Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 19, 1920, Page 12

(Special to The Bulletin.) ew London, June 18.—The city of w London, by its court of common cil, has made many, many mistakes, lly in the matter of recommenda- e to city meetings, and the peculiar | is that in almost every instance the mmendations are approved by the s in city meeting just because the cil recommends. One of the most ing mistakes was the taking over the New London-Groton ferry to mu- ipal management. As has been before in this correspondence, Miss Caul- s tul'd that the ferry operation was a “vexatlous question,” and she The truth, Barring the period when ferry business was operated by the ames Ferry company, when a fair tal and a commission on gross receipts o-paid into the city treasury. &Fven with the coming of the state high- Way over the old railroad bridge f@ry company was willing to .onumnI jer a new lease the ferry business with haps 2 changed rate. The company | ready to imitate Steve Brody, but @e city declined and it was stated in y meeting that it was about time the y assumed operation and used the im- se profits in bettering the service, and 0 cost to the city. The ferry com- was not persistent, however, took over the management. And new the ferry commissioners are aFying for help, while the Groton patrons up in arms against (he proposed in age in fare from threc to five cents. commissioners have expended an im- e's coln—in operation of the expect the Grootn peo- e loss, due in a large management. At the | management to take and it was not good judg- to honest mi Tent to an additional old boat and #heo expend a very large amount of Wney in putting the boat in condition, @ charter) ther boat at an almost Wbulous sum to take the place of the 3w purchase while the new-old boat was Wing made read Meted finally came he bridze state highw: 49 there was naturally for service. The ex- was nnenedi 2 falling off in e volume of business of the ferry. Then e commissioners dvice and sgnsent of the may, 1y sold the boat and crippled the service. that. but the old veteran boat, Winthrop, was taken off the and the ferry business in the interim by open r passengers only, In due Hfne the Winthrop was back on the line. by that time the ferry business was W the bum. Xhen came retrenchment and there was E¥eduction in the working force and some o the lowest- se Mt the incos W operat! , regardless of even $p immense sum of the city money in- seems to have gone re is no return. Tt holdup for the ferry to sink ropos!tion. ncrease the °n to take the | ties commission to determine to the franchise which is| ew London, the city | fer ommoda- | another | n Groton was nfl" take of all was | but not now. lo have several for porch and .nd shape. ¥ f materials, gray, khaki ve awnings and stands to HOME FUQN/SHEQ< ST LONDON'S OPERATION OF THE FERRY —_— ! vised of the proper method of procedure. ?fime was when most any chair would do for the porch, There are too many pretty chairs—very low priced—not : *out doors” of our home as well—and carefully as “in doors.” We live out doors these summer afternoons and ‘evenings. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR DISPLAY OF IMPORTED REED CHAIRS We have these attractive pieces at prices to suit any purss. And, too, their durability, combined with a pleasing ap- pearance and comfortable lines will impress you. This shipment comes direct to us from China, and includes Chlm, with Rockers to match, and tables of various size COUCH HAMMOCKS Here at our store you will find displayed Quality Ham- fnocks, conistructed with care and made of lasting water- s are within your reach. when the citizens in ecity meeting assem- | bled voted to take over tne ferry and paved the way for dumping the public money into a losing enterprise. ! The Connecticut Power company that furnishes the gas and electricity for the city of New London, as an act of cour- tesy, probably, notified Mayor = Morgan that there was to be an increase in the rate of gas to the consumers, graded in accordance with the amount used, which will mean to the ordinary consumers an increase of from 12 to 14 °1-2 cents aj cublc foot. A raise was made in the price a couple of years ago, and without much protest. The mayor in reply noti- fied the company that he did not approve of the increase, as he considered it an injustice’ to the consumers and entifely unwarranted. He said he would make every possible effort to prevent the raise and that he would appeal to the public utilities commission and ask to be ad- And he did. He received notice from the commission that