Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 8, 1917, Page 2

| dence suffictent to held the e e ———— MONTVILLE GIRL ™ COMMITED TO JAIL Helen Kelsey, 16, Found in Barn Wlth Twoe Men—Probable Cause for Hold- ing Harry Barrows for Superior Court. Helen Kelsey, 16, was sentenced to thirty days in jail for being a common prostitute, in the police court Wed- nesday morning. The accused belonged ‘In Montville and claimed to be marrfed to & man from that place but this statement could not be verified. She has been around the street quite a lit- tle recently and Sunday evening slept in a barn with two men. Barrows Bound Over. The continued cass of Harry Bar- rows was heard. Barrows pleaded not guilty to the offense, rape, through his attorney P. J. Danahey. Irene Sypher. 15, the girl who brings the charge was the first witness, Com- from the Middletown Industrial 00l where she was committed by the local probate court. she said that ehe worked at he American Thread company’s plant and had been out with Barrows four or five times, the first time to South Windham, the gecond to the Willimantia Camp , the third time eon Ives street, and the offence was committed en the first two timoes, On Oress-ex: the others had nothing her. Bhe told her mother and Austin mbout the affair, Susle Chesbro said she had kpown the two since September and no time when she wes with them M go down Windham roda or aay further than the entrance to Dr, Meson's hospital ana there was no m doing while they were tegether. eross-examined, she said that she Xnew nothing of the alleged offense until the Sypher girl was com- mitted. Joseph Nolan coryoborated what Chesbro sald. Barrows, whe ls 20, married and with one child, seid that he worked in the same mill with the S He denied going to South or to the Camp Ground with her and said that he had never done anything improper. He sald that the Sypher whom he had seen with other men had often on a window to him but he d@id not want to have anything to do with her. He sald that the Sypher girl probably knew that he was mar- ried for she had seen him pushing a baby carriage several times, Danahey for the aceused that the evidence was not -‘d-:t to hold the man en such a uting Attorney said ™hat he thought the evi- man for trial by jury, Judge F. H, Foss found probabie .cause and bound the accused over to the mext term of the supsrior court, under bonds of $500 which was fur- nished later. JAY M. SHEPARD Succeeding Elmere & Shepard andEmbalmer Lady Assistant DR. F. C. JACKSON DENTIST Remeved te 715 Main 8t., Willimantio Hours—9 a. m. t0 § D. m. Fhone ¢4 HlRAM N. FENN UNDERTAKER and EMBALMER 62 Church St, Willimantio, Ct. ly Assistant Tel. connectlon T TWO AUTOMOBILE SUITS Edward Lyman Sues Henry Silverman —Administrator of John McNamara Seeks $10,000 Dll'l Two more tases !.r the superior court returnable the first in December were formed Tuesday, when papers in two- civil suits were served. The first is for Edward Lyman v Henry Silverman for $750 damages, as the resuit of an asutomobile accident on the state road near Columbia, the plaintiff claiming that Silverman was operating his car at a reckless rate of speed, The other case is the result of an automobile _accident action being brought by John Pickett, administra- tor of the estate of John McNamara who was killed in an automobile acci- dent in Manchester The suit 1s against Oscar Arnurious of Manchester who ran into Mr. McNamara and the suit s for $10,0000, No Excitement Over Coming Caucus- es, The repubiican city eaucus wili be held at the town hall tonight, Bo far there has been little talk about candi- dates. The democratic party will held their cauucs Monday evening in the same place and they are equally quiet, with the exception as to what candi- date will run for mayor, It is pot known whether Daniel P, Dunn will again be a candidate and it is rumored that Aledrman Vaughn or Carl L, Al- ford might popsibly take the nomina- tion. Adrressed Woman’s Club, The meeting of the Willimantic Wo- man’s