Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 21, 1916, Page 6

LILIES Orders Telegraphed to any civy in the United States REUTER’S EVERYTHING SEASONABLE for Easter LEADING FLORISTS Tel. 1184 140 Main Street i AND £ Investigation Begun at BOUT WESTERLY at Bradford Tower Found to Work Perfectly— Providence—Funerals, Miss Janet Clark, Robert S. Smith-—Shed Fire Causes $75 been @ Loss. A locomotive engineer of long ex perience states that a tra ke that of the Gilt ¥ into a local night, se_express th train_at Bradford Mon and going at the rate to a standstill rad traveled three-quart from the point wk he given. Engineer Charle: Mansfield has said that he could stopped the train, and a ed the col- lision, but for the slippery condition of the rails, “taking the stop sign: from the home signal of the bloc system. This verifies the statement that the train could not be with safety in less t ters of a mile, as this ira more than that distance, v 1c comotive telescoped the rear car of the local, stopping about 1 then backing away from car. Measurements have been showing that from the distance to the point where the collision oc red was almost 6,000 feet, being a mile. A test of the block system at Br ford was made by George E. El chief signal inspector of the interstatc commerce commissioner, and he says that the signals worked properly, and | that so far, there was nothing to Indicate that the signals were to blame for the disaster. Yhen he made the test, it was the first time that the dis- | tant and home signals, which have fiz ured in the wreck dispute, had b thrown since- they had been t prior to the time when the Gilt Edze express plunged into the rear end of the standing local train. The conclu- | sions of Chief Inspector Ellis were eorroborated by Inspector F. A. How- | ard, aiso of the interstate comm: commission. The investigation went to the tower and worked all combinations, but co of a defect. Accordis tion, the switch was set to al iocal train to pass from the mair track to the siding head-on, and lev: 22 was reversed, satting the dwarf signal at safety to proceed to the side- track, with all other signals at danger and caution. The signals were set the same way at the inspection, and then an attempt was made to throw the distant siznal into safety, but it could not be moved by reason of the me- chanical locking arrangement. The inquest being _conducted by Coroner Everett Kingsley, in the Third a'strict court room, Westerly, was continued Thursday. The testi- mony of several other witnesses is to be taken before the inquest. closes. r- 5,280 feet The experts on signals having satis- fied themselves that the signals at Bradford could not be in the position clmaged by Engineer Mansfield, there can be no rensonable doubt upon that point of the investigation. It may be impossible for the distance signal to | be clear and the home signal set at danger, at the same time, especially as the tower operation at Bradford is doubly protected, and it is perhaps impossible for the signals to be set op- posite each other on any part of the railroad system. Conditions may have | sponsil | eight minu when the ed into a that was tak- ing a siding at Stoninzton. Then it was claimed that the distant signal was actually set as safe while the home signal was set at danger. There was no doubt at that time as to the tion of the signals, and in expla- nation it was stated tbat the working parts of the signals were disarranged, nd had been so reported before the p that caused death and serious to a hostler and railroad em- The locemotive that crashed into the local at Bradford is No. 1338, the same th charge of Engineer Doher: and it nsfie'd Monday ster, was xpress n in the collision at Stonington. He was absolved of any blame in the Stonington smash, and his claim is that the conditions at Bradford were The joint investigation to fix the re- lity of the Bradford disaster was commenced Thursday in Provi- dence. by representatives of the Inter- ate Co and the Rhode Is ic es Com- s H. Morrison, chief ignal department for ten years, st witness, identified blue print showing the track layout, sig- atlon towers and track profil territory from Shannock to the ‘Westerly tower; also, a plan of the Bradferd tower layout. n P. Haley of New Londos spatcher on duty at New Lon eck, was next | the train howing the