Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 17, 1911, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1911 Buck, of North ~_ Last February an overcoat belong- ing to Theodore T. Pickard and valued at twenty dollars, was stolen from his stable office in Rallroad avenue, Fred- erick Buck, who was loitering in the #table, was suspected as the thief. A ion of the coat was given Chiet , an identifying mark being small grease spot on the lower front the garment. As it was known that ck formerly resided in Pawcatuck, that he had been employed in North Stonington and that his mother lived in Ashaway, the chief asked Deputy Sheriff Casey to be on the lookout for Buck. Just before neon Saturday, Sheriff Casey spotted Buck with a horse and | wagon owned by A. D. Briggs of North Stomington, which Buck had effered to sel 5. Buck was in the employ b riggs and declared that th to sell the outfit was only a Joki sherift detained Buck and nofifie Chief Bramsfield. At first Buck de- eMfned to cross the bridee into West- erly, but when Chief Bransfield in- formed him that he would lodge com- int_that would hold him for thirty B & Conmecticut, pending the. #o. ouring of extradition papers, and that would ultimately have to pay tne cost, he was satistied to g0 into West- erly with Chief Pransfeld and waived Bis extradition rights, Buck is no stranger to the police de- ent, having figured in at least lerceny cases; still, when asked for his place of residence, he replied: “Any old place: wherever 1 may hang my cap.” He is twenty-six vears of Bge. of a very irritable nature and #i%es the imuression that he is men- afy snealanced. Within an hour aft- er arrest he was arraigned before Judge Otivor 1. Willlams in the Third @intriok, court for the theft of the over- aon pleadad guilty and was sen- temced teo six months in the Providence county jail and to pay the costs. Judge Wiillams stated that he would make request of the officials of the ital ¥Rat examination be o Buck 1o decide upon nis san- that ke had been at work plaes in North Stonin; time and that he drove te do some Mre. Briggs and to get whioh would have y the rural free Bie mail matier and Briggs had given him oMopping pueposos were found Wit witen acrested. e asked that the forwarded to Mrs. Briggs delay and thal was done. last fifteen vears Buck Seen beters the bar of justkcs in vicinity five fhmes. On’ April 12, mentenced to the Connec- Whe eharge of betug a dis- bey, but was subsequently re- leased to Bis parouts. ©On April §, 1898, he was agsin cemmitted to the same institution during his minerit ing a disorderly person. March 17, 1985, In the Third Gistwict court, he wag convicted of the lavceny of a pair of shoes in Ashaway. April 10, 1916, he was convicted in the same court for the theft of & Bicycle frem an employe of the White Rock miil. The final a; pearance m the same court was April again. #he 15th, when he pleaded uilty to the larceny of an overcoat. April_seems te be a very unlucky month fer Mr. Buck. Miss S. Eva Hail, for nearly twenty- five years ipal of the Northfield seminary, wio died at Westerly Friday as a member of the flust class to graduste fram Waesterly high school. 11 Wednesday, June 24 1574, and all essay, € t Gmow teach. or in "wflc scheols of Stamford) ervem. Greater Wt the Bhree, Phebe W, Fesy _(now Mrs. Prederfek C. Buf- of Westorly), singing, Break The High- Comber (an say, The Heross mt, Julia E. Smith et in the oid Smith homo- -m 3 singing, Truth; 'rus St of Culture, ¥. Pondleton (now Baptist in Youngstewn, Ohio); es- Resources, S. Eva it Friday); sole, Mrs. W aBerese o the graduating ipal (Prof. O. R. er Band cemetery): e’ W. Perry (Mre. the awarding @nd wdfresses by mem- #choel beard, The Calwary Baptist church ocen- Whers o Buy in Westerly INDUSTRIAL TRUST COMPANY Westerly Branch Capitat . “Fhree Million Dollars s s ecsa Tiree Milffon Doflars ®tfty Thausand Accounts, Liberal, eourteous and efficient ia its management. Bert Schaliner & Marx Clothes ARD SOLD BY 1..8. CRANDALL Co. Westerly, R. L e bers ‘of oA situnted In By Tour Shoos and Hosiory snd get a coypon on the Planc to de siven away at PURTILL’S “ON THE BRIDGE™ Eatadliened 1901 1Tarold L. Wells, O. D., Optometrist. fiafesiive visiom corrected by the pi < 34 uatment of lemses. Room 9, ter Langworihy Bleck Westeriy, R. L "HEAYY AND LIGHT BARNESS Ha N for be- | | { Stonington Stole Overcoat and was Anxious to Steal Team—Easter Observance —Death. of Thomas A. Gould—Wakefield Team. Willing to Transfer Franchise. tinues to progress under the pastorate of Rev. . C. Jones. During the year there have heen nine baptisms and the church work along all lines has been progressive. The