Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 1, 1917, Page 2

o ‘clock in the court room in the town Ia Going On Tonight ls’ Club, Club Rooms, Lodge, No. 16, 1. 0.0. F.. % L, First Infantry, G N. Gul nt Street. + J. J. Donchue of Nor- Claims in Cases of Men Killed ~Near Stafford] ings- on Commissioner James obug of Norwich was in this esday and held a hearing in 1o the claims of the dependents $ix men who were killed in the, t near Stafford Springs| S All of the men were of this city and were em- v Tatham & Crane of this ‘the time of the accident. At- “§William A. King and Samuel B. by and the representatives of the ce company in which ths em- Were insured were present at £ which started at ten - mer was the establishing of of the deceased men, found s follows: o ‘?n Lason, 63 Lebanon Ave- e e 35, amplovea ms . painter ndent widow, Mrs. Lulu E. Lason. Pty Raymond St. Plerre, 31 Ash street, aged 27, employed as painter, dependents, widow, Mrs. Lucinda St. Plerre, ofur children .Annette, four and a half vears, Conde, three, Fer- hand, two yvears, Henrietta, = two months. ‘Algot B. Clausen, 85 Lewiston Ave- nue, aged 41, employed as carpenter, dependents .widow Mrs. Signe Clausen one child Ruth aged 6 years. ‘Andrew S. Swanson, Mansfield Cen- ter, aged 34 years, employed as car- penter, deperdents, diwo, Mrs. “Alice M. three children, Willis S. 2zea F, Ann B, aged 5, Harriet E., Fred A. Koval, 95 Spring~ street, aged 28, employed as painter, depend- ent, widow, Mrs. Harriet M. Koval. Preston Osterbout, 292 Windham Road, aged 48, emploved as painter, dents, widow, Mrs. Cora T. Os- ut, one son, Harold P., aged 1 As two of the widows have moved from this city they were represented at the hearing. The details of the ac- cident were gone over and the finding of the coroner was already read as well 2= the ante-mortem statement of Mr. Leson. The details of these things were agreed upon by both sides and ~then Charles L. Crane was asked to testify. He told of the way the men went to and from work when they had work out of town and stated that this plan had been agreeable to the union. The wagest earned by the men and their average wages, which are as fol- Jows: Clauson, 26 weeks $522.42, average $20.09; Swanson, 26 -weeks $486.62, average $18.72; Osterhout, 26 weeks $44231, avxerage $17.01; Tason 26 weeks $45419, average $17.47; Koval 15 weeks $263.53, aver- GORNS ACT LIKE APUSH BUTTON { TELLS WHY THEY ARE SO PAIN- FUL AND HOW TO LIFT THEM RIGHT OUT 1f you push on an electric button * you form a contact with a live wire - eorn or callus from gne's feet. the bell. shoes press against your corn it pushes its sharp roots down upon a sersitive nerve and you get a shock of pain. ; Instead of trimming your corns, which merely makes them grow, just step into any drug store and ask for 2 quarter of an ounce of freezome. This will cost very little but is suffi- glent to remove every hard or soft Grops applied ! —— lie directly upon a nder, aching corn stops the soreness in- Which rings When _your ' stantly, and soon the corn shrivels up so it lifts right out, root and all, without pain. This drug is harmless and never inflames or even irritates the surrounding tissue or skin. ~ DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST 752 Main Street, Willimantie “Hours—9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Phone 44 JAY M. SHEPARD Eucceeding Elmore & Shepard {1and, Miss Packer; piano di mensions as the lower fioor which is now used by J. B. Baldwin and Norwich Bulletin. Two new rooms ‘be acquired by the addition. Successful Bidder. Charles Brenn, Jr., of Scotland, the successful bidder for the route between that place and mantic. Mr. Brenn will start new duties the first of July. Board of Relief and A rections on the list. The board the amounts a total of 1350 an made reductions $10,140. An error of $800 ’n Ea list of Charles Larrabee was corrected. FUNERAL Mrs. Almira L. Maynard. The funeral of Mrs. Almira L. May- nard was held from her e in Co- lumbia Wednesday n_at one o'clock. Rev. Mr. Owens of Columbia officiated