Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 8, 1918, Page 6

t0 order by Selectman Frederick Boul- ter. Hemry A. Stahle was chosen as chatrman. Town Clerk Elias B. Hinck- ley read the official cail for the meet- ing. Tt was explained that an appro- priation of $5000 for special road-re- pairs was needed in_addition to the ceneral sstimate of $126,511.59 for town mees, and in addition a county tax of l’fll‘(’ making a total of $135,561.59. Selectman Potter «aid tha: thers was no chance for a cut in the estimates and get by. ©On motion by Dr. Jomes H. Weeks it was voted that a tax of 18 mills be lafd to be pavable and collectable. on Apri! 1st, 1918 The petition of thirty-eight residents of Paweatuck for an appropriation ad- equate to take care of the surface wa tar in Williams street. The select- men were appointed a special commit- tee to 1m~p.nn-(a And report at a town meeting to be I Stomngun Paointers. E Younz has taken an appeal from probate court, in accepting the RCC of Elizabeth Colgrove, cona servator of the late John Mason. 'snr at his own reguest, has been a berth at the Stonington home. Jf-N\ S. Hen s recovered from his reaent ilin d resumed his du- ties at the Atwodd plant, Members of Company B. C. H. G, re- celved their state p: TWednestiay ev- ening for t+ military service, Aljce %t Mizpah Class to Mest—Miss Lynton Awaiting Call to France—Liberty Council Mests. Mrs. H S. Foster will entertain the members of the Mizpah class at the Baptist parsonage this (Friday) after- noon. A reunion is‘ being planned. The classe has be2en organized about six years and there are about forty members Mre, in Dovle, who has been ery at her home. Doyle's Crossing, to sit up Awaiting Call. 1 ton is awaiting a 4s a Red Cross | 2 of Canada but| ence hospi- BST and Mr “oogan moved for a few minutes ! i f New Lon= !~ n the ed My cently 2 »f the Groton fox flf orajy tive who ha da Aome in Flor- NOTICES. LEGAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS A1l persoms liabic the Town of Franklin are hersby no- ified that I have a warrant to, levs 1nd coflect a tax of m.da on :he dollar on the Town 1917, sai tax due April ist, 101¢ nterest added after ¥ sonal tax. For the purpose. of taxes I will be at day. April 1, from 19 a. at A R Racd's stors o 20, from 10 a. m. t the Hall on each following o l'2cting said Hall Mo recaived a 5 #om 2 rela- | Forest B. Gors, S. A, -&E'firmum a r t NCAI | t, b B e B T ‘8enator Cutler, of Scituate r‘-n;- od. an -mondm:’n the e-u:htu‘-on of Rhode Island, pro*mng that the judges of the supsrior and supreme dmmmthmwmmwm amendment of the people. Under the the terms would be for fifteen years, US| but the judges would be subject to Grand Pd:.uh Mowry -nmueed the deputy grand patriarchs enry K Whitney, first.! B. Newton, second; third; Charles F. Weth- ; Robert C. Willard, fifth; ; James C. Garfln seventh; Malcoim D. McCunn, eighth. committees of the! grand encampment were announced foliows: James N. Smith, T. Augustus Aukff; Frank W. Mason, tredentials. John J. Kelley, returns. J. B. C. Farnham, Waiter H. Kay, Edward Edgers, finance, Chester F. N J. cl J. Attmore s. Poole, Robert C. Wt!lard, comb, Walter Sylvia, teadman of Westerly, C. Farpham, K. H. Wilson, Walter C, Stackpole, laws of subordi- James Makepeace, printing. Robert C. Reed, Byron K. Fish, Silas E._ Barber, unfinished business. Fred W. Folsom, George E. Arnold, Donald 1. Speare, Herbert A, Pearscn, appeals. Herhert R. Perkins, Busby, Griffith, Jones, Sprague, Robert Allen C, J. Roswell Chase, William ton, John H. Bailey, John Haywthorne, state of the order. William H. Dobson, grand patriarch, o John E. legis] B. Frank the Thomas Rufus retirin in his annual report, recommended the enactment of legis- | "H. Wilson, “Lindsay Anderson; Bowen, J. o. lation. New- Griffin, lation to provide for the keeping in good standing in the order all mem- bers who have or may vice of this couniry the Vot present ed to members Grand Seribe Wilson reported a net war. The enter the ser- or of its allles in .encampment remit the dues of all’'sufh zain of tweive