Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 11, 1915, Page 6

WESTERLY restorly Historical Society Meste— Admits Nine to Membership—Stats Grange Votes for State Polics Force —Death of Willlam Yerk—Pawca- tuok Lodge, F. and A. M. Election— Golden Wedding of Former Resi- dents. | President Ethan 'Wilcox presided at _the regular meeting of the Westerly Historical society, held in the Memo- irial building. After the transaction of routine business, N. Henry Lam- phear read a paper of historic value on Old Providence and New London Turnpike. It was announced that at the next meeting, President Wilcox : address by Prof. Wilfred H. Munro of Brow nuniversity, April 10, as Mr. Wilcox, as he was librarian were elected to membership: Benjamin Tead before the society. The bapers 1913. A Ramble Along the South} Shore, Miss Juiia E. Smith, May lo,i Elisha C. Still, December 13, 191 o ey b o ¢ Wently r “THE BIC STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES” L. Evans, Mrs. Mary Frost Evans, and authors are Irh . 1 . . Cookey Hill, Ethan Wilcox, Febru- g3, ng et Eeiciers of at ers nemarxabnie ues mm boih Maple and Gilt Furniture A LaClede \Woodmansee, 1913. Ccmmodcre Perry Anniversary, Kitchamaug, Mrs. 'William A. Hillard, ‘would read a paper on Library Devel- opment in Westerly. No one is as well qualified to handle this subject five vears ago, when he became li- brarian emeritus. The historical .o}-n R Attend The Thomas McKenzie, Mrs. Gertrude Mc- Kenzie, Mrs. W E D. Hoxi > ‘Webster. An_interesting booklet of Records and Pape of the Westerly Historic: society, was distributed to the m = bers. It contains the record of or ganization, the state charter, the list of members and the title of papers The Study of His- % i r ivalied The Savings are Most Substantial The Assortment Absolutely Unrivalie readings by Tllomas Perr nnfl_ othera: = v = = v sk Fomer it i\l Purchases made at this Sale will be delivered immediately or reserved and delivered Ilater whenever vember 1, 1013, Prudence. Crangall desired. But selection must he made within the next seven days in order to gain January 8, 1914. The Old Ford Across | - T Bebrars 13 1070 The Clam o | the advantage of the Special Reduced Prices Massachusetts to Misquamicut, Byron ! J. Peckham, March 12, 1914. The Bat- £ Stonl Miss | G D, MUSIC ICARINESS DINING CHAIRS tle of Stonington, Miss race ), Wheeler, April 16, 1914. Extracts from Mshogany fi h, reg- Golden oak or mahog- 5 T = _F:ml-d(:ak witr Span- 2 99 Mahogany with triple 3 16 ular price $15.00— $12 50 any finish, regular $3 49 ! d t ish leather seat, rogu- & mirror, regular price 17_ ?fi:‘gfi‘;lrmx?vny’ 'rr!::lf\q:r Eé 1‘5?',5'1'%2 - EE ARG e price $4.95—Sale Price. . Q/ u l.ll'nl um} lar price $4—Sale Pric: $23.75—Sale Price .... Old Indian Meeting House, read by = H ¥ | DINING CHAIRS HIF Mrs. James O. Babcock, May 14, 1914, WOMEN’S DESKS REED ROCKERS i M CHIFFONIERS : Quartered golden oak A s s iLecture on The Most Successful Amer- Mahogany finish, regu- o Arm | Craicalicicn R s ot o $1 99 merica , reg b Privat . by Prof. Wilfred H. - ular price $17.75—8ale . back cushions regular Il BOOKCASES price $7.50—Sale Price. - L MORRIS CHAIRS 1914. Farly Rhode Island Newspapers Sulo Price . and Almanacs, George Parker Win- TEA WAGONS e A A o ingle door, 1399 uartered oak or m ottt oL $ . hogany finish, with re- January 14, 1915, The 0id Hopkinton Jate Joserh H. Potter. Jllusirated lec- ale Price ....... with mattress and bol- g.g Westerly and Vicin r<. E. B, Fos- Pl White cotton felt, reg- : CHIFFONIERS ular price $10.00— 7 49 3 ship, Nov. 12, 1914. ‘Home Life in Old Upholstered with ve- S ) Lot e versible velour