Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 8

with kidney back- ills or any little kidney disorder, want kidney help. nt, who has also suffered; ‘had relief. Norwich people nd Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's ne case and’thers are many others. | Mzs B Muikin, 613 N Main St Nor- ‘wich, says: -“T had duil pains across - Jtirea. Doan’s’ Kidney ‘ithe small of my back: I noticed the trouble mostly when I over-exerted When T was feet a great deal, my back on my felt weak and Pills’ gave me ©00d relief ana that is why I recom- mend them.” [ Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't {simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Mulkin had. Foster-Milburn Co., 3 Buffalo, N. Y. —_— SMITH & COOLEY'S MILL AT STAFFORD SPRINGS BURNED. ifl- Personis Will Be Thrown Out- of _Employment Temporarily as a Result. {_ Stagfora Springs, Conn., Jan. 3—One jhundred and fifty persons will be thrown out of employment temporari- as the result of the Durning of & Cooley’s flock mill here to- night. The loss is placed at $20,000 eand The fire is believed to bave started from spontaneous com- bustion. The mill was a three-story frame structure and the fire epread ipidly, threatening for a time other The loss is covered by in- e DR 1715 A PRACTICAL SERVICEABLE MODEL Kadlew Aprom With or Without Sleeve in Either of Two Lengths and With Collar, or With Neck Edgze in Square Outltne. Percale, brilliantin, mohair, sateen, ., seersucker, lawn or cambric @y be used for this design. It may e finished without sleeves and with yolke cut In square outline at the It _may have loose sleeves in :‘r‘ lnfi"r be made with sleeves thus affording a com- iete covering Zor the dress that may ‘worn beneath it. This style s good = housekeepers or for studio wear. “The pattern is cut in three sizes Bmall, medium and large. It requires $ 3-4 yards fo 36-inch material for a Dedium size with siceves; without ®lesves, 6 yards, A pattern of this {llustration mailed fo. 257, 2aaress :é:.ncelm of 10 cents - T stami Order through The Bulletin Company. Pattern Dept., i Unfortuna Norwich, Conn in Antecedents. Lopking at_the political and war m@ss that England is now in ex- 8""“ one thing to our satisfaction. own muttonhead proclivities are unguestionably an inheritance from Erglish forbears. We migh have had more ‘sense if we had descended from os, Icelanders or plain wooden —Houston Post. FELL FROM LOFT; HURT; - THEN WELL | HOW A MAN_ WHO LANDED ON WOOD PILE AND WAS SORE FROM HEAD TO FOOT FOUND QUICK RELIEF. Once upon .a* time BEdwin Putnam, ‘who lives in_the quiet, preity harmlet of Wendell Depot, Mase., climbed up into a Joft to get some building ma- terial, just as many another man. liv- ing in the country must often do. Suddenly “he siipped and “fell. Ten feet below was a pile of wood, knotted and It was a nasty tumble, and Putnam was injured painfully dn the back, he was covered with Bruises, and was sore from head to M’l‘h‘ next day hew::g‘!fiht a bottle of o 'S ent. d D - commended to him. ‘Wn.:in Et'.-nv;l?y ' fow Bours the soreness had vanished e ‘the lameness had disappeared. & Jras an active man once more. ~Sloan’s Liniment can be obtained at “all drug stores, 25c.. 50c. and $1.00: tter advise than some Nor-. Hartfora, Jan. 3—Foliowing ls_the text of Governor Marcus H. Holcomb's message read before -the . joint ses- sion of senate and house at opening of 1917 general assembly: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the General Assembly: No other gen#ral assembly has been confronted with such world condi- tions~ as exist today, and none other has been required to meet greater re- sponsibilities than vou may be requir- er to meet. ‘The United States has been exempt from active participation in the strug- gle which involves most of the nations of the old world and includes our neighbors in Canade, but we have had complications which resulted in mobil- izing our National Guard and ecalling tilem into service to protect our state bordering on Mexico from invasion. Proud of National Guard. ‘We are justly proud of the record for efficiency made by the several units of the Connecticut National Guard, and are devoutly thankful that they have been meturned to their homes with- out greater sacrifice than was neces- sarily caused by a prolonged, enforc- ed absence from business and home re- lations. While we earnestly desire to keep out of war yet our immunity is not assured, and 1 recommend the placing upon its passage an amendment to our constitution, under which. in event of & future war requiring this state to provide troops the - electors among them may be permitted to participate in the elections without the necessity of calling a special session of the gen- eral assembly to pass enabling legis- lation. 