Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 29, 1917, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1917 CAPTURED paiis About this time the Swiss Commis- sian paid a visit to the hespital. It of three Swids doctors who the Respitals and camps in Germany ulecud men who were considered service for a year. and who it k Dflnfltlfi by treatment in ._The men had to be re- wfl by the doctors in oharge. aceepted were sent to Col stanee or some other place mear the Swiss frontier, where they were lflé commission W compased balf Swies and balt German doctors, s %’mu Baa The dectd- A Toke iy enre oF Saubt. y'® arm weas in a bad state. It was very crooked and he had a drepped wrist. He saw the commis- sion without advising Dr. Meyer that he was going to do so awd he was at anee accepted. but unfertumately just an his name was entered en the official ligt Dr. Meyer appeaved. He was furi- ous and said that he wanted to treat s arm for some time to come. is was just what Gray was trying te avold Bat he had to stand aside and see his name struck off the list. Wefls. saw the commission. but it was refused. Moodie and I were so far that we knew it was hope- less and did not present outselves. Talked About Escape. after this an Euglish avi- Wilson was brought to the oepital From | the camp at Mainz, Be had been sent with several other of~ ficers to see the Swiss Commission. He told us some Intevesting things. He been in touch . with officers fram several different camps and we listened ecagerly to his descriptions of camp Hfe, as we expected Before long to be leading that sort of existence. ‘Wé discussed earnestly different plans he had heard for escape amd looked forward to the time when we might fakke an active part in striving to attain t is cherished as the witimate goal prisoner of war. ‘Wilson was in Mainz there pted escape. Three of- to work together. One in the camp was used room and canteen. In- of H an! i H EE& £ » 3+ i | eps closed in at the ends, rt of small grandstand for various games in pro- th this waa the spot se- commencement of a tun- nd of the Hp’hg up of w the stand by the duemns and o e row. The work 8 it h ;flmfi - (Tt EE 1 bt 3 § i ! g i tuninel was iven that ail by the i! H i g QRE R 5 i at the ‘nflvs‘d‘ steps, with Costs Lass and Kills That Cold . ‘By Lieut. . HARVEY DOUGLAS Fourth Canadian Mounted Rifies rillinxfl‘r‘ le of the Experiences of a Wounded A True and Thi Canadian Officer W Copyright, 1917, by Public Ledger Company the nails in_thelr orizinal holes. and departed. When the final roll call was called, of course, these three missing. No one had seen them. Ther was great excitement and eventually the party had to move off without them. 5 That night in a frantic attempt to complete the work. a little noise was made. when the recreation room was vacated and absolutely still. The keeper of the canteen became suspi- cious, and his report resulted in the discovery of the elusive omes. never heard how many weeks of “Ju they got for this, ‘Wilson only spent a few weeks with us. but his visit proved most profitable. We learned the things we were en- Htled to snd of the priviees so- corded German prisoners in England. We decided to take a firm stand and demand certain rights for the Ena- lishmen in the hospital. ‘We officers formed ourselves into a | tor. We told him about the way Gé committee and interviewed the inspec- man prisoners were treated in England, explaining to him that there were many were ; Fell tnto the Hands of the Enemy A group of wounded prisoners of war in a German Lazarett. men able to walk who needed fresh air and exercise and demanded that a sys- te msimilar to that {n vogue in all the camps shouid be introduced In the hos- | pital. In camps men are put on their | |, parole and sent ouj in varties of thirty or forty in charge of a guard of one officer and a noncomr to take a two-hour wa try. On their return their parole is giv- | en back to them and the attempt to escape if the English Oaths. We explained the simplicity of this system to the inspector, who promised | to investigate the matter and make ar- rangements. ! The inspector's name was Driessen. He owned a big hotel on the Rhine, | which, before the war. had acommo dated many English and American visi- | tors. He spoke Fnglish quite well. and was, or pretended