Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 2, 1918, Page 7

' Saturday and Monday ONE LOT LADIES' PATENT LEATHER RUSSIA CALF AND BRONZE KID COLONIALS AND PUMPS. MOST ALL SIZES AT ONE LOT LABIES’ SIZES 2 TO 4, AT NO APPROVALS - $1.45 4 [l. J. J. Mallett, GRAY KID, GRAY OOZE- "ND EED KID PUMPS. $1 A5 'NO_EXCHANGES WAR NEWS. DIGEST Stories of Activities and Conditions Throughout the United States and on the Battle Fronts, War Credits Board Approves Advances New Committee of Nearly $150,000,000. A statement prepared by the War Credlts Board inclodes the followinZ |, explanation of #ts functiens and activ- ttes nascial assistance to comply with the act by security, the board has ap- ledtion for advance :uldl o&: considered mo!‘ly by the Hetween the time of its erudan in jovember and January 24 the board advances to contractors to- e oo QChildren COry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA ‘Will Mobilize Col- leges for Training of Troops. t is estimated that within the next onths 76,000 3o 100,000 men will e given intensive in schools and colieges. They will be 'wn from the armed forces of the Nation, men now in training camps or about to be called, and registrants under the selective law. With a view to mobilizing the edu- cational institutions 'of the country tor this special training there has been created in the War Department a “committee on education ahd special training.” It will encourage and ar- range for the technical education of men needed by the several branches of the Army. 3 b { six Little Corn Held by Dealers in East and South. Small stocks of corn in the Bands of dealers in New England and other eastern and gouthern States, with the exception of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, where surpluses were pro- duced, are indicated by reports to the nt- of - Agriculture. - Actual available supplies in the southeastern States, are sald to be greater than ever before, although the amount of corn in the hands of distributors and other dealers is much below normal. Most _districts in the southeastern States have sufficient supplies far lo- eal needs, while dealers in many Corset Demonstration Ends quay MiSS MILNE OF THE “SALON du BON TON,” NEW YORK, LEAVES OUR STORE TODAY AT 5P. M MAKE AN APPOINTMENT 'TO SEE HER EARLY IN THE DAY. THE SPECIALTY SHOP 140 Main Street, Opposite Plaut-Cadden Co, H ! Training School for Army Chaplaifs places, especially Missi bama, Georgta, and Florida have ship- ped large quantities of corn fo the larger markets. mport or Export of Any Commodity Now Requires License. No commodities may to a statement by the War Trld.e Board the military and tonpafe situ- ations have made increasingly appar- ent the necessity of Instituting a com- plete and thoroughgoing comtrol of all exports and imports. Licenses for the export or import of coin, bullion, currency, evidences of| debt or of ownership of property lnd transfers of credit will be issued by the Treasury Department; licanses for all other exports and imports, in- | cluding - merchandise, bunkers; ghips’ supplies, ete, -will be issued by the War Trade Board. War-Savings Stamps Sell at Rate in Excess of Savings Bank Acoumu- Treasury receipts from the sale of war-savings stamps are running at the rate’ of $11,000,000 a week. Sav- ings bagk deposits in the last few years hive been increasing at the rate of $7,000000 a business day. Treasury receipts show the ‘American people are putting their small sayings at the service of the Nation through war-savings stamps at a rate far in excess of prewar-savings bank ac- cumuldtions. securities will be issued. If these are all gold this. year the Treasury will re- ive about $1,680,000 4nd at the end of five years the Government will pay the loan-together with $320,000;- 000 in interest. at Fortress Monroe. A typical daily schedule of the course of training at the recently es- tablished school for army chaplains at Fortrjess Monroe includes military arill, military law, international law, army regulations, military hygiene, or- ganized recreational work and section- kal_conferences. appointed there are now nearil . 