Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 27, 1916, Page 6

completely burned. ‘When first discovered Burdick, the whole Hion coua de B Sing o check the Ars on co o and it burn.xol ‘The nearest cottage was 1 but the wind fanned and the So fire in the house since last summer, and all the’ windows and doors were over. No one was seen near the house, nor observed going towards or coming from the house, which leads some o believe that the fire was caused by mice and matches, or perhaps spon- taneous combustion, Mr. Wilcox ow: other cottages ,at Quonocontaug, the (o_"x;‘a burned bei known as the What eer. For Over Thirty Years ———GASTORIA * THECENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORR CITY. The Fifth company, Westerly, Coast Defense district, ihodt Island National uard, participated in the preliminary rills and the review to Governor Beeckman in the state armo at Providence Wednesday night. ajor Arthur N, Nash of Westerly command- ed in some of the special drills, and was in ommand of a battalion in the review, as was also Major Bourdon A, Babcock of Westerly. Besides the mili- tary drills and ceremony, there was a band concert and the eyent closed with a dance. It was in addition to a cred- itable military demonstration one of the biggest social occasions of the sea- eon in the Capitol City. Grand Regent H. H. Dauphi- nee Deputy Grand Guide Eugene J. Damon installed these officers of Granite council, No. 177, Royal Arc: num: Archie C. Thompson. regent: Neil McKenzie, vice regent; Willlam C. Francis, orator; John M. Donohue, si ting past regent; Ethan P. Gavitt, sec- NORWICH TOWN Alex Kilroy Ends Long Service, to Re- gret of Customers—Cases of Grip at Johnson Home—Roads Too Muddy for Teaming. end Mrs.. G. L. Randall of West Town street. Mrs, Christian Hansen of the Plain Hill road is visiting her niece, Mrs, Henry Palmer of Washington street, Westerly. ut; Miss Faith Bonfoey of Peck’s Cor- ner, a member of the Academy fac- ulty, spent the week end with friends in Boston. Alex Kilroy, who has been for years clerk at the store on Sturtevant street, Baving been in the employ of Brady & Saxton, remaining in the store after it changed owners, resigsned last Sat- urday. About a year ago he with his| Mrs Charles Parkhurst of Old Cem- ; Albert E. Barber, collector; family moved to the -city. His long |etery lane was in Lebanon ‘Wednesday | John C. Loughead, treasurer; Silas E. time patrons uptown will miss his|to attend the funeral of her brother, ‘Herbert L. Burdick, Lewls, chaplain; guide; Albaert D. Thomas McSparren, sentry; Frank W. Coy, Harry §. James, Otis L. Burdick, trustees. coming on his daily rounds. James Pendleton. i Zero Weather in Ohio. Mrs. Mary Schnabel Leitch writes from Cieveiand, Ohio, that the mercury Miss Sarah Armstrong of Town street was in Central Village Tues- da yto attend the funeral of her cousin, has ranged between zero and 20 above | Mrs, William H. Armstrong. The local Caledonian society cele- for a week or more. Tuesday of this brated the birthday of Robert Burns Week JMrs Leitch and her daughter,| Mrs. Roy Johnson of Montville and | in Caledonian hall, the exercises being MEss Arelisle, left for a few weeks' | Mrs, Elisha Baldwin of Taftville have|as foliows: Remarks, Chief George $ay In California. Mrs. Leitch spent|been visiting Mrs. E. P. Geer, of the|Smith: selection, bagpipes, William Ber giribcod hers and has been here Clachrie: song, Star o' Bobbie Burns, Scotland road, during the past week. summers since. Bad Roads for Teaming. The geep mud of the roads on Wau- weces Hil Plain Hill and the Scotland rcad are a bindrance in carting wood, which the farmers have been prepar- r market. Thomas Broadfoot; song, Rallin’ Home tae Bonnie ‘Scotland, Mrs. George Phil- lps; Scotch selection, Papalia trio; song, The Maid