Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 9, 1915, Page 9

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LONDON BANKER SEEKS REST AND QUIET IN AMERICA | New York, Speyer, London storm center in June 9—Sir Edgar banker who was the; agitation against influential German residents of Lon- don recently and whose resignation from the privy council was not accept- ed was among the passengers on the Amer 1 Philadelphia, which r here from Liverpool.. Sir is the brother of w York, was ac- Spever and their visit idren. After a brief james Spever in_this city to g0 to the Maine e summer months. ngly declined to give out an ew. He said that he had been of too much publicity he had come to this for a much needed rest. Character Worth Copylng. is eves were bright with intelll gence ard trained powers of observa- tion; aud they were beautiful with kindiiness, and with the well-bred hab- it of giving complate attention to oth- er people and thelr affairs when he talked with them —Juliana H. Ewing. You Will Need a CAMERA For Your Summer Outings Why not buy now and become fa- miliar with it before you really need to use it? Out stock is full of the best in new Cameras with all the latest attach- ments and we also have a nice show- ing in strictly all right Cameras, priced where you can save from $1 to $5 on your purchase. Bring in your films for a few days we are developing them free. DANIELSON Charles E. Ayer Resigns as Represent- ative—Death of Miss Emily Daniel- son—Prof. J. H. George of Norwich to Speak at Fiag Day Exercises— Dr. George M. Burroughs Presides at Boston U. of M. Alumni Reunion. Judge James N. Tucker of Bast Kil- lingly is not as well as last week and will be confined to his home longer than was expected. ‘Will Attend Norwich Meeting. Joseph Labelle, representing the Danieison team, will attend & meeting in Norwich at which it is expécted a baseball ledgue will be orgamized. Postmaster and Mrs, C. A. Potter have entertained Postmaster Brown of Jewett City. J. B. Guinols of New Bedford was in Denielson Tuesday on a business trip. Marvin Kies, substitute carrier, will cover the route of Letter Carrier Frank Young during the last half of this ‘week. The attention of H. J. Potter, agent of the state board of education, has been called to & case of interest in this town. John B. Foster of Bridgeport was a visitor with friends in Danielson Tues- day. Guest at Worcester Wedding. Mrs. John Ruddy has been at Wor- cester attending the wedding of a rela- tive. Mr. and Mres. John Kennedy are en- tertaining Mrs. Kennedy's cousin, Miss Nancy Rossieter, Philadelphia. Lieut. George R. Norton, U. §. A, and Mrs. Norton have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Blackmar et Atta- waugan. Lieutenant Norton has been stationed at the Rock Island arsenal. Resigns as Representative. Charles E. Aver has fled with Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb his resignation as a representative from the town of Kil- lingly, that he may accept an appoint- ment tendered by Sheriff Charles A. Gates of Willimantic, as deputy sheriff of Windham county, to succeed Deputy Sheriff Michael Grimshaw. The strong Sachem team of Norwich is scheduled for an appearance in Danielson next Saturday and the con- test is expected to prove ome of the best of the season. The Danielson team will present a strong lineup. First Car Five Minutes Earl, Owing to a change in the runming time of the early car on the Norwich- Central Village line, giving a south- ward connection for Danielson passen- gers, the first southbound car from the carhouse at Dayville is now leav- ing at 5.15 a. m., and from Danielson at 535 a.m., five minutes earller than has been thé rule. the new double running boards h it has been equipped might to ascertain clearances on rns, and at other places along the local trolley line, ane of the Web- ivision cars was run south as far as Central Village Tuesday. Going to Cape Cod. Judge and Mrs. Sabin S. Russell gre to leave in a few days for a motor trip to Cape Cod, where they are to Te- main for a time, and will later go to Mystic for a visit with relatives. Judge Russell will arrange for the care of probate business here during his ab- sence. FUNERAL. Mrs. Henry Bergin. The funeral of Mrs. Henry Bergin was held from her home on Oak street Tuesday morning with services at.St James’ church at 9 o'clock. Rev. Jo- seph Deschaux was celebrant of the high mass of requiem. The music of the mass was sung by Miss Margaret | Sullivan and J. J. Brennan. Mr. Bren- nan also sang O Salutaris and as a waiting