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ey MR 5 ECHOES FROM THE LODGE ROOM Norwich Grange Confers First and Second Degrees—En- couraging Reports at State W. R. C. Convention—Nor- wich Nest of Owls Conducts Whist—Elks Enjoy Social Evening. DECGREE OF POCAHONTAS Schequor ouncil held its regular mecting on Monday evening with a s00d attendance. The usual order of Dusiness was foliowed. The Weesha club held whist that same evening and priggs were awarded as follows: Ladies-P%)icst, Mrs. 1da Clifford, pocket book; second, Mrs. Norah Har. tie, china syrup pitcher; Men's first, Mverctt 0. Miller, fancy necktie; sec- omd Frank , stick pin. There was a tie botween the first three play- o8 for second prize and Mr. Allen won e the cut. Oonsolations were awarded Mr. O' Bod Mrs. A. A Katinvosky, factator was drawn and Mrs. Mar- garet Bickman's number drew it, No. #. Another whist was announced for 3%f May in Foresters Hall, and on May 2 & House Whist will be with Mrs. E. P. Rogers, 15§ Franklin street. . PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY .. Nerwich Grange No. 113 conferred the and sec on & class mix candidates at ting Wednes- Il Worthy r presided at lusion of the refreshments were serv- xt meeting of the grange first and second de- ed on a class of didetes ommittee which has ertainment in compe- men has selected May spon which to give their business ed Att the Sition with 21 as the date enterminment. ELIEF CORPS. Norrie A mber of Spen orps state March 31 f members in 20, 1012, s home at € condition report indi the work work trioti Jects has been well dop Sedgwick corp: sitended meeting ne Buckingbam held a well fternoon a the presi- Friday orial, com, pre- ‘member- three new mem GIOAgE wate extend he Sons er: in con- yention here. ally interest- ing paper on ention was read by Mra. ) Baker. LABIES AUXILIARY, A. O. H, dies Aux conducted 5 {5t and so- were 3 whist and prizes were va: Lacdes—drst M second, Miss Ela Arst. T. Neary lllam Bowen, cuff links. The scorers wera Misses & Brennan, Nolan, Annie Hughes, M. Sliney and D. Neflan fas M. Moran had charge of the ticksts; chairs, Misses prizes, Misses Mc- In general charge s Mrs. Mary L. dancing furnished 1 EASTERN STAR Sliney the refrashmen Stevens a Rawson There will also be wo tiation at the next meeting of t HEPTASOPHS. At the T meeting of Norwich ronclave No y evening tn Hibernwan s wer obligated anc iness of the order was MODERN WOODMEN. A good sized pa composed of members o No. 8008 went to New evening to hear National bi amp. L'UNION ST. JEAN BAPTISTE D'AMERIQUE Lafavette council No. 207 held a pleasant whist in Foresters' ‘ThursGay ning. Twenty ta were played and pri: as follows: Ladies Mrs. Rave- Miss second nge, handbag; palr towels: Lanoire, traveling bag ard Boucher, necktie: third, Eli Fontaine, six rehiefs. The door prizes were jed to Lowis Linch #nd Miss Mabel Gladue. The scorers wera Miss Dora and Mabe! Gladue. The committes in charge of the affair was composed of P. H. Ftheir, Lynch, Louis Adame, and H oiel. Mrs, P. H. Fthler had general supervision of tha event. ODD FELLOW Shetucket lodge No. 27, worked the d degree on one candiate at Tues d. evening’s meeting in Odd Fellows One application for membership #as recetved and will furnish wi fi « degres team next month. a large attendance. myra encampment, No. 3, initiat- ne new member at its meeting in 4 Fellows' hall Thursday evening. r business was all of a routine here owLs. reich Nest No. 1396 recetved 4 ap- for membership at its meet- y eveming in Owls hall, Caorge H. Stanton presiding, ations were acted upon and jates will be initiated at the ation, for which plans are leted, to be held In the rooms on the first Sunday of ch nest held a deltghttul whist iv ovening in Owls hall. Twenty les were player and prizes warded as follows: Ladies sx Hazel Smith, cheese dish; nd. Mrs Frank Q. Smith, syrup e consolation, Mrs. Willlam Ohildren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Wadic, lnglish bull dog; men—first, John Shed, umbrella; second, M. Baack consolation, Mr, Browt The occasion proved a most enjoyabic one FORESTERS OF AMERICA. There was a well attended meeting of Court Quin x Tuesday evening in Foresters' hall and the regular order of business was followed. At the next meeting there will be installation of offl nd eral social time. ELKS. hun and fifty members of P. O. T including brothers from , Boston and Vermont were pres- ent to enjoy the semi-monthly social at home on Main street T evening. During