Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 18, 1915, Page 12

RAIN TODAY; PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW NORWICH CONN-. SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1915, FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DESPATCHES JOINT INSTALLATION FOR Officers Will Be Placed in Their Chairs Talk About Preparedness We Are Prepared to Furnish Thousands of Homes With ~ HOLIDAY GIFTS SUCH AS ROCKING CHAIRS—Children’s Rockers, from 50c to $3.00. 100 Reed and Fancy Rockers, from $1.00 to $30.00. MORRIS CHAIRS—A fine line of Morris Chairs with velour and leather cushions from $9.00 to $24.00. COUCHES—Largest line in this city—Prices the lowest. WRITING DESKS—For large or small, prices range from $2.50 to $30.00. PIANOS—Three of the best makes in the country— Prices low, sold on easy terms. RES—A good line of Pictures, bought expressly PICngr Xmas trgade including Etchings, Pastels, Oilo- graphs and thousands of Senmb]e Articles such as Chma Closets, Buffets, Bookcases, Parlor Suits, Chamber Sets, Chiffoniers, Hall Racks, Sewing Ma- chines, Parlor Cabinets, Cribs, Children’s Wagom, Doll Carts, Sleds, Shoofilea, Rocking Horses, Etc. Goods delivered FREE to any part of Connecticut SHEA & BURKE’S 37-47 Main Street, Norwich LUMBER TEAM STRUCK POST AND CORPS. AT YANTIC CROSSING. One Horse Killed, Another Badly In- jured and Driver Tossed 30 Feet. at Union Meeting. Friday morning the southbound mail joint installation for the officers h of sfif,i-’\‘wk post, No. 1, G. A. R, and |train due in Yantic at 10.13 a. m Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps, No.[known as No. 6, and in charge of En- 16, was voted for at the meeting of the Relief corps on F the Buckingham Memorial. a special meeting of the corp. was held this week, as the next regu- lar meeting would day before Christm: The jmm evening, The president, ning, mber ood that had been sent to in death ccurred last week and who was a member of the corps. gineer Sears and Conductor Wheeler, struck an empty lumber team and a pair of horses at the Yantic crossing, throwing the driver about 30 feet, in- stantly killing the large black horse and injuring the white horse so that it ie not thought it will live. The wagon and team was in charge of a Polish farmhand in the employ of Harry Laskowitz, who lives on the farm known as the Driscoll farm, on the crossroads, at Ladd's <Crossing, Sodom. Whether the man was seri- ously injured or not cannot be found out at present, as he would make no statements, even in Polish, after the accident. Thursda started for of wood, and coming down afternoon at This was which iday have come on the is to be held th. The corps mas eocial to for its members on Tuesday Jan. 4th. llation insts Mrs. Grace H. Man- conducted the meeting, and one was initiated. Under the of the order a poem was read Solon A. Moxley wife, whose afternoon the driver Norwich with a large load by the remembrance of his Mrs. Mary Jewett presented MMrs.|Charles Ladd place it was so siippery Manning, the president, a basket of |he took the horses to the blacksmith’s fHlowers that had been raised in Mrs.[to De shod. It was late when the Jewett's roof garden. horses were shod, so he pulled the load The meeting closed with the singing of America and the flag of wood up on the side of the road for the night, coming down Friday morn- ing for it and delivering it, and on the return evidently did not see the ap- proaching train but drove right into it. alute. LODGE NOTES : The crossing is unprotected, having (Continued from Page Ten) neither gates, a crossing tender or an alarm signal, and although the track cral tables at the whist and thelcan ho seen, is @ dangerous one. prize: ollows: ol e d aban y Ladies first, Mrs. Gertrude, Toot-|| . The trainwasidelayediabont a halt (35) table mats; second, Miss Ju- Mrs. Saunders ( Kingsley, (34) book; consolation, | SVEA OFFICERS. n Held—John O. John- ) entlemen—first, William McClaf- ferty, (42) handsome coat hanger; | Annual Elec second, John McClafferty, (37) book: son President. consolation, Adam Gernhardt (14). After the whist refreshments of| The Svea S. and B. society, which coffee and cake were served. Miss|met in Germania hall on Friday eve- Margaret St. John and Mrs. Sadie |ning elected the following officers McChue were in charge of the arrange- | President, John O. Johnson; vice pres ments. ident, Carl Pierson; treasurer, Ivar ol recording secretary, Valentine OWLS. i a; ant secretary, Gus Norwich nest, No. 1396 transacted el ety o only routine business at the meeting o ues) Bundguisty in Owls' hall on Tuesday evening and |} ipporters, Axel Johnson, August Dyd- e s Siesday evening 20! nolm:: master of ceremonles, Oscar Eecston sresdend |y u1 three yvears John Lin- Joseph Woolley