Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 11, 1912, Page 7

HOW VOTE STANDS IN ELECTION CONTEST. There Are 772 Disputed Ballots on Which Committee Must Decide—Few in Neorwich. (Special to The Bulletin.) ‘Washington, May 10.—The report of the attorneys on the count made in the Jodoin-Higgins contested election case was turned over to the chairman of elections committee No. 3 of the house, yesterday. The report describes the method of making the recount and gives the final figures for each town ,which are as follows: Tndisputed for Dis- Higgins. Jodoin. puted. 0ld Lyme 141 128 ] Lisbon .. 66 62 4 Sprague .. 137 206 1% Salem 51 25 4 Franklin ... 67 3 2 Lebanon .. . 148 42 2 Griswold .. . 218 348 29 Jast Lyme . 226 148 9 Stonington .. 180 94 11 New London 1514 17 rah 115 [} yard 64 4 Preston 13 7 Colchester .. 6 Stonington 66 Norwich .. 69 Groton .. 39 Lyme . N 7 Voluntown 6 Waterford .. -. 13 Montville .. ... [ Windham .. 56 Putnam 98 Killingly 51 Canterbury .. 7 Sterling .. 20 Chaplin .. 7 Hampton ., . E Fastford .- « Thompson ... Plainfield .. Pomfret Brooklyn Woodstock Scotland .. . 0 Ashford .. ... 9882 9795 72 The box containing the ballots from Scotland was found to have the seals broken, but both attorneys agreed that the ballots had not been tampered with and the votes were counted. Opposed to Amendment. Vice President Buckland of the N. Y., N. H. & H. Railread Co., was be- fore the senate committee on oceanic canals yesterday,’ arguing against the Covington amendment to the Panama capal bill. He displayed many maps of the New Bngland coast to jllus-| trate his argument. Edward H. Warner of Hartford, chajrman of the Connecticut rivers harbors and bridges commission, in the city, urging that work on the Connecticut river, authorized in the river and harbor bill of last year, be begun at once. REPORTS RECEIVED FROM CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Delegates Tell of Six Days Session— Faith Trumbull Chapter Entertained by Mrs. W. H. Allen. Mrs. William H. Allen of Huntington ylace was hostess on Friday afternoon for-a largely attended meeting of Faith Trumbull chapter, D. A. R. The re- zont, Mrs. Wil L. Stearns, presided. Interesting reports from the meeting of #tate regents and delegates held at Southington on April 34, with an at- tendance of 150 Connecticut daughters, were given by Mrs, B. P. Bishop and Mrs. C. Leslie Hopkins. Mrs. Bishop described the morning sesston and the hincheon, and Mrs. Hopkins told of the afternoon programme. Mys. Allen entertained the company with thres violin selections on the Vic- trola. These were by Biman Kreisler and Maud Powell. Miss Jennie B. Stanton of Westerly gave a most en- joyable reading, entitled Lafayette's Becond Visit to America, and also a humorons account of Bobby Diron- forth's Mustard Plaster. Mrs. W. L. Stearns and Miss Eliza ; W. Avery gave reports from the 2ist continerdal congress of the national society, held in Washington last month: Miss Avery giving a review of the first thvee days session, and Mrs. Stearns telling of the interesting events of the last three days. Mrs. Allen gave much pleasure wi‘k 2y song, Voices of the Woods, arranged for Rubenstein’s Melody in F. M Coxeter accompanied. The meeting elosed with another deMghtful reading by Miss Stanton, her selection this time being Charlie and tne 'Possum. A message from the Playground assoc tion was delivered by Mrs. P. J idy. Refreshments were served by the so- Mrs. Ca. cial committee, chairman. She C, Leselie Hopkins, Miss Olive Hunt Lake of Providen Allen acting as assisted by Mrs. Mrs. H. J. Hunt, and Miss Marjorie ACADEMY MUSICAL CLUBS GAVE FINE PROGRAMME. Large and Enthusiastic Audience for the Concert at Slater Hail, Slater Memorial hall was well filled ¥riday eveninz when the programme presented by the Giris’ Glee club, as- nisted by the Boys' Glee club and the Musical club of the Norwich Free Academy, opemed at § o'clook. Each nimber was rendered with precision and finish, and the entire programme met a most enthusiastic reception by the appreciative audience. Miss Grace I. Lester is leader of the Giris Glee lub‘and Mies Mary Esther