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In the pollco court Monday Lo prisoners were up, all on Totbseation nd | sus Mfi of o resistance and addition to the in- Ppookkeeper for a local lumber 'con- cern. In 1960 he received the appointment as polmuter of Wi For ‘ B RS ints afites at¥er o tored the eiploy_cf a lymber frn. In 1897 he was elected judze of bate, an oMce o neld fOF SiEHE yeurs. From this time until 1698 he became ‘Telephone 210-2. u-an- )mum U. 8. CONSUL DANIELS ¥ DIES AT DAUGHTER'S HOME |Had Represented This Country at Sheffield, England, and Sherbrooke, Canada—Postmaster Eight Years. Charles N. Daniels died at the home 3 idmdlutla-r Mrs. H. C. Hartford, 164 Chaplin street, Southbridse, Mass., 'Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Daniels had not been in good heaith for over a year and death was caused ‘was set up.in the spec- H 3 C . and upom investiga- : > - was un::r the infl: of i i~ '&0 luence iquor. He was placed under arrest and locked town, serving as treasurer of Willi- |/ ¥ . . mantic, treasuter of the water fund, | MEHE ven mm;h;,gfl e 138 Main Street, Norwich, Cenn. : burgess of the borough and chief of | 1nq was fined $1 amd costa, [g: % \ paid. 3 (o - . > chairman of the republ town cemi- T o e ey oo | Blonty Biate, next to syenfffe cour, Offers Big Reducfions in Men’s Shoes tral committee. He was a prominent | o intoxication, and "":;: « which he Dlldwg ‘was appro- tion it was found that the trouble was % . ¥ - Sample Shoe Store active in the politic#i affairs of the srested. Saturtay : the fire department. In 1898 he was Henry Bilafr, m to Mason and was active in the militfa. Senator Orville Pratt secured the heart trouble. . The first attack of heart trouble proved very serious, but . Daniels improved constantly un- Jast May when the disease again From that time until he had made his home with serious. ughter. . While acting Bherbrooke, Canada, Mr. Daniels be- prominent. He was consulted by Thaw after the latter's flight 4he New York asylum. M, His tather died On] One “BROMO QUININE.” ':'nn" gonutne: JoF sigaacure ot E. a Cold in One Day. DENT ST ..m.wsnm. /UNDERTAKER & nd !MBALMER. |62 Church St. Willimantio, Ct. “Telephone as U. S, consul at Daniels was_born in Barre, Or- mn. Y. An 1349, the son tch and Alenda Clark when he # ht years of age and his mother .“ Columbia. While a resident Nflx‘bfll Mr. Danijels attended ) fn this city, Jater going to col- in the middle west. He left school age of sixtesn and worked for railroad until 1579 he became a cali for full name QUININE. Look W, GROVE. Cures DR. F. C. JACKSON Willimantic Phone 44 Lady Assistant appoigtment of Mr. Danlels as United State® consul to Sheffleld, England, in 1903, After serving nine years at this post he was advanced to consul at Sherbrocke, Canada, which office he, held until a few months previous to his_death. Mr. Daniels was a widower, his wife, Miss Susie B. H. Little of Columbia whom he married in 1877, havin about three years ago. ~Mr. is survived by a son, Nelson A. Dan- fels of this city, ore dauphter, Mrs. Grace Hartford of Southbridgs, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Perkins of New York, Miss Marie Daniels of New Brit- ain, and a brother, Norman Daniels, also of New Britain. Mrs. Nersa L. Les. Mrs. Nersa L. Lée died at her home, in Coventry about 5 o'clock Monday morning, after a short fllncss with grip. She was born in Coventry in 1844, the daughter of Venas and Hen- rietta Dunham Loomis. Besides her husband she is survived hy two daughters and two sons. One son, Dr. Charles W. Lee, Jr., resides in New Britain. Capt. John-G. McFariand. The death of Captain John G. Me- Farlane occurred at his home in At- woodville late Saturday night. He was born in Scotiand in 1880, the son of John Stewart and Ann (McArthur) McFarlane. When a young man.he came to_this country and settled in Mansfield where he became interested in the silk business. He is survived by one son, Frank of Providence, two daughters, Mrs. O. G. Hanks of Hanks Hill, Mrs. Joseph Clércy of Patterson, N. J. and a brother Joseph McFar- lane of Mansfield Center. FUNERAL. ‘Thomas Perry Easterbrook. The funeral of Theodore Perry = terbrook was held from the homl;Ast his parents at 64 Turner street, Mon- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mev. Rob- ert S. Moore officiated at the services. Burlal was in the Willimantic ceme- Store Open Evenings Until Christmas WHY NOT MAKE THIS AN Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONA. Edison Christmas Ble joy of beautiful music. It is the »“ Christmas gift, a permanent token of your sentiment, repeating its 5 message each day of the year. WHY THE EDISON? g