, h?ca was such that it was difficult o k¢ #p far enoush ahead to get a of srse. The crevasses and; lihes gave liitle. trouble. df frdt, but the Hard frrégularity of the bared ice of- fered a dangerius surface for the life of our sleds, passing through . biue gorges among minfature mountains of Sea ice. On @ course slightly west of north we soon sank the bold headland which ralses the - northern point of Heiberg Isiand. Camp Is Pitched. After a run of twenty-six miles we pltched camp on a floeberg of unusual height. There were many 'big hum- mocks ‘about, to the lee of which were great banks of hardened snow. Away from land it is always more difficuit to find snow _suitable for cutting bullding blocks, but here was an abun- In the course of an hour a comfortable pal- lace of crystals was erected and into it we crept out of the piercing wind. The first day’s march over the circum- polar sea was closed with a'good rec- ord. The dogs curled up and went to sleep without a call, as if they know there would be no food until the mor- row. My wild companions covered their faces with their convenient long hair and sank quietly into a comfort- able slumber, but for me sleep was quite imposible. ~ Letters must be written. The whole problem of our campaign_must be again carefully studied and final plans must be made, not only to reach our ultimate destina- tion, but_for the returning parties and for the Security of the things at An- nootok. - It was difficult his time to even guess at the probabfe line of our re- turn to land. Muoch depended upon conditions encountered in the north- ward route. Though we had left caches. of supplies, with the object of returning_along Nansen sound into Cannon Fjord and over Arthur Land, 1 entertained grave doubts of our-abil- ity to return this way. If the ice drift- ed strongly to the east we might not be given the choice of working out our own return. In that event we would be carried perhaps helplessly to Greenland and must seek a return either along the east coast or the west coast. “This drift did not offer a dangerous hardshlp, for the musk oxen would keep us alive to the west, and to the east it seemed possible to reach Shan- non Island, where the Baldwin-Zieg- ler expedition had abandoned a large cache of supplies. It appeared not im- probable also that a large land exten- sion might offer & safe return much further west. s Francke's Instructions. Because of this uncertainty Francke was instructed to wait until June 5, 1908, and if we did not return he was told to place Koolootingwah in charge and go home, either by the whalers or by the Danish ships to the south. No relief which he could offer would help us, and to_wait for an indefinite time alone -would have inflicted a need- less hardship. This and many other instructions were prepared for Koo- lootingwah and Inugito to, take back. In the morning the frost in crystals had been swept from the air, but there The Business Ind .soclul Settlement Reflected ln Tflfiu Columns. Life of ‘Every Town and| NEW LONDON COUNTY. UNCASVILLE Endeavor Meetings Resumed—Church Appoints Repair Committee. William Brady of Pequot was taken to Brewsters Neck hospital last week by Constable M. J. Hickey. Albert Babcock, who has been oc- Vermont railroad station 'has moved to_the battlehouse in Pequot. Miss Fannie Mitchell, who has been the guest of friends in Middletown, has returned home. John Hurlbutt apd Harry Silver- sweig from the Palmer Memorial school and Robert Dodds and Earl Smith from Uncasville school are at- tending the N. F. A. Peter Phillips of Norwich Falls has obtained employment in Pequot mills and moved his family to that place. Clarence Botham after a two weeks’ visit_with relatives has returned to Pittsfleld. * Mr. and . W. D. Hawkins are entertaining &g their guests this week Mr. and Mrs, Trimble of Providence. ‘Walter G. Hartford s spending this week in Boston_ on busiffess. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powers and two children of East Lyme were guests of Deacon and l!n. Edwin Henry Sunday- At the Montville Center Congrega- tional church the Christian Endeavor society has resumed meetings. The meeting Sunday night was led by Dea- con John C. Fellows. Church Repairs Committ At the business meeting recently held by this church at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Burchard the follow- ing were chosen a committee on the repairing of the church: Mrs. Eliza- beth Burchard, J. C. Fellows Mrs. Paul Glasbrenner, Fred Chapel, Miss Jessie holfield, John Lynch, Miss Carrfe Parker and David A. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fanning of Boston were guests recently of Mr. and Mrs. John Dolbear. Mrs. Stanton of Griswold is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Rogers. Comes from California. Alfred Melcer of California, brother of R. H. Melcer, has entered the Pal- mer Bros. Co, office as stenographer. Miss Helen Driscoll will enter the employ of the C. M. Robertson Co. as stepographer the first of October. Eligibles to Be Made Voters. The list of names of those who are eligible to be made voters in the town this fall has been handed in. The list is as follows: Earl M. T. Adams, Rich- ard Allen, Edmund Arthur, ‘Albert Babcock, - Lester Botham, LeGrand Chappeli, Charles Carlson, Earl Carl- ton, Ivan B. Chapman, William Coats, Mitchell Cloutier, John Doyle, Ernest Duffy, Adam Du Pathy, Herman Deeker, George Dumm, Melvin H. Fur- ber. George Gilbert, Earl Judge, Leolin Miner; Frank B. Mitchell, John D. Noyes, James Nevins, Augustus Shaf- fer, James” Stevens, John Skiffington, George N. Woods 2d. Thames lodge, 1. O. O. F. held a meeting Tuesday evening at which the second degree was worked on a class of candidates numbering two. Supper and social followed. Charles Browning and Wallace Pot- ter were off Fishers Island Monday, fishing for mackerel with fair suc- cese. LAUREL GLEN. Shot—Delegate Chosen to Baptist Convention. Red Fox Rev. William Burdick of the Seventh Day Baptist church 'in Ashaway oc- cupied the pulpit of the Laurel Glen church last Sunday and ivered an interesting and helpful sermon from Jeremiah xxxi-3. Mr. and Mrs. James Maine, Edgar | and Howard James, Howard Maine, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Maine, Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Maine and son Clyde and A. Mowry attended the fair at Kings- ton on hursday of last week. The prayer meeting led by Rev. J. H. Adams at the chapel on Wednesday evening was interesting and well at- tended. Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Attaway Maine is ill with asthma and bron- chial trouble. George Jordan killed a red fox last Saturday. Bertram Holdredge was elected dele- gate from the Laurel Glen church to the annual meeting of the Baptist con- vention to be held with the Union Bap- tist church at Mystic Tuesday and Wednesday, Oc. 19th and 20th, LISBON Mrs, G. A. Kennedy and daughter, Fthel, and son, Royal, returned Sun- day morning from Newark, N. J. George Richards of Hanovey is vis- iting G. A. Kennedy. C. A. Mell has one pieces of corn in town, Arthur Edmunds was in Westmin- ster Sunday. Miss Annie Seidel is very ill. John Hoelck and Mr. Tatro, former- ly of Norwich, was guests Sunday of the former's parents. Miss Ruth’Fowler of Preston was the guest of Maggle and’ Annie Hoelck Jast week. LIBERTY HILL Mr. Smith, county temperance work- er for New London county, located at Norwich, spoke at the meeting Sun- day evening. The church is being clapboarded. The covering has been matched lum- ber heretofore. Miss Mary Packer of Willimantic was the guest of Mrs. J. George Clarke Monday. B} Mrs. Annié” Palmer of Meriden is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ar- thur Turner. of the nicest unteered to push along another day without dog food. On the next day, with increasing i Mty Liberty Glubfs Prize for Buckwheat l i chhxmambsz NIANTIC B. 8. Washburn EMiM Colonial Ovmpuny May Club—Bridgeport Build Fish Factory. ‘Many from this place attended the fair Wednesday. John Allen of Providence spent Amrdd—ch-rln Carpenter’s Death | Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Har- in Mllinois. E. A. Stiles and family spent Sun- day at Gal The trip was made in their automobile. Prizes for Buckwheat. The liberty club offered three prizes to the three best pieces of cupying a cottage near the Central | buckwheat rajsed on one acre or more. The first prize, $20, goes to John Clifford;” the second.to Dwight and Lu- ther Spaulding, and the Chauncey Kinney. Walter Gillette and daughter of Providence drove from there to G. M. Wfll Friday. ‘Florence Carver of Colches- W), week-end guest of her sis- ter, Mrs, H. C. Leonard. Mrs, Hughes of Providence returned to her home Saturday after a_month spent with her sister, Mrs. Kenneth Cllmmlnla y; Silos are being erected by F. O. Brown, Willlam Chamberlain and Mrs. Ida- Cummings. J. Nelson Geer was Tuesday. Fire Prevented. The house of Loujs A. Peckham had a narrow escape Tuesday. Fire was féen_on thir coof mear the ‘chimney. But for the timely assistance of S. ‘Woodmansee and Edward Caples, e yere digging potatoes near by, the house must ave been destroyed. Death of Charles Carpente News has been received by relatives in this place of the death of Charles Carpenter of Bloomfield, Tl Car- B:mer was & son of Robert and Eliza- th Carpenter and a former resident of this place. He suffered a shock some time ago and has been in poor health since. He leaves two daugh- in Norwich ters and a sister, Mrs. Charles B. Strong of Leonard Bridge. SALEM Social Evenoing — Mrs. Siegfried Leaves Town—Religious Interests. Misses