Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 14, 1916, Page 6

7 - 'NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1916 SPECIAL SALE Wemen’s and Misses’ Summer Dresses g $8.00, $10.00, $12.00 VALUES Here is an opportunity to buy a smart, becoming, cool, dressy Frock at one-third or one-quarter its original price. Assortment comprises over 100 Dresses just received from a maker who was anxious to close out his stock. The materials and styles are the prettiest shown this season. MISSES’ SIZES 14 to 20 While They Last $3.96 121=I125 MAIN STREET LADIES’ SIZES 34 to 44 Manh e Band Gives Concert at Han- col A successful ment was siven different societies in Sprague hall The supper consisted of made cakes, The follow watermelon, B. Donnelly, Samuel Lucier and Mrs. The following_ ladies were in char zene Dion, Mrs AYba Dion. about three hundred ar tables were decorated patronized. The Peloqiiin; the ice cream assisted were othy Connerton and Clocher. an_entertaim the members of direction ¢ The program When 1 Leave Madeline Gallagher; T Dear Old Mother Mary Leith and evening’s ente pantoime, tle Those who took ment_were: and Carolin Buteau Misses Imalda Roy spent Thursday s Mae Buckley and Gertrude|were beautiful floral tributes. A hymn, Swanson are spending a vacation at|Shall We Gather at the River? was Groton Long Point. render Fred Johnson and daughter, | Grace, and Mrs. Phillip a few days with H Lawrence G. Cambridge, Wednesday. HANDSOME EASTERN MOHICAN Pork and Beans ‘v 10c BALTIC 1‘ n, sp sday with Fit The lighting was Successrul Supper and Entertainment | .. s | Botwe s I for Benefit of St. Mary's Church—| Lt el S Toad avenue crossing were burned out. T o proceed and a I ar from the main ling two | ing near ry Riel i rs. William C. S aausghter u Railrea rolls, assorted home- | Lena Cre s employed at|gay manner and it was ¥ 1 Love Lacroix | the line Long | | Despite the a in Mr. | storm, local the ho! Day, Teresa Watch Out for e of 1 7 - s employed at = < John O:ilear Mrs. [t ( f ore. 7 me Lemoi Mr: “u- Band at Hanover. Atlacks by san e different ‘boo rts. A st lace the a of the mon tin, and Telisphore r ed friends in| Th Prat |T even: Arthur |. A nur are enjoying e e G iy Franci: it 8 icket ¢ = R {he Midnee eac” g STAFFORD SPRINGS 1. \VH\.\, oir un | & 1 ‘1\“" v"v" " a Maxham-Preston Wedding Mot V. M el e e by Many Guests. singing The Star 1l ht V» : : and_in ouring n Exal rendered by the t ‘v rair 2 i West Staffor marrie home in West St World B Maxham we Doris Holmes: piano | Thurs Misses N. V. Milner and = = i A of the e, Papilion ¥ | PLAINFIELD nd rmelia Gau | man cremony ot il " | Funeral of Benjamin Watson—Storm |7, 5 - part in th Cripples Trolley Car Which Locomo- | Hall Preston of Auburndale, John W tive Hauls to Siding. was ring bearer. Rose Amelia Car Alma = strewn along the bridal path Holmes, ) Be Madeline Gall: he wedding march held at his home on Gal- 2 ' Gal- | was played by M Gaucher and Trene ursday afternoon at 2.30 | ton, Jr. The us Ocean beach. | o'clock, conducted by Rev. Arthur|ton of West Stafford, IntGeneral Barwick, pastor of the Congregational |ton of Aubarndal 1 ¥ red- | church. Many friends from Pl Dreston and F George Bell was in Hartford, Wed- | Chu Many frien om Plz her places were present. quartet, Misses Edith orence Butterworth, Mary | Guests were Edith Phillips. Ow- | qa ditions, burial was |ford and Bridgeport hile. The hearers | Stafford, i Herbert Gallup, sp friends motored to rt Drescher were Jason athro; Josie Marshall, | ial was at the Union cemetery, Moo- | poste wil_be held wan- | Sup. July Tea s Damage Done by Storm. &torms of the year struck tk SUGAR FRESH CURED L‘ver ang |sHouLper UNCAS CREAMERY LARD| pyrTER cuT BEE For Potting SMOKED | Shoulders Ib. 15¢ Today Only Bacon 1% 1bs. for {an expect Republicans - inating Candidates For Warden— | ford Tuesday t § o'clock. Miss He W. Balla min Wat- | Dorothy May Preston of West Sta and Preston The bride wore white thistledown taffeta and silk chiffon. family heirloom, was caught orange blossoms. The br lesmaid was gowned in white silk over pink. present from nd East Wevmouth, Buckley and daugh- | Robert Dawley and Edward Hall. Bur- [ Ridgefield—An exhibition Mae, and Mi Dorothy ' Wood and Gertrude 9 son, motored to Hartford, Wednesda Mr. Watson was a Civil war vet- | “Merryweath The trip was made in