Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 15, 1918, Page 7

NORWICH BULLETIN, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1918 The Heary Allen & Son Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS <~ LADY ASSISTANT All Calla Answered Promptly Day and Night 88 Main Street Farm Wagons Express Wagons Team Hamesses Express Harnesses (FOR THE MOTOR CAR) A Good Line of STEAMER ROBES THE L. L. CHAPHAN (0. 14 Bath Street, Norwich, Conn. JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOKBINDER Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order 108 BROADWAY TEAMING AND TRUCKING DONE VERY. PROMPTLY AND AT REASONABLE PRICES A. D. LATHROP #hone 175 Norwich, Monday,. July 15, 1818, THE WEATHER. tonight. gland states. and the middie ered by thunder showers. insula fair weather will prevail dur- perature changes of consequence. coming variable, fair Tuesday. Middle Atlantic: Gentle west to weather. A Forecast. t Southern = New cloudy Monday: Tuesday fair. Observations in. Norwich, in temperature -and the changes Saturday and Sunday: Ther. 62 70 69 lowest 62. 64 70 66 Comparisons. Predictions for Saturday: cloudy. Saturday’'s weather: cloudy. 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Cummings’ Spring Arch Support Buite 7-8, Alice Building, Norwich Formerly of Waterbury Phone 1366-4 Del-Hoff Hotel EUROPEAN PLAN HAYES BROS, Props Telephons 1222 DR.A.J.SINAY DENTIST Rooms 18-19 Alice Building, Norwich Phone 1177-3 ‘WANT fo put your bus. the public, there s no than through the ad- of The Bulletin, " Sun High || Moon Rises. | Sets. Wmm. 1) e Bullein._ Conditions are somewhat unseitled There were showers in New Atlantic It is considerably cooler in Montana and the Canadian northwest but else- where temperatures have changed but little exeept where temporarily low- ing the next two days over the Wash- ington forecast district without tem- The winds along the north Atlantic will be gentle to moderate west, be- unsettled Monday, nortiwest, becoming variable with fair England: Partly Thte following records, reported from Sevin’s pharmacy, show the changes barometric Bar. 30.07 30.08 3002 30.04 30.03 30.01 Showery and Sets, §|don dis Elected. With the exception of showers Mon- day and Tuesday in the Florida pen- Sunday evening at a well attended meeting in the Brothers of Joseph Synagogue on West Main street a Jew- ish Weifare Board was organized among the Jewish people of Norwich for the purpose of helping the men of the Jewish faith quartered at the va- rious military stations in this vicinity. Herman Alofsin 2nd was chairman of the meeting and made the introduc- tory remarks. Rabbi Joseph N. Ros- enberz spoke briefly in Jewish and told of the purpose of the organiza- tion. He urged the earnest coopera- tion of all local Jews. Louis A. Shapiro, a New York at- torney who has entered the work and is in charge of the work in New Lon- don and Norwich spoke at some length telling of the organization and operation of the centers operated by the board. He said the Jewish Wel- fare Board of the army and navy is a national organization for helping the men of the Jewish faith in the service. Between four and six per cent. of the army and navy today, amounting to about 90,000 men, are men of the Jew- ish faith. The Welfare Board has at present over 350 men in the service as secretaries, over a hundred of whom are with Pershing's men overseas. The Welfare Board cooperates = with all other organizations. Mr. Shapiro cited as an instance of the coopera- tion with the other organizations the fact that at the opening of the center in New London on the platform with the Jewish officials were a Roman Ca- tholic priest, a K. of C. worker, Y. M. C. A. men, Protestant clergymen and Red Cross chairman. The Norwich board will operate through the New London board that is through Mr. Shapiro who is district ecretary for the Norwich-New Lon- rict. Mr. Shapiro reports to .| the central committee of the board in New York which has charge of the work all over the country. Misses Louise Erwin, Cecile Stevens, Amelia Er McKinley, Dolbeare cottage at Gardners Lake. end at Groton Long Point. James Hinds of Biswell spent the week end at Pleasant View. e on Boswell avenue over Sunday. Leslie James is spending his annual Pier Miss Mariane Blackledge tur tanuck, Miss Mary Griffiths of Nerth Ster- | 1in s been visiting friends on Pros- pec cet. John Hill and daughter, Emily, Clarks Corners. and grandson, William of Aretic, R. I, have been of Thirteenth street. Sweet have several days at Camp Upton and New York city TAFTVILLE Corporal Alfred Gladue Writes From France—Village Brevities. Mary Gladue, 71 Norwich