Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 13, 1914, Page 6

A NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1914 WESTERLY MAN' S ANGIENT BOOK Fred S. Greene Acquires Old Volume Dating Back to the 40’s —Byron J. Peckham Reads Paper Before Historical So- ciety—New York Auction of D. J. Sully’s Household Ef- fects—Death of Lena Bliven. 5 Fred Stewart Greene has been pre sented an old-time “figuring boo that is, a large blank book, in use be- fore printed arithmetics were plentiful aiml which contains solved problems in numeration, addition subtraction, mul- tiplication and division. The problems include many in federal money, troy weight, avoirdupois weight, apothe- carles’ weight, cloth measure, dry measure, wine measure, long measure, land and square measure, solid meas compound ure time, circular motion, subtraction, sterling money, multiplication, compound division, imals, with all rules relating thereto, and also the Rule of Three. S@veral pages in the book are devol- ed to local happenings, accompanied with pen and ink sketches, and one of interest in connection with the se- vere storms of the present month “March 28, 1843—A heavy southeast § hour: Did im eaboard Connecticut; in many places the roa were impassable for miles, many bridges and mill dams carried away. Pawcatuck river rose higher than was | anyone. All th meeting house rose within ever remembered bridges above th bridge swept off. incheg of the top of nerstone of the the river on the § “April 19, 1863 inches from top of “Feb. 10, 1867—Water inches of the top of said abutment.” It There is a pen and ink sketch of a| tree, with five large upright branches with a smaller branch which had been cut off, the other branches extending on either side. T, sketch is thus explained: “View of black oak tree which formerly stood near the railroad between the third and fourth milepost from Stonington. Said tree was cut down in 1840 for ship timber, but proved unsound. of trunk 18 feet, diameter 28 inthes diameter of the flve uprizght branches 2 inches each., The small branch in the center was black birch, whose seed ‘having fallen in and taken root in tha hollow of the oak trunk.” This book, which has no duplicate, was formerly owned by John Barber, who resided in Mechanic street, & ‘orother. of Peleg Barber. The orig- inal owner and maker of the book was s probably Dudley P, Brown of Ston- ington,-as his name appears on the last leaf, thu “D, P. Brown’s Book, of Stonington. Senator Leuis W. Arnoid of Westerly made strong intimation in the senate Wednesday afterncon that if all re- ceived just dues some of the senators would be In state prison. There was ‘warm discoussion prior to the passage | of & vote approving the recommenda- tion of the pardoning board, which re- | leames Arthur G. Webster, Joseph La- | Sherman_from | perte and William C. the state prison. The climax of sar- casm that permeated the debate was | reached when Senator Arnold said: “Tf the limelight was turned on, probably | many of the senators right here would be in the places that these men are AMIng” The remark was made follow. ing the talk of Senator Barber of Richmond who had made light of sen- timental feelings expre: Arnold and some others. Senator Barber became greatly ex- cited and shouted: “If that statement s meant for me, I resent it and ask h~ senator from Westerly for a clear- er explanation. If I am a thief or a ‘riminal, T'll waive all my rights as a senator. Send an officer to arr here apd now!” No reply came from Senator Arnold, out he turned from his seat and start- ed to walk towards the lobby. When he reached Senator Barber's seat that senator, assuming a belligerent 1 tude, said: “T’ll not take that f or any other man.” Senator continued on his way, and Barber followed him: In the Senator lobby Senator Barber continued He was persu. ening talk. turn to the senate by several genators. When the commotion ceased Senator Champlin said: “I do not think man should make such charges without aded to re- being broyght up before the senate for | an explamation.” * Senator Barber ex- claimegd: “However much of a criminal I am. T don’t like to be wran@ed like that!” In the meantime Senator Ar- nold had left the capitol to take the regular train for Westerly. He was not in the least disturbed over the exclting episode. Within two months there will be party caucuses to nominate candidates for town efficers, and s the democrats of Wester will nomi- nate democrats only. As usual, the re- Dublicans -will be elected, the demo crats. being in the hopeless minor The present town officers. outside tt council membership, seem to have a Life tenure and there is nothing to in- dicate a change in the town election in early June. There is oceasional ¢hange of a member or two in the town council, but not often, as candidgtes lack the courage to come to the frant and center and enter the political arena. There. is aiways pro-caucus the effect that certain inc duals to make a fight for place in the town =S AL —BY THE— Boston Service —OF THE Hamburg-American Line —TO— LONDON (Plymouth) PARIS (Boulogne) and HAMBURG Assuring Arrival in Paris by Day PALATIAL STEAMERS “Rhaetia,” Mar. 18, 102 m, “Cleveland,” Apr. 30, 10 2. m. From Commeonwealth Pier, South Boston. 