Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 6, 1917, Page 2

A Victrola Purchase Plan or Everybody Our terms on Victrolas will surprise you—they are so easy and economical. Your choice can be made from the most complete stock to be found in New England. RECORDS@odlevalueof.................... 6.00 $81. $5.00 Down $5.00 per Month It does make a difference where you purchase your Victrola THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. VICTROLA DEALERS 144-146 Main Street Norwich, Conn. We are the Oldest Original Victrola Dealers in New England - = 'THE FARMERS TALK TO FARMERS THE SAME IDENTICAL EFFECT ALWAYS FOL- LOWS THE SAME IDENTICAL CAUSE. (Written Specially for The Bulletin) | emerzency. If there is one thing surer then| They grind the grist which is anything else in this world it is that |brought them with certainty and with effect always follows cause. Like ef- | Mathematical precision fect always foliows like cause. The| If any times they seem to work same identical effact always follows|unevenly or unequally, intelligent eite Adentical” cavie. man knows that the inequity is not in B aieas them but in him:—in his own ignor- Wor Bk wora i Db |ance, or incapacity, or blindness. med full of people who haven't found S o it out, who don't know and who How any human being can live a can't be taught it either the ad- |score of years in this universe wdth- monitions of others, or even by their |out seeing ail this as clearly as he own experienc sees the noonday sunm, or without ac- cepting its iimitations as frankly as You would think that, after a man|he acc his own physical Timito- had had his fingers blistered and his | tions, is an unexplicable myste ehslithon Beorcton But there are human beings who Sieed short o don’'t see it and won't taccept i . Sl iot Eules et w enough | There enough of em to be to stop playing with fire. You would | counted the millions rather than think that he would come, sometime, nds-; Phoy ate. found in to recognize the simple fact that it is of society and in every hot. You would think that he would of industry and in both at least wait tll his -blisters had healed before he would stick his A I hands might into a second time. One universal law is that two sub- Yet the worid is chock full of crit- |stances cannot occupy the same space ters calling themselves men or women [at the time, who haven't gumption h to find} Or, more familiar terms, “you out just these primary-sehool and|can’t eat vour cake and have if, t0o0.’ kindergartenish tri Yet, without takinz any actual cen- There are quite = of them on |sus, I sho that more than half the farms as ar , 00, the people of the world can't and — won’t see this fundamental fact. They < they 2 eat their cake and stii Most farmers cz | | can understand and | | | | frequently repead tI aying that like | D@ it, too. They keep on trying it producers like. . They don't expect|NO one of them ever suceeeded, vet: calibage seed to sprout cucumbers, but the most mysterious of all the nor hens’ eggs to hatch out epring|MVsteries connected with this phase lamb. They carry on their work in|O0f human idiocy is that persistent and accordance with this recognized | inev le f: doesn’'t discourage principle. They plant corn and pota- ; them om ing the same fore- toes in the spring rather than in the doomed trick over again fall. because they know that a warm | P summer follows spring, while fal is! | have two neighbors who, three apt to be succeeded by frosty winter. ; years ago, were given the same num- Most of them manure for crons, . ber of stra erry plan by a mutual because they have disc that ; friend who was reducing his own bed manure ses producti good | Both accepted and set the plants. One many ¢ ause have | took care of his, several times at the found that it ¥s to kil weeds. | cost of personal discomfort and sore- Bome few cultivate, because they have |ly asainst the dictates of his own rlso discovered the much more im- ! pleasure. The other preferred to go portant fact th. mellow tilth and|automomibile riding, when the oppor dusty soil-mulch (conserve moisture | tunity offered, rath, than crawl over end spur plant growth to intenser ac- [a weedy strawberry bed in the hot tivity. sun on tender kneces and pull per- They accept so many of these se- kety weeds with sore fingers to the Wtences and foliow them out so assid- | concerted music of buzzinz flies and uously, that it seems the more strange | singing gnats and stinging mosqui- that any of them should afl to “go | toes. the whole hog” @and recognize the| Result: the first neishbor has had over-ruling dominance of similar law | regularly and has this v r a fine in every other respect. crop o fnoble berries. The second - neighbor has neither a be; nor a But no! They can’t see that the|Plant left and frequentiy presses iaw is universal and omnipresent.