Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 20, 1916, Page 7

s i chlldnn’lkdvlmn-o. The playground movement, . home o m-ommhfnrmom-nfl nstruction of the children Wwere not wa, in the school days of the mem- % I oing o much people o for you, will you not try and help in this woric of clean up, end we eek that child eid in every possible way ote tiliness " and cleanttness $L00. $1.25 Suit Cases 98c Fibre Suit Cases, size brass TlxumotBottlnSllQ nss Bottien, Sask grosn i two straps, g« i Al.l.flnshuppmgadmtagos ofHercbantsZ Week are reahzod when you buy your goods at flus shore. Blgnew stoeko 0 ' choose from—an immense variety of all lines—styles absolutely corroet——and hundrods of speoml values i m staplo and ‘seasonable goods—ijust for Merchants’ Week. - These Special Values Can Be Had Up To size—Special price ‘1 10, ‘lm !L"& Closing Time This Evening APRONS—HOUSE DRESSES ‘Women's Bungalow Aprons, made of good quality Percale, light and Toilet Requisites || REMARKABLE Kolynos' Tooth Paste, VALUES Woodbury's Facial Soap, Make Neatness a Habit. As we learn this art today we shall be better fitted to carry it out in and then no cleanup SPRING MILLINERY PRices" Women's House Dresses, of Per- ‘Women’s Muslin Night Gowns, cale and Amoskeag Ginghams, all ‘Women’s Envelope is to keep clean than to get cleaned. Delight of Home Gardens. We desire to add our word of en- couragement to each ome of your in- terested in the home gardens. They will give you much pleasure-as you work in them; much pride as you are able to exhibit your produce, and throughout the summer help in the beauty of many an otherwise unkept and weedy plot. All this instruction which you put into practice is going to_make you better citizens, and with better citi- zens our city cannot help belng ¢ vastly better place in which to live. (Signed) The Schools Committee of the City Beautiful Committee of the Norwich Board of Trade. Norwich, Mny l! 1918. WILLIAM RUS&EAU AWARDED DAMAGES OF §150 Was Struck by Central Vermont Freight Train at Pink Row Cross- ing at Montvill In the superior court in seasion in this city on Friday, Judge Joel H. Reed on the bench, judgment for $160 with- out costs was awarded the defendant in the case of Willlam Russeau vs, the Central Vermont .raflroad. This was a suit for damages for personal injuries reccived by Willlam Russeau on Aug. 13, 1914, at 7 a. m, Mr. Russeau was crossing the tracks of the Central Vermont Ratiroad com- pany at a_crossing in Montville known as Pink Row crossing when he was struck and knocked down by an en- gine attached to freight cars, He was knccked with force to the ground and received a broken nose, lacerated head and his face and chin were cut and brujsed. '' Grbton Woman Gets Divorce, Lilly B, Cole of Groton waa granted a diyorce from Albert H, Colo of New London on the grounds of emmen, and was also allowed to malden name, Lilly B. Tuf couple were married April n nxo cnd he deserted In April, 1912, In her tesiimony Mre. Cole maii she left her husband nnd‘ went to New ork, as she was nof clothes and food, ‘Mrs. m‘i"’ ‘when she married her husband was earning $8 o week and told her and her mother that he was golng to met insurance money. wiches home to his wife, For a time she went to the restqurant, but M ashamed of this way of living and went to live with an \mch. Later she returned to money, and when she complained ”W Detors her marriage. In Broadvn the 'ore her she went to work in & department mtors, She is able to support herself now, she sald, ‘Mrs, Eleanor Vincent of Nn Yut told of visiting the couple London, e knew Mrs, ooh in N'w York lnfl ln‘w that she had boeen in ‘hospital o Howits A depeiltlnn from John waa read Lawye! Hu is an nuu of Mrs, Vincent and told f caring for her nnd that ghe went to t:u homt in poor healih, hearing the testimony and dhouulnq the ~“matter briefly with Lawyer Hewitt, Judge (hs alwm on the grounds of