Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 15, 1916, Page 6

Death of Oapt. George W. D. A. R. Chapter’s Flag Ohesebro, the first white set- Stonington. In early life he making quite deaf and was not quali- o, be master and was transterred of the tug R. M. Waterman @ was so employed up to the time of Bradley, at her Vlm entertained the ©f Phebe Greene Ward chap- A and a number of other on Flag day. There were pa- exercises and then refreshments COLCHESTER Kroll -nd Miss May Murphy returned to their homes in New- [, J, after several days' visit l.nd Mnrs, Joseph Kraft on nuznm aiiler retarned to esday after several visit n her home on upper Roy Clark and son were re- visitors in Willimantte, . and Mrs. M. C. Cutler and Mrs. Conner were visiting friends in ‘Tuesda; y. number from this place went to Norwich Tuesday by team and autos to ‘Barnum & Bailey’s circue. K. Brown returned to in New York Wednesday regular in Gflnn hall Tuesa: y even- L. Stebbins was at Bastern 'r—ny attending the meeting the tal association. : mfl was u.l"'ng on friends Banswn ‘ednesday. Brown and party of < were in town Wednesday. Hen B. Brown, one of ninent residents of East “‘“u’&';“"m"ur“‘&"““l'r s rs. 8. ‘Woodmont. Mr. and Mrs, Economy Westerly by a display of the Stars. ¢ in, l.nasmwfi-@-wmm standing, ly band played the Star Spangled eBrlnncr. ‘Then came the llh‘ intro- ;uetor! exercises by - toll st - Larsen cers, fojlowed it AT L Led- g service was_conducted by Esquire -John T. Burdick and oflcen .Auld Im Syne was rendered by and the) Dana. Bast Exajted. Ruler George H. Bray gave the Elks' Flag, and a selection of Southern Airs were played by the band. State Senator Albert A.° West of Providence delivered the -address, an eloquent tribute to the flag, and stated at otism was a cardinal prin- ciplo of Bikdom. The exercises closed with the singing of America by the ]80! R accompanied by the Westerly an Wi west bound freight tmln was at - standstill in_front of the Westerly station, late Tuesday night, Joseph Johnson, a brakeman, a resi- dent of Summer street, New London, aged 36, was seriously ipjured. He was on top of a New York Central car, slipped on_the tin roof .and fell Dbetween that car and the one ahead. He called for help and was taken into the baggage room. Dr. Michael H. Scanlon was called and found that Johnson had sustained an injury to the spine that parslized the lett leg an impacted fracture of the right hip, and was internally injured in the lower {left side of the abdomen. After rendering first aid, Dr. Scan- lon accompanied the injured .man to New London and did not return.to Westerly until five o'clock Wednes- day morning. At New London, an: ambulance ‘of Lawrence hospital. was in waiting, with Dr. Dunn. Johnson was convey- ed to the hospital where he received the attention of Drs. Scanlon and Dunn. He was reported late Wednes- day as being in a critical condition. A row of more than ordinary pro- portions took place in the freight yard of the New York, New Haven "and Hartford Railroad company, just be- fore midnight Tuesday, between a gang of local toughs and members of the Cook and 'Wilson circus. - The circus train was in the yard and all but those who have to do with the loading of the train had retired. The local gang invadeq the yard, shouting aad singing and were ordered away by P. T. Barrett, a special agent of the rail- road company, who'was assigned to duty there, members of: the circus company Came from a sleeping car and also importuned the intraders to g0 away, but in vain. Then Spectal Agent Barrett went as far as the Mar- tin house, for local police aid, ana told of the conditions in the yard to Patrolman Chace and both returned to the freight yard, to learn that the in- vaders had beaten n hasty retreat as the officers approached. After Special ‘Agent Barrett left the yard to summon police assistance, the local gang commenced stoning = the train, and members of the circus com- pany remonstrated and a general fight ensued, during which two of the eir- cus men had received knife wounds. Benjamin Waters, leader of .. the white circus band, 4. e tween the shoulders, and a. d wound two inches deep:was