Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 15, 1918, Page 5

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COMMINGS 52 Central Avenue Phone 1314 PLUMBING AND GASFITTING 2 at s __CALL UP 734 With or Without Gas Attach- ments “but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL~— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for ali makes of Ranges A. J. Wholey & Co., 12 FERRY STREET Phone 581 Modern Plumbing essantial .in modern houses as | sctricity” is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WCRK | by expert workmen at the fairest prices. 67 Wfst I_anaix.xNS.treel ! T. F. BURNS HEATING -AND PLUMBING 92 Franklin Strect ROBERT J. COCHRANE | GAS FITTING, PLUMPING, STEAM FITTING Washingion Sq., Washington Building MNorwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sh t Packing IRON CASTINGS| FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY C0. Nos. 11 to 25 Ferry Street SHACKLEY OF STONINGTON, FIREMEN'S PRESIDENT Officers elected Wednesday after- noon at Bridgeport at the 35th annual convention of the Conneclicut State Firemen's Association were: Presi- dent, Charles Shackley of Stonington; first vice president, W. Fenner Wood- ward, of Danielson; secreiary, R. V. Mageé of Watertown; treasurer, Sam- uel C, Snagz of Waterbury; chaplain, Rev, M. J. Ryan - of New Haver; county vice presidents, FEdward . | moted corp: {a_window of their Ve e —— Norwich, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1918 -] VARIOUS MATTERS 1t is daybreak now at 3.57. Light vebicle lamps at 8.19 o'clock this evening. Just arrived. Big cargo fresh fish, Osgood wharf. Prices very low.—adv. North Stonington grange is to hold its picnic today (Thursday) at At- lantic Beach. A family reunion was held at the Ivoryton hotel at Ivoryton Sunday by | the Starling family. The home grown pear crop is good hereabouts, pears selling at $2 per bushel if sound and ripe. At Colchester, Saturday, M. R. Abell, justice of the peace, married Harry Begoom and Miss Saran Mar- cue. There was a refreshing -drop temperature Wednesday evening aft the sky darkened for the thunder- storm. At 3 o'clock Wednesday arternoon, the termometer at J. J. Shea’'s on Broadway marked 106 degrees in the sun. Housewives who have been keeping their pledges to can during the re- cent hot days have certainly been.do- ing their bit. Shoppers were out for thg speclal fur sales Wednesday in spite of the heat, and many handsome coats and sets were purchased. The French Orphan Fund and the Armenian relief work are being kept up by the Connecticut W. C. T. U. during-the summer. Venus rises in the east at 4.30 a. m. today, the 15th. It moves 38 de- grees eastward during the month— from Gemini into Cancer. An anniversary requiem high mass for Mrs. Nora Kearney was sung in St. Patrick’s church Wednesday at 8 o'clock by Rev, J. H. Broderick. Hotels at Pleasant View are full and there dare praciically no cottages vacant. There is very little going on in a general social way, however. Guy C, Wiggins, the promment ar- tist of the Old Lyme colony, is ex- pected to sail any. day for Irance where he will engage in Y. M. C..A. work. Th> Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the great laymen's organization of the Episcopal church, met at East North- field, Mass,, Wednesday for its annual national convention. At Lyme George Mitchell and chil- dren went over to the big elm one day recently, picked nearly a bushel of huckleberries, and sold them in the village at 30 cents a quart A large amount of finished work was returned to the Red Cross room on Wednesday by the women of St. Pat- rick’s parish, represenung garments made for refugees during home sew- ing. The last payment on the Third Lib- erty loan on sovernment pran will he due and payable today, August 15. in This is a forty per cenf. payment of | the amount of the bond suveseswed | o for. The Manchester Herald mentions that Mrs. Geors daug ter of Johnson Terrace and a little New York l'resh Air girl who is vis- iting them, are spending the week at Coventry lake. The new owner of the Charle: s W. Comstock i property le, Harry Hellar, of New great- ly improvii the estate, remodeling the stable into a garage, installing electric lights, etc. The Shore -ine Electric Railway is now providing two conductors to | collect _fares their cars between ontville and New London, the