Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 18, 1917, Page 7

$100 New 47 FRANKLIN SQUARE Feels Badly Damaged. L 8ad Plight of State. e worst of it is that It is said that Germany will ask for Th | an Indemnity of $87,000. 000,000, - Gee, | can't. sever diplomatic H —— - ‘«55(/’) Is He Going? Why to the WAUREGAN HOTEL of course OR. C. B. ELDRED 42 Broadway Tel. 341-3 EAST SIDE SUPPLIES and Ernest Freeman 15 Ripley Place Tel. 1112-4 C. E. LANE Shop tel. 731 Devoe Furniture Ready Mired ind Paint : Varnishes, e Oils and Brushes ZIMMERMAN and Metals 33 Warren St. Preston Bros. Inc. Tol. 1254 Loan Bonds A limited supply in hand for sale to any one subscriber upon payment in full. $50 to $1,000 Bonds on Easy Installments The Chelsea Savings Bank relations with | but she must feel badly damaged!— |La Foliette for six years yet—Anacon- | Florida Times-Union. da Standard. PicClure 7eils WET WASH ACCESSORIES House tel. 1123-2 t = | DEATH FBI.I.IIWS AUTO ACCIDENT [HOW | GURED Charies B. Douglas, tax collector of New lLondon continuously since 1904, escept for an intervening interval of two years, dled Wednesday night at 9.30 at the Backus hospital, to which he was taken after he was injured in an automobile accidgpt hers Sunday efternoon. His death was caused by pneumonia that developed. He was in his 54th year and had lived all his life in New London. He was a widower and is survived by 'a son and three iters. b ‘With Mr. Douglas at the time of the accldent was Miss Harriet Beebe, also NEW ORDERS FOR THE HOME GUARD. Indoor Target. Pragtice to Be Encour- aged as Far Possible. According to recently received gen- eral orders, commanding officers of, Home guard organizations are or§ered to make a certified return of the names of the active members of their com- mands who have performed the mil | tary duty required by law, to the se- | lectmen_of the towns in which these members reside, and each military commander is required to make return of the names of his fleld an4 staff offi- cer, the foregoing data to be in the hands of the town officials on the first day of November. The orders also require that ever: 1 organization of the Home guard shal assemble for instruction, which last will include indoor target practice. The commanding officer of the naval battalion and the command- ing officer of the machine gun corps shall order and prescribe such drills as they may deem necessary. Regarding discharges, the communi- ication reags: "Discharges are graded as follows and may be granted for the following regsons: Expiration of term of service to enlist in the United States service or National guard, non-resi- dence, disability, by request of com- manding officer, for benefit of the ser- vice, in accordance with the sentence of a courtmartial, apd dishonorable conduct.” Indoor target practice ill be en- couraged as far as possible during the | winter, and .22 calibre rifles and neces. | sary ammumition and targets will be supplied to those units that can use them to advantage Delegat to Convention. The New London delegates to the State Chamber of Commerce meetin> in Hartford left Wednesday morning. They are: Joseph T. Cruttenden, Wil- liam D. Harris, Theodore Bodenwein, Willilam A. Holt, E. C. Ford, John o BRI SRS et {00 AN TSI SR & -r.scmauuc.B-Donxluowa London Succumbe | 1oy 1y [N A SIMPLE WAY Injuries Received in Crash on Washington Street—Miss Wighut Ap.?l.nm Inhalers, Salves, HllnltBubeRfltn‘Comfothy — : of New London. Mr. Douglas was @riving his machine down Washington street at a fair rate of speed. He was about to turn into Main street when a woman ped in front of the ma- e Dougian, swung Sharply to the left, went across the street, and crashed into a pole. Miss Beebe was tkrown against.the windshield and is now a patient at the Backus hospital with both legs fractéred and with @ lacerated scalp. Mr. Douglas® injuries were considered slight at that time. Miss Beebe was reported as comfortably Wednesday night. SHORE LINE NOT ALONE IN INCREASE. President R. W. Perkins Telis of Con- ditions in Other Cities. In regard to the existing conditions the Shore Line Electkic Street Rail- way company, President R. W. Perkins in an interview Wednesday afternoon stated that the Shore Line company was not alone in the increased fares, for many other companies throughout New England had been forced to raise their rates. These companies bad also met opposition from the public. Mr. Perkins cited the