Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 15, 1918, Page 3

ISAAC S. JONES Real Estate Agent 91 Main Street Richards Building, ATTORNEYSMAT-LAW EDWIN W. HIGGINS Attorney-at-Law N. L. Co. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. Bldg. 59 Broadawy. bases on it. Purple. /i NORWICH BULLETH, smm JONE ;s.‘ 1018 TAFTVILLE WALLOPS SHORE LINE AGAIN ' Score-13 o 8—Simcox-Starts on Mound For Carmen But . Unable to Finish Game—Shore Line Made Twelve . Errors Sehind Simcox and Purple—Shaw and Purple Work Double Steal—Other Sporting News. A Sy third. Two infleld efrors and ed ball accounted for_another Taftvil run in the fourth. In the fifth cox weakened and passed the three men to face him. long fly right into Houston's hands and he dropped it. Peltier singled. Chennette flied to Brassill. Pepin sin- gled. Desmarais doubled. Frechette could not connect and ended the in- ning by fanning but the team had batter around and put five runs across the plate. Simcox went into field, Purple into the box and. Houston joined his fiends the school kids in right at the open- ing of the sixth. Two passes two er- rors, a stolen base and not a single hit scored , two more runs in the sixth. In their half of the inning the Shore Line worked about the only creditable play of the game when Shaw and Pur- ple pulled a pretty double steal. Not ‘half of thefirst although Simrcox man- aged to almost reach third, Frechette the first Taftville man fell victim to Simcox’s wide ones and Murphy fled out to Houston. Jourbert hit to Brassill who muffed. He . went to wecond on Lovenbury’s error and scor- ed on Dugas’ hit. Mills wag an an easy out. The Shore Line did all their damage in the second inning. poled out a three bagger. _Houston walked and stole second. Shaw flied Flynn scored on a passed Purple was safe at first when Frechette let the third strike get by him, Houston scoring. Purple stole second. Brassill popped to Desmarais, Barber was safe on Dugas's Clish singled, scoring Purple. cox was safe on Mills’ error but Clish was causght at second. not score in the second. The Shore Line went out ohe" two three in the third. Frechette flied to Simcox. Murphy walked and scored when Lovenbury heaved the ball into center field. Joubert fanned. Dugas walked and scored on Mills' Show opened the fourth with a single but was cut down before reaching Friday afternoori~the Shore’ Yine team 16st as usual to Taftville. It was the same story s the 'other games, good hitting but poor fielding. Simcox. who started the game for the Carmen had plenty.of stuff but could not last. * Purple who succeeded him was steadier but failed to receive any support worth mentioning. Flynn on first base was the biggest entrant into the error column with four bad plays. He redeemed himself however by pol- ing out the longest hit made on the field since the days of Denny Murphy. In the second inning Jack gent a line drive between -short and third and went out into the road, He got three a Carman reached first in the first ot the seventh. The Taftville team also went out one, two, three'in that in- Lovenbury revived hope with a single in the eighth, and in spite of the fact stood 11:to 3, Flynn Houston walked. flied out and Purple was out on an in- | first trip here this season. Scor Taftville got her only hit off Purple in the eighth inning and added to two errors and three stole bases it netted three runs. Line received their usual goose egg for their effort in the ninth. that the score field grounde: Taftville uncovered a new twirler in the form of Desmarais, who while he was hit freely pitched good steadly ball. He held the Shore Line men to six safe hits, Mills was the batting star of the Taftville team with two hits out of five times at bat. Taft- ville ran wild on the bases, plifering eight sacks. The carmen stole five of which two each went to Shaw and Taftville did ab 1 1 i TS The Carmen failed to score in their Brown &Perkins, Anw:y_.p;e-uw Over Uncas Nat. Bank, Shetucket St Entrance stad; + mear to/ Thames Planters Forfait to Americans Friday at Bridgeport- the Hastern hias £ Tague leaders had @ game handed 10| Opened Strong But Yielded Very Gen- em by the New ndon team. Brady the first New London man up_singled seellySTonstitnetee and Messenger sfchificed. lined to the third baseman who touch- ed Brady and thréw to first to get ORourke. The umpire ruled O'Rourke out