new plan working well sinca the Rooke are registers are used. | been collected for the 1 has L n of the Daily Centra! Bap- A been in = on for the Italian children of the The annual ou cut Shoe Reta heid at Lake ¢ near Wa- terbury, Wednesday. A beefsteak dinner was served at 2.30 o'clock and was follotved by a programme of sports. As a result of the recent talk at Wateh Hill of Miss Carita Spencer. chairman of the Food for France fund, about $600 has been’ donated to the cause by Watch Hill ple in- terested in it, through Miss Spencer’s address. His relatives have received word that Francis B. Skelly, of Norwich, wh was captain of his contingent of 67 men on leaving Baltimore for Camp Meade 10 weeks ago, has been pro- oral of the 34th Co. 154th Depot Eri; An Ellington tobacco farmer goez to Manchester every day after a load of children to work on the farm. He has an automobile and attached to the machine he has a four-wheelod taffair with a broad platform on wnich the children ride. One of the men leaving Bridgeport today for special training at Newton, Mass., is Raymond Rugene Gibson, younger son of Eugene Gibson of Norwich, who has been in the Park City for a yvear and a half was with the U. M. C. company. The lights and telephone service have not been repaired yet through the section of Saybrook that was hit hardest by last week's tornado. Au- tomobiles are unable to be taken from the garages where the big wreeg were felled, blocking their path. Cut off from the stairway smoke, Mr. and M. Harry Hay were rescued from Their burning home at Groton, firemen taking them out of bedroom. The Prior of Plainville: D, W. Harford of |blaze which started from an electric Norwalk: John fdrd; Manuel Martin of New London; Thomas F. Burnes of Bridgeport; 1. T. Dickenson of Thomaston; Frederick Dumas of Putnam: George S. Pitt of Middletown, and George B. Milne of Rockville. There are about 200 delegates at- tending the convention. Officers of the Fire Chiefs Associa- tion were elected as follows: Rufus R. Fancher, New Haven, president; D. W. Harford, Norwalk, first vice presidént: Daniel Johnson, Bridgeport, second vice president; Charles A. Cameron, West - Haven, secretary; Samuel . Snagg, Water- bury, treasurer; directors, J. M. Strat- Zeld, Thomaston, George W, Pitt, Mid- dletown, Harry W, Parker, Stamford, Robert H. Meacham, Meriden. Old Time' Printer Di David Reese, one of the old-time printers, died at the New London a!mshouse, Wednesday afternoon about 2 o'clock, after a long period of sickness, caused -by tuberculosmws. Mr, Feese has lived in New London for over 40 vears. He came there from Pennsylvania. He was formerly a member of the local Typographical union. Things Rumania Knows. Rumania knows now exactly how an ink spot feels when the bhlotting paper is applied. says a Chicago paper. And also how ths cat felt when she .stepped upon_a_bloh of sawdust float- ing the mill pond, under the mis- Luby of Walling- | fat iron caused $1,500 damage. Interesting work done in the history course of the Normal school depart- ment of the Danbury Normal Sum- mer school is the construction work of models representing vioneer life, Indian life and Dutch life. This work was done by the students in the his- tory class. g THREE GO THIS MORNING TO NEWTON. William M. Skelly of West Thames street, John S. Bennett of 385 Main street and William G. Froamander are to leave here this (Thursday) morn- ing by the 9.05 northbound train on the way to, Newton, Mass., where they will nave special training in military branches for which they are qualified. Escape from State Hospital. John Kelly and William Daniels, who have both been in the violent ward at the Norwich state hospital, escaped from there on Wednesday morning. : Attendants from the hospital were out looking for them on Wednesday and the police authorities of Norwich and New London were notified of the escape of the two men and asked to be on the watch for them Placing Tarvia on Macadam, First «Selectman Casper K. Bailey is havirg tarvia placed on two stretches of macadam road which the town takes care of. They are West Main PERSONALS Miss Fennessy Canty is spending two ‘weeks at Sunnyludge, Sound View. Misses Alice O. Armstrong and Frances Edwards have returned from a week’s stay in Nantucket. Mrs. and Mrs. F. B, Young of Con- nell street have returned from Cres- cent