members during the making the total membership For the first time in several \eara there has brem a net increase _the recall p n. The bili wen: to the committee speciai Tegislation. The - house committee re- { ported favoral act authoriz- ing the penal and chmuble commis- sion to Keep in custody, ;t(er the ex- piration of sentence, any mmate un- der its jurisdiction who may have contageous disease. Such person may be held until the danger of spreading the disease is eliminated. The bill has been paseed in the nn’ne. Local’ Laconics. The Thirg District court convenes at Westerly today. Police Sergeant Donald Ferguson has not vet appeared with the chevron of his office. Rev. Miiton 8. Rees, who conducted a_ successful evangelistic campaign in Westerly, is now doing a like work in Albany, N. Y. It is certain that a town system of fire department will not supplant the district system in the town of West- erly this year. Anielio Matarese has purchased the ice house and business of Jerome Hutt. The ice plant is located on:the Brown Pridge road, near the Horace Lewis fa ;fi-, and Mrs. Willlam D. Main an- nounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Priscilla G. Main to Charles R. Moore, of Chicago. Mr. Moore is an electrician in the navy and is now stationed at Philadelphia. Mrs. Ida’S. Harrington of the state food conservation office was a guest iof the College club at the nome of | Mrs. 1. C. Buffum, and she 2ave an address of timely instruction Mrs. Raiph: Briggs rendered vocal ' selec- tions. Rev. E. Adelbert Witter conducted the funeral service of George W: Ken- i von, at his home in Hope Valley. The burial was according to' the Masonic ritual and the bearers were Herbert Lewis, Frank #, Nichols, James C. Wilson. Charles -H. Gardner, Elisha R. Bitgood and Harrs A. Spencer. Mr. Kenyon was born in Hope Valley, in 1840, and was a Civil war veteran. “PERMANENT PEACE” NATIONAL CONVENTION| Approved bv James Bryce in a lLetter to William Howard Taft. he gui i ley are Don't dea, Teagite io romi ne ity by less Monday crder a and tad his saloon comfortably i costa. so far ed to be thiz= par{ pending. It in m H vval of the * + Peace, nde a §=i: was as k of the : of alleged violation of ne first fo James sador owa nationa held in be or snnkeeper of New ! Cenviction. own hars, o to a letter received to- | Dryee. the 178 P} of of the foty Underctanding the Bol sheviki, you love the way | peturned from Rus us that we do not 2' ax | the Bolsheviki and unde then proc every | show that thie ‘Bolsheviki are exactly what we all the time have understood | | the Qomenme‘n We wonder if it wi te pay taxes 'in| permissihle’to hate a little, pi not we m fo be New Y ork Herald Willing to Compromise. agreed | Blade. PIMPLY? WELL, D(]NT Bl bezin to clear after to loathe. shoul res of of SENATE PASSES THE WAR CORPORATION BILL | Sl | Providing a Fund of $4,500,000,000 to Aid War Industry. Washington. March 7.—The adminis- tration bill a war finance corporation w. of $4,500,000,- 000 to aid war indasiry was’passed by the senate late today and now goes -{to_the house. The vote was Harding of Ohio a nois, republi Senators ‘he me: ion to the measure d after us important am had been made in the or lduwing a fortni consideration. Senator Owen of homa. chairman be banking commitiee and a lead- er of the opposition forces, witnhe®i i ould mot ap- commit- a report on in the Sacretary M appoinied “mation v limits d that final I . but it months after peace is de TO CHECK GERMAN A N)\\ Fort Guard fnr Being Organized. Harbor is enlist 1,000 of 18 and fe e known' a: ¢ ‘the harbor the nentral ships, sup- B and he duration of 1t men of t obtain ceriificates from national |NEWS Pfl‘hn INQLIPY MAY | Before a Peace Fix ¢ Agreement Can Be Reached. Washington, March 7. Prediction jthat the Federal Trade Commission’s jnews print inquiry will continue to May 1 before a price fixing agreement an be reached was made tonight by NOTICE TO UR: you have taken the | Henry Wise, counsel for the manu- AT A GourT o1 tzbiets a few nights, facturers, who said the commission in Cleansethe