607 BOYLSTOMN STREET Boston, Mass., or iocal agent We repair autos of all kinds in the oroper manner. Repairing and Pailfil;; Latest Improved Facilitiess make our shop unexcelied in New England, We bake the paint on, which makes it w better, ke its gloss longer, and will not crack. Why not have yours done right? eosts no more. Beatley-Clarke Auto Co. &8 Main St. Westerly, R, h It mpanied with | growing direct | ‘rom the top of the trunk of the tree| a Height | i 1 by Senator | me ! his threat- | heriff Dyer and ! any | d that | would-be | talk to are | council, but usually the present in- | cumbents are given a free field. As a rule, all the policemen and the minor officials within the gift of the town council are reappointed, but there was an exception last year when Edward Gavitt was appointed tree warden to succeed Frederick H. Buffum. Byron J, Peckham read a paper of valuable local historical interest before the Westerly Historical society at the | meeting in Memorial building Thurs- i day evening. The subject of the paper | was The Jurisdiction of Massachu- j setts Over Misquamicut, which_includ- *d the section now known as Wester- ly. Mr. Peckham brought out many | new points of genealogical value in connection with his subject and fur- { ed the missing twigs and branches | of several family trees. His paper also | inclua several ancient happenings, on the subject matter, that new to his audience. The pa) showed the result of most careful research. Mr. Peckham la rved the unanimous vote of thanks >xtended him. The tradition that comes down from the Babcock family that | from the direction traveled from New- port, Westerly derived its name. The household effects and other ar- ! ticles once in the New York home of Daniel J. Sully, now a resident of Westerly, former Cotton King and who now, with Mrs. Sully, conducts ! the fashionable Kennethridge Inn, at Watch Hill, are being sold at public auction in New Yorik. The sale com- Wednesday and will end Sat- A group of friends outbid deal- articles of personal value to Sully and will present them to Articles sold for only a small part of their 'original cost and the first day’s receipts amounted to $4,900. ivory library partition Mr, Sully $1,200 was sold Miss Rose Coughlan paid mahogany bed and white bedroom suite. A mahogany seven pieces more than 100 old, brought $32.50 and a din- #suite for which Mr. Sully paid $1,000 went for $300. The committee on cerporations hav- ing recommended passage in concur- rence, the act was finally passed rel- ative to the petition of the Crumb Quarry company of Westerly. The corporation is authorized to cross cer- tain highways in the town of Wester- 1y for the purpose of constructing and | operating a spur freight track be- { tween the quarry and the land and lo- cation of the main line of the New | York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- | road company. | Mr. Local Laconics. A session of the Third district court is scheduled for Westerly today (Fri- day). e body of Thomas Vail Cottrell arrived from Providence .Thursday morning for burial in the family plot River Bend of having a real milk | Inspector in Westerly who will be re- to perform all the duties as ed in the state law. a Bliven, daughter Alonzo Bliven, died Thursday her home in Machanic her parents she leaves Samuel and Frank Bli- of Mr. and two brothe | ven, At the annual meeting of the Phil- i athea class of the Baptist church Bible school, Hope Valley, thess officers were chosen: Miss Gladys Segar, president; Miss ) Tefft, vice president; Miss | Ruth 4 n, recording secretary; Miss Anna Barber, treasurer. A fair sized detachment of the “‘great jarmy of unemployed” could find em- | Plovment In Westerly, provided there i willingness to work. The recent d much property dam- result there is work for bodied man in the town ork and is not too particu- 1s to the nature of employment, health officer of the town of a salary of $100 ¢ are some people who 000 service. At the pres- there are several cases of ntagious d ses and the health of- has applied the customary regu- 1 and cheerfully complies with | the gratnitous instruction given by { physicians in that respect. The police department d to provide for of the new police itor of the town is not re- janitor service station, as the jan- building attends “to the police station and also to the heat- ing of the state courthouse. . In the old station tramps that were furnish- ed lodging were made to clean up the station before their departure, but no tramps are lodged in the new station. NOANK Coolness of Teacher Prevents Panic When Schoolhouse Gets Afire—En- tertainment Given by D. of A.