Beach, after a stay at the Nini- gret. Mrs. Henry Kingsley of Norwich is the guest of her nephew and his wife, Mr. de Mrs. Everett Chapman of Mystle. Miss Jennie W. Barker of Uncas- ville is spending a vacation at the home of Dr. and Mrs. James H. Weeks in Stonington. Charles Dowdall has moved his \family from Deep River to Norwich, where he is employed as machinist in the munitions factory. Patrick Sullivon, head bookkeeperfor a Boston lumber concern, but formerly a resident of New London, was here on Wednesday to visit a friend at the tuberculosis sanatorium. Mr. and Mrs. Emil A, Jahn of the East Side and Miss Mary Murphy of Hartford spent the day at Ocean Peach on Wednesday. Mr. yahn is at home for a while as he has ner- vous trouble. KILLED IN ELEVATOR AT PAPER MILL Clifford D, Cross, aged 16, colored, was instantly killed at the American Strawbeard Co. in Thamesville Wed- nesday morning shortly after 3 o'clock when he was crushed in the elevator ow the plant. Just how the accident occurred is nof known. The body of the young man was found on the ele- vator at the third floor with his head banging over the edge of the floor. Cros3 had been cleaning up about the plant and had taken a baskét of pa- pars to the third floor when the ac- cident happened. Dr. H. E. Higgins was called but there was nothing a rhysician could do. y In the absence of Medical Examiner C. C. Gildersleeve, Dr. N. B. Lewis viewed the body and found that the boy’s neck had been broken and sev- eral of his ribs broken. Permission for the removal of the body was given to Undertakers Cummings & Ring, who sent the body to Plainfield to the boy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cross. WEDDING Gibson—Nolan. Eugene Gibson and Mrs. Ethel No- lan were married at 2.30 o'clock Sun- day afternoon by Rev. Charles H. Ricketts, at the parsonage of Greene- ville Congregational church. The witness was the bride's father, Clif- ford Derosia. Mrs. Gibson {s a native of Franklin, Vt. and has been emploved in the Marlin-Rockwell plant. Mr. Gibson, who was barn in Scotland, is a ship- ping clerk, and resides at Trading Cove, having the former Wilbur farm. off West Thames street. Kaminski—Dutkowski. Richard Kaminski, who is a gun- maker and lives on Maple Grove ave- nue, and Miss Josephine Dutkowski were married on Monday morning at Jesephs' church ®v the rector, Rev. : Maciejewski. The bride was born in Russian Poland and, has resided at 9 White street. They will live In this city. Alfred G. Proteau. The funeral of Alfred George, infant son of Joseph and Louise Proteau, was held Wednesday afternoon from the home of his parents at 174 Central| avenue. Burial was in St Mary's | cemetery. Undertakers Shea & Burke haq charge of the funeral arrange- ments. Anthony Goytch. On Wednesday morning the funeral Anthon Goyteh, who committed t Sunday evening, was held Jate home at 178 West Main pres- . Jean de v acted as bearers, At es in St. Joseph church Re Maciejewski celebrated the r mase. Burial was in St. Jo- quiem seph’s cemetery. Will Help Support His Wife. In the city court Wednesday morn- ing six cases were disposed of by idge Pettis. Peter Kostecki, charged h non-support, was sentenced to ree months in jail, but his sentence s suspended as he agreed to pay his $6 per week. Two men accused intoxication, were discharged as who was | charged with violation of the laws. | Two men. John R. Fahev of Lowell, | Mass,, and Frank Ferrier were fined and $1 respectively for breach of ne peace. wife of was an automobile driver, Sues on Mechanics Lien. J. Franklin Edgecomb of Groton has brought suit against Resario Franco, | also of Groton for foreclosure of a me- chanics’ lien. The original lien was for $3,05 on which there was paid $2.- 175.08 and the suit is brought for the ! difference. The plaintiff alleges that | he furnished material and services in the construction of a house for the de- fendant in Joe avenue. Groton, and mlaz he has not received payment in full Trouble on Baltic Street. Tony SaMtehy of Baltic street was arrested Wednesday evening for hit- ting another man. Tony claims he was in a playful mood but the other man resented it and had him arrested. Tony is charged with breach of the peace. INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY Miss Winifred Welles is at Siascon- set and Nantucket for several weeks. Mrs. Walter Parker of Brookiyn, N. Y., has left town after a visit with her zunt, Mrs. Daniel M. Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W, Higgins and daughbters returned recently from an automobile trip through Maine and the White mountains. Mrs. Frank H. Smith and her daughter, Mrs. Hellen B. Hooper, haye been on a motor trip to Maine and through the White mountains, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Briggs and Arthur H. Brewer returned early in the week from a visit to Camp Wampanoag on Blizzards Bay and Camp Cowhasset at | North Falmouth, Mass. | In a Cup of INSTANT street from the city line to Backus corners and on ‘Hariands. corner’ e ‘Leveling Washington Street Macadar, THUNDER STORM BREAKS HEAT WAVE The heat wave that has been hover- ing over the city for the past few days was broken Wednesday evening when an electric storm broke over the city shortly before 7 o'clock. The storm came out of the west, preceded by black clouds and a cooling breeze. The thermometers about town, which registereq around 80 degrees, dropped down 16 degrees within half an hour, greatly to the delight of the swelter- ing populace. 2 The storm broke over the eity about 6.50 and although it did not rain con- tinuously there was a vivid lightning display for over an hour. The damage done by the lightning was small com- pared to that done during the storm of last Friday. The fire alarm struck sevefal times and several fuses on the alarm circuits were blown out, but Chief Stanton had them in order within a short time after the storm. As a precautionary move the electric power at the city plant was shut off during the storm and remained off for about an hour while there was danger from the lightning. Meanwhile the en- tire city was in darkness, both onthe streets and in the stores and houses. Such places as had ‘lamps or candles used these, or if they were more for- tunate, had gas to'fall back on. Can- dles now promise to be part of the equipment of Norwich stores during the rest of the thunderstorm season. Several of the telephone circuits of the police call boxes were burned out during the storm. During the storm a large limb of a maple tree at the junction of Wash- ington and School streets was blown down, blocking the streets. In falling the limb narrowly missed hitting a man and a boy who wefe passing. Officer Patrick Murphy and Frink Sweeney were sent to the place and dragged the tree to one side and placed red lanterns on it. The Shore Line Electric company suffered’ more inconvenience than damage hy the storm, as the high ten- sion wires carried the lightning into the power house at Thamesville and blew out the fuses many times dur- ing the evening. At the Halwille station the power was shut off as a safety ‘measure and as a result the trolleys on the Westerly line were de- layed about 30 minutes. In New London the storm did little damage, one of the Shore Line cars being burned out. On the Thames- ville line a car was burned out. In Groton a bolt of lightning hit the top of the Groton monument and dislodged the capstone, which fell to the ground. This js the setond time that this has happened, the last time being about 20 years ago. The task of putting on a new capstone is a diffi- cult one. as a staging has to he erect- ed and the stone, which weighs nearly half a ton, hoisted to the top and set in place. The lightning during the storm was beautiful at times, formring a network of fire in the heavens, and at other times making the whole sky glow. ECONOMY IN DELIVERIES IS TOPIC DISCUSSED ‘The state chamber of commerce is| l 1 MADE RASH ATTEMPT TO BOARD TRAIN On the New Haven road train due Quctuating between New London andihere at 5 o'clock, Conductor John Ma- New Haven as a place to hold its an-| nua! meeting, as each city has ex- tended an invitation. At a meeting of | Man to beat his way rooney frustrated at the navy vyard station the attempt of an unknown to Worcester the directors on Wednesday in Hart- | from New London, but the would-be ford, the place of the annual meeting | traveier got his hands badly cut up on was discussed without arriving at a|S°0me window glass at the station in decision. At the Hartford meeting Wednesday, the chief topic of discussion was the possibility of greatly enlarging the chamber so as to gain a correspond- ing increase in its activities. It was felt that the chamber