Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 18, 1914, Page 5

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914 We are syre that if you | come to market and see what you buy you will trade with Somers. Our prices are lower than others, quality considered. | THIS WEEK. CELERY . LEETUCE BELL TOMATOES . GREEN PEPPERS ® RED PEPPERS LIMA BEANS ... BRUSSELS SPROUTS . HUBBARD SQUASH EGG PLANT PICKLING ONIONS 8c YELLOW ONIONS, Ib., . fi RED ONJIONS, b, TOMATOES ..... PARSNIPS, bunch, QYSTER PLANT ... VINELAND SWEETS . CARROTTS CAULIFLOWER SIRLOIN STEAK PORTER HOUSE .... 5S¢ vee e ceop 3Bo .- 400 ROUND TOP . B RIB ROAST . 30 LARGE MELONS, each, aee 10c 30 7e LARGE LEMONS, dozen, PINEAPPLES MORGAN GRAPES, basket, .. SPANISH YELLOW BANANAS, ..5¢ RED SPANISH BANANAS, each, .5¢ BANANAS, dozen, .. SEEDLESS GRAPE EET ORANGES .... . (Better than Winter Frul() DAMSON PLUMS PIE APPLES . BANANA APRLES POULTRY GUINEA BROILERS YOUNG FOWL . BROILERS . ROASTERS . SQUABS ..... BOILED HAM DRIED BEEF . ENGLISH BACON .. SLICED ENGLISH HAM . SWEET BREAD .. - 40c Y!c SOMERS We advertise exactly asitis Fall Styles now ready for you You have only to come here and say to us that you want the best and most stylish Suit pouible.utllbépricayoumt to pay; we'll show it to you; and give you a good fit; and you'll be wholly satisfied with | 722 the clothes and the price. The same can be said of our Boys’ Clothing, Hats, and Furnishings. For real good value we ad- vise you to buy Hart Schaff- ner & Marx Suits or Over- coats at $18. to $25. trnest £ Bullard, VIOLIN | TEACHER In Wiillmantle two diye ssch week For appointments address E. E. BULLARD. Bliss Placs, Nor. =~ Conn x We are still having good sreen Corn, Lima Beans, $hell Beans and let us have rour orders. Pesplie’s Market 6 Fraaklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop: s B EaTaLY, e % Chronle acd XNetyous Dises Room 4 Slgtnon Mag., Hours 1o & B. to & n.Tm; hllnnlcs'. ‘Wednesday and 2f, 1177-3. Telephone 1-3 Frigey. et Uetin Norwich, Friday, Sept. 18, 1914, VAmous‘ MATTERS The ensilage corn about the coun- ty looks fine for so short & season. Columbus day, Oct. 13th, is the next legal holiday. This year it falls on Monday. The October meeting Trumbull Chapter, D. A. a Peace meeting. of Faith R, is to be Don’t fall to hear the band coh- cert at Mohegan' park Sunday by Tubbs® band.—Adv. The supreme lodge of the Shepherds of Bethlehem will meet in New Ha- ven, Sept, 28, 29 and 30. It is noted by the Stafford Press that Mrs. T. R. Prentice of Amston is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Helm. Mashapaug Lake grange fair is to be held in the town hall at Union next W Old home day will be ob- served the same day at the Same place. At Rock Meadow, Tolland county, the amount of oats, threshed this sea- son ipcludes: Myron Heck had 189 bushels: George Heck had 127 bush- els; Adélbert Agard had 105 bushels. The second quarterly conference has already been held at the West Thomp- son ~ Methodist church, Rev. G. G. Scrivener of Norwich presiding there at the parsonage Wednesday of last (weke, At Garner Lake, both camps Brooklyn, N. Y. boys have closed ;nd the members have returned to their only cottage remaining 22| open at the Prisfigtin Phillips cot- tage. “Mr. and Mrs, Addison Dimock, of are to observe their goiden wedding anniversary' on Saturday, Sept, 26th, Mrs. Dimock was Esther Brown, of a prominent Jewett City B8¢ | TRy, Professional friends from Eastern Connecticut were in Providence Thursday to attend the funeral of Dr. John A. O'Keefe, 51, a prominent physician, who died Tuesday from heart dis ease, Thumday‘s ‘Waterbury Republican said: Rev. Hugh Traenor, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, who has Béen confined to his home with ill- ness fcr the pa.st two weeks, is again able to be -about, Rev, and Mrs #. P. Buck of Staf ford Springs leave this week for a- avtomohile trip throush parts of New York state and Pennsylvania visitin- briefly their former homes. They go with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Miner New London, The meeting of the Eastern Cor- vt branch of the Woman's Board of 1gn Vissions. held Tresdav a* Abington. was attended by Mrs Wil- liam G. Dawler. Miss Elizabeth Hun- tington and Miss -Elizabeth Pullen, from Norwich, A Baybrook correspondent writes: The Elliott family of New York citv who have been residing at the Con- verse cottage, Maple avenue, this summer, have returred home. Mrs. Willilam F. Converse of