Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 23, 1919, Page 11

LADY ASSISTANE All Calls Answered Promptly Day and Night 88 Main Street JOSEPH BRADFORD BOOKBINDER Slank Bocks Made and Ruled to Order 108 BROADWAY A Serviceable Line of Men’s and Boys’ Shoes AT THE RIGHT PRICES “Express and Team Harness at Low Prices THE L. L. CHAPMAN C0. 14 Bath Street, Norwich, Conn. Teacher of Violin and Mandolin ERNEST E. BULLARD Bliss Place TELEPHONE 127-4 A. G. THOMPSON, F. S. Chiropodist, Foot Specialist (PROTECT YOUR FEET), Mfr. Cummings’ Spring Arch Support Suite 7-8 Alice Building, 321 Main St Norwich, Conn. Phone 1366 4 EUROPEAN PLAN HAYES BROS, Preps Telaphene 1280 2-28 Broadway DR. F. C. JACKSON DR. D. J. COYLE DENTISTS 203 Main St., Norwich, Ct. Office Hours: 9 a mto8po m Telephons John & Geo. H. Bliss Largest Assortment of DIAMOND JEWELRY BROOCHES SCARF PINS RINGS PENDANTS BRACELET WATCHES RADIOLITE STRAP WATCHES, ETC. John & Geo. H. Bliss OVERHAULING AND REPAIR WORK OF ALL KINDS ON AUTOMORBILES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS Meochanical Repaire, Painting, Trim- ming. Upholstering and Wood Work, Blacksmithing in all its brances. Scott & Clark Corp. 507 to 515 North Main St DENTIST DR. EDWARD KIRBY Room 107, Thayer Building Phone 619 Hours 9-12; 130-5and 7 to 8 P. M AMERICAN HOUSE First-class Garage Service Cenneotad |has been engaged as assistant pharma- | T 0 CATES Tent latha’ on Kitie. rd D. MORRISSEY, Prop. Phore Shetucket Street TorBuietian Norwich, Friday, May 23, 1919 THE WEATHER. Pressure is still low throughout the country and showers continued from the Ohio vailey northward and east- ward. Showers will continue Friday in the Ohio valley, New England and the northeast portion of the middle Atlan- tic district. Otherwise the weatlier will be generally fair Friday and Sat- urday east of the Mississippi river, al- though with considerable over the north districts. ‘Winds for Friday and Saturday: North Atlantic — Modérate shifting winds, continued cloudy weather, with showers, some fog. . Middle Atlantic — Moderate shifting! winds over north portion, Ean.ly cloudy | weather; moderate southwest winds over south portion, fair weather. Forecast. For Southern New England: Show- ers Friday; Saturday probably fair. Observations in Norwich. The following records, repofted from The Bulletin's observations, show the changes in temperature and the baro- metric changes Thursday: ! & m, m. 2 [ m. Highest ghest 6§, lowest 58, Comparisons. Predictions for Thursday:- Showers. “Taursdly'a weather: Rain; variable Inds. * Sum, Moon and Tides. 1 Sun | _Hign 1| Moon !ll Rises. | Sets. lk,w:; er. [u Rises. Day._Ji . [ a m. [ p o 397, 1At ) 20 ) # %o Il 1 T il 235 ” 12, gy i 348 |l Morn, 3 ... | 446 Il " 126 4 .. 5.46 l 166 35 ol | 648 227 Six hours after high watet it is low water, which is followed by flood tide GREENEVILLE After a long ill:ess the life of Axel W. Anderson came {0 peaceful close Thursday morning about 1:45 o’clock. He resided at the home of his brother Oscar Schander of 117 Fourth street for the last few months. The deceased was born in Sweden on July 17, 18548 and came to the United &jites on March 1. 1889 and resided at Cleveland, Ohio. In the year 18985 he came to this city and secured’ employment wiht the Norwich Belt Manufaeturing Co., where all of his shopmate speak well of him. He was unmarried and at- tended the Swedish Lutheran Evang- elican church of which he was a faith- ful member. The deceased is survived by five brothers, Oscar Schander of Norwich, Theodore Peterson of Denver, Paul Schander and Albert Schander of Sweden and Azalmar Schander of Nor- wich. There are three sisters, Emma Schander of Sweden Sigfried and Ma- tilda of Norwich. . Every one who was in any way ac- quainted with Mr. Anderson always speaks high of him and was he was a very good citizen and also a pleasing | brother. The Young Cardinals of Greeneville challenge any team in this vicinity 18 years of age. We have an open date for Saturday, May 25th and would like to hear from the Tierney Cadets. An- swer through The Bulletin. The Pastime team played the fast Coloniais Sunday and were defeated by the score of 11 to 10. They have lost their star pitcher and first base_ man to the Colonialg, but have signed up three or four semi-pros who will spring a surprise and bting home the bacon. Sunday hey will play he fast Bear Cats from Taftville and would like to arrange a game with some fast téeam for Saturday. Answer through The Bulletin or call 1184 between 1. and 12:30. The manager of the Pastimes is anxious