Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 8

B L it TR SR SN T R AT P IS ST S8 i 5Well, of all the merve I've ever !un wcroes, this takes the cake. Those {—— —— Boches are using that road EEE T ear, 1 waited and listened. In a ©of minutes very faintly over ‘wire came the voice of our bat- der issuing the ords Battery, Salvo! Fire!’ “Then a roar through the receiv- guns_beiched forth, a Fhistiing overnead, were on their way. jumped as if he were t out agreat big expres- Damn, and eagerly turned his in the direction of the Ger- I also strained my eyes that target.: Four black domds of dust rose: up right in the middle of the German column. Four | direct other record for D. 238. “The sheils kept on whistling over- head, and I countad twenty-four of them when the firing suddenly ceased. When the smoke and dust clouds lift ed, the destruction on that road was awful. Overturned limbers and guns, wagons smashed up, troops fleeing. in ali directions. The road and rcad- side were spotted all over with lLittle | field gruy dots, the toll of our guns. | “The captain, in his excitement, had | slipped of! the sandbag, end was on his knees in mud, the glass still at hid eye. e was muttering to himself ana siapping his thigh with bis dia- hand. At every slap a big. round juicy cuss word would from hic lips followed “‘Good. Fine—Marvellous. Work, Diroct Hits, All” “Then he turned to me and ‘Wilson, what do you t Did you ever see the like of o | . h"AfllflMN SOLDIER GUNNER IN. “But, by Jove, walt till 014 Pep- per gets wind of thisi There'll be fur flying. “Just then Bunhtdhr C!Hall cut in — WHO SERVED AS A MACHINE FRANCE AND WENT. ca ontl;ewlre. l “‘General eompl&nenu to Captain A—. He directs that officer and sig- naler report at the double to Headquarters as soon. as relieved. lief is now on the way." “In"an undertones to me, Keep brass front, Wilson, and for God sake stick’ 1 answered with, Rely on me, mate but I was trembling all over. “I gave the General's massage to the captain, and “rhe. reliet arrived, and as we loft | | the post the captain said: “‘Now for the fireworks, and. 1 know they’ll. be good and plenty. They were. . . (To'Be Continusd ‘Tomarrow.) ! R. Range Finder. “An istrument for as- certaining the distance between two jects, using the instrument as one ob; It is very accurate only you get a different result each time you it, says Tommy. p Means to stick your head “over the top” at night, aim at the moon, and empty your magazine. If there is no moop; aim at the spot where it should -Dbe. Ration Bag, A small, very small bag for carrying . Sometimes it is really useful for lugging souve- nirs. ‘Rations. . Various klnds of tasteless fou od issued by the Government to Tommy to kid hlm mto thinking that he is living in luxury, while the Germans are starving. Ration Party. Men detailed to carry rations to the frout.line; pick out a_black, cold and’ rainy night; put 50-pound bhox on_your shoulder; sling yovr rific and carry one hun dred pud_twenty rounds of ammu- nition. Then go through a com- municating trench, with:the mud up to your knees, down this trench for a half-mile, and then find _your; mates swearing in seven different langauages; duck a few shells and bullets, and “theh ask Tommy f his definition of a ‘“ration party. { You will be surprised to learn that| it is the same as yours. Rats. The main inhabitants of the trenches and dugouts. Very useful | for chewing up leather equipment and running over your face when “TOMMY’S DICTIONARY OF THE TRENCHES” —— 1 _Person; he éven sleeps with it. Rest. A period of time for rest al- Iotted to Tommiy mpon being relieved from the trenches. He uses this “rest” to mend Toads, dig trenches and make himself generally useful ‘while behind the lines. Rest Billets. Shell shattered houses, generally barns, in which Tommy “rests” when relieved from the fir- ing line. “Riceo.” Term for a ricochet bullet. 