Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1918, Page 7

'THE BEST PLACE 18 THE CHEAP. |2 EST PLACE TO BUY NATUML MUBK RAT, MARMOT, L £uurm m 4 BATH STREET, NORWICH, CT. TEAMING AND TRUCKING DONE VERY PROMPTLY AND AT ' . REASONABLE PRICES A. D. LATHROP Ahone 175 . A GREAT VARJETY OF Alarm Clocks at FRISWELL'S 25-27 FRANKLIN STREET JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOKBINDER Blank Books Made and Ruled ts Order. 108 BROADWAY Overhauling and Repair Work " OF ALL KINDS ON AUTOHOM CARRIAGES, WAGONS. TRUCKS and CARTS, lllln in all its branches lq ;m " YouR Feeyr = -[Burial i Feo 8uxi L FORT Mm.wf % LICENSED CHIROPQDIST Hir. Cummings’ Spring Arch Support Buite 7-8, Alice uuln:um Formerly of Waterbury Phone 1366-4 'WILLIAM C. YOUNG region, tempera- in localities e tems WFMMVM&MMMM mmmramum ‘On “ondu MMI men were il somios By ine. . exmption | es ry service v of the” Shoestring istrict, " which district includes the towns sur- Utb ioeal rains have fallen. Atlantic and east. Guif | Bece! Bl and thrd M'h the middle and northern Roeky Mountain and plateau the Washington forecast district there will be rain during the next 48 in the south Atlantic and east Gulf mm and snow in the upper l-ke area of nh will ufi- mul nuw- At. states by Wednesday night if llaflcm m there wul l-o. mae- not m m t-mntm the same It will be eouer ednuflw in the Ohio Tennessee and the east Gulf states and also in the u.per Take ith South Atlantic—Moderate and varia- ble winds becomjng southeast, fair | weather. Farecast. Southern New- England: Fair ‘and ‘| stightly warmer Tuesday; Wednudny partly cloudy. Observations .in Norwizh. The following records, reported from 's ] ow the changes in temperature aud tha barometric changes M ¢ ing Norwich. T Uatv‘thm ‘rwndns he pted on Monday is as Anuel Carl Clark, Lym P ynno Rondomanski, Waterford; George Ev- erett Lugar, Westerly; Charles )I'” er, Taftville; Nicholas Norello, Weat~ arly- Geoue Henry peland. Water= t | ford; Carl Benjamin, N Herbert Wyn’{u Jewett City; Milto M. Parker, Bast Lyme; Ch&rn Will- Frink, Yantic; Daniel M. O'Brien, | n Ichester. Others have been accepted for lim- ited service and their status is yet|sayi to be determined by the med!ul ad- visory board. As’a result of the phyeleul examin- atlons on Saturday enly four out of fllly registranls were accepted. Thes four were as follows: Hazard nev. Jewett City; Hagry E. Bul Wlflmn. Albert S, Cullen, Ba: Francis Cunningham, e, Local draft boards have been no- tified by vaout Marshal General Crowder as to their general duties when the cludflcltlon of question- naires was completed. With this work dohe, said General Crowder, the boards will have completsd their great work, and their main duties henceforth will” be to reclassify men whose status has changed or who either failed to register or may be required to do so at a future date. The boards wzll also be required COUNCILS OF DISMISSAL = ° CONVENED ON MONDAY “| Ceremony " For mng Pastors Held Predleflm for Mounday; Monday's weath *Mlcted . Sun, Moon and Tides, N Figh Jt Moon . || Water. || 8 after high water it is low I.lh. wmh is followed by flood tide. ' GREENEVILLE Paul Rynkaivy Dies From Injuries Re- ceived in !hwnknt Mill—Personals The death of Pull R:mkxlvy oceur- red Sunday afternoon at the Backus hospital .as the resuit of injurfes re- celved ‘in the Shetucket mill on -Feb. 8. He was caught in the shafting of the mill and badly battered. An au- topsy disclosed the fact that he was in poor physical - condition - which would no doubt havo caused his death within a shert time 1 2 T 5, o, e years ago, son of Mr, an TS, Samuél- Rynkaivy. He came to this country at an early age and is sur- vived by a wife and two children. The funeral was held Menday afternoon from his late home on Second street, was in St. Nicholas cemetery on the West Side. Undertakers Cum- ings. & Ring haq charge.of the fu- neral arrangements. Lenten' Services. at $t. Mary's. There was & large atttndance at the Lenten services, which consisted of the Stations of the Cross and. Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament and were conducted in St. Mary's church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by in Second Chuch Study. /On Monday afternoon councils of dis- missal were held “for Rev. Edward S. Worcester, who has resigned as pas- tor of the Broadway Congregational church and ‘Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff, who has resigned as pastor of the Second Congregational church. The councils convened in the Second church study over the Otis library, the Broadway church council meeting at € o'clock and the Second church council 4t 3 o'cloc. The Broadway- council was com- posed of the pastor and one delegate from each of the following churches: First Congregational, Second Congre- gational, ~ Greenville Congregational Park Congregational, all of Norwich, and the Taftville Congregatlonal and RQV, Joseph H. Selden and Rev. C. A. Northrop of this city. New London was represented by the First and the Second Congregational churches of that city. The Second Congregational church council was composed of the same del- egation 'with the exception that' the pastor and one delegate of -the Broad- way church replaced the pastor and one delegate from the Second church and in addition to the above was Rev. J. L. R. Wyckoff of North Woodbury, father of Rev. Herbert J. Wyckoff. Rev. J, R. Danforth was chosen as moderator of both councils and Rev. George H. Ewing, scribe. Deacon H. W. Gallup, clerk of the Broadway church read the records of the church, containing the resignatjon of Rev. Mr. Worcester and the church’s action relative to the resignation. A committee of two composed of Rev. J. H. Seiden and Rev. C. H, Ricketts was empowered to draw.up resolu- tions of regret at the departure of both Rev. Mr. Worcester .and Rev. Mr. Wyckoff. Deacon J. D. Haviland read the rec-y ords of the Second church and Ecclesiastical sncie;v Statements were made by both the (‘ongrl‘gadonlk upits trum their respective communi- 0, pass the results or physical ul.mmatinna by board psysicians and to be present when a considerable uumher of drafted men entrain for p, such occasiens usualiy being plblic functions, at which the presence of at least one representative of the government is desirable, The m ment, according to Gencral realized it must adopt some pfllhy that would enable board members to. assist it _and yet not conduce to cen- um.ea neglect of their private busi- Iw ‘supervise _the drawing < of army General Crowder™ " praised highly the work of local and district boards, ng: “The local an ddistrict boards are about to complete the erection of an army building machine, the like of which is unknown in the world’s e | history. ~ From it will come the armies of the future, and this &oun- lry ‘never again will ‘find itself un- ready. ~The men who have built it have toiled night and day for many months; their work was not such as could be measured in ménéy; true, a few have complained, but .the great majority have toiled on pa- tiently through trying ordeals, chang- ing regulations and confusing details; and the result of their work stands out today as a monument to their toil. History will find a way to_ recognize the work of this great body-of citi- zens, who, in the r of war prepar- ation, have given best that they had t6 give.” 2 COUNTY AGENT WARNER 2 GETS 'SEED R'EGULA‘NONS Plan For’Co-operation Between . cd- eral and State Ag cultural Agencies. County Agent F. C ‘Warner of this city has received the foliowing regu- lations govmluc the plan for seeur- ing seed corn of early varieties. In order that suitable corn of the carliest varieties be utilized to the fullest extent in' meeting the mation's requircments for seced, the following plan for cooperation between the Fed- eral Seed Stocks Committee and State agricultural agencies in New England, New York, Pennsvlvanla and New Jers is propos Kyle, of the Unlted States De- partment of Agriculture, shall act as federal department’s representative and shall be authorized to use $100.- 000 or such part of this amount as is necessary, in the purchase of sur- plus seed corn. The ta be paid per bushel shall not for e pound saek, The exact price to b determined by the state offi- cials er considering what wouid be t; the farmer an attractive but fair P! “The established price shall be paid for any flint corn without regard for \rueness to varietal tyle, but 85 per cent, of it must be. viable. The vitality of each'lot of corn ac-. cepted must have previously been de- termined by a representative germi- nation ‘test that has official endorse- ment. Corn_will be aceepted for shipment on the car.only, and shall be loaded into the car without having been sack-. ed. Varieties with extreme differy ences in the size of kersels- shall- be kept - separated in the