600 chaplains in service, and thbis number will gradually . be increased with the passage of expected legislation per- mitting the appointment of one chap- lain for every 1,200 officers and men. Strict Attention Paid to Manufacture and Sale of Shoes in England. In Bngland priority must be given to the manufacture of war-time boots over all but Government work. The boots must be made of classes of leather and to specifications approved by the director of raw materials; the manufacturer must stamp on the up- per his registered number and on the sole the retail price, together with the words twar time.” The following are examples of styles and prices per pair: Mer’s heavy shoes, $4. .39; women's stout shoes, $3.16 to women's first grade glace shoes, sua to $5.96; boys' shoes, §2 up; girls' shoes. $1.87 up. ~Altogether there will be 39 types of wartime boots. ‘The heels of women's shoes are not higher than 1% incnes, but it is understood that war-time shoes represent in all particalars the manufacturers' ideas of what the public desires. Conditions at Hospital Highly Com- mended by Secretary of War. After an inspection trip to a base the hospital, Secretary of War Baker made the following reply to an in- quiry concerning hospital conditions: “With Surg. Gen. Gorgas and Dr. Hornsby I made this morning a per- Sonal i of the entire base hospital at Camp Meade. The hos- pital is very large, fully equipped with scientific gaboratories and facilities, has an edeguate number of trained murses under the (supervision of a skilled superintendent; its medical and surgical staffs are made up of competent men fillled with enthusiasm for tfeir work. The hospital through- out is &fean and well cared for; there was an.abundance of clean linen, a plentiful supply of well-prepared and appetizing food, and every evidence of considerate attention to the patients was manifest. I taiked with a large numbet of the patients, none of whom knew who I ‘was, and found them Ala-| Two billion: dollars of waf- -savings [ Including the large number recently | ; city clerks’ shoes, $4.87 to | . This meant an_cven better showing than children mede during the two weeks previous. MALLETT WENT TO . CAMP DEVENS FRIDAY. — Was One of Sixteen Men Ordered to ° Leave on Wednesday. of the sixteen men rdered to leave which was sent by the local exemption board, left Friday for the camp. He was not treated as a deserter.by the board. His mother, who received the order, did not think it was urgent and kept it until Malleit, who has been warking in the woods, returned to his home. He reported as soon as ke re- ceived tire order, which was not until after the other fifteen men had left the city and had eived at _camp. MaHett's mother remjdes in Mystic, but he has begn staying in Nerwich. LA Gl METHODIST CHURCH ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR District Superintendent G. G. Seriv- ener Presides at Fourth Quarterly Conference. At the meeting of the fourth quar- terly conference %eld in the Trinity Methodist Bpiscopal church Thursday evening officers and committees were - | elected for-the year, Rev. G. G. ener, district superintendent of the Norwich district of the Methodist churches, presided. Reports of the various societies were received, showing good_returns for the year, It was reported that a large amount of money has been cuncrnmted to the various patriotic causes in ad- 8th came the order of closing On the -m”"?..‘.