Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1914, Page 6

Chief of Police Brown Suggests Watchfulness Against Holi- byWeekagluo—TwoAnubchkaKifl:n bmydmma Barroom Raids— Christmas Business Gwd—m.uexo:mw ‘Wheeler to Rebuild at Pleasant View. - Police Chief Brown is urging West- erly merchants to guard well - their cash during the present busy buying season and not to depend whnolly upon police protection against possible bur- glars and sate breakers. He says the few patrolmen will guard p: ses as best they can and be on the alert for suspicious characters, but must of ne- cessity guard a large terrilory. In larger places thieves work successfully in spite of what is believed to be an adequate and efficient police force, and there is no reason why successiul thievish operation dould not be done in Westerly. Burglars, expert in thelr line, readily enter bujldings in well- policed cities and are liable to do iike- wise in Westerly, hence Chief Brown's warning. For the accommodation of merchants, the banks of Westerly re- main open on Christmas eve to receive Gepusits. Congressman- Peter Goelet, reprs- senting the Second congressional dis- trict, of which Westerly is & part, and which also includes a section of the city of Providence, will repeat his be- nevolent act of a year ago and give a Christmas dinner to over 1,200 children in Infantry hall, Providence. This vear’s event will be on the same lines as last Christmas, except that the mothers may accompany the children and share in the congressman’'s hospi- tality, Santa Claus will welcome the children and help keep them In good humor while the big turkey dinner is n progress, and will didtribute the -esents to each child at the conciusion the feast. Music will be furnished Fay's band, and the programme 11 include a long list of children’s as well as the latest popular eces, and the diners will be given pportunity to sing to each. As a result of the recent police raids on kitchen barrooms in Westerly and the subsequent confiscation of the seized and destruction of the same, after a hearing in the Third ict court, Chief of Police Thomas own arrested Frank Murano and la. They were arraign- ed bfl'm‘o Judge Oliver H. Williams in | the Third district court, charged with | keeping liguors with intent to sell same. Both entered pleas of not guilty. The hearing was continued tp one week . Fr a'v\ New Year's day. Y;t)nd of $100 for ap- Local Laconics. _The public schools of Westerly will today (Wednesday) and reopen 4. There is {ce in the Pawcatuck river, but it is not stron= enough for skating purposes. common. with all others, the post- employes of Westerly are unusu- xt stated session of the Third co“rt in Westerly will be on w Year's day. ‘While there is no legal “posting” in ‘Westerly saloons, Chief Brown’s word to the wise is sufficient. The federal government has allotted ‘Children COry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA Auto Repairing and Pamlmg We repair Autos of ali kinds in the proper manner. Latest Improved Facilities maxe cur shop unexceiied in New England. We bake the paint on, which it wear better, keep its gloss lengar, and wll not crack. Why not have costs no inore. Bentley~Clarke Auto 83 Main Ste Westerly, R. I, yours right? It Co. $50,000 to the Rhode island Agricul- tural college at Kingston. . Lewis Stauton, acecn officer, says that Westerly is tree from contagious disease at the present time. B A large lot of naidve .urkeys was sold at wholesale in a local market Tuesday at 40 cents a pound. Miss Desdamona Heiurw«h of Lasell seminary is the guest of Albert Fehmer and family in Narragansett avenue. The People’s mission is soliciting for anything that will aid to bring good cheer to the noor at Christmas time. A leaky can of olive oil in a. parcel post pouch damaged or destroyed sev- eral packages consigned to Westerly neople. Michael Connell and C., W. Miller of Westerly form one-ninth of the poultry class, 1914, of the Rhode Isl- and State college. Mrs, Lucy P. Wheeler of East Hart- ford has awarded the contract to build a new cottage at Pleasant View (o re- g]ace the one recently destroyed by re. Though- there are many out of em- ployment in Westerly, many of the merchants report that business com- pares favorably with that of a yea: ago. Fire* Chief Cottrell and Assistant Coyle have been visiting presises ou a tour of inspection in the interest of prevention of fires. Suggesiion is made that they visit the cellars in the busi- ness center. The republican members-elect of the next Rhode Island general assembly will hold a caucus at the state capitol next Monday. At that time Represent- ative-elect Francis G. Haswell will get his initial conception of Rhode Island statesmanship. When the snow