o’ Dundee, Harry Cole- man; song, My Ain Folks, Mrs. Harry Davidson; recitation, Tae a Luce, Wil- A Wee Bit Land, ; song, Come Ye by Athol, Mrs. George Phillips; Scotch gelections, Papalia trio: Ye Banks and Braés o’ Bonnie Doon, Harry Coleman; song, Wearin’ Awa, Jean, Mrs. Harry Mr. and Mrs, Forrest Leffingwell of Montville returned Tuesday, after a stay of two weeks or more with their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Rogers of Wauwecus Hill. =z INCREASED TARIFF ON LEMONS AND ORANGES @rip at Johnson Home. Many of the grip patients are re- covering. At the Johnson home on Davidson; recitation, Tae a Haggis, Town street there Is » fresh attack M William Clachrie. After singing Auld ST ok oeie - P°?| Washington, Jan. 26—A tarift in-|lans Byne, refreshments and the -— crease of one cent a pound on lemons and oranges, as provided in a bill by Representative Kettner, was urged be- fore the house ways and means com- mittee today by Californians. Italy the delegation said, is dumping such fruit here, because the war has cut off other markets. An increased tariff would mean much revenue, they said, and also would lessen the burden of American growers in cgompeting with Italian fruits. Local Jottings. Frank A. Wilcox of Winsted was the week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. William B, Wilcox of the Scotlan® Charles Denison Chapman of Wes- terly died Wednesday afternoon at his home in High street, after four days’ fliness with pneumonia. Mr. Chapman was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Chapman and was born in the old homestead near Chapman's pond, about midway between Wester- ly and Bradford in the town of Wes- terly. In early life he was associated with his father and a brother Leon- ard, deceased. in the sranite industry and managed the Chapman quarry. The family subsequently removed to High street in the village of Wester- ly. After retiring from the granite business, Mr. Chapman located in Providence, where for a time he con- ducted the Marble Palace, the most elaborate saloon in the city, the head- quarters of sporting men and a show place of the city, the floor being stud- Rev. Witbur I Bull, of Ashland, Maine, left Tuesday for a few days' stay in Bangor, Me., before returning home, after a week’s visit with Mr. Pa Safetyin the Home Part of Woman's Daily Duty On the woman falls the care of the health of the famil. ¢ & i il dollare. She must know the - signals and have tgsdy'he“fir’s't O tlur retiring from business in Prov- aid” remedy, for quick help and the averting of serious ill- | idence, Mr. Chapman returned to Wes- M the d B = fi £ terly and ‘was not in active business ness. Many thousand housewives have at d the time J|for many years, attending to his per- and proven Peruna—the Home Remedy sonal affairs. About three years ago he opened the saloon in Canal street known as the C. Den. Mr. Chapman is the last of his direct family &nd is survived by hfs widow. He was 63 ‘They know itimprovesthe irregular te, aids the weakened digestion, vears of age and was in his usual good soothes 2nd heals the inflamed mesabrance, selitvas oo spucis meg ot || Feattn up to last Saturasy. - He was all catarrhal conditions wherever located. 1 > of giant stature, of genial disposition, corrects i reliabilify have established it as the Evu-Rfldy-lo—T&kngmldyr?t:ed‘;f ‘That’s why so ma: ke well hundreds of mdmm::;hf‘ whpriduie 1006 E,, Eighth St., Muscatine, I man. He was a_member of the Prov- idence lodge of Elks and of the Wes- terly lodge of Moose. Mrs. James F. Summitf " . writes: Peruan hes cu Four prize winnina White Wyan- Tavaiid. 