Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 4, 1918, Page 6

Business Center of iferwied help. any big thing. Don’t Be Closed All Day Today HEATLESS MONDAY Practical Patriotism Most of us feel a personal responsibili- ty for the victorious ending of this war, Our part may be small, but we can all Let us not magnify the mistakes which always accompany the doing of . Put the mistakes be- hind, things of the past, and work with all your strength for the future. . Every Pessimistic Thought Helps the Kaiser . a Grouch Miss. Mabel Razoux Leaves High School to Teach in East. Provi- dence—Hector -Carnegie Called - to Newport—Red Star on Service Flag —Spontaneous Combustion Caused Freight Car Loss. Miss Mabel Razoux, for the past year and a half a’member of the high school faculty as English teacher, has resigned and leaves this (Monday) morning for East Providence, where she is to teach. Miss Razoux is a graduate of Radcliffe college and came here in September, 1916. She. is to be succeeded by Miss Ruby Meade. Many local people attended a dance held at the grange ir Canterbury Sat- urday evening. Ball Player Assigned to Newport. Hector Carnegie, who has resided here for many years. enlisted recently at Providence as a second class ma- chinist in the naval reserves. He leaves this (Monday) evening for Newport training station. Mr. Carne- gie made quite a reputation as a. ball player in thig vicinity. He played on many of the town teams around and when he became a resident here play- ed shortstop for the local team. His enlistment brings the total up to over 50 young men who have volunteered or have been drafted for fhe different branches of service. Red Star for Patriot. Many have wondered what the red star on the Lawton Mills corporation’s service flag denoted. It shows that a local young man attempted three times to enlist anid died after undergoing an operation to become one of TUncle Sam’s fighters. The late Charles Pal- liser, son of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Palliser, attempted at Providence, R. I. New London, Ct, and Charleston, Mass., to enlist in the navy. He un- derwent an operation at the Backus hospital, Norwich, which proved un- successful. Examined at Westerly. Cy Piche was in Westerly Saturday to be examined by the registration board of that place Third Heatless Monday. The Lawton Mills corporation will close its plant today for the third heat- less Monday. Case of Spontaneous Combusticn. Officials of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad were in town Saturday to investigate the cause of the fire which destroyed a freight car containing 75 bales of raw cotlon, valued at $25,000, Friday morning. The i He pléaded mot guilt . %efiwefYotho Send Money Quickly Think of WESTERN UNION TRANSFERS There are many, many uses for Western Union Money Transfers. To meet banking obligations—to pay insurance policies—to purchase railroad tickets—to pay taxes—to send anniversary gifts—to supply salesmen on the road —tc send money to soldiers in camp. More than seventy million dollars was transferred last year by THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. R S O R A e i T T s Don’t You Want Good Teeth? Guas the dread of the dental chair cause you to negiect them? nesd have no fears. By our methed you ci crewned or an xtracted ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT You have your teeth filled PAIN. CONSIDER THESE OTHER FEATURES ETRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE STRRILIZED INSTRUM INTS CLEAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPS LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK W these appeal to' you, call for examinetion and estimate. WMo sharge for consultatien. DR. F. C. JACKSON OR. D. J, COYLS DENTISTS (Buccessors to the Ring L ital Cz2u) 208 MAIN ST. 04, W.to8 P M NORWIGH, CONN. Officers Rudd -and ‘Mitchell' of . the Connecticut state police wwere at the Westerly pelice ‘station. Saturday and with Chief of Police’ Brown c¢closely questioned 'Tony Teressa, who was taken . in by .Chief Brown Friday in connectian, with the theft of 60° auto- ;:h“l?: tires from' thé WBhckus Tire mazt in Mystic: Nov. 21. Sixteen of the tireg were in the possession of Tony, who declared that he bought 30 tires from:an Italian-that he did- not ‘“now and that he had sold 14 tiresto purchasers 'in ‘Hartford. He says at the time of ‘ the purchase he lad no idea that the tires had beén stolen, He clais he paid $600 for the tires, bor- rowing:$300 - from” Patsy Toscano and that he had paid that sum back-.to Toscano. The staté policemen” were satisfied ‘that Teressa had no- direct connection with "the theft and there- fore did not ask -for his arrest. The only charge. that ‘could..be . made against him would be for receiving stolen goods, and that was a matter for the Rhode: lsland authorities to probe, if deemed expedient. From the description :given of the man who sold the tires to Teressa he is one of ‘the