3 State Finances. Two vears ago in my inaugural mes- sage, I discussed at length the finances of the state and made a number of recommendations to the general as- sembly which, in my opirion, if adopt- ed, would provide sufficient annual in- come to meet the fixed charges, pay a certain amount towards the reduction of the state’s indebtedness, and would also provide for some permanent im- provements. I am pleased to state that the general assembly of 1915 em- bodied into statutes practically all of the recommendations relative to state finances. The result is that the mew revenue laws have changed the condition of the state treasury from one of a con- tinually increasing deficit to one of a surplus which is apparently sufficient at present to meet the reasonable fix- ed charges and to provide for a sub- stantial payment each vear to reduce the state’s indebtedness. In confirma- tion of this statement I append a statement of the finances of the state for each fiscal vear for the last ten are (excluding bonds and loans from the items of expenditures and re- . Farm and State Hospital for the Insane; Appointment of a(j!mx'n:‘ionholnvufiqmw of Jails, and Greater Power Given State Department of Health. N Y estate and other tangible property should also be valued under the direc- tion of the tax commissioner's office. A= 1 stated two years ago, “such a procedure would be a desirable relief to the judges of our probate and would insure uniformity of valia- tions, and result in valuable cumula- tive information and a substantially increased revenue to the state from this source.” Necessary Expenditures. The expense of our legislative, judi- cfal end executive departments in- creases somewhat from year to year, and the expense of our penal, reform atory, insane, epileptic and feeble minded institutions _constantly in- creases because of the necessity of providing enlarged accommodations to receive and care for them, and .be- cause of the increasing cost of main- tenance. Epileptic and Feeble Minded. Buildings and accommodations for the feeble minded are being established in the town of Mansfleld on property of the state where the buildings for the care of epileptics are located. The accommodation for these unfortunates requires frequent enlargement, and the management of both classes, and the construction of the buildings to house them, with the appurtenant heating and lighting plants and water sup- plies, should, for purposes of economy and emciency, be under the supervision of a single board or commission as is the case at present in eighteen other states. 1 _recommend that you provide for such single board or commission in lieu of the two present separate com- missions. State Insane Hospital at Middletown. The hospital for the insane at Mid- dletown is in urgent need of an ad- ditional bullding for the care of acute cases. This would be both humane and economical, as it would result in a larger percentage of recoveries and thus lessen the number of patients. The Inebriate Farm. It we are to care for any consider- able number of our incbriates, the ac- commodation for them at the. state inebrrite farm must be materially en- larged. The success experienced with the limited number committed there warrants the belief that a more gen~ cral commitment to this institution would be a great benefit to the state and to the Inebriates. It would relieve the congestion in our jails by the elim- ination of the present practice of re- peated commitments thereto of con- firmed inebriates, and would be a great saving to the several counties in the saving of the cost attending the re- reated prosecution and commitment of inebriates. New Armories. ceipts.) You will doubtless be requested to ‘Expenditures. Receipts 23.208.33 Towi ing the total net gain ... = a gain during the fiscal vear of 1916 of .. lus the deposit in the Sinking Fund . = Funded Debt Net Debt $876,100.00 874,100.00 548,586.52 1,874,100.00 2,013,049.74 034,100.00 064.100.00 11,064.100.00 13,064,100.00 13,000,100.00 ..