Edna and Jennie Rogers gave an enjoyable party to a company of friends at Strickland Hall last Fri- day evening. Cone's orchestra of Mil- lington furnishud music. Mr, and Mrs. Clark and children, who have been_visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Miner, returned to their home this week. James H. Beebe Is visiting relatives New. Haven. - Mrs. M. R, Siegfried left last Thurs- day to spend - the winter with her daughters, Mrs. J. B. Locke and Mrs. F. W. George in Camden, N. J. Mrs. Seigfried will be greatly missed by her friends here. Rev. L. W. Frink of Norwich delhl ered an earest and eloquent sermon in the Congregational church Sunday morning. In the absence of Hi Rogers, superinténdent of the school, Mrs, F. R. Bailey, assistant su- perintendent, conducted the sehool at the close of the morning service. Evangelistic - Meeting. Rev. B. Remington of Colchester, assisted by the evangelist, Rev. W. F. Newton, conducted an interesting ser- vie at the Salem Baptist church Sun- day’ afternoon. Meetings were also held there Tualde and Friday even- ivgs. Rural Carrier C. J. McIntosh is again on his route, having returned from his fifteen days’ vacation. A large number of Salem people at- tended the Hamburg fair Wednesday. An interesting meeting of Salem grarge was held in their hall on Tues- uy . evenin, The pupils trom the Horse Pond dis- trict are being transported to the Cen- tral district, as the school in their disirict has been closed:- No provision has yet been made for the children in the ¥ urth district. Crarles L Beebe and Robert A. Bz'ley were in. Norwich during the week. WATERFORD. Local Briefs lnd Peuannl Mention. in Henry Clark and Mrs. Sarah Corn- ing of Norwich "were the guests of | Mrs. Eliza Steward of Gilead the.past | week. Mr, and Mrs. F. H. Hanney and son | w day. Mrs. Hiram Holdrldge of callers at Connecticut river Mon- Lower Mystic has returned home after a vis- | it at Mrs. Willis Monies’. Miss Ruth Cotterell i Mrs. Nelson Carroll's. John Dennison of Jordan has mov- ed his effects to. Winsted and will en- ter the painting. business there. Owen Wolf of Hartford has return- ed ‘home, = after visiting Waterford friends. Mrs. H. Willis Manwaring and Mrs. Rebecca Ames spent Wednesday at visiting at Crescent Beach, guests of Richard May. ¢ Mrs. Christopher Newbury was & cpller at Graniteville Wednesday. Mrs. Parmella Morin was the guest of Mrs, Christopher 'fewbury on Wed- nesday! Philip Caverly, Cecil Gailup and William Williams had a successfal coon hunt in Bast Lyme. G. Maynard Miner, M. D, was at the Hamburg fair Wednesday. Miss Arlene Avery and Sherwood Perkins “attended the Hamburg fair. SOUTH LYME Robert Speirs of Lyme called on friends in this place Monday. The Rev. B. M. Chapman held serv- ices at the Unlon chapel Sunday aft- ernoon. J. W, Roath and daughter, are visiting relatives in Had- The South Lyme school opened on Monday with Miss Helen Merrill as teacher. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Payne enter- tained friends from New London this week. Mrs. Nancy Champion was in Nian- tic Tuesday. Mr: and Mrs. Palmer Tubbs visited relatives -in this place last week. The Camp Equipment. The camp ulpnut included the following arti -1~ blow - fire lamp 3 aluminum knife £(18 fnc| inche 1 rifle - chester, 22), 110 1Al knife (15 Tifle (Win- 1 hatchet, was , with = twenty- wood| eredit. *T Haa ex..&%l‘ nd remained a humid chill which piérced to the bones. The temperature was minug 56 Fahrenkeit. A light air came from the west and the sun burned in a freezing blue. - After- a few .hours’ march the ice changed .in character. The extensive thick ' fields gaye: place to" moderate sized floes. The floes were separated by zomés of me crushed jee thrown. into ressure Jines, which offered serious méfle" but with the lce axe Eskil ingenuity we man- aged to Mmake fail, progress. The second run on the polar sea ‘miles to our 0 send the sup- porting party baek from here, but m!‘w.)?l.d.l good a8 m rdly - spare. they- difficulties in some troublesome ice, we camped, after making only sixteen miles. Here a small snow house was built, and from here, after disposing of a' pot of steaming musk ox loins and broth, followed by a double brew of tea, our last helpers returned. With empty sleds and hungry dog: trey hoped to reach land in one long day's travel. But this would make the fcurth day without food for their dogs, and in case of s or moving ice otfer days of fdmine might essily. fall to their lot. They had, however, an b»ndanco of dogs and might sacrifice w for the benefit of the others, as wc must often do. (.