pair now under arrest for breaks .in that 'city, and Toney went to New London with'the state policemen to identify that individual A shotgun taken from the Backus mart, with the’ tires, has been found in' the apartment of one of the New London prisoners. There is positiye proof” that ‘the men arrested in New Tondon cleaned out a grocery store in that city that led direct to’ their ar- rest. and that since then the New London police have connected them with the theft at a tailor shop and a garage - in - that city. It is probable that these same chaps cleaned out the Backus Tire mart ip Mystic. The state’ police are' how endeavoring to learn of the disposition of. the balance of the' tires ‘that. were stolen. ms he has and who claimed' Boston as his home, was before Judge Williams in the Third district court Saturday. He was arraigned on the''charge of being an idle person of * doubtful reputation, having ‘no visible means of - support, and’ with living withotit employment. After hearing the avidence. which showed that he had been panhandling and had been at tthat game in ,Westerly for three days. he was adjudged guilty and sentenced 1to one year in-the stafe. workhouse. Burkett made himsélf. obnoxious in High street Friday afternoon and after squaring off to - pedestrians. woild have a set-to with an imagina He is the man who strongly resist%l Police Sergeant West. who placed him under arrest and took. him_ to the po. lice station. Five ‘minutes afterwards the police officer ‘dropped dead in front of the Rhode Island hotel. An act amendina- the act creating a hway cammission for ihe town of Westerly came to the senate Friday favorably reported .from the judiciary committee, with réecommendation for its passage. -The amendment provides for the construction of sidewalks on the 50-50 basis between the town and abutting* property ' owners. Senator Casey criticized the bill and said’that in many respects it was repetition of existing laws. He said that some of its provisions: might - work * hardship upon some citizens of ‘Westerly. ‘Senator Langworthy of Westerly said the people of Westerly in financial town meeting voted to ask for the passage of the bill. He said it was satisfactory to the people most inter- ested. - He said he wanted ‘the passag of the bill. = Senator “Archambault said the hill was’ defective jn ‘that it did not give the person whose property was in- volved the right of appeal: Senator Aldrich said- this provision was' provided for and quated the sec- tion. adding that similar acts had been passed. The act was then adopted by the senate. = Local Laconics. Eighty registrants were examined physically in the Westerly town hall Saturday. Christ Episcopal church contributed $300.75 to the national church war fund of $500,000. . Deputy : Game Warden George A. cause was. spontaneous combustion. Standing of League Teams. By Killingly’s™ defeat ' last = Friday evening at Putnam, Plainfield. -High and Putnam High are’ tied for first place ‘in’ the southern division of the Quinebaug Valley league. - The two leaders play the coming Friday even- ing at_Milner- hall, = Moosup, while Kiilingly goes to Willimantic to play Windham . High.. The standing of the ledgue to date follows: Won. Lost. Plainfield " Putnam Windham: ... - Mid-year examinations were finished Friday and the students ‘will- resume their ‘studies today (Monday), begin- ning the second-half yedr of the school Rumored Train Chang A rumor concerning a new train schedule -has been circulating ‘around the. village.. The-train for ‘Willimantic at 250 p..m. and the -7.35 p.-m.‘train for Providence will cease to.run, mak- ing only two trains a day going to the two places. The ones.that will not be affected on the Providence and Willi- mantic division ‘are’ the :7.17 a.' m. to Providence, the 8.42 ‘a. m. ‘to Willi- mantic, the 10.35 a. m. to- Providence and the 3.53 p. m. to ‘Willimantic. It is aleo rumored that the boat train at 9.52° p. m. from. Worcester to New London will be an hour earlier on the new schedule. * Y . I'rdnk Dupont, a- member of a regi- rental ‘band stationed at ‘Bridgeport, i home for a few days. Entertainer from Boston. \ socidl and entertainment was held ay evening in the Eden theatre der the- auspices of ‘the Glee club and the M. M. Girls. A" good sized crowd attended, Miss Bvelyn. Starks of Boston, entertainer and'interpreter of plays, was the main attraction, Briefs and Personals. Cecll Bradford, employed at . the Fore River navy yard, -is. spending a few days at his home here. A dancing class met. Saturday at Krause' hall. Eight couples -attended. Private, Alfred Vincent. from Fort Terry is spending a short furlough at] hisg home here. = . ' Christopher Krauss, 2 member of the national army stationed at Camp Dgv- ens, spent the week end at his home Miss Irene . Smith of the nurses’ training class at the Backus hospitai, Norwich, spent home here, . Decide That Tony Terresa Did Not Steal "' Reported—Samuel