Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 10, 1917, Page 9

Receivers’ Sale DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT CF CONNEGTICUT. IN EQUITY NO. THE BILLINGS & SPENCER COMPANY, Complainant vs. HOPKINS & ALLEN ARMS COMPANY, Dgfendant Notice is hereby given that i pur- suance and by virtue of a ‘decree in the above entitled cause of the above entitfed Court, Honorable Edwin 8. Thomas, Judge, dated September 1Tth, 1817, I, the undersigned, one of the Receivers therein, will sell at public sale to the best and highest bidder at the office of Hopkins & Allen Arms Company, No. 132° Franklin Street, Norwich, Counecticut, on Wednesday, the 17th day of Octobery 1917, at 2:30 oclock P. M, all the right, title, in- terest and equity of redemption of the @efendant corporation in the following “escribed propertiés: Two certain tracts of land, with the buildings thereon, located in the City of Norwich, Connectieut, the first, tract being ‘on the southerly side of Willow Street and the west- erly side of Franklin Street at the southwesterly corner of said stréets and fronting abeut seventy-nine (79) feet on Willow Street a;nd about seventy-one (71) feet on, F: the second tract _being d easterly by Franklin Street, rly by Willow Street, wester. 1y by Chestnut Street, and fronting about thrse hundred forty-six (346) feet on_ Franklin Street, about two hundred nineteen (219) feet on Wil- low Street, and about five hundred seventy-two (572) faet on Chestnut Street. the nort rly line of the sec- ond tract being about three hund- red fifty (350) feet in length and running from the easterly side of Chestnut Street in a southeasterly direction to the westerly side of Franklin Street: the premtises be ing particularly described in the de- cree aforesaid to which i herein had. > All right, title and interest of Hopkins & Allen Arms Company un_ der a certain lease to said Company of date July 1, 1915 of certain lahd and buildings in said City of Nor- wich known as the “car Shop.” All the tangible personal propérty of said Hopkins & Allen Arms Com- pany Jocated on or upon®the above described promises, including said car shop and including ail machin- ery, supplies, engines, boilers, shaft- ing, counter-shefting, gears, pulleys, hangers, belting, tools, jigs, fixtures, motors, furniture, all stock and ma- terial, raw, Wrought and in process, and aise 411 machipes, tools, jigs, fixtures, and ' appliances of every kind, and all unfinished arms and parts, and also all rifies in process of manufacture and. finished rifles, and all manufactared parts of ri- fles. and’all other like and similar articies upon said premises. Four hundred shares of the capi- tal stock of the Norwich Housing Corfpany. 1 1 -said property to be sold as an entiréty in a single parcel but subject however, to all liens, incumbrances, easernent restrictions and _covenants of recor and to any llens for taxes against said property upon thée Assesment List of October 1, 1817, no bid therefor to be received for a less sum than $65000 and the sale thereof to be for cash ep- cept as hereinafter otherwise providéd, pavable as follows: not less than $28,- 000 to he paid upon the award and the baiance within ten (10) days from the date of the ccnfirmation euch saie by this Court as hereinafter pro- vided. any sale to be subject to such confirmation and to be forthwith ré- ported to this Court by the under- signed: the purchaser at such sale to be entitled to have applied in partial sat- istaction of his bid any Receivers’ cer- tificates theretofore isswed by the Re- ceivers in said cause under order of eaid Court. such certificates to be re- ceived at their face value And accrued : all of sald properties to re- | the possession and control of said Receivers until confirmation of sale and payment in full of the pur- chase price, and upon such confirmu- tion and payment in full said Receivers to execute and deliver to the purchaser in due form of law a sufficient deed or deeds or instrument or instruments of conveyance and assignment of all the property so sold and to deliver to euch purchaser full possession thereof. Dated at Norwich, Conn., September | 17th, 1917. I EDWIN W. HIGGINS, Receiver, The Charles A. Kuebler Company MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS OF Marble and Granite Monumental Work 39-41 Franklin St. Norwich------....Conn. UNIED 16N MPONERSC0, are selling Tea and zaverus:ng my n onnesticnr eara T Tae Bul busizess resulta THERE = o Eastern letin for iand Frank McGorty Namad— State Officers to Visit' Eastern Star— Body of Albert Sault Not Seen by mn at 415 a. m. Momday— Home Guard Assioned to Qo Special Duty at New Lontdon Sunday. in A house to ho the Liberty lcan %— oo Danteison district hah : upon By the Central LfB#fty loan com- mfttee of which Charles A. Tillinghast Hamberger, Bostons who ill superviss. the campaign in this pection of the state, met thie Zorh mittee and. conferred about the details ©f the work to be done here., Committees were named as follow: Posters, A. Putnam Woodward, C. A. - : publicity and advertising, F. Davy, Edward A. Suflivan ufacturers. J. Arthur Atwood; tsn’s -commiitee, Mrs. Rienzi Rob- LK H. Keachi rural dis- d . Al M. J. Ginet, M. B, g8. State GWfissre Coming. State officers of the Ofder of the Eastern Star aye t6 be at the meeting of the Danielson chapter this evening, When there fs to be insp®ction. Mrs. A. E. Withi n is steadily re- covering at a hospital near Boston fol- jowing a surgical operation. Danielson’ members will be at Put- nam tomorrow afternoon to attend the gathering of the Windham County as- sociation of Connectféut cojlege. Preparing to Pay Tax. Local liquor and tobaeco - dealers have ‘been upon to make ready to meet the special thxes levied on :mlur business umder the war revenue bl Candidates for town offices at the annual town election are fiing their election expémses with Town Clerk Frank T. Preston. Such returns must be made withia 15 deys after electiom | . Coon Hunters Ready. The ‘coon hunting season bpems on Tuesday of next week. James Kent of Elmville will be among the first to try their success &t _this_epo: Manager J. F. Lewis of the Orpheuth theatre and Mrs. Lewis are to occupy a home on Main street, near Davis park, fhoving from their home o school _street. Chief M. H. Grimshaw was in Puf- pam Tueeday attending the trial of Clarence A. King in the superior couf) Officer Christopher Afdraws befng on duty in his place. D. H. Armstrong has opened finely squipped offices in the Phoenix build- inE, these offices to be in charge of Mrs. Vera Beeman. Mfr. Armstrong will continue to travél In the interests of his other business. Potatoes Not Dug Yet. Although the season is getting lats there are many acres of jpotatoes in this vicinity remaining to - be dug. Scarcity of labor is holding up the work. Henry C. Gensing of Lowell visited friends in Danielson Tuesday. Mission at Dayville. At St. .Joseph’s church in Dayville this week & mission'is being conducted for the Frénel-speaking meémbers of the parish by Rev. J. P. Guitiet, M. S. and Rev. Petdr Roux. M. S., both fof- merly at St. James’ church i Daniel- son. Saw No Body at 2.15 a. m. Night OMicer John . Macfarlnd is certain that the body of Albert Bault was not at the foor of the bulkhead leading into the cellar of the G. O. Thomas store in the Hyde block as late as 4.15 Monday marning, for at that hour the officer, in making his rounds. flashed his searchlight on the 8pdt where the body was found Mon- @ay afterhoon. Weomen to Sign Pledge Cards. During “the week of O2t. 22 Daniel- son women will be invited to sign pledge cards to do their utmost t6 ¢on- serve food supplies during the coming winter. A committee of which Mrs. Marinda C. Butldr Rebinson will be the head is t6 be named to conduct the Louse to’house canvass for the pk 3 This pledge work is :6 be carried out in every seetion of, Connecticut. Tarhét Praetice Continues. Members of the - Danislwon Homre guard_company. which had its regular drill Tuesdayv evening at the atate armory, continue target oractice at the range and are making creditable progress in the use of the rifles with which they are equipped. War Postage Rules. Postmaster George M. Pimng ha received notice that the amended pos. tal Taws and regulatlons, effectivé Nov 2, provide