$8,156,862.35 507,551.86 .. $3,664,414.21 Funded Debt Decreased $64,000. It will be noted however that the funded debt has been decreased only $64,000, the reason being that the own- ers’of the Funded Debt Bonds will not surrender them without recelving a prohibitive premium, buf the same re- sult can be reached if vou shall pro-| vide for a_transfer of cash from the Civil List Fund to the Sinking Fund, and authorize its investment in such municipal securities as will yield . a rate of interest equal to that paid upon | the Funded Debt Bonds. I rocom-| mended that $3,000,000.00 be thu.!i transferred. This woulq assure the tax payers that so much of their contribu- tions have been judiciously used. The present income from miscella- neous corporations and inheritances, | due to special conditions during the past vear, is probably larger than may be expected from these sources in the tuture. Necessary Increase in Appropriations. Considering the natural necessarry increase in the appropriations for the various institutions and departments of the state, due to the constant in- crease of the Inmates in the institu- tions supported by the state, and. to the higher cost of living, and the cost of necessary additions to and enlarge- ment of such institutions to -care for the ever increasing number of inmates therein, and the cost of constructing a reasonable addition to our improved nighways with the cost of maintaining them and the bridges thereon, I am of fhe opinion that the revenue from the present sources is not greater than is and will be needed for a proper con- duct of the affairs of the state and to smake a reasonable annual payment upon the state debt. Except possibly to simplify the ad- ministrative features of some of the revenue laws, I am of the opinion that they should not be materially amend- ed, and that we should continue to re- quire a substantial state tax from the towns. In addition to the needed rev- enue derived from a state tax, it is valuable and useful as-a constant re- minder that state expenditures must be met by state receipts. Board of Finance. The adoption of my recommendation for the creation of a State Board of Finance is a notable step forward in the interest of economical expenditures of the state’s revenue. ‘The fact that the board is a continuous body which can accumulate valuable comparative information relative to the needs of the various institutions and departments, and that it will co-operate with the Appropriation Committee of the gen- eral assembly, in acting on all appro- priation bills, will prove to-be of in- creasingly great financial benefit to the state. Inheritance Tax. ' The transfer of the administration of the inheritance tax law to the tax appropriate money to build some new aymories, and.the need for better ac- commodation of the troops in one or more of our cities is apparent; but| before incurring the expense of mew | armories, will it not be advisable to| wait until it is determined what the f: ture status of our national guard, or federal guard, or whatever name ma: be hereafter given them, is to be. At the present time it is in a nebulous stage. The state now has but limited con- trol of its militia. and may have still iess, if any, in the future. Congress may decide to assume entire jurisdic- tion and control of state troops, and to build such necessary armories as have tot been constructed by the states. Reformatory for Women. The necessity of a reformatory for women in this state has been repeated- Iy urged, and it must be conceded that there is an increasing need for some institution for the more humane, in- tolligent and efficient care of unfortu- nate women than now obtains. One serious objection against the establishment of any new institution is its initial cost and that of its sub- sequent maintenance. Possibly in the case of such a re- formatory this cost might be minim- ized if it was established in connec- tion with our Connecticut industrial school for girls at Middletown. The location is ideal, and the state has ex- perded substantial amounts in the erection of buildings for the case of the girls there committed. The title to the property upon which these build- ings are located is in a corporation created by the general assembly in 1868. T would suggest the appoint- ment of a committee to investigate the feasibility of establishing a reforma- tory for women upon this property, and to ascertain the probable cost thereof, and the cost of acquiring the title to’ the property by the state, and to make a report to this general as- sembly, if practicable, and, if not, to report to the mext general assembly. It would seem as If the title should be in the state of all property upon which are located institutions estab- lished and supported by the state. County Jails. It is believed by many of our citi- zens that our jails, especially those in our more populous counties, are anti- quated, unsanitary, exposed to Serious fire hazards, and that in some other respects they are in an unsatisfactory and discreditable condition. I recommend that a commission be appointed to investigate the condition