to be very friendiy toward English-speaking peonls. At! the conclusion of our interview he sud denly came, out Wwith a string of the; vilest English oaths I ever heard then asked us to translate them { two hours. rather hard proposition, but we 1 the best we could. When he learn. ed what he had said he_ fied. Wi learned hi where he b He cked up such expre: said that before the war @ had lived avith a pro- fessor s family Charming peopte ~ vrofessor and his wife the mother-in-law, and then they would % and sometimes would get dr: terview with the in- All the English- ai who ceuld walk cut in the city for Uniform these men Who pe and carefully put on tueir puttees in order to mal a good impression on the peopls of Cofogne. Just before it wa stime to start an officer marched On July 21 cur pector hore fr men in the were to be i were issued to} ed their buttons | guard almost as big mduct, We th a large e party they were to c fofmed up in two ranks, v carefuily counted and marched out into the street. Moodis's icg was in plaster, and he could not walk, so it had been ar- ranged that he might have a carriage if he paid the expenses himseif. In the carriage there was room for four— three officers and a German sentry. We drew lots as to who would ac- company Moodie—Wilson and Gray were the lucky ones. Wells and T and the French cap-| tain, who wore his red breeches on | special occasions, were formed in front of the smen were | arranged in sections of fo Thic whale by the guasd| as fixed bas: voy of damgerous criminals instead of a few harmicss unarmed men, most of whom were helpless, even had they Leen unguarded. (Continued Monday.) WESTERI.Y FATALITY INVESTIGATED ' lComner Franklin H. Brwn. of Norwich, Finds Killing of |- Ellsworth Vincent'By Laundry Truck Driven By Howard Leonard An Unavoidable Accident—-Corporai Franilin ;wh C. Smith Selected to Study For Commissioner- - Sherman | Bakery and Grocery Stare Attached. Franklin H. Brown, of Norwieh, cor- oner for New Lendon county, made an investigniion Friday as te the death of Ellsworth Vipcent, age six, son r. and Mrs, Clarence Vincent, S was killed Thursday afternoon by be- ing struck by an auto-truck owned by C. A, Freeman, laufidryman, and oper- ated by Howard Leenard. The testi- mony of four witnesses showed that the truck was moving slowly, that the boy ran along in the track, siipped on Dopee BROTHERS COMMERCIAL CAR Precisely the kind of car you would expect Dodge Brothers to build. Pr&llienl su bstantial, good- appearing -—-of half-ton capacity. The gasoline consumption is unysually fow. The tire mileage is unusually high. \ The price is $388 f, o. b. Detroit / The Jordan Auto Co. the ice and fell in front «f one rear wheels sustaininz a fraeture of the skull thai resulted in lmmedn:!e death. It ia a question whether th Fratture v cxnscd By the Bl an the jce, or contact with the wheel. o a combination of hoth. No additional | facts were found by the coroner that!' had not been prevlol)slv obtained b Dr. Wiliiam H. Gray, of Mvstic, medi cal examiner for tRe town of »tun-l ington. The accident occurrsd in Chace street, in the village of Pawca tuek. After consideration: of the testimony, and examination of the dead boy, Cor- oner Brown decided thut it was an un- avoidable accident and exonerated Howard Leonard from all blame in connection therewith It happened that at the time of the accident Georse H. Bradfora, of Montville, inspector of iautomobiles for New London county, vas in Pawcatuel He hurried to the site of the acocident, made Investiga- jtion and injulry and was satisfled that Mr. Leonard was operating the truck properly, was moving slowly and care- fully, and was not responsible for the accident that caused the del'.h of the Vineent boy. Corporal Franklin C. Smith of West- erly, and thirteen other Rhode Island- ers are among the twenty-five draftees of the Three Hundred and First En- gineers, stationed at Camp Devens, who HWave heen 'selected to study for commissions, They are the first na- tional army solders of the division to be selected for an officers’ school. They were told to carry the news home and to returrt Monday morning, ready to leave for the ensiuear officers’ train- ing school at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. Twenty-five more men will be se- lected from