Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 15, 1911, Page 15

e ECHOES FROM THE LODGE ROOM —S——-——- Heptasoph’s Reunion at Bridgeport Today—Prize Win- ners in Elk;s _.m@ch Parade—Owls Extend -Date For Class Initiation—Grangers Had Fine Entertain- ment Programme——Lafayette Council’s Delegate to General Conference. Superintendent Explains Larger Main Will | ' ~ Increase Pressure . FIREMEN SEVERELY HANDICAPPED Timely Aid From Doctors Present at Filje—The Second Regiment at Niantic—Evidences of Discipline—The 8th Annual Encampment of the Department of Con- necticut United Spanish War Veterans—The State Police do Commendable Work—Another Fire En- gine Needed. H,? nABmovnTcu, Prop. . 153 Main Street Mark Down Sale Wash Dresses and Wash Smts in all colors and styles «98c Serge Coats and Suits AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES ; MILLINERY All of our Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats will go on sale today for $2.50 and 98c. A UNITED COMMERCIAL TRAV- ELERS. At the recent meeting in New Haven l of the United Commercial Travelers, a | movement was started to have a trav eling man placed upon the new publi utilities commission and the name ol B. H. Douglas was mentioned for the | place. He was given unapimous sup- port and his name has been sent to each of the various councils for ‘L;)A\ proval. Each ene has endorsed the name of Mr. Douglas and a request has been made of Governor Baldwin to put him on the commission. Mr. Douglas is one of the best known traveling men in the state and has done much in the way ol legisla- tion for his brother travelers. He has ap red frequentiv before legislative committees in the interests of travel- | ing men and the citizens of the state} as a whole and an appointment to_the commission, according to his fri would be a good thing for all parties. ODD FELLOWS. hetucket lodge, No, 27, which Tn\ghtl have_had its officers installed last; evening in Odd Fellows h1ll" r meeting, made the ses- v short one on account of transacting routine and | business.” The officers will led at a later meeting. lodge, No. 11; which opened the month with work in the initiatory degree will continue the degree work on its regulur nights for meetings. The annual outing of the I. O. O. at its regular meeting in Foresters hall, which was well attended. The fol- | lowing officers were installed by Mrs. Lizzie Pratt of New London, the deput: prophetess, Louisa Manches- | ter; Pocahontas, Margaret Beckman; Wenona, Minnie Noyes; of W, Maria L. Button; keeper of records, Helen Culver; K. of. W., Netiie Kinnie; Powhatan, Stephen Culver; first scout, | Mary Mussell; second scout. Sarah Snow; runners, 1da Clifrord, Julia Ver- gason; councillors, Paul Carpenter, Jesse Smith. i As delegate to the great sun council in Hartford in Octeober, Louisa Man- chester was elected, with Maria T Button as alternate. Light refresh- ments were served. ORDER OF PROTECTION. Deputy Jamss L. Wheeler was a| visitor on last Monday evening at the regular meeting of Norwich lodge, No. 248, at the Buckingham Memoral. and the time wag oecupied by an interest- ing session in’ which' the. new assess- ment -rate. was discussed. This was| talked over in' a comprehensive way, going into the reasons for the rule! adopted by the supreme council, which it was agreed . guite generally by the Norwieh council men was necessary and an advisable thing to do. The full understanding of the matter which was arrived at contributed to a gen- eral spirit+of harmony with the- rate regulations put into force by the su- preme officers. Ice cream was served at the close of the meeting. setting of the sun and beginning with the rising thereof, judging from the large number of soldiers that are ab- sent from the camp at night and come to New London and the behavior of the majority of them while in the city. It's a button to a blank cartridge that these fellows are not from camp on pass, for there have been more state soldiers in.New London during the week, than were permitted to 'leave camp in the old days, when the entire brigade and not a single regiment were on a tour of duty at the state camp ground at Niantic. Next week the First regiment will go into .camp, and some of the “old tin soldiers” look for an improvement over the campers of the present week. In the days of old, before the break-up of the Third and Fourth regiments, which were considered the plodders and the get there fellows, the First and Second regiments were sharp rivals for supremacy in drilland all the There was a happening away out of the ordinary in New London on the hottest day of the present week when three dwelling houses were destroyed by fire and four others partially burned. The fires were in the same street and at the same time and in mid-afternoon. The fire department responded promptly and the damage