Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 29, 1916, Page 2

What is Going On iTonight ntic_Lodge, leasant Street [ ‘Home. o QUICK ‘RELIEF PROMISED _ [¥raight Shipments, Especially of Hard - ['“Coal, to be Rushed on New Haven ““Road. H. Fenton, secretary of the limantic Board of Trade and Bus- {ifiess Men's ‘Association, received a no- “Hification Tuesday morning from the Jeommittee of the Connecticut Chamber ¢ Commeros, Which was apoofnted ast Friday at a meeting of delesates . in New Haven for the purpose of {looking into the embargo on freight, which included the coal situation. The cmmittee stated that they were pleased to advise that offivial notice has been received from L. K. Kenfield, General Freight agent of the New Haven road. ‘that unusual measures have been adopted which should give quick relief .to the cities and towns now suffering from a shortage of coal. Bxplicit orders have been issued to all of the coal roadn, instructing them to. immediately sort ou: all cars of hard coal now on these different roads and see that these cars are delivered to the New Haven road. The coal dealers of the cities and towns are re- quested to give Mr. Kenfield a list of the numbers of the cars in which their orders of coal were shipped. Local conditions are better and in a short time there will be a good sup- PIy of coal arriving in this city. Wireless Station on Y. M. C. A. Build. ing. General Secretary S. B. Doolittle of the local Y. M. C. A. is taking advan- tage of the school holidays and the ploasant weather and is_erecting a ireless outfit on the roof of the as- sociation building. The aerial will be about sixty feet in height and mes- sages will be sent and received quite a long distance. A club will be form- ed later of the young men of the as- sociation who are interested in wire- less. There is already a nurfiber of wireless stations in this city and vi- einity and the boys will be able to taik with other operators. Those who have wireless outfits are Hudson Barrows of Prospect street, Harold Nichols of §\\\\\\\\\N\|mufl/////7////// Whenever visible signs of ill health are noticed Duffy’s: PURE M.altwmsm should betaken as directed before meals andon re- tiring - Better HEALTH invariably follows its Judicious ,use \§ W///l:l]l\\\\\\\\\\\\ - JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard FuneraiDirectorandEmbalmer 60:62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel. coanection UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, “'62 Church St., Willimantic, Ct. Télephone Lady Assistant ), No. 1440, L. O, O, John street, Arnold Bowen, Grove street; Leslie Beebe of Lewiston ave- nue and Leslie Nichols of Conantville. Norwich Orchestra to Pla; Last year the Grex and Sodalitas Clubs of the Congregational church gave a play, The Time of His Life. This proved so enjoyable that requests for a similar play have been made re- peatedly. During April the same clubs will present a_very amusing drama, The Colonel's Maid. An orchestra from Norwich will play during the ev- ening. Prayer Circle Meets. The Ladies Prayer Circle of the First Baptist church met with Mrs. Charles w liams, of Pear] street, Tuesday af- ternoon. . Supper Precedes Address. The Girl Pioneers of the Congrega- tional church held a supper in the church house Tuesday evening at 6.30 o’clock. Rev. W. D. Cavert was pres- ent and addressed the Pioneers. At 8 o'clock there was a Sunday school teachers’ meeting in the church house. Teachers and_substitutes, members of the Ladies’ Soclety and Brotherhood committee on religious education were present. This was the first of a se- ries of teachers' meeting which will be held on the last Tuesday evening of cach month. Mr. Cavert, will be in charge of the meeting. Signs of Spring. The warm pleasant weather is bringing the birds back from the south Robins have been seen and a few blue- birds are heard in the early morning. | The small boy is hunting up his last year’'s marbles and the older youths considering their chances to make a pitcher on some baseball team. PEDDLED WITHOUT LICENSE. $7.02, Magazine Canvasser Took Fined $7.50. In the local police court Tuesday morning William Riley of Hartford was charged with peddling without a license, to which charge he pleaded guilty.” Riley is 2 magazine canvasser s arrested Monday afternoon on treet. He solicits for two magazines, the Home Friend and the Mechanical