comes, chains will be placed on the tires of the motor- driven fire apparatus and Chief Cot- trell is seeking the best device to keep .he wheels from the ficor while the apparatus is standing in the fire house, in order to lengthen the life of the air- filled rubber tires. Rev. ¥. C. A. Jones conducted the funeral service of James T. Stott a! “ic home in Cros- street Tverd~v »f- ternoon, a large number of friends be- alleL.ance. .urial was at «..er end. The earers were Frank W. cwey. John Given, Charles F. Berry nd Howard Tefft, At the annual meeting of the Itallan Citizens’ club of Westerly Peter Rose was elected president, Frank Bruno treasurer and Frank Tuscano secre- ary. The club has a membership of 70 full-fledged voters and is non-par- tisan, which is almost meaningless in republican Westerly. POQUONNOC Legislature Must Decide About Re- moval of 200 Bodies from Ancient Cemetery. Capt. Percy Morgan, Willlam S. Thomas and Cyrus Avery, acting for the Smith Lake Cemetery association, recently met the committee composed of C. Tyler Iandphere, C. P. Fitch and Frank Johnson, appointed at a recent meeting of the warden and bur- gesses to attend to the matter of re- moving the bodies in Smith Lake cemetery. At present about 200 are there. No decision was arrived at. Many of the stones have fallen over, some graves are not marked and it would be imvossible to say with any degree of certainty whose bodies some of the graves contained. These must all be named before permits for the removal will be issued, unless the leg- islature consents to a wholesale re- moval without specifying the aames. Every body will be given a lot in the new cemetery, Some of the graves there are more than 200 years old. The removal is to clear the water- shed of the borough of Grotom, sit- uated in Poquonoc. Conductor Branch 1l Conductor John Branch of the Grot- on and Stonington line is confined to his home by sgrip. 5 o ——— o] —————a|——— 0| /& sice oYample, fhg g lLast Few Days of OQur g I Third Anniversary Salel =10 Saturday closes this Money Saving Opportunity ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS FOR CHRISTMAS COATS SUITS DRESSES SKIRTS USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Formerly | i =] Formerly up to $18.50 Anniversary Price Formerly up to $2850 Anniversary Price Formerly up to $1250 Anniversary Price Anniversary Price FURS MIEIERS . ..o i b S0 el s $8.45 $1.95 $3.98 $1.89 up to $350¢ $6.50 and up .. 98c and up PETTICOATS, $1.98 (Jersey Tops) ANNIVERSARY TAGS on all Garments Wauregan Block, THE PLACE THAT SAVES AND SERVES YOUR PATRONAGE DESERVES a i S s { scorched ths homes of Dr. Charles Allen and Moses, Linell across the street and caused considerable dam- age to the poles, wires and a $0-pair cable of the Southern New England Telephone company. A number of firms were burned out losses by water, the total damage be- ing estimated at trom $15,000 to $20, 000, partly covered by insurance. Started in Snlhbul'y Block. e respond, and they came quickly, the Salisbury block, where the fire orig- inated, was wrapped in flame and there was little chance of any depart- ment saving it, no matter how effi- cient. attention of the firemen ‘was devoted to saving the adjoining structures and with considerable suc- cess, though tae Bellevance building was gutted and will have to be prac- tically rebuilt. The Hyde bullding, on the other side of the blazing Salie- bury building, fared better, though one wall was so scorched as to cause the bricks to peel and the cornices were damaged. There will also be a slight loss by water to tenants in this building. May Have in Candy The cause of the fire was undeter- mined Tuesday, but is believed to have originated in the rear of the James Paris candy kitchen, in the Salisbury block, a two story wooden structure. Bellevance Heaviest Loser. When the blaze was discovered it had eained big headway and %vas al- ready giving evidence of the damage to follow. DBesides the Paris candy kitchen the firms in the Salisbury block were O. F. Cardinal, a fish deal- er; Wilfred Larcse, lunch, pool and bowling alleys: Benjamin F. Tucker. jeweler and watch repairer. There was little of value it is stated on the second floor of the buildi~e which has been used for stoa pr=rAvey ™ the Rellevance build're am Pellevance, the owner. had a store in which he carried a valpable stock of cigars, tobacco. newspapers, toys, nc- tigns and many other lines and he wiil be the heaviest losér, though he car- ries some insutance. His nlace of business was wrecked and his fi.oak of gonds rvined by the fire Dr. Fortai~e had an office in the Relle- vance building and suffered <evere Aarmage to his rroperty. Edward Valliant. a <hce revairer. also had his place of buciness in the Bellevance building, in the vear. Hyde Building Tenants, In the Hyde building tepants S, Abrahams. tailor. and M. C.” Motf. grocer. All Hallows council, K. of C.. has its council chamber on the sec- o~d floor of this huilding. The firms doing business in the Salisbury block ~f whici: vnly the celiar remains. were wiped out. Mr. Bellevance and S tenants fared little better, though there is a chance for a small amount of salvage for them. The Hyde block firms’ losses were exceedingly slight. Cracked Hydrant Burst. The bursting of a hydrant. not far from the burning buildings, caused se- rious loss of valuable time to the fire- men, within a few minutes after they began their fight This hydrant has been cracked in its casing for months. it was stated in Moosup Tuesday. and it withstood the heaviest pressure of the water flowing through it for only a few minutes before giving way and throwing forth a geyser that was.of no benefit. Valuable Time Lost. ‘While this emergency was being met by closing the gate in the Cranska mill yord, this forced action putting other hydrants out of service, the fire swept through the doomed build- ngs with added fury. New lines of hose were run from beyond the cut- out gate sat the Cranska mill and ancther the long distance from the Union mill by the firemen and the oattle resumed. Two hours of hard wml—k brought the fire well under con- trol. In, the meanfime the Dr, Allen and Tinell homes across the street were scorched, the Allen place suffering much the worst, as the whole front now shows that the building was on the point of blazing. Telephone Cable Melted Off. } ., During thé fire a 50-pair cable of ‘he S. N. E. Telenhone company run- ri~e along the rear of the. burning "rh s and near the railroad melt- 4 a number of distributing put out of service. In the burning buildings poles s of the company were s and will probably have ed. reteristic energy and effi- Insn\.) the telephone people had a big force of ¢ e and linemen in Moosup from Nrc ch, Danielson and other vlaces early in the mornine and the work of rerairing commenced at once. Vany of the wires were back in ser- vice by noon and the service was completely restored in the afternoon. Will Probably Rebuild. There was difficultv Tuesday in as- certaining what the net losses will be. Some of the firms are insured. others are not. The Buildings were protected by insurance. E. E. Salisbury. owner of one of the buildings, said Tuvesday afternoon that his loss on his build- ing is $6,000, the insurance on the structure being half that amount— $3.000. The Salisbury building was badly damaged by fire once before, about five years ago. Mr. Salisbury says he will probably rebuild, but on Tuesday had not definitely decided ust what his plans for the future will be. Mr. Bellevance will have the damage to his building repaired. Suspicious Circumstances, There are certain susficious cir- cumstances about the fire that are | beinz investigated, it is said, but just ! what these things are were not given roun None of the firms occupying the i buildings can figure out how the fire ‘s(arled and it is possible that Moosup ‘h&s a firebug. !HEAVY STORMS HINDER ' MEXICAN , CONFERENCE | General Scott Says Whole Country ls Under Water—Travel Is Difficult. ‘Washington, Dec. 22.—General Scott, chief of staff of'the army, who was sent (o Naco to endeavor to re- strain .the warring Mexican factions from continuing hostilities which would endanger life and the American side of the bords egraphed Secretary Garrison from Naco under date of noen teday as follows: “Heavy three days’ storm: whole country under water, travel most dif- ficult. Maytorena unable to get to are another appoin hone Ch’rter 1361 We have the following cars on our salesroom floors for immediate delivery: 6-40 Phaeton, 6-40 Convertable Roadster, 6-54 Phaeton, 6-54 Sedan, 6-54 Limousine. The 1915 Hudson Siz-40 Landeu Limousing Proce 3700—F. 0. b, Desross GEORGE D. KNOX, Hudson Distributor, 344 Pearl St.; Hartfor" Conn. B Liot at Ha.tfard Auto Show, S or Pl EXPOSURE CAUSES SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE Alleged Slayer of a Deputy Sheriff and a Boy at Oakley, W. Va. Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 22.—In a state of collapse from fatigue and exposure, Mat Jarrell, alleged slayer of a deputy sheriff and a nine-year-old boy at Oakley, last night, surrendered late today to the authorities of Boone county and was placed in jail at Mad- ison. Deputy Sheriff Silas F. Nance was killed instantly in a revolver duel with Jarrell, whom he attempted to arrest for drunkenness. Bullets from Jarrell's revolver are said to have struck Henry Ratcliffe, nine; Mrs. Josephine Wines and Belle Adams. Ratcliffe died late today. The women are wounded seriously, it is reported. Jarrell, sentenced to serve six months for “pistol-toting,” was paroled re- cently by Governor Hatfield. FREIGHT STEAMER ASHORE ON MASSACHUSETTS COAST Revenue Cutter Acushnet and a Wrecking Tug Are Alongside. Hyannis, Mass, Dec. 22.—The freight steamer Lansing, bound for New York from Porthmouth, N, H., in tow of the steamer Bayview, grounded on Dogfish bar off Bass river oday, having been blown by a south- erly gale from an anchorage north- west of Handkerchief Shoal during the night. At low water the Lansing was well up on the bar and was list- ing heavily to port. The revenue cut- ter Acushnet and a wrecking tug were alongside and were prepared to at- tempt to float the Lansing on the eve- ning tide. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A DEPUTY SHERIFF Was Active in Snforzement of Maire Liquor Law—Foul 7lay Is Feared. Island Falls, Maine, Dec. 22.—Dep- uty Sheriff Harry C. Hillman, whe has been active in the enforcement of the prohibitory liquor law, has disap- peared and county officials today ex- pressed a fear that he had been kid- napped or murdered. A laborer who is said to have made threats against the deputy because of many liquor seizures has been detained on sus- picion. Hillman was last seen at 8 o’clock last night. He told his family that he was going to return to a foreign resident a box of liquor Seized by mis- take and that he would be back home in fifteen minutes. His fallure to re- turn led to a search of houses in a section of the village occupied by tan- nery employes, but no trace of him was found. GERMAN AVIATOR THREW THREE BOMBS INTO DOVER of the And Reconnoitred Position British Fleet. Berlin, Dec, 22 (By wireless to Sayville, L. L)—“The German navy aviator, Lieutenant Stephen Von Prondzynski flew over Dover and threw three bombs and reéonmoitred the position of the British fleet. “Russian courts martial in Poland have hanged numerous Jews. “At Sunderland (England) the pop- ulace destroyed German shops. The police made no arrests. “Lisbon reports that 25 members of the - Portuguese Unionist party have given up their seats as a protest against the war.” One and One-Quarter M Sent Out Suncay an Chicago, quarter million pounds of parcel post mail were sent out by the postoffice here Sunday and Monday, double the quantity handl sald today by This figure does not include incom- ing mail. The local postoffice today was com- pelled to purchase in haste 175,000 gunny sacks, as the supply of malil sacks was exhausted. ENORMITY . OF CHICAGO PARCEL POST BUSINESS Dec. 22—One and one- last year. it was 'ostmaster Campbell. Winter Cruises from New York to the American mm-fifi)fllllfl. GENERAL OFFICES, Pier 14, E.R.N. Y. or any Rallroad Ticket Office or Authorized Tourist Agency Every Day Needs Look ahead and in your Christmas shopping decide to buy something practical and useful erydayoftheyw We would not urge you to depart from this policy except to pro- vu'le the children with things necessary for healthful out-of-door winter exercises. evenings. Hawnm"u at one time tbe Ha.rdware Electric Toys ~ The Eaton Chase Company Km:hon Wate Thermometers Percolators mmua'hfl m Haatm‘g ;nd -Plumbing 92 Franklin Street - Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, . PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, if. West Main Straet, Norwich, Conmn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packiang. Phone 581 is as essential in modern house as electricity is to lighting. We guaren- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert’' wornmen at the fariest rices. Ask us for plans and prices. J F. TOMPKINS 67 Went M Suee GOAI. AND LUMBER Mr. Farmer, Are You Shy on Sheds? Why leave your farming nplements - exposed to the wveather, while our stock in- ‘everything necessary for the construction of weatherproof sheds, at ‘owest prices? The Edward Chappell Co. COAL Free Bur in3 Kinds and lutlgh ALWAYG IN STOCK A. D. LATHROP Office—cor. Market and Shetucket Sta. Teleohone $§3-13 ALAMIT COAL “THE BRIGHT KIND” JOHN 0. PECKHAM 68 Thames St. 52 Broadawy MISS M. C. ADLES Hair, Scalpand Facs Specalis! HATS FLATTEN THE HAIR In a way very unbecoming to mest women. Miss Adles, by means of the High Crown Coronet, builds up the hair in & stylish, natural, ‘way. lzll@ Stock of Hair—Any Shade Matched. 306 Main St. -uuwm Telephone 652+4 —————————————————— CHRISTMAS will soon be here and our new stosk of PERFUMES, CANDY and CIGARS is now open for inspection and selec tion. Come in and look around st your leisure. Dunn’s Pharmacy 50 Main Street D. J. SHAHAN, M. D. : 317 Main Street NMhflmn. 2t03and 708 pom MAHONEY BROS. Hack, l..iuu and Boarding muamus : We guaiantee our service to be the b-t. ‘thy most reasonable