Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 30, 1919, Page 9

Office. Workers Keep These Handy L.C. COUGH DROPS Relieve d: 13701 —amd i “The i v at T LY » thmnas CENTS e prevoid by their user Dni- d s Digiins £ —a / With the midst of the holday ‘sea- son at hand and the proximity of the new year with its stimulus to build= ing activity, local contractors are marking time. The Weather has been ‘such as to renger outdoor work im- practicable and for the most part lo- cal builders are engaged in finishing up inside jobs. =~ Fire Marshal Howard L. Stanton reports that the lack of activity is very noticeable in his department. He has on fle only one application which has not been granted yet. It is from Jeremiah J. Lynch for permission to erect a one and a half 'story, brick, Raymeond Place. The _application At $10 TIME OF THE YEAR. QOur No. 2 Cheétnut IS JUST THE SIZE OF COAL TO BE USED AT THIS IT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR KITCHEN RANGE COAL AS WELL AS YOUR FURNACE COAL. WE GUARANTEE THIS TO BE THE BEST LEHIGH COAL MINED. Shetucket Coal & Wood Co. PHONE 1257 gives the dimensions as.20x26. The alterations to the house at 149 Sachem street which is. being remod- eled for use as a store by the owner Paul Banas are nearly complete. A Shingled addition, two and half stor- ies high and about ten feet deep has been added to the front of the build- ing. Large plate glass windows have been set in the first floor. Partitions have been erected and only the fin- ishing touches are needed.io com- plete the job. The three story buflding on North Main street at the corner of Ninth is well along. During the week prac- tically all the roof was laid and the carpenters now have only interior work to do. The building is to be oc- cupied by the Norwich Wholesale per Ton Grocery company when it is com- pleted. Outside work on the garage on West Town street is nearly ocmpleted high has been erected and plate glass windows have been set in the front of the building. NEW LONDON. The Standard Garage Co. will erect a new public garage on the site of their present building on Golden street. It will be of Yeinforced con- crete construction with a brick outer wall, 74x64, four stories high. It will have a steel sash and a tar and gravel roof. On the first floor will be a large show room, which will require plate glass set in copper, also an of- fice. On the second floor will be a machine shop and storage space for -~ STATEMENT BY SON-IN-LAW OF |DR. §COTT HELD FOR THE GREY VERMILYE MRS. WM. cars. The third anq fourth floors will be used for garage purposes. The MURDER OF MISS GRIFFITH| i) 0" electrically equipped. An elec- stone and wood, one family house on A wooden addition, a story and a half building will be heated by steam and - LOCAL CONTRACTORS MARK TME ‘each tenement having five rooms and bath. On the first floor will be ‘two stories reguiring metal ceilings, plate glass.seét in wood frames. The build- ing will be equipped with electric lights and will be heated by steam. eliminary sketches are being made for a frame cottage to be erect- ed on Ocean avenue, for Louis Lub- chansky of 45 Howard street. The Soltz Beef Co., of 52 John street are planning to make extensive alter- ations, to their ‘plant. The preliminary drawings are being)made. 3 MIDDLETOWN. ‘Work is under way on a new house on Johnson street for' Daniel Daley. The plans call for & frame house, 24x 28 feet, arranged for one family. There will be six rooms and bath, and the house will be provided with hot water heat and every conveniexnce. A permit has been issued for a new house on Fairview street for John L. Fisk, 110 Washington street. The new house will be 20x24 feet of frame construction, having six rooms and bath, fitted up with the usual con- veniences. WILLIMANTIC. It is understood that contract will be let soon for changes at the Wind- ham = County National bank. The changes will cost about $50,000, CONNECTICUT BUILDING AND BUSINESS Petitions in bankruptcy have been fileq in this state during the week to the number of three, with liabilities of $13,012 and assets of $5,400, compared with six petitions in the like week of 1918, with liabilities of $496,518 and assets of $629,600, and seven petitions in 1917, with liabilities of $32.390 and assets of $13,409. Sixteen new incorporations are re- ported in this state for the past week, with authorized capital stock of $1,- 257,000, against 11 companies in 1918, with capital of $860,000, and seven companies in 1917, with . capital of $690,000. The past week hag shown a slowing down in the building trades, the ex- treme weather being an important factor in the situation, together with uncertainty as regards prices of ma- terial and labor. In New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury, New Britain, Stamford, West Haven and Spring- R tric elevator will also be required. | 1ol Mass, 125 permits were grant- Harrisburg' Pa., Dec, 20.