‘fih lh‘fll M‘mm of ber, c%n o Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dart were New London visitors Tuesday. YAWBUX VALLEY. | Mr, and Mrs. Latham Bentley and children of White Rock, R. I, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Sted- man. Mr. and- Mrs. John Johnson of Ash- away wers gudsts of Mrs. Harriet Crandall Saturday. lnu n.:::: g c“ pman of WLlllm.m c spe mday at her home here. Reuben. Chapman of Mason's Isiand the guest. ‘n‘a ‘his brother, chlrlu W Sunday. nd -~ Mg . third t5| B, Glrdnn nt l rington in the Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Higgins of New London have been visiting at the Mohawk cottage in the Crove. James A, Way has returned to his ‘business in. Meriden. Mrs. C. 8. Porter has returned from & visit in- South Coventry. Mrs. R. B. Washburn of Norwich was at_her Pine Grove cottage this week. Mrs. Slaught of Chicago is the guest ‘of her sister, Mrs, E. S. Warner at reezy Point. Guy Phillips of New London has hired the Pierce cottage in the Grove for a week. + The Glossenger family have closed their cottage at Saunders’ Grove and retarned to their home in New Lon- don. Colonial Club Entertained. About twenty-five members of _the Colonial club of Nerivich were in Pine Grove Sunday the guests, of R. B. S. ‘Washburn. The members enjoyed a clambake, which was served on the shore. May Build Factory. Surveyor Robert B. Gorton was sur- veving land at South Lyme, Tuesday, for the Bridgeport By-Products cim- pany, wich is contemplating erecting a fish factory on the premises. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Spericer of Ma- son, Ga., are visiting friends in this place. Mr. Spencer is in the lumber business in that oity. Mrs. Frank Grant and Mrs. W. E. Strong have gone to their home in Rockville, after making a short stay in the Grove. Mrs. Catherine B. Waldorf is visit- ing friends in Sachem's Head. Miss Gertrude Hilliar is visiting friends in New Haven and New York. Mrs. Mary Doolittle of Norwich was a visitor 15 Ulantlc Tuesday- Herbert Willey of Norwich was in town on business Wednesday. H. A. Brockway celebrated his birth- day on Monday at his home in Nian- tie. Mrs. Charles Leonard has been vjs- iting relatives in Norwich. Mrs, D. L. Gates is entertaining Miss Bessie Wright of Springfield. Herman Beckwith of New London was renewing acquaintances in this vieinity Mond Mortis Rubin bas returned from a business trip to New Haven and other places. TASHWILLETT Sunday School Concert was ‘Interest ing—Corn Crop Light — Business Meeting of Cemetery Association. ‘There was a Sunday school concert held in-the Ashwillett chapel Sunday afternoon and a very large congregar tion was in attendance. The exercises vm ln uung and consisted = of lmu m-q Muriel Luther of Pre: ton led the singing and presided at the organ_with marked ability. Miss Luther rendered a solo-with fine effect and also gave a reading that was well received. The opening address was by Miss Prudence Brand of Preston City and some of the other speakers were Annie Weaselman, Lucy Pierce, Eddie Pierce, Charley Myers, Katie Weasel- man, 'Gertie Luther, Freda Munser, Richard E. Myers, Luella E. Morgan, Annie Munser, Jennie Billings and others. The closing address was de- livered by Miss Belle Andrews of Wa. terbury who spoke eloquently. The Rev. J. H. Adams addressed the chil- dren in a scholarly manner. The suc— cess of the concert was due largely to Mrs. Edgar Clark, who labored faith- fully and achieved good results. The beautiful floral decorations were de- signed by Mrs. Clark and E. B. James and were highly complimented. The affair was a decided success from start to finish. Trustees of Cemetery Elected. Those interested in the Ashwillett cemetery held a business meeting Sat - urday morning in the chapel. Deacon John D. Eccleston of Jewett City was chosen chairman and Albertus C. Bur- dick of the same place secretary of ! the meeting. The following were elect- ed trustees of the cemetery: S. C. Eg- gleston of South Lyme, Charles P, Culver of Westerly and Noyes A. Ec- cleston of Glasgo.” Charles H. Culver of Ashwillett was elected secretary and treasurer of the cemetery asso- ciation. Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Randall en- tertained over Sunday the Misses Jes- ::;e E. Fish and Otis G. Lamb_of Mys- c. Arthur Roode moved his family to New London Thursday. Otto Anderson has finished a fine new dam at Maine's reservoir. The -corn crop here is light owing to the season’s drought. There is considerable sickness in the place and the local physician is kept busy attending to patients. CLARK’S FALLS Hour at Rest House—Various Items. Social Ernest D. Chapman {home after an outing « weeks_in_Attleboro, Mas idence. Horatio Palmer, who cut his foot badly over two weeks ago, is improv- ing. aboutfive Entertained at Rest House. " Mr. and Mrs. guest, Miss Belle Andrews of Water- Wednesday towards evening by Miss Mabel Bill and her cousins, Messrs. Chesebro and Jenner, at house. Mrs. Allan Maine has been in Mys- tic to visit her father, W. H. Mitchell, who is suffering with an incurable di: ease and js critically ill. Mr: Susan Babcock and family bad as guests Sunday her sister, Mrs, Abbie Lewis and sranddaughter znd husband, Mr. and Mrs. Aay Burton of Glasgo. Mrs. R. S, Ketcham land grand- daughter, Virginia, of Mystic, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Maine. CENTER VOLUNTOWN. " Charles Brown went to Green, R. L, Sept. 23. Mrs. Daniel Stone is improving and is_about the house again. Mary and Nettie Burdick of Volun- town have a rambler rose in blossom | that is as fresh as it ks in the regular |- time for it to bloom. The wells in this vicinity are all In:.