A. Allison Dies in Mystic. Dolan and B. Court Bentley brought in jat 7.30 p. m. two red foxes from the wilds Friday. Company . C, Connecticut -Home guard, gave a dance in Hibernian hall} Saturday night which was largely at- tended. Senator Langworthy, by request, pre- serited a- petition protesting against the ratification of the federal prohibi- tion amendment. ‘Alexander Goldberg, while coasting in ‘Wileox park, collided with another sled and was severely injured. Dr. Scan- lon took eight stitches to close a long cut’'in the boy's cheek. Samuel A. Allison, 54, who died sud- denly in Mystic Saturday, was born in Westerly, was unmarried and lived with his sister, Miss Annie Allison, in Ledward - avenue. He was employed as. a, stonecutter for more than 30 years, but due to a lull in the trade he secured employment about three months ago at the shipyard in Mystic. These Grand Army men have been detailed to assist in the school ses- sions on Grand Army TFlag day, Feb. 12, Lincoln’s birthday: 'Willlam D, Babcock, Bradford: Stephen A. Cong- don, Dunn’s Corners: John B. Brown, Pleasant street; Christopher Simmons, Westerly High; Charles A. Clark, Elm Charles Stebbins, Park ave- nue; William Champlin, Quarry Hill. In preparing the annual budget the town councilmen realized that after the usual appropriations were .made only $16,800. would be at the disposal of the highway commission, which re- quired $43,000. The town has been on the down slide at the rate of about $25,000 and the debt limit has been reached. The tax rate cannot be raised, so to raise the needed money there must be a special tax. STONINCTON Night Watch Force at Shipyard— Rev. and Mrs. George B. Marston Leave For Lowell. | Captain I Frank Gavitt, Company B, Connecticut Home Guard, is now head of the night watch force at the Stonington shipyard, and watchmen perform their duties a'ong lines sim- ilar to guard duty in the military ser- vice. Captain Gavitt was a member - SPECIAL SALE —OF— BROKEN LOTS Starts Tuesday, February 5th BEST VALUES WE EVER OFFERED IN LADIES’ HIGH GRADE SHOES. _IN PATENT LEATHER, RUSSIA CALF AND GUN METAL. MEN'S HIGH GRADE SHOES IN VICI KID, GUN METAL AND" RUSSIA CALF ONE LOT LADIES’ RUBBERS IN HIGH AND MEDBIUM Low HEELS AT 50c of old Company B. Pawcatuck! Con- necticut National'Guard, and held a commission in the Spanjsh-American war. ~ He is well fitted to be captain of the guard at the shipyard. 4 Stonington. Pointers. The Boy Scouts are planning for ob- servance .of Anniversary Week, be- ginning February Sth. Rev. and Mrs. George B. Marston left »Saturday for their new home in Lowell, Mass., where Rev. Marston has began his du as pastor of the Fifth Street Bap church. The money order business in. the Stonington post office wili end daily The borough officials have given permission to the shipyard manage- ment to huild a spur track from the vard to -Water street. Mr. and Mrs.” George B. Riley are visiting relatives in New York. Mrs. David Fallon, long a resi- dent of Stonington, has gone to! Northampton, Mass.,, where she will make her home with her son, Dr. Jo- seph D. Fallon. . MOOSUP Junior Choir Rehéarsal—Blood Poison- { Hammond called on wards Wednesday. Relatives Entertained Whist Mr. and Mrs. Everett Club. ‘Whiteh Miss Sadie Fitzgerald and Otis Whip- ple, were in Willimantic Thursday. ouse entertained the whist club Wednesday evening. Recent visitors to Putnam are Mrs. Fitzgy Albro. L. C. Albie ald, Mrs. Mrs. Parents’ Day. Parents’ ‘day was. obser rved Union School, Friday, January 2th. A. B in ROOSEVELT INVITED TO BE Everett. Whitehouse, Miss Sadie Fitz- gerald, J. J. lips and L. C D.'T. Phil- ma- the BEARER AT JOHN LS FUNE)%AL of Former Heavyweight | Champion Expect Reply Today. Boston, Feb. the former 'olonel hy Theodore | Roosevelt was notified tonight that a place had been reserved for him on the list of pallbearers at the funeral here Wednesday of his 0ld friend, John L. Sullivan, who died yesterd: atives of B champion said a reply was exp Rel- eight ected ings Results from Blister. The junior choir held a rehearsal {day evening. Dorothy Salisbury, ‘Alice Eyers, Raymond Gallup, Rev. W. Darby. Gardiner on Prospect street, the home of Miss Ethel Parkhurst Fri- Those attending were Salisbury, Alice Southworth, Bella Howard, Julia Lyon, and Harry Walker, James Walk- er, James Howard, Irving Tyler, Roy At the close of the rehearsal coasting was enjoyed. The next meet- ing will be at the home of Miss Helen from CcZonel Roosevelt tomorrow. While plans for the funeral were heing made today, the body was brought from the .Sullivan farm in Abington to the home of his sister, Mrs. Annie E. Lennin, in the Roxbury district. -Tonight a small army of friends passed through the parlor of the Lennin home to gaze for the last time on' the features of the old figl er. A search of this city and its suburbs today failed to reveal a caskat large enough to hold the stalwart body of the former champion and a special one at o | Peter Johnson Moves is being harvested on one of the ponds in_this vicinity. 