Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 5, 1917, Page 2

(%, NORWICH BULLETIN, WEDNE! SDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1917 VELVET MILL ADDITION ENDANGERED BY FIRE Damage of $250 Caused When Tar in Vat Boils Qver. The local piant of the Rossle velvet mill was endangered Tuesday ‘morn- ing at 13,30, when burning tar set fire to the new wooden addition being Sufit. Men employed there had two streams of water playing on the fire and it was getting beyond their con- trol so they called the engine com- pany to their assistance. The cause of the fire was the boll- ing over of tar, which was being heat- ed in a large vat near the buildiis. The comtractor said that when water gets into hot tar. it causes the tar to Boilts twice iis size and this was probably the cause of the fire, for the tar boiled over, into the fire and then ran towards the buildinz. A place about 30 feet wide and the height of the addition was burned and the @amage was estimated at $250. The outside boards on the burned section will have to be removed but the fire &1d not go inside. The contractor said that the tar had boiled over once pre- viously but the blaze had been ex- tinguished before any damage had been done. APPROPRIATES $104,200. Twenty-three Voters Transact Business at Regular Meeting. y The regular city meeting was held 1 with 23 voters in attendance. session lasted about half an hour. Mayor Dunn called the meeting to order and after the reading of _the Warning, the different sections werc taken up, after the regorts of the va- rious city departments had been ac- cepted. A resolution approprating $104,200 for the coming year was then read. The only discussion wes on an item of $5000 for block paving. M. Eu- gene Lincoin was in_favor of defer- Fing the paving and A. L. Gelinas op- posed him, saying that past paving of sireets had proved a necessity and ‘that North and Church strests should De paved. Bugene Randall was in fa- vor of deferring the paving and said thet North and Church strests were ®etjer then the average city street. it was voted 13 to 9 to continue the Paving. The city was authorized to borrow ‘what m.ney is needed to carry cn the rnment, not ec:-edias the appro- crs. Taken Il on Street. Mrs. Leu'se Fay of 636 Matn strect attack of heart trouble ssing Church street on Main She fell to the sidewalk. hruis- =er ip. A jassice automobile ‘was requisitioned _and she was taken to her home and Dr. Wilcox was call- ed in to attend her. Y. M. C. A. Dy "1eet The Y. M. C. A. drive for members will open this (Wednesday) evening &t the Y. M. C. A. when the captains and teams which are to take part will be given a supper, after which the programme for the campaign will be given. Following the supper, Secre- tary Edwin Hill of Norwich and two local men will speak and two musical numbers will be given. Recent Enlistments. Three more local men left for ser- vice in the L. S. military departments, Albert Piche who .has. enlisted in_the ravy, and George Parker ahd Arthur Sayres, who have enlisted in the avi- ation corps. Among the recent enlist- ments: are Lawrence V. Sweeney in the. aviation corps and -°Edwin L. Brown and Earl Mastin in the regular army. FUNERAL Bernice L. Chadwick. The funeral of Bernice Louise Chad- wick was held at her home in Coven- try, Tuesday afternoon at 1 o’clock, Rev. Harry Beebe ofiiciating. Burial was in Nathan Hale cemetery, in charge of Funeral Director J. M. Shepard. % Charles Reddy. Charles Reddy, died Monday at the Mansfield Epileptic colony, from arter- fal schrosis. He Meriden. The body was prepared for burial by Undertaker J. M. Shepard. MUSICAL AFTERNOON Enjoyed by Members of Willimantic ‘Women’s Club. A pleasing musical programme was given at the regular meeting of the Willimantic Women's Club at their club rooms, Tuesday afternoon. The attendance vas extra large and all en- jJoyed the numbers, which .were ziven under the direction of Mrs. Archibald Turner, who also accompanied Mrs. Katherine Fatrel when she sang. The programme follows, the selections be- ivg given by Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Farrel and Pickett's orchestra: Over- ture, Barnett, orcRestra; Spark Dance, Skarminade, orchestra; a, Joy of the Morning, Ware, Mrs. Farrel; b, Ashes of Roses, Wstodman, Mrs. Far- rei; Extracts