‘um Perkins called at the Pine D O vovi b oriiion 3 0 worl mmg“'flw’mm at U eo. tations, readings and dia-| has returned ; and Prov- | J. H. Adams and | bury, were delightfully entertained on | the Rest | ¢ - Notes of th Late m... Season— College Students Depart — The “Week’s Visitors. o Frank Glihl.m ‘Brown of South- ington, who has been a guest of his father, Coromer Franklin H. Brown, spent “several days on a cruise on Coroner Bro\hn! auxiliary boat Ruth last week. Mrs. E. and Mrs. Latham Smith left Monday morning to spend the weck with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Dickerson in Hart- ford. Mr. and Mrs. George Mavnard and danghter, who have becn guests re- cently of Mx. Maynard's mother: Mrs. Eliza D. Maynard of Allyns Point, re- turned to their home in Groton, Mase., last week. Supt. of Schools Charles B. Jen- nings of New London, with Lis daush- ter, Miss Alice, returned to the: cot- tage at Riverview place to spend the week-end with Mrs. Jenninge and her guests, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Comstock, with their daughter, Mrs. H. Leon Watrous, of the Navy Yard. were the guests of Mrs. Harrfet Avery in Mys- tic Thursday of last weock. Returns to College. Miss Elizabeth Morse, who has been spending the month with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Oliver C. Morse, at the varsity quarters, left Tuesday to re- sume_her studies in Phifadelphia_at the Woman's Medical eollege. Her guest, Miss Sarah Groves, returned to the college a week earlier. Boatswain Hugh J. Duffy of the Navy Yard, who has occupied the Hurlbutt residence in the village dur- ing the summer, has taken up his regidence in New London. Mrs. Emma Hennett and son Orrin spent last week at the home of their aunt. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, in Nor- wich. Back to' City Home. Mrs. William H. Kennedy, with her sons, Donald and William, Jr., and maid, left last week for their home in Montclair. N. J.. having spent the summer at the J. P. Satterloe cottawe in the village. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy will soon remove to New York city. Miss Kate B. Colver and' Mrs. C. E. Colver of the Naval Station with Mrs. Franklin H. Brown, Mrs. Horace Sears and Miss Amy B. Satterlee from the village. spent Wednesday at the Colver cottage on the Willimantic camp ground. Mrs. G. W. Hamilton with her daugh- ters, Misses Helen and Ruth, and her nephew, Norman Cole, of Newport, re- turned to Norwich Thursday evening from a short outing in the village South Windham Teacher Secured: Miss Lena Fisher of South Wind- ham has been secured as teacher in the Lester district. Miss Fisher open- ed_the school last week. Mrs. Willam Brooks of Hartférd is visiting relatives at her former shome in_the village. Postmaster ‘Samuel F. Browsand Orrin Bennewt left Wednesday for a few days' fishing crulse on the Sound. Has Entered Colgate. Mrs. James Martin and her som, Herbert, who have spent the season at their cottage, Leisure Hour, return- ed to their-home in Meriden last week. Mr. Martin, who attended Rollins col- lege at Winter Park, Florida, year, will continie his studic THE e Cblgate university, Hamil Miss Alicé Satterlee returhed 1o her home in the village Monday, havin been the guest for the past week Miss Celona Beech in North Haven. Mrs Thomas Latham left Tuesday to visit her son, Clarence, and his family in Essex, and Mr. and Mrs, Charles Latham in Niantic, Judge and Mrs. Lucius Brown of Norwich with. Mrs. Emma Larrabee Perkins and daughter of Fond du Lac, | is Itom, ‘Wis., were visitors at the home of oyes B. Allyn Thursday of last week. Harry Thompson of Daytona, Fla., arrived Tuesday to visit the family of Rev. and Mrs. Oliver C. Morse at the varsity quarters. " FRANKLIN Master Fred Goss Enters Oral School —Visitors During the Week. Mrs. C. H. Peckham _entertained the ladies' missionary soclety of Leffing- | well Raptist society Wednesday. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Thaver of Norwich spent Wednesday in town. Mrs, O. L. Johnson recently return- ed from a visit in New York and New Haven. Mrs. Johnson has as her guests her two sisters, Mrs. Sheppard of New York and Mrs. Stiles of Wor- | cester. Miss E. J. Smith, who is spending a few weeks in New London, was at her home at Smith's Corner for a short stay this week. Mr. and Mrs. Everett P. Barnes and daughter _of Preston were recent guests at Hilltop farm. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barber of Plain HIll spent Sunday with frisnds on Prospeet Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grant and son of Willimantic were recent visitors in town. Senator George Bradford of Mont- ville was a recent guest of Consta- ble Samuel N. Hyde. Mrs. L. A. Robinson and Mre. Geo. L. Ladd spent Saturday calling on frtends in Willimartic. In the aft- ernoon they enjoyed a trip to Cov- entry lake. ] Goes to Mystic Oral School. { The superintendent of the stile hool in Mistdc for deaf :nd duwmb children was in town on V n she w Maoster red Coes, mam in this s hoo! Merritt Carp 0 0f Wilima spent one da: thie & n tawn, guest of rulati Mrs. H. | visitor W e Mrs, Kat> ¥ adelphia, after spending th mer with Mr. and Mrs. Geor | Starkweather. Mrs. Julia of Constable her re recom who witl On the Norwich was a <u B ant of Willimantic is and. Mrs. 8. the guest N. Hyde. Fayette Goss and_two children, Ma- rian ‘and Wallace, of Wiili , ware | guests of local relatives one day. the early part of this week. George B. Carpenter of Phillips. was calling on his cousing. Mrs. 1 Robinson and Mrs. G. L. Ladd. Monday. Mrs. Moore of Willimantic svent a few days of this week at Hilltop farm. 1 X . Teaching in District Schoels. The ~ district school In Franklin have opened-for the fall term with the following teachers: District No, 2, Miss Rlanche V. Smith of Boz- | rah: district No. 3. Miss Rena Mur- { dock of South Windham; district No. 4, Anna - Engstrom of North Frank in: district No. 5. Miss Virginia Loo- mis of Lebunon; district Nc. 7. Miss . Nellie l)unle\) f South Windham; district No. iss Mary C. Tracy of Yantic. A, on P.ldenrinv—finw far is it to Alder- hot? Let me see. well, as the crow fifes.filegs— Footsre itford has returned to | James of Allyus pont | Mayor Armstrong will Cive a Clean Bill of Honlth to Successor—There Has Been No Grafting in the Three Yesrs Among the Aldermen—The Benefits _the Armstrong Administration. There was quite a contest amozg the various ward aidermen when the budget of annual appropriations was being made up, and it finally narrowed down to whether the avenues leading to the shore would,be put in first- class shape and thereby encourage the building of cottages, or whether the sum that was finally appropriated for that purpose should be devoted to the extension of the vitrified brick pa ment on Main street. This made a ort of- battle royal between the al- lermen, with the representatives of the First and Fifth wards in the o ter of the ring, and resulted in vict for the Fifth warders. This was brought about when in order to keep within the sixteen mills tax rate, the First warders proposed the slicing of the recommendations made for the other wards that there would be sum sufficient to continue the paving of Main street, from Stony hill north. This move was an unwise cne for. the First warders, for then for ward pro- tection the other aldermen formed a combination that could not be begten. All the aldermen were agreed that there was need for the continuation of the vitrified brick paving in Main street, but argued that provision could be best made for that work by special appropriation, later on, when the reg- ular appropriations are made, as h been the usual custom, when a retir- ing administration desired to avoid an increase in the regular tax rate. Per- haps some of the Wbld-over members had in mind the plan to repave Bank #treet, for it was noted that no rec- ommendation for appropriation for that work is Included in the budget. The cour® of common council evi- dently considered that the city mee ing action relative to the acceptance of the legislative amendment which provides that in the future-the city shall pay for one-half of the new side- walks to be Jaid, was a mistdke and that not entitled to consideration, for instead of recommending an appropri- ation of $10,000 as was requested b the eidewalk committee, only the cu tomary sum of 31,000 was recom- mended for the maintenance of the walks in front of the city bulldings. It is said that this action was upon the..suggestions of citizens of influ- ence outside the council, who claim thatthe present ordinance, if properly enforced, would result in an improved cohdition of the city sidewalks. Al- though the new amendment has been adopted nothing has been done toward making it operative, and the fallure to make appropriation has made enforce= 4 ment impossible. _Berndt_Erickson- can consider him- m" Vi ucky man in not