1 wu:n;{ucfiafl?aF Perams o pricticalivan 0| dotte hens were stolen frem the yard Yer auickly that it was belplag me. 1 am now well and | of William R. Wells, in Ashaway, R Wt s boy, which we believe is the di. || some time after sunset Sunday night. wm‘:;:uml:: e hl,lstluk I‘ eruna bad not ‘When the fowl were missed Monday Feruna. | Bope tmy-teximontsl will bt of bercth sa gtier [ | IOTInE, Mr. Wells offered a reward women who are childless eimply because they are in a | | Of $10 for the recovery of one par- wretched physical ticular hen, and no_questhions asked. He gave a good description of the fowl in the advertisement. Wednes- ; d physical condition. 1 Wil answer any ‘Womaa anu now more abogt my case. I recom mended Peruna to a fricnd wnosedqan:hm’;md a very severe Sl o Lo doclors did a0t seem to do her gay day afternoon. Policeman Michael Cur- Busband’s hesith is to much improved by Peroas tat we || Un while pafroling in Plerce street, would not be without it in the house." saw four fowls that had evidently en- joved good care and, as they answered the description of the stolen fowl he made inquiry of the party in posses- ! sion of the fowls and learned that they { were purchased from Silas Randall, | zolored, a resident of Pond street. Po- | liceman Curtin made a report to Chief Brown who, with Curtin, went to Pierce street is an automobile and took possession of the four Wyan- dottes and started back for the station. On_the way the officers saw Randall in Pearl street. and took him into cus- tody, landing the man and the hens in the police station. . As the theft occurred in the town of Hopkinton. but within the jurisdic- tion of the Third district court, Chief Brown called John R. Wilcox, sheriff "THE MODERN NEED hlflmedyfortheevfleflwuo!qdflh Forget All Prejudices Let the facts convince you. THE PERUNA CO., COLUMBUS, O, ‘Those who prefer may have Peruna in tablet form. PUBLIC FISH MARKET 77 Franklin Street, opposite Bulletin Building SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK Eastern Halibut, 1b, .- Long and Round Clams . Eastern Salmon, Ib. Large Smelts, Ib. PreshMackerel, 1b. . Maryland Smelts . 3 qts for 25¢ . 18e 2 Ibs. for 25¢ Spanish Mackerel, Ib. Flounders, Ib. ..... . 10¢ ggfin&,rg:flfltiqz n&rmm Fresh Herring . - 3 Ibs. Shore Haddock, Ib. . . 10¢ <) medicine meets Butterfish ....... . 2 Ibs. for 25¢ | Bostan Blue, Ib. 10 | . Jons pant tunde the sbomstels stion Blook Istand ‘Cod, Ib. <eer. 10c|Round Eels, Ib. . ... . 180 Db aigmind 2 Fresh Shrimp, gt. . 40c | Wakefield Oysters, qgt. . 400 Finnan Haddies, Ib. ... 16c | Greenport Oysters, qt. . ve.. 400 8moked Salmon, Ib. . 85¢c|Long Island Oysters, qt. . 40c Smoked Halibut, Ib. ... .. 2Bc|Bluepoint Oysters, qt. ... . 60c PIIL Salt Macksrel .... - 8 for 23c | All Oycters Opened While You Wait. structure was | in th far as known, there had been no |- g & board highway commissioners for the town of Westerly. Samuel M. Anderson, general mana. ger of the Shore Line Hlectric Railway company and its divisions, was in Westerly 'Wednesday. “Salvatior. Nell” of New ZLondon made her periodical visit to Westerly Wednesday and, as usual, disposed of ber supply of the 'War Cry. Westerly has more than its quota of patients at the state hospital for the insane. The town has also furnished a large proportion of appendicitis pas tientas. Ernest H. Ozanne and Angle M, Gomena were married Tuesday night at the residence of the groom In Me chanic street, Pawcatuck, by Rev. F. Stewart Kinley. The fire alarm bell, the clock in the tower of the old town hall and the whistles of the several factories and at the quarries all vary in the an- nouncement of the noon hour. A state charter has been granted the Italo-American Civic club of Westerly, with these incorporatons: »incent De Pietrls, Demetrio Turano, Joseph A. Guarino, Michael J. Turano and rge Montalto. John Allen of Westerly, the escaped state prisoner, was given food at a farmhouse within four miles of here Tuesday afternoon. He wore the pris- on