Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 26, 1914, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1914 BOULDER CRUSHES WESTERLY MAN William Rowe Meets Death While Working in His Brother’s Yard—Runaway Shannock Girl Taken Home by Mother —Proposition to Hold Financial Town Meétings at Night Being Held Up. William Rowe was crushed to death] under a granite boulder, full ten tons weight. Wednesday morning whils at work in the yard of his brother, in School street, The brother, John Rowe, is boss polisher at the New England Granite Works, and recently erected a handsome residence in School street on a part of what is known as the Horace Vose lot. There were several rocks on the Rowe lot, and William was en- gaged in burying these rocks. For sev- eral days he was at work digging around the big boulder that killed him, digging underneath it and to one side, #0 that when the boulder was toppled over it would be about a foot below the grade of the vard. He had been cautioned by his broth- ar John to be careful when at work about that boulder, and not dig very far underneath it, and was told Wed- nesday morning early to keep away from it, and that late in the afternoon ke would be assisted by his brother, and that together they could topple the boulder over with safety, It is evident that William did dig beyond the safe- ty mark for the massive boulder rolled and before he could get out of the way he was siruck, knocked down on his back, and pinned to the sround and te his death. The edge of the boulder rested on ‘the right side of his chest, which was seversly crushed, but the rest of his body was fres, Dr. M. H. Beanien, madical sxam- $ner, was summoned hy telepheone, and he permiited remowal of the bedy, which was no easy task, By this tiias, it being the neen heur, many ef the graniie men from the nearby quarries were present, and means yere suggesi- o to extricaie the bedy. Some sug- gested paising the boulder with jack- merewss, put that was deemsd impraeti- cable oW tp the soft eonditien »f the seil s the greaf weight of the houlder. It was finally dacided to jaek the bouldsr fo prevent seliing, ndd Uikll“ 1o dig under the body and reiease it in | that way, This Wwas dene and within | 5 minutes after the work was cem- meaced the body Was taken inte fhe residence of John we, where Pr. Secanion made 8n examinalion. The | right wreast was crushed, and dwh; was less imstantaneous. The de- was 43 years of age, was born i pagigad and was ned married. Mrs. doup Rowe saw her bro lawy af ‘wonk near the boulder at about | 0.8 ddud: and was mI ng fo him. Uneeda:Biscuit Nourishment—fine fla- wvor—purity—crispness —wholesomeness, Adl | for 5 cents, in the f ! mdmmpnnfpaehge,' | Round, thin, tender— | with a delightful flaver —appropriate forlunch- { eon, tea and dinner. I0 cents. i | i H H GrAHAM CRACKERS A food for every day. Crisp, tasty and strengthening. Fresh baked and fresh de- livered. 10 cents. | ) | Buy biscuit baked by NATIONAL i BISCUIT COMPANY Always look for that name Two Hours was all it tgok Lo sell the $1756 place aitep The Nor..ich Buuetin went te | yress, But 1 now offer Farm Bargain No. 19; Just four and ene-half mile: from Wesieriy, I sffer an 85-acre farm, well divided inte MOWILE, basture and woudiand; laad in a higa state of cui- tivation, plenty eof fruit (iast years crop was 200 barreis of abpies), a never ling Breok Iuls LLreugl Uie prop- :l and Jree [rom stone, felds; Buiietin far \wm_s,s ¥ (Jist issucd—chetbe of 460 WILLIAM A, WILCCX Beai Estate Broker, 41 West Broad Street—Rooms 1 and 2, " Central Theat:: Building, Westerly, R, I, ®ffice ‘Ne, 365, Wel. Residenee 531, | bc%['[‘? | tion in the reading reem of the Wes- { eaeR individwal Deing as clear as if token in individual photogramhs. The pictures are framed and are each four feet Im length and one foot wide, Just | tee of the Northfleld i fined recently for beating a boy in a i Wileox. { Charlestown, York, the S. J. Reuter company of Wes- | for | the evening, { bv Constable Chauncey Tuesday night. L) dinner ite his brother at the granite works. As he did not come into the house for the dinner pail at the