1t makes a whinning noise and Tommy always ducks when a “ricco’ passes him, Rifle. A part of Tommy's armament, Its main use is to be cleaned. Some- times it is fired, when you are not using a pick or shovel. You also “present” arms by numbers with it. This is. very fascinating exercise to Tommy. Ask him. Rifle Grenade. A bomb on the end of @ rod. . This end is inserted into the barrél of a specially designed rifiec “R. I. P” In monk’s highbrow. “Re- quiscat in pace” put on little wood- en crosses over soldier graves, my says like as not it means ‘“Rest in pieces,” especially if the man under the cross has been sent West by a bomb' or shell explosion. “Road Dangerous; Use ‘Trench.” - A familiar sign on roads immediately. in rear of the firing line, It is to warn soldiers that it is within sight of Fritz. Tommy never beiieves these signs ard swanks up the road. Later on he tells the Red Cross nurse that the sign toid the truth. olech. A British rat resembies a | “Roll of Honor” The neme given to bulldog, while . & German one, through a course of kultur, resem- bles a dachshund. “Red Cap.” Tommy's n-k_k_me for a staff officer, because he wears a red band around his cap. Red Tape. A useless sort of dure, fat jobs to Army politicians. Regimental Number. was a convict in civil life. never forgets his mumber, when he sees it on “orders for leave.” R. P. Regimental Police. Men de- taileq in battalion to annoy Tofimy and to prevent him from doing what he most desires. Reinforcements. enter the trencha! A term used by the artil: gun is fired it |l “re- med at something out loth heimet, chemicals proce- The main object of this is to prolong the war and give a lot of Each soldier has a number, whether or not he| of Tommy A lot of new men|R. F. out from England who think the war will be over.a week | “the publisheq casuaity lists of the { war. Tommy has no ambition for { his name to appear on tie “Roll of i Honor’ unless it comes under the heading “Slightiy’ Wound$d.” R. C. Roman (Catholic. One of the advantages of beig @ R. C. is that “Church Parade” is not compulsory. “Rooty.” Tommy's nickname for bread. Route March. A useless menditm leather and energy. marches teach Tommy to be klnd to overioaded beasts of burden. R. A. M. C. Royal Army Medical Corps. Tommy says it means “Rob All My Comr: R. E’s Royal Engineers. Royal Field Artillery men. 's Royal Flying Corps Rum A nectar of the gods issued in the early morning to Tommy. Rum lssue. A daily formation at which Tommy receives a spoonful of rum; that is, if any is left over from the sergeants’ mess. Runner. A soldier who is detailed or picked s an orderly for an officer while in the trenches.. His real job is to take messages under fire, ask- ing how many tins of jam are re- quired for 1917. PUBLIC TRIBUTE AT WESTERLY Town’s Activities Suspended During Funeral Hour of William | . Crug—Bcplut Church Crowded During Services: for Young Member of Naval Reserve—Goiden Anmur;’ versary Noted by Elks—Snapshots of Baflung—stuted Group on Ice at Pleasant View. As a tribute of respect to the firstthe Sanitation corps, Boy Scov Westerly boy to dle in the service of bis country, since the war with Ger- many, flags were haif-masted, the wores and public offices were closed and business generally was suspended during the funeral hour of Wallace Charles Cralg, the young naval ro- rvist, son of Councilman and Mrs. Eirics ‘G, Craig. who died Mondey morning in the naval hospital at Chel- | Jea, Mass. The body was escorted Irom the home of the boy's parents in Chester avepue ty Calvary Baptist Mhurch, by the Westerly constabulary, Household economy begins in the kitchen. Get a can of Brer Rabbit real molasses and bake some good ginger-bread. Serve Brer Rabbit at breakfast on pan- cakes. g The U. 8. Dep't of Agnculture, in Farm- ers’ Bulletin No. 142, shows molasses to have greater fuel value, per_pound;; than steak, chicken,;fish, bread or milk.;-* ters, and a delegation of r: and; soidiers who happened to be =z homes in Westerly on short The funeral services ‘were cor by Rev. F. C. A. Jones, church, who bronounced + The church was' crowded by T and friends and a gener: utes from friends of the the boy’s former schoolmates and from | the town officers. Burial was at River Bend. The beafers were Donald Ken- neth, Walter’ Woite | Haxvey, Reginald Deasi, Raymond Thompson ang John Murra; ily, @ mother, ghe is survived by six sisters end a rother. | Local Laconics. | After an absence of thirteen years | Samuel Bliven is here from Dyersburs, {Tenr., on 2 visit. | Tre enzagement of Miss Beatrice O. {Cronin to Henry R. Driscoll of New London, is 'anmounced. <ermoth came from New ¢ as a bearer at the fu- ral cf Wallace C. Craig. I‘hc flags in P tuck were at bhalf ednesday in respect to the 'memo ; of Wallace Charles Craig. The Lorraine Manufacturing eom- ipany has sent a check for $10 to help defray the expenses of the Westerly i Sanitary corps. } Albert Rod, har sinn 1, Washing- has returned to Westerly for an| indefinite period. i _Relatives and friends ofy prise call Tuesday, |birthaay. Mrs. Criarles Washington street. | “John F. Broadfoot and Joseph Ban jhave been added to