blocd,the bowelsand theliver | cstablishing prices must take into con- . with Dr. Edwards’ Olive ableta,fimguc. ideration production costs for the eesdulsr.htmuferulamd, Fsnever | Prosenit month. ;‘;’,‘; TA‘;‘T‘ ke o ckness or pain ective e mgtdm'“; omlfler hkmsa:hm Witnesses examineg today on pro- 5 - which calomnel does, and just as duction costs were Sir. Wiiliam Price, cite the creditors . s efiecflvely, a Quebec mill owner and pulpwood ceased. to bring. in - bt their tion is gentle and safe instead | operator, and W. M. Biermans, general agalnst said estate within . six: Of severe and irfitating. manager of the Belgo-Canadian Pa- Sty posting a no- | No one who takes Olive Tablets is |per Company. of thie order. on (e Siennost neapee; | EVCT cursed with “a dark brown taste” | The manufacturers will be heard he place ‘where said deceased last| @ bad breath, a dull, listless, “no good” |2sain tomorrow. dwd'. and in the same Town, and by | feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad = T publishi the zame once in a nowe- fion or pimply face. Italian Patriotism. paper having a circujation in said Dis- d ds’ Oli Tablets n % 3. d trict, and_make Lflum tortgg %nnarg T. wards ve _are u::lkfi:b«;zfi::trg;t::l‘ :;Ie dei:dm- NELSO? . vegetable compound mixed s ging The above and,foregoing is a‘lerue with oil; you will know them | the secondary trenches while their % of "“m 5 o8 by their olive color. | husbands and sons defend the front H Esc"g‘:;k Dr. Edwards spent ;ones Knit for them, O you American e tients afficied With Uver and Bopel | K20 Cross members: they have no time 1 creditors of sald. de- and Olive for such easy mn—umym Com- eased are hereby notified to pressnt | COmplaints, z Tablets are the mercial-Appeal ‘heir &laims nst ?ca‘l‘a E:n"n'f Lo:the immiensely effective result. t‘hc‘ time W in the above and Tore- uhflm& héfi oth‘llg -:mfl:“ ”‘Cl;‘:umw :?‘f:flm:; . 100 and by ot e e o S ok jor J ¢ ndo av- onmue by a social gathering to which fifty were invited. A chicken-pie din- 0stess, assisted mgmu were Club Eincts Officers. The W. I T. club of 85 Jeasie F. Hyde's Sunday achool ‘class held a business and social mesting at her ‘home on Wuhin:ton street Tuesday svening. The business of the vear was and these officers alected: ‘Walter Durr, president; Robert Wh: chester, vice president: Marcus 3 socretary apd treasurer, I. Hzroid Bl from the Y. M. C. A, gave an informal talk and there were zames and the serving of refreshments . Move From Thamesvill Mr, and Mrs. Bullman and Mrs. Bull- man's sister have moved from Thamesville ' to the (cottage on Town street formerly oeccupied by Mr. and Mrs. BEdwin C. Gay e Scouts Meet. A meeting of Bav Scouts, Trooo No 5, .was held Tuesday evening in the First Comgregational chapel, with an attendance of eleven. i I Mr, and Mrs. Philo H. .Hume of Chester. Pennsy!vania, are visiting Mr, and Mrs. James McKse, of Bliss. Mr. and Mrs, Albert Thorp' of Hall- ville spent Sunday at Mr. Thorp's former ‘home orf Startevant street. Charles Rogers of Wauwecus street and Edward'Snow of Sturtevant street, soldiers from Fort Wright, were at Stories of Activities and Conditions T on the Battl Food and Fuel Supplies Are Shert in Many European Countries. A Swiss commercial paper states that there is a great shortage in coal of all kinds, an insufficient supply of wood for fuel, and,smail reserves in oiis agd grease throughout Switzeriand. Fresh oges have disappeared from the market. Dry vegetables are becoming more. scarce. A project to manufacture flour frora potatoes had to be abardoned because sufficient supplies of potatoes «ould not be secured. In Holland coal and coke prices have een advanced. In American, terms the mavimum price for anthracite “ie about $22 a ton: coke, $10 a ton: coal 2 5 a ton. Distribution si gulated by cards. in speci- fied quantities. The ‘amount allowed. wcially to residences, ‘is much v than in peace times. New Irench food regulations forbid | eating houses to serve or consume fresh or packed butter otherwise thar in the preparation of food. Curdied our mi prohibited as