Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 22, 1915, Page 6

. PROBATE BUSINESS AT WESTERLY Will of Benjamin F. Underwood Probated—Reuter Flowers Prize Whiners at Two Shows—State Authorities Deal- ing With Jitney Service—Suspicious Fire at Bradford. At & regular sessio. of the Westerly probate court, Judge Edward M. Burke presiding, the will of Benjamin F. TUnderwood, late of Quincy, Ill, a na- tive and former resident of Westerly. and who died here, was admitted to probate. Mr. Underwood was for many years of the editoriel staff of the Quincy Journal and_he named as¥ex- ecutor of the will Henry A. Fry, also of the editorial staff of the Journal, the only member of the staff whose term was_longer than that of Mr. Under- wood. Under the terms of the will the real estate and building at 20 Tower street, Westerly, is given to his broth- er, Orion L. Underwood, who resides here, and the rest and residue of the estaie was left in trust to Mr. Fry in the interest and support of the wife of the testator, she being then under treatment for mental disease in a hos- pital established for the treatment of such diseases. The will stated that the testator had no heirs except his brother Orion and severai nephews and nieces, and that upon the death of Mrs. Underwood all of the estate should go to the brother. Mrs. Underwood has since died and therefore Mr. Fry declined to accept the executorship of the estate. Judge Burke appointed Dr. C. Grant Savage administrator with will annexed and fixed the bond at $6,000 to cover per- Sonal property. The appraisers are Everett E. Whipple, Eugene B. Pendle- ton and James W. Burke. The inventory of the estate of Wil- liam C. Casicori, showing value of $500, was received and ordered record- ed. Petition to mortgage the real es- tate for not more than $500 was grant- ed and the bond was fixed at $500. Affidavit was recelved from the ap- praisers of the estate of Ida E. Sniviey reporting that there was no estate to ‘because there’s a right one for every purpose” appraise and the affidavit was ordered recorded with the estate. The census enumerators have com- pleted their work in Westerly, taken under state direction, and the returns have been filed with Everett A. Kings- ley, who has charge of the work in Westerly, and in about ten days official return will be made to the state di rector of the census. The Rhode I and state census is taken every five years after the taking of the federal census and therefore comparisons can be made in the state every five years. The officials are not making any ad- vance statements, but it is known that Westerly will show a material increase in population during the past five yeers, notwithstanding the fact that there will be a loss of over 100 in the government reservation at Fort Mans- field. The new census will show a population for Westerly of between 10,000 and 11,000, an increase of con- siderable over 1,000 in the past five vears, which indicates a steady and a healthy growth, the largest increase probably being in the Bradford section of the town. At the American rose show recently held in Boston, the S. J. Reuter & Son company of Westerly, with branche: in Norwich and New London, was awarded prizes for these roses: Sun- burst, Prince E C. DeAvenberg and Mrs. Taft, first prizes; and Mrs. Aaron Ward and Mrs. Shawyer, second prizes. t the international flower show in ew York the company received spe- cial prize for the best vase of Mrs. Taft roses. Louis J. Reuter was one of the judges on carnations at the New York show. Henry Robinson Palmer of Stoning- ton, high degree man of Brown univer- sity, and for nearly quarter of a cen- tury connected with the editorial staffs of the Providence Journal and Bulle- tin, and editor of the Brown Alumni Monthly, will speak on A Newspaper- man’s Idea of Agriculture in Rhode Island at the annual round-up insti- tute under the auspices of the state board of agriculture at the opening session. The meeting will be held in Providence next Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday morning, a ternoon and evening. Governo Beeckman will give the address of welcome and introduce Dr.: Palmer. feeting of the Corn Growers' associa- tion and the Alfalfa Growers' associa- tion will foilow. Thursday evening will be devoted to orcharding. Prof. A. E. Stone 1 tal on Recent Developments in Orc li Loveland will Worms, Cut Worms and the Tent aterpillar. Friday morning there will be a ses- sion for the benefit of the dairymen and those interested in the system recommended by veral states in re- laiion to the coun agent. Prof. R. B. Cooley of the state college will talk on Increasing the Returns from Dairy Cattle, and David R. Elder of the col- lege will talk on The County Agent Idea and What It Mea Prof. George E. Adams will speak on Grass Land at the afterncon session. In the even- ing F. W. C. Almy of Tiverton will talk on Practicai Poult:y Keeping, and Prof. D. J. Lambert will give an address on Improving Poultry and _Putting _ the Poultry Business on a Sounder Basis. The jitney service has already at- tained ‘such proportion in - Rhode Isi- and that legislative action regarding its regulation has been started. To & small degree the service was com- menced in this state in Westerly when a driver of a taxicab on his home trip to Ashaway would take position near — Confectioners’, Syrup and Domino (tablets) CRYSTAL Domino SUGAR PropucTs All Pure Cane Sugan. All gealed packages. All weight guaranteed. THEAMERICAN SUGAR REF'G CO. ADDRESS: NEW YORK a trolley car bound to that place and solicit patronage on the basis of the regular trolley fare, five cents for each of the two zones between Westerly and Ashaway. The act now with the Judiciary committee provides that no person or corporation shall carry for pay in any motor-driven vehicle, ex- cept railroads and vehicles running upon rails, unless licensed by the board of public Toads. The license shall be $25 annually and every licensee shall file a bond of $2,000 for each car and $1,000 additional for every passenger seat in each car. Damages may be recovered from the bond. Each jitney is declared to be a common carrier and compelled to come within the jurisdic- tion of the public utilities commission. The license shall specify the route over which the jitney is to be operated and there must be strict adherence to the route. Upon 20 days’ notice to the board of public roads, the route may be changed. Copies of all routes must 500,000 Strong Lined up for your review : by General Service s 7 \ ‘Talk about an army of facts—we have been able to check up the returns from 500,000 Diamond Tires. Just think it over for a minute, ‘This is no puny group of isolated tire i it's a real report from hundreds «of Diamond Tire distributors on tires sold and tires returned for replacement or adjustment, No tire manufacturer. ever dared to speak in public about such a report, let alone offer to place it in the hands of every interested tire buyer. Use the return coupon and receive the compelling tire facts showing tha e Diamond Tire oct of ery hundred for replacement or adjustment. 34x4 36x 37x 12.20 14.00 2000 | 38x5% - Fire ‘book of average but was returned £, Sena { Name.. S ~J i | SN F | = e [ ——=—]] g 194 Muain Street LEEEEE:EEEEE:—:E:——:EE OPENING EXPOSITION Of veee Women’s and Misses” Spring Apparel A Showing of the Season’s Newest Models, to which We extend Every Woman a Personal Invitation, Every Touch of Style DISTINCTIVELY NEW Will be shown during this Exposition *“The Store That Saves and Serves Your Patronage Deserves® $1._TONEW YORK $1. CHELSEA LINE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN NORWICH AND NEW YORK From Norwich Tues: Thurs- | Sundays at 5.15 p. m. Brooklyn B East River, foot Ro Street, Mondays, Wednesday, days, at 6 p. m. F. V. KNOUSE, Agent $1. TO NEW YORK $1. Fri- New York to Porto Rico A Sixteen Day Cruise, includ- ing all expenses, $94.50 Also tickets to Georgia, Florida, Ber- muda and Panama Pacific Exposition John A. Dunmnn AGENT 50 Main Street Auto Repairing and Painting We repair Autos of all kinds in the [ l== Wauregan Block = be flled with the city or town clerks in the cities or towns that tre includ- ed in the route. The jitney may carry more passengers than can be seated, and cities and towns may regulate by ordinance the runnin gof jitneys. The penalty for violation of the law is $1,000. According to the trustees of the Rhode Island company, the jitneys are now cutting down the receipts of the curporation to the extent of about $250 and $300 a day, or at the rate of ap- proximately $100,000 a year. This company claims franchise rights which give exclusive right of highways in carrying passengers for 20 years from 1912, After consultation with the steer- ing committes of the Rhode lsland legislature and with republican party leaders, the house judiciary commit- tee, to the wishes of the recognized party management, Teported the act giving women providential suffrage in the state, with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. The party leaders did not want the com- mittee to make any report, but to pigeonhole the measure. They can do such things in Rhode Island, but not so in Connecticut where every meas- ure referred to a legislative commit- tee, must be reported, either favorably or unfavorably, and be disposed of finally by the general assembly, e stockhouse, and the engine and boiler house of the old quarry of Jo- seph Newall and company, at Brad- ford, with all contents, such as chan- nellfng bars, steam drills, bushings, etc. were totally destroved by a fire discovered about 9 o'clock Saturday night, entailing a loss of about $3,000. ‘At that time the stockhouse was ablaze and the fire soon spread to the boiler and engine house. The barn, which contained a large quantity of hay, was saved. Much valuable material was removed from the stockhouse over a month ago, Officers of the company believe the fire was of incendiary origin and state that three weeks ago a fire was start- ed in the compressing room and a part of the sills of the bullding burned. It is the belief that the party who set the fire relented and extinguished the blaze with water from nearby tubs to be used in case of fre. Local Laconics. George L. Stillman of Westerly had space at the International lower show in New York, city. ~Paul Plerce has returned from Den- ver, Colorado, where he has been em- ployed for two years. Rev. Welcome B, Bates of Mystic and Rev. F. C. A, Jones of Westerly exchanged pulpits Sunday. Mrs,_Caroline Catto has purchased from Orville G. Barber = building and store fixtures at Watch Hill. Deputy Sheriff William H. Casey and sister, Mrs. Timothy Connors, have returned from a trip to Baltimore. The motor-driven truck of the Rhode Island Ones made two quick runs to Dunn’s Corners, Sunday, and subdued threatening brush fires. The marriage has been announced of Miss Irene Barbara Drumhieser, of Shamokin, Pa, and Barl B. Tucker- man, formerly of Westerly. ‘Walter Snyder hes returned from a visit - with friends ~in artford. While in the capital city he attended two sessions of the general assembly. Friends _in Florida remembered friends in Westerly with freshly piok- ed orange blossoms, the fragrant blos- soms arriving on St Patrick’s day. The property of the Crandall broth- ers and the town ferm were endan- gered by a brush fire near Burden pond, Saturday, but prompt work of volunteer fire fighters prevented se- rious damage Charles F. Coon, superintendent of ‘Wilcox park, said Sunday that he felt insulted as he entered the park by the salutation of the pigeons on the Toof of the art room of the Memorial and Library bullding who greeted him with. “Look-at-the-coon! the coon! There was a special meeting of the town council, Saturday night, to con- sider the ordering of ofl for street sprinkling and to use the same before appropriation is made for the pur- chase at the financial town meeting. The annual financial town meeting will be held in May and the election in June. It is fair to presume that the new council will have full mem- bership of seven, aithough the bus ness of the town was transacted by six members during the present term, as one of the members elected was disqualifieq by reason of failure to register as a voter. ‘Willlam Coon, of Ashaway, a new beginning as a motorcycle rider, han- dled the operating lever the wrong way when returning to his home from ‘Westerly, Saturday morning. Instead of shutting off power he turned it on for full speed, in attempting to turn near the Ashaway Woolen company plant. The motorcycle dashed on at full speed and with its driver plunged into the Pawcatuck river. The ma- chine was slightly injured but the only damage to the driver was a cold bath. COLCHESTER Congregational or Addresses Men’s Moeting, Describing Billy Sunday’s Work. Look-at- The morning services of the Con- gregational church were held in the chapel Sunday on account of the lay- ing of the new hardwood floor not ‘being finished. It is hoped that it will bo ready for next Sunday. Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock a service for men only was held in the chapel. John A. Young gave a short address. The pastor, Rev. H. A, Blake, spoke of Bil- ly Sunday and Men. Mr. Blake at- tended some of the services of Mr. Sunday in Philadelphia. Some Billy Sunday songs were sung and there were selections by the orchestra and chorus singing. There was a good attendance. Mrs. F. H, Getchell, who has been caring for her mother, Mrs, Andrew Palmer, in Elmwood Heights for the past two months has returned to her home in Wethersfield. Mrs. O. H. Bingham has taken her place in car- ing for Mrs. Palmer, Willlam H. Button was the guest of friends in North Westchester Sat- urday. John Purcell of Salem was a Col- chester visitor Saturday. R. H, Benjamin of Winsted was a visitor in town last week. BALTIC Braves Defeat the Fire on Pl ‘Warriors—Brush in Hill. The Braves defeated the Warriors in a well played baseball game on Saturday morning by the score of 12- 11, after playing 12 innings. ‘The, Braves want a game with teams un- der 14 years of age. Their lineup is| as_follows: Bertrand ¢, Brown p, Erickson 1b, Drew 2b, Simoneau ss, Allard 3b, Deslandes 1f, Hussey cf, Dumals rf. Address all communications to Peter Deslandes, Box 344, Baltic, Conn. M. H, Donahue and daughter, Mar- guerite, spent the week*end in New York. Jol D. Roy of Willimantio spent Sundgy with his parents. Local Small Notes. Alfred Despathy of Moosup was & ‘visitor in town Sunday. Ell Rouchleau of Yantic spent the week end with his brother, William ‘E._Rocheleau, of North Franklin Mr, and Mrs. Wilfred Bellard of Plainfleld were guests of local friends over Sunday. Joseph Bessette has resigned in the Airlie mills and has moved with his family to Moosup. Arthur J, Roy of High street spent the week end with friends in Worces- ter, Mass. Thomas R. Charon is employed in the Shetucket Worsted mill. Brush Fire, Saturday afternoon Fire Warden Peter Robitaille was called to extin- ‘guish the third brush fire within a week, This time the fire Was near the farm owned by ~ Clarence A. Bailey on Plain Hill. The fire did not extend over a wire area, and the fire warden with his assistants soon had it under control. OBITUARY. George Leavens. Danielson, March 21.—George Leav- ens, one of the oldest residents of Danfelson died at his home on Win- ter street Suncay afternoon. About five years ago Mr. Leavens broke his hip by falling on the ice and since then has been practically confined to his home; his health has been failing for considerable time. Mr. Leavens was born in Killingly, December 3, 1829, and has lived here practically all his life. For 46 years he was en- gaged in business here and was one of the best known dry goods men in Bastern Connecticut, his store being in the bullding that bears his name. Mr, Leavens was the son of Elisha and Hulda Howe Leavens. He leaves one daughter, Helen Howe Leavens. Mrs. Leavens died about 11 years ago. TRAVELING MAN DIES, Henry Cole Develops Pneumonia and s Expires at Hotel. Danielson, March 21.—Henry Cole, 60, of whom little is known excepting that he is a _traveling salesman for a Buffalo, N. Y., house, died suddenly at 8.45 o'clock Sunday night in his room at the Attawaugan hotel while preparations were being made to take him to the Day Kimball hos- pital, at Putnam. Mr. Cole came here on a business trip last Tuesday. He was ill at the time and continued to be so but his condition was not con- sidered dangerous then, even during. the early part of Sunday. He develop- ed pneumonia during the day, how- ever, and his condition became very. alarming. While a physician _and Landlord Steven D. Horton were mak- ing him ready for the hospital, he col- lapsed in his chair and died, his heart probably having failed. The firm for which Mr, %a\e traveled was no- tified by telegraph. Little about him could be learned by letters in his pos- | session. Auto Stolen While Owned Was in! Church. | Darielson, March 21.—A Ford car, Connecticut license L. 1115, and be- longing to Charlie Plerce, was stolen Sunday evening between 7.05 and 8 o’clock on Broad street while the owner was attending service in the Baptist church. Mr. Pierce took the key out of the machine before leaving it but this did not prevent the ma- chine from being taken. The car may be identified by its gray colored slip covers and other marks thta are tella- ble to all police of other cities in EBastern Connecticut and to Rhode Is- land and Massachusetts cities. in General Botha Captures 200 Germans. London, March 21, 8.60 p. m.—A Cape Town despatch to Reuter's Agency Telegram company says officlal an. nouncement has been made that Gen. eral Botna, premier and commander- in chief of the army of the Union of South Africa, has captured over 200 German prisoners and twe fleld guns at Swakopmund, German Southwest Africa. Announcement was made from Lon- don on February 26 that a serious in- vasion of German Southwest Africa had been undertaken by forces of General Botha. THE PEACEFUL PEOPLE OF EUROPE—THE GYPSIES Came to That Continent by Way of Constantinople in Twelfth Century— Whence They Came Uncertain. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., March Eu- rope has still today one utterly peace- ful people, a people peaceful in ac- tion, in intent, and of peaceful con- templation,” says a bulletin just is- sued by the National Geographic so- clety at Washington. ‘“According to press dispatches, this race is the only such race, but then, it is one of the most peculiar peoples in the world's history—the gypsies. “Entering into the life of all nations under the sun, yet a part of no single one; mingling themselves within the highest civilizations, vet unlettered; pilgrims upon an eternal wander- path, yet forever true to the ties of racial blood and to customs whose ori- gin and significance have been fully forgotten, the gypsy is the most mys- terious of all the strange elements of folkdom. “Whence they came has never been settled to a certainty. All manner of fables have been spun to explain their origin. Since they first appeared upon the stage of Europe in the middle ages they have been identified with the Lost Tribes of Israel, the ‘mixed mul- titude’ that followed Moses out of Bgypt, the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Saracens and the Bgyptians. Some have held them to be the Children of Cain, and others have decided_that they were the children of the Wan- dering Jew and_the inheritors of the restless curse of their father. “The gypsies, themselves, have