Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 22, 1916, Page 2

Murray’s Boston Store Willimantic, Conn. Sunday Is Easter AND EVERYONE WANTS TO LOOK THEIR BEST Store is prepared to meet your Easter wants with bright, new merchandise, and in the ts devoted to Suts, Coats, Dresses, Waists, Muslin Underwear, Gloves, Hosiery, — JITNEY INJURIES FATAL Robert Pickett, Formerly of Balitic, Struck by Car, Dies at Hospital— Driver Hochberg Held in $2,500 Bonds. Robert Pickett, who was injured in the jitney accident Thursday after- noon, dled at St. Joseph’s hospital on Fridey morning at 2.15. Following the death Dr. Owen O'Neill, the at- tending surgeon, and Medical Exam- iner Louis I Mason were called. The latter viewed the body and stated that the cause of death was fractura of . , Millinery, Etc., will be found everything that is new and smart in these import- "ant essentials. Easter Suits and Coats For Women and Young Girls Our assortment of Easter Suits and Coats is complete, and the woman or young girl who intends to pay the sum of $25.00 for her Easter Suit will find a wide variety of styles and a good selection of materials in the sea- son’s best col’ors, Poplin, Serges, Gabardine, and fancy checks, in the following good colors: navy blue, rooker, steel grey and black and white checks. OTHER SUITS AND COATS We have other Suits at $27.50 and $29.98, and lower priced Suits at $15.00, $17.50, $20.00 and $22.50 Spring Coats are priced as low as $8.50 and up to $25.00 NEW EASTER WAISTS Attractive and Specially Priced The Shirt Waist is one of the most promi- nent garments to go with the Easter Suit, in fact the trousseau is not complete without one. Some pretty styles here to select from. One lot made of fine, sheer Habutai Silk and Jap-de-luxe, in green, flesh, white and rose, with convertible collar. Regular $2.50 quality, special at $1.98 One lot of Crepe-de-Chine and Pussy Wil- low Taffeta in solid colors, of ross, fiesh, maize, white, green and pink, at $3.98 and $5.00. We have Lingerie Waists as reasonable as 98¢ and up. Hedallum Sill&flosiecg BLACK SUITS ‘We are showing a good line of Black Suits, made in the following: Poplin, Gabardine * and Serge, in plain or fancy collar and cuffs $22.50 and $25.00 NEW SILK PETTICOATS To Go With Your Easter Suit need one to complete her trousseau. had in navy blue, sky blue, green, tan, black, Dolly Varden ruffle and $5.00 and $5.89 Our Silk Hosiery Department is weli worth visiting these days. You 1 find here hoslery suitable for eve occasion, made by good, reiible m ers. McCALLUM SILK HOSIiERY, with that fine weave whick found in_other silk come in_black, white $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 a p: We have other good Silk Hosiery of , made EASTER GLOVES canvot be hosiery. They| Bacmo Washable Kid Gloves in ivory and colors, at{and Newport shade, $1.15 a pair. Kayser Silk Gloves in black, nd tan, black or stitching on back, 50c a vair. Kayser Long Silk Gloves, Washable Kid Gloves, plain or fancy 5 a pair; pair. length $3.00 a pair stitching on back, $1.69 a pair. EASTER MILLINERY New and attractive Easter Hats are being displayed in our Millin- ery Section. Becoming little models that are attractive in looks and p straw or straw and silk, trimmed with flowers, ribbons and other garni- tures. Prices range from $269 up to $9.98 Children’s Hats are priced at 50c N NATURAL WAVY EAIR SWITCHES Special for Today $1.79 were $3.00 UNDERMUSLINS For Easter LONG PETTICOATS The new Hand Bags for Easter have made their appearance, prettler than ever before, all made in fine, soft leather, plain or shirred, with nickel or covered frame, with moire or cham- ois Hine, priced at §1.00 and uvp. 4 DRESS GOODS New Silks for trimmings and walst cy stripes and checks, 20 %o 27 inches wide, $1.00 and $1.25 a coats, made of good quality Berkel; Hamburg, 50c to $4.98. COMBINATIONS 40-inch wide Crepe-de-Chine, very fine quality, suitable for street or party dresses, desirable colors, $1.50 a yard. 80-inch wide Crepe-de-Chine, good , only 50c a yard. e wide Velvet