Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 6, 1918, Page 5

A Home Care Giren by One Who Had I In the spring of 18393 1 was at- by Muscular and Inflamma- tory Rheumatism. I suffered as only those who have It know, for over fhree years. 1 tried remedy after ‘remedy, and doctor after doctor, but such reliet as I received was only d a rem- want every sufferez from any form of rheumatic trouble to send a cent; simpiv d &ddresn and 1 w B Atter Jou have used jt o 1t nas proven lisel to be that Tong. Iooked for means of Curing ¥ Rhenmatism, you may send the orice déllar, but understand, 1 nt your money st !ttly‘s:(mflod to eeml u Ten't We advertise exzetly ne it 1s STYLE with a dash toit, color that holds the attention, quality throvghand through GUYER HATS have al! thes~ attractions ané cach share toward affording conplete 2dds its Marphy & MeGarry 207 Main Street PLANTING TIME | Order your trees and shrubs, alse] vegetable plants from Maplewood Nursery Co. T. H. PEABODY CUMMINGS & RING Faneral Directors and Embalmers 322 Main Street Chamber of Commerce Building Phone 238.2 Lady Assistant Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER Ril String Instruments repaited Vielins sold on easy terms For appointments address B E. BULLARD, Eiiss Placa, Nare Lonn. Can You Imagme anyt re refreshing and healin- ! than DUNN'S TOOTH POWDER. It's a powd, preserves the teeth, destro; germs and ens the breath. T Dunn's Pharmacy DUNN'S PHARMACY 50 MAIN STREET DR. F. C. JACXSON DR. D. J. COYLE DENTISTS 203 Main St., Norwich, Ct. Office Hours: 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Telephone DR.R.J.COLLINS DENTIST. 148 Main Strest, Norwich, Conn Phone 1178 Allfli‘llhofl.ldflitodly A.nnl sary day., i ‘Light vehicle lunx- at '141 o'clock this evening. Frogs and turtles hflm been noueMl in the ponds for several days. 2 Men, hear Rev. J. W. Areson at Y. M. C.'A., Sunday, 3.30.—adv. = The frst white violets were picked #iin a Charch street garden Friday. | Bmplovment agencies are Being be- juieged for farm help, bon. men and { woraen. l Some of the first fragrant and dainty arbutus has been brought to town from Gales Ferry. be repeated by some of the choirs at tomorrow's services. The census of the Norwich state hospital for the insane Friday showed a total of 1,232 patients. o Owing to the Passover holidays tbll week the attendance has fallen off in some of the echool grades. Y The sum of $310 has been raised in Mystic toward the fund for Italians who are suffering because of the. war. Men, hear Swahn's orchestra at Y. M. C. A, Sunday, at 3.30 p. m.—adv. One more meeting for the season is to be held by the English class at Pogquetanuck taught by Rev. L. C. Sherburne. The special car Naugatuck, with New Haven railroad officials, is on a tour of inspection along the company’s lines in the state. Strollers about the woode and flelds today and Sunday are being admon- ished to exercise caution in the matter of eetting grass fires. The Yarn Shop will show a full line of silver yarns today.—adv. b The Norwich Red Cross has been rotified that owing to limited shipping conditions it will ba impossible to re- ceive any more afghans. Several of the officers stationed at the submarine base have come to Nor- wich to live, some boarding. others leasing houses for their famities. The Dime Savings Bank will be open Saturdays, beginning today, until 3 o'clock, during the Liberty loan cam- paign.—adv. In a box of 186 articles sent this week to the Red Cross supply station, 75 pairs of socks splendidly knitted by patriotic Norwich women won admira- tion. Dealers say their sales of rice have |greatly increased of late, for use in ead making and in other ways tc jaccord with the wheat flour restric- tions. A former Norwich resident, Wiliam A. Collins, of Bridgeport, has been {granted a patent on a clever device for H g the water of condensation vlinders. from Clergymen in a number of places will preach patriotic anniversary ser- {mons tomorrow in commemoration of {the count entrance inv.o the world | war a year ago. are being