to form a city leagué and would suggest that all manager of dif- férent teams meet some time in the near future at the Bulletin Office to make arrangements for the schedule {of games. If the other managers ap- prove of this please state through the Bulletin and help keep alive the na- tional sport which is gradually dying out in Norwich. ANNUAL OUTING OF MAYFLOWER CLUB The seventeenth annual outing of the Mayflower club was held at the home of Mrs. Nelson D. Robinson of Norwich Town on Wednesday, May 2Ind, 1519. Twenty-six members sat down to tables daintily decorated in pink, the Mayflower coior, and partook of a delicious luncheon, which was marred only by the absence of their president, Mrs. Christopher Morgan, and her declination to_accept a re- nomination as president. The business meeting followed the luncheon at which time, Mrs. C. B. Jennings of New London was eclected president. Mrs. Nelson D. Robinson of Norwich ‘Town, treasurer, Miss Phebe Brewster of Norwich secretary. New members elected were Mrs. Hezekiah Perkins! of Norwich, Mrs. Ernest Rogers and Miss Fanny Gorton of New London, bringing up the membership to its full quota of forty-nine members. This is the fifteenth consecutive year that the cl/) has met with Mrs. Robinson at tlus season and every memidr looked forward with great pleasure to meet with her most gra_ cious hostess. The following ladies attended: Mrs. H. L. Crandall, Mrs. L. K. Shipman, Mrs. \C. D. Parkhurst, Miss E. C. Q. Stark, Mrs. Frank Green, Mrs. Mrs. C. B. Jennings, Miss H. A. E. Prince, Miss Fanny Gorton, Mrs. C. B. Graves and Mrs. J. F. Waite of New London; Mrs. Benjamin 1y Holmes of Mystie, Miss Amelia Mathewson of Gales Ferry, Mrs. B. P. Bishop, Mrs. W. H. Fitch, Miss Lucy Geer, Mrs. Benjjamin F. Lewis of Norwich; Mrs. Nelson D. Robfhson and Mrs. Spofford of Nor- wich Town; Mrs. G. A. Haskell from Jewett City; Mrs. A. M. Main Mrs. Sanford Meech and Miss Meech of Groton and Mrs. Clarence B. Bolmer of New Haven. City Hall Clock Dark. The clock on the city hall was in darkness the greater part of Thursday evening owing to the light that illumi- nate the faces burning~dut. 1 Is Assistant Pharmacist. W. Clayton Smith of Willimantic Frank A. Sisk. ‘cist by i | két_gardene; {on the stand. CAPT. 1 In the superior criminal court at New London en Thursday, Civil En- gineer George E. Pitcher mapped out the terrain for the trial of the state vs. Royal G. Holmes, Capt. James Lennon told the direct story of the assault, and James Boland related how he spread the alarm on the night of ‘Dec. 5th last when Capt. Lennon was murderously assaulted ..at his home, No. 40 Boswell avénue in this clotidiness city. The first half heur of the day was occupied in securing tWwo furars to make up the twelve to sit on the case in which Mr. Holmes, a real estate and insurance agent of this city, is ace cused of assault upon Capt. Lenmon with ifitent to Kkill and murder with a weapon unknown to the state. TEighteen new taledmen kad béen summoned i{n for Thursday morning and the ‘two needed jUtors wers soon secured from these. THey were John H. Champion, carpenter, Old Ly and A. R. De Wolf, carpenter, Nianti The cxamination proceeded as fol- | lows: Isaac A. Gardner, Waterford, mar- excused by the court. Edmund D. Barkér, New London, clothing merchant. had discussed the case and expressed opinion; excused by the court. James H. Stivers, Stonington, gen- eral store, had ‘opinion from feports on case; excused By the court. John H. Champion, Old Lyme, car- pentering; accepted as juror No. 11. Michasl O'Brien, Groton, stone cut- ter, had expressed opinion on casc; excused by the court, Charles E. Perry, Quaker Hill, car- penter, challenged by the state. James A. Davy. Niantic, East Lyme. Jobber: challenged by the state. A. R. De Wolf, Niantic, Bast Lyme, carpenter, accépted as juror No. 12. The other jurors summoned but not drawn wera the .following: Loren E. 1, James H. Archer, New London; Chris McGuvz’hey, Jus- tin W. Denison, Groton; William P. Griffin, Alonzo B. Collins, Stonington; Herbert Statr, Waterford: Joseph Robinson, East Lyme; Alexander Fra- ser, Old Lyme. ‘When the twelve men had all taken their jury seats, the charge was read to them and they were sworn by Clerk George E. Parsons. Judge William S Case then ,dirécted Major Hull, the state’s attorney to begin the case for the state. 