—Mrs. Wil-| Louisville, Ky. Dec. 20.—Dr. Chris- | iri¢_elevator Will also be required |eq during the week for buildings to Hlam Grey Vermilye left Harrisburg| topher G. Scoit, charged with killing|Bids have been teceived for the|cost $908,933, of which the major por- late today for New York, but declined | Miss Elizabeth ord Griffith, his office | 5T '~ | tion was in Springfield. 000. to make an) statement as to her|assistant, and central figure in the < 2 plans. most mysterious Louisville murder bu‘;’;‘; S bele ade o Aol Major Baines, her son-in-law, to-|case in many years, refused to fur- night issued this statement regarding various reports in the Vermilye case: “Having been presseq by numerous newspapers for a statement in regard to the Dr. Vermilye case the following so far as I know Vermilye was formerly whom she, 4, at Chicago, | Ills. On May 3, 1895, she married Dr.| with in Mrs. Vermilye has been visiting with my home at Har- risburg for the last few months while Dr. Vermilye was engaged in govern- The relations between always Mrs. Vermilye left for New York city to- un- Numerous sensational reports have been published concern- ing Mrs. Vermilye's private life, ail are without founda- are all the them; Mrs. the wife of B. I". Zindel, divorced on July 2, 18 Vermilye at Hoboken, whom she has Brook N Y. nd, lived ever since ment service. Dr. and Mrs. Vermilye have been pleasant so far as I know. day, but her future plans known to me. are of which T know tion and untru TOPEKA, KAS, HAVING TROUBLE OVER EGGS Topeka, Kas, Dec. -20—Fixing retail price on frech eggs at fifty cents a dozen by the county fair price com- mision, caused retail grocers here to announce that they will have no eggs for sale after the price becomes ef- They declare they eannot buy them for that price. Pro- will fective, January 2. duce dealers today state they ship their eggs to other paints, street for the United Societies. It will nish 315,000 bail bond at the conelu- |y, 5 prick structure, 41x77, three stor- | sion of arguments on motion for bail in police court here today, and elect- ed to stay in jail pending his examin- ing trial later in the week. Dr. Scott’s attorneys stated that the amount was excessive in view of the showing that had been made for their client by Laurene Gardner ,a girl of 13, who has asserted that she was in the physician’s company delivering Christmas presents at the time it is believed Miss Griffith was shot and killed, The little Gardner girl, after being confined in the detention home on the charge of delinquency, was released on nominal bond pending a trial in ju- venile court, % A feature connected with the case which exciteq great interest, was a police announcement that Dr. Scott in effect, had advocated a trial marriaga of Miss Griffith, his one-time flancee, and a soldler. The theory of Dr. Scott, according to this version, was that such a marriage would fit her eventually to become his wife. CONDEMNED NEGRO MURDERER a ESCAPED AT GREENBANK, DEL. Fire escapes, metal ceilings, glass set in copper, etc., will be re- quired. On the first floor will be two stores, on the second floor will be a large ball room, ladies and gentle- men's retiring rooms. and lavatories be used for lodge rooms. be a tile vestibule and the will be heated by a system. At the plant of the Fruit & Produce Co., at T4 and produce storage plant. office-room, and a machine-room, as well as cold storage boxes. On the floor will be six cold general storage-room.' The ing system has not as yet been let. Wilmington, Dec. 29.—Lemuel Price, a negro under sentence of death on January 9, next, for the murder of Policeman Thomas) Zebley In this city on Novexiber 13, flast, escaped from ies high, with a tapestry brick front. plate | and a kitchenette. The third floor will There will building steam heating New London Bank street, Which is rapidly nearing com- | pletion, all is ready for the installa- | tion of the steam heating system. The | building which is 243x31, and has been remodelled, will be an up-to-date fruit On the first floor of the building will be an a general storage-room five second storage rooms and the third floor will be used as a contract for the installation of the refrigerat- The United Societies will make al- terations to a frame house on Hemp- steaq street. The changes will consist of converting the present 2 1-2-story building into a five-tenement house, The record for the same week of 1918 as 47 per- mits issued in the same places, for buildings costing $60,113, and 32 per- mits in 1917, for buildings $301,413. While the record of real estate transactions in the Connecticut towns reported in The Commercial Record for the week are well in excess of the figures for the like week of the previ- ous year, there is a general falling off in the volume of real estate business as compared with former weeks, as is usual at this season of the