and when Flynn of New- London madehdi r’lllh:; w"e hy the umpire waved him to_the'bench. ] p apparently subsided and the Bridge- | {°nSive Sails. port players came to bat’ One . ball was. thrown and then Fiynn called all his men in from the field and left awarded the 9 to 0 O'Rourke The trouble The umpire game to Bridgeport - with Yantic vs. Taftville. This aftermoon' Yanptic plays Taft- | ditional 2 1-2-point gain. wille at Depot fleld, Yantic. This is the| Kindred stocks, especially Sloss Sheffield, _Midvale and Bethlehem each team having won one and lost|Steels and ‘Republic Iron, registered one. Both teams have a strong lineup snappy ;game is expécted. Wheeler. wiil 4o the tewiriin; tic and MiNs for Tativille. third and deciding game of the series Philadelptla, June 14.—W. T. Tilden. | 2nd of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state tennis champion- defeating Dr. P. B. Hawk, also of this city, in the final round. The score was 6-2, 6-0, 6-0. the | Dy ship in single by Indigestion. Druggists |y, refund money if it fails. 25¢ Bowling- THE AETNA- Billiards 7 ALLEYS Phone Conn. 6 TABLES Majestic Building, Norwich, Conn. by | Billiards for exercise | “Ion Al Grimr ‘and recreation Shetucket St. Without Gas Attach. wi EFFICIENT nd ECONOMICAL- MODEL RANGES We furnish Repaira for all makes A ). Wholey & Co., 12 FERRY STREET Phone 581 Modern Plambing| i 55 is as essentidl in ‘modern houses a Sty 1o tee the very best expert workmen at “Blahs and prices. J. E. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY-BY. THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO.. Nos..11 to 25 Ferry Street We guaran+ WORK o fairest 50 Det Unit R R . GAS FITTING, PLUMPING, STEAM FITTING Washingin Sq. Washington:Building Norwich, Conn. % Agent for N. B. O. Sheet-Packing —.‘.——ufi: MARKET WAS UNSETTLED. riafly reducing some of the more ex- ering of short contracts. the con yesterd: 3-point gain with an ad- General Motors, Chandler and Maxwel: the automobile division, and Utah and Insp! h Oil gave prominence to petro- leums at an extreme advance of 6 3-4 point: Fertilizers, Leathers and Papers were 1 to 3 points higher at their best, but were among the first tp react. Gains in other utilities were offset by the heaviness of American Telephone on - |reports of mnew financing. Sales | amounted to 615,000 shares. Italian exchange . was __ further Absolutely Réemoves | strengthened as a result of the adop- tion of remedial measures. ues and internatiomal bonds were irregular within narrow gated $5, U. S. bonds (old issues) unchanged on call Sates ! 10 Adv Rumely 100 Adv_ Rumely pr 100 Alaska Gold M 7500 Am Can .. 200 Am Car & F 100 Am Car & F pr 1700 Am Cotton 0 800 Am N & L 490 Am H & L 300 Am Tee 200 Am Int Com 3400 Am Linseed 100 Am Lin pr 2300 Am Locomo 200 Am Malt pr 2800 Am Smelting 2200 Am Sugar 8900 Am Sumatrs 100 Barrett. Co. 8500 Beth Steel B ex-diy ....82% 1100 Brooklsn R T “y 300 Booth Fish 100 Burns Do 400 Brunswick 5300 Butie 200 Butberick C 700 Cal Petrol 1800 Can Pacific 1700 Cent ~ Leather 100 Certain Teed 500 Cerm De Pas * ot E i Ty 7 10 Clie. & W pe S 2 10C M & 8t P ... 43 2 100 C M & St P pr UWCRI&P 500CRI&EP 1500 Chile Cop . 600 Chino Con € 3000 Col Fuel & I 2307 Com Prod .. ., 8600 Crucible Stoel . 100 Crucible Steel pr 2100 Cuba C Sugar . 100 Deere Co pr ex-div 15000 Dist Securi .., 100 Eeo Stor Bat S 200 Ere 2 pr 23 1T b8 4 1400 Gt Wt =3 550 Gen o = 900 Gen Clgar o 600 Gen Electric " .. P 4200 Gen diowor Car o 300 Gondrich e RE 100 Granby Min TUUUD MR ey wo base hits, Mil oft Purple 251 : e r tcher, - Chennctte. S bunched nine hits with a b: : by Desmarais 3. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Cards and Phill ia, June 14.—St. Louis and split even in a double- header today, the locals taking the first | same 2 to 1 and St. Louis the 100 Greene C Con Philadelphia 1700 Int Asri pr 3300 Tns Copper tenth won the opening .contest after| o o e e tied the score in the eighth New York, June 14—Reversing its| 20500 Int Mer Mar pr course of the previous session, today’s stock market was ‘strong in the early and intermediate periods but yielded very generally toward the end, mate- 100 Kan City So.” 200 Kelly S Ties 1400 Lack Steel ex-dis 100 Lehdgh Val_ex-aiy Further favorable war advices, ab- sence of expected disturbances in the money market, and additional brilliant crop reports accompanied the early