of the jails in the several counties of the state, and to make a report thereon to the 1919 general assembly. with such recommendations as the ascer- tained conditions warrant. The State Department of Health. The infantile paralysis outbreak of last summer, and the widespread smallpox epidemic with which Wwe commissioner’s department has result- ed in increased revenue, more equitable @ppraisals and more uniform procedure in determining the final decrees. I now. renew my recommendation made two years ago that the tax commissioner be reguired to value all intangible property of estates of decedents which to an inheritance tax in In fact, it would result in /in valuation if real now threatened, have emphasized the urgent need of more adequate organ- Ization for the protection of the health of pur citizens. Modern health science s in a position large and tan- gible results in the saving of hurnan [ lives. The cities . of Connecticut are for the most part well protected, the residents in our rural ler are too to oo st sl ac. that ine. k no o o Jost time, Mo trouble . I have nothing to sell. but wili glve tull in formatfon about how you may -find a complete cure without operation. it you write to_me. K “Eullen, Car- nter, 564C Marcellus Ave, Manns- uan, N. J. Better cut out this notice and ‘show it to any others who ar ruptured—you may save & or at least stop- the misery of o and the worry and danger of an operation. and the most efficient sanitary admin- istration. = ‘What is needed is the reorganization of our state health machinery so that the state board of health may be strengthened and placed in a position to furnish to the local health officer the advice and the moral support which he needs. I uffe earnest con- sideration of this question, with & view to a remodeling of our _state bealth laws. and that you make an appropriation for the state board of health sufficient to give our state a state health administration = adequate tor modern needs. Consolidation of Commissions. In my 1915 message I recommended the consolidation of several commis- sions. In compliance therewith the cuties of the building and loan com- missi6h were consolidated with the bank commissioner's department, with 2 single commissioner in charge of the dcpartment: and the duties of the fac- tory inspecior were transferred to the bureau of labor statistics, resulting in a benefit to the state in both instances. My recommendations ~that certain other ' commissions be consolidated were not adopted. I now remew my recommendation that the offices of commissioner of do- mestic animals, dairy and food com- missioner, state ornithologist and state beard of ‘agriculture be abolished and in lieu thereof that the office of com- missioner of agriculture be created, with adequate powers to perform the beneficial duties of these several com- missions. If you shall not concur in this recommendation, I would recom- mend that at least the duties of the commissioner .of domestic animals be transferred to the dairy and food com- missioner. I renew my recommenda- tion that such of the dutles as it is desirable to continue of the board of examiners of barbers and of the Con- necticut board of embalmers be trans- ferred to the state board of health. Motor Vehicles. Automobiles have coms into general use in this state during the last_ de- cade. In 1907 we had lass than 6,00) registered motor vehicles for which the state received in registration and license fees $11,686.50. The 1916 res- istrations were’ 66,807, and the re- ceipts $768,727.91. 'There was an in- crease of about 43 per cent. in 1916 over 1915. With a like increase Qur- ing the present year we shall have more than 80,000 registered motor ve- hicles and a revenuc therefrom of at least a million dollars. We are having a constantly in- creasing number of automobile homi- cides and casualties. Existing condi- tions require the enactment of strict- er laws relating to motor vehicle traf- fic, and severer penalties for their vio- lation, with a vigorous enforcement of both. The administration of the motor ve- hicle department was, and now is, with the secretary of state, who is required to hold several hundred hear- ings each year, in cases of casualties, to determine whether the license of the owner or operator shall.be sus- pended or revoked. The department of the secretary of state has no logical connection with the administration of the motor ve- hicle law, and I am convinced that a competent person should be appointed to have sole charge of the motor ve- hicle_department. I further suggest that all receipts connected with motor vehicle admin- istration should