vear. The number of sales by warranty deed for the week is 436, t year, with mortgage of $1,973615, compared with $5 9 a year ago. The bank clearings of Hartford, New Haven and Springfield show large incréases over the like week of last year, in Hartford 20.4 per cent., New Haven 12.9 per cent. and Spring- field 25.7 per cent. 25, REAL ESTATE SALES AND MORTGAGE LOANS Norwich had four saies of real es- tate last week, being the same num- ber as in the corresponding week last year. The loans for the week amount- ed to $200 while for the same week last year the amount was $4,500. In New London there were seven sales of realtv last week as compard with five for the same week last year. Bhe loans were $16,600 and $6,300 for the respective weeks. 1gainst 238 ans the New Castle County Workhouse at Greenbank, late this afternoon, _dis- guised as a farmer carrying a big of flour. A reward of $500 has been of- France Faces New costing | Danbury.—The Danbury Mutual Fire Insurance company will celebrate its 50th apniversary in 1920. It was in- explaln_ his escape. corporated in 1F he having fered for his capture by the trustees of the workhouse, who are at a loss to been locked in his cell a short time befors. Ye_arVfith Confidence Paris, Dec. 29.—France wlil begin the new year with far greater confi- dence than the last. This is in spite of formidable handicaps such as the bajance of trade runni: aganist her at the rate of about 1,500,000,000 francs a month, about 50 per cent. depreeia- tion of the exchange value ,of the franc and the consequent difficulty of procuring raw materials and machines urgently needel for reconstruction. France's renewed confidence is de- rivea directly from the result of the recent elections. These are rezarded here as having definitely stabilized in- ternal politics, ended all danger of the invasion was oversubscribed be- fore the official opening of the sub- scriptions. Important banks and in- dustrial companies bave lately in- creased ‘their capital to an aggregate of nearly 500.000,000,000 francs. Transactions on the Paris bourse, which still are confined to cash deals, have exceeded on certain days records of pre-war trading when futures en- tered largely into the totals. The up- ward movement of all industrials, which began before the signature of the treaty at Versailles, has been un- checked by successive liquidations. This is regarded by keen observers here as a sure sign of economic recov- ery. revolutionary agitation for some time to come and brought about a better attitude by capital and labor toward Government Flour Cuts Your_ HERE has just arrivea m e 1ocn mar- ketsa supply of Government Floar made of soft, winter wheat. The Government is offering this at prices that give every flour user in this locality a chance to cut down flour bills. your opportunity by buying the immense effort before France. Money is forthcoming for invest- ments in anything that promises sta- bility. While investments in short- . 4 the rate of nearly 2,000,090,000 francs lemg Costs industrial and commercial enterprises and long-term loans. The 4,000,000,- 000 franc loan to provide immediate M. A, BARBER Machinest and Engineer Make the most of Steam Engine Repairs United States Grain Corporation Standard Pure Wheat Flour Here is an excellent flour of straight grade used by the best bakers and grocery trade. You can buy this flour today at prices around 75 cents for 12 pound packages and $1.50 for 24%2 pound packages. Retailers may buy Government Flour in pa- per sacks in car lots in cotton sacks at $10.80 per barrel. than car lots, paper United States Grain Corporation Standard Pure Wheat Flour is on sale today at the fol- lowing dealers: GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY The following wholesalers have ordered this flour and will supply retail demands on arrival of flour, L. A. GALLUP COMPANY STODDARD, GILBERT & COMPANY, Inc. BISHOP, BIDWELL & COMPANY The Government is selling this. flour only where there are no similar flours sell: similar low prices. For further information write United Stato;gw Grain Corporation 42‘ Broadway Attend CIAL SCHOOL Special Classes Now Forming Phone 1431 Near Post Office 191st Dividend at $10.43 per barrel, or (In less $11.15, cotton $11.55.) Norwich, Conn., December 6, 1919 The Directors of this Society have current six months a semi-annual Cent. per annum, payable to deposi- tors entitled thereto on and January 15, 1920, COSTELLO LIPPITT, Treasurer. selimg at The annual meéting of the Directors and the transaction such other business as mdy term treasury bonds are continuing at a month, there is plenty of money for resources for indemnifying victims of . "} Office of The Norwich Savings Society declared out of the earnings of the dividend at the rate of FOUR PER after The Thames National Bank t Norwich, Conn., Dec. 20, 1919, - tock- .g?uun of this Bank, for the election : isaily 3 Employers