Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 2, 1918, Page 7

N Today—-Sale of Suits THE SEASON’'S SMARTEST MODELS AT GREAT REDUCTIONS Suits $24.50 Heretofore $30 to $40 Suits $34.50 Heretofore $45 to $75 Plain tailored or dressy Suits ;)f fine quelity Men's Wear Serge, Tricoture, Gabardine, Poiret Twill and Novelty Suitings. ¢ Wanhaltan 121-125 MAIN STREET All sizes and colors. OTTO SCHUMANN CGHARGED WITH KILLING MRS. KING Wealthy Widow For \;(hue Murder Gaston B. Means Was Tried. Concord, N. C,, May 1.—Otto Schu- mann, an interned enemy allen, is charged in a warrant jssued here to- day with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, a wealthy Chicago widow, for whose killing at Blachwelder Spring, near here, last August, Gaston B. Méans was triad and acquitted. The warrant was issued on an affi- davit by M. N. Caldwell, city prose- cuting attorney, who alleges that Schumann shot the.woman while try- ing to kill Means to prevent him from furnishing the American government infor: ion as to the methods Ger- many had employed to get copper and tubher from the United States hefore this country entered the war, Means had heen an agent for the German government in ‘such transactions, and and when he severed his connections with Germany he told her agents that he proposed to lay what information he had before his government. According to the affidavit, Schu- mann, “at the direction of German in- terests” “followed - Means from New York to’” North " Cdrpling and tratled him in and near Concord. On the night of the killing, Mr. Caldwell said, Schumann followed Mrs. King and Means to the spring a motoreycle, Fle was seen vnnamed witn keurd a si v two < after the latier had PAYMASTER OF GERMAN AGENTS IN THIS COUNTRY Carl Rodiger Arrested in New York and Heid in $13,000 Bail. New York, 2 1.—Carl Rodiger, known o as Karl Schreeder, said to ¥ ieutenant commander in the German na - helieved by ‘agents of the department of justice to be pay- tral and South America, was here today and held in $15,- beileved to have been to induce Irish- ment to enlist in the British navy in the hope that they would plant bombs on the warships. Rodiger denied that he was a German. His examination was set for May 8. The arrest of Rodjger followed the apprehension last Sathrday of Madame Marie De Victorica, who .is said to have heen one of his most active lieu- tenants, The woman, who is in' the prison ward at Bellevue hospital, ad- mitted, uccording to the federal au- thbrities, that she had received about $40.000 from Rodiger since her arriv- country in 1917, but denied, that the money was used for German propoganda. here. She insisted, they said, that the money represented on Jarge estates owned by her e. Rodiger, who has been under ob- servation by agents of the department of justice for some time, was known in the government records as “Lieu- tenant Commander Agents of the department declined. to state tonight the specific charge that would ulti- mately be made against him. Margareét Sullivan, employed Madame De Victorica as a maid or secretary, was held as a prisoner to- day after she had been questioned by memberg.of the- United .States attor- ney's office. She had been detained as a material witness. by .|8984 DRAFT MEN FOR MECHANICAL TRAINING Have Been Called For by the Provost Mlksha!-Genera‘l. course of train- t t i ng iy v us mechanical studies. The call inelnd Maryland 480, as foliow, 330 University of Pittsburgh; 150 Penn State College. New Jersev, 150, Erown University, Providence, R, No man can succeed ugless he has . One of his chief purposes iS'fflilh in his own ability. TOTAL LIBERTY BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS $2,579,079,400 “Buy Another,”” Campaign Cry Drive the Loan Along. to Waskington. May 1.—The “buy an- other bond” movement, developed by Liberty bond headquarters as a boom feature of the final days of the cam- paign, grew today into a mnational “match the president” confest. Presi- dent Wilscn aki/ed to take another $50 Dbongd on the ipstallment plan, and ap- pealed for a million others to do like- wise. Tonight, when the president went to a theatre and formally offered his “buy another” subscription’ to a four- minute speaker, nearly every theater | in the land was the scene of a “match | the president” celebration, with four minute men seeking to harvest a mul- titude of new pledges of re-subserip- tions for $50 or any multiple of that suny. In 20,000 meeting places dur- ing the remainder of the week, “buy