conditions of rail- ways in Massachusetts where the sit- uation is practically the same as in Norwich, saying: » ‘The public hearings now being held by the Street Railway Investigating Commission, composed of members of the senay> and house of representa- tives of the legislature of 1917, have already developed the fact that the public in various communities is not | only keenly alive to the serlousness of the street railway situation, but is tanxious to lend its suppert %o any measure that will avert either Auspen- sion of the service, or tend to improve the service as it exists today. During the past three or four years the street railway companies have been operating at a loss, due to high cost of materials, increases in wages and special taxes levied upon them by law. This has resulted in an alarm- ing depreciation 6f railway securities, with practically no payment of divi- dends to bond and stock holders, as well as a depreciation of rolling stock, roadbeds, and service. Matters.have reached such a stage that the rail- way companies find it absolutely. im- possible to secure the capital neces- sary to the conduct of the business. Many of them are donfronted with the necessity of discontinuing service alto- gether; “others are endeavoring to get along by retrenching all along the line. and High Grade : GROC~RIES SEEhS 1 A. T. Otis & Son PROVIDENCE 7z Frankiin 8t. NAKERY 6 Frankdin St. Bulletin Bidg. Tel. 1133-3 VICTROLA WASSERMANN Th The Plaut-Cadden Co. Plaut-Cadden Co. Estab. 1872 Estab. 1872 = Plaut-Cadden Pl-éx:“té-d:cn Building 144-146 Main St. Norwich, Ct. — FERGUSON'S Franklin S all Al its branches Chas. E. Whitaker 81 Water St. Willard St Batterics THUMM'R and everything pertaining Delicatessan to them. Things Electrical 40 Franklin 8t. Walter P. Moran Tel. 1309 SP_lrttuckal St. . F, pho LUMBER of all descriptions CHAPPELL CO. Tel. 24 - Seif Starting AND FOCKET Rei gton BILLARDS Typewriters DOSCEY: & H4\R. WAGNER SIMPSON 52 Broadway Basemont Thayer Building St ——— HIGH GRADE COAL Telephone See SPEAR and THE You'll See THAMES C. A. SPEAR NATIONAL Optometrist BANK Franklin Square 16 Shetucket St. up. Sxaie in Somers Bidg. e JAMES L. CASE 37 Shetucket St. GET IT at LET ME PAIN1 IT FOR YOU ! AUTO LIVERY and EXPRESS Day and Night T. J. Fitagerald Phone 47 17 Town St. Tel. 1343-4 e . We :lnl ohairs in t way and Need a Plumber? b n sstl caning i whleln-n ai’-d ro- Tel. 857 cail. MIKOLASI'S hyieze BANBTOW TAILOR SHOP 38 Market 8t., 23 Vi ater Street ‘relephone 557 e v romtaen. PURE DRUGS Compoundea A-:cuuuly PLUMBING “As You Like It" JAMES W. GcEoRGE M. RATHEONE gl 16 Thames St. Telephone 1884-24 FARMING IMPLEMENTS and MECHANICS’ TOOLS of all kinde THE HOUSEHOLD Bulletin Buliding, 74 Franklin Street Everything Pure, -iean and Good oh GOOD ROOFING' CHAPPELL co. ———— st A share of RING & SisSK’S T Business e of ‘:‘l:omuv Frankiin Square GEO. F. ADAMS ————— Humphrey and Alton T. Miner, the lat- ter president of the New Londoy chamber. The state convention closes Thursday. Officers for the ensuing year were nominated Thursday and will be voted upon today. The New London delegation is pledged to vote for Mr. Miner for vice president of {the state assoclatlon. Mr. Miner is at present a director in the state as- sociation. You-ipe smokers like u'll hk LUC KY TRIKE The real Burley) c1garette / It was to alleviate, If possible, this situation, that the legislature ap- pointed the present commisston, and at the hearings which have been held so far there has scarcely heen =ne Gissenting voice to the proposition that street railways are an indispen- sable necessity, and must get such re- lief as will save them from destruc- tion. At Fall River many prominent bank- ers, Jawvers, manufacturers and rep- resentatives of merchants concurred in the belief that the person who makes the street railway service possible by furnishing the money for the construc- tion and maintenance - of the utility is entitled to a fair return for the use of the money he loans. It was shown that millions of dollars had been in- vested by that district in the bonds of® street railway corporations, that such Invest- ment on the part of the savings bank is a lezal investment, permitted by the bank commissioners, and that the present situation seriously affects the banks and insurance companies—} other words the savings and Invest- ments of small holders—just as much as it affects the prosperity of the en- tire community, and