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u:’l:m izll.--‘“ 2 st Infantry, Cu/N. G., , Lo 0. o Msa.!o‘lfll.' W*fll‘!mmon - Lo E — e John Wilkes, of Blue Nose Land, Steals Clothing from Henry De- pathy Who Fed and ‘Sheltered Him. Henry Depathy of 40 High street played the part of the Good Samari- tan to John Wilkes of Weymouth, of Nova. Scotia, with poor results. ‘Wilkes arrived in this city late Tuesday night, broke, and with no place to hang his hat. Depathy, who works in the sta- tion restaurant €ave him a helping hand, allowing him to sleep in his room for/the night. Wednesday morn- ing they went out together, pathy going to work, while " Wilkes went back to the room and appropriated a suit of clothes valued at $18, a pair of shoes at $450 and other articles. Chief Richmond was notified of the act _soon after it was committed and “made a hurried trip by auto down Main street and found Wilkes in front of Brick & Sullivan’s store, He was literally caught with the goods as he had the clothes and the other articles rolled up in a bundle and stuffed un- der his coat. He will appear in the police court this morning. OBITUARY Mrs. Horatio D. West. Mrs. Carrie M. West died at her home, 12 Turner street, Tuesday night after a week’s illness with grip. She was born in_ Windham in 1855, the daughter of Rufus and Amy Tucker Rood. She is survived by her hus- band, Horatio D. 'West, one daughter, Mrs. Victor Dupont of this city, and a brother, Charles B. Rood of Bos- ton. Michael Shea. ‘Word has been received here of the death of Michael Shea, aj;former res- ident of this city, whichoccurred on Thursday at a hospital in Dellville, N. J. The deceased was 33 years old and was the son of Timothy and Johanna Shea. He is also survived by a sister, Miss Annie Shea of Boston, and a Mrs. Timothy Shannahan / mmmm BEFORE AND AFTER GRIP BECAUSE IT GIVES — HEALTH. STRENGTH /////%//// JAY M. SHEPARD SucceedingtElmore & Shepard FuneraiDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 North:St.,, Willimantic Lady Assistant L ‘Tel. connection HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER . a n d EMBALMER, 62 Church St, Willimantic, Ct. “Telephone Lady Assistant S 1] rangements were Director Jay Of. Sodalitas Committees. At a business meeting of the . the Congregational church ‘Harroun; Run; Chappell, Helen Barrows, Olive Cooke, Dorothy Gorton; membership, Marion Ellsworth, Hazel Mowry, Ves- Pear] 'Webster; initiation, rnham, W. H. 8., Marion bert. ‘Edith Barro June meeting, Wlnitred ence Howie, Esther Taber, Baker. Virginia —e Licker Case Postponed. The case of Israel Licker, charged with assault on his daughter-in-law, Dora Licker, both residents of Colum. bia, which was to have come up Wed- nesday morning before Justice of the Peace Raymond L. Clark at Yeoman's hall, Columbia, was postponed until Monday morning, May-29, at 10 o'clock on the request of the defendant, who stated that he wished to ‘be représent- ed by counsel. Sheriff Gates’ House Quarantined. ‘The home of Sheriff C. A. Gates, 84 Spring street, is quarantined because of a case of scarlet fever in the fam- ily. The patient is Charles, the five- year-old son of Sheriff and Mrs. Gates. The case is a mild one. in Prospect. ‘The Windham High School baseball team went to Southbridge, Mass, by automobile 'Wednesday afternoon to play the school team of that place™in a regular league game. Saturday of this #&veck 'Windham will play Putnam High school at Recreation Park in conjunction witly the opening of the season for the American Thread com- pany team. The opposing team for the thread compamy team will _come | here from either Hartford or Rock- ville. Picture Taken 22 Years Ago. A picture of Francis S. Long Post, A. R, which was taken twenty-two yems ago is on exhibition in & local store window and attracts much at- tention. Two-thirds of the veterans have since died. It is a very clear picture and many of the living vet- erans are easily rec ed. The pic- ture is