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mmcu BULLETIN, THURSDAY. mzm 27, 1917 Vlahr Blisters All Cver Body For Thirtesh Years Itched So Had to Tie Child’s Hands. Very Cross and Fretful. Hair Came Out. Cuticura Healed. *“My son was three years oid when ‘water bhsters began on his head, then his eyes, and then all over his body. g‘ skin was infiamed and red, and the reaking out itched so that I had to tie lmtlenson his hands for he would scratch and make it spread. He was very cross and fretful, and kept me awake ni hn His dothmg would stick to him an hair came off and was dry and H{e‘ The troubie lasted thirteen years. - Habeg;nmuseCutmnSo‘pand Ointment, and in two mh was Bardly 2 Plc on m , and now he is hr (51%\ 3) rs. Mattha L. Thomas. R. Chester, Vi 4(:1 e Saap for toilet pa: Use Cuticura i assisted, now and ?hen nmm Cuticura Ointment to e and heal any tendency to irritation, redness cr roughness of the skin or scaip. By tsing these delicate, nl super-Creamy John & Geo. H. Bliss Largest Auortmm! WATCHES, ETC. John & Geo. H. Bliss 187tk Dmdend Office of The Norwich Savifigs Socisty Norwich, Conn., Dec. 15, 1917. The Directors of this Society have deciared cut of the earnings of the Glrrent six months a semi-annual dividend at the rate of FOUR PER CENT. per anrum, payable to deposi- r= entitled therto on and after January -15; 1918, COSTELLO LIPPITT, Tredsurer. What 5¢ Will Buy A Genuine DIAMOND. Pay 5c first week and next weeks as follows, 10¢, 15¢, 20c, etc. Don’t miss this chance. THE 8TORE OF nuu.rrv THEPLAUT-CADDEN CO. Established 1872 Main Street, Norwich, Gonn. CREAM that will always WHIP Fresh Daily =—at the~ Pecple’s lurkét a Toilet Cream are invited to IAM YOUNG,RN. l-—e-mflnnrunur-lu Night or day calls. 38 Hickory St. Norwich WL be §3.90 T 3 in Se. e THE 124TH ANNUAL MERPING the Mutual Assurance Coi % :{ City foh will be Norw s Society raay, AR 140n, 915, At 10 4o Notice to Peolicyholders. ewed at the Nor- on nmnmln Norwich, 'rhum.y, Beo. 27, m7. VARIOUS MATTERS The moon fulls tomorrow, the 28th, at 4:52 a. m. Light vehicle lamps at 4:55 o'clock this evening. . A few of the Christmas trees went into the discard Wednesday. Fifty printed calling cards for cents at The Bulletin Office.—adv. Christmas festival is to be held Nnfi.h Stonington grange FYiday evenint. Junior Liberty choruses are beink orsanized in some of the schools about the state. Belated parcel post Christmas ifts continued to reach the Norwich post office Wednesday. Sessions at Storrs College were re- sumed Wednesday the college closing only for Christmas day. Red Cross work svas resumed at the room in the Thnynr building with new zest, following the holiday. Most of the factories about town were humming Wednesday after the ‘brief shut-down for Christmmas. The number of Civil war pensioners in Connecticut is 8,217 and the annual #msount paid them is $1,964,109.51.« To the surprise of local merchants there was no after Christmas lull yes- tehrday, but business continued good. 35 The Christmas social and entertain- ment of the Central” Baptist Sunday school is to be held tomorrow evening. Rev. Raymond Maplesden. field secretary of Suffield School, and a fre- quent visitor in Norwich, is ill at the school. At Broadway Congregational church this (Thursday) evening, the prayer meeting subject will be The Unexpect- ed in Jesus. Today, the feast 6f St. John, the Evangelist there will be the celebrs tion of Holy Communion in the Epis- copal churches. Compariies I and K., Norwich Home Guards will have battalion drill at the afmory this (Thursday) evening by Major Johin A. Hagberg. Yesterday's sun did not thaw the snow much, as the temperature records i lshowed a mark of about 28 degrees |even in the middle of the day. Wednesday afternoon. a_meeting of Apxlhm W. B. M., of the Second Congregational church was held at the | parsonage with the president, Mrs. l Herbert J. Wyokoff. In spite of the scarcity of sugar, many benevolent Norwich housewives have remembered the hospitals with the cus- ' tomary holiday donations ‘of jellies, { jaras and fruit juices. Thers is to be 4 total eclipse of the moon tomorrow, December 28, visible here. The moog enter the sun’s shadow at 3h. bm., a. m. leaves the shadow at 6h. 27 m. a. m. Morgan G. Bulkéley, a formgr gover- nor of Connecticut, United States sen- ator and