2 Explains Plans. Clvil Engineer George E. Pitcher of Norwich was the first witness put on for the state, producing three ma which he explained before the ju They were the same used in the first trial of the case. One was the floor plan of Capt. Lennon’s apartments at 40 Boswell avenue, another 4 plan of several doors in the kitchén of the Lennon house with what are claimed to be blood spots on them. The third was a plan of the streets in a sec- tion of Norwich, radiating from the Lennon house on Boswell avenue, go- ing as far east as the corner of Roath street and North Main street and as far west as the home of Mr. Holmes at 28 Slater avenue. In the diming room where it is claimed the assault took place there were shown a radiator, rocking chair, safe, sewing machine, large ceniter ta- ble, electric drop light over it, four chairs set up to the table, and four other chairs, There is a bath room off the dining room and also a dish cléset, and there is a back entrance to the house at the corner of the dining room through an In the kitchen were the hot water boiler, two coal hods, kitchen range, electric drop light, rocking chair, ta- ble, chair, stool, sink and shelving. There are doors into a pantry, into the cellar, into the dining room, into a stairway leading upstairs and an out- side door to the yard. The witness testified that the statr- way from the Lennon kitchen to the second floor was entirely blocked up by articles stored thére. He explained briefly the plan of bloodspots on the doors and the street vlan of a section of the city, identifying as Major Hull pointed t6 the spots, I'ranklin square, Main street, CIiff street, Union Square, Franklin street, and Bostwell avenuoa, Boswell avenue from the corner of Franklin street was a steen grade up to Capt. Lennon’s house. Major Hull traced out a route from Capt. Len- non’s house through Reynolds street, Division and Roath strect to the cor- ner of North Main street near where Pulaski hall is. Mr. Pitcher said this distance to Pulaski hall is 226.6 feot over half a mile. He pointed 6ut the store of John Donovan on Roath street. From Donovan’s store to North Main street is 634 feet. It is all down grade. The civil engineer also lo- cated Mr. Holmes' residence at 25 Slater avenue on the plan and traced the way from there to the court house. He answered question about the routes of trolley travel on Nerth Main street and Franklin street. On cross-examination by Attorney Brown the civil engineer ~traced a course on the map from the home of Mr. Holmes down Slater avenue to Broadway, down Broadway to Otis street, down Otis street to McKinley avenue to the corner of Boswell ave- nue and up Boswell avenue to Capt. Lennon’s house. Judge Case declared a short recess while Mr. Pitcher figured out this distance and when court came in again, the civil engineer told Attor- ney Brown it is 3,234 feet. The dis- tance would be shortened 800 feet by crossing the Boswell avenue park by the pathway at the northerly end. From the Ellis restaurant on Frank- lin street to Capt. Lennon’s house is 244 feet less than 3-8 of a mile, or 416 feet more than a quarter of a mile. At the request of the cross examiner, Mr. Pitcher pointed out the location of the Pratt cigar store on Franklin street. It is 661 feet from Capt. Lennon's house to the cigar store. He went over again with the attorney the route from Capt. Lennon's to North Main street and Roath, giving some of the dis- tances and showing that there was a steeprup grade in Reynolds street, lesser up grade half way through Di- vision street and down grade all the rest of the way on this street and Roath street. Attorney Brown also examined Mr. Pitcher as to the blood spots that showed on the doors as indicated on the plan made on Dec. 9. and also abéut other blood spots in the room. Three exterior photographs of the Lennon house were laid in as exhib- it: s. To the state attorney, the civil en- gineer said there were bloodspots on the hot water boiler, stove pipe, top of the range, and rows of blood svots chen floor near the range. Capt. Lennon Testifies. Capt. Lennon followed Mr. Pitcher He testified that he hss ENNON'S STORY OF ASSAULT His wife -had died some months before this assault and the captain wus: oc- cupying his apartments alone. He had been to Putnam and return- ed to Norwich on Dec. 2, sleeping at his house that night on a lounge in the sitting room. On the night of the assault he had supper at the Ellis res- taurant on Franklin street, and got through about 9 ¢’clock. Then ne went to his house, going in through the back door into the dining room. He unlocked th¢ door, went in, locked the door after him, leaving the key in the door. He tried to light the cining room electric light. The button was near (e kitchen room door. He tried