Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 22, 1916, Page 2

| WILLIMANTIC R e—— 7 Church St suffering from several fractured ribs received while fighting in a first line trench. 1 it DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS CAROL To be Dramatized at Normal - School Today The members of the class of '18 of Willimantic Normal schoo! will dra- matize A Christmas Carpl by Dickens, this (Friday) morning at 9.15. The play was coached by Miss Cowles of the faculty. Miss-Furlong of Pomf: takes the part of Scrouge to perf: tion. Natchaug Has 132 Punctual Pupils. The list for perfect attendance in the Natchaug Grammar school for the fall term is very large this year, there being 132 names on the list, which are distributed. among the different srades as follows: Bighth grade, 18; seventh grade, 17; sixth grade, 13; fifth, 11; fourth, 15; third, 35; second and first, 14; kindergarten, 9, Sell Many Christmas Se: ‘The students of Natchaug Grammar school have sold $76.31 worth of the Christmas stamps in the benefit of the tuberculosis fund. Many of the stu- dents were given badges for selling one hundred or more of the seals. FUNERAL. . Alexander Olijik. The funeral of Alexander Olijik, who was_killed while at work in a mill at Hop'River Monday night, was held from his home in that place Thursday morning at 8.30 o’clock. Requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Joseph's church at 10 o'clock, Rev. P. J. Moo- ney officlating. Burial was in St. Jo- seph’s cemetery, this city. WILLIMANTIC OFFICE, Telephone 210-2. SOLDIERS’ BIRTH CERTIFICATE Secured by Mrs. Janet McCormack of Pawtucket—Son Would Leave Brit- ish Army. Mrs. Janet McCormack of Pawtuck- et, R. I, has secured from the tow: clerk’s office of- this city a copy of the birth certificate of her son, Hugh Higgins, who is now in a hospital in England recovering from the wounds he has received while fighting in the British army. Higgins has made an application for his discharge from the army on the grounds that he was born in this country and the copy of the birth certificate will be sept to Eng- land. Higgins was street in this city, 32 years ago. Several times word has been receiv- ed by his moller that he was killed in action but each time he has shown up and continued fighting? The last word recelved by his motehr stated that he was in a hospital in Liverpool, SHOPPING EARLY |&@ak while The Christmas i f th Pick out your presents Windham s:txtet s{ff&f}i i ]ge 2213 - . . today, part] i ] ormal 1 the picking is good and have | (% m&l{‘ ¥ ble'r’,e town g{%fl"x,z A e program has been arran, or both. R . Our|The kindergarten will hold exerc them delivered later in the school this morning while the funof s . grades from one to four, inclusive, warerooms are uitable gifts — something for each member of the family. Call and look over our store for Christmas gifts. will hold their exercises in the gym- Furniture Store o'clock. The grades from flve to eight, Telephone 285-3 inclusive, will hold their exercises in the town hall at 2 o’clock in the af- Main and Union Streets Willimantic, Conn. . ternoon. The y, A Christmas Eve With Dickens, has been cliosen for the children to act. After the play Christ- mas carols will be sung and the dis- tribution of gifts wil] take place. Many of the children were in the town hall Thursday afternoon, holding a rehearsal for the play. STAND BY WOMEN Officials of Rossie Velvet Mill Refuse to Discharge Two Who Refuse to Join Union. The strike of a number of the em- ployes of the Rossie Velvet mill has not been settled yet. The strikers, who left their work about a week ago, are members of the Velvet Workers’ Local, No. 1051, and they state that they will not return to work until two women, who refused to join the union, join the union or get through. John Powell of Pawtucket, an organizer of the Textile Workers of America, was Wurray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, BUN’N. BOOKS are always welcome gifts and can be chosen at the last moment. The section devoted to Christmas Books never was so inter- seting as at the present time. Books for every member of the family can be found here. Books for boys, Books for girls and Books for older folks—each one of them an in- teresting gift for Christmas. There are: Birthday Books Address Books Daily Reminder Scrap Books Engagements Book Photo Albums A Line a Day Catholic Prayer Books Diary Books Memory Protestant Bibles AT THE JEWELRY COUNTER There is a wide choice of the following articles in the Jewelry section suitable for €hristmas giving—Plain or Fancy Pins, (single or in sets), Brooches, Ear Rings, Cuff Links, Lava- lieres, Stick Pins, Hat Pins, Etc.