Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 20, 1917, Page 2

the police station held affair which took on noon and in which Wyo- Russek lost his life. At the “con- the examination of - that he would turn the matter over to uilng Attorney X F_Bugbec Who miay dispose of the case he Sherise desree. C 1 ' hand down his finding in the case soon. Zenzel, who did the shooting, re fuses to say anything in resard to the affelr and remains the way he has acted for some time. The prisomer has rotained Attorney P. J. Dannahey Dr. L. I Mason performed an autop- °s body Thursday-after- ted the bullets that were fired into the man. The bullet that.is believed to have caused ‘death passed through the heart, making death- in- stantaneous. : OBITUARY. «. Leander A. Clark. The death of Leander A. Clark oc- Wednesday night after an illness of some duration. The cause of death Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA A Clean-up Sale OF ODD PATTERNS a little shop worn CLEAN-UP PRICES Our only excuse is to change them for new ones—as we have to Bay more for new spring goods—below are some 1 A 9x12 Fibre Rug was $11—now $8.95 A $10.50 Iron Bed down to $7.50 A $10.00 Iron Bed down to $6.75 A $3.00 Iron Bed down to $6.50 A $5.00 Iron Bed down to $395. A $5.50 Florence Oil Heater now $4.85. Use your own judgment in the mat- " LINCOLN'S | Furniture Store 3 Telephone 285-3 Main and Union Streets k Willimantic, Conn. JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmore & Shepard FaneralDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 Nortk St., Willimantic Lady Assistant Tel connection HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER, 62 Church St, Willimantic, Ct. Telephoae Lady Assistant DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST Removed to 715 Main St, Hours—9% a. m. to § p. m. imant Phone 44 a farmer and Johnson of South Coventry and grandchilaren, nd . and Roy | o Raymo: i Johnson and Mrs. C. L Loomiis of Cov- entry. 2 FUNERALS Mrs: Lavisa Allen. The funeral services for Mrs. Lavisa E. P. Ayer officiated at the.services. Thread Col Ball Club’s Election. Charles W. Hill presided at the an- nual meeting of the American Thread company baseball club held recently. Among the plans discussed at the ‘meeting was the advisability of run- ning two teams at the mill instead of one during the coming season. Thu matter was le(t to be decided at a Grandsons of the deceased acted as bearers. Burial was in the Mansfield Center cemetery. Raymond L'Oiseau. ; The funeral of Raymond L'Oisea was held from his home on ‘street Thursday morning at 7. clock. Requiem high mass was cele- brated in St. Mary's. church at eight o'clock by Rev. C. L. Lemieux. Vincent. cemetery. FELL FROM BRIDGE Private Casey, on Guard Duty, Missed Step and Landed in Pile of Cinders While patrolling. his guard on a railroad bridge in the Willimantic yard Private Casey of the local company missed his step and fell about fiftecn feet into a pile of cinders and ashes, about four o'clock Thursday mornins. As the.result of the accident the pri vate is confined to the armory with a sprained back and cuts about the face and body. It will be several days before he can resume his duties with the guard. - Although nearly uncon- scious after the fall Private Casey managed to call the corporal of the guard who had men come from the armory and bring the injured man back with them on a stretcher An Old Offender. James Shea, who has been the cause of more or less trouble to the local police for some time, was again placed under arrest Thursday afternoon while under the influence of liquor. Mrs. Shea tried to get her husband to Eo home with her but he refused and she then lodzed a complaint against him. Shea made an effort to get'away a ter he had been arrestad but in this he failed. He will appear before the police court this morning. At Cance Club’s Dance. Many df the young people of this city attended the dance given in the Nipnet Canoe club Thursday evening. To Organize Moosup Lodge. Deputy State Organizer James F. Twomey of Willimantic Lodge, No. 1440, L. O. O. M., will be in Moosup on Sunday and orsanize a lodge of Moose. Along with the organizer will be the local desree team of twenty members who will work the first de- grcy on several candidates for the new lodse. It is expected that about sixty members of the local lodge will make the trip from this city in automobil?s. The party will start from the Moose Home on Pleasant street at noon. Speeders Have Close Call. Two men had a narrow escape when the car in which they were riding skid- ded and struck a tree in South Wind- ham. The accident happened shortly after 4 o'clock on the first turn in the village coming north. A witness of the affair stated