| Wonder why the first should have They will act upon the understanding [ been so “lucky” in com If he should be asked to subscribe to the formal statement that two sub- stances can't occupy the same space at the same time or even to the less dignified phrase that one can’t eat his cake and have it, too, he would cheer- that duck’s eggs will hatch out ducks, but not on the understanding that ne- glect wili produce need. They will agree with you that water will run down hill, but can’t see that their own characters will run to seed if they ahe not duly disciplined. Assert to them the rule which or-|fully do so. As abstractions he egrees ders thus and so and they will retort|to both. At the same time he can’t that ‘there are exceptions to all rules.” | see why he shouldn’t take his cookie Which is just about the stupidest re- | of pleasure automobiiing and not also mark that unreason wring out of | have his strawberry shortcake. He ignorance. To natur nd divine | doesn't see, wont' see, and can't be laws there are no “exceptions,” now|made to see that he had his choice or heretofore or hereafter. What cer- n people call exceptigns are simply failings of their own éves or inter- vening obscurations of their natural vision. Like the short-sighted old fellow of the vulgar jest. they mim- take a louse on the eyebrow for a squirrel up a tree. The laws of God and Nature work steadily, persistentiv and forever ex- actly the same, without variableness or_shadow of turning. They veeraside for no occasion, ner are they modified for any supposed Bl = AR those %imes when the strawberry bed was calling in one directlon and the honking auto in another. He want- ed the joy ride. And he wanted the strawberries. The gas-waon was right there, while the strawberries were a season ahead, at the best. He took the present pieasure, instead of doing the present work. He had the ride, and he lost the strawberries. The other man won the berries by sacri- ficing his present pleasure for the toll needful to secure them. The first man had his pleasure then, which the sec- DANIELSON Branch of Woman’s Auxiliary to Coun- cil of Defense Organized—Coroner A. G. Bill Investigating Accidental Shooting of Robert Smith — Two Cases of Violation of Motor Laws Result in Fines—Death of Mrs. Hen- ry J. Burbank. A branch of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Connecticut Council of Defense was organized by Mrs. Rienzi Robin- son, appointed chairman of Killingly, at_her home. The committee of Killingly is as follows: Mrs. Rienzi Robinson, chair- man: Mrs. Earnest Warren, vice chairman: Miss Viola Mowry, secre- tary: representatives of women's or- ganizations: Mrs. Decker, W. C. T. 1. Mrs. Arthur #ogee, Equal Franchise League; Mrs. Arthur Dean, Woman's Art club; Mrs. Charles Russell, Fort- nightly club: Mrs. Clara_Gilbert, of stern Star; Mrs. Louis Kennedy, Notre Dame; Mrs. R. W. Boys, Red Cross, Goodyear: Mrs. Frank Bennett, Red Cro#s, Davville: Miss rrtice Blanchard, W. R. C.: Mrs. Earnest Warren, Nipmuck Camp Fire Girls: Miss Corinne Paine, Quinebaug Camp Fire Girls; Mrs. WA. Frissell, Atta- waugan: Miss Margaret cConnell, Ballouville; Mrs. Eben Phillips, High- land Grange, South Killingly; Miss Annie Page, Killingly Grange: to be supplied. Civic Federation, Mothers’ Club, Red Cross. The object of this organization is to cooperate with the National Coun- cil of Defense in spreading the pro- pasanda of conservation of foods and household economies through public meetings, canning demonstrations, etc. The first job on hand is distrib- uting Hoover’s_Pledge cards to the housewives of Killingly. Mass meet- ing July 18. Leaving for Training Station. Raymond J. Hanlon, who has en- listed in the United States naval re- serve, leaves today for the naval train- inz station at Newport. Arthur Ledoux spent the holiday with friends in New Bedford. Outdoor Service. , Rev. E. A. Legg will conduct the services on Davis park Sunday after- noon. A ‘meeting of the Red Cros fund committee, Clarence A. chairman, was held Thursday ing at the Brooklyn George C. visited with friends here. Moose a Feature of Parade. Alexander Duhamel’s bull moose was brought safely back here in a motor truck from the big parade at New London, where the animal at- tracted a great deal of attention on the Fourth, marching in the parade The animal was not at all feased or made nervous by all the noise and turmoil, wild creature that it was two vears ago. W. R. C. Picnic Committee. ! Julia_White, Ida Page, Annie Bill, Millie Bachman and