Lippitt is accompanist. The programme follows Spanish Dances, Nos. 1 and 4, Moszkowsky Salut D'Amour, Elgar Musical Club. Jors >f Spring, Goibel The Captive Rose, Knoi Girls' Glee Club, l‘.qvmmav T4yl Tabear Lady chl Clough-TLeighter Boyw Glee Club. 5 %ne Shoogy-Shoo, Mayhew Honey, Girls' Glea Club, Song of the Crocus, Frantz The Land of the 8ky Blue Water, Cadman Girls' Glee Club. De Coppah Moon, Shelley Nut Brown Maiden, Boys' Glea Club, Medley, Class Song, Girls' Glee Club. Affaire D'Amour, Puerner '0 Bole Mio, Di Capua Musical Club, The Glee club is made up of the foillowing members: First sopranos, Misses Rose M. Heckley, Catharine E. Butler, Ruth E. Crawford, Irene S. Riverett, Minnie Gireenberger, Margaret Y. Kinney. Ruth P. Siffvan: second sopranos. Netfia K. Hall, Katharine S Hunt, Grace I, Lester, Lucy W. Lor- ng, Madeline R. Perkine, Mildred 1 Wiicox; first altos, Dorothy Brown Gladys Preston, Dorothy Rnbertson Gladys 1. Thresher: second altos Marv B. Fisher, Frances T. Hendric Ruth . Hiscox, Mildred K. Tilden P. Latham,. D. Baker and J reted us (whers 3 208 Dogs Not Registered Town (lerk Charles S handed to Dog Warden George H. Stanton on Frdlay a lst of 206 dogs owned and registered last year but not vet registered this ye Thirty of the dogs are in Taftville, dog warden is te call upon ev- ery owner on the list with a reminder that the tax must be paid at once if ha axnects to keep the dog. R LR Holbrook | Don’t miss the extraordinary of- ferings of Hats and Flowers in Millinery Department. NORWICH BULLETIN. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912 THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL C0. == Facts About Today’s Offerings. PRINTED in this page advertisement is news of a very great eutpouring of extraordinary values. is a demonstration of power and character—a demonstration of certain T. l facts about this Store that everyon AS are in greatest demand. you read over the details you will ously low, and next that merchandise is of kinds and guali e ought to know. note—first, that prices are marvel- es that w HEN you join the throngs here Today, you will find that the printed word has not overstated the facts. MAKE IT A POINT TO VISIT THIS STORE TODAY. Men's Wear Men’s Top Coats, Suits, Etc., At Special Prices. Some very Special Values Sole Agents in this vicinity for Browning, King and Company Clothing. Sole Agents in this vicinity for the “Royal Tailors” Cus- Made Clothing. Young Men's Suits $8.50 to $20.00 Men’s Spring Suits $8.50 to $25.00 Men’s Spring Top Coats $10.00 to $25.0Q Trousers, Shirts, Underwear, $15.00 Top Coats At $12.50 Men's Spring Weight Top Coeats, in bls nd Oxford, with or witheut silk facing-—regular $15.00 Top Coats at §12.50 $15.00 Blue Serge Suits, $10.50 Men's Blue Serge Suits, of splendi throughout—regular $15.00 Suits at $10 $4.00 Trousers, $2.98 Men's Dress Trousers, of Striped ‘Worsfted, in a big variety of patterns, | regular $8.50 and $4.00 values at $2.98 a pair. 50c Underwear, 35¢ Men's fine quality Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, long and short sleeve shirts, Drawers with double seat— regular 50c value at 35c. 25¢ Suspenders, 19¢ Men's Lisle Web Suspenders with calfskin ends—regular 25c 19¢ a pair. value at / Special Values Special Ribbon Values ] At 9c—Plain Taffeta Ribbon, all silk, | 8%-inches wide, black, white and | colors—value c | At 190—Fancy Ribbons, f 5 inch len wide, in handsome Dr de- signs, value 2ie | At 19c—Extra wide, all sflk Black Taffata Ribbons, 114 to 615 inches wide, value 25c and 29c The @ quality Serges, and well tailored 0.50. $1.50 Shirts, 98¢ Men's fine quality Soisette Shirts with and without collar: French cuffs, the well known “Eagle” make, regular’ §1.50 Shirts at 9Sc. 50c Shirts At 39¢ Men’s Best quality Blue Chambray Work Shirts—regular 50c 39%c. value at 25¢ Half Hose, 17¢ Men's full-fashioned Half Hose, in black and fancy colors, regular value at 17¢ a pair. 250 House Dresses, Muslin Underwear and Brassieres A complete showing of De Bevoise Brasslere's—(like cut)-—prices are 50c, $1.00 and $1.50. Women’'s House Dresses, of Cham- bray, Percales and