buying and impelled considerable cov- 200 Lig & Myers pr 100 Max M Co 200 May D Store . May Inot S pr . Throughout the day U. S. Steel was picuous feature, supplementing winning ran scored. gross advances of 1 to 4 points, these also_undergoing irregular impairment For Yan- |in_the final dealings. L Eor Baldwin Locomotive, General Elec- —_ tric, N. Y. Air Brake and Westing- Tilden Winé “Perh’ Térnis Champion- [ house led the distinctive equipments, ation the coppers, while Royal Pitts & WV pr Roush Out of Game. iyn, June 14. — Eddie Roush, Ider of Cincinnati and cham- | National league his right ankle in innipg of the oday and had to be carried | sman of the limits. Total sales (par value) aggre- D Texas Co_ex-div | same for a Brooklyn won b Copper ex-div 4 1 0 0 : 1 d an for Rouseh in “Thrve base lits, Danbe New York, June 14.—Cotton futures opened steady. 24.40, December Cotton spot quies Braves Take Series With Reds. Boston, June 14—Despite a ninth- inning rally which yieldeq Pittsburgh four runs, Bosto; middling 30.00. 7 to 6 today, three out of four New York, June 14 high_6; low closing bid 5; offered loan 5 1-2. into third place tie with h g 2 1 3 2 0 a Chicago, June 14—TU. S, Hog receipts 18,000, mo: 10c_higher than yesterday’'s Bulk of sales sowanni @16.70, Tough Cattle receipts 5,000; best beef ca othegs mostly 10c-to 1 " Beet cattle, good, choice and | prime 16.75@18.00, common and medi- Bighee. Smithh (Boston), Konetchy, and heifers 8. cutters 7.00@: g00d choice ana fancy selected 1 .75, inferior common and i 9.00@11.50, veal M choice 15.50@16.25. Sheep receipts 7,000; slow, unevenly | & lower; strictly good heavy ewes late |8ave the Ne Shorn_lambs, prime 17.65@18.25, medium and good culls’ 12.00@14.00, spring lambs, good and choice 19.50(20.5 ewes, 'choice and medium and good 12.00@ Giants Shut Out Cubs. New York, June 14.—New York rais- its National league pennant here v and celebrated the occasion with victory over Chicago. ew York's an even break cn the series. H CHICAGD GRAIN MARKET. [ wlomsouwnnues 8| owuommnnn? olosecosccaa el rosnusses Eulecoroonsomme £ e White Sox Win in 7th, Chicago, June 14—A seventh inning rally in which the Washington defense went to pieces enabled Chicago to win the first game of a series here today, Washington (A) pass- | tripled past Strunk, and giving St. Louls a § to 4 vistory over Boston in the firet game of the series today. ‘Score: H Johms. Indians Win by Fast Fielding. outbatted Cleveland in the first game of the series here today, but lost 4 to from winning. It was Philadelphia’s Philadelphia (A) Clevetand ab 1 ol Erans, 0|Chapman,ss Tyo base hits, (2). Speaker. Yanks Win Slugging Match. contest this afternoon. The visitors e on balls ng an error for nine runs and fourth innings. Score: New York (A) ab b a 1l Fif 0 Yeach it 1 fidimanab 4 ¥hooles. it P T'mablen.p Mogridgep 1 0 1 idipaugh, Pipp. Marsans, Cobi. Cebb ‘and Bipp. BASEBALL. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Chicago ‘Cinciunati 1 . St Louls 1. (Virst game, 10 in- St Louis 6. (Second game.) ittsburgh 6. American L Clereland 4, Philadeiphia (Ferteted in st inning o Intecnational League iester,rain. Butfao City-Re (11 innings, called s nghamion, 3. American Association. Cily-Columbusr rain. Minneapolis 9, Louisville 3. iedo 3, Milwiukee G GAMES ToDAY. National L St Louis ‘at Boston icago at_Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. Pittsburgh at Phila American Leag Boston_at St Louis. New York at Devroit. Philadeiphia at Cleveland. ‘ashinglon at Chicaso. Eastern New Hare nat Hariford Spriugtield_at Provider EBridgeport at Waterbury at New London. Other Games. Taftville at Yantc. GAMES SCHEDULED SUNDAY. National League. No games scheduled. American Games. Boston_at St. Louis. New York at’ Detroit. Philadelphla at Cloveland. Washingion at Chicago. Other Games, Ashland vs, All-Norwich at Falls. STANDINGS OF THE ciLues. " Nati 1 1 s . LT Jewett City Team at Sub Base. This afternoon the Jewett City All- Stars play the Submarine Base team at the Submarine Base. The All-Stars are composed of players from the Ashland and the Holy Name teams chosen. The team is composed of all Jewett City players and a large crowd best teams, The All-Stars will have for the in- field Brennan, Herbert, Leclaire and catch and E. Liberty will pitch. Man- ager Duggan stated Friday night that pletely recognized and now have