‘f’mmm stamps, ‘was_not only- reached but i nuud The total sales at Br Echool up to Fridhy afternoon amount- ed to $1,027.26. Most of the pupils have thrift cards and many have o savings certificates. ENDORSE T. H. BECKLEY AS -SUPREME Awman.v DELEGATE | Worthy Lecturer of . Whits - Crass Coungil is C-nlldm. At a regular meetlll of White Cross council, No. 13, K. of C., held ¥Friday not { evening, the conndl voted to endorse the candidacy of Thomas H. Beckley v ad-gxm mm Conneeticut to’ the’ e assembly which is' to conyery ln August of this year. THOMAS H, BECKLEY, dition to the distinctively church bene- m“" Tackley u: Gilon Is. very- pleas- volences. . g to his friemds in the council, as A ‘unanimous vote was_extended to | hf &3 @ hard worker for the progress the pastor, Rev. J. H. Newland, to continue his services with the church next year, The following officers and committees were elected: Trustees—Cogtello Lippitt, John C. Morgan, Frank®H. Alien, Jotnathan H. Allen, M. D, Allen S. Barbour, Wil- liam ‘W, Ives, James C, Macpherson, Guy B. Dolbeare, Heman B. Porter. Stewards—Guy B. Dolbeare,: David H. Purvis, John B. Stanton,, Martin V. B. Pierson, Nelson V. Porter, George Parkinson, Ernest M. Newbury, Louis H. Geer, Wilbur E. F. Shaw, Justin Holden, George V. Guard, William Crow, Vernon Hiseox, Bdward Himes, Albert A. Guile, John A. Ferguson, Alba_Hagsirom; com- munion steward, William F. Shaw recording Steward, Guy B. Dolbeare; digtrict steward, Guy B. Dolbeare. ‘ommittees: Home Mission and Church Extension Mrs, W. W. Maynard, John C. Mor- gan, Mrs. B. F. Pendleton, W. F. Shaw, Mrs. E, A, Harwood. Foreijgn Missions—Mrs. _Costello Lippitt, Ernest M. Newbury, Mrs. GGy B. Dolbeare, Miss Marion Swan, Mrs. E. M. Newburily. Sunday Schools—Afpert A. Guile, Miss Gertrude Pendleton, Miss M. Janie -Leach. James C. Macpherson, Mrs, J. C. Morgan. Educatipn—J. B. Stanton, Miss Edith Holden, Miss E. Whitehead, Costello Lippitt. Freedmen’s Aid and Southern Educa- tion—David Purvis, George W. Guard, Frank H. Ailen, Miss Isabel Shearer. Church Records—W. W. Ives, J. B. ton. ‘Auditing Accolmts—Jusfln Holden, i Wilbur E. Baldwi ‘Bstimating Comn\lttee — James C. Macpherson, Costelio Lippitt, John C. Morgan, Guy B, Dolbeare. Church Music Costello Lippitt, Frank H, Allen, Nelson V. Porter, Robert Smith, J. C. Macpherson, Mrs, J. C. Morgan. Benevolent Fund of the Liocal church j—Officers of the Ladies’ Aid Society. i Delegates to the Laymen's Conven- | tion—J. Macpherson, Guy B. Dol- beare; alternates, David Purvis, M. Newbury. Delegate to Willimantic Camp Meeting—Costello Lippitt. . Trier of Appeals—Justin Holden. Parsonage Committee—W. W. o Unclaimed Letters. March 2 is as follows: Mrs., King, Mike McNeilly, if 1 were to_have which required fospital trextment should be perfectly content to be sick in the base hospital at Camp Meade, satisfied that I would recefve the at- long been ipterested in hospitals, and illness Nfla.hle conditions.” The anmul expenditure of United 000. / The War Depa.nmem now permiis ‘Women to q‘na.lg inspeotors of &mall arms, ng to an announce- ment by tie Civil Service Commission. Before the war the Nau- ‘Bureau of Identification had the finger-print records of 300,600 men..In the last year the number has o about 600,000. In taldng the fimger- print record of the Navy recruit the impressions all 10 fingers afe obtained. -out the icountry were substamtially [Pv like the ome we visited this * | Knights of Columbus work, Tves | meeting is composed ang officers of the Ladies’ Aid Society. | Brownins, Marion JRoyce and Helen It was a mqst reassuring visit. I have|fresting and tiny tention necessary and under com-|{enten umbianism and active in all the affairs of the couneil. He is the wor- thy lecturer of the council and during the past year has been at the head of the two most important undertakings that have engaged the attention of the association. Under his leadership the organization. held a most successful bazaar last spring and as chairman of the war fund campaign recently con- ducted by the council his energetic work -contributed largely to the great success that was achicved in that Baldwin, William | 37Ive In addition to his interests in Mr. Beck- ley is