that upon all matter of the first class postage ahail be charged at the rate of three cents an ounce’or fraction thereof: and drop letters shall be mailed at the rate of two cents an ounce fraction thereof. incluing delivery at letter carrier offices. As used in the postal regulations, a drop letter is one addressed for deliv- ery ffom the office at which it is poze- ed. There is no drop rate op any mat- ter except. Under thé new regulations effective Nov. 2, a two cent stamp will be re- quired on private postcards. And on regular U. 5. pogtal cards it will be necesasry to affix a one cent stamp in addition to the stamp impresséd upon the card. making the rate two cents each on all postcards, Whether picture, wovernment or otherwise. All letters not properly and sulfi- ciently stamped, after Nov. 2. in ac- cordante with the new régulations will of courme be held up at the local office. i they are for local Jelivery; if they are for outside delivery, tey will be OChildren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA ORWICH FUR GO, Are open for business with a 47 Main. Street Special Attestion to” Evary Detail. Pariers | .~ \ Clarence King, of Danielson, on Trial Charged With Theft of Diamond ge—Criminal Cases Disposed of, Judge Scoring Tewn's Rum Business—Filling Red Cross Orders —County Corn Show t5 be Held in Nevember. The case, of the state vs Clarenée King, Danfelson, tharged Wwith !h#t. was commenced Tuesday in the su- perior. wourt before Jjudge Joel H. Reed and@ a jury, but was not cozh- pltted When court adjourned for the f'-l{. 3 'he defendant ing implicated 1 of diamond -rings from the jewelry store of McEwen and Chapin in Da 161508, the 10ss oOf ithe gems discov- ered July 18 last. The jury in the case is as follow: Olin D. Farrows, Clarénce W. ase, Freeman A. Libby, Putnam: Dwigit W. Ives, Windham: Charles Butler, Asnford; Oliver ¥. Do tdward Barrows, Carterbury; T. Grance, Chaplin: C..P. Eastford; Austin E. Pear., Hampton: John Ash, Pomfret; ‘Chguncey F. Ga- ger, Scotiand. The defencc denies tuat King 8 guilty of theft in conmeetion with the lisappearahce of jéwelry mentiohed in_the case. Henry A. McEwen of -the firm that lost the rings testified’ that in July inst the firm had on hand about’ 40 diamond rings, which were kept in a safe. This safe 3tood in the maln arepway of the store and was easy of access. The sife frequently was left unlocked. The diamonds were missed July 13, a Friday. Mr. M én_gave a description of articles later discovered midsinz, in- cluding & wrist watch, necklace, pen- dant, etor Some of the articics, since all to havé been recovered, ‘were displayed In court. Rscovered Frorm Loan Shops. Mr. MoEwen testified as to where rings and other vaiuables were re- covered—from l6an shops in New Ha- ven, Providence, N R -, 4, Mass. afiount of money the firm paid to recover the valuabies, in each case the amount being the same was lcan- ed on them. Some of the valuables, it was later charged by differemt wite nesses, were pawned by Albert Tal- nble,'leem.fi. Wwho is also to faes 3 charge similar to that for whieh King is _standing rtial Mr. McEwen testified that he had known King abou: a year and thaf was in the habit of coming té his stors to buy phonograph récords. is 'charged with be- n e -ance Witness safd Talnose also was in The rings Bad not been on‘display, but put away in the safe, for ten days before thev wers missed. Mr. McEwen told of going about to @iffer- ent cities“in company with Chief M. J. Grimsbaw of Danielson and recov- ery missing jewelry. Witness From Fort Terry. Lucién Lambert, member of thé 38th company, L, I. S, now stationed at Fért Terry, but in early July a clerk in the McEwen and Chapin store, was called as a witness. Said he was or- dered to display diamonds in the show window and upon going to the sAfe @IEcOVered -that they were mi: ing. He is acquainted, he said, with #oth King ahd Talnose, who frequent- Iy came to the store. He remembered seeing Talnose near the safe at one dme, listening to phonograph records that were being played in the store. Loan Men Testify. Late éh the afternoon the case had progressed to the point efe Joan