Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 31, 1913, Page 8

THOUSANDS AROUND TREE OF LIGHT |Serious Catarrh Great Interest in the inal Exercises on' Union Square Tues- day Night—Community Tree and Singing of Choirs a Splendid Success. dssembled in Union Square Tuesday | There was special interest in the Tree evewniiing about the municipal Christmas tree''wa= a throng of nearly four thou- sand'i people, quite as large as that of “hrisWamas eve. Amd quite as marked - 1¥ as . the first ni-l'htt,bthe hymns and carols seemed to hold the attention and grip t° hearts of the great gathering. The * Yree of light” was already aglow and hiyndreds were assembled on the square when Prof. J. H. George sound- ed the pugle call at 7.30. That began the exe. of the evening. Tubbs’ gave from the courthouse er the dlrection of John M. s marches Old Trinity and nnigl. The united choirs, with Chai¥es D. Geer, director, follow- ed with HeWwk? The Herald Angels Sing, and It Can\e Upon the Midnight Clear. | when Chorister Willlam F. Habekotte Tubbs' band gave for its second and #nal numbew ALl Hail the Power of Jesus Name, and Old Friends, this lai- ter seiection <oncluding with the tune of Auld Langt Syne. The beauti singing of the vested choirof Chri: ¥t Bpiscopal church, Wil- lfam F. Habc\wotte, chorister, was a pleasure to e\ ‘ervone. The boys’ choir gave in openiiks the old French chan- son, Sleep Liiftle Dove, which was sreeted with liberal applause. Then came the old German, Away in a Man- ger. and. in con clusion the old Austrian earol | The corpbined choirs of Christ chureh .sang N th, Gouond’s mas- tetwork, with t solo part acceptably taken by Mr. Gleer. Following seieral more hymms by the united choirg, the colored singers appeared. fand t keir selections—When Jesus Was Bornp in Bethlehem, O Come All TYe Faiithful, and Hail to the YTord's Aniointed- —were received with evident appreciatilon by the audience. Then the united cidoirs sang once more and led in the final numbers of the prograrnme, the singing of Adeste Ti- deles and Auld Lang Syne. Notes. Tt was®a pleaging surprise to hear the City Hal! bell join the church bells about the city, ringing for flve min- utes ‘at the close of Tuesday evening’s | exercises. BANQUET AND DANCE OF SIGMA BETA PHI Annual Affair of the Academy Sorority Was Held at Norwich Club, the Norwich ctub on Tuesday evening the voung ladies of Sigma Beta Phi sorority of the Norwich Free Academy had their annual banquet fol- lowed by a dance of 16 numbers. Ban- ners of the sopority and of the col- At Hymn, written by Rev. H. J. Wyckoff and sung to the tune of Waltham. On Christmas eve and Tuesday even- ing the jumior choir of St. Patrick's church sang with volume and enthusi- asm, their fresh young volces adding much to the chorues. The senior choir of the saine church aided well in swell- ing the harmony. One of thé faithful aides of the tree comymittee was Janitor Iields of the courthouse, who has assisted in many ways. Since Christmas, Rutherford C. Plaut has left the fine piano which he fur- nished in the corridor of the city hall, for use of the choruses. It was par- ticularly belpful Tuesday evening, accompanied the vested choir of Christ church. As far as known, Norwich had the only public Christmas tree provided entirely by the city, wholly without solicitation of private subscriptions and for which band, singers and par- ticipants generally gave their services. Much of the work which did not show, but which contributed inmeas- urably to the evening exercises, i e. the transposing and transcribing of mu- sic for the band, was done gratui- tously by Director John M. Swahn and Prof. J. H. George. The sexton of St. Joseph's Polish church was not notified Christmas night of the postponement because of the storm and waited at his post a-full hour and a half, expecting the signal to ring his bell. A feature each evening was the ac- compainment of the four brass horns from Tubbs’ band. Mayor Murphy’s Letter, This appreciative letter has been received from Mayor Murphy: To the Norwich Bulletin: In behalf: of the city of Norwich, I wish to express my sincere thanks to the committees, and 2ll the people- who in any way assisted toward making our Christmas Tree one grand success. TIMOTHY C. MURPHY, Mayor. e MUCH ACTIVITY AT ST. JOSEPH'S SODALITY. Whist and Pool Tournaments Are in Active Progress. Activities at the rooms of St. Jo- seph’s Sodality are at their height with a whist tournament and a pool tour- nament under way. But few games have been played as vet, but much interest in both projects is evident. In the whist tournament the follow- lege zave a fléstive appearance. The Wauregan catered and