Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 14, 1915, Page 5

NORWICH “BULLETIN, “FRIDAY,” MAY " fa,” 1413 e - ‘ b i {NATIVE SPINACH . 'NATIVE ASPARAGUS NEW PEAS VINELAND SWEETS . NEW STRING BEANS . NEW BEETS . NEW CARROTS CUCUMBERS . SCALLIONS RIPE TOMATOES ..> BUNCH CELERY HEAD LETTUCE LARGE BUNCH RADISH . GRAPE FRUIT . LEMONS MUSHROOMS . PORTER HOUSE STEAK . BEST ROAST BEEF SIRLOIN TOP ROUND ENGLISH BACON ENGLISH HAMS DUCKLINGS ... BROILERS . ROASTERS FOwWLS SQUABS SWIFT PREMIUM BACON ORANGES . RED BANANAS SOMERS Emnest E. Ballard VIOLIN TEACHER All String Instruments repaired Violins sold on y terms For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- wich, Conn. BIRD CAGES Brass and Painted Bird Cages, Seed and Water Cups, Springs, Hooks, Bath Tubs, Efc,, Etc, MRS. EDWIN FAY Franklin Sauare. THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. Your Watch wi right if you leave Let ue fix that Clock that is out of order. A telephone call to No. 800 will be promptly at- tended and the clock called for. Special attention to Watoch, Clock, Jewelry and Eyeglass repairing. THE PLAUT-CADDEN C0. Established 1872 Jewelers and Opticians PLAUT-CADDEN BUILDING be repaired it with us. THE LATEST AND BEST IN Fountain Pens IS THE B New Style Self Filling WATERMAN Come in and examine them whether rou wish to purchase or not. It will be a pleasure to show them o you. The Cranston Co. VE SPECIALIZE ON . COFFEE at RALLION’S People who, in buying Feed Stuffs, 1ake price or cheapress tha standard astead of quality will, sooner or later, ome to a realizing sense of the Faise- ess of their economy. We stand for wality first, last, and all the time; nd, while doing 8o, we know that wi an give you, intrinsically, better alue for your money than the man tho eternally talks cheapness. s + a House of Quality at moderats rices. CHAS. SLOSBERG 3 Ceve Street ENSILAGE CORN GARDEN SEEDS 'OMATO and CABBAGE PLANTS and SEED POTATOES JOHN G. POTTER el 696 EAST SIDE n¢ TheBuiietin. ‘Norwich, Friday, MQ 14, 1916, - e VARIOUS MATTERS ‘The parochial schools were not in session Thursday, Ascension day, Strawberry patches are looking thrifty and fvith favorable weather the crop wlil be good. A local market gardener says that he has nmever cut finer rhubarb than that grown this eeason. Purple and white wistarias are in bloom and Wednesday's rain is bring- ing out the pink hawthorn. Strawberry shortcake at Second Congregational church supper Friday evening at 6.30 p. m. Tickets 35¢c.— adv. Local members of the W. C. T. U. have been notified that the national convention will be held at Seattle, ‘Wash., Oct. 9-14, Archdeacon J. Eldred Brown officiat- ed at the celebration of holy commun- ion Thursday, Ascension day, at Trin- ity Episcopal church. Mary A., wife of William H. Hough, died Wednesday at her home, 181 Co- lumbus avenue, New Haven. Burial is to be in Mystic today. H. O. Clough of Hartford, state su- pervisor, is inspecting the rural schools of Waterford and Niantic, and spent ‘Wednesday at the Quaker Hill schools. The Connecticut Horticultural socle- ty is to hold its May meeting this (Fri- day) evening in the Hartford county bullding. This will be Darwin Tulip night. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Ingram of Bur- nett’s Corners announce the engage- ment of thelr daughter, Miss Lillian M. Ingram, to Verne E. Dewey of Groton. Frank Carpenter, 58, of Stafford Springs, died at the Norwich hospital of cerebral hemorrhage Monday. The funeral and the burial were in Staf- ford Springs. After being a patient in the Backus hospital, Nerwich, for three weeks, Mrs. Arthur Herbert, who underwent serious operation, has returned home to North Stonington. Orchard owners are destroying nests of caterpillars on fruit trees. As soon 3 ihe pests eat all the leaves of the 1d cherry trees, they migrate to the apple and peach trees. A former Waterford pastor, Rev. B. G. Boardman, who recently preached his last sermon at Thompson, is now settled in Kingston, R. 1, where he will make his home with his eon. The Connecticut State Laundrymen’s association is to hold 1its quarterly business meeting in Bridgeport today (Friday). The banquet of the associa- tion will be held this