Digest. He had no copies of the magazines in his possession. He siven in return for cash a_receipt signed by M. M. Hersh, of the Publish- er's Educational Literary Club, Hermi- tage Hotel Building, Cleveland, Ohio. The receipt guarantees a subscription to eithed magazine for one vear, al- though the amount is not stated. It first day in this city and he fifty-one subscriptions 7.02 before his arrest. d that he did not think it was ary for him to take out a li- cense. ie was fined one dollar and costs, amounting to $7.60, which he vaid, Girls’ Class Entertains Boys’ Class. Monday evening at 6.30 the Phila- theas, a girls’ Sunday school class of the First Baptist church, entertained the Agogas, a boys' class of the same school, at supper in the church ves- Iy Elmer Crawford Adams Plays. Elmer Crawford Adams, the violin- ist who plaved in Norwich Sunday, representing an entertainment bureau of Boston, called at the local Young Men’s Christlan Association Monday. He had his violin with him and played a number of selections for the young men and then gave several amusing imitations on the violin for the bene- fit of the small boys. Cleaning Up Streets. The men of the street department were enzaged Tuesday in removing the ice which has accumulated on the south side of Main street. In the af- ternoon they began on a strip starting at Railroad street on Main. street and chunks of ice from 12 to 15 inches thick were chopped out. It was shov- cled into carts and removed to the city dump. Foster Band Anniversary Concert. The Foster band of Columbia, E. A. Lyman, director, gave its first anni- versary concert and dance at Yeo- man’s hall at Columbia Tuesday even- ing. The selections by the band, in- terspersed with vocal numbers, were greatly enjoyed by the audience. Af- ~Murray's B oston Store WILLIMARTIC, CONA. NEW SWEATERS FOR SPRING The. Sweater, like every other ready-to-wear garment, has its changes, and odd little quirks and turns that makes it different each season. - The new Spring Sweater just arrived includes all the £ new models in knitted Turkish effect and fibre silk. THE TURKISH EFFECT SWEATER is a novelty, very attractive, and comes in red, Kelly, navy and white, with tiny dots of white, with pockets and belt, at $5.89 - FIBRE SILK SWEATERS come in canary, rose, Copenhagen and Reseda, also orange and white, rose and white, Copen- hagen and white, in maroon striped, pockets and belt, $5.89, $7.50 and $8.50 THE H. C. MURRAY C0. i Surplus and Profits $175,000 e Vi riaies haen - ... NATIONAL BANK, 1325340 _/ profitable, Established 1832 - Accuracy in accounting, courteous service, promptness and liberality in dealing, and a sound business policy m administering its own affairs, characterizz THE WINDHAM which- aims thereby to establish with customers relations that shall prove reciprocally per rmanent, pleasant and { - The Windham National Bank ter the concert thmb‘-fi. dancing, music being furnished ymi - s y an's or- EI_.KB FITTINGLY OBSERVE SECOND ANNIVERSARY. Grand Exalted Ruler James R. Nichol- son Congratulates Local Lodge. The second anniversary of Williman- tio lodge, B. P. O. E., was observed in very fitting manner Tuesday evening. ‘Wheeler's American band and mem- bers of the order escorted the out of town guests from the station to the hall. A sign of ‘Welcome, Elks,™ draped with American flags, was placed over the doorway. As the offi- vers entered the hall the orchestra plaved Hail to the Chief, the members standing. - The hall was very attractively dec- orated with American flags. The mem- Eers were seated at small tables about the room. Following was the order of services: Entrance of grand exalted ruler and grand lodge officers; orchestra, Hail to the Chief; introduction by Exalted Ruler Charles R. Gates of grand lodge officers as follows: Grand Exalted Ruler James R. Nicholson. In response he said that he congrat- ulated the local lodge on the progress they have made thus far. That he was confident the lodge here was in g00d hands and would some day be one of the strongest lodges in the state. He sald that the B. P. O. E. order was ioremost in teaching patriotism to the children of this land; that the order was a leader in the Big Brother move- ment. Orchestra selection, Auld Lang Syne; Grand Tyler Thomas E. Donohue; re- sponse; Brother John Doyle then sang The Eik Song in pleasing manner; Past District Deputy Martin