club Tuesday afternoen ‘well attended and proved interesting as among the regular features, Miss ‘Maude Hayes of the Connecticut Agri- cultural College gave a lecture on war ecenemics and food conservation, Claude Taylor Again Eludes Gapture. Claude Tayior again broke into the limelight, Tuesday evening. when a telephone message was received in this city that he was at Westford and if some men were sent from this city to a certain place they would be teld where to find him but when they ar- Hvog, the man had disappeared in the woods. Runaway Horse Damages Autemebile. A pair of herses belonging to Israel Bernstein ran away on the Columbia road near Hop River Tuesday evening and slighti the ¥Ford belong- ing to Willlam Mathieu, to the extent of bent fenders, broken winds id and headlights and a dented raiator, M. Bernstein offered to pay for the dam- ages. SUPERIOR COURT, Wednesday Deveted te Trial of $2,000 8Buit of Spector vs. Weinstein— Will Be Centinued Today. The superier court was eeeupied en 83, the plaintiffs claim is owed them by the defendant, Court started at 11.34 beeauss the sgreemen: Marrl- !nenter. testifieq that he had known Weinstein bout ‘a’'year and they cemmenced in from Breel where he was in the junk business. sold Weinstein several tens of ru-. paper; and junk and Weinstein gave him a deposit of $60 en i¢, the only money that he ever gave him, He al- #a lent Welnstein meney and pald mome bills contraeted by him te a ton tal amount $1,087.67, This in- cludes 83420 for 14 weeks of work for He and his f‘thhlul' at §15 a and hired the place, In April, they Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONN. “Meérode™ (Hand-finished, Fine Gauge Ribbed) UNDERWEAR FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN Mymdf&uhcfikw.&hrdnmplumtdflhud mflmmllwwhul'odflmdmum ‘wear, consisting of Vests, Pants and Union Suits, made in a pdmaofflyl-.wl#hmnmm-wfln&dud selection. - V‘mtfle Uh!*,n..fi.,'l” Vuh.ou&dl-.!lq UnlonSuh,ouhh-,‘.u The H.«_G.V;Mgmjgy_fio. made out papers to become partners, but Weinstein would not agree , to them, saying that If he owed the Spectors any money, he would take his time paying it; when Spector ask- ed him for their money. At a trial in the police court between him ad Wein- stein, Weinstein _sald that they were not partners. Spector also claimed that Weinstein admitted , several times that he owed the Spectors mon- ey but did not mention how much. Court recessed at one o'clock until 2 o'clock for- lunch. The afternoon session was late in starting_since attorneys for each side, Kelley for the plaintiff and King and Capen for the defendant, tried to settle the case. They diad not suc- ceed and court opened at 2.45 with Morris Spector still on the stand. Lit- tle more testimony was given and he deft the witness stand a few min- utes later after giving evidence for over an hour and a half. Bookkeeper Testified. Jacob Singor of Lebanon, a school teacher testified that he worked for Weinstein on Brodge street during the beginning of the summer, from 7 in the morning until 1 in the sfternoon, as a sort of bookkeeper, taking down the amount of mai lale which the Spectors brought in, He was em- ployed_and hired by Weinstein, He heard Weinstein state that he was not satisflad with the Spectors, but did not know whether they wefe partners. John Rogers of this city, who work- ed for the firm of Foley and Henry, who carted the junk from the junk- yard of the Spectors on Jackson street to the yard on Bridge street, then told what he knew of the affair, He sald that he worked on the job on day and carted four er flve leads, Samuel Spector, one of the plaintiffs, when on the stand practically eorro- borated what his son, Morris had said. Other Evidence, Abraham Glusein and Max Axlerod, members ef the board of arbitratien, before the parties agreed to have the case tried and by whese deelsion they were to abide, were called to the stand in orde: heir evidence ~ showed that Weinstein had admitted to them that he had received from the Spectors