Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 24, 1917, Page 15

FLASH.L!GHT GROUP TAKEN AT ANNUAL BANQUET OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THE WAUREGAN HOUSE MONDAY NIGHT PUTNAM 3 (Continued from Page Eight) an investigation of other problems of fire protection, and will probably make further recommendations later. Good protection means a saving, certainly of property, possibly of life. It also means lower rates of insurance, and thus a part of the cost to the taxpayers of Increased protection is saved when Insurance premiums are paid. A high rate means that, in the opinion of ex- perts, the property is not so well safeguarded as that of communities which enjoy a lower scale. At Eastern Connecticut Dinner. L. O. Willlams, Whitman Denly John B. BEyrne, ‘and Rev. C.°J. a‘?-‘iff man motored to Norwich Monday night for the third annual dinner of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Com- merce and heard President Richard Cockburn Maclaurin of the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. His ad- dress gave some interesting forecasts of the industrial situation probable at the close of the European war. Other speakers were Captain F. C. Billard of the U. 8. Coast Guard, Fort Trumbull; President Edward P. Jones, Connecticut Chamber Mayor Allyn L. Brown, of Norwich: President Charles V. james, of the Norwich chamber; President Joseph T. Cruttenden of the Bastern Connecticut chamber; and Rev. Joseph H. Selden. toastmaster. Rev. C. J. Harriman said grace. A photograph of the diners was tak- en. and a copy has been offered to the Putnam ch to be framed and placed in Chamber Affairs. The public health = committee will meet Monday, January 29, at 7.45 in the office. The Connecticut Prison Association _— This—and Five Cents! Don’t miss this. Gut out this slip, enclose five cents to Foley & Co., 2885 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, Iil, writing your name and address clearly. You will receive in return a trial package contajning Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, for bronchial cousghs, colds and croup; Foley Kidney DI, for pain in sides and back, rheumatism, backache, kidney and bladder afi- ments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, has offered to furnish a prominent speaker to advocate the proposed re- formatory for womeén. At the same meeting, a speaker from the Connecti- cuc Woman Suffrage Association will be given time in which to speak in favor of equal suffrage. This latter speaker was offered through Mrs. Wal- ter J. Bartlett. The committee in charge of this meeting consists of Bdgar M. Warner, Alexander Gilman and Walter J. Bartlett. An interesting question as to freight rates, a possible reduction for Putnam, has been referred to a special com- mittee consisting of William E. Dav- ison, Henry J. Thayer and Elbert C. Kinney. St. Philip's Church Interests. Captain Joseph A. Ryan will at the Men’'s club this (Wednesd: evening and tell about the work of the police department. These weekly meetings of tne club are public to all men. This church will $336, which is computed to be about its share for the $5,000,000 pension fund. This total will enable the fund to begin to pay benefits to the older men at once; and will be followed by a regular premium of about 7 per cent of the salary in each case, to be paid by the organization which pays the salary, usually a parish Many of the subscriptions will be paia in five annual installments. The first five subscribers in Putnam have pledged themselves for $175 in all. Thursday, the feast of the conver- sion of St. Paul, the holy communioa will be celebrated at nine o’clock.Eve- ning prayer will be said Friday at 7.30 and the choir will rehearse at 8. Services Sunday will be at 8, = 10.4; and 7, with Sunday scheol at noon. Building and Loan Association Offi- cers. The Putnam Building and Loan As- sociation at its annual meeting. Jan. 28, reelected the following officers: President, Lebbeus E. Smith; first vice president, Mayor John J. McGarry; second vice president, Alexapder Gi man: third vice president, Walter J. Bartiett; treasurer, John B. Byrne; secretary, M. H. Geissler; board of management, the above officers ex- officio and Henry J. Thayer, John G. Johrison, Omer J. Milot, Joseph La- palme, Ernest B. Kent, Clinton S. An- dem, G. Harold Gilpatric; attorney, Ernest C. Morse. attempt to raise The Rack-of COATS ‘10. Truly Wonderful Values g Formerly Sold Up to $24.50 SUITS, vous onorce | ‘10. } Values Up to $20.50 DRESSES | SKIRTS | PETTICOATS WAISTS and FURS :NO MEMORANDUMS EVERY FINAL CLEARANCE REDUCED TO COST AND BELOW NO EXCHANGES BALE ' WAUREGAN BLOCK NO REFUNDS IS FINAL PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS ELECT J. Frank Healy, Jr., is Chosen President for the Coming Twelve Months—Delegates to Building Trades Council and Central Labor Union Are Appointed., At a meeting of the Plumbers and Steamfitters' Local, No. 267, in Car- penters’ hall on