car by parti- tions. The farmers shall be encour- aged to nub the cars of corn: before shelling in order ‘o keep the cull grain at home for feed, to minimize the handling of corn useless for seed, and Lc improve the planting quality of the ed. All deliveries of corn shall be made at the shipping point on a previously announced date or dates. The an- ceed $4.25 and 10 eents per sack|g Rev, ‘William H. Kennedy, Personals. retiring pastors relative to the reasoninouncement can be made direct to all for the uniting of the two churchesiywho have shown by their germination and further statements regarding this tests that they have seed of the de- Best work u\d materiale ot right f\eu by skilied laboe. 50 Wast Main St Del-Hoff Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN HAYES BROS., Props Teleshrs 1227 26-28 Broadway CREAM that wili always WHIP Fresh Daily —at the— People’s Market| 6 Franklin Street | JUSTIN HOLDEN. Propristor DR. A. J. SINAY Dentist 1647 ©One of the historic places in Norwjch for over two cemturies has been the tamous ADAMS TAVERN The trolley will get you there from Notwich Town LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE R U uilding, | Assessors. ogn hu:lnu- proper, to hA dm at Dated tt Nmfi. Conn,, Jan. 18th, FRED G. PROTHBRO, JAMES C. FITZPATRICK, -'EREKIAH J, DONOVAN, Eoard of Rellet, C. 8. Smith of Worcester is vxsmnc friends en Prospect street, ‘ C. H. Reid of Bridgeport was a re- cent visitor in the village on busi» ness. Rev. L, o. Gates of the Leffingyell church was the preacher at the Fed- erated ehurah Sunday. of the navy spent the week.end :‘R his parents at 128 Prospect street, having just returnca from & trip across the ocean on a U, S. Rev, James 1. Smith, a former rec- SRS s g v o e which has con- nu‘ him wmw of St. Francis church, New Haven, where he is now rector for weeks. “TAFTVILLE , —— Peo! Tournament Opens at Wheel Club—Mills to Open—Personals. This evening the peol tournament between !.he uhyme Club and th eel elub will open at the elub Each club will be rep- ruunud by a team of six men and the tournament will last two weeks, Each game will .consist of 100 points and the tournament will be decided on of games rather than on There is eonsiderable interest tournament and each club is confident of winning. Surprise Party. Saturday evening Joseph Duszas was Rm ly d by a number of is tflnnd- at his heme on Riverside. The usual 8 were played-and the evening. enlivened by musical|se- lections and stunts by several of the Suests. Refreshments were served and the party broke up at a late hour wi lll'E Yflll RHEUMATISM? n’t need to suffer a ]an‘nr than you r{“’“v v:nt :‘ar sumat remedy ha Rh i discove! call. ed . KRALOQ, - No d!etln.«-no medicine—no rubl!ut We will adly mail you 2 package FREE, ere are no strings attached to whatsoever—just mai] your Jname and address to THE E. M. CLARK CO. 50 Nassaw §t, New York. Funeral Director and Embalmer Promptaerviceday or night ol €42-2 Lady Assistant 1 were made by Deacon Wrancis J Leavens and Deacon William A. Aiken, both vmembers of the committee on the uniting of the two churches. MISS LUCILLE LORD WON FIRST PLACE Norwich Girl Gets Bronze Medal ‘in Shorthand Contest. At the meeting of the Connecticut Business Educators’ association held Saturday at Hotel Stratfleld, Bridge= port, Mizs Lucille Lord, of this city, took first prize in the .80 speed con- test for shorthand. She.was award- ed a bronze medal. Miss Lord was) one of 30 or 40 contestants, Miss Emma Seibold "of New Haven won first place in the State School championship Remington typewriter contest. Miss Lord’ finished eighth. Miss Leord is a student in the the Jew. ott Shorthand school in this eity. - Given Castody of Children. By agreement of counsel Mrs. Le- on E. Dix of Medfield, Mass.,, was on Friday granted a_divorce from her husband who resides in this ecity. Mr Dix wds granted the custody of his three minor children. all voting Mr. Dugas host! 2. admirable Mills to Open. It is expected that the Ponemah Mill will e operations this morn- ing. Mills 2, 3 and 4 have been closed since last Wednesday. Monday the slasher and mule rooms of Mill No. 1 were idle. Mill No. 2 run Tuesday by water power. . Personals. Edgar Archambeaux was a visitor In Jewett City over the week-end. Emil Gau tion with th pany. . er has accepted a posi- Shom Line Eleclrlc com- ,Arthur Dufour bhas returned to a camp in New Jersey after spending a