one of the fastest service teams in these parts, that they would have to travel some to score a victory over his All- Stars. The All-Stars will make the trip from Norwich to the Base by Yacht. Ashland vs. All-Norwich, The All-Norwich team will play the strong Ashland team of Jewett City at the Falls diamond Sunday afternoon. Manager Callahan has strengthened {Semi-Professional: Champions of New England) vs. PUTNAM .. SUNDAY, JUNE16th, at Old Fairgrounds, Putnam Game:at 3.30Sharp ol merooommmm Bl ommennions ! Elocom—arcucen (x) Batted for Ayers in 9th. (2) Batted for Shellenback in Tth. Score by innings: Pinch Hitter Wins For Browns. St. Louis, June 14—With the score 4 to 3 in Boston's favor" with two.men on. base ai Pete’Jommns, his_lineup since the team dropped its fifth straight game last Sunday and expects to break his losing streak to- #|morrow. He wil! have Brooks and #| Tom Simcox on hand to do the twirl- 7 |ing, with Counihan behing the plate. Ben Houlihan and Chick Stanley, for- | mer local stars, have been signed to play with the team and they believe they can defeat the Jewett City team, Cui- | Which has suffered but one defeat this season. Rain Halts N. E. Tennis Champ ship Again. in the ninth | Hartford, Conn. June 14.—Because base and two outs {of rain but one set in doubles in the pinch hitting for Sothron, New England tennis championship He Will Have to Be Good to Carry Boston_(A) St. Louis (A) b o b hoo a o1 41100 103 301308 010 421510 210 411300 015 1 41200l 131 $3330 124 20031 620 10000 920 30129 105 10000 - 20100 Totals 32 6 11000 gor1s 1 @ Two scored. (z22) Batted for Sothoron in 9th. Soore by Inningst Boston 3 20001004 0003000025 Two base hif, Ruth Three base hits, Sisler aud League might.do well this season to move back their fences, and run a high screen over their grandstands, for the high cost of fouls and over- | rioters and everybody else, including the-fence hits is going to mean a item of not to be scorned. When the rn_League recently adoptéd an | 1 ball it was a case of being | lucky to get anything at all for the| manufacturers didn't much care whe- : ther or not the ball. was adopted.|and on the way to the police station There is another angle to it how- ever. Every time some ambitious player slices one out of the park or into the pocket of some souvenir col- lecting fan in the stands, it will rep- | resent an_additional loss of $1.50 to Cleveland, June 14—Philadelphia | 2, double plays keeping the visitors| don't be surprised if the park attend- g ants follows the course of the ball a | Whole lot of things; ' including the | stoning of the police station. The po- {lice officers, the small number that | happened to be in the vicinity; took a | decided stand on that matter and with Detroit, June 14.—New oYrk defeat- | 32 21| e Detrolt (11 t0 6 i 'a ifrée BIUINE || eauon it ean' be-readily Boeh iwhit the third i o 1-11|one-half of these were lost—not used | engaged only the best men of each team being of local fans will accompany the team Which is the pick of the town's two | Raney; for the outfield, Demaise, Cyr. | Jarvis 'and Huhaine; W. Liberty will | although the Submarine team had com- | 0 could be plaved and two sets in the singles begun. It is expected that the doubles will be finished tomorrow. The | sinzles matches will go over until| Monday. Today’s resul _Doubles, semi-finals: James and :v:méb;ook beat iillen and Jaynes, Singles, third round: A. H. Chapin, Jr, boat Wiley, 6-4 (unfinished), Singles, semi-finals, A. H. Chapin, Sr., led Westbrook, 3-4 (unfinished). SOUVENIR HUNTING FAN WILL BE WATCHED Home a Ball When They Are Sell- ing at $150 Per. Baseball managers in the Eastern the man behind the check book. So little more closely this year. It means 25 cents more in cash to the club ow- and the price is almost certain to go higher before the campaign ends. Wien ohly one ball is bought it|Fevolvers in hand held the great crowd does not amount to so much. but when it is realized that a ball club uses hundreds of dozens of balls in First Serious Trouble of Kind Experienced Since Opening ; " of War—Recalls Incidents of 1898 and During Civi War—Raise Gnnted'to-tb’eSdloolTndms.v h i Special to The Bulletin) New London, June 14—For the time since the organization of the New London fire -department some of _the companies were called out one night recently for the purpose of fighting rioters with