Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 12, 1917, Page 6

ol A Mothers Grateful Praise of This Family Remedy. Fashioned 3 hareefllm&emnfllerofdu’i " four heal nsur' F:d;wér John's eford:elut t medicine fir:yunandfindhnm!kn for the cluldrenn reheved. s and colds. If recofl:mm John’s to many of my friends and Iwuuld not be without it. (Signed) Halmboldt, 201 Elm St., Mrs. E. ria, L, L A safe family medicine because it contains no alcohol or danger- ous drugs but is all pure and wholesome nourishment. YSTIC { T i Local Friends at Birthday Surprise Party in Ledyard—Second Troop -of Boy Scouts Elect Officers. Enos M. Gray, Jr. was given surprise party at the home of hla parents, Mr. and Mrs. Enos M. Gray in Ledvard Saturday, the date being His nineteenth birthday. Relatives and friends were present from North Stonington, Miystic, Norwich and Led- vard and games were played and sup- per was served during the evening. A birthday cake with 19 lighted-candles adorned the table. Young Mr. Gray received numerous birthday gifts. Scouts Elect Officers. ‘Walter Hammond who_has been the means of organizing the Boy Scouts in the village, met the second troop of scouts at the hall on Baptist Hill Fri- day evening when the following offi- cers were elected: President, Archie Park; vice president, Robert Steven- son; Patrol of Flying Eagles: Cec- retary, Samuel - Sawyer; reasurer, Harmon BEradley. * Thirteen boys have taken the tenderfoot test and two boys the emaphone test in order tc become second class scouts. Mr. David of Groton, will be pres- ent next Friday evening to give a lecture on birds. After the meeting Archie Park gave the boys lnslmcuon in drills and marches. Short Paragraphs. Mrs, Stephen J. Austin spent Sun- day with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lil- libridge, in Norwich Town. Ralph Van Gelder has returned from a week’s visit in Buffalo, N. Y. Harry B. MacKenzie spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Enos M. Gray, in Ledyard. Mr. and Mrs. N. Stanton Gates bave returned from a brief visit in New York. Mrs. annie Williams has returned from -several weeks’ stay with her daughter, Miss Martha Williams, in Boston. Miss Genevleve Frink is visiting in New York. PLAINFIELD Former Overseer George Keene a Sat- urday Caller—Rev. U. O. Bellerose to Deliver Lenten Sermen. William Donnelly of Baltic spent Sunday_with_Plainfield relatives. Miss Bdith Peterson spent the week- end with friends in Providence. Miss Anna Wakely of Central Vil- lage spent Sunday with friends in Plainfield. Henry Dodge emp]oyed by the N. Y., N. H. and H. at Midway, spent the week-end here ‘with his par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Swanson_ of Baltic were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. John, Taylor of Lawton Heights. ‘William Treckman of Occum spent Sunday with local friends. Former Local Overseer. George Keene of Westbrook, Me., was a Plainfleld caller Saturday, Mr. Keene was formerly overseer in the carding department of the Lawton Mills company. Ernest Mills of Providence was a local caller Saturday. The St. John Cadets will hold their weekly drill in their rooms, this (Mon- day) evening. George Dougherty was run down by an automobile Friday afternoon while ;eturning from school but escaped in- ury. Sunday was the communion Sunday of the married ladies of St. John’s par- ish and Rev. Fr. Keefe administered communion to a large number. Lenten Preacher. Rev. U. O. Bellerose of Taftville will deliver the Lenten sermon st. John's church Wednesday evenillg. New Britain—The annual statement of Landers, Frary & Clark, known as one of the largest manutiacturers of cutlery in the world, has been made public and shows the concern to be in excellent financial condition. The sur- plus is $886,881.32. " BAD BREATH Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets Get at the Cause and Remove It Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets, the sub- stitute for calomel, act gently on the bowels and positively do the work. People afflicted with bad breath find juick relief through Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar- soated tablets are taken for bad breath by _all who know them. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets act but firmly on the bowels and lxver. &hlmg them to matural action, dearing the blood and gently purifying’ he entire system. They do that which rous calomel does without any of All tha.ftzr eff e benefits nasty, sickening, mf!n:tlm are derived from Dr. Olive Tablets without grip- .ngrpallx:: u!r‘ any disagreeable effects. wards discovered the formula. after seventeen years of prac- tice among patients afflicted with bowel and liver complaint with the attendant bad breath. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are pure- ly_a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their slive colnr ‘Take one or. two every night for a week and note the etfect. 10c and 25«: per box. All druggists. tax on the grand list of the town for a sinking fund for the issue of bonds BALTIC Special Town Meeting Votes 9-Mill Tax and Provides for Sinking Fund for lssue of Bonds—Fourteenth An- nual English Tea Party Attended by A special meeting of the voters of the town of Sprague was held in the town hall Saturday afternoon at 2 o'- clock to lay a tax to meet the expenses bf the town and for the support of the public school. Also to lay a special and for the interest from the bonds when the interest may become due. A motion was made and carried author- izing the town treasurer to set aside and hold the following sums from the genera] funds of the town on the fol- lowing dates. On the first day of April in the years of 1917 to 1920, inciusive, the sum of $1,150 intact of said vears on the first day of April, in the years 1917 to 1936, inclusive, the sum of §1,- 550, in each of said years; on the first day of April, in the years 1937 to 1948, inclusive, the sum of $1,800 in each of said years; that said sum be deposited in such bank or trust company. As may be directed by the selectmen and that any interest earned by such de- posits be added thereto and that such sums, deposits and interests be usea to pay the issue of the bonds in the sum of $50,000; when the sum shall mature. A motion was carried that a nine mill tax be laid on the grand list which will bring it about $27,090. This amount will be ample to pay the ex- prenses of the town for the current vear, providing no epidemic is preva- lent. Thomas F. Kelly w: man of the meeting and Cote was chosen clerk. Tea Party. The fourteenth annual English_tea party was held in Sprague hall, Sat- urday evening. A supper of cold meats, ham, pickles, English teacakes, and was served by the ladies of the differ. ent societies of the Baltic Methodist Bpiscopal church, assisted by - the members of Troop No. 1,” Boy Scouts. The swpper was a decided success. About 400 were present. The following progranime was finely rendered: Gypsy chorus, Bohemian Girl, Balfe, choir; piano solo, Miss N. V. Milner; soprano solo, Angus, Mac- donald,- Roechel, Miss Annie B. Cald- well; Teading, O, This Boil, James Broughton; contralto solo, Come and Forgive Me, Edwin Greene, Mrs. Leon- ard “Prentice; Minuet from Dorothy, Cellier, Miss Jennie White’s class; comic song, Take Your Umbrella Wita You John, John Holland: Pastimes of Allard and Bamford, accompanied by Mrs. Thom- as Bamford; bass solo, selected, ackson; solo, Maurice Telliers, Mrs. Leonard Pren tice; quartette, Town Topics, Messrs. Bailey, Garrett, Houghton and Bethel soprano solo, On Venice Waters, Roe der, Miss Annie B. Caldwell; reading, A Respectable Man, James Broughton; comic song, I'm Studying the Doctor’s Orders, John Holland, The accompan- ists were Robert Bethel, Miss Nellie V. Milner, Mrs. Thomas Bamford, Miss Gunhied Swanson. Each number on the programme was repeated. Mrs. Prentice’s solos won much favor. She possesses a contralto voice of rich quality very even. Miss Caldwell's solos were sung with an exquisitely trained voice was repeatedly encored. Thomas Bamford and Joseph Allard proved their ability to entertain. The, drill between two pickaninnies incited heartiest laughter. The an- nouncements were made by Samuel Lawton. The proceeds were given to the trustees of the Baltic M. E. church. Visitors came from Norwich, Greene- yille, Taftville, Occum, Plainfleld, Jew. ett City, Willimantic, South. ‘Windham, Hanover, Scotland and White Rock. News in General. Miss Loretta Caseyr of Waterbury and Miss Norberta Smith of Williman- tic spent the week-end with Baltic friends. James Cody, who has been in ‘Woon- socket the past week, has returned home. Miss Ethel Brown was the guest of friends in Worcester over the week- erd. Joel Swanson was a Willimantic caller Sunday. Miss Mae Buckley of Connecticut college spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Buck- ley and had as her guests Misses Dor- cas Gallup, Allyn Bitgood and Anna Buller. Miss Anna Driscoll of Jewett City passed \Sunday with local friends. Mrs. 'William H. Buteau was a Hartford visitor Sunday. Thomas Bell of Putnam spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Bell. Misses Edythe Grant of Quaker Hill and Gladys Conbils of Hanover were Sunday guests of Mrs. Delwin S. Mar- tin, s elected chair- Arthur P. Annual In New Home. Moses Chabot has moved from a tenement on High street to his new home on the Old Scotland road. John Kelley of Willimantic was a Sunday visitor in town. Mr. and Mrs. James Royals of White Rock were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bamford. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Barnett of Danielson, formerly of Baltic, spent Saturday with friends in town. Joseph Phalen of Trenton, N. J. was the guest of local fr]end.l Sunday. Miss Mollie Rainey of Willimantic was a Sunday e, merly of Baitic, spent the week-end at his home on Wall street. Glrounl of Willimantic was a Headquarters of Rhode Island Boy Scouts has o) four trooj ville and a fourth in Pro'ldflfles, and Chief Scout Donald North has to form four more troops next week. If the right kind of scoutmasters are available heqdqflna expects to or- ganize in the %lh within a short tm ‘Third being the Fir: Secord and the Bradford pfl Chlfl- Fow- ler. the head of the dfi utmasters, will lppflht:'”}m of mwfllcn"’l‘h sioner for Washington county, Major G. Edward Buxton, Jr., for Providence county, Albert L. Russell for the city of Providence and Milton R. udnmh for Cranston. Scoutmasters Wickwire, Arthur Vickers and J. m- old Williams, have been appointed spe- cial scout commissioners, and assigned to headquarters staff. Joseph LeClaire, 34, a former resi- dent of Westerly, was fatally injured, Friday afternoon, while at work on the wharf of the Mexican Petroleum Product company, Providence, Friday afternoon, and died at the Rhode Isl- Snd houpttel bdcly Saturdey) toraine- A heavy timber fell upon Mr. La- Claire’s head and he sustained a frac- ture of the skull and other injuries. The mother of the deceased now lives in Waterbury. Albert Socha, of Norwich, entered suit in _the superior court at Provi- dence, Saturday, against S. Foster Hunt, of Providence, alleging that he was struck and knocked Gown by the defendant’s automobile in Thames street, Norwich, November 25, 1916. Damages of $2,000 are claimed. Ar- chambault and Archambault are the counse] for ‘the plaintiff. There has been a general of the traffic laws in Wester! there to be strict enforcement, here- after, according to the statement of Thomas E. Brown, chief of police, who kas ordered that all violators be ai rested and he will attend to the prose- cution. He has given warninz that all automobile laws must be strictly ad- hered to, and if the warning is not heedéd arrests will surely follow. George Ferraro was arrested Satur- day, charged with reckless driving of his jitney r, ‘When arraigned in the Third district court he pleaded guilty, and Judge Williams postponed sentence until the regular session of court next Friday. Sunday. the jit- ney license of Charles Ferraro, a brother of George, was suspended by Maurice W. Flynn, traffic commis- sioner, for having his car headed the wronz way and standing on the same vlace, not as a specified jitney stand, for over thirty minutes. Lewis Stanton, for saveral vears su- perintendent of health for the town of Westerly, has tendered his resign: lian Seddon of Plainfield were, Baltic itors over the week-cnd. Addressed Firemen. The members of the Baltic Fire com- pany held a meeting in their rooms in the town hall building Saturday evening. Chief Thomas F, Kelly- ad- dressed the meeting, speaking on Pro- tection. Sunday at St. Mary’s Church. The 8 o'clock mass in St. Mary's church was read by Rev. Thomas Lynch who also ceiebrated the 10 o’- clock high mass which was followed by a sermon in English. Father Lynch took for his theme, Scandal. At 3.45 o'clock in the afternoon benediction was given by Rev. J. U. E. Bellanger. Fred C. White of Providence called on Baltic friends Sunday. STAFFORD SPRINGS High School Seniors to Start For Washington March 30th—Borough May Have Boy Scout Troop—Cleri- cal Association to Meet. A special meeting of the Stafford Business Men’s association has been called for this (Monday) evening. Seniors to Visit Washington. The senior class of Stafford High school will leave for the annual Wash- Ington trip. March 30th. There are 22 in the party this year. Buys Fitton Property. T. F. Mullen has bought the James Fittcn house on Crown street. He is contemplating making many improves ments hefore moving into the place. Completes Census. Stafford’s military census is rapi lv nearing completion. Sixteen hun- dred names have already been handed in ani checked. There are about 100 more to come in. Runaway Causes Troub! A horse from South _Willington which was hitched in C. B. Garry & Son’s vard near the livery stable broke loose Saturday afternoon and ran across the stre‘et, then in between the boiler housc of the Johnson mill and the Fourz next to the Congregational church. A line full of clothes was in the way and ilhe animal broke the line letting the ciothes on to umlgz\mml, The carriage turned over at foot of the hil and the horse fell. The carriag> was considerably damaged but the horse escaped uninjured. Taik of Scout Troop. An effort is being made to organ- ize a trcop of Boy Scouts in town. Al- ready there is a troop at the Metho- t ‘church, but if the new troop is formed 1this one will disband. A committee consisting of Col. W. H Hall, Major C. B. Pinney, Cliffora A Tinker. F. S. and R. W. EIl- lis will have general charge and the work will be under the direction of Richard H. Valentine and Donald D. Mitchell. Uniforms and equipment will be provided as scon as the re- quired number, thirty-two, for the troon have enlisted. = Those boys are to notify Mr. Valentine or Mr. Mitchell. Brevities. Louis L. Pra has sold his business tOrile postponsd mesting of the e_postpon: rg‘nt Eve)nt.l club will.be held thb (Monday) evening. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Kihl l!m moved to Rockviile. Napoleon Pero has retarned from a brief visit with relatives in Philadel- phia. Clerical Association to Meet. Stafford Clerical The and mmmn of wmrly. icy Geardner of Littleton Com. lnmu.l‘n-..nnd William hand of gypsies, five automobile loads of them, passed through West- erly, Sunday, bound to Boston. The cars haye Pennsylvania and Connec- ticut markers. The strict enforcement of automo- this- time, means much to the many visiting au- tomobilists that wiil be in town in the good old summer time. Majors Nash and Babcock were at the armory Friday and Saturday, con- ducting examinations for members of the Fifth company for promotion of privates to corporals, and qualifica- tions for second class gunners. The members of the Plumbers and Gas Fitters’ union held a roast pig supper, in Caledonian hall Saturday night. James P. McKenna was toast- master and the committee that ar- ranged for the enjovable event, was comprisedy of Joseph Ozzane, David Lowry and S. F. Shkea. This week the Rhode Island general assembly will consider raising the sal- aries of the higher court judges, the proposed increase being $2,000. At present the salary of the chief justice is $6,500, that of the presiding jus- tice of the superior court $6,000, the other judges receiving $5,500. John Harris Sprink, who was born in_North Kingstown, November 30, 1830, died at his home in that town Friday afternoon, of acute indigestion His first wife was Miss Abby E. El dred. Twenty-eight years ago hema: ried Miss Harriet Reynolds of Pough- keepsie, who died in 1299. John W. rphy, printing career in Westerly, was onc at the banquet in Norwich, Saturday night, in celebration of the golden jub- ilee of the orwich Typographical Union. Mr. Murpby is president of the Providence union and. secretary of the New England Typographical union. Six enlistments to the Fifth com- pany were made last week, in the ef- fort to increase the membership of forty and bring the company up_ to the maximum. This company has been on bridge guard duty for a month, during which only_one man responded to the sick that was for a minor and com- plaint. P Under the head of EAi ‘Glances at Men and Things, in Leslie’s Ilustrated Newspaper, date of March 9, 1861, complete volumes of which are owned by Henry V. Brown, of West- terly, appears this note" of local in- terest: “Horace Hopkins of Providence while attempting to get upon the train which left Hartford at 2 o'clock, ves- terday afternoon, as it passed River Point, fell under the cars and had two of his feet cut oft—Norwich Bul- letin. He was fortunate in not losing all his feet, was he not, neighbor?” NORWICH TOWN Third in Series of Missionary Soci —The Late Mrs. Augusta Learned a Former Local Resident — Parents’ Day at Schools Wednesday. The third in a eeries of missionary socials given by the missionary com- mittee of the Y. P. S. C. E. of the First Congregational church was held Sat- urday evening at _the home of the Misses Avery on West Town treet with about 40 present. Missionaries of Turkey were impersonated. Miss Esther Heath took the part of Miss Mary Bly, one of the pioneers. Her call to the mission fleld, her work in the girls’ boarding schoot at Bitlis, her experience on tours, was full of interest. She also told of the close connection between her sister, who accompanied her to Turkey, and herseif. Miss Mary Louise Graffam, a modern ml.llionn.ry in stu. Turkey, was im- mnated by Miss Margaret teacher and helper in the schools at Sivas; also of her thrilling and dreadful adventures on her jour- nayl to do Red Cross work in this war. closing the story was told of her hln‘no’ ‘with the Armenian refugees in fl)‘ late deportation of the Armeni- *"Bfies Heten Avery took the character of Anna a native worker, tell- Marsovan. Christine Bacheler spoke of e, Gho Sraphiaty eave's vathers e. ® grap! ve a e my of == A Armenian ‘-‘ - curios were ‘program mn lmuflc and games enjoyed and refreshments served. Resided on Washington Street. who began his’ THE S. A. GOLDSMIT4 NEW LONDON CONN BEGINNING TODAY When you read this, this store will be ready, with a complete line of the justly famcus Printzess Suits and Coats Printzess garments are noted for their beauty of design, thier excellerice of tailoring and for the goodness of the fabrics that enter into their making. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS OPENING EXHIBIT AND SALE A RECORD BRF_AI_(ER b Any Printzess Suit cr Coat Will Be Sold This Week $5 to $10 Less Than In Any Other Garment Store Within a Radius of 50 Miles - Forty-five years of reputable business standing in this community back of this statement makes it a fact—not a vague pro;nin BRING ALONG YOUR PRINTZESS ART FOLIO —IF IT’S ANYTHING IN PRINTZESS GARMENTS THAT YOU MAY WANT We Have It iao At $5 to $10 Less Than Any Other Store In Eastern Connecticut 'Hundreds of other gar- ments — Suits, Dresses, Your flre' refunded both ways during PRINTZESS WEEK Come to New London at our expense during Your fare paid both ways 1 s 2 trom. any: getnt Githin 28 iniles and Sport Apparel at ma- | 4 special inducement to come with any garment sale. terial nvinp in tllil .‘h to New London this week. We Give S. & H. Green Stamps with all purchases. The Bee Hive 131 to 143 STATE STREET, NEW LONDON, CONN. a German chemist, for conspiring to vtohu the neutrality of this sountry by_plotting a revolution in Indfa. Neither the police nor the agzents of the department of jéstice would dis- close what they had learned from Gup- ta. They announced, however, that Gupta and Dr. Chakraberty probabi would be arraigned before a Unite States commissioner. tomorrow. 3 Gupta, who is 32 years old, 15 a nas tive of Calcutta. Town street school Wednesday of this | DEATH OF EX-PREMIER week will be observed as Parents’ day. AVAKUMOVITCH OF SERBIA Said to Have Occurred at an Intern- ment Camp in Hungary. London, March 11, 4.30 p. m.—An- nouncement is made at an internment camp in Hungary, says a despatch from Corfu to = Reuter's Telegraph company, Limited, of the death of ex- Premier Avakumovitch fo Serbia. Jovan Avakumevitch was premier of the provisional Serbian _government formed after the assassina®ion of King and Queen at Bel- grade 14 years ago. A HINDU STUDENT AT COLUMBIA ARRESTED In Connegtion With an Alleged Con- spiracy to Violate Neutrality Laws. New York, March 1l.—Heramba L. Gupta, a Hindu student at Colum- = bia university, was arrested ‘here to- day after he was interrogated by the police and federal authorities for thros in connection with against Dr..Chandra Chakraberty, an- athér Hindu, and Dr. Ernst Sekunna, Don’t You Want Good Teeth? Does the dread d-fimldnlr you negl them? V. e it e S LA nave gour testh flled crowned or extracted mLUTlL' le'l”‘DU? PIIN. w CONSIDER THESE OTHER FEATURF.‘; ETRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE - STERILIZED INSTR! Home Notes of Interest. John Casey from Springfield, Mass., was at his home of West Town street over Sunday. Thomas Spaulding of East Lyme is employed: at the Glen woolen mills and is boarding on Sturtevant street. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Blacker of Colchester have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Blacker of McClellan ave- nue. Collinsville—Whoopinz ~ cough - is prevalent in' Collinsvilfe, and the at- tendance in school is ‘greatly’ lessened on account of it. — Little Girl Had Croup. Every mother knows and fears croup. Mrs. R. M. Raney, R. F. D. 2, Stanford, Ky., writes: “My little girl had besn having croup every few nights. I be’ gan to give her a few drops of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound every two or three hours, and that night she slept well, never coughed any, and the next day her cold was gone. To all of my friends I.am saying: ‘Get a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar for la grippe cau'h‘ colds and croup. A genuine cure’” TLee & Osgood Co. Several from this vicinity attended the English tea party Saturday even- ing given at the Methodist Epis- copal church. The only granddaughter surviving Mrs. Daniel Lucy, whose 'death was noted in Saturday’s Bulletin, is Miss Margaret Lucy Mehoney of the Scot- land road. After being absent a few weeks, Mr. Kreegan has returned as boss carder at the Glen woolen mill. Norm: Armitage, who took his place in tI interim, has left town. _ UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE OF BOSTON FIREMEN Couldn’t Use Water Because Building Was Charged With Electricity. Boston, March 11.—Firemen had an ‘when a con- JINZNTS g . BI.IAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING Go LOWEST PRICES OONII"INT WITH BEST WORK 1f these a 1 to call -nnknuon estimate. oo el i e oal tog 173 OR. F. C. JACKSON Dl. D. J. COYLE : “NT“ISTG (Buccessors to the King Dental c;) OHWICN. coNf. . —-? s P. M. Ne 202 MAIN ST. Lady Agistant