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is tu Sai Today WITH cnggvm_n oam FOR | AMERICANS AND SYRIANS. T HAS MMOOO CARGO Carries 200“ Tons of Food Clothing and $23,000 Warth of Hos- pital and Surgical ~Supplies—1,000 Cans of Condensed Milk for Babies. ——— sand New York, Dec. 15, —With the sailing 8N v Caesar from New York tomorrow with a Christmas cargo of foud min‘m'} medicine for refugees ‘Armenia and Syria, Red Cross vfllflll' estimate America’s con:ributions. towards - relieving the sufferings a ‘war touch lhe $50,000,900 mark. Tne Caesar carrias 'm’ooo"lzo to:g' n; food and clof and §2 worth o hospital una‘ng:(mx supplies. Includ- ed in her cargo are 3,000 cases of con- densed milk . for habies, 80,000 pounds of beans, 2,000 pounds of suzar, 325,000 pounds of Whole wheat, 950,600 pounds of flour, 300,000 pounds of rice, 5,000 agllons of cottonseed oil and 100,000 pounds of ¢rushed wheat. The people of Armenia have little knowledge of the use of flour and do | B, not like it. The Red Cross eonsulted Armenians in the United States, deter- mined just how their countrymen lile thei> wheat, and then had mills crush it just as the Armenians do. The cottonseed oil is sent in place of animal fats, h are not eaten in Armeria and Syri The Red Cross was informed that olive of) was con- sidercd highly desirable, but the cost was prohibitive and cottonseed oil was substituted. The Caesar will stop at Gibraltar to take aboard a representative of the American embassy at Constantinople and proceed -to Alexandria, Bgypt, where she ‘will “deliver coal and sup- plies to the United States cruiser Des Moines. From there she will 3o di- rectly to Beirut, Syria. The clothing and food were gathered and contributed by the American com- mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief. whil> the Red Cross itself contributed the hospital and surgical supplies, From the beginning of the war until Sept. 30 the Red Cross itself had re- teived contributions of cash and sup- plies about $3,225,000. Part of the money was spent in maintaining repre- sentatives in the field and some was used for, relef supplies. The total value of the. supplies shipped to the entente allies’ countries was $1,122,600. while the ‘yalue of similar supplics shipped to'the central powers was $350,000. The difference in® the fizures is ex- th For Remembrance. - Gi thing in handsomely grained mahogany for Christmas and you play upon flla heart stnngs‘in h;m:atll! gh:; sen'amenteg tghe day. And Furniture is the bestgift of all. This is certainly the gift - store to come to for remembrances—the store where the Christmas spirit completely fills every nook and corner. 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Arrangements are now being = ma however, by which the Red Cross will of be permitted to send medical unit. physicians and nurses to take ch. of a number of hospitals in German) and Austria-Hungary. Each uni consist of six doctors and eight nu; Eight unit will have charge of a hos- pital containing 600 beds. Red Cross officials recently have be- gun to consider the part America will lake in the period following the war, when much, suffering is expected. The general idda goes far beyond the ques- tion of food and. shelter and estencs to the rehabilitation of the people. SUNDAY SUBJECTS The Holiness Mission meets at 87 Main street. . . T o the next week in Daniélson. "NORWICH TOWN Rev. F. H. Rose Writes of Discour- agements and Achievements in lloilo ~—Masked Dance in: Town Street Barn—Mrs. Mary Adams Reaches 88th Birthday. BALTIC . McIntosh were visiting friends in - Middletown Thursday. Joseph Bigelow of Bast Hampton is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Bigelow on Norwich avenue. M. J. Porter has returned from Hart- ford when he attended the ceremonial of the Mystic Shriners. subjecty; Go Home. Sunday = school meets at noon and B. Y. P. U,, at 6.30. At the Church of the Good Shepherd, versalist, Rev. Joseph F. Cobh will preack on the subject The Ministry of Sunshine. The Sunday schcol meets at noon. Y. P. C. U. service at 6.15 p. m. "Subject, Getting and Giving. At the Greeneville Congregational church, Sunday morning, the pastor will speak on Personal Improssions of Billy Sunday and His Work in Bos- ton. The Sunday school will meet at the reguiar hour, 12 o’clock, and the Young People's service will be held at 5 p. m. At the Spiritual Academy, Park street, Wellman C. Whitney of Spring- fleld, New England’s best known psy- chic, will give epirit messages and clairvoyant descriptions morning and cvening, preceded by brief talks upon Mediumship. young men for Christian service. Eighty-eighth Birthday. Mrs. Mary Adams, who