that the street allways must get relief, regard'ess of claims of mismanagement or anvthing e¢lse. As to claims of mismanagement, Frederick A. Fisher, president of the Lowell Institute of Savings, speaking before the commission at Lawrence, stated: “Regarding the claim ef poor man- agement, or mismanagement of street railways, no one who js fair minded can attribute the present situation to such a cause. The very fact that all, or nearly all, public utility companies all over the state, are in a bad way, is in itself a refutation of the claim of poor management. One or two cor- porations might be mismanaged, but it is absurd to think that all of them have been mismanaged. Regardless of stock and bond holders, a public ser- vico corporation, and ~ especially a street railway must be kept prosper- ous. Just as =oon as it becomes im- poverished it impoverishes the entire community. Fifteen years ago a four per cent. non-tax#ble street railway bond was worth something like $92, and was a_safe investment. Today such a bond is worth $25. “As for the five cent fare—It was an accident. If there had been a six cent plece instead of nickel piece, the fare vould have been six cents from tho art. It was not necessary te charge more than five cents years ago, per- aps it wasn't necessary to charge that {much, wut there isn’t any doubt that five-cents will not suffice to pay for a street car ride tod: and T hold that Americans believe in paying for what they get.” In some instances at these public hearinzs the representatives of cer- tain towns and cities have taken the stand that the street railways oper- ate at a profit within the city limits, and that it isn't the concern of such cities that the suburban lines be main- tained. this view, however, was shown to be narrow and undemocratic by Cornelius Mahoney, an attorney of North Andover, speaking before the commission at Lawrence. Mr. Ma- honey said: “The rural street rallway is the sal- vation of any city. Within almost a stone’s throw of where I now stand there are tenements housing 24 fami- lies terribly crowded, unsanitary, and breeding places Tor tuberculosis. The rural street railway makes it possible for some people to escape this sor of thing, and it is a shortsighted and rarrow and un-American policy _to think only of the interests of a few people in a limited area like 7 1-4 square miles of Lawrence in discus- sing a situation of this sort.” between the merchants of Norwich and ! MY CATARRH larmful Drugs, Smoke or Electricity. Heals n’.y—;a Night It 1s a new way. It ls 'something absolutely dmerem. No lotions, sprays or sickly smelling salves or creams. No atomizer, or any apparatus of any Kind. Nothing 'to smoke or inhale. No steam- ng or rubbing or injections. No elec- R T e Powdir; no plasiers: ne Keeping n the \mmng of that kind at all Something new and different, som thing deilgnhtful and healthful, some- thing Instantly successful. You do not have to walit, und linger, and pay out a lot of moriey. You can stop It ove night—and 1 will gladly teil you how E. I am not a doctor and this ot a so-called doctor's preseription it T m curea and. mi. trignds are cured, and you can be cured. Your suffering wiil stop at once like magic. I Am Free—You Can Be Free My catarth was flithy and loathsome, It Tade e hI Tt dulled my mind, It undermined my health and was weak- § my will.' The hawking, coughins, spitting made me obnoxious to all, and my foul breath and dlsgusting habits made even my loved ones avoid me se- cretly. My delight life was dulled and my faculties impaired. I knew that in time it would bring me to an un- timely grave, because every moment of the day and night it was slowly yet surely sapping my vitallt a cure, ani éx am ready l‘you about it FRE ‘Write me bo firlsx JUST ONE CENT Send no money. Just your name and address on a_postal card. Say: “Dear Bam Katz: Please tell me how you tured your catarrh and how I can cure mines Thats all you need to say. 1 will under: nd T wiil write 6 you With compiete "information, once. Do not delay. Send or write me a letter today. hink O Turning this page. watll you have asked for this wonderful treatment that 'I'p_g_ Porteous & Ml_tgtle_ll cg_ Our October Sale of Kitchen Furnishings WILL CONTINUE ALL THIS WEEK, UP TO AND INCLUDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20th. Here Are Some of the Special Offerings: China and Glass Specials Japanese thin China Cupsand decorations, value 25c—at... . Yellow Mixing Bowls, Barthern Culpldorl, value 200 Glass Mel.lurln‘ Cupt Plain Table Tumblers, 36c—a dozen for. Colonial Table Tumblers, val- ue 75c—a dozen for. White Pitchers, quart size, value 25c—at. 5-quart Water Pitcher, value 90c—at . 