in order to haev a public hearing the request must be’ by petition from the consumers. The mayor declared that the petition will be forthcoming. And it will. The gas and electric company. throngh its local head, came back in public print, welcoming the public hearing and intro- duced figures intending to show that New London was not to be asked to pay more than is being paid in many other places in the state. Nothing was said of the conditions in other places as compared with New London, or anything like that, but the company was content with the bald statement. The city of Norwich was included ir the list to show that the rate charged in that city was five cents a thousand less than was being charged in New London. That may be so, as indi- cated on the face of the returns. But Norwich is a municipal plant, and per- haps the lower rate given to consumers is more than balanced in the increased taxation towards the maintennace of the plant. The Norwich rate seems to be lower than in New London, but that is a ques- tion that might be determined by investi- gation. It is quite probable that before the Connecticut Power company notified new rate was filed with the public utili- ties commission and tacit permission giv- en for the raise. That may be just a little reason why the company seems to favor a public hearing, so that emphasis could be given the necessity for a raise in the rate. It is said that some public cor- porations used to have considerable influ- | ence with the nowers that be, in the long. long ago, when conditions were a trifle different than at the present time. After plugging along for thirt uninterruptedly ) five vears The Morning Tele- graph 1o suspend publicatlon as a| dally newspaper with Saturday of the| present week and will then become a Sunday publication. This action is very much regretted and the absence of a morning paper with all the local news will be very much missed. While The Telegraph may not have been a finan- cial success during its long life, does not lessen the desire of the people to get the morning ne while it is news, and the real big things. as a rule, happen within! the operation of the morning paper. The Telegraph was originally owned by four, men. One dropped out at a time and the paper finally became the property! of one of the original owners. This aquartette auit the Telegraph without fi-} nancial lo: Finally the paper was 0ld to the Day company and used to bolster un that newspamer. with the view ever in mind of finally killing the| per. | When the Dar passed the Telegraph | lover to another owner there seemed tol come with it a lack of management, or something equivalent thereto, and the | paper was {ossed from pillow to post un- t became battered almost to the point death. Eventually Morton F. Plant of lawn. We must furnish the and fancy colors. We also match. What is more, the | | with long flowing beard, and he cut quite Mayor Morgan of the proposed raise the! Cuticura Talcum IsSo Refreshing An exquisitely scented, antiseptic wder. Gives quick relief to sun- rned orirritated skins, overcomes heavy perspiration, and imparts a delicate, lasting fragrance, leaving the skin sweet and wholesome. ®e5~Cuticura Toilet Trio-=a Consisting of Soap, Oiritment and Talcum are indispensable adjuncts of the daily toilet in maintaining skin purity and skin health. By bnnFmg these delicately medicated emollients in frequent contact with your skin as l‘r: ust:hforkall :;I}fl rposes, zep the skin, scalp, gz.i {nn ds clear, sweet and heah.hy. Ersosniat e *“Cuticura,Dept.8T,Malden,Mass.” became the owner and built\a home for his newspaper in the new Plant building and furnished a modern printing estab- man who had some newspaper experi- ence, but who did not prove equal to the business task of making the proposition pay, although no profit was sought by the owner. Nearly half a century ago there came to town, a printer, Hopkins by name. He was a man. of attractive appearance. a figure about the town. Hopkins was a fast compositor but cared more for show than he did work. In became very well known, got into so- ciety, and used to sing in the choir of the Second Congregational church. He had| employment on the Daily Star and used to write favorable ci ing, impressing the r tenor voice and the absence twang, and €0 on. price paid for composition was three and one-third cents per thousand ems. Hop would set three thousand in the morning, sell his slip for seventy- ive cents to some other comp, and then of In those days go out for a stroll on the princip streets. His significant remark used to be: “What in hell is the good of wor ing, so long as you have a trade.” Hop- kins was ‘subsequently press agent with the show of Barnum’s aggregation. applicable to some of the men who have managed The Telegraph, since it passed from the Day to the present manage- ment. . Manager Julian D. Moran; and hi The Telagr ph a paying success, nrobably been not ful- ing and adver- sing public The Telegraph deserved a hetter fate. The abnormal p s that enters into the manufacture of a news- paper. and the unwillingness of the peo- ple to aid in meeting the excesses. m: e been the cause of depriving the real newsy progressive city like New London. must in the morning and while d 2 or er can cover the lo- Boston. morning cal morning field. that the suspension may nmot be perma- is hoved it will prove tr will be resumption with- ery brief time. MANSFIELD CENTER dren’s Sunday will be observed next Sunday, the 20 There was a special meeting of Eecho grange Tuesday evening, when the first and second degre were conferred on R. G. Pavy and Mrs. Gladys Tripp. At a meeting held last week four ¢andidates received the first and second degres George Smede, Mrs. E. B. Krampff, Wil- liam Krampff and Louis Breitner. At the meeting next Monday evening the third and fourth degrees will be conferred in the presence of the state inspector and the usual dinner for new members will be served. The Young People’s club held a debate Monday evening, e question being Re- are, greater than those of th. y. The affirmative was supported b; Sledman Storrs and Mi Abbie Storrs. while the negative was presented by T. @ Arthur Barrows and Jesse Inman. The judges, who were Mr. Pavy, Mrs. G. H. Wyman and Miss Blsie Mareh, rendered a decision in favor . of the negative. ‘Wafers and lemonade were served at the Provisional President Of Mexico EOPYRIGHT KEYATOME VIkW €O, NEW YORE, Adoifd de la Huerta, eiected Pro- visional President of Mexico.. De la Huerta, as Governor of the State of Sonora, started .the Revolution against the Carranza Government, which proved fa‘al to the late Pres- lishment, leaving the management to al a short time hel That remark of Compositor Hopkins is| associates have worked hard to make | but Announcement is made | solved, That present opportunities in the | i i i f and Ladies’ Footwear. of them. LADIES’ White Reignskin Theo Ties, French and military heels .. Black Suede Theo Ties .... conclusion of the debate. The meeting was held ‘at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barrows, at the residence of A. W. Buchanan. The directors of the Library association are arranging the Independence day cele- bration to be held Monday afternoon, the 5th. A pageant representing the begin- ning of Connecticut history is to be given under the direction of Mrs. Lucy A Gatchell. A good musical program is alse expected. The Christian Fndeavor societies of South Coventry and Mansfield Depot are to be guests of the local socie meeting to be held here evening, the 20th. Schools at Mansfield Center and Mans- fleld Hollow have closed for the summer | vacation. The Center school is to have a picnic today (Saturday) and the boys belonging to Stedman Storrs' Sunday school class are to have a pienic and out- ing. Among the "raduah‘! from: Windham High school this week are four young people from this village—Miss Dorothy Jenner, Jesse Inman, Anthony Cerven and Myron Olin. Mies Jenner read the! xercises Wed- | min of Atwood- graduating class te Normal school L books have been received at the library this month. Among class will at the class d | i Tacheller, Man for the Ages: My Antos Daw: Test of Kelland. Cather, Scarlet High ley of local morning newspa- | 1Y er; a paner that carried the news to(McCa : { the breakast table and. to the shop, a|DPer John of the Nimbus: Richmond paper that gave all the hopenings of{and Black: Watts, From Tather to Son the day and the night before, not on,,.llwnn Merry Andrew ; Dragoumis, Man of of the, city, but of the world. ~Under|Athens === o | present conditions haprenings in New| Non-Fiction—Tailey. London after the afternoon paper goes|Teller: Bond. With the Men Who Do | to press will not be known to the public| Things; Reed, Flowe side : Hammond. | until the afterno of the next day. A | Busin Alone on the Caribb Young. Men Who M Fighters for P Under e; Steiner, T'om Ahcn Roosevelt, Kummer, I tions; Crosby. Between dicott end I; Miller, Dr: Bible Stories : Project Thcr“ et G. Pavy, who s D church. also of the Srring Hil, lcomnleted Divinity school last week and i siding at the parso; the degree of B. D. ment. The people of ti glad to have him make