the Westerly con- tingent, who are now in military train- x: It means “Rest in peace,” but Tom- | able offer. {8 urge you to accept it. ! i . | steak. the cost of a single egg. i one week only. & e - + A million homes have been supplxed with the i Quaker Cookers. * But countless new homes in the past year have adopted Quaker Oats. i A wave of economy, plus wheatless .meals, have multiplied oat-food users. And millions of them — to get this match- ™ less flaver — are using Quaker Qats. . . ‘We want those new users to have Cookers t6o. So we repeat this remark- The ¢ost. of aluminum ‘has doubled: Cooker prices have enormously advanced. But 'we make new users the same offer that we made to old. We will send this big ‘aluminum Cooker for only $1, all charges prepaid, under offer made below. This offer is for one week only. It-ap- ¢ ; plies, only to those who have no Quaker M-a d? t".La“t Cooker now, If you are one of them we a Lifetime To Get Thls Bl Cereal Cooker for One Dollar . To Any ‘Housewife Who*‘Mused It Once ‘more we make this offer, but for Extra Large and Heavy Cereal Capacity2%4Qts. ! Buy from your grocer five packages of Quaker Oats, or of Quaker Best Corn Meal or five pac &0 . of the two combined. Send us your grocer’s sales slip for th : then send this cooker to you, all charges. prepald 3 ; apphes to th1s v1c1mty alone. Ad Ef The Two Chief War-Tlme Fooik: Quaker Oats. At 1 the Cost of Meat Quaker Oats, measured by food units, is twice as nutritious as round It supplies nutrition at a cost of five cents per 1000 calories. Meats, on the average, cost eight times as much for the same food value. Eggs cost ten times as much. You can serve six dishes of Quaker Oats for The oat stands supreme among grain foods in nutrition and in flavor. It far exceeds wheat in food units. It is the energy food and the food for growth It supplies every needed element in just the right proportion. It should be your basic fdod. Quaker. Oats is flaked from queen grains only — just the big, rich, fla- Chan Aluminum * A Million Homes Supplied : | | We have sufiplied over a million n;m ; t of Quaker Qats with an ideal way to cook & them. The purpose is o hzve kacr i | Qats cooked rightly. Quaker Oats—flaked from queen grains only —has a wealth of flavér. Right cooking keeps that flavor intact. ‘It makes * the oat dish doubly delxghtfnl-—makes it easy to digest. - i #.. Sowe had. this Cooker made: to our order — an ideal double cooker. It is ex- tra large, so little or much’ can‘be"choked‘ in it. It is extra heavy, made to- hst g ~-E' lifetime. - £ , R -That is the Cookcr—mde of pure - |IN aluminum — which we offer this week for . 1 one dollar, under the conditions below. " If you are serving Quaker Oats, or if you - wa we want.you to have this Cook S Week 4 Eurchase and send $1 with it. We will er is good for one week only, and it Thls o Quaker Best Corn Meal The Best 60% of the Corn Next fo oats in economy comes Lorn Meal. We make an exquisite corm meal, and put it up in sealed round packages. In Quaker Corn Meal we use the cream of the corn —about 60 per cent of ‘the kernel. The fibrous outer coat is removed, because it ma.kes corn meal coarse. The oily germ is removed, because-the oil grows rancid. Just the hominy patt yellow or white — is ground to make Quaker Corn Meal. - The result is superlative corn meal, yellow or white. The yellow looks like grains of gold—the white like marble dust. It makes bread and muffins, porridge, puddings and pancakes vastly better than any crude corn meal. . ful vory oats. We get but ten pounds from a bushel. So in this brand you get a wondrous flaver without any extra price. All oat foods are doubly delight- 1 if made with Quaker Oats. Get-the Yellow or White in mund packages with tops. See how good = corn meal can be. [The services were held at his home {Peacock of Westeriy. | Bven tne barks, post office and the |iNg in a_Canadian mobilization camp. }manura,cturlng esiablishments sus- |Samuel Dobson enlisted but was fe- rended operations, and no more re-|jected by reason of physical disabil- {pect could have been manifested were | Ity | the period of mourning for the highest| Six me have been arrs |official of the Inited States. The town [Soutn Ki arl ton for taking biack bass officers attended the funeral in'a bo and every trade nnd the comme: and pusiness life and industry represented. as | Westerly Lodge of Elks celebrated| the fifticth anniversary of Elkdom, in their rooms Wednefilay ovening at the close of the regular mdeting, the one nearest. the