J. Cun- ningham; response: selection by or- chestra; Past Exalted Ruler William ‘W. Bockwith, Norwich lodge, No. 430; response; trombone solo, by Brother Archie_Gaudreau; Past Exalted Ruler | H. H. Jennings, Hartford lodge, No. 19; response; John W. Clark, pas: exalted ness for low price. Royal Baking Powder is made cream of tartar, derived from grapes, and adds to the food only wholesome qualities. because of their cheapness. Never sacrifice quality and healthful- ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. New York — e JEWETT CITY Borough Loses a Good zen in the Death of Timothy Driscoll—Rev. F. J. Kuster to Preach Lenten Sermon —Work for Tuberculosis Fund. ruler, New London lodge; response; presentation of members and grand officers; orchestra, Grand March, After the exercises a banquet was served in the banquet hall Friends Surprise Ab A number of friends very pleasa 1y surprised Mrs. Abel Burnham, at her home on Pleasant street Tues. day evening in honor of her birthda She received a number of zifts, one being a gold piece. Vozal and instru- mental music was enjoyed during the evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Abel Burnham, Jr., of Windham Center; Mr. and Mrs. George Burn- ham and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Clark Burnham; Mr. and Mrs. Willl Kra- Burnham. mer and’their son and daughter of Greeneville; Mr. and Mrs. William Kramer, Jr., of Greeneville; Miss Dor- othy Mott, Mr. and Mrs. Kramer and son Donald of Windham Road, Joseph Henderson and daughter, Ruth, Mrs. O. B. Clark. ARNOLD LANE HOUSE GUTTED BY FIRE Firemen Had Stubborn Fight—Proba- bly Total Loss. An alarm was rung in from Box 16 Tuesday night at 9.45 o'clock, calling the fire department to a two-story house at No. 30 Arnold's Lane. The entire department responded, the Alerts being first on the spot. The roof was all ablaze when the firemen arrived and the fire proved a very stubborn one and was not entirely out entirely out at 11 o'clock. There was no_wind blowing at the time, the night being_quite calm. The Elks were cel- ebrating their anniversary when the call came. It was not known last night just what caused the blaze but it was thought to have started down- stairs from a stove and burned up the side to the roof. The roof was soon allaze and be- fore the firemen got there the roof of the next house had caught fire. This was soon extinguished. One of the chimneys fell with quite a crash through the roof. The house was ow ed by Dennis Shea and occupied by an Ttalian family. The s completely gutted and w a ‘total loss. A large crowd watched the fire. Brief Men! of Archibald MacDonald Putnam was a local visitor Tuesday. Thomas Sears of South Coventry was a Hartford visitor Tuesday. F. J. Marrotte of 230 Valley street was operated upon at St. Joseph’s hos- pital Tuesday morning. Mrs. Charles Beebe substituted as organist at the Baptist church at the Sunday evening service. Rev. W. C. Norris_of this city will preach in the Congresational church in Putnam next Sunday. Miss Harriet K. Port college is spending the spring tion with her parents, and H. W. Porter on Columbia Green. Fred W. Chase underwent an oper- | ation on the tip of the middle finger of his left hand at St. Joseph’s hospi- ta] Tuesday morning. Some time ago he injured the finger and later blood poison set in. The HOOSIER KITCHEN CABINET “SAVES MILES OF STEPS” CLUB SALE THIS WEEK $1.00 down and $1.00 each week R Y LINCOLN'S Furniture Store Telephone 285-3 Main and Union Streets WILLIMANTIC of Wellesle Timothy Driscoll died at his home on Mechanic street a little before 5 clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Driscoll has been il for more than a vear, the end finally coming as the direct result of heart disease. Last July he was obliged to leave the employ of Dearnley & Clarke, al- though his employers never considered him as having finished with them and he could have returned to work at any time when he chose to do so. He was a veteran of the grocery bus- iness, having begun as clerk with the firm of Potter & Chapman in Ashland shortly after coming to Jewett City, 33 years a With this firm and for Chapman & Hull he was employed 12 years. Twenty-five s ago he en- tered the W. A. S store where he has been ever s The last 17 years of this time the store has been owned by Dearnley & Clarke. To quote one of the members of the firm, “He as