av- he and hope you are the same. 1 receingd a letter from Isola and one from Fred Thibeaut but I have not re- ceived a letter from your for a long time. I alw am longing for a let- ter from you but I have only received one from you all the time I have heen here so please write to me every week, mother, and you will make me feel h.’l'py)y. While we were on our way front night, over our heads. but landed on the other side of us, Be- to could tell me. Sunday afterncon I was you, fire on it but they never hit the plane. They must have fired a The American aeroptanes are daring over here nd they do work. the pleasure of seeing you all some day. soon, please. From your loving son, ALFRED. Congregational Sunday School Picnie, school held their outing -at ed about 225 picnickers to the beach, A basket lunch was served at noon. GAGER’ Funeral Divector Promptserviceday or night in, Mabel McKinley, Ruth Helen Prodell of the Altar chapter of St. Andrews' church have returned after spending a week at the Edward J. Riordan spent the week avenue George Cass of Newport was at his wo weeks' vacation at Narragansett has re- ed from a week's stay at Poque- of Central avenue are visiting friends at Mrs. Richard Berkoff and family left Saturday to spend two weeks at Lake siting Mrs. W. H. Hebbins Misses Gertrude Murray and Mary returned after spending Dear Mother: I am in the best of am not far from the front now. I up to the front this week. We brought up some pills for the Germans. the two German shells came They came whistling lieve me this is a funny war for I see things you never hear about and if 1 you wouidn't believe watching an neroplane cross the German lines, 1 had my field glasses with me and every time this French plane tried to 2o over, the German guns would open thousand rounds 2* it and the next thing I knew the plene went flving over the lines. very good I will close my letter with my best wishes to all and I hope I may have Good bye, mother, and answer The Taftville Congregational Sunday Ocean Beach, Saturday. Special cars convey- Chairman Alofsin introduced At- Six hours after high water It is low | torney Perry Hollandersky, Presi- tide, which Is followed by flood tide. |ident of the New London board, who —_— told of the starting of the board in GREENEV[LLE that city. He said the fundamental idea of the Welfare Board wa’s to in- T culate the spirit of Judism in all the Altar Chapter Girls Return From|men of the faith who were now in the Gardner Lake—Personal Mention. |service of the country. He urged all true Jews as Jews and as American citizens _to contribute to the board. Meyer Pescoff, vice president of the New London board addressed the au- dience in Jewish, urging them to co- JEWISH WELFARE BOARD ORGANIZED Herman Alofsin, 2nd, Elected President at Meeting Held Sun- day Evening—Prominent Heads of New London Board Qutline Work of Organization—Committee Chairmen B operate with the board, which takes the place to a certain extent of the Y. M, C. A and the K of C. for the Jewish soldiers and sailors. The nominating committee reported their nominations and all nominces were unanimousiy elgcted. The offi- cers elected were: President, Herman Alofsin 2nd: vice president, Michael Levine: secretary, Miss Bertha Cur- land; treasurer, Abner Schwartz, chairman of committee on statistics, George Blum; chairman of committee of send-off and follow-up, Saul Alof- sin, chairman of entertainment and hospitality committee, Mrs. Samuei G. Hertz; chairman of committee on edu- cation, Rabbi J. N. Rosenberg. It is planned to have five members on each committee, the member to be named at a later date. After the election, President Alofsin told what the board planned to do here and called a meeting for Tues- day night to make more detailed plans. Mr. Shapiro was called to the plat- form again and explained the. work of the various committees. The sta- tistics committee is to keep track of the men who go out, who are killed or wounded and of those who return, so that work of the board may be check- ed up at any time. The send-off and follow-up committee is to make the going-away of local hoys a cheerful affair and to see that they receive the various small comforts so essential to the boys in camp. The entertainment and hospitality committee is to ar- arrange the entertainment of visiting soldiers and sailors either at a semi- public affair or in private homes. The committee on education is largely to supply books to the men in the ser- vice who wish to secure literature but they are also to be prepared to teach any boys who may wish to pursue their studies, In closing the meeting President Alofsin spoke of the financial