datey of tho. founding of | the order. was_ammounced that | there were nuy candidafes for mem- bership, one for each of the years of the past haif contury. When the lodge closed there was a social session, which included a fish feast, informal addresses, recitations, vocal and -in- strumental music, “story-teling ‘and considerable by-play witticisms. It was a pleasurable celebration, in which the many good features of the organization were extolled, and just enough variety interspersed to make|; it entertaining as well as instructive. There is to be a patriotic mass meeting in the town hall next Monday evening. Colonel H, Anthony Dyer, of Providence, chairman of the speak- ers’ bureau of Rhode Island, will give an address on The Road to Vietory. Alfred M. Coates, state food admin- istrator, will speak on the subject, Why We Must Conserve Food.® The Westerly Constabulary, the Pawcatuck Home Guard and the Westerly Sani- tary corps, with the Westerly band, will attend and make a short street parade previous to the meeting. ‘Mfl, Orrin Spencer, f iss, Anita Zubarini, b ) out of season. On account of the un- usual facilities for fishing through the ice, the Inland Fish Commission have |taken extra precaution to enforce the ‘law, i China was the subject of discussion Wednesday afternoon at the meeting {of the Westerly College club, held at 1tlne home of Mrs. Samuel H. Davis. Mrs, D. E. G. Taylor read a paper on Educative Influences Leading for the Chinese Revolution. Several young men were snap-shot- ted seated and standing on the ice piled high on the beach at Pleasant View, NWednesday _afternoon. The younz men were in' bathing suits and the pictures will be exhibited at the beach in the good old Summer time. The prevailing dope is to the effect that Policeman Frederick T. Mitchell. No. 1 on the force, will be advanced to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death. of Sergeant Edward E. West, and that 'Sgecial Officer Michael J. Burke will be added to the regular force. There were seventy-two persons in the reading room of the Westerly li- brary at 2.30 Wednesday afternoon, and there were but six men in the as- semblage. “The majority of those in the room were over forty. The ap- parent cause was the closing of stores during the funeral of Wallace Charles g.. - 1 xt ° Mrs. Arthur Ranney® died from a stroke of apoplexy -at "her home in Springfield, Mass., Tyesday afternoon. She was the daughter of Lyman and — |from school was em; ployed T AT thu- store, until. June 21, 1916, when 2. o'The Buls |sbe married Orrin Spemcér, of Ston-|of the sufforers Hadtfax Demness rewums. . "lington. Besides her husband. and zmoum_mw-mm o a.?’w.d,,.d., Lucy Hall of Avondale, Mrs. William night at the home of her mother, Mrs, ment of Lower Pawcatuck was at Zerbarin in Summer street, |her bedside when she died. Captain after a short fllness.’ She was' born F'rank H. Robinson is in Springfield In Westerly and after her graduation [to attend the/funeral at the The lord mayor's f\lnd for the relief now J. N. Davis, These Grocers Will Feature the Cooker Offer Next Week 3 . -NORWICH, CONN/ 8. P. Alien, 113 Frankiin St. B. Cohn, 432 North Main St. William Disco, Jr, 491 East Main St Laurel Hill Ave. P, N. Ehier, 351 Central Ave. A Francis & Son, 1 Thames St. H. Fricdberg & Son, 94 Franklin St. » J. P. Holloway, 315-319 Main St. NORWICH, CONN. C. W. Hill & Son, 147 Franklin St. P. Jacobsen, 207 Central Ave. John Jordan, 88 Central Wharf. W. E. Jones, 270 West Main_ St." E. McNamara, 157 Sachem St. A. T. Otis & Son, 72 Franklin St. Robert W. Otis, 303 West Main St. A. B. Maine, 219-225 Central Ave. . NORWICH, CONN. J._G. Potter & Sons, 410 Main St. NORWICH, CONN. - i The Herman Alofsin Co., 3 Antonio Rosiniski : 175-177 W. Main $t, cor.'N. High Max' Richland J M. Rosycsi; 460 North Main St. TAFTVILLE, CONN. = R. F. Si ! W. E. Baldwin ’ L.