at the services. Bprial was in the Willimantic cemetery under the direction of ~Undertaker Hiram N. Fenn. OBITUARY Joseph Stephenson. The death of Joseph Stephenson oc- curred at St. Joseph’s hospital Wed- nesday morning after an iliness with pneumonia. Mr. Stephenson was born in Preston, England, in 1852, the son of William and Martha Whitehead Stephenson. Funeral Director Jay M. Shepard took charge of the body and during the afterncon it was sent to Fall River, Mass., for burial D. A. R. Whists Begin. In an_endeavor to raise funds for Anne Wood Elderkin Chapter, D .A. R., a serfes of whists has been plan- ned by Mrs James L. Harroun, chair- man of the Ways and means commit- tee. Eight leaders have been chosen to give whists to eight ladies for a small fee. These eight ladies in turn each entertain with @ whist until everyone had a whist at her home. The first two of the whists were held Thursday afternoon at the homes of Mrs. Vera A. McDonald and Mrs. H. E. Remington. The eight leaders are Mrs. L. D. Crawford, Mrs. H. E. Rem- ington, Mrs. Vera A McDonald, Mrs. George Moon, Mrs. Frank Larrabee, Mrs George M. Graves, Mrs . Ralph Bass and Mrs. J. L. Harroun. To Consider Parking. In regard to the parking of autemo- biles about the main street of the city, the street committee of the common council will hold a meeting in the council chamber Monday evening for the purpose of hearing all persons in- terested in the matter. Putnam Bankruptcy Hearing. A meeting of the creditors of the bankrupt estate of Sadie Druker of Putnam was held the office of Referee A. J. Bowen Wednesday. At- torney Gressier of Putnam represent- ed the bankrupt while E. A. Prentice of Norwich and James Bennett of Boston appeared for the creditors. G. M. Holbrook of Putnam was appoint- ed trustee and B. K. Smith and W. E. Ouvison were -appointed apraisers of the estate. Educational Meeting at South Coventry Many citizens of the town of Coven- try were present at the meeting held in the town hall in South Coventry Wednesday evening in the interests of education. B. H. Ireland, superintend- ent of the Coventry school was chair- man of the meeting which was ad- dressed by Charles D. Hine, secretary of the state board of education. Super- visors of the schools in that vicinity were present at the meeting. The following programme was well car- ried out: Demostration_ lessons, Miss McFar. pul Troc” Cemter sehool: © prize - speaking contest, one pupils representing each school; folk dance, pupils of first and second grades; song, pupils of _all schools. Brief Mention. Rev. J. J. Papilion pastor of St. Mary’s church s 1 with grip. Attorney Edmund W. Perkins was a visitor in Willimantic Wednesday. Mrs. Sadie White of Main street is The Quinime That Does Not Affcct Head Because of s tonlc and laxative effect, Laxative Bromo Quinine can be taken by anyone without catsing nerv- Mount_Vernon Ledge, No. 75, F. & A Wt B 227%e. master, cons erred the master Meson's a special communication Tue: the chef of the order, in the grill room that couldn’t beaten. The menu_ included: Cold meats, a la Mount Vernon, escalloped potatoes, dollar a peck style, pickles, rolls and butter, cake, coffee and ci- . Guest From lowa. George Burdick has had as a recent guest Samuel F. Myer of La Moille, Towa. He spent several days here and was much interested in eastern farm- ing as he is one of the large farmers in the west. Children’s Party. Mrs. Theresa Waterman recently en- tertained a party of children to cele- brate the birthday of her niece, Miss Miidred E. Sweet. The children en- joyed the games and refreshments prepared for them. Miss Sweet re- ceived over thirty gifts among them a solid gold chain from her grandmother Mrs. Bmma Ranev. Victrola selectios Qelighted the children. The guests in- cluded Kathleen _Dearnley, Emma Dearnley, Rebecca Hewitt, Néttie Had- dad, Nora Hoddad, Helen Haddad, Beatrice Cathcart,” Ruth Catheart, Margaret Jordon, Mildred Gilbert, Vera McBroome, Doris Bliss, Enid Spidell, Eilen Prior, Verna Tarbox. Attended Funeral. Perle Whitford was in Warren, R. L, Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mr. E. Turned. R. F. D. No. 1, Mr. ‘Whitford’s route, was covered by Den- nis Barnett. 