Frances Warren are the members of McGregor's Wom- an's Relief corps who form a commit- tee for arranging the annual union picnic of the corps, G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans to be held at Alexander's lake July 26, More Recruits Needed. Captain A. H. Withee appeals for more recruits for the Thirteenth com- pany, C. A. C., which probably will be called out July 15. Captain Withe's company is now well over the war strensth number of men, but more are wanted, so that the ranks may be kept filled in case any members are discharged because of inabilily to pass the federal physical tests Losing Cards a Serious Matter. Applications for regstration cards to replace such cards that have been lost or mislaid are coming to officials here. The loss of one of these cards is a serious matt for the; cannot be issued indiseri ately A special warning is given that the cards be carefully preserved by the registered men. even- Savings bank. Rice of Providence has VIOLATED MOTOR LAWS Fines in Two Cases Indicate That Authorities Mean to Enforce Ordi- nances. Judge W. F. Woodward heard some cases pertaining to violations of the motor vehicle Jaws at Thursday morning’s session of the town court. Ray W. Pellet was charged with hav- ond did not. Now that first mnni wants aiso the pleasure which the other is getting from his berry patch. In other words, thougzh he had his} cake two and three years ago, he wants it right over again now. This is only one trifling concrete inlustration of the spirit in which half the farmers and farmerettes of the iand seem to cat. Indeed, I sometimes think that the proportion is greater among farmers. Nor am 1 alone in this feeling. You won't charge Hoard's Dairyman with prejudices against farmers nor with crass ig- norance of either their virtues or their vices. Said The Dairyman in a re- cent issue, talking specially about the present regrettable movement towards ng off milch cattle: “Short handed reasoning has al- cursed the business of farm- unwillingness to conduct the iness on long-time investment. t means a lot if you comprehend Yea, veril brother, it means a “lot.” But it must fi be comprehended. | don’t believe that it ever comprehended by some. There are whole hordes of human beings as im- pervious to reason as a duck’s back to dew; as incapable of intelligent action as a hen is of English grammar. They are in all the vocations and all the industries. They abound in the pro- fessions and are especially numerous in state ‘egislatures. They are in the schools and the coflemes and the churches and on the farms. And why they haven't succeeded, long ere- this, in tipping the worid | over into the ditch and smashing 1t! out of shape and use, is really an- other mystery of divine mercy! But there are those who are open to reason and capabie of exercising it. Upon them rests the duty not only of | counteracting the evil influence of tie others, but also by clear thinking and sound teaching and effective exam- ple, of reforming and converting them. The constant dropping of water wiil wear away stones. It seems as if there must be some hope even for the most dunderheadedly, unreasonab’e, if s they are worked at and over long enough and patiently enough. But it is doubtful if preachiig or teaching will ever amount to much for them. The constant influence of example is much more likely to be effective. Which is one more reason why those of us who are able to reason from cause to effect and in the habit of doing so should keep up heart and persevere, ho matter how small our visible influence, nor how trifling may seem achieved results. 5 N THE FARMER. ing operated a car at night without the customary red light showing. He pleaded not guiity. Judge S. S. Rus. sell was counsel for Mr. Pellett. The state introduced Officer John Macfarland, Walter L. Hoyle and Charles Lucas as witnesses in sup. port of its claim and after hearin, their evidence the court found Mr. Pellett guilty of the offence charged, imposing a fine of $10, the minimum possible under the new law, and costs of prosecution, all amounting to $20.90 which was_paid. Richard Potvin of the town of Plain- field was charged with having operat- ed an automobile in Danielson con- trary to the provisions of the motor vehicle law. He was charged with having operated a car without regis- tration plates other than improvisad ones that bore numbers issued in the name of another 'man, and the tail light on the car was also alleged not to_have been burning. For not having proper lights on the machine, Potvin was fined $15_ and costs, the whole amounting to $25.74. On account of not having the car properly numbered Potvin had his op- erator’s license