Corduroy, suit- sport coats and skirts, green, and blue, $1.00. wide Poplin, all wool, navy brown, $1.50 a yard. trimmed with insertion, lace, Ribbons for every occasion are as- sembled in this Easter collection. Ribbons for millinery purposes, Rib- bons for fancy work, Ribbons for hair bows and Ribbons for sashes. The assortment represents an endless va- riety of colors and patterns, in plain colors, fancy stripes and plaids, at 10c and up to 69c a yard. ribbons,-60c to $2.50. and attractive, and shoulder straps, $4.98 to $7.50. £ black and white striped silk, and priced as reasonable as $15.00, $17.50, $20.00 The new Silk Petticoats to wear with your Easter Suit are here, and the woman who wants to look her best in her Easter Suit will We have a wide variety of colers to chouse from, all made of good wearing taffeta, and can be | white and changeable, with wide flare and scalloped edge. white, white, have G-button 800d makes, such as Onyx and Kay- Jstitching on back, ivory and Newport |length, in black, white and colors, $1.00 Ser, in black, white and colors, alsolshade, $1.50 a pair. a pair. bath rooms school rooms, hos- fancy striped effect, at $1.00 ~nd $1.50 a pair. Boot Silk at 25¢c and 50c a| Kid Gloves in black or white, with |button lengh, $ Pretty and attractive styles in Petti- cambrie, full width ruffle of lace and Combination of Skirt and Corset Cover, Ham- burg and beading, finished with pretty CREPE-DE~CHINE NIGHT GOWNS Crepe-de-Chine Night Gowns, sheer pink only, lace yoke the cervical vertebrae. The police de- partment was notified at 3 a. m., and the driver of the car, Joseph Hoch- bers, was arrested at his home, 181 Main street, and locked up in a cell, pending a hearing Friday morning in | the police court. In the police court Friday morning he was arraigned on the charge of manslaughter. A plea was not en- tered, the case being continued until Monday morning. Bonds were fixed at $2,500 by Judse Shea, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney T. J. Kelley rec- ommending a big bond in view of the seriousness of the case. Hochberg is represented by Attorney P. J. Dana- hey. The required bond was furnish ed by Jacob Cohen and Hyman Israel. Mr. Pickett was born in Baitic in November, 18¢3, and had lived in this city for forty years. Until a year ago he had been employed at the Al can Thread Company in this city nearly thirty-five years. For over two vears he has suffered from rheuma- tism which was the cause of his re tirement from active work. He is sur- vived by his wife, Elizabsth, and ono son, Edward T. Pickett of Waterbury and two brothers, John R. and Thom- Pickett of this city. Mr. Pickett was a member of San Jose council, No. 14, Knights of Columbus. In for- mer years he was an active member of Montgomery Hose company and of late years has hnr»n an honorary mem- ber of the com mi nex Fri an ber improved the advantage to g0 trout fishing and several small boys enjoyed a bicycle trip to Hartford Travel was unusually heavy both on the trolleys and steam cars. Will Give Fancy Dances. At the May Day Festival and Dance to be held in the armory under auspices of Company L for th £ the United Charities Ass called and he Mr. sa Ashton died ce his opinion that from acute indiges he deceased Wwas a member of 1839, the son | Peter and " Lucas Ashtor came to this city with his parents age of three. He received his tion at the Old Natchaug school has been an cmploye of the Thread Company for many He is survived by a brother, Ashton, and a sister, Mrs. th, both of this city. He ns, Mrs. John Lennan, Continental Sanitary Window Ventilators For bedrooms, living rooms, pitals, office, etc. 25¢c each Fresh air brings health JAY M. SHEPARD treasurer, pointment: Thomas Raymond Young committee will ing, for tracts th 830 Windham Road, Mrs. Eimer Keon, South Pari stree Nichols, West Ashton of 93 Fairview street. 