that the car was soing at a very fast rate and as the corner was approached the car did not slow down, consequently skidded, and first struck a culvert which threw it asainst a tree across the road. As the car struck the tree one of the men was thrown out and the other was badly cut on the back of the head by the fying slass of the windshield. The iront end of the car was damaged and one of the rear tires was blown out Member of Nominating Committee. Many of the papers about the state published the fact that Charles Fen- ton of this city was elected at the State encampment of the S. A. R. a delesate to the national convention of the G. A. R., to be held in Boston. Cap- tain Fenton was a member of the nom- inating committee and was not elect- ed to act as a delegate. Arbor Day Exercises. The exercises of the pupils of the Windham Street school to commemo- rate Arbor and Bird day will be held on the lawn of the school this morn- ing at 11 o'clock. The exercises will be patrictic as well as appropriate for WILLIMANT It is not the easiest matter to ing. In the section devoted small, yoythful shapes for -older there are the wider are priced at 98¢ and up to nets that will interest every io $3.50 . - Murray's Boston Store Children’s Hats 15 years of age that will look youthful and yet becom- with ribbon streamers, while for the girl a few years styles to be in keeping with the miss in her teens. These AUTOMOBILE HATS AND BONNETS We have assembled a collection of Auto Hats and Bon- of it they are so stylish and becoming that one does not need go motoring to wear one. e — —————— THE H. G. MURRAY CO. IC. CONN. get a hat for a girl fromS to to head gear you will find the young girl, and some brim hats, all trimmed in $3.98 motorist, and the best part Priced at 59¢ and up ain o'~ ‘The bearers were Albert Girouard, Charies e Ta Atwoodville on | LeClaire, Plerre Lavalle and Moise T o e an Burial was in St. Joseph's son and Clifford Smith were ¢fiosen to act with the officcrs of the club as a board of directors. The election - of officers resulted as follows: President, Charles W. Hill: vice president, Robert Higgins; secretary, James Cochrane; treasurer, William Champlin. Manager of the basebail team, John McQuillan. THREAD CITY CYCLERS HELD ANNUAL MEETING Roy W. Downer Re-elected President of the Organizat The annuai meeting of the Thread City Cyclers was held in the new rooms of the organization at 752 Main street. Thursday evening at § o’clock. President Roy W. Downer presided at the meeting which was attended by many members of the club. The re- ports of the officers and various com- mittees were read and showed the club to have had a prosperous vear in spite of the fact that they were burned out in the Jordan bullding fire. The board of directors were authorized to revise the by laws of the club and Teport at the next qearterly meeting. The following officers were_elected for the coming year: Roy W. Downer, president; Dwight M. Jordan, vice president; Henry Costello, recording secretary: Lester Blish, financial sec- retary: A. V. Anderson, treasurer: Clinton T. Wood and Raymond A. Par ker were chosen to act as directors. The membership committee comsists of P. Gilbert Flynn, chairman: R. W. Potter, Georze Parker, W. E. Collin and Donald E. Crane. The meeting was, adjourned about 9.30 o'clock. Clarence Sevin of Norwich, was in this city Thursday C. Hooker is in North Brookfield, attending the funeral of a rel- The Woman's Auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A. will have its meeting in the association building this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fiske are at their home in Coventry, after two weeks' wedding trip through the south. Miss McClosky, R. 'N., has returned to her home in New Haven, after do- ing special duty in one of the local nogpital he annual ‘banquet of the medical soclety of this city will be held May 2. This was decided at a special meet- ing of the society Wednesday even- ing. Captain Charles Fenton and Jerome B. Baldwin have returmed, after at- tending the state encampment of the G. A. R. in_Bridgeport. At the en- campment Commander Baldwin was elected to act as a delegate to the na tional_convention to be held in Boston next September. PLAINFIELD Home Guard Mombers Being Measur- ed for Uniforms—Handsome Flag at Lawton Mills—Joseph Lacrosse Em- ployed in Norwich. Members of the Home Guard in the town of Plaintield are being measured for their uniforms. A large American flag was unfurled on the newly erected flag pole on the beautiful Jawn of Lawton Mills Corp. Wednesday morning. Mrs. aDniel Connell and Miss Mae Geary were in Norwich Wednesday. Miss Alice Brennan has returned to Jewett City after spending a week with Mrs. Provost and famil. Edward Nygren has purchased a new motorcyele. Attended Dance. Local people who _attended the dance in Milner hall, Moosup Thurs- day given by the Bachelor Girls in- cluded John Leahy and Norman Whip- Dle. Herman Guillet. was a business call- er in Jewett City Thursday. Harry Bernier was in Thursday on business. Joseph Lacasse is employed in Nor- wich at Hopkins and Allen's, on night work. Miss Evelyn . Greenwood was Norwich Thursday. Rev. Arthur Barwick 18 in New Hav- ien for a few days. Danielson in Hartford.