Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 6, 1915, Page 6

FOR TODAY ONLY 74 Main Street, M;lhokmzylfiwfie,hihtge,lmt of patterns At 45¢c Square Yard Regular value 65¢ IT COSTS LESS HERE ALWAYS Lahn Furniture Co., Norwich, Conn. ception. Dz.-J. Torrington Black, health offi- cer o the city of New Londdn, who resigned twice during the administra- tion of Mayor Mahan and once while Alderman Alton T. Miner was acting mayor, has been reappointed by Mayor Rogers. His term expired with Oct. 31, but at the November meeting, and ‘while the office was vacant, the court of common council took occasion to increase the salary of the health offi- cer from $1,000 to $3.000 a year, as no increase could be made of salary while the itcumbent was in office. Then Dr. Black was reappointed with his pay treble¢, but the proposition to raise the selary by ordinance did not pre- vail without determined opposition by Alderman John F. Murray, Alderman ton T. Miner and others, and party lines were obliterated when the vote was taken. It was urged that such action at this time was an impo n on the citizens who im cily mee voted on a specified amount for sal- aries, just enough to pay ae they ex- isted at that time, and no more, and the tudget included $1,000 for, the health officer. It is therefore claimed that the increase cannot be paid legal- ly unless special appropriation is made in special city meeting. To take that sum from the; miscellaneous fund would be in violation of the city char- ter, as specific appropriation was made for salaries, and the miscellaneous ap- propriation is for the purpose of meet- ing vnforeseen expenditurés, and can- not be uBed for the street, the fire, the police or any other department, not excepting the health department. Some of the aldermen objected to roading such a measure through the council, and request was made that the action be deferred for a month to give the members of the council who were not in the salary raise game an opportunity to give the subject mature consideration, but without avail. The trick had been worked up in advance and the promoters proposed to play it to the limit while the winning cards were in_their hands. It is evident that Mayor Rogers had been dealt a hand, for he stayed in the play and gave no intimation of exercising his power of veto. One of the mayor’s pre-election promises was that he would give the an economical and business ad- sninistration, and it may be a stroke of economy te pay the health officer thres times more than he has ever receiveg duting his long term of office, under the apprehension, perhaps, that the bealth officer had been underpaid, and that the big increase would result in mcre efficiency and that would spell economy with a capital E. And this despite ‘the fact that physicians of re;::mnd ability would have been sat- isi to be health officer at a salary-of $1,000 a year. It was pointed out that the i1 creased salary was larger than ‘was paid such officer in some of the larger cities of the state, and was all out of proportion to the salaries paid the mayor and other city officials and that tho increase was not justified by the conditions, but, as 'said before, the game was played fo the limit. In the proposition there was a sen- tence that read that the health offi- cer would deyote all his time to the duties of the office, if required, and the doctor will decide that point, for he will take no dictation from the health department-committee unless there is weakness in his heretofore independ- ence of action. Nothing was said about & decrease of the health officer's corps of assistants so it is taken for grantéd that thdt tkerefore the doctor could not, if he so desfred, devote all his time to the duties of the office, should Cor- poration Counsel Brennan decide that the councnl acted within its rights, to Taise the salary wi no appropriation ‘was < 'nw?‘zhe increased ex- pfmu%o .~ Not even the veriest old fogy would retum to the days when a police officer was de led as regular . con, NEW LONDON'S HEALTH OFFIGER Dr. J. Torrington Black Reappointed at Big Increase in Salary —Claimed to be/lllegal Without Additional Appropria- tion—Naval Station Officers and Men Appreciate Re- feel mcre secure w. tent and untiring heaith officer as Dr. J. Torrington Black. h such a compe- Now _that big increase in the salary of a city official has been started, let 0 on and be extended epartment and every other department in the city, including mayor, which about one-third of the amount of sai- ary which a small majority court of common council has voted to Dr. Black. Then, perhaps, all the tax- payers will rise up as one man and cail the city fathers blessed. in the salary raising game it has been | the general discussion of the work of suggested that all the members of the present city government get together and tiv to arrange by some hook or crook a way in which they can get pay for the valuable service