Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 26, 1919, Page 8

' * fect woman is one who has no fauits? PP — ¢ And wa *We don’t assume that he’s ) Where booze may still be Be not too quick to blame If George or Fred or Dick Therefore improvement By 8. E. KISER When Percy staggers blindly from the car ; to catch a lamppost as it passes, " Where liquor’s slipped across in tiny glasses; More likely he has found some secret place, - Far up an alley or behind a stable, Bearing, perhaps, a “Hair Restorer” label. If Harold lingers, mingling with the boys, Till after sober people have retired, And then strays homeward, making too much noise, And by inglorious ambition fired, We have no reason to suppose that he Obtained it on-a promise not to tattle; It’s easy still to get it on the plea That something is the matter with our cattle. Who used to ladle out the Tom-and-Jerry, Sits in the gutter, thinking that he’s merry; Be sure before you hurry out in search Of stills you may be aching to demolish; Perhaps the boy acquired his leer and lurch By drinking some new “liquid silver polish.” The jails are being emptied, we are told, . But still—sometimes—if one has caught a cold ©re may be cured, and shuffle onward gayly, The “liniments” and “lotions” multiply, And he is wise in these days who is able— Unless the “doctor” winks a knowing eye— To guess what's in a bottle by the label. beéen at a bar - urchased by-the case, the mournful man or Bob or Dan must be spreading daily, : * HUMOR OF THE DAY Milly—I suppose your idea of a per- Billy—No, merely one who nowledges them.—London Ideas. “Wonien are to be prevented 'from attempting homemade wine.” “I hope s0,” exclaimed Uncle Bill Bottietop. “I tasted some once.’— Wasghington Star. “Played in luck that time.” “How s0?" “My wife asked me if I had been ing and I was just able to say ‘—Louisville Courier-Journal. "I don’t know what to make of Bthel,” said the mother; “she sleeps! 50 .much.” “I know, mamma,” ' said Tommie. “Make a. chaperon of her."—Yonkers Statesman. Mrs, ‘A.—You say you kept a cook ack- for 2 whole month. How in the world did you manage it? Mrs. B—We were cru on a houseboat and she Bogton Transcript. | Doctor—Madam, I shall have to] palnt your husband’'s thryat with ni- silver. iteer's Wife—Please use nitrate! of goid, doctor. The expense is quite immaterial—London Opinion. | “Gee, but it's Tate! Will your wife Fer up and let you in when you get homd couldu't swim— “I'll make her. I'll sératch on the door and then she'll think her gog's been locked out.’—St. Louis Repubiic. He—D'you kno you grow more beautiful daily? She—Oh, George, you do exaggerate, He—Well, then I should say every other..day.—Philadelphia Bulletin. “I noticed you wave your hand to that traffic policeman.” “Yes,” sald the motorist. “0ld friend of yours?” “In a way. He's carried me to court a few times.”—Birmingham Age-Herald, 1 “The lips should make when you are supposed to be speaking. Now in| thie scene you denounce your hus- band. So let your jaws work.” _“All right,” responded Pauline Per- féction. “Gimme a wad of gum.'— Detroit Free Press. “What d oyou nkow about his pas! asked one girl. ‘Just enough to make me suspicious about his present,” replied the other, examinming closely the mond ring the young men had given hed.—San Francisco Chronicle. FAIL TO-AGREE ON THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS London, Dec. 25.—James O'Grady, who bas been conferring in Cppenha- gen, as the representative of Great Britain, . with . Maxim Litvinoff, -the Bolshevik representative, with regard to the exchange of prisoners, has re- turned to' London. His purpose, ‘it is stated, is to confer with the foreign of- fice here. It was announced on December 19 that the negotiations at Copenhagen had been postponed to permit the two representatives to return to their re- spective countries and confer with their governmants. Somehow one's plain duty is usually too plain to be attractive. | decreased since the KALEIDOSCOPE The Abyssinian wife is the head of the house. Queen - Maud of Norway can claim to be the first pilot of a flying boat. ‘Waterspouts spin with enormous speed. Their velocity: at = the sea level .has been estimated at six miles an hour. § Tuberculosis among the miners has a introduction of electric power:into South African gold mines. What is said to be the . smallest practical electric motor forms a new dental tool holder and weighs but four ounces. The passenger list of a. baby car- riage may be doubled by using an auxiliary seat to be suspended be- tween the handle bars. The annual production of emery in Greece is from 12,000 to 15,000.. The 3rcek ore is very hard and is used mostly