Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1918, Page 7

THE BEST PLACE IS THE CHEAP. EST PLACE TO BUY FUR COATS Black Col %.“I N(.tu.r'il 3.2: Natural Color| %N.\nnl Color| Natural Color) (Black Cols (Black Color) § FUR LINED COATS NATURAL MUSK RAT, MARMOT, THE L.-L. CHAPMAN €0 M BATH STREET. NORWICH, CT. Hore~ Calf DONE VERY PROMPTLY AND AT EASONABLE PRICES A. D. LATHROP Phone 175 A GREAT VARIETY OF Alarm Clocks * at FRISWELL’S 25-27 FRANKLIN STREET JOSEPH BRADFORD .BOOKBINDER Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order 103 BROADWAY GEORGE G. GRANT Undertaker and Embaimer 32 Providencs St, Taftville Prompt attention to day or night calls Telephone 630 apri4MWFawl CAVE WELDING & MFG. C0 Autemebile and Machine Parts Welded. ¢ Garage work a Specialty. Work Guaranteed. " Chestmut St. Tel. 214, Overhauling and Repair Work /JOF ALL KINDS ON AUTOMOBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS, Mechanical Repairs, Painting, Trim. wing, Upholstering and Wood Work. Blacksmithing ia all its branches. Scott & Clark Corp. 507 to 515 North Main St. DR. A. J. SINAY Dentist 19 Alice Building, Norwieh Phone 1177-3 DEL-HOFF HOTEL EUROPEAN, PLAN HAYES BROS. Props. Telephone 1227 26-28 Broadway THE PALACE 78 Franklin Street P. SHEA | American House Special Rates to Theatre Troupes Traveling Men, Ete. Livery Connection Bhetucket Street FARREL & SANDERSON, Props Phone 754 *PROTECT YOUR FEET" A.8. Thom s F. S, FOOT SPECIALIST LICENSED CHIROPODIST Mfe. Commings’ Spring Arch Support Buite 7-8, Alice Building, Norwich Formerty of Waterbury Phone 1366-4 THE WEATHER. ° The eyelonic depression over wrenoe the St. might is n over tire Miss i t Jocal along es e nmldatabte, AL e re consl + has occurred, with its -Mmfi the St.‘Lawrence' ngs ‘Monday nigh! grees lower than hours. ' The d 30 to 40 degrees. ‘weather will centinue in the ‘Washington forecast district the next 48 hours and the temperatare will moderate, although bly cold weather will continue in Atlantic coast districts until* Thursdsy. Forecasts, Southern New England: Fair and slightly colder Tuesday; Wednesday.| fair, eontinued ‘cold. Observations in_ Norwich. The following records, re&:rwl fram Sevin's phunn’:cy. show changes in temperature and the barometric changés Monday: Ther. Bar. . 21 2988 . 20 2976 . 12 2070 6 b m ‘Highest 27, lowest 12. mparisons, Predictions for Monday: Snow, fol-. lewed by fair and colder, Monday's weather: Fair and colder. s 3 ‘Sun, Moeon amd 1 mises "sote. [ ase. || Rice Day. |[a m'Ip m |[& m || a m —_—— Rl s m | 4 —— William J. Hamilton Injured by Fall from Staging in Lo¢al Mill—Per sonals, Saturday while werking on a ing in 4 local mill, William J. H::l‘l:un wae painfully injured. The plank on which he was standing broke and he was thrown tothe floor, sustaining a wrenched back and an injured ankle. His side was also injured. He was taken to his home on Central avenue and was attended by Dr. E. J. Brophy: FUNERAL. Mre. Michael Ahearn. The funeral of Johanna Ahearn, widow of Michael Ahearn, was held from her late home at 9 Oakridge street Saturday morning. Services were held in St. Mary’s church at 9 o'clock with Rev. J. 'H. Fitamaurice officiating. At the clese of the service Mrs. T. J. Donovan rendered two hymns. There was a large attendance and many handgome pieces of flawers, The bearers: were John Ahearn, Mi- chael Ahearn, Arthur Whitmarsh and John Cotter. Burial was in St. Mary’s cemetery. . v Mrs. Ahearn died at her home Thurs- day after an illness of ten days. She was the daughter of Lawrence afid Nora Keefe Ahearn and had spent most of her 85 years in this city. She i Survived by three sons, Micnae William and John, and two daughters, Mrs. Michael Murphy ° of ‘Bridgeport and Miss Mary Ahearn, who lived with her mother. . Undertaker Hourigan had 'charge of the funeral arrangements, 3 Polish Infant's Funeral. The funeral of the four months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Anten Kalunow- ski was held from the home of his Dparents at 420 North Main street Mon- day morning. - Rev. 1. V. Maciejewski officiated at the mass at St Joseph’s church at 9 o'elock. Burial was in St 'S cemetery. & Undertakers Shea & .Burke. had charge of the funeral arrangements. i Requiem ' Mass. A month's mind mass of requiem was offered at St. Mary's dnuehm M morning for the late Mrs. Ellen Gar- ;Q‘y, Wwith the rector, Rev. J.