short time at his home in the village. i Sy Arthur Besset and Ernest Dubriel left Monday morning for Pennsylvania where they have accepted positions in a munition factery. ‘Gustave Greenwood of the Naval Training Station at Newport return- ed Sunday night atur a short fur- lough in the village A Cold Proposition ‘When you aro and sneec~ ing, coughing and hawking, you're facing a'cold proposition, Handle itright. Hales Honey of Horehound and Tar quickly relieves bed eacc. All droggists, 25cts. a bottle. —e Tey Pllo’s Toothache Drope .jorable. mention was awarded sired grade. If possible full _loads should be secureg for each car and the same should at once be billed through to some central point of dis- tribution. The capacity of ears for shelled -corn js 1200 to -1800 bushels. ’rhe minimum is 1100 bushels. A responsible official shall be at the shipplng point on the date of delivery nd shall have charge of the inspec: tmn or certification, weighing, and payment for seed dccepted. The corn will be paid-for by -check as goon as accepted. The fact that the government pro- poses to enter the market for seed corn after a certain date (to be determined by state authorities) shall be used as a lever to induce local farmers to sup- “Iply’ their needs at ence. The finding, testing and delivery of 8 state’s surplus seed corn shall be larranged Dby the state’s agricultural organization with such cooperation from the federal government as seems edvisable. S N F. A. NO‘I’ES. Richard V] Houngan Winner in Prize 8peaking Contest—Honorable Men- tion to Chnrlu Solemon. ‘The boys’ prl:e spe-.k'ing eonmst. held in the Town Hall on last Friday evening, was won by Richard V. Hour- igan, N. F. A, ’18, who gave The Flag ‘We Follow by Woodrow Wilsen. Hon- to Charles Solomon. N. F. A. ’19, who gave Speech on Receiving Sentenu of Death, by Rebert Emmet. The judges were 'Hibbard Norman, Rev. Charles H. Ricketts and Mayor Allyn Brown, A meeting of the Mxrrur als,fl is to be held this aftern to hold uehool It has been decifi to help make up the time on Feb. 22, lost_ by the <closing of sc.hoo! laat week. — . Trolley Split Swltch, Tate Saturday afternoon trafiic was tied up on the Norwich trolley line m & considerable period of time through ong of the Norwich trolleys splitting & switch on Main street, New London. Efforts to xt ‘both trucks of the trol. | SOU! ley to taked the switch were Wwithout avail and it was not until a lonz plan has been secured and the trolley run up on this that it was finally able to continue its way. New Ferry at Expected Soon. Senior Alderman E. Frank Morgan returned to New London from New Yoxt Sunday evening, having down te pay the New York and legé -Point Ferry Co.. the $42,500 for the fémry boat Fort Morris. The hoat is belng painted and Mr. Morgan says that this ‘will require about two weeks. The boat will come to New London under her own ltflm e e Fined $20 for Ascault. - John Addoni and Charles Barbine, Italians, had an argument shortly bes fore 11 o'clock Saturday night at the lower end of State street in New Lon- don. Addoni drew a:knife and dealt Barbine a slashing blow on the face, inflicting a wound which requlted three stitches to close. = Addoni was fined $20 in the New. London police court Mond: 3 Austrian referendum _ figures 1s 20w 166000, are e. The “No” majority |sume. Appreciates The Bulletin. The Bulletin or Monda%recehmd the following letter from ‘A, Norwich, who is with Uncle Sam's tars in European waters: U. 8.8 i s PPl 1m.., On Dear Sirs: T reeeived your paper today. 1 wish to express my thanks.to you. You know there is nothing more homelike than getting a paper from home once in a while. While I was honfe I got your PD!! every day. 1 enlisted miss your paper very much. Once in a while I received it from my folks and believe me when I get it I'sit down and read it. L uflnk I am at home. You can imagine how T feel. 1 think of the boys at the front from Norwich, and. I think that gpthing would please them more than The N&}y’ wich Buylletin. I suppose that e people know that we are in i waters by this time, for. we have over here for about siv weeks or more, but I haven't ‘hea from Norwich since we've been over here, 80 I guess they must have forgotten that they had any of the Norwich boys in the navy. I think Tl close for this time. hoping to han.r from you soon, and ’ thank gfl mn. “I remain, A E. ERI( U. S. S. Flerida, care New York City, N. Y’ of Postmaster, Erickson of |- Training at San Antonio. Intereetlng extracts from the letters of David E. Shahan, son of David Shahan of West Town street, who ic with the ZZOth aero squadron, TFelly field. No. 8, San Antonio, Tex., writ- ten during December and Ju\mry. Rm:ha R te to Texas. Dee. 15, 1917. Dear ?eople. Just a few lines to yet you know that I am feeling fine and am an my way to_the sunpy south. We are going by the way of Chich- go, through Rochester and Buffalo, a: then down Iron mountain through S Louis and through New Orleans. . expect *to be on the road a week. There are about five hundred on the train and we are traveling in Pullman parior and sleeping cars. (This is the life!) We are traveling slow—this train is not allowed to travel over 30 miles an hour—there are 40 men to each car, but there are ‘only 38 in ours, We left. Fort Slocum Friday morn- ing and came by boat to Jersey City and Weehawken,” then boarded the Pullmans. _We left Weehawken at 6.25 Friday and got into Syracuse at 6.10 thxs (S&(.nl'(hy} monnns met us in Buffalo Mm cw-tiui. undy and postcards— woyld stam em free for all the saldlers, 50 W ‘ere. more than grate- Did “ye yoéurs? ~I mailed 3 tbq “Way down ‘the central states. “Believe me, it ig some coun- try; desolate and ?M and no peo- ple to speak’ ‘of for miles. I thought that the moviegactors picked out the wilds to show us when they pictured the western life, but that is just how it looks. ¥ ‘San Antonio, Tex., Dec. .20, 1917. Dear People,. Just a few lines to let you know that I arrived safe .in San Antonio Wed- nesday afternoon, . It' is a beautiful city, But there are too many churches ~—every place you look .- church—but they are so old that we ought to apprecfate.the fact that we have splendid types of architecture to look at ipstead of thlnklnB of the ‘number. - I've had a wonderful trip—one that I'll never forget, QOklahoma, Arkansas and northern Texas is an awfully des- olate region, not a house with 2 coat of paint on it and all in the last stages of rujn. . The: climate is wond&rful though-~- h;)t in the daytime, a little cmlly at night. South San Antonio, Tex., Kelly Field, Dec. 31, 1917, © Dear People: Have arrived at my guarters, and th_l;hswu is .:mehaem. e camp s the largest world. It is twige-as large as any field in Europe, and wve-have plenty to eat, Today’s menu: Breakfast—Pogst Toasties with cream or hominy with cream; coffee and plain bread and butter. - Dinner—Roast . pork, green n’;veet Dpotatoes; coffee, bread and but- T, Supper—Salmon salad, Lima beans; white potatoes, bread, butter and cof- fee, and plenty of it. Good wholesome food, and I'm gain- in the We had a cross country hike of eiyht miles today, and it certainly stimulated. my appetite. ‘We caught an armidillo—we have quite a menagerie in our department. We- caught a horned toad first and now this funny looking animal has joined.our band. It looks like a turtle only -it is as big around as a wood- chuck, with a shell all over it. ‘We ran a2cross two wrecked airplanes —one the' nose was buried about two feet in the ground; but the men es- caped with a severe shaking up. st Jan. 3, 1918, :Dear People: Received sweater. It is a dandy and gfltl come in handy when I do guard uty. ’Ive been guarding a emall creek down here, ‘'with orders not to let any- one in civilian attire across. Had one argument with a couple of Mexicans but.-when I -showed them the gun- it all the fight out of them. They sure are g “vellow” bunch, 1 have to stay on guard 4 hours—two hours an and four hours off. It'g aw- fully lonesome, but it only comes omnce in three or four days, so we take it good naturedly. They are sending men daily from here to Waeo, Tex., a large camp about 200 miles northeast of San Antonio. It's a mew camp, I helisve. Kelly No. 1 is going to be a big draft camp for um:h‘m the. west, northwest and Girls Went 3nk On Them, Peu.'y Morgarn Chlpmum 103rd Field Hospital, 26th Division, A. E. T, has written a letter from ‘“somewhere in France,” under-date of January 15th, te his mother, Mrs, W. B. Cranston, who resides on Laurel Hill. By some error of the mailing clerk in France the letter’ was plainly post marked, and Mr. Chapman's mother was pleas- ed te leaqn of his exact location. The letter fifllows My Dear' Mother: I recelved your king' letter of November 29th, on the 14th of January. It was a long time|- coming, '’ I have also received four of the seven