evening at the Hotel Stratfield. Members of the Terminal club of Stonington traveled to the westward Sunday, visiting Willimantic and fin- ishing with being entertained at sup- per at the home of William Pickering in Ashaway, R. I The New London and Stamford Y, M. C. assoclations are to combine in a summer camp for boys this season. Gardner lake has been selected as the place for the camp, which will open July 1 and closé July 29. An interesting meeting of Comfort circle of the ng's Daughters was held Thuraday afternoon with Mrs. Edward Adams, of West Main street, the leader, Mrs. A. T. Utley, presiding. Nine members attended. The Waterbury Peultry association had as its guest Thursday evening Prof. W. F. Kirkpatrick of Storrs col- lege, who gave a lecture on the sum- mer gare of winter layers. His lecture was illustrated by lantern slides. Announcements have been received of the marriage of Miss Ida Augusta Rose, daughter of Willlam P. Rose, of Coventry, and Waiter M. Vibert of South Windsor last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Vibert are to live at South ‘Windsor. A Southington correspondent notes that Miss Muriel Fletcher of South- ington, a clerk in the office of the Connecticut _Agricultural college, has gone to the Willimantic hospital, where she will undergo treatment for stom- ach trouble. There were lgrge congregations and hundreds of cofimunicants at the As- cension day Tnasses in St. Patrici’s church, read at 5 o'clock by Rev. Myles P. Galvin, at 7 by Rev. J. H. Broderick and the high mass at 8, sung by Rev. F. J. Kuster. At Tolland, Peter Cheesey was ar- rested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff L, E. Hall for setting forest fires without a permit. He was tried before Justice Edwin §. Agard and found guilty. He was fined $1 and costs, which makes the total over $15. ‘The Middletown Press says: Edward Slavin, Frank Neville and Arthur M. Coughlin of this city, Edward Oliszew- ski and Dr. J. F. Bransfield of Portland will go to Norwich May 30, where they will receive the fourth degree in the Knights of Columbus. Norwich friends learn that while Mr, and Mrs. William A. Slater, Jr., of Lenox, are abroad aiding the allies as ambulance driver and hospital nurse, respectively, their little son is with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam A. Slater, of Washington. The wedding of Miss Eleanor Cro- zier Reyburn, daughter of Mrs. John E. Reyburn, of Washington, D. C,, and Lieut. Francis Clark Harrington, U. S. A., will take place June 20 at the summer home of Mrs. Reyburn on Glenwood avenue, Ocean Beach. At a meeting fo Seaslde council, K. of €, of New London Wednesday évening, reference’ was made to the death at Norwich of James F. Wild- rick, who was burfed Wednesday af- ternoon. Seaside: council has paid $6,000 in death benefits in the past three months. - The marriage of Miss Louise Estelle Jehnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles 'A. Johmson, of 801 West End avenue, and Frankiin- Wheeler Palmer, Jr. ‘son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Paimer, of New York and Stonington, will take place in New York June 3 in the Church of the Heavenly Rest. ‘Automobile Was on Fire. About 8.45 o'clock Thursday after- ngon the auto chemical and Chemical company No. 3 were called by tele- phone for a fire in the six cylinder Packard touring car owned by C, D. White of Rroadway. Charles M Nemara, the chauffeur, was cleaning the engine with gasoline when he short circui;eli the wires and the gasoline ed up. Jeremiah Sullivan and Bugene Oelze, for C. L. Hubbard, ran over from his place with hand extinguish- ers. with which they put the fire out. Ag eye dispensary has opened in’ Springfield, Ill, for the benefit of ‘children who need treatment and can- not pay for it. Local oculists give their services free and the board will provide glasses for children who can- ot purchase them. i PERSONALS . Mr. and Mrs, N. E. Smith of Norwich ‘were recent guests of Mr. Smith's parents at Hi Mrs. H. D. Covell of Pomfret Land- ing has been visiting relatives in Nor- wich and New York. Miss Pendleton, Mrs. Anne Gilbert and Miss Susie Pendleton of Hebron w;x; among recent visitors in Nor- wich, Miss ‘Augusta Tilden and Miss Mary Tilden of Mansfield Depot are vistiing their brother, Rufus. Tilden, and family in Norwich for a week. Miss Belle -Service and niece, Miss Constance Macl of Norwich, vis- ited recently with Superintendent Mc- Connell and family of Ballouville, George W. Price of Syracuse, N. Y., ‘was the guest of .friends in Putnam and Woodstock, returning to Norwich to visit his brother, Orrin Price, before returning to his home in Syracuse. PLEASANT WORDS FOR NORWICH LEGISLATORS At Dinner Given Henderson—Dr. Hospital Praised. i by Representative Polleck of State (Special *to The Bulletin.) Representative Joseph H. Hender- son, while not a talking member, is classed among the most active workers in the general assembly and is not without influence. He has worked conscientiously in behalf of al meas- ures in which Norwich had interest and succeeded in securing the aid of other members in his undertakings, notably in the contest in which deter- mined attempt was made to separate the town of Norwich. In recognition of the assistance received, Mr. Hen- dersqn invited a number of the mem bers to a dinner at Heublein's, at Hart- ford, Thursday evening. Those who accepted the invitation and were gen- erously entertained wer Senators Charles O. Thompson of Pomfret, Mar- tin E. Pearson of Bristol, Charles J. Heineman of Meriden and John H. Barnes of Norwich, and Representa- tives Robert O. Eaton of North Haven, ‘William B. Mitchell of Preston, Win- field S, Rogers and W. Burton Allen of Litchfield, Lee F. Revere of North Branford, William-J. Atchison of Sher- man and Albert J. Balley of Norwich. There was no_ speechmaking, but Representative Eaton took occasion to thank Mr. Henderson, in behalf of the guests, for the hospitable treat- ment, and spoke in a commendatory way of the successful methods of Mr. Henderson in getting what he went aftez and for a beginner, he had no superior in that line in the general assembly. Mr, Eaton in referring to Mr. Henderson's work for Norwich, also spoke words of Lighest praise of the efficiency of Dr., Henry M. Pol- lock, superintendent of the state hos- pital. Mr. Xaton sald as house chair- man of the committee on appropria- tions he had visited every state inst! tution, and that the hospital in Nor- wich was conducted by Dr, Pollock more efficiently and economically than any other in the state. He did his work earnestly and conscientiously and accomplished more than any other man in_the service of the state, Mr, Eaton complimented the Nor- wich delegation on their faithful at- tendance, remarking that they had falled to be in attendance but one day during the session. He sald Norwich was fortunate in having such a faith- ful and competent legislative delega- tion as Senator Barnes and Represent- atives Henderson and Bailey, and for- tunate, too, in having such a competent official as Dr. Pollock in charge of the Norwich hospital for the insane, It ‘was the confidence In the doctor that secured for him such large approprie- tion to increase the usefulness and capacity of the institution. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Henderson for his hospitality. BIG ADDITIONS IF | H. & A. ARMS CO. SELLS. Would Increase Employes to 2,500 or 3,000, it is Expected. L The statement was made on Thurs- day by Manager George S. Watts of the Hopkins & Allen Arms company that a group of Massachusetts manu- facturers of army rifies was negotiat- ing for the purchase of the Norwich plant. The Massachusetts men have a large order from the British govern- ment for army rifies. If the sale is made, large additions would be made to the local plant and from 2,500 to 3,000 men would be employed. It is expected that Manager Watts would be identified with the new concern. Those interested in the proposed purchase comprise the Union Twist Drill company of Athol, Mass, S. B. Starrett & company of Athol, Mass., and Baush Machine Tool company of Springfield, Mass. The Westinghouse company has just bought plants in Springfield and Chic- opee Falls to fill a big war order. FAVORABLE TO STATE FARM FOR INEBRIATES. Report By Appropriations Committee —Location Adjoining State Hospi- tal. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, May 13.