accus- tomed time, 11.30, Mrs. Rowe cailed to him from the back @door, recelving no response, and she went to ascertain the cause. Then she saw him lying at the ‘bottom of the large hole with a portion of the big boulder resting on his breast. She called to some men who were pass- ing through the lot, and they made hurried examination and found that William Rowe was dead. Medical Ex- aminer Scanion was Immediately noti- fied. he rfiu ion of Councilman Mau- rice VJ, to change the time of holding financul town meetings in the evening instead of in the morming, which was approved by the Westerly town council and by the taxpayers as- sembled in annual financial town meet- ing, is being held up In committee of the general assembly, and with evident intantion not to report to the assembly for action, In order to have the change made there is necessity for change in the law in regard to town meetings in 80 far as it relates to Westeriy, Thero was public legislative hearing given on the proposition and a few taxpayers, some who were at the town meeting when faverable action was taken, ap- peared before the committee in opposi- tion, It is esntenpdad by advoocatss of the ehmfi that it is the duty of Senater Arns| Representatives Murphy and Langworthy te use their best endeavor 1o earey intp effeci the expressed de- gire of the people in malt.eir re- gardlsss of pers ewwnn, and nst permit the measure ts die in esm- miittee withsut earnesi preiastatien, It is elaimed that the aetion of a finar- cial town meeting eught teo be given ecqnsideration by the de}regatmn frony Westerly te the Rhode Island gemeral assembly, dirs, Alonzo D. Kenyon came to Westerly Wednesday in search of her daughter, who had peen missing frem her hunm in Shanmneck fer the past iwq weeks. March 13 he WERL AWay With a coeusin for a vigit at the sec- gwn known as the Richmend itewn lguse and dh.xpr;euefl therefrom the n i day. The girl is but filteen years age and it is believed she was en- yxrod’u.xy by a young man and was traced first to Hope Valley, thea to Westerly and'to New London and back fo Westerly. Mrs. Kenyon reporfed the missing girl to Chief of tailed to the case. He succeeded locating the girl in the employ of the Smith family form and the ented to retura r- mother and she did after being reprimanded and advised v the officer. She was toid that she must_behave in the future or she would sent_to a reformatory imstitutiom. Kenyon explained the deiay the ¥earch for her daughter, sating tirat her hushand was wnable to work and that she had to work for the sy port of the famHy and that she did not #ave the money for carfare te Westerly and could not afford to spare the t¥me before the present, which was now done at a sacrifice. home in Charles Perry has placed on exhibi- teriy public library twe remarkable photozraphs of the Northfield and Mt. Hermon schools. In ihe one picture is about 600 young ladies and in the other abeout the same number of DLeys, above these pictures is a large framed representation of the Acr s of Athens which was presente to the Memortal and Library association by My, Perry, who is chairman of the board of trustees. He is also a irus- school. John Awustin West who was Mflvlly ioeal livery stable, was brought to the Third district eourt in Westerly, Wed- nesday merning, by Sherif John R, He was charged with an as- upon Phebe J. Howand of the assault being com- mitted in that town. He pleaded guilty to the charge and Judge Wiiliams sen- tenced him to thirty days in the Prov- | idence county jail and to pay a fine of (l“ and cesis, ault Local Laconics. Thomas Perry of Groton was in Wes- terly Wednesday. Clothesiine thieves are at work Stillman avenue and vicinity, Miss Josephine Hinckley, formerly of We teu\, died - “ednesdu) in Clinton, in Th he resolution making an appropria- tion of $1,000 to provide for fuel, light and janitor service, at the Westerly court house, was passed Wednesday in the senate, Mrs. George H. Utter and daughter, Starr Utter, returned Wednes- Mary day afternoon from three months’ visit with friends in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. At the National Flower show