Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1918, Page 8

lvmh- !nue caps, shrapnel balls and a Prus- sian guardsman'’s helmet. In fact, be I turned in that night, I had 1. was the envy of the whole sec. swanking around, around, teling of the time I was going to have, the phee- 1 would visit, and the real, }oid English beer I intended to guzzle. jBort of rubbed it into them, because {they all do it, and now that it was myuu'n 1 took pains to get my own " back. At nine I Yeported to the captain, recelving my travel order and pass. “Three hundred francs. sir;” he jus as glibly handed me one h undred. Reporting at Brigade Headquarters with my pack weighing a ton I wait- ed, with forty others, for the Adjut- ant to inspect us. After an hour's wait, he came out; must bave been sore because he wasn't going with us. The quartermaster-sergeant issued us two days’ rations. in a little white canvas ration bag, which de tied to our belts. Then two motor lorries came along and we piled in, laughing, joking and in the best of spirits. We even loved so Our journey to seven days’ the Germans, we bappy. biiss in Blighty had commenced. were feeling two hours; were nearly choking. At the railroad station at F—— we reported to an officer, who had a white band around his arm, which wead “R. T. 0. tion Officer). Santa Claus. (Royal orta- OVER THETOP! p, filling my pack with sou- such as shell heul; dud bombs, The ride in the lorry lasted about by this time we were covered with fine, white dust from the road, but didn’t mind, even if we To us this officer was| A M lflenee nsn)ted. - Then men started to curse, threw their rifies on the floor of the car, others said noth- ing, seemed to be stupefied, while some had the tears running down . It was a bitter disap- pointment to all. How we blinded at the engineer of that train, it was all his fault (so we reasoned) why hadn’t he stepped \;fi a little or been on time, then we wo have gotten off before the order ar- - I'rived? Now' it was no Blighty for \m_ That return journey was misery to us. I just can’t describe it. When we got back to rest billets, ‘we found that our brigade was in the trenches (another agresabble surprise) and that an attack was contemplated. Seventeen of the forty-one will nev- er get another chance to go on leave; they were killed in the attack. Just think if that train had-been on time, those seventeen would still be alive. I hate to tell ypu how I was kidded t!by the boys when I got back, but It was good and plenty. . Our machiné gun company took over their part of the line at seven o'clock, the night after 1 returned from my near leave. At 3:30 the following ' morning three waves went over and captured the first and second German trench- with the fourth wave .to.consolidate the captured line or “dig in” as Tom- my calls it. Crossing No Man's Land withou! elicking any casualties, we came toj the German trench and mounted our | guns on the parados of -same. 2 i I never saw such a mess in my life | —buriches of twisted.barbed wire ly- ing about, shell holes everywhere, trench all bashed in, parapets gone, and dead bodies, why, that ditch was, full of them, theirs and ours. It m! a regular morgue. Some were mangl- | others were wholly or partly buried; ed horribly from our shell fire, while| in the mud, the result of sheli explos- ions caving in the walls of the trench.; One dead German was lying on his By ARTHUR GUY EMPEY [ ] AN AMIRIGAN SOLDI!R WHO' SERV!D AS A MAGNINE’ md.huwk:;‘-e."mr to\him lay. of the stretcher- the red. cross = onhumeonndwlmnudmflm helmet fijled With« blood ;and" briins. Close by, sitting-up ‘against ‘the:wall of the tremch, with head - his est, ‘was “the ' other 'stretch bearer. was' 8o natural and;easy, but when Igot closer,. I coiild, see a large, Imedbolelnhilhmw The three -on | " He ‘seemed: to be ‘alive. the | must have been killed' by the same |- shell-burst. 