say the labor situation is improved and that the last strikes de- veloped symptoms that the workers themselves were becoming weary of long continued disturbanees of busi- ress industry and transportation. Th?y see a tendency against frivolous strikes and an indieation that only Teal grievance will induce the wage earners to quit work hereafter. Decentralization of capital and in- dustry is seen in the establishing in Normandy of textile industriés to re- place those in the occupied territory destroyed by the war. This movement has been greatly extended by develop- ment of waterpower in the region of the Alps and the center and south of France. Industrial leaders say that no varticular region of France hereafter will monopolize any industry and de- clare that this scattering will prove beneficial and result in a more equable recovery of all parts of the country. Powerful financial groups are at the head of a movement to transfer im- portant industries from the coal re- gion to southeastern France, where ‘waterpower soon will be available. Other groups are being formed to de. velop manufacturing centers near the coast so as to reduce the cost of trans- porting raw materials. Industrial Jeaders say that this netivity on the part of capital, supported by the re- covery of labor from what has been characterized as a wave of “laziness,” gives a healthy tone to thé situation: Instability of the exchange value of the franc is regarded as one of the weéakest points in Frensh conditions. It is pointed out that France cannot pay twice over at present high prices for supplies she needs and that is what the present low value of the franc means. The French government is now studying a complete renovation of her financial policy with a view to making such provisions to meet her obligations as will give greatest sta- bility both at home and abroad. Details of the new financial poliey are as vet not disclosed, but it is un derstood that it comprises, firstly, a large interior loan to take. up all short-term bonds and floating debt: and, secondly, important inereases in all taxes to bring the revenues up to the anuual budsget estimated to require 20,000,000,000 to 25,000,000,000 francs. It is *no texpected that any internal financial arrangement can exert. moré than a moral influence on the value of the franc abroad, and this may be sal to be the object of the greatest anxlety in official circles. The building: trades do-not -show anx i disposition to undertake important e Shele: é‘lnhk?r??w ouse., on. g‘om whfli obllige'dtto pay Qg\;e u%:s Tuesday, Jan, 13, 1920, o'clock a. m. e normal prices for materials. e iRy R e hier, 3 result is that reconstraction work is Indications are seen of Pretty Coats in Velour and Polo Cloth. All the desirable colorings and designs. There’s a varied assortment for your selection. Very handsome models in Sil- vertone and Velour, in the best colorings. There are several styles, some trimmed with fur. Values to $49.50. and fetching in style. Silver- tone and Polo Cloth, in Brown. Values to $35.00. ] siderable number of very att; of them. Reduced 25 Per EVERY CENT OF $2.25 $49.50 Coats For Only $35.00 The Newest Short Coats Sporty little short Coats, new Copenhagen, Reindeer, and Coats For Children For children from 8 to 14, we show a con- in sturdy weaves and good colorings. The young miss would be proud to own one . 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. Néxt 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, tpd get busy. COATS $35.00 Coats Now Only §22.50 in value to bargains. $22.50 $35.00 quality was $25.00 ractive coats, Sale. Cent. FURS AND FUR COATS AT SMASHING REDUCTIONS Suits, Dresses, Etc. $52.50 Suits For Only $35.00 Silvertones, Cheviots, Vel- ours, Serges and Checks, a splendid variety, up to the minute in style, and running $52.50. Rare $35.00 Women’s and Misses’ Dresses A splendid collection of at- tractive frocks, in Tricotine, Jersey, Velvet and Silks. good selection of very recent models is offered in this sale. Values as high as $35.00. A $25.00 Handsome Georgette Blouses Sheer Georgette of beautiful used in these charming Blouses, both white and colored. A variety of very pretty models is offered, values to.