warned against carly, forthe expérience r has proved great temperature possible in & n certers and run- s, also baby dresses Woman's Fxchange. for- sweaters, furnished army_the month included Colchester, East . Hebron. Mansfleld Lyme, and | The Sons of Veterans' auxiliary members at Meriden are preparing a | Veterans’ state encampment which is to be held in that eity April 17 and 18. A package of finely finished work |was returned to the Norwich Red oss room Friday by the Fitchville Work was taken out by the | commemoration of the period during |which the body of the Saviour re- maired in the tomb before His resur- irection will begin in St. Patrick's {church tomorrow. The April meeting of the Foreign | Missionary society of Park church wae held in the parlors'of the Hugh Henry Osgood Memorial parish house Friday afterncon, the president, Mrs. Henry T. Arnold, presiding. The gubject con- sidered was Africa. During Aprfl the planet Saturn is about 15 degrees west of Reguins, the |first magnitude star of Leo, with Mars "flmut the same distance east of Re- making a striking stellar com- | i Saturn remains in view un- til 2 a. m. on the 15th. Just six years ago on Easter Mon-; iqnv which 12 fell on April Sth, | raham lcity he has won an important place old at!as an able and affable clergyman. A set of brass candlesticks in mem- ory of Rev. Herbert Lincoln Mitchell, a former rector of Grace cburck, Yan. tic, drewned while endesvoring to save |1ffe in the scund some pears ago. has iheen presented ™. Mark's church. ! Mystic, by Suffragan Bishep Acheson. CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB ! Accomplishes Much Vaiusble Work ;’ For Red Cross During Lent. { At 2 meeting of the Catholic Woman's | club. Mrs. Frank T% Syivia, president, {beld Thursday afternoon at the Haile fclub, it was voted to meet hereafter for werk each Monday afternoop, at buding Besides this more sewing is to_be done. During the seven weeks of Lent, the members who gathereed at the Haile club every ‘Thursday afternoon com- pleted for the Red Cross hospital sup- plies, five suits of underclothing, sev- en pairs_of trousers, five hospital coais: 75 bandages; twenty pillows and ten sets of 4 Quarterly Branch Meeting. A number from here will attend the quarterly meeting of the Eastern Con- necticut branch of the Woman's of Missions which will be' held with Lha Con, ch Wi 7 |cent guests of T. S..Day.; { 1 | Portions of the Faster .music will *|returned to their home on Broadway | flag drill to be put on at the Sons of | the Red Cross room in the Thayer [E—— ¢ Frank Turner of anlevm. is now employed in Norwich. - - k J. D. Haviland nflg&nfinfl £ heen a Westerly business caller. “ ‘Edward Ashcraft, Willlam. Lofig and F. C. Davis of Cheste ,V@N Te- ixwy Edward A. Prentice of Norwich was in Stonington borough Wednesday in the interests of tho sjate Y. M C. . Mr. and. Mrs. Abner P Mystic are entertaining Mr. P sister, Miss Eva Partris wich. Mrs, George Robbins and Eimer Rob- bins of Oneco visited: early in the week with Miss Helen Robbins -at Lord's Point. Mrs, George Hill and sons, Ray and Noel of Norwich, have been guests-of Mrs. Hill's danghter, Mrs. Elnora Ru- sich of North Stonington. Clinton C. Eldredge, who for years has been in business in Norwich, has moved to New London and, will assist Charles H. Baldwind, a former Nor- wich resident, in the latter's business there, Nor- spending the Haster vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B, Oat, has returned to New York where she is ‘a student at the -Columbia Uni- versity. Rev. B. S. Worcester and family left. Friday for Vermont to spend . three weeks with - friends. . From Vermogt Rev. Mr. Warcester will leave with his family for Madison, Wis., where hee will take up his new ‘pastorate. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Libby; who have from a visit to Atlantic.City, leave to- day. for Pine Grove Camp. Niantic, to superintend extensive repairs-on their cottage. Mr. ang Mrs, Ashley T. Boon motored down with them as their guests. FREED FROM HUSBAND WHO DESERTED HER Ilna Johnston Lewis Given Divorcé in Superior Court. Judge Gardiner Greene granted four divorces in the superior court in New London Friday. Florence E. Penniman of Groton was zranted a decree.of divorce from Henry E. Penniman of Bridgeport on the grounds of cruelty amd habitual intemperance. between January 1. 1914, and the date of the complaint They were married September 22, The defendant was ordered to a week for the support of a child, of which the mother was given the custody. Ina Johnston Lewis of Norwich was granted a divorce from - Benjamin I Lewis of Pittsburg on the grounds of desertion. They were married October 23, 1905, and the desertion is alleged to_have taken place October 21, 1912. Elizabeth M. Chapel of Salem was anted a divorce from Samuel Chapel of Mortville on the grounds of intol- erable cruelty. They were married in Westerly, - August 1, 1903 and the cruclty began about a year after their marriage. Clara Robert Sebastian of Mystic was granted a divorce from Everett Sebastian on the grounds of deser- tion. They were married January 15 1909, and her husband deserted her September, 1914. She said he left her to go to New York to get work and she ‘has not seen him since, The short calendar matters were dis- posed of as follows: Donahue v Marsh, et al, argument of demurrer and motion of defendant Cady went off the list. Mercer, re- ceiver, v Brockett, disclosure of de- fense ‘or judgment went off the list. Donahue v Marsh, et that recei er for H. R. Douglas, be made a party defendant was granted. Mer- ritt v Buddington, {hat default be re- opened and case reinsiated on the docket went off the 1 Cotlins v Loyal Protective Insurance C- tract ordered filed nie Clark Tlahan v mony pendente lite Becker v Sanders, mortgage was post Davis v Nell'e C. D: defend went off the li: Leeds v Georze W. order that case be p! ed list went off the ceiver v Brockett, motion that de- fault he opened, and derendant be per- mitted to file a_pleading went off_the list. Charles Killars v Elsa B. Kil- lars, non-suit for failure & compiy with ovder of court went off the list. Eurick v Sandell. answer in one week by consent. Denison, et al. v Keating, pleading ordered in three weeks. Arm- strong, et al. v Moran. et al,, pleadings ordered in three weelks. TUncontested Divorces: erts Sebastian v Everett Sebastian. Judge took the papers. Florence E. jPennimar v Henry E. Penniman, granted on grounds of cruelty and in- avid Plahan, ali- was postponed. foreclos: of oned; Fennie allowance to Florence L Leeds, answer or on_uncontes! st. Mercer, re- Clara Rob- temperance. Ina Johnson Iewis v Benjamin F. Lew granted on grounds of desertion. Bdward O Durfee v Rosie M. Durfee, second order of rotice granted. Elizabeth” M. Chapel v Samuel Chapel, judgment on 3s of cruely, change of name no arguments made. GOT SPILES iN NORWlICH r Half Century Ago for Wharf on Cape Cod. Tn storiee about spring 0ld New neiand folks in the Boston Post aps rs the following of local interest. ng ovar the fish guestion with Inre of the spry ol Fngiand men, Cagtain Ben Childe, 1 remarked: | “You never expected to live to see floundere bring 320 a barrel in Hyan- | nis ” “No, never: and T n-v-r expected tc Hal? It Then they 2nd rum a Goreinted to bufla & whart| ine of stsamers to’ Nan- | T fetched 750 spiles from with the iate Simeon Chilgs us ang Edward Childs, then but 12 years old, as cook.” Captain Benjamin Childs was born in Centerville, Act. 18, 1824, son of Jacob and Clarissa (Fish) Childs. At 11 he began coasting from Centerville Beach, and continued for 21 years, them spent 18 vears as chef in Marston’s restaurant in Boston: rassing his late years in Centervilk On January 18 he and Mrs. Childs possed their 724 wedding anniversary, which should entitle them to top off the “Spry Old New Englanders’ column. ISABELLE P. HOLWAY Box 38 Centerville. John D. McWilliams Enlists. Another of Norwich’s boys has enlisted Miss Geraldine Oat.who has been |ies _ |President Wilson Appreciates Their ‘Toast to the Biue " “Are you - nnpm& to bug‘flut ’eny;bana