—Thursday after- noon the committee on appropriations reported in favor of the bill to estab- lish a state farm for inebriates, to be located on the Gallup farm, owned by the state, and located in Poquetanuck. The farm will be arranged to accom- modate about fifty, and will be under the direction of Dr. Henry M. Pollock, of the Norwich State Hospital, and will be conducted in connection with that institution, if the bill becomes a law. The measure was tabled and or- dered printed in the journal. It will be probably acted upon in the senate Friday and transmitted to the house. e FIND OUT The Kind of Food That Will You Well. Keep The true way to find out what s best to eat and drink, and then culti- vate a taste for those things instead of poisoning ourselves with improper, indigestible food, etc. A conservative Mass. woman writes: “I have used Grap;;Nutst y‘euu’ t;:r the young-and for the aged; in sick- b at first following . later in a variety of ways as my taste and judgment ted. sugges “But {ts most special, personal ben- efit has been as a substitute for meat, and served dry with cream when rheumatic troubles made it important for me to change diet. “Served in this way with the addi- tion of a cup of hot Postum and a little fruit it has been used at my morning meal for six months, during which time my health has much im- proved, nerves have grown steadier, and a gradual decrease in my exces- sive weight adds greatly to my com- fort.” Name given by Postum-Co, Battle Read Road to Creek, Mich. e Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea- sonn.” Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human Franklin Street. ‘William Dombrofski, 22, of No. 5 Grove street, arrested Wednesday night, confessed to the police Thurs- day morning that he is the man who has had them all at sea ever since November 18 last by a series of mys- terious burglaries, which began on that date with the cracking of the safe at the grocery store of R. F, Smith in the May building, Although caught just when he had prepared to set out to burglarize the Mohican company store, as he said, he was a stubborn customer under ex- amination and it was not till after long questioning during Thursday morning that the full confession was obtalned, including the admission that he also cracked the safes at the stores of the Manhattan Co. on March 11, the United Cigar Stores Co. on March 16, and the F. A, Wells Co. on March 29. The discovery by Henry B. Lewis of the head of a sledge hammer and two large chisels hidden in an alley- way off Myers court on Wednesday afternoon furnished the clew thet led to the arrest of Dombrofski, and the capture of the burglar came about in the way that it had often been pre. dicted it would be accomplished, viz: that if he only kept at his operations long enough he would finally make some slip that would bring the police on_his hitherto hidden trail, When Mr. Lewis, who was formerly a policeman, saw the tools suitable for burglar use and such as had been used in the safe cracking operations here, he notified Captain George Linton, The tools were hidden near the blacksmith shop of Willam Blackburn, from which tools used in the burglaries have been stolen, Sergeant John H, Kane was posted to keep watch around the place where the hammer head and chisels wero and about 9 o'clock Wednesday evening his watch was rewarded when he saw o man come with a pocket light wihich he began to flash around looking for the tools, In a minute the policemen had his hands on the stranger, who proved to be Dombrofski, and he was taken to the police statlon and locked up on the charge of having hurglars’ tools, During the night he was questioned by Captain D, J, Twomey and also through the morning by Chief Linton, Sergeant Kane and Captain Twomey, as a result of which the polico state that a full confession has been ob= tained from him, He also admitted that he was the man who was seen on Broadway early one morning acting in a suspiclous manner and who was chased and fired at by Policeman Henry Henton, At that time he escaped up over Ifnion street, but dropped in his flight a bun. dle that contained a long knotted repe, This series of burglaries has offered ene of