well as jcream and ceified kinds of cheese. The ‘making of pastries. biscuits, and confectionery is prohibited. Only not PLOTTERS IN NEW YORK{ of tar “ruits will do guard | exe’ | Department lining cars, canteens, and railroad re- ireshment stations mayv .fresh or con- densed milk or cream be’ servad after 9. in the morning, by itself or mixed with coffes, tea, or other preparation. No solid foods may be served hatweern 9 and. 1! in the morning and betweer 20 and 3:30 in the evening. When the price of a med] exceeds $1.20 the more n two dishes with or without vege- les, or more than one. small 'oaf of Ord nary bread. The bread is iimited to about 3% ounces. All grain which may be used for making bread is reserved for human food. cusiomer may be served with not th of Agriculture Reports Increased Consumption of Sucar. The amount of. surar comsumed in 1917 in the iwrl States. was about 88.2 capita d the Departme A:.—-cuh'ne The average annu sumption for the five-year period .cnd- ine in 1216 was 84.7 pounds per eanita There werg about 1.500,000,000 pounds of commercial stocks of sugar on hand ds on (he same. date in 1015 orted “the largest e performed |1 CONTINLE TILL MAY 1| jon.a series of conferences cove:in and ollowed in order by California Louisiana i Production of Rifld and Ammunition |~ Meets All Reguirements. ction program expended or has ‘ob’ { { 0.600 men een rrzaged manufacture of rif Two Government lants =n’] three privately owne zed in making Vflri d one wm and in Eurape ars in. azres he United States is hefny th two of the best three s in the world H-du"!lon of Fuel Used by Manufac- | turers is Plan of Admi The Fuel Administration i industries which use large uudnridps' of fuel, with a view to learmng the requirements of each line during I'HV The industries themselves are a leading part in these 5 The aim of the Fuel Administration is o arrive at a percentage of production which, under the circumstancees, will be satisfactory to-the manufacturers and their workmen, but which will not represent a consumption of fuel for the. manufacturer of suppiies not needed during the current vear. - The order which has been issued limiting the use of fuel for the pro- Auction of window glass to 50 per cent. of the amount manufaciured in 1917 is the result of one of these conferences. A survey of the field indicate.! that while not more than 5,000,000 Loxes of window glass would be used in 1818, competitive conditions were likely to result in an overmanufacture of at least 2,000,000 boxes. ¥ iz thought this system of limita- towether with large economy in the methods of using fuel, that the 1 Fuel Administration experts to supple- ment the production of coal this year. It is hoped, as the railrcads strengthen their facilities, that it will be po.sible to mine and transport a larger quan gmmmmmt buruis consumption that m répetition of this yqu-'- shm ometa( to be WAR NEWS DIGEST v <l‘(n\ that :’_ these methods of reducing | ¥ sialp iy e through a nna imlp gets in, then !\Ih huon w‘m“mp fresh for mon .Every woman knows that ':hxice is md ns Dbleach and remove.such hlemish: sallowness, freckles and tan and u tko ideal - lk!n softener, - smoothener ' and beautifies Just: try it! Get threc ounees ' of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons {rom the grocer and make up a ‘quarter plm of this 1 lemon; lotion and massage it daily. lm.o the face, nsl:k arms and hands. -should help < to nen nruhm. ‘bleach and bring out th! roses and beauty of any sk: Tt iis wonderfnl to mmonun rough, red | hands. ————-——-—_-._s—_. their- homes a few days the first or Lhe week. Miss Mary Ryan of West street is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jere- migh Fields in Fast Orange, N. J. Miss Katherine Taylor of Wauwecus Hill has been spending a few dayvs with her sister, M\-u Harry lxlmer on cufr street. At Scotland Road hall gundu.y aft- ernoon there will be a Christian Fn- deavor service and a session of the Sunday school. * Miss Lucy T. Chapman from East Lyme was the guest a day or two this week of Mrs. William MacConnell, at her