garb and carried the stolen double- barreled shotgun. ‘Work s _proj sing in the improve- ments at The Rhode Island. That part of the Dodge store taken for an office is now in the hands of workmen and others are engaged in the installation of the first hotel elevator in the vil- lage. > The special committee appointed by the Westerly fire district to consider the matter of purchasing a motor- driven fire apparatus for the Alert Hook and Ladder company will maka its report to a speclal fire district meeting. A Dbill has been introduced in the Rhode Island general assembly for the creation of a state pension commission and glrovldln‘ for monthly payments for the bartial support of indigent, widowed or abandoned mothers, with _.dependent children. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McWeeney of Providence, who have been conducting a boarding house at Pleasant View in the large cottage of Mrs. Michael Hig- gins, have awarded the contract for a new hotel bullding at Pleasant View. It will be on the beach front and near the extension of Crandall street. Nathan Mott, proprietor of the Ad- rian hotel at Block Island, died Tues- day afternoon. He was born on the island May 16, 1846, was reared on his father’s farm, which has been owned by the Mott family slnce Rhode Island was settled in 1661. He is survived by Mrs. Mott and a daughter, Mrs, Cassius C. Bal If a bill presented in the Rhode Island general assembly becomes law, cats over six months old must be li- censed at a fee of 25 cents a month. one-fifth to be retained by -the town clerk and the balance to go to the state treasurer. One-half of this sum will be for the spraying of trees and the balance for the preservation and pro- tection of birds. NOANK Wilcox-Brooks Engagement Announced ~—Mite Box Opening Set for Satur- day. Wednesday evening the local fire de- partment, through its committee, Fred Fitzpatrick and Walter McDonald, gave o good hearted and charitably disposed | & rainbow social. Engagement Announced. The engagement of Miss Phebe Har- rison Wilcox, daughter of Mrs. Mary Wilcox, of this viilage, to Loren Lin- coln Brooks of Moodus is announced. The wedding will take place in the spring. Miss Wilcox Is a general fa- vorite here. Mr. Brooks is a prominent business man of Moodus. Liberty council, Daughters of Amer- ica, held its meeting Wednesday even- ing, with only routine business trans- acted. Rev. Mr. Coleman is conducting evangelistic meetings in the Methodist church this week. Mite Box Opening. The annual mite box opening will be held Saturday afternoon in the ves- try of the Baptist church. The chil- dren will have an entertainment and be served refreshments. Mrs. Charles I. Libby ent! the Sewing society of the Met! church Wednesday afternoon. ist G. E. Andrews has secured employ- ment in the local shipyard. ‘Mrs. E. G. Morgan, who is very ill, shows no improyement. ‘Mr. and Mrs. John Lamb have recov- ered from attacks of grip. Mrs. Susan Eldredge has been quite ill_from grip. Fields Pendleton of New York has been here on a business trip. Will Entertain Club. Accidents—Papers to Bs Read Be- fore Travel Club, Since the abandonment of Stoning- ton as a terminal for a Sound lne of passenger and freight steamboats, the place is not as prominent on the marine map, but the harbor is still there and It is a rare day, indeed, when it is not a refuge for vessels in the coastwise trade. the preva- and ::- line ;7: tM'.e-mur-., > e granite lustry” of Westerly was at its height and much of the finished product, the raw material and pavers, were brought to the borough and for- warded to destination by water routes. There is a strong hope in the bor- ough that this serious loss of maritime business will be replaced by healthy manufacturing interests, it being urged that there is no better location