hoxes which you have sent me since I arrived in France. ;m CHILDREN CRY 0UT and are f‘svc:ldsb adndh don’t sleep well ated and have sympta: °°“§2Jers will find quick rcllef To Mother Griy’'s Sweet Powders for ildren, the standard remedy for 30 . They Are easy to give'and chil- || &T ‘They cleanse the stom- tly on the bowels and e )i Relleve headaches ang {moniale: “Ask your arusgist and s 4o 's Sweet ere is ajed. Pow- | SRR R S s R0 D!ledlumvbetter IaPsmv COLD |DANDRUFF GOES! ~ INAFEW HOURS| msnsmm. WANY, BEAUTIFUL “PAPE'S COLD COMPOUND” OFEN. CLOGED NOSE AND HEAD AND ENDS GRIPPE. lAvl YOUR HAIR! DOUBLE rta Relief comes instantly. A dose“taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery ‘and break up a severe cold cither in the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nos- trifs and air passages in the head, ‘stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fever- ishness, sore throat, suneezing, sore- ress and stiffness. Don't “stay stuffed-up! Quit blow- ing and snuffling! Base your throb- ting head! Nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as “Pape’s Cold Compound,” which costs only & few cemnts at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, causes ne- inconvenience. Be sure you get the genuine. 2 BEAUTY IN A FEW MOMENTS. - " TRY THIs! HAIR STOPS GOMING OUT ANE EVERY PARTICLE OF DAN- _DRUFF DISAPPEARS i single trace of dandruff or.falling hair and your-scalp will not itch, but what will please you most, will be after a few weeks' use, when you see new hajr, fine and downy at first—yes— but really new hair—growing all over the scalp. A little Dandesine . immediately doubles the beauty of your hair. No difference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and draw it throtigh your halr, taking one small strand at a time. - The effect is im- mediate and amazing—your hair will be light; fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance, an- incom- parable lustre, softness and luxuri- m. m'mbumy and shimmer of true Get a small bottle of Knowiton's Danderine from any drug store -or toilet counter for a few -cents and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any—that it has' been neglected or injured by -careless treatment— that's ail. Danderine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to It goes right to the roots, invlsoum and strengthens them. Its exhilarating, stimulating and life-pro- ducing properties cause the hair to grow long, strong and beautiful, and was very glad to get them, as I needed the things very much. It is' extremely wet here now, and we bave all been suppliel with rubber boots, as nothing else can be worn ot present. I had a blue and lone- ome day Christmas as I was sick and I am still in the base hospital. We bad fine spreads Christmas and New Year's but I was not in it. I was glad to get The Bulietins and read the the home news. I have a lady here who is acquainted with some of the Norwich Town people, the Gilmans and the Fullers. This lady is doing good worls here.at the L. C. A. She is a good .mother to Us boys. There is an area of depression amongst the boys ‘just now because some of the girls we left behind us in the good old U. S. A. have gone back on.us and broken their engagements. It appears that as soon as we were safe across they found they consoled themselves with other Tellows, and now they write that they are to be engaged tol some officers in the drafted army. Isn’t” that the limit. Some of the girls over here are quite attractive but we bave decided to remain bach- elors, ond the girls do not intérest us any more. - We think they are too fickle. There are many things 1 would like to write you about, but the censor will not aliow it. . Please gend me a pipe and some tobacco. We lead a strenuous life and tobacco is our solace. Everybody here smok- es, and the American tobacco is way ahead of whot they have here, Also please send me a safety razor. I must close now, with lots of love from your son, izations, chlafly ocial Revolutionaries, desired to hold nine for hostage to secure the safety of the Social Revo: lutionary leaders and as a protest” against the dissolution of the Consti- tutent Assembly. The plot is connect= ed with the previous attempt on Le- nine’s life. The despatches give a few details of the severe fighting for the posses- sion of Kiev, but nothing is contained in them to indicate the result. It is stated that during the fighting