suspended. He had little to say other than that be had been trving out the car. John Briea was in court, charged with having been intoxicated. His case was continued during good be- havior. To Exchange Pulpits. Rev. Harold H. Barber, who is act- ing pastor of the Congregational church at Central Village this sum- mer, will echange pulpits on Sunday with Rev. Marion H. Jones, pastor at Canterbur OBITUARY. Nirs. Henry J. Burbank. Mrs. Hannah R. Burbank, 68, wife of Henry J. Burbank, died Thursday morning at their home on the West ide. Mrs. Burbank has been in poor health for several vears, but the at- tack of iliness that ended in her death dcveloped suddenly on the Fourth and almost immediately made her condi- tion alarming. Mrs. Burbank was born in Charles- ton, ne, the daughter of Mr. and Mr. McLawlin. She has been a of Danielson, living on the West Side, for a long period of years, during which her husband has been connected _with the Quinebaug com- pany, of Wwhose plants he is the mas- ter ‘mechanic. Mrs. Burbank leaves her husband and one daughter, Miss Emma A. Bur- bank. CORONER BiLL INVESTIGATES SMITH SHOOTING CASE Child Witnesses Tell Story Corrobo- rating That of George A. Pratt, Who Fired Fatal Shot. Coroner Arthur G. BRill continued Thursday his investigation of the cir- s surrounding the death on ng of the 'ourth of Robert who was killed by a bullet 22 calibre revolver that was being fired by George A. Prait. Mr. Bill and Attorney J. F. Car- penter, Putnam, counsel for Mr. Pratt visited the Pratt home Thursday morning, looked over the place in the backyard, where the shooting took place, and interviewed children who were playing about with the Smith boy at the time he was shot. Mr. 'Bill found the children who were present at the time of the shoot- ing intellizent little witnesses and they furnished him a very clear tale of just what took place, the main parts of their stories being in accord with Mr. P t's narrative of how the ac- cident occurred. They said that Mr. Pratt sat on the back door step shooting at a metal pail that he had set up about 15 feet vay for use as a target. Mr. Bill tock possession of the pail, which Is perforated with about dozen builet Loles. The Smith boy was watchinz the shooting, as were a number of other children who were plaving near- e even Smith, rom a by and just as Mr. Pratt leveled the revolver to shoot Robert Smith rush- ed into the line of fire,. which he was going to try to cross. He was shot Up to Thursday afteronon Mr. Bill had not decided what course to pur- ie dealing with Mr. Pratt, who mained in custody at the police sta- havinz failed to secure a bonds Bill. while oss recklessness death-dealing weapon under such cir- cumstances as marked the accident, said he was very doubtful whether the prisoner could be held for manslaugh- ter with much hope of securinz his ul- timate conviction on such a charge. Several such cases have been tried in Windham county and not a _con- viction has been secured, juries being lined to give great weight to the of intention to kill scoring Mr. Pratt in the use of a in lae Pratt can, of course, be fined, not severely punished for the er in_which he was using the olver. While being undecided as ist how to deal with the case, Mr. ill said that he did not propose to allow such a case to go by unnoticed d that some means would be found properly deal with it. Mr. Pratt is much broken up by the affair. He has to his credit, however, the fact that he made a clear and truthful statement of just what took o place. Much sympathy was expressed for him by many friends. who remember how terribly inured he was on Aug. 1. 1914. when an automobile truck of Quinebaug Lake Ice company on which he was riding was struck by a assenger train at the Franklin street nz. Mr. Pratt has never fully ed from the effects of the ac- -ident, which has partially disabled kim, probably for GERMANS THROWN BACK ALONG ELEVEN MILE FRONT On the Chemin-des-Dames—Left the Ground Strewn With Their Dead. French Front in France, Wednesday, July 4—After their strongest offensive effort since Verdun, the Germans found themselves today thrown back everywhere along an eleven mile front on the Chemin-des-Dames, leaving the ground thickly strewn with their dead and having failed to take even one French soldier prieoner. The French lines remained intact and the French commanding general, who watched the operations through- out from the front trenches, was able to declare tonight that not a single yard of territory had been lost. The Germans came forward every- where in the closest formation and if successive waves, preceded by the famous “shock”™ troops, who were mown down. At the first onslaught in