3 PLAINFIELD Close Contests in Second Prize Shoot of e and Gun Club—Albert Mar- riott Assigned to the Prairie—Lenten Services. Krauss' hall was well filled with the members of the Plainfleld Rifle and Gun club and guests, at the second prize shoot held under the auspices of that club Tuesday evening. The shoot was one of the closest and aroused more interest and enthusiasm than any of the previous shoots. Frank Congdon and Arthur Chase were tied for first honors with a total of 218 out of a possible 225. In the shoot-off Congdon captured firs: place, getting 71 out of a possible 75 to Chase’s 70. For third place J. Krauss and L. Krauss tied with 216, L. Krauss win- ning the shoot off with a 70 compared to J. Krauss' 65 sixth place of the list was also a tie hetween I. Mercier and W. Cantwell, the former winning. the shoot off with a 67 compared to the latter's 60. s The shooting of Frank Congdon was the feature of the evening, his card for the first round showed three bulls’ eyes for a total of 7. The prizes offered to the winners of Tuesday night's shoot were beautiful and expensfve and were awarded as folows: P.&S. Shoot off First—F. Congdon 21g 71 Second—A. A. Chase 218 70 Third—L. Krauss 216 70 Fourth—J. Krauss . 218 6 Fifth—H. BEnsling Sixth—1. Mercier 212 Seventh—W. Cantwell. 212 Personal Mention. W. R. Burleigh of Providence was a caller here Wednesday. Albert Marriott has returned to Newport Naval Trafning Station, af- 213 67 60 ~gold ‘world, and makers of the fa- ‘mous untain pen, his busine ey ana Eoeraeity of b DEbIG esteemed FDirit made bim sdmired and = Place where he was known. Mr. was the son of John Bard born in the age of ten when his pare: moved to Brooklyn. His eariy school life was passed in Canterbury, and it was dur- g this time that occurred the perse: cution .of Prudence Crandall, the ex- citement making, at the time. a_d impression upon the bov. Miss Cran- dail was a pioneer teacher of col chilaren, and race prejudice was %0 strong that she was not only stoned, but as well finally lodged in jail Mr. Bard entered kiyn academy, then under the scholarly direction of Rev. Dr. Howe, a minister of the Con- gregational church. At the age of In 1846, Mr. Bard went to Boston an: engaged with his brother, who had established a‘ small factory there in the manufacture of gold pens, the firm name being Bard Brothers. The output of this factory was about 1009 pens a week, at this_time, but the business grew and flogWshed. In 1848 a branch house was opened In New York, and Mr. Bard went to that city, the business being of a at both places: later the factories con- solidated in New York. o After several vears' association with his brothers, Mr.wBard left;the firm and in 184, entered into another part- nership, the firm name being Mabie, ¥0dd and Bard, This great frm, with offices in New York. where their factory also is lo- cated, engaged in the manufacture of 2old pens, ornate gold pen-holders, ®old pencils, gold tooth-wicks and sim- ilar articles, and in connection with the Swan fountain pen became known as the greatest manufacturers of their line in the world. As the business grew, branch offices were established at Chicago and abroad, at London and Manchester. England. Dusinz his active connection with the firm Mr. Bard had charge of the business in the factory. In 1901 he disposed of his interests in the con- cern and has since lived a retired life in_ Brooklyn, always, however, keep- ing in intimate touch with the affairs of the world and enjoying health and vitality that permitted his going about and enjoyinz the evening of his life in ful: measure. Durine the administration of Pres- \dent Grant Mr. Bard devised and presented him a magnificent gold pen, robably the very finest one that has ecn made, and which never has been duplicated. death the pen. with other of the great American’s possessions, was presented to the Smithsonian institute, Washing- fon, where its