home on Bliss place. ‘hroughout the United States and e Fronts, Men at ‘All Camps Receive Instruction = In Gas, Defense. At each cantonment in the iTnited States- a_ school has been established where every officer amd man réceives instruction in gas defense. The Ameri- can gas mask, sinilar to the British, is as mechanically perfect as the best experts have been able to prodice. Town £ The face piece, with.glass or cofiuloié eyepieces. is connected by a Sexibie tube with a canister carried in 2 knap- sack. The incoming breath comes through the canister, which 1s filled with several layers of chemicals which neutralize or render harmless ‘he gas- iaden air. Outzoing breath passes outside the face piece through a zmall valve. The student in gas defense soon learns to get his mask on in 2 aurry. six seconds being the strndard time when the knapsack eontaining the mask is hanging,at his chest in the “alert” position. - After intensive training a gas attack is arranged. The class is put in trenches, and without warning, clouds of smoke and chiorine are liber- ated by the instructors. masks are hurridly put on, a'arms sounded and sleeping. men in dugouts aroused When the aitack ceases the irenches are cleared of gas, the airis tested, and permission is given to remove masks Airplane Motors Tested In “Altitude Room” at- Washington When the first Liberty motor - was ready to be tested it” was. takew to Pike’s Peak ‘that it might be stuMed while running under atmospheri: con- ditions obtfainineg "at, high alitudes. This diffienliv of bringing the motor 40 the Department of Commeree Bureaa of Standards at Washington by bring- ing the mowrtain to the motor. Airpiane motors are now tested at the Bureau of Standards in a la)ératory where various conditions correstonding to high altitpdes and low temperatures are secured The engine is placed in in ight concrete room. nprovided among other thinzs with refrigerator and a large pump to reduce the sure of l.he 2ir. By use of 'thiz motors mav be observed conditions to those 2t different aititudes. which m t other- wisa. he done rm.\ by actual airplane flights. Gen: Perishing Wants ‘Nine Pair of Shoes a Year for France. Fershing has ir Men Serving 99.6 % is a figure that no vehlcle of the day has surpassed. It is based on what the 6600 Max- well trucks have done. Think what it means—6600 trucks all identically alike (except the bodies) , travelling over every known kind of road in and about 500 c1t1es, used in every climate where the American flag . flies, every altitude, and driven by 6600. B different drivers—who-have 6600 dx{-- 5 ferent ideas on how to drive a truck. And yet of all this number the serv- ice records show 99.6% perfect. ' | Quantity production has brought the price down within the reach .of every-" one—$400 less than any other truck of similar capacity in the world. $1085, chassis only, f. 0. b. Detroit. Elec- tric lights. Electric generator. Worm dnve. 10-foot loadmg space. 2500 pounds.. The Frisbie McCormick Co. 52 SHETUCKET ST. PHONE 212 | /\h.l‘\aan Yo & & 4 4 < Pl waich is approx of shoes per n of the ac used to b; in Frarce. ulated. the r\nanntl(: per W‘]‘ b" rrr{w‘“d man l i and dus on out- 2,000 field shoes | hing whoes. 1t will] ecure more * than 8es dring the yer be nec miliior ‘| With Hundreds of Men ‘Learning to MePL Fly Accidents Are Few. Records of thee W: DN)M tment | A ev—xanon fl”’d- i this country have be'-n 71;10 d 29 cadets Iflled ° izkte in’ unauthor! Ifldl ground :accidents. | training began. .in . the| ttates, student aviator have considerably more then FHundreds . of -hitherio Tnited { flown mile: pe flv. Their early flights are under the guidance of, instructors, and prior -to these flights two or more.months are <nent in preliminary ground work. comes a time, however, when 3 machife up alone, and every precaufion has heen taken to reduee th* number of accidents and safeguard the aviator in his solo flights. * Plans of the American Library Asso- ciation include the eshbhshment of hook and library service ir' Army and Navy hospitals in America and France, Exports of corn to Canada for feed- ing and manufacturing purposes have been "!imited to those varieties and grades which are not suitable for seed Lurposes. Divisional athletic directors who haye received comm! will accompany their contingerits to !