for the manufacture of emery wheels, The name of macaroni originated | from a Greek phrase meaning “the blessed dead,” an allusion to the an- cient custom of eating it at feasts for depurted souls. y 3 The present Chefoo consular district has an area of about 14,000 square miles and an estimated population. of 3,060,074, according to newly com- piled official estimates Gompleted Feb- ruary 12, 1919, Ry For use in steel plants' a Pennsyl- | vanian has invented a car.that ig mounted on regular railroad trucks and with a body that carries molten metal and keeps it hot, . pouring it out when desired. AMERICAN FUNDS FO; JEWISH WAR SUFFERERS New York, Dec, 25, is- RS The joint dis. n - committee for American funds for Jewish war sufferers an- nounced today it had appropriated more ‘than $1,000,000 for relief of 3,- 000,000 Jews in Europe and Asia. T:i;e largest share, $500,000, goes to the Jews of Poland, while $200.000 was granted Austrian Jews ang $119,000 appropriated for relief in Palestine. Ulhe‘r c%unirles benefiting are . Ru- mania. Turkey, Persia, Cz: -Slova- ey Syriay. Czecho-Slova. §250,000 FOR CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE New York, Dec. 25.—Three Christ- mas gifts aggregating ' $250,000° to- wards completion of the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, were annouriceg today by Rt. Rev. Charles Sumner Burch, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York. Two of the gifts were for $100,000 each and the other $50,000. The names of the donors were withheld. TEN MILLION SILVER DOLLARS BEING MELTED INTO BARS Philadelphia, Dec. 25.—Ten millions of dollars, all in silver, are being melt- éd Into silver bars ‘at the . United States mint here. Later the bars turned into dimes,. quarters.and lzalf dollars. 'The government - finds it ¢heaper to melt the dollars than to Zo into the market and buy silver, now selling . at the highest price in many years., 3 Our No. 2 ‘TIME OF THE YEAR. IT :YOUR 'FURNACE COAL. At $10 per Ton 'IS JUST THE SIZE OF COAL TO BE USED AT THIS | OF YOUR KITCHEN RANGE COAL AS WELL AS WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE THE BEST LEHIGH COAL MINED, | Shetucket Coal & Wood Co. PHONE 1257 Chestnut WILL TAKE THE PLACE |at Howard. ' George B. Capron, 64, janitor of the Westerly post office bullding. since its construction, who has been {ll for !several. months, died Tuesday after- noon at his home, No. 8 Rocket street. He 'leaves a daughter, ‘Mrs. Harry Dayison, .a_widow,” and a brother, Thomas, who resides in Taunton. Mr. Capron was. born 'in Pawcatuck and wag for many years employed as fire- man_in the local towboat service. He later“was employed by the town as operator ‘of the ‘steam road = roller. ‘When the new post office building was being prepared for occupancy-he pass- ed the civil service examination and was appointed engineer and janitor of the building, with an assistant. "‘He was ‘intensely interested in fire department matters and for more than irty years was an active member, and for several terms foreman of the Alert Hook and Ladder company. He was- also ‘secretary. of the ' Granite Quarrymen’s union and a member of the local:-lodge,: Junior Order Ameri- can, Mechanies. _‘Aecording to s declaration by Clar- ence L, Hussey, bridge engineer of the Rhode. Tsland “State Board of Public Roads; the'type of concrete arch { bridzes constructed in the state is re- snlting in a-saving of from twenty to thirty per cent. The saving was made, ha said in an address before the Prov- idence Engineerinz society, by means of ‘ the design, which was used nn- where else in the country, He describ- ed' the design as umbrella - shaned. most of the concrete heing used abnve ahd as little:as possible below. The surface of - the bridge. he said. has Deen constructed in a flat style instead of rounded. becanse of the greater cost of the latter method. Mr. Hussey -stated - that conerete hridees, the first which was built in Rhode Island ‘in 1908, were rapidly coming into their own. They were credited with being mneh cheaper than steel, which' iIs regarded as necessary only in long spans that are not requir- ed on the.small rivers. or streams, in the ‘state. It was estimated that cost of, upkeen.made jt worth $100 a foot to the public for gverv foot of distance cut off on the Na¥raransett Pier road hyshart cuts. Tt was also said that it paid greatly to cut back a road on hills, reducing grade. "Robert R. Maikle. superintendent of the Lorraine Mannfactnring compant. and Mrs. Meikle, observed the fartieth anniversarv of the marriaze Christ- mas eve bv a.family g~therinent thair home No. 12 Narragansett avenue. Be- sides other relatives. Mr. and Mrs Meikle’s