sums of meney totalling abeut $200, They also stated that Weinstein ad- mitted before them that he had re- ceived between $1,660 and 81,800 worth of junk from the SBpectors and he did’ not claim to have pald them any mon- ey, At that meeting, Weinstein stat- ed that there was no partnership, but that the Bpecters were working for ‘him, Nerwioh Witness Heard, Court adjourned at .15 until Thurs- day morning at 10.15 when the case will be continued, Only ene man tes- tified for the defendant, a member of the Max Gordon company from Nor- wich, Sult Over 85 Deog. The case of Bamyel Bates ve. Ralph Davis will be tried after the Spector- Weinstein case. This case Is over a $5 dog which one of the men owned but which e sold to the other party, understanding that this second party was to pay for the dog on a certain date, As he was not pald, the man claimed the dog, _The case was tried in a justice of the peace court and | then {aken to tde county superior court, The wages of the men while they watted for their case to come up to cenrt will overbalance the value of the deg. —i OBITUARY, Mrs. Charies H. Andrews. The death of Mrs. Jennie D, An- drews occurred at her home in Pleas- ant Valley, Wedneeday morning at 8 o'cleek, She dled rather guddenly, xu in) t-lophnn Tor ighbor ng r. a nei and a dector, but before the doctor ar- rived, she was dead, He gave the of death due te acute indiges- She was born in the heuse in which disd, December 26, 1843, and lived there most of the tima wifh the ex- ception of a few years when she re- sided in Hartford. . She is the widow of Charles H, Andrews and her near- est relatives are nephews and nieces, Brief Mention. My, and Mra. Allen McArthur wm in Holyoka ‘Wednesday, Harry Cotter of this city, who was honorably dw from Camp Devers recently, has returned to the mlthnoro Dental College of Dental Burgery where he will continue with his studies before 'Dlnl into eactive service in the U, B M Reserve corps, STONINGTON Borough Residents Enabled to Pro- cure All the Sugar They Need. ‘While there eanul A _report of a sugar shortags in Westerly, e == Jjudicious dealer in the borough who purchased some time ago a large sup- ply, not for the purpose of hoarding and securing fancy prices, but in order 10 meet the -nurnncy ‘that is here, is s0ld at the reg- ular p that prevalled before the present acarcity, and sold in Iou to suit purchasers !Ar immediate Wi shipyard and all concerned reap the ben- ;-:'t: including the borough of Bton- on, NORTH WINDHAM Créss werkers h Ch-rln Larrew has moved to 'Wil- limantia, Antluny ,!mm has seld eut his ey, Desby busi; ln of Chaplin was w Pflllnl Ilma his family Bq‘l;“.- lu.l _been heiping Mrs, “Dinor Lewis spent ‘rhuudny in Willimantic BOLTON NOTCH B. A, Bhaw was in New Fork over in frant he Carver x.‘. l-;n:‘n 'ruufi'a" 'anmu It breke .mm he chim: in the reef and the wi tate rt:ua has leté| M s "‘m.!' will follow later. |8 R Wi pod i B Sunday, WANTED - A jive correspondent in every towm, village and hamlet in Windham and New London Counties, Cons., and Washingten Gounty, Rhode lsland.( Only live ones who can furnish de- pendable information need apply, We £ ‘Fireston RESTONE Rims are-another example Faf Firestone leadership, were equipped motorists woul ear. Tirep now worn out unevenly If all cars with Firestone Rims, d save millions of dollars/ prernnturely on squeakind, wobbly Bive more miles of service and mfimtely more i Firestone long was essential to was searched satisfaction to owners, Rim Made by ire Maker - apo realized that e pood Rim tire satisfaction, The market end none was found. So Firestone went. into the Rim business that car owners might have a 100 per cent rim. Time t.he best Rim. proven that tire men can build Akron, Ohio ¢ Change Tire in 5 Minutes You can actually do this with Firestone Rims. No wedges to stick, no bolts to bend while prying them out, Of 184 car manu- facturers who use demountable rims, 136, or over 70 per cent, use Firestone Rims and will furnish them without cost to