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His wife was Miss Minnie Caee, formeriy of this place and the daughter of Mrs. Frank H. Browning of Colchester. He died ut a Now Lon- ion hospital from typhoid fever. Bur- was in Friday for . as secured a po- fe will move his family there lays Danicl W. O'Brien returned to this place Friday evening, having been dis- charged from the U. . army. Me. O'B recently returned from Shay of New London was a chester visitor Friday. Walter White of Hartford was his home on Hayward. avenue Sunday Several members of the band wers in the park Friday afternoon work- ing on the new bandstand. They will have it completed by Memorial Day, when they will give their first out-of- door concert. Commander George Brown of Mor- ten A. Taintor Post, G. A. R.. spoke<in the schools of the First district Fri- day. Mr. Brown is patriotic instruc- tor for this town. Mr. Wells, representative of the Connectieut Humane soclety, and Mra. F. A. Mitchell, representative of the ceunty commissioners, were in town Wednesday prosecuting the case of Bertha and Esther Penhariow in the probate court. Judge Buell commit- ted the children to the county home at Nerwich. M. R. Abell and Mrs. Henrietta Strong accompanied the children to the home in Mr. Abell's auto. Sheriff George M. Stanton of Nor- wich was a business caller in town on Thursday. W. Harry Jennings of Norwich and Stephen Crocker of New London were in town Wednesday on a fishing trip. They brought in a string of 20 trout, the eight largest weighing one-half pound each. It was the prettiest string shown here this season. At the recent meeting the mem- bers of the Congregational church 1t was voted to extend a call to the Rev. Henry E. Webb of Bucksport, Me., to become pastor of the church. Mr, Webb has accepted the call and will move here in a few days. The Memorial services were held in cr Baptist ‘church Sunday morning-at 1045 o'clock. It was a union service. The members of Morton A. Taintor Post, G. A. R, will attend in a body. An invitation was extended the sol- diers in the late great war to attend. The pastor, Rev. B. D. Remington, gave thaaddress. A special program of music hiau been prepared. Wooster lodge, . & A. M. held a special communication in Masonic hall Friday evening. Louis E. Baldwin over of Middletown Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA was a Colchester caller Friday. P. Willard reports that three inches of water fell in the heavy storm Wednegday and Thursday, F. E. Buke the guest of his jfons in ew Britain Friday. I'rederick O. Brown of Lebanon was calling on friends here Thursday. STONINGTON Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cowan and }Mr.\ George E. Allison have returned from Maine, where they attended the funeral of Mr. Cowan brother: Judge Elias B. Hinckley is visiting in Springfield, s, Charles R. Wayland and family of New York are expected to arrive at: their summer home here this week. The Boy Scolts will lighten the work of the Grand Army of the Re- pubiic on Memorial Day Plans are in the works for a series of Victory concerts in Wadawanuck park during the summer. The-failure of the state to provide an armory at Stonington, no enl ments came to E company, Connec: cut State Guard, the minimum num- ber required is lacking. The com- pany will be mustered out of the ser- vice this evening by Major Walker of New London, Mrs. George Stone, who has been the guest of her son, Rev. Dwight C. Stone, returned Friday to her home in Bethlehem, Conn. DR, SIDNEY E. MEZES LEAVES PEACE DELEGATION Paris, Saturday, May 24 (By the A. P.).—Dr. Sidney E. Mezes, president of the College of the City of New York, who is director of the body of experts of the American peace delegation, has asked to be relieved of his duties in order that he may resume his position in New York. __In his letter to the commission Dr. Mezes expresses satisfaction at the opportunities given the American spe- cialists to perform useful work in the formulation of the peace treaty. It was expected that Prof. C Haskins of Harvard univer: succeed Pr. Mezes, but Professor Has- kins also“is leaving shortly to take up his courses in the Harvard summer school. Dr. Mezes said today that the work of the experts was virtually completed with the submission of the territorial recommendations of the four treaties, 8o that the members of the commis- sions were gradually being relieved, leaving only a small body of specialists for such small subjects ds remain for adjustment. The work of the American expert body has won high commendation throughout the various foreign delega- tions, and Dr. Mezes says this was largely due to the complete liberty of action given them in forming their de-|. cision. Virtually their only instruc- .| who has been an appendicitis patient tions were to exercise fairness and consider the interests of the peoples in the territories affected by their recom- mendations. Dr. Mezes will sail so as to be able to attend the commence- ment exercises at New York, when the faculty will determine its plans for the coming year. like the poor The diverce judge, ksman, makes a good many misses . may] DANIELSON Mrs. Lucy Washburn Chambarlin, 84, widow of Henry €. Chamberlin, died Saturday morning at the home of her daughter, Mis Carrie Chamberlin, of Hawkins street. Mrs. Chamberlin was a. daughter of Philander and Mary Church Fauller, and a native 'of Hampton, in which town her ancestors had lived for gen- erations. Mrs. Chamberlin had lived| in Danielson for many years. Be- sides her daughter, Mrs. Chamberlin leaves three brothers, C. C. of Hart- ford, Charles and Fred of Sacremento, Cal.; four sisters, Mrs. D. C. Hartson and Mrs. Smith of North Windham,, Miss Fuller and Mrs. Stewart, of Windsor, Conn. Mrs. Susan Harriet Wright, 87, the widow of Cahuncey H. Wright, for years a school visitor in the town of killingly, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Marion Browsn, at North Sterling. Mrs. Wright was a native of the town of Killingly and, tion of the state. 5 Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o’clock at the undertaking rooms of A. F. Wood, Mechanic street, funeral services were beld for Charles Leavens, formerly of Wauregan, who died in Worcester. The service was conducted by Rev. M. 8. Stocking of the Methodist church, and Rev. W. B. Williams of the Con- gregational church. During the ser- vice Mrs. CHarles Bragg of Central Village sang That Beautiful Land on High, and One Sweetly Solemn Thought. Mrs. Lewis of Moosup was! accompanist. Burial was in Westfield cemetery. The. hearers were E. S. Lamb, Addison Tracy, Milton Tracy and SCharles Wood, all of Wauregan. The funeral of Mrs. Melina Messier ‘was held Saturday morning-from her home in Wauregan with services at; Sacred Heart church at 9 6’clock, Rev. J. C. Mathiel, the vastor, and Rev. J. E. McCarthy and Rev. Fr. Chag- non being the officers of the solemn high mass. Burial was at Wauregan. Louis E. Kennedy was the fueral di- rector. 5 Charles L. Ames, principal of the; Brown Grammar school, Hartford, and appointed by Governor Marcus; H. Holeomb a member of the state board of education for three years, is a native of the town of Killingly. He was born November 9. 1847, the son of George and Lucy Day Amesy both former téachers. Following attendance in Killingly’s schools he completed a courée in the Danielson Academy, the} educational institution that preced- ed Killingly High School. He did not attend college, but studied under pri- vate tutors after completing his acade- my course and qualified as a teacher in his native town. Two years of teach-| ing Killingly was followed by a sim-i ilar period in Plainfield schools and he later taught in Plainville, this state for four years. All of his life; he has' continued to teach, for many years in Plantsville and for many more vears in Hartford, where he is re- garded as an authority upon educa- tional matters. He is prominent in different educational organizations, in- cluding the State Teachers’ associa- tion, of which he is chairman of the pension committee. The late Anthony Ames of Danielson, who was a mem- ber of the state board of education for years, was an uncle of the new ap- pointee. Nathan D. Prince, of Danielson, vice president of the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit company, of Hartford, and vice president of the Windham County National bank of Danielson, has been named as state treasurer of the campaign that will be conducted from June 8 to June 14, inclusive, for the purpose of obtaining a million members of the National council, Boy Scouts of America. This _drive is made in accordance with President ‘Wilson's proclamation and will be con- ducted in every city in the United States. The fee for membership will be a dollar per person. The drive will give able men the country over ad opportunity unity to enlist as of- ficers, scoutmasters and assist scout masters: to organize troops Rvery- where and increase the of the movement; to bring the atten- tion of the citizenship of each country and of each community to the vital facts concerning the bovhood of the community, in order to better the boy population in every possible way. In this work, as state treasurer of the drive, Mr. Prince will Be associated| with some of the foremost men the country over. [ At the Congregational church in Newington. Saturday. afternoon, at 2 o’clock, following a praver service at 1.30 at. his home, funeral servicés were conducted for Herbert G. ¥ran- eis, 53, town clerk of Newington. Mr. Francis was a_brother of Charles S. Francis of the Palace laundry of Dan- ielson. Mr. Francis was a former of the legislature and one of the most highly respected citizens of Newing- ton. He had been ill for the past three months and since May 18. dhen he suftered a partial shock, he had continued to fail in strength. Mr. Francis was electéd town clerk of Newington in 1895, and since that time had looked after the affairs of Newington as they pertained to the townclerkship, and to the satisfaction of all persons, regarless of polities. He was treasurer of thé Newington Congregational Eecclesiastical society, and also clerk and treasurer of the Sunday school of the church, which latter office he had held for about 35 yvears. He had been treasurer of the Newington grange since 1900, having| Practically every cotton mill in this zereq. been a2 member of the order since 1886. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Ellen E. ¥F'rancis, and two brothers, Thomas A. Francis of Newington and Charles S. Francis of Danielson. Today, Tuesday and Wednesday are being observed in the parish of St. James’' as rogation days—days dur- ing which prayers will be offered for the success of the crops of the sea- son, as prayers are offered on roga- tion days in the fall for the success of the harvest season. These days off prayer will lead to the observance Thursday of the Feast of the Ascen- sion, a holy day of obligation which Cathelics are in conscience bound to attend services, as on Sundays. Mrs. Joseph Boucher 'of Dyer street, in a Worcester hospital the past three weeks, returned to her home here Sun- day, De. E. Jette making the trip in his metor ear te bring Mrs. Bouch- er to her home. A meeting of the members of Rese of Lima council, K. of C, is s¢hedul- ed to be held this evening to take ac- had lived all of her live in this see-]’ jthe law pertaining to car membership | a an effort will be made to clear the debt of the parish. “Heads of parish societies held a meeting on Sunday evening to consider ways and means| of raising funds. T —— = PUTNAM Dr. Marguerite J. Bullard, who wa injured Friday afternoon in an amof said Saturday to be as comfortable as could be expected and that her in- Juries are only of a minor: nature. Samuel Smith left Saturday after- noon to attend the convention of the! Order of B'Rith Abraham at Atlantic City. Mr. Smith represents the Willi- mantic organization of ‘the order. Capt. John Bulger has found it necessary of late to warn some of the! us drivers not to leave vehicles parked on sections of street} where the practice is forbidden. Mrs. Henry A. Landstrum of Wor- cestér spent Sunday with relatives in Putnam. A local.-increase in the membership of the Salvation Army is anti ted through the recent interesting activi- ties of the organization here. The two automobiles that were wrecked in the crash near Attawaugan Friday afternoon were brought to tRis| city. The MecCormack car has a brokerr frame and is otherwise badly damaged. Owing to changes heing made.at the power plant, electric current was cut Off in this city Sunday afternoon from 1 until 4 o'clock. The Putnam Girls’ club was well Tepresented Saturday afternoon at thel first field day of the Quinebaug Valley Girls’ clubs at Wildwood park. Golf matches for afternoon and even-| ing are scheduled for Memorial day at; the Putnam Country club., The clock, golf set will be used for the first time.! . In the railroad yards here busine: is not very rushing of late, although there have been busy periods since the armistice was signed. A memorial service attended by rep- sentatives of all of the city’s patriotic societies was held Sunday at the Bap- tist church at 10.30 a. m., the number present including representatives of the local men who fought overseas. The impressive sermon was preached by the pastor, Rev. George C. S. Mc- Kay. Members of Cargill council, K. of C..| of this city will receive an invitation| soon to attend the conferring of the} first and second degrees upon a class of 25 candidates at Danielson. 1 The Ashland team of Jewett City| will come here next Sunday, June 1. to play the fast Putnam team that Mana- ger Thomas McDermott has organized.| Clerks in Putnam’s stores are well! pleased with the recommendation of| the merchants’ committee of the Chamber of Commerce that the Thurs- | day afternoon closing period, usually confined to the months of July and August, will'be extended this year tol Sept. 25. June 4 has been set as the date for the annual field day and lawn party of} the Parent-Teachers' association of | this city. The gathering will be at 2| p. m., at the lawn of the high school. Operators of passenger 'buses know | ing in ex-| and the! cess of the seating capacit allowed margin, and if th do mot{ comply with it in this vicinity some of| the extra dimes they gather by over-| loading their cars will go over the desk to the clerk in the city court some morning in the near future. That is the promise of officials who have heard complaints about -packing 'em in.” The body of Reuben King, 30, who! was electrocuted last Wednesday aft-| ernoon while working about a motor in the mill at Greeneville, R. L., where| e was employed, was brougt to this| city Saturday noon and later taken to| the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Pelier, 40 Farrows street. Mr. King was a; The 125 children that are Windham county temporary children in the Sawver di: well fed during the cominz winter, if the preparation ing crops on the h misleading, and urday Supt. D. with the aid| of a planting machine, was engaged in| putting in two and a half acres of po- tatoes, many bushels of which are/ grown and used at the farm each year,| as the children are great eaters. Mr.| Park also will grow a variety of other produce on the farm. } Souvenir W. H. Taylor has received: a letter of thanks from former Gove nor Simeon E. Baldwin for pennie: one duted 1819, the other 1919, which Mr. Taylor recently mailed to him.! Mr. Taylor, who will spend Memorial] day here, is’among those who are help-} ing shower Hon, George A. Hammond} today (Monday) on the occasion of M i Hammmond’s 78th birthday. Mr. Taylor| sent “birthday cards. folders and a big copper cent dated 1841. [ the! » for| ot will bel fall and for grow-, are not, On t-1 nt vieinity has now posted a notice of an| advance in wages, effective netx Mor day, June 2. The newest advance will} add several thousands of dollars each week to the total of the payrolis of the mills in this vicinity. Memorial exercises are to be held at Putnam High school mnext Thursday| afternoon and a program of unusual| interest has been prepared. The pro-| gram will include singing, speeches| and exercises, all pertaining to n\rX glory achieved by the veterans of the Civil war. The cadets will paradé and| will be inspected by Capt. J. J. Mc-| Garry. The cadet corps will be pre- sented with a stand of colors. GERMANY IS TO DEMAND ADMINISTRATION OF RHINE Copenhagen, May 25 (By the A. P.).! —According to the Hamburg Fremden- blatt, the German counter-proposals will include-a demand that the admin- istration of the Rhine district shall re- main German: Germany to deliver coal| to France from the Ruhr and Sarne districts, but will not acknowledge the tion relative to arranging for the con- ferring here in the near future ef the first ad second degrees upon a large class of candidates. Ernest Langevin, for years a resi- dent of Wauregan, is dead at his home | neutral direction; in that place. John C. Richmond of Waterville, Me., | which will be allowed to have its own was a visitor with friends in Daniel- | railway connection with that city into son, Sunday. Many Danielson people were South Killingly on Sunday to assist the tnnual memorial exercises in hon- or of the dead who served in the Civil War., S Mr..and Mrs. N. D. Prince have re- turned from a trip to White Sulphur Springs, W. V., where Mr. Prince was attending an execuive committee meet- ing of the American Bankers' associa- tien, 5 This being aelden snnivereary year of the founding of St. James' parish, 0 at at | SERBIA plebiseite propesed for 1934; Poland shall he given the district to the line of demarkation fixed by the armistice: other German eastern districts will hold plebiscites under American and Danzig shall be a free harbor at the disposal of Poland, Poland. N GOVERNMENT HONORS KING ALFONSO Madrid, May 25.—The Serbian min- ister today presented King Alfonso with the Order of Karageorgevitch, inl- recognition of the king’s humanitarian work, especially on behalf of the Ser- bian children. King Alfonso has signed a decree mobile accident near Attawaugan., was) such motor | & 3 &y conveying the government's thanks for WE HAVE CUT OUR ON 504 BANK STREET. . DISTRIBUTORS OF PHONE, NEW LONDON 1 25 to 30 Per Cent. Kelly-Springfield Tires SOLID AND PNEUMATIC TIMPANY RUBBER CO., Inc. NEW LONDON, CONN. LY TIRES “F IT’S TIRES—SEE US” PRICES 242 FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF ' ITALY’S ENTRANCE INTO WAR: Rome, Saturday, May 24.—The fourth; anniversary of the entrance of Italy| into the War. w: celebrated today. without demonstrations. Public bulld-| ings’ were | profusely decorated, butj public gatherings and demonstrations were discouraged by the government. | Captain Gabriele d’Annunzio was to} have delivered an address, but thel meeting was not held at the request of | the government, which did not wish a! demonstration . against the suspended action of the peace conference at Paris regarding Italy’s plans. ? The Philippines 1 BERLIN ALARMED BY MACHINE GUN FIRING Saturday, May 24 (By the A.j P.).—Downtown Berlin was thrown| into a state of wild excitement at 4| olclock this afternoon by machine gun firing in the Untér _den Linden. Those in_ the neighborhood fled for safety, but| others swarmed to the scene. The shootin was due to a large group of wounded men insisting on parading| despite the order of Gustave Noske, minister of national defense, prohibit- | I Berlin ing processions during the period of! martial law. | Government troops broke up thej demonstration by firing in the air. BRITISH GOVERNMENT ! THANKS LORD READING| London, May 25.—David Lloyd| George, the British prime minister, has| addressed a_letter to Lord Reading,! the conspicuous service randered the empire while Lord Reading was acting as ambassador o the United States. | The letter aseures Lord Reading that | he returns to his high judicial dutiea with the gratitude and good will of the \PRESS ILLUSTRATING SERVICE, ¥..Y. Miss ‘Elizabeth Wrentmore, 1676, by observing the eclipses of Jupi- | ter's moons. When the earth was nearest to Jupiter, the eclipse ap-!