New York is staying there this month, The autumn meeting of the New Bngland Federation of Natural His- rory Socleties is to be held in Wor- cester in Horticultural hall, Sept, 25 ‘and”26. An evhibition will be held-in connection with the meeting and ad- dresses will be given the opening night. Flag dealers in the state report that since the beginning Of the war there has heen an unprecedented demand for the flags and colors of the war- ring nations. These flags are being purchased by Europeans, foreign clubs and socleties and coliege and high school students. The Berkeley Divinity school, Mid- dletown, has opéned with an entering cla;u of 12 men, the largest for many , ahd_a total enrollment of 27 students. The new class includes five men from the last graduating class at Trinity college, and 17 Episcopal fhweau are represented at the school. men hereabouts have been no- flfl that the dinner of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. in conjunction with the ninety-seventh meeting of that body at the Hotel As- pinw&ll Lenox, Mass, Sept. 29 and 80, will come on the evening of ‘the second day. . P. G. Harding will speak. - ’ FUNERALS. Stadisiaus Miluska. Thursday afternoon the funeral of Stanislaus Miluska, aged 5 months and 18 s, was held from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanis- laus. Miluska, at 102 Yantic streei. Services were condueted in St. Jo- seph’s church by Rev, I. Maclejewski and burial took place in St Mary's cemetery. Undertaker Hourigan had charge of the funeral arrangements. Mrs. John Moore, At 8.15 o'clock Thursday morning the funeral of Elizabelh Gibson® wife of John Moore, was held from her late home 38 Fountain street, and rela- tives from Willimantic and Waterbury were numbered in the large attend- ance. Rev. T. A. Grumb'y officiated at the services in St. P: s church at 9 o'clock and at the close of the mass Mrs. F. L. Farrell rendered Some Sweet Day, and Nearer, My Gead to Thee. The bearers-were John J. Fen- ton, Jeremiah Shea, M, Connor and Charles W, Corcoran-and burial took place in St. Mary's cemetery. There ‘were a number of beautiful floral of- ferings. Undertaker Hourigan had charge of the funeral arrangements. Miss Elizabeth Noonan. The funeral of Miss Elizabsth } Noonan, who died in the Varwk‘s State hospital on Tuesday, was hel from the funeral parlors of Under- takers Shea and Burke Thursday af- ternoon at o'cloek and burfal took piace in St. Mary's cemetery. Miss Noonan was 87 years of age and was the daughter of John and Annle Mor- gan Noonan of Rockville, Broke a Show Case. Thomas Karlow, who %roke & show case early Thursdey \evening in a rumpus in the store of Peter Peraldo at 830 Main street was arrested by Policeman Bdmund Maloney who was sent for, Karlow had a cut on his noss which he claimed was where the store proprieter hit him, but it may have {beenfrom the o glass, Removed to Verment. A. A, Beeman who has resided at No, 42 Grove strest has removed to Essex Junétion, Vi, and was hers on Thursday looking after the -shipping of his household furniture. Balt Lake City, Sept. 17.—A cave-in on the 1,600 foot level on the Centen- nial-Eureka mine at Hureka today burled twelve men, Although hope of reseulng them was abandoned, their relatives stood about the shaft im- ploring help, The men were too deep- 1y burled to have survived, PERSONALS Louis Mabre; ot fibadvuw ll Te- covel"ling u;ttery Mrs. Nella Weston has returned to Stafford from a few days’ visit with friends in Norwich. Mrs. H. B, Geer of CIiff street leaves this morning for Martha’s Vineyard to spend the sutumn. Mr, and Mrs. Frank Arnold of Nor- wich were recent guests of Miss Anna E. Hall of Mansfield Depot. | George Smith of Norwich Town is {a guest of Charles Ryan in Colches- ter on a few days’ vacation. Miss Marion Lathrop left town on Wednesday to resume her studies at Smith college, Northampton, Mass. John H. Ford, of Edst Great Plain, who has been ill for over three weeks, is able to be up and about the house. Mrs, Joteph Hyde and her daugh- ter, Miss Eisie, of Norwich, are guests of Mrs. A. A, West of Stafford- vlfl% Arthur F. Buddington of Princeton graduate college was a recent visitor at the home of his aunt, Mrs. F. L. Lathrop. Bertha Gotthelr of CHff street is reco\eflng from a severe cold which threatened to develop into Ppneumonia, Mrs. John C. Congdon and hér daughter, Miss Jennie L. Congdon, of ‘Washington street, are slowly regover- ing from illness. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brooks from Worcester have been at Lee Lyons, in Phoenixville, after a week’s vacation in Point Judith, Narragansett Pier, Providence, Norwich and South Wind- HOME FROM EUROPE. Miss Dorothy Jones and Miss Lucy Greenman Reach Norwich After Mary Interesting Experiences. Misg Dorothy Jones and Miss Luey Greenman of this city, who with Mrs. Allan T. Baer ‘and ller son Sterling were in Heidelberg, Germany, the day that the mobillzation of the German army began, reached their homes here Thursday evening, arriving in the eity on the 7 o'clock train from New York. They hag landed in New York Thursday morning from the steamer they had embarked fourteen days be r. and Mrs, Foliin C. Jones of No. 68 Broad street met their daughter upon her arrival in New York, where they had been waiting since Monday for the steamer from the Mediterra- nean port to get in. Miss Greenman was met by her brother, George Greenman, of Philadelphia. Pecause of shortage of coal, the steamer took four days 'orger than usual for the trip and they also ran into a bi storm last Monday which continued for the better part of three days. In ‘act coal was not the only thing tha. was short aboard ship, for the spring water useq for drinking ran out two days ago and on the next to the last day the jam ran out. As coffee, rolis and jam had been the principle com- ponents of breakfast coming over, the loss of the jam was a calamity which the Norwich travelers felt for the meals on the boat were far from sat- isfactory anyway, although they were traveling first class. First and second class were all merged into one in view of the war situation. The Norwich people got out of Ger- many with all speed, although with some difficulty, but found it harder to get from Lucerne, Switzerland. than it had been to get away from Germany. Lucerne was the place to which they fleg from Heldelberg, ex- pecting that their stay in the Switzer- land city would be about a day and a half. In reality: they were there three weeks and two days. Ipformed at midnight by the land- lord that the mobilization of the Ger- man army was taking place, they made p'ans to get away 'at once. The train that was to start at 10 that morning was an hour late in leaving and they finally reachel Lucerne at 1130 that night. On the way, after passing Baden, they came to Muel- hausen and passed through it just three days before the battle raged there, At the frontier between Germany and Switzerland there was nothing to do but walk to get across into Switz- erland and they covergd three miles in a blazing hot sun with files of German soldiers on eagh side of the people from the train . ‘When they came to leave Switzer- land they found they were almost tied hand and foot with the intricacles of official red tape before they could move, and everything took time. Pass- ports had to be secured and these were obtained at Zurich. Then be- fore they could leave Geneva to pass into France, their passports had to be vised. This was accomplished they finally got into France and reached Marseilles. There was a ten day wait in Marseilles Bbefors they could get a boat and they found that they had to get a permit to live in Marseflles. Another straw added to the bur- den was discovered when they were finally informed they were to sail. They had to have a permit to leave three da; before they were to de- part, had to have their pictures taken ang answer a variety of onestions to ?rove that they were bona fide Amer- cans. On the railroad train coming through France they could buy noth- ing to eat for no one was allowed to approach the windows to sell any- thing lest this should furnish an op- portunity for notes to be passed. They had some sandwiches to eat. made of army bread, for none of the private bakeries were working. From an out- side crust of adamantine hardness their experience showed them that army breag ran through all the stages | & to_sogginess in the middle. Everywhere there were signs of the war, for all the French stations are filled with cots prepared for the ar- rival of wounded French soldiers. Whenever the people on the train were allowed to get off at a station. they were. kept herded into barbed ‘wire enclosures. One of the interesting th.lncl at Marseilles was to see the arri the Algerfan and Moroccan '—!