the 301st to attend the re- serve officers’ training school to be held in Camp Devens, January § to April 5. Corporal Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orfando Smith and was a stu- dent at Brown university when select- ed for military service. Within ‘the memory -f a New I.on- don man in y, when the police force ot that city wu composed of one mu and his name i Hezekial Smith, a Civil War veteran, and lllll a ulldut. This fact is vecalled by ipondence received from Hast Gmn'wic!n R L, ‘which I'BMI “Frank H. . man. of then | quarterly speaial eppr(p\l.’ulon for umiform for the policeman.” puty Sheriff Frederick T. Mitchell, by dlreckunn of Atterney A. T. L. Led- Wwidze, has plac2d an attachment on all personal property of Ma: Jn = bakery, This and Soloveit and is for a claim of ue for stock fur- The writ is e urnable January 17, to the superior court for Washington county. Mr. chuman recentl” transferred two tracts of 1real estate to Mrs. Schu- e, hmu,:m Dy to Schuman. Local Laconics. There are tv be several wateh nizght ectings in Westerly. Italian interpretors are assisting the lo("l advosory kcard. and without pay. Governor Becckman is now busied givmg public 5 of his experiences n the w Tha Rhodr Islard 'Lgncultural board i the genoral assembly for an ation of $49,000. The Narragaasett Electric Lighting company has declared the dividend of $1 per share. Coal has been jumped seventv-five cents a ton in Providence, and the rate there usually extends to Wester- Iy. Florrimon M. Howe, of Boston, has been elected a director and vice pres- ident of the Industrial Trust com- pany. The fumeral cortege of Flarry Bar- ber was the first in Westerly to be com- posed of zutomobiles, including an auto hearse. Misses Helen and Evelyn McNaery and Miss Irene Heffernan, of Provi- denee, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Trank Ahearn. Theodore F. Kilkennv, the first East reenwich boy to enlist in the present war, has been commissioned an en- sign in the navy. Mayor Clark Burdick, and members of four organizations, have asked Pres- ident Wilson to close the liquor sa- loons in Newport. Rhode Island has furnished its ruu queta of ministers for Y. . work abrond. It is said fo pay wnges from $1,790 to -$2,200 a year. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Burdick. of Westerly, who were guests of Mrs Burdick’s fatser, E. A. Johnsons. in Providence, will remain for a while. _The last increment of men drawn tnr aut)' in &. military service, and t to forts in Narragansett bay, are uull without uniforms and equipment. A young man who enlisted tn the res- ular army and was sent to Fort Slo- the fort amd lodges at the Elks' club in New Rochelle. Officials of the Narragansett Elec- tric Lighticg company, which proposes to increase tes, were in conference with the public utilities commission. ’g;ursd&y *No formal schedule was The legal advisory boards In West- erly and Pawcatusk are surely doing their bit for love of country. In this section much of the work in flling out the questionnaires is done by laymen as well as by lawyers. flclvfl cases on the docket of the writ entered {s that of Geor‘e H. Tay- low, of Boston, against A. L. Castri- Yers| tius, an active of book account. One of the war rules requires that on Thursday and Sunday evenings that regular | STONINGTON O. U. W. Election—Engineer Hor- ace F. Burdick in Providence Hos- pital—Winkler-Muller Engagement Announced. AL Oficers were elected as follows by Stoninston Lodge, No. 30, Ancient Or- @er United Workmen: Fritz ‘Buck, iaster workman: August A. Muller, past master workman: Geerge Kie- burg, forem Charles G. Carpenter, overseer: Joseph financier; E Da\xd Vernard, recorder; Metzdorf, inside watchman; Ponte. outside watchman; les G. Cushman, Ernest C. Cush- trustees; Fritz Buck, representa- Henry A. Mul- Maniel C1 man, tive to grand lodge; ler, alterpate. Stonington Pointers. Mrs. Esthef G. Perkins ana Miss Theima “S. Hinckley are visiting in Brookline, Mass. Horace F. Burdick, engineer at the Atwood plant, became suddenly ill, on Thursday, and was taken to a hos- pital in Providence. George H. Bradford of Montville, county commissioner and autoraobile inspector, was in the borough Ti:urs- day. Mr. and Mrs, H. P. Lee. Mrs. Oliver Bradley and son, Richard, will soon start on an