R gift to music lovers. duction of sound. hlwwmn!heurmt it is based on new ideas. -§ BECAUSE IT BRINGS YOU MUSIC RE-CREATION Mr. Edison’s new instrument brings a new musical _ art, the re-creation of music, the master inventor’s great m‘mlmonthmmenmed:mulm It is the result of Mr. Edison’s dis- satisfaction with old mechanical ideas and his search for -buomumd-hndudmtheredmofchmtrytnd acoustics. For he knew as all music lovers know that & mechanical tinge mars the beauty of any tone, no mat- THE NEW EDISON | Re-creates the original tone without the slightest devia- tion in quality or character. It is distinctly new, because You must have the new Edison to fully appreciate it. . Your Christmas gift should be the new Edison, it &Mofymhndlymterutmddummflmg THE NEW EDISON CAN BE MADE TO PLAY . OTHER MAKES OF RECORDS AND PLAY ' THEM AS THEY SHOULD BE PLAYED Wa have needle nuchmeo, the Columbu and Sonora fanded Seturday night after he had been_ told to move along and had Te- Martin Walak had the charges of litoxication, resistance and breach of Peace to answer to. The accused had nothing to say for himself in court other than to piead . He was fined $1 and casts for into: and sentenced to thirty days in jafl om each ‘of the other counts. Community Christmas Tree. The American Thread company Is planning on giving the people of Wil- lUmantic_a chance to participate in the festfvities connected with a mu- nicipal ‘Christmas tres. The tree and decorations will be furnished by the thread company and the tree will be stationgd in front of the girls’ board- ing house on Main strect. The exer- glses for which a committes has been , will be held Sunday even- ing:at § oulock. Skating at Recreation Park. It was announced Monday that the skating pond at Recreation park would be officially opened in the ev- ening. As the result about two hun- dred enjoywd the skating there last evening, as the snow had been cleared away and lights put about the pond to make this outdoor sport more en- joyable. Althpugh the pond was not officially until last eveninz a number of people were skating there Sunday evening in spite of the fact ;.hat there was some snow on the sur- ace, Broken Wire Causes Bell Alarm. People were startled by the #ing- ing of the fire alarm at 4.49 o'clock Monday morning, thinking it was an- other fire. Chief Foley started an in- vestigation and found the trouble to be a broken wire on onc of the cir- cuits on Ash street.- The break was immediately repaired. Main Street Open to Traffic. The merchants on Main street, be- tween Lincoln Square and the railres crossing, were made glad Monday ‘morning when the ropes that have been stretched across Main street in front of the ruins of the Jordan build- Ing were pulled in enough to allow traffic down the street. The merchants on this part of the street had found some difficulty in getting their goods to their places of business as they had to be carted nearly a block out of the wa: The wol of razinz the front wall of the Jordan building is going on with great rapidity and if good wea- ther holds on for a few days more this part of the work will be done. Af- ter this wall has been razed tne work of clearing out the foundation will start. | KILLED MONDAY NIGHT. Alexander Olegnick Met His Death - While at Work in the Mill. Late Monday night it was learned that Alexander Olejnik, ar employe of the Hop River Paper company, had lost his life while at work in the mill. The man’s apron became caught in the machinery around which he was work- ing pulling him to the celling where he was whirled about on a pulley until the machinery was stopped. His body was taken 8own a mangled mass as the result of striking the ceiling as he was whirled about on the pulley. Little is.known of the man other than he was married but had no chfl- dren. He had worked for the paner concern for aboyt four vears. Olifick {s about thirty years of age. SPECIAL CITY M'EETING MONDAY NIGHT. $7,000 Appropriated For an Improved Fire Alarm System. At the special city meeting held in the town hall Monday evening two hundred were present and voted to ap- proprinte $7,000 for the purpose of 1 stalling an improved fire alarm sy tem. Mayor Danlel P. Dunn called the meeting to order at 8.10 o'clock after which Clerk A. C. Scripture read the warning. The meeting was called for the purpose of motorizing the fire de- partment and to have an improved fire nlam system installed. The warning called for $15,900 for the first appro- priation and $7,000 for the second ap- propriation. When a motion was asked for in re- gard to the appropriations, Corpora- tion Counsel T. J. Kelley introduced the following resolutions, which were to be filled in“an the meeting