‘OODB. They were coming in thousands all in their picturesque native costumes and accompanied also an aroma that drove the Americans to the refuge of doorways for escape. The men in its ranks sesmed guilfless of soap and water from the day of their birth One amusing instance of the censor- ship came when Miss Jones wanted to cable to her parenww “Sailing on Patrie.” She found it had to be vised by the chief of police in Marsellles, who couldn’t read a word English. He was shown the telegram, written in English, was told in French what it sald and then passed it along as all right, Engagement Announced. George N, Stenger of Waterford an- nounces the engagement of his daugh- ter, Miss Barbara D. Stenger to Ed- mund J. Bajley, son of Mr. end Mrs. Eugene L, Balley of New London. Both are employed as clerks in New | London, (Additional local news on page thres) SILVERMAN COLLAPSES IN COURT Accused Fell to Floor When Pleading Not Guilty—Water Soon Revived Him—Pleads Guilty When State Shows Case Against Hin—Annie Smith Also Pleads Gullty-— Victor J. Barry on Probation. The criminal superior court, with Judge M. A. Shumway on the bench and a jury in attendance, had a rather short session here on Thursday, not coming in until near noon and adjourn- ing shortly after 3 g'clock. In that time one plea of guilty was received and the sentence in the case was pro- nouneed and the trial of another case was started, but came to an end when the accused man, Benjamnin Silverman, alias Joseph Silverstein, pleaded guilty m the evidence against him had put in by the state. Silverman collapsed in court in the morning when he was put m plea, falling on. his face after he had an- swered “Not guilty” to the reading of the information by Clerk George E. Parsons. Silverman wis not hurt in his fall, but was helped up from the floor by Sheriff Casey. who took the man into an ‘ante-room, from which he was ab Lo return in a few minutes, after had been given a drink of water. Annie Smith, who is connected with the Silverman case, also pleaded guilty to the information read against her in the afternoon. Sentence for who are accused under the 1811 statute relating to houses of ill re- pute and immoral women, will be pro- nounced this merning at 11 ¢ The maximum penalty under the stat- ute provided for in the man’s case is $1,000 fine and 15 years in state’s prison. ‘When court came in in the morning the case of state vs. Nathan Pumer- antz of New London, accused of arson, again went over, as Attorney -J. C. Geary, one of the lawyers in the case, is just recovering from a severe ill- ness. Pumerantz conducted a store in the Lawrence Shea building, Bank street, New London. Last December there was a fire in his store and thefpufld- ing and his store were ed. The damage was placed at 31\7 000. The circumstances cornected with the fire aroused the suspicions 8f the authorities, who conducted an investi gation for sevem.l weeks, at the con- ch Pumerantz was under -.rrut by State Policemen Jack- son and Downine. In the police court protable cause was found and the ac- cysed was bound over to the higher court. 2 A plea of enlity was made by Victor J. Rarry of “alt'‘c. who was accused of making false statements to the arents af the Continental Tnsurance romnanv of New York and the Alleraria Fire Teeurance comranv of Pittsburgh. These companies carriad nevra-ce - on the ato~k that Rarry bad in the Talde hete’ that was rartiallv de- stréyed b= “re ond it i~ c'aimed th-t he made fal~e =statements rearding the amount of insurance he carried. In the papers In the case it is stated that to each of the comm=nies he =ald he had onlv th sum of $2000. whereas he h»d $2.000 in each company, making $6.000 in all. - ‘hi= wes fou~d out, it is claimed by the state police. bv insurance ad‘ <ters conferring on a train. where one ‘ovnd that the other had nereed to adtust the loss for $1 900 wiile he himself was to adinst for $2200. Bach neent before that had been ignorant of the action of_the other. Witnesses from Borton, Hartford and Baltie had heen summoned bv TDenuty Sheriffs Draner. Martin and Stanton. There was a conference the Farr mattér between Mator Fnll and the state police and Attorney T T Pesmand counsel for *he accused also bad a conference with the court in the fudge's private room. Judre Shumwav made the sentensr for Rarrv a vear in dail ard then niaced him on probatipn. Pendine the trial of the cace in the srnarinm econrt Rarrv has heen out 6n hail He A1d rot eet anv of the insurance paid After the Rarrv case, a jurv wae #hosen for the trial of Ben'amin Sil- verman of New York, alias Joserh Sjjverstein dccused on two counts of takine, receiving. harboring