Tuesday evening J. Frank HWealy,'Jr., was elected president for the coming vear. The meeting was well attended and the election resulted as follows: President, J. Frank Healy, Jr.; vice president, John Morton; recording sec- retary, Charles Schwenk; financial secretary, Maurice Swain; treasurer, Lawrence Nolan; guard, William Griene; past pesident, L.J. Forbes. Finance committee—James Cook, Fred Rossler and Robert Hull. By Laws committee—R. Haggerty, chairman; 1. J. Forbes, M. F. Swain, Fred Rossler, A. T. Jahn. Delegates to Building Trades Council —I. J. Forbes, George Ring, William Griener. Delegates to Central Labor Union— James Cosgrove, chairman; J. Hain, Frea Rossler, R. P. Haggerty, A. T. Jahn. Business Agent—RgQbert McNeely. IN FAVOR OF A REASONABLE SUNDAY LAW Judge W. F. Henney Says It Would Be a Credit to State Bar. That a workable, reasonable and broad minded Sunday law would be an achievement greatly to the credit of the state bar association of Connecti- cut was the statement of Judge Wil- liam F. Henney, president of the as- sociation, in his annual address before the members in the supreme court room in Hartford Monday afternoon. Judge Henney aiso called attent#n to & number of other pertinent matters and said the judges of the supreme courts should receive a substantial in- crease of salary. In addition to the president's ad- dress reports were heard from several committees. Judge William F. Henney of Hart~ ford was reelected president. Donald T, Warner of Salisbury was elected vice president and James E. Wheeler of New Haven secretary- treasurer. HIGHWAY CONTRACT LET FOR WILLIMANTIC TURNPIKE Springfield Concern Were the Lowest .of Several Bidder: The contract for the construction of about 5,620 linear feet of graded road (overhead) on the Hartford-Williman- tic turnpike in Bolton, has been award- ed to the L. C. Fay Construction Co. of Springfield for $48,000. The following bids were also re- ceived: C. W. Blakeslee & Son, New Haven, $49,459; F. Arrigoni & Bro., Construction Co., Boston, $54,282.85; Middletown, $51,671.90; Hyde Park L. Suzio Construction- Co., Merident, 35 50; Long Brothers, Hartford, Fire in Rubbish P A fire broke out garly Sunday morn- ing in the rubbish pile of the Keyes Products Co. The fire was discavered before it got much headway and the night workmen at the mill had two streams ‘on it in a short time, ‘The pile was mostly waste pieces of leath- er board, and the damage was trivial. ATrip to Florida “Land of Sunshine ana Flowers” affordsan enviable the rigors of wi-mm.fi:mlle North. One mlyrhy Golf under perfect climatic conditions, batheinthesurfofsemi-tro; waters, motor over the beaches to be found anywhere— in @ word, enjoy summer pleas- ures thr«;u'hnt Wwinter in the ke ns. For Bookist,“Tropleai Trips,” aad Iaformation, spply ESTABLISH ANNUAL STATE TAX ON TOWNS Recommendation of Special Com- mission on State Taxation. The special state commission on tax- ation appointed in 1915 and made up of Simeon E. Baldwin, Frank H. Stadtmueller and Guy P. Miller made it report in pamphlet form to the gen- eral assembly Tuesday. Its general conclusions are that it is safe to say that “our system of tax laws is in principle weil adapted to the nature of our people, and their occupations in life. They need some amendments” says the commission, “to make them work more smoothly and more effi- ciently.” The commission recommends for enactment among other bills which it has prepared the following: Increas- ing the powers of the state board of equalization; requiring town asses- sors to revalue all real estate every five yvears; relinquishing to the town the interest of the state in fees for liquor licenses: establishing an annual state tax on towns; exempting public securities from taxation; exempting testamentary gifts to charitable cor- porations from succession taxes; in- creasing the exemptions from taxa- tions on certain articles of household or personal use; allowing taxation of securities registered with the state treasurer, based on their real, if less than their face value; limiting the time for presenting claims for back taxes against estates of deceased per- is sons; for notice to town assessors of the registration of motor vehicles; imposing a uniform franchise tax on all_insurance companies of the state, and concerning taxation of bank de- posits: From the general conclusions Mr. Mijller digsents saying: “I am of the opinion that law incapable of any- thing like fair administration should pither be amended so that they may be fairly administered or should be abolished altogether. I believe in the substitution of an income tax for the present property tax on _intangible personal praperty and such items of tangible personal property as cannot be reached by the present property tax.” The commission believes that the tax laws of 1915 both in number and imuortance made more changes than ever before at any single sesston. It recommends that the exemption of wearing apparel be extended