-H. Fitz- urice, officlating. was a large attendance of relatives and friends at the mass. . Transferred to Texas. Word has heen Teceiy . b Arthur_B. Simpson from m:mbmthez Lieut. Walter H. Simpson, Lieut. Simpson has been _fran -y from Dallas Texas to Richfield Avia- tion camp at Waco, Taxas. s —— Bridgeport.—Beginning Fab, 4, the gin school here will be in session on aturdays and will-be elosed n- days until furthet mfi;n T NO_MORE CATARRH A Guaranteed Tremtment That Has il Stood the Test of Time, rTh cures come and catarrh £ byt Hy tnues to heal ca: omel_eon| tafrh and ebolish its di symp. R S R S sales of this really xl-nufl'u !rutm‘n: for catarrh RE' ‘r:wr. and the pres. _a%hy;u should Ow. all . records If you breathe H¥amel ail - AT, 0 omei the me 01 | get 1t out and start it at once to for WILLIAM C. YOUNG SBuccessor to 3 , _STETSON & YOUNG CARPENTER and BUILDER n"lila 1 Best work and materials at right M‘ u:’winu.mn 1647 One of the historic places in Norwich two cenmturies has been the @ PUL JOUL Dus. zawm o ou gou v ever rid yourself of catarrh, The Lee l 00d Go., or any other fiood druggist, will sell Jou 4 bottle of yomel (liquid), start'to breathe it and notice how kly it elears oug uflc::u and makes the entire regularly wil = LA s ng a casts. but Titt: N S tesach e. Just “breathe 1t .1t iibe: the . soothes and heais the inflamed | Registrants Wil Not Appear Promptserviceday or night i 2 Lady Ausistani. | leaving a taken “to Until Further Notice—Last Fifteen Per Cent of First Guota to Be Sent to Camp This Month. —_— The physical examinations for the second draft, started on Saturday, were called off Monday until furthet notice by Judge John M..Thayer of the local esemption board. This aetion has been taken by the board as they have been notified that new draft rul- ings ‘are to be sent out immediately - from Washington, these new rulings 10 govern the seléction of men for the next draft. ' ' The local ‘board has been that the last 1:‘?& cent, of uota will .be r b, 23d. ere s a possibility that the 15 per cent. will be called ¥m' by Feb. tc‘tlxh' according to a Hartford Hartford despatch says: The government will call upon local boards to furnish the last 15 per cent. of the first army draft quota on or about Feb. 15. That is the substance of a telegram received by Major John Bnck}l{ey, secre! cus H. Holeomb, from shal General Crowder. According to the order, local boards are to arrange for the immediate examination of all registrants, under the present physical regulations, to take care of deferred percentages or subsequent discharges. This_notification is a follow-up of the order sent Saturday to the effect that local boards were to indefinitely tified e- first MOSIC ASSOCIATION ‘MEETS AT OLDELMS. |- Selection by String Quartstte a Fea- ture of the Evening. The February meeting of the Nor- wich Music asSociation, held Monday evening at Oldelms, the gracious hos- pitality of which was extended by Miss Hannah Crowell, was very large- ly attended. The prograt, which was in charge of Miss Crowell, was very fine ahd was much enjoyed by.the & Opening. with ~Mr, = Selden and Mies Caruthers’ Hymn to Music, the string quartette. of. the association, composed of -Miss_Isabél H. Mitchell, Miss Elizabeth A. Lane, Frederick W. Lester and Charles D. Gallup, contin- ued the program by repeating the Haydn Quartet Opus 17, No. 5, given at the January meeting of the associa- tion, and added the AndantesCantabile Opus 11 by Tschaikowsky, a very pleasing and melodious number, The quartette never falls to give great pleasure by the uniform excellence of their playing and the particulavly fine. balance ,they maintain, last evening being no exception to this pleasure- giving. James J. Moore, who ‘had, a promi- nent place in the program, was unable to‘be present on account of illness. Mrs. Gardiner Greene sang a group of