hymn That Beautiful Land on High. _Another waiting hymn sung by Miss Sullivan was Face to Face. The service was attended by members of the Scapular society of the church and by many relatives and friends from Danielson and surrounding towns. The bearers were John Gartland, Vincent Gartland, John Kennedy, George Quinn, Albert Grennon and Jeremiah Sullivan, the last named of Plainfield. Burial was in the Sacred Heart ceme- tery, Wauregan. Louis E. Kennedy was the funeral director. OBITUARY ¥ * 3 ss Emily Danielson ~ ™ Miss Emily Danielson died at her home on Academy street Tuesday morning at about three o'clock. She was_the daughter of Samuel Sanford Danielson and Esther Williams Dan- ielson and was born in this town April 15, 1887. Her home had always been in ‘this place, named for her an cestors. She was the last of her im- mediate family and for years nad made her home with her cousin, Mrs. Amella Tillinghast of Academy street. Miss Danielson was beloved by all who knew her. Through all of her long life she was ever thoughtful and kindly to.many who look back through the years with gratitude for her acts of generosity and helpfulness. Miss Danielson was a member of the ‘Westfield Congregational . church. FLAG DAY EXERCISES To be Held in High School—Pref. J. Herbert George to Address Pupils. Charles A. Potter, putriotic in- structor, has arranged With Principal Robert K. Bennett of Killingly High school for Flag day exewcises there next Monday, June 14 Members of the G. A. R, Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans, Spamish War Vet- erans and other guests are to attend. The various classes of the school will contribute to the making of the patri~ otic program. Mr. Potter has also ar- ranged for_the assistance of Professor J. H. George of Norwich, patriotic in- structor of Sedgwick post in that city and instructor of music in the Nor- ‘wich schools. It is expected that Professor George will address the students and otherwise contribute to the program. A special effort is to be made to bring out a large attendance of visitors, as Principal Bennett, who has worked in close accord with the patriotic societies here in arranging for the observances of such special day as that of Monday during his four years at the head of the school, is leaving at the end of the present school year. COUNTY MINISTERS' UNION. Holds Meeting at Congregational Par- sonage in South Killingly. With Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Goodsell as hosts, the annual ladies’ day meet- ing of the Windham Coumty Ministers’ union was held at the Congregational parsonage in South Killingly Tuesday. The day's meeting was very helpful and pleasing from every standpoint. A portion of the forencon was given over to informal talks and addresses and these were continued at lunch. During the afternoon there were ad- dresses by Rev. W. S. Bard f Willi- mantic and Miss Katherine Bill of Danielson. Those present included Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Barber, Danielson; Rev. and Mrs. F. D. Sargent, Putnam; Rev. and Mrs. Frank Fuller, Abington Rev. J.. W. Wright, Rev. Charles Downs, both of Dayville; Rev. W. J. Reynolds, Ekonk; ~Rev. Harry A. Beadle, Pomfret Center; Rev. and Mrs. Edward Ayer, Mansfield; Rev. A. F. Ferren, Boston, secretary of the Seamen’s Friends' Society. DR. BORROUGHS PRESIDES President and Toastmaster at Boston Reunion of U. of M. Alumni. Tuesday at Young's hotel in Boston Dr. George Burroughs, as, president and toastmaster, presided at the an- nual meeting of New England Alum- ni association of the University of Maryland of which the banquet was a feature, was on of the most notable in the history of the association. There are approximately 450 graduates of the University of Maryland in the New England states and last evening brought a large percentage of their numbr together than has any previous occasion of the kind. For this great credit is due Dr. Burroughs, who ex- erted special effort to secure a suc- cessful reunion. Today Dr. Burroughs will attend the meeting of the Massa- chusetis’ Medical society as a delegate from the Connecticut Medical society. 