benevolen- ces have increased and 2 general spirit of co-operation has been manifested. The Men's club, of which Rev. Joseph L. Peacock, the former pastor, is pres- ident, is an active factor in the work of the church, while the consolidation of the Ladies' Aid socliety and the Vineyard Workers, representing the missionary interests of the women, will tend to unify the interests of the women’s work in connection with the church. Plans for the war manoeuvres that will take place in the Rhode Isiand ar- tiliery district in September_ and in which the Fifth c y, Westerly, and the other coas companies of the national guard will participate with the regular troops, are being completed. They call for manoeuvres that will differ materially from any | that have been held in the district, It is planned to take all the troops from Forts Adam and Greble and assemble them with the state troops on Conani- cut island, with Fort Wetherell as headquarters. Part of the troops are| to act as infantry and regular army officers will act as umpires and in- structors. The sanitation will be the best that can be obtained and all swampy land will be avoided in the layout of the camps. The manoeuvres will call for a lot of extra work in the quartermaster and commissary departments. Forced marches will be made by the infantry and probably the bntire island will be occupied. Already some of the mail matter for idents of Niantic is addressed to Bradford, R, 1. although no notice of any change in name has been officially published by the pestoffice department and delay in delivery is the result, as there is ‘a Bradford on Rhode Isiand, but not listed as a postoffice, the malils %oing to the regular distributive point. Bradford is located on Narragansett bay and the first of the chain of fuel oil and gasoline naval stations which the government is building along the | Atlantic coast has just been completed | there and ready the stock. to recei: The station is for th ryose of sup- plying battleships craft and submarine boats “c necessi- ties. Local Lacunics. Brucker camp, United Spanish War Veterans, will entertain this (Monday) evening. Congressman Utter arrived Saturday to spend Easter fami in Westerly. Charles B. Coon birthday Sunda ulations of Lewis Crandall, deputy judge of the | New London police court, was a vis- home on with his attained his S4th nd received congrat- friends. itor Saturday in Westerly. There was special music in the Westerly churches Easter Sunday and the gregations were larger than usual Judge and Mrs s T Peabody and Miss Alma Lan,..car left Saturday for Washington, where they will spend a week. Mrs, W. Andrews of Providence has purchased the William F. Segar preperty on Matanuck beach and will erect a summer home thercon. Mrs, George N. Burdick and Mrs, Fi- bert W. Clarke left Saturday for Washington to represent Phebe Greene Ward chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, at the national congress. The Easter services of Narragansett commandery, Knights Templar, in Ma- sonic hall afternoen, were at- tended by nearly the sir knights and more than an equal number of speclally invited friends. Thomas A. Goul, an old-time resi- dent and well-known carpenter, died Saturday at his home in West Broad smtreet, age 77, He is survived by Mrs. Gould, a4 son, John Gould and a daugh- ter, Mrs. Frederick Palmer. Richard Hall, 52, a weaver in the Peace Dale Manufacturing company’s mill, died suddenly in the street in Peace Dale, Saturday merning. had been in the village but a few months and effort is being made to locate relatives, Frank Foley who was backstop for the Westerly high school champien baseball teamn was catcher for Exeter academy in the game with Springfield Tralning school team, Saturday. Fo- ley made ene hit, nine put outs, and three ass Exeter won by a score of 7 to 6. | At a meeting of the directors of the Rhode Isiand-Connecticut Baseball league, in the office of the president, Dr. John M. O'Connell Sunday, the representative of the Wakefleld team expressed willingness to turn over the franchise to some oiher team. If that canpot e done Wakefleld will remain | in the league. Charles Harsis Pendieton, Jr, 13th infantry, now stationed at war ma- noeuvres at San Antonio Texas, has besn assigned to the quartermaster's department. Captain Pendleton is a resident of New Lenden and served as n im the Third Comnectieut in Spanish-American war, and is known to the members of eld Com- pany B. Pawcatuck. Isaac Cundall of Miystic gave an in- teresting talk at the regular meeting of the Men's club of Calvary Baptist ohurch. Mr. Cundsil served in the Seventh Rhode Island regiment @ur- ing the eivil war and he spoke upon his personal recollections of camp and battlefield, Fe is brother of ex-Sherift Edward G. Cundall of Westerly, who was & member of the Ninth Rhode I land regiment, An_election will be held Tuesday evening of the officers of the Kirst artillery district, to choose a junior major, Capt Borden A. Babcock ofj Westerly, senior captain of the dis~ triet, a candidate for prometion. At an election held several weeks ago, Arthur N. Nash of Westerly was elect- ed jor major. Captain Babcock served in the Spanish-American war and is now commander of the Fifth cempany. Brig.