the best groceryman and the finest racter in every way that it has en my fortune to know Everyone who knew him, knew a man of char- acter and faithfulness, with a marked ability in the business which he chose for his life's work when but a little past 21. e church as well as in the com- vas an active, upright man, looking toward ihe benefit of He was a member of the Holy Name society, and was a collector for St. Mary’s church for 30 consecutive vears. Mr. Driscoll was the son of Michael and Mary Welch Driscoll and was born in Lisbon Ap , 1856. He mar- ried Miss Margaret Shea, June 16, 1885. She with five children survive, W. T. Driscoll, M. D., of Norwich, Josephyof Boston, Katie of Aibany, N. Y., Mary, a teacher in the Riverside grammar school, and Alice of Willimantic, a nurse 'in St. Joseph's hospital. He leaves a nephew, Rev. P. F. Scully of Albany, N. Y., who lived in Mr. Dris- coll's family in his earlier years, and it was his home during was recefvinz his carly education in the Jewett City schools. Mr. Driscoll was 2 model in his home life and devoted all his energy to its needs and interests, making the re- quirements of his family his foremost thought. Rev. Father Kuster to Preach. Lenten _devotions church will be held ana Friday eveni the time he This (Wedn: J. Kuster of Bristol, chur s to speal a large con n this evening. His many friends will be glad to listen to in. Friday night there will be ations of the cross. About the Borough. a Adams is a stenographer pinook office since March 1. ave been re parts of th has and white-throated. are very early as com- assures The latter birds pared with previous years. They are known as the Peabody bird. Their stay in these latitudes is short, stop- ping here for a few days, then resum- ing their migratory flight further north Special meeting of Holy N: ty at 7.30 this Wed. eve. action on the death of Brother Timo- adv. confined to his home ys by grip. . Paul, Jr., is the guest of in Moosup. rnley & Clarke's store will be d Thursday from 8.30 to 10.30.— To Aid Anti-Tuberculosis Work. During April Dr. Allen Greenwood of Boston is to give, for the the local tuberculosis trated lecture on Pers Greenwood has g ning lecture in ada and in several New and towns. He was in the actual ser- vice of his, profession in Fra a the stories 'he tells and the views he has taken have proven of the keenest interest, The funds in the home treasury, which were received from different sources for the fight against tubercu- losis have been depleted to such an extent that it is sorely in need of re- plenishing. The committee hav under consideration several plans with this end in view. Since the fund was es- tablished many who have been left at home have had necessitles provided, medicalattendance has been given, a considerable number have been sent to the sanatorium in Norwich and two patients have returned home cured. gland cities ‘To Remove Stains. Almost every housewife has had to spend a great deal of time in scour- ing and cleaning the kitchen sink. One housewife has used the yarious clean- sers and also kerosene, but was never able to keep it entirely white until one day she used the half of a lemon on drainboards and table. It was found it removed every stain. CASTORIA For Infants and Childrea InUse For Over 30 Years WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus iness Defore the public, there 18 D m, Dbetier than tnrough the ad- Jumna-at Dne-RAulatie. Alny&bau Signature of day) evening the sermon will be by | PLAINFIELD Supply Agent Dupes Local s Well as Those in Dani ior Team, With Clean ord, Wins Gold Trophy—B American Rel A short time ago a man came to Plainfleld as a representative for an automobile league. The purpose of this league was to obtain for automo- bile owners lower prices. Owners who joined this league upon 2 payment of $10 would be able to obtain supplies at cost price. This representative w: introduced to about 12 of the automo- bile owners of Plainfield, each of whom handed him a $10 bill in order to re- ceive supplies at cost price. ow it is said that this automobile organiza- tion is in difficulty and that the $10 which the local owners paid into the league will be of little value to them. A number of automobile owners in Danielson were duped in the same manner, as noted. Senior Team Wins Trophy. The final & al games of the interclass basketball series at Plainfleld High