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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 six comsecutive Coupons Monday to Saturday inclusive will en- PUTNAM A. W. Macdonald One of Founders of Soientific Amerisan—County Suf- frage Convention—Anson B. Handy Elected High Scheol Principal—is Now with Barre, Mass. H. 8. Thomas P. Ryan s at, Ansonis, at- tending a meeting of the State Aeris of Eagles as a delegate from the local aerle. Charles Sabin, who is improving in heaith, has gone to Pennaybvania for a stay of several weeks. Deputy Sheriff George F. Helbrook: is suffering from an attgek of rheu- matism, Morrls A. Spellman of New Haven was a visitor with friends in Putnam Tuesday. Conferred Second Degree. Isreel Putnam lodgs, I O, O. W, conferred the second degree on can- didates Tuesday evening. The Royal Arch degree is to be con- ferred on candidates of Putnamchap- ter, R. A. M., Thursday evening. The Polish population of this city is said to be in excess of 500 at pres- ent. One of Founders of Soientific Amer- ican, In connection with the obserwance of its seventieth suniversary, it is of special interest to Putnam people that A. W. Macdonald, aged 96, of tiiis city, was one of the founders of the Scien- tific Amertcan. Mail Not Claimad, ' *~ Letters addressed as follows are unclaimed at the Putnam post office: Howard Browning, Joseph Dio, Frank W. Surprise, Joseph A. Taylor, Miss Celanise Bruneau, Jennie Shile. Pomfret Ambulance in France. An aiumnus of Pomfret school has given an automobile ambulance to the “fieet” of 75 making up the hompital trains bringing back wounded from the fromt in Framce to the Amrerican Ambulance hospital, in the smburbs of Paris. The machine which is named Pomfret, is now in service, Inspects Road Dressing. In carrying out their guarantee that the pavement in the city center will Wwear a given number of yeans, rep- resentatives of the firm that lmtd it are given aitention to some spots that have shown greater or lesser signs of wear. On the whole the pawement has ‘given excellent satisfaction and has vastly improved the appearance of the streets where it is laid Windham County Suffrage Conference. Sufffagists from every town in Windham county have been invited to meet Saturday afternoon, June 12th, at Putnam Heights at the home of Miss Rosamond Danielson, _countf chairman of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association, to discuss plans for suffrage work during the summer. Mrs. Thomas N, Hepburn of Hart- ford, president of the C. W. S. A, is to be one of the speakers. She will discuss the general plan for suffrage propaganda in Connecticut. Miss Mabel C. Washburn, corresponding secretary, C. W. S. A, and Mrs. George H. Day of Hartford, will be @mong those coming from out of town, A large delegation is expected from Willimantic, headed by Miss Abbie O'Connor, president of the Bquality League of Self-supporting Women. This is the first county conference that has been held in this section It is noped not only to improve and com- plete the organization in this county, but also to give some help in the Massachusetts campaign. Miss Fran- ces M, Birtwell, who is now engaged in organization work in Webster and Southbridge, has been invited to speak on the Massachusetts campaign and o discuss cooperaticn between the Mass- achusetts and Connecticut workers, Windham County Agent’s Worlc. Until_after June 16th, the county agent, Mr. Kennedy, will be in Am- herst, Mass., attending commenoement exercises of the Massachusetts Agri- cuitural college. Any communication or question however, may be sent in to the office and will be attended to during his ab- sence. After the 16th Mr. Kenmedy will be able to devote his whole time to work in Windham county and will be giad to have the farmers make any use they can of his services, There is some question about wheth- er the recent cold weather has dam- aged the apple crop for this year. It is too early to make any definite pre- diction about this, but the apple blos- soms _throughout Windham county have probably not received severe in- jury. This is a critical time in the development of the young apple, and severe cold is liable to spoil the pros- pects for a crop, but there are hopes for the Windham county crop vet, ANSON B. HANDY Elected Principal of High School— Coming from Barre, Mass. Anson Burgess Handy, principal at the present time of the high school at Barre, Mass, has_been elected prin- cipal ‘of Putnam high school for the school year commencing in Septem- ber next. He was selected from a list of 45 candidates for the place and is highly recommended as an exceeding- 1y capable educator. His salary is to be $1.600 a vear. He is a graduate of Bourne high school, Bridgewater, Mass., Normal school and Harvard college, A. B., '08. POWDER but a highly medicated prepara~ le to the most delicate skin. Particus for skin affections of infants and children, lhmh*dbnifidmtfvrldulfi,s;—ner.l toilet and sick room uses. itching, - chafing, 