2irs. Catherifie Mc- street and Thomas Cyclones Elect Officérs. the choics: er; At the annual meeting of the Thread City Cyclers, following the Teading of the annual reports, officers took place, the following being President, Roy V the election of vice president, Walter X. recording secretary, financial secretary, Fred A. Vantine ttee, n C. Wood; Lester ¥ Shea, = Ci Glibes ade by % d membership com- | Blish, (hdlfln an; Hill, 4. Cone. A ! nted by Xhol a from Wales G. T To lssus More Stock. At a meeting of the Watts Laundry | mpson. as o the amount of $7,5 in Dusinces ‘necessiis ing capital which makes the increase cessary. x more wnrk-} The additional stock win | be issued to the present stockholde:a. | Jitney From The Hartfe ducts the W iday autotru 90 horse power, seating twelve. passengers made the trip from Hi ford to t day morning. Officer Paulhus’ Traffic O jured in the afternoon, resumed work Friday morn- | but his injured les troubled him at Cid Town, Maine—Burial of Mr: Albert Saunders — Easter Musical Programmes—Dorcas Successful Sale. The body of Ri be brought from O1d Town, Ma "The following attractive musical pro- gramme has been arranged for sopr fer concert at 7 company which co limantic-Hartford jitney morning placed in commission of the Oldsmobile type. Five city on the first trip fi-xrl i | Injury Troublesome. cer Paulhus, who was in- | jitney accident Thurs he was forced to home. Officer | Prior and Doris Myott; postiude, Un- How Holiday Was Spent. ve as traffic rol;:l Ye Portals, Eonnofl Good Friday was a pleasant day in Ihus is able to vening: Anthem, Now is Christ Willimantic, . Everyone who could ,eturn to auty, Risen, Herbert; solo, The Name of spent the day out of doors. A num- Jesus, Adams, Miss Evelyn Gardner; At stor, the. i school b cli | entitied, The e 2 = gy ey h Manche: story by Mable Rosemon. which will I,{‘;"m‘;"a:"l“‘f"fi“ Sonoen et luts. T To been prac- | be read by the pastor. The music is sl Y feing faitbfu is expected to|by different composers and will -be 5 do good work sung by a chorus choir. There will be THOMAS ASHTON DEAD nel James M. Dixon, formerly |80l0s by Mrs. John Fontaine, Mrs. F. seiiidbai a Savannah, Georsia, and the |C: Leonard and T. A. Robinson. One e diCactat © Acuts. Iidtaestion, |2 mayor of Tybee, of the selections will be _ a male 20} Complained of Acutw Indiowtien |ssi Savannah, wh juartette, Frank Wilcox, E. F. Bur- ut Case Was Not Considered Se- | g is sister, Mrs. Fanny leson, E. S. Hiscox and S. F. Brown. rious. Welch olumbia, returned home | Thcodore A. Robinson, chorister. Fred S. Leonard., organist. omas Ashton, azed 56, died at his e A e, e g b ijou moving picture theatre 1s Shanty Moved. oo e e ol | and an inventory is being tak A gang of railrpad workmen in employed the American | Tith the exne n that it will be|charge of Frank Halyburton moved company in city and on d o of town partis The | the gateman's shanty from the west ay af obliged to | onmes, of parties who are consid- | to the t side of the track Friday, s ok s Wan & o e of the theatre are|the cha being made S0 that the ed and pres r him and G o ‘watchmen may obtain a clearer view seemed to be somewhat relieved. He T of the track in both directibns. This became worse toward morning and a JEWETT CITY is the only crossing in the borough, physician s sent for but Mr. Ash- e and there is no more busy one in the ton_died before the arrdval = whole system. It is the state road e e o Sudden Death of Richard P. Cocgan, crossing and gether with the and a processio ins, there is minute. Circle Holds E Dorcas circle rs held an Ea all Friday hard P. Coogan will T of the sale. S C. Jeffers, . W. 0. Sou! ert Saunders The food t ett City M. A. F t City ceme- Atha, of Groton services. autiful flowers and ends in Nes m was n Jewett Cit Rev. v Johnson and M W \rranged from Gounod; | Wilcox, ano solo, Springtime from Rubenstein. Miss Glorious hymn, Misses Alice an ed from a few R I Fiske picl arbutus and adder's tongue, Friday. in the even- ptist Church, church the pastor, 1, will preach, his . Morning, Risen to a An Apolosy | “Equipped Wi the T Wondrous Cross, Ashford, Mrs. G. H. Anthem, Calvary-Rodney. Congregational Church. Congregational church, the Rev. from the subject, Easter