cush- lour, regular price $15 10 50 [ W i f BOOKCASES i regular price Road, Its ‘Houses end Their Occu- : o 1 YA 5 Y i - ture on Japan, Fdwin P. Wells of! price $2.50 :15. Oid Graveyerds and Quartered golden oak, 99 s Mah , Colonial de- regular price $23.75— 17 cklet contains the full text FABOURETTES Sale Price ...... b $22 50 Sale Price . ROCKING CHAIRS DRESSING TABLES ¥ BUFFETS New England, Mrs. Aibert N. Crandall. Mahogany with remov- COUCHES December 9, 1914, _The Old Post Road, able tray, regular price Mrs. Eiishi F. Rogers of Norwich, $15.00—Sale Price . o LA i = SMOKING STANDS —Sale Price Arts and Crafts desi 5—Sale Price pants, Blisha C. SUIman, Feb. 15, 1915, Early English finish, The Dorr War, Mise Amelia Potter, Mahogany, regular EEL BED COUCHES i 5, i B TELEPHONE from recollections of her father, the ce 250 o i 1 req price $25, Sale Price. Newton Center, Mass, April §, 1915. DESK CHAIRS R | g - ; f st = ’gzfi 90 Rise and Pro of ‘the Friends in For Women's: Desks or s ' i J Sk Poce ¢ e & regular $5 99 MATTRESSES . : . Goorre Leland iner of Prov- price $8—Sale Price ... o bher 14, of Mr. Wilcow's paper on Cookey Hill, Colonial design, golden ‘ i = :gsr;hregl:::: price $30 which is illustrated with photographic oak or mahogany finish, PILLOWS N 3 i BUFFETS fews of the Red schoolhouse, now 13 regular price $2.50— 1 75 Union street, Unjon academy, now 29 Sale Price ....... . Granite street, the Pawcatuck aca- Sanitary Feather Pil- DRESSERS Quartered golden oak, i lows, regular price $1 10 PARLOR SUITES BRASS BEDS BUFFETS Mahogany, Colonial regular price $38.75— 29 99 demy, and Rhode Island fire house, CHILDREN’S TURKISH $1.50—Sale Price ..... = 3 pieces with de- 27_50 ceeen i cane Continuous post style, quar- design, regular price Sale Price ...... E":flo: G’;’E".‘,’,?,; m{vxc;ut':rhvf “m;"(;li ROCKERS backs and velour up- sign, finished with oak, fumed $35—Sale Price ....... Meet ouse. e paper of i BEDROOM SUITES holstered seats, reg guaranteed lacquer, reg regular price LOUNGING ROCKERS Prudence Crandall and Her Work, by holst d : L &, A PRINCESS DRESSERS £ . Elisha C. Stillman, is also printed in ;”,::,,'f:,:,:“: e 4 pieces, mahogany or price §76—Sals Price.. 5 price $22—Sale Price. - $24.50—Sale Price ... . Upholstered with gen- full an dillustrated with the house . walnut, regular price Quartered golden oak, oo $13 99 ; - ) gular BiG LR RR ) SInie M e, s 2 610,99 | 82 e $13. danl Philleo was born in the HEd 3 SEWING CABINETS house being built in 177 A h Paver by Mr. Stillman s given in full Martha Washington i SSDRoOMISUITES IMPORTANT NOTE DRESSING TABLES DINING ROOM SUITES in Old Houses and Their Occupants style, solid mahogany, 4 pieces, mahogany or Maple with tripie mir- 8 pieces, quartered on the Ol flfl}‘gi nten Road Three- regular price $15— $12 00 wainut, regular price A During this Great Holiday Sale of Furniture we shall offer many remarkable values in kindred lines. For ror, regular price $24.75 $17 69 golden oak, reg price b e o i Amo mithian I Sale Price . e < $125—Sale Price ..... example: THOUSANDS OF BEAUTIFUL FRAMED PICTURES of every description from the most in- —Sale Price .......... o SR Ueis Eal i fihe na expensive to the rich oil paintings, pictures f in the home; VACUUM CARPE: i Eolly Coon place ir South Hopkinton. CHILDREN'S CRIBS DINING TABLES RS ek an: el Xratis o e th ity :::::v?