the even- x orchiestra of five pieces i with selections, and solos L nd Barker, man- theatre and & member of Pittsburg lodge. An excellont supper of chowder, salads with the fixin's was served the party. flair until a late hour and njoyable evening. arge was com- rney, Lawrence d and Raymond spent a mc committee ir OF COLUMBUS. s council of Moosup at Monday evening adopted memory of those who s when the steamer Ti- ded with an iceberg on April KNIGHTS N.E 0. P. i Wednescay H. hall held its regu- evening in A. and although the night was L good attendance. ions for membership were 1d candidates are notified e next mesting, when the b infe meeting & wes a he 1l hour held. Ca 2nm were ser i s3 Vo eymc who it for the soclal hour, added lea the evening ng an_exhibit fancy denc- Mrs. O'Neil presided -at ntertainm ommittes are social and whist to | CAPTAIN ADMITS SEEING ROCKETS (Continued from Page One.) him to take it back to the nessage was it?" annot s n ge. It n a pi and the paper Wie 1 you find the neer Down in the Were th ning The eng s run 1 delivered the message and [ waited for an answer. I waited for two or three es. Then he saw me standing sked m t I wanted. I said niting . answer fo the | m took hin. He told me to take it back—to tell the captain that h | bl m Is Warned \That Says Sailors him k Iower Do get it done as soon as possl- ou know what it ] waa? SEAMAN HEMMING Death Was Near Told to Keep It to Himself. and stimony was seaman, he ship had looked out ¢ t A storekeeper me. Later the boatswain 1 said: T ut, you fellows ven't om Mr. to vourselves and ning said, was of i & Wolff, the build- QUARTERMASTER ROWE Says Nobody Acked Ismay to Get Into the Lifeboat. Thoma Ge Rowe, a quarter- d Senator Burton » lifeboat in which J. mma aped from the sinking ordered in charge of 1 10 leave, he sald, by 2id no one asked Witness said that got ptain’ Smi ol He in, Isma in the boat he ren or men pas- the Tsmay 3t 7 zentlemen and Mr. get in, yes, D ar anyene ask them to n No, sir” £1id Rowe Dic ce Officer Weyl speak to em STEWARD WHEELTON Saved Themselves by Jumping Over and Taking Chance. s examined Edward rampton, England, Titanic. t J. Bruce Ismay the boats that I orrobe . Hz Ismay o0 when they were Ismay doing?" get asked the davit ind one motion ¢ to let w far he wanted him to lifeboat to the v 70 feet nd_in to ay do anything besides help wering of the boat? n 2nd dren he men to make Wheclton told of nulling into the boat a woman who did not want to get n. Wheelton unadle to say whether any effor ade to awaken the passenger "Out of a total of 750 people saved there were 210 who belonged to the crew. How do you account for so large a proportion of the crew?” “T would think the men took a chance and jumped overboard _and were picked 1n bv Loats. We have very powarful swimmers aboard the ship. Wheelton paid sj ial tribute to the bravery of First Officer Murdock, who, he =ald, perfectly cool and very calm, and was lost WIRELESS OPERATOR VOUNG Says Carpathia Would Take No Notice of His Messages: Benator Smith read inte the record the following note from Operator Young of the United States naval wireless station at the New York navy pathia would at no time ac- knowledge recelpt of message from navy ships or stations. This station called them at 5.30 p. m., April 18, when she was trying to_get into com- muni n with New York stations, | but her operator refused to take any assistance from us. This was the only | statior she could work at that time, as no other station could hear her.” SEAMAN FRANK OSMAN Says Women Objected to Going Back | to Save Others. man, was in the Officer Boxhalil, | d up b a box of roc Trank Osman, a lifeboai with ou which v e Carpathia, b th s the first to be plo avse mistaken for a box of biscuits, n put in the boat offi fired some of these rockets said Osman, “and the | Carpathia came to us and picked us up a half hour before anybody else.” He said they did not steer for the mysterious Jight some people saw be- cause they were not sure whether it was a light. Osman thought the light might have been that of a sailing ves- sel_from the Banks. Osman added another strange chap- ter to the sinking of the nic. He | said t lifeboat shoved off women t astern of the Ti e to a certain an- , ‘and she exploded—broke and it seemed to me as if es and evervthing that part, and again, up, down it went a “The st2:rage passen down below on the Titanic and after she sank a certam distance it seeme to me all the passengers left on b | first, second