be pald into the state treasury. It is obvious that all mon- ers collected by state agencies, and ali moneys paid out for state purposes, should go through the state treasur- er's department. Improved Highways. We commenced to construct im- proved highways in this state in 1895, and their cost has caused the major portion of our funded debt. We now. have what is known as the trunk line | system of highways with an aggregate length of about 935 miles, about equal- ly divided between ‘the east and west and the north and south routes as shown by thé trunk line map. These highways firky well meet public convenience, except the gaps or “sectins therein which have not been improved, aggregating about 50 miles iu the north znd south and 30 miles in the east and west routes. I am informed by the highway commis- sioner tnat it will cost about $1,500,000 to improve these sections, and they should be the first to be Improved. Macadam roads will not last with modern motor vehicle traffic. Any new construction should be of more dura- ble material, and all sections of our trunk line highways should be recon- structed of more durable sSaterial as speedily as is practicable, as this will increase their usefulness and mater- fally dectease the. cost of their up- eep. - But as they now are, and especially as they will be when the gaps therein to which I have referred are improved, they do and will reasonably serve such users of them as are content to keep within the limit of the reasonable and proper rate of speed provided in our statutes. 500 Miles of State Aid Highways. In addition to our trunk line system of highways we have about 500 miles of improved highways known as state aid highways. I am satisfled - that thoss shofsve trasdlisn ever the tax- proved hi 'ways of ane - ing states will concede that our high- ways do not suffer by the comparison. As rapidly as the finances of the state and towns will warrant, there should be an extension of the state aid high- ways, until every will have a_convenient improved high- way connection with our trunk line system. { It is possible, if not. probable, that you will be urged by voluntary inter- ested agents, financed by contributions by corporations. within and . without this state who are pecuniarily. inter- ested in the construction of im highways and in supplying materials T e pearaietias Toe ton to mal approp: s - proved highways. This. genéral as- sembly needs no such. assistance in determining the needs of -the state, and I trust that you will not ‘propriations _for which, added to’ aj : may maie- for other purposes,. tial it m S5 & gt s S plied in a B e Py B e s M SRR T X P o S YLV LOT No. 4 SALE PRICE 95¢ OUR JANUARY tage of. and checks. "LOT No. 5 $l.15 SALE PRICE These Shirts are worth $1.50 and A very unusul price under the present conditions and one you should take advan- These are Negligee Shirts in the coatstyie: and made of good plain and novelty stripes. All sizes, 14 to j7. Fast colors. All Shirts of the regular $1.00 quality in this second lot. They are coat style, with hand-laundered cuffs, and the material is a fine percale in the new Fall and Winter designs. Sizes 14 to 17. Fast colors. . . § Negligee Outing Shirts of the $1.00 quality, made coat style with French soft cuffs, The material are Bedford Gords and Woven Madras in novelty stripes, woven stripes Al sizes, 14 to'17. LOT No. 1—65¢, 2 FOR $1.25 percale in . LOT No. 2—79c, 4 FOR $3.00 LOT No. 3—79c, 4 FOR $3.00 Fast colora. LOT No. 7 SALE PRICE Men's plaited front, LOT No. 6 SALE PRICE ‘Shirts of the' better grades, mostly $1.27 SALE OF MEN'S SHIRTS THE BlG!SHlRT EVENT OF THE SEASON This is a sale.organized so far in advance that every favorable condition of the market is taken advantage of, and we are thus able to offer exceptional 65¢ 79c 79 98 $1.45 | negligoe HY grade French Percale Shirt: . by i in 5::‘“ style, with laundered cuffs, | are made of 100-square pescale, that “Yorke” make, of the $1.50 quality.| “Yorke” make. Coat styls, laund- | all full-wash and hand-laundered, | s 100 threads to the inch, the qual- | Lacers s "om cong [naterials are | ered cuffs, novelty 'stripss. i and offered in an excellent line cf | ity found in only the highest grade | JUg™7l 40, Poth soft and laundered | value $1.35 ........ Salo Price _98: | up-to-date colorings. Sizes 14 . to | shirts. The colorings and patterns Value $1.50 . . Sale Price $1 2E 17. Fast colors. are all of the latest. Other Shirts at $2.00, $2.85, $4.35| Value $1.75 ........ Sale Price §1.45 ‘; and that we shall be faithful to our [and personal estate as he or they missioner’s report under the caption of “Weights and Speed of Vehicles. An amendment to the constitution provides that each member of t body shall be paid his transportation by public conviyance between his home station and the place of meet- ing during your sessions. Previous to the adootion of this amendment whe nsuch transportation was paid it tended to prolong the ses- sion and delay adjournment because so_many members failed to regularly attend the sessions. There is no ex- cuse for this, and it is a hardship up- on the members who are present at your regular sessions. Presumably every member of this body desired to be elected to it. and should be pres- ent at all of your sessions unless hay- ing sufficient reason for. being absent. If you will do this I am satisfied that all necessary legislation can he adopt- ed and an adjournment had by The first of next May. By constitutional proyision adjournment must be had us early as June 6th. We shall commence with a_new re- vision of our statute law. 1 believe the revision committee has conscien- tiously and efficiently performed its duties, and unnecessary changes in said revised laws by additions or otherwise_are undesirable. In my 1915 message 1 made a sug- gestion which I venture to repeat for your consideration, viz. “A further materfal saving of time and expense could be effected if pro- posed legislation adversely acted upon by the committee to which it was re- ferred, was not reported except when requested by vote of the senate or house.” The “Surplus.” In some quarters it seems to be a matter of serfous concern that the state treasury should at the present time show a gain instead of a_deficit and intimations have been made that +his incoming legislature will ‘indulze in reckless extravagance. As previ- ously stated, I am of the opinion that the present income of the state is no more than is necessary for a proper administration of the needs of the state and of its various departments, and for a_desirable payment upon the state’s indebtedness, and I am satis- fied that you will resist all suggestion for extravagant appropriations and any unnecessary expenditure of the state’s money, and I shall use all of the powers ‘of my office to aid in pre- BABY'S HEAD A TERRIBLE SIGHT WITH CRADLE CAP Scaly and Always Inflamed. itched Terribly. She Could Not Sieep. Cuticura Healed ina Week. it d ¢ sore, it bad’ condition with, cradle cap which ‘made her he DR. E. J. JONES DENTIST| venting it. The state of Connecticut has been in favor of conservative and ecoromi- cal administration, and I am confi- dent that this enviable reputation and record will not be impaired during the present session of your ‘honorable body. The general assembly of 1915 has re- ceived general commendation for its efficiency and ecomomy, and I trust that this 1917 general assembly will establish a still better record in these respects. In administering the affairs of this state there is seldom uny occaslon or excuse for party alisnment such as is had in congress when policies are con- sidered as to which political parties differ. This state is a large business corporation, ‘the successful manage- ment of whieh requires —intelligence and patriotism rather than partizan- ship, and I trust that each and all of us will act as if we had been unani- mously selected and elected by the people of the state as their agents to administer the business of the state, trust. MARCUS H. HOLCOMB, |Act.” OFFICER'S VERBAL STATEMENT PRONOUNCED A GOOD WILL hopetul if Portugal would Made Before Fellow British Officers | cate whether there is any under., which it would. ¢ Before Going Into Action in Which Testaotor Was Killed. London, Jan. 3—In one of the courts of justice recently a verbal statement before witnesses, without any writing, was pronounced a good will. This statement was made by an officer (since killed in action) who told his brother officers that if he were killed lali s property ‘was to go to his wife. The possibility Of executing such a valid will Is a privilege reserved to solders and salors on active service by an Act of 1677 which says “Any sol- dier being in actual military service, or any mariner or seaman being at sea, may dispose ‘of moveable wages Greenwich,—Miss Mririel ¢ Rochambeau with a - chap France to enter the servic American _ambulance. M made her debut a year ago at Sherry's given for her by er, Mrs. Baward W. Packarc Manse, Greenwich, Con Gables, Winter Parks ¥ Her father was the Ia Oakes. A luncheon was held at Sherry’s just steamer sailed. been active in society since h for Mis have done before the. making of Where Does Monaco Stand? 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