Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 20, 1918, Page 5

_ STRONG.. Positive — Convincing Proof We publish the mavmn“: oy Jof |due ta. prove convineingly that it has pewer to create strength. : Any woman who buys a bottle Vinol for a weak, run<down, condition and finds after gi fair trial it @id ‘not help baye her money returned. You see, theré i no guess V‘c‘?‘k proves tl wesk, uh: nervous men and down, overworke, women and for féeble old péople delicate children. onee QUALITY SHOE SHop 159 Main St. Norwich, Ct. When yau think of hav- ing your AUTO PAINTED just think of the Falls Auto Co. 51 Sherman Street GEORGE G. GRANT Undertaker and Embalmer 32 Providenes St, Taftville Prompt attention to day or night calls Apri4MWFawl Telephone 630 Soldiers Give Him a Comfort Kit for “OVERTHERE !” that is appreciated Friend, Husband or Son. PLAUT-CADDENCO. Established 1872 Main Street, Norwich, Conn Ernest E. Ballard VIOLIN TEACHER All String thatruments repaired Vieline kold on ety tarms For appointinents sddreis & € BULLARD, Biigs Plae, Nese John & Geo. H. Bliss W DIAMOND JEWELRY BRACELET WATCHES RADIOLITE STRAP WATCHES, ETC, John & Geo. H. THE PALACE 78 Franklin Street SR iy the heavy raln. Since the grouna is bare, of erows are in the sul in search of stray seeds. u‘v.vua householders are givipg cel. tér the long closed season. this week shows a total of 1208 t of frest in the ground there. its coal supply from S count city. The rank of Thomas list of names on St. Pat poral. ent-Teachers’ evening at school, North Stonington. The few camiflage éffects .on strange war ships in New London hat- the attention of lo- bor is_attracti eal visitors to that ecity. E. L. Hall of Dérby was elected president of the Connecticut Laundry annual Owners’ association at its meeting at Hartford Monday. Growers of house plants notice that they are béginning to look thrifty and to take on a deeper shade of green, since milder weather Dbegan, and Benedigtion of the Blessed Sac- rament in St. Patrick’s basement cha- pel. ! There is much interest threughout Tolland county in the appomtment of & county commissioner to sucoeed Commissioner John G. Wightman, re- signed. By direction of the state commis- sioner ot motdr: vehicles, motor cars Leretofore listed as ‘‘pleasure cars” will, from now on be listed as ‘pas- senger cars.” 4 'he February meéting of the House- Wednesday, Feb. 27th. The Bucking- ham Memorial at § o’clock. The pub- lic are cordially Invited.—adv. The Sunday morning service of St James' Episcopal church, Poquétanuck, is to be héld at thé home of John H. Taylor, Jr. Last Sunday's service was at Henry Sauer's. Dealers state that it is noticeable how many persons continue the use of rice and cereals as substitutes for po- tatoes, having ledrned their value during the recent potato shortage. The Gif{ Scouts of Park church held a mesting Tuesday afternovn at 415 in the Hugh Henry Osgood Memozidl. Twenty attended, the meeting being in charge of the captain, Miss Eliza- beth A. Piper. Robert B, Taylor of North Stoning: ton, accompanied by his sons Dewey and Osgar Taylor, shot two large red foxes at Lantérn hill and shot at two oihers but faileq to bring them down one day recently. By axnéw demtrrage rule, the con- sighee has twoifull days for unloading free. After that demurrage chargeé per ear ie $3 for the first day, $4 for the second, 85 for the thiri and &6 on-up to $10 for'the tenth day. The New Haven railroad vice on all its I moval of the snow, School Supervissr O. B. Lowell, of Norwich, reports 12 pupils in Ledvard school investing $10 in War Certifi- catés, 45 in Preston investing $100.58 ond 17 jn North Stonington investing $18.75. | This fine showing is up to “eb. 1st. 2 A conspicuous new sign, in the na- tional céblors, placed above the en- nce to the Knights of Columbus T {'\Miaum“s in the Sunlight Build- ing. Franklin Square, reads that all soldiers and sailors are weleome to the rooms. { ' At the annual meéting of the Teach- ére’ college club of Connecireut at Hartford Saturday, the vice president lected was Miss Fannie A. Bistop of illimantic, daughter of the :are sa- perinténdent of schools, N. L. Bishop, of Norwich. Mars rises on the easiern horizon at about 9 p. m, It is in the constel- ation Virgo, It is rapidly nearing Ih? éarth and by the last’ of the month #ill be about 60 million miles dis- tant, consequently greatly inereased in brightnéss. Eastern Cofinecticut men will be in Boston to attend the silver annjver- ;?r}y E6nvention and exhibition of the ew Bngland Hardware Dealers’ asso- elation, nit* Mechanies' building, Wed- hesday, Thursday and Iricay, Feb. 20, 21 and 22. . At present there are about 20 in the cobking classés being conductsd by the Umnifted Workers under direc- tibn of Miss Alice W. Cogswell and instrueted by Miss Ione Haviland, at the Falls club and at the Uni \gorkers' House. 