24-Pound Family Scales ‘Something needed in every home —gives weight by the ounce— ‘Without Scoop—at $1.09, value §1.29. With Scoop—at $1.25, value $1.45. Soaps and Powders Spotless Cleanser, value 5o— at .... . . 260 Gray Enameled Basins—at 270 Onyx Enameled Basins—at 66c, 2-quart Onyx Cntfu Pots— quart Marbie Coffee Foia can do for vou what it has done for me. 8AM KATZ, Room D. R. 312 2909 Indi. Avenu; Chicago, III. will permit the street rallways to op- erate at a profit. It has also been pointed out to the commission that street car uservice is vastly superior to what it was ten years ago, but that expenses, especial iy during the past three or four year: have increased even more rapidly than improvement costs, but that g flat unit fare of five cents has remained It is unreasonable to expect service to con- tinually improve, in the face of unpar- alleled high prices of materlal and maintenance, without a corresponding charge for such service. City Solicitor Tracy of Taunton, in speaking before the commission: said: “All interurban and suburban street railways should be a unit whenever connected. The ‘scrapping’ of the Snake Line (between Fall River and Providence)y or the threatened scrap- ping of the Taunton and Pawtucket line should not be possible The street railway is the conveyance for the poor people, many of whim have established homes along rural non- paying lines. It is a matter of gen- eral public welfare that as many peo- ple live in the country ns possible. Any situation which threatens to make it difficuit for people to live in the coun- try must be met with a big public spirit. Any meagure that will keep people in the country and tend to get more people into the country deserves the support of every patriotic citizen. Michael O'Brien, a labor leader in the city of Lawrence surprised the members of the.commission by stating that' the working classes, when they understood the situation, wers not op- posed to increased fares. Mr. O'Brien sal ‘e workers are interested In the prosperity of cmployers and in cor- porations because we realize thcs Dprosperity can not como to them with- |, cut coming to us also. No self-re- specting workman wants to ride on a street car without paying a just re turn for the service. No workman wants something for nothing, because we workmen realize that the reverse i3 50 often true, that people et noth- ing for something. The trouble is there are a lote of people who think they don't want a street car until the last car is gone.” President P. F. Sullivan of the Bay Stagte Street Rallway company, a cor- poration operating nearly a thousand miles of street car service in Massa- chusetts, and considered by many as the best authority in New England, as well as the most eficient street/rail- way manager sa “Were it no tfor the consolidation of many small street rallways into one big corporation, with the consequent standardizations, reductions, in ex- penses and ,varlous other economies, cumbers of- small electric rallways that have been taken over by the larg- er companies would have long ago gone out of business, or would today be charging anywhere from six to fif- teen cents as a unit fare. “A street railway is to a closely pop- ulated and integrelsted commonweaith like ssachusetts .as the veins and arteries are to a human body. No man expects or wants his finger or toe to function separate from the rest of his life. Massachusetts must get behind its street railways and other public utilities. Tt is merely a matter of pa- triotic and American sens ORGANIZED EFFORTS TO DEFEAT LIBERTY LOAN Pro-German Agents In the United States Are at Work. Washington, Oct. 17. — Pro-German agents in the United States, according to reports to the treasury department, have directed their energies toward de- feating the Liberty loan. Their organ- ized propaganda has borne fruit from 35c Smali Bnamel Disl 60c Large Bnamel Dish Pan—at 3%c ANY other special offerings in Kitchen Furnishings during this Sale that are not mentioned here. We urge every housewife to visit our Kitchenware Department this week and see the many splendid values that we are offering. The Porteous & Mitchell Co. Electric Irons, $2.49 Electric Irons, complete with cord and plug—Sale price $2.49, value $3.00. Two special offerings in Alarm Clocks—Our Leader, at 98c, value $1.25; the HBska Back Bell Alarm, at $1.29, value $1.60. Bread Mixers, $2.29 Bread Mixers, made of heavy char- coal tin. six loaf size, compléte with cover, Table clamp, crank etc.