to light it but could not, Then he was knocked down, a blow landing cn his left shoulder as he reached for the lamp. He yelled, “You'll Kill me, you'll kill me,” as the person kept pounding him 6n the floor. He could feel he was being hit by some sharp instrument. When ii¢ kept on hoiler- ing, the person left him. It was all dark and the captain comld not sce who was striking him. Attorney Geary of counsel {or the accused objected when Major Hul asked the captain where the “ma was who hit him. Attorney Geary said it was not in evidence that a “man” did it. After Captain Lennon had got up, he said Mrs. Boland came downstairs and lighted a lamp in the kitchen and washed the blood off his face. At this point when Capt. Lennon had been on the stand about five or ten minutes, the recess peint of,1 o'- elock was reached and court adjourn- ed till 2 o'clock. Afternoon Session. Capt. Lennon resumed the stand af- ter the nocn recess and was on the stand for two solid hours in direct ex- amination, cross-examination -and a short re-direct. When court came in again after dinner there was a short tilt between the state's attorney and counsel ‘for the accused, when Major Hull discov- ered that some of the papers that were exhibits in the previous trial had found their way into the hands of the opposing attorneys. He demanded them back, but the other side re- fused to give them up, claiming they were defendant’s exhibits. Judge Case directed the attorneys to pro- the case and the papers re- ceed wi maines the possession of counsel for M lolmes. Resuming his testimony, Capt. Len- non said that as a result of the at- tack he lost consciousness for some time. The next person who came af- ter Mrs. Boland was a policeman. He thought his name was Smith. Other policemen who come were Capt. Two- mey, Kane and Carroll. Dr. Louis Cassidy treated his wounds. That night, Capt. Lennen said, he exam- ined the safe, but couldn’t see very well. In .answer to Major Hull, the wit- ness said that on the day he came back from Putnam he went to his safe to get a town of Tiverton note. At that time he saw there a note of Royal Holmes for $1,800. It was in a_top Grawer, His wife's watch and chain were also in the drawer. After his wounds had been treated &t the house on the night of the as- #ault the witness said he went to the hospital in an auto. key of the house to John Tarrant, a brother-in-law of Mr. Holmes. The witnéss said he had known Nicholas Tarrant and Royal Holmes about 30 years. The bulk of his valuable pa- pers, the witness said, were in a tin box at the Merchants bank, to which Mr. Holmes had the key. Ho! knew the combination of the Holmes and Jesse Wilcox were execu- tors of Capt. Lennon's wife's will. Holmes had had possession of the tin box about iwo weeks. In answer to a question from the state attorney Capt. Lennon said the bulb on the electric light in the din- ing room was turned down. Capt. Lennon was nervous and spoke s0 quickly at times that the stenographer couid rot take his an- swers. Judge Case several times ad- vised the captain to speak slowly and keep his voice up so that the jury could hear him. Major Hull showed the captain the Holmes note which the captain iden- tified,- with the envelope containing it, and both were marked for identifica- tion. Capt. Lennon said this was the note that was showed to him at the hospital by a police officer. Capt. Lennon identified Mhe over- coat he was wearing and pointed out spots which he said were made the night of the assault. He did the same with his hat and red sweater. He also identified a tablecloth with blood- stains on it, which he said were not there before the attack. The captain said ITolmes came ‘o the house after the assault and while Mrs. Boland and Dr. Cassidy were washing the blood off the captain’s head. They were in the kitchen at tha time. Holmes didn't come very close to him but said “Don’t talk, don’t talk.” On the night before the assault, Capt. l.ennon testified, Holmes came to the house and told him he had good news about some New Jersey securi- ties. The cantain told him to go heme and rest till the next morning. Captain Lennon said he had n knowledge of anyone besides himeelf bhaving a key to the back door. Cross Examination, On cross examination, Attorney J. J. Desmond brought out the fact that the captain had been an intimate friend and neighbor for many years of the late Nicholas Tarrant, father-in- law of Mr. Holo s, and had had clo: business relations with Mr. Holm and Richard Tarrant eauentli vis- iting their business « *’v and writing letters