Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 23, 1916, Page 6

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. Voters t6Call Special Town Mesting April 6t Kingstown, who has had 25 years’ ex- s:lmce in the liquor business, and the it to hold license in hi$ home town in 45 years. The release of E F. Clar:( for claim against the town regard to a change In wall the Shore road was received and o recorded. Milk licenses were granted to Flora Bliven of the Moss farm and to E. F. Knight of Rail- road avenue. The following communi- cation was received from the board of water commissioners: To the Honorable Town Council The board of water commissioners spectfully request that a special meet- ing of the taxpaying voters of the town of Westerly be called at the earliest ronsl‘hl_e date for the purpose of receiv- ing a report of the bogrd of water co: missioners of a proposed sewerage sys- tem; of considering and acting upon the passage of a resolution directing the senator and representaeives of the town to present in the present legis- lature a bill for an act and to urge the passage of the same, authorizing the town to provide for the construc- tion and maintedance of a system of public drains or sewers in that portion of the town included within the boun- daries of the Westerly fire district, and containing such further provisions as to said meeting shall seem fitting, and to take such further action, if any, in relation to the installation ow such system of public drains and sewers as said meeting shall adopt. ‘The council voted that this meeting be held Thursday, April 6, at 10 a. m. The council will meet in special session on Tuesday, April 4, to re- ceive and open bids for the contract to reconstruct the Watch Hill road. Alternate bids will be received for bituminous concrete pavement and for reinforced cement concrete pavement. 1 will also be received for war- renite pavement, amiesite pavement or hassam compressed concrete pave- ment. The proposals are alternate and not in any way binding on the town to accept. v Thomas J. Allen, alias “Skeete,” of Westerly, is again in the criminal Hoodlight. He was one of the 31 pris- vners who were en route from the court house to the Providence county jail Tuesday who overpowered and phot Deputy Sheriff Tillinghast and brutally assaulted Deputy Sheriff Col- vin. Fifteen of the prisoners did not escape and proceeded in the vaf to the BléL After the officers were disarmed puty Sheriff Tillinghast was com- pelled to give up the keys to the hand- tuffs, then thrown to the ground and shot. Eleven of the 15 escaped pris- oners were captured during the night, including Allen, who was still hand- cuffed to another prisoner. Allen was brought from the prison into court to answer to the charge of escaping from the state prison and YOU'REBILIOUS! CLEANLIVERAND BOWELS TONIGHT DON'T STAY HEADACHY, SICK, OR HAVE BAD BREATH AND SOUR STOMACH. WAKE UP FEELING FINE! BEST LAXATIVE FOR MEN, WOMEN 1s AND CHILDREN. (8] 8 ) Enjoy life! "Remove the liver and bowel poison which is keeping your tead dizzy, your tongue coated, breath ffengive, and stomach sour. Don't stay billous, sick headachy, constipa- ted apd full of cold. Why don’t you yet a box of Cascarets from the drug store and -eat one or two tonight and snjoy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. You will wake up feeling fit and fine. Cascarets never gripe or sicken like salts, pills and calomel. They act so gently that you hardly realize you jave taken a cathartic. Mothers thould give cross, sick, billous or fev- ){hh- i ldren ta. J‘vhola Cascaret any Jim ey ac oroughly and are 1armies: ';'i'ry this easy way to heal : Svour( skin with : Resinol 1f you are suffering from eczema, mam or similar itching, red, * : ly skin affection, bathe the soré places with Resinol Soap and hot water, then gently apply a little Resinol Ointme; You . will probably be ished how " promptly the itching stops and _ healing begjns. Inmost casesthe . sick skin quickly becomes clear andhealthy again, atverylittlecost. it Ot Mot e ¥ i to To Consider pleaded nolo, He was sentenced to two years in addition to the four years