the vicinity of Cernv and on the Californie plateau the French were obliged to give way, but their vielding was only momentary and a counter-amtack remedied the slight dent immediateiy and in addi- tion gave them possession of some of the German trenches in the vicinity of Cerny, which they held. The German infantry appeared to have all the dash taken out of them by the French de- fense and made no attempt to regain the ground lost by the French reac- tion. Their artillery throughout the day, however, maintained a sweeping fire, but its effects were minimized by the enemy’s lack of observation points. Three More Enthusiastic Young Americans Enlist—Others to Get In Before the Draft—Military Exem tion Board Spends Strenucus Day— Two Canning Demonstrations Today —Danny Murphy to Play in Sunday’s Game—Samples of Poor Milk.Found. Three more Putnam hoys reached @ decision on the war proposition Thu: day and in the afternoon left for New London to sign up with Uncle S8am for the period of the war. The men are Henry Tetreauit, Jr., Henry P. Dumas, son of Frederick Dumas, superinten- dent of streets, and James McGarry. Dumas said: “I'm going down to en- list. 1 am going to offer myself for any branch of the service in which they will accept me, and if I can't get into one branch Iii try for another, and keep it up until they let me in some- where. I'm going to France if I have to_go as a trench digger.” The same enthusiasm animated Mec- Garry and Tetreault. All said they had arrived at the stage where they no longer couid stand the pressure and were going to follow the other Putnam boys who set such a good example last week that others have been fired with patriotism. According to a_compilation of enlist- ments of Putnam young men during the period since the declaration of war this city has furnished more than 60 volunteers for various branches of the service, army and navy. There were two enlistments from this city in the Thirteenth company at Dan- ielson this week—A. A. Jarvais and William Jarvais. There will be more enlistments, too, on the eve of the draft. for there are more young men in fown who are bound that they wiil not he drafted into the service, but will go in of their own free will. MILITARY EXEMPTION BOARD Has Big Chore Getting Registration Cards Ready, But Will Finish To- day. Members of the military exemption board and a clerical staff labored all day Thursday and late into the night at the office of Attorney Charles L. Torrey in making ready’ the hundreds of registration cards for forwarding to the adjutant general's office at Hart- ford. The work wili be completed and the cards will go forward today, com- plying with the request of the war de- partment that all local boards com- plete their work and have the cards at Hartford not Iater than July 7 The detai] of matching original card and the duplicates thereof prepared u der the direction of the town clerks in the different towns of the district, verifying the coples with the originals, numbering the cards serialy and sign- ing each of the copies has together amounted to a heavy task, but with the clerical assistance that is allowed under the instructions to the Iocal hoarde the work will be completed to- day. Sent to Norwich Inebriste Farm. At a session of the city court Thurs- day morning Judge Il. H. Fuller or- dered that IFrederick Sharpe be com- mitted to the state farm for in ates near Norwich for a period of two years The commitment is one of the few that have been made to the institution from towns in this section. Tweo Public Canning Demonstrations Today. Miss Costello of the Connecti ricultural coilege at Storrs cut Ag- will two public demonstrations of methods in’ canning in Putnam today, the first to be given at Owls’ hall this afternoon. the second at St Jean Baptiste hali this evening. These demonstrations are public and the women of the city are being urged to attend Every demonstration that has been given In the county nas brought interested groups of women and all testify that they learned great deal about canning methods b attending. DANNY IN RIGHT FIELD. Norwich Star and His Eastern League Leaders to Pl Putnam. Manager Thomas McDermott Putnam baseball team said Thursday afternoon that he expects one of the largest crowds seen at a game here in vears when Danny Murphy of Norwich of the and his Eastern league leaders, the New Haven team, come here to play the Putnam team Sunday afternoon. Danny, the old Athietic star, has hundreds of friends and admirers in every section of eastern Connecticut, and these fans will be sure to turn out to see his team in action Danny is going to get into the game himseif, playing right fleld, and with him he will have