desers 'l'h dlvorce case of Charles Page Hannum of Norwich Irene Ba- unknown |.the od in 1910 by Rev, M. §, Kaufman lllfl for year the oouple l|v£ lnhfl"cw Tast Now York; as to where she was goini and she is 23, ‘William A. Hannum, a_brother of the petitioner, testified as to the mar- riage I.nd of tho dl'.l'b.l-rlflea of his brother's wi “A. Hannum, » ststein- i 5¢ the . petithamer, " corroborated the other witn After questioning the petitioner closely as to his residence the judge iook the papers. DIED MER—In this , May 20, 1918, dark effects, value 50c—Speolal price 850 each, 8 for $1.00. Women’s and Misses new models and pretiily trimmed, value $1,00—Special price 69 each, .SPRING APPAREL New Spring Suits, Coats, Dresses, Waists, Etc. Here Are Special Values for Merchants’ Week' e e e e Women' line of §20. Special price .. and Misses’ Smart Tallored Sults, Including our entire and Sample Suits made to seli at $25.00— $17.50 Women'a Tallored Suits, many smart models In full-flare and rippled styles, principally in black, navy and checks—oun reg- vlar $25.00 Sults at ‘Women!' \J 8ilke Sults, this season’s most desirable mod the sell regularly at $35.00 and $40.00—Special price ..., *$19.50 $25.00 Women’s $15 Coats $9.98 ‘Women's and Misses’ Coats, attrac~ tive.models of Peplin, Covert, Chev. iots, Bt street and sport styles— regular $15,00 value at $9.98, Rain Coats—Special Values Children's Tan Rain Coats, pizes 6 to 14 years, regular 5298 value at.. Women's Rain C: blaclk tan and navy, regwar §5:50 value at Wemen's Rain Coats, biack and white checks, regular $9.98 value at, +o $850 Wemen’s Sille Dresses At These Speclal Prices $265.00 Dresses at $19.50 $20.00 Dresses at $16.80 $17,50 Dreszes at $14.50 Women’s Sill: Waists $1.88 ‘Women's 8ilk Walsts — Tub Bilks, Satin Stripes, Japanese Silks, tc! —exoeptional value at §1,08, Children’s Dresses Children's Gingham ~ Dregses, fast colors, sires 2 to 14 years— very special value &t.....suie.. 490 Excellent velue in Chlldren's Gingham Dresses, regular #8o value at , Sults $475 ISIT our Wash Goods Department in Basement and see the Merchants’ Week special values that we are offering in this department, Jorgen's Benzoin and Almond Lotion, Pond’s Extract of Cold Cream, Ghelos of any of the - oing, standard 280 rticles, at ...... 16e Lace Department Bmbroldered Cambric Fdgings, these are regular Sc and 10c values—Special price a yard .. 45-inch Embroidered Voile, Or- gandle and Swiss Flouncings, 5125 and 3130 value—Special T R Chiffen Motor Vells, 1% yards long, £7-inches wide, full line of colors—Spectal Price ... vuve.... Oriental Net Guimpes, long #leeves, rolling collar, regular $1.59 value—Special price ..... $1.29 980 98¢ Women’s Hosiery ‘Wemen's Burson Silk Hoslery in black and white, second quality of §0c grade—at 3 for $1.00 ora a pair ‘Women's Onyx Silk Hoslery in blask, good $1.00 value—Special price a pair . Women's full-fashioned Silk Hoslery, black and white— Special price a pair . Table Linens, Toweling 10 plecen of 70-ineh Batin-finieh Table Damask, handsome pat- terns—regular 69¢ value at .... 48¢ 5 pleees, extra heavy Irish Table Damask, striotly all-linen, nt- tractive' designs—regular $1.50 value at ... $1.19 15 plecea of BS-inch Mercerized Table Damank, moft finish—reg- ular 42c value at . Toweling, all-lnen, ‘including glass checks, dish’ and roller Towellng—regular 170 value at 12/ke Candy Specials Speelal Mixture of fine quality Cheeolates, regular 5o grade— Special price a pound . Jordan Almonds, e large al- mond, thin coating, assorted flavers, value §0o—Special price & pound ,.iiieeenien veee 29 Women's and Misses’ Hats, new and l".rflcuvo styles—Special price......... §9¢c New ideas in Women’s Sport Hats, regular 98c value at.. Children’s Trimmed Hats, all the newest shapes—at flfi& 1.39, 98¢ and.. 69c ‘Women's fine Dress Hats, a splendid assemblage of new- est models—at $5.00, $3.98 ®$2.98 