active in civic affairs, been a member of the common council and a director in the Chamber of Commerce of Norwich, Inc. Grand Enight John H. Carhey ap- pointed a committee of seven to make arrangements for the annual state convention which 1s to be held in this city in May. He appointed John M. Lee, H. D, Buckley, J. C. Bland. James P. Sheridan, J. Edward Drieco]l, J. H. Desmond and M. -J. Curran. Three applicants w ahd Leix applications for membership were received. LOYAL TEMPERANCE LEGION Memberc Observe - sary of Late Lil hday Anniver- M. N. Stevens. Company C, Loyal Temperance Le- gion, held ‘their regular meeting Iri- day afternoon. March 1 is the late Lilfan M. N. Stevens birthday and they observed the anniversary. Mi Arthur ‘Wyman read a brief gketch of her life ard her picture was shown to_the children They voted to send t paper, The Ya county home, Y. C brary in memory of M Stevens. The superintendent read and ex- plained the new lines of work planned by the national officers, and the fol- gfing committees e appointe okout, Lawrence Browning, Marion Royce, for the West Side, Esther Ot- r national der. to the 4. and Otis E, | tervano, Charles Sage, for the Central district, Jennie Trachtenberz'and An- giline Ramano, for the outside di tricts. The program committee for the next of Lawrence Cuprak. The children ‘were giveri _patriotic hatchets in honor of George Washing- The Hist of unclaimed letters in the|ton, to be used as bookmarks. Norwich postoffice for the week ending | Robert Sage, the president, conduct- ed the meeting. Beulah- Carpenttr Mary Boyanton, Mrs. George Chapman, Alex |gave a very accurate account of the previous meeting, and Helen Cuprak reported nearly $4 in the treasury. A birthday cake decorated with whife lags was served the children in homor of Marion Royce's birtbday. One new.name was added 1{to the roll. The meeting closed. with the Mizpa benediction. Sermons at A.-M.-E. Zion Church. Rey. Edward F. Barrow, pastar of the | the MoKinley Avenue A. M. E. Zion for candy “is approxi- | church, began to observe Lent by hold- increasing mately Sionoon ing a special service-on Ash Wednes-| elected to membership | Sec jgood. 2 5:“?5“ 53%%:; B ever 500, nbox,Gfm":so,tfldduz t all dealers o %fi qn Tecei yts:.f mited, LEGAL NOTICE 'CANTERBURY TAX NOTICE Notice is hereby given to 2Ii persons liable to pay taxes in the Town of Canterbury, on the grand 1ist of 1917, that T have a rate bill with warrant attached for the colleetion of 30 mills on .the dollar, also for the coliection of 3 Personal Tax of 32 on ALL M PERSONS from the age of 21 to 60 years. Said taxes become due March 25,1918 From “the General, Statutés of Con- nectiont, Ses, hen Taxes Be- o e Taxes ety tasornn dget the first day on which the collector thereof according to the terms of the {iotice given bY Wil is ready fo secaive em. 1 will meet the taxpayers as follows: At' Morgan's Store, South Canter- bury, s fonday, March 25th, from 12 m. o ‘At Pabker Postatace, Tuelday March 26th, from 12 m. to 2 p, At Magleod’s store. Wnnnflnster, Wednesday, March 27th, from 12 m. ‘At Town Clerk’s -Office, Canterbury Sreen. cn THureder, Waedh- S5tk trom 11 a. m. to 3 D. On all rouny ‘taxes mot pald on-or before Miy. 1at, 1918, Interest and fes will be added from the time they ‘be- come due. as the law provides. N. B.—AH Personal Taxes must posi. bively be paid.on o 3 lpe! ‘e the first day of May, 1918. erdons failing to comply with thin motice will o dealt Wi socording fo Taw o sueh ceso made and provided. See Chapter 260, 5 Dfixblic Adct 1903an Meat me at above places and save expense. CLINTON E. F Collector. Dated at canterhury Conn,, this 26th day of February, 191! having |2 p. day, fecturinlg on the meaning of temptation in & man's life, Different individuals are leading the Wednasday evening services and much, interest is being 'mam(ested Charles F. Hazzard, employed at the Arcanum club, was the’leader last Wednesday and gave .