| peared aboat eight and one-half min- | uies too soon for the calculations, and | o, f : 1 vihen the earth was most remote from ‘ diftcul s ingerectment el escae. Jupiter, they were about eight and one- | e a dense, impenetrable cloud of sep To Marry The Governor Of | simple process of discharging the con- | tents of their inkbags. The resulf is under cover of which they have little Restoring Gilt Frames, To restore gilt frames take a lu'n brush and carefully free the tramés of every particle of dust, then cover with the following mixture: The whife of one egg and one-half ounce of chlé- ride of potassa. Apply with a soft brush. Scientific ' American says It you desire to cleanse gilft ‘frames the without tarnishing them, wash in beer, _— Made Early Use of Coal. Though wood and turf formed tHe fuel of our early ancestors, investigh. tions have proved that the Britoms, even prior to the Roman occupatiop, made use of coal. But as it was DOS- sibie to utilize only such coal as lay 4t or near the surface, the practice dfd not make headway for many centuries CUT THIS OUT. ! Don't mi .enclose Gona ney a by ¥ Pilis. for pai rheumatism, ladder ailments: a’ wholesome and ng cathartic, for ousness, beadache, and s. The Lee O &sgood C9. an. a i o " sophomore in tha University of Cal- son of Mr. and Mrs. James King, who| nation and empire. FOpTOIp TR 2t el & - live mear Attawaugan crossing. ~The ; -T§°< a is the fi~2;te o Gpyemnor DR. E J. JONES : i : lived at Fas t i Fram: Surton Harrison, o e . g s f\%i‘mghfgrhn;gl%el:e‘?'o?kif:;tt%}J;T:—iSW!TZERLAND AR CERN ANY Philip “lands, Miss Wrentmore | Suite 46 Shannon Building Mr. vorking at Greene-| . 1N cOMMERCIAL CONVENTION i ke elevator Shetucket Street * ville for about a year. Besides his = e e A is described as a tall beautiful Take elevator etuckef - parents, he leaves two sisters, Mrs.| Berne, Switzerland, May 25 (By the; entzance. Phone H Pelier and Mrs. Carrie Adams. | A, P —Switzerland is concluding with| blonde with hazel eyes, who is an : Bt vags hu‘ng S the. | Garsments Germany a new vogm_)erci-i\l rlon&zen:o::‘ expert golf, tennis player and & : 4 Switzerland German | - e ot shout Svervhoay that paid. Putnam | U, WLGERE YETAG G, rorsevoman, and o gracetct | BLUE RIBBON TIRE SHOP lassies were w?'(-\rking on_their hom}‘;p!‘g?uf& same time negotiations hzava{‘ Arbsr:} xn;. ; - i NG . E Sl fine S o 04 oy U pegan by 2 e comory, o rciass) - T . T o ber who have heard of the army andj* “erman colliery near Bochum. -One Cuttiefich Handicapped. Vulcanizing and Repairing its work here and abroad, who failed; —fi_ There is one unfortunate specimen|125 West Main Street, Norwich, Conit to give, and give with right good will, elocity of Light. Tants : i Telep 546-13 . vilas s e | A | of euitlefish, Nautilus, g ENEn £ ‘f::z;!{rmg;l‘;g\r:‘::‘; ?,‘;,(:\vl::‘" n,”y:fii(;irix::" The velocity of light was obtained | produce the flmoko‘(‘loud:v};'l\::‘ ':]Tn:‘)?et * agii ttr‘;gafi;urcs probabiy will e avail-| DY the Danish astronomer Roemer in | oiyor cpocies are abie to do so by the WILLIAM C. YOUNG able Y. Successor o STETSON & YOUNG g CARPENTER and BUILDER Best work and materials et right prices by skilled labor. Telephone ) ia, Waest Main 'S half minutes too late. Roemer conclud- | ed the reason to be that it required 17 minutes for light from the placet to traverse the diameter of the earth’s| orbit, which measured the difference of the distancés of the earth from| Jupiter. This calculation has since | been verified, and proves that Iightl travels about 186,000 miles a second. P. 0. Box 212 SLATE, GRAVEL WALKS CELLAR BOTTOMS DRIVEWAYS Probably of Some Age. Clarence was always doing things that brought exclamations of surprise! from his mother. This seemed to puz | zle the little fellow. One day he “How old will I have to be,| mother, before I quit doing things that | your are surprised at?” i —T RS Famo Makes Heads Clean and Healthy H. F. LULL ESTATE FRANK H. RAYMOND, Mgr. , Danielson, Conn. 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The seban]leangexcrjti:;{ £ which will facilitate small holdings and ipstityting farmers’ co-operative so- cieties. forms in scales amd fiak i commonly buou;; :: da;flnd oL o ruff. SPRAYERS HAND AND KNAPSACK - PYROX BORDEAUX AND LEAD MIXTURE " AND BLACK LEAF 40 The Household " :lephone 5314 74 Franklin Street.