Special Values In Boys’ Clothing Boys' Golf Caps of Navy Serge, regular 50c value, at......... . Boys' Junior Norfolk Suits, of Navy Serge and Mixtures, value $4.00—Special price.... $2.98 Boys’ Washable Suits, sizes 2% to 8, value $1.25—Special price 98¢ - 4c Art Department Mercerized Crochet Cotton, in Wwhite, all sizes, 5 to 100, vn.lue alechl price s..cviiiiiins Made-up, stamped Night Gowns, value 6%c—Special price Linen Crash Plllow Tops, hand- gmbroldered and fringed, value 69c—Special price Linen Crash Laundry. Bags, e tra good value at $1.00 and.... 69 Ribbies baoia Eads Spectal lot of Loom Ends in Rib- bons. The assortment includes the colors and kinds that are in demand for Hat Trimmings as well as styles sultable for Hair Bows and Fancy Work, Special prices— 25¢ 39 50c regular values 38c to 75¢ WOMEN’S LONG Sk aLoves o 79¢ ‘Women's Elbow length Siik Gloves, in black and white—a regular $1.00 quality—Special price 79 a pair. Boys' Norfolk Suits, neat mix- tures, siwes 6 to 17, value $3.95—Special price Boys' Norfolk Suits, stylish mixtures, sizes 8 to 16, value $6.00—Special price. $4.95 Boys' Spring Weight Overcoats, sizes 2% to 8—prices $2.95 to $6.00. $2.79 Women’s Underwear One case of Women's Summer Weight Ribbed Pants, knee length and lace trimmed, second quality of 25c grade—Special price a pair 2 One case of Women's Extra Ribbed Pants, knee length and lace trimmed, second quality of 29c grade—Special price a pair Handkerchiefs ‘Women’s White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs—Special price € for 25¢, or each . Men’s Colored Border Hem- stitched Handkerchiefs—Special price 6 for 25c, or each ‘Women’s Embroidered Hand- kerchiefs—Special price 3 for Women's Swiss Embroidered Handkerchiefs, value 25c to 50c —at 3 for 50¢, or each .. 1% trimmed with lace, full length, low neck and short sleeves, value 50c— Special price 39c each. s White Skirts, newest trimmed with laces and Hamb value §1.25—Special price 96 OUR MEN'S STORE Everything in Men’s Wear $15.00 Suits at $11.95 Men's and Youths’ “Pinch-back” Suits, in blue, grey and mixtures— these are regular $15.00 Suits at $11.95 $20.00 Suits at $16.50 Men's and Youths' Blue Serge Suits in the new two and three- Dutton, soft roil, - hand-tailored throughout—regular $20.00 Suits at $16.50 $5.50 Trousers at $3.85 Men’s and Youths' White Flannel Trousers, with belt loops and cuff bottoms—regular $5.! sn Trousers at $3.85 Men’s Furnishings Men’s Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, all styles, regular 50c value at civeesiciiioniiaainn +.. 390 .Men's Nainsook Union Suits, equza! to many $1.00 Sulu-v.ry special value at. 5 Men’s Ecru Ribbed Union Suits, all sizes, regular $1.00 value at 89 Men’s Negligee Shirts, new de- signs and colorings, our.special $1.00 value at cdasesstase 790 Men's. Summer Weight Pajamas, plain colors, good $1.25 value at.. MRS, WILLIAM H, PAWLEY HOME FROM CONVENTION Attonded Third Blennial @athering ef King's Daughters and 8ens at Burl: Ingten, towa, Mre, Willlam R‘ Dawley of this eity, state president of the K‘:nss Daugh= ters, haa returned heme after attend= ing’'the third piennial eonvention of ters and Fens in Burllnnon. Towa, The aloaina session of the convention was held on Tues- of this wtek wlen the zeuamns cal ',;'3,‘ sirn A nthony 1, mvans Preslde 8, Ao 3 first eident, Miss a; second vice £, femle O, Benediot, of ird vice husetts; tary, Misa Clara Moro- 'or! revoratar gecretary, ad, West Virginia: M, sworth, Farn: r editor of the Silver lel. Mrs, Robert McLaurin, Missis~ Phflldol hia m chosen for co:lvem.lon in 1918, were 120 delegates and T4 visitors at the convention. the SUPERIOR COURT CASE IS WITHDRAWN Claim for Division of Norwich Prop- erty Has Been Settled. ‘The case of John C. Morgan of Nor- wich vs. Annie B. Huntington of 'West property on Central Wharf occupled Jhmc mwflmcfilflrm‘a W, FATHER DOOLEY SURPRISED. Eagleville Parishioners