the toughest problems that the local police have had te solve for a long time, The burglar left ne clue and took only mon carefully avold- ing any unusual coins that might be traced to him if he were found and he displayed such an acquaintance with the buildings where he worked that it séemed as if he must be a local man, while on the other hand his metheds indicated something of an experienced hand at the business, From the amount of work that he did in chisellng and breaking the safes open, the supposition at the time of the breaks was that there must be more than one man at the jobs, but Dombrofskl claims that he worked alone, although when he first made his confesslons he tried to implicate an- other man, Dotnbrofskl was a clerk for R, F, Smith for some time before he robbed the safe there, but was not in his em- POLICE, BUTFINALLY GAUGHT William Dombrofski Confesses to, Series of Burglaries— Henry B. Lewis Found Where He Had Hidden Chisels and Sledge Hammer Head, Ready for Another Job— Sergeant Kane on the Watch Nabbed Dombrofski as He Came After Tools—Prisoner Keeps Small Store on ploy at the time of thé robbery. He knew how to get into the store by a back way and how to run the elevator on which he took the safe into the cellar before he broke it open. He got at that time, it was reported, about $68. For a number of months after the Smith store burglary he lay quiet, but he next startled business men by the burglary at the Manbattan store, where it was reported he got between $30 and $40. He got in by a ladder and a skylight, beginning his work about 5 o'clock in the morning and finishing about 6.45. He got access to the Man- battan building by way of the Ward building, but at the time of the Man- hattan burglary the police could find no way by which the burglar had made his way Into the store. After the burglary at the United Cigar Stores company, when the skylight route was used, this gave the police a hint and they went back to the Manhattan store and discovered the way of the ?reak, which they had overlooked be- ore. - The United Cigar Stores burglary, one of the most daring of the jobs, was done between 3.30 and 6.30 in the morning, according to what Dombrof- ski says, which tallles with the time of noises heard by a watchman in en ad- Joining building, who falled to report the matter to the police untll the next day. Had he made report at the time, the police could have easily had the man in thelr hands, as he was at work on the safe in the cellar, into which he had dumped it from the store floor. It was reported that $200 was secured in this robbery. The burglary at the F, A, Wells company store was the last in the se- ries and here it was reported {hat about $100 was securod. This, accord- Ing to Dombrofskl, was dona about 10 o'clock in the evening, and proves to have boen a daring job also, as a po- liceman itod that nolghborhood shout five times thai night, but the burgiar was clover onough to guard agalnet dlacovery by replacing the elags in tho mkylight through which he got into the stors, A shift in the officor on the early morning beat was made immediately after this and a younger man was put on and gomo change in the hours was made g0 that a policeman was on Main atrest all through the early morning, It was requested that no public men- tion he made of this for foar of in- forming the bursiar, but he apparently knew about it anyway, for the breaks ended from that time en, One man wan aigo detailed to plaig olethes duty and all the officers on thelp beats cov- ered theip youtes with extreme care, searching all alloyways and making sure that they knew everyone who was en the streets at any time of the night or early morning, With the first of the present month the plain clothes man and the specia] detail were end- ed, Dombrofski, who is married, ad- mitted that he stole this last sledge hammer from the Household store on Franklin ptreet and got thg echisels from his father, They came from the sorap heap at Vaughn's foundry, He sald he was about te break into the Mohlcan store on the night he was arrested, ‘When presented {n the city court on Thursday he had Attorney Allyn L. Brown for counsel. The case went over ta Friday under bonds of $5,000. Dombrofski has been running the Gem grocery store at 53 Franklin street, On Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock it was closed by Deputy Sherift George H, Stanton, who attached the rteck on a $200 claim by the Stoddard- Gilbert Co. FOR MERCHANTS’ WEEK IN OCTOBER. Business Men Appoint Committee to Consider Plans. At a meeting at 4 o'clock at the Board of Trade rooms Thursday af- ternoon, at which Frank J. King pre- sided, final reports were made on the Merchants' week conducted in the last week of April, and a unanimous vote was passed to hold a Merchants’ week again in October. Samuel Kronig, John M. Lee, Willlam H. Cruickshank, ‘Wil L. Stearns, Willlam P, McGarry, Abner S, Schwartz and H. B. Cary were naméd a committee to take this into consideration. The general opinion expressed was that the holding of Merchants' week twice a year ought to be made a reg- ular thing and that the key to making it a big success would be to provide enough attractions so that the out of town people would want to come here for those in addition to the induce- ment offered by fare rebates. In his report, Secretary Cary ex- pressed appreciation of what had been done by the committee chairmen and of the help given by the Wauregan house, Shore Line Electric company, Chief ‘Stanton and the fire department, the three theatres, the newspapers and the Norwich Commerclal school, OBITUARY. Mrs. Richard K. Werner. Mrs. Charlés G. Rogers of the Breed building received a telegsram from Richard K. Werner of Galveston, Tex- as, stating that his wife, Ida Stewart ‘Werner, died at their home, 2118 Av- enue J, Monday night, after a linger- ing iliness which she bore with great fortitude. A later telegram states ‘that the funeral party expects to ar- rive in Norwich Sunday morning. Burial will take place in the family plot in Yantic cemetery. Mrs. Werner was formerly the widow of Robert P, Sherwood of Galveston, and during Mr. Sherwood's life, spent most of her summers in Norwich, Mrs, Werner made many friends here, who will sincerely mourn her loss. Being of & kind hearted and charitable dlepo- sition it was her greatest pleasure to help the meedy and distressed. She ‘was also known as a capable business woman, and not long ago she disposed of a valuable portion of the Robert P. Sherwood estate, better known as the property on Franklin square, A, Somers of Somers Willard H. Palmer, ‘Thursday afternoon Willarda H. Palmer died at No. 241 Asylum street, following an illness due to a compli- cation of diseases. Ee was taken from a rooming house in the center of the city on Wednesday afternoon, where he was discovered in a very serious condition. Mr. Palmer has resided in Norwich for some years, at one time making his home in Greeneville. He leaves a son, Mason H, Palmer, of New York, and a daughter. His son has been notified of the death and will come to Norwich to look after the funeral ar- Tangements. Church and Allen took chcarge: of the ] ¥ » MRS. R. T. KELSEY W. R. C. PRESIDENT. Clinton Woman Elected at 32nd An- nual Department Convention. The thirty-second annual conven- tion of the Woman's Relief corps of Connecticut closed at Hartford _on Thursday with the election of the fol- Iowing officers: Department president, Mrs, Robert T. Kelsey, Clinton; senior vice presi- dent, Mir. Katherine Carrier, Middle- town; junior vice president Mrs. Mar- tua L. Goodenough, Hartford; secre tary, Mrs, Arbella Hull, Clinton; treasurer, Mrs. F. L. T. Hayden, New ‘Havan. A memorial service precedad the morning sesslon, conducted by chap- lain, Hattle B. Brockett of New Ha- ven. The names of the members of the corps throughout the state who had_died during the vear were read by Mrs. Alice C. Whitehead, depart- ment president, presided, Harriet J. Bodge, president of the' W. R. C. home 'board reported on the home at Cromwell, describing the excellent condition’ of the home and Inmates. The roll call of delegates showed 288 voting members present. 