occupied the _chair, | DBl e e 5 The officers elected last week will e take charge on the first meeting night in January. L > Twelve rested annually in New York. Richard Berkoff: auditors, Dahl, year, Au- Carl Pier- holm, Oscar Goteborg, Swenden, has a municipal street railw service. thousand_children are ar- FURS Listen a Minute We have a big lot of goods in Furs made up by us from stock we bought ourselves. We wish to move this stock at once. In order to do this we make the follow- ing bona-fide offer: We are willing to pay your expense to any city in New England if you can duplicate our goods at 25% nore than we charge. If you can do this we will gladly give you any article in our stock free of charge between now and Xrnas. We also repair, remodel and re-dye all kinds of Furs at lowest prices. Remember we have been 33 years in business and every article is gumrantesd to satisfy you. If not we will refund your money without question. . FRENCH-AMERICAN FUR COMPANY THAYER BUILDING, Franklin Square New Haven, Conn., Dec. 17.—The story of the fight made by the Con- necticut Civil Service Reform associa- tion to prevent the general assembly of 1915 from altering the then existing merit law in the state, was told to members of the association as they gathered here tonight for the annual meeting. The legislative contest ex- tended through two months and end- ed with the enactment on March 1 of the amendment to the law. The report ‘was made by President Henry W. Far- nam of Yale university, who in tha course of it said in part: “While the attack upon the merit system came entirely from the republicans and while the democrats both houses voted against the amendment it is a mistake to regard the fight as a sim- ple party fightt * * * The large amount of insurgency was all the more remarkable and the more cred- itable to those who voted with the minority from the fact that those who did so well understand that no fat offices were in store for them as a re- ward and that their political future vas in Jeopardy. Prominent repub- licans outside the Jegislature also threw their influence against the amendment and there was good rea- son to believe that the governor, al- though a republican, had an impor: tant part in preventing the extreme measures advocated in the beginning by the republican machine. Ex n of Spoils System. The report also points out an X~ hibition of the spoils system” when the legislature before adjourning created a state commission to revise the stat- utes; consolidated the offices of com missioner of labor and of factory in- spection, three members of the assem- bly being chosen to the first named and another member being made head of the consolidated offices. On this point the report said: “WI made this act especially significant is the fact that of these men appointed to office which they themselves had voted to create, one was the leader of the senate. two were respectively speaker of the house and leader of the house, both active supporters of th amendment, three were members of the judiciary committee which report- ed the civil service bill, while all four were members of the republican par- One of those appointed to the del- te task of revising the statutes was but a few yearse removed for cause by a repuolican governor from the of- fice of tax commissioner, and it may be said without disparagement of the talents of these gentlemen that not one of them would have been selected for the position to which he was ap- pointed had it not been for his polit- ical activity.” Got Out from Under. Referring to the operation of the EXHIBITION OF SPOILS SYSTEM Charged Against Legislature By Report of State Civil Service Reform Association—In App‘ointing Legislature Mem- bers to Offices Credted By Legislature—Commissioner Hyde a Particular Target in Report. ¢ amended law the report said that three officials, all republicans, proceeded to unclassify themselves. These were the secretary of statc, the comptroller and the labor commissioner. The attorney general has not done so. The repo discusses at length the operation of the amended law upon the labor com- missioner, and said that if the com- missioner himself is not familiar with the manifold requirements of the office he at least should select none but experts as his subordinates. Hyde Secured Exemption. The action of Mr. Hyde in constru- ing the law was explained, the report saying that when he could not make good his contention that his office was not subject to the law he applied for xemption of certain offic “Before rpedoing the law the repo ‘a vacancy had filled in the Hartford office, * and the qual- iflcations of the appointee under civil service were so high that he could not disregard them, therefore he ap- plied to have the office exempted and secured