—Priced from 25c¢ and up. ROSARY BEADS FOR GIFTS A Catholic would appreciate a pair of Rosary Beads for a gift. We are showing an exceptionally good line, plain, gold or silver mounted and solid silver from 25¢ and up to $3.98 a pair. B el THE H. C. MURRAY GO. Capital $100,000 Surplus and Profits $175,000 Established 1832 Accuracy in accounting, courteous service, promptness and liberality in dealing, and a sound business policy in.administering its own affairs, characiérize THE WINDHAM NATIONAL BANK, which aims thereby to estgblish with. customers relations that shall prove reciprocally permanent, pleasant and profitable. The Windham National Ban WILLIMANTIC, CONN. \ 135 Main Street fiils We Give Royal Gold Trading Stamps. Chnstmas Dividends Free at &PSim e _ for All AP Buyers } Fresh Vermont and York State Turkeys, » 35¢ NATIVE CHICKENS, !b_______30¢c NATIVE FOWL, Ib___________25¢c GOOD FOWL for stewing, Ib____20c SMOKED SHOULDEBS, Ib_ FRESH SHOULDERS, Ib___ - LEGS SPRING LAMB, Ib______20c FORES SPRING LAMB, FINE GRAN. SUGAR, 13 Ibs__$1.00 BUTTER, Ib. ______________420, FLORIDA ORANGES, 15 for___25¢ 16¢ Ib___1214¢ LANTIC:PACIF TEA (0. p N LZ Free Delivery GOSLINS, Ib. - T RS RIBROAST, fb______.______18¢c FRESH PORK,*tb_ LOINS LAMB,Ib_________ LEAN POT ROAST, Ib______12V/c SHORT STEAK, b__________25¢c A&P FLOUR, 1-8 sack____._$1.25 EGGS, dozen _______. GRAPE FRUIT, very heavy, 4 for 25¢ Ask For ThemJ 1 ox_3lc Telephone 29-4 in this city Wednesday and held a conference with the strikers but in what conclusion the conference result- ed is not known. The officials of the company did not hold a conference with the orzanizer as far as can be learned. Although short handed, the mill is in operation and the officials refuse to discharge the women in question. Held Christmas So Many of the students of the Normal school held a Christmas social in the gymnasium of the school Wednesday evening and a very enjoyable evening was_spent. Robert Casey, ’18, acted as Santa Claus in the distribution of the small gifts which were very pleas- ing to those present. Broken Wire Causes Bell Alarm Thursday afternoon the people of the city were bewildered by the ring- ing of the fire alarm which rang in two strokes, It was found that the trouble was caused by a break in the wire on Main street, caused by some men who were working on the pole at the time. Christmas Shoppers Busy. In spite of the bad weather and the sloppy going many were out doing Christmas shopping Thursday after- noon. Cases in City Court. In the police court Thursday morn- ing. Michael Korer pleaded guilty to the chargze of intoxication. He was ar- rested Wednesday evening on Main street and as he-did not have anything to say for himself In court he was fined one dollar and costs. Diezo Di Gloria was the other, ac- cused to face the court and he en- tered a plea of not guilty to the charge of breach of the peace. He was placed under arrest Wednesday noon for cre- ating a_disturbance at the Quidnick Windham company plant. A woman appeared in court and testified against Gloria who had been in the habit of shouting at her and her daughter, who worked in the mill with her mother. She told the court that the accused had pushed her against a loom in the mill and had bruised her and struck at_her daughter. The daughter of the complainant told the court that when she had Zone up to where her mother and the ac- gused were fighting the man struck er. The accused testified to the fact .| that - the woman had come over to where he and two other workmen were standing and began to berate him. In an emfleavor to get rid of the woman he pushed her and her daughter out of the way. In this way she might have been bruised. In regard to.the hooting he stated that this had been done to make fun. He also stated the woman had thrown things at him. Although the court was of the opin- ion that a breach of the peace had been committed there was some doubt who was to -blame for the trouble, con- sequently judgment was suspended for thirty days. Coventry Car Goes to the Terminal. As a great part of the debris has been cleared away from Main street in front of the Jordan ruins, the South Coventry trolley car went to the terminal near the railroad crossing on Main street Thursday afternoon. This was the first time this car has gone past the Jordan ruins in nearly a Coughed Fifteen Years. Coughs that hang on apd grow worse in the night and weaken the sufferer ure relieved by Foley’s Honey and Tar_ oftener than by any other remedy. R. I, Hall, Mabe, Va., writes: “For 15 years I was afflicted with a troublesome bronchuul cough and irri- tation of the thrcat. Foeley’s IHoney and Tar relieved me: after taking one bottle the cough ceased and has not returned.” No medicine stands higher as a family remedy