22 at the home of her son. Lyman. The funeral was held at the house. Janu- the weeg end at herlary 26th. Burial was in Brooklyn. - Mrs. Phillips and Case of Blood Poisoning. Henry Loughran is suffering from blood poisoning which resulted from was ordered from New York. [RED CROSS LOCATES AMERICAN PRISONERS Sik of the Twelve Who Were Re- ported Missing. | Washington, Feb. twelve American s missing after the German trench raid = ion November 3 have been located by and Miss Farion | the Red Cross in a prison camp at Tuchel, West Prussia, General Parsh- ing reported to the war Gepartment tonight. They were captureq in the first assault launched by the Germans nn an American sector. The six prisoners, with two others taken in subsequent acti: geant Edgar W. Halyb Loint, N. C.: and Privates Danicl iallagher, Blocton, i Clyde rimsley, Stockton Hoyrt D Decker, Ind.: John P. Les-lg )l(-r. Tutw 3 Herschel Godfrey,)) Chicago: Harry R. Loughman, Chica- g0, and Vernon X {endall, Roll, Okla. The despatches corfirmed press re- ports of the death of Private Roy O. Garner of Decatur, Ills, in an airplane accident, and reported also that Pri- Vate John A. Goodrum, infantry, of McLean, Tex: had been severely wounded in action on January 24. Pri- vate John L. Bray, infantry, of Drum, Ky., was reported slightly wounded in action on Jan 30 and Corporal Roy E. Doughty, infantry, of Shaw, Miss,, on February 1. The following deaths by causes ‘were announced: First Lieutenant Francis F. Han- bidge, medi¢al reserve corps. pneu- monia. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Private William O. Jones, stevedore, pneumonia, Houston, Texas. Private Albert W. Neison, engineers, meninigitis, Acme, Washn. Private Toliliver Quinn, quartermas- natural ter corps, pneumonia, St. Louis. Mo: Corporal Hollis M. Smith, infartry, January 31, empyema, Rock, Kas. Bugler Fay F. Chrisman, field artil lery, pneumonia, St. Joseph, Mo. Sergeant Philip J. Callery, infantry, Feb. 1, hemorrhage, Miiford. Mass. , DINNER TO BE “MEATLESS, WHEATLESS, SWEETLESS.” Hoover Gratified With Decision of Na- tional Security League. New York, Feb. 3.—Food Adminidd trator Hoover in a letter to the Na- tional Security league made public here tonight expressed his gratification because the league had decided to close its consress of national service at (aicago Feb, 23 with a dinner that be ‘“meatless, wheatless and s good to know that the Na- tional Security league is planning to follow the rules of food conservation at its dinder om Feb. 23 wrote Mr. Hoover. *“Your members are perform- ing a truly patriotic service as the need for saving wheat, and meat esp3- cially, has never heen more grave than it is at the present time.” DITTMAN OF REICHSTAG ACCUSED O FTREASON. He Urged in a Speech That the Striks ° Must Be Maintained. London, Feb. 3.—Herr Dittman of the reichstag, who was arrested while addressing strikers, was accused not only of infriffging military law. but of inciting to high treason. according to the Berlin press. The Lokal Anzeiger says he urged in his speech that the strike must be maintained. a small blister on his hand which troubled him for several days. He did not realize that the blister was any- thing to be cared for -and continued working about machines as usual. ‘When his hand began to swell he con- sulted a ‘physician and discovered blood poisoning had set in. He is re- covering. although his hand is causing him much pain. Brevities. The Plainfield High school basketball squad will have practice Tuesday af- ternodn at Milner hall. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Douglas. Miss Florence. Douglas and Miss . Blanche Douglas of Sterling Hill motored to Moosup Saturday. Many iocal people ' attended - che dance in -Sterling Saturday evening. Leo Maynard, a sailor on the bat- tleship Michigan, 1s visiting at his home on Prospect street this week. He has an eight-day furlough. COVENTRY to Andov«r—. Harold G. Morrison ‘Appointed Per- sonal Tax Collector. Many local farmers had potatoes and preserves freeze during the cold spell. 2 Moves to Andover. Teter Johnson, who has rénted the! George ‘Bennett farm for the past| vear, ‘has moved to his own place in Andover. The Red Cross meeting was - held with Mrs. Clarence Fiske Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. J. ‘R. Lee is spendinz. a_ few| davs ‘with her parents in Ellington. Mrs. K. E. Mitten.has moved to the George Bennett farm, recently vfcat- ed by Peter Johnson. Tax Collector. Harold G. Morrison has been ap- pointed personal tax collector for this town. Mrs. Agnes Faulkner and daughter have returned from Brooklyn, N. Y. where the former was called by the death of her nephew. Mrs. Josephine Schwarz -has re- turned from a visit with her inother in South Manchester. 4 “RAWSON Funeral of Mrs. Harriet Baker—Whist Club Meets. 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