of y.he third ness ln men, sh\)- it ‘means . preparedness need. of ‘our nnmment" %o b "“umnffi‘ s, 2h to buy onds, fi ready money to mvvdde i “over there.” . .Many. of Nerwic young men have answered. the fll{aol som liverty and- justice 5 road to recovery ‘and it may hive been the| result of a Liberty bond. pure] pnifig l&’ a Norwich citlz'znbfllut Jite. Are you going to help save m Ly who are fighting for home and all they hold dear? The local committee haye ornnfl-a in such a way for this practically every person. in cha city will "be reached ,by. some’,member of the committee. before the- campalgn closes. On Friday afternoon, on_the eve of the great drive, Chatrman C. R Butts said: It is imperative that evéry berson in the city should.realize that one early subscription may mean more |of Liberty than two subscriptions on thé'last day | ambuiance, o of the on the first yday, his bring in_many whi Early subscriptions are what we wan! supply- “orses and what we are going to get. taifo every assurance that this city will!go $1. over the top with even .more omor | ave $1,000~ bonds ‘w than in the two.previous drives. truek, dtive. If'a person swbscribes example ~ may other subscriptions, h it would not do on the last da: I has Robert H. Fisk, sent out by the fed- in the city as he was during the last drive and will do all in his power to aid the local committee.. On Friday rounding towns and reported . that: he found the chairmen in those places en- thusiastic ‘and planning for an -inten- sive campaign. He said that the peo. ple were putting forth even more;ea- ergy than they had in the - other drives, Mr. Fisk adds his assurance to that of Mr. Buits in saying that -Nor- wich will not fall short in the presentan drive. The method of securing subscrip- tions is to be done by classes; that is, one committee and several. sub-com- mittees will tike charge of the' fra- ternal organizations, another' the pro- fessional . cireles . such. as physicians, lawyers and clergy, while, anotlier will have charge of the religicus end, and 50 on until every person is inciuded in one class or another. The ments on the bonds will be much the same as in the las tloan.” There will be the government plan, which consti- tutes four payments;’ the bank pian. which is the most lenient,” having 24 payments, one each week. - : The various manufacturing ‘ estab- lishments and business houses are ex- pected to buy for those of their em- ployes who desire to purchase bonds on the instaliment plan, The Boy Scouts will also devote tieir efforts to the work and will have: week aseignéd to them in Wwhich they will make an cxtemsive canvass. to reach any who may have ‘been over- looked. Tt may be of ‘interest to local people: to know that during every month.over $1,000,000 is paid out in wages among the manufacturing establishments.’in LOCAL THEATRES THANKED FOR CO-OPERATION. Aid in Four Minute Men Movement, The Four Minute Men of 'Norwich have completed another week ser- vice in the interests of democracy and liberty. This week they have beén reading to the audiences in - ihs three, local theatres, Breed, ‘Auditorium afid Davis, a letter which President 'Wood- row Wilson sent to National Four Minute Men Director Blair‘of the bu- |" reau of public information, thanking Mr. Blair, his for their valuable services, and the owners and managers of the * 16,000 theatres throughout the country who are'co-operating in the movement by allowing the Four Minute Men to.ap- pear before their audiences-each: week. A copy of this letter has ‘been sent.to each of the. 25,000: Four Minute Men throughout the entire country, Thursday evening ‘ Herman" Alofsin, 2d, spoke at the Auditorjum theatre, and on Friday evening <Charles 'L, Stewart brought the president’s mes- sage of appreciation to the Breed the- atre and Mayor Allyn L. Brown, chair- man of the local Four Mmute Men, publicly ' thanked the Davis theatrs management. CHILDREN OBSERVE U. S. WAR ANNIVERSARY. Patriotic Program Carried Out’at’ Mt. Pleasant Street Schoof. A special program ' in commemera- tion of