fromh Jack o Lantern, orchestra: Reveiry, Nedra, Atherton, orchestra: Ave Maria, Gounod, Mrs. Farrel with violin obligato: serenade, orchestra; a, Spanish Serenade, Mrs. Farrel: b, The Nightingale and the Roses, Mrs. Farrel; Caprice Aspagnol, La Castagnette, Kelton, orchestra; Star Spangled Banner, by all. The orchestra consistel of Robert Pickett, violin, Harry Ravce, piano, and Edward Fitch, clarinet. Die Besserung Meets. The following programme was car- ried out at a meeting of Die Besse- rung at the high school Monday morninz: Reading, Alice Benjamin; plano solo, Florence Curtis; vocal €olo, Laura Linderbec! recitation, Harriet Ellison; piano solo, Donald Eiliott. Brief Mention. George Guifford is moving from the Clark block to the Chronicle building on Church street. Albert Young, county automobile in- spector, made his first weekly busi- ness trip in this city Tuesday. Otis and Stella Gardner of Church was a resident of] street have purchased from Samuel Chesbro, the cottage west of the state armory. Miss ‘Alice Hailigan, a former his- tory teacher in the high school, has { returned to Springfield after a short visit in this city, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Blanchette. MYSTIC . Whipple-Dewey — Macdonald-Wilbur Marriages — Kingman - Eaton En- gagement Announced—Meeting - of Monday Club. s The marridge of ~'Miss @ertrude Dewey,, daughter_of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Dewey and Milton® Palmer Whip- Ple of Stoninitrn too' nlice Saturday .ernoon at 3,30 o'clock at the home of ‘the bride, iey. artaur H. Withee, pastor of the Methodist Bpiscopal church performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Whipple are to reside in Mystic. MacDonald—Wilbur. Miss Hilda Wilbur and Walter MacDonald of Noank were united in marriage Saturday evening at the Methodist parsonase by Rev. Arthur H. Withee. They were unattended af- ter a short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald will live on the line on Prospect Hill, near Noank. Kingman-Eaton Engagement. Announcement is made of the en- agement of Miss Aurora Kingman, aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kingman of Leominster, Mass. resi- dents of Mystic. to Sergt. Ezra S. FEaton, son of the late Charles S. Eas- ton of Marblehead and Boston. Mr. Easton is stationed at Camp Devens. Four More Boys to Leave. Mystic sends four more of its sons to prepare for fighting in the defense of their country, whengthis (Wednes. day) morning Harry Bliven, Leo Mc. Kone, Raymond Howe and _Philip J. Butten, Jr., leave for Fort Slocum as enlisted"men in the automobile squad. They expect to spend some time at Fort Slocum and then go to Ohio or to Fort Worth, Texas. Bliver has a brother in the automobile branch, now stationed at Fort Worth. The Mc- Kone boy has two brothers in the Na- val Reserves at Newport and one brother at Camp Devens, making four boys to_go from one family, the larg- est number that any family has sent from the villaze The boys have all been given sweaters, wristlets and mufflers made by the Red Cross of Mystic, and Ser- geant Poscoe K. Burrows presented the boys a-nit to be used while away. Farewell Dinner. Mr. an1 Mrs. Ernest 1. Bliven, nar- ents of Har:v Hiiven. gave a dinner af noon Tuesday at thei~ 1ome on Bay- vinw sireet to the boys who we'e to leavs Wednesday. Monday Club Meets. The Monday club was entertained Monday afterneon at the home of Mrs. James W. Lathrop on Elm_ street. The subject was Orators and Histor- ians and the meeting was in charge of Miss Sara Dennison, assisted by Mrs. Edwin Bueklin. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. George H. Miner, on Elm street. < Social and Personal. Miss Mary Packer has returned to Windham Center after a_visit with her sister, Mrs. John M. Noyes. Misses Marion and Mildred Cooper bave returned to Cushing Academy for you. more cheerful. ship is limited. Murray’s Boston Store . Willimantic, Conn. : Cheer Up Your Home Wi Good Music On Christmas Day Join Our Christmas Club Now $1.00 MAKES YOU A MEMBER, BALANCE IN WEEKLY PAYMENTS, AND 70U “ GET A MACHINE IN YOUR HOME FOR CHRISTMAS . WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS SACRIFICE : In these war times we should seek to make the home even more’ cheerful. than usual for everybody, especially during the