never professed to know who they were or where they came from, but they have shown great readiness to accept the conclusions on this subject of the peo- ple among whom they lived. It was not until the growth of comparative philology and the chance investigation of the gypsies’ tongue in the beginning of the last century, that scientists concluded the gypsies to be a wander- ing lowcaste tribe from northern In- dia. Their language nearly resembles Sanscrit, the foundation tongue of all our western languages which has held itself purest in Indlan sources. “This language they have wonder- fully preserved in the face of over- mastering cultures and eternal wan- dering. This has not been accomplish- Certain- ed by a literature or by a close cor- poration. The gypsies have no litera- ture, ang their language is an unwrit- ten ‘one, while they, themselves, are scattered in small bands over the whole face of the earth, scattered even more widely than the Jew. The gypsy calls himself ‘rom,” meaning man, ‘the man’ of all men. His wife is ‘romni'; his folk-life is ‘Tomnipen’ and his lan- guage is ‘Tomani’. Everyone not of his race come under the generic term of ‘gentile’. “Gypsy-folk present the strangest probiems known to philology and ethnography. An elementary, nomadic folk persisting for centuries in the midst of complex civilizations, they have retained their mhysical charac- teristics, their tribal rules and cus- toms reminiscent of thelr far-distant, extra-Furopean past, their highly in- flected language and their thousand vears of fever for roving. They are absolutely singular ang without close parallel among the peoples of earth. “Gypsy-religion and gypsy-aspira- tion may be summed up In two lines from the works of the German poet, Goethe: ‘To give room for wandering is it That the world was made so wide. “This folk entered Burope by way of Constantinople in the twelfth century, and overflowed into the northern Bal- kans, Hungary, Central and Western Europe, England, and thence to North and South America. The English call- ed them Egyptians, after their su posed orlgin, whence the name ‘gypsy They reached Germany in about 1417 and Englang about 1500. At first they were treated kindly by the western nations, but their strangeness, their unconventionality, their lght-fingered ways, their proneness for fortune-tell- ing, necromancy, black magic and their unwillingnuess for work in_all forms soon called down upon them bit- ter persecution in_Germany, England, France and the Netherlands. In the Balkans, Russia, Hungary and Poland, they were well-treated, and they are found in these countries in great num- bers today. Itl sestimated that Bu- rope has more than 900,000 gypsies.” Middletown.—The factory of Wilcox, Crittenden & company, marufacturers of marines hardware, has started on a 54-hour schedule. To Cure a Cold tn Ome Day take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. " E. W. GROVE'S signa- ture is on each box. ~ 2ac. A man in Jowa got a guarantee on a cheap roofing, but when wanted the guarantee [} made good, the company had disappeared. teed Roofing guarantéed the of bi in writing § years for 1-ply, for z-pms ‘years for s-p;fil At each of our big mills we make the fol- lowing products: sroper manns: Latest Improved Facilities make shop unexceiied in New England. - bake the paint on, which makes + wear better, keep its gloss lengar, #2 will not crack. Why not ha costs no more, 1Benfley-()lm‘ke Auto Co. 88 Main St, Westerly, R. I, yours right? It Diamonds Diamonds Diameonds John & Geo. H.Bliss 126 Main Street Most Cigars are Good— THESE ARE BETTER TOM’S 1-2-3 5c CIGAR GOOD FELLOW 10c CIGAR Try them and see. THOS. M. SHEA, Pron, Franklin St. Next to Palacs Cafe DR. PIZCK EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT, ONLY Removed to 16 ranklin Square, Thayer Zuiiding Hours—930 a. m. to 430 p. m. Saturday evenings 7 to 8 Sunday bv appointment DENTIST DR. E. . JONES Suite 46 Shennon Building Take elevator Shetucket Street en- trance. PLone. WEDGEWCOD BUTTER Prints—Very Fancy ALSO CHOICE TUB AND FINE CHEESE People?lilarket 6 Franklin Street JUSTIN HOLDEN. Propristor 1647 Adam’s ifavern 1861 offer to the public the finest sianderd brands of Beer of Europe and America: Bonemian, Pilsner, Culmbach Bavarian Beer, Bass, Pale and Burton Musr's Scotch Ale Guinness' Dublin _Stout, C. & C. Imported Ginger Ale, Bunker Hill P. B. Ale, Frank Jones' Nourish~ ing_Ale, Sterling Ditter Ale, Anheuser, Budweiser, Schiitz and Pabst. A. A, ADAM, Norwich Town Telephone 447-12 18 Fur and Fur Lined Coats Left and will be sold regardless of cost. Come in and see if your size is in the lot. We want to clean up on this year’s stock. THE L. L. CHAPMAN CO0. 14 Bath Street, Norwich, Ct. WHEN YOU NEXT NEED COAL TRY CALAMITE A Different Kind of Coal J. 0. PECKHAM 62 Broadway. Phone 402 DR. C. R. 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