Inficrad: He was . attended by ‘Dr. Henry Johnson. The wound-was not of a se- rious nature and he remained aboard In ' The Table Drink Here’s the way! Make your drink, a Nd waste in that, when you use cup at a time. INSTANT PO Two - sizes: :30c and. 50c. sugenor to much of thbmimary coffee used and [ttehell a rested Charles Johnson, black at home n Pond street.' One of the knives belonged to him, and the po- oDelleve it was he' who stabbed | Ko rested at his hams Ain Cemetery lane, l.t 5 o'clock, by Policemen Mitchell l.nd it 8. o'clock, at garage. . He ac- Imowlndgod the ownership of the oth- er knife, and he is suspected as stabber of Wdters. the band master. fter placing Jackson in a cell, lef Brown arrested Robert ‘Gard- ner; black, He was bruised over the right eye' and bore other evidence that he took part In the fight. Chief. Brown is satisfled that the fellows arrested, and one other not yet apprehended, constituted the who irivaded the freight yard, caused ;h" row and took active part there- The Accused. were arraiened in the Third District court -Jate Wednesday afternoon, - before Judge Oliver H. Williams. Johnson was charged with committing a violent asault upon Jo- seph Welch. ~ He pleaded not -f:ilty. He_ was required to furnish a bond of $500 for appearance in court on mnext Friday. Jackson was charged with commit- Hne a violent assault upon Benjamin Waters. He said he did not have a thing to do with the fieht, and went along with the bunch. There was in- | % dication of trouble and he started away and got a crack on the top of the head by a circus fellow, but he said he struck no ome, He pleaded not guilty. and was placed under bonds of 3500 for appearance in court Fri- day morning. Stenhouse, Royster and Gardner, were charged with loitering. ‘on_ rail- road premises, after being requested to leave by -properly thority. Royster was first called and declar- ed that he ran away, just as soon as the ‘circus fellows came in view, that stones were thrown at him bui -he threw no stones. He admitted that’ he was slow in leaving the premises nfter being warned off. He sald e went into the freight yard to see the elephant get into a car. Royster was sent back. When recalled Royster pleaded gullty and was fned 35 aud <o constituted au- Gardner ‘was next called and he/] sdid he did nothing that would war- rant his arre: He sald when he Went ‘1o the freight vard some circus fellow hit him alongside the head with a club, or something else, and knocked him out. That was all he knew of the row, and before he full- ly came back, he was home In bed. Gardner was also sent back to his cell. Gardner on second call, pleaded guilty to the complaint. He sald he was employed by the Westerly and Watch Hill Ice company, and had never be- fore heen before the court. _Chief Brown sald Gardner bore a reputation of belng .a quarrelsome Dperson..- Gardner sald he was in STUM ] Just a level teaspoonful from the tin (moré or less to suit taste) in 2 cup with ‘M water. Add sugar and cream as you wish, a.nd you have a dnnk fit for a king! ° Order a tin from your grocer now. h a rich Java-like flavor that is Postum A i Prom every standpoint—Flavor, Convenience, Eogmmy Health— “There's a Reason" for Wils and menagerie was ln Westerly on Tuesday. There was a big crowd in Dixon square and vicinity st 10.30 in ‘the morning, the hour announced for the parade, and there the crowd lin- gered long and patiently and waited in vain-for that much heralded “mon- ailments. at once. Money back if not sat- S0c. at your druggist. returned from a visit-in Newport. Albert Valillemeir has resigned as foreman at the Standard Machinery company and is machine designer with the New Departure company of New Eritain and Hartford. Palmer Eindloss bas returned from chap | Boston. came to ‘Dixon Square, and announced that the ‘would positively ap- pear at 1 ofclock, and three-quarters of an hour after that time, alon; came the much advertised *“monste; dem. party | onstration. It was.as hothing in com- parison. with earlier shows. It was an ideal Junme day, and the Dpeople ‘turned out to see the parade, and were disappointed. Many paid the price of admission to see “the greatest animal show on earth” and the ring performance, and these were doubly -disappointed.