the regular league organization of which he is manager. In addition New Haven wiil piay Neal Ball, known to fans from coast to coast, Joa Shannon, who is batting .360. Torpy, Whalen Nutter, Devine and Harry Donovan. Either Donovan or Naylor of the Philadeiphia Ameri- cans will pitch.” Hanly and McNamee will be Putnam's battery. Manager McDermott said Thursday that he is going to put a xreat pair of teams on the field and that what is promised in the way of famous play- ers wiil be produced, not just talked about. Danielson Man Sues City, Through his attorney, Judge W. F. Woodward, Dr. Clarence Adams of Danielson has made application for $50 damages on account of damage that was done to his automobile while he was operating it on Church street this city one night last month. At the time there was a. sewer trench open in the street and it is represented in the ciaim that the doctor's car came in contact with a rope that it is in alleged was stretched across the street. Did Not Appear in Court. There were no presentations in the city court Thursday morning of busi- ness men who were to he charged with selling fireworks here on the Fourth contrary to an order that was put in effect through one of the city departments. Just what action is to be taken, if any, was not given out Their friends here are sending little remembrances to the Putnam boys who | are at the regular army recruit depot at Fort Slocum, S Some Samples of Milk Poor. A report to the common council on samples of milk taken from the cans of dealers who do business in this city show that a number of the samples were from milk of unsatisfactory quai- ity and that three samples reported upon are placed in the illegal class that is, where the percentage of but- terfat was below 3.25 per cent. Other fishermen who tried for bass at Alexander's lake Thursday, the sec- ond day of the open season, were dis- appointed over the small number of fish taken, although a few big bass were hauled out. Beginning next week, many stores in Putnam will close Thursday after- noon, this arrangement continuing on Thursdays during the months of July and August, as last year. Branford.—Mrs. A. M. Young is to have her entire family as guests at The Anchorage at Pine Orchard this summer, including Mr and Mrs. John H. Goss and their family, Dr. and Mrs. George Smith and their daughter and Mrs. Herbert B. Galiaudet and her daugnter, all of Waterbury. Rev. Mr. Gallaudet is at Plattsburgh. COME STRAIGHT TO US WHEN YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM A PAIR OF SOCKS TO A NEW “LID.” THIS WILL SAVE YOU THE TROUBLE OF LOOKING AROUND ANY FURTHER. WE'VE GOT THE UP-QUALITY AND WE MAKE THE DOWN PRICES. IF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNIT ONLY KNEW WHAT A SQUARE DEAL WE GIVE WE WOULD DO ALL THE BUSINESS IN OUR LINE IN THE TOWN. YOU COME IN AND FIND OUT. Bugbee’s Department Store PUTNAM, CONN. CiTY o Band Concert JEWET1 Clambake and Holiday—John Whalley's bile Stolen—Four Big Run Tirough—Ashland feated Invincible Ballouvilles, LE DEFEATED Automo Expresses Team De- A B Flawless ecord Jewett ( wa Fourth Baptist run and Joseph M rden hand gave m tory Men 1ad a_clamba out of doo: clams, chow events cepting AUTOMOBILE STOLEN From Shed at John W Lisbon. | " Taken BALTIC. Bibsau Barr | dred G ests—Brief at Washingt Company | FOUR EXPRESSES This Division of Wreck. . Routed Over on ast morn | bouna were rou included n the eton | route, and 'trains | midnight sleepers. night Posta! e east of New happened Ia hours mntl clear. | &0 thes WANT WATER SERVICE Residents of Upper North Main Street | {.’] . Petition for Extension. [ Lawre e July burgesses the At and signs in licemen forbidding | within a certain distar jent *policemen reported regar ¥ T cans on the streets | was tabled. Several pr nd residents at the uf orth Main street present t . - tion for the extension of t main from its present location borough line. The following b vated paid: J. C. E. L. Plaut for $134.20, A. A. Youne, Jr. H No. 1, for six months' sal janitor $52; Martin Wolf, 875, Jacoh Wechsler, « lights $1.86 Brown, asse B £10, People's Coal Co. £, Preston | lanterns $1.59. Alpherie Lo lecting taxes § M and treasurer work on streets. William MeNico! $50.85. Bdward Smith rell $36, guarding reservoir non $90, A. N. L'Heureu Menard '$80 Personal Items. Mr. and Mrs. Danfel Connell two children of Tafty - Fourth at Casper Hoffman's. Henry Jenkins is harvesting toes. Mrs. H, E. Paul is daughter, Mrs. Arthur Middletown Mrs. Waiter meeti it icies T | Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA 390, & LOUIS E. KENNEDY DANIELSON Undertaker and Embalmer Special Attertion to Every Detail r\ ing ckland wi# Jeffers