'rhe dugouts were all ' smashed in nd knocked -about, ~big ' ‘square: :l“l: . W to of the work is to:hold:it. In our case this praved to be so. The German artilery and iuachine guns had us trapped (ranged) for fair; it was worth vour life to expose your- self for an instant. ! Mrs. Wm. 1L, writes . Peruna may be obtained in tablet form for your Don’t -think for a° m.!mne that I.he, 3 . Germans. were .the only sufferers,! we ! of catarrh, to overcome its There F or all Catarrhal lndlcatlons take Peruna. \TESTED FOR thmn.flflhwflnAm checking colds, coughs and grip. It is lmd'tduty to protect. frequent appearance, and to use a thouundhousewivesmthmmunm . Mrs. Elin Mlknmlafledends:.. unw/fl.fl.wflm 53 T “Every spring and fall for eleven 1 have been troubled with catarrh in. my threat and nose and hoarsenees, and I am very pleased to state that at last I found a medicine, Peruna, from which I received puthenefit.mdlwxllhmfiummd récommend it. I always'keep it in my house in case of sickness. I recommend your medicine to all my friends and every sufferer, .as an . excellent medicine for colds_and for building up stréngth. . We have many Swedish friends in Boston who use Peruna and think a great deal of it If all the Swedish people in thiss country could know ‘what an excellent family medicine your Peruna is I am sure they would keep it in the home.” were clicking- casualties so:fast that | O e i machine o b ot A, BToiin doen the ¢ Pl Rl iriver all day Wednesday, but they shovels at work on the Panama Canal? | 0Ved over the dafn under the bridge Well, it would look like z hen scratch- ;at. Main street. without causing any great amount of damage. es. 'The machine gunners went overiNg alongside of n Tommy. “digging ! in” while under fire; vou couldn’t see daylent throngh the clouds' of ' dirt from his shovel After Icsing.three out of six of our crew, we mawaged to set up-our ma- chine gun. One of the legs .of the tripod’ was’ resting on ‘the chest of a half-buried body. When the gun was firing, it gave the impression that the body was breathing; this was caused by the excessive vibration. Three or four feet down the trench, about three feet from' the ground..a foot was protruding from the eart! we knew ‘it -was-a German by the black leather boot.: One of our crew | used -that foot to-hang extra bando- liers of ammunition on. This man al- ways was a handy-fellow; made use The sergeant in charge showed him he glanced through them ‘Make yourselves comfor- able on the platform and don't leave, the train is liable to be along in five dur order: and said minutes—or, five hours.” eleven match boxes on big, gine with the “con.” It came in five hours, a string o(‘ far sign, “Ho The R. T. ear, as a Pullman to us. es 40, Chevaux 8.” Two days we spent on that train, bumping, stopping, jerking ahead, and wometimes sliding back. At three sta. tions we stopped long enough to make some tea, but were unable to wash, #0 when we arrived at B———, where we were to embark for Blighty, we with were as black as Turcos and, r unshaven faces, we looked lik » lot of tramps. Iewwem happy. e had - packed up, preparatory to WARNING! One safe way of avoiding common: molasses from un- protected barrels is to get Brer Rab- bit real New Orleans Molasses. Ask for it by name. Now sold by all first class grocers. In cans only. Small medium and large sizes. Write us today for new recipe book of cakes and candies, as made down South. PENICK & FORD, LTD. lam&:mn.l'-h-—hd-lku New Orieans, La. Rl These match boxes were cattle cars, on the sides of which was painted the old famil-' Though tired out, back, - with - a’ rifle - sticking - straight up in the air, the bayonet of which was -buried to the hilt in his chest.| Across his feet lay a dead. English' DANIELSON AND DANIELSON John Doktor Fafls Down Elevator| ~ | Shaft at Goodyear Mill—Borough May Sue Town—Orrin Alvord Not | Yet Able to Be Juestioned by Coro- | ner—Quinebaug Company Forced to Suspend Operations Because of the High Water. high wheels, drawn by a dinky little en- stuck us all into one ‘We didn't care, it was as good e John Doktor, night elevator opera- tor at the mill of the -Goodyear Cot- ton company, was probably fatally in- jured during the early hours of Wed- nesday morning, when he fell down the elevator shaft from one of the up- per stories of the mill, There was no witness- of the acci-: dent, but it .is believed that Doktor lay unconscious at the bottom of the pit’ for a considerable length of time before he was discovered. Dr. George M. Burroughs was sum- moneq from Danielson and his exami-, nation showed that Doktor’s skull was ifractured and also that he had a frac- tpred hip, Dr. Burroughs ordered the injured man removed to the Day Kim- ball hospital at Putnam and he, was taken to that institution in an am: bulance. Tt was said Wedresday afterngon itiiat Doktor's injuries are likely to