Indiam love lyrics by, Laurence Hope. Hér beautiful voice is of jusf the, right timbre for the hauntingly lovely melodies and exotic melancholy of the verse of this song cycl e .It was a charming group and Mrs. Greene's rendition of it was charming and very artistic. Her enunciation was also a joy to Mer listeners. Miss Ella Potter rendesed a sympathetic-and perfect ac- companiment to Mrs. Greene. n The concluding number was ren- dered by Frank L. Farrell at the piano, Chopin’s Nocturne ‘Opus 27, No. 1, and Etude in Thirds Opus 25, No. 3, and Liszt's La Campanella. In re- sponse to most insistent applause he generously gave as ‘encore a Ruben- stein piece, and en being recalled again gave In Autmun by Mezscowski. The wonderful brilliance of Mr. Farrell's , | Playing needs no comment in Norwich, or elsewhere, where he has been heard, He plays Chépin as few are able to do_and at Lisst is surpassingly bril- liant. He has a clean cut precision in performance that is seldom equalled and a marvelous amount of reserve power.’ His legato passages are beau- tifully smooth and where it is called for he has a wonderful flowing quality of tone. His crescendos are remark- ably: fine. very choice and well rounded musical evening. . s ml miss RUTH HUNTINGTON . LEAVES FOR HINDMAN. Engaged in Settlement Work ong MBuntain Whites. Miss Ruth ™ Huntington, who h; been spending several wecks at her home.on Broadway, leaves -today for Hindman, Ky, where she {s engaged In settlement work among the moun- tain whites. The Settlement, which is largely supported by private contribu- | tions, numbers 104 pupils at present, Wwith 2 large waiting list, for whom |t 8 yet there {s no room. 'The moun- taineers are all anxious for their chil- dren to have an education and the lack of accommodations is a great dis- appointment to many an ambitious child. Among the faculty is, Miss Firman, who has written "a ' most charming book of her experiences call- ed Mothering on Perilous. The cover of the yearly re which has been sent to yarious frionds Interested- in the settlement, Z service flag -bearin $0 bogs, sraduates and present m, bers 0f the school, Who are serving their country in France and at fhe natienal cantonments. et L PETER G. MITCHELL 1S TRANSFERRED . —— Norwich Boy Goes From Camp Dev- ens to Fort Pérter. Peter G. Mitchell who ‘left this city on October 4th to enter the training station at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., and has since that. time been attaclred to the infirmary for the Machine Gun Battalions, was on ° February 1st, transferred to the Physchiatric ward in General Hospital No. 2, Fort Por- ter, Buffalo, N. Y. He is to continue the work which he has been doing for the t five and one-half years at the Norwich State Hospital. Suit is Withdrawn from Court. On Monday, notice of the withdrawal of the action brought against the S. N. B. Telephone company by Napoleon LeBarre. was filed with the clerk -of the superior court in this city. .y L s ] No Trouble To Keep Skin Free From Hairs| (The Modern Beauty) - There is no need for any woman te countenance superfluous haire, because with a paste made by mixing some powdered delatone with water it_ is easy to get rid of them: The pasté is applied for 2 to 3 mihutes, then rubbed’ off and the skin washed. ' . lled for on or :about|O; He gave thé finish to a|f postpone all examinations until the re- ceipt of the new gelective service rules with reference principally to the phy- sical requirements, Major Buckley im- Mediately transmitted Saturdays or- ders to all local boards in the state, Many of the men who were exam- ined and: accepted under the old rules’ will not be part of the last 15 ' cent. This is explained by the fact that the classification work has resulted in their being put in deferred classés and not gubject to service on the first call. n this basis some lzmfl ‘who would not otherwise be included in | ::: bm of the quota—provided t the boards were anu;u'?. w the ‘rules which were in effs Dregs{ ing the questionnaire system—will now be examined and will be part of the 15 per cent. to be called this month, In