Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 2

@ ONE MAN MISSING AS DRAFT QUOTA LEAVES Felix Zajmczoweski fs to Show Up Saie 6 Be Hartford—Other 30 Men Leave Amid Cheers and Tears: Thirty-nine men left this_clty- on hursday morning for Aver; Mass. -to . Only one was ab- coutd prepare for military service ‘. man of those. sélected to \o_ sent, Félex Zajaczkoski, who not bé found. - The weather was ideal and all Willl- mantic was present to see the boys n. Most of the men arrived at a little after nine o'clock, and each fian was surrounded by a group of relatives and friends. Many tears were shed but the boys on th= average were in good spirits, although when it came time to say goedbye, many of them looked solemn. Just before time to leave. many of them assembled in front of the wall in the rear of the station and a group pictur> was taken by some oxe in the crowd. When the train backed up in position, a . lanegof people twenty. deep on each side was formed by the police, from the train door to the place where many of the men were stand- ing. ‘The men then marchéd between these open ranks.-shaking hands with and seying goodhv -io their friends, S 2 \rany ‘mills were Dbresvin The Windham Silic Company clesed down at 10 o'clock to enable the workers to see the men off. The American Thread Company’s plant did not close but all of the employes who wanted to go out were allowed to. At the roll ocall, Wednesday after- noon three men were absent. Oville Challifoux, who is in the hospital, Zrom the Guisipra Nardi of Chaplin and Felix' Zajaczawoski of this city. Nar showed up Thursday morning ai sald that he did not know that he Supposéd to report Wednesday afternoon but Zajaczkowski could not be found and a police officer was sent to his home at 43 Main street. There, it was said that he had gone to Hart- ford and Hartford police officials were notified o keep a’watch for him. rlesSweet was told to take Chal- lifoux’s place and the other two al- ternates, William Stygar, Edward Corinoughton went along, one of them to take the absent man’s place. Chair- man Branford Danielson reported that all of the mén who were to report at Moosup, 14 in all, had reported. The men left at 10.25, fifteen min- The AEOLIAN VOCALION far better than any other Beerd Fiter it yoarenit You | Hear it yoursslf. You, too, will be won by the rich Vocalion tone — the refined elegance of the cabinets and the fine new privilege of play- ing each record as you wish means of the Graduola ex- pression device. - FOR SALE BY THE d. C. LINCOLN Co. WILLIMANTIC JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Efmore & Shepata FuneralDirectorandEmbalmer 60-62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant * Tel. connection DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST, Removed to 715 Main St, W Hours—) a. m. to $ =. e HIRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER a/nd EMBALMER 62 Church 8t, Willimantis, Ct. Telephone . Lady Assistant imantic Phone 44 utes behind schedule time and. with Assist- them_went Clerk Fenton ant Eugene Randall who remainéd with the men until.they boarded the e, train at Plainfield. . - At Plainfleld, the men were given dinner at the hotel, a special menu befag prepared for their benfit. Four Special Trains Pass Through. Four special trains carryins 2826 men for the camp at Ayer " passed through Willimantic Thursday. The first train arrived here at 10.17 drawn by .twg engines. %30 men_ on the ftrain, coming from Hartford, Rockville and Manchester chiefly. The men were fed in this city by the local depot restaurant with the ald of a Providence caterer. . The lunch was in_a ecardboard, lunch box and_contained two sandwichas, two cake and a pear. nished, a large can full being placed on each car. The men were in the best of spirits and sang, talked and cheered Willimantic. Several of tl men got off of the train and when pulled out about six men were not on it. Three of thesé hopped the train while_it was in motion and two oth- ers chased .the. train a ways and.then it stopped to allow them to board it. One man was left behind but he left on a later train. The second train passed through here at 11.30. The train contained 7¢3 meén, chiefy from western Con- necticut. Again, several had to do some running to get aboard. The ‘third train came in at 2.40 and was the same size as the first train, containing 731 men from Danbury lo. cality. Many of the men bought re- freshments here and four missed the train, but they bearded the last trair. The fourth Jast train had 652 men, from New Haven and small piaces along the line, and arrived at 2.50. The local yard resembled a battle- fleld because of the waste paper and lunch boxes, which ~were ~ scattered along the tracks. Missionary Meeting. An Interesting meeting of the Mis- sionary society of the Baptist church of this city was held at the home of Mrs. Charies W. Tryon, Wednesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent chiefly in_ telling about some of the ancient church reformers and disei- ples such as Martin Luther and John Wycliffe. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Extra Police on Duty. The heavy traffic Thursday morn- ,Ing during the entraining of the lo- ical boys for Camp Devens was han- {dled by an extra force of policemen. . Charged With Stealing Coat. | After a chase by Officer Grady, partly on foot and partly by automo- bile, Charles Bidwell of Milk street was arrested,) charged with stealing a coat from Harry Shinman. The ar- rest was made in front of Grant's store. Bidwell will be before Friday" iolicencourt. Automobile Strikes Wagon. A wagon driven by George Grant of | this city was hit by am automobile driven by Wilson E. Wilmarth of this city, Wednesday evening, in_front of | the ‘post office. ' The cause of the ac- cident was the sudden turning of the ! wagon. Mr. Wilmarth. slowed his a: i tomobile down but could not prevent = collision. He to pay for the damage to the wagon which con- sted of a broken wheel. There were forty-one births in the town of Windham during August, | ey i WEDDING i Cary—Burnham. | Miss Helen Burnham. of Hampton {and Dwight E. Cary of Scetland were jmarried at the home of the bride": iparents in Hampton, Tuesday, by Rev Vernon: W. Cooke. " Only intimate Ifriends were present. Mrs. Cary is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Burnham of Hampton and is president of the Sodalitas of the Congregational church in this city. Mr. Cary is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Cary of Scotland, Conn., and will enter the service of Uncle Sam ‘during the first part of October. SON ON PAROLE BEATS, GAGS AND RCBS FATHER Alarm Sent Out for Claude Taylor, Bad Man From Willington, Now at Large. After serving 11 years of a twenty- vear sentence for some crime in the arleston jail, Claude Taylor was cleased on parole and three days ater, he ecruelly assaulted his 73- year-old father, bound and gagged J. D. Taylor of Willington and then ran- sacked his house. Claude was released last Friday on parole through the efforts of his mother who lives in Mansfield, near the pumping station. At the jail his conduct was good and he was a trusty but he made a bad name in his bovhood locality. He and his mother went to. Willington, Sunday, to visit with his father, since his par- onts do not live together. Tuesday evening he again appeared at his fa- taer's home and asked that he might come in and read the paper. His fa- ther let him come in. After reading a short time he dealt Iis father a severe blow which knock- ed Mr. Taylor senseless. Then he very popular prices. at $2.98,.$3.50, $5.00 and ‘Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONN. New Fall Waists Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chine Waists still lead in Waists for Fall. Many pretty models are here at The styles are very attractive and they are made with convertible collar or high neck, some are plain while others are trimmed with pretty Egyptian laces and finished with fancy butfons. : You can choose from the following colors of flesh, pink, baize, maise, white, grey, forest green and navy, _——T——— THE H. C. MU $6.50. g RRAY CO. 1917, ¢ / H BULLETIN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, house and i1 other things, $20 in and & ri- fle. His father m-na-( to loosen the rope around his fe abeut 10 o’clock in the,evening, two hours after being the of a Taing amons beund, and neighbor, Joseph Dimmock, about 11 in"a nearly exhausted condi- tion. His clothes were soaked and he was gagged and his hands were tied when he arrived at the hou: He was pl in bed #nd nothing was done that night but the next day the sheriff was notified. From what. could be learned on Thursday evening, young Taylor is a bad character. While living in Wil- lington, he stole a horse and in Mas- sachusetts he made many _ daring holdups. When Some of the Willing- ton_people heard that he had a rifie with him they' said that ne would Probably do desperate things. The state police 1 be probably placed on the case. escriptions of him were indefinite, but ‘what could be learned, he is a tall man, about six feet and has black eyes. - Normal Students Given Outing. The bacon and hot dog bat, given by the faculty of the State Normal school to the students on Thursday afternoon on Hosmer Mountain was a great success. The voung ladies went over on the mou ihy after school and played games. A large bonfire was made and the following menu was enjoved: Hot dogs, baconm, sandwiches, raised doughnuts, Hod coffee, toasted mashmallows. Ths dogs and bacon were cooked over the fire on the ends of long sticks and the marshmallows were toasted in the same way. The coffee was beated aver the fire. A new song, composed for such pic- nice, which are given by the faculty each year, was given its first tryout durng the afternoon™ It was composed by_a member of the faculty. . Following the picnic the students lined up and paraded down Mountain street to Bridge street. At the Rail- road crossing, the crossing tender proved gallant and held up a train £o0 that the parade would not be in- terrupted. Theyv then went down Main street to Lincoln square and re- turned to the normal school where they_disbanded, all the time singing the Picnic Song. FUNERAL. Christine Giraca. Funeral services for Christine Giraca who dropped dead in front of the model school, Tuesday, were held at the homie of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Au- gustus Giraca at 54 Meadow street, Thursday morning at 8.30. The re- quiem high mass at St. Joseph's church was sung by Rev. T. F. Bannon offic- iating. Burial was in St, Joseph's cemetery. Brief Mention. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fenton, M and Mrs. Robert Fenton, and . Miss Bertha Weeks, of this city, and Mrs. Horace Fenton and son, Richard of Annapolis, Md., have returned from a short visit at Ocean Beach. Mrs. Hor- ace Fenton with her son is visiting her brother-in-law, Robert Fenton. Junior Class Committees. The second meeting of the Junior class at the high, school was held Thursday aftérnoon. class colors and class pins was the only business discussed. Committees were named as follows: Class colors— Chester Clifford, chairman; Margaret Noseworthy and Myrtice Tryon; class pins—Marion Ide, chairman; Meda Adams and Alice Hicke: Thread Compapy Sells Land. The Americhn Thread company has ‘| sold a large portion of land fronti 3 on Main street, from the east end of the Jordan block to the store occupied by C. W. Noyes, which has a length of 193 feet and an average depth of 90 feet. The land was bought by the fcllowing: Annie Stiles. 46 Front feet: W. Puck. 51 front feet; Mre. Mary L. Stearns, 31 Front feet, The Swift Co., 28 front feet; Frank Rosen, 37 tront eet. TWO ALTERNATES GO. With Regularly 8elected Men Who Left City for Camp Devens The local boys who left this city Thursday for Camp, Devens, Ayer, were one hour late in leaving Plain field, the train leaving about 3:45. Yhe alternatés who were sent were Charles Sweet, of this city, who takes Ovilla Chalifoux’s placq and Edward J. Connought, who taRes Zajaczow- ski’s place, as_the latter could not be found.’ Pearl L. Chamberiain did not g0 with the men from Plainfield 'as there was a death in his family and Edward Butler of Plainfield took his place. . ;3 The following ie a list of those who entrained in this eity: James Pilling Cochrane, captain. Eloif N. Salin, Pomfret, first ser- geant. Thémas Casey. Joseph E. Potvin. Olie Rock. Romeo A. Cote. James Casey. Victor Brunell. William G. Weinish._ Alvin V. Nelson. _ Cincent Ferrigno. Edward A. Morrison. Anthony F. McKenna. Pierre L. Gagnon. Laurence J. Marrotte. Arthur B. Cotter. Harry J. Kelley. Herminegilde. Lariviere, Jr. Maxime Bertrand. Alden H. Whitmore. Florimond Lisse. Albert Beck. Elwyn R. Jacques. Ralph J. Lussier. ‘Anrthur R. Nefll.u ncenzo ' Jnsalaco. Harry F. Clark. Eugene Dion. A®in V. Swanson. g Eugene T. Campbell. . All from Willimantic. Willlam H. Robbins, Pomfret. Emile Gaudrault, Brooklyn. ‘Walter Cham; e, Abingtor. John Bradley, Pomfret. .Melvin 1. Bickford. Elliott. Guiseppe Nardi. Chaplin. g Ernest F. Hunker, South Windham: Pearl L. Chamberlin, South Wind- ham. p Alternates. Charles Sweet, Willimantic. Edwin J. Connoughton, Willimangie. —r- At Rockville Fair. Willimantic was represented at the Rockville fair in the athletic events and both of the local fellows who en- tered\pecured a place. Edward Mor- rison secured third place in the 220- verd dash, receiving a bronze medal. Hugh McQuade, -well known in lo- A VALUABLE HEALTH HINT. If the bowels are not workin, regularly undigested food in t tomach may set up a condition of uto-intoxication and pollute the ‘whol with Streama:” Foley Cat or other itions caused b, Sowsin, Las & Okoed o St | The matter of Clarrie_A., Mary E. and As N ¢ Yy S RNy ' — = Wondotul Coee Machine ~ Gold x1eNnwoodC This coal and gas range with two ovens is a wonder for cooking Although less than four feet long it can do every kind of gooking for ang family by gas in warm weather or by ¢oal or wood when the kitchen needs When in a hurry both ovens ean be used at the same time—one for roasting and * the other for pastry baking. It certainly dees “Make Cooking and Baking Easy” — Shea Q Burke 37-47 Main Street, Norwich Medal ordinary . heating. 2l high school sporting circles as “Smiler” took third place in the “Mur- phy” race. Cyclers to Give Minstrel Show. A special meeting of the Thread City Cyclers was held at the club rooms on Main street Tuesday even- ing; the aftendance was unusually large. The resignation of Roy Downer was read and accepted. He recently enlisted in the regular army. Dwight Jordan, the vice president, was pro- moted to his place and E. D. Eastman was elected vice president. It was voted to hold- a minstrel show Thanksgiving Day and the fol- lowing committee was named: Gilbert Fiynn, chairman, Clinton Wood and John T. Pickett. 'This will be the 27th annual minstrels and will be in charge of George Bartlett as usual. A mem- bership campaign will be conducted and Gilbert Flynn was made chair- man of the committee. The next meeting will be held October 28. Home From the West. Walter McGaughant, who has been visiting friends in western Colorado has returned to this city for a short stay. While out west, he worked on a ranch, helping in the irrigation work and in_harvesting the crops of alfalfa and wheat. The place where he was staying was among the Rockies and he says that the climate is great. He is tanned like an Indian and has lost superflous flesh but gained in sinew. 