-Gen. Charles W. Abbott, Jr., adfutant general of the state of Fhods Isiand, has been elected president of the New England Rifle Shooting as- sociation, and Gen. Herbert S. Tanner, retired, was elected a vice president. The asseclation is for the encourage- ment of rifle shooting and promoting efficlency among, the members of the national guard 6f the New England states. General Abbott is department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans of Rhode lsland. The April term of (he superior court for Washington ceunty will cenvene today (Monday) at Kingston. The new actiens at law are: Charles W. Lit tlefleld, trustee, against Join 4. Corey Augustus G. Hezard, trusice, vs, Ros- well H. Tucker; Samuel B. Forman vs. The P. H. Ople Co.. Revert E, Graham vs, Lena Graham. William D. Moss v sha ¥, Carpenter: Charles F. Kenyon v ush W. Gilmere: Is R. Robinson vs. Charles W. Hali et al.; Themas G. Mathewson vi, The Ma- thewsen company et al, | newly organized chapter of the DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS ‘ DANIELSON Earl 'Wood’s Condition Critical—Effort @ Lower Age of Licensed Motion / Picture Operators—Local Camp Will Endorse Norwich Man for Depart- ment Commande; Rev. Francis J. Marsh of Upton, Mass, is spending a few days with friends in Danieison. 1 John M. Dovwe has returned from a i visit with Mr. and Mrs, E. U. G. Baker in Norwich. At the Shor Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Larkin and Norman Ross were at Oakland Beach over Easter. | Willis J. Bartlett of New York, for-| merly of East Killingly and Danielson, was a visitor in town Saturde W. 1. Bullard has returned from a trip to New York, bringing back E. H. Jacobs' “automobile, which the latter ! has been using on a trip throush the south. Condition Critical. Earl Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. A F. Wood. was reported Saturda; in a serious condition at the Day Dball hospital in Putnam, at which insti- tution he was recently operated upon | for appendiciti: | Mr. and . A. W. Bassett of| Providence were In Danielson with rel- | atives on Easter day. Arthur Mathieu has recently been in Boston on a business trip. Miss Ruth Fiske of the Willimantic Normal school was with relatives in Danielson over Sunday. ! Band Concert. ! Under the leadership of Henry Lzach of Danielson, the Volunteer band of | East Killingly gave a concert in the| church at that place on Saturday even- ing. Pastor’s Work Prized. Rev. Fred D. Smock, who recently became_the pastor of the church at North Sterling, is very much appre- | ciated by the members of the congr gation. Green Diet for Sp: Does your cat like lettuc s question is suggested through the fact that somebody’s cat does, for two doz~ en lettuce plants recently set out for a local professional man have been eaten by the kitties—and this is no joke. Tidings from Former Pastor. That he and his family are in the best of health and that he is meeting with success in his new formation that Rev. F. W. Armstrong, until recently pastor of the local Pen- tecostal congregation, sends to friends in Danielson from Liverpool, O., where 18 now located. Miss Jacobs to Lead Meeting. Miss Alice Jacobs will be the leader of the meeting of the Ladies’ auxillary of the Woman's Board of Missions to be held with Mrs. Susan Stone Tues- day afternoon. Woman of The New the Orient will b2 the subject at the meeting. Service at Sparks Schoolhouse. H. P. Snow eof East Greenwich was the speaker at a religio rvice heid at Sparks schoolhouse Sunday after- mnoon. A similar meeting was held on Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Aldrich, Westfield. Grand Lodge Officers Coming. Wednesday evening will be an im- portant one to the members of thz Castern Star Danielson, for at that time officers of the grand lodge will come here to install the newly elected offi- cers, the ceremony to take place in Masonic hall. MASSACHUSETTS LAW Permits License to Operators of Pic- ture Machines at 18. Abel L. Reeves contends that Con- necticut could not be greatly in er in adopting the Massachusetts Jav: {° permits persons as young