there. Under the will of the captain’s wife, there were securities to be transferred to Captain Lennon and Mr. Holmes was attending to this. This business had nearly been closed up about tne time of the assault. The captain haa admitted Mr. Holmes through the back door on the night before the as- sault. The day after this visit the cap- tain was at the Holmes office writing letters in the afternoon, going home and then to the restaurant to supper. On the way home from the restaurant he met Dwight Hough on ¥ranklin street, passing the time of day with him, and then. going on to the house. Going over the events of the arri- val at the house and the attack, the attorney pressed the caplain as to whether he had been unconscious at all. The captain seid he couldn't tell, he was no doctor, but he was in bad shape with both eyas closed. The attorney also inquired about the time of arrival of different people at the house. When Holmes came, the first the captain saw of him, he was standing in the Kkitchen doorway, while the captain was sitting in the kitchen having his wounds dressed. Getting to the safe, the attorney asked ‘the captain if he had looked at He handed the j 3 [SEATON—In_ Moosup, May 20, " | REMINGTO! GAGER ‘Faneral Director and Embakmer Prompt service day or night The Max Gordon & Son | § Corporation ! 10-20 W. MAIN STREET Have Good Burning Coal Stove, Nut and Egg, also Bituminous WHEN YOU WANT tc put your bus. Iness before the public, there s ne a1 better trnan thriush the ad- ink columns or The Bulletin. “HERE 12 no as £ medium In m.orn Connecticut afil‘xu to The Bul- for husinesa » | | 4 tlived for 20 years on Boswell ave-|it after the assault and the captain nue and is now retired but has becn|answered that he couldn't see, his eyes in the fishing and fertilizer business.|were full of blood. He was told the safe was open. He admitted he gave = | the house key to Mr. Tarrant to be brought his securities from Westerly to_Norwich, taking them to his home. " i InUse ForOver 30 Years | Mr. Hoimes to take to the bank in the Always bears i tin box, Mrs. Helen Summers of Put- Holmes. He asked Mr. Holmes to make a list of the securities,<wi c n STO R I ‘given to Mr. Holmes. 3 told Mr. Holmes about it, and 2oy { nam was there., The tin box had only Signatare of ! hich i amonx other of eeu- In November, the witness said, he For Infants and Childrea ~ '; 5 when he passed over the securities to one key, which was given to Mr. pon bonds, some of large denomina- tion. His wife's securities were also in the tin box. The captain said he.locked the safe whenever' he left the house, but ad- mitted theére were times when he didn’t lock-it, though not very many. He testified he had signed blank sav- ings bank orders for Mr. Holmes to use, - The captain was shown three sav-' ings bank orders which he 'said had his signature on them. They were marked for identification. He was al- 80 shown a letter which he identified as having been written by him and he did the same with a sheet of paper containing 2 number of signatures. On - re-direct ‘examination by Major Hull, the eaptain said he thought the safe was locked on the night of the assault. He said he never kent:the Holmes note anywhere else but in tha safe. Up to the time the captain saw the Iclmes note at'the:hospital he had entire confidence in Mr. Holmes .;nr}. trusted him with everything he ad. James Boland Testifies. . James: Boland, who is a machinist in the Marlin-Rockwell shop, and who lives in the upper tenement of the Lennon house, was the next witness, At the time of the assault the Boland family at home consisted of the hus- band and wife and their daughter and her three children. On the night before the assault, Mr. Feland testified he came home from nor’s back doorway. It was Royal Holmes. They spoke to each This was about 6 o'clock and dark. said he was in the kitchen of his apart- ment. and was about ready to retire. He heard Captain Lennon come in down stairs, then heard him shouting “Watch! Watch!” and a heavy The ‘witness ran down the back side stairs from his apartmen Captain Lennon’s back door. Thi: and slippers. He ran out into tn struggle inside and the captain holler- ing “Murder!” Tt seemed to be in the kitchen. The witness was in his vest closed tight. He could hear the street, hollering “Police!” but saw no one. He ran up the street about 45 crouched over, and running out of the Lennon gate and across the street. The man ran to the other side of the stree up to Reynolds street and up Reynolds street. Boland kept hollering until the man was half way