im- = ntgb a m“lm -.I&A;,n in ‘esterly 1 During Allen’s od of freedom from state prison committed two more burgilaries at Pleasant View before his recapture, and for these offenses he will bave two additional years to serve. ty are more watchful than those in Prov- idence county, as was shown in the case of James Rego Mellow, the alleged Kingston murderer, convicted of the murder of William lodes and sus- pected of the murder of the two Olsen brothers, Mellow on the trip to and from the jail was accompanied by three officers and he was dcuffed to one of them. While on to and from the court room by two offi- cers, who constantly guarded him. In Providence county it is left for two officers to guard 31 indicted men. Charles Henry Greene, who di re- cently in Battle Creek, Mich,, and was buried in_ Hopkinton, was the son of Thomas M. and Amanda Baboock Greene, and born at Potter Hill 50 years ago. For many years he resided in Alfred, N. Y. and 12 years ago he moved to Battle Creek. He was staunch in his adherence to the principles and teachings and an enthusiastic student of Seventh Day Baptist church history. He collected a fund of historical facts concerning the denomination and his contributions to the printed history of the church are valuable. He is sur- vived by a nephew, Howard A. Greene, of Westerly, an uncle, Stephen Bab- cock! of Yonkers, and two aunts, Dr. Lucy Babcock 6t Alfred and Mrs. John M. B. Ambler of Chatham, N. Y. F. D. Coburn of Kansas, who stands a ca’s prophet of the soil, and is writing a series of instructive and in- teresting series of magazine articles on the broad and basic principles that bring success in the tilling of the soil and in the marketing of crops, is pic- tured in a current issue. He is a sec- ond and almost exact double of Morris Sullivan of Westerly, a Civil war vet- erna, retired stone cutter, and repre- sentative citizen. The resemblance is so striking that intimate friends of Mr, Sullivan declared the picture to be that of Mr. Sullivan, and after the closest inspectio Local Laconlcs. : Three inches of snow in Westerly Wednesday. Narragansett commandery, K. T, is planning for the annual ladies’ night. The Westerly Cycle club defeated 300 to 257. ‘The bill to increase the fee for club liquor licenses has been adopted in the house by a vote of 50 to 29. Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown is confined to his home with injuries re- ceived while attempting to stop a run- away horse Monday morning. Even when the thermometer ad- vanced to 38 Wednesday, the gnow con- tinued, just to conform to the many snowstorms that immediately preceded. An act has been adopted by the gen- eral assembly which permits city and town councils to exact fees from speci- fied officers appointed by those bodies. | The Rhode Island general assembly has adopted the amendatory act which places offending constables and town sergeants within the jurisdiction of the district courts. Mary Connors, widow of Thomas Connors, died Tuesday at her home in Smith street. She leaves two daugh- ters, Mrs. Margaret McClough and Mrs. Elmer E. Curtin. Eighteen applications have been filed with the clerk of the supreme court to take bar examinations March 21. Among the applicants are James Ferguson and Michael J. Turano of Westerly. George H. Anderson, nown as 54, familiariy op,” for the past nine v of the Norwich and Westerly Traction company as motorman, died Wednesday in the Lawrence hospital, New London, from a complication o diseases.. Before coming to Westerly, Mr. Anderson resided in Steward street, New London, and was employed on the trolley lines in that city. He is survived by Mrs. Anderson. ‘The athletes and Westerly High school who have been in active' practice during the winter at the gymnasium of the Memorial and Library building gave a competitive exhibition Wednesday afternoon, doing some stunts that would have credit to the trained circus performer. They did turns on the horizontal and parallel bars, the trapeze and swing rings and in vaulting and jumping. The judges were Superintendent of Schools Wil- lard Bacon, D. Harold Rogers and George Benjamin Utter. BODY OF OLNEY ARNOLD IS BEING SHIPPED TO PROVIDENCE American Con General at Who Died at Lisbon. Cairo, ‘Washingtons March 22.