—Vil. lage Notes. | When the kindergarten schoolhouse {in Noank was discovered afire Thurs- , the teacher, Miss Ruth ¢ fire rignal to her pu- smali children were Xxcitement and stood by while volunteer -firemen eXtinguishsed the blaze in the attle f the building. The roof of tha schoolhouse was badly damaged. It is believed that the fire started from ated stovepipe, D. of A. Entertainment. e ‘pl‘(‘,lli(‘a‘t entertainments n in the village for some time was That h in Mechanijes hall Wednes y night when the Daughters of America igave a public entertainment, The house was well filled and a satisfac- 3 received from the ad- d th sale of articles . The Milkmaids’ drill ried out by members of kmaid costumes each ¥ lking pail. was very The music was excellent. care and attention was given | this affair by the committee in char Sprained Her Wrist, been recelved from Mrs. Rathbun of Sylvan street who spent the winter in Maine with tives that she will return soon to home here for the summer. Mrs, Rathbun fell recently and severely rained her wrist. : Liberty council ig planning tain the American Mec! social and supper evening. The moter which W, has been patientiy rive from Michigan has not yet been located. othing can be learned of its whereabouts. As soon as it arrives it will be installed in a motor boat building at the FEldredge shop for a | her } I to enter- hanics with a next Wednesday ) G. Fldredge waiting for to ar- man on Long Island. Entertained Reading Club. Mrs, Walter G, Mosher of Sylvan Street entertained the Reading club of the village yesterday afternoon. The hostess served wefreshments at the close of the hour of reading. A foundation i being put in at the Davis boatshop for a 30 foot motor boat for John Wamsley of Fall River. A meeting of the cabinet A al T the building without | i of the police statio Epworth league was held Tuesday eve- ning at the home of Mrs, W, M. Hill where officers were chosen for the | coming year to assist in the different work of the league. S Mrs. Barton Brown is recovering from a surgical operation which she underwent at Lawrence hospital. Mrs. B. W, Latham and daughter, Miss Ethel Latham, have returned from a visit with friends in Moosup, 3 Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Burrows enter- tained the E. S. B. club at The Slms Tuesday evening. After play music was enjoyed and refreshments were served, = Loren Park has returned to Provi- dence after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Park of Main street. Richard Bruce has returned to his home in Hartford after a visit in the village. . Edward Morgan of Poguonoc Bridge is very ill, DECISION IN MELLEN CASE NEXT TUESDAY Judge Tuttle Has a Motion from Each Side to Consider. Bridgeport. Conn, March 12,—The decision of Judge Tuttle of the su- perfor court on the several motions in attacking the case of the state against Charles S. Mellen, former president of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad, will be made known on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock to which time the case was adjourned, after two hours of argu- ment by State's Attorney Stiles Jud- son and Homer S. Cummings for Mr. Mellen late this afternoon. Judge Tuttle has before him now for decision, two motions, one by the state’s attorney for leave to flle an amended complaint and information and Lawyer Cummings’ motion for judgment on the demurrer to the com- Plaint and the discharge of the “pris- oner at the bar,” the accused ex-rail- road president. SLOW PROGRESS MADE IN RECOVERING BODIES All But Ten of St. Louis Fire Vic- tims Are Still in Ruins, St. Louis, March 11.—Work of searching the ruins of the Missouri Athletic club for the bodies of the twenty victims of Monday's fire be- lieved to be in the debris made slow progress today, and no more bodies were recovered. The number at the morgue is ten. Of these, nine have been positively identified, the identi- fication of Lucius P. Ruff of Dallas, Texas, having been confirmed late to- day. Fire Chief Swingley said that it would require two or three days to reach the other bodies. A conserva- tive estimate places the number of dead at thirty, although some officers of the club think it may reach forty- five, RHODE ISLAND CLINGS TO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION Bili Providing for Its Abolition Killed in House of Representatives, Providence, a debate of davs bill for the abolition of the property qualification of voters was killed by the Littlefleld the house today. Although it was re- garded as a republican measure many of the members of that party voted with the democrats against it. The democrats had declared them- selves in favor of abolition of the property qualification, but objected to a clause in the Littlefleld bill which provided that each voter should pay a tax of $2 as a pre-requisite to vot- ing. WIFE SHATTERED USBAND'S NERVES Has Made 23 Unsuccessful to Com Suicide. Attempts New York, March 12—Herman E. Atkins, a Brooklyn photo-engraver, to- day began suit for separation against his wife on the ground that his nerves Wwere shattered by her repeated at- tempts to commit suicide. Twenty- three times, he alleged, Mrs. Atkins vainly tried to take her life. After she had exhausted all the recognized means she devised a few of her own, { which included sitting at an open win- dow in her night clothes in order to bring on pneumonia, OBITUARY. Edwin Morgan Adee, Cromwell,? Conn., March 12.