preve fatal. s over 60, and is {married, mak home in- Good- year. Former! as a resident of Danielson, having Jived on the West Side. ‘His condition since he was found has been such that he has been unable to tell how the accident happened. BOROUGH VS TOWN Danielson May Sue Killingly, Claim- | ing Failure to Divide Revenue From | Taxes on Bank Stock, l of ‘little points that the ‘ordinary per- son wou'd overlook. (To Be Continued Tomorrow) PUTN‘A from taxes on bank . stocks :between the taxing districts of the town, and it will be further claimed that the borough is such a taxing district with- in the town of Killingly, because res- idents who own property within the limits of ‘Danielson: are required to pay a.'borough tax of quite .consid- erable proportions, this in addition to paying, the -same rate of fown taxes as is paid by taxpayers who are resident in the town but not in the boroug] The boreugh will make a ciaim, it is asserted, for recovery of tis -propor- tion of the revenue. menticned ove:r period back-to the vear 1900.. ‘The amount received by ‘the . town: since that time from taxes on bank stocks has -varied and grown,.but amounts ;or thie long period to approflmate\) ’I‘own and borough officials are ap- proaching consideration of the matter in ‘a friendly spirit, but it now ap- Dears quite necessary to. bring the the matter heforc a!judge of. the su- perior, court for proper adjustment. Points that must be decided are as. to whetber the horough. is legally a taxing district within the town of Kil- lingly and as’to whether the borough's claims for a shars of the bank stock taxes are valid over a period of more than six years. It was stated Wednesday .that At- torney Charles E. ‘Searls of Putnam has been retained to ‘represent the berough in the -action that may be brought in" the mnear future, possibly at the March term of court. TOO WEAK TO TESTIFY Sone Orrin Alvord Not in Condition to Give Information to: Coroner, Coroner Arthur G. Bill went to Day- :ville Wednesday to . takethe ‘evidence of Orrin Alvord, in the.matter of the grade crossing accident at Da.ywlle last Saturday night.’ Coroner Bill found .upon’ his amval A civil suit of a friendly nature may , be brought against the.town of Kil- Dayville that Alvord’s congcition had tingly by the borough of -Danieison, inot sufficiently improved to . ‘warrant which, is all within the limits of Kil- Inmoadmg with-the; inquest. .in’so far llngly, to recover a sum said to be w-:fll the injured'man was concerned, <o proximately $5,000, which the bomugh.\‘r Bill returned ‘here .withcur pn:s.s- A" quick drop in temperature Wed nesday afternoon started anothe freezeup that quickly shut off the sup- ply of surface water running into the streams that feed -the Quinebaug, so {the river is not expected 'to reach much higher level than itawas show- ng” late Wednesday afiéronon. Wauregan Pastor .Installed. Rev. ‘William Fryling was installed as pastor of the Congregational church at Wauregan Wednesday at a counetl in which a nymber of, cler: Windham - county tow There were also, dele; frem the churches of the coun d a large number of parishioners at the evening service. To Start Tournament, The second pinochle tournament of the winter will be commenced this evening at the rooms of the Bohemian ciub. i Well Fitted for Soldiers. JAn unusually large percentage of Killingly men: continues to measure up to the requirements of a physical nature for acceptarce, through the e emption board, for military service, fact of which the town may be proud. ‘The record is one of the best made by any town in this part of the state. PUTNAM Decomposed Body of Heriry Ravanelle Found in Mill Canal—Contingant to Leave For Ayer February 27—Quin- ebaug Overflows Banks—Men - Ac- cepted Wednesday—Plan to’ Organ- ize Junior Food Army—Auto Driver Injured. P The badly decomposed body of a Eman svho could not be identified was {removed ‘about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon _from 'the mill canal, near the plant of the Manhasset Manufac- turing company, by men who discover- ed it floating in the water. The: indications were that the body had been in the water for a consider- able period of time #nd it muy save :come from a distance up stream. but this is not certain. - The man was about 5 feet 6 inches in height and apparently from 45 to 50 years of age. He had a smooth shaven face and