they render the good work to the police the salary of of the city officials to serve without pay get tleir full sha come by another increase in taxation, and to this the true citizen would not object, especially in these times when the cost of living is o high. and all ought to of the city's in- The officers sand men of the sub- e in apprec hearty reception given them by ti people of New London met in mass meeting at the station and resolved to maintain the reputation already es- tablished for sobriety and good be- There were talks commizsioned and. enlisted men of the station and there was tacit under- standing that there would drinking to excess and that all would houor when on leave in 1 would be in as be on their the city, and that good condition as when on the duty at the station or on duty on the sur- face or underneath the surface of the Under these conditions, uny one the sailor men should get un- der the influence of strong drink they would be frowned upon by their ship- mates and not considered to be fit as- There was no attempt to form a_general total abstinence ciety or even a drinking to mode ation society, but just a plain under- standing that they would behave like men, and not like hoodlums. was all, and witk the honor string at- tached it is enough. Bluejackets’ ball at New London. stead of at Newport, in the early part For many years this has been an event of considerable so- importance even in fashionable Newport -and it served as gathering where the rich class com- mingled with others and for the oc- casfon at least all present were on the same social plane. not a money-making affair and all the expenses are borne by men and the sky is the limit in the expense of . making.the annual ball the biggest kind of a big social suc- The very best of music is ob- tained. the decorations are not stinted and there are always some new features. of mnext year. This ball is It is a reception ot the jackies to the people. and with the sole purpose of cementing friend- ship between the officers and the en- the good will of the civilians, ladies and - zentlemen .but especially the ladies. . The annual con- certs and balls given by the Steamer City of Worcester association, a2go, were noted for their splendor expense’ wase spared in thelr preparation and in the introduction of some. novel features. in decoration or in beautiful souvenir,or both. annual events have ceased- many years: ago, and they have never been replaced. 5 are lost in the haio, that that of the boys of the United States lier than in Rhode Islan license business in Westerly is vember 11. ~Then notice of applica- tion 1s then advertised, and on Sat- urday evening, November 27, the town council gives a public hearing on the application and licenses granted at that time, to those considered quali- [the p fied under the law. — ‘The Westerly branch of the surgical dressing committee of the National Civic Federation, established headquar- ters in the Bliven Opera house build- ing, Friday, fully organized to collect old linen, cotton pieces and the like for use in surgical qressing of wounded soldiers of the various nations now at war. The local executive committee is composed as follows: Mrs. C. Byron Cottrell, chairman; Mrs. John Champ- lin, treasurer; Mrs. Frank A. Sherman, Mrs. Walter S. Priee, inspectors; Miss Esther Dodge, publicity. Other active workers are Mrs. James M. Pendle- ton, Mrs. Willlam'Clark, Miss Harriet E. Cottrell, Mrs. Edgar Cottrell, Mrs. Arthur M. Cottrell, Mrs. Alexander M. Blake, Mrs. Samuel H. Davis, Mrs. Charles E. Sherman and Mrs. David McG. Newall. Mrs. Rowland G. Hazard of Peace Dale was elected president at the an- nual meeting of the Rhode Island A sociation Opposed to Woman Suffrage, which was held Thursday afternoon in Providence, The other officers elect- edrare: Miss Louise C. Hoppin, first vice president; Mrs. Howard O. Stur- gess, second vice president; Mrs. Ste- phen O. Metcalf, third vice president; Mrs. Albert G. Harkness, seeretary; Mrs. Elisha H. Howard, treasurer. In the organization encouragement was expressed in the results of the recent elections where votes for women were overwhelmingly defeated. The mem- bers were urged to renewed activity be 1 red for sueccessful action should the state-wide woman suffraze question. bc teferred to the popular vote of Rhode Island. Philip A. Money, one of the best known residents of Washington county, prominent in politics -and a fixed fe: ture of the Kingston fair has sold his property known as the Gardner farm, in Exeter. But he is still to remain in the town and to continued in his activity in public affairs. The pur- chasers of the farm and the Main brothers, F. Leroy and Joseph H., both graduates in agriculture from Corhell university and will carry out their ideas as to scientific ftarm operation and management. The farm contains the required buildings,-and comprises 200 acres, of which 140 is tillage and 60 is