served this enu "for the dinner early in the eve- Hssence of Chicken in Cups 1 Wafers : * 8mall Pattie of Oywsters Celery i Chicken Croguettes Sauce Supreme' French Peas TFieger Rolls Cabinet Puading Fruit Sauce Demi Tasse { In the absence of Miss Irma Hutzler, | the honors of toastmistress devolved | upon Miss Marguerite Dons who was charming in that position. The | toasts were Our Sorority. Miss Lillian O’Brien; - Initiatioms, Miss Arline Fields: Alumnae, Mary Lee: Our Fu- ture, Alice Murphy. In the intermission during dancing ice cream, cake and punch were served by the Wauregan. The committee in charge of the enjoyable affalr was Misges Irma Hutzler, Mary Lee, Alice Murphy, Arline Fields and Marion Bhea, Preston City Grange Contributes. At its regular mecting on Tu v evening, which was altended y a number of . Norwich patrons, Preston | range had_ a flne harvest supper, ated six can@®dates into the third and fourth degrees and voted 1o give $10 to-the aid of the Farm Bureau extension, Won't ‘Recognize Miners’ Federation. Calumet, Mich., Dec. 30.—Uncompro- mising adhierence to their determina- tion never, by direct or indirect means, to recog! the Western Federation of ‘Miners, was pronounced today by mine managers of the copper strike district, who were willing to discuss the .visit here of John B. Densmore, solicitor of the department of labor. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA {as Driscoll ing teams are entered: J. Counihan and J. Kearns, T, J. Kelly and J. A. Desmond, Henry Congdon and T. J. Driscoll, James™ MecGrory and Arthur F_ McNamara, Dr. Crowley and J. Walsh, J. O’Donovan and T. McGrory, D. Mullen and F. Healy, T. Brennan and . Malone, W. Harrington and J. McCormick, J. J. Kelly and Thomas Fitzgerald, Following are the entries and han- dicape in the pool tournament: Thom- 100, J. A. Desmond 100, J. Riordan 100, T. Leahy 100, R. I. Tarrant 100, J. Ccunihan 90, W. Slat- tery 90, W. Malone 90, -J. S. Sullivan 80, M. J. Sullivan 80, William Har- rington_ 80, John MecCormick 80, Fred Healy 70, William Carbray 70, Joseph Sheridan 70, Thomas Fitzgerald 70, Thomas Brennan 60, John Slattery 60, Thomas E. Murphy 60, C. J. Riordan 60, W. J. O'Brien 60, W. Callahan 60, J. Walsh 60, J. Stanley 60, M. Coscoran 60, E. Kirby 60, G. Leahy 60, J. Two- mey 60, James McCormick 50, The committee in charge of the two tournaments is composed of J. A. Des- mond, R, L, Tarran't and William Har- rington. Avalanche Buries Skiing Party. Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 30.—An avalanche overwhelmed a skiing party today, burying two of the party, an architect named Glu and a school teacher named Stucki, under a moun- tain of snow. Glu's wife and a local official named Balmer caught a pine and saved themselves. A relief column has been despatched to the scens of the accident, but small hope is enter- tained of recovery the bodies, Mountaineers Disappear from Mine. Pineville, Ky., Dec. 30.—The attempt of militia and deputies to capture “Happy” Jack Hendrikson and ten or fifteen of his clan who are believed to be in_ hiding in an abandoned mine near Ely were more complicated to- night when Tom Hendrikson, father of “Happy” Jack, visited the mine and said that neither his son nor any member of the clan could be found. 8-HOUR SALE : —OF— - COATS ~ Rbout 125 in all, at - From 1 p. m. to 9 p. m. Actual values up to $18.50 $8.95 l.pol: at these valueg before purchasing elsewhere. NOTICE TO ADVERTISE OUR 95¢ WAISTS, we are go- ing to give with every purchase over $10.00 one Waist "FREE. 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Extra bottles of liquid, if later needed, 50 cents. TO OBTAIN DECISION ON STAMP BUSINESS Supreme Court to Determine Rights of Postmasters. ‘Washington, Deec. 30.—Afler years of labor to prevent the swelling of the receipts at postofiices where the salary of the postmaster depends upon the sale of stamps, the postoffice depart- ment is to get a decision from the su- preme court of the United States as to whether it is a criminal offense to exploit the stamp business. The government today docketed in court an appeal from the action of the federal district court of Massachu- i setts, quashing an indictment against Harold A. Foster, Frank E. Winchell, William S. Edwards and Henry H. Platt of conspiracy to swell the stamp es at Brookfleld, Mass., where Ios- ter was postmaster, Edwards and Platt- were merchants in New York. Winchell was charged with purchasing large amounts of stamps for them from Foster, and Fos- ter was charged with failing to report the sale of these particular stamps to the postoffice department as unusual sales, which are taken out of the amount upon which salaries are com- puted. The district court held that it was not a criminal offense not to re- port the sales as unusual. Postoffice bave spent | much time watching the sale of stamps. A case involving the question, has | never reached the supreme court be- fore, however, gartly because it was not until recent yvears that the gov- ernment had the right to appeal when indictments we: guashed. RECOVERS $5000 FOR MURDER OF HIS SON Father Sued Estate of the Escaped | Murderer, New Haven, Conn., Dec. 30.