should be pre- pared to assume new and great bur- dens coincident with the transition of war industries to a peace hasis and he ready to direct the commercial af- fairs of the state during the period iust following the coming of peace. Tt is likely that some definite recom- mendations will be made to the cham- ber at the annual meeting in October. Reports from the local chambers of commerce relating to the adoption of the recommendations concerning cur- tailment of deliveries were received. Returns from 22 cities and towns showed that in the matter of restrict- ing deliveries to one a day over each route, fourteen havxe adopted the re- commendation. six have partially ad- optell it and only two have done noth- ing along this line. Twelve communi- tiez reporting have eliminated special Aeliverjes: six have put restrictions on them: and four have taken no step in this direction. Co-operative delivery plans have heen inaugurated in the only three cities. JOSEPH BROADHURST ON TEN DAY FURLOUGH. .Joseph J. C. Broadhurst of 48 Lafay- ette street, formerly city editor of The Bulletin, who left here on May 1st for Fort Slocum and was soon sent to Camp McClellan in Alabama, and from there to Newport News, Va., ar- rived home on Wednesday on a ten- day furlough. the first time that he has been home since he entered the army. Mr. Broadhurst is now company clerk of the Second Casual company at Newport News, and finds the service a pleasant one and full of interesting experiences. This has been his line of duty except for the first five weeks when he was at the camp in Alabama in a regular infantry company and had all the experience of drilling and long marches uni the hot Alabama sun that frequen counted many victims from heat and exhaustion after one of the training marches. In his duties at Newport News he has oppertunity to see men from all parts of the country, as they are about to start for overseas, as well as others who are returning from France for various reasons. PROVIDES NEW FLAG FOR CHELSEA PARADE There is a new flag for the pole on Chelsea parade now. not so large as the one that has been in use there, but sufficiently large for the purpose, while first selectman Casper K. Bailey has an order on for a large one that will he kept in reserve and used for Sun- dav and ov special occasions. The old flag became so” fraved and weather worn that selectman Balley decided that it was time to get a new one. He found it would be a matter of some time before he could be sure of having a flag 12 x 18 feet delivered so he bought an 8 x 12 and has put this into service. The order for the full size flag has also been placed and this will be delivered in time and used on special ocecasions, He will have the old flag repaired and hang it up in the town hall build- ing. GIRL SCOUTS WERE SAILORS’ HOSTESSES. Tho third social evening given by the Girl Scouts of the Trinity Meth- odist ¢ church for the sailors of the base in New ILondon was held at the church here on.Wednesday evening. There were 15 guests present, and a most enjovable evening was held Trood had the euccessful evening in charge. assisted by Miss Isobel Shearer. A program of games in which a!l hearti- ly entered and music made the even- ing pass very quickly. Miss Fannie Grover and Miss Marietta Boyens served during the evening cakes, cookies and lemonade. Chaperoning the voung people were Mr. and Mrs. M. Newberry, Mrs. E. Gray and and Mrs. George W. Guard. Mr. GEORGE HOWARD GIVEN NEW LONDON POS|TION. George Howard of 378 Central ave- nue, an employe of the Shore Line Electric Railway company, has been promoted to be train despatcher for the trolley line in New Lofidon and takes up his duties at cnce. He will have charge on the New London city lines and the East Lyme line as far as Crescent Beach, report- ing to Superintendent Martin at New Haven. H. Supernor is coming frgm ‘the Saybrook division to be an Inspector in New London. ¥ B Trolley Bumped Into. Tha automobdile of John L. Riley of 218 West Thames street was bumped by a trolley car near the Norwich Savings soclety corner on Wednesday evening between 6 and 7 o'clock, but only slightly damaged, it was report- ed. The auto came to a stop on the trolley tracks and was hit by the trolley car before the motorman could bring it to a stop. The state highway department has this week Captain Miss Elizabeth Lane! a