- Thers were, of course, some redeeming features in the parade,-and in the performances, n%abut not enough to mske.good the nce promises, by long od Entries in_ the two earl closii events 500. each for the ennui fair race meeting at the West Kings. on fair under the auspices of the Washington County Agricultural so- ciety, have just been announced by Secretary John H. Cranston. All the enifries are Providence horses, with the exception of the Clay Cotton Sta- from South Wi ston, - Conn; e Balar. antiy. oo sea and Joe Foncelet's horse from Pawtuxet Valley. s Local Laconles. Dr. John L. May and Mrs. May are attending the commencement exer- cises of Fordham college. Willlam T, May, Jr; of New London, a nephew of the doctar, is a member of the gradu- ating class. MYSTIC McCormack-Vootz _Waeddin, In’ Station Agents—Big Elms Way for Street Widening. The wedding of Miss Catherine A. Vootz, ‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Her- bert Vootz, of Mystic, and James M- Cormick _of Westerly took place at 9 o'clock -Wednesday morning at St Pn.mek‘l church and was witnessed by a e number of relatives and friends, over 1,000 lnviu.uon- having been sent out. - Rev. Fr. M. P. Hart, vector of the church, sang the nuptial mass, ‘After the church ceremony there was a and reception at the home of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Mc- ?ormlck lef: on the 158 exp: 01 hange Make ceived by the, Mrs, B. F. Crandall. the home of her daughter, Mrs.. Blias Pray, and was largely attended. ' Rev. Welcome B. Bates, pastor of the Union Baptist church, cénducted the services. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. “New Station -Agent. Station Agent M. F. Kelly has lett the Mystic station to take charge of the statlon at Darligton, R I, near Samuel Haley and family of New York have arrived at the Gates home- stead for the summer. A. L. Pitcher and son Robert have returned from a visit in Norwich.. Albert Packer of Boston is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Packer, Mr. and Mrs. Willard_Keigwin are epending a few days in Boston. TLemuel Coburn of Hartford has been in_the village this week. Henry 1. Sparks Is visiting Norwich relatives. PLAINFIELD | Miss Hazel M. Chapman Wins Kinne Prize—Grammar School Team De- feats High School—Odd Fellows’ Me- morial Exercises Next Sunday. The Kinne prize pxaménation the Constitution of the United States was held in the high school room on M:.y 81. Twenty-one pupils took the examination and the judges announce the results as follows: The highest rank and therefore the wlnner is given as No. 73, Hazel Mir- , age 14, Central Gram- mx- school. Honorable mention is given to No. 58, Hrary Edward West, age 13, Moosup Grammar school, and to No. 61, Junes Bdward Carlen, age 14, Central Grammar school. The judges wers the Rev. A. H. Withee of Moosup' and Bradford Dan- lelson of Moosup. The judges pre- Pa.rad the questions, gave the exam- nation and judges the papers. As all papers were signed by num- ber instead of by name, th ejudges were entirely unaware of the identity of the contestants until after the award was made. Grammar School Defeats H.'S. Team. school boys on the school grounds on Tuesday, 14 to 2, Pechie, ‘the gram- mar school’s star heaver, held the high school boys in check all through the game, fanning eight men and allow- ing only a few scattered hits while the, grammar scheol boys knocked Burby from the mound. This will be no doubt, the last game of the sea- son for the schoolbce. and the team has a clean slate. > lineup for Tuesday's game was: Grammar school, Butler c, Pechie b, A, Lafrenier 1b, Ge- 2b, Nolan ss, Dougherty 8b, D. B\lrke 1f, B, Lafrenier cf, Starkwea- ther rf; High School team, H. Burke bBurby and Smith p and 1b, Collins Dllqy ss, Sullivan 3, Bergeron If, uin cf, Provost rf. At Norwich Circus, Ends In Court John Hallisey arraigned before Justice Benjamin R. Briggs at Cen- tral Village Vil ‘Wednesday morning. Hal- lisey was arrested Tuesday evening by “| Ofcer Allen at his home for causing a cus at Norwich and it did not agree