desires: Resolved. That the sum of- thousand dollars, be, and hereby is, apytopriated for the purpose of motor- izing the fire department of said city and that the common council be, and hereby ig authorized to make the requisite ‘appropriations for such mo- torizing and ray the amount thereof not to exceed said sum of- thous: and dollars for the purpose aforesaid, Resolved. That the eum of- thousand dollars be, and hereby is, ap- propriated for the purpose of install- ing an improved fire alarm €ystem and Christmas and the Hardware Store Did you ever stop and think what an endless number <of useful Xmas presents can be |’ found at a Hardware Store? Gifts for Everybody. You will find us at 22 CHURCH STREET. Come in and see what we . Brown, Cordivan range from $3.50 pair. Our prices fio$3.00:pqiron save money. In connection therewith In accordance with the requirements and recommend- ations of the New England Insurance Exchange and that the common coun- cil be and hereby Is authorized to make the requisite appropriations for such installing, wiring and work and v the amount thereof not to exceed said sum of thousand dollars. M. E. Lincoln made a motion that action be taken on the second resolu- tion, which should be adopted as read, was carrled. George F. Taylor, a member of the committes apnointed at the annual city meeting to negotiate matters per- taining to the fire department, then spoke on the work the committee had done and to what use the money, if a proprinted, would be paid. He ex- phained the old boxes and wiring wow in the city stating that it was the Intention of the committee to put in five new boxes and to do a great deal of rewiring. ‘A small fire proof struc- ture is necessary to take care of the tatteries and, it was thought by the rommittee that a small fire proof buflding 14x16 should be’ built in the rear of the Bank Street engine house. In closing Mr. Taylor stated that the blank space n the second resolution should be filled in so as to_read $8.- 000. Upon a motion by M. E. Lincoln it was voted that $7,000 should be ap- propriated for this purpose of install- Ing an improved fire alarm system. A discussion as to the advisability of taking action on the appropriation for motorpizing the fire department before the committee have fade a full report was then entered into. Citv Attorney E. Frank Bugbee stat- ed_that he thought action should be deferred on this motfon until the next meeting which is to be held the 27th of this month. After much discussion It was declded that no action should be taken at this meeting. P. J. Dana- hy made a motlon that this meeing should be adjourned until the evening of the 27th, 50 that all would have a chance to attend. This motion was carried which will make s city meet- Ings on that day. goctine for the report of ‘th comml ee that is investigating the matters will be held at two o'clock in the afternoon and Monday evenin's’ meeting is continued entil elght o'clock in the evening. The meeting adjourned at 9.45. Brief Mention, ‘Walter F. Lester of Norwich was in Willimantic on business Monday. T. F. Cunningham of this city was in Boston on a business trip Monday. In spitc of the slippery walking in & number of places about the city { many were out Monday dolng Christ- mas ehopping. A, L. Mills and family of Hampton will reside in this cify during the winter, Mr. Mills has secured a house on Lincoln avenue. Many men in the gmploy of the elty were busily engaged in clearing out the gutters on all the city streets on &ond.’:y in anticipation of a rain or aw, The city labor payroll for the wesle totaled. $647.63 1t waa alviaed as follows: Water department, $141.- 08; police department, $173.45; street department, $194.95; police department special, 3590, maintaining sewers, 232.25, PLAINFIELD Mr. and Mrs. Frederick I. Racine Ci ebrate 17th Anniversary of Marriage. ~—Three Sisters Meet, After 38 Years—Amos Gamache Loses Tips of Three Fingers = Or. and Mrs. Frederick I Racine observed the seventeenth anniversars of thelr marriage at thelr home on Raliroad avenue Ofonday evening, when relatives and friends were pres- ent from,Matapedia, Canada; Stone- yille; Mosg, Dayyille, Daniclson, Moo- sup and Plainfield, Conn. Mr. and Mrs, Racine Were warmiy Congratulated on attaining the anni- versary, After hrief addresses, sup- per wah served, followed by ' sociai evening, My, wna Mes Racine (Hermenise were united in marriage in St. Toban churih, Daistem: B 18, 1899, by Rev. Fatner Guinets. Fol o Flalpflad pine peer cine started in business i conducting a perio ’ be has boen as '“W ay’s a3 B B i leon M &= o‘lfl‘ 8t, Alexis, nmy“n sister, Brs, Dayyille, miothier tha’ ll-:)(dh . BOYS’ SHOES We carry