first president of the National baseball léague, Wwas born at East Haddam 79 yedrs ago yesterday. Far] D. Wilson, who heads the boys’ départment of the New Loudon Young met’s Christfan Association is looking for accommodations for the 500 boys wheo are expected to arrive in that city Friday the 28th. Tl-ie embidrsé on shipments of ex- matter through the agency of r} Adabis, Kikpress company has beta 1iftéd on all kinds of shipments to al- most_all pofiits, according to an an- nouncement made Tuesday. The State W. C. T. U. appointments of superintendents of departments in- clulte, Social Meetings, Mrs. Jennie P. Seripture, Willimantic; Medal contests, Mr1s. A B. Cutler, Mystic; Work Among Soldiers and Sailors. Mrs. Carrie A. Griggs, Willimantic. > It i8 an interesting fact that even the violent and destructive patients at the Norwich State hospital seem quiet- ed and impressed by the holiday deco- rations, néver attempting to remove them. The wards are especialy at- tractive this Chhistmas. Harold A. Brundage, assistant coun- .ty agent for the Fairfield County Farm Bureau has resigned to become boys' and girls’ club ieader for both Litch- fleld and Hartford counties. Mr. Brun- dage is a graduate of the Conneeticut Agricultutal college at Storrs. The work of sending out the qués- tionnaires to drafted men in the juris- diction of. the exemption board for Di- vision No. 23, including all of Tolland County Was finished ednesday morning. More than 400 were mailed and - will be returnable next week Thursday. Twenty-five or thirty sacks of mail for Forts Wright and Terry were at the New London post office to go over on the first boat Wednesday. Christ- mas day there was no boat.to the forts tbst many of the men must haveé gncu thé Christmas presents from ends itives. beautiful resi- and relai At M ., the . and Mrs. J Dl T. = oseph Brewer ma:m—, Miss Rachel Browér. bscame the bride of m worth Hu: ncmn. fesearch associate y at Yale University, a rel- n.un of thé Gulliver ly, of Nor- mnA.mner chairman of the New Lonfdon 4 ap- po-f-resftoodmfihhm ach of their horses showed, and li:tq;mt:n complaints and suggesti concerning Mfl:flspmfiwmm&' A't the Stats Masonic Hothe in Wal- lnute Christmas dinner was served mbtholtsmsmhunofdlo Charles L. Hubbard of Nor- c:xmovnv‘ H. Hall o woin- e donors. Arth- Charles and 8. fi“"l’ S. Baton eamflwhflt the $1, 13 Koy 0 the $1,500 fund g o RO, > Ammd For Non-Support. The lacal police P e e p: arrested one man an nom-support. His case beto:: the court this .mornlnt Engagement Announced. Mrs. Jameés Bradford of Norwich an- nounces the engugement of her grand- ter, Miss Geéraldine Holdeén, to o.wnx of the U. S. na werving on U. 8 Dmcx. e urch in tl he Warman distri tchewan, although disfranchised evlio‘cmugn, Joan Wit \m."""i':‘éé’"" TR the Canadian : pounds PERSONALS Robert] Church of the submarine base is in town for a short furlough. Miss Mary Hinckléy of Alice street ls"speflding the holidays in New York city. Corporal Harold T. Rebinsofi spént the Christmas holidays at his home in this city. Frankith Rathbun of Noank, a form- er Suffield School student, is visiting in Suffield., - Coroner Franklin H. Brown, of Nor- wich, has been the guest of his sister, Mrs. Adelaide Spencer, of Niantic. J. Harold Bly, boys' secretary of the local Y. M. C. A, has returned after spending the hoilday with his parents in Holyoke. Sergt. E. Percy Armstrong of the American Ordnance Base Depot at Washington, D. C., spent the Christ- mas holidays with hia father, E. Armstrong of 64 Peck street. LOCAL DOCTOR WRITES FOR FLQRIDA PAPER Town Makes Two Appropriations Votes $1,000 for Purchase of Wood for Fuel in Case of Ne- cessity——-$1.000 Appropriated to Keep Thames River Channel Open—Martin E. Jensen Made Agent of Funds. [R—— Wednesday evening at a special town meeting 32,600 was voted to be used in case of emergency to relieve the fuel shortake. One thousand doilars was voted to be used in the purchase of fuel to be resold by the town and an- other thousund was appropriated to be used to open the chanmel of the Thames river should the city be short of coal with the prospect of obtain- ing rellef through barges being brought up the river. Tneé meeting was called to order promptly at eight o'clock by First Se- léctman Caspar K. Bafley. Judge H. H. Pettis was Appointed moderator and was given an gvation as he took _the chair. Town Clerk Charles S. Hol- Article on Eat te Live by Dr. E. P.