4t noon the convention adjourned untll 2.30, when the final session was held for the election of department officers. AMERICAN MECHANICS CHOOSE THEIR OFFICERS, Held Forty-Ninth Annual State Con- vention at New Haven, The forty-third annual convention of the Order of United American Me. chanics of onnecticut elected these of- flcers at New Haven on Thursday: Councillor, M. L. Gilman, Manchest- er: vice councillor, C. Robert Clyne, Waterbury: chaplain, Thomas F. Gil- more, Wallingford; secretary, Charles H. Adams, South Norwalk; treasurer, H, Hart Purdy, Danbury; inductor, Charles H. Sliane, Shelton; examiner, O, D. Sehnlu? Middletown inside protector, H, L. McEwen, outside protector, F. B, Hale, New Ha- ven; delegate to the national councl, C. R. Gates, New London. The next convention will be held in Brietol. On Connecticut College Staff. ‘Miss Esther C. Cary, Ph. D, now instructor in French at Smith college, has accepted the appointment of in- structor in romance languages at Con- necticut College for Women. She was born in Brooklyn in 1888 and obtained her early education at Packer instl In 1902 she went abroad, re- maining there for ten yeara, ana studying at the Eoole Vinet, Lausanne, the College Sev: ari; the University bourg. It was at the latter Miss Cary received her degree of doctor of phi- losophy. A student of Des Moines has made a tiny electric motor which is hardly half as large as a copper cent. It is a little over a quarter of an inch high and weighs 20 grains. It is though to be the smallest electric motor in ‘the world.™ - FORESTERS FAVOR AMALGAMATION OF COURTS In Larger Cities — Frank J. Murtha Elected Grand Senior Wocdward, ‘With the election of officers and delegates to the supreme court convens Hon in Ban Franclsco in August, the biennnial sesslon of the Comnecticut grand court, Foresters of America, closed at Bridgeport Thursday after- noon. The officers elected were: Grand chief ranger, Thomas F. Dowd, Nor- walk; grand sub chief ranger, William T. Meyer, Bridgeport; grand treasurer, James J. Walsh, Meriden; grand secre- tary, Thomas O'Laughlin, Naugatuck; grand recording secretary, Matthew M. Meskill, New Britain; grand lectur- FRANK J. MURTHA r, William Clasby, Waterbury; grand senior woodward, Frank J. Murtha, Norwich; grand junior woodward, John M. Kilboy, New Haven; grand senior beadle, Albert C. Calenback, Hartford; grand junior beadle, A. A. Brougher, Putnam. Grand trustees—James J. Fitzgerald, Waterbury; Ralph W. Prest, Windsor; Martin Laughlin, Wallingford; Thomas L. Egan, Windsor Lock: Louis C. Wildman, Bridgeport. A recommendation by the committee on the good of the order that all courts In the larger cities amalgamate to save expenses was adopted and the grand officers were directed to encourage and assist this movement, The per capita tax for the coming two years was placed at 11 cents per annum, an in- crease of one cent. The retiring grand chiet ranger, Mayor Sullivan, of Derby, was presented a diamond ring by the delegat. FiRST OF NEW STEEL TROLLEYS IN OPERATION. Placed on the Through Line Thursday —8emi-Convertible Type. The Shore Line put one of its hand- some new steel cars in service on Thuisday morning at 8 o'clock, when Conductor Floyd May and Motorman John King pulled out of the Greene- ville car barn and took the new car on its initlal service trip to New London. Couductor May had the honor of ring- inz up the first nickel collection on ihe new car, The car was run all day on the New London-Taftville line and excited favorable comment from all who saw it. IL is one of three received recently from the Boston Manufacturing com- paiy who have a contract to supply the Shore line with ten cars for local service. The cars are of modern con- struction and equipment. The inte- rior finish is of mahogan¥ and the Landsome case seats have a total ca- pacity of 568 persons, allowing two to a seat. The old style cars seat but 44 persans, ~ The cars are 47 feet long, welght 47,650 pounds each and cost ..