his head was entirely without - hair. He wore a coat, vest and two pairs-.of trousers and there was a gold watch chain attached to his vest, but the watch. was missing. His feet were clad in felt baots with rubber foot parts. That the man was a Roman.Catholic was indicated by z scapular that he wore. The body was viewed by Examiner F, A’ Morrell, afterwards was removed Smith. Wednesday evening the body was identified as that of Henry Ravanelle, 61, who left his home on Eim street in this city early one evening about the middle of last November and has never been seen since. There will be an inquest this morning. Medical M. D, _and by 1, B, TO LEAYVE WEDNESDAY. District’s Contingent For Camp D , ens to Go February 27th. This « district’s - contingent of men - | exemption board for physical examin- face smce about the first of December, watersheds the uv;olhn rlver aid not|ed in each town _in the state. Boys and girls will be enrolled up- something. that has -been feared for a|on regular forms which will be avail- -* |able through each lofal Below the city some great slabs of | Membership - being limited to those 10 than a|to 18 years of age, January 1, 1918. After enrollment fields | quali and presented an interesting sight tn|Army button and working directions many who watched the, river -iuring (e the completion of their task. Mem- bers carrying their. task throngh.to a successful conclusion and making a report will receive cértificate signed by the governor. As Group Examined Wedne;dny Préves|an adad threaten any. serious flood . damage, number. of weeks. }ice, numbers of them .more foot . thick, have. been thrown out of the. river's eourse into -nearby Wednesday. = SPLENDfD YOUNG MANHOOD. of Exceptional Physical Fitness. | ‘Wednesday's . quota of * 40 1A men who appeared before the local ation produced the finest results of any group that has yet appeared. 2 much higher percentage: ¢ them being un- qualifiedly, passed for future military service than has. been secured from any similar number of men in t‘ns “dis- trict. Among the number were more than half a dozen -men who passed better eve tests than any heretofore rccorde 1 by .the ,board, and the general phy cal fitness of the group made an im-= fression on ,the. board micmbers and hers engaged in conducting the ex- aminations. l Accepted for. service Wecdnesday were: James E. Murray, Putnam; Robert E. Marsh, Putnam; Louis. A, Woisard, Danielson; Omer Perraul Danielson; Arthur _Belisle, Goodyear: James O. Kelley, Da,melson R. Marland, Danielson; George Calvert, Danielson; Amos 3 Dénielsor; Thomas R. Dee, Ki John Fisk, Goodyear; H Lombard | Trask, North Woodstocl Morin, Danielson; Maurice Putnam; Richard E. Gihney, Harrison E. Smith, East Bravo, | Webste cty more men. will appear. for examination. before the board today. JUNIOR FOOD ARMY. Boys and Girls to Be Enrolled to Help Feed the Fighters of the Nation: A circular issued Wednesday. reads. Maximum produvction ‘and congerv: tion ‘of food is imperative in the !'nit- éd States if this war is to be won, and Wwon our way. i Thousands of food producers have been removed from American farms, 8o if the needed food is to'be availa- ble many additional hands must help; not” only to produce but also to con, serve. . There are in Connecticut about 200,- {000 bovs ‘apd gitls, ten to eighteen years of age, a majority of whom are in school Tn a year there are §,- 760 hours If we figure that half of each 24 hours is spent in sleeping eating, and doing things, there :,"e over 4,000 hours left Boys and girls in+school spend: about 1,000 hours at the school. - What -is done with the other' three 'thousand hours Itis the purpose of the Junlor Food Army to afford -all boys and ‘girls in the state an opportunity to take an active part in the greater production and conservation work. This will give boys and girls a chance to make a 'definite” contribution all their own; to demonstrate that -although they other - necessary the surface and flowing déwn committee. by. allowed the water finding its' ‘way to the gutters, instead of working it way in- to the cellars of business b)och neas fort exhibits and contests for boys and girls Class {state Im 350,000 boys and- girls can be en- listed in the Junior Food Army, should ‘be able. to produce and con- serve $500,000 to $1,000,000 worth-.of foodstuffs this year. spend your unoccupied hour? Enlist Food Army . in résponse tc this chal- lenge. Information can be obtained the office of the Farm Bureau,. Put- nam, | hospital. F'nnn Sho oma Erpest J.fand Mrs. L. A burst ;water pipe in Main street each member g will receive a Junior Food an achicvement tional incentive -to greater ef- will be held throughout the to compare results. they immediately in the Junior from a street in the .Sunny- of the city. ~The young was taken to the Day Kimball Farewe'l Surprise Visit. f Arthur Keith, who is soon ter the .erv service, gave him a rty. Wednesday eveninz at! parents. Selectman Water Pipe Bursts. appiying for vehicles. ed Sunday .