beauty can be seen by the’ public. Mr. Bara first married, In New York city, Miss Julia. A. Buel, 'Who was born March 12, 1830. “In Litchfield, and died September 27, 1863, in New York, bur- ial being at Brookiyn, Conn. The children of this union Charles R. Frederick an attorney In New York., and resident at Bay- ridge. L. I The second marriage was with Miss Barah E. White, of Brooklyn, Conn. The children of this marriage were Harriet Adams, who was born in Au- gust, 1573, and died in the fall of the same year; Bertha, born 1874, died in 1892; Sldney W., teller of the Brook- iyn Savings bank, Danielson, and Er- nest R., twin to Sidney W., of Arling- ton, N. I, an electrical engineer. After President Grant's were et w, e 78S were I;I;n;b-er company has charge of the ri. February was marked here by such weather severity of & continued na- meny more forms to be turmed in, however, to make the work in the town of Killingly compiete. . News in Geners! Mfs. E. H. Keach is_to have the members of the Civic Federation at her home for g meeting Friday after- noon. Alice Tourtellotte, infant daughter o¢ Mr. and Mrs. B.°A. Tourtelletts, ia Mr. and Mrs. W. I Buyllard enter- tained Hom. Charles D. Wiggin and Attorney A, A. Ballantine snd their wiyes, Boston, Wednesday. George A. Locust of Falmouth, Mass. was a visitor with friends in Danfel- son Wednesday. Judge W. F. Woodward presided at a session of the town court Wednes- day morning, when a minor case was eard. Rev. W. D. Swajeld, pastor of the Danleison Baptist chureh, said he had not arrived at any decision relative to the cail he has received to become the pastor of the Baptist church at Willi- mantic. There was a large congregation at St. James’ church Wednesday evening for ‘the special Lenten exercises. There were delgations from the vil- 1ages of Killingly at the open meet- ing of the Danlelson Business Men's assqciation, held in the Orpheum thea- tre Wednesday evening. 600 MEN AT MEETING Of the Danisison Business M n—Ho. Charles D. Wigg Attorney" Arthur A. Ballantine, the Speakers, Were Heartily Applau More than 600 men gathered at the Orpheum -theatre Wednesday evening for what proved to be the largest meeting ever held under the auspices could devise. Mr. Bard is survived by his wife and four sons. of the Danlelson Business Men's asso- In politics e was a republican. In church matters Mr. Bard took an active interest and for several years was senior warden of St. Luke's Epis- copal church, Washington Heights, in New York, having previously been junior warden for a long period. For many vears he was treasurer of Trl ity church in Brookiyn, Conn., and al 0 its senior warden. Although Mr. Bard spent the greater part of his unoccupied time in Brook- Iyn, for many years during the sum. mer months, he did not make it his permanent home until after he retired trom business. ciation. All parts of the town of Kil- lingly were represented and many of the surrounding towns sent delega- tions. President F. E. Kunneen pre- sided. There was much enthusiasm throughout the meeting, which was in- formal, smoking being aliowed, and the speskers of the evening, Hon. Charles D. Wiggin and Attornéy Ar- thur A. Ballantine, both of ~Boston, - were “heartily applauded many times 2 during the course of their splendid addresses. The program included mu- sic by an orchestra, a xylophone solo by Earle Wood of Wauregan, fine vocal solo numbers by Alfred P. Burns and value in a 10 TODAY— and FOR A DOZEN YEARS —Helmar has been subjected to every that exacting smokers and envious competitors known test the World’s Sl&reme Standard for pure Turkish tobacco nt cigarette is Helmar. ““Friend, if you will once, you will many times.” The Mildest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. The Best tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. Mahers of the Highest Grade Trkish UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church Ste Willimantic, Ct. Teleph Lady Assistant Stnqagypros ter spending a ten days' furlough at Egyplian Cigarettes in the Werld his_home herc. He was notified