school were played at Milner hall on Monday afternoon. The Seniors de- feated the freshmen with little diffi- jculty by a score of 32-6, thereby gain- ing possession of the handsome gold given by the faculty of 1914. niors went through the series without being defeated. Juniors Defeated. The Juniors were defeated by Sophomores by a score of 12 to 4. The final standing of the class teams was: the Seniors Sophomores Juniors . Freshmen Think Dog Was Poisoned. A valuable eskimo dog owned by Frank Dupont, died Saturday. It is believed that the dog was poisoned. Republican Caucus. A republican caucus will be held at the town hall, Central Village, Thurs- day evening, at which delegates will be elected to attend the state conven- tion at Hartford next month. Coon Dog From Tennessee. Frank Congdon has purchased a new coon dog from Tennessee. The dog is a red bone hound of much reputation and Mr. Congdon intends to find out its ability as soon as the weather per- mits. News in Gene: Miss H. Kingsbury is Latin d_ French at th High school, filling the vacancy by Miss Josephine Armstrong. John Rogan who lives on Babeock avenue, has much to say against this warm spell which caused the melting of the snow and flooded his cellar so that at one time feared that an and family would be forced abandon their home, for Mr. Ro- n put it, “T! would h to live on the ceilin Men, however, soon dispensed of the fear by removing the water from the cellar. James and Eugene Coffey Providence Tuesday. Among local people in Norwich on Tuesday were: Mr. and Mrs. William Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dela- ney, Mrs. Alfred Ashby and daughter and Leon Frink. Thomas Hospod has moved his fam= ily from here to Williamsville. Henry Leahy has returned. to his home in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. after the week with his family teaching Plainfield left were in spending here, L B Johnson of Riverpoint, R. I, iness caller here yesterday. . Garreaux of Webster, Mass., Plainfield Tuesday. George Wilson has finished work at A. Evans'. D.’ Sweeney, a Plainfield resident, intends to return to New York some- time soon. Freight Embargo Lifted. The embargo on freight from Plain- field to New York was lifted Tuesday at midnight, according to notices des- patched to numerous business men vesterday. A great deal of freight is now on hand to be shipped to New York as early as possible and the shippers of the concerns and at the freight houses will be kept busy work- ing after the goods. F. PLAINFIELD BRANCH British-American War Relief Fund Receiving Contributions. The committee in charge of the local branch of the British-American Re- lief Fund is greatly pleased at the re- sult of the first week's subscription, which amounted to $18.70. The con- tributors have pledged to donate a sum weekly to this fund. to be a public meeting held hall and all contributors have been invited to attend the meet- ing which will be called at 8 o'clock, April 7. The business matter of the meeting will be brought before the public and the collection obtained will be accounted for by the treasurer, Zeck Tetlow. Any subscriptions to this fund will be recelved by the sec- retary, W. E. Oldham, Plainfield, Conn., Box 241 No Fishing! Every weel in England there is a close season, during which net fish- ing for salmon is prohibited. It ex- tends from noon om Saturday until & a. m. Monday. Don’t Worry About e One of the simplest and best ways of not borrowing trouble is not to al- low yourself even to think of what's going to happen to posterity.—Ohio State Journal. 5, « Now Reign Supreme At The Manhattan| HARMING SPRING SUITS Coats, Dresses and Waists In Bountiful Variety, Depicting the Choisest and Best Styles All Marked at Surprisingly Low Prices THE NEW SUITS We offer variety enough to please the most fastidious. It is merely a question of which you like most. If it is a little demi-lailored model of gabardine at $19.50 we have them. If it is to be a smart tailored or sport suit of velour check of men’s wear serge at $25.00, you'll find it here. $25.00 and $30.00. ve them in the h especially good If your preference calls for a dressy suit in pure silk taffeta or suits of fine poiret twills at $35.00 we Spring Suits from $15.00 to $75.00, martest effect. We have values at $19.50, $22.5 Coats For Alli Occasions A comprehensive assemblage, presenting an infinite variety of