wooded. it The cooperative work of federal and state governments is being carried on under allotments, along lines of agri- cultural extension during the fiscal vear, of funds for various projects. The "allotment agreed upon for Rhode Island contemplates the distribution and expenditure of a total of $23,741, divided as follows: For administration, $4,341; publication, = $175: county agents, $9,850; home demonstrations, $1,850; for work in home manag ment and home econcmics; for boys’ club work, $4,325; for work by poultry —_— for the jackies ball and, if it ma- terializes, will he held in the stats armory, and New London society peo- ple will be glad of the opportunity to, be present and take part in the pleas- ures of the occasion and the removal of class lines for at least that one night. It has been dome in Newport. Why not in New London Mayor Rogers gave what he term: a municipal welfare cdinner at Crocker house, Wednesday nia the members of the court of common council and representatives of every ity department were the guests of the mayor. There were no formalities and after the dinner the mayor ex- plained that the object of the gather- ing was for all charged with the con- duct of the affairs of the city ‘to get together for better acquaintance and to have a quiet talk on matters that were of interest in advancing the best interests of the city. The mayor said he had no desire to cause embarrass- ment of any of his guests, and had placed a note at the plate of each guest that was to be called upon to speak and if when called they did not desire to speak a shake of the head would be taken as a signal to pass on to the other fellow. Several s were voluntarily. shaken, —but they happened to be so timed, that there was a speaker for every city depart- ment: The plan was unique and worked very satisfactorily to all concerned and those who had nothing to say were not required to statnd up and apolo- gize for lack of preparation, or some- thi of that Those who made by Hampton on the second hole of the last nine when he lifted the apd the spectators. Local Lacenies. ‘Mrs. Abert ‘Whitford, of Plainfleld, N. J. is visiting her son, Dr. Edwin ‘Whitford, in Pawecatuck. The Westerly and Pawcatuck fire companies will be guests of the Wak: fleld fire department tonight. Miss Christine Tingley, national lec- turer for the Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union, spoke interestingly on the cause she represents, Thursday evening in the First Baptist church. Rev. oJseph L. Peacock gave an in- teresting illustrated lecture on _the Panama-Pacific and San Diego exposi- tions, at the harvest supper given by the ladies of Calvary Baptist church, Thursday evening. Charless E. Coon is in Narberth, Pa. Next Wednesday evening he will be the bridegroom and Miss Eieanor Mor- ris Ensinger will be the bride at a wedding ceremony in St. John's Epis- copal church, in Cynnyd, Pa. The Westerly College club met with Miss Fanny Pendleton at her home in Beach street and . two members were admitted. bringing the membersship*up to 30 college graduates. Miss Amelia Hale read a paper on Bismarck and His Policies. and Miss Rice. of the high school faculty, favored. with a paper on The Social and Economic Develop- ment of Germany. There was an eight minutes’ session of the Third district court in Wester- ly Friday and all cases were continued. Judge Williams was ready to render his decision in the slander suit of Mary Arcongle against Mary Rossi, but it was withheld by reason of the non-attendance of the lawyers in the case, A. T. L. Ledwidge for the plaintift and Herbert W. Rathbun for the de- fendant. MYSTIC Members of Charity Chapter Visit New Londen—Funeral of Perry I. Ca well, Who Was Accidentally Shot. A large number of the members of Chanity chapter, O. E. S., went to New LonGo: Friday evening and were gueste of Fidelity chapter. Supper was served at 6 o'clock to the visitors. The grand officers of the state were pres- ent and degree work was exemplified. FUNERAL. Perry 1. Caswell. The funeral of Perry I Caswell, a musician in the Third U. S. infantry, who died Tuesday at Madison bar- racks, New York, as the result of an accicental discharge of a shotgun, was held from the home of his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Nye, on Jackson street, Fri. day afternoon at 2.30 o'cl , and was attended' by a large number tives and friends. Rev. W. H. Dun- nack. pastor of the Methodist church, conducted the services. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. The deceased besides his mother, three throtbers, Stephen, and Bert Casvreli, all of Wy&fl- 2 Mrs. Marion Bradley has.returned from a visit in Old Lyme. Miss Eliza Denison and Miss Louise Paige bave returned from a trip to Califorria. B Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Lamphere household have moved their from goods Allyn’s Point to the lower tene- ment. of Mrs. Ann Heavey's house on Shurch street, )lgnflc. Mrs. Clarence Hubbs and son Clar-! ce and Miss Gisella Dinsick of gook!yn_ N. Y., aré at Cedar Crest for days. Officers of " St Louls, Nov. 5.