condi- tion which he said was excellent and assured the people that they would not be asked for contributions every few weeks. He also told of attendinz a meeting Sunday morning in New- port under the auspices of the hoard and of attending a gathering arranged by the district secretary in conjunc- tion with the K. of C. man. He said that he sincerely hoped and believed that District Secretary Shapiro would have excellent reports of Norwich to EDWARD COX GIVEN 20 DAYS SENTENCE AT HARTFORD Was Arrested by Local Police For Bootlegging, Edward Cox, cripple, who ap- peared in the police court on a charge of bootlegging, was tried in the fed- eral court at Hartford Friday. Cox was charged with going into a local saloon and procuring liquor for Herbert Munson, a Minnesota lad of 18 years, a sailor stationed at New London. It seems that Munson was accustomed to go to Norwich for li- or and he identified Cox as “that 1y on the corner with crutches” Cox denied that he got any liquor for the sailor. Cox was found guilty and given 20 cays in jail Union Lyceum Officers Installed. The installation of Union Lyceum officers held at A. M. E. Zion church on Thursday evening opened by sing- Quinsigamond, Worcester, Mass. ing Jesus is All the World to Me. The scripture lesson was read and prayer Corporal Kirk Ricketts of the 68th|was offereq by Harrison Payne, the Regiment, Fort Terry, N. Y. was at|chaplain. A hymn was sung, I Love to his home Saturday on a 24-hour fur- | Tell the Story. The following officers lough. were installed by Rev. E. George Bid- - dle of New London: President, Miss Mrs. Mercie Greene of New Haven | Cassie Robinson; vice president, Miss .| Julia Lane; second .vice president David Hall; sccretary, M. Ruby Epps istant secretary, Daniel Harris treasurer, Speed ans; organists, Miss Marjorie Fields, Mrs. Maude Epps; chaplain, Harrison Payne; as- Isistant chaplain. Lucius Dabney; ush- ers, Edward Harris, James Greene, Lincoln Harris, Russell Lacey. Rev. E. George Biddle and Rev. D. W. Francis w the principal speak- ers of the evening. Both addresses proved very interesting. Rev. Mr. Bid- dle and Rev. Mr. Francis were ten- dered a rising vote of thanks for their excellent addresses. Refreshments of enue, received fhe following letter|ice cream and assorted cake were from hor s Who I8 Srecsene served by Mrs. Speed Evans, Mrs. Tune 15, 1915, |Dora Randall and Miss ldella Scott, assisted by the Misses Mabel Lacey Julia Epps, Julia Lane, Gladys Jon Cassie Robinson and Ruby Epps. The meeting came to a close by singing God Be With You Until Again and benediction by George Biddle. Rev. E. Patriotic Hymns Feature of Service. For the past few Sundays at Christ church at the morning s ice Organ- ist W. F. Habekotte has played The Star Spangled Banner just before the processional hymn. During the course of each service the last verse of Amer- ica is sung, also a special hymn for our soldiers and sailors. The wartime demand for dyestuffs has revivified the'ancient indigo in- rustry of Central America. ing and in various sports. The party returned in the evening voting the af- fair a success. i Attended Dance. The young ladies of the T. A. B. so- ciety attended a dance at Ocean Beach Saturday evening, making the trip by auto truck. Miss Ora Tredeau has returned to her home heer from Putnam. Napoleon Peppin of Newport was at his home in the village Sunday. Miss Ella Adams has accepted a po- sition with tke J. B. Martin Co, Sergeant Thomas Waldron of Fort day. Private George Poyard was at his home on North B street, Sunday, from Fort Terry. 1 ‘William Jervi Roderick Molleur, Archie Torrence and William Wollhe- ben, motored to Ocean Beach, Satur- day. Dr. and Mrs. George Thompson left town by automobile Saturday for Maine, where Mrs. Thompson is to spend a month. Mrs. Joseph Rivers and Mrs. Henry Morse of Fitckburg, Mass, are visit- ing Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Elliott of South B street. Mr..and_Mrs.. Lawrence Sylvia and Thomas _Greenwood motored _from Springfleld to their home on Front ag-:"::! over Sunday. We Meet | The day was enjoyably spent in bath- |2 Terry is at his home here until Tues- |} send to the headquarters in New York, EASTERN CONN. PEOPLE ENJOYING R. |. RESORTS Holiday Week Was a Quiet One at the Seashore. Contrary to the usual rule that the week following a holiday at the sea- shore is a quiet one, the past week has been of more than ordinary ac- tivity among the Narragansett Bay colonies and the number of visitors from southeastern Connecticut has teen considerably larger than for any time this season. JMrs. William Richardson and daug ters, Misses Ruth and Gertrude