a full line of Ladies’ and Boys’ Shoes, also Men’s and Clgiltl-m'; Rubbers. - Buy now before prices advance and Right Now Before Xmas "All the latest styles in Black and Dark * Brown. Refail prices to $9.00 and $10.00 a range from $2.50 to $7.50 a pair. You can save from $1.00 these Shoes. to do all necessary repairing and work | adding to the joy of the ammiversary | Monday did the mercury rise above celebration. Loses Tips of Fingers. Amos Gamache, a carpenter in the employ of the Lawton Mills company, | met with a painful accident while at {work in the machine shop of that plant Monday morning. Mr, Gemache vas planing off a board and his hand Xk the teeth of the planer and the tips of the first, second and third fingers of his left hand were cut off. His wounds were given first aid by the machine shop force.and he was later sent to the office of Dr. Arthur A, Chase where his fingers were dress- it was thought at first that Mr. Ga- mache would lose his fingers at the first joints but after an examination it was decided that it was unnecessary to amputate them. Skated at Norwich, James Connors, a Plainfield young man, thrilled a crowd at the Olympic hall,’ Norwich, Saturday night, by feats on roller skates, Mr. Connors and _Joseph Fitzgerald, of Westerly, considered ‘to be one of the best roller skaters in that section, were granted the floor, the other skaters witnessing the exhibition. Tn the opinion of all the pair were about evenly matched. Mr. Connors has performed on roll- er skates on numerous occasions in Plainfleld and is by far the best skater seen on a local foor. To Play Tourtellotte. The Plainfield High school basket- ball team, members of the Quinedaug Valley League, will play their first home game Friday evening, when they meet the Tourtellotte M. H. 8. team. Although the local bovs have drop- ped the first two games to Killingly and Bartlett High they are confident of winning Friday's game. Coach Collins will probably start the game with the following lneup: Smith and Potter, forwards; Daggett, center, Burby and Burke, guards. Lacal Interests Preparations are under way for Christmas trees in the various grades at the Plainfield Grammar school. Pu- plls are also preparing for entertain- ments to take place the Friday before Christmas, Dr. Gauthier, who died at his home in Putnam yesterday. has relatives re- slding in this place. Ralph Chaput has been appointed agent for this district by an Insurance company, succeeding Napoleon Goy- ette. Members of the senior class of the Plainfleld High school are holding fi- nal rehearsals preparatory to the pre- sentation of thelr school play, Polly in_Politics, Local pdople are enjoying the snow, sleizhing {s fair. A number of the yBungstors have been skating on Bvan's pond the last three days but the wiser boys are saying, “Safety First."” John Hargraves and sons, Frank and Thomas, spent Saturday in Prov- idence. Miss Ella Mette spent the week-end with Norwich relatives. Miss Blanche La Fleur was a Moo- sup visitor over the week-end. Alvin Belval of Baltic epent Sunday here with his parents. John Nowton and Will Brudford landed ten rabbits yesterday while the resuit .of the John Bradford, Christo- pher Krauss, Rev. Arthur Barwick ex- pedition has mot been reported. JEWETT CITY Big Star for Community Christmas Tree Completed—Still Alarm for Chimney Fire on Soule Strest. The star which will {lluminate the Community Christmas tree is com pleted. It is_31 inches high and has five points. It is made of galvanized iron and will have 50 electric lights, 25 on each side. The tree will be pi in place in a or two, and vi#ea up, ready for the 1llu tion. Rehearsals Going On. "R‘cl;ll.rlul‘nd-e being }wm and th“ gl bo great, demand for sin the various Christmnas which will include the oolllaun ty m celebration Christmas day, the as eve carols, and the n‘humu ave trees and concerts 84 wall - munlmd:ly Stundl,vh:.nllnm At the com- rea wi wevezal Bemtesor dhuvhe' band 5F Norwich Ghimney Fire, A still alarm at 445 Monday after- don resulted 1n, four chemicals be- sed b treezing. General News. Mrs. Harry Davis had charge of the reading reom at the Slater Library Sunday afterncon. There werc 30 vis- itors. Donald C. Bl ho s of Springfleld Is at with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ¥ Biiss, of East Main street, for a few days’ vacation. Miss Florence Clough of Worcester, Ma, guest at the Bliss home : Earl Hamilton of Hartford has been the recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joha McLean. MOOSUP Skating on Thm IHrowd’nefl Su- perintendent Tells of Needs of Dea Home—Wage Advance An- nounced at Cranska Mill. The public schools in the town of Plainfleid will