as 18 y to be licensed operators of motion j tura machines, whereas in Connecticut that law prohibits a person under 21 om engaging in such work. An mendment to reduce the minimvm a of operators to 1S years is penc ' be- fore the gemcral assembly. G. A. R. to Encourage Co-operaticn of Sehools. In his report as patrietic of the department of Connectic R., Postmaster Charles A. Pot: Danielson has advised th especially thoss whe are patriof structors, to keep in touch with the scheols. because no class is in greater sympathy with the patriotic purposes of the G. A. R. than are the teacher: this applying particularly to those in the graded schools. It is at all times in ordsr to encourage teachers and their pupils in their work. Easter Flowers to the Shut-Ins. The flowers used in the decorations at the Congregational ehureh on Sun- day were sent to more than thirty fam- illes, mamy of them containing older mambers of the congregation. Aged and Big Stack at Wauregan. ‘Work on the new wrick stack for the Wauregan company near their mill in the village of that name has st advanced during the Jast few da is thought that about six or weeke will be required to build stack, which will contain about 25 bricks, eneugh te censtruct a good business block. adily it seven the 000 COMMANDER FAIRBANKS To Be Endorsed by Col. Edward An- derson Camp for Department Com- mander. Col. Edward Anderson camp, Sons of Veterans, has unanimously voted to endorse Commander Alvin O. Fair- banks of Scdgwick post, S. of V. of Nerwich, as candidate for election.as department commander for Connecti- cut at the state encampment to be held at Waterbury April 26-27. Commander Fairbanks will also have the support of other eastern Connecticut campe, NOANK Matters of Village Holiday Visitors. Miss May Loper of Brooklyn. N. Y. is to arrive in the village soon, as th guest of Mrs. Melville Dabol Thaddeus Pecor and Cornelins Fow- ler have returned from a orief busi- ness trip to Hartford. John Lamb is confined to his home, Minor Interest— on High street, with an attack of grip. J. W. Hammond of Boston has ar- rived in the villaze, to prepare the lobster agency for the coming sea- son. August Wasner has launched motor boat from J. Davis' boat shop. A new cabin has been built on. Miss Hope Burrows arrived in the village last. week to spend her vaca- tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burrows. rence Wilcox visiting her parents, Captain and Mrs, Sydney Wileox of Prospect Hill Miss Viola McDonald has returned, after visiting her sister, Mrs, Nellie MeDonald’ of Mystic The value of the fiscal was $29,62 Canadian nded \Marc 1169, Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA field is the in- | - PUTNAM Burial of Roger Williams Mowry— Browning Memorial Tablet Unveiled at Baptist Church—Death of Milo T. Kingsbury Recalls Putnam Wolf Story. The body of Roger William Mowry. who died Friday in Wallingford, where he has been at the Masonic home for several weeks, arrived in this city Sat- urday and was taken to the home of his son, Herbert C. Mowry, on Wood stock avenue. Mr. Mowry would have been 85 years old if he had lived until yesterday (Sunday). He was born in Brooklyn, this state. During the early part of his career Mr. Mowry followed the sca, putting in several voyages in whaling vessels. His residence in Put- nem covered a period of 60 years. He was engaged here as a carpenter and later as a contractor and builder. He has been retired for several years. Mr. Mowry, who during his long life held various town offices in Putnam and was widely known in this section, Was a prominent figure in Masonic cir- cles, and-for several terms was maste of Quinebaug lodge of this city, and one of its oldest members. Mrs, Mow- 1y has been dead for several years. Besides his son of this city, . Mow- ry leaves a daughter, Mrs. rles H. Leroy of Washington, D. C. He was a man of many excellent traits o character. ) Easter Music and Decorations. Unusually beautiful decorations and jubilant music marked the services at the churches Easter Sunday. The con- certs were excellent, indicating the special efforts made to make the day one of spiritual gladness. GRASS FIRE Causes Damage to Fence at the Fair Grounds. Forest and grass are creating havos in s of Windham | county. Y fires are the | resuit of violations of rhe law regulat- ing the manner of setting-fires in the open.. 52 b 4 Not in connection with -the latter class, but in that of accidental ones, may be mentioned a grass fire at the Putnam fair grounds recently, the re- sult of which was considerable dam. I? to the fence enclosing the grounds. a long stretch of the boarding near the trolley switch being