the season’s best styles, fabrics and colors. Many models : accurate copies of e high priced garments—ail are distinctive—unusual coats, out of the ordinary and yet very popular pricgd. SPRING COATS -SPECIAL VALUES At SIS, $16.5S0, $19.5S0, S22 and S$S2S Smart Spring Dresses For women and Misses are here in a variety of models that is unusual for its complete- ‘ ness and accurate presentation of the correct style tendencies for spring and summer wear. Our values are as exceptional as our styles. Fetching Dresses of taffeta, georg- ette, crepe de chine or dresdens as low as $10.50 and $15.00 and up to $45.00. Dainfty Waists and Tailored Skirts | The dominate influence in Waists for Spring are the high colors, as rose, peach, Nile, maise, rookie and Hague blue fashioned in georgettes and crepe de chines. may be scarce but one would never know it if they but vi Dye stufis |! ted our Waist depariment. A dozen good styles of crepe Waists to choose from at $2.95 and as many more at $5.50. For the Separate Skirt we show real bizarre effects in bright yellows striped with black or great large plaids and checks in velour cloths. Soft rose and shamrock green || sports skirts, white flannels and awniag stripe worsteds, because Fashion says gay colors are the thing, and we always show the correct thing and show them first. For the staple styles we offer neat tailored models in black and navy blue serges, poplias and gabardines from $3.50 to $8.50. pring Is Herel By the calendar, but it won’t truly be spring until you’ve donned your new clothes. We suggest an early visit. Stocks are now complete, affording excellent selections and values. arthafld@n 121-125 Main Street “THE FASHION STORE OF NORWICH” 7 STAFFORD SPRINGS Rice-Chaffee Wedding Today — Death of Bonelli Twins—K. of C. Degrees Conferred. Miss Anna White of Ware, Mass., has teen visiting relatives and friends in ‘own. The meeting of the Stafford Athletic association will be held tonight at Bor- cugh hall. There will be put to discus- uion several matters, and a change in the by-laws will be effected. Rice-Chaffee Marricge Louis Chaffee of this town and Miss Sadie Rice of Worcester, Mas: vnited in marriage at Miss Ric Worcester today. After the wed- ding they will leave for Boston and vicinity. They will reside in this town after thelr honeymoon trip. M. D. O'Connell is improving at the Johnson hospital. Stafford council, K. of C., worked the first and second degrees on eight can- didates. Death of Twins. Mr. and Mrs. Bartelo Bonelli have ‘ost their one month old twin children. Elsie Bonelli died Saturday of capillary bronchitis and Katrina Bonelll died Sunday morning of the same disease. Burial of “Goorge Andereon: The body of George Anderson, who died in New London last Thursday, ~vas_brought here Saturday morning tor cemetery. STONINGTON Interesting Papers Heard by Travel Club—Mission Service—Small Fire. Mrs. Frank Foster Dodge is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E: wood in New York city. signed to prepare and read a paper on Given Land—Sorrento, Capri Amalfi, at the meeting of the Ston- ington Travel club, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Dodge's interesting paper was read by Mies Louise Trumbull. Miss Esther Plerson read a paper on The Towered Cities of Italy—San Gimig- nano, Voiterra Lucca Pisa. The mission services In Calvary Episcopal church, conducted) by Rt. Rev. E. C. Acheson, suffragan bishop of the Connecticut diocese, were com- menced Tuesday morning and will continue for three days. It is reported that the brick. build- ing in Water street, owned by Oscar F. Pendieton, is to be leased for man- ufacturing purposes. A still fire alarm called. Frank and Charles Staplins, armed with extin- guishers, to the residence of Willlam Hill, Pear) street, Tuesday modrning, where a chimney fire was extinguished without damage. Stiles H. F. Ross catered for a wed- ding in Norwich Tuesvy. Burrows Perry, student in Pratt in- stitute, is home on vacation. Misses Rosanna Gilmore, Anne Hen- £y, Masle Coffey and Katherine Cush. man, students at the Wiliimantic Nor- mal ‘school, are at thelr homas Gr e borough on. vacation. e TS i “ssopesn Lpuend -9sucd ev ejed o} ) Peddosp oy WAWPIQ Wy Jo emos YIgM swopIng a0sU0N SUL WYY JO seSuaws om 30} s} £epo} dn %00} e YIYM WORISY 190 SYL—(3Amd oqy Woy) cweg “seajenny oynd Jor &czema and other Skin Troubles —We_Guarantee—