movmeent of trains g No. 633, the local that was ness said it was seven or fter he got<he report at he got a report of ich came from Tower- of low stean the accident, wh man McManus. am H. Ross, towerman at Wood River Junction, on duty at the time ¢f the accident, was next called. He testified that hn observed the move- ment of trains 623 and 25 on Monday evening. Train 25, he said, passed his tower at 7.27 that evening. The wea- ther was foggy, he said, but he did not consider it bad enouzh to make a re- port of it to New London. John M. McCloskey, towerman at Bradford, an employe for 16 years, said he worked on Monday from 7 m. to 7 p. m., his relief at 5 p. m. fafling to report because of illness. He said that he was in the tower helping Tow- erman McManus when the crash came. He _told of what he did in detail. He sald he set the switch and “dwarf” to allow the local to o on the siding. “I then looked out and saw 25 coming. I hollered to McMa- nus, 5 has run the block.” McMa- nus grabbed a red lantern and swung it in the face of 25. After the crash I took a red lantern and ran back to iy LT il T g A an, e w i I A ; 5 l!...i.v...fl.'!:::t!!ai'.!"a|!|!iu| il Couol;ne is ready for use when you take it from the pail. It mixes readily with flour and creams nicely with sugar. shortening or frying. Foods prepared with are tempting in appearance. Cottolene has no equal for it have a delicious flavor and Arrange today with your grocer for regular supplies of Cottolene, the Natural S.horte'ning. It is put up in pails of con- « venient sizes. [EERE FAIRBANK=EET] Uy vt attolerc TEERe Miibabibiil p 2 il I!llllll!]!lllllllll’ 0 ihy TR i Iisftih see how the home was set, at_danger.” The Wwitness that the * and it was declared " sig he “home” show it was a little he could see his signal, a distance be 2100 set the d nals and that emphatically the He tant and “fir he threw the rest. The witness said he saw the crash showed to Erin and that the local train was moving slowly at the time. The Gilt Edge was running 50 miles an hour whe: hit the loc: After going to look the home nal he came back and then gave notice of the wick to headquarters, called did everything he could. rear car rested upon the its occupants were moani ing to be saved. The car, afire. s Janet McGre- e 22, daughter of Mr. The funeral of gor Clarke, ag and Mrs. William Clark, the vouns lady who was burned to death in the Bradford train wreck, Monday night, s held Thurs morning, from the residence of her parents in Elm street. Many sorrwing relatives and friends wer t the funeral se ce which wu conducted by Re liams, rector f C assisted by Rev. the Cong: tional church. were beautiful fioral tributes, ing a pall of wreath of pink sweet pe from Westover ddiebury, Conn., where Miss C was grad- uated in 1913. s private, at River THe bearers were William McGregor Clark, Robert Clark, brothers of dec McGregor Demarest, Douglas t, Donald Cottrell and Cal William Bell and Thomas R. Platt represented Pride of New England Lodge, Westerly, at the thirty-third annual meeting of Manchester Unity, 0da Fellows of Rhode Island, held on Wednesday in Providence. The officers elected are: Herbert G. Roberts of Providence, provincial grand maste Alfred Mitchell, of Westerly, deputy provincial grand master; George Lord, of Providence, corresponding secre- tary; Walter Lowe of Providence, au- ditor; Isaac A. Kenworth, of Provi- dence, treasurer; H. E. Iletcher, of Providence, book examiner; Ralph H. Shaw, John Bu tees. Grand Master John Herbert presided at the meeting and made these ap- pointments for the session: Elisha Smithers, guardian: A. H. Pierce, w; den; William H. Broadbent, Willlam [E. White, John A. credentials committee; Walter Otto Koener, finance committ: An- drew Dick, Ralph H. Shaw, reception committee. During the past year there has been a slight decrease in membership. The financial report showed an increase in capital of E Death benefits $2,600 and wives’ benefits of $1, were paid during tho year. The total membership in the state is 3,314, There Wwere twenty-nine deaths during the year. The members contributed $304.