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l/.’"‘ A SHOOTING AFFRAY AT WESTERLY Ttalian Laborer May Be Fatally Wounded—His Assailant Locked Up—High School Enthuses Over Baseball Pros- pect—Fire in Leaman Block—Funeral of Benjamin F. Crandall—Organ Recital Today. Tiililam Babcock Weetlen died Thurs- day at his home in Providence in his 78th year. He was a Civil war veteran, retired wool merchant and manufac- Anderson, remain. Manager Ta sitions from Ranc ylor has received propo- Stiliman > number of the hoys turer and a director in several banks. | to try for the team, and among them After retiring from active business he | the following are being given , devoted his time chiefly to literary and | consideration: Wheeler, zler, historfeal pursuits and gained consid- | tt, Br Hopkins and Stiliman, Jor erable fame as an aunthor, most of his | pilcher: Captain Hiscox and Robinson, works being along historie or economie { for caicher; Anderson and Flynn, for Jines. He Wrote and published Moral- | first base; Randall, Knight and Chap- ity of Prohibitory Liguor Laws, S peil, for second base; Robinson and law of Labon, Fronemic an: Comi, for third base; Randall History of New Kngland War Govern- | Kenyon, for shortstop: n ment, Federal and State, Indlan Money | Woods, ' Gavitte, Ru Dower, Smith as a Factor in New Bngland Civiliza- | Burdick and Dower, for outfield. tion, Karl ode Island and numerous SR other hooks and papers. He held mem- | A fire alarm was sent in at half past historical and antl- {3 fom pox 43, for a small blaze in the bership in many auarfan societies. tments of Mifa He was a member of the manufac- T e turing firm of fi, Weeden & Co., Y £ 2 when Sumtes fired upon and Pres- tdent Lanceln cailed for ¢ June, 1861, he left fo first lieatenant of Battery fment, Rhode Istand After the battle of I promoted to be eaptain de run e with chemi- a quick any damage of recraft Battery (' of ne Tegi- ment and returr o th mt in Au- t gust with his new command. . He re- | | Iteved Brigadier General Griffin as chief | ' of artillery and ordnance of ¥irst di- o viston, Fifth corps, and directed the Bt loacanion: massed b. s at the battles of Me- e i ehaniesville, ( and Malvern ool i e b F Friday Hill, and was at the )t Yorktown and the baitle of Hanover Courthous 1e of the settees have been placed Mr. Weeden was the on of Dr. John | in posiiion in Wilcex parl Wdward Weeden and FEliza Cross P. Clark is in Rehoboth, Teeden, who resided in Eim street, | Mass, the guest of his cousin, Henry H. Westerly, in the house now owned and | Pierc occupled by Rdward M. Dodge, He was | |, & W Sept. 1, 1 | S 10 ention next there on a visit. He spent his borhood days in Westerly | . nd received his early education in the | son of the #chools town. He speht t 0oL Blgnal vears at Rrown university and then | i entered the mill busi Seven chil- E ese 11 W Weeden, survive him, as | of daughter of | and a | Smith, ! does alsc the late @aughter, i d for Friday d mil Nathaniel W Tony Batalli, aged 23, was perhaps | fatally shot during a row mm Barnado | ! Ruissi a' arers the shaci em rovements by the ra Haking the in Westerly F he storekeep: Atnold of Wester 1tion aborer recent cen 4,000 dur aborers, but with hi emained about being snsper had beer seer and when Ba ime thers was a fight 1 a club and went | e latter managed to escape mfury with the aid of s fellow countrymen who 2 peacemakers During the scuffie Barnardo whipped o - and fired helc 1 the other enter- ing the left kidney of the young man. R p in the Dr. Scanlon was summoned and at- | i ot tended the wounded man and at A to & suggestion Tony was en Island hospital in Providen ng Westerly at $.45. ok place just before 8 Barnardo The shoott o'clock and soon thereafter were Henry ( was taken Into custody by Policeman ; - Frederick T. Mitchell and lodged i e oF s nGeitge 4B ell in the police station 9 arraigned in the Third s C Sttty Mcrmine ceived from are considered quite s lodge Masons feared that the bullet that entered the hody may cause tha death of the young mad. A defegation from Westerly attended the dairy institute held in the vestry of the Congregational church in Norgh Stonington Frida noon under the auspices of the rth Stoning grange, represen e Conn Pairymen's assoc raster of on. John D. ange, made the f welcome, and George Warren I president of the assoc lesex Willd M. Truman of th £ o | tasiaetn ¢ mino There was a mass mesting of the | . Guilmar students of the Westerly High school after the sing period of study in the Ehe act providing Higue Dolice Siioo! ¥ the interest of baseball | fOrce, which received spptoval for the se dresses we 1 Lo Tl e a Holmes, | He : some | 5 Tt 43 oined by \1\\‘(' o i, | among them Albert H. Langw of ; Pupils of and | |2 mong am, thly impion 1910 team and 1ild. FORD CARS Are Serviceabl A concern last year purchased fifty (50) Fords thirty thousand (30,000) mile guarantee basis. The same company orders nine- five (95) more Ford cars. They realize that 'the Ford car can be run on a at an expense of,.two (2) cents per mile up-keep. If you are interested, demonstration. The Imperial Garage Telephone 929 Chestnat Street Cut This Out Recipe that Breaks a Cold in a Day and Cures Any Curable Cough. “From your druggist get half ounce of Concentrated Pine compound and two ounces of Glycerine. Take these iwo ingredients home and put them into a half pint of good