the property of Jerome B Baldwin of the lccal G. A. R. Company L’s Ficld Day. ‘ Wednesday was the annual field day of Company L, First Infantry, Connec- ticut National Guard. The day was pent at the rifle range north of the { Natchaug river, cast of Jackson street. The company assembled at the armory | carly Wednesday mornin< and at 6.50 | under the cofimand of Captain Ties- left the armory and crossed over footbridge to Main street. The company then swung into columns of fours and marched down Main street Ash to the rifle range. As they passed down Main street the company was filmed by the moving picture op- erator of the Romance of ‘Willimantic company. This scene will be a part of the play. The weather at the range was very pleasant and the boys cn- joyed themselves. The shooting dur- ing the morning at the 200 and 500 yard ranges was very gocod and Cap- tain Tiesing expeated that the aggre- gate scores of the day would show many of the men finishing with rank of first class marksmen. The com- pany enjoved lunch, at noon. There were quite a number of people pres- ent to witness the work. Murray's B " WILLIMAKTIC, CONN. oston Store reduced in price. .silver decorations. PREPARE FOR RAINY DAYS Prepare yourself for rainy days while Umbrellas ‘are This week we are offering a special collection of good Linen and Silk and Linen Covered Umbrellas at a price that is worth your “attention. These Umbrellas cannot be duplicated anywhere for less than:$2.50 and up to $5.00. All styles of represented, plain Mission, black and fmcy YOUR CHOICE THIS WEEK FOR $1.98 sterling THE H. C. MURRAY GO, Does the dread of the dental You need If these appeal to you, call rge for consultation. DIIFC.J M MAIN ST, Dor’t You Want Good Teeth? have no fears. By my method you > filled, crowned or extracted ABSOLUTELY WDTHDUT PAIN. - Consider These Other Features .TRICTLV SANITARY OFFICE ST ERILIZED INSTRUMENTS, . N TPV CLEAN LINEN, E 2 LOWI"I' PRP!! CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK chair cause to neglect them? . ’.:-n have your testh Q 5 ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPS for examination and estimate, . Ne - . M&t ILU'A.TIC. CONMN.. young all for him. He said that he didn’t feel responsible for the accident because Skvler was not directly hired by him. basis, He was paid on a percent being furnished automobile and gaso- line and in return he returned Tulin 80 cents on every dollar. He had al- ways found Skyler a very driver and never knew him even to figure in a narrow escape from accl- dent. Visiting in Natick. George Baldwin of 93 South Park street, s now able to be out after be- ing confined to his home for three months with bronchial trouble. He left on the noon express Wednesday for Natick, Mass., and will spend nme time at the home of his'daughter, M > Lester H. Green. Receives Shorthand Certificate. In the current issue of the Gresg Writer among the ‘list of those who have passed the examination and have been awarded teachers’ certificates in Gregg_shorthand is the name of Miss Irene Donohue of this city. Miss Don- ohue is at presént a student at a Springfield, MME, training school. Brief Mention. The Thimble Club of the Baptist church met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Allyn of 'WeSt Main street. The Thread City Cyclers’ Mandolin club went to Lebanon Wednesday ev- ening Where they gave a concert. The Young People’s Entertainment club of St. Paul's Episcopal church met in the parish house 'Wednesday evening at 7.45 o’clock. Howard Bowen has returned to Hartford after two weeks' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William N. Bowen, of 409 Pleasant street. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the-Con- gregationai church held a very suc- cessful supper and apron sale in the church house from 5.39 until 7.30 p. m. Wednesday. JEWETT CITY General Committce For Memorial Day Meets With Mrs. George A. Haskell, —Line of March to Be Changed—The Day’s Programme. Mrs. G. A. Haskell called a meeting of the general committee of which she has appointed for Memorial day, at her home, Tuesday. This committee in- cludes: Mrs. Haskell, chairman, Mrs. T. D. Wolfe, Miss Alice A. Brown, f?\frs, P. F. Driscoll, Mrs. P. F. Driscoll, Mrs Robert Robertson and Mrs. Ar- thur M. Brown. ‘The dinner is to be served in the Congregational vestry. The committee voted to serve the dinner at the ves- try to the Veterans of the Civil war, Sons of Veterans. Spanish War col- diers, the speal {own of*#*,1s, and out of town gu The committee appointed to serve the din- Mrs. C. D. Wolf. chairman, A. Burdick, Mrs. G. . Bm- J. T. Stewart. Mrs. E. H. Mrs. M. W. Alling, Miss Alice A. I"r'mn Miss Mary M. Brown, Mrs. G. H. Prior. Miss May Blake, Miss Ruth Grav. Mrs. George Sparks, Miss Nellfe Franklin. Mrs. P. F. Dris- coll. Mr<. M. E. Shea. Miss Laura Jodoin, Miss Margaret Driscoll, Miss Aznes Shea, Miss Annie Miner, Mrs. Robert Rcohertson, Mrs. Georgze H. Thornton. Mrs. A. W. Harris. Mrs. W. R. Rurdick. Mrs. W. C. Jeffers, Mrs. A. M., Brown. Mrs. W. H. Tift, Miss TAa Voster. Mrs. J. H. Tracy, Miss Martha Brewster, Mrs. F. S. Leon- et thman Babeock, Mrs. E. M. Grav. Mrs. J. H. Lee, Miss Ruby Thornton. = The committee on wreaths at Pa- chaug. Mr, apd ‘Mrs. . _B. Mont- comery, Mrs. Jane Lester, Mrs. F. 8. Childs, Miss Susie Morgan. Miss Ad- die Burton, Mrs. Fran« Johnson and Mrs. Ransom Read of Lisbon. Line of March Changed. ‘The line of march is to be changed this year, ‘It will form at the Town hall at 8.30, and the marchers will re- ceive thé wreaths and bouquets. will then proceed to the station to meet the company or soldiers from Norwich, then going ddreclly to the Jewett City, St. JMary’s and Baptist cemeteries and thefice o David Hale Fanning parly where the exercises will be held. Hon. A. M. Brown will have charge of the exercises. The dinner will be served in the ves- try, at the close of the exercises. school children who take part in the march will be served with their re- freshments at the park. Fraternal Orders Mnvited. The various fraternat organizations have been invited to march with the soldiers. - Several have already. signi fied their desire to do se; ~=The wreaths will be made at the town hall Saturday at ens o'clock. R. M. Btown is marshal of the day, hav- ALL-FASCINATED BY WOMEN’S HAIR|. With a Little Attention Hair Beauty oubled. Can ‘Be Quickly D b i oo B X ordinary of Y it ‘jhst a ‘little attention, have lux- uriant hair, soft, fluffy and radiantly !t'sg‘n.lun‘n'tohowthk Cocum, proceeds hair preparations that put ute ber $5; total, Szol!lmflenry 3. 'W‘hltfi- cause and lustre into dull ool scarce, but it is a fact druggists everywhere that Sage, orating’ per cent better. halr are 10/ | or hai; i ie qulcity idk the oy It new annex to the Baltic The | days at_her cottage at Pleasure Beach. ‘Parisian | Tetiow. Anyone wishing to contribute fiseimma;:ph.fi- n.?:‘.a.”m the” new vllhpu-» At your Dealers. ing been elected to hold that office | class, who published it, are being com- during his life-time. plimented for iheir good work. Brevities. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Racine and Mrs, Martin Davis went to Provi-|SoR returned to Plainfield Wednesday denco “Wednesday to remain with rela- el e I A el oo & o Miss Gerda Peterson of New London The Christian Endeavor society of | Miss 2 the Congregational charch is to hold | SPent Yesterday at her home here. At Norwich Funeral. an apple-bBlossom social In the ves- z Hugh McAvoy and daughters, Helen, Loretta and Genevieve, attended the funeral of Elizabeth Mulholland at Norwich Wednesday. Joseph Brouillard is at St. Joseph's hospital, 'Willimantic, where he will}advan :;;'larsv an operation today (Thurs- ). E. Garreaux of Webster, Mass,, was 2 business caller here Tuesday. John Nolan hes been called to Long Branch, N. J., owing to the serious condition of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Befl!le and child left