the day the United States, en- tered the war (April 6, 1917,) was giv- en Friday morning by the seventh and eighth grades of the -Mt. Pléasant street school. A period was devoted to a discus- sion as to what the United Stafes had done during the year. ‘The following program ,was enthusi- astically carried out: Music, The Star Spangled Banner, school; - recitatf un, grade America the Beautiful, school; M& ;| Quotations, grade $; music; Tramp, Tramp, schook; recflation and the Gmy, music, Columbia the Geém “of | The Civic Creed, {school; jthe Ocean, school; recitation, " We Are | Americans, The. and Stripes Forever, scheol:" Salute -fo the Flag, school; NORWICH BOY BEGINS e, MERCHANT MARHNE TRAINING Robert J. Applebey Assigned to Train- ing sm_p in Bosten. (Special ‘to The Bulletin) . Boston, April 5.—Rabert J.-Apples by, 135 Cliff street, Norwich, Conn, Pae enrolled o & United Bfatie. Ship- ping Board Merchant Marine training ship kere, and at once began‘active fraining, for. o Dlaee i o ‘ot Uncle Sam’s new cargo shi in_the service of Uncle Sam. He is John D. McWilliams, son of John Mc- Williams of Prospect street, Mr. Mc- Williams has been a member of the firm of of Peck, McWilliams Co. for a number of years and goes from that concern to the engineering corps of the i.!'my Mr. McWilllams enlisted at cum, but has been transferred hu lh‘ A&'d Aivision of Engineers. Before his departura. Mr. McWill- L\m:- ‘was'préesented with a‘wrist watch nmmhera of the firm of Peck, )(cwn The Shipping Board is recelvln: many applications *ds Mi’r “for ' enrol: ment for Merchant ne: wnxn; but only American . - p tween 21 and. 30. are &nx acce] Upon_adeeptance these men mw;‘- empted, from - military duty. mun the government. th that mymneedaduhadlyan tM ships as they .are . in’ While in’ training ' the. men per month um pay. Mr. Fisk visited several of the sur- | music, America, 7 * |and T e 1 4 in earners ol it of le:fl‘; bonas*ir wd by ‘the government o ‘their enkplm and by their ers"baid back tothen t & re- turne on'our money: inckcr than that? u‘l‘h e m E or uem Ahm bnrnfl'fl bwyszxuu-o{ tivig i for ‘a base hos- pital, or furnish for a rifle com- pany; or one rokitchen. One '.houmdm undred dollars ‘bonds ‘will buy_a.metor - g miotor car for 'a’ mna chine gun battalion. will buy a motor Two $1,600 trook; three 31,000 "bonds will ‘buy rifles’ for ‘a «fisld" artilery: battery. or tor«c feld. signal’ bat- wift bu: Mr- 000 or equip. a riffe’ con; motor; P ‘:oiuuon LY Ten t.hom Gonln of. bomhvwm folly equip three hospital wards.of beds each, with.all linen, clothing.and other . necesearies, ‘or ‘buy . six-large. wholesale sterilizing . outfits, or _stx ‘motor ambulances. % It you can't buy a $1000 bond,: do npt say. you:won't buy any, for every 3»0 bond will do its share of work, |bad, 7 MR Sl peone 08 field. the kalser, will ‘hlvt t flght, Tet us show him that every"pel person.in Nor- wich against’ him‘and 'hig flvndhh aims. - Let-our motto for: this drive Buy today—dor’t . wait " fdr - me,ne else to ‘lead the wag. -Let..us -all_be leaders. OHUROH CASE '18° OON‘I'!N p TO MONDAY Defandants Making Injunction Preventing cAfter an allday hearing. thy périor: court,: the ‘case -entitled Henry D.. Johnson; Heuvy F. ‘Palmer and Jobn Troland, jand nthm 2]} ;members. of | the Second Co‘ls_filfiqnll ‘ehurch.- vs. Joseph D, Havilaed, Nathan A, Gibbs. 'Dwight - L. ‘Allen, ‘¥rank A. Bill, 3l members of the Second Congregational church, ‘was adjourned at 4.30 in. the atternoon - to ,10.30 - Monday - mornifnis. The action -has ‘been -brought as a re- sult of. the proposed ' merger -of. the Second Congregational church and the Broadway Congm.flonax ‘church un- der the name, United Congrega- tional Chiurch. Qn_petition” of thie _plaintiffs._ in the attion . Judge :Gardiner G Maren 13th issued an Injunction. pre- ing " the holding of a special meet- of ' the: . Second Congregationa) church that evening, the meeting hay- mg been ‘called.for the following: pur- %76 dct fublbier wpon the consolida- tion " of the. Second Congregational ckurch with the