for colds for chil- dren and grown-ups. The Lee & Os- good Co. DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST 752 Main Street, Willimantic Hours—9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Phone 44 JAY M. SHEPARD - £ucceeding Elmore & Shepard FuneralDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantie Leady Assistant Tel. connection HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St Willimantic, Ct. Teiephons . Lady Assistant month_and, as the walking was bad Thursday evening, the many employes of the American Thread company that use this line fully appreciated the fact. FUNERAL. The funeral of Florence L. Taft wa3 held from her home on Babcock Hi'l, South Coventry, Thursday ailernvon. Rev. Charles 1. Adams o ted the services. Funeral Directl 3 Shepard will ship the body 0 - dence this morning, where it will be buried in the Swan Point cemetery. POSTOFFICE A BUSY PLACE. Great Increase in Packages Over Last Year's Mail. The Christmas rush has started at the local postoffice and the numbec of packages handled is increasing daly. The amount increased to such pro > tions Wednesday an extra wagon with two horses had to be added to the force to deliver the bundles. It is stat-1 that the present rush at the office is a great deal larger than the rusa of last year. Along with the increase of parel post packages, the stamp windsw is doing a larze business, and reports how that this end of the office is showing an increase. It is esumated that $250 worth of stamps were sold at this window alone Monday. Two Girls Stopped at Railroad Stat'on. Late Thursday afternoon Miss Naa- cy Austin, secretary of the Uiited Charities, called up police headyuarters and stated that two girls who had run away from their homes in Worcester were/coming to this city and wou:d arrive at 7 o'clock. Lieutenant Kii- lourey was at the station and held tke girls until Miss Austin arrived, when it was learned that the girls .ved In this city. The mistake was made ir the sending of the message from Wo:- cester by an official who made a mis- take In identifying the girls. The giris were allowed to go to their homes after the matter was adjusted. Brief Mention. Theodore Storey of Hartford was a visitor in Willimantic Thursday. John Hills, a student at the Suffleld school, is at his home in this city to spend the holidays. Kenneth Harroun, a student at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, has arrived in Willimantic and will spend the holi- days %vith his parents. Perry Crane, musician on the U. S. battleship Seattle, is spending the holidays with his mother, Mrs. Mary Crane of South Windham. Palmer Latham, a student at Exeter Academy, is at his home at 192 Pros- pect street, to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. La- tham. In honor of her ninth birthday, Miss Ruth O'Brien entertained eight friends at her home Wednesday afternoon. During the afternoon a dainty lunch- eon was served. $2,500,000 FOR RELIEF. OF JEWISH WAR SUFFERERS Pledged at Great Mass = Meeting New York Last Night. New York, Dec. 21.—Nearly $2,500,- 000 for the relief of Jewish war suf- ferers in FEurope was pledzed at a great mass meeting in Carnegie hall tonlght. Jacob H. Schiff of this city and Julius S. Rosenwald of Chicago, headed the list with $100,000 each. A total of $466,875 was subscribed by forty persons. The meeting was the first step in a campaign undertaken by the American Jewish central committee and the People’s Relief Committee to raise $10,000,000 for war relief measures in 1917. 'The subscriptions received to- night came not only from New York but from all partsh of the country. Thousands of Jews who had not been supplied with tickets surrounded the hall before the doors were opened. Rich and poor, old and young, strug- gled for admission. Prosperous busi- ness men rubbed shoulders with strug- gling immigrants who had brought their families to learn what they could do to aid the homeless and starving in war-torn Furope.. 'Women and girls who had toiled all day in shops and stores went dinnerless that they might be on hand early. The floor of the hall and the stage were filled early by representative Jews and their sympathizers in fund campaign. Kaiser on Capture of Bucharest. Berlin, Pec 21, 10.40 a. m., via Lon- don, 9.50” . .—Field Marshal Von Mackensen, responding to a telegram of Emperor William oflerlngB congrat- ulations Bonhu:e ’:lptll!'e of Buchares says: “Bucharest was one goal, but not the w 2 \ BOPP GIVES TESTIMONY IN HIS OWN BEHALF Insists That Crowley and Smith Were Employed as Ggnfidéntial Agents “San Francisco, Dec. 21.