water, but happily the threatened riot did not materialize and the firemen, the mien who were near- the officers of the police department, were correspondingly happy. It was on the occasion of the assemblage of & large body of sailors when a blue- jacket was arrested for bootleggine. While in the custody of a police officer the prisoner called on sailors for help. The sailors responded to' the call i large numbers, and, to their credit. !'be it said, that they. made no attempi to take the prisoner from the officer. They ‘followed on to the police station inlargely increasing numbers, and then and there did threaten to do a at bay. It was then when Alderman John F. Murray telephoned for a fire apparatus the high cost of fouls will mean in;and a’line of hose was laid ready for rumber of balls used last year in the ational League the club owners in dollars and cents. Judging by thejaction. Mayor Rogers appeared on the scene, threatened to read the riot act and a commissioned officer tried to that organization wills have to pay $27684 this year for the horehides used. In 1917 the National League's pacify the crowd, which finally dis- persed in quietness. ' The next morn- ing in the police court, the request of club used 18,456 balls. At an increase | the commander of the ship of which of 25 cents each it means the league | the prisoner was one of the crew, the will expend at least $4814 more 1orlf“‘low who was the cause of all thel baseballs Quring the present season|trouble was turned over to the nava than it did last jear. | officer, returned to his ship. where in the senior léague last season the | Was disciplined according to the rules clubs used a total of 1538 dozen balls and according to the figures at least up. COLONEL BIRGE AND QUAR TER-MASTER BROMLEY During the Civil War, the Thirteenth Regiment, which was largely officered Norwich men, Henry W. Birge being Colonel, was conspicuously noted for its fine appearence and neat equip- ment, and is recorded as a favorite | with 'Gen. Butler. 1t had in Colonel Birge, an accom- jplished officer, whose handling of a regiment was considered in the Gulf Department to be unsurpassed. Ordered at first to New Orleans, its entrance into that city, May oth, 1862, when it was assigned the post of honor, produced a marken sensation, and it was declared to be “the finest looking regiment that ever entered New Orleans.” After performing garrison duty in that city for some time, the regiment was ordered to join the Reserve Brig- ade under Gen. Weitzel, under whom it 14 a leading position in the battle of orgia Landing and by him was com- mented for its bearing, in this its naiden fight. During the winter of '62-'63, it was n the routine life inci- dent to its station. The humorous quartermaster of the regiment, Joseph B. Bromley, besuiled the fedium of camp life by his wit, and at the same time won an enviable reputation by catering to the wants of the men. Colonel Sprague, in his history of the regiment, gives the following, as characteristic of the man:— The principal difficulty at this time was in getting wood. Our quarter- master, never long at a loss for ex- pedients, finally proceeded to the de- pot of the Carrollton Railroad and com- menced loading his team. The super- intendent is said to have come up and to have had the following dialogue with _Bromley— g “What are you going to do with that wood” g “Cook rations Go on with your ading, Corporal? ho are you?” Bromley, = quartermaster of the Thirteenth Connecticut _ Volunteers, Allow me, sir, in turn to inquire whom Chicago Bet ve the distinguished honor to ad- Now Yok 7 ShE “I'm superintendent of this railroad.” Pl All right. Go on with your load- Philadelphia i Corporal,” L 155 Touis 1 he wood belongs to the railroad! ootz 19 o 1 supposed!” b American Leagus. “But I forbid you to take i 3 Won pe | “Put vour protest in writing, in red N 4 . ¥ 04| ink. Tie it with a piece of red tape. Cloveiand 30| approve it and forward it. You Chicago . 