—Judge Edwin B. Gager in the superior court late today awarded §5,000 damages to | Christian Kling of Hamden, adminis- trator of the estate of his son, David Kling, for “the wilful killing” of his { son by Ralph Torello, formerly of New { Haven, but now of parts unknown. The case is one of the most unique in | criminal history in this state. In December a year ago, young Kling was killed, it is alleged, by To- i rello. Some boys were playing ball {in the street, and the ball was acci- | dentally knocked into Torello’'s garden. | Kling jumped the fence to get the ball, and was attacked by Torello, with a spade and injured so severely that he | died later. Torello fled the country, | presumably to Italy, although no trace of him has ever been found. Kling’s father brought suit against Torello’s estate to recover damages. The case was decided against him and it was then taken to the supreme court where decision was rendered in favor of Kling to the effect that damages could be collected for wilful killing. The case was again brought in superior court with the award of damages to- day. The suit was defended by Mrs. Torello. ENGINEER’S SECRETARY INDICTED FOR GRAFT. One More Official in Troublg as Result of Whitman’s Probe. New York, Dec. 30—Thomas Has- sett, former secretary to Srtate Engi- neer John A. Bensel and a former em- { bloye of the board of water supply of New York city, was indicted today on the charge of attempting grand lar- ceny. He is accused of having at- | tempted to extort $50,000 from Anthony 1(J.A Douglas, a tunnel contractor of | Niagara Falls, N. Y., on false repre- | sentations that he could secure for { Douglas a contract for the construction | of the Hudson river siphon of the Croton aqueduct, bids for which were in charge of the board of water sup- ply. The indictment grew out of the in- vestigation instittited by District At- torney Whitman into political graft. OBITUARY. Dr. Charles Phelps. { _New York, Dec. 30.—Dr. Charles Phelps, a noted surgeon and writer on | surgical subjects, died in this city to- | day. Dr. Phelps was born at Milford, Mass., Dec. 12, 1834. war he served as contract surgeon and | was aboard the United States trans- port steamer Arago when that vessel fitted out to meet the Merrimac. Later | he came to New York, where for 40 | years he was attached to St. Vincent | and Bellevue hospitals as visiting sur- { geon. Dr. Phelps retired as a pract g surgeon in 1902. Restriction of Monroe Doctrine: Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 30.-——Restriction of the Monroe doctrine to Mexico and | Central America was advocated by John Hays Hammond, speaking be- | fore one of the sectional meetings here i today of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mr. Hammond characterized the subject as | one affecting the welfare of the entire | nation and one “not to be handled by | partisans.” Abnormal Tides in Baltic Sea. »Uer‘hn, Dee. —A storm of unus violence began on the Baltic coast tt morning and continued throug i day, gaining in intensiiy late : tide n feet above normel, | { 2nd all the lower part of the town was flooded. The depot is inaccessible. It i is feared many lives have been lost. tonight i | | { | { i [ | i Aero Boat Transportation, L Tampa, Fla., Dee, 30.—Aero "transportation is to be begun on a commercial scale between Tampa-and | St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan. 1, Three hydroplanes will be put in operation by a private eorporation under the di- 1ection of Tony Jannus, the airman. | The towns are twenty-twe miles apart | | and separated by two boyg. The sched- iul&\ calls for about a mile a minute, i Editor Shoots Strikebreaker, During the Civil | ¢ boat | | day | Decatur, Ilis, Dec. 30.—arl Pierson, ‘editor of the Illinois Strike Bulletin published at Clinten this afternoon | shot and probably fatally injured Tony Musser, a strikebreaker emploved at the Ilinois Central shops at Clinton. The shooting was the culmination of an alleged attack on Musser through e e e e i e i e All ‘rolleys Leal To of Norwic “BEACON” BLANKETS Beacon Blankets are delightfully soft and fluffy in finish, finer than the finest wool, and they will retain this finish after repeated washings without changing appearance. 