desperate attempt to board the train at the last minute The conductor came across the man as he was making his round of the train between New London and the Navy Yard and put him off when the train made the Navy Yard stop. In order to insure that the ticketless pas- senger shouid not board the train again, the conductedr locked him into the station at the Navy Yord. It is said that the traveler, who had a suit case with him, had beat his way all the way from New York to New London, and he probably hated to think that he should be thwarted on the last lap of his journey. It was worth a last desperate at- tempt, ha evidently reasoned, and as the train was moving out after the Navy Yard stop he smashed his suit case through the station window, car- rying away glass and sash, and fol- lowed the suitcase through the hole with his body. He was too late to make the train but his hands were seen to be con- siderably cut by contact with the glass and he was left standing on the plat- form talking to a marine as the train moved out of view. HOME SERVICE WILL HELP SOLDIERS' DEPENDENTS. The following statement addressed to soldiers and sailors informing them of the help the Red Cross is prepared to extend to their dependents was is- sued on Wednesday by the chairman of the local home service section of the Red Cr The statement reads: Your family—The home service sec- tion was organized with just one pur- pose—to see that all families of sol- diers and sailors are maintained in comfort and peace of mind while the men are in service. Apy soldier or sailor who knows or fears that his family is in trouble should appeal at once to homt service. He should go at once to the home service m attached to his division here or abroad, or write to his fami/# t otake their troubles to the Red Cross home service section. Men in service know they will be takeu care of if they are wounded or sick; they should know also that the home service workers of the Red Cross are willing to relieve them of worry concerning their families so far as that is possible, Relations between the home service workers and families are as confiden- tial as those between doctors and their patients. Home service means sym- pathy, advice, expert information about laws and regulations, medical care, spiritual comfort and everything which can be given by real friends to com- pensate the family for the absence of the man in service, COMPLICATED ACCIDENT IN BALTIC VILLAGE. Mrs. Arthur Lucier of Baltic had several ribs broken, an automobile was damaged and one side of a house stove in at Baltic in an automobile acci~ dent about 11 o'cloc kon Wednesday morning. The machine was driven by Patrick Twomey of Willimantie. As Mr. Twomey was driving his car =z the street south of the Shetucket ed mill he turned out to pass a farmer's wagon with a load of wood. Mrs, Lucier was crossing the street at the time and unexpectedly appear- ed from behind the load of wood di- rectly in the path of the automobile. He turned sharply to one side to avoid hitting her. but did ndt succeed, for she was struck by the machine and at the same time he brought the car up against the house occupied by Thomagq Talermanie, smashing both the front of the machine and the side ! of the house. After Mrs. Lucler had been attended by doctors who were called she wa brought to the Baclkus hospital here. Mr. Twomey, it is said, is not blamed or the accident. He did all he could to help her after it'was found she hurt and was very much agitated by the unfortunate occurrence. DOES MOVING CLOCK UP AFFECT SALOON HOURS? The question of whether the putting ahead of the clock e hour in the daylight saving plan“had any effect on hours fixed by state statute during which a saloon may do husiness was raised in the city ecourt at Middletown Wednesday. Judge Gustaf Carlson, oppearing as counsel for four men ar- rested shortly after midnight on a Sunday morning as frequenters in a police raid org tavern at Middletown, argued tha® although according to the clock the men were arrested at 12, a. m, they were arrested by actual time at 1115 p. m., and as the statutes in Middletown do not require the clos- ing of the saloons they were not at the time of their ar- rest violating the law. The court asked counsel to file briefs in the case. Bar Association Annual. ‘The annual summer luncheon of the State Bar association