three sons, Rohert, James and Axchie, .and three daughters. = Mrs, William. Laing, Mrs. Loren MecLaren and - Miss ‘Jean Meikle, were in at- tendance. A feast wa= served. and there was vocal and fn<trumental mi- sie.. "Mr. and Mrs. Meikl~ and all oth- | ers present ‘greatly enjoyed the cele- bration. ! Foiscanal Fd- vestry of Christ church exfended a call to Rev. mynd . J. Cleveland to he ractor of the Rev. Mr chureh aad he has accented, Mleveland has heen acting tHe - church since th in effect of Rev. Wi K The néw: rector was formerlv in chavos 4¢ narishes in. Hoboken and St. Lrnis. He. resiemed as rector of the church in ‘the latter eitv to enter the armv and- served as eh'ef chaplain of the Thirtv-Sixth division in France. He waa discharged from the service =n short time when he was appointed temnorarv acting rector . of = Christ church, Westerly. William A. Wilcox has brought =uit against Mrs. Clara Brainard, of We- auetequock, to determine whether un- der the laws .of Connecticut a real es- tate agent is_ entitled to full com- mission in the. sale of real estate, where .he nroduces a prospective pur- chaser, ‘and’ the purchaser does not keen. {o his agreement. Through the agency of Mr. Wilcox Major Smart. of Deyen<. Mass., agreed verbally to purchase the farm from Mrs. Brainard at a price agreeable to all parties. Without signing the agree- ment the: major’ paid about eight per cent. of the purchase price, promising to eomplete the transaction later. This has not been done. Mrs. Brainerd claims Mr. Wilcox is not entitled to full commissfon, as the transaction has not been completed and through no fault of the owner Judge Herbert W. Rathbun is coun- sel for plaintiff and Samuel H. Davis for defendant. John Pendieton, United States Cavalry, who is completing four vears of service, half’ of which was in France, is home on ten days’ furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pendleton of Potter Hill. He is one of the five brothers who served in the army. All were in active service and John ig the only one who was wound- ed; and slightly by bursting shrapnel. Mastuxet Encampment, Independent Order. of 0dd:Fellows, recently elect- ed officers as follows: F. Earl James, chief patriarch; William E. Weeden. high priest; - George B. Sharp, senior warden; Harry D. Smith,’ junior war- den; J. Bdwin Gardiner, scribe; Fred- erick Boulter, treasurer; Louis A. Jos- lin,."Lafayette L. Foster, Williams I Banford, trustees. . Dr.. Harold !. Gosline, formerly of the ‘Medical Corps of the United States army, has been appointed by the .peral and charitable commission ag pathologist, at the state institutions 2 Dr. Gosline is a_ native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Harvard .University —and. Harvard Medical School.. He has already be- gun his duties, . Dr:*Gosline has made a specialty of nervous 'and’mental diseases, as well as . -pathology and is the author of a number of published articles on these subjects. His' earlier work was at the Boston State Hospital and the Dan- vers State Hospital. He successively filled the .position of pathologist to the ‘Worcester State Hospital and to the New Jersey State Hospital at Tren- to - %e enlisted early in the war, receiv- ing ‘the rank of lieutenant in the medical service, and obtained his discharge from the army with the rank of major after 28 months of ser- vice, . the greater part of which. was overseas in charge of laboratories. It is understood that the penal and charitable commission has long be- lieved - that a scientific labbratory should’ be developed on the premises at Howard, ‘not only to supplement the special work of the state hospital, for mental-diseases, but to aid the physi- cians ‘of all of the institutions in the early diagnosis and treatment of the great variety of diseases which are ‘met there. 'Tt is belleved that this is fiot only a humane step to take, but that -eyentually it will. prove to be an ‘economical one for the state. -Dr..Byron.U. Richards, secretary of thastate board” of health, issued a warning Wedneday to the people of Rhpde Island against -contagion from smallpox, as » result of the case which came'on the Fabre liner Britannia, and subsequently caused the death in Fall River of two of that steamer’s pas- sengers: . T ¢ * When ‘the Britannia came Dec. § it e stration - there. drastic action to be taken if attempts to violate the law were made, brought changes’ in the league’s <Christmas block there before the police went in- | to’ action again and diverteq the line to Broadwav. At FHerald Square the ‘zetories and blew it His brotbers. were given & a . CLOSED SEVERAL YZARS e % l Waynesburg, Pa, Dec. 25—~John I : “.