is spending some time with her son, George Adams, of Peck’s Corner, observed her eighty- eighth . birthday Monday. She was pleasantly remembered with postcards and in other ways by friends. The day before Mrs. Adams walked to and from the Sheltering Arms for the Sun- day service. She is greatly interested in the services at the First Methodist church this coming week, as she al- ways been,a Methodist. Rev. George H. Strouse and choir of the First Baptist church on the West Side will be at the Sheltering Arms for the Sunday afternoon service. Milk dealers found difficulty in mak. Ing their rounds Friday morning Ow- ing to the ice under the snowfall. The horses had to be led, as the roads were the worst ever. Sppwy Day in the Village—Local owling Team Defeated at Willi- mantic—Dr. Gaucher I Large flakes of snow began’ falling Friday morning at 3.45 and fell stead- ily during the day. About 3 o'clock Friday afternoon a strong gale blew | from the north. Tax Collector James McGutre is in Rockville for the week-end. Defeated at Willimanti The Baltic team met defeat at the hands of the Willimantic bowlers in Willimantic Thursday evening. The score was: Baltic 481-556-550, Willi- mantic 532-603-506. At the conclusion of this game two Baltic scrub teams lined up. The scores: - The Ever- Readys: Cullen 96, 84, 74, 86, 71, 83, 81, Garrett 118, 97, 8 100. 93, 8 99. Love 88, 94, lflm 97 96, 106, 103. The ‘avorites—Iirth 88, 81, 104, 89, 91, 99, 5; Portelancp 85, 79 93, 83 94, 82, 80; Rood 103, 78, 88, 103, 93, 97, 104. Bver Readys 1947. Favorites 1890. was high man, having 118. Personal Items. ‘William Cooney is spending-the week end in Bridgeport. Harry Gaucher was in Putnam Fri- day to visit his son, Dr. Gaucher, who at hoth morning and evening services. unday school at 12.10 and Young People’s Union at 6.30 p. m. C. E. Harrington of Willimantic was a Colchester caller Frida; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bump of He- bron were guests of relatives in town day. Capt. Henry A. Eastman of Middle- town, a former resident of this place, was the guest of friends in town on Thursday. George F. Brown and Edward T. Bunyan returned Friday from Nor- wich, where taey h: been serving as Jurors. Daniel T. Williams has returned from a few days’ visit in East Hamp- ton. Rev. Francis H. *Rose, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rose of Wauwecus Hill, writes from Iloilo, Philippine Isl- ands, of his eager looking forward to coming home. next spring.. From oth- er sources word has ‘come of the great work Mr. Rose is d6ing in the Philip- pines along industrial and technical lines. He writes, Three of us have been doing the work of six lately, For the first time since we came to the Island we feel that the Industrial school has had rather more than its share of re- verses. We have always tried to see the bright side of mission work, and as a rule we have seen it. The losing of three most able teachers, one by death, the others by fllness, Mr. Bige- low of the industrial department leav- ing for America because of the iliness of Mrs. Bigelow, and: her death af- ter about two weeks here,~removes for a time one of our strongest me; Rev. Gcorge H. Strouse wiil conduct Historic Pawnee Rock. the service at the Shenermg Arms, A short disf .porth of Pawnee Rock station, g‘u is'a high south- * ward-facing cliff of'Safdstone known as Pawnee R rocky promontory projecting as a from the broad ridge that forms the morth side of the valley. The elements and the hand of man have made great changes in 1ty size and appearance since the days when the Santa Fe Trail passed along its base. Here there were many encounters hetween the savages and the whites, and also between hos- tile nds of Indians, for the place is noted not only in pioneer history but in Indian traditions as well. Names and initials of many travelers, from the rly trappers and the ‘forty- ain to ths later Army detach- menis, have been scratched on th¢ smooth faces of the ledges. At the Gospel Mnnmn meetings are held morning, afternoon and evening in the Steiner building. Masked Dance. e Thirty-five neighbors enjoyed a masquerade dance Friday evening in Jonathan Smith’s barn on Town street. The interior, was well lighted and gay with bunting. Greenman’s orchestra furnished music for dancing, and John Ryan of West Town strest was the prompter. Doughnuts and coffee were served during the intermission. At Trinity Episcopal church there will be holy communion and sermon &t 10.30 a. m., and evening prayer and address at 7.30 p. m. At the Christian Science Reading room in the Thayer building the sub- !ect for study will be Is the Universe, ncludlng Man, Evolved by Atomic