—G. A. Buder toda R SeasNt of -t GRbaAR ‘publish- and _CORNED SPARERIBS, 6 Ibs.__25¢ CUT CHICKEN, b BEAN PORK, 1b___ S <Nt DILL PICKLES, dozen 10¢ SAWTAY ... 10020 VERMONT SPICE CAKE, each....10c A RICH HOME-MADE SPICE CAKE SPONGE CAKE, each. . | COFFEE CAKES, each......5¢c-8¢c-10c DINNER BLEND COFFEE, 3 Ibs. . .57c RED BUTTERFLY TEA, 1 Ib pkg 25¢, ¥; 1b pkg 13c, ¥ Ib pkg 7c Mohican BAKING POWDER, Ib. tin 29¢ WASHINGTON CRISPS, 3 pkgs. . .25¢c Connecticut peck 10¢ | 4 Ibs. 10c | 2 VILLA ORDERS OF FOUR AMERICANS Who Were Reported Dead—They Were Prisoners at Cananea. Ibs. 15¢ Toulon, France, Nov. 5, 6.45 p. m— A naval courtmartial today honorably acquitted Captain Forget, who was commander of the auxiliary cruiser |four. attacks on the positions; of the rpedoed by & submarine |entente allies. All these attacks were near the island of Rhodes on Sept. 8. |repulsed, it is announced in an of- L'Indien originally was the French |ficial statement issued here today. i mail steamer Auvergne, She was sold| The official statement announcing to the Greco-Turco-American company | the repulse of the Turkish attack says: which changed her name and placed | - “Between 8.30 p. m. and 9.30 p. m. her under the American flag, accord- |on the night of the 4th inst., the Turks ing to the French marine authorities |attacked four times against our ex- for the purpose oOf carrying contra- |treme right at Anzac. The enemy ad- ‘'band. On this account she was seized | vanced with filled shand bags and built by a French warship and taken into |small barricades. On each occasion, she was converted | however, they were repulsed with bomb into an auxiliary cruiser. and rifle fire and by 11 p. m. all was No previous report of the torpedo- | quiet. ing of the L'Indien has been received.| .“Although during this attack there It was learned a month ago, however, | was considerable firing and demon that a French auxiliary cruiser, whose | strations by the enemy against &if- name was not ascertzined, had been |ferent portions of our line, mo other torpedoed and sunk while anchored off the island of Rhodes | were very lig] by a submarine of the Teutonic pow- ers. This information was received in the form of private Athens and undoubtedly referred to Villa has ordered the release of Doc- tors Thigpen and Miller and the two American chauffeurs whom he report- ed dead yesterday, according to a mes- sage received this afternoon. The men were prisoners at Cananea. The doctors, however, will remain at Cananea for the wounded. Villa said he was mistaken when he reported the four killed. He said he now believed the men slain southwest of Agua Prieta Wed- nesday were four American teamsters who came with him from Chihuahua. Pylant and Wilson, the chaueffurs, will return to the border. L/Indien, to Alexandria, where KING OONSTANTI‘NE CALLS ' A COUNCIL OF MINISTERS M. Zaimis Has Refused to Assume the Premiership Again. London, ov. 5, 8.30 p. m.—King Con- stantine of Greece has again offered the premiership to M. Zaimis, who had resigned on the defeat of his min- istry in the chamber, according to_a Reuter despatch from Athens. Zaimis refused to accept the offer and a council of ministers was called, the dispatch adds. PLAINFIELD Taking Short Cut, William Vincent Falls and Bre: alrymen to Be Guests at Game. A. Dayon and E. Despathy working on the Sacred Heart church, /3eorge Despathy of Moosup has the confract for the heating of the church and these two men are doing Mrs. Richard Highan has returned home to Fall River after spending a ghort time with her daughter, James Marr. Broke Two Ribs. ‘Wiile . taking a short cut for his home Thursday o'clock, Willlam Vincent met with an aceidenc which broke two ribs and re- ceived cuts on his was going up the railroad track, on the Providence side, came to the small bridge near' pump house he m! account of darkness embankment. landing on some rocks. 'As no one was around at. th the accis ‘Mr. Vincent f to his home on Plaim- A doctor was called and attended Mr. Vincent's injuries. 3 Troopers as Guests. y The Plainfleld football club will F of the Second U. 8. cav- at the football iHe on thor!amh , through 3 Amedberg, com- Editor—Say, young man, your jokes use . and Napoleon are alike. - & —H'm; sow so? 4 Editor—Why, they're both dead.— y Philadelphia Evening Ledger. ~ ALL GROCERS. ' Mr. Vincent and when he the bridge on and fell down the THAT SUGGESTS saving money. by coming here for anything and everything in Home.Fur- German-American Press. Cap! mander of the troop. Juniors’ Social STEWING FOWL, Ib____ 2 Ibs LIVER. R I 1 5 R PLAIN TRIPE, 6 Ibs___ .. 25¢ Boneless ROLLED ROASTS, Ib_20¢ Good Mild CHEESE ib. 15¢ { \ 1 qt. FRESH BAKED BEANS. . 15 1 loaf Fresh BROWN BREAD.. 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