was not due to any inefficiency on the part of the firemen or the fire ap- paratus, but wholly to the lack of suf- ficient water pressure in the locality. The lack of water for fire purposes is explained by the superintendent of the water works, who declares that the main that has always existed is be- ing replaced v a larger main and when that ise¢completed the pressure will be increased. It is well to know where the key of the barn can be found after the horses have got be- yond police recapture. There is lack of water pressure in other sections of the as well as sion a vel Veteran association of Connecticut is to be held Tuesday, July 25, at Port Jefferson, I The ‘members and their families will take the steamer Elm City at 8.30° at New Haven and arrive at Port Jefferson about noon. Dinner will be served at Ardencraig inn, and the afternoon will be spent by the members of the party in any way they may desire. Those who are to attend need to v the committee by July 17. The members of the cemmittee in charge are William §S. Hutchison, chairman, Leopold deLeeuw, George 1. Hoggson, Henry Hillman and T. D. i. Manville. HIBERNIANS. Divigion No. 2, A, O. H., was forced 1o suspend its regular meeting night on Tuesday evening on account of the heat. So few were the members on hand. that the officers present decided to declare the meeling off. ROYAL ARCANUM. Henry C. Sheffield of Hartford has been appointed grand treasurer of the | Connecticut Grand council, Royal Ar- | canum. The appointment was. made | by Grand Regent E. F. Pride of Bridgeport to fill the vacancy caused{ by the death of Burton G. Bryan of { Waterbury, who was elected at the | last annual meeting of the Grand | council. i owLs. At its meeting on Tuesday evening | in Owls hall, Norwich st, No. 1396, was called upon to take action on its| first ‘death Dbenefit since organization, | that of Stephen A. Bailey. It was| voted to appropriate the sum of $100 | to, be paid to his estate. Other items in the business meeting, at which Pres- fdent Ashley T. Boon presided, were discussion of the preposed outing and | of the proposed class initiation. Tt| was voted to hold the list open for the | olass initiation=till October 1st instead of closing it on August Ist as had at first been planned. The president will have the new password to issue at the next meeting. L'UNION ST. JEAN BAPTISTE D’AMERIQUE. its regular meeting Thursday| sters hall, TLafayette No. named its president. | P. Beausoleil, as delegate, and retary, Aime Gordon, as alter-; to attend a general conference of | ganizition to'be held-at Stafford. | % will be to tdke action upon re-; taining the present supreme officers | after hearing the report of the “)m'l mittee which has been investigating alleged irregularities of the su icers. Their report is ex i and 60 d after it the conference is to be called. At evening in F eouncil, Henry AMERICAN MECHANICS. Miantonomo ecouncil. No. 30, which! has been meeting in Pythian hall has| decided to change its meeting place | and is now to meet at the home of| one of its members, Frank Q. Smith, | No. 214 Laurel Hill avenue. The meetings will be held as before on !hel first and third Friday evenings of each month. DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS. 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For over three decadss Foley's Honey and Tar Com- pound has been a standard remedy for coughs, colds and affections of the throat, chest and lungs for children and for grown persons, and it retains today its pre-eminence above.all other parations of its kind. Foley Kidnay g!‘ls are equally effective and mezito- Lee & Osgood Co. | A. Gager,. Jr.; .of Orange, turned out ‘largest number of women ' include a trip PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Norwich grange, No. 172. experienced a delightful social evening last Wed- nesday in. Pvthian hall at its regular meeting, having a programme in the Jecturer’s hour for which the general topic was New Inventions. It was in charge of the lecturer, Mrs. John E. Fanning, and included the following: Paper, Printing Without Ink, Charles S. Peckham; paper, Some Queer Poul- try Inventions, Edward Cook; poem, Eliphalet Jones' Invention. Mrs. C. reading, Chutes Upon Fire Escapes. Miss Alice Jackson; paper, Inventions to Lighten Women's f Labor, Mrs. Lila’ J. Saunders. Ice cream and were served and for the next meeting night the grange accepted an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. John E. Fanning to spend the evening at their summer home in Led- yvard. UNITED WORKMEN. Grand Recorder and Mrs. George Stroh are entertaining Brother Stroh’s niece, Mrs. Lewis Fitzpatrick of Buf- falo, N. Y., at one of the cottages of Past Grand Master Workman Asaph H. Hale at Swan Beach, Sound View in the town of Lyme, which they have taken during Mr. Stroh’'s