auto trip to Florida. Rev. P. B. Braxton will preach on Sunday in the Third Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Max W. Winkler have announced the engagement of their HOURIGAN’S YOUR GIFT OF FURNITURE WILL SPEAK YOUR GOOD WISHES Help the happy spirit of New Year to last the year round by making gifts that will fill a want in the Com- plete Comfort of some home. * A chair, a desk, a thou- sand other things in our big store, that will make your thoughtfulness remembered long after Christmas has gone. We cordially offer you our aid in selection, our unequalled low prices, and, if desired, our liberal credit terms. CHAMBER SETS PARLOR SUITES DINING SETS MUSIC CABINETS SEWING STANDS DINNER SETS CEDAR CHESTS ELECTRIC LAMPS PICTURES ROCKING HORSES DOLL CARRIAGES HIGH CHAIRS We have a large variety of Fine Furniture to select from. Call and see our stock. HOURIGAN’S 62-66 Main Street | eemep———— Norwich, Conn. daughter, Helen Mathilda. to Frank R. Muller, now of Bridgepert. The honor roil of the Sccond Con- gregational church contains the nam of fourteen members who are now in tke military service. CLARK’S CORNER Decorative Groens Collested and Sent to News York Market—Parties on the Holiday. Many men from this locality are brook, the week’s vacation. Greons Sent to New York. Christmas orations seld readily is year «nd many local people eneag- that busines thering laurel was shipped to New Yerk. family entertained The guests were dney Flolmes of Ye i AL W. Bailey, G. W Bailey and t‘ arlotte ¥. Bailey. Gifts from a beautiful tree were distributed and a visit from Santa Claus was en- joyed. \r. and Mrs. Svdney Holmes are vis- iting Mrs. Holmes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gray, while Mr. Holmes enjoyed his furlough over the holiday from U. S. 8. Fuiton. Miss Marietta Lester from Spring- field, Mass., is a guest of relatives over Goldor son. who were employad at Noank Ship yard returned to their homes last week | to take up their farm duties again, as the ship yard is not emploving as many teams now on the work. Christmas Tree For Guests. G. W. Pailey’s family enteriained Christmas right, the house being dec- orated with festooning and red bells. A Christmas tree which was’ lighted during the evening and vocal and in- strumental music were enjoyved. Thosé present were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Grayg sons Francis. Jack and daught- ers Lydia, Mrs. Charlotte Holmes and her busband, Holmes of the Goiden Spur. GLASGO Service Flags Displayed at Local Homes—Americsn Thread Company Shows Flag With Seven Stars—Per- sonat Hems. Sydney D. Pollard and family tmas at 3. T: Wilbur's. Mr and Mrs. Walter Thorpe Ch as with Mr. ard 3Ds. Burdick Mabel_Blanektard returned hame Wedanesday, after spending 2 few days with refatives on Stewart Hill. reice flag with one star is fly- at the home of Edm Dayer, for Charles Pechle, the husband of Mr. Dayon’s daughter, Luey: there is one also at the heme of Mr. Sel- was’s. his son being in Fr one At the home of Mrs. Charles Four nier for her husband who is at Camp Devens At the Thread mill there is a larce service flag fiying from the office of th= Amerfcan Thread Co., with seven stars for the boys who have gonme frgm thc village. Mary Edgecomb attended the Christ- mas tree at A. R. Button's. Tuesday evening, as were also Mr, and Mrs. Ba- si1 Vincent. spent spent w. G on ing Train Strikes Horse Danielson, Dec. 28.—The south-bound Mechaniesville extra struck a pair of horses that were standing up on the trolley track at Attawaugan crossing Friday right and threw them a dis- tence of several feet, The horses wers owned by Joseph Bogaro who has a contract for trucking supplies for the Attawaugan Mills Co. The horses weré quite badly hurt- but it is be- lievéd that doth can be saved. The horads Were attached to a heavy truck which hed been backed up to a freight car on the stéam road line when the accident occurred. The electric car was considerably damaged in the crash, but no one was seriously hurt. INVENTORY SALE —STARTS — Saturday Morning, Dec. 29th Great Reductions On All Ladies’ Suits, Coats, Dresses and Furs BIG VALUES IN OUR 8 Gents’ Department On Suits and Overcoats One Hundred Men’s Mackinaws SPECIAL ON SALE AT $7.75 ite Star Clothing House Co., Inc. 147, 149, 151, 153 MAIN STREET