whiskey; shake well and use in doses of one to two tea- spoonfuls after each meal and at bed- time,” Smaller_doses to children ac- cording to age. But be sure to get only the genuine ((lobe) Concentrated Pine. Bach half ounce bottle comes in a sealed tin serew-top case. If your drug- gist does not have it he will quickly Zet It. Many mixtures are of large quantity and cheaper, but it is risky to experiment. This formula comes from a reliable doctor and Is certaln. This was first published here six years ago and local druggists say it has been in conslant demand ever since. awarded a third prize, and George Santoro a fourth prize. Honorable mention and recognition card were issued to' Josephine Alba- monte, Angelo Custodo, Michael De Perry, Julla A. Guarino and Sarah ardone. MYSTIC Local Singers at oid My!!lc Concert— Miss Lillian Wilcox Entertains Club Members—Conference Delegate at Providence. Miss Dorothy Purdy and Willard W. Keigwin were in Old Mystic Friday evening and rendered solos at a soclal given by the Epworth league of the Methodist church. There will be no ser Methodfst church, Sunds Sunday, as the pastor, ices at the Conference Rev. C. T. Hatch, is in Providence. John Travena is spending a few days in Providence, attending confer: ence as lay delegate from the Metho- dist church, Going to Florida. John I. Allyn, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., where he will spend two weeks, return home wfith his mother and brother, who have been spending the winter there. s. William Godfrey and daughter, are visiting rela- hel Godfrey n Bast Lym Miss Jennie G. Fiedler of Canter- bury and Miss Annie M. Fiedler of irosvenordale are guests of parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Fiedler. erine Dickerson of Wor- guest of herypgrents, Mr. N. Dickerson. cox entertained the club at her Friday took the 7.03 trolley and ent. Whist was enjoyed and refreshments were The party t troliey. who has been seriously members home in ill at his home on Pearl street for a left Fri for New York, he will enter a hospital for The New Jersey Republican senators | will not confirm Governor Wilson's nomination of Henry nd i rance commissioner, leaves today for | evening. | returned home by J. 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Yellow-Eyed BEANS, L R AT Granulated SUGAR, 10 1b. cloth sack...65¢ .23¢ 10¢ Religious Barb For Resolutions ing against the teachers in the zovernment Indian s wearing the ecclesiastical re- of religious orders while so em- yed. were unanimously adopted by New England Southern Confer- e at Tri; Union church at Prov- idence, Friday. Action was also taken upon the rec- mendation of the cenferen hi n, Rev, Walter Ela, looking to- ward the formation of a conference for the collection and eservation of the records concerning he churches of the conference. Because of the election of delegates to the quadrennial session of the gen- 'ral confere , which will be held at Minneapolis May, the interest in 2 was more intense s often the e. Notwithstand- the severe rainstorm, the attend- large, the ministers filling body of the auditorium set apart vhf‘ conference. e members of the New the n riday’s session than England yuthern Conference were e: terested in the her] it nderst mri that an ef~ fort mad olis confer- o I ection of Rev. Ninde, pastor of the Math- church of Providence, as ng of the general vear will be especial- mnmn ant from the fact that sev- cral matters con he question whether 1l be taken in adopting n system of assignment of election of delegates by the con- ce Is effected without nomination he balloting contiues until four i chosen to repre- t the conference in the higher body. - several months there has beén a rowing sentiment in favor of sending e district superintendents, but was considerable interest as to fourth member of the delegation. The morning session was opened by Bishop Anderson, who 1 brief devotional service. promptiy conducted Veterans Answer Roll. An impressive feature was the call- ing of the list of superannuated *hers and the response made by th veterans in the work of the church as they addressed the confe: 'he long roll was headed by J. Talbot, 91, who told of his pastoral work since he jcined this conferen he began with a salary month. Letters were read from Rev. Dodge, Norwich; Reyv. J. H. Ja Rockville, and Rev. G. H. Hastings, ester, . E. Tallmadge Root, field secre- 3 of the Church® Federation for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, ad- dressed the conference, telling of the work that eing done by the fed- eration in th states and urged more vigorous activity and co-operation on the part of the conference. Rev. E. C. E, Dorion, D.D., associate editor of Zion's Herald, in a brief address apnounced a dividend of $892 from the Boston Wesleyan associa- tion to be added to the superannuate fund. Rev. Elliott F, Studley presented the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: Against Religious Garb. “Whereas, Men and women belong- ing to religious orders and wearing the ecclesiastical regalia of those orders, Lave been irregularly employed by our government as teachers in the Indian schools, having "been so employed t clvil service examination, and “Whereas, Such teaching is neces- y of a sectarian character, and 1is being ‘paid for by the people of the United States, in opposition to the government's policy of the separation of