Give Benefit Supper for His Church. JOSEPH T. CRUTTENPEN REELECTED (Centinued ‘hm-Panq Five) be upder mere drastie eantvel; they were tald they must be effleiently mans aged, The raiizoad efficlais applied !hfilflse!ve% te roating eut the oppor= tunities inereasing ih and of mowing dawn their expenses, The railroads 6f the east have found themgelves withewt freilities ta handle fhe unparalleleq business of {oday, At present therp are two hundred mere earg in New Londen than can be prop- erly handied, What would be the pesition of these railrenda {f they were ealled upen ta ocogperate with the gevernment in the defenge of the patien? In this great meovement ef: prepar edness the eountry sheuld, I think, unite, I am 8 firm advooate of pre= paredress and I think we should start with out internal jeseyrees, eur jn- dustrial resourees, Without the rail- roads it would be impessible for the lrmy to be handled preperly in case of T think ono of the main considera- tions we should think of is, in what Wy can we make the rallreads more effictent? It is hoped by the company I repre- sent that if certain financial straits are overcome they will be able to ex- pend much money in additional tracks, additional bridges and equipment, buf unless conditions are different than they have been in past vears this de- velopment is going to be slower, Address On Ceast Guard, Following th by Supt, Littlefleld the toastmaster intro- duced Captain F. C. Biilard, of the Coast Guard TUnited States rvice. Cnpwn Billard has cham of the academy at Fort Trum- ok, Naw Tondtn e ssia 1 was a great pleasure to ing room. I was born in the South, said Captain Billard, and my knowl- edge ot Connectiont ‘was acaulred re- tly. The South is noted for its hc'vltl.!RYv but if there is any section of this country necticut, I) have yet to enemxnm'!t. “He woken!thoeoutnnrl Fort Trumbull. tomndllmmvl in Eastern Con- slened efficers, gaid the mpeaker, One of these is at West Point, another in the Annapelis Nayal Aeademy, and the third is the Ceast Guard Academy at New Lendon, The young men enter the aeademy’ at Fort Trumbull under # compatitive examination and take & {hres yean course of study, During the winter manths they are given a rigid eourse ef study and during the summer menths We_take {hese young men on a-eruise, Yhen these young men are commissiened they become of- ficers of the Coast Guard, The Coast Cuard is a part of the government de- fense, and is ready at p mement’s no- | tice to be transferred to the navy, | Captain Billard then went on | Epenk of the activities of the cmm' Cuard in times of peace, They go to| the pssistance of vessels in distress, | he moment a vessel gets ashore or | in difficulty at sea and is reperted, a ' wireless message is sent out to the entter and the cutter goes at ence to | the sceme, Btatistics show that the | ameunt ef praperty that has been sav- | ed by these vessels is very impres- | sive, i Another duty ef the Coeast Guard 1 the destruation of derelicts, * I think I may safely say that the Ceast Guard perferms._duty fer every branch of the| Federal government, Tn_el Captain Billard gaid; we psk ia that you gentlemen l tonch with the gevernmental activi- tlel, gee what we are trying to do and .1p ue out when you ean, 9 final rnlk'! was A, T, Miner, midene n! New Leondon-Cham- g t Commeres, _As the hour was mun.