that upon his re- motion pictures. The audience stood for the singing of The Star Spansied Banner and America. The meeting Few men have shown more public spirit in Brooklyn than has Mr. Bard. One gift of his was a six acre tract for gher. W, turn he would be sent to Cuba on the Prairie, from which he would be as- signed to some ship on the Atlantic Eeaore was prociaimed the best in the history of the Business Men’s asseciation. Ex- tracts from the addresses of Mr. Wig- #in and Mr, Ballantine follow: an addition to the cemetery, and this he had 1aid out and graded without ex- pense to the town. This gift to the town he presented as a memorial to o | Attractive New Spring Waists | An unusually pretty collection of New Spring s Waists has made its appearance and, eager % to be claimed by young women who appre- ciate style and quality. These new Spring models come in silk and crepe-de-chine, plain, Murray's Boston Store | WILLIMANTIC, CONN. i Some are beautifully trimmed with Venice in- sertion and others are handsomely finished with embroidery. All have the soft roll collar. SPECIAL $2.50 EACH e ————————————— . THE H. C. MURRAY CO. striped and checks. There was n large attendance at the Lenten services in St. John's church Wednesday evening. Following _the holy rosary, led by Rev. Father Keefe, the Lenten sermon was delivered by Rev. Willlam H. Kennedy of St. Mary's churdh, Greeneville. At the close of his sermon, benediction of the most blessed sacrament was given by Fa- ther Keefe. E. A. Inson of Bridgeport was In town Wednesday. PETERSON’S OINTMENT BEST FOR ECZEMA First application stops itching of Eczema, Salt Rheum and Piles. “Live and let live is my motto,” sayi Peterson. “Druggists all over Amer- ica sell PETERSON'S OINTMENT for 25 cents a box and I say to these druggists, if anyons buys my pintment for any of the diseases or ailments for whieh I recommend it and are not benefited, give them their money back. “I've gat a safe full of thamk- ful letter testitylng to the mighty healing _ power ' of Peterso: int- ment for old -and running sores, eczema, salt theum, ulcers, sore nip- ples, broken breast, itching scalp and skin, blind, bleeding andyitching piles.” John Scott, 283 Virghnia St., Buf- falo, writes: '“Petersan's Ointment is simply wenderful. It cured me of e and alse piles, and did it so ai that I was astonished.” his daughter, Bertha. Another evi- dence of his thoughtfulness was that a certain portion of this memorial was set apart for the use of persons who gould’ not afford to purchase burial ots. No resident of the town was held in more sincere regard nor sincere affec- tion than was Mr. Bard, who was a courteous, Christian gentleman. FUNERAL. Mrs. Joseph Robl At her home in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon funeral services for Martha R. Robbins, widow of Joseph Robbins, were conducted by Rev. George F. Ge- nung, D. D.. pastor of the Baptist church. Burial was in the South cem- etery. The bearers were Leroy Pearl, Irving Frink, Frederick Miller. Cari A. ¥, Wood was the funeral Bowen. director. Herbert Anderson Recovering Mrs. Edward Anderson and her daushters, Mary, Lucy, Leuise and Elsle, have been at New Britain, mak- ing the trip by motor, to visit Mrs. An- derson’ the last six months. The sen, R. company, had his foot and H. R. The in- crushed under a car wheel, jufy was so serious that recovery has been very slow, but the prospect now is that he will escape the necessity of having the foot amputated, first feared he must. > Rounding Up Census. Enumerators engaged in taking® military census cvontinue to 1 data as persons who are hard to are gotten ‘was at son, Herbert, who has been a patient in a hospital in that city fll:; w was in the employ of the N. Y., N. H., the in touch with. There are Address of Hon. A. A. Ballantine. Hen. Arthur A. Ballantine of the e, Boston Peaking ot the, Danicl- ne, , 8] t L] iel- son” Business Men' Bmoker held i Quality the Orpheum theatre Wednesday ev- ening took as his subject “The New America.’ and in the course of which he said: “This isTo time for light talk. The sinking of the Laconia without warn- ing, sending two unoffending and de- fenseless American women to a cruel death was the overt act. We are on the ver ‘war. We know some- thing what war means, of its terrors and its sacrifices. But the president has been tient and more fhan pa- tient, and he defense of our rights and gur, security, every man of Ameri- can prificiples will e with him, heart =nd soul. Liberty Through Law. The United States stands for liberty through law, with infinite labor, with the expenditt of war bloed, our _h'%‘ tions to as. ciple. e jeasings of that prin. problerns of maintaining mnmtllb'nm. P e e r . o r fn 1914, the German un:r.nuuz e “trone Hations' may seld t for what | ture as is seldom experienced here- abouts and included the roughest per- fod of the winter. Pledged $250, St. Philip's church members pledged $250 of the $5,000,000 - pension fund raised by the Bpiscopal church in the Unitea States Miss Frances Richardson, who Is visiting her parents here, will go_to New York Saturday to continue in So- clal Service work. Persons who have been active in th work of taking the military census ir Putnam are to meet in the rooms o the chamber of commerce this even- 8. About 1,000 persons are vet to De enrolled in’ this town. Undesirables Spotted. The police here have been informed that men who were cdhcerned in bur- glaries committed In this city about three vears ago and who were later arrested in Worcester, for other erimes, and sent to prison, have been leased and recently were seen loiter- g_about Putnam. The annual city meeting ‘for the transaction of financial business is to take place Monday next. Among the y still er nations with x-cm: and chil- :mz-"fin’a 1§u.u: o u: preparea to Aght for thelr Getence and t as never matters to be passed upon is the bud- get for the current year. Potatoss Cheaper. In_a number of places hereabouts the price of potatoes took a tumble to 90 cents a peck Wednesday. The high- we for the tubers 59.:-'6 Quoted fail m"r:'.mam“t:‘ u’g k3 B o ou et e, o (Continued on Page Three) ‘bouts during the ighty Vel quotations was $1.25 a peck, and nu- merqus sales were made at that price. Red Cross Chapter M Feb, 27 there was a meeting of the executive hoard of the newly formed local chapter of the American Red Cross at the rooms of the chamber of commerce. Plans were made for a membership campaign with an objec- tive of 1,000 members in Putnam. Con- necticut has pledzed 100,000 members, Public Organ Recital. At Saint Phillp’s church Paul Vaka of Webster will be the recitalist on Baturday afternoon. This ond in the series of publ! grams which will be presented every Baturday until Holy Week. Mr. Vaka is a youns man of promise, studying at the Conservatory in Worcester un- der Professor Raymond Robinson of the Central Congregational church of Boston, v The Woman's Auxiliary will meet in the Guild room Thursday at 2.90, There will be a service at 3.45 In the church. Triday evening at 7.30 cven- ing prayer will be said, with a read- ing from Dr. Slattery’s lectures on Immortality. Sunday, the first in the month, the Holy Communion will be celebratéd at 1045 as well as at 8 a. m. Eveninz service is at 7 and Sunday school at noon. No Short Calendar Friday. By order of Judge Gardiner Greene, there will not be a short calendar ses- gion of the sup row, Friday, the same stead of Tuesday of inal business: will P waek. Civil business ma for second weelk State Attorney Cha Eiven notice that fice Saturday, Ma 8 p. m., for criminal business, OBITUARY resentative Louis P. Lam sentative Lou wn of Thomj e at midnigh death came as a_shock and friends, he had short time with grip, tion was pot Lamoureux and was the ol i hous A1 X wis b ro, P, Q. Vebruary 26, 184 rs he has been o resi irosvenordale and was known citizens of the son. By occupation he contractor and built bufidings in the Growybn, He had held many offices i1 won, including selectman and assessor, He leaves his aix children. Five other uhildre There are also 28 grandchildre brothers end two sisters livine.