this.” Further on the report said: “The significant thing is that the commils- sioner of labor first gets certain fices cwemmul waits until the election over and then, the Hart- ford Courant in n article said, con- Its only members of his own party with regard to the appointments Move Towards been Business Methods. The report emphasizes that seve state departments are still under tae merit law, analyzes conditions in them and then continu “The very smail number of which followed the lead of the ford Courant in op- | posing the merit s: an indica- tion that there is 1 demand for backward steps. * * * It now seems clear that the whele humiliat- z performance is the work of small group of people. Working under the complacen odoxy they have opened the ip in public office, 1l movement awa) the merit system, and we must forget the credit du to those spirited officials who, in spite mask of politic W to but there g & no gen not public of dis- advantageous situations, still ap- plving business methods t e public business.” Election of Officers. Offic as follows: Hono Former Pres- ident William H president, Pro- | fessor Henry W. Farnam; vice pres- idents, W. A. Aiken, Norwich; J. L.| Eiton, Waterbury; William F. Hen- | ney, Hartford; John H. Perry, South- port; Former ( nor Rollin S. Woodruff, New Haven | W. Bror New Hav F. H New Haven. THIS COUNTY GAINS 616 SCHOOL CHILDREN. Total State Gain on Enumeration 11,33¢—Windham County Gain 40. The returns have been received from all but six towns in the state of the annual enumeration of children of school age in Connecticut. Those six towns are entered in the complete as they stood a year ago and the dif- ference will in any event be trivial These returns show gains in every county in the state and a total gain of 11,334. In 1910 the census showed a ratio of 4.484 to one between total population and children of school age. Assuming that ratio to hold how, th population of Connecticut is 1,290 or_practically 1,300,000, The figures follow for New London and Windham counties: New London County. “essor | TOWN. New London ... Norwich : Bozrah 5 Colchester ... st Lyme .. “ranklin . Griswold Groton Lebanon .... Ledyard .. Lisbon Lyme .... Montville .. . North smmngmn.. Old Lyme Preston Salem Sprague . Stonington Voluntown . Waterford . 120 639 2247 .. 163 58 21 towns ... .21169 2 Gain in counr , 616. Windham County. Brooklyn . 406 Ashford 220 Canterbury Chaplin_. Eastford Hampton Killingly Plainfleld .. Pomfret . Putnam_. Scotland Sterling . Thompson . ‘Windham .. Woodstock i3 119 15 towns .11107 10667 453 18 Gain in county, 40. Skipped Court, Rearrested. Christopher Hanson of Franklin, who was arrested late Thursday af- ternoon on an intoxication and resist- ance charge, but was allowed to go on parole by Chief Linton on the plea that he needed to get home to look after his cattle and milk route, failed to put in appearance in the police court on Friday morning. He was found and rearrested about noon on Friday at a hotel on She- tucket street after officers had been to his farm in Franklin, where they found he had not been seen since Thursday. Says He Found Man in His House. Policemen Charles [McFadden and Charles Ebberts were called into the home of Joseph Stranski on North Thames street about midnight Friday by Mr. Stranski, where they placed under arrest Danlel Koznetsky, whom Stranski said he found in his wife's bed when he came home and found his wife crying. Mrs. Stranski says the man got into the hou<e threugb the window of her room. DIVORCES WERE GRANTED TO FOUR WIVES.| Superior Court Heard Tales of Mari- tal Infelicity. Four divorces which were on th uncontested list were granted by Judge William L. Bennett in the superior court here on Friday morning, one of them being a c that was partly heard last week, but continued for more evidence all the witnesses last week were relatives. This was the case of Ethe! M. Wil- son o ninst Albert H. Wilson Th divorce was grar n the ounds of ual intemperance and the po r name changed to I The couple wz The John Perkins of conductor, who on c; Mar: maiden itness Friday was| mington, a trolley | £ Wilson riding | ted. told rs when intoxica AL of U was ‘Whi . ziven a divorce from William J. ley of Preston to whom she w ried on March 5, 1898. The case was presented by Brown & Perkins and the divorce was granted on both the grounds alleged, habitual intemperance and intolerable cruelty. The couple have no children. Mrs. Tilley, whose city, who said her husbana is now at the state inebriate farm, testified that they were married in Providence, and had lived at Provi- dence, Taftville and Packerville, where Mr. Tilley had kept a poultry farm until last spring. She told of occasions when her husband was | drunk and had knocked her down Anna Durkee of New