- 85_for war relief. Willlam E. White and H. B. Mc- Fadyn were elected representatives to the ‘grand lodge meeting in Newark. The provincial grand master announc- ed the deputies to lodges, which in- cluded the assiznment of John Sinnis- ter, of Victoria lodge, to Pride of New England Lodge of Westerly. ., Andrew-Dick, trus- Rev. Frederick A. MacDonald, pas- tor of the Congregational church, con- ducted the funeral service of Robert Scott Smith, age 24, at the residence of his parentsc, Mr. and Mrs, Peter Smith, in George street, Thursday af- tegpoon. The committal service, ac- cording to the Masonic ritual, was by Franklin lodge, No. 20, F. & A. M. Burial was at River Bend and the bearers were H. Russell Burdick and D. Everett Hoxie, Arthur H. Coy, Ed- win D. Hawke, Lorin G. McLaren, Da- vid Robertson, Jr. The floral tributes included a square and compass frofn Franklin lodge, a keystone from Pal- mer chapter, a _spray of roses from the H. T. S. club, spray of lilies from the R. A. Sherman Sons company, a wreath on an easel from the Du Drop Inn club of Pleasant View, wreath of pink roses and lilies from the Rotary club, and a large spray of roses and pink_sweet peas from the Washing® ton Trust compon where Mr. Smith had served as recelving teller. Mrs. Joseph L. Peacock of Westerly presided at the meeting in Providence ‘Wednesday when the Woman's Foreign mission of Rhode Island, the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission socie- 1y of Rhode Island and the Free Bap- tist Woman’s Misslonary society, with a total membership of 3,600, combined under the name of Woman's Baptist Mission society of Rhode Island. The ! al could not be | s the guest of Mrs. Ja.wcs Murphy on Valnut street. | The Washington Trust company was . H. Snow, treas- urer; Miss auditor; M ciosed Thursday afternoon during the ward H. Thomas R ;f neral of Robert Scott Smith, Bartlett, anton, vice 5 g gy A rresidents wecre-| . ¥ pect the memory i £ literat i Smith, the flag at the West| Y o e ' Darney, | road street school was half nasted | assistant Junior wor ORI TR, 4 : | secretary of women's | _Mis. Louis O. Frankenstein is in | zabeth J. born, Mrs. | New York visiting her daughter, Sally rkenste fare work. Che flag at the Westerly High school . A.'Grif- | I - Nir directors; Mrs. New England | Mrs. nd, who is engaged in social t representa England bran state office the memory of Miss Janet Mc- »gor Clark, a member of the class of 1911 Westerly firemen were called Thursday morning re members | Gre | R F ob- | out on- to battle with a | er, Mrs. E. S.|wrysh fire and succeeded in extinguish- Hobart, Mrs. Parkinson, | ing it before it reached dwelling houses Frovidence a L Mrs. D. |in Oak street and Narragansett ave- Bello Narrag: | nue. Mrs. Lydia Franci; | A gavel made from a piece of a tree BALTIC over the grave of Anna Ha Judson in India was presented to & President Draper. oly Thursday Procession at St s e e [ Wiyl Olpat=Eice Railroad aze in_a woodshed located on | oo = the William Segar property, adjacent| Street Barn Put Out With Extin to The Rhode Island hotel, and ad- itors. jomning the brick building occupied by the Rhode Island Garage company, and | in the rear of the old town nall, was | guisher—Holiday A high mass was celebrated in St Mary’s church Thursday morning of the garage, which & level with the burned woodsh rear, contained about a doz biies. and these were hastily removed. The firemen had two lines of hose from Union street on the blaze in short or- der, the fire being within 300 feet of the firehouse, and the Llaze was ex- t ished before serious damage T ited. Chief Engineer Samuel G. Co trell directed the work of the firemen. The shed was one-story frame building, with a board partition divid- ing the coal from the firewood, which was composed of boxes, barrels and more or less rubbish. This structuce was close to the brick building and all of the woodwork was burned from one of the w ows, but the flames were kept from the interior of the building. The cornice of the brick bullding was burned for a short dis- tance. The totai loss to the garage bullding is less than $50 and the total loss is not over § The cause of the fire is not known. ing lighted candles, next came the girl pupils of the parochial school, wearing | white frocks, and vells. They were followed by the priest carrying the blessed sacrament, over which was a canopy carried by John H. Brown, uis Bourelt, Frank Nolan and Louls . Onge. Barn Fire Extinguished. Flames coming through the roof of » barn in the rear of Raliroad street Samuel Nardone