Mr. Buckley 3 to Wednesday, July 19, at the sioned formerly owned 2 Jlysses S. Grant, in Salem Center, N Misses Estelle and Florette Meunier| One of the most severe electrical [Y. The exaibition is of Arctic are guests of the Misse section | lection of Mrs. McDougall Hawkes, of vesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock | Ridgefield, Conn., formerly Mrs, Paul Ettor and daughter, Lil-|and did no: let up until late in the | eke. HOXSEY WILL IN WESTERLY COURT Document Disposing of Large Estate Offered for Probate— Said to Contain No Public Bequests—Automobile Reg- istration and Drivers’ Lincensing Thursday—Terrifying Thunder Storm, Although Watch Hill and Pleasant View Got No Rain. The will of Louisa D. Heggie Hox- |lieves that the nomfralion-will be by sey, who died recently in New York |acclamation and unanimous. city and was buried at River Bend, has | ¢, Leo Higgins and Michael J. Dea- been filed in the Westerly probate |dy, graduates of the Rhode lsland | court, with Clerk Everett E. Whipple. | College of Pharmacy, attended the an- The contents of the instrument will |nual outing and semi-annual meeting S : is |of the Rhode Island Pharmacentical not be publicly known until action is | gegociation at the W taken on a petition for the probation | Wednesday. On arrival a light lunch of the will at a regular session of the | was served and then there were ath- court. It is rumored, however, that|letic events, Mr. Higgins being the the value of the estate will be about |anchor in the succeserul tus-of-war | the | was a baseball game between druggists and eling salesmen,. the former win- nings by a After the fleld sports came the clam bake, but it was not §1.500.000, and that the Washington |team and Mr. Deady winuing in Trust company is nominated ,as exe- | 100 : o cutor of the will. Tt is also Said that | resemtl ety pefaerciure practically the entire_ estate is he- | tr Qqueathed to an only daughter Mary, M 2 Mrs. Percy D. Thomas, of Rome, N.|asace of 10 o1y, ortirs -y There are no public beques - Mrs, Hi was the widow of Wil- liam Hox: for twenty-five vears | Soned town clerk of Westerly. ~About two months ago Mrs. Hoxsey gave $10,000 in trust to the Washington Trust com- in true Rhode Island style, pany as a nucleus for a hospital in |19 82 Westerly. ~ She also 0001 R e trust to the People’s Mission, the in- S come to be devoted to the work of the Fooaliteconies mission. At the same time 00 direct to the missionary work and [ Westerly today also a substantial sum to meet the indebtedriess and for immediate work of the mission. alleged t ed Galucil has brought s phine ¢ itneymen of New Representatives of the board of public roads held session in the West- erly town hall, Thursday, for the con- enience of owners of automobiles Watch Hill, Westerly and other nea by places, 'to register their automo- biles and take out license for oper: ntral La- Westerly are talk: that's al bu »n in Rhode ‘Island. Automobiles ys in a yes are required to take |leaven two daughte stat re tion and license. |livan and Mrs. Thomas Wills, and two Written tests are quired in connec sons, Ralph and John Gallagher. dor and council chamber had a school »om appearance. Allautomobiles h 'c the summer will hereafter registry plates of Rhode consequence there will ral lessening of the variety of res ry plates of other states in the streets of Westerly The appl nts for operators’ li- cense receive blanks that are tu be | one of joyed er T day T Watch 1 secret societies, en- Captain Rog- sloop, Wednes was from onn bl led in with pen and ink by the ap- | Thursd a icant and immediately upon comple- | Steamer ! o n filed with the board. There was | Mystic id his wife when a verbal examination was ven | were « applicant, He could not read STONINGTON the rules of the road ana explained the handling of a ca ing Surprise by Nom- The storm of Thursday in Westerly | Death of Mrs. John Sullivan. as an unusual as it was unexpected. — right sunshine suddenly turned | e is perhaps ser some to darkness at 11 o'clock and five min- | who not ot o tes later t was heavy rainf: | untries are but it is til 11.25. With no rain accompani- | fact that there was 1 gentleman ment here was a terrific thunder c | in the borous ursday, who did not for twenty | d boats had long since been dis- ere t d, and that the old steam- nz flashes at intervals, but no rai wharf was no more a center of | i rain, and a few min- | train to put this query es later the brightened and the | “What time does th ve for cd rays than bef he coming of t 1 1 take storm. While the storm was raging in Wes- Tonac terly membe fwe nen church who wer | preferrea yorou did no | e storm was on | eeatinued blackened y in the direction of Wes- 3 terly. The, of the trolley car|Republicans Nominate Candidate For from Groton arrived in Westerly Wirden 12.15, aid even a darop of during nd were sur- 1 to see ts of Wes ind the water rushing down rs. Nor did storm re | Pleasant View or Watch Hil { therefore did not interfere with rst rtist Atlantic beach. lay school picnic at lock in the afternoon there |20MinAl me ther storm to Westerly, and |~randall v skt ccompanied by thunder and |duietly conducted poli tninz, that almost pale morn- | ™ L eheant \s turned into n and artificial | Sues For $15,000. even added terror to of « d se George Benjamin Utter, of Westerly, | airolm b the local political leader attended |is on vaca a Patrc Governor 'Beekman’s luncheon given | er, the day ¢ t Paweat to epublican state central com- | nizht duty borough. Pa 5 mittee, at his Newport home, Land’s|Parier, the ™ at Pawcatuck | End, Wednesday. The governor form- | also doin the afternoon. election. Every membe of the com- Death of Mrs. John Sullivan. mittee was at the luncheo ind noth- Mary Sul of ohn Sulli the governor's candidacy was discuss- | home in T ed. Mr. Utter says he knows of no|a a week’s illness opposition to the renomination and be- | b3 ers, Mrs. John I wick club, on | ‘done to a turn,” and did not give satisfaction. It was voted at the bus- | ness meeting that the outing and la- dies’ day next summer be held at be gave | The third djstrict court convenes in t to s of $5,000 for injuries > been caused by a dog bor union itneymen of | Pasweatuck he is survived illy “An extraordinary thing happencd |this was a regular uprising of curly as I looked across to Chateau Contal- |black clouds of great volume getting maison,” says a British observer of the [ denser and coming continuously. I attle of the Somme. “The earth | watched it for twenty minutes or more seemed suddenly to open in the ene- |and could not make out its meaning, ny's lines and let forth the smoke of [but guessed we had blown up an am- ts inner fire. It gushed out in great |munition store. Two great explosions ound, dense masses and rose to a vast | which came quite a few seconds after ieight, spreading like the follage of [the first vomit of smoke sugzested ome gigantic tree. It was not a mine | this.” In the picture are see na gun and xplosion, for a mine flings up a black | the ammunition used in the great mass, with jagged edges like'a<piecedBritish artillery attack on the German ata of blagk>cardboard-cut-intotteeth.. Bute 1 | money. Rugs and Draperies AT LITTLE PRICES SILKOLINE— CLEARANCE PRICE 11c 20c CRETONNE—this is a full ard wide and the colorings are both light and dark— CLEARANCE PRICE 15c R 98c—a im, Madras $1.25 CURTAI good selection of Sc and Lace Curtains: CLEARANCE PRICE 98¢ '8 oDD LOTS OF CURTAINS AT SALE PRICES—Scrim, Madra and Lace Curtains, there being but two, three or four pair in each lot that are to be sacri- ficed—values from $2.00 to i CLEARANCE PRICE $1.69 TRY BRUSSELS CAR- 1y for $1.25 a will TAPES PET, sold regula ard—During the sale w make it and lay it free— CLEARANCE PRICE 98¢ D FIBRE MAT- h from 29c to 50— CLEARANCE PRICE 24c RAG RUGS AT BARGAIN FRICES Vaue $1.00— CLEARANCE PRICE 79 Vaue $1 CLEARANCE PRICE 98¢ Value $1.75— CLEARANCE PRICE $149 PRI TED LINOLEUM, regular pri 70c a square yard, two vards wide— CLEARANCE PRICE 60c NTED LINOLEUM, regular e 60c a square yard— CLEARANCE PRICE 48¢c ETONNES, TAFFETAS and ART KINGS, all of our 3bc and 39c value CLEARANCE PRICE 29c of New Londos Miss Kathe sons, John A 1nd Timothy S. Sullivan. The Stonington Wanderers and the | Clark Thread Mill team are bo » game of baseball in the bo: afternoor | Strict Ecoromy, Public and Private, the Need of the Hour. with son 3 the minister of finance, for eeting the war obligations of the country, but agrees with him that strict economy, public and private, he need of the hour and that, havin taken the woolen sack and drawn ol of it sums in gold now going on to- ward a billion, public sentiment can be made to overcome private habits that cost more than they should in war time. 1t is impossible,” sa tee report, “in view tion of the war for as _in time of peace. “The abundance of ready money, due to the vast expenditures of the government, incites to living” the report adds “and the people should take warning that every extravagance in imported articles decreases so much the country’s reserves that should be jealously saved to replace depleted live stock and raw materials, recon- struct industries and furnish the working capital that will be required as_soon as hostilities are ended.” The report proposes the institution of a rigorous supervision of expendi- tures—those of the people as well as those of the government—but neglects to give it tangible form. A dictator such as was appointed in Germany, would be contrary to French demo- cracy. The more natural procedure in view ‘of the precedents would be pervision by a parliamentar. sion. Preaching economy to a people who have the habit of saving so solid welded into their system of living as the French, appears at first as a sur- prising superfluity. Everything in a Frenchman’s life is regulated with a view to having something left out of each month’s pay or income for a rainy day—be it only a few francs. He is a good liver, however. and he has acquired habits that at times re- quire the outlay of goodly sums; those are the habits the budget committee Droposes to overcome. On the specific measures by which the commit- e prolonga- sple to live adaditional revenue, the committee is opposed to him. It rejects the doub- ling of all direct taxes and accepts goly the increase in the tax on alco- 0, Being composed In a large majority, radicals and socialists, the committee naturally goes back to:-the old radical- soci program of; the fradical exceptional chance for the vacationist. JulyClearance Sale It is still in progress—this clearance of Spring and Summer merchandise, which brings to you chances to save money on practically every purchase which you have to make at this time. It is a season of special economies which should appeal to every house- keeper—to every woman—as every department in this big store has been the scene of very extensive price cutting, and hundreds of bargains are ready for you. BOSTON STORE LUGGAGE Reduced from 10 to 20 Per Cent During this sale we offer our entire stock of Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases, at reduc- tions which figure from 10 to 20 per cent less than the regular prices. This is an Buy a superior piece of luggage and save Toilet Goods Department GARW DEW - KIST TALCUM, three odor: value 25c— CLEARANCE PRICE 20c 15c BABCOCK'S CORYLOP- SIS TALCUM— CLEARANCE PRICE 1lc A LARGE CAN OF TALCUM POWDER, three odo: CLEARANCE PRICE 9 DICKENSON'S YELL O W BEL WITCH HAZEL, value c a pint— CLEARANCE PRICE 18¢ 10c OLIVILO SOAP— CLEARANCE PRICE 7c DERMA VIVA LIQUID BEAU TIFIER, pink, flesh or ite, value 50c— CLEARANCE PRICE 29 PURE _ BLEACH E T COTTON, value CLEARANCE PRICE 18¢c TOOTH BRUSH AT SALE PRIC! 23%4c Brushes....... ..for 8¢ 17c Brushes...... ... for 123c 19c Brushes. S~ for i 15c 35c Brush ....for 25¢ 50c Brushes.. ....for 39c Jewelry and Leather Goods [IXED ASSORTMENT O BAR AND LINGERI RRINGS , each CLEARANCE PRICE 18c GATE TOP MESH BAGS CLEARANCE PRICE $1.00 $1.00 LEATHER W RIS T BAGS with nickel or self-cov- ered frames. These bags in black, tan, brown and in black James Shea and ivan, and four| ck B, Michael J., M. Ribot proposes to raise the needed+ moire— CLEARANCE PRICE 86c Wash Goods Department A SHORT LIST OF SPLENDID VALUES STANDARD APRON GING- fast colors— CLEARANCE PRICE 7c MERRIMAC SHIRTIN Prints, Cotton Challies— CLEARANCE PRICE 82 CLEARANCE PRICE 1240 NOVELTY AND EMBROID- and 29¢, a yard wide— CLEARANCE PRICE 18¢ 17c CHIFFON CREPE in Tloral on white grounds, fast inches wide, and re- quires no ironing— CLEARANCE PRICE 12)z¢c ND 3% WASH GOODS the popular floral tripes and novelty stripe CLEARANCE PRICE 25¢ known makes— CLEARANCE PRICE 10c ALES in both light k grounds, a full yard CLEARANCE PRICE 10%zc CLEARANCE PRICE 53¢ NTS OF WASH GOODS, all qualities and styles REMN A The Business Center of Norwich AND VOILE in and stripes, 38 , sheer weaves, this assortment GINGHAMS, in- and other well- DRESS LI} ) linens, a yard AT HALF PRICE laux and pending in the semate for several .years. M. Ribot has pointed out that judg- ing from the results of the application of the present income an at- tenuated form of the bill in the sen- ate—that system is less equitable than it appea ince, in a population of forty million, fo thousand persons pay 85 per cer Paris, June 13.—Optimism is now crowding pessimism into the last ditch in the French psychology of the war. st e over sooner than you thin new prophets replac- ing those that have been driven out of business by time, ridicule and the course of events. A few go so far as to say “the boy. will all be home before snow flie but that is taking only local chances since snow rarely flies over the bul of French territory. The most auda- cious take their courage in both hands and declare “every man will be out of the trenches by Christmas. EAST INDIAN LOAN Netherland Investors Willing to Place Twice $32,000,000. The Hague, Netherlands, July 13— The latest Netherlands. East Indian loan of $32,000,000 has been subscribed nearly twice over. Investors in Hol- land, where money is just now so plentiful, applied for $49,547.000 and capitalisis in the coiony itself for $5,- 693,000, making a total of $58,240,000. The loan bea terest at the rate of 5 per cent. It was issued in Holland at 90 1-2 and in the colony at 101 1-4. The loan is destined for the consolida- tion of the Netherlands Bast Indies floating debt, which owes its origin to such public works as the construction of railroads, harbors, etc., and is in no way a direct consequence of the war, as the mobilization expenditure incurred in the colony is comparative- 1y small TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RETIREMENT LAW Flood of Applications From Those Who Wish to Leave Philippines. Manila, July 13.—(Correspondence of The Associated Press)—The past month has seen a rush of applications from American employees for retire- ment from the insular government service. The retirement law, passed at the last session of the insular leg- islature, provides that employees Who | have served the insular government for six years or more may retire and | receive in three equal annual install~ ments at least two-thirds of the an- nual salary they enjoyed at the time of their retirement. The amount of this retirement fund increases with length of service to the full amount | of a year's salary for those who have served the government ten years or more., e ey bl entitled... the benefit of this law raust be in the hands of the governor general by sht about the recent flood of ap- It seems safe to say that the end of the month every -Am entitled to benefit by the retire- law, will have filed an applica- ut this does not mean that the is to lose all its oldest yees. The retirement applica- tion must be passed upon both the ap- plicant’s immediate chief and the gov- general. Where a man cgn be or where he can show good v his application should be be taken. But the man who has no good reason for retiring or the man whose services are so valua- crippled by his withdrawal, cannot re- | The filing of his appiication wil entitled him to the benefits of the act, government decides it can | and he expresses a desire to leave—but until that time he must| remain in the government \iervice. And no man can file an application, in the xpectation that his request that it be in two or five vears, as the be, retirement depends upon the emplovee's chief and the governor| Middletown-—Governor Holcomb has issued orders to the superintendent of the Connecticut Hospital for the In- sene for the further detention of Dan- lel Cavanaugh and John Horan, pris- oners from whose terms s still insane. the month. This has s probable that favorable government would be will be granted. The' Hartford county jail, on expire, and who are Stomach Troubles Diarrhoea Dysentery Cramps and all other summer complaints can ke prevented and relieved by Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey the one remedy that has been used with con- tinued success; the standard of purityand excel- lence since 1860, When traveling use a little Duffy’s Pure Malt Whisl%ey in your drinki?'tg . It often saves much distress occasioned by the change. Sold in SEALED BOTTLES ONLY by most druggists, grocers and dealers, $1.00. If they can’t supply you, write us. Useful household boolklet free. ‘The Duffy Malt Whiskey Go., Rochester, N. Y. e et Cholera Sunstroke Malaria