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Octogenarian Had Purchased Revolver to Commit Suicide. 30.—An Paris, extraordinary tragedy occurred in Paris tonight. | popular English vaudeville performer, known on the stage as Harry Fragson, shot and killed by his 84 year old | ther, Victor Poit. | Fragson dined at a restaurant and on the way to the theatre where he bhas been appearing called at the apartment which he occupied with his aged father in the Rue De La Fayette, He found the door bolted and was kept waiting a long time before it was open- ed by his father. High words ensued and suddenly the father seemed to lose &ll control of himself. He drew a re- volver and the son fell with a bullet in his head. The shot brought to the scene those living in the adjoining apartments and the police. the Lariboisiere hospital, where he died; the father was taken to a police statio; The®feeble old man was greatly shaken and trembled as he told in a Somewhat rambling way his story to the police commissary. had bought the revolver, he said, h the inten- tion of committing suicide, because life had become unbearable. His son bhad brought 2 woman to the house in spite of repeated protests Tonight, he declared, his son was accompanied | by the same woman and reproached | him for keeping him waiting. H meant to kill himself in their presence and drew the pistol. What passed he did not understand, but instead of putting a bullet into his own temple he fired at his son. Why, he could not explain. Six Months on Remote Isiand. Norfolk Island, Au sia, Dec. 30. —The shipwre e schoon- er El Dorado of San Francisco, after a forced stay of six months on Easter Island, a Chilean about 2,000 miles out in the Pa ocean, were picked up and rescued by the itish steamer Knight of the Garner Valparaiso for Newcastle, New ! Hunting Fat y in Vermont. ‘ Peru, Vt, Dec. 30.—Edward Reed, Jr., 14 years old, confessed, according to the authorities today, that he was responsible for the death 1ast month of John Waite, a farmer whose body was found in the woods. The boy said he shot at what he thought was a bird and ran away when he heard the wounded man groan. Woman a Failure on Police Force. Portsmouth, N. H, De nclusion that a woman is d from the roll of sy Mrs. Bash was appoinied last Decision Against “Dakota Dan.” 3oston, Mass., Dec. 30.—The finding masier “Da Dan” w Daniei Blake Rus the lon missing son of the late Danfel Rus- sell of Melrose, was upheld today in a ree by Judge Sheldon of tne su- t, preme co of a of the 30.—The sister Rome, Dec. late Cardinal Rampolla, Baroness Carolina Rampolla-Pezzana, who, ac- | cording to the cardinal’'s testament dated in 1889, 1S his only heir, has sub- mitted the court wit ] he close rela- | nes Boston Call. Dee, E. ] T, of on the Green, who Was rec to become pasior of Center Congres onal church at Boston, to-: Mvhg( announced that he had declined | the invitation Swedish Queen Mother Dead. Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 30.—Queen Mother Sophia of Sweden died here to- | in her th year, She had suf-: fered acutely for several days and] succumbed to an attack of mflamma-i tion of th S. i Loyal Troons Occupy Tali-Fu, Shanghai, Dec.. 30.—Five thousand hawe entered Tali- n the pre . of Yunnan, which Jy was recaptured by the government from mutinous regiments under Gen- eral Yung Hu-Pin, Roosevelt at Fazenda 8aint Jean. Rio Janeiro, Dec. 36.—Colonel Roose- velt arrived vyesterday at Fazenda Saint Jean, on the left bank of the Cuyaba Tiver, J | The som was hurrfed to! | Banking House ......... King Dry Mash King Scratch Feed MAKE THE HENS LAY Norwich Gramn Go. 39-41 WATER STREET THE THAMES NATIONAL BANK Statement December 27, 1913 DEPOSITS $2,054,101.28, Secured by $4,784,058.72 AS FOLLOWS: Cash, and Due from Reserve Agents and Banks ...... $ 581,296.97 Bonds and Securities ....... 1,050,628.00 Loans and Discounts ....... 1,982,133.75 $3,614,058.72 Additional and Contingent Security— . $ 170,000.00 1,000,000.00 — $1,170,000.00 Stockholders’ Liability . . . Total Security for Deposits.......... $4,784,058.72 U. S. Deposits and Circulation .............. 160,899.00 Secured by Bonds ...................... 169,448.75 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits . .... $1,738,507.19 We Are Showing a Nice l.inef i CARRIAGE ROBES, | ‘The Edward Chappeli Co. AUTO ROBES, BLANKETS, FUR COATS, GLOVES, FARM WAGONS, DUMP CARTS, | SINGLE and DOUBLE BUSINESS ssh { WAGONS, CARRIAGES and HAR- wisies | NESSES at The People of Norwich TheL. L. Chapman C 14 Bath St., Norwich, Ci. 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