—The body the Colonial club at pool by a score of | We have ’suppliedrperbct doubl homcsc, to vmakc uaker Oats — ’ and aroma. homes would pay. But our purpose requires it in eve Quaker Oats or Mother’s Oats are u Our purpose b Mother’s.Oats by making this the best-loved dish. \ delicious. Yet they cost you no extra price. Mother’s Oats. them to eat an abundance. this Aluminum cooker.’ ’ “Next week’s offer is this: Send us five trademarks—the pic- " ture of the Quaker—cut from the fronts of five Quaker Oats packages, standard size, or two from the large size. - 2 Or: Send us the pictures of our mills from five Mother’s Oats packages, standard size, or from two of the large size. You can peel them'off—no need to cut the package. Send with them only 75 cents, check or money order pre- ferred, and we will send the Cooker by parcel post, prepaid. a resident of Westerly and in the | gymnasts of the| i | B | NORWICH 1 H. D. Avery, 202 Franklin St. | M. Blumenthal, 20 High St. Oresti Bragoni, 38 Thames St. |8 Michael Bray, 400 North Main St. i Estate of C. D. Sevin, 260 Broad St. Mrs. J. Fox, 209 West Main St. A. Francis & Son, Main-St. E. L. Henderson, 41 High St. J. P. Holloway, 315-319 Main St. C. W. Hill & Son, 38 Franklin St. Justin Holden, 6 Franklin St. W. E. Jones, 270 West Main St. J. Jordan, 88 West Main St. A. B. Maine, 219-225 Central Ave. T. McMahon, 122 West Main St. E. McNamara, 159 Sachem St. R. Myers & Son, 14 Main St. Robert W. Otis, 303 West Main St. A. T. Otis & Son, 72 Franklin 8t. John G. Potter, 410 Main St. M. Rozycki, 460 North Main St. M. Siemers, 38 Franklin St. R..F. Smith. 276 Main St. James W. Semple, corner Eighth St. and Central Ave. J. Senfd 56 Boswell Ave. M. Young & Son, corner Main and Market Sts. Fred G. Thumm, 49 Franklin St. CENTRAL VILLAGE, CONN. F. H. and F. W. Tillinghast George C. Potvin FITCHVILLE, CONN. L. B. Brand = GLASGO CONN. Oscar Dugas JEWETT CITY, CONN. Edward Blanchard ‘e Dearnley & Clarke MOOSUP, CONN. Moosup Public Market . George C. Potvin NORWICH TOWN, CONN. A. Jacobson ‘ f Olney Arnold, of Providence, R. g. American consul-general at Cairo, who died at Lisbon, Portugal, recently while returning to the United States, was started home today from Lisbon on the steamship Roma. This information was contained in a despatch to the state department. EXODUS OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS FROM SONORA They Were Followed to the Front by Weeping Crowds. Nogales, Texas, March 22.—The ex- odus of Roman Cathliolic priests who have been ordered expelled from So- nora by General P. Elias Calles, mili- tary governor, commenced today. Six already have crossed the line. They ‘were followed to the front by weep- ing crowds, many members of which crossed the border with them. ‘RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT Thousands of wives, mothers and | sisters are emthusiastic in their praise of OR: B, because it has cured théir loved ones of the “Drink Habit” and thereby brought happiness to their | homes. Can RINE costs only $1.00 per box. Ask for Free Booklet. & N. D. Sevin & Son, 118 Main St. HABIT AMERICAN INTERESTS IN TURKISH CITIES. nurses, garrison, war prisoners and practically the whole city were down with typhus. In Trebizond, the port of Erzroom, Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Crawford and our consul (Mr. Helzer) have been prob. ably the only Americans in the city. The school and . kindergarten teachers were in Europe on vacation when the war broke out and have not been al- lowed to return. The mission pro- perty is not far from the consulate and though the church suffered at the time of the recent Trebizond massa- cres, the board learns that it has been repaired and is in use. Schools, Colleges and Hospitals in pretty well Cities Captured by Russia. Erzroom, Trebizond, Erizingan, Siv- as, Van, Bitlis, Diabekir—names which have recently been prominent in war news from the Eastern front are fa- miliar words to many in America for they represent cities or districts in which the American Board, our