another” will be a campaign cry to drive the third loan along toward the 20.000,000 subscribers and a big over- subscription of the three billion dol- lar minimum. - The total reported tonight was $2,- 9,679,400, . egrams pouring into headquarters tonight told of immediate response to the y another” call. of the v in the eountry showed honor communities as follows: . Baston 952; New York 799; Phila- delphia 424, The entire state of New Jersev was reported unofficially to be over the top tonizht. The twelce northern coun- had subseribed 97 ner cent. offi. nd the nine southern counties ecded their quota. Strike at General Electric Plant. | Schenectady, N. Y, May 1—From! 1,500 to 2.000 employes of the local| plant of the nera! Electric Com- pany are idle he result of rike vesterday follo s re- | fusal to increase the cranemen’s wag- | es. 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You should try this famous medicine without hesitation ne i - and know how safely, surely, and quickly it will prove its value to you. Atall Druggists 10c, 25c. Directions of special 'v’qfiu ] women. are with every box. : 7 B b & MR TR 7 | retreat. The staterient was made in New London on Wednesday that employes of the Shore Line ‘Electric Railway company had sent notice by regis- tered mail to M. G. Stratton, general manager, asking for an increase in wages, less hours' of work, and in- crease in overtime pay, to become ef- fective on June 1, at which time the present agreement between the em- ployes and the company will expire. Officials of the company here said that they had no knowledge that the communication had been received up to late in the afternoon. he increase asked for by the lo- cal trolleymen is for a minimum of 35 cents per hour, and 2 maximum of 45 cents per hour, the maximum to paid after the employe has been in the service one.yvear. They also ask for time and one-half for all over- time, and a nine hour day. The same wages and_conditions are asked for by the miscellaneous de- LEAVE TO BEGIN THEIR ARMY TRAINING Norwich Young Men Start For Fort Slocum and Boston School. With a2 good sized gathering of their relatives and close friends waving 2ood-bye and gobd luck, another con- tingent of Norwich young men “left here on Wednesday morning by the | 6.50 train southbound on the New Ha- ven road. Their destination was Fort Slocum, New Rochelle, New York, where they will go into army training. The rainy morning probably prevented a much larger number of people from being on hand to see them off. Seventeen were in the contingent, the whole number that was expected to go. Frank Lester Chappell, who did not report to the exemption hoard on Tuesday, through a misunder- standing, wag at the train and went Wwith the others. George A. Chase, George C. Bell and Edward F, Reardon’ also left here on Wednesday to go to the Parker Memorial school in Boston for special training in government service. There were to have been four sent to this school but the fourth member, George A. Garypie, who was in Class 1 divis- ion of the selective draft with the provision that he undergo an opera- tion for a curable trouble hag under- gone this operation and wasn't strong enough vet to leave. He expects to go to school Monday. = SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service. Shelled on St. Patrick’s Day. One of the New Britain soldiers, Corporal Fleischman, who was in the company located on guard, duty in this city last spring,.but now in France, | writes the following letter to a Nor- ich friend: Some Where in France, April 3, 1917, Dear Friend: I have a little time to spare, so I made up my mind to drop you a line. I am as well as usual, so are all the Company I boys. « On St. Patrick’s day we were at the front and for greetings the Boche gave heavy shell gas attack for 24 straight, But our own artil- ve it to them good and prop- The same night I was carrving soup up to the front, with shells burst- ing all around, gas and shrapnell, but us a none came near enough to hit. It was pitch dark nights and with my gas sk on walking on the side of a com- munication trench that ran to the front {iine, I couldn't see a thing, with five loaves ‘of bread in my arm, there I was, practically = as he]pless as * child. My arms full and trying to find the way, I fell four times in a trench full of water and mud. But I finally managed to get out and on my way again. The next morning it was clear and fine and a number of Ger- man aeroplanes flew about 230 feet over our head. T