now re- vill receive e commence- | community are home here. I The plainer the woman the longer takes her to select a bet bonnet. i jutate that they l to July 6. CUR MOTTO : “A Satisfi-d Custem>r U.S. “Keds” Sport Oxfords, all sizes $4.50 , both S v+ $8:40 $11.90 A Full Line of High Grade | SILK HOSIERY li MODEL BOOTERIE, 132 Main St., Norwich, Conn. | Pall *¥all MEN'S OXFORDS $8.90 THE ACME OF SMARTNESS with the maximum of comfort and wear are combined in our new modsls in Men's They possess that smartness so necsssary ‘to perfect dressing a.nd that self-evident distinctiveness so essential. These shoes are th= very last word in footwear fashion. Your wardrobe will not be complete without at least one pair MEN'S Brogues and Tan Oxfords—valu:s to $T200: S5 S il s uu o+ $8.90 Black Calf Oxfords ............ $8.50 SPECIAL FOR TODAY ONLY ALL REGAL SHOES $10.00 GOSHEN Owing to bad weather Sunday it was decided to have the Children's day exer- June cises next Sunday, cclock a. m. A foretaste of the first native straw- berries were picked June 11; e an_the steamship George L. touring car. There was a meetin Royal 20th, at ect to leave on their romeward journey to America July 13th 1 George. g of the nunity club Tuesday evening. A hard thunder v afternoon terrific wind. was a bl ren: asunder in their fi *he elements. tan of Hinckley Hil Many from here graduation held in G in tato vines. vines it seem not freeze them. ower No rain atty District No. Tous compauicd by During the heignt of the gale at one time it was feared that the maple trees at Maple Hill would be gzle with beyond tha erce st fell ended 12, M teacher, closed this week. Ay g feature enjoyed by the school| ‘Wakeun are busy these | g for a large family of bird- | lings in the shace of the old apple tree. | v looked out of the door of his other moraing noted appea wearing a black neck Jacob Shebitz has some promising po- The spuds were planted a s were not dug last growth of the that the severe winter did RIEF STATE NEWS Cornwall.—Shadow Brook camp, main- ined at Cornwail Bridge by the North- stern field of the Young Women's Chris- its third season tian June al g Al rian at gres: Salisbury.—Mrs. nesd; in Salisbury. Quaker Ridge, near Greenwich. Waterbury.—Miss Loretta Guilfoile of gave the class history exercises “at the Connecticut \gricultural college at Storrs Monday af- this city class day ciation, opened New Britain—O: A. Marsh and Rev. G. Will represent | Memorial church the Mary Tlizabeth Mead, 92, widow of Solomen S. Mead, died Wed- She had lived for half a century in the Mead homestead in 11 on the same Com- here Thurs- { the school ge hall Wednes- = Rose the Stanley international tional council in Boston June 29 at the ternoon. Paul N. Man gave the class prophcey. Thompsonville.—Mrs. nd of the first four carriers aj that time two are still on the f ndering eflicient service, James Thomas has purchased a new | ms and John Slavin. aring of this city | Horace B. Brain- | A nted at| e and Dem- | SPRIAG IN THE STUDY. \\hu is wuds .‘JML‘-;‘L taut sbakes Eeiden sod. nations bave It;—we’ u Gou Lalf the himgs that must Je doue reater thin bur art. the golngs that must be done r than our beart, u are dedr 1o burm on unrevealed, «-mnu the “summons, 15@ ¢ from the weald They trend jmmertsl measure whe make 2 wellow feid! - ! The rjanet’s rather plasint’ aliuriiig But 1«& lhe plm be_idle, and nome oA us can sthy. Here's where -there 1s:no Aoybt: shests unces stal A-traveligg with the plow beam, be- neath the sailing hawk, Cutting the .furzaw - deep -apd, trus whe-e Destiny will ‘walk. l-—o live T-iford Dargan. In the Atlastic. | | 5. nO THE EVENING HATE. sweet the hour_ evehing falls And clearly from his leafy home The loud; persistent cuckoo calis, Wille suntly 0'er the cloudiess dome The hues of amber and of rose, | Slow spreading,. mark the .evening's close. How when is the hour of rest and calm 1, with gentle !our{n‘\l fille2, abeorb the healing balm Tnature here distilled~ And wafted on the scested bri t stirs soft whisperings trees. the Alas! that In this pedeeful world There yet are cruel hearts and .aa Whose myriad hosts at eve are hurl | _Against a mild and gentle bard— | Broods of th e and stagnant mu& Who znash t teeth and taifst fof ‘blood. N T | That punctures every inch of skin ! Left open to the fierce attack. Ah! sad that such an hour sublime uld choose for dinmer- in London Dally Mafl | In_dizzving whirls they duc- and hile elfin horns urge on the —Touchstone, esident of the Connecticut Fed-{ i eration of Women's clubs, left this week ;1 OHCE YOu powder your * Lour, day the fragrant Old-Fashioned roses| for T Moines 12, where ehe will attend pert. T e e {were noted by the roadside, also thefgeq.fon e © ks he general| up 4o admitted the pretty steneg: sweet scented blossoms of the locust 7 ‘but I don’.go around p-king it into oth- irees. Middletown.