[brook then read the call for the meet- Brewer is Published in Miami Paper. A recent issue of the Miami Herald contains an_article on Eat _to Live, written by Dr. Edward P. Brewet, of this city. The articie is one of a series whicR is Sppearing weekly In the paper. Dr. Brewer is spending the winter at Miami, Florida. WEDDING. Schuster—Williams. At the parsonage of the Congreza- tional church, Turners Falls, Mass., Miss Hilda A. Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Williams of Kil- lingly, Conn., was married Saturdey to Wilhelm K. Schuster, son of Mrs. Lena Schuster of Clinton, Mass. The ceremony was performeéed by Rev. T. H. Bincent, pastor of the church, and they were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Ciayton Fiske, personal friénds of the bride. The bride was attired in blue and carriéd a large bridal bouquet of roses. Following the wedding they left on a wedding trip to New York and other places, ahd oh theéir réturn they are to make tlieir home on Fercy road, Turners Falls. Mr. Schuster is principal of Tiirners Falls high school ana Mrs. ScHuster 15 teacher of mod- ern languages at the school. He is o graduaté of Colby college, class of 1916, and she of Boston university, class of 1914, Mr. Echuster while at colleze was a member of the baseball, cotball and track teams. Béfore go- ing to Turners Falls Mrs. Schuster teught in the Newburyport high school. FUNERALS. Edward L. Abel. Thefé Was a large atténdance at the funeral of Edward L. Abel, which _was held act his late home, No. 240 West Main street, including relativeg from South Coventry and Willimantic and delezatione froth the ofganizatiofis of which the deceased was a member. The casket was surrounded by floral forms. The services were, conducted by Rev. B. S. Worcestér. The bearers who represented the Arcanum club and Columbian commandery, No. 4. K. T., were Charle: Lee. ‘Henry L. Ben- nett, Calvin L. Fiisbie and Reuben Bartlett. Undertakers Henry Allen & Son conducted the body to the 3.20 train and it was. conveyed to Willimantic, where. it wag interred,. members of the Wilitmantic Masonic ofders conducting a corhmittal sérvice at the grave. Bridget A. Callahan, Thé funeral of Miss Bridget A. Cal- lahan was held Wednesday morning from the home of her brother-in-law, Peter J. McNamara, at 152 Broadway vith a large number in_attendance, including relatives from Westerly and Worcester. There were many hand- some piects of flowers and the bearers. were_Jaimes and Henry McNally, Ern- Geduldigy Felix Charles A. Morgan, and William M Laren. e services in St. Pat- rick’s church ihe services were con- ducted by Rev. J. H. Broderick and the musical selections Wweérs rendered by rof. Farrell. Burial was in St. Jo- seph's cemeteéry. Undertaker Hourigan had charge of the funeral arrangements. Sarah J. Gordon. The funeral of Sardh J. Gordon Was held from the Huntington Home on Washington street, Wednesday after- noon with a large attendanca of reli- tives and_fPriends. D. D, of Park church of which the dé- ceased was_a member conducted .the v piot in the v cemetery on ©Oak street, where Rev Mr. Howe tead a short commit- tal service at the grave Undertakers Henry Allen .& Son had charge of the funeral arfange- ments. Local Concervis Gtv. Glirlttmll anh. . Monday the J. gave each of thelr 30 Pl Mec:hu % christmas g#ift o lr m Teather ommnv s:ve ® - ployes boxes of cigirs ahd the fore- men of the Marlin-Roeckwell company were given gold pleces. Entortained Farmily Party. Mr. and Mrs. Shefwood Rayinond of |/ enteértained a family Hast Great Plain party on Christmas day. Tha turkey l :u specially enjoyed, as it was raised | themselvés and weighed 25 pounds er it was dressed. Russell 'Weles has returnied from: a visit of several weeks in Chicago and in Ithaca, N, Y. Miss w" E. Brown, whe teaching in Crlmrd. N. J, is pu!il' the honm- &t her heme on Otis Mrs. Roilin C. Jones and Miss Dorothy Jones “ot Norwich ; of Coliapvitic, ing. Judge Pettis said that he dide’t think it was necessary to say amy- thing concerning the importance of the matter and then called on Maftin E. Jénsen, chairman of the’ local fuel committee of the State Coumcil of De. fense to put the facts of the situation beforé the meeting. An