Ginghams, made with high and Dutch neck—at $1.00, | $1.50 and $2.25 ‘Women's Muslin_ Drawers—a spectal offering. size 23—Sp; very Style is open, all in 1 Price 15¢ a pair, value From Several Departments Wash Goods 2000 yards of good quality Dress Ginghams, 10 to 20 ard length, 27 inches wide, in light, medium and 10c | dark colorings—regular 10c value at 6%c a yard. vards of 32-inch Dress 80 ams, in a splendid as- Value | sortment of light and 12%¢ | medium colers, in stripes and checks—regular 12740 value at 93¢ a yard, Porteous & Mitchell Co. Millinery Department An Extraordinary Sale of Untrimmed Hats and Flowers is Progress. This is the Great Millinery Event of the Season. now in Fine French Flowers Untrimmed Hats 48c 2400 Untrimmed Hats for Women, Misses and Children, newest of this season’s shapes in black and all the wanted colorings—all at 48c each, value up to $1.50. 48¢c 3600 bunches of fine French Flow- ers—a big assortment, including every kind and color that is in demand—ail at 43¢ a bunch, value up to $1.50. Many new and stylish Dress Hats are here at very speclal prices. You should see our showing of Women's Dress Hats. Value Value Value A $2.98 &6 At $3.98 306 At $5.00 §238 Outing Hats . Sailors At 600 Trimmed Outing Hats, for Women's Trimmed Sailors, in all Women, Misses and Children—Hats | the accepted shapes of the season— that have been $1.98 to $2.98, all at | black, nevy and white—at 98¢, value $1.39 each. $1.39 to $1.98. No Woman can afford to miss this extraordinary offering of Millinery. Extraordinary Offering of Long Gloves--Kid, Silk, Chamoisette and Lisle. $3.00 Long Kid Gloves At $1.95 Women's Elbow- length Kid Gloves—12 and 16-button length—principal- ly 16-button length—in black, white and tan, and in all sizes A full 16- button length Kid Glove is sold everywhere at $3.00—On Sale at $1.95 a pair. 50c Lisle Gloves 29¢ 50c Chamoisette 29¢ ‘Women's Long Lisle Gloves in black Women’'s Long Chamoisette Gloves, and white—good 50c value at 29c a | natural celer--geod 50c value at 29¢ pair. a pair. $1.00 Long Silk Gloves At 65¢ Women's Elbew length Silk Gloves, full 16-button length, in black and white—a regular $1.00 Silk Gleve at §5c a pair. Women’s Hosiery i n Here are seme of the Hosiery values for whieh this stere is noted. 1446 pairs of Wemen's 25¢ Lisle Hesiery at 19¢c a pair. Two weights as follows: Gauze Weight at 19¢ Medium Weight At 19¢ Weomen's Silk Lisie Hosiery, fast || Weomen's Silk black and gauze weight—regular 26c | bia value at 19¢ a pair, 2 Lisle Hosiery, fast *k and medium weight—regular value at 19¢ a pair. - Here Are Two Other Very Special Offerings W ’s Silk % e hc o [N S gy, Women's Black Hosiery, with Lisle Women's fine quality Black Bilk tops and Pure Silk Boots. Thwse are | Hosiery, with wide garter tops—these gauze weight and perfect in every | are second quality of regular 50c way. Heslery at 29¢ & pair. y . Special Women’s Knit Underwear g5, Women's Vests, Pants and Unien Suits at very special prices. Women’s Pants At 19¢ One case of Women's Summer Weight Ribbed Pants, lace trimmed-— regular 25c pants at 19c a pair. Extra Size Pants 19¢ One case of Women's Summer Weight Ribbed Pants, lace trimmed; in Extra Large Sizes—2sc value at 19¢ a pair. Women’s Ribbed Union Suits At 48c a Suit ‘Women's Medium Weight Ribbed Union Suits, long and short sleeves, knee and ankle lengths—these are special values at 48c a suit. 39c Underwear At 29¢ 50c Underwear At 29¢ Women's Medlum Weight Ribbed | Women's Medium Weight Ribbed Vests and Pants—long and short | Vests and Pants—Extra Large Sizes sleeve vests, ankle and knee length all styles in vests and pants—regular pants—regular 3%¢ value at 29¢ each. 50c value at 29¢ each. An Extraordinary Offering of Fi ne China HALF PRICES! HALF PRICES! HALF PRICES! 