-(fn:wfi"u'(;s.' CEDAR cnsg';)s, PCARRLO; ?1“59'5'5 DRESSING TABLES TELEPHONE TABLES The Rhode istand State Grange in Enamelied finish with Quartered golden oak AND HUB RANGES at very special prices, in fact everything for the home comfortable, at money-sav- CircassiantWalnutwith Golden oak or fumed, annual session passed r brass mounts, regular $6 50 with scroll base, regu- $12 50 ing prices. fEriple snlevors: regules $20 69 Sl e ommending that the legis price $8.75—Sale Price. o lar price $18—Sale Price o price $26.75—Sale Price ¢ Sale Price ..o....... - = tablish a state police force, after many grangers told of the benefits to be gigvigerxf;?f?f_mfifi,? oTitngl Fouttr o sc H w A R T Z B R OT H E R s “The Big Stere with the Little Prices” el e AR T 9-11 Water Street Telephone 965 Deputy Amos Maker conférred the fitth degree upon 23 candidates, and Worthy State Master Joseph A. Peck- ham bestowed the sixth degree upon forty-three candidates. Henry S. Tur-|=— = 7 S e ner of Greeneville was elected to the Stcuiive ommitto ror s term sf | rawling, three were fined $6 for fish. | fennings, senior deacon; John T.|SENATORIAL INVESTIGATION On this question will hinge largely the | EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDES ‘o the Birzhevieva Vedomosty, an n(t—!;(;\‘:‘cs from the captured territory v ing on ¢ pos . T, ac es 2 nature of any representatio vhich r daily newspaper. Nine officers, | points near ontier. ‘h;'erfe!:g;'r» of the treasurer showed | thTee Paid $120 for taking short black | Andrewsfi senior steward; John . OF BOMB PLOTS PROPOSED | i/l Taie by the United States AMONG GERMAN FORCES the commander of a bat-| Vladimir and Volinsk are being hu 321 ved | bas: Johnson, junior teward Samuel S P Austria. The seizt of p n, are said to have ended their ly fortified with trenches for B oc of 800 foore than last year. e _|Girven, ‘chaplain; Arthur N. i Senator Lodge Says “American Lives [l sl The, seieure of br Nine Officers Are Said to Have Ended | Jives wit el ot twelve. a Of weven imflow Saperently iu B T b oy 2 cholare whmr York ;ma Friday morning | marshal; Rovert J. Il. Bethel, Are gera Important Than Ameri- [of a vizorous protest, regardl Their Lives Within 12-Day Period. |Cold dehips of the campaign | anticipation of a Russian offensive. lege, the Gran; 5 on the Anquilla farm where, with his|lst; Abram Lewls, tyler. can Dollars.” what happened before the tanker came are ai the caus — o ne ComemEe contributed $50 each | wite, he had made his home with his, | The officers-elect were installed ¥ to a stop and submitted to visit and| Petrograd, via London, Dec. 10, 11.30| Polish and Serbian landsturm cap-| East Hartford—Plans for the annual Show. The reports of Srange mastess |50n. Courtland B. York, for the past 15 | Deputy Grand Master Thomas Washington, Dec. 10..—Senatorial in- | search. p. m.—Another epidemic of suicides |tured from the Austro-German forces | banquet of Division No. 1, A. O. H Showed the " eapordirasyiSe Masters|vears. He is gurvived by his wife Kenzie, asisted by Most Worshipful |vestigation of bomb plots and other is reported among the German forces |along the southern front report that a[are being made, and the banquet will _ in good condition. The ohoice of a|Mary Wheeler York, a daughter, El-|Arthur N. Nash S < ot inel FIRE BROKE OUT AMONG in the vicinity of Dvinsk by prison- | new alignment of Austro-Germans has | probably take place on the evening Diade for the annual feld day ‘was |6 wife of Abel L Stanton of New mnentar acte by olishs ar’ 400 BALES OF CoTToN | °™* C3Ptured in that region, according | heen removed to forage food and | before St. Parick’s day. deéferred and left at the discretion of |London. and son, Courtland B. York| The Societeta Aperara ltaliana di| -Mited States and induiries into ihe the executive committee. also a brother Edwin York of Hart- |Mutuo Soccoroso elected these officers | 12w and facts in the attacks upon the = _ 2 ford. Mich., and a sister, Mrs. William | in annual meeting: Vincent Di Pie- | cteamers Gulflight, Falaba, Lusitania, | 0" Seuthern Pacific Railway Co’s Henry Robinson Palmer of Stoning. |Slack of Mystic. = He' was marrled |iro, president; Angelo Stella, vice | Arabic, Ancona, Hesperian and Petro- Piers in New York, ton_and Alfred H. Gurney, formerly | November 20, 1863, and Mr. and Mrs.