Rich- ardson, of Norwich, are spending the month of July with relatives at But- tonwoods. Mrs. Albert Glover of South Kil- lingly is visiting relatives in Provi- dence. John Donovan of Taftville is spend- ing his annual vacation with friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Barker of Norwich have taken a cottage at Nar- ragansett Terrace for the rest of the summer and are entertaining for a few days Mrs. Edward Barker and daughter, Miss Carrie Barker of Nar- wich, Mr. and Mrs. P. Lockwood and chil- dren of Shelton motored to Westerly on Sunday last to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Owens over the week-end. They were accompanied upon théir return home by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Owens and son. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gibney and daughters, Misses Margaret, Alice and Helena Gibney, of Putnam, are guests at the McQueen villa, Island Park, for two weeks, where they are entertain- ing Mrs. J. Corrigan and family of Worcester. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Parker and their daughters and M dall, of Norwich, have taken a cot- tage at Pleasant View, where they will remain for several weeks. Mr, and Mrs. James T. Morton o Yantic, with their guests Mr. and Mr: John Williams, have been spending few days in this city with friends. s Matilda Ran- a Dr. and Mrs. James I". Reid of Ol- neyville are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. . Martin of Norwich. They loft ear- 17 in the week cn an automobile trip of New England, visiting the special points of interest in the Berkshires and White Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton F. Pellett and family of Danielson have opened their cottage at Nausauket for the season. Mrs. A. C. Keith, Miss Marguerite Keith anti Mrs. Emmaline Cutler of Putnam are spending the month of July at the Ayer cotteage, Oakland Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Rogers, Jr., of Norwich, have been the guests of Mrs. Rogers' parents at Shore Acres, ‘Wickford. Among the latest arrivals at the At- lantic House at Matunuck were Ed- ward W. Buxton, Samuel Ve Menis of New London. Mr. and Mrs. R. Lord of New Lon- don were registered at the summer colony at Watch Hill the past week. Buy Your Stamps Early. The Connecticut war savings com- mittee urges that those who pledged themselves in the June W. S. S. cam- paign to purchase war savings stamps during the remaining months of the year should not wait until the last minute but should co-operate with the government by purchasing the speci- fied amount of stamps at the earliest day possible. That is. if stamps are pledged for July, the subscriber should make every effort to purchase them in the early part of the month. This will make the work of the post office and agents easier, and will enable the e to make a better showing- at Washington _in the campaign. The state committee points out that the pledges were made to the sovern- ment, and, therefore, all should co- operate to the fullest extent in ful- filling the pledges. Special Examination of Nurses. In order to meet the demands to supply qualified nurses for our mili- tary plans, the Connecticut State Board of Examination and Registra- tion of Nurses will hold a special ex- amination for registration at the state capitol, Hartford, Conn., on July 30th and 31st. Every eligible nurse should avail herself of the opportunity to get into line, and file her application at once with the secretary, Miss R. L Albaugh, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Conn. Iron ore is found in almost every Chinese province, but it is mined ex- tensively in orly a few. on and | SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys a‘?slz:inu In Various Branches of Corporal Johnson Writes. Mr. and Mrs. Walter I, Johnson of Jewett City have received the follow- ing letter from France from thelr son, Corporal Raymond B. Johnson, who is company clerk of the 10th Field Ar- tillery: Somewhere in France. My Dear Folks: We had a not my address. ning to worry over you. Yesterday I took my first trip thete to have seen the place. more than strange. Suppose coming over was the first sight Jand. ed the size of it before. opinion, tonight. big vacation. plans for the future; one minute think T will work like the very dicken: and the next minute that good resolu- tion has left my mind, and the heighth of ambition is just to loaf around home and see how little I can do, and make every one fuss over me and wait on me. Both of you take gzood care yourselves and each other, and_don’ do any worrying over me, for I Good night and God bless you, Write often. All my