—The new superintendent of the Hartford hospital, Dr. Lewis A. Sexton, of Johns Hopkins hospital, Baitimore, Md.. will arrive here to take charge of the Hartford institu- tion about May 1. Lemons Beautify! l {§ strain lemon ‘juice well before mixing and massage face, - reck, arms, hands. lieutenant and is now senior captain :‘g zhehl'eglmwl :&L b;!'he non, i%od" ion- sc held even- ings, with Captain Taylor in charge. Government Building Sits. After more than six months’ nego- tiations searching of records, etc., the government has finally concluded all details with regard to the purchase of the Babcock lot, so-called, at the cor- ner of Willo wstreet and East Main street, formerly owned by William Dudley of New York, as a site for the proposed new federal building. But there is not much prospect of a new post office building for Mystic right away. Eighty-sixth rthday. Miss Mary E. Brown celebrated her eishty-sixth birthday at her home on Dennisor avenue Wednesday and re- ceived many calls from relatives and friends. Miss Brown also received many gifts and flowers. Brevities. L. E. Kinney and Frank B. Buckley were in Willimantic Thursday. There was a large attendance at the dance given in Odd Fellows’ hall on Thursday evening. Eckstein’s orches- tra furnished music and Clarence Da- vis was prompter. JEWETT CITY Party Given Miss Ruth Ballou on Her Ninth Birthday — Ladies’ Society Meets With Mrs. T."A. Robinson. Mrs. F. D. Ballou entertained a par- ty of small people on Tuesday to cele- brate the ninth birthday of her daugh- ter, Miss Ruth Ballou. The children enjoved the spider web with its prizes at the end and pinned on_ the don- key’s tail, put a lettuce leaf in Peter Rabbit's fhouth, and had an egg hunt. Beatrice Alley, Gwendolyn Allinz, Ma- rian Jeffers, Ellen Prior, Enid Spidell and Dorothy Willcox won the various prizes in the games. While David Bal- lou and Edward Faust beat their drums the children marched to the dining room where supper was served. The birthday cake in its setting of flowers was greatly admired. The fa- vors were patriotic boxes filled with candy. Miss Ballou received a num- ber of birthday remembrances. M. Ballou was assisted by Mrs. L. G. Buckingham, Miss Josephine ~ AMiller and Mrs. E. A. Faust. Entertained Ladies’ Society. The Ladies’ Society of the Congre- gational church met at Mrs. T. A. Rob- inson’s Thursday afternoon. ~ Mrs. Robinson was assisted by Mrs. Fy Robinson, Mrs. H. E. Paul, Miss S. Adams and Mrs. A. F. Cheney. Personals. Charles Perkins, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Perkins, is very ill with Ppneumonia. Mrs. John Comire of Greeneville v ited Mrs. Henry McLaughlin Wednes- day. BALTIC Everybody’s Slogan is “Back to the Land”—Amateur Farmers Getting Bus; tmaster Sullivan Catches 12 Trout—Egg 40 Cents a Dozen. preparing _their purposes. Owners are jutilizing every For a number of section has gone to the high prices which pre- ear have prompted peopie to plant gardens and help to cut down iiving expenses. Farmers in town have booked .orders ahead to do plowing and unless all signs fail this will be listed as one of the thriving farminz Baitic people are plots for gardenin: ¢ land in town ch for cultivati villages in New England. Resiients v purchased stocks of seed and will try their luck as amateur gar- A numbgr of owners of land are working the 50-50 proposition, but the majority are looking forward to a 100 per cent. return, and are willing to devote their spare time and reap the benefit of their labor. The offer made by G. A. Cote is be- ing quickly taken up. A number have applied for garden space. A Baltic man_stated Thursday that he would purchase plows to do the work if farmers refused to carry out their agreements. A number of schoolboys have clubbed together and will plant a number of acres of potatoes. Thursday afternoon a consignment of seed potatoes was received in town and were quicKly taken away by the owners. A focal man has an_ option on a number of acres of land a short dis- tance from the village and if he pur- chases it he will divide this land among the married men in his employ. A number of Baltic people were ir: Norwich Thursday and returned homec with farming implements