|an interesting talk on The Joy of Overcoming. 'The _attendance was Mr. Barrow has preached spe- cial sermons -on_ the following sub- jects: TFeb. 10, Jesus' Estimate of Life Feb. 17, A Bit of Absolute Philosopby “If thy right band offend thee, cut,it ;" Teb. 24, How the, Priest and Levite Enrolled Themselves Among Robbers; and will preach March 3 on What Have I To Do With Thee? Accepts Position With Grosvenordale Mill. Charies Olivier, for the past several year second hand of spinning at the B. B. & R Knight Royal mil, Rivér- point, R. L, has resigned and wiil sever his connection with-that firm to- day. He has been appointed oversesr of spinning at‘tHe Grosvenordale mik at Grosvenordale, of which H. Chester Greenlaw, formerly superintendent of the Royal dnd Valley Queen mills, is agent. Moramee Houle, formerly of Moosup, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Olivier at the Royal mill. Memorandum of Decision. - A memorandurh of decision has-been filed in the superior court in the case of Hopedale Manufacturing company vs, the Uncasville' Manufacturing company. ¥ is a memorandum of decision on motions' to strike out and demurrers to defense and counter- claim. Farmer and Taxes. Everybody is urging the farmer to buy a tractor so he can produce more food. If*he buys it, we reward him by his taxes. — Indianapolis Times. A 'Talkvlu Mothers About Croup and Cold Troubles Thel!éwfreatmutm thAIrandM\tl- cepflo Vapors, that ‘Makes Internal “Dosing,” Flannel Jackets, c.. Unnomry. well the = "*;;'r“mm 2 Mmmgml‘unfl? mahernewtyleh Tlm mue&everym Women’s Coats vSmrt Tailored Styles in Women's Skirts. of exce quality Serge.and Poplm——nlao some very-p effects in Plaids and Stripes. A FIRST SHOWING OF New Spring Waists MmynewstylesmflnmmdShmedVodesatSl.zs' ‘NEW AND ATTRACTIVE STYLES IN Children’s Dresses modethhlldrena Dresses -have - Also Children’s Gin::: Dresses with Bloomers, ages(4 . to &m, at $1.50 each. $1.39 Women’s $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 Women’s White White Pique Petticoats at This is an exceptional offering!; Pique Basket Weave and Corded Stripe Petticoats at a very special price. The materials from which:these Petticoats were made were imported before the war— if bought hdaydwywouldmstmu&‘thmwmkfdr the Petticoats, all made. Today — Saturday — while they last, weofl’era&mceofflmlotof?fihp coats at $1.39, actual value $2.00,.$2.50:and$3.00. § (SEE WINDOW DISPLAY) MILLINERY CLEARANCE OF WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN'S DRESS HATS AT In.our Millinery Section today we- ofier.a-déoicerofl, any Women’s or Children’s Dress Hat—no-matter; what former price has been at one.uniform price: % for quick clearance. This includes Pattern Hats " from our own workroom—in fact a choice-ofour entire stock of Winter Hats atsemes ca e o o i 89 BOYS' 29¢c SCHOOL HOSIERY AT 190 OneuuofBoyl 1-1 Black Ribbed School o regu'l;-:‘SbH?sonlybutf al’etiiey‘ quality of 29¢ iery, ar service just as durable as any Hosiery in stock- —Onsalzmd;;: Saturday—at 19c.a pair, regular 29c: value. . e e e st e e SPECIALS FOR BOYS’ CLOTH!NG DEPARTMENT . Boys’ Blouses, 50¢ Boys’ Overcoats, $4.50 Boys’ Blouses, light stripes, slightly | Boys' Winter Overcoats, sizes* 2% soiled, sizes 6 to 16, at B0c each, { to 5, at just half price, regular regular price 75c. $9.00 value at $4.50 each. Boys’ Sweaters, $2.50, Boys’ Overcqats, $7.50 Boys' Coat Sweaters, £00d Welght, | pove ‘Wanter Overcoats, iz sies § to 12—Bpecial price §250, | 1”15 at just half prlce.-r:;u:: Value 33.00. $15.00 value at §7.50. Boys omers, S Women’s Sweaters, $5. 50 Boy® Knickerbocker Trousers, neat mixtures, sizes § to 17, at 98¢ a | Women's 0dd Coat Sweaters— price $5.50, value $7.50.; pair, vlll! $1.25. ~ TODAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY OF g KITCHENWARE St il bk the gk o o G Al S s T ey g Acd oo du o ?&Tmauwmflfl , store closes tonight. .