—Just 3 the | or people’s businzss.”—Louisville Courier- Letters received from Rev. and Mrs. | first of the coming July the city mail car- | Journal. "Thomas A. Williams, now in England, | rier service was started in Middletown, | “Did your boy Josh put on overalls™ replied Farmer Corntossel. “Bofl tho irst thing he did was to get a belt and a buttonhole bouquet :nJ make ‘om look foo ish.—Washingt:n Star. a nany weeks, and who vith many crimes. ale stock stealing schemes. Noted Criminal Caught ;' GORTRIGHT_KEYSTONK VIEW.CO. NEW_YORK, | | Nicky Arnstein, the man for whom | he police have been searching for | is charged | including whole- with you ! finishes. service you get here. pleased, and we attend stri ident. ctly to business ! When you hear and see the beauty of the glorious Victrolas and Brunswicks you'll realize that we have assembled in one store the two supreme musical instruments in the world today, affording you an unlimited choice of countless styles, sizes, woods and And you'll be pleased with the courteous, helpful, intelligent It’s our business to see that you are A superb stock awaits your examination. The Talking Machine Shop New Store, 24-34 Franklin Street, Norwich Newest Record Hits, Music Rolls, Pianos, Come and Bring the Famlly' That talking machine you're going to get isn’t yours alone —it’s Dad’s and Dorothy’s and Jimmy’s too. Bring them all “What was the wmatter with the gr Teacher- luke, and pil — The FHawai stringed instruments at ke.—Curtoons Magazine, Does this: paddie faa Leed off your counter?” tice seem to like to ride on tie fan 1f you want to make 2 hit fou mt strike o3t for yoursalf, my son. “You're mixéd in your baseb. iff youa strike out ysu cam't make;a —B08.01- Tra: seript. Why” den’t “you apartment T ‘Thei~ crying. terfere with the phonugraph and player planos”—Washingion Stare She—Did you let papa beat you at billiards, as I told you ? j He—Yes: and he said a fellow who played such a poor game should never marry any daughter of his— never !— Pearson's Week! “What was Scorcham arrested’ forT’ “Fast driving.” “That's too bad.” “Not at all. He wants people te be- lieve he owns a fast car, and he paid the policcman to arrest him"—Stray | Stories. The ratio. of congressional tation under the Constitu | for each ten years umtil, {census of 1918, the representation was | one .to each 211,877 of the popuiation. { The next change wil' be after the resmit lof the 1920 census is announced. She was a bright girl, but she B34 married a poor man. “Well, Mabel, dean,” sald a kindly eld |lady a friend of many vears' standing. how do you find married life?" | “On, sew replied the young wo- | man, with a ‘sigh.—London Blighty. | “When I was 2 bo: ltor Sorghum, “I wantel to be a grest take represen- tion was eme accordiag to The career would have aftorded e ¢ and considerab! n.—Exchange. Townlc:——! see | vegetables. i Subbubs—Oh. mo. | small zarden so as to keep iie ch at home—Boston Trans.ript. i , “Do you rropose to pay vour b 3 | “Yes, I propose frequently. Byt so far no heiress will have me.—Louisvill , Courier-Journal. t ] | A lady trave'ing with her five-vear oid €on on a night train told Rim a3 sheg | put him to bed to say his prayers a8 us-~ lual, but he flatly refused to do so. | “Donm’t vou want the Lord -ty - take care of you tonight? asked the aaxious® i mother. “What's the porier here for?" was the ild's response. KALEIDOSCOPE | The price of an Eryptian war charie: | at the time of So omon' was about $309. | A British inventor h-s originated a method for producing florescent dyes frem inorganic matter. | Several sec'io-s of Iceland sre rien BB jacates and chalcedony, which are widely jused in wraking jewels for the learings {of watches and ele-trical instruments | ‘Less than-thiriy’ years azo .2 Uttle { known me!al. vanadium now s bein { produced at a r ta'er $AN0.060 pounds a | year by one Amezican company,- endugis- |..llwy for 1,000,060 tons of siee! Educators decare that it cs'5 much more to educate the toy than it does i girl largely bewause of 2 boy's teadency to destructiveness, as for ir e, win- dow breaking .lamp smash! carving on desks and otiic dear tp th beart of a bov. Of the five. women who wers_ perm | le | | Londoy, .thus- broskinz. a eva'om of -a eral humdred years 0¥, Miss ilie. t woman {5 nter