| | Strawn, receiver for the Farmers' anl Bk TN «Drovers' National Bank of Waynes= A G Fj“‘;A“ OFF 'E‘R‘I burg, Pa., which closed its doors sev-! . Aiems, Wednesday, Dec. 24, — 3 ‘eral years ago, announced today that courtmartial has sentevced th> | me had placed in the mails a five per | wan officer Robert Nockling, adm cent. dividend for the creditors. Wi trator of mines av Karlsuhe, L) S - & the latest dividend a total of 65 per |years imprisonment, fifteen vears' ex- |yesterday morning. He remained fn cent. of original! funds entrusted to|ile and a fine of ten Million francs up- {T‘.a for twelvel hours and left for the bank has been returned to deposi- |on his conviction of a charge of organ- | Paris last night. 'Signor Seialois, the { tors... izing the pilage of factories in eastern |Italiun foreign minister, will leave: for 2 coal'deal completed by Controller of jhe collected machinery and other ma- {to E R LY : {3EVIRE PINALTY FOR was found that one of the passengeérs had smallpox. Thz vessel was not.al- lowed to dock in Providence and was sent to New York; where all on board were quarantined for nine days. ‘When the passengers were released, five of them went to Fall River on the stéamer €ommonwealth -of the Fall River line. - Two of them, both men, ‘weer taken ill and = soon -died. The Massachusetts’ health authorities' diag- nosed the deéaths as resulfing from emallpox, and notified the .board - of health here. : Dr. Richards saig that. every one.of the passengers on the Commonwealth on that trip from New York, as well as the passengers on subsequent trips of that steamer; had been exposed to the -disease. - Every -person who has been exposed in this way ,and hag not been vaccinated, should be vaccinated at once, Dr. Richards says. Local Laconics. Several local organizations provid- ed Christthas cheer for many chil- dren. 2 2 There is every other day transpor- tation servite between Providence and Block Island. ‘Who fired the Campbell grist mili? This question may ' be “answered 'be- fore the New Year ends. ¥ Shopping early prevailed in West- erly -and there was no rush of busi- ness in the stores the day before Christmas. g=ts Edward J. Sullivan, of Dorchester, formerly of Westerly, was elected president at the annual meeting of the Westerly Impecunious club, held Wednesday afternoon. Thomas - E. Shea was re-elected secretary, and C. Leo Higgins accountant. %, Byron A. Bliven, of Westerly, stands seventh in a class of more than 300 at Dean' Academy, Franklin, Mass. Mrs. Harvey Perry, who has been {ll for more than three months has been called to Haveford, Pa. by the seri- {ous illness of her father, Dr. Isaac STONINGTON Thomas R. Kenna, for many years-a resident of the borough, died Tuesday at his home in Elm street. After sev- eral months of illness, and a recent op- eration. He was born in Albany, N. Y., and was a. marine engineer by oe- cupation and was engaged on the Long Island ‘Sound route to New York for many years, on the Stonington, Ner- wich, Providence and Fall River. lines He leaves a widow. At the annual meeting of the stack- holders of the Stonington Buikding company, Elias B. Hinckley, John H. Robinson, John Killan, James- H. Sti- vers and Everett N. Pendleton ' wete elected trustees. At a meeting of the trustees, Elias B. Hinckley was elect- ed president, George H. Robinson, secretary and treasurer. . Stonington Pointers. The enzagement is ‘annourced of Miss Malvina Bostwick Sanford, the daughter of Rev. Frederick R. San- ford, to Thomas Whitridge Cutler. James H. Goodwin of New York 'and’ Miss May J. Brown of Wickford, are Noyes. guests - {of" Greece arrived here from Atheny » The dividend was made possible by |France, It was testified at his trial that | Paris Saturday. Prémier Nittl will g((; aris early in January . b THE ANNUAL ECONOMY SALE OF Women’s and Misses’ Apparel Great Reductions In Wearing Apparel of All Kinds Now is the time to buy the warm, winter garments, for now the prices have reached the lowest levels. Next season’s prices will be higher than this, so the prudent buyer will take advantage of this chance to buy for this winter and for a year to come. Consider it an investment, not an expense, and get busy. ; OATS §35.00 Coats Now Only $22.50 Pretty Coats in Velour and Polo Cloth. All the desirable colorings and designs. There’s a_varied assortment for your selection. of. Mr. and Mrs. Harry B Judge and . Mrs. Eiias B. Hineckley announce the engagement of . their daughter, Thelma, to Winfred Wells Budd of East Orange, N. J. Emillo D’Anneo and family ‘have moved from Brookiyn, N. Y., to Ston- ington. Mr. and Mrs. Roston, Moses . Pendleton of are guests at.the home- of Everett N. Pendleton. N. Y. POLICE BROKE UP PARADE OF THE LEAGUE FOR AMNESTY New York, Dec. day celebration of —The Christmas the League for Amnesty for Political Prisoners was Suits, Dresses, Etc. $52.50 Suits For Only $35.90 Silvertones, Cheviots, Vel- ours, Serges and Checks, a splendid variety, up to the minute in style, and running in value to $32.50. Rare bargains. 