annual va- cation season. News has been received by Grand Recorder George Stroh of the death of Thomas A. Gotsell, at his home in Thomakton. The, late brother Gotsell was a former first selectman of Tor- rington and leaves a wife and three sons. He died from the effects of a paralytic sticke which rostrated him five years ago, leaving him nearly help- less. He was a member of Thomaston lodze, No. 4. He joined Thomaston lodge, Jul 3, 1880. He was a charter member of the lodge and the lodge’'s first recorder. ELKS. On Thursday at Atlantic City, the spectacular event of the Elks' grand lodge reunion took plaee in the parade of 10,000 Elks representing every state in the union. The day was not op- | pressively warm and only a few were | compelled to drop out of the line of march because of the heat. They were quickly cared for by the large corps of nurses and medical men of the Na- tional Volunteer Emergency Corps ot New York, which was on hand. Not an accident of any kind occurrea to mar the pleasure of the parade, which passed off more smoothly than those of similar ch: aracter in previous years. New York turned out -the largest| number of Elks. There were about fifteen hundred in the line, and they matched like veterans. trong, and had one of the prettiest floats in the line. The float of the Newport (R. 1.) lodge, was the most novel thing in the parade, A. 1. Pratchett, Charles E. Barry and J. J. Leary composed the delega- tion from Porto Rico, and represented San Juan lodge. While the smallest in. numbers they travelled further than | any other delegates, except four dele- gates from Manila. The first prize for aggregate mileage went to Portland (Ore.) lodge; second, New Orleans; third, St. Leuis. First prize for best appearance in uniform, Louis: second, Elizabeth; N. J.: third, Cincinnati. Lodge coming great- est distance—First, Portland, Ore.; second, New Orleans. Lodge having in line— Portland, Ore.; second, Cincinnati; third, Syracuse. Most atiractive float —First, Orange, N. J.; second, New- port, R. L; third, Portland, Ore. Prize for most beautiful banner—Philadel- phia. s WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS. Sedgwick corps, No. 16, had a large- Iy attended meeting on Friday after- noon at the Buckingham Memorial, which was its regular semi-monthly meeting, and one candidate was ballot- ed upon favorably. The president, Mrs. Harriet R. Kinney, conducted the meeting. A number of interesting points about the W. R. C. home at Cromwell were told by Mrs. Marietta Wright, who is one of the officers of the home. The final arrangements for observing the 25th anniversary of Sedgwick corps, on its next meeting day, werem ade, providing for the aftenoon hours to be given over to the corps members and in the evening there will be a recep- tion. The reception is to be from 8 to 10 p. m., and to this are invited Sedg- wick post of the G. A. R, Sedgwick camp of the Sons of Veterans, and the Citizens’ corps Last Wednesday Sedgwick corps en- joyed an especially pleasant occasion, being entertained for the day by Mrs. Grace H. Manning at her home at Yan- tic. The corps members arrived early, and at 1 o'clock about thirty sat down to a basket lunch. The afternoon was spent in a social way. HEPTASOPHS. At the last stated meeting of Nor- wich conclave, No. 424, the report of the delegate to ths supreme conclave at Milwaukee was given by Past Ar- chon John B! Benoit. The order is on a sound financial basis and as there was 1o need of any material change, the interest certered on the election of officers and resulted in the re-election of the officers who had held the posi- tions and filled them with ability. One or two mino~ chohges were made, An invitation was read from Charles A. Peterson of New Haven. secretary of the Past Archons’ association, inviting all . past. archons and all Heptaspphs to attend the annual reunion and ban- uet of the association at Bridgeport Saturday, July. 15. The exereises At to Port Jeffer- Orange lodge, | in Lincoln avenue, where the fires have oceurred, and the fact has several times been called to the attention of | the superintendent of water works in! this correspondence. On one occasion he contradicted some of the points raised as to the location of hydrants| and the water pressure with speciall reference to lower Ocean avenue and Montauk avenue, but the facts remain just the same and no remedy has been applied. What was written in eriti- cism was based upon reliable informa- tion gained by experience of firemen in that locality but the superintendent tooks @ different viewpoint. He ought | to know the exact condition from theory, but what the firemen know on the p are and the facilities for fighting fire in that locality has been gained by actual experience. The superintendent and the fire de- partment officers never did agree