-Sachner, 101 West Main St. James W. Semple, 285 Central Ave. The T. McMahon Co, Inc., 3 123 West Main St. YANTIC, CONN. W. L. Mahning = JTON!N GTON Funeul of Eugona P:lmsr‘ — Forty Enemy Aliens Registered—Augusto Alvos, Slacker, Arrested. Many relatives and*friends attended the funeral of Bugene Palmer, in the Road ~ district, Wednesday afternoon. anid were conducted by Rev. Joseph L. Forty Enemy Aliens. Thus far forty 'enemy Aaliens hiave been_ registered in the town of Ston- ington. _Of these 19 are in the bor- ough; 16 in Mystic, and five in Paw- catuck. In the borough, some of the registrants reside within the * pre- scribed one hundred-vards zone of the stipyard and will be supphied with al permits, should the federal au- thorities grant such privilege. Slacker Arrested. For evading the selective service law by shifting from place to place, Augusto Alvos, was arrested by Pa- trolman O'Connell . while at ‘work at the Atwood -plant. The airest was made at the instance of the depart- ment of justice. Alvos was taken in charge by-Special Officer Hickey, and will probably be arraigned before United States Commissioner McGuire in*New London: or taken before the iocal examining board and sent to Camp Devens. Stonington Pointers. Mrs. C. M. Williams of New York is the guest of relatives in the bor- ough. Jodge Tlias B. Hinckley attended the annual session of the Connecticut bate assembly in Hartford Wed- nesday. R. M, Delagrange has purchased the stock and machinery in the shop of George Egger in Westerly and willy transfer same. to his plant in the bor- ough, Company B, C. H. G, drilled in the armory Wednesday night. PLAINFIELD - Scores at Gun Club's Shoot—Splendid Success in Sale of War Savings Stamps Reported by Postmaster. Corporal Peter Kagan, stationed at Fort . Terry, is spending a few days on ‘furiough at his home here. The Pilainfield Shooting club held its somi-monthly shoot Tuesdsy cvening at Krauss' hall. A good sized crowd sttended. The shoots are held every two weeks in order to save fuel. The scores for the evening follow: George Babcock 235, Joshua Petersoi 239, 224, George Hutchinson, Jr., i . William | Cantwell 220, Upton 220, George Hutchin- son, Sr., 220, Frank Congdon 216, John Lee 213 Carl Mathewson Burby 199, Edward Lyons 193 Big Sale -of War Stamps. Postmaster John A. Leahy reported s for that day went 221, Henry | been on. 208, James evening that the war “over | sol exceeding ‘all ' former since. the campaign has mesday , $2,2 The stock of thrift certifi- cates and war savings stamps was completely sold out amount is deposited waiting for the Stocks to be replesished. To. date there has been about- 130 subscribers for the war savings certificates and about 600 thrift cards have been taken out. Tues- day’s sales amounted to: $171.43, sales $491. Personals. Miss Viola Lambert was a visitor in John Bottomley 224, Arthur Chle TLorenz Mercier HELEN SHIDMAN JOSE_PM ALLEN (% THE MUSICAL COMEDY.- “OH, BOY!” | Worcester Wednesday. Harold W. Burke left Wednesday evening for Hartford, where he is to try for an appointment to Annapolis at a_competitive examination held to- day (Thursday) at the postoffice build- Ing in that place. Mr. Burke is a member of the senior class at Plainfield High school. MASHENTUCK VALLEY Slacker 'Fowls Carried, OF | to the Block—Personal ftems.. . and @ large The slacker fowls ‘are being .taken to Providence in numbers, judging by the full loads earfied back by buy- ers. Wed- ; total amount BAL 4 John Simmons was called by a tele~ TIC '-mm Friday night to Chartley, -u.... Last Call For Return of Income Tax 10 fhe bedside of his'father, wha s Statistics. The wite/and daughter’ of Hons W. J. Sessions of Springfield, Mass., were week end visitors with Mrs, Henry Residents of _this-town should*real- ize that the time limit for filing in- come tax réturns is rapidly approach- ing. All single. persons’ who received over §1000 last year and each mar- ried man whose income together with that of his wife and children unior 21 exceeded $2000, must file returns Heath, a sister of Mrs, Sessions. mm Mina Sessions is a.graduate of -Mt. Holyoke ‘and is, efigaged in research work at Columbus, 0., and goes hack to her work this week. Springs that were ‘mever = before known to freege are now. in a, con- before. April 1. Blanks and full information may be *[secured at the income tax office, City hall, Norwich, which is open daily from 9 a. m. to § p. m., inciuding hol- idays. gealed state. Count Hertling appeared before the Prussian upper house on Tuesday: for the firet time-as premier. He epoke on' housing conditions in industrial centérs which. he said, caused: “serious anx- Serbia. is going to need great quan- |fety. real pain, and occasionally -hor- tities of American goods. ror.” . ALETTER FROM THE DOMINICAN SISTERS Give Grateful Praise To Father John's Medicine _" Say They “Find It Most Useful for Colds and a W Strength Builder” “We have used Father John’s Medicine for'colds-and coughs and we are certainly willing to advertise its valug . The Medicine is most usefal for colds, restoring ‘ost strength; in a word a wonderful strength builder. 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