Emergency Action. Mr. Jensen said that the action was 6nly of an emergency nature and not 4 move to compete with the local wood dealers> The idea was merely to be ready in case of necessfty. The town is not committed to anv perman- ent action and shonld the present fuel shortags be relieved the town would dispose of any surplus thay might have on hand to the local woorl dealers. The money appropriated will be used only if occasion arose which placed the town without prospect of fuel. Resolutions Presented. Joseph E. Fanning then presented the following reésolution: Resolved. That -the selactmen be and thev hereby are authorized to ap- point Martin E. Jensen, of 'Norwich. 2s agent of the town to serve without compensation, for the purpose of se- curing and distributing a sufficient supply 6f wood,.or other fuel. to meet the needs of the inhabitants of #his town during any emergencies of the present winter & : such fuel to be ®old to such res may be in actual need 6f the same, at cost, under such rules and regulations as shall be made by th s: approved by the selectmen to keep an accurate account of all hig recelpts and distursements and _ to render a report thercof to the select- men whenever ‘called upon. And be it further Resolved, That thé sum of one théusand dollars ($1,- 000.09), be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of mesating the éx- penses of this entervrize: seid sum to he the written orders of said agént, when approved by the board of selett- men. . R. Branchie then presented following resolution: Reésolved, That a sum of money fot to excsed $1,000 be and is hereby ap- propriated by the town of Norwich fof the purpose of keeping the Thames River channel open to navigation as a means of protéction against further injury erising from a W greate: shortaze of fuel in the town. Said sum of money. or dny part thereof, to P® used for the purpose. hereinbefore Mefitioned, by anid at the discretion of the local fuel conmmittee of the Staté Councll 6f Défensé, Martig F. Jensen, ¢hifman and_that the selectmen of the town bo 2nd are hereby authoriz- ed to dispense the same at the request of the local fuel committee through its chairman, Maftin E. Jensen, in such sums and at-guch times as may, the f by said ‘uel committee, be deemed ex- pedient and in keeping with the inter- est of this resolution. Mr. Branche took the floor and spoke ih faver of his resolution, saying that it was vitally important that the chan- nél be opened in case of emergency. It is necessary that there be some means of safeguarding our access o the sea the railroads should be blécked by a storm we would be entire- Iy dependent upon the river transpor- tation. it did not seem to him to be an_uncalled for expense Judge Pettis made it clear that this fand would be used only if the town should become short of fuel and thers were barges with sufficient coal to re- lieve the shortage at, New London in which case the Fuel Committee might having the chann, , a week or whatever lencth of time was necessary. Mr. Jensen asked Mr. Branche if there were no other funds available for this purpose and Mr. Branche replied that there was a private movement on fo0t but that he thought that all would work together in time of necessity. Constabl> Meyer Blumenthal spoke in favor of amending the resolution so as to male the appropriation $1 instead of $1,000, saying that $1,000 scemed a smail sum for the work to he accomplished. The motion was not seconded and was withdrawn Resolutions Unanimously Passed. % A. Tracy said that it was not real- a question of $1.000 for if necess: ,000 would be appropriated, but that the chief thing was to do some thing which would bring results. He was followad by F. W told of how the Mi: open by tugs. e said that the west- erners were well represented in con- gress while we wera not. This af provriation was in tha nature of an e: periment an far as he knew noth- ing of the sort had ever been done here bhefore. It was cheaped to bring coal to Norwich by water than fo bring it by rail fo AR Point. al- though the dealers wars not allowed to charge any more for the coal. He Baid that the state and w England fuel administrators had returnad from a_conference with Dr. Garfield in Washington thoroushlv dish rmrpd over the outlook and helieving would soon be neeessary for the factories to shit