~ . General News. John Doctor, who was so -Serfously injured at Goodyear early Wednesday, was brought to the hospital. Day announcement = that some deferred tewart Hill R. Kimball It was said “Wednesday aft- ernoon that the man’s condition.was critical. . Deputy - Automobile Inspector R. C. Young, Danielson, was -here. Wedpes- day to conduct examinations of those licensgs to drive .motor Such new. applicants, for licenses are now required to - desfio! strate that they kpow the pringi features of the state automobile .laws and the rules of the road. The hauling of wood into this. had to be abandoned by .many. dr; sty The. Junior Food Army offers. - alo¢ ity Deca " > e. J 2o eavy t s use of the deel challenge to each hoy and girl in|myud that came as the result of. thg Connecticut . this vear. Haw.do you beavy rain of Tuesday dnd Wednu~ day morning. The ané Canadians are now subject to the drzft in the United States as the,re- sult of an agreemeni between governments concerned is nullify Brif lsh <the going - to classifications ithat have been granted in this district on account of alienage, - ASHWILLETT Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Maine wisit- with the former’s sister, Mrs. Ciarence E. Palmer, and family Miss Olive Guile, who, has been .ill; is_improving. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel th. entertained their children Sunday, " Charleés T. Hayward visited in \or- wich Tuesday. v Verzason Germain Leger® Ballouville; was giving .water .department em- Accordmg to a message from Stock Dillaher, North. Grosvenordale: ployes - extra labor Wednesday. . They jam J. Smith, Southbridge;s ector|drilled- a hole through the pavement| Government will introduce a Bill to Bastien, Jewett Cit: Eizeard = Le- |10 giye . vent to a little gusher thatlenfranchise women. s gasse, Taftville: C. Weegs, Put- 2 Jobn T. rtnam, Cors‘et Demonstration - Continues Today . SOMETHING OF UNUSUAL 'IM.’ MILENE, DIRECT FROM TON,” PORTANCE AWAITING - YOU AT’ OUR GORSET DEPARTMENT, MISS EXPERT CORSETIERE, “SALON DU “BON .’ NEW YORK, IS"HERE TO SOLVE YOUR CORSET TROUBLES. | | will claim is due from tme town on | account of the town's failure to di- | vide with the borough certain sums j of money accruing from taxes on bank stock held by taxpayers here. Taxes on such stocks are paig di- rectly by the issuing banks ‘to the state, but they eventually revert: o the town. It has been discovered that there is a statute provision under which the borough will claim that the town should; have divided this revenue Something New in Town From “The Land of th 8 Long Leaf Pine” A Remarkable Treatment From North Carolina That Relieves Croup and Coid Troubles With=- out the Necessity of Internal “Dosing”’—Applied Externally, it is Inhaled as a Vapo r and also Absorbed Through the 8kin. | ing . the matter. While Alvord-is- steadily . mprc\.rg his condition is -such-as to make it unwise to ask special mental:effort of h He has ‘nof .vet- been informed of Mrs, Marchesseanlt’s death, the re- sult of being hurled from . the. car which he was driving when ' the ma- ching was struck by the boat train. May Be in Front Line Trenches. Stories have gained circulation hers | within the past day or two that an infantry. regiment. of which a .number of Killingly men’ are, members, has been.moved up for serviee for.the. first time in front line trenches in Fragee. There may or not be ground for this statement, which is said to be based on the reading. of a.part. of one. sol- dier’s letter that had been censored, but not to the extent of preventing: the readiug of it by the person 'to; whom it was addressed here. The wnr is made to 'seem more real and terrible, too; by the statement that the company, that left here last ‘July is about