'scaldii infant eczema, used after the bath it soreness. Unequalled for bed sores and ski by eruptive diseases. All druggists sell it, 25 cents a. ., rashes, hives, the skin free from itation caused boxz - SO G\ CONTEST Coupon FIVE VOTES AW\ W)\ M N He taught for two years at East Greenwich, R. 1, one year each at Medford, Mass., and Asheville, N. C,, two years In the York, Me, high school as principal and for _three years has been principal at Barre. ‘Mr, Handy is 32 years of agee. He is mairied and has two children. . He has_ special talent in mathe- matics and physics, but is a_teacher of broad training and capabilities. In his school work In the past he has shown great interest in_ athletics and at York, Me, developed the finest baseball team’ that school ever had, Mr, Handy met the members of the town’ school committee at a meeting here Monday evening. Seven cand dates were present and were heard b: the board, the meeting remaining in session until just a few minutes be- fore midnight. High School Notes. Saturday Putnam plays a league game with Willimantic. This oloses the season. Below is given the batting averages for the players of the P. H. S. team. Farrell, who has held the lead for a week, has dropped, and is now head- ed by Shaw, Angell and Nelson. These averages include all games up to last aSturday: ‘AB. H. Shaw . @ 18 Angell .. . 40 14 Nelson ..... e M Farrell .. D30 9 Davis ....en o8 10 Rafferty ..... 34 7 Purinton . 34 8 Blackmore 37 5 Baker ... 3 1 Maynard ... $ SUPT. FILES' REPORT. 868 Pupils Enrolled During May—Ex- cellent Work of Rural Schools. The reports of - the superintendent A VO WOV VOV e IO of schools and the truant officer for OPU LAR PRICES |/ Keduce tive Cost of Living CUT THE COUPON FROM EACH LABEL,SAVE AND SECURE ~ VALUABLE PREMIUMS )1 Committee: ollment in the public school: y was 865, of whom 465 were d 402 were girls, an increase ver the figu pril. The average membership for the month was 618, a decrease of 38 from the fig- ures for April. The average daily at- tendance wa a decrease of 5. 1-2 from the The total number for the month of as compared with 660 for the month of April. The great increase in the' numbers of days absent is accounted for by the drop in attendance at the Israel Putnam school during the three weeks of the diphtheria scare. The attend ance figures at th: the month beginnin mal and will be nc fore the close of With no new ca; directly traceable at school for th show nearly nor- ‘mal, probably, be- e term, on the 18th, in three weeks to school infection, it seems reasonable to believe that the disease has been checked. The matter of recommending for adoption a basal reading system has received attention during the month and I am prepared to recommend t the board adopt for use in the Putnam schools a series of readers as a basal system The rural schools have received more attention in supervision this month than previously on account o the irregular attendance in the tow Niools. The work of the rural schools is, with few exceptions, excellent. I here venture to hope that the newly-formed Parent-Teachers' asso- ciation will work out a more effec- tive spirit of cooperation between the parent and the home and the school and the school officials. Parents should be satisfied with nothing but the best school _officials can accomplish muc more when the constructive acts re- cefve the loyal support of the people who are to be benefited' by them. Co- oberation is the order of the day; let's work heartily together for the common good. Respectfully submitted, HAROLD W, FILES. Truant Officer’s Report. Town School Committee. Gentlemen: This month the offi has made ten personal visits complaints have come from the side districts and need of visiting them. One case of real truancy was found and the boy promises to do better in the future. No doubt some have taken advantage of the prevailing sickn to become carelesg in their attendance, but it has often been difficult to distinguish between pretention and just alarm. Respectfully submitted, L, F. BATTEY. No out- he has not felt the Truth About Dissases. Dr. Weir Mitchell, one.of the most eminent physicians in the world, once sald: “What we call diseases are only symptoms of conditions. Allow the man’s vitality to be reduced to a cer tain point and he is ripe for any of thess weaknesses which we call dis ease! Proper Striving Patience and strength are what we need; an earnest use of what we have now; and all.the time an earnest dis- content until we come to what we Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CAST.ORIA ought to be.—Phillips Brooks. Defined. Counterirritant—A woman shopper. =Columbia Jester. . . YANTIC Fine Catch of Pickerel—Reorganiza- tion of Ball Team—New Supple- mentary Reading for Scheol. Reuben Potter remembered some To- cal friends with a few hahdsome pick- eral which he caught while on a fishing. trip Saturday. Four in the party caught 30 fish in two hours; the total weight of the catch was” 38 pounds. One weighed three pounds, three oth- ers weighed two pounds apiece, and the rest came close to the one-pound mark. Ball Team Reorganizes. The Yantic Junior baseball team has been forced to reorgadize, as some of their players have moved from town. The members now are Howatd Lamphere p, Henry Hamilton c, Law- rence Curry 1b, Harold Lamphere 2b, Paul Chivers 3b, Louis Barrel If, Al bert Gallant rf, Validi Jozovic cf. The: plaved a picked team from Franklin Saturdéy on the home grounds and defeated the visitors by a score of 29 to 6. Keeping Off the Crows. As devices for keeping crows away from corn fields, some farmers have scattered papers all over the corn fields, keeping them in place with stones. Others have put umbrellas up- side down, while others have strung meal bags around on frames similar to the scarecrow frame. A dead crow suspended from a high pole in one lot and in another is a board with corn doctored with strychnine. New Supplementary Reading. A supply of books for supplementary reading has been received for the anklin_schools. Among them are found Carpenter's Geog-Reader _of Australia, Margaret Pumptrey’s Pil- srim Stories, Howard Pyle's Robin Hood, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treas- ure Island, Edward R. Shaw's Big People and Little People of Other Lands, James Otis' Mary of Plymouth, James Baldwin's Fifty Famous Stories and Thirty More Famous Stories Re- told, Edward Esgleston's Stories of American Life and Adventure, Storles of Great Americans for Little Ameri- cans and The Hoosier Schoolboy, Lulu Maude Chance's Little Folks of Many Lands, Frank W. Howard’s Banbury Cross ‘Stories and Carpenter's How the World is Housed and How the World is Clothed. Local Briefs. Several local grangerd attended the meeting of Colchester grange Tuesday evening. Fireflies were making a bright show- ing in the dark meadows Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ladd end chil- dren, Olive, Tyler and Fred, Jr. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. Whitmarsh of Hallville Sunday. Vincent Perkowsky and sons, Alec and Vincent, Jr, spent Saturday at Gardner Lake. Frank Clapp of Willimantic was here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Ladd and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mackenzie spent Sun- day in New Hayen, guests of Miss Margaret Welch, making the trip in Mr. Ladd's automobile. . Peat Bogs. Peat is a vegetable formation, some- times of a spongy character (when reeent), and again of a kind approxi- mating in composition to wood, while in some instances, at the bottom of bogs, it approaches lignite and even coal. = The tremendous scope of the Aus- tro-German victory in Galicia, which in a single month has wrested from Russie practically all the spoils of the eight months’ campaign which cost her hundreds of thousands of lives, is in- dicated by the above map. The Rus- sian position wher the Teutonic @rive started, early in May, is shown by the line A-A. The present position, in- secufely held by the beaten and’ ais- organized Russian armies, is along the line B-B. The winning of Galicia and the Carpathian passes from the Aus- trians had been the one great success of the allies in the war. The battle of the Carpathians alone is estimated to have cost Russia 500,000 lives. In Russia’s hands they were a vital dan- [GEN. VION MACKENSEN AND M3 SFi IOWING fiUSTkO‘GERfiIV ADVANCE VON MACKENSEN UNDID EIGHT MONTHS® WORK BY RUSSIANS ger to Austria, opening the way for an invasion which should devastate Hungar, The ege and capture of Przemys! itself, which was only one feature of this great campaign, had occupied an army of over 300,000 for half a year, The Teutonic campalgs for the recovery of this ground begas May 3. Striking with terrific force at the Russian line just north of the Carpathians, General Mackensen drove it swiftly back—so swiftly that parts of the Russian forces which hi the line south of the mountains were cut off when the Austrians seized the passes from the north. With the Dasses cleared of Russians, fresh Aus- trian armies passed through the and drove the Ruslans north of Przemysl, 4 SR