order to ascertain whether the colored men may be inclu in the last 15 per cent, Major Buckley has Wired to. the provost marshal general asking for information on the"subject. A notice received Sunday explaine that commanding officers at canton- ments will hereafter forward credits for quotas directly to the provost mar- shal general instead of to the tant generals of the states, Previously the adjutant generaly of the different states had arr: to care -for the State quotas and to keep the records. TWO HELD FOR ¥ < CRIMINAL SUPERIOR COURT Italians Are Charged With Breaking and Entering Grocery Stors, | Joseph Mondanio, living —in = New London, and Antonio .C. Longo, Ital- dans, arrested in connection with the burglary which was riade on _the &rocery store at 5. Bank street, New London, gwned by Nicholas Miceli, ‘which was robbed of groceries esti- mated at $1,000 early Monday morn- Ing, were bound over to the next term of the superior court under honds of. $3000. A second complaint against Mondanio whs made, and on that charge the bond “was set at $3,000. Both men werq committed to jail. Since the Miceli break evidence has fast accumulated gt police headquar- ters which tends to show that Mon- danio and Longo, especially the for- mer, have heen employed in a long series of burglaries, Facts unearthed through the investigations of the po- lice indicate that Mondanio has been the master mind behind a small gang of _men, who have already -worked .a number of burglaries in New London. During their, investigations which disclosed the hiding places of -the groceries taken from Miceli’s store, the police found evidence to conneet these men with the brak at a Mon- taulk avenue tailoring shop, which was entered last summer and goods val- ued at $1,000 taken. ‘The theft of $2,- 000 worth. of new automobile from the Lathrop garage in Montauk Avenue last fall has also been laid to the operations of these men, as well as other robberies outside of New, London, and it is upon evidence of the latter. burglaries that the second charge -agdinst Mondanio: was made 3;' Prosecuting - Attorney Dantel M. ‘ronin. SMALL SIZED FIRE AT BULLETIN BUILDING Needless Alarm Pulled in From Box 33 Early Monday Evening. A small sized blaze in one of ‘the two engine rooms at The Bulletin'| building on Franklin street just be- fore 7.30 o'clock Monday night ra- sulted ‘in a needless bell alarm froi Box 33 and in considerable _excite- ment for a few minutes. Den¥e smoke which started to pour out of the engine room in' the basement and which rapidly filled the elevator shaft and the upper floors of the building gavesthe jmpression that a large sized re was in progfess and was the primary cause for the bell alarm. ment: will Tia hair without lemish, but care should be that you get real dela- OTIS LIERARY NOTES. Building Will Be Closed Twa Days a Week—Gift From California. Commencing this Tuesday the Otis Library will be closed’ two days a ‘week, Tuesdays and Sundays, in the interest of conservation of caal this plan to be carried out each week until further notice, A ‘The officials have thought it best be- cause of the shortage of coal to close he library one week day each week in line with other business Interests in he city. It has therefore been de- cided fo' close Tuesdays rather than Mondays, when-it will be open as usual beth for business and for those who would like to find opén house When the stores and factories ~are closed. The closing of the library Sundays will affect the reading reom only Which has been open Sundays, except- ing during the summer months, sin¢e the library became .a free library. This action of the trustees will re- days and Sundays. The Otis Library has been presented a copy of a “History of , the Forty- Ninth New York Volunteers,” from George F. Bidwell of Hollywoed, Call~ fornia the gift extended through the courtesy of Mrs. Charles B. Lee. Mr. BidweH will be rémembered lo- cally as he was formerly a Norwich boy and a Free Academiv student. SERVING TROOPS IN TRANSIT. A Unique Development of Y. M. C. A, War Work Under Direction of Na- tional Council. A unique and picturesque develop- ment of Y. M. C. A. war work is that of serving troop:\ in tramsit. This Work is under the direction of the na- tional wark work council's bureau of transportation, which works in_close co-operation” with the old established railroad department of the h.l::‘:lll n- al committee. = Association for the most part those related to the railroad department, have accompanied more than 700 trains carrying troops of the new national army from the Points of departure to the great can. tonments. 