38| cee, we've got to have wood to cook 8t Louls | with. Can’t eat beans and pork raw! Do ! Td prefer 'em raw! But the men are Dot so unreasonable they want ’em cook- L o ed! 5 Etstorn L “But that wood is necessary for the Bridseport Won Lot use of the railroad!” “It's necessary for the use of the | Thirteenth Connecticut!” T should Jike to know how a loco- ve is going to run without wood!” e often wondered how a regiment could be run without wood!” “General Butler orders me to run this railroad!” “Colonel Birge orders me to run the Thirteenth Connecticut!” “Wh's Colonel Birge?” “Who's Colonel Birge? Why, the d—deuse! Don't you know Colonel | Birge? If there's one man above an- other that everybody knows, it’s Col- onel Birge!” “Will Colonel Birge pay for the wood?” “Colonel Birge pay for the wood? Why no! It's a reflection on your sagacity to ask such a question!” “Who will pay for it?" “The Quartermaster’s Department! If there's one thing I admire above another in the Quartermaster’s De- partment it's because 'theyll always pay for wood! Now, my friend of the railroad persuasion, if you'll come and see me, I"ll give vou receipts and help you fix up the proper papers to present to the Quartermaster's Department.” How long will it be before I get pay “It will be some future day—the fu- turest kind of a day, I'm afraid? The superintendent posted og to see Col. Birge. Bromley preceded him, however, and cautioned sentinels to admit no citizen without a pass. “Halt!” said every sentinel; and the superintendent gave up the errand in despair. The instructions which Bromiey save to Corporal Strange, a member of his staff, as he termed him, were quite significant: — “Strange, we're going on an ex- pedition. I want my staff to be on the lookout for turkeys, geese, pigs and sheep. Don't be the agressor in any contest! Stand strictly on the de- fensive, but if youwre attacked by any of these animals, show fight; and gon’t forget to bring off the enemy's lead During the following 8pring, the of the navy. ;- It was the first disorder of conse- | quence that has been caused by the sailors since New London became a rendezvous for sailors in the present war period, and it will probably be the last. Those who participated are now ashamed of the part they took in it, and the officers are giving the matter thorough investigation. ~ The com- mandant of the district has issued or- | ders plainly stating the position of the department, with the insistence that there will be no repetition. It is re- cited in orders of the mutual good- feeling that has existed between the people of New London and the navel men and of the mutual desire that this | friendly feeling be continued. So the matter ended and everybody is happy. Suppose there was no law againsi sellinz_intoxicating liquor to men in the uiform of the United States, and the sailors had been boozing? Well, that would have been another story. .The threatened riot by the sailor boys recalls an incident that happened at the close of the war of 1838. A government transport came into New London harbor with a regimept of cavalry bound to Fort Ethan Allen. The transport went along side the Central Vermont wharf and there awaited transportation over the Cen- tra] Vermont railroad. There had been some mibunderstanding as to trans- portation and the men and transport remained over night.' The cavairymen were given shore leave -and they swarmed the centre of the city, nearly every man of them having ~holster with loaded revolver at his hip. There was no military prohibition law at that time and the saloons did a big business. In a short time many of the cavalrymen became moisy and boisterous and commenced to shoot up the town. One of their number was arrested for committing an _assault upon an unoffending citizen. The sol- diers assembled in front of the police station, just as did the sailors, and made harsh threats against the police officers and declared they would de- molish the station and get their com- rade. Police Lieutenant Jeffers was in charge of the force at night then just as he is now. He warned the soldiers away but they took no heed of his warning. . The police officers guarded the station,, prepared to make the best possible defense. Then the soldiers began to storm the building next to the police station and two policemen did their level best to stay the pro- ceedings. Conditions were becoming serious, when a calvary officer and a squad’ of men from the transport ap- peared on the scene. He rushed into the mob and in stentorian- voice “Fall in; every man of you; 1" There was a snap and mean- ing in that command and within two minutes, the boisterous, half-drunken soldiers weré in line marching back to the transport. Subsequently a provost guard came and rounded up the strag- lers here and there