Les- We Would See Jesus, by evening there will be an in- sting service of Story and Song, son zturned from | There will be ethe had been | the choir. over con-|Willls Howard Alling. s In that state. the this afternc Dawn Immortal. with the and the local traffic to protect. afternoon. Fifty-two dol- was realized from the sale. Mrs. H. Tracy, the leader, was in charge The fancy articles were C bel Wilcox, Miss S. K. Potted plants were sold by Whitford, Burdick had the sale of hot cross buns in charge. Easter at St. Mary’s Church. There will be the usual Faster - 3 masses at St. Ma church Sunday \ Roman | morning and _speci: Easter music. Concerning | Miss Aglae Therein, organist. Sl €anist | pr. and Mrs. S. H. Holmes wers Xa Portale ridgeport this week to attend the 1 the Do th: | State assembly of the Daughters of singing by the | Rebekah. Merrs Bells of Baster | Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Palmer, of hem, Senior choir, Haill | Norwich_ were the guests of Mrs. Julia Minnie Nagel ked beautiful THE RAILWAYS OF NORTHERN MEXICO. System Built Up tives and Cars. the Atbert Donnell, will an Easter anthem by The automobiles To- dally yard switching, n of trolle: and something doing every ter Sale. of the King's Daught- ster sale in the town . Mrs. Mrs. Peter McArthur, le and Mrs. Harry Da- ble was in charge of urdjck, Mrs. J. C. E. Spicer and Miss andy table, Miss Ma- Adams, Mrs. E. Miss her Harrls. sold Mrs. _ John and Mrs. Samuel Miss S. Nettie iss Mabel Scott. Mrs. arnbull, and daughters, d Marion, have return- days’ visit in Provi- and Ethei bouguers of In 45 Years — All th American Locomo- morning and evening services by Mrs. (Special to The Bulletin.) 1 A Brown, chorister and Miss ‘Washington, D. C., April 21.—The Succeeding Elmore & Shepard e Babcock, organist: railways of Northern Mexico, the use ° orning: Voluntary, Christ, the |of which was fraught with grave FuneralDirectorandEmbalmer | .ovs & Risen Todns Asntoras anc | moment o the: panitive expeditionary them, The Lord is Risen Indeed, E. K. | force under General Pershing a fow 60-62 North St., Willimantic | Heyser: duett, When I Survey the | days ago, because of the serious ques- Lady Assistant Tel. connection HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St. Willimantic, Ct. Telephone Lady Assistant ued by _the he rallway a mileage whi cent the combi y Does the dread of the dental ch: STRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE CLEAN LI If the charge for consultation. 9 a.m. to 8 p. m. Lady Assistant Dor’t You Want Good Teeth? STERILIZED INSTRUMENTS, INEN, ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPS LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK appeal to you, call for examination and o DR. F. C. JACKSON, Dentist 762 MAIN ST, WILLIMANTIC. CONN. Sunday, 10 to 2 cause you to n You need have no fears. By my method you can have your testh filled, crowned or extracted ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN. Consider These Other Features Brazil,” for while there Mexico City to lect them? R e tional capital. President broader vision, imate. Neo nually, of weight. Phone 44 lupe as early as 1834, til 1873 that President Lerdo inaugu- tion of transporting supplies, is the subject of an informative bufletin just Children Ory |« FOR FLETCHER'S |eAsToOoRIA National Geographic system of Mexico has ch exceeds by 25 per ned mileage of all the ety of Washington. other countries of North and South America, with the exception of Can- ada, the United States, Argentina and says the bulletin. system has been built up in 45 years, “This vast was a tiny track from the suburb of Guada- it was not un- important line, that which runs from Vera Cruz to the na- President Lerdo, was opposed to the building of railways across the desert plateaus of northern Mexico, for he believed, it is said, that these arid plains afforded a certain security against the political and com- mercial influence of the. United States. Porfirio Diaz had a far however, and during Dbis long regime railroad building