holidays. _If you are one of thé host of music lovers who has already decided to give your fam_lly a Christmas. surprise, join the Club now and have a machine in _your- homé for Christmas. An Edison Diamond Disc will make this Christmas truly joyful. mark the beginning of many days of genuine enjoyment—it will ‘bring ‘you a daily ac- quaintance with the greatest artists and the best of music, and will make REMEMBER, this Club offer holds good until Christmas. Join now. - Member- t $1.00 makes you 2 member, the balance in weekly payments, and the machine will be delivered in your home for Christmas. We carfy a complete line of Edison Diamond Discs, Edison Diamond ‘Emberol s, Columbia Grafonolas and Sonoras. - 2 &y gr Our Christrhas Club will make it easy h after the holidays spent with their pavents, Mr. and Mrs. Jamee Coo- per. Louie E. White has returned from a visit in East Wevmouth. Mr. ana Mrs. Charles Dewey of Pa- terson, N. J., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dewey. Peter Smith of Boston spent Mon- day and Tuesday with Harry B. Mac- Kenzie. Mr.” Smith expects to be called in a few days. John Brundy has returned to Sta- ten Island after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Gardner. Edward ' Raither has returned _to Patterson, N. J., after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Enos M. Gray have returned from a week's stay in Brook- vn, N, Y. Rev. and Mrs. Arthur H. Withee have been entertaining Edward Ly- qons, U. S. N, from the state pier, in New London. Mrs. John Baker Is callea there by tive. James. Maxson, who has been in In- dia, is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Maxson. Herbert Wolfe has returned to his duties as teacher in Grafton, N. H. efter several days’ stay wvith relatives on_West Mystic avenue. Miss Fanny Brewer of Middletown is the guest of her parents, Judge and Mrs. F. H. Brewer. Raymond Heath has returned to his duties at Worcester, Mass., after a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heéath. COLCHESTER Brief Furlough For Lisutenant E. in Colchester, the death of a rela- From Backus Hospita Lieutenant E. J. Howland of Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, has been on_Main street. Bristol recently spent n few days with friends in town. Mr.-and Mrs. Clyde A. Ray have re- turned to their home in Southington, after spending a few days with rela- tives in_town. \ Mrs. L. B. Allen is, visiting . Bristol relatives > Miss Evelyn R. Strong returned on Monday to her school in Kensington, after spending the holiday at _her ome. Able to Leave Hospital. Miss Lucy Wilcox, who has been a|. patient in Backus hospital for over ldwo months returned to her home Sun- ay. Dr. H, T. Higgins of Norwich was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. Swan Rath: bun, Sunday. Miss Edra Strong has been attend- ing the Sunday School conventlon in Hartford this week. 3 Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Howland ealled on friends in Norwich Monday. R. K. Brown returned to New York Suhday afternoon, after spending a few days at his summer home on Broadway. Aldep Bunvan returned to Yale uni- versity Sunday evening. Miss Katherine Morgan of New Ha- ven spent the vacation at her home on Proadway. Leon Bunyan has returned. to his studies at Wesleyan university, Mid- dletown. Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn spent the recent holiday with Rev. and Mrs. B. D. Remington. Miss Margaret Bunyan has returned to Chester after spending the short re- cess at her home In town Visited in Watorbury. Miss Clafa Backus returned Satur- @ay from a‘visit with relatives in Wa- terbury. She will make her home with Mrs. Charles Becbe Linwood av- enue for the winter. Miss Curtis returned from Bristol Saturday. Tred Holmes and Charles S. Ray were callers in Norwich Monday. Prof. Tuholskl, a_former teacher in the Academy, was the guest of his sis- ter, Mrs. John A. Young, during the Thanksgiving vacation. Miss Katherine Ray returned Mon- day morning to her school at Com- stock’s Bridge. More than 150 toy factories are now operating in the United States, turn- ing out great quantities of such toye as were formerly made in various parts of Europe. - It will your home " ing elevations would' have FOR SALE BY THE d. C. LINCOLN co. WILLIMANTIC JAY M. SHEPARD ~ = almoonu.nt Elmore & Shepa: FumeraiDirector: 60-62 North St., Willimantic Lady Assistant “Tel. connection DANIEL F. - THOMAS H. KILLOUREY' BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EM BALMERS 36 Union St, \ - “Willimantis, Conn.’ Phone 290 (Lady Assistant) | DR. F. C. JACK _ DENTIST =~ | Fort spending o short furiough at his home Mr. and Mrs. Griswold Chappell of || many can dictate s, @ J. Howland—Miss Lucy Wilcox Returns STONINGTON dress Missionary Meeting. ignation of Melvin A. The selectmen have a?cepted the re supervisor, and his wolk will be tak~ pay for the service. Miss Knapp Will Talk, at the Parsonage-by-the-Sea. She w! speak at the meeting of the Woman' board in the chapel of the Congréga- tional church this afternoon. Stonington Pointers. Otho_Snilivan, of Willimantic, came to the borough and insvected the dam- age done_ his house by fire and com- plemented the fire department on its efficiency. Jerome S. Anderson, 3d. has return- ed from a visit,to relatives in Prov- idence. MOOSUP L. S. C. To Have Social Meeting and Christmas Tree—Cranska Company, Short of Soft Coal, Using Anthra- cite. . The L. S. C. met at the home. of Mrs. Edward Hall Monday afternoon with ‘eight members and one visitor present. The meeting opened with the singing of America was followed by roll call responded to by quota- tions from William Cullen Bryant. Af- ter a short business session the study of the lesson was followed by the reading of the fourth chapter of Hep- sy Burke, by Mrs. Parker. The meet- ing adjourned, to meet with Mrs. Wil- liam Gardiner, Dec. 17, Mrs. F. W. Daggett, Mrs. W. C. Gardiner and Mr: O. W. Potter were elected a commit- tee to act in arranging for a sociat and Christmas tree for that meet- ing. Mir. and Mrs. E. Douglas and Flor- ence Douglas of Sterling Hill motored to Moosup Tuesdav. The Cranska Mill ‘plant has used all the soft coai attainable at present and is now using hard coal. WAR SITUATION GIVES HUNS NO HOPE FOR GERMAN PEACE With No Men to Lose, Teutons Face Delay Work in Open Plain of North- ern Italy. | The Italian situation appears to have created more disturbance here than the Russian revolution; yet Ven- ice has not been a commercial city in the centuries since commerce discov- ered a way to the East around Africa. To the thoughtless and topographi- cally uninformed, it looked as though Germany might break through north- crn Italy and attack the French from he rear, or lock in SwitzefZ8nd and i force the opening of the Swies fron- tier. But a study of the maps show- revealed ! that the opening of the Swiss frontier | would have been~to the advantage of the French Who could thus more quickly get to the upper Rhine and the outlet of the Swiss through France is as good as the outlet th¥ough Italy. As for the Germans coming from the |East around Switzerland, every trav- feler to Rome ought to know that there |is but the very narrowest defile for any highway to Italy between Swit- zerland and the Mediterranean. Italy’s Lack of Coal. The Italians had never climbed the Austrian heights and had as little hope of getting to Vienna as the Rus- |sians had of getting to Berlin. Now {1t is open plain work and there is op- portunity. for the Italian soldiers and their allies to get the Germans and Germany has now no’ men to_lose. Tor many months it has been evi- dent that Ttaly could move for only as she coal and coal was $100 per ton and mot even to be had at that price. In September, one of Italy’s munition factories "emploving 50,000 men was closed for lack of coal and of course, the Germans soon ki it. . This is the real meaning of the Lioyd George call for co-ordination Dbetween the allies. Coal may. be. more valuable at times.to the lines of must emigrate to the Americas annu- ally. But italy entered the war with 36,000,000 people and still has now more than 3.000,000 men under arms. Bhe has more surplus men than sur- plus munitions. But plan that General Joffre has the beginning when he said the war | would be ended only by the slaughter of the Hun. Conceallng Lesses. Neither the success of the iR Ay ok hopes of Vienna or m::. that \ve i€ le_of Central Burope. “Whea - _will ADAMS Pure Chewing Gum $ BLACK JACK ensen as road en over by the selectmen themselves, probably dividing the work and the Miss Grace K. Knapp, who was in