Force. At Park church, Rev. S. H. Howe, D. D., pastor, there will be 2 service in the morning and a musical service nt 430. The Men’s Bible class meets Lt noon. At the Second Congngaflg&ehumh there will be morning woi ), with sermon and hymn for the children. Sunday school at noon. Young Peo- ple’s meeting will be held at 6.39, and there will be an evening service, with sermon. The minister will preach morning and evening. At the First Baptist church, George Tersely, Told. Miss Emily Hopkins of Plainfield Is visiting Mrs. Albert F. Greene at her home on West Town street. Garrett _ Sandstones are Porous. The more porous beds of sand and gravel along stream valleys, lakKe shores, and the coast absorb very large amounts of water. Next to these uncoasolidated “deposits the rocks ca- Miss Clara Breed of Westerly will spend the week-end with her niece, Mrs. John L. Browning of East Town | street. there At Christ church will be morning prayer at 9.30 o'clock, litany, holy communion and sermon at 10.30, Sunday school at noon, and evening prayer and address at 7.30. At the . Taftville Congregational thurch, Rev. Arthur Varley will preach his morning subject being Breaking » Contract. In the evening he will .Dmk on What a Big Man Eould Not 0. At the First Congregational church, Rev. rge H. Ewing, pastor, the 'nornhlg subject will be Dr..Gama- P’s Prescription. There will be a meetlng of Y, P. 8. C. E. at 6.30. The Associated le Students will Henry Strouse, minister, will pteach Morning subject, “The Mirage of Life.” A special sermon to the Sunday school. Sunday school at 12 o'clock: At the Men’s class, the pastor will give a re— port of the Billy Sunday campaign i Boston. B. Y. P. U. at 6.30. Evenlng theme, “Near Port, Blll Lost.” At the Trinity M. E. church, Rev. F. W. Coleman, pastor, will preach at both services. There will be a pre- lude to the sermon. Subject for the morning service will be The Peace of the World. The Sunday School and Men’s class meets at poon. The Fp- worth League will meet at 6.30 and at the evenlng service !he pastor will speak on Religious Insight. is in Frank Dougherty, at the Hopkins & Allen plant, Was the guest of Willam McGuire~¥Friday. town for a few production clerk STONINGTON Election of - Ladies’ Cathol lent Legion—Equal Franchise League - Meets. At the annual ms Catholic Benevol Mary’s church, of ing of the Ladies’ Legion, “of St. rs were elected as follows: Mrs. Emma Denehey, presid- ing past president; Garity, president; Mrs. Teresa Powers, Mrs. Elizabeth pable of direct absorption are sand- stones and certain porous limestones. The absorption by granites, slates and other massive rocks is relatively slight, according to_the United States Geological Survey.Department of the Interior. A cubic foot of sand will ab- soro on an average about 1) .quarts of water, and certain porous sandstones will absorb 2 to § quarts. While there is no definite lower limit to the peme- tratior of water, it is probable that little surface water” penetrates more than 3 miles below the surface, and most of the pores ard crevices in rokes are closed below the depth of a few hundred feet. Waterbury—The committee decided Mr. Earl's going to the states the school loses qne of the best teachers it ever had or was likely to have. The working appropriation for next year is reduced, which means 30 less working pupils to be admitted. The brighter outlook is, that Mr. Bigelow is going to return, the escape to dage from cholera within the schocl proper. ut twenty of our boys volunteered to work nights at the cholera hospi- tal at Jaro, when help was so hard to get that it was difficult even to pro- cure worlfmen to bury the dead. Sev- eral of the Industrial School students have worked there regularly since the call was issued doing all kinds of dis- agreeable but very important work. We have just reecived a three-inch telescope for the astronomy class, and Mrs. G. W. Hewitt of Middletown has been spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. James Miner of Town street. Mrs. Bottomley of Danielson visited her son on Bast Town street the first of thie week. Mr. and Mrs. WHliam Bottomley and little son will spend FRISWELL’ GOOD, BRIGHT, SNAPPY DIAMOND RINGS gt . Mrs. Amie Farnham, vice presidents; |to have tge municipal Christmas tree|a two manual organ for the chapel Mounted In All the Latest Settings :*;Iedtu::ire‘??r:e;? \V'.th.r v ll[’]. bhau. bss At the Central Baptist church, the|Mrs. Mary Egan, financial secretary; |located a'{hthe west end of the green |is about to.be mis:ned, or is alm&ly N ek et et Will be Bible | pastor, Rev. Joel B. Slocum, D. D, will | Mrs Mary Sylvias treasurer: Miss | oppasite. the Lilly. ballding, in very |on the way. - Thess things 2l oo ey Our Special DIAMOND RINGS at $25 to $50 can Vil Be, “The Completed Pyramid #P.