men were called to the stand as wit- nesses. The first of these was Jacob Aran- son, Newport, R. 1. He <aid that he is quite certain that King came to his store on Friday, Juiy 13, in com- pany with Talncse. King didn't stay the placé two minutes, Aranson testified. Talnose. offered a' ring on which he wanted a loan, bui Aranson said he Wwould not give thé amount desired, so the men Went out. Within a_few ‘minutes Talnose returned and d_a diamond ring, signing as Albert Papers. Under crobs-examination by Attor- ney R, M. Douglass, Norwich, senting King, Mr. Aranson said cértainly do remeriber that thése men came to my store Friday, Juld 12 " Aranson sald he had ditAedity in recognising King in the Soldier’s uni- form he is now wearing. Pawned New Rings. Samuel Komroff, New Haven, jew- eler and _loan merchant, identified King as having been in his place of business on State street, in July. witness testlfied . that- King came Intd Nis place of business one morning at about 1) o'clock and pawned a lady's small beicher set diamcnd Ting, a new ring. Komroff said that King told him he was from Ansonfa. King @me in with Tainose, who also pawned kflmg simflar to the one put up by King. & néw ring. The circumstances madé him suspic- on civiliang ious, the Withess lestiffied. He gave a total 8¢ 312 on the two rings. Kom- roft , and later turned these rings gger Chiet Grimshaw and Mr. Mec- Swen. Recognized by Providence Witness Bamuel Kaplan, & clerk for the Weybrseett Diamond company and the. Nurragansett Loan fompany, af- térwarded and those to whom they ars adressed will have to pdy the postage due, ak is now done with mall matter that does not carry a Sufficlent amount of amp: 'hé two cent rate on first class mall matter will apply to letters posted a: the local office for points on the R. F. D. route out-of the Danielson office, but not for points on otaer R. F. D. routes. WILL DO GQUARD DUTY. nielson Home Guard Receives A signmént for New London Cerem n v Captain F. O. Armington announced that the Danfelson Home guird com- pany will & to Netv London next Sunday to participate in the c¢eremo- nies incident to the prestntation to the regiment df a stand of colers, the gift of a generous New London woman The membérs of thé company are to make the trip in automobiles. a good number of Which are owned by mem- bers of the command, They will leave here during Sunday forenoon in ample time for an éasy journey to New Lon- don. At New London the Danielson com- pany will . do guard duty. e ¢om- mand is one of the very few organiza: tions in the regiment that has had ex- perience in this 8pecial line of duty, s has been sssigned to do that wi at New Durihg thé Labor day éncam| t the memedrs of the Dan- ielsan PANY were given gpod echooling in guard duty by the om- Ters. Governor Maréus H. Holcomd 18 to t New 6n St 'l;l'r- :m‘ be w« ot e a a R ie1861 . ding tOWhs. ” in and thé surfoun WEDNESDAY, 1p200277 RING COVER FOR DIFFERENT” SIZE DISHES, .. LI ATLII 111 ’ _ LARGE: _ BROILER DOOR s/, ALL NICKEL RAIl EASILY REMOVED FOR CLEANING! NO BOLTS ™ _ NN\ 277770222 \ SLIDING HEARTH FITTED WITH ° LARGE ASH PAN EASILY REMOVED WITHOUT SPILLING ASHES. EASILY REMOVED FOR REPAIRING AN Y Your kitchen will be = ENENESTE] be -sent directly to the camps \\'hor?l the néed 18 greatest. When this ur- gent need is met, knitted articles w be sent overséas according to Mr. Myrphy’'s cable and our originat in- tention. No. 2—Knitted articles, however, may be given by the chapters io th local boys as they leave for the camps This must be handled in an orderly way, through a competent committee, authorized by the executive commit- tee. The commanding officers and the division office should be notified cf such action. No. 3—In_special instances, home companies may be eupplied through our supply service or by special ar- rangement with the Red Cross Camp fleld directors, at the request of con manding officers. No shipments should be made to any camp, without ccm- municating with this office and- mak- ing such arrangements as are essen- tial to safeguard proper deliveries. In accordance with these directions, some 20 sets of knitted articles wers