Van during the siege by the Turks, now Of Auburndale, is here the guest 1| uaities passed the five million mark, ickness - away places the window glass early the next morning. If the building is damaged it is instantly repaired by the govern- ment, and if beyond repair, it is im- mediately torn down, the plot fenced around; and the appearance is “busi- ness as usual” In Germany the dam- age 1s to man power. All the hotels of southern Germany are vast hospl- tals for the wounded and every distant valley is filled with the cripples and convalescents. As in London, so in Berlin; the endeavor is to keep the streets clean and the appearance “bus- iness @s usual” But London window glass and London roofs are not in the category with the lessening man power of Germany. When her cas- a ban was put upon their publication. But with the liste still far behind the casualties are noted as above six mil- iions. The Man Power of Germany. This we figure to be a loss in Ger- man fighting power of 4,500,000 men:ox ten times the number of men with which she corquered France in 1871 France had fisured that she also had 450,000 men to stay von Moltke but after events indicated that the French people had been grossly deceived. For the beginning of her attempted world conquest, Germany in 1914 mob- iuzed 4,600000 men and figured upon another 4,500,000 men in reserve. The first’ army has been disposed of thus as nearly as we can figure it: Dewd ... . 1,500,000 Prisoners .. - _'500,000 Crippled ... © 2,000,000 In hospitai beds . Total There 1s an additional 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 casualties that with some du- plication represent men wounded but returned to the front. : e s e 4,500,000 men but che cannot raise a third 4,500,000, for including the re- cruits which have come of age, her re- serves cannot reach to half 4,500,000. Those who talk three to five years of indefinite warfare, have to face tue argument of »the above approximdte figures. The length of this European war, is-_dependent more upon Ger- many’s man power than upon her fin- ance or her food. She could not close the war tomorrow and put her people back into industry without an indebt- edness of thirty billion dollars, or &v- G CLOTHIN ON CRE Clothing That Gives Satisfaction | i the Suits $15 to $35 Coats $10 to $35 Dresses $10 to $27.50 Skirts $1.50 to $10 Waists 98¢ to $5.50 Suits $15 to $25 O’Coats $18 to $25 Hats $1.50 to $3 Corduroy Suits with 2pairofpants............. Other Suits at $4.50 AT PRICE- FAR BELOW Think of the consideration buyers receive when they chain of stores! that we have “first call best styles, and that spe. conces a wonderfully com now in clothing for men, wome: and children and at bear the closest co We are pleased to show ) and invite you to open an acco with us. Women’s Department Men’s Department Boys’ Department BOYS’ SUITS SPECIAL $7.50 GATELY & BRENNAN, 29-31 Shetucket St. THE AVERAGE =0 market to buy for our larg Do you wonder ons are made? plete stock just pric parison. S P S TR S 2 TS DI e A A S Ty N RO o S AT S 1 P S I S A R TS TR Gk 2 crushed the submarine, and transport- ed thirteen milllon passengers during this war with a loss of less than 500. It only remains for America to reinforce the finances of the Allies and the man power defending civilization on the westdmn front and put the Lib- erty motor into the air over Germany in flocks of 10,000 with tons upon tons of dyamite, and the military power of Prussia_endangering the peace of the world will be but a matter of history. There js just one possible interip- tion to this program and that is that the misled and deceived people of Germany rise asainst their military rulers. An autocracy cannot bend. ‘When it cracks it breaks.