¢ |Preach at both hours. In the morning, | Margaret McCort, recorder; Mré, | nearly the same spot that it was|help the institution in its great work . - By Other i e Completed Pyrami “Care, Prayer_and Peace.” In the ev- |Mary Avalria, assistant recorder; Miss | piaced last vear. of interesting, inspiring and training || not be equaled anywhere in the city for the price. “Old Friendships and the New Special music by cornet so- loist. The Sunday school will meet at noon; also the City Bible Class for Men, which will have a debate. The young people will meet at 6.30 p. m. Reports from Older Boys' conference. ening, Margaret Duffy, marshal; Mrs, Susan Friend.” Robingon, guard; Mrs. Bridget Sylvia Mrs. Mary A, Farrell, Mrs. Catherine Shackley, Mrs. Mary Flanagan, trus- tees. At Grace Memorial church, Rev. R. B. Harris, pastor, will preach at both services. The Sunday school will meet %t noon, and in the afternoon the Un- lon Lyceum will meer. ngofromSlSto$150. Gents’ and Ladies’ Real Stone Birthday Rings in grea t variety. BRACELET WATCHES in Hamilton, Elgin, Wal- tham, Illinois and Swiss movements. 2 WATCHES are our specialty, and in this line we can suit everybody. We can show you some fine Watches ut315t0325.ofl1fl1fmm310to$75. : PENDANTS to suit the mést i %, in handsome _Diamond and Fancy Stone designs—our leaders, $6 to '$15; others $2 to $25. A complete line of FRENCH WORY TOILET, SHAVING and MILITARY SETS at popular pri ENGRAVING FREE OPEN m"fl THEWM.FRISWE[LCO.,ZSandZ?B:IflnSh’eet Breakwater Spray. The local Knights of Columbus have formed an orchestra. The members of St. Mary's Holy Name society will receive holy com- munion in body at the eight o’clock mass, Supday. At a meeting of the Stonington Equal uffrage e, at thé home of Mrs, C. B. Rice, interesting addresses were made by Mrs. Harry Doty and Miss Luddington. COLCHESTER Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Gillette were callers in Norwich during the week, Miss Ella Cragin has returned from a few weeks' visit with her sister, :(r; George Reynolds in West Hart- ord. T. S. Rathbun, Miss Cora Carrier, Henry Parks and Louis Freeman are having electric lights installed in their residences. George Westbrook of New York is at his. summer residence the Deep River Book clubhouse, for & few days. Rev. “dt Mrs. Roc;lz‘ t gg nh;obroAn 3 were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Torrington—All dogs in 'Porri: n |T. Van Cleve on South Main street. must be muzzled after Dec. 21, accord- Sunday evening Rev. H. A. Blake, ing to an order issued Thirsday by Ttor of the Congregational ehurcl\. Cattle Commissioner J. O. Pheips, to ill give the first in a series of ad- whom a report of the case of rabies dreesu on the Puritans. in Torrington was made by Selectman Clayton D. Barton of East Hampton C. S. Newcomb. The muzzies must'was calling on friends here Thundl be worn until further notice. - Mrs. William P. Palmer and Mrs. At Mount Calvary church there will be preaching by the pastor, Rev, B. W. Williams. His &ub]ect in the morning will be Pull Off Your Shaes, evening Florlda CUBA.—‘AUGUSTA—SOUTH Aad begianing Jun. 3rd, Tt wmh. Jan. 3rd.‘l’he “NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL” Leaving New York 2:12 P.M. daily Coach At the McKinley avenue A. M, E. Zion church, Rev. T. George Biddle, pastor, will preach. His morning sub.. ject will be Partaking of the Divine Nature. The Sunday schocl -meets at noon. There will he a prayer service at 7 p. m, with Mrs. Jennle Moreland leader. Preaching by the pastor at the evening service, and his subject will llzgf Jesus the Way, the Truth and the ife. At the Federated church, Rev. Ar- thur W. Burdon, pastor, the subject of the morning sermon will be The Eter- nal Brightness. Reception of members and the sacrament of the Lord’s sup- per will take place. There will be Sunday school at noon, Junior Chris- tian Endeavor at 3 p. m. Christian Endeavor at 3 p. m.,, Christian En- de#vor at 6.30 p. m. and preachi: in the ovenln«,on You Cnn't su Wit the Eyes of Your Neighbor.. A ser- vice of song will precede the preach- ing and a gospel solo will be rendered. Made from Creain of Tarter Experts have declared that Vcreamof't::tarbalnng pew‘ cause of its healthful qunfi!ia. No Alum No Phosphate OUR BUSINEESS IS TO ma'rscr YOUR SECURITIES AND VALUABLES Inspect Our Safe Deposit Vault (Street Floor) The Thames National Bank 16 SHETUCKET STREET *“The Standard Railroad of the South” For M“n'l literature and all information Address J. JOHNSON, N. E. Ageat 248 Washington St., Boston