of Cosnecticut will be held today (Thursday) at The Griswold at Eastern Point. The G wold can bae reached by launch, which meets trains at the New London wharf. Boats leave New London for The Griswold at 10.10, 11.50 and 1.30. Draftees from Two Classes. The Eleventh division draft board, whiea covers the so-called Shoestring before 11.30 p. m.,, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service. German Ammunition Getting Poor. Capt. John S. Blackmar, who is in the American ‘medical service “over there.” writes in a letter recently re- ceived by his famiiy here that there are indications that the German am- munition is deteriorating. None of several bombs that were dropped close to his station by a German airplane exploded. The following are extracts from some of his letters: Tuesday, July 2. Angcther change of address. Sunday is moving day for me, you know. Left our little place in the. woods Sunday and went by auto (five of us) to a town in the rear. At that town Stu- art, Dixon and myself were ordered to wait for the paymaster, and then come over. It was a walk of about six miles, so I got on my horse and the cthers walked. At the edge of the woods I had to leave the horse for an orderly to take back and hike on through the open for two miles and 2 half. A horseman would be too good- a mark for the enemy on the plain. We hiked aloag some distance aparr, so they could only get one of us, if any. I went first, being the man with the shortest legs. I set the pace. No trouble. Came through a ruined village a mile and a half from here and are now on the back of a hill in very comfortable quarters, al- though ail night 1 could hear a heavy pattering on the roof of my dugout. Only rats between: the iron and the dirt. We are only a few miles from our former location, and I am out of that ruined church with the big cemstery and ihe solitude. I can look from my office window down a valley for ten or fifteen miles and can see the edge of the forest run down on one side in a succession of waves of green. Roads run like sllver threads through the | valley and disappear in the .distance. It is absolutely beautiful and warm and sunny. Bock of us, at the front, is a hill that looks like a heap of sand. They say a town once stood there, and that now you cannot find two stones together. T have a clock in my room, running, and the weights are pieces of shells and the bell is made of a piece of brass shell case. The French are very ingenious. I had to stop the clock at the church, it had such a hollow, cavernous sound, but this one is a treasure. A French lieutenant shares my room: he is one of our instructors and a very fine man. This morning. we saw a very pretty air battle, but with no result. Seven or eight small shells came down in front of us, the nearest one perhaps 100 feet away. You could hear them coming in time to get cover. Not a single one exploded. Thev have pretty poor amimunition now, and they want to make an agreement with the allies to use no more gas. Wouldn't they be fine ones, to mzke an agree- ment with, when they were the first ones to break the one made at the| Geneva convention! { My: but the troops are coming over | in a hurry now. One boat un\oadedi 12.000 in four hours, and immediately‘ returned to America without unload- ing mails or baggage. I regret all the pain and anxiety I am causing my loved ones, but 1 would not be out of | this great work, God's work, too. forf anything. There are over a million of us American men in France, and we naturally think very little of the stay-at-homes. T don’t think there is one in this regiment of 2500 men who would not like to be at home, but we have work to do, and our times will come when we return victorious. I shou'd hate to bé a stay-at-home when that time comes. Of course there are times when I am afraid, but will power and the honor and traditions of our forefathers come to my aid and I wake in the morning ready for another day's work. Jyly 6. We had a little dinner July 4 and I was chairman of the decorating committee (of one). Had red, white anq blue flowers. I printed a menu (enclcsed) and we had qulte a cele- bration. Just as I had almost finished, and was full of dinner, word came that a French gun had exploded, and I started out over the plain with a guide and two orderlies. founl my men, did the dressings, evacvated the men, and