\'uwe according to ‘the War Department Commission on 'Training Camp Activities. Eoxing 1nstm¢lou~wifl not be laut with ‘the this side. The Gov!fnm h ho-day the 2 est embwu and in the last year the number has reased to 600,000. In one steel men: and one railroad W 82 enced men have been learning to)l !tian has been temporarily. - | diplomatic representation, parti®larly the weekly newspaper beijg publmhedlhona tzqumkg adjpsfment .befors troops, under | there -ean’ be an agreement .between the direction of ‘the inteiligence”section | the two: gove: s for a fréeer ex- Practically the entire paper is devoted | change of foogufls and other) com- to Americafl news, incliding a- daily | modities which' Mexico needs. radfo repor: of about, 1,400 words| The new tmx-is levied against land supplied by the Commitiec on Public |owners who operate their own prop- nformation to the - French - Govetn- | erties and upon all rentals or leases and royalties paid by- those developing the land. Upon leases amounting io five pesos a year per hectare—approx- imately two-and one-half acres—the tax is 10 per leases from . five pesos to ten pet per ‘vear, 20 per cent., and leases exceeding ten pesos & year, 50 per cent. Most leases are made on ‘a rental and a royalty basis and-in.addition to the tax on rentals 50 per ceni. of all royalties must be - paid, either in money or oil, as the department of finance may ‘determine. - Heavier also are'imposed on the land owners. A new puhlication issued® by | the d Quuee Hna‘th Seryice is the " Prevention of Disease with a supple- ment on first-aid work." The book has 200 illusirations, and covers -sabjects relating_ to. diseage_ prevendion, _care jand treatment of sick persoms, and emergoncy mepisures in the treatment of accidental injuries. In an announcemen: by the ‘Food Adminisiration the cause- for .advance ice. prices is atiyibuted to the fact that mokt rice mills haye been running to full capacity in order to supply the demand for 1,000,000 bags for Americar and allied fighting forces. - As.a resuk the normal supply for home consump- reduced. NAVAL DRY ZONE ORDER EFFECTIVE NEXT MDNDAY Unless Othcnmu Ordered by Secre- tary Daniele—Liquor Dealers Ask Delay. g Washington. Mar. 7.—In ‘announcing today that the order creating five mile dry zonmes around the naval academy and seven naval training posist would effective next Monday, Mareh 11, unless otherwise ordered, Secre- tary D said he had taken under advisement urgent requests liquor interests at several of the p’hou affected that they be. given Zukiler time to move out of the zones. Lower prices are forecasted. MEXICO IS REQUESTED TO DELAY OIL TAX INCREASE. Both American and English Operators an. Protested. i S o ‘Washington. - March 7.—Mexico has been requasted by the American gov- ernment o delay enforcement of and reconsider its decree of last Feb. 22 imposing heavier taxes on oil pro- ducers and cancelling oil leases made stnce April 30, 19170 ‘Both Americin and English operators in the Mexican fields: have protested that the new tax virtually is confiscatory. As a large part of the oil supply for the British. naval forces comes from Mexica, any interruption of the output would be -a geriotis obstacle in the conduct of the war against the cen- tral ‘powers. Consequently, both the Unlted States and - Great Britain ‘re- _|gard .the new :decree as a:subject for HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF - THE WINTER IN BOSTON. More ‘Than 54 lmhu—fompeman . Dropped 30 Degrees. - Boston, March,7 he. storm whieh hit this city before daybreaw today and’ continued untjl late in the mg‘ noon left neariy as much snow as fell 5. hmh‘ the h.viut of - A es, K thtor The snow was light a fll‘ pae to trans in view "of the report that Mexican officials are determined to Momg it immediately. mbassador, Fleu:her 2t Mexico qu: