Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 3, 1915, Page 6

Will Mark Tomorrow, State Independence Day—Farm Bu- reau Being Organized—Plans for Arbor Day, May 14— High School Honors Announced. At the Rhode Island State college there was a meeting Friday after- noon_of the executive committees of the Washington and Kent County Farmers' assoclation, when prelimi- nary formation was made of the Southern Rhode Island Farm bureau, to carry along the county agent plan as advocated by the extension depart- ment of the state college. There will be & general meeting soon to ratify a permanent organization. Sumner Mowry, of South Kingston, was elect- ed president, with a vice president from each town in the district, as fol- lows: Kingstown, S. Frank Tefft, Ham jlton; South Kingstown, BE. A. Mal- Jette, Kingston; Hopkinton, Charles F. Kenyon: Charlestown, George C. Cross, Cross Mills® Westerly, Louis J. Reu- ter; Ni ett, T. Elliott Tucker; Slocum, Stephen A. Sweet; Richmond, Roy Rawlings, Wyoming:; Bast Green- wich, Walter Devoe; Warwick, Albert Cole, Apponaug; West Warwick, F, L. Vaughn, East Greenwich; Coventry, W. T, Lewis, Anthony; West Green- wich, Charles S. Brown, Greene, Pro- fessor A. E. Stone, hear of the exten- sion service at the State college, was elected secretary of the bureau, and Herbert Barton of Warwick was made treasurer. The executive board con- sists of president secretary-treasurer, and Philip A. Money of Exeter, C. Pal- mer Chapman of Westerly, Oliver C. Straight of Anthony and Willlam H. Godfrey of Apponaug. The society voted to make the mem- bership dues 50 cents per year, and it is the intention to increase the mem- bership to 1,000 by the first of July. The extension department of the State college_is havinb bulletins printed on Farm Bureau and the County Agent, which will be ready for distribution in & few days and will be mailed to all who apply. A constitution will also be adopted for the new body and any resident or property holder in the district is eligible to joim, The state legislature appropriated $3,000 for this work within the state, and as there will be three districts, one-third of the amount will go to the Kent and Washinfton County associa- tion. It will, however, be necessary to raise a llke amount and to this end the promoters of the project have set to work. Every town in the dis- trict will be petitioned at its financial town meetings to appropriate sufficient sums to meet the necessary outlay. The permanent organization will be effected soon, and there must be at least two members from each town before organization can be completed. Friday, May 14th, will be Arbor day in Rhode Island and under the amend- ed law its observance is compulsory in all public schools of the state. The act was repealed which made Arbor day a legal holiday for schools and was placed in the same category with Flag day and Rhode Island, days on which schools are required to observe with appropriate exercises. Arbor day still remains a legal holiday except in =o_far as it relates to schools. Here- tofore the schools could dismiss for the day, but now every school must assemble for regular session and every pupil who does not attend will be recorded as absent. Walter E. Ranger, commissioner of public schools. has issued a pamphlet which provides a complete programme for the schools, with many suggestions for varied ex- ercises, _In the selection of grand and petit jurors for the May term of the United States district court, which convenes in Providence, May 25, Westerly was not given any consideration, although Charles Redford, of Pawtucket, for- merly of Westerly, was named a grand juror. The grand jury is made up of seven from Providence and Pawtucket furnishes 6, Tiverton 2, Coventry 2 and Cranston 5. posed of 7 from Providence, 10 from Pawtucket and Cranston furnishes 9, Tiverton & Charlestown 1 and Coven: try 6. James M. Pendleton, manager of the Westerly branch of ~the Industrial Trust company, will preside at the first of a_series of interscholastic debat in Westerly High school hall | this (Monday evening in competition for the silver cup offered by the 'Brown club of Providence and for which six Itigh school teams will compete, the cup to be the property of’the school winning three times. The question for debate is Resolved,. That the United States Should Own and Operate the Telegraph, and the teams to debate will represent the Classical high school of Providence in the negative and the Westerly high school in the affirma- tive. The judges will be Rev. Edward Holyoke of Providence, President How- ard Ed 1s of the State college and Chauncey E, Wheeler of The time limit has expired for wri ng the essays for the prizes offered to pupils of the Westerly public schools by Phebe Greere Ward chaj ter, Daughters of the American Re olution, on the subject of Forestry. The essays were handed in on Satur- day for the consideration of the judges and it is probable that the winners, second, will be announced The judges are Ethan Wil PAINFUL ECZEMA ON BABY'S NECK And Arms. Broke Out in Water Blis- ters. Clothing lrritated. Would Scream When Bathed, Cuticura Frees From Eczema, Jefferson; Me.