2 At Poguetanuck, the rector of St. Wweekly at neighboring houses hear informal talks on the correct use of English. The talks will continue fof abeut six weeks, At the meeting of the Hartfora Hoiiséwives’ League Thursday after- Hoon in the hall of the Hartford Cham- bt of Cominerce Miss Dorothy Buik- Agricultural ley ®f the Connectieut Coliege, Storrs. is to speak on Con- servation of Fuel in Cooking, At a meeting of the D. &. %, cnap- ert A, Frahce. formerly of reportédl 132 articlés made. for the aviation corps. ‘The last box contain- ing 72 articles, has been sent to the battleship Connecticut. mlabag: Stead Market Padlocked. meat market on The st ; locked T3 the river s 2 many wedk sincs thrg wap o large flocks n meadows and attics thorough airings, af- The eensue of patients at the Nor- wich State Hospital for the Insane ‘A Norwich man who was in Lisbon is weeék found that there is four ' Rockville is again recelving some of ord 6n ac- of the shortage in the former iffer th the ck's church service flag Wis omitted. He is a cor- There is to be a meetmng of the Par- Association Thursday the Northwest Corner Every Friday evening during Lent there will be Stations of the Cross wives Army has been postponed until reports greatly ymproved passenger train ser- es since the advent of relatively ‘mild weather and re- indicaps created by ex- treme winter temperatures and ice and James' chureh, Rev. L. E. Sherburne has a class of eight or ten who meet and tér in New Haven Monday, Mrs. Rob- Norwich, chairman 6f the war work committee, Franklin t Tun by A B, Stead was pad- ay @n attachment having has been a visitor in Stonington. Mr, Mrs, John Vetter of Dar son fl‘nflnfi Vnnhr ho-o ‘the gentlemen's me Wittred Greentville, LOCAL, PRODUCERS AT Milk Meh Dissatisfisd Over Treat- e Several milg cinity of meeting of the Market District As- ciation of the N. E. M. P. A. in Hart. 'ord on Tuesday. Abell of Lebanon, L. P. Smith of Leb- anon, Antoni Gregoris of erald Waldo of Scotland, Epokesficld of South W John Tanner of Ekenk Hill. also in attendanca at. the meeting. The eastern Connecticut delegation Was present in the. interests of the prices which the milk producers should get and are not getting from the Wholesalers in Providetne, Boston and elsewhere, The' price to the producers dellvered at the railroad station in the town or city to which the milk is consigned Was supposed to be seven and a half ténts a quart for November and De- cember. Although the producers ful- fillea their bbligations they got but six ang a half ceats a quart. The price for January and February has been fixed by the U. S. food adminis tration at eight and a half cents quart. None of the preducers have yot received payment of their bills for January. 3 At the Providence meeting yester- day a committee of five of which C. Ji Abell is a member were appointed to take steps towards securing better terms with the wholesale dealers and bottlers. . : OBITUARY Mrs, Levi R. Wheeler. (Contributed.) The long life of Alinda H, Wheeler : came to a peaceful end at her home, 108 Telman® Friday morning, Feb, 15, between 10 and 11 o'cloek. She was the widow of Levi R. Wheeler, whe died many years ago in this city.” And she leaves t6 mourn her loss tree sons, Calvin E., Henry B. and Alfred B, Wheeler, and two grandsons, Calvin Wlieeler of New York and Henry Wheéler of New Lon- don. She also leaves a large circle of friends. Mrs. Wheeler was employed on the steamer Ella that plied between this city and Watch Hill. And for many years was employed at the Watch Hill House as matron of the linen room, having worked until the hotel burned in_ 1916, Many years ago Mrs. Wheeler en- deared herself to her many relatives and friends and tkey have always cherished that friendship with deep sincerity. She was a devoted mother and 4 loyal friend, She was always mindful and thoughtful for others. Over fifty years ago Mrs. Wheeler floined the Second Corigregational church on Church street and she has always been steadfast and fafthful. The funeral took place from Church and Allen's funeral parlors Sunday af- teérnoon Wwith a very large attendance. Rev H. J, Wyckoff conducted the ser- vices. Mrs. Albert Butler and Mrs. Bertha Lewis sang two hymns. Flow- ers restéd on the casket. Friends were Village PROVIDENCE MEETING ment Acsarded Them by Wholesale *| Dealérs, ducers frem the vi- were present at a They included C. J. Columbia, W. & indham, and County. Agent F, C. Warner of this