1500 Piscss—representing the entire sample line of beautifully decorat- ed, Fancy China, of the leading American Importer—at exactly HALF the regular Prices, The assortment is bread and comprehensive and in- cludes— Jugs Nut Bowls Sugar and Creamers Tea Pots Salad Dishes Chocolate Pots Tea Caddies Cake Piates Butter Dish Milk Jars Chep Piates Cups and Saucers Syrup Jugs Speon Trays Hat Pin Holders Pin Trays Celery Trays Comb and Brush Trays ON SALE TODAY AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: 48¢,575 68,55 98c, Boing samples, quantity of each kind is limited, se we advise an early selectiol Seo Display in Window West af Maln Entrance, value .00 Facts About Today’s Offerings. PAKE Today's great offerine and an index of the store and its ep- portunities. HESE low merchandi: rices are not random offerings, but are representative of the ng power of this Sto oun connections are such that we are enabled at all times, to offer goods of merit at lowest possible prices. P HE Bargaine we tell you of in this advertissment are vary real. The opportunities for large economies they present are well worth seizing. AKE IT A POINT TO VISIT THIS STORE TODAY. Some Very Special Values Women’s Wear Women’s Waists, Coats, Suits , Etc., At Special Prices Special Offering of Women'’s Lingerie and Habutai Silk Waists Women's Waists At 95¢ Silk Shirts At $3.50 “The ( A splendid assortment of Women Habutai silk hirts In Standard and Michigan” Lingerie E lace trimmed Messaline Waists—also the smartly tailored Dutch neck--also Mar- Belle Walsts—also Middy Blouses in | quisette Waists with hand-embroider all colors—good $1.25 value at ed fronts—regular $450 to $7.60 each. Waists at $3.50. Women's Coats and Suits &.orc Suits At Clearance Prices Coats At 38-50 e Suits At $1 1-48 n odd lot of Tailored Suits and 4 Women's and Misses' Spring Coats Spring Weight Coats in sizes for | and Tallored Suits—regular $15.00 Misses and Small Women. value at §11.48. $14.25 M $17.98 Women's Tallored Suits, In blaeck, Women's and Misses’ Tailored Suits tans and mixtures, all lined with | and Spring Coats—exclusive models, Peau-de-Cygne — our regular $20.00 one of a kind—regular $26.00 value Bults at §14.25. Coats At Slip-Ons, Suits At $27-50‘ $3.98 Value $2-48 Women's Tailered Suits and Spring A all assortment of Womaen's Coats—exclusive models in high class | Tan “Sl{p-ons—these are regular $3.95 garments—regular $37.50, values at | value at $2.48. $27.50. Tailored Suits At RAINCOATS8—A comprehensive showing of new styles in Women's Raincoats, in tans, grays and mixtures —prices are $5, $8.50 and up to $17.50 WASH SKIRTS—New models in Women's Wash Skirts, materials are Lawn, Linen, Pique and Repp—Prices are §1.00, §1.25, $1.59 and up to $3.98. From Several Departments Special Values Boys’ Clothing At sgb—.flny ® Washable Sults, valua, Chemisettes--Guimpes | At 12Vpc—Chemisettes, for low neck Dresses, lace yoke, front and OYS' Washable Suite, at $1.50, 3195 back—25c value at 12%c each and up to $4.95. Domestic Department + At Bo—38-inch Unbleached Sheeting, 10 to 20 yard lengths very special value at 5¢ a yard. At 63c—36-inch Bleached Sheeting, soft finish for needle work, value 9c. At 29c—Bleached Sheats, stzes 72x%0 —a limited quantity at'88c sach At 634c 1000 yards of Brown Linen Crash thoroughly absorbent-2 to 10 yard lengthe—vaius 10c, At 50c—Lace Guimpes, for low neck and short sieeve dresses, a va- riety of patterns, sizes 34 to 42— $1.00 value at 50c each, At 185c—Lace Mesh Veilings, new pat- terns, in all colors—regular 25¢ value at 15¢ a yard. At 98c—One lot of Scalloped Edge Centers, sizes 36 and 45 inch value $1.50 and $2.00. (Art De- partment.) At $1.39—Hand-drawn Linen Scarfs Squares and Table Covers, sizes 18x54, 30x30 and 36x36, value $1.93 (Art Department.) At 360—One case of best quality Thar- breasted styles, value §5.00. 2x2 1-4 yards ,value 95c At $9.50—RBoys’ Two-plece Buits, sizes 10 to 18, in Navy, Serge and Mix- tures, value §12.00, At 980—Fringed Crochet Bad Spreads plain or with cut corners, $1.25. vaiue f & | key Red Damask, fast ocoles Boy’s Clothmg | leomths 1%, 2 and 24 yards value 60c. At 49c—Boys' Khaki Trousers, value A A o hobiam s JA: 68c—66-inch Bleached Table . Damask, slightly mill stained. At $1.95—Boys' Two-plece Sults | 0. patterns, value 95 sizes 5 to 16, value $2 1 At $3.95—Roys’ Two-plece Suits, sizes ! At 780—Hemmed Croohet Bed 5 to 17, Norfoik and Dnuh]el preads, perfest in every way, size | | The Porteous & Mitchell Co.