oldest forelgn missionary seclety, has work- Americans, several corps. ed ng non-Mahommedan peoples| In Bitlis a boys’ high and boarding 996,000, for nea¥ly a hundred years. school and a eeminary for girls, known In for instance, the fortl-|as the Mount Holyoke school, are the fled city which the Russians took by assault a week or so ago, two Ameri- cans were carrying, on their work of helpfulness. They were Rev. Robert S. Stapleton and Dr. Ida M. Staple- ton, his wife. - A cable to the Amer- ican Board, via Petrograd and our own state department, reports Mr. Staple- ton as remaining in the city during its fall to the Russians; while Dr. Staple- ton had gome, doubtless with her poor and sick people as to Erzin- gan. In Erzroom the board has a hospital, started by Mrs, Stapleton but later in charge of Dr. E. P. Case, who has been summoned to Constantinople for Cross work. There is-also a €irls’ High and Boarding Scheol, grounds adjoin those of the Persian consulate and a large Boys' school in the heart of the city, close to the cus- tom houses and postoffice. L m, which has also been oc- cupied the Russians has been an outstation of the board. It was in the little hospital here that Nurse Marie chief institutions. From Bitlits, last fall, Rev. George P. Knapp, principal of the Academy was,forcibly removed under Turkish guard and taken to Diabekir, where his death was immed- gt:ly announcved. The stories of his sing are very contradictory, and ths is one of the items which will de- mand careful examination and an ad- equate explanation when Turkey’'s ac- counts are rendered. Mr. Knapp's removal left two young women, Misses Myrtle Shane and Gris- ell M alone at Bitlis, in charge of the station and of the many women Turkey. eloquence van. It was from e Cookers to over 700,@0,,' and Mother’s Oats more delightful. They are made to our order to bring out the fullness of the. flgvor,\ Such a Cooker as this, if sold at retail, would cost more than most - home where , so we ourselves supply it. is this: To create more users of Quaker Oats and To this end, we use choice grains only in these brands. The result is large, luscious flakes. They make this dish doubly- These flavory flakes have won the world to Quaker Oats and In a hundred nations these are the favorite brands. Millions of oat lovers send thousands of miles to get them. Our next object is right cooking, and we offer this Cooker to every home to attain it. 3 But we supply only one to a home. Get this Cooker next week under this special offer. You want children to delight in these vim-foods. You want The way to attain that-is to serve Quaker Oats or Mother’s Oats cooked in Next Week 75¢—But No Longer | f‘larpoot there joining a larger sta- on. The siege and evacuation of Van is known, as well as kindness of the Russians in taking the dangerously ill and all of whom were exhausted, from tbe strain of ll:ge and caring for refugees, across e mountains with the Russian hospital Sivas is another important point in the Russian itinerary. arily about 30,000 inhabitants and is the capital of a Vilayet times of peace a population of some Here the American board has not only a hospital and large graded schools but also a teachers’ college, whose graduates have had an import- ant place in the plans of the friends of It was) to Sivas that lotte Willard followed a group of 40 Armenian girls deported from Marso- van Mission nc:ool and bi"“ use I‘l’; and money £- especial money—brought them back to Marso- panied the Armenian population as they were driven out to the South, till e A Bas s Made to Our Order Extra Large and Heavy Retail Value, $2.50 For one week—for next weck—we reduce the usual cash pay- ‘ment considerably. For 75c you get this big Aluminum Cooker. But this offer will not be repeated. No requests will be honored * p unless mailed next week. Note the grocers who have displays featuring the Aluminum Cooker. Learn about the Cooker and, if you approve, arrange next week to get it. Please don’t forget. ‘This Offer is Confined to This County - Address—The Quaker Oats Company,-1708 Railway Exchange, Chicago These Grocers Next Week ; It Feature The Aluminum