any- property vacated the steamboat and railroad lines. T:: water and rail occommodations are equal to the best on the entire eastern coast. Tierney Cadet Officers. The officers selected for th £ St. Mary's Tierney wCad. ’."u':: Charles Rose, captain: Joseph first leutenant; William Sylvia, sec- ond lleutenan hn arles Flynn, drummer. Charles Wood is manager and Wal- ter Walsh captain of the basketball of the sec- ond anniversary of the organization. Stonington Pointers. While playing basketball Edward Smith’s right thumb was severely sprained. After a visit to Mrs. Albert G. Ran- dall in New Rochelle, N. Y., Miss Katherine Comstock has returned to her home in the borough. While wrestling with a playmate, John Avery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Avery, fell and his right arm was frac- tured. Frederick A. MeDonald, of Rev. Pawecatuck, will read a paper on Wood and Romantic Edinburg at the next session of the Stonington Travel club and Msr. Laura Wood will give a paper on The Border Land. STAFFORD SPRINGS Wage Advance in Three Mills—Rice- Chaffee Engagement Announced— Funeral of Mrs. Susan Shea, pleased at the action of the manufac- turers in granting voluntarily an in- crease in ‘wages. A general advance of five per cent. has been granted by the Johnson Woolen company and the Warren Woolen company. The raise at the &l:fl?ol the Rhode Island mill varies from five to ten per cent. Dr. Claude B. Tschummi has been at his home in Broad Brook for the past few days ill with grip. Rice Chaffee Engagement. Employes of local woolen mills lral A SALE EXTRAORDINARY OF Infants’ Clothing Now Going On In Shannon Building Basement ¢ A SALE OF sSAM- PLES AND SEVERAL ODD LOTS FROM OUR OWN LARGE STOCK AND GOODS SECURED FROM MANUFACTURERS. WE BEGAN WITH SEVERAL HUN- DRED GARMENTS AND THEY ARE GO- ING FAST. BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY Valuesupto 50c..........NOW 19c Values up to $1.50..........NOW 59¢ Values up to $2.75 ........ NOW $1.19 Values up to $4.25..........NOW $1.98 Values up to $6.50. . ........NOW $2.98 SOME SPECIAL VALUES FROM OUR RUG AND DRAPERY DEPARTMENT Odd lots and short lengths which have accumulated dur- ing the season are going to be forced out by these lowered prices. At this time of the year a clean stock becomes a necessity, and we take this means of cleaning up—dras- tically reduced prices will do what we want and will save you money. Look The List Over—There’s Something For You CURTAIN SCRIM in short lengths, also Madras and Lace. Lengths up to 9 yards and values up to 30c. NOW 12%e COLORED BORDER SCRIMS which were valued as high as 30c a yard. NOW 15c ODD PAIRS OF CURTAINS in Madras, Scrim and Lace. Good qualities. AT JUST HALF PRICE VELVET RUGS, 27 by 54 Inches in size, are reduced in price. Floral and Oriental designs in good coler HEMSTITCHED BORDER SCRIM | ings, and the Rugs are zll-wool of fine quality in dainty desighs.-| Value $1.50. 5 Ecru only. Values up to 30c. NOW $1.10 NOW 30 JAPAN AND CHINA MATTINGS bave sold for 25¢ and 30c Lengths up to 16 yards. NOW 12%c A YARD SHELF OIL CLOTH in short lengths, also a few patterns of full al you want any you ve Were $2.00—NOW $149 early g to come 3 ‘Were $3.00-NOW $1.98 NOW 3¢ A YARD $14.50 TAPESTRY BRUSSELS RUGS—NOW $11.25 A Special lot of Seamless Tapestry Brussels Rugs, in Oriental designs and colorings, are going to be sold out at a price which will save you exactly $3.25. If you want a good 9 by 12 Rug at a wonderfully low price this is the time to get it. SPECIAL LOT OF SCRIM CUR- TAINS in white, cream and ecru, with lace insertion. Some are made with a wvalance. Two, three and four pair of a kind in the lot. Were $1.25—NOW 98¢ Were $1.50—NOW $1.19 ‘which a The engagement of Miss Sadie M. Rice of Worcester to Louis E. Chaffee has been announced. Mrs. Charles