$7.00, in $5.00 All Our Dress Skirts ' All of our handsome Dress Skirts have been reduced in price for this Economy In th¢ lot you will find novelty plaids, checks, and serges, with all the lat- est style features. Reduced 25 Per Cent. HANDSOME ASSORTMENT QF FINE, SHEER VOILE BLOUSES IN ROUND OR SQUARE COLLAR DESIGNS, WHICH ARE WORTH $1 75 being held up, although considerable progress is reported from some sec- tions of the invaded regions. This progress, although encouraging, is not regarded by business men as sufficient to_warrant the expectation that France will be enabled at an early date to esume exportations on a scale suffi- cient to materially affect the exchange rate. The French still are counting on some sort of international arrange- ment that will incrgase the value of the franc. “With capital and labor both ready to do their bit,” said Raoul Peret, chairman of the appropriation m- mittee of the chamber of deputies, to The Associated Press, (all that re- mains to enable us to get firmly on our feet is for the world to give our money something like an equal show in al! markets.” French observers re- gard it as extremely important that France shall be enabled to purchase raw materials on an equitable basis. naw materials on an equitable basis. They say this is shown by the fact that before the war three-fifths of her exported goods were manufactured PROSPERITY Brands ROYAL WORCESTER Animal Fertilizers objects .and_that this proportion must be increased in the future to make up for the loss of the market for wines and spirits in America and Russia, which formerly constituted the im- portant share of the total of French exports. Revenue from tourists, which was a potent aid toward maintaining the equilibrium of the franc until the war, has not yet given the expected help. an influx of foreign visitors early in the new year but present disposition in official cir- cles seems to be not to wait for its de- velopment but to take measures to improve all needs independently of this source of income. Economists and financiers who have weighed all the elements of the situa- tion admit that France still is in a most difficult situation, but see indi- cations of great improvement before the end of another year. SAME POLICY IN CANADA; “PUBLIC WILL HAVE TO PAY” Toronto, Ont., Dec. 29.—The consum- er will pay more for bread while the millér and baker will lose nothing by the advance in price to $2.80 a bushel for Manitoba wheat, ordered yester- day by the Canadian wheat board. ac- cording to a statement today by Hed- ley Shaw, a {Toronto miller. Mark Brodin, president of the Canada Bread Company, announced last night that Toronto prices for bread would be in- creased soon from 11 to 12 1-2 cents for a 24-ounce loaf. ‘Wheat now is worth mere than the price in the United States, which is higher than the $2.80 a bushel here, Mr. Shaw said. “The millers will have to raise the price of flour. - Then the bakers will raise the price of bread. “The public will have to pay?” he 1] was asked. “Yes; the public seems to have lots of money,” he answered. Nearly 73,000 patients, without means to pay their way, were treated free 'in New York hospitals last year. , NORWICH TALLOW CO. Norwich, Conn. and your crops will grow. 4 MORE crops, GREATER crops %’i‘mékfi?&mrrfim ngredients are such as ' fecognizs as most essential to MORE crops._ MEAT, BLOOD and BONE. , Wehawve A FERTILIZER FOR [EVERY NEED - 29 s = WE BWRAWH’RS—W!:{brmWGoM. SALOONS IN HARTFORD AND NEW BRITAIN ARE CLOSED Hartford, Conn., Deec. .—Saloons in Hartford closed today following a request from Chief of Police Garrett J. Farrell that they stop sales of ev- ery sort for an indefinite period be- cause of wood alcohol poisoning in the Connecticut valley which up te this morning had resulted in . nearly 80 deaths. Prosecuting Attorney Al- exander W. Creedon went to New York today fo see Adolph Panarelll and others of the “whiskey. ring” ar- rested in that city. He will seek to extradite them to artford on charges of murder. New Britain, Conn., Dec. 28.—Act- ing under orders received here this morning from State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, all New Britain saloons were ordered indefinitely closed. One hour after receipt of the edict, pelice- men were dispatcheq to warn the pro- prietors to immediately close their es- tablishments. No complaints were promised to cooperate in prohibiting the further dispensing of whiskey containing wood alcohol. No arrests have been made here and no deaths from drinking the poisonous mixture. reported. CLAIM THAT LONGSHOREMEN CHARGED MORE THAN SCALE New Orleans, Dec. 29.—W, H. Hen- dron, agent here for the Holland- American steamship line, fileg suit in the United States district court to- day to compel the Stevedore and Langsheremen’s Benevolent society to ghew why union longshoremen re- fused to unload the fertilizer cargo from the steamship Amsteldijk. According to local agents, long- shoréemen demanded ninety cents an hour for handling the cargo, claim- iig the nature of the merchandise warranted an increase of ten cents over the sum agreed upon in the con# tract drawn up by the national ad- registered by the saloonkeepers who|justment commission. MOTOR FREIGHT SERVICE (All Goods Covered by Insufance During Transit) 'g NORWICH—PROVIDENCE—NEW LONDON—PUTNAM FALL RIVER—NEW BEDFORD - and’ Connecting Points EQUIPMENT—NINTEEN PIERCE-ARROW TRUC’S E. P. WINWARD & SON 135 WATER STREET NORWICH . Phone 1250 492 SOUTH MAIN STREET PROVIDENCE Phone Union 3842 17 WILLIAM STREET NEV/ BEDFORD Phone 3337 133-142 DURFEE STRZ: = ‘ALL RIVER Phene 3619