Tuesday for to spend sev- eral months. . the second John E. dle west. a a leaky car. . The drip through the roof and BALTIC for Mill Annex Arriving— Team Being Organized. Material Ball Contractor Archibald ~Torrance is daily receiving carioad shipments of stone, steel, brick and other material to be used in the construction of the mills. James McDowal of Providence was in town on business Wednesday. Miss Grace Ravenelle was a recent visitor in Providence and. Centraly Falls. that durh persons EASTMAN KODAK CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. both husbands were jailers at county institution at Litchfield. Her first husband was Oliver P. Peck and |lias Sedgwick. New' Haven.—Shipped from the mid- carload of oats consigned to a New Haven dealer sprouted on the way. The shipment was made in ing of rain e heat in the ien the sun came out resulted in AR the been demonstrated thn grass gets rooted it saves quite a large beach frontage, has men_setting out beach grass—for ingawayofmemnushudtor ‘big storms. Hartford— The fifteenth reunion of century from Trinity College, whose new_order o‘f“ the agls” Rockville—Former Postmaster and Mrs. George W. Randall have plans complete for a trip to the Pacific coast. to | They will start from Worcester, Mass., on June 14. time with spend gon. They wil be gone two months. ntendmt ut ch.nfl'-la-. at the meet- ng of the charities board yesterday, the past year 3,000 more been aided by the public les than ever before during pe- ant Bridgeport—From August V. Ander- son, sheriff of Salina, Kansas, Lieuten- of Police Charles H. Suckley, of ‘Bridgeport received a telegram Mon- day, saying that John Kelley, 30 years Mr: and Mrs. M. H. Donahoe have retumed. after a few days’ stay at Ocean. Beach, Mrs R. J. Jodoin is spending several BRIEF STATE NEWS Mrs. William Wallace and daughter Fdna were guests of Mrs. Wallace's mother, Mrs. Jones on Wednesday. Organizing Ball Team. Charles Dowd and John Brown.are organizing a bal lteam, and expect to be able to show some speedy materi- al _this season. Noe Charon, Sr., is painting the ga- rage recently erected for George Drescher, W. F. Parker of Brooklyn, N. Y., was in town Wednesday. PLAINFIELD Total Collections for British War Re- lief Fund $201.62—Pupils Hang May Basket to Principal Chapman. The weekly collections for the Plain- field branch of the British-American war ‘relief fund continue to be favor- @ble. The standing to date is: Previ- vully acknowledged, $178.57; collection for Saturday, $17.55 50scents; “sup- New Haven—John F. Shufo: an autoist found guilty of driving an’ au- tomobile recklessly near a schoolhouse, ‘was fined $50 and costs and sent to Jail for five days in New Haven last week. He appealed. Meriden—E. N. Fuller, agent for the Adams Express company in Meriden, has been made assistant agent at the Hartford office. H. J. Wetherell, agent. said that business had so increased that it was necessary that he have in his work. leflold:—GoL Chy?ml H. Case of C. H, Case & has presented a re- markable collecflon of nearly 300 mili- Jans to edd it to the C. itchelson collection of coins. Middletown—A. G. Butler, a flonnu resident 'of Middletown, has dis- tinction of having captured h‘he first honors in the Tarpon club of St Petersburg, Fla., by landing the first tarpon of the seeson within the waters mrhod by the club. His feat wins the club’s bronze cup for the sea- son. West Hartford.—Miss Olive Sheldon, daughter of Mrs. mfl&t I_ Sheldon, Godard cently reeeivefl flu collection and Joseph ‘house, treasurer ledged the receipt of $35 nanx by z-a Ryzon is made of pure, crystal- lized monoso- dlumpllosplme Without phates in fwd riods of great commercial and indus- trial depression. Madison—One cottager, who owns old, ‘b%lmg from a train. who claimed Bridgeport derfully fine RYZON Waffles. Judge the merits of RYZON by their good ness. This single test will sat!sfy you that RYZON mdeed The Perfect his as town, had been killed in Salina