Broadway. Congresa- tional Church, Incorporated, into The United Congrégational Church in Nor- wich, Conn., Tncorporated: T6 reconsider and' revise the vote 0 P i taate )“n!nready taken upon the dismissal of members “of the ‘Second Congregation- al Church, so- far as it is inconsistent with the proper neps for such consoli- dation. To vote upon the transfer of the trust funds, the pastoral library, and the : church properties, held or con- trolleg by the Second' Congregational ehurch or its dedtons, to The United Congregational . ¢huréh in Norwich; Conn., Incorporated. * « To act upon any, further business necessary to' complete” consoiidation Proper to be done at that time. ‘Thé hearing Is being held for the purpandqa of having the injunction: Gis- sotv The defendants’ attorney, E@win W. Higgins, represented to the court that the injunction should net be contin- ued and that t_he plaintiffs cannot show that' they ha: ed any damage hy the actloa of the Second church that would. give ‘the court jurisdiction in the matter. The’ plaintiffs have not 2] interest .in - the | property. of the church or a- tryst fund to, aid the needy’of ‘the organizmtion. They ‘seem to be moving against’ some imaginary cause. The legality of the meeting is not attached. Thné remedy is'mot to-be found in court. There is nothing. ‘t: ¢°durmvr that: chureh rules . ‘HAigRins 5ald ‘the ‘Second Con- tional chiurch.had considered the “for<ight ‘yeers: The Second chnreh has existed sifice 1760, althoush it is ot incorporatéd, ami‘tha Broad- W (| the chuwhu as! fl\cy w" on.. It was shown that members had yoted” upon -tHe Ymérger | np ers by large. - majorttiest "an@"" that ' both ehxm:he: are nw ‘.wuhipvm: to-: ?br uxe nurpon pi showing the: gen- eral plan of government among Con: zregational churches, Rev. _Sherrod Boule’ of Harfford was' introduced as a Witness. by Mr.. Higgins. Mrs Soule 15 head' of the ministers’ fund, executive head: of -missions and has been. 2. minister..for jthe: pist. thirty years. .He sald every Congresational charch, I mpletensss in - itself s not eomnnqd, by, others and' has - charze ‘of ail its property. Busi- heesile done o m_fguhr!y called meet- in; ‘amajority ' of ‘those: present. mnins asked 'if at_an ‘annual things - that vour |’ Here are some |, fore Judge M.:A. Shumway in ‘the su- | he '?,In'c"i' :vum ' Baldwin_ -ug‘ ; | &b lnd hi [ ul!l : rfi ‘be 'Q!l irng of notice oul] m “Ins ;‘bly to a direct g witness - said - tha notie ease m- backache of to— pow—taken. every iday ends . the or aitime 2 T e St ol SUBGES i MEDAL- oil A e weliered tomor: L z na'be Dfimflenfly' lne from wrenoh- it be B(nce nns oE lla'unnd the etherlands having ntur‘x‘danrllin‘ ot hegse- | sure t Ca o Tabaratories i .- . But e sure AL Kook tor the. nama on every a7 Tellabls drugaists: in sealed m{ Fes. threo sizes. Money Tefumded if they do not help you. Ac cedt only the GOLD ° MEDAL Al others. are, Inftat] faariem, Hol --get %;| Save wool and get better sults. Every bit helps a far the ucflfln of merger. was a. fair notice |- © John H. kins was the - ness of the day-and was on the stand adjourned to Monday LIEUTENANT MOODY IN CHARGE ‘OF LIBERTY MOTORS. Brother of Norwich Fireman Rushing War Supplies for ’Mn Line. Speelking ‘of First. Lieut. Jms B. Moody, Jr, brother of ‘Fireman ' John | L. Moody, of this city, the Hartford| trucks, e.nlmlnded “by First Lieut. Jamés B. Moody, Jr.,-formerly of the Courant staff, ‘and ‘driven by young soldier ' lak ‘were. some. time ago at Camp Deyéns and then in Lima, O., home: of the ubeny, ‘and mext on the way- through tes lantic port . with _their trucks' loaded wm( xfip'llu for " soldiers of Ungle 0 are fighting in France. The bsy- came up - the Berlin pike and Ob- |.parked-the great cars near the Y. M. C.’A. and: then they went to -the City chub as ‘guests of Lieutenant Moody 50 |and had a gallus dinner, and later they ‘were the guests at a Hartford theatre. ‘They were praised right and left for qulet ‘and soldierly bearing. For 16 days they had bfin Qflvelinl 1,200° miles' of road; good,” better: ‘best, ‘worse, ‘worst, -and had life of all’ kinds. ey had tanned skins, | clear eyes and appetites. which left no-.doubt ‘as ‘to their health. - Their trucks: were in good condition. ‘Abouit ‘o'clock’ Thursday morning they -will start- for Springfield by *_the Bast Hartford route. The. paper also carried pictures ‘of Lieutenant Moody and the Liberty motors as they were entering Hartford DRASTIC_MODIFICATION OF - DRAFT - CLASSIFICATIONS To._ Reach Men Who Are Engaged in “Harmful“ Pursuits. * Washington, -April 5.