|president; Frank Gomena, second vice W cposed i the senate to- of New London, both connected with | YOr& celebrated their golden wedding | president; Joseph GervaSimi, corres- by ator Lodge. ew York, Dec. 10.—Fire broke out the Providence Journal and Zulletin, | WO Years ago. - ponding secretary; Mickele Popolia. | Senator Lodge’s proposal was sub- among 400 bales of cotton are among the incorporators of the |, MI- York was the son of William |treasurer; Battista Bottinelli, financial |mitted as an amendment to a res- hipment on the Southern Pen and Pencil club of Rhode Island, | YOrk and Mary Barber York, and was | secretary; Stephen Farago, Antonio |olution by Senator Hoke Smith, ask- | Pacific Railway company’s piers. The At the first annual meeting Mr. Gur- |Porn April 15, 1835, and was therefore | Berado, A. Trebasci, J. Di Bortelo, ing investigation of Dritish interfer- [fire was got under control with great nay was elected secretary. - The ofther [In his elghty-first vear. He was born | Adimari, A. Croci, A. Scibilie, F. Adi |ence with neutral trade. difficulty and was not completely ex- officers are: James C. Garrison, of [in @ house at Pleasant View, on the|mari, C. Armone, S. execu- | Senator Lodge declared it was far [ {inguished until several hours after its Providence, _ president; Frederick N, |3ite of the house now occupied by |(ive Jmmittee; C. F. Allesio, | more important that America should | discovery, The loss is estimated at Luther of Providence, first vice pres- | John L. Kenyon on the Shore road. He (. Brusa, auditor: extend protection and security to | $20.000. The cause of the fire is un- ident; Thomas M. Walsh, of Woon. | Was_the second in a family of eleven il A \merican citizens than to American |known. The company refused to state socket, second vice president; Samuel |Children, and a seventh direct des- Fropecty whether the cotton was consigned to a M. Lincoln, of Providence, treasurer; [cendant of James York who came| _ L Scaljit sconica “American lives are more important | European government or to a private Charles H. Howland, Horace G. Bel. |from England to Virginia in 1635, and| Wilfred Utter, of Westerly, an Am- |than American dollars,” said Senator | B¥M. cher, Arthur W. Talbot, Frank E.|to Stonington in 1660, and settled on | herst freshman, was one of the speak- | Lodge. The body of an innocent Jones, Charles B. Coppen, William H.|lend under grant from Maseachusetts |ers at the class banquet. child, the victim of an unarmed ves- | DECREE OF SEPARATION Mason ane . Russell Brown of Prov- lonington L o Ve o sel, floating on the waters is a far ldence and Archibald G. Adam and |Southerton. The Anguilla farm, | Over five hundred entries have been |yiy MUCOR, W0 U8 WEEE B2 T FROM SENATOR HOLLIS Henry Sandager of Pawtucket were|Where Willlam York died, was a part | Feceives or the annual exhibition of = = than an unsold bale of cotton.” chosen a board of governors. of the land granted by Massachusetts | (e Smith County Poultry and Pet The Lodge resolution would have the | Granted by Superior Cotrt to Mrs. to his ancestors and one of the earlier aaspciation. committee investigate and report on Grace Fisher Hollis. Representative Neely has intro- | Stonington settlers. Major Arthur N. Nash gave a mili- | the law and facts “referred to by the = duced a bill in congress for the in-1 In early life Mr. York worked at|tary talk to the social science class of | president of the United States in his| Concord, N. H. Dec. 10.