to.move on another ‘stage of the journey that will eventually bring thenf to the front. This does not mean that they are ut to go overseas at once, but that.day is not:distant and it is believed here now that the com- pany will be “over'there” early in the spring, SUPERABUNDANT WATER Quinebaug Company Forced to Sun, pend Operatiors Wednesday. The ways .of nature .seem- preverse in the extreme this winter. Wednes- day the big plant of .the Quinebaug company was for¢ed to clpgse down because of too much water pouring down the swollen course of the Quine- baug river, from which .the plant de- velops a large percentage of the power ft uses. Tuesday: morning the plant could not be run up.to n.nywhem near capacity because , there not enough water wmlns u:roush the ca- nal to operate the machinery in.proper. manner, and fuel for the company’s boilers, excepting wood, is Very scarce. The deluge of rain of Tuesday. night and Wednesday morning was respon- _Isible for the rapid rise: of the; river of the and the up cnatine af fon that Was eavars dite enr- jfor Camp Devens will leave this city|cannot fight they may help’ feed the to- begin - their- military. service- Wed- ! nesday of next-week, February 27th. This iz in accord with: orders receiv- ed from the office of the adjutant gen- eral at Hartford. The 'final '15~ per “cent. of 'the dis- trict’s quota of 17 men is. cértain to go, but whether the ‘board will be re- ‘{auiréd to. send 15. other men, to make up for discharges of men from this district, .was net lmown . Wednesday afternoon at the office” of the exemp- tion board. Train. arrangements for forwarding the men have not been compléted as yet, but these arrangements will be necessarily different from. what they were when the fall contingent's went out, for the train then used has’béen discontinued. As soon as complete instructions as ito forwarding the men are received, i notices will be sent to the men who will be expected to leave. ' These men will be required to report at the_office of teh local board, where -they will re- ceive hteir instructions . relative - to !proceedlng to camp. i LOWLANDQ FLOODED. ‘Quinebaug River Swollen By Rains Overflows -tts Banks, The - Quinebaug nver cleared. of .ice through the limits of the city, pre- sented a picturesque sight Wednes- day affernoon .as its, waters’ vwmed along its overflowed ‘course, ca great cakes of .ice, which wére pxlmg up in a jam at points where the river flows '{hmugh low-lying ~sections, a distance below the. links of the Put- nam Country club. . 9 Much of the land bordering the riv- er in the southern part of the tiwn' of Putnam, below the fairgrounds was being inundated, as the rivex, con- tinued to rise. Immende quantities of water were | pouring over Cargill falls, and mills | that derive some power for their ma- ehinery from the stream.were. getting ai full water pressure for. the, first time in_months. - This was true along the whole course of the river and was permitting the saving of many, tons of codl and the operation of additional |, heavy | mathinery in some plants. ’ ‘A% thera was liftle cnaw loft an the fighters, The" activities which may ‘be ‘carried out under the Junior Food Army va- ry in the amount of time and material required, and this work. can readilly be accomplished in addition to .other duti The work of production will consist of the raising of corn, potatoes, gem- | eral gardens, poultry, pigs calves, and sheep; the conservation activities will include home cookery, canning, drying, salting or otherwise preserving. A State Junior Food Army commit- tee has been appointed by the Com- mittee of Food Supply under the State { Counci‘of Detense and a locAl Junior Food: Army committee is to be appoint- TINTLSUFFR " WIH ELRALGA UseSootlnngM:sberole When thoseslflrpm!"%l ! ugh your | ‘m,asilitwouldspht,mst 1 l‘i?fla Musterole on. your®temples and IF YOUR FIGURE. NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTIO‘I. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE COR‘RECTLV FITT ED.’ AP- POINTMENTS MADE IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE MANY NEW MODELS pe FOR THE COMING SEASON:IN THE SPECIALTY SHOP 140 Main Street, Opposite Plaut-Cadden Co. Dr. F. C. Jackson DENTISTS CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK, PLATE WORK : AND EXTRACTING 203 Mnm Street, Norwlch, Conn. OfficeHoun 9a.m. to8p. m. Dr. D. J. Coyle.