city was tother signs, some of which will - New York—Drew Fake Charged with checks drawn on the bank of this city, a man Captain Frederick M. Robinson, U. S. A, was arrested in New York Tues- day night, acéording ta an Assoeiated lPrsss despatch. The despatch fol- oWS: “A man posing as Captain Frederick M. Robinson, U. &, A, was arrested on a charge of grand layceny here to- night. It is charged that he is a bo- gus officer anq that while masquerad- Ing in the uniform of captain he pass- ed a number of worthless checks drawn on the Thames National Bank of Norwich, Conn. Many the large stores in this city as well as o the ing worthless es National posing as INFORMS PECPLE OF RAILROAD WARNINGS scribe New System. - At a conference in Hartford be- tween members of the publie utllities commission and Motor Vehiele Com- missloner Robbins B. Stoecke! and Highway Commissioner Charles J. Bennett it was decided, on the sug- gestion of = Commissioner that leaflets be distributed through- out the state informing the people of the meaning of sighs to be erect- ed at raflway crossings under the law passed at the last sesslon of the general assembly. Previously the conferees discussed the warning signs. They will con- sist of a metal /disc twenty-four inches in diameter, the field to be white with a black border line, one inch wide, with black perpendicular and horizontal linds two and one- half inches wide and i each of the upper quarterings the letter “R” five inches high and three and three- quarters inches wide. These signs are to be placed in conspicuous po- sitions beside the highway at,a dis- tance of not less than 300 ieet nor nicre than 500 feet from the nearest rail of the crossing. . Under the law tks public utilities coramission was empowered to de- termine tlie crossings at which mo- tor ‘cars: should: come te a stop. The commission has made an investiga- tion and has decided on a list o crossings throughout the state. It is on file at the office of the com- mission. In addition to the Wm"nl!‘.’-'. signs the comimission has decided to erect be filumipnated -~ at night. When the color displayed is red, it will be a warning that a train is ap\roaching. At crossings which are protected only a part of the day by a flagman or gateman the sign will read “Stop”. The flagman (or gateman) is off duty.” There will be alss audible and ‘visible signals that a train is ap- proaching. 4 i S STORM PLAYS HAVQC WITH TROLLEY CARS bearers and burial took place in. the |Sand and Gravel Washed Onto Tracks Yantic cemetéry. Arthur A[ Colburn. The death of Arthur A. Colburn, formerly of Horton’s Cove, occurred Monday morning at the Bridgeport hospital, following an illness of five fdays twith pneumonia. Mr. Colburn was born-in Monson, Mass.,, in 1876, the son of ,the late George and Ellen Colburn. He received his early edu- cation in his home town and eleven years ago came to live with his sister, Mrs. E. B. Marsh of Horton's cove where he resided until about two years ago when he went to Bridgeport. He leaves one_brother, Edgar A. Colburn of Springfleld, Mass., and one Cove. There are several nieces and nephews, = Hannah Sullivan. 2 The death of Hannah Sullivin oc- Catherine Regan in Ishpeming, Mich., her home with her sister seph Murphy on Sathem street, at the time of the death of Murphy, she went west to live with her other sister. ~Besides her sister she leaves several among them was the late wife ‘William: Kehr of this ecity. L FUNERAL Mrs. Maurice Fitzgérald. The funeral of Mrs. Maurice Fitz- gerald was-held at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning from her late home on For- ést stredt with many relatives and friends attending, some coming from out of town. There were many beau- tiful floral offérings. At tHe sefvices in St. Patrick’s church Rev. J. H. Broderick officiated ang John Sulli- van sang Face t6 Face. The bearers weré Jeremiah Sullivan, John-Murphy, ‘Thomas Dougherty, John Fitzgerald, Eugene Sullivan and Patrick Roddy. Bufial was in St. Mafy's cembtery. Undertaker Hourigan had charge of the funeral arrangements. Food Stores Must Close at 7 p. m. The following order has been issued by Locai Fuel Administrator Martin E. Jensen:, in order to enable food /to be dis- tributed the ruling for food stores under -Governor Hoicomb’s recent proclamation was litnently treated in of the the Notwich.. S8 much abuse privileges granted has come _to knowiedge of thé loeal fuel commit- tee that he is obliged to ask all food stores in Norwich to close at 7 p. m. even though these stores may man- dle lines of goods other than food. days comd on Tuesdays food closed Wednesdays, Thursdays and B S Cigntd) i \rrix B JENSEN.