York, who had ar the Tilley family in Pack- rroborated Mrs. Tilley's tes- and Hattie A. Phillips did the | timony, same. Benjamin conservator R. Briggs for Mr. of Tilley. Plainfield, said that the man had been sent to the inebri- as ate farm On drunkard. ounds of habitual intem- of Ston- from Al- She was 904. There common the perance Luella Potter Prince divorce ington was given fred Prince of Wil married to him on J vas also an allegation of intolerable cruelty since January 1, 1910, but this ground of complaint was not pre The petitioner n the custody of Leon Prince, Harold Prince aged 7; alb 1ce, aged 4, and Charlton Prince, age To her attorney, Mr. Roche of West- | erly, Mrs. Prince said that they were married in Appenaug, R. I, and that her husband was a moulder, but spent all the money he for for drink. The town and a mission had helped her and her four children. ~Mary Eliza_ Da- vis, and Sarah E. Foster of Ston- ington corroborated Mrs. Prince as to the habitual intemperance of Mr. Prince. They had known of him having the delirium tremens and sald he was a common drunkard. Bommena Ricardino of this city se- cured divorce from Raffaele Ricardino, also of Norwich, to whom she was married on Feb. 24, 1909. The grounds were desertion about five months after the marriage of the couple. The peti- tioner was given the right to resume her maiden name of Bommena Ab- bruzigi Mrs. Ricardino was put on the stana her attorney, Judge John H.| Barnes, and Ralph Diveto was the in- terprater. She said that she lived with her husband only five months and that he is now in jail. She had ! to do washing ard her husband was mad because she would not give him | money. ! Vincenzo Fumegiro, Angelo Chioda, and Joseph Izzo were other witnesses | I fi | | | in the case. One of them sald the husband is now in jail for forgery. The case of Manuel Gonsalves Amelia Gonsalves went off the list and the se_of Helen E. Thompson vs William Henry Thompson was post- poned TODAY At 2.30, 7 and 8.45 VALESKA SURATT P THE SOUL OF BROADWAY A Wonderful Feature in Six Acts Which Miss Suratt Wears Over 150 Gowns VAUDEVILLE Classy Scenic Singing Act YE SOUTHERN TRIO DAVIST ———— T —_————— MON. AND TUES.—5-PART VITAGRAPH BLUE RIBBON FEATURE The Turn of the Road The entreating of a sick child bade John King stay, but he was tired of his home. with an accident. What find the solution. D MUTUAL MOVIES and COMEDIES CONCERT ORCHESTRA VAUDEVILLE MON., TUES,, WED. He deserted o the Nederveld’s Monkeys g the monk motorcycle dare devil who could give some of the best races in the country a run for their money. wonderful act. SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT MUTUAL. WAR WEEKLY AND COMEDIES HEATR EEOADWEY and child, fate intervenes, and he meets result. See this picture and you will Be sure and see this Today AUDITORIUM SHOWS, 2.30, 7, 8.45 Mat., 10c. Eve., lOc & 20c LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE IRISH AND SCOTCH TABLOID PLAYERS PRESENTING SHAUN'S FAREWELL CLEAN COMEDY CATCHY s ONGS 15—PEOPLE—15 PRETTY GIRLS DANIEL FROHMAN Presents PAULINE FREDERICK IN “SOLD” THE EMOTIONAL ACTRESS SUPREME IN AN ABSORBING FIVE- PART FILM DRAMA OF A WOMAN’'S DEVOTION Y. M. C. A. AUXILIARY'S VAUDEVILLE NETTED OVER $365 Women’s Work Showed Very Satisfac- tory Financial Returns. T committee of the Woman's a of the Y. M. C. A. which had in the recent amateur vaudeville tainment given at the amusement iliary at the Norwich state hospital is - to make the very satisfactory that the ne entertainment w All the bills incurred week by Mrs. acted a eneral tre port was made on 3 Edwin W rins, who was the eral chairman in charge of the enter- tainment. »od result of their hard work tifying to all the commit- members, as the ceeds will s - the treasury with funds to meet the »ne which ixiliary had assumed for | the current year during the term of Mrs. H. M. Pollock as president of the auxiliary. The proceeds of the vaudeville enter- nment slightly exceed the proceed m_Pinafore, which was the big en- tainment feature of last year, which | res 4.05 =d | NORWICH APPOINTMENTS ON NAVY LEAGUE Object Is Adequate Preparedness Against Invasior and Disaster. Washington, Dec. stror c- tion of the membership committee has been appointed to take ct > of the n of th y league in Th committee . Charles stello Lippitt They will he zation in Conn ited to th B. Conwa n, ( ell. H ibald Mitc ent t strict in the activ > aizn which it is i parts of the country in behalf of quate dness inst invasion 1d di They will coope with members the gue's te committee for which Commander Frank S. Cornw of New Haven is chairman and will lend their ene Bt nd enthusiastic support to the work und consolidate and organize th whelming sentiment of thinking pe of that state in behalf of measur adequate preparedness® A sy ter has been forwarded to the men_appointed by the Navy notifying them of their appointments. WEDDING. Lawlor—O'Brien. James Lawlor and Miss Anna Jrien we ried on the morning of Wedne: 24, 1 Patrick’s aterbury marriage ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. Joseph M son, in the pre of friends ien of w lhc best h. The costume of broadcloth, and a cor: bouquet of bri Her bridesmaid wore a suit of broadcloth, with hat to match, and a cor: bouquet of pink After th h services a weddin breakfast at_the b home on_ Liberty Mr. and Mrs Lawlor left late wedding trip and will be at after December 15 The bride is the daughter W. O’Brien of Colchester. Wilson—Dickenson. Several hundred guests were ent at the wedding of Miss Howard Dickenson, daughter and Mrs. Georze B. Dickenson, ic, @ 4 A. Wilson of . at the Baptist church z Thursday evening at € o'clock . Henry P. Fuller officiated and the copal double ring service was used. The bride was attended by Mrs. mes H. Dickenson of Hartford, hei aunt, as matron of honor, and four bridesmaids, Miss Irene Palmer of New Londos s N. Eilla Johnson of Niantic, Miss leanor I. Coates of Hartford and Miss Daphine Howard of Westerly. James H, Dickenson , of Hartford, an uncle of the bride, was best man, and the ushers were Harold B. Dickenson of New Britain, an uncle of the bride, Willlam B. Hoff of Quin- cy, Mass., Herman F. Baier and Frank Deming of New London. The bride was gowned in ivory satin with pearl trimmings ana lace and wore a veil of tulle caught up man w bride wo midn: with fon spond, roses. old blue street. for me of James pres- Gladys a with pearls. Heh flowers were a shower bouguet of white Killarney roses and lilies of the valley. The ma- tron of honor wore orchid silk with 'ver Jace an embroiderad roses in pasted shades. She carried an arm bouguet of double Killarney roses. The bridesmaids wore pink silk with er- mine trimmings and black velvet pic- ture hats, and carried enchantress carnations. The church was decorated laurel, palms, ferns and red berries. As the bridal party entered, Lohen- grin’s wedding march was played by Robart Memsbmnl maenemtle of St A- Wy with | Next Week VAUDEVILLE 3—HARMONY GIRLS—3 IN A DAINTY SONG DIVERSION ——————— DYNES and MARSHALL Singing and Dancing FRANK WARD ..Dancing PARAMOUNT FEATURE BLANCHE SWEET - i SECRET ORCHARD FOUNDED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME the | an with for d de h Commercia ris, Dec solution of the Americar problem, » far it relates t foreign trade of Ame An man nay be found in the French cooperative comptoir system of doing business on scale, is indicated in the present ac- tiyity of American consuls and com- | merci 1 ents throu “rance, y and Spain in gathe na- tion regard the workings of this system. The information is being at the request of the Unit federal tr: mmission, wh idied the nan kart . 0 it is stated here, h concluded that the nch system is ter adapted to \nnn[‘m business methods and »t violate the act re ng combination in of t applied solely in pushing foreign commerce. Much interest has been manifested French manufacturers in the pres- ent investization and every avenue of information has been freely placed at the disposition of the American con- |suls ana ¢ gents. There wer before comptoir or- wnizations in ing every branch of industr = the silk nd cotton trades, ocers the membe selling of — Today - ©C O k. O NIIA L. - Today THE COMUS PLAYERS In The drew's Presbyterian church, Vall field, Canada, a friend of the grc Following the ceremony a tion to w h about 200 gu | invited, was held at the bride parents on Main white ncing t with FCREIGN TRADE OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS 1 Artist’'s Dream “THE MAYOR AND THE BOSS” STRONGEST MUSICAL VAUDEVILLE ACT ALL NEW SON iv GS AND SKETCHES mem yet com outside en comptoir cason is net considered a trust by ch law nd groom r ler Some .of prosperous of laurel olly banked | these 1nd chrysan ums. Music ished during the London. The broa. she lue and m W o the 1 I gift @ t lesma A pe: om’s gift th pearis Agents Gathering comptoir for t wo and Infor- mation to Facilitate Commerce. he ids ris coal mine owners, a ¢ . iron and 1 industries. In <hell the comptoir is a_union manufac- turers for the selling, in common, of certain articles in whic ere is nor- {maily i ympetition, the object be- | ing ‘to prevent over-production, the | cutting of prices. and th tion of | sale es. The comptoir is_cap- | itz a nominal sum. its officers sell for the various firms whose goods it handles, and distribute the profits yearly. There are both comptoirs for the domestic and foreign trades, the l l latter bting entirely distinet from the EEA TINCTION former. 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