love RAY. P. S.: Remember me to Fannie and Amos and the folks up on the hill. Seeing What War Means. the 56th Artillery, France,” writes thy 3 city: Otto Baker of th France, June 21, 1918, “somewhere Hello, Otto: Just a few lines to let you know that I am still alive and I den’t know whether you're still at the mull, but am feeling better than ever. taking a chance that you'll receive this anyway. I suppose vou thought that I forgot my promise to write, but on the level, I've been on the go ever since I landed in this land of sun, flowers, and “hell.” We ar: believe me, They weigh about can handle them weighed a ton. drawn. tons, as e: Every fiats. the wheels every time we leave th hard road, and of course that gives u more of a bearing surface, but tha don’t always keep us from stuck. manoeuvering in a mud hole and w had to use two tractors with a doubl four part tackle hooked up to th capstan of both tractors to pull us out. Some life, take it from me. 1 am |nounced to them just previous to going getting experiences that I never [Over that they had a “million dollar dreamed of, but I like it all first rate, | barrage”. All arranged to have the and with all the little haraships I|way for them. They went over and never had so much fun in all my life. Well, Otto, I suppcse war has a more serious aspect in the States now, but no one would fully realize what tha word means, unless they ars ove here in France and see for *hemselves. To tell th. truth it looked like a jo o me once. but every day I put in|The American doughboys immediately “over here” I am learning j so | styled him the “million dollar kid"—so much more about the rea; dope. I'll|“Doc” there's a problem in mathema- tell you one thing, and that is the|tics for you. If it cost a million dol- Amer in the scrap. The French themselves are surprised. “kids" lead, bayonets and grit. 1 was talk to a couple of douzhboys (infan trymen) the other evening. They were [ous at times, hope to get a short fur- wounded in a scrap a shor: time and |lough some day and get into a regular are in a Lospital here. I asked one|town. You see, “Doc,” since we have lad where he got hit. inis blouse and showed me a pretty little shrapnel wound in his should He said he lidn't mind the wound so much but what got his goat, was that he got hit before he had a chance to get a boche. He said they got the or. der to go “over the top,” and he jum ed over with the rest and got abou three yards from his own trenck when he felt something hit him in the shoul der, so hard that it threw h.m to the round. ing lowing He found himself in a_dre; ion back of the lines the fo morning, but believe me, to go back so he can get You see; Otto, that's only an exampl of the fine spirit the boys all over here. a lot of things that actually occur, bu! it would tire your eyes readinz and robably I might say somerbing and ave Mr, Censor jump on Well, Otto, old boy, how i thing zoing on at the mill. having any more “fire dri know at the fires. coming on, and Ed. Staubly. best regards to old Fred, Sanbourn, old Mike Sulli and the whole gang. Oh, yes Keys if he is there yet. I want to kno whow they are coming He'll know what I mean, Well, oid boy, it's pretty near tim for chow, =o I'll have to say au re. voir for now. Don't forget to writ to a fellow once in a whiie, old Poj SERGT. NEST BARTOLUCCI, Battery D, 56th Artillery Regt, Amer. ican Ex . Force, France. Kept at Strenuous Work, Rev. and Mrs. their youngest son, J. Bradford Rick etts, who landed in France on Me morial Day: Battery B, 56th Reg't, C, A. C., Am. Ex. Forces, Somewhere in France, June 20, 1918. Dearest Folks at Home: received any of my mail vet? won't worry when you learn that am well and always happy. Iam get. ting quite acclimated to this country row, and although we have to put up with many more hardships here than in the States, yet we don’t mind a lit tie thing liks that when we conside for what and whom we are doing it. The days are very long and we are kept busy most of the time. The work is much more strenuous than we have been used to, but I find it so interest. ing that I don’t mind it at all (I mean the work) . We are stationed in this little vil- lage for a while and as there are no we are quartered around in houses and barns. barracks for us at present, Can you picture me in the hayloft of big bunch of mail come in today. I receiv- ed three letters from Ethel, but not one’from home. I am wondering if you have written and the letters have not as vet arrived, or is it that you have T hope to get a let- ter from home soon for 1 am begin- to town and I wish you could have been e t Every- thing is much different than