hiked back frightfully tired" Not a shot was fired. French and English. A very interesting event happened in the afternoon. Two planes camo up the valley from the rear, flying very Jow, and when near we could see the red, white and blue circle undernea When almost over the K. O.s office, something with a long streamer came falling down. Men ran, and a soldier Walked a mile, | Got a pretty little noté in the even- | ing from the French officer in hroke‘ni New York & Norwich Line Hart Tramspertation Corp. Telephone 1450 s Leaves Chelsea Dock, Norwicn, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 5 p. m, Leaves New York, Pier 55, East River Mondays, Weanesdays and Fri- days at 5 p. m. % F. V. KNOUSE, Agent —_— ey Austrians. Many of these ‘Frenchmen , have been at it for four years, and they are tired but courageous, and they admire us s> much. I heard an expression vesterday which was very compli- mentary. Hanpan, who sits next me at table, tried steal a French artil- lery captain's cigarette case from his pocket. The captain caught him, say- ing ne was a special officer and had the “American eye.” 1 asked the French interprater beside me what was meani. He said it was a common ex- pression among the French to say “the American eye,” because the see so much at a glance. There is a whole gdivision back of us in reserve; has come up in the last few days, and Mr. Boche will get something handed to him if he tries to_come through here. I have not told you of the burros here. There must be twenty or thirty of them. Little donkeys used to carry water from the spring and to carry ammunition and material through the “boyaux” (trenches) to the front. They wander around, browsing here and there, and one comes up the in- firmary steps to feed on the leavings in the garbage can, and from the men’s plates. When he has enough, he leaves. JOHN. 80,000,000 PESOS WANTED TO INCREASE ARGENTINE NAVY Buenos Aires, Aug 14.—President Irigoyen has asked congress to adopt a law appropriating 80 000,000 pescs to increase the size of the Argentine navy. The first additions are to be cruisers of the latest dgsign, subma- rines and hydro-airplanes. Important naval bases are to be es- tablished at Mar del Plata and Puer- to Madrin. The proposed law also authorizes governmental acquisition of Argentine’s marine for trading pur- poses with America and Burope. No Bar Harbor Train. New Haven, Conn, Aug. 1{.—Effec- tive August 19, the Washington-Bar Hiarbor express on the New York, Ne wHaven and Hartford railroad will be dizcontinued between Washington and New Haven, according to an an- nouncement made today through the offices of the company here. The last rorth bound trip will be made Aug- uset 17 and the last trip south bound August 20. A number of other changes in pas- senger service are also announced. Former Congressman Dead. Des Moines, Towa, Aug. 14 —Former Congressman Edward H. Gillette, who was prominent in early Iowa politics, died at his home near here today. He was a brother of William Gillette, the actor-playwrizht. et 3 Not Effective. If you ever looked out the window of an express train and saw an elderly {lady with a bird cage and an umbrella signaling it to stop and pick her up at a cross roads. you have a accu- rate picture of how Lord Lansdowne looks to the Englishmen he is calling to stop fighting.—Kansas City Star. CUMMINGS & RING Faneral Directors and Embalmers 322 Main Strest Chamber of Commerce Building Phone 238-2 Lady Assistant caught it. The planes circled on, turned their tails to the Boche, who pumped at them from two miles away and disappeared down proved to be a houquet the streamer was p the 263d Escadrille to our Americ: brotkers, July ‘4. 1918.” K. O. kept the streamer and I am send: one of the fiowers., I: has never touched the ground since it was dropped from the plane. Wa are expecting an attack from the 6th to the 9th, and are fully v d. I send my trunk to the rear t. It may be only a bluff. but quiet secto be, with ho my blood wi had no quitte he war may be decided | though probably not finished. Americans are doing wo they train and 1 tz will think a eam roller hit . The war.and the sectors are so different from anything we- learned at ome that it takes time. The French | did wonderfully well to hold at Sois- sons when outnumbered four to one. 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