down throush fack of coal. The committae if nece ry should arise and should see that tha channel wag opened but it was all in the hands of natwre as the channel might not freese azain or it mir]&_‘n e . After a few remarks by Judge Pettis relating to the time when the money could be used the motions were passed unanimousl: Favored Municipal Coal. When_furtber business was called for L. W. Frink arose and said that while the =ppropriations had been a step in the right direction he hoped that measures would be taken to have the town take over the coal busine: and have it run b manager whose salafy would be paid by the town. This fall and winter the public has been treated even more harshly than in former yedars by the coal barons of this city. People cannot afford to he im- posed upon as they have been by those vrofessedly in the coal business and I betieve that the majority of the people would be glad to see the coal controlied by the town. The meeting adjourncd at 8.25. SOLDIERS APPRECIATED CHRISTMAS PACKAGES From Camp Dix Private Lettsrs of Thanks Are Received by Norwich Day Schoof. 5 Fiwo lottérs of appPéeiation for the €ifts “%hich were sefit io_Company F stationed at Camp Dix, J., by _the children of the Norwich Private Day School have been received here. The gifte_werp very much appreciated as can be seen by the fqlowing letters: Camp Dix, N. J. Té6 the Childfen of thé Norwich Pri- vate Day Sohool: On behalf of the mén in Company . Very thoughiful and Kind. The Christmas packages were fine and the men were, to say the least, glad that Ch"f:'m&.: the nice things said about you, you would have felt amiply repaid. Yeu, see, all of the packages held things that were needed and could be used; that means a g60d deal to 2 Soldier, who has little room for anything that is not needed. Keep up doing things fof the Red Gross: it helps a Iot, and halpmg that 18 what you. at homa, want to be ing. Respectfully, D. OVINGTON, Tirst Lieutenant Inf, ®. C, 30ith Regiment, Company F. Company F. Fioth It amp Dix, N. J. Norwich Prlv-le Day School Children: v By agh one of you a vots of t Many of our men were unable to g0 home for CHristmas, the kind thoughts of the outside world were greatly appreciated by those that were compelled to do their duty and in_camp. er, their turn is com -;u! to l'o lolne Howe' they will be allowed New Years. Wlahlng you all’ happinm in the Neéw Year and thanking you again yofir thoughts, Sincerely yours, HAGE, GORDON Second Lieut., 310th Ing. Frank Coxeter res | was Mirs. B, et 'l:nfi L C. IR mm&-m—um S I“< Grace M. Hoxie of n.finde!hun for fers wers laid. | Christmas the followin guests: OPINICNS IN CRANEY- DONOVAN CASE Opinion of Justice Wheeler is Corcur- red by Justices Roraback and Shum- way. An opinion by Associate Justice Wheeler of the supreme court in the -Donovan case covering 10 has been received at the office of Clerk Parsons here. The opinion is .concurred in by Jus- tices Roraback and Shumway, the lat- ter of whom was on the bench when the case was tried and the jury could not agree. Associate Justice Beach writes an opposite opinion covering two typewritten sheets and his opinion coincides with that of Judge Prentice who holds that there was no error. Both opinions quote many cases. NAVAL RESERVES ENTERTAINED AT FiRST BAPTIST CHURCH Boys From the Btate Pier Are the Guests of the B. Y. P. U. About sixteen members of the U. S. Naval Reserve force stationed at the state pier in New London were royal- Iy entertained Wcdnesday evening at the First Baptist church by the B. Y. P. U. The church:pariors were beau- tifuMy decorated for the occasion with the National colors and evergreens. A unique feature of the decorakions was the two geetings at one end of the rooms. né greeting which was written in._the eemaphore code was “rélcome Sailor Boys,” and dhe oth- er in the Morse code spelled “Christ- mas Greetings to All™ The cotnmittee in charge of the ev- ening’s_entcrtainment were Miss Mil- drea Fillmore, chairman, Miss Celeste Copeland, Miss Gladys Thornes and| Miss Marguerne Copeland acted as re- ceiving committee. The boys were introduced to the members of the so- clety, by Leslte Ward who i§ a mem- b?r of the Naval Reserves at the staté er. pier. During the evening games and pho- nograph -selections were enjoyed. - A supper was served and about 36 coy- The table decorations were, attractive and the arrangement of the'tables in a hallow square with the Sunday school service flag in the center was a feature. There was a small gift for each. Following the supper one of Uncle Sam’s Yoys entertained with a dra- matic recitation which gresjly pleas. ed and later presemting by number a Zift to each one of the guests. e were of a humorgus character and made no end of fun. turnea to New London on the 10.45 trolley, enthusiastic over their enjoy- able evening given them. Entertained at Chrigtma: ‘At their homfe in Lebanon Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ryan entertained ;;;er 83 Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. rald liz- og Colchester. contributors to the soldier who received a ng and arrest- Italian pa- to.be in-an Jtallan POOR FAMILIES REMEMBERED BY SALVATION ARMY. Seventy Baskets Were Packed at the LocalsRooms on Christmas. - Through the éfforts of the local Sal- vation Army 70 families of Norwich's poor were supplied with a Christmas dinner 6n Tuesday. The money to pro- vide these dinners was _obtained through collections on the Streets there weré many contributions of su plies. The collections from the bas- kets local in public placed nétted $1 and supplies to the amount of $50 were donated. The army is very grateful to Norwich people for their generous con- tributions. The baskets were packed at the Sal- vation Army rooms on Market street by memibers of the army under the direction of Captain J. W. Jewell, On Néw Year's eve there will be a distribution of gifts to the poor chil- dren of the éity under the auspices of the Salvation Army. Mrs. W. Palmer has contributed nearly worth of toys, candy and fruit for children. and 'this will be given out. NDRWICH MA\‘\ HAS LUCKY ESCAPE. Jarhes F. Hinchey Was on Ill Fated Steamer When Hit by Torpédo. James F. Hinchey, one of the fe NOFWICh fén who have been torpedood is_being congratulated by his friends on his lucky escapo from the steamer Schuskill, which was torpedoed oft the | north coast of Afric is spénding the mother., Mrs. Ellen Hine Oakridge street, after which he expe to return to the merchant mar; which he has been employed f past 20 years. All that Mr. Hinohey faw Of the death dealing s\'bn.armr\l was the periscope. He was on duty the engine room when the hoat torpedoed. The men were picked by a French guard boat and taken along the North African coast by fo Orleansville and from there went, to Bordeaux via M thence home. Waterford Boy Going South. Frank L. C : . of the Canadian Ro, “lying squadron at Toronto univ: Toronto, returned Wednesday morning afte: Ch mas with parents, Mrs. George M. n, of Thames w, Waterford “hapin went to New York for a stay, leaving there for Toronto, reporting for duty Thursday morning. The stuadron to which young C pin is attached expects to leave for cither Florida or s next week, where they will receive imstruction in | flying. they eille: n New London. Seven more cases of diphtheria have been added to the already large num- bet of cases in New London. The health department reports that seven cuitures have been reported as positive by the te laborato: Christmas eve Inspecior Frank Sav- ge fumigated the Crown and Lyceum thealres and Chrietmas morning the More Diphtheri Empire and Orpheum theatres were given the same treatment. The health department also report- gd two cases of scariet fever Wednes- ay. Boys’ Conference Postponed. On the advice of Health Officer E. C. Chipman of New Londos in eharze of arrangem annual boys’ conferen cut, which to hav ew London Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this week, have caNed the conference off because of the di phthe- ria cases prevalent there. It is now planned to. hold the con- vention the latter part of February. Dr. , those ents for the 1Sth of Connecti- been held in Candv For Hospital Nurses. Mrs. Robert R. Agiiew presented each nurse in the Backus hospital training school of chbcolate hon bons for Christmas and Dr. John W, Calla- han contributed a five pound box of Lowneys. * TIEUP OF TRANSPORTATION CAUSING COAL SHORTAGE Fuel Administrator Garfiéld so Informs Senate Committee. 