church and state, and “Whereas, Mr, R. G. Valentine, com- raissioner of Indlan affairs, after a careful investigation and giving am- ple time, has oraered that teachers wearing distinctive religious garbs Methodist Conference Protests in Resolutions—Supt. New- | land Made Delegate to Quadrennial Conference—His- | torical Association Considered. Teachers Dpposed 1 effect that the Methodist church dou- | looking to raising the minimum wage bles this year the amount it axpenrl—\in the industrial field. ed in 1911 on foreign missions or [ Teasek Msibadict Histoey nlhex words he asked that $6,000, 000 o donated this year as against §3,000,- | e traced the history of Methodism “‘Hlb(mnnr 150 million pagan people | from its inception in England down to during the twelve months past. the present day. He sald that the | In connection with funds, the morn.- | first Methodlst soclety was formed in ing’s business meeting was a note- | Jondon in 1733 and that the first worthy one for the superintendents | Methodist society founded in America | { each urged that a more liberal com- | was In lower New York In 1766. At this point he said: “I'm pretty safe | pensation be given the ministers in keeping with the agitation which is|in saying that when you come upon Methodists playing cards, | blackslidden Methodists.” they are Discussing the missionary work of | | llha Methodists, Dr. Leonard sald that | the denomination expended $50,000,000 ;hs[ year on 15 milllon in the United States and only $3,000,000 among 160 mmlr)n of 'neovle in the pagan field, | “We ought,” he maid, “at least to dou- ble the giving for the evangelimatien | of_the foreign world.” | He traced the growth of Methodist (Continud on Page Eight.) | should leave such garbs off whi gaged as government employ or leave the vice, therefore g ‘Resolved, That we commend this| action of Mr. V , as being the only course open to him as a public | official swornl to enforce the law and that we deplore the action of any body or sect in attempting its representatives, as such, o part of our government schools, and insisting on their remain- ing there, or, further, in attempting to secure public moneys for the sup- port of their sectarian schools; such action Teing in opposition to the fund- amental principle of our government, ni its only results being to stir up trife and ill-feeling; therefore “Rescived, That to prevent further ncroachments upon this principle of church and state, > rule of our coun- , and is rapidly y all _progressive both Catholic and Protestant, v the adoption into the state constitutions of an article any appropriations of public for sectarian purpos Historian Reports. . Walter ¥ in making age had been (dJ(' f the offer ewson Street church, that and rec- pt in the religious Manhattan © a What every man clothes is economy p —plus worth forbidding moneys trn an, aavant fireproof vault of that chur At his suggestion it was voted that a committee be appointed to consider the cavisability of forming a New En- gland Southern Conference Historical scciety. Bishop Anderson then addressed the class eof candi fe dmittance in- ts full conference connection, and the foliowing were so admittec Charles Tibbetts, William H. with a pride when worn by ou men in town—a Moseley, John . B, Magee and Harry W. ngton, Our showmg Of Executive Session. The executive session heid by the Th conference afternoon at the Church ¢f the New Jerusalem took im- portant action in cornection with the { the extension of scope and size of the superan e fund. It was recom- mended th t conference make an attempi to ase the fund to $250,- 000, of on hand. iended that Rev. Compnsmg every inn Edward C be made the worthy fabric and al field "\,n!r\ of fund for five { years from Avril 1, at an annual H of $2,000. lord W. Douglas, principal of aham school, spoke upon the re- cent action of this institution in mak- ing it strictly a boys' school. There being no invitation for a placc of meeting of the next annual conference, the matter was referred to_tne district superintendent. Rev. William W. Booth, for the past six years pastor at East Providence, was placed on the supernumerary list. Methodists to Stay in Rome. : “The Methodists are in Rome to stay and they are going to be there until the Angel Gabriel blows his trumpet,” acccrding to Rev. Adna B. Leonard, D.D., of New York, who was the speaker at Thursday night's meeting. The meeting consisted of the observ- ance of the anniversary of the Board of foreign Missions, and, as has been the case in the preceding meetings, Trinity Unlon church was filled by a large assemblage, Dr. Leonard, wh Board of Forelgn Missions, eloquent address on ik Methodist prowess abroad and his re- | marks were punctuated with aprl‘mse, throughout. ‘he applause was particularly no»( ticeable in his reference to the as l Hats, Shoes and Furnishings, worthy such splendid clothes 121-125 MAIN STREET The Leading Store in Eastern Connecticut Devoted sertec strength of his denomination i Rome. “The Vatican,” he sald, “knows that we are there in Rome and we will stay there until Gabriel sounds his trumpet.” The sessicn was presided over by Rev. Albert E. Legg, and music was rendered by the Tabernacle choir. Dr. Leonard made an appeal to the lothes wants in lus service y appearance. The sum of all these desirable things you'll find in this stock. 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