and thir climbed to the top desk, the top po: “Did you see the “It looked blec big crowd of people. DENOUNCES TAFT ’ AS A HYPOCRITE were (Continued from Page One.) he conti ters £ ed entire his example as of a le from him to me, was not rked ‘Confidential’ It was written shortly after he became pr ident. It runs o quote “Bad Trait to Bite Hand That You.” Feeds ¢ ex and tbat I you to see to i cting me as | sor and bringing about the ted accord- | 2 you and I | rs formulat- | am in convers: ed | It is a to bite the hand that fe: No othe this count as much int 18 1 was in Mr, Taft succeed. No other man wi and con ons ha 50 long a time and tted being unable longer time. I ea to | m, deep in my heart t to lead people, nowledge fact to mys ggled to convince myself that he was fit, and | struggled af every opport him up Thinks Taft Means Well. Until 1 ar ago I kept o either Mr. east show him- fit for the task before nity to back that self would at reasonably him, or that if he falled some one would arise to whom the people would turn. Rel y I made uj my mind that Mr. Taft could not do th d I became convinced that ihe people of the great west felt that I would be untrue to them if I refus: to act as thel ndard bearer. I do not think that Mr. Taft means ill; T think he means well. But he means well feebly and during his ad- ministration he has been under the in- fluence of meaning nor men ) are neither well- feel It is this qual of feebieness in a normally ab man _which pre-eminently man for use in high office by Grig xpressions these novelists instance, in_this book you loaned 1 author teils of S in hollow th all right in her he had tried her voice on the stage, and there was nothing in it.—Boston T | We can supply you with Paints of reliable make at rea- sonable prices. ‘ Bru the Pai es and everything in| t Line at | Fred C. Crowell's 87 Water Street Trolleys Lead To Housecleaning Specials During this week we have been offering Housecleaning Specialties at very interesting prices. The Buslness Conter of Norwich For Today we are going to do a little cleaning on our own account in some of our depart- Housecleani NOW Hundreds of items of housekeeper who s Spring cleaning. cleaning purposes and house furnishings to freshen up the home AT SAVING PRICES. In The Basement Department NOX SOAP, AP, s for. DUTCE SOILOFF, BATH BRICK, GOLD DUST, SOAPINE DRI-MONIA, val HARDWOOD CT. value 4 pounds THE TAPE: size § by SPECIAL $15.00 BODY BRUSEELS RUGS— value §20.00. SPECIAL $17.50 Slze 9 by 9, Size 8-3 by 10-8, SPECIAL $1§,75 Size 9 by 12, value SPECIAL $20.00 SEAML 9 by 12, WIL value ON 00. SPECIAL $20.00 ALL WORST 12, value $3 SPECIAL $31.75 ALL by WORSTED WILT 10-8, ‘value $33.50 SPECIAL $28.50 INGRAIN AND TAPE SE CARPET MADE AND LAID FF SAL SPECIAL TINGS AND LINOL Domestic and Linen Depart- ‘ ORI E ment COTTON CRASH, va LID CRASH, value SPECIAL 8¢ , ALL linen, value ROTLER gbe. TOWEL BLUEACHED SHEETS, cotton sheets in size 81 by Sizes 72 by 90, valu ities. MI A FI BOYS' BLAC good f hose. IN PROGRESS. Everything 10 SPINS SATURDAY ONLY 1c a dozen AT SAL PRICES ON edca Underwear Department WOMEN'S BLEACHED RIBE Spr weight Underwear, high vests, ankle or knee le trimmed. Sizes 5 to 9. r Hosiery Department k with fi ceptionally durable texture. ng Sale interest to the planning the for of all sorts e it value $23 VELVET, size ONS, size 8-3 ¥: ALL rd. SPECIAL 3¢ 10c a yard. SPECIAL 29¢ good weight 99, value SPECIAL 5% ne 62%c. SPECIAL 49¢ SATURD Ao IBBED HC shoes. Sizes SATURDAY—Special 11c FON HO! 1h SATURDAY—Spe Ribbon RIBBON FOR 1 Tailored Sults Misses. fancy mixtures garn I trimmed, r chil Faney in s Women’s Slirts built o made & bargains at $5.00, A mixed lot mussed whic va of from 354 to 44, neck, and long or epartment nicely \de from trimmed extra DAY—Special ND SHORT SLEEVES—Well roidery which we sell usually SATURDAY—Special 38¢ Department with good 39c artists, 6 by 8 and 5 match printed, the SATURDAY 10c EACH Department A YARD popular and suitable AY—Special 19¢ SATURD SPECIALS ods Department PURSES—Assorted colors with SATURDAY—Special 6¢ handle, 2. quality, SATURDAY—Special 15¢ Department r setting for unpierced ears. Regular price SATURDAY—Special 17¢ epartment n 1 pieces of medium width, DAY—Special 10c Value 15c An Umbrella in the is Worth Two in the NAPPING—OR DRIPPING. Hand Rack. antly that OF PROBAT ithin and for the Dist on the 26th day of Apr N J vi_V in said Di Meech )} therein 1sons nent and said deceased (and codic e admitted to probate, and admin tration with the will ann be gr: ed_upon the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, it is Ordered, That said nt- petiffon be heard and determined at the Probate Court Room in the Cit 1d District, on t D. 1 t 2 oclock and t notice o the pend of 'sald petition, and eaid hea hereon, I by the | publication of me in some mewspa culatior in said Distr days | prior to the ¢ and | that return b t NET ANNTE . CHI'RCH. Clerk. hairbows. e popu SATURDAY SPECIAL 19¢ RIBBON DEPARTMENT---29¢ Ribbon for 19¢ a yard. Our regular 29¢ ribbon in colors which ar r come amiss particularly EN, the 3150 kind for...98e & MEN, the $1.50 kind for.98¢ nd for...