1 . These traveling seeretarles are out- Dpésts of the Y. M, C. Al harbingers’ of the good things that are to come to the men from the Red Triansle. They. Pass through the cars, stopping to tell the men about the Y. M, C. A, centers in the cantonments, what the men can expect there, and to offer any personal service possible to the men en route. In addition t6" serving'men on trains the transportation bureau maintains a quarters in Hoboken, N. J, fof men connected with the work at the piers there. At St. Louis also this bureau has established a center for contaet with men en route through the city, Other plans for extendinz the ways and means of ing soldiers anf sailors traveling in the performanes Aaf thelr duties ave being ‘ 3 Sixty Thousand Men, in Texas. _J. Chancey has received the follow« ing letter from Francls McNamara, ‘who is now located dt an aviation freld 59th Aero Squadron, ! Aviation Camp, aco, Texas. Déar Friend: Your lettef and box received, It is needléss to tell you g‘! my great joy to know that 1 was membered by you and so many oth- 1 wish to thank you very much. No one can realize what it means to us to receive letters and® boxes when We are so far from home and fri 1 1 will try to tell you nbout Waco and the Aviation camp althought it 1s very mych like all the other camps. There are ahout sixty thousan & n round here . Camp ur 8 Where the drafted men are located. Not far from them is the cavalry camp and about three miles from there is the Aviation camp where I am, at Dresent. : ‘When I first came to Texas the weather was cold and we had snow Storms - very often. The mud here then was guite deep, on account of the fact that this ground was planted with cotton last year. . A However, the Climate now s very warm’ during the day time. We do not need our overcoats any more. The #round {reezes sometimes “at nigh ~The moonlight evenings secem far brighter than they ever do in Con- necticut, in fact they seem almost as t as day. Every evening the aviators do stints n the air. The men from the othgr camps stand for hours watching the geroplanes flyinz overhead, There are eight men in the tent with me. ' We have electric lights and @ stove in our tent. We have good times together, especially when some one gets a box of good things from bome. The K. of C. and ¥, M. C. A. fur- nish us with moving pictures. I gl- ways get a warm welcome at those plagces. On the whle, I like this life so far. I have met men from many differént states and I enjoy talking with them. It is really an education in itself to meet many - different characters. You don't know what you miss by not being down here. Come on! Be an aviator and fly with 'me. Some- times I wish 1 could fiy back to Con- necticut and ‘see you all for a few days, 3 1 get ‘more mail than anyone_else that T know of avound here. \Some weeks Iget fiftéen or twenty letters, 1 "ngme or two letters every day from’ héme. » It s time for the lights to.be out 50 I will close with best wishesto ajl: « Yours truly, ~~ 7 * FRANCIS McNAMARA. Ripple. Morgan Writes From France. Private Ripple G. Morgan, Who is with, the ambulance corps in France writés to his mother, Mrs. Myron O. Morgan, telling of his life across the water. ‘Thesfollowing letter speaks of ‘his ?flp“ near Norwich boys. Jan. 12, 1938, Dear Mother: Must-write you a few lines and give an agcount of myself. Now, mother, dear, I have been very busy, so could not ‘write to you before. Of course, you know that about all I can write about is my health, and that is fine. Received packeges from L. Oat and M. Standish, but the package you ‘sent me has been -delayed, I guess, but