has the contract to | construct modern granolithic sidewalks | in sections of High and Granite streets | and Grove avenue. He commenced the work of improvement in High street when he was informed that he had no right to obstruct the side- walks, even for the purpose of re- piacing a gravel walk with one that is right up to the second, without the! permission of the town council, and that he was liable to prosecution continued to work without obtai such a permit. As a result he petit. ed the town council for the requ: permit and suspended operations. special meeting of the town coun was held Wednesday night and for a| first time action was taken on a pe- tition of that nature, but which is realiy required under a town ordi- nancet The petition was granted by unanimous vote of the council. There will be ancther meeting of the council next Tuesday afternoon, when bids will be publicly opened for the rebuilding of the highway between ‘Westerly and Watch Hill of the pene- tration concrete construction. The bids opened recently for a road of asphalt concrete or reinforced con- crete were all rejected as they were In excess of the appropriation of $66,000. Local Laconics. Miss Ruth Patrick of Newark, N. J., SAYS DRINK LEMONADE FOR RHEUMATISM Rellef from rheumalism and sciatica can be obtained by drinking lemonade and avolding alcoholic drinks. To get rid of this stubborn disease, however; to stop the twinges, pain and swelling, and drive the poisonous accumulations from the joints and muscles, all generously-inclined drug- gists will tell you to take half a tea- spoonful of Rheuma deily until all misery ceases. Rheuma is a powerful remedy, be- cause only a powerful remedy ‘can overcome such a terrible disease; but Rheuma acts s ily—the first dose taken and youll know that you will your healthy, happy self Lee & Osgood Co. and all druggists know what Rheuma will do, for thoy sell a great deal of it and guarantee that two 50-cent bottles will overcome Draper, | was at half mast Thursday in' respect | by | the cause of the fire alarm sent in|Rev. Thomas Lynch. At the conclusion from box 56, Dixon square, at 11.45|0f mass a procession was formed | Thurs morning. The second s 1 the main aisle, the altar boys carry- | were atscoverea Thureday l!lemocml |about 4.30 by G Mr. Cote | quickly extingy bluze with | {a fire exting The damage was slight. STONINGTON The Stonington schools closed Thurs- day afternoon for the BEaster vacation. The bank and postoffice will observe Good Friday by closed door to business, i s and Personals. of autotrucks loaded with | | household goods and bearing the mark- | ers of ‘different states passed through | town Thursday. Workmen for | pany are removiz the Connecticut com- the ties which have been stored on the Duquette land on High street. Matthew Haley of Willimantic was | a Wednesday visitor here. | William Russell of Central Village was in town Wednesday. George Bell of Little | New London Thursday. P. D. Connel! and John Drescher mo- | tored to Westerly Thursday. The town's water supply was shut oft The Flats was in Exterssl Remedy. . Pain in Side, Rheumatism, Backacho, Thursday afternoon while workmen —Any Local were changing over a hydrant, Paln. Mrs. Hugh Miller of Troy, N. Y., is visiting her Mrs. , of Railr ect. M. Gordon of Boston was in town on iness Wedn: Delwin E. Mar- TARE NOTICE! STEAMED CLAMS, CLAM BROTH AND SANDWICHES OF ALL KINDS WILL BE SERVED WITH HAN- LEY'S PEERLESS.ALE ALL DAY SATURDAY AT THE White Elephant Cafe e Tameus CUMBERLAND. “CLD2 It is not lawful for 2 man to leave a | the famous CU British ship, or even a share is one, as | WHISKEY. sold regularly for 50c a a legacy to a foreigner. pint, will be 40c. n. “ombs of Brookline, Mass., vas a loc Joseph [ ing in Baltic. A new concrete walk is being laid in front of the Drescher property on Rall- road street. Mrs. M. H. Donahoe and daughter Fidelis are spending a few days with friends in Hartford. Miss Agnes Brennan, who Is ill at her home on High street, is improving. | The Easter Suit and Hat ! If you wich either for Sunday wear there is not much time to be lost, but those of you, who for some reason or other have delayed the purchase, will find our Millinery Depart- ment and our Ready-to-wear Section in splendid shape to attend to your wants. 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