havin more trouble for runni dowm and illing an old man with his automobife. fast Sunday evening in the shade of. thé Hebe drinkine fountain. haled to the police station immediately after the fatality and re- leased under heavy bonds. ‘The cor- oner.made Inquiry and examination on Monday, and a Jew. bours thereafter Erickson was declared free from re spongibility ' for the death and given his freedom. Just over the city line recently .4wo men got into a fight i2:d one hit theé other with sufficient force to knock him down. and while falling the man's head struck a_chair and he died from the effects. The man that struck the blow Is now serving a term in state on. He struck the man with his fist and if he had not com- mittéd that act the man he struck would not have died from :he injurles he received. But he used his fist, while Erickson struck the man with the automobile. Accordin; to the reports from the coroner, the automobije was goin~ at a low rate of specd, seven miles an hour, which caused a local peper to remark that if that were true, it would have been an casy matter fo swerve the machine one side and not hit the man the blow that caused his death. But Erickson has been official- ly declared not guilty of any ¢ or reckless driving and was not in any way responsible for the death of Noah Maggs. It is nearly time that some decisive over- action was taken to prevent the speeding of autbmobiles in New Lon- don, where they are permitted to b operated at the will of the chauffeur and to the full capacity of the ma chine, and_without the interference of police authority, and the wonder is that there are mot more fatalities Many drivers do not pretend to sio aown to avold doing bodily injury or even causing death. It is in man: cases simply the tooting of the warn ing horn and for the pedestrian to get out of the way or take the conse quences. Until a couple of chaulfeurs were arrested in Westerly and fined $100 and costs for alleged over-speed- ing that place was known to flying dust ralsers as the Automobile I dise, ‘znd there were no restriction: but now that appellation has been und auto- | transferred to London, | moblles aré driven with ca when within the limits of Westerly town. The final meeting of the prosent court of common council will be held {on election night, according to rule { and_vustom, but on account of the meeting beniz in session when tho vote is belng counted has regulted in mak- ing 1118 sessicn a mere formality. AS Mayor Armstrong will reiirc at that time he decided to clcan the slate und give the ncw administration start, free” rom any hold-ov dens. So there was Treeting of the councll held Wedn day evening and, so far as was vos- wible, the city business was closed down to cate and the books balanced and made A showing in favor of the retiring adminisiration! = The mayor\took occasion to make a farewell message, which zuve gen- eral review of the work a-complished during the last three vears, or since he has been mayor of the city. It was u voluminous document. full of interest, and would till ten columns of The Bulletin with ifiteresting read- Vit.nfled Brick Pavement Popular at London RESPONSIBILITY SHARPLY CONTRAS fssued for the bullding of the scheas house. . The mayor said with empl “The city's business was so fi that on Sept. 1, 1909, there was $: 000 in the city treasury in cash. Om = entering upon our term of office in Oc= ;«;ber 1In'f‘;oh we found an accumulation unpaid bills and a depleted treasury, This result has been lrcnmpllfl.‘ without abandoning or delaying any important work, either in the nature of the routine ‘conduct of the clty's business or in any clal work for which there w: necessity. By stopping all Jarge ex- penditures in the outskirts of the. by the co-operation of all commn?:e" with the mayor to prevent approprig= tions from being exceeded and by noE expending the full amount of the ap= propriations, for the sake of spen every cent appropriated. In the three years there have been 128 un< orgd!d balances that footed up $86,« ‘The mayor referred to the new brick paving of State street, the new water supply main, the construction of. am industrial building and told of uvln‘ the city $6,000 in the Main streef ing job, by compelling the trolley Yoad tween State and Masonic street in consideration of the taking of a slice off the sidewalks to_permit the laying of double tracks. He referrpd to the elimination of thirty of the worst ters [n the center of the city, by substkution of iron pipe and covering same with blue stone. Among the many other improve ments made during the Armstrong ad- ministration the mayor referred to the stormwater drains, the reduction in water rates, the re-surfacing of Ocean, Pequot and Bentley avenues, the new macadam on Montauk and Jefferson avenues, of the change of grade