of various sizes and shapes, and It looks as though there is going to be something doing In the “ralse your own crope ine. deners. Patriots’ Day Decorations. Bay State _automobiles traveling through town Patriots’ day carried American flags and emblems. A New York car passed through at 3.45 in Lhe afternoon with this inscription: “Paul Revere, '76." Two large American flags waved from the top of the ma- chine. Hoxie Lillibridge of Plainfleld was in S \ Y A1 iy Bare floors make a home as uninvit- ing as bare walls or windows. Pleas- ant warmth and cheer enter a room ad soon as you install Made in agreeable color designs specially suit- . able for bed-rooms, kitchen, sewing-room, nursery, porch, halls, closets and bath-rooms, - ~Many special patterns for every room. Sanitary, easily washed, waterproof and en- during. A tough, thick, resilient fabric that takes the jar and noise out of walking. ~Lies flat without tacking and won’t curl. Product of the century-old manufacturing experiencge of one of New England’s oldest firms:” Come in and pick your pattern today. Made by BIRD & SON (Est. 179} %et Walpsle, Masa. REID & HUGHES DRY GOODS CO. C. H. BACON, Danielson J. C. LINCOLN CO., Willimantic BLANCHETTE FURNITURE CO., Putnam STAFFORD SPRINGS Senior Honor Pupils Announced—Por- tion of Hyde Park to Be Ailotted for Gardens—Baseball Club Organizes. Miss Anna Gillizan is substituting a* the local telephone exchange. Airs. Thomas Young is_visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Webber, in Mont- viile. Thomas Gillingham of Staffc is the guest of relatives in New York. for he stepped up with the first three or four when enlistment papers wer handed out last week by K. Hart F during a meeting of the Wether isusiness - Men's ‘association and s his paper and turned it in with & g New Haven railroad will have 000 in back pay of the Adamson are employed on that the to pay out about $% under the provisions act to those men who this division. BRIEF STATE NEWS Meriden.~—Mayor Cooke has appoint- | to do this” to boot Stamford.—The 4lst annual conven- led a cleanup committee of five mem- n of the Fairfield County Teachers' |bers of the city council in conformity | Portland.—Sunday was the 250h & nvlersary of the opening of the iid dletown-Portiand highway bridge with the resoiution passed at the April meeting of the council. The cleanup season is usually held the first or sec- ond week in May. ation will_be held in Stamford aturday, May 5. Hartford.. h school West the h Twenty pupils in Stratford—Twenty-two new recryi have been exempted t Hartford—Former declarations of | Were sworn in as members —of Mrs. E: E visiting friends { from all studies in the £ la . 13 s uar a me el e e e | tiree, 10 rom two and 11 from | tllesiance and loyalty to ‘the Cniced |Home guard at a mesting held and Mrs. I, P, Cooley are spend- | one study because of rank of scholar- | States were emphasized by the mem- | toWn befl, The fofn Bum? s Salcy axo spe=fl- % kit bers of the Polish Independent Falcons | Fegistered in the Home guard is ing two weeks at Atlantic City ship and n erfect attendance: 5 e Dhess ot Tow Doohail. 30, X < = i at their Mgeting” in_ Conway’s hall E . e of hie brothe:| ~Derby.— Charged with employing | SeVeral spesKers addressed the meet- | New Haven.—Federal agents Wed- Al R Sars ngs while. the | boys of I 'age at the bowling al. |08 and expiained the action of the |nesday arrested August Galbrir latter is il with rheumatism at the N e ' b the Rl aman of the tug Neptung, whe Johnson_hospital. a put in is Bostc visiting Mr..and Mrs ¥ J. Chandier total was $15.25, Which was paid. |phrey of Wells street underwent the [and held him after a hearing bet o = 2 e Tk e " | Caesarean operation at St. Francis’|United States Commissioner W Undergoes Operation. Danbury.—A fine spirit has been |hospital, Hartford, Tuesday., and a|Galbrinski was a sallor on the P lsnown by the Taylor opera house In|seven pound boy was born. The oper- [grman Lioyd steamship Kron et issuing an invitation to the soldier boys |ation was performed by Dr. John Cecilie. which was recently i e et mpany A, on guard duty in Dan- | Boucher of Hartford, assisted by Dr. the United States government and % to attend either the afternoon or |J. A. Higgens of this place. Mother |Is held in the county jail on a c tending the Yale convocation. Senior Honors. Principal Gorham has announced ‘he the senior _clas: h school. Miss ren has an average of 93.3 and will be | valedictorian. Miss Mabel Colbura | stands second with an averase of | Miss Alice Carden third, average 305 Honorable mention is made of Miss Alice Ward, whose average is 90.2. In aadition to the three first named, the faculty has selected three others with- out rezard