on! some matters concerning the water | works in connection with fires and the! superintendent has the faculty of hav- ing an apparent reasonable explanation in every instance. But explanations after fires do not tend to lessen the damage by fires and if a lack of water supply is the cause it would seem to {be up to the superintendent, in part, ;[0 1 the matter hefore the water commissioners and see to it that ad- equate fire protection, so far as goes water, is given to every part of the city. There’s a way to do it, and no doubt the experienced superintendent knows the way. It is much more sat- isfying to the public to remedy thesa wrongs and cut out the explanation | business after the damage is done. Somebody wrote in the long ago some- thing about a certain small amount of } prevention being of considerable value and it certainly applies in matters per- taining to fires. As already stated the fires were on the hottest afterncon of the present hot week and with the heat from the fires added, and no water of conse- | quence to aid the fire fighters, thé heat | was unendurable and several of the| firemen were nmstl@ted And has been { frequently related in this correspond— { ence the need of physicians in conne tion with the fire department w: plainly demonstrated. Fortunately | four physicians happened to go to the: | fire perhaps through curiosity, or some | ! other cause, but certainly not for Pro- | fessional purposes. It was well that! { { the doctors were there, and ready ana willing to serve the suffering firemen, and by their prompt ser e probably prevented serious result to the brave fellows that rush at the first toot of: the fire whistle and volunmtarily risk| their lives to save the lives and prop-| erty of others. These doctors would not have been | at that fire had it occurred between { midnight and meorn, or at any oiher| | fire during those hours, and the| chances are that ten to eighty a doctor | at a fire in the night season is al | rarity. Cases have been cited before | where firemen were in imminent, | danger reason of suffocation or| over-work and no doctor at hand to even render the first aid. Therefore! it is about time that somethins be| done to improve the existing condi-| tions in that respect. There should be| at least one physician whose duty it should be to respond to all alarms of ; fires and be prepared to aid the in- jured. If such can not be had as a! volunteer, perhaps a better | be to have a volunteer phy 2 i each ward who would respond to fire| alarms in his home ward. If these professional gentlemen do not care to| voluntger their service, the city offi-! cials should make arrangements for | compensation. The firemen volunteer | their services, and the Jeast a city Qti the progressive spirit manifested in| New fondon, should see to it that in the event of firemen being injured while doing fire duty they should re- ceive prompt medical attention. The Second regiment of .infantry, Connecticut National guard, has been | encamped at Niantic this week and ac- cording to the newspapers down New Haven way where the greater part of | the regiment belongs, it is a camp of | all work and no play, with the regular| restrictions rigidly enforced | h means the strictest of dis-| cipline and all that goes <with Things may look that ws correspondents Haven newspapers, but some fellow once said that looks are occasionally deceiving and they evidently are inj this particular matter. Theére is of| course more or less discipline in the| camp of instruction, for there always! was and there proba,blv always s s it is a chi=f life. But when it is put up to the public that the epcampment of ‘the Second regiment s far and beyond the best encampment known to tary of the state, held at Niantic, proves beyond doubt of the elasticity of truth. it. to the war representing the New True, there is no governor’s day nor is the public given opportunity to wit- ness the work of the citizen-soldiery to ascertain whether their money is| spent to the best advantage in that; respect, for perhaps that might inter- | fere with the general discipline of this | working camp. according to the ex- perienced war correspondents. If there is the strictest kind of discipline at Camp Baldwin, .it must end with the son in the afternoon and a social ses- sion and climbrke at 6.30 p. m. on their return to the hall in BndgeporL Many of the be in attendanc - ner, supreme secretary of (he order, It is hoped and expected that a nunr- ber from Naorwich the reunion.. duties of the soldier and both were a credit to the state and the. cities they represented. Perhaps it is this at- tempt at strict discipline that doesn't discipline that has caused the change. There have been ma radical changes in the military service of the state since the cruel Spanish war ended. The eighth annual encampment