America. Thcre_were stacks of things I would have liked to have bought and sent to you, but had no way of doing it. Some of the costumes of the natives seem they think the same ahout the Americans, though. What looked the best to me of My, but that surely did look good! T always knew that the ocean was large, but, I never actually realiz- France is a pretty nice country alright, but believe me, there is no place that can be com- pared with little old Connecticut in my Wish I could walk in on you T can see you all there now; dad sitting snoczing over his paper and you knitting or doing something of the kind. Well it won't be long before we will all be together again ghd believe me, we are all going to have one great I am constantly making of am feeling the best ever, and it won't be long before T am home again with you. Sergt. E. L. Bartolucei who is with in following letter to in the heavy artiilery, and we got some flne guns. but we as if they ng i motor We can make good time on half way decent roads, bu: we get hell on the soft ground, especially mud We put caterpillar bands on getting e other day we were out n spirit is certainly fine, and it can’t be beat by any other nations soldiers They have an_entirely different idea about those from across the sea, for they Lad more than one dose of American He opened up he was a sore kid and he’s just waiting 1 could 5o on and tell you you used to be the main gink How is my old bos Tom Give my Just tell him C. H. Ricketts have just received the following letter from Have you 2 T 'am writing as often as possible, so you NIGHT OPERATOR—ALL IN Vinol Made Him Feel Better, Look Better, Sleep Better Springfield, ' Mass;—"“I am a night operator—was all run-down, couldn’t sleep, had no ambition—I had tried blood and nerve tonics without help —and thought I would try Vinol, and I must say it has built me up so I feel better, lTook better and sleep bet- ] ter.”—Charles T. Harder. 2 The reason Vinol was so successful in Mr. Harder's case is because it contains beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates, the very elements needed to build up a weakened, run- down system, make rich, red blood and create strength. Broadway Pharmacy; Wilson Drug Co.,, Willimantic; A. W. Williams Pharmacy, Danielson: J. F. Donahue, Putnam; and Druggists Everywhere. a cow barn writing this letter by can- dle light? To us here in France the war situa- tion seems véry much brighter, and everybody here predicts that it is drawing very close to the end. It sure has hit this brave counfry hard for on the streets it is a rare sight to see an able-bodied man; all. are children, old men and Women. This little town is surrounded by high, snow-capped mountains which are very beautiful. The fields are all cultivated by women, the chief products being grapes, wheat, hay and potatoes, We have Sundays 6ff and last Sun- day I went up to a city where.there is a base hospital and met a fellow I knew very well who had been gasssd. His name is Bill Hawkins, & ball play- er from Norwich. We had a long talk and he was more than glad to meet someone from his home town. Believe me, I have a lot to tell when I get home, ‘and it won't be “bull” cither I will be throwing, How are Jay and the rest of the boys? Have Paul and Kirk been shipped over yet? Tell them to get over before cold wea- ther starts. 1 hope you will receive this letter O. K. Now the only thing I really want and ctave for is mail, 1 have not received any yet but ex- Dect to before another month. I must giose now as the candle is burning ow. ,With love to all, From your boy in France, BRADFORD. “Please don’t worry.” Longs For Vaudeville Show. Private W. R. Gordon in a breezy letter to John P. Lyston of this city says that he would give two months' Dpay to be able to see a good vaudeville show as he has been “up in front” for the past two months where daily bouts with “Fritz” are a common occurrence, Private Gordon's letter_follows: June 13, 1918. Dear Friend John: Received your letter some time ago but owing to the fact that we have spent the greater part of the time the past few months up on the lines haven't done much letter writing, but if you will keep up your courage and let me hear from you occasionally will always be there with the come-back even if a little slow. Am up on the line now but having a rather easy time of it this time. My gun is situated in the second line, our dugouts are in the ruins of a small village_and the trench runs just out- side. We get a little shell fire here every day. Fritz doesn't want us to forget we are ‘in a war. The only time our gun would come into action is in case of an attack and the front