you. If your presem: car is not equipped with our Rims, it will pay you to change to Firestone, pay you in extra tire-milesge, freedom from annoyance of squesking rims. No matter where you are, you are always near one of our 52 branches, or one of our several thousand eents and dealers who carry Rims in stock and will serve you efficiently. No other Rim offers you these advantages. FIRESTONE TIRE. AND RUBBER COMPANY Branches and Dealers Everywhere BAIRD TIRE AND SUPPLY CO. DISTRIBUTORS Opposite Post Office School Sireei Garage, Danielson 331 MAIN STREET GALES FERRY Camp. Fire Girls Meet—Delegates to Sunday 8chool Convention—Presi- dent’s Proclamation d in Church ~—Temperance Exercises. The Camp Fire Girls, Pajigwad cir- cle, met Monday afternoon. at . the home of their guardian, Miss Alice Satterlee. The girls are interested in knitting and hemming bandages for the Red Cross. Courtland E. Colver, a member of the Groton team that is making a week canvass with the New London teams to raise the sum of $115,000 for the Memorial Hospital, New London, canvassed the village and vicinity on Saturday. P Convention Delegates. Mrs. R. Irving Hurlbutt and Miss Alice Satterlee left Wednesday morn- ing as delegates from the M, E. Sun- day school to attend the State Sunday School conventis in N’ew Huvan the schoo]l last week, Annie and Frank Alves of Aliyn's Point. Read President’s Procllm-llon- Rev, James M, Potter! read Gov, Holcomb’s proclamation preceding his sermon for the observance of Bunday, Nov, 11, as War Work Sunday in the M, B, chureh Sunday morning, This i3 to Interest the people of Connecti- cut in giving to the ¥, M. C, A, Wi for sol m ‘at the offertory At this service Mish Grace A, Chapman sang O, Lord, Be Merciful, by Bartlett, Temperance Program, At the Sunday scheol sessien which was In charge of Dudiey C. Perkins, assistant superintendent, a shert tem- rance pProgram was iven previous o ‘the lesson study, ng, A Sa- loenless Nation in 19%0; Dfu’Jr: super- intendent; readings, "Advancing Idea, Miss Grace A m-.mmn. his- tory’ Repeats Itself, Mrs James M. Potty v, James M. Potier: r-ted drawings on the black ev. james Potter; lesson _study, l.ward i cwie “attendance to Em. nnet years, gold wreath pln' Paul M 1e:, 1 year, 8.months, old plated star; closing dong, school, &ur, Battio Song. The Epworth League gvening ser: vice was led by Miss Marie Allen, icplc, Leavening the Foreign Avalan- The house of Mrs. Hannah Lewis of [ Allyn’s Point -is being improved by the addition of a veranda. ah Church of Poquetan- nlt nf Mrs. Nelson Roach a recent z-:en of Mrs. Roac Dlive Roge! ss Ethel Uo:n o! Unflmfll Mrs, ‘}mln% Hurlbutt. T. Mrs. Arthur Elukudn mfl dnn:hhn, Miss Marian Blackledge, N h/ are suests of Miss cnohn- for a week. motored ta Middietown t Bl the weex T “visit rela- Mrs, mnt Hur!butt of Caran . ffln een spending ‘"«3&“ ” hd wa‘fluflbm&, of the Groton Ship and Engine com- rany Monday as machinist helper for night work. Mrs. Nelson Parker and little daugh- ter, Margaret Hurlbutt of Norwich, are spending the week at the home Of Mrs, Parker’s brother and sister- in-law,”Mr. and Mrs. Rufus W. Hurl- butt. Transferred to California. Carroll S. Hurlbutt, who has been stationed at Camp Funston, Kansas, with the 164th Depot Brigade, been transferred to the Natiorial Guard camp, California. HAMBURG Grange Displays Service Flag With Two Stars—DeWolf-Jones Marriage Leland Wood, who is at Camp Dev- ens, visited his mother in Sterling City Sunday. H. L. Reynolds and daughter, Miss Harriet, were Middletown visitors last Friday and Saturday, and were_the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Rey- nolds. _ Cleses Summer-Home. Mrs, William Crook has closed her summer home and will go to Ruther- , after a visit with -friends p River and East Haddem. Mrs, Everett Beckwith and daugh- ter, Mrs, William_ Lyndall have re- turned from New. York, Mrs, Tyndall has been seriously ill in a hospital there, Mrs. May Bill returned Monday frem a visit to Mount Vernon, N, Y., and