close Friday ror one week vacation. A large number of local boys and girls were skating Sunday and Mon- day on the Union dim. The ice is a little over two inches thick and many fear the young people are taking a great chance in going on the ponds before thicker ice is made. Spoke at Methodist Church At _the Sunday morning service at the M. E. church Miss Josephine S. Fiske, the superintendent of the Prov- idence Deaconess' Home, gave a_very interesting talk to a zood sized au- dience. She spoke on the needs of her worl Wages Advance. It was reported t week that a ten per cent. advan ent in wages in Cranska’s mill will soon go into ef- fect. The high school dram: Politics, comes oft this wi day Unclaimed letters at Moosup post office for the week ending Dec. 18 are addressed to Mra, Garz Cutter, Emma Guirie, Ovide Des Polly in Wednes- = SANTO DOMINGO AND HAITI bilities Commerce, Resources and Po of These Two Republ The announcement that the United States government has assumed mill- tary control over Santo Domingo and will propose an extension over it of a relation similer to that which we now exercise over the adjacent republic of Haiti lends interest to a compilation by the foreign trade department of the National City Bank of New York regarding the commorce, Tresources and possibilities of these two repub- lics, Which together occupy the entire island of Haitl, lying immediately be- jween Cuba and Porto Rico. The island of Haitl, as shown by this compilation, has a narca of 28,000 square miles, or more than the state of West Virginia, the republic of San- to Domingo occupying about 16,000 square miles, and that of Haitl about 16,000. The population of tho entire Island is about 8,000,000, of which Safi- to Domingo has about 600,000 and Haiti 2,400,000. Most of the people of Santo -Domingo are of Spanish_de- scent and mixed bloods; those of Hal- ti chiefiy negro and mixed bloods. The production of both the political divisions of the island of th 1s chiefly sugar, cacao, coffee and tobac- co, though Santo Domingo produces much more sugar for exportation than does Haiti whose chief exports arc coffee and cacno with limited quanti- ties of logwood. The imports of the entire island are approximately $20,- 090,000 per annum about equally di- vided between the two republics and sbout 66_per cent .in each case is drawn from the United States, The exports of the island are about $30,- 000,000 value of which a little more than one-half is from Haitl Over one-half of the exports of Santo Do- [uingo are to the United States, while e#s than one-fourth of those of Haftl are to the United States, the remain- der golng_ largely to France. Both republics have large areas yot savailable for development, that of San- to Domingo being especially promis- 28 to lts sugar producing poesi. et undoveloped, Sabpor nnd lmited qmfifl-“: the precious me The chief imports of both republics are gotton - goods, masbinery, = dren sacks for sugar, ana eof- foor s, meats, ‘rice And misootia- necus merchandise. Gur own exports to the entire tsland in the fiscal year 1916 were $14,000,000 sboux Squaty il divified between the two %l&“&"“ Wbm in 1915 in n m $16,000,- Inrger ftion of the exports were went to Burope, . area of We have nhrgeauor!mentofallkmdl of Wines and Liquors for the Holiday trade. We have also Bottled Beer of the Leading Breweries. A Combination That Cannot . Be Beaten COMBINATION No. 1 1 bottle 3 Star Hennesey Brandy....... 1 full quart Maryland Rye. . 1 full quart Imported Port Wine. . .. The 3 Bottles 2 Only & « A beautiful Calendar for a present i COMBINATION No. 2 cees.. $L75 1.00 1.00 $3.75 GEO. GREENBERGER & C0. WHY NOT GIVE YOUR BOY OR GIRL A SAVINGS BANK BOOK - FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT The Chelsea Savings Bank Franklin Square, Norwich, Connecticut Don’t You Want Good Teeth? o dread of the dental chal eglect them? Yeu u':d'“:n no fears. B; u.n- method you can have your teeth fillad, rowned or extracted ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN, - CONSIDER THESE OTHER FEATURES STRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE STERILIZED INSTRUMINTS CLEAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPS I.Wl.‘r PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK W thess sppeal to you, call for examination, and estimate. charge for consultation. BR. F. G. JACKSON ¥ DENTISTS (Sucsessors to the King Dental Co) NORWICH, CONN. cause you' to Ne DR. D. J. COYLE 203 MAIN ST, Lady Asistant BA M to8P. M 4 Telephons OUR BUSINEESS IS TO PROTECT YOUR SECURITIES AND VALUABLES inspect Our Safe Deposit Vauit (Strset Floor) The Thames National Bank 16 SHETUCKET STREET ne b-nl E C m&n r‘“, |B'r-ummc.fi.‘