two wo- men for immoral purposes on May 1st at No, 58 Water street if this city. The women named were Mamie es and Hattie Gordun, but Attdrney Ed- ward T. Burke, who was counsel for Silverman, was able to show that Mamle Haves was employed at the housé and was not an inmate, Annie Smith was jointly charged with Silverman, but the cases were to Dbe tried séparately. Her attorney was Thomas M. Shields. After Silverman’s collapse and Te- vival from it when he was first put to_plea, the trial proceeded. The opening testimony was ziven by the three state polecemen, Theadore F. Downing, Rowe H. Wheeler and William E. Jackson. They ail_testi- fied that they had found both Silver- man and Annie Smith at the house when they visited the house last sum- mer and bath neanle ~ == chaige of the place. Silverman said he was running it for sos. of New York. The sum of $205 which was founq on Silverman was c% by both the man and the woman. They said the money had been made in the house. Of the money, $100 was later given to two lawyers $100 was used for bonds, and the balance given inte the keeping of the attorney for Annie Smith. Silverman told the po- lice, they testified, that he had brought two girls m New York. Annie Smith later went to the house with the state police and opened a_trunk for them in which were found hoth the man’s and the woman's clothes, Néw York pawn tickets and also a hattel mortgage on the furniture in the house includi~g the piano, all of which indicated Sliverman's residence at the place. Afternoon Session, At the afternoon session of court, Michael Carpe'man, a state ice- man, said he had been soiicited by women_in the windows at No. 58 Wa- ter sireet. When he went in. he found two women there. Lindsay G. Smith testified that he had heard whistiing from the windows of the house an” had heard a voice asking him to come "Matthew M. Malinowsid, who is a Polish interpreter, testified that he FERGUSON'S 239 Main St, CcuT GLASS wedding gift Franklin Square Is welcome to the table. Our display and prices are PARTICULARLY INTERESTING FERGUSON'S Franklin Square 239 Main St OBITUARY. Rev. Sherman E. Ellis. The death of Rev. Sherman E. Ellis, about Lut J'une, ‘having been taken with an attack of tuberculosi, which showed in a hemorrhage which he had after ofieiating at a funeral. On Wednesday he was moved from !o\m: Manchester to Bolton Center interests of his health, but his dnu: came .arly Thorsday morning. Rev. Mr. Ellllwa.bofllinlllfl- was admitted to this confer mr- aro and had served pastorates at Rockland Central, South Bnlnfxeo. Fair Haven five years, Campello asix years and Attleboro four years. Charles H, Waterman, Charles H. Waterman, for the past 15 years ‘chief janitor of Pawtucket public gchools and for 20 years an em- heard Silverman from the pen teil ‘nnie Smith in Polish not to say anythi~e abont the case. Marie Prown of New York testified ‘hat she had run the honse known ar *he “Hill" and that Silverman had “ame there and had wanted to ex- hange twe girls. To Attor-ev Burkr ~he said that she had not been prom- ‘eed anv rewar? for testifvine for the tate and that <he hag attornevs Til- 'v Davie of New York ‘est'fied to “eine Sflverman at the Hill a-4 «a'd = had two girls with him. Wh-r ked what he was daine and savin- *he witness said he did not /sesm very mnch stuck on her. This conc’uded the e\lden(‘e for the state and Attornev Burke requested 2 recess which was granted so that he might confer with Silverman, whom he advised to plead guiity. At the conclusion of the recess, the ‘torney told the <court that Silver- man desired to plead guilty and the “an was allowed to do so, and was ‘ed back into the pen, There were two counts against An- nie Smith and she changed her plea ‘o guilty on ore count upon advice of her counsel. Mr. Shields. This was the ~ount charging frequenting and re- siding on August 5th in a house that is or is reputed to be a house of ill fame The other count was nolled. It a'legeq deriving money from the ~arrings of Hattie Gordon. Silverman and Annie Smith were both taken back to jail after court adjourned about 3 o'clock. When court adjourned, the jury was excused till next Wednesday morning. but the court adjourned only to this morning to come in for the sentenc- ing of Si'verman and Annle Smith. It is believed that the case against Abraham Bronstein of New London will be the next one taken up when court comes in Wednesday. He is accused in connection with the house kept by Marle Brown. WATER