given to men leaving this district last week, and 18 sets were sent Sunday to men at Camp Devens. It is hoped that_ knitted arttcles will. be handed in promptly that there may be enough to supply the men leaving Oct. 19. lenée concerns, said ion the witness stand that he recognized King as‘ the man who came to the place of business where he is employ- ed in Providence July 15 and pawned a ring on which he was given $30. Talnose, whom the witness said he also recognized the minute he saw him' in: court, was with King at the time, Kuaplan said. Kaplan showed the firm’s record bock of loans and pointed out the entry that he said had to do with the transaction which he described, and he claimed that King is the man who signed on the book as Robert Hanley, 24 Grand street, Danbury, Conn, an@ gave his occu- pation as a toolmaker. Asked what t Tainbse had in the transaction, ness said nome at all., Claithed He Was From Ware. The next witness was Benjamin L. McDuff, Providence, head of the . 8. Loan company, $8 Dotrance street. He identified King as having come to his store on the morning of July 14 last and offéred a diamond ring for a loan. The ring was a néw one, McDuff testified, and he said that King told him he had bought it for a girl. wut wanted to raise mchey on it to pay his expenses to the Elks’ convention in Boston. McDuff testi- fied that he let King have $35 on the ring, and exhibited what he said was t e t] t HIGH SCHOOL NEWS GAS . ATTACHMENTS ‘IF DESIRED New- MAGEE GRAND, one of the best ranges built and sold at a popular price; a great baker; always ready to do a big day’s work. pices of the hall, a2 and corn dishes, onstrations by meal iA cooking. show will local growers o ~"SINGLE DAMPER ONE MOVEMENT Ki IMMERENG COVER JFOR ~5LOW: COOKING ZEL VAT INDLE OR,BAKfiy ¥ { OR OVEN THERMOMETER CORRECT AND RELAAIBLE . Al complete with one. [E I=1N=i membership records. hoped that the Putnam chap- branches and er, ita able to have been sked to notify the ttend secretary. | COUNTY CORN SHOW ARRANGED FOR NOVEMBER Object to induce Farmers to Raise or Buy Native Seced Corn—Competi- tions and Premiums—Home Econ- omics Contest. 3 A county corn show, under the aus- Windham County Farm be held in Owl Putnam, Thursday, 'Ncgember In addition to the corn show, here will be a home eéconomics sec- ion, with exhibitions of corn products together with dem- the home demonstra- Assceia- re’ Association, will ion agent of the Farmers’ tion on various methods of using corn The objects of this, follows: 1, to give Zocd seed an oppor- 2, to in- be gs unity to advertise the fact: ctease the production of more and better corn: 3, to promote the mu- . (KARGE HIGH OVEN TEQ, ON FIVE SIDES | FULLY. VE auxiliaries may e represented at this conference, Any wha will be RO ENTILATED, ___LONG OVEN DOOR FOR OPENING OVEN DOOR” = 'WITH FOOT tual acquaintance and better u standing among the corn agricultural ager to fncrease thé una better corn. in v There is no question Wwindham county produces that is of, the finest type. ro. fcn of m Vindham coii but ing so, ‘it ‘seems very poor poli a to buy seed n t A tance, orsto use corn for se hic has eben, grown under cotiditic soil and ‘climate very much from thope in which the corn i pianter. It is not wisp to imr corn of’a strain_which thrives other géction, when one ma lection, and testing, build up much hetter adapted to our cial conditions. It is hoped t corn . show will help :to interest of the farmicrs v nearer the day when its 50l ty will use only raised on its own its own particular At a meeting of the committee rangements for of L. H. Healey Gerald Waldo of Scotland Williams. of Danielson, Be (Continued on Page Ten) and ds. bred 1y, ‘October 6 njamin’ G a record of the transaction, - which gave & signature of Walter Rounds, 46 Main street, Ware, Mass. McDuff sald he had made a record, according to his best judgment, of the personal description to the men who recefved the loan. This record showed a than 5 feet 9 inches tall, weight 150 pounds, lght complexion. * McDuff téstified that he iater turn- &d-the ring in question’ over to Mr. MeEwen, Chief Grimshaw of Danfel- 80n and ‘Inspector