came out of the dugout to see what was geing on and [ heard machine gun fire in the air There he was shooting down into our position trying to mow us down. There our men opened fire on the Hun and he flew back to the lines as fast as io could travel. It snowed one night while we were up there and the shell holes covered with snow looked like a wide spread ocean. Everything in sight is destroyed by artille fire, trees all shot to pieces. villages, everything in ruins. Graves here and there and some of them are shell holes at present. You may think the Fourth of July night is noisy, but here for days it is the same, day aft- er day bombarding every once in a while, machine guns tapping away and bullets singing over head. France -will never be worth anything for years to come. Dead are lying around the ground, it is just like as if there was e, all you see is holes, trenches dug up, one mass of destruc- ti Barbed wire all around equip- m of all kinds lying around, am- munition, German and French guns, bayonets, everything in a mess. In holes gas still remains; if a farmer wanted to plow the fields where bat- les have been fought they might strike a grenade or shell that had not exploded and if he did then he is apt to he killed. We were warned be- fore we went up to the front not to touch any of the German grenades, and kill one or more of us. For in- stance I heard a story of a British of- ficer who picked up a German gren- a souvenir. He put it in his pocket and can see how they are set. all kinds of German ammunition we heard enough of the Boches tricks, They may be foxy but they didn’t fool the Americans. =~ They have been on the front sometime and haven't tried any of them wyet. I must close now. Best regards to all inquiring friends and to the Hall family. CORP. F, TFLEISCHHAUER, Co. 1, 102nd U. 8, Inf., A E F. THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NORWICH. Semi-Annual Dividend d at the rate of 4 pe; ar from the earnings of the pust six-months, snd will be payabie on_and after May 13, 1913, FRANK L. WOODARD, Treasurer. apr24d 3 The regula has been Men of Shore Line Trolley Company Ask For Wage Raise— Want Minimum Raised From 28 Cents to 35 Cents and Maximum From 35 Cents to 45 Cents—With Time and Half For Overtime and Nine Hour Day. ' D . partment, which includes the barn and power house men, linemen, greasers, etc, and is embodied in the petition which went forward today. The employes are now receiving 28| cents minimum per hour and 85 cents maximum, the maximum not being obtainable until after five years® ser- vice with the company, and 10 cents per hour has been paid for all over- time. The Shore Line company operates about 219 miles of road and this re- quest comes from all employes on the line, which reaches as far west as New Haven, as far north and east as || West Thompson, the Groton and Wes-3| terly line, Dayville, Danielson, Nors wich-Baltic and ‘Willimantic branches. ‘Wage increases have also been ask- ed by trolleymen and other employes on the lines of the Connecticut com- pany in the western part of the state, whose agreements expire earlier than the agreement of thesShore Line com- pany. ———e e MWKAY AND COPP WIN THEIR COMMISSIONS Two Norlvich Boys in List Announced From Camp Devens. Bdward G. McKay and Webster D. Copp of this city are in the list of men just announced by the committee on public information as having qualified for appointment as second yieutenants after attending the officers’ training al as they may be fixed so as to explode ade and wanted to bring it back for jumped on his horse and rode The shock of riding set the off and killed him on the spot. we wer2 the Germans once occupied those positions and there was in the dugouts, which they left on their But we kept our hands off for EDWARD G. M'KAY. § school at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., { which was one of the schools held in |the third series of training schools. There were six other Eastern:Con- necticut young men who qualified. All these men will be carried on the list of eligible officers and commissioned as soon as suitable vacancies oceur. The Eastern Connecticut list is as follows: ] Edward G. McKay, 23 Spalding street, Norwich, infantry Webster D. Copp, Norwich, infan- try. > James P. Cochrane, 28 Park street, Willimantic, infantry Harold Corbin, 19 Fremont street, Putnam, infantr James T. Fitzpat: 76 Goshen street New London, infantry. William W, heed, Stafford, infantr; How: 59 eChestnut street, Francis C. 8 street, New London, infantry. Edgar A. Carrier, Colchester, infan- try. Lieut, Edward G. McKay is the son and the late Charles g e J. McKay of aulding street. He is a graduate of the 1 Free Acad- lemy in the While ‘at the Academy was prominent in athleties. D captain of the base- ball “team ir s senior year. He en- |tered Trinity collegse and here he made good both as student and as an athlete. He was captain of the college team when he !