injured.” MEMORIAL TABLET Unveiled Easter Day at Baptist Church to Mrs. Ellen Browning. ! Special features of the Easter day | service at the Baptist church were the unveiling of the memorial tablet to Mrs. Ellen Browning, a benefactress of | the church, which ceremony took place | at the close of the morning sermon, | | and the administering of the ordinance | of bapilsm after tho cvening scrvice. | | The address at the service of unvelling | the memorial tablet was by Dr. J. | Kent. | New Fire Escape on Union Block. | A steel-staired fire escape has been put in place on the east end of the! | Union block, and a door set into the i on the third floor level of the affording convenient egress | from Union hall if emergency should | demand This building has hereto- | rout such protection. | New Bridge Ready for Concrete Work. | | Concrete work twill probably com- | mence this week at the v bridge | over the Quinebaug river t Bridge street. - A track is being built over the arch forms on which a car carrying the stock from the mixer will be run out | and dwmped at the point where it is| Missionary Committee to Boston. C. D. Sh F.JLE 3 | wanted. When compleied, in June, | | this bridge will be the largest of its| iklnd in this part of the state. | i rpe. Chester Child and Mrs. Is of the Bible school of the Congr i church have heen nam ed as a committee of arrangements for an excursion to attend the great mis- sivnary exhibition, “The World in Bos | | | | ton.” Buys More Land. R. H. one of the largest| | property n Putnam, has pur- | { chased the Marcus Munyan farm in| t part of the tow | C. D. Sharpe wili have the { E o ¢ o ot e { resentative Walter members of the King's Daughters at her home for a meeting Wednesday afternoon. Keeping Sidewalks Clear. Captain John Murray has in mind the idea of holding up persons who persist in riding bicycles on the sidewalks, contrary to the city ordinance. ~The warnings about this kind of ciolation have been ample, and _hereafter the boys, for they are the greatest offend- crs, persisting are very likely to have their wheels taken away temporarily and to be ordered into court. Strict enforcement is also being made of the charter provision relative to the wheel- ing of baggage and other trucks on sidewalks. Miss Mae Longworth is passing the spring vacation at her home on Bald- win sfreet, Watcrbury. Miss Long- worth is a student at the Notre Dame Academy at Putnam. TWO BIG CITIES In War for Trade—Result Affects Put- nam Business. Indirectly, at least, the influence of a struggle for trade between the cities of Worcester and Webster has some effect on business in this city. Wor- cester, striving for suburban business, gives free trolley transportation to ‘Webster patrons, while Webster mer- chants, struggling to hold their own, are tempting residents of the Grosven- ordales with free rides to their city. The trend of much of the outside trade of the Grosvenordale people is natural- Iy toward Putnam, but temptations sometimes tempt. | City Notes. | Major A. D. McIntyre, who started ip last week, was call- | ¢ on account of the MeclIntyre. Waterbury Democrat rs. For example, a Fifty-Word Day Leiter Gesis Norwich to New York . “ I “ o “ ‘“ There are 25,000 other cities and fowns reached by Day Letfers Call a messenger or Telephone your Day Letters fo THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMP: ‘Representative Carpenter of | a member of the committes | 12 s and boroughs, was in town | M the guest of his colleague, Rep- . Monagan.” Easter travel was heavy, but not un- ugually so, on the railroad lines| through this city. Extra coaches on | regular trains were sufficient to handle | the Musiness, whereas running an ex- | H tra section is often necessary on holi- | da Notre Dame Academy, which closed | st week for the Taster recess, the ajority of the students going to their | homes, ‘will reopen Thursday morning of this school vear. veek for the final term of the PUTNAM’S WOLF ung from Peg in Rafter at Kingsbury Homestead, Where Philo T. Kings- bury Recently Died. Incident to the death a few days since of Philo T. Kingsbury at home, near Elliott Station, in the of Pemfret it is of intevest to that his father was ome of the who was with General Iseael when the latter figured in ical incident of killing the wolt den in Pomfret. It down that after the had been accomplished journed to the Kmgsbury (Continued on page eight) I — ;o 10 CENTS This is the actual size of the Big Quality (Red and White) Package "WASHINGTON CRISPS Lay a 10c. package of ordinary Toasted Corn F‘lékefove‘; abovc and see for yourself how much bigger this is. ; The most “D-E-E-E-LICIOUS” (>rn Flakes you ever tasted.