in New was awarded first prize for the Taft rose and second for double white Killarney rose. Miss Frankenstein, of vt from New York today sday) on steamship Ro- chambeau for Havre. She will spend several months abroad. The new home of the Westerly Vis- iting Nurse Association and Exchange | Women's Work will be open for | public inspection from three o'cloek this (Thursday )afternoon to nine fn The first arrest for intoxication at White Rock, since the voluntary inac- tivity of Constable Donohue, was made The accused pleaded guilty and eub- | mifted to the usual fine and costs, | which amounted to $5.80, i Harriet [. Davis, daughter of Jona- than and Sally Gavitt Nash, who was born in Westerly, Apei 139, 1829, died her home in Orange, Calif., Febru- v 20, 1914, Her yeunger years were \)nn( in Preston. She married Perci- val Davis in 1853 and he died in 1876. | Shb- leaves twe daughters, Effie ax!d‘ Evan Da: and a sister, Mrs, L. B. | Roe, of Oxford, Calif, | Rieux, Forrest Thatcher, Police | . | Brown and Policeman Mitchell was de- | in [PE-RU-NA “T was taken with"a severe headache and cold, which £inally brought on conafipa- tlon and bowel trouble. Physics of all kinds were used, and we were obliged to resort to the fountain syringe for help. I could drink castor oil like water, but it did no good. Salts were of no use. The doc- tors were puzzied. After using three bottles of Peruna i consider myuli entirely « well” Mr. John B. Capers, No. sm Pecan St., Fort Worth, Texas. Those -..-...e...,'.':fi Snd Ferwan Tab lets = desirable remedy for CATARRHAL CO'VDITIONS- PE-RU-NA LAXATIVE~TONIC” JEWETT CITY Frank Moriarty Decides Not to Re- open Hotel—All Stars’ Whist Club Meots—Funeral of Mrs. George Young—Concert by John and Mary McCay, The All Stars’ Whist club met at the home of Mrs. Willlam Montgomery in Pachaug Tuesday evening. The first ladies’ prize, a jar of cream, was won by Miss Netiva RlouX. The second, a large goose, went to Miss Doris La- point, The genilemen's first prize, set of cards in a case, went to K Montgomery and the second, @ sn bulldeg, te Hareid Latham, Mrs. Montgemery served refreshments, The members present were Mildred and Bertha Montgemery, Deris Lapeints, Regina Gingras, Selina and Netiva Simen Brew- ster, Jr., Harold Latham, pointe and Earl Mentgemery. Rice and Rats at Meeting on China. Tuesday afterneon the Waeman's For- eign Missiopary saciety of the Cen- gregatienal ehureh met at the par- sonage, Mrs. W, H. Gane presiding. Following the regular busine sipp was an interesting pre Ching which the hostess A. Paust had arranged. several readings by ihe ladi which were instructiv To comple the Chinese suhject ladies ware invited to remain f soeial ) during which time dainty refresh of Rite and Rats were served Able to Leave Hospital. James Hughes, Backus hospitai ed home Mond N A the me in rn- been retu has weeks, 10 veral fontgomery is visiting John Phillips of Westerly, of Mrs. Ora Brown has been to leave *his business on account his health. Alfred J. L'Heureux, phy or in the Newman prepa at Hackensack, N. J., is the Faster recess. al direct- ory school Mrs. A. Burdick is eantertaining her siater, Mrs, ILyle Gray of North Stenington, Net to Reopen Hotel. Frank Moriarty of Ayer, Mass., who wes to lease and reopen the Jewett €1ty hotel has abandoned the vroject for reasons best known to himself, Perte Whitford, the R. F. D. man. noted the first butterfly of the season en Stone Hill during his trip Tues- day. A good sized audience at the Reeves movies Tuesday evening was much pleased with a2 number of new and at- tractive reels, Mrs. Ann_ Prior had as her guest Wedresday Mlss Ella Baldwin of Nor- wich. Miss Mildred Willco: Yege, Northampton, Mass., in Sylvandale for the two week ter recess of Smith col- home Eas- BLIND MUSICIANS Please Audience at Opera House with Varied Programme. John and M .row.mmv the {olu\u._ jnv.L.n' P gramme: Part 1. Piano duet—Norma Baritone Mary's ’Dum (humore Smith, “A D Comic Character (in costume) “The Old Rollick McCa Part Il Piano solo—The m, Kunkel Vocal duet hat Once Thro* Tara's .. Moore Baritone solo—Off to P‘V] ui‘nfl. (ada;)‘ed from an old Iri Soprano solo—Sing, Sweet Piano duet—Il Trovotore Vocal duei—Oh That V Maying Alice May Smith FUNERAL, Mrs. George Young, The funeral services of Mrs . Samuel Thatcher, pastor Methodist church, officiated. N thur and Mrs. Wil Miss Annie Robertson as mus sang Rock of Ages and Nearer, God, to Thee. in Burial was e A the bearers being E. B. Chenev, { Burdick, H. G. Davis and Peter Mec- Arthur. Friends present from out of town were Mrs. Warren Smith, Irving | Smith. Mr. and Mrs. P A and Mrs, Alfred Ashl Ashley and James Br field, nell, 2Mrs, 1-r0(1 Hyde .\nd \li;.~ Hyde from Canterbury, Miss jOfin from Willimantic and Mr. Mrs, W. 8, Simmons from Cent Vil- lage, There were beautiful W from the family, all of the societies connected with the Methodist- churc Mr. and Mrs, W, H. Tift, Mrs. Martin Wallace and famil M nd Mrs. R, Waters, Mr, and ) B. Cheney, Norwalk.—TFhe Norwalk Tire & Rub- | ber company of Nerwalk, with an au- thorized capital stoek of $1,500,000 and a paid in capital of $200,006, has filed a | certificate of incerporation with the ' secretary of state. | USE ALLEN’S FOOT EASE, ! : powder to be Shake want re sweating feet, T Seltcves corns pain and prevents Eh;n.er, callous spots. Just t sore | e thing for Danc. | ing Parties, Patent Le and | ther Shoes, and | ng in New Shees. It is the discovery of the ag: ry it today. Seld eveFrywhere, % Den't accept any substitute. For iree trial package, addcess Allem S, Olmstead, Le Rey, 3 for B rcatfl' omfert o ’ the S: Mr, and Mrs, H, G. Davis, Mr, and Mrs, Pearl Lewis, Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Ashley, Mr. and Mrs, H. T. Willcox, Mrs, Warren Smith, Miss Daisy D. Ray and J. H. Avery. Undertaker . | H: Tillinghast was in charge of the PLAINFIFLD iHustrated Lecture on The Parables— Liquer Cases to Be Tried Monday Next. Phe fourth il d leeture serie urti sinners’ he St. P: s given Tuesd: evening. This was a comtinuation of the subject, The Parables, and was in our's own words, taken frem the New Testament, as he taught his disciples from the happenings eof real life to decide the questions of right and wreng that came up in their lives, and William La- | ses- | sramme on | a brother | obliged | at home for | and | 'mllcys Leai ” Te SPRING SALE OF Notions and Dressmaking Needs The little things, the things which appear trifling, yet which are so necessary — the pins and needles — the thread — the tapes — the buttons and all the miscellaneous necessities for even the simplest sewing — these are all included in the sale. A Special Sale for Every " Woman That Sews Lay in your Spring and Summer supplies for now is the time when it can be done most cheaply. The savings may seem small but they are actual. PINS AND NEEDLES AMERICAN PWS——QH gnod as need be—a paper.. . 4o NGLISH PINS of flrst qunhtv THREADS 16c BLACK SEWING SILK, 100 yard spools... 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CLARK'S MACHINH black or white, two dozen on SOOK DRESS SHIELDS, 17¢ | B "‘HI”F \1; ";:0 ;an‘; ;pools: card ......... Sreeaeeiiaaaaan 30 values.... each 10c, three for 250 THREAD, 26 = BRASS HOOKS AND EYES - 2 & it for Mo AL, Thiet = Bk o BT SHEEPSKIN _ “ROLL - UP” LINEN FINISH THREAD for _ | finieh ...... SHOE POLISHERS, regular sewing buttons....... two for 5o | KOH-I-NOOR B e 10e BLACK SEWING BSILK, 100 ENERS, three sizes, in black 19c _FOLDING COAT AND vard spools, value bc........ R TR : SKIRT HANGERS..two for 15c electrical equipment, have commenced | was a former resident and his many work stretching the large eight way |friends h electric cable which will transmit po Miss Grace Knapp of Providence is | have me do?" The pictures are very | er to operate the switches and signals isiting Noank relatives. | helpful in impressing the scenes on the | The work was started at Ledward IS- | Ars Frederick Martin of New York | land crossing one mile east of the risiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer tower where the distance semaphore | of Church street. signal mast is in position. The cabl Mok | Fiokerell it srent > study and comparison will oft- p the Chris of today to an- the estion, “What would Jesus swer of Rev. and Mrs. H. T formerly of Plain- iends { Arnold of Norwich, yesterday | | fleld, were interested to learn that they | will extend to the semaphore mast il Tn Nk | sailed Tuesday for a trip through Eu- | pear the Wamphassett farm crossing et | rope. | where the other distance signal is lo- Lucinda Fish of ring street, | Armstrong sold his house- | cated one mile west of the new tower en very ill, is reported as | t public auction at the Al- Buys Prize Chickens. 