- Chairman of Local Fuel Comittee. Dr. Wekerle. the Hungatian Prime Ministes, and Df. Wimmer, the Aus- trian Minister of Fifiance, have ar- rived in Béflin. Pt POST TOASTIES been served, to satisfy 2 claim made by Alexander Jordaf: [ At N, 1 in d, has been appoint- M, Ahi.tr;lm. ‘the Swedish Consui- ; 5 ad interim, He mber of the fitute Dip- sister, Mrs. E. B. Marsh of Horton's curred at the home of her #8ister, Mrs. on February 13, She at orie time made Mrs. Jo- and Mrs. oh Tuesdays, Thursdays and Tridays, In_ Taftville and other miil v/ages in Notrwich and vicinity when pay stores will be open Tuesday rnights and at Many Points. Tuesday's warm rain played havoc wit hthe running of the Shore Line schedule delaying the service. any- where from thirty minutes to an hour. The water flowed in rivers along the tracks on the Willimantic-New Lon- don line and washed sand and gravel onto the rails so that it was necessary to get out and shovel. The Boswell avenue line also had its troubles “with dirt on the tracks as did the Yantic line. The rain had caused more or less inconvenience about the city, the streets in the residéntial parts of the city being several inehes deep in mud and in some places the water has Row- ed up over the sidéwalks. The Yantic and Shetucket rivers, although thé ice in them has not broken up, have six or eight inches of water flowing over thé i¢é. In New London it is reported that the harbor is free from ice but that large cakes of ice are coming down the Thates river, showing that the river is break- ing up to some extent. On Monday i v 2 deplews and hieces, | the river was open to a point a short of distance above the Navy Yard but be- yend that there was heavy 1ée. The rivers to the north of the city are all frozen exeept in the mill races and a large amount of water is flow- ing along the sirface of ihe ice. LOCAL BOY SCOUTS HELD $IGNAL DRILL Work Carried Out Under Birection of Scoutmasteér Rhineiars On Tuesday evening Troop 3, Boy Scouts of America. held the regular drill in the Y. M. C. A, building With a large number present. The work was in signal drill under the direction of Scoutmaster Rhinehart. One new member was taken into the troop and Fred Thumm was chosen patrol lead- er for the Bob White patrol. Chester Parker was chosen assistant leader. NORWICH WOMAN MURT IN_ AUTO CRASH Her Companion Safd to Be Well Known Local Chaufféur. A woman reported to be from Nor- wich was taken to Lawfente hospital on Tuesday suffering from injuries re- ceived in an automiobile accident. The officials of the Lawrénce hospital re- fused to give out the Woian's name or any details of the affair other than that she was resting comfortably. It i reported that the accident oe- curred near the Navy Yard and that the. woman’s companion was a well known Norwich chauffeur, DRUNKEN SAILORS WERE IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES Two Arrested By Local Police Tues- Aay Night. The local police on Tiesday night gathered in two sailors Who Wwere un- der the influence of liquof ahd who were in citizeds clothes. The arrests were made by Officer Daniel O'Neil. There were several other meén ar- rested for intoxicatioh and Breach of the peace. A largs number of men ap- plied for lodging at the police station Tuesday evenin, NORWICH HOME GUARDS HELD BATTALION in the abs berg. A DBRILL Both Local Compaiies Were in Charge of Capt. C. A. Hagberg. At the armory Tuesday &Véning the two locai companies of Home Guards hela a battalion drill with a large number present. Thé two panies were in charge of Capt. C. A, of i r:mA% hike in the mear future has -ompany. Bogus Captain Passed Wi i 5 —— R dra ' cused Well Known In Norwich, — Stoeckel, {€ral situation in its more serious as- Checks On Local Bank—Ac- American Red Cross are sald to have been victimized by him.” Col. Charles W. Gale, cashier of the Thames National Bank, saia Tuesday night that the man has been wanted by the police for some months, Asked as to the amount of money involved in the transactions of the bogus cap- tain, Col. Gale said the checks varied in amount from a few dollars to $30. There were no very large ¢hecks pass- ed by~ Robinson. His activities ex- tend over a period of several months. Robinson was well known to a num- ber of Norwich men and, it is said, |ained the confidence of i number of prominent citizens through his fra- feml affiliations, STATE WANTS COAL REGARDLESS OF PRICE Leafiets to Be Distributed Will De- | Russell Files Stateent With Connec- ticut Delegation. Thomias W, Russell, federal fuel ad- ministrator for Connecticut, has filed with the members of the Connecticut delegation in congress a statement with regard