—Dastic mbrdl- on' “of - the .draft classifications swhich would affect in ome wiy or an- other ‘the status of ‘evéry \one jof the millions of registered men is pfoposed | in a plan submitted to- President Wil- son- today ' by -officials of the marshal generals office and . the partment of Iubor.- While thé primary Turpose ‘of thé new- programme ‘is the ‘purification” of the second; third. and fourth classes - of . registran ot engaged in‘any productive: {ndus- try; attention ‘also’ would-be given'to lower sections of class one-and the ef- fect its. framers belieye would ‘be to solve the ‘mdtion's labor: problem and largely increase the outpiit of the ne- cesgities of-life.’ - The proposal would utilize: the, draft machinery for putting ' ‘industrial slackers’ to work. ‘Every registered man ‘who hds been granted deferred classification would be -given to -un- derstand ithat such deferment is not a legal right, but a: privilege and that if unfair advantage is taken of that pri flege 4§t will be summarily revoked. - 1t is proposed to’'make a most care- ful survey of the lower sections’ of class one and of other classes to iden- tify those men who are idlers or who are gaining the living through unde- sirable or “harmful” pursuits. Under the latter head, officials suggest, might be listed gamblers, bookmakers for races, poolroom touts and others. For- mal notification would be served on these men that unless within a speci- fled ;time, they obiained employment i nsome useful industry, they would have .their classified status changed 50 as to send them into military ser- vice immediately. The ‘plan is not designed to inter- fere.in the slightest with thé so-called non-essentlal Industries. * QUEEN ‘ALEXANDRA SENDS MESSAGE TO WGMEN OF U. Upon' First ‘Anpiversary of Amreica’s En\ry )nt. the, War. Washington, April. 5. Queen. Alex- andra has sent the following message to-the British ambassador. the Barl of Reading, - with -the request that it be transmoitteq through the press’ to the ‘women. of the United States: “As. president of the. British Red ross Society, I wish to send. to the women of our sreat ally; the Upited States of America, a message of .greet- § upon the first. aunitersary.of America’s entry into the wi b onrriset posies. thar O In' Fis merettul , proyidence - may _guide apd guatd our righteous caus: Y “ALEXANDRA. Cornell . Defeats Us of P. in Debate. Iog the negative. defeated’ the Univer- tte uhnua.l trianguiar debats between those “colleges _and Columbia. The subject -wa: ernmeit “should exercise the.power to mtnw expression ‘of opinion in The stiggestion that fhe use of con- compilation by The National United States-and the world, is.and other: countries. statement. shows - flil( con- feeting notiine was. sald’ in the call @bout a church. ‘merger and then the meeting was coryined to @ later date 2nd in the meantime: notice was given In ‘the church: calendar and from .the Putpu that the. matfer. _of be considered at the adjourned cent gnd ‘legal notice. - The witness would nét deem’it -sufficient . notice. | e sou]r sald that the work looked upon h- but: )IG ‘would not use tbe th, would - that be desmed. suffi- | Dr, ‘and’ inthat time they had cwmrxml that 8. | sively “Philadelphia, April 5—Cornell, - tak- [ sity ‘o Pennsylvania ‘here. tonight ifi |. crete in ship building may aid in the solving of the shippitg Droblems “of a"Iinited- States, lends. interest tg 3 - Cif Bank of New Work -regarding the cé- - ment- and rgmcrete industrits of “the nd the prosress of concreto veasels'\building | crete, ‘made from “Portland” cement, ie now ‘being used.in the construction of vessels in more than a dozen lead- ing. countries of the world and that the United States is the workd's larg- est producer .of the materials used in this new form of ship building. The type of vessels now being constructed from’ concrete range from the barge and floating dock. up to the ocean steamer. of se\efll thousand tons ca- pacity. 