1. Spalding hous: ock, = A Sillaker has gone to Green- Cottage Takes Fire. ning chickens from the Mid K,.,e,.”,‘fl ‘:;j,‘m e R The single cottage on the Canterbury and will add them to b e E | near the Mystic min Mrs. Augusta Weeks is very il at occupied by the Barr family caught| Miss Winifred McGaw, a her home on ti st side. fire Tuesday morning. There was a| Mrs, Charles H. e Tas oot ] Sehus I|:n:l=:r;_!u‘1]!1:: e spital, Pas- ool for nurses, m"hth grade schoo | her studies at S saie, N. J, a tra Miss Helen ]’ lively blaze, but it was put out with- | out serious damage. 2y afternoon. Re- e served at the close of ing Wheeler Court of Inquiry. A number were notified Tuesday by Officer Bliven to appear at a court of inquiry to be held at the town hall, Central Village, next Monday to look into certaln illegal acts said to have been committed in the town since No- ! voember, 1913, when the town becamse | | no-license. There was a number of | ratds in town last Saturday night, and | these cases are to be tried Thursday, { 1m;‘d belonging to Miss Ruth Hall and | Wild Geese Fly North, A flock of forty wild geese h: noticed flying north in regular tion high in the air. NOANK ; Death of Moses Fish—Firemen Hold s been forma- | BRIEF STATE NEWS l East Lyme.—James Dave. overseer of the dyeing department of the local mill, = NI/ Y ; L 2 i en critically ill for the past STONINGTON Z:: ‘;;i;fré;::“w'"“" i somewhat improved. Atwood Machine Company Woerking NMopen Hartford.—Meigs H \‘;_"T"fl‘> presi- {"Till 9 p. m—Busy Times at Veivet | day forencon wrie depiotythesConmerticnt et and=Safe Mill—New Cable for Railroad Im- | Fish leaves a daus d s | De e o ash- | son George, both of this alsy | Ington, D. C. provements. > r two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Doucheite of s Providence and Mis. Uwen Williams | Danbury—=The Woman's Reliet ond Congregational church will be held | of Mystic. jsrhains ‘!{,‘;"’;{(h a‘;;l{’j:f;an 1 m; | Friday afternoon in the chapel, Will Entertain Winners, institution of the corps, in Mechanics’ Landscape Gardener Schuman of the This evening the losing crew of the | hall Monday night. number of the ' The children’s story hour of the See- | | | Walnut Grove nursery, has received | gyngay school ship Lusitania will give | members of Moore-White post, G. A. a carload of imported and domestic | an entertainment and supper R R. wern present, and an interesting S P s of the Mauretania in the & prosramme was rendered. | ) wa s reoms of the Baptist | 3 : 3 Middletown.—Thomas Kelly, ex-wa- Firemen's Whist. and re- Ineeday AT irer of lamp-black, who { a publie ch was well - - 1y criticising law- | tended, mar bere from out of nd the i was dismissed town. The b eds will be used for ge Willia Case in the supe- thoi finanw S anre ot it Tuesday, with a warning to ¢ maore discreet in his utterances in Brewn is ma future, her Te Barten cent n frem Meriden.—The annual water census wiil be tak beginning on April ‘1. Two census fakers will be employved, ene on the east. side and one on the west side. Clerk Joseph Roberts of the water department has announced that all faucets on the outside of dwellings will be taxed, whether used or not. To avoid the tax the faucets must be re- moved, C. Jones and ehii- cen ‘have returned to New Haven af- ter a visit 1o relatives and friends in ( the village, | Guests from Arizona, ualiy geed | | district 1 for anether year. at both md.Nnes, Sireiching Railread Cable. Foreman Lerd and his force of ma- AMr. and Mrs. H, F. chineses of the New Haven railroad | Arizena, are guests of Mrs, who are instaliing the new junction Quarrie on Terrace street, See of Winslew, D. J, Me- Mrs, See