to the fuel situation in this state. After reviewing the gen- pects, for the benefit of the men who may cast their voges on some question of fuel production and transportation, the fuel administrator reaches the con- clusion that the state wants coal, and more coal, and even at a higher price, If that is necessary to obtain it. The statement; in part, follows: . “The amount of anthracite coal de- livered in this' state during the past winter months has been just about the same amount as was delivered last vear, perhaps a little less. The pop- ulation of the state has increased so that, even without the extremely se- vere weather, we would have haq rela- tively a me: r supply for domestic use. “The transportation facilities of the New York, New Havén and Hartford railroad have been severely taxed by the extraordinary amount of freight, and they have been able to carry only & certain number of cars of coal. The cities on Long Island sound, commenc- ing at Greenwich and extending as far w London, which of course ordi- narily secure- their coal by tidewater from the docks in New York harbor, have been in a more difficult situation during the past two months than the Interior cities. “This has been due to the fact that It has been impossible to work the tailroad-loading piers on the west side of New York harbor to their maximum capacity due partly to frozen coal. New York city has apparently had a prior claim to ceal loaded at these docks and {the Connecticut cities along tide water ihave taken what was left over, glvires them, generally speaking, a very In- sufficient supply. “During the past three weeks the conditions in Connecticut have become extremely acute, due, as regards -the railroads, -to the fact that the gate- ways were so congested that an em- bargo was in force; and, as regards tidewater coal, due to the fact that the Ice in Long Island sound alrost forced 8 complete cessaticn of wuter trans- portation. Added to this was a short- age of about 35 per cent, in the an- thracite production at the mines ex- tendling over a period of about three veeks, T have compiled statistics showing the receipts of codl in this state dur- ing the week from February 1 to Feb. B, and find that the receipts of coal both anthracite and bituminous, were Inadequate to supply the normal do- mestic consumption - for this period. “The immediate situfition as regards bituminous coal for factory and pub- lic utilities has been aggravated by the fact mentioned above in connection with anthracite supply, which showed that in order to safeguard the domes- tic situation, it has been necessary to use practicaily every pound of soft coal coming into the state during the past week to supplement the limited amount of anthracite. “It is perfectly apparent, therefore, that none of the factories m this state has been able to secure practically any bituminous coal during the past week. The supply held by various factories prior to this time was very uneven, due to uneven distribution last sum- mer ang last fall, occasioned by cer- tain causes. Some factories have had enough coal to last them well info this coming spring, and others, among which may-be mentioned some of the more important public utilities, and some of the largest munitions factor- ies, have been living a hand-to-mouth existence.” (In this connection Mit Russell gives the names of many im- portant establishments that within the last two weeks have been within ten hours of a shut-down. These are lo- ¢atéd in ali portions of the state and Include factories in New Haven, Wa- terbury, Bridgeport. and public utili- ties all over the state) In closing his statément Mr. Rus- gell says: - “I hesitate to make any suggestions regarding the coming year, in ciew of my ignorance of mining condition But influenced by statements made by fiien experienced in the business, and in whom I have confidence, I am per- sonally inclineq to the belief that the governmient price for soft coal at the tines should be increased to stimu- late production. T feel the more in- elined to this opinion because of the faet that I am satisfied that what con- stimers in this state, both individuals and manufacturers, want is coal, ra- ther than low price, ond of the two erfors I should prefer to make an er- rot of allowing a price a few cents higher than necessary at the mines, rather than a price which is so low that it would diminish production.” Administrator Russell left Hartford for Boston, this afternoon, to attend anéther conference of New England administrators with James J. Storrow, regarding the continuance or discon- tinuanee in this section of the Monday cloging order. A statement as to the decision