was one of his chief concerns,. so when he retired from the presidency these Steel arteries of commerce had crossed the United States border at six places—Laredo, Eagle Pass, Presidio and and 11,000,000 people were carried an- together with 11,000,000 tons that Nogales, wasville, “One of the most i 1 entoflu. interesting fea- Diaz wag. his insistence _that In drumming up recruits to increase te regular army by 200,000 men, as re- cently authorized by congress, army officers detailed to recruiting service are using novel mea especially in the large cities. Every endeavor is made to enlis desirable young men. In New York one army officer tours the streets, and another has set up his re- cruiting tent at the Columbus cirele entrance to Central park, at the fool of the Maine Memorial monument. A scene at the tent is shown in the plc- ture. American managers of the merged Mexican mational railways should em- ploy, whenever possible, Mexican con- ductors, brakemen, telegraph opera- tors, flagmen and section foremen. In this way he hoped to build up a sub- stantial middle class from among the peons, one of the crying needs of the country.. “The first railroad connecting Mex- joo City with the United States bor- der was that to El Paso, opened by President Diaz 32 years ago las month.. This line has been extend- ed in recent years to Tampico on the East and to Guadalajara on the We: and now embraces a system of 4,006 miles. “The shortest line from Mexico City to the United States (500 miles) is that of the National Railway, which cresses the border at Laredo. When the four important rallway systems known as the Mexican Cen- tral, the National, the International and the Interoceanic were fused into the National Railways of Mexico, the government retained a majority of the capital stock of 615,000,000 pesos. “All of the rallways in Northern Mexico are equipped with American locomotives, _passenger and _freight cars, and = Pullman accommodations are to be had on most of the lines. The first-class passenger rates are slightly higher than on American lines, but there is a lower second class rate, by which the peons profit. Distances aer measured in kilometres— 4 cents first class and 1 1-2 cents second class. Restaurants at the important stations serve table d’hote meals for $1, and the trains usually make 25 minute stops for breakfast, luncheon and din- ner. “The peons are like children in their eagerness to ride on the trains and In the mining sections where small lines are used in handling ores it is a aif- ficul: matter to keep the natives off | the cars. “Although Mexico produces a of coal it is of a cheap 3 as a rule either fm- port their fuel or else burn ofl, which is produced in great abundance, es- pecially in the Tampico region. “The lines in the north are operated on Mexican time, which is 24 minutes | faster than America El Paso and 33 minutes faster at Laredo, las “The jnost interesting - railway in | tra. o is that 192 mile stretch of which connects the Atlantic and c seaboards across the isthmus of Tehuantepec. It was here hat Bads dreamed of a ship raiiroad = which uid lift vessels by huge derricks the barbor at Salina Cruz amd swing them on trains which would transport them across the contiment to Coatzacoalcos, where they would be lowered into the roadstead. “The proposed Pan-American rafl- . being bullt by American capital, Is expected some day to establish a direct rall communication between New York City and Buenos Alres.” Nothing. Suppose Teddy does become Pres- fdent for the third time, what's to prevent him from becoming a helpleas siave to the habit?—Charleston News and Courier. Chi China is centuries of “peace any price” What have our pacifists to say about it—New York Commercial. This'll Rally the Masses. “The empty gasoline pail” is Nkely to become a political slogan.—Phila- elphia Inquirer. germs have their breeding-place in the wasts Don't, then, let your bowels clog and throw germs back on the blood. Take no chances with serious illness. 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