the Bol- shevik committes and" hundreds of others were executed. The volunteer army of General Alexieff, it is said, evidently plans the capture of Mos- cow. -‘The Smolny Institwte has decreed the adoption of the western. calendar, beginning Feb. 1, which thus becomes February 14. Russian mmtary and war agents in the United States and European coun- tries all have been ordered home. Pending the recognition of the Smolny Institute by Japan and China, the workmen’s and soldiers’ government has designated temporary representa- tives in those countries. PERCY. STORY OF A PLOT TO KIDNAP NIKOLAI LENINE Social Revolutionaries Were to Hold * Him as Hoshge. London, Feb. 18 News despatches from "the corresbondent of The Asso- ciated Press in Petrograd, ranging from ten to twelve davs old, were re- ceived here today, delayed “prebably by the cutting of Finland telegraph lines. Among them is an interesting 5101\ of a plot-to kidnap Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheyik premier. M. Spiridonoff and - many other members of the. . St. Ayer, Mass, Fel George's Cross Cavaliers, were arrest-| ments for the last CALL FOR LAST 15 PER CENT OF FIRST DRAFT Have Been Ordered to Report at Camp Devens Feb. 23. 18.—State allot- per cent. of the first draft quota Which have been or- dered to report at Camp Devens Feb- mary 23 were announced at divisianal headquarters tonight. According to the lists forwarded by Washington, there are to be nearly 7,000 men in the new group. Northern New York is te furnish the largest number, 3,638 men; Massachusetts is to send b,082 Con- necticut - between 1,000 and 1300: jRhode Island 97: ne 21 and New Hampshire 7. Vermont is not called upon for any more men in the first quota owing to the number of volun- * |teers the state-has sent,forward. The number from New Hampshire and Maine has also been reduced owing tS§ voluntary enlistments into the service and by the diversion of the draft men by the coast artillery. 3 The figures from Washington, 1t was stated at headquarters, vary somewhat from those turned in by the varjous states and it is believed there will be many changes in the allot- ment. The new men will be assigned to the depot brigade. It js understood that 800 of the meventually would be placed in the third training resiment of engineers now being organtzed, According to a confession made by Spiridonoff, the members of the organ- BORN CRONIN—In Backus Nor- . Feb. 18, 1918, a daughter to and Mrs. Morgan Cronin of .avenue. HARNETT—In Norwich, Feb. 1§, 1918, a daughter to Mf, and Mrs. Patrick Harnett of 42 Oakridge street. TURANO—In Westerly, R. I, Feb. 14, 1918, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Turano. PAQUETTE—In Jewett City, Feb. 15, 1918, a daughter, Virginia Evelyn, to Mr, and Mrs. Selomon Paquette, , DIED AWYER—In Brooklyn, N. Y., Peb. 16, 1913 Ellen Willlams, widow of Capt. Nathan P. Sawyer, formerly of Nor- wich. SIMMONS — In South Windham, Feb. 17, 1918, Herrman I Simmons. Funeral services this (Tuesday) morn- ing at 10 o'clock at St Joseph's chureh, Willimantic. = Burial in Watertown, N. Y. LEONARD—In Preston City," Conn., Feb. 17, 1918, Phebe A., widow of Ellis Leonard, in the 96th year of her age. Funeral services at her late residence ‘Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 20, at 2 o'clock. Interment at Mystic. PUTNAM—In New N. J., Feb. 18, 1918, Bmma Brown, wife of Russell Putnam, formeriy of Ledyard, aged 21 years. Funeral from the Ledyard Center Con- gregational church Wednesday after- noon. Feb. 20, at 2 o'clock. Burial in the Brown cemetery, Lodyard. ———— -CARD OF THANKS, We wish to express our heartfelt thanks ‘and appreciation to all who re so kind and sympathetlc during the illness and#death of our beloved father and grandfather. MR. MATTHEW M. BROWN AND FAMILY, Church & Allen 15 Main Street FUNERAL DlRF.CTORS [MBALMERS Lady Assistant 3 _ Telephone 328-3 " HENRY E. CHURCH WM, SMITH ALLEN hospital, Making New Plans. On the other hand, the delay in that drive en the western front may be due to German thoroughness in preparing the plans and specifications. You see, they have to make entirely new ones, as the old ones that they have been preparing for the iast 40 years have: proved to be punk.—Indianapolis News. Point to Be Remembered. Bulgaria is again reported: to be anxious to know when Germany is go- ing to pass around the pie. 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