Newton and Mrs. T. F. Mullen are spending a few days in Boston. Miss Mildred Webster of the Hol- lflov'vd is visiting relatives in Spring- eld. Night work at the Rhode Island mill has been discontinued. John B. Fontanella has made appli- cation to the county commissioners for a liquor license at the Springs house. Miss Marjorie Lyon of Staffordville is 111 with searletina. FUNERAL. Mrs. Susan Shea. The funeral of Mrs. Susan Shea took place at St. Edward’s church 'Wednes- day morning at 9 o'clock. Rev. Felix J. O'Nelll officiated and burial was in St. Edward’s cemetery. The bear- ers were Michael, Joseph and Edward Shea, sons of the deceased, and John Sullivan, her son-in-law. “TYANTIC Guild Arranges Reception for Rector— Local Players at W. R. C, Whist. ‘The Guild membere have arranged a public reception for Rev. J. W. Areso) to be given in the Guild rooms this (Thursday) evening. Several from here attended the reading at Y, M, C. A. hall Monday evening by Mrs. Hasel Chandler Parks for the benefit of Grace church, and greatly enjoyed her selections, as well as the solos by Miss Eisle D. Brand. Mrs. Ernest Bullard was accompanist. Mre. Edward Ashbey will entertain | o the Five Hundred club Friday evening. News in General, The Boy Scouts will p! ton basketball team -here ing. nglru. Hattle friends in Meri e a Stoning- iday eveh- N Ashbey " is visiting en. - has returned to his sumed work in the shipyard Deacon A. B. Burdick of Waterford lll,::(been visiting Rev. and Mrs. A, J. er. Miss Emma Fish of Ansonia is the guest of her brother, Benjamin Fisb._ Manning covered his Miss Flora Lafonte has returned from a few days’ stay with relatives in Spencer. Attended Whist. Several from here attended the whist_given by members of the Woms= an’s Relief corps in Buckingham Me- morial Tuesday afternoon. T. W. €I of Willimantic was & wvisitor here Monday. ‘Edward Jones, who has been spend- ing the past few weeks in Moosup, has returned to town and resum his uties in the mill of the Admore ‘oolen company. The mild days, when the temaeras. ture has climbed made country roads very muddy and travel uncomfortable. permitted their cattle to roam in the p-aturen as in early spring. Springs is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond V. Congdon for a few days. Mrs. Georg spending some time In town with her mother, Mrs. M. PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN Opening Gun of Campaign—Left Washington Night. ‘Washington, Jan. 26.—President Wil- son left tonight for New York, where tomorrow he will deliver the first of the country the issue of p: for national defense. 2 he held final conferences admin- istration leaders in congress inet members regarding the to 65 degrees, has capitol. . ers have| The president will arrive in Ne harles N. Congdon Stafford Smith of Meriden is J. Bogue. of peace. respond briefly. NEW YORK TODAY | Th SN will be fired by the president at the His Preparedness Last clude some additional word on indus- trial preparedn: ning Mr, Wilson will speak before a ‘before starting serfes of addresses laying situation in both addresses. 1 Secretary Tumulty and T..mény-on will accompany Mrs. Wi and cab- |Dr. Cary speeding | him. AVIE 3 1 1l up of the legislative programme at the York at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, but will remain on his private car un- til 8 o'clock, when a committee from the Railroad Business association will escort him to his hotel. At noon he will receive a delegation from the New York Federation of Churches, who de- sire to present to him an address in appreciation of his efforts in behalf Mr. Wilson probably will ning gun for preparedness annual banquet of the Railroad Bus- ess. Later in the eve- banquet of the Motion Picture board of trade of America. He is_expected to mention the Mexica and European