of the conference is expected by Wednesday afternoon. PLAN TO INCREASE WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN SCOPE Will Be Discussed at Meeting of the Town Chairmen. Plans for increasing the scope of the war savings campaign in Con- necticut will be discussed at a meet- ing of all the town war savings chair- men to be held at the state capitol in Hartford on Tuesday, March 5. Ar- rangements for this meeting are now in the hands of State Director Howell “heney. Each chairman will be asked to pre- 86Kt A report on conditions in his cethmunity, and it is expected that mahy dileas which will be of benefit in the frofecution of the campaign will ke keard. Among the subjects to be discussed will be the campaign A4 relating to the schools, agencies cstabllshed, house to house canvass, and the total number of sales magle up to the present time, 2 o Gk SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Wmfim Connecticut Boys Are ng In Various Branches of the Service, Lieut. W. H. Simpson in Texas. First Lieutenant Wailter H. Simp- son of this city who untfl recently was located at Camp Dix has been transferred to the aviation camp at Waeo, Texas. In a letter to a Nor, wich friend he describes his trip to Waco as follows: | Dear Joe: A few lines to let you know that I think of the Rose of New and very often. About calling dear old Norwich by that name, I find there's plenty of opposition when talking to New Englanders from other parts. They all'claim the same priv- ilege, but I guess I've got something on_them. ‘We certainly had an enjoyable trip on the way down here. Our first stop was at St. Louis. Lieutenat Small and myself were together all the way down.”We arrived in St. Louis at 6.50 in the morning, ten hours late The first realization I had of getting in was when I had a suffocating feeling in the sleeper. I looked out of the window but everything was black as coal. Soon we guued through the tunnel and onto the bridge that spans the Mississippi river. When talk- ing later {o some St. Louis chaps, they told me that stiffling feeling comes ov- er everyone going through the long tunnel {f they aren’t used to_it. Leouis - The chief business in St. seems to be the manufacture of shoes. ‘We saw one office that had over 150 iff_its elerical force, | Not having much time to spare we went on to Dallas. at 6 p. m., the same daY. About the only place where I could sée where that Wild and Wooly West came in, was going through Oklahoma. = Shacks, borros and Indians made up the chief things of thterest.” After leaving the Red river that serves as a houndary for Oklahoma and Texas, we saw no more snow. ‘We arrived in Dallas in about twen- ty hours run on the Katy Limited. Be- live me, I there is a pretty town around the country its Dallas. Ev- ery one of the officers thought the same. The streets are very wide and well 1aid in hlocks. Most of the build- ings in the business center ar: made out of the best brick. The prices of everything are very reasonable and the merchants are very polite. We stayed at the Adolphus hotel and while there received a letter from one of the merchants inviting us to make oursglves at home in Dallas. and askipg us to mcet him, saying in his letter he wanted to do something besides sell us hig wares. But one finds that spirit of friendship prevail- ing everywhere in the South. All of us were hoping we “would stay there, but as the new field just being built we immediately réceived orders to go to_ Waco, just a hundred miles south. Waco is apparently an old town and the only time I have seen the place “was when I got off the train. The camp here differs vastly the one at Dix. Up there we liwe two story wooden - barracks, e here it's tents. It takes me back to the good old Natiomal Guard days when we used to be at'Fort Wrizht or Fort Terry, N. Y. But there the grass from is nica and soft, while herc one couldn't find a plot of turf if he walked a hundred miles. To walk on the soil here makes me thing of the old asphalt sidewalks. It's fine until some day or might a regular sand- storm comes up in less than five min- utes. Then the dust that flies through the air from the ground is almost unbe- lieveable. Many a tent goes down in one of these gales. The dust and sand comes through the tent and covers everything with about a half inch. As I sit in my tent writing you this bit of news, I wonder if you can read it. 