—Wall Street Journal. proaching one-half her total pre-war value. Then as her man power de- clines, the value of her rusting indus- trial ~machinery, like Mer barnagled chips declines. Her mark ie quoted in nearby coumtries at 45 cents on the dollar. But as she fights and finances in a circle within herself, regulating s and values, paying her men with their own paper promises, her present financial position will be no grave concern until she comes forth again in the international baitle of the commercial world. People can live and fignt on _far less ahn their normal rations. Man wer losses are final and irreplac- le. Germhany has not the men by which to lengthen her fighting line either in Italy or Russla and_as to seisimg the food supplies of Russia, the people in the inner circle know full well that poor food supplies as well ag Allled diplomacy were at the bottom of the Russian revolutfoel ‘ou_cannot summon fifteen to twenty million men to arme even in RussW without pinching the food supply and it was “m‘“mi necessary that the German stranglehold behind the Rus- slan throne should be thrown off. Suffering Russi Bad ds the situation now appears on the eurface, it was worse beneath before the outbreak and it may be just as well narrated here that when the men of Canada were sent to Russia to | rebuild the railroad from Petrograd 15 the Aratic Ocean, they were by some sinister influence behind the throne, imprisoned and kept In Jail for six months. But, now the Peopla who have faith in the future of 170,000,000 people in Russia in the yeast days of thelr new Although Russia has suffered in the aggrogate the heaviest losses—tour lion dead and four million ecrip- Rl.bdfl and in prison camps—France has the largest relative loss whon to- tal population is considered. Althoush she “waded in blood” to knock out 500,000 Huns at Verdun, she has un- der: arms more men by one million than when she entered the war. ° Britain’s Reserve Power. ° The British Empire etill holds the reserve power in the war and the Uni- ted Btates will spend fifty billions long Dbefore we approach the present fight- ing -u‘n{th of the Briton. tish Empire bas swept the eeas from pole to pole and beltsd the earth at the equator. From Scotland to the {ce-bound. northern pole she guards a y| waterline of 610 miles day and night 85 effectively that no German cruiser yot pussed north of Scotland. From the Persian Guif she has dredged river Tigria of far-famed Baby- for 500 miles. It is Jike a romance the Arabian Nights to contemplat~ moving from Egypt adl ex Canal to Jerusalem in a that may yst meet her forces coming from Bagdad and the The pestoration of Palestine amd Babylon. their refertilization and the of their water powers are 4 sight with the dawn of peace aud lossehing of the Turk stransle. rogress and the waters o For the United States. Bngland has punctured the Zéppelin, EAST WOODSTOCK Minister From Union Who Comes in Sleigh, Discovers Scarcity of Snow —Holiday Guests and Their Hosts. Rev. Harry Lawson, of Union,| preached at the Congregutional church Sunday morning, he drove down in a sleigh, but left it at the outskirts of the village owing to scarcity of snow. Mabel Richardson, who is teach- ing at Eaddle Hill, Middletown, was home for the Thanksgiving recess. Harris S. May, of New London, spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. §. May. They also enter- tained Mrs. A. M. Gildersieeve, Ber- lian Perry and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. May. Mrs. Ernest Hibbard has as guests Thureday her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Peckham and her seven brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Whippley and daughter, Dorothy, of Wellesley Hills, Mase., are spending a couple of wesk with Mrs. Belle Withey. Twenty-One at Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Potter had family gathering Thurzday, numbe 21; children. grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Edith Eddy of Stafford has spending a few days at Valley Agnes White of Suffield for the vacation, accompanied F friend, Miss nnis, wi home s Lewiston, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Bushworth ha guests Thanksgiving day Mr. Benjamin Busworth and _children Eastford, Mrs. Carric Busworth Southbridge, Ned Busworth of ford, Miss Ivy Platt of Springfi Mass. Mrs. Busworth and her sister, M Platt left that evening to visit the parents in Shelton. NORTH WINDHAM Henry Richardson gave another of his popular_dances in the hal Windham, November 30. Sev present froh Manchester and er. Samuel Stimpson and family ed to Lantern Hill and spent iving with the family of Maine. Mr. and Mrs, W. G. Stevens 3 Thanksgiving dinner in Dan George Swan has moved fro: 2 lin to one of the Burnham tenemen: The Red Cross workers meet e Tuesday in the hail. Frank Paine ended work at th of Anthony Hansen Saturday w A recent rumor that N