with his temper. ce. He attended the oir- He was fined §1 and costs, amounting to $14.35. The case of Jerry Downlnx of Pa- chlu(.tnwho was arrested Oflu" causing a distu be heard before Justice Briggs twflw (Thursday). Officers of C. E. Soolety. WOMEN’S AND mmv TAILORED SUITS—Popl mmd-hu-dlnmdthuomr!whufihfim so drastically for this big sale. There are muv‘.l' of this season’s favored colorings. Values as high as SUITS OF BETTER QUAI.I'I'V AT SALE PRICI have been- selling at $2500 and $27.50 ‘are all included in ¢ lot. Gabardines, Poplins, Check Fabrics, p: ofl-rl':: and in color, styles and finish" the SMART COATS. IN MANY STYLES—Valucs as high ss $11.50 have been grouped for sale at this one low price. Smart fabrics and attractive colorings all go to make this item interest. Yo uneed a coat and now is o-othnohbuyu money. HANDSOME SILK FROCKS—Sizes and styles for both Women -fl Misses in values up to $15.98 make this afhrinq mighty i Crepe-de-Chine, Messaline and the very popular Taffeta are all to be: found, in smart designs and pretty colors. HIGH GRADE COATS FOR ALL PURPOSES—This second lot -l coats is made up of the dressier models, and many novelty weaves ouit 4 Ahe sEatidard fabrios’ grecail A5 bo foands (TS styles -u-i v-g:: and the quality superb, making them bargains of the finest Values up to $17.50. - CHILDREN’'S COATS AT BARGAIN PRICES—For the little from 6 to 14 years old we have a special Live Wire Bargain. Here’s a protty selection of modish coats in solid colors and shaok designs which are valued as high as '$8.50. They go for practically A LIVE WIRE HOUSE DRESS BARGAIN—Percales and Ging- hams have been used in the construction of stylish house dresses number of stylish models. quality no skimping of materials. is splendid and the dresses are cut generously —there’s " 69 The colorings are. good, the HOUSE DRESSES OF BETTER QUALITY—Quality, style, fit and finish have al been considered in this Live Wire offering. Good materials in pretty check and stripe designs have been 98¢ made up into sturdy house dresses of exceptionally good appear- ance. You never saw bettsr for the price. WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ SUMMER DRESSES—Wash Dresses in solid colors and stripe patterns for $1.98. They are the kind d"dmwhleh may be worn on the street as well as at home —clever in design and most effectively trimmed in various styles, some having dainty Organdie collars. $1.98, WOMEN’'S AND MISSES’ SUMMER DRESSES—Pretty solid colors and dainty flowered effects are to be seen in this lot of Live Wire bargains. The models and the dresses are all daintily trimmed after the newer styles. re all new and up-to-date. $2.98 You need several of these right now. : HANDSOME WASH FROCKS IN COLORS—Novelty weaves, stylish stripe designs and dainty flowered voiles make up this special bargain offering. Many of them are trimmed with con- trasting colors after the latest style, and have the neat Organ- die collars and cuffs. Every dress a bargain, WOMEN’S AND MISSES' WHITE FROCKS—We have grouped at one price a good assortment of pretty white frocks for both women and misses. The designs are clever and all the dresses are handsomely trimmed with laces and embroideries of good An early choice is advised. quality. London who brougnt siveral friends with her to assist. Mrs. Edward Foley has returned her home in Boston after a visit to her mother, Mrs. Rathbun. Mason island - cottage of Mrs. Thomaston—John Kiefer of Marine street, who has been ailing for some t | time with stomach trofible, left last to ass tol o Tuly 1t Prestdent, Maty L King vice president, Mrs. Frederick ""h'lvl:nhryuufi treasurer, 3 Removing Big Elms. ‘Work , has Odd Feliows’ Memorial Sunday. No. 19, 1. 0. O. F. a orial Saturday for St. Raphael's hospital, New Haven, for treatment. He went by trolley among the circus crowd and when near New mvun found he had been relieved ‘money, Ih' pickpocket not !fivlnt him a nickel. to unummuwy-r $5.00 W hi rd—At of the linglord_it & meoting of “‘l"""’ $100 -nd costs, I.AWN MOWI:” '. - 8inch wheels, 4 cutting blades. - . - o lmsa.oo 16inch $3.25 18inch $3.50 Same, Ball Bearing g 'xti-tuoo 16-inch $4.25 14.&&“