—Edwin Morgan Adee, a former prominent York lawyer, died in a private sani- tarium here today after a long illness of nervous trouble. He was 57 vears old. Mr. Adee was graduated from Yale in 1881. Attempted to Kill Spe Indianapolis, Ind., March 12—David (Bat) Masterson, who became known as a slugger during the local street car strike, was arrested here today at the request of Terre Haute, Ind., au- thorities. He is charged in an afi- davit issued in Terre Haute with an attempt to kill Felix Blankenbaler, the special judge who presided over the election fraud case there recent- 1y I Judge. Pinchot Accused of Sanctioning Loot. Washington, March 12.—Gifford Pinchot, fermer head of the federal forestry service, was charged in the house today by Representative Hum- plrey of Washington, republican, with favoring, as chief forester, a govern- ment land exchange transaction with the Santa Fe railroad that was “the greatest and most outrageous lootin, of the public domain in our histor Brownsville Cut Off by Storm. Corpus Christi, Texas, March The Brownsville trigngular area measuring eighty miles on , has been cut off completely communication with the outside world for two days by a seventy mile wind storm, which blew down hundreds of telegraph and telephone poles Average Sailor Highly Fed. Washington, March 12.—Before house marine committee today discussion of the La Follette bill, W. H. Crowley, representing th Boston Marine soc! an organization of former sea captains, declared most of the sailors of today get better food “than most of you in this room gen- erally get on yvour own tables.” To Improve Pupils’ Spelling. New York, March 12.<In an effort to improve the spelling and the gram- mar of public school pupils the city department of education today asked the in a eamen’s all business men and manufacturers | who receive letters of application from | public school graduates containing flagrant errors to send such letters to the office of the school superintendent. Presidential Appointments. Washington, March 1 dent today sent the follo tions to the senate: Associate justice, supreme court of Hawaii, Ralph P, Quarles, Honolulu. Marshal, district of canal zone, William Howard May, Culebra, canal zone. Secretary, ter. ritory of Hawaii, Wade Warren Thay- er, Fonolulu. New Trials for Alleged Conspirators. Harrisburg, Pa., March 12—The state superior court today ordered a new trial in the case of Henry Clay, former director of the department of public safety, Philadelphia, and John R, Wiggins and Willard H. Wells, contractors, who were convicted of " to defraud the city of Phil- the building of fire and ns, | sertions. for 121/5c each. 49c, full size. Laces 1c yard — Edgings and In- One lot of Jeweiry, values from 25¢, # House Dresses, value $1.00, for The Grand Sale " Remnant Store’s SALE which commenced Wednesday, was met with great enthusiasm. Our store was thronged with bargain hunters all day long. better bargains every day. Sale continues all this and next week, and every day marks unheard of bargains. SPECIAL VALUES Large Bungalow Aprons 29¢ Mercerized yard, all colors Ladies’ Sample Suits, all styles and colors—Sale price $8.75 Voile and Lingerie Dresses, values to $12.00-Sale price $3.98 THERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER BARGAINS WHICHIT IS IMPOSSI- BLE FOR US TO DESCRIBE The Grand Sale Remnant 261 MAIN STREET, NORWICH Bigger and Dress Materials, 10c Store, THE JAMES HANLEY Brewing ComPany PROVIDENCE, - - R. I OR SALE F Attempted Suicide Will Be Blind. Kingston, Y., March 12.—Har { H. Shultz, years old, a brick manu- and seriously wounded If at home tonight. His re- ;i3 possible, but if he Nves he will be blind. . The largest motor pumping plant j i Idaho. Here 3 of Sna river ted wester res in the valley 0 feet above sea lev- with water pumped by Nine moter-driven pump: arranged in four batteries, lift tt water from the lower to the highe leve Thme capacity of the plant 200,000,000 gallons NEWMARKET HOTE., 715 Boswel: Ave, First-class Wines, Liquors and Cigars Meals and Weich Rarebit served to order. Jchp 7Tuckie Prop. Tei. 43-i F. C. ATCHISON, M. b., PHYSBICIAN AND SURGEON Room 1, Second Floor, Shaunon Bldg. Nighit ‘phone 1088 " White Elepfiant Cafe e The Standardof Excellence. BY D. J. McCORMI | CAN MURPHY & CO. Ales, Wines, Liquors and Cigars Corner of Watar and Market Sts. BUY THE " Big Ben Alarm Clock | at Wm. Friswell’s, 25-27 Franklin Street Most Ciga™s Ars Good. THESE ARE BETTER TOM'S 1-2-3 5¢ CIGAR { | GOOD FELLOW 10: CiaaAR Try tham and ses. THOS. M. SHEA, Prap. Franklin 8t Next to We Palace Cafe | A SR S L BN SR CK, 30 FRANKLIN ST. MONEY LOANED Diamonus, Waiches, Jew Securiiies of on aud Gs of 1r frra 1o deal iowest Kat f‘aface Faol and Billiard Parlors Six Tables—flve pool and one Billiard, 7Tables sold and doae at reasonable pricea at all times. 49 MAIN STREET PILANO F. C. GEER, riNER 122 Prospect Street, Norwich, Ct. ‘Phone 511 Supplie THERE }s no agvertising medium im Eastern Conrnecticut ;}ual to The Bul« latin for business results