by the time you get this letter I will be enjoying that cake. We are all get- ting quite enough tobacco .for now, and if the people over there keep up their good work they can be sure we will do ours. When I say we 1 am speaking for every mother's son that is over here. ~Saw Winton Robinson about a month ago. Isn't it kind of tough to have to go where he is about once a week and leave without Seeing, nim beeause I do not have time to look for him and he doesn't kmow. that I ant there; but luck will bring us to- gether before long. He'is looking the finest I have ever séen him. : Have seen so many feilows that I have known. over there ‘that it reminds e of being away from my little town for a2 while and then returning to it again and shaking hands with friends. Those that are over here do not say ‘“meet my friend” They say “meet our brother.”. They are true; we are all brothers. Wag in & town not long ago and.had a few spare moments, 50 1 thought a smoke would go pretty good. There.were some chinks around and when I took out my pipe and to- ‘bacco every ome of them had a pipe and it took them about ane minute to clean me of tobacco. Some of our boys had given them the pipes and now we are furnishing the fuel for them. Have seen most eyery kind of a sol- dier, but they have got to go some to keep up with us. The wehther could be a little better than what it s, tet ‘we are so used to it now we do not care, whether it raing or not. Have good comfortable places to sleep, goed clothes, and plenty of food, So you can see we have no kick coming at all. ‘We have pancakes for - bresakfast, plenty of steak and onions, and this noon we had heef stew and peach shortcake for dessert. Will have to close now, with Tove to all, from your loving son lf,;gme. Ready Scon for a Bout With Fritz. John P. Lyston has Treceived the les, | Christmas .eve, and before Christmas following letter from Ray Gordon, a local boy Who is now Somewhere in France: Dear Friend John: Received your letter with newspaper clipping of K. of C service flag un- furling, and I waré to tell you that your letter helped brighten up Christ- mas day considerably. About the most pleasant thing that can happen to a fellow over here is to receive mail from his family and friends in the good old U. 8. at gecount of the patrigtic meetin| the Knights sent my stork away above. par,’ especialiy that speech of Father Keefe. To know that the people at home are in back of you, hook, line and sinker, when you are fighting three thousand miles away, helps your coifrage & lot. ‘e had a yery pleasant Christmas considering the circumstances. The Christmas boxes started pouring into this little village by the truckload on Dec. 28, 1917. ‘day-had passed into history the 101st Machine -Gun battalion kad scored heavily, with about all of the hoys re- celving something. Speaking for my. | agah self, it was sure some day. I received five packages and some letters, among them your owp, In the morning the boys all gathered around a | Christmas ‘tree placed in the center of the town. We were the Zuests of the inhabitants and there were French &peeches and eongs intermingled with the game thing by our talented broth- ers, who let go in the real Yankee style. At 2 o'clocik was the feed, and It sure was some dinner, real turkey, with all the “fixin’s” and plenty of it, Taking it all in all, it was some day, and by the time it was ready for us 1o go to bed I was beginning to be- lieve (for the first time) that qur old friend Sherman wa all wrong on this war game, * The weather here geems to be about the same as New England: the first| few weeks it rained contimuafly and £ denly, ewm-m !&Y R, T S o5 T AT AT M S ;f?ucfiq’ 3! i Morgan and Howard Sept. 32, 19 Rev, ip. M. B e o " DIE CHAPMAN—In New Londo; }:.15. Ré‘n, :Mfiwnt Altred n, P BAR Roekvil I, Jan. 81, ARl AR B Jared G. Barber, aged 43 years. WEST—In w‘nefly, R. 1818, Edvl; . West, aged e BINNE— th Stonington, -Fab, 3, "T915, Anpa Rinn -:-'fl?;nflln.‘ : E—In Wi unotion, % R R ST }\ Rye. saed T8 1, 1918, yeats. $ POTTRR—In Bradferd, near ville, R. I, Feb. 4§ 181 'C&.