3 Corierete . made’ from Portland or bther hydraulic~ cement, - reinforced with'steel, 'is the chief' material of thees vessels. The keel and rigs of the vessel are of steel, and-quantities of re. mesh are also in retaining and reinforcing the concrete which fills the spaces between the steel ribs. This combination of concrete and steel has given ‘to this type of work, the title ©of ““ferro ‘concrete’ “and “reinforced concrete,” but in Dboth the chief re- quirements of the new type of vessel, concréte and. steel, the United. States far exceeds any other country in its ordinary. year-to-year production. “Portland” cement, ‘which gets its name from its resemblance in ap- pearance ‘to Portland stone, is produc- ed in far graater quantities in the Upited’ States than any other coun- try of the world and in fact probably £ all “other . countries combined. . Qur own .output of Port- land’ cement.in 1917 was the largest in the” history.of our production, and ited fo” 93,550,000 barrels, while of the other ~principal cement |producing countries in ‘Miailable .year was, Germany 30,000,- 000 barrels, England 17,000,000 barrels, and - France 5,900,000 barrels, Our own production ‘has grown . with great Eapidity from 42,000 barrels in 1580 t0 335/000° in, 1890, 8,482,000 in 1900, 63,- 205,000 in 1910, and 93,540,000 in 1817, the high- record year of ~production, while the value has grown from $126,- 000 in 1880 to' $1 ]mo,m in 1917. In the fron and steel required for use in conjuriction: with the cement in ship bufiding, we-are also by far the orld’s largest producer, our total out- t of pig-iron, ‘the ‘basis of all iron and - steel products, heing more than the'combined production of any other three countries in the world. Pwrflmd cetvent; which _is- selenti- fically desoribed as “an artificial mix- ture, based on chemical analysis, of Limestone and clay, or marl and chalk, or shale and limestone,” burned to in- cipi vitrifaction - and - the elinkers finely: ground, hardens when exposed to’ water ang ‘is: thus often ‘designated “by@raulic cement,” though the small. er, fl\lln:ifi!s designated as ‘“natural’ and “puzzolanic” cement. are aiso pro- included in ‘the term *“hydrau- The “natural” - cement, made colely from certain classes " of lime- stone, and ‘the’ “‘puzzolanic” composed of Dlast-furnace Slaz and lime, show a imarked fall-off in production in the United States in-recent years, while the “Portland” shows a rapid increase, 4nd, now forms over 95 per cent. of the joutput of hvdraulic cement the Uhited States, its value amoynting in 1917 to, $101,000,660 and that of the natural” ang “‘puzzolanic” less than $1,000,000. The census of 1814 shows thio capital invested in cement manuz facture $243,435,000. The countries which *have already utilized concrete for vessel comstruc- tion in some form include Great Brit- ain, France, Italy, Germany, Nether- lands, Denmar] rway, Argentine, , Panama, Australia Canada and the United States the construction in the type occurring chiefly at New York, Baltimore and San Francisco. Cement production in the United States is widely distributed.- occurring in no less than 28 states, while its general use for dpcks, piers, reservoirs, irrigation works, tunnels, bridges and pavemenis is even more widely distributed, and its use rapi increasing. The production in the United States is almost exclu- for domestic use, the exports having amounted in value to but $3, $22000 in 1913, ‘the high record year, and $4,112,000 in 19 United States of vessels of this|, To Reserve a Table For Our Sunday Dinner de Luxe Served From 12 to 8 P. 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