—“When my baby was two months old eczema broke out on her in water blisters. Her neck and under the arms were affected most. They broke open and would not heal and were very painful at times. Her clothing irritated when ever it came in con- tact with the sore places. She would scream when we bathed her. “They said it was eczema. I sent for 3 free sample of Cuti- cura Soap and Oint~ ment and could see an improvement after the first application. I bought more and before T had ysed the Soap and one box of the Ointment she was free from the ecze- ma.” (Signed) Mrs. Frank Tibbetts, October 27, 1914. Sample Each Free by Mail ‘With 82-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard “Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos- | ton.” - Sold taroughout the world. The petit jury is com- | cox, Miss Fannie Holmes and Mrs. Hlisha Burdick. Phebe Greene Ward chapter, Daugh- ters of the Amerioan Revol n, will hold a formal tion in observance of the Rhode Island Declaratton of In- dependence Tuesday, May 4, in The Rhode Island. A programme wili be rendered, after which tea will be served. The chapter asks that the national flag be generally displayed on that day, . Local Laconics. Rev. Joseph L. Peacock entertained his father from Pawtucket, last week. Trilby, the peg{-com man, has ar- rived at Watch Hill from his winter home in St, Petersburg, Florida, Forty motorcycles and sidecars of the Providence Motorcycle club, made the run from Providence to Westerly and return, on Sunday. Mrs. Stephen W. Collins of Watch Hill, was stricken with apoplexy Fri- day afternoon. She was resting com- fortably Sunday afternoon. The May Day breakfast at Christ ‘Episcopal church, an old-time Wester- ly custom, was omitted Saturday for the first time since ts inception. During the past quarter the Memo- rial Aid soclety of the Pawcatuck Bap- tist church contributed $26 and Mrs. A. K. Witter $5 to the Lieuoo hospital fund for China. The several companies of the Wes- terly fire department and the 'Westerly Veteran Firemen’s association will vis- it the East Greenwich Fire company, Saturday night. Miss Carrie Arnold will start today for California and visit the expositions. Before returning she will visit rela- tives residing in the northwest sec- tion of the United States. ‘The published report that Charles H. Potter, lately deceased, had $400 sewed in _his clothing and that a few days before he died he told his brother Jesse to get that money to defray expenses, is authoritatively denied. ‘William W. Tapley, a summer cot- tager at Watch Hill, has been appoint- ed fire commissioner for the city of Springfield, Mass. He is the son of George W. Tapley. brother-in-law of the late Colonel Thomas D. Sheffield, of, Pawcatuck. Rev. Joseph L. Peacock, librarian of the Westerly public library, leaves today for Los Angeles, California, to attend the annual meeting of the ‘American Library association and will incidentally visit the big expositions and some friends en route, The funeral of Miss Anna Riley was held Saturday with a mass of requiem in the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception. Rev. Father Bruno was eele- brant. Burial was in St. Michael's cemetery. The bearers were Edward Fenelon, Harold Miner, Ronald Dove, Raymond Burke, James Dowd and Russell Duguid. Homor announcements of the Wes- terly high school have been made for the quarter as follows: 'W. A. Kenyon, Esther Peterson, seniors ;Edwin Allen, Ida May Barber, Gertrude Gaffney, Julia Healey, Mary Jolly, juniors: Harold Barker, Margaret Crockett, Ruth Edwards, Alfred C. Havens, May Cusihng Howard, Ella Maggs, Fran- cis Money, Russeil Potter, Selena Veal, sophomores; Mary Damarel, Ruth Pe- terson, Margaret Smith, Irene Staple- ton, Elizabeth Tillinghast, freshmen. The local fire companies will ob- serve Firemen's Memorial day, June 13th, a committee of arrangements having been chosen as follows: John M. Himes, William Pendleton, Sr., Wil- am Snyder, veteran fireten Howard Swan, Thomas Totten, Nelson Himes, Rhode Island Ones: Harry Johnson, Charles Brown. Edward Wilcox, Alert Hook and Ladder company; Cornelius