\;nlin mtm. aged 3 in Jersey u(zi N am, forierly New London, aged 6% years. ob. 3, qu-,- Burdlek- 8, Joseph. Lady Assigtant Telophone 328:3 HENRY B, CHURCH . WM, SMITH ALLEN FLOWERS PLANTS TREES ORDER NOW v apred Dower Cr. R e o Shea & Burke 41 Main Strat Funeral Directors B e ] ‘we were up to our ankles in mud most of the time, which of course wasn't very pleasant, but tren it cleared up colder, and lately we are getting real winter weather, inciuding quite a lit- tle snow, We-have plenty of good warm clothes, $0, don't mind it-much, Our machine gun ng is going on quite rapidly: the weather doesn't make any difference now. It's six days a week, with plenty. of varlety manou- vers, gas mask drills, pistol drills and certain days each week we hike five miles over the hills to_the range and practice shoating.. Don't. know just when this training will be complete and if T did the censor man would probably object to mé telling vou, but not wishing -to brag or anything like that, ‘T think this battalion will ke ready for a bout with “Fritz" very shortly. This ig not a prediction as to the time we get into action, you know as much, about that as I do, and we probably have a great deal more to learn. You Know in thig army &ame a buck private nevar knows. what he is- going to do until he is told; the atit, and out of ten guesses he goes Wrong on nine of them. John, 1 want to thank you again for your letter and would surely ap- preciate hearing from yqu as often as you can find ‘time ‘to “write. Let me know how all the boys are getting along, and dear old Norwich in gen: eral. ‘With sincerest regards to yourself and all Norwich friends, from S ‘RAY\GORDON, P. S.—Received package from the Knights O. K. 'Let me know it John Conway has joined the aviation corps s you said he might. : Wequennoe Scheol Closing at 3 o'Clack on Account_of Gar 8ervicd—Cold Weather ‘Makes Coalting Good on Village Hills. Owing to the-irregular car service, Rooms 1, 2 and’3 of the Weaqusnnog school are closing at 3 o'clock in order that the teachers may catch the 3.20 car for Norwich. The pupjls come in at 12,55, so that there is no time lost by the arrangement. The néxt car after the 3.20 is at.5.200 ¢ < Slippary Going. 2 Monday's cold weather, following ‘the thaw and rain of Sunday, has made the conditions about the village ideal for coasting and- sleighing, although far from ideal for pedestrians. There were seyeral Sleighing pafties Monday evening and there wére a largs. num- ber enjoying the sliding on the Proy- idence street hill during the afternoon and evenming. Residents of - Front street were amused late Monday af- ternoon to see a young man- chasing a lady’s hat of) iarge dimensions down the center -of the car track. He eap- tured the headgear after a hard chase and returned it to its fair owner, who had been waiting for a car: 4 Mills Closed. Monday Mills 2, $ and 4 and the Spinning ‘and spooling. rooms of Mill No. 1 of the Ponemah company “were closed to conserve fuel’ <'The other rooms in No. 1, which run by water power, worked as usual’ Mills 2, 3 and 4 have been closed since night, but will probably start work In this morning. ACold Proposition Whuh" you aro and sneec- kg, foondursisgdt dtright. Hales Honey of Horehound - and Tar quickly relieves bad eaxa. All druggists, 25cts. 2 bottle." - —— Tey Pike's Toothache Droma. It Is Now a Season , 0f Agreeable Surprise Prices At This Store AND THE ADVANTAGES ARE ALL WITH " OUR CUSTOMERS In many parts of the store odd, small lots of seasonable period — are now being closed out at ridiculously low’ prices. These lots are too small and too numerous to enumerate, but they are laid out conspicuously on display, so that everyone can-readily see them—and buy them. see if there are not many little things (or big things) which |- you r buy and save money on your purchase. CURTAINS, LINOLEUMS, RUBS One lot of Window Shades, odd and regular sizes, some are slightly sofled, these R:nhrlx up to,$1.00—S8ale price. 