up Reynolds street. Boland then went back to the Lennon house, meeting his wife and going into room. He lit the clectric light in the kitchen and saw the captain standing between the three doors. He had his overcoat on and his head and faca were covered with blocd. Mr. Boland to put his shoes and overcoat on. He want to Pratt's cigar store on Frank- and then notified the police. On the way back to the house he saw the police automobile coming to the Len- non house, waited for it and went in with Officers Carroll and Murphy. Then the witness said he went out to telephone for Mr. Holmes, calling the Holmes house and getting Mrs. Holmes, who said her husband was not home and she did not know where he was. Then Mr. Boland went back to the Lennon house and later Dr. Cassidy and Policeman Matthews came. Holmes also came to the house, entéring by the back door, and going into the kitchen, where Dr. Cassidy was treat- BORN- 1919 a Mr agd Mrs. daugzhter, Tsabel, Thomas _J. ‘Seaton. -In Oneco, May 14, 1919, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Réming- ton. to ARCHIE—In Westerly, R. T, Ma 1919, a daughter to Mr. and Addison 8, Archie, MARRIED SMITH—TOOKER—In New TLondon. Ma , 1919, by Rev. neyn forth, Harold F. Sm 3 of New London, and Ly m, May Danforth of Rush- and Susan M. Perkins of 21, 1919, by Rev. Rohert L. Moore, ville, Tl Groton. CERRY—LEONARD— May /21, 1919, hy Danforth, W D. Leonard In New London Rey Romeyn illard E. Gerry and izetta hoth of Providence, R. I. DIED. SPENARD—In this city, denly, Matthew Hamilton avenue, ag se: at Gager's funeral pariors. aturday afternoon, May 24, at 4 o’clock. ” Burial in Maplewood ceme- tery. ANDERSON—In Norwich. May 22, 1919 Axel W. Anderson, aged 62 years, 10 months, 5 days. May 21 enard d 43 1919, of years. at the Oscidr Schander. afternoon, al in Ham- home of hix brother, 117 Fourth str N , at 8 o'clnck enue cemetery tered into ry Conn.. Col. years, £ will be held Baptist chureh May 24, at 3 o'clock. ¥RENCH—Entered into rest, , May 21. 1919 Re at Pinehurst, C Funeral Central in the Saturday. in_Mont- Chatle: 4 yea Leonard French, aged 5 a; urday afternoon. May 24, at 1.20. Services at the First Congregational church, Griswold, at ! o'clock. Burial May 919, Jonathan Trumbull, 7 5. Funeral services at his late residence, 25 Perkins avenue, Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Charch & Allen 15 Main Street FURERAL DIRECTORS —AND— EMBALMERS Lady Assistant Telephone 328-3 HENRY E. CHURCH WM. SMVITH ALLEN REASONABLE PRICES ARTHUR H. LATHROP Phone 173 other. ! At the time of the assault Mr. Boland | fall. | the Lennon place by the hack door,| which was ajar. He tried to light the|StAte’s attorney, Mr. Boland said that! light but it wouldn’t light in the dining{¥hen the capiain was ready t0 20 10 in the front I'the hospital someone asked if the s“;i sai es William | Prayer at his late home at Montvmel With mild-eyéd—catfle gazing serene, BY RALPH WOODWORTH Just a little cottage with the roses climbing round, And the morning glories hanging-from the eaves, Daisies and.the clover blessoms springing from the ground Midst the music of the rustling lilac leaves. The rippling of a brooklet, flowing lazily along, Close bordering a tiny garden spot, 2 With every breath a blessing and life an endless song, And'sorrow, care and worry afl forgot. + And the quail a-calling Bob White! to her mate, With Dick, my faithful pointer, to come at my command, And Chanticleer perched on the garden-gate. The blue smoke slowly curling from my pipe of peace Its fragrance filtering through the falling dew; But ong thing more is needful to complete the happy scene, And that—jyou’ve surely guessed, Sweetheart—is you! WOk and S A man 1N Captain e | e s — in the meadow near at hand. ing the captain. The ecaptain said to him: “Is that you, ®oyal?” Mr. Holmes responded: “Don't talk, don’t talk." dining room, where he lit a cigarette jand also gave one to Officer Carroll when the policeman said “I'll take one of those.” The man whom he saw running across the street, said Mr. Boland, was wearing a dark coat and a licht cap jand was about the same height as Holmes. When Holmes came to the iiennon house after the assault he had’ ;on a dark overcoat and a light cap. iHe seemed pallid, Later Sergeant Mat- |thews asked Mr. Boland if he saw any- feet and on turning around saw a man,;thing about the coat. that Mr. Holmes! Boston iwas wearing and told the witness he'd better put on his glasses and take a ok. But in the excitement the wit- ness had thrown away his glasses and ,couldn’t find them. The witness heard {Officer Carroll ask Holmes “What do iyou know about this man?” and the |response “I do all his business.” In questions from the response to as locked. Captain Lennon 1 “Yes.,” Officer Carroll put his hand on {the handle nad turned it and opened {the door of the safe. Nothing was dis- I wi t eoinz 1covered about the Leénnon apartments went for a doctor, first going upstairs e Officer| of nations.