Shea, Cha J TVells, William Pendle- lones. John M. Himes was secretar MYSTIC Plans Being Made for Memorial Day— May Breakfast Clears Over $20—En- gagement Announced. Already preparations have begun in Mystic for Memorial day. Latham camp, S. of V., will help Williams post in work that is to be done. Rev. H. 8. Foster of the Noank Baptist church has inviteq Williams post,- G. A. R, ‘Williams Relief corps, Latham camp, 8. of V., and Phebe Packer Rathbun tent, D. of V., and Liberty council and Betsy Ross council, D of A, to attend divine service at his _church Sunday morning, May 30. On Monday the sol- diers’ graves in the outlying cemeteries will be decorated in the morning. In the afternoon, headed by Mystic Cor- net band, the societies will gather at the monument, where exercises will be held; then march to Elm Grove ceme- tery, where the graves of soldiers will be visited. May Breakfast Proves Profitable. The May breakfast given by the young ladies of the Congregational church Saturday morning was a com- plete success and over $20 was realized from their efforts. The menu consist- ed of fruit, cereal, bacon, eggs, fish- cakes, rolls and coffee. The commit- tee in charge was Misses Ellen Holmes, Edna Wheeler, Louise Paige, Eliza Denison, Annie Rathbun, Joahana Burnett, Edith Rathbun, Julla Foote, G&neva Rathbun end Barbara McDon- ald. Engagement Announced. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bellis of Duri- dee, N. Y. announce the engagement of Mrs. Bellis’ daughter, Harriett Mae Glower, to Waiter Elwood Wilcox of Mystic, son of Mr. and Mrs, George W. Wilcox. Persona! Mention. Mrs. C. H. MoNear of Boston is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Pitcher, for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnston and son, Charles Johnston, have returned from an_automobile trip to Virginia. Mr, and Mrs. George Morgan have returned to Galveston, Tex., after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mac- Donald. E. Winfield Gaskell has returned from a visit in New York. Frank N. Gillfillan of New Britain spent Sunday with his family on BEast Main street. Harry Hoxie of New York end John H. Hoxie of Boston are guests of their mother, Mrs. John H. Hoxie. Hiram Burnett and family of New York have arrived at their summer home on CIlift street. §. 8. Brown MacKenzie and Louis F. Barstow spent Sunday in Ledyard. Blocks in London Traffic. Since s0 many London omniouses went on active service in Franc- tre trafic problem of the metropolis has not becn nearly so acute. StopTages of traffic have been quite unusual amd ic was a_matter of eurprise recent'y .o see a line of twenty-four ‘Luses stretching from Ludgate Hill to Fet- ter lane. Such a block has not veen seen in_Fleet street for.Iuany-moutis, WESTERLY D. A. R. TO CELEBRATE and satisfactorily. YOUR one you get. can give. THE WAY TO PROPERLY SELECT is to have one of our experts fit you to the corsets which were designed for your figure—for them to see that in size and proportions ‘“the” model of the many is the In this way you will be able to enjoy that great comfort which perfectly fitting corests alone EXPERT FITTER IN ATTENDANCE The Nemo Hygienic-Fashion institute This Is “Nemo” Week and NEMO Nemo Hygienic- instructions, righty responsible? of style or health? KOPSERVICE Corsets. Are You Completely Satisfied— with the corset you are wearing? Have you convinced yourself that it gives you the utmost style, comfort and wear possible to any corset? Are you free from all the pains and aches for which corsets are frequently Is the corset you are wearing ac- complishing some good effect either If the answerito any,jor all, of these questions is ‘“NO,” come to our Corset Department this week— “Nemo Week” and let us show you the NEMO and great variety of styles and sizes—$3.00 up. “Nemo Week Special” wiwiin 3399 The Boston Store Is “Nemo” Headquarters OUR CORSET SERVICE If a “Nemo” or a “Kopservice” has been proprely selected it can fit in one way and in one way only—it can wear in only one way—and that is, comfortably We have them in a NORWICH TOWN Mr. and Mrs. Orrin M. Price Mar- ried Forty-seven Years—Royal Bar- rows Dead at Vernon—Michael Sha- han Reaches France, Today (Monday) is the forty-sev- enth anniversary of the marriage of ‘Mr. and Mrs, Orrin M. Price of Wight- man avenue. Both are vigorous and actively engaged and interested in life and its work as if a score of years younger, Miss Frances McIntyre of Hartford was the recent guest of friends on ‘West Town street. Mrs. George Geer of Plain Hill re- turned Saturday after a visit of sev- eral days with friends in Providence. Miss Mary D, McNally has returned to her home on West Town street after visit three weeks’ with Hartford friends. Mrs. Frank Gardner of Noank spent part of last week with Mrs. Thurston B. Barber, at her home on Peck’s Corner. ! Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wasalewski moved last week to the place on Wau- wecus street formerly occupied by Gideon Dickenson, Stanley Dickenson, who is staying up-town to finish out the Academy school year, spent the week end at his home on Bear Hill, Bozrah, Mrs. John Ryan and her son, of West Town street, were in Valley Falls, R. I, over Sunday to attend the funeral of her nephew, William Ryan. Mrs. Mary Hall has returned to her home in Yonkers, N. Y., after a few weeks’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Fenton' of the Canterbury turnpike. = Mr. and Mrs,_ Bell of Hackensack, N. J., have rented the house at 271 Washington street owned by G. L. Randall and will move there during the week . Miss Nellie Connell, who teaches in Mystic ‘came Thursday to her home on West Town street to remain over Sunday, attending the teachers’ con- ventton held in the city Friday. The Norwich Town Green was a lively place Saturday afternoon with tennis in one part and a game of baseball between the Englewood team from the city and the Norwich Town ‘Warriors. Maurice Gay of Town street has been in Brooklyn, N. Y., for several days, the guest of his brother, L. Stan- ley Gay, a student at Pratt institute. ‘While there he attended the three days’ exhibit of architectural designs. Death of Royal Barrows. Rev. J. O. Barrows of West Town street has received word of the death of his only surviving brother, Royal Barrows of Vernon, and with his daughter, Mrs. D. W, Avery will at- tend the funeral in Vernon today (Monday). Michael Shahan in France. The Misses Shahan of West Town street received on Thursday a cable- gram from their brother, Michael Sha- han, announcing his safe arrivak in the port of Marseilles, France, after 13 days’ passage. Birthday Postcard Shower. Mrs. George Rogers of Wauwecus Hill was remembered on her birth- day, which occurred a week ago with a number of choice gifts and a shower of 55 postcards. England has 14,152 telegraph offices and last year handled 87,000,000 mes- sages, & RAILROAD SITUATION IN THE NEAR EAST Some ©of the Interesting Difficulties Resulting From the German Bag- dad Line. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., May 2—One of the international . complications that is regarded in many quarters as hav- ing contributed .something to the gen- eral feeling of bitterness which cul- minated in the present war in Kurope was the raiiroad situation in the Near Bast. In today’s daily statement of the National Geographic Sociéty con- cerning the geography of the Euro- pean war an interesting picture of the international difficulties growing out of the building of the German Begdad Railroad is given. The statement is as follows: “Some years ago there was devel- oped in Berlin a plan looking to construction of a ~railroad from the capital of the Teuton empire to the Persian Gulf. This road was planned to pass through Asia Minor, thence across the Euphrates to the Tigris pass Niniveh and Bagdad to the Persian Gulf at Bassorah. This road was to form an all-rail route from the Baltic Sea to the Persian arm of the Indian Ocean. It was to open up Southeast- ern Asia for Germany as India hed long before been opened up by England and Northern Asia by Russia. “When the Germans entered upon their stupendous scheme, which was the first effort ever made to open up this vast territory, they immediately found themselves running counter to the wishes and purposes of other na- tions, and the result was a long ee- ries of diplomatic inter-changes which finally led the Germans to abandon their purposes of building through to the Gulf of Persia and to accept Bag- dad as the Asiatic terminus of the German road. “The first steps in the evolution of the German Bagdad Railway were taken in 1883, when a group of Ger- man financiers, backed by the Deut- sche Bank, sought and obtained a con- cession from Turkey for the construc- tion of a railway from Ismidt to An- gora, Ismidt a port on Marmora Sea and ‘Angora a trade center in the heart of Asia Minor. This was to be the first link in the great. railway system which was to open the riches of the East to industrial Germany. German diplomacy in the years following this first concession was successful in es- tablishing_the most cordial relations Detween Wilhelmstrase and the Sub- lime Porte. ‘“The railway to ‘Angora was next extended by a branch to Konia, in southeastern Asia Minor, which stretch was to become a