'The reason is my desk is attach- ed to the wall of the tent and the wind is blowing only about fifty miles an hour just now, My duties here are mainly to drill the squadron in infantry regulations for the purpose of discipline. [e}4 course there is plenty of administra- tive. work to be done and here is the place to learn it. The men here are a bright bunch of 12ds "and all of them are volunteers. By volunteers I mean chaps who did rot wait to be drafted. They are all men of one trade or another such as carpenters, tinsmiths, toolmakers, ma- chinists, cabinetmakers, etc. When they arrived here they were put into the squadron in which their trade ap- lies. pWhen we zét ready for overseas duty, which won't be long, twelve aeroplanes go along with each squad- ron. Speaking about aeroplanes, aft- er a chap spent a week here, he wouldn't give five cents to see an ama- teur aviator perform at a county fair. One gets so tired of hearing the purr of motors overhead that he very sel- dom lookss up unless somebedy points out some aviator who is doing stunts like a nose or tail dive or looping the loop. I suppose you read In the pa- per ot the fatility we had here a week ako in which two machines crashed together and dropped to the ground, killing one and injuring the other pi- Iot. At the timé I was but two hun- drea feet from the accident. But we have a better record than the fleld at Fort Werth, where four or five a week are Kkilled. 7 FIRST LIBUT. W. H. SIMPSQN. ik Five Months in France. A letter received by Mrs. W. F. Bogue from her son, Irving, who is with the 102nd U. S. Infatnry, some- where in France: }Bomewhere in France, January 23, 1918. Dearest Mother: We are having a little bit of spring weather now. Don't know how lohg it will last. T am well and making the best of this life, such as it 1s. Of course I hope evary day will be the end of it but anyway ev- ery day is a day nearéer the end. 1 have written to some of the people that sent me presents for Christmas, and will try and write them all, but you can thank them for me. Our time is so taken up that it is impossi- ble for me to get time to write to every one I would like to. Well, the sixth of next month will make my fifth month in this outfit and it seems like fifty vears. I hope five months more will see me back home. T will be perfectly contented to stay at home, I have_seen all I want to of the world, You spoke about pine- apple pudding and fruit cake. T think I would go out of my head if I got anything like that. Our menu eon- sists- of bacon, beef stew, rics and kare. Once in a while we can buy some cookies here at sixty cents a box, and it is a small box. The French caell the soldiers crazy American millionaires because we got so much more money than their sol- diers. Well, mother, dear, I "think T will close now. IRVING. Received First Prize. At-the annual meeting of the Con- necticut Dairyman's association in Hartford, rscently, B. H. McCall of Leonard Brodge received the first rize for the highest score on butter grvm Private Dairy. Mr. MeCall is well known in this city, M Bignon, 2 member of the French Chamber, has been appeinted to act in London on behalf of the. French Government in' qiestidn arising from %e deliberations of the Inter-Allied YOURSICK CHLD S CONSTPATED! LODK AT TONGLE IF CROSS, FEVERISH OR BILIOUS GIVE “CAELIFORNIA SYRUP No matter what ails your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should atways be the first treatment given. If your little one is out-of-sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and act- ing naturally—look, ‘Mother! tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cqld, give a t spoonful of “California Syrup of figs and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of, its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless “fruit laxative,” because it never fails to cleanse the little one's liver and. bowels stomach and they dearly pleasant taste. babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask ‘When cross, sweeten the “California Syrup of Figs;” then see that it is made by the California Fig Syrup Company.” A LICENSE TO TRADE WITH. THE ENEMY Has Been Granted to ‘the American Red Cross by War Trade Board. New York, Feb. 19.—A license to trade with the enemy has been grant- ed to the American Red Cross, it was announced tonight. ernment has given to the organization of mercy the exclusive privilege of sendins letters, food and money to American prisoners of war in its camps and the concessions exacted change demanded action by the war trade Board. v has insisted that in return ng the right to comfort Ameri- can prisoners the Red Cross must act as the medium through which fathers and mothers in that country can com- municate with their sons in Americaz internment camps and to a minor ex- tent with prisoners in’" French British camps. The German' gov- ol Janitor Regigns. 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