of Department of Cannecticut, United Spanish war veterans, is now in ses- sion in New London, opening Friday evening and will terminate today with the election of officers. The delegates and visitors from other states were the guests of Cole camp, No. 7, and received a very fair idea of the mean- ing of New London hospitality. After the meeting of Friday night there was open house at the Niagara Engine house and the visitors were given a reception so unique in its nature that it really bubbled over with pleasure. There was no formality, no nothing, but good cheer, good beer and- every- thing that was possible was done for the pleasure of the Spanish Vets. Instead of the customary dinner of the second day being served in a hotel with the attendant formalities, an old- fashioned clambake, with all the modern additions will be served in the Niagara Engine house and prepared by the clambake experts of that company. It will be .of the barrel order, clean and whol2some, and will be cooked by steam direct from the fire apparatus. Here there will be informal talks by Past Department Chiefs Ghion and Newton, Past Quartermaster Ryder and Past Department Commander Simmons, of New York, the orator who electrified the comrades at the encampment held in “'i!!irflflntic Perhaps it was a wise to invoke the aid of the te police to enforce the law relating to automo- biles in New London, for in one day they arrested fifteen violators and did not work verv hard-at that. They went at it and did their duty without fear or favor, scooping in among the bunch a state and city official. some- thing that the local police wonld prob- ably not have been, considering a Tnve after all warning these cases as sufficient, but the state police do not know John Tom trom Tom, John and show no partiality Then again, the state police received the backing of the police court and their work was commended. The state policemen with their fast motoreyeles are also better equipped to enforce the automobile laws than are the husky blue coats of the local force. With the efficient work of the traffic officers assisting it is safe betting that law violations in this particular will ‘be mighty scarce in the near future. While the state police now in the city are specialists in the automobile line, they are not of the kind that wear blinders and can see only that which they have been specially deputized to do, but they are men of broad vision and are not averse to picking up law breakers of another- class on the side. So their presence is not onlv having effect upon the owners of automobiles but are keeping violators of other laws guessing and there is liable to be lcss tossing of card boards and the piling of ivory chips, and the chinking of glassware in some places ,during - the known stay of the state police in law- abiding New London. That there was need of an additional steam fire engine in New London to | replace the condemned Nameaug, was first called to public attention in this correspondence five or six vears ago, and at intervals since, and the com- ment criticised by men in public places and all that sort of thing, but up-to- date ' there has been no steps taken towards - the purchase of a new steamer, although the chief engineer has repeatedly made such recommen- dation. Now that the city is having object lessons of the low water press- ure in some localities the people are just waking up and realize the inade- quacy of fire proteetion . apparatus. That enterprising booming organiza- tion known as the New Lendon Hnsi- ness Men’s association, has taken the cue and will take the matter up with the court of common council and urge that body to action. Resolutions to that effect have been adopted and the tacit orders issued to the court- of common council at its next regular session. There are men in the court of com- mon council experienced not only in actual fire duty but also in the manage- ment of the business end of the fire department, therefore much of the verbiage in the resolutions to be pre- sented will fall flat, even if originating | with the business men’s association of the town. There is need of better fire protection, especially in the - water service, and everybodv in town knowe it, including the members of the court of common council. which body has representation in the water commis- sioners’ membership. Will Know Better. It may safely be predicted = that among the next New Year’s resolutions of Speaker Clark will be one binding him never again to pledge his support to another aspirant for the presidency so far in advance of the convention.— New Orleans Times-Democrat. A Joyous Sensation. One of the joyful sensations im this world is to get a little bit ahead of your work and look around a few min- utes for something to do.—Atchison Globe. 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