—Jjudge. There! Teacher—Now, children, here's an lin street to telephone, failed to get|Were bloodmarks on the tablecloth that example in mental arithmetic, Dr. Harper, but got Dr. Louis Cassidy,| Were seen before the cleetric hzhl‘ ;J;:i"m would a person he who was born fin 18887 i where -anyone had broken in. ; Carroll Jooked around to see. {turned on. The witness saw | bloodmarks before Holmes came. texamination of Mr. Boland. The wit- standing at iback door. 10’clock. It was a_ little after think it safe. Holmes,-couldn’t see his face. day at 10 in the morning. TAFTVILLE Alred LaBarre, a member of the-fa- mous 79th, "has returned to his home jon Hunters avenue after a year's ser- vice in the ranks of Uncle Sam’s figit- ers. He has passed through many rilling adventu been reported as killed in action at one time, and hav- ing foughl at three sectors Upon leaving the village to enter i ton, New York, and after a short stay "|there he was rent to Camp Meads Matyiand, ere he was trained until fime to leave for overseas. rt of July 1818, arrived in l'rance he was ter for Company K of Infantry, being able to un” neh language. After wrt training his company was sent {10 the front line trenches on the Ar- the orders in the latter p When he made interp: 13th | the cnne sector where they went over the top and helped in the capture of t. Sacon. From this sector the mpany ent to the St. Mihiel sector. It s while at that place {that Labarre was reported to hav “gone west.,” He was well known by the Irench people in that vicinity and | one day, just after an.attack a scldier | told a Jocal French teacher that one of the interpreters had been killed, {and the zirl, thinking that it was La- letter to his people, hem the sad news. Later the had been a mis- | take made and it was not Labarie | who had been killed but ome of the | other interpreters of the company. While at th affected with theumatl sent (o the rear. The company then he Verdun sector : t of the fighting up' to the from the effects of Te again joined nt to_the port teliin word came that th s company and { o to await sailing orders. The | returned on the transport amenon, Aarriv at the port of New York on May 6. After going through the cootie sent to Deven chorges. La the rest of the 3 | i 1 to_him. Wednesday afternoon Benevolent Society of 1 reg: for last meeting of the year. The president of the cociety, Mrs. Arthur Varley, presided over the business meeting. The secretar and treas- | urer's reports were read accepted and various other matters of bugine; | were breught up before the meetin and pacsed upon before the meeting was adjourned. Fellowing the the Ladies' the Taftville business meeting short program, during which the fol- lowing took part, each rendering two B 0 by Mrs. Asel . Leonard Prei Ida Lillibridge ss Cerirude Young: a duet by Mrs, lLeonard Prentice and Miss Gertrude Yours. After this de- lightful programme had been complet- od the members enioyed the pleasure of .a social hour during which re- freshments of ice cream and cake were | cerved. i ‘he committee in charge of the en- | tertainment and /social side of the meeting were: Miss Gertrude Young, chairman; Mrs. Charles Webster, Mrs {Andrew Smith and Mrs. John Volt- soprano_solo Holmes went at once back into the; { Attorney Brown took up the crossj__ he was not surprised to see! Court adjourned at 4.40 till the next | the service he was sent to Camp Up- turned to the village that looks good | those present were entertained by i | HUMOR OF THE DAY | Stella—A sad’ romance? Bella—Yes, he proposed by letter {and she accepted by wire, and neither {message was delivered.—New York i Sun, Lecturer—Youtig gentlemen, do mot waste yon time. Whereupon the student body left ! Jack O'Lantern. jthe building eh masse.—Dartmouth “Blank says he pever paid a doc_ tor's bill in his Jife.” “Exceptionally | héalth, eh?” “No; exceptiondlly poor ! Transcript. | “Those barks off the stage didn’t i sound like the réal thing at all” ! “I know they @fdn't. We foolishly | trie@ the experimfent of ringing in a ireal dos."—Phil&delphia Bulletin. i "1 understand‘you have a number lor the eld master in your gallery.” | “Gallery?” echped Mr. Cumrox. Nonsense! T've got 'em right down row . 