$1.50 N, the $2.25 kind for $1.50 00d quality, water- gon frames fitted 1 Mission and and $1.50 da O PRICES 98¢ and suitable for children’s for These suits which are in effects are designed for medium and e, Separate Skirts $3.98 to retail for $5.98. price on shor made with tention to style and ail as the garment of the mothers, SATURDAY $5.00 SPECIAL $8.98 Waists of Worth at Diminu- tive Prices Women's Waists of Silk, Nets and Shantung in black and col ors, made up in good models and rare the price, values SATURDAY $3.98 $1.50 Waists For 98¢ of Walsts, we must dispose of. styles are offered in sizes low $22.50 to $25.00 SUITS SATURDAY, $18.75 ‘Women Those are made of fine serges and whipcords, the two most popular madterials of the season. Several spien- did models of latest design are here for your seleotton, all strictly taflored and handsomely finished. Black, navy gray and other shades. SATURDAY 81875 WOMBN'S AND MISSES' SUITS in of gray and navy, the newest small women or misses. Beautifully taflored, these suits are garments of individvality, Values up to $15.98. SATURDAY $11.75 Misses’ and Small Women's Coats $8.50 Both attractive models in tan, blus and vovelty mixtures of excellent quality which were made to sell for prices ranging up to $11.95. These ents are all correctly tailored and SATURDAY $8:50 Children’s Coats $5.00 dren from 4 to 12 years mixtures and some solid fine as Dress Chiffon, up slightly SATURDAY 980 SH fully and placed upon it. head with, and We thess skirts h will move them out early in the and black in Panamas to A originality That is all that demonstrated basis—that is at prices which are no greater than you pay elsewhere for Hats which are simply and sells Saturday Specials Silk Department ALL SIL FOULARDS, 23 inches wide in small, neat designs. The colors are navy, green, tan, gray, cadet and Dblack These are CHENEY BROS! FOULARDS. Regular price 6% a yard, SATURDAY—Special 29c Dress Goods Department CREAM WHIPCORDS—This is the most wanted weave of the season privilege to offer for Satur day, Cream Whipco having the pearance of the $2.00 gaode for SATURDAY—8pecial 49¢ and it is eur ap- Lace Department EMBROIDERED ALLOVER inches wide, a va y of patterns suitable for guimpes or lin- gerie waists, e sell regularly for 8¢ a yard, SATURDAY—Special 43¢ Art Goods Department FIGURED HUCK GUBST TOWEB( S Regular 25c Towels stamped a ready for embroidering SATURDAY—Speoial 19¢ JRED HUCK Towels with damawk which sell regular for 3% and SATURDAY—Special 25¢ Wash Goods Department CREPE PLISSE—the material which FIG slze TOWELS —Fu requires no ironing—for summer Gresses, kimonos, etc. A variety of colored stripe patterns also Regular price 15¢ a vard SATURDAY—Specisl 9c Men’s Furnishing Department Balbriggan UNDERWPAR ly offering of in long and ankle length drawers, A value SATURDAY—Special a garment 34c A time high-grade balbriggan shor! nd 50¢ sleave shirts regular A is needed now as this department has its ability to cope with all demands It furnishes you with o distinetion them to you wpon an ordinary things to cover the BOSTON STORE HEAD WEAR MEANS INDIVIDU The Season is now pretty Hats at its best, SATURDAY SPECIALS ALITY, ORIGINALITY, ARTISTIC DESIGN AND GOOD TASTE AT A REASONABLE PRICE. at ite height and the shosing of COME IN TODAY AND PLACE YOUR ORDER e.AAA Glove Department THE BOSTON STORE with two clas, SPECIAL G in either tan or OVE-Fine Kid Glove white, soft and pHable and designed to fit CHAMOISEF length for wear with the new slecve, Either white, L AND AMBER BARRETTES designs in varlous sizes. SATURDAY—Special 69¢ LOVES—Long Gloves in the correct Wash perfect! grey or natural SATURDAY—Special 50c Hair Goods Section Strand and Reégular price 25¢ each SATURDAY—Special 17¢c buckle ments and the broom we will use is the broom of reduced prices. Read every word of this ad. ONE WEEK