—Sale prive $2.29, value $3.00. Dairy Pails 10-quart size, value $1.20 at 98¢ 12-quart size, value $1.29 —at $1.10 14-quart size, value $1.35 —at §1.21 Covered Baskets Nor 1 size, value 156—at 120 No. 2 size, value 26c—at 21c . 8 size, value 35c—at 290 No. 4 size, value 389c—at 33c . 5 size, value 50c—at 390 Wet Wash Baskets Laundry and Wet Wash Baskets, split ash, end handles— 26-inch Baskets—at 59¢ 80-inch Baskets—at 750 Miscellaneous Kitchenware 20c Wire Dish Drainers—at.. 1*. . 2fe 190 260 right or inverted—at. go 10¢ Dish Mops—at.. [ Paper Napkins, whits crepe, value 20c—Sale price & hun- dred ... . 100 plained to officers and enlisted men from the various cantonments, “There has been organized effort,” said Colonel Lord, who was chairman of today’s meeting, “to discisirage and defeat the loan.” ed, “has been made by seeking to mis- represent the patriotism of the nation. This -effort, ALL BUT $34 OF $5,300 STOLEN WAS RECOVERED Granville Bank at Granville, Ohio—Robb: Newark, O., Oct. 17. the $5,300 stolen the Granville bank at Granville, a vil- iage near here, afternoon with the capture of two men in’soldior’s uniforms by C. O. Burke, a former Newarlk policeman, bers wore civilian attire when they entered the bank. The men taken, both vnder 23 years of age, refuse to reveal their names. . Assistant Cajshier Harry Pearce and bank stenographer, Miss Slack, were backed vault at the point of pistols by the robbers, who esceped with all the cur- { rency not locked .up. A sheriff's posse was gulckly organ- surrounding hours later Burke -All but $34 of morning from cent attucke were “unusual the secretary of the war of n statement tonight showing that the total officer cnsualties for the month August in all theatres ow the war were 5,638, or a dally average of 183, For September the total offiyer cas- ualtles were 3,182, or a dally average of 108, The statement points out that the recovered fhls of Regarding regulation of the public| Minnesota to Texas, it is asserted, in utilitfes in Massachusetts through the [scattered localities where weak -efforts Public Service Commission, Mr. Oliver | have been made, not openly, but by in- Preston, of the New Bedford Institute | direct m®™hods to discourage subscrip- of Savings, in a recent address before | tions. the commission, stated that “investors The work of the pro-Germean agents, in Massachusetts have become posi- |officials assert, has been carried on for uvely afraid to invest in the stocks|more n two weeks. Some of the or bonds of ony corporation subject|workers have had the temerity, reports to state regulation, because ‘public|to the treasury indicate, to conduct regulation in ~ Massachusetts has | their operations here in the natlonal broken down.” Mr. Preston pointed | capital. out that capital is not forthcoming for| Official recognition of the propa- financing necessary extensions and im- provements of street rallways and oth- er public utflltle-. a2d tho only aiter- ganda ogainst the loan was volced to- day by Colonel Herbert M. Lord, rep- resenting the war department at the or immediate legislative rel natives are, public ownership, with{war risk insurance conference at which its compl\1ted objections and evjls,|the details of the new soldiers and et sallors insurance la= =wa haine ax. overtook the two men walking along a country road. He offered them a P!Qv\ in his automobile, which they quic! accepted. Thoy were taken to the Hebron jail, where later they were tdentified’ by the bank cashier. The money was found concealed about their clothing. DENY GREAT LOSS . OF BRITISH OFFICERS British War Office Refutes Statement Coming From German BSources. London Oct, 17 ties among British officers in the re sever highent dally average of officer casual ties In all theatres was in July, 1916, when it reached 282, “These figures,” the atatement adds, “inciudes all _ casuaiities, however slight. Many officers returned to d even before the casualty had been pub- itshed.” =3 GASTORIA For Infants and Childre: Mothers Know That Genuine Casteria Thirty-Years — GASTORIA Refuting reports from German sources that the casual- insues 1ty