$0600 each. The exterior is green and the words, Shore Line Electric Company, are painted o nthe sides in gold leaf. The car floors are solid, it belng pos- sible t crepair the motors from under the cars instead of through the floors as is done on the old cars. The floors slant three inches at each end so that the steps, which are 14 inches from the ground, are low eysugh to provide comfortable step- ping for everybody. At night the cars are lighter by a dozen high power Tazda bulbs covered with glass shades. The ceilings are painted white ivory and the straps are tipped with white celluloid holders. The heating is by electricity and a feature is the regulation of the heat by thermostats. They can be so ar- ranged that they will open the heat- ing apparatus at any desired tempera- ture. ‘The cars are of the semi-con- vertible type and the windows may be entirely raised or the upper half may be partially lowered. Storm windows may be added in cold wether, if desired. It is the plan of President R. W. Perkins to run the semi-convertible cars on the quarter to the hour trips to Willimantic and New London and to operate the open cars on the quarter extremely tamford s past the hour trips to New London and Taftville. The cars are so arranged that they may be run in trains of two or more according to the demands of the traveling public. COMPRESSED AIR CO. CAN GENERATE ELECTRICITY. Under Bill Which Was Given Favor- able Report in the Senate, (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, May 13.—In the senate on Thursday afternoon the committeee on incornorations made favorable report on the act amending the charter of the Norwich Compresed Air company. Authority is given the company to generate electricity by compressed air and to sell and distribute electricity within New London and Windham counties, When the plant is so con- verted as to produce electricity the name of the concern will be changed to the Norwich Power company, A clause in the amended charter pro- vides that all claims for taxes due to the city and town of Norwich must be satisfied by September 1, 1815. The bill_will probably reach the house om Friday and , 80 it is understood amendment will be offered to extend the time of paymen of taxes to July 1, 1916. I Incidents in Society | Miss Dorothy Atwood of Wauregan entertained recently in honor of Mr. and Mrs, James Arthur Atwood, Jr., of Norwich Town. \ At the general court of the Soclety of Colonial Wars in Connecticut held at the Hartford club, Tuesday evening and followed by the annual dinner, Ar- thur Henry Brewer of Norwich was one of the four members elected to the council to serve until 1918, The sheep population of the world is 652,000,000, or juman beings. CUMMINGS & RING " Funeral Directors and Embalmers 337 MAIN STREET Oppenite Post Offica b ’Phone 321-2 Lady Assistant i BUDDINGTON SENT TO { NORWICH STATE HOSPITAL.' Committed for Two Years—Brenolina ' Pleaded Guilty to Assault With In-: tent to Kill. 13 In the criminal superior New London on Thursday Brenolina of New London pleaded guilty of assault with intent to kill Louis Petrini and Mrs. Petrini last December in New London. The assault was committed with a jack- knife. Roy Buddington, the Poquonoc yout who was tried on the charge of attempting to poison Fred E. Whip- ple of Poquonoc with a dose of arsen- ic, was ordered committeed to the state hoepital for the insane at Brew- ster's Neck for two years by Judge Milton A. Shumway. Buddington was acquitted of the charge by the jury : ‘Wednesday afternoon on the ground of insanity. The jury was out about seven minutes. 20 DOZEN EGGS 3 SMASHED IN RUNAWAY Steinkiwicz Was Thrown from the ~ Wagon Seat in Water Street. court at’ F. Steinkiwicz of Stonington luckily * escaped serious infury when the two horses he was driving became frightened on Water street about 3.30 o'clock Thursday afternoon and ran away, throwing him out into the street and smashing 20 dozen eggs which were in the wagon. . The horses dash- ed madly through Water street with the wagon slewing from one side of the road to the other. The driver was flung from his seat, landing on his back. Harold Gillespie, who happened to be nearby at the time, picked the man up and gssisted him into Bar- stow’'s store. His only injuries were a cut on his forehead and a gemeral shaking up. The horses were stopped after they had run some little dis- tance. About the only damage done to the outfit was the smashing of the eggs. BULLETIN’'S PATTERN SERVICE A TRIM AND COMFORTABLE COMBINATION, This comprises a smart shirtwaist made from pattern 1320 and_ a stylish skirt developed from pattern 1317. 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