STORAGE SYSTEM / IN NAUGATUCK VALLEY. Engineer Charles H. Preston, Jr, to Make Complete Investigation and Report. —t Water conservation throughout the Naugatuck valley, a subjéct of great importance o every manufacturing concern using water for factory pur- Pposes, fire protection, the flushing of sewage and numerous other uses, took its initial step yesterday, says the Wa- terbury Republican, when the special committee ?volnlod by the manufac- turers awarded the contract to Engi- neer Charles H. Preston, Jr, of this <ity to make surveyvs, maps, borings, soundings' and finally a detailed report on the entire project, its feasibility, etc., a sum of several thousand dollars from the committes that on Lead Mine brook it will be possible to develop ‘three monster holdin| Or com=\| pensat reservoirs, the approximate &izes and costs being as follows: Reservoir No. 1—Length of pond. 6,660 feet; width, 1,320 fet; depth, 20 féet: area, 200 acres; contents, 2,000,- noo 000 gallons, and cost $110,000. Reservoir No. 2—Length of pond, 10,560 feet; width, 1,320 feet; depth, 30 feet; area, 320 acres: contents, 3,- 150,000,000 gallons and cost 3125 ,000. Reservolr No. 2.—Lensth pond, 11,630 teet.. Wldth. 2,640 feet; depth 80 eet: acres; end mmenu!v 18, ooooon 000 xa.llvns. The cost of this Teservoir is estimated at $584,570, and the total éxpenditure of all three would be_nearly $1,000,000. Betwesn Thomaston end Derby there are many corporations that will be mch benefited By this proposed proj- ect being carried through, for, aside from feeding boilers, there are con- densors, washing machines, automatic ot | sPrinklers, the flushing of sewage and numerous other uses, particularly that of making the Naugatuck river a much ::ayum-;n‘:hury‘a during the four nths o year, June, August and Septemher & ol ———— ON AUTO TOUR. Four North Adams Friends Called on Ensign and Mrs. Wilbur. lgn E. W. Wilbur of the Saiva- tion Army had a pleasant surprise on ‘Wadnesday morning at his home on Otis strest when he had a call from Mr. and Mrs. Renton and Mr. and Mrs. Deans, who wers passing through here on an automobils trip from North Adems. Mbass. They were ail former t_m;uux-tunu- of the ensign and his The party is taking an auto tour in & free and easy way by carrying along some sort of arrangement by which they can camp down by the $1de of the road wherever night over- takes them. Over Tuesday night they stopped between here and Jewett City. (Addltienal Tocal news on page three) Enal HARLAND BRIGADE REUNION' ON ANTIETAM DAY. General Harland of the Eighth Con- necticut Unable to Attend Annual Gathering at Hartford, Nearly 200 veterans of the Civil war and mermbers of their families glfltflnd in Hartford Thursday for reunions of the Sth, 11th and 16th regiments, Con- necticut volunteers, also for a. reunion of Harland's Dbrigade, which included those regiments and the Fourth R. L volunteers. There were se: mem- bers of the latter regiment at the brigade reunion. It was greatly re- gretted that Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, commander of the brigade and now in his 83d year, was unable to be present, owing to {ll health. General Harland went out with the Eighth regiment and is life president of the association. Thursday was the §2d anniversary of the bloody battle of Antletam; and in this Harland’s brigade ted, It has been the custom of these regi- ments to hold their annual reunions on the anniversary of the battle The veterans had a delightful time at their several regimental gatherings, as well as in the general reunion in Grand Army hall, where dinner was served by the Woman’s Relief corps. The brigade reunion was called to order at 1.30 by Capt. Timothy E. Hawley of Hartford, secretary of the Eighth Regifental association. Col, “Charles L. Upham of Meriden, Eighth regiment, was chosen presiding ofllger in the absence of General Har- ian. The veterans of the Eighth met at Nathaniel Lyon post hall at 11 oclock The meeting was called to order by the in the absence of President Harland. Col. Charles L. Upham of Mer- iden was chosen chairman. er Was offered by the :haplun. the 48 com- rades present standing the while at parade rest, and uniting, at the con- clusion of the chaplain’s invocation, in the Lord’s Prayer. There was much quiet enjoyment perceptible throughout the session. Election of officers for the coming year resulted es follows: Vice president: eorge Root, Cm- pany A; Walter Smithson, Company B .Tohn Foster, Company_ C: «Roberi Burke, Company D; e, Com- panyl Lafayette Stow, Company F; C. W. Hall, Company G; Collis M. Ja- cobs,” Company H; John Q. Company 1; George Wilcox, Company K; chaplain, Willam Huntington; color bearer, Thomas Smart. The permanent president is Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, and the permanent secretary Capt. Timothy E. Hawley of Hartford. Hartford was decided ‘upon as the nlace for the next annual reunion. There have been 17 deaths among ‘he survivors of former years since the ast annual reunion in the Eighth. Letters were read from absent mem- bers, also one from <Congressman Thomas L- Rellly, ploye of hoo de af that ciw. died morning af. ter a long ulne.ss. Mr. iterman was born in Cranton R. I, Dec. 7, 1846. He is survived by his wife and two sons. C, Fred Waterman and Percy L. Wa- terman, both of Putnam, Conn., who :hpe.rau the Waterman Worsted mill ere. AT DAVIS THEATRE. - Vaudeville and Photoplays. On®the vaudeville bill at the Davis theatre on Thursday for the midweelk chai were two comedians of the top I class in McNaughton broth:Ts who, brought out bighands when they appeared before the ma and ev- eni houses. In a tramp act in which he displays his varied musical accom- plishments on a number of instru- ments Waells Dcveaux was a favorite number on the bill while the three people who made up Hary Landers & Co.. produced a nevelty in their funny sketch in which the part of the old negroe was very clevely taken. In the films for the picture screen there was enteraining variety that mada this part of the bill very ac- ceptable. Incidents In Society Arthur B. Webb is visiting friends in Harwichport. Mrs. Archibald Mitchell, Jr. spending a few days in New York. is Mrs. G. Wyman Carroll gave an in« formal tea at the golf club Wednes- day afternoon. Mrs. Bela P Learned has returned from a stay of several weeks at the Ben Grosvenor Pomfret Centre The Thursday Auction club met this week with Miss Ethel Worth at her summer home in Neptune Park. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ewing Cock- erell are spepding a few s in town Dbefore going to New Orleans. Mrs. William Adams and Miss Ma- tilda Randall have returned from a visit in Essex making the trip by au- tomobile. Mys. Joseph Hall and family who have been spendl the summer in a camp at Rangely es, dre expected home this week. LAST STEPS IN TROLLEY INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION Tnksn at Meeting of the Milbroak , Company in New York. N’m York, Sept. 17.—The last step in giving trolley companies operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company indépend- ent organization was taken at a meet- ing of the Millbrook Company after the direcfors of the New Haven mi had been in session here today. Sanford, formerly n.gent of ‘was appointed pur- chasing agent of the Millbrook Com- pany and will also buy for the Housa- tonic Power, Berkshire Street Rail way, New York and Stamford Rail way, Westéhester Street Railroad and ‘Westport Water Companies. It was stated that Mr. Sanford will make bis headquarters in New Havem and will endeavor to patronize home in- . director of purchases of have full charge of that department for the New Haven road. The directors of the Central New England Rallroad met and accepted the resignation of James H. Hust! director and viece president, Mr. Hus- tis having been elected president of the Boston and Maine Railroad. In his place was elected J. M. Tomlinson, senanl auditor of the New Haven road. A report made at the mesting of the New Haven directors stated that the nterstate Commerce Commission hoped to begin its valuation work on the New Haven road on April 1 next. t was asserted that the road had al its data ready and preparations made so that the commission would be able to ~roceed mptly. The \o"mvm} directors authorized the appropriation of about $55.670 for the improvement of the siznal syst in the vicinity of New Haven in co nection with the electrical work. contract with a power contpany was approved which will enable the amount of electric traln traffic be- tween New Haven and New York to be materially increased. A Sad Fact, Another sad fact is that most of the bores think they are entertain- ing you.—~Atchinson Globe. CUMMINGS & RING Funeral Directors and Embalmers 337 MAIN STREET Opposite Post Offica ‘Phone 1052-2 Lady Awsistant ————— KO TICE it L' e¥eleane 2".’.1;.“"“.:».“"‘# e wa.h-m °tluh ulun-:“ IM G. 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