Monohan of the Providence détective buréau. Talnose Pawned Ring. McDuft also testified that on July 18, Talnose came to his store and vawned a gentleman's ring. Talnose wanted 325 on this ring, but McDuff sald he zave him only $20. The ‘trial of the case Wil be re- sumed today, when it is expected it will be completed. GR|M|NAL CASES Disposed of During Tuesday — Don Gleria Given Prison Sentence. Lecture Course for Red Cross Bene- fit—8¢chool Council Organizes. The High School lecture course pro- ds are to be given to the local Red Cross. The first lecture of the course will be by Morris Hindus, a native of Rus- sia, who has worked his way throush high school and college in this ccun- try. Those who hear him lecture last vear remember him as a solished und forceful speaker, whose very ei tertalning and _instructive lecture proved him a thinker of no small ability. An’ interclass track meet will be held Thursday near the High School building to choose those who will take part in the track meet which is to bo held at Webster with the high schocls of this vicinity pdfticipating. Miss Marion Hart, the new com- mercial téacher for the Putnam High sehool, is expected to arrive Thursday, Oet. 11. The school council was orzani: last Wednesday morning and lowing officers were elected: Presi- dent, Charles Maher; e president, William Mansfield; sécretary, Beatrica Morton. The. following managers cf the athletic teams were elected: Man- ager off track, Ralph Spencer; tennis. Clifford Gleason; basket ball, Arthur Flessis; baseball, Kenneth Andem. The Putnam High School Debat- ing club held its, opening meeting on Thursday, Oct. Thirty . members were effroiled. The officers elected for the ensuing year ar President, Kenneth Andem '18 dent, Eleanor Carpenter 'l Bosworth '13; executive _committee, Charles Maher '18, Ruth Bartlett '19, Wilbour Lown '20, George Child '21. The executive committee consists of the teacher in charge and a repre- sentative from each class. The freshman class held a meeting Friday, O¢t. 5, for the purpose of de- termining an ‘amount for class dues, and to ¢hoose. class colors. A com- mittee of three was appointed for this cbject. State Red Cross Conference. Tuesday, October 16th, a Red Cross conference for the state will be held at New Haven at the Lampson L. csum, Eim street, near the Yale post office. The conference be, called to order at 10.45 a. m, and will ad- journ at 5 p. m. Luncheon is being arranged for. At this conference experts repre- senting all the ithportant divisions of Red Cross work will be” present pre- pared -to discuss the iatest plans and developments of this great organiza- tion—chapter develepment, junior ac- tivities, rooms, - civilian reifef, military relief, publicity, nursing ser- - e o 5 During Tuesday several cases that were on the criminal list were dis- posed of. Don Gloria pleaded guilty to assault with intent to Rill and was sentenced to serve not less than one fior more than two years in the state prison. Edward King pleaded guilty to sim- ple assault and was given 60 days in jail. Michael Ledeau pleaded guilty to in- decent assault and was sentenced to serve eight months in the county jail. Cline Ji Jansen, on a_ bigamy charge, was given six months in the county jail, Augusto Musso, charged with in- toxication and assault with a dan- gerous weapcn, pleaded guilty to-sim- ple assault and was fined $100. Musso is the man that attacked John De- vigny, a_ bartender at the Chickering hetel, with a knife. Scored City’s Rum Business. In passing on some of the cases disposed of during the daay, Judge Reed commented that if Putnam would take care of its rum busine the superior couft would not hate t attend to such business. RED CROSS ORDERS — Carried Out Promptly by Local Branch —Knitted Sets to be Ready Oct 14. ‘The lotal Red Cross chapter has re- eently réceived the following fiew or- ders tor the, distribution of knitted ar- ticles 2 No. 1=8hiD .30 the. Red Cross Sup. p1y CService,” Weat sith wireet and North River, frola whénce they will c CE) vy 7 Nf'o TR QRS fic Sanora Phonograph Sales Gompany, Iuc. Grorce E. 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