4 -One lot of Curtains, consisting of Madras, Marquisette and Novelty Cur- tains (only one pair of a'kind) at exactly half the regular price. , Remnants of Curtain Serims ahd-Marquisettes—some of the most desir- eble styles of the season—at one-third off regular prices’ : Remnants of Linoleum in 1 to 12 yard lengths, regular prices up to 85— Special price a square yard. ............. 330 Matting Rugs, size 30x60—these are exceptional value and sell reg- ularly at 49c—Special price.. . S0 P 6 4L R SPECIALS FROM DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT Fancy Crib Blankets, size 30x40, assorted patterns—Bunny and Teddy Bear — Special price. . ‘White and Gray Woolnap Blankets, 11- weight, value $4.50—S8pecial price a p g . One case of 11-4 size PLAID BLANKETS, assorted combinations, very fieecy and warm—Special ‘price a pair ‘White Skirting' Material—the balance of our 1917 patterns, includ- ing Basket Weave, Gabardines, Cheviots, Etc,, regular 50c to 98¢ values—Special price a yard. . 37%0 HUNDREDS OF REMNANTS AND SHORT LENGTHS OF TABLE DAMASKS, \CRASHES, SHEETINGS, WHITE GOODS, ETC—ALL AT REMARKABLE LITTLE PRICES. - 2 : w ASH GOODS—Remnants and Short Lengths—' in a wide range of styles and colorings—all at s very special prices for quick clearance. 59 size, splendid quality an DRESS TGOODS AND SILKS- Here are some very special offerings of Odd Pieces and Broken Color Assortments in Silks and Dress Goods. Yardswide Cotton Serge in white, win regulat 49c value at ....-... Yard® wide Novelty Plaids, for Skirtings, light and dark effects, 1¢n combinations, our regular 75¢ value at .. - B4-inch Gray Mixed Homespun Suiting or Skirting, véry servi oUr regular $1.00 value, at . avy Blus, Wool Panama for Dre: $1.25' val All-wool Diagonal, 42-inches wide, i $150 valus, at ... ¥ . 54-inch Flannel Suiting, half-wool, in navy, our regular $1.50 value, at . 54-igeh Wool Homespun sur ragular $250 value, at . brown and gréen, our icabl n black and navy, our regular cardinal, R Geerings In Silks and Velvets Yard-wide 8ilk and Cotton Printed Marguisette and Vo in light colors, dur regular 5dc value, at ... . 40-inch 8atin, Stripe Voiles, light shades, for Waists and Dresses, our regular $1.00 'yalus, at ol SoRs ade dsts A G 40-inch Grepe-de-chine, in black, white and flesh color, our regular Grape-de-chine, good heavy qual bi n, navy; dark green, old rose and yellow, our regular $2.00 e strictly all silk, in all the popular , guaranteed serviceable, our regular $200 Dress Velvets, 24-inches wide, in black, navy and Copenhagam, ‘our regular $150 value, at .. Dress Vlvets, 27-inches wide, in black and myrtle, exceilent value, our regular $1.75 value, ; <2 rduroy, 82-inches wide, for Dres or Skirt, n taupe, brown, wine, fi.’. A5t oo plum, our regular $1.25 value, 4 50-inch Wide Wale, Gorduroy Coating, in gold color, our regular $2.00 value, at . y d-wide Skinner’s Si r street wi $1.39 $1.59 98¢ Many excellent values in Waists, Skirt and Dress Lengths, in Fancy Silks and Satins, Crepe Meters, Silk Poplins, Etc.—in black and colors—all at prices that are far below the cost to manufacture today. It will pay you to examine these offerings. 2 THE PORTEOUS & WITCHELL (0. THREE FROM NORWICH WILL ATTEND CONVENTION Big Gathering of Fruit and Vegeta- ble Growers to Be Held in’Hartford. COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS RAISE LOCAL QUOTA Have Collected $60 For the U. G. T. i Ambulance Fund. sad N Routine business was transacted at 9 the mecting of Norwich councll, No, 4 309, U, C. T, on Saturday evening. The # committee having in charge the rals- ing of money for the U. C. T. 7 lance fund reported that the quof the local council, $60, has been ed. One matts f importance con- sidered at the meeting. was the ad-. vl;hflity_rr hot dnntln: ?I:I m-'nednl night. There were two pres- ent from Hartford. - X —_— - Among those from this city who will ttend the three days' convention and froit niow of the Gonnscticat Pomus logical society. and the Connectjcut Vegetable Growers' association which epens in Hartford today (Tuesday) will be F, §. Wheeler, Frank Peckham and Frank W, Browning. Mr. Brown- ing s county vice president .of the Counecticut Pomological soclety, An unusually interesting nrogramme has been arranged for the convention 3