Cooker : PLAINFIELD, CONN. Arthur C. Tillinghast PUTNAM, CONN. W. J. Bartlett George C. Potvin S. Drucker TAFTVILLE, CONN. P. M. LeClair Sons Company iA Philias Dion Joseph Lapaline People’s Store J. J. McGarry : TAFTS, CONN. W. H. Mansfield & Co. _ W. E. Baldwin E. W. Mulien 5 A. P. Magnan = DL::OASVILLE. CONN. C. A Bickuisde T T DANIELSON, CONN. pod Loy i Chas. E. Austin, 105 Main St. A Sioris A. R. James E. T. Tucker Gallup Bros. & Lindner POMFRET, CONN. L. J. Fournler Leon E. Allard Keystone Market, 20 Main St. DAYVILLE, CONN, F. T. Field 8mith Brothers 66-72 Spring St. QUINNEBAUG, CONN. M. T Daret E. A. Mignault Miller & Cogewell WILLIAMSVILLE CONN. - A. Forcier Y and made the payment of interest and principal on loans impossible too. The situation thus created has been held in hand only by a degree of con- sideration on ail sides—banks have either renewegd loans or have not call- ed them, and real estate proprietors and landlords have had sorrowfully to agree to wait until the end of the war for much of their rents. The com- bination of ‘the old evil system under which real estate has suffered for years, and the effects of the war on rents and loans has practically put a stop to investment at least for the period of the war. As a remedy for the situation, there has been introduced into the Prussian Diet a bill calling for the establish- ment of “valuation bureaus” all over REFORMS IN REAL ESTATE " SITUATION IN GERMANY. War May Cause a Radical Readjust- ment of Methods. Berlin, March 22.—The war promises to bring about much-needed reforms in the real estate situation in Ger- many, and in Berlin in particular. Se- rious difficulties under which the real estate business was transacted long before the beginning of the conflict have become so critical now that the Prussian Diet has had to step in with proposals for financial assistance and & radical readjustment of the methods of valuation and assessment. the of whom were It has ordin- having in The fundamental trouble, to and the creation of a fund of layman af least etems o be that the|$10.000,000 marks with which to ease Miss Char-|real estate business, particularly in|UP the position of real estate men with Berlin, has been conducted on an eco- to meet. nomically und basis, aproximating | The bill provides that each valuation at times a “wild cat” character. At shall consist of a director and least a good proportion of German real 2t least four assessors, and that each estate men have for years proceeded asvessment shall be approved by the on a “hand-to-mouth” standard. ml diractor and two aesessors. The the man wanting to build for in - | nun ber of assessors is not limited, but ment has pursued the practise of|maj’ de according to the starting with nothing much more than | need ' of the communities which they the land on which he was to erect a In general the boards shail house, has mort; this land to get in districts, but the larger ci- ple—are gaged funds for building, has mortgaged the vater Berlin for exam, bullding to get money to complete it,|each to “ave one-apiece. and relied and had to rely on his rents to pay the interests on his mort- gages. The evils of this eystem have long been recognized, and have been ac- Hartford, w gentuated by the fact that gradually| o there has crept in the custom of gross- I ! ly overvaluing property for the pur-|¥ pose of increasing the L ~P. Waido Miss _ Florence . Marvin ol Sunday er a y at Atlantic City, N, Hartfors — Judge W. Marvin “nd Edwin return Zenger, of §F e an nathiteotn ep. wat e s L Sppties ran s Bt L whote: houte ot | Lo nger, ivas, me er A t 'mo] ut the whole use of . given secretly. OR- | typhus, as she and Miss Mary Graffam |send any out ‘of the city.| New Beitain—The New Britain |cards has threatened to topple pecquse| M. J . o Florist _:o::h nmn‘ to slvumum- their | Then the A‘nu hassad T sent a Qr&rlllt;té.&uelh&'hg.w un“Rn-- the war has brought with it e | 89 Ware ¢ . B 5 ‘Just about a year ago, when doctors, der his escort the two ladies went to erfest condert to be held July 3. , of rengs impossible in many Plants. Zelephons 657,

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