2 Washington, Déc. 26—Much of the effect of the fuel administration’s worl has beén nullified, Fuel Admin- istrator Gurfield told the senate com- mittee investigating the coal short- age today, by the transportation tie- administration’s efforts been directed to a great extent to the stimulation of production to meet de- mands of the war, but Dr. Garfield said because of the traffic congestion “the more we produced the more trouble we added to the rallroads.” In the past few days the private consumer has been ¢iven more con- sideration than herefofore, Dr. Gar- fleld explained. At first the main idea was to supply the government and the railroads, but with the suffering due to the shortage in many places, he said, the odministration recently had devoterd most of its time to attemptingz to get coal to places where it was most needed. Conditions aiready are bet- ter, he stated, though the situation was not well in hand ond would not be un- til transportation laclh(l!s ‘were great- Iy improved. Dr. Garfiéld said he was not familiar with dividends many of the coal com- | anies were paying, but that he Dbe- ieved man; operators weére making morée money than evér before. Good prices he regarded as necessary to large production. BRIEF STATE NEWS Iveryton.—A flock o‘t quail was ob- Derved the other day feeding in -the vicinity of the keyboard factory. Meriden.—The First Congregational church every member canvass has thus far resulted in 704 pledges, aggregating $12,100. Durham,—Warren Atwell shot a FREE TO PILE SUFFERERS Don’t Be Cut—Until You Try This New Home hat Withont Discomfore —Simply Chew Up 4 Pleasant Tasting Tablet Ocessicnally and Rid Yoarself Permanently of Plles. Let Me Prove This Free. My internal method for the treatment and permanent e of piles is the co. upon tho to this, and s method at my ex whether your case is of recent development— chronie or Acuté— s occasional or permanent you should send for this free trial treatment No matter whe r method one infallible TOhAY Free Pile Remedy. Funeral Directsrs ard Embalmers 322 Msin Street Chamber of Commerce B ‘Phone 238-2 ding Lady Assistant QLD LINEN WANTED AT THE BACKUS HOSPITAL o1 Sheets, cloths, e toweling. as , Table- ntification and theteby ainst forgery. protection —Candy is to be conspic- absence from the diet of rer schools) during the der of the year. The girls, who figured that the money which been accustomed to spend dy will furnish a goodly sum to war charities, have ided to tint themselves aterbur; uous by the W remali have in that line. SPARKS ELECTRIC. tter opener is now uead houses. Two cut- . driven by a tiny electrie trick An eclectric T ric plant of 200, being planned for The new plant will operate under a head of 910 feet, The advantages of the large gen- erator over the small units, it is point: ed out by one authority, are both in firet cost and operating economy. Tur- bines of 30,000 kw. and over, cost from $3.00 to $9.00 per kw. as compared o 00 to $25.00 in sizes of 500~ steam cohsumption in units oal burned is about one pound of coal per kw.-hr. for the large units, as against 2 to 25 pounds per kw.-hr. for kw. units. 2 The Home Remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness; pleasant to take and sure to help when needed. 3 ¥ ’ Hale s Honey Of Herehound and Tar A tonic, expectorant and laxative. Ceontaing no opium- nor _anything injurious. Sold by all druggists, Erncst E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER Ail String !nstruments repaired Violins scld on easy terms Fer appointments address B €. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Neor« wich, Conn. large henhawk on the Durham mead- ows: Tuesday as the hawk was in the act of devouring a bird he had just caught. Danbury.—That local junk dealers and second hand men must file re- ports weekly regardless they make any purchases or not will be the rule hereafter in this dity. SaybrooR Point.—Willis R. Cone has arrived from Hartford and has taken charge of the Pease house, Saybrook tor C. E. Pease, who will visit the win- ter resorts in Florida next month.; Wapping.—An examination will be held n. 26, 1918; at the Manchester postoffice for the purpose of filling the % Wlppln‘l Ppostoffice this position is $223 a year. Hartford—The City Bank and Trust company has begun taking the finger- prints of every depositor by a new inkless methed. The new method takes & print in-less than half a minute and does not soil the fingers; while at the same time it furnishes an indispytakle of whether |