Woodbury, N, J, Five o'Clock Tea. The L, B, 8, met last week Wed- nesday afternoon. Mrs. C, M, Peck served five o'clock tea. Brnest Ely went Saturday ta Wa- terbnrz where she has employment with the Chase Metal Works, James Lord and family went te Hartford last week to hear the Roose- velt lecture, Lyme grange elected officers at their last meeting, The grange has a ser- in the hall with two stars. arry Noyes has gone to New York for the winter, Miss Monica Jones and Burten De- Wolf of Black Hall were married in New London Wednesday evening, Oct. at SL James Hpiscopal rectory by Philip M. Kerridge. After a short’ wedding ‘fourney they will re- side at.Black Hall, has | NORWICH EAST WOGCDSTOCK Union Meeting—Comfort Sent William Richardson at Carolina. Circle Kit North Mrs. Charles E. Bunce and son, Louis, of South Manchester, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Everett May, Mr.and Mrs. May returned with them Sunday afternoon for a visit. The Missionary ang Class circles will have a union meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M, T. Dartt in Quin- cbaug, next Saturday afternoon. Mrs. W. E. Hammond is attendant at the library during the absence of Mrs. E. E. May. 8ent Comfort Kit, A comfort kit has been sent Will- iam Richardson from his friends here. He is now located at Camp Green, North Carolina. A house to house canvass in the in- terest of the United States food ad- ministration was made here last week by Miss Grace Spalding of Daniel- son, Mr, and Mrs, B, C. Ames of Wal- tham, Mass., cailed on friends at Kum- heme, Friday, Mrs, Charles Gfibert East Douglas, and Mr, and Mrs, Addison Bayles of Pascoag, have been guests of Mr, and_ Mrs, Willlam H. Bayles. Fred O, Leavens, who succeeds H, Perkins Topliff, as overseer of the out- side worlk for the Wauregan comoany, will move his family to Wauregan this weels, Maurice and Hareld Conklin spent Enmrday and Sunday in New Lon- on, Andrew Archer from West Rutland, Mass., hag taken the apartment at the Hill Crest heuse recently vacated by Edwin Belshaw, Mr, and Mrs, james Green of Prov- idence were Sunday guests at Edwij Beishaw's, M, Joseph Sunn of Moosup visit- ed Mrs, O, D, Mowry last week, George @(rant, Harold Grant and Miss Mattie Leavens of Hartford, on of theic way home from a motor ‘trip, spent the Miss Leavens’ Thomas Grant of week end here parents. Purvis and Miss Agmes Providence were recent vis- itors at the home of Frank Davis. A. H. Battey and family were in Foster, Sunday. Mrs. H. S. Call ght called on Mrs. with and Mrs. Clayton John F. Frida nd family spent Sui- day in Providenci in Bast ford last Teacher Resigns — Howard Gallup Tells Grangers of Trip to Nova Sco- tia and Maine. and Mrs. John B. tSanton of Norwich, with their two children spent unday at the Stanton homestead. Mr nd Mrs. A. A. Stanton returned home vith them for a week’s visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hazzard of Providence spent last week at the Gallup homestead. Warren Tanner 1is working for Charles Hopkins in Plainfield, sawing shingles. Supt. Going to Florid Mrs. Josephine Mitchel has returned to her home in Boston and with her father will soon go to Florida for the winter. o The teacher, Miss Lombard, resign- ed last week and returned t ohier home in Worcester and Miss Esther Gailup has taken her place. Addressed Grange. At the grange meeting Friday eve- ning Howard Gallup gave an interest- ing account of his trip to Nova Scotia and of hunting moose in the Maine woods, Leaves for Westerly. Miss Cynthia Phillips has closed her cottage and gone to Westerly to spend the winter monthaé with her niece, She is patriotic and believes in prepared- ness and cultivated a spot of land.in the rear of her cottage with flowers and vegetables, She was a mood nelghbor and 'regular attendant at church and will be missed here. Mrs, Ed Frink entertained Miss Lombard and Mr, Bughee of Jewstt City lasty week, A meeting of the Anglo-French s0- clety will be held in he Heiborn res- taurant on Monday Kill This