trunk-line in the Bagdad Rallway. In 1899, following a second visit of the Kaiser to Constan- tinople, Germany obtained the con- cession for extending the railway from Konia to the Perian Gulf. This was the year of the official birth of the ‘Bagdadbahn’, and the beginning of an intensified British-Germen struggle of diplomacy in the Near East. The firman constituting the Bagdad Rail- way Company was obtained in 1903. Immediately negotiations were begun by other interested nations for a share in the construction of the line through Mesopotamia. Germany made no strong effort to withstand interna- tional participation. B “In 1911, the original concession was modified by a series of negotiations. British diplomacy succeeded in block- ing the German railway from the Per- sian Gulf by persuading Sheik Mo- barek, practically independent ruler over his small domain, to refuse the Bagdad Railway a terminus at Koweit. So, in the 1911 agreements, the com- pany renounced its right to build be- yond Bagdad, stipulating solely that it should have an equal share in any future extension to the gulf. Some other cessions of its original rights were made, and, in return, the com- pany was given the right to build a TWENTY-SEVEN LIVES WERE LOST IN FLOODS WHICH SWEPT TH ROUGH TEXAS spring floods. In the accompanying illustration shown is a trolley car a( the bottom. of*# culvert. The rushing Austin, Texas, bore the brunt of (h(»x waters had loosened the supports of Twenty-seven persons perished seek- the strueture on which the car rossing, and it tumbled several feet Many, of the_passengers were injured. J { i \\'asl‘.ng escape from the rushing waters. TRAVELERS’ DIRECTORY $1._TO NEW YORK $1. CHELSEA LINE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN NORWICH AND NEW YORK From Norwich Tuesdays, Thurs- days, Sundays at 5.15 p. m. New York, Brooklyn Bridge Pier, East River, foot Roosevelt Street, Mondays, Wednesday, Fri- days, at 6 p. m. F. V. KNOUSE, Agent §1. TO NEW YORK $ | Short Sea Trips INorfoll(v Old Point Comfo mond, Washington, Bermuda, nah and the South. Berths reserved in advance, lowest rates. Panma-Pacific Exposition. Conducted tour pa Also independent tickets by water and rail. Johm A. Dunn AGENT 50 Main Street THE DEL-HOFF European Plan Rates 75 cents per day and upk HAYES BROTHERS. Telephone 1227, 26-28 Broadway Overhauling and Repair Work of all kinds on AUTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS. Mechanical Repairs, Palnting, Trim- ming, Upholstsring and Wood Work. Blacksmithing in all itg branches. Scolt & Clark Carp. 507 to 513 North Main St. . MAHONEY BROS. Hack, Livery and Boarding Stable FALLS AVENUE ‘We guarantee our service to be the best at the most reasonable prices. W. TYLER BROWNE, M. D, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Electricity, X=-RAY Violet Ray, Mechanical Massage. Hours: 10 a. m. 20 4 and 6 to § 375 Broadway. Norwlich, Conn. Kaki Franklin St. car to “Dr. Browne's.” sepld branch line to Alexandretia, a Tis- ing Asia Minor Mediterranean port The value of trade passing through this port in 1911 was $10,000,000. Work toward the completion of the project was going steadily forward before th war broke out. “The Berlin-Bagdad was to be a strong factor in aiding Germany to @ dominant position in trade with Asia Minor, the Mesopotamian valley, and Persia and Northeastern India. The railway was to have a Mediterranean terminus, that might serve as a naval base, at Alexandretta, but eight hours steaming from Cyprus and thirty-six hours from the Suez Canel. It was to carry endless train for freight between countries with a superabundance of natural resources and an empire over- rich in industrial organization.” Harmony in the Home J Rests with the Cook- The bLest natured person in the world will get grouchy slaving over a coal or wood fire. Make the Queen of the Kitchen Happy with a Modern Gas Range GAS IS A TIME-SAVER No building of fires or carrying out ashes. Nothing to do but strike a match and the fire is ready. A Gas Range is an Ornament in the Kitchen and a joy to the Cook. Order now before the Summer ru We are aiso headquarters for Hu phrey Qas Arcs, Welsbach Ref Lights and Ruud and Valean Ta. Water Heaters. The City of Norwich Gas and Electrical Dep't. 321 Main St., Alice Building 1814—1914 Jobn A. Morgan & Son COAL LEHIGH VALLEY No. 2 Nut $6.00 per tox Office and Yard Central Wharf Telephone 834 DR. C.'R. CHAMBERLAIN Dental Surgeon McGrory Building, Norwich, Conn. d 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, Prop. Franklin St Next to Palace Cafe DR. W. W. LEONARD Has Remo /ed his Office to the THAYER BUILDING, Franklin Squarg.