- Jats, Prosident Miner spoke very briefly. Oflun Were Reelected. = At the close of the luncheon the members of the committee and a num- ber of guests adjourned to Room 8 where the annual business meeting of the committee was held. Vice Pres- ident Williams presided and the va- ther- | rious reports were presented and ac- cepted as read. The officers were elected as follow: \ President, Joseph T, Cruttenden, of | Puf New London; vice president, Geo: felson; secretdry and treasurer, Chaa. W. Pearson; Norwich. nvumvedbya.n.mat nIlvMfiQmmmm y five bodies in bers that each appropriate $5 for the suppert of the committes, , Ehaw of Putnam atated that a summer outing had been planned at Webater Lake and Mr, Ayer, secre- tary of the Webster Chamber of Commerce had issued an invitation to the committee to hold its summer out- Ing at Webster, The invitation was accepted and the date for the outing was left with the Putnam members to declde, The matter of extending an invita- tion to the Colchester Chamber of CHARLES W. PBARSON Commerce to join the Eastera Coenm- necticut Development committee was approved. Secretary Pearson’s Report. In his _annual report Secretary Charles W. Pearson reviewed the ac- tivities of the year. Seven meetings were held during the vear, ome tnam, one at itie, two Norwich and three at New London. The attendance has been vious years, New London county lead- ing by at least two to ome in spite of the fact that this couty has two Chamber of Commerce, for in revising onr past activities I feel that this new nlm]: ‘will be more in keeping with our worl FORMER NORWICH PEOPLE OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING Re nd Mrs. John Oldham Have In- formal Reception at Hebronvill R. I Rev. and Mrs. John Oldham, for- merly of Norwich, obseryed the 50th anniversary of their wedding at their home in Hebronville, R. I, Friday, Relatives and friends were received informally during the afternson and jthe visits will centinue this evening. The couple received a number of gifts, |, Both Mr. and Mrs. Oldham were born in England, They were married May 19, 1866, in St, Mark's church, | Hanley,’ Stafforgshire, England, Oldham's fathef was a china manu- facturer in Hanley and he became su- perintendent of ihe business and con- ducted it until he came to America in 1869, at the age of 24, He located at Trentos J, and next year meved Mr. Oldham became a lacal preacher among the Primitive Mathodists in England at thg age of 1. He eon- tinued his worlk as a local preacher in'the Uniteq Siates, preaching in the city missions ¢f Hoston for two WO vears Hie Kf‘»?“““x‘a’fl%“.? tErence by e New n erence h qflm. Metho- flugnu'l Ce ined the Grace Chi Ea dist. Ephoopag irom, fi snel. the New in 1874 uad A or ordained an uw socket, only at organizations against three in ‘Wind- ANNUAL FIELD DAY AT PRESTON RANGE. Col. Henry Dorsey Will Attend Fifth Company Sheot Teday. One recrult was recetved at the reg- ulnr meeting of the Fifth company held in the armory Friday evening. Range practice coustituted the work of _the evening and Sergeant Britton of New London inspected the work. Today the company will have its an- nual fleld day at the Preston rifla range which has undergone needed re- pairs during the past week, The butts have been rebullt of stome. Fermerly they were ef wood. They would have been ready Grlday, but owing to damp weather the work was hindered, Colenel Henry Dorsey of New Lon- don and Captain Morgan of Mystic will be present, Attended Medical Meeting. Dr, P, I, Cassidy attended the an- nual meeting of the Connectlont Mod- ical association held in Bri on w-flnesday and Thursday this Wi Dr, Cassidy is councilor for New London county, Attended New Londen Dance, A number of Joeal ,M)Il le lt- tended a_dance given b: ‘&:‘; man in Lyric hall, Naw Mndlm. Hr Chaoman lives in Groton and is a student at the Academy, Foxes en Exhibition. show window of C. . dl'finl #tore on Broadway, red foxes, on exhibition. my are :laln ones Henry Davis aug out in P!u Incidents In Society ‘Miss Anna L. of Washington street is visiting fl!— cousins in Provi- ‘After spending several 8 Haven, Miss Caroline T. turned ¥Friday to her home ington street. Mrs, Eben Learned of Hu place will be in Fairfield attend the annual meeting Colonial Dames. John G. Stoiner and Major Steiner, who have been at 1 on Church street: for ursday ni) tain whether he wfl to them this year but he will make is broken,-and you | time. get You need Hoods '