35-00 Women’s and Misses’ Dresses A splendid collection of at- tractive frocks, in Tricotine, Jersey, Velvet and Silks. A good selection of very recent models is offered in this sale. Values as high as $35.00. broken up today by police, soldiers and irate citizen Several hurdred men and women, placarded and “sin- T persons, divided into two wandering bodies which * found - their . ways “home” to the Parish house of ' the Church of the -Ascension in° West Eleventh street after many hours”of wanderings, Church congregations ~ emerged from services at noon without find- ing the league’s carollers, who were to sing for them in manacles and in| prison garb. An all-day vigil at Trin- ty church downtown saw no demon- Police warnings of §22.50 $49.50 Coats For Only 335.00 Very handsome models in Sil- vertone' and Velour, in the best -colorings. There are several styles, some trimmed with. fur. ~Values to $49.50. programme, was said. Placards carried by the “walkers” were destroved wholesale by the po- ‘ice and volunteer assistants. ' A num- her of arrests were made for disobe- 4lence of police orders, and constant ‘nterruptions by police and civilians resulted in disrupting the “procession” heyond all recognition within a quar- ter of a mile of its start. The route of the “walkers” was to wave been up Fifth avenue. but 14th street it was turned west to Sixth avenue. At 29th stireet it made -an- nther effort to get on Tifth avenue, notable for omissions, it at $35.00 TheANewest Short Coats Sporty little short Coats, new and fetching in style. Silver- tone and Polo Cloth, -in Copenhagen, Reindeer, and Brown. Values to $35.00. $25.00 Handsome Georgette Blouses Sheer Georgette- of beautiful quality was used in these charming - Blouses, both white and colored. A variety of very pretty models is offered, = in values to $7.00. and succeeded in “walking” :a.‘whole straggling column split, one contin- uing to‘42nd street and Bryant park and by devious ways back to 1ith street. The second line, numbering legss than twenty persons. managed to get into Fifth avenue and continue along it for half a mile; despite inter- ruptions which met it at every cross- ing. What was left of the demonstration =athered in the parish house of the Church of the Ascension, and discuss- ed a proposition for protest against the “brutality” of the police of Greater New York. $25.00 Coats For Children For children from 8 to 14, we show a con- siderable number of very atlractive coats, in sturdy weaves and good colorings. The young miss would be proud to own one of them. Reduced 25 Per Cent. $3.00 All Our Dress Skirts All of our handsome Dress Skirts have been reduced in price for this Economy Sale. In the lot you will find. novelty. plaids, checks, dnd serges, with all the lat- est style features. Reduced 25 Per Cent. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS . TO POPE BENEDICT Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 24.—All of the cardinals present in Rome, the patriarchs, archbishops and. ecclesias- tical lay courts gathered at-the Vati- can today to present their Christmas ereetings ' to Pope Benedict. Cardinal| Vannutelli, dean of the ‘Sacred College. who headed the visitors, delivered a short address voicing the ‘sentiments of his colleagues and himself. The pope replied, returning the greetings and recalling the urgent necessity for aid- ing the poor and children of war vic- tims. HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF FINE, SHEER VOILE BLOUSES .IN ROUND OR SQUARE COLLAR DESIGNS, WHICH ARE WORTH PROF. W. H. PICKERING SEARCHING FOR COMET Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 25.—Profes- sor William H. Pickering of the Har- vard ‘astrénomical observatory, who is stationed at Mandevilla, Jamaijca, is) now engaged in a search for the planet wheh is suppbsed by astronomers to exist outside Neptune and . estimates that this undiscovered member of. the solar system is some fifty-five times as far from the sun as is the earth, ac- cording to a statement made today by Professor Solon I. Bailev ,acting di- rector of the Harvard Observatory. $L.75 FURS AND FUR COATS AT SMASHING REDUCTIONS \ Deep River.—Nils Johnson, who left town a short time ago for the south, writes from -Washington, D. C.. that the weather- is unusualily cold: for-that climate. He expects to go further southe .