im Jefferson avenue and Bayonet street without damage claim against the eity, of the Hassan macadam. -He prajsed the work of the health officer and the milk inspection, the play grounds, and spoke of the saving on contracts for the removal of ashes and garbage, of the new ordinance that prevented petty thieving by alleged junk mem and the success of the oiling of the macadem in Ocean avenue Reference was made to the square deal in the competition of the city contracts and the insistence upon con- tractors to fulfill the specifications, and to the better protection from fire Jm the Northwest section by the organiza- tion of a fire company which is now & part of the regular department. sald that the illegal sale-of liguor been checked and that the new patrél ‘wagon, horse and equipment for. the police department, had been sequred and there was no difficulty in getting the price, and success was also made in cleaning up the indebtedness and claims that were pending when the Armstrong administration commenced. n referring to the finances of Mayor Armstrong said that the payments to the sinking fund dur- ing his administration were the first which had been paid for a number of pears. While cortain bonds have beem sold during the past three years, none of the present bonded indebtedness has been crea by any action of the council during that period. All these bonds were authorized by the legisia- ture at the request of earlier adminis- son there should trations. If for any re be demand for further issue of bonds for any .publ improvement, the mayor suggested that provision be made for a sinking fund to meet ‘the bonds at maturity. The mayor paid tribute to the work of the street committee and the ability and worth of the highway commission= er and stated incidentally that the stone crusher had been rented on terms so favorable to the city that the rental this year will very nearly equal the original cost of the outfit. Special mention made of every city d partment In terms of praise and ape preciation. Of course reference was made to the New London-Groton ferry. The mayor sald to the operation of the ferry has not been everything that might be dnlr-l because of the fact that the executed some years ago did not mr erly protect the interests of either ti eity of New London or the people of Groton. The questions between the ferry company and the city with respect.to this are now in the courts, and if the case is pushed' energetically by the incoming administration, and if the decision is favorable to the city, the result should be a saving of at least $50.000 and possibly as much as $100,+ 000 have I cared * t document any reply whatever to njust charges that in cel matters, particularly with relath the ferry, the mayor of the city sen actuated by motives of persol feeling. 1 now wish to deny that most emphatically and to say that no step has ever been taken with relation to the ferry, except such steps as a prop= er regard for the city’s interest and good citizenship demanded. As one indication of the truth of this state= ment, I would remind you that if the mavor had been actuated by personal motives it would In all probability not have been very difficult to have pre= vented, during the past three yea thousands of @ollars in the way business going to the company, the members of which are responsible for all the talk in regard to personal feel- ing. This statement is somewhat unusual in a document of this kind but the clre, cumstances which occasion it ara equally unusual. Having spent the greater portion of three of the best years of my life in an effort to serve the city to the best of my ability, £ to make ma ing. s there was general review of 1 eity departments and comparison madé with the work of the previous administration. Not an -ld-rm-n during the past m years has sttempted to make a r ior himself at the expense of tie city, sald the mayor, and they have handled the bustness of their depart- ments in w manner which merits the approval and preise of _ every fajrs mintled citizen. He referred to the new Harbor schoal building in mowt prafgeworthy terms. and stated that fn - the meke-up of future budgets it with e o 'y to add over $4.000 for lu- —;::—r . /"' il i E . do not intend to pass unnoticed th attempt to cast anv shadow three years' record, by the mt talk of personal feeling. No such feel- {ing hux ever influenced the mayor the city, for one moment in the con< ' duct of any department of the city's y ! busine: Mayor Armstrong. I thunk t L wald the members of board for the good will shown te me during mj term of office. cordial good feeline which has between the members of the and myself has been the | pleasure of the nlu nm tures of m} r— ,Nm# '} 1 heas conelusion The city's situation with respect company to pay for all the paving be= " 2