1 e e STONINGTON Borough Suspends - Business To- Do Honor to Boys Leaving for Ayer— Differences With Velvet Weavers Settled. Stonington surely did itself proud Thursday morning in the farewell demonstration in honor of the boys drafted for military duty under the select service law. The boys who left for New London and themce with their comrades to Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., were given every possible hon- or by their townspeople. Business was suspended in the borough during the parade and general send-off, and the time cannot be recalled when so many Stonington people assembled at the railway station. The drafted young men were escorted by a procession made up as follows; headed by Major Charles P. Williams, mounted, - as marshal: 2 Stonington Fire Police; squad of patrolmen: Imperial band,’ James Perry, leader; B Company, Connecti- cut Home Guard, Captain I Frank Gavitt; J. F. Trumbull Pl:‘f), G. A. R, in carriages, Edward Sheffield, commander; Stonington selectmen; lo- cal members State Council of De- fense, Elias B. Hinckley, Frederick Boulter and James H. Weeks: the selected young men, thé honored men of the event; warden and burgesses; Portuguese Rifles; Chesébro Fife and ' Drum Corps; Stonington- Boy Scouts; Tierney Temperance cadets; Stoning- ton borough fire department, headed by Chief Teed and . Assistant Maine; Portuguese Fraternity; school chil- dren and citizens. All along the line of march there were expressions of general patriotism and best wishes for the young men selected to serve their country. The borough boys honored are: Paul Longe, Willlam J. Higgins, Johin E. Garity, Leward Paterson, Stafan Sav- iczyk, ‘'William H. R. Waple, Herman H. Simons, Manuel Abrean, James C. Gilmore, John Ferria, Joseph Kropi- dowski, Louis S. Witt, Julius Hermans and Germaria Abren. 4 ~ i Brevities. it is reported that the striking weavers of the velvet mill have set- tled differences and wills return to work next Monday. James M. Leahey, of the borough, hasspeen transferred fro Camp Dev- ens to New Haven. Louis Santos was hailed before the Stonington town court fo a fourth time within as many weeks on charge of breach of the peace, and received lenient treatment until the limit was reached. This time he is sentenced to jail for thirty daye and to pay costs of $9.38. There are forty cars in Stonington, lumber-laden and consigned to_ the Ship Construttion and Trading Com- pany. 3 TAKEN ILL ON TRAIN John Crimmins, New Haven Man, c Hurried to Hospital. - : Putnam, Sept. 20.— One of the New Haven selected men who passed through this city Thurs- day, on one of the long trains, became il! just_before the tral nreached Put- nam. He was taken off and hurried in an ambulance to the Day Kimball hospital, where he gave his name as John Crimmins. It was said at the hespital thdt the man avas suffering. from an_ailment of a nature not se- rious. He will proceed to Camp Dev- ens as soon as his condition permits, which may be some time today. Appreciated Red Cross Thoughtful- nes Putnam, Sept. 20.— Some Norwich and Willimantic men who saw the send-off in this city on Thursday afternoon conceded it to be the greatest of its kind of which Con- recticut cam boast. These men were particularly pleased with the atten- tion shown by the Red Cross society to the. men of their cities, when lunches were being served. Bouquet for Soldier-Singer. Pytnam, Sept. 20.— From the steps of a train that wa$ conveying nearly a thousanc men from towns in the’ western part of the state to Camp Devens at Ayer, a vocalist of- real merit entertained hundreds of people at the Putnam station Thursday afternoon. ren- of the 48 men who we lasti dition of Mother McCree was received g credi with thunderous applause and some|away from this city to Camp De woman in the crowd succeeded in|Thursday—then went away presenting him a bouquet of roses, |their own real selves. Unfc this cannot be said of scores men on other trains that w Putnam. District bo: who were in this city said that suc actions would not be tolerated future, on_the part of any the first district. Means v plied to keep the men under 7 which he disassembled and divided with his companions. He responded to an encore with the same eong, and sot the same great hand as on his introductory. ALL WENT SOBER Putnam’s Drafted Men Superior to Some Others in This Regard, Hartford—Thomas B. clerk at the State Comptrolle offl has returned from a two weeks' vaca tion, spent at his home in Sharon. McDonald, utnam, Sept. 20— P There is this to be said to the ever- Federalize i YOUR BUSINESS There is a FEDERAL TRUCK for every comgnelu'al use. 1, 1Y, 2, 3%, and 5 Ton Capacity Also light and he_avy duty Tractors. The Imperial Garage, Agts. . . CHESTNUT & WILLOW STREETS SUPEOSRTNS T