line had to fall back to us. Was talk- ing to one of our infantrymen the other day. He was in the trenches a littie ways up the line from here and he was telling me about an attack they put on the other day. They were to go “over the top” and clean up the German first-line, getting what pris- oners they could. Their officers an- 1 s t e s o o e wh they got there the Germans had all “vamped.” They kept right on go- ing to the third line and succeeded in capturing a thirteen-year-old German soldier whose mother told him when Ye left home to give himself up to the Americans if he ever got the chance. t r e lar barrage to get a thirteen-year-old German _soldier after penetrating to the third line trenches how many Lib- erty bonds will it take to capture the crown prince and the other three or four “worms” that belong to the same club_when you've got to go beyond the Rhine after them. This old game gets pretty monoton- been ver here what time we haven't been in the trenches has been spent in small villages, most of tiem nothing but ruins from shell fire. I would give a couple of months pay to see one of those vaudeville shows the Davis the- atre hand out for a quarter and that's jnot exaggerating a bit. And to make matters worse breceived a letter from a friend of mine from Norwich the other day, guess you know him, Lieut. t Lill Gleason. Bill wrote me, tellin me of having been commissioned a lieutenant in the army and as he might ket into foreign service soon wanted to know what hotel I stopped at when in Paris so he could look me up should he come over here. Now wouldn't that make you sore, when the only “hotel” you have ever stopped| in 2 barn, conmsidering yourself it there was a little hay or straw in it to make your bunk a littlef softer. Bill will have to go some to square himself with me after that break. So you are still putting out the lights at the K. of C. club. Well, John, old top, you want't to do some pretty tall training along those lines to com- pete with me when I come back. You see this old war game over here is right in its prime between sunset and sunrise, daytime on the western front |resembles a Sunday afternoon in Windham. We just start to come to at midnight and at 2 a. m. are right in the “pink” expecting a little catch- as-catch-can with “Fritz” which is apt to take place any morning betiween that time and sunrise. Well, John, guess I have done enough raving for fhe present. Don't forget 10 write a line as often as you can find time. Hoping you are in the best of health with. kindest regards to you and all Norwich friends, from s RAY GORDON. Company D, 1034 M. G. Bat. e t D o e Werites of Trench Life. In a letter to his mother, Corporal L ing of the sale. EACH counter and is waiting for you at a Come In Look F l think of going visited this store and Another Busy Week In The Factory End Sale Wfi ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BUSY WEEK — COMMENCING TODAY — AND WITH GOOD REASONS. - OTS of New Bargains this week, just as good as the ones advertised at the open- these Factory Ends, and chances are that the very thing of which you may be in need you are in town any day this week do not offerings of the Factory End Sale. THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL CO. every tlepcflmen. t has small cost. 1 Around! home until you have seen the extraordinary N — time with no blankets. We've been lucky that it hasn’t rained but are baving cold nights. Can't say where we are of course, but guess you've seen by the papers what this ision has been doing and guess we gave a pretty good account of ourselves, too. My battalion has been lucky so far as we've lost very lightly, but others have been in hard lu We get more to eat here than any- where before, but get our hot meals at night and only one or two in 24 at that. We all like this better than the trenches, however, and hope to go on through to Berlin before winter. In vour letters I've received lately you say you are not hearing from me at all regular. When anything happens to me you'll be nctified, so if you don’t hear that I'm dead or wounded vou'll know I'm all right. If you mothers over in the states don't do any more werrying about us over here than we do about ourselves youwll never lose a wink of sleep, so don’t do it. June 21. Have been out since night hefore last. Every move here is done at night® you know. Came out all right, as far as I know. My outfit left at 10.30 but got lost so most of us didn’t get in till after daylight next morning. We are only seven kilome- ters from the front but went out of the way so far to escape shelling that myself and three others hiked all of iwelve getting