to in- clude watches and jewelry kept solely for the persomal use of the owner or bhis family. It recommends that the exemption on furniture used in keep- ing house be increased to $750. Y. M. C. A. SHOP TALK. o Rev. Joel B. Slocum D. D. Addre: Men on the Stairway of Success. d The Stairway of Success was the subject that Rev. Joel B. Slocum, D. D. pastor of the Central Baptist church talked on at a Y. M. C. A, shop meeting held at the International Silver Company on Tuesday noon. " Hugh Kinder sang several pleasing solos. Dr. Slocum gave a brief report of some of the ideas advanced by two or three of the speakers at the Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday night. Then he gave a little talk on “The Stairway of Success.” The .speaker | mentioned sqveral steps that are fun- to any real success. Among ' tht & were: A strong desire trg reaeh worthy things; a determination to put that desire into the practical task of attaining one's purpose; an actual per- formance of the task. These steps will surely lead to the best success. Dr. Slocum told the men that if they should put four capital W's side by side and then turn the paper slightly they would see that they had construc- ted a stairway. The first of the ini- tials sands fo: Want—the desire to reach something higher. The nevt one stands for: Will—and without will we can make no progress anywhere. The third W stands for: Work—and every thing depends on that. The last in tial suggests that we Win and we can win only as we put into operation these absolutely necessary pre-requi- sites of sucdes: 1916 Aute Markers Prohibited. Secretary of the State Frederick L. Perry has notifieq all of the chiefs of police of the state that the use of 1916/ motor vehicle markers is prohibited. The automobile department at the capitol has attended to all applications for 1917 registrations and Secretary Perry says there is no reason why 1916 markers should be in use from this time on. He has requested the co-operation of the various police de- partments in preventing the use of old markers. White Cross Nurse Club. A class is being formed among the young girls of the borough of Groton ot study nursing the sick and becom- ing familiar with many duties of the sick room which may be accomplishedl by the home-keeper without the ex- pense of a trained nurse. The society is to be called the White Cross Nurse club, arid the mem- bers will wear white aprons and dain- ty white caps, a red band about one arm, bearing a white cross the sym- bol of their club. Fined For Assault. Vassel Marchal and Alack Marchal were arrested by Deputy Sheriff M. Hickey Saturday for assault upon Philip and Louis Rosen at Montville. The trouble started while they were on their way home from the Thames River Specialties Co. They were ught before Judge William Smiddy Monday and were fined $2 and costs, the total amounting to $15.12 which they paid. In the City Court. Deputy Judge H. Pettis presided a_session of the city court and Tel- E. Babcock acted as clerk in the absence of Judge J. H. Barnmes and Clerk A. J. Bailey. Fines were imposed upon six men who have fafled to pay their personal taxes. Two other cases were disposed of, one for intoxication and the other for breach of the peace. Station Moved. After work lasting over a month, the station building at Midway has reach- ed, its permanent location and Tues- day was lowered to its foundation. Want to Change Name. A change in the name of the B. F. Hoxie Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1, has been suggested and some of the members are anxious to have the business concluded at the present ses- sion of the general assembly. Owing company is ne engine company to the fact that the longer a steam fire the name is really a misnomer and it has been suggested that it be changed to the B. F. Hoxle Fire En- gine Co. Leaving out the word steam Gasolene is now the motive and pumping power for the company's en- gine and it is doing the work ver) well. Carpenters’ Union Held Meeting. There was a good attendance regular meeting of Carpenters h-1d Monday night in Carpenters’ hal Vice President Christian Dixon pre sided in the absence of Presiden John Sweeney. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and ccepted and other routine businese was transacted, the nior, Local Man Granted Patent. In the list of patents granted Connecticut inventors appears name of John Mcllvenny of this ci who has been granted a2 patent on a garment supporting clasp. Howard M. Barber of Stonington has been granted a ent on a printing plate shaving machine. te Engagement Announced. and Mrs. Wesley J. Calkine of Grays avenue, Glenolden, Pa., formerly of Norwich, announce the engagement of their eldest daughter, Lillian Mar- tha, to Jason Henry Kingsley, son ot Mr, and Mrs. Frederick K. Kingsley, of Yantic. Mr. The Brazilian oity of Para is plan ning to sterilize ail of its drinking water with ultraviolet rays. 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