to marks who speak at graduation. They are Israei witz, Frank Jo Murray. Princip: the average of the entire cl: or this vear than it has been for sev- eral previous years. Part of Park for Gardening. The park commissioners have decid- ed to throw ogen to the public a por- tion of the Myde park property for cultivation. The soil will be plowed and prepared for planting free = of charge. Thi a splendid opportuni- ty to ail who wish to plant gardens and it is hoped that it will be taken ad- vantage of. Ball Club Organizes. The Stafford Baseball club has or- ganized for the season with Edward A Clark manager and William J. La- brechi secretary and treasurer. The team will operate independent of the Stafford Athletic association this year. If the weather conditions ar favor- able, the first tryout will be given Sat- urday afternoon. Baltic Thursday. Here is told how to prepare an inex. pensive lemon lotion which can be used to bring back to any skin the sweet freshness, softness, whiteness and beauty. ‘The juice of two fresh lemons strain- ed into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quar- ter pint of the most remarkable lemon skin beautifier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordi- nary cold creams. Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then, this lotion will keep fresh. for months. Every woman knows. that lemon juice is used to bleach and re- move such blemishes as freckles, sal- lowness and tan, and is_the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beautifier. Just try it! three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion and massage it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands, and see for yourself Miss Mary Rathbun, who has been visiting friends in New Haven, has re- turned home. Red Cross emblems waved from the trolley poles of electric cars as they passed through town. Caught a Dozen Trout. Postmaster Thomas J. Sullivan went trout fishing Thursday and returned with 12 nice fish. The total showed 14_1-2 pounds, authorized weight. Eggs are selling for 40 cents a dozen. A local clerk said Thursday that five years ago he sold 11 dozen for a_doliar. M. H. Donahoe has returned from & business trip in New York and Boston. New Britain.—Mattabessett tribe of Red Men has voted to keep in good standing on the society’s books all members who are in the service of the United States in the military or naval departments. Provision is also made that in case any member shall in the future enter the service he shall aiso beé kept in good standing. Some Stiff Drilling—Ball Practice Today. A training of the Home guard was held in I. O. O. F. hall Wednesday evening. * Mr. Southworth and Mr. Pot- vin, who are helping in the training, were present. Sergeant Gilles of the militiamen stationed here drilled the boys and kept things moving every minute during the evening’s trainins. The company of Home guard in Cen- tral Village held their Wednesday evening training successfully. Satur- day next measurements are to be taken for their uniforms. Mrs. John C. Gallup attended the missionary meeting held in Norwich Tuesday evening. Practice Today. The high school basebail squad Is to hold a practice on the carpet grounds, Moosup, this (Friday) afternoon. At the practice Wednesday nearly 18 fel- lows were out and a good Workout re- sulted. _ Lawns are getting atteation In the iine of rolling and raking. of failing to report back to thit as he was required to do terms of his parole. He will proba be ordered to Eills Isiand pending fur ther investigation. cvening performances of moving pic- [and child are both doing weil. tures. Wethersfield.—Althouzh 72 years old, E. Newton Leveland of Wethersfield Coes not believe he is too,o0ld to fight, ding to officials of Highland division, it is expected -~ Women’s Best Beauty Reflects Health Women who wish to be more beautiful, more attractive — should take care of their health. No woman can look her best, feel her best, or do her best, so long as she allows herself to suffer from un- strung nerves, headache, biliousness or constipation. There is no need to be burdened and depressed by these worrying ailments, for BEECHAM'S PILLS will soon relieve and dispel them, by renewing the activities of the ligestion, stronger nerves and purer blood, come brighter eyes, clearer skin and cheerful spirits. This world-famed remedy is most useful as a corrective, for it acts promptly and pleasantly. For generations Beecham’s Pills have relieved suffering womanhood and they may be depended on to renew health and strength, and to . Put the Tint of Health in Women’s Cheeks At All Druggists, 10e., 25¢, Directions of special valus to women are with every box “The Largest Dale of Any Modicing In the Werld”