—A decree sorporation of The Seventh Day Bap. | farming and in the Civil war he serv- | the Westerly High school at the State tist general conference as a church|ed in Company K, Twenty-Sixth Con. | Armory Friday morning. organization with headquarters in the |necticut Volunteers. After homnora- annual message when he d, refer- |Of separation from her husband, ring to certain persons: ‘They have|United States Senator Henry F. Hol- i formed plots to destroy propert lis of New Hampshire, was granted District of Columbia. Among the in. |ble discharge, he went to California.| In the third district court, Friday, | o e tered into confipi‘iacieg today by the superior court to Mrs. Sorporators are these from Westerly | After two years, he Teturned to West- |judgment was rendered for ' plaintiff | (i Sty of the government, they | Grace Fisher Hollis, who was awarded and vicinity: Ira B. Crandall, Clay-|erly, learned the trade of blacksmith|in the case of Charles P. Ecclestone | have sought to pry into very confiden- | custody of their daughter, Anne Hol- ton A. Burdick, Samuel H. Davis, |and for many years worked at the [2ainst Robert McGinnes, to recover|ti;) transactions of the government |lis. Mrs. Hollis alleged that her hus- George Benjamin Utter, Willlam L.|Smith Granite Company plant. He |$197.84 and costs, for carpenter work |, order serve interests alien to|band abandoned he Clarke, Albert S. Babcock, Ira Lee |Was a member of the First Baptist |2t the Union theatre. o our own. Cottrell, Frank Hill, John F. Palmer |church in Westerly, and of Budlong| The automobile of Henry D. Bur-| Senator Smith’s resolution and Sen- | Reports an American Ship Torpedoed. wnd Edward B. Saunders. post, Grand Army of the Republic. rows of New London, owner of tre|ator Lodge's amendment were referred ‘Washington, Dec. 10.—The American Charles W. Willard, of Westerly,| Thirty-third grade pupils. of the jhairman of the Inland Fish commis: | Chestnut Strest sohool with thelr Mon, says that in order to protect the|teacher, Miss Cora Josephine Leland, black bass, Staffod Pond, near Tiv-|visited the Memorial and Library Jrton, has been ordered closed by the |building Friday afterncon. After the mmission. ~This action will enable |pupils were shown through the li- e commissioners to instruct deputies | brary proper and the art room, they guard the pond and to end the|were escorted up stairs to the ju- tations of New Bedford and Fall |venile department, where they were ver fishermen. At the meeting held |recelved by Miss Alice B. Kennedy ‘hursday in the state capitol, the|who s in charge of that department, mmissioners devoted some time to|and her assistant, Miss Agnes Brodie. e financial needs for the coming|The ckildren enjoyed the Christmas jear and decided upon the budget to |decorations and book exhibit, and then presented to the general assembly. | viewed stereosc: pictures of How The report of the deputies showed |the World is Fed and Clothed and the t there had been twenty-seven|Manual Trai and Minerals, the tions with fines amounting to|pictures being fully explained by 16. Fifteen persons were fined un- |Miss the lobster law to the extent of 0, one was fined $50 for beam The fifty-second annual mesting of Pawoatuck lodge, F. and A. M- was held Friday night and thess officers 1 Ohildren Ory |udeo S i ar 1. Watson, junior war- CASTORIA |G & ompon sorsian " sa < Potter block in Pawcatuck was in col- lision with the automobile owned by James E. McGuckran, of