2Washington Star. Friend—You a8 seém to be wor- rying about the Bene-dry law? Saloonkeeper—Why should 1? Be- fore it goes into effect we may have to amend the constitution of the league Poy.S— | | | How Pupils—Was it a man or a woman? Nebraska Awgwan. Mr. Flatbush-—8he has a very diffi- e Lennon back!cuit part in the n3w play. door the night before the assault. On: |the night of the assault he heard the doesn't say a word! town clock strike 9 just about the time! !he neard Captain Lennon come to m;' He heard no other voice but ithe captain’s shouting. He didn’t go in to the captain's because he didn't He didn't recognize the !man_running across the street as Royal Mrs. Flatbush—Difficult? ‘Why, she W 1, jsn’t that difficult for & wo- '—Yonkers Statesman. Passenger (with newspaper)—Are vou an internationalist? His seat sharer—No, sir-ree! I'm an anti when it comes to that. Why, even a nickel's t06 fgch for a ride on their old cars!—Buffalo Bxxpress. “Before I unchaln the dog, answer me this. Are you one of these here Boisheviki? “No madam, I'm jjust a plain hobo or bum.” “In that'casc, here's a piece of pie.” —ZKansas City Journal. Dick—Do you like romantic girls, j Harry —I dont.. When you make a hole in you salary buyvihgz them ex_ ypensive flowers they tear them apart, jrepeating: “He loves me—he loves me not."-—Pearson's Weekly. ke -iYIm?§ K t Norway has nearly 400,000 persons jengaged in agricultuce. | St. Nazaire-Nantes, is capable not {only of becoming tiie ehief port on the Atlantic coast of 'France, but = competing with Belgian, Dutch G and man ports for commerce of central Europe. Only under the stress of war did we ' | unde e to make good from domes_ | tie plies our shertage of potash or to follow the example of others in producing nitrates from the air to make us independents of foreign fources Venzuela, northernmost of the | South American républics, consists of {20 states two territofes and onc fed- teal distict. The area is 393,976 square mifles, and the popula estimated for December 31, 1917, was 2,845,121, | Jamaica has suffered hurricanes in ias a result of whi€h i were completely destroved and great damage done to cocoanut and otner ! plantations. The loss from the 1917 hurricane was greagr than was first apparent, and & trees damaged by the stor:n 3 > sequently fallen viétims to parasitic diseases or decayed’from bud rot. Years age on the big road near Mon- roe, Mich, =omebody buiit a fence by forcing split boar between sap- lins. Then the trees gre They kept | growing unt{l now they are of im- imense size, and deeply imbedded in them are the ends of those old rails. 11t is impossible to tell how far they extend into the tree trunks. They are weathered, yet they ring as true under the hammer as it just hewn. Although Cuba 4s not a large pro- ducer of alcohol ut present, there is an opportunity to make this one of the leading industries of the island i because of the large production of sugar. From the manufacture of a ton of sugar 40 gallons of molasses, or miel, result; from the latter 16 gal- lons of alcohol of the first quality can {be produced. The estimated produc- tion of sugar in Cuba for this season is about 4,000,000 tons. ! D.J.Shahan, M.D. Alice Building, 321 Main Street. Special nttention to discascs of the STOMACH, BLOOD LUNGS. Hours: $-10 & m.; 2-4 and 7-8 p. m. Phone: 821 office; and 21-2 house. 2prl0TuThS | DONE VERY PROMPTLY AND AT | WHITESTONE CIGARS Are 34800 Far Thousand J. F. CONANT 11 Franklin St man, At a recent meeting of the St, Jean Baptiste society it was unanimously ivoted to huy $500 U. 8. bond, this | giving the i an investment of 32,000 in U. S. Owing to the prosperity of the society it has been decided to increase the sick benefit THE DIME SAVINGS BANK OF NORWICH. The regular Semi-Annual Dividend from $5 to $6 per week: also every so|Las been declared at the rate of 4 per often the assessment will be paid out|cent. yeat from the earnings of the of the general fund. The report on the|past momhl.. and will be payable investigation of the books shows A net{od dnd after May 15, 1018, profit o? $7,000 under the present ad-| FRANK L. WOUDARD, Treasurer. ministration and.to further this suc-| aprisdaw cess a drive for new members is Mow going on, and David Lambert is at the Ihead of the drive. Por the feast of the sncieeéy a fivesmst drama is being pre- pared. E WHEN YOU WANT to put yeur bus- ingss hetore the public, thers I8 no medium better than throusgh the ad- vertising columns of The Bulletin.