here. Well, T've slept about thirty hours s0 far so guess I'm pretty well caught up now. The “open” front we found when we went in was pretty weil en- trenched when we came out. We all had little dugouts just biz enough for two, sometimes three, proof, but no protection against a shell itself. You're pretty safe unles: one of the “sausage maker: direct hit. In my case of aidn't or else I'd not be Sherman was right though and didn't know a thing about it either. This is an artillery avar all the way. through with the airplanes to find the targets and get the range and the in- fantry to protect the artillery. A har- rage is a thing to read about, but an- other thing altogether when vou're caught under it. Youre ke a rat in a trap. Have been under two and I didn't get a scratch. One lasted about three minutes before shs lifted and the second we only got the edse. I don’t know just how much I am al- lowed to write about all this stuff, but will say this_division has made a name for itself. The marines espec- iall. We expect to go back in a few days, probably in the same place. Don’t know when we will 2o to “re- pose,” but guess after this offensive is over and not before. Would like to get into another town where we could have a little more comfort. We're get- ting to be like the French every day everything is “the war.” ell, I'll mail this now, hoping this will find_vou all well and getting along O. K. With love to all, I am as ever, your ioving son. WILFRED. REGISTRANTS OF NEUTRAL NATIONS NOT TO BE DRAFTED If They Have Expressed Their Inten- tion of Becoming United States Wilfred Sage, now with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, writes of his experiences in the front line trenches and in a position that is I|open. Corporal Sage tells of many - |iateresting adventures in the great war. He writes as follows: At the Front, France, June 10, 1918. Dear Mother and All the Rest:—As you see by the heading above I'm at the front again. Have been here since Thursday night and it's pretty lively here some of the time, too. Just at the present time “Fritz” is very quiet. We're not in the old trenches now, but in_the open, so it's some different than the sectors we've been in before. We've had a pretty strenuous time since wa came out iast time, all kinds of moves by all kinds of' transporta- tions, mostly by “shank’s mare.” Have been sleeping in the open some of the T f Citizens. New orders relative to the draft status of certain registrants of neu- tral countries have been transmitted to the local draft boards of Connec- ticut by the governor's office. Provost Marshal General Crowder has notified the governor's cffice that by recent act of congress citizens of ~neutral countries who have declared their in- tentions to become citizens of the United Stated are relieved from lia- bility to military service on certain conditions. The president has pre- scribed the regulations and until they are received local boards are instruct- ed that they shall not involuntarily induct any registrant who is a sub- ject of a neutral nation and who has declared his intention to become citizen of the United States but who just scrapnel) has not completed his final naturali- zation. Declarant registrants of the follow- ing countries do not come within the terms of the provost marshal general's message: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Ouba, France, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemdla Italy, Japan, Liberia, Monaco, Mon- tenegro, Nicaragua, Panama, Portu- gal, Rumania. Russia, San Marina, Servia Siam, Turkey. Subjects of Austria Hungary and Germany are still classified as alien cnemies, _— BORN SHEA—In_ Norwich, July 13, 1818, & son to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Shea of 63 Broadway. WIBBERLEY—In New Britain, July - 11, 1918, a son. Maxwell Sage, to Mr. and Mrs. Maleolm R. Wibberley, for- merly Jessie R. Sage of Nerwich, HEWITT—In Brookiyn, N. Y., July 5, 1918, a daughter fo Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Hewitt. PALMBR—In Stoningten (Paweatuck), July 12, 1915, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Palmer. GOURLAY—In Westerly, R. L, July 12, 1918, a son, James Arland, to Mr. and Mrs.' John J. Gourlay. GEER—In Griswold, July 18, 1913, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geer. MARRIED. STONE—HARRINGTON—In Danielson, July 13, 1918, by Rev. C. H. Barber, Charles Stone and Miss' Amy E. Harrington. ASIMACOPOULOS—ANGELOPULOS —In Norwich, July 14, 1918, by Rev. George Constantinu, Miss Catherine Angelopulos and ~ Panagiotis C. Asimacopoulos, both ¢f Norwich. 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