East Provi- dence, in Providence, Wednesday ev- ening. Both machines were destroyed, but no one was injured. Mr. and Mrs. Amel F. Stanton, of New London, formerly of Westerl observed their golden wedding day, Friday, at the their home in Walden avenue. Mr. Stanton was In the blacksmith business in Westerly and vicinity for ffty years before retir- ing and moving toc New Londsn where two sons, Walter and Abel reside. His son Charles resides in Westerly. The three sons are blacksmiths and horse- shoers. In the Baldheaded Row. What has become of the old fash- ioned man who wused to swear he would let his hair grow until Bryan was elected president?—Columbus (S. C.) State. Smoking just before going to bed is often followed by insomnia. to the foreign relations committee. STEAMER PETROLITE HAS ARRIVED AT ALGIERS Submarine Flying Austrian Flag Scized a Quantity of Provisions. ‘Washington, Dec. 10.—The American tank steamer Petrolite, attacked Sun- day in the eastern Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine, arrived safely at Alglers today with the report that the submarine forcibly took her pro- visions. Arrival of the tanker was reported to the state department late today in a consular despatch from Algiers. It said the captain told of being shelled when 19 hours out of Alexandria by a_submarine flying the Austrian flag, which allowed him to proceed after ex- amining his papers and _selzing a quantity of provisions. One seaman was slightly injured by a shell frag- ment. The report did not say whether the steamer was warned and ordered to halt before the submarine opened fire. - consul at Tripoli cables today he had a report of an American ship being torpedoed and sunk near Tobruk on Dec. 6. Officials construed his des- patch as referring to the reports con- cerning the steamer Communipaw, since reported safe. Brazil's Marine Policy. Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 10.—The Bra- zilian government has issued a decree withdrawing all applications for the natiohal merchant marine during the war. Among other measures adopted is one. prohibiting the exportation of metals. House Democrats Caucus Monday. ‘Washington, Dec. 10, caucus of house democrats Monday night to agree on extending the emerzency stamp tax until December 31, 1916 and a recess of congress from December 18 to January 3 was called today by Democratic Leader Kitchin. Queen Mary of England prefers lav- ender scent before all others. ELKS HOME. alted Ruler James R. Nicholson of man, John Y. Bassell W. V. Baker, oston will have charge of the ica- | w. J. Bebl finen 3. Dom: x For the dedication Ya_n’l = D" ::"' o = '"“"'(jr‘:_ parade Esteemed Leading Knight John - Dutham, Louls O. Hunt, C. C. G. Price has secured the largest Amer- | Janes, Willlam Leachman, C. W. Wal- ican flag in the world. This flag be- | lace, Robert F. Woife, Jacob L. WIill, longs to the Canton Chamber of Com- | John Pieifer, John F. Carlisle, John R. the length of an ordi- | Dcwney, John G. Price, Louis Lorbach, It requires 150 men | Albert Bernet, Frank R. Anderson and Twenty prominent Elks| Edward Gettrost, James M. Hengst is | of Columbus compose the dedication | exalted ruler of Columbus lodge of committee as follows: John W. Kauf- | Elks, No. 37. The new Elks' home at Columbus, one of the finest fraternity houses in America, will be dedicated Dec. 15, Ex-Goyernor James M. Cox will deliver the dedi- catgry address. The grounds and build- ing, adjoining Memorial hall, are val- ued at $300,000, with furnishings that will cost $35,000. over the coun sented at the dedisbtion. tion ceremonies. merce, and it is nary city block. lodges from Grand Ex- co T ——————