°f{ achool to take up teaching at the Academy. He was still at the-Academy when he was drafted and sent to Camp Devens. At he received the rank of sergeant and was later chosen to train for a commission APPOINTMENT G!VEN TO GEORGE E. FELLOWS Is Made County Commissioner to Suc- ceed Late Fred J. Brown, George E. Fellows of this city has been appointed by Governor Holcomb as county comm oner to fill the va- cancy on the bo: of commissioners caused by the d h of Frederick J. Brown of Lebanon The 19th s al district has been without ion on the board until Mr. appointment. ' The position draws dov v of $1.000 per yea h will hold the position un‘il the next meeting of the. lezislature, Mr, Fellows was born in New Lon- don in 1853, the son.of Josiua and Eunice H, He stead Fellows, but most of his life'has been spent in this city. He learned the trade of a brick mason from his father and has been in the building .business bhere for a long time. He at present street commi mer and had previously held the position, and it pay: ary of $1,800. He has been active in iocal polities for many years and has served on the republican town committee. He is a Free Mason. DAREDEVIL DAVIS WORKS FOR LIBERTY. LOAN Strings Ropes for Flag Raising at Da- vis Theatre—Contributes- Services. While a large crowd stood breath- less, Daredevil Davis climbed the flag- aff on the roof of Davis theaire on Wednesday evening and strung the ropes for the large flag which. was run up as Tubbs’ band pldyed The Star Spangled Banner. Mr. Davis when at the top of the staff which he climbed with perfect ease, threw out some Liberty loan litérature, but the breeze which was blowing carried it oft oter the roofs of the adjoining buildings rather than' to the crowd. After throwing cut the literature he ended the pole to the rope which wis strung from th le to the fence in front of the poli Mr. Davis’ descent by the rope was made with ease and as he landed safely on the ground Manager Craiz of the Da- vis theatre proposed three cheers for the performer who gave his services free in behalf of the Liberty loan." J, Arthur Atwood a Director. At the annual meeting of the An- cona company at Fall River,” J. Ar- thur Atwood of Wauregan was elect- ed a director. 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VALUES Yard-wide Silk and Cotton Shantung for At waists or dresses, in tan, Alice blue, rose, Yard-wide Silk Mixed Foulards, neat de- signs in Alice, Navy, gray, brown and dark sEeen grounds. ..l .. sl onine s VAU SO0 Yard-wide Crepe Silk Faille for drésses, in tan, gray, rose, turquoise, wisteria, : brown, dark green and white............. value $1.25 32-inch Satin Messaline for dresses and skirts, in black, white, pink, reseda, light B enis s ematsits eV AN B S 1430 Yard-wide Chiffon Taffeta, for suit, dress rose, reseda, gray, plum, dark green and An excellent range of the popular Striped At $1.79 yard and Plaid Silks, for skirts, light and dark effects, in beautiful ¢olor combinations, dwo tone stipes etel oL . . L ao s us o value $2.00 Yard-wide guaranteed Taffeta Silks in At $1.98 yard black, gray, Copenhagen, navy, dark green and plum, excellent' quality for SUEHOT @ILSE Nokc bteris o sl iotatunio sisialotace s o 4 VAINER 62205 tan, taupe, gray, wisteria, gold, mustard, Dbeet-root, navy, brown and dark green 40-inch Silk Crepe-de-Chine, excellent At $1.89 yard quality, in old blue, old rose, tan, gray, Dbattleship, navy, pink, light blue, yellow, and darkereentin oL it ot doc RT L alde $2.00 40-inch Silk and Wool Poplin, excellent navy, green, old rose, 2 Alice, lilac, yellow and mahogany........ value $2.25 Yard-wide Satin Foulards, in dots and At $1.89 yard § figured designs, an excellent silk for all i ‘¥ occasions, colors are taupe, rose, navy, Vinthrop | 40-inch Soft Taffeta Silk, lustrous finish, At $1.95 yard | will wash, in Burgundy, old rose, dark _ green, navy and white..........ooinl value $2.50 A splendid showing of Dress and skirt- At $1.98 yard | Satin Stripes on Taffeta grounds, in an excellent range of color combinations, colored SHTIPES. . vovdonereneanuennesens | e —_—_——mmm THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL €0. e e ———————— Viilues 59c yard s et o YAIES 208G At 79c yard At $1.19 yard At $1.25 yard At $1.65 yard blue, pink, o e e ivAIE 54 : 89 for skirts At $1.98 yard §: turquoise, . value $2.25 » At $1.89 yard grounds. . . value $2.00 and wide also self- value $2.50 REALIZED $176 AT D. A. R. WHIST AND PRETR2T | Chapter Immediately Finds Use for the | Money—Holds Interesting Meeting. DANCE. Mrs. George C. Preston of Broadway entertained the .members of Trumbull chapter at their regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon. | W. Tylet Browne presided and, after) the singing of America and the usua reports, spoke of the compliment paid the chapter by the state regent in ap- pointing Mrs. Amos A. Browning one of the state councillors. ‘She also read a letter fram France giving the cha ter mews of the French war orphs whom they have been interested in this past year. Mrs. Arthur H. Lathrop gave a re- port of the whist and dance held last Friday evening by the chapter. About $175 was realized, and it was imme- diately voted to use $36.50 to. continue the support of the French war orphan for another year, to give $100 to the Red Cross and to give the remainder— about $40—to the free wool fund. Plans were made for another memo- rial service at the boulder marking the graves of the French soldiers buried at Norwich Town. This will be the same as last year, on May 29th, at 4 p. m. And the §9 American Rev- olutionary soldiers buried there will also be remembered. Mrs. Will L. Stearns read some of the latest hints on conservation as ad- vised by our food and fuel adminis- trators, and in response the chapter decided to give up the serving at reg- ular meetings during the war of even the simple cup of tea to which they had already reduced their social part of the program. Mrs. Nelson D. Robinson read letters from Channing P. Huntington and Guy A. Sullivan thanking her for the socks she had knitted on the needles used in the Revolutionary and Civil wars and had sent to them. Mrs. Elisha E. Rogers told of the war work which one of the chapter's out of town mem- bers is doing and of which they were glad to know. N Miss Kathryn Sullivan made a feep impression with her rendering of two patriotic_songs, Joan of Arc, They Are Faith | i Calling You, and Liberty Bell. Miss Annie E. Vaughn furnished a sympa- thetic accompaniment, Mrs. Alfred N. H. Vaughn read an instructive paper on The Newgate I he old Connecticut copper Prison—t i here prisoners were kept in put where they could do no harm to can cause. This was given m of the story of an auto- p to Newsgate and was made well as statistical. songs by Miss Sullivan o_other : v re Keep the Home Fires Burning r Country and My Coun- ch Miss Annie E. Vaughn read a report of the 27th Continental: congress of the D. A. R. held in Wash-** ington two weeks ago. As no one was ble to go from Norwich, Miss Carrie E. Rozers of Washington was the only delegate to represent the chapter and nd For Yo wrote the excellent account of the week’s co s which Miss Vaughn vead. This was the banner congress of the whole . . The unanimous spirit of loyaity and patriotism of the 700, delegates, combined with the broad;. and deep principles of the subjects, under discussion, and the stirring ad- dresses from diplomats and military® officers from! many allied countri made it a great privileze to represent the chapter. After this, said Secretary Lansing, no one can ever question,’ Why the D. A. R.? The whole nation must follow their example. Mrs. George A. Ashbey read a very interesting letter written by a soldier somewhere in France and interrupted by aeroplane bombs and artillery con- _ certs which he said didn’t improve the appearance of their front lawn. 3 WOMEN TELEGRAPH OPERATORS LOCKED OUT In Seattle by the Western Union Tele- graph Company. Seattle, 'Wash., May 1.—%“Between 125 and 150 men and women operators have been locked out this week in:a Seattle by the Western Union Tele- graph company because they attended - an open meeting of the Commercial Telegrapherst ynion here last Sunday,’ J. E. Campbell of Vancouver, B. C,, in-z+ ternational vice president of the op- erators ’'union, asserted here today. Western Union officials here declined to make any statements. Turkey having proposed to cpen ne- gotiations with Russia aiming at an+» agreement regarding nfercantile nay} gation, M. Tchitcherin says Russia ready to accept such a D ‘