—Franz Bopp, German consul-general in San Fran- cisco, testified in his own behalf to- day in the government's suit alleging conspiracy by German constlar offi- cials to hinder and destroy munition shipments to the entente ailies. Bopp and six others are under in&ictment, including Louis J. Smith, the gov- ernment’s chief witness. Bopp, who was on the stand only a short time, conceded that Vice Consul E. H. Von Schack had employed C. C. Crowley, a detective, and Smith, a for- mer dynamite factory worker, during Bopp's absence in the early months of the war. He insisted, however, the two were engaged as confidential agents to furnish evidence Of entente violations of American neutrality and not to place bombs on enemy ships, trains and tunnels. DBopp’s testimony followed the sud- | den fainting in_court of Alonzo Smith ©f Wheeling, W. Va., a nephew of Louis J. Smith, who had testified that Smith had boasted of expecting to re- ceive $20,000 from the United States government for his testimeny. The lad completed his brief bit of evidence and then let his head fall qn his chest, later going into convulsions in the chambers of Presiding United States Circuit Court Judge William H. Hunt. He was removed to a hospital. GREAT BRITAIN IS TO RELEASE IRISH PRISONERS Who Were Interned After the Rebel- lion in Ireland. London, Dec. 21, 10.55 p. m.—The government has decided to release the Irish prisoners, who were interned af- ter the rebellion in Ireland. Henry E. Duke, chief secretary for Ireland, an- nounced in the house of commons to- da; he time has come when the ad- vantages of releasing these men far outweigh the risk and I have so ad- vised the government. Steps there- fore were taken today to proceed, with the least possible delay, to return the interned prisoners to their homes.” According to the statement of the secretary for home affairs in _the house of commons last October, there were 576 Irishmen interned in con- nection with the recent rebellion. KAISER TO SUMMON AMBASSADOR GERARD To Discuss With Him Possible Amer- ican Mediation and Action. London, Dec. 21, 10.30 p. m.—In Ber- lin diplomatic circles, saws an Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Am- sterdam, it is understood that the Ger- man emperom will at an early date summon to headquarters the American ambassador, James W. Gerard, with the view to discussing with him pos-* sible American mediation and action. VESSEL STRUCK BY MINE; ENTIRE CREW WAS LOST Report Came from Lugano, Switzer- land, of Disaster in Adriatic. Berlin, Dec. 21.—(By Wireless Sayville). to The Frankfurter Zeitung ’t forget those Sun- kist uniformly Oranges for that Dinner. Order a box today. Phone your gunkist Uniformly Good Oranges A CHOICE AND DAINTY LINE OF ‘Muslin Underwear Something useful and pretty and pleases every gidandledy Corset Covers, Envelope Chemises, Night Robes and White Skirts DAINTY CAMISOLES in white and pink, Crepe-de-Chine and Satin with and without sleeves— Prices $1.25, $1.50 to $2.50 DAINTY BOUDGIR CAPS in lace and muslin, in the latest styles— Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00 to $2.98 ; APRONS a large assortment in fancy, round, Band Aprons, Bib Aprons in muslin and dotted Swiss— Prices 25¢, 50c to $1.50 Each ' NECKWEAR Another useful present and something sure to piease in broadcloth, Georgette Crepe, Organdie and Satin in all the up-to-date shapes— Drices 50c, 75¢, $1.00 to $2.98 Also Vests and Collar and Cuff Sets, Evening Scarfs and Crepe Ties, also Bows ‘ GLOVES—Mark Cross The name itself tells you the quality of the gloves FOR THE CHILDREN ’ DAINTY DRESSES in white and colors, with and with- out bloomers— Prices from 50c, $1.00 to $4.98 BOYS’ SUITS in all the new medels, in white and colors, ages 2 to 7 years— Prices $1.00, $1.50 to $2.98 ROMPERS in all styles— From 59c¢ to $1.50 SWEATERS for the infant to the girl, 14 years old, in all the new colors. SWEATER SUITS in knit and brush materials— Prices $3.75, $4.50 to $6.75 SCARF SETS—AIlso Separate Scarfs, Toques and Tams. The Lyons Co. 13 Broadway Telephone 1230 . ing to the Ow@rseas News Agency. The report adds that Lieutenant General Oreste Bandens, the Italian chief commander in Aibania, and nu- merous sailors, were drowned. has received a report from Lugano, Switzerland, saying that a vessel, the name of which is unknown, on De- cember 13, hit a mine in the Adriatic and sank with its entire crew, accord- Useful Xmas Presents HARDWARE Cutlery, Tools, Sleds, Skates, Etc. 2 KITCHEN FURNISHINGS Enamel Ware, Aluminum Ware, Copper Nickel-plated Ware Buy HIM |Buy HER SLED SCISSORS SHEARS CARVERS KNIVES and FORKS KEEN-KUTTER JR., SAFE-|CARVING SETS TY RAZOR KEEN-KUTTER TOOLS ROASTER KEEN-CUTTER QUALITY | ALUMINUM WARE TOOLS COMBINATION SETS SAW TEA POTS. HATCHET COFFEE POTS HAMMER R . - |COFFEE PERCOLATOR CHISEL TEA KETTLES, some in Cop- The Household