about the city. To the final roundup added the man who was a prisoner at the police station, and the ringleader of the dis- turbers. But that was twenty years years ago. What a change since then, my countrymen! That prohibition law is some law, and makes the life of a police officer worth the living, and assures a feeling of law and order that Is really enjoyable. In the earlier period of the GCi war and in the declining years of the whaling industry there was a night in New London when mob rule prevailed. At that time the Fourteenth United ‘States Infantry regiment was recruit- gagement the Thirteenth Regiment discipline and coolness. Among the spoils which it bore away from the field was an elabo and costly silk flag beering the scription, “The Ladies of Franklin, to the St. Mary’s Cannoniers,” which later found its way to the ar- chives of this state. The 24th of May following, and again on the l4th day of June, the regiment was engaged in battie at Port Hudson.On the latter date, al- though in the reserve, by sheer force of enthusiasm and stress of the emergency it worked its way to the forefront of the hottest battle. The assault on the fort proved un- successtul and led Gen. Banks, then in command, to call for a storming col- umn of one thousand men. To the lead of this forlorn hope Col. Birge was assigned at His own request, his splendid regiment furnishing one- quarter of the desired number of men. The gallant Colonel kept from his men ‘the fact that he had by choice been appointed to lead the column, not wish- ing to influence any of them to volun- teer, unless self-inclined. When, how- ever, it became known that he was to command the forlorn hope, there were many and prompt accessions. Two hundred and forty-one of this noble regiment for days and weeks were face to face with death, offering their best, their all, for their country. The outcome of this-forlorn hope will be told in a later . A THE DICTAGRAPH, | campaign was opened by the battle of | Irish Bend, April 14th, 63. In this en- | won new honors, for its admirabie | a trophy| ing at Fort Trumbull, and this was before the coming to the fort of the Third_artillery from California, and the subsequent transfer of the Four- teenth to Camp Thomas. in the Pequot section. A soldier of the Fourteenth was murdered and then placed on the tracks of the New London Northern railroad in Water street, directly op- posite a sailors’ boarding house of which Mathias Lopez was the proprie- tor. The house was a large two-story frame structure and stood lengthwise of the street. Lopez was a Cape de Verde Islander as most of his male boarders, but there was always a low grade of these blacks and whites in the place and it had a decidedly un- savory reputation. It 'was generally supposed the soldier was murdered in the Hotel De Lopez, although it was afterwards believed that.he.was killed ina place in Prison street, now Atlan- tic street, near the corner of Water. 4;0ne evening fully five hundred sol. rs marched up Bank street’ a body everyone of them armed s with 2 pine cord wood stick taken from the Fitch woodyard that was located near the end. of, the Shaw cove bridge, which was generally used by the soldiers going to and coming from Fort Trumbull. The soldiers marched across the parade directly into Water street and halted in front of the Lopez place. Without much preliminary they proceeded to make a raid. They went into the house drove the blacks and the whites out by a free use of their sticks. They demolished everything demolishable in the house, and threw much stuff out of the house to give vent to their spirit of revenge. Then the soldiers deliberately set fire to the building and stood by until nothing was left but the standing chimne; The fire department turned out and’ were permiited to save the Boss bakery, then a small frame building; to the south of the Lopez place, and a dwelling to the north of the burned building. The firemen were in full: sympathy with the soldiers, therefors there was no clash. There Was a po-, lice force in New London at the time fully as large as at present, and they. were warned to keep away and avoid! trouble. They evidently obeyed the. warning. ! i The New London board of school” visitors acted wisely and well in rais- ing the salaries of school teachers, independent of any action on the part of the court of common council in re- gard to the recommendation of an ap-- propriation to city meeting to meet’ the added expense. The board evi-, dently retailed the statement of fors mer president of the board, Dr. John G. Stanton, who eaid it was fully with- in the provinces of the board of scheol visitors to spend any monies that boarq considered necessary for school purposes and that it was the duty of; the city to furnish the money. Whil there may be some objection to method of the board, there is no sus face objection to giving the teachers a raise in these times of high prices, when increase is absolutely necessary; to meet current expenses. The in- crease will amount to- appro: $13,000 a year, not including the extra salary of Advisor Jennings, former superintendent of echools. The maxi- mum increase for all grade teachers is $800. The maximum pay for teach- ers from the first to the ninth grade, inclusive, will be. $850, and for teachers in the seventh and eighth grades $960¢ The principals were given an in: crease of ten per cent., which the salary $1,320, while the salary the principal of the Harbor school was fixed at $2,0000, an increase of $200. The salary of the superinmmfi of the kindergarten will be $1,320, increase from $1,200. While the made no mention of the salary of the superintendent of schools, it is pre sumed that his salary is at least $3,000,! the amount paid“to his predecessor., 1t is said that some of the younger. teachers have now abandoned the of enlisting in the navy as first veomanettes, even if the pay is than given for teaching school, u:fl difference being more than by the vacation period. & Alderman William J. Ha for- Fo g A e o o hig! second term as a member of the of common council of the city of Ne London as alderman from the A ward, is chairman of the important, committee on public health, and it des volves upon this committee to provide} a_contagious hospital of some de<i scription, none being available €ints} the navy took over the Memorial hos-| pital and with it the modern com= tageous institution. The hospital property has been taken over for & period specified as during the war.} Therefore Alderman Harrigan's com=i mittee is planning to meet any emer- gency that is liable to arise at almost any time. Houses and small farms < on the outskirts have been inspecied with a view to purchase, but none: was found to meet the requirements. So the alderman has unofficially ans: nounced that a_portable building be; purchased and located on_the alms. house lot, not far removed from the, present contagious ward of the navy: He estimates that this could be dome at a cost of $7,506, and form a unit, for more space, if iL beeame necessary in the event of an epidemic. In other words it would be an improved -pest house, patterned after the one oOr- dered erected by Mayor Tinker at his own expense to jneet an emergency | many years ago. That old Tinker pest house was heat- ed by a parlor stove and a range and was made as warm as almost any house of that time, as it was before the introduction of stcamheat into al ery residence. In the plan out~ ed for the portable contageous hos4 1 e pital, it is saig that in order to “saye - | the expense of keeping a fireman and carting the ashes” the place will heated by oil heaters! Yes. with al | the dangers and offensive odors, and. |in 2n hospital, even of the contageous ' | kind. Perhaps there will be a change in this particular when the heating feature iz given serious and final con- | sideration. ' While the health depart ment has full power to use money Te- qitired in an emergency when the pubs<; lic health is at stake, the committes cannot reach any funds just at the present time to' furnish an hospital: building, as the health menace is not' actually in sight. Therefore, the hospital